Note: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura the tv series, movies, mangas or anything else, they belong to CLAMP. This specific story is mine and no one elses though.
I haven't watched the tv series or the movies so this is writtin only with the knowledge and materials you can gain from reading the manga.
The cold autumn winds blew shrilly through the streets of Tomeda, browned leaves swirling and dust snaking across the roads and sidewalks. People that walked the concrete paths wore jackets, gloves and scarves to keep the driving cold away. Winter would arrive soon, and it looked to be a cold one. It was morning and the sun was shrouded in thick gray clouds. The grass in front of the houses was covored in dusty white frost, windows also beared frost and puddles from a recent rainfall were frozen over. A man walking alone surveyed the cold around him, his dark brown eyes darting form side to side; he focused on one thing for less than a second before looking at something else, and they showed a cunning mind behind them. His face had squarish features, his shoulders and limbs looked oversized for his large frame, and his shoulder-length red-brown hair was thick and wild. He looked like a lion in man's shape. His stride was full of confidence and arrogence, he looked down on people (He was six feet tall so he literally looked down on most) like they were lesser beings and would smirk to some some private joke he had.
His long strides took him to the front of a school and he stopped. He stood as still as the buildings itself, with only his messy mane and long black coat moving with the wind. An hour passed, then another, and another; and he still he stood, waiting. People walked by him and he payed no attention to them, watching the doors of the school with a strong intensity in his eye. Right before midday came, the clouds parted like a rip, tearing open to reveal the pale sun and the brilliant blue sky that contrasted with the browns and grays of Tomedas autumn. The doors of the school opened and and a mob of children exited happily. They all looked to be ages ten to eleven, and they quckly split up into groups and sat on the few benches of the schoolyard to eat their lunch, or ran to the playground. They laughed and chattered happily, with not a care in the world.
Well, all except two had not a care in the world. One was a girl with light brown hair that caught the sunlight with a shine, and green eyes that were quite brilliant and expressive. She looked ahead of her, her eyes unfocused and her face worried. She sat down beside a girl with long black hair, who leaned in towards her and whispered something. They started talking quetly and the man standing still turned his attention to the only other child that caught his attention. It was a boy who was now sitting in a tree, his hair was brown and short and his eyes the colour of amber. He had quite a serious expression and watched the green-eyed girl with worry. Then he turned and stared at the wild-looking man as if he sensed he was being watched. The man smiled and walked to the part of the fence closest to the tree; where he stopped and continuesd to look at the boy, who was now closer.
"What do you want?" The boy asked, stepping onto a branch closer to the strange man.
"Your name." He said with a deep voice that sounded almost like a growl. It was full of a false friendliness that didn't fool the boy one bit.
"Li Syaoran. And yours?"
"Call me Avarice, Li." The boys eyes were aflame with distrust, curiosity, worry and apprehension
And with that, the wild man called Avarice walked away abruptly. Syoaran sat in the tree, motionless.
"Who was that Syoaran-kun?" The girl with green eyes had walked up to under his tree and looked at him with worry.
"Avarice." Syaoran replied, still watching the man walk away and turn a corner. He was so tall and wild he was hard to lose sight of.
"He's the magic we sensed isn't he?"
"Yes, Sakura."
A couple days ago they had both sensed an alarmingly poweful magic presence enter Tomeda, but niether could tell where it came from or if was a person or not. All the Clow cards were captured and are now Sakura cards, so it couldn't be them. Eriol didn't even make such a strong magic presence, and he was in England anyways. Both the children looked more worried now. Sakura thought he looked like he was holding in some pent-up energy and aura of fiery emotion exuded from him with such force it was hard to focus on anything else. He looked, and felt dangrous in some way. He might cause some kind of trouble, and the emotions he displayed in his aura were not good ones; contempt, arrogance, dislike bordering on hate, and greed. Sakuras thoughts were interrupted by the girl with long black hair.
"Was he. . .?" The girl, Tomoyo started but trailed off at the sight of their somber expressions.
"Yes." Sakura and Syaoran said together.
