Sorry about the confusion of whether the cards could talk or not. I watched the episode where Sakura makes mirror go with Touya to buy Fujitaka's christmas present, and I could've sworn remembering the cards talking or something like that. So I thought giving the cards some brains wasn't such an unreasonable idea. If you have proof that the cards can talk or not, submit it in a review or email me. But still... this is a fanfic, not an official storyline from Clamp... so does it really matter?

Another thing... I'm going to try writing in the style most authors do, where dialogue is seperated by each line. But since I'm still a newbie writer, I'm at least going to put who is talking at the left of the dialogue.Tell me if I'm doing something completely wrong or something.

(Li) "Sakura!"

Li ran as fast as he could toward where Sakura headed off to.

(Li) 'Hey... what's that?'

Li saw a shadowy figure of a girl far to the horizon.

(Li) "There's Sakura right over there!"

Cherry laughed.

(Li) "Huh? What's so funny?"

(Cherry) "You're so adorable Mr. Li-kun! Recognizing Miss Sakura all the way over there."

Li blushed.

(Li) "Well... um... ARGH! What am I doing? Dash!"

Suddenly, Li started to run about twice his already incredible world record speed. However, the burst of speed didn't last long as theground right in front of him suddenly rose up forming a huge wall.

(Li) "What in the world?"

(Earth) "We'll not let you take us away from our Mistress."

A part of the ground that was behind him rose up to form a wall.

(Li) "No you don't understand! I'm not..."

(Earth) "Don't try to trick us now! You're trying to take all of the Sakura Cards for your own gains! Just like what you try to do when you first met her!"

The ground right of Li rose up to form a wall. Suddenly Time came out of cardboard mode into his true form.

(Time) "Stop! Former master's intentions are pure! He would never do anything to make the Mistress sad!"

(Earth) "So you've joined in his evil scheme for power as well... Then I have no choice but to fight you as well!"

The ground on the left of Li rose up to form a wall.

(Li) "No! I won't let you stop me from going to Sakura!"

Li took out Sakura's star key and turned it into a wand.

(Li) 'I still wish this thing was in green...' "Watery! Break through Earth's wall and create a way out!"

A hugeblast of waterstarted to comeout of the staff, and it hit Earth in the wall in front of him. The water blast continued on for a couple seconds until Li's magic couldn't create anymore.

(Li) "Sigh... that should do it... what the?"

Li was shocked to see Earth's wall completely completely unscratched, and then at that moment Time suddenly turned back into card mode.

(Li) "How in the world?... When Sakura attacked Earth with Water, it was strong enough to cut it's head off! And why did that Time ditch...?"

(Cherry interrupting) "Wait, Mr. Li-Kun! I sense another power near us!"

(Li) "Really?"

(Cherry) "Yes!"

Li closed his eyes trying to sense another presence. However, Li shook his head notifying that he did not sense anything.

(Cherry) "No Mr. Li-kun! I'm sure of another presence! Try harder this time!"

Li tried again, but with no luck.

(Li) "I don't understand! I don't feel any presence!"

(Cherry) "How could you possibly not feel this presence? It's very obvious and easy to detect!... Unless... Mr. Li-kun! Try using a card!"

Li nodded and pulled out fly out of his pocket.

(Li) "If I can't break the wall, then I'll just fly over it! Fly!"

Li took his staff and raised it high against fly. However, nothing happened and the card just fell down on to the ground.

(Li) "What?"

(Cherry) "Just as I thought... Mr. Li-kun something has sealed away your power!"

(Li) "No way!"

Suddenly a huge spike formed within the wall right of Li and grew rapidly toward him.

(Cherry) "Mr. Li-kun! Look out!"

Luckily, Li was able to dodge just in time.

(Earth) "Surrender and hand over the cards now!"

(Li) "Just exactly what are you going to do with my cards anyway?"

(Earth) "Fool! Not to me, but to our Mistress!"

(Li) "I was going to do that but only after I caught all the cards just so Sakura won't be mad at me..."

(Earth) "Enough of your pathetic lies! If you truly care for the mistress, then why did you hurt her like that?"

This time two spikes grew on the walls behind Li, and on the wall in front him. Again, Li barely dodged them both.

(Li) 'Damn... Now that for some reason the cards have started speaking to me, I can tell this guy's really thick. He won't believe anything I say. And worst of all... I can't use any of my magic...'

Two more spikes were created and both attacked Li. This time however, due to the lack of space because of the spikes, one of the spikes managed to slightly cut Li's arm.

(Li) "Argh..."

Three more spikes were created and this time they slightly cut Li's leg.

(Li) 'It's hopeless... At this rate one of the spikes will hit me directly for sure... Wait a minute! Since when did Earth have powers to seal magic like this?' "Cherry! You were right! Theremust beanother presence near... but what?"

