This is my second Card Captor Sakura fic, but I took the other one off
because it did really badly. I hope you enjoy this one.
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Card Captor Sakura. And the songs belong to...well I'm not really sure who they belong to, but they're not mine.
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Sakura Kinomoto jerked herself out from the trance that had taken over her and looked around. She was still sitting in Math class, next to her best friend Tomoyo and in front of that jerk Syaoran Li. Sakura was in the ninth grade at Tomoeda High School. She had been at this school and its Elementary school all her life, and she loved it... for the most part. Li was an asshole, to put it bluntly. The girls literally lined up to date him, all because he was pretty good-looking, and if they couldn't date him, they'd date his cousin Eriol, just to get close to him. Even their cousin Meiling had plenty of boyfriends. The boys flocked towards her, mainly because they wanted to be friends with Syaoran, but most of them thought she was dead sexy. Perverted losers. Personally, Sakura couldn't see anything in any of them. Sure, she thought Syaoran was gorgeous, I mean, who didn't? But to Sakura, there was more than just looks. She didn't want to be loved for her looks alone, and she certainly wasn't going to give her love away because some guy is good- looking. And anyway, she had had more than her fair share of boyfriends, and had decided that no boy was worth it. She didn't have time for a boyfriend, she was going places. But still, it wasn't the same with them anymore...they didn't even remember her...
The bell finally went for the end of class. The kids packed away their books and bolted out the door to recess. The good thing about Mr. Davies was he didn't set homework very often. Tomoyo met her in the corridor. "What did you think of those Pythagoras questions in 6G?" she asked her friend. Sakura shrugged. "I dunno. I never got that far. I wasn't paying any attention." She answered. "Yep, that's right. You've got the attention span of a flea don't you Kinomoto!" came a drawling voice behind them. "At least I have an attention span Li!" Sakura snapped back before stalking off. Tomoyo glared at him before hurrying after her friend. "Ohhhhh, touchy, touchy." He taunted before joining his friends, laughing hysterically. "For your information Kinomoto, I passed 6G! So there!" It was immature, he knew, but he liked having the last word. As he walked away with Meiling and Eriol, he tried to push back the constant nagging feeling that he knew Sakura from somewhere. It had bugged him ever since he arrived in Tomoeda, like a memory from a dream...
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Sakura flopped onto her bed with a sigh. "Why doesn't he remember Kero?" She asked the yellow stuffed animal beside her, "Why don't any of them remember the Clow Cards?" she asked. Cerberus shrugged. "I'm not sure exactly sure Sakura, but last time I was in contact with Nakuru and Spinel, they said that a kind of spell had been cast over the three. By whom they don't know, but it's not safe for Nakuru to transform anymore and Spinel has to do the stuffed toy act all the time 'cause Eriol doesn't remember either of them. Whoever cast this spell, wants to put you under it too." Sakura gasped. "Apparently, to break it, at least one of them has to fall genuinely in love. For you to keep from falling under the spell, you have to destroy whoever cast it. Unfortunately, that won't break the hold on the other three. I think this is your final test Sakura." Kero said. Sakura pondered this for a moment. Then lay back on her bed. "I'll worry about it when the time comes. I mean, this person's gotta find me first right?" Kero nodded. "True, but remember, expect the unexpected. And one more thing, just because they don't remember the Clow Cards, doesn't mean they've forgotten the magic all together, if you need their help, ask for it, they don't remember you at all, so they won't know about you being a powerful sorceress." He said.
By now Sakura was extremely confused, so she processed this information and let it ride.
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The next day though, she told Tomoyo what Kero had said. "Wow, it sounds really complicated." She said. "Yet it's so simple at the same time. I mean, why didn't we think of that when they didn't remember us in the first place?" "I don't know Tomoyo-chan." Sakura answered quietly. She wasn't really listening anymore, because the memories.
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"We have three exchange students starting today." The Sensei had said. "Two are from Hong Kong and one is from England. Their names are Syaoran and Meiling Li, and Eriol Hirragazawa. " Sakura's head came up off the desk with a start. She smiled at Syaoran as he walked past her, expecting the friendly grin that she had received back in fifth grade. He had glared at her. Just as he had when they had first met. Sakura felt her world collapse around her as her thoughts reeled. 'what's happened to you all?" she thought to herself. He had been so friendly before he had left...what had gone wrong? Back in fifth grade, he had told her that he loved her, and she had been so scared then. But after he went home, she had never heard from any of them.
