Disclaimer: CCS belongs to CLAMP, and Harry Potter to Joanne Kathleen Rowling. I'm really not in the mood to discuss it right now.
Chapter 1: Hogwarts
A/N: This is a CCS/Harry Potter crossover. They are in their 6th year at Hogwarts, which means everyone is 16.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione filed on to the Hogwarts
Express for their 6th year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Walking towards their usual compartment at the back of the train, they
dragged their heavy suitcases along.
"Another year of Snape..." muttered Ron.
"Another year without the Dursleys!" said Harry.
"Oh, come on, Ron! Its not that bad!" protested Hermione.
"Yeah, its not bad, its worse!"
"Come on, lets just get going," said Harry as he walked on ahead.
Suddenly he stopped, and eyed the partially open
door. Peeking in, he saw a man he did not know talking to someone he couldn't
see.
"What is it, Harry?" asked Hermione.
"Shhh!" he whispered as he inched closer to the door to listen.
"Sakura-chan, anata wa Hogwarts ga ikimashiou. Sayonara."
"Hogwarts-desuka? Hai! Sayonara, otousan! Aishiteru!"
"Sayonara!"
"Nnnn... Matte! Oniichan wa doko-desu ka?"
"Touya-kun? Sotogawa."
"Soudesune... Ja ne, otousan! Touya-kun wa aishiteru ni iu, to sayonara!"
"Sayonara, Sakura-san!"
"Ja ne!"
Harry, Ron, and Hermione stared blankly ahead as
they tried to understand the foreign language that the man and girl were
speaking. Suddenly the compartment door was fully opened and the man walked
out.
"That... was weird," stated Ron.
"Oh, hush!" said Hermione, "Let's just go in!"
So with that, the three friends entered the last
compartment, which either than the girl, was empty. The girl then stood
up as they entered.
"Ohayo gozaimasu!" she said while bowing politely.
"Ummm, good morning," replied Harry, hesitantly, while bowing in return.
Ron and Hermione mimicked him, then sat down on
the other side of the compartment after putting their things away. Only
after they sat down, did the girl sit down.
"So, what's your name?" Harry questioned, while taking in the girl's
features.
She had short auburn hair, with the front strands
longer than the back, and little pigtails held up by green ponytails in
her hair. She had beautiful emerald green eyes and a friendly smile that
would make anyone melt.
"Kinomoto Sakura. Anata no namae wa nandesuka?" she replied.
"Excuse me?" asked Hermione.
"Hoe! Gomen nasai! I'm sorry, its just a habit to speak Japanese. My
name is Sakura Kinomoto. And you?" the Japanese girl questioned.
"Oh, hi! I'm Hermione Granger. I guess that means you're from Japan.
I've never seen you around here before. Are you new?"
"Yes, I'm a foreign exchange student. Nice to meet you. What about
you two?" Sakura asked.
"I'm Ron Weasely, and that's Harry Potter," replied Ron.
Sakura smiled at them, and Ron blushed. Hermione
shot him a scornful look, but he just shrugged it off. Harry wasn't bothered,
he thought she was very pretty and kind, and all, but he still had an interest
in Cho Chang, who was in her last year at Hogwarts. This year, Hermione
and Harry were the Prefects for the Gryffindor Tower.
"So, which part of Japan are you from?" asked Harry.
"The Tomoeda district. Its really nice there."
"Ummm, I don't mean to be rude or anything, but where's your wand?"
Hermione questioned tentatively, looking puzzled.
"Oh! Its right here!" the young Japanese girl exclaimed as she took
a star necklace off her neck.
"But that's not a wand!" blurted out Ron.
"Yes, it is, but of a different make." replied Sakura, "Release!" she
exclaimed.
The necklace then elongated in her hand and became
a staff with the star-in-a-circle design at the top of the long, pink stick.
"Change card! Change the Star Staff into the Star Wand! Release and
dispel!" she cried.
A pink mist surrounded the staff, and it shrunk
into a stick that was made of a wood that seemed slightly pinkish, and
a miniature yellow star at the tip.
"Wow." said Ron.
"What's it made of?" asked Harry, remembering how at Ollivander's,
every wand had a different magical core.
"Well, as I said before, its of a different make. It was actually mostly
created off raw magic. However, in order to change the staff into a wand,
I required some materials of my choice. I chose some things of importance
to me. I chose cherry wood because its from the tree I am named after,
pink pine because my favourite colour is pink, and a bit of starlight and
stardust because I draw my energy from the stars. Then there is a core
of cherry blossoms, also from the cherry tree, and two feathers, one from
each of my guardians, Yue and Keroberos. That's basically it."
