zeni: Taking in consideration that you are reading the next chapter, I'll take it that you like it? Or are you just reading to see what else I did wroung? (Not saying I did anything wrong in the first one....Oh well...Ok! Onto the next part of my fanfic!!! I just love S+S! They're the cutest couple ever!!! S+S sappiness beware!!!
Disclaimer: Ok...CCS belongs to Clamp. Not me. I am only a measly little person who is trying to right as good stories as Clamp does. Only Sakura's bodyguards, Wang, Chung, Ayuna, Chi Yuen, Auri, Kyle, Fay, Rei, Yu-lo-si and the bad guy are from my lil imagination.
"........" people talking, whispering, etc....something coming from their mouth...you know.
'.........' Someone thinking
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(.........) Author comments....from the one and only moi!!
italics what happened before
flashback A flashback
Lovestruck
What happened before:
Technically, Sakura has just moved in to Hong Kong and she is finally allowed to go to school there at the age of 16. She mets Syaoran and a certain ruby-red eyed girl....
Sure enough, when Sakura turned her head, the guy that she had bumped into this morning stood up. Her own green eyes met a pair of brown eyes. 'It's him!' She thought. She smiled at him.
"There is an emergency, I'll be back at the end of the period. Have a silent reading class." Yu-lo-si said and walked out the door.
Sakura walked through the desks to the desk in front of Syaoran.
One girl blocked her way. Sakura looked at the girl. She had long black hair that was braided into pigtails and piercing ruby-red eyes.
Now, onto the story.....
One girl blocked her way. Sakura looked at the girl. She had long black hair that was braided into pigtails and piercing ruby-red eyes. She took her hand out and gave it to Sakura. "Hi. I'm Meilin Li." She smiled, smiling while showing her pearly-white teeth.
Sakura liked her at once. "I'm Sakura Kinomoto..as you already know.." She took Meilin's hand and they shook.
(This is my story and here Meilin and Sakura become really good friends. Almost like best friends. Meilin is Syaoran's best friend and cousin, but she never had a crush on him. She was never engaged to him either. In this story, Meilin tried to get Sakura and Syaoran together.)
Meilin's eyes twinkled. 'So, this girl seems special....No wonder Syaoran is staring at her...She's nice too...' Meilin took Sakura's arm and led her to her group of friends.
She pointed at a red-haired girl first. "This is Rei. She likes art, but she's also a big fan of sports." Rei waved hi. Sakura waved back.
Meilin pointed to the next person. "This is Auri. He's the QB of our school. "A guy with blond hair smiled. "Hi." Sakura thought he was a bit too shy to be a quarterback but she smiled back.
"Here's Chi Yuen, my boyfriend. He's a great martial artist." Meilin pointed to a tall guy with black hair. He had light brown eyes that sparkled towards Meilin as she spoke. "Hello." He said, grabbing Meilin's hand in his.
One guy walked up. It was that guy who asked the question earlier in class. "Hi. I'm Chung." He said.
"And he's also a big flirt." A girl said beside him. She introduced herself as Fay. "You'll get used to it." She whispered to Sakura. "He knows just about everything to know about your family. He's a big fan." Sakura nodded.
A girl with long purple hair just like Tomoyo stood up and walked to Sakura. "I'm Ayuna." She introduced herself.
"Hey Ayu, I'm talking!" Meilin pouted. Everone laughed and Meilin joined in. When they finally settled down, Meilin introduced her cousin, who was still staring at Sakura, wide eyed. "That's Syaoran Li, my cousin. He's the leader of the Li Clan." Meilin noticed that Sakura was staring back at Syaoran. A smile formed, "he's cute, eh?" She asked, nudging Sakura in the rib.
"Wha-what?" Sakura asked. "Uh...hehe..." She avoided the subject.
"Ohh...they like each other!" Ayuna, Rei and Fay whispered to each other. They started thinking of plans to get the two together.
"Meilin? What about me?" A guy beside Syaoran stood up and asked. He smiled a big smile at Sakura.
"That's Kyle. Total class flirt and clown." Meilin whispered outloud so that Kyle could hear. "Hey!" He protested.
