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ONE FROM FIVE Disclaimer : Card Captor Sakura is CLAMP's Original work. All character, Viz. Video, etc., is CLAMP' property, which are used without permission. So the fictions are reserved for Entertainment purpose only. Card Captor Sakura Copy Right by CLAMP, first Published by Kodensha Co. Ltd. 1996 Acknowledgment:
Another summer day of Tomoeda began. Fresh air, golden sun, bright morning blue sky, pure white clouds, faint fragrance of green trees were blown along the summer winds showed that it was another nice day in Tomoeda. At the Kinomoto resident, Sakura was lying on her bed in her own bedroom. She made a quiet shift, turning to lie on her side. Sakura opened her eyes slowly, when she felt the warm light of the sun osculated her face. Sakura sat up carefully, not wanting to disturb Kero, who sound asleep beside her, and got up from her bed. All sudden her little heart squeezed as her caught the sight of the teddy bear Shaolan had forgotten to bring it back. <I should return it back to him. It must be very important to him because he was about going to give it to the person he loves, did not he? > She was very certain, whoever the person was; the person must be very lucky since the boy was very good person... Sakura could feel her heart was squeezed sorely again with that thought. Sakura had not slept well last night. She had mused about the allude Eriol-kun had told her before he had left Tomoeda, the reason why she had cried last night, why she felt her heart was squeezed whenever she heard the name of the Chinese boy or thought of him. All she knew was, definitely, she did not want her another friend to leave but some how it...hurt, hurt a lot, she could not understand it...why. Sakura shook her head and stretched out her arms. She should better back to self, not wanting anyone to worry about her, she thought then walked to bathroom for taking a bath.
Shaolan sighed. He had been standing like this for a haft hour. "Fuutie-oneesan, anything." Fuutie neglected what Shaolan had said, she continued to find the best dress for her young brother, wanting everything was the best for her plan today. "Ah! Here! It's perfect!" Fuutie smiled broadly at the picture of Shaolan was wearing a deep blue shirt very matched with black pants she had chosen. "You're very handsome now, Shaolan." Shaolan blushed; being flattered caused him uneasy. "Next, let me do your hair, Shaolan." Fuutie grinned, holding a hairbrush in her hand. He sighed once more, he felt like he was his eldest sister's doll.
"Good morning Fuutie-san, Li-kun, Shiki-chan." Tomoyo greeted while smiling "Good morning Tomoyo-chan," Fuutie greeted back, smiling back at the girl, as Shiki-chan bowed to her. "Good morning," said Shaolan. "Li-kun, you look very nice today," Tomoyo said. "T-Thanks" said Shaolan. He blushed lightly while Fuutie also smiled down at the boy, pounding of her performance. "What about Sakura-chan?" Fuutie asked, looking around. Right away when Fuutie had finished her question, Sakura arrived to the place where they had been standing. The girl wore one-piece, knee length, light cherry-blossom flower color dress, which matched with the summer vacation, and a light yellow egg shape backpack draped behind her. "Good morning Fuutie-san, Tomoyo-chan, Shiki-chan." Sakura greeted. "Good morning, Sakura-chan," Tomoyo and Fuutie greeted back, Shiki-chan bowed to Sakura. Looking around, Shiki-chan was trying to find Kero, but nowhere the guardian to be found. Shiki-chan practically slumped and let out a disappointed sigh that the new friend evidently did not join today. Perceiving the disappointed pose of the magic creature almost caused Fuutie blurted out laugh, but she tried to suppress it. She wondered where her magic creature got those kinds of act? Meanwhile Sakura turned to Shaolan, her face was red, hesitating to look at him. Her heart was beating painfully and her face was red, looking at the floor, not daring to look at the boy's face. "G-Good morning Li-kun." Shaolan, on the other hand, had the same reaction as Sakura, looking at the floor with the same feeling-did not dare to look at her face. "G-Good morning." He felt his stomach was arching again while he greeted her, he did not know that why