Later, she had tried to talk to them, but they had no idea who she was.
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That had been the beginning of this year. Kero had been delving for information, as had Nakuru and Spinel. They had finally come up with an answer in the last week, which was the one Kero had told Sakura the previous night.
Syaoran and Sakura had gone back to their original relationship. Bickering at every chance they had. But inside, Sakura was slowly dying. True, she had decided that men weren't worth the effort, but she had loved this particular guy for so long. And now he was being a jerk again. There was no better word for it.
This is the place in my heart,
This is the place where I'm falling apart.
Isn't this just where we met?
And is this the last chance that I'll ever get?
I wish I was lonely,
Instead of just only,
Crystal and see-through and not enough to you.
'Cause you don't see me,
And you don't need me,
And you don't love me,
The way I wish you would, the way I know you could.
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Syaoran looked at Sakura's back during class and racked his brains, trying to remember where he knew her. Truth was, he strongly disliked the girl, but he couldn't stop the feeling that this hadn't always been the case. He could still remember their first day here. During recess, she had come and tried to them. They had told her to go away, but she asked if we remembered her. We just gave her strange looks and walked away. But ever since then I haven't been able to shake the feeling that we do know her from somewhere.
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TOMOYO'S POV
I could hear them screaming at each other from where I was standing by my locker. I bolted in the direction of the commotion as fast as I could. Sure enough, there they where, Syaoran and Sakura, having an argument in the middle of the corridor outside the music room. I shuddered. I didn't like this particular music room, every Clow Card that had attacked me had attacked me in there. I was part worried they would wake a spirit or something. I had no idea what they were yelling about. Something pointless no doubt.
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Sakura couldn't even remember what the argument was about by the time she had finished yelling and Tomoyo and Eriol had pulled them away from each other. Actually, come to think of it, Syaoran had crashed into her and she fell hard on her arm. That would explain why it hurt so much. He had just kept walking. Not even an apology. So she yelled. And yelled. And yelled.
"You're such a hypocrite!" she yelled. "Someone does it to you and you beat the shit out of them. You do it to someone and keep walking to whatever girlfriend you have this week." Syaoran turned to his girlfriend and spoke 'lovingly' to her. Then turned back to Sakura and let her have it.
Shapeshifter, guest-lister,
Big thinker, she'll turn around and disa.
Gatecrasher, re-hasher,
If you think that's cool, whatever dude.
Gatecrasher, re-hasher,
Big thinker, she'll turn around and trash ya,
Shapeshifter, guest-lister,
If you think that's cool,
Whatever dude.
"How dare you speak to me like that you bitch! You should know better!" he thundered. Sakura lurched to her feet, and slapped him hard across the face. Without thinking, he hit her back, knocking her back to the floor. He stared for a minute, then he tried to apologise. "Kinomoto, I'm sorry, I never meant to - " he moved towards her. Sakura moved away from him and ran down the corridor. Syaoran sighed; he had never meant to hurt her. He stared at his hand, and realised it was covered in her blood. He must have given her a nosebleed at the very least. Syaoran, no matter how tough he was, had vowed never to hurt a woman physically. He would never forgive himself for this. Never.
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Sakura sat in an empty classroom, her wand out. Over the last four years, she had mastered the art of creating new Star Cards. By channelling the powers of the create card, she could make new cards to serve her purpose. Today, she created the Healer Card to mend her broken nose. Tomoyo found her as she returned the staff to its key form. "Are you okay?" she asked her friend. "Yeah, I'm fine. " Sakura said grimly. "And I'd rather forget about this whole fiasco." "Yes, but...from the look on his face afterwards, he was devastated that he'd actually hit you." Tomoyo said. "Well, maybe that's some sort of progress the." Sakura said, "I say the sooner we break this spell, the sooner we'll all feel safer."
Tomoyo nodded in agreement. "Oh, and don't tell Kero about this. Knowing him, he'll want Syaoran's head on a platter." The thought of it made the two laugh, despite the feeling of trouble looming ahead.
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Short I know, but I'm having trouble keeping up with all my fics. If you read any of them and have ideas, please review.
