Chapter 1: Everyone Loves Sakura
This is my first fan fiction of Card captor Sakura: a combination of the manga and anime. This fan fiction shows parts of the show (The way I thought it happened.) that was never introduced. I want to say thank you to Clamp for making this wonderful series! I hope you all enjoy!
"Ding a linga ling!" "Aya, that sound."
The girl spoke groggily and rubbed her eye with the sleeve of her long pink pajamas making it flop down. She slowly lifted herself up from her bed and unsteadily reached her alarm clock till there was absolute silence. The girl by the name of Sakura had one more week of school before Spring break. She sighed and bent her knees to hug a big fluffy pillow. She smiled when she laid her head on her pillow making her doze off again. The drawer on the left side of the table (just next to Sakura's bed) opened, revealing a yellow plush toy looking guardian.
"Morning, Sakura!" "Morning….Kero chan." replied Sakura drowsily, and sluggishly left the bed; making the pillow fall to the floor and the blanket hanging on to the bed.
"You must be excited."
She began to come back to earth and gasped.
"Oh, right!" she said in her normal self and smiled.
"Tomoyo chan invited me to her house after school," she said, "I'll bring you sweets when I come home!"
Kero cried happily, "Wai! Wai! SWEETS!" and Sakura's smile turned in to a tense form.
Sakura began to make her bed. When she finished she found her clock next to her other pillow.
"Huh, why is this here?" It read 7:08 a.m.
"Hoeeeeeeeee! I'm going to be late!"
Sakura rapidly ran to her closet. She threw her pajamas on the bed, and forced her shirt onto her head.
"So soon it's going to be Spring break?" Kero asked.
"Yeah, that means I'm going to have more free time!" Kero drifted off into a dream.
"And more snacks! Now I can have pudding and cookies and ice cream and suama and tea and strawberry shortcake and jell o and….."
Sakura giggled when she was suited up on her uniform. She brushed her hair and began to fix it with two ties that looked just like cherries. The shirt she wore was black with long sleeves and had a white tie on it. It came along with a white skirt.
"I'm leaving!" announced Sakura. She grabbed her cap, carried her brown backpack, put the Clow Cards in her pocket, and descended the stairs.
Sakura Kinomoto was a cheerful nine year old girl who had one unusual thing about herself. She had magical powers that came with a staff, a Clow book, and a deck of mystical cards. It's her duty to get all 52 Clow cards and right now she has 35. Kero and her friends are there to help her find them and protect her. When she was three, her mother died at age 27 and lives with her father and a brother who she calls, "mean".
"Ohayo!" chimed Sakura and suddenly frowned when she saw her 16 year old brother who was drinking at their dining table.
"Morning, Kaiju. Did you oversleep again?" Touya grinned.
"Onii chan, I'm not a monster!"
"But a princess always wakes up early before the monster does."
Sakura made two fists, "I am a princess!"
"Well you two are getting along!" Fujitaka laughed as he untied his apron and exited the kitchen.
"Ohayo otousan!"
"Ohayo!" he smiled at her.
She ignored her brother as she turned to face a frame. "Good morning, okaasan!" and beamed at her mom's picture.
"Wow, otousan the food looks great!"
"It's your favorite." Fujitaka smiled at her.
"Yup!"
"Well, I'm leaving. Thanks for the food." Touya announced.
"Already?" Sakura said, surprised.
"I don't want to be late for school." and he left the room.
Sakura's father spoke again, "You should eat up or you'll be late."
"Eh, wait for me!" she was determined to see Yukito san; her onii chan's best friend.
Sakura quickly ate vast chunks of hotcakes, that she didn't savor the taste. Once there was no more, Sakura eyes were tearing up.
"Fwank fwu for fwa food!" she mumbled as she covered her mouth.
As soon as Sakura received her lunch, she hastily put on her hat, shoes, shoulder pads, and her roller skates. Then she left house with her father.
"See ya!" she exclaimed to her father as he wave to her.
As Sakura skated along the path, she saw a pink petal fall from the sky. Many more followed and soon it became a shower full of cherry blossoms. With the morning light and breeze and the sakura trees surrounding her, she sighed happily inhaling the crisped air.
"Huh, I love to take walks especially when it's spring." Sakura had once bloomed in spring at the first day of April.
