Hey everyone! Starshower here again. Here's the first part of my newest story! I will be doing more on The Old Test, but I'm sorta stuck for ideas at the moment. Anyway, on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own ANYONE, unfortunately. In the next chapter there will be some original characters, but not yet. I'm not making any money off this, so dont sue, you wont get anything anyway.
Gundam Wing belongs to whoever owns it. CardCaptors belongs to Clamp, and whoever else owns that.
Anyway, enjoy, and please review!!!!!! Pleeeeeesssseeee?
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Sakura screamed in pain as a bright light emanated from the card. It was the Travel Card, and Kero had warned her about it. He didn't know exactly what it did, but he told her to be careful anyway. Syaoran had helped, using his sword to slow Travel, but it hadn't worked for long. Travel had turned to Sakura, and advanced, and Sakura had held out her wand to seal it. But something had gone wrong, horribly wrong.
She had sealed the card, but Travel had released an attack at her as she cried the sealing ritual. The two lights had passed in midair, hitting both Travel and Sakura. Travel had sealed, but the light from Travel's attack had done something to her, something painful. A light had been emitted from the card, and surrounded the young girl. There was a loud clap of thunder in the distance, and a bright flash, which had temporarily blinded Kero, Syaoran and Tomoyo, and when they were able to see again, Sakura and the card were gone.
Sakura slowly opened her eyes, groaning. Her head pounded, and her arm ached. She was lying on a hard, cold floor, somewhere. Where that was, she didn't know yet.
"You're awake." A male voice said.
Sakura sat up in shock, stifling a cry of pain that settled in her torso.
"Don't try to move. You have a couple of bruised ribs." The voice said again. Sakura felt a hand on her shoulder, softly pushing her down.
Sakura stubbornly forced herself up again. "Where am I?" she asked.
"You're on Earth." Said the boy.
Sakura got her first good look at him. He had long brown hair, with his fringe set in spikes, and a long plait down his back, and a muscled, tanned body. He was tall, but only looked a few years older then her.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked.
The boy stared at her, and Sakura blushed.
"I can't tell you that." He said.
"Y...you cant?" Sakura repeated, confused. "Why not?"
"Because you might be a spy, and I cant take the chance." He replied, turning away.
"But...but what do I call you then? Boy?" Sakura asked, her voice breaking slightly. She had no idea where she was, or what had happened, and this boy was refusing to offer the curtesy of his name.
"How did I get here?" Sakura asked, trying to make conversation.
"I found you in the woods, and was told to bring you here." He replied. "It wasn't my idea. If it wasn't for Heero, you would be dead right now."
"So why isn't this Heero guy here, so I can thank him." Sakura asked sarcastically. "It was so nice of him to convince you to spare me, when all you want to do is murder defenceless girls."
Except I'm not defenceless Sakura thought to herself. She instinctively felt for her key. It wasn't there.
"What have you done with my key?" she asked panicking.
The boy turned back to her. "You certainly do talk a lot, don't you?" he asked, a smirk playing across his lips.
Sakura felt herself blushing again.
The boy opened his mouth to talk again, but a large alarm sounded throughout the room.
"Shit!" the boy cried.
He ran over to a computer, and sat down. For a few seconds, Sakura heard nothing but the clicking of keys, the alarm ringing and the boy's low curses.
Then, all of a sudden, he got up, and grabbed her hand.
"Let's go." He said. He pulled her into a standing position, and Sakura cried out with pain again, falling to the floor.
"Get up!" he yelled.
"I can't...I can't move." Sakura sobbed, fear settling in.
"Shit." The boy repeated. He leant down, grabbing her wrist again, and picked her up. "Put your arms around my neck." He ordered.
Sakura did as he said, and he began running, carrying her.
He ran for about a minute, never slowing from his high speed, despite her added weight. He finally stopped in a large aeroplane hanger. He set Sakura down and she looked around in shock. Inside the hanger was a huge robot.
"What...what is that?" she asked in wonder.
The boy stared at her in disgust. "Everyone knows about Mobile Suits." He stated. "Where have you been for the past, oh, I don't know, 50 years?" he asked harshly.
Sakura bit back tears, and settled for anger, flinging her arm at him to slap him across the face.
He caught her wrist with lightning quick reflexes, a grin on his face.
"Now, now," he said in a mocking tone, "is physical violence really necessary?" he squeezed her wrist so hard, Sakura thought it would break.
"You're hurting me! Let go!" Sakura cried, straining to pull her wrist back from the boy's strong grip. "Stop it!"
He let go of her wrist in a quick movement, which startled Sakura, and she stumbled backwards, nearly tripping.
After she had regained her balance, she turned to stare at the boy. He stared back, his gaze never wavering.
"Baka." Sakura spat.
