Cardcaptor Sakura
Disclaimer: Hiyuuuuu!! Don't own! Don't own! Not even Megumi-san's (Eternal Legend) Dream Saga Takamagahara!
A.N.- Nothing much to report except to say that I'm still sorry for what happened between the review option and the review box! Now anyone can review without having to log on their account and this applies for the non-authors out there!! I hate flames myself even though i really had no clue as to what they are...... Kero-chan! Get away from the computer screen!!!! (stuffed animal clinging himself to the screen with his tail facing me)
K-chan: why? (baka)
Tomogirl: I can't see duh!!
K-chan: why?
Tomogirl: You're in my way!! -_-
K-chan: why?
Tomogirl: (getting some kind of idea) why?
K-chan: why?
Tomogirl: why?
Unknown: Would u please stop imitating that commercial with the 'whys'!! It's getting irritating!!!
Tomogirl: U again! Just exactly who are you?
K-chan: ?
Unknown: Just call me 'Unknown' ^_^
Tomogirl: (sweatdrop) riiiiiiighhhhhht…. I think we're not alone anymore stuffed animal…
Unknown: I AM UNKNOWN SO UR STILL ALONE!! (opens up out of nowhere an out dated iBook and starts typing)
Tomogirl + Kero-chan: (sweat drop and look at each other)
(turn our heads to the 'unknown' stranger and scream): WHY!?
Oh, here are the ppl who were kindly nuff to review:
-Eternal Haven-again....!! ^_^ thnx.... I'm betting it does get interesting...... Try to write a chpt. story in the CCS category as an encouragement from me!!
- ~Sweet Angel Sakura~-even tho i don't get lotsa reviews, u understand my pt. from the e.mail i send u, ne? I'm happy for what i do!! Become an author and hopefully i can review ur stories!!
-Ina-chan--yep, a twist! I notice someone else made a fic base on after the 2nd movie....but thatz completely different so i shouldn't worry bout that.... Yeah! I'll keep reading alright and so do u (as for other ficz)! Keep writing urself!! 0_^ Ur debates on the Forum is interesting.....
Sakura, Syaoran, and the Fantasy Dream
Part 1
She paddled up the stairs, vaunting two steps at a time, 'Why did otou-san give me such an easy task?'. She bounced up to the door of an apartment and rang the bell.
"Matte!! I'm coming!!", came a voice from within the door. Sakura waited patiently and heard the person shifting towards the door. She felt a brief pause before the knob clicked and a creak sounded. "Kinomoto-san, what a pleasant surprise! Come in!!", the voice leaked out from an elderly man in brown overalls, messy white gray hair, and chubby cheeks. Sakura bowed and made her way inside the man's apartment. Once she made her way to his living room, her body made a big impact with the couch. "So how's your day in school?", the man asked as he walked towards the kitchen.
"Doing okay except I don't think Miyako-sensei was happy of me being absent from school the other day though", she shivered with yesterday's events repeating over and over. Her father kept on asking Touya about what happened but the only response he could get is, " kaijuu". Fujitaka was even more shocked with the appearance of Aiji. That startled Sakura a bit, 'Why was otou-san giving her a strange look? He should've been a bit happy at least to know that a girl without a home can now have one under his own roof'. She was able to get a long rest and being away from school wasn't that bad. Kero-chan was in deep concern and floated five times an hour to check if she was still breathing. Sakura sweat dropped at this, 'I have probably the most paranoid family in all of Japan! And onii-chan….', her thoughts flew into the scenes of yesterday.
Flashback
"I just need to use the bathroom!!", Sakura shouted as she ran past Touya and tried to beat him to the door. "I'm not going to let you go there alone!", Touya protested as he spread up his arms and legs to block the door fully. "Ho-eee!!", Sakura's hands in fists went right to her mouth as her brother's obnoxious stare was getting near the point of her fear in ghosts, "Onii-chan!! You're scaring me!!!". Touya's head faced toward the floor before he faced squarely at Sakura's face, "I'm not letting you get hurt again!!".
"But it's a bathroom!! Nothing can harm me there right Aiji-chan?", Sakura turned to her side to see the little girl now dressed in Sakura's old clothing (a pink bunny sweatshirt and green/white striped skirt*^_^get it?) was standing against the wall watching. Her eyes beamed and smiled as she nodded her head, "Hime, whatever you think!".
"See, she agrees!!", Sakura made the 'HA' face and stood proudly with arms at hips but quietly mumbled to herself, "I can't seem to get Aiji to stop saying 'hime' and call me by my name!!". Touya sighed. He had to make that girl keep quiet of any evidence of the past or else the plan would be ruined. The only thing that she's allowed to do is call his 'sister' by her title. "Alright fine! Since there's no other explanation, you may go!!!", Touya finally gave up and shoved himself left of the b.r.'s door. Sakura mentally questioned her brother's change in attitude. Sure, he must have been freaked by this morning's incident but he didn't have to carry his protection that far. All day long, other than Kero, he's been popping his head into her room that seemed like every other ten minutes.
'What did he do to himself? Send some kind of mentally message into that stuff headed brain of his stating he must become a bodyguard of his 'kaijuu' at no costs!'. Sakura thinks as she placed her hand up into a high five position and stations it as if saying 'bye' while walking into the bathroom. Few minutes later, she walks out of the doorway only to slam into the maroon shirt of her brother. "Nani?", Sakura looked up. Touya grunted and placed his left hand behind her back. He then began to push her toward her room. "Nii-chaaan!!! Stop it!! I know where to go!!!", Sakura glared and stamped her foot onto Touya's, "I'm not some kind of stranger who ended up in this house who only need to use the bathroom!!". She was fuming and her brother knew it from the start. He recovered from being stepped on in order to shrug before clasping onto her room's door knob, "Get some rest then tell me what's been bugging you..........Sakura", he gave her a grin and shut the door.
She stood there as long as she could hold. Her knees gave way and sank to the floor. "Sakura", Kero came floating by, "what's the matter?".
