Shiroi Maho: I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!
Syaoran: [Depressed] What took you so long?
Shiroi Maho: Why are you depressed?
Syaoran: You made me say a horrible thing to my Sakura-chan…
Shiroi Maho: Syaoran, you have to understand…I can't make it love at first sight
Syaoran: [Sigh] I'spose. But…
Shiroi Maho: Hehe, don't worry she'll get her revenge… [Evil laughter]
Syaoran: What!?
Shiroi Maho: Disclaimer
Syaoran: Fine, fine. Shiroi Maho doesn't own Cardcaptor Sakura…Clamp does.
Shiroi Maho: Yup! All you potential reviewers, please, please read my other stories!
Thank you to: Winged Guardian (ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY WINGED GUARDIAN ^__^), little elfling, meinien, Pochocopanda...even though he's not a panda… , kawaiitenshisakura, ScarleT RoSe5, Kwaii Canadian, Kawaii-CherryWolf, Gaian Neko Kitty, Virginia Soon 2B Potter. Thank you all. Sorry if I missed anyone out…
Haunted ambition: They don't take FSE's every year, but they do have smaller exams just to test how much they have learned at the end of each year. FSE's are the final exams they take, kinda like GCSE's. Oh and you'll find out how Meilin and Tomoyo and Sakura met, in this chapter. Hope this helps.
Lady Starlight so kiss my ass: Ya huh I am a bitch, lol. But I have my reasons…Sakura will get her revenge too. This is gonna be so much fun!
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I'm here again. It's the same place…this dream. I'm standing on the plain of water again. Yet it's different somehow, something's missing. No not something…someone. Those people aren't here, Faa and Xiao. Neither is that monster…what is going on?
"This is a dream plain…"
I turn; this voice is so familiar…I think desperately, trying to place where I've heard that voice before. It's so gentle…feminine yet an air of power…
"Faa?"
A flash of light erupts from the direction of the voice. Spiralling outwards, I lift my hand to shield my face…this light is so bright, blindingly bright. The water ripples as a shadowy figure appears, wings of white folded around her. The shadow dissipates, and in place where they once were now stands a beautiful woman…no angel.
She stands, regal, and smiles at me. Her black hair is pulled into a high ponytail, and she's wearing a kimono type gown. The water around her spirals around her and creates two seats.
"Please sit, Sakura…"
How does she know my name? I gaze at the water seat she just conjured up…how am I gonna sit on that? It's made of…of…water. I walk over to it slowly and place my hand on it. I recoil in surprise; it's not liquid…but solid.
"How did you…?"
"Magic," She smiles at me and motions to the seat once more. "Please sit Sakura, there is much I need to tell you…but so little time."
I comply with her request sitting down. I reach down to fiddle with the fabric of my clothing, only to find I'm not wearing my pyjamas. I'm wearing a similar kimono to Faa's.
"Sakura…the dream's you've been having, of Xiao and I. They are the past…linked with your magic, the Clow Cards."
"Clow Cards…"
"Gomen, I should say the Sakura Cards. Xiao is the only son of Clow, and I was his fiancée. We were so happy, everything was perfect, we were going to be married and start a family…" Tears are beginning to form at the sides of her eyes, some solitary ones trickle down her cheeks. "Then he came back…of course you've seen what he wanted. He wanted my power and me; I was the new protector of the cards. Through the generations there have been many…and I was the first. He wanted the Cards for himself. We suffered so much, all the pain of that battle…you felt it, and you know what we went through. You must be prepared Sakura; he's coming to this time. You'll see how we defeated him soon, in another dream…"
"I'm going to have to go through more…"
"Yes…being the new mistress you will know how we felt. We hold a connection."
I feel myself getting dizzy…the strain is pushing me. I feel like I need to…wake up.
"Sakura…"
All I see now is white light, and Faa's face is fading…further and further…but I can still hear her voice.
"The book…Chen Fai by Clow. You'll need it…find it."
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Opening her eyes, Sakura removed the covers from her body. Getting out of bed she moved over to her bedside table and opened the drawer. Upon opening it she removed a piece of paper and a pen. Scribbling in curly writing, quickly in the dimly lit room…she wrote,
Chen Fai by Clow.