recently he had this stomachache so often. It was since he had known that he must go back to Hong Kong. Maybe he had his stomachache because over stress, he supposed. Sakura and Shaolan were standing there and soundless, not knowing what to do. Perceiving the uncomfortable silence grew, Fuutie said, "I guess we better to go in, ne Tomoyo-chan." She turned to Tomoyo for supporting. "Yes, we better go in, Sakura-chan, Li-kun." Catching the signal from Fuutie, Tomoyo agreed, smiling. Snapping back from the silence, Sakura and Shaolan nodded. "Let's go. Let's go," Fuutie said, nudging Sakura and Shaolan into the amusement park with Tomoyo and Shiki-chan followed. To herself, Fuutie mentally sighed, seeing the reaction of her little brother and Sakura already discouraged her. How this day would end? She thought to herself. In the Tomoeda amusement park had a lot of people came to visit, as today was Sunday, during summer vacation, and moreover it was Tanabata Maturi--or to be known as Star Festival. For feting the traditional Japanese festival, every year the Tomoeda amusement park would perform show which was known as the most famous and most impressive. The group was walking in the amusement park. Tomoyo, who act as a guide, walked with Fuutie, who was listening to Tomoyo and admiring everything around her, just like an ordinary foreigner took a tour. Shiki-chan, that catching all kid's attention along the way, was drifting beside Fuutie. "Wow!" exciting Fuutie. She turned to Tomoyo and lowed her voice enough to prevent the kids behind not hear her. "Tomoyo-chan, I knew you chose to come here because the show of the festival, but I didn't expect a lot of people like this." Smiling Tomoyo said, "they all probably come to watch the shows too, Fuutie-san" "I can't wait to see how wonderful the show'll be," said Fuutie, glitter of excitement in her eyes, smiling to Tomoyo, who smiled back to her. Tomoyo and Fuutie secretly peeped over their shoulder to look at Sakura and Shaolan followed them silently, mixing with shyness and uneasiness. They purposely left Sakura and Shaolan to walk together. Feeling she had to say something, Sakura gathered her nerve and said, "To-Today has a lot of people, ne Li-kun," He found the uncomfortableness in her voice. It made him realized that his reaction was causing her uneasy, and he did not want her to worry about him. "Um," Shaolan nodded in response, he smiled to her slightly. Seeing his smile, Sakura's could feel her heart beat faster, blushing, but his smile also relieved her tension. Sakura smiled back to Shaolan. Looking at her, Shaolan could detect, in her eyes was not as bright as she always was. With worry, he asked, "Sakura, did you sleep well last night?" "Ho-e, well, yes, I, um, slept very well." She did not tell the truth, not wanting him to worry about her. However despite the fact that she was not a good liar caused Shaolan more confidence that she had something in her mind. "Something wrong?" He asked again with concern. "N-Nothing nothing" Sakura laughed nervously. "Sakura," said Shaolan, worrying about her. "Really Li-kun" When Shaolan was about to open his mouth again, Fuutie called. "Shaolan, Sakura-chan! Let begin with this first!" She pointed at a roller coaster in front of her and Tomoyo. "Y-Yes." Sakura and Shaolan both nodded and followed Tomoyo and Fuutie.
"There'll have enough electricity for all the parade and the show in this evening?" The first controllers asked his friend. "Yep, sure… but...umm." "What?" "Look at this," the second controller pointed at the monitor in front of him. "The monitor's showing the Ferris wheel area has electronic wire damage, don't it?" "Let me see." The first controller shoved his friend to stand aside and began to check it. "Um... I don't see anything wrong." "Is that so?" "Gee, look at the dark circles under your eyes, buddy, you probably overwork till makes you feel giddy, don't you?" He sighted, "I guess you're right. We all have been overworking for this past week for the show in this evening." "Come on, it's lunch time. Let find something to eat then we can check other sections." "'Kay." Both controllers went out from the room to find some meals to eat; missing the signal of the Ferris wheel's damage that was showing again on the monitor.