"Wait a minute. So did you buy the staff or something and had to create
a wand yourself?" asked Ron curiously.
"No, I inherited the staff, which was originally the Staff of Clow.
Then, when I mastered Clow, it became the Star Staff and Clow the Sakura
Cards. Then, when I got my letter from a school of Witchcraft and Wizardry
that specialized in enchantments, I transformed the staff with those materials
using the former Clow Card, the Change, to, in a way, join/switch the properties
of both."
"Wow." Ron repeated.
"That's really interesting," said Harry, "I've never heard of anything
like that."
"And neither did anything like that ever exist. Its just that none
of the wands in the shop seemed to accept me as their Witch, so I created
my own that couldn't refuse me, as I was already the mistress of everything
under its power."
"So, what kind of enchantments did you learn?" asked Hermione with
interest.
"Oh, lots! About anything you could imagine!"
"Can you show us some?" she questioned.
"Sure! Here, I'll pick this one. Its one of my favourites!" Sakura
exclaimed.
She stood up and pointed the tip of the star to
the sky, then brought it down quickly. She closed her eyes, and Harry,
Ron, and Hermione, sensed something that seemed like a pink mist gather
thickly yet subconsciously around her, so that you couldn't see it, only
feel it.
"Mayonaka hoshi hanabira tenraku!" she chanted.
As she gracefully moved her wand around the span
of the room she could reach, a long silvery band of light that seemed to
be decorated with miniature stars spouted from her wand and covered the
room, floating in the air. The overhead lights and the sunlight disappeared
and created an enchanted night, with millions of stars in the sky. Then,
little cherry blossom petals fell from the 'sky' and covered the room like
rain, but as they hit the ground, they disappeared and faded into nothingness.
Just then, the door to the compartment opened and light streamed in. Where
the light hit, the blossoms and stars disappeared, as if only a mirage.
"Hey Potter," said the person, "I thought I heard someone dying what
they were saying sounded so weird, so I came in to check and see if it
was you."
"Malfoy." Harry growled.
Just then, Crabbe and Goyle stepped up into view
behind Draco, blocking out the light, so that the cherry blossoms fell
freely again.
"Who's this?" asked Sakura, while still keeping up the spell.
Just then Draco noticed the new student. "I'm Draco Malfoy, and these
two are Crabbe and Goyle. I advise you that you don't hang around scum
like Potter and Weasely, and that you stay away from mudbloods like her."
Hermione struggled to hold back Harry and Ron, while
also finding it hard to contain herself as well.
"Oh? And are you suggesting that you are the 'better wizards'?" asked
Sakura mockingly.
"Yes," replied Malfoy, ignoring her sarcasm.
"Well, they always say that it was idiots that couldn't admit that
they actually were idiots." she added.
Malfoy started to burn up. "Yeah, well some people have better judgement!"
"Being smart is only believing half of what you hear. Being a genius
is knowing which have to believe. And right now, I'm believing half of
what I'm hearing, and that's what I've heard from these three," Sakura
said while cocking her head at Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"Then I guess you're believing in the wrong half," retorted Draco.
"How would you know? You don't listen to anything that you hear. You
only listen to yourself."
With that, Harry and Ron both burst out laughing.
"How true, how true." commented Ron.
Hermione let go of Harry and Ron, knowing they had
calmed down and returned her attention to Sakura, who was still unknowingly
holding the spell.
"That's a very nice spell, Sakura. Sort of like the enchanted ceiling
in the Great Hall of Hogwarts. I really like it!"
"Thanks!" said Sakura, finally breaking the spell.
Light poured in through the windows as the overhead
lights reappeared.
"So that's what was making it dark," muttered Malfoy, "but then what
was that weird language?"
"That was Japanese," said Sakura, emerald eyes blinking to adjust to
the sudden light. "Surely you have heard of it? Or is it too complex for
the dragon's little mind to handle?" she said mockingly.
Draco blinked a little. Surely he must be dreaming.
In front of him stood the most gorgeous emerald eyed goddess he had ever
seen. He stood there, as if stupefied, just staring at her in awe.
"Now do you mind getting out of here?" she asked, staring at the blonde
boy.
Malfoy quickly recomposed himself. "Not on your life," he said.
"Then draw your wand, if you do not wish to be blasted out of here,"
she replied calmly.
The other three quickly took a step back as she
readied her wand, eager to see more Japanese magic.
"Thank you, Change Card. You may return to your power confined." the
Star Wand elongated and became a staff again. She twirled it in her hand
expertly like a baton and held it out, poised.
