That Time Old Feeling
By Hoshi Tenshi
~Chapter 1~
[To Meet With You Again]
Syaoran yawned and tumbled out of bed. He padded over to the window and threw open the drapes and veranda door. Sunlight poured in, illuminating the entire apartment. He felt the cool breeze ruffle his hair gently. (K-kakkoii...a shirtless Syaoran...lolz)
The cold and warmth mingled and caressed his chest and arms. It felt wonderful; one of those indesribable sensations you get now and then. Getting up early in the morning and not being the slightest bit tired was one.
He walked towards his kitchen and poured some freshly brewed coffee into his mug. Deeply inhaling and savoring the rich scent, Syaoran took a small sip. He felt relaxed, yet energetic.
There was something buzzing in the air. Something special, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the crossroads of Time streams and paths to dimensions, a rather young looking mage tiredly rubbed his temples. His eyes looked so much older than his other physical features. Thousands of years showed in the deep cobalt pools.
"It is no use... her destiny has been woven much too securely...there is nothing more I can do for her..." he buried his face in his calloused palms. "I do not know what more _to_ do, I've already ruined too many things for her..."
He sat back in his chair and glanced down at Cerberus, who had been silently watching his master's attempts of re-weaving different magic into the fabrics of Fate. It was the pattern of a certain special young girl; Kinomoto Sakura, to be exact.
"I still believe she will forgive you, Clow. She has a loving and kind heart-- she'll know you didn't mean to weigh her shoulders down with such duties," he rumbled, golden eyes blazing in memory of the Card Captor he himself had chosen as candidate.
Clow Reed smiled; a smile filled with self-scorn. "Don't you think I know that already? I've watched her for so long...And that's why it pains me so much, Cerberus... She will forgive me, but I cannot forgive myself for my own foolishness."
He summoned his viewing orb into existence. On the surface was a young boy walking down the street, pushing his wild bangs away from his intense eyes. "The aligning of the planets, the positions of the stars, the sun, the moon... Everything is in perfect order."
"As you have planned it," Cerberus nodded.
"Now, I can only wait, and hope," Clow said. "My descendant's presence is in the right place and at the right time will awaken her. He will be her companion and help until--"
"Until what?" Cerberus' eyes narrowed.
"Until she has to take my place."
The guardian beast glanced at the shining orb also. "Shikashi...why does the gaki have to be the one to awaken her?" he grumbled.
Clow adverted his gaze to the tapestries of Sakura's Fate. The threads were unraveling fast...not much time left. *I'm not sure at the moment, but he is the one I chose. I trust him.*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the front gates of Seijou High, there were gathered students chattering, joking and laughing together. It was the day before spring break, and everyone was very excited to get away from their studies and classes for a while.
"I'm going up to a hot springs resort with my family for some R&R," a girl said happily.
Her friend laughed and replied, "R&R! I bet you'll be too busy looking for cute guys to 'relax' _or_ 'rest,' Maaya-chan."
They both erupted in giggles and the other girls in the group laughed along with them.
Another bunch of guys bragged to each other about the trip to the city someone was planning.
"We'll have a huge party the night we arrive!" Arima exclaimed.
"Don't forget to bring the beer!" a partygoer cried.
"Woo hoo!!" the guys whooped, pumping their fists in the air. (The usual show of male stupidit--er... I mean, manliness. ^-~)
Syaoran walked by himself, avoiding the noisy crowds. *Spring break, huh,* he thought. For him, there really wasn't much _to_ do, except stay at home and read. The boy shrugged inwardly.
It Llooked like another boring vacation.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Omigod! It's him! There he is!" A couple of freshmen girls bounced up and down shrieking at the school entrance.
"Gods, he's even more perfect every time I see him..." one sighed dreamily.
"I know! He's so handsome, so smart, and so athletic-- "
The two friends faced each other and added simultaneously "Yet _so_ cold."
