The Warriors of Time
Yay! My first fic! I finally got the inspiration! Finding the time, however, may be a totally different story, but we'll just see how that goes and hope for the best. Right? Right! K; basic information ya gotta know: Sakura and Syaoran haven't confessed their undying love for each other yet, yadda yadda yadda, and Syaoran never went home to Hong Kong; but you'll find out more about that later…I think. Oh, and they're all around 16 or 17, just to spice things up a bit. Okay, so, on with the show! (on with the…SHOW! There's no business like show business like no business I know…..it's from a musical….yeah…shutting up…)
Disclaimer: Do I look like I own CCS? For that matter, would I be writing fanfictions if I owned CCS? Of course not! This would be part of the show! So leave me alone…no suing, people; trust me, I'm totally broke, so ya wouldn't get nothin' anyways.
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The moonlight shone brightly through the open window, a slight breeze rustling the curtains and breathing fresh air into the room. Illuminated in the moon's glow was a girl, looking to be around 16 years of age. Wisps of brown hair nestled against her face, and all seemed peaceful and serene to the man who glanced in on his sleeping daughter.
Fuji-taka softly closed the door, wondering, with a slight smile on his face, how this peaceful girl could possibly be the same one he met every morning, rushing down the stairs and hurrying out the door, late for school. He moved quietly down the hall and went to bed, content in the knowledge that his daughter was sleeping peacefully. A more observant person, however, would have noticed the slight frown that crossed her face, and a magical person would have noticed the electrifying tension in the room, and the slightly worried feeling her aura held.
*~*~SAKURA*~*~
Where am I? What am I doing here?
A vast black expanse surrounded her, reaching as far as the eye could see. She reached out in her mind, hoping to feel something, some tiny pinprick of life; but hollow emptiness met her instead. She gazed around, becoming aware of…something, though she wasn't sure what at first. Slowly, thousands of small white spheres began to glow all around her, and 9 larger spheres, of all colors and sizes, revealed themselves.
The stars! And the planets! But…I still don't understand…
The Sun, glowing so brightly that it hurt her eyes to look at it, formed in the center of it all, and all the planets began to revolve around it.
It's like a perfect model of the Solar System…complete with the Milky Way and everything! But…what's forming over the planets?
Over each planet, a card began to appear.
Clow Cards!
Sakura reached out to grasp one, but as soon as her fingers got close, she was roughly thrown back. Suddenly, she felt something evil….something whose aura was completely black. A terrible cackling laugh filled the expanse of space, and terror crept into her heart.
FOOLISH GIRL! YOU HAVE NO CHANCE AGAINST ME!
Sakura looked up from where she had been thrown, and saw the black shadow of a woman, coming closer to her….
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BE-
"Ugh! Stupid alarm…it's too early," mumbled Sakura, groggily rubbing her eyes as she picked up her alarm from where she had knocked it to the floor. {SS: I hate mornings…waking up before 10 should be against the law}
"So tired….want to sleep…nice bed…Sakura like bed…" Rolling over and muttering incoherently, she was just drifting off again when she suddenly remembered her dream. So much for going back to sleep…That was such a weird dream! And considering that chasing crazy possessed slips of paper around on a flying wand in the middle of the night was considered perfectly normal, that was saying something. Pulling her eyes open with great effort, she sat up and surveyed her room, looking for her little yellow guardian.
"Kero?" No answer. "Kero?!" Still no answer.
"Kero, don't make me get out of bed to find you…PLEASE don't do this to me….I REFUSE to get out of bed unless, somehow, God suddenly makes the temperature outside my bed 10 degrees warmer…" Sakura mumbled. "Kami-sama, I hate mornings…"
God, however, seemed to have different plans regarding the temperature of her room, as Sakura discovered upon throwing back her blankets. "IT'S SO COLD!" she wailed to no one in particular.
"Huh? What're you yelling about, Sakura?" The small yellow beast fluttered out of his drawer, drowsily rubbing his eyes and muttering something about a great dream involving mountains of pudding and cake. "You woke me up from the greatest dream! There were-"
"Not now, Kero! I have to tell you about MY dream! YOURS can wait!"
"But, Sakura-"
"NO, Kero! Just 2 seconds, that's all I'm asking! Just listen for 2 seconds, it's important…PPPLLLLLEEEAAASSSSEEE?????"
Sakura, having given Kero her infamous puppy dog look, soon won the argument, and proceeded to tell about her dream.
"I dunno, Sakura, that sounds really weird…12 Clow Cards? You caught them all already! Well, all the ones to be caught anyways…"
"What do you mean, Kero? There are more Clow Cards?"
"Well, yes, technically speaking. But they were either left only half finished, or were never activated, or got stolen….there were some other small sets, and a few individual cards separate from the main deck, but they shouldn't have anything to do with you; they shouldn't ever be a problem. I don't know why they showed up in your dream, but you'll need to keep a sharper lookout from now on, Sakura. If one of these smaller sets has been activated, you'll have a job catching them…the smaller sets usually had more concentrated magic in them. Hey," said Kero, suddenly glancing at the clock, "don't you have school today?"
