Thank you's to blossomheartxoxo, computer2brains, FightOrFlight and HarunoSakura13 for reviewing
Thank you's to blossomheartxoxo, computer2brains, FightOrFlight and HarunoSakura13 for reviewing!
Disclaimer: If I did own Naruto I would have the next manga chapter up already and if I owned CCS I would add more cards and and and yeah… don't own anything.
Please re-read the first chapter as I have made some adjustments to it.
Ok normally I would do these at the end but I decided not to. I noticed that after I read this it was very Narutoy, so as the chapters go on I won't be relying on the CCS anime as much. This will also be updated every Wednesday due to evil school work and mean teachers. That's about it; if you have any ways to improve the characters please let me know!
Chapter 2: Sakura's Wonderful Friend
"Sakura-chan."
"Sakura-chan!"
Turning in her sleep Sakura muttered something under her breath and continued sleeping.
"Who was it that set the alarm at seven?" the voice continued talking. "Weren't you gonna get up early or something?"
After slowly waking up with a bit of 'help' from Naruto, who almost knocked her out trying to get her to remember the events of the day before, Sakura began to get ready for her day. Just before she began getting dressed, the voice of her brother floated up from down stairs announcing that breakfast was ready.
Running down the stairs, Sakura slowed down as she entered the kitchen.
"Ohayou, Onii-chan."
Deidara temporarily forgot his cooking, turning to look at Sakura, surprised.
"You came down after I only called once, yeah!" He turned to look out the window. "Is it going to rain today, yeah?"
"I had someone waking me up today, ok?" Sakura said heatedly, almost slamming her hands on the table.
At the questioning look from her brother, Sakura realized what she had said. Shaking her head she quickly corrected herself.
"Oh, hehe, I meant the alarm clock!" She said, laughing nervously.
Not really convinced, Deidara let the subject drop and continued cooking. Relieved, Sakura walked over to her mother's picture to say a quick 'Ohayou gozaimasu' to her; her dad walking in at the same time.
"Ohayou gozaimasu."
"Ohayou, Otou-san."
"Ohayou, yeah."
Sasori walked over to the table, looking at the breakfast that Deidara had prepared.
"It looks delicious as usual today," Sasori said, looking over at Deidara.
"Well, it's better than what the monster normally makes, yeah," Deidara replied, smirk in place, though it vanished as Sakura kicked him under the table.
At the confused look from her father, Sakura covered herself by suggesting that they begin eating, knowing that he did not enjoy keeping his co-workers and students waiting. Once again Sakura was eating at a faster then normal speed, a habit she seemed to be developing. After explaining that she had classroom chores that morning, she placed her dishes on the kitchen sink. About to return to her room she noticed some bacon pieces on the kitchen counter, and quickly took some for Naruto to eat later. She ran out, missing the muttered 'monster' from Deidara as she went.
Naruto sat up as Sakura closed her door behind her, grinning when she gave him his 'souvenir'.
"Woohoo! Arigato, Sakura-chan!"
"Well, I'm going now," Sakura said, placing her school hat on her pink hair, hiding the pig tails.
"Man, kids nowadays are so busy," Naruto said, complaining slightly.
"Well, both Onii-chan and Otou-san will be leaving for school soon, so you can turn on the TV in my room after a while."
Naruto was confused.
"Your Otou-san's still a student?"
"He's a collage professor!" Sakura explained, slight disbelief at Naruto's question in her voice. "You can't leave the room when there are people in the house. Everyone would be too surprised!"
"Hai."
Glancing at the clock, Sakura realized just how much time had passed as she talked to Naruto. Giving a yelp in surprise, Sakura grabbed her bag and ran down the stairs, not noticing that Naruto didn't appear to be in her room anymore
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After racing on her skates for a while, she noticed that she was actually a little earlier now, thanks to her previous boost of speed.
'I'm early now. Maybe I'll just take a small detour!' Sakura thought, thinking of a certain silver haired boy.
