Chapter 3
Konnichiwa! Gomen for taking such a long time, phew, finally the exams are over. Ok, I'll get on with the fic. And sorry, I posted up the wrong chappie. Sorry, Kan-chan, that you read to wrong thing, but, it ain't that much of a difference either. Enjoy!
What happened in the last chapter -
"What's the meaning of this?" Roy shouted in rage.
"Isn't it obvious? Well I guess you're blinded by your HUGE ego to notice this."
"What?"
"You. And. I. Are O.V.E.R." said Sakura, her voice dripping with venom.
"You know what, I never liked you anyway you B***H! @$%##@!"
Roy lunged at Sakura, and tried to tackle her. Being an athlete, Sakura jumped nimbly out of his way and pinned him to the ground.
Roy pushed her away and she fell to the ground. Roy closed in for the kill. He raised his hand and prepared to deliver that stinging slap across her face. (Something which he had never done before.)
Just then, Syaoran heard the scuffle going on behind him. He turned back just in time to see Roy bring his hand down towards Sakura's face.
He rushed over to Sakura and Roy, (to Sakura) in an incredible speed, slid in between Roy's palm and Sakura. Roy froze, his mouth gaping, staring at Syaoran.
"Get away." Roy growled, pushing Syaoran to the side.
Syaoran, however, didn't budge. Roy clenched his fist and aimed at punch at Syaoran's stomach. Syaoran bent down and grabbed Roy's fist, hurling him to the ground. Roy landed on his side, spraining his elbow. Clutching his elbow, Roy stood up and staggered towards Syaoran.
"Alright, the last time, you were lucky, you win. But not this time!" Roy shouted in anger.
He charged at Syaoran who had just stepped aside. Losing his balance, he fell face first on the ground.
Now, his face was redder. Red not because of anger, but of embarrassment. He sprung up and ran away at lightning speed.
Sakura looked at Syaoran with admiration and said, "wow, I never knew you could do that! I wouldn't be able to do that, even with my Clo." Sakura caught herself in time from spilling the secret of the Clow Cards.
"Hmm.what?" Syaoran asked, watching Roy's shadow round the corner of the school wall.
"Erm, nothing. AnywayIgottago." Everything tumbled out in a rush, as she was still shocked at the fact that she almost told Syaoran about the Clow Cards. She smiled at Syaoran and ran off.
Scratching his head, Syaoran watched her retreating back in puzzlement at her sudden change of behavior.
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The moon was full that night. Moonlight shone on Sakura's sleeping face. A distracted Kero lay at the windowsill, tossing and turning. The moonlight shone at him, casting eerie shadows on the wall. Suddenly light was blocked out as drifting clouds in the sky covered the moon. Kero's ear pricked and he bolted right up. He was wide-awake now. He narrowed his eyes, sensing a faint aura. He concentrated, drinking in the aura, trying to decipher whose it was.
Then, something shot through the darkened night sky, wavering the bond that held the clouds together. A beam of moonlight filtered through the gap made in the clouds. Kero straightened his back, realizing who it was.
Staring out of the window into the night, he asked in a low whisper, "Is it you? Why, why did you come back? After all this time, why now when I have a new mistress?"
The clouds in the air thickened and started to blow restlessly.
"No, I won't let you harm her.You won't get the cards. Stay away from her!" Whispered Kero furiously.
With a gust of strong wind, the clouds were swept clear from the moon, leaving it to shine. The windowpane burst open hitting Kero to the ground. Kero propped himself up on his elbows, sweat forming on his forehead. He frowned deeply at the moon, before flying over to the window and closing it.
He flew over to Sakura and brushed hair away from her forehead, saying, "Take care of yourself Sakura, terrible things are about to happen."
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Sakura jumped out of her car. Everyone was scattered around, some under the shady comfort of trees. She met her classmates on the way to her locker, apparently deep in, well, gossip. She slid closer to them, hearing catches of what was happening.
"New kid..clever? You'd think he..I hope he's in our class..according to..looks quite pleasant though.."
Sakura: Question mark, question mark. ???
