Disclaimer: I do not own CardCaptors or any characters relating to it. Clamp owns
everything dealing with it. :'(
Authors Note: Thanks to all who reviewed. If anyone has any helpful ideas, my e-mail is saxophonist@hotmail.com. Just make the subject understandable. And in case you're wondering, I'm running out of them!!!!!!
The next chapter will be S+S but I warn S+S readers for the will not like it. You have been forewarned.
Setting: Christmas Night
A Night of Discovery
*Syaoran's POV* *7:00 PM*
I'm stuck here in Hong Kong all dressed up for this stupid fancy do I have to be at. I would so much rather be with Sakura in the park like I promised I would be. After all this, I wouldn't be surprised to find her depressed and lonely when I get back for school on Monday. I'd love to call her, but I'm all wrapped up right now and can't get away without my mother catching me. Even after this, my mother's still not going to let me near a telephone and I didn't have the time to grab anything, including my cell phone, before I left my apartment. Stupid surprise tickets. And I still have the ring in my pocket that I should have given Sakura by now, if I had actually had the nerve to instead of just getting the familiar nosebleed and fainting right in front of her.. again. I hate when I do that. If I can get her to talk to me when I get back, I'll be the luckiest guy in the entire universe. Well, I just hope that while I'm over here, she won't get into any trouble from that card I sensed during her confession. Bakabakabaka. Ouch.
*Sakura's POV* *8:12 PM*
I'm just arriving at home after the little disappoiintment I had in the little clearing in the forest and I'm really depressed. I don't even acknowledge my onii-san as he calls me kaijuu and glares at me for being out alone for so long at this time of night. I just go silently up to my room and flop down on my pillow away from everyone in the house. Then Kero comes out of his drawer and starts to bother me. For the first 10 minutes I ignore him. After that he is really getting annoyed and decides to get my attention the way he knows best. "Ouch! Kero!! Why did you bite me?"
"Haven't you heard me trying to get your attention since I heard you come in from your little date with the gaki?"
"Well Kero. I have some good news for you."
"Oh Yeah? What is it? Did you get me the new Xylon Warriors game that's out? Or is it that you got my a pudding filled coffee cake?"
"Nope. Completely wrong Kero. I never knew you were so bad at guessing."
"Just tell me already."
"Okay Kero. I think Syaoran doesn't wanna see me at all anymore."
*Kero's POV* *Immediately following*
It took all of my gumption to keep floating where I was and not fall down to the floor right where I was. I must not have heard her right. The way things were going, I thought the gaki would have me calling him dad or the Card Master or something that I would hate, but have to tolerate so the Mistress wouldn't get angry with me. But to hear that, I thought that I was dreaming. I had to pinch myself to make sure that I wasn't still taking a nap in the Clow Book and this had all been one elaborate dream. When I was convinced that I was awake, I was being looked at weirdly by a very curious Sakura. But before she was able to ask any questions, I heard Touya coming and quickly flew to my place above her bed. Luckily, I just made it before he opened the door. Unfortunately however, he brought up some pudding cups for Sakura since she always seemed to be taking more and more recently so he just brought up a few just in case she was in one of her dessert moods. Once again, he needed to use all of his gumption not to move straight towards that delicious pudding. And the fact that Touya was staring straight at me, as usual. He really must know about me by now or he thinks I'm one really funny looking stuffed animal. Finally, I can move and of course, I'm right at the pudding. And it's chocolate, my absolute favorite. When Sakura gets back to talking to me, I don't care and I don't remember what she's talking about. All I can think about right now is this delicious pudding!!!!
When I finish, she looking in one of her old yearbooks at her desk. I float over to her and asking what she's doing. "I'm just looking over the guys in my grade. I'm sure that there are many other boys that are much better suited to be my boyfriend than Syaoran was. I mean, not everyone was trainged to be so rude, cruel, insensitive, and all around mean." That's when it all came flooding back to me and I realized the severity of what was going on. I decided to tell Sakura that having so much pudding tired me out and that I was going to turn in for the night. What she didn't know however, is that I was just going to make a friendly call to her best friend to see if she could talk Sakura out of making this mistake. "Moshi Moshi."
"Ohayo Tomoyo."
"Ohayo Kero. What's up? You never call me."
"Well, I'm worried about my Mistress."
"What happened Kero? Did she get hurt by a Clow Card? And if she did I'm gonna be really angry with her for not telling me because I have the most kawaii costume for her for when the next card shows up."
