#17 - Sakura's Scary Test of Courage

A day late (due to a Kaleido Star marathon), but without further delay, here's another one of my favorites ;) Sakura's class is at the beach for classes this time and she's excited about it. While Sakura and the rest are playing volleyball Yamazaki shows up to tell a lie (any episode where Yamazaki tells a good lie is great). Did you know that long ago they used to play beach volleyball in Hawaii with coconuts? Sakura believes all of it as usual ;) After that, Chiharu, Yamazaki's girlfriend, drags him off and gives him a bit of punishment. Those two are an interesting couple ;)

The next day the class is going to have a test of courage in a cave near the beach and Naoko-chan has a little story to tell Sakura and the rest. A very scary story about a very similar class that went through a test of courage. Sakura doesn't like scary stuff so she can't sleep and goes outside, where she's just about scared to death by Li-kun ("HOEEEEEEEE!"). The two of them have a little talk on the beach about stuff. In the manga, they talk about Mizuki-sensei (not yet introduced in the anime) and also when they fell in love with Yukito-san ;)

The night of the test of courage comes, but as Tomoyo and Sakura go further into the cave, something's not right. The other students are all gone, just like in the story Naoko told, and Tomoyo disappears soon after. Li comes running to Sakura, who's crying. Li comforts her and calms her down enough so that she realizes that a Clow Card is nearby. It's ERASE, and Sakura captures it, of course.

The next day no one remembers what happened at all since ERASE erased their memories as well. Sakura thanks Li for his help, though he doesn't really accept it, and then... it's Yamazaki again with another lie. Did you know that in ancient Egypt when they played volleyball they believed that whoever didn't drop the ball got their romantic wish granted? Sakura and Li both fall for it. Yukito-san! ;)