Shorty-Shorties



21. What's the Difference?

Sakura and Kero come back out the window of her room, when the Mirror Card opens it to let them in.
MirrorOh, welcome back, Sakura.
SakuraHey, I just suppressed the evil spirits that was arising around the sacred tree of Tsukimine Shrine.
KeroSakura did a terrific job today. She's growing stronger even after she transformed all the Cards at hand.
MirrorGood to hear that. Uh, by the way, something weird happened to me today?
SakuraWhat happened?
MirrorWhen I walked out for shopping, five guys tried to pick me up in a row.
SakuraEach tried to pick you up... you mean?
MirrorYeah, each... five times in total to be exact.
OK, I think I'll return to the card form.
The Mirror Card turns back into her card form.
SakuraHmmm, I've never experienced a situation like that. So the Mirror Card is attractive... [wearily]
KeroHuh? Are you jealous of the Mirror Card?
SakuraWhat are you talking about? I don't care because I have Syaoran. Besides, I don't like to look for cheesy stuff like that.
Five guys in a row... In her disguise, the Mirror and I are quite identical... but what's the difference?
KeroLooks like she's totally depressed.

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22. Möbius Strip

Composed by deko
Translated by Yuki Neco
Sakura calls Eli, who answers the phone at his house.
Eli Hello, Moon residence.
Sakura Hi, Eli. I got a very big problem here.
Eli Yes, I know.
Sakura hears explosion over the phone.
Eli Ruby, Layla, you caught 'em?
(Back to the phone) Oops, sorry.
Sakura Sounds like you've got a problem, too.
Ruby Phew, we got him... finally.
Sakura To tell you the truth, today is Valentine's Day, and I gave it my best and made chocolates for Tori, Li, Dad, and Madison.
Eli Plus the special milk chocolate to Keroberos, didn't you?
Sakura How'd you know? But I didn't want him to eat it without me knowing, so I locked the fridge... but he talked the Loop Card into warping the space-time to connect the inside and outside of the fridge so he could reach the chocolate.
Eli The Loop creates a boundless world by warping and connecting two different points in the space-time. From another point of view, that space-time manipulation is the principle of the warp navigation. Keroberos was smart to think up of such a trick.
Sakura On the first bite of the chocolate, he started raging anound the place and shouted his mouth was on fire.
Eli Sounds like your chocolate and mine were swapped. Today, Layla made chocolates as well, but there's someone in my family that could be incontrollable if he gets drunk, so she flavored it with mustard kelp.
Sakura Mustard kelp... (Stifling laughter...) ... Puff... Aha ha ha ha.
Yeah, they were swapped, all right. Anyway, what made that happen?
Eli The space-time was warped and connected the outside of your fridge and inside of my fridge, and then outside of mine and inside of yours. Twisting and connecting makes the structure never to be back at the starting point until you cycle twice going through back and front. I guess the Loop Card might have played a trick since someone diffrent than you ordered a command.
Sakura I kind of understand half of your explanation... or quarter... or less. Too difficult for me...
Ruby Hey, Sakura. You're responsible for it that we had to capture the dreadful drunkard that ate the milk chocolate unexpectely.
Sakura I'm sorry for that.
Eli Well, is Keroberos all right?
Sakura I had the Water Card capture him cause he looked so hot. Now he's holding four ice bags and groaning painfully.
Layla That was a bad idea, Sakura. A traumatizing experience like that can cause a disliking of food.
Ruby You don't have what it takes to say that after you put some mustard kelp in the chocolate.
Spinny I feel the same... Hiccup...

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23. Whiskers

Composed by deko
Translated by Yuki Neco
Eli visits Sakura's house.
Sakura Hi, Eli come on in.
Eli Thanks for inviting me, Sakura.
They hear someone crying in Sakura's room upstairs.
Sakura It's Kero. It's good Dad and my brother are out today, at least.
Keroberos, in his Celestial form, is crying in the room.
Kero I deserve way better than this. It's not fair!
Eli What seems to be the problem?
Kero Hey, is that you, the reincarnation of... Tell me, why did you create me in the form like this?!
Sakura Actually, Kero attended a cats' gathering lately, but...
Kero Never talk about it, Sakura.
Eli Then what happened?
Sakura The cats kicked him out of the place, calling him a wimp 'cause he's got no whiskers.
Eli People used to believed that cats' whiskers were vital spots, but recently this study was reported that losing or damaging their whiskers give no disadvantage for cats' lives.
Kero That's not what I meant. I'm talking about why you didn't give me whiskers! I want cool-looking whiskers like theirs right away!
Eli I wish I could. All I inherited from Clow Reed is his memory. I can't use the same magic unless I have the same motive, the same feelings that Clow Reed himself had when he created you, the guardian beast.
Curiousty gets the best of the cats, and they crowd out the window; when irritated Keroberos gets ready to breathe fire.
Kero Because you've got whiskers doesn't mean you're superior! Split or I'll give you something hot!
Sakura Oh, No, Kero! Cool it!
Kero Sakura, I'm so pathetic!
Meanwhile, the same conversation is held in England...
Ruby Hey, Suppi, how come you don't have whiskers even though you look like a panther? It's that Eli made a mistake in creating you?
Spinny That's not it. Animals with whiskers such as cat family creep out people; on the contrary...
Ruby Contrary what?
Layla Without whiskers they attract women. They're like ``Wow, it's cute!'' It was pretty favorable to him, I guess.
Ruby Sounds like Eli, disgraceful thing! Poor Suppi, you were created for his ego trip.
Back in Sakura's room, Madison gives Keroberos whiskers like cats.
Madison Here, how do you like 'em?
Kero Yeah, terrific cool! Whiskers make me look even more powerful.
Sakura Yes, you're right! You're a super cool Guardian Beast, Kero!
Eli I didn't give him whiskers for a clever simplification.
Madison In other words, you just cut corners.
Eli Exactly...

