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2 A love story
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4 Chapter II:
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5 Card battle! The Control
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7 by Ricardo Chirino
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8 riel@telcel.net.ve
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10 ***
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12 DISCLAIMER:
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14 I do not own Card Captor Sakura. CLAMP does! Other companies do! However, I used
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15 their characters and ideas without permission. Still, this is just for fun, and
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16 I'm not capitalizing on this, so please, don't sue me! X_x
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17 Be forewarned: This tale doesn't contain explicit yuri scenes, but it's a
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18 shôjo-ai story nonetheless (love between girls). Enjoy!
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19
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20 ***
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21
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22 READ THIS PLEASE:
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23
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24 Before reading this you should've read Chapter I ^^ Please, read it before to
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25 get a better understanding of this part. Domo arigato!
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26 In this part I'll switch from Tomoyo's. Don't ask why. Just read. However, I'm
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27 almost sure that from now on I'm only going to use a witness POV, and switch
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28 from POVs from time to time... The story needs it ^^ It's really annoying (and
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29 shows my lack of good writing skills XD)... but I can't figure any other way of
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30 developing the story. Gomen! :P)
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31
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32 Japanese terms new to this part:
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33
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34 1) Nani: This little midget translates to "What?"
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35 2) Masaka: Translates to "It can't be!" (if you've seen a lot of anime in
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36 japanese you shold ve VERY familiar with this word ^^)
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37 3) Rokushô Tama: "Verdigris sphere" is one of the attacks of ________ (read ^^).
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38 4) Tonikaku: "At any rate, anyways"
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39 5) Hai: Means "Yes"
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40
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41 ***
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42
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43 Sakura stood alert in the middle of the park. It looked like the card would stay
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44 hidden. She stood there for a long time, until that happened. I threw my video
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45 camera to the hard cobblestones of the park. My head started to feel weird and I
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46 heard this weird voice on my sub-conciousness. A cold feeling started to wrap my
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47 body. I was very dizzy and couldn't even move. I panicked!
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48
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49 "Oh no! This can't be!" I thought. "If this card controls me... No! I can't bear
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50 the idea of hurting Sakura-chan!
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51
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52 I was still concious of my actions. However, some unknown force thwarted my free
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53 will. I was possesed. I couldn't decide what to do. My body started to obey the
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54 commands of this evil Clow Card and move on it's own. I started to get very
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55 worried about Sakura. I didn't care about me... I just wanted to protect
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56 Sakura-chan!"
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57
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58 "Look Sakura!" Kero yelled. Sakura inmediately noticed something was wrong with
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59 me.
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60 "Sa.. Sakura!" I don't know how I managed to say that. My whole body felt like
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61 a eight ton rock. Perhaps my love for her made me stronger. "R... RUN AND BE
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62 SAFE!!!"
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63
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64 Sakura shocked at the sight! Oh, God... Poor Sakura! I felt horrible. Only a few
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65 hours ago the incident with Naoko-chan... and now I was the root of her
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66 uneasyness.
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67
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68 "I can't!" She cried. "I CAN'T LEAVE YOU, TOMOYO-CHAN!"
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69
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70 I noticed some tears started to run down her rosy cheeks. I wanted to cry too,
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71 but my eyes were dry and hard... I could barely feel them. I started to feel a
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72 great pain in my whole body. My mind was trying to resist to the attempts of the
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73 wretched Clow Card, but it was all in vain. After a while of futile resistence,
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74 The Control finally took charge of me.
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75
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76 I started to run towards Sakura-chan. Now my real self couldn't do a thing. I
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77 still felt the inmense pain... My soul was crying. I was very worried for
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78 Sakura. Sakura stood still, waiting for me. I tackled her very hardly and she
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79 flew away. My strenght was also boosted due to the magic effects of this Clow
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80 Card. I couldn't believe I was the one harming Sakura. I noticed how she rolled
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81 on the cold cobblestone floor of the park plaza, and the skin of her knees
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82 scratched. It was unbearable for me. I was fighting with Sakura-chan. The
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83 feeling of pain grew even bigger than before.
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84
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85 "SAKURA!!!" I cried louder than ever. The tears began falling. "PLEASE! RUN
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86 AWAY!"
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87 "NO!" She said gasping. I could feel the pain she was feeling. "I WON'T LEAVE
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88 YOU TOMOYO-CHAN! I'm responsible for what happened to Naoko-chan, AND I'M NOT
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89 GOING TO LEAVE YOU!"
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90
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91 Sakura got up once again. She started to tremble. Little droplets of blood were
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92 dripping from the tears of her skin. I won't be able to forgive myself! I know
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93 it's not my fault! I'm being controlled by the card, but... Now it was really
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94 overwhelming. The pain grew even more... And I lost it... The pain was gone, and
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95 I saw only black. Cold and lonely black...
