Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ The ReAwakening of the Mistress ❯ On the Way to China Part 1 ( Chapter 6 )

The Reawakening of the Mistress

On the Way to China Part 1

Chapter 6

A/N: Muahaha! I have the bestest idea to make sure I have my goal of twenty one pages! Since I submitted my last piece on Monday it should be appearing on Tuesday. And guess what! I'm writing this right after I submitted it! Muahaha! That means I have two extra day to finish my twenty one pages! I am a genius!!! Since I started this one before any reviews have come in and I'm lazy I won't be including any response to any reviews there's there small chance I'll get till the end ^_^ heres to reviews <crosses fingers>

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS

Syaoran looked up to see Sakura, but not where he thought she would be. Sakura was a few meters above, floating in the air, a look of shock on her face. Syaoran looked to see why she was in such a state and became shocked himself. There was a large grey bubble that was blocking the attacks. And the creator of the shield was none other then….. Arukas?

Arukas had her small hands up, grey energy pouring out of them. Her short brown hair was flying around her as the force of Kotomi's attack forced the air around her to whirl around.

"What the fuck?" Syaoran sputtered.

Arukas simply turned around, smiled pleasantly, and waved her hands at Sakura and Syaoran forming a grey shield over them, then stepped into the shield herself.

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Kotomi watched in satisfaction as the entire resistance base in Japan was annihilated.

Ahiko appeared besides her, "Good job my little Sa, er, Kotomi."

"Whatever master," came the bitter reply.

"Well, now we can go report our success to my liege and then I'll get rewarded," Ahiko grinned as he moved towards Kotomi.

"Why should you get rewarded? I did most of the work! You actually lost to that Li boy!"

"Feh, Li's are very powerful, that's why our master's an ex-Li member. And if it's reward you want, I can split." Ahiko yawned.

"Stupid, don't want the money, what use will money do for me? I can just take anything I need!"

Ahiko reached out to cup Kotomi's cheek smirking, "I can… reward… you in a different way if you wish me to."

Kotomi immediately slapped his hand away from her, "You ecchi, get your stupid hands away from me!" Kotomi threw a small lightning stream from each of her fingers at Ahiko.

BBBBZZZZZ!!!

"Uuuhhh…." A very fried Ahiko muttered as he clunked to the ground, "I don't think that was such a good idea….."

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Tomoyo's eyes fluttered open. Thoughts of what had happened assaulted her mind as she struggled to get up.

"Ugh, where am I?" Tomoyo slurred as she saw Syaoran, Sakura, Takahashi, Chiharu, and a new girl sitting in front of her.

"Um, this girl saved us, you've been out for a few days," Sakura said, an uncertain look in her eyes as if she were still trying to sort everything out.

"Uh, what?" Tomoyo rubbed her eyes, trying to get the sleepiness out of them, "I don't think I heard that right, that little girl saved us?"

Sakura nodded seriously. Tomoyo looked at the little girl again. Then turned to Syaoran who nodded, agreeing that Sakura was indeed telling the truth. Tomoyo turned back at the little girl again. The girl smiled cutely before pulling a grey ball out of nowhere and started bouncing it on the ground.

"I think I'll need some explanations…." Tomoyo muttered.

~*~

Tomoyo sat on a particularly large root of a tree, staring at the little girl that had apparently saved them.

Sakura and Syaoran were currently away trying to find other survivors of the blast, although Syaoran severely doubted anyone could've survived the blast without help from Arukas' shielding.

Takahashi, who had never really been far away from Tomoyo because Chiharu had once again been trying to choke him..………… was trying to salvage the remains of his medical supplies while Chiharu was sleeping.

Tomoyo sighed, they would have to leave the base behind for it was too devastated to be salvaged. After a long discussion they had decided to make their way to Syaoran's Li clan where they would be sufficiently safe.

"What are you doing?" an innocent voice asked.

Tomoyo looked up to see Arukas looking at her, holding her grey ball between her chubby little arms.

"I'm thinking about things…. You think about things too ne?"

"Hai! I think about things too! Demo, I only think about things when……"

Tomoyo focused her attention at the little girl's unwillingness to answer.

"When what?"

Arukas simply giggled, "Your funny onechan!"

