The Sentiment Cards- Prologue

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, etc. clamp the works..
Summary: Sakura has captured all the cards yay!...or did she really? Clow Reed had many friends..but where there is admiration, loyalty & life there is hatred, death & treatury.
Note: the gang are 16 or 17, Syaoran is still in Hong Kong, where he's been for the past 6 years. However, this IS an S&S story trust me..

Sakura lay stationary in her bed, unmoving, just thinking. She didn't know what time it was, or the length of time her thoughts had been wandering about, all she knew was that
this was the one place where her true feelings could surface. There was no need to hide those tears of hers, there was no point to hide the wishes and prayers that her heart had made.
This was the time she dedicated to her one true love, the boy she fell in love with years ago, the boy she had waited for, for a very, very long time....only to realize that his promises were empty..
and would never be kept... She cried quietly into her pillow, not holding back. Each time she shut her eyes, his face would appear...with her...his fiance...HIS true love that was not her...

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Flashback... 5 years after Syaoran's departure...

Sakura's phone rang mercilessly, she had skated home as fast as she could, knowing who would be the voice she'd hear as she picked up to answer it..
She finally reached for the phone..
"Moshi moshi, Sakura speaking"
"Hi Sakura" he said in a low voice.
"Syaoran? Im so happy you called" she blushed a deep red realizing that her heart had quickened it's pace. "I was hoping you'd call today"
"Sakura..there is a reason why I called.."
Sakura's heart skipped a beat..somehow she felt what he was about to say was not something she wanted to hear..
"Sakura, I ll get to the point..I..I've found someone..else.." he finally managed to say it.
Sakura sank into a near by chair and was in shock..she couldnt believe it! He had broken their promise? Even after all this time of waiting, he had given up...no, it couldnt be why would he...
"I..Sakura? are you there?.."
"W...h.o is ...she?" she questioned as tears rolled down her once smiling cheeks.
"..Meilin...she and I have been engaged for a long time as you know...now it's official we are marrried..."
"WHAT???" Sakura cried uncontrollably.
"Sakura..I...I'm sorry.." He tried to apologize and seem as though he didn't care, to make things easier but before he knew it, tears had soaked the floor where he stood, he was breaking her heart..
'I'm so sorry my love...this is for your own good..I swear to you we will be together again..one day'
"Sy...aoran...I...I've waited...all this time..and...." she continued to sob quietly, but still had the courage to speak out, "If Meilin makes you happy...then I am happy for you, tell her I said congratulations ...goodbye...Syaoran"
Sakura had just barely managed to hang up the phone as she collapsed onto the floor.
' He...he doesn't love me anymore...he's...married!. '
" Oh God..please help me"....
end of flashback
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Syaoran had trained all day, all night, every day for the past 6 years, he had become a machine, showed almost no emotion. He withheld his true thoughts from everyone, he and Sakura hadn't spoken since ..since that horrible day.
He remembered the phone call so vividly as if he was watching a movie, it wasn't him that had crushed the sweet girl's heart...but he was trying to protect her, protect her from heart break...ironically protecting her, meant hurting her just the same.
He would cry himself to sleep at night, knowing it was he who had taken her once beating heart and shattered it with one harsh blow.
Flashback..right after the phone call..

"Syaoran! What the hell is wrong with you!?" Meilin questioned angrily " you LOVE her! and now..you've broken her heart!"
" I had to Meilin...I can't let her wait any longer and put her happiness on the line for me! IM NOT WORTH IT!"
"Syaoran. I DONT GET YOU! YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE TIME AFTER TIME FOR HER AND NOW YOU"VE BEATEN HER WORSE THAN ANY CLOW CARD EVER HAS! YOU HAVE HER HEART FOREVER! SHE LL NEVER EVER GET OVER YOU!.." she cried angrily
"....I KNOW THAT! I HAVE HER HEART ..AND SHE HAS MINE!" he replied just as forcefully. He looked to the teddy bear in his arms and held it close to his heart wishing things could be different, but the Li Clan just wouldn't understand..

end of flashback..

' Oh Sakura...I can't stand this...I never wanted this pain for you...I can only hope that you have found someone else... '

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Sakura got out of bed and skated to school sadly, yes she had found someone else...but she would never feel for him the way she felt for Syaroan..never
' Oh Syaoran how could you have just thrown it all away like that, I waited for 5 years for you...and I'm still waiting'

"Sakura!" called a tall handsome guy approaching her. "Slow down, I've been trying to get your attention for a while now." he said in somewhat of a panting state trying not to show it..
"Oh Im sorry Revoshi-chan (yes i know very dumb name sorry lol) I was just...somewhere else I suppose" she flashed one her smiles that made Syaoran melt like putty in her hands.
"Well my cherry blossom, we're still going out tonight right?" he asked her sweetly
"..uhm Of course" she said hesitantly.
Revoshi Yaniki had come to Tomoeda High just a few months ago, she was still in terrible shape but tried to shield it from others, even from her best friend Tomoyo, who could tell Sakura was in a lot of pain.
"Uh Sakura? Hello? So I ll see you tonight right?" Revoshi kissed her softly and ran to meet up with some of his soccer buddies.
Sakura sighed deeply, sure she like Rev, but he...he just wasn't Syaoran.
Tomoyo watched from behind a tree.
' Oh Sakura, you still love him, there has to be a rational, logical explanation for this! He can't just break your heart and get away with it!'

