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Disclaimer: I WANT TO OWN KUROGANE BUT I CAN'T! I ALSO WANT TO OWN TOMOYO BUT I CAN'T TOO BECAUSE THEY ALL BELONGED TO CLAMP!

Anyhow, CONTINUING ON WITH THE STORY!

:Operation 04: The Green Restoration

Soaring through the cloudy skies, a large plane with wings and fan blades coated in muddy green and brown color, was carrying numerous heavy machines. The transport carrier was commonly named as "Hercules" for its remarkable strength of carrying heavy objects over large distances. Inside the hangers was a set of Setsukais, non-magic combat machine, that were painted in dull common colors used in the military. But there were two fighting machines that completely contrasted with the Setsukais. The first fighting machine was the white Soukikai, just recently named the "Valkyire," belonged to the pilot, Daidouji Tomoyo.

And finally, the last fighting machine was a much thinner model than the Valkyire. Its thin model was shaped like a female's body with its slender mechanical limbs. The Soukikai was pink-colored decorated along with variations of the same color. On the sides of its legs was a thin armor that resembled a skirt and its arms were decorated with protective bracers. It had a face of girl with protective mask and its helmet contained petal-shaped wings. Attached to the back of the pink Soukikai's head was a lone wing that looked like a ponytail however that ponytail was not used for decoration but for something more important.

Inside the Hercules, numerous teenagers were chatting to each other before their mission. They were dressed in gray-colored pilot's uniform, marking them as the pilots of the Setsukais. By sending teenagers to the cruel war, had shown that the mankind was dwindling and the Ghouls' population continued to increase. Even though, they were sent to war, the teenagers couldn't help but wanted to have fun. Sakura, who recently came back from the hospital wing, was staring through the window, gaping in amazement at the clear blue sky above the white clouds.

"Hmph, mistress gets easily excited." Kero, the stuffed animal, complained as it set itself on Tomoyo's shoulder.

The raven-haired giggled, "That's like Sakura-chan. She finds excitement in simple things."

"True." Kero nodded, "Without it, she would never found the book."

Tomoyo became starry eyed and clasped her hands in joy, "AND I WOULD NEVER GET THE CHANCE TO RECORD THE BRAVE HEROINE, SAKURA, in my cute designs of course, TO CAPTURE THE CARDS TO SAVE THE WORLD!"

Kero sweat-dropped, "It's not even a world disaster in the first place."

"What are you guys talking about?" Sakura averted her eyes from the window to her friends.

"Oh, we were just talking about what a cute brave magical girl you are!" Tomoyo's eyes were still starry.

Sakura laughed nervously with the bead of sweat on her forehead, "Tomoyo-chan…"

Tomoyo held her face with her hands as she blushed, "Look at you, Sakura-chan! YOU LOOK SO KAWAII! Oh I wish I could bring my camcorder to this mission!" She was looking at Sakura's adorable pink colored uniform.

Sakura just rubbed the back of head in embarrassment, "Tomoyo-chan…."

Tomoyo kept going, "Even though your uniform is so cute," They have the same uniform! "It would even cuter if I add a frill or maybe wings or maybe a ribbon or I know a dress!"

Sakura just sweat-dropped, "Um…I like my uniform the way it is."

But Tomoyo was still in her fantasy dreamland, "I know! I'll ask Presea-san to install a camcorder to my Soukikai, so I would always record your wonderful battles!"

More beads of sweat appeared on Sakura's head and the poor girl sighed in defeat.

Kero sweat-dropped, "Tomoyo never change even though you guys got taller and older."

While the raven-haired girl was off dreaming, something caught her eyes. She noticed a card holder attached to the waist of Sakura's uniform, "Sakura-chan, you brought your cards?"

Sakura looked up, "Huh?" She saw Tomoyo pointed to her card holder, "Oh, yeah, I used them against the Ghouls but…even though I don't want my friends to fight them…they're still willing to help me." She looked down as she pulled out her pink cards.

Tomoyo smiled, "They wanted to help you because they're your "friends." That reason is enough for them to fight."

Sakura smiled back and nodded, "Yeah!"

"Since when do your cards turned pink?" Tomoyo asked, 'So that means it did belonged to Sakura-chan, just in different color.'

Sakura answered, "I have to convert those cards from the Clow Cards…because they were about to disappear…since Clow Reed is gone..."

"To save the cards, they must be under a new ownership." Kero finished, "Thus, the CLOW CARDS became SAKURA CARDS!" Kero said it so dramatically with black background with lightning.

Sakura sweat-dropped, "What Kero just said," she heard a sniffling and quickly saw Tomoyo looking down, "Tomoyo-chan, what's wrong?"

The raven-haired girl suddenly had teary eyes, "I DIDN'T TO GET RECORD IT!"

Kero and Sakura sweat-dropped.

"Why do I have to move away?" Tomoyo sniffed, "I completely missed Sakura's brave heroic new adventure!"

"…Tomoyo-chan…."

Tomoyo clenched her fist with her eyes shining so bright, "THIS TIME, I'LL DEFINITELY RECORD YOUR BRAVE EXPLOITS!"

"We will reach Nikko in approximately fifteen minutes." The announcer's voice echoed throughout the entire ship and it repeated the message again.

"Sakura-chan, let's go." Said Tomoyo.

"Hai!" Sakura answered.

They were about to head for their seats but a cruel voice was heard.

"Oh god, I can't believe they allow freaks in here." A young female snobbish voice echoed through the girls' ears.

Tomoyo turned around and saw two girls, one blonde and the other brunette, gossiping to each other.

A brunette nodded, "What's the military thinking? We can do this by ourselves without them, the Enlighteneds with their creepy power."

"Ugh, those Enlighteneds are witches! They kept flaunting their power as a threat to us! Can you believe that?" A blonde whipped her long hair as she rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, MEAN! I hope those nasty monsters kill those pests. It would do the world good." The brunette said it so cruel.

Kero was twitching and wanted to yell them off but Sakura quickly restrained Kero. She just smiled slightly, "Come on, Kero…we should go." She walked through the electronic sliding door

Tomoyo couldn't believe her ears. Those girls said such cruel things about her and Sakura. Why would they hate the Enlighteneds just because they have power that they didn't have? Aren't Enlighteneds still humans like them? Tomoyo looked down, 'Humans can be so cruel.' She closed her eyes, 'Poor Sakura-chan…I must be strong for her.' Tomoyo quickly followed Sakura.

The Hercules landed on a military base little far from the populated cities but it was extremely close to the miasma areas. The land was bleak and there were no living things in sight. It was filled with carcass of the unfortunate creatures that fell to the victims of the Ghouls. Luckily for the pilots and the military base, the Ghouls were defeated and the areas remained empty. The dry lands caused by the Ghouls had no chances of recovery unless the military decided to do something about it. Scientists were researching ways to restore these wastelands as their atonement for their descendants' greatest mistake. But science and technology would not restore these lands quickly. It would take years for trees to grow and the land would be green.

