War With Fate
Chapter 9 – No Turning Back
After Syaoran and Sakura's break up, the school seems lifeless and miserable. Everyone missed the bickering between those two or their desperate acts to cover their love for each other. Now, the school is less energetic and all the students seemed to have talked less; even the teachers stopped being harsh to the students. However, even though nobody liked the atmosphere, no one dared to approach Sakura or Syaoran to ask about what exactly happened.
"Sakura, are you sure you're okay?" Tomoyo asked remembering how Sakura had cried herself to sleep last night.
"Huh? Ya, go ahead, you can use my pencil." Sakura seemed to be in a daze and could barely focus on what Tomoyo was saying.
"No, no, I was asking if you are okay." Tomoyo tried again.
"Ya, I'm fine." Sakura replied unconvincingly.
"Syaoran, maybe you should apologize to her." Meirin stated.
"Why me? It's no use, Meirin. It's hard to talk some sense into a heartless person." Syaoran said loudly so Sakura could hear him. However, right after he said that, he noticed a tear sliding down Sakura's face, and immediately, he regretted ever saying that.
Without saying a word, Sakura ran to the washroom.
"Now, look what you've done Syaoran. I'm very disappointed in you; I never knew you could be so cruel. I don't know the whole story, but I never knew you would cheat on Sakura." Tomoyo glared at him and chased after her friend, stopping to apologize to the teacher for Sakura.
Why does my heart still ache so much to see her cry? I shouldn't, she doesn't deserve my trust or my love. She betrayed me and used me. I should hate her like before, but yet, I can't… Syaoran thought and his eyes started to water.
How could he say that to me? I'm not a heartless person; after all, what did I do to him? Yesterday, he was saying something about Eron, what does this have to do with Eron anyways? He was the one who betrayed me and used me to get closer to Jane. Why is he yelling at me? Sakura cried as she thought to herself.
"Sakura, he's not worth it. Don't waste your time on him anymore. After what he said today, I realized that he wasn't the Syaoran that we thought he was; he was still the cruel and mean boy from the beginning. Sakura, let's just forget about him, don't get hurt over such a worthless guy." Tomoyo said.
"I want to forget him Tomoyo, I really want to, but every time I try to forget him, I just end up thinking more about him. Please teach me what to do, please." Sakura sobbed.
"I guess for the time being, try getting involved in more activities to help you forget him." Tomoyo smiled warmly at her friend.
"Thank you Tomoyo, I'm so glad we're best friends. I would never know what to do without you." Sakura said.
"Well, guys come and go, but we'll always have each other as great friends to turn to." Tomoyo said.
Somewhere else
"Hahaha… I can't believe our plan worked out so perfectly. Both the little wolf and the cherry blossom are too dense to realize that they are slowly falling into our trap." a male voice said.
"What did I tell you? Even though they can surprise us from time to time, they are still weak when it comes to their feelings." a female voice said.
"You're right sis; I guess I thought too highly of them. Now, I'm rather disappointed at how weak they are. Conquering them is easier than I thought, and we can even crush them with ease." he said.
"I can't wait to see them begging us for mercy." she said.
"You're so evil, you know." he said.
"Oh, well, I got that from you. After all, you are my older brother. It's in the genes." she replied.
Back at the school
"Honestly, this isn't exactly the perfect time for an argument between those two." Meirin said.
"Well, it's not like we can do anything now. I have a feeling the Dark Ones are behind all this and those two can only solve it by themselves." Eriol said. It was true that he had sensed a dark aura earlier.
"But what can we do to help them? I hate feeling so helpless." Tomoyo said.
"This is a battle they must fight, and we can only be there for moral support. Even I can not do much but help them in all the ways that I can." Eriol replied.
"Hey Syaoran, so you broke up with Sakura like you promised. When do you want to go out then?" Jane asked.
"Maybe in the next life time." Syaoran replied coldly not bothering to look at her.
"What is with you? First, you tell me you love me and now you act like you don't want to be near me. I thought you said you didn't care about Sakura at all, why would you care about the stupid break up?" Jane asked.
