The Ying-Yue And Sakura's
Blossoming Love
Sakura rollerbladed towards her school, feeling full of energy, full of her magic. It ran through her like liquid fire and it comforted her. Thinking about a few things, she noticed that Meiling would be gone and that Syaoran would perhaps be a little down. Thinking about love took her to the subject of her own feelings. Thinking that it was time that she knew what she had really felt, she assessed her feelings and found...To her surprise or not so, she found her feelings being drawn the closest to her Moon Guardian. His constant protection, his beautiful features and everything about him caught her heart in a trap called Love.
She sighed. No matter what she felt about him, there was no chance anything could happen. It was not supposed to. Her love for him didn't feel wrong, but he was out of bounds, he had loved Clow Reeds. He was her Guardian and she could not ask him to love her, his Mistress. He might think that he is forced to love her back, because she is his Mistress. That's not what she wanted. But, hadn't she felt his love for her? Hadn't he blushed at her kiss? Hadn't he come to her call of help? But all of those things were explainable. He probably felt love for her as his Mistress, a friend perhaps and he came to her because she was his Mistress, his responsibility to protect. Blushing at her kiss didn't mean that he had loved her, it was probably that he was shocked at her boldness as she was. Perhaps he had thought that it was not the right thing to do, perhaps he had not said anything because she was his Mistress.
As her thoughts took her towards the negative parts, she felt sad, upset, down. She felt heart broken. Sakura, the Card Mistress was in love and also in doubts of her love. As every single teenager probably went through, her mind was a turmoil of thoughts of her love, and reasons why it wouldn't work. To get her hopes up would be more painful afterwards. "It's impossible." She sighed a little as she arrived at the school. It was just another day filled with school and of confused thoughts.
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Yue sat in the comfortable space in Yukito's mind. His magic was restored, but for how long? It would not be long before his Mistress changes all of the cards and perhaps not have enough magic to support him. He would then be gone, just gone, disappeared into nothingness. Yukito would go with him, to cease to exist in the world. The Moon Guardian worried, not about himself, but for his falseform and also for his Mistress. He knew that Touya was in love with his best friend and if something happened to Yukito, it would hurt him deeply. He can also clearly say that Yukito felt the same way about his friend. But, his Mistress, Sakura would be hurt as well as lose protection. Not that Yue felt that he was strong protection for his Mistress, he just wanted to be there to protect her from any possible harm.
If he went, would all the magic that was his be gone as well? What would happen to the barrier that he had put in the mind of his Mistress? Would her mind be transpassed again? As the thoughts raced in his head, he felt silly, stupid. Sakura-sama was a strong girl...no...lady. She was strong enough to handle everything in her way, yet why was he so worried? She wouldn't probably even remember him anyway. But what of her kiss? Of her hugs? Her worried cries for him? Of her gentleness that warmed him? All those questions were not to be answered. Yue would not let his feelings interfere and get heart broken again. No, not after Clow had died.
For once in his life, Yue was confused, puzzled of his own emotions. He was the cold one, yet at the moment, he was feeling love, strong love that could not be. He was not supposed to love the frail girl that was his Mistress, the girl that had offered him her friendship when he had almost killed her. The girl that had cried out for his help, protection and also the beautiful girl that now owned his heart, his Mistress. Sakura was bright, like the stars themselves, he was cold, just like the Moon. Yet, she had managed to get past his shields to find him in Yukito, in himself. She had managed to melt some of the cold heart. She could not know what he felt for her, she would hate him if she found out.
So, Yue decided that he was going to keep quite, to stop thinking the outragous thoughts of his Mistress, of thinking of love. He had something much more important to do, to protect. He had to be there for his Mistress when she needed him. He had to be there to protect her from the dark being that threatened the beautiful Card Mistress. Perhaps even from the strange events happening lately. From all those things, he would protect Sakura, his Cherry Blossom.
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Sakura looked up from the swings in the park. She had been confused, and slightly upset when her thoughts had come to the conclusion that Yue and she could not be together. The reasons were very real and true and that was what hurt her the most. She loved him, that was clear as day to her, yet there were so many things that did not allow her to love Yue. The Mistress and Guardian thing was one of many that Sakura disliked. He always demanded to be so formal with her, to call her Mistress or Sakura-sama, neither of the names that she liked. She wanted to be able to be call him nicknames and to kiss his lips and to be in love with him. To be his girlfriend, to be his friend and his lover. Yet, the thoughts in her mind yelled at her as impossible.
