Everyone is age 17. Right now they are all in the second semester of their junior year.

Tomoeda Elementary- Tomoeda High

Chapter One

Prologue:

"Can anyone elaborate on this? Sakura? Sakura? Sakura!"

"Huh…?" Her chin was in her hand and she was facing the window. She turned her head to look at her teacher. "Oh, sorry sir." She replied and looked back outside of the window.

Mr. Terada gave her a look and turned around to write something on the blackboard. "I want you to finish these problems and when you're done…"

Sakura continued looking outside. She had the window seat so it was easy for her to do so. Behind her sat Li, next to her sat Tomoyo, and behind Tomoyo sat Eriol. All four of them were just classmates, and neither of them talked to each other. Tomoyo was the smart girl, president of the student council and always got straight A's. Eriol was the popular athletic guy, captain of the basketball team and quarterback of the football team. Li was the badass delinquent who was admired by all of the guys and liked by all the girls. Sakura was the regular, average girl who had many friends and was liked by most of the class.

There was nothing unusual about this situation but…

…it isn't night yet.

~NIGHT~

"Tomoyo!" Sakura screamed.

Tomoyo was thrown through the air and her back hit against the wall and she slid down.

"AHHH!" Eriol screamed as he jumped sky high into the air, did a front flip, and landed on top of the monster with his feet together like he just jumped onto the creature. It screamed in pain from the attack and Eriol continued to punch and kick it.

"Tomoyo! Are you alright?" Sakura ran over to tend to her friend.

"Yeah, I can still fight." She assure her and continued to stand up.

"Why won't this bastard just die already?" Li yelled in frustration as he jumped up and put a giant cut into the monster with his sword. "Sakura! Will you hurry it up already?" He continued to slice the creature.

"I'm on it!" She took out her gun and transformed it into a staff and pointed it at the monster.

Tomoyo pulled back her arrow and aimed at the monster. She let go of the string and the arrow, joining Eriol and Li in attacking it when the arrow burst into flames and then multiplied into numerous arrows, striking the beast. Sakura held up the staff and a magic circle formed around her. The end of the staff highest in the air was a star inside a circle. The star spun around and wings grew on each side of the circle. She said some incantation and brought it down halfway before hitting the ground and a card started to form. When the card formed the creature turned to smoke and was sucked into the card, until it turned into a physical card with the word 'FLY' scribbled on the bottom. Tomoyo, Eriol, and Li ran up to her as Sakura's staff she was holding turned back into a gun.

"Well that one was really annoying." Li slung his sword over his shoulder with one hand in his pocket. "Giant bird."

Sakura looked at the card she was holding. "So it really was one of those Clow Cards?" Tomoyo commented.

"Geez, whoever this 'Clow' guy is, when we finally meet him, I'm gonna kick his ass." Li sneered.

"I have to admit I kind of like this." Eriol commented. Everyone gave him a confused look. "This secret life at night we've got, it's really exciting."

"Well if this 'Clow' guy keeps sending all of these monsters to terrorize the city, then we'll be up all night every night." Tomoyo commented.

Sakura put the card in her pocket and smiled at everyone. "Well we should study for the test tomorrow. Night everyone!"

Everyone went their separate ways to go home.

On that day, Li was given a sword and increased his sword skills to fight them. Eriol was given the power of his fists and his martial arts skills amplified. Tomoyo was given a bow and arrow to fight them. Sakura was the one who had the power to seal the monsters with her staff. Her staff could also transform into a gun for attack and defensive purposes.

Just a regular class in a regular day. That's how this all started.

"Bye Rika!"

"Bye Sakura!"

They split up and both headed home. Sakura always walked home everyday; in fact, most students of Tomoeda High walked home or used some form of wheels to get home besides vehicles. She made it to her home and walked into her house.

"I'm home!"

"Hey squirt."

She flashed a look at her older brother and headed upstairs. He went to a college that was so close he was able to commute and come home after everyday, though sometimes he preferred to stay with his friends at their apartment on campus. He was in the kitchen, cooking dinner when Sakura arrived home.

"Where's dad?" She asked after flashing him a displeased look.

"He left a few hours ago for another excavation." He took his spoon out of the bowl and pointed it at her. "Go get ready I'm making dinner tonight."