As Sakura and Tomoyo got off the transport carrier, they saw a mid-aged man with a commanding badge on his shirt and an army hat that covered his entire head, hiding every hair.

The captain saluted and the Soukikais pilots saluted back.

"Miss Kinomoto?" The captain asked as he brought his hand down.

The pilots put their hands down and Sakura stepped forward, "Hai!"

The captain raised his left eye in suspicion, "I expect a strong woman…not a little girl like you."

Sakura bowed, "I apologize that I didn't follow your expectations…but I'm not a little girl." Her eyes brimmed with determination, "I'm the pilot of the Soukikai."

"AHHHH! SAKURA-CHAN! THAT WAS SO COOL!" Tomoyo clasped her hands and her eyes once again became stars.

Beads of sweat appeared on Sakura and the captain's head.

The captain pointed to Tomoyo with a questionable expression.

Sakura introduced, "She's Tomoyo Daidouji. She's going to help me with this mission."

"Alllow me to explain the situation." Said the Captain, "As we are fighting Ghouls, the human population continued to decrease. The government came up with a proposal to restore the lands where the Ghouls were defeated. But land recovery had been slow but…" He looked at Sakura, "I heard you're a miracle worker."

Sakura rubbed her head embarrassedly, "I wouldn't call myself that."

Kero immediately flew out of her pocket, "OF COURSE SHE'S A MIRACLE WORKER! WITHOUT MY MISTRESS, YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE YOUR LANDS BACK!"

Sakura caught Kero and forced him back into her pocket roughly. She laughed nervously, "Ignore him."

The captain blinked in surprise because he swore he saw a flying stuffed animal that talked. He just shook his head, 'I'm must be getting old.' He glanced at the pilots, "Miracle worker or not, do what you can to complete this mission."

"Hai! I'll do the best I can!" Sakura answered cheerfully.

"Positive attitude, pilot. Two Setsukais pilots will join and aid you." The captain glanced backwards and noted the pilots to come forward.

Tomoyo gasped because the Setsukais pilots are two girls, the same girls that bad mouthed them behind their back.

Sakura was little surprised to see them but remained smiling.

"You will set out now. That will be all." The captain left the girls alone.

The atmosphere seemed tense between the female pilots as the Setsukais pilots were staring at Sakura and Tomoyo as they were disgusting insects that should be squashed.

But Sakura, who was pure at heart, was unaware of this tension. She smiled happily and offered her hand, "Hello, I'm Sakura Kinomoto! Nice to meet you!"

The blonde just stared at Sakura's hand and then looked up toward the naïve girl, as she was low class. She replied coldly, "No, thanks. I don't want to get my hand dirty." She left for her Setsukai, followed by the brunette.

Sakura just stood there with her hand in the air but her face was hidden in the shadows of her bangs.

Kero looked at his mistress with concern, "Sakura?"

Tomoyo asked, "Sakura?" Tomoyo loathed these girls for making her precious friend to feel this hurtful feeling.

Sakura smiled goofy, "I'll just have to wash my hands!"

Kero fell down in shock while Tomoyo blinked in confusion.

Kero quickly got up, "ARE YOU THAT STUPID!"

Sakura twitched and her clenched fist was shaking in anger, "Kero, that's mean! Just because I'm dense on some subjects, doesn't mean I'm stupid!"

"Some?" Kero just swayed his head and shrugged, "You mean a lot, you couldn't even pass school by yourself without help from your friends and plus you tended to do your homework at the last minute."

Sakura frowned, "Hey, I did all my homework!"

Kero smirked evilly, "What about your summer homework?"

Sakura blinked and her eyes widened, "OH NO! I FORGOT TO DO MY SUMMER HOMEWORK! AND SCHOOL IS STARTING IN FEW WEEKS! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?"

Tomoyo giggled at Sakura's reaction and glad that everything's alright, "Don't worry, Sakura-chan, I'll help."

Sakura clasped her hands together and she had teary eyes of joy, "ARIGATOU, TOMOYO-CHAN! YOU'RE A LIFE SAVIOR!"

Tomoyo smiled, "But you have to do one favor for me."

Sakura sweat-dropped and looked down, "You want me to dress up in one of your designs and be in your movie, right?"

"OF COURSE! HO! HO! HO!" Tomoyo laughed with starry eyes as she was thinking of many designs to make Sakura cuter than before, "I SHOULD ADD CHI AND HIKARU IN IT TOO! THEY'RE SO KAWAII!"

More beads of sweat appeared on Sakura's head.

Kero sighed, "You and your obsession with cute girls. You should film cool mythical beast like me!" He struck an action pose.

"Yeah, yeah, Kero, let's just go." Sakura caught Kero's wing and dragged him to her Soukikai.

Tomoyo smiled, 'Sakura-chan, you have a changed a little…and I think you have become stronger.'

Deep within the mountains east of the grand city of Tokyo, an eagle, the lone survivor of her home, was soaring through the blue sky high above the mountains, polluted by the miasma. Her home and her kind were slaughtered by the evil creatures hidden in the mountains. The airborne creatures of the sky had fallen to the malevolent strength of the Ghouls. The eagle took flight through the mountains, hoping to find another land that is not corrupted by these fiends.

The eagle ascended to the clear sky however, it was a waste of effort. The bird cawed loudly in pain as it was suddenly bit by a large shadow that flew in incredible speed. The shadow was a horrible sight that created the skies a fearsome place.

It was a Ghoul that resembled a bird with its feathery body but with four large scale wings and the claws of the raptors. Its beak made out of steel armed with razor sharp fangs inside, along with its red eyes of lust for blood. The eagle stopped shrieking as the Ghoul crushed the poor bird with its fangs, squirting the blood of the last survivor.

But immediately, the sounds of firing laser quickly echoed through the mountains and the Ghoul was pierced by rapid succession of green lasers. Its wings were torn with holes and could not support its own weight. The Ghoul plunged into the mountains, forever lost.

"I was too late." The red haired girl spoke inside the Rayearth Soukikai as she put down her beam rifle.

"Don't blame yourself, Hikaru." Windom landed next to Rayearth, "It just happened and we couldn't prevent it in time."

"Beside you avenged the bird's death," Celes walked up the gray mountains, "Plus that's the only ghoul we saw! Where's the nest! That sadistic man sent us here on purpose to torture us!"

Fuu sweat-dropped, "I don't think Hiiragizawa is the kind of person to do that."

Hikaru used the Inuki screen, "Do you find anything, Yuzuriha-san?"

Inside the Griffin, Yuzuriha was staring at the scanner and then swayed her head, "Nothing in range, gomen."

