Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ School Play ❯ The Second Chance ( Chapter 7 )

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The School Play
Part 7: The Second Chance
By Ketchum
Disclaimer: I do not own anything except for Matt and the plot.
Author's note: God, I wanted to finish this so bad, it's not my best work (personally I think the last chapter was better) but I hope this is decent enough of an ending. I wanna start working on some originals, and maybe dig up some of those old stories I started a while ago. Anyhow, enjoy, and thanks again to Rachel for consoling me as I wrote this :).

Syaoran sat on the floor next to Eriol and the frozen in air Touya. He looked over to Yuki and noticed there was saliva hanging from his mouth, it too was frozen in mid air; today had been a disgusting day if he had ever seen one. He turned his head back to Eriol and looked into his eyes, he was empty, and his soul had been destroyed, the reincarnation of Clow Reed himself, dead.
Syaoran bowed his head, what was he supposed to do. Suddenly, without thinking, words began to flow from his mouth. It was as if someone else had taken over his brain, could it be Eriol?
The room began to spin, how far back would he have to go? Would he have control over it? If things continued as they were, then probably not. He felt a lurch in his stomach, he felt nauseous, and suddenly he was thrown out onto the floor. Sakura was asleep on the couch. He looked around, feeling confused out of his mind. He needed to wake her up! Then again, something inside his head warned him that he had to let this happen, he was there for another reason. Another part of his mind tried to debate, he didn't even know what else he could do, then suddenly something in his head snapped. He had to call Eriol, maybe the past Eriol would know what to do.
He grabbed his cell phone and hurried out of the house. Hitting 4 on the speed dial, Eriol's number instantly dialed, and before he knew what was happening he was on the phone with his dead friend. He could barely contain himself, knowing that one of his best friends (you heard me!) only had a few more hours of his life left.
"Eriol, this is Syaoran," he said abruptly.
"What's going on Syaoran? Something has happened to the cards," he said sternly.
"I know, Eriol you have to listen to me, I'm Syaoran from a few hours from now, you sent me back in time," he paused.
"How the hell did I send you back in time? That's not possible, unless," Eriol paused, "Syaoran, what time did you leave at?" he asked.
"I don't know, but it's only a few hours from now, listen to me,"
"I'm going to die in a few hours," Eriol interrupted, whispering, the reality sinking in.
"I'm sorry," Syaoran said, he knew Eriol was probably in shock, but he had to instruct him, it then clicked in his mind; this is probably why Eriol had been so sure of everything before hand. "Listen to me, Sakura's had the cards stolen from her by this asshole Matt, he's evil, and trying to take over the world. Touya and I will explain it all to you in a little while."
"Syaoran, I can only send one person back, how did Touya come too?"
"He didn't, now I'm going to tell you many instructions, and you need to remember them all," suddenly the roles had been reversed; Syaoran was feeling even more like Eriol. "I'm going to hide out and get other things done, first of all, I've been in a car accident, you and Tomoyo need to go towards my school, on the interstate, Touya and I are going to run off the road, take us back to your place and heal them, got that?"
"Yeah, what's next?"
"Then, we'll explain everything to you, things are going to happen, you'll know what to do, this sounds selfish but you have to get Touya and myself out of there, and I'm so sorry Eriol, I really am, you deserve better, but trust me. You'll have my help, it'll be okay, I'll make sure of it."
"I trust you, what else do I have to do?"
"Do you know the transference potion?" Syaoran asked, realizing that he had known it all along, but it was thankful that Eriol had told him or his panicked self would never have remembered it all.
"No, I don't know anything about potions, that's your department Syaoran,"
"Alright, well you have to tell me what to use, okay?"
"HOW?"
"I'm going to tell you, ready?" he tried to remember what was in the potion, "Common Cold potion, mixed with your blood and taro root." Eriol scribbled the ingredients onto a piece of paper and looked over them, memorizing them. Syaoran started to think, where had that taro root come from before? Maybe if he had that already put in place, his past self wouldn't have to worry about it when they got to that point. He decided he'd pick that up at his apartment with the time he had to spare. He looked down at his watch. "Eriol, go now, we're on the road, and take Tomoyo with you," he ordered.
"Okay, good luck, and thank you Syaoran,"
"No thank you Eriol, trust me it will work out fine in the end."
They hung up and Syaoran ran into Sakura's garage. He grabbed Touya's bike and began to pedal as fast as he could towards his apartment. He tossed the hunk of metal down in front of his building and dashed up the steps; he fiddled with the lock and burst into his apartment. Looking around at the peaceful space caused another lurch to occur in his stomach. He needed that potion; Wei made it a few years back, it was his only way to save Eriol. "Wei!" Syaoran shouted. There was no answer, why couldn't Wei ever be around? He started to open cabinets in the kitchen, looking for the taro root, and the bottle of elixir. The taro root was in a jar at the top of the spice cabinet, he stashed it in his pocket and then hurried into Wei's room.
Once in the old man's quarters he started hunting for the bottle. It was small and red without a label. He opened up a wardrobe of Wei's and in the back there was a hidden box, of coarse Syaoran knew about it, it had some of Wei's most treasured possessions in it, and he vaguely remembered seeing the potion there. After carefully moving things around, he found it, stashed it in his pocket with the taro root and rushed out of the house. He looked at his watch. He had no idea how long he had until everything would start happening, so he sat down and started formulating a plan.