"Yeah yeah." She replied and walked upstairs for the end of her day.

~DAY~

"Morning Sakura!"

"Morning Chiharu!"

Sakura walked over to her friend's desk to start talking. They waited until the rest of their friends joined in and continued their conversation. Then the teacher walked in and everyone went back to their seats so he could start class. Mr. Terada cleared his throat and began speaking.

"Before I take attendance I believe President Daidouji has an announcement to make on behalf of the student council."

Everyone turned around as Tomoyo stood up from her seat and faced her entire class. "I would like to announce that we are promoting a school dance to celebrate the beginning of the second semester; sort of like a good luck thing to put everyone in high spirits for the rest of the school year."

The entire class clapped and cheered, proving that they all approved of the action and Tomoyo sat back down as Mr. Terada continued taking attendance. Sakura looked over at Tomoyo and smiled.

"A school dance? Really? That's a great idea it sounds like a lot of fun!" She exclaimed to her.

Tomoyo smiled back. "You think so?"

"If you need any help preparing for the dance or anything, just let me know." Sakura offered.

"I'll make sure to do that thank you." She replied as they both turned back to pay attention to the lecture.

At the end of classes, Tomoyo caught Sakura before she could leave the school.

"Wait Sakura!"

Sakura turned around to see Tomoyo waving a hand at her to get her attention and she stopped and turned around. She was walking with Rika so she stopped too. "Yeah?" She replied as Tomoyo caught up to her.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but I was hoping you could help move some boxes down to the basement."

Sakura smiled. "Wow that was fast." She commented. "But yeah sure no problem!" She turned to Rika. "Hey I'm going to stay here for a while, sorry about that."

"Oh no I don't mind walking home alone. See you tomorrow Sakura!"

"You too Rika!" She said goodbye and followed Madison back inside the school.

Grunt. Grunt. Grunt.

"Eriol? What are you still doing here?" Takashi walked into the school's workout room. Eli was punching a punching bag with what seemed to be all his might. "We didn't have football practice today."

Eriol stopped punching the bag and caught his breath. "I could ask you the same thing." He smirked.

Takashi laughed. "Hey no fair I asked you first!" He continued talking. "But if you must know I was on cleanup duty after school. I'm supposed to move the bag of soccer balls down to the basement. It's the last thing on my list today."

Eriol chuckled. "Alright alright. I was just doing some last minute exercises." He took a towel and rubbed his sweat off his face. "Why don't you head home, I'll finish your cleanup." He offered.

"For real? Thanks dude I owe you one!" Takashi quickly left the room to go home.

"So, what did you need help with again?" Sakura asked.

Short term memory loss…? Tomoyo thought with a little confusion but shook it off. "Well, I need to get these boxes down to the basement for storage."

"What's inside them?"

Tomoyo smiled. "They're donations we collected that we're auctioning off at the dance. The money we raise by selling them will go to the school."

"Sounds interesting! Maybe I'll buy one of these things." Sakura exclaimed.

She followed Tomoyo all the way back into the classroom and they opened the door. They found Li still inside the classroom. He was leaning back in his chair with his feet on top of the desk. He had a magazine on top of his head, covering his face and the only part of him that was moving was his chest going up and down. He had both of his arms hanging on his sides, just dangling there. He was clearly unconscious and sleeping.

"Of all people to find still in the classroom…" Tomoyo muttered under her breath.

Sakura practically ignored Li and started walking around the room. "So…where are all these boxes?"

"Huh? Oh they're inside the cabinet." She walked over and took out her keys to unlock the cabinet, careful not to wake up Li. She opened the door and took out a box, followed by another box, and another box, and another box.

"Wow, that's a lot of donations! I wonder why I never heard about it…"

"It's cuz you're so dense Kinomoto."

"Look at that, the delinquent speaks." Tomoyo commented to herself.

Li took the magazine off of his face, clearly he has woken up now. "So the airhead and the prez come into the class after school and wake me up from my nap because…?"

"Hey you juvenile! You shouldn't even still be on school grounds without a school related reason! You should actually be thanking me that I'm not reporting you. Why don't you pick up some boxes and help us carry them into the basement." She crossed her arms.

"So? I don't care if I get suspended." Li scoffed.

