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…Something… Flashbacks
"…" Speech
… Actions
Italics Thoughts and accented words
# … # Songs and POV's
(…) My notes
… Time and scene changes
Flashback from the last chapter...
"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...'
Chapter 30
"Hmm...Only two people left to demolish..." sneered Black Hope, not knowing that Katrina was still there. "Who shall be the first to die...maybe you, Card Mistress..."
Sakura's face paled.
"Prepare to fight!" he said, waving his hands in the air.
He shot two balls of power into the air, both aiming for Sakura.
One of them shot from the right, while the other one shot from the left.
Sakura let out a small scream and called upon the jump card. Little wind appeared on her shoes as she jumped up into the air.
The two power balls smashed together, causing everyone to go blind for a moment.
Black Hope shot a fireball at Sakura. Since, she was still a bit blinded, it caught her by surprise. She managed to jump out of the way, but it grazed her arm slightly. Her shirt was torn, with a bit of blood showing underneath it.
Sakura looked at it, unaffected by it – she was used to much worse.
Katrina walked over to where Kero was trapped in the bubble.
"I'm going to help you out," she mouthed to him, not wanting to let anyone realize that she was still there.
"Please hurry," Kero mouthed back. "And thank you."
Katrina nodded and formed a little ball of energy in the palm of her hand. Kero had taught her this in a few minutes and she had quickly learnt the basics. The little ball of energy grew bigger, but then turned little again.
"Focus!" Kero mouthed furiously. "And don't forget what I told you before!"
Katrina tried to concentrate more on her inner magical center. She searched deep into her heart and found a secret chamber within it.
"That's it!" Kero mouthed.
She found a misty shape inside the little chamber. It was a silver misty colour and glowed endlessly. She reached out and grabbed it.
The energy ball in her palm grew much bigger and she threw it at the barrier that trapped Kero in.
It made contact with the shield and broke into it. Kero spread his wings and took flight, after thanking Katrina.
Black Hope shot another ball of energy at her, but this time, it was much bigger and it was full of dark energy – his specialty.
He carefully took aim and blasted it towards her. Sakura didn't have time to react.
Just as she was about to get hit, Kero flew in front of her, shielding her from the attack. Kero was blasted backwards and changed back into his original form, just as Yue did. Sakura ran to him.
"KERO!" she screamed. "Please get up..." she cried helplessly, tears sliding down her cheeks, uncontrollably. She had already lost lots of people who meant a lot to her in her life and she just couldn't take it anymore.
Syaoran stood at the side, staring at her, unemotionally.
'Maybe I should forgive her...' he thought silently.
Kero was knocked unconscious. His left wing was a little bit broken and he had scratches, cuts and bruises all over his body.
Sakura wiped her tears away, her anger immediately replaced her sorrow.
"You'll pay," she whispered deadly. "You'll pay for all you've done."
Black Hope only laughed.
"You? Make me pay?" he sneered. "I'd like to see a little girl such as yourself even try to make me pay."
Sakura felt all her anger get to her head.
"FIERY!" she shouted.
The spirit of the fiery card appeared and charged at Black Hope. It missed him completely.
He laughed again.
"You think your little cards can beat me?" he taunted her.
"RAIN!" she called.
The little blue spirit's head popped out of the cloud and giggled. It moved above Black Hope and released rain onto him.
This was all too much for Black Hope. He cracked up laughing like a maniac.
"A little drizzle?" he mocked. "Is that the best you can do? I thought more highly of you, Card Mistress!"
The rain card was very offended and drenched him with water. He laughed again.
"THUNDER!" shouted Sakura.
Lightning bolts shot at Black Hope, surprising him. It hit him in his stomach and spread all over his body because of the water. He was electric shocked. His clothes were a little torn and he had scratched on his body.
He laughed evilly.
"That's not good enough, Card Mistress," he said, blasting a dark energy ball at her.
Sakura, who was panting on her knees, didn't have time to get away or avoid the attack was hit directly by the shot. She was blasted backwards and fell unconscious.
Syaoran winced in worry for Sakura. He had not completely forgiven her, but she still meant something to him, deep in his heart, he just had to realize what it was first. (LoL, we all know what!)
Syaoran had half a mind to run to her to see if she was okay, but the other half of his mind was telling him to stay put. He was just about to go and see her, but Black Hope shot a fireball as his feet, causing him to jump backwards, out of surprise.
"Going somewhere, Li?" he asked.
Syaoran ignored him.