Both shook their heads and sighed at the loss of _such_ a hottie. Then, the bubblier of the two brightened up. "But then again, isn't that why we all adore him so much? His 'loner' personality is just _too_ sexy!!"
Both girls squealed amongst themselves all the way to HR, receiving strange looks from the other students arriving to school.
A nearby senior shook his head and commented "There they go again, damn freshies. Obsessed with that junior Li-something-or-other. Just cause he's a hermit, they think he's all 'mysterious' and 'dark'... " He walked up the steps and offered to no one in particular: "Why do girls overlook all the 'real' studs around here? Like _me_ for instance."
With that said, Steve quickened his steps to his own homeroom, while being pummeled by several guys and smacked by a wide variety of text books.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*And thus starts another school day,* Syaoran thought vacantly. He trudged into his first period room.
All day long, he stared out the window, doodled in the margins of his loose leaf and just stared at nothing in particular.
By lunchtime, he had heard from _all_ of his teachers how he was acting a bit queer today. Usually Syaoran was a hard-working student, but today he looked like he had something else distracting him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The bell indicating the start of the lunch period echoed throughout the hallway. A low roar of talking students settled into the classrooms. The plunking of bento boxes and chopsticks followed.
Unmoving from his own desk by the corner, Syaoran put aside the book he had been studying and dug into his book bag. He pulled out his lunch.
Ripping open a crinkly package, he popped a potato chip into his mouth. Grimacing at the salty taste, he screwed open the cap of his drink and downed half the liquid.
"Oi, Li!"
Syaoran turned to see Akito Yun from class B next door heading towards him. "Yo." Syaoran allowed a small smile to welcome his friend. His _only_ friend, on second thought.
Akito grabbed an abandoned chair and plopped down on it. "Whatcha doing?" he asked, grabbing a potato chip without asking and munching noisily.
"Ah, just enjoying my gourmet meal here," Syaoran replied dryly.
His friend took a glance at the plain lunch and chuckled, "That's the downs of bachelor life ol' buddy."
Syaoran raised a skeptical eyebrow. "Can you run that one by me again?"
Yun pointed to the bento box in his left hand. It was decorated with red and yellow flowers.
*Obviously a girlfriend's handiwork,* Syaoran silently acknowledged.
"Give up your independence and you get good food," Akito grinned, opening the bento box and popping a mini-squid into his mouth.
Syaoran watched as he chewed then grimaced. Yun finally swallowed with a painful expression and remarked, "Then again, it could also mean being a guinea pig for Tsukushi's latest cooking experiments. Stay single. It lessens the chances of getting your stomach pumped."
Syaoran laughed out loud as he cleaned up the rest of his lunch but an apple. "I think I'll take your word on those subjects."
Akito laughed, and picked himself up from the seat. "Smart choice." He waved, and jogged out the door to look for his girlfriend.
Syaoran shook his head as he caught a limpse of his friend poking fun at poor Tsukushi. Grabbing the apple from his desk, he walked out of the classroom to enjoy it outside.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As soon he had escaped the confining walls of the school, Syaoran started to walk towards the shady trees. Under a huge Japanese oak, he bit into the tart apple, he flipped out a thick book on eastern magic to the section on elements.
This particular volume was a very valuable copy, passed down from Clow Reed's time in the Li clan. Growing up in a magical family got you interested in these things naturally. As he read over the selection, he memorized them unconsciously. *A bit of extra knowledge never hurt anyone* he thought, reading over enchantments under the power of the sun and the moon.
Being the most well-known and widespread of eastern magic, the sun and moon were well explained and went deeply into the topic for many chapters, but one section was very broad--
=The magic of the [Star] is an unexplained and very mysterious branch of magic. There is yet to be a possessor of this magic. But legends speak of a solitary guardian who holds and wields these powers. This complex category is the most powerful, even more so than the sun and the moon-is shines with it's own light, just like the sun's powers, but it depends immensely and reflects from the person's inner powers, as does the moon.=
Syaoran mulled over this while he read on; =A very rare and fragile part of magic, it must be handled in the correct way, in order to grow. Lulled and Awakened constantly. At the moment, there is not much known about the [Star]=
He frowned and tapped his finger on the page. *Why didn't I learn about this in Hong Kong?* Then again, _had_ he learned about it? Maybe he just didn't remember. *Those lessons I took back home...?* Try as he might, he just couldn't recall anything.
