Card Captors: A New Beginning
By "Grand Master Shoma"
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the anime, or anything doing with the anime. But I do own this story, so don't steal it.
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This is what I think would (and should) happen in the Card Captors world, approximately 28 years after the second movie. Here, Sakura sealed the book of 'Sakura' back to its rightful resting place, got happily married, and gave birth to two kids. The world was at peace.
Now, someone has gone and broken the seal. And I tell you, it wasn't me...
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Konnichiwa!
Oh, I probably should introduce myself. How rude of me.
My name is Li Kinomoto Ryuko.
Talking about my school, huh, that's tough. I'm a fourth grader at Readington Elementary, class 5-2. I'm the only male cheerleader, and I'm good at soccer. I totally despise science, and I hang with my friends most of the time.
Oh, and I should probably introduce my friends as well. My best friend is Daidouji Terry. He's the son of the famous fashion designer, Daidouji Tomoyo. And our families had some history between each other. Our obaa-chans (grandmother) were best friends, our okou-sans are best friends, and me and Terry are best buds. My family consists of my okou-san (mother), Kinomoto Sakura; my otou-san (father), Li Syaoran; my uncle Kinomoto Touya; and my onei-chan (older sister) Li Kinomoto Nakuru. We, don't exactly get along.
Now, I do believe that we should get going. I'll tell you of one of the most life-altering things that ever happened in my life.
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"Ryuko! It's time to get up!"
It was the distant voice of my okou-san calling from downstairs to get me up. Sometimes I get up instantaneously, other times, well...
"Ryuko! Get up!"
That's when Nakuru gets me up. I enjoy drifting off into sleep. But I despise it when someone gets me up harshly. But, I guess I can't control that aspect of life; there will always be older siblings who wake up the younger variety. But anyway, getting back to the story. I was getting myself down the stairs to the table to eat breakfast. I pass the photo which shows the picture of my grandmother, whom was dead when my okou-san was a young girl. After I finish my simple breakfast of cereal, I head out for the door. But...
"Ryuko!" my otou-san called out.
"What?"
"Do you have that permission slip for me to sign?"
"The one to the museum? You signed that one last night. Well, bye!"
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As I go down the street, I see some stairs going down to the school. A better shortcut to school, but... It's hell going down those stairs. I'm not thinking about going down that way, because I know I would be sweating buckets the time I reach school. And the fact that I get gym as the first class, I'll just say: It's too early in the morning to sweat. As I reach the school, I see the figure of Terry dashing behind me.
"Hey Ryuko! What the hell! You were supposed to walk to school with me!" Terry gave me attitude.
"Oh, so I miss one day? Bitch, bitch, bitch, Daidouji-san! Come on! Let's get to class!" I spoke out, which the bell rang after. Me and Terry just dashed into school, and we didn't cause any accidents inside.
"Hey Ryuko! Don't you have cheerleading practice today?"
"Yeah I do! Thanks for reminding me, Daidouji-san!"
Mrs. Geraldine, our cheerleading squad coach, took me out of class just for us to rehearse for the basketball game. I guess that's a good thing. While the girls has the classic white skirt and pink shirt, I get white pants, red shirt, and a cap with the Japanese flag on it, that was capable of covering my eyes. But I didn't mind, 'cause it makes me look cool (at least I think anyway). You should see me on the baton, because I guarantee you it's spectacular! The routines I pull is like what my okou-san used to do in the past. I don't want to sound so arrogant, but I rock ass!
After practice was *shudder* science class. Oh, I'm okay with the fact of learning about animals and plants, and looking into matter; it's just that, well...
"Okay class. Today, we will be taking our first look into chemistry."
Hell freezes over now.
Some time passes, and me and Terry were looking at the weird-ass intoxicating goo we have brought upon this world.
"Hey Ryuko! I don't think you should add that to the mix!" Terry's voice was ever so with worry.
"Okay Terry," I was very annoyed, "If you start another sentence with 'Hey Ryuko', I get to punch you three times."
"Sure, that works!"
"Besides, Daidouji-san, you worry too much!" I put a drop of blue in, and
*BOOM!!*
Last to my recollection, the entire room was colored in green. From the windows to the walls to everyone else. Oh, you wouldn't believe how angry Kazama-sensei got. The green looked bad on his blue blazer.
"Good job, Ryuko! Real smart!"
I fell silent. "Shut up, Daidouji-san."
On the good point, the class managed to get the day off... with an assignment. What have I done?
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"Great! I can't get this assignment done on time!"
I said aloud to myself, since I was the only one in the house, because my parents went to a fancy restaurant, while Nakuru went out with one of her girlfriends. I swear, I think she's freakin' gay, 'cause she's always with her girlfriends, and never with guys. I just hope she doesn't catch me saying that about her, because then, I'll be guaranteed my death. Oh well, back to the books.
