Tests of The Sakura Card Mistress
One-Unknown
by Sakura Maxwell
Behind his eyes, Yue could see his mistress chatting, laughing, and having a grand old time with her best friend, Tomoyo. He felt envious that his other part, Yukito, could share the same fun and happiness with them.
Oh, stop it. You are the mistress's guardian. You shouldn't have any feelings for her.
Ah, but how her eyes danced with glee and enjoyment. Her beautiful chestnut hair swayed in the wind as they ate ice cream cones. He caught himself staring through Yukito's eyes. How wonderful she was to him, his one and only dream. No, he couldn't let his emotions get the better of him. No, no. They were not destined to be. But how he longed to hold her, to comfort her in her time of need, even though she was no child anymore.
No, not the ten year old he faced before. Now she was eighteen years old, her hair more glossier and shiny, eyes deeper and more emerald green. She had grown up beautifully, form perfect. She was almost as tall as Yukito, which surprised Yue very much, since he thought she'd be a tad short when she grew up.
She still carried the Clow key everywhere she went, even though she was the Sakura Card mistress. Her magic was even more powerful than ever, and Yue even believed it was greater than his own. Of course, he was probably right, her power had increased whenever she captured those Clow cards and turned them into Sakura cards.
Inwardly, he sighed. Oh, sweet mistress, you do not know how much I want to be with you...
His urge to stare at her must have come through because he could see Sakura looking at him, or rather, Yukito. "Yukito-san, why are you staring at me?" she asked in confusion. Yue felt his cheeks turning red. But Yukito shook his head and blinked. "I was? Oh, gomen ne, Sakura-chan. I didn't mean to," he said sincerely. Sakura smiled her wide, happy smile and said, "It's okay!" She checked her watch. "Oh! I have to go back home and check on Kero-chan! He may have eaten the entire fridge."
Tomoyo and Yukito laughed at this, but Yue frowned. I wonder why Kerberus loves food so much. He surely doesn't need it to live.
He could see Sakura bowing at Tomoyo and Yukito and his heart lurched. I want to tell her.. But how can I? Her heart has been broken before... And it had. She and Syaoran had broken up and he had returned to Hong Kong. He himself, or rather, Yukito, had comforted Sakura in her time of need, as Yue so much wanted to do himself. She had really broken down when she recieved a letter from Syaoran, saying he couldn't visit anymore because of the Li family traditions and his responsibilities.
No, they were still friends, but it hurt Sakura that she couldn't see him again. It seemed she was just losing all her friends. Even Eriol was gone, and Kaho, too. She even missed Supi. Though Eriol had pretended to be Sakura's enemy, he was really helping her and she loved him as a friend for that. And Kaho had given her clues about when the cards needed to be caught. Yue could tell Sakura missed them all very much.
And even that Chinese girl, Meiling. Even though she had been mean to Sakura, they ended up being friends and Sakura missed her also. He could feel pity for his mistress. Losing the ones she loved.. She had only known them all for a short period of time, but it still didn't change the fact that she loved them all deeply. The only friends she could keep were the ones she already had from the beginning, Tomoyo, Kero, Yukito, and Yue himself.
He gasped inwardly as he saw Sakura walking away down the sidewalk. He made Yukito reach his hand out and say, "Hey, Sakura-chan, wait up! I'll walk you home!" He could see Sakura stop and look back, mildly confused. But she swept it away and smiled. "Okay, Yukito-san!"
Yukito ran up to her and looked partially confused himself. Sakura blinked. "What's wrong?" she asked. Yukito shook his head and said, "I guess the other me wanted to talk to you," he said simply. Yue's cheeks became really red. Well, he isn't lying.
Sakura shrugged and suggested, "Well, then why don't you let him talk to me, okay, Yukito-san?" Yukito nodded and Yue emerged. "Hello, mistress," he said.
Sakura hugged Yue tightly. Yue's eyes widened. He did not expect this, no, not at all. The mistress, hugging him?? It was absurd. "I'm so glad to see you again!" she said happily in his chest. His lips twitched into a small smile. She looked up at him, still holding him, and asked, "Did you want to talk to me about something, Yue-san?" Yue could feel his throat tighten. Is this it?
Sakura was staring at him with big emerald eyes. Her arms were wrapped around his waist. He felt the sudden urge to bend to her level and just kiss those soft lips with his own. How sensational that would be. He brushed those thoughts aside and said lowly, "I was just wondering if all is well, mistress."
Sakura giggled and said, "You know, you don't have to call me mistress. You could simply call me Sakura." Yue shook his head and said, "That would be disrespecting you, mistress." Sakura pouted and her arms fell to her sides. Yue flinched. Did I say something wrong?
Then Sakura looked up at him and said, "Hey, what could you call me without disrespecting me? Besides mistress?" Yue thought about that. He shrugged and said, "Sakura-sama?" Sakura twitched her nose. "I guess, it's better than- Hey, what's that?" she asked, pointing at something in the sky behind Yue. He turned around and saw a black bird flying. "It's just a... No, wait."
He could feel something. Magical... That is no ordinary bird. He didn't like this. Not one bit. "Mis-Sakura-sama, stay back, let me handle this," he said sternly. Sakura shook her head. "I can feel it too, Yue-san. I want to help." Yue waved his hand at her. "No, you might get hurt." Sakura puffed her cheeks and said, "I'm not ten anymore, Yue-san! I can defend myself!" and she grabbed her Clow key and chanted.
"Key which conceals the power of the stars, reveal your true self before me. I, Sakura, command this by contract. Release!" and the long magenta staff appeared. Its star was now long and pointed, rather than short and chubby. And the wings on the circle were now longer and much more sleek.
Yue looked at her, mildly surprised. "Sakura-sama!" he said. But she ignored him and called out, "Let's Fly!" and the two wings became larger bird wings. She hopped on and soared in the sky, heading in the direction of the black bird. "No, Sakura-sama!" Yue shouted. "What are you doing?!" He growled in frustration and took off, following her.
The black bird spotted Sakura coming and it shrieked out. It suddenly became larger as Sakura flew closer. Soon, it was as big as a large building. Sakura gasped in surprise. "Oh no! Thunder will take care of it." She landed on top a roof of a house and Fly returned. "Thunder, release!" Thunder shot out and hit the black bird. It shrieked again and tried to peck at Thunder, while it tried to fly at the same time.
"Yes, Thunder is winning!" Sakura cried out happily. The black bird lost balance and fell onto the road. Sakura narrowed her eyes and held her hand in front of her face as dust spread all around her. When it cleared she dropped her hand. Thunder was crackling around the black bird, but it seemed to have no effect. "Ah! Thunder, return!" Sakura yelled, "Jump, release!" Two wings appeared on her shoes and she jumped down by the bird.
"Okay, bird, you are going down!" Sakura yelled and took out another card. "Firey, release!" Firey appeared and swirled around the black bird, burning its pitch black feathers, making it scream. Such a horrible sound, Sakura had to cover her ears. But it wouldn't block the nasty voice. Its powerful shriek made Sakura lose her footing and fly backwards. "Ahhhhhhh!!"
