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Chapter 7: Sakura's Adventures on the Soccer Field

~~~~~Tokyo, Japan~~~~~

"Sakura-san. Sakura-san," Heero said to Sakura through their telepathic link. "It's time for you to get up. We have to leave in about an hour."

"Ten more minutes, Heero-kun. Please?" replied Sakura who wasn't quite yet ready to get up.

Heero couldn't help but laugh at Sakura's cuteness. "Alright, Sakura-san. But if you aren't up in ten minutes I'm coming over there to wake you up in person."

"Well, then maybe I'll just have to stay in bed for more than ten minutes," joked Sakura.

As it turned out, Heero had been forced to physically go into Sakura's room and get her out of bed. Not that he really minded though, for it made the day just that much better being able to see Sakura's beautiful green eyes and lovely smile to start the day.

It was the morning of the school's first soccer game of the season and all the guys were up and about, getting ready for the game. Minako was awake as well since she and Sakura were to go to the game with the cheerleading squad. Ami was also just getting up since she had agreed to go to the game early since she apparently had a good strategic mind and the coach seemed to like to bounce game strategies off of her. Tomoyo and Ukyo were going to arrive later since both the team and cheerleading squad had to arrive a good while before the start of the game.

When it came time to leave, Heero walked with Minako, Eriol, and Syaoran to the parking lot to pick up their cars and pick up the other four in front of the dorm. "So do you know who the starters for the game are going to be?" inquired Minako.

"The coach hasn't officially announced the starting positions yet, but he did tell all of us that we would be starting," answered Syaoran.

"Unfortunately, we seem to have made a few enemies on the team since we have stolen a few of the starting position from the returning players," said Eriol with a shrug. Neither him nor the other four really cared that the upper-classmen didn't like the five of them much, as long as it didn't spill over too much onto the field.

"We're meeting everyone in front of the dorm building right?" double checked Minako as she opened her car door. Her question was answered by a nod from Heero, who was closest to her at the time.

"What's taking them so long," complained Duo from out in front of the dorm where he was waiting with Ranma, Ami, and Sakura. "It's freezing out here."

Just at that moment, a white Ford Mustang convertible pulled up in front of the group, stopping right before Sakura. "Hey beautiful," greeted the driver. "Hop in and I'll give you a ride to the game." Sakura bent her head down a fraction to get a better look at the driver and sighed. Inside the car was none other than Katsaguri Tohru.

"That's okay," Sakura said as sweetly as she could, but still with a hint of annoyance in her voice. "Heero-kun is giving me a ride."

"Forget about Yuy. I'll bet his car isn't near as nice as this baby," replied Tohru as he gently caressed the dash of his Mustang.

Duo, who had been standing next to Sakura overheard Tohru's comment and couldn't help but laugh. "You think… this car… is… nicer than… Heero's?" asked Duo between gasps of air as struggled to get enough oxygen while laughing so hard.

Duo's outburst made Tohru extremely upset. "And what possible car could Yuy have that is better than mine!?" he shouted.

"See for yourself," said Ranma calmly as he pointed down the street.

Tohru turned his head and looked behind him. When he caught sight of the four cars driving up in a single file line, his jaw dropped. "What the…" he stuttered.

The four cars drove up and stopped right in front of the dorms with Heero in front, followed closely by Minako, Syaoran, and finally Eriol. Sakura quickly ran over to Heero's car and jumped in before Tohru could say anything more to her. Once in the car, she gave Heero a tight hug around the neck to make herself feel better. She wasn't exactly sure why, but Tohru made her feel extremely uncomfortable. It wasn't the fact that he was constantly hitting on her that made her uncomfortable, since there were a couple people in high school that did the same thing and none of them made her feel as uncomfortable as she felt around Tohru. "I really don't like being around him," Sakura told Heero telepathically to make sure Tohru wouldn't hear her. "He makes me feel really uncomfortable."

