Disclaimer:

I have no affiliation with Cardcaptor Sakura or any other of CLAMP's works. Also any similarities to real life events or people are unintentional unless explicitly stated.


Sakura and the book exactly where Tomoyo said she dreamt she would be, on the floor of their father's library. Unfortunately, the masked intruders were there too.

He should have followed his gut earlier and taken his shift off instead of trusting the brat to keep his sister safe.

Toya created a barrier around Sakura, kicked one of them in the face into the shelves, and tossed a second into a third.

Begrudgingly, he admitted that the brat did keep her safe. Who would have guessed that someone would try to kidnap her in her own home?

More invaders appeared from a dimensional tear at the end of the room. Toya forced the portal closed with his magic and jumped out of the way of an incoming attack. He spotted a halberd on the ground and used it to sweep the attackers onto the ground and knock them out.

Where were all these people coming from?

Luckily he was already on the way home when his mother contacted him. She was called to the Daidouji's place to reawaken Tomoyo from her nightmares. Toya was to find Sakura and the book, and then start making his way to the Lecourt Aerotrain Station. His father and the Li Clan were on their way.

He put the book in a pocket, hoisted the unconscious Sakura over a shoulder. The halberd, which he now recognized as the emergency form of Sakura's staff was in his other hand. It focused his powers and Toya used it to carve a path through the assailants.

When did his sister become so big?

Outside the house, there were hundreds of enemies wearing the same strange clothes spilling out from portals. They were surrounded. Toya created a barrier. It wouldn't hold for long. Even if he did use his bicycle to try and escape, they were outnumbered. What could he do?

Lighting pulled the sky apart, striking the attackers down.

"You're late, brat," said Toya.

In front of him stood the Li brat in full ceremonial regalia. Toya didn't like being indebted to him.

The Li girl landed a butterfly-horse drawn cart next to him. "Get in!"

Some assailants were already stirring, and many more were replaced by fresh invaders. They were being fended off for now by attacks from Toya's father and the other three Li Clan members riding on the backs of butterfly-horses.

Toya placed Sakura's limp body and the book into the cart next to a small ornate chest. "Watch over her," he said to the brat. "I'll cover you from my bicycle."

He hopped onto his bicycle and followed the others across the sky. Toya blindly attacked anyone that made it through the parents' formation.

The city below was in as much chaos as the skies above. It was overrun and the main university library was burning. Many civilians scrambled to defend themselves and their loved ones.

They landed on a station platform where his mother and cousin were waiting by the open door of a single carriage freight aerotrain. He spotted Aunt Sonomi arguing with the driver in the engine room.

Once they were all inside, butterfly-horses and all, the walls of the carriage were slid shut sealed behind him. The aerotrain gathered speed and took off.

Tomoyo ran to Sakura. The Li girl was feeding her liquid from one of the many jade vials in the ornate box. Toya's parents and the Li clansmen started constructing wards and setting up talismans.

"What's going on?" asked Sakura, confused. She was helped into a sitting position by the brat.

The Li girl pulled out a motar and pestle, and started checking the contents of her box.

"Sakura, step this way," said Tomoyo. She led her to a large magic circle drawn on the floor. "Hurry."

Toya's sister stepped in the center. The air rippled around her and she was changed into pearly full body armour.

"Hoe?"

"This armour will reflect elemental energy and grant you some protection from physical blows. There are people after you," said Tomoyo, clutching Sakura's hand, "because you accidentally picked up pieces of another's soul."

"There are no such things as accidents or coincidences, only the inevitable," spoke Yelan Li approaching them. "However, she is correct. You are a target, a tool to be possessed, and if that person captures you, you will be killed in order to gain the soul's power."

"Who is this person?" asked Toya. He had his suspicious from his own investigations.

Yelan Li gave him a silent, icy glare. She nodded to her niece who was busy pouring a green liquid into a small vial.