Three more spikes attacked, but Li was able to dodge them this time. However, due to all the spikes, Li was now trapped in a tiny corner within the four walls.

(Cherry) "We have to do something Mr. Li-kun! Otherwise the next spike will..."

(Li) "It's alright. We'll think of something."

Lisaw a spike starting to form on one of the walls. It was directly pointing to him. Li stepped back once so that his palms and backpack was touching the wall. When his left palm met the wall, for some reason it felt irregular.

(Li) 'Hmm? What's this?'

When he seperated his left palm from the wall, he saw that there was a strange looking key-hole where his palm was.

(Li) 'A key-hole? The only card that uses a key-hole is... Lock! But what does lock have to do with anything...'

The forming spike grew more toward Li. Cherry hid herself in Li's backpack.

(Li) 'Let's see... Lock has the ability to... well pretty much lock anything...'

anything...

(Li) "That's it!"

The spike began to pick up speed. Meanwhile, Li turned his staff back into it's key form.

(Cherry) "Mr. Li-kun! What are you doing?"

Li took his key and stuck it inside the keyhole. The spike was about 4 feet away from it's destination. Li twisted the key. Now 3 feet away. Suddenly water fell all over inside the four walls. 2 feet away. Li somehow turned his key back into staff mode. Only a foot more.

(Li) "Fly!"

Li's staff's decorative wings became real ones and he flew above the walls and got out just before he got stabbed.

(Cherry) "Mr. Li-kun! What in the world happened?... Mr. Li-kun you got your magic powers back! But how?"

(Li) "When I cast watery, both my magic and Watery herself was secretly locked away by this card."

Li holded up the Lock card.

(Cherry) "So Lock also had the power to lock away magic, not just physical beings as well..."

(Li) "Now let's try this thing one more time..."

Li quickly raised up Sakura's staff toward Watery, and this time the four walls Earth made were cushed into pieces by the water coming out of the staff,and Earth's head appeared for a brief moment.

(Li) "Shield! Make sure Earth doesn't conjoin with the ground again! Shield!"

Now Earth's recovery routine was stopped.

(Li) "Return to the guise you were meant to be in, Sakura Card!" 'Thank god I caught Shield after I encountered Fiery...'

Earth began to turn into a card.

(Earth) "Why do you support this person time?"

Time reappeared.

(Time) "Like I said, former master's intentions are pure. He would never hurt the Mistress. If you still don't trust me, ask all of the other cards as well."

Soon, every card Li owned turned back into their true forms.

(Time) "Look at how happy all of these cards are right now. That's because they're all relieved former master wasn't trying to steal us. Also, didn't you notice the fact he is able to communicate with us? Only a truly kind person like our Mistress can do that."

(Earth) "I understand now. I am sorry about trying to hurt you."

(Li) "It's alright. I understand."

Earth now turned into a card. Three more cards appeared in front of Li as well. They were Light, Wood, and Libra. They also turned into their card forms, but by will. Now Li has recovered all of Sakura's cards!

(Li) "Thanks you guys. I promise you cards and your book will be back in Sakura's room the moment I get a chance.

(Time) "We won't tell our mistress either. Now go to her and see what's wrong."

(Li) "Hai."

Li was about to run, when he was suddenly interrupted by Cherry.

(Cherry) "Wait! Where in the world did Miss Sakura go off to now?"

(Li) "Good point..."

(Time) "No need to worry. I can sense the Mistress is in the park, crying."

(Li) "I wonder what happened to her... Come on Cherry. We have to go to Sakura right away..."

Li was about to run again, but as usual, he was interrupted again.

(Cherry) "One more thing Mr. Li-kun! What about the hole that was caused when Watery hit the ground?"

(Li) "What hole?"

Li turned around.

(Li) "OH MY GOD!"

A deep hole about as tall as 2 people and 3 feet wide was on the ground.

(Li) "I guess my magic strength grew during this whole card recapturing thing... Oh well... Illusion! Make it look like there is no hole!"

The hole suddenly seemed to disappear.

(Li) "Now can we please go see Sakura who's CRYING RIGHT NOW?"

(Cherry) "But Mr. Li-kun... what if someone was walking down this street and..."

Li this time ignored Cherry and hurried to the park, with the book of all Sakura cards and Cherry in his backpack. About 2 minutes after he left, a guy was running along the street where everyone just was.

(Touya) 'I get this call saying that my sister ran away from school and they want me there right away... what could've possibly happened...'

Suddenly, while running, Touya felt no ground beneath him, even though he could clearly see it.

(Touya) "What the...!"

Soon Touya was trapped in the hole that Li had created.

(Touya) "What kind of joke is this! I'll never get out of here!"

Meanwhile...