On the way to her locker she heard snatches of conversation, "Wow! At this time of the year..Heard he's from.."
"Yeah! Big Mouth Queen told us that he will be coming next week..can't wait.wonder if he's clever.."
Sakura: Question mark, question mark. ??? (How dense can she get?!)
*Bang*
Sakura had walked herself right to the front of Tomoyo's open locker door without realizing it. She blinked twice and said, "Oh, right, hi Tomoyo." Tomoyo, whose face was hidden behind the locker door, leaned behind and gave Sakura a small wave.
Sakura turned the knob on her locker door, realizing that she had (again) forgotten her locker password. Jiggling the lock, she asked Tomoyo, "So, what's new around here," before finally giving up and slamming the lock against the door making a loud 'clang'.
The students dotted here and there down the hallway looked at her. She held up her hand as if to say that everything was fine and sank against the locker door, sighing.
Someone tapped her on the shoulder lightly. Sakura whirled around and saw a stranger, standing before her.
"May I?" He said in a smooth and deep voice.
Sakura: Question mark, question mark. ???
"May I?" He repeated, making a move for her locker's lock. He was, from Sakura's point of view, trying to keep his face hidden.
Sakura moved to one side as he fumbled with the lock somewhat, professionally. Sakura watched dumbfounded as he turned the dials expertly. Finally, after sometime of jiggling the lock, the lock fell open with a click.
Sakura's jaw dropped open. "Erm.thanks.erm.what's."
The stranger just waved at her and, still trying to keep his face hidden, turned around and walked out of the school grounds.
"Your name?" Sakura uttered as she waved at his retreating back. He only quickened his pace and waved another time casually before slipping his hand into his pocket.
Sakura watched his extra-straight back and jeans with a brown leather jacket get smaller and smaller. His bluish-blackish head of hair moving lightly in the wind. Sakura frowned at him in puzzlement.
"Well, well, look who's charm has attracted prince charming.." said Tomoyo mockingly.
"Oh shut up." Sakura batted Tomoyo's arm playfully. "Anyway, what do you know?"
"Well, for all I know, that I forgot to TAPE ALL THIS DOWN!" said Tomoyo getting louder and louder drawing stares to themselves.
Sakura fell down, anime-style.
"No, but seriously, there's something familiar about his looks, Sakura," Tomoyo continued, lowering her voice. "I've noticed him around from some parts of the town recently. There was once where he even waved to me, as if recognizing me. But, but, just now.." Her voice trailed off.
"He didn't even pose for the camera?!" Sakura took a wild guess.
Tomoyo- Sweat drop.
"No!" She shot back; "he didn't acknowledge me, as if he didn't recognize me."
"Come on, you expect every boy to fall for you? Maybe I'll meet him again." Sakura said, taking books out from her locker.
"Well, the extremely gorgeous Syaoran did."
Anger flared in Sakura's eyes. 'Oh yeah, I forgot, I am still having a warm- to-cold war with her.' (Well, you know cold war? Sakura's not that angry with Tomoyo already, making it a warm-to-cold war.)
She slammed her locker door shut, drawing even more stares from surrounding people. She clenched her fists and marched down the hallway to her classroom. Everyone parted for her, seeing how angry she was.
Tomoyo watched her dwindling shadow and muttered under her breath, "Well, Sakura, you don't know who you're dealing with. I have a really bad feeling about his. I could've sworn he had a totally different character on different occasions."
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~ Afternoon at the mall ~
Sakura only had Syaoran's mind on it at the moment. She hummed at tune to herself absently while going through the clothes on the rack. Sakura had a date with Syaoran that night and was looking for a perfect outfit.
She walked down the aisle of clothes, spacing out when she banged into something.
She looked up rubbing her arm and gasped. There stood that blackish-bluish hair guy from that morning. Sakura saw that he still had the same clothes on and had just walked out of the manager's office. He wore round rimmed spectacles and his face looked friendly enough. Behind that spectacles was a pair of blue-gray eyes. He smiled at Sakura, recognizing her.
