Good news and bad news time. First, the bad news. Once again, I manage to
miss my deadline. It seems until school ends, especially with
10,000,000,000 tests coming I might be busy until the end of the school
year. (June 14th) Not to mention that EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET ON MY STUPID
COMPUTER IT LITERALLY CRASHES IN THREE MINUTES OR LESS!!! Also, I have a
friend (Aerin here at FF.net) who is reviewing my stories. She proofreads
them for all mistakes, so it may take longer per chapters. However, now the
good news. Because Aerin proofreads it, you can expect less and less
mistakes. She also wrote a line for Yamazaki in this chapter that I really
like! (Trust me, you'll spot it. I only had to edit it a little to fit into
the situation.) Also, my new chapter is not only one of my longest ever,
but I like it! Lot's of humor! Enjoy!
And to answer a reviewer's question, I have no intentions of becoming and author. In fact, this fic may be the last fiction or any other story I write.
Chapter 4- The Chase
Mr. Terada shuffled the papers on his desk as everyone took their seats. He eyed Rika, sitting in the front row and began to blush. "Err. AHEM. Class, I have an announcement to make. I know. we're all still a little sad. about Sakura's sudden passing." Tomoyo looked at Sakura's now empty seat and started to sigh. She still couldn't get over it. Syaoran stood next to her put his hands on her shoulders and tried to calm her down. "However, we have a new student joining us. I'd like to introduce you to. Mia Shirai!"
Syaoran's jaw dropped as Mia stepped through the open door, dressed in a school uniform. Mr. Terada began to write her name on the board. "Good Morning, Ms. Shirai! You may take a seat over there. Where Ms. Kinomoto used to sit. oh. I'm sorry, I did it again." Mia smiled. "It's alright. I heard. it's so sad. but. I still hope I can make some new friends!"
Mia took her seat in front of Syaoran. She smiled and looked at Tomoyo. "Oh, hello Tomoyo! It's nice to see you!" Tomoyo gasped. "Huh?! How did you know my name?" Syaoran quickly covered Mia's mouth with his hand as a sweat drop rolled down his head. "Ummm, she didn't say your name! The ummm. wind was blowing loudly. she. umm.. asked. what your name was!" Tomoyo giggled. "Oh, sorry. My name is Tomoyo Daidouji! Nice to meet you, Mia!" Tomoyo turned forward and paid attention to Mr. Terada ahead of her.
"Mia!" Syaoran whispered. "Have you lost your mind? Tomoyo doesn't remember you! Have you forgotten?" Mia laughed nervously. "Oh. yeah. Oops, I guess I forgot."
The rest of the day went on normally until lunch. Syaoran took a seat next to Mia, who sat alone at her table. "Mia, I didn't have time to ask you this, but, what are you doing here?!" Mia frowned. "Well, that's not very polite! Anyway, I decided since I can sense Koji here, I might as well enroll! Now I can be here on the spot instead of waiting for you. Also, I brought along a friend!" Kero poked his head out of Mia's bag and quickly dived back down to avoid being seen by any of the other students. Syaoran sighed. "Well, I guess that's okay. but how did you enroll so quickly? And where did you get that outfit? And how on Earth did you convince your parents to let you come?" Mia laughed nervously. "You're probably not going to like any answer. but I'll tell you anyway. First of all, it would take far too long for me to try and enlist normally. so I kinda had to sneak into the main office. I kinda had the secretary busy with this little fire I started in the wastebasket down the hall in the nurse's office. I typed up and inserted my enrollment forms into her computer while she was busy." Syaoran sighed as a large sweat drop appeared on his forehead. "So, how did you get that outfit? Did you blow up the mall so you could sneak out with it?" Mia yelled. "NO! OF COURSE NOT! .I snuck into Sakura's room through her window with a ladder late last night. I borrowed one out of her closet." "WHAT?!" Mia tried to calm him down as every student in the area started to stare. "Calm down! I mean, it's not like she's using it!" Syaoran growled. "That's not the point!" Mia sighed. "Look, I had no choice. but to answer your last question, in Kyoto, we're on a school vacation, so I told my parents that with all my free time, I just wanted to take a trip. They trusted me enough to let me go alone. They have no idea what I'm really up to."