Malfoy quickly brought out his wand.
"Let it begin," he said icily. "Expelliarmus!"
"Shield!" Sakura cried, as the Shield Card protected her.
Malfoy looked shocked as she still stood there,
staff in hand. He started throwing a bunch of curses, but Sakura didn't
lift the shield. When he paused for breath, she called out a different
card. "Shot Card! Make Draco your target!"
Draco's eyes widened as the bullet like creature
zoomed at him, trying to hit him.
"Gyaaah!" he yelled as he ducked and twisted like a clown while avoiding
it. "Stupefy!" he yelled and it hit the shot card, as it returned to its
card form.
"This ends here and now, Malfoy! Windy! Watery! Push these three goons
out of here!" the two element cards released themselves and literally froze
Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle as they pushed them effortlessly out of the train
compartment. "There!" exclaimed Sakura, as the door shut with a satisfying
clang and her staff returned into its neutral form as a necklace and fastened
itself around her neck.
"Amazing!" shouted Ron, as he stared at Sakura, "I've never seen them
defeated so easily! What kind of witch are you?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," she muttered.
"Well, it wouldn't hurt to try," protested Harry.
"I would like to know," added Hermione.
"Well, you know the famous magician Clow Reed?"
"Yeah! I have about twelve of him from Chocolate Frog cards!" exclaimed
Ron.
"Yeah, that's him. Well anyways, do any of you know what he's famous
for?" she questioned.
"Sure! He's famous for combining Eastern and Western magic, and creating
the Clow cards. He's also well known as being the most powerful magician
of his time." stated Hermione.
"And as usual, she knows everything," muttered Ron.
"Exactly. And as I've already said, I'm now in possession of the Clow
cards, now the Sakura cards. I found the book when I was ten, and collected
them all in less then a year. Then, half of the reincarnation of Clow Reed
came from England and helped me transform them into the Sakura cards so
that I could rule over them, and so that they could draw their powers from
me."
"Who's the other half of Clow Reed?" asked Harry.
"My father," she replied simply.
"Wow!" shouted Ron again.
"So that would make you... That would make you the most powerful sorceress
of this time!" exclaimed Hermione, eyes wide.
"Does that mean you can defeat Voldemort?" asked Harry excitedly.
"Not quite. You see, I can't gain my true powers because there was
someone who I was supposed to train with when I got the Clow cards. However,
something happened and that person never came as they were destined to.
Because of that, I'm only half of my full powers. So, Eriol enrolled me
in Hogwarts, because he felt that I would meet that person there, and become
the most powerful Sorceress."
"Amazing," whispered Harry.
"So, tell us about some of your friends," prodded Hermione.
"You wouldn't believe me about them, either," proclaimed Sakura.
"But we believe you about this," protested Harry.
"All right then. I have two guardians, one of them is Keroberos, but
I like to call him Kero when he is in his false form that looks like a
stuffed teddy bear," she began.
"That's me!" shouted a little stuffed animal, that poked its head out
of Sakura's bag, "And Sakura, I'm hungry!" he whined.
"As you can see, that's Kero, and he has an insatiable appetite," Sakura
said as she took out some pudding and handed it to him, while three pairs
of dotted eyes just stared. "My other guardian, Yue, is dating my brother,
Touya, in his false form, Yukito. My brother can see spirits. My father
is half the reincarnation of Clow Reed. Eriol is the other half, but in
my opinion, the evil half. He's dating my best friend, Tomoyo, who has
an obsession with videotaping me in cute costumes she created. Another
friend of mine, Yamazaki, can't say anything without including some absurd
lie in it, and his girlfriend, Chiharu, takes passion in hitting him over
the head with a mallet whenever he makes up stories. Naoko is obsessed
with ghost stories, and that totally freaks me out, and my other friend,
Rika, is the most mature of them all, but she is dating my fifth grade
teacher, Mr. Terada, who she is now engaged with." Sakura concluded.
No one spoke for a minute, they were too speechless.
"Well?" Sakura said expectantly.
"And I thought we had weird friends!" said Ron.
Meanwhile...
"Hey Crabbe, Goyle, look over there! Its that exchange student that
came to Hogwarts last year! Syaoran Li, or something like that," Malfoy
said to his two cronies, while walking up to him, "Hey Li, I'm surprised
you came back this year," taunted Malfoy.
"I have no reason not to," said the sixth year cruelly.
"I can't believe you're in Slytherin! You're too different from the
rest of us. You don't hang out with any of us, and you don't laugh at any
of our cracks about mudbloods, Potter, and Weasley!"
"Only fools jeer at what they don't know, or don't understand. And
you don't know me, so you have no ground to stand on." said Li.
