Okay, I started this before the end of series 2… and then missed the last to episodes. Damn power out!… sorry… well, anyway, even if you saw some of these cards changed, for the benefit of the story, pretend that you didn't ok J okay

I don't own Card Captor Sakura and her friends… I'm not entirely sure who does come to think of it… but they're not mine, I'm just borrowing them for a while, they will be returned in the same condition hee hee.

I've used the American/ English names because I find them easier to type… deal with it J

Not sure if I'll make this S+S but I just have to say one thing. LI IS SO CUTE!!! I mean… apart from the fact that he's 10 or 11… and of course the more important fact that he is a cartoon character… bit like when you hear guys talking about Sailor Venus and think, dude, she's not real!

Umm… well, enough about me, read the story and review… wether you like or hate it… sorry, but this is just something that I do with all my favourite characters for some reason. Enjoy J

Li groaned as he lay on the ground, half covered with snow. Cursing his predicament, he wondered why what exactly had come to pass had been. It was all just a blur to him now, as was everything he was looking at. He's long ago stopped shivering from the cold and the wet, his robes clinging to him due to the fact that they were wet, both from the snow, the rain and from his own blood. He struggled to stay awake, knowing that he would surely die if he passed out, in the open. But it was a losing battle, much as Li would hate to admit it. As the darkness reclaimed him, he called out a name, in the vain hope that someone would hear him.

"Sakura…"

Just a week after Tori and Yue had shared their magic for Yue's sake; Sakura and her school friends were sitting in class on a normal Friday afternoon. Li was glaring at the back of Eli's head as they drew pictures for art. The free choice picture was just what a class of 11-year-olds needed for the afternoon.

"Hey Sakura, what do you think of this for your next costume?" Madisons asked, showing Sakura a dress that looked like the fight card crossed with the storm card, only pink. Sakura smiled and laughed… more embarrassed than anything at the time.

"Hey Madison, do you want to go to the park after school?" Sakura asked as Madison started on a new costume. Madison nodded, smiling so Sakura turned to Li, who was still drawing. It was a very good picture.

"Hey Li, Madison and I are going to the park after school, you wanna come?"

Li nodded, not looking up. Sakura watched him for a minute, surprised that he was so focused for a change. Neither saw that Eli was looking at Li for a minute either, pleased to note that he was finally focusing his energy… even if it was just on a picture.

"Hey Li… what are you drawing?" Sakura asked innocently. Li stopped and looked at his picture for a moment, shaking his head as if he was coming out of a daze.

"I'm not sure," Li said, confused with his drawing. Sakura took it and turned it to look at the picture properly. It was something that looked like Kero… but wasn't Kero either. It was again a big cat but it wasn't a lion like Kerobarous, it was a tiger. It was white with black stripes and paws, bracelets and armour much like Keros' with large wing's like a dragon or a bat.

"That's amazing Li! I wish I was able to draw as well as that," Sakura said, holding up her own drawing. It was a bit of a mess, with what looked like Kero with his mouth full… or his small round yellow head just too big.

"It's from a dream…" Li said trailing off.

"Ohh?" Sakura wondered.

Suddenly the bell rang and they all packed up. The weekend was looming up before them and they were all tired and well ready for it. Li picked his bag up and looked up to see that Eli had already disappeared.

Sakura, Madison and Li were walking out of the school gates when Madison suddenly had an idea.

"Hey you guys, why don't you come to my house and we can have Sakura try on her new battle costume? I think you'll like it Li, it's based on your's, so that you can see that you 2 are a team," Madison said smiling. Li and Sakura nodded, Li blushing a little at the thought of he and Sakura being a team on the books.

About half an hour later, Madison smiled and took out her video camera as Sakura paraded around for her in a pink, blue and purple version of Li's costume, although definitely female. Li looked at himself in the mirror, marvelling at the repair job Madison had done on his robes, especially after one of the cards had ripped it up somewhat in places.

"You both look fantastic," Madison marvelled. Suddenly, both Sakura and Li felt something close by.

"What is it?" Madison asked, unable to sense anything.

"Clow Reed," they both answered her. Sakura and Li nodded to one another before they took off out the door, on their way to the park near where Sakura had captured the mirror card, Madison hot on their trail.

They ran into the clearing and stopped dead. Clow Reed was somewhere close. Sakura released her staff as Li did the same for his sword. Sakura took the Clow and Star cards in her hand and stood ready for anything. Anything but what happened next.

