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Italics Thoughts and accented words
# … # Songs and POV's
(…) My notes
… Time and scene changes
Flashback from the last chapterSakura came out wearing a one-sleeved pink and silver top (The ones with only one sleeve that's a bit paler and a spaghetti strap on the other side) that reached above her belly button and a white skirt with a slit at the side that reached around mid thigh.
"KAWAII!" squealed Tomoyo with her camera.
"Great," said Sakura. "Another craze. Going hyper about nothing."
Chapter 13
Ding dong"Goody!" cried Tomoyo. "Someone must be here already!" The two girls ran down the flight of steps and Sakura opened the door.
"Hey Syaoran!" she said, smiling. Syaoran's jaw dropped when he saw her. Eriol nudged him.
"Stop staring at her," he hissed. "She's going to realize something's wrong." Eriol snapped Syaoran's jaw back up again. Meiling laughed. Syaoran glared at her.
"Ohayo Eriol and Meiling," said Tomoyo, popping her head around the door to see whom it was. Eriol stared at her, drooling. Now it was Syaoran's turn to nudge him.
"Oi Eriol," he sneered. "We all know that you like Tomoyo, but you don't have to go proving it everyone." Tomoyo and Eriol both blushed.
"Come on in!" said Tomoyo. They settled down in the living room, just casually talking.
Ding dong"Some other people must be here now!" said Tomoyo. She opened the door.
"Ohayo Chiharu, Naoko, Rika and Yamazaki!" greeted Sakura.
"Hey Sakura and Tomoyo," they all replied. "You look great Saku!"
"Umm…Thanks. Another one of Tomo's creations. What do you expect?" said Sakura. Tomoyo blushed.
"Thanks you guys," she said, blushing pink. "I'll go get you some snacks!" Tomoyo came back with a tray of chocolate chip cookies and a jug of juice. They all mucked around and had a pillow fight in the huge guest room, where everyone was going to sleep. Hours passed and it was soon ten o'clock.
"Sakura, Eriol, Syaoran!" Tomoyo called to them. "Let's watch a movie together!"
"Sure," said Eriol.
"Is it by any chance a ghost movie?" asked Sakura.
"Oh. I don't know Sakura. It might be," said Tomoyo, mysteriously.
"Hoe?" said Sakura, quietly.
"Not scared of ghosts are you?" sneered Syaoran. 'Damn. Why am I intimidating her? I just can't help it! I guess I do anything just to talk to her…'
"Hoe? Of course not!" snapped Sakura. "I'll watch. What about the others?"
"Chiharu and Yamazaki decided to go to sleep early. Naoko, Rika, Chiharu and Meiling are reading magazines," explained Tomoyo. "Let's go to the theatre room to watch!" They all headed down to the theatre room and sat down on the couch, in the order of: Tomoyo, Eriol, Syaoran and then Sakura. Sakura was indeed scared of ghosts, but tried not to show it.
'Come on Sakura!' she told herself. 'You captured all the Clow cards and transformed them all into Sakura cards by yourself. You can definitely watch a scary ghost movie as well!'
In the middle of the movie (the freaky bit), Sakura screamed and clung onto Syaoran's arm, tightly. Syaoran blushed deeply. The electricity flickered for a bit and all went black. Sakura screamed again.
"AHH! What's happening? Are there any ghosts around? AHH!" Sakura screamed, still clinging onto Syaoran as tightly as she could and buried her face in his chest. Tomoyo was holding onto Eriol's arm.
"Eriol," said Tomoyo. "What's happening?"
"I'm not sure, Tomoyo. But I sense a dark aura close by," said Eriol. Sakura and Syaoran sensed it as well. Sakura didn't show it, because she didn't want anyone to know that she was the card mistress. The only people that knew were Tomoyo, Kero and Yue. Even Eriol was never told. Tomoyo fell to the ground.
"Tomoyo!" screamed Sakura, running to her side.