Sighing she got ready for a new school day, placing on her uniform; and placed some cards in her pocket. 'Just in case,' she thought to herself. Brushing her hair she pulled it up into a high ponytail…'Just like Faa's hair,' she thought absentmindedly. Grabbing her bag and necklace (or Sakura Key) she left her room and headed to the lounge.
Opening the door she was greeted by silence, no one was up yet. 'Great,' she thought, running over to the sofa, 'I get a little alone time…time to think.' How wrong she was, for she was not the only one in the room. Sitting in the shadows, away from the eyes of Sakura sat another student. They moved making a sudden noise that startled Sakura. Jumping up from her current position on the sofa, she turned to where the noise had come from.
She felt all blood drain from her face as her eyes fell upon the person before her. 'Why him? It could have been anyone else! Anyone! But why him?' She asked herself, slowly edging her way to the door. 'I have to get out of here…I can't stand being in his presence!'
"Kino…" His voice began, stepping into the light; his features now had a kind of ethereal glow to them.
"Don't! Don't you dare speak to me! You egotistical bastard!" She snapped, her voice getting louder towards the end of the sentence.
"Listen…" He tried to speak again, only to be cut off once more.
"No! You listen! You might not appreciate the work put into something like that song, Li," she spat the name with distaste, "but that is no reason to speak so low of it! I worked so hard on that, it was…it was…" Unable to finish her sentence Sakura flung the door open and rushed out, tears flowing freely down her face, dripping to the floor.
Syaoran just stared at her retreating figure; guiltily he closed the door that she had just exited out of. 'Why did I say that to her? I had no eligible reason…I'm so pathetic.' He said to himself, staring at the floor. He cocked his head to the side and bent down, 'what's this?' He asked himself, picking up a piece of paper that was by the door. It was folded neatly, and he carefully unfolded it. He gasped once he saw what was written.
Chen Fai by Clow.
That wasn't possible, nobody knew of the books by Clow…unless. Maybe that girl was here, the one his mother talked about, over and over. Re-folding the paper he placed it in his pocket. 'I'll keep this…for now.'
~*~*~*~
The breakfast hall, eat to your fill and catch up with chatter time. For some anyway…Sakura was too busy playing with her food to pay attention to any of the conversations. She hated him…he didn't understand, didn't realise…didn't know. No body knew. None of them knew her pain…she had to live up to expectations, she had to be the best. They all expected that from her. She hated it. This gift she had.
"Sakura…" A hand was placed gently on her shoulder, Sakura jerked her head up and turned to face the person who had called her.
"Meilin…" She whispered.
"Are you alright? You seem a bit down…come on," Meilin said, grabbing Sakura's hand and pulling her up gently. "Let's go." Sakura let herself be pulled away by Meilin, she had no idea where Meilin was taking her but didn't argue anyway. She just stared at the changing scenery: from the bustling dining hall to quiet corridors, deserted classrooms and finally the gardens. Sakura raised her gaze to look at Meilin.
"Why are we…?" Sakura began, but Meilin cut off her sentence.
"Here. You recognise it right?" Sakura just nodded dumbly, not feeling like talking to anyone.
"This is the place where we met…on the first day of school. We'd just been placed and I…"
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"Give that back to me you bastard!" A young girl, around the age of ten shouted, her long black hair bobbing up and down with her movements.
"Tisk, tisk, tisk…such distasteful words coming from such a young girl," A boy, seemingly around thirteen, said chucking a teddy up and down in his hand.
"Yea well you deserve them! Gaki!" She yelled, running towards him in an attempt to get her bear back. She didn't succeed however, as the boy chucked it to one of his friends. The other boy caught it and started to examine the bear.
"I think I might keep this, my little sister needs a new bear," he said, chucking it back to the other boy as the girl ran at him again. The other boy just chucked it up and down through the air as he watched the girl began to cry.
"Or we could practice our fire magic on it, what do you say Cheng?"
"Good idea, Motoki," the first boy, Motoki, was still chucking it up and down. Cheng held back the little girl as she struggled to get to her bear.
