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The Sealed Card — Nadeshiko Festival

It is raining in the day, when Sakura's class are having a rehearsal of their play.
Sakura Why did this happen? Why did you give your life to protect my own? If you are gone from this world my happiness is gone as well. I wish that I could have had an opportunity to tell you about my feelings. About how I truly feel
All the class cheer and applaud for the play.
Terada This is the first time I see it from the beginning to the end, but you did a wonderful job!
Naoko Prince and pricess were especially wonderful.
Takashi Haha, the only thing I did was sleep. Miss Kinomoto is the one who diserves all the credit. Oh, yeah, speaking of sleeping...
Chiharu jumps and pushes him down to stile his story.
Chiharu You really put a lot of emotion to that one. It was a great performance.
Sakura Thank you so much.
Terada All right, kids. Tomorrow is the big day. So good luck! Let's do our best for the festival!
Class OK!

At the entrance of the schoolhouse, Sakura talks to Syaoran about what she heard from Eril on the phone the night before.
Syaoran So there was a Card that was sealed away?
Sakura Yeah, that's what Eriol said we saw at the amusement park yesterday.
Syaoran Did you ask him how you're supposed to do with that thing?
Sakura He said that I have to turn the Card into a Sakura Card.
But to do that... I need to give the feeling that's most important to me in exchange.
Syaoran Hmm?
Sakura When I had to go through the Final Judgement of the Clow Cards I saw what the would would be like if the feeling of love never existed. It was a world drawn in loneliness. I don't wanna see that again. I don't wanna see something that sad ever again!
Syaoran Isn't there some other way we can do this?
Sakura I don't know. Eriol's phone call got cut off in the middle.
Slience stay between the two for a while.
Syaoran But if there really is no other way you can't do just nothing we can do about it.
Sakura Huph, are you serious, Syaoran? You don't care all the feeling that's important to you diappears?
Syaoran If we don't do this, then the city and its people are the ones who will disappear.
Struck by sadness, Sakura runs away out in the rain.
Crying Sakura keeps on running in the city. Turning at a corner, as she doesn't look where she's heading for, she bumps into someone.
Sakura I'm so sorry!
Yukito Are you all right, there, Sakura?
It was Yukito that Sakura bumped into, who notices Sakura's distress, as he takes her under a tree in Penguin Park to shelter from the rain.
Yukito If you don't mind, would it be all right if I ask you what was wrong?
Sakura shakes her head.
Yukito Is there anything that you could talk to me about?
Or maybe this something you feel more comfortable discussing with my other self.
Sakura Mgh.
Yukito Even as we speak now my other self is telling me that he's very worried about you. I'll switch now.
Yukito transforms into Yue.
Yue I am worried, but I didn't say, ``very.''
A while later, Sakuar is sitting on the same branch as Yue is standing on.
Yue I see... Why must you always face difficulties to deal?
Sakura It isn't just me. It's everyone, too.
But it's positive that it's hard on Syaoran.
Yue That sealed Card is another one of Clow's creation much like myself. But none of his creations ever had the sheer purpose of causing harm to the world.
Sakura Hmm.
Yue There has to be another way. A way for you not losing your important feeling. I'm sure you can do this. It's all right.
Sakura Thank you, Yue.

Next day, Nadeshiko festival is held under the clear sky much unlike the day before. There are a lot of people who enjoy the festival over all the district.
Some students are preaparing for their shows at school. Naoko, Chiharu, and Rika are looking outside the window from up the hall.
Rika It's already time. I'm really nervous.
Naoko I hope a lot of people come to watch the play.
Meanshile, Sakura, Tomoyo, and Meilin are alone in the classroom.
Meilin My, I still can't believe there's another Clow Card left that you have to get.
Sakura Yeah...
Tomoyo Your complexion seems to look a little pale today, Sakura.
Kero I don't remember seeing you get too much sleep last night. Are you doing OK?
Sakura Hmm...
Tomoyo Oh.
Meilin Hey, you talked to Syaoran about this right?
Sakura Hmm.
Syaoran and Takashi are heard from out in the hall.
Syaoran Is that all it?
Takashi Yeah, thanks. Thanks for all the hard work.
This moment, one of Sakura Card comes out through her bag begore flying outside the window. Sakura's gang can see a black sphere floating by the clock tower of their school, which the escaping Card is heading for.
Kero The presence is...
Sakura A Clow Card.
Inside the floating sphere is standing the little girl Sakura saw steal other Clow Cards in the amusement park two days before. The girl shoots a black shere in the playground.
Chiharu [From the hall] What was that?
Takashi [From the hall] Let's go look.
Kero Sakura!
Sakura Hmm!
Sakura takes out the key to the seal to release the seal.
Sakura Sleep!
The spirit of the Sleep Card sprinkles the sleeping power to set everyone in the hall into asleep.
Takashi I kind of feel... Sleepy.
Syaoran rushes into the classroom.
Syaoran Are you all right?
Sakura Yeah!
The Sleep's magic weakens and turns back into a card that flies out to the mysterious little girl. At the same time, the black sphere in the playground disappears, and there's a huge hole instead.
Sakura Oh!
A big sound is heard from the hall.
Chiharu [From the hall] Yamazaki, Yamazaki!
There is a trouble in the hall; it's that Takashi hurt his shoulder when he fell on the floor because of the Sleep Card.
Terada Yamazaki, are you all right?
Takashi I just bumped my shoulder or something.
Terada Doesn't look like you couldn't go on to that show.
Takashi I'm all right. [Winces in pain]
Chiharu No, you're not all right!
Rika Are we cancelling the play?
Terada We have no choice.
Takashi No, we don't have to cancel it.
Terada But you can't perform in that injury, Yamazaki.
Takashi I don't have to... right? Li?
Syaoran Huh?