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Meanwhile in Hong Kong, Syaoran continued his intense training, never stopping for a single second, he knew if he did his focus would be lost.
Syaoran's mother walked over to her son.
"My son, something is troubling you, I can tell...It's that girl isn't it..the Clow Mistress?"
Syaoran tried to deny it but as he opened his mouth to speak, the only words that came out were "I miss her mother, I can't breathe without her near me.."
"Then..my son you must go to her.."
"No...I can't..I broke her heart ..she has moved on with her life and that's what i wanted her to do.."
"Yes, I am aware of that, Meilin informed me of your noble, but STUPID decision!"
Her son stared at his mother in disbelief.
"You love her, and you broke her heart to protect her from heart break I heard...but I just think that there would have been a less painful way to handle this my son. I want you to go back and help the Card Mistress Syaoran..."
"Help her? With what? She has captured all the cards, she doesnt need my help, and frankly she never did mother."
"You are afraid, you don't want to go back ...because you think you ll have to leave her again."
He nodded in agreement, it was funny how his mother could read him like a book.
"You must go to her my son, you must protect her from.."
"Protect her? What? Why? What is going on? Has something happened?"
"Yes. You see long ago Clow was a great magician as you know, but he wasn't the ONLY magician."
Syaoran's ears perked up, it wasn't over, trouble was back, danger was back...he would have to go back..
"Clow had a very close uh "friend" named Ying May (first name May lol) they were inseparable. Long ago, there was a rule that a woman would not be able to handle the intensity
of magic that most of the men sorcerers could handle. Ying May, was frustrated by such a rule and disguised herself as a man to be able to be taught under Clow Reed. She learned to be very powerful and had a great intensity in magic.
One day, she had been careless and her master had realized that she had deceived him, his long time best friend, his confident had been a woman this whole time. He was angered by this, and yet he could not banish her or punish her because he had fallen in love with her
She, to spare her life pretended to be in love with him in return, a down right lie. Then as Clow created the clow book and the clow cards she had overheard his chants and decided that she should be the first woman to be just as powerful as any man sorcerer. She was jealous and angry
that this old man had so much power, and possessed enough control to not be corrupted by such power. So one day she stole the book of clow before it had been sealed. She somehow used her magic to awaken the clow cards just enough so that she could tap into their power, and make her own set of cards
The Ying Cards.
"But how..could she...each card is special and unique and.."
"She possessed great power my son that corrupted her, her jealousy helped none either. She had created the cards in her image, changing them slightly from Clow cards.
Still, the cards were just as dangerous. One fateful day, the cards engaged in battle, the Ying cards vs. Clow Cards. Ying's cards proved to be more powerful, her cards were powered by her sentiments, her anger, jealousy...greed which made her stronger than the strongest, Clow Reed.
Luckily for Clow Reed, Ying May was so corrupt by the power that she ended up destroying herself, her body couldnt handle all the magic and she disapeared, the Ying Cards which were then called the Sentiment Cards split, the part Clow card returned with the clow cards and were locked in the Clow Book, but the sentiments returned with their master, Ying May.
Before she parished, it was said that she uttered a chant that would allow her to be reincarnated years later to seek revenge upon Clow Reed's descendents. Now centuries later, she has returned ..
She has yet to strike but once she does, her cards' attacks will be just as strong and just as dangerous as any Clow Card.
"But how can this be? ..I..how did they.."
"The sentiment cards escaped when the card mistress opened the book of clow. It is possible that the reincarnation of Ying May lay dormant inside the chosen person, subconsiously waiting for the Clow Book to be open, allowing the clow cards to escape, permitting the manifestations to commence once again.
You and the Mistress have the power to seal these cards, the same way you sealed the clow cards, but the sealing wand must be..upgraded if you will. We are unsure how to enhance the sealing wand's powers but when the time comes, the Mistress will know what to do.
"Your mission is to return to Japan and work along side the mistress once again to capture the sentiment cards. We still do not know many details but questions will soon be answered.
"Mother...I cannot return to Japan, Sakura and I.."
"Sakura will be glad to see you my son, things will be difficult at first but don't fret, it's only the beginning."
"What about the Clan?"
"You are the leader my son, it is your choice, stay here or return to Japan."
They knew the answer to that question, he would return and resume his duties as a card captor along side his cherry blossom once again...

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Meanwhile in Japan, it had started to rain harshly, while thunder cracked loudly in the background. Sakura and Rev were going on their date. She seemed distant. All she could think about was Syaoran, why?
Rev seemed somewhat annoyed by this, she was too quiet and seemed sad. Just then her head perked up,
' I sense...a Clow Card?'

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