"Nooooo! It's mine…it's…" She proceeded to scream as tears fell freely down her face. Motoki was still chucking it up into the air, and was waiting for it to come down when…
"What the…" Motoki looked up, there floating around in mid air was the bear. His face looked shocked, and he tried to use his magic to bring it back down. "What the fuck is going on?" His magic wasn't working, and Motoki wasn't happy…and that was an understatement.
"That bear isn't yours, so I suggest you hand it back to its owner," a voice came from the doorway leading to the gardens. The two boys turned, only to see two ten year olds standing there. Motoki's face faltered, and then he began to laugh. Cheng soon joined in with him.
"Y-you think you can stop…us?!" Motoki said between laughs, holding his stomach because it was hurting so much. The first girl smiled, lifting her hand over her head, a pink glow forming around it.
"Lets see how much you like being tossed up and down, jerk." Moving her hand up and down, Motoki began to lift into the air. He screamed as he left the ground, and began thrashing his arms and legs around.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Put me down! Put me down!!" Meilin's tears began to subside and then she started to laugh, laugh at his discomfort. After seeing his friend floating in the air (caused by magic cast by a first year) Cheng had let go of Meilin and was starting to retreat. "Pleaaaaaaase! Put me doooooooown!" Motoki continued to scream, Meilin just laughed harder.
"Well," said the girl who cast the spell, "if you insist," and just like that she dropped her hand, the glow from around it disappearing, and Motoki crashed straight to the ground. Instead of screaming in pain (which was obvious that he was in) he just started to retreat uneasily backwards as far away from the girl as possible.
"It's not possible, a floating spell like that isn't taught until the end of first year…" Motoki muttered moving further and further away.
"I'm a little more advanced that your average first year," she told him and just smiled. Motoki muttered something incoherent under his breath and ran off, Cheng following swiftly behind. The bear (which was still floating in the air, momentarily forgotten) now glided down safely into the hands of the black haired girl. She hugged it tightly and ran over to the one who cast the magic. She jumped up and glomped the girl so hard, that they both tumbled to the floor.
"Arigatoooooo!" She wailed, tears falling from her eyes.
"It's ok…" The other girl said, they both stood up together. The magic caster stuck her hand out. "I'm Kinomoto Sakura, pleased to meet you." The black haired girl shook it and smiled at Sakura.
"I'm Li Meilin, I'm pleased to meet you too." They smiled at each other until a voice broke the silence.
"Ohohohoho, that was so kawaii Sakura-chan. I'll call this one 'Sakura's new friend.' I just wish I could have made you a costume!" The other girl, who had been standing behind Sakura the whole time taping the encounter, said. Stars appeared in her eyes. "Mastering an art of advanced floating how kawaiiiiii!"
"Meilin, this is Tomoyo, my best friend." Sakura said, gesturing to the girl behind her.
"Nice to meet you Tomoyo," Meilin said, bowing to the other girl. Tomoyo lowered her camcorder and looked at Meilin.
"You are so…" Tomoyo started, walking towards the now frightened Meilin. Tomoyo grasped one on Meilin's hands in her own, "…Kawaii! I just know we are going to get along!"
"Ano Meilin-chan, was that bear important to you," Sakura asked, looking at the bear held securely in the hand not being held by Tomoyo.
"Yes it was…it's a gift from my…" Meilin blushed and Sakura looked cluless. Tomoyo just laughed knowingly.
"From your what? Meilin?" Sakura asked naively.
"Nandemonai!" Meilin said, "Come on lets get back inside, it's getting cold.
"Hai!" Sakura and Tomoyo said at the same time. They began to walk inside and Meilin glanced lovingly at her bear.
"Li…" She whispered under her breath, not realising she had slipped further behind her new friend.
"Meilin-chan!" Sakura called cheerfully from further up the corridor, "Come on!" Meilin smiled as she ran to catch up with them. Her new friends.
~*~*~*~
"We've been friends for a long time Sakura…please tell me what's wrong. I can help you." Meilin said, grabbing Sakura's hands and clasping them in her own. Sakura smiled, she was wrong. There were people who knew her pain. Meilin was on of her best friends, and she knew that Meilin would always be there for her. No matter what.
