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Chapter 08 - The Strike
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"What do you mean you sense a Clow Card?" Harry asked, with a tinge of concern in his voice. "You said you caught all of them."
"We did." Li said, eyes flashing, "Which is why I don't understand why I sense one right now. But this feeling's never been wrong, there definitely is something out there." He turned to the remaining trio. "You three go to your dorms right now, and don't come out." As expected, he was met with a wave of protest.
"What do you mean 'Go back to your dorms right now'? We've been in tough, if not tougher, situations than this! We can handle it!"
"You don't understand." He bristled. "This is way tougher than any of can ever imagine . . ."
"Tougher?" Ron said sarcastically, the bump on his head long forgotten, "Well let's see now! We've faced a demented professor bent on power, we've seen the Dark Lord in action, and we've almost been killed about a bazillion times. How hard could this POSSIBLY be?"
"LISTEN FOR A MOMENT!" Li shouted angrily, successfully preventing the redhead from rambling on any further. "Usually, I wouldn't care if you wanted to tag along, but this time it's something that only we can handle. This is OUR job, not yours. If the Dark Lord, You-Know-Who, Voldemort, whatever his name is, was involved, then you could. But right now, BUTT OUT."
Fuming with silent indignation, the trio turned toward Sakura, hoping for some sort of support. But they were disappointed.
"Li's right. This time, only we can. I'm sorry guys, maybe later on, okay?" She climbed into the portrait hole. "Right now, we have to go."
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"They can't do this!" Ron shouted angrily, pounding at the portrait hole. "Why won't it open?"
"I don't know! Alohomora." Hermione said, pointing her wand at the latch. But still, it would not open.
"They must have cast some sort of spell on it." Harry put it, though he himself had no idea what sort of spell it was. "Try blowing it up!"
"Already did." Ron said. "Didn't even make a dent."
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//I feel kind of guilty, using the shield and lock card on our own friends.// Sakura thought as the two of them raced down the hall. //But right now, it's our turn.//
Suddenly, a man wearing a mask rounded the corner.
"FIRE!"
Two spells, one elemental, one in the form of a phoenix, were immediately casted onto an unsuspecting Clow Card. But... it didn't appear to be a Clow Card.
"It's a person!"
"But with such an intense, dark aura." Sakura said, hesitating. "I don't want to remove Fiery..."
"Come on!" Li said, pulling on Sakura's sleeve. "We have to go. Worry about this guy later, right now, we have to go get the card."
"Right."
They continued running down towards the Great Hall, where the 'feeling' was. But unconsciously, both of them slowed down. For some reason, this... card was so dark and evil.
"Li-kun." Sakura said, "What card is this?"
"I don't know." Li said as they rounded a corner. "But it's really strong. Are you ready, Sakura?"
"Yes."
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"This is it." Sakura said, breathing heavily. "This is the source of it. Are you ready?"
"Lets."
At the same time, they burst outside through the doors, into the quidditch field. It looked completely empty.
Suddenly, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were right next to them.
"How'd you get over here?"
"When there's a will, there's a way."
"Oh, shove it, Ron. We flew over here on Harry's broom. Did you really think that the portrait hole was the only way out of the tower?"
"Yes."
"Well it isn't. Besides, I don't care if you two ARE cardcaptors or not, if this concerns our school, then we're going to be a part of it."
Lee made a frustrated gesticulation with his hands, but eventually gave up.
"Fine." He sighed. "You can stay."
The three were just about to celebrate when suddenly, the earth near the center of the Quidditch Field burst open.
"It's here." Sakura said, with an intense fire burning in her eyes. "The Clow Card."
"That's not a Clow card!" Harry shouted, his triumph gone, eyes hardening. The figure, which was more of a great big shadow suddenly extended an arm out.
"CLOW MISTRESS." It hissed, stretching towards her, open palmed. "I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU!"
