Guess what? It's me again.

A/N: I know you're all dying to know what Syaoran will say, but please take your time to read the new "The Plot Thickens" session. Every time you're lost in the plot (Cause it will start to thicken a lot from now on.) you can just come back and read a few of these. They are quick and objective, so even if I reach chapter 100 it would take less than ten minutes to read them all.

Disclaimer: So, I am to understand that you believe that I told you that I actually owned CCS? You're crazy! I'd never say such a thing. You're spreading a disgusting lie around and I will make you pay for the humiliation I am going through because of you. I hate you! Go away!

The Plot Thickens: Syaoran was surprised when he heard that the trial he needed to go through to be the future leader of the Li clan was getting the Clow cards in Japan back to Hong Kong. Already in the first week the boy spent in Japan, he noticed some weird things happening around him. First, the strange feeling of anxiety that he got near Tsukishiro Yukito, and second the also strange, but different, feeling he got around Sakura. A strong urge to protect her and to be around her all the time that he just couldn't explain. Sakura, who had first seen the boy's aura in a premonition dream, noticed that his aura felt different in the real life, which intrigued Kero very much. And then, when Syaoran was already filled with things troubling him, the guardian of the cards came to him and told him to give up on the cards cause their owner would be Sakura, not him.

There you go. Now I'll just thank you for the wonderful reviews, and you're forgiven Mew Frost. A person's projects are always important. (Unless you mean school projects... Then you're still forgiven, but school projects just suck. P)

The basics:

"Character talking"

ºCharacter thinkingº

(Me talking)

Now, let's begin! (I'll be putting this little introduction down here in every chapter too so that people always remember how magic works in my version of CLAMP's world. Skip it if you remember how it does, cause unlike "The Plot Thickens" it will never change.)

All the life on the planet is based on a magical energy called 'Mana'. The Sun and the Moon provide this mana to every corner of the planet. Those who learned to manipulate the mana are the said magicians. A long time ago, Clow Reed mastered the use of both Sun and Moon mana and created his masterpiece in the use of these types of magic, the Clow Cards. Half of them used the mana from the sun and half from the Moon. Now, after accidentally setting those cards on the loose, Kinomoto Sakura must help Li Syaoran, a descendant of Clow, and Kerberos, the guardian of the cards, to capture the cards which, not having Clow to provide them mana anymore, are going on a rampage after the magical energy they need to live.

Card Captor Sakura

Chapter 4: Sakura, the Sword and the Shield

Part 2: The Spell

"You see, the cards are not an heirloom. Once they're all caught, their only owner is going to be Sakura."

Syaoran's eyes widened with shock. "What?! Why? She doesn't know a thing about the cards. She's just a random girl who happened to be born with a natural talent! I was trained in magic since I was old enough to walk!" He said desperately. "It's not just raw power that counts! You gotta have experience to own something as powerful as the cards."

At the same second Syaoran said that, Kero forgot his serious face and broke into laughter. "Yeah! And your whole twelve years of life must hold so much wisdom within them." He said sarcastically. "I'm so sorry for underestimating you. Maybe you should teach me a thing or two about magic." He broke into laughter again.

Syaoran felt his rage building up. "I have much more experience than her at least!"

Kero's laugh slowly faded and he tried to make a serious face again. "You have a point there, but in a few years her magic will be so great you wouldn't even have the guts to say something like that." He said. "It's just a matter of her learning how to use her powers properly. And what better way to do this than constantly having to give your mana to fifty two cars and two guardians?"

Syaoran closed his fist as tight as he could to contain his anger. "So what?" He started. "Why would she even want the cards? She's just a regular girl. I have years of tradition behind me. Those cards actually mean something to me."

Kero sighed. "I have to agree with you on that too. I wasn't expecting the seal to be broken by accident like that." He said.

"And what does that have to do with anything?" Syaoran asked.

Kero made a short pause, adding a little tension to his next words. "When Clow put me in the book to guard the cards, he asked one thing of me." Kero said. "He said that when the seal on the book was finally broken, I should judge if the person who broke it was worthy of having the cards. If I didn't approve of the person, I should hide the book in a new place and go back inside of it, the seal would lock itself again." He made another pause to see if Syaoran was keeping up. "If I did approve, the person would have to go under another trial and then would finally be the rightful owner of the cards."

Syaoran studied the guardian's face. He seemed to be telling the truth. He had a nostalgic look on his face. "And you judge her capable? Why don't you judge me?" He asked.