Malfoy looked like he was going to burst. "Be that way, then, Li! But
don't say I haven't warned you!"
"You're the one that needs a warning," muttered Syaoran as Draco stormed
away with Crabbe and Goyle following him.
Suddenly, he looked in the direction that Malfoy
had come from, and narrowed his eyes. 'Someone of a high power level
is here...' he thought.
Back in the last compartment...
A witch pushing a trolley filled with sweets approached the compartment.
"Anything off the trolley?" she asked.
After buying a bit of everything, Sakura, Harry,
Ron, and Hermione sat down with their purchases, and began to eat them.
"I can never guess correctly which beans I'm eating!" Ron cried frustratedly
as he bit into a sand bean.
"Oh, are those Bertie-Bott's Every Flavour Beans?" asked Sakura, interestedly.
"Yeah, but don't try them, or you may get a mouthful of dung or something."
"No, that's okay. It may ruin the fun, a little, but at least you know
what flavour you're eating," she said.
"How can you tell which flavour it is before you eat it?" inquired
Hermione.
"Its really easy, but its not obvious to think of. Here, I'll show
you. Accio Cherry!" she cried while pointing her wand at the bag of beans.
Immediately, four cherry beans zoomed into her hand. "There, you see? That
simple spell can solve the problem. Cherry bean, anybody?"
"Awww! How come I never thought about that? After practising for ages
with the summoning spell, it never occurred to me!" Harry complained.
"Sakura, you said that you went to a school for special enchantments.
Other than that, is there anything you specialize in?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, actually, I find that I love magical creatures. I've learned
all about them, and I have a license to take care of them, in fact. Since
then, I've gone on many excursions to get at least one of each species,
and so far I have all of them except for a few."
"You really should meet Hagrid," commented Harry.
"He's the gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures professor, right?"
"Yup!"
"I wonder who our new Defence against the Dark Arts teacher will be
this year," wondered Hermione out loud.
"Hopefully someone who knows what he's doing," muttered Ron, remembering
Lockhart.
"Yeah..." agreed Harry. "Oh yeah! This is my owl, Hedwig. Ron's owl
is Pigwidgeon, but we just call him Pig, and Hermione's cat's name is Crookshanks.
Is Kero your pet?"
"Kero? I would never make Kero do that, he'd be eating the castle apart!
And anyways, he's my guardian. My pet is a Kneazle."
"A what?" said a very confused Ron.
"A Kneazle. It is native to Britain, and is intelligent, independent,
and only occasionally aggressive. My Kneazle, however, has taken a liking
to me, so it makes a very good pet. It can detect unsavoury and suspicious
characters, and can lead its owner safely home if lost. My Kneazle's name
is Hoshi Hokori. It means Stardust. I think one of the reasons I liked
her so much is because she looks a little like Kero. You know, with the
tail and ears."
At the sound of her name, a small, cat-like creature
with speckled fur, outsize ears, and a tail like a lion's, came out from
the shadows beneath a seat. It had silvery eyes and blue fur flecked with
silver.
"Wow! She's so pretty!" exclaimed Hermione as she saw the elegant Kneazle.
Then she glanced at her watch. "Oh, look at the time! We better get changed
into our robes, we'll be at Hogwarts any minute now!"
Harry and Ron stared in awe at Stardust for a minute,
before scrambling towards the washrooms to change. A couple minutes later,
all four of them emerged in their black Hogwarts robes, with Sakura and
Harry's eyes standing out the most in contrast with the black. Slowly,
the train stopped, and all the students, from first years to seventh years,
filed off the bus with their things, staring up at the large castle in
the distance. Hagrid was there, calling all the first years over to the
boats, and surprisingly, Professor McGonagall was there too.
"Ah, Miss Kinomoto, I was told you would be coming. Follow me, please."
Professor McGonagall said while walking towards Sakura.
"Bye, Hermione, Harry, and Ron! See you later!" Sakura yelled over
her shoulder.
"Yeah! Hopefully you'll be in Gryffindor with us!" hollered Ron over
the voices of the crowd, while Hermione waved.
"Bye!" shouted Harry.
Sakura hurried after Professor McGonagall, who ushered
her into a small carriage, then followed her in. Immediately it set off
towards the Hogwarts castle.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, Miss Kinomoto. Its nice to see students from
different countries attending Hogwarts. You will be sorted into your house
after the first years, when I will announce you as a new sixth year. Until
then, you will stand with the first years. Now, as you have noticed, we
are now at Hogwarts, and I must welcome the first years. Follow me, please."
