Travel back the time

Chapter 1.

Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura


Thwack – "Ouch!"

"Stand outside the classroom right now Sakura Kinomoto!" an angry teacher roared and a student left the classroom normally, as if it was a daily occurrence.

School ended soon enough and a student stood in front of the teacher's desk apathetically. Nobody in the staffroom paid any attention to her because to them, her visiting the area was something natural, almost like a ritual.

As usual, the teacher that always kicked her out was angry whilst the student stood uninterested.

"Sakura, when are you going to stop dozing off in my class?" The teacher spoke annoyed.

-Silence-

"Sakura, what are we learning in class?" He asked, trying to remain calm as possible.

"Uhh... World War 2?"

The teacher sighed heavily yet he continued.

"We are learning about Ancient China. Sakura, you do realize that your father is a history professor at Tokyo University"

This invoked her response.

"No sir, you are wrong. He teaches Archaeology, not History." Sakura corrected chicly that further aggravated his temper. 'Uh-oh' she flinted inwardly because teacher's eyes were burning wildly with fury. Wrong move… and he snapped.

"That is not the point! Whether he teaches ancient Japanese, archaeology or literature, he is deeply concerned with education! As an offspring of such prestigious father, how can you doze off?"

Sakura kept quiet after the outburst, hoping the monotonous talk to be cut short and go back home as soon as possible. Usually, he let her go after some shouting and lecturing. But today was different for he was finally determined to fix her bad habit

"As your punishment, I want you to summarize entire ancient Chinese History until the establishment of Communism by Mao Zedong. This way, I really hope I can peak your interest in history. You better do this assignment or else I am really going to call your father and brother!"

Weakly, Sakura left the staffroom, for once worried about the assignment. Although she appeared carefree, she was actually very scared of her family finding out about her current school life. It was not that she was an idiot. She actually performed well in other classes. However, History class was something. She could never understand what can be so fascinating about past when one should live for tomorrow. So she simply refused to work in that class which always ended up getting her into trouble and today was apparently the worst one she ever had.

She walked home tiredly. On her way, she saw a peculiar tent that she never saw before.

'Was this tent always here?' she wondered. Just then, a young man wearing black hoods and glasses appeared out and spoke to her.

"My, my, such pretty girl! Please do come in! I will read your fortune for free"

Exhausted and freaked out, Sakura kept walking on pretending not to having heard him.

"No, no. You should not ignore me. People do not encounter others without reason." He continued talking despite her obvious dislike.

Finally her annoyance has reached the maximum level. She turned around and glared at him.

"And, what may be the reason?" she asked irritatingly.

This made the man smile unknowingly. "Fate" he replied and pulled her inside.

He made her sit in a stool in front of his large-glass orb.

"What do you see Ms…?"

"Kinomoto. Sakura Kinomoto is my full name."

"Ah, Ms. Kinomoto please describe to me what you see"

Although she felt like leaving, she could not when she saw the rapid changes of scenery inside the glass. Few seconds later, it stopped and showed her an image.

"Ms. Kinomoto?" the man called her once name.

Hesitantly she replied, "I see… a young man who wears rather distinguished clothes, more traditional than today's. And… he seems to be in pain. Actually, he looks like he is about to die"

"Ah I see Ms. Kinomoto. Does he have brown hair and eyes?" Sakura nodded to the question and the man added gently. "I believe you will face greatest change in your life very soon. You will be thrown into another dimension to save someone's life who unfortunately died when he was not destined to die."

Fed up with the nonsense, Sakura rolled her eyes, stood up and picked up her school bag. Yet, the man called her once again.

"Ms. Kinomoto?"

Sakura stopped briefly and gave him a glare. Unfazed, the man smiled and said, "We too, shall meet soon."


"Hey Sakura" her father greeted her back warmly. "How was school?"

"Eh just usual. I will be up in my room dad. Let me know if you need anything" she smiled at her father weakly and trotted upstairs.

When she reached her room, she dropped her bag and jumped onto her bed just tired of the day. However, she could not sit idle since she remembered that she had humongous amount of work awaiting for her.

Lackadaisically, she walked to her desk and pulled out her History textbook and notebook. Unwillingly, she scribbled down important events that her teacher wanted her to write down.

Hours passed by yet her load did not seem to diminish. "My head is about to explode" she mumbled as she flipped to the next page. But she was shocked by what she saw: it was the distinguished man in the orb. Underneath the picture, it wrote "Syaoran Li, the youngest emperor who was regarded as a prodigy yet died early due to an unknown reason" and paragraphs continued.

Shaking her head, she threw her pen away and closed her eyes to control herself. Yet, the tranquility broke as she snapped open her eyes. That was it. She had enough.

"Ugh, this is too much! I still have so much left too. Who the hell are all these people? Syaoran Li? Why do I have to know this kid huh? Who cares about him who lived a good thousand years ago in China! In China! This is it. I quit. I am sooooooo done. Let the teacher alert my brother and father. I will just tell them I don't freaking care about History!"

She closed her books and turned off the lights. She jumped into her soft bed and fell asleep fast, thinking how to outlive her History teacher tomorrow.


"Oi, oi, oi! Wake up!" a voice screamed.

'Ugh, Touya is so loud. I really feel like strangling him' she thought with a cringe.

Unable to deal with further shouting, Sakura stirred from her sleep. She yawned and stretched her stiff arms. Adjusting her eyes to the bright morning light, Sakura opened her eyes slowly waiting to see her familiar room and a gruffly brother.

However, what she saw was completely unexpected.

She was in the middle of the forest. Moreover, there was a shadow standing over her whose face she could not see due to the bright sun rays. Thinking she was abducted, Sakura yelled.

Swiftly covering her mouth with his hand, the man shot her an icy look.

Scared, Sakura immediately shut up. She pushed his hand away and looked around.

"What the hell? Where am I and what did you do to me? Did you kidnap me? Return me to my family immediately! Or else!"

The man scoffed and replied haughtily.

"What do you mean I kidnapped you? You are the one who intruded into my garden rudely yet you think I abducted you? What an audacity!"

Extremely angered with his reply, Sakura rebuked hotly.

"Your garden? Ha! Don't make me laugh. Who the heck has a forest as a garden? Are you a king or something? Stop treating me like an idiot!"

"A king? How foolish."

He grinned evilly and he moved slightly, away from the sun light. Her heart sank as she saw his full face.

"I am the emperor. The Emperor of Great China – Syaoran Li!"