The sunny boy in Cardcaptor Sakura

Chapter 668 IF Route: Christmas and the Clow Cards

The air was crisp and clear in the morning.

The amusement park gates were adorned with colorful lights and ribbons, shimmering with red, green, and gold brilliance. The cheerful melody of Christmas carols drifted out from within, mingling with the sweet scent of cotton candy and the clamor of the crowd.

Sakura, dressed in red, stood at the entrance of the amusement park, her head lowered nervously, yet glancing at the intersection every now and then with anticipation on her face.

A few minutes later, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly raised her hand and waved.

"Xia, over here!"

On the other side, Xia Yu, who had been invited, looked at the delighted Xiao Ying and walked forward with a slight smile.

"Good morning, Sakura. Have you been waiting long?"

"Good morning!"

Sakura chuckled sheepishly and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Sorry, I think I'm a little early."

"Perhaps I'm just too late."

Xia Yu chuckled and shook his head, looked around, and asked curiously, "Is it just the two of us?"

"Yes, it's just the two of us."

Sakura nodded, and seeing that Xia Yu seemed a little puzzled, she quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"nothing……"

Xia Yu shook his head. Although he showed no doubt on the surface, his doubts only increased.

This doesn't make sense, does it? Why would Sakura suddenly invite him to the amusement park? And it was just the two of them?

Logically speaking, for a two-person amusement park, Sakura would invite either Tomoyo, Yukito, or even Li Syaoran. So why did it have to be him?

Is there such a scene in the original work?

Oh, he wasn't in the original story.

Xia Yu, whose mind was filled with doubt, looked at Xiaoying's bright smile and slowly suppressed his doubts.

Oh well, he's not the pretentious type. Since he's been invited, he might as well come.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu looked at Xiaoying and smiled, "So, do you have a plan? Have you decided where to start?"

"Hmm...not yet."

Sakura shook her head slightly, a little embarrassed, and secretly glanced at Xia Yu, whispering with a blush, "As long as I'm with Xia Yu, I'm happy no matter what we do."

Xia Yu: "???"

T-Is this right?

Seeing Xiaoying's lovestruck expression, Xia Yu's eyes widened, and he almost blurted out a question.

Isn't your answer a little ambiguous? And why are you blushing?
No, I can't have that illusion that "she likes me." It must be because I'm a boy my age. That's right, that's it.

Xia Yu took several deep breaths, suppressing his slightly unrealistic fantasies.

Sakura liked Yukito in the early stages, but later she liked Li Syaoran. He was just a passerby, so why would she fall in love with him?

After forcing himself to believe it, Xia Yu forced a smile and said, "Then let's go to the roller coaster first. After all, how can you come to an amusement park and not ride a roller coaster?"

"Um……"

Xiaoying nodded gently. Seeing this, Xia Yu took a step forward, but he had only taken a few steps when his sleeve was suddenly tugged.

Looking back, he saw Sakura with her big, watery eyes open, not saying a word, just looking at him with her head slightly lowered and her eyes raised.

"..."

After a few seconds of silent eye contact, Xia Yu, charmed by Sakura's cuteness, closed his eyes and asked directly, "Sakura, are you trying to be cute with me?"

This posture of looking up with your head down is just too unfair.

"Um...no!"

Sakura, who had instinctively grabbed Xia Yu's sleeve, blushed and quickly shook her head, stammering, "Hand..."

"hand?"

Xia Yu repeated the question, puzzled. Seeing that Xiao Ying still hadn't let go of his sleeve, he thought for a moment and guessed, "You want me to hold your hand?"

Without answering, Sakura, blushing, simply nodded slightly. Xia Yu, though somewhat puzzled, replied, "Alright then."

After saying that, he took Sakura's hand directly. He didn't have any particular thoughts about holding hands, after all, it wasn't the first time he had held a little girl's hand.

When they went to the aquarium, he didn't shy away from holding Tomoyo's hand. Sakura wasn't as mature as Tomoyo, so it was normal for her to feel embarrassed and blush about holding hands.

Feeling her hand being held by another hand, Sakura's face flushed, her heart raced slightly, and she couldn't help but feel a surge of anticipation.

Then anticipation turned into solemnity, and even a sense of retreat.

"Um, I... do we really want to ride the roller coaster?"

Sakura watched the roller coaster tumbling along the track, listening to the screams that reached her ears. Her face turned slightly pale, and she showed a rare hint of hesitation.

If she had experienced other attractions first and then come to the roller coaster, she might not have felt hesitant, but unfortunately, the first attraction she chose was the roller coaster...