"Nothing", she glanced upwards at her guardian plastering a fake smile on her face, "Did Tomoyo-chan call or anything?".
"Not that I know of!", Kero placed a paw to his mouth before his eyes arched upwards in an 'urk', "I paused Final Fantasy!!!!", he quickly flew back to the Playstation and pressed the 'start' button. Sakura sweat dropped watching the stuffed animal cast a spell by one of the characters. "C'mon die already!!!!!!! No!! He still has 23/1126 of life left!!!! ARRRGGGHHHH!!!!", he screamed. Her eyes widened, "Kero-chan! Everyone can hear you!!".
"Good, the better I shout, the better I beat that witch!!!", the punches of buttons were getting louder by the minute. Sakura looked from Kero to door to Kero to door many times. The thumps of footsteps could be heard just outside her door. Kero dropped his controller and zoomed behind Sakura. It went wide open and standing there was Tomoyo with a fruit basket. Behind her was Touya and Aiji with opposite expressions. "Tomoyo-chan!! Shouldn't you be in school?", Sakura ran right up to her best friend and looked at the basket. Tomoyo smiled ^_^ as usual and placed the basket onto the floor, "It's mostly for you Sakura-chan after what I heard that you were beaten pretty badly by a demon".
"Are you sure you aren't hearing things like a monster took rampage on me or something?", Sakura asked nervously. Tomoyo looked puzzled before she returned to her smile, "It's well known Sakura-chan that those demons are out!". She picked up the basket and held it up to Sakura's face, "Meiling-chan and I went shopping at the Tokyo crossroads yesterday and bundled up enough yen to buy not just this but also", she pulled out a book from her bag, "THIS!!".
"A tankoubon?", Sakura took the basket first before grabbing the manga from Tomoyo, "Sugoi! It's by Tachikawa Megumi....... Mugen Densetsu Dream Saga Takamagahara!! I couldn't get my hands, throughout the months, on any recent Nakayoshi so I had no idea this story got out!! Arigato!!!".
"That's going to be coming out on next Tuesday...but I was able to obtain it in V.I.P. with Saito herself", Tomoyo proudly made her friend face fault. "Tomoyo-chan", Sakura stood up quickly with a sweat drop, "you both went through all that trouble just for my sake but you didn't have to do it", ending with a bow. Tomoyo did her 'oh hohoho' before turning around to smile at the two people who were watching the entire time, "I have to go now!! It's soon going to be end of lunch period. Oh, there's new gossip going around school too that you should know of!!", she turned her attention back to Sakura. "And what's that?", Sakura questioned while her eyes bobbed toward Touya's serious face and then Aiji's curious feature. "A boy from class A is really kawaii!!", Tomoyo clasped her hands together.
"So? What's so special about that?".
"I really have no idea.......but they say he's strange and distant just like Li-kun!!".
"That formed a rumor?".
"Guess..... he's the only kid, beside Li-kun, in our school who didn't want to look out the window to see the strange light", her eyes went twinkling and held up a camcorder to view in Sakura, "Are you gonna tell us about what happened earlier today, Sakura-chan, since I can't believe I missed out on all the action!! I heard from Meiling-chan that Li-kun was with you?". she began to inch forward toward the brown haired girl who stepped back and fell onto her bed. She didn't notice though that something was under her. "Ho-ee!! Can I tell you later?", sweat drops poured as Sakura, blushing madly, felt herself leaning back from Tomoyo's camera moving a few inches more, "You were about to go to school Tomoyo-chan!!".
"Ah, that's right......leave you less pressure since you are the star!", Tomoyo moved her left arm to touch her forehead as she swooned slightly in her dramatic pose, "And I shall captivate every moment of Sakura-chan's exorcist of a demon!!".
"I'm not an exorcist!!!!", Sakura made an instant reply back, "Those are not demons!!".
"Then what are they?", Tomoyo walked back toward the door. "They...are....", she couldn't say anything afterwards and lowered her head. Tomoyo nodded indicating she understood, "Ja ne tomorrow then...", and she left downstairs with Touya assisting her to the door. "Bye!!", Sakura shouted and looked back up to see Aiji standing by her doorway just staring right at her. "Something wrong Aiji-chan?".
"Nothing's bothering me yet Hime but I can't seem to get it out of my mind that I've seen her before...".
"Oh not Tomoyo-chan too!!!", Sakura cried out as she flounced out of her bed.
"THANK YOU!!", screamed a voice drowning out Sakura's, "VERY MUCH!!!!!!".
"Ho-eeeee! Kero-chan, I didn't see you!!", she watched the guardian with circling dizzy eyes and a white "x" mark on his tail (**you know what I mean don't u?) rise up from his lying spot on the bed. He wobbled in the air toward the Playstation. Sakura gazed back to the doorway only to see Ajii gone. She was about to fall back onto the bed when she realized someone was already on it. "Aiji-chan!! How did you---?".
"Gomen! I just don't want to be alone since I have nothing else to do!", Aiji was in a curled position but once she realized who she was talking to, she got off her position and bowed with her head touching the bed. "Stop! Please get up!! And don't call me Hime!!".
"But if I don't, then what would mama say?".
"Your mother, I'm sure won't mind if you call me by my real name....", Sakura felt sorry for her. Sure, she was older than her but still has a mind of a very young kid who lost her mother at that time. "Can I still call you Hime?", Aiji placed both hands onto the bed. Sakura blinked, "U.....". Her hair began to go up. "ONEGAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!?". Aiji grabbed a hold of Sakura's arm.
"What's all the fuss?", Touya poked his head in, "Is she bothering you?".
"Everything's fine onii-chan!!", she panicked thinking about Kero. Touya's head caught sight even before she could turn her own head toward the stuffed game playing animal (**K-chan: I resent that! Tomogirl: Good). "Uh, is this one of your tricks Sakura?", he pointed toward Kero lying on the floor face up. "No onii-chan!! I SAID NOTHING!!".