"Don't worry about him, Sakura-san," consoled Heero as he very gently ran his fingers through Sakura's silky auburn hair. "I won't let him do anything that will cause you any harm or pain. I promise."

"Arigato, Heero-kun," whispered Sakura as she nuzzled her head a little farther into Heero's neck before finally letting go.

"So Katsaguri," chided Duo as he stood at the open door of Minako's car. "You were saying something about Heero's car not being as nice as yours?" Duo could see Tohru staring with a hint of anger and jealousy in his eyes at Sakura's tight embrace with Heero. Duo just continued to laugh at his soccer team's captain even after Tohru shot a dirty look at the Gundam pilot. While Tohru sat steaming mad in his car, Duo got into Minako's NSX, Ami into Syaoran's Porsche, and Ranma got into Eriol's Jaguar. Heero then shifted his Ferrari into gear and started off towards the other side of Tokyo where their opponent's school was located, with Syaoran, Minako, and Eriol following right behind.

"Alright everyone!" shouted the coach. "Bring it in so I can assign starting positions." The team all jogged over to the visiting team bench and huddled around the coach. "Alright. As I said before, the report on this team is that it has a very powerful offense as well as a good defense. Plus they have the top rated goalie in the league. In response to this, we are going to play a formation of three forwards and a pair of midfielders. These five will have to play with extra energy since our entire offense is based on only these five. The other side of the field will have three back midfielders and a pair of close goal guards. I don't expect any of the five back fielders to every pass the half-field line so I am counting on the five front field players to get back on defense as well as control the offense. Now, the two front midfielders are going to be Saotome and Hiiragizawa. Saotome, you have the right side of the field, and Hiiragizawa the left. Left wing will be Maxwell. Make sure to keep good communications with Hiiragizawa to make our left side offense as strong as possible. Right wing is going to be Li. Same goes for you and Saotome that went for Maxwell and Hiiragizawa. Now, the center forward is going to be Yuy."

Before the coach could continue, Tohru interrupted. "What!? You are giving my position to Yuy?"

"Calm down Katsaguri. I know you are the captain and have been the center striker the last three years, but we need as much offensive power in our five attackers as we can muster. Yuy will be the center forward and will be responsible for coordinating our attack. Go talk with Mizuno-san and she will explain what we have decided will work best as an attack strategy. Katsaguri is the center back midfielder and the rest of the positions are…" Heero and the others didn't stay to hear who else would be starting on defense. It wasn't really any of their concern. Instead they walked over to where Ami was sitting to find out what she and the coach had decided would be the most effective attack method.

Halfway down the sideline, Sakura and Minako stood with the other cheerleaders who were talking amongst themselves; mostly about which guys on the soccer team they thought were cute. Neither Sakura or Minako really felt comfortable in the conversation, since the majority of what the girls were talking about were how good looking all the new freshmen on the team were. Sakura and Minako had both mentioned that Heero was Sakura's boyfriend, and Duo was Minako's. They had also mentioned that Syaoran, Eriol, and Ranma each had girlfriends of their own. Unfortunately, that didn't seem to make much difference to the girls of the cheerleading squad. The girls were all some of the most popular in the school and so the fact that the guys had girlfriends didn't seem like much of a hindrance to them. Most of the girls didn't seem to be too bent on one single guy, except for one. Both Sakura and Minako were especially worried about the captain of their squad, who was probably the most popular girl in school. She was a junior named Naotake Yumi, and she seemed to have her eyes set on Heero.

During the last few minutes before the start of the game, Heero took the time to glance over at the cheerleaders. He easily spotted Sakura and Minako and noticed that neither one seemed to be socializing much with the other cheerleaders. "How come you and Aino-san aren't talking much with the rest of the squad?" Heero asked Sakura.

"They keep talking about you, Syaoran, Duo, Eriol, and Ranma. We feel really uncomfortable around them when they are talking about you guys cause they don't seem to care that you are going out with our friends."