Yue glanced up as he landed and saw Sakura heading straight for him. He turned around and braced himself. Then his mistress came at him full force, making him stumble. He wrapped his arms around her to shield her from the rocks and dust flying about. Soon the voice stopped and Sakura opened her eyes slightly. The black bird was lying on the ground, dead. Or at least, she thought it was. Then she realized she was being held by someone's arms. She looked up and blinked.
"Yue-san?" she asked. Yue stared down at her, then his cheeks turned a soft shade of pink and he let her go. "I-I was just pro-protecting you from the rocks and du-dust, Sakura-sama," he stuttered. He was aware that he had held her tightly, afraid if he let her go, she'd be gone forever. A silly thing really.
Sakura smiled and said, "Arigato, Yue-san." She turned around to look at the black bird. "Is it...?" she began. Yue stared at the bird with slow recognition. "Is it dead?" he asked. "No, it still lives like you and I. And it is no bird. It's the..."
"Dark Fly, return!" an unknown voice commanded.
Sakura and Yue jerked their heads in the direction from where the voice came from. They could see a shadow standing on a building. Its face was hidden in shadow and a cape flowed behind it. Its hands were raised and they saw a card fly into its grasp.
"Who is that?" Sakura asked softly. Yue shook his head slowly. "I do not know, but I will find out," he said and flapped his gigantic white wings. He flew up to the building and landed by the figure. It was wearing nothing but black, and it held a dark wand in its hand. "Who are you?" he demanded, his voice sharp. The figure smirked and Yue noticed two wings on the figures' shoes. But they weren't like the Jump Card's wings. No, these wings were dragon like. He looked back at the figures face, and he could see two ice cold blue eyes. He stepped back. Those eyes sent chills down his spine. The figure then laughed softly and jumped back, disappearing in shadow.
Yue frowned in frustration and turned around. He looked back at the spot where the figure was before he jumped down and flew back to Sakura. She was clutching her staff close by her chest, and there was fear in her eyes. Yue blinked and asked, "What is it?" Sakura just remained silent. He narrowed his eyes and shook her shoulders gently. "Sakura-sama, what's wrong?!" he asked more roughly. Sakura blinked and shook her head. "Wha..? Yue-san, please stop shaking me," she said. Yue let her go and said, "Are you okay?" Sakura nodded slowly. Then she looked up at him and smiled. "I'm okay, why do you ask?"
Yue raised a brow and said, "You were clutching your staff and you looked like something spooked you. Are you absolutely sure that you are fine?" Sakura looked down. "Um, yea, I think so.. It's just..." She held out her staff in front of her and said, "I saw a girl. When you went on that building to see who was there, I saw a girl. Well, I heard her first. She was in back of me. She was..." Sakura lifted the staff slightly. "She was laughing... Very softly... When I turned to face her, she was dressed completely in black... And she..she had a staff, just like mine."
Yue's eyes widened in shock. A staff, just like Sakura-sama's?! "What did the staff look like?" he asked more calmly than he felt. Sakura shrugged. "It was gray... The staff...and the star was silver..the wings were pitch black... And they weren't like the wings on my staff, no, they were like dragon wings..." She shivered. "It felt so..so.."
"Evil?" Yue filled in. Sakura nodded and put her hand down. "She had a dark aura around her... Yue-san, do you know who that was?" Yue looked up at the now darkening sky and asked, "Tell me something, when she disappeared, I assume she left," Sakura nodded, "did she just 'vanish'? As in just...gone? Or did she walk away?" Sakura looked puzzled, but answered, "She just vanished. Not a trace of her left." Yue nodded. "I thought so. Sakura-sama, what you saw was only a reflection, a copy of the real girl that I saw." He turned and faced the building he saw the figure. "What you saw.. Was what I went to investigate." He looked back at Sakura, noticed her confused expression, and continued.
"Remember when you saw the figure on top of this building?" Sakura nodded. "Well, when I went to see who it was, it also wore black. And it had the same wand you were describing. And let me ask you this. What color was the girl's eyes?" Sakura twirled the wand in her hands slowly and said, "Blue... Ice.. Cold eyes..." Yue gritted his teeth. "So I am right, after all. Sakura-sama, what you saw was a mirror image of the girl I saw on the roof of this building. Don't you get it? She is like you, she is a Card Captor."
Sakura gasped. A card captor? That's impossible! I thought there were only the Clow Cards, and I turned them into the Sakura Cards! "How could she possibly be what I am?" Sakura asked. Yue's wings suddenly sagged and he answered, "When Clow Reed made the Clow Cards, he also tried making a copy of the Clow Cards, except, they had the powers of darkness. He called those the Dark Clow Cards. Now, he sealed these cards away in a book, much like the Clow Cards, because they were pure evil. And only an evil heart could obtain them. So I suppose that girl was chosen to be the rightful owner of the Dark Clow Cards." He placed both hands on Sakura's shoulders and said, "Sakura-sama, you have yourself a new task at hand. A new enemy. Your enemy is that girl."
Sakura stepped back. "I have to fight her?" she asked. Yue nodded. "You must, or she will take over the Sakura Cards." Sakura looked down. Then she looked up suddenly and said, "If she's like me, then that means she must have guardians, too!" Yue nodded. "Yes, of course. I forgot about those two. Her guardians are similar to Kerberus and myself." He released Sakura's shoulders and pressed his hands together. "Their names are Kiri and Tsumetai. Kiri's symbol is Mist, of course. And Tsumetai's is, obviously, Ice. You so know what their powers are."
Sakura nodded. Yue smiled a bit. "Good, now Kiri is kind of like Supi or Kero. He is trapped in his small form until he is needed. When he is need, he turns into a gigantic wolf, and he has dragon like wings. And Tsumetai is more like myself and Rubymoon. She, like Kiri, has dragon wings. You don't need to know what she wears."
Sakura nodded and returned her staff into the key. Then she looked at Yue. "Let's go home, ne?" Yue nodded. "I'll...fly you home..if that is what you wish," Yue managed to say. Sakura's eyes lightened up and she said happily, "I'd love it if you'd do that! Arigato, Yue-san!" and hugged him. Yue was a bit startled by her reaction, but he shrugged and lifted her in his arms. Sakura moved her arms to his neck and hung on as Yue jumped up and flew into the now star-lit sky.
~*~*~*~*~
"WHAT?!"
Kero spat out his piece of cake and stared at Sakura. "You mean the Dark Clow Cards are here?!" he asked, enraged. Sakura nibbled her piece of cake and nodded. "Yea, that's what Yue said, anyway." Kero started flying back and forth. "Hmm.. That means the guardians are here as well. Okay, Sakura, we're gonna have to find this Dark Card Captor and put her in her place!"