With that, the carriage stopped in front of the
large castle, and Professor McGonagall stepped out, followed closely by
Sakura. She strided quickly towards the first years.
"Welcome to Hogwarts. We will be entering the castle shortly, and attending
the sorting. When your name is called, I want you to come up and place
the Sorting Hat over your head. Once it announces your house, Go and sit
down at your respective tables. Thank you."
The group of about fifty first years walked into
the Great Hall, admiring the Enchanted Ceiling as the other students sat
down at the houses belonging to their houses, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff,
and Slytherin. The sorting commenced after the Hat recited its song. All
the students were sorted, and sat down at the tables, until only Sakura
was left standing.
"Students, I would like to welcome Hogwarts' second foreign exchange
student since Mr. Li last year, Sakura Kinomoto, who will be in her sixth
year at Hogwarts. Please welcome her, all the way from Japan!"
With that, Sakura walked up to Professor McGonagall
and placed the Sorting Hat upon her head. She sat there nervously, looking
around the room. She smiled weakly at Harry, Ron, and Hermione, who were
waving at her profusely and giving her a thumbs up.
'Interesting, very interesting...' said a voice in her head.
'What's interesting?' Sakura thought.
'You seem to have a bit of every house as your qualities. But, I'll
try good old fashioned elimination. Lets see... Not Slytherin...'
'Yes! Now I'm not with that jerk, Malfoy!' thought Sakura.
'Yes, he did seem obnoxious when I was upon his head... Not Ravenclaw...
So its either Hufflepuff or Gryffindor. Lets see... Ah, I notice you've
already made some friends in Gryffindor. That's a plus, but I can also
tell it wouldn't be difficult for you to make friends. But, there is a
lot of bravery in you, so I guess that settles it.'
"Gryffindor!" roared the hat to the crowd.
The hall erupted with applause, especially from
Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, however, bore scowls
upon their faces, and weren't clapping at all.
'So this is Hogwarts,' Sakura thought to herself as she took
the Sorting Hat off and walked towards her new friends. 'Its really
nice here, but I just can't help thinking that Eriol was right, and that
I will find the person that will help me achieve my full strength here.
I hope he's right, because I don't want to leave,'. She smiled at the
others at the Gryffindor table, and sat down next to Hermione.
The headmaster, Dumbledore, then stood up. "Welcome to another year
at Hogwarts. Just a reminder that the forest in the grounds is forbidden.
Also a reminder from Mr. Filch, our caretaker, that magic is not permitted
to be used between classes and in the corridors. Quidditch trials will
be held in the second week of the term, just contact Madam Hooch, and now,
let the feast begin!" he clapped his hands, and immediately the golden
plates were filled with all kinds of food. All the students began to eat
greedily.
After everyone had finished, the plates cleared and Dumbledore stood
up once more to speak. "Now, before we go off to bed, let us all join together
to sing the school song!"
As a long golden ribbon flew out of his wand, all
the students began to sing the words presented to them in a tune of their
choice. Once everyone was done, the prefects led all the students to their
common rooms. For Gryffindor, it was Harry and Hermione. Sakura followed
sleepily behind them. Little did she notice, however, that someone's eyes
were fixed upon her.
'Its her,' the boy thought, 'that's the person who's power
I felt earlier,' Syaoran narrowed his eyes once more, and followed
the other Slytherins up to their common room, eyes still on Sakura until
she disappeared from view. 'I better keep an eye on her. No one else
seems to notice who she is. Its time for me to fulfil my duties for my
clan, and take possession of the Clow Cards.'
A/N: Hey minna! What did you think? This is the longest chapter
I've ever written! I'm so proud of it. :)
Just for those of you who are wondering, this is the english version
of Sakura's conversation with her dad:
Fujitaka: Sakura, you're going to Hogwarts now. Goodbye."
Sakura: Its Hogwarts? Okay! Bye, dad! I love you!"
Fujitaka: "Bye!"
Sakura: "Yeah... Wait! Where's my older brother?"
Fujitaka: Touya? He's outside."
Sakura: "Okay... Bye, dad! Tell Touya that I love him, and goodbye!"
Fujitaka: "Goodbye, Sakura!"
Sakura: "Bye!"
There, hope that helped. R+R, please! Oh yeah, one last thing, just
in case you're wondering why I'm making Sakura kind of OOC and 'all that'
sort of, its just because I want her to seem really powerful and knowledgeable.
Okay, gonna write some more, but for a different fic. Bye! Oh yes, just
remember that this is an S+S fic, but it will take a while to work it up
to that, okay? Good. Sayonara, minna! Oyasumi!