"Hey, hey! You're the girl from this morning." He laughed stretching out his hand.
"Yup! And you're that guy from this morning! I'm Sakura. Didn't have a chance to introduce myself during that brief encounter. By the way, what were you doing there?" She said, taking his hand and shaking it.
The stranger looked rather sheepish. "Well, you know that girl, I mean, your friend I suppose? Well, she witnessed me doing something erm, doing something, you don't have to know anyway. Well, I was too embarrassed to meet her even worse, say something to her. So, I kept a low profile."
"So, what were you doing?"
"I well, I well, I was, promise you won't laugh?" Seeing Sakura nod, he continued in an undertone, "I was wearing a wig and stuffing apples into my shirt to make me look more, erm, girlish. In other words, I was stealing the apples..but, I am poor you see." He hastily added, "well, I won't do it again."
Sakura tried to stifle her laughter by biting her lip till it bled. "No, I meant what were you doing at my school? Are you a new transfer student?"
He looked even more sheepish, "Oh, that. No, I told you I'm poor, I can't afford the school fees. I was looking for a job."
"Well, if you didn't receive much education, how can you become a teacher?"
He checked his watch. "I was just trying my luck. So, now I'm in this mall looking for a job. Oh, my interview is in a few minutes time. I gotta go, see ya next time!"
He smiled and waved to Sakura before walking away.
"Oh, yeah! His name!" Sakura brought her hand to her forehead and hitting it, hard.
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Sakura turned off the tap and stepped out of the shower. The steam rose from the ground. Sakura dried herself and grabbed a bathrobe from the hook. She turned the doorknob, walked over to her bed and sat down. Using a towel, she dried her hair, watching Kero play some video game.
"Woo hoo! K.O! Another one goes down the drain! Am I a fighting master or what?!" Shouted Kero as he raised his hands, erm paws, in victory.
"You're an 'or what', not a fighting master. And, keep it down, oni-chan (Brother) and otou-san (Father) are downstairs. I'm sure you don't want to be yet another soft-toy?"
Kero- Multiple stress marks on his head.
"Erm, Sakura, there is something I must tell you." Kero said floating up to Sakura (You know how he does it without flapping his wings).
"Ketachirei arrived in Tomoeda a few days ago." Kero looked at her seriously.
"What's a K.TA.CHI.RAY?" (Cherry-blossom-sakura: Actually, I don't know what it is too, just made it up.)
Kero- falls over anime-style.
"You don't know what Ketachirei is?"
"Well, my Guardian of the Cards didn't tell me anything." Said Sakura in a mischievous voice.
"Well, your Guardian of the Cards is a real BAKA (Stupid)..wait a minute, that's me! Trying to trick me aren't you." Kero puffed out his chest indignantly.
Sakura's mischievous smile only grew wider.
"Ok, alright, I didn't tell you. My fault, my fault. Well, Ketachirei can come in any form, a person or any object, according to Clow Reed." He looked at Sakura to check if she was listening and added in an undertone, "although I don't understand how an object can kill you."
"WAIT A MINUTE! Did you say kill?!" shouted Sakura in dismay.
"Shh.you don't want to be called a kaijuu (monster) by your brother right?" Kero smiled.
"Now isn't the time to smile Kero!"
"I can smile whenever I please, thank you."
"Even when my life is hanging on a piece of wire." Sakura cried out.
"Well, at least a wire is stronger than a piece of thread."
"Ok, just kidding." Said Kero, seeing the look on Sakura's face. His tone grew serious again, "Ketachirei is a magical Cardcaptor killer. A Cardcaptor meaning, well, you; he or she or it will kill you to get hold of the cards. Ketachirii (The plural form of Ketachirei pronounced as- K.TA.CHI.RI) don't come by often though. Let's just say that you're unlucky."
Sakura started to get flustered and worried.
"Come on Sakura, don't get nervous. Calm down and think, try to sense it/him/her."
Sakura closed her eyes and felt the air around her sieve through her body, as she tried to catch the faintest aura of the Cardcaptor killer. The air around her grew darker as she felt someone's aura close by. It was faint. He seemed to be going away. His aura felt dangerous but she couldn't tell if it was powerful.