Turning a corner, she continued until she stopped outside a house. The house itself was rather big, as well as the garden around it. Glancing around over the hedge that served as a fence, Sakura decided that Kakashi wasn't around at the moment.
"What is it?"
After letting a out a small scream of surprise she turned to see Kakashi walking from behind one of the larger hedges, holding a broom.
"You're here?"
"Ohayou, Sakura-chan," Kakashi greeted, walking towards the lower hedge.
"O-ohayou gozaimasu."
"You're up early."
"I'm in charge of cleaning the classroom."
"That's good of you," Kakashi said, causing Sakura to blush slightly.
"Oh, I know," he said, grabbing some flowers from a nearby tree. "Do you want to have these for the classroom?"
"Is it all right?"
He nodded, handing the flowers over to Sakura.
"Arigato!"
"Be careful, and see you later!" Kakashi gave his 'happy eye' smile, waving as she left.
'Today is such a good day!'
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Opening the classroom door, she squealed slightly in happiness of being first. Placing her bag on her assigned desk Sakura stretched, yawning, a little tired from her quick skating to make it to school early as the door opened.
"You're here early, Sakura-chan."
"Ohayou, Hinata-chan! You're here early too!" Sakura said as she got up to meet her friend.
"Ohayou gozaimasu."
"Are you in charge of something too, Hinata-chan?" Sakura asked, thinking that she had spaced out while something was said.
Smiling, Hinata replied, "No, I'm not. I just wanted to show you something, Sakura-chan."
Placing the new camcorder she had spoken of yesterday, Hinata explained after seeing Sakura's confused face.
"I was able to film something that was kind of amusing last night."
When she pressed the 'play' button an image of the night sky appeared on the screen, a strange figure in the air being its focus.
"What was that…?" Sakura whispered.
"This is a closer view," Hinata said, pressing another button.
This time Sakura could see what the focus was. Very clearly. Sakura watched as her pajama clad video self flew on her winged staff, Naruto flying next to her. Letting out a much louder scream of surprise Sakura almost knocked the chair she was seated on backwards. Her scream alone however, was enough to gain the attention of one other who was hidden inside the room.
"What's wrong, Sakura-chan!?"
Naruto burst out of Sakura's school bag, floating and searching for her source of distress.
"A Clow Card? Where? I'll take it on! Come on!"
He stopped yelling long enough to discover the two girls staring at him, one in shock and surprise and shock, the other in confusion and interest. Hinata looked from the screen to Naruto, then back again.
Bring her hands to her face she exclaimed, "M-my a striking r-resemblance."
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Naruto sighed as he flew out of Sakura's bag and slid down to the ground outside. It was recess and time to give Hinata an explanation.
"Ah, that was painful."
"Why did you tag along?"
"Well, I wanted to get a glimpse of how the Cardcaptor usually spends her day," Naruto explained, as if it were obvious.
"If you d-don't mind, w-would you like to i-introduce us?" Hinata asked, stuttering slightly.
'Poor Hinata-chan, she's stuttering again,' Sakura thought with a frown. 'She doesn't around friends but around new people… I hope Naruto doesn't freak her out.'
"Well, he says his name is Naruto."
Peering at Naruto's plush like body Hinata said, "He does l-look a little d-different from his n-name."
"His more of a 'Naru-chan'," Sakura agreed, smiling at the floating Seal Guardian.
"Really," Hinata said, smiling lightly.
Naruto was outraged.
"Don't call me like I'm some… some frog or something!" He yelled. "I'm Naruto, the Fox Beast of the Seal who guards the Clow Cards!" he finished, holding his head up proudly.
Sakura shook her head slightly at his out burst but something else he had said caught Hinata's attention.
"C-Clow Cards."