At the sunset, Tomoyo is singing solo on the open-door stage fabricated in the city. Hundreds of people on seat are listening to her transparent voice.
In a greenroom, Sakura faces the mirror sitting in the costume. At this time, the myserious girl, or the spirit of the sealed card, was listening to the song with a lonliness look from up top of the clock tower in the amusement park.
In aother green room, girls are dressed in their costumes for their play.
Girl A Can you go get to check if everything's all right?
Girl B Yeah, I'll be back.
Rika How was it?
Meilin Hmm. Heh heh. It's perfect!
Rika I'm glad that you like it.
Chiharu It sounds like Tomoyo's done with her song.
Naoko Well, it means that our turn's next. We're counting on you, and Li, Meilin, suit you best.
Meilin But still, maids are our roles...
Naoko Stage lines are all here. Are you OK with them?
Meilin Hohoho. Seeing you guys practicing as so much as I made my second nature. Right, Syaoran?
Syaoran is standing still at the corner of the greenroom dressed in the prince costume.
Syaoran Uh, yeah...
Tomoyo runs back to the greenroom with a bouquet in her arm.
Tomoyo I'm done singing, everyone.
Kids Good job!
In Sakura's greenroom, Kero is sitting on the coat hanger.
Kero You'd better keep what happened at school in mind. Don't let your gurad down.
Sakura Hmm.
Kero That it sure would be nice if we actually know where the Card is hanging out at least.
Tomoyo comes in the room.
Tomoyo Thank you for being so patient.
Sakura You didn't take that long.
Tomoyo Of course not. If I didn't put the finish touch on your princes costume myself, I would reget it for the rest of my life.
Kero Would you really regret not doing something like for the rest of your life, Tomoyo?
Tomoyo To each their own, Kero. One must live each day so that there are no regrets.
Tomoyo is doing Sakura's hairstyle in front of the mirror.
Terada It's about time we got it started, kids.
Class OK!

When the play is nearly starting, Fujitaka walking through the seats, looking for an open spots for him to take.
Fujitaka Excuse me. Oh, pardon me.
Sonomi Mr. Kinomoto.
Fujitaka Sonomi. Uh, is that seat reserved for anybody?
Sonomi No...
Fujitaka sits on the seat next to Sonomi.
Fujitaka Were you able to hear all of Tomoyo's song just now?
Sonomi I recorded it, naturally.
Fujitaka I'd sure love to see it later.
Sonomi took a glance on a small camera Fujitaka holds in his hand.
Sonomi Hee hee. Is that all you brought?
Fujitaka Yes.
Sonomi But Sakura is playing the princess. She has the lead role. Oh, very well. I suppose I'll have to make you a copy of what I record.
Sonomi flips her fingers for signaling, her body gurads all over the open-door theater stand up hold video cames.
Fujitaka Oh, thank you.
Annauncement And now, for your viewing pleasure, Tomoeda Elementary's class 6-2 would like to begin their play.
The stage is lit, the play starts. Fujitaka winds the film in his camera.
The play begin with the scene of a masked ball, where boys and girls are dancing on the stage. Sakura walks in the stage attended by girls.
Fujitaka It's Sakura.
Sonomi Sakura!
Sakura takes a seat attended by the addendants.
Rika I am certain the war with our neighbor with the Magic Stone must be wearing you out, princess.
Chiharu We brought you to this masked ball, so you may forget your worries.
Naoko Please enjoy the festivity to your heart's content.
Sakura I thank you all. But I feel that dancing has never been proven to be my talents.
Meilin Never mind that. After all the best remedy for poor dancers is to share a ball with a more experienced dancer. So go.
Meilin takes Sakura's hand to encourage her to go in the ball.
Rika Go.
Sakura walk to the front center of the stage.
Sakura I can't... I just can't think to bring myself to dange with a stranger. Besides, I am concerned about where the Stone has gone. The Magic Stone... It is said that wonderous powers are granted to those who possess it. The neighboring country has been fight with us over the Stone for a long time. If only there was no such things as war. Perhaps because the Magic Stone causes these wars, it is better that's gone. Better it remains beyond the reach of humans.
Syaoran Indeed.
Sakura Huh.
Syaoran walks to the center of the stage.
Syaoran I happen to be of the same opinion.
Sakura And you are...?
Syaoran It is against proper etiquette to ask such a thing.
Sakura So what is.
Forgive me. This is my first time that I'm in a masked ball.
Syaoran And mine as well.
Sakura Oh, my.
Syaoran I've been rather busy as a braid almost to the point that I think I've forgotten how to dance. My attendants brought me here today, as I have tendency to lock myself indoors for a long period of time.
Sakura Mine did the same.
Syaoran Finding wars distasteful, our first time in a masked ball. It would appear that two of us have many things in common.
Sakura Yes!
Syaoran Would you care to share a dance?
Sakura But, I'm not much of a danser.
Syaoran Nor am I.
Sakura I'm certain that I'll step on your feet.
Syaoran Then I'll show you my best to avoid yours.
Sakura Teh heh heh.
Sakura and Syaoran starts dancing on the stage illuminated by the spot lights. Two of them smile to each other, looking like they're having a good time. At this time, Touya and Yukito come to see the play dressed in their uniform of their ice cream parlor.
Yukito Looks like it's already started.
Touya Why is she dancing with that twerp?!
Tomoyo and Meilin are watching the play from the backstage.
Meilin He looks better as the prince this time than the princess he was last time.
Tomoyo This is magnificent.