"Alright......I'll leave..... Dad said he'll be home late so I'm not leaving for the university till he comes back," he scratched his head and headed for his room. Everything seemed to freeze in motion and time before the sounds of an energetic Aiji, button punching Kero, and a ho-eeing Sakura was all that was left of a big chaotic afternoon. Flashback End
"You never liked your teacher do you?", the jiji inquired as he came out with a tray of honey milk. Sakura nodded which made the jiji's eyebrow go up, "Un, Miyako-sensei may be strict on me but I don't hate him for that", she smiled, "He's just having a rough time". The jiji handed her the tray and she grabbed her offer with an arigato. "Well, lets get down to business," he stated snatching out a folder that lay on the table next to the couch, "Let me get this straight...your father wanted fifty of these sheets copied and laminated plus the added three hole on each of them?".
"Hai!", Sakura couldn't say more while sipping the last few drops (**she drinks fast, ne?) of her milk. "Then, that's all there's to it!", he gave her the folder as she placed the mug down, "That wasn't too bad was it? Did I keep you here in boredom?", the jiji teased her as she got to her shoes. "Iie, thanks for the drink".
"No problem but if your father ever wounds up in this area, call me and I'll sock him for good! He keeps on asking me to do all these favors for his classes", the jiji chuckled opening the door. They both bowed at each other before Sakura ran down the stairs. The jiji watched her figure go around the wall before he quietly shut the door.
"Hai.....".
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"Meiling!! Slow down or you're going to break my arm!!", Syaoran tried to slip or even yank out of his cousin's grasp. They were running in the direction of a meeting place that all three (excluding Syaoran) agreed upon to discuss of the enemy. "Not until you apologize for leaving Sakura yesterday!", she glanced back at him with a sharp glare. "No way!! That baka deserved it! Her foolishness for getting involved with the cards vs. minions was the effect", Syaoran made a small smirk but scowling as ever. Meiling sighed but was thankful enough to know that Syaoran doesn't hunt Sakura down for her cards anymore now that he knows something about his past. The only thing that bugged her now was that , Syaoran just keeps glaring at Sakura while Sakura could only blush and shrink back like a mouse. It was horrendous enough to make her slap him for his sense.
"Xiao Lang, one day I'm going to wake you up and make sure you kiss her!!", Meiling snapped at the boy who once cared for the whole world being. Now, it's just himself he thinks for. "Do I care?", he stated flatly. They were about to reach their rendezvous when Meiling accidentally turned her head to respond harshly to Syaoran and bashed into someone who was walking from their right hand side. Both Lis fell to the sidewalk. "Oh!! You guys? Daijoubu?", the voice of Yukito floated upon them. Meiling glanced up and smiled, "I'm fine....thanks but I don't know if my cousin can survive such a fall," she added in a sarcastic way turning her head. What she saw didn't register quite clearly. Syaoran was staring at Yukito like a red light bulb never blinking! "Xiao Lang?", Meiling asked with puzzlement. No response. "Xiao Lang!!", she called out but no response once again. It seemed his world was drone out or something.
"Is he alright?", Yukito himself began to get worried, "If I actually made a big impa----".
"No, it's alright!!", Meiling protested quickly, "Everything was on me........", she glared at her cousin before she swatted his back and screeched, "XIAO LANG!! YOU THERE!?". That got him and he jolted to reality. "Eh?", Syaoran gazed out and turned tomato when he saw Yukito. He bowed which made Meiling's eyes go big, "Go-gomen!!".
"Xiao Lang, we're gonna be laaaaate!!", she pulled his arm and on they went. Syaoran peered back to where Yukito was. The white haired boy smiled and waved. The chestnust auburn boy blushed. The black haired girl only puffed but didn't see that her cousin was looking back. It may have seemed practically weird if time did stop here and passerbys were able to see what's going on.
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"They're late.....", Tomoyo wondered with her smile. Sakura nodded but got real nervous at the thought of someone special. They were both at an outside cafe thinking that was the best place for not just the meeting but also, no one knows them at all around this area. "Oh, have you read the manga yet?", Tomoyo noticed that Sakura had the book sticking outside of her mini bag with wings (**the one she got, I think for her valentine's gift that her otou-san gave back in the manga). "Iie, haven't got the chance because of......", her thought faded and she shook her head. Tomoyo wanted to press on hoping to know, "Li-kun?". Sakura chocked but didn't say anything. "It's okay, you can tell me....".
"It's kind of Syaoran-kun", Sakura immediately responded as if she was actually talking to herself, "but his heart....I felt it was different and now everything else is different as well! Onii-chan starts calling me by my name, a girl minion calls me...'Hime' and otou-san acts very strange around her, and also the fact that onii-chan has a sword which he claims that he has none!!", she grabbed both of her shoulders and rocks slowly back and forth in her chair with her eyes staring at the ground. "Sakura-chan!! Snap out of it!", Tomoyo ran up to her friend about to shake her when another arm reached out to touch Sakura's shoulder. Sakura looked up to see her brother's face. Tomoyo placed a hand over her mouth but was subsequently quieted by Touya's, "shh".
"Sakura, listen to me and tell me whatever you just said will be forgiven in time", Touya's eyes looked down sadly, "They are watching so don't worry. Everything's going to be fine in the end", he turned to look out the street narrowing his eyes before heading back into the cafe building, which surprisingly he's having a temporary part time job here. Sakura watched along with Tomoyo at his fading form with shock in both of their eyes.
"Sakura-chan, did you get what Touya-san just said?", Tomoyo spoke uneasily. Her companion was too shaken up and could only shake her head. "It's as if he knows what we're really up to and he knows the outcome just like Hiiragizawa-kun (**in reference to the manga with Clow always having to appear on the third page of every Sakura Card #7-12 book with the saying)", Tomoyo pressed the pause button of the camcorder, that lay on her lap, which she held ever since they got to the cafe. She replayed it and looked up, "What does he mean by 'they'?".