Seeing Shaolan's face was little pale, Sakura asked with worry, "Li-kun are you all right?" The question drew all the attention of the rest of the group to Shaolan. "I-I'm fine." "But your face is obviously pale," added Tomoyo. "Yes, Tomoyo-chan's right, Shaolan." Fuutie said while Shiki-chan nodded, agreeing. Actually Shaolan felt totally not fine and rather ill. His stomach became more and more ached since the morning. Furthermore he had ridden almost all kind of swinging machines in the amusement park. Something swinging, something spinning, something banging or rolling, all of them were appreciated by his sister, and those only made his stomach was even more ached. Those kinds of machines would not bother him if he were really fine, but now he was not. However Shaolan still confirmed others he was fine. "Maybe over rolled, Fuutie-san," Tomoyo commented. Fuutie nodded, looking at her wristwatch. "It's lunch time, I think we should find some place to rest and have lunch." "Yes," Three kids nodded. The group walked to a little cafe, which was very well ornamented in white and blue Scott patters. They entered the cafe and sat at a table, and then a waiter came and brought menus with him. The waiter could clearly noticed that Sakura was looking at Shaolan with all her concern. "What do you want to order, sir?" The waiter asked. Sakura was snapped back to the voice of the waiter. Why the voice was so familiar? Sakura looked up to see the waiter. "Onii-chan!" Sakura's exclaiming caused everyone looked up. "What are you doing here?" "Part-time job," said Touya. He looked around and found Tomoyo and Fuutie gave him a greeting bow as he did so, and then he turned to reciprocate a greeting glare with Shaolan. Touya was being displeased because in Sakura's eyes, when she sent a concern look to that brat, it annoyed the big brother very much. Why his little sister had to worry about that brat that much anyway, the annoyed big brother thought. "What do you want to order? Today's specialty has fried rice, curry rice, yakisoba and barbecue with baked tomato." Touya offered with a tiny blood vein popped on his head. "Ho-e, um, I want fried rice." Touya began to jot the order. "I want fried rice too," said Tomoyo. "Umm I want yakisoba, what about you, Shaolan?" Fuutie turned to asked her little brother. "Fried rice." "What do you want to drink then?" asked Touya. "Orange juice," said Sakura "Peach juice, please," said Tomoyo "Lemon tea, please. Shaolan?" "Iced tea." Touya jotted all the orders, he collected the menus back, and bowed to the group, as it was the manner every waiter had to do to every customer. He stole a glance at Shiki-chan before he turned to walk back for giving the orders to the main counter. After the group finished the lunch, Fuutie asked, "What do you want to play next?" "What about boating there?" Tomoyo offered, pointing to a large lake that surrounded with various kind of flowers, and the lake also had a tunnel for boats to go in side and went out to another side of the lake. "Great! Sakura-chan, Shaolan, do you want to go there?" Fuutie asked. Sakura looked at her and nodded, smiling. "I'd love to, ne Li-kun," she turned to Shaolan, asking for support and got a nod from Shaolan. Actually boat was good, nothing risked getting her Chinese friend more ill, Sakura thought. The boats were not much big and only two persons could sit on each. Fuutie and Shiki-chan sat with Tomoyo, while Sakura sat with Shaolan on another one, following Tomoyo and Fuutie's boat. Sitting on the boat with the Chinese boy, Sakura said, looking at him with all of her concern, "Li-kun, are you feel better now?" Boating, Shaolan blushed but he kept smiled at her, "Yes." Sakura smiled back at him. She was glad that her friend felt better. Boating, Fuutie was surprised when she looked back at the boat behind hers. Shaolan was smiling! Just like an ordinary kid! She had never ever seen her little brother smiled like this before. Her little brother had always acted, as he was not a kid but as an adult in the kid body. "Tomoyo-chan," said Fuutie. "Yes, Fuutie-san?" answering Tomoyo, Shiki-chan was on her lap. "Shaolan always smiles when he's with Sakura-chan or at school? I mean I have never ever seen him smile like a kid before." Fuutie asked, confusing, as if she did not believe what she had just seen. It was just weirdo for her little brother. "En?" With confuse, Tomoyo looked at the boy on the another boat, seeing him was exchanging a cheerful smile with Sakura, Tomoyo immediately understand. "He has been just doing it in past few days, Fuutie-san, and everyone in the class was very surprised when we saw his first intentionally smile." Fuutie gave Tomoyo Oh!-I-see looked, "But en? He has been doing it in past few days? It was..." Tomoyo nodded hesitantly, "... the day... after you arrived to Japan." Fuutie stopped cold. It was the day after he had known he had to leave Japan soon, leaving Sakura. Or that smile was what Shaolan used for cover his pain? She had wondered how Shaolan's smile looked like. What could make him smile? In what situation? She had expected Shaolan would smile because he was happy, really happy enough to make him smiled, not smiled for hiding his pain. Catching the unhappiness in Fuutie's eyes made Tomoyo and Shiki-chan worried, "Fuutie-san." "Nothing Tomoyo-chan, I just... did not expect... to see his smile because he want to... hide his sadness..." Fuutie trailed off. Tomoyo nodded, understanding. <My poor little brother, > Fuutie thought sadly, looking over she shoulder to Shaolan. The two boats entered the tunnel, which was on the center of the lake. Inside was dark, but the wall of the tunnel was decorated with numerous little electric lights along the way, the water beneath the boats reflected the lights perfectly as if the water was a very big mirror. Floating in the tunnel, it was like they were floating in the night sky. "it's beautiful, ne Li-kun" said Sakura and smiled, amazing what she was seeing. "Um," Shaolan nodded, agreeing. It did remind Sakura to the fair of her school. The day she had confessed her feeling to Yukito-san. In the gymnasium that at that time had used the name 'Star road', she had been with Yukito-san. The gymnasium had also been decorated with the small electric lights. Sakura looked at Shaolan. It reminded her farther, afterward in the park, with Li-kun, she had cried, and how he had comforted her, telling her that he had sure she would find the person that she loved most and loved her most too. His words had helped her very much at that time. She, too, wished Shaolan would find the person that he loved most and loved him back most... the person that he had intended to give his teddy bear to. Sakura smiled at Shaolan, but inside she could felt her heart was squeezed, and it was... hurt, hurt with the thought of whom was the person the Chinese boy fell for.