"First of all, I never said I love you, unless I had a concussion which I doubt I had in the past few days. Secondly, who says I don't care for Sakura? Thirdly, who says I don't care about the break up? It's important to me." Syaoran glared at her.
"But…but, you told me yesterday that you had loved me all along and that you would break up with Sakura as soon as possible so we can go out." Jane said.
"I don't remember seeing you at all yesterday. After I left the change room, I saw Eron and Sakura. That's all." Syaoran replied.
"That's impossible; it was definitely you talking to me. I could never have been mistaken. Stop lying to me Syaoran, if you don't want to go out, just say it, but next time; don't try to act all nice about loving me!" Jane yelled and left him.
What was that all about? Loving her? I would never love her, at least not in this lifetime. What is she talking about? Then, it was as if his mind clicked together. Sakura said something about Jane yesterday during our fight and she had said something about how I cheated on her. Could it be that the person I saw talking to Eron wasn't the real Sakura, and is the Dark Ones instead? I better go find Sakura now to clear things up with her. If it is indeed the Dark Ones, then Sakura and I are both in danger. We must have fallen into their traps as they have planned. Great, because of stupidity, I might have caused trouble for us.
"Tomoyo, where did Sakura go? Wasn't she with you?" Syaoran asked.
"No, she left." Tomoyo replied coldly.
"To where?" Syaoran asked.
"Why do you care? Sakura's somewhere away from you where she won't be able to get hurt anymore." With that Tomoyo walked to her friends.
"Would someone PLEASE tell me where Sakura is? I think there's danger." Syaoran said, eyeing Meirin and Eriol.
"She went to her house to get something, she said she didn't feel well and signed out." Eriol replied.
Without a word, Syaoran quickly ran down to the office and signed himself out and ran to Sakura's house.
At Sakura's house
"Oh boy, it's so dusty here. I didn't even have time to clean it out yet." Sakura said looking at all the dust around the house.
"SAKURA! YOU'RE BACK! I'M SOO HAPPY TO SEE YOU!" Kero said, smiling at Sakura.
"Kero? You're back? Why didn't you phone me and let me know?" Sakura asked, finally happy for once.
"I wanted to surprise you, but I guess you already came. Yue and I have so much to tell you about the Dark Ones." Kero said.
"Aren't you supposed to be at school?" a voice said from behind Kero.
"Yue! You came back too!" Sakura said.
"Of course I did, I had to warn you about the Dark Ones. They have grown stronger since the last time we've battled them." Yue said in a serious tone.
"Thank you, but there hasn't been anything unusual lately. Except, well, Syaoran and I broke up. Please don't ask why, I don't want to talk about it." Sakura said.
"I knew that brat was up to no good, but don't mind him Sakura, let's have fun today!" Kero said happily.
"No, we can't, we have to be on alert because I feel that the Dark Ones are planning something big." Yue said.
"Okay, fine. Maybe later then Sakura." Kero said.
That night at Tomoyo's house
Kero and Yue came alone with Sakura to Tomoyo's house since she was more than welcomed to see them.
Sakura woke up abruptly when she sensed a dark aura around her. She decided to go take a walk. However when she got out of the room, she was shocked. She saw that all the maids have fell unconscious on the floor. She rushed straight to Tomoyo's room and saw that she wasn't sleeping, she was unconscious as well. Sakura quickly woke Kero and Yue up. They seemed to be the only ones left because they had magic powers.
"Come on, Sakura, let's follow the aura. I feel that this is no ordinary force." Kero said.
"You're right Kero, this is different than usual. It feels more evil and dangerous. I think … I think this is the beginning of the final battle." Sakura said.
"Are you ready for it Sakura?" Yue asked.
"What other choice do I have? Ever since I opened the clow book and took the position as their mistress, I knew that there was no turning back. I have to face whatever that is to come." Sakura said.
"We'll be with you the whole way Sakura." Kero said.
With that, the three of them rushed out the door and followed the aura.
