Hey! Another chappie! I was feeling kinda guilty about leaving you guys hanging. Arigatou to all of my wonderful reviewers. Here are the answers to a couple questions you guys asked me.

To AznStrawberry10: Sakura and Syaoran are both 16 years old in this story.

To Ecua Girl: No kind of card caused the buzzing. It's sort of like a premonition they get whenever a card is on the loose.

Anyway, arigatou again for the reviews, and gomen ne if I don't update for a while. One of my friends just died on Friday, May 30, and I probably have to go to his funeral. E-mail me if you want details, but it's kinda sad. (

Anyway, here it is. Chapter Two!

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The Girl Next Door - Chapter Two: The Capture - By: Moon Sunflower 89

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"Oh, no!" Sakura ran back into the doorway of the garage and ran up the stairs, leaving Syaoran behind to wonder about what kind of nuts his family was actually exposed to. Was this girl psycho?

A few minutes later, Syaoran felt the buzzing as well. A card! His conscience told him that the card was in Ratoko Park. He immediately jumped out of her garage as he heard her coming back down. He saw in her hand a yellow thing that slumped, and it looked particularly like a stuffed animal.

Syaoran's eyes narrowed when he noticed that she was running towards the park. He followed her to see what he was doing, but most importantly, to get the card. He heard screams up ahead and ran faster, surprised again when Sakura did the same.

Sakura gasped in horror as she reached the bare park. She could tell instantly it was the Erase Card. She grabbed her key necklace and shouted, "Wand!" It elongated into a wand that looked strangely like a bird's beak that had wings attached to it.

(Gomen ne, I do not know how she gets it from necklace to wand! ^.^)

Syaoran stood back in amazement as the girl in front of him began battling with the card. Erase's power had pushed her back against a remaining tree, but she stood once again. The stuffed animal that Syaoran had seen earlier was floating around and ordering instructions.

"Use Jump!"

"I'm trying!" She hit the card with her wand and instantly jumped over Erase's temporary figure. (Don't know about that, either.)

Syaoran stood and unsheathed his sword, activating it and trying to slash the card.

Sakura looked down in amazement. That little obnoxious brat that was at her door was a Card Captor? What a trip!

She jumped up once again and around to the back of the card, who was currently trying to erase Syaoran. "Seal!" She slammed her wand down on top of the card, sealing the figure inside. She collapsed to the ground, exhausted, and the card floated to the ground beside her. Kero swooped down and put it in her pack with the others.

"Y-you're a card captor?" Syaoran asked, eyes wide.

"Well, duh."

"H-how? Only Li's can be card captors. This isn't right! Kaa-san never told me that a young stupid girl could be a card captor!"

Sakura's face took on one of disbelief. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold it right there! I didn't choose to have Keroberos protect me and be a card captor!"

"KEROBEROS?! THE ANCIENT GUARDIAN?!"

Kero flew over and had a marshmallow in his hand. Where he got it, Sakura didn't want to know. "Hey!"

Syaoran looked on in shock, then began cackling like he wasn't going to stop. "AHAHAHHAHAHAAA! KEROBEROS! A STUFFED ANIMAL!!!"

Kero's face took on a rather perturbed look and he hit Syaoran upside the head with his tail. "Shut up, gaki!"

"Grrr . . ."

Sakura stepped in between the two. She smiled at Syaoran, causing him to blush. "Now, since we're both card captors, why don't we team up. It would be cool to capture cards together." She extended her hand nicely and waited for him to take it.\

He didn't, however. "Whoever said I would WANT to work with you? You probably don't even have any skills or know what to do as a card captor. Like I would want to." He walked off, hands in pockets.

Sakura dropped her hand and gazed after him fiercely. If he was going to be a jerk . . . so could she.

She rubbed her hands together and cackled evilly. "Let the games begin . . ."

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"Why didn't you tell me that that airhead over there was a card captor?" Syaroan was standing in front of his mom, waving his arms around frantically.

Yelan sweatdropped. "I honestly didn't know, Syaoran. Maybe-"

"Let's cancel the dinner tomorrow!" Syaoran's face lit up like a Christmas tree.

"No."

"But, kaa-san-"

"NO!"

Syaoran sighed in defeat and trudged up to his room. That Sakura girl was pretty. Whoa! What are you thinking? He opened his door and slammed it, flopping down on his bed. She would pay for capturing that card . . .

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ARGHH! I know, I know! I bet you know what's going to happen next! If you don't, *hits herself*

My fingies hurt, so I'm off to go printer-crazy and read ff.net stories. Mwahahahahaha. Until next time, friends!

JA NE! (