"Don't worry, Sakura-san. We won't be snared so easily." Heero could feel Sakura relax slightly because of his consolation. "By the way, you look pretty good in that cheerleading outfit."

Sakura started to blush at the other end of the field from Heero's telepathic comment. The cheerleading outfits were white with a dark blue lettering a red trim. They were composed of a very short mini-skirt and a sleeveless shirt with a low cut V-neck collar. Sakura's uniform seemed to be custom designed just for her. It hugged her body in all the right places, accentuating her slim waist and athletic form. The top stopped just at the top of her skirt and therefore when Sakura raised her arms up in the air the top raised just high enough to allow a glimpse of her perfectly flat stomach and creamy skin. The skirt showed off her beautifully toned legs and of course her enchanting emerald eyes and picture perfect smile completed the package. "You know, you don't look half bad yourself, Heero-kun," thought Sakura with a giggle. She was rewarded by a quick expression of surprise on Heero's face, followed by a grin.

Heero, like all the other guys on the team, was wearing the dark blue away uniform. Made of a shiny polyester material, the sunlight and the light breeze caused a striking rippling effect that made Heero look like he was at a photo shoot. The shirt of the uniform was loose, but the layer of sweat Heero had accumulated during warm-ups made the shirt cling to his body just enough that it allowed his muscles to be easily distinguished.

When the whistle sounded, marking the beginning of the game, Sakura lined up next to Minako as the cheerleaders set up to begin their cheering routine. Similar to Sakura, Minako looked stunning in her cheerleading uniform. Minako filled out her uniform a little more than Sakura, showing a bit more cleavage and a little more skin overall. Her long legs looked perfect coming out from underneath her short mini-skirt, and as always she had a bright smile on her face that was accentuated by her free flowing blonde hair. "Good luck, Heero-kun," send Sakura to Heero right before the game began.

"Arigato, Sakura-san," answered Heero who tilted his head slightly towards Sakura and winked. The move caused Sakura to blush slightly, but she soon recovered when the captain of the squad announced that they were to begin their routine.

When the soccer game began, it was obvious why the coach was so worried about the offensive power of the opposing team. They played with only three players dedicated to offense, but had five players roaming the entire field. Only two were responsible for only defense. The three offensive players were all extremely talented. Once they had control of the ball, they passed with extreme precision and played as if they had been playing together for quite a number of years, each being able to predict where the others would be on the field at all times. Heero, Duo, Syaoran, Ranma, and Eriol were able to keep the midfielders of the opposing team in check easily enough, but the three attackers were still threatening despite the fact that they were facing superior numbers of defenders. The attackers were even making Tohru, who despite any personality flaws was still a very talented soccer player, look like a chump on the field. On their first possession, the home team easily maneuvered their way to allow a great shot at the goal for their star forward. Luckily, the goalie of Heero's team wasn't totally without skill and managed to make a great diving save. After gaining control of the ball, Tanaka, the goalie, punted the ball up to Eriol.

Eriol easily got control of the ball and started dribbling up field until two defenders stared to close in on him. With nowhere else to go, he passed the ball forward to Duo who quickly sent the ball towards Ranma who had shifted to the center of the field. Ranma got control of the ball and started straight at the goal. "Watch your back Saotome," yelled Duo who noticed one of the defenders who had been chasing Eriol starting to creep up on the unsuspecting martial artist. After hearing the word of warning, Ranma looked quickly over his shoulder, spotting the incoming opponent, and made a quick decision to pass towards the far sideline where Syaoran was trailing the play. Because Ranma's pass was a little rushed, it wasn't quite as on target as he planned. It took a bit more effort, but Syaoran was able to gain control of the pass. Unfortunately, the extra time required by Syaoran to control the ball allowed the defenders to converge on his position, forcing him to pass the ball to Heero in the center of the field sooner than he would have liked. When Heero received the ball from Syaoran he was a little far from the goal to take a good clean shot. He looked to the sides to find his teammates, but found that each one was closely guarded by a defender, making sure he had no clear passing lane. With a pair of defenders in front and no other option available to him, Heero took the shot from where he was standing. It was still a precise and powerful kick, but since the distance to the goal was so great, the goalie had plenty of time to get in the ball's path.

