[AnimeGamer] Here I am, yet again. You guys know the stuff about the disclaimers, blah blah we wish we own CCS yadda yadda.

Have to throw in one extra thing, and that is it is recommended, though not required, to read "CardCaptors II: Homecoming." Better yet, read the entire first trilogy series of "CardCaptors" for a better understanding, though really at this point there is not much of a connection. If you do read it, disregard the epilogue of the original.

Need Web Addresses to ALL of the CardCaptors and CardCaptors II series so far? Here are the web addresses below:

CardCaptors: Alternate Reality
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=100809

CardCaptors: Temptation
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=104309

CardCaptors: The Final Card
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=108970

CardCaptors II: Homecoming
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=297654

By the way, the first series is finally being moved to version edit 3.0. Expect most typos, spelling errors, or the like to be fixed, including fixing the chapter list for CC: Temptation which has chapter 2 as chapter 1. (The chapter system came after this story (about mid-2001?) was first published, and I initally had a problem with it and will be fixing all that up.)

That said...on to the second series of CardCaptors II.

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CardCaptors II: The Shadow of the Sakura Tree
The Wolf Who Cried Into the Night
By AnimeGamer

"Love is not something to be taken lightly, thinking that it will always be there when you need it." -A girl I cant get over
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[Yue] Things are not looking good. A week has gone by since the sealing of the Hate card. Syaoran has holed himself up in his room, and Sakura has mysteriously appeared back in Japan. What's going to happen? Read and find out!

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"Syaoran! Open up! Come on! Sakura has disappeared, and Touya-san has already called saying she showed up in Japan!" A voice yelled from beyond a door. "You hiding in there is not going to change the fact she has changed, and needs to be stopped!
"We're busting in!" another voice said from behind the door, and the door came down, showing Syaoran's father, and Meilin. However, the person who they were looking for was not there. A note was left on the table, but no one in the Li clan didnt have to read that note. They already knew where he was.

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Syaoran laid on the couch, staring at the ceiling. He smiled, remembering the times he and Sakura were happy. Watching that late night movie, with her ending up falling asleep in his arms, all nuzzled against him. The countless times they tickled each other to full fits of laughter. Experiencing the happiness he lost growing up.
Who would also forget the time they captured the Lust card. Every detail of what happened still in his mind. It was one of those cards, like the Hate card, that you must mentally prepare for. It wasnt easy, as it really required that Syaoran and Sakura not only give in to their urges, but to keep their mind set to capturing that card.
"Syaoran?" A voice suddenly called. Syaoran quickly sat up, to see Sakura still in the clothes she wore a week ago in China, her soft emerald eyes glowing in the moonlight.
"Sakura..." Syaoran said softly, as he stood up.
"Syaoran...it was horrible!..." Sakura cried, as she ran into his embrace.
"It's alright....im here..." Syaoran said comfortingly. Suddenly Sakura's eyes changed from soft emerald to cold jade. It would be the last thing Syaoran would see for the rest of that night.
Syaoran went flying out the window of the second story apartment, slamming against the wall. Followed by various objects in the apartment being destroyed. Sakura then leapt out the window and floated above Syaoran. In an instant, she ripped and pulled off the clothes she were wearing, revealing a black jester outfit. She smiled evilly, levitating Syaoran, and then grabbing him by the collar.
"Your such an idiot Syaoran. That's why I hate you so much. So as much, you are a defeated warrior. Goodbye Li Syaoran, hope you have a good life in the loser bin." Sakura said in a dark, deep voice, tossing Syaoran easily back into his wrecked apartment. Sakura then walked quietly back into the night, in her black jester outfit, with a black wand and black lipstick.

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"Sakura...how could you..." Syaoran softly said, laying on the floor of his destroyed apartment. "We had such a nice life together...I gave up everything for you...how could you...?"
Syaoran got up, now looking around his apartment, and then sitting against the wall, his knees pressed against his chest. "Oh Sakura...how can I fight you now?"
Silently, the wolf cried, everything he worked for in his life suddenly became nothing, because of the shadow of the sakura tree.

