Going In Almost Completely Blind

[zachycards]

Okay, so a couple of days or so, had now passed, since me and Sakura, had captured and sealed the Mirror Card. And, had saved Tori, from suffering any further injury, through his involvement, with the Mirror Card spirit in question.

But, however, as of this current moment, we were sort of more interested, in heading to one of Tomoeda's shrines, to try and get ourselves an amulet each. And, Li and Meilin, who seemed to have the same sort of idea, wound up accompanying the three of us, to the shrine in question.

However, just as me, Sakura, and Madison, entered into the shrine via its entrance. With Li and Meilin. Who were walking a bit ahead of the three of us. Both me and Sakura, then started to get a sort of strange, but familiar feeling. And upon Madison, taking notice of my somewhat surprised looking expression, she then proceeded to speak up.

"Are you okay?" Madison wound up asking me with concern in her tone.

However, before I could respond to her, Sakura then spoke up.

"Things just seem...out of whack," Sakura said.

And not surprisingly, this then prompted me, to sweatdrop in response.

However, I then took notice, of the scene around us then starting to warp and shift. And before any of us could even react, several giant green walls, wound up materializing around all of us.

"Oh, well looks like me and Sakura are going to be capturing yet another Clow Card...which will bringing us one step closer, to recapturing all of them," I thought to myself, as the green walls, then fully materialized.

And upon the three of us, regrouping with Li and Meilin. And upon me and Sakura then finding out, that it was the Maze Card...

"Hey Li, would you mind using you Lasin Board, to try and help us find the exit?" I asked him, though with a slight bit of hesitant frustrating remorse, in my tone.

Since I was still not too happy, with how Li, had been constantly letting his arrogance, speak for him.

And, though he was giving me the most resentfully upset of looks, Li wound up trying to use his Lasin Board, in an attempt, to try and locate the exit.

The only problem was, that the moment he tried to use it, the beam of the Lasin Board, simply wound up disintegrating. As it simply went out, like an imploding star. Only, it was less violent in nature.

And, upon me and Sakura, then suggesting our next plan of attack...

"But I'm warning you Avalon, no tricks!" Meilin blurted out with saying, to both me, and Sakura.

But, before I could respond to Meilin's then then pleased demeanor induced statement, Sakura wound up beating me to it.

"Meilin...give it a rest..." Sakura wound up saying back to Meilin in response, with a sort of defeated sounding tone to her voice.

Fast forward to a bit later on. Which was after, both me and Sakura, had already tried using the Sword Card to, to try and cut away one of the Maze Cards many walls, only to have it grow right back.

We had also even tried to use the Fly Card, in order to try and fly above the maze to try and look for the exit. But that plan didn't work either, as the Maze Cards walls, simply just wound up rising up to meet us.

But thankfully, it was only after Ms. Mackenzie wound up finding us and had used a strange metallic antique that she had with her on one of the Maze Cards walls, that we all, were finally able to escape the Maze Cards maze.

However, once we all had escaped, the Maze Card, then tried to reform itself. And this was further confirmed, by Li.

"Hurry Sakura and Zachary, another maze is starting!" Li said to the both of us, in a tone to let us both know, that we needed to act quickly, in order to seal and capture the Maze Card spirit.

And, upon Ms Mackenzie, averting her gaze. Both me and Sakura, then quickly raised our respective staffs.

"Maze Card, we command you to return to your power confined, Maze!" Me and Sakura both chanted in unison, as we swung our respective staffs down at exactly the same time.

And, after the Maze Card spirit, had been split in half. And had been sucked into our respective card halves, that had then materialized, on the tips of our respective staffs. To which both card halves had then combined together into a complete Clow Card, the Maze Card was captured and sealed.

However, the Maze Card wound up lading in Ms. Mackenzie's hands. But, she ultimately wound up giving it to us. "Man, that was a lot harder then I figured it was going to be" Sakura said while turning her attention to me, after we had both walked a good enough distance away from Ms. Mackenzie. "Well Sakura, who ever said that capturing clow cards was going to be an easy task," I said matter-of-factly.

And, though yet another Clow Card, had now been captured by me and Sakura. What we could not know at that current moment. That as time continued on, we would soon lean, that when it came to our respective anime canon timeline. It, was actually, only one third, of what was currently, a much larger picture.

And, Sakura Avalon, actually wasn't the only well known 90s magical girl, that would wind up soon being involved, in what would ultimately transpire, into an all out, multi dimensional fight, to the bitter end.

And, when it came to talking about top trumps, one could never hope to realize, that when you took someone like Sakura, and you had her ally, with a certain well known Moon Rabbit, and a certain Love Angel. What you ultimately would wind up with, was what was to be known, as the 90s Magical Girl Holy Trinity.

 

[zachycards]

After having endured a travel back to the past, and having finally been, with help from Li. Released from the tree which we had both been trapped in. Sakura and I then took a second or so to try and get our bearings, and once we had done so, we turned to face the Return card spirit, and then raised our respective staffs, "we command you to return to your power confined, Return Card!" Sakura and I chanted in unison as we swung our respective staffs down at the exact same time. And after the Return Card spirit had been sucked into our respective card halves, that had materialized on the tips of our respective staffs, and both card halves had then combined together into a complete clow card, the Return Card was captured and sealed. But instead of going to us, it wound up going to Li instead. I mean after all, he had played a huge part in making sure that we made it out of the Return Cards grasp in one piece. So begrudgingly, I resigned myself to the fact that it had gone to him instead of us.

 

[zachycards]

Okay, so a couple of days had now passed since me and Sakura had captured and sealed the Return Card at the Tsukihime Shrine. But as of right now, this wasn't a concern of ours. In fact as it currently stood...

"Zachary, Sakura, what is it?" Madison had just asked me and Sakura. And the reason as to why Madison had asked this to the both of us...

"I am sensing a Clow Card," Sakura said to Madison in response.

And rather then responding back to Madison by speaking up, I simply just turned to her, and then nodded to indicate that I was sensing the Clow Card as well.

And, for context regarding our current location? Well we were currently at the Twin Bells shop, and were sort of investigating the mysterious Clow Card copies, that seemed to have popped up from out of nowhere. Well, technically, they were the kind of Clow Cards, that one would consider to be not real.

And, once me, Sakura, and Madison, had come upon one of the racks in the store that had these exact cards on display...

"Maggie, which card was being displayed in this particular slot?" I proceeded to ask Maggie, as I pointed to a spot on the display rack, that was currently vacant.

"Well, it was a particularly strange looking one," Maggie responded back to me with.

"Really, what was the name of it?" Sakura now chimed in with asking Maggie in response.

"The Shot Card," Maggie responded with.

"The Shot Card?" I said in response, but now with a somewhat weary tone to my voice. Almost as if I instinctively knew, that this 'Shot Card,' was in fact a real Clow Card.

And, a little bit later, after finally figuring out, that not only was the Shot Card a real Clow Card. But after calling Kero for information on it, Kero seemed to be pretty serious about just how dangerous this particular Clow Card was.

"The Shot Card is very dangerous, as it can be activated by anyone who says it's name out loud. And the first person that it sees, then becomes its target," Kero said in a very serious sounding tone.

"Oh, well that is not ideal..." I now thought to myself, now realizing just how dangerous the Shot Card was.

But, after we had finally found out, that Meilin was the one that was currently in possession of The Shot Card. Me, Sakura, and Li, who had tagged along with us. We had rushed to the school to try and prevent her from doing something foolish.

However, as Li struggled to try and get The Shot Card back from Meilin, things then suddenly wound up getting completely out of hand.

"Hey, back off Li, The Shot Card is mine!" Meilin yelled. "Oh great, she said its name out loud!" Sakura now said with complete terror and nervousness in her voice. And I also now knew full well that by her doing so, that she had activated it.

But shockingly...

"Li's the target!" Kero, who had found us before this mess had started now exclaimed. And this was then followed, by The Shot Card spirit proceeding to fire several bolts of what appeared to be static electricity at Li. And although one of them wound up grazing him, it still wound up causing him a considerable amount of pain.

Which thankfully, after I had been temporarily blinded by the currently setting sun, that I then came up with an idea, that would help me and Sakura capture, and then seal The Shot Card.

And upon me then turning my attention to Sakura...

"Hey Sakura?" I proceeded to ask her, while pulling out The Mirror Card. And without even having to answer me back, Sakura just simply nodded. And more importantly...

"Hey Li!" Sakura now proceeded to call out to Li with saying. And once Li had temporarily turned his attention towards both of us. He then noticed that Sakura was currently pointing to me, who was currently holding up The Mirror Card.

"Got it Sakura," Li now responded with, indicating that he understood exactly what me and Sakura were planning to attempt to do.

And, with this now in mind, me and Sakura, then raised our respective staffs. "Mirror Card, project the image before you...Mirror...release and dispel!" Me and Sakura chanted in unison, as we hit The Mirror Card, at exactly the same time, with the tips of our respective staffs.

And, with the appearance of the Mirror form of the Mirror Card spirit appearing in my hands. And once Li, had run towards the Mirror Card's spirits mirror. The Shot Card spirit, hit the Mirror Card's mirror, only to bounce off of it. And this had been accomplished by Li diving out of the way of the Mirror Card spirits mirror, just before The Shot Card spirit made it to it.

And, once the Shot Card spirit bounced off of the reflection of the sun, so too speak...

"Seal it!" Kero now chimed in with.

And with this now in mind, me and Sakura, then raised our respective staffs. "Return to your power confined, Shot Card!" Me and Sakura both chanted in unison, as we both swung our respective staffs down, at exactly the same time

And after the Shot Card spirit had been sucked into our respective card halves, that had materialized on the tips of our respective staffs, and both card halves had then combined together into a complete clow card, the Shot Card was captured and sealed.

"That was well done from the both of you Sakura and Zachary, capturing the Shot Card took a lot of courage," Kero now proceeded to say to me and Sakura.

"Thanks Kero," I now proceeded to say back to him.

And more importantly...

"Thanks for you help Li," I said. As I turned to him, and did something that I thought I would never do to someone like Li. I wound up smiling at him. And it was then that I realized, that despite the differences that me and Li currently had with each other, that maybe there was actually a way for us to actually be friends after all.

And though I did not know it yet, Li would wind up becoming a very important ally, in what was eventually going to become a multi dimensional war. That would wind up bringing me, Sakura, and the rest of our friends, into contact with two other well known 90s magical girl groups. Whose sterling reputations, helped to turn the magical girl genre, into what it was today. But more on this, at a much later of a date.

 

[zachycards]

It was just one of those days that you would just have to experience yourself to believe it. During a cooking class earlier in the day, it was discovered that everyone's cakes were coming out way too sweet. And upon choosing to investigate while no one else was there. It was discovered that the Sweet card had been responsible. And although I wasn't a fan of having Li tag along with both Sakura and I, I decided that at some point you have to learn to trust your allies, even if you don't agree with how they act sometimes. It was after Li had poured salt onto the Sweet card spirit that Sakura and I then raised our respective staffs, "we command you to return to your power confined, Sweet Card!" we chanted in unison. And after the Sweet Card spirit had been sucked into our respective card halves, that had materialized on the tips of our respective staffs, and both card halves had then combined together into a complete clow card, the Sweet Card was captured and sealed. And it was from that point on, I began to trust Li more as he did the same with me, until eventually, the both of us became friends. And unbeknownst to either of us, this would actually become very important, in the future events that were to follow.

