Okay, so here is my first ever multichapter fic. Since I'm using some settings from AS RadiantBeam's Shadowverse, be prepared for heavily shipping during some parts of it. Posting here because I intend to finish this some time in the near future. It's just that I couldn't get the time or the energy to continue with it. Specially since some stuff happened over at AS that had me away from the fandom for quite a while.
Getting back on topic. This is a Nanoha x Clamp crossover, primarilly using CCS cast, and not much else. I'll post the first chapters that are already done, just to have the whole thing here. Then I'll work on getting the rest done.
I'm not a native english speaker, so my word choosing and grammar can be a little jumbled, so please, be warned. The first few chapters were beta'ed. Later ones weren't.
And one last note, again, I have to warn that there is heavy shipping on this. So if anyone doesn't like, please don't read. Thank you and on with it.
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Leaving the airport after Syaoran had taken his flight back to Hong Kong for the nth time in those six years, Sakura took her cell and dialed her best friend. It was almost a ritual to her nowadays. Every time Syaoran would go back home, she would call Tomoyo so they could chat. After a few rings, Tomoyo picked up.
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The long black haired girl was in her study, trying to improve an idea about a dress she'd though of a few minutes before when her cellphone went off. She didn't even need to look at the ID to know that it was her best friend by the ringtone.
She wasn't too keen on answering that call though. She knew what it was about, since today was the day that Syaoran would go back to Hong Kong, so Sakura was probably looking for her shoulder to cry on.
She knew her friend would get clingy with her every time it happened, and she didn't really like that. All through middle school and high school she managed to repress her unwanted feelings for the cardmistress, and sometimes when Sakura got in her clingy mood, Tomoyo would get extremely upset afterwards.
Her heart raced every time it happened, and she hated that. She didn't want that feeling. It was too hard on her to see her best friend in that kind of light.
So she repressed it, and it got to a point where she really thought that she'd managed to kill that feeling for her friend.
But life wasn't so easy.
Those feelings would resurface when Sakura was in her clingy mood. She would hug Tomoyo out of the blue, and keep theirs hands together all the time.
The blue eyed girl hated to see her best friend in clingy mood because it was too hard for her to cope with the inconsistency of her feelings. Part of her loved to feel her friend and the other part hated. But both parts felt even more strongly when Sakura was in this mood because normally she would cry. The sad face of her best friend was even worse than those feelings so she didn't protest to Sakura's whims. Tomoyo always said that a smile fit her friend the best. So she picked the phone.
"Hi, Tomoyo-chan," the girl in the other end of the line started.
"Hello, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo wanted to add 'what is it?' but didn't. She knew what it was about.
"Are you busy right now?" Sakura asked, hoping for a negative reply but trying not to show it in the tone of her voice.
Tomoyo thought about it a little. She in fact should have been busy, since she was studying for the entrance exams for the university before the idea for the dress came to her mind, but she brushed that thought aside and answered, "No. Not really. Why?"
"Can we hang out a little today?" the cardmistress asked, still managing not to change her tone.
"Sure. Where do you wanna go?"
"For now let's meet in front of the station, okay?"
"Okay. I'll be there in about thirty minutes. And you?"
"I'm already near the station of the airport, so I think probably a half an hour too."
"Okay. See you in a few then. Bye, Sakura-chan."
"Bye, Tomoyo-chan."
Tomoyo knew that they would be talking about nothing of importance, just to take Sakura's mind off of it, but she also knew that in those times, her best friend needed her support.
She set aside the sketches of her new creation, and changed clothes. A simple white one-piece dress, a little above her knees, a round white hat with a ribbon tied and sandals. She looked in the mirror to see if everything was okay, left her room in the oversized house, and asked her bodyguard to accompany her to the station.
A few minutes later and she was at the place, waiting for the cardmistress. The day wasn't too hot, and a small breeze seemed to relief the extra heat that managed to gather.
A pleasant day.
After a few minutes, her friend arrived.
"Hi, Tomoyo-chan." Sakura jumped and tackled her best friend in a hug, almost knocking both of them to the ground.
"Hi, Sakura-chan," Tomoyo answered, trying her hardest not to stammer. "Where do you want to go?"
