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Here is the next update. I'm putting my original fiction on hold just to work on this again. Apparently, something kick started my imagination after posting Chapter 11 up. Oh well, anyways, I'm just going to let all the CCS fans reading this know that I will tend to switch between the original chants from CCS and their dubbed, Cardcaptor counterparts.
So much to be done in this chapter 12. This might turn out to be the longest chapter written so far.
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS, xxxHolic, DNAngel, Harry Potter or the song "This is Halloween" from Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas.
Boys and girls of every age,
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us
And you will see
This, our town of Halloween…
This is Halloween.
This is Halloween…
That was her name. Dark's gaze narrowed as the young woman, barely sixteen, raised her pink staff against him. It seemed his charms would not work on this one. Perhaps, Sakura was in love with someone else. Maybe, but that thought was not so important.
She knew his real name. Dark Hikari-Mousy, she has called. He had never told anyone that name, not even his tamers within the Niwa clan. How could have Sakura have known?
Then, Dark held his breath as she pulled out a single card from her cloak. Her magical aura overpowered a single aura that was weak, but still there. That small aura was one he had known so well before. Sakura had spoken the name of owner of that aura in her introduction.
"Clow Reed…"
Oh joy. More surprises. She did know him too?
Dark shook his head. The girl couldn't have. Clow supposedly died many centuries ago right before Dark and his brother were sealed into the respective Niwa and Hikari bloodlines.
"You are Asian, aren't you?" Sakura questioned in a teasing way. She was quite cute, but he had no time to look at this time.
"What do you take me for, Kinomoto-chan?" Dark snapped.
She giggled. "Then, you have heard of the famous magician, or rather, Sorcerer, Clow Reed."
Dark nodded, pulling out at feather. He was taking that as an insult. Never had he taken an insult from a girl and hadn't tolerated it. There was a first time for everything.
He watched as Sakura was puzzled by the feather he had taken out. It was slight, but apparent although she had let the confusion fade from her cute and innocent face. Dark did see this, even though she didn't think so.
"Threats…I thought I'd never get them from a pretty girl like you." Dark smirked.
"Not only can this pretty girl give out threats, but she can duel as well." Sakura replied, jabbing her staff forward. Her hand made a quick tossing motion and the card that was in her hands was floating before her. The back side that held a magic circle was facing him.
"Fly Card! Release!" Sakura then tapped the card once. Wings sprouted from her back and she leaped up into the air, flying off away from the tower. Dark cursed at the sight of this.
'Sorry, Daisuke.' That was his last thought before he cried out in pain. His own shady, yet angelic wings emerged painfully from his shoulder blades. He jumped up and let the wind carry him as he searched for Sakura.
"Mirror! Release!"
There she went again. Dark's eyes darted around, following the voice until he found not one, but two Sakuras. He swore there was only one. The dark angel growled as the feather in-between his fingers began to glow. Like a dart, he threw it and it split into many.
The two Sakuras gasped and attempted to dodge all the feathers, but they seemed to chase them. The girls winced, looking at Dark, who was somewhat amused. Both girls then thrust their staffs forward and they hovered for the wings kept them in the air.
"Dark Hikari, don't make me fight you seriously." They said in unison, "Sword!"
It was quite clear that the real Sakura of the two did not want to have this duel, but they were stuck. Both girls' staff changed into blades in a flash of a card. They then split apart from one another and speeded up, coming at him from both sides.
The black angel thrust several feathers that seemed to appear out of nowhere and mumbled something. Once again, the feathers multiplied into more.
Both Sakuras halted in their advance and began to hack at the incoming feathers. They growled lowly before letting out a battlecry.
However, it was cut short by a flash of lightning from the sky.
His state of mind was broken in a few seconds by that someone's best friend.
"Syaoran, where's Sakura?" Tomoyo suddenly asked. The exact same question had been on his mind.
"Damn it." Syaoran cursed. That answered her question as she flinched.
