CardCaptors II: Homecoming
Egao ni Aitai
By AnimeGamer

*note* It's recommended to read my first CCS story, CardCaptors. (Alternate Reality, Temptation, The Final Card, in order.)
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It's a nice morning. Dew drops formed and fell off the Cherry Blossoms. Autumn leaves flew around in the air. For the first time in years, the magic within a small part of Japan is now under control. Thanks to a little girl, who spend half her childhood to catch these cards, along with her friends. Especially from the love of her life, the one by the name of Li. Syaoran Li.

Her name is Sakura Kinamoto, a now Senior at Tomeda High School. Little did she, nor anyone else know, there were still cards out there to catch, ready to make their appearence. Rouge cards, not kept in the book and long forgotten about, even by Keroberos, the guardian beast. Three to be excat, though there are more. The Hate card, the Obsession card, and the one card regarded to past generations of Card Captors as the most powerful. The Fate card. (AG: A card I completely left out from the first trilogy btw!)

The Hate card was not made by Clow Reed. Rather, it was made after an attempt to revive the wizard from death. The Hate card came out from Clow Reed instead however, as were most of some of the dark cards that were kept within Clow Reed himself. He kept these in a locked area of his mind. The Hate card managed to get out of this and interuptted the reviving process, and controlling everyone it encountered into hating each other so much, they'd kill others and even themselves. It would be the first card captor, the grandson of Clow Reed, who would seal the card within the confines of the Li mansion, within a hidden room in a vase.

Little did anyone know, this card would escape.

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"Sakura!" Syaoran yelled out, waving his arm above the crowd around them.
"Syaoran!" Sakura yelled back, fighting her way though til she got to him and was within his arms. Sakura looked up, seeing a face. Egao ni Aitai. A slight blush grew.

"Something is wrong...you've been smiling too much." Sakura said, her arms wrapping around him.
"I guess I'm out of character..." Syaoran replied.
"Waaaaaaay out of character. I'll be pudding if you keep smiling..." Syaoran smiled.
"Hoeeeeeee...." Sakura fully blushed.

The two walked around the market area, Syaoran kept up his smiling, and Sakura at the end of the day was close to near dying on the street from it. Close, as in fainting.

'You just had to smile her to death, didnt you?' Syaoran thought to himself, kneeling next to the bed where she laid. He stood up at walked out of the room. He remembered the battle that took place in the very room he was in. It wasnt your typical clow card battle. It was the lust card. The card, when wild, would stalk it's prey, usually a couple, and then push their lust over the edge, taking over all rational thought, thus the glazed over eyes of it's victims.

The two were close to being the first victims.

What worried Syaoran is the fact he couldnt remember a card like that, nor the Temptation or the Dimension cards. When he left Sakura all those years ago, he thought all the cards were caught, most of them turned into Sakura cards. Only those 3 cards were still Clow cards. He never dared once ask about those cards however. He knew what the Dimension card did, but not the Temptation nor the Lust card when used by Sakura...or himself. He did know one thing though...Kero knew something.

He didnt want to find out. At least, maybe not yet.

Syaoran looked down, to see the magic residue in a rectangle, and some more on the top part of the couch. He remembered that part clearly, and blushed. He still couldnt believe he actually went though that. Both he and Sakura never brought that up. Ever. It was a great tactical move however, since the card was caught unprepared to defend itself when it was suddenly caught.

"...Syaoran..." Sakura suddenly said. Syaoran walked back in the room, as she held her shoulders, blushing and smiling. He instantly knew what she was thinking about. The massage after that battle. It was a old massage technique used to relax the elders. It's meant to relax anyone with stress.

Suddenly she opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was white ceiling. She stood up on the bed, immediately a boy caught her glance around the room. He smiled back, leaving his leaning position at the door post to sitting down on the edge of the bed.

"Feeling better?"
"What happened...? I remember being in the book store, then I saw you and everything started spinning..."
"You fainted."
"Hoeeeeee..."

Syaoran smiled again. Sakura's blush only got redder.

"Mou...im going to overheat and faint again if you smile any more...what is making you so happy?"
"It's because...im with you. Most of my childhood, I was taught to be a warrior, a chinese knight in gleaming armor. Warriors dont smile, I was told once. If I were to smile, I was forced to do a variety of punishments. Mainly more exercises."
"Oh...and now because your not there no more..."
"When I first came here, I couldnt get myself to smile...there wasnt much to smile about."
"And now?"
"I have you to just smile about."

He smiled yet again.

"Mou...and now im going to faint more..."
"You'll get used to it."
"Mou...im not so sure..."
"Yes you will..."

Her eyes pleaded for mercy.

"...all right...you win. I'll try to hold them back...it's so hard to hold them back now though..."

He smiled again. Sakura's eyes looked up, as if she were to faint again, but she suddenly shook her head, bringing her back to reality.

"Mou..."
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[Tomoyo] In the next chapter, A call from a place in the past forces our two heros to travel. Just what is this call? Find out, in chapter 2! Planned to be put up mid-june!

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Hello again! It's me, one of the few guy writers writing CCS fanfiction. Okay, I know in the epilogue, I said I wouldnt make a sequel. Oh well, it just kept nagging me. Besides that, do you know guys are rare in writing CCS stories, I only know of myself, Ukyou, and Epsilon that are guys. I'm sure there are more (but they're most likely doing NC-17 stories. j/k.) Anyway, this part is just to set the mood. Anyway, this is basically to replace my Card Summoners story arc, and is more into the way I wrote CardCaptors. Just think of Card Summoners as a OAV. Also, half of CardCaptor epilogue is nullified in this arc (mainly, just the story part of it.) but there will be a epilogue. Once again, im aiming for a 3 series, 4 chapter story. I'm also going to revise the original, mainly just going to be easier to read, errors to be cut out, and some lines altered, though not much. Of course, I wont start doing that for awhile (mainly til two weeks from now til school ends.)

I'm momentally stopping my Kai Songbook writing til I finish this, mainly because this story arc just kept nagging me. Also, once again, let's just say this part is going to be mellow, the next timid, and the next steaming hot. No, im planning on not going into the NC-17 business yet, im not old enough yet. (Gotta wait til November for all that. =P j/k) Basically, im looking to pushing the envelope a little more. But then, you wont see another part til mid-june. Sorry.

One more thing, I just wanna say hi to the six. Jen (Sakura-Chan), Ken (Wing Zer0), Irah (FireflyAngel), Ukyou (Ukyou), and Clow Angel (Clow Angel). I'll see all you soon, kay!

-AnimeGamer
-Silver (Ag+)