Ugh... I have a creepy feeling about this.

"Of course, roller coasters are one of the must-try attractions at amusement parks."

Xia Yu was actually a little flustered. Although he often used magic to teleport around and even flew around in the sky, it was all quite stable and not nearly as exciting as a roller coaster.

As for why the first attraction was a roller coaster? It's mainly because he had long forgotten what it felt like to ride a roller coaster at an amusement park last time, so when he was invited to the amusement park this time, he immediately wanted to relive this ride.

Hearing Xia Yu's words, Xiao Ying asked fearfully, "What if we accidentally get thrown off the chair?"

"Hmm... Logically speaking, this shouldn't be possible, but don't worry, even if we get thrown off, we can still fly."

Xia Yu looked down at Xiao Ying and smiled, "Even if you don't have time to use magic, I will save you and won't let you get hurt."

"Xia is as reassuring as ever."

Sakura breathed a sigh of relief, recalling Xia Yu's help when she captured the Clow Cards, and smiled, saying, "Xia-kun, please don't let go of my hand, okay?"

"calm down."

Three minutes later——

"Um, Xia, you should let go."

Sakura looked at Xia Yu, who was expressionless and holding her hand tightly, and wanted to laugh, but she held back.

She thought she was the most scared one, because she kept her eyes tightly closed during the roller coaster ride, but who would have thought that Xia Yu, who didn't say a word, seemed to be more scared.

After all, her hand was a little sore from being gripped during the roller coaster ride, and Xia Yu didn't let go of her hand until the ride ended.

I never knew Xia had this side to her.

Seeing that Xia Yu was still not moving, Xiao Ying had no choice but to remind him again: "If you don't let go, we won't be able to leave the roller coaster. The other people want to experience it too."

"……Um."

Only then did Xia Yu slowly release Xiao Ying, and with his slightly numb legs, he stepped away from the roller coaster.

Seeing Xia Yu walking slowly, Xiao Ying quickly stepped forward to support him and asked, "Would you like to rest on a nearby bench?"

"……it is good."

After the two sat down on the bench, the air fell silent for a moment. A few minutes later, Xia Yu let out a deep breath and pounded his thigh.

"I'm finally recovered. My foot went numb by accident just now."

Seeing Xia Yu's complexion gradually recover, Xiao Ying couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Haha~ So Xia Yu is afraid of roller coasters."

"It's not that I'm scared!"

Xia Yu stubbornly replied, "My leg just went numb."

"Really? How about we go again?"

"...No thanks, I prefer to be down-to-earth, but I can watch you play."

"So, Xia is still afraid of roller coasters after all." "..."

Looking at Sakura's somewhat mischievous expression, Xia Yu clutched his chest and said sadly, "Sakura, you've gone bad!"

"That's because you led me astray, Xia."

Sakura chuckled and said, "So, Xia, you'd better take responsibility. You're definitely partly to blame for me becoming a bad kid."

"You can't talk nonsense. How can I be partly responsible?" Xia Yu quickly retorted.

"Hmm... Let me think about it."

Sakura lowered her head and pondered, then suddenly chuckled and said, "Who was it that told me that after being a good student for so long, why not try being a bad student for a day?"

"what?"

Xia Yu was stunned and asked in surprise, "This... could it be something I told you before? Did I really say that?"

"Yes, during summer vacation, you let me copy your homework answers that were 100% correct. So if I became a bad kid, it was because of you, Xia."

"..."

Seeing that Sakura had even mentioned when, and knowing that he might have actually said the same thing to her, Xia Yu fell silent for a moment.

Sakura remembers even his casual remark so clearly; isn't she taking him a little too seriously?

T-Is this right?

Noticing Xia Yu's silence, Xiao Ying smiled and said again, "Okay, let's not ride the roller coaster, how about we ride the carousel instead?"

"Ahem, since Sakura wants to..."

"Yes, it was because I wanted to ride the carousel that Xia had to come with me."

"Well, let's go."

Carousel, teacups, Christmas train...

Besides the thrilling rides, there are also plenty of other recreational activities. Gradually, Xia Yu and Xiao Ying started to enjoy them together.

When it got to afternoon, the two, who had been playing for a long time, were a little hungry, so they sat down at a nearby open-air restaurant and decided to eat something first.

As the two sat down at a nearby table, a waiter in a gray uniform came over with a glass of water.

Watching the two diners, the waiter's hand, which was holding a water glass, bulged with veins, and he slammed the water glass from his plate onto the table.

"Gentlemen, what would you like to order?"

