The sunny boy in Cardcaptor Sakura

Chapter 584 Constraints and Choices
Gasshin Shrine, entrance.

Seeing that Tsukishiro Yukito had come to Tsukimine Shrine alone just as shown in the dream, Sakura and the others hurriedly hid in the nearby bushes to avoid being discovered.

After they hid themselves, they poked their heads out one by one and looked at the Tsukishiro Snow Rabbit standing under the torii gate of the shrine.

Because they didn't make much noise, Tsukishiro Yukito didn't notice them. He was still looking up at the torii plaque, as if he was thinking about something.

"Brother Yukito really came here, what does he want to do?" Sakura looked at Yukito's back and couldn't help but murmured softly.

"Who knows? Why don't we go up and ask him directly?" Xia Yu responded in a low voice.

"Well... let's take a look first."

Sakura shook her head. She felt that it would be impolite to suddenly go up and question him. She decided to wait and see. Maybe Yukito-kun just came here to worship the gods.

"He's entering the shrine!"

Suddenly, Li Syaoran's voice sounded. Hearing this, Sakura quickly looked over.

At the entrance of the torii, Tsukishiro Yukito had already taken a step. Upon seeing this, Sakura and the others hurriedly set off and followed him stealthily.

The two groups of people walked into the Yuefeng Shrine one after the other.

Soon, Tsukishiro Snow Rabbit arrived at his destination alone. It was a cherry tree, but it was more than just a cherry tree.

The cherry tree is the sacred tree of Gekamine Shrine. It not only possesses spirituality, but also possesses powerful moon magic.

In the past Clow Card era, the Clow Cards used the power of the cherry tree to send Sakura back to the past.

Thinking back to what had happened, Sakura's heart tightened subconsciously, and she looked nervously at Tsukishiro Yukito who had come to the cherry tree.

In front of the cherry tree, Tsukishiro Snow Rabbit silently looked at the powerful sacred tree in front of him, and suddenly reached out and touched it.

After a few brief seconds, without any warning, a huge amount of magical power suddenly burst out from around the cherry tree.

This surging moon magic power surrounded Tsukishiro Yukito, and he, who originally had no power, gradually underwent some changes.

"Brother Snow Rabbit!?"

Seeing Tsukishiro Yukito being unexpectedly enveloped by an extremely huge magical power, Sakura could no longer stand by and watch. She shouted and ran over.

Seeing this, the others stopped sneaking around and followed Sakura forward nervously.

On the other side, Tsukishiro Yukito, who was wrapped in magic power, heard the cheers. He turned his head in surprise. He had never expected to meet Sakura and the others here.

The strange phenomenon caused by the cherry tree did not stop. Even though Sakura had already come to Tsukishiro Yukito's side, she did not dare to act rashly. She could only watch everything happening in front of her with worry.

After a few seconds, the strange phenomenon caused by the huge magic power gradually stopped. After Sakura took back his moon magic power, Tsukishiro Yukito, who had achieved his goal, turned around and looked at Sakura who came to his side with complicated eyes.

"Sakura..."

"Brother Yukito, what happened just now? What are you doing?" Seeing that Yukito seemed to have finished, Sakura asked hurriedly with a frown on her face.

"I……"

Xuetu looked at the nervous and worried expression on Sakura's face, put away the complexity in his eyes, and smiled gently: "It's nothing, it's not a dangerous thing, so don't worry."

But this did not make Sakura stop worrying. After all, she had just felt a huge amount of magical power.

Although Brother Xuetu said that this was not a dangerous thing, the huge magical power still made her unable to help but have wild thoughts.

Seeing that Sakura was still worried, Yukito smiled helplessly and then realized that if he didn't explain, Sakura would not let go of what happened just now.

He didn't ask why Sakura and the others appeared here. He turned his head and saw a bench nearby. He walked over and spoke.

"Come sit here, I will explain my story to you."

Hearing this, Sakura took a deep breath, and had to suppress her doubts for the time being, and followed Tsukishiro Yukito.

Soon, they sat in a row on the bench. Tsukishiro Snow Rabbit looked at the four little ones beside him and smiled slightly: "You all know magic, so there is nothing I can't tell you."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the sacred tree of the shrine, that is, the cherry tree, and explained while recalling: "This is what Teacher Utaho told me before she went to England. She said that I and my other self were both born from the power of the moon."