"Why do you ask?" Syaoran continued.
"There's a bit of a problem in the lower levels. Ichihara-sensei has asked me to ask you to handle it." Tomoyo replied.
It had been two hours and Sakura had not come down from the Astronomy Tower yet. What was taking that girl so long? Did she fall asleep? Syaoran grimaced. That seemed about right.
He looked over his shoulder and saw that all were distracted. With that checked, he slipped out of the Great Hall, where the Halloween Celebrations were. He immediately rushed out the Front Doors and pulled out the Lazin Board from his cloak and pointing it north.
Syaoran took in a deep breath. The cards Sakura currently owned had a small trace of Clow Reed's magic left in them. The board would react to it and he would find both her and the cards.
"Source of light with ancient spin,
Send forth the magic power within.
Oracles of gold, wood, water, fire, earth,
Cloud, wind, rain, and electricity.
Force, know my plight. Release the light!"
There was a bright light and a beam shot out, pointing up at the heavens. He looked up, following the shaft of light and spotted two girls with the same figure as Sakura. Syaoran let out a sigh. She must have used the Mirror card in conjunction with the Fly card.
Syaoran then reached into his cloak and pulled out his Chinese sword, a Jian, along with a piece of parchment with some Chinese characters on it. "Element, Lightning!"
His sword flashed and there was a bright flare in the sky for a brief moment. Sakura's keen sense of magic would allow her to detect that, causing her to come down.
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene.
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright.
It's our town, everybody scream.
In this town of Halloween.
With the flap of her wings, she dove down and disappeared from sight.
Dark looked away and flew back toward the Tower, where he had met Sakura. There, as he landed, he had a feeling something big was bound to happen.
"Professor Dumbledore, sir. This woman let a troll into the castle!" Hagrid exclaimed, "Ain't she supposed to protect the kids?"
Dumbledore only nodded as Hagrid gave a blank glance toward Yûko, who cleared her throat. It appeared that she had something to say in her defense, but the Headmaster beat her to it. "Simply, yes. But I asked her to let the troll in."
"That is correct, but do not worry." She reassured the both of them, "Your students will be fine. This is only a trial."
She folded her arms at the memory and slipped out of sight once again. Her heels clicked as she watched. With that out of the way, it was time to go confront something else.
That was something rather important.
She blushed at the thought of the last person. Her heart began to pound. She closed her eyes and shook her head. Now wasn't the time to imagine stuff. Her thoughts then drifted to her sister, Risa, who was across from her, chatting about stuff.
They were so loud that Riku could hear them from where she was sited - even though they were whispering.
"Hey Risa, why don't you look for that guy…you know, Satoshi Hikari?" One of Risa's friends suggested.
"Mou," Risa began naively, "I don't know. Maybe, but I don't really look at guys with glasses."
Her friends pouted. "But come on, he is hot!"
Riku let out a sigh. Her sister was just too picky about guys. When will Risa ever learn?
"But there's someone else I like." Risa's sudden statement cut off her twin sister's monologue. Riku's thoughts echoed the shrieks from her sister's friends.
Who?
Don't we love it now?
Everyone's waiting for the next surprise.
Dark flinched. Standing at the door that led to the stairs was Krad. The angel donned in black really wasn't in the mood for an encounter with him. "Krad, I'm not in the mood right now."
An excuse. He had wasted some of his magic while dueling that girl, Sakura. The strain would be horrible on Daisuke's body if he came back from his joyride with injuries. However, Krad would not need to know that. They no longer had the connecting link that bound them together.
Dark stood on the ledge and eyed his brother. The Rings of Restraint were still in place, but the bands were getting weaker. It looked as if Dark had to find another way to holding back Krad's power, but he didn't have that much time.
Krad laughed. "You always aren't. That's what I hate about you. You're never in a mood for a fight these days. That's why I have to make you!"
