Chapter 2.- Arrival
~The Next Morning~
Everything was ready for the trip. The suitcases were in the door. Sakura had her key around her neck, and Kero and the Book with the Sakura Cards in her bag, along with certain teddy-bear… Tomoyo had the box with the Sun Ring in her pocket, and the Moon Ring was shining in her hand. Yukito also was ready. Touya and Seika were there to say good bye.
"Take care Sakura." Seika said smiling to her sister-in-law.
"Be careful monster, or you'll kill someone." Touya said smiling.
"Brother!" Sakura replied. "I'm not a monster! I…"
Sakura stopped when she remembered last night's dream.
"Hello…Earth to Sakura…" Touya called playfully.
Sakura looked at him but said nothing.
Just then there was a knock on the door. Tomoyo opened.
"Miss Kinomoto Sakura?" a man called.
"It's me." Sakura said stepping forward.
"An honor to meet you my lady." The man said bowing. "Follow us please."
Just as he turned around a couple of men stepped forward, bowed to Sakura and took the suitcases. Sakura, Tomoyo, Yukito, Touya and Seika followed.
When they reached he parking lot the noticed a black car, the men where putting the suitcases in the back.
"My lady, Miss, Sir." The man said.
"Good bye Touya, Seika, Take care of yourselves. I'll communicate with you as soon as we arrive." Sakura called as she got into the car.
Tomoyo and Yukito waved good bye as they entered the car.
"Excuse me sir." Sakura called. "Where are we going?"
"To the airport my lady." The man said. "A private plane is waiting. It'll take you to Almaren, the island where the Tournament will take place."
Sakura nodded.
About fifteen minutes later they arrived to the airport. A plane was waiting for them.
"The flight will last about six and a half hours." The plane captain explained. "Which means we'll arrive at about seven o'clock. Please make yourself comfortable."
Sakura and Tomoyo took seats. Tomoyo started drawing some new designs, to do when she got back. As Sakura was meditating about the dream she'd had, last night.
'Could it be a premonition?' Sakura asked herself. 'I'm not sure. But I have the feeling I'll find out soon enough.'
Yukito was checking the Class Program for the next Semester. And Kero was asleep in Sakura's bag.
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~Across the Sea~
"The plane is here come on." a woman of long black hair and amber eyes said.
In front of her was a young man with amber eyes and brown hair, he seemed really serious. Next to him was a girl with long black hair in two buns, and ruby eyes. They both seemed to be around 19.
"Are you sure there's no problem with me coming Auntie?" The girl asked.
"I'm sure dear, now come on." The woman said as she climbed to the plane.
The girl followed her happily.
The young-man, without changing his face in the least, took hold of a small suitcase and got in the plane also.
"What's that?" the girl asked him as she took the suitcase and opened it. She took out a sphere, some papers. "Your Sword, your Wards, and…" she took hold of something, a white teddy bear with pink wings. "Ah…"
"Leave that!" The man shouted as he took hold of his things, he threw them back in the suitcase, except the bear, that one he looked at it for a couple of seconds, before placing it carefully on the suitcase.
"You still remember her don't you?" the girl asked with a melancholic look in her eyes.
The man stood silent, but she already knew the answer.
The woman just looked at the man, her son, in silence.
That girl, her name is Meiling Li, she has no magic, but is an expert in martial arts, just overpowered by her cousin, the man with her, Shaoran Li; who's his ex-fiancée, descendant of the great Clow Reed, the creator of the Clow Cards (now Sakura Cards). He's the best in Martial Arts, and the Master of the Elements. The woman is his mother, Meiling's Aunt, Yelan Li.
"I wonder if she's coming to the Tournament." Meiling murmured as she sat down reading a magazine.
Shaoran looked at her in silence.
"What?" Meiling asked. "She's a really powerful Sorceress, isn't she?"
Shaoran didn't answer, but he too was wondering if the woman of his thoughts would be there.
And at the same time Yelan wondered if his son would be involved in what she had seen in her dreams, it was obvious it had been a premonition, but…how soon it would take place and how everything would end, she didn't know.
~*~
~In the Other Side of the World~
"The plane is here Master." a little black cat with little butterfly-like wings said.
This black cat, commonly called Suppy, his true name is Spinel-sun, and his true form is some sort of panther, with big butterfly-like wings, He's the Solar Guardian.
"Just in time." A young man with black-blue hair and dark blue eyes murmured. "Nakuru come on!"
His name is Eriol, Eriol Hiiragizawa, 19-years-old, and he's the reincarnation of the great Clow Reed. He created his own guardians.