 

[zachycards]

It had been a very long and very harrowing time for Sakura and I the previous night. Not only had Sakura and I had to chase after a clow card, which happened to be the Dash Card. But we had both been unsuccessful in capturing it and sealing it as well. However, despite all of that, Li was the one who wound up capturing it in the end, as he was keen to point out and show us the captured Dash Card the following morning. So unfortunately, not much information, no, scratch that, no information was known on what he had actually done to capture it by himself. But seeing as how, from what I had seen, that he could ultimately hold his own with regards to doing such things. I decided to put those thoughts to the side, and instead focus on what Sakura and I currently had to do. Which was making sure that the rest of the clow cards were captured and sealed, before a calamity befell this world. But, what none of three of us would not know until it actually wound up happening. Was that our destinies would have so much more in store then we ever would have thought possible or could have ever imagined. But more on that later.

 

[zachycards]

Okay, so as it currently stood, me, Sakura, and a couple of our friends, were currently out on the street of Tomoeda. Well, more specifically, we were all inside a bookstore, somewhere in town.

The only trouble was, was that a certain one of our friends, had wound up picking up a green colored book from one of the shelves, that had no title.

And unfortunately, this very book, later in the evening, would wind up, becoming a big problem.

And speaking of which, and now fast forwarding to later tonight.

And me and Sakura, were once again, dressed up in yet another costume ensemble, courtesy of Madison. Sakura, was currently wearing a pretty elaborate and fancy looking battle outfit. Sakura was wearing a long-sleeved blue one-piece with large shoulder padding, ending as a pair of shorts. The main body of the one-piece had its sides lined in white, the space between the white and blue bordered with gold. A large, golden chest piece in the shape of a pair of wings that had its back extending into two long grey-blue tails with a red circle matching that of the gemstone in the center of the wings is worn with the costume, as well as the blue thigh high boots with a blue circle near the opening, the opening itself bordered with gold. And as for the other accessories? Well they included a blue headband with wings extending from the side of the end of the headband.

And as for my battle outfit? Well, it was almost exactly the same battle outfit, as Sakura was. The only difference, was that mine was a slightly lighter blue then hers was. And the hidden reason for this being the case? Well, as it turned out, and would be confirmed much further on into the future, I would wind up meeting another version of myself, who would be dressed in a similar battle outfit. However, on top of that, this other version of myself, would be aligned, with two other well known 90s Anime Magical Girls...And more importantly, would help to further coin a future name, that I would have, for both of them, and Sakura as well. As the 90 Magical Girl Holy Trinity.

Anyway, and now getting back to the current situation regarding me, Sakura, Kero, and Madison...

"These are from my new Millennium Collection," Madison said in a very notably joyous sounding tone of voice. While she had the camera focused, on me and Sakura, dressed in our respective battle outfits.

However...

"Well look whose here!" I then heard the all too familiar voice of one Meilin, call out to us from above.

"Oh joy, Meilin and Li are here...Well...I already put my differences regarding me and Li aside...Meilin on the other hand?...Not exactly," I thought to myself, while I audibly let out a deep sigh.

However, this was sort of interrupted, by me and Sakura, then getting an all too familiar feeling. And with this very feeling, directing it us both, to look behind us. I then, couldn't help, but speak up. "D-did any of you guys sense that?" I asked out loud with a slight bit of nervousness in my tone.

"Hear what?" I then heard Madison respond with.

And with the sudden arrival of a cat. No scratch that, a much larger then normal cat. It was then, that as the very huge cat, had proceeded to try and take a swipe at me and Sakura. Only for me to then quickly pull out the Fly Card, and for me and Sakura, to the quickly raise our respective staffs. "Fly!" Me and Sakura both chanted in unison, as we both swung our staffs down, at exactly the same time, and then hit the Fly Card, at exactly the same time, with the tips, of our respective staffs.

Now fast forwarding, to just a little bit later on.

Which was not too long, after Sakura and I, had captured and sealed the Big Card at the towns fountain. We were now being told by Kero that another clow card had just revealed itself, which was the Create card. And only once a huge dragon had wound up appearing out of seemingly nowhere, that both me an Sakura, then got a sickening feeling in our stomachs.

As both of us now knew all too well, of the only Clow Card, that was able to stand up to a dragon. Which not surprisingly, was the Big Card. The good news here, was that Madison, was quick to try and put both me and Sakura at ease.

"It'll be okay, just remember that dragons aren't real," Madison said, trying to comfort the both of us.

As I then hesitantly pulled out the Big card, and turned to Sakura. Which after she had hesitantly nodded in response, we both then raised our respective staffs.

"Big card, make us grow, big card, release and dispel!" Me and Sakura both chanted in unison, as we both swung our staffs down, at exactly the same time, and then hit the Fly Card, at exactly the same time, with the tips, of our respective staffs.

And within seconds, the both of us grew to 50 feet tall. And once both Me and Sakura, had made our way over to the dragon, and had grabbed its tail, in an effort to stop it from making it to the city, and having it cause damage to it.

The dragon suddenly started to disappear. It was then Sakura and I then raised our respective now gigantic staffs. "We command you to return to your power confined, Create Card!" Me and Sakura, both chanted as we swung our now gigantic staffs down at the exact same time, only this time, a microscopic card halve wound up materializing on the tips of our now gigantic staffs. And of course, just like all the previous captures. After the two respective card halves, had joined together, thus forming a now completed clow card, the Create Card was sealed.

 

[zachycards]

It was after realizing that the Change card had literally caused both Kero and Li to switch bodies, and after an entire issue had happened at school. Both Sakura and I decided that it was finally time to set everything right again. And with that in mind, I pulled out the Change card, and Sakura and I raised our respective staffs, "Change card, come to our aid, Change Card, release and dispel!" Sakura and I chanted in unison as we swung our respective staffs down and hit the Change card at the exact same time with the tips our our respective staffs. And after the Change Card spirit appeared, and had returned Kero and Li back to their original bodies. Sakura and I could then finally breath a sigh of relief as this current incident had finally been taken care of and was now behind us. "This incident reminds me way too much of the movie Freaky Friday," I thought to myself as I sweatdropped.

 

[zachycards]

Okay, this fight on ice was now getting completely out of hand. Sakura had been almost completely frozen once, and Li had had to break her free. I had been thrown through the air by the force of the Freeze card spirit breaking through the ice. Which had happened when I tried to push Sakura out of its path. Only for me to take a direct hit instead of her. This caused Li to get very upset. I mean, wouldn't you if you saw your friend and fellow Cardcaptor take a direct hit from a clow card spirit, get thrown through the air, and then hit the ice hard? And on top of all that having happened, the three of us had to be constantly moving about the rink so that we could keep ourselves safe from the Freeze card spirit that lurked beneath the ice. It was only after the Freeze card temporarily showed itself after Sakura had a brilliant idea to 'break the ice,' that both Sakura and I then finally took our chance and raised our respective staffs. "We command you to return to your power confined, Freeze Card!" Me and Sakura both chanted in unison as we swung our respective staffs down at exactly the same time. And with that the Freeze Card was sealed, but instead, wound up in Li's hand rather than ours. But, I found it to be one that he had very much deserved, seeing as how he had kept Sakura out of harms way. I had as well, but it went to Li.

 

[zachycards]

Okay, so things in this current situation had very quickly spiraled out of control hadn't they? This was largely due to the fact that Sakura and I, along with Li, were currently face to face with the Fire Card spirit. Who also happened to be one of the four element cards. And after a little bit of time of Sakura, myself and Kero continuously dodging flames that were being thrown at us by the Fire Card spirit. Kero picked around that time to speak up to the both of us. "Maybe this is far as the two of you go?" he asked, referring to the fact that the both of us were having a pretty rough time fighting against the Fire Card spirit. It really did look like this was the end of the line for the both of us. Thankfully though Li was quick to bring the both of us back down to earth. "Sakura, Zachary, you can use two element cards!" he said. It was then that I pulled out both the Windy and Water cards and both Sakura and I raised our respective staffs. "Windy and Water, release and dispel!" Sakura and I chanted in unison as we hit the Windy and Water cards at the same time with the tips of our respective staffs. Well, they were stacked one on top of the other, but we'll just gloss over that, since it still wound up working. A split second later the Windy and Water Clow card spirits appeared and began soaring towards the Fire card spirit, and a second later, the Fire card spirit was bound by both Windy and Water, to which it began to fall and then hit the ground. A second after that, Sakura and I proceeded to seal it, "we command you to return to your power confined, Fire card!" And with that the Fire card was sealed.

 

[zachycards]

Well about a week or so had now passed, since me and Sakura, had captured and sealed the Fire Card spirit at the fairgrounds. Which strangely, had allowed Kero to get his power of Fire back. And as for more on regard to the capturing of the Fire Card spirit. It had been done with the help of Li. Since he had used the Time Card to temporarily stop time during the encounter with the Fire Card. And me and Sakura, had used the Sleep Card, to put everyone else besides us to sleep. However, this wasn't currently on either of our minds. Moreover, as this was due to the current fact, that me and Sakura, were currently at home. And the reason was, that we were currently up in our room, doing our spring break homework.

Well Sakura was, and this was due to the clear fact, that I had already finished all of my spring break homework yesterday.

Anyway, this was then followed by the phone in our room ringing. To which I then went over, and then answered it. "Hello, this is Zachary speaking," I said cheerily into the mouthpiece of the phone.

"Zachary, you and Sakura need to get to the school," came Li's voice from the other end of the line. And by the sound of his tone, it sounded as though it could be a Clow Card. So, with this in mind, I proceeded to ask Li about whether or not this was the case. "Why Li, is it a Clow Card by any chance?" I now proceeded to ask Li, with a bit of intrigue to my tone.

"I sensed an unusual presence at the school earlier this morning, so I would assume so…" Li said matter-of-factly from the other end of the line. "Fine, me and Sakura will be there in a bit," I said, as I sighed, and then hung up.

To which I then proceeded to turn my attention to Sakura, and then proceeded to speak up. "Sakura, that was Li, he said that he apparently sensed an unusual presence at the school earlier this morning…? He says it is most likely a Clow Card?" I said, with a bit of reproach in my tone. "Well then Zachary, it seems that we both have another Clow Card to capture," Sakura now proceeded to say to me, as she smiled with her eyes closed.

"R-right Sakura," I now proceeded to say. But it was while I had had a sort of nervous expression on my face, but I did my best to hide it. And the reason as to why I currently had this nervous expression. Well that was due to me still not being used to Sakura's personality, as well as experiencing it for real

So, later that night, me and Sakura, after meeting up with Li, then went to the school to investigate. And, as usual, me and Sakura were now dressed up in yet another one of Madison's battle outfit ensembles. Sakura was dressed up in a red colored outfit that consisted of a cape, with an outline of the sun on the front. And she was also currently wearing a somewhat large looking red colored hat on her head, that was tilted to one side. Which also had two tassels, one on the front edge of it, and the other on the reverse side. One had an ornament of the sun, and the other was of a crescent shaped moon.