Nakuru, the pilot, was keeping the Griffin in constant flight, "Hmm, maybe there was no nest in the first place."

Touya frowned, "Can't be, there were reports that there's a large flock of Raven Ghouls here." He complained to the large screen displaying the faces of the three female pilots, "Pilots, just find the nest and get this all over with, so we all can go home!"

Yuzuriha sweat-dropped, "Grouchy."

Nakuru just waved her hand to reassure Yuzuriha, "Oh don't worry. He's just worried about his little sister."

"Hmm, speaking of his sister, I wonder how Sakura-chan is doing." Yuzuriha asked.

"I think she's fine." Nakuru answered, "Man, I wish I could see her now."

"Yeah, the way she restore the lands is really beautiful," Yuzuriha giggled, "I bet Tomoyo-san will have a field day."

Nakuru laughed, "You betcha."

"Guys, we found something!" A screen of Hikaru's face appeared on Yuzuriha's computer.

Yuzuriha immediately responded to the message, "What is it, Hikaru-chan?"

"I think you should take a look at this." said Hikaru.

"Alright, hold." Yuzuriha switched into another screen, "Inuki, I need to see what Hikaru-chan is looking at."

The puppy Inuki, inside the computer screen, barked obediently. Inside Hikaru's Soukikai, the communications screen magically changed back to its original form. The puppy ran past Hikaru and stared at the view through the Soukikai's eyes. His puppy eyes suddenly glowed brightly and flashed, revealing his young master of what he saw.

The image quickly came up on Yuzuriha's computer screen and the operator quickly gasped as she saw the image, "Lt., you need to see this."

"Then put it up overhead." Touya said as it was really obvious.

"Hai." Yuzuriha transferred the image into the main screen of the ship. Those who never seen the image were stunned. What they saw was a very large nest created out of the carcasses of the poor creatures that lived in these mountains. It was structured with broken bones and rotten raw muscles. Inside the nest, was a very large egg, its color was deathly gray and it appeared to the Enlighteneds with dreading thoughts that this monstrous egg had already hatched.

A message was sent from Windom, "Lt, from the size of the egg, I feared that it is the Brain of the flying species, most likely the Raven type."

Touya narrowed his eyes and quickly took command, "Officer Nekoi, search the areas and notify me if you find any miasma signature!"

"Roger!" Yuzuriha quickly moved her fingers across the keyboard, broaden the scanners of the Griffin. Instantly, there was a loud beeping sound, indicating that the scanners had detected something. Yuzuriha brought up the results of the searches on her screen. Her eyes widened in shock, meaning that are not definitely good news. She slowly inched her face with shadow upon her, her guilty eyes met with the Lt.'s sharp eyes, "Um….Lieutenant Touya?"

"What?" Touya asked, finding her stuttering annoying, "And it's Kinomoto!" As always, he corrected her mistake.

Yuzuriha cringed and quivered, "Um…well….heh…"

"Say it already!" Touya yelled with impatience.

"There'sthethickpathwayofMiasmaheadingtowardNikko!" Yuzuriha blabbered so quickly. (There's the thick pathway of Miasma heading toward Nikko!)

"Nikko?" Nakuru asked, "Isn't that where that kawaii Sakura-chan is?" Then suddenly everything turned dark and there was an ominous feeling that a fearsome creature had rise and unleash its bloody rampage. She sweat-dropped numerous times, "Touya?" She slowly turned around and saw Touya whose eyes were hidden by his bangs and shadows. His body was surrounded by this terrible black aura.

Nakuru gulped, "Touya?" She thought frantically, 'Okay, this is bad. I never see my Touya-chan this scary!'

Touya finally snapped and roared in an outburst, "AKIZUKI! NIKKO! NOW!" His eyes were shockingly white but full of horrible rage and his voice was incredibly scary that he could star in all horror movies as villains.

A giant sweat along with the black shadow of fear appeared over her head as Nakuru shivered in response, "……………………………………………HAI!" She pulled the handle downward and set the Griffin on maximum speed. The plane launched with powerful shockwave that left the poor Soukikais on the mountains flying.

The Soukikais were lying on the rocky grounds in a big pile. Celes quickly stood up, "HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! WHAT ABOUT US!" Umi shrieked so loud that she doesn't need the Inuki communications…in fact the poor puppy was knocked out by the banshee's voice.

Somewhere in the unaffected areas of Nikko, two bright colored Soukikais were hovering above the grassland, followed by two Setsukais. Sakura sent a message to all three combat machines, "We'll soon reach the affected areas, so our communications will be down. I think we should stick together."

"Of course, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo replied.

"Wait a minute, why should we listen to you?" The blonde questioned rudely.

"Yeah, why should we listen to the likes of you?" The brunette scoffed.

The blonde glared as she looked down on the naïve pilot, "Why do we need to follow your plan? Who do you think you are? Some fancy hot shot leader that get to boss us around?" She yelled accursedly.

Sakura cringed, "Um….No…I'm just suggesting…"

Tomoyo's face appeared next to Sakura's face screen, "Don't you dare yell at her."

The blonde brushed her off, "Whatever," She said it so snobbishly, "You two are only charge in recovery. I'm the boss around here, so I give the orders around." She smirked boastfully, "The miasma area is still thick and our communications will be jammed. We will stick together and watch our back."

"That's such a brilliant plan! You're a true genius!" The brunette complimented highly, adding to the blonde's already maximum level ego.

"Of course I am." The blonde laughed arrogantly.

Kero mumbled softly, "That's because you stole my Mistress's plan, you bastards."

Sakura just smiled and closed her eyes, "Okay, we'll follow your plan."

The blonde looked at Sakura in surprise but then growled, "Weirdo." The Setsukais walked past Sakura's pink Soukikai.

The white Soukikai walked up to Sakura's Soukikai, "Sakura-chan, are you alright?"

Kero hovered around Sakura's head, "Yeah, Sakura! How come you didn't stand up to those evil villains who deserved to be vanquished once and for all?"

Sakura sweat-dropped nervously, "Kero-chan…" She smiled slightly, "its okay. I don't want to cause troubles with others."

"Sakura-chan." Tomoyo said her name.

"Come on, we don't want to get behind." Sakura moved Tsubasa forward.

Tomoyo just stared at the pink Soukikai in silence with troublesome thoughts occupying her mind. It deeply hurts her when she saw Sakura being bullied and willing to do anything to put a precious smile on her face. She moved her Valkyire forward to catch up with the others.

Eventually the deadly Miasma came into their pilots' sights as the gas decayed the land into the wasteland. The brunette spoke, "This is the area we're supposed to recover."

"Alright, we should stick to my brilliant plan." The blonde bragged and smirked at the Soukikais pilots, "Be careful, you don't wanna be left behind and miss our remarkable skills." The Setsukais pilots moved deeper into the gray valley of deaths.