Kero sighed. "If you had paid attention you would have noticed that I said I am only to judge the one who broke the seal. Clow specifically told me not to consider anyone else." He said. "And I'm not judging if she's capable or not. That's the other judge's job. I am only looking at her heart."

Syaoran stopped short. "The heart?" It made sense to him. Sakura seemed like the last person in the world who would use the cards for her own benefit. She was too naive for something like that. "So that's why you've..."

Kero nodded. "My only regret is that maybe Sakura won't want to be the cards' mistress. It is a lot of responsibility for a young girl like her." He said. "That's why I'm giving her more time before letting her know."

Syaoran was hesitating a bit now. If it really was Clow's wish that the cards belonged to Sakura, how could he be against that? It would be theft to take the cards for himself. He took a deep breath to try and calm down. "You mean I have no chance of being judged too?" He said.

Kero shook his head. "Not by me." He answered.

Syaoran felt his hopes going away. ºWell, I guess this is it then.º He thought. ºIf it's Clow's wish I can't do anything about it.º He meditated on his situation for a while before directing his word at Kero again. "But then, why did you let me keep those two Clow cards?" He asked.

"Like you said..." Kero answered. "Sakura is still not very experienced. It wouldn't be too good for her to take two powerful cards like Shadow and Thunder at the same time. She already feels exhausted just from providing mana for me and the other cards."

"So you were using me." Syaoran stated.

Kero shook his head. "No, it was Sakura's choice to give you the cards. I just went along with it cause I though it would be good for her." He said. "Though I admit that I hadn't told you all this until now because I hopped that you would help Sakura get the cards back."

Syaoran sighed. All of a sudden he felt insignificant in the whole story. Up until now they were collecting the cards for him. Sakura was helping him. He was the protagonist. Now she was the future mistress of the cards and he had been reduced to just a boy who's there, assisting Sakura in getting the cards for herself. He was like her sidekick.

He snorted ironically. "Meaning you were just going to take the cards I had and tell me to go back home when it all ended."

Kero shook his head again. "My intentions were to leave that decision to Sakura. And they still are." He said.

For the first time Syaoran felt sympathy for the little guardian. "You're saying that if she decides to give me the cards you'll go along with it?"

Kero nodded. "I'd have no choice." He said. "But if I think that it's not a good idea I will surely let her know." Syaoran snorted when Kero made that last observation.

The two stood there staring at each other for a while.

"Bottom line is..." The guardian said breaking the silence. "You should stay here and get the cards back with us. Right now we should be more concerned about the damage the cards might be causing than about who's going to keep them."

Syaoran didn't say anything, but he seemed to agree with Kero on that. He decided to finish that subject. "That's all you wanted to talk about?" He asked.

Kero shook his head. "Actually, I have a few questions I'd like to ask."

Syaoran sighed. He was getting tired of talking to the guardian. "What is it?"

"First of all, how many cards have you got that we don't know of?" He asked.

"Just The Shadow and The Silent." He said. "I captured them both on that morning I skipped school, found them together."

"Why didn't you tell us? We could have helped you get them." Kero said.

Syaoran had two reasons to get the cards on his own. First, he had complete trust in his own abilities. Second, whatever it was that was making him feel weird around Sakura, told him to keep her as far away from danger as possible. "I have complete confidence in my own abilities."

"Overestimating yourself again." Kero said. "Alright, so you're capturing cards in secret, but how did you know where The Thunder was that night?" He asked.

Syaoran explained to Kero all about the phone call, leaving out only the fact that the aura that he felt reminded him of Sakura.

"That's strange." Kero said. "Who could want to help us get the cards back?"

"I don't know, but whoever he is, he doesn't want us to know his identity." Syaoran said.

"Well, whoever it is, he'll probably show up again. We just have to wait." Kero said. After a short break for thinking about the subject he faced Syaoran again. "Now, moving on..."

"There's more?" Syaoran protested. "I thought you just wanted to have a quick conversation. I didn't expect this sort of Spanish inquisition!"

Kero ignored his comment. "Sakura told me something really curious the day we captured The Thunder."

Syaoran was intrigued by those words. He had no idea what Sakura could possibly have told Kero that involved him. "And what was that?"

"She told me..." He started. "That she had felt two distinct auras coming from you on separate occasions. You know what that means don't you?"

Syaoran gasped. He knew exactly what that meant.

