Chapitre Twenty-five: The Getaway
Yubaba sent a bolt of lightning at Sakura, who was on her knees, trying to recover from Yubaba's attack on her shield. She could not believe that Yubaba was that strong until her shield cracked.
At that moment, someone ran in front of her and cried out, "Lightning, come forth!" and a bolt of lightning appeared from his ofuku scroll. The two bolts of lightning exploded together when they collided with each other. Sakura's eyes widened. She had thought that Syaoran did not know how to use ofuku scrolls. She knew how to, of course. It was simple, actually.
Yubaba clenched her beak together in frustration. (She was still a bird.) Since those two were not going to be her servants anymore and would not go back with her to the bathhouse, she would do whatever it took to kill them, if she could.
"Sakura, are you all right?" Syaoran asked as he stared at the girl still on her knees on the ground. Sakura did not answer. "Sakura, are you really all right?" he asked again.
"Yes, I am alright. Don't worry about me now. Worry about Yubaba." Sakura said as she stood up and looked at Yubaba, who was staring at them, muttering something that they could not hear. "What shall we do? We can't possibly kill Yubaba in front on Zeniba, can we? They are, after all, twins."
"Oh…don't you worry about me, dear. Kill my sister if you have to. I don't like her anyway, always killing innocent people and forcing people to work for her. Besides, if you do not kill her, I would do so, since she is the one who ordered you to steal that seal from me. But thanks to you, I have my seal back, which is an object of power and when used for one's evil means, can kill people. Now, leave this place with your harp and let me deal with Yubaba myself. When everything is over, I will free everyone from her bathhouse."
Sakura looked at Zeniba. She was very doubtful about it. "But what if you die? What should I do? I can't possibly let you deal with her yourself."
Zeniba smiled. "Don't you worry about me, dear. I have lived a very long time and I think that if I should die, I will not mind. After all, I have lived a very fruitful life." Looking at Sakura's worried face, Zeniba continued. "Even when I die with Yubaba, the contracts will be ended, so the workers can leave the bathhouse if they want to. Go now, or I will be forced to use magic to send you all away. Take that harp with you too."
Syaoran was pulling at Sakura's arm. He could not wait to get out of this place, though he was sad that he would have to leave Zeniba to fight against Yubaba. He himself would have stayed behind to fight Yubaba himself if her could, but since Zeniba insisted…well, he would do as she said so. Sakura was resisting his pull. She did not want to leave Zeniba behind, she could not bear to do so.
"Sakura, come on!" Syaoran pulled harder. Finally, Sakura moved her feet, though she kept looking behind her at Zeniba. When they were very far away from Yubaba and Zeniba, Sakura turned back one last time and looked at the cottage.
Then, there was one sound and a blinding light that left stars in Sakura's eyes.
It was over.
"Syaoran, do you think that Zeniba would be all right?" she asked as her hands caressed the harp.
"I don't know, but I hope that Zeniba will be." Syaoran turned and looked at Sakura. "I am glad that you are all right, my dear Sakura," he said as he hugged her. Sakura's face turned red. She could not believe what she was hearing. She pushed herself away from Syaoran's embrace.
"What do you think you are doing, mister!" she said as she continued walking, her face still red with embarrassment.
"Oh yeah, I forgot that Sakura has forgotten the incident which has caused her to forget about me…I guess it will take a long time before she remembers everything, unless…"
They exited through the train station and were in the forest. There, Sakura opened her mouth and asked, "So where do you think we should go? I would like to find my mother, you know."
"How about to my home? By the way, where is your mother, the Queen of Clow?"
"Somewhere in Clow, I guess. Unless you have forgotten that you have helped us escape from Debonair's palace?" Sakura answered. "However, I do not know where is she and also, I am not sure if Clow is not under Debonair's control anymore. Perhaps to your home, as you have said."
Syaoran nodded. He understood Sakura's dilemma. However, his home was very far away and to reach it in a few days, he would have to change into a dragon and go home through that way.
"Well, if that is the case, I'll just have to change into a dragon and fly us there. Is that all right with you?"
Sakura had nothing to say, except nodding her head. Syaoran changed into a dragon and Sakura started collecting the clothes that were on the grass. She folded them and was about to clamber onto Syaoran's back with the clothes and harp when Nova appeared from behind a tree.
"Nova? How come you are still here? I thought that you were already back home?" Sakura asked dumbly.
"I was waiting for the two of you to appear," Nova nodded her head in the direction of the harp. "And also the harp too. Now, I do not want to fight the two of you but if you are clever enough, give me the harp and then follow me back to my mother's palace."
Instead of listening, Sakura clambered onto the dragon's back and the dragon flew. Nova screamed as she tried to attack them. However, it was to no avail, and she screamed in frustration again.
"I will get them! You better watch out!" Nova said to the forest as she went walked out of it, towards her home.
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