Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ All I Need... ❯ To Be Reborn First One Must Die ( Chapter 14 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
She reached out her hand and rested it against the metal of the door handle. It felt warm to the touch instead of the cold she had been expecting and she looked at it curiously before twisting it. It opened easily and it’s heaviness caused her to stumble forward on her unsteady legs and she let go when the door continued to swing free of it’s own accord.



Sakura froze, before her shining brightly in an aura of heavenly light was a beautiful woman. The woman turned to her slowly her smile kind, and her eyes a familiar green.



‘M-mother?’ Sakura asked. The angel smiled and held out her petite hand to the pale girl.



‘You came sooner than expected,’ was all she said. Sakura looked at her curiously before she took her hand. Her mother’s hand was warm compared to her own and brought ease to the pain she had been feeling since she had come to this world of darkness.



‘So my little one, how have you been?’ Her mother asked. Sakura sighed and leaned into the warmth her mother seemed to radiate with.



‘I’ve been stuck here, in this place where I don’t belong for a long while it seems. I need to get back to reality, I need to be with Dad and my friends, and Syaoran,’ She replied. Nadeshiko nodded, a few strands of her ashen black her brushed softly across Sakura’s cheek.



‘I understand little one. I wish for you to return as well, your poor father and brother are so worried’.



‘Can’t you send me back? Isn’t there someway for you to help me?’ Sakura asked, as she lifted her head to look into her mother’s eyes. Nadeshiko smiled at her and then shook her head.



‘I cannot meddle in this affair. It’s too grand and too important. You are here for a reason Sakura. You are here to find that power of yours, your invincible spell,’ Nadeshiko told her. Sakura shook her head sadly as she looked away when tears clouded her eyes.



‘But, I don’t want to be here. I don’t want to fight anyone, I just want to go back to my life and be with Syaoran. I hate worrying everyone I care about, it seems so stupid and meaningless’.



Nadeshiko smiled again and reached up to cup Sakura’s face between her small hands. She rubbed away the stray tears that fell down her daughter’s cheek, and then brushed her bangs from her face.



‘My little one, my little Sakura, you’ve grown so well, and you love so much. Sweet heart you need to be strong, I have all the faith in the world that you will succeed. Just keep smiling, and it’ll be okay’.



‘How do you know, Mother?’ Sakura asked. Nadeshiko smiled again, a secretive smile that held love and kindness.



‘I don’t, but I have faith. Faith in you and your heart, just keep smiling little one’. Nadeshiko leaned forward and lightly kissed Sakura’s forehead before she started to fade from sight. Sakura tried to smile for her, but it was a weak attempt.



‘Smile little one. Just smile with your heart’.










Eriol looked across the bed to the hunched form of his love. Tomoyo had been sitting there for a long while just praying to every god and goddess she knew to bring Sakura back. He knew very well that even if they heard they would not be able to intervene this event very well was out of their hands, for fate and destiny were at work here.



“I was surprised Syaoran didn’t want to come with us today,” Tomoyo said. Eriol shook his head and leaned back in his chair.



“I’m not, he’s having a hard time with this whole ordeal. It’s best not to push him too much. I’m sure he’ll come by later to be alone with Sakura ,” Eriol told her. Tomoyo sighed and shook her head.



“How could this happen? Why did this happen? It’s so unfair,” Tomoyo cried. Eriol got up from his seat and went to stand beside her; he rested his arms across her petite shoulders, and giving her a squeeze.



“Sakura’s a strong girl, and she’ll be fine, just don’t worry about her. Everything will be fine”. Tomoyo just sobbed and Eriol hung his head in a defeated way. There wasn’t anything to cheer her up, only Sakura’s awakening would do that, and he hoped it was soon.










Sakura looked around herself once again and found that she was now in a land of light. Of course it was better from darkness and her pain was eased by the caress of warmth, like the sun’s rays were reaching out to her. She knew now of the quest she had in store for her, and she knew she needed to keep going forward, because going back wasn’t an option.