Syaoran woke up and looked around him. He groggily rubbed his eyes and looked to the clock. It was nearing eight o'clock. Had it all been a dream? Just then there was a crash of lightning. "Oh no!" he screamed, looking around. He must have fallen asleep! He hurriedly put his shoes on and began to run as fast as possible towards Eriol's house. He would never make it in time at this pace that is saying he hadn't missed his window already. How could he be so stupid?!
The rain was really hard now, and the sky's dark clouds moved quicker than he had ever seen. He stopped dead in his tracks, bending over and gasping for breath, and then he remembered, his car! He hurried back to the apartment parking lot and jumped into his car. He put the keys in the ignition and sped backwards out of his parking spot, causing the breaks to squeal.
He pushed hard on the gas, making the car rumble. He was lucky there was no traffic, due to the awful storm, however he did have the storm to contend with. The rain poured so remorselessly that he could barely see out of his front windshield. He pushed the gas a little harder, and soon made it to Eriol's house. He took a minor detour and drove straight through the fence into Eriol's backyard. If Touya and Syaoran saw the car he might be found out, and never finish the mission.
He jumped out and looked through the side window. There they stood before him, Tomoyo's face suddenly went blank as she crossed the room, standing next to Sakura. Matt began to talk, but Syaoran could not make out the words. It was almost amusing to watch this scene now, the three of them were practically having their own conversation while Matt continued to boast. Suddenly, Eriol stood up, and Syaoran could make out his mouth counting. Immediately, he and Touya burst through the front door, and the awful words Syaoran had heard a few hours before stung his ears once again.
He watched as he and Sakura's brother ran down the street. Then, he ran up the steps to Eriol's house and into his front door.
"Syaoran! What are you doing back so soon?" Matt asked. Eriol gave him an odd look.
"I told you to get out of here Syaoran," Eriol said sternly.
"It's the other Syaoran,"
"I don't know what the hell you two are talking about, but I don't really give anyway, shut up and let's get this over with," he pointed to Sakura. "Sakura, come forward," he commanded, she slowly stepped forward and he tossed her a knife.
"Sakura, please don't do this," Eriol pleaded.
"Well, if you're going to refuse to join our side, she can just kill you and then your power will be gone," Thoughts began to run through Eriol's head, and miraculously Syaoran could hear them. 'Yeah, the power will be gone, all of it, you idiot, so if she kills me, her bond to you will be broken, you doesn't know that though, moron.' It was then that Syaoran realized what Eriol had done, he sacrificed himself.
Syaoran watched almost in slow motion as Sakura lunged at Eriol. He closed his eyes and thought hard. "Sakura, please stop this, honey please, please you're killing yourself," suddenly she screamed a loud painful scream. Syaoran opened his eyes, and there she stood with a look of horror on her face knife overtop of Eriol. She put the knife down and backed up. Eriol took this opportunity to clutch his now gushing side and stand. Syaoran ran to his side while Matt just watched the scene, a smirk plastered to his face.
"Go to Yuki's, take us in the basement, you'll know what to do, I'll be there soon," he whispered into Eriol's ear. Eriol nodded and attempted to run away, limping like a wounded deer.
As soon as the back door slammed, Syaoran ran to Sakura, she was now sobbing. "Oh god, what have I done," she cried.
"Would you look at that, the two little love birds reunited again," Matt walked over to the two of them, hovering above them. "I have what I want now, my assistant, and I can kill the Clow Mistress, and all will be mine."
"I've had just about enough of you!" Syaoran shouted standing up.
"Well, I've had just about enough of you," Matt said in a completely calm voice. He put his hand up and Syaoran flew to the wall. "How do you like that Li? You like it? You like being stuck to the wall? How about we leave you there a few hours," he said, turning his back. Syaoran watched Matt with contempt as Matt raised his hand above his head. Suddenly Syaoran fell to the ground and Matt whipped around, "or I could just kill you now and get it over with," he snickered.
Then Syaoran remembered, he had Eriol's powers plus his own! He stood up, and pulled out his sword. "GOD OF THUNDER DESCEND!" he shouted. Instantly, a bolt of lightning came down and cracked on Matt. Rather then die, as any normal mortal would have done, he just appeared stunned, and it didn't last very long. Once Matt had regained his composure, Syaoran decided he needed to stall long enough to give him time to make the potion and transfer the power to himself. He also needed to free Tomoyo. He called thunder again, and shocked Matt, this time the boy fell to the ground.