The rest of their school day passed without anything out of the ordinary happening, not even out of the ordniary by their standards.
Syaoran waited by the schools doors, his classmates walked by and a couple gave a wave on their way out, but he was waiting for someone and didn't notice them. Through the crowd he spotted Sakura and Tomoyo and fell in stride beside Sakura. She smiled at him happily, she seemed to forget about her worries for now. That was Sakura, always happy and cheerful and not one to dwell on gloomy things. They got to the front of the school, and Tomoyo waved goodbye and ran to a shiny black car that was waiting, a woman in a black suit opened the door for her and she crawled in. The car started and left the school parking lot quickly.
"I'll walk you home." Syaoran said after Tomoyo's car was out of sight.
"Isn't that the wrong way for your hosue though?" Sakura said. She
"I'll walk you home." He repeated and Sakura just nodded and smiled, and they set off.
Syaoran pulled his jacket closer against the cold wind. He didn't like the cold, he much prefered the heat of summer. Sakura didn't seem to mind, but the again she was used to living in a four season country. Li Syaoran had been here for nearly a year now, and much has happened. He came here to find the Clow Cards and bring them back to his family in China, but Sakura was the one chosen to be the Mistress of the Cards. He was suposed to go home soon, but he dreaded it. He had failed his mission, and his family would react quite poorly. So he was biding his time, saying he wanted to wait for the end of the school year before returnign home. He also had yet to confess to Sakura, and if weren't for that powerful magic presence he would have by now. But now they had something else to worry about; what did Avarice want? He seemed hardly likely to want to be friends or anythng of the like, and he seemed to be looking for something.
"Syaoran!" Sakura stopped and exclaimed. A second later Syaoran sensed the same poweful aura of Avarice, and he whirled around to see him barely ten feet away. How had he not sensed it sooner?
"Hello again, children." Avarice said with all his former attempts at friendliness gone. His face was serious and his eyes focused on Sakura.
"What do you want?" Syaoran said after a pause in which they regarded each other carefully. Avaraice smiled and took a couple steps foreward. Syaoran stepped back and stood in front of Sakura with his arms outstretched a bit.
"I want something she has, and you wont stop me, brat!" Avarice barely raised his deep voice but it sound as loud as a lions roar. His eyes seemed to light up with fire and he stepped ever closer. Syaoran kept back off and stayed in front of Sakura.
"What could I have that you want?" Sakura said, keeping her voice strong but it was laced with worry.
"The Clow Cards, and your magic." Avarice grinned evilly when he saw their expressions of surprise. "And if you wont give them to me, I'll take them by force!" He started chanting quickly in english. Sakura couldn't understand it but Syoaran knew some enlish and he could tell that Avarice was going to release some kind of magic on them. The wind whipped around him and made his black coat and his red wild hair flap around.
"He's releasing a wind spirit!" Syaoran said to Sakura and pulled from his pocket a paper about four inches wide and seven inches long, it was covered in Chinese symbols. Saukura pulled the key that was around her neck off and started her own chant.
Avarice was done his chant and a gale so strong it blew the children off their feet screeched through the street. Avarice gestured with his arm at them and the wind kicked up and threw both of them in the air. Syaroan let a fire spell loose but the tall man swept it away with his wind. Syaoran landed on the pavement on his feet, and Sakura fell beside him but lost her footing. He helped her up as quick as he could but another blast of wind sent them to their feet. Avarice laughed loudly and started another chant. The wind swirled around and picked up Syaoran, but Sakura grabbed onto him and brought him back down.
"Give me your magic and I wont hurt you!" Avarice shouted and flung his arms upwards, to the sky. Flames sprang up around him in a circle and a small fireball formed between his outstretched hands and started to grow. The wind threw Syaoran and Sakura to the ground every time they got up, rendering them unable to do anything.
"We need to stop that wind!" Syaoran shouted, the wind screemed so loud Sakura could barely hear him. She quickly released the key and in a flash of light it became a long pink staff with a winged star on the end. She pulled a card from one of her pockets.