As soon as their Setsukais were hidden by the thick clouds of the Miasma, Kero suddenly snapped with raging inferno burning behind the fiery beast, "WHAT IN THE NINE HELLS WAS THAT! I CAN'T TAKE ENOUGH OF THEIR HIGH AND MIGHTY ATTITUDES!" His eyes were on fire and he suddenly struck a pose with muscles popping out of his body, "I WON'T NOT LET THEM ORDER AROUND THE BEST VIDEO GAME MASTER OF THE WORLD!"

Numerous bead of sweats appeared on the Card Mistress's forehead, "Kero-chan…" She sighed, "We should catch up with them."

"CATCH UP WITH THEM!" Kero narrowed his eyes at his mistress as she said something insane, "WE SHOULD LEAVE THEM!"

Sakura smiled, "Kero-chan, I know you're really annoyed with them but if you forgot. We're not here to make troubles. We're here for others."

Tomoyo's face appeared on the screen, "I agree with Sakura-chan."

Kero was silent as he absorbed his master's words. He thought about it and crossed his arms, "Fine, I understand. I'll just keep my complaints to myself."

"Arigatou, Kero-chan, I'll be sure to give you sweets when we come back." Sakura smiled happily.

That word caught Kero's attentions and brought pure happiness to his ears. He shouted, "SWEETS!"

Sakura laughed, "Let's finish our mission, Tomoyo-chan."

Tomoyo replied, "Hai, Sakura-chan."

The two Soukikais quickly caught up with Setsukais.

Tomoyo slowly followed Tsubasa from behind, watching her silently with her keen stare. She silently pondered to herself, 'Sakura-chan...You have always been my precious friend ever since that fated day that you gave me your eraser. You're always so cheerful that no one would ever hate you. When there were troubles with the Clow Cards, you're always there to protect me…and of course I'm there to record you. But now, people had insulted you or hated you…but Sakura-chan like before you are such a strong person…you even become stronger as we became older. …The real world is harsh…Sakura-chan…this time, I will protect you, my precious friend, with my very life.'

Meanwhile, at the Tokyo Gauken Academy, a really really really really pissed off man with long sleek black katana was walking down the hallway of the Team Omega's classroom. That man was none other than the famed pilot, Kurogane itself. His expression indicated that he was getting ready to kill someone. He walked to the door that belonged to Eriol Hiiragizawa. Out of rage, he kicked the door opened and saw Eriol calmly sipping his cup of tea. Eriol gave his famous knowing smile, "I've been expecting you, Kurogane-san. Tea?" He pointed to another cup of tea that was ready to be served.

Kurogane glared with his infamous red eyes, "I didn't come here for your stupid tea party!"

Eriol poured tea into his cup, "Now now, Kurogane-san." He sipped his tea, "A cup of tea is best to soothe your rage."

Kurogane slammed the table with his hands, "I DON'T NEED A F#$ING CUP OF TEA!"

Eriol just smiled sadistically as he knew everything.

"What's the big idea!" Kurogane smacked the table.

"The big idea?" Eriol asked innocently which contributed to Kurogane's rage greatly.

Kurogane scowled, "Why have you not send me on any missions lately!"

"Your support is not really required." Eriol pointed out.

Kurogane intensified his glare, "Don't give me that crap."

Eriol's look suddenly became serious and the atmosphere became solemn. He gently put his cup of tea down, "Kurogane, you should know the very reason yourself."

"I already knew that!" Kurogane shouted, "I have already been training for this!"

Eriol closed his eyes, "Yes, I am aware of that." He opened his midnight blue eyes that shone through his clear glasses, "But do tell me." He smirked sinisterly as he knew something but wouldn't spill, "What are your thoughts on Daidouji Tomoyo?"

Kurogane was taken back slightly…because he never expected this question.

Back to Nikko, couple of minutes had passed already ever since the Soukikais and the Setsukais entered the Miasma area. Tsubasa quickly stopped as the pilot quickly sensed that they are at the center of the affected area. Other combat machines stopped too but Tomoyo swore that the horrible blonde was complaining very loudly.

Kero flied around and checked the views through Tsubasa's eyes. He looked back at Sakura, "Is this the right spot?"

Sakura nodded and answered, "This is the perfect spot." She closed her eyes, concentrating on her powers. Few seconds later, a cherry pink aura enveloped around Sakura's body.

Kero smirked, "Let Operation Land Recovery commence!"

Tsubasa, like the pilot herself, was enveloped in cherry pink aura and began to float above ground higher than before. Moments later, a golden circular line with decorative symbols within appeared below the pink Soukikai.

Tomoyo quickly recognized this magic as the Clow Reed formation but she knew that the symbols were different, 'this must be the Sakura formation…AHHHHHHHHHH I'M SO EXCITED! I GET TO SEE THE LOVELY SAKURA USE HER CARDS! IF ONLY I HAVE MY CAMERA!'

Inside Tsubasa, Sakura grabbed the pendant which is key with tiny golden star out of her neck and chanted the spell to release the key, "O Key which hides the power of the stars, reveal thy true form before me. I, Sakura, command thee under contract. Release!" The pendant spanned in spherical motion until it expanded into a long pink staff with the shining star atop of it. Outside the Soukikai cockpit, Tsubasa caught a mace out of her waist socket and suddenly the mace was covered in a pink sphere. The mace extended into a long staff with the top part magically changed into a large mechanical star.

Tomoyo was in Heaven as she stared at the pink Soukikai with starry eyes but the Setsukais pilots had different reactions. They looked at this magical feat with complete disgust instead of awe. All this magic running through Tsubasa's veins created tremendous stress on the energy generator of the Soukikai. Thus the usage of the ponytail was revealed. It was actually a radiator fin, created to cool down the engine from overheating from this powerful energy.

Inside Tsubasa, Sakura knew which card she had to use. In response to her power, a card flied out of her pocket and floated before her. She opened her eyes and chanted, "ERASE!"

Immediately the card came alive as the spirit dressed in the clown outfit in the patterns of blacks and whites immediately came out of the pink Soukikai. The card spirit jumped out of the Soukikai acrobatically and landed gracefully on the dry land, unaffected by the Ghouls' poison. The Erase spirit chuckled softly as she spins her checkered cape in a graceful dance across the land. Its cape was not used for decorations but as a powerful tool. As the mischievous spirit trounced around, her cape instantly absorbed the Miasma as a powerful vacuum cleaner. In few minutes, all the poisonous gases were completely erased and the wasteland along with the cloudy skies was revealed clearly. The spirit bowed as she accomplished her task and vanished into thin air.

Tomoyo gasped in surprise and wished with all her heart that she would record this magical moment. Since the Miasma was erased, the communication systems were back up. Tomoyo sent incoming message to Sakura, "Sakura-chan, you really are a miracle worker!"