"Oh no, I was thinking more like the police officer, Yukito." Tomoyo saw Li tense up and her evil smile grew bigger. "Because the student council happens to know how much you love him." She teased.

"What? Yukito? My brother's best friend?" Sakura asked herself. She became a little lovestruck for a moment because she has had the biggest crush on him ever since Touya started bringing him home.

Li quickly stood up from his seat and grabbed a box, heading for the door.

Tomoyo put on a fake, scary, sweet smile. "Thank you very much!" Then she picked up a box and Sakura followed them down to the basement.

...

They carried the boxes all the way down the stairs and Sakura dropped the box she was holding onto the floor pretty hard. "Phew, this was getting heavy."

"What? Never worked a day in your life princess? You're so fragile." Li commented.

"Hey watch it!" Tomoyo shouted.

They heard someone come down the stairs and turned around to see Eriol walking down the stairs with a bag of soccer balls over his shoulder.

"Eriol?" Sakura said.

"Oh." He exclaimed, seeing all three of them down in the basement too. "What are you guys doing down here?"

"We're putting some boxes away." Tomoyo answered. "Looks like you got cleanup duty. I thought it was Takashi's turn?"

"Yeah, but I offered to do it for him. Short story." He said with a smile on his face.

"I think you mean 'long' story." Sakura corrected innocently.

"No. Short story." Eriol said plainly and walked over to them, dropping the bag of soccer balls onto the floor. He spotted the items inside the boxes. "Hey, what're those?" He looked into one of the boxes out of curiosity.

"Those are just donations for an auction we're having." Tomoyo replied.

Eriol picked up one of the things inside the boxes. "So these used to belong to people? Cool. I wish I had something like this."

Li snickered and shoved his hands inside his pockets.

Sakura walked over to a bookshelf and pointed at the open area next to it. "Hey Tomoyo, what about right here?"

"That's a perfect spot." She smiled. "Hey, since you two are down here why don't you help carry these boxes over there."

"No problem." Eriol replied and picked up a box, walking over towards Sakura to put them in the space. Li groaned and picked up the other and followed Eriol. Tomoyo did the same as Sakura just stood there and watched them, pretending to be one of those girls at the end of a racetrack or in front of the plane that shows them where to go.

She turned around and studied the bookcase. A certain book sparked her attention and she took it out.

"Hey Sakura, what you got there?" Tomoyo asked, clapping her hands together after placing the boxes down.

"I don't know. This book sort of, called out to me or something like that." She said, completely casually.

Li cracked up. "That's so ridiculous don't tell me you actually believe that. You're just letting your mind get to you. It's just some old book." He almost took his hands out of his pockets to take it from her but Eriol already took it from her.

"What's this say? 'Clow Book'?" He thought out loud.

"Well that's an odd title for a book." Tomoyo commented and took the book from Eriol. "Ugh it won't…budge. This seal is tight that's for sure." She continued trying to open it.

"Here let me try." Sakura grabbed it from Tomoyo. At first it was hard for it to budge but then it snapped open.

"Well would ya look at that, the princess got it open." Li commented.

Sakura grabbed the edge of it and flipped the book open.

Suddenly this huge gust of wind enveloped all four of them into a small tornado. There feet stayed planted on the ground however. These papers flew out of the book and went through the ceiling, disappearing. All four of them covered their faces to make sure they didn't get hit with any of them and the wind was hurting their eyes. Sakura dropped the book and it landed on the floor, the tornado still coming from the book. The lights in the basement started flickering as well. All four of them became confused, at the sudden commotion. Strangely enough, no one in the city saw these papers fly through the roof of the school, and then suddenly disperse into numerous areas. Those four were the only one left inside the school so no one was inside the building to experience the chaos as well.

To top it all off with the papers leaving the basement, the four of them experienced some kind of power surge. They all screamed in pain so loud that if anyone else was still inside the school they would have definitely heard them. Their bodies started glowing and lightning seemed to strike every inch of the area surrounding the four of them. At the end of it all the book lay open, and empty. The lights flickered for a while until completely turning back on. All four of them fell to their knees after the blast, catching their breaths and fixing their hair and outfits. Sakura crawled over and looked inside the book to see that it had returned to being just a regular, empty, solid book.