And speaking of home... He hadn't contacted his family in years. Even with his precise memory, he could barely remember what his sisters and mother looked like. Syaoran shook his head disgustedly. His family had been very distant for quite a while now. He felt like some sort of outcast, the way they never even tried to call, and how stiff and cold sounding they were when he called first.
Around his eleventh birthday, he had just about given up. He informed them of his planning to stay in Japan-- being independent by nature, he preferred life by himself --and they continued to send money, but never did they really try to communicate with him.
He was broken from his reverie as he heard a shriek. It sounded like girl; a girl in trouble. Syaoran dropped his half eaten apple and book and rushed off deeper into the woods to investigate.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A white light burst out from the different portals of dimensions and realities. The different Possibilities of Fate swirled around them in a whirlwind of colors and visions.
"Clow!" Cerberus snapped, urgency filling his voice. He didn't know why he felt so anxious, but he couldn't fight the feeling of something great and terrible about to happen.
The magician nodded. "It is starting. I know." He prayed everything would go well. If it didn't... He shook his head despairingly. He could not muddle this a second time.
Mizuki Kaho's life was already lost because of his own error. She had refused to help him to bring Sakura's Fate into play. Everything in Clow's plans had been thrown off because of that single person...and as if that wasn't enough, her rebellion had killed her.
Magical powers or not, Fate didn't have any mercy for mortals that interfered with their plans.
He didn't want anyone else to pay the price for his mistakes. Least of all Sakura-- who had lost so much already. Stepping back from the tapestry, he looked over his work. Threads struggled to come undone, but he had already bound them tightly.
His spells would hold, until she was ready to accept her task; until he would have to pay his own price for meddling in Fate's plans... just as Mizuki Kaho had.
Clow closed his eyes, emotions waging an inner battle in his soul. Sakura probably would never have dreamed what kind of commitment becoming Card mistress meant. "Hai...the Solitary Guardian of the legends..." He laughed, almost bitterly. "To think that I could have avoided this for her. If... If only Kaho..." A tear trailed down the weary man's cheek.
The guardian beast shook his huge head. Clow Reed had always been a powerful magician, but of course, with power came responsibility. And with responsibility...came pain. Sakura didn't deserve a life so harsh. She was a gentle and innocent girl that should live a happy life.
Of course, Cerberus did not blame his master. Clow had only thought that someone like Sakura-- someone who had such great potential --deserved great magic. He glanced at his master's trembling shoulders in pity.
Yes, Clow Reed was a powerful magician. But he still was only a mere mortal man.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a small willow tree in a clearing, and beside it a girl could be seen, half hidden in the shadows. "Itai..." she groaned.
Syaoran sighed in relief. *Might as well go and ask if she didn't break anything,* Syaoran thought, approaching the girl. "S'cuze me, miss?" he asked quietly.
The golden-brown haired girl looked up immediately with a frightened expression. She staggered up from her position on the ground, pulling herself up with the tree trunk.
Syaoran heard her sharp intake of breath as he sucked in a gulp of air himself. This girl was _beautiful._ Her eyes had softened to a color of crushed green velvet, and they shone with a inner light.
She reached a slender hand up to her flushed face. Brushing her tousled long russet bangs and locks away, the angel spoke. "Hai, can I help you sir?" she asked.
Syaoran snapped back to rigid attention. *What the hell are you doing, Li?* Since when did h notice how pretty a girl was? What has gotten into him?
"Eeto...o genki desu ka? I heard a yell..." he trailed off lamely.