"I have no clue", Sakura softly said as she took out the manga and ripped the plastic covering that protected it. She took a quick look at the mini advertisement strip of paper that came along with the plastic cover. "I wonder if Kero-chan would be interested because he practically read my present collection of Angelic Layer!!", Sakura flipped the book so its back faced her and began reading the tiny bit of summary, "A girl (Watasa Yuuki) receives the magic stone, magatama, which allows her to travel to another world, Takamagahara, where a boy she likes from the real world, Nakatukuni, doesn't remember her....Then she must become the Legendary Girl and save both worlds from..". Her heart skipped at the word 'remember'. Why did it have to effect her so much? It was just a manga story. She flipped it open and started to read the first few pages.
"Moiiii!! Gomen!!", shouted Meiling's voice coming far behind Sakura, "Xiao Lang didn't want to participate at all and that ended us up bumping into Yukito......", she grunted. Syaoran, whose school uniform's sleeve looked like it was about to be sown apart, glared at her before glaring at the brown haired girl. Sakura didn't seem to take any notice for she was hooked on the manga. Tomoyo made a small giggle at this and smiled at the two arrivals, "So take your seats and let's get started".
"Yes, lets!!", Kero's voice was the next arrival popping out from Sakura's bag. "Kero-chan, I thought you were taking a long nap and to not be disturbed until we are half way into the meeting", Tomoyo put her index finger to her lips. "Not until I know that the Chinese gaki won't do anything to Sakura!!", he crossed his arms and stare glare at Syaoran. The gaki wasted no time glaring right back at Kero, "So you must be Cerberus. Funny, didn't think I'll meet you in that pathetic stuffed animal form...", Syaoran's scowl grew bigger and bigger. By this time, Sakura snapped out of her manga reading and gave a beady eye look at the glaring pair. Meiling shook her head while Tomoyo watched with concern. Sweat drops appeared all over the girls' heads. "Who says I'm a pathetic stuffed animal?", Kero bashed his small head upon Syaoran's with all the force he could take. "Who says I'm a gaki?", Syaoran pushed forward with his head. "You guys!! Quiet or people can see you!!", Sakura tried her best to calm both of them down but her cries didn't reach that forcefully.
Syaoran grabbed Kero with a squeeze and they began to do their fighting once more. "Pathetic stuffed animal!!".
"He's not a stuffed animal Syao....I mean Li-kun!!", Sakura blushed at her mistake and of course, Syaoran.
"Noroi baka Chinese gaki!!".
"Watch your tongue Kero-chan!!", Sakura scolded. She couldn't take it anymore and the only thing else she could ever do was jump between them. Meiling looked around her with fear as people were watching the whole entire thing. She tapped Tomoyo on the shoulder who nodded knowing what to do. As Tomoyo got up, Meiling faced the people with a smile. Even some of the cafe workers were staring at the boy and the doll talking to each other by magic. When both girls, a.k.a. cupids in secret, were smiling. "Ladies and gentlemen, we are sorry to disrupt any convenience but our show had to be rehearsed here!".
"What show may that be?", asked one customer from a nearby table. "If you can't figure it out, I suggest you take a special close up look", Tomoyo followed suit of Meiling's plan, "We are conducting a stuffed animal mahou show!". Attention. That's all that took to get from Kero and Syaoran. Sakura just went, "ho-e!", sweat dropping at all the peoples' stare. When everything was silent, a clap could be heard from a table located far away and soon another table congested of kids were clapping real hard. Roars of echoes filled the air which got the cafe's manager out. He was clapping as he headed toward their table. Syaoran stepped back in reaction to the manager coming forgetting that the stuffed animal was in his grasp. "That was pure magic!", the manager marveled that they didn't even use any equipment.
"Ah, arigato!", the two girls bowed and looked toward their friends. Sakura didn't quite get what they were doing at first but then hesitantly bowed with her face turning a slight pink. Syaoran just turned to look at his side avoiding any attention from the costumers. He couldn't bear it much longer even if the stuffed animal was squirming.
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"So far, their meeting made no progress", the figure in blue said to his partner who giggled and clapped, "I think they were fun don't ya think?". The blue figure sighed, "It apparently was taking lots of time and to wait for the return of 'his' memory is getting rather impatient".
"Hey! He's still a kid no matter how mature and stubborn he can be but it's sad for his aijou to be hurt by what 'he' does".
"Nakama, we got work to do!", he fell gracefully from their hiding position which was a Sakura tree. "Aiieee....I'm scared!!", the girl figure, whose orange clothing features were turning visible, began to cling to a branch and petals began to flutter all around them. The figure who was down below sweat dropped, sighed, and opened up his arms to catch her. The girl counted to three before letting go of her branch. The blue figure was about to criticize on her lack of martial practice but couldn't even say one word as the girl was falling head first onto him. They both tumbled to the sidewalk. The girl sitting on top of the blue figure's stomach looked around dazed. She wobbly got up and walked over to the tree dusting off her clothing. Her head looked back at the blue figure with an amused look, "Need help?".
"Un", the figure sprawled on the ground got out his arms and placed them gently beneath him, "don't think so anymore", he flew while standing upwards (**think Matrix) with his feet stuck onto the ground. "I still don't get how you do that", the girl figure looked from the ground to the blue figure several times and shrugged it off, "I'll get it soon". She didn't know her companion was holding his right palm facing her, "I felt something", he quietly spoke, "earlier and now".
"What?", the girl watched her partner's gaze toward the cafe which was parallel from them but on an angle. Both of them realized that someone else was watching them. "It's that person again...", the girl thought out loud. The blue figure shook his head lightly, "That's not just a person, a Chigiri Musha but also a different one". The girl gasped, "Another one already?".
"Hopefully".
"Yatta!! We're running ahead!".
"Not yet".
"?", she looked at him.
"Ainu's going to interfere today".
"!", her mouth opened a bit.
"They're going to surpass", the figure started to walk along the sidewalk they were on, "The Musha of the Tsukaikago is going to get help".