"What the hell was that?" Li screamed. "Damnit…" He grabbed parts of his bodies that felt in pain.

"Ow…my head." Eriol said.

Tomoyo checked everywhere on her body. "That was such a weird feeling. There's no marks on my body?" She sighed. "After feeling that kind of pain shouldn't there be?"

"What just…happened?" Sakura asked herself and touched the book. It began to glow.

"Ah shit not again!" Li shouted. The four of them backed up and used their arm to cover their bodies (well actually their faces. Arms can't cover that much).

The glowing stopped, and on the inside of the cover page, a small creature emerged from it.

"A-A stuffed animal? What the hell?" Li said.

It looked like a small bear, or lion, but it had wings. It was small enough to fit into a hand. When it fully emerged from the book, it landed flat on its feet and used its forearms to stretch.

"Ah…!" It yawned. Then it took a deep breath and began to scream. "Now…WHO THE HELL WOKE ME UP FROM MY NAP?"

They all squinted at the volume of his tone. Li crawled over and picked it up by the wings. "Well, I didn't know stuffed animals could talk."

The creature bit his hand and Li let go so it could fall on its feet and stand up on its rear legs again.

"I AM NOT a stuffed animal. For your information my name is Cerberus and I am the Guardian Beast of the Clow Book, and I represent the sun!"

"Wow, I had no idea a stuffed animal had such a LONG title." Li taunted.

"Aw Kero! You're actually kind of cute." Sakura poked him.

"Kero?" Eriol questioned.

"You know, short for Cerberus." Sakura smiled.

"That's Sakura for you, always making up nicknames." Tomoyo commented.

This girl…this power… Kero eyes Sakura and then turned to face her. "Oi, were you the one who broke the seal?"

Sakura stopped smiling at looked at Kero. The seriousness of his face scared her into thinking she was in trouble of some sort. "N-No not exactly I m-mean yes I-I mean no I mean, I o-opened the book b-but I…" She was almost to tears. She hated causing trouble. Oh the irony.

Kero then began to eye the other three, as if scanning them. Then he sat down and crossed his forearms. "Were there by any chance…cards inside the book?"

"We're not sure but, it looks kind of empty." Tomoyo pointed to the inside of the book.

Kero shook his head. He took one deep breath and then…"YOU'RE FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT? DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WAS INSIDE THIS BOOK? YOU'VE DOOMED THE WHOLE CITY! MAYBE THE ENTIRE WORLD!"

"S-S-S-SORRY! I'm so sorry!" Sakura quickly bowed down hoping for apology.

"A talking stuffed animal with some great title, and now we've messed up the world?" Li put his hand to his head. "This is so fucked up."

"Alright." Kero talked so loudly and so clearly, he got all of their attentions. "All four of you caused this mess that I am responsible for cleaning up." He smirked and a gleam in his eye could be seen. "Oh hey! You know what just came to my mind? You four will help me get back all of the monsters you released into the world now doesn't that sound like a great idea?"

"W-What…?" Eriol stuttered.

"Stop talking nonsense you crazy plush toy!" Li spat.

"Oh well then. That's fine too. Let the world be plunged into darkness as Clow Reed gathers all of the creatures again and controls them to attacking the world and wipe out everything. Don't take responsibility for being the cause of this by helping stop him." Kero stated.

"No no! We'll help!" Sakura yelled.

"Woah Kinomoto don't go jumping to-"

"We have to!" She cut him off and looked him in the face. "Or at least, I have to! I opened this book and it's all my fault, so I'm going to do whatever I can to fix this!"

"Kero, what was that you said about someone named, Clow Reed?" Tomoyo asked.

"Clow Reed is an all powerful sorcerer who created these items called Clow Cards that harbored monsters with certain powers depending on their specific skill. For instance, the Windy Card would have the powers of the air and the Erase card has the power to, well, erase anything or anyone from existence."

"That's terrible!" Sakura commented. To think I released such devastation to the world, she thought to herself.

"He used to be my master, but then he began to use its powers for bad and a group of magicians sealed up all of his monsters so they'd stay in card form forever and sealed them into this book, until they were opened again." He flew up into Sakura's face, barely landing on her nose. "And you lucky people happened to have inherited the powers of them that were sealed with the book in case it was opened."

