DISCLAMER: I do not own Card Captor Sakura
Chapter 5 Dark Past 2: The Demise of the Dark King???Yuki attended Touya's school and is also in his class. He and Kero, as Touya nicknamed him, became his guardians and protectors. They helped him find and capture the cards.
"It's almost three years since I first started this job and I almost captured all of them, right?" a spiky black-haired boy asked. He, along with another boy his age, was standing on the rooftop of their elementary school. Usually, first-graders are afraid of heights and don't go there but these are no ordinary first-graders.
"Yeah." The boy beside him replied.
"What do we do after we capture all of them?"
"We seal them once more."
His mouth formed an "O", " What will happen to you then?"
"We will be sealed again, I guess. And try to not let the cards run amuck once more."
"I'll miss you." Silence ensued.
"Why can't you stay?"
"I can't. I am the guardian of Clow. And I must bid my master's wishes."
They stayed there and looked up at the sky when out of nowhere a yellow blur just run by straight into the wall.
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"Are you alright, Kero?" Touya asked as he tried to help Kero.
"There's no time for that. Can't you feel it? A strong aura. I saw it on the news, Darkness is covering Tomoeda little by little. Soon, the whole of Tomoeda will be covered by it." He looked up and saw that the darkness already loomed over them then swallowed them.
"See?"
"How can we stop it?" asked the black-haired boy.
"By finding the source before everything completely disappears. Soon, you will not be able to see us." As Yuki said this, he already disappeared from Touya's sights.
"I'm scared." He cried.
"Don't cry, little one. When there's darkness, there can always be light as long as you don't give up." A luminous woman appeared before him.
"Now, how can that light shine through, that is up to you to decide."
"I will not be scared. I will conquer my fear for everyone I know." He closed his eyes. "I can sense a great aura coming from... there!!!" he chanted his spell and the key he held grew into a staff and pointed it at the darkness that spread before him.
The darkness turned into a card and so did the luminous woman. But still light was not brought back. "How come?"
"You can find the answer in your heart." The two women said.
"I know." He used the light card to bring back the light and found himself free from the darkness. "Light, at last."
"Touya! Are you alright?" the two guardians called.
"Yeah. It was a piece of cake." The boy beamed. Relief could be heard from the guardians as they sighed. But then they saw a black shadow loomed over Touya and snagged him. Touya desperately tried to be released from the grasps of his abductor. "Let me go!" while the guardians changed to their original shapes and confronted the man in mid-air.
"Let him go!"
"Who are you?!"
"Have you forgotten ... me?" the man looked them straight in the eye. "Have you forgotten how your master trapped me and killed my son. Do you know that the darkness that shadowed this place was enough to waken me? Cower in fear as I, the king of darkness, is back!!" he shot the two guardians and they were knocked down on the rooftop, hard.
"Yue!! Kero!!!" Touya desperately called at the unmoving guardians as the man took him to the place where he came from. DARKNESS.
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"I'm sorry, Master Clow Reed, we couldn't stop him." Yue said as they confessed everything to their master.
"It's alright. We didn't know this was going to happen. But what I want to know is what he wants with Touya."
"He told us you killed his son, do you, do you t-think he'll k-kill yours?" one of his guardians inquired.
Clow shoot up, "No. N-no. I'm sure he won't. He doesn't even know I'm his father."
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Hahahaha!!!
"What do you want with me?" Touya asked the bad man who kidnapped him.
"Don't you remember me, my boy?" the boy glared at him.
"I guess you don't. Don't worry. After you drink this potion you will remember everything." He neared the boy. "No! Get away from me!" the boy yelled, frantically kicking around. But since he was tied up, he was no match for the man and the man poured the concoction down his throat.
"Aaahhhh!!!" Touya felt the burning sensation going down his mouth.
"Soon! Hahahaha!" the King of Darkness watched as a black aura surrounded Touya as a glint of recognition crossed Touya's face.
"Father." he calmly called the man.
"You and I will rule this pathetic world. With Clow Reed dead, no one can stop us!!!"
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Fujitaka Kinomoto, also known as Clow Reed in a previous life, sensed a powerful dark aura. One that he hasn't sensed in centuries. Now, that his memories are back, he is ready to do battle against the King of Darkness for his son back along with his guardians. But he wasn't prepared at what he saw before him, at the utter chaos that surrounded Tomoeda, burning bodies, but most of all to the cause of all this before him.
"Touya." He heard somebody call a familiar name yet he can't quite put a finger on it. His memories are of what happened at the Clow Wars, an event that happened centuries ago but to him it is happening now. He can't remember why he is in the body of a small child. He can't even used his powers at a full extent because of the strain it might give the small body.
"Touya!" he again called acknowledging the presence before him.
"Look out!!!" Clow heard a feminine voice shout when he turned around and saw an energy ball coming at him. He quickly blasted the ball and looked the man who throws it with so much hatred.
"Well, well, if it isn't Clow Reed. I thought you were dead." the King of Darkness spat with so much venom and conviction for the man in front of him.
"I see you now have friends to help you but STILL THAT WON'T DO YOU GOOD." He aimed his energy ball at the woman with long wavy black hair.
The woman stood still, shocked as the energy ball headed straight for her, "Nadeshiko!" she heard her husband called. As the ball almost hit her, a shadow jumped in and saved her.
"Drats! More insolent fools!"
