Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura

Summary: Whilst visiting Syaoran in Hong Kong, Sakura is killed in a car accident. So Syaoran breaks into the realm of the dead, Di Yu, to try and bring her back…

A/n I've made a few corrections to the story. The characters are seventeen

Chapter 1

My Precious Sakura

Li clan training grounds, Hong Kong

Inside the main dojo Syaoran stood in the centre, bruised and weary, looking down at the unconscious bodies of twenty other martial arts students littering the floor around him. As part of his training, he was forced to fight the greatest students from ten of Hong Kong's best martial arts schools all at once.

The task was almost impossible for Syaoran, having only just recovered from a case of the flu. He felt too weak to fight, but it had to be done because the Elders wanted to assess his skills.

"…So tired…" Syaoran sat down on the floor, clutching his stomach as he took deep breaths. He then heard a grunting noise from the far corner of the room and turned to face that direction, where he saw four old men wearing pearl white Chinese robes looking at him in disappointment.

They were the Elders, the ones who set up the challenge for Syaoran, and each of them looked like they had something to complain about Syaoran's performance.

"You barely succeeded, Little Wolf."

"You used to be much better than that."

"Haven't you been training regularly?"

"You were not focusing properly…"

Syaoran folded his arms and looked away. He completed his task, so why are they complaining?

His mind began to wander. He never liked the Elders; they were biggest bunch of selfish old goats he'd ever met. He really didn't respect them enough to actually listen to them, especially after he discovered that they only approved of Sakura being his girlfriend because she has the Clow cards.

'Sakura…' Syaoran could never help but sigh dreamily whenever he thinks about her.

"Xiao Lang, are you paying attention?"

"Not really," Was his reply as he was unwillingly snapped back into reality. The Elders reacted none too kindly to this statement.

"WHAT?!" One Elder, Master Wuying, stepped up close to Syaoran with a murderous scowl on his face and grabbed him up off of the floor. "What is the cause of your disrespectable behaviour? Why are you dishonouring your Elders?"

"I bet that Japanese girl plays a hand in it," Another Elder, Master Chu Tu, stated dryly. Syaoran gritted his teeth, barely resisting the urge to throw a punch at the Elder.

"Do not insult the card mistress, Chu Tu. Especially not in front of me or my son," A woman's voice carried itself throughout the room, the tone in the voice indicated displeasure. Syaoran immediately stood to attention as the Elders turned towards the dojo entrance.

Li Yelan, Syaoran's mother, a powerful sorceress and an all round nice lady, was standing there with her eyes narrowed as she glared at the group of old men. She never liked them either, and was certainly not afraid to show it. Master Wuying walked over to Yelan and tried to explain about Syaoran's behaviour.

"Mistress Yelan, Xiao Lang…"

"Syaoran has only just recovered from an illness, which is why he has been unable to perform to his best abilities."

"That's no excuse…"

"AND my son shouldn't be here in the first place. He cannot concentrate on combat situations when his loved one, Lady Kinomoto, is coming to visit from Japan along her family. He should be at the airport, ready to meet her with open arms not stuck indoors being forced to fight with other students," Yelan looked down at the bodies of the other students, who still lay unconscious on the ground.

"His training comes before everything else, Mistress Yelan," Master Chu Tu grunted, folding his arms and turning to face Syaoran. "Xiao Lang; you are to train on the Wing Chun dummy under Master Biao's supervision for no less than two hours. Then you can do as you like."

Three of the Elders exited the dojo leaving Syaoran, Yelan and another Elder, Master Biao, behind. Yelan looked down to her son with a smile on her face.

"One hour, then you can go and get yourself cleaned up ready for her arrival."

Syaoran smiled back, but Master Biao tried to interrupt them both.

"Master Chu Tu said…"

"One hour," Yelan stated firmly, turning her back on the Elder and heading out towards the door. She stopped halfway, turned around to look down at the floor, and then turned to Syaoran and Master Biao. "I'll send some people over to help out these students"

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Meanwhile

Sakura, Tomoyo, Yukito, Toya and Fujitaka were greeted upon arriving at the Hong Kong international airport on Chek Lap Kok island by Meilin and Wei. After a short explanation and a few apologies from Meilin as to why Syaoran couldn't be there to greet them also, they began to head back to the Li mansion through the city in a black limousine. Wei was driving while everyone else sat in the back conversing.

"It's very nice of you to have invited us, Miss Li. But you know we could've paid out for a hotel, we don't want to cause you any trouble…" Fujitaka said, feeling as if he might be intruding in the Li's lifestyle in some way, but Meilin gave a reassuring smile.

"It's no problem. You're all part of our family now, and auntie Yelan likes to keep the members of our family happy," Meilin couldn't control her giggling when she saw everyone's reaction to her comment. Fujitaka, Yukito and Tomoyo looked dumbstruck, Sakura had turned a little red from embarrassment and Toya's face was saying 'what? Since when did I agree to be part of that gaki's family?'