When Kero said those words he felt a world of answers falling down on him, and also a new world of questions. But much simpler questions than the ones he had before. "Is that..." He said excited. "Was she sure of that?" He asked. Whatever Kero's words had meant, it had made him change his mood instantly.

Kero nodded positively. "So, you didn't know about it." He said.

"Well, I suspected that it could be happening but..." He trailed off. He felt a big weight being taken off his back. He couldn't help but smile and laugh at his behavior on the past week. The feeling that his mind was divided, the stupid things he'd say, the despair he'd feel whenever Sakura was in danger. It all made sense now.

Kero smirked. "You're happy to find out about this? You do know exactly what this means, don't you?"

Syaoran suppressed his own smirk. "Yes. But I think it's much better to know of its existence."

Kero nodded. "You have a point." He said. "So... Do you know exactly what its nature is?"

Syaoran tensed up. "I..." He knew the answer to the question, at least partially. "Not really." He said.

Kero sighed. "That's too bad." He said. "Got any idea who did it?"

Syaoran shook his head. This time he really didn't know the answer. "But it must be someone good with magic. I couldn't even detect it." He said. "And I can't seem to shield myself against it either."

Kero seemed to feel sorry for Syaoran. "If I had my powers I could try to help you, but for now, all you can do is hope that this spell you've got isn't anything too bad." He said. "I don't think it is. And I'm sure that it's linked in some way to the man that phoned you." Syaoran nodded. He was nearly sure of that too.

Silence set in for a couple of minutes, both thinking about the meaning of those strange events.

Syaoran finally decided he'd rather think alone. "So, anything more?"

Kero shook his head. "That's all." He flew out of the cupboard and to the front of Syaoran's face. "I'll be going now. Don't expect me to be this nice to you ever again brat." He said with a smirk on his face.

Syaoran punched in the back of the head. "I won't." He said, but he too had a smirk on the face.

Kero glared at him before turning his back to the boy and flying towards the balcony.

"Oh..." Syaoran said, getting the guardian's attention. "Tell Kinomoto-san I apologize for today." He said.

Kero chuckled. "Being nice to her is not gonna help you get the cards." He said.

Syaoran frowned. "This is not about the cards." He said.

Kero recognized Syaoran's serious face as a sign that the boy was actually offended by what he had said. "Alright. I'll tell her." He flew out of the balcony.

Syaoran closed the door behind the guardian and smiled to himself. ºIt was just a spell. Somebody wanted me to feel that way. It really wasn't me back there. Someone was intentionally messing up with my feelings using some sort of magic.º Now that he knew the truth, he felt as if all the contradiction had vanished from his mind. He was sure that the spell that had been cast on him wouldn't take effect anymore now that he was aware of it. He felt he could fight it back now.

He was absolutely wrong.

Fifteen minutes later, by the shores of a small lake, Syaoran was in his magician vest, fighting a ten year old girl that had a sword and a shield on her hands.

Or rather, was about to fight her. Kero and Sakura were watching him, not making any efforts to stop the fight that was about to start. Beside them was a little eight year old girl that looked a lot like the one with the sword. The only differences between them besides their height was that the little girl had her dark brown hair in a ponytail, while the older one had it loose, and the little girl looked terrified, while the older one looked cold.

Sakura seemed eager to do something. She had just arrived at the scene and Kero had told her that she shouldn't interfere with the fight. "Why not?" She asked holding her staff up.

Kero wasn't taking his eyes off the fight that ensued. "They're going to duel. It was the brat's idea." He said. "If he wins, The Sword and The Shield cards will leave the girl's body and be his, but if he looses..."

Sakura felt a chill run down her back. She didn't want to know how that sentence ended. Instead she changed the subject. "And who are you?" She said to the little girl.

The girl answered the question, but her mind seemed to be somewhere else. "I'm her sister, Ritsuko." She said.

Sakura understood now why the girl looked so terrified. She looked at the two who where about to duel. They were both staring at each other intently. Syaoran didn't seem to take notice of Sakura's presence, or anybody else for that matter.

"Hurry up, Kerberos!" The girl with the sword said, frowning. Her voice sounded powerful, but had a lifeless tone to it. "We already accepted your stupid terms, what else do you want?" Sakura was surprised when she spoke. Until now, she had never seen a card actually speak. Even if it was through a possessed person, it was still pretty amazing.