"Argghh!! Why it's crowd like this? And where're they anyway!?" His two arms swung wildly in fluctuate. Kero was facing a big problem. He had been finding the group for three hours under the burning sun. Nevertheless he could not find them.
"Cerberus??" "Kero-chan?? Why are you here?" Tomoyo asked, scooping Kero up from the top of Shiki-chan. Kero flew from Tomoyo's hands and landed on the girl lap, beside Shiki-chan. "I just-Ack!" Kero was cut off by the very-glad-to-see-friend Shiki-chan, trying to hug him. "Shiki-chan, please don't hug him now, Cerberus's very tied, give him some rest, okay?" Fuutie forbade her magic creature. Shiki-chan nodded, loosing the hug, so instead of hug, Shiki-chan fluttered a fin, making wind to cool Kero down from the heat of summer. "Thanks," said relieved Kero to Shiki-chan, then he turned to Tomoyo to continue where he had been cut off, "I just worry about Sakura, so I came here." Then Kero turned to Fuutie, "And if anything I can help, tell me I'll help." "Thank you very much Cerberus, you're very kind." Fuutie smiled brilliantly. When Sakura and Shaolan' boat came out from the tunnel, Fuutie directed her boat to Sakura's boat, so they could talk. "Sakura-chan, look, who is here," said Tomoyo, smiling. Sakura was surprised when she saw Kero with Tomoyo and Fuutie. "Kero-chan? Why you're here?" "Once in a while, I want to go out too," said Kero, not telling all the truth. "Why didn't you tell me?" asked Sakura. "I forgot," Kero said confidently, folding her arms on his chest. Sakura and Shaolan blinked, confusing. After finished boating, the group returned the boat to the pier and left the lake. With Kero was in Fuutie's handbag, emerged his head from the opening zip, they continued to ride machines that not much swinging, not much spinning, not much banging for Shaolan would not get more ill. When they came out from the machine they had ridden, they walked out of the machine, and they found a parade was passing them. "Wow! There has a parade!" Kero exclaimed, exciting. "It is 6:10 P.M. And it is time for the parade, Kero-chan," said Tomoyo. She smiled when she saw Sakura, Shaolan and Fuutie were smiling, and glint was in Shiki-chan's eyes. The beauty of the parade amazed them all. The parade was embellished beautifully with the fine color fabrics, electric lights and other stuffs. The mascots of the Tomoeda amusement park, the princesses, the princes and other characters from myths were walking with the parade, greeting the visitors that gathered themselves along the way the parade passed. "The parade was really wonderful, ne," said Fuutie, smiling to all. "Yes," everyone nodded in agree. Tomoyo smiled. "The next will be the star festival show, near the Ferris wheel." She pointed to the big and only Ferries wheel of the Tomoeda amusement park. The Ferris wheel of Tomoeda amusement park was the biggest Ferris wheel of all amusement parks in Tokyo. It was located at the center of the amusement park. As for the show, the Ferris wheel itself and trees were decorated beautifully with numerous electric lights, which made the Ferris wheel looked as if it was a Milky Way of the night sky. "Really? It's great!" Said Fuutie. "Oh, we haven't played that Ferris wheel yet." Fuutie pounded her right fist on her left palm, "I have an idea!" Her abrupt excited utterance caught everyone's attention. "Why don't we go to play the Ferris wheel? So we can have a good site the see the show and at the same time we can see the view of Tomoeda town in the night too." "Good idea, Li lady." Kero agreed. "Yes, that is great idea, Fuutie-san," Tomoyo turned to Sakura and Shaolan, "ne Sakura-chan, Li-kun." "Yes," Sakura said cheerfully, while Shaolan nodded in agree. Then the group head to the Ferris wheel. Fortunately for the group, there had not many peoples were waiting in the line, but visitors already filled almost all of Ferris wheel. At the basement of the Ferris wheel has a stuff of the amusement park who acted as a doorman, opening one by one of each Ferris' doors, waiting the peoples to enter and locked each door of each Ferris carefully for the safety of the visitors themselves. When it was about their turn to go inside a Ferris, Fuutie said, "I want some snacks there," she