But she shook off her daydream when she encountered the rear end of her brother's bike and hurried her way to her brother. Once she reached him, she took a deep breath.
"I keep telling you, you should leave later." Touya said.
While Sakura was about to give her brother a reply, she gasped when she looked ahead of them.
"Hanyyaannn!"
As Yukito turned his direction to Sakura, a glint of light appeared on his glasses. He smiled and waved at Touya and Sakura, leaving rosy marks on her cheeks that were much pinker than the petals.
"Yo, Yuki!" said Touya and the siblings came to a stop when they've reached him.
Tsukishiro Yukito is the same age as Touya. Ever since Sakura met him, she would be always dazed whenever she sees him.
"Ohayo Touya." He turned to Sakura.
"Ohayo, Sakura chan. You're up early, guess you slept well."
Sakura smiled and blinked.
"Yeah, you should have heard her snoring." Touya smirked.
Sakura hissed and without Yukito seeing, she used the heel of her roller skates to kick Touya in the middle of his foot. As he screeched, he grabbed his head, and began to glare at her.
The three soon arrived at Sakura's school, Tomoeda elementary with her friend, Tomoyo in front of it and the Seijou high school next to it.
"Sakura chan, ohayo." Tomoyo said happily, tilting her head to the side.
"Ohayo, Tomoyo chan! I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
"Nope not at all, since I'm able to capture Sakura chan's bravery on footage." Tomoyo sighed in awe amazement. On the other hand, Sakura blushed again and smiled shyly.
"Bravery?" Touya questioned.
Forgetting they were there; leaving a nervous Sakura, Tomoyo concluded the topic.
"Uh…Konichiwa!"
"Konichiwa." Touya and Yukito smiled.
"Well, we better go." And they began paddling to the high school.
After Yukito made eight circles and one semi-circle with his foot, he suddenly stopped and turned to Sakura.
"See ya."
Out of his grasp, a tiny object as big as a bug flew into the air came towards her.
Sakura clasped her hands together as soon the object was inches away from her. When she opened them, a piece of wrapped up candy appeared.
"Hanyannnn….." she whispered and brought her hands up to her face.
On their way to school, they said hello to the other students of the school. When they both reached a row of lockers, the two girls put away their things that they didn't need and wore their assigned shoes. They began to talk about what they were going to do after school.
Tomoyo Daidoujii is Sakura's best friend, her cousin, and a daughter of a wealthy toy company owner. She helped Sakura when it was her duty as a card captor but she always loved and cared for her even before the magic. Tomoyo did not help her for her own safety but for Sakura's and to cherish each moment with her. She has long curly hair, body guards, a busy but loving mother, and a camcorder to film Sakura whenever a card's around. Tomoyo would always be her aid when it comes to clothes, problem solving, and love. Although Sakura finds her a bit strange, she always loved her. Tomoyo and Sakura have a friendship that no one else can have.
The two went up to a staircase while other children went to their classes.
"Tomoyo chan! Onii chan still calls me a monster and that I'm not fit for a princess." Sakura she scowled.
"Sakura chan I don't think you're a monster and besides, you would make a very cute one if you were.'' Tomoyo smiled. "I would always be there you; whether a princess or not." Sakura sighed of relief and reddened.
"Arigato, Tomoyo chan!" and they kept walking to a nearby hallway.
Tomoyo and Sakura stopped at a door that had a sign that said, "4-2".
"Good morning!" Sakura announced as she slid the door open.
"Ohayo, Sakura chan! Ohayo, Tomoyo chan!" Three girls said to her in unison.
Tomoyo and Sakura both went to their desks near the windows which were right next to each other. Behind Sakura's was a boy the same age as them with the same uniform but instead of having a skirt it was black pants. He had dark chocolate hair that went in all directions, and dark brown eyes. The boy was unpacking his belongings and didn't seem to notice them.
Sakura was very delighted to see him and smiled.
"Ohayo Li kun!"
Sakura was surprised when he suddenly gave a little yelp, dropped his backpack and contents, and became a shade of hot red. At this Syaoran shook disapprovingly, but failed. He didn't want to show his face so he just stared at the floor.
"Oo…Ohayo."
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you."