"…I'm not really that amazing, Tomoyo-chan." Sakura rubbed the back of her head nervously, gasping softly.

Tomoyo, sharp as ever, noticed that Sakura's irregular breathing, "Sakura-chan, is something wrong with you?"

Sakura quickly swayed her head, "No! I'm alright. Just using my cards with the Soukikais really took lot out of me."

Tomoyo glanced at Kero and he nodded in confirmation. She glanced back at Sakura, "Okay, Sakura-chan. Please don't overwork yourself."

"Hai!" Sakura exclaimed happily.

"Are you done yet!" The blonde interrupted their conservations rudely, "Some of us have something important to do back at the base."

Tomoyo frowned at the sight of this bossy woman.

"Don't worry, I only need to do few more things." Sakura assured her.

"Good, I can't stand wasting my time with the likes of you guys." The blonde snapped rudely as she closed her communication screen.

Kero twitched, "THEN DON'T BOTHER STAYING!"

Sakura sighed, "Kero-chan…" She quickly picked her next card and chanted,

"WOOD!"

A spirit came out of the card as a beautiful woman in the leaf green robes made out of vines. As the spirit of Wood, she could create new lives in these lands. With that power, the spirit sent roots that traveled their ways through the dry soil planting seeds.

"CLOUD!"

A small girl dressed in a maroon purple jester outfit popped out of Tsubasa with a childish explosion. The Cloud Spirit put her fingers in her mouth and whistled, calling her faithful cloud. The purple cloud came and the spirit jumped on it. She traveled high to the sky and spread clouds all over the lands. Once the task was done, Sakura chose another card.

"RAIN!"

Another girl popped out the Soukikai and she looked exactly like Cloud, her twin, but dressed in the same jester outfit of the different color, sky blue. Like Cloud, Rain summoned her faithful cloud that lifted her to the cloudy skies. By using the large amount of clouds created by her twin spirit, the spirit was able to create large showers, providing water for the seeds.

With magic and haste, the seeds provided by Wood, combined with the showers of Rain and the storm clouds of Cloud, grew into beautiful trees with grasses and weeds following behind.

Tomoyo watched this with complete amazement. She stared at the greenery that suddenly grew so fast, replacing what used to be the wasteland. The rain continued pouring, its liquid dripping on the leaves of the trees and sliding off the wet armor of the combat machines. She clasped her hands and her eyes brimmed with shining stars, "Sakura-chan is so amazing!"

The Setsukais pilots had different thoughts. The blonde glared at this magnificent sight, "Freaks…They're freaks!" She said it with horrible hatred.

"Good…animals would come live here again." Sakura was breathing hard as she did tons of strenuous tasks.

"Sakura, don't overwork yourself!" Kero sound concerned, "To spread the magic of the cards on this huge land is really a tiring task. If you cast any more cards without rest, there's high chance that you could get into coma like before!"

"Don't worry, Kero-chan, I'm fine." Sakura reassured her guardian, "I'm done here, so I'll rest soon."

Above the storm clouds, the playful spirit, Rain, was having a blast as she hopped on the large clouds as her playgrounds. With each step she took, a ripple was created on the clouds, causing the rains to pour.

"CAW!"

The spirit stopped hopping and quickly glanced toward that loud shriek. Her playful eyes increased in size out of fear.

"CAWWW!"

The spirit panicked and quickly ran away on the clouds. She doesn't want to play anymore. She just wants to get out of here.

"CAWWWWWWWWWW!"

The poor spirit tripped on the clouds.

"CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"

The spirit quickly looked up. The pupils in her eyes narrowed.

Sakura suddenly felt pain in her chest. She whispered, "Rain?" The shower had finally stopped and the torn spirit returned back to her card. Sakura looked up, "Something is up there!" She yelled at the communication screens.

Tomoyo gasped, "Nani?"

The blonde scoffed, "What are you talking about? Something is up there? Are you stupid or what!"

"I don't sense anything on the Setsukai sensor." said the brunette.

"My card was attacked." Sakura explained, "Something is definitely up there."

"Your card?" The blonde raised her eye in suspicion, "Whatever. Is this some trickery that you freak planned? Well, it's not funny!"

"It's no trick!" Sakura pleaded back.

Suddenly, the female pilots heard a loud shriek and instantly a fearsome creature came out of the clouds, charging toward its large preys. It was a terrible sight to behold, a giant bird with large black feathery body with four large scale wings. Its beak and claws were made out of steel, made to pierce through strong objects. On the each side of the faces were three blood red eyes that sent chills through living beings. With four wings, the Ghoul could reach the speed of Mach 5. The Ghoul plummeted with insanely speed, its target was the obvious bright colored Soukikai.

Sakura gasped as the Ghoul's claws immediately came within the inches of Tsubasa.

Tomoyo yelled, "SAKURA!" Valkyire thrust forward in front of Tsubasa and the flying Ghoul immediately slammed into the white Soukikai and escaped to the clouds. Valkyire collapsed on the ground after the crash. Tomoyo groaned as the computer spoke, "Outer Armor damaged by 10 percent."

"That's the least of my concerns." Tomoyo replied to the computer, "Sakura-chan, are you alright?" She sent her message to her friend.

Sakura responded, "Um…Hai….Tomoyo-chan, you protected me…."

"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT!" The blonde's loud voice damaged everyone's ears.

"I don't know!" The brunette answered, "It's not on the sensor!"

"If a large creature does not appear on the sensor," Tomoyo questioned and the realized, "then that means…"

Kero shouted, "IT'S THE BIG DOO DOO!"

A bead of sweat fell on Sakura's a forehead as she asked, "A what?"

"THE BIG ONE! THE LEADER! THE HOT SHOT! THE BOSS!" Kero looked down as Sakura just stared at the stuffed animal with great confusion, "The Brain…."

"Ohhhhhhhhh!" Sakura was amazed.

"………...it takes that long to realize?" Kero questioned sarcastically.

Sakura yelled, "Hey! I'm just slow, alright!"

Kero looked away, "RIGHT." Kero became serious, "Anyhow, Tomoyo-chan! You need to protect Sakura-chan! After using all her energy, she's sitting duck!"

"I'm not sitting duck. I'm fine." Sakura moved her Soukikai but she worn out right away.

"Don't worry Sakura-chan, you protected me before. So it's my turn." Tomoyo gave her calm smile.

"Tomoyo-chan…" Sakura was touched by her determination. There were beautiful sparkles of tearful joy between the two Soukikais.

Kero broke apart the mushy background, "EXCUSE ME! WHAT ABOUT THE GHOUL!"

