8 Feathers
Chapter 3
Sakura and Tomoyo entered the room once again.
"Hi! Sorry to keep you guys waiting so long," Sakura said apologizing.
"It's okay Princess Sakura. Princess Tomoyo," Eriol kindly replied.
"Well, the reason I know about Clow Reed is because I used to be the Card captor and the Clow Cards are now called Sakura Cards," said Sakura.
"That's true," said Eriol.
Sakura, Tomoyo, Syaoran, Queen Yelan and Meling were confused because they were wondering how could Eriol know about the Sakura Cards so quickly.
"H-how do you know?" asked Sakura.
"Syaoran already knows this, but I'll be glad to fill the rest of you guys in. I'm the reincarnation of Clow Reed," Eriol stated.
"B-but how is that possible? How do you even know that you are the reincarnation of Clow Reed?" Sakura questioned.
"That is because when I was born, I saw some memories from Clow Reed's past," Eriol responded.
Just then Kero popped out and shouted, "Did someone say Clow Reed?"
"Yes, someone did, and it is me, Keroberos," Eriol replied.
"W-what are you doing here Clow Reed? Aren't you supposed to be dead? Yue and I saw you die," asked a shocked Kero.
"You see, Keroberos, I'm not actually Clow Reed; I'm just his reincarnation. Hey, how is Yue?" Eriol replied.
"Yue is fine thanks to Sakura's older brother, Touya," said Kero.
"Hey Keroberos, may I also call you Kero-chan?" Eriol asked politely.
"No! Call me by Keroberos!" an angry Kero yelled.
"Aw, is that the way to treat the reincarnation of Clow Reed?" replied Eriol sadly.
Kero had to sweat drop. "F-fine. You can call me Kero just because you are the reincarnation of Clow Reed," grumbled Kero.
"Well now, you should all leave for your mission and don't forget to bring little Kirara," said Queen Yelan.
"Okay! Come here Kirara!" Tomoyo said smiling.
"Meow…" Kirara purred.
"Kawaii!" shouted Sakura and Meiling.
Up in the girl's bed room
"You guys are so lucky! You get to go on a mission with Syaoran and Eriol!" whined Meiling.
"Actually, I think you're the one who's lucky," said Princess Tomoyo.
Sakura started to say, "Yeah, we have to spend a lot of time with those weird-"
"Yet cute boys!" Meiling suddenly cut in so Sakura couldn't finish her sentence.
Both Sakura and Tomoyo sweat dropped.
"I don't want you guys don't want to be late for your mission, so let's stop talking and pack!" Meiling exclaimed, changing the subject.
Suddenly it became so quiet and the only thing that's making noise was the girls folding the clothes and Kirara sleeping.
In the boy's bed room
"Well, at least Sakura and Tomoyo aren't like Meiling. If they were, I would just kill myself," said a thankful Syaoran.
But if they were just like Meiling and you killed yourself, then I can't call you my cute little descendent anymore," said a pouting Eriol.
Anger marks suddenly appeared on Syaoran's head...
"Ah! I take that back! Whaa! Please stop chasing me!! Please! I'm sorry! AH!!" screamed Eriol.
Syaoran knee kicked Eriol in the stomach and scowled "Serves you right,"
Eriol became silent and a had painful look on his face.
Dragon Stable
"Um, are you sure that your dragons don't bite?" asked Syaoran worriedly.
"Of course not… Unless we tell them to," replied Sakura, with a sly smile.
"Also, Tomoyo and I have to tell you two something once we take flight," said Sakura.
"Sure, we don't mind," said Eriol.
"Come on! Kotori and Jade are getting impatient!" Tomoyo scorned.
They all ran to the beautiful dragons covered with delicate scales, gleaming in the sunlight.
"Are you ready?" asked Tomoyo and Sakura, with dazzling smiles.
Both Eriol and Syaoran were blushing like crazy and had to stammer their reply, "Y-yeah. We're r-ready…"
"Hm. I'm getting the feeling that someone like you Sakura and Tomoyo…" Kero said, just loud enough for the party to hear.
"What the?" Syaoran exclaimed, surprised from the sudden appearance.
"Yo Kero-chan! Hop on my shoulder!" Eriol invited.
"Nah. Being on Sakura's shoulder is way better than yours," replied Kero.
Eriol looked down sadly and said, "Aw. You're being mean again."
"Okay. Just shut up and let's start this mission already. Sheesh," complained Sakura.