Syaoran didn't move a muscle. In his mind he was cursing himself. Now that Sakura was there he had found out that the spell on him was a very powerful one, and he was still affected by that feeling that came to him whenever she was around. He wouldn't be able to concentrate with her there. A part of his mind would be constantly panicking over the possibility that she might get involved in the fight and get hurt. All the odds were against him.

The tension kept building up.

Ritsuko looked at them with fright. She was finding it hard to keep her eyes open. It was the second time this had happened to her sister, but the other time she had come back to her usual self before anything too bad could happen. Now, not only was she persisting on that craziness, but she was going to fight the Chinese boy who also had a sword. And even though he had saved her from being cut in half a couple of minutes before, she felt anger at him for wanting to fight her sister. And to top all that she had just seen a stuffed bear talking to a girl that had flown down from the sky.

Sakura held her staff tightly. She didn't know why Syaoran would want to duel the card so formally like that, especially knowing that it had possessed an innocent girl, but so far the boy had shown himself wiser than her in fighting the cards so she thought he might be doing the right thing. However she had her staff ready to act if anything happened. Even if Syaoran had told her not to interfere, she had to. Somewhere inside her she knew that she couldn't just leave the cards to Syaoran like that, especially because of her dream.

Kero looked from Syaoran to the possessed girl. He had been given the position of judge of the duel. Probably the cards still trusted him. They were just waiting for his sign to start the battle now. He knew Syaoran's only objective was to disarm the girl. The Sword and the Shield could only possess someone who touched them. Once disarmed, the cards would be nothing but inanimate objects to be captured.

"Start!" He said firmly.

Syaoran and the girl jumped at each other and their swords collided. Two times. Three times. It was only on Syaoran's fourth strike that the girl defended herself with the shield. When his sword collided with the object he was distracted for a second. He hadn't felt any impact, nor had he heard the sound of metal he expected. It felt as if there was a hand holding his sword, even though his eyes clearly told him he had just hit a metal surface. The girl took the chance to wave her sword on Syaoran's side. The boy jumped back and avoided the attack, but barely.

Meanwhile, the others were watching the battle with tension. Occasionally a gasp could be heard from Sakura or a scream from Ritsuko. Kero however just watched silently.

Syaoran and the girl stared at each other considering their next move. Syaoran finally decided upon the best strategy and charged against the girl again. She shielded herself again. When he felt his attack being stopped again he let go of the sword and turned his body so he would be behind the girl. He had the advantage now. All he had to do was hit her on a vital point so she would faint. He quickly raised his fist in a chopping position and let it drop on a spot right between the girl's neck and her left shoulder.

He was sure that would end the fight, but to his surprise his hand couldn't make it all the way down. There was a magical barrier protecting the girl's whole body. The girl took the advantage to elbow Syaoran's stomach.

Syaoran felt like he would fall on his knees when he was hit, but his instincts told him he needed to jump back. And indeed, if he hadn't, he would have a rather nasty cut on his torso.

"You're using magic!" He said, angry. "I thought this was a sword duel."

The girl smirked. "You never said anything about not using magic." She said.

Syaoran took a Clow card from his pocket. "If you say so." He said. "You've made a big mistake."

He held the card with two fingers, at the height of his face. "The Thunder." He said confidently. "Not only is it a much stronger card than you, specially in the weakened state you're in, but it is also a Moon card, meaning it will be very efficient when getting rid of this shield of yours, which is a Sun card."

The girl's smirk vanished. "I won't let you use it." She said, before charging at full speed.

"Thunder!" Syaoran shouted. A bolt of lightning flew out of his hands and hit the shield directly. The girl dropped the object as if it had burned her.

Before it could even hit the floor the metal surface of the shield turned into a more ethereal sort of substance, giving it a ghostly look.

Syaoran jumped to where his sword rested on the grass and took it. "Return to the shape you are meant to be in. Clow card." He shouted, pointing his sword at the object.

The Shield promptly entered the transformation process, leaving in the end only a small card that flew into Syaoran's hands.

"One down." He said, putting the card in his pocket. "Now you shouldn't be much more trouble."

He jumped back when he looked at the possessed girl's eyes. They had only pure rage in them. "I won't loose to you." She cried.

"Misato-chan, don't!" Ritsuko shouted. She was now running towards her sister, ignoring all the danger she was putting herself in. "Please stop." Sakura ran after her, but before she could do anything the older sister had jumped towards Ritsuko and put her on a headlock

"You will give me your mana and I'll leave you all alone." The girl said putting her sword dangerously close to Ritsuko's face.