Sakura jolted back into reality when she heard the doorbell rang. She opened her eyes and saw that Kero was deep in thought, frowning.
"AH! My date!" Sakura rushed to the cupboard yanked out her clothes and dressed.
"Kero, don't come down. I don't want Syaoran to think that I still have a stuffed animal at such an age." She slammed the door behind her.
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Sakura straightened her light-pink tank top and surveyed herself in the mirror. She straightened her hair and puckered her lips at the mirror before opening the door.
"Hey Syaoran, did you happen to notice anyone walking by my house when you were walking here?"
"Erm, no, why? Anything wrong? You don't look very good."
"No. No. Everything is ok. Shall we?"
Sakura slipped her hand into his and led him out of the driveway onto the road.
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Someone's spectacles reflected a glint of light as he moved ever so slightly. His mouth parted into a slight smile and he backed against the wall, back into the shadows. He crossed his arms across his chess. His eyes had a weird glint in it (Was it an evil glint?) as he silently watched the scene in front of him.
The Kinomoto's residence was glowing with light from the living room. The door opened a small crack. A pretty girl with short brownish hair wearing a body-hugging light pink tank top and a long loose flowing, translucent baby- blue skirt slipped out. She looked a little flustered. The stranger saw her mouth moving, as though he was watching this through a silent movie. She said something to a chocolate brown hair boy standing outside, before smiling at him and taking his hand in hers. She walked out of the house into the night, casting shadows on the road.
The certain tall and blackish-bluish hair stranger adjusted his spectacles on the perch of his nose and his mouth widened into a far too innocent smile. (Looks familiar? Try to recall.) A smile that didn't reach his bluish-gray eyes. (Evil smile? That's up to you to figure out.). His eyes narrowed and he said to himself in a low and dark voice, "I will find you for sure. You just watch out."
To Be Continued..
Cherry-blossom-sakura; Cherrieangel: If you're confused, tell us and maybe we can do an explanation of something. And thanks for all the reviews! Oh, and review some more!
Konnichiwa! Gomen for taking such a long time, phew, finally the exams are over. Ok, I'll get on with the fic. And sorry, I posted up the wrong chappie. Sorry, Kan-chan, that you read to wrong thing, but, it ain't that much of a difference either. Enjoy!
What happened in the last chapter -
"What's the meaning of this?" Roy shouted in rage.
"Isn't it obvious? Well I guess you're blinded by your HUGE ego to notice this."
"What?"
"You. And. I. Are O.V.E.R." said Sakura, her voice dripping with venom.
"You know what, I never liked you anyway you B***H! @$%##@!"
Roy lunged at Sakura, and tried to tackle her. Being an athlete, Sakura jumped nimbly out of his way and pinned him to the ground.
Roy pushed her away and she fell to the ground. Roy closed in for the kill. He raised his hand and prepared to deliver that stinging slap across her face. (Something which he had never done before.)
Just then, Syaoran heard the scuffle going on behind him. He turned back just in time to see Roy bring his hand down towards Sakura's face.
He rushed over to Sakura and Roy, (to Sakura) in an incredible speed, slid in between Roy's palm and Sakura. Roy froze, his mouth gaping, staring at Syaoran.
"Get away." Roy growled, pushing Syaoran to the side.
Syaoran, however, didn't budge. Roy clenched his fist and aimed at punch at Syaoran's stomach. Syaoran bent down and grabbed Roy's fist, hurling him to the ground. Roy landed on his side, spraining his elbow. Clutching his elbow, Roy stood up and staggered towards Syaoran.
"Alright, the last time, you were lucky, you win. But not this time!" Roy shouted in anger.
He charged at Syaoran who had just stepped aside. Losing his balance, he fell face first on the ground.
Now, his face was redder. Red not because of anger, but of embarrassment. He sprung up and ran away at lightning speed.
