Forgotten Dreams

By Cherry Blossom

DISCLAMER: I do not own Card Captor Sakura, any of the names used here, etc. They belong to CLAMP and its rightful owners.

Eight years after Li Syaoran's return to Hong Kong, he comes back to find Sakura. But each time she sees Syaoran, she discovers her heart is not with her current boyfriend, but with a person who has returned from her past.

Chapter One

Eight years later…

            Sakura Kinomoto opened her eyes and smiled. "What a nice way to start the day!" she exclaimed, inhaling fresh air deeply.

            "Not really, sleepyhead," a voice proclaimed.

            Sakura scowled. "Kero-chan!? Have you been up all night playing video games again?"

            The stuffed animal like creature laughed and shook his head. "No. I'm not that stupid. I got up at the crack of dawn." He dodged a flying pillow from Sakura.

            Touya Kinomoto paraded into the room, "Wake u-" He stopped as he noticed Kero, who immediately pretended to be a toy. "Ha ha…very clever," he exclaimed, "you still have this old thing?"

            Sakura shrugged. "I like it," came her reply.

            "Hmm…don't you think it would be better to sell it?" Touya asked her. Even though Sakura shook her head violently, Touya nevertheless chucked it out her window.

            "Kero-chan!" Sakura cried, immediately springing to look where her guardian had landed. Touya shook his head, thinking his sister had gone mad. Turning, he stalked out of the room.

            "Come on down and eat breakfast…Tomoyo's waiting downstairs."

            "Hoooeeee?! What time is it?"

            "Ten o' clock," came the prompt reply, " now please, be a good Card Captor and rescue poor little Kero-chan down here!"

            Sakura reddened in embarrassment. "Oh…sorry," she said, picking Kero-chan tenderly out of a bush. She hastily changed into a white and blue dress and charged downstairs.

            Tomoyo Daidouji was already waiting for her, as her brother had informed her. Sakura wolfed down some miso soup, grabbed her friend's arm, and dragged her out the door. 

            "Matte!!!" Tomoyo exclaimed, shaking herself free of Sakura's grip. "Do you even know where you are going?"

            "Uh..iee…Gomen nasai…" Tomoyo nodded.

            "Now come on, I want to go to meet Takashi and Eriol…"

            After walking for quite a while, the two arrived at the Tomoeda Shopping Mall. The girls spotted the other two they were supposed to meet.

            "Eriol!!!!!!!!!" Tomoyo exclaimed, completely forgetting Sakura. She ran to give her boyfriend a hug.

            "Ohayo, Takashi-kun," Sakura said softly and bowed deeply. The two had been dating for nearly a month.

            Chiharu seemed to arrive out of nowhere. She used to be Takashi's girlfriend, but the two broke up long ago. "Ohayo!" she exclaimed to Tomoyo and Sakura.

            "Ohayo," Sakura and Tomoyo replied.

Tomoeda International Airport

            A tall male stepped into the terminal. He looked around, and nodded. An older man approached, carrying several bags. "To the apartment, Master Li?" he inquired. With another curt nod, the two started to exit the building.

            They reached the parking lot. The younger one raised his arm, and abruptly an empty yellow taxi stopped in front of them. As the older man directed the cab driver to their destination, the younger male relaxed and leaned back in his seat. He was well built. He smiled as he remembered the days when he was back in school. Girls practically fell at his feet.

            He had been here before. Lived here, in fact, for two years. Yeah, those were the old days, the days that no longer existed. He still remembered the day when he met her. The girl who would be help him in the Clow Cards…only she would be the one in the end to achieve his goal.

[BEGIN FLASHBACK]

They stood in a corner of the schoolyard.

The girl trembled. "Umm…what?"

He held a board with kanji written on it. "The king of gods commands. Gods appear from all directions. Gold, wood, water, fire, earth, thunder, wind, lightning. The new command. Gods appear from all directions. The new command. Soft thunder, spinning lightning. Obey my command!" A beam of light burst out of his board and shot toward the girl. "I knew it! You have Clow cards, don't you?"

The girl shook her head. "How…?"

He smirked. "This Rashindan was made to find the Clow cards. Out with them!" he exclaimed.

She looked surprised. "What?"

He held out his hand. "The Clow cards," he repeated.

She shook her head. "I can't! I promised Kero-chan…that I'd capture all the cards!"

"Kero-chan…?" He was confused. "Do you mean Cerberus, the guardian beast?"

Her eyes widened. "How did you know…?:"

He was confused, distressed…. "If Cerberus is here, why is he letting this kid keep the cards?"

            "Kero-chan doesn't have enough magic. He can't get big. That's why…"she replied.

            "The cards with Cerberus' sun, fire, and earth symbols power him. You don't have any of those cards?" he exclaimed, astonished.

            She looked at him. "No…."

            "How long have you been searching for them?

            "Since September," she answered.

            "You've been looking for them for two months and you still haven't captured all of them?"

            "That's true, but…hey! How do you know about the Clow cards?"

            He scowled. "That's none of your business. I'll capture the remaining Clow cards! Hand them over!" he demanded.

            The girl put a small hand on her blouse pocket. "No! I can't! This is between me and Kero-chan."

            He nodded. "I see. So they're in that pocket." He approached her. Another girl appeared suddenly.

            "Sakura-chan?" the new girl gasped. "Sakura-chan!!!"

            "Hand them over!" he demanded again.

[END FLASHBACK]

            He smiled to himself as the car pulled to a halt. "Master Li, we've arrived," the elder man announced, opening the door.

            He stepped out of the car. "Thank you Wei. I'll go up first…"

            He went up the stairs, counting  the steps mentally. One…two…three……………………………seventeen…eighteen…nineteen…twenty…

            He stopped, looking up. A familiar door stared back at him. He chuckled and inserted an old key and unlocked the door. He opened it slowly and looked around. The apartment surprisingly was sparkling clean. Then he suddenly remembered. The maid still came to clean the place every week.

            Wei stepped into the apartment, carrying the luggage. "Home sweet home, eh, Master Li?" he said softly, and turned to put the bags in the room.

            "Yeah," the young man said to himself. "Welcome home, Li Syaoran."