They all froze. Any false movements would mean tragedy now.

Sakura felt panic set in. She knew now that Syaoran was right. She had been taking all of this too lightly. The cards were dangerous and the only reason someone as young as Syaoran could handle that was because he had intensive training. She on the other hand was just a little girl that put her nose where she wasn't called. She definitely couldn't handle that kind of situation.

"Please Misato-chan! I know you're still there." Ritsuko cried. She wasn't trying to break free from her sister's grasp, but she was doing her best to make her sister let her go by talking.

The card ignored Ritsuko. "Well... have you decided?" She asked impatiently.

Kero flew closer to her. "You should join us." He said. "She may not look like it, but this girl has enough powers. She is my master now, just like Clow once was." He said, indicating Sakura with his paw.

The card snorted. "You should be ashamed Kerberos. Denying your own creator. I serve Clow and no one else."

Kero shook his head. "You're the one denying Clow." He said. "This is what he wanted. This girl is the future mistress of the Clow cards."

"What?" Sakura and the card said simultaneously.

"Kerberos, you said..." Syaoran tried to say something, but he didn't know if he was confused, satisfied or disappointed at the Guardian.

Kero sighed. "That's right." Kero looked at Sakura apologetically. "'Only one who breaks my seal can ever be their new master.' Those were Clow's words."

The card seemed to be infuriated. "You're telling me she broke the seal?"

"It's true." Kero said.

"Then prove it! Show me if you're really worthy." In a desperate move the card let go of Ritsuko and charged, after Sakura.

Syaoran watched the fear slowly appear on Sakura's expression as the card charged. Now he knew that whatever was the spell that had been put on him, it was still working at its best. He was so terrified at the thought of the card slashing Sakura that he couldn't even move. Now that he knew the origin of that empty feeling it was stranger than ever. He knew that he wasn't really feeling those things, they were illusions, but they felt too real. He felt his heart start to race. Time seemed to be going on slow motion as the card charged. It was inevitable. He was too far from the two to reach them on time.

"Go!" He heard a voice say in his head, waking him up to reality. Before he could think about what he was doing he felt his sword collide with the girl's sword. He had made it, even though he didn't know how.

"Li-kun!" Sakura shouted.

"Get out of the way." The card shouted.

"Misato-chan!" Ritsuko shouted.

The card jumped back. "Get out. I'm through with you already." She said.

Syaoran took a defensive stance. "Didn't you hear Kerberos? This girl is your new mistress!" He said.

Upon hearing that, Sakura was sure that there was something she didn't know of going on. Not only was everybody saying something about her being the mistress of the cards, but, in a strange change of mind, Syaoran seemed to think that too. He who had just a few hours ago told her to give up on the cards.

The card was impatient. It charged against Syaoran. Ritsuko and Sakura looked away from the fight, but, hearing no sound that indicated an attack they looked back.

Syaoran had Misato in an arm lock, the girl was trying to break free but it was in vain. "That's what you get for possessing a little girl. Your body can't keep up with your skills." Syaoran said. He then faced Sakura. "Lock it, Kinomoto-san."

Sakura looked at Kero as if asking for advice on what to do. The guardian only nodded his head towards the card. She hesitatingly walked to the possessed girl. "Will she be OK?" She asked no one in particular when she noticed Ritsuko watching them from behind Syaoran. The younger sister had tears in her eyes.

"She will, don't worry." Kero said.

"And the card?" Sakura asked, she couldn't help but feel sorry for the helpless card. She didn't know until now that the cards had a personality and were so alive. "I mean, I don't want to capture it against its will." The card seemed surprised by that. "I want to help her, not trap her."

"Sakura..." Kero was at a loss for words.

"Go on, capture me." The card said suddenly. "If you're powerful enough to do it I'll take you as my new master." She said.

Sakura blinked twice in confusion. "What?"

"Hurry up." The card said.

Sakura saw nothing in the possessed girl's expression. No hint to show her why the card had suddenly changed its mind. She slowly raised her staff above her head. "Return to the shape you are meant to be in, Clow card!"

Touya once again talked to the mysterious figure.

"You said he'd protect her." He said infuriated. "If it weren't for you, he'd have just watched as she was attacked!"

The figure sighed. "Yes, I guess my spell on him wasn't fail proof. But if I hadn't cast it in the first place, I wouldn't have been able to help them at all without showing myself."