And on more with regard to this very hat. Well, it would actually wind up somewhat resembling someone else, that we would be running into in the somewhat distant future. Who believe it or not, actually had a similar looking hat, to the one that Sakura was currently wearing. And for those who are

But anyway, it wasn't long, until we were confronted by a swarm of pink colored bubbles. Which after asking Kero for information regarding it via me asking him on my blue cellphone. We were then told by Kero, that it was the Bubbles Card. And thankfully, he told us that it was harmless in nature. Which given that me and Sakura had captured the Fire Card during our last capture. I then proceeded to breath a slight sigh of relief, since I now knew that at least this time, the Clow Card spirit wasn't hostile, or violent in its nature

And, it was when we were on the school roof after a chase that seemed to last forever. Li then wound up choosing to speak up. "Hold on, here it comes! Both of you get ready!" Li said, as were then confronted by the swarm of pink bubbles again. Which was after Li had drawn our attention to its sudden appearance.

And, with us both then hoping, that nothing would wind up going wrong. Me and Sakura, then proceeded to raise our respective staffs. "Bubbles card, we command you to return to your power confined, Bubbles!" Me and Sakura proceeded to chant together in unison. Which while we did so, we proceeded to swing our respective staffs down at exactly the same time. And, as the wind started to pick up around the three of us, and Madison. Who was currently filming us, as usual. And, as the usual Clow card halves materialized on the tips of our respective staffs. And, as the Clow Card spirit started to break apart, and was then sucked into our respective Clow card halves. And once both halves formed together to make a whole and complete Clow Card, the Bubbles Card was captured.

But, what neither of us, or even Kero or Li realized at the current moment. Was that we would eventually wind up in a duo of tests. One, would wind up transpiring, once all of the Clow Cards were finally all captured. And as for the other? Well, it would wind up being a final test of sorts. Which, if me and Sakura wound up failing either one, then we would not only wind up throwing our own timeline out of balance. But it would also throw at least two more anime timelines out of balance as well. And, me and Sakura, would also need to prepare ourselves. Because we would also wind up coming into contact, with two of the most well known 90s magical girls to every exist. Who like Sakura, helped to turn the magical girl genre, into what it was today. I mean after all, while one was often referred to as 'Magical Girl Genesis,' the other, was not as well known. But, she would wind up becoming just as legendary and well known as me and Sakura. And it would all be thanks, to the help of two more versions of myself. One, who I would find out, was partnered with these very two 90s magical girl groups. And the other? Well, I would find out that she was partnered, with one of the most powerful level 5 Espers to every exist. I mean after all, she wasn't nicknamed The Ace Of Tokiwadai for no reason.

 

[zachycards]

Well, it did seem to start out like any other normal day. Actually you know what? Since me and Sakura are Cardcaptors, I don't think that I can consider any of what was going on, and what would ultimately wind up transpiring further on this fic, to be even the slightest bit normal.

"In fact viewers...Oh, sorry about that, I didn't mean to startle you like that...Yes, hello there viewers...this is Zachary here...yea, you know the character that you're currently reading about in this particular fanfic?...Yes viewers...just as it so happens, I happen to have what is known, as Fourth Wall Awareness...In fact viewers...Hey Sakura?...Can you please come over here for a second?...I would like your help to explain to the viewers, that I am not the only one who can do this...*Sakura now proceeds to come into the frame of shot, and proceeds to speak up to address the viewers. And this is while she is currently smiling, with both of her eyes closed*"

"I think that would be best Zachary...Hello there viewers, Sakura here...and yes, Zachary is correct with his statement...we both have the ability to talk to you...*Sakura proceeds to say this, while still smiling with both of her eyes closed*"

"And if I may speak up for moment here Sakura...As you viewers...are going to soon find out as you read more of this fanfics, as well as...*I proceed to try and say this, only for Sakura to now proceed to interject*"

"Actually Zachary, I think that it would be best not to let the viewers know about any of that...I mean after all...they need to be enticed enough to want to read those future chapters for themselves...*Sakura proceeds to say this to me, while still smiling with both of her eyes closed*"

"O-oh, r-right Sakura, that would be a better choice...And if I may for a moment viewers...even though me and Sakura, have been capturing and sealing the clow cards for quite a few months now, I still find her to be a little bit intimidating at times...I mean after all viewers...would you be the same way if you wound up having to work alongside one of the most iconic 90s magical girls in 90s anime magical girl history?...My point exactly...But, as you will wind up reading later on this fanfic...and just to spoil you viewers all with a little bit of foreshadowing...Sakura, isn't going to wind up being the only iconic 90s magical girl in these three fanfics...I mean after all viewers...'The moonlight is a messenger of love'....Ah, got your attention now don't I...Now then viewers...what do you say, that we get on with the chapter now...hmm?"

Okay, so a couple of days had now passed, since me and Sakura

"Why oh why do such freakishly high tidal waves have to be at the beach today?" I proceeded to say to Sakura, as me and her, along with Li, were currently on a beach.

However, this was sort of then interrupted, when Kero wound up telling us that the freakishly high tidal waves, were actually the work of a clow card. And apparently, it was the Wave Card, which had the ability to create tidal waves out of currently existing water.

And yet...

"Okay, so Zachary, since we both already have the Water Card, I think we should just use that, rather then the Wave Card. I mean after all, it is an Element Card," Sakura now proceeded to say to me.

And this was true, since we both already had the Water Card, I then proceeded to speak up. As we then both agreed, that we would most likely not be using the Wave Card over the Water Card.

Anyway, it was then that me and Sakura, then set about capturing it. And after everyone else had fled the beach because of the approaching freakishly high tidal waves. Me and Sakura, then proceeded to call on our respective staffs. "Oh, key of clow, power of magic, power of light, surrender the wand, the force ignite, Release!" Me and Sakura proceeded to chant in unison. Which was then quickly followed, by the sand on the beach proceeding to whip up quite swiftly around us.

And this was then followed, by our respective keys, then quickly expanding into our respective staffs. To which we then proceeded to grab hold of them, with a quick down and overhanded grasp. To which we then proceeded to twirl our respective staffs, before then finishing off with a pose each. Which just so happened in fact, to be the very same signature pose, that Sakura herself had struck with her staff in the episodes of the actual Cardcaptors anime timeline. Which, was pretty much every single episode. And this wasn't the Cardcaptor Sakura canon timeline, but the Nelvana Dub canon timeline.

But anyway, getting back to the current situation. This was then followed, by me and Sakura, then proceeding to raise our respective staffs above our heads, as we then set about with proceeding to capture and seal the Wave Card spirit. "Wave Card, we command you to return to your power confined, Wave!" Me and Sakura chanted in unison, as we swung our respective staffs down at exactly the same time.

And, once the all too familiar Clow Card halves, materialized on the tips of our respective staffs. And the Wave Card spirit was then quickly broken down, and then sucked into our respective card halves. Which had materialized on the tips of our respective staffs. To which the Clow Card halves, were then combined into a complete clow card, the Wave Card was then sealed and captured.

But, even though me and Sakura now had yet another capture under our belts, this was going to wind up paling in comparison, to what awaited us in the events to follow. But that, is for another time.

 

[zachycards]

Okay, so about a day or so, had now passed by, since me and Sakura, had captured the Through Card, at the towns shrine. But, as me and Sakura, were currently at the town library. As in, the very same library, in which me and Sakura, had capture the Through Card, not too long ago.

But, however, as me and Sakura, were browsing through the many shelves of books. I suddenly, overheard a conversation, from two of the other people, who were currently, inside the aisle, that was next to the one, that me and Sakura, were currently in.

"So, have you by any chance finished your homework for spring break?" I heard one of them ask the other in the aisle next to ours.

"Why yes...yes I..." The other one, was about to say back to the other in response. But suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, they wound up stopping mid sentence.

"Actually...I take that back...no...no I haven't," They then quickly followed up with responding in response.

And this very incident of sorts, wound up immediately catching my attention.

"Okay, that was strange of that person, to change their response so quickly...Hold on...wait a second here...I am getting a familiar feeling...I wonder if Sakura," I thought to myself, while I slowly turned my attention to Sakura, to see if she also knew, what this exactly was. And sure enough, Sakura was displaying the sort of usual confident looking expression, the same expression, that was usually present, when she usually sensed the presence, of a Clow Card nearby.

And so, a bit later on, back at our home. And, after I had told Kero, about the discovery, and the all too familiar feeling, that me and Sakura had sensed, at the library. Kero then, immediately realized, which Clow Card it was. Well, it was more like about a half minute of him being in deep thought, until he wound up coming to a conclusion.

"Well, it sounds to me like it's the Libra Card," Kero said, after he had had finished his half minute or so of deep thought.

"The Libra Card?" Sakura then asked in response, with a bit of confusion in her tone.

"So what exactly can the Libra Card do?" I wound up asking Kero my question, only a couple of seconds, after Sakura had asked hers.

"Well, the Libra Card, is able to tell, as to whether or not, a person is lying. And as such, can also force somebody, to tell the truth," Kero said in response.

"Oh okay...so the Libra Card, is basically, the magical version, of a lie detector...so to speak," I thought to myself, as my facial expression, then changed. From my previous expression, of complete confusion, to a look of now complete, and total understanding.

And, fast forward to later that night, maybe about a couple of hours later. Which was after both me and Sakura, had actually wound up sneaking out, to go and capture the Libra Card.

And as it seemed, this really was in fact, just a serious case of deja vu. And this was because, as me and Sakura, made our way towards, and then into the library, through the usual entrance.

We both, then went off, to near the aisles of shelves, in which me and Sakura, had sensed the presence of the Libra Card, earlier in the day.

And, upon spotting the Libra Card spirit in question, which was hanging from the one of the bookshelves. And sure enough, it had actually been hanging, in the very aisle, in which those two people had been standing. And as for the true form of the Libra Card spirit? Well, it was currently, in the form of a strange looking type of ornament. And this was because, the true form of the Libra Card spirit, as me and Sakura took came upon it. Was a pan-scale, with one of its sides holding a sun and the other side was holding a moon.

Thankfully, and as luck would have it, no one else, was in the library at the current moment. And, not wanting to waste even another second, me and Sakura, then raised our respective staffs, at exactly the same time. "We command you to return to your power confined, Libra Card!" Me and Sakura both chanted in unison as we swung our respective staffs down at exactly the same time. And, once the Libra Card spirit was sucked into both of our respective card halves, that had materialized on the tips of our respective staffs. And once both hard halves had then combined into a complete clow card, the Libra Card was captured and sealed.

And once the Libra Card floated into my free right hand. I then turned my attention to Sakura. And realizing something very nagging, and important, I then, decided to speak up. "We need to get home before Tori and dad get worried about us!" I said, while a frantic looking expression had now found its way onto my face. And, from the frantic expression that Sakura had just given back to me when I had just said that, I knew that she had just realized that as well. And with that thought very prevalent on our minds, we quickly ran out of the library, with the now captured Libra Card now safely put away in my outfits shirt pocket, and off back towards home.