The blonde angel made his dash toward his brother and Dark braced himself, but the attempt halted when they heard the clicking of footsteps climbing up the stairs Krad had just emerged from. A woman stepped out and the two held their breaths.
Krad was in shock. So was Dark. Why hadn't they noticed through their tamer's memories?
The woman was dressed in a ceremonial, black dress that was all too familiar. A crescent-moon pendant of the same color hung around her neck. Her eyes flickered as she smirked. "As always, you two are the troublemakers."
"Grandmother Yûko?" They whispered in unison.
Yûko nodded, unfolding her arms. Her left fell to her side while her right was placed on her hip as she shifted her own weight. "Ah, you children still remember. Took you long enough."
"It really is you." Dark mumbled. Her voice, appearance and even tone were exactly the same. Nothing about her had changed. She still was the grandmother they had known and loved at one point. Dark knew that about himself, but wasn't so sure about Krad anymore.
"You who once were the most powerful woman of our time; why did you set a seal on your own magic?" Krad suddenly asked, "Why can you only act with your powers when asked?"
Yûko shook her head. So someone was keeping up-to-date about her. Her serious face turned cold. "So I do not cause anarchy as my own grandchildren do."
"Who told you that?" Dark asked out of curiosity. This was the first he had heard of it for a long time.
Yûko shifted her weight. Her expression turned even graver. "Your grandfather. Clow Reed is just everywhere in this, isn't he?"
Scream! This is Halloween.
Red 'n' black, slimy green
Aren't you scared?
Well, that's just fine.
Say it once, say it twice,
Take the chance and roll the dice,
Ride with the moon in the dead of night
Everybody, scream! Everybody, scream!
"Because Syaoran left the Hall so did Professor Ichihara. Plus that Sakura Kinomoto didn't show up. Something's up. Those Asians are up to something." Replied the girl with bushy hair.
Harry shook his head as he walked in-between the two. He would be the wall and communicator if they ever gotten into a fight. How he hated that position, but it was his curse. Well, one of them anyway. "'Mione, isn't that being a bit stereotypical?"
Hermione stopped and shot a glare at Harry as they reached the stairs that led down to the Dungeons, where the portraits had said they had seen Sakura and Syaoran go down. "Harry, I'm not being stereotypical, but their actions are a bit…suspicious."
Ron shrugged and said nothing on the matter. He was there for their backup on magical forces in case something happened down there. Silence fell as the trio walked down those steps. Harry was first, followed by Hermione and Ron behind.
The minute of quiet was then broken by a feminine voice. "Syaoran, we've lost it."
Harry lifted his head and halted their descent to listen. The owner of that voice was Sakura and she appeared to be talking to Syaoran Li. He raised an eyebrow and glanced back at his friends.
"What do you mean 'we'velost it'? It was right there." That reply from Syaoran was quite stern. Hermione flinched and stepped back, stepping on Ron's foot.
"Ouch! 'Mione!" Ron snapped as a reflex. It was Harry's turn to flinch. Ron's sudden outburst was loud. Crap. All three cursed in their heads.
"Sakura, did you hear that?"
"Yeah, I did. Someone else…no, people are here as well. They shouldn't be."
"Can you take care of-?"
An ear-shattering shriek cut off Syaoran. Harry, out of impulse, dashed down the stairs to see Sakura in the grasp of a troll and Syaoran with a blade in hand. Following suit, Hermione and Ron looked at each other before gawking at the troll.
"Someone let a troll in. It wasn't Quirrell. (1)" Harry stated, pulling out his wand.
"Obviously, Harry. Quirrell is dead." Hermione answered with a bit of sarcasm.
Syaoran turned to look at him, glaring before turning back to the troll. He pulled out a piece of parchment with some characters on it and lifted his blade. He couldn't use fire or lightning. It would hurt Sakura. So he'd have to fight passively for now. "Element, Wind!"
The trio watched as Syaoran's Jian flashed and wind rushed at the troll, pushing it back. Hermione raised an eyebrow and seized this chance. She whipped out her wand and jabbed at the troll's lower arm. "Expelliarmus!"
