Chapter 2: Escape
Sakura ran for what seemed like hours. When she finally stopped, it was at the small walking bridge. She was soaked head to toe, but she didn't even notice.
"Syaoran.." she whispered, grasping the railing on the bridge. Tears spilled down her cheeks, blending in with the rain-water dripping from her hair and down her face, the rain starting to pour down harder.
"How could I have not seen it?" She closed her eyes, thoughts of Syaoran rushing through her head. "How could I have not seen it?!" She cried, slamming her fist onto the railing. She hung her head, her hair falling over her eyes, hiding the tears that were falling uncontrollably down her cheeks. "How…?" she whispered.
"Sakura?" a pretty girl with long, black hair flowing to her waist was standing a few paces away from her, looking confused at the sight of her.
"T-Tomoyo?" Sakura said, hurriedly scrubbing away tears from her face with a sleeve. "What are you doing here?"
"I was just going over to your house," she replied. Her eyes showed pure worry for her best friend.
"But it seems I've found you before I even got there.. What's wrong?"
"Nothing.." Sakura said softly. "I.. I just came out for a walk."
"In this weather?" Tomoyo implied, obviously disbelieving of the lie. She layed a comforting hand on Sakura's shoulder. "It's alright, Sakura, you can tell me."
"There's nothing to tell," Sakura replied meekly.
"Sakura," Tomoyo said warningly.
"If we don't want to get sick, we better got out of this rain!" Sakura said, forcing a laugh. Tomoyo's face only grew more worried.
"Well, I guess you're right.."
"Sakura, where have you been?!" Kero said, as Sakura and Tomoyo walked into the room.
"I told you, Kero, I went out for a walk," Sakura mumbled, shooting a warning glare at Kero. The last thing she needed was for Tomoyo to know about this. Not because she didn't WANT Tomoyo to know, god knew she loved Tomoyo like a sister, but the girl would go absolutely nuts about how "her wonderful, precious, cute Sakura had a lover" and Sakura would never hear the end of it if she added that Syaoran and Meilin were coming down soon.
"I can see it now," she moaned, flopping down onto her bed on her belly.
"See what now?" Tomoyo asked. Sakura shook her head.
"Nevermind," she replied. Tomoyo only looked at her curiously, and then said to Kero, "Kero, can I have a word with you?"
"Uh, sure," Kero said, flying over onto Tomoyo's shoulder as she walked over to the far corner of the room near the closet and spoke in a whisper.
"Oh, great…" Sakura said, grabbing a pillow and stuffing it over her head. "Just great.."
And sure enough, moments later, Tomoyo screamed in delight and clapped her hands together happily. "SAKURA!!" she shrieked, running over to the bed and pouncing on her, nearly squeezing Sakura to death with her arms wrapped around her middle. "SAKURA!!!!!!"
"Ok, ok, Tomoyo, I get the point!" Sakura said through a gasp of breath as she tried to pry her best friend's arms off of her, but Tomoyo's arms only tightened on her.
Sakura swung her legs off the bed and onto the floor, standing up. Despite this, Tomoyo still clung to Sakura, her arms wrapped around her waist and her head resting against Sakura's lower back.
"Uhh, Tomoyo, I think you should let go of her now," Kero said, as Sakura's face was now turning purple from the lack of air. Despite this, Tomoyo still clung to her.
"To-moy-o!!" Sakura moaned through her teeth, but just then, her drawer opened by itself and the Sakura Cards came flying in the air to surrouned the room.
Tomoyo finally let go as Sakura caught her breath and just starred at the Cards flying above her.
"Kero, did you..?"
"No."
Sakura's face went pale. That remote presence was engulfing her now. She watched the Cards float around her with wide eyes.
"Sakura, what's wrong, do you feel something or..?" Kero peered at Sakura anxiously.
"Run."
"What..?" Tomoyo said in confusion.
"Just run."
"What do you..?" Kero trailed off.
"But, Sakura, I don't understand.." Tomoyo protested.
"There's nothing to understand, Tomoyo." she turned to Kero. "Take Tomoyo out of the house and run as fast as you can."
"But where..?"
"Anywhere away from here, Kero. Something's going to happen. Don't ask what, I don't know, but I know it's going to happen in a matter of moments and I don't want you here when it happens."
Kero looked as if he was going to ask more questions, and Tomoyo looked just plain clueless, but Kero nodded.
"Be careful, kiddo," he said softly. Sakura nodded and then took Tomoyo's shoulders and turned her to the door before she could ask anything else.
"Go, Tomoyo," Kero said, and Tomoyo nodded quickly and opened the door, running out as Kero followed her with a last glance at Sakura.
Sakura watched the door close behind her. Be safe, Kero, she thought. It's happening again.
Suddenly the Clow Cards began to glow, and the lights in her room flickered out. Sakura grew frightened when she looked out her window, the rain suddenly starting coming down harder than ever, lighting flashing through the sky and thunder roaring in the air.
Sakura could see, judging by the other houses, that the power went out in the whole town. Now the only thing she could see were the glowing Cards.
To her horror, as she watched her Cards, her name "Sakura" printed on the bottom of all of them began to fade. Her eyes widened more as she reached out for the Windy Card, the first card she had ever captured, and it flew out of her reach, glowing red now.
"No.." Sakura whispered, as she knew what was happening. Before she could reach out for another Card, they shot out the window. Sakura stood up quickly and ran to the window, watching her cards shoot into the sky and disappear.