"Iii…It doesn't matter." he started to arch down to grab his backpack.
"Uh, let me help you." and Sakura began to gather his things.
He didn't notice that she was helping him and gathered some his stuff. He spotted his green hard covered book. Sakura noticed the book too and they both reached for it at the same moment, making their hands meet one another along with their eyes.
At that moment, Syaoran focused on her. A tint of light glared against her light tanned skin and her hair. It showed how carefully tended and perfectly cut it was. It was a unique hairstyle that it covered eyebrows and always had two loops of hair stood on top of her head. She doesn't need to show her eyebrows to indicate her emotion because her eyes showed all. Nothing could be compared to it… to perfect to be real. The emerald portals mainly showed happiness, sweetness, and serenity of whom owned them. Right now they looked worried.
Syaoran became bothered by her wariness until he remembered he was staring at her. He also realized that his heart was loudly thumping over his ears.
"Li kun, your red. Are you okay?"
"UH!" he fell to the floor as she jumped.
"Daijjoubu?" asked Sakura in a concerned tone.
Syaoran stood up, when he rubbed his head; he noticed that everybody was silently watching him.
"Yeeeaah." he muttered and reddened again.
"Ohohohoh!" laughed Tomoyo in amusement she couldn't stop herself when the bell rang.
"Hooeeeee?" Sakura said innocently.
"Hooeeeee, hooeee, hooee." The echoes said in reply.
Sakura and her classmates were in their last class of math with Terada sensei.
Syaoran Li is a descendant of Clow Reed, the creator of the Clow cards. Clow Reed's father's side of the family was European and his mother's was Chinese. Syaroan came from Hong Kong to capture the Clow cards when he became a rival of Sakura between magic and love. They are both after Yukito and the Clow cards. Although he doesn't admit it, he likes Sakura more as a friend than an enemy. Each day they've become closer and closer and for Syaroan, it's becoming much more than just being friends. But he denies it when he remembers that they're rivals who supposed to hate each other. Sakura has no clue about this. When they first met, Sakura was unsure whether he was a friend or foe. Although they have had a few fights, she always respected him. She saw something in him, which he unwittingly knew.
"DUNG, DONG, DUNG, DONG." announced the clock.
"Class dismissed." Yoshiyuki Terada said to the class. When he left the room, Rika; Sakura's friend, swiftly packed her stuff ready to run after him.
"See you later Rika chan!''
"Bye." and ran off.
"Sorry Tomoyo, I can't come to your house today, I asked Yamazaki kun to help me with my homework." Rika said apologetically.
"I can't go either, I have practice." Naoko remarked.
''It's alright, bye!"
"See ya!" said Sakura and turned her head.
"See you tomorrow Li…..Li kun? Eh?"
"Dou shita no?" Tomoyo wondered.
"Li kun. He's gone."
"He must have left already."
"Yeah…..I Guess we should get going."
Syaroan was sprinting; he didn't care where he was going.
Ah, why does my heart start racing and my face turns red when I see her! I can't control my actions when she looks at me. Uh, why do I always think about her!" he said in his head.
Were supposed to be rivals! Could it be that I…...No. I can't. But, He stopped in front of Penguin Park and looked up in the sky.
"What if I do like her?" he said.
As Tomoyo and Sakura were walking to Daidoujii's residence, Sakura sneezed.
"Are you okay?" "Yeah, it's probably because of the dust." Sakura suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" asked Tomoyo chan when she came to a halt.
This presence, I sense a Clow card. Sakura said in her mind in a serious state.
"I have to go!" Sakura ran across the bridge.
"Sakura chan!'' Tomoyo yelled before running after her.
The presence was getting warmer in Penguin Park.
Syaroan ran inside the park.
No, I shouldn't. I...I….I…Like," he staggers.
"I DON'T LIKE KINOMOTO SAN!"
Syaroan came to a stop when he suddenly encountered Sakura; who was still. He looked into her eyes in search for her. There was something different by the way she looked at him. He knew something was wrong.
"Li kun." as soon as Sakura said that, she shut her eyes in a flash and began to tumble.
The scene happened very slowly on his mind until he came back to his senses.
"Sakura!" Syaroan said. And right before she hit the ground, he swiftly came to her, holding her in his arms. As he kneeled down to regain his balance, his eyes were filled with shock.