The impolite service made Xia Yu frown slightly. He was about to look up and say something when his expression subconsciously changed.

"Holy crap, the working immortal! What are you doing here!?"

"what?"

Upon hearing this familiar nickname, Sakura quickly looked up and exclaimed in surprise, "Brother?"

Touya, who happened to be working at the amusement park, didn't go to see Sakura, but stared intently at Xia Yu: "Kid, why are you here with Sakura?"

"Mind your own business? As a waiter, show me some respect, or I'll complain about you."

"You little brat, do you want a beating?"

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Sakura hurriedly stood up and stood between them, saying, "I invited Xia to the amusement park, brother, please don't be angry."

"I'm not angry." Touya stared intently at Xia Yu, his face expressionless.

Xia Yu didn't back down and glared back at him, thinking to himself, "I'm not that kid Li Xiaolang, who would steal your most precious thing. Why are you glaring at me?"
The two exchanged unspoken words with their eyes. Sakura looked around and quickly pushed her brother away.

"Brother, we're here to eat. Could you order some good dishes for us?"

Touya, who was being pushed away, was still staring intently at Xia Yu, but he did not resist. Instead, he turned his head away and walked into the store without looking at where he was going.

"Tch, if you don't watch where you're going, you're bound to bump into a door." Xia Yu stared at Touya as he walked away, and muttered a sarcastic remark.

After pushing her brother away, Sakura sat back down, feeling a little embarrassed: "Sorry, Natsumi, my brother was so rude."

"It's okay, that guy will have his share of troubles later anyway."

"why?"

"Because that guy's most precious treasure will be stolen by someone else sooner or later, hahaha!"

"Oh?"

Sakura tilted her head, somewhat confused about what Xia Yu meant.

call--!
Just as the two were waiting for their food to be served, suddenly, something strange happened: the colored lights hanging above the restaurant and amusement park burst into flames.

Then, within seconds, the flames surged and turned into a heat wave.

The next second, in addition to the hanging electric light ribbons, even flammable materials such as streetlights and tree branches suddenly burst into flames.

Seeing the flames, Sakura looked anxiously at Xia Yu, who was frowning, and reminded him, "Xia-kun, this is the aura of the Clow Cards."

"Crow cards?"

Xia Yu snapped out of his daze and asked, "So it really was the Clow Cards again? Where did they come from?"

"In the woods!"

Sakura turned her head to look at the location of the withered forest, wanting to run there directly, but then remembered that Xia Yu was next to her, so she hurriedly turned her head and asked.

"what should we do?"

"The flames are dangerous. We should evacuate the crowd and call the fire department first. But this is Clow Card magic, so it's definitely not an ordinary flame."

Looking at the crowd that showed no fear or panic, Xia Yu didn't know whether to be thankful that they wouldn't cause a stampede or speechless at how calm they were.

"In short, you put them to sleep first, and then I'll protect them with the shield. That way, no matter what happens afterward, it won't affect ordinary people."

"it is good!"

In just a few seconds, Xia Yu came up with a solution, and Xiao Ying hurriedly took out her bird-head key and secretly unsealed it into a magic wand.

Before anyone else noticed, she took out the Sleep card and tapped it with her wand.

"Let everyone here fall into a deep sleep."

"sleep--!"

Magic surged, and a tiny sleeping sprite emerged from the cards, scattering starlight as it drifted across the sky.

Under the influence of the starlight, one by one, drowsiness washed over everyone in the amusement park, and they yawned and slowly collapsed in their seats.

After everyone had fallen into a deep sleep, Xia Yu took out his shield and gave the order.

"Protect all sleeping lives and prevent them from being harmed in any way."

In an instant, the shield transformed into an invisible barrier, enveloping each of the many sleeping lives in the amusement park and protecting them completely within its walls.

After all this was done, Xia Yu looked at Xiao Ying and said, "Alright, let's go."

"Ok!"

The two then ran into the dead forest, where the flames were far more intense and raging than in the amusement park.

Feeling the rising heat around her, Sakura quickly took out the Wind Card and threw it in front of her: "Wind, form a sealing wind!"

"wind--!"

In an instant, the Wind Card, as elegant as a wind sprite, appeared from the card, stirring up a sealing wind that enveloped the flames.

Xia Yu, who was watching this scene from the side, was completely dumbfounded. He asked blankly, "Xiaoying, why did you use wind to fight fire?"

"Huh? Is that not allowed?"

"The wind is fanning the flames; it will only make the fire more ferocious. You should use water or rain instead."

"Huh!??"

(End of this chapter)