Sakura looked at Syaoran with admiration and said, "wow, I never knew you could do that! I wouldn't be able to do that, even with my Clo." Sakura caught herself in time from spilling the secret of the Clow Cards.
"Hmm.what?" Syaoran asked, watching Roy's shadow round the corner of the school wall.
"Erm, nothing. AnywayIgottago." Everything tumbled out in a rush, as she was still shocked at the fact that she almost told Syaoran about the Clow Cards. She smiled at Syaoran and ran off.
Scratching his head, Syaoran watched her retreating back in puzzlement at her sudden change of behavior.
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The moon was full that night. Moonlight shone on Sakura's sleeping face. A distracted Kero lay at the windowsill, tossing and turning. The moonlight shone at him, casting eerie shadows on the wall. Suddenly light was blocked out as drifting clouds in the sky covered the moon. Kero's ear pricked and he bolted right up. He was wide-awake now. He narrowed his eyes, sensing a faint aura. He concentrated, drinking in the aura, trying to decipher whose it was.
Then, something shot through the darkened night sky, wavering the bond that held the clouds together. A beam of moonlight filtered through the gap made in the clouds. Kero straightened his back, realizing who it was.
Staring out of the window into the night, he asked in a low whisper, "Is it you? Why, why did you come back? After all this time, why now when I have a new mistress?"
The clouds in the air thickened and started to blow restlessly.
"No, I won't let you harm her.You won't get the cards. Stay away from her!" Whispered Kero furiously.
With a gust of strong wind, the clouds were swept clear from the moon, leaving it to shine. The windowpane burst open hitting Kero to the ground. Kero propped himself up on his elbows, sweat forming on his forehead. He frowned deeply at the moon, before flying over to the window and closing it.
He flew over to Sakura and brushed hair away from her forehead, saying, "Take care of yourself Sakura, terrible things are about to happen."
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Sakura jumped out of her car. Everyone was scattered around, some under the shady comfort of trees. She met her classmates on the way to her locker, apparently deep in, well, gossip. She slid closer to them, hearing catches of what was happening.
"New kid..clever? You'd think he..I hope he's in our class..according to..looks quite pleasant though.."
Sakura: Question mark, question mark. ???
On the way to her locker she heard snatches of conversation, "Wow! At this time of the year..Heard he's from.."
"Yeah! Big Mouth Queen told us that he will be coming next week..can't wait.wonder if he's clever.."
Sakura: Question mark, question mark. ??? (How dense can she get?!)
*Bang*
Sakura had walked herself right to the front of Tomoyo's open locker door without realizing it. She blinked twice and said, "Oh, right, hi Tomoyo." Tomoyo, whose face was hidden behind the locker door, leaned behind and gave Sakura a small wave.
Sakura turned the knob on her locker door, realizing that she had (again) forgotten her locker password. Jiggling the lock, she asked Tomoyo, "So, what's new around here," before finally giving up and slamming the lock against the door making a loud 'clang'.
The students dotted here and there down the hallway looked at her. She held up her hand as if to say that everything was fine and sank against the locker door, sighing.
Someone tapped her on the shoulder lightly. Sakura whirled around and saw a stranger, standing before her.
"May I?" He said in a smooth and deep voice.
Sakura: Question mark, question mark. ???
"May I?" He repeated, making a move for her locker's lock. He was, from Sakura's point of view, trying to keep his face hidden.
Sakura moved to one side as he fumbled with the lock somewhat, professionally. Sakura watched dumbfounded as he turned the dials expertly. Finally, after sometime of jiggling the lock, the lock fell open with a click.
Sakura's jaw dropped open. "Erm.thanks.erm.what's."
The stranger just waved at her and, still trying to keep his face hidden, turned around and walked out of the school grounds.
"Your name?" Sakura uttered as she waved at his retreating back. He only quickened his pace and waved another time casually before slipping his hand into his pocket.
Sakura watched his extra-straight back and jeans with a brown leather jacket get smaller and smaller. His bluish-blackish head of hair moving lightly in the wind. Sakura frowned at him in puzzlement.
"Well, well, look who's charm has attracted prince charming.." said Tomoyo mockingly.
