"Speaking"
-thinking-/dreaming
scene change
(Author's Note)

Disclaimer: Must I repeat myself? I don't have the honor of owning the cast of CCS -,-;;

The Goddess of Light & The God of Earth
Chapter 30:
Different Directions
By: Azure Rosas


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"So...We're finally here..." Syaoran muttured, eyeing the dark, tall, foreboding castle. "We finally arrived at Hades' castle."

Sakura shivered, looking at the building with fear as she hugged herself. She couldn't believe they have finally arrived. At first, it felt like eons and eons ago when Japan was destroyed, and now it felt as if it were destroyed just yesterday. The castle towered above them all, giving off a cold and evil feeling. They could feel many eyes on them, each one making them feel as if they were glaring icly and venomously at them. The dark powers that radiated from the castle were a lot. But each one didn't compare to their powers. Then, they felt two other auras, much stronger than the others. With each passing minute, it seemed as if those two auras were slowly increasing, which surprised the group greatly.

"That...That can't be them, could it?" Sakura asked, her voice slightly trembling from fright.

"I'm afraid it is," Gem whispered, but everyone heard her because of the dead silence that was all around them. "I guess when Hades was brought back to life, neither him or Zero were at full strength."

"...And now...They're gaining the powers they lost, back," Rage added in, staring at the castle grimly.

"Now what do we do?" Sakura asked, wanting nothing more than to turn Jade around and run away, far away from this place.

"No matter how crazy this idea sounds, the only solution we have at this point is going in there, finding Zero and Hades, and destroy them," Syaoran answered, sending his own icy glare at the building.

"But, Syaoran! Can't you sense their powers? They're by-far stronger than all of us put together right now! And imagine how strong they'll be when they get ALL of their powers back!" Sakura exclaimed, loosing the hope that took her forever to gain.

"Sakura, we came all this way and I'm not about to go turning around and letting them destroy the rest of the world!" Syaoran replied, fixing her with a firm stare. "This is what we've been brought here to do, this is what we've been meaning to do since the beginning. You want them both dead as much as I do. Think of all the people he killed! Think of your friends! Think of your family! And think of all the other billions of people they could kill easily!"

She stared back at him in silence, her heart speaking for her mind. Her grasp around the reins tightened and she furrowed her eye brows, giving Syaoran a determined look. "You're right. It's time I got over my fears and started thinking more clearly. But you guys better stay out of my way! If one of us are going to kill Zero, it'll be ME. It's time that I had my revenge for destroying my home, destroying my family, and for destroying my friends! He's going to pay dearly. And don't try to stop me because this time, I won't let anyone hold me back."

"Oh great, look at what you did now," Rage muttured to Syaoran. "With those kind of reckless thoughts, she's going to get hurt or maybe wind up killed!"

"You know, I heard that," Sakura remarked, sending Rage a glare. He sweat dropped. "And don't worry about me, I can take care of myself."

"We all know that, and you've proved it plenty of times," Gem said. "But we can't have you fighting any one of them on your own! It'll take all of us to defeat them!"

"Fine, whatever..." Sakura replied with a shrug as if it didn't matter. -But I vow to kill Zero with my bare hands and on my own!-

Syaoran sent Sakura a side ways glance, watching her silently as she stared at the castle in determination. He knew very well what was going on in her mind and could only hope that she wouldn't do anything reckless. -I better watch her from now on- He noted to himself mentally. He then looked at everyone. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go." He clicked his heels against Silver Fox's side and the stallion walked towards the castle, with the others trailing behind.

Meanwhile

Hades grinned with satisfaction as he watched them through a glass mirror in a dark room. "Good, they're almost here, just as expected." He turned around and faced Zero. "Is everything set for their arrival?"

"Yes."

"Good, because we wouldn't wish to leave our guests un-invited," Hades commented, chuckling dryly.

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"Do you think we should just go in?" Crystallight asked as they came to a halt infront of the gray, metalic double doors and dismounted their horses.

"Why don't we knock?" Rage suggested with a shrug.

"Oh yes, let's be nice and knock on their door!" Crystallight exclaimed, sarcasm clearly evident in her voice.

Rage rolled his eyes and lifted a fist, ready to rack his hand against the door when it suddenly opened with a loud creaking noise echoing in their ears. Rage blinked and stared inside the building with dotted eyes. Sakura shivered and nearly jumped out of her skin when the door opened.

"Hoeee....You don't suppose that there are...g-ghosts in there?" Sakura stuttered, her fear of ghosts getting the better of her.