Li ran as fast as he can, with Dash helping him to Penguin Park. After crossing the bridge, he couldsee the playground and Sakura sadly sitting onthe swing set. Li was about to cry out her name. Let her know that he was near. However, he never got the chance as he suddenly found everything go blank. When he finally regained some consciousness... he found his entire surrounding colorless and frozen. There was absolutely no movement. Then he saw himself right in front of himtrying to run towardthe playground, and he also saw Sakura cryingin the swing-set. He saw the trees surrounding the area, and he saw the bridge and the river.

(Li) "Time! What are you doing?"

No answer came. Li try to find his backpack, but it wasn't there. Then he realized he was wearing his old ceremonial robes instead of his school uniform.

(Li) "What in the world is going on?"

(A voice) "The final judgement."

(Li) "I know that voice..."

Li looked in the upward direction to seeCherry slowly decendingin front ofhim.

(Li) "Cherry? What are you doing? What's going on?"

No reply came. Instead, Cherry's little fairy wings grew larger to cover up all of her body. When the wings receded, he didn't see Cherry, the mini version of Sakura anymore. He saw an angel with a holy white robe that looked similar to Yue's and Long black hair and vivid half closed black eyes.

(Li) "Nadeshiko Kinomoto?"

The angel shook her head.

(The angel) "I was created through the magic of Sakura Kinomoto. I only look like her mother because that's whom she wanted to guard her cards. However, I'm not really her for I do not posess any of her memories..."

(Li) "Wait... What's this final judgement about?"

(The angel) "Sakura knew she wouldn't be around forever as well, so she also created her own test to see if one was worthy of becoming the next master of the Sakura cards.

(Li) "That doesn't sound like Sakura at all..."

(The angel) "The test determines how much you know and care about the cards."

Li smiled.

(Li) "Now that sounds much more like Sakura."

(The angel) "Now let the final judgeme..."

(Li) "Hold on! I don't want to take this test! I only wanted to return Sakura's book the way it was before!"

(The angel) "I'm sorry, but if you refuse to take this test, or fail it, you'll have some concequences as well."

(Li) "What would that be?"

(The angel) "You'll live a new life as if Clow cards/Sakura cards didn't exist."

(Li) "Where the cards don't exist... No! Without the cards I probably would've never met Sakura! Alright! I'll take the test!"

(The angel) "Very well. Then let the final judgement begin."

Two cards appeared in front of him left and right. Both appeared to be time.

(The angel) "This was the card that was closest to you. Now there are 2 identical copies. You must pick the right one."

Li closed his eyes trying to sense their auras. They nearly seemed the same, but there was still a difference. However, Li was having difficulties on which was which. After careful thinking, he chose the card on the left.

(The angel) "I'm sorry but that was the wrong card."

(Li) "No!"

The angel raised her hand toward Li.

(The angel) "Prepare to be transported into a different world Syaoran Li."

Li started to cry. After all that hard work, all of those close call moments, this became the result. He was going to forget Sakura forever.

(Distant group of voices) "We won't let you!"

Li stopped crying and looked up. All 52 cards were in front of him, and they all formed a barrier to protect Li.

(The angel) "What are you doing?"

(The cards) (Time) "Former master is a truly kind person and deserves to be a Card Master along side with our Mistress! (Sand) Yeah, he always took good care of us during the Clow card capturing days, and always cared for our Mistress! (Shadow) You should know yourself! You've spent many hours with him!"

Tears swelled up in the angel's eyes.

(The angel) "Mr. Li-kun..."

The angel lowered her hand.

(The angel) "I'm so sorry Mr. Li-kun... I should've remembered what a great person you were... I'm sure Miss Sakura will surely accepted you! I now declare you an official master of the cards along-side of our Mistress!"

A green staff with a calm golden wolf's head on top and a golden cherry blossom attached at the bottom appeared before Li.

(The angel) "Having your own staff is proof that you are the master of Cards as well! Go ahead! Grab it!"

Li grabbed the staff, and a radiant light shone from it.

(Li) 'Finally... A staff that's not pink...'

The angel's wings surrounded her again, and turned back into Cherry, who was smiling cheerfully.

(Cherry) "It's okay Mr. Li-kun. You still don't have to tell Miss Sakura about all this."

(Li) "No... I can't keep up hiding a secret from Sakura... I'll have to tell her about that crazy accident and how it ended into this someday..."

(Cherry) "Ok Mr. Li-kun. Anyways, are you ready to go back into where you were?"

(Li) "Yes."

Another light started to shine around Li. Then everything started to go blank... Soon Li found himself standing not too far from penguin park again. He could see the crying Sakura.

(Li) "Arigatou... for saving me you guys."

(The cards) "It was nothing master... Now will you please go talk to the Mistress?"

(Li) "I will."

Well I got to admit it was way easier writing like that... I hope I didn't do anything wrong though. Anyways, please review! I promised I would accept all reviews, even if they were bad ones remember? (I'm looking at you Chasta...) So don't be scared and say what you thought of this chapter!