"Where the hell did it go!" The Setsukais were firing random rounds at the clouds, hoping to strike down the Brain but it was non-effective. The Brain dropped through the clouds again but this time, it was heading toward the Setsukais. Both pilots fired their automatic beam rifles but the Brain was far too intelligent and too fast for it easily avoided their line of fires. The Setsukais pilots shrieked in fear as the monstrous bird charged at them. Normally, people would leave this cruel people alone and let them rot but since Sakura and Tomoyo are not that kind of people. So, unfortunately, the Valkyire flapped her metallic wings and tackled the Brain out of its flight path.

"I'm not going to let you hurt Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo yelled with determination.

The Brain gave a loud shill and slammed into Valkyire above the storm clouds. Then the creature stabbed the chest area with its piercing claws. The computer gave an alarm, "The Outer Armor had been breached. It's recommended that you retreat."

Tomoyo frowned at the computer screen, "I preferred Inuki instead of you."

"Well excuse me for making the pilot's safety priority number one." The computer complained, "Why don't you try being a computer stuck inside this giant hunk of junk!"

"……………………………………………." Tomoyo had a black shadow over her face, 'This computer talked back to me…!' But she realized the dangerous situation, "I have no time chatting with you." Valkyire delivered knee jab on the Brain's chest, causing the creature to back off. The outer part of Valkyire's leg snapped open and a large rod was ejected. The Soukikai caught the rod, making the staff became a beam spear. The white Soukikai thrust forward with her spear in position but the Brain quickly grabbed the spear with its sharp claws.

"Where does it go!" The brunette cried.

"Just fire everywhere!" The blonde made a terrible suggestion.

Both Setsukais fired their weapons randomly at the clouds.

"Stop!" Sakura shouted, "Tomoyo-chan is still out there!"

"She's just a solider! Soldiers were made to die anyway!" The blonde countered.

Kero finally snapped, "THAT'S IT! NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!"

Above the clouds, Valkyire and the Brain were duking it out with talons and spear. Tomoyo was gasping, 'this is more difficult than the first mission…it must be because I'm fighting alone.' The Brain charged again but Tomoyo swung her spear. The bird retreated in time and the white Soukikai rushed forward, about to skewer the Brain in the mouth with her weapon but it was a failure. Suddenly, both fighters were assaulted by random lasers fired by none other the pea-brain Setsukais pilots.

The computer screamed, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! WE'RE HIT! WE'RE HIT! WE'RE HIT!"

Tomoyo twitched but tried to remain calm. She smiled gently even though her forehead was twitching, "Computer, please tell me the damage report."

"YOU WANT THE DAMAGE REPORT!" The computer yelled as she was crazy, "HERE'S THE REPORT! THE OUTER ARMOR DEFENSE IS DOWN BY 90 PERCENT! ONE MORE HIT AND WE'LL ALL GO KABOOM!"

"……………………………………." Tomoyo's vein was twitching but she remained smiling, "Thank you." She silently thought to herself, 'Note to self, asks Presea-san to get a new computer.'

The Brain shrieked in anger and dropped through the clouds again.

"Sakura!" Tomoyo quickly chased after the Brain with the thrusters inside her white wings.

"It's coming again!" The brunette continued to pull the trigger of her weapon.

"JUST SHOOT IT! SHOOT IT DOWN!" The blonde began to panic.

The flying monster avoided the beams with ease and was gaining distance toward the firing machines.

The blonde screamed as the Brain snatched her Setsukai, its claws easily pierced through the metallic armor. The blonde panicked, "GET IT OFF ME! GET IT OFF!" She fired her weapon again at the Brain's chest. In response, the Brain cawed and crushed the Setsukai tighter within its talons. As the poor Setsukai was being squeezed, the cockpit became tighter each second, the blonde screamed in horror as she kept trying to press the ejection button but it would not work.

The other Setsukai pilot just stood there in fear, her body was rigid as stone. She couldn't shoot because she feared that she would shoot her own ally.

Sakura gasped out of concern, "I GOTTA SAVE HER!" She quickly picked another card despite her condition.

Kero grabbed his Mistress's hand, "Don't Sakura! Have you forgotten about your condition! If you cast one more card, you'll overstress yourself and not only that, the generator here will overheat!"

Sakura waved Kero off her hand, "I have to save her! Computer, how many more minutes until the generator completely cools down?"

The computer responded, "Approximately 19 minutes for the radiator fin to cool down the generator."

"See!" Kero pointed out that he was right.

Sakura just ignored her guardian, "Computer! How many percent of the generator is cooled down?"

"60 percent and increasing at steady rate." The computer answered.

"Close enough!" Sakura was determined to save another life.

Kero gaped, "Sakura! You're still planning to do it!"

Ignoring the stuffed animal's pleas, Sakura called upon the name of one of the most powerful cards, "FIREY!"

The card exploded into flames as the powerful offensive spirit arose from the burning ashes. It was a woman made of orange flames. She wore a red headband around her wild flaming hair. Delighted to come out of her guise, the fire spirit charged at the Brain and burned the creature with all her powers. The Brain shrieked so loud in pain that living creatures would felt pity for this Ghoul burning in the hottest flame. The Ghoul finally dropped its prey as it tried to escape from the fiery doom.

"I did it." Sakura gasped as the last card completely wiped her energy out, "I save her." With that words lingered in her mouth, Sakura collapsed.

Kero yelled, "SAKURA!" He flew down to Sakura and saw that she was unconscious, "This is bad!"

Due to her collapse and loss of energy, the fiery spirit vanished along with the flames that scattered across the Ghoul. Unfortunately for the humans, the Ghoul was still very much alive after the flaming attack. Tsubasa collapsed into kneeling position, making the machine a complete sitting duck for the furious Ghoul.

Kero was panicking, "AHHHHH! SAKURA YOU CAN'T FAINT RIGHT NOW! AT LEAST KILL IT FIRST AND THEN FAINT LATER!" Kero caught Sakura's collar and shook her roughly, "SAKURA! PLEASE WAKE UP! I'M TOO HANDSOME TO DIE!"

The Ghoul cawed and took flight. The mighty creature flapped its wings and suddenly dived toward Tsubasa, planning to use its beak to wipe this naïve girl from this devastated world.

The Valkyire finally appeared in time but just to see the Brain about to kill Sakura. Tomoyo yelled, "SAKURA!" She immediately flied forward but she knew she would not make it in time because the damages she received from the Setsukai pilots and the Brain. Despite knowing that, Tomoyo still flied forward, swearing to herself that she would protect Sakura to the very end. She had to save Sakura. The Valkyire pilot kept that repeating to herself. Just as the Ghoul was about to reach Tsubasa, Tomoyo shouted, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She couldn't make in time and she regretted her weakness, 'what's so good about having magic if I can't use it like Sakura?' She pleaded, 'I HAVE TO SAVE SAKURA! PLEASE GIVE ME THE POWER TO SAVE SAKURA!'