Tomoyo put her plate on the table. "Mind if I join you?" Tomoyo sat down. "So, Syaoran? How come you know her so well?" "Who? Mia?" "Yeah, you've been talking to her every chance you get. And that's not very much like you." Syaoran sighed. "Mia, do you think we should tell her?" Mia nodded. "I suppose. It might cheer her up." Tomoyo looked on confused. "Tell me what? Wait." Tomoyo smiled. "Syaoran, is Mia your girlfriend? I think you'd make a cute couple!" Syaoran and Mia fell backwards over their chairs and landed on their heads in humiliation. "GIRLFRIEND?!" Syaoran screamed until he noticed everyone around them was starting to stare again. "No! Tomoyo. it's about Sakura." Tomoyo's eyes began to water. "Sakura. what. what." Mia smiled. "We're going to bring her back!"
Tomoyo sat with her jaw dropped. "Could. could you say that again?" Syaoran smiled. "Tomoyo, we've found a way to revive Sakura!" Tomoyo's eyes lit up. "OH MY GOD!" Tomoyo wrapped her arms around Syaoran and squeezed him tight as she swung him around. "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" "TOMOYO! PEOPLE ARE STARING!" Tomoyo dropped him on the ground hastily. "Oops. sorry! But I'm so happy! Tell me, how are you gonna do it?" Mia shook her head. "Not here. Let's go somewhere where people won't overhear us."
They all got up and walked to an enclosed area behind the school. Syaoran started off by saying, "Ok, to tell the truth we're not really going to revive Sakura. Instead, we're going to prevent her from dying in the first place." Tomoyo sighed. "Huh? How do you prevent something that has already happened?" Mia smiled. "That is simpler than you think. I won't go into too much detail, but let's just say the boy who murdered her is here. but he's no ordinary boy?" "WHAT?! THE MURDERER IS HERE?! Ooh. I can't wait to get my hands on him." Syaoran sighed. "Now calm down. We can't let you kill him! You see, he has in his possession a special mirror. The Mirror of Time. With it, and, AHEM, a little. 'persuasion' I'm sure we can get him to send us back in time. If we go back in time to before Sakura died we can help her!" Tomoyo laughed. "That's brilliant! Just think, I'll be able to record my wonderful Sakura again. But you should have given me some warning! I could have made you both some perfect outfits for the occasion! Wait. I just thought of something. Why don't you just take this mirror and use it yourselves?" Mia shook her head. "The Mirror of Time is an evil magic artifact of an ancient Chinese civilization. It was sealed away because it is full of evil energy. We wouldn't be able to control it. Only someone with an evil heart can actually use the mirror with enough skill to make the right portal. But it is just as well. We don't actually need the mirror, just for it to open one gateway to the past." The lunch bell rang. "Rats." Syaoran said. "Well, we better all go to gym. Maybe we can talk there."
About 10 minutes later, Syaoran and Mia were playing tennis against Yamazaki and Chiharu while Tomoyo played with Rika on the next court against Eriol and Naoko. Syaoran gave a big swing and sends the ball flying past Yamazaki to win the game. They all meet at the net and talk. "Nice game." Chiharu said. Yamazaki smiled.
"By the way, did you know that tennis was first made as a way to transmit
messages among neighboring towns? Before the telephone was invented there
was nearly no communication between people. Horses were too slow in certain
important cases, so townsfolk began to think about ways to send brief
messages quickly. In time, they got the idea that if someone could cut open
a ball (painted bright yellow, so it wouldn't get lost in the woods) and
stuff a message into it, the message could be sent faster. Tournaments were
held to see who was able to throw the ball into the nearest valley, but
strength alone wasn't enough. Thus, they grabbed a stick, tied a net to it,
and practiced sending the ball further with it. In time, tennis was invented
to train people for sending messages around. That's why tennis players often
whack the ball with such force."
Chiharu snuck up behind Yamazaki and hit him with her tennis racket. "WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT MAKING UP THOSE LIES?!"
