War With Fate
Chapter 2 – Tangled Up in Mysteries
"Aww.. aren't they soo cute together?" stated Tomoyo who was video taping Sakura and Syaoran along with Meirin and Eriol, who just happened to appear.
"You know, you guys can come out now." said Syaoran in a bored tone.
"My my, my little descendant have grown stronger now." laughed Eriol.
"I am not your LITTLE descendant!" replied Syaoran angrily. He hated it when Eriol called him that because it made him seem so weak.
"You guys were spying on us the WHOLE time! Tomoyo, Meirin, you two as well!" Sakura said.
"Hehe… ya, I guess so. But we couldn't help it. It was soo romantic and I even captured it on camera!" Tomoyo said with starry eyes.
Syaoran and Sakura blushed. Those two really need to tell each other their feelings, thought Eriol.
That night
"So, that's basically what happened in the park." Sakura told Kero all about the incident that afternoon.
"Hmm… cards? That's really weird. I don't remember any other magicians who created cards besides Clow Reed himself. This is really weird. Tomorrow, I will go find Yue and discuss this matter with him. For now, be careful Sakura." Yue was another guardian of the clow cards along side with Kero. "But for now, can you pleaassee get me some pudding?" Kero loved to eat, especially sweets.
"sigh fine, I'll go get it." Sakura said. Boy, he's gonna get soo fat.
The next day
Sakura was singing to herself on the way back from the groceries. "Let me check the list again, just in case if I missed anything." Just then, someone bumped into her which caused all her groceries to fall on the ground.
"Oh, I'm really sorry miss. Here, I'll help you up." the person said.
"Oh it's not you, it's my fault, I'm just so clumsy." as Sakura looked up, she saw the person that she bumped into. He looked two years older than Sakura with black hair. He was tall and was pretty good-looking.
"There you go. I helped you pick up all the groceries. Oh by the way, my name is Ken. What's yours?" Ken said while giving the bag of groceries to Sakura.
"Thank you. My name is Sakura. Nice to meet you." Sakura replied, for some reason, he looked really familiar to her. But she brushed that idea away.
"Well, I better get going now, sorry once again. Maybe we'll see each other again!" he called as he ran away.
At school the next day
"Alrighty class, you know what we're doing today. Now, please go outside because our bus is already here to pick us up to go to the carnival." the teacher exclaimed cheerfully.
When they arrived, they noticed that the carnival was already packed with people. There were even students from other schools.
"Wow, look at all the booths. Come on Takashi, let's go so you can win me something." Chiharu said while half dragging Takashi along with her. Rika, another friend of Sakura, went along with them.
"So, what do you guys want to do first?" Tomoyo asked.
"Um… how about we walk around and we can do whatever we want as we passed by them." suggested Eriol.
"Sounds good to me." agreed Tomoyo.
"Syaoran, see that pretty pink bear there? Can you please get it for me?" pleaded Jane.
"Huh? No, ask Eron to get it for you." With that he walked away, hoping to talk to Sakura.
"Hey Sakura, we meet again!" someone said.
Sakura turned around and saw Ken running towards her. "Hey Ken! What are you doing here?"
"Same reason you are, I'm here with my school on a field trip." answered Ken.
"Oh I see. Everyone, I would like you to meet Ken. We met yesterday while I was going home from the groceries." Sakura introduced her friends to him.
"Hello, please to meet you." they all answered.
Then they saw a crowd surrounding one of the booths by the far end. "Hey, why don't we see what they commotion is all about?" suggested Ken.
"Ya, let's go." Sakura replied.
As they approached, they realized that it was a basketball activity. To win a prize, the person must get at least one basketball in. "Wow, look at that big teddy bear, Sakura. Why don't you try getting it? I know how much you love them." stated Tomoyo.
"You're right, it is huge. But I can't play basketball and plus, that's a big prize meaning that all five basketballs have to go in. And that's pretty hard considering I have absolutely no skills. Let's go somewhere else where I have a higher chance of winning." Sakura said.