The rest of the half continued in much the same way as the first few possessions. The offense of the home team was so overpowering of the defense of the visiting team that they managed to come close to scoring on almost every play, and even managed to get the ball into the net on two occasions. On the other side of the field, Heero and the others were having a great deal of difficulty getting around the defense for a clear shot. Normally that wouldn't have been that much of a problem since they did manage to get off a number of well placed shots; however the goalie of the home team was performing up to his reputation and made quite a few spectacular diving saves. Only on one single play did Heero and Syaoran manage to catch the defense off guard and Syaoran was able to get one shot past the goalie by using perfect teamwork and timing.

The second half proceeded similar to the first, but not quite the same. This time around, Tohru and the rest of the defenders had figured out the basic play of the three key forwards, plus Ranma and Eriol came back a little farther to help contain the talented offense. Therefore, the visiting team managed to keep the home team from getting as many clean shots at the goal and ended up shutting them out for the entire second half. With Ami's help, Heero, Syaoran, and Duo had managed to find the few weaknesses the defensive players possessed. Because of this, the three managed a number of clean shots at the goal. Unfortunately only a pair of those clean shots, one by Duo and the other by Heero, made it past the skilled goalkeeper, but that was all it took to gain the lead in the game.

When the referee blew the whistle signaling the end of the game, the entire visiting team bench and cheerleaders, plus the few fans who traveled the distance to the away game, all jumped to their feet and cheered at the victory. The second they had the chance, Sakura, Minako, Ukyo, Ami, and Tomoyo all came rushing out onto the field to their boyfriends.

"That was a great shot earlier Duo," said Minako with a smile as she ran up to her boyfriend. Once the cheerleader reached her destination, she jumped up and gave Duo a tight hug around the neck and a quick peck on the lips.

"Do I get this treatment every time I score a goal?" teased Duo who was greatly enjoying having his beautiful cheerleader girlfriend hanging tightly onto him. He was rewarded with an elbow to the stomach and another, slightly longer, kiss on the lips.

"You played great," said Ami, a little more calmly than her fellow Senshi as she walked up to the future Li Clan leader.

"Arigato, Ami-san," answered Syaoran. "We couldn't have done it without your advice." Ami blushed a pale pink color at Syaoran's compliment before he pulled her into a light embrace. Unlike Duo and Minako, Ami and Syaoran had never kissed before, and therefore were content to just hug lightly.

"Good game, Eriol-kun, Ranchan" greeted Ukyo as she and Tomoyo walked up to Eriol and Ranma. Each girl gave a light hug and a quick kiss to their respective boyfriends as a congratulations for a job well done.

"Heeeeero-kun!" yelled Sakura as she ran across the field to Heero. As soon as she was close enough she jumped right into Heero arms and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Did you enjoy the game?" Heero asked Sakura telepathically since he couldn't talk well with Sakura so tightly wrapped around his neck.

"Hai! You guys were awesome!" Sakura continued to hang onto Heero until the others came over and almost forcibly separated the two.

"You're going to have to let go of him, Sakura-san," said Eriol in his usual calm voice. "The coach wants to talk to all of us." Sakura reluctantly let go of Heero's neck and allowed him to go with the rest of his team to hear the coaches announcement.

While Heero and the rest were walking back toward the sideline to talk to the coach, all the magic users suddenly felt a strong presence. When Heero, Syaoran, and Eriol all stopped walking towards the sideline, Duo and Ranma also stopped and looked back at their teammates and asked what was wrong. Before they had a chance to answer, all the girls came running up to where they were standing. "Did you feel it too?" asked Sakura as she came to a stop next to Heero, Syaoran, and Eriol. They each nodded their head confirming that they also felt the magical presence.