Genesis
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Card Captor Sakura. And the songs belong to...well I'm not really sure who they belong to, but they're not mine.
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Sakura Kinomoto jerked herself out from the trance that had taken over her and looked around. She was still sitting in Math class, next to her best friend Tomoyo and in front of that jerk Syaoran Li. Sakura was in the ninth grade at Tomoeda High School. She had been at this school and its Elementary school all her life, and she loved it... for the most part. Li was an asshole, to put it bluntly. The girls literally lined up to date him, all because he was pretty good-looking, and if they couldn't date him, they'd date his cousin Eriol, just to get close to him. Even their cousin Meiling had plenty of boyfriends. The boys flocked towards her, mainly because they wanted to be friends with Syaoran, but most of them thought she was dead sexy. Perverted losers. Personally, Sakura couldn't see anything in any of them. Sure, she thought Syaoran was gorgeous, I mean, who didn't? But to Sakura, there was more than just looks. She didn't want to be loved for her looks alone, and she certainly wasn't going to give her love away because some guy is good- looking. And anyway, she had had more than her fair share of boyfriends, and had decided that no boy was worth it. She didn't have time for a boyfriend, she was going places. But still, it wasn't the same with them anymore...they didn't even remember her...
The bell finally went for the end of class. The kids packed away their books and bolted out the door to recess. The good thing about Mr. Davies was he didn't set homework very often. Tomoyo met her in the corridor. "What did you think of those Pythagoras questions in 6G?" she asked her friend. Sakura shrugged. "I dunno. I never got that far. I wasn't paying any attention." She answered. "Yep, that's right. You've got the attention span of a flea don't you Kinomoto!" came a drawling voice behind them. "At least I have an attention span Li!" Sakura snapped back before stalking off. Tomoyo glared at him before hurrying after her friend. "Ohhhhh, touchy, touchy." He taunted before joining his friends, laughing hysterically. "For your information Kinomoto, I passed 6G! So there!" It was immature, he knew, but he liked having the last word. As he walked away with Meiling and Eriol, he tried to push back the constant nagging feeling that he knew Sakura from somewhere. It had bugged him ever since he arrived in Tomoeda, like a memory from a dream...
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Sakura flopped onto her bed with a sigh. "Why doesn't he remember Kero?" She asked the yellow stuffed animal beside her, "Why don't any of them remember the Clow Cards?" she asked. Cerberus shrugged. "I'm not sure exactly sure Sakura, but last time I was in contact with Nakuru and Spinel, they said that a kind of spell had been cast over the three. By whom they don't know, but it's not safe for Nakuru to transform anymore and Spinel has to do the stuffed toy act all the time 'cause Eriol doesn't remember either of them. Whoever cast this spell, wants to put you under it too." Sakura gasped. "Apparently, to break it, at least one of them has to fall genuinely in love. For you to keep from falling under the spell, you have to destroy whoever cast it. Unfortunately, that won't break the hold on the other three. I think this is your final test Sakura." Kero said. Sakura pondered this for a moment. Then lay back on her bed. "I'll worry about it when the time comes. I mean, this person's gotta find me first right?" Kero nodded. "True, but remember, expect the unexpected. And one more thing, just because they don't remember the Clow Cards, doesn't mean they've forgotten the magic all together, if you need their help, ask for it, they don't remember you at all, so they won't know about you being a powerful sorceress." He said.
By now Sakura was extremely confused, so she processed this information and let it ride.
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The next day though, she told Tomoyo what Kero had said. "Wow, it sounds really complicated." She said. "Yet it's so simple at the same time. I mean, why didn't we think of that when they didn't remember us in the first place?" "I don't know Tomoyo-chan." Sakura answered quietly. She wasn't really listening anymore, because the memories.
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"We have three exchange students starting today." The Sensei had said. "Two are from Hong Kong and one is from England. Their names are Syaoran and Meiling Li, and Eriol Hirragazawa. " Sakura's head came up off the desk with a start. She smiled at Syaoran as he walked past her, expecting the friendly grin that she had received back in fifth grade. He had glared at her. Just as he had when they had first met. Sakura felt her world collapse around her as her thoughts reeled. 'what's happened to you all?" she thought to herself. He had been so friendly before he had left...what had gone wrong? Back in fifth grade, he had told her that he loved her, and she had been so scared then. But after he went home, she had never heard from any of them.
