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Chapter 3-Plans

By: BeautyandYue

Julian and Ruby were walking along the path in the park when they heard a girl scream "OH NO, ELI! SAKURA! THEY'VE BEEN KNOCKED INTO THE RIVER! SOMEBODY HELP THEM!"

Julian and Ruby took one look at each other and broke into a dead run.

Eli came to in the water. It was freezing and he was being carried along rapidly down the river. He could see Sakura just a few feet in front of him. She was still out cold. So he swam up to her as to not lose her. Sakura began to come to when he got to her. Sakura realized as soon as the black in her eyes was going away, her head started to pound, was someone calling her name?

Eli caught up to her trying to catch her arm or hand in his so that they wouldn't be separated. On the second try he finally managed to latch on to her arm. Sakura grabbed his arm so that if he were to slip off there was a back up. Sakura managed to grab one of the tree branches, which had fallen in with them, that had caught on a cluster of rocks, so that they wouldn't go any farther down the river. "Yeah, Sakura! Now just hang oomph!" Eli tried to say but got a mouthful of water instead.

"Trying." She said desperately trying to find a purchase on the smooth branch as she started slip.

Madison was just pulling out her cell phone to call for help when she heard flapping wings. She looked up immediately to see two figures come hurtling overhead. Yue and Ruby Moon! Madison was relieved to know that Sakura and Eli were going to be all right now that their guardians were here.

Yue and Ruby Moon were searching the river trying to spot their masters and friends. Ruby spotted Eli and Sakura first. "There!" she pointed.

Yue nodded and dove down for Sakura with Ruby Moon right behind him heading for Eli.

Sakura didn't know how much more she could hang on. She realized that Eli was losing his grip. Just as he slipped from her grasp two shapes came soaring in and Sakura was soon safe in Yue's arms and Eli in Ruby Moons. "Yue, thank you, I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't come then." Sakura said trying to hug Yue in mid air. They wobbled a bit and Sakura slipped a bit. She gasped and grabbed Yue's arms. He tightened his arms around her.

"Careful, he said, I wouldn't want to drop you in the river again. Now what kind of guardian does that?"

Sakura looked up at him in surprise. 'Did he just make a joke?' she wondered.

Sakura turned her face to the wind again. When she had done that, did he let a small smile grace his lips. Then made it immediately disappear. Yue glanced around to see if anyone had saw. Ruby Moon had but she just gave him a smile.

As Yue and Ruby Moon set an awfully Sakura and Eli down Madison came rushing over. Sakura suddenly stiffened, and then Eli did. "What is it?" Yue asked.

"I'm not sure Yue." Sakura said. Eli nodded vigorously concentrating hard. "It's a really eerie aura. It, it fades in and out as if someone doesn't want us to pin point it."

"It happened before we fell into the river." (That's the understatement of the year. ) Eli explained. Yue and Ruby Moon nodded in understanding. Suddenly flames sprouted from the grass near Eli as well as other places.

"Oh no, groaned Sakura, what else could go wrong?"

As if to answer her question trees' started falling, one almost crashes on top of Eli if Ruby Moon hadn't gotten him out of the way. Madison said "you've got to do something Sakura or the park will burn with us in it!"

Sakura pulled out her key and chanted the words to extend her staff "key of the star with powers burning bright reveal the staff and shine you light, release!" she pulled out a card "shield!" Sakura yelled putting up a barrier so that she and the others were protected. "Time!" she yelled again pointing her staff at it. Now Sakura had time to think as time froze along with trees' falling in midair and flames leaping up to meet the wood.

Yue stood behind his mistress trusting that she would come up with a solution. While Eli, Madison, and Ruby Moon were quiet to let her think. 'Let's see a card that would put out the fire. Quickly Sakura think!' as she felt her powers start to drain. (Realize that time is a big power drainer.) Then it came to her ' I hope this works' Sakura thought swaying a little. "Rain!" suddenly out of the blue rain began to pour down putting out the fires.

Yue thought he caught a flash of purple and black through the rain. "Who…?" Yue never got to finish because he had to extend his long arms to catch Sakura who was slowly collapsing. "Call the cards back they're draining you." He said with concern.

Sakura looked around surprised the fires were out and the weird magic was gone. "Ok." She said tiredly. One by one she called the cards back thanking each one for their service to her.

"Sakura, Madison, Eli, and Ruby Moon asked all at the same time, are you alright?"

"I think so." Sakura said trying to get slowly up out of Yue's arms but she was to tired and fell back into his arms.

"No, you are not alright." Madison said crouching down by her friend.

"I see you haven't used your magic in a while Sakura." Eli said with a twinkle in his eyes. Sakura nodded sheepishly.

"I am so glad that both of you are alright, Madison said fiercely, you both could have been badly hurt." With that she hugged Eli tightly. In turn he went bright red.

Sakura laughed. Only Madison could make Eli blush. Sakura faintly said to the guardians "you should change back so that you don't call attention to yourselves."

Eli awkwardly hugged Madison back. He spotted something over her head. "Look!" Eli said hoarsely pointing. Everyone looked. The trees were all going back to their original spots and the grass was returning to its original green state.

"It was all an illusion?" Madison asked in disbelief.

"We will discus this more at the Avalon house." Yue said firmly standing slowly up while supporting Sakura. "Hold her please." He instructed Eli and Madison so he and Ruby Moon could change back.

Then Sakura was hoisted onto Julian's back and they set off for the Avalon house. Sakura was so tired from being knocked into a river and using so much magic at one time that she fell asleep on Julian's back.

They finally got back to the Avalon house around five o'clock. Ruby opened the door since Julian's hands were full. Tori came to greet his friends' only to have his heart leap at the sight of the two-bedrangled pair in front of him. Sakura just waking up and Eli being supported by Madison who hadn't let him go since she hugged him.

"What happened?" Tori said sharply taking charge of Sakura once she slid from Julian's back.

"We were knocked into the river crossing the bridge in the park and Sakura had to use three cards to stop fires." Eli said just as sharply not in the mood for one of Tori's hissy sister complex fits over Sakura.

When Tori had taken care of Sakura and Eli giving each one a blanket and a cup of coco, then Kero asked, "What happened?"

So Eli and Madison launched into a detailed account of that afternoon with Sakura waking up enough once in a while to put her two sense worth in if they had forgotten anything.

After they had got done telling their tale, they all sat looking at each other. Spinel voiced what was on everyone's mind "okay…what just happened this afternoon?"

"Obviously Sakura has a new enemy or enemies that want to take her out." Ruby said.

"Well, Spinel and I thought of a plan." Kero said proudly.

"Hey!"

"Oh yeah, and Tori helped a little." Kero said pointing to Tori over his shoulder not looking at him.

"Let's hear it." said the others.

"Ok so here's what we're going to do…" Spinel started.

"So that's the plan." Tori finished.

The others nodded. Ruby looked at the clock it read 7:00. "I think we should go home so that Eli and Madison can get some sleep." Ruby said standing up. Eli nodded and helped Madison up as well.

"We'll walk Madison home first." Eli stated firmly taking her by the hand.

Sakura woke up enough to wave tiredly from the front door as Ruby, Spinel, Eli, and Madison (who were still hand in hand mind you ) walked down the sidewalk. She then turned abruptly around and walked back inside when she couldn't see them anymore and went up stairs right to bed and nobody saw her the rest of the day until the next morning at breakfast.

To Be Continued…