Sakura looked up at him, startled. "What do you mean, 'put her in her place', Kero-chan?" Kero stopped and floated in front of her. "I mean, we have to make sure she goes back to wherever she came from. Plus," he added, "we have to fight her. To tell her we're stronger, back off." Sakura sighed. "I guess, but how do you suppose we find her?" Kero shrugged.
"How about we do a reading?" Kero suggested. Sakura smiled. "Yea, of course!" She went to her table and took out her Sakura Cards. She cleared off everything on her desk and spread out the cards, trying to get rid of everything in her mind. She sighed and gathered the cards and cut the deck into three groups, and then back into a whole deck. She then laid nine cards, picked randomly, on her desk in a large diamond at the center, along with the rest of the deck to the right. Then she began her incantation.
"Cards shaped by me, answer my question. Show me the truth behind my situation." A rush of warmth burst from the cards and surrounded her, making her hair whirl around.
When it died dow, she placed her hand over the first card at the top of diamond and flipped it over. "It's The Windy," she read aloud. Kero flew over to her crossed his arms together. "The Windy, hmm, remember, like the Mirror. Your enemy knows who you are. I suppose that explains why and how she knew that you were a Card Captor. Now flip over the three cards in the middle," he said. "And remember that these three cards are the one your enemy can use for guidance." Sakura flipped over the next card.
"It's The Watery," Sakura said to Kero. "The Watery, eh? That means opening someone's heart..or cooperation," Kero said and then pointed to the second card. "Now let's see what this one is."
"The Sword."
Kero landed on Sakura's shoulder and said, "The Sword is the power of destruction." Sakura gave him a confused glance, but shrugged and flipped the third, and final card over.
Sakura blinked and pushed herself back a bit. "Wha..? The Sweet..." Kero blinked, then began laughing. Sakura turned to look at him. "What's so funny, Kero-chan?" she asked, confusion obvious. Kero fell off and landed on the desk, laughing his big head off. Sakura pouted and yelled, "KERO-CHAN!! STOP LAUGHING!" Kero finally stopped, and sat back up.
"Gomen ne," Kero said between gasps of breath. "But that is just really odd." Sakura blinked and asked, "What does The Sweet mean?" Kero pointed to the card and said, "The Sweet means new love, or a heart that is dependant." Sakura dropped the card and clamped her hands to her cheeks, which were burning red.
"Hooooooee!!"
Kero waited for Sakura to calm herself down before he instructed, "Now, flip over the card at the bottom." Sakura placed her hand over the bottom card. "This will tell you what your enemy is after."
Sakura flipped the card over.
"Oh, it's The Light.."
Kero blinked. "The Light?" he asked in a weird tone. Sakura nodded. "The Light... What does it mean...?" Kero shook his head. "I don't know. But when you find out, you better tell me or Yue," Kero said seriously. Sakura nodded slightly. "Uh huh..."
The Light... What is my enemy after that includes The Light...?
~*~*~*~*~
Touya slammed his cup of tea down roughly on the wooden table and looked Yukito straight in the eye. "WHAT?!" he asked in shock. Yukito flinched and said, "Well, I feel like Sakura-chan is in danger. I mean, Yue was with her when they took that walk home." Touya sat back down in his seat and said wearily, "If he knows what happened, maybe he should be the one talking.." Yukito nodded. "You're probably right, here." Yukito closed himself and Yue came forth.
"What is it you want to know?" Yue asked flatly. Touya ran his hand through his dark brown hair and said, "Can you please tell me all that happened while you and Sakura were walking?" Yue nodded and explained they had encountered a huge black bird, Sakura tried to fight it, but it was too strong, then a figure called the bird to her and he tried to see who it was, and at the same time, Sakura met the mirror image of this girl. Then he had taken her home.
"So now Sakura has a new enemy?" Touya asked, exasperated. Yue nodded silently. "Can you describe her?" Again, Yue nodded. "She wore all black, had ice cold blue eyes and had the same staff as Sakura, except it was darker. And I believe her hair was a dark hazel, but I couldn't see that well." Touya looked up at Yue and asked, "Dark hazel? Kind of like a darker version of Sakura's?" Yue nodded. Touya rubbed his chin. "I think I saw her somewhere.. By Sakura's high school."
Yue turned on him sharply. "You saw her?!" he asked. Touya shrugged. "I think I did. She had dark hazel hair, wore black, but I couldn't see her eyes. She had a mysterious feeling around her as I was passing by. She was looking up in the window where Sakura's room was. She kind of gave me the creeps so I didn't stay looking at her for long."
Yue's wings reached the ceiling and he said thoughtfully, "Yes, that was probably her alright. And I think I know why she was staring at Sakura-sama's classroom. Yes... Of course, otherwise she would not be here!" Touya looked at Yue with confusion. "What the hell are you talking about?" he asked. Yue brushed his question away. "It's nothing that concerns you."
Touya narrowed his eyes and said, "It concerns me alright. Sakura is my little sister! If she has a new enemy then it concerns me. Got it?" Yue shrugged and said calmly, "I got it. Let me ask you something, how do you feel about Sakura-sama?" Touya blinked, puzzled by the abrupt change of subject, and said, "Well, she's my little sister, I really care about her. And... And I don't know what I would do if I was to lose her..." He shook his head and laughed. "I wonder why I'm telling you any of this, it's not like you'd know how I'd feel." And then Touya wished he hadn't said that.
But Yue remained silent. Then, "And how do you..feel about that boy, Syaoran. How did you feel about him loving Sakura-sama?" Touya cranked his neck and sighed. "I never liked the kid much. I mean, the first time I met him was when he was...harrassing my sister. So I never got a really good impression of him. When I found out he liked Sakura, I kind of went ballistic. But whatever, I wanted Sakura to be happy, and she was happy with him. But then he had to go to Hong Kong and broke up with her, I guess he wasn't very much of a boyfriend."
Yue frowned. "He had his reasons." Touya mumbled something under his breath and said, "Reasons? Whatever. If he knew he had to take on the family responsibility, he should have never gone out with Sakura. That no good-" Yue cut him off by saying, "And what about Sakura-sama liking anyone else?" This took Touya by surprise.
"Sakura likes another person??" Touya asked. Yue shook his head. "No, she does not, well not that I know of. But I am asking you what you would think if she did." Touya shrugged and sipped some of his tea. "I suppose it just depends on the person she likes. If it's someone I know, it would be better than a schoolboy I don't know. Why do you ask?" Yue folded his wings and said, "No reason. Well, I shall be going now, I don't want to take time away from you and Yukito," and his form left and went to Yukito's own.
"Um, what did he say?" Yukito asked, sitting down. Touya sighed and said, "Nothing important, just that Sakura has a new enemy.." Yukito smiled. "Your young Sakura is growing up, you shouldn't worry too much. After all, she is the most powerful sorceress that we know of." Touya grinned. "Yep, she sure is."
"I think I'll go to sleep now, it's pretty late and I have class tomorrow," Yukito said as he stood up. "Care to join me?" Touya grinned and followed Yukito into their bedroom.