"Leave her there for the moment," said Eriol. "Let's see if the others are okay." The three of them ran towards where the others were. They were all in the same state as Tomoyo.
"Why are we the only people who aren't like that?" asked Sakura, looking pale and scared.
"I'm not sure, but I think it has something to do with Black Hope. He likes to be known as that (LoL. A random name I made up)," said Eriol, quietly.
"Who's that?" asked Sakura and Syaoran.
"Black Hope is the name of the dark master. He wanted all of Clow Reed's power, but someone disposed of him immediately," explained Eriol.
"So why is he back again?" asked Syaoran, emotions swirling in his amber eyes.
"That," said Eriol. "I cannot explain."
"Why isn't Sakura like all the rest of them?" blurted Syaoran. Sakura pretended to look confused.
"You expect us to know?" said Sakura. "Let's just find a way to get the lights back."
"That's easy," said Eriol. "It's only a simple spell. It's actually quite easy to break it."
"THEN WHY DON"T YOU HURRY UP AND PUT THINGS RIGHT?" yelled Sakura and Syaoran.
"Oh, right. No need to get in a fuss." Eriol clapped his hands together and muttered something under his breath and opened his hands up slowly again and a small ball of light flew out. The lights flickered for a moment and died once again.
"Eriol," said Sakura. "I thought it was only a simple spell."
"Well…you see," muttered Eriol. "I lied. I didn't want you to freak out. It's actually quite complicated."
"So do you have any idea how to fix this mess?" asked Syaoran.
"Well, to be honest – no. But I will find a way," said Eriol.
"Let's hope so," said Sakura, still looking worried. (Sakura knew that she could put things right in a jiffy, but she didn't want to reveal her secret as the card mistress unless it was a matter of life and death.) "Otherwise, the others will always be like this. Chiharu…Rika…Yamazaki…Naoko…Meiling…Tomoyo…and the rest of the world…"
Eriol's aura flared up. He used his mind to call upon the power of the sun and clapped his hands together once more. He muttered the same words again, but with more concentration this time and opened up the palms of his hands. A slightly larger ball of light rose from his hands and exploded with a blinding flash. The three of them covered their eyes from the light and when they opened their eyes again, everything was back to normal. Everyone who blacked out before slowly stirred on the floor. Sakura ran to Chiharu, who was the closest to her.
"I'm so glad that you're okay, Chi!" said Sakura, pulling her up onto her feet.
"What are you talking about Saku?" asked Chiharu, obviously not remembering anything. "Maybe you're just tired Sakura, you should try getting some sleep."
"Oh. Right you are Chiharu," smiled Sakura. "Maybe I should."
"I'll go get Tomoyo," volunteered Eriol, as he walked out of the room, back to the theatre room. He came back with a dazed Tomoyo behind him.
Everyone set up their sleeping bags and pillows around the room, according to where they wanted to sleep. Sakura took out her pink and black sleeping bag. A particular design was chosen for that sleeping bag. At the bottom it had the words, 'Sakura Kinomoto' on it in silver writing. She snuggled into her sleeping bag and tried to get some sleep. That night she had a dream, but is wasn't a good one…
"My plan is working quite well," said a deep, dark voice. "Those pathetic fools won't even know what hit them." A dark hooded figure came out from the shadow and a black skeletal-like cat came out and curled around its feet. The hooded figure bent down and stroked the cat with one long, thin finger.
"My dear Darkness," he said. "It seems to me like the reincarnation of Clow hasn't yet lost his touch, but no matter, it is no longer he that I want. Whoever stands in my way of getting to the Card Mistress, will die!" Darkness the cat purred softly.
"There is nothing in my way now. Except those pathetic mortals, who they call friends. The Li boy is strong, but still weak when it comes to dark magic. The card mistress will give me all the power I need for destroying the universe! Mwahahahahahahahaha!" The cat purred again. The hooded figure seemed to understand what it was saying.