Sakura ran for what seemed like hours. When she finally stopped, it was at the small walking bridge. She was soaked head to toe, but she didn't even notice.
"Syaoran.." she whispered, grasping the railing on the bridge. Tears spilled down her cheeks, blending in with the rain-water dripping from her hair and down her face, the rain starting to pour down harder.
"How could I have not seen it?" She closed her eyes, thoughts of Syaoran rushing through her head. "How could I have not seen it?!" She cried, slamming her fist onto the railing. She hung her head, her hair falling over her eyes, hiding the tears that were falling uncontrollably down her cheeks. "How…?" she whispered.
"Sakura?" a pretty girl with long, black hair flowing to her waist was standing a few paces away from her, looking confused at the sight of her.
"T-Tomoyo?" Sakura said, hurriedly scrubbing away tears from her face with a sleeve. "What are you doing here?"
"I was just going over to your house," she replied. Her eyes showed pure worry for her best friend.
"But it seems I've found you before I even got there.. What's wrong?"
"Nothing.." Sakura said softly. "I.. I just came out for a walk."
"In this weather?" Tomoyo implied, obviously disbelieving of the lie. She layed a comforting hand on Sakura's shoulder. "It's alright, Sakura, you can tell me."
"There's nothing to tell," Sakura replied meekly.
"Sakura," Tomoyo said warningly.
"If we don't want to get sick, we better got out of this rain!" Sakura said, forcing a laugh. Tomoyo's face only grew more worried.
"Well, I guess you're right.."
"Sakura, where have you been?!" Kero said, as Sakura and Tomoyo walked into the room.
"I told you, Kero, I went out for a walk," Sakura mumbled, shooting a warning glare at Kero. The last thing she needed was for Tomoyo to know about this. Not because she didn't WANT Tomoyo to know, god knew she loved Tomoyo like a sister, but the girl would go absolutely nuts about how "her wonderful, precious, cute Sakura had a lover" and Sakura would never hear the end of it if she added that Syaoran and Meilin were coming down soon.
"I can see it now," she moaned, flopping down onto her bed on her belly.
"See what now?" Tomoyo asked. Sakura shook her head.
"Nevermind," she replied. Tomoyo only looked at her curiously, and then said to Kero, "Kero, can I have a word with you?"
"Uh, sure," Kero said, flying over onto Tomoyo's shoulder as she walked over to the far corner of the room near the closet and spoke in a whisper.
"Oh, great…" Sakura said, grabbing a pillow and stuffing it over her head. "Just great.."
And sure enough, moments later, Tomoyo screamed in delight and clapped her hands together happily. "SAKURA!!" she shrieked, running over to the bed and pouncing on her, nearly squeezing Sakura to death with her arms wrapped around her middle. "SAKURA!!!!!!"
"Ok, ok, Tomoyo, I get the point!" Sakura said through a gasp of breath as she tried to pry her best friend's arms off of her, but Tomoyo's arms only tightened on her.
Sakura swung her legs off the bed and onto the floor, standing up. Despite this, Tomoyo still clung to Sakura, her arms wrapped around her waist and her head resting against Sakura's lower back.
"Uhh, Tomoyo, I think you should let go of her now," Kero said, as Sakura's face was now turning purple from the lack of air. Despite this, Tomoyo still clung to her.
"To-moy-o!!" Sakura moaned through her teeth, but just then, her drawer opened by itself and the Sakura Cards came flying in the air to surrouned the room.
Tomoyo finally let go as Sakura caught her breath and just starred at the Cards flying above her.
"Kero, did you..?"
"No."
Sakura's face went pale. That remote presence was engulfing her now. She watched the Cards float around her with wide eyes.
"Sakura, what's wrong, do you feel something or..?" Kero peered at Sakura anxiously.
"Run."
"What..?" Tomoyo said in confusion.
"Just run."
"What do you..?" Kero trailed off.
"But, Sakura, I don't understand.." Tomoyo protested.
"There's nothing to understand, Tomoyo." she turned to Kero. "Take Tomoyo out of the house and run as fast as you can."
"But where..?"
"Anywhere away from here, Kero. Something's going to happen. Don't ask what, I don't know, but I know it's going to happen in a matter of moments and I don't want you here when it happens."
Kero looked as if he was going to ask more questions, and Tomoyo looked just plain clueless, but Kero nodded.
"Be careful, kiddo," he said softly. Sakura nodded and then took Tomoyo's shoulders and turned her to the door before she could ask anything else.
"Go, Tomoyo," Kero said, and Tomoyo nodded quickly and opened the door, running out as Kero followed her with a last glance at Sakura.
Sakura watched the door close behind her. Be safe, Kero, she thought. It's happening again.
Suddenly the Clow Cards began to glow, and the lights in her room flickered out. Sakura grew frightened when she looked out her window, the rain suddenly starting coming down harder than ever, lighting flashing through the sky and thunder roaring in the air.
Sakura could see, judging by the other houses, that the power went out in the whole town. Now the only thing she could see were the glowing Cards.
To her horror, as she watched her Cards, her name "Sakura" printed on the bottom of all of them began to fade. Her eyes widened more as she reached out for the Windy Card, the first card she had ever captured, and it flew out of her reach, glowing red now.
"No.." Sakura whispered, as she knew what was happening. Before she could reach out for another Card, they shot out the window. Sakura stood up quickly and ran to the window, watching her cards shoot into the sky and disappear.