"Sakura! Hang in there!" Tomoyo ran towards them.
"Do you know happened to her?" he asked.
"I don't know she just took off." she said as sweat began to run down their faces.
"Her brother and father would be worried if they found out!" Syaroan bellowed.
"I should call Kero chan."
Tomoyo took out her pink phone identical to Sakura's and Kero's and dialed his number. She waited impatiently with unease.
"Yo, I'm not here please leave a message to the amazing Keroberos!" someone in the phone replied with an Osaka accent.
"He's not answering!?" Syaroan then exclaimed.
"No! And her family's usually not home at this time!"
"I have to find out what happened to her but I can't do it here."
"Oh! Sakura chans supposed to go to my house. Nobody's around so it won't get suspicious." Tomoyo figured.
He stood up as he carried her.
"Let's go."
"Wait, are you sure you're able to carry her? It'll take time before we arrive!" Tomoyo said. Without hesitating, he answered her.
"I'll be fine." at that time, Tomoyo led them to her house while they walked in silence.
Syaroan looked at Sakura miserably, her face was expressionless. Syaroan felt a pain of guilt. He wondered where the Sakura he knew went.
"Huh?" Sakura blinked was enveloped in a bright room.
"Where am I? Wasn't I with Tomoyo chan?" Sakura stood up, frightened. She put her hand over her chest.
"TOMOYO CHAN!? TOMOYO CHAN!? TOMOYO CHAN!? Where are you?" knowing it's no use to call her name anymore, she tried to remember what happened.
"Oh right!" Sakura remembered, "I felt the presence of a Clow card. Then I saw Li kun and then….." she trailed off.
All of a sudden, cracks full of dimness appeared on the floor. It began to spread; showing how long the room stretched. It was like an earthquake that made Sakura tremble even more.
"Huh?" The floor began to shatter, making her fall into a dark abyss. "AAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"I heard something. What happened?" Tomoyo said as she opened the door. Syaroan said in a quiet voice.
"It's Sakura. She's whimpering."
It became silent again but with Sakura's cries. Tomoyo's legs began to tremble from hearing all the agony her friend felt. Tomoyo thought she was the one to blame and looked down on the floor. She has always wanted to protect Sakura from harm. And now, her best friend is nowhere near defense.
"I'm going to another room so I could try contacting Kero chan again. Please watch her for me." Tomoyo said as she closed her room's door. Once there was only a crack, she stopped.
"Gomennasai, Sakura chan." and closed the door.
"Eh?'' Sakura stood up and found herself in her bedroom, lying on her mattress.
"It was just a dream." she put a hand on her cheek.
When she looked at herself in the mirror, she was wearing her uniform.
"Or not."
The child looked at her drawer and opened it. "Kero chan?"
No one in her drawer was found in drawing except the contents in it.
The clock said 6:38 am. Sakura brushed her hair, grabbed her backpack, cap, and left the room.
''Ohayo….. Hmm?"
Sakura reached the 1st floor, nobody was there.
"I guess everybody already left. But where would Kero chan go?" she put her hand under her chin.
"That's it!" she went to the refrigerator but Kero chan was nowhere to be found. She also realized nothing was sitting the dining table. Nothing.
"There's something missing?" but shook off her wonderland.
"Well, I'm not hungry anyway."
Sakura left her skates and went outside on her shoes.
The earth was still, it felt like there was no living being on it except her. The trees were hushed and showed no movement; since there was morning draft whatsoever. Spring was becoming more cold than winter. It felt no different than in the place she was in. Sakura found the bush where behind it, hid a house. No teen boy with glasses and white, gray hair was anywhere to be seen.
Sakura was too dazed when class started. She would just stare out the window next to her. Tomoyo and Syaroan weren't seen that day at school. Everybody was required to have a partner and since there was an uneven amount of kids (Since Eriol isn't there yet.), someone had to stay solo. Nobody asked Sakura to be her partner. Naoko paired up with Rika and Chiharu was with Takashi. Everyone else had a buddy. In gym class, she showed everyone a back flip but she was unusually responded with silence.