"Quite true, Darkness," he said. "The Card Mistress' soul mate may and will become a problem later on in the process. But after I find this soul mate of hers, he or she will die as well!"
Sakura woke up, sweating all over. 'What on earth was that all about? It wasn't a dream, more like something that is happening elsewhere, like a vision kind of thing. I've got to tell Kero when I get back.' Sakura sat up and leant against the wall. 'What does all this mean? Should I tell Eriol about it? After all, he is Clow's reincarnation…Oh well, I'll just ask Kero for advice later on…' With those last thoughts, Sakura fell asleep, still sitting upright.
Syaoran stirred in his sleep and woke up. He had the same dream as Sakura, but he didn't know that.
'Mum mentioned something about protecting the Card Mistress and my soul mate. But how can I if I have no idea who they are? Sometimes she can be so confusing…'
…Flashback…
'Moshi moshi, Syaoran Li speaking.'
'Hello son. Do you remember the reason why we sent you to Japan?"
'Err…No?'
'The only reason that I sent you to come study in Japan is so you can protect the Card Mistress and reunite with your soul mate.'
'Who's the Card Mistress? Who's my soul mate?'
'You'll find out when the time is right, Xiao Lang. In the meantime, I've got to go.'
'But –'
'Zai Jian.' (Good-bye in Chinese)
End flashback
'Things are getting too weird. First Black Hope blackening things and now this! Could things get worse?' He turned towards Sakura. 'She looks so innocent, so peaceful. At least she doesn't have to deal with things like people with magic have to deal with. That way, she'll still stay safe.'
Syaoran thought that now that he was awake, there was nothing else to do so he went into an empty room to get some exercise done. After a few hours, everyone else started to awake.
"Wake up Sakura!" yelled Tomoyo.
"HOE!" screamed Sakura. "What did you do that for?"
"Time for breaky!" said Chiharu, stretching her arms. They all walked downstairs to the dining hall and ate their breakfast.
"Let's go shopping today!" suggested Meiling.
"Great idea!" agreed Naoko. "I could get some more books!"
"Us girls will go shopping for what we want and you guys can go where you want," said Tomoyo. "I can finally buy some decent clothes for you, Saku!"
"I thought you'd want to make them," said Sakura, sweat dropping.
"Yeah well. You can't just wear only clothes that I make, you've got to buy some stuff as well!"
The limo driver drove them to Tomoeda Shopping Mall, where the girls and guys split up to do their individual shopping. Rika followed Naoko to the nearest bookstore, all the other girls went to look for clothes, jewellery and make up, while the three guys went to look for their own clothes or sporting equipment. Chiharu and Meiling went to the cosmetics section in the mall, while Tomoyo insisted that Sakura should buy some more clothes and accessories. Sakura and Tomoyo came out of that store with heaps of bags in their arms. They left their bags for the boys to carry and went to see the jewellery section. Sakura had her eyes on a silver necklace. It had a pink jewel in the middle in the shape of a heart with wings. There wasn't a price tag on it, so they went into to check it out.
"How much for the silver necklace outside on display?" asked Sakura, to the sales person.
"I'm afraid it's not for sale," frowned the saleslady. "Out of all the jewellery here, the owner seems most fond of that one." Sakura left the shop with Tomoyo, feeing quite disappointed. From a distance, Syaoran was watching Sakura's every move.
The gang met up at the food court and ordered some pizza. After that, they just browsed through more shops and then went back to Tomoyo's mansion. Sonomi was still at work when they got back, so they had the whole house to themselves, besides for the maids and stuff. They sat together in the lounge.
"Do you know what all sleepovers need a game of?" asked Tomoyo, mysteriously.
"What?" asked Rika, looking bored.
"A game of truth and dare!" squealed Tomoyo with an evil glint in her eyes.
TBC
Well, that's it for chapter 13! Hope you enjoyed it and please review!
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