~*~*~*~*~
"Man, I'm tired..." grumbled Kero as he slipped into his little drawer. "Time to take a little nap..." Sakura blinked. "Kero-chan, you're always sleeping. How can you be so tired?" she asked in amazement. But the tiny guardian was already asleep. Sakura smiled and climbed in her own bed.
I wonder who that girl was...
Sakura turned over. I'll find out more about her tomorrow. And with that, the Sakura Card mistress dreamt.
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura dreamt she was on that same building. The same building she always was on when she met a new person. She had seen Syaoran and Mizuki-san in her dreams around the building, and the tower.
And like her first dream of Syaoran, all the Sakura Cards were floating around her, but Kero wasn't with her. "What's happening?" Sakura asked no one. She looked up at the tower and saw the girl. The girl in black.
Sakura gasped and stepped back. "Who is she?" The girls' ice blue eyes bore into Sakura's emerald green ones. Then she could see the figure pull out a wand. "It's that wand!" Sakura said aloud. "The same one I saw!" The figure then threw a card in the air and brought the wand down on it. It shimmered and diappeared, and Sakura could see the figure jumping off the tower.
"What's that?" Sakura asked in a whisper, because on the girl's feet were two small dragon wings. "Almost like The Jump card..." She stepped back involuntarily as the figue landed just inches away from her. Now she could see the face more clearly. And when she did, she gasped and stepped back yet again.
"You look just like me!" she cried out. And it was true. The mysterious girl has every single feature of Sakura's face. All that was different was her eyes, they were so cold and evil looking they sent shivers down Sakura's spine. The girl smirked and put her hand out in front of her, in front of Sakura, beckoning her to come closer. But Sakura shook her head and put her staff out.
The girl laughed, a cruel sound, and pulled out yet another strange card. And Sakura could see that clearly also. "They look just like the Clow Cards..." she whispered fearfully. The figure threw it in the air and brought her staff apon it, calling out, "Dark Thunder!" There was a flash of lightning and the crackling of bolts and the girl was gone.
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura's eyes snapped open and she sat straight up in bed. She was breathing rapidly, as if she just ran a marathon, and her head was beaded with sweat. She clutched the sheets in a death grip and waiting for herself to calm down. "It was only a dream, it was only a dream," she kept repeating to herself over and over softly.
Soon her breathing evened, and her girp loosened. But she was still spooked about the dream. She looked just like me... But her eyes were so cold and...forbiding... And it was like she had a new set of Clow Cards... That must be her, and the Dark Clow Cards Yue was telling me.... She shivered and hugged herself tightly.
She climbed out of bed and opened her window. She silently summonded her staff and The Windy to take her up to the roof. There she sat down and hugged herself tightly still and buried her head in her knees, wishing... Wishing..that...
I wish Yue was here...
~*~*~*~*~
Yukito sat straight up in bed. He blinked and turned to look at Touya, who was sleeping peacefully beside him. He sighed. I felt something... His hand roamed over the small table, as he tried to find his glasses. But behind him, Yue was not feeling comfortable at all.
Sakura-san, she is in distress... I must go to her at once...
Yukito must have sensed this because he got slowly out of bed and snuck out the door. "Okay, Yue. Do what you must," Yukito whispered as the familiar blackness swept around him and was transformed into Yue. Now in his guardian form, Yue walked to the door, opened it, closed it, and took flight in the direction of Sakura's house.
It wasn't long before he arrived at his destination, but was a bit surprised to see his mistress sitting on the roof of her house, hugging herself tightly and shivering from the cold. He was suddenly filled with much concern and landed softly next to her.
"Sakura-sama, what are you doing out here at a time like this?" the worried guardian asked, folding his wings. Sakura looked up in surprisement and turned her head to face Yue. "Yue-san!" she exclaimed. "I didn't know you were here! Why did you come?" Yue tugged at his robe nervously and said, "I felt a need to come and see if you were all right."
Sakura blinked in confusion. He can sense emotions? She blinked again, then smiled warmly. "Everything if okay, Yue-san, you can go back to Touya if you want." Yue didn't know why, but he felt hurt by her words. It was like she didn't want him around. He swallowed unexpectant tears welling up inside him and sat down next to Sakura.
"Do not try to make me feel relieved," he said nonchantly, "because I know something is distressing you." Sakura stared into his gentle, calm light-blue orbs and felt herself wanting to get closer. So she reached out her whole body and pulled Yue in a soft hug. Yue blinked and looked down at his mistress, then he smiled and wrapped his arms around her. Even if all she wants is a person to lean on, then let me be the one she leans on...
She felt so...protected in his arms. As if she didn't need anyone but Yue to make her happy. The two children of magic stayed like that for some time before Sakura remembered why she was so distressed in the first place.
She removed her head from his warm chest and looked up at him. "Yue-san, the reason I was so scared in the first place was because..." Yue looked down at her kindly. "Please, tell me, Sakura-sama, so that I may be helpful in anyway," he said softly. Sakura smiled a bit and continued, "I had a dream... A scary dream..." Sakura felt like she was seven years old again, in her fathers arms whenever she had a nightmare. "I dreamt about that girl..." Sakura could feel Yue's grip on her tighten. "I dreamt that I saw her, face to face. She jumped in front of me and was holding that same staff I saw earlier.. And she was beckoning me to come closer to her... To come with her, almost. And then.."
She didn't know what was happening, but Sakura's feelings got all twisted and she felt the need to do something..rather unexpected, that it shocked even herself. Being in Yue's arms, it made her want to... reach up to him and... Oh, stop it! You are the Sakura Card mistress. He's only doing this because you are the mistress.
"Is something wrong, Sakura-sama?" Yue asked, when Sakura did not speak for some time. Sakura shook her head. "Nothing, nothing at all.." she said. "Um, oh yea... Then she, she pulled out a card, a card that looked just like the Clow Cards except they were black and gray, rather than orange and yellow..." Then she buried her face into his chest again. "But the most scariest thing," she said, her voice a bit muffled, "was that when I saw the girl, she looked exactly like me. She had the same features I did, except her eyes were so evil and cold."
Yue's left arm around Sakura loosened slightly and he lifted it and stroked her hair softly. It was so fine and silky... I could feel this hair forever... He ran his fingers through it over and over again. He could feel Sakura lean against him more and heard her sigh. Yue then took his right from Sakura's waist and lifted her chin slowly, left arm supporting her head.
"Sakura-sama," he whispered to her softly, "It is late, and I should be going now. I don't want to worry your brother or your father by standing out here like this with you." Sakura smiled a bit, then said, "Okay, Yue-san. And please don't tell anyone about my dream... Okay? It would worry Touya and he doesn't need to have anymore problems on his mind than he already has. Onegai?"
Yue frowned a little at this, but only said, "If it is your desire." He let her go completely and stepped back. "Oyasumi nasai, Sakura-sama," he said while bowing. He then stood to his full height and flapped his white wings and took off into the sky, the beautiful, glowing moon shining with him.