A question mark formed over Tomoyo's head, "Nani? What makes you say that Arukas?"

Arukas giggled again before running off to talk to a just awakening Chiharu.

Tomoyo settled her head back against the tree, sighing. How could a girl that little have enough power to block attacks from the newly dubbed Kotomi and stop the force of the ultimate fire spell. If such a little girl had so much power what would she grow up to become?

Suddenly a voice broke through her thoughts.

"Tomoyo chan! We're back!" Sakura said as she ran into the courtyard they had taken refuge in. Behind her, a tired Syaoran trudged after.

"So? Any other survivors?" Takahashi asked as he finished packing his remaining medical gear.

"Well, because of Tomoyo's evacuation plans we found sooo many survivors! We didn't even need to organize them!" a jubilant Sakura said.

"Really?" said Chiharu said, raising an eyebrow, "just who organized them."

Sakura blushed slightly, "It's someone named Yukito."

"Ah, so he organized the entire group?" Chiharu asked.

"Yes"

"He took care of the injured?" Takahashi asked.

"Yes"

"He's providing them with shelter and distributing food?" Tomoyo asked.

"Yes"

"You think he's cute?" Chiharu asked.

"Yes- I mean no! I mean… that's not fair! You tricked me!" Sakura flustered.

"So that's why Syaoran's looking so glum," Tomoyo nodded knowingly.

"W-what? Tomoyo! What's that supposed to mean!" Syaoran sputtered.

"Oh, nothing… except what you think it means," Tomoyo said, a sly look in her eyes.

"Why you!" Syaoran said as he started towards Tomoyo.

"Syaoran!" an angry voice came.

"Eh, yes Sakura?" Syaoran said meekly as a suddenly overly large Sakura towered over him.

"Stop picking on Tomoyo!"

"B-but she's the one picking on me first!!!" Syaoran tried.

"Are you saying I'm lying?" Sakura yelled as Syaoran cowered under the suddenly angry Sakura.

"Chiharu, I never knew Sakura could get so angry, will you ever get that angry?" Takahashi whispered to Chiharu.

"Only if I catch you cheating on me dear, and if you do I'll personally castrate you, tear your throat out, chop you fingers off, fry your foot, then decapitate you, burn you, then sprinkle urine on your ashes," Chiharu said sweetly.

Takahashi sweat dropped as he held up his hands in surrender, "Eheheh, I don't think I'll ever cheat on you….."

"That's good," Chiharu said.

Suddenly a woosh of wind rushed past them. It was Syaoran being chased by Sakura who had her wand out, waving it like an axe murderer.

"Should we stop them" Chiharu whispered.

"I don't know, it's kind of fun watching Syaoran being chased…." Takahashi said.

"Okasan and Obasan are acting funny!" Arukas said, suddenly popping in.

"Wah? Where did you come from little one?" Chiharu asked as she looked over to where Arukas had been standing a few moments ago.

They were interrupted by Tomoyo who had been worriedly watching Sakura chasing Syaoran. "Takahashi! Chiharu! Do something! Syaoran's going to get killed!"

"I know just what to do!" Takahashi said, pounding his fist into his other hand. "Oi! Syaoran, Sakura! Did you know in the past people who liked each other would chase each other for miles until either was caught?"

Syaoran and Sakura suddenly stood in front of Takahashi, shouting their protests at him.

"Jotto matte! I'm chasing him because he got me mad!"

"What do you mean! She's trying to kill me! What else would I do!"

"Takahashi! Is this another one of your lies cause if this is I swear!" Sakura said, uncharacteristically made as she threatened Takahashi with her wand.

"No no! Ask Chiharu! She'll agree with me right Chiharu?"

"Huh? Yeah sure!" Chiharu said as she continued a deep conversation with Tomoyo.

"See?" Takahashi said.

Syaoran and Sakura went dotty eyed as they looked at each other.

"But I don't, he/she doesn't, do you?" Both Sakura and Syaoran shouted at each other in unison.

Instantly Sakura and Syaoran started fighting again. Takahashi shrugged, "Well, it was worth a try…"

~*~

The group, after finally settling down Syaoran and Sakura, had begun to travel towards where Yukito sans small little group of survivors were. After careful discussion they had decided that it would be too dangerous to teleport a group that large without the loss or accidental abandonment of a few of the newly homeless.