"I don't know. I just wanna take a walk and really don't want to be alone right now. I'm feeling a little lonely today."
Leave to Sakura to be blunt about this kinda thing, Tomoyo thought. And those words stung her more than she thought it would, but she made effort not to show any signs of it. "For now, let's go get an ice cream," she said, freeing herself from Sakura's hug.
Sakura let go of Tomoyo, but still held her hand as they walked. They bought their cold treats and went to sit at a bench in the small park nearby.
"Sorry to always do this," Sakura said, after sitting down. She realized that it was selfish of her to call her friend like this every time.
"Don't mention it. We are friends after all. Best friends." Tomoyo had calmed a little, even though Sakura was still holding her hand.
"Yeah. But it's always you doing something for me. I don't do anything for you." Sakura smiled bitterly.
Tomoyo knew that wasn't really true, and was starting to get worried about the shorthaired girl.
Normally, about now, they would be talking about other things and not about the matter at hand. She would do anything to take her mind off things in these times, to try not get her even sadder than she was, but she chose not to say anything, instead just tugged her hand.
"Yeah." Sakura understood the gesture. "I shouldn't be thinking about this right now, right?" Still, a small bitter smile stayed on her face.
She tried to move her thoughts to other things. But the more she tried that, the more she thought about Syaoran. She really liked him. They weren't really dating, and after he confessed to her when they were in fifth grade, nothing more about it was said, but they acted ever since as a couple in a long distance relationship, only that they weren't really one. And that saddened her even more. Her life for the last couple years had almost being driven by the times when they were together and the times they weren't.
Tomoyo knew that, and was the first to actually voice those thoughts that even Sakura hadn't realized by then. So the cardmistress felt like she needed to do something for her long haired friend. Not just for that, but for everything that they had experienced together.
"Do you want to go shopping with me? Before you called me, I had a great idea for a new outfit, and now I need some materials." Tomoyo smiled. She knew what she had to do. For herself and for her friend. Just spend a few hours with her talking about nothing and by tomorrow Sakura would be as good as new. Well, not so good, but would be in better shape than right now.
Sakura nodded, and they finished their ice creams before starting to walk again.
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Later Sakura was in a much better mood, smiling and cheerful, but it wasn't her normal happy self. It was clear to Tomoyo that the cardmistress still had something else on her mind, besides the separation from chinese martial artist, even so she didn't probe any further. In fact, she really wanted to get away from her right now, so when they got to their normal parting spot, Tomoyo stopped, holding her bag with the cloths and ribbons that she had bought earlier in front of her and smiled.
"Bye-bye, Sakura-chan. See you tomorrow. Take care okay?"
"I will. Bye, Tomoyo-chan. Till tomorrow," was the answer of the cardmistress before she started walking home.
Tomoyo still waited in the parting spot, as always, till the moment she didn't see Sakura anymore, so she could go home too.
When Tomoyo got home, she left her bags in the corner of her room and busied herself with the books.
She didn't want to think about anything else right now.
Especially about Sakura.
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"I'm home," Sakura said as she got home and saw that her father's shoes were there. She went to the kitchen and hugged her father. "I'm a little tired right now, so I'll take a nap in my room now, ok, Dad?"
Fujitaka took a glance at his daughter and smiled. "Of course. I'll call you when dinner is ready." Then after looking with a little more attention he asked. "Are you ok?"
"Thanks, Dad. And, yeah I'm ok. Just a little tired. Really." She climbed the stairs and entered her room without her usual energy, despite having just stated the opposite to her father.
Kero opened the drawer that had been his room for years now. "Hello, Sakura." 'How are you feeling,' he wanted to add, but decided not to. It was always that way when Syaoran went back home and he knew that, so instead he decided that the greeting was enough for now.
The cardmistress took a seat on her bed and, after sighing deeply, she lay down her upper body. Her mind began to travel to the events of the day. "She didn't look so good today, but even so, again she went out of her way just to be there for me."
"Who?" Sakura had said that more to herself than to her guardian, but even so he replied.
"Tomoyo-chan."
Kero flew over to her bedstand and took a look at her face. "Well, she is your best friend. You two have been together even before you became a cardcaptor. She likes you. She would do anything for you."