Mia leaned on the net and sighed. "Yamazaki, do you ACTUALLY expect ANYONE to believe that?" Syaoran laughed nervously. "Oh, ummm, yeah, who would believe that?!"
"Oh please. You believed every word." Eriol said mockingly to Syaoran. Syaoran looked like he was ready to jump up and beat Eriol to the ground, but Mia put her hand on his shoulder. "Oh. my. God. Syaoran, look! It's him!"
Mia pointed to a young man sitting on a bench on the side of the track. He had short black hair, thick-rimmed glasses, and cold black eyes. He seemed to be thinking to himself. "It's Koji!" Chiharu dropped Yamazaki and walked over. "Oh, are you looking at the new kid? It's strange. We got two new students in two weeks. That's never happened before." Yamazaki stood up and held his right index finger in the air. "Ah, you mean Koji? Did you know that before he moved here he used to be an African safari guide? But-"
Before Yamazaki could finish, Chiharu grabbed him and dragged him away. "Oh no, I'm not going to let you start telling lies again."
Syaoran turned to Mia. "Okay, we've found him. Now what?" Mia sighed. "Umm. I'm not sure. We can't chase him with all these people around." Tomoyo stepped up from behind, while Eriol eavesdropped on their conversation. "What's wrong?" Tomoyo asked. Mia pointed. "That man sitting on the bench. I would recognize his energy anywhere. It's Koji. He is the one who murdered Sakura." Tomoyo's blood began to boil like never before. "Grrr. I want to just go over there right now and tear him limb from limb!" Syaoran tried to calm her down. "It's alright. But. I think it would be better if you didn't come back in time with us." Tomoyo looked shocked. "What? Why?!" "Because. do you really want to remember this? Do you really want to remember being at Sakura's funeral? To remember your best friend dying? I promise that when we go back in time we'll protect Sakura on our own. She will be perfectly fine. And if Sakura is going to be okay, do you really want to remember all that happened?" "." "I thought so." Syaoran looked up. "But we'll also need someone to make sure he doesn't try to mess with the portal when we're in it and send us into some weird dimension or throw us into the middle of a World War II battlefield. Tomoyo, that's where we need your help." Tomoyo nodded. "I'll do my best."
Mia interrupted with, "Well, now that that is settled, why don't we decide on how to get him alone?" Tomoyo smiled somewhat evilly. "Leave that to me!"
Tomoyo began to walk up to Koji and tapped him on the shoulder. "Huh? Who're you?" Koji asked. ".You are Koji, right?" Koji looked confused. "Huh? How did you know my name? I've never met you before!" "Look, meet my friends and me here on the track at the end of the day after everyone else has left. Or else we'll come looking." "HUH?!" Tomoyo walked back, leaving Koji dumbfounded.
"Well, we'll meet him here after school. There are no activities today, so we can meet him right here at the end of the day." Mia and Syaoran looked a little shocked at Tomoyo's. "effectiveness."
Eriol chuckled from his hiding place. "So, it seems my suspicions are true. There is no way the Clow Mistress could be murdered by any normal criminal. It seems my cute little descendent has a plan. I may just have to help. I will not have my testing interfered with again."
The rest of the day progressed normally. But as soon as the final bell rang, Syaoran, Mia, and Tomoyo walked out to the track. Mia carried the bag in which Kero was still hiding. They spotted Koji already waiting for them in the track. Tomoyo stepped up. "Alright, we're all here. Now, let's talk." Koji stepped closer. "Alright. Who are you and how do you know me?" Syaoran stepped forward and grabbed his pendant. "The Mirror of Time is in your possession. You're going to use it to help reverse what you did." Koji started to sweat. "WHAT?! How did you." Mia started to power up and concentrate her magic. "You killed a very good friend of ours named Sakura Kinomoto. You are going to help us bring her back, or we're going to kill you. Plain and simple." Koji began to seriously panic. "Umm. Err. I don't know what you're talking about! I. I'm just a new student! You might have confused me with someone else!" Kero flew out of Mia's bag and transformed to his true form. "No. I recognize you! You were the one who murdered the Mistress of the Clow! And if you don't cooperate, I'll bite you head off!"