Most of the car journey was in near silence as everyone spent the time gazing out of the windows of the car, viewing the amazing sights of Hong Kong. Tomoyo had her camcorder for this, as well as for some Sakura and Syaoran moments later on…

"How's Li-kun been lately? I heard from Sakura that he had a case of the flu," Fujitaka asked Meilin after a while to break the silence.

"He recovered pretty quickly, actually. That's all thanks to the support Miss Kinomoto's been giving him," Meilin looked over to Sakura, and noticed how she was keeping a close eye on a large green bag resting on a seat opposite her.

"Miss Kinomoto…"

"Sakura," Sakura cut in. After considering her a family member, she should at least call her by her first name.

"Sakura, what's in the bag?" Meilin asked again.

"Well, since Syaoran had been ill lately I thought I'd make him something to cheer him up," Sakura smiled brightly, and Meilin suddenly burst into a fit of laughter.

"Miss…Sakura, just being able to see you is enough to cheer Syaoran up," Again Sakura smiled brightly, but this time a tinge of pink was visible on her cheeks. Sakura quickly looked away over to the green bag just as she caught sight of Tomoyo aiming her camera at her.

"Huh?" Sakura stared in shock at the bag for a moment; it was shaking and rumbling slightly. She shuffled over to the bag and unzipped the top. Unexpectedly, a yellow plush doll looking thingy, Keroberos, flew out and landed on a seat next to Tomoyo.

"Heeeyyyy…are we there, yet?" Kero yawned, showing that he'd only just woken up.

"Not yet," Tomoyo smiled, looking down at the guardian and lowering her camera.

"What were you doing in there, Kero-chan?" Sakura asked as Kero stretched his small limbs.

"I thought your backpack was a little to cramped, so I got into one of the larger bags."

Sakura noticed some strange brown smudges and crumbs on Keros' cheeks. She stared at him for a second, before dawning into realisation. He wouldn't have, would he? Sakura quickly began to rummage through the green bag, while Kero floated over to look out of the window. They were now heading up a Cliffside road, meaning they're halfway to Li's house.

"Hey plush toy, what's that around your mouth?" Meilin asked, also noticing the yellow creature's messy features.

"PLUSH TOY?" Kero suddenly exploded, flying up to Meilins' face. "You dare to call the great Keroberos…"

"KERO-CHAN!" Sakura screamed, making everyone in the car jump in shock, as she glared at the guardian more fiercely than Syaoran ever could. Kero cowered down before the girls' ferocious stare.

"U-uh, Yeah?"

"YOU ATE THE CAKE I MADE FOR SYAORAN!"

"H-hey, don't look at me like that" The guardian hovered back slowly, with large beads of sweat pouring down his face as he averted his eyes away from his mistress, who was at this point boiling with rage. "I was hungry, there was nothing else around. I could have starved to death…"

"YOU'RE GOING TO WISH YOU HAD AS SOON AS I'M THROUGH WITH YOU!"

Sakura unhooked her seatbelt, reached out and grabbed the yellow fur ball tightly, throttling the life out of him. Kero struggled for breath and tried to wriggle his way out as Sakuras' fingers tightly constricted around him.

Tomoyo, Yukito and Fujitaka tried to calm her down and save the guardian from suffocation, while Meilin and Toya simply sat back watched the gluttonous plush toy get punished by the raging card mistress. For a second Wei glanced back at the chaos which unfolded in the back, and lightly chuckled. As he turned his attention back to the road though, he suddenly caught sight of a young girl standing directly in his path, only a few metres away.

He slammed on the breaks and swerved to the right, narrowly avoiding the girl, but when he tried to regain control the car began to skid sideways. Everyone else on board the vehicle cried in shock and gripped their seats as the car started to violently spin. Sakura on the other hand was thrown across the back, as she had undone her seatbelt earlier.

"Sakura!" Toya tried to get out of his seat to help his little sister, but the force of the spinning was holding him back. Tomoyo managed to reach out and grab her friends arm, pulling her close and holding her tightly.

"Hold on, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo let go of her precious camcorder so she could hold onto her even more precious Sakura more securely, but it wouldn't be enough to save her…

"Everyone, brace yourselves!" Wei shouted back over his shoulder, ruthlessly trying to gain back control of car. Everyone looked out of the left side windows and yelped in panic; they were heading for the cliff.

With a mighty smash the car broke through the safety barrier and rolled sideways down the steep hill, bouncing off rocks and crashing through bushes, pieces of the body work and glass flying everywhere. Eventually it stopped as it hit the trunk of a larger tree halfway down, with the body of the car bent around it.

And, from the top of the hill, stood the little girl. Not much older than six with long dark hair, skin as pale as her white dress and emotionless light grey eyes. She looked down upon the wreckage for a few seconds, clutching a large brown teddy bear which she held in her arms. Without saying a word, she faded away…

The Day She Stops Smiling, Will Be The Day We Remember Her Smile

A/n This story idea came from reading a bit of Chinese mythology, playing and watching too many Jackie Chan films.

Still not very good, is it? Oh well, I tried.