"Sakura, why don't you use the Sleep Card?" suggested Syaoran. "There are too many people around to just fight the card openly."

"Right." The group maneuvered to make a small circle around the Card Mistress to allow her to call the Star Wand without being seen. "Key that Hides the Power of the Stars. Show Your True Self to Me. I, Sakura Command You Under Contract. Release!" Once her wand was released, she pulled out the Sleep Card. "Please put everyone to sleep to keep them from getting hurt. Sleep!" When the Sleep Card released, it flew around the field, instantly causing all the spectators and players to drop to the ground unconscious. The Sleep Card then returned to its Mistress and reverted back to card form just before a flash of light lit up the entire area from the sky down to the ground. The light was so bright that all ten teens had to cover their eyes to keep from being blinded. When the light subsided, they all felt a little strange. They couldn't find anything physically wrong with themselves, but each one had an odd tingling sensation all over their body.

"What happened?" asked Minako to nobody in particular.

"I'm really not sure," answered Syaoran. "It doesn't seem like whatever that was did anything."

While the whole group was trying to figure out what happened to them, they didn't notice a large figure slowly floating down to the ground at center field. It was Heero who first noticed the menace staring at the group of mages and martial artists. "Hey guys. Look."

Everyone's head turned when they heard Heero speak and caught sight of the Clow Card. As soon as he saw it, Syaoran released his sword from its pendant form. Unfortunately, once the sword was released, Syaoran immediately dropped it to the ground. "What the hell?" Syaoran swore as he tried to pick his sword up off the ground. For some reason, the thing seemed to weigh a ton and he could barely budge it from its position lying on the ground.

"What's wrong, Syaoran-kun?" asked Ami.

"My sword feels like it weighs a ton. I can't even lift it off the ground."

Duo walked over to where Syaoran was standing and tried to lift his sword off the ground. "He's right," he said as he used all his strength to try to get Syaoran's sword off the ground. "What's going on here!?"

"Hey!" came a whine from Tomoyo. The others all looked towards her to see Tomoyo trying with all her might to pull her camera out of her bag that was lying on the ground at her feet. "I can't pick up my camera! How can I videotape the Clow Card if I can't pick up my camera!?"

"It seems that this card made everything extra heavy," offered Ukyo, who herself couldn't even pick up the small spatulas she was carrying with her.

"Or it made us all extra weak," added Eriol.

"But I don't understand," said Sakura. "I can still hold my wand perfectly fine." Everyone else looked over to Sakura to see her holding her Star Wand with no apparent problems.

"Perhaps since it was a Clow Card that caused the problem, it can't effect the Wand of Capture," said Eriol. "Yuy, try releasing your sword. It is also a Wand of Capture so it might not be effected either."

Heero nodded at Eriol and then withdrew his pendant. "Key that Hides the Power of Space. Show Your True Self to Me. I, Heero Command You Under Contract. Release!" Similar to Sakura, Heero had no troubles holding his sword after it was released. "I guess you're right, Hiiragizawa. It doesn't seem to effect this." Heero thought to himself for a second more before turning to Duo. "Duo. Hit me. Now."

"What!?" exclaimed Duo. "Are you crazy?"

"I want to find out if the Clow Card made our things heavy or us weak," answered Heero. "This is the fastest way. Now hurry up."

"Alright," sighed Duo. "You asked for it. Here goes." Duo then wound up and punched Heero in the face with all his strength. However, despite the fact that Duo hit Heero as hard as he could, Heero's head didn't move even the slightest bit. "What the?"

"I believe the Clow Card's magic made us weak," stated Heero. "I couldn't even feel that."

"Oh no. Not again," moaned Ranma. Everyone turned to look at him when they heard his complaint. When Ranma noticed the eight pairs of eyes looking in his direction (Ukyo wasn't looking at Ranma cause she knew what he was talking about already) he started to explain himself. "Some time ago, my pop's martial arts master hit me on a particular pressure point that made me weaker than a little baby. I did manage to find the counter point and got back to normal eventually after I defeated the old leech."