"Dammit! I guess you do know. I'll admit it. I killed your precious Sakura! And I'd do it again in a heartbeat! She was the one who killed my master, Sadin!" Tomoyo looked confused. "Huh? Sakura murdered someone?!" Mia shook her head. "It's a long story, but basically, Sadin was an evil sorcerer who tried to steal the Clow Cards, but Sakura stopped him."
Koji's eyes widened when he took a good look at Syaoran's face. "You! You were the runt that chased me after I finished off your little friend!" Syaoran summoned his sword with his pendant. "Who are you calling runt? The name's Li Syaoran, and don't you forget it!" Koji gasped. "Did you say Syaoran?! You were the accomplice with Sakura!" Syaoran smiled. "That's right. but now, let's make a deal. If you open a portal to before Sakura was murdered, say, about a week, then we won't kill you." "NEVER!" Syaoran held a charm of fire in his hands. "Fine, if that's how you feel about it. FIRE!" A wall of fire flew from Syaoran's blade and nearly roasted Koji.
"DAMMIT! Four on one?! That just isn't fair!" Syaoran looked furious. "Was it fair when you killed my best friend in cold blood?!" Koji reached into his shirt, as if to grab a weapon. "Well, then I guess there is only one thing to do. BYE!" Koji ran for the nearest exit, when a lightning fast object crashed into the ground, sending Koji, who was only inches away, reeling back into a wall in a cloud of dust. When the dust settled, Yue stood in the center. "I knew I sensed strange energy coming from here. MIA! You're here!" Mia just pointed at Koji. "He's the one who killed Sakura! Bring him back alive! We need him!" Yue glared angrily. "You killed the Mistress of the Clow Cards?! I'll have your head for this! I may not be able to keep this form long with Sakura's magic depleting, but I can hold it long enough to extract my revenge!"
Koji had no chance to talk back, so he merely raced for the nearest door and jumped into the school. "AFTER HIM!" Tomoyo cried.
Koji ran through the halls as fast as he could. "Dammit, this wasn't supposed to happen! I was just supposed to stay in this world long enough to find my next target, and then leave!" Just then, Keroberos came crashing through the windows ahead of him and Koji turned around. But Yue crashed through another set of windows, and they trapped him. Koji jumped for one of the classrooms between them and ran for the windows. He leaped onto an emergency fire escape and climbed up. When he reached the top, he was greeted with a boot to the face, courtesy of Tomoyo. He came tumbling down and landed at Mia's feet, where she almost burnt him to a crisp with a fire spell.
"CRAP! HOW ARE THESE GUYS SO POWERFUL?! EVEN I DON'T STAND A CHANCE! I JUST GOTTA KEEP RUNNING!"
Koji came to another section of the building and concentrated all of his magic into a jump, so he made it to the roof in one giant leap. But even there he was not safe. "WIND!" A gust of wind picked Syaoran up and placed him on the roof. He charged and cut a whole in the center of Koji's shirt. Koji jumped back, but Yue was behind him. He ran to the right, but Keroberos was now hovering there. He ran to the left, but Mia and Tomoyo emerged from the stairs to the roof. They all slowly closed in on him. Koji was caught.
"Alright! I'll do it! I'll take you back in time!" They all smiled. "But there is one catch. In order for it to work and for a portal to really open and close properly, I must also go through! That means that I too, will remember this little charade of yours. Now I may strike Sakura at any time. And you can't stop me!" Syaoran growled. "Dammit. well, we'll just have to watch out!" Koji chuckled. "Foolish boy. You will drop your guard sometime. I may strike at the same time, I may not. You'll never know." "Dammit!" Mia cried. "looks like we have no choice, though. We have to believe him."
Koji stood up and pulled out an old silver mirror. "O ancient Mirror of Time. Open the gateway to the past! Take us to the time before the death of young Sakura Kinomoto!"
The wind began to pick up, and the sky turned pitch black. Suddenly, a portal opened. On the other side, they could see Sakura, sitting at a school desk. "It's real." Mia said. "Of course it's real! Remember, if I opened it to some place of danger I would travel there as well!" Koji said no more but leaped into the portal and vanished in a flash. "Syaoran, I'm going to still stay here." Tomoyo said. Syaoran put his hand on her shoulder. "I understand. But. see you in the past! We will save Sakura. I promise."