"I know, but today was a little off. It was almost like she was trying to avoid me. Did I do something to her and don't remember, I wonder?"
Kero crossed his arms and closed his eyes, frowning."Probably. You are a little too honest at times."
"I know. It's just that..." Sakura trailed off, not sure what it was. Maybe Tomoyo doesn't see me as her best friend anymore. Maybe she's thinking that if she got into Tokyo University, she won't have time to be around me all the time anymore, so she wants to minimize our time together so we don't feel so lonely when we separate.
She sighed and sat up again on the bed, looking at the drawer where the Sakura Book was. All her cards were there, and despite she now being the master of the Sakura Cards, nothing really happened to her ever since the time she'd transformed and captured the cards, save for one or two episodes. She would still call them every now and again just to talk to them, but her powers weren't really needed anymore.
The last time she really used a lot of her magic was when she created that card, thinking about Syaoran.
Her eyes went wide as the idea came about it. "That's it!" She shouted, standing.
"Gwahhh!" Kero jumped back, surprised. "That's what?"
"I'll show what my friendship for her is all about."
"Huh?"
Sakura dashed out of the room, reaching the kitchen where her father was still cutting a few vegetables that would be for dinner.
"Dad, I'm going out a bit, but I'll be back in about an hour, ok?"
The teacher looked at her and smiled gently. "All right, but please, don't stay out too long because dinner will be ready in a short time."
"Ok." Sakura climbed the stairs again and looked outside. It was already dark, so it wouldn't be a problem if she just flew out the window, but she wanted to save every bit of magical energy that she had. "I'm off, Kero-chan." Without waiting for an answer from the guardian she storms off the room and gets her rollerblades. "I'm off, Dad."
"Take care outside. It's already dark." Fujitaka voiced his answer before he heard the sound of the door closing.
Sakura was skating furiously in the pavement, as if her life depended on it.
Within minutes she was at her destination.
The penguim park.
The place where she had the most wonderful memories with Tomoyo. She went to the back of it, into the small woods, and after confirming that no one would see her, she reached for her pendant.
"The Key which hides the power of the Stars. Show your true form before me. I, Sakura, command you under our contract. RELEASE!" Her key pendant transformed in its staff form.
After she got it, she took her book and opened it. "Guys, I need a big favor from all of you."
The cards all flew off their housing in the book and formed a circle around her, shining in response to Sakura's words.
Sakura held her two hands together and rested them against her heart. The magic circle formed on the ground. She tried to pour everything that she'd ever felt for Tomoyo into it. She felt the outline of the object form itself in her hands, and started to pour every thought she had in it.
Then she asked for her cards to do the same, to pour a little of their essences into the object. The cards glowed again, and after a few moments, the brightness faded, and she looked at her hands.
A Card.
A new Sakura Card.
A Card made from her feelings for her friend.
A Card made from all the moments that they shared together.
She looked at the Card. As all of her cards, this one had a will of its own, and the card knew the reason why it was created.
Sakura smiled at it.
"Hi," she greeted it. All her other cards went back to their place inside the Sakura Book. She looked again at the card she was holding.
The brightness still hadn't faded from it, so she couldn't tell what the image was, but she felt it. All the emotions she had poured into creating this card.
After a few moments, the glow faded and the image appeared.
Two fairies, one with her hair short the other long, back to back with each other, hands clasped together, holding a single white rose, fingers interwined, looking at each other with the corner of their eyes.
The cardmistress lifted the card in the air. "Go now. Your home will be with her from now on."
The card then glowed one more time before disappearing completely.
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"What the hell!?" The redhaired man asked his companion, that until a moment before was lying on the couch, but had jumped off of it. "Did you feel that?"
Feigning ignorance, the short man looked at the other "You mean a huge change in the magical flow of energy of this planet coming from the far east?"
"Exactly."
"Nope. Not a thing," said the short man, despite being already changed into his 'battle' clothes, that consisted of two sneakers, old jeans that long had lost their color, and a blue tanktop. "Let's go."
The man leaped from his seat where he was having breakfast and started to change out of his pajamas. "Are we gonna follow that?"
