Mystery of the Haunted Cabin
A/N: Minna san! I'm back with yet another story! Yeah, I know, you're probably getting tired of me, but hey, what can I say. I can't stop thinking of more stories, and it might go to waste so... here you are. Oh yeah, think of my poor bandadged index finger if you see any type-o's. (I got it from typing and playing the piano too much!) -_~
Disclaimer - CCS is and forever will be disclaimed.
Mystery of the Haunted Cabin
Chapter 1
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"Yes! School's finally out for winter vacation!"
"Looks like someone's excited."
Sakura and her best friend Tomoyo were walking home after the final day of sixth grade. (A/N: In Asian countries, school starts in spring and ends in winter.)
"Li-kun! Aren't you excited!"
Syaoran Li was also one of Sakura's companions during the capture of the magical Clow cards and the transformation of the Sakura cards. Unfortunately, after the final battle with Void, some strange phenomenon has occurred making them all forget about Syaoran and Sakura's confession of how they liked each other. (A/N: You'll find out what it is later on.)
"Hey, Sakura, I was just wondering, why don't we go to a ski lodge all together? We've never done anything like that before."
"What a great idea, Tomoyo!"
"Um... aren't you guys forgetting something?"
"What is it, Li-kun?"
"You don't have enough money to pay for it, and besides, I doubt that your parents would let you go alone."
"What do you mean 'you'? You're coming to, aren't you?"
"Me?!"
Syaoran blushed at the thought of him going to a ski lodge with Sakura during the winter.
"But, but..."
"But what?"
Sakura stared at him straight in the eyes with curiosity.
"Well, both of you are girls, and... I'm a guy!"
"That's no problem. We can invite Touya and Yukito, right Sakura?"
"I don't think so. Oniichan has all of his part time jobs, and Yukito has to watch his house, plus they both have their studies to do."
"Yeah, you're right. Hm..."
Sakura smiled as she seemed to have a brilliant idea.
*~*
"No, no, no! I refuse to be near that Chinese gaki!"
"But, Kero..."
"No 'but's, Sakura! I'm not going!"
"Alright, but you're going to miss out on all of the food!"
"Food?"
Kero flew right in front of Sakura before she could open the door.
"On second thought, I reconsider!"
Sakura giggled as Kero just stared out into empty space thinking, 'what have I done?'.
*~*
"Hello, Kinomoto residence."
Touya's face suddenly changed to an annoyed look.
"One sec. Monster! Pick up the phone! It's Tomoyo!"
"Only if you stop calling me monster!"
Sakura ran to her room to pick it up.
"Hi, Tomoyo!"
"Did you finish packing yet?"
"Almost. I need to finish packing Kero's pudding bag."
Sakura could hear Tomoyo's giggling over the phone.
"Well, I'm done packing."
"I'd bet anything that one of your bags have a camera, spare tapes, and batteries in it!"
"Now how did you know?"
They both giggled. Tomoyo has been known to make outfits for Sakura to wear as she captured the cards. She has also been video recording her wherever she goes. It's sort of her hobby.
"Did Li finish packing?"
"I don't know. I haven't called him yet."
"So you didn't tell him yet, did you?"
"Tell him what?"
"Never mind. I'm pretty sure he's done by now. You know how guys are with their luggage compared to girls. Well, we'd better get some rest. Ja ne."
"Ja ne, Tomoyo."
They both hung up at the same time. Sakura stuffed the last pack of chocolate pudding and plastic spoons into a tiny, bulgy bag and went to sleep.
"You'd better get some rest, Kero. Tomorrow's the day that we go."
"After this one last round."
"Alright. Just keep it down, will you?"
"Sure thing."
Kero paused his video game to stick the headphones in his ears and continue playing. Sakura sighed contentedly as she lay her head down to sleep.
'This will be so much fun. I'm so excited.'
Slowly, Sakura drifted off to sleep as Kero continued to recklessly play his video games.
*~*
"Stop bouncing will you? You're going to make me fall for the third time!"
Sakura was so happy that she bounced on the bus ride that was going up the mountain. There were so many passengers in that bus that the three of them had to sit in one row: Syaoran in the isle, Sakura in the middle, and Tomoyo by the window. Kero was inside of Sakura's bagpack.