And with that, Syaoran, Mia, Keroberos, and Yue marched through the portal in time to rescue Sakura.
Moments later, three strangers dived from the sky into the portal as well. "Was that Eriol?!" Tomoyo shrieked.
To be continued.
And to answer a reviewer's question, I have no intentions of becoming and author. In fact, this fic may be the last fiction or any other story I write.
Chapter 4- The Chase
Mr. Terada shuffled the papers on his desk as everyone took their seats. He eyed Rika, sitting in the front row and began to blush. "Err. AHEM. Class, I have an announcement to make. I know. we're all still a little sad. about Sakura's sudden passing." Tomoyo looked at Sakura's now empty seat and started to sigh. She still couldn't get over it. Syaoran stood next to her put his hands on her shoulders and tried to calm her down. "However, we have a new student joining us. I'd like to introduce you to. Mia Shirai!"
Syaoran's jaw dropped as Mia stepped through the open door, dressed in a school uniform. Mr. Terada began to write her name on the board. "Good Morning, Ms. Shirai! You may take a seat over there. Where Ms. Kinomoto used to sit. oh. I'm sorry, I did it again." Mia smiled. "It's alright. I heard. it's so sad. but. I still hope I can make some new friends!"
Mia took her seat in front of Syaoran. She smiled and looked at Tomoyo. "Oh, hello Tomoyo! It's nice to see you!" Tomoyo gasped. "Huh?! How did you know my name?" Syaoran quickly covered Mia's mouth with his hand as a sweat drop rolled down his head. "Ummm, she didn't say your name! The ummm. wind was blowing loudly. she. umm.. asked. what your name was!" Tomoyo giggled. "Oh, sorry. My name is Tomoyo Daidouji! Nice to meet you, Mia!" Tomoyo turned forward and paid attention to Mr. Terada ahead of her.
"Mia!" Syaoran whispered. "Have you lost your mind? Tomoyo doesn't remember you! Have you forgotten?" Mia laughed nervously. "Oh. yeah. Oops, I guess I forgot."
The rest of the day went on normally until lunch. Syaoran took a seat next to Mia, who sat alone at her table. "Mia, I didn't have time to ask you this, but, what are you doing here?!" Mia frowned. "Well, that's not very polite! Anyway, I decided since I can sense Koji here, I might as well enroll! Now I can be here on the spot instead of waiting for you. Also, I brought along a friend!" Kero poked his head out of Mia's bag and quickly dived back down to avoid being seen by any of the other students. Syaoran sighed. "Well, I guess that's okay. but how did you enroll so quickly? And where did you get that outfit? And how on Earth did you convince your parents to let you come?" Mia laughed nervously. "You're probably not going to like any answer. but I'll tell you anyway. First of all, it would take far too long for me to try and enlist normally. so I kinda had to sneak into the main office. I kinda had the secretary busy with this little fire I started in the wastebasket down the hall in the nurse's office. I typed up and inserted my enrollment forms into her computer while she was busy." Syaoran sighed as a large sweat drop appeared on his forehead. "So, how did you get that outfit? Did you blow up the mall so you could sneak out with it?" Mia yelled. "NO! OF COURSE NOT! .I snuck into Sakura's room through her window with a ladder late last night. I borrowed one out of her closet." "WHAT?!" Mia tried to calm him down as every student in the area started to stare. "Calm down! I mean, it's not like she's using it!" Syaoran growled. "That's not the point!" Mia sighed. "Look, I had no choice. but to answer your last question, in Kyoto, we're on a school vacation, so I told my parents that with all my free time, I just wanted to take a trip. They trusted me enough to let me go alone. They have no idea what I'm really up to."