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"Ho-eee...", Sakura repeated her terms of 'eeek' of the day. Did her brother even see what just happened? He could still be laughing at how her embarrassment made her face look like a strawberry. Then again, ever since his somber mood behavior took over, it's hard to actually imagine him laughing. 'Onii-chan, you better tell me you're laughing to this or I'm going to be the one calling you a kaijuu from now on', Sakura glowered at the cafe building and turned around to suck on her cream soda (**I'm taking the cream soda out of the episode where the CCS gang are at the world's largest indoor pool xcept no Eriol here). "It's a good thing no one bugged us asking how we did it", Meiling gripped her long straw in her own cream soda, "and the manager gave us free drinks in a good disguise mode from our real purpose of being here", she grinned.
"Hai! Hai!", Sakura genkiness got better of her and she ^_^ sucked in more of her cream. This was apparently her second drink of the day but she didn't mind at all. "But where did Li-kun go?", Tomoyo whipped her camera from Syaoran's empty seat to all around the cafe area, "He took Kero-chan with him".
"My Xiao Lang-baka cousin better be around here or else we'll loose him forever", Meiling said in an annoyed tone. She couldn't stand Syaoran much anymore if he was just a shell of his old self. Suddenly, something came to her, "Hey, can I stay over one of your houses for now?", Meiling hit her idea with a pleading look, "If I stay in that dreadful apartment of his for another night, I'm going to go bald and throw myself over the balcony!!".
Sakura sweat 3 drops as she gazed from Tomoyo back to Meiling, "I got Aiji already but I'm sure otou-san doesn't mind. Kero-chan doesn't look like he hates you anymore either and onii-chan's much nicer now", she tried to reassure her friend the best she can. "You can stay with me!", Tomoyo smiled, "Okaa-sama (Mother) is more in peace then ever....even around Fujitaka-san".
"Really?", Sakura's eyes opened wide.
"Just kidding!", Tomoyo closed her own eyes which Sakura face faulted at her naivety, "You know that okaa-sama is still angry at your father Sakura-chan!! It's just mama seems to be happier with herself".
"Right...", Sakura's eyes shifted to see something odd among the customers. An old lady, in a yellow yukata, was looking at her in some kind of a glare. "Wha-what?", Sakura's hairs stick up and sweat dropped a huge one, "You guys see her?". Tomoyo and Meiling looked at Sakura's gaze to follow up to the baba who only turned to her own party upon the table she sat at. The two girls exchanged glances and was about to sip their drinks as if it was nothing while Sakura's dotted eyes returned. Tomoyo was the only one who shrieked, "Sakura-chan!! The manga I got you is gone!".
"Nani?", Sakura realized her eyes on the book has been missing for quite some time ever since the gaki vs. the stuffed animal round, "I left it in front of my cream soda with a saved spot!!", Sakura glanced at Tomoyo with water running down her cheeks T_T, "I'm so sorry Tomoyo-chan! It took you effort which ended in my irresponsible manner in handling your presents. I'll buy you something, how bout that?".
"Sakura-chan, don't fret yet! It's only a tankoubon and it's not even your fault!", Tomoyo smiled patting her friend's head. "Iie.....it was worth partially my heart", Sakura looked sorrowfully down, "and good advice".
"Good advice?", Meiling questioned quietly to herself. She watch Sakura's sad little mood before shaking her head out of an idea, "Minna! We have to discuss! That's our original plan right? Not to worry about a manga but the enemy itself!!".
"She's right........we gotta start now!", Sakura looked up and smiled at her friends, "where would we be without a meeting?".
"Even if Xiao Lang wasn't here. He doesn't care anyway!!", Meiling proudly announced which made Sakura's heart go 'zing', "What's wrong?". Meiling watch Sakura's face flush, "It's nothing!".
"Sakura-chan! Once we get back Syaoran's memories, I'm sure the enemy would be defeated in a snap and a flash".
"Don't forget, in a bolt of lighting and soon!", Meiling grinned after Tomoyo's remark. "You guys onegai.....it's not funny!!", Sakura was blushing madly. "Sakura, we're teasing but it's a point.....there should be a way to get back my cousin's memories. Some way......", Meiling looked to her right. Tomoyo giggled while Sakura placed her head on the table, "The enemy as we all know is coming almost everyday so we better keep our eyes open".
"Aiji-chan told me that they are called the ikko demons.......in other words the minions of Osanagokoro who's presently known as Kuroji Ainu", Sakura automatically spoke.
Meiling sweat dropped as Tomoyo filmed, "Slow down!".
"Gomen nasai......I can't stop to think about it", the 'Cherry Blossom' lifted up her head, "It's becoming some kind of eerie routine: wake up, fight demon, and enjoy the rest of your day!".
"Just tell us everything...", Meiling leaned in with her pointer finger in the air, "These 'fragment' demons, what do they cost here? Right now, we must be facing something more serious than the cards themselves".
"Can I explain?", Sakura pushed away her cream soda and leaned in just like Meiling. Tomoyo smiled and zoomed in on their conversation, "Oh hohoho! We're down to business!".
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He was running. Didn't matter which way as long as there's some kind of opening. "That thief!! He's the rumored #13!!! Don't let him get out of our village!!", voices were behind him. 'Heh! See if you can!!', he grimaced while clutching something in his arms. "Hey Boss!! Over here!!", shouted a familiar voice to his ears. He jumped over a large wall and was greeted by several men. "Did you get it?", one of the men asked excitedly. "Yep, lets go!", he shouted and off they went into a forest that was up ahead. As soon as they were through the first set of trees, They were running thru so fast that it seemed like they were just blurs of motion. Soon, they reached their base which was a small little straw building that they took over a week ago. He was the last to go into the building but somehow the door closed before his face and he ended up banging into it.
"Yo gaki!! Wake up! Why'd you slam into that wall?", a cute voice and the feeling of air flowing near his cheek made his eyes and mouth open with a gasp, "What?", he placed his hand upon his forehead trying to recall as to why he's there in the first place. "If ya got double amnesia, I'm the one who's gonna be cheering!", the cute voice kept on babbling. The boy on the ground slowly tried to stand on his own two feet by putting his left hand on support of the cement wall. He pushed himself up and was standing in one minute flat. "Woah, take it easy gaki! I don't want you to get that extremely hurt by your crash. You sure you're ok?", Kero fluttered around his head before floating in front of his face examining its condition.