"We need your consent to extract these soul pieces from you, Miss Kinomoto," the Li girl said calmly, holding three small vials including the green one. "This clear potion is concentrated Ko venom and the green mixture is an antidote that contains protein that breaks down the venom and the juice from the petals of the vitra iris."

She continued, "What we will do is to give you a drop of venom to each of your eyes, the window to your soul. This will force your soul to reveal itself as Ko wings. Syaoran will then pull out the foreign piece and seal it to that book in his hand. We will then administer the antidote which hopefully works as expected."

"Hopefully?!" said Toya.

"It's still in its trial stages," she admitted, "But, there is a fifty percent chance that it neutralize the infection within moments."

"And the other fifty percent?"

"We will have an aggressive case of Ko infection to deal with. This red potion is a potent poppy seed sleeping draught mixed with the original Ko treatment. This will knock her out and hopefully placate her when she later wakes. We just need to be quick for later treatment to be effective."

"But, Sakura," said Tomoyo, "if you do not do this, it is certain that you will be killed. I saw it in my dream." She was on the edge of hysteria. "I saw them eat your eyes."

"And when they do," said Yelan Li, "They will use the power to destroy the world and countless others. But we need your word to proceed."

Sakura looked at them all in turn, and then nodded. "I accept."

"Sakura, don't be afraid," said her and Toya's mother, "We will be right here with you. We won't let anything happen to you."

"There's one more issue though," said their father. "To seal this power it will require a sacrifice of the highest order; memories of the someone's most important person."

The train shook briefly.

"I'll do it," said Toya. Everyone looked at him in surprise.

"Brother, no!"

He hugged her and whispered, "Because I'm your older brother, I should be the one to make the sacrifice."

"But-"

The train rattled.

"Hurry up," he commanded.

His father handed him a slip of paper. "The contract is written here."

Toya watched as Tomoyo and the Li boy helped Sakura lie down on the floor. The parents concentrated on strengthening and maintaining the barriers. The Li girl put a drop of the clear venom into each of Sakura's eyes.

She convulsed.

"Hold her still!" said the brat.

They pinned the screaming Sakura on her side and he pulled out a white and red feather out of the air. A maelstrom pulsated from the feather threatening to shatter the barriers from the inside and bent the glow from the multiple magic circles.

The Li girl forced open Toya's sister's eyes and administered the trial antidote. Toya silently prayed to whoever was listening for it the antidote to work Tomoyo began to sing a healing lullaby. Sakura began to visibly relax. The potion was working.

"Now Toya!" said his father.

The brat was struggling to contain the feather and bring it closer to the book.

"In exchange for the memories of my most important person, I, Toya Kinomoto, command you to hide your true form," read Toya.

A blinding light flashed in front of him. It radiated from the brat.

Toya swore. "The sealing contract chose a different target."

"Does that mean he'll lose his memories of Sakura?" gasped Tomoyo.

"Syaoran!" cried his sister.

Damn that brat. Toya told him not to make his sister cry.

"No! Stop it!" She struggled to reach him. A force field separated their palms. "Syaoran!"

"Don't worry," he said, smiling at her bravely. "Even if I lose these memories, Sakura, I'll just fall in love with you all over again."

The light pulsed once more, Syaoran collapsed, and the feather was sealed.


Tomoyo was at a lost on what to do. Mr Li just had his precious memories of Sakura ripped from him. The very existence of the person he was fighting to save, gone. Why them? They were supposed to have a happy ending.

The train shook, doors were thrown open.

Tomoyo's mother ran into the carriage with the driver, "This aerotrain won't hold. We need to get out."

Aunt Nadeshiko started to gently lift Sakura up. "C'mon, Sakura," she said. The other parents were struggling to maintain the protection spells.

Tomoyo forced herself to control her breathing. Sakura was not safe yet.

Meiling struggled to carry her cousin's limp form.

"Here," said Cousin Toya. He handed Sakura her weapon and the book sealing the feather, then lifted Mr Li onto his shoulders. He lay him down in the cart and Sakura climbed in after him, rubbing her eyes. They shone.

