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(…) My notes
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Flashback from the last chapter...
I heard Eriol curse quietly as he tried to summon it up again.
I call upon the powers of day and nightSun and darkness,
Release your might!
His staff appeared again, but his powers didn't.
"ERIOL!" shouted Syaoran. "YOU NEED TO RECOVER YOUR ENERGY LEVEL!"
"I know!" replied Eriol. "But there's something blocking it, so it can't return. Put a strong barrier around your magic center!"
Syaoran summoned up a shield to protect his inner magic. I followed suit.
We all got into fighting stances, holding up our staff or sword or whatever thingy.
And now, the battle really begins.
Chapter 29
Luke shook his head.
"Wait, wait, wait," he said, shaking his head. "I'm forgetting something here...Oh I know! I promised Master that I would let him finish you off!" He finished, grinning.
Sakura, Syaoran and Eriol's faces all paled.
'Oh no!' they all thought.
"Black Hope..." muttered Eriol under his breath.
"I see you know my master!" cried Luke delightfully. "No need for introductions then! Good. I'll tell him that you're ready then."
He clicked his fingers and whispered something that no one else could hear unless they used magic of some sort.
He took out the same chain with the miniature sword on it from his pocket from the other day at the farm and thrust it in front of him.
He started chanting and once again, his eyes flashed red.
"What is that?" asked Syaoran, squinting at the miniature swinging in front of Luke.
"Oh this?" he asked, smiling evilly. "This is none of your concern, Li. Master will be here soon. In the mean time, why don't we have a little warm up? Shall we?"
Before any of them could answer his question, he shot a power ball at them without warning.
Syaoran, Eriol and Sakura jumped to one side, while Kero and Yue jumped to the other side.
The power ball stopped in mid air, right in the middle of the room. It suddenly let out a blinding white light.
Everyone flinched and shut their eyes, covering them with their hands.
When the light faded, a barrier appeared, separating the people from the creatures. Luke floated up into the sky and laughed evilly.
The barrier or wall, whatever you want to call it, was electric blue in colour and occasionally shot out sparks in different directions.
"KERO! YUE!" cried out Sakura in alarm.
She raised her star wand and struck the barrier as hard as she could, but only rebounded off.
Sakura flew backwards and hit the back wall with a thud. Eriol and Syaoran made no move to help her up, seeing though they didn't trust her anymore.
Sakura tried to get up, but she lost too much power into getting shocked by the barrier.
"AREN'T YOU GOING TO HELP HER?" screamed Katrina. Eriol looked hesitant. He glanced at Sakura with worry, but still made no move towards her.
"ARE YOU PEOPLE SO BLOODY COLD HEARTED? EVEN THOUGH SAKURA AND I HAD FIGHTS HERE AND THERE, SHE STILL HAS A HEART TO TRY AND HELP ME OUT? DON'T YOU HAVE A HEART?"
Eriol looked at Katrina awkwardly.
"AND YOU GUYS CALL YOURSELVES FRIENDS? WHAT GREAT FRIENDS YOU ARE!"
Katrina's speech struck something in Eriol's heart and he helped Sakura up, but as for Syaoran, he didn't do anything. He showed no sign of emotions whatsoever.
Eriol dragged Sakura and helped her to sit up against the wall.
"That's right," said Luke. "Sit back and enjoy the show!"
He shot a power ball at Kero and he just dodged it by a tiny bit.
Sakura reached out weakly and tried to get up.
"No...Kero...Yue..." she said weakly.
"Sakura," said Eriol. "Stay. You're too weak to be going to help them."
"No," she persisted. "They helped me when I was in trouble, I have to help them now."
Eriol shook his head, as Luke threw a fireball at Yue.
Yue sent up a silver shield, blocking the attack.
Luke laughed evilly.
"I thought you'd try to shield yourself," he said. "That's why I shot a special power ball at you."
"And what exactly does it do?" Yue spat.
"Oh you'll see..." said Luke. "In about 3...2...1...Now."
Yue felt all his energy drain out. His wings disappeared and he was transformed back into Yukito. He fell to the ground, unconscious.
"YUE!" screamed Sakura, her eyes tearing. "Please be okay..." she begged silently.
"That wasn't much of a warm up, but it'll do," said Luke. "Just in time too."
A black, hooded figure appeared with a swish of his cloak.
"You have done well, Luke," he said icily. "For that, you have my praise."
Luke smiled slightly and smiled.
"Thank you, Master," he said, bowing.
"Now leave the rest to me," he said, smiling under his hood. "Let's make this a little more interesting shall we?"
He clicked his fingers and the barrier disappeared.
Sakura used the remainder of her energy to get up and she ran to Yukito/Yue, before anyone could stop her doing so.
Kero flew down to her side.