Finding that the park was not helping her with her mood with the snow, she decided that she should go home and perhaps do her homework. She arrived home pretty quickly, thinking about things made her journey seem a lot shorter than in truth and for that, she was somewhat grateful. Quietly going upto her room, she unpacked her bag and got all of her homework out. She sat on her desk after changing into simple baggy comfortable pants and a warm jumper. Looking at her homework and sighing, Kinomoto Sakura started to do her homework.
As soon as she had walked into the room, Kero knew that something was wrong. His Mistress was in some kind of distress and it didn't make him very happy to see her like so. She looked down, heart broken. Having lived with the girl for about 2 to 3 years now, he knew what was wrong. She was in love and she doubted the person was feeling the same as her. Thinking further, the small Sun Guardian knew that her object of effection was Yue, his brother, the Moon Guardian. He chuckled a little at the thought. Yue had been someone that was cold to everyone else but to Clow Reeds and to Cereberus, everyone else was his enemy. Now, he had accepted a new Mistress and it seemed that he had also fallen in love with her, with the Card Mistress, Sakura.
Sakura sighed as she turned in her sleep. It was not really sleep but a vision that scared her, that threatened to get her up from bed with a scream on her lips. It was a nightmare about something about to happen to her soon.
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It was her graduation or so it seemed. All of her family was there, strangly enough with Yukito and both Yue there with her at the same time. She didn't get a close look at Yue, but she knew that it was him. Everything was fine until something dark appeared. She felt it before she saw it. It was the black haired lady she had seen before in her sleep. Dressed in a dark robe much like Sakura's, she held her black staff in her hands. The lady laughed evilly, challenging the Card Mistress, her. Sakura felt dread and fear. She felt the confusion and panic rising among the students. What could she do? The same pain she had felt on her first encounter with the Dark Witch was still there, the pain that burned her still existed. There were sounds of scream as the Dark Witch sent balls of fire towards the students and spectators of the Graduation. All the doors were locked, preventing anyone from escaping. Sakura casted the Shield card to protect the people she loved. Yue floated before her, challenging the Dark Witch. She decided to ignore the Moon Guardian and go for Sakura. She felt deep pain as she felt something shart cutting into her shoulder. The pain was incredible. Even during the time she had as a Card Captor, she had never felt such pain. It burned her.
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"NO!" Sakura screamed as she sat up in her bed, brining her brother and father into her room. "What is it, Sakura?" "Is everything alright?" They asked and she smiled weakly at them. "I'm fine. I just had a nightmare." Convinced, the two went back to sleep, leaving Sakura to think. Suddenly, she found a need to go outside, to be out in the night air. She carefully released her key, opened the Mirror card and Fly card. All the time making sure that Kero was still asleep. After Mirror went into her bed to pretend to sleep, Sakura flew out of her room with her outer robe on for warmth.
She flew aimlessly. Without a thought, she just flew, enjoying the night air in her hair and the feel of the high altitude. Just as she was about to fly back, she felt a pull of power. There was something amis. Opening her magical senses, she found the power of Clow strongly in the park. With determined face, she headed towards the park, ready to face the next trial. She called forth her key of power and slowly flew over towards the source of the power.
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Yukito was asleep, but the other being in his mind wasn't. It was still full Moon. He was safe for the moment, yet Yue couldn't sleep. He felt the presence of Clow clear in his mind. It was calling him and calling his Mistress. Searching his link with the young Mistress, he felt that she was already at the Park, ready for anything. But something that striked Yue as being odd was that Cereberus wasn't there with her. He would have to go.
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Eriol watched, tired. It was late in the night and almost early in the morning, yet he knew that Sakura was running out of time. Everything had to been done quickly to stop her from getting hurt. He had been thinking about the next 'lesson' when he felt her using her magic and the fact that she was outside. It would be a perfect time. So he woke up Spinel Sun and headed towards the Park, planning a surprise for Sakura. It was something special that time. Something that would require much of her power.
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Sakura found herself near the lake area. Her wings disappeared in a show of beautiful Sakura petals. She turned around on the spot, trying to get an idea of where the power was the strongest. When she spotted it, she cried out in surprise. It was a creature, there was no other explaination. There was nothing else to call it but a creature. It had a figure of a girl with cat like ears, furry body and sharp claws on her hands. It turned to look at Sakura and let out a hiss. "Card Mistress, meet your doom!" Sakura cried out as it jumped towards her, almost catching her in it's sharp claws. "Who are you?" She questioned as the creature stopped to sit down in the spot she had once been. "If my name would please you, it is Ying."
