AUTHOR'S NOTE: Funny thing happened when I woke up this morning. I noticed it was snowing outside. It NEVER snows in Texas! Well… maybe every few years but y'know. No, the best part was when I checked my e-mail and was taken aback by all the positive feedback I had gotten from this story and the previous one. For a moment, I went WTF!? Where did these come from!? But I've never been one to look a gift horse in the mouth so I just wanna say thanks! It really makes this writing thing worthwhile. Anyway, here's the next chappie. Enjoy!

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

The train station in downtown Tomoeda was indeed being under attack by a group of unknown assailants dressed in a strange, militaristic fashion. Their machine guns, heavy armor and sensor masks were enough to make everybody in the station obey their every command.

"Down on the floor, now!" The supposed leader of the group ordered. He then turned to two of his men and signaled them to take some hostages.

"Come here!" One of the men said as he grabbed a young girl, who was crying with fear. The man in the mask then cocked his gun and pointed it at her head.

The leader then called out to everyone in the station. "All right, listen up! We're looking for card captor Sakura! If you don't tell me who she is or where I can find her, this young girl is going to die in the three seconds!"

"You don't know who card captor Sakura is!?" Someone called out to him.

"…I, uhh… No."

"What, have you been living under a rock or something!?"

"Shut up!" The man shot a few rounds up in the air. "Who are you!?"

Sakura arose from the floor using the Through card and waved at the menace. "Card captor Sakura! Isn't that a coincidence!?"

"Oh shit…"

The man pointed his gun at the girl but Sakura proved to be too fast for him. Using the Dash and Power cards, Sakura tackled the man to the floor and broke his gun in half then turned her attention to the rest of the criminal organization.

The man with the hostage remained still, his gun still pointed at the young girl's head. "Don't even think about it, kid."

He then felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Li, Cerberus and Spinel Sun grinning at him.

"Hi there." Li said with a smirk. "Want to put the gun down or do you want to rassle?"

"Or do you want to come over for lunch?" Cerberus smacked his lips.

Frightened, the criminal dropped his weapon and put his hands in the air. "Okay, you win! Please… don't hurt me."

Spinel then noticed a wet spot on the man's pants. "Hey, look! Guess I'm not the only one with a bladder problem anymore! Hehe…" He then paused for a moment as a sharp pain kicked in. "Oh, crap. I'll be back!"

Just then, a loud explosion blew down one of the walls of the station, revealing a second group of the masked men. They started shooting everywhere, not caring who got in their way.

"Well, that sucks…" Sakura said as she took out another card. "Shield!"

The magic Shield protected the innocent bystanders from the hailing gunfire as Sakura regrouped with her team to come up with a plan.

"What now!?" Cerberus asked.

"Well…" Sakura took out yet another card. "We fight! Duh!"

Eriol came onto the scene waving his magic staff and melting the ground the men stood on. Ruby Moon and Yue swept up a few men and hurled them across the station, immobilizing them for a while.

Sakura swung the Sword card around, blocking every attack sent towards her and managed to take out several of the men. Tomoyo and Meiling suddenly appeared from within the crowd and began taking down some of the gunmen much to their joy and excitement.

"Yes! I've been waiting to bust some skulls!" Meiling said as she punched out one of her opponents.

Tomoyo dodged the gunfire being shot at her as she ran into her assailant and literally kicked his teeth in. She then grabbed him by the shoulders and hurled his body against one of the support pillars of the station and kneed him in the stomach.

"Oh, my…" She said out of breath. "That was kind of fun…"

As Sakura rolled along the ground continuing her use of the Sword card, she met up with Li and quickly pecked him on the lips. "Together again, huh?"

"I wouldn't miss it!" Li said with a smile as he and Sakura fought back to back.

Suddenly, a sharp pain fell into Sakura's arm, causing her to scream and fall to the floor. Li hurried to her side and noticed a dart had been shot at her and quickly took it out.

Sakura examined the dart and practically growled. "A dart!?" She then looked up to see a sniper hiding on top of the train. "Are you freaking kidding me!?"

Enraged, Sakura engulfed her body once again with the Fire card and used the Jump to leap to her assailant's level. The sniper panicked and started to run along the top of the train but Sakura quickly caught up to him and set the area ablaze. Restoring back to her normal form with the Power card still fused in her, Sakura lifted the sniper with one arm and waved the dart around with the other.

"A tranquilizer!?" She snapped. "What the hell do I look like to you? A horse!?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The sniper started to cry.

"I can't hear you!"

"I said I'm sorry!"

"Good! Now say I'm your mama!"

"What!?"

"Do it!"

"You're my mama and I'm mama's bitch!"

"Ooh, nice save!" Sakura grinned. "Okay, I won't beat you up! But you're still going to jail, okay?"

As the fight continued, Ruby and Yue shielded the civilians from the gunfire and led them back to the surface. Several police officers were already at the scene, taking some of the men into custody and taking the innocents to safety.

Tomoyo whacked one of the gunmen around with his own weapon, unaware that another one stood across from her, ready to shoot. Eriol noticed this and quickly sent forth an electric attack, knocking the man unconscious and startling Tomoyo at the same time.

"Eriol?" She looked at him.

"You have to be more careful." He told her. "He was going to shoot you and you didn't even know it."

Tomoyo looked down on the man and kicked him in the stomach. "Trying to pull a fast one on me, huh!?"

