History Has a Way…
Disclaimer: Clamp is the greatest. They own all of this. Except Hikaru and Kaito. They came from my brain. Yay!
A/N: This is my first ever publish in the anime section of ffn. I watched the last 8 episodes of CCS today and thought up this little idea about a future card captor and the daughter of Sakura and Shaoran. I hope everyone enjoys it!
"It's GONE!" Hikaru screamed, running through the house.
She collided with her father in the process of running blindly and crying.
"What's gone?" Shaoran asked her calmly, holding his crying nine-year-old.
"Mom's book…it just…it's gone," she sniffled.
Shaoran's calm demeaner turned edgy, and he looked shocked and worried.
"Sakura's book…is gone?" His voice became a whisper.
"I was supposed to grow up and be like mother. I was going to transform the cards when I had enough strength," Hikaru sobbed.
Shaoran relaxed slightly. "The cards must be up to something. Where is Kero?"
"I…I don't know," Hikaru stammered.
When Shaoran and Hikaru pulled open the drawer that was most frequently Kero's home, they found him completely asleep.
"Wake up!" Shaoran yelled into the draw.
Kero jolted awake, flying straight up and screaming. "Augh! What'd you go and do that for, brat?"
"Don't call me that in front of my daughter…who is crying because the Sakura cards are gone."
Kero waved a hand at Li to mock him. "When will you learn, brat? I can call you whatever I want and the Sakura cards are…" Kero realized what had just been said and his eyes bugged slightly at the thought. "The Sakura cards are GONE?!"
Shaoran rolled his eyes. "That's what I said. The book is gone."
Kero floated in the air, arms folded, deep in concentration.
"The only way that Sakura's book could have disappeared was if it was pulled to another magical force."
"You mean a new master?" Shaoran asked in disbelief. "I thought that you were in charge of that."
"Under Clow Reed, yes, but Sakura didn't end the way that Clow did."
Shaoran stiffened at the reference to Sakura's death.
"Yue and I were not bound, and I was not left to guard the book. I was more left to guard her," Kero pointed at Hikaru.
The girl folded her arms and huffed. "They can't have found a new master, because I'm going to be their master! Just as soon as I can break the seal and start using my magic."
Kero raised an eyebrow. "Sakura opened the seal Clow placed on the cards by the time she was your age. If they book didn't open for you, it most likely was not meant for you."
Upon hearing that Hikaru burst into a series of new tears. Shaoran tried to calm her down, but Hikaru would not be consoled. She had devoted her life to following her mother's legacy.
From the time Hikaru was a baby she was told all about how her mother captured the Clow cards and transformed them into Sakura cards. Her aunt Tomoyo had shown her tons of video footage of her mother using her magic powers and wearing the cutest costumes.
Hikaru longed for the day that she could use her own magic and control the cards that belonged to her late mother. All she had were the stories, the videos, and the cards…until today.
Hikaru cried the entire night, and when she woke for school the next day, her eyes were red rimmed and her cheeks still tear stained. She felt as if her heart had broken.
She barely looked up when her teacher called attendence, feeling that if she concentrated on the grain of her desk she wouldn't burst into tears again.
"I would also like to announce that we have a new student today. His name is Mochizuki, Kaito and he moved here all the way from England. Please welcome him and help him get acquainted with Tomoeda."
Hikaru looked up and saw that the new boy was staring at her. No, not staring. He was glaring at her. It was the most intense glare she'd ever received and she felt a shiver go through her entire body when he looked at her.
Mochizuki-kun of course wound up sitting right behind her, and Hikaru could feel him still staring at her.
When she stood to change classes, she thought she might ask if something was bother the boy. Maybe he was just uncomfortable in the new school, she told herself. She knew there was something else, though. She could feel him glaring at her on a magical level. She couldn't quite place what it was…
As Hikaru stood and turned she caught a glimpse of Michizuki's backpack. Laying inside, clear as day was her mother's book...
To be continued...