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Chapter 11: You are the Card captor

I slide my feet on the granite floor of the huge room, just barely dodging a Red flame.

Yes, I was running from the gang, again. Let's rewind to a few minutes after I had released my staff.

With a twirl, I ended the release spell with a flourish. Hope risen in my heart, we might actually win this! I reached over to my side to retrieve my cards, when I remembered something.

"Hoe?" I stared blankly at both my empty side.

Byakuran laughed, "Have you forgotten? I had confiscated your cards the day you had tried to escape."

I gulped, he was right. My staff is pretty much useless without my cards…

"Ahahaha," I gulped. Instinctively, I ran.

Here I am now, running with my tail between my legs. The guards behind me didn't falter every turn I took.

What do I do?!

What do I do?!

What do I do?!

Thud. A yellow squishy object hit my face. The sudden force made me fall back on my bottom(s?). "Hoe!"

"Sakura! There you are!" the plushy, Kero, exclaimed. The footsteps and shouts of the guards echoed closer. We slipped into the next corner and watched the guards dash by.

"Let's greet later, first we gotta get out of here!" Kero nudged his head to the hall backwards. I nodded and followed him.

A sudden rumble came before the floor started to shake.

"An earthquake!" I exclaimed, trying to regain my balance.

Kero pointed at the shifting walls and floors, "Think again."

Up ahead, the corridor started to close off with the ceiling starting to descend.

"Quickly, before it's blocked!" I instructed as I slid under the falling structure. Double checking that Kero was still next to me by the time it closed, I breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed against the wall.

Kero floated next to my face, worry was written all over his face. "You okay, Sakura?"

I mustered a slow nod, "I-I can still go." Kero sighed. "Don't push yourself."

A smile slipped from me, "Don't worry about me, we have to find the others." I leaned against the wall and walked the rest of the way.

My body felt like it was floating in zero-gravity. A tender hand rested on my head. "Sakura, you have the will to help the people around you. Don't forget that."

"oi, Sakura...SAKURA! Wake up!"

I wavered between my consciousness, "Uh, Kero-chan?"

BOOM!

The sound of an attack reminded me where I was. Quickly, I sat up and retreated back.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* FLASHBACK *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kero flew in front of me, "We'll have to find the Sakura Cards first if you have the intention of helping Tsuna and the others." His forehead formed thought wrinkles. "Hmm, they were in the same room than Yue and I had been cooped up in the beginning…"

"What do you think they did to them?" I asked to ignore the pains.

Kero flew back to me, "I'd say that they tried to do something, but it didn't work… which is an explanation on why they need you so much. Since, you are the only one that can activate them." He turned to look at me quizzically, "Wait, why did it have to be the Sakura from the past? What happened to you in the future?"

I agreed, where am I in the future? A sudden booming sound came from the room up ahead. We both looked at each other and followed the noises.

I tried to keep up with Kero and lightly jogged, but the pain in my entire body wouldn't allow me any form of movement. My eyesight started to blur and spin as my energy began to physically slip away. Just as the black was pulling me in, someone bellowed: "X burner: Hyper explosion".

End of Flash back

"Sakura-san, are you alright?" A familiar voice asked. I stared at Tsuna's face for awhile before jumping back in surprise.

"Tsuna-kun!"I exclaimed. He smiled, "It's good that your fine."

"Hi, nice to meet you," a man popped up behind Tsuna. He had blonde hair that was short and styled in a way I couldn't describe. On top of his head were green goggles that went with his green janitor outfit.

The man read my confused look. "Oh, my apologies. My name is Spanner, mechanic and inventor of the X contacts."

"X contacts?"

"Oh, it's what Tsuna-kun is wearing right now…" Spanner pointed to Tsuna, who was looking above us at a gaping hole that burnt through three levels.

"Hoe! What in the world happened?!" I asked to everyone.

"It was Tsuna-kun," Spanner explained, "He used the 'X-burner'…well, it's a long story." He got up, hugging a laptop against his chest. "First, let's check what's up there."

"Sakuraaa! Look what I found!" Kero burst with excitement. He pulled out two cards from the rumbles. It was Fly and Earth, but where was the rest?! Kero laid the cards in my out-stretched hands and patted my head as if understanding me.

"No worries, kiddo. We'll find the cards. After all, you are the Cardcaptor." I smiled at him, thankful that he's by my side.

I stretched my limbs out, feeling more pumped up when Tsuna approached the two of us with Spanner behind him. "I can't bring the two of you up." He said looking at me and Spanner.

"It's alright," I grabbed my fallen star staff and flash out my Fly card, "I'll be fine."