Chapter 73: Revelations!: The Final Test! (Part 1)

It had seemed like forever ago since me and Sakura, had transformed the Return Card, and had used it to travel back to the past in order to talk to Clow Reed. And yet, Li, Madison and Kero waited patiently for both of us to return. And sure enough, both me and Sakura then suddenly appeared from out of the Cherry Blossom tree. To which we both landed on the ground side by side. And once we had both landed safely on the ground side by side, right next to the Cherry Blossom tree. This then prompted Li, Madison, and Kero to go over to greet us. And more importantly, they all wanted to check and also make sure, that we were both alright.

And speaking of that very same thing in question...

"Are you both alright?" Li proceeded to ask us both. "You two aren't hurt are you?" Madison asked concerned. "Not at all Li, Madison, we're actually both fine," I said cheerfully.

"So, did either of you find out anything?" Kero asked. At first Sakura exclaimed as if she was trying to say that neither of us had found anything out. And this was contradictory, since both of us in fact had. Kero then asked if we had in fact seen Clow Reed, to which I said that we had, however, Sakura then went on to say that both Kero and Yue were also there.

Kero then went on to say that that was ridiculous seeing as how he had never even been to Eli's house before. "Are you sure its the same house?" Kero proceeded to ask both me and Sakura in a somewhat quizzical and confused sounding tone. "It must have, Sakura and Zachary saw you there" Madison said. "You know, I think I'd remember if I'd been there before," Kero said in response. "That's strange, Yue mentioned that he hadn't been in Eli's house either," I said, now with a look of concern very evident on my face.

Which was then followed by Li showing a look of complete realization, "Their memories have been erased!" Li then suddenly said. And it was then that I was starting to realize that my suspicions about Eli from the start were starting to become confirmed.

"By who?" Sakura asked. "I can tell you," A familiar sounding voice interjected from behind all five of us. And sure enough there stood Eli atop the entrance to the shrine, dressed in his magician attire. And without a second of hesitation, all five of us ran to the entrance to confront him. "It's Eli!" Sakura said. "That's quite an interesting getup you got there Eli!" I said. "What's going on?!" Li said. "My name in this lifetime was Eli, but in my past life it was Clow Reed" Which not surprisingly sent a very surprised and stunned expression across all four of our faces. It was at this point that Kero decided to speak up, "I don't believe you, Clow Reed died a long time ago and Sakura and Zachary are the masters now!" Kero shouted.

But then...

"Open your mind Keroberos, he speaks the truth!" A very recognizable male voice then proceeded to say out of seemingly nowhere. "Pretty big surprise," A female voice also then proceeded say and interject with shortly thereafter. And it was also at this point, that two figures came out from behind one of the entrance's pillars, and Kero immediately recognized one of them as Spinner. And as for the other recognizable figure? Well me, Sakura, Li, and Madison, immediately recognized the other as Ruby from Tori's school. And it was also at this point, and also out of seemingly nowhere, that Eli chose this particular moment to start an incantation. To which immediately as he had started chanting, an all too familiar looking symbol that me Sakura, Li and Kero, knew all too well, appeared beneath his feet. Which was without a doubt, the Clow symbol.

It almost seemed as though none of this could really be happening at this current moment, even though it was. But as the familiar circle that me, Sakura, Li, and Kero witnessed the all too familiar appearance of the Clow symbol beneath Eli's feet. It was then, that Eli began an incantation that was similar to both me and Sakura's incantation. And it was then, that we soon also realized, that this was in fact happening, and that we had best prepare ourselves for what was to come.

"I call upon the powers of the day and the night" Eli changed, as both Spinner and Ruby started rising off the ground and up towards where Eli was, on top of the structure of the shrine entrance.

"Sun and Darkness, unleash your might, release!" Eli continued, as light enveloped the circle, as the key in Eli's palm now expanded to its full size. "I command you to return to your true forms, Spinner Sun and Ruby Moon!" Eli continued, as both Spinner and Ruby, then transformed into their true forms. And once they had, this then sent a surprised and shocked expression to me, Sakura, Li, Madison, and Kero. And it was then that me and Sakura knew, that this was going to be one of our toughest tests yet.

Despite what was currently going on in front of us. Me, Sakura, Li, Madison and Kero still could not believe what was happening. "Three figures on the arc, just like in me and Sakura's dream, and just look at the staff he's holding," I said softly to myself, referring to the recurring dream that both me and Sakura had been having for weeks, that now finally wound up making sense. However, as all of us stared, I just knew that whatever was going to happen next, was going to be just as mysterious. Because whether I liked it or not, I was still going into this almost completely blind.