Welcome to chapter 8!!!!! Thanks SO much for everyone who reviewed and for all the websites that have posted this...I REALLY appreciate it!!!! Ok, enuff thanks, on with the yada yada!!!!!
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"..." Spoken Words
*...* Thoughts
~~~~~~~~~ Scene Changes/Flashbacks (won't be too many flashbacks)
(...) Authors Notes
Disclaimer: these characters don't belong to me, but guess what? They belong to Clamp, go figure, huh; Only the fictitious characters are mine, ok....so read on please!
~The Untold Story~
Chapter 8
Sakura and Syaoran had been searching forever and were extremely exhausted.
"Syaoran...I don't think I can walk anymore," said Sakura, emerald eyes dreary and tired, "can we please...take a rest?"
Syaoran looked over at her and sighed (^-^'), but before he could give a response, Sakura fell to her knees. She was about to hit the floor, but Syaoran's lightning-quick reflexes allowed him to move fast enough to catch her.
Syaoran smiled as he looked down at Sakura. "Of course Sakura, anything for you. Besides, you're already half way there."
And with that, he laid her down on her back and sat next to her, gently brushing the hair from her half-closed eyes.
Eventually, Syaoran drifted off with Sakura sleeping in his arms.
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Back to the mall displays...
Misty was awakened by the sun beams from a close-by window touching her tightly shut eyelids. She sat up and stretched, while slowly looking in every direction to see what had happened. As she glanced to the left, she spotted Eric sleeping like a rock, half-on and half-off his bed...She smiled as she watched him fall onto the floor. All she heard was a light _Ugh..._ and some movement. Soon the movement ceased and a tired-looking, brunette boy stuck his head up and looked in Misty's direction. Misty laughed a little as she examined him: his russet hair was sticking straight up, and is eyes of the same color were glassy and drowsy. His face was a glowing crimson and he had pillow and sheet indentions all over his face.
"What's so funny?" he asked, rubbing his eyes.
Misty stopped laughing, but kept her dazzling smile. "Oh...me? Nothing really..."
Eric raised an eyebrow and brought himself into a standing position.
"No really *YAWN* what's so funny?" he asked again as he plopped down next to her, scratching his head.
Misty couldn't contain her laughter any longer. She burst out laughing, pulled her compact mirror from her purse, and held it up in front of him.
Eric turned an even deeper crimson as he jumped up at the sight of his appearance.
"Uh, I'll be right back," he said, running in the direction of the restrooms.
Misty just continued to laugh as she watched him run away...
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The Maze Card???...
Syaoran slowly opened his eyes and kind of did a little jump thing when he fully opened them. He had forgotten what happened for a brief second and was startled by the "nothingness" that surrounded he and Sakura. Remembering that she was asleep in his lap, he lightly shook her to wake her and then gently kissed her forehead. (^^)
Sakura opened her jade eyes and saw Syaoran staring down at her. She smiled at him and sat up, yawning in the process.
"Syaoran," she said, "let's continue looking for Eriol and Meiling."
Sakura rose from her spot on the "floor" and held out her hand to help Syaoran up.
Syaoran blushed a little (AN: after all these years! He STILL blushes at Sakura!) and took her hand. She hurled him to his feet and they began walking in a direction. Suddenly, they both heard what sounded like yelling coming from one direction.
Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other and nodded. Then, they began running in the direction of the shouting. When they finally reached their destination, they saw Meiling floating in the air and screaming like a mad lunatic.
Syaoran sweat-dropped (-_-') and Sakura laughed a little. It was then that Meiling ceased the crying and the flailing of her floating arms and legs. She looked over at Syaoran and Sakura.
"Oh! Thank goodness you've found me!! PLEASE get me down from here!!!!!!!" she screamed, flecking her ruby eyes.
Syaoran sweat-dropped again (-_-') and said the incantation he had used to remove himself and Sakura from weightlessness. Sakura watched as Meiling fell in the direction of the floor, but someone, or something, caught her before she could hit it.
It was Eriol! He had used the same strategy as Syaoran had, to get himself down and had been looking for them for a while.