Sakura sat down at her desk. "How do I remember all these names?" She moaned.
Auri laughed. He had a very nice laugh, Sakura had to admit. "It's not that bad. I had trouble at first. You'll get used to it." he told her.
"Tell us something about yourself." Kyle said.
"You know, the Kinomoto fam-" Chung started to say but was interrupted by his girlfriend who slapped a hand over his mouth. Sakura laughed at the sight. It was just like at home with Chiharu and Takashi. Then she suddenly sombered. She missed her home a lot. She missed her friends, Yukito, the teachers, even Touya, her brother.
Her new friends noticed the sudden change in her face.
"Are you okay?" Rei asked. They all looked at her concerned.
Sakura nodded. "Yah...." 'I'll see them again. I'll visit....' She thought as the rest of the day passed.
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A few months passed and Sakura's new friends began to suspect something from her. They were all trained in some degree of magic and they could sense tiny glimpses of Sakura's, but everytime they tried to probe, Sakura would hide it again. They finally decided to asked her about it.
They were in science class and the teacher has just walked out for a few mintues.
Sakura was Meilin's partner and she was busy mixing chemicals to notice all her new friends moving to her table. She looked up as Chi Yuen cleared his throat. "Yeah?" She asked, measuring the density of a certain chemical. She placed it on the triple beam balance and moved the little switches around.
"Do you have magic?" Ayuna asked after they all looked at each other for a few minutes.
Sakura looked up from her chemical. She scanned the room. No one seemed to be listening. Then she looked at all her friends' faces. They all held something deeply guarded.
She took a deep breath. "You know?" was all she asked at first.
They all nodded and Sakura sighed. She looked around the room again. She had hoped that no one would find out this time. The last time it happened, she had to erase everyone's mind, creating a whole day of newsbroadcast about where the day went. "Yes. I have magic." She said softly.
"What kind?" Chung asked eagerly. "What can you do?"
RING!!! The bell rang, signalling lunch.
Something inside Sakura snapped. She was feeling a deep aura. A very dark one. She scanned her friends' faces quickly. They didn't seem to notice it. She didn't have time to wonder why. "I'll tell you outside." She said, packing her books and running out the door.
Stopping only to get her lunch, she ran on outside then into the soccor field. 'Nothing....' She said. 'Dang it.' She cursed. Then she ran into a corner of the school, making sure that no one followed. 'Search, can you help me out?' She asked through her telepathic link with the cards. She spread her hands out and inside appeared a tiny crystal ball.
Sakura peered deep inside. Something....something black...red eyes.... She looked closer and closer and....
"SO!"
Sakura jumped, literally jumped about 5 feet of the ground. "Hoe!" The crystal ball fell out of her hands and then the pieces scattered all over the ground.
Her new group of friends peered out from a corner. "That's your magic?" They asked. All it was was a crystal ball. Even Chung, the weakest one there could do better.
Sakura looked miffed. "Of course not." She asked her cards to show themselves. About 60 cards appeared in the air, floating around their mistress.
Sakura touched a card lightly and the crystal pieces disappeared.
Syaoran reached forward to touch one of the cards. In his hand stood the Firey card. "You're the Card Mistress..." He said. It was more of a statement then a question.
Sakura nodded. She had hoped that this wouldn't happen.
"But the Card Mistress is the most powerful sorcerous in the world." Chi Yuen protested.
Sakura pouted. "Hey! are you saying that I can't be the strongest?" She asked, putting her hands on her waist.
"N-no....of course not." Chi Yuen answered scared. He didn't know what Sakura could do.
"Can you show us please?" Rei asked. She was fascinated in magic. Sha would always try to train herself and she knew a few spells thanks to her friends.
"Alright..." Sakura said. "How do you want me to do that?" She asked them.
They all sat down under a tree and thought hard.
Syaoran suddenly stood up and brought his hand to his neck. "I challenge you to a sword dual." He said. He pulled on a amulet from inside his shirt and muttered a spell.