However, even though, we had both successfully captured and sealed, yet another Clow Card. And, though neither me, Sakura, or any of our friends, knew it at the current time. We would soon, be locked, in a test. That if we wound up failing it, would not just wind up putting ourselves at risk. But, if we wound up failing it, then our future allies, would wind up paying the same type of price as well.

And who might these future allies of ours be you ask? Well that, is something, for a much later time.

 

[zachycards]

Location: At The School
Time: Nighttime During Spring Break And A Couple Weeks After Sakura And I Had Our Encounter With The Fire Card At The Fairgrounds And We Had Captured The Fire Card

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For both Sakura and I, Spring Break was going great. Well, about as normal as you can get for two siblings that were also CardCaptors. And tonight was no exception to that, as both Sakura and I were once again going at it, as we both flew on our respective winged staffs across the school grounds, as we attempted to capture yet another clow card, which happened to be the Arrow card. But, because this was us capturing a clow card, we were dressed up in another one of Madison's battle outfits each. Sakura was dressed up in an outfit that was green with white accents. And I was dressed up in a similar outfit, except it was light blue with darker blue accents. And right now however, Sakura and I were busy doing our best to try and outmaneuver an array of arrows that were being shot at us by the Arrow card spirit. It was while Sakura and I were about to pass one of the many trees on the school's property that things started to get interesting, "Element, Lightning, Descend!" a familiar male voice yelled. And withing a split second, an arrow that was about to land in front of Sakura and I, was instantly fried by the bolt of lightning. "Thanks for the save Li!" I said, thanking him. "Don't take your eyes off it!" Li said as he turned his attention back to the Arrow card spirit, which had conjured up another arrow, and was now poised to launch it at him. It was at this point that Sakura and I figured, that now as good a time as any to wrap things up. Sakura then pulled out the Windy card, to which we both turned to each other, nodding in response to each other, and then raising our respective staffs, "Windy card, come to our aid, Windy Release And Dispel!" we chanted in unison as we hit the Windy card at the same time with the tips of our respective staffs. And once the Windy card spirit had appeared and blew a powerful enough wind to distract the Arrow card spirit for a brief moment. I then pulled out the Jump card, to which we once again raised our respective staffs, "Jump!" we chanted in unison as we hit the Jump card at the same time with the tips of our respective staffs. And once wings had appeared on the sides of our respective shoes, and we had jumped over the Arrow card spirit, each doing a flip in the air, and then landing back down again. We then raised our respective staffs one final time. "Return to your power confined, Arrow card!" we chanted in unison as we swung our respective staffs down at the same time. And with that the Arrow card was sealed. It was at this point after the now sealed Arrow card had landed in my hand, that Meilin decided to speak up from the sidelines. "Li deserves that card far more then they do!" Meilin whined. "Well Meilin, it would seem that Sakura and I deserved it more!" I said inwardly to myself, clearly annoyed with her whining, due to a tickmark being visible on my face, despite my very best effort to hide it. "Well, it looks like you've got a fan club" Madison said to Li, referring to Meilin's comment about Li deserving the Arrow card more then Sakura and I. However, Li could only give a perplexed expression in response to what Madison had just said. "That was a great job Sakura, you too Zachary, the Arrow card really had it in for the two of you" Kero said as he flew down to both to Sakura and I "Do I know how to choose two Cardcaptors or what?" he said as both Sakura and I smiled.

---

Location: At Maggie's Shop
Time: Later The Next Day

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Later the next day, at the Twin Bells shop. Sakura and I were browsing, since we had a lot of spare time with it being Spring Break and all. It was after we had each made our respective purchases that Maggie suggested that we both try our luck at a contest that the town was currently running. It consisted of people who had made a purchase reaching their hand into a box and pulling out a colored ball, the ball then determined what sort of prize they would receive. It was as I took my turn, after Sakura had gone and had taken her turn, that Maggie was explaining that many have tried, but none had one the grand prize yet, which was a trip for five to Hong Kong. But, it was when I pulled my hand out, with the ball in my grasp, that I realized that it was gold colored. This, of course caused Maggie to be a bit perplexed, largely since because the ball i pulled was gold colored, meant that I had won the grand prize. This not only shocked me, but Sakura as well, since she had also pulled a gold colored ball as well. It was then that we both knew, that this was going to be a trip of a lifetime.

---

This may have been a trip of a lifetime, but it had quickly become a trip that had gone completely off the rails. Over the past several days, Sakura and I had been having several weird dreams. These consisted of us both being in an underground area somewhere in the city, and over the progressing dreams, we were confronted by a mysterious women dressed in a peculiar outfit, that seemed to be emanating an aura of pure evil from her. A previous day, a quick chase took place after Sakura and I took off after a pair of mysterious birds through the shopping district of the city, and we then fell under a trance like state in front of an abandoned well after having followed those same birds to that abandoned well. But thankfully, before we both fell into the well and into certain trouble, Li stepped in, and snapped us both out of our trance like states. But not before we both wound up losing our balance, and falling into the water of the abandoned well, leaving both of us soaking wet. After Madison bumped into Meilin at the shopping district, and after everyone had met up again. It was decided that we would spend the night at Li's house, at least according to his mom for some odd reason. However, it was during the night, that Sakura and I once again had the same dream, only this time we both got had gotten injured in that dream. And despite both of us having woken up, we both discovered that the injuries we had sustained during the dream were anything but imaginary. A day or so after that, it was decided that Sakura, myself and Li would confront this evil spirit. And after going back to the abandoned well, and a huge battle, we managed to barely escape with our lives intact. But not before the evil spirit decided to angrily ask Sakura and I where Clow Reed was. It was at this point that Sakura and I realized that this evil female spirit was interested in only one thing, and that was to get revenge on Clow Reed. Which unfortunately, was going to be a little bit difficult, seeing as how he had died a long time ago. A day after the battle, and a decision was made to go at this again. Sakura and I were dressed up in another one of Madison's battle costumes each, and we once again made our way back to the abandoned well, for one final battle against the evil female spirit. (a/n: Sakura's battle outfit is the same as the one from the movie, and mine is the same, minus the ribbons and frills, and is light blue and has dark blue accents instead).

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Location: Somewhere In Hong Kong
Time: Nighttime Several Days After Sakura And I Won The Trip For Five To Hong Kong And A Short Time After Sakura And I Entered The Abandoned Well Dressed In Our Battle Costumes

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This fight was quickly starting to get out of hand. Sakura and I now found ourselves bound by the evil female spirit in the wraps that were part of her outfit, both of us unable to move. "Where is Clow Reed!?" the evil female spirit asked. "Clow Reed is dead, he died a long time ago" I said in a depressed sounding tone of voice in another attempt to get her to see the truth. And it was at this moment, that the wraps binding Sakura and I seemed to be loosening slightly. It was then, that we took this to our advantage, and broke free, leaping into the air. And once we had landed on the ground again, without me having to say a word, I pulled out the Arrow card. Sakura, realizing what idea i had, nodded to me, to which i returned one in response. And without having to say a single word more, we then raised our respective staffs, "Arrow card, come to our aid, Arrow Release And Dispel!" we chanted in unison as we hit the Arrow card at the same time with the tips of our respective staffs. And once the Arrow card spirit appeared and began firing her array of arrows, it was after about a minute of back and forth, that an arrow wound up hitting its mark. And after a brief conversation with the evil female spirit, she wound up fading away. However, as Sakura and I congratulated each other on a job well done, I just somehow knew, that despite having done all of the things we had already done up to this point, we still had a long way to go with regards to the clow cards.

 

[zachycards]

Well, Spring Break had now officially begun. And it was a couple of weeks since our encounter and capturing of the Fire Card at the school fairgrounds during Christmas. Only now, we were sort of paying a visit to the shrine near Penguin Park. You, know the same shrine in which me and Sakura both encountered and then captured the Maze Card, as well as the Return Card. Well, actually, with regard to the Return Card, that wound up going to Li instead of us. As he was the one who had rescued the both of us from the Clow Card in question. However, with regard to the current situation. This wasn't exactly the case at the current moment. And, what I actually mean by that is...well..."Okay now this is just plain weird, not to mention very annoying and frustrating. Just how much longer is this Clow Card going to continue to give us so much trouble!?" I said, with immense frustration in my tone of voice as me and Sakura, continued to only watch on, as it seemed that anything that we threw at the Clow Card in question, just seemed to have no effect on it. Now for further explanation regarding the current situation, it went like this. Me and Sakura were at the shrine in question. But, the only thing, was that we were currently having a really tough time dealing with a clow card known simply as the Through Card, that seemed to be able to pass through just about anything we could throw at it, whether it be a Clow Card or otherwise.

And it was only when I came up with the idea to use the Maze Card to entrap it, and had suggested it to Sakura, that we finally decided that it was more then enough to help us seal the Through Card. And so, without having to say another word to each other, I pulled out the Maze Card. And once me and Sakura had nodded to each other, we then both raised our respective staffs at exactly the same time. "Maze Card, come to our aide, form a complicated maze to help us trap Through, Maze, release and dispel!" Me and Sakura both chanted in unison, as we swung our staffs down at the exact same time, hitting the Maze Card at the same time with the tips of our respective staffs. And in a swirl of green, the Maze Card appeared, and then began to materialize around the Through Card spirit. And although the Through Card spirit tried to escape, it simply just wound up getting entrapped within one of the Maze Card's many walls. And once the Maze Card had entrapped the Through Card spirit in one of its many walls. Me and Sakura then approached the entrapped Through Card spirit, and then raised our respective staffs at exactly the same time. "We command you to return to your power confined, Through Card!" Me and Sakura both chanted in unison as we then swung our respective staffs down at the exact same time. And once the Through Card was split in half, and sucked into our respective card halves, that had materialized on the tips of our respective staffs, and the two halves then combined to form a complete clow card, the Through Card was sealed.

Only, once both me and Sakura, had signed our names on the now captured and sealed Through Card, a realization then suddenly came to my mind. I had now been in the world of the Cardcaptor anime for quite a few months now. And to be honest, I was now starting to feel a tad bit homesick. However, little did I realize, as future events would soon wind up showing. The act of me being homesick, would soon wind up becoming the least of my problems. And with still no knowledge of future events to come, regarding the Cardcaptor anime, I was still heading into the current future events, almost completely blind. And, though I also did not know it either at the time, Sakura, would soon wind up being a very important part, of what would soon be a much larger picture. And, even though there are technically no villains in our world, that doesn't mean that they don't exist elsewhere.

In fact, another two groups of very well known 90s magical girls, would wind up playing an immensely huge role, in the events that were still to come. I mean after all, there is always something more in play, then just a simple fight of good versus evil. And, while me and Sakura currently only had to deal with capturing the rest of the remaining Clow Cards, this would wind up completely paling in comparison, to what would bring not just Sakura together, but two more well known 90s magical girls as well.