Tomoyo had firmly put her foot down, saying that they would escort the survivors to the Li clan where they could be safe, despite Syaoran's adamant protests, which Chiharu thought was caused by Sakura's mini crush on Yukito.

A/N: that last past might've seemed a bit rushed…. Was too lazy to write and explain…. And too lazy to change that now…. Later…. Oh well! ^_^

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Ahiko and Kotomi stepped into a darkened room. The room was dead silent as Ahiko knelt down in the middle of a circle while Kotomi leaned back against a nearby pillar.

A clatter of a chandelier broke the silence.

"So, you've returned…." Neshik cackled, a black light emitting from his crystal globe.

"What do you want?" Ahiko snapped at the crinkled old man.

"Why did you return when you never finished the mission?" Neshik asked.

"What do you mean?" Ahiko asked warily.

"The other Sakura was not indeed destroyed….. you're loosing your touch Ahiko."

"What the fuck do you think you're talking about!" Kotomi sneered at Neshik, "you must be going blind, I blasted the entire city into pieces!"

"I guess having only half your power at your disposal limits your power too much but take a look at this…." said Neshik, motioning for Kotomi to look into his crystal ball.

Kotomi sighed in disgust, waving her wand, causing the images in the crystal ball to imprint themselves on the wall. The walls flickered as images of Sakura talking vivaciously to Yukito, followed by Syaoran who was eying Yukito suspiciously as he replied to Sakura's questions.

"That's impossible!" Ahiko yelled at the image, "that blast was big enough to destroy an entire city!!!"

"Seems as if you're loosing your touch….." another voice broke in.

"M-master!" Neshik stammered as he waved a hand over the crystal ball to stop it.

"My liege! It was Kotomi's fault!" Ahiko said as he pointed at said person.

"Hey! You're the one that said that it was finished first you baka! Then you went and started hinting at stuff like a hentai!"

"Quiet!" the man in the shadows said. He stood up, revealing a man swathed in black cloth that seemed to swirl at his feet. A mask covered his face, one half of it was black with an evil grin, the other side was painted white with a red joker grin. "I, Aoi Vermouth shall destroy Sakura myself!"

"Feh, if I couldn't destroy her, what makes you think you can?" Kotomi said.

Aoi raised his hand and blasted a silver ball of energy at Kotomi.

Reacting as fast as she could, she raised her hand and fired a counter blast of fire. When the two forces collided the fireball struggled against the energy ball before dispersing. Kotomi gave a yelp of surprise and raised a shield around her. The energy ball crashed through the shield in a second, sending Kotomi slamming into a wall.

"What the fuck….. where'd you get that much power!" Kotomi gasped.

"Besides the fact that your at half your power, I have trained my entire life in attack magic. While you may have gotten the better share of attack magic from your separation, being split two ways left you with only about sixty percent of your original power. Sakura should have most of the shielding magic with her. If you were at full power I would've never stood a chance but as it is, I can overpower you whenever I want to."

Kotomi stood there, seething at her defeat. Ahiko's mouth was agape at his master's awesome might while Neshik was staring at Kotomi's battered body.

Aoi cackled as he opened a portal with a wave of his hands…..

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The group had stopped to rest for a little bit. Yukito and Tomoyo were plotting the best possible route to the Tokyo harbor where they would have to steal a boat from the sorcerers and make their way to Syaoran's clan.

Syaoran on the other hand was watching Sakura play with Arukas. Thoughts went through his head as he remembered the talk he had with Sakura when they were looking for survivors….

~flashback…~

Leaves crunched under their feet as they navigated through the dense foliage. They had been relatively silent as they thought about what had happened hours before.

Suddenly, Sakura spoke up, "Syaoran?"

"Huh?" Syaoran asked as he was shocked out of his reverie.

"What do you think of Arukas….?"

The thought of the powerful young girl swept through his mind. "Well, she's really powerful….."

"Yeah but do you think we should trust her? I mean she just popped out of no where….."

"I dunno…. She seems nice enough and for some reason I feel like I can trust her." Syaoran thought out loud.