"Do you seek power?" A voice spoke inside her head.

Tomoyo gasped and looked around, "Whose there!"

"Can you hear me?"

Tomoyo felt quite nervous but stood firm, "….Hai."

"You wish to help Sakura. You desire power to save her."

"Yes!" Tomoyo pleaded, "I want to save Sakura-chan!"

Suddenly Tomoyo glowed completely white and the kanji of Light flashed on her neck.

"Can you feel it? The power inside you. A power different from anything you've felt before."

Tomoyo whispered, "…I can feel…words are coming to me…"

"That is your magic. Use it well." Tomoyo could felt the voice disappearing from her mind.

Tomoyo shouted, "Wait! I'm Daidouji Tomoyo. May I know your name?"

"…I'm Guru Clef, the commander of the Omega Division and the instructor of magic. It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Daidouji Tomoyo. Didn't you need to save your friend?" The voice completely disappeared from her mind.

Tomoyo knew what she must do. She chanted her very first spell that came to her mind, "WHITE LANCE!"

The spear suddenly flashed, revealing a beautiful spear made out of pure snow white energy. Valkyire raised her holy spear high and then threw it! The spear pierced through the sky and the very breathing air itself. It kept falling and falling toward its obvious prey. The Brain was aware of the danger and quickly glanced at the falling lance. At the very last moment, the white lance stabbed through the Brain's mouth and through its very body, the end of the spear was poking throughout the bloody hole at the back of creature's hide. The Ghoul shouted its last cry as it plummeted to its doom. The beast was finally defeated.

Tomoyo was walking on the pure white floor, glancing around this strange place. Every direction she saw was white. Everything she seen was white. In fact, the entire place was completely white. Tomoyo looked around in confusion, "Where am I?"

Normally people would go mentally crazy in this bizarre place but not Tomoyo, for she had the nerves of steel. Remaining firm, she walked forward, knowing that standing in one place would not change much. However seconds passed, minutes passed, hours passed and Tomoyo kept walking forward, unsure of which direction she should take.

Then finally a black object came to her sight. It was the only thing of different color in this strange place. Decided to investigate this object, Tomoyo ran forward and gasped as she saw a familiar person sitting on the white ground with a black katana right by him. She whispered, "Kurogane."

The tall man didn't heed to her call and his blood red eyes remained in shadow. He mumbled, "I want to be alone."

Tomoyo's eyes widened in surprise as she heard his words, 'Nani?...Alone?...No person truly wants to be alone.' She spoke his name, "Kurogane." She didn't want to leave him alone. Why she doesn't want to leave him alone? …for the first time, she couldn't answer it.

"Leave me alone." Kurogane stood up, his face still hidden in shadows, and he walked away.

"Kurogane!" She caught his hand but she gasped as chills were freezing her blood, 'I never felt so cold in my entire life…his hand…it's like frozen Hell!'

The tall samurai turned around and stared at Tomoyo directly at the eyes.

Tomoyo cringed at the sight of his eyes. Usually, she would stare at his eyes with interest but his eyes…sent fear throughout her body. She couldn't move as his eyes traumatized her greatly.

Kurogane glared, making the entire dimension became pitch black, and "I told you to LEAVE ME ALONE!" The next thing shocked Tomoyo the most. Kurogane…Kurogane…had stabbed her. His katana was pierced through her fragile body with the sharp point sticking out of her back and dripping fresh blood. The life in her raven eyes diminished until it became empty.

"TOMOYO!"

Sakura suddenly sat up with her eyes wide opened.She was breathing hard with cold sweating dripping off her slender body. She muttered, "A dream?" She looked around and realized she was in the medical ward.

"Sakura?" She heard her name called and saw Tomoyo just entered with Kero flying behind.

Sakura blinked in surprise, "Tomoyo-chan? Kero-chan?"

Tomoyo clasped her hand over her mouth as her eyes widened in happiness. She immediately hugged Sakura, "SAKURA-CHAN! YOU'RE BACK!" She was crying out of joy.

Sakura sweat-dropped, "Tomoyo-chan…" She sweat-dropped even more as she was turning pale, "Tomoyo-chan, could you let me go? I really need air!'

Kero smacked Sakura, "Jeeze, brat, you really make me worried!"

Sakura chuckled nervously, "Gomen."

"But you're alright now, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo sniffed and let her go, "Say, Sakura-chan, you're sweating. Is something wrong?"

"I just had a dream." Sakura answered.

"A dream? You mean a prophetic dream?" Tomoyo questioned.

Sakura nodded slightly, "Perhaps."

"Well, spill it already!" Kero demanded.

Sakura closed her eyes and concentrated hard, "Hmmmmmmmmmm………" She sweat-dropped, "I forgot."

Kero fell down with big slam. He quickly flew up, "YOU FORGOT IT?"

Tomoyo laughed, "Don't blame Sakura-chan. She fainted few hours ago, remember?"

Kero sighed, "Yeah, yeah, I know. But Sakura, tried to remember your dream. It could be prophecy."

Sakura nodded, "Hai, I won't forget next time." She pondered, 'But for some strange reason…I felt like I don't want to remember the prophecy…as if I don't want it to happen…I better talked to Eriol-san.'

"SAKURA-CHAN!" Sakura was tackled out of her bed by a bear crushing hug by a familiar cat-girl.

"HIKARU!" Umi rushed in and caught Hikaru off Sakura, "YOU ALMOST KILL HER!" She pointed to Sakura lying on the ground with dizzy eyes and going HOE!

Hikaru was all teary eyed, "But when I hear Sakura-chan was injured and now that she was alright, I couldn't help it!"

"At least do it in a less harmful way!" Umi shook Hikaru for punishment.

Fuu also came in too, "Welcome back Sakura. Your brother was so worried that he threatened to kick us out if we don't come right away."

Mokona greeted happily on Fuu's head, "Puu!" Then he jumped on Kero.

Kero screamed, "AHHH!" He strained under the weight of the giant white rabbit, "AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE LIGHT AS A CREAMPUFF!"

"Puu!" Mokona spoke with carefree attitude, he didn't mind because he get to torture the poor stuffed animal.

"Yeah, he forced Nakuru to pilot the Griffin past maximum speed and as the result, the engines broke down." Umi laughed, "And Zazu was having a breakdown since Tsubasa's generator was overloaded and Valkyire's armor was completely ruined and he also had to replace a spear for Tomoyo!"

"Oh…that was my fault," Tomoyo said, "I wonder if I should apologize to him right away?"

"Nah!" Umi smirked evilly, "That brat deserved a punishment anyway. HO! HO! HO!" She laughed snobbishly.

Everyone sweat-dropped.

Sakura smiled, "I'm ready to go home."