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98 "Sakura! You need to seal the force first!" Kero said to Sakura.
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99 "How on earth can I do that?" Sakura yelled. "I don't have the slightest idea on
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100 how can I free Tomoyo from the influence of the magic energy.
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101 "You DON'T need to free her at all..." Kero mumbled. "You must think of a way to
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102 get The Control out of her. That's the only way.
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103 "Hoe!" Sakura started to cry once again.
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104 "Don't be such a crybaby!" Kero said. "Remember what Tomoyo said!"
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105
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106 Sakura's eyes were wide open. She started to remeber what Tomoyo-chan said
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107 earlier. She remembered that she promised to be a courageous Card Captor. She
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108 needed to regain that confidence, and she needed it back fast.
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109
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110 "I know. I'm sure I'll find a way to free Tomoyo from the card! I MUST SAVE MY
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111 DEAR TOMOYO!"
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112
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113
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114 Tomoyo let a scream. Maybe it was from the unbearable pain she felt. The fact
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115 was that her face changed. Her gaze was different... She looked evil. Sakura
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116 noticed this. She got ready for an inminent attack. But to her surprise it
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117 wasn't a physical attack. Tomoyo started to levitate. She rose from the soil
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118 until she reached about two meters. Then she stopped.
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119
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120 "Hoe! What's happening!?" Sakura was puzzled.
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121 "This is not right! This card isn't wild!" Kero was very worried.
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122 "NANI?" Sakura cried out.
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123 "This is planned... The Control couldn't manage to prepare something like this
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124 on her own..." Kero said, thinking about it...
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125 "I don't get it!" Sakura said in a deep confusion.
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126 "I mean that this card is already working for someone... There is another Card
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127 Captor near here. I can feel a great mana presence."
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128
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129
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130 In fact Kerberos was right. Mana, the magical force that maintains the delicate
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131 equilibrium of the world, was showing it's presence there. Suddenly, Tomoyo-chan
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132 started to glow, and a magic emblem appeared on the cold floor, directly under
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133 her feet. I was very complex and featured a lot of details and inscriptions in
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134 the ancient language of the magi.
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135
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136 "Masaka!!" Kero was shocked.
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137 Sakura was too worried and perplexed to even try to say something. Her mouth was
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138 opened. She was too confused.
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139 "What do I need to do?" She cried.
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140 "I don't know Sakura!" chuckled Kero, not believing the great amount of magical
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141 energy he felt. "The Control must be somewhere. Maybe if you try hitting her..."
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142 "But where is she!!! WHERE IS SHE!!!" Sakura cried harder.
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145 The strange Tomoyo was still floating at a couple of meters from the soil. She
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146 opened her eyes and looked directly at Sakura-chan. Her gaze was evil and
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147 lifeless. She looked like she was dead. This new vision of horror was all that
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148 Sakura needed to lose it. She fainted.
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149
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150 "SAKURA-CHAN!!!" Kero screamed when she saw Sakura falling to the ground.
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151
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152 Kerberos got near Sakura. She didn't move. Her eyes were completely closed. She
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153 was only breathing, but if she didn't wake up soon, Tomoyo would kill her. The
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154 possesed Tomoyo closed her eyes once again. She extended her right arm, and
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155 opened her hand. The palm of her hand started to emit a light green glow, and a
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156 little version of the powerful magical emblem appeared on the pale skin of her
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157 palm. A bigger one appeared around her wrist and this one started to spin
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158 slowly. It was a morbid spectacle of deadly magic. The light began to
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159 concentrate on a little sphere on Tomoyo's hand, and this little orb of mana
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160 began to grow. It's green light was very bright. Tomoyo was ready to strike
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161 Sakura with the spell anytime soon...
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162
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163 "SAKURA!!" Kero cried out loud. "YOU MUST WAKE UP!"
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164 Sakura didn't move, and Tomoyo was ready to throw the ball of magic at them.
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165 "So this is it..." Kero said softly, waiting for the strike.
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166
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167 Tomoyo opened her eyes. She had a smirk painted on her devil-like child face.
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168 She laughed and said with an out-of-this-world voice:
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169
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170 "Rokushô Tama!"
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171
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172 The sphere of green light popped up a bit and the started to fly down at Sakura
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173 at an unbelievable speed. Kero thought this was their end, but..
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174
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175 "God of thunder!!" said a familiar voice from behind.
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176
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177 A thunder came darting from behind. The sparks impacted the sphere of green
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178 energy. The orb was deflected and it impacted right behind Tomoyo-chan. It
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179 exploded on a big cloud of green mist and energy. It almost looked like hot,
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180 burning plasma.
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183 Li Syaoran made it right in time. If he were a minute later, sakura would've...
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184 At any rate, all was over, or at least for now. The Control lied there on the
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185 floor. A few meters from her lied Tomoyo's body. Kero noticed Li was there.