The girl laughed. "Oh that would be me." Bowing low, she said "I'm sorry to have caused you worry." Straightening, she went on. "I'm quite all right, as you can see. I just had a bad fall."
Syaoran nodded. "No trouble at all. As long as you're all right," he answered.
The girl smiled. "Arigatou. Watashi wa..." she hesitated, as if struggling to remember her name.
"--Kinomoto Sakura, desu. Douzo yoroshiku."
[End of Chapter 1]
AN: #1. Er...how is the revamping so far? ::looks nervous:: Poor Clow Reed... I always thought that there was more to him that wasn't shown in the series...so I wrote him in this angle. Honestly, Clow was a great magician and all that, but wasn't he still human? He's not immune to emotion, or making mistakes ^^
Oh, and for ppl who are wondering why Clow is alive and talking... He's not. He's dead. X] It's just his spirit that remains and guards the dimensions until someone else can take over. (Who could _that_ be? ::looks innocent::)
#2. Mua hahaha~ insertions of Angel nee-chan (who is now, chibitenshi! ^-^) and my very own Kero-chan, Steve O! ^_^
#3. For those of who are going "Huh? What Guardian are you talking about?" I have the answers:
Just like my Clow Reed theory, I've always thought it kinda weird that Sakura captures the cards, changes them, and that's the end of it. Wouldn't it be cool if they cards were for her to use in another task that she has to fulfill? (Would make a great 4th season storyline, no? ^^) In this fic, I made it so she had to capture the cards for a reason. Which is her job of being the new 'Guardian' in place of Clow.
Hey, if she's going to receive a good amount of his magic through the Clow Cards, why not a portion of his responsibility?
#4. The BGM for this chapter is KKJ! The last scene when Sakura introduced herself is a perfect place to start Shazna's "Piece of Love."
#5. Thanks for reading again! [Hoshi_no_Tenshi@hotmail.com] Onegaiiiiiii~ I need mail!! ;_; and reviews! Lots and lotsa reviews!
By Hoshi Tenshi
~Chapter 1~
[To Meet With You Again]
Syaoran yawned and tumbled out of bed. He padded over to the window and threw open the drapes and veranda door. Sunlight poured in, illuminating the entire apartment. He felt the cool breeze ruffle his hair gently. (K-kakkoii...a shirtless Syaoran...lolz)
The cold and warmth mingled and caressed his chest and arms. It felt wonderful; one of those indesribable sensations you get now and then. Getting up early in the morning and not being the slightest bit tired was one.
He walked towards his kitchen and poured some freshly brewed coffee into his mug. Deeply inhaling and savoring the rich scent, Syaoran took a small sip. He felt relaxed, yet energetic.
There was something buzzing in the air. Something special, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the crossroads of Time streams and paths to dimensions, a rather young looking mage tiredly rubbed his temples. His eyes looked so much older than his other physical features. Thousands of years showed in the deep cobalt pools.
"It is no use... her destiny has been woven much too securely...there is nothing more I can do for her..." he buried his face in his calloused palms. "I do not know what more _to_ do, I've already ruined too many things for her..."
He sat back in his chair and glanced down at Cerberus, who had been silently watching his master's attempts of re-weaving different magic into the fabrics of Fate. It was the pattern of a certain special young girl; Kinomoto Sakura, to be exact.
"I still believe she will forgive you, Clow. She has a loving and kind heart-- she'll know you didn't mean to weigh her shoulders down with such duties," he rumbled, golden eyes blazing in memory of the Card Captor he himself had chosen as candidate.
Clow Reed smiled; a smile filled with self-scorn. "Don't you think I know that already? I've watched her for so long...And that's why it pains me so much, Cerberus... She will forgive me, but I cannot forgive myself for my own foolishness."
He summoned his viewing orb into existence. On the surface was a young boy walking down the street, pushing his wild bangs away from his intense eyes. "The aligning of the planets, the positions of the stars, the sun, the moon... Everything is in perfect order."
