Memories: Chapter Three

The woman opened her eyes and sat up. A sharp pain came to her head, making her skull feel like it was splitting in two. She laid back down and curled herself into a ball. She clutched her head hoping her headache would go away. She cried out from the pain.

She suddenly remembered what her friend told her to do if she got a headache. The woman looked at her hand and pinched the muscle in between her thumb and forefinger. She cursed loudly. Being pinched in a pressure point is not a good feeling . . . but it at least took her mind off of her migraine.

She sat up once more and looked around. She couldn't see anything . . . nothing but darkness. She tried to stand up. It was pretty hard seeing that she didn't have much balance due to the lack of light. She finally got up after a few tries and squinted her eyes thinking that she might be able to see something in the vast darkness. The woman put her hands out in front of her and took a couple steps forwards hoping to feel something.

Something pricked at the woman's mind. She turned to the direction of the sensation she was sensing. Something flashed in the distance. The light grew brighter, engulfing the area. The woman quickly covered her eyes to keep the light from harming them.

She opened her eyes later once they were adjusted to the light and looked around. She recognized this area of town. The woman turned around and saw the tower from her past.

She suddenly heard footsteps heading toward her. She turned around and spotted four children and a flying stuffed animal . . . A flying stuffed animal? The children were running toward her without slowing down. They were going to run into her if they didn't stop. The woman tried to move out of the way but, her feet refused to move. She yelled for them to stop.

The woman braced herself and waited for the impact . . . there was none. She opened her eyes and couldn't see the children.

Then she heard a noise behind her. It startled the woman and she fell. She turned herself around toward the sound. The children and the stuffed animal were a few feet from her . . . how did they get over there? They were staring at something ahead. The woman got up and walked toward the children and stood next to a girl in a red cloak. She looked ahead and saw a figure in the distance. A man with grey hair . . . he seemed very familiar. She tried her best to remember him . . . Yu . . . Yukito! That's it!

The girl that she was standing next to spoke up.

"Yukito! What are you doing here!" The woman looked at the girl. The girl had a worried look on her face. She touched the girls shoulder in hopes to comfort her. Her hand went through the girl. The woman gasped in surprise. She touched the girl's hair; her hand went straight through just like earlier. She ran toward the man and put her hand on his arm. It went through his arm like the girl's.

Did the fall from the swing kill her? Was she a . . . ghost? No! She couldn't be a ghost! They were scary and mean and scared little kids! There was just no way she could be like that. The woman started to flail around and panic. She tripped and fell once again.

She looked up at the man in front of her. His eyes held a glazed expression. He gave the little girl a smirk and was lifted in the air. Wings protruded from his back and covered his frame. A blinding light emitted from his being. It left as quickly as it came.

Yukito's wings unraveled themselves, but instead of an entranced man being there, an angel stood in his place. The woman looked up at the angel's face. She scanned every feature. He was . . . beautiful. But, he was also so handsome. She looked at his eyes. His silver orbs were cold and calculating. This must be the angel of death. He must've come to take her to heaven.

The angel looked at the group of children and spoke.

" I am Yue, the judge. Who is the card captor that I am to challenge?"

His voice was smooth and rich. This entranced the woman even more. She got up from her spot . . . wait a minute . . . He's a judge? He's not taking her to heaven! This was just too much for the woman. She decided to stand there and watch what happened.

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A golden light engulfed the stuffed animal. The little girl looked at her friend and jumped back in surprise. A lion took the place of her little, cute stuffed animal. The lion spoke back to the angel.

" Actually, there are two card captors Yue: the girl in the red cape and the brat in the Chinese clothes. They are the candidates."

" I see . . . "Yue looked at the card captors," Fine . . . Which one of you shall challenge me first?" He glared at the two children as if to intimidate them.

The Chinese boy stepped forward. He raised his head confidently and glared back at the angel.

" My name is Lee Syaoran. I will fight you first and prove myself to be worthy of the title Master of the Clow."

Yue smirked," Very well. Let's begin."

His eyes started to luminate as he used his magic. Then all of a sudden, the boy and the angel disappeared. The little girl cried out in surprise. She looked around frantically.

"Syaoran! Syaoran!" she looked at her lion," Kero! Where's Syaoran! Where did he go!"

The lion looked back at his master and answered her in hopes to calm her down.