Tomoyo put her plate on the table. "Mind if I join you?" Tomoyo sat down. "So, Syaoran? How come you know her so well?" "Who? Mia?" "Yeah, you've been talking to her every chance you get. And that's not very much like you." Syaoran sighed. "Mia, do you think we should tell her?" Mia nodded. "I suppose. It might cheer her up." Tomoyo looked on confused. "Tell me what? Wait." Tomoyo smiled. "Syaoran, is Mia your girlfriend? I think you'd make a cute couple!" Syaoran and Mia fell backwards over their chairs and landed on their heads in humiliation. "GIRLFRIEND?!" Syaoran screamed until he noticed everyone around them was starting to stare again. "No! Tomoyo. it's about Sakura." Tomoyo's eyes began to water. "Sakura. what. what." Mia smiled. "We're going to bring her back!"
Tomoyo sat with her jaw dropped. "Could. could you say that again?" Syaoran smiled. "Tomoyo, we've found a way to revive Sakura!" Tomoyo's eyes lit up. "OH MY GOD!" Tomoyo wrapped her arms around Syaoran and squeezed him tight as she swung him around. "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" "TOMOYO! PEOPLE ARE STARING!" Tomoyo dropped him on the ground hastily. "Oops. sorry! But I'm so happy! Tell me, how are you gonna do it?" Mia shook her head. "Not here. Let's go somewhere where people won't overhear us."
They all got up and walked to an enclosed area behind the school. Syaoran started off by saying, "Ok, to tell the truth we're not really going to revive Sakura. Instead, we're going to prevent her from dying in the first place." Tomoyo sighed. "Huh? How do you prevent something that has already happened?" Mia smiled. "That is simpler than you think. I won't go into too much detail, but let's just say the boy who murdered her is here. but he's no ordinary boy?" "WHAT?! THE MURDERER IS HERE?! Ooh. I can't wait to get my hands on him." Syaoran sighed. "Now calm down. We can't let you kill him! You see, he has in his possession a special mirror. The Mirror of Time. With it, and, AHEM, a little. 'persuasion' I'm sure we can get him to send us back in time. If we go back in time to before Sakura died we can help her!" Tomoyo laughed. "That's brilliant! Just think, I'll be able to record my wonderful Sakura again. But you should have given me some warning! I could have made you both some perfect outfits for the occasion! Wait. I just thought of something. Why don't you just take this mirror and use it yourselves?" Mia shook her head. "The Mirror of Time is an evil magic artifact of an ancient Chinese civilization. It was sealed away because it is full of evil energy. We wouldn't be able to control it. Only someone with an evil heart can actually use the mirror with enough skill to make the right portal. But it is just as well. We don't actually need the mirror, just for it to open one gateway to the past." The lunch bell rang. "Rats." Syaoran said. "Well, we better all go to gym. Maybe we can talk there."
About 10 minutes later, Syaoran and Mia were playing tennis against Yamazaki and Chiharu while Tomoyo played with Rika on the next court against Eriol and Naoko. Syaoran gave a big swing and sends the ball flying past Yamazaki to win the game. They all meet at the net and talk. "Nice game." Chiharu said. Yamazaki smiled.
"By the way, did you know that tennis was first made as a way to transmit
messages among neighboring towns? Before the telephone was invented there
was nearly no communication between people. Horses were too slow in certain
important cases, so townsfolk began to think about ways to send brief
messages quickly. In time, they got the idea that if someone could cut open
a ball (painted bright yellow, so it wouldn't get lost in the woods) and
stuff a message into it, the message could be sent faster. Tournaments were
held to see who was able to throw the ball into the nearest valley, but
strength alone wasn't enough. Thus, they grabbed a stick, tied a net to it,
and practiced sending the ball further with it. In time, tennis was invented
to train people for sending messages around. That's why tennis players often
whack the ball with such force."
Chiharu snuck up behind Yamazaki and hit him with her tennis racket. "WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT MAKING UP THOSE LIES?!"
Mia leaned on the net and sighed. "Yamazaki, do you ACTUALLY expect ANYONE to believe that?" Syaoran laughed nervously. "Oh, ummm, yeah, who would believe that?!"
"Oh please. You believed every word." Eriol said mockingly to Syaoran. Syaoran looked like he was ready to jump up and beat Eriol to the ground, but Mia put her hand on his shoulder. "Oh. my. God. Syaoran, look! It's him!"