"Oh shut up." Sakura batted Tomoyo's arm playfully. "Anyway, what do you know?"
"Well, for all I know, that I forgot to TAPE ALL THIS DOWN!" said Tomoyo getting louder and louder drawing stares to themselves.
Sakura fell down, anime-style.
"No, but seriously, there's something familiar about his looks, Sakura," Tomoyo continued, lowering her voice. "I've noticed him around from some parts of the town recently. There was once where he even waved to me, as if recognizing me. But, but, just now.." Her voice trailed off.
"He didn't even pose for the camera?!" Sakura took a wild guess.
Tomoyo- Sweat drop.
"No!" She shot back; "he didn't acknowledge me, as if he didn't recognize me."
"Come on, you expect every boy to fall for you? Maybe I'll meet him again." Sakura said, taking books out from her locker.
"Well, the extremely gorgeous Syaoran did."
Anger flared in Sakura's eyes. 'Oh yeah, I forgot, I am still having a warm- to-cold war with her.' (Well, you know cold war? Sakura's not that angry with Tomoyo already, making it a warm-to-cold war.)
She slammed her locker door shut, drawing even more stares from surrounding people. She clenched her fists and marched down the hallway to her classroom. Everyone parted for her, seeing how angry she was.
Tomoyo watched her dwindling shadow and muttered under her breath, "Well, Sakura, you don't know who you're dealing with. I have a really bad feeling about his. I could've sworn he had a totally different character on different occasions."
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~ Afternoon at the mall ~
Sakura only had Syaoran's mind on it at the moment. She hummed at tune to herself absently while going through the clothes on the rack. Sakura had a date with Syaoran that night and was looking for a perfect outfit.
She walked down the aisle of clothes, spacing out when she banged into something.
She looked up rubbing her arm and gasped. There stood that blackish-bluish hair guy from that morning. Sakura saw that he still had the same clothes on and had just walked out of the manager's office. He wore round rimmed spectacles and his face looked friendly enough. Behind that spectacles was a pair of blue-gray eyes. He smiled at Sakura, recognizing her.
"Hey, hey! You're the girl from this morning." He laughed stretching out his hand.
"Yup! And you're that guy from this morning! I'm Sakura. Didn't have a chance to introduce myself during that brief encounter. By the way, what were you doing there?" She said, taking his hand and shaking it.
The stranger looked rather sheepish. "Well, you know that girl, I mean, your friend I suppose? Well, she witnessed me doing something erm, doing something, you don't have to know anyway. Well, I was too embarrassed to meet her even worse, say something to her. So, I kept a low profile."
"So, what were you doing?"
"I well, I well, I was, promise you won't laugh?" Seeing Sakura nod, he continued in an undertone, "I was wearing a wig and stuffing apples into my shirt to make me look more, erm, girlish. In other words, I was stealing the apples..but, I am poor you see." He hastily added, "well, I won't do it again."
Sakura tried to stifle her laughter by biting her lip till it bled. "No, I meant what were you doing at my school? Are you a new transfer student?"
He looked even more sheepish, "Oh, that. No, I told you I'm poor, I can't afford the school fees. I was looking for a job."
"Well, if you didn't receive much education, how can you become a teacher?"
He checked his watch. "I was just trying my luck. So, now I'm in this mall looking for a job. Oh, my interview is in a few minutes time. I gotta go, see ya next time!"
He smiled and waved to Sakura before walking away.
"Oh, yeah! His name!" Sakura brought her hand to her forehead and hitting it, hard.
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Sakura turned off the tap and stepped out of the shower. The steam rose from the ground. Sakura dried herself and grabbed a bathrobe from the hook. She turned the doorknob, walked over to her bed and sat down. Using a towel, she dried her hair, watching Kero play some video game.
"Woo hoo! K.O! Another one goes down the drain! Am I a fighting master or what?!" Shouted Kero as he raised his hands, erm paws, in victory.
"You're an 'or what', not a fighting master. And, keep it down, oni-chan (Brother) and otou-san (Father) are downstairs. I'm sure you don't want to be yet another soft-toy?"
