Hello Everyone! I'm back! I hope that you enjoyed the first chapter cause the second installment is here. I want to send a thank you to all those who took the time to review, you've all inspired me to keep writing. I hope I won't disappoint you. *bows* And now, ON WITH THE SHOW!!!!!
Oh yeah! Disclaimer: I do not own CCS, the plot and some of the extra characters are mine.
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CHAPTER 2: Fallen Angel
Eriol walked into Sakura's room to find that she was sleeping. The tiny Guardian of the Beast clicking furiously at the remote, trying to find something suitable to watch on the television, while munching on one of the pastries that Mr. Kinomoto had brought for his daughter. "How long has Sakura been sleeping?" Eriol asked, taking a pastry from the basket. "About three hours now" Kero said nonchalantly, still clicking at the remote. Eriol sighed looking absently at the window, he blinked. Syaoran was outside, sitting on a bench near the trees that were set around the hospital, his elbows were resting on his knees and his head was in his hands. He looked utterly lost and vulnerable, a rarity at seeing the Great Syaoran Li looking as if the world had abandoned him. A twinge of sympathy went through Eriol's veins, he knew that the soon-to-be- leader of the Li clan was thinking about. Sakura. The reincarnation of Clow Reed knew it. Eriol sighed, maybe he had taken for granted what his descendant had gone through these past seven years, he should make a little more effort to try and be nice to him, even if it was only a tad bit nicer.
Syaoran stared at the ground without actually seeing it. How could the Mistress of the Cards, his Mistress of the Cards get hurt that badly? Were these new cards really all that powerful? Eriol said they were, and, as much as he hated to admit it, Eriol was usually right about these things. 'This is only the beginning....' Eriol had said when they were in Fa Ling's room. Fa Ling had been sleeping so she couldn't have heard. Eriol had said that the Miracle cards tended to let the weaker ones come first, before the four God Cards made their appearance. The God Cards were the Strongest cards in the Celestial Deck. The Miracle Cards were also known as the Celestial Cards, the strongest cards ever created. Eriol had given him a complete history lesson about the Miracle Cards. The Why, How, When, and where of these Cards. According to Eriol, Sakura had to capture at least one God Card, in order to catch the rest. The other Cards wouldn't even dent any of the God Cards. Eriol said that only a God can take down a God. Syaoran had wanted to punch the Creators of these Cards. To create such powerful Cards and to leave them lying around was just irresponsible, especially when his Sakura got involved. He'd help her. Of that he was sure, he wouldn't leave her alone when the biggest threat to her life was right around the corner.
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Sakura yawned, it was already dark out, step one of her plan had to get into motion. She blinked, Tomoyo was sitting down on the chair staring at her. "Up and at 'em, Sunshine" Tomoyo grinned, a cream white gown was resting in her lap. "Time to get this show on the road" Tomoyo said looking as if she had been waiting for this moment her entire life. "Tomoyo? What did you eat today?" Sakura asked slowly, feeling a little bit uncomfortable, her friend had a predatory gleam in her eyes. "Eriol?" the voice of her guardian broke through the silence that followed the muffled giggles that came from Tomoyo. "I'm over here, in the hall" the boy in question said looking, poking his head into the room. "What do we do first?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo looked at her watch. "Put everyone to sleep then use the Heal." Tomoyo said. "Right" Sakura said looking nervous.
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Syaoran stiffened. He felt power clear across the hospital. Her power. He straightened in the chair he was sitting on., The Sleep, he thought as little sparkles of magic floated into the cafeteria putting anyone who made contact with any of it down for a nice long nap. Using his magic, he created a barrier, protecting him from Sleep's magic. As he walked out of the cafeteria, the sparkles parted as if her were Moses parting the sea. In the hall he saw doctors, nurses and patients alike sleeping on the floors. Walking quickly he went into Fa Ling's room to find her sound asleep in her bed and on the floor at the foot of her bed lay Meiling, curled up into a little ball mumbling incoherently in her sleep. Syaoran took a seat into a chair beside Fa Ling's bed and waited. Sakura should be making her appearance sometime soon. About ten minutes after every one had fallen asleep, the door opened again, it wasn't Sakura but Tomoyo, her Camera in her hand, she walked cautiously into the room and almost tripped over Meiling, glaring at the sleeping girl, she walked into the shadows where Fa Ling wouldn't be able to see her even she woke up. Syaoran, feigning sleep, looked over and saw an excited smirk on Tomoyo's face. Then there came a light tapping on the Large window. Fa Ling was awake and alert instantly. Syaoran looked on, amused, she hadn't woken when Tomoyo nearly crashed and very near tripped on Meiling but she was wide awake when there was almost an inaudible tap on the window. He would have laughed if he weren't holding his breath. As soon as Fa Ling opened the window, a bright light flashed, causing Meiling to turn her head an complain fuzzily about a camel threatening to eat her . Syaoran heard Tomoyo trying desperately to smother a giggle. Everything went quiet again. Then "You're here! I knew you'd come!" came an excited whisper from Fa Ling as she backed away from the window. An Lovely auburn haired girl glided in smiling, emerald green eyes sparkling mysteriously as she looked at Fa Ling with kindness. "Yes, I came." Sakura said looking regal in her cream white outfit. "Will you heal me? I-I want to be okay again, so I don't make my family worry" Fa Ling said looking at the floor, wringing her little hands. Without a word she took out Heal and tossed it in front of Fa Ling. Power rose around Sakura like an Inferno. A different symbol appeared at Fa Ling's feet. The card seemed to disappear and a white sparkling wind flew around Fa Ling. Once it settled, Syaoran could feel the difference in Fa Ling, she didn't feel weak anymore, and her energy was high as well. Sakura smiled, but that smile turned to a worried frown as she felt a incredibly strong force around her. Fa Ling gasped in horror as she was suddenly incased in a large gem like-prison and hurtled outside, similar gem-like prisons incased Meiling, Tomoyo, and Syaoran. Meiling startled awake by the sudden movement looked down and started to screech when she saw that she wasn't an the ground. Syaoran growled and drew his sword, but before he could do anything, there was a sudden crash.