Mia pointed to a young man sitting on a bench on the side of the track. He had short black hair, thick-rimmed glasses, and cold black eyes. He seemed to be thinking to himself. "It's Koji!" Chiharu dropped Yamazaki and walked over. "Oh, are you looking at the new kid? It's strange. We got two new students in two weeks. That's never happened before." Yamazaki stood up and held his right index finger in the air. "Ah, you mean Koji? Did you know that before he moved here he used to be an African safari guide? But-"
Before Yamazaki could finish, Chiharu grabbed him and dragged him away. "Oh no, I'm not going to let you start telling lies again."
Syaoran turned to Mia. "Okay, we've found him. Now what?" Mia sighed. "Umm. I'm not sure. We can't chase him with all these people around." Tomoyo stepped up from behind, while Eriol eavesdropped on their conversation. "What's wrong?" Tomoyo asked. Mia pointed. "That man sitting on the bench. I would recognize his energy anywhere. It's Koji. He is the one who murdered Sakura." Tomoyo's blood began to boil like never before. "Grrr. I want to just go over there right now and tear him limb from limb!" Syaoran tried to calm her down. "It's alright. But. I think it would be better if you didn't come back in time with us." Tomoyo looked shocked. "What? Why?!" "Because. do you really want to remember this? Do you really want to remember being at Sakura's funeral? To remember your best friend dying? I promise that when we go back in time we'll protect Sakura on our own. She will be perfectly fine. And if Sakura is going to be okay, do you really want to remember all that happened?" "." "I thought so." Syaoran looked up. "But we'll also need someone to make sure he doesn't try to mess with the portal when we're in it and send us into some weird dimension or throw us into the middle of a World War II battlefield. Tomoyo, that's where we need your help." Tomoyo nodded. "I'll do my best."
Mia interrupted with, "Well, now that that is settled, why don't we decide on how to get him alone?" Tomoyo smiled somewhat evilly. "Leave that to me!"
Tomoyo began to walk up to Koji and tapped him on the shoulder. "Huh? Who're you?" Koji asked. ".You are Koji, right?" Koji looked confused. "Huh? How did you know my name? I've never met you before!" "Look, meet my friends and me here on the track at the end of the day after everyone else has left. Or else we'll come looking." "HUH?!" Tomoyo walked back, leaving Koji dumbfounded.
"Well, we'll meet him here after school. There are no activities today, so we can meet him right here at the end of the day." Mia and Syaoran looked a little shocked at Tomoyo's. "effectiveness."
Eriol chuckled from his hiding place. "So, it seems my suspicions are true. There is no way the Clow Mistress could be murdered by any normal criminal. It seems my cute little descendent has a plan. I may just have to help. I will not have my testing interfered with again."
The rest of the day progressed normally. But as soon as the final bell rang, Syaoran, Mia, and Tomoyo walked out to the track. Mia carried the bag in which Kero was still hiding. They spotted Koji already waiting for them in the track. Tomoyo stepped up. "Alright, we're all here. Now, let's talk." Koji stepped closer. "Alright. Who are you and how do you know me?" Syaoran stepped forward and grabbed his pendant. "The Mirror of Time is in your possession. You're going to use it to help reverse what you did." Koji started to sweat. "WHAT?! How did you." Mia started to power up and concentrate her magic. "You killed a very good friend of ours named Sakura Kinomoto. You are going to help us bring her back, or we're going to kill you. Plain and simple." Koji began to seriously panic. "Umm. Err. I don't know what you're talking about! I. I'm just a new student! You might have confused me with someone else!" Kero flew out of Mia's bag and transformed to his true form. "No. I recognize you! You were the one who murdered the Mistress of the Clow! And if you don't cooperate, I'll bite you head off!"
"Dammit! I guess you do know. I'll admit it. I killed your precious Sakura! And I'd do it again in a heartbeat! She was the one who killed my master, Sadin!" Tomoyo looked confused. "Huh? Sakura murdered someone?!" Mia shook her head. "It's a long story, but basically, Sadin was an evil sorcerer who tried to steal the Clow Cards, but Sakura stopped him."