A loud yell of 'Here I go!' caught the small group's attention and Naruto quickly hid behind Sakura's bag. Sakura looked around the corner to see if they had need to be worried, and sighed when the boys continued their game of dodge ball. As she walked away, she never saw the shadow of one of the players move on its own before joining its owner once more. When she announced all was clear Naruto came out and explained the Cards story to Hinata, who was slowly becoming less shy in the presence of the Fox Beast.
"… and so, Sakura-chan became Cardcaptor Sakura!" Naruto finished happily and Hinata clapped lightly.
"That's wonderful!" She said, her eyes shining. "The Cardcaptor that p-protects the city from the c-catastrophes of the Clow Cards. That's so awesome!"
Sakura, who had been silently eating through out the exchange, became almost nervous with how her friend had put her new… 'occupation'.
"I can't do something that important!"
"No, you can do it, Sakura-chan!" Hinata said happily, taking one of Sakura's hands as she spoke. "If you don't mind, c-can you show me how you use your m-magic?"
"Ha! Yeah, show 'er Sakura-chan!"
"But…"
"It's all right, there's no problems Sakura-chan. Nobodies watching," Naruto said, looking around.
Sighing, Sakura pulled out her Key and began to recite the spell for her friend.
"The Key which hides powers of the Dark!
Show your true powers before me!
I, Sakura, command you under our contract!
RELEASE!"
Once more the Key lengthened into the staff she used to activate the cards and the magic circle of symbols appeared under her once more. Hinata was thrilled with what she had seen.
"You are able to use magic w-with this staff?"
"Hai, although I need a card."
Naruto suddenly poked his head out of Sakura's bag holding something.
"Like this!" he said, brandishing the Fly card slightly.
"When did you…?" Sakura was cut short as Hinata interrupted her with an excited smile on her face.
"So, do you have a trademark pose yet?"
'Wow, that's the quickest that Hinata-chan has ever gotten over her stuttering! She must really like Naru-chan.'
"W-why?"
"Trademark poses and spells are the basic parts of being a magical girl!" her eyes were sparkling once more.
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At the end of school, people said their normal good byes to their friends. As they began to walk or ride home, something different happened. People's shadows began to leave them but this time, they did not return. The shadows of people began to group themselves all around school…
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"Ohayou!"
It was the next morning at Konoha Elementary and Sakura was skating around, greeting almost everyone that past her. On her way to her locker to put the skates away, she saw a large group of students blocking of one of the main quadrangles of the school. Seeing three of her friends and classmates there Sakura quickly went to see what was happening.
"What's wrong?"
The three girls quickly turned round to see their friend looking at them in confusion. Their names were Sabuku Temari (she was blonde with her long hair up in four different ponytails, two on each side of her head. She transferred here a few years ago along with her two brothers; Gaara and Kankuro.), Kunai Tenten (a slightly bookish girl with her long brown hair pulled up into two buns on top of her head, she loved ghost and adventure stories, especially ones with weapons) and Suna Matasuri (she had short chocolate hair that was unbelievably straight).
"Oh, Sakura-chan!" Temari said.
"Look!"
Matasuri grabbed Sakura and pulled her through the large crowed that had formed there. Sakura gasped at what she saw.
"W-what is this?"
A pile of stuff collected from the school stood high in the middle of the quadrangle. Desks, chairs, gym equipment and other such things were all thrown into a singular pile on the ground.
"I don't know. It was like this when I arrived this morning," Tenten said, confused.
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"That's done by a Clow Card, all right!"
Sakura had just explained what had happened at the school and Hinata expressed her opinion of a Clow Card being involved. It took the entire day to fix the school up as desks and chairs had been piled in classrooms too. While she may have enjoyed the day off work, Sakura didn't want to have to make a habit of fixing desks everyday.
"Just as I thought," Hinata said happily.
"But which Clow Card would make a complete mess of our school?" Sakura asked. Naruto thought for a moment.
"Hmm, well I don't know. But in any case… Sakura-chan!"
Naruto flew over to where Sakura was sitting.
"It's time for the Cardcaptor!"