"I'm gonna be ok Meilin, I'm just a little upset that's all. Don't worry about me. It'll all be evened out soon." Meilin looked at Sakura strangely, she was about to open her mouth to speak when…
"Hoooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Meilin-chan! We're gonna be late!" Sakura screamed, grasping Meilin's hand tighter and running through the hallways, pulling Meilin behind her.
"Sakura, my lessons don't start for another half hour," Meilin said, causing Sakura to slow down and come to a halt.
"Ehehe," Sakura laughed nervously, "gomen nasai Meilin-chan." She apologised, scratching her head she began to run again. "Oy Meilin!" She tossed over her shoulder.
"Yea!?" Meilin shouted back.
"Thanks!" Sakura continued to run, and Meilin smiled to herself. 'Same old Sakura, no matter what the problem…'
Sakura kept running; she was late, very late. Time was ticking as she ran, 'faster you baka, you'll never make it!' She mentally shouted, speeding up. Her breath was coming in quick intervals now, and she was beginning to feel tired…exhausted. 'Stupid class, why does it have to be the other side of the school?" She asked herself, turning a corner and ascending a flight of stairs. She ran down the final corridor, tip tap tip tap tip tap. Throwing the door open she stepped inside, trying to catch her breath she grabbed her chest. Then she heard clapping.
"Well done Sakura-chan. Just in time!" Tomoyo ran over, camcorder in hand, taping her friend. "You look sooooo kawaii when you are out of breath!" Tomoyo circled her, taping her. The camera zoomed in on her face.
"Tom…teach…late…" Sakura panted, completely out of breath, Tomoyo laughed. Moving to Sakura she supported her and helped her to her seat.
"The teacher isn't here, you made it just in time," Tomoyo said, putting her camera back into her bag carefully. "I don't know why you hurried, it's only History."
"Exactly…" Sakura whispered. Tomoyo hadn't heard her, but someone else had, someone sitting behind them. 'I'll have to keep an eye on her…' The voice thought to itself. The door was opened again, revealing their teacher.
"Everyone settle down," the voice came, bringing music to some of the girls ears (and some guys too) "How was everyone's holiday?" He asked. The classroom erupted into choruses of 'great' and 'fantastic.'
"How was yours Tsukishiro-sensei?" One of the female students asked, and others followed with 'yeas.'
"Oh it was good. I spent it with Touya at his house," he said moving over to the board and proceeding to write. A couple of girls were whispering in front of Sakura, and she couldn't help but overhear their conversation.
"Isn't Touya Sakura's older brother?" One asked.
"Yea…" The other answered.
"Wow! She is so lucky. Tsukishiro-sensei stayed at her house!"
"She gets everything, it's so unfair, and she's perfect!"
"No I'm not…" Sakura said to herself, but Tomoyo heard her. She smiled.
"No one's perfect Sakura-chan, but you are near." She said to her best friend, Sakura smiled at her.
"Thanks Tomoyo…"
"Right then class, today we are gonna talk about Chinese magic history." Sakura's ears pricked up, just as she had hoped, this year they were going to cover Chinese magic. 'Perfect, Clow Reed comes under Chinese magic. I'll find out about him, and maybe where this book…Chen Fai is.' She thought to herself as Yukito spoke.
"Now of course most of you know the basics of Chinese magic, some more than others…" He flashed a look at a particular student, and the rest of the class turned to see who he was looking at. They all suspected Sakura, and they were right, but she wasn't the only one. He was also looking at…Syaoran. "…But not many of you know about Clow Reed and the Clow Cards." Excited chatter passed through the classroom, some knew of the Clow Cards by name and short descriptions, but until now it had rarely been touched in a subject.
"Clow Reed was a powerful sorcerer from long ago. He found a unique way of mixing eastern and western magic. He created spirits of enormous power, each with their own special one. Soon they became uncontrollable, so Clow Reed sealed them into Cards and placed them in a book so they would cause no more trouble. He created two guardians along with the Cards, one with the power of the sun, Cerberus. The other had the power of the Moon, Yue. Cerberus was sealed with the book to await and appoint the new master or mistress. Yue was made a judge, and would have the final say on whether or not the person chosen by Cerberus was worthy." Yukito began to tell the story of Clow Reed and his magic, of course Yukito would know a lot about it…he was Yue after all. Then Yukito continued, his eyes changed colour…from their normal soft brown colour, to an ice cold blue-silver one.