pointed to the snack store by the Ferris wheel. "Please come with me, Tomoyo-chan, I can't read Japanese language." With her back facing Sakura and Shaolan, Fuutie sent Tomoyo a signal wink. Getting the signal, Tomoyo smiled, "my pleasure, Fuutie-san." "Me too! Me too!" Kero, who was emerged his upper body from Fuutie's handbag, squalled when he heard the word 'snacks'. "Kero-chan!" Sakura cried, warning Kero to be composed himself. Fuutie giggled, "It's all right, Sakura-chan. I love to see when Cerberus eat too, he looks really cute when he's eating." "Wai! Wai!" Kero cheered happily. Fuutie giggled again and said, "Anything you want to eat, Shaolan, Sakura-chan?" "N-No. Thank you, Fuutie-san." "No. Thank you, Fuutie-oneesan." "Okay, so you two go in the Ferris Wheel first. After I have snacks, I'll follow." Fuutie said while pushing Sakura and Shaolan into the waiting Ferris wheel. Her main purpose was to lock Sakura and Shaolan together. "En?" Shaolan stuttered. "But we can wait..." "The others are waiting, Shaolan." Fuutie cut him off. Seeing that other peoples were on the line behind them, and the stuff of the amusement park were opening the door of a Ferris, waiting for them to go inside patiently. Sakura and Shaolan gave Fuutie a little nodded before they went in the waiting Ferris together. Fuutie's smiles filled with satisfaction, as she could achieve her purpose, then she turned to Tomoyo, pretending to be innocence, and said, "Let go to buy snacks, Tomoyo-chan." Tomoyo giggled, as she could see what Fuutie had tried to do, she smiled to Fuutie and said, "Yes, Fuutie-san"
Appreciating the view outside the windows of the Ferris they were sitting, Sakura, who was sitting by the window and looking at the view of the Tomoeda amusement park, said, "Look, Li-kun, the view outside's really beautiful." Shaolan, on the other hand, stole a glance at Sakura, and saw the girl he was in love with was also being bathed by the reflected light from the outside, he said, "Yes, beautiful." He felt his face grew hot. He looked away from Sakura, before she could notice that he was looking at her, to the view of the Tomoeda amusement park in the night. The kids sat silently, treasuring the view for a while, then Sakura began. "I-I had the good time today, Li-kun," she said, blushing lightly. Shaolan nodded, blushing, "Me too, Sakura." "L-Li-kun," Sakura made an uncomfortable and hesitated call. "Yes?" "W-When you will go back to Hong Kong? I mean your... flight." She asked with small voice. Shaolan gasped, his breath was caught and his stomach was arched again. He felt a surge of pain rushed to him when he heard her question. Hiding his pain in his eyes by looking away from her, he replied, "Coming Wednesday, at-at 1:30 P.M." Sakura trembled at his answer, "Can... Can I meet you at the airport? S-So Tomoyo-chan, Kero-chan and... and I can say good-goodbye..." Sakura trailed off. "Yes, you all can..." "... L-Li-kun," she called him once again. "Yes?" "Will... will you be back... again?" Sakura asked, hope in her voice. Shaolan tightened his jaw. "All of my duty in Japan was finished," he replied, biting back the part that he would probably not came back again because all his duty in Japan had finished. Sakura bowed her head and looking down. Her heart was sore badly, as if it was being ruptured, tears began to well up on her eyes, but she tried hard to keep them from felling down. [When the same thing occurs again] Eriol's voice repeated in Sakura' head, [when a person who is close to you end up by going some place far away, please think hard about how you feel then, and how it different with how you feel about my going. Because if you do that, you'll know who is the person you truly think of as your 'number one'.] <I-I don't want him to leave. > Sakura thought. Sakura looked at him again, her face was red, the intense despair was in her eyes, "Li-kun, I-I.