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... sigh... this story is taking way too long to finish. -.-
-Kawai-chan
Chapter 08 - The Strike
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"What do you mean you sense a Clow Card?" Harry asked, with a tinge of concern in his voice. "You said you caught all of them."
"We did." Li said, eyes flashing, "Which is why I don't understand why I sense one right now. But this feeling's never been wrong, there definitely is something out there." He turned to the remaining trio. "You three go to your dorms right now, and don't come out." As expected, he was met with a wave of protest.
"What do you mean 'Go back to your dorms right now'? We've been in tough, if not tougher, situations than this! We can handle it!"
"You don't understand." He bristled. "This is way tougher than any of can ever imagine . . ."
"Tougher?" Ron said sarcastically, the bump on his head long forgotten, "Well let's see now! We've faced a demented professor bent on power, we've seen the Dark Lord in action, and we've almost been killed about a bazillion times. How hard could this POSSIBLY be?"
"LISTEN FOR A MOMENT!" Li shouted angrily, successfully preventing the redhead from rambling on any further. "Usually, I wouldn't care if you wanted to tag along, but this time it's something that only we can handle. This is OUR job, not yours. If the Dark Lord, You-Know-Who, Voldemort, whatever his name is, was involved, then you could. But right now, BUTT OUT."
Fuming with silent indignation, the trio turned toward Sakura, hoping for some sort of support. But they were disappointed.
"Li's right. This time, only we can. I'm sorry guys, maybe later on, okay?" She climbed into the portrait hole. "Right now, we have to go."
==============================
"They can't do this!" Ron shouted angrily, pounding at the portrait hole. "Why won't it open?"
"I don't know! Alohomora." Hermione said, pointing her wand at the latch. But still, it would not open.
"They must have cast some sort of spell on it." Harry put it, though he himself had no idea what sort of spell it was. "Try blowing it up!"
"Already did." Ron said. "Didn't even make a dent."
==============================
//I feel kind of guilty, using the shield and lock card on our own friends.// Sakura thought as the two of them raced down the hall. //But right now, it's our turn.//
Suddenly, a man wearing a mask rounded the corner.
"FIRE!"
Two spells, one elemental, one in the form of a phoenix, were immediately casted onto an unsuspecting Clow Card. But... it didn't appear to be a Clow Card.
"It's a person!"
"But with such an intense, dark aura." Sakura said, hesitating. "I don't want to remove Fiery..."
"Come on!" Li said, pulling on Sakura's sleeve. "We have to go. Worry about this guy later, right now, we have to go get the card."
"Right."
They continued running down towards the Great Hall, where the 'feeling' was. But unconsciously, both of them slowed down. For some reason, this... card was so dark and evil.
"Li-kun." Sakura said, "What card is this?"
"I don't know." Li said as they rounded a corner. "But it's really strong. Are you ready, Sakura?"
"Yes."
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"This is it." Sakura said, breathing heavily. "This is the source of it. Are you ready?"
"Lets."
At the same time, they burst outside through the doors, into the quidditch field. It looked completely empty.
Suddenly, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were right next to them.
"How'd you get over here?"
"When there's a will, there's a way."
"Oh, shove it, Ron. We flew over here on Harry's broom. Did you really think that the portrait hole was the only way out of the tower?"
"Yes."
"Well it isn't. Besides, I don't care if you two ARE cardcaptors or not, if this concerns our school, then we're going to be a part of it."
Lee made a frustrated gesticulation with his hands, but eventually gave up.
"Fine." He sighed. "You can stay."
The three were just about to celebrate when suddenly, the earth near the center of the Quidditch Field burst open.
"It's here." Sakura said, with an intense fire burning in her eyes. "The Clow Card."
"That's not a Clow card!" Harry shouted, his triumph gone, eyes hardening. The figure, which was more of a great big shadow suddenly extended an arm out.
"CLOW MISTRESS." It hissed, stretching towards her, open palmed. "I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU!"
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... sigh... this story is taking way too long to finish. -.-
-Kawai-chan