"Of course. I came here trailing a tip about a magical power source that had been felt from this area for years. No one had ever being able to pinpoint the location of it, but as far as I know, this could be it. Working with you was just a side job." The black haired man looked at his watch. Eight in the morning. "Damnit!" Bad time to fly. Especially if you are working on a planet where the power of magic wasn't something publicly known, but even so it had technological weapons that could kill him in one hit from hundreds of yards away."Damnit it all!"
"Calm down, man. You know that I, too, am here for the same reason? It's just that I have more bussiness on the side," said the tallest between the two. "It's not my fault that the boss found this goldmine of a planet when he destroyed the Bergamini family and took over their bussiness. The drugs from here are cheaper and more addictive than the magical ones."
"Yeah, yeah. Damnit. Damnit all. I hope this change in the magic flow doesn't disappear until it gets dark again." He threw a punch at the near wall to calm himself a little, then turned to his colleague. "Is the last shipment ready yet?"
"Yeah. I'll ship it later this afternoon. They still need to land and come to the port by water, as to not get on the natives' radar, and scanners from the patrol ships."
"I still don't buy that whole 'the dope gets bad if teleported' crap."
"Hey, we get paid to do our job, not to ask about these things," the redhead snickered.
"Heh. Paid. You talk like you work at a friggin' convenience store. We're dealing with dope here, you know?" He grinned. He knew it wasn't like that, but wanted to make fun of his companion.
"I don't really care about what it is. If I can pay my bills and let my wife and my kid live happily, I'd turn into a demon if I needed to."
"To some people you already are one, you know."
"So are you, Chris."
"At least I don't pretend to be a goody two shoes." He snickered, and got back from the door.
"Ok. Ok. You win. I'm not up for it today. I still have to finish packing" Giving up on their discussion play, the other man finished putting his suit on and started with the tie.
"Tch. Fine then."
"And I was going to go home in that ship too, but with this now, I think I'll need to check it out with you." He sighed, knowing full well that it wasn't a decision for him to make. He would accompany his colleague, wanting to or not.
The short one grumbled. "Pack up everything except what you'll need, Reeve, and send it with the shipment. Don't worry, we'll be going back home tomorrow, with something that will get your family ecstatic when your 'pay day' gets around."
"One day more, one day less. At this point, it doesn't really make a difference to me anymore. My wife is going to kill me either way" He sighed again, finishing with the tie. "Let's go to the port and get over with the shipment."
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Getting back on topic. This is a Nanoha x Clamp crossover, primarilly using CCS cast, and not much else. I'll post the first chapters that are already done, just to have the whole thing here. Then I'll work on getting the rest done.
I'm not a native english speaker, so my word choosing and grammar can be a little jumbled, so please, be warned. The first few chapters were beta'ed. Later ones weren't.
And one last note, again, I have to warn that there is heavy shipping on this. So if anyone doesn't like, please don't read. Thank you and on with it.
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Cards And Devices
----Leaving the airport after Syaoran had taken his flight back to Hong Kong for the nth time in those six years, Sakura took her cell and dialed her best friend. It was almost a ritual to her nowadays. Every time Syaoran would go back home, she would call Tomoyo so they could chat. After a few rings, Tomoyo picked up.
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The long black haired girl was in her study, trying to improve an idea about a dress she'd though of a few minutes before when her cellphone went off. She didn't even need to look at the ID to know that it was her best friend by the ringtone.
She wasn't too keen on answering that call though. She knew what it was about, since today was the day that Syaoran would go back to Hong Kong, so Sakura was probably looking for her shoulder to cry on.
She knew her friend would get clingy with her every time it happened, and she didn't really like that. All through middle school and high school she managed to repress her unwanted feelings for the cardmistress, and sometimes when Sakura got in her clingy mood, Tomoyo would get extremely upset afterwards.
Her heart raced every time it happened, and she hated that. She didn't want that feeling. It was too hard on her to see her best friend in that kind of light.
So she repressed it, and it got to a point where she really thought that she'd managed to kill that feeling for her friend.
But life wasn't so easy.
Those feelings would resurface when Sakura was in her clingy mood. She would hug Tomoyo out of the blue, and keep theirs hands together all the time.