"I'm sorry, Li, but it's just so exciting! I can hardly wait!"
"You can bounce all you want as soon as we get off of this bus!"
Sakura looked a little hurt with sad eyes mixed into her expression as Li sighed.
"Sorry."
Sakura smiled back at Syaoran. Li realized that he was starting to blush, and so he turned his head away quickly.
*~*
One hour had passed and most of the passengers were asleep, including Sakura. Syaoran watched for any sign of danger, paranoid as he always is, when a sudden curve in the road rolled Sakura over to make her head rest on his shoulder.
"Gyahhh!!!"
Syaoran was completely startled and fell over the side of the bench.
"Huh?"
Sakura's eyes slowly opened.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Li. Did I push you over in my sleep?"
"No, it's nothing. It's just the way the bus was so bumpy that it caught me off guard."
Syaoran was blushing like crazy as the bus driver eyed him with anger.
'Bumpy? I'll show you bumpy!'
The bus suddenly jumped as Syaoran was getting up, causing Syaoran to fall over Sakura and Sakura to fall over Tomoyo, crushing poor Kero in between. Syaoran barely caught his balance as he used his hands to support him while pushing on the sides of the two benches. As he opened his eyes, Syaoran shot out to the other side of the bus.
"I I..."
"YOU DUMB CHINESE GAKI! WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING!"
Kero jumped out of Sakura's bag, causing a triple effect of shock for Syaoran.
"Kero! He didn't mean it! I know it was an accident."
Sakura turned to Li and smiled.
"It's alright. I understand."
"Well, I don't!"
"If I get you some pudding, will you stop yelling."
"Pudding?"
Kero had starry eyes as Sakura went to the back of the bus to get to her luggage.
"Ahah! I see what you're up to."
"Up to? Who, me?"
Syaoran was blushing hard as he used his arms to cover his face.
"I can see that. You did that on purpose, didn't you."
"NO I DIDN'T!!"
"Didn't what?"
Sakura came back with a pudding pack and a spoon in her hands.
"Oh boy!"
Kero snatched the pudding away in a blink of an eye and gulped it down as if there were no tomorrow.
*~*
"Well, here we are."
The three of them stood in front of what looked like a luxury hotel.
"Wow, Tomoyo! This place is amazing!"
"Not this one. It's the one over there."
Tomoyo pointed to a hilltop where it was a little less luxurious.
"Oh, it's not so bad."
This one looked kind of like a motel, but it was still clean.
"One question. How long will it be until we get up there and not freeze to death?"
"Hm... that's a good question."
Sakura started to think as a Sakura card fell out of her pocket.
"The cards! We can use the cards!"
Tomoyo exclaimed as she felt excited to see Sakura's magic again. Sakura picked up the dark card as she searched for her key. Suddenly, the dark card drew up a barrier around the ski lodge.
"What are you doing?"
"I didn't do anything! The card just did that by itself!"
"How do we stop it?"
Sakura pulled out the light card and her key.
"Key of Clow, release! Light!"
The light card refused to listen.
"Why isn't it working?"
"Never mind. I'll handle this."
Syaoran stepped in front of them. Syaoran was also a cardcaptor, but in the end, Sakura ended up winning the judgment against Yue, making her the new mistress of the cards. Even without the cards, Syaoran had his own special magic.
"Lightning!"
Lightning shot out of the sky and hit the barrier, making the dark card lose its energy and change it back into its card form.
"I wonder what went wrong."
"I don't know, but you've got to be careful around your cards from now on."
"K."
Sakura heeded Syaoran's warning and the four of them went on to the ski lodge.
to be continued...
A/N: Hm... what could be causing all the commotion I wonder... is it because... oops almost said it! I know. You wish that I did, didn't ya! Okay, I'll give you a hint. On the next chapter, the story will unfold even more and there will be a new character. Oh yeah, and don't forget that on the next one... Meilin's in the house!
A/N2: Don't forget to review! Please! Any comment will do. Just make sure that if it's a flammer, be sure to make it constructive! Arigato!