Yukito's face was deadly pale and his skin was as cold as ice.
"Oh my gosh..."whispered Sakura. "Please be okay..."
Eriol and Syaoran walked towards them.
"He'll be okay," said Syaoran, unemotionally.
"STOP ALL YOUR FUSSING!" shouted Black Hope, AKA the hooded figure. "AND LET THE BATTLE OF YOUR LIVES BEGIN!"
"You'll pay," said Sakura, quietly. "For all the destruction you've caused. Fly!"
Two snow white wings sprouted from her back and she took off into the air. Black Hope also floated into the air.
"Are you ready for your fate, Card Mistress?" he sneered.
Sakura completely ignored him and summoned up the sword card. The sword appeared in her hand, identical to the one that Syaoran saw at the farm.
'So that's where she got that sword from...' thought Syaoran, as he watched her. 'But she still betrayed my trust...'
He watched as Black Hope summoned up three swords. They hovered in front of him.
"Now fly, my swords, fly," he spoke to the swords. (Weird, I know!)
The three swords blasted off in different directions, one aiming for Sakura, one aiming for Eriol and the other one aiming for Syaoran. The swords floated in mid air and had a mind of its own, being able to fight on its own.
The swords clashed against one another, with no winner or loser.
As they were all fighting merciless, Black Hope just stayed on the spot and smirked at them all.
'Soon, I'll have all the powers imaginable!'
Kero, having seen that everyone's attention was elsewhere, snuck off somewhere else.
He flew over to where Katrina was chained up.
"Don't move," he advised.
Katrina just nodded.
Kero took a step back and shot four small fireballs at the chains, being careful of not to hit Katrina in the process.
The chains around her wrists and ankles broke with a snap and she fell limply to the ground.
Katrina picked herself up and massaged her wrists.
"You have magic," said Kero, all of a sudden.
"I've been told that," she replied. "Over a million times."
"I can show you how to use it," said Kero. "But only if you're using it for good things."
"Umm..." said Katrina, not fully understanding. "Okay..."
"Here," said Kero, handing her a little charm. "Take this. It'll be much easier to control your powers this way. Put it on."
Katrina looked at the little charm. It was the symbol of the sun on a small chain. She flipped it around her neck.
"Now," said Kero. "This is how you start..."
Sakura blocked another attack of the flying sword. She flew behind it, but not with ease. The clothes that she was wearing weren't ones that were used for moving around in. She saw the seam around her top was starting to rip.
"Create card," she said hurriedly. "Make me a costume that allows me to move around freely. Release!"
Her current clothes were suddenly replaced with different ones. She agilely flipped in mid air and blocked another attack.
Her powers were rapidly dropping, having fought too much already. Her wings were starting to fail her and she could feel herself wavering in the air.
'I need more power,' she thought to herself.
"Mirror card!" she called. Another Sakura appeared with a sword. "Help me!" she cried. Mirror smiled and nodded and together they blocked off the sword's attacks.
Eriol's powers were dropping too. He couldn't hold on much longer. The flying sword struck his staff and it fell from his hand and clanged to the ground.
It was about to deliver the final attack, when something blocked it from behind.
Kero flew up behind Black Hope and blasted a fireball at him, without him seeing.
"ARGH!" he cried, as it hit him square in the back. The swords disappeared.
He whooshed around and shot something at Kero, trapping him in some kind of bubble. Kero tapped his paw on the side of the bubble – it was somehow unbreakable.
"That's what you get for doing that," he spat evilly at Kero.
Black Hope floated gently to the ground.
"I guess we'll finish this battle face-to-face," he said smugly. "You first – Hiiragazawa."
Syaoran's eyes widened, as Black Hope threw a ball of darkness towards Eriol.
"NO!" he screamed. "ERIOL!"
Eriol, still weak from the attack, managed to dodge it a bit, but still got shot in the shoulder.
He lost all his powers instantly and fell to the ground, a few feet away from where Tomoyo, Meiling and Yue lay.
Sakura ran to him and sat him up against the wall, just as he had done to her.
"Eriol..." she said weakly.
"We can't win..." was his reply. "He's too powerful..."
Tears stung at Sakura's eyes.
"No," she said. "Don't say that. We can win..."
A sudden 'CLASH' made Sakura turn around.
'Syaoran's losing...' she thought. 'I have to go help him.'
She stood up and threw a card at Eriol.
"Take it," she said to him and running off.
Eriol looked at the card. It read 'Hope' in big letters with a heart and wings in the middle. He smiled slightly.
'Maybe there is hope...'
Eriol's body gave way, as he fell to the ground, still clasping the card in one hand. It gently fell on top of Tomoyo's hand, as the card glowed and faded again.
'Maybe there is hope...'
TBC
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