"No no. It's nothing like that. She just said to me that she doesn't believe Syaoran ever wants to see her again. It's got her so depressed, she's looking for a new classmate to be her boyfriend."
"WHAT?!? Tell me you're kidding. She would never say a thing like that because she knows it's not true. I think. Well anyways, I know he wouldn't be like that. Do you know why she said that Kero?"
"Yeah. She said that the Li-kid never showed up for their date tonight in the woods. She waited for a while and there was no notification that he wasn't coming and that he even cared if her feeling were hurt or not. I don't believe it, no matter how much I hate to say this, but I still think he has feelings for Sakura."
"Yeah. Me too. I hope they don't break up. I don't want to worry about getting new footage with a new costar. Syaoran makes such a good partner for Sakura. They're just so kawaii when they're not paying attention. And when they share their first kiss, I'll be right there. Ohohohohohohoho!!!"
"Oh Tomoyo. You really need to cu..."
"What's up Kero?"
"I sense a Clow Card. I need to get Sakura. Ja ne."
"Ja."
*Sakura's POV* *Right before the end of the phone call*
This one looks cute. And so does this one. All the cute guys, I wonder which one I should choose. Hmm.... so many to choose from. This looks as difficult as when Kero trying to decide which desert he wants to eat first. Uh Oh. Looks like this decision is going to have to wait. My business as a CardCaptor is never done. Kero flies up out of his drawer, obviously sensing the card as well. Just as I'm about to summon forth fly to try and locate the card, I get a call from Tomoyo saying that I should go to her house. I'm really starting to believe that she's able to sense the Clow Cards as well since she always seems to have a costume ready and is always calling me right before I leave to go captoring. This is really starting to get annoying, but she's my friend, and a very good tailor, so I put up with her costumes as long as she can put up with having to go hunting for cards with me in the middle of the night.
Within minutes, we had gotten to Tomoyo's, changed into her latest creation, and were heading out searching for the Clow Card. It was very powerful, so it wasn't very hard to find. It was in the middle of Reedington Park like usual. I feel bad about destroying the park with each battle I have to face. It's not like the MIB can come and just put up a fake park like they do with other things. Although I can erase their minds but that would be abusing my power. Soon we were face to face with the card, and it was really pretty. It's was glowing in a pure white that was unbelieveable. The only way that I was able to look at it directly was through the tinted visor that Tomoyo had added on to the costume. She always has some sort of addition to these things that are helpful during the capture. Either way, the card seemed to be searching me for something, than it found whatever it was looking for. Then it shrouded itself in white light and when it emerged the three of us were upset and confused, but we all knew what the card changed itself to look like. My mother probably due to the unconditional love she had for me. I'm used to it however since I had to fight the illusion card which did the same thing, but it still freaks me out when I see it since I still see her as a ghost. Either way, it's still my duty as a CardCaptor to capture this card no matter how scared I am.
It looked like the card had been busy before we got here, because a lot of the trees in the area were in full bloom in the freezing cold of the winter breezes that blew by. According to Kero, that meant that it also had a lot of ammunition, so I have to be very careful. It was just sitting there looking at us, waiting to find out our intention. After a few seconds, I decided to try an attack. "Shadow Card, make the Purity Card dimmer, release and dispel." The Shadow Card came out and tried to follow the commands of its Mistress, but the shimmering light from Purity made it impossible for Shadow to work. Then it took it's cue and decided to use it's dark energy to fire at me and Kero. Kero just floated away and decided to find a good hiding place, but I wasn't so lucky. Fortunately for me, I acrobatic ability was helping me dodge many of the cards attacks, but each shot was becoming closer and more powerful. Finally, it made contact with my leg and I fell to the ground feeling the blow. Then it came in and fired off one more shot point blank, and my world soon faded to black.
*Syaoran's POV* *Moments earlier*
I'm glad I'm finally out of that party with meeting all of those disturbing family members and with Meiling hanging off of me every second, I rarely got a chance to breathe. Now I'm just going to get some sleep so I can get up and... what was that. Sakura's aura just faded a lot. I hope she's still alright and will be okay when I get back to her. And I promise, if she will let me, I will make her mine.