"Powers?" Sakura asked.

"RRRRAAAAAAAHHHHHHHWWWWWRR!" The sound of a beast screaming.

All four of them covered their ears. "Holy shit what was that?" Li complained.

Kero looked up. "It seems like it's already started." A triumphant smile grew on his face. "Great! Perfect time to put you guys to work!"

Kero said some incantation and Sakura, Li, Eriol, and Tomoyo all stood up and a circle formed around them.

"W-What's going on?" Sakura squealed.

A sword, appeared for Li. A bow and arrows, appeared for Tomoyo. Kickass gloves and shoes, appeared for Eriol. And for Sakura, appeared a staff with a star inside a circle at the top end, which then transformed into a gun.

The circles disappeared and all four of them grabbed their new equipment.

"Weapons?" Eriol asked.

"RRRRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHWWWR!" The beast's scream grew louder, and they could begin to hear the citizens screaming.

"Yes, for the four of you to go and fight it." Kero stated.

"N-No way! What makes you think we can use these! I've never shot a gun before!" Sakura screamed.

Eriol put on the gloves and shoes. The gloves were the kinds with finger holes so they only covered up to your knuckles and the shoes were like regular shoes that guys wear. "Woah, that was weird. I feel kind of…strong?" There was a punching bag nearby and he turned around and punched it. It was with his regular strength but the bag flew off the hook and hit the wall, which was about ten yards away or so. "Damn, can't wait to see what these shoes will do."

Li clutched his sword and Tomoyo just kept staring at her bow and arrow. "So what, are these like magic tools or somethin?" He asked.

"I guess you could say that." Kero said. "Now get your asses moving!"

"But we don't know what to do!" Sakura complained.

Kero transformed into a giant lion or tiger or something like that with bigger wings. "Get on my back."

Damn…Li's eye twitched. That's one stuffed animal…

~NIGHT~

All four of them were standing on top of a high rise building; nearly seventy stories high. This was a good place for them to scope the city. Kero returned back into a regular toy after flying all four of them up there. These four high school students, were about to begin their adventure.

"That's weird, there's lightning and thunder, but no rain." Tomoyo stuck her hand out. "It's not even humid outside."

Sakura stuck her hand out too. "That's right."

Li slung his sword over his shoulder. "Ugh where is this thing already? A dirty great beast who could make that kind of noise must be huge."

Tomoyo looked over at Eriol, who was punching and fighting the air. "Hey, what are you doing?"

"Getting used to these gloves and shoes, that's all." He replied with a smile.

"Hey kid, you might wanna save your energy." Kero advised.

"RRRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHWWWWR!" The beast's scream again.

"There it is!" Sakura screamed.

A four legged creature that looked to be made up of lightning was terrorizing a different high rise building. It was messing with the electricity of the building, making all the lights flicker and what not.

"Finally!" Li ran over to the edge of the high rise and jumped off of it. "LET'S GO!" Li shouted as he began to fall down.

"LI!" Sakura and Tomoyo screamed but before they could run after him, Eriol flew past them and jumped off the edge of the building too, going after Li.

"Hey you two! What do you think you're doing? That's so dangerous!" Tomoyo lectured.

Sakura and Tomoyo watched as Li and Eriol fell about twenty stories onto another roof, and landed peacefully. They continued to run across that roof as if nothing happened and continued jumping roofs to get to the building the creature was terrorizing.

"They're not hurt?" Tomoyo screamed.

"Such…athletic ability…" Sakura's eye twitched.

"Well, what're you two waiting for?" They looked at Kero. "Go after them! Or did you forget you have to capture that thing and turn it back into a card?" His little plush toy body flew in front of Sakura's face again. "Look, only someone who was truly born with the power could break the seal of the Clow Book. You have to go with them because you're the only one who can seal it back into a card!"

"How?" Sakura asked.

"Just think about turning your gun into that staff, and then…"

After Kero explained what she had to do, she and Tomoyo both climbed back onto Kero and he carried them towards the monster, but Eriol and Li were already there.