And, as mentioned several chapters ago, you may sometimes have a variably tough or even an easy time dealing with most hands in the game of poker, depending on what hand you may have at that current moment. You will always have an incredibly rough, and maybe even an impossible time, dealing with a hand of Four Aces.

And, not to mention, that I would soon be faced with a life altering choice. And if I wound up choosing wrong, it would wind up having very dire and dangerous consequences. But it wouldn't wind up affecting things for just me and Sakura. In fact, just to make matters all that much more worse. It wouldn't be just me and Sakura, who would wind up suffering for what would wind up being a potential and very catastrophic failure and loss. For if we did in fact lose, or were unable to achieve our goal of capturing the remaining Clow Cards, everyone that we held the most dear and cared about the most, would wind up suffering at the hands of an entity of pure evil. But, more on that at a still very much later date.

 

[zachycards]

It was after Kero, Sakura, Li and I had escaped the swirling vortex of snow, that Sakura suddenly realized that she was missing her watch from her wrist, which had been given to her as a present. It was then that Sakura looked back at me, Li and Kero with a determined look on her face, and also a hint of anger, "We're using the Fire Card!" she said as we all found our way onto the entrance structure to the park. And with great haste, Sakura pulled out the Fire Card. Without wanting to challenge her actions, seeing the mood Sakura was currently in, I raised my respective staff, as did she. "Fire Card, come to our aid, use your power to melt all the snow, Fire Card, Release and Dispel!" we chanted in unison as we swung our respective staffs down and hit the Fire Card at the same time with the tips of our respective staffs. And once the Snow Card spirit was seen being chased by the Fire Card spirit, Sakura and I once again raised our respective staffs, "we command you to return to your power confined, Snow Card!" Sakura and I chanted in unison as we once again swung our respective staffs down at the same time. And with that the Snow Card was captured. "Well, now we know what happens when Sakura gets mad" Kero said. "And I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end when she's like that" I said in a somewhat nervous tone of voice.

 

[zachycards]

It was really becoming a real head scratcher for the three of us. Not only had Madison literally had her voice stolen by a Clow Card, but we now had to think of a way to draw it out and get Madison's voice back in time for her to sing at the school's festival. It was then that Sakura had an idea to use the Song Card, since it had copied Madison's voice when we had captured it, to sing in an effort to draw out the Voice Card spirit. I then pulled out the Song Card, and Sakura and I then raised our respective staffs, "Song card, come to our aid, let us hear your beautiful voice, Song card, Release and Dispel!" we chanted in unison as we swung our respective staffs down and hit the Song card at the same time with the tips of our respective staffs. Once the Song card spirit appeared, and started singing in Madison's voice, it didn't take that long at all for the Voice card spirit to appear. Thankfully, before it could escape, Li used his element talismans to seal off the windows so that it couldn't escape. Sakura and I then raised our respective staffs, "we command you to return to your power confined, Voice Card!" we chanted in unison as we swung our respective staffs down at the same time. And with that, the Voice Card was sealed.

 

[zachycards]

It was just a very dire situation. Neither Sakura or myself could get hold of Kero so that he could give us any information regarding the Lock Card, that unfortunately, had locked not just the two of us in a room, but Li and Meilin as well. It was only when I came up with the idea to have both myself and Sakura insert both of our respective keys in both keyholes of the door that the true form of the Lock Card spirit finally revealed itself. Sakura and I then took our respective keys out of the doors keyholes, "key of clow, power of magic, power of light, surrender the wand, the force ignite, Release!" we chanted in unison. With our respective staffs now in hand, we then raised them, "we command you to return to your power confined, Lock Card!" we chanted in unison as we swung our respective staffs down at the same time. And once the two card halves materialized on the tips of our respective staffs. And the Lock Card spirit was sucked into our respective card halves. And once the two card halves were combined into a whole clow card, the Lock Card was sealed.

 

[zachycards]

Location: On Top Of One Of The Many Buildings In Tomoeda With Li And Meilin

Time: Early In The Evening

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This situation was starting too look really really bad. Not only was Sakura feeling under the weather, but she was even having a rough time standing up straight as the both of us stood on the roof of the building, as both Li and Meilin stood behind us. "Sakura, I you need to focus, I really need your help here if we are going to capture this card" I said with a severe hint of worry in my voice. "Element, Lightning, Come To My Aid!" Li said as he used his lightning element talisman to draw out the Cloud Card spirit. It was then that I raised my respective staff. However, as Sakura attempted to raise hers, she began to falter slightly. Meilin then came behind her and decided to support her. It was then that I decided that thanks to Meilin's help, Sakura would be stable enough to help the both of us seal the Cloud Card. It was then that me and Sakura, who now had the help and support of Meilin behind her, raised our respective staffs, "we command you to return to your power confined, Cloud Card!" Sakura and chanted in unison, with Meilin still supporting Sakura, as we swung our respective staffs down at the same time. And with that, the Cloud Card was captured.

 

[zachycards]

This was starting to get very very weird. It started like any normal trip to Tokyo for Sakura, me, Li, Meilin, Madison, and Kero. But this quickly turned to being very strange once Sakura and I went inside the ground floor of Tokyo Tower. We instantly collapsed, to which this was then followed by both of us once again having the same recurring dream of us on top of the same building, facing Tokyo Tower, our respective staffs clenched in our hands, and the dream ending shortly thereafter. And once Sakura and I came too again, we were instantly made aware, by Li, that this had all been the work of a clow card. Which was actually under Sakura's foot, as Li had pointed out. But both of us needed to act quickly, because Li was, at the moment, stopping time, so that we both could set to work on capturing the card. So, once the clow card spirit, which was in the form of a light blue butterfly, had picked this particular moment to try and escape. And without wanting to waste anymore time, or have Li completely lose his hold on his magic, Sakura and I pulled out our respective keys, "key of clow, power of magic, power of light surrender the wand, the force ignite, Release!" Sakura and I chanted in unison. With our respective staffs now in hand, we turned our attention to the clow card spirit, which was now by the entrance door. Sakura and I then raised our respective staffs, "we command you to return to your power, confined!" Sakura and I chanted in unison, as we swung our respective staffs down at the same time. And with that, the clow card was sealed, which turned out to be the Dream Card.

 

[zachycards]

Location: Flying Across The School Grounds With Li

Time: Around Midday And After School Had Let Out

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Sand, why did it have to be sand? That seemed to be the question going though my mind as Li, Sakura and I continuously flew across the school grounds on both of our respective winged staffs, with Li hitching a ride on Sakura's winged staff, whilst dodging a huge wave of sand that seemed to chase after us with malign intent. And it was only once Sakura and I had used the Water Card to saturate the sand, and Li helped out by using the Freeze Card. Sakura and I then finally touched back down on the ground, and then raised our respective staffs. "We command you to return to your power confined, Sand Card!" we chanted in unison. And once the Sand Card spirit was sucked into both of our respective card halves, that had materialized on the tips of our respective staffs. And once both hard halves had then combined into a complete clow card, the Sand Card was captured and sealed. But even though it wound up landing in Sakura's hands. She decided to let Li have it instead. But rather then ask him why she had chosen to let Li have it, I decided not to pry. And I instead decided to appreciate the fact that the three of us had managed to capture another clow card. But none of us would realize at the time, that this was only the beginning of what was lying in store for us.

 

[zachycards]

Location: In The Pitch Darkness Of What Used To Be The Schools Auditorium

Time: Unknown

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It seemed like it had been an eternity since the darkness had surrounded both Sakura and I. However, it dawned on us that even though we were in total darkness, we both seemed to be glowing. It was then that the both of us realized that it wasn't just the Dark Card that was behind this, but the Light Card as well. And once the Light Card spirit had revealed its true form along with that of the Dark Card, Sakura and I then raised our respective staffs, "Light and Dark Cards, we command you to return to your power confined, Light and Dark!" we chanted in unison as we swung our respective staffs down at the same time. However, just before both the Light and Dark card spirits disappeared and became clow cards once more, each one of them then decided to tell us both one more thing. "Believe in yourself, you're both the chosen ones!" "The Final Judgment will come from Yue!" And though neither of us knew it at that current moment, things were about to soon get that much more interesting for the both of us. And unfortunately, I would soon be faced with a choice, that depending on the outcome, would have an everlasting effect on the events that would follow. But more on that at a much later date.

 

[zachycards]

Location: Somewhere On The Streets Of Tomoeda With Li And Meilin

Time: Sometime Early In The Evening

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It really was a case of double trouble wasn't it? Apparently Sakura and I were confronted with a clow card that had the ability to duplicate anything and everything. But that was the least of our worries. When we first had attempted to capture the Twin Card spirit, it had failed, spectacularly. And that was largely due to the fact that we had tried to capture only one of the halves of the Twin Card spirit. Thankfully, with the help of Li and Meilin, Sakura and I finally got the Twin Card spirit tired out enough to where we were now able to capture it. Sakura and I then raised our respective staffs, "we command you to return to your power confined, Twin Card!" we chanted in unison. And once both halves of the Twin Card spirit was sucked into both of our respective card halves, that had materialized on the tips of our respective staffs. And once both hard halves had then combined into a complete clow card, the Twin Card was captured and sealed.

 

[zachycards]

So, as it currently stood, it had been just a couple of days, since me and Sakura, had captured the Twin Card, with the help of both Li, and Meilin. However, as it currently stood, we were both sort of preoccupied at the current moment. Which was further confirmed by the overwhelming fact, that both of us, along with Li, were currently on board a train, and we were currently passing by Tokyo Tower.

"I mean, what happens next, there is only one more Clow Card left to capture," I heard Sakura say, while looking at Tokyo Tower from the window of the moving train. And it was only once I had also, turned my attention towards Tokyo Tower, that I was then brought back down to earth, so to speak.

"Oh, that's right...I forgot about that recurring dream that both me and Sakura had been having for quite a while now...I really do wish that I knew more about that dream...But, seeing as how I hadn't watched anything past episode 5 of the Nelvana Dub version of the anime...I am still very much, Going In Almost Completely Blind," I thought to myself, as I continued to stare off in a bit of thought, at Tokyo Tower, as the train continued to pass it by.

A little bit later, at an archery range. Me, Sakura, Li, and Madison. Along with Kero, who the moment, as per usual, was currently hiding in my school bag, so that he wouldn't be seen. And you might now all be asking yourselves, as to why we were all currently at an archery range, correct? Well, as was currently the case, we were watching an archery tournament of sorts. And who should be participating in it but Julian.

And to be completely honest. Well, not like I haven't been completely honest throughout the entire length of this fanfic, but I digress.

Anyway, Julian was currently participating in the archery tournament. However, the most significant factor here, was that Ms. Mackenzie, was also participating. And as it currently stood, they were both versing against each other, going shot for shot, in the current final match of the tournament.

And not to be surprised here or anything, but both of them, were incredibly good at it. Never mind the fact that they kept getting bullseye after bullseye, but like I said, this was the final match of the tournament, so I wasn't really as surprised as I should've been.

This was basically due, to what I had heard Sakura say earlier, while we were on board the train, and were passing by Tokyo Tower.