Silence: not heard and the sign of no life. It was like that time she captured the Silent card, where she met that little girl. No one listened to that girl when she said her deceased father's art work was vandalized. How lonely she was without her father and how much he meant to her. Sakura's day was incomplete without the people she loved. She was….Alone.
Distracted, Sakura's classmates and teacher left the room when the clock stroked 2:00. From the very beginning of school, it didn't feel like nobody's there. As she left, her footsteps echoed with a pattern. Right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right stop… She stopped for a moment and Sakura said hoarsely.
"It seems like everybody's avoiding me. I wonder if I've done something wrong." she tried to speak more. "Every….body…hhaaates me."
Syaroan watched as Sakura sniveled even more, it was getting worse. He couldn't bear to hear Sakura's shrieks and cries without doing anything. Syaroan knew in his heart he was the cause of her falter.
It's just…Unusual for her to faint so suddenly. The world seems so…Different without the real Sakura, soooo… Empty without her.
"I feel so lonely." then, the boy angered himself. Just thinking about himself while Sakura's in trouble.
"I have to focus." then the aura struck him.
"This presence! Dammit! I'm so stupid!"
Syaroan was surprised about himself. He usually knew when there was card right away. From all the tension, he forgot his occupation to protect the world. But he knows there is someone who needs him. Syaroan didn't know what he'd do without her. With her smile that brightens life, the way she looks at me, and the happiness that she brought to people's hearts.
He compressed his fist. ''What should I do?"
Before he could think again he could see Sakura beginning to quiver. On the chair next to the door, a big, fleece pink blanket laid on it. He quickly grabbed and used it to cover her. Her shaking began to falter until there was no more.
"Sakura."
Sakura felt the tears coming out of her eyes. Then she remembered what Li kun once said to her 'If you calm down you'll understand.'
"Li kun's right! I have to calm down. I am fine!" Then she realized, Syaroan wasn't a mere enemy, he was her partner. Li was always by her side when she needed him. He's really a kind person. And he's amazing! The way he can keep his own apartment so clean and he can do a lot of magic. He was always there for me. I can never imagine what it would be like if I never met him. I'm glad we're together. Sakura smiled. The thought soothed her down.
"What?" Sakura felt the presence again. It startled her because it resonated all around her. It was overpowering.
"I must be very near a card! The Clow cards! I left the cards at my house, I must get them!" Sakura darted across the street. Still, there was no one around her except the presence.
"I'm home!" she yelled as she opened the front door. Another call of silence answered her, she pulled out her fist.
"I will capture this card no matter what!" she entered her room.
Kero wasn't there. He would always say 'Welcome home' whenever she's goes back to her house. With the house being so strangely quiet, she remembered the people that made this house warm and welcoming: Kero and his obsession with food, her father's cooking and hard work to take care of Sakura and her brother when their mother's not around, and although she didn't like it, he missed her brother calling her 'Kaijuu'
"I hope they're alright." Then she opened a drawer that was located in the opposite side of the one where Kero chan sleeps. There, Sakura saw the Clow book.
In front of it, it had a picture of a tiger with wings surrounded by a crimson background. It would suit well for 52 cards and she opened it. When she touched the first card that appeared, she gasped as a chill spread through her body. "They're cold! I must know what's wrong!" Sakura put an arm inside her neck collar and took out a necklace that contains a bird.
"Release!" she yelled.
The bird awoken and transformed itself into a staff. As she flipped the card she took, it shown a picture of a beautiful woman whose eyes were closed. She had wings that covered her body and hair that made an X in front of her and had a green pair of wings symbol on her head. Before she summoned it she hugged it gently.
"Don't worry everything will be okay." she threw the card in the air.
"Windy!" As she hit the card, it fell to the floor.
"Eh? Please work! Windy!" It did not obey her command. "Windy! Windy! Windy!"
No matter how hard Sakura tried to summon her, Windy never responded. She again gasped.
"I have to find Kero chan!" Sakura without hesitation searched every section of the town of Tomoeda trying to sense him.
Seconds became minutes. And minutes turned into hours. Sakura searched near and far but has seen. Although she was fatigued, she continued on. Another hour passed by. Trying to catch her breath, she had to lean against the wall and noticed she was in the Tsukimine Shrine.
"I can't give up now. I must find….Li kun!" Despite the fact she was tired, she used all her might to come closer to him.