A few hours later, Syaoran was preparing to leave, to disappear. His heart literally ripped right out of him. How can he face anyone? Most of all, how can he fight his soul mate? His true love? His one and only girlfriend, and just before the arrival of the Hate card, his future wife.

Tomoyo and Eriol finally arrived at the apartment, to see it entirely trashed. Both of them were stunned, seeing their friend's apartment so tore up as if it was nothing. Eriol spotted something, and picked it up. It was a note, and on it was something written by Sakura.

'Syaoran, you were a fool to love me. I showed you just how easily I can destroy you, and there is no one who can stop me from destroying you. Farewell Syaoran, be gone from my life, I hate you so much it literally hurts. -Sakura'

"My god...is this Sakura...?" Eriol said in dispair. Tomoyo suddenly gasped, quickly clinching Eriol's arm and pointing to the writing on the bottom of the note.

'Sakura, you're right. Im leaving your life forever...goodbye. Im not returning to China either, and im not going back to Japan, and by the time you find this letter, im sure my lifeless body will be somewhere. My life isnt worth living anymore. Goodbye Sakura. -Syaoran'

"What the hell is he thinking!?!" Eriol suddenly said in a cooled rage. "He knows that Sakura-chan has been corrupted by the Hate card, why in the hell is he taking this as if it were really Sakura-chan?"
"I dont know Eriol-kun, but I do know that if we do not find Syaoran-kun, he's going to be dead, and there will be no way for anyone to hope to change Sakura-chan back." Tomoyo pointed out.
"It's worse then that Tomoyo-chan...the card most likely by now has corrupted her so much, she'll soon be thinking of taking over the world. Without Syaoran, there will be no chance for anyone to stop her. No one on earth will be able to match the magical power of Sakura. Not even a Nuclear bomb can stop the magic of Clow, and if Sakura starts using it for evil, the world will be changed as we know it. That, or attempt ---"
"That-----that cant be true----Sakura-chan using magic to take over the world? Or even the possibility of her ---" Tomoyo said in horrific shock.
"Yes...it's true...let's go. We must find Syaoran-kun, and find him now!" Eriol exclaimed, and took Tomoyo by the hand and they began their search to find the crying wolf.

And the clow book, with the cards within them, had a smudge of black upon it.

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[AnimeGamer] I've decided to try to speed up my writing, up to putting up a chapter once every other day. I've noticed that ALOT more stories are put up in the CCS section of FFN then it used to back in November 2000 when CardCaptors first came out. Im doing this just so this story is getting more noticed, since when I posted the last chapter of CardCaptors II:Homecoming, it didnt even stay on the first page for a day, with about an elapsed time of eight to ten hours. Basically, the longer my story stays up on the first page, the higher chance it'll get noticed and read. YES im desperate for reviews...but oh well. I have yet to even WRITE chapter 2, but i'll get a move on it soon. I expect, with the time-line im setting myself up with, to finish this series about August 12th, 2002. There's just a little pause, since im heading to the International Comic Convention in San Diego, California. (I'll be attending at least Saturday, Aug. 3rd for the Masqurade.) So please excuse any laspe of writing around that time. If I ever slow down in writing, I'll let you guys know.

Oh yeah, something I've now added is quotes. Might be popular quotes, might be quotes from authors I just know. Extra brownie points for the people to figure who they come from! =P And if you ARE that person, you cant earn yourself points! It's just not fair to everyone else who doesnt know you. And EXTRA EXTRA brownie points for the person to name the story from where it comes from!

And lastly...REVIEW! Just thirty seconds out of each reader's time makes me lots happier to write this story. (and who knows, maybe a HAPPY ending. =P)

[Sakura] Yeah right AG...making me go psycho.

[AnimeGamer] ''(O^_^O)