"I still can't seem to get what Sakura said back on the train out of my mind...It is as if, once both of us have captured, and sealed the final Clow Card, then things, won't be exactly over yet...In fact, it might actually seem, as though me and Sakura's adventure, will only be just beginning," I thought to myself, in quite a deep thought.

Only for me to be brought back out of my deep thought, when I couldn't help, but overhear Ms. Mackenzie, speak in the most hush of tones, a single word, "Yue."

This was then followed, quite weirdly I might add, by Ms. Mackenzie, letting go of the arrow, that she had already had drawn back in the drawstring of her bow. Which, once it had whizzed through the air, towards the target, wound up embedding itself, quite a little bit of a way from the target, that the arrow in question, was intended to hit.

In fact, the arrow, had actually embedded itself, on the outside fascia, of the target row itself. And if I had to take a quick educated guess, as to how far that was, I would honestly have said, that it was far enough outside of the target, to be considered to be worth zero points.

However, my thought was then interrupted once again, by everyone except for me, then starting into a round of claps. And this was then followed during this, by Li of all people then speaking up. "Ms. Mackenzie missed that by a mile, something must've distracted her," I heard Li, say over the noise of the people clapping.

And this, not surprisingly, caused me, to once again, go back into deep thought. "Well Li...I would assume, that it was more then likely due to Ms. Mackenzie saying the word, 'Yue.' Wait a sec, here!...I remember now, the Light and Dark Cards, back when me and Sakura had captured and sealed them both in the auditorium weeks back, did say something along the lines, of 'the Final Judgment, will come from Yue.' So then that would mean...hold on...lets not just jump to conclusions here...get a hold of yourself...Still, if what the Light and Dark Cards said was true, then I have a strange feeling, that me and Sakura, as well as everyone else involved with the Clow Cards, might soon be locked, in a fight, for our very lives," I thought to myself, with a now all too visible shocked expression, now plastered across my face.

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A few hours later, at a nearby sculpture garden. Me and Sakura, had sort of lost track of Kero. Well, when I say that, Kero, had sort of flown off somewhere.

But, it was only once we had come across Kero, again, who had been conversing with Ms. Mackenzie. That I was then now starting to realize, just that much more, that everything, regarding me, Sakura, our friends, as well as the Clow Cards, were not even the least bit close to being over with.

In fact, before me and Sakura, had happened across the conversation, that had been taking place, between Kero and Ms. Mackenzie, I couldn't help, but overhear a small bit of the conversation.

"So, you haven't told either of them yet?" I heard the unmistakable voice of Ms. Mackenzie ask Kero.

"No," I then heard the unmistakable voice of Kero answer back.

"Not about the Final Judgment?" I then heard Ms. Mackenzie answer back.

Which once, she had said that, a small look of shock, then found its way onto my face. Only this time, it was far less obvious, then when I had been such, back at the archery range, during the archery tournament.

Now, fast forward to a couple minutes later, and I couldn't help, but then get, an all too familiar feeling, which was then followed, by quite a few, ground like tremors, then vibrate, through the ground beneath me.

"Well then, it looks as though the last Clow Card is about to reveal itself...let me just let Sakura know," I began, only to stop somewhat dead in my tracks, when I then realized, that Julian, was currently present.

"Oh, well this is clearly not the most ideal...hmm...Well, it would seem, as though things, have now gotten quite a bit more complicated," I thought to myself, as a sweatdrop, now made itself visible, on one side of my face.

 

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Although it had been a long and tiring day for Sakura, me, and everyone else, I just knew that things weren't going to get any easier anytime soon. And this was largely due to the fact that earlier in the day, shortly after Sakura and I had captured the Earth card that Kero had then transformed into his true form.

To make matters even more complicated, once Sakura and I made it back to the area where everyone else was after capturing the Earth card, we were then told to seal it as usual with both of our names.

This also wasn't made any less embarrassing due to the fact both me and Sakura were once again dressed up in another one of Madison's card capturing outfit ensembles.

Sakura was dressed up in a pink outfit with yellow accents, while i was dressed up in an outfit that resembled a medieval knight.

However, once Sakura had finished signing her name, that was when things started to really kick off.

Julian who had been knocked out by the Sleep card during Li, Sakura and I's battle with the Earth card began to glow and then angel wings sprouted from his back.

While all the while, Li, Sakura and I stood there in utter disbelief.

Once the glowing had stopped and the angel wings had parted, an entirely different individual stood in Julian's place.

Earlier we were told that like Kero showing his true form that another individual would manifest himself by the name of Yue.

I just knew deep down that this was him and whatever was this Yue had planned and what was about to happen would not be easy.

"It's been a long time Keroberos," Yue said.

"Yes it has," Keroberos said in response.

"You were careless, the Clow Cards should've never escaped," Yue said.

"Perhaps, but you know as well as I do that nothing happens by accident, Yue, I knew that you were close by, waiting, preparing," Keroberos said in response.

"Why didn't Julian tell us?" Sakura asked.

"I don't think he knew," I thought to myself in response.

"Yue kept his true identity hidden from him, he didn't know, without the final card I could only sense your presence," Keroberos said in response.

This was then followed, by Keroberos, turning his attention, to Ms. Mackenzie. "And you, you have magical powers as well, I thought for a time that you could be the judge. But, you helped both Sakura and Zachary. It was then that I realized that you couldn't be the judge. It is not the judges job to help others find their way," Keroberos said, while he, towards the end of his statement, had given a sort of side-glance towards Yue.

"Wait a second here Kero, what did you realize?" Sakura asked Keroberos in a somewhat confused sounding tone.

However, it was then that Yue decided to interject by flying over to get a closer look at both me and Sakura. "So we finally meet Sakura and Zachary, the first two candidates to be the masters of the clow cards, chosen by Keroberos. And yet, I sense another that has the cards," Yue said, obviously referring to Li.

"Their is no point in passing Final Judgment on those who are unable to capture all the cards themselves," Yue continued.

"Sakura and Zachary both have learned much, I have faith that they will both pass the test," Keroberos said in response.

"You seem confident," Yue said. "By tradition, the final decision belongs to you," Keroberos said in response.

"Then let the Final Judgment begin," Yue said.

"I am Yue, the judge, Final Judgment belongs to me," Yue said to Li who stood opposite him on the other side of the top of the structure facing him.

"You may use all of the cards at your disposal, try and defeat me," Yue said, as he conjured up large chunks of crystals from his right hand and began firing them towards Li at astonishing speed.

Only a second or two later, Li was struck in his left side by a crystal and was nearly knocked off the building.

It was at this point that Sakura began to rush towards the fight to try and save Li and was almost immediately stopped by an invisible barrier.

As Sakura continuously pounded on the barrier as I looked on from a couple feet away with a very concerned look on my face.

She constantly begged Keroberos to help, but unfortunately Keroberos said that no one could help him and that it was his fight and his fight alone.

It was at this point that Li decided to use one of his fire element talismans on Yue. "Element, fire, come to my aide!" Li chanted as he hit his talisman with the blade of his Jian.

As the fire from his element talisman consumed Yue, Li at first thought that it had worked, but as the flames dissipated and Yue was shown not to have even a scratch on him, it became clear that Li would have to try something else.

"You cannot defeat Yue with just fire alone!" Yue said as to which Li promptly pulled out another element talisman.

"Element...wind!" He started to chant, to which Yue then responded. "It's no use, i thought a direct descendant of clow reed would be more of a challenge." Li then decided to pull out the Time card to try and see if that would give him some sort of an advantage.

As the Time card landed near the roof, Li hit the Time card with the tip of his Jian. "Time!" He chanted.

But it was only after he looked up after Time card had frozen everything around him that Yue was not in front of him.

It was then that Yue's voice was heard from behind him. "Time is one of the cards under my protection," to which he then used Time's powers to freeze Li, and then followed up by speaking. "This is the end," Yue then said, to which the night was then filled by Li yelling.

It was then that Li reappeared on the ground in front of me and Sakura. As he woozily swooned back and forth, he gradually began to speak, "he took...all of my cards," he said.

"What, all of them?" Sakura exclaimed.

"Be careful Sakura, he is very powerful," he then turned to me and said "you too Zachary."

It was shortly after Li had told me and Sakura to be careful that Yue decided to speak. "It is now time to call upon the next candidates," to which both Sakura and I immediately felt another presence take over both of us to which we both faded out of view of everyone on the ground.

"Sakura, Zachary!" Madison exclaimed as she witnessed both of us fade out of existence.

It just seemed to go on forever as I stared off into nothing, waiting for everything around me to materialize again and for Sakura to reappear again beside me.

I just couldn't shake the feeling that something just wasn't right.

"I see we have a new player in the game," a disembodied voice called out from the void. I immediately perked up. "Who are you, show yourself!?" I said in a commanding tone.

"Oh come come now Cardcaptor, you know as well as I do that you don't belong here," the disembodied voice fired back.

"What are you talking about?!" I exclaimed.

"I know all, and I see all, I am everywhere, and also nowhere," the disembodied voice said.

"Oh, so you are basically God, is that what you are saying?" I asked half expecting the voice not to answer.

"Well, not exactly. Lets just say I am the keeper of this dimension and all who pass through it. Do you remember when you filled out that form Cardcaptor?" The disembodied voice asked.

"Vaguely, but yes, I remember," I said in response in a somewhat nervous tone.

"When you filled that form out and wound up in this dimension, you upset the balance between your dimension and this one, and the only way to compensate was to erase any trace of your former life in your dimension," the disembodied voice said with a hint of regret in its tone.

It was then that a look of utter shock and horror found it's way onto my face as I fell to my knees.

"You, you can't be serious right, you have to be lying!?" I said with utter disbelief and anger in my voice.

"I'm afraid it's true Cardcaptor, with every choice someone makes there must always be some sort of equal sacrifice. However, there is a way for you to fix this," the disembodied voice said.

It was then that I rose to my feet and stared off into the void once again. "And what would that be?" I asked half expecting not to hear the answer.

"I want you to throw the Final Judgment," the disembodied voice said.

It was at that moment that the feeling of reprieve welled up within me, like i knew that I actually had a chance to go back to my normal life. Every fiber of my being wanted to scream out yes. But then I remembered something, I remembered back to all of the fun I had had on my journey with Sakura and her friends while capturing the clow cards, and how much I would hate it if I let Sakura down if i deliberately didn't try my hardest to help both of us succeed. I then also remembered something else, by my own fruition i am competitive, I used to play a competitive trading card game back in my former life, and I always played in a very aggressive and competitive manner. This went against everything I was as a person in my former life when it came to being a competitive player for a full 16 years, and there was no way that I was going to go against that. There just had to be someway to go get my former life back without throwing the Final Judgment and risk losing everything me and Sakura worked so hard for. I knew I would think of something eventually, but right now I had to deal with the task at hand. It was then that a feeling of anger welled up inside me as then said into the void "Not going to happen, I don't care who you say you are, but I care enough about the friends I have made in this dimension to protect them and fight to the bitter end. So what if I don't belong here, you will just have to deal with the fact that I am here to stay. However, I will still think on your offer." "So be it fool, you may have the will to convince everyone else that you belong here, but you will always be an outcast to me!" The disembodied voice said in response. And with that everything got very bright.