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Sorry for the delay, but I haven't been truly inspired for a while and I have been thinking about a work in progress. I don't know when or if it's coming, but I will try to work faster. One small catch, I'm leaving for a week on July 8th and will be gone for a week so, I won't be around but I'll try to work while I'm there. 'Til next time.
everything dealing with it. :'(
Authors Note: Thanks to all who reviewed. If anyone has any helpful ideas, my e-mail is saxophonist@hotmail.com. Just make the subject understandable. And in case you're wondering, I'm running out of them!!!!!!
The next chapter will be S+S but I warn S+S readers for the will not like it. You have been forewarned.
Setting: Christmas Night
A Night of Discovery
*Syaoran's POV* *7:00 PM*
I'm stuck here in Hong Kong all dressed up for this stupid fancy do I have to be at. I would so much rather be with Sakura in the park like I promised I would be. After all this, I wouldn't be surprised to find her depressed and lonely when I get back for school on Monday. I'd love to call her, but I'm all wrapped up right now and can't get away without my mother catching me. Even after this, my mother's still not going to let me near a telephone and I didn't have the time to grab anything, including my cell phone, before I left my apartment. Stupid surprise tickets. And I still have the ring in my pocket that I should have given Sakura by now, if I had actually had the nerve to instead of just getting the familiar nosebleed and fainting right in front of her.. again. I hate when I do that. If I can get her to talk to me when I get back, I'll be the luckiest guy in the entire universe. Well, I just hope that while I'm over here, she won't get into any trouble from that card I sensed during her confession. Bakabakabaka. Ouch.
*Sakura's POV* *8:12 PM*
I'm just arriving at home after the little disappoiintment I had in the little clearing in the forest and I'm really depressed. I don't even acknowledge my onii-san as he calls me kaijuu and glares at me for being out alone for so long at this time of night. I just go silently up to my room and flop down on my pillow away from everyone in the house. Then Kero comes out of his drawer and starts to bother me. For the first 10 minutes I ignore him. After that he is really getting annoyed and decides to get my attention the way he knows best. "Ouch! Kero!! Why did you bite me?"
"Haven't you heard me trying to get your attention since I heard you come in from your little date with the gaki?"
"Well Kero. I have some good news for you."
"Oh Yeah? What is it? Did you get me the new Xylon Warriors game that's out? Or is it that you got my a pudding filled coffee cake?"
"Nope. Completely wrong Kero. I never knew you were so bad at guessing."
"Just tell me already."
"Okay Kero. I think Syaoran doesn't wanna see me at all anymore."
*Kero's POV* *Immediately following*
It took all of my gumption to keep floating where I was and not fall down to the floor right where I was. I must not have heard her right. The way things were going, I thought the gaki would have me calling him dad or the Card Master or something that I would hate, but have to tolerate so the Mistress wouldn't get angry with me. But to hear that, I thought that I was dreaming. I had to pinch myself to make sure that I wasn't still taking a nap in the Clow Book and this had all been one elaborate dream. When I was convinced that I was awake, I was being looked at weirdly by a very curious Sakura. But before she was able to ask any questions, I heard Touya coming and quickly flew to my place above her bed. Luckily, I just made it before he opened the door. Unfortunately however, he brought up some pudding cups for Sakura since she always seemed to be taking more and more recently so he just brought up a few just in case she was in one of her dessert moods. Once again, he needed to use all of his gumption not to move straight towards that delicious pudding. And the fact that Touya was staring straight at me, as usual. He really must know about me by now or he thinks I'm one really funny looking stuffed animal. Finally, I can move and of course, I'm right at the pudding. And it's chocolate, my absolute favorite. When Sakura gets back to talking to me, I don't care and I don't remember what she's talking about. All I can think about right now is this delicious pudding!!!!
When I finish, she looking in one of her old yearbooks at her desk. I float over to her and asking what she's doing. "I'm just looking over the guys in my grade. I'm sure that there are many other boys that are much better suited to be my boyfriend than Syaoran was. I mean, not everyone was trainged to be so rude, cruel, insensitive, and all around mean." That's when it all came flooding back to me and I realized the severity of what was going on. I decided to tell Sakura that having so much pudding tired me out and that I was going to turn in for the night. What she didn't know however, is that I was just going to make a friendly call to her best friend to see if she could talk Sakura out of making this mistake. "Moshi Moshi."
"Ohayo Tomoyo."
"Ohayo Kero. What's up? You never call me."
"Well, I'm worried about my Mistress."
"What happened Kero? Did she get hurt by a Clow Card? And if she did I'm gonna be really angry with her for not telling me because I have the most kawaii costume for her for when the next card shows up."