Later, she had tried to talk to them, but they had no idea who she was.
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That had been the beginning of this year. Kero had been delving for information, as had Nakuru and Spinel. They had finally come up with an answer in the last week, which was the one Kero had told Sakura the previous night.
Syaoran and Sakura had gone back to their original relationship. Bickering at every chance they had. But inside, Sakura was slowly dying. True, she had decided that men weren't worth the effort, but she had loved this particular guy for so long. And now he was being a jerk again. There was no better word for it.
This is the place in my heart,
This is the place where I'm falling apart.
Isn't this just where we met?
And is this the last chance that I'll ever get?
I wish I was lonely,
Instead of just only,
Crystal and see-through and not enough to you.
'Cause you don't see me,
And you don't need me,
And you don't love me,
The way I wish you would, the way I know you could.
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Syaoran looked at Sakura's back during class and racked his brains, trying to remember where he knew her. Truth was, he strongly disliked the girl, but he couldn't stop the feeling that this hadn't always been the case. He could still remember their first day here. During recess, she had come and tried to them. They had told her to go away, but she asked if we remembered her. We just gave her strange looks and walked away. But ever since then I haven't been able to shake the feeling that we do know her from somewhere.
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TOMOYO'S POV
I could hear them screaming at each other from where I was standing by my locker. I bolted in the direction of the commotion as fast as I could. Sure enough, there they where, Syaoran and Sakura, having an argument in the middle of the corridor outside the music room. I shuddered. I didn't like this particular music room, every Clow Card that had attacked me had attacked me in there. I was part worried they would wake a spirit or something. I had no idea what they were yelling about. Something pointless no doubt.
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Sakura couldn't even remember what the argument was about by the time she had finished yelling and Tomoyo and Eriol had pulled them away from each other. Actually, come to think of it, Syaoran had crashed into her and she fell hard on her arm. That would explain why it hurt so much. He had just kept walking. Not even an apology. So she yelled. And yelled. And yelled.
"You're such a hypocrite!" she yelled. "Someone does it to you and you beat the shit out of them. You do it to someone and keep walking to whatever girlfriend you have this week." Syaoran turned to his girlfriend and spoke 'lovingly' to her. Then turned back to Sakura and let her have it.
Shapeshifter, guest-lister,
Big thinker, she'll turn around and disa.
Gatecrasher, re-hasher,
If you think that's cool, whatever dude.
Gatecrasher, re-hasher,
Big thinker, she'll turn around and trash ya,
Shapeshifter, guest-lister,
If you think that's cool,
Whatever dude.
"How dare you speak to me like that you bitch! You should know better!" he thundered. Sakura lurched to her feet, and slapped him hard across the face. Without thinking, he hit her back, knocking her back to the floor. He stared for a minute, then he tried to apologise. "Kinomoto, I'm sorry, I never meant to - " he moved towards her. Sakura moved away from him and ran down the corridor. Syaoran sighed; he had never meant to hurt her. He stared at his hand, and realised it was covered in her blood. He must have given her a nosebleed at the very least. Syaoran, no matter how tough he was, had vowed never to hurt a woman physically. He would never forgive himself for this. Never.
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Sakura sat in an empty classroom, her wand out. Over the last four years, she had mastered the art of creating new Star Cards. By channelling the powers of the create card, she could make new cards to serve her purpose. Today, she created the Healer Card to mend her broken nose. Tomoyo found her as she returned the staff to its key form. "Are you okay?" she asked her friend. "Yeah, I'm fine. " Sakura said grimly. "And I'd rather forget about this whole fiasco." "Yes, but...from the look on his face afterwards, he was devastated that he'd actually hit you." Tomoyo said. "Well, maybe that's some sort of progress the." Sakura said, "I say the sooner we break this spell, the sooner we'll all feel safer."
Tomoyo nodded in agreement. "Oh, and don't tell Kero about this. Knowing him, he'll want Syaoran's head on a platter." The thought of it made the two laugh, despite the feeling of trouble looming ahead.
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Short I know, but I'm having trouble keeping up with all my fics. If you read any of them and have ideas, please review.
Genesis