I'm sorry but I don't really know how to use the -chan, -san, and -kun thing… I'm Chinese. Like Syaoran

I've only seen the American versions of Cardcaptors. Please tell me when I mess up on something!

Please review!

Key:

"Talking"

Thinking or talking to himself/herself

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Key for some words:

Sifu – master/ teacher

Key for some Characters:

Syaoran's Sister – Li Fuutie, Li Sheifa, Li Fanren, and Li Feimei (Thank you to Silver for the names!)

Syaoran's mother – Li Yelan

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It is a summer night. One week until school starts at Seijou High. Sakura and everyone is gonna start 10th grade.

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The Master's Stone

Chapter 1 (revised version)

By: AznTiGeR1628

It was 2:00 in the morning.

Sakura had gone to bed at 9:00 but slept for only 4 hours and woke up at 1:00. She tossed and turned trying to fall back asleep but couldn't. So she listened quietly to see if anyone was awake.

Kero was still in the desk drawer sleeping on his little bed.

Sakura got up, and opened her door. She peeked down the hall to see if her brother and father were asleep. She could hear her brother snoring.

She smiled to herself.

She tiptoed down the hallway and out the door.

She was still in her cherry blossom pajamas and pink fluffy slippers though. She didn't care. She had been doing this for weeks.

Sakura slipped quietly out the door and sat on the steps. Sakura was clutching her knees to her chest. Sakura looked out at the starry night. She missed the old cardcapturing days when she ran around town chasing cards with funny looking outfits that Tomoyo made for her. Some of the costumes were really cool though. Sakura had to admit that.

Now Sakura was the Card Mistress. She had captured all the cards. What she missed most was… Syaoran.

He had saved her life many times. Just like a prince saves the life of his dear princess. Sakura sighed happily at that thought. He was definitely the Prince. Then Sakura remembered the play when she was chosen as the Prince and Syaoran was the Princess. She giggled at that thought. It's definitely the other way around. Syaoran is the Prince. I'm the Princess.

Syaoran had left at the end of 5th grade. He told her he would be back. He promised. He had a lot of training ahead of him and had to finish it. He left without telling Sakura how he felt about her. Sakura didn't tell him either.

Sakura had been training over the summer with Kero. They had found a small secluded clearing in the forest which was also near a calm and clear stream. Sakura had never seen such clear water before. Every weekday she would pack her bag with the Clow Book, her lunch and her necklace. Next to the Clow Key was a charm Kero had given her after Syaoran left. It was a crystal shaped cherry blossom. This crystal was special because Kero made it with magic. Sakura loved it and it always seemed to glow more when she was sad and it brightened her up. Especially the times when she missed Syaoran, which was the main reason why Kero made it.

When Sakura got to the clearing with Kero, she would take out the Clow Book. Tomoyo never came because Sakura never told her. Sakura wanted to surprise her and Syaoran, that is, if he ever came back.

Sakura would try to concentrate her magic to the cherry blossom crystal or the sealing wand. She tried first to summon her cards. After much training and trying she now could summon her Clow cards to her quickly. She could use the Clow cards power without calling them but they had to be at least near her or using her wand if she wanted to.

Sakura looked up at the stars. She gasped surprisingly as a shooting star shot across the sky. She wished. I wish Syaoran was here with me. As my Prince in shining armor. To save his Princess.

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Syaoran strained with his sword exercises. Jump kick, thrust, slash, turn around and slide kick…

Finally the last move was a jump kick and fall into a split. Syaoran breathed hard as he finally collapsed onto his side on the ground.

Syaoran's mother, in the stands where she was watching him practice, was clapping. His four loud sisters were too.

Syaoran didn't even notice they had come in to watch.

Usually they stayed inside the mansion to wait for him to come in. Except for Feimei. She watched him all the time practicing. Feimei was Syaoran's favorite sister. Sometimes she was on Syaoran's side when the other three were teasing him. She used to practice sword fighting with him but Syaoran's skill and strength were now too much for her own advanced skill because Syaoran's skill was now close to a master's.

Syaoran's master, Sifu Zheng, was happy. Syaoran had mastered the techniques, now he mastered the exercises. He had strength, power and could endure long fights and the hard exercises. Sifu Zheng taught almost all the swordskills he knew to Syaoran. Besides swordskills, he also taught Syaoran self discipline. One of Sifu's favorite quotes that he always said to Syaoran to keep him humble was "Even though you are a tall and strong mountain, there will always be a taller and stronger mountain than you." Sifu Zheng was a famous sword and martial arts master. He also had a lot of magic too. Syaoran knew, of course.

It was getting late when Syaoran had finally finished training. One more week and this exhausting training will finally be over. Syaoran thought to himself as he lay on the ground.

Syaoran had been training with two different masters since he had left Japan. The first one was Sifu Wong. That master taught Syaoran all he could learn about magic, spells this and that. It was mentally tiring.

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(Some info or background so you know what's kind of going on)

The current master was Sifu Zheng. He was proud of Syaoran. Syaoran had exceeded the students before him. Syaoran was definitely a master now. Syaoran could probably even beat his best student before. Mark. He was good and better then the others. But Sifu Zheng now found someone even better then Mark. The Sifu frowned as he thought of Mark.

Now that the Sifu thought about Syaoran's skill level, he thought that Syaoran could probably beat him if he really tried.

Sifu Zheng was really considering about whether to give Syaoran a chance for the Master's Stone before the training ended. Syaoran was leaving for Japan in two weeks. Syaoran had been planning on going back in a week but all the flights were booked up. Syaoran was lucky he got a flight in two weeks or else he might have had to wait even longer.

Syaoran had learned everything Sifu Zheng had taught him very quickly. He was like a sponge but could never soak up enough knowledge. Sifu Zheng never had given the Master's Stone to any of his students before. Sifu Zheng was going to give Mark a chance but took that chance back. One reason was because Mark had suddenly refused to train anymore. He used to be a devoted swordsman. Sifu Zheng didn't think it right that Mark would suddenly stop training. Mark started to attack people on purpose and had fallen into evil hands. So Mark didn't even deserve a chance for the Master's Stone one bit.

Sifu Zheng had been given a chance for the Master's Stone but he failed. The last test was when he failed. He later found out why but he couldn't try again. You could only try once.

Then Sifu Zheng decided to definitely give Syaoran a chance for the Master's Stone. He deserved it with all this hard and tough training. Sifu Zheng usually wouldn't be so hard but Syaoran's mother insisted. She wanted him to learn as much as he could. She knew that he would need it. Very soon.

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Sakura had been staring at the stars for half an hour before she finally came in. She quickly tiptoed back upstairs to her bed and finally got some sleep thinking about Syaoran.