I do not own CCS, no sue. ^ ^
One-Unknown
by Sakura Maxwell
Behind his eyes, Yue could see his mistress chatting, laughing, and having a grand old time with her best friend, Tomoyo. He felt envious that his other part, Yukito, could share the same fun and happiness with them.
Oh, stop it. You are the mistress's guardian. You shouldn't have any feelings for her.
Ah, but how her eyes danced with glee and enjoyment. Her beautiful chestnut hair swayed in the wind as they ate ice cream cones. He caught himself staring through Yukito's eyes. How wonderful she was to him, his one and only dream. No, he couldn't let his emotions get the better of him. No, no. They were not destined to be. But how he longed to hold her, to comfort her in her time of need, even though she was no child anymore.
No, not the ten year old he faced before. Now she was eighteen years old, her hair more glossier and shiny, eyes deeper and more emerald green. She had grown up beautifully, form perfect. She was almost as tall as Yukito, which surprised Yue very much, since he thought she'd be a tad short when she grew up.
She still carried the Clow key everywhere she went, even though she was the Sakura Card mistress. Her magic was even more powerful than ever, and Yue even believed it was greater than his own. Of course, he was probably right, her power had increased whenever she captured those Clow cards and turned them into Sakura cards.
Inwardly, he sighed. Oh, sweet mistress, you do not know how much I want to be with you...
His urge to stare at her must have come through because he could see Sakura looking at him, or rather, Yukito. "Yukito-san, why are you staring at me?" she asked in confusion. Yue felt his cheeks turning red. But Yukito shook his head and blinked. "I was? Oh, gomen ne, Sakura-chan. I didn't mean to," he said sincerely. Sakura smiled her wide, happy smile and said, "It's okay!" She checked her watch. "Oh! I have to go back home and check on Kero-chan! He may have eaten the entire fridge."
Tomoyo and Yukito laughed at this, but Yue frowned. I wonder why Kerberus loves food so much. He surely doesn't need it to live.
He could see Sakura bowing at Tomoyo and Yukito and his heart lurched. I want to tell her.. But how can I? Her heart has been broken before... And it had. She and Syaoran had broken up and he had returned to Hong Kong. He himself, or rather, Yukito, had comforted Sakura in her time of need, as Yue so much wanted to do himself. She had really broken down when she recieved a letter from Syaoran, saying he couldn't visit anymore because of the Li family traditions and his responsibilities.
No, they were still friends, but it hurt Sakura that she couldn't see him again. It seemed she was just losing all her friends. Even Eriol was gone, and Kaho, too. She even missed Supi. Though Eriol had pretended to be Sakura's enemy, he was really helping her and she loved him as a friend for that. And Kaho had given her clues about when the cards needed to be caught. Yue could tell Sakura missed them all very much.
And even that Chinese girl, Meiling. Even though she had been mean to Sakura, they ended up being friends and Sakura missed her also. He could feel pity for his mistress. Losing the ones she loved.. She had only known them all for a short period of time, but it still didn't change the fact that she loved them all deeply. The only friends she could keep were the ones she already had from the beginning, Tomoyo, Kero, Yukito, and Yue himself.
He gasped inwardly as he saw Sakura walking away down the sidewalk. He made Yukito reach his hand out and say, "Hey, Sakura-chan, wait up! I'll walk you home!" He could see Sakura stop and look back, mildly confused. But she swept it away and smiled. "Okay, Yukito-san!"
Yukito ran up to her and looked partially confused himself. Sakura blinked. "What's wrong?" she asked. Yukito shook his head and said, "I guess the other me wanted to talk to you," he said simply. Yue's cheeks became really red. Well, he isn't lying.
Sakura shrugged and suggested, "Well, then why don't you let him talk to me, okay, Yukito-san?" Yukito nodded and Yue emerged. "Hello, mistress," he said.
Sakura hugged Yue tightly. Yue's eyes widened. He did not expect this, no, not at all. The mistress, hugging him?? It was absurd. "I'm so glad to see you again!" she said happily in his chest. His lips twitched into a small smile. She looked up at him, still holding him, and asked, "Did you want to talk to me about something, Yue-san?" Yue could feel his throat tighten. Is this it?
Sakura was staring at him with big emerald eyes. Her arms were wrapped around his waist. He felt the sudden urge to bend to her level and just kiss those soft lips with his own. How sensational that would be. He brushed those thoughts aside and said lowly, "I was just wondering if all is well, mistress."
Sakura giggled and said, "You know, you don't have to call me mistress. You could simply call me Sakura." Yue shook his head and said, "That would be disrespecting you, mistress." Sakura pouted and her arms fell to her sides. Yue flinched. Did I say something wrong?
Then Sakura looked up at him and said, "Hey, what could you call me without disrespecting me? Besides mistress?" Yue thought about that. He shrugged and said, "Sakura-sama?" Sakura twitched her nose. "I guess, it's better than- Hey, what's that?" she asked, pointing at something in the sky behind Yue. He turned around and saw a black bird flying. "It's just a... No, wait."
He could feel something. Magical... That is no ordinary bird. He didn't like this. Not one bit. "Mis-Sakura-sama, stay back, let me handle this," he said sternly. Sakura shook her head. "I can feel it too, Yue-san. I want to help." Yue waved his hand at her. "No, you might get hurt." Sakura puffed her cheeks and said, "I'm not ten anymore, Yue-san! I can defend myself!" and she grabbed her Clow key and chanted.
"Key which conceals the power of the stars, reveal your true self before me. I, Sakura, command this by contract. Release!" and the long magenta staff appeared. Its star was now long and pointed, rather than short and chubby. And the wings on the circle were now longer and much more sleek.
Yue looked at her, mildly surprised. "Sakura-sama!" he said. But she ignored him and called out, "Let's Fly!" and the two wings became larger bird wings. She hopped on and soared in the sky, heading in the direction of the black bird. "No, Sakura-sama!" Yue shouted. "What are you doing?!" He growled in frustration and took off, following her.
The black bird spotted Sakura coming and it shrieked out. It suddenly became larger as Sakura flew closer. Soon, it was as big as a large building. Sakura gasped in surprise. "Oh no! Thunder will take care of it." She landed on top a roof of a house and Fly returned. "Thunder, release!" Thunder shot out and hit the black bird. It shrieked again and tried to peck at Thunder, while it tried to fly at the same time.
"Yes, Thunder is winning!" Sakura cried out happily. The black bird lost balance and fell onto the road. Sakura narrowed her eyes and held her hand in front of her face as dust spread all around her. When it cleared she dropped her hand. Thunder was crackling around the black bird, but it seemed to have no effect. "Ah! Thunder, return!" Sakura yelled, "Jump, release!" Two wings appeared on her shoes and she jumped down by the bird.
"Okay, bird, you are going down!" Sakura yelled and took out another card. "Firey, release!" Firey appeared and swirled around the black bird, burning its pitch black feathers, making it scream. Such a horrible sound, Sakura had to cover her ears. But it wouldn't block the nasty voice. Its powerful shriek made Sakura lose her footing and fly backwards. "Ahhhhhhh!!"
