By: Spinel Sun
19/45. The Last Card (Part II)
At the Shrine
Madison: Ah!
Sakura: Madison! Look out! Come on! You okay?
Madison: Hm-hmm!
Li: Sakura! Over there!
Kero: Earth Card. If only you showed yourself sooner!
Sakura and Li: Huh?
Julian: What's going on?! Are either of you hurt?
Sakura: No, we're all right! Miss Mackenzie! Be careful!
Sakura (Thinking): The ground around her isn't shaking…
Sakura (Out Loud): But how can that…
Li: Use your magic!
Sakura: But here…?
Julian: Look out!
Madison: Sakura!
Kero: Use the key!
Sakura: But Julian will see me!
Li: Use the Sleep Card!
Sakura: Right! Oh, key of Clow. Power of magic, power of light. Surrender the wand, the force ignite. Release! Sleep!
Madison: Julian…what's the matter?
Sakura, Li, and Kero: Ah!
Sakura: Kero! Can I stop this earthquake?
Kero: Only by capturing the Earth Card.
Sakura: There has got to be a way! Every card has a weakness, so, we have to find it! I need to go and check things out from the sky. Can you protect the others, Li?
Li: Don't worry.
Sakura: I won't.
Sakura: Fly! I'll be right back!
Li: Be…
Sakura: Huh?
Li: Be careful…
Sakura: 'kay.
Madison: This isn't good.
Miss Mackenzie: Madison, don't worry. Sakura will be just fine.
In the Air
Sakura: Did a Clow Card really do all this?
Kero: Yes, but…this one's special! Earth is the last remaining card to be collected!
Sakura: So, if I capture it…that's it! I will have fulfilled my destiny!
Kero: Not quite.
Sakura: Huh? What do you mean?
Sakura and Kero: Whoa!
Sakura: Whoa! It's causing so much damage…If we don't stop this one soon, the whole town will be destroyed!
Kero: Sakura! Earth isn't just the last card, it's the fourth and final element card. Remember, they're much more powerful then the others.
Sakura: I didn't feel it…
Kero: Element cards are illusive and difficult to sense.
Sakura: So, what should I do?
Kero: First you have to discover its true form!
Sakura: Kero! Look!
Kero: That's it! That's Earth's physical form!
Sakura: Water! It just grew back!
Kero: (Panting)
Sakura: Kero, you okay?
Kero: Yeah…you can't just defeat Earth with an attack card…
Sakura: Then what should I do?
Kero: You can't overpower it! Search for a card that has never let you down.
Sakura: Never let me down…okay! Here it comes…Jump Card!
Sakura (Thinking): I can't defeat that with just any card! It's just too strong!
Sakura (Out Loud): Huh?
Sakura (Thinking): It's right behind us! If I can't use an attack card, then what?
Miss Mackenzie (Thinking): Open your mind. Strength is found in many forms.
Sakura: Huh? That's strange…
Kero: What is?
Sakura: The trees…none of them have been knocked down…
Sakura (Thinking): Wait a minute…trees wrap their roots around the earth all the tine, so maybe...
Kero: Whoa, whoa! Wait a second! What are you doing?
Sakura: I've got an idea!
Kero: Are you sure?! We don't have much time…
Sakura: It won't fail me. You said to choose a card that helped me before. I know this is the one!
Kero: Sakura…All right! Let's get it!
Sakura: That's right! Follow my lead!
Kero: Bring it on!
Sakura: Wood Card, come to my aid. Use your vines to tangle and trap Earth. Wood!
Kero: Good job!
Sakura: It worked! Kero! I think it's moving!
Kero: Quick! Before it breaks off!
Sakura: Earth Card, I command you to return to your power confined! Earth! I did it! Huh? Kero...?
Sakura: Who are you? Where's Kero…?
Keroberos: Right in front of you.
Sakura: It's you Kero…Is this what you really look like?
Keroberos: That's right, when you captured the last card, you returned me to my true form.
Sakura: Oh, wow, Kero! Just look at you! You're kinda…cool looking.
Keroberos: I'm sorry, Sakura…
Sakura: For what?
Keroberos: That I couldn't help you more. Until the final card was collected, my magic was restricted.
Sakura: But, Kero! You did help me! I couldn't have done it without you.
Keroberos: I promise I will be here now.
Sakura: For what?
Keroberos: The final test…Yue…
At the Shrine
Sakura: Madison!
Madison: Sakura is back! Are you all right?
Sakura: Hm-hmm! Look! The final card! Now I've captured them all!
Madison: I got to catch this on video! Is that who I think it is?
Li: Keroberos doesn't look very happy.
Sakura: No, he's worried. Li, do you know who Yue is?
Li: Yue is the second guardian of the Clow Cards. You see, Clow Reed created two protectors of the cards. Keroberos, the guardian beast of the seal is ruled by the Sun, and Clow Reed also created Yue, the judge, who is ruled by the Moon.