Syaoran blinked before rubbing his bump that he received in impact from the wall, "What happened?".
"Gee, you can't even recall that!!? That does it! You must have double amnesia!", Kero crossed his arms with a smirk. "Huh? Strange...", Syaoran was now rubbing his eyes with his sleeve, "I was in some kind of forest but I still don't remember what it was".
"Hm? We were all greeted by those cheers at the cafe when suddenly, I saw you pick up Sakura's manga and shoot out of the place like some kind of gaki warfare bullet! I was able to squeeze out of your grasp but you held that book like some kind of treasure. You jumped over that fence", Kero pointed out to the tall metal wired object, that sits vertically, a yard away from them, "in the form of a gymnastic runner over a hurtle. Then you kept on running but soon stopped right here, faced that wall like an idiot, and try to crash into it as if it was a door!", Kero grinned. He couldn't stop laughing inside.
Syaoran froze at Kero's words. 'Door.....a door.....', he stared at the flying stuffed animal, "We're in an alley aren't we?".
"........YEAH!!", Kero roared at Syaoran's clueless mind. He enlarged his wicked grin (**K-chan: U gave me a wicked grin? Tomogirl: What else could I use? Puppy smile? K-chan: Gah!) and floated up toward the sky just to reach the top of the two buildings that they were between, "We're not that far from the cafe. In fact, I can see it from here!", he floated back down, "I haven't even gotten the chance to try out their cream soda all because of YOU!!", he glared at Syaoran who was bending down as if he didn't even hear Kero at all. Kero gave a big sweat drop, "What is it you're getting?".
"Something......that book....", Syaoran muttered out those few words as he grabbed the manga, which he dropped when he crashed, and rose back to position. He flipped open to the second page where the story starts and began to actually read it. Kero realized this at once and veins popped up all over, "OSARO (hello)!!! Anyone inside that head of yours?! We need to go back!!", he tried hard enough to scream to the boy. Syaoran, still at the book, moved indicating he's walking toward the alley's entrance with Kero floating in front of him. The stuffed animal turned around to make sure he was following which awed him a bit. The boy should have been complaining and stare glaring with him by this time but it seems, Syaoran looks more obedient than he looks.
"Great, I think that wall must have did something to him. The gaki is so ungaki like that it still aggravates me", Kero gritted showing his pointy teeth. He flew up toward the top of the buildings for the sake of no one else thinking he's some kind of mystical mahou stuffed animal and followed where the sidewalk would take them to the cafe. The most daring thing he could do is fly over streets when there's cars (**That's for the sake of drivers not to see him otherwise they get into accidents anyways! K-chan: Laugh all u want....I find that too lame). "Unfortunately, he must not have a head anyways....", Kero peered over his left to make sure Syaoran was there but what he saw pulled his little body down to the ground. He instantly flew to a nearby tree making sure his eyesight was intact and correct. Syaoran was gone.
"The gaki...?", he saw something in the alley that was facing the tree he was in. A blackened hooded cloaked figure was walking towards the inner part of the alley. Kero, unwilling to back track his steps to find the boy, flew like a speeding dart that directly hit the figure on the back of his head, "Kora!", the figure paused and swirled his body. Nothing was following him. The figure stared speechless before continuing his journey. Kero watched silently in the shadows next to a garbage crate. He recognized the symbol on the figure's dark purple cape. Something wasn't right though. Things were getting more complicated than he could ever think. He got the feeling that 'spy' and 'follow' was the biggest elements that partake in all of the demon commotion and his mistress was the center of it all. 'Like a whole solar system gathering around the sun waiting for some kind of big bang to happen', Kero shoo that thought aside.
Getting the gaki was more important than the figure of the alley. The stuffed animal sling his body out toward the sky, 'That gaki is gonna be dead when I find him!!'. The figure stopped again. He looked up to see the flying guardian vanish over the rim of buildings and gave a smile, "Cerberus, it's been years....".
Syaoran's eyes were in some kind of a trance as he stared at the book. He practically read it over five times ignoring the fact that he can't even read Japanese/Kanji characters that well. "Syaoran-sama (**I like how Wei says 'Shaoran-sama' in the anime but o well...i stick well with Syaoran's name)! Welcome back!", Wei (**Ordered by Yelan to watch Syaoran and Meiling in Japan once again) opened the door immediately when he saw who kept on ranging the bell for some time. The boy stepped in taking no acknowledgement that his butler/house keeper/guardian was actually there. He headed toward his room with eyes set dead on the manga. Wei looked on with question marks, 'Didn't Meiling say that she and Syaoran had an important meeting to go to which takes the entire day?', he looked at the clock, 'and where is Meiling herself?', Wei heard a door slam and sighed taking off his glasses (**maybe for the first time in CCS anime history o_0), "That boy shall learn his destiny the hard way even if it takes a little temper to do so".
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"Well? That's it?", Meiling yawned. Sakura tiredly bobbed her head and turned to see Tomoyo still filming. She sweat dropped, "Tomoyo-chan! Put that thing down! I don't want you to get tired....", she couldn't believe her best friend held up that long. "It's ok Sakura-chan", Tomoyo gave her a hearty smile, "I don't want to miss out on Sakura's kawaiiness again!". Sakura and Meiling face faulted. "I think this meeting gotta be called off or we're all going to stay at the cafe for the night".
"Meiling-chan, that's the only option we got!", Sakura nearly cried. Tomoyo looked at her watch not taking the camera off her eyes, "It's near six. We should head back to the Tomoeda district now".
"Hai! Let's give something to the manager before we go......", all three nodded in agreement as they stood grabbing all their belongings. They then squeezed past the many chairs and people that they come by. Sakura felt suddenly tensed at the aura she's sensing. She turned to see the baba staring at her group again. Or was it just her? Anyways, she couldn't stop gazing at the baba's eyes. Strangely, they seem to immense some yellowish glow. "Watch out!", a sharp voice called out to her, "Don't look straight into them or you'll be sucked into her spell of an eternal sleep zone". Sakura snapped and twisted her head in different directions. The source of voice was well hidden.