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Sakura saw that Fa Ling, and Tomoyo were both trapped in those gems and looked to Eriol to help. To her horror she saw that his arms were covered in blood and there was a wound on his forehead. He hung with chains locking around his wrists and ankles and was tied between two nearby trees. He was unconscious. Kero, in his true form was also tied up in chains, this time, he was hanging by his wings, his hind legs and forepaws dangling uselessly, he too was unconscious. Sakura stood in shocked horror as her friends were scared, shocked and hurt. A malicious giggle sounded from the trees. A woman jumped down from her perch and stood before the Mistress of the cards. She was a stunningly beautiful young woman, with almond shaped blue eyes, pale creamy skin, and lush pink lips, her dark brown hair billowing around her. Her clothes were that of ancient Chinese design, chains were draped around her body, around her arms and legs. She smirked at Sakura. "Did you do This?" Sakura demanded, looking around at her friends. 'No' The card answered. '....I did that' motioning to Eriol and Kero, 'This' the card continued, motioning to the others 'Is her work' she said pointing to a little girl emerging out of the shadows. The little girl had ebony hair up to her waist, and clear eyes, one blue, the other one green. A fire opal was embedded into her forehead, flickering different colors when hit by the light. She wore a green kimono tempered by blue, the sash of her kimono had symbols on them. She giggled, her laugh sounding like that of a child's pure delighted laugh, tinkling and light, but her eyes glimmered wickedly. She jumped onto Fa Ling's gem and raised her hand up. Lightning shot out of the sky and into the little girl's hand, coursing down her body and entering the gem, hitting the little being inside. Fa Ling screamed in pure agony her body shaking from the shock of electricity. There was yet another presence that had not made itself known. Sakura looked wildly around. There! Sitting on top of the hospital roof was a silver haired beauty with large Ice-blue eyes, she was dressed in all black and her pale skin accented the little amused smirk she was wearing. In her hand was a scythe-like glaive, it's blade was intricately designed, masking the weapon real purpose. 'How amusing, The card Mistress can't even stand up to these weaklings...... how will you stand up against me?' The card asked. Sakura looked at all three cards and a feeling of hopelessness came over her. She couldn't even stand up to Warrior and now she was faced with three other cards that she knew nothing about.
As if he read her mind, Kero moaned and looked up "S-Sak...ura...." He wheezed "The little girl is....the...Confine...the...the one sitting.....on the building is...The Wraith and.. the other...the other one is..." Kero tried to get the last words out but the unknown card flicked her fingers and the binds that kept him in place tightened making Kero gasp out in agony. Sakura stared at the three cards before her, anger beginning to fill her veins. They did this to the people she cared about, and she wouldn't let them have the satisfaction of knowing that they had won,...because they hadn't. With a cry she raised her dragon pendant and chanted new words that she herself didn't know she knew. "Raising moon, Setting Stars, I pledge myself to thee, the Celestial Maiden, Creator of heaven and Earth. Unleash the Blade that will help me conquer these who you have released in this realm, By our Contract....Come Forth, Dragon Sword!" Energy gathered around the floating pendant, a whirlwind of magic, it exploded and all that was left was the Blade that would help her get her friends back to safety.
The Wraith card looked not worried, but amused, and a tad bit impressed, but not worried. 'Do you think pretty words will save you? Let's see if that's all they are, pretty words' In a flash all three cards lunged at the lone Card Mistress, bombarding her with their individual attacks. Sakura closed her eyes and expected to be seeing a bright white light but instead she heard the metallic clang of swords. She opened her eyes, and there was the one thing she wasn't expecting. The Warrior. She glared at the opposing cards 'Leave!' she barked at them 'I was here, you have no right taking what I was first to challenge!' 'Oh get over it Warrior! The sooner we get rid of her the sooner we can get back to what we were doing!' Confine snarled back childishly. Three cards started to bicker about how annoying the other was, until Wraith, who was out of the argument, growled 'Stop this! You're acting like Children!' Confine harrumphed at that, but fell silent. 'I want her dead' Wraith said. as she shifted her frosty gaze back at the card mistress. All at once they lunged at her, their power being too much for Sakura to handle. Sakura fell to her knees, battered, bruised, bleeding, and nearly unconscious in a matter of seconds. She closed her eyes ready to end it all. "SAKURA!" A male voice yelled. Sakura's eyes snapped open, she knew that voice! She forced herself to look at where the call had come from, the man in the gem. Recognition dawned. "Syaoran.....?"
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End of chapter two! Please don't blame me if it's bad... I was rushed. Review! I'll try and get chapter three done quickly. STAY TUNED!!!!!!!