Clow Reed jumped down to where his wife sat, "Nadeshiko, are you all right?" he hugged her tight and thanked the person who saved her. The person turned around, "Kaho?!"
"Well, yeah! That's all right, no bother at all. I'll help you defeat that guy and bring Touya back."
"But-"
"No buts. I made up my mind, I'll help you." They looked on as they saw Touya causing more mayhem.
"Touya!!!" shouted Clow Reed. His guardians also receded behind him.
"That is no longer your son." They whizzed around and saw an old man and a young man in Chinese clothing coming their way.
"What do you mean?"
"See the insignia on his clothing. I believe that that is the insignia of the Prince of Darkness."
"What?!" Clow turned around and looked at Touya's clothes. "No!"
"What does that mean? Fujitaka!!!" Nadeshiko shook her husband.
"It means that Touya is the reincarnation of that man's son." He said pointing at the Dark King.
"You're right and no one can defeat us!!!" the Dark King bellowed.
"What can we do, then? How can we save him?"
"There's no way to save him. We have to destroy him before his powers fully developed destroying the whole world." The old man gravely said. "I'm sorry!!"
"No!!!" Nadeshiko cried. "That can't be true. There must be a way. Please, Onegai!"
"There is still another way." The young man in Chinese clothing said. "No! There is no other way." The old man argued. "The boy must be destroyed."
"Father, you know there is still a way. Why are you being unreasonable?"
"Alright."
"You can seal his powers and along with it is the memory of his past. His powers may not be completely sealed but it won't be very strong anymore. I also don't know for how long the seal can protect him from his powers. But-"
"But what?"
"Sacrifices must be made by each of those who are going to seal his powers."
"I understand. I'll help him even if it means my death."
"Very well. I will prepare the ritual. For now, weaken him and destroy the King of Darkness."
"You heard the man! Let's go!!!" Kero excitedly shouted.
They fought hard while the two Chinese prepared the pentagram that will help seal Touya's powers. They defeated their minions one by one.
"You are the only one left!!! Give up!!!" Clow challenged the Dark King.
"Really? Then why don't you look behind you." Clow turned around to see an energy ball hit him. He dropped down to the ground.
"You're master has been defeated. Give up now!!!" the Dark King floated down to Clow's side and mocked him, kicking the sides of his body.
"Master Clow!!!"
It was the chance Clow was waiting for. He aimed a powerful energy ball at the Dark King and blasted him hard. "Father!!" Touya cried as he stooped to the Dark King's side.
Clow silently walked over to him. It was too late when Touya sensed his aura. He was already behind him and delivered him a blow on the nape. Touya instantly fell down and lost consciousness.
"Nadeshiko! Touya!!" Sonomi run to the scene. "Is he-"
"He's fine. He's just asleep." Clow carried his son's body and laid him on the pentagram finished by the two Chinese while Nadeshiko explained everything to Sonomi.
Clow, Nadeshiko, Yue, Kero, Kaho, and Sonomi placed their hands on the boy's body. A large aura surrounded them as they chanted the spell thought by the old man. They were pulled into a darkness and loneliness.
With Sonomi
"What are you willing to sacrifice for this boy's sake?" a voice asked her.
"Anything."
"Are you willing to lose the most important thing to you?"
"Y-yes."
"Very well." And then light shone through once more.
With Kaho
"What are you willing to sacrifice for this boy's sake?" a voice asked her.
"Anything."
"Are you willing to lose the most important thing for you?"
"Yes."
"Very well." And then light shone through once more.
With Kero
"What are you willing to sacrifice for this boy's sake?" a voice asked him.
"Anything."
"Are you willing to lose the most important thing to you?"
"Yes."
"Very well." And then light shone through once more.
With Yue
"What are you willing to sacrifice for this boy's sake?" a voice asked him.
"Anything."
"Are you willing to lose the most important thing to you?"
"Yes."
"Very well." And then light shone through once more.
With Nadeshiko
"What are you willing to sacrifice for this boy's sake?" a voice asked her.
"My life." She straightly answered.
"Very well." And then light shone through once more.
With Clow
"What are you willing to sacrifice for this boy's sake?" a voice asked him.
"I am willing to lose my life for my son's sake."
"I'm sorry but life has already been offered. Are you willing to lose the most important thing to you?"
"Yes." He wondered who among them already sacrificed life.
"Very well." And then light shone through once more.
"Each of you are brave enough to sacrifice the important things in you're lives"
"To Sonomi, Nadeshiko." Sonomi gasped and looked at her dear friend and cousin.
"To Kaho, maturity."
"To Kero, your companion will be loneliness and will be sealed within the book."
"To Yue, the ability to return to your true form."
"To Nadeshiko, your life."
"Nadeshiko, no." Clow stated.
"It's alright. I am already that I have lived long enough to serve you. Don't shed anymore tears, my darling."
"And to Clow, your powers."
"And with that even your memories will be erased. Farewell."
Before Clow's powers completely disappeared, he brought back Tomoeda to the way it was, reviving the dead and willfully erasing their memories.
With the present
"We didn't know that the Dark King still survived. My son and I were inside a shield that protected us from the spell that was cast by Clow. That is why I still remember everything." The Li elder said.
"And you're son?" Sakura innocently asked.
"He's already dead. He is Syaoran's father."
"For now we have to figure out a plan to stop the madness before it even starts."
They each contemplated on the events that happened and how the future events could, may not be prevented, but still stopped.