Meiling opened her garnet colored eyes and quickly looked at Eriol. Then she strangled him with a "Thank-you" hug.
"Meiling! Meiling, it was really nothing, please let me go," he pleaded as he placed her feet on the ground, with her arms still tightly around his neck.
Meiling finally let him go and then started in Syaoran's direction. Syaoran noticed and cringed, but held his ground; he's had WAY too much practice on dealing with the "Meiling strangle-hug". Meiling flung her arms around Syaoran as he stood there motionless and let her hug him, with out saying a word.
"Oh THANK YOU, Syaoran-kun!!" she said, still hugging him to death.
"No--Problem--Mei--ling," was all he could manage to force out.
Sakura and Eriol just stood there watching and laughed to themselves at Meiling and her "hero".
Syaoran had finally shaken off Meiling and was looking around and about.
"Hey, guys, it's great to have you guys and everything, but can we get going on finding a way OUT of here?!?!"
Sakura looked at him seriously, then smiled, "Of course Syaoran; Let's go!" she said, pulling on Syaoran's arm.
Syaoran sighed (^-^') and smiled at Sakura, then followed, with her hand still clenched around his wrist.
Syaoran's hand was beginning to turn a sort of bluish-purple color from Sakura's squeezing. He didn't notice though, until his hand started tingling and he couldn't feel it anymore.
"AH! Sakura, let go of my hand!" he cried desperately, while trying to pry her hand off. Sakura quickly released her grip and apologized. Then she continued on her way, with everyone following her, looking for SOMETHING, ANYTHING that could get them out of where they were, or at least tell them where they were.
Soon, they all realized that Meiling was no longer with them. Eriol looked all around and tried to "feel" her. (AN: more like SENSE her) Suddenly, he sensed something familiar coming from behind them. He turned to see Meiling holding some kind of weird-looking, gold object. Syaoran raised a brown eyebrow.
"Uh, Meiling, what's that you're holding?"
Meiling looked down at her hands.
"Oh this?" she replied holding it so everyone could see it, "I'm not sure what it is. But it sure is pretty, huh?!"
Eriol and Syaoran do the amine fall. (^-^')
Sakura ran over to Meiling and they both "Oo--d" and "Awe--d" it.
"Hey wait a minuet," said Sakura, looking closer at the object, "This, this is familiar...We've encountered something with this before...But I can't place what!"
Syaoran waltzed over and took a look at the item; It was gold-plated and had indentions and paintings all over it. It also had a purple strap-type thing tied on each of its curved ends. Syaoran's dark eyes widened as an image of Lela Mackenzie flashed into his mind. She was in what looked like ceremonial robes and was holding the object Meiling had found. Syaoran shook the image out of his head.
"Sakura, that's the bell that Miss. Mackenzie used to free us from the 'Maze Card'!" (AN: Ok, ok, I KNOW that the bell disappeared after the Final Judgment, but let's pretend it didn't)
Sakura gasped. (AN: -- ^^that's a cool word ^^)
"It's is?!" Sakura closed her emerald eyes, then quickly shot them open again.
"It IS the 'Maze Card', Syaoran...That's why all of this all feels so familiar...We've gotta seal it." Sakura said frantically.
"Sakura, how are we going to seal it, with out the 'Star Key'? Misty has it, remember?" said Syaoran, trying to calm her down.
"OH NO! You're right...She does have it, doesn't she...Well then," she said, swiping the bell away from Meiling, "Let's get out of here and find her."
Sakura quickly ran over to one of the walls and put the bell up to it. Then, with out a word spoken, the walls crumbed to the floor like sand in an hourglass.
"Let's go!" Sakura cried as she ran through the broken-down wall. Meiling, Syaoran and Eriol shortly followed
after her.
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Mall, Mall, Mall...
Eric, after loads of persuasion, finally emerged from the restroom, looking MUCH better then he did upon entering. He had matted down his sticking-up hair with water and had washed his face thoroughly, which also made the sheet and pillow indentions disappear.