"Iie," Rage replied. "More like monsters and other dark, shadow minions."

Sakura eyed him while mumbling, "Well, thanks a lot."

"Dou itashimashite! (You're welcome)" Rage said, smiling from ear to ear.

"Well, what are we standing here for?" Syaoran asked, taking a step towards the widely opened doors. "Let's go inside."

Once they stepped inside, the doors behind them snapped shut with a loud

BOOM!

Rage jumped up and into Crystallight's arms from startlement. She sighed while raising an eye brow at him. He smiled charmingly at her as she set him on his feet. "I...wasn't scared!"

"Sure..." Syaoran muttured, sweat dropping and smirking in amusement.

"I wasn't, really!" Rage protested.

"Yeah, we all know that you're the bravest person on earth," Gem commented in sarcasm while giggling.

While they were talking, Sakura took that time to observe the inside of the castle. It was dreary and gray inside, the only light coming from the windows where the eclipse penetrated through. There was a wide open space about them, and a circle patterened with shapes and designs beneath them. She tilted her head back to see that the ceiling was at least 50 feet high above their heads. Stone statues of gorgoyles, demons, and dragons aligned the walls above and a few tapestries could be seen here and there. Then, not to far ahead was yet another double door that reached under the statues. A blood red carpet was beneath their feets and ran through the opened doors ahead and into another room. And from what she could make of it, it was similar to the room they were in at the moment. She couldn't help but look at the place in awe, even though it made her feel cold and as if hundreds of eyes were watching their every movement.

It took them at least two minutes to walk across the room and past the high, double doors that were wide open. This room was the same as the last, but not to far ahead of them was a stair case that led upstairs. To the right of that was another stair case that led up in a different direction, and to the left of the center one was yet another stair case, leading somewhere else. Then, on either side of the center stair case were two doors, both a rowan color. Everyone glanced at each other and simply stood at the center of the room.

"Where are we s'pose to go now?" Rage asked, everyone wondering the same thing.

"I guess...this is where we part," Crystallight remarked seriously as she tore her orb from around her neck and changed it to her sword.

"Nani?" Gem exclaimed, her voice bouncing off the walls. "We can't take the chance of seperating!"

"It's the only choice we have," Crystallight snapped, looking at Gem firmly.

"But..." she continued to protest. "Can't we all just stick together and go the same way?"

"No, she's right," Syaoran agreed, changing his own orb to his sword. "We don't know where Hades and Zero are and one of these stairs or doors will lead us to him."

"Even though I hate the idea of seperating," Sakura trailed off, summoning her Star Staff. "...Syaoran and Crystallight are right."

"Well, if this is the only solution..." Rage began, calling on his own sword. "I guess I'll have to go along with it."

Everyone looked at Gem, who looked back at them helplessly and hesitantly, she reached for her orb and removed it from her neck. Then she changed it to her sword while letting out a sigh of defeat. "So be it. I have no choice but to agree with it."

Sakura gave Gem a soft and reassuring smile. "Everything is going to be alright in the end, just watch."

"Yeah," Gem replied, forcing a smile while secretly thinking -I just hope she's right...-

Everyone chose which way they would go. Syaoran chose the center stair case, Crystallight the left and Sakura the right. Rage would be going through the door to the left of the middle stair case while Gem would be going through the right one. They all bid each other good luck, Crystallight and Rage hugging tightly as if they didn't like the idea of being apart from one another. Sakura stood before Syaoran, neither knowing what to say. Sakura gripped her staff tightly while keeping her head bowed.

"Look, Syaoran..." Sakura began, trying to find the right words to say to him. She wanted to say those three 'simple' words to him, meaning that she finally accepted her feelings for him. Meaning that she accepted her love for him and wanted to tell him more than anything. But her mouth didn't seem to obey her at the moment. "...Good luck."

Syaoran cupped her chin in his hand, gently tilting her head up so he could see her face. He smiled tenderly and warmly down at her, making all of her fears go away. "Be careful, alright?"

She smiled softly in return, a light red hue crossing her cheeks. "I will. And promise me that you'll be careful yourself?"

"I promise."

They stared at each other silently, both knowing without needing to be told that they cared deeply about one another. Before she could contain herself, Sakura threw her arms around his neck and he hugged her back, drawing her closer to him. The other three couldn't help but smile softly at the scene as they watched their auras entertwining with each other, letting out a warm and loving feeling. It was evident to the three Elemental Gods that Sakura found out the answer to her question; that she found the answer to her heart; that she finally accepted her love for him.

