Disclaimer: I don't own CCS…I want to though…I only own the evil Takai…I don't want to own him though…anyone interested in owning him?
Creeping Danger
By Sakura Kinomoto
Chapter 1 New Danger
"The new Clow Card Mistress, beware! I'm coming to get my revenge! I will win and take all of those pathetic Clow Cards! I, Takai, will destroy you and all those you care about!"
Two people in different countries woke up at the same time in sweat.
Sakura breathed heavily, "What was that?" she thought. "Who is Takai? He's going to kill me? Hoe.."
Syaoran wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Someone's going to harm Sakura! I need to go back!"
Seeing that it's still early, the two tried to go back to sleep only to be waken up by the same dream.
"What does the dream meant?" they both thought.
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"Ohayo, Sakura-san," said Fujitaka Kinomoto.
"Ohayo, Otousan," said Sakura gloomily. Her eyes were red from the lack of sleep and her face was pale.
"You okay, kaijuu?" asked Touya.
"I'm okay. Just don't call me 'kaijuu'."
"Okay, kaijuu," chuckled Touya.
"Touya!" shouted Sakura.
"Whoa! I guess you are okay," laughed Touya.
Fujitaka sighed. "Can't you two just not have a fight one morning and just eat your breakfast peacefully?"
Sakura gave Touya a look and sat down to eat her breakfast. "I need to talk to Kero-san about that Takai, but he won't be awake this early," she thought and sighed.
Touya noticed her sigh and asked, "Now what?"
Sakura looked and saw Touya looking at her. "Huh? Oh, nothing. I just thought about something."
"Okay. Otousan, I'm going to school now."
"Onnisan! Wait for me!"
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Once Sakura got back home from school, she changed out of her uniform and into something casual. She took her Sakura Cards out along with the book and started her daily routine of looking through and talking to the cards. Kero was on the other side of the room playing video games.
Now and then, shouts of disappointment would be heard on Kero's side of the room, otherwise there was only Sakura 's voice whispering to the cards. All seemed peaceful until... "Hoe! Kero-san!"
"What?" The guardian beast was not happy about being interrupted.
"Come over here!"
The guardian beast flew over to Sakura slowly, upset at losing his game.
Sakura held the card 'Illusion'. "Look, Kero-san," exclaimed Sakura. "It's fading slowly."
Kero took one look and immediately flew towards the card. He closed his eyes and placed a paw on the card. Then his eyes opened in surprise. "Quick, Sakura-kun," he instructed. "Hold on to the card and try to feel for 'Illusion'. Help her fight against that force. It's trying to steal 'Illusion' from you!"
Sakura did what she was told. At first, it was hard, but she tried her best to concentrate and helped 'Illusion' in blocking that large force of power. Sakura felt the force suddenly disappears and she fell into a world of darkness.
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"Sakura! Sakura-kun!"
"Huh?" Sakura's eyes slowly fluttered opened. The first thing she saw was Kero's worried eyes. "What happened?"
"That's the first time you used your magic to protect a card, to fight off a dark force. That's why you felt weak and fainted. You okay now?"
Sakura sat up and rubbed her temple. "I'm okay. Just kind of dizzy."
Kero nodded. "You'll get use to it once you use your magic this way more. Hopefully though, you won't need to," he paused. "So Sakura-kun, you know who's trying to steal the cards?"
Sakura started to shake her head but then remembered her dream. "I think I do..."
"Dare? (Who?)"
"Someone from my dream...his name was ...Takai."
"Takai?" Kero looked slightly shocked.
"You know him?" asked Sakura.
Kero nodded slowly. "I remember him. He is a distant relative of Master Reed. He was a normal boy, slightly younger than Master with no magic powers. He had a normal name back then, Arnold Stevens. Arnold was jealous of Master's powers. When he got older, he went away to learn magic. No one knew who taught him, but when this Arnold came back, he became powerful, filled with dark magic. He changed his name to Takai meaning death." Kero paused, trying to remember more. "When he came back, Master has already created Yue and I, and we lived in Master's mansion all alone. It was peaceful for us...until he came..."
~~**Flashback**~~
Cerberus and Yue were lying on the roof of the mansion enjoying the shining sun. (A/N: Well...I don't think Yue will do that...maybe he's sitting on the roof thinking...) Clow Reed was sitting on a bench in the garden reading a book. All of a sudden, all three of them looked alert.
"Did you feel that?" Cerberus asked Yue.
Yue nodded. The two guardians flew down towards their master. "Master..." started Yue.
Clow Reed held up a hand. "I know. I felt it too. It's getting closer." That's when they noticed a person in the garden. Clow Reed raised his eyebrow as if surprised but he was calm as well as he spoke, "Arnold, we haven't seen each other in a long time. How are you?"
The person laughed, "I am no longer Arnold Stevens, Clow Reed. Arnold Stevens is dead and I am Takai, your destroyer."
Yue and Cerberus both knew what the name meant and shivered. (A/N: Do they actually shiver? I mean when have you seen Yue and Cerberus actually panic?) What kind of name is that? The two stood in front of Clow Reed, wanting to protect him.
Takai laughed again, "Clow Reed, are those two pathetic things your guardians? Get away you two. I want a battle with your master." He emphasized the word "master" as if he was taunting Clow Reed.
Clow Reed took one look at Takai and sat down on the grass. Takai saw and followed suit. They both closed their eyes and became silent.
The two guardians didn't say nor do anything for they knew the two were having a mind battle and shouldn't be interrupted. They stood there for so long. The battle went on and the two guardians became desperate. They had no idea how the battle is going on and who has more advantage. Suddenly they saw Takai's eyes open and he coughed out some blood. Clow Reed's eyes also opened slowly. He looked fine but tired.
Yue and Cerberus immediately knew that their master have won. They helped Clow Reed stand up while Takai stumbled back up. He stared at Clow Reed hatefully. "I will come back to get my revenge!" With that, he disappeared.
From then on, Clow Reed created a barrier around the mansion and Takai was never seen again.
~~**End of Flashback**~~
"I guess he's back for his revenge."
~~**End of Chapter 1**~~
Author's Note: I don't really like this chapter to tell the truth…I mean…it just didn't turn out the way I want it to be…it's just not as powerful as I thought it would be…Also I couldn't really grasp Kero's character…I mean was the Kero I wrote even close to the real Kero? I don't really think so…I still hope you guys would review and give me some comments!! Arigatou…!