"Why?" Sakura asked nervously.
"If it's a Clow Cards doing then you have to capture it!" Naruto said a little exasperated.
"I've been saying …… That's impossible!"
Flying away slightly Naruto said slyly, "And who was it that scattered the cards away, again?" Then remembering that he too had something to do with it, sleeping for 30 years for example, continued quickly. "All right, we're gonna go to the school tonight! Believe It!" (Hehe couldn't resist.)
That got Sakura's attention.
"WHAT!?" she yelled, shaking her head furiously. "Not. At. Night!"
"Why not?" Naruto asked, confused.
"B-b-b-b-because… the school at night…" Sakura broke off, images of ghosts chasing her around the school entering her mind. "No, no, no! I will NOT!" Anime tears ran down her face.
"But there are some cards that are active only at night," Naruto said matter-of-factly.
"But it is true that the school can be dangerous at night," Hinata said softly.
"Hinata-chan!" Sakura said, looking hopeful.
"So, I will come along with you!" Hinata exclaimed happily, making Sakura fall over. "I must record Sakura's bravery on video!"
"W-why?" Sakura asked, laughing nervously again.
"Because," Hinata started with dreamy eyes. "That's my hobby!"
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"I-I'm scared…"
They had agreed to meet at the school that night, and now that they were there (minus Hinata) Sakura was starting to let her worries and fears show. She had heard many ghost stories involving the school and she did not wish to see if they were true.
"It's all right Sakura-chan, you're fine! I'm here with you!" Naruto said, laughing loudly at the end.
"I don't think I'll be fine…" Sakura muttered.
A car began to make its approach and Naruto quickly hid inside Sakura's bag as so to not be seen. Hinata soon stepped out from the car, bag in hand.
"Did I keep you waiting?"
"No, I just got here."
Just then four tall women, all with red-brown hair, came out of the car. Each were dressed in expensive black suits and wore sunglasses, even though it was too dark to need them.
"Allow me to introduce you," Hinata began. "These are the family bodyguards."
After the introductions were made, the tallest of the four turned to face Hinata.
"Then, Miss…"
"Yes. Please come and pick me up when I call you."
When the car drove off, Sakura snapped out of what ever trance she was in while her friend's bodyguards were present.
"Amazing! Amazing!! There aren't that many grade-schoolers that have bodyguards!"
"Oh? Grade-schoolers that can use magic are even more rare," Hinata smiled, turning to face her friend.
"I guess so…"
Suddenly Hinata grabbed Sakura's hand, a happy grin on her face.
"Anyway, please come this way!"
Hinata pulled her over to a van that Sakura hadn't notice (don't ask how she missed a van of all things but yeah) and opened the door. Sakura gasped when she saw what seemed like an endless amount of clothes and dresses, all which seemed to be made for her size.
"W-what is this?" Sakura asked, over whelmed.
"Now, now, you should change!"
"Why?"
"You're going to capture a Clow Card now, right, Sakura-chan?"
"Yeah…"
"When you are doing special things, you must wear special clothes!" Hinata said, smiling in an almost Kakashi like way (like the happy eye smile again, love that XD).
"I totally agree!" Said Naruto, who flew out of Sakura's bag to make his opinion known. "If you don't go after them in clothes suitable for a Cardcaptor, you might lose the mental battle against the card!"
Hinata grabbed Naruto's little paws with a smile. "I'm glad you understand how I feel."
"So, Sakura-chan, go change!"
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After changing into a new costume (a full piece black bather-like outfit with long sleeves with white cuffs at the end. A white zip up shoulderless piece over the top with a red cape and bow over that. White and red shoes covered her feet with long black socks that reached her knees. A red hat styled to rest on the back half of her head completed the look.) Sakura, Hinata and Naruto stood outside, wondering what their next move would be when Sakura heard a sound.
Not long after Naruto noticed something.
"This is the presence of a Clow Card!" he yelled.