"Zachary, Zachary are you there, earth to Zachary," Sakura's voice called out to me as I slowly snapped out of my stupor. "Wha...what happened?" I exclaimed as my eyesight finally returned to normal. I then placed a free hand on the side of my head to try and take understanding of the current situation, to which I then slowly turned to Sakura with a quizzical look on my face. "You zoned out for a moment there, but be ready, you and I have a test to pass," Sakura said in response. "Oh...right," I said as I once again turned my attention towards Tokyo Tower.

"I now call upon the final candidates," Yue said. But as Sakura and myself prepared ourselves for what lay ahead, I couldn't help but remember what that disembodied voice had said to me in the void. But only time would tell as to whether or not I would do something that I was strongly against.

It had just been only seconds since I had snapped out of my stupor. However, it was only then that an idea had finally come to me that would hopefully not only help Sakura and me win the Final Judgment against Yue, but it would also allow me to get my former life back should I want to ever return home again. I then turned to Sakura and decided to ask her about what she thought of my idea. "If it is at all alright with you, I would prefer it if you took the lead and I follow you," I said in a somewhat confident and yet nervous tone of voice. "Okay sure, but I don't quite understand why you want me to lead Zachary," Sakura responded back to me in a somewhat confused tone of voice. "Oh trust me it will be fine," I said in a semi confident tone of voice. "I just hope for the sake of both of us that it works, for if it doesn't, I don't have a former life to go back to if i choose to return home," I thought to myself. It was only after I had finished my sentence and Sakura had agreed to my idea that Yue once again spoke up, which turned both of our attentions back across the way to Tokyo Tower, "In order for you both to be masters of the cards that you've captured, in order to pass judgment, you must use them, to defeat me," Yue said. It was then that Sakura decided to speak up "Defeat you, but Julian, no I won't!" To which I almost proceeded to look upon Sakura with a look of what almost said, "you've got to be kidding me right now, this is not the time to be deciding to play passive Sakura." Only to be interrupted from doing so by Yue gazing upon us both from afar with glowing blue eyes and saying the words "come here." Immediately afterwards, both me and Sakura's eyes glowed blue and then our pupils went blank, which was instantly followed by Sakura pulling out the Jump card. Sakura and I then raised our respective staffs and then hit the Jump card with the tips of our respective staffs. To which white wings appeared on the sides of both of our shoes. "We will...come...to you," we both said in a trance-like sounding tone of voice. "Sakura, Zachary!" Keroberos yelled out to us as me and Sakura, whilst still in our trance-like states then began to leap off the building we were on and then proceeded to leap from building to building on our way to Tokyo Tower.

It was only after Sakura and I had landed down on the roof at the mid-base of Tokyo Tower that we were then brought out of our trance-like state, well when i say landed down, I would say that we both landed face down. To which Yue then turned to us and then said, "and now, the Final Judgment will begin." However, while me and Sakura were getting back to our feet, Sakura was saying that she was still adamant on not defeating Yue since she was still concerned on hurting Julian. To which once I had gotten back to my feet as had Sakura that I then proceeded to say to Sakura that whether Yue was Julian or not, this was something with a lot at stake, but rather than worry her, i decided to keep it to myself until after this was all over and done with. But, all of the sudden, Yue decided to go on the offensive and deliver a upward strike on Sakura, followed swiftly by using the same tactic on me, sending the both of us backwards a good distance and nearly knocking us both off the edge of the tower. Yue then decided to follow up by using the same crystal shard attack that he had used on Li in their battle. But thankfully, right before that attack hit, Sakura and I both got to our feet, Sakura was able to pull out the Fly card, and we both were able to use it to then get away on our now respective winged staffs. But, as we both flew round a corner of the tower and out of sight of Yue, for the moment, Yue then came down from out of nowhere and came to rest on one of the parts of the tower. "You realize you two cannot defeat me, by simply running away," he said. In fact, it took only a few seconds before he then caught up with the both of us, conjured up crystal shards from one of his hands and then blew us both skyward. This was then followed by both me and Sakura getting pummeled upon by several more of Yue's attacks as the pain started to mount on the both of us.

Meanwhile on the ground, Li was starting to get restless watching both me and Sakura taking constant punishment from Yue, so much so that at that point, he couldn't bear to watch it any longer. "That's it!" he shouted as he proceeded to charge forward whilst brandishing one of his elemental talismans, only to be stopped by Keroberos. "No don't, if anyone attempts to help them Sakura and Zachary will lose the Final Judgment instantly," Keroberos said trying to stop Li from doing anything he might regret. "I can't just stand here and watch them get hurt," Li responded back in a very pained tone of voice. "Have faith, they are both stronger than they seem," Keroberos said to which he then followed up by saying, "they may soon get through to him yet."

Back atop Tokyo Tower, Yue had finally relented on his attacks against me and Sakura. But it was only after Sakura and I had once again gotten to our feet that Yue, once again, began to speak. "If neither of you are going to try, then the Judgment is already over," It was at that moment that Yue through his own magic, conjured up a blue aura crescent shape that resembled that of a bow. Yue then conjured up a long blue object that resembled what looked like an arrow, to which Yue then used his magic to pull the arrow back on the bow as if he was getting ready to fire it at us. "I've got to...think of something, I need to think of a card," Sakura said with her head down. I then turned to Sakura. "If you have any ideas I am listening, because right now, you're the leader, I am just the one following you in this," I said. It was then that Sakura pulled out the Wood card, to which Sakura and I then raised our respective staff. "Wood!" We chanted as we hit the Wood card at the same time with the tips of our respective staffs.

It had just been a split second or two after the tips of both Sakura and my respective staffs had hit the Wood card. It was then followed up by Keroberos shouting from the ground. "No, not that one!" He shouted. For it was immediately after that the vines of the Wood card spirit began to emerge from the glowing card, shot forward, and almost made it to Yue, but right before they did, Yue fired the arrow that he had drawn back from his bow. The arrow then whizzed through the air before embedding itself in the ground right next to where Sakura and I were standing. A split second after that, the vines of the Wood card spirit retreated and began to make its way towards the both of us. Sakura made an attempt to start running, whilst I tried to take off right after her. But unfortunately before either of us could get more than two steps forward the vines from the Wood card spirit caught both of us by our legs, and then began to entrap us. Once it had encompassed the lower portion of both of our bodies, it then brought us both up off of the ground. Yue then came to rest on one of the many vines of the Wood card spirit. "Wood is one of the cards controlled by the Moon, the rightful candidates would've known that," Yue said. "The Judgment is over, the Clow Cards require a stronger master than the two of you," Yue continued. "So, we lost, but what will happen to them?" Sakura asked. "Without a master, the cards will be unsealed once again," Yue said. "Please, let us try again, we can do it," I said in a confident tone of voice. "That is impossible," Yue said in response, to which both Sakura and I stared back with very shocked looks on our faces. "It is forbidden for a candidate to take the Final Judgment twice, to ensure that this didn't happen, Clow Reed decreed that anyone having anything to do with the Clow Cards, would forget this chapter in their lives, forever..." Yue said.

Back on the ground, Li decided to chime in. "What is he talking about?" Li asked. "If Sakura and Zachary lose, everyone will forget everything that happened since the seal on the book was broken, even the cards. Clow Reed didn't want anyone to suffer, the bonds we all made would be painful to lose, especially for Sakura, Zachary and the Clow Cards, they care the most for those who sealed them, It will be as if none of this ever existed for any of you," Keroberos said.

"Everyone will forget, even us," I thought to myself. "Neither of us will remember Kero or the cards," Sakura thought to herself. But it was only after both of us thought about it for a second or two that neither one of us was going to let that happen, and we were going to continue to fight. It was then that Sakura and I started to struggle with the vines that bound us. "We can't let that happen," I said, as my right hand holding my staff moved for a moment as I struggled for a moment to try and get free, which immediately caught Yue's attention. "LET...US...GOOOOO!" Sakura yelled as the both of us charged forward with all of our might whilst still very much bound by the vines that entrapped us. "I see you have a determined spirit Sakura and Zachary," Yue said as the vines now started to get tighter and began to further entrap the both of us. "However, I am not as sentimental as Keroberos," Yue continued as the vines still continued to circle and entrap me and Sakura. "The only one I answer to is Clow Reed himself," Yue continued to say.

Back on the ground, Li could only look on in shock as the vines of the Wood card continued to entrap me and Sakura. It was then that Li yelled no at the top of his lungs as if that would somehow change what was currently transpiring right in front of him. However nothing would change what was currently now set in motion by the hands of fate.

Back near the top of Tokyo Tower, the vines from the Wood card were just about to completely entrap Sakura and I, but not before Sakura and I had one final thought each. "Julian, its too late, we're all going too...forget!" Sakura said as she blacked out. "I'm sorry Sakura, I'm so sorry, I tried my best, but I guess in the end, it just wasn't enough to protect you. At least I leave this dimension, and am now heading home knowing that I tried my hardest to protect you," I said, as a tear welled up from my left eye and started to find its way down the left cheek of my face as I then too blacked out. Or was I?

Once again, as I opened my eyes, I found myself staring off into nothing. But this didn't make any sense, I should've been back in my room back in my dimension just waking up from the previous night. "I've got to admit Cardcaptor you're very clever" An all too familiar disembodied voice once again began to ring out from the dark abyss. "I thought we were done with this already, I did as you asked, I had Sakura lead during the Final Judgment, I only followed her moves, so technically, I wasn't throwing the Final Judgment, and yet at the same time, I was," I said as a smirk found its way onto my face. "I know Cardcaptor, that is why I admitted to you being very clever," the disembodied voice responded back in a semi sarcastic tone. "Oh, okay then...so about me going back home to my dimension..." I began saying. "Yes, what about it?" the disembodied voice asked in a quizzical sounding tone of voice. "If it is alright with you, I would like to head back to Sakura and her friends, I owe it to them to protect Sakura since fate put me as her brother," I said in a somewhat confident tone of voice. "I'm afraid that that is no longer an option, since you lost the Final Judgment, as did she," the disembodied voice said in response.

It was then at that moment, that I heard a noise echo through my head, that sounded like the chiming of a bell. I then saw a vision of a womanly arm holding a familiar metallic object that looked antique in nature. It was not even a second after that, that the world around me once again got very very bright. But not before I said one last thing as did the disembodied voice "I guess we will have just to see about then won't we?" I said. "Just remember Cardcaptor, there will come a time when you will wish you headed back to your dimension when you had the chance," the disembodied voice said, as my vision blurred and I then blacked out.

Back atop Tokyo Tower, it was only a minute or so after the vines from the Wood card spirit had completely covered and entrapped Sakura and I that the vines then were loosened completely, and then flew out in a circular motion in all directions, leaving the both of us free. "Impossible!" Yue exclaimed as he was taken aback by Sakura and I's sudden escape from entanglement from the Wood card's vines. And once Sakura and I had landed back on the mid-base of Tokyo Tower that the both of us realized exactly why we had been set free. Standing on the mid-base of the tower just in front of us, was Ms. Mackenzie, wielding the exact same metallic antique that I had seen in my vision. "Ms. Mackenzie!" Sakura exclaimed. "Fancy meeting you here," I followed up with. "You two did it, welcome back Sakura and Zachary," Ms. Mackenzie said. Immediately after that the metallic antique like object disappeared. "The Bell!" Sakura exclaimed once it had vanished from view. "It disappeared because it fulfilled its purpose, you two will not be able to begin again," Ms. Mackenzie said.

