First I'd like to offer my prayers and condolences to the victems of the recent tsunami in Aisa. When such a terrible tragedy strikes so many people it is important to remember what really counts in life.
Syaoran has to capture his own deck of cards with help from old and new friends. Sorry to E&T fans I didn't include them much. Reviews welcome but please no flames; I'd like to keep my fragile ego intact thanks.
Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own CCS but Raiju and the new deck of cards are mine
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The Wolf Cards
Chapter 1
The huge double doors opened as a young man entered the dark shadow filled room, filled with his least favorite people. He bowed respectively and then stood at attention waiting for them to speak; his dark brown eyes glared through the shadows at the ones who held his destiny in their hands. Finally the head elder spoke "Well, Syaoran now it is time for you to hear our decision. A week ago you came to us with the request that you be allowed to return to Japan and undoubtedly the Card Mistress as well. In a unanimous decision we have decided to deny that request. Your duty is to stay here with the clan."
Syaoran stood in stony silence as what they had said slowly dawned on him and then he lost his temper, to say the least. "It's not like I'd stay there forever," he said his voice rising in anger with every word, "just for the summer, if you would just get off your damn high horse for one minuet you could see that it wouldn't hurt anyone. " Syaoran stopped as he realized just who he was talking to; he stood back at attention and only dared to glance up at the elders.
The head elder who was called Chu glared icily back at Syaoran, "you would do well young man to remember who it was that allowed you back into the family after you failed to attain the Clow Cards. "Syaoran nodded as he fought back the wave of anger rising in him. "Yes sir, of course I apologize."
"You are dismissed." Chu growled as he pointed a wrinkled finger toward the heavy double doors.
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Meanwhile in Japan a young woman was in the middle of a fierce battle. "Would you please stop treating me like a child Touya! I'm 17 years old, I can make my own decisions." Sakura yelled as she faced off against her older brother.
"I will when you stop acting like one." Touya said as he looked down on his sister, "you're always running off into the woods with that useless flying teddy bear, doing who knows what." Sakura glared up at her older brother
"Touya you know that's where I go to practice my magic, and Keros' not useless." She sighed in exasperation knowing that it was impossible trying to argue with him. "Besides Dad doesn't mind as long as it doesn't interfere with school; and anyway who are you to tell me what to do, you don't even live here anymore. " With that said she turned and marched up the stairs and into her room shutting the door behind her.
Once in her room she slumped down on her bed and fumed at her brother, "why is he such a control freak?" She sighed, "I'm 17 and he still treats me like a 10 year old kid." She got up and walked over to her desk and took her deck of Sakura Cards out. As she slowly flipped through them she thought of a certain young sorcerer who had helped capture the elusive cards. "I wonder how Syaoran is doing? It's been so long since I've seen him." She sighed sadly. Suddenly she shook her head, trying in vain, to rid herself of those thoughts 'oh come on pull yourself together it's been 7 years and you still cant stop thinking about him'. She held the Sakura book tightly to her chest and could feel a small tug at her heart as if it were trying to tell her something. She lay the book back in its drawer and stood awhile lost in the past.
Kero, who wasn't playing a video game for once, looked sadly down at his mistress from his position hovering above her head. "Sakura?" he asked tenderly, "Sakura are you alright?" The concern evident in his eyes and voice."Yeah, Kero I'm fine." Sakura said, she changed into her pajamas and set her alarm then leaned back against her pillows; she lay awake for awhile but finally fell asleep listening to the rhythmic snores coming from Kero in his drawer.
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"How can they do this to me!" yelled a frustrated and angry Syaoran as he slammed into the basement library, which had become a sanctuary for him, since he was the only one who used it. "How can they keep me here, don't they care that I'm completely miserable?" Syaoran threw himself onto an old comfy couch brooding over what had happened in the elder's council room earlier and mostly the girl responsible for his determination to return to Japan. Pale moonlight slanted through a small window above his head giving light to a small section of shelf filled with old dusty books. Looking across the room his attention was drawn to one of the books; it was the only book that looked as though it had recently been moved. So he went to investigate momentarily forgetting his trouble with the elders; as his fingers closed around the spine of the book a powerful surge of magic shot up his arm leaving his hair on end. He pulled the book from the shelf and looked down on the worn red cover, a golden silhouette of a wolf shimmered in the moonlight. Syaoran opened the cover only to find that instead of pages the book contained a deck of gold cards much like the Clow book did. "Well doesn't this look familiar, a book with a deck of cards inside," Syaoran stated sarcastically, "how original." He lifted the top card and turned it over 'The Twister' was written in bold red lettering across the top.
"The Twister," he said out loud," I wonder…" He never got to finish because at that point a vortex of wind shot up through the card and swept the others away before Syaoran could close the book. After the wind had died down he opened his eyes and looked down at the card still in his hand. He stood stuttering as his mind processed this recent turn of events "Wha…how…no…Tell me that did not just happen," he whispered to himself "please tell me I did not just let loose a new set of cards the exact same way Sakura did the last time." Syaoran let the Twister card flutter to the ground as he fell to his knees "argh, the stuffed animal will never let me live this down if he finds out!"
"You know you might want to hang onto this," someone said as they handed the card back to Syaoran, "it might be useful."
Syaoran looked up surprised and came face to face with a larger than average golden wolf who looked very upset. He jumped up and tensed ready for an attack, "who are you and where did you come from?" Demanded the young clan leader as he kept his guard up.
The wolf just rolled his eyes and shook his head, "relax kid, I'm not here to fight with you." He paused as he casually took in his surroundings, "even if I was there's no way you could take me on. My name is Raiju, I'm the guardian of those cards you just let escape... nice job by the way."
Syaoran sat on the couch he had occupied earlier and tried to straighten out his thoughts, "I don't get it, I thought that Clow Reed was the only one capable of making a deck of magic cards. Who made these?"
As Raiju was about to answer the doors to the library swung open and Yelen, Syaoran's mother, walked in. She strode swiftly down the aisle of books with all the power and grace of a jungle cat; her steel gray eyes only spared a glance at the animal sitting at her son's feet. "Do you realize the trouble you have caused today? That little outburst earlier did not help your situation any." Her voice cut through the silence of the study like a knife.
Syaoran opened his mouth as if to say something but Yelen cut him off. "However, I have spoken to the elders on your behalf and have miraculously convinced them not to disown you."
"Thank you Mother, I appreciate it." Syaoran said being sure to keep his voice steady. He knew he shouldn't be angry with her; she didn't want him in this situation any more than he did, but it was hard to be happy with anyone at the moment. He stood and giving a half bow, and marched out of the room.
Raiju and Yelen watched silently as the library door closed. The two stood a minuet as they summed each other up; Yelen was the one to break the silence as she too started for the door. "It may not sound like it, but I do care for my son. Protect him well, Guardian." And like that she was gone out the doors leaving a stunned Raiju looking after her.
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Well what do think for my first fic? Sorry if it starts out a little slow it'll move faster later on.