Syaoran turned to Sakura, "Get Tomoyo to snap out of it, I'll stall," Syaoran whispered. Sakura nodded and made her way over to her best friend. Matt stood up and focused his eyes on Syaoran. "It's your turn," he said, his eyes appeared to be darkening in. Syaoran tried to remember something, some kind of spell, some kind of attack, and the only thing that came to his mind was his old Karate moves. He kicked to the side, smashing Matt in his head. Matt seemed to bounce right back into his position. Syaoran punched him square in his face. Tomoyo fell to the ground, Matt didn't seem to notice this and just laughed at Syaoran. "Who's the stronger one now?" he screeched. "Oh yes Syaoran, I really have to watch out for you," he said sarcastically. Syaoran landed one more punch, right in Matt's nose and trickle of blood slid down into his mouth. Matt looked horrified. "But how? You're not supposed to be able to, I'm invincible!" he shouted.
Kero flew into the room; the blackness that had once enveloped him had disappeared. He was followed by Yue, who too looked back to normal. The five "good guys" stood and circled Matt.
"What were you saying?" Syaoran asked.
"But-but h-h-how?" Matt stammered.
Suddenly, without any warning Sakura kicked Matt right between the legs. He doubled over in pain. "That's for all the crap you put me through you-you-you-asshole!" she shouted.
"Sakura!" both Syaoran and Tomoyo looked to her.
"What? He is!" she smiled. Yue grabbed Matt around the neck and pulled him up.
"I think you owe us something," he said solemnly.
"Never!" he refused to give the cards back. Yue squeezed his neck a little harder. "You'll have to kill me," he choked.
"Okay then, no problem with that," Syaoran started to step forward.
"No Syaoran," Sakura put an arm on his. He looked at her, this Matt guy had hurt her so much, on more ways than he even knew, just then it hit Syaoran, the taro root!
"Yue and Kero, take care of him, Sakura and Tomoyo come with me!" he shouted. The threesome ran into Eriol's back yard and hopped in Syaoran's now partially battered car. Syaoran sped a few blocks down until he reached a car that he knew to be Eriol's, it was Yuki's house. He slammed the breaks on, and the group hurried into the house. The stood in the front door and could hear noises coming from the kitchen. Suddenly there was a bright light, and Syaoran ran out of the kitchen into the basement.
"I electrocuted myself," he said, pointing to the scars on his head.
"What the hell?" Tomoyo said, taking a double take, "How are there two of you?" she asked.
"I'll explain later," he told her. Then he motioned for the two of them to follow him. He followed the foot steps his other self took, down into the basement and hid behind the bathroom door. He heard himself curse and come running out. This was his chance. He reached into his pocket and through the taro root at Touya's head. Touya shouted and Syaoran ran back into the room. The door shut, and suddenly Yue and Kero appeared behind the threesome.
"What are you doing here?" Syaoran asked. Yue handed Sakura a card. It read 'the evil' and had a picture of a boy resembling Matt on the front, bordered by a picture of a star and a moon, the same scars Matt had on his hands.
Just then Syaoran remembered, he had heard Matt right before time froze. If he hadn't heard him then he never would have realized his awful headache and shouted.
"Here, give me that card," Syaoran said, pulling it from Sakura's hands. "Bang on the door," he ordered, and everyone did just that.
Once again, as if Eriol's ingenious mind were his, he felt the he knew exactly what to do. He put the card to his mouth. "I know you're in there!" bellowed Matt's voice. Syaoran pulled the card away from his mouth and smiled.
"What you do that for?" Tomoyo asked.
"A little, push," Syaoran smirked. Whisperings could be heard from in the bathroom, and suddenly "WOULD YOU SHUT UP?" came Syaoran's voice from inside. Slowly, everything began to freeze, and this time Syaoran wasn't there to feel what happened. The next thing he knew, they were all standing there, the door wide open. Eriol was lying on the ground, Yuki was hanging over the Toilet and Touya was looking confused.
"How did you get here?" Touya asked.
"ERIOL!" screamed Tomoyo flying to the ground. Syaoran reached into his pocket and pulled out the red flask. He pulled open the top, and poured a little over Eriol's face. The eyes that had looked so lifeless just moments before blinked. Syaoran collapsed to the ground, unconscious. Eriol coughed and tried to sit up. "Eriol!" Tomoyo threw her arms around him, finding her clothing instantly covered in blood.
"We have to get them to a hospital," Touya said. Yue walked over to Yuki.
"I'm sorry," he said, before they merged instantly.
"I feel much better now," Yuki smiled. Sakura who hadn't said a word whipped out her cell phone and hit 9-1-1.