The boy just frowned, looking up at one of the huge robots, Mobile Suits, he had called them.
"Let's go." He ordered, walking over to one of them. Sakura grimaced at his harsh tone.
"Gee, you don't have to be so nice about it." She muttered sarcastically under her breath.
"What was that?" the boy asked, putting one hand behind his ear, feigning deafness.
"Shut up." Sakura yelled back.
"Woah, such big language from such a little girl." He said, laughing. He stopped laughing all of a sudden, and was serious. "We have to go, now." He said. The laughter was gone from his eyes, and a hard look had replaced it.
"Why?" Sakura asked. "What's going on?"
"Oh, nothing much." The boy said. "We're just going to be bombarded with missiles in..." he checked a watch on his wrist, before continuing, "Shit. Three minutes."
"What????!!!!" Sakura screamed.
The boy ignored her protest, but scoped her up again, climbing into one of the suits.
"Sit here, stay still, and don't say anything." He ordered, placing her in a tight spot next to a pilot seat, which he sat in.
Sakura just nodded, drawing her legs up to her chest, hoping she would get out of this alive.
The boy hit some buttons on a control pad and the suit flared to life. The boy piloted the suit into the air, and they flew off, at a quick and steady pace.
"Where are we going?" Sakura asked, timidly.
The boy glared at her. "Didn't I tell you to shut up?" he asked, angrily.
Sakura nodded.
"So do it!"
"Sorry. I was just..." Sakura began apologetically.
"What will it take to get you to shut up?" he yelled, yanking the control stick sharply to the right, causing Sakura to slip to the side.
Right onto the boy.
He turned to the side, to push her off, and their lips meet, briefly.
Sakura scrambled off back to the side, blushing bright red.
"I...I'm sorry." She said quickly, before turning away.
"Don't be." The boy said. "It wasn't your fault. It was an accident. Let's just pretend it didn't happen."
"Sorry." Sakura repeated.
"Don't worry about it." The boy said again. "Hey, lets start again. Like we've just met. Hi, what's your name?" The boy said, smiling brightly.
Sakura smiled gently. "Kinomoto Sakura." She said softly. "I'm pleased to meet you,..."
The boy smiled again, and supplied his name, "Duo Maxwell. I'm very pleased to make your acquaintance."
Sakura blushed again, as she shook his hand.
"Where are we?" Sakura asked.
"We're going somewhere safe." Duo replied tightly.
Sakura sighed. "Let me guess. You can't tell me for my own safety?"
Duo nodded, smiling. "You got it in one."
"I just wish I knew what was going on." Sakura sighed again.
"Everyone knows about the wars between Oz and the Colonies." Duo said frowning.
"Yeah, everyone but me." Sakura replied. "I don't know what happened to me, but I'm pretty sure this isn't where I was supposed to be." Suddenly she turned to him. "Duo, are we still in the twenty-first century?" she asked in an urgent voice.
Duo stared at her in shock. "What type of idiot are you?" he asked.
"Duo, please. Just humour me." Sakura pleaded
Duo rolled his eyes, but answered her anyway. "No, we're not in the twenty-first century." Duo frowned in thought. "We stopped using that form of measurement three hundred years ago." He turned back to Sakura, to see what her reaction had been, and wasn't disappointed.
She was unconscious.
Duo just sighed, and continued on his way.
Trowa looked at the girl who lay in front of them, sleeping. Relena sat next to her, tucking a blanket around her shoulders.
"She fainted right after she asked if we were still in the twenty-first century." Duo explained.
"What did she say her name was, Duo?" asked Quatre.
Duo frowned. "Sakura, I think. It could have been Kinomoto." He told the other pilots. "She said 'Kinomoto Sakura'."
Relena gasped, and Heero looked sharply at her.
"You've heard of her?"
"Kinomoto Sakura," Relena said, like she was reading from a textbook, "was a famous girl from Japan. She was interested in magic as a child, and became a magician at the early age of 18. She always gave wonderful performances, with her boyfriend, Li Syaoran, helping her. She gave it up when she was 25, after the death of her brother in a murder that was never solved. She loved the elements, and actually came up with the idea of people in robotic suits, the mobile suits, shortly before she disappeared, when she was 26, never being seen from again."
"Magician?" Duo asked sceptically. "Her?"
Relena continued, ignoring Duo's comment. "At the age of sixteen, she disappeared for a few months. No one knew where she was, not even her family. Then, suddenly, she reappeared one day, near her home, saying she had no idea where she had been."
"She looks about sixteen." Heero observed. "Maybe this is where she went."
Duo looked at Heero in surprise. "I thought I was the one for wild theories, not you, Heero. Are you beginning to loosen up?" he laughed. Heero glared.
Duo laughed again. "I'll take that as a no."
The girl, Sakura sighed in her sleep and moved a bit.
