The door opened a little bit more to reveal Touya standing there. He also bowed to Yelan before he looked at his sweating sister. "Sakura we can't meet Mizuki-san with you sweating like that."
"Hoe?" She whispered almost inaudibly. "Gomen nasai I'll go change." She said nervously before she looked at everyone around her. She transported herself to another part of the house.
-Another Place-
A woman splashed the seeing pool. "How can this happen? I thought you were on top of everything!"
The man that had been beside her shook his head. "Her walls that we have been building up for the last few years are breaking down, albeit slowly. Her family and friends are what makes her strong."
"If you can't stop them I will. Do you understand that she must remain cold?"
"You can't stop what is happening. Do you remember that you hired me because she is too powerful?"
"I need to get in that house. If doesn't have her cards then she can be beat."
L.P.B. –I'm glad that you found out a lot with that chapter. Those guys are the bad guys they wouldn't want her to have any feelings. They would want to have her as cold as she could be. Don't worry about Likaun not having a history behind her because in the next couple of chapters that will be taken care of.
Dar after Tomrrow- I hope that you find this chapter interesting. The plot took a while to come to me after I started writing it. I like it and there is much more to it than I am letting on right now.
Cute Sakura- Yes, that was actually to take Tomoyo's arms and legs. You have to remember though that experience wasn't even real. It just felt real. It was in another world. Or so we think.........
Tramie- Thank you so much for reading and editing this story. I know that you've been busy so I really appreciate this!
Disclaimer: I don't own them. I believe that clamp owns them. I just have a lot of fun writing them. Enjoy
Author's note- It seems that I have had a bit of trouble getting this chapter out here lately. I've had the chapter finished for a while. I have a few more done that I think that I will go over one more time before I put them out. I'vm very sorry it took so long to get this out to you.
Chapter 14
Sakura was taking her usual walk through Penguin Park. It was way too quiet. The Sakura trees, in which she took comfort from when the birds were singing in them, were silent. There were no hopping rabbits scurrying among the bushes or squirrels running along the branches.
It wasn't a school day. The park wasn't even quiet when it was, so why would it be now?
"Who's there?" Sakura felt the same thing that she had been feeling all day.
"What do you mean 'who's there'?" A cynical voice asked as the figure of a woman appeared before her. "You mean to tell me you haven't felt me all day?"
"I have been wondering what was making me feel restless all day long. Why is it so quiet?" Sakura asked.
"I happen to like the silence."
"That noise is what makes this park." Sakura retorted.
"Ah but it's not just the noise I don't like." She raised her hands to the sky moving the clouds to block the scorching sun. "That's better."
The sky wasn't even blue any longer. It had changed to a gray with thunder clouds brushing up.
"I thought that you said that you didn't like noise. The friction from those clouds will sure create a lot of it," Sakura observed.
"Oh but things are not always as they seem." The woman said back to her. "Now you're making too much noise." The woman sent something to Sakura as she opened her mouth. Sakura jumped out of its way and it dissipated into thin air.
So it disappears if it doesn't hit its target. Let's see what damage I can do. Sakura pulled out her wand and called thunder.
"It isn't going to be that simple." She silenced thunder with a wave of her hands. The card went back to its original form and to the other sorceress. Sakura was surprised. What is going on?
"Light!" Sakura called.
Light did the same thing. 'What's going on?'
Sakura returned from the park shocked. She felt like she had lost her friends when the cards returned to her. She was even more surprised that the cards had returned to her with nothing on them. She didn't know what to do.
"Sakura, what's wrong?" Sakura filled them in on what had happened at the park before she picked up the phone.
"What are you doing?" Touya asked.
"I'm calling Eriol." 'The one person that has some answers.' She dialed, hoping that he had his phone on him.
Sakura tapped her foot impatiently. "Hello." A voice answered the phone.
"Eriol it's Sakura. Can you come to Tomoeda?" She asked. "We have a problem."
"I'll be right there Sakura." He promised.
-Dreams-
Sakura stood at Penguin Park ready to fight off this woman, the mysterious woman had become stronger as she had caught a few more of the Sakura cards. This time, though, everything felt different. It was almost as if she had lost the battle even before it began.
Then when the battle started it seemed as if her cards were attacking her. The laugh in the background said that the woman was more than satisfied with the result. Sakura saw herself lying on the ground motionless.
Sakura sat screaming. "No!"