"Coming!" Someone replied.
A young woman came dashing from the second floor of the mansion. She had long brown-red hair, and brilliant brown eyes: Nakuru Akizuki, 26 years-old, she worked in the London newspaper; but that was just her false form, really she was Rubymoon, the Moon Guardian.
"You're always late Nakuru." Suppy said seriously. "If we lose the plane Master will be really disgusted."
"If we lose the plane Master Eriol will just use a spell and we'll be there." Nakuru said calmly.
Eriol smiled as he saw his two guardians arguing, as always.
"After all this time, I'll see again my cute little descendant." Eriol said with a funny smile.
"Are the Li's gonna be there Master Eriol?" Suppy asked.
"Of course Spinel." Eriol answered. "After all, Madam Yelan was the last Champion of the Tournament."
"Will little Sakura be there?" Nakuru asked with a big smile.
"Maybe." Eriol said.
"I really want to see Sakura again, and Tomoyo, and my dear Touya!" Nakuru said excitedly.
"What are you thinking Master?" Suppy asked as he noticed Eriol with his sight lost through the window.
"Last time I saw Sakura she was able to break one of my most powerful spells." Eriol said. "I'm looking forward to find out how strong she's gotten after seven years."
Spinel smiled too. But he faked to notice a shadow in Eriol's look, he had just remembered a dream he had had the previous night, it worried him, because he couldn't understand what it meant.
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Almaren was really a beautiful island. In one side it was full of cabins and little houses for the competitors. And the other side was a huge ground, completely empty, perfect for any kind of competition.
"Name." A man said.
Sakura, Tomoyo and Yukito (with Kero in his bag) had just arrived and had to register.
"I need you to write a name here." The man explained. "It doesn't have to be your true name, I just need it for the sorting. The name you give me is how you'll be called here."
"Why don't you use your stage name?" Tomoyo suggested.
Sakura nodded and wrote: Cherry.
"And I need the name of your assistant." The man said.
"Assistant?" Sakura asked.
"Yes." The man said. "The person that will be helping you to get ready before the competition, and that be the one to have the order in which you'll be competing."
Sakura nodded and wrote down: Violet.
"Ok, your cabin is cabin No. 4" the man said handing her a key.
"Thank you." Sakura said bowing.
"Why didn't you write Yukito for your assistant?" Kero asked from the bag.
"Because I want to keep a secret who I am." Sakura answered.
"Why?" Yukito asked.
"I don't know." Sakura answered honestly. "I just have the feeling I have to."
Tomoyo, Yukito and Kero looked at each other, they knew something was happening Sakura wasn't telling them, but what? Or why?
"Hey girls!" A voice called.
Sakura and Tomoyo looked up and where really surprised to find…
"Daeron!" Tomoyo called.
Daeron had gray eyes, dark black hair, the girls had met him a few years ago, he was one year older than them.
"I didn't know you were coming." Sakura said as he hugged him.
"I received a letter where they said I was invited and decided to come and try my luck." Daeron said. "I registered as Dae."
"We're Cherry and Violet." Tomoyo said.
"Your stage names right?" Daeron guessed.
"Yeah." Sakura nodded.
Daeron was one of the few persons that knew that the great models Cherry and Violet were truly Sakura and Tomoyo.
"So we'll fight again?" Daeron asked.
"Maybe." Sakura said.
"You won't defeat me this time." Daeron told her. "I'm stronger, I've been training a lot since our last battle."
"Well, that battle was just to stop you from trying to kill Tomoyo." Sakura replied.
"Yeah, I'm sorry for that." Daeron apologized looking at Tomoyo.
"Don't worry, everything's fine now." Tomoyo assured him.
They remembered when they first met…
***Flashback***
Sakura and Tomoyo where 16 and on a trip to an Island in the Atlantic Ocean, they had to take some photos for a magazine, and Tomoyo decided to go explore the surroundings, Sakura accepted to go with her. They were walking calmly when suddenly a man seemed to get out from nowhere and shot Tomoyo with a strange laser-weapon.
"Shield!" Sakura screamed.
It was good she had been training to call her Cards without the staff, for an emergency.
"What do you want?" Sakura asked out loud.
"Must…kill…girl…" the man murmured in a cold voice. His eyes were red.
"He's possessed." Sakura said. "He isn't in control of his actions."
"We must help him." Tomoyo said, she stood behind Sakura.
"I know." Sakura said, she concentrated hard, and she created "Freedom".
"Show your power and free this man's soul from the dark power controlling him." Sakura chanted. "Freedom!"