It was then that I turned to Sakura and decided that it was finally time to finish this. I then turned my attention to Sakura. "Sakura, you still have the lead, so it is your decision on how we proceed here," I said. We both then turned out attention to Yue. "The clow cards brought us all together, neither myself or Zachary are going to let you take that away," Sakura said in a very confident tone of voice. Sakura then turned to me and just said the words, "repeat after me, and do what I do." As she then raised her respective staff above and in front of her, to which I did the same shortly after as we both chanted in unison together, "Oh staff of clow, guide my actions now!" To which both of our respective staffs responded by having their respective eyes shine blindingly bright. So bright in fact that they took everyone on the ground and even Yue by complete surprise. "Okay Sakura and Zachary, raise the seal!" Ms. Mackenzie said from behind us. Without having to think about it even once, both Sakura and I raised our respective staffs above our heads, to which they shined even more blindingly bright. Unbeknownst to us, shooting stars, or what looked like them now started to shoot across the sky in rapid succession. "They're returning to them," Yue said. "They've chosen Sakura and Zachary" Ms. Mackenzie said. "RELEASE!" Me and Sakura yelled in unison as the light then began to shine even brighter. Once the light had faded, both Sakura and my staffs looked completely different from when the light had first shone. Apart from both still being our respective colors, both now had a ring on top rather than a bird head with a golden star in the middle, a white wing was present on each side of the ring.

Back on the ground, Keroberos stared on in awe at the transformation that both me and Sakura's staffs had just gone through. "The staffs, they changed," he said.

Back atop Tokyo Tower, Sakura knew next what had to be done, Sakura pulled out the Windy card, turned to me, to which I nodded. Sakura then threw the Windy card up into the air. And as it spun end over end, Sakura and I began to chant. "Windy card, form a cage and trap Yue, WINDY!" We chanted in unison as we raised our respective newly transformed staffs towards the spinning Windy card, only to have them both stop a single inch from it, causing the card to stop spinning end over end. A split second later, the Windy card spirit shot forward from the card and began making its way towards Yue. Yue then looked upon the Windy card spirit "The Windy card...it could never..." Yue never was able to finish his sentence before the Windy card spirit began to encircle and entrap him and form a protective sphere around him. The sphere then began to make its way toward the mid-base of the tower right to where Sakura and I were standing. It was once the sphere containing Yue had touched down on the mid-base of the tower that Sakura started to speak "We couldn't quit, we'd miss everybody too much, my dad told me that you can keep someone close to your heart forever, as long as you remember," she said as she made her way over to Yue followed a split second later by me. "That's why I couldn't have you have us forget, Sakura and I are no Clow Reed, but we do know how important friends are, and we will give it our best shot," I continued off of Sakura in a somewhat confident and still nervous tone of voice.

It was once we had made our way over to where Yue was that the sphere encapsulating him that vanished completely and I outstretched my hand to Yue, while Sakura did the same. "For you see, we don't want to be your master Yue, we want to be your friend," Sakura continued off of me in a kindhearted tone of voice. It was then that Yue stood up and told the both of us to close our eyes, to which we obliged. Yue then stretched his wings out and said, "The Final Judgment is over, I Yue, recognize Sakura and Zachary, as the new masters." To which the scenery around us faded away and was then replaced by a starry one.

It seemed to last forever as Sakura and I floated in place with our respective staffs at our chests and our eyes closed. It was then that a figure approached us to which Sakura and I then opened our eyes, and floated to the ground. It was when Sakura and I had touched the ground completely and had gazed upon the figure more closely that Sakura immediately realized who it was, I then realized shortly after. "You're..." Sakura started to say. "So we finally meet, I've been watching you both personally, the cards need a strong master, but they also need a person with a strong heart. That is where both of your strengths lie, Keroberos and Yue, have chosen well," the figure said. "You must be...Clow Reed!" I said. "So did you give me and Sakura the new staffs?" I asked. "No you made them all on your own, your staffs are not ruled by the power of the sun or the moon, but by the power of your very own stars, take care of your powers, your stars are tiny lights now, but they burn bright, and they will always light your way," Clow Reed said in response as both Sakura and I once again rose up off the ground and once again closed our eyes. And then everything then went black.

It was only after Sakura and I had touched the ground after everything had gone black that I had just realized what had happened. I had not only become the master of the clow cards, as had Sakura. But upon doing so I had taken away whatever chance I had left of returning to my former life back in my dimension. However, I didn't really see that as such a bad thing. Before I could dwell on that for another second, I heard a familiar voice calling Sakura and my names. It was then that we both turned around to see Li and Madison running towards us from the distance. "We did it!" Sakura yelled. "You bet we did!" I chimed in. But it was as the four of us congregated together that I then felt a bad feeling hit me. But rather than act on it, I pushed it to the side and continued to congratulate Sakura and myself on a job well done. However, that bad feeling I had just felt was only a stepping stone for what was to come.

 

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Although only a few months had passed since both Sakura and I had been declared masters of the clow cards. Things had returned to normal. Well, as normal as they could've gotten. In me and Sakura's bedroom, Kero was looking out the window, Sakura was at our desk doing something, and I was on my bed sitting down cross-legged, looking ahead in deep thought. And yet, I still was having trouble getting over that bad feeling that I had felt back several months ago. It was almost as if it was a warning, telling me to be ready for what was to come. "What a beautiful morning it is," Kero said. "So how does it feel to be the masters of the clow cards, champs, any different!?" Kero said as he turned towards Sakura and then to me while I still sat on my bed. "No, not really," I said as I turned to Kero with my response. "I just wish there was a clow card that could've done my summer homework for me," Sakura said. "I don't think clow reed created one Sakura," I said knowing that she was joking. "I guess you're right on that one Zachary," Sakura said in response.

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A considerable time later, Sakura and I had sensed a presence at Penguin Park. And so, the both of us, along with Madison, Kero, and Yue, went off to investigate. "Well, we've captured all of the clow cards, so what could be behind this?" Sakura asked to no one in particular. "I think you have to remember Sakura that the world of magic is always changing, and that even though all of the clow cards are now captured, that isn't going to be the only thing that winds up being what we face," I said in response to what she had asked. But as soon as I had finished my sentence. Huge vortexes of water shot up from the ground. "Where did those come from?!" I thought to myself. And it was then that I somehow knew that a whole new slew of problems was about to rear its ugly head. It was then that I decided to pull out my key, followed quickly thereafter by Sakura doing the same, "key of clow, power of magic, power of light, surrender the wand, the force ignite, RELEASE!" we chanted in unison, only this time nothing happened. "Release!" we said again, but again nothing. We then proceeded to try a couple more times only to be met with the same result. "This is really bad, how are either of us going to use the clow cards when neither of our keys are responding to our chants?" I thought to myself.

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After a bit of a struggle with the water vortexes, and a stunning realization that neither myself or Sakura's respective keys were responding to our original chants. It became more and more obvious to the both of us that when and if those vortexes showed up again, neither of us would be able to defend ourselves, and on top of that we also would be unable to use the clow cards to protect everyone as well as ourselves. "This is extremely bad, if neither myself or Sakura can get our keys to respond before those vortexes reappear again, whenever that may be, then this could very well be the end for not just the both of us, but everyone that we hold dear," I thought to myself as we set off on our way home with everyone else. Not aware that I was ultimately right, this was now literally a case of sink, or swim.

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It had been one harrowing week of events, this was largely due to the fact that at school, a new student had joined our class by the name of Eli Moon. At Tori and Julian's school, a new student had joined by the name of Ruby. To make things a bit more complicated, Eli had decided to befriend Sakura. Li had mixed feelings about it, while I was completely nervous about the whole thing, seeing as how Eli Moon was one of the characters that I knew nothing about when I had watched the show back in my world. The only thing I could do unfortunately, like Li, was stay cautious and keep my wits about me.

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It had only been a day or two after our first encounter with the water vortexes, and ever since then a freak amount of rain had been falling over the town. And yet still, it showed no signs of letting up. A short time later, me and Sakura once again sensed the same presence at Penguin Park, and just like before we both went to investigate along with everyone else. Only this time, both of us knew, that if neither of us could get our keys to work, then we would be in serious trouble.

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A short time after we had arrived at Penguin Park, the same water vortexes from before showed up again. And, just like before, me and Sakura pulled out our respective keys. "Key of clow, power of magic, power of light, surrender the wand, the force ignite, RELEASE!" We chanted, but just like before, nothing happened. We then proceeded to say release several more times with the same result. It was then that the water vortexes began to move and chase after everyone. Keroberos told Yue to take both me and Sakura and get us someplace safe before he was swallowed up by one of the vortexes. Yue did try his best to keep the both of us safe, but it was only a matter of time before he too was swallowed up by one of the vortexes. A vortex then came and swallowed both me and Sakura up as well. It was then that I noticed that everyone, including Madison, had been encased by a vortex. "We have to do something, otherwise they'll drown," I said. "We can't let that happen," Sakura said as she took her key, clutched it in her right hand, looked at me, who with some hesitation nodded, and followed suit. "We won't!" Sakura said as two gold circles showed up right behind the both of us, but rather than the original seal of clow, both had a star in the middle and a sun on one side of the circle and a moon on the other. "That's it, we've been calling out the wrong words!" Sakura said. "I figured there was something amiss when neither key was responding to our original chants," I said, realizing it as well.

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It was then that Sakura put her arms out in front her with one hand on top of the other both in a open fist. Taking her example, and with a hint of hesitation, I followed shortly after, "Oh key of the star, with powers burning bright, reveal the staff, and shine your light, RELEASE!" We chanted in unison as both of our respective staffs appeared in a gold flash of light in between our hands. Which once they did, we were both set free from the vortex. Sakura then pulled out a card, turned to me, to which I nodded, still with a hint of nervousness and still with some hesitation, only to realize that when Sakura threw the card up in the air and before we even had a chance to even hit the card, it floated back down again. "Hold on, why wont it work?" I thought to myself. It was then that Sakura looked at her staff and said, "If the staffs have changed, then maybe the cards need to change too." It was then that Sakura threw the card up into the air, and as the clow card spun, we both raised our respective staffs "We call upon the powers of our stars, ancient forces near and far, clow card discard your former might, and draw your power from our light, Star Card!" We chanted. The clow card then stopped spinning, to which it changed from its original color to being blue on the front and pink on the back. A split second later the Fire Card spirit emerged form the newly transformed card and evaporated all of the water vortexes, freeing everyone. It was then that I somehow knew, that this was the start of something truly special. And yet, I still nervous, knowing full well that this was still unknown territory that I was venturing into. But, at least now both me and Sakura could finally use our respective staffs to defend ourselves, and also use the clow cards to defend ourselves, as well as everyone else.