…." Shaolan turned to Sakura, as she called him, listening what she was going to say calmly. Her mouth hung down, as if she wanted to say something, but it was nothing came out. "Li-kun, I--" she tried again. "Good evening, ladies and gentled men," the voice that came out from speakers, which resounded allover the amusement park, interrupt Sakura. "Tomoeda amusement park proudly to present the Star festival show. We all hope you will enjoy the show." Suddenly all the lights around the yard and the adjacent areas were shut, showing the visitor, who was gathering around the yard the darkness. Then the small electric lights began to turn on group by group and one by one, presenting themselves as if they were constellations and little stars in the darkness of the night sky. "Once upon a time" The voice of narrator began, "Members of royalty were, associated with the heavens; Tentei (the celestial emperor) being centered at the North Pole. "One day, the celestial princess, Orihime, was sitting beside the river of heaven (Milky Way)." The little numerous electric lights began to turn on one after another, filling the darkness with their light, till they were looked alike a long Milky Way of the night sky. Then Orihime, who dressed in a beautiful and very traditional Japanese outfit, hanging herself my using invisible slings, drifted from the darkness to the river of heaven, amazing all the visitor. "She had been weaving because her father. The emperor loved the beautiful clothes that she made. "On this particular day, she was very sad because she realized that she had been so busy that she didn't have time to fall in love. Her father, Tentei, the ruler of the heavens, felt sorry for her and arranged a marriage with Kengyuu, who lived across the river of heaven. "Their marriage was one of sweetness and happiness from the start; and everyday thereafter they grew happier and happier. However Tentei became very angry, for the reason that she was spending so much time in her happy marriage, Orihime was neglecting her weaving. "So Tentei decided to separate the couple. He placed them back in their original places, separated by the Milky Way. The couple was forced to be separated by the river of heaven and only one night of the year would he allow them to meet, the 7th day of the 7th month. "However, there is no bridge over the river of heaven, and the princess, on her first visit, wept so bitterly when she found out that it's impossible for her to meet her beloved husband. This roused the sympathy of a Kasasagi (magpie) who assured her that a bridge would be contrived for her, every year on that day. This was done when the magpies spread their wings, forming a bridge on which the princess crossed. "Even so if Orihime has not done her weaving to the best of her skills and ability, Tentei may make it rain on the eve of 7 July. When it rains, the magpies will not form the bridge and the celestial lovers must wait another year before meeting ... " "What's a wicked father?!" Kero, who was eating a waffle, said angrily. Shiki-chan, who rested itself by Kero's side and looked as if was going to cry, nodded in agreement. Both magic creatures pitied the celestial lovers. Kero turned to Tomoyo and asked, "They have to stuck with this forever?" Tomoyo smiled to him and Shiki-chan and nodded. Hearing Kero groaned in disappointment, she added, "For this day, we will write wishes to the deity Orihime on colorful strips of paper. On the evening of Tanabata, they tie these paper wishes to freshly cut bamboo, believed that the wishes will become true." "If I write that I wish Orihime can be with Kengyuu forever, it will become true?" Kero asked hopefully. "It probably will help them a lot, Kero-chan." "Good!" Kero and Shiki-chan both jumped with determination in their eyes. Kero grasped a Shiki-chan's short fin and flew together. "Wait, Cerberus, Shiki-chan. Where are you two going?" Fuutie called. One good thing was now the amusement park did not turn much lights on, so it would not much catch others' eyes if a pink fish-shaped balloon and an orange rat doll would fly together freely. Kero and Shiki-chan turned to where Fuutie and Tomoyo were standing. "Find bamboo and striped papers to write our wishes." Fuutie and Tomoyo blinked, confusing. "Hey quick, Tomoyo, Li lady! We have to write the wish before that wicked father will make rain." Kero said, while Shiki-chan gesturing for Tomoyo and Fuutie to follow. Tomoyo and Fuutie turned to look at each other and giggled. They followed the two magic creatures. Kero and Shiki-chan were fully drawn into the show.