At Syaoran's apartment
Syaoran had found Meirin unconscious on the couch and knew that the final battle had begun. The Dark Ones put all the non magical people unconscious. He knew the only way to save them was to fight the Dark Ones. He could sense that Sakura was already heading towards them; he had to catch up to her before she reaches them. He ran out the door and followed the sense of Sakura's aura.
At the School
Sakura followed the aura, and it led her straight to her school. She followed it and before she knew, dark forces were attacking them from all directions.
"Sakura, keep going, we'll fight them off!" Kero yelled as he blasted another force with his fire blast.
"Be careful!" Yue said.
"I will, thank you guys. You two be careful too!" With that, Sakura took off towards the gym where the center of the aura was.
Inside the gym
When she walked into the gym, it was really dark; she couldn't see anything at all. She quickly used the light card to light up the gym.
"Welcome Sakura, we have been waiting for you for an awfully long time haven't we?" a boy said. That voice sounds so familiar. Sakura thought.
"It's sad to say that tonight will be the last night we get to spend together. Don't worry, we promise that after we kill you, we'll take good care of the cards." a girl said. That voice sounds familiar too. Sakura thought.
"Where are you? Come out and fight me if you're so powerful!" Sakura demanded.
Suddenly, the light card dimmed and the gym was dark again. She could make out two figures heading her way, but she couldn't see clearly.
Stopping away from her, they continued.
"Sakura, we had thought you would be smarter than to fall into our trap. At least Syaoran could figure out our plan by the end of the day. You are still mad at him, I feel really sorry for him. If he wasn't my enemy, I'd make him my boyfriend." the girl said.
"Syaoran…what have you done with him?" Sakura demanded.
"Nothing, he's coming soon. I'm sure, but until then, we have to stall time so we can make sure he is right on time to see you a second before your death." the boy said.
"Why are you doing this? What have we done to you?" Sakura asked.
"This is a long history. Since you're about to die, I guess I'll tell you. Long ago, back when Clow Reed was alive, we were his students. He had told us we had great potential to become great magicians. We were really happy that he praised us of course. However, slowly, he started to lose trust in us and wouldn't let us close to his work anymore." the boy said.
"When he finally created the clow cards, we asked to see them. Yet, he wouldn't let us near them. We were devastated at how he was treating us. We started to hate him and decided to plot against him to take the clow cards. Back then, we didn't have a lot of powers, and so we lost against him. Luckily, since we were his students, we had learned a few of his magic and that's how we have been creating cards of our own to send as dark forces against you." the girl said.
"So, that's why they're all cards. But you know, I bet Clow Reed had a reason for not letting you near the clow cards, he won't just leave you two." Sakura said.
"But he did! Do you know how angry we are? That's why we want to get revenge and take all the clow cards now and use them against the whole world! We've made everyone unconscious now and soon the whole world will belong to us!" the boy said.
"You can harm me all you want, but please, leave the innocent people out of this. It's not their fault; they have done nothing against you." Sakura pleaded.
"Haha! No such chance, they will never wake up!" the girl said.
Suddenly, Eron and Jane came into view.
"How can it be you two? I can't believe it, you two are the dark ones. I thought you were my friends." Sakura said. Wait a minute, I did see them. I remember it now, I saw them talking about crushing Syaoran and I.
"Sakura, what are you talking about? Where's the Dark Ones?" Eron asked.
"Stay away from me, how could you Eron? Erasing my memories so I won't remember?" Sakura demanded.
"No, you're wrong, I erased your memories because…" Eron started, but before he could continue, a blast of light hit him and he was knocked unconscious.
"Eron! Are you okay?" Jane asked, before she too, was knocked out.
"What…what just happened? Eron? Jane?" Sakura said.
"Hahaha…how could you be so stupid Sakura? They're not the Dark Ones, they're guardians sent to protect you from us. And you thought THEY were the ones plotting against you. I feel sorry for them, all the hard work for nothing." The girl said.
Then, the two figures came into view and Sakura widened her eyes in shock.
"No way, it can't be you two. Why… how is this possible?" Sakura said in disbelief.
End of Chapter 9
Who are the Dark Ones? Why was Sakura so shocked to see them? Keep reading on!
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