"As you have planned it," Cerberus nodded.
"Now, I can only wait, and hope," Clow said. "My descendant's presence is in the right place and at the right time will awaken her. He will be her companion and help until--"
"Until what?" Cerberus' eyes narrowed.
"Until she has to take my place."
The guardian beast glanced at the shining orb also. "Shikashi...why does the gaki have to be the one to awaken her?" he grumbled.
Clow adverted his gaze to the tapestries of Sakura's Fate. The threads were unraveling fast...not much time left. *I'm not sure at the moment, but he is the one I chose. I trust him.*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the front gates of Seijou High, there were gathered students chattering, joking and laughing together. It was the day before spring break, and everyone was very excited to get away from their studies and classes for a while.
"I'm going up to a hot springs resort with my family for some R&R," a girl said happily.
Her friend laughed and replied, "R&R! I bet you'll be too busy looking for cute guys to 'relax' _or_ 'rest,' Maaya-chan."
They both erupted in giggles and the other girls in the group laughed along with them.
Another bunch of guys bragged to each other about the trip to the city someone was planning.
"We'll have a huge party the night we arrive!" Arima exclaimed.
"Don't forget to bring the beer!" a partygoer cried.
"Woo hoo!!" the guys whooped, pumping their fists in the air. (The usual show of male stupidit--er... I mean, manliness. ^-~)
Syaoran walked by himself, avoiding the noisy crowds. *Spring break, huh,* he thought. For him, there really wasn't much _to_ do, except stay at home and read. The boy shrugged inwardly.
It Llooked like another boring vacation.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Omigod! It's him! There he is!" A couple of freshmen girls bounced up and down shrieking at the school entrance.
"Gods, he's even more perfect every time I see him..." one sighed dreamily.
"I know! He's so handsome, so smart, and so athletic-- "
The two friends faced each other and added simultaneously "Yet _so_ cold."
Both shook their heads and sighed at the loss of _such_ a hottie. Then, the bubblier of the two brightened up. "But then again, isn't that why we all adore him so much? His 'loner' personality is just _too_ sexy!!"
Both girls squealed amongst themselves all the way to HR, receiving strange looks from the other students arriving to school.
A nearby senior shook his head and commented "There they go again, damn freshies. Obsessed with that junior Li-something-or-other. Just cause he's a hermit, they think he's all 'mysterious' and 'dark'... " He walked up the steps and offered to no one in particular: "Why do girls overlook all the 'real' studs around here? Like _me_ for instance."
With that said, Steve quickened his steps to his own homeroom, while being pummeled by several guys and smacked by a wide variety of text books.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*And thus starts another school day,* Syaoran thought vacantly. He trudged into his first period room.
All day long, he stared out the window, doodled in the margins of his loose leaf and just stared at nothing in particular.
By lunchtime, he had heard from _all_ of his teachers how he was acting a bit queer today. Usually Syaoran was a hard-working student, but today he looked like he had something else distracting him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The bell indicating the start of the lunch period echoed throughout the hallway. A low roar of talking students settled into the classrooms. The plunking of bento boxes and chopsticks followed.
Unmoving from his own desk by the corner, Syaoran put aside the book he had been studying and dug into his book bag. He pulled out his lunch.
Ripping open a crinkly package, he popped a potato chip into his mouth. Grimacing at the salty taste, he screwed open the cap of his drink and downed half the liquid.
"Oi, Li!"
Syaoran turned to see Akito Yun from class B next door heading towards him. "Yo." Syaoran allowed a small smile to welcome his friend. His _only_ friend, on second thought.
Akito grabbed an abandoned chair and plopped down on it. "Whatcha doing?" he asked, grabbing a potato chip without asking and munching noisily.
"Ah, just enjoying my gourmet meal here," Syaoran replied dryly.
His friend took a glance at the plain lunch and chuckled, "That's the downs of bachelor life ol' buddy."