"Guys?" Relena asked, calling their attention. "I think she's waking up."
All six turned their attention to Sakura. Her eyelids fluttered and she moaned again.
"No! Kero! Syaoran!" she cried, obviously still dreaming.
Suddenly her eyes shot open. She looked warily at the group surrounding her.
"Where...where am I? Who are you?" she asked, looking from one to the other. Her eyes stopped on Duo.
"Duo?" she asked softly, as if seeking reassurance.
"It's alright." Relena soothed. Sakura's eyes shot to her. "We won't hurt you."
Sakura backed fearfully up into a wall. "How...how do I know that?"
"Because, if we had wanted to hurt you, Sakura, we could have done so already." Heero said exasperated.
Sakura glared at him. "Unless you wanted me awake for your torture." She pointed out. "And how do you know my name?"
"We know all about you, Miss Kinomoto." Wufei stated.
Sakura glared coldly at him. "I seriously doubt that."
"Hey, hey!" Relena cried. "Settle down!"
"Sorry." Sakura said. Wufei said nothing, just glared at both girls.
"I'm Relena Peacecraft. These are Quatre Winner, Trowa Barton, Heero Yuy and Chang Wufei. You've already met Duo Maxwell." She introduced.
Sakura nodded at each of the boys, but her eyes stayed on Wufei and Heero for a long time. Relena noticed it, but payed no attention.
"We just want to know how you got here." Relena explained.
"Where's my key?" Sakura asked harshly, ignoring Relena.
Heero, Relena, Trowa and Quatre looked at Duo, confused. Wufei didn't take his eyes off Sakura.
"Uh, I found this small pink key about 20 metres from where I found her." Duo recalled.
"That must be it. Give it to me." Sakura ordered.
"Jeez, haven't you ever heard of please?" Duo asked.
Wufei stepped in. "You'll get it back once you've answered our questions." He said coldly.
Sakura looked at him. "How do I know you've really got it?"
Heero looked at Duo and nodded. Duo put a hand in his pocket and pulled out a small key.
Sakura closed her eyes.
"Key of Clow, come to your Mistress..." she whispered.
A bright white light surrounded the key, and it rose in the air and floated over to Sakura, and she caught it in her hand.
"How did you do that?" Relena asked, stunned.
Sakura ignored her.
"O Key of Clow, Power of Magic, Power of Light, surrender the wand, the force ignite." Sakura cried. As she spoke, the key glowed again, and began to expand. The pilots watched in amazement as Sakura grabbed the wand with ease that came from years of practise.
"I'm asking the questions now." Sakura said, pointing the wand at Relena. "Understand?"
Relena nodded, but Heero and the other pilots took a step forward.
"I would advise you to stay back for your own safety." Sakura warned.
"And why is that?" Heero asked, naturally taking up a defensive stance. The other pilots took up similar stances.
"Because of this." Sakura said, holding the wand up in front of her.
"And what does it do?" Trowa asked, smirking. "Wave round and look pretty?"
Sakura just smiled back at him. "Hope you can swim." She said cryptically. The boys looked at her in disbelief
"We're in the middle of a desert, there's no water around for miles." Quatre reminded them. The boys nodded and turned back to look at Sakura, to see what her reaction to this new bit of information. Sakura had stopped smiling, and was looking grimly at the boys.
"Are you going to back off and answer my questions, or will I have to find them out on my own?" Sakura asked, seeming perfectly serious.
"Who will you ask?" Duo asked. "We're the only people around for ages, and you won't escape, so you won't be able to ask anyone else."
He took another step forward.
"Watery, cover my escape, and the area in water." Sakura yelled, throwing a card at them. It seemed to stop and fall to the ground half way, and land on the corner of a gold pattern on the floor that wasn't there before. Sakura brought the wand down onto it, yelling, "Release and Dispel! Watery!"
A blue...thing came out of the card, with the head of a woman, but with elfish ears. She opened her arms, and water came pouring out over Relena and boys, filling up the small room in a matter of seconds. In the confusion, Sakura ran out of the door, and shut it, locking the boys and Relena in.
Sakura leant against the door and sighed. She had gotten away from them, but she had no idea where she was, or how long she would have before they escaped and found her again.
Because she knew that they would. She didn't doubt that they had the skills to escape, and to track her after they had done so. It was just a matter of time, and Sakura wanted to put as much distance as possible between them and her before then.
She recalled Watery, and took off running, using the Jump card to speed her up.
After passing through various rooms, she found herself in a large kitchen.
"Perfect." She said softly. There was a large open window in one corner, and a bag on the table.
Sakura hurriedly packed the bag full of food and called on Fly. She flew out of window just as Quatre came into the kitchen.
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Well, what did you think? Please tell me. And I know, they are all slightly OOC, but I tried.
Starshower.