"Then show yourself!" Touya said. "I don't care if you think it's better to wait. I won't have my sister risking her life."

"I can't do that. But don't worry. I would never let anything happen to Sakura-san." The figure answered. "So long as my spell on the boy is working and I'm watching them, you have nothing to worry about."

"So, you two promise not to tell anybody?" Sakura asked the girls.

"Yes." The siblings answered in choir.

"Thanks." Sakura said. "Bye then."

"Bye." The girls said walking away.

The trio watched as the girls walked down the street. When they were finally out of sight Sakura turned to Kero and Syaoran. They were both looking away from her, feeling awkward. "What you told the card. Is it true?" She asked. "The cards are going to be mine?"

Kero nodded slowly. "Yeah, I'm sorry that I didn't tell you before. That's what I was talking to the brat about today." He said and immediately dodged a punch from Syaoran.

Syaoran glared at him as if saying 'I'll get you next time.' He then turned to face Sakura. "When we get all the cards they'll be yours. It's what Clow said, I can't do anything about it." He explained, though it was clear that he wanted to do much about it.

"But didn't you have an obligation to your family?" She asked remembering what Syaoran had told her back at school.

"They'll understand. Taking the cards from you now would be stealing them." He said. "Clow's wishes are more important."

Sakura smiled inwardly. She didn't know why, but the perspective of being the future owner of the cards sounded wonderful to her. It felt more like a gift than a responsibility. "I'll do my best then."

"I'll be going now." Syaoran quickly turned away and started walking. He'd just experienced the effects of the spell for the first time since he found out about it, and that was the first time that his body actually moved on its own because of it. He didn't want to do anything at the moment but try to figure out how he was going to deal with that from now on.

"Wait!" Sakura called out, the boy looked at her inquisitively. "I thought about what you said back then at the school and... I think I should apologize." She said under a shy sigh.

Syaoran shook his head. "No, don't worry about that." He said before turning back again. He wasn't sure if he meant it, but he needed to get away from there.

Sakura´s house.

Nadeshiko and Fujitaka were eating dinner by themselves.

"I'm worried about Sakura-chan and Touya-kun, she said she'd forgotten something at school, but it's been quite a while since she left, and soccer practice has never lasted so long." She said nervously eating her food.

Fujitaka smiled at her, she couldn't help but feel relaxed when looking his smile. But a part of her was also annoyed at how he kept his cool even when he shouldn't sometimes.

"Don't worry, Nadeshiko-chan, I'm sure they'll be fine."

As if on cue, the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it." Nadeshiko quickly got up and ran to the door. She opened it and found Sakura holding a stuffed animal in her arms.

"Sakura-chan, what took you so long?" She let her daughter in the house.

"I'm sorry, Kaa-san. I had a hard time finding him." She said holding up Kero.

"Well, go take a shower, you're all sweaty. I'll leave dinner for you on the refrigerator." Nadeshiko said.

"OK. Hi, Tou-san!" She waved her hand to her father who waved back smiling.

"Hello, Sakura-chan." He said.

"I'll go take a shower then." Sakura climbed the stairs and soon after that Touya entered the house.

"Touya-kun, where have you been?" Nadeshiko asked.

Touya sighed, he would have to make up some stupid lie. "We were recruiting new people in the team today. Took us longer than expected."

"Well, your sister is taking a shower, and you're right after her." Nadeshiko said.

"OK. Hi, Tou-san." He waved his hand to his father just like Sakura did.

And of course got the same response. "Hi, Touya-kun."

Touya climbed the up stairs to his room.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Tomoeda.

Two mysterious figures were talking to each other in a deserted street. One tall and one very short.

"I still think this spell you put on the boy is not a good idea. There's no chance of him taking the cards for himself anymore, so there's no need for the spell." The tall one said.

The short one sighed. "That's what I thought at first. But the events today proved that the best way for me to assure their safety is through him." The short one said. "I wish things would have been easier, but Sakura-san opening the book really caught me by surprise, and spreading the cards around just made things worst. I had to make these sorts of emergency changes in the plan."

"But it's unfair with him."

"I know... I wish I had another choice."

"You can trust him. Let him act on his own." The tall one said. "Maybe if he wasn't charmed in the first place he would have acted faster today. It was the panic feeling your spell is giving him that made him enter that state of chock. He is a well trained boy who would know how to keep his cool in these kinds of situations."

"That's a risk I can't take."

"You're being selfish Clow."

TO BE CONTINUED...

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