Sakura found him near a fortune telling Koi pond. He studied the fish carefully as she approached him.
"Li kun! My magic can't command the Clow cards! And they feel like ordinary cards!"
"It's your problem; if you would've given them to me they wouldn't have turned into regular cards." Syaroan claimed.
For a moment Sakura suddenly confused and scared, the sound of the serene water was heard between the two. Li kun seems strange. He's never acted this way before. It feels different.
"They're regular cards?" he glared at her.
"Are you even listening to me? Yes!" he screamed at her. Trembling, Sakura was beginning lose control of herself.
"Please, I need your help! I feel a strong aura! Please Li kun, aren't we allies?" Sakura begged, "Allies? You're taking all the cards for yourself and you're always spending time with HIM!" he yelled, "Were enemies!"
Sakura looked at the floor, "I'm so sorry. I didn't know. But…." She looked at him with gloomy eyes she continued, "I thought we were capturing Clow cards together…Please…" she looked at him.
"I need you."
"Shut up! I'm sick and tired of you! Because of you, I can't do anything right! Is this what you want?" He scowled at her, "I HATE YOU!" Syaroan took off leaving Sakura alone.
Sakura eyes were wide open. Li's words were ringing in her head. 'I'm sick and tired of you Because of you, I can't do anything right.' She began to feel fragile, 'I HATE YOU!' her heart felt like it was shredded into pieces. Sakura fell on her knees; she tried to soothe it with no success. A tear fell to the floor. For her, everything now seemed impossible. She was in deep despair. Sakura closed her eyes and began to roughly talk.
"My heart…. It hurts. It's like I'm missing something….Something… Very important." and more tears appeared, soon it became a rainfall.
"Syaoran kun." the rain became a storm.
Syaroan was desperate to find an answer. And now her skin was a pale color crying. Stress overcame him.
"Syao...Ran...kun…" she called to him.
His eyes became wide. Syaroan was determined to get her back.
"Sakura needs me. And I need her." he looked at her.
He remembered he was always against her: the times he tried taking Yukito away from her, that time he demanded her to give him the Clow cards, and made her his rival when it came to athletics and card capturing. He regret to what he did in the past. Syaroan has been lying to her and himself about how he feels.
"I'm sorry Sakura. For everything I've done to you. If only I could, I would leave you so you would forget me. But I can't. Just being around you Sakura, makes me happy. The way you are just makes me unable to stay away from you and not like you. A life without you, shows no purpose for me to live."
"I will always be with you because…..Because…Because." Sharoan looked at her.
"About you I…Like…." He took a deep breath,
"I Love You Sakura."
"SSHHUUNNG!" A light appeared and went in Sakura.
She began to glow blazingly. The light reflected and illuminated the whole room and blinded Syaroan.
"SAKURA!''
"SAKURA! SAKURA!SAKURA!" Sakura was frozen, she could hear Syaroan calling her from above; "Syaroan kun?" She looked up.
She didn't see him but kept hearing his voice.
"SAKURA! SAKURA!"
"Why can I hear him from the sky? He was just here a minute ago. He's looking for me."
She began to think, "If what happened in Penguin Park was just a dream, why can I feel the same presence as before. Wait, didn't I put the cards in my pocket before I went to school that time." She put her hands in her pocket and found the Clow book. Even without opening it, she can feel the warmth.
"I was supposed to go to Tomoyo chan's house."
At that moment she remembered what Tomoyo said, 'I would always be there for you'. Sakura knew Tomoyo would tell her if she won't be present at school and she would never leave her alone.
"Tomoyo chan." She also knew her brother and her father would always be there for her no matter what. And Kero chan once said that, 'Everyone loves Sakura.' Syaroan was always there. Sakura knew that Syaroan cared for her. It's just that he never said it. She cares for him too.
"I will never in my life say I hate Syaoran kun! Syaroan kun would never say he hates me this is a lie! This must be the doings of a Clow card!"
Suddenly a moon and a sun appeared. It was dangling by a pair of wings with one red eye.
"A Clow card!" she took out her necklace and held out it out in her hand, "Oh key that hides the power of darkness reveal your true form before me! By contract I, Sakura command you. RELEASE!" and it stretched into a rod.