A rough wind pulled the cards from her hand and they began to fly around. The Star cards obediently flew back to circle around Sakura while the few untransformed Clow cards floated before her in a line. Suddenly, they all burst into life; leaving their cards and becoming like the free spirits they had been before. Fortunately, Sakura had transformed most of the cards, including the hard to capture spirits such as the return as soon as she had been able to. Change, fight, shot, snow, thunder and a few others shot out. Sakura remembered how she had caught these cards and how difficult it had been. Thinking fast she pulled out the loop card.

"Loop Card, release and dispel, keep all the card spirits from escaping!" Loop flew out and trapped the cards in the park, as it had done with a panicked Dash when Sakura had begun transforming the cards.

Li immediately pulled out an element card and attacked the thunder card, remembering that it was the first that he and Sakura had captured as a team.

"Sakura Seal it!" He yelled as the Raizu stood to attack again.

"Return to you're powers confined! Clow Card!" The thunder was pulled into a card, but it still wasn't a Star card yet.

"I call upon the powers of my star, ancient forces near and far, Thunder transfer all you might and draw your power from my light! Star Card!" Thunder floated to the ground, a star card, before floating up to surround Sakura like the rest of the star cards.

It had already begun to snow when the Thunder card was changed. But that was just the beginning. Sakura began the hard job of securing the other cards while the fight card suddenly confronted Li. She was not a happy spirit, having been beaten in the first place and then having never been used.

She attacked Li with a vengeance, like when she had fought with Melin. Li blocked a few punches before delivering a kick of his own.

"Element, wind!" He used the element card to blow fight away, but she used the force of the wind to ricocheted herself back at him. She delivered a punch to his jaw, breaking the bone and drawing blood. Li stumbled back, dropping his sword. Fight stopped for a second, before picking it up and using it against him, slashing across his chest so that he could only back away to keep from getting carved up completely. Fight brought the weapon down in an arc that collected his shoulder. Li called out in pain but he was too far from the others to hear. The snow was getting thicker now and visibility was nearing zero. The space created by the loop card was getting full!

Sakura, a fair way away from Li could see this as she carded what she thought was the second last card, the snow being the only one remaining. Or so she thought, because she had forgotten the fight card as Twin had acted as mirror and created another Li, but she had carded that only a moment ago. She thought Li was still behind her. She recalled loop and set on capturing Snow, calling Fly and Fiery to her aid.

Fight sensed the disappearance of Loop and redoubled her attack on Li, cutting him in many places, blood splashing on the ground only to be covered by snow seconds later. Then Li got a shot back, kicking Fight's wrist so that she dropped his sword, where it returned to a ball and tassel, which he thew back towards the park. He could call it to him later when Fight was recaptured. Fight shrugged and kicked him again. Li fell backwards onto the snow covered ground. Fight then brought her boot down on his chest, breaking ribs before pushing him away again. Fight certainly was an aggressive card… but that was, of course, her purpose after all. Li rolled across the snow to suddenly disappear, fallen over the side of the small cliff that Tori had fallen from during the Mirror cards' freedom. Fight sauntered up to the edge, looking down to see that her target was holding onto a low tree branch with all his might. Fight smirked and kicked his hand, breaking the hold he had with his good arm. Li cried out in pain as his left shoulder, the one that Fight had cut badly, took all his weight. Fight waved good bye to him as she prepared to finish him off. Her foot came down and Li fell, plummeting towards the snowy ground below.

He hit the bottom hard, the snow having only just started to fall in this part of the woods. The wind was knocked out of him and he lay on the ground for a few minutes. A few minutes later, it stopped snowing and Li called out for his friend and team member.

"Sakura!"

The fight card attacked Sakura as soon as she resealed the Snow. Sakura used the mirror card to put Fight against herself before sealing the card. Then it began to rain. Without waiting for the Fight card to float to her waiting hand, Sakura jumped up and grabbed it, calling to the shadowy figure behind her that she'd see him tomorrow at the park. The visibility in the rain was very poor and she thought that she'd been calling to Li. But she'd been calling to Eli, who stood alone near the trees, Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun hiding up in the trees, away from sight. Then Sakura and Madison ran to Sakura's house at top speed, rather than be completely soaked to the bone. Little did they know that Li was still out there.

AN: Well, what did you think? I know I know, it's a bit mean… like I said, it's just something I do with some of my favourite characters. And what better way to make Sakura admit what she feels and visa versa?

Besides, I'm not going to kill him… then again Sakura and the gang have to find him first. Read and Review… flame me if you must but be kind, this is my first CCS fan fic… although not my first fan fic. You should read some of the things I've put the younger Obi-Wan Kenobi through in some of my stories hee hee. And Harry Potter… but only if you want to of course.

Thanks again… if people like this I'll post the second chapter, if not, I won't bother and you'll never find out what happens! Muwa hahahaha (Evil laugh)

… ^_^''' Sorry bout that.

Amalthea