"HOE! I totally forgot! Oh, no, I'm gonna be so late!" Kero, chuckling to himself, watched Sakura's daily routine, whirling around the room like a tornado in the vain attempt to get ready for school on time.
"That's a new record time, Sakura!" shouted Kero as she rushed out her bedroom door.
"Thanks Kero…see ya later!"
Thundering footsteps and a quick "Arigatou for lunch, Otou-san! Bye!" was all the "good morning" that Sakura's father and her Onii-chan got as she rushed through the kitchen, grabbed her roller blades, opened the front door, and stared. {SS: (O.o)} And, finally, blushed.
"Uh, hi Syaoran…."
*~*~Syaoran*~*~
Off in dreamland, things had been going swell for Syaoran. He'd been having that dream again where he finally told Sakura that he loved her, and was just at the point of kissing her, when something black flitted across his mind's eye. It felt evil, but that was all he could tell. Suddenly, he awoke with a start, and realized that someone's aura was extremely agitated; it didn't take more than a few seconds for him to realize that it was Sakura's. He was just changing into his ceremonial robes, ready to run over to Sakura's house and play the role of her knight in shining armor, when her aura became peaceful again…well, from what he could tell anyways. Glancing at the clock, he realized that it was time for him to get up for school, and decided, after getting ready, to go pick Sakura up and walk her to school. Just in case.
The whole way over, he had rehearsed what he would say when he got there. He would be cool, confident, pretend that picking her up and walking her to school was no big deal; after all, they'd been friends for years, right?
Yeah, sure buddy, you know that any time spent alone with Sakura is a big deal. As usual, his ever-helpful conscience chimed in, but before he had time to begin the never-ending mental battle, he realized that he was at Sakura's house. It's no big deal, remember? …Yeah right. Well, here goes.
He marched confidently up her front steps, but hesitated for a second as he heard those thundering footsteps inside. Wondering what was going on, he had just reached for the doorbell; his finger was only centimeters away from pushing it; when the door flew open, and a hurried looking Sakura appeared. For a few seconds, they stood staring at each other, both in complete shock.
"Uh, hi Syaoran…."
"Sakura! Um….ohayo…." Blushing bright red, just like Sakura, Syaoran stood for a moment, unsure of what to say.
"Good morning to you too, but what are you doing at my house so early?" inquired the curious Sakura, tilting her head slightly to the side as she sat down to put on her roller blades.
"I woke up last night, and I realized that your aura was really troubled….I was just wondering what had happened, and if you were ok…."
Sakura just smiled, thinking how sweet he was. He was always looking out for her, even when she was sleeping.
"Yeah, I'm fine; it was the weirdest thing, though; I had a really strange dream…."
The walk to school {SS: well, for Syaoran ne-ways, since Sakura was roller blading…} was filled with talk about the dream, what Kero had told Sakura, and their own speculations of what it could possibly mean.
"I just don't understand it…" wondered Sakura, as she walked with Syaoran through the halls of their high school towards their first class. "We should talk to Eriol and see what he makes of the situation."
"Eriol….." Syaoran grimaced, thinking of their satanic friend. "Yeah, unfortunately you're right…have you told Tomoyo about all of this yet?"
"Not yet….I'd rather avoid discussion of how kawaii I'll look in her new battle costumes for as long as possible…."
Syaoran glanced over at Sakura, chuckling softly to himself at the look on Sakura's face as she thought of the many battle costumes she would soon be forced into.
"On the other hand, Tomoyo will get over being miffed at me since I stole her camera and taped her and Eriol flirting….the idea of filming more captures should get me back into her good graces…"
They walked in silence for a minute, until Sakura continued on, "It's going to be so odd capturing cards again…I haven't had to worry about actually capturing them for…what? 4? 5 years? And Kero said that these ones are more powerful than the original Clow Cards…something about the magic being more concentrated….and I wish I knew more about this!" Frustrated, Sakura looked anxiously off into space, worrying about what these new cards would bring and how well she would be able to handle them.
"Well, I wouldn't worry too much….knowing our luck, we'll find out plenty about it soon enough."
"True that, true that….."
Miraculously, nothing more abnormal than Sakura understanding the math lesson happened that day; until night fell, that is.
So, whatdoya think? Kinda boring, I know, but this was just the first chapter. Sorry for the slight cliffhanger, but you'll find out soon enough what's gonna happen. Also, I plan to keep this interesting through all 12 card captures and the final battle (I do HOPE that you've figured out that that's where this is going…*GRIN*), and so any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. PLEASE review, even if it's to flame me; I need your feedback! *throws self dramatically over the arm of a chair* I can't live without your reviews!!!!!!! Thanx for reading! Ta ta, dahlings!