Then she realized everything was different except the fact she was still wearing her necklace and her uniform which contained the cards when she woke up.
"This is not Tomoeda and that boy I saw is not Syaroan kun! This must be because of you!" She pointed at the Clow card with her wand. Sakura wanted to capture this card for herself, her family, Kero chan, Tomoyo chan, and especially Syaroan kun.
She flung up a card. It started to spin as she said, "Capture the one I seek, Windy!"
A the symbol in the Clow book, formed around her and the woman with long yellowish white hair flew out of the card and constricted the Clow card. It was unable to break free and Sakura began to feel a cool breeze when she went close to them. Zettai Daijjoubu Dai Yo!
She raised her staff until she was unable to see it, "Return to original form, Clow Card!" Sakura hit it. As she waited for it to transform into a card before her, Sakura became visionless when light surrounded her. She closed her eyes. The last thing she knew, she was sound asleep.
The glare in Tomoyo's room faltered and Syaroan opened his eyes. The girl with the emerald eyes had an expression that showed no sign of discomfort.
"Sakura?" he said softly as he sat next to her.
The girl shut her eyes even more tightly and released them.
"I was dreaming."
Syaroan thought she was Sleeping Beauty when she was back to her normal skin color and she was blossoming. She gazed at him, Sakura gave a heart-warming smile. Just seeing him made her cheerful and he was very blissful to see Sakura. It made his heart echo in his ears. Syaroan focused at this second and smiled too. But remembering her distress he said without hesitation.
"Are you all right?"
"Yes." she remarked. He sighed deeply and smiled again.
"I'm glad."
"Huh?" Sakura felt something warm in the palm of her hand. She opened the covers she slept in and found the pair of wings printed in a card with Windy behind it.
"The Libra? So it wasn't a dream." she read. Sakura closed her eyes and began to lower her brows.
While he waited for her to see her sparkly light green eyes, it was as if it was getting reflected by the light. Syaroan again felt unease. He couldn't take. He was unable to think clearly and his actions as well. Before tears came out, Syaroan hugged her, assuring her, he would never let anyone hurt her…Ever.
The warmth made Sakura complete again when she embraced him. The sensation made Sakura very relaxed, making the cushion seem like a cactus. She felt precisely safe. They were like one, never apart from each other and they wanted stay like this forever but they finally released.
"Saku…..Kinomoto san, what happened?" Sakura felt upset again.
"I was trapped in a place that looked exactly like Tomoeda, but it didn't feel the same. Nothing was the way it was." she took a deep breath.
"Otou saan, onii chan, Kero chan, and Tomoyo chan weren't there. But I saw you." She stopped for a moment when she saw Syaroan blushed. Although she didn't know why he did so, she continued.
"But I found out it wasn't you."
"How did you know?" she smiled
"I don't know!" she blushed shyly and rubbed her head. "For some reason, I just knew."
"And when I found out it wasn't the real world, the Libra appeared." Syaroan frowned.
"I wasn't able to do anything I'm sorry." she shook her head.
"When I heard your voice, it gave me a hint that, that place wasn't my home. I would have kept crying and not done anything if you didn't tell me to calm down. I wouldn't know what would have happened if I never knew you." Sakura looked at him. His heart rate increased.
"Because of you, I tried even harder." Before he could say anything, Sakura stick out her pinky her other hand was on her chest. Syaoran puzzled, made Sakura giggle.
She spoke again, "I want to be friends Syaor…I mean Li kun. You've always been there for me and now I want to be there for you."
"Can we be friends?" although Syaroan loved her even more than a friend, he was glad to be able to be her friend.
"Yes." he accepted and entwined his pinky with her's. The two felt sincere. Sakura was smiling and Syaroan had a little, but meaningful smile with red marks on one of his cheeks.
They didn't know but Tomoyo had been watching them. She beamed at them once they made their promise. Wait, Li kun called her Sakura. Smiling at the thought, she left Sakura and Syaroan alone.
"I'm home!" Sakura said as she gasped.
"You're as loud as ever!" smirked his brother. She growled at him.
"Did you have a good time at Tomoyo's house?" her father went into her view.
"Yeah." She said as she smiled uneasily and rubbed the back of her head.