"Do you feel like you can trust me?"

The question caught Syaoran off guard. Not so pure thoughts ran through his head as he wondered why the beautiful girl in front of him had asked that question. He could feel her apprehension in waves as it poured from her into him.

"Of course I can trust you, you trust me right?"

Sakura smiled, nodding in response, "Of course I trust you!"

"Do you like me?" Syaoran blurted out suddenly.

Sakura gave him a queer look and continued walking on for a few more minutes.

"Yes, I think I do…." Sakura suddenly said.

"Huh? What?" said a confused Syaoran, forgetting about his own question.

"It's nothing…."

Suddenly remembering his question Syaoran almost jumped with anticipation.

"So you like me?"

"……..of course I like you, you're my friend. But sometimes I think that…….. then if….. never mind…."

This time it was Syaoran's turn to give her a queer look. They continued walking, searching for signs of any survivors.

Syaoran, thinking through the conversation, was about to ask another question but suddenly Sakura yelled out, "Look over there! I think I see campfire smoke!"

Sakura took off running towards the smoke, leaving Syaoran standing there, mouth agape as he was about to say something. Closing his mouth in a terse line, Syaoran walked after Sakura.

~end flashback~

Now Sakura was in front of him, smiling, as she played with an unknown girl who for some reason had amazing powers.

Arukas's eyes suddenly turned towards him. A glint in the young girl's eyes made him uncannily tense. But as soon as the feeling had come, the feeling left him as Arukas threw the grey ball she seemed to always have with her back at Sakura.

Syaoran grunted in annoyance, `I must be really tired if I'm paranoid of a little girl…..'

~*~

Takahashi and Chiharu were sitting inside a little tent, tending to a patients wounds. They had been administering healing salves and stitching up wounds for almost the entire day and they were both tired.

Takahashi finished wrapping a bandage on an unconscious patients head when there came a knock on the door.

"Chiharu, could you get that?"

"Baka, I'm not your servant, get it yourself."

"Just get the door, I haven't finished cleaning my patients wound yet."

"I'll clean, you get the door!"

There came another knock on the door, this time slightly louder.

Chiharu gave the poor doctor a meaningful look. Takahashi sighed as he moved away from his patient to answer the door.

The doctor opened the door to find himself faced with a interesting hooded figure.

"Who are you?" Takahashi asked curiously as the hooded figure seemed to stare at him, looking for something.

"Takahashi, who is it?" Chiharu asked from inside.

Takahashi was about to answer when the hooded figure started to go away, seeming not to have found what it was looking for.

"Eh? Wait? Who are you?" Takahashi yelled at the retreating figure.

The figure stopped for a second, as if contemplating whether or not it should answer before continuing its journey away.

Takahashi stared at the figure for a second before shrugging and going back inside.

"So who was it?" Chiharu asked.

"Not sure, it was some weird dude….."

"What did he want?" asked the curious Chiharu.

"Didn't say anything…." Came the doctor's reply.

Takahashi went back to his patient, leaving Chiharu to wonder at the strangers visit.

`I have to talk to Tomoyo about this later…..' she thought.

~*~

Syaoran was making his rounds when he came upon a man cloaked in a dark cloak.

"Who are you? Are you with Yukito's group?" Syaoran asked the stranger.

The man just stood there, eying him strangely.

"You….." the strange man just says.

"Huh? Am I supposed to know you?" Syaoran asked, utterly confused at the strange man.

"…..no….." the man said, shaking his head, "It's nothing….."

Syaoran watched as the man just walked past him towards the outer edge of the camp.

Syaoran just stared at the retreating figure for a few moments before shrugging and headed towards where Takahashi and Chiharu were….

~*~

Sakura was watching the clouds while Arukas was picking flowers a ways off when she sensed the mysterious man. Looking away from her reverie she saw that the man was staring at her curiously.

"Hello, may I help you?" Sakura asked politely.

"You.....," started the man, "Are the first?"

Sakura stared blankly at the new person. "I'm Sakura, who are you?"

"……I see…." The stranger said mysteriously, "I'll be taking my leave then….."

The stranger turned to leave but a small voice cried out, "Ataki!"

Sakura turned to see Arukas running towards Ataki, a handful of flowers in her hand, the grey ball in the other.