Li, struck the beast and sliced it over and over again with his sword. Eriol, kept fighting with it with his punches and kicks and his newly found martial arts skills. Tomoyo, kept making arrows appear that she could send numerous times towards the beast. And Sakura, pulled the trigger more times than she ever could have dreamed of. No, I'm not killing. She kept thinking to herself. It was a struggle for her because it was not in her nature to harm anything or anyone.. This creature can not be killed, only sealed!

"Now Sakura! The beast is immobile because it's hurt too bad! Do it before it regenerates and heals its injuries!" Kero screamed.

"Right!" Sakura nodded her head and transformed her gun into a staff.

I think you know what happens next.

~DAY~

"Morning Sakura!"

"Hey Rika! Hey Chiharu! Hey Naoko!" Sakura entered the classroom and walked over to her friends.

"So, did you hear that terrifying noise last night?" Rika asked.

Sakura's eye twitched. "N-Not really. Was there one?"

Naoko's glasses gleamed and she pointed a finger up. "Yes, and it was a low, terrifying shriek. I bet it was a monster! Or a ghost! Or a ghost monster!"

Actually it was a Clow Card…Sakura silently thought to herself. "Come on Naoko, don't try and scare me." She replied.

"No it's true! I heard it too!" Chiharu added in. "And what's even creepier was the weather. Lightning and thunder but no rain? What's up with that!"

"I hear the news is doing a story on that." Rika said.

"No way! Do you think they got a video of whatever was making those noises?" Naoko asked hopefully.

"I think that sounds a little impossible you know?" Sakura tried to persuade them.

The door slid open and all the girls' attention turned to the door. They watched Eriol walk in with a smile on his face and he was, naturally, immediately swarmed by the rest of his teammates from the football team that was in their class.

"Popular as always…" Chiharu commented. "Hey, wait a second, when did Eriol start wearing gloves?"

"What?" Sakura looked behind her shoulder to see Eriol talking amongst his friends and, of course, wearing his gloves. You've got to be kidding me… She thought. While her eyes were wondering, she saw that Tomoyo was already sitting in her desk, writing on some papers pretty busily. The door opened again and this time, most of the girls and boys of the class who weren't already in their own conversations looked at the door…and in walked Li.

"Wow, is it just me or is that guy getting hotter everyday!" Sakura overheard some girl saying.

"I wish I had a cool attitude like him!" She also overheard some guy mutter.

"His name is…Li right?" Naoko asked.

"He's been in our class since the middle of first semester Naoko." Rika told her.

"That's right, he just transferred last semester." Chiharu reminded herself. "The delinquent of our class…always causing trouble since then."

Sakura eyed him all the way since he entered, and all the way to his seat. I wonder why he acts like this in class…She thought.

"Hey! The teachers coming!"

Everyone rushed back into their seats as Mr. Terada entered the classroom and began to take attendance. Li, Sakura, Tomoyo, and Eriol, were all still sitting next to each other in the back of the classroom by the window. The atmosphere around the four of them was strange. These four people who had nothing in common and had never talked to each other due to their separate social circles, are now bounded by a certain book and a certain stuffed animal.

Even after last night, they all sat in silence, neither of them even taking so much as a glance at each other. In fact, no one would have suspected these four classmates to have done what they did last night.

The day continued. Just another regular day.

~NIGHT~

Sakura sat in her bed, and she was staring at the card in her hand. It had the word 'THUNDER' scribbled on the bottom. The bottom drawer of her desk opened and Kero emerged from it.

"Whatcha thinkin about?" He asked her.

"Huh? Oh, nothing." She got up off her bed and put the card inside the empty book.

"RRRRAAAAAAHHHHHHHWWWWWWWWR!"

"What?" Sakura ran over to her window. "Ugh not again." Her phone rang and she picked it up. Tomoyo was on the other end.

"Sakura!" She said.

"Right." Sakura nodded her head and jumped outside the window, Kero following behind.

She slid down the pipe and ran through the streets. She met up with Tomoyo, Eriol, and Li at the nearby park.

Once again the four classmates who never talked to each other by day, gathered again to fight the monster by night.


So I know this sounds a little bit like the actual storyline of Cardcaptor Sakura but trust me, it's WAY different and I honestly guarantee that I did not even get the idea based off of the actual storyline. As you can tell by their different personalities and fighting styles. Plus the whole issue about the Clow Cards is different.

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