A/N: hey everyone this is my new story, hope you guys like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS or any of the characters on that show!

Summary: The ancient prophecy clearly states that in order to become king/queen of the powerful city of Utopia, one must defeats the Card Mistress. Who is this card mistress, why it's none other then Sakura Kinomoto herself. How will Syaoran's role to come into all this?

Utopia

"Where did u get those cards?" asked an angry Touya looking down at his younger 7 year old sister. "Did u steal them? What did father tell you about stealing?"

"That it's not right and that I shouldn't do it, but Oniichan I didn't take these cards, they just showed up out of thin air right there next to my bed." protested young Sakura, her eyes watering up.

"Things don't show up out of nowhere, Imooto."

"But….." Sakura finally realized that there was no use in trying to save herself, every word she said just digs her grave deeper. She help in her tears and looked away from her brother's pounding eyes on her.

Meanwhile in the town, a little mud covered samurai stood alone in an abandon play yard. It seems that all the other children had gone home. The rain poured down, washing away his face. His amber eyes glared at the surroundings. His small hands rose to wash away the raindrops on his hair.

Flashback

"You can't be here because you are a Ronin! No one wants to play with you!" cried another boy running away from Syaoran.

End

"Sakura!" screamed Touya as he watches his sister engulfed by a ring of fire. The fire was just too bright and too larger for any water supply to help. When it was done, 7 year old Sakura lay on the cold, hot ground waiting for her rescuer to come. Touya rushed up to pick up his sister. She slept in his arms peacefully.

Sakura work up to a banging throb in her head, she rubbed her head gently as she look around. "This isn't Osaaka." she gasped.

"This is Utopia." answered a little girl coming out of a bush tree. Her dark hair and amethyst eye glow in the sunlight.

"Nani?"

"This is the place for unwanted children like us."

"Unwanted? Eii, that's no true. My Otootosan and Oniisan love me very much."

"Oh really, then where are they? Their certainly not here to get you." A boy no older than the girls appeared. His eyes were well hidden behind his round glasses which caught the reflections of the sun.

Slowly more children came out of hiding to greet their new guest.

A/N: Ok this is the part where I give you a summary of what just happened just in case my story is confusing or the Japanese is throwing people off. Ok, Sakura lives with here older brother and father in this peace and quiet place until one day when she found these mysterious cards. Later these cards seem to have created a ring of fire all over her, her family feared her powers so they sent her away to Utopia. All of this will be explained in later chapters, right now it's just the introductions. Everyone's background will be explain later on. One more thing, Ronin means "master less samurai" now do you see why the other samurais wouldn't play with Syaoran?

8 years later….

Syaoran cut down his final tree to reach his destination. The first thing that comes to view is a rushing, high waterfall.

The sun is shining and the water is rushing down on the cool river. A boy by the name of Sakowa rose from the river with water still dripping from his black hair.

"Ok does everyone know the plan?" he asked looking around at the other teens around him. Eriol (A/N: everyone knows what he looks like so I'm not even going to describe him) nodded with face full of confidence. Behind him, Naoru, a boy of black hair and matching grey eyes, emerged from the water and walked up to them.

"Your plan suck, Sakowa." remark the 16 year old Sakura, kicking her feet in the water along the side. Her now long auburn is put up in a tight, low, side pony tail.

"Aw come one Sakura, we can't go steal something if we don't have a hot girl distracting the guards." Whines Sakowa.

"Then get Tomoyo to do it. I do not need another reason for Akirra to hate me." Sakura got up and walked over to Tomoyo , reading a book under an apple tree. She looked up, "No thanks, I'll pass too." She whipped away her bangs that had fallen out of her pony tail, and looked back down at her book.

"Akirra doesn't hate you." said Eriol.

"Yes she does, every time that I tell her something she would always poke at it. Poke. Poke. Poke….. Poke!" Sakura was showing her speech in her hands.

"Find don't help us." Sakowa walked off. Then the two other boys followed him. Sakura sighed and walked back to the river. She sat down to put her feet in the water once more and heard foot steps coming back. She turned around to see Naoru standing there in front of Tomoyo.

"We forgot Tomoyo ok? We don't need you" he grabbed Touya by the hand and dragged her with him.

Sakura rolled her eyes. All of a sudden she felt something on her feet. She let out a scream and right after, she was pulled into the water. She rose up, dripping wet.

"Urg Takashi!" she screamed some more hitting him with her wet hand. Takashi laughed at her angry face.

Sakura's frustrated grunt turned into a look of curiosity as she looked towards the direction of the great water fall of Utopia. Takashi quickly noticed this and stopped his trail of laughter.

"What is it?" he asked looking curious himself.

"Someone's here." Sakura whispered. She picked up her long white skirt and ran to the waterfall.

She ran as fast as she could to the presence that she could feel with her heart. Someone was here, on this secret world of hers and her new family's. What does that person want? To hurt them? Or to conquer this paradise? Even with all the thoughts running through her head, she could hear Takashi behind her.

She turned around to tell him, "Takashi hurry up, this way…ah" since she was too busy looking at the person behind her, she didn't even notice that the intruder had heard her and was standing right in front of her.

Sakura fell. She looked down at the boy who she had knocked down with her. His deep amber eyes look back at her emerald ones.

"Gomen Nasai" Sakura quickly got off him and apologized. He got up and brushed the dirt off his chest.

"What were you're going next time. The last thing any one needs is to be knocked down to the ground by some random stupid clumsy girl that can't watch where she's going."

Sakura pouted, "Hey, I apologized. And your trespassing here jerk." Sakura too brushed herself free of the dust on her body.

"I'm not trespassing. I have every right to be here."

"Says who?"

"Says me." a woman's voice boomed out. Akirra walked up to the scene of the two. Her red eyes looked straight towards Syaoran's. She nodded at Takashi, who in return bow his head. "Come with me Syaoran." With that, the two walked off heading towards Akirra's Palace.

"Who's that?" Tomoyo and the boys had been watching the whole scene but was to scare of Akirra to say any thing.

"Probably one of Akirra's man whore." Sakura frowned, "He sure looks like someone you can buy off the streets."

"Hey Sakura? You know that you're wet right?" Sakowa looked at her from top to bottom.

"Yeah., so?"

"So you're wearing white."

"It's not see through, Hentai!" Sakura summoned up the power card to push Sakowa away from her. The other watched in amusement as an angry Sakura continue to attack Sakowa.

The walk through the palace was not only dark but also strange to Syaoran. He did not want to be here but he knew that he was promised to do one favor for Akirra.

She stopped at the end of what felt like an endless hallway. The final door opened up to a huge tablet on the wall.

It reads:

Winner takes all.

Spring, Summer, Winter of Fall.

To achieve, one must defeat the Mistress if the Cards.

The prize is obtainable,

Utopia is lard.

"You want me to kill the card mistress?" Syaoran started to have doubts. He had never agreed to any killing of girls and he wasn't about let his dignity go down.

"I already have Utopia, what's the point of trying to get it? I want you to protect her. As long as no one kills her, the prize will always be mine."

"Dare?" (who)

"Kinomoto Sakura. The girl you met today."

A/N:

Recap: Syaoran somehow owes Akirra a favor and she has asked him to protect Sakura. What did Akirra do for Syaoran? Stay tone and fine out in chapter two.