The scene of the play has turned to the prince's confession. Syaoran prince is on his knees when he talks to Sakura princess in the garden.
Sakura Then you're the prince of our neighboring country? The country that we are waring against?
Syaoran Princess, please dry your tears of sorrow. Smile suits you best of all. Please forgive me causing you such a sadness. However, I cannot stop this feeling stirring within me. I must admit... I must admit that I've fall in love with you.
Sakura Huph! Even so... even so... I'm afraid that I cannot return the same feelings. [Collapses on a bench]
Syaoran It's that you find me detestable?
Sakura It's not that!
That isn't... the reason.
Girls and Takashi are fascinated by the play in the backstage.
Naoko That's the way. That's the feeling we wanted it captured.
Sakura The truth is... The truth is... No, I cannot say it. I cannot to allow myself to share this feelings. No, I cannot share it.
Sakura comes down Syaoran who is kneeling.
Sakura Please, I beg of you. Forget every single thing you know and feel about me. Please remove my presence from your heart and soul.
When Sakura jumps on her feet to run, spot lights bust all of a sudden.
Sakura What is this?
Syaoran Are you OK?
Sakura Hmm.
The ground is shaking, there's a panic of all the people who were watching the play.
Sakura This presence...
At this time, Sakura Cards are lurking through the costume and fly away.
Sakura No!
Syaoran Look out!
Gigantic black sheres are blasted at the open-air theater. Everything and everyone surround by the black sphere is gone immediately. Sakura's friends and audiences disapper.
Fujitaka Sonomi!
Touya Uh, God.
Yukito Touya!
Fujitaka and Sonomi disappears in a black sphere. A few seconds later, another erasing sphere encloses Touya, when Yukito jumps up transforming into Yue.
Touya Protect Sakura!
Yue could nothing but see Touya disappering.
Kero Sakura!
Kero transforms into Kerberos just before landing by Sakura. Every inch all around the place is cut away in gigantic spheres.
Kerberos Are you all right?
Tomoyo Sakura!
Meilin They're all gone! Everyone disappered but we all two.
Yue Is the sealed Card responsible for all this?
Kerberos Sure looks like it.
Sakura I have to hurry up and change the Card into a Sakura Cards. We can't bring everybody back otherwise.
Syaoran I'll go with you.
Sakura Are you sure, Syaoran?
Syaoran I'll go with you.
Tomoyo Sakura, if you're going to go, please wear this.
Tomoyo offers Sakura a pink costume she made for Sakura.
Sakura T-Tomoyo?
Meilin Come on! How can you think of the costume at the time like this?
Tomoyo It's because that's the time like this that I want her to wear it. You've now worn all my costumes in the past. that I always made sure to save each every one of them. Because no matter how dangerous the stuations you returned with a smile every single time, together with the costume that I made for you. That's why I'm certain that you'll return safely and soundly this time as well.
Sakura Thank you, Tomoyo. I'll do my my best to come back to you together with these clothes you mede me like I alway had before. I promise.
Tomoyo I also have a costume for you, Li. It wouldn't do at all that she would return safely without you. I ask that you wear this and do what you can do to Sakura. I'd like to take a photo of us at the festival as a portrait of your safe return.
Sakura Hmm.
Syaoran All right.


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