‘So, where do I go from here? What am I looking for, and how long is it going to take to find it?” Sakura asked herself. She sighed and started off in one direction. There wasn’t anything around, just brightness and warmth. She figured if she wanted something to happen she couldn’t just stand around and wait for it.











Gray eyes watched the lone chestnut haired boy as he walked home from school. This was the boy the card mistress loved and trusted most of all. Of course it was unrealistic to think that he could befriend him in such a time, and Jinji had to wonder who else was close to the card mistress. Jinji sighed and shook his head letting his gaze travel across the courtyard once again, he came to a stop when he saw a young couple. An ebony haired girl and a navy haired boy, they sat together and talked amongst themselves like they were the only ones around. He knew the girl to be Sakura’s best friend and the boy was a wizard of some sort. He sighed once again. This new assignment was ridiculous.



‘I could easily destroy the card mistress while she is incapacitated. Why wait until she’s back to strength,’ He thought. His eyes narrowed and he shook his head again to himself as he wondered off down the school path.



‘My mistress is weak, and craves a challenge, but this girl. This Card Mistress is even too strong for her’. The scenery around him changed as he entered the city, his feet were carrying him to the hospital, where inside lay the debilitated card mistress.










The light was staring to become blinding as she continued to walk and around her an unnatural wind was starting to pick up. The wind was a hot burst against her skin and as she continued to walk it seemed to pull and push at her, like it was trying to rip her apart. Sakura shielded her eyes as the light grew to great intensity, and then a deafening howl of wind pulled at her. The light around her suddenly fell to darkness again and Sakura opened her eyes to find herself standing before a huge wall of pink energy. It looked like a wall of pink flames that leapt and surged toward her heating the air and wind around her, and she could only stare in wonder.



‘Is this my power?’ She asked to no one. ‘What am I suppose to do? How do I tame it’.










There weren’t any visitors for her at this time of night since it was only a few minutes until visitor hours were over, the shades were drawn to her room so any who passed by could not see inside. He pushed open the door and then closed it behind himself, twisting the lock shut. The room was dark, and through the drawn shades of the windows a small amount of sunlight had found it’s way in, and gave the room a warm, yet eerie lighting.



“Looks are certainly deceiving. You look so fragile, though in truth if you wished it you could destroy the world,” Jinji said aloud. His gray eyes trailed over the peaceful face of the card mistress, she looked almost angelic and he had to resist the urge to brush the bangs from her forehead. He was pure evil, and his blood was brimming with dark magic and like the sun to a vampire, Sakura’s pure power could wipe him from existence if she were to use it against him.



“So, you are the one my mistress fears and you are the one who protects this pathetic planet. This simple little child, it’s quite extraordinary”. Jinji reached toward her his hands hovering over her small neck. A wicked smiled settled upon his lips as he applied pressure to her neck, cutting off her air supply.










The wind started to kick up and Sakura grabbed at her neck as she felt a horrible pressure attacking her there. She clawed at her neck but nothing relieved the pressure. The air around her went from warm to cold and she staggered toward the wall of energy. Sakura didn’t know what to do, but she felt drawn to the heat of the energy as her own life started to drain from her body.



Sakura reached toward the energy her fingers brushing against the flames, the heat burning her.



“P-please, help me,” She struggled to say. As if in reaction to her pleads the energy radiated and expanded surrounding her body in pink flames.










He had felt the steady decreased of her temperature, and heart heat monitor was slowing. But then suddenly her skin erupted in a scorching heat. Jinji let out a blood-curling scream as the flesh of his hands burned and he pulled away from her quickly staring at his charred hands. Sakura’s body radiated with a bright light that began to encompassed the room. Jinji looked around horrified, the light was burning at his skin, and in a quick exit he dematerialized from the room.



As the light cleared the heart monitor rung out with a shrilling beep. A nurse rushed in hearing the commotion, and then rushed out to put the hospital on full alert.



“Call a doctor and get a defibrillator down here quick, her heart has stopped”.