~ Kristy Selean
A/N: Minna san! I'm back with yet another story! Yeah, I know, you're probably getting tired of me, but hey, what can I say. I can't stop thinking of more stories, and it might go to waste so... here you are. Oh yeah, think of my poor bandadged index finger if you see any type-o's. (I got it from typing and playing the piano too much!) -_~
Disclaimer - CCS is and forever will be disclaimed.
Mystery of the Haunted Cabin
Chapter 1
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
"Yes! School's finally out for winter vacation!"
"Looks like someone's excited."
Sakura and her best friend Tomoyo were walking home after the final day of sixth grade. (A/N: In Asian countries, school starts in spring and ends in winter.)
"Li-kun! Aren't you excited!"
Syaoran Li was also one of Sakura's companions during the capture of the magical Clow cards and the transformation of the Sakura cards. Unfortunately, after the final battle with Void, some strange phenomenon has occurred making them all forget about Syaoran and Sakura's confession of how they liked each other. (A/N: You'll find out what it is later on.)
"Hey, Sakura, I was just wondering, why don't we go to a ski lodge all together? We've never done anything like that before."
"What a great idea, Tomoyo!"
"Um... aren't you guys forgetting something?"
"What is it, Li-kun?"
"You don't have enough money to pay for it, and besides, I doubt that your parents would let you go alone."
"What do you mean 'you'? You're coming to, aren't you?"
"Me?!"
Syaoran blushed at the thought of him going to a ski lodge with Sakura during the winter.
"But, but..."
"But what?"
Sakura stared at him straight in the eyes with curiosity.
"Well, both of you are girls, and... I'm a guy!"
"That's no problem. We can invite Touya and Yukito, right Sakura?"
"I don't think so. Oniichan has all of his part time jobs, and Yukito has to watch his house, plus they both have their studies to do."
"Yeah, you're right. Hm..."
Sakura smiled as she seemed to have a brilliant idea.
*~*
"No, no, no! I refuse to be near that Chinese gaki!"
"But, Kero..."
"No 'but's, Sakura! I'm not going!"
"Alright, but you're going to miss out on all of the food!"
"Food?"
Kero flew right in front of Sakura before she could open the door.
"On second thought, I reconsider!"
Sakura giggled as Kero just stared out into empty space thinking, 'what have I done?'.
*~*
"Hello, Kinomoto residence."
Touya's face suddenly changed to an annoyed look.
"One sec. Monster! Pick up the phone! It's Tomoyo!"
"Only if you stop calling me monster!"
Sakura ran to her room to pick it up.
"Hi, Tomoyo!"
"Did you finish packing yet?"
"Almost. I need to finish packing Kero's pudding bag."
Sakura could hear Tomoyo's giggling over the phone.
"Well, I'm done packing."
"I'd bet anything that one of your bags have a camera, spare tapes, and batteries in it!"
"Now how did you know?"
They both giggled. Tomoyo has been known to make outfits for Sakura to wear as she captured the cards. She has also been video recording her wherever she goes. It's sort of her hobby.
"Did Li finish packing?"
"I don't know. I haven't called him yet."
"So you didn't tell him yet, did you?"
"Tell him what?"
"Never mind. I'm pretty sure he's done by now. You know how guys are with their luggage compared to girls. Well, we'd better get some rest. Ja ne."
"Ja ne, Tomoyo."
They both hung up at the same time. Sakura stuffed the last pack of chocolate pudding and plastic spoons into a tiny, bulgy bag and went to sleep.
"You'd better get some rest, Kero. Tomorrow's the day that we go."
"After this one last round."
"Alright. Just keep it down, will you?"
"Sure thing."
Kero paused his video game to stick the headphones in his ears and continue playing. Sakura sighed contentedly as she lay her head down to sleep.
'This will be so much fun. I'm so excited.'
Slowly, Sakura drifted off to sleep as Kero continued to recklessly play his video games.
*~*
"Stop bouncing will you? You're going to make me fall for the third time!"
Sakura was so happy that she bounced on the bus ride that was going up the mountain. There were so many passengers in that bus that the three of them had to sit in one row: Syaoran in the isle, Sakura in the middle, and Tomoyo by the window. Kero was inside of Sakura's bagpack.