"Arukas, you know him?" Sakura asked, getting more confused by the second.

The little girl nodded happily! It's my Ataki!" Arukas said as she hugged the strangers legs.

The stranger seemed to get uncomfortable at the overwhelming display of emotion.

"It's time to go," Ataki said in a stern voice.

"Aaaww, but it's so fun here!" the little girl pouted. She suddenly remembered the flowers in her small hands and held it up to Ataki. "I got these flowers for you when you came back!"

The stranger stared at the flowers as if they were disgusting but took them anyways.

Turning towards Sakura he said, "I give you my thanks for taking care of Arukas for me..... I'll repay it later….."

With that, the stranger picked Arukas and walked off leaving a very very confused Sakura standing alone in the fields.

"Um, bye?" Sakura asked to no one as she wondered what had just happened…..

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Aoi Vermouth was watching the camp from above.

`Heh, they don't even know I'm here yet….. soon, the Shi Shi shall have control of all of Japan!'

Aoi scanned the camp, on one half the camp had all the civilians, the other half had medical staff and injured people. In the center there was a tent that was the main headquarters. Grinning, Aoi snapped his fingers. Instantly, Kotomi and Ahiko appeared next to him.

"What is it my liege?" Ahiko said as he looked at his surroundings.

"Destroy them all….." Aoi said.

"Will be my pleasure," said Kotomi as she grinned evilly.

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"So we'll be moving out tomorrow afternoon then?" Tomoyo asked Yukito as they finalized their plans.

"Yes, of course, though I don't see why I shouldn't step down so you can take control again….." said Yukito.

Tomoyo smiled, "I don't think I'll have time to be around too much after we get to the Li clan so I think it would be easier for the people to get used to a new leader"

"Eh? What do you mean you won't be around….. are you going to die?! Are you sick!?"

"I'm fine, but with the sorceress I think Syaoran will need all the help possible so I'll be going with him."

Yukito nodded slowly as he saw the reason behind her decision.

"I see, your reason is sound, though I do not like you putting yourself in danger, it is not my place to decide what you can do…."

"Your sweet Yukito-," started Tomoyo before a loud blast echoed through the camp.

Yukito's head shot up, "What was that?"

The two ran outside to see Kotomi blasting tents all around them. Ahiko was sending waves of energy out with swings of his sword, carving new holes in the ground.

A new character was charging a giant blast of energy over his head. He threw it at the infirmary, creating a giant crater in the ground.

"No! Chiharu! Takahashi!!!" Tomoyo screamed as the smoke from the blast cleared away. Tomoyo tried running for the wreckage but Yukito held her back, "No Tomoyo! It's too dangerous!"

The outburst from Tomoyo caught Aoi's attention. Smirking widely, he charged another blast of energy.

Yukito's eyes widened as the energy ball neared. He squeezed his eyes shut as he backed away, dragging Tomoyo with him.

Aoi looked down as the energy ball neared it's target. Suddenly, the energy ball slowed down. Frowning, Aoi looked down to see Sakura struggling against the blast with her giant shield. The pink material was crackling with energy all over as it fought the energy blast.

"Sakura!" came a cry as Syaoran raced over to the commotion.

Ahiko descended to Syaoran, "It's time to fight again, this time it will be different though!"

"Fuck off you baka! I beat you easily last time, and I'm finishing you off this time!" Syaoran glared.

The two combatants ran at each other. Syaoran gave a yell of anger as he thrust his sword at Ahiko's head. Ahiko immediately caught the attack with the hilt of his sword, then tried to flip Syaoran's sword up into the air.

Syaoran grunted as he flipped into the air with the sword, landing behind Ahiko. He swung his sword horizontally, hoping to sever Ahiko's body in two. Ahiko grunted as he took a hit from Syaoran's blade.

Jumping back, clutching a slight wound at his waist, Ahiko threw energy balls from his free hand that wasn't clutching his sword. Syaoran's shield automatically kicked in and absorbed the blasts.

Syaoran could only see the energy blasts and wasn't prepared to block the next attack. Ahiko swung his sword along the ground, creating a wave of energy that shattered Syaoran's shield and sent Syaoran crashing through a tent then into a tree.