"It's time that we go," Crystallight said, hating the fact that she had to interrupt them. "We can't wait any longer."

Sakura and Syaoran reluctantly with drew from the hold, both walking away from each other as they approached the stair case they'd be going up.

"Good luck minna," Sakura said to everyone, making her way up the steps.

They nodded to one another and disappeared in their own seperate directions.

Rage

He opened the door and stepped in, closing it behind him as he found himself standing at the beginning of a long, narrow hall way. The walls on either side of him were made of gray stone and torches with bright, red flames were aligned on the walls. He started to walk down the hall, hearing nothing but his own footsteps. He had his eyes narrowed, prepared to defend himself from anything if need be. Everything was just quiet and it made him feel impatient and annoyed. He was tired of seeing nothing but the walls. He hated the fact that there was silence and he never saw anything new. Then he finally came to the end of the hall way, only to find himself in a small, circular room with another set of hall ways. There were two of them, each leading a different way and he didn't know which one to choose.

"Kuso," he whispered, relying on his instincts to choose the right path. But he remembered that his instincts usually wound up with him running into trouble, so he sighed and simply did enie-minnie-minnie-moe. (A/N: I usually do that when I don't know what to choose ^^;) He ended up landing on the left passage on "moe." So he inhaled deeply before starting down the hall way. A minute or two passed by when: "AAAHHH!!!!"

Rage dashed out of the left hall way, immediately running down the right one as two dozen or more shadowed creatures with bright red eyes flew after him. He sent a few glances back over his shoulder, running faster and faster as they got closer and closer. He had a look of panic on his face, a bead of sweat rolling down the side of his head.

"Damn it damn it damn it damn it!" Rage cursed aloud, dashing with all his speed down the winding hall way. Once he reached the end, he found himself in yet another circular room. But this one was bigger than the last, at least 30 feet in width and 60 feet in height. He saw a door at the end and ran up to it, hearing the screeching and shrieking of the shadow minions somewhere behind him. He gripped the knob and tried turning it, but it didn't open. He tried shaking the door, but it still wouldn't open. "Shit!"

The two dozen or so shadow minions filed into the room, flying around while letting out shrilled shrieks. Rage stood, with his sword held out defensively as he slashed and cut at any shadow that flew at him, by him, or was at sword's reach. But no matter how much he hacked, sliced, or cut, more seemed to come at him. He fought through each one, finding himself standing at the center of the room when they stopped their attacks and started to circle around him. He panted, ready to fight some more if need be. He was confused though, wondering what the shadow minions were up to. His eyes went wide when seeing them connect to make one huge tornado that twirled around him violently. He tried staying away from it and in the center where he'd be safe, but the wind caught him and he found himself being lifted off of his feet and thrown around in wild arcs high above where he once stood.

The next thing he knew, the shadow minions parted and he found himself plunging towards the ground. First thing he felt when coming in contact with the ground, was pain, and then darkness swallowed his vision.

Gem

Opening the door and stepping into a world of darkness, she heard it shut loudly and harshly behind her. Just as she whipped around, the door vanished right before her eyes. Running a hand along the black wall, she tried to find the knob, but couldn't so she sighed and gave up. Turning around, her grip on the hilt of her sword tightened while narrowing her eyes. It was hard for her to see through the pitch black room, but she was able to make out dim, out lines of strange objects. Walking forward, all she heard was the echoing of the padding of her feet. She then felt her shin collide into something as she found herself falling forward and landing with a dull thud on hard ground with her sword falling in front of her.

Mumbling an incoherent, "Itai," Gem rubbed her head while pushing herself up onto her knees after the harsh collision of body hitting ground. Grasping the hilt, she burried the point of the sword in the ground as she used it to help her up on her feet. Straightening herself, a click echoed around the room and she shielded her eyes when a sudden flare of light flooded everywhere. Blinking rapidly, to adjust to the brightness, she stared around at the now lit room with wonder and confusion.

There she was, standing in one of those circus rooms where clowns, acrobats, and all sorts of other circus people would entertain. She always loved watching a circus performance but simply couldn't stand the clowns. Everything that was needed was there: a trapeze, a huge, round red ball with a yellow stripe circling around it, a small miniture car, some objects and obstacles that trained dogs would run around in, a few stands where seals would stand on and do a few tricks, a lion cage, chairs for the audience...etc. etc. But, what was a circus doing inside...Hades' castle?