"We'll have to hear the story later," interrupted Ukyo. "The enemy's coming. Scatter!"

The others all looked up and saw the huge figure charging at the group. Each one jumped out in a different direction to get out of the way of the freight train type attack. After missing with its first attack, the Clow Card righted itself and got ready to make another run. It surveyed the scene and apparently decided that Tomoyo was the best target and began charging at the beautiful fashion designer. Ranma saw Tomoyo in trouble and ran in to protect her. Unfortunately, to save Tomoyo from getting hit, Ranma had to step directly in the path of the charging Clow Card and was struck in the stomach by a powerful punch that sent him flying a number of yards downfield.

"Ranma!" screamed Tomoyo when she saw her boyfriend flying through the air. She quickly ran over to where he had fallen and was relieved to find that he wasn't injured as badly as it seemed, although he was unconscious from the power of the blow.

"Surround the enemy in flames! Firey!" chanted Sakura as she released the Firey Card. The Firey Card released from its confines and flew forward, attacking the unknown Clow Card with a frenzy of flames. "Got it!" cheered Sakura happily when she saw the Clow Card disappear in the sea of fire. Her feeling of triumph quickly disappeared when she saw the Clow Card walk out from the flames, completely unscathed. "Uh oh," gasped Sakura when she saw her attack didn't work. "Let's try something else then. Douse the Clow Card in water! Watery!" When Watery released, it attacked very similar to Firey, completely covering the Clow Card in a pool of water attacks. However, the Watery attack was still just as ineffective as the Firey attack, and the new Clow Card continued on without any damage.

When they saw Sakura's attacks failing to work, Ami and Minako pulled out their transformation wands and changed into Senshi form.

"Mercury Crystal Power, Make-Up!"

"Venus Crystal Power, Make-Up!"

Once in their Senshi Forms, the two gorgeous girls attacked simultaneously with their most powerful attacks.

"Mercury Aqua Mirage!"

"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"

The combined Senshi attacks flew straight at the Clow Card and impacted with full force. The attacks created a bright flash of light when they struck their target, but despite all the power from the two simultaneous attacks, the Clow Card still was unfazed.

"Key that Holds the Power of Darkness. Show Your True Self to Me. I, Eriol Command You Under Contract. Release!" When Eriol's Sun Staff appeared in his hand, he unleashed a number of attacks at once. One attack was a lightning bolt, another was a fire attack, and the third was a wind attack. All three hit the Clow Card at one instant, but despite all of Eriol's magic power, the Clow Card looked unharmed by the attack. "I don't think elemental magic attacks will work on this," he said in a voice that was still calm despite the terrible looking situation they were all in.

"But if magic doesn't work how can we beat it?" asked Ukyo who had managed to throw one single spatula at the Clow Card although it just bounced harmlessly off of its giant mass. "None of us have any physical strength because of the Clow Card's power."

"Drain!" yelled Heero as he released the Drain Card. Heero's sword started to glow a dim green color as the Drain Card lent its power to Heero. Heero rushed in and attacked the Clow Card with his magically enhanced sword, easily making contact with the large, slow moving target. Regrettably though, because of Heero's lack of physical strength due to the Clow Card's powers combined with its resistance to magic, the Clow Card simply stood there and took the blows without receiving any type of damage. As soon as it saw an opening, the powerful Clow Card struck back at Heero and hit him straight into Duo, knocking both of them to the ground.

"We're in serious trouble," commented Syaoran who was trying as hard as he could to think of a strategy to defeat the enemy. "It seems it is immune to more than just elemental magic.

"I think I can beat it," said Ranma weakly as he hobbled over to where Syaoran was standing with the help of Tomoyo.

"How do you plan to do that?" asked Eriol with interest.