Few minutes, the doctors "GLADLY" let Sakura leave the hospital and made numerous excuses why Sakura should be resting at home.

Umi was walking down the white hallway with the others, "Sure, it's very healthy for Sakura to stay back in her own home." She spoke sarcastically, "The doctors just want us out of here, those jerks!" She noticed that Sakura stopped, "What's wrong Sakura?"

"Um…I would like to see someone first." Sakura ran off, "Wait for me at the Griffin!"

"Wait Sakura-chan, I'll go with you!" Tomoyo followed Sakura.

What Sakura wanted to see was the blonde pilot of the Setsukai who was injured during the fight. Sakura went to her room and saw that blonde was being care of by her brunette friend. As she took step into the room, the blonde suddenly glared with intense hatred in her blue eyes. Sakura cringed at her stare, "Um…I came to see…if you're alright."

"LIAR!"

Sakura blinked in confusion, "Nani?"

"I'M CALLING YOU A LIAR!" The blonde snapped, "YOU CAME TO SEE ME IF I'M DEAD! HUH! WELL SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOUR FREAKINESS!"

Sakura cringed even more, "Um no….I'm…just…"

"LEAVE ME ALONE…YOU WITCH!" The blonde insulted her.

Sakura's eyes widened in shock, "…witch?"

"THAT'S RIGHT! A WITCH! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SUMMONED THAT MONSTER TO KILL ME! I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT I SHOULD NEVER TRUST YOU FREAKS! YOU'RE A MONSTER!"

Sakura's eyes quivered but she remained firm, "….Gomen…I'll leave…"

Tomoyo couldn't believe her ears. If she recalled correctly, Sakura save her from that monster! She never felt so furious in her life. Sakura was just an innocent girl with boundless kindness. To be treated like trash just made her snapped. Tomoyo yelled, "How dare you!"

The blonde glared harder, "How dare you use that tone against me, FREAK!"

Tomoyo countered, "You may insult me many times as you like but I won't forgive you for insulting Sakura-chan! She saved you from that Ghoul!"

"Ha! I bet she was trying to KILL ME WITH THAT FIRE DEVIL!" The blonde yelled furiously.

Tomoyo was about to argue but Sakura stopped her, "Sakura-chan."

Sakura's eyes were hidden in sorrowful shadow, "Please Tomoyo-chan, I don't want to cause trouble…please…let's just leave…" A single tear was rolling down her cheek.

"Sakura-chan…." Tomoyo grabbed her hand and led her out of this awful place.

They walked back to the Griffin, being completely repaired and ready to take off for the flight back home.

Tomoyo and Sakura walked in an uncomfortable silence. Tomoyo loathed this silence and knew it was not like Sakura. Tomoyo spoke, "Sakura-chan, remember what you told me?" Sakura looked up to Tomoyo. The raven-haired girl gave her a warm smile, "Everything will be alright, Sakura-chan." She hugged her best friend, "Just remember what you always said and I'll always be here for you."

Sakura couldn't help but smiled slightly, "Arigatou Tomoyo-chan."

"Wait, Kinomoto!"

Sakura glanced toward the noise and saw the brunette, who was gasping for air because she had ran all the way here,

Tomoyo felt protective as she stood in front of Sakura, "What do you want?"

The brunette just bowed.

The Soukikais pilots looked at her in confusion.

"Gomen…and Arigatou." The brunette ran off afterwards. The brunette had come all the way here to apologize and thank. After doing so many cruel deeds, she and her friend had done, it was obvious that they hated the Enlighteneds. But in the end, the simple good words of this girl washed all the hatred between them.

Tomoyo was surprised but smiled, "Do you hear that, Sakura-chan?"

Sakura's smile became wider than before, "…Hai!" She knew in her very heart that everything did turn out alright.

Back at the base, Kurogane answered the question right away, "She sucks." SEE! RIGHT AWAY!

Eriol chuckled, "Really?"

"Don't make me change my opinion. She sucks and that's that. She's just another weakling that's not even worth my time." Kurogane closed and crossed his arms.

"Even though, it was Miss Tomoyo's very first time piloting the Soukikai in a rather dangerous mission?" Eriol asked gently.

Kurogane raised his blood red eye, "Her first time?"

"That's right, Kurogane-san." Eriol smirked with his glasses glinted, "Miss Tomoyo was able to pilot the Soukikai quickly without any stimulation practices at all. Her skills are extraordinary and her grades at the training camp were top notch. Surely, you wouldn't really say that she sucks."

Kurogane opened his eyes and frowned, "….I guess…she is better than any other lousy female pilots here."

Eriol smiled, "Excellent!" He stamped something on the paper, "Now that I hear your honest delightful opinion on Daidouji Tomoyo. She would now be promoted from trainee to front pilot."

Kurogane blinked and stood up abruptly, "WHAT THE F#K!"

"And…" Eriol smirked, "You will now be reserve pilot."

Kurogane's eyes widened in shock and anger. He punched the table, "YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!"

Eriol's face became serious, "You refuse to go against my orders?..." His eyes and voice held a threatening look and tone.

Kurogane immediately became silent and then stormed off out of the room but kicked the door down roughly.

Eriol sighed, "I'm going to have to get another door." He smirked widely as he turned on the computer next to him. The screen was showing the Valkyire throwing her powerful spear that killed the Brain, "She made an excellent addition to the division. This year will be an interesting one."

Kurogane smacked the wall with his clenched fist out of anger. His blood red eyes were full of intense rage as he gritted his teeth so hard that it would become dust. He intensified his rage, "THAT BITCH!"

TBC

Hikaru: Tomoyo-chan is so cool! She was able to defeat the Brain with her own power combined with Sakura-chan's help! I hope I'll be closer friends with her. However, as we were hanging out together, apparently Tomoyo's mother wanted Tomoyo to visit home! What could her mother possibly want? Could it be something really big? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm…What do you think, Mokona!

Mokona: PUU!

Hikaru: I guess you don't know too!

Next Operation: The Strict Mother

Hikaru gasped: THIS JUST IN! TOMOYO IS GOING TO GET A BODYGUARD!

Whew! This is my longest chapter yet! I'm sorry if the action part is rushed or short! If I write more actions, THIS CHAPTER WILL INSANELY LONG! And I apologize for the lack of Kuro/Tomo interaction in this chapter! Once again, I apologize for lack of grammar and lack of big fancy words! English is definitely not my first language. Sorry, I didn't really have any beta reader. Sniff. I hope you enjoyed it and please review!

Chapter 4: Clef.

THANK YOU ALL! UNTIL NEXT TIME WHICH I PROMISED A FASTER UPDATE! AFTER ALLTHE NEXT CHAPTER IS GUARANTTEED TO HAVE MORE KURO/TOMO INTERACTIONS! I bet you know who's the bodyguard!