Okay, so it had been about a week. Though it may have been a little bit more or less then that. Which was not as easy for me to tell as I thought it was, since time in the Cardcaptor anime canon timeline. Though it moved as time usually did in the real world. I still wasn't able to after all of this time that had already passed to properly gauge, just how long it had actually since me and Sakura had succeeded in the capturing of the Shot Card. Mind you, this was right after a bit, of the three of us having to deal with the fact, that Meilin had been in possession of the Shot Card spirit. And through a sheer and very dangerous incident in which Meilin had accidentally activated the Shot Card, by yelling its name out loud. And to make matters in that situation just that much worse, Li had wound up getting somewhat badly injured by the Shot Card spirit.
But, with me and Sakura, proceeding to use the Mirror Card spirit, to bounce the Shot Card spirit off of the reflection of that days setting sun. We were then both able to properly capture and seal the Shot Card spirit, without any sort of further difficulty or trouble. But as usual, this was not the current thing on either me or Sakura's mind.
And the reason as for why this was current the case, was due to the fact we were both currently more focused on capturing of our current Clow Card. But the only trouble was, was that we were currently having quite a bit of trouble with trying to catch the Clow Card spirit in question. But, in order to better understand the situation in question, we first must wind the clock back to the day before. Which was back when me, Sakura, Li, Meilin, and a good portion of the rest of our classroom at Tomoeda Elementary School, had been baking cakes for our baking class.
But, for some unknown reason, the cakes had turned out way too sweet. And at first I didn't think anything of it. But, the next day, the same thing wound up happening again. And it was only once me and Sakura had explained the situation to Kero. That he then wound up realizing that it was in fact the work of a Clow Card, more specifically the Sweet Card spirit. Which not surprisingly, had the ability to sweeten sweet foods, such as pastries, cakes, and other confectioneries.
And although I wasn't a fan of having Li tag along with both me and Sakura. I decided that at some point I had to learn to just trust him, even if I didn't agree with how he acted towards me and Sakura sometimes. And the good news, was that this decision I had made, would wind up becoming very beneficial to me and Sakura in the future events that were still in store for us.
But getting back to the current situation at hand...
"Quick, it's getting away!" Li had now proceeded to say. As he proceeded to chase after the Sweet Card spirit, while tossing quite a few waves so too speak of salt towards it.
And it was only after Li had proceeded to pour salt onto the Sweet card spirit. That Li then told me and Sakura to seal it.
And this was then followed about a second later, by me and Sakura proceeding to pull out our respective Clow keys.
"Key of Clow, power of magic, power of light, surrender the wand, the force ignite, release!" Me and Sakura both proceeded to chant together in unison. Which was then quickly followed about a split second or two later, by the all too familiar sensation, of the wind proceeding to quickly pick up, and then proceed to blow quite strongly, through me and Sakura's hair.
And, like all of the other times, both of our respective Clow keys quickly expanded into our respective Clow staffs. Which we proceeded to quickly grab, with a quick one handed, and overhanded downward grasp. Which was then quickly followed by us both then proceeding to twirl our respective Clow staffs, and then strike our respective battle ready posses. And it was then, that me and Sakura proceeded to ready ourselves to seal and capture the Sweet Card spirit.
"Sweet Card, we command you to return to you power confined, Sweet Card!" Me and Sakura both proceeded to chant together in unison. Which like all the other times before, was followed by us then proceeding to quickly swing our respective Clow staffs down, at exactly the same time.
And, with the all too familiar appearance of the light blue aura glowing Clow Card halves then suddenly proceeding to materialize, on the tips of our respective Clow staffs. And after the Return Card spirit had been broken down, and was then sucked into our respective Clow Card halves. To which both of the Clow Card halves had then combined together in order to form a completed and whole Clow Card, the Sweet Card spirit was captured and sealed.
And it was only then, once the Sweet Card had been successfully capture and sealed, did I then realize something.
"Okay, so maybe I have been a bit too harsh on Li with how he has previously acted towards me and Sakura...I mean sure he can be arrogant at times, but that doesn't mean that he isn't someone that I can learn to trust as time goes on...I just hope, that this decision of mine doesn't wind up coming back to haunt me," I proceeded to think to myself. Which I had proceeded to do, while a look and expression of deep thought, was currently quite visibly present on my face.
But the good new with this decision. Was that it would actually become very important, and very beneficial, in the future events that were still in store for us.