Both dragons were flying gracefully in the air. Syaoran was clinging on to Sakura in fear that he might fall off. Eriol and Tomoyo were fine because they had both ridded on dragons before.
"Hey Tomoyo, can you tell them what we wanted to talk about once we get in the air?" asked Sakura.
"Sure, you see, Sakura is the Mistress of the Cards, and she has a card called "The Time". We used that card to travel into the future, and Tomoyo bought lots of stuff that our parents don't know about including Touya. So we will take a short break soon to change," stated Tomoyo.
"I remember that card," said Eriol.
"Can we take the break now?" pleaded a sick looking Syaoran.
"Fine. Come on Kotori, that looks like a good spot to rest," said Sakura.
The dragons flew down to a soft grassy spot and Syaoran and Eriol went behind trees throw to up and do what they had to do. The girls on the other hand, went behind trees to change into different clothes and found some spare clothes for the boys.
They met again at the grassy spot, and the boys were shocked seeing what the girls were wearing. Sakura was wearing baggy blue jeans with a shirt that was light pink and Tomoyo was also wearing baggy blue jeans, but with a light purple shirt instead.
"So what do you guys think?" asked Sakura.
"You both look amazing," replied Eriol.
"Yeah, whatever. Where are our clothes?" asked Syaoran.
"What are you supposed to say?" said Sakura.
10 minutes went by…
"Uh, please?" replied Syaoran.
"Finally, you say it, and it took you that long" said Sakura.
" Anyways here are your clothes," Tomoyo said.
The boys clothes were the same as the girls clothes except Eriol had a baggy, dark blue shirt, and Syaoran had a baggy, dark green shirt.
"Kirara, can you send us to a different world now?" asked Tomoyo gently.
"Purr…" replied Kirara.
"I take that as a yes," said Eriol.
Then something covered the team members and all that they could see now was red fire along with darkness. They couldn't hear anything but each other speaking.
It took about 15 seconds and they had arrived in a new world. The new world was cold with snow. There were strong winds, and everything was all white.
"I wonder what this world is called," said Syaoran.
"It's called Snow Country. Everything you see is white and it rarely stops snowing," answered Kero-chan.
"Mekkyo," went Kirara.
"There's a feather near by!! Whenever Kirara says 'Mekkyo' it means that there is a feather nearby," said Kero-chan.
"Be on your best alert you guys!" shouted Eriol.
"Look! There's the feather!! That guy has the Ice Feather!" shouted Tomoyo.
The mysterious guy was wearing all black and had a sword that was long and curved. He was running quite faster than a regular human, and it seemed that he never got tired.
"We need to catch up!! Release!! Dash!!" shouted Sakura and she disappeared on a catch for the Ice Feather.
"Does she use her cards all the time?" asked Eriol.
"Unfortunately, yes. She keeps on forgetting that it will still use up all her magic," replied Tomoyo sighing sadly.
"Hey, are you guys just going to stay here and talk? I'm joining the chase. See you two later!" said Syaoran.
Then Syaoran drew his sword and ran as fast as he could. He caught up with Sakura and the mysterious guy. The Ice Feather was held tightly in the mysterious boy's hand. Syaoran looked more closely at the boy's arm and was shocked. On the boy's arm was a tattoo. Not just a regular tattoo, but a Tattoo of Darkness.
The dark tattoo was decorated with many delicate strokes, and it cannot be destroyed unless the person who placed that tattoo is killed. This boy had an extremely small chance of ever getting The Tattoo of Darkness off.
Then Sakura noticed it too. She let out a small gasp and looked at Syaoran with wide eyes.
"We have to stop this, but there's no chance. I'm not sure we're going to make it. No. Stop thinking negative thoughts Sakura, believe in yourself. Believe in yourself," thought Sakura.
"Syaoran! Come over this way. I need to tell you something," said Sakura.
"It's about The Tattoo of Darkness isn't it?" asked Syaoran.
"Yes, it is. How are we going to save him?" said Sakura.
"First we need to find the person who placed this tattoo first and there is only one person that can place these kind of tattoos," Syaoran said.
Sakura was shocked. The only person she could think of was Darva of The Land of Shadows.
"Is it D-darva?" said Sakura shakily.
"Yes, it is, but we don't know where The Land of Shadows is." replied Syaoran.
"Let's forget the chase for now and go back to Eriol and Tomoyo and talk about The Tattoo of Darkness." said Sakura.
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