"Yes?" Sakura answered the phone. "Sakura-chan, it's Tomoyo. Fuutie-san, Kero-chan, Shiki-chan and I are finding a booth that sells bamboo and striped paper." "Oh-e?" Sakura was confused. "Kero and Shiki-chan really pity Orihime and Kengyuu. They want to help them by write their wish as quick as possible, just in case Tentei will make rains," Tomoyo giggled lightly. "Will you and Li-kun wait at the Ferris wheel for a while? We will meet you there soon." "Yes, Tomoyo-chan, we'll wait. See you." "See you later, Sakura-chan." Finishing the conversation, Tomoyo hung up. When Sakura hung up her mobile phone, she looked at Shaolan. "Fuutie-san, Tomoyo-chan, Kero-chan and Shiki-chan are finding a booth that sells bamboo and striped paper." "For what?" Shaolan asked, confusing. "Tomoyo said Kero-chan and Shiki-chan really pity Orihime and Kengyuu, and they want to help by write their wish." "Oh..." Sakura and Shaolan went to silence again. They were staring out to the view of Tomoeda amusement park in the night. "... Actually, Me too... thinks that they're pitying." Sakura began quietly. Her face flushed in soft pink, unnerving to look at the face of the boy before her. "En?" Shaolan turned to look at Sakura. "Orihime and Kengyuu... Being separated from the person they loved most, it'll be very sad..." Shaolan sat quietly, looking at the girl tentatively said words. He smiled lightly but his eyes were sorrowful, as he did understand how it felt, being separated from the person who was beloved. And he was going to face those feelings very soon. "I-I think I can understand. When... when the last judgement, Yue-san said that... if I failed the judgement... I would forgot everyone... It was terrified me a lot…" Sakura gripped the hem of her dress tight, looking down at her feet. "But you succeed." Shaolan said, his voice was consoled and soft. "And when Eriol-kun called the Dark, making Tomoeda covered with darkness... Everyone fell asleep. First Tomoyo-chan, Onii-chan then Kero-chan and Yue-san and then... and then... you." "Sakura..." "I-I was very scared. When I thought that... that I would never see you again, I just could not let it happened." "Sakura?" Shaolan was more and more confused by what exactly was in her mind, he felt his stomach ache increase its intensity. [When the same thing occurs again] The memory of Eriol's speech repeated, [when a person who is close to you end up by going some place far away, please think hard about how you feel then, and how it different with how you feel about my going. Because if you do that, you'll know who is the person you truly think of as your 'number one'.] At last, Sakura turned her face up to Shaolan slowly, her eyes glistened by tears, "Li-kun, I--" Abruptly, with a damaged knot and was the main one that linked the core spindle of the Ferris wheel could not hold its duty any longer. The main knot began to loosen from the core spindle, which created the force of colliding to the Ferris wheel. The peoples inside the Ferris wheel were thrown side to side by the momentum. "What happen!?" cried Sakura. Both kids stood up sharply and looked around to see what was happening. "Something wrong with this Ferris wheel, Sakura!" As Shaolan finished his statement, the Ferris wheel began to incline to the yard that the show had performed. The weight of the huge Ferris wheel ripped the various big and small live wires that were coiled the Ferris wheel. It caused the one forth of total power of the Tomoeda amusement park was out. Screams of the visitors around the Ferris wheel could be heard all over the park. A good thing was electric insulator allover wrapped the Ferris wheel. So even many high power live wires had been ripped apart, they could not harm peoples who were in the Ferris wheel if they did not touch any of those live wires directly. The bad thing was the biggest Ferris wheel of Tokyo was going to topple.
"Some thing wrong with that Ferris wheel! Shaolan and Sakura-chan are still there! Come quick Cerberus, Tomoyo-chan!" Fuutie commanded. She scooped Shiki-chan and run to the Ferris wheel, knowing that Shiki-chan could not flew fast. She prayed to the god to protect her little brother and the girl. "Sakura and Li boy are in danger!" Kero headed to the Ferris wheel quickly. "Sakura-chan!" cried Tomoyo, following Fuutie and Kero.
<Damn! > Ignoring the call of his name from another writer, Touya ran to the Ferris wheel as quick as he could, Why his sister was always put in dangers? He caused.
"Release!!" Sakura hold her magic stave in her hands. She turned to Shaolan. "We must help others to get out of this Ferris wheel before it topples, Li-kun!" "Um," Shaolan nodded, already holding his sword in his hand. Sakura and Shaolan both knew the Ferris wheel was going to topple soon before a rescue party would arrive. Everyone that was in this Ferris wheel and stood around this yard was in the great danger. And they would not let the disaster happened if they could help. "Wood!!" Sakura called her card. Finishing its master's call, the numerous of lianas came from other side, holding the tilted Ferris wheel up tight in place. But unfortunately, the Ferris wheel was overweight more than woods could hold. Finally, with the weight of the Ferris wheel and the attractive force of the earth the lianas could not hold the Ferris wheel any longer. All the lianas were ripped apart. With that, it created the great force of bang within the Ferris wheel, caused a little young boy bumped hardly against the door of his Ferris made the door busted opened and the boy fell from his Ferris. "NOOO!!!!" His mother screamed in terror. Her child was going to die before her. "Fuuka Shourai!!" On the spur of the moment, the body of the little boy was held in the air by the magic wind, protecting him from crashing against the earth. The little boy was landed