"But-" Kyle started to protest. Syaoran was one of the best swordsman ever. He was trained by the Li Elders and no one had ever won against him.
"I won't kill you." Syaoran told Sakura.
Sakura smiled. "Don't worry. Of course you won't."
The she stared into the sky and held out her hands. 'Sword, Syaoran Li wants a sword fight. Will you help me?' She asked.
As if answering her, a beautiful sword appeared into her hands. It was blue and silver. The hilt was decorated with carvings of cherry blossoms. The blade was nice and sharp, perfect for duals.
"Ooo! The sword's beautiful!" Ayuna exclaimed. Syaoran had to agree. It was beautiful. It made his own sword look a bit on the shabby side.
"I thought the Card Mistress needed cards and her wand." Chi Yuen remarked to his girlfriend.
Sakura heard him and smiled. "I learned a lot from my father. I'm now able to telepathically talk to my cards and they are able to help me that way." Sakura answered him.
"Ohh...." Chung said. Apparantly this was something he didn't know because he had taken out a notebook and started jotting down notes.
Syaoran smiled at the beautiful Card Mistress. "Don't think I'll do easy on you." He warned as they got into their beginning positions.
"Wouldn't want you to." Sakura told him and crouched down as well.
Auri stood at the side as a referee. "Ready, set, GO!" He moved back as the dual began.
10 minutes later, Syaoran lay on the ground, his sword in Sakura left hand and her own pointing at his throat. He was covered in sweat, but Sakura was even breathing hard.
"Wow..." Everyone had watched them in awe. It was the most exciting sword dual they had ever seen.
Meilin started clapping. "Ya!" Everyone joined in, even Syaoran. Sakura bowed and blushed from all the attention.
Sakura called back her sword and gave Syaoran a hand up. He smiled, not mad at being beaten by a girl. "You're good, Sakura. We should do this more often." he told her. Sakura nodded.
"How about martial arts?" Chi Yuen asked as soon as Sakura had finished helping Syaoran sit down under the tree. "Sure." She said, shrugging. At least she was getting some training done. She called on Fight in her mind and felt it's power mix with her's.
She and Chi Yuen traded blow after blow and none of them seemed to be getting at their targets. They dodged most of them, using both agility and gracefulness. Finally Sakura decided to try out a move that her father had just taught her that morning. 'I hope this works...' She said.
She jumped and twirled in the air, backflipped, catching Chi Yuen offguard, and pinned his arms behind his back.
"Ok. You win." He said.
Sakura let go of him and helped him up.
One by one, all her friends challenged her in something and she won every time, not showing exhaustion.
"Man...You're even god at football..." Auri complained as Sakura got her 3rd touchdown.
Sakura smiled comfortingly at him. "Don't worry. They probably won't even let me on the team if I tried."
She and her friends laughed and headed home in their seperate directions.
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It was once again lunch, but a week after Sakura had shown her powers to her friends. They had all become really good friends and were always defending each other. Like that time when one of the "popular" girls called Sakura a slut. Sakura had almost let her magic on the girl but Syaoran intervened on time, saving the girl, which he hadn't meant to and yelled at her instead for treating Sakura that way. Then there was that time where someone called Rei a bookworm and the guys almost beat the person.
They were having a nice quiet lunch time, somewhat quiet at least. It was hard when both Sakura and Syaoran had groups of fans. They had finally got peace and quiet when Sakura made them a tiny place where no one knew where they were or could see them. After that, it was their special place, where only they could assess.
One day, they were all sitting under the first tree (the one they fought under) and enjoying the lunch that Sakura made for them.
"Sakura, this is absolutely delicious!" Ayuna squealed. She popped another sushi in her mouth.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Thanks." Sakura smiled, eating her teriyaki. She had to admit, it was good. 'Probably because I wanted the best for my new friends.' She had also made a card that helped her cook. It was called the Cook. (duh!) Even Kero didn't want to stop eating when he saw all the food she prepared for breakfast. She had woken up especially early to try it out.
She rested her head on the trunk. Something was wrong. Very wrong. She knew something was going to happen. She had a dream last night, but she couldn't remember what it was about. All she knew was that it was not good. When she had woken up and asked Kero about it, he had said that he felt some kind of aura over Sakura's.