Sakura left as soon as she saw Tomoyo who had said it was 5:10 and gave her a full bagful of homemade cookies she just made. After she ate dinner, she took the batch of cookies and ran upstairs.
"Is it just me, or did something happen?" asked Fujitaka.
"No, you're right. But it seems like she's okay now."
"I'm glad." Fujitaka said and smiled.
"Konnichiwa!"
"Welcome home Sakura. Did you go to Tomoyo's house?" Kero said he said drowsily and gave a smile. He stood from her bed and flew to her.
"Yup, and I got something for you!" She held out a bag.
Kero gasped and said, "Wai! Wai!" As tears of joy came out of his eyes, he grabbed the cookies and sat on the desk and studied it with interest.
Once he untied the ribbon that held the sweets, he saw his phone say, "336 Missed calls from Daidoujii Tomoyo" he flinched and began to be worried.
"Sakura, did something happen?" he asked her.
"Well I fainted on the way to Tomoyo's and I was trapped in a strange dream. It turned out this was the doings of a Clow card so I sealed it. When I woke up, I saw Li kun and the card turned out to be Libra." She said in a tone not very serious. "But I'm okay." she said with a smile.
"The Libra is a card that shows whether or not a person's lying or not. When the person lies, the one who they love most becomes trapped in a dream. In that dream it shows that person their deception. Everyone that they loved will be either gone or act the opposite way they usually do. The person who's in the dream and the one who told the lie must realize the truth or they will be in their despair….permanently." The thought made Kero flinch and made him feel remorse. "I'm sorry Sakura. I was lazy and I dozed off while you were in distress. I'm sorry." Sakura took his hands in hers.
"Kero chan have nothing to be sorry about. Since you're here with me I feel much better." Sakura and Kero smiled at each other.
"Wait," Sakura thought putting her hand under her chin. "Who was the one who told the lie. Could it be…"
"Who?" Kero peered at her.
Sakura touched her cheeks in her hanyan state.
"Yukito sannnn!" she tilted her head. Sweat formed in the back of Kero chan's head. When she saw her necklace dangle as she moved, she took out the Clow cards and embraced them.
"Huh?" Kero remarked questionably
"Thank you." she whispered softly to the cards.
Sakura arrived downstairs at six thirty in the morning. "Ohayo!"
"Is it just me or did you just roar?"
"I didn't roar!" she sneered at him.
"Well you're up early Sakura chan." Her father smiled at her.
"Ohayo, Otou san!"
"Ohayo. I'm sorry but I haven't made breakfast yet."
"It's alright." she grabbed her mom's picture.
"Ohayo okaa san." Sakura smiled at it.
Touya grinned "Be careful not to eat the frame, Kaiju."
Sakura showed her right knuckle but she took a deep breath and said,
"It's okay it's not true."
"Huh?" from under the table, she held out the Libra and smiled.
"Good morning Tomoyo chan!"
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm sorry I made you worry." Sakura reassured her and Tomoyo took her hands
"Please call me whenever you need me. I'll do whatever I can."
"Tomoyo you always help me and I'm thankful for that."
They entered the school yard when the clock strike at 7 am. Sakura stopped walking when she saw cherry blossoms come to them from a nearby tree that was on the left she giggled. There, Sakura saw the boy with the brunette hair, he was staring at her. Tomoyo watched her as she looked at him.
Syaroan had been leaning against the Sakura tree that stood at Tomoeda Elementary. A withered petal fell on his sleeve. The tree reminded him of Sakura and the petal resembled her tear. He clenched his hand that held the petal trying to crush the thought of her crying. Syaroan would sacrifice his life for her. Nothing seemed more important to him than Sakura.
"I will protect her, no matter what." he smiled now that they were not just allies and were no longer rivals, they were friends.
Unexpectedly, a breeze came and bunches of blossoms flew to the right; ahead of him. Syaroan looked at where they went and he saw her there, adoring the petals. He couldn't help but blush with admiration. He pictured that moment like a painting. It showed exactly who she was, Sakura. Nothing would make him happier just seeing her happy.
She turned to his direction and they gazed at each other for a moment. Sakura smiled and gave a cheerful little giggle. Along with all the other petals she ran after him she called after him.
"Li kun!" Syaroan smiled.
"Sakura."