Yue glanced up as he landed and saw Sakura heading straight for him. He turned around and braced himself. Then his mistress came at him full force, making him stumble. He wrapped his arms around her to shield her from the rocks and dust flying about. Soon the voice stopped and Sakura opened her eyes slightly. The black bird was lying on the ground, dead. Or at least, she thought it was. Then she realized she was being held by someone's arms. She looked up and blinked.
"Yue-san?" she asked. Yue stared down at her, then his cheeks turned a soft shade of pink and he let her go. "I-I was just pro-protecting you from the rocks and du-dust, Sakura-sama," he stuttered. He was aware that he had held her tightly, afraid if he let her go, she'd be gone forever. A silly thing really.
Sakura smiled and said, "Arigato, Yue-san." She turned around to look at the black bird. "Is it...?" she began. Yue stared at the bird with slow recognition. "Is it dead?" he asked. "No, it still lives like you and I. And it is no bird. It's the..."
"Dark Fly, return!" an unknown voice commanded.
Sakura and Yue jerked their heads in the direction from where the voice came from. They could see a shadow standing on a building. Its face was hidden in shadow and a cape flowed behind it. Its hands were raised and they saw a card fly into its grasp.
"Who is that?" Sakura asked softly. Yue shook his head slowly. "I do not know, but I will find out," he said and flapped his gigantic white wings. He flew up to the building and landed by the figure. It was wearing nothing but black, and it held a dark wand in its hand. "Who are you?" he demanded, his voice sharp. The figure smirked and Yue noticed two wings on the figures' shoes. But they weren't like the Jump Card's wings. No, these wings were dragon like. He looked back at the figures face, and he could see two ice cold blue eyes. He stepped back. Those eyes sent chills down his spine. The figure then laughed softly and jumped back, disappearing in shadow.
Yue frowned in frustration and turned around. He looked back at the spot where the figure was before he jumped down and flew back to Sakura. She was clutching her staff close by her chest, and there was fear in her eyes. Yue blinked and asked, "What is it?" Sakura just remained silent. He narrowed his eyes and shook her shoulders gently. "Sakura-sama, what's wrong?!" he asked more roughly. Sakura blinked and shook her head. "Wha..? Yue-san, please stop shaking me," she said. Yue let her go and said, "Are you okay?" Sakura nodded slowly. Then she looked up at him and smiled. "I'm okay, why do you ask?"
Yue raised a brow and said, "You were clutching your staff and you looked like something spooked you. Are you absolutely sure that you are fine?" Sakura looked down. "Um, yea, I think so.. It's just..." She held out her staff in front of her and said, "I saw a girl. When you went on that building to see who was there, I saw a girl. Well, I heard her first. She was in back of me. She was..." Sakura lifted the staff slightly. "She was laughing... Very softly... When I turned to face her, she was dressed completely in black... And she..she had a staff, just like mine."
Yue's eyes widened in shock. A staff, just like Sakura-sama's?! "What did the staff look like?" he asked more calmly than he felt. Sakura shrugged. "It was gray... The staff...and the star was silver..the wings were pitch black... And they weren't like the wings on my staff, no, they were like dragon wings..." She shivered. "It felt so..so.."
"Evil?" Yue filled in. Sakura nodded and put her hand down. "She had a dark aura around her... Yue-san, do you know who that was?" Yue looked up at the now darkening sky and asked, "Tell me something, when she disappeared, I assume she left," Sakura nodded, "did she just 'vanish'? As in just...gone? Or did she walk away?" Sakura looked puzzled, but answered, "She just vanished. Not a trace of her left." Yue nodded. "I thought so. Sakura-sama, what you saw was only a reflection, a copy of the real girl that I saw." He turned and faced the building he saw the figure. "What you saw.. Was what I went to investigate." He looked back at Sakura, noticed her confused expression, and continued.
"Remember when you saw the figure on top of this building?" Sakura nodded. "Well, when I went to see who it was, it also wore black. And it had the same wand you were describing. And let me ask you this. What color was the girl's eyes?" Sakura twirled the wand in her hands slowly and said, "Blue... Ice.. Cold eyes..." Yue gritted his teeth. "So I am right, after all. Sakura-sama, what you saw was a mirror image of the girl I saw on the roof of this building. Don't you get it? She is like you, she is a Card Captor."
Sakura gasped. A card captor? That's impossible! I thought there were only the Clow Cards, and I turned them into the Sakura Cards! "How could she possibly be what I am?" Sakura asked. Yue's wings suddenly sagged and he answered, "When Clow Reed made the Clow Cards, he also tried making a copy of the Clow Cards, except, they had the powers of darkness. He called those the Dark Clow Cards. Now, he sealed these cards away in a book, much like the Clow Cards, because they were pure evil. And only an evil heart could obtain them. So I suppose that girl was chosen to be the rightful owner of the Dark Clow Cards." He placed both hands on Sakura's shoulders and said, "Sakura-sama, you have yourself a new task at hand. A new enemy. Your enemy is that girl."
Sakura stepped back. "I have to fight her?" she asked. Yue nodded. "You must, or she will take over the Sakura Cards." Sakura looked down. Then she looked up suddenly and said, "If she's like me, then that means she must have guardians, too!" Yue nodded. "Yes, of course. I forgot about those two. Her guardians are similar to Kerberus and myself." He released Sakura's shoulders and pressed his hands together. "Their names are Kiri and Tsumetai. Kiri's symbol is Mist, of course. And Tsumetai's is, obviously, Ice. You so know what their powers are."
Sakura nodded. Yue smiled a bit. "Good, now Kiri is kind of like Supi or Kero. He is trapped in his small form until he is needed. When he is need, he turns into a gigantic wolf, and he has dragon like wings. And Tsumetai is more like myself and Rubymoon. She, like Kiri, has dragon wings. You don't need to know what she wears."
Sakura nodded and returned her staff into the key. Then she looked at Yue. "Let's go home, ne?" Yue nodded. "I'll...fly you home..if that is what you wish," Yue managed to say. Sakura's eyes lightened up and she said happily, "I'd love it if you'd do that! Arigato, Yue-san!" and hugged him. Yue was a bit startled by her reaction, but he shrugged and lifted her in his arms. Sakura moved her arms to his neck and hung on as Yue jumped up and flew into the now star-lit sky.
~*~*~*~*~
"WHAT?!"
Kero spat out his piece of cake and stared at Sakura. "You mean the Dark Clow Cards are here?!" he asked, enraged. Sakura nibbled her piece of cake and nodded. "Yea, that's what Yue said, anyway." Kero started flying back and forth. "Hmm.. That means the guardians are here as well. Okay, Sakura, we're gonna have to find this Dark Card Captor and put her in her place!"
Sakura looked up at him, startled. "What do you mean, 'put her in her place', Kero-chan?" Kero stopped and floated in front of her. "I mean, we have to make sure she goes back to wherever she came from. Plus," he added, "we have to fight her. To tell her we're stronger, back off." Sakura sighed. "I guess, but how do you suppose we find her?" Kero shrugged.