After hearing this, the card seemed to take action; a statue that normally resided near the front of the school zoomed towards them. Jumping out of the way, they missed being squashed by the now stationary statue. Not long after the statue began to move again but this time Hinata noticed something odd.
"Sakura-chan, look!"
Sakura looked to where Hinata had pointed and saw the statues shadow… with another shadow connected to it! This shadow appeared to be holding the statue up; the only thing was that the shadow was not connected to anything or anyone. Naruto was just about to comment when hundreds of people shaped shadows began to appear from all over the school.
"This," Naruto yelled. "Is all the doings of the SHADOW card!"
Turning, Sakura began to take control.
"Naru-chan! Stay with Hinata-chan!"
"Leave it to me!" he called as Sakura ran forward.
Quickly, Sakura spelled the Key into her staff and began to try and figure out a way to find and seal Shadow. At the same time as Sakura was about to summon Windy, the shadows somehow became solid and began to try and form a dome around her. Raising her staff, Sakura quickly spoke to the card.
"Wind, become a binding chain! WINDY!" she called while hitting the card with the staff, just as the shadows began to close in.
The women like figure of Windy came forth but, instead of binding the shadows, she shot right through them, breaking them. The shadows only attacked again, this time there was more of them. After dodging them, Naruto called for her to use Fly to escape them for now. She quickly did so, looking at pile of shadows from up high; they looked like bubbling black water from the sky.
"It looks like the Shadow card has collected the shadows of every student in this school," Naruto explained. "It's impossible for Sakura-chan to fight this many shadows."
"Is there any way around that?" ask Hinata, who was filming Sakura.
"Well, I guess the students shadows would go if there was a light shining on them," Naruto said thoughtfully. "After that, it's just the main body of the Shadow so we'd be done if we bind that with magic. But it's night right now…"
Hinata smiled.
"Leave things like that to me." She said, her pale white eyes shining more so in the moonlight.
Meanwhile, Sakura was dodging desk throw out of windows on her staff with Fly. She was only just avoiding the desks thrown by the shadows too.
"That's why I said it was impossible… what can I do?" Sakura said out loud.
Just then, a large amount of the shadows on the ground all reached up and grabbed the winged end of Sakura's staff and began to pull her down, though Sakura tried not to let it.
"WAIT! Let go!" she screamed. "Help!"
At that moment, every light in the school began to turn on casting light over the area where the shadows were. The shadows themselves slowly started to disappear as Sakura watched on from the air.
"Sakura-chan!"
She turned to see Naruto and Hinata waving from a window in the school. Flying toward them, Sakura informed them that the shadows were gone.
"Everything but the main body vanishes when you shine light on it," the small guardian explained.
"It's impossible to make the sun rise," Hinata said. "But even I can turn on the lights!"
"Arigato, Hinata-chan!"
Suddenly Naruto yelled.
"Sakura-chan! That's the main body!"
A strange black-purple cloaked figure stood with its back towards them, seemingly walking away from the school.
"All right!"
Flying down and dodging the singular shadows sent by the main body, Sakura began her decent.
"Now, Sakura-chan!" called Hinata, who was filming once more.
"Show them the result of your special training!" Naruto yelled with glee.
Once again, Sakura called forth the Windy card.
"Wind, become a binding chain! WINDY!"
Just like with Fly, Windy wrapped herself around the Cloaked Body, holding it still.
"Return to the guise you were meant to be in! CLOW CARD!" Sakura yelled a determined look in her eyes.
After Shadow had been sucked into its card form, Naruto began to cheer.
"Nothing less from Cardcaptor Sakura!"
"This is splendid," added Hinata, finishing her recording.
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Wow, this thing just keeps getting longer; it even looks long on this site now! Has anyone else noticed that what ever you put up seems to become half the size when you do so? Anyway I've decided to do this in series, there are about 54 cards and that many chapters is just really weird so yeah! Please read and review!
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