Dark Wild Nights

Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. I am only using them in a short work of fiction. I am doing this for fun not for profit, so don't sue me. As I have nothing but a small kennel that I use as my house. It's not much but I like it and you can't have it.

Chapter 1

It was Wednesday afternoon and Sakura just started home from school. Her friends had gone on a head of her because she had to finish a project for Mr. Terada. But everyone had agreed to meet at the penguin slide in Penguin Park.

Sakura was making her way to the park just as fast as she could on her roller blades. As she went down the paths, Sakura admired the view and thought about everything that had happened in the last four years.

First, Kero appeared out of the Clow Book and turned her life upside down. With having to catch all the Clow cards her life had never been boring. When Syaoran and Meiling arrived card capturing turned into an imaginary rivalry. Well maybe not so imaginary. Both Syaoran and Sakura wanted to capture the cards, only Sakura was open to help. Another thing was that Meiling always thought that Sakura was trying to take Syaoran away from her. That wasn't entirely true. In the beginning Syaoran was only a good friend of Sakura's. But some how along the way he became more.

After the final Judgement, Sakura thought that was that. She thought it was over. Boy was she wrong. Eriol came and her life was turned upside down again. Now she was supposed to turn the Clow cards into star cards. It sounds easy but the problem was that the cards drew their power directly from Sakura's magic and it really tiered her out.

Then came Eroil's test. That had been harder than the final judgement. Part in part because he was a powerful wizard, and the fate of the planet was at state. She got through it. But then Syaoran left.

Sakura gave her head a shake. It did no good to dwell over the past. What's done is done. You can't go back. You can't change anything.

"Sakura," someone called out.

Sakura looked around. She was past the penguin slide and on her was out of the park. She put on the brakes to slow down a little and turned around. She saw Tomoyo, Chihiru, Naoko, and Rika sitting on the swings with Yamazaki standing near by.

"Hi everyone." Sakura said as she coasted up to them.

"Hey where were you? Off in la la land?" Chihiru wanted to know.

"Yeah, sort of." Sakura admitted. "I was strolling sown memory lane."

"Oh," was the only response she got. They all knew that she was thinking about Syaoran and the star cards. Yamazaki, Chihiru, Naoko, and Rika had been told about the cards about a year ago when they started to wonder about the video that they had put on when they were at Tomoyo's house. It had been of when Sakura captured the Power card.

"Anyway," Sakura said cheerfully, "what do you guys want to do this weekend?"

"I heard about this really cool bar," Naoko offered.

"We are to young to be going to a bar, Naoko," Rika said with a sweat drop.

"It's not that kind of bar." Naoko stated. "You have to be 13 to get in and they serve alcoholic free beverages. It is really just a place to go and have a good time."

"Sounds like fun," Sakura said.

"It does," Chihiru agreed. "Why don't we go there on Friday or Saturday night?"

"I think that it should be on Friday night." Tomoyo said.

"Why?" Sakura asked.

"I can't tell you fight now, but trust me it would be a good night to go." Tomoyo said mysteriously.

"Alright." Sakura said slowly. "Does anyone else have any objection to going on Friday night?"

Everyone just shook their head. No one could think of a reason that they shouldn't go to that bar on Friday.

"Does anyone mind if I were to bring my boyfriend?" Rika asked.

"Ummm . . . Rika, no offence but, it you brought your boyfriend he would look seriously out of place and it would make us look like we need a chaperon." Chihiru said.

"I guess your right," Rika said disappointedly.

"We'll do something with Mr. Terada next weekend." Sakura said sympathetically. "Or maybe you should go out with him alone next weekend."

"Maybe." Rika said. "We haven't gone out by ourselves for a while. We are always going out with you guys."

"Is there anything wrong with going out with us?" Chihiru asked sarcastically.

"No, not really. It's just that sometimes I think that he is a bit intimidated with a whole bunch of young teenagers. He hasn't said anything, but I can tell that that is how he feels." Rika explained.

"So that only enhances Sakura's point that the two of you should have some alone time." Naoko said.

"I guess," Rika said uncertainly.

"So it's settled then," Tomoyo chirped up. "Next weekend you got to find something for you and Mr. Terada to do. And I think that is should be something special."

"How did this all happen?" a startled Rika asked.

Everyone just laughed. In the end Rika joined in as well. All of a sudden Sakura stopped laughing. She looked around the park very carefully. Everyone noticed after a minute and stopped laughing as well.

"What is it, Sakura?" Tomoyo asked. Having been with Sakura during the tow years when she first captured the cards and then again while she changed them into star cards, she knew that such sudden silences usually meant trouble.

"I fell a very powerful aura coming towards us." Sakura said. "It some haw feels familiar."

"You know," Yamazaki began, "some people. . ."

"Not now," Chihiru said, pulling out a rubber mallet and hit him over the head. "This is no time for your stupid stories."

Sakura gave Chihiru a grateful look before she went back to focusing on the aura. It was strong. Not quite as strong as her's but still fairly strong. It also felt really familiar. And it was coming their way.

"It's almost here," Sakura said looking down the path that she had arrived on.

Everyone looked that way as well. They could hear the footsteps that belonged to the person that Sakura sensed. They were all curious to see who it was.

A minute later they could see the figure. Who ever it was was fairly tall. As the figure drew closer they could make out the features of the person. The figure stopped 15 feet away and smiled.

To Be Continued. . .

AN. If you have read any of my other stories you'll know that I love cliffhangers. Why should this story be any exception? Hope you like it. Can anyone guess who the figure is? Please R & R.