With the announcement of her? name, the creature lunged again. "Fight or die, Card Mistress." It hissed at her as Sakura tried her best to dodge the creature. She was scared. She knew that she didn't have the prescious time needed to change a card. "Are you so willing to die, Card Mistress?" It asked her again, as Sakura put away her staff and took off her robe. She would be facing it her own way. "I'm not going to die." She said softly. The catwoman laughed before lunging again at Sakura. This, time however, she was ready for the assult. Smoothly, she flipped sidewards, missing the claws directed at her. Swiftly, she flipped around the woman and standing up straight, kicked her in the back. "So, the little Card Mistress do have claws after all!" The woman hissed again as Sakura circled her.
~Help~ Sakura called in her mind, perhaps one of her guardians could hear her and come to help. That was when she felt the warm presence around her of her Moon Guardian. "Mistress, are you alright?" He asked her, landing on the ground next to her. "I'm fine so far. Can you hear me if I talk to you in your mind?" She asked, a plan forming in her head. "Of course, Mistress." Sakura decided that there was no time for another lecture. "Good." With that, she launched into a full plan of attack. She needed someone to distract the creature long enough for her to open her cards, change them or whatever that was nesscessary. "Ready?" She asked out aloud and saw Yue nod as the catwoman watched them both carefully. ~Go!~ Sakura yelled in her mind and Yue shot out with a shield in front of him and a ball of energy in his hand.
"Release!" Sakura yelled, taking the chance given to her by her Guardian. "Cards created by Clow, change and be reborn under the name of your new Mistress, Sakura. Shield! Fight! Silent!" She staked each card in turn and felt her magic drain from her imedietly. Fight and Shield card was strong cards and they took more magic than some of the other cards. "Silent, put your magic of silence on Ying, the creature before us." Silent moved quickly to stop any sounds coming from the catwoman. "Thanks! Shield, grant me and Yue your protection! Fight! Grant me the power to fight like a warrior! Release, Sword! Work with Fight to make me a warrior!" With the cards all doing their job, Sakura positively glowed in the light of her magic, filled with the strength and skills of a warrior.
Yue was starting to get tired. Sakura could see that clearly as his powers became weaker attacks, but the catwoman was also tiring. "Let me take over, Yue-san. I deserve to have a go at this rude creature." Yue nodded cooly before letting his Mistress take over. "Be careful, Mistress Sakura." Sakura smiled at him before facing the creature and fighting her with all the stress, the remains of the horrible nightmare she had and all the anger and hate building up in her. After about five more minutes of fighting, the creature collapsed onto the floor and Sakura did not continue her assult. The catwoman looked up at the girl and smiled at her before disappearing into nothingness in front of them. There was a strong feeling of Clow's power before that and Sakura had to wonder, what was going on?!?!
"Are you alright Mistress Sakura?" Yue asked gently, noticing that she was pale and sweating. "Cold." She said softly before looking up at the skies and then falling into a dead faint. Yue rushed towards his fallen Mistress and gathered her up to hold her and put her robe on her. She looked so tired, delicate. He took her under a Sakura tree and settled down with his Mistress in his arms. He would not be putting her on the cold ground. Gently drawing power from the Moon he could just see, he searched for any signs of stars and found none.
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Eriol sighed and yawned as the magical creature disappeared just outside of the park. "How did it go, Master Eriol?" Spinel Sun asked as Eriol got up and started to head towards his rooms to sleep. "Everything went fine. Sakura changed three cards and she fought wonderfully against Ying. Yue was there to help her and I believe that romance may finally blossom between the two on this fine night." Spinel Sun laughed at the comment. "It's about bloody time." Eriol smiled gently as he climbed in his bed and fell asleep quickly. The black Puma like creature kept an eye on his Master as it settled on the rug next to the bed.
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Sakura felt something warm holding her and it tugged her gently back to consciousness. The presence with her was comforting, gentle and filled with love for her. She could eaily feel the love now that her abilities of Empathy had grown a little more. She felt the love as she has never felt it before. Called, she opened her eyes to find herself drowning in silver light that was her Moon Guardian. The only thing that ran in her mind was that he was so beautiful. His long silver hair caught the Moon light and his silvery blue eyes sparkled as they looked at her. When she looked into those eyes, she felt herself getting butterflies in her stomach. She was in love and she could feel the same from the Guardian. Perhaps she would have the courage to tell him. "Yue..." She whispered.
Yue was warm with the warmth radiating from his young Mistress. He felt love for her, he had never felt love so strongly before. He had loved his former master and also his brother, but he didn't love them like he loved his Mistress. He felt that he was doing something wrong, that it was a sin, something that shouldn't be on his mind, in his heart. But it was undinieble. Even a magical creature like Yue could not shrink from love, nor even ignore the feeling in his heart. As his Mistress opened her emerald eyes, he felt himself drown. There was no other emotion in those beautiful eyes, filled with sleep, than the emotion of great love that only his Mistress seemed to be able to show so easily to everyone around her. He felt something at the bottom of his stomach that made him umcomfortable, but in a good way. He knew that something important was about to happen. That was obvious. The moon shone beautifully to shine the moment that was so important to Yue. She whispered his name and he felt love.