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186
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187 "You've come at the perfect time, brat." he said at Li.
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188 "Watch you tongue, asshole..." Li said.
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189 Kero was really angry. "Tonikaku, help me with Sakura."
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190
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191 Li leaned to see Sakura. She was all right, and she slowly opened her eyes.
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192
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193 "What happened?.." she asked Li, slowly getting on her knees.
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194 "It's over... The card is defeated. Now you must seal it..." Li said, blushing
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195 a little. He was starting to feel uneasy whenever he was near Sakura-chan. "You
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196 must do it quickly Sakura..."
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197 "What about Tomoyo?" Sakura's eyes openened more. "IS SHE OKAY?"
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198 Li nodded and pointed to where Tomoyo was lying. Sakura was overjoyed and a few
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199 tears of happiness escaped from her eyes. "Oh, thank you god..."
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200 Sakura began to run to Tomoyo, but Li moved his arm and grabbed hers. "Daijôbu,
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201 Sakura-chan?"
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202 "Hai!"
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203
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204 Sakura ran as fast as her wounded legs allowed her. She reached Tomoyo quickly.
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205 Inmediatly she leaned her head, getting near to Tomoyo's. She was still
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206 breathing. And Sakura could finally breathe peacefully again. Sakura embraced
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207 Tomoyo and started to cry.
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208
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209 "Oh, thank you god."
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210
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211 Li stood up and looked at Sakura. He felt happy for her, but at the same time
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212 felt a deep sadness withing him. He was starting to fall in love with her, but
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213 she knew that even if Sakura tried to love him, her real feelings were for
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214 Tomoyo-chan.
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217 Tomoyo slowly opened her eyes and noticed that Sakura was embracing her. She
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218 started to weep and returned the embrace.
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219
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220 "Sakura-chan..." Tomoyo said between gasps. "Please, forgive me!"
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221 "No..." Sakura said, placing her soft hands on Tomoyo's white cheeks. "Its okay.
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222 It wasn't your fault." A few tears of joy rolled down her cheeks.
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223 "Sakura is worried about me... Sakura... I love you so much." Tomoyo thought,
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224 closing her eyes.
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225
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226 Li was dissapointed. He wanted to be with Sakura like that... But he knew that
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227 wouldn't happen. He went close to the sweet couple.
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228
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229 "Sakura, you must seal the card fast..."
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230 "Hai!" she answered.
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231
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232 Sakura stood up, and Tomoyo did too. Tomoyo had one arm clasped around
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233 Sakura-chan's waist. She was still shocked and wanted to hold Sakura. To feel
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234 she was really all right. After a while, Sakura went near the body of The
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235 Control. The card was lying on the cold soil, trembling. She slowly opened her
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236 eyes and looked at Sakura.
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237
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238 "I'm going to seal you."
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239 "Do it if you want..." the card said, sadly. "I've already failed my master,
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240 Emeraldo."
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241 "What?" Sakura asked.
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242 "Seal me already!" the card cried out. "My master won't receive me! I FAILED
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243 HIM!"
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244 "Hoe!"
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245
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246 Sakura didn't understand what was happening at all. She only knew that this
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247 Emeraldo was the previous owner of The Control, whoever he was. Sakura proceeded
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248 to seal the card, and she finally did it. The Clow Card flew from the air until
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249 she reached Sakura's hand.
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250
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251 "So this is The Control..."
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253
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254 Meanwhile, in the rooftop of a nearby building, a mysterious silhoutte was
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255 looking at the events in the park. The hair of the figure was flowing with the
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256 cold breeze of the night.
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257
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258 "She's stronger than I thought." The subject smirked. "It won't be too long,
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259 though... So wait for it, Sakura..."
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260
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261 ***
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262
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263 JIKAI YOKOKU:
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264
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265 Who is this Emeraldo guy? He and the new mysterious Clow Cards are doing their
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266 stuff, trying to destroy Sakura's life. Tomoyo, as usual is going to be very
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267 supportive to Sakura-chan, but... Will Sakura be able to endure all the
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268 hardships to come? What? A new student comes??
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269
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270 Don't miss the next chapter of A love story,
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271
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272 Chapter III:
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273 Transfer student...
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274
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275 ***
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277 AUTHOR'S NOTES:
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278
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279 I guess this is starting to lose the shôjo-ai strenght :( But I want to create
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280 a new story about Card Captor Sakura... Gomen for that ^^ BTW, this whole
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281 Emeraldo ordeal is starting to shape like Eriol's (the third season of the TV
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282 series). Anyways, I'm still looking forward to reading you comments/critiques.
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283 E-mail me at my address, riel@telcel.net.ve. See you soon! ^^
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284
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285 Created: 03-21-2001
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286 Last revision: 03-23-2001 |