"Utaho-sensei's incredible power also comes from the moon, from the blessing of the Tsukimine Shrine where the teacher grew up. The sacred tree of this shrine is filled with the magic of the moon."

"Does this have anything to do with what you just did, Brother Yukito?" Sakura couldn't help but ask when she heard that.

"Yeah...it does matter."

Yukito lowered his head, his eyes filled with reminiscence as he spoke, "So I asked Teacher Utaho at the time, if there was something I particularly wanted to do, and I made a wish to Tsukimine Shrine, would it be possible?"

"The teacher looked very embarrassed, but she still told me gently. She said that if the wish was strong enough, the shrine would respond to me."

Having said that, Tsukishiro Yukito turned his head to look at Sakura and once again showed a gentle smile, but there was a hint of complexity in this smile.

"Sakura, I don't have the memories of my other self, and I can't use magic. I can't even help you when you face challenges."

Sakura quickly shook her head when she heard that, but before she could open her mouth to refute, Yukito, as if she had expected it, spoke up: "So I signed a contract with Shenmu."

contract!

This word instantly surprised everyone present. Sakura couldn't control herself and asked, "What contract? What did you do, Brother Xuetu? "

"I didn't do anything, and this wasn't something I did on a whim. I did it after careful consideration." Yukito gently placed his hand on Sakura's hand, using this action to calm Sakura's emotions.

He continued, "I once asked my other self, it has already signed a contract with you, so all its power comes from you. Unless it cuts off the connection with you, it will not be able to sign a contract with other people or things."

"But I'm different. I don't have magic powers. In a sense, I don't belong to anyone, so I can sign a contract."

"But if you want to realize a strong desire, you have to pay a corresponding price, right?" Just then, Li Xiaolang frowned and spoke.

Because his family used to be a magical family, he also had a certain understanding of magic contracts. If you want to get something, you usually have to pay something first.

The same is true for contracts. There is a price to pay to fulfill your wishes.

Hearing this, Sakura looked at Yukito worriedly: "So what price did you promise, Yukito?"

Snow Rabbit smiled faintly and put his index finger to his lips: "This is a secret."

"Brother Snow Rabbit!"

Sakura was anxious, but facing Yukito's unhurried smile, she could only suppress her anxiety and asked, "Can you tell me the result of the contract?"

"Of course. Now even if I transform into another me, I can still share consciousness and memories. Besides that, I can also decide when to transform back to my original form, and..."

At this point, Tsukishiro Snow Rabbit suddenly waved his hand towards the sky. In an instant, the sun and the moon rotated, day and night changed, and the original day turned into night in the blink of an eye.

The moon was shining high in the dark sky, and the cold moonlight poured down on the earth, illuminating Tomoeda Town in the dark night with a cold white glow.

“Eh——what is this!?”

Watching the day turn into night in the blink of an eye, Sakura looked up at the sky in surprise. At this time, Yukito explained, "Only the area of ​​Tomoeda Town has turned into night. I can't make the whole world fall into night." "But as long as the space is shrouded in night, it is now under my protection. As long as I am in this space, I can protect whoever I want to protect."

After hearing this explanation, Li Xiaolang, who was the most knowledgeable about magic among the four, couldn't help but ask, "Such a large-scale magic...what exactly is the price you paid?"

Snow Rabbit still just smiled and didn't answer.

Xia Yu, who has the most eccentric thinking among the four, noticed a blind spot: "If only part of it appears at night, then the area outside Tomoeda Town is during the day, and the division between day and night will be very obvious, right? Wouldn't it be strange to ordinary people?"

"That won't happen."

In response to this question, Snow Rabbit gave an explanation: "This magic can confuse ordinary people's cognition. They will not notice the night."

"Brother...does he know about this?" Sakura was depressed and asked again.

"I didn't tell him, but even if he knew, he probably wouldn't say anything. Even if Touya stopped me, I would still make the same choice. This is my choice."

At this point, Xuetu unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth: "I always make him worry and cause him trouble. Although I haven't made any progress so far, I still learned one thing from him-"

“If you think about something again and again and still want to do it, then do it openly.”

"This is not a choice that I will regret, nor am I belittling myself. I am just looking for what I can do and then trying my best to do it - for the people I love and who love me."

"How cunning..." Sakura muttered, "Brother Yukito, I can't refute what you said."

"Sorry." Snow Rabbit smiled gently.