'Yue is speaking…' Sakura thought to herself. 'This means that it's something only known by Yue…luckily I don't think that anyone will be paying close attention to his eyes.'
"One thing that isn't known by many people today is that Clow had a son…" People gasped, they never knew anything about Clow's son. "His name was Xiao, and he was very powerful. Though he was not destined to be the protector or master of the Cards he still had an important role. He was a guardian, not an inhuman one like Yue or Cerberus, but a bodyguard. For Faa Li, his distant cousin. She was the Cards protector, and was engaged to a man named Taiko. Taiko disappeared, but Faa wasn't upset for it was an arranged marriage, to keep the magic line of the Li family strong. However as time went by Faa began to fall in love with Xiao, and the same for Xiao. After talking with the Clan elders they finally agreed to let them wed, knowing that Xiao had strong magic. It would also keep the blood line pure, which is something the elders favoured." He trailed off, looking out of the window. Sakura looked worried, she had never seen Yue look so upset in his life. Luckily, for Yue, the bell rang, indicating the end of lessons. Yukito's eyes returned to their normal colour, and he looked around. "I guess I lost track of time. Class dismissed."
The students began filing out of the classroom one by one, until the only ones left were Syaoran, who was in the row in the front, and Sakura and Tomoyo who were further behind.
"Tomoyo I need to speak with the other side, could you leave me be for a while," Sakura whispered to her best friend.
"Sure that's fine, I'll meet you in Physical Magic." Tomoyo left, leaving only Syaoran and Sakura in the class. Sakura rose, heading to the front. She stopped before Yukito looking deep into his eyes.
"Yukito-san," she said in a way that made him know what she wanted. She continued, but this time in a whisper, "I need to speak with Yue…"
"Sure Sakura-chan," Yukito said, looking over at the other child who was left. "Li is there any reason you need to be here?" He asked.
"Yes Tsukishiro-sensei, I need to speak with you," Syaoran said, not making eye contact with Yukito, or moving an inch.
"Well I need to speak with Miss Kinomoto here privately, could you please leave for a while," Yukito said.
"Hai sensei," Syaoran replied, exiting the classroom. Yukito smiled at Sakura, then his eyes turned into a blue-silver colour once more. Yukito's smile turned to a frown, and the hands that were by his sides were now crossed across his chest.
"You needed to speak with me mistress?" He asked, still in Yukito's voice, but with a definite air about it that made her realise it was Yue.
"Yes Yue," Sakura began, "I need to ask you about a book by Clow…"
"A book?" Yue asked, taking a seat at his desk. "What is the name?"
"Chen Fai…" She said, lookin at Yue. His eyes turned distant and his frown deepened, those two words had darkened Yue's mood. Like they were a curse, something never ever to be uttered.
"Where did you hear of that book?" Yue said harshly, standing up quickly. Sakura was frightened. She had never seen Yue look this angry before, she started to back away, scratching her head.
"Ah…ano…well…you see I…" She began to mutter, Yue moved in front of her. Every step he took forward she took one back.
"It's important Sakura! Where did you hear of it!?" Yue continued; his voice still held a harsh tone. He kept moving forward, and Sakura continued her movement backwards…until she backed into a wall.
"From…well you see I don't think you'd believe me even if I said…" Yue's face was now inches from her own, and she could feel his hot breath on his face.
"Try me," he uttered, looking straight into her eyes.
"Faa…" Yue recoiled, taking a huge step backwards.
"Excuse me?" He said, surprise flashed across his face.
"From Faa, she talked to me. She said…" She began but Yue cut her off.
"Don't! Don't you dare speak to her! Nothing good will come of it! And don't look for that book Sakura! I don't want it to be you! I forbid you to speak of it again! Are we clear?" Sakura looked shocked, never ever in all her years of being the Card Mistress had Yue ever raised his voice or demanded that she do something.