"Sakura-chan! Aren't you coming?", Tomoyo was leaning on the frame of the cafe's door. Sakura looked at her and smiled, "Gomen, I thought I saw the oddest weirdest thing among the customers".
"You always notice that!!", Tomoyo laughed as she waited for Sakura to come up to her. Once the girls were done paying their share, which the manager thought was kind of them of them to do but tried his best to refuse their yen, they went over to Touya who was serving one of the inside cafe's tables just to say bye. Sakura was the only one who got edgy around him. Touya smiled and nodded his head, "See you later and Meiling......you're always welcome to stay at our house". Gasps ranged big between Sakura's group who stared at him. His back turned to face them and that was the end of it.
"That was scary", Meiling spoke as they walked out of the cafe, "Guessing that your thinking was right, I say he was some kind of a spy or have some kind of super hearing". Tomoyo smiled from one girl to the other, "It's all as the good Lord plans it".
"WHA!!?", Meiling took a step back, "I don't get it!".
"Ho-e? Tomoyo-chan!! You took a peek at Tachikawa-san's other work, 'Kaitou Saint Tail' didn't you?".
"She showed me her latest 'Saint Tail' tankoubon before giving me your present and I enjoyed it very much", Tomoyo clasped her hands together giving her friend a face faulting reaction.
"Tell me when you guys can stop talking about manga!!", Meiling felt pain surging right thru her head, "I have the tendency to get headaches on subjects that keep continuing on and on no matter what interruption they got".
"Gomen!", Sakura quickly apologized and looked over her shoulder with a surprise look as they were walking farther away from the cafe. The baba was standing several feet away from them in front of the cafe. She had a smirk on her face and whispered the word, "Fools!".
"I lost him!!!!!", a voice invaded their thoughts. Three heads looked up to see Kero diving toward them. "Kero-chan! Where were you? Where is Syaoran-kun!!?", Sakura grabbed the stuffed animal as he stopped floating ending up eye to eye with her. "That's my point!", Kero snorted, "That gaki went off on his own! He kept on staring at your manga book and took off probably the opposite way I just came from!". The girls exchanged their worried looks but agreed that he must have went somewhere that they know of.
"I might as well agree that we have a gaki search party right now!", Kero not believing what he just said. All heads nodded and they split up. Sakura realized that it was like the time that they were searching for 'The Shot' but her heart thumped, 'Syaoran-kun isn't here'. Her job w/ Kero was to search King Penguin Park, Tomoyo was given the right to search around the cafe area, and Meiling look over the Tomoeda residential area. They had to beat the clock one way or the other. "Tomoyo-chan, you sure about this?", Sakura asked concerned of her friend's safety. "Hai! Touya-san's here so I'm sure I'll be fine", Tomoyo motioned her hand in a short wave.
Sakura ran along side Meiling trying to catch the bus that takes them to Tomoeda. Kero caught up to Sakura's mini bag and climbed in. His mistress waved back at Tomoyo who only smiled.
'Under the good Lord's protection may we be fine'.
Meiling ran to a halt and grabbed a hold of Sakura's right shoulder, "Why are we running in the first place? Can't we use something like 'The Float', 'The Through', or 'The Fly'? Even better, we use 'The Little' and 'The Bubbles' so it can get us to wherever we want to go".
"Sometimes, it's best to use less the magic just to do something that requires your intuition!", Sakura cheerfully said as she giddily walked toward their bus stop. Meiling's brows went up at this, 'She's hiding something?'.
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"Boss, you ok?", someone asked among the men that were surrounding his prone form. "Ugh...", he sat up. He blinked and looked toward the sun light blinding him to see the men's faces for a split second before getting his view down to earth. "Everyone stand back!!", the voice yelled again. Shuffles of movement can be heard and his eye sight adjusted to normal as he pushed his body onto his own two feet. He was baffled by what he saw. Men surrounding him in a tight circle were staring at him like some kind of a show and didn't stop hanging their mouths. "What are you all staring at!!?", he snapped glaring. "Sorry Boss but we thought you might actually visit Amaterasu today since you flipped out on us because you crashed into that door....".
"No, sorry! It's my fault Boss! I was the one who closed the door on ya", another man scratched the back of his head as he came into view. The Boss rushed forward and unleashed his sword that hangs from his back. The sword nearly touched the man's face before it was put back into place, "I'm making my intentions clear that you check behind before going in front of you", he grabbed the man's chin with a sarcastic grin, "or you might face the most severe stroke of your life". The Boss's grip on the man's chin lessened out and he twisted his body in order to walk straight into their base slamming the door as he got in.
Sweat drops appeared among heads and hairs were shooting straight out. Chatter filled the air as they all looked among each other with confused looks. "What was all that about?".
"I don't know.......something he ate must have drove him to this".
"He could have at least invite us in".
"I never knew the Boss could let someone off this easily".
"Don't say that or he'll surely kill me!!".
"Is there something I miss?".
"Are we still able to move out of this base tomorrow?".
"Without the Boss here to guide us for tomorrow's plans.....we're doomed".
"Hey! Boss taken care of us for a long time! He'll come around!!".
"Quiet all of you!!", a new voice proclaimed loud enough to cover up all their voices and the last thing anyone can hear is silence, "Your Boss will be a new man so don't even worry!", a man shrouded in a turquoise cloak was standing a few feet away from the group of confused thieves. "Who?", a man in shades stood in front of the group. "You don't need to know who I am. Just give this to him in two days ok?", the unknown man threw something at the group which landed on the ground, "Can I trust you on that?".