"Yes Mist...Sakura-sama?" Sakura smiled at the obvious mistake. She loved how her name sounded on his lips. She did not think about the conciquences nor anything else for the moment but love and want. She knew who she loved and she knew that she wanted. She didn't say anything but she looked at his lips and sitting up a little in his embrace, kissed him gently. The kiss was gentle and nice. It was her first kiss. It was sweet. His lips were cold and tasted of moonlight. She kissed him with everything she had. He gasped and she took the chance to slip her tongue in his mouth and gently touched his tonuge with her own.
Yue gasped as she kissed him, surprised. He didn't think that she would kiss him, yet she did. She was gentle, so surprisingly gentle. He was even more surprised as her warm tongue slipped into his mouth. Her lips tasted of cherrys. His first ever kiss...When his surprise faded, he started to kiss her back. She wrapped her arms gently around his neck as his arms instictively went around her petit waist. When oxygen became an issue, they pulled back, blushing. "Mistress..." Yue tried to speak but was stopped when her sweet lips were once again his own. Along with the kiss, his Mistress started to wrap her fingers in his hair. When they broke apart again, she whispered one word. "Beautiful."
Sakura blushed prettily after she whispered the word she thought of him as. "Yue-san...I...um..." Lost for words, Sakura didn't know what to say or do. The two was then lapsed into uncomfortable silence. When Sakura looked back to Yue after looking at her hands, she found that he was looking upset, almost. "Oh...Yue..." She said before capturing his lips in another kiss. It was beautiful. He was beautiful. "You are so beautiful..." She said, gently into his ear after another kiss. Colours entered his wonderfully pale skin. "Mistress...I..." Lost in words, Yue pulled her closer and kissed her gently, a little hesitant at first but gradually getting better.
When they pulled back, Sakura said three words that warmed Yue's heart and melted it. "I love you." Yue felt overwhelmed with joy and love. The feeling of love in Sakura towards him was beautiful. "I love you, Mistress." He said softly, just loud enough for her to hear. She blushed prettily before closing her eyes and letting her head rest on his broad chest. She was tired and just wanted some sleep, having gotten the words of her dreams coming true, she was beyond happy as she fell asleep in the arms where she felt the safest. Yue felt his Mistress slipping away from the conscious world into the dream world of her own. She didn't have to tell him what had happened before she came outside, she had a vision. He remembered how even Clow Reeds used to get shaken after a vision.
The only vision Clow came out of smiling was of Sakura. He had seen a vision and found Sakura, his daughter. Yue remembered how often his master would conjure up a picture of her and show it to him, telling him that he should grow in love for the girl. In those times, Yue had ignored the girl that was so clearly ever present in Clow's life. It was not of his business. Yet, now, he understood what Clow had meant. Their pathes of life was to cross each other. It was so true. He was in love with the young teen that was also his Mistress and the sole heiress to everything Clow had once owned. Thinking about the heiress part, Yue was pretty sure that as soon as Kinomoto Sakura turned 18, someone will be at her door with a great big amounts of files telling her of all the things she owned. Imagine the surprise!
Yue felt the night slipping away and thought that he should probably place his Mistress back into her house before the sun came up and she is late to school. It had been a rough night for the teen and he was sure that she would most likely be tired. The Moon was still up and drawing power from it to fill him, he gently stood up, shaking the girl gently to awaken her. She opened her eyes and stood up with him supporting her. Gently, ever so gently, he placed his lips on the crook of her neck and transfered the energy he recieved from the Moon into her. She cried out in surprise and then moaned. She clung to his form, to try to keep herself steady. Yue pulled more power from the Moon and after deciding that his Mistress was in full power, he pulled back and let the Moon energise him. After his lips left her, Sakura fell to the ground.
Yue caught the falling teen and held her in his arms. "Are you alright, Mistress?" He asked her gently. "Sakura." Yue smiled. Even at the most oddest times, she would not forget to remind him of her name. "Are you alright, Sakura-sama?" He asked her again,the smile being replaced with a look of worry in his face. "I'm find Yue-san. What..." "I transfered some power to you since the skies weren't clear enough to let the stars shine through. The Moon has strong light tonight so I took the power into myself and transfered the power into you." Sakura smiled at him before capturing his lips into another kiss. "I just needed to make sure that I wans't dreaming." She said quietly was he wrapped his arms around her protectively and flew up into the early morning sky.
Chapter 9