"What the hell do you want?" he spat at him. "Do you even know who you're messing with here? I'm Li Syaoran – the future leader of the Li Clan –"
Black Hope interrupted him.
"Yes, I know," he replied. "More than you think..."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Li glared at him. "What would you know about me?"
"Yelan Li –" he spoke drawlingly. "A powerful sorceress. Her husband –"
Syaoran gulped.
"A powerful sorcerer, died in a tragic "accident"," he grinded his teeth. "And destroyed half of my powers." He hissed.
Syaoran's eyes widened.
"That idiot thought that he could kill me, only if he sacrificed himself with me, but the fool was wrong – I survived and he didn't," he laughed cruelly. "What a complete fool!"
"Never talk about my father like that again," spat Syaoran, drawing his sword.
"Your father was a fool to believe that he could dispose of me that easily," he said. "So extremely stupid...But, he did still destroy half my powers and now I shall get my revenge and control the universe!"
He floated into the air and shot a bolt of electricity at Syaoran, who dodged easily. As soon, as he jumped aside, he shot another bolt at where his feet landed. It shocked him a little and he fell to his knees.
"Your father was a fool," he repeated. "He could've have extreme powers if he didn't fall in love with that woman. Emotions are a sign of weakness and they still are. Your father was weak, and so are you."
Syaoran weakly got up.
"He was not weak," he retorted. "And neither am I."
Black Hope landed on his feet and pushed Syaoran down with his palm. Syaoran fell backwards onto the ground.
"See? You are weak...Now I shall show you what extreme power is!"
He raised his hand and was about to shoot a power ball at him, when something distracted him, making the shot go astray.
An image of Syaoran's father floated beside him.
"YOU!" he spat angrily. "You can't be here! You killed yourself!"
The image just smiled.
"That may be true..." he said.
"F – Father?" asked Syaoran.
"Son," he replied. "I'm so proud of you..."
Syaoran suddenly felt weak, weaker than he has ever felt.
"Me?" he asked. "How can you be proud of me? I haven't done anything worthy of you..."
The image of Syaoran's patted him on the shoulder.
"Yes, you have, Xiao Lang," he said. "More than words can explain. Please, whatever you decide to do, follow your heart and don't let anything get in the way of doing that..."
The image of Syaoran's father slowly faded away.
"It was just an illusion..." Black Hope muttered, staring at the pink card that now floated there instead. "Absolutely pathetic..."
"Prepare to face the same fate as your father, Li," said Black Hope.
"I won't," he replied, looking down. His eyes filled with hatred and anger. "You're the one who will perish!"
Syaoran blindly charged at him with his sword, but he was too quick.
"Don't be a fool like your idiotic father," said Black Hope. "Just give up, and you don't need to suffer any longer..."
"Never!" he shouted. "If I have to die, I'll go down fighting!"
"Yes...Pride and courage...Your father had it too...What a shame..."
"Shut up!" roared Syaoran. "Don't talk about him that way!"
Black Hope decided to ignore his comment and shot another energy ball at him, but this time, it was just a tiny speck of glitter.
"What the hell..." whispered Syaoran, his eyes transfixed on the tiny speck.
"That's right," urged Black Hope. "Go on right ahead and touch it!"
Syaoran raised his hand forward and slowly reached out towards it, mesmorized.
A little voice in his head told him not to, but before he could snap out of it and pull away, he had already touched it.
Sharp pains filled his body, as he gasped in pain.
"Soon," he said. "You'll have no power or energy left to survive. You will die, a slow painful death."
Syaoran struggled to get up, but he couldn't find the energy to. Black Hope continued to sneer at Syaoran, his attention completely on him.
Katrina concentrated on her inner magical center again and summoned up a fireball. She took careful aim and threw it as hard as she could at Black Hope's back.
"ARGH!" he screamed, out of surprise.
He spun around quickly to see who it was. He noticed Katrina there.
"You!" he hissed. "Will pay dearly!"
Katrina tried to run away, but she was shot down, squarely in the back. Her eyes widened and she fell limply to the ground.
Luke, who was well hidden in the shadows, watched on as his eyes widened.
# Luke's Point of View #
Doesn't he have any mercy at all for them? All Katrina did was shoot a weak fireball at him, which didn't even do anything and he shoots her down...Oh well...he always said that emotions would just get in the way of power...
I saw Sakura start to stir, where she was lying. The Master noticed and turned to face her instead. With the expressions on his face, I could tell he was going to finish her off once and for all...
A dark energy ball appeared on the palm of his hand. In a few seconds he would release it, finishing off the Card Mistress...
TBC
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