"What don't you want me…?"
"ARE WE CLEAR!?" Yue shouted, raising his voice. Sakura was scared…no she wasn't scared she was petrified, and upset. Yue had never ever done anything like this before.
"Crystal…" Sakura whispered, feeling tears prick her eyes. 'No! No I won't cry in front of him!' She mentally scolded herself. Yue's face softened at seeing the tears come to his Mistress' eyes. He reached out for her, but she managed to move away and ran to her desk. She grabbed her bag.
"Sakura I'm…"
"No Yue you're not. You're not sorry. Nobody ever is…" She said, and then she ran out, her tears running freely now that she was out of Yue's sight. Syaoran stared at her, all he had heard was the teacher shouting 'Are we clear?' and that was it. Then he sees her running out, crying. He entered the classroom and made his way over to the teacher. Yue changed his control, he was once again Yukito.
"That wasn't the way to handle the situation…" Yukito muttered, and he chuckled at what he heard in reply.
'Shut up…'
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Sakura's fresh tears had dried, and she was now in her Physical Magic class. Syaoran hadn't long entered, and she was still pondering over why Yue had gotten so mad. She had (so far) no valid reason, except that he didn't want it to be me. Whatever the hell that meant. Mizuki-sensei was going through the students, asking them to name a Physical Spell and what advantages or disadvantages there were to using it. She had just finished her turn, and had talked about Wind magic.
Now it was Syaoran's turn. Sakura evilly laughed inwardly, time for some revenge she thought to herself. Grabbing her paper she wrote:
Syaoran Li
Then put numerous words underneath it. Syaoran had his turn to speak now. He was talking about Lightening magic. Everyone seemed awed at how much he knew about it. 'But not for long…' Thought Sakura, as she listened carefully.
"Lightening magic can be controlled in many different ways," he paused, taking a breath and continued, "The most popular way is control through a physical object to concentrate your magic into." He stopped again, something wasn't right. He didn't know what, but he had a sneaky suspicion. "Ofudas can be…" He stopped, and his face looked horrific. He grabbed his throat. 'Perfect,' thought Sakura, 'it worked.' Everyone was silent, they thought this was some kind of joke. Syaoran coughed a few times then tried again, "…Used to…" He stopped abruptly again, 'What the fuck!?' He thought desperately to himself. The class, who had been silent after the first, now burst out laughing. They thought he was trying to be funny, the class clown. The laughter was deafening. A few voices could be heard over it though.
"Did you hear him?!"
"He sounded like…"
"It was so funny!!"
"…Daffy Duck!"
The laughter continued, but Syaoran didn't find it funny. He had turned fifty shades of red, and his blush was getting deeper by the second. Though when he started to talk again, his voice most definitely was not getting deeper. Neither was it returning to its original state.
"Ofudas can be…" His voice was now squeaky high, almost mouse like, and Syaoran was horrified. 'I'm being made a fool of! But who would…?" He trailed off knowing instantly the culprit of this 'little' prank. 'KINOMOTO!!' He mentally shouted, 'I can't believe this, what I said was bad but this…I have to get a reversing spell. Fast!'
He spoke again, what he wanted to say was, "Mizuki-sesei, I have had a spell cast on me to fluctuate my voice. Can you place a reversing one on me please?" What came out was:
"Oflesu bi dubby wubby. Flo moslo prota assssssssssssssss shibby wibby flopsy mopsy. Cosso pos lo lo lo la shi, cotty wotty." He tried to stop himself, believe me he did try, but he had no control over his voice anymore. "Do rei me fa so la ti, shubawubba co co, mosica ga ga goo goo…" By now the students were rolling around on the floor bursting out with laughter. Mizuki-sensei was most definitely not happy, not happy at all in fact she was fuming.
"Mr Li, if you do not cease in this little game of yours I will see that you will receive a months worth of detention!" Syaoran flinched, his second day of classes and he was already being threatened with detention. Not just one though, a whole months worth.
"Gomen nasai," he smiled, his normal voice was back. What he hadn't realised however was that on his back, right across the width of his white shirt, in big bold black lettering was 'I am an egotistical bastard. Burn me.' No one was laughing, most people hadn't seen it.