" Yue took Lee somewhere so they won't be disturbed. That's just the way Yue is. Don't worry. I'm pretty sure that Yue won't go overkill on Lee."

At least, Kero hoped Yue wouldn't go overkill. He knew how much Yue wanted to go back to sleep within the book. Kero looked up at the full moon with a look of worry on his face.

" It's a full moon tonight . . . I have no idea how Yue's going to act tonight." Kero thought, "Hopefully he won't act rash . . . like using all of his power tonight." Kero sighed. That sounded like something he would do.

"Syaoran!"

Kero was jerked out of his thoughts when he heard his master's voice. He looked in the direction she was running in. Ahead of her he saw the boy lying on the ground . . . he wasn't moving.

"Hang on kid!" Kero ran toward Lee as fast as he could go. He appeared by Lee's side in seconds. His mistress got to Lee and checked his pulse.

" You needn't worry child. He's alive and I have missed all of his fatal spots. But, you might want to bandage those wounds before he bleeds to death."

The little girl turned toward the voice and found Yue standing on top of a lamp post. Kero was furious.

"Don't you think you overdid it too much! You're not supposed to use this much power on a beginning sorcerer!" Kero continued to yell at the angel.

Yue glared at the sun guardian, " The boy was still too weak regardless on the amount of power I used on him. His will is weak along with his magic. The boy failed." Yue looked at the girl," I will fight the next candidate now."

The girl lifted Lee with the help of the girl with red eyes. Lee started to moan as he came to consciousness. He turned to the other card captor.

"D..don't fight him . . . He's way too . . . powerful. He won't . . . go easy on you." He managed to gasp out. The girl looked at her friend and smiled comfortingly.

" Rest Syaoran. You need it," she said as he fell unconscious. The girl gently put Syaoran on Kero's back. Her face changed from a face of comfort to a face of determination. She looked at the lion.

" Kero. I need you to look after Syaoran and the others. Could you do this for me?"

Kero nodded," Sure thing . . . just be careful kid."

The girl smiled and nodded her head. She then turned around and faced Yue. She looked up at him and clutched her staff. The angel looked very bored and impatient.

"I am ready for your test," she called out.

Yue jumped down from his post and walked over to the girl. His feline orbs pierced her emerald pools . . . as if he was looking at something hidden deep within her. The girl couldn't turn away. She couldn't do anything except gaze back. The spell was broken when she blinked. For some reason, her heart was racing. Yue then switched his gaze toward the space next to the girl. The girl followed the judge's eyes to her side. She couldn't see anything.

" Are we going to begin the test?" She looked back at the angel," . . . or do you want a rain check."

Yue took a step back and closed his eyes. He smirked.

" Very well. Let us begin, shall we?" He slowly opened his eyes as they lit up again. The girl closed her eyes as she felt the rush of magic taking her . . .

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The woman gasped in shock when she saw the boy disappear. She, like the little girl, started to search frantically for both the boy and the angel. She stood up and started to walk around to see if they were hiding somewhere.

"Syaoran!"

The woman turned toward the voice and saw the boy just a few feet from her. She ran to the boy and kneeled at his side. She tried to check his pulse, but was reminded of her condition as her hands went through the child. The woman sat there helplessly as she watched the girl help her friend.

Her eyes moved from the boy to the angel. How could someone do this to a child? She wanted to know. Who could be so cold . . . so cruel?

She got up and shouted her thoughts at the angel knowing he couldn't hear her. The woman was furious.

Yue's violet orbs pierced her emerald ones. He turned away and stared at the child and spoke.

Was she seeing things? She could've sworn he looked at her. She listened to the conversation, but she wasn't satisfied with his answer. The woman walked over to the girl and stood next to her. She glared at the angel.

The angel jumped down from his perch and walked over to them. He stared at the girl in cold eyes.

The woman kept glowering at the angel. She muttered some rude words under her breath. The angel moved his gaze from the girl to the angry woman. Her heart jumped up her throat when their eyes met. She glared back to show her displeasure. The corners of the angel's mouth turned upwards slightly.

"Are we going to begin the test, or do you want a rain check?"

The woman looked at the little girl and smirked. This girl was pretty funny, not to mention adorable. For some reason, this girl reminded the woman of someone. But, she couldn't figure out who.

Suddenly, a wave of warmth hit the woman. She turned towards the angel. His eyes were glowing. The woman gasped as she saw the others disappear from sight.

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