"Sure...", the man with shades, who looks like he's second in charge of the thieves, said in a slick tone as he bended to pick up the small tiny object on the ground. The stranger wasn't done yet, "You shall meet a girl who knows your Boss. She proves of great strength and reliability. Protect her for she knows what to do", his body became transparent. "Hey!! How'd ya do that?", another man came up beside the shaded man. The stranger vanished and all was silent once again. "What is it he gave us Mikomo-kun?", the man turned to the shaded man with curiosity spelled clear on his eyes. Mikomo opened up his palm to reveal a green stone that's shaped like a flattened whistle with a hole punched in it. "Something only the Boss knows of I bet", he clasped it tightly and turned to face the rest of the group, "Please don't tell the Boss of this occurrence whatsoever! It means a lot....and we shall see if this stone is truly connected to what I think it is....".
The men laughed all together, "You're too modest Mikomo-kun! It can't be that silly legend!!". Mikomo felt a slap at his back and turned to see another comrade giving him a grin. Mikomo slightly smiled but looked back at the building with a grave expression, "........".
"I know what ya thinkin'!", the comrade spoke watching carefully of Mikomo's actions, "The Boss might leave us soon once we find that girl, ne? Then you have take care of us while he's out and we be all missin' him like little babies for their mothers". Mikomo bowed his head. He knew one day that the Boss was going to disappear for a good life much better than his but as long as he's happy, that's the only thing he wishes for in this life. "Syaoran-kun, your destiny is here in my hands and I won't let go till you see it yourself", he mentally said. Laughter of men rippled in the wind as the sun set's radiating light reflected among the trees around them.
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"Create! Form a compass just like Syaoran-kun's and track him down!!", Sakura shouted in deserted area of the park. The card changed into a compass but instead of a Chinese look, it was the colors of pink and white with a six pointed star in the middle. ".......How did the spell go?", Sakura lifted up the compass to see its back but was stopped by Kero sticking out of the bag. "You gotta be kidding me! I thought you said less magic?", the stuffed animal lifted one brow at his mistress who only blushed. "I'm only doing this once!", she exclaimed as she felt the board shaking. A red beam of light shot out into the trees and that started her run, "This is it!".
"How'd you do that if this board was something used to find the cards instead of a gaki? You reprogrammed it or something? Do you even think it would lead you to him?", Kero felt hopeless upon what he spoke. "No matter what happens..........", Sakura turned her head to her guardian, "Even if it means we jump over a cliff", she closed her eyes trying to sense Syaoran's aura or presence. They were soon out of the park and on a side walk. The beam shone brightly stunning the bystanders watching her. They were about to turn a corner on the walk they were on when suddenly a bright light exploded underneath Sakura. She looked down to see her legs sinking into the walk itself, "Kero-chan!! What's going on!!?".
"It seems that Ainu person you mentioned must be doing her revenge right now".
"I don't think it's Ainu this time!!", the side walk was up to her thighs at this moment, "It's just like we were facing 'The Sand' card or the event when I fell right into that tree because of 'The Time'!!", her voice was quivering, "Much worse than when I was facing 'The Illusion'!!", the walk's light brightened her vision and she couldn't see any of her body nor the street she's on. "Don't panic Sakura!....I.....Li......help!!", Kero's voice was fading from her but she understood clearly what he was saying. The walk was up to her head and soon she vanished along with the light. Kero watched with horrifying eyes as he glided backwards to the top of a building, "Sakura!!". 'The Create' fortunately was lying on the spot and no pedestrian actually took notice of it.
When people were at least ten feet away, the stuffed animal made his move swooping to grab the card and was in the sky less than a minute. He had to find someone.....quick.
A.N.: Aiya!! Nelvana messed up big time on their Sand episode.....cuz squeezing in the first episode with the Sand episode isn't the brightest thing to do.... It starts off Sand, then first, then ends off with Sand!! ^_^.... Like now, they have explanation as to why Sakura became cardcaptor.....in the middle of the second season??? Iyaaa!! At least they got the part where Sakura asks if the stuffed animal had batteries on his--------....
K-chan: Don't even go there!!
Tomogirl: Why not?
K-chan: I hate being humiliated like a stuffed toy with batteries!!
Tomogirl: You are a stuffed stubborn brainless toy......u hate taking baths and isn't that helpful as Yue!!
K-chan: Ow! You're mocking me with that episode eh? That was only because I was stuck in my real form!
Tomogirl: So? Yue too!! Although his other form is helpful as well....
K-chan: If Yue could clean Sakura's living room in a split minute, so can I!!
Tomogirl: And your point is? You're lazy!!!
K-chan: That's it! Change subject!! (snicker)
Tomogirl:? (hands on hips) What's that you're holding?
K-chan: All your typos throughout this story....
Tomogirl: My WHAT!? Lemme see that (grab)!!!!.............(reads)........... I spelled your name wrong heh! Cereberus.....that is funny!!
K-chan: That's not funny!! It sounds like the scary dub's name!! (cross arms)
Tomogirl: Oh, let see what else.... I have words with the wrong meanings.......'you're' suppose to be 'your'........... I get it!! So you actually worked all this out being my editor? Maybe you aren't that lazy as I thought u were.....
K-chan: Me, guardian dog beast of the Sakura Cards, have sworn myself to become Tomogirl's---(starry background)
Tomogirl: Yeah, whatever (push the stuffed animal down to ground).....be here tomorrow morning at eight sharp!
K-chan: You mean it? I'm hired? (flies back up)
Tomogirl: Yeah!!! You can help clean my room!! ^_^
K-chan:................AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I don't mean that! (face fault)
Tomogirl: Oh ya, this chpt. became too long to handle so I split it..... and yeah, I'm using another manga just for the plot! Sorry if itz gonna be confusing!! There were lots of scene jumping around this chapter.
K-chan: (glares) You already confused me!
Tomogirl: (glare back but looks at comp. with a grin)...........sure, another thing went wrong was the age consent... but I'm making them change age soon...... Syaoran-kun turns twelve this July! Doesn't make sense ne? Then maybe I should change Sakura's age to twelve then saying her b-day of April 1st already past! Ah, the power of the Forum Message Board!!
Ja ne!