Just across the room was an opening and all she could make out was darkness. She held her breath and stood still as the sound of soft squeaks reached her ears. It was growing closer...and closer...and closer. It was quite unbearable for her because she felt anxious to know what was making these sounds. Then, out of the opening came out six clowns riding a three-wheeler bike that was way to small for them. Each one had on crooked grins, their eyes blazing and looking at her crazily as they rode towards her at a fast pace. They didn't look like your normal happy-go clowns, instead, these ones looked dark, crazy, insane, and evil.

Gulping loudly, her eyes widen as her expression became that of a panicy one. Beads of sweat rolled down her forehead when the now crazed-laughing clowns circled her on their small tricicles. They stopped their riding and the squeaking of their bikes stopped along with it. Serious expressions crossed their faces, and then in a blink of an eye, one of them had their faces just inches away from her. Laughing nervously, Gem found that she couldn't move. The clown stuck his tongue out, breaking into taunting laughter as he danced and skipped around her while clutching his ribs. Gem's grip on the hilt tightened, her fear of clowns leaving her as anger surged through every fiber of her body.

"Hey! I demand to know what's so funny!" Gem snapped at the clown who stopped prancing about her. "If you got a problem with me, then say it to my face!!" She was glaring daggers at him now.

The odd painted faced person stared at her blankly, and then had a look of outrage as he pointed an accusing finger at her. "CHARGE! ATTACK!! KIILLL!!!"

Gem blinked and before she knew it, the clowns abandoned their bikes and started to approach her, slowly and gradually as they blocked any possible route of escape. Sweat dropping, her head darted side to side in hopes to at least find an opening, but couldn't. Sighing, she plucked her sword out of the ground, croutched down, took in a deep breath, and jumped high into the air just as they made a grab for her. Expecting to go down and land away from them, she found that she wasn't falling down, but swinging around high in the air. She could feel a pair of hands wrapped underneath either of her arms. Glancing up, she saw that to her horror, a faceless woman in a pink tutu, was swinging her around on one of the high bards on the trapeze. Groaning, she ignored the horrid sensation of being thrown about in the air as the woman released her hold and tossed her to a faceless male in tights that swung on the other bar and grabbed a hold of her wrists.

The next thing that happened next, made her stomach churn and her insides float up to her chest. The man that she guessed was suppose to toss her back to the woman, instead, let go of her mid-way and she found herself plummeting to the ground at a slow rate. Her sword was lost to her grasp, already lying on the ground beneath her. Eyes widening in fear, she clawed at the air as if in hopes to grab onto something that'll stop her assault. But she couldn't get a hold of anything and the mocking laughter of the clowns reached her ears. Pain surged through every fiber of her body as she stared up to see their taunting faces. Everything became all but a blur to her and their laughing became distant to her ears. The last thing she remembered before loosing consciousness, was their jeering and their faces.

Crystallight

Ascending gradually up the stairs, she took slow strides up the steps, raising her defenses and narrowing her eyes. She gripped her sword firmly in her grasp, ready to use it if something were to attack her. What felt like hours was only 6 minutes when she finally reached the top of the stair case. Stopping in her tracks, she observed the corridor that was now running before her. The walls were plain, nothing decorated it besides the torches that were aligned on either side. The hall way seemed to go on forever. There didn't seem to be an end to it. As far as her eyes would allow her to see, all she saw was darkness at the end. Walking forward, she failed to notice the stair case behind her vanish instantly.

Breathing steadily to calm her nerves, she thought she was going to die of silence! She had to admit, she missed Rage and his non-stop chattering. Heck, she missed him period! Even though it was only a short time since her and the group walked off in their seperate directions, it felt like days and weeks have passed. She felt lonely and vulnerable without them walking beside her. Pushing away those emotions, her eyes went wide when the walls, ceiling, and ground started to swirve and stir, looking like ripples of water. Then her world suddenly turned into one with many walls surrounded by darkness and to her horror, she realized that she was now stuck in a maze.

She groaned while rolling her eyes as she regained her composure and walked forward. -Great...- she thought to herself silently. -How am I suppose to find the end of this thing!?-

She made many turns, some leading to dead ends, others leading to other turns. Her head felt dizzy from all of this, irritated that everything looked the same and that everywhere she turned, led to nothing but dead ends. Letting out a cry of annoyance and frustration when coming upon another blocked path, she leaned against the wall and slid to the ground, everything feeling hopeless.

"How the hell am I suppose to get out of here!?" she shouted out to no one in particular. "TELL ME!! HOW!?"

Do you really wish to know?