Sakura looked up into the sky. She was afraid of falling asleep again. The dream was terrifying. She could feel the dark power, but nothing made her remember it.
Syaoran looked at Sakura. Something was wrong. She was not her normal happy self. Usually, that meant that something was wrong. Very wrong. "Sakura?" He said very quietly, sitting beside her.
"Hm?" Sakura asked, still looking at the sky.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
Sakura took a glance at him. 'No use worrying him.' She thought. "Yup! I'm fine!" She put on a big smile.
Syaoran just looked at her, not convinced. "Sure..." He said then joined back the big group, who was talking about fashion. Sakura looked back at the sky when he left. Some evil was around. She could feel the chill it was giving her, put apparantly noone else had noticed it.
She stood up quickly. She had to check it out. "I'll be right-" She didn't even get to finish her sentence when a sharp pain ran through her, making her fall on her knees. 'What's wrong with me?' She asked herself.
"Sakura, what's wrong?" Fay asked. All her friends moved to her side. "Are you okay?"
Sakura ignored them and tried to will the pain away. "Ya...." She gasped. "I'm.....fine..." She tried to stand up but couldn't as the pain came back. She almost fell, if Syaoran hadn't caught onto her arm. 'Heal...Kero....what's wrong?' She tried to ask in her mind, but she felt no connection. Nothing. Usually when she connected to her cards she would feel the connection. But today, she couldn't. 'Help me...please....' It was the last thing she thought as she fell unconscious.
Her friends watched as the all powerful Card Mistress lay almost lifeless in Syaoran's arms.
"What...happened?" Meilin asked.
The guys looked around, sensing an aura, but it disappeared.
"I don't know...but something did..." Chi Yuen answered his girlfriend.
"But why would they want to hurt Sakura?" Fay held onto Chung's arm.
"I don't know.....The Kinomotos didn't have any enemies. They were too nice and everyone wanted to be their friend." Chung told her.
"We should, get Sakura to the nurse." Rei suggested. Everyone nodded at the idea. They would let the nurse take care of her. The nurse knew all about the group's magic and she possessed a bit of it herself. They all trusted her.
Syaoran took charge of the situation. "Rei and Ayuna, go to the nurse's office and tell her to prepare a bed. Meilin and Chi Yuen, try to get Sakura's bodyguards or father on the phone. It may help to get her guardian. His name's Keroberos." He told them. They nodded then ran off.
Then Syaoran turned to the rest of the group. "Auri, cast an invisibility spell on us please, and Chung and Fay distract all the students. They would go crazy if they saw her like that." They nodded and Rei stood beside Syaoran and Sakura, muttering a small spell.
At once, Syaoran felt himself going invisible. He looked at himself and sure enough, Auri's spell had worked. "Take care of her." Auri said, slightly smirking. 'Good thing I brought my camcorder...' He thought to himself. 'I can get cute shots of Syaoran being the hero, saving the damsel in distress...hehe.' He cast a spell on his camcoder to be able to see the couple and followed them.
Syaoran looked down at Sakura's face as he lifted her in his arms. 'She seems so fragile...' He thought to himself. He smiled as he brushed the hair off Sakura's face. She wasn't very heavy and he had no trouble carrying her into the school.
Unknown to even the 'cameraman', a figure dressed in black was standing on a branch of a tree, wacthing Sakura and Syaoran. "Excellent. It won't be long now, Card Mistress!" Then the figure disappeared into thin air.
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zeni: heyhey!!! like it? I'm, proud of it, even if you don't like it. So discriptive...~hehe~ anyways, who is the figure dressed in black? Not telling you! You'll have to read the next chapter to find out! Lata ppl!!! Oh! Mosty of the cards that you have not heard of, is made up from my imagination. Such as the Heal, Teleport, Search, Cook, there might be some coming up later!
Japanese translations:
Opps...no japanese translations...I don't know if I'm ever gonna put any since Sakura and group are in Hong Kong...maybe, maybe not.