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24. Whiskers 2

Composed by deko
Translated by Yuki Neco
Sakura comes home from school wearily.
Sakura I'm home, Kero...
Kero What happened? You look so tired.
Sakura There was a lot... Oooph...
Sakura collapsed on the bed.
Kero I just worry about you, kid. Tell me what happened at school.
Sakura Yeah, today my magic went off unexpectedly, then the Mirror Card got visualized.
Kero What?
Sakura Unluckily, Tori walked by, and the Mirror Card got panicky trying to returning into the card form. So panicky, she involved me pulling me into the mirror world.
Kero Holy cow! You mean you had to walk in the mirror world, don't you?
Sakura Yeah, I saw my friends there. Zachary was not learned, but he was trustful. Chelsea was kind but shy.
Kero I see. Everything was opposite...
Sakura Mr. Terada liked to give his students detention every chance he gets, and Rita kept cursing him all the time. Nikki was a nerd and all she talked about was exams.
Kero Thank goodness, I wasn't involved at least.
Sakura When Madison got in the limo that picked her up, she said, “Walking is good for your strength, Sakura. Excuse me,” and she left me alone. She was such a snot!
Kero The mirror world is just another world, so to speak. Hey, we got the spell from the Clow Reed's reincarnation kid, by the way.
Sakura From Eli, you mean? Then that's the spell to give you whiskers? ... Oh!
Kero What are you waiting for? Cast the spell on me. Do it, do it. Look at all the cats; they are waiting to see me changing.
Sakura That reminds me that your alternative self in the mirror world has cool whiskers...
Kero Wh-
Sakura Wait a sec! This spell can flip the world into...
Sakura and Kero are being watched through a magic screen in England.
Eli [Chuckles] Sounds like Sakura has figured that out.
Ruby You're meanie, Eli. You were behind the Mirror Card accident so Sakura gets scared of using the spell. I don't understand why you don't like Keroberos to have whiskers?
Eli He's a creation of wizardry. He doesn't need such whiskers like cats.
Spinny I don't think it's the persuasive reason why you should flip her into the parallel universe you created. You're crazy or something.
Kero is crying in Sakura's room just the same as Sorty-Shory 23.
Kero Don't I deserve whiskers? If I got whiskers the world would turn that terrible, huh? That's unfair!
Cat Humph, he's just a wimp no matter what happens.

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25. Latin Speech Contest

Sakura and the others are in the audience of the Latin speech contest held in Reedington Central Hall. Zachary, one of the participants, is making a speech in the stage.
Sakura Wow, I didn't know that Zachary speaks Latin so well.
Chelsea Yeah, he's so talented I must admit.
Madison He speaks about wild animals in Reedington.
Sakura Hey, you understand Latin as well, Madison?
Madison Yeah, a little.
Chelsea Are there wild animals in Reedington?
Nikki Squirrels... and you kow, some people see opossums at night on the hill back of the school.
In 30 seconds or 40, Chelsea jumps up on her feet, as she strides to the stage, taking the microphone off Zachary when she shouted:
Chelsea Don't take it serious! He's lying, he's lying!
She walks back to her seat dragging Zachary.
Madison Even in a public contest, Zachary's lie was as interesting as usual.
Zachary Not just a lie, but a spice in a speech, girls.
Chelea Shut up, Zach.
Sakura Hey, Chelsea, amazing you understand Latin!
Chelea No, I don't undestand Latin, but I somehow knew this freak was telling a lie, and that's all.
Sakura Whoa...
According to some people who attended the contest, the chairperson of the jury was impressed by Chelea who had perceived Zachary's lie even though she didn't understand Latin; in his awareness of the latent power of the non-language communications he decided to give her jury's special award.

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