The blue eyed girl hated to see her best friend in clingy mood because it was too hard for her to cope with the inconsistency of her feelings. Part of her loved to feel her friend and the other part hated. But both parts felt even more strongly when Sakura was in this mood because normally she would cry. The sad face of her best friend was even worse than those feelings so she didn't protest to Sakura's whims. Tomoyo always said that a smile fit her friend the best. So she picked the phone.
"Hi, Tomoyo-chan," the girl in the other end of the line started.
"Hello, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo wanted to add 'what is it?' but didn't. She knew what it was about.
"Are you busy right now?" Sakura asked, hoping for a negative reply but trying not to show it in the tone of her voice.
Tomoyo thought about it a little. She in fact should have been busy, since she was studying for the entrance exams for the university before the idea for the dress came to her mind, but she brushed that thought aside and answered, "No. Not really. Why?"
"Can we hang out a little today?" the cardmistress asked, still managing not to change her tone.
"Sure. Where do you wanna go?"
"For now let's meet in front of the station, okay?"
"Okay. I'll be there in about thirty minutes. And you?"
"I'm already near the station of the airport, so I think probably a half an hour too."
"Okay. See you in a few then. Bye, Sakura-chan."
"Bye, Tomoyo-chan."
Tomoyo knew that they would be talking about nothing of importance, just to take Sakura's mind off of it, but she also knew that in those times, her best friend needed her support.
She set aside the sketches of her new creation, and changed clothes. A simple white one-piece dress, a little above her knees, a round white hat with a ribbon tied and sandals. She looked in the mirror to see if everything was okay, left her room in the oversized house, and asked her bodyguard to accompany her to the station.
A few minutes later and she was at the place, waiting for the cardmistress. The day wasn't too hot, and a small breeze seemed to relief the extra heat that managed to gather.
A pleasant day.
After a few minutes, her friend arrived.
"Hi, Tomoyo-chan." Sakura jumped and tackled her best friend in a hug, almost knocking both of them to the ground.
"Hi, Sakura-chan," Tomoyo answered, trying her hardest not to stammer. "Where do you want to go?"
"I don't know. I just wanna take a walk and really don't want to be alone right now. I'm feeling a little lonely today."
Leave to Sakura to be blunt about this kinda thing, Tomoyo thought. And those words stung her more than she thought it would, but she made effort not to show any signs of it. "For now, let's go get an ice cream," she said, freeing herself from Sakura's hug.
Sakura let go of Tomoyo, but still held her hand as they walked. They bought their cold treats and went to sit at a bench in the small park nearby.
"Sorry to always do this," Sakura said, after sitting down. She realized that it was selfish of her to call her friend like this every time.
"Don't mention it. We are friends after all. Best friends." Tomoyo had calmed a little, even though Sakura was still holding her hand.
"Yeah. But it's always you doing something for me. I don't do anything for you." Sakura smiled bitterly.
Tomoyo knew that wasn't really true, and was starting to get worried about the shorthaired girl.
Normally, about now, they would be talking about other things and not about the matter at hand. She would do anything to take her mind off things in these times, to try not get her even sadder than she was, but she chose not to say anything, instead just tugged her hand.
"Yeah." Sakura understood the gesture. "I shouldn't be thinking about this right now, right?" Still, a small bitter smile stayed on her face.
She tried to move her thoughts to other things. But the more she tried that, the more she thought about Syaoran. She really liked him. They weren't really dating, and after he confessed to her when they were in fifth grade, nothing more about it was said, but they acted ever since as a couple in a long distance relationship, only that they weren't really one. And that saddened her even more. Her life for the last couple years had almost being driven by the times when they were together and the times they weren't.
Tomoyo knew that, and was the first to actually voice those thoughts that even Sakura hadn't realized by then. So the cardmistress felt like she needed to do something for her long haired friend. Not just for that, but for everything that they had experienced together.
"Do you want to go shopping with me? Before you called me, I had a great idea for a new outfit, and now I need some materials." Tomoyo smiled. She knew what she had to do. For herself and for her friend. Just spend a few hours with her talking about nothing and by tomorrow Sakura would be as good as new. Well, not so good, but would be in better shape than right now.
Sakura nodded, and they finished their ice creams before starting to walk again.