Ahiko laughed out loud, "Like my new technique Syaoran? I call it my sword wave! My liege gave me this sword before we left, it will be the blade that kills you!"

Ahiko swung again, and another wave of energy was sent at Syaoran.

Syaoran jumped out of the way, `Shit, I'm screwed….'

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Sakura struggled against the blast, finally sending the energy ball careening into the distance.

Panting from her effort, Sakura looked up to see the new powerful man standing in the air above her.

"What do you want?" Sakura gasped as she felt the lack of energy in her.

"Why Sakura, don't tell me you don't know me! I am the great leader of the Shi Shi group! Aoi Vermouth is my name! And I shall be the destroyer of the great Sakura!"

Sakura gawked at him for a second before giggling.

Aoi looked at her strangely, "Why are you laughing? Aren't you afraid of your destroyer??? I'm the strongest in the Shi Shi group!"

At this Sakura burst out laughing.

"What is it!!!!" Aoi almost screamed.

"Did….. you know-" Sakura gasped as she tried to contain her laughter, "That in Chinese…… Shi Shi is….. pee?"

A look of horror came over Aoi's face as he realized the implications of what Sakura just said.

"My organization does not mean pee!!!!" Aoi screamed.

Sakura rolled over to the ground laughing at the crimson Aoi who was throwing a tantrum in midair. In his rage he began throwing energy balls every which way. Kotomi, who was in the air with him and had been laughing with Sakura, was having to dodge the attacks that came wildly.

"Hey! Watch it! I'm on your side!" Kotomi yelled as she dodged a particularly nasty energy ball.

"Learn to control your anger Mr. leader of the pee group!" Sakura laughed, unable to control herself with such a funny joke.

Aoi's eyes narrowed as he focused his rage on Sakura.

"Kotomi, blast her with everything you've got," he said, dead serious.

Kotomi shrugged, then smirked as she twirled her wand, creating a magic seal behind her that blasted out fireballs periodically every so often from each tip of the dark star on the seal.

Aoi was throwing innumerable amounts of energy balls at Sakura.

Sakura's shield was up as soon as the first fireball neared but as the barrage continued Sakura knew she wouldn't be able to keep it up forever.

Sakura's knees buckled underneath her as her already drained energy depleted itself down to it's final drops.

Sakura could feel that she was running on low as her shield flickered from each attack.

`Syaoran….. now would be a good time to help…..'

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Syaoran was dodging as many attacks as he could but Ahiko's swordsmanship was proving deadly and accurate. Many time Syaoran had to raise his shield and use his magic to keep himself alive.

"You bastard! You can't stop me from killing you!!!" Ahiko laughed maniacally as he swung his sword yet again. This time Syaoran was just coming to a stop from a leap down from a tree and had no time to react.

He covered his face as the attack flew at him. Suddenly, Arukas was there, absorbing the entire blast into her little grey ball. Arukas stood there smiling as a strange man from before stood behind her.

"Arukas, it's an enemy, destroy….." the strange man commanded.

"Okays Ataki!" the young girl said cheerfully as if the task was nothing.

"What?! It's the girl from before!!! What makes you think you can kill me? I'll kill you!" the enraged Ahiko screamed as he did a series of fast sword swings, sending many blasts of energy at the girl.

"Arukas!" Syaoran yelled as he moved to get her out of the way but Ataki stopped him.

Syaoran looked him in the eyes and saw the utmost confidence in the little girls abilities. Not relaxing completely but slightly, Syaoran watched as Arukas played a game of "catch" with each of the sword blasts by creating a grey shield to absorb them all.

"This is fun!" Arukas giggled as Ahiko's face burned with fury.

"That's it! Time for my ultimate attack! Take this! DANCE OF A MILLION SHOGUNS!!!" Ahiko yelled as he began an intricate series of moves that began to speed up. Millions of sword waves descended upon Aruka's position.

A powerful explosion was created by the attack. Syaoran was shocked at the thought that the sweet little girl he knew for only a few days was dead but Ataki seemed unfazed.

As the smoke cleared it was clear why, Arukas was standing inside her own little shield and was yawning.

"This is getting boring Mr. Ahiko, can you try harder or I won't play anymore and just kill you….." Arukas said in a bored tone.