The man struggled to turn over on his back and slowly took out a small remote. He lifted a switch and pressed the button that was below it.

"Nap time!" Tomoyo said as she finally kicked the man upside the head.

The sound of a distant boom caught everyone's attention as one of the trains sped through the tunnel, missing its designated stopping point.

"Wait a minute." Li said. "Something's not right."

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"Who the hell has a heart attack while steering a train!?" A very frustrated Terada yelled. He could see the conductor collapsed on the floor with his hand over his chest and face frozen still in pain.

"Shit! Shit! Shit! We're all gonna die!" The teacher screamed as he ran along the aisles of the train. Everyone looked around, scared and wondering if what the man was saying was true.

Terada then tried to open one of the doors, only to find it was magnetically sealed. "Terada wants out! Out I say!"

One of the passengers looked through the window and could see the conductor lying on the floor. He then noticed the tracks ahead of them as the train headed outside and could see a large gap headed their way.

"Oh no!" The man gasped. "The tracks have been demolished! We are gonna die!"

"Ha! Told you!" Terada quipped. "Wait a minute… Noooo!"

As the train sped along whatever remained of the tracks, Sakura and her friends rushed out of the station to see exactly where it was going.

"I don't see anything." Meiling said.

Just then, a girlish scream emanating from within the train pointed out the direction of the tracks as it headed for the heart of the city.

"Was that Mr. Terada?" Sakura wondered aloud.

"Sakura!" Yue called out from the sky. "The tracks on that train have given out. One of those men must have destroyed it during our confrontation."

Tomoyo struck the perpetrator in the back of his head. "It was you, wasn't it!?"

Sakura threw her bag on the floor and fused herself with the Fly card then turned to the police. "Get as many people out of the streets as possible."

"Can you stop that thing?" One of the cops asked.

"What, are you kidding? I'm Card Captor Sakura. I can stop anything!" She said with a wink in her eye.

"Do you require assistance?" Yue asked.

"Yeah. Go find Spinel?"

"Spinel?"

"Check the porta-potties." In an instant, Sakura took off in the air at an incredible speed and chased after the runaway train. The people looking up in the sky cheered the young girl on as she did her thing.

Sakura flew alongside the train, activating the Power, and could see the gap up ahead. She quickly averted herself at the front of the train and stuck her arms out, trying to bring it to a stop.

"Sakura!" Terada called out to the girl. "I swear if you get me out of here alive, I'll give you all As for the rest of the year!"

"All As? Hells yeah!" Sakura called back.

Everyone else on the train was relieved that their beloved hero had arrived at last. She used her superhuman strength to slow the train down but noticed the tracks were starting to give out from underneath.

"Oh, crap…" She said as the passengers all shook and fell out of their seats. Another card floated over to Sakura and fused with her.

"Freeze!" She yelled as an icy shell covered her body. As she remained pinned against the forwarding train, Sakura unleashed a set of ice blasts that froze the tracks in place and helped restore the balance.

"C'mon, Sakura! You can do it!" Li called out to her.

Sakura could see the gap approaching and turned her back against the train, still trying to slow it down, and aimed at the void. An entire bridge of ice then filled in the blanks, allowing the train to pass over it with ease and eventually coming to a full stop.

Everyone inside the train as well as those down below on the surface threw their hands up in the air and cheered, calling out the young girl's name. Mr. Terada, who had his eyes closed the whole time, finally opened them and checked himself to see he was alive.

"Oh, thank you Lord. Thank you Jesus. Thank you, thank you, thank you…" He repeated to himself.

Moments later, Li, Eriol, Tomoyo, Meiling and the guardians rounded up the rest of the small terrorist group and handed them over to police custody. Sakura pushed the train all the way back to the station and was greeted by her adoring fans upon opening the door.

"Thank you, Sakura-chan!" A small child said as she hugged her hero.

Just then, Mr. Terada pushed the kid away and put his arms around his student. "Oh, thank you! Thank you! I'll keep my end of the bargain, I swear to you!"

As the passengers exited the train, Sakura regrouped with her friends and wrapped her arms around Li. Unfortunately, the press arrived on the scene and swarmed the group with several lights, cameras and funny looking microphone-thingies.

A female reporter pushed several aside and quickly asserted herself next to Sakura and her friends. "This is Miranda Veracruz de la Jolla Cardinal and I'm here in Tokyo, Japan where an unknown group of terrorists attempted to lay waste upon this central train station for reasons unknown. The tracks that lead to the city were suddenly demolished and in a strange coincidence, the conductor suffered a fatal heart attack."

"He died!?" Sakura was surprised.

"With me here is Japan's very own superhero, young Sakura Kinomoto! Say hello, Sakura!" She pointed the microphone at the young girl.

"I… what happened? Is this live?" Sakura was suddenly shy.

"Oh, isn't that cute? She's camera shy!"

"No she's not!" Tomoyo blurted out.

The reporter ignored her. "Well, whatever quirks this young girl and her allies may have, one thing is for sure. Wherever there is evil and injustice being done, you can count on Sakura and her friends to answer the call of duty!"

"What call!?" Tomoyo continued. "Stop talking!"

"Yes. Sakura and… and… The Tokyo Knights!"

A photographer stepped up and took a quick shot of Sakura, Li, Tomoyo, Eriol, Meiling and the Guardians giving off a very disturbed look. That same picture would eventually be on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper with the headline: RISE OF THE TOKYO KNIGHTS.