There was a streak of blue that struck the troll, which let go of Sakura. Ron then dashed forward and caught her. The Japanese girl gave him a quick smile as a thank you as he also helped her up back on her feet. Sakura then looked at Syaoran with a regretful look. "Syaoran, I have to use this. It's the only option to get the troll out of here."
"But, Sakura, not in front of them! Dumbledore did so much to hide your secret." Syaoran argued.
"That is true, but it's the only way to get rid of the problem." Sakura retorted. Her hand reached for the pendant around her neck. Her face turned solemn, which Syaoran did not like so much.
"Do as you like." Syaoran replied, turning to the troll that was finishing its recovery from Hermione's disarming charm.
"What? What are you two talking about?" Harry asked.
"You'll see, Mr. Potter." Sakura smiled. She ripped off her pendant and stood before the troll. They all held their breaths. All except Syaoran, who seemed to know what was about to happen.
"Key that hides the power of the stars,
Show your true form before me.
I, Sakura, command you under our contract...
Release!"
There was a surge of power that gathered at a single point: Sakura's hand. The pendant grew into a staff that had a circle with a star in the middle. Sakura caught it and pulled out a card from her cloak. The troll reacted to this and instantly swung at her. Harry and Syaoran spotted this and acted. The Boy-Who-Lived castedImpedimenta, which he whispered. The troll was knocked back as Syaoran leapt to slash at it with his Jian. "Sakura!"
"Kinomoto!" Harry yelled.
"Now!" The two boys cried in unison.
Sakura nodded. She twirled her pink staff before tapping the card. "Erase Card!"
A mist then formed as she released the seal. Heading toward the big troll, the fog was lead by a figure of a small imp. It wrapped itself around the troll and vanished from sight. All traces of that troll were gone. The haze suddenly disappeared as well and everything returned to normal including the staff.
Now, it was time to face the facts. Sakura looked at Hermione, who was gaping at her. For once, the girl with bushy hair could not find the words to express what she was thinking. Instead, it was Ron who asked what she had been thinking.
"Who…are you?"
Sakura let out a sigh. "Secret's out to you three. I am…Clow Reed's successor-"
Syaoran interrupted. "And also, the one who surpassed him in power. Please, Potter, Granger, Weasley. Don't tell anyone else about Sakura's secret. People will covet the Clow Cards."
"Evolved Cards…the Sakura Cards." His childhood friend corrected as she checked her nails.
"Right…look, we're trustworthy unlike some people." Finally, Harry knew why Sakura Kinomoto was a possible threat and target of Voldemort. She was the most powerful magic user in the world. There must have been a lot of hardships in her life to make up for that fact.
"Harry's got a point," Ron began, "You can trust us."
Hermione nodded in agreement. "I assume Dumbledore knows as well. We're on good terms with him as well."
"Good, that means no secrets between the five of us. So there wouldn't be that dividing wall anymore. Maybe, we can give you a few pointers in Ichihara-sensei's class." Sakura said happily.
"Sensei?" Ron asked, cocking his head to the side. Obviously, he was confused.
Syaoran chuckled as he walked past them. "It means teacher in Japanese."
Everyone else except Ron laughed with him as they started back up the stairs to get out of the Dungeon. It looked it was the start of some great, new friendships.
"Crud." She hissed when Seira saw who it was.
Madame Promfrey looked between her and the new blond one, who took the bed next to Seira's. "Now, you two better not cause trouble in my Wing. The last thing you two need is more fatigue."
With that said, the nurse left their sides for them to rest.
"Damn you, Hikari." He cursed aloud.
"Been said to me too many times by my own brother." She merely retorted, shutting her eyes again. Great, she was going to have one restless night.
Note: I got my sister to sketch (or rather draw) a picture of Seira. I know it might be kinda hard to imagine her since she is an OC. I'll be putting the link to the picture on my profile.
