Chapter 8: Death Doors

Syaoran, as the descendant of Clow Reed, he had most of the cards too. All he needs is a few more cards like the Illusion, Libra, Silent, Mist, Maze, Light and Dark card.

He thought of it as he and Yue rested for a moment. "I need to capture more. I wonder how is Sakura now…' He was just thinking about Sakura when, surprisingly, Sakura was there. Taken aback, he thinks it's the Illusion but he also wishes that it were Sakura.

He called, "Illusion card, surrender now." The illusion of Sakura faded and turned into a card.

Yue just watched and finally said, "A few more and you're ready to capture the Maze card."

Syaoran smiled. "Thanks for helping."

And then, all was silent. Syaoran can't seem to hear a thing. So he called to the Shield card to shield him and Yue. It was the Silent card. A very scary looking, but young woman appeared. She opened her eyes and suddenly smiled at him. She turned back into a card and headed toward Syaoran.

"That was scary." Syaoran said.

Then, they saw a door. Yue was surprised. Syaoran could see so.

Yue said, "Do you want to enter the door?"

Syaoran answered, "What's on the other side?"

Yue looked seriously at him. "Death."

Syaoran smiled and said, "Yes. I would love to enter the other side."

Yue shook his head in objection but still, he opened the door.

Sakura felt that the Dream card is just nearby. She walked slowly and then, she saw Syaoran. Syaoran walked up to her and hugged her. She knew at first that it was not Syaoran.

She said, "My dear Dream card, please don't let me fight against you. Just surrender."

The Dream card obeyed and turned into a card.

Kero said with a bit of annoyance, "How come it was easier? I thought this was like before… We did try to talk to some of them but I didn't think we'd talk all out way through this challenge."

"I guess," Sakura said. "The cards are really doing me a favor."

She smiled and walked foward. She saw a door. 'I wonder what's on the other side?' She thought.

She called, "Kero, come here."

Kero came fluttering toward Sakura when he stopped and dropped his mouth open. He looked surprised and scared.

"I thought we'd never use the door." Kero screamed, looking at the horizon.

"Who are you talking to, Kero?" She asked as she looked questionably into the horizon.

He fled toward Sakura. "Sakura," He said. "Do you want to enter that door?"

Sakura looked at Kero, then at the wooden door. "I guess so. What's on the other side."

Kero answered, "Death."

Tomoyo had hard battles with powerful cards. Spinel helped her think of what cards to use. Tomoyo was usually in the middle of these fights. Spinel was sitting on top of the ledge.

"Use the Fight card, Tomoyo." Spinel shouted.

Tomoyo did what Spinel told her. But even fighting with two perfectly matched fighters was one of the things the Fight card can't defeat.

"Also use the Mirror card to create a twin of the Fight card to battle the Twin card." Spinel shouted once more.

Tomoyo did again as she was told.

She called, "Mirror card."

Instantly, a twin of the Fight card was there, fighting perfectly with the real Fight card. The Twin card was defeated and turned into a card.

"All right. We won!" Tomoyo exclaimed.

Spinel just sweat-dropped but when a door unknowingly appeared at the wall in front of Tomoyo, he looked serious.

'We were not suppose to use the door but what is that door doing here?' Spinel thought.

Tomoyo noticed the door also. She asked cheerfully, "Should we go in, Spinel?"

Spinel flew toward Tomoyo. "Do you want to know what is on the other side of the door?"

Tomoyo shook her head and waited for Spinel's answer. She saw how serious he looked. 'This is bad.' Tomoyo thought. ' I never saw him like that before.'

Spinel answered, "Death."

Eriol and Ruby Moon kept on walking and looking for more cards until a door appeared in front of them.

Eriol said, "A Death Door, I suppose." He pointed to the door. Ruby Moon looked scared.

"We…" She stammered. "We really don't know how the Death Door appeared. The cards never told us that we were suppose to see a Death Door."

Eriol said, "One of the reasons Clow Reed never did this because of these doors. Once you enter, there is no turning back. On the other side, there's the Death card."

Ruby Moon was shocked. "I never knew that there was a Death card."

Eriol nodded. "The guardians of the book such as you and Spinel only know about the Death Doors. The Death card is a card existing only in this test."

Ruby Moon asked, "Do you want to enter?"

Eriol thought of Tomoyo. 'Would she enter the Death Door?' Then, he remembered what she said, 'I'll always be with you no matter what.' In that thought, Eriol nodded.

Ruby Moon, inside, was crying. 'I just hope you're doing the right thing.'