safely with little confusion. Seeing that, the mother of the little boy cried in grateful to whatever gods who had helped her child. "Li-kun!?" Sakura turned to Shaolan, who had just used his magic to save the little boy's life. She was relieved from the terrified moment; he could be helpful as always. Nevertheless the real problem was still not be solved, the Ferris wheel continued to tilt into the deeper angle. Everyone that was in the Ferris wheel tried their best to hold their balance, but they all knew, with this situation and with the rescued party still did not arrive, more terrorized things were going to happen. "This Ferris wheel's going to topple!" Shaolan warned. They had to do something, but what. "But this Ferris wheel's too heavy, Wood could not hold!" Sakura cried, being scared out of her wits. "How can I... What should I do?" Tears caked on her eyes. She was going to cry. What should they do? What should they do? Sakura thought in helpless, as the Ferris wheel made another degree of its bend caused Sakura lost her balance. "Don't cry," Shaolan commanded resolutely, using his left hand to catch Sakura and held her in place. "Cry will not make anything better." Sakura stared at him. There was Shaolan, standing before her and giving her courage every times she loosed it. She felt power rush to her, making her stronger. And with that power, she could do anything. He always helped her, always gave her courage, and always gave her power. If she had him by her side, she would become stronger, and everything would be okay. Finally claimed down, Sakura wiped tears from her eyes and nodded. "Maybe, you can use Windy. I will used Fuuka Shourai so we can help others to out of this Ferris wheel and land on the ground safely." Shaolan suggested. "Um," Sakura nodded, then she called the card, "Windy!" "Fuuka Shourai!" Shaolan called his wind magic. The magic winds made all the doors of the Ferris wheel, excepted Sakura and Shaolan's, opened and took everyone out from the Ferris wheel individually and brought them down onto the ground safely. Everyone that was around the place and was the witnesses of the miracle event was marveled, as they saw the peoples out from the Ferris wheel and landed onto the ground one after another. It must be the God that was helping them, they all thought. Sakura and Shaolan' power were being depleted. Using their magic to take peoples one by one continuously was the big deal, even for Sakura, the greatest magician of the world. However they both kept persisting in their rescue. Dashing to the Ferris wheel at the same time, Touya, Tomoyo, Kero and Fuutie, who was holding Shiki-chan in her arms, stood by one another's side. They did not aware that they were standing by one another, as they concerned to the safety of the kids. Seeing the supernatural even, Touya uttered, "Sakura..." He knew it was his little sister's magic that was rescuing peoples and another was... "Shaolan," Fuutie called with worry. Seeing the magic, she could know the kids were still unharmed, but using a lot of magic like that would drain all of their power completely. When the last person was brought down to the ground, Sakura fell to the one of her knee. She was exhausted. "Are... Are you all right?" Shaolan asked. He also fell onto his knee, using his sword to keep his body from collapsing to the floor. His illness only made his condition worse. "Um," Sakura nodded, "What about you, Li-kun?" "I am fine," he lied. Sensing the Ferris wheel tilted even deeper, Shaolan said, "We have to get out of this Ferris wheel quick." Forcing himself to stand up to his feet, he helped Sakura to stand up to her feet. "Um," Sakura nodded. She reached out, intending to grape the knot of the door and open it. She planned to use Fly to help her and the boy to land on the ground. Shaolan's eyes widened, at the knot, he saw a thick damaged live wire that had been ripped apart by the weight of the Ferris wheel was waiting for Sakura to touch it. Sakura could not see the damaged live wire as the darkness different angle blinded her, and she was going to touch that damaged live wire. "SAKURA, DON'T TOUCH THAT KNOT!!" Shaolan cried. "Oh-e?" Sakura turned to the boy. Sakura succeed to open the door, but her hand also accidentally touched the damaged live wire. With the force of the powerful electric current from the damaged wire, Sakura was thrown to the opposite direction. Shaolan managed to catch her before she would crash against the wall of their Ferris. "Sakura!!" Holding the unconscious girl, Shaolan called her. The situation did not give him time to check her condition. The Ferris wheel tilted to fifty degree caused Shaolan and Sakura, who was unconscious in Shaolan's arms, slid through the opened door to outside that had nothing to catch them from falling down.
Note: Just in case if anyone confused-[Fuuka Shourai] is Shaolan's magic for calling wind. Babbling With Mee-na: Hi Dear readers. At last another part of this series is done. I hope you will enjoy it ^_^ For this part, if some of you already watched or knew the CCS second movie, you will know that the second movie also had the amusement park scene and the Ferris wheel scene. After I made the plot of this series, I was really surprised when I knew it, however I decided to change nothing, as the scene of the amusement park and the Ferris wheel are very important to the plot. (Partially because I hold some pride that I was not copy from the movie, and I want to make my work as best as I can, so why I have to change my idea anyway? ^_^' Heh-heh I am such a stubborn, ne) Lastly, Thank you all that keeps your patient to read until this part (And if it is not too much, I also hope you will continue to read the next) and thanks for all of your mails you sent me. I am really happy that my dear readers gave me responses o^___^o Bye! |