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Later Sakura was in a much better mood, smiling and cheerful, but it wasn't her normal happy self. It was clear to Tomoyo that the cardmistress still had something else on her mind, besides the separation from chinese martial artist, even so she didn't probe any further. In fact, she really wanted to get away from her right now, so when they got to their normal parting spot, Tomoyo stopped, holding her bag with the cloths and ribbons that she had bought earlier in front of her and smiled.
"Bye-bye, Sakura-chan. See you tomorrow. Take care okay?"
"I will. Bye, Tomoyo-chan. Till tomorrow," was the answer of the cardmistress before she started walking home.
Tomoyo still waited in the parting spot, as always, till the moment she didn't see Sakura anymore, so she could go home too.
When Tomoyo got home, she left her bags in the corner of her room and busied herself with the books.
She didn't want to think about anything else right now.
Especially about Sakura.
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"I'm home," Sakura said as she got home and saw that her father's shoes were there. She went to the kitchen and hugged her father. "I'm a little tired right now, so I'll take a nap in my room now, ok, Dad?"
Fujitaka took a glance at his daughter and smiled. "Of course. I'll call you when dinner is ready." Then after looking with a little more attention he asked. "Are you ok?"
"Thanks, Dad. And, yeah I'm ok. Just a little tired. Really." She climbed the stairs and entered her room without her usual energy, despite having just stated the opposite to her father.
Kero opened the drawer that had been his room for years now. "Hello, Sakura." 'How are you feeling,' he wanted to add, but decided not to. It was always that way when Syaoran went back home and he knew that, so instead he decided that the greeting was enough for now.
The cardmistress took a seat on her bed and, after sighing deeply, she lay down her upper body. Her mind began to travel to the events of the day. "She didn't look so good today, but even so, again she went out of her way just to be there for me."
"Who?" Sakura had said that more to herself than to her guardian, but even so he replied.
"Tomoyo-chan."
Kero flew over to her bedstand and took a look at her face. "Well, she is your best friend. You two have been together even before you became a cardcaptor. She likes you. She would do anything for you."
"I know, but today was a little off. It was almost like she was trying to avoid me. Did I do something to her and don't remember, I wonder?"
Kero crossed his arms and closed his eyes, frowning."Probably. You are a little too honest at times."
"I know. It's just that..." Sakura trailed off, not sure what it was. Maybe Tomoyo doesn't see me as her best friend anymore. Maybe she's thinking that if she got into Tokyo University, she won't have time to be around me all the time anymore, so she wants to minimize our time together so we don't feel so lonely when we separate.
She sighed and sat up again on the bed, looking at the drawer where the Sakura Book was. All her cards were there, and despite she now being the master of the Sakura Cards, nothing really happened to her ever since the time she'd transformed and captured the cards, save for one or two episodes. She would still call them every now and again just to talk to them, but her powers weren't really needed anymore.
The last time she really used a lot of her magic was when she created that card, thinking about Syaoran.
Her eyes went wide as the idea came about it. "That's it!" She shouted, standing.
"Gwahhh!" Kero jumped back, surprised. "That's what?"
"I'll show what my friendship for her is all about."
"Huh?"
Sakura dashed out of the room, reaching the kitchen where her father was still cutting a few vegetables that would be for dinner.
"Dad, I'm going out a bit, but I'll be back in about an hour, ok?"
The teacher looked at her and smiled gently. "All right, but please, don't stay out too long because dinner will be ready in a short time."
"Ok." Sakura climbed the stairs again and looked outside. It was already dark, so it wouldn't be a problem if she just flew out the window, but she wanted to save every bit of magical energy that she had. "I'm off, Kero-chan." Without waiting for an answer from the guardian she storms off the room and gets her rollerblades. "I'm off, Dad."
"Take care outside. It's already dark." Fujitaka voiced his answer before he heard the sound of the door closing.
Sakura was skating furiously in the pavement, as if her life depended on it.
Within minutes she was at her destination.
The penguim park.
The place where she had the most wonderful memories with Tomoyo. She went to the back of it, into the small woods, and after confirming that no one would see her, she reached for her pendant.
"The Key which hides the power of the Stars. Show your true form before me. I, Sakura, command you under our contract. RELEASE!" Her key pendant transformed in its staff form.
After she got it, she took her book and opened it. "Guys, I need a big favor from all of you."