Approximately an hour passes, but I'm still alone in the house.
"It's about time I'm done!" Seeing that I have nothing else to do... "Let's snoop!"
I decide to go to the place where, for the first time, I will explore: the basement. I look around, and I see like a miniature library down here. Which, in itself, is weird. But only one book caught my eye. For some strange reason, it was like an unholy pink. That, was how it dragged me to it.
"What's this?" I looked at the book. It was still unholy pink, with a circle, showing the sun and moon on both sides, and two stars in the centre. I read out the name to myself. " 'The Book of Sakura?' What is this?"
I opened the book, and in it were cards that bared the same symbol and the unholy pink color. I'm one of those people who look at any deck of cards, bottom first and then through the top. So I gently remove all the cards from the book, accidentally dropping one to the floor.
"Oh no! I dropped it."
I go and pick it up, and it was amazing on what I saw. It looked like a woman, but she had a dress bordered with rock crystals, hair that was in two tornado-ish cones, her main body and breasts were covered in rock, and the crystal on her chest was the only part colored in brown. I then look down to the name of the card.
"The Earthy."
Then, all of a sudden, a magic circle surrounded my body on the floor. The card in which I called its name started to glow, and then the other cards started to illuminate as well.
"Oh man! Why do I have the feeling this isn't good?"
A magical force entered through the cards, and released them from my grip, one by one. Each time it does, it burns my hand that holds them. The only thing I was able to see was the cards phasing through the ceiling. All of them, except The Earthy. I was soon able to get a grip on reality.
"Whoa! Okou-san and Otou-san are so gonna kill me! Whatever happened!"
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I never quite told Okou-san and Otou-san what happened. I managed to sneak off to bed with the card that didn't get away. I placed it on my desk, along with the book. Then, I drift into the one true state of bliss, called "sleep".
But some time passed, and, I wasn't aware of it at the time, but something was calling out my destiny...
"...Ryuko? ...Ryuko?"
Then a hard rocky slap meets my face.
"Ow! Who--"
I was silenced. By some strange woman. But she looked familiar. But I couldn't quite put my finger on it.
"Who are you?" I asked innocently.
"You should know. You were the one who set me and my brethren free, and now we run rampant in the world."
"Wait a minute... You were that card which didn't fly through the ceiling. You are the... The Earthy card!"
"You are wise beyond your age, young Ryuko."
"But, what do you mean about how I set your 'brethren free?'"
"The book we were confined into was something similar to a prison. We were restricted to that small book--"
"C'mon! I got a lot of things to do tomorrow morning, so can you get to the point, already?"
"... Jackass. Well, since you set us free, you have to recapture us."
"Nani?"
"Here." Earthy gave me some type of key. It had a star in the middle of it.
"What's this?" I ask innocently once again, unaware of what the future holds for me.
"This is the Star Key. It turns into a staff which can put the Sakura cards into use, and capture the other cards."
"Sweet. This is like Cybermon (well, it is 28 years after the original series, so I had to improvise), only cooler and non-gay. Anyway, how do you work it?"
"Well," she spoke out in an instructive tone. "You have to speak out this command in order to turn the key into a staff." Earthy then whispered it into my ear. After finishing what she said, she asked me, "Do you understand?"
"I think so... Is it like this?"
I then started to speak out:
"Oh Key that hides the forces of the stars!
Reveal to me thy true form!
I, Ryuko, command thee under contract!
RELEASE!"
As I finished, the magic circle appeared under me again, and then the Key turned itself into a staff with the same star in the center with wings on the side.
"Cool."
"Now, young Ryuko," Earthy told me, "Use this staff whenever a Sakura card appears, then you could capture it."
"What the hell's going on!?"
That was Nakuru! I'm in so much trouble!
"I must go now. Besides, I'm not gonna get in @#$% for this." As of that moment, Earthy turned back into a card. But as for me...
"RYUKO! Why were you yelling?" She blared at me.
I had to think of a good cover-up. Think, Ryuko, think!! Of course!
"I had one weird-ass dream, and I guess, I yelled in my sleep."
Heh heh heh. I would have never thought of that one.
"Okay, you little punk. I won't tell Okou-san and Otou-san about this little escapade. But..." I knew that tone. She was getting ready to blackmail me. Oh yes. She's getting ready. She makes the kill. "... You're gonna have to do my chores!"
"Oh, I wish I could freakin kill you." I mumbled to myself. Then I turned to the demon herself. "Fine."
When she left, I was actually relieved.
"Oh boy. Looks like I got alot to do."
And it begins...