"I'm sorry, Li, but it's just so exciting! I can hardly wait!"
"You can bounce all you want as soon as we get off of this bus!"
Sakura looked a little hurt with sad eyes mixed into her expression as Li sighed.
"Sorry."
Sakura smiled back at Syaoran. Li realized that he was starting to blush, and so he turned his head away quickly.
*~*
One hour had passed and most of the passengers were asleep, including Sakura. Syaoran watched for any sign of danger, paranoid as he always is, when a sudden curve in the road rolled Sakura over to make her head rest on his shoulder.
"Gyahhh!!!"
Syaoran was completely startled and fell over the side of the bench.
"Huh?"
Sakura's eyes slowly opened.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Li. Did I push you over in my sleep?"
"No, it's nothing. It's just the way the bus was so bumpy that it caught me off guard."
Syaoran was blushing like crazy as the bus driver eyed him with anger.
'Bumpy? I'll show you bumpy!'
The bus suddenly jumped as Syaoran was getting up, causing Syaoran to fall over Sakura and Sakura to fall over Tomoyo, crushing poor Kero in between. Syaoran barely caught his balance as he used his hands to support him while pushing on the sides of the two benches. As he opened his eyes, Syaoran shot out to the other side of the bus.
"I I..."
"YOU DUMB CHINESE GAKI! WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING!"
Kero jumped out of Sakura's bag, causing a triple effect of shock for Syaoran.
"Kero! He didn't mean it! I know it was an accident."
Sakura turned to Li and smiled.
"It's alright. I understand."
"Well, I don't!"
"If I get you some pudding, will you stop yelling."
"Pudding?"
Kero had starry eyes as Sakura went to the back of the bus to get to her luggage.
"Ahah! I see what you're up to."
"Up to? Who, me?"
Syaoran was blushing hard as he used his arms to cover his face.
"I can see that. You did that on purpose, didn't you."
"NO I DIDN'T!!"
"Didn't what?"
Sakura came back with a pudding pack and a spoon in her hands.
"Oh boy!"
Kero snatched the pudding away in a blink of an eye and gulped it down as if there were no tomorrow.
*~*
"Well, here we are."
The three of them stood in front of what looked like a luxury hotel.
"Wow, Tomoyo! This place is amazing!"
"Not this one. It's the one over there."
Tomoyo pointed to a hilltop where it was a little less luxurious.
"Oh, it's not so bad."
This one looked kind of like a motel, but it was still clean.
"One question. How long will it be until we get up there and not freeze to death?"
"Hm... that's a good question."
Sakura started to think as a Sakura card fell out of her pocket.
"The cards! We can use the cards!"
Tomoyo exclaimed as she felt excited to see Sakura's magic again. Sakura picked up the dark card as she searched for her key. Suddenly, the dark card drew up a barrier around the ski lodge.
"What are you doing?"
"I didn't do anything! The card just did that by itself!"
"How do we stop it?"
Sakura pulled out the light card and her key.
"Key of Clow, release! Light!"
The light card refused to listen.
"Why isn't it working?"
"Never mind. I'll handle this."
Syaoran stepped in front of them. Syaoran was also a cardcaptor, but in the end, Sakura ended up winning the judgment against Yue, making her the new mistress of the cards. Even without the cards, Syaoran had his own special magic.
"Lightning!"
Lightning shot out of the sky and hit the barrier, making the dark card lose its energy and change it back into its card form.
"I wonder what went wrong."
"I don't know, but you've got to be careful around your cards from now on."
"K."
Sakura heeded Syaoran's warning and the four of them went on to the ski lodge.
to be continued...
A/N: Hm... what could be causing all the commotion I wonder... is it because... oops almost said it! I know. You wish that I did, didn't ya! Okay, I'll give you a hint. On the next chapter, the story will unfold even more and there will be a new character. Oh yeah, and don't forget that on the next one... Meilin's in the house!
A/N2: Don't forget to review! Please! Any comment will do. Just make sure that if it's a flammer, be sure to make it constructive! Arigato!
~ Kristy Selean