Sakura laughed inwardly, 'wait until he gets into the hallways. In this school when you say something like "burn me" you really do get burned.' The class had settled down now, and the teacher was glad that the little 'joke' was over. Syaoran looked even gladder.
"Right," Mizuki Kaho said, "since the talks have failed." She looked at Syaoran, whose glad smile turned into a frown instantly. "How about we have a little magic practice?" She ran her finger down the register. Stopping she tapped on one. "Ah, yes. Kinomoto Sakura. Please come up, and we'll try your time spell."
Sakura stood, and moved to the larger space in the front that was cleared to use magic. Kaho stood in front of her, her long red-brown hair swishing behind her.
"Ok," she said, raising her hand it glowed red. "Sheild," bubbles of red covered all the students. "These shields will protect you while Kinomoto casts the spell. I will be the only one stopped. You know the spell?" Sakura nodded, her ponytail moving with the bowing of her head. "Ok then…ready?"
"Hai sensei," Sakura said, standing still she raised her hands and clasped them in front of her heart. Closing her eyes she concentrated deeply, a pink circle of light appeared under her feet. A small wind rose to her knees, swirling around her legs; making her skirt ruffle with the slight breeze. "Teishi!"
The room instantly turned a yellow hue, and Kaho had frozen along with the surroundings. Gasps could be heard from the pupils inside the shields, and excited chatter erupted among them.
"Did you see that?"
"She actually did it!"
"Kinomoto is amazing…"
"She stopped time!"
"She froze the teacher."
All these things Sakura could hear, her head began to feel funny. She felt almost dizzy, and she grabbed her head, she swayed a little from side to side. The yellow hue dissipated, and everything returned to normal. Sakura collapsed to her knees, her breathing becoming heavy.
'I haven't been this tired since I first changed the cards,' she thought to herself, her head was pounding and she felt extremely tired. She tried to get to her feet, but once again her legs collapsed underneath her body. She stared at the floor, 'I guess stopping time takes more out of you than I remember,' she thought to herself, she shivered a little when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking up she saw Kaho, they smiled at each other as the teacher helped her to her feet.
"Now class that was an example of a time spell, with a lot of practice you'll all be able to achieve a spell of this standard," Kaho looked at Sakura, her eyes soft in their gaze. A small bell tolled, signifying the end of the lesson. "Ok class," Kaho continued, raising her voice as the students gathered up all their papers and books, "Read page 500, and memorise the time spell!"
Sakura rejoined Tomoyo at the desk, and proceeded in picking up all of her belongings, quickly shoving them in her bag. Rubbing her eyes she smiled at Tomoyo.
"Think we should be on our way to OMA?"
"Yeah, you go ahead and I'll catch up with you. I need to speak to Hikaru." A well known fact was that Tomoyo and Hikaru were very 'good friends'…Sakura wondered if they'd had another argument.
"I'll see you in OMA then, Ja!" Sakura said, heading out the door. So she was still a little dizzy, her head was pounding, and she felt like she was going to collapse. Didn't mean she was going to right? Wrong…
It was at that precise moment that everything went blurry, she started to sway and fall forward. Her book bag fell off her shoulder, and landed on the floor scattering her books everywhere. She was to follow them…but she never hit the ground.
In fact what she did hit was something warm, and soft…in fact the last thing she saw was a mass of hair, and the most beautiful eyes she had ever gazed into…
And then it went dark…………
ShiroiMaho: Ahahahaha cliffy! By the way I'm very very sorry I took so long! Exams, and coursework and stuff was getting on top of me. I also have a new username, to go with the new me. I'm a Hikari ^^
ShinigamiTenshi: HIKARI! BEYBLADE IS ON!!!!!
ShiroiMaho: That's my Yami ^^ well better go. Don't want to miss out on all the shonen-ai (Rei/Kai) goodness! Don't forget to review. And once again my apologies for not updating sooner.
hikaridonya My new username, not a lot there at the moment though
shinigamitenshi My Yami's username! Check it out, and review her story ok! I'll guarantee you'll enjoy it even if you don't like shonen-ai!