As everyone walked away, Syaoran stared at the teddy bear, then ran to catch up with the others.
That afternoon
"Today has been such a fun day!" exclaimed Sakura as they sat down to take a break.
"Ya, it was awesome, especially because you're here Sakura." Eron smiled at her warmly.
Sakura blushed. "Hehe… no, I think it's fun because we all get to hang out." Syaoran was practically fuming in his chair watching Eron get all the attention. Tomoyo and Eriol noticed this and laughed silently.
"I'll be right back, I need to go to the washroom." Tomoyo said and left.
After a while, a little cute puppy came up to Sakura. "Aww… isn't it soo cute?" Sakura said and cuddled up to it. "Wait a second, how come it's purple?" just like Tomoyo's hair and it smells kind of like Tomoyo's perfume. Then her mind clicked together. "Oh no, this IS Tomoyo!" exclaimed Sakura.
Just as she had thought, there were animals all over the place where there were supposed to be people.
"What kind of card is this? Turning people into animals?" stated Syaoran with a weird look on his face.
"Come on, let's go. We need to find the source to all of this." Eriol said. They didn't get turned into animals because they had magical powers.
They followed the path and found an old man floating around with a staff in his hand. He was sprinkling powder everywhere and those powders were changing the people into animals.
"We have to stop him!" said Sakura and then she released her staff. The old man noticed this and tried to sprinkle her with the powder. Quickly, using the fly card, she flew up high to avoid his powder. Which card should I use?
"Syaoran, watch out!" yelled Sakura when she noticed the old man was sprinkling powder on him. Syaoran quickly used water to melt away the powder.
That's it! I'll use the freeze card to freeze him! "FREEZE! Turn him into ice to defeat him!" Sakura said.
At once, under Sakura's command, the freeze card turned the old man into frozen solid. With that, the old man turned back into its card form and evaporated into black smoke.
"Whew!" Sakura said. Slowly everyone turned back into humans. Luckily, they carried on what they were doing because they did not have any memories as to what really happened.
As Sakura, Syaoran and Eriol were walking back to their friends, Syaoran whispered into her ear. "I knew you could do it. Good job." Sakura was stunned by his words. He rarely ever complimented her and when he did, her heart skipped a beat. Thanks Syaoran.
"Where have you guys been? We were worried about you." their friends said for they don't remember anything.
"Oh, we just took a walk. That's all, nothing much." Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other and smiled.
"Sakura, here. I know it's not the bear you wanted, but I thought that this was also rather cute." Ken gave a teddy bear to her.
"Thanks Ken, you really didn't have to." Sakura said.
"Well, we have to go now. It's time to meet back up with the teacher." Meirin said.
"Ya, let's go." Sakura said.
As everyone was walking, Syaoran pulled Sakura aside. "Sakura wait." Sakura looked at him.
"Here, I thought you wanted this, and well, I'm not too good at basketball either but I tried 10 times, and I finally won it. I hope you like it." Syaoran gave the teddy bear that Sakura had wanted earlier to her. "But I guess since Ken already gave you one, I …" before he could continue, Sakura hugged Syaoran.
"Thank you so much, you must have wasted a lot of money. How can I ever repay you?" Sakura said.
Syaoran smiled at her. "You already gave me a hug, that's enough." That's more than I could ever wish for.
"GUYS! HURRY UP, WE DON'T WANT TO BE LATE!" Jane yelled.
"ALRIGHT, WE'RE COMING!" Sakura yelled back. Then, Syaoran and she ran towards the bus.
That Night
What do the people want from us? Why are they trying to harm us? There are so many mysteries unsolved. Well, whatever they are doing, I'll protect all my friends from them, especially Syaoran. She hugged the bear tightly and fell into a deep slumber.
End of Chapter 2
Who is Ken? Is he merely just someone Sakura bumped into? Or is there more behind that innocent face? Keep reading on!
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