Kero- Multiple stress marks on his head.
"Erm, Sakura, there is something I must tell you." Kero said floating up to Sakura (You know how he does it without flapping his wings).
"Ketachirei arrived in Tomoeda a few days ago." Kero looked at her seriously.
"What's a K.TA.CHI.RAY?" (Cherry-blossom-sakura: Actually, I don't know what it is too, just made it up.)
Kero- falls over anime-style.
"You don't know what Ketachirei is?"
"Well, my Guardian of the Cards didn't tell me anything." Said Sakura in a mischievous voice.
"Well, your Guardian of the Cards is a real BAKA (Stupid)..wait a minute, that's me! Trying to trick me aren't you." Kero puffed out his chest indignantly.
Sakura's mischievous smile only grew wider.
"Ok, alright, I didn't tell you. My fault, my fault. Well, Ketachirei can come in any form, a person or any object, according to Clow Reed." He looked at Sakura to check if she was listening and added in an undertone, "although I don't understand how an object can kill you."
"WAIT A MINUTE! Did you say kill?!" shouted Sakura in dismay.
"Shh.you don't want to be called a kaijuu (monster) by your brother right?" Kero smiled.
"Now isn't the time to smile Kero!"
"I can smile whenever I please, thank you."
"Even when my life is hanging on a piece of wire." Sakura cried out.
"Well, at least a wire is stronger than a piece of thread."
"Ok, just kidding." Said Kero, seeing the look on Sakura's face. His tone grew serious again, "Ketachirei is a magical Cardcaptor killer. A Cardcaptor meaning, well, you; he or she or it will kill you to get hold of the cards. Ketachirii (The plural form of Ketachirei pronounced as- K.TA.CHI.RI) don't come by often though. Let's just say that you're unlucky."
Sakura started to get flustered and worried.
"Come on Sakura, don't get nervous. Calm down and think, try to sense it/him/her."
Sakura closed her eyes and felt the air around her sieve through her body, as she tried to catch the faintest aura of the Cardcaptor killer. The air around her grew darker as she felt someone's aura close by. It was faint. He seemed to be going away. His aura felt dangerous but she couldn't tell if it was powerful.
Sakura jolted back into reality when she heard the doorbell rang. She opened her eyes and saw that Kero was deep in thought, frowning.
"AH! My date!" Sakura rushed to the cupboard yanked out her clothes and dressed.
"Kero, don't come down. I don't want Syaoran to think that I still have a stuffed animal at such an age." She slammed the door behind her.
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Sakura straightened her light-pink tank top and surveyed herself in the mirror. She straightened her hair and puckered her lips at the mirror before opening the door.
"Hey Syaoran, did you happen to notice anyone walking by my house when you were walking here?"
"Erm, no, why? Anything wrong? You don't look very good."
"No. No. Everything is ok. Shall we?"
Sakura slipped her hand into his and led him out of the driveway onto the road.
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Someone's spectacles reflected a glint of light as he moved ever so slightly. His mouth parted into a slight smile and he backed against the wall, back into the shadows. He crossed his arms across his chess. His eyes had a weird glint in it (Was it an evil glint?) as he silently watched the scene in front of him.
The Kinomoto's residence was glowing with light from the living room. The door opened a small crack. A pretty girl with short brownish hair wearing a body-hugging light pink tank top and a long loose flowing, translucent baby- blue skirt slipped out. She looked a little flustered. The stranger saw her mouth moving, as though he was watching this through a silent movie. She said something to a chocolate brown hair boy standing outside, before smiling at him and taking his hand in hers. She walked out of the house into the night, casting shadows on the road.
The certain tall and blackish-bluish hair stranger adjusted his spectacles on the perch of his nose and his mouth widened into a far too innocent smile. (Looks familiar? Try to recall.) A smile that didn't reach his bluish-gray eyes. (Evil smile? That's up to you to figure out.). His eyes narrowed and he said to himself in a low and dark voice, "I will find you for sure. You just watch out."
To Be Continued..
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