"Watery, become the chains that bind and quench the flames, release!" She shouted and water exploded from the card and formed a liquid image of a woman. She smiled and a stream rushed through the air towards the flaming circle around the tall wild man. The wind whipped around faster and into a cyclone, water was thrown in every direction and didn't even come near the flames and Avarice. Syaoran used another paper and sent his own water at the fire, and Watery mixed with it. The form of the woman became more defined and the stream that followed her swelled, she rushed at Avarice.
"FOOLS!" Avarice shouted and threw the fireball, which was now as big as three basketballs together, at Watery. She disapeared instantly and the water fell to the ground and evaporated or got swept away by the wind. With apparant ease he had defeated a clow card, and he still had more to do. He waved his arms around and commanded the wind and fire in english. The flames seperated and became fist-sized fireballs that the wind flung around at high speeds. Syaoran dodged them easily, and pushed or pulled Sakura out of the path of the flames; more fire apeared in the hands of magician and he threw them at the children. They were all aimed at Sakura.
"Jump!" She shouted and the jump card was released, little winges formed on her feet and she leaped fifteen feet in the air and avoided all the flames. The wind whirled up at her and she lost control of her jump. She screemed as she was flung around like a small leaf in a storm. Syaoran rushed at Avarice, who was watching Sakura with a little smirk. He didn't notice the boy until he leaped over his ring of fire, but his reflexes were fast. He grabbed the front of Syaorans jacket and spun around, slamming him into the ground. But this caused a temporary lapse in concentration that Sakura used. She released both Sword and Shiled cards, her staff beoming a long thing sword with a winged hilt and in her left hand a large shiled made of a furled metal wing apeared. She fell out of the sky towards Avarice with sword raised and used her shield to block the fireballs still being tossed by the gale.
"You'd make a good Fighter Syao-" Avarice was saying to Syaoran, but he didn't get to finish. Sakura cut through his invisible shield and landed beside him, sword raised.
"Let him go!" She said with confidence, a determined look on her face, her green eyes angry.
"Hah! Or what?" Avraice stood up, he turned Syaoran around and held onto his neck with one hand the front of his jacket with the other. Syaraon was a foot off the gorund and the top of his head didn't even reach Avarice' chest. He gasped for air and clutched at the hand on his throat.
"I don't think you could attack me with that sword, you couldn't possibly hurt another person no matter what they did. And you might hurt little Li here. . ." Avarice smiled. No one moved and the wind died down, the flames subsided.
"I haven't even used a fraction of my power. . ." Avarice said and threw Syaoran at Sakura, they collided and hit the gorund. "I'm having fun playing with you, I'll let you keep your cards and your magic for a while longer. You wont even have a chance to defeat me unless you get a Fighter!" The wind screamed and swirled around him and pushed Syaoran and Sakura into the ground. Then the wind vanished and Avarice was no where to be seen.
"S-sorry" Syaoran said and got off of Sakura and helped her up. Her wings disapeared, the sword became the staff again and the shiled vanished. They both had bruises and were covered in dust and dirt from the wind, and parts of Syaorans clothes were burnt. There was also a small cut uner his eye, and his neck was bruised.
"He was so strong. . .how could he do that to Watery?" Sakura said, returning the staff into the key and slumping down onto the ground. Syaoran sat beside her, but said nothing.
"And that wasn't his full power he said." She put her head in her hands. "What will we do?"
"Sakura. . ." Syaoran said slowly, his eyes filled with worry and deep thought "Whatever we do, we can't let him take the Sakura Cards, or our magic. We'll find a way right?"
"Can someone even steal magic?"
"Yes, steal, give, destroy. It all depends on if your strong enough to do it, and he is. But we'll be alright"
Sakura smiled at him and nodded.
"I'll try to find out what a 'Fighter' is" Syaoran said.
"I'll ask Kero-chan." She stood up and they finished their walk to Sakuras house. She looked at him and smiled again, and told him to be careful. He nodded and waited for her to close the door to her house before leaving. He sighed as he walked. Was there never going to be peace in Tomeda?