"No no. It's nothing like that. She just said to me that she doesn't believe Syaoran ever wants to see her again. It's got her so depressed, she's looking for a new classmate to be her boyfriend."
"WHAT?!? Tell me you're kidding. She would never say a thing like that because she knows it's not true. I think. Well anyways, I know he wouldn't be like that. Do you know why she said that Kero?"
"Yeah. She said that the Li-kid never showed up for their date tonight in the woods. She waited for a while and there was no notification that he wasn't coming and that he even cared if her feeling were hurt or not. I don't believe it, no matter how much I hate to say this, but I still think he has feelings for Sakura."
"Yeah. Me too. I hope they don't break up. I don't want to worry about getting new footage with a new costar. Syaoran makes such a good partner for Sakura. They're just so kawaii when they're not paying attention. And when they share their first kiss, I'll be right there. Ohohohohohohoho!!!"
"Oh Tomoyo. You really need to cu..."
"What's up Kero?"
"I sense a Clow Card. I need to get Sakura. Ja ne."
"Ja."
*Sakura's POV* *Right before the end of the phone call*
This one looks cute. And so does this one. All the cute guys, I wonder which one I should choose. Hmm.... so many to choose from. This looks as difficult as when Kero trying to decide which desert he wants to eat first. Uh Oh. Looks like this decision is going to have to wait. My business as a CardCaptor is never done. Kero flies up out of his drawer, obviously sensing the card as well. Just as I'm about to summon forth fly to try and locate the card, I get a call from Tomoyo saying that I should go to her house. I'm really starting to believe that she's able to sense the Clow Cards as well since she always seems to have a costume ready and is always calling me right before I leave to go captoring. This is really starting to get annoying, but she's my friend, and a very good tailor, so I put up with her costumes as long as she can put up with having to go hunting for cards with me in the middle of the night.
Within minutes, we had gotten to Tomoyo's, changed into her latest creation, and were heading out searching for the Clow Card. It was very powerful, so it wasn't very hard to find. It was in the middle of Reedington Park like usual. I feel bad about destroying the park with each battle I have to face. It's not like the MIB can come and just put up a fake park like they do with other things. Although I can erase their minds but that would be abusing my power. Soon we were face to face with the card, and it was really pretty. It's was glowing in a pure white that was unbelieveable. The only way that I was able to look at it directly was through the tinted visor that Tomoyo had added on to the costume. She always has some sort of addition to these things that are helpful during the capture. Either way, the card seemed to be searching me for something, than it found whatever it was looking for. Then it shrouded itself in white light and when it emerged the three of us were upset and confused, but we all knew what the card changed itself to look like. My mother probably due to the unconditional love she had for me. I'm used to it however since I had to fight the illusion card which did the same thing, but it still freaks me out when I see it since I still see her as a ghost. Either way, it's still my duty as a CardCaptor to capture this card no matter how scared I am.
It looked like the card had been busy before we got here, because a lot of the trees in the area were in full bloom in the freezing cold of the winter breezes that blew by. According to Kero, that meant that it also had a lot of ammunition, so I have to be very careful. It was just sitting there looking at us, waiting to find out our intention. After a few seconds, I decided to try an attack. "Shadow Card, make the Purity Card dimmer, release and dispel." The Shadow Card came out and tried to follow the commands of its Mistress, but the shimmering light from Purity made it impossible for Shadow to work. Then it took it's cue and decided to use it's dark energy to fire at me and Kero. Kero just floated away and decided to find a good hiding place, but I wasn't so lucky. Fortunately for me, I acrobatic ability was helping me dodge many of the cards attacks, but each shot was becoming closer and more powerful. Finally, it made contact with my leg and I fell to the ground feeling the blow. Then it came in and fired off one more shot point blank, and my world soon faded to black.
*Syaoran's POV* *Moments earlier*
I'm glad I'm finally out of that party with meeting all of those disturbing family members and with Meiling hanging off of me every second, I rarely got a chance to breathe. Now I'm just going to get some sleep so I can get up and... what was that. Sakura's aura just faded a lot. I hope she's still alright and will be okay when I get back to her. And I promise, if she will let me, I will make her mine.
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Sorry for the delay, but I haven't been truly inspired for a while and I have been thinking about a work in progress. I don't know when or if it's coming, but I will try to work faster. One small catch, I'm leaving for a week on July 8th and will be gone for a week so, I won't be around but I'll try to work while I'm there. 'Til next time.