Misty was gazing out the window when Eric came out, so she didn't see him. Eric hadn't noticed her either, so he was looking around at some of the "nick-knacks" for sale at the store they were in.
Misty, sensing someone in the room, slightly turned her head and saw him looking at something little in his hand. She walked over to him and looked over his shoulder to see what was so interesting, but before she could see a thing, he jumped away from her, startled.
"AH! Don't DO THAT!" he screeched, grasping his chest.
"Oh...I'm sorry...," she apologized.
"What you got there?" she asked, pointing at his cupped hands.
Eric looked down at his hands.
"Oh, this? It's nothing, I was just looking, that's all," he replied nervously as he placed it back on the table where he had found. Misty shot up an eyebrow.
"Right...Well, whatever," she said, 'swatting' away the problem.
_CRASH_
"WHOA!" Misty and Eric said simultaneously, as they jerked their heads in the direction of the sudden sound.
"OW! Syaoran! That hurt! Don't fall on me again!!!" shouted a woman's voice.
"Eriol-kun, can you NOT step on my head, please," said the same voice, "SAKURA-CHAN! GET OFF ME!"
Eric blushed.
"He he, that's my mom...MY MOM!" he said as he began running in the direction of the voices. He practically fell down the stairs because he was running so fast.
"ERIC! WAIT FOR ME!" cried Misty, as she ran to catch up with him.
When Eric made it up to where he heard the voices, he suddenly stopped and began laughing hysterically at what was in front of him. All four adults were stacked upon each other: Meiling was on the bottom, with Syaoran and half of Sakura on her, and had Eriol's feet resting on her head. Eric continued laughing at the sight. They all looked over in the direction of the laughing and saw Eric; he was almost crying. Misty finally managed to catch up with Eric and when she saw him laughing, she looked out into the clearing and saw the pile of parents. Then she began laughing, too. Pretty soon, Eriol and Sakura were laughing, and them laughing made Syaoran crack up. Everyone by now, except Meiling, was laughing.
"EXCUSE ME!!" shouted Meiling.
"CAN YOU ALL PLEASE GET THE HECK OFF OF ME!"
"Certainly, Meiling," replied Eriol, as he jumped off the top of the mound, using Meiling's head has a springboard.
"Gee, thanks a lot," she muttered under her breath.
"I guess I'm next," said Sakura as she slowly slipped off the side of the heap.
Finally everyone was off Meiling and they had reunited with Eric and Misty. Eric was currently being strangled by his mother while Misty talked with her parents. Eriol was just sort of...there.
"Misty, may I please have the 'Star Key' for a moment," asked Sakura, holding out her hand.
"Uh, yeah, I guess so," she said, removing the necklace from around her neck and handing it to Sakura.
Sakura held it out and chanted the incantation to release the key. (AN: you guys all know it by now I'm sure, but just in case, I'll put it in here again)
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* Key of the stars, *
* with powers burning bright *
* reveal the staff, *
* and shine your light! *
* Release! *
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The small key gradually turned into the Star Staff and floated in the air, waiting for someone to remove it from weightlessness.
"Grab it," Sakura said, looking at Misty.
"ME?! But why don't you take it? I mean, it IS yours," she said, nervously.
"Misty, I know in my heart this is the right thing; Take the staff, now."
Misty cringed a bit, and hesitantly grabbed the staff, causing the globe of light around it to fade away into nothing.
Misty held the staff out in front of her mother, as if asking her to take it. Sakura shook her head 'No' and pushed it back towards Misty. Misty examined the Star Staff and looked up at her now smiling mother.
"What?" she asked her.
"Nothing...I'm just glad that I finally get to share this experience with you, Misty. I never realized, until now, how much I loved the adventures of catching the Clow Cards and transforming them. It just brings back so many wonderful memories." she replied, continuing to smile.
Before Misty could say a word, two beings crashed through the glass window on the ceiling.
~~~~~End of Chapter 8~~~~~
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Hmm, who could the 2 beings be?!? Find out in chapter 9...COMING SOON!!
I FINALLY finished this dumb thing!! YEAH! Ok, moving on:
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