Syaoran woke up and looked around. Thrown off for a moment, he wondered where he was. Everything was white, did he die?
"He's awake!" he heard Sakura's voice. He sat up, rubbing his eyes and looking around. He looked to the left of him and in another bed Eriol lay, wide awake and terribly bandaged.
"Are you okay?" Syaoran asked.
"Yea, thanks to you," Eriol smiled.
"You've been asleep for three days Syaoran," he heard Touya mumble.
"Are you okay?" Syaoran asked, then he realized what he had been told, "Three days?" his eyes nearly fell out of his head.
"Yea," it was then that he noticed that he too had been bandaged.
"Must have picked up some injuries along the way that I didn't realize," he laughed, not in the slightest amount of pain.
Sakura bent down, her lips brushed against his, the she turned to his ear and whispered, "I'm so sorry, I love you so much," tears in her eyes. Syaoran reached up and pulled her down, patting her head.
"It's okay honey," he whispered, "I'll always love you,"
"We all love you," Tomoyo smiled, tears in her eyes too.
"Yea, now you have to tell them all about the wonderful things you did," Eriol mumbled from the nearby bed. "Start with how you traveled back in time,"
"Yea, you said you'd explain how there was two of you," Tomoyo laughed.
"What?" Yue looked to him in surprise.
"It's a long story," he muttered, and then launched into a perfect recap of the events which happened three nights ago, for they were still fresh in his memory.

A few weeks later . . .

"Welcome everyone to our wonderful production of Cinderella, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!" Touya's voice rang over the speakers. Syaoran watched as Sakura came out, dressed as a tree. He laughed to himself, remembering the rehearsals he had watched her in, they all seemed so long ago, and he smiled to himself, thinking that everything was going to be alright again. He looked next to him where Tomoyo and Eriol sat, hand in bandaged hand. Things were finally going to be alright again.

THE END

So what did you think? Was the ending lame enough for you there? Hope so, any how, thank goodness it's all over with! I started to scare myself at some point there . . . but it's over. Thanks for bearing with me and making it all the way to the end. Have a nice day! AND PLEASE REVIEW!!!