Syaoran raised a skeptical eyebrow. "Can you run that one by me again?"
Yun pointed to the bento box in his left hand. It was decorated with red and yellow flowers.
*Obviously a girlfriend's handiwork,* Syaoran silently acknowledged.
"Give up your independence and you get good food," Akito grinned, opening the bento box and popping a mini-squid into his mouth.
Syaoran watched as he chewed then grimaced. Yun finally swallowed with a painful expression and remarked, "Then again, it could also mean being a guinea pig for Tsukushi's latest cooking experiments. Stay single. It lessens the chances of getting your stomach pumped."
Syaoran laughed out loud as he cleaned up the rest of his lunch but an apple. "I think I'll take your word on those subjects."
Akito laughed, and picked himself up from the seat. "Smart choice." He waved, and jogged out the door to look for his girlfriend.
Syaoran shook his head as he caught a limpse of his friend poking fun at poor Tsukushi. Grabbing the apple from his desk, he walked out of the classroom to enjoy it outside.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As soon he had escaped the confining walls of the school, Syaoran started to walk towards the shady trees. Under a huge Japanese oak, he bit into the tart apple, he flipped out a thick book on eastern magic to the section on elements.
This particular volume was a very valuable copy, passed down from Clow Reed's time in the Li clan. Growing up in a magical family got you interested in these things naturally. As he read over the selection, he memorized them unconsciously. *A bit of extra knowledge never hurt anyone* he thought, reading over enchantments under the power of the sun and the moon.
Being the most well-known and widespread of eastern magic, the sun and moon were well explained and went deeply into the topic for many chapters, but one section was very broad--
=The magic of the [Star] is an unexplained and very mysterious branch of magic. There is yet to be a possessor of this magic. But legends speak of a solitary guardian who holds and wields these powers. This complex category is the most powerful, even more so than the sun and the moon-is shines with it's own light, just like the sun's powers, but it depends immensely and reflects from the person's inner powers, as does the moon.=
Syaoran mulled over this while he read on; =A very rare and fragile part of magic, it must be handled in the correct way, in order to grow. Lulled and Awakened constantly. At the moment, there is not much known about the [Star]=
He frowned and tapped his finger on the page. *Why didn't I learn about this in Hong Kong?* Then again, _had_ he learned about it? Maybe he just didn't remember. *Those lessons I took back home...?* Try as he might, he just couldn't recall anything.
And speaking of home... He hadn't contacted his family in years. Even with his precise memory, he could barely remember what his sisters and mother looked like. Syaoran shook his head disgustedly. His family had been very distant for quite a while now. He felt like some sort of outcast, the way they never even tried to call, and how stiff and cold sounding they were when he called first.
Around his eleventh birthday, he had just about given up. He informed them of his planning to stay in Japan-- being independent by nature, he preferred life by himself --and they continued to send money, but never did they really try to communicate with him.
He was broken from his reverie as he heard a shriek. It sounded like girl; a girl in trouble. Syaoran dropped his half eaten apple and book and rushed off deeper into the woods to investigate.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A white light burst out from the different portals of dimensions and realities. The different Possibilities of Fate swirled around them in a whirlwind of colors and visions.
"Clow!" Cerberus snapped, urgency filling his voice. He didn't know why he felt so anxious, but he couldn't fight the feeling of something great and terrible about to happen.
The magician nodded. "It is starting. I know." He prayed everything would go well. If it didn't... He shook his head despairingly. He could not muddle this a second time.
Mizuki Kaho's life was already lost because of his own error. She had refused to help him to bring Sakura's Fate into play. Everything in Clow's plans had been thrown off because of that single person...and as if that wasn't enough, her rebellion had killed her.
Magical powers or not, Fate didn't have any mercy for mortals that interfered with their plans.
He didn't want anyone else to pay the price for his mistakes. Least of all Sakura-- who had lost so much already. Stepping back from the tapestry, he looked over his work. Threads struggled to come undone, but he had already bound them tightly.