"How about we do a reading?" Kero suggested. Sakura smiled. "Yea, of course!" She went to her table and took out her Sakura Cards. She cleared off everything on her desk and spread out the cards, trying to get rid of everything in her mind. She sighed and gathered the cards and cut the deck into three groups, and then back into a whole deck. She then laid nine cards, picked randomly, on her desk in a large diamond at the center, along with the rest of the deck to the right. Then she began her incantation.
"Cards shaped by me, answer my question. Show me the truth behind my situation." A rush of warmth burst from the cards and surrounded her, making her hair whirl around.
When it died dow, she placed her hand over the first card at the top of diamond and flipped it over. "It's The Windy," she read aloud. Kero flew over to her crossed his arms together. "The Windy, hmm, remember, like the Mirror. Your enemy knows who you are. I suppose that explains why and how she knew that you were a Card Captor. Now flip over the three cards in the middle," he said. "And remember that these three cards are the one your enemy can use for guidance." Sakura flipped over the next card.
"It's The Watery," Sakura said to Kero. "The Watery, eh? That means opening someone's heart..or cooperation," Kero said and then pointed to the second card. "Now let's see what this one is."
"The Sword."
Kero landed on Sakura's shoulder and said, "The Sword is the power of destruction." Sakura gave him a confused glance, but shrugged and flipped the third, and final card over.
Sakura blinked and pushed herself back a bit. "Wha..? The Sweet..." Kero blinked, then began laughing. Sakura turned to look at him. "What's so funny, Kero-chan?" she asked, confusion obvious. Kero fell off and landed on the desk, laughing his big head off. Sakura pouted and yelled, "KERO-CHAN!! STOP LAUGHING!" Kero finally stopped, and sat back up.
"Gomen ne," Kero said between gasps of breath. "But that is just really odd." Sakura blinked and asked, "What does The Sweet mean?" Kero pointed to the card and said, "The Sweet means new love, or a heart that is dependant." Sakura dropped the card and clamped her hands to her cheeks, which were burning red.
"Hooooooee!!"
Kero waited for Sakura to calm herself down before he instructed, "Now, flip over the card at the bottom." Sakura placed her hand over the bottom card. "This will tell you what your enemy is after."
Sakura flipped the card over.
"Oh, it's The Light.."
Kero blinked. "The Light?" he asked in a weird tone. Sakura nodded. "The Light... What does it mean...?" Kero shook his head. "I don't know. But when you find out, you better tell me or Yue," Kero said seriously. Sakura nodded slightly. "Uh huh..."
The Light... What is my enemy after that includes The Light...?
~*~*~*~*~
Touya slammed his cup of tea down roughly on the wooden table and looked Yukito straight in the eye. "WHAT?!" he asked in shock. Yukito flinched and said, "Well, I feel like Sakura-chan is in danger. I mean, Yue was with her when they took that walk home." Touya sat back down in his seat and said wearily, "If he knows what happened, maybe he should be the one talking.." Yukito nodded. "You're probably right, here." Yukito closed himself and Yue came forth.
"What is it you want to know?" Yue asked flatly. Touya ran his hand through his dark brown hair and said, "Can you please tell me all that happened while you and Sakura were walking?" Yue nodded and explained they had encountered a huge black bird, Sakura tried to fight it, but it was too strong, then a figure called the bird to her and he tried to see who it was, and at the same time, Sakura met the mirror image of this girl. Then he had taken her home.
"So now Sakura has a new enemy?" Touya asked, exasperated. Yue nodded silently. "Can you describe her?" Again, Yue nodded. "She wore all black, had ice cold blue eyes and had the same staff as Sakura, except it was darker. And I believe her hair was a dark hazel, but I couldn't see that well." Touya looked up at Yue and asked, "Dark hazel? Kind of like a darker version of Sakura's?" Yue nodded. Touya rubbed his chin. "I think I saw her somewhere.. By Sakura's high school."
Yue turned on him sharply. "You saw her?!" he asked. Touya shrugged. "I think I did. She had dark hazel hair, wore black, but I couldn't see her eyes. She had a mysterious feeling around her as I was passing by. She was looking up in the window where Sakura's room was. She kind of gave me the creeps so I didn't stay looking at her for long."
Yue's wings reached the ceiling and he said thoughtfully, "Yes, that was probably her alright. And I think I know why she was staring at Sakura-sama's classroom. Yes... Of course, otherwise she would not be here!" Touya looked at Yue with confusion. "What the hell are you talking about?" he asked. Yue brushed his question away. "It's nothing that concerns you."
Touya narrowed his eyes and said, "It concerns me alright. Sakura is my little sister! If she has a new enemy then it concerns me. Got it?" Yue shrugged and said calmly, "I got it. Let me ask you something, how do you feel about Sakura-sama?" Touya blinked, puzzled by the abrupt change of subject, and said, "Well, she's my little sister, I really care about her. And... And I don't know what I would do if I was to lose her..." He shook his head and laughed. "I wonder why I'm telling you any of this, it's not like you'd know how I'd feel." And then Touya wished he hadn't said that.
But Yue remained silent. Then, "And how do you..feel about that boy, Syaoran. How did you feel about him loving Sakura-sama?" Touya cranked his neck and sighed. "I never liked the kid much. I mean, the first time I met him was when he was...harrassing my sister. So I never got a really good impression of him. When I found out he liked Sakura, I kind of went ballistic. But whatever, I wanted Sakura to be happy, and she was happy with him. But then he had to go to Hong Kong and broke up with her, I guess he wasn't very much of a boyfriend."
Yue frowned. "He had his reasons." Touya mumbled something under his breath and said, "Reasons? Whatever. If he knew he had to take on the family responsibility, he should have never gone out with Sakura. That no good-" Yue cut him off by saying, "And what about Sakura-sama liking anyone else?" This took Touya by surprise.
"Sakura likes another person??" Touya asked. Yue shook his head. "No, she does not, well not that I know of. But I am asking you what you would think if she did." Touya shrugged and sipped some of his tea. "I suppose it just depends on the person she likes. If it's someone I know, it would be better than a schoolboy I don't know. Why do you ask?" Yue folded his wings and said, "No reason. Well, I shall be going now, I don't want to take time away from you and Yukito," and his form left and went to Yukito's own.
"Um, what did he say?" Yukito asked, sitting down. Touya sighed and said, "Nothing important, just that Sakura has a new enemy.." Yukito smiled. "Your young Sakura is growing up, you shouldn't worry too much. After all, she is the most powerful sorceress that we know of." Touya grinned. "Yep, she sure is."
"I think I'll go to sleep now, it's pretty late and I have class tomorrow," Yukito said as he stood up. "Care to join me?" Touya grinned and followed Yukito into their bedroom.
