Memories: Chapter Four

The woman felt a cool breeze touch her face. She opened her eyes and saw that she was not with the others. In fact, she didn't even know where she was. She looked up at the full moon and felt something tug at her in the back of her mind, like a caution. Her body suddenly felt cold. The woman lowered her head and noticed that she wasn't standing on cement. It felt like metal.

The woman suddenly heard a voice nearby.

" Judgement . . . begin."

The woman turned to find the angel in the air and the little girl running towards him. Yue's eyes started to radiate the same light from the moon above him. Crystals formed from out of nowhere and shot themselves at the girl. She rolled to the right and barely avoided them. A couple fragments from a crystal embedded themselves in her arm. The girl gave out a cry and grabbed her arm. She looked away for a second to look at her wound. Suddenly, her eyes went wide as another shower of crystals came at her. Seeing that she couldn't dodge this time, she shouted an incantation.

" Clow card, Clow card, hear my plea! Lend your powers to my key!" The girl spun her staff around and threw a card in the air. The staff struck the card.

"Shield!"

A huge bubble formed itself around the girl. The crystals pummeled mercilessly against the magical barrier. The girl frowned as she fought to keep up the barrier.

The woman gaped at the scene she was seeing. It was very hard to believe if this was real. It seemed strikingly familiar though. . .

Suddenly, the woman heard a voice in her head.

How can I win this without hurting Yukito? The woman looked around to find the owner of the voice. It sounded like a girl. . .

The woman spotted the girl in the bubble pondering. Was she reading the girl's mind? Suddenly, a look of realization hit the girl's face.

If only I can capture him. I know now!

Seeing that his crystals weren't breaking the shield, Yue called them off. He took the crystals power and formed it into a bow. He, then, pulled back the thin crystal wire and released a jolt of energy resembling an arrow. The arrow head plummeted straight toward the heart of the shield, toward the girl. The shield and arrow met with a loud clash. Sparks emitted from the force of the two magical projections as they fought to cancel each other out.

Suddenly, a second arrow struck the barrier. The arrow pierced the shield and shattered it like glass. Luckily, the girl rolled just in time to dodge the arrows. She got up and started to run when crystals started raining on her again. The girl ran and stood behind a pillar. That temporarily stopped the crystals.

The girl pulled out a card and gave it a long, soft look. She whispered a silent plea of help to the card. Suddenly, with new-found speed, the girl rushed out from the pillar and shouted the incantation.

"Clow card, Clow card! Hear my plea! Lend your powers to my key!" She twirled her staff for the second time.

"Wood!"

Branches suddenly came out of the card with great force and headed toward Yue at an extremely fast pace. The girl's will and determination fueled the power of the beautiful card. The wood nymph wrapped herself around the angel's ankle. Her branches started to trap his limbs.

Yue tried to cut away the branches with his crystals in an attempt to free himself. But, soon even the crystals didn't have any effect over the limbs that was wrapping itself around the angel. Yue had an unusual look of panic spread across of his normally stoic face.

From a distance, the woman cheered on the girl. She found great satisfaction in the thought of the child breaking Yue's ego.

"No! I won't let this happen!" The angel cried out and started to draw out a different power from before. His eyes started to once again radiate the moon's light.

The woman watched in horror as an arrow formed out of nowhere and shot itself at the girl. She cried out as the arrow grazed the girl's arm.

The girl lost her concentration and grabbed her arm. Yue saw his opportunity and immediately took control over the card. He shot the girl's card back at her and chuckled as he watched the girl get caught in her own trap.

The woman rushed toward the girl and watched helplessly as the girl was being engulfed in the wooden cocoon. She then noticed something as she tried to climb the branches. She continued to climb, trying to reach the girl.

When the woman reached to the top, she looked at the face of the girl as the branches blanketed it. She hadn't noticed it before. . .

This girl. . . This girl is. . .

Suddenly, the woman tripped and plummeted toward the ground. . . she let out a scream as she saw the ground getting closer.

Suddenly, she stopped in midair. She felt a pair of arms encircle around her waist. A deep, soft voice whispered against her ear.

" Wake up. . . Wake up. . . "

The woman felt everything fade around her. . . It once again became the pitch black darkness from before.

" Open your eyes. . ."

The woman woke up to silver eyes staring into her own.

" Welcome back, Sakura. . . "

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