"Go deliver the book to the Central Library," said Sakura's father. "I gave them your names. You'll have safe entry through their defences."

"What are you going to do?" Meiling sat in front of the cart pulling on the reins. Tomoyo hopped on her flying staff and Cousin Toya sat ready on his bicycle, Mr Li's sword in his hand.

"Now is not the time," said Yelan Li.

Meiling pushed her hand away. "It's never the time! You can't keep leaving us in the dark! Your own son sacrificed his memories! For what?! Tell us!"

"I will," she said, "after this is all over. You have my word."

Meiling nodded grimly.

Meiling's father hugged her daughter, "We will give you cover when you exit. The rest is up to you. Be careful."

"Don't worry," said Sakura. Her emerald eyes were shining determinedly. "Everything will definitely be all right!"


Meiling's father created a wall of fire in the sky blasting away the immediate foes. Meiling and Miss Daidouji followed Miss Kinomoto's brother through the smoke.

They raced through the sky. Thunder reverberated through their bones.

Meiling was having difficulties controlling her steed and fending off the attackers at the same time. Tomoyo gave some relief with her light beam attacks and Miss Kinomoto's brother carved a path using Syaoran's sword.

She heard the scream of clashing metal. "What's going on, Miss Kinomoto?"

"They've caught up!" She was defending herself against three attackers.

Meiling cursed and grabbed round object from inside her sleeves. "Close your eyes!"

She bit off the fuse and chucked it at Miss Kinomoto's attackers. Meiling had shut her eyes and turned her eyes away from the flash, but it still dazzled her.

"Look out!" cried Miss Daidouji.

Meiling banked right. More had appeared out of nowhere. They spun in a spiral.

"Ah!" yelled Miss Kinomoto. "The book!"

She spotted the troublesome book plummeting to the ground behind her. Two figures were diving towards it. A beam of light hit one of them and Miss Daidouji grabbed the book. She and her cousin flew back to them.

They continued onwards to the library. It seemed that there were fewer attackers. With any luck, they would have escaped them. She could see the monumental building and its surrounding lake on the horizon.

A flash of lighting illuminated the skies. There were countless of foes. How would they get through?

The hairs on the back of her neck stood up. She turned around. She couldn't hear anything.

Through the bright light she saw Miss Kinomoto, star topped halberd raised. Lighting struck it and arcs of sparks danced along the energy paths along the surface of her iridescent armour. The lightning energy reflected of her armour and concentrated into her weapon. She spun her halberd and pointed it at the wall of enemies. Lighting blasted over Meiling's head and redirected the lighting towards the attackers.

Meiling urged the butterfly-horse forward and wove between the falling foes. They were nearly there.

An explosion from the sky underneath knocked Meiling out of her seat. Syaoran and Miss Kinomoto were also tumbling through the air in to the acid lake below. They were so close.

She closed her eyes.

Meiling landed on a soft warm surface. She found herself staring into the eyes of a fire-lion beast. It was one of the guardians of the Central Library.

Syaoran and Miss Kinomoto were on another beast.

"Are you all right?" asked Miss Daidouji nearby. Meiling clutched the warm fur and the guardian rolled until she was on its back. Miss Kinomoto's brother was helping her and Syaoran with fire-lion's.

"Yeah."

Meiling looked up. Countless enemies all hovered at a distance. Any that crossed the boundaries of the Central Library would have their magic cut off like the others.

They made it. Meiling, Syaoran, Miss Kinomoto, Miss Daidouji and Miss Kinomoto's brother would be all right.


Author's Notes:

- Sakura's armour is battle ready, damage taking, full body armour.

- Also, NO magic from Sakura was required to redirect the lighting. She can be affected by magic (kind of like how Tomoyo lost her voice because of the Voice card in the anime) and has a feel on how to manipulate it since Walpurgisnacht, but she can't actually produce her own magic. I hope it's clear from my writing how it was possible. Let me know.

- There's only one more chapter left, so don't be afraid to ask any questions. Thank you and Happy Easter! =)