Ahiko's face was pure terror as he yelped out, "You can't kill me! You can only create shields!"

"Yep!" Arukas said as she summoned her grey ball into her hand. She threw the grey ball at Ahiko, suddenly the grey ball turned into millions of grey energy shields.

Ahiko's eyes grew even wider as all the shields "attacked" him. He was thrown hither and tither <too much shakespear in English class….> as the balls whacked him around.

"Urusei!" the injured combatant yelled as the shields departed from him, then flew at him again.

Ahiko was completely unconscious by the time Arukas recalled her shields.

Ataki calmly walked over to her and bent over so she could climb onto his back. Arukas scrambled up his back, clutching her grey ball in her arms.

Ataki turned around to face Sakura, "Tell your Sakura that I have repaid my debt….." With that, Ataki walked away with Arukas sleeping on his back.

Syaoran watched as the pair departed before snapping out of his daze, "Huh? Hey! What do you mean MY Sakura!?" Syaoran managed to sputter as he tried to figure out why there were so many mysterious cloaked figures…..

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Sakura felt faint as he shield flickered away. The shield burst into a million pieces in a giant burst of energy. The energy swept through the entire town before dissipating at the edge of town.

Tomoyo covered her eyes as a burst of pink flew at her. She could feel the energy of Sakura tingle all over her.

She opened her eyes to see how Yukito was. What greeted her was a pale Yukito, a soft glow settling all over him.

"YUKITO!" Tomoyo screamed as Yukito doubled over in pain, clutching his head.

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Syaoran felt Sakura's energy sweep over him.

`Crap, Sakura!'

He took off running towards the epicenter of the shockwave.

`Sakura,' he thought, `please be alright until I get there…..'

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Yukito felt an immense headache pound his head, as if another someone was trying to get through. Suddenly, wings covered his body and he blacked out.

Tomoyo watched in horror as Yukito was swallowed by white wings. The wings unfolded, revealing a man with silver hair and white wings dressed in a white robe.

"Sakura!" the man yelled before taking off towards Sakura.

Tomoyo stood there with her mouth agape. It was a very confusing day, everyone seemed to have their own secrets…..

Tomoyo sighed as she tried to think through everything that had happened. She sat down to think for a long long time…..

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Syaoran reached Sakura just in time to see hundreds of blasts of energy flying at Sakura, who was collapsed on the ground.

"SAKURA!!!!!" Syaoran yelled.

Suddenly, an "angel" flew over to Sakura and flew her to safety. Seconds after the angel swept her up the blasts destroyed the ground where Sakura had been moments before.

Syaoran watched as the blast rocketed into the air, making the very clouds themselves part away from the ensuing explosion.

Syaoran looked over to the angel that had carried Sakura to safety. The angel had Sakura covered with it's wings and was glaring over his shoulders at the two would be murderers.

Syaoran blinked, that couldn't be right, an angel?

Syaoran looked again, sure enough, an angel was protecting his Sakura.

Syaoran sighed….. at least his Sakura was safe, he would worry about the angel later…...

`<sigh> there I go again with the my Sakura….. well, she does sort of belong to me with the bracelet and all but…..'

Syaoran shook the thoughts from his head, having to focus on the matter at hand.

The young Li clan agent looked up to see that Aoi and Kotomi were looking at the angel in wonder.

"What the hell are you!" Aoi shouted down at the winged man.

"Uh, I think the term might be what the heaven? But that doesn't quiet sound right….." Kotomi muttered.

"There are no such things as angels! There is no such thing as heaven! I shall destroy that freak to show you!"

Aoi sent a barrage of attacks at the angel, but every single one of them was brushed aside with a sweep of his great wings.

Keeping his eyes on Aoi and Kotomi, the angel put Sakura down gently before turning towards the said opponents.

"I have been locked away for centuries, and I awake to find that my mistress in being attacked? I, Yue, created by the great Clow Reed shall destroy you!" the angel said.

`What!?' Syaoran thought, `if that's Yue then that could only mean….. that Sakura is the Card Mistress???'

Syaoran slapped his head, `Duh, took me long enough to figure that out, turning Jan into a card, the star wand, the seal with the stars, took me long enough….. but still, to think I'm the master of the Card Mistress…..'