The cards all flew off their housing in the book and formed a circle around her, shining in response to Sakura's words.
Sakura held her two hands together and rested them against her heart. The magic circle formed on the ground. She tried to pour everything that she'd ever felt for Tomoyo into it. She felt the outline of the object form itself in her hands, and started to pour every thought she had in it.
Then she asked for her cards to do the same, to pour a little of their essences into the object. The cards glowed again, and after a few moments, the brightness faded, and she looked at her hands.
A Card.
A new Sakura Card.
A Card made from her feelings for her friend.
A Card made from all the moments that they shared together.
She looked at the Card. As all of her cards, this one had a will of its own, and the card knew the reason why it was created.
Sakura smiled at it.
"Hi," she greeted it. All her other cards went back to their place inside the Sakura Book. She looked again at the card she was holding.
The brightness still hadn't faded from it, so she couldn't tell what the image was, but she felt it. All the emotions she had poured into creating this card.
After a few moments, the glow faded and the image appeared.
Two fairies, one with her hair short the other long, back to back with each other, hands clasped together, holding a single white rose, fingers interwined, looking at each other with the corner of their eyes.
The cardmistress lifted the card in the air. "Go now. Your home will be with her from now on."
The card then glowed one more time before disappearing completely.
----
"What the hell!?" The redhaired man asked his companion, that until a moment before was lying on the couch, but had jumped off of it. "Did you feel that?"
Feigning ignorance, the short man looked at the other "You mean a huge change in the magical flow of energy of this planet coming from the far east?"
"Exactly."
"Nope. Not a thing," said the short man, despite being already changed into his 'battle' clothes, that consisted of two sneakers, old jeans that long had lost their color, and a blue tanktop. "Let's go."
The man leaped from his seat where he was having breakfast and started to change out of his pajamas. "Are we gonna follow that?"
"Of course. I came here trailing a tip about a magical power source that had been felt from this area for years. No one had ever being able to pinpoint the location of it, but as far as I know, this could be it. Working with you was just a side job." The black haired man looked at his watch. Eight in the morning. "Damnit!" Bad time to fly. Especially if you are working on a planet where the power of magic wasn't something publicly known, but even so it had technological weapons that could kill him in one hit from hundreds of yards away."Damnit it all!"
"Calm down, man. You know that I, too, am here for the same reason? It's just that I have more bussiness on the side," said the tallest between the two. "It's not my fault that the boss found this goldmine of a planet when he destroyed the Bergamini family and took over their bussiness. The drugs from here are cheaper and more addictive than the magical ones."
"Yeah, yeah. Damnit. Damnit all. I hope this change in the magic flow doesn't disappear until it gets dark again." He threw a punch at the near wall to calm himself a little, then turned to his colleague. "Is the last shipment ready yet?"
"Yeah. I'll ship it later this afternoon. They still need to land and come to the port by water, as to not get on the natives' radar, and scanners from the patrol ships."
"I still don't buy that whole 'the dope gets bad if teleported' crap."
"Hey, we get paid to do our job, not to ask about these things," the redhead snickered.
"Heh. Paid. You talk like you work at a friggin' convenience store. We're dealing with dope here, you know?" He grinned. He knew it wasn't like that, but wanted to make fun of his companion.
"I don't really care about what it is. If I can pay my bills and let my wife and my kid live happily, I'd turn into a demon if I needed to."
"To some people you already are one, you know."
"So are you, Chris."
"At least I don't pretend to be a goody two shoes." He snickered, and got back from the door.
"Ok. Ok. You win. I'm not up for it today. I still have to finish packing" Giving up on their discussion play, the other man finished putting his suit on and started with the tie.
"Tch. Fine then."
"And I was going to go home in that ship too, but with this now, I think I'll need to check it out with you." He sighed, knowing full well that it wasn't a decision for him to make. He would accompany his colleague, wanting to or not.
The short one grumbled. "Pack up everything except what you'll need, Reeve, and send it with the shipment. Don't worry, we'll be going back home tomorrow, with something that will get your family ecstatic when your 'pay day' gets around."
"One day more, one day less. At this point, it doesn't really make a difference to me anymore. My wife is going to kill me either way" He sighed again, finishing with the tie. "Let's go to the port and get over with the shipment."
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