Sakura: But exactly what does Yue have to judge?
Li: Don't know. Clow Reed left many magic books behind but none have any detailed records of Yue. You got the Clow Book right, Sakura?
Sakura: Yeah…
Li: The golden beast on the front is Keroberos, and the moon on the back represents Yue.
Sakura: Kero seems to think Yue is coming.
Li: He is? Yue will probably manifest itself in its true form, just like Keroberos.
Sakura: She's here again…
Madison: Did you sign it yet? The last card, did you sign your name on it yet?
Sakura: No, not yet.
Madison: Great! Can I get you signing it on video?
Sakura: Sure!
Keroberos: Sakura, once you sign your name, all the cards will be sealed.
Sakura: Finally!
Keroberos: You must be ready to face the final judgment.
Sakura: Final what?
Li: What's the matter, Sakura?
Sakura: Oh! Nothing! I'll sign it!
Madison: I was wondering something. Sakura, you have some of the Clow Cards, and Li has some, too, right? So if neither of you have them all, then who ends up being the owner of them?
Keroberos: You will find out as soon as they arrive.
Madison: Who?
Miss Mackenzie: They are here now. It is time.
Sakura (Thinking): What's going on? It's Julian! Who's that?
Keroberos: Yue…
Sakura: Yue…
Memory
Dark Card: The final judgment will come from Yue.
Light Card: Trust yourself. You are the one.
Sakura: Huh? Wait! Who's Yue?
Light Card: He's been right beside you all along.
Back
Sakura: It's you, but then. I don't get it…What happened to Julian?
Miss Mackenzie: Julian is Yue, he's been Yue all along.
Yue: It's been a long time, Keroberos.
Keroberos: Yes, it has…
Yue: You were careless! The Clow Cards should have never escaped!
Keroberos: Perhaps, but you know as well as I do, that nothing happens by accident. Yue, I knew you were waiting, preparing...
Sakura: Why didn't Julian tell us?
Keroberos: Yue kept his true identity hidden from him…he didn't know. Without the final card, I could only sense your presence. And you...you have magical powers, too! I thought for a time that you could be the judge. But you gave Sakura your help, your guidance. I knew then that you couldn't be Yue. It is not the judge's role to help anyone find their way! But you knew all along...didn't you?
Miss Mackenzie: That the boy, Julian, was not who he seemed to be? Yes, I was aware.
Sakura: Kero! Slow down! I don't understand! What did you know?
Yue: That I'm just like Keroberos. Without my magical powers, I could not return to my true form.
Madison: So, that means Julian was…
Li: The second guardian, all along.
Yue: So, we finally meet, Sakura. Candidate to be the master of the Clow Cards, chosen by Keroberos.
Sakura: Julian…
Yue: But I sense there is another who has the cards.
Li: Ha!
Yue: There is no point to pass final judgment if one didn't catch all of the cards herself!
Keroberos: Sakura has learned much. I have faith that she will pass the test.
Yue: You seem confident.
Keroberos: By tradition, the final decision is up to you.
Yue: Then let the final judgment begin!
Sakura: Wait a minute! All the cards have been captured! I did what I was suppose to do, we both did! So what's this final judgment?
Keroberos: Patience.
Yue: Now come.
Li: Uh?
Sakura: What's wrong? Huh? Li! No! Bring him back!
Yue: I am Yue, the judge! Final judgment belongs to me!
Li: Ha.
Yue: You may use all the cards in your position. Try and defeat me.
Li: Ah!
Sakura: Look out! I'm coming, Li! Let me through! Kero! Help!
Keroberos: No one can help him. This is his test alone.
Sakura: Oh, no!
Li: Element: fire! Come to my aid! It's working! Huh?
Yue: You can not defeat Yue with fire alone.
Li: Element: Wind!
Yue: It's no use…
Li: Ah! Ah! Oh…
Yue: I am surprised. I thought a direct descendant of Clow Reed would be a more worthy opponent.
Li: Time! Huh? Where did he go?
Yue: Time is one of the cards under my protection. This is the end.
Li: Aah!
Sakura: Li!
Keroberos: Li!
Sakura: Are you okay? Wake up!
Li: Uh…he took all my cards…
Sakura: All of them?
Li: Be careful, Sakura…he's very powerful.
Yue: It's time for the next candidate to come forward.
Madison: Sakura! No!
On a Building
Sakura: Just like my dream! It's all the same!
Yue: Heed me, cards of the book of Clow. The person who wishes to be your master stands before me.
Sakura: Huh?
Yue: Keroberos, the elector, has chosen this girl, Sakura!
Sakura: Ah!
Yue: Whether or not she is truly fit to be our master will be decided by me. So let the final judgment commence!
Sakura: The…final…judgment?