~*~*~*~*~
"Man, I'm tired..." grumbled Kero as he slipped into his little drawer. "Time to take a little nap..." Sakura blinked. "Kero-chan, you're always sleeping. How can you be so tired?" she asked in amazement. But the tiny guardian was already asleep. Sakura smiled and climbed in her own bed.
I wonder who that girl was...
Sakura turned over. I'll find out more about her tomorrow. And with that, the Sakura Card mistress dreamt.
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura dreamt she was on that same building. The same building she always was on when she met a new person. She had seen Syaoran and Mizuki-san in her dreams around the building, and the tower.
And like her first dream of Syaoran, all the Sakura Cards were floating around her, but Kero wasn't with her. "What's happening?" Sakura asked no one. She looked up at the tower and saw the girl. The girl in black.
Sakura gasped and stepped back. "Who is she?" The girls' ice blue eyes bore into Sakura's emerald green ones. Then she could see the figure pull out a wand. "It's that wand!" Sakura said aloud. "The same one I saw!" The figure then threw a card in the air and brought the wand down on it. It shimmered and diappeared, and Sakura could see the figure jumping off the tower.
"What's that?" Sakura asked in a whisper, because on the girl's feet were two small dragon wings. "Almost like The Jump card..." She stepped back involuntarily as the figue landed just inches away from her. Now she could see the face more clearly. And when she did, she gasped and stepped back yet again.
"You look just like me!" she cried out. And it was true. The mysterious girl has every single feature of Sakura's face. All that was different was her eyes, they were so cold and evil looking they sent shivers down Sakura's spine. The girl smirked and put her hand out in front of her, in front of Sakura, beckoning her to come closer. But Sakura shook her head and put her staff out.
The girl laughed, a cruel sound, and pulled out yet another strange card. And Sakura could see that clearly also. "They look just like the Clow Cards..." she whispered fearfully. The figure threw it in the air and brought her staff apon it, calling out, "Dark Thunder!" There was a flash of lightning and the crackling of bolts and the girl was gone.
~*~*~*~*~
Sakura's eyes snapped open and she sat straight up in bed. She was breathing rapidly, as if she just ran a marathon, and her head was beaded with sweat. She clutched the sheets in a death grip and waiting for herself to calm down. "It was only a dream, it was only a dream," she kept repeating to herself over and over softly.
Soon her breathing evened, and her girp loosened. But she was still spooked about the dream. She looked just like me... But her eyes were so cold and...forbiding... And it was like she had a new set of Clow Cards... That must be her, and the Dark Clow Cards Yue was telling me.... She shivered and hugged herself tightly.
She climbed out of bed and opened her window. She silently summonded her staff and The Windy to take her up to the roof. There she sat down and hugged herself tightly still and buried her head in her knees, wishing... Wishing..that...
I wish Yue was here...
~*~*~*~*~
Yukito sat straight up in bed. He blinked and turned to look at Touya, who was sleeping peacefully beside him. He sighed. I felt something... His hand roamed over the small table, as he tried to find his glasses. But behind him, Yue was not feeling comfortable at all.
Sakura-san, she is in distress... I must go to her at once...
Yukito must have sensed this because he got slowly out of bed and snuck out the door. "Okay, Yue. Do what you must," Yukito whispered as the familiar blackness swept around him and was transformed into Yue. Now in his guardian form, Yue walked to the door, opened it, closed it, and took flight in the direction of Sakura's house.
It wasn't long before he arrived at his destination, but was a bit surprised to see his mistress sitting on the roof of her house, hugging herself tightly and shivering from the cold. He was suddenly filled with much concern and landed softly next to her.
"Sakura-sama, what are you doing out here at a time like this?" the worried guardian asked, folding his wings. Sakura looked up in surprisement and turned her head to face Yue. "Yue-san!" she exclaimed. "I didn't know you were here! Why did you come?" Yue tugged at his robe nervously and said, "I felt a need to come and see if you were all right."
Sakura blinked in confusion. He can sense emotions? She blinked again, then smiled warmly. "Everything if okay, Yue-san, you can go back to Touya if you want." Yue didn't know why, but he felt hurt by her words. It was like she didn't want him around. He swallowed unexpectant tears welling up inside him and sat down next to Sakura.
"Do not try to make me feel relieved," he said nonchantly, "because I know something is distressing you." Sakura stared into his gentle, calm light-blue orbs and felt herself wanting to get closer. So she reached out her whole body and pulled Yue in a soft hug. Yue blinked and looked down at his mistress, then he smiled and wrapped his arms around her. Even if all she wants is a person to lean on, then let me be the one she leans on...
She felt so...protected in his arms. As if she didn't need anyone but Yue to make her happy. The two children of magic stayed like that for some time before Sakura remembered why she was so distressed in the first place.
She removed her head from his warm chest and looked up at him. "Yue-san, the reason I was so scared in the first place was because..." Yue looked down at her kindly. "Please, tell me, Sakura-sama, so that I may be helpful in anyway," he said softly. Sakura smiled a bit and continued, "I had a dream... A scary dream..." Sakura felt like she was seven years old again, in her fathers arms whenever she had a nightmare. "I dreamt about that girl..." Sakura could feel Yue's grip on her tighten. "I dreamt that I saw her, face to face. She jumped in front of me and was holding that same staff I saw earlier.. And she was beckoning me to come closer to her... To come with her, almost. And then.."
She didn't know what was happening, but Sakura's feelings got all twisted and she felt the need to do something..rather unexpected, that it shocked even herself. Being in Yue's arms, it made her want to... reach up to him and... Oh, stop it! You are the Sakura Card mistress. He's only doing this because you are the mistress.
"Is something wrong, Sakura-sama?" Yue asked, when Sakura did not speak for some time. Sakura shook her head. "Nothing, nothing at all.." she said. "Um, oh yea... Then she, she pulled out a card, a card that looked just like the Clow Cards except they were black and gray, rather than orange and yellow..." Then she buried her face into his chest again. "But the most scariest thing," she said, her voice a bit muffled, "was that when I saw the girl, she looked exactly like me. She had the same features I did, except her eyes were so evil and cold."
Yue's left arm around Sakura loosened slightly and he lifted it and stroked her hair softly. It was so fine and silky... I could feel this hair forever... He ran his fingers through it over and over again. He could feel Sakura lean against him more and heard her sigh. Yue then took his right from Sakura's waist and lifted her chin slowly, left arm supporting her head.
"Sakura-sama," he whispered to her softly, "It is late, and I should be going now. I don't want to worry your brother or your father by standing out here like this with you." Sakura smiled a bit, then said, "Okay, Yue-san. And please don't tell anyone about my dream... Okay? It would worry Touya and he doesn't need to have anymore problems on his mind than he already has. Onegai?"
Yue frowned a little at this, but only said, "If it is your desire." He let her go completely and stepped back. "Oyasumi nasai, Sakura-sama," he said while bowing. He then stood to his full height and flapped his white wings and took off into the sky, the beautiful, glowing moon shining with him.
I do not own CCS, no sue. ^ ^