Kero flew to his sweating mistress. "Sakura what happened?"
"I.... I.... I can't tell you." Sakura whispered as Touya ran into the room.
"Sakura what happened?!"
"Nothing." She lied.
"Now Sakura, my lovely daughter, you always were the worst liar." A voice said, as someone materialized into the room.
"Hiiragizawa, don't you ever use the door?" Touya muttered.
"Only when I have to." Eriol grinned for but a minute. "Sakura-chan, you need to tell us what you saw. It may confirm what I found."
Yukito stood behind Touya, but he was no longer in human form. "Mistress please tell us what happened."
Touya turned around surprised. "I wish you would tell me when you were going to do that."
Yue's face remained emotionless. "I'm sorry. I'll try to keep that in mind." He turned back to his mistress.
"Do I have to Eriol-kun?"
"Yes Sakura-chan." Eriol was sorry she had to say it. She had never been scared to tell her dreams before. That meant this was bad.
Sakura took a deep breath before she began to tell the small audience what happened. Touya reacted as they all expected. "She's not going out to battle this creature."
"I have to, onii-chan. If I don't try then we'll all be in danger." Sakura tried to comfort him.
"She's right, Kinomoto-san." Eriol said to Touya.
"Why?" Touya wanted to crush Hiiragizawa when he countered what he had said.
"She stands a chance. I came across a prophecy that said," he pulled out a paper and adjusted his glasses. "There will be one that controls cards that must learn to control their own power as well." He paused. "She may be the one that must learn to control her power. It will be vital to everyone's survival."
"Do you mean to tell us that there is more than one set of cards out there?" Sakura asked.
"There is." Eriol answered.
"Will I have to catch them?"
"I can't say if you will or not." Eriol answered.
"Okay, does she stand a chance of surviving?" Touya interrupted.
"She must learn to harness her untapped power." Eriol answered.
Sakura worked day and night, it seemed. He wondered what pushed her so hard. Touya was walking past her room to see her cards sitting out on the bed, while Kero watched over Sakura from the window. Touya went in to see how she was doing out there.
"What's going on out there?" Touya stared in shock out the window.
Eriol had everything in disarray. It was dark in the backyard, but it was only 11 in the morning. There was a light around Sakura that lit the areas in which she walked. She stopped in the center of the darkened yard. Sakura's eyes were closed as if she were concentrating. A star appeared with a circle surrounding her and the wind picked up.
Anything that had been out of place was being put back in its proper place, while at the same time the light was spreading all around Sakura. When it hit the edge of the darkened yard it was blinding. An instant later, Erol's barrier around the yard fell.
When Kero returned he picked up the cards and put them in the book but stopped at mirror. "What's going to happen?" Kero asked out loud.
Touya had been out of character a bit since this whole thing had started. Yes, Touya paced the floor, glared and yelled at Eriol, and hovered over Sakura when she was gaining her energy back. He had become mad and sullen the rest of the time. He didn't pay any mind when Kero fluttered around in the kitchen. It was usually, "Get out of the kitchen," or, "Stay out of there. Touya definitely had not been himself.
-Eriol-
Eriol watched sadly as Sakura pushed herself to her limits. She was a quick study as well as a quick study. Sakura had taken care of the obstacle she had given her but she was exhausted now. When she lost her cards she had begun to push the new training day and night. While that was a good thing even Eriol had some limits.
Eriol helped Sakura to her room when he felt another presence in her room. Now Sakura was asleep so he laid her down and covered her up. "Who was in here Kero?"
"Touya." Kero answered.
"What happened?"
Kero flew to the Sakura book and took out the mirror card. Eriol turned the card in his hand to see the unfamiliar symbol on the top right corner.
"I see." He responded. He fingered the blue gray symbol.
"What does it mean?" Kero asked.
"It means that Touya will be joining our rounds soon." Eriol answered.
"He won't have access to the cards, will he?"
"I don't think so." Eriol answered.
-Present time-
Sakura awoke to someone shaking and calling her name. "Sakura, will you wake up!" Touya's voice finally broke through her head.
"Touya what's wrong?" She asked groggy.
"I've been trying to wake you up. We just arrived at the airport." Touya shook his head.
Okay I hope that you like the chapter. I've been waiting for my editor to get this chapter back to me and then I lost the chapter. I hope you forgive me for the long wait. If my editor is reading this then I'm sorry.