From the Card emerged a dove (a beautiful, little, white bird), it flew and impacted with the man, there was a bright light, a shadow separated from the body and let it on the sand.
"Light!" Sakura called, it was enough to engulf the shadow.
"Sakura he's unconscious." Tomoyo called leaning by the man.
"Heal his wounds, and wake him. Heal!" Sakura ordered to another card.
The card, a woman with a nurse-hat and a short olive-green dress, followed her Mistress's command.
"What…What happened?…Who are you?" the man asked. "Where am I?"
"I'm Tomoyo Daidouji, this is my cousin Sakura Kinomoto." Tomoyo said.
"My name is Daeron Golet." The man introduced himself. "I was walking, a shadow attacked me, and everything went black." He paused. "You must think I'm crazy."
"No." Sakura said as she kneeled down, her staff still in her hand. "You're a Mage, aren't you?"
"Mage?" Tomoyo asked.
"Like a wizard, but stronger." Sakura said.
"Yes I am." Daeron said. "Lord of the Beasts."
"I'm Sakura, the Mistress of the Cards." Sakura said shaking his hand.
Daeron seemed really impressed. Of course he knew about the Clow Cards, but he couldn't believe that teenager girl in front of him was the Mistress of the most powerful cards in the world.
"You saved me, I owe you my life." Daeron said. "I don't know how to pay you."
"I only did what I should do." Sakura said shaking her head. "There's nothing to pay."
"Anyway, one day I'll pay the favor you did to me." Daeron insisted.
"Just be my friend and promise you won't reveal my identity, that's enough for me." Sakura said smiling.
"I swear I'll never reveal who you are." Daeron said solemnly.
"Thank you." Sakura said bowing. "Now we should go back."
"I hope we meet again Mistress of the Cards, and in a better situation." Daeron called to her.
"I'm sure we will." Sakura said as she walked away, with Tomoyo next to her.
***End of Flashback***
It was after that, that Sakura had created the two rings; so Tomoyo would be able to take care of herself in an emergency.
"And we met again." Daeron said. "I'm glad."
"Me too." Sakura replied smiling also.
"It seems like we always meet in islands." Tomoyo noticed.
Sakura and Daeron nodded.
"What a coincidence." He said.
"Coincidences don't exist." Sakura murmured, her voice was just a whisper, so no one heard her. "Just the inevitable."
.---.
~Meanwhile, back in the lobby.~
"Name." the man said again.
The man wrote: Xiao. And in the line of assistant he wrote: Lin.
"Why Lin?" Meiling asked.
"Because we are supposed to use other names." His cousin answered. "But if you prefer I can find another assistant."
"No, it's fine." Meiling replied, she felt proud because Shaoran had chosen her to be his assistant.
"Hello cute little descendant." A voice in that moment.
"I can't believe it." Shaoran murmured. The he turned cold. "Oh shut up Hiiragizawa."
"We just arrived and my descendant is already angry with me." Eriol said making fun of Shaoran.
"Don't force me to use my magic on you." Shaoran said pissed. "I have improved, I could get you unconscious in two seconds."
"You'll have an opportunity to try, my cute descendant." Eriol said still laughing.
"Name." The man called to Eriol.
Eriol wrote: Leed. And in the next line we wrote: Ruby.
"You're here for the Tournament?" Meiling asked.
"Why else would I be here for?" Eriol asked.
"Master Clow Reed." Yelan's voice called solemnly.
"An honor to meet you Ma'am," Eriol said kissing her hand. "And I'm Eriol Hiiragizawa now."
Yelan nodded.
In that moment they saw a girl walking near them, she was wearing a yellow dress, she had dark-blonde hair, and her eyes where hidden behind dark-glasses, in her right hand she had a walking-stick. Something in her called the boys attention.
"Name." The man said again.
"Seer." The girl answered.
"Assistant." The man said.
"I don't have any." The girl answered. "I can manage things by myself."
"A blind girl is participating in the Tournament?" Meiling asked.
Just then the girl turned around, she seemed like she could see through them. And she stood longer watching Meiling, she nodded, but said nothing and left.
"This is the weirdest thing I've seen." Eriol murmured.
"I felt like if she was seeing through me." Meiling murmured in a low voice, she was still shocked.
"We better go eat something." Yelan said. "Mr. Eriol, do you wish to come with us?"
"It'll be an honor Mrs. Li." Eriol answered following the lady.
So, all our favorite characters are together, even if some don't know the others are there...and of course we have new characters, like Daeron, Seer, and others to come, how will they influence the reunion of our Card-Captors? Well, only I know that, but you will find out if you review and keep reading the upcoming chapters!