His spells would hold, until she was ready to accept her task; until he would have to pay his own price for meddling in Fate's plans... just as Mizuki Kaho had.
Clow closed his eyes, emotions waging an inner battle in his soul. Sakura probably would never have dreamed what kind of commitment becoming Card mistress meant. "Hai...the Solitary Guardian of the legends..." He laughed, almost bitterly. "To think that I could have avoided this for her. If... If only Kaho..." A tear trailed down the weary man's cheek.
The guardian beast shook his huge head. Clow Reed had always been a powerful magician, but of course, with power came responsibility. And with responsibility...came pain. Sakura didn't deserve a life so harsh. She was a gentle and innocent girl that should live a happy life.
Of course, Cerberus did not blame his master. Clow had only thought that someone like Sakura-- someone who had such great potential --deserved great magic. He glanced at his master's trembling shoulders in pity.
Yes, Clow Reed was a powerful magician. But he still was only a mere mortal man.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a small willow tree in a clearing, and beside it a girl could be seen, half hidden in the shadows. "Itai..." she groaned.
Syaoran sighed in relief. *Might as well go and ask if she didn't break anything,* Syaoran thought, approaching the girl. "S'cuze me, miss?" he asked quietly.
The golden-brown haired girl looked up immediately with a frightened expression. She staggered up from her position on the ground, pulling herself up with the tree trunk.
Syaoran heard her sharp intake of breath as he sucked in a gulp of air himself. This girl was _beautiful._ Her eyes had softened to a color of crushed green velvet, and they shone with a inner light.
She reached a slender hand up to her flushed face. Brushing her tousled long russet bangs and locks away, the angel spoke. "Hai, can I help you sir?" she asked.
Syaoran snapped back to rigid attention. *What the hell are you doing, Li?* Since when did h notice how pretty a girl was? What has gotten into him?
"Eeto...o genki desu ka? I heard a yell..." he trailed off lamely.
The girl laughed. "Oh that would be me." Bowing low, she said "I'm sorry to have caused you worry." Straightening, she went on. "I'm quite all right, as you can see. I just had a bad fall."
Syaoran nodded. "No trouble at all. As long as you're all right," he answered.
The girl smiled. "Arigatou. Watashi wa..." she hesitated, as if struggling to remember her name.
"--Kinomoto Sakura, desu. Douzo yoroshiku."
[End of Chapter 1]
AN: #1. Er...how is the revamping so far? ::looks nervous:: Poor Clow Reed... I always thought that there was more to him that wasn't shown in the series...so I wrote him in this angle. Honestly, Clow was a great magician and all that, but wasn't he still human? He's not immune to emotion, or making mistakes ^^
Oh, and for ppl who are wondering why Clow is alive and talking... He's not. He's dead. X] It's just his spirit that remains and guards the dimensions until someone else can take over. (Who could _that_ be? ::looks innocent::)
#2. Mua hahaha~ insertions of Angel nee-chan (who is now, chibitenshi! ^-^) and my very own Kero-chan, Steve O! ^_^
#3. For those of who are going "Huh? What Guardian are you talking about?" I have the answers:
Just like my Clow Reed theory, I've always thought it kinda weird that Sakura captures the cards, changes them, and that's the end of it. Wouldn't it be cool if they cards were for her to use in another task that she has to fulfill? (Would make a great 4th season storyline, no? ^^) In this fic, I made it so she had to capture the cards for a reason. Which is her job of being the new 'Guardian' in place of Clow.
Hey, if she's going to receive a good amount of his magic through the Clow Cards, why not a portion of his responsibility?
#4. The BGM for this chapter is KKJ! The last scene when Sakura introduced herself is a perfect place to start Shazna's "Piece of Love."
#5. Thanks for reading again! [Hoshi_no_Tenshi@hotmail.com] Onegaiiiiiii~ I need mail!! ;_; and reviews! Lots and lotsa reviews!