"But if anything happens to you, I'll go and complain to my brother."

"That's really scary."

"so……"

At this point, Sakura suddenly raised her little finger, smiled at Yukito and said, "Let's make a pinky promise."

"Okay."

Yukito also stretched out his little finger and hooked it with Sakura's little finger.

The moment their little fingers intertwined, crystals like snowflakes emerged from above their hands, filled with familiar magical fluctuations.

Crack, crackle!

Listening to the sound of the crystals gathering, Sakura placed her other hand on her chest, unsealed the wand, and pointed it at the snowflake crystal.

"Card acquisition."

The snowflake crystal thus turned into a sealing crystal. As the sealing crystal shattered, a card emitting a faint blue glow slowly fell.

Sakura caught it and looked down.

The top of the card has the artistic Chinese character "約束" written on it, and the English word "PROMISE" is written at the bottom. The card surface is painted with a male elf in the image of a "priest". He holds a suspended snowflake in his hand with a gentle look in his eyes, as if conveying a sincere promise.

"Promise..."

Looking at this unknown card, Sakura silently held it in her hand, praying that this card would have the magic to help Brother Yukito.

After putting away the newly acquired transparent card agreement, Sakura looked at Yukito again and said, "Brother Yukito, can you let me talk to Yue?"

"Well, I think it should have something to say to you."

Snow Rabbit nodded, and first with a thought, turned the Tomoeda Town shrouded in darkness back into daytime, and then grew wings on his back and wrapped himself.

A magic circle appeared and magic power flowed. When the wings spread out again, Yue appeared there.

It was suspended in mid-air, silently looking down at Sakura. Because their consciousness and memories were shared, it also knew about the conversation that had just taken place.

Seeing that Sakura was just looking at her quietly, Yue sighed softly and had to speak first: "This is his choice. I just told him what he wanted to know. The rest is up to him."

Listening to Yue's answer full of personal style, Sakura, who was quietly looking at Yue, couldn't help but smile and said: "But this is also your choice, right? Yue."

"..."

"If you don't agree, you can actually stop Snow Rabbit, right?"

Yue didn't answer, just turned her head away.

Seeing Yue like this, Sakura apologized again: "I'm sorry, I'm not blaming you, I just want to thank you and Xuetu-nii for everything you have done."

"Whether it's Brother Yukito or Yue, it's great to have you by my side!"

Hearing Sakura's sincere words, Yue's lips slightly raised slightly, but her voice was still cold: "This is just our choice, it has nothing to do with you."

"Hehe~ Yue is really not honest."

Sakura covered her mouth and smiled. Upon hearing this, Yue closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she was about to turn into a snow rabbit again, a crystal suddenly appeared in front of her.

However, the crystal in front of him was crescent-shaped, just like a real moon, reflecting a hazy light facing the sun.

Seeing this, Sakura opened her mouth in surprise, but her hands did not stop moving, and she moved the wand, which she had not retracted yet, forward again.

"Card acquisition."

Crackling!

The sealing crystal appeared and shattered into a card. Sakura caught it and looked down at it curiously.

The top of the card has the artistic Chinese character "選択" written on it, and the English word "CHOICE" is written at the bottom. The card surface is painted with an elf with white wings on its back and long silver hair with crystal luster. The elf holds a crescent moon in his hand and has a cold look in his eyes, but he still can't hide the tenderness deep in his eyes.

"Choice..."

"Is it a transparent card belonging to Yue?"

Sakura looked at the transparent card she had just obtained in her hand, and when she was about to raise it to signal Yue, Yue had already folded her wings and wrapped herself up.

The next second, the snow rabbit reappeared.

The reappearing snow rabbit smiled at Sakura apologetically: "I'm sorry, Sakura, the attitude of the other me is a bit bad, but please don't be angry with it, it still cares about you very much."

"I know."

Sakura looked into Yukito's eyes, and said to Yukito and Yue behind him: "I have never been angry at Yue's attitude, because I know Yue's heart is actually the same as Yukito's, both are so gentle."

Hearing this, Yukito straightened up with a smile, raised his head to look at the position of the sun, and quickly lowered his head and said, "Ah, sorry, it's already this late, Touya and I have an appointment to go to work together, so I'm leaving first."

"Well, bye, Snow Rabbit brother."

After saying goodbye, Yukito waved to Sakura and the others, then turned and left.

(End of this chapter)