KL: Sorry for the late update but y'know school+ activities + part-time jobs = not a lot of time.

Syaoran: You should start NOW, so far you've told us nothing.

Sakura: I'm not master of the cards but if you have to keep being rude, Syaoran, I'm going to have to seal you.

KL: Oh! You just got told.

Syaoran: Heh-heh. Did I ever tell you I love you?

Sakura: Yep

KL: Ok! Seriously this chapter, we start surpassing the limit.

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Takuya walked into his home.

"I'm back!" he called, taking off his shoes.

"Kitchen!" Ryogo called. Takuya walked into the kitchen and smiled.

"Hey Dad, hey Jenrya," Takuya said.

"Hey buddy!" Ryogo called.

"Hi Takuya," Jenrya smiled calmly "congratulations."

"You saw?" Takuya said in pleasant surprise "did you enjoy the show?" Takuya sat at the kitchen table.

"Yeah!" Ryogo answered "your friend sure has talent."

"Yeah," Takuya agreed "she does." It was comfortable silence for a while, before Ryogo snapped his fingers.

"Oh yeah," He said turning to Takuya "you like mysteries right, kiddo?" Takuya nodded, confused.

"Oh I see," Jenrya said, realising what Ryogo had planned.

"What's going on?" Takuya asked, feeling a little out of the loop.

"There's a book in the car, I think you'd like it," Ryogo explained "why don't you go get it?"

"Ok," Takuya stood up and grabbed his dad's keys from the key rack and went out to the car. He unlocked the car and opened the driver's door. He put half his body inside and started looking. He opened the glove compartment and pulled out a light pink book, with a golden lion on the front, eyes closed and white wings either side of him.

'This must be what he's talking about' Takuya decided. He closed and locked everything, then walked back into the house. As he closed the front door, he shivered in his uniform, it was a cold day. Takuya walked back into the kitchen, with the book raised.

"This it?" He asked.

"Yeah," Ryogo replied "that's the one." Takuya rested the book on the table.

"So what's so mysterious about this book?" Takuya asked.

"You tell us," Ryogo tempted. They all crowded around the book. Takuya picked up the book and the lion's eyes snapped open and the lock snapped off.

"Whoa," They all said in unison.

"Let me look at this," Jenrya said, he took the book out of Takuya's hands, immediately the lion narrowed his eyes and locked the book once again "I think it likes you better, Takuya."

Jenrya returned the book to Takuya, who took it back shakily, once again the lion's eyes opened and the lock dropped off. Takuya slowly opened the front cover to discover…cards?

"Cards?" Takuya tilted his head. He picked up the first one "Time." Instantly everything froze except Takuya. "What do you think they're for?" Takuya asked.

No reply. He looked at his dad; Ryogo was staring at the book, Takuya then turned to Jenrya, same thing. Takuya put the Time card down and picked up the next card.

"Windy." A magical circle appeared around Takuya's feet and a huge gust of wind appeared around him, time was frozen so the only things that were effected by windy were the other cards, including time. Takuya closed his eyes, instant reaction to the powers of windy. When he opened his eyes the rest of the cards were gone, but he still held 'The Windy' in his hands. Only then did he take in the actual appearance of the card. It was pink, a sort of explosion effect at the top, a moon at the bottom, and two stars on the sides. He turned it over and noticed the same circle that appeared under his feet when he said Windy's name. The winds calmed and the sudden lack of tension forced Takuya to balance himself on a chair. He sighed. As Takuya sighed the magic circle appeared around the book, and something began emerging from the cover. It was yellow, it had white wings and it looked like…a plush toy. The toy turned to look at him. They stared at each other for a moment before.

"Howdy-howdy-hoooooooooooooo!" The yellow toy smiled and cheered. Takuya just stared at it wide-eyed "oh my goodness, I can't believe I've been awoken, I was starting to think people didn't believe in magic anymore, but still you released me from the book, Thankee-Sankee."

"A-an Osakan accent?" Takuya stuttered.

"Yeah!" He cheered again "this book keeps going back to Osaka so it's hard to shake the accent I guess. Heh-heh."

"Yeah, couple questions," Takuya started.

"Shoot, Kiddo," It continued to smile.

"OK," Takuya breathed "'?"

"Well," It said "why don't I introduce myself." Takuya nodded. "My name is Cerberus; I am the guardian beast of this book and of the Star Cards. It seems you've encountered the cards already."

"Y-yeah," Takuya said, still in shock "W-windy and T-time."

"Hmm, yeah, I thought I sensed Time's power which explains why these two are dead still and not reacting to my presence." Cerberus noticed Ryogo and Jenrya's still faces "so you activated the Time card?"

"Uh, I guess but I really just said its name," Takuya explained.

"With these cards you only need 2 things to activate their powers," Cerberus said "you need strong magical powers, the same powers that let you open the book and you need to establish a connection with them, just calling their names is good enough and is usually how people connect with the cards."

"I see," Takuya stammered "anyways, I need these 2 out of this state."

"Ok!" Cerberus smiled "you just need to do 2 things."

Takuya blinked then agreed.

Cerberus smirked. The kitchen became pitch black, then lights began to glow, like stars in the night sky.

"Key of the Seal,

Here before me stands a boy,

A boy that wishes to make a contract with you,

Advocate for the Stars speak your name!"

"Takuya," Takuya whispered.

"Louder!"

"Takuya."

"Louder!"

"TAKUYA!" The stars light emphasized and expanded and obliterated all darkness.

"Once again, a CardCaptor…is born!" Cerberus announced.

"What the- whadd'ya mean a CardCaptor?" Takuya argued.

"Well," Cerberus started "YOU are the one that scattered the cards…"

"Yeah, but YOU were the one that was meant to prevent that from happening." Cerberus started sweating.

"Why do they all use that line?" Cerberus mumbled to himself.

"Cerberus," Takuya said.

"Hey kiddo, call me Kero," Kero corrected.

"Oh, um, Kero," Takuya started again "there's a woman holding a bird outside."

Kero turned to face the outside.

A small bird was pecking at the window.

Kero gasped "Fly!"

"Fly?" Takuya questioned.

"Two of the cards you just released," Kero explained "you have to capture it!"

"OK!" Takuya replied.

…

….

…..

"How do I do that?" Takuya asked. Kero fell over in surprise.

"You just need to point the staff at them and say this spell…" Kero instructed, he whispered the spell into Takuya's ears.

"Ok!" Takuya pointed the bird's head at the two cards.

"I am the new CardCaptor!, hear this spell! Takuya shouted.

"Return to your powers confined! Fly!"

A rainbow silhouette of card appeared at the head of the staff and absorbed the two beings through strands of yellow and white light.

"Capture complete!" Takuya smiled as he held the new card.

'This is just the beginning' Kero thought.

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OMG I'm sorry, that took WAY too long but I was focusing on another story but hey I'm trying. Forgiven? Tell me in you review.

Ja Ne