Koji's eyes widened when he took a good look at Syaoran's face. "You! You were the runt that chased me after I finished off your little friend!" Syaoran summoned his sword with his pendant. "Who are you calling runt? The name's Li Syaoran, and don't you forget it!" Koji gasped. "Did you say Syaoran?! You were the accomplice with Sakura!" Syaoran smiled. "That's right. but now, let's make a deal. If you open a portal to before Sakura was murdered, say, about a week, then we won't kill you." "NEVER!" Syaoran held a charm of fire in his hands. "Fine, if that's how you feel about it. FIRE!" A wall of fire flew from Syaoran's blade and nearly roasted Koji.
"DAMMIT! Four on one?! That just isn't fair!" Syaoran looked furious. "Was it fair when you killed my best friend in cold blood?!" Koji reached into his shirt, as if to grab a weapon. "Well, then I guess there is only one thing to do. BYE!" Koji ran for the nearest exit, when a lightning fast object crashed into the ground, sending Koji, who was only inches away, reeling back into a wall in a cloud of dust. When the dust settled, Yue stood in the center. "I knew I sensed strange energy coming from here. MIA! You're here!" Mia just pointed at Koji. "He's the one who killed Sakura! Bring him back alive! We need him!" Yue glared angrily. "You killed the Mistress of the Clow Cards?! I'll have your head for this! I may not be able to keep this form long with Sakura's magic depleting, but I can hold it long enough to extract my revenge!"
Koji had no chance to talk back, so he merely raced for the nearest door and jumped into the school. "AFTER HIM!" Tomoyo cried.
Koji ran through the halls as fast as he could. "Dammit, this wasn't supposed to happen! I was just supposed to stay in this world long enough to find my next target, and then leave!" Just then, Keroberos came crashing through the windows ahead of him and Koji turned around. But Yue crashed through another set of windows, and they trapped him. Koji jumped for one of the classrooms between them and ran for the windows. He leaped onto an emergency fire escape and climbed up. When he reached the top, he was greeted with a boot to the face, courtesy of Tomoyo. He came tumbling down and landed at Mia's feet, where she almost burnt him to a crisp with a fire spell.
"CRAP! HOW ARE THESE GUYS SO POWERFUL?! EVEN I DON'T STAND A CHANCE! I JUST GOTTA KEEP RUNNING!"
Koji came to another section of the building and concentrated all of his magic into a jump, so he made it to the roof in one giant leap. But even there he was not safe. "WIND!" A gust of wind picked Syaoran up and placed him on the roof. He charged and cut a whole in the center of Koji's shirt. Koji jumped back, but Yue was behind him. He ran to the right, but Keroberos was now hovering there. He ran to the left, but Mia and Tomoyo emerged from the stairs to the roof. They all slowly closed in on him. Koji was caught.
"Alright! I'll do it! I'll take you back in time!" They all smiled. "But there is one catch. In order for it to work and for a portal to really open and close properly, I must also go through! That means that I too, will remember this little charade of yours. Now I may strike Sakura at any time. And you can't stop me!" Syaoran growled. "Dammit. well, we'll just have to watch out!" Koji chuckled. "Foolish boy. You will drop your guard sometime. I may strike at the same time, I may not. You'll never know." "Dammit!" Mia cried. "looks like we have no choice, though. We have to believe him."
Koji stood up and pulled out an old silver mirror. "O ancient Mirror of Time. Open the gateway to the past! Take us to the time before the death of young Sakura Kinomoto!"
The wind began to pick up, and the sky turned pitch black. Suddenly, a portal opened. On the other side, they could see Sakura, sitting at a school desk. "It's real." Mia said. "Of course it's real! Remember, if I opened it to some place of danger I would travel there as well!" Koji said no more but leaped into the portal and vanished in a flash. "Syaoran, I'm going to still stay here." Tomoyo said. Syaoran put his hand on her shoulder. "I understand. But. see you in the past! We will save Sakura. I promise."
And with that, Syaoran, Mia, Keroberos, and Yue marched through the portal in time to rescue Sakura.
Moments later, three strangers dived from the sky into the portal as well. "Was that Eriol?!" Tomoyo shrieked.
To be continued.