Yue on the other had was not wasting any time thinking through everything. Instead, he had opened up his wings and had taken to the skies. Magic spheres appeared in his hands as he threw them at Aoi. Aoi countered with his own blasts but the sheer amount Yue was able to throw overwhelmed him. Aoi screamed in pain as he fell to the ground, smoking from the blasts of energy.

Kotomi just watched, yawning as Aoi fell to the ground.

Yue turned around at this display and was shocked to see another Sakura……

"What is the meaning of this?" Yue yelled at Kotomi.

"I don't want to help my "master's" master" Kotomi said, the word master dripping with sarcasm, "I never wanted to help him but noooo, my master had to go and have the bracelet duplicated too! I have baka masters Yue….. and it's been a long time"

Yue sputtered a little as he looked back and forth from the two Sakuras.

"I'm drawing powers from both of you so there's two Sakuras??? But…. That's impossible! There's only one Sakura! I-I…." Yue shook his head as he tried to make heads or tails of the situation.

"It's a hard situation to explain but I'll leave it to the good Sakura to explain it, thanks for taking care of Aoi and Ahiko for me! I'm off!" Kotomi waved off to Yue before flying away into the distance.

<I didn't want Aoi or Ahiko to last too long but they'll be back..... don't forget, Neshik is still alive and only Kotomi knows about him and she doesn't really care…..>

Yue turned towards the awakening Sakura before a spasm of pain hit him.

"Ugh, not know! I need to know….. what….. happened….." Yue groaned before his wings covered his body again and returned him to his Yukito form.

Syaoran saw Yue transform back into Yukito in midair.

"Chikuso!" he yelled as he ran at the falling man's body. Jumping up, the Li boy caught Yukito before he was killed on the wreckage below. Yukito seemed to be unconscious from the strain the magic put on his body.

`Sakura…..' Syaoran thought as he lay Yukito down next to Sakura and went for help.

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Yukito was wandering around in space, watching the stars burn around him. Turning around, he saw the moon seemed to react to his presence.

"Where am I?" Yukito asked no one particular as he stared at the moon.

"You are in my mind….." a voice spoke from behind him.

Jumping, Yukito spun around to see….. himself?

"W-who are you?????" Yukito stuttered, surprised to find himself confronted by himself.

"I am you as you choose to be, the embodiment of the magic of the master that came before the mistress, you are me, so you should be asking who you are instead?"

"Huh?"

The other Yukito smiled, then waved his hand over the surroundings. The surroundings began to flicker as Yukito began to wake up.

"All will be explained later by Sakura….."

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"Look, he's coming too….." Tomoyo murmured as Yukito's eyes fluttered open.

"Gah….. where am I….." Yukito muttered as he tried to get up.

"Your in another camp we set up," Sakura replied.

Looking at Sakura, Yukito said, "I think you have some explaining to do Sakura….."

"Eh? What?" Sakura stammered.

"Hmmm, I think you do owe us an explanation Sakura….. about Yukito's angel form." Tomoyo said.

Syaoran looked pointedly at Sakura.

Sakura sweated profusely as she looked around at the imposing people.

"Eheheh….." Sakura laughed nervously, "Where to begin….."

A/N: MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I finally made twenty one pages!!! <and this a/n goes onto twenty second page!!!!!> I'm posting this on Tuesday so should be appearing on Wednesday….. not sure how to work italics but they work fine on mediaminer.org <and for those reading it on mediaminer I'm also on fanfiction.net> so check it out there if you want to see it how I intended it to be seen….. <ahem> anyways, I did some parts of this half asleep….. I should be known as the sleeping author!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! <go watch Detective Conan if you want to understand that joke….. anyhoo, I'm having writer's block so I'll need some responses to helps me get this next chappie done! So give me a week more then I usually take because of this….. I'll prolly be starting another story on some other anime since I'm running dry for CCS but oh well, I'll get ideas going again and finish next chapter one week more than I usually take!!! Gomen nasai but my aho brain isn't working and my urusei laptop keeps not saving (have to save like ten times before it saves!) KKK, read my other fic when it comes up and yeah!

Ja ne