"You plan to use the Hiryü Shöten Ha right?" asked Ukyo.

Ranma nodded an affirmative. "But I need some magic help to do it. I'm in pretty bad shape after that blow earlier and can't move as fast as I probably will need to. Plus I need the opponent to have a fiery battle aura and the Clow Card seems to have no battle aura that can be used against it. If you guys can use one of your magic spells to give me a little more speed and another to make that Clow Card hot in some way, then I think I can defeat it."

"I can give you the speed you need, but I don't think Firey has enough power left to do the other part of what you need," said Sakura.

"I can't do it either without the use of my sword," added Syaoran

"I can do it," said Heero as he was getting up from where he had been knocked down by the Clow card. He looked towards Minako and Ami and said, "If you can keep the Clow Card busy for a minute, I can do what Saotome needs."

Ami and Minako both nodded and continued to attack the Clow Card with their Senshi attacks, even though the attacks weren't really doing anything to damage it.

In the meantime, Heero pulled out one of his unchanged Clow Cards. "Card Created by Clow. Discard Your Old Form and be Reborn, Under the Name Heero; Your New Master." The card Heero had pulled out started to glow and then flashed a bright white before turning back to normal and floated down to Heero's hand. The card Heero had chosen to change was the Magma. In its new form, the Magma Card now had the same white and red back and boarders as the other new Heero Cards. The new picture was what looked like a large mound of bright orange molten lava with a set of thick arms and black eyes. The card also had the same name and Heero's signature at the bottom. With his new Heero Card in hand, Heero looked towards Sakura and Ranma and indicated he was ready to proceed with his part of the plan.

Sakura nodded back to Heero, then looked to Ranma and pulled out the Dash Card. "Give Ranma all the speed he needs! Dash!" The Dash Card released from its card form and lent its speed to Ranma, who tested out his new abilities for a quick minute and found that he was quite satisfied with the results.

Ranma then nodded to Heero indicating he was ready and then walked to the new Clow Card, ready to pick a fight. "Keep the new Clow Card hot! Magma!" chanted Heero as he released the Magma Card and watched it fly over to the enemy and create a ring of fire just around the outside of the Clow Card. The powerful Clow Card didn't have a chance to get rid of the fire created by the Magma Card as Ranma shot it with a small Möko Takabisha to get its attention. As the now pissed off Clow Card attacked, Ranma made sure to move in the perfect circle required for the Hiryü Shöten Ha. As soon as he reached the very center of the circle he created, Ranma let loose the final blow, and knocked the new Clow Card to the ground, unconscious.

"I Sakura, Mistress of the Cards Command You. Return to Your True Form. Clow Card!" As Sakura finished her capture spell, a number of ribbons of light appeared around the fallen Clow Card. It then changed back into card form and, surprisingly, it floated over to where Ranma was standing.

"Hmm?" questioned Ranma when the card flew into his hand. "Why did it fly to me?"

"It probably thought you deserved it since you are the one who beat it," answered Syaoran as he bent down and picked up his sword. "It looks like the effects of the card wore off."

As the others gathered around Ranma to see the new card, which had the same picture as the Little Card and was called the Weak Card, Sakura walked over to where Heero was standing. "Are you okay, Heero-kun?" asked Sakura mentally so that the others wouldn't hear. She knew Heero didn't like to show weakness in front of others.

"I'm feeling a little tired again," answered Heero.

"That's understandable," responded Sakura. "The Magma was made from the power of two of the elemental Clow Cards, so it probably takes a lot of magical energy to change it. Will you be okay though?"

"I think I can make it back, but do you think you can handle driving my car for me just in case?"

"Really!? Wow!" exclaimed Sakura. "Your car is so neat; I bet it is really fun to drive."

Heero couldn't help but laugh at Sakura's excitement, and in response, Sakura gave Heero a tight hug. Sakura then used the Sleep Card to wake everyone back up again and after taking care of a few last things, the gang went back home.