Her head snapped up when hearing the unhuman, masculine voice whisper. "Who are you?"

No...the question is...Who are you?

Rolling her eyes, she growled. "Alright smart guy, tell me, how do I get outta here?"

Just follow my voice...

She stood up and walked away from the wall, making a left turn as the voice kept on speaking. She followed it, breaking into a jog, desperate to get out of the maze.

Hurry...This way!

Her running became faster.

I'm over here!

She rounded a corner and immediately came to a halt, her eyes widening when seeing a huge, towering lion standing in front of a dead end. Its lips curved up into what seemed like a smirk. "What the -" Before she knew it, it was in front of her, slamming its huge paw against her chest which sent her flying back wards and through a few of the stone walls, leaving holes in them. She lied upon a rubble of scattered stone, feeling to weak to get up. Bruises covered her body along with cuts and blood. The lion then towered before her, looking menicing and dark.

"You...you tricked me!" Crystallight spat out hoarsely, one eye shut tightly while the other glared at it.

Silly human...Never trust a voice. The lion snickered as it spoke, but its lips didn't move.

"You'll...pay...for this..." she muttured, her eye lids covering over her eyes. In one swift movement of its paw, the lion swept her onto its back and carried her away.

Sakura

Glancing around nervously as she ascended up the steps, she clutched her staff close to her heart. She concentrated on the others' auras, in hopes to ride her loneliness and fright. Her eyes went wide when feeling Rage's, Gem's, and Crystallight's aura disappearing one by one. A gasp escaped her lips and she came to a halt just a few steps from the top of the stair case. She looked forward, trying desperately to locate the position of their presence but couldn't find them no matter how hard she tried. Her own aura reached out for Syaoran's and a sigh of relief flew from her mouth when finding that he was still alright. But right now, she was tempted to go back and find them, but knew that she wouldn't be able to so she climbed the last few steps and walked down a corridor, keeping her gaze on her feet.

-I wonder what happened to them?- Sakura thought silently to herself, furrowing her eye brows in worry. -I hope they're alright. I can't bare the thought of them getting hurt or injured in any way...Please, Kami-sama, say that they're alright? And onegai, protect them wherever they are.-

Letting out a sigh, she tried to shake the feeling off that she were being watched. Cold chills ran up and down her spine as her body slightly gave off a tremble and a shiver. She hugged herself, a bone chilling wind brushing past her, making her cloak bellow out before her. -Why was it suddenly so chilly in there? And, wait, why is there wind in here? There's no windows!- She stopped in her tracks, gripping her staff even tighter as she narrowed her eyes and crouched down in a defensive position. But fighting wasn't going to help her now. Wind whipped past her and around her, making her stumble forward as she tried her best to keep her balance.

It started to become more forceful and fierce, slamming her harshly into the wall. The wind pushing her back and forth, side to side, making her head spin as she was continually rammed against the wall. Her bones started to ache from every collison and bruises were now evident on her. The wind swept her off her feet and high into the air. Then, she was pushed downwards at a fast rate. Thinking quickly, she pulled out two Sakura Cards and did her best to slam her staff against them. "SHIELD! FLOAT!" A pink sphere of a transparent bubble encased her, stopping her assault before she could hit the ground. The wind then started to pound against it, making it rock a bit.

"Hoeee!" Sakura mumbled, using the sides of the bubble to keep her steady. She pulled out another card and called on it. "Windy! Drive off the wind!"

The feminine figure of Windy circled around the floating shield as it blocked the threatening wind from doing further damage to the bubble. The womanly spirit then started to use her own wind powers against it, pushing it away. Once it gave up in attacking Windy, the wind came to a cease and everything was calm and still. Sighing in relief, Sakura called back her cards, but before that, Float brought her gently down on to her feet before returning to its card form. Smiling gratefully at them, she pocketed them away.

"That was a smart move, Card Mistress."

Her head snapped up and her eyes went wide when finding a man that didn't look that old, but his age she couldn't tell. He stared at her with blood red pupils, a snarling smirk making its way across his deathly white face. The iris that surrounded his pupils looked like a dark, empty voice, lost of all emotions and whatever warmth he once had. Black, silk robs adorned his foreboding figure. Silver designs of unknown signs embroided on the left side of it. The hood hung limply behind him. His hair was a pale black, looking close to gray. It was long and was tied loosely by a black ribbon. A belt that resembled steel was strapped around his waist, a cobra designed at the center. Sakura took a step back, not really caring if he saw the fear in her eyes as her face paled.

