Author's Notes: It's Bridget (and only Bridget) again! I've posted this story before (under a different title) a couple years back, but I took it down when I stopped writing in it. (You might remember it as "Kingdom Clow", but I doubt it.) But I had one of my friends read over/edit it (thanks Izzy, aka kryptofreak) and now I'm reposting it, with a new title and some much-needed revisions. So, I'm not double-posting it, just reposting it. Just to be clear, in case you somehow stumbled across this by accident: this IS a Kingdom Hearts and Card Captor Sakura crossover. (But the first couple chapters will be mainly CCS.) There is an OC, but she doesn't show up for several chapters, and I've tried to make her as non-Mary Sue-ish as possible. (But, trust me, I won't be offended if she gets on your nerves or anything.) I grew up watching the English dub, Cardcaptors, on Cartoon Network or Kids WB (whichever one played it, can't remember which, it might have even been both), so the first time I posted this, it had all of the really bad English names. I went back and changed those this time around. The OC originally had an English name, too, but hers is in Japanese now as well. And if the writing style switches drastically between, say, chapters 10 and 11, that's where I'm beginning to write anew.

You probably won't hear from me again until some of the later chapters, so I hope you enjoy!

(Sakura's POV)

"Sakura!"

I looked up. I had been leaning against the trunk of a cherry tree, closely inspecting a card. Pink petals floated through the air like snow as a light, warm breeze scattered them throughout the narrow street. The brown-haired boy was making his way toward me.

"Hey, Syaoran."

He sat down at the base of the tree next to me. The card also caught his attention.

"What's that?"

"I'm not sure. It looks like a Clow Card, but there's something off about it. The card doesn't seem to have any magic powers, but it is very unusual," I said.

"Are there more?" Syaoran asked.

I nodded.

"What do you think they are?"

I considered this for a moment. "They want me to do something. I'm sure of it."

Syaoran picked up the card and examined it.

"'The Intertwined', huh?" he said thoughtfully.

The card depicted two hands clutching a star. A star with leaves. I had assumed it was some kind of fruit. Syaoran turned the card over in his hand, and looked at the back. There was something very promising about the tarot-like card, whatever it was.

Syaoran tried to change the subject. "We'd better get going, or we'll be late for school."

"It's the last day, it's not so important," I said dreamily.

I turned out to be right, as most of the day consisted of handing in textbooks, cleaning out desks, and staring longingly at the clock on the wall. Despite the chaos of the last minute tasks that were going on around me, I was totally immersed in a daydream. What could those cards possibly mean?

A hand waved in front of my face.

"Anybody home? Sakura!" my best friend, Tomoyo Daidouji, called.

I picked my head up off the desk and stared uncomprehendingly at the hand.

"Hi, Tomoyo. What's up?" I asked.

"I was wondering if you, Meiling, and Syaoran all wanted to come over to my place tomorrow. Mom will be at work, so it'll pretty much just be me. You can bring Kero, too."

"Yeah, sure. We'll be there," I answered.

"What's wrong? You seem distracted," she commented.

I glanced around the room quickly. Nobody appeared to be paying attention to us, so I began to talk in a low whisper.

"Some strange cards appeared the other night, during that meteor shower. I don't think they're Clow Cards, but I don't know what else they could be."

Tomoyo looked concerned.

"Hey, I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. It's just confusing, that's all," I said.

"Okay, if you're sure about that," she agreed.

"Of course." I wasn't absolutely positive, but nothing out of the ordinary had happened since the appearance of the cards, so I wasn't going to fret about it.

Meiling and Syaoran, who had been talking at the back of the room, walked over. Meiling quickly sat down on my desk, cutting straight to the chase.

"Syaoran said you found some new cards," she said.

"Yeah, but 'found' isn't the word I would use. They just kind of… showed up."

She held out her hand. "Let me see."

I handed her the one I had shown Syaoran, The Intertwined. She scrutinized it for a minute, and handed it back to me.

"Boring," she trilled. "So, what does it do?"

"I'm not really sure," I admitted.

"You know what," she began, "You should bring them to Tomoyo's house, so we can try and figure out what they're for!"

"That's a great idea," Tomoyo said. Syaoran silently nodded his approval.

Before we knew it, it was time to go home. I knew I'd be coming back next year, but there was something sad about leaving. Like it wouldn't be the same ever again, and everything would change. Soon.

"Have a nice summer, students!" Mr. Terada dismissed.

I shrugged my backpack onto my shoulders. When I got out of the school, I quickly strapped on my pads and my rollerblades, getting ready to skate home.

"See you tomorrow!" Tomoyo called over her shoulder, headed for the sleek black car as one of her bodyguards opened the door for her.

Meiling and Syaoran left for home too, so I skated out of the courtyard alone. It was a beautiful day; blue sky, green grass, pink flowers on all the trees, and birds everywhere. I bladed down the straight path for about half a mile, eventually grabbing the familiar pole and swinging myself around the corner to my street.

Home was empty, as usual. My brother Toya was at work, and my father, Fujitaka Kinomoto, was still at the university. I slipped my rollerblades off and left them in a jumbled heap by the door, and ran up the staircase to my room. Kero was waiting, or rather, Kero was playing video games and didn't notice that I was home until I picked him up by the scruff of his neck and carried him over to my bed.

"Hey! Put me down!" he said.

I set the guardian "beast" down on my bed and proceeded to tell him all about my day.

"What new cards?" asked Kero.

I blinked. "You mean, you didn't know? These really aren't Clow Cards, then." I pulled the deck from my backpack.

"Where did they come from?"

"I found them in the basement the night of the meteor shower," I replied.

"I don't like this…" Kero said.

"Why? They're just cards. I don't think they have any powers."

"Just remember what I always say; 'Expect the unexpected'. Never forget that."

I grinned. "How could I? Everything always seems to happen when I'm not expecting it."

I tossed and turned in bed that night. An unexpected storm rolled in, rain pounding the windows, and lightning illuminating the darkened corners of my room. My dream was interrupted with a particularly loud crash of thunder.