"Who...Who are you?" she asked, her voice trembling as she felt his dark powers that emmited from him.

"You already know who I am, Card Mistress, it's just that I've never been able to meet you in person," he replied, his voice as cold as steel. "I am Lord Hades, Lord of the Underworld."

Her eyes went even wider, if that's possible. -So...He's Hades...- Gathering whatever courage she had left, she stood her ground and eyed him steadily, trying not to show her fear of him anymore. "Are you the one that...attacked me with those..er...winds?"

He chuckled, his smirk widening to reveal a pair of glimmering fangs. "Why, of course. And I must praise you. It was smart of you to use the three cards that you did, but do you really think your cards will be able to help you against me?" She didn't reply. "Even if you use all of your cards in one move, it still won't be powerful enough to kill me. It's not easy to defeat the Lord of the Underworld. I am mightier than all Gods!"

Sakura snorted, feeling nothing but despise and hate towards him. "Whatever. Even if you are supposedly 'mightier than all Gods,' that doesn't mean you can't be defeated."

His eyes widen, his pupils narrowing as his smirk turned into a crazed one. "Oh, but it's true, Card Mistress. In the past, no God was able to stop my reign of terror! They had to lock me up in order to restrain me. Don't you see? You can't kill me! Not only am I powerful, but I'm also immortal, like any other God would be."

Sakura barred her teeth, glaring at him. She didn't know how to respond to that, knowing that it all was probably true. In the world of Gods, a Lord was most likely the strongest of them all. Her grip on the Star Staff tightened till her knuckles turned white. She eyed him, her pink aura feeling small compared to his mighty, black one. Picking her words carefully, she knew she was being reckless, but she didn't want him to know that she feared him. "I'll defeat you...AND Zero! Both of you will perish along with this damned castle of yours!"

"Those are bold words, coming from a coward," Hades sneered.

Her glare instensified. "I am NOT a coward! I swear, Hades, I will be the reason for your downfall!"

He raised an eye brown at her, looking calm. "Oh, really? And I'd like to see you try!"

Whipping out a card, she slammed her staff upon it, anger getting the best of her. "SWORD!" A pink wind surrounded her staff, parting to reveal a golden sword. Gripping the hilt firmly with both hands, she charged at him. He stood there, still smirking as he waited for her to get close enough. Then, when they were only just inches apart, he snapped his fingers. Metal tentacles sprouted from either side of the walls, wrapping around her ankles, wrist, neck, and waist. Her grip on the hilt loosened, her sword falling to the ground with a clatter. She struggled to get rid of the binds that held her but was only greeted with lightning coursing through her body. Ignoring the pain, she continued on to wriggle and fight against them. Her teeth were gritted and her eyes tightly shut, knowing very well that Hades was enjoying the sight of her in pain. She fought to keep herself from screaming, not wanting him to feel any more joy.

"You wouldn't be going through such pain if you'd just stay still," Hades advised, a snicker evident between his words.

"Just shut up!" Sakura hissed between gritted teeth, her struggling coming to a cease as she glared hatefully down at him. All of her strength seemed to have abandoned her from her struggle that she put on earlier.

He lazily crossed his arms over his chest, eyeing the now captured Card Mistress. "What shall I do with you? Hmm...How would you like to join your friends?"

Sakura's eyes went wide. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THEM!?

"Oh don't worry, all three of them are fine," Hades remarked, not sounding reassuring enough for Sakura. "The Little Wolf will join you shortly."

"HEY! YOU LEAVE SYAORAN ALONE!! IF YOU LAY A FINGER ON HIM I'LL PERSONALLY BREAK YOU TO PIECES!" Sakura threatened as Hades floated up to her level.

"Don't worry Card Mistress, I won't hurt him," Hades replied. "But my son will!" She was about to shout something in return when he brought the hilt of her sword crashing down on her head, making her loose consciousness.


To be continued...


Azure Rosas: ^^ Not much of a happy ending but that little cliffy will have to do for now! =P So please, don't flame me! -_- Well, before I start babbling away, lemme thank these kind people for reviewing:

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Arigatou minna-san! And I guess I lied about writting short chapters, ne? I tend to break promises that are meant to be broken ^^;; That doesn't make sense, I know. I guess the reason why chapters are starting to get longer is because the final battle is nearing and I don't want it to go on for many many chapters. I'm not sure when the last battle will take place..probably in the next one, or in the next two or three chapters, ya never know. But after the battle, that's not gonna be the end. There's still more after that. ^^ Well, I must go now! Please leave a review! Ja ne!