Starting Over

Chapter One

      It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood, the sun shone, birds sang

and a certain child of light was starting classes at a new school today. Kari

looked at herself in her bedroom mirror, the school uniform felt strange

since she hadn't have to wear one at her old school.

      Tears came to her as she remembered her past, her last glimpses of

Gatomons still body blood pooling around her. The sticky feel of blood on her

face where it had sprayed, the killers laughter.

      "Gatomon," she wispered tears falling down her pale face, to her

surprise she felt someone hug her gently from behind. She turned her face to

see Ranma, gently he wiped away her tears and cleaned her face.

      "Its okay little light, the grief will never go away but it will fade and

you will live on," he said gently to her, he smiled and passed her the bookbag containing her school supplies.

      "Do I have to go to school today Shadow, it just doesn't feel right," she

said as he adjusted her school hat, he sighed and as he moved his head

slightly some of his long raven hair fell over his shoulder.

      "You have to go Little Light, you can't miss any more school or you

could fail," he said as softly as he could but it was firm, she was going to

school.

      "I guess," she said with a sigh, Ranma nodded and then left to get

changed for his own school. A second later he was back, she glared at him

slightly wondering how he always managed to get dressed so fast.

      "Show off," she said, he grinned and as she watched he tied his waist

length hair into a loose ponytail.

      "I'll walk you there Kari, then I have to run to get to school... maby I'll

even introduce you to my friend Toya," he said grabbing his own backpack,

then he somehow got her out of the apartment and after locking the door

they were on there way.

***

      "Toya, wait up," she yelled at her brother, Sakura glared at him as she

rollarbladed up to him and Yuki. Once she got there she smiled at Yuki,

even though she knew he was the other guardian of the clow cards she still

treated him as a friend (See last episodes of card captors first season).

      "Hi Sakura," Yuki said as cheerfully as ever, she gave him a greeting

and a smile. She smiled as she rollarbladed, the city was so peaceful now

that there was no cloud cards around.

      "Sakura I'm bringing one of my friends home after school today and

his cousin, since its your turn to cook remember to make more," Toya

suddenly said and she was taken back, she wondered who his friend was.

      "I'm ashamed of you Toya, treating a cute little girl like that," an

unfamilliar voice said, startled she looked around yet saw no one.

      "Cut it out Ranma and come into sight, you scaring the twerp," her

brother said stopping his bike, Yuki also stopped his own and Sakura

stopped where she was (she also glared at her brother for the twerp

remark).

      "Your such a spoilsport," the voice said, Sakura gave a gasp as a boy

around her brothers age apeared on the sidewalk ahead of her.

      "Ranma wheres your cousin, I thought you were dropping her off at

school today?" Yuki asked, the boy smiled and this caused Sakura to blush

for some unknown reason.

      "Already dropped her off Ying, so is this your sister Toya," the

boy said looking at her brother, Sakura frowned at the nickname and wondered what it meant.

      "This is Sakura my twerpy little sister, your cousin is in the same

school as my sister," Toya said, the boy smiled and walked up to her with

the grace a cat would envy.

      "Nice to meet you Sakura and I'm sure we'll get along just fine, by the

way my name is Ranma Kamiya," he said and they shook hands, as they

shook Sakura found herself drowning in those strange beautiful blue eyes of

his.

      "I... I... I hope so," she stuttered out, he smiled and she blushed bright

red.

      "You know, you need a nickname like everyone else I like," Ranma

said looking down at her, she heard Toya say 'Not another one' in the

background and wondered what his nickname was. Ranma closed his eyes a

frown settled across his face for a few split seconds, then he smiled and those blue eyes of his opened.

      "I don't know why but the name Card Keeper seems to be you, usually I feel different names for people but yours is card keeper," he said and he looked at her with a frown, she paled for Cards seemed to be connected to the clow cards.

      "Card Keeper, um... okay," she said unsure about it, he nodded and he stared for a second before turning to her brother.

      "Keep an eye on her Toya, she's going to grow up to break guys hearts... that is if the guys get the courage to ask," Ranma said and she blushed beat red knowing what he was talking about, then she gave a small gasp realizing she was going to be late for school.

      "Got to go Toya, nice to meet you Ranma but I'm about to be late for

school," she said as quickly as she could, then still blushing she sped off

towards school praying that she wouldn't be late for school.

***

      TK looked at the empty seat next to him in class, he sighed wishing

with all his heart that Kari was there.

      'I wish Kari was here, we havn't seen her since Gatomon was

murdered. Tai won't even give us much information on where she is or if she

is okay, all we know is that she is recovering at a relatives place' Tk thought,

he then blushed as the teacher said sharply to him to pay attention in class.

      'Kari please be okay' was his thoughts, he sighed and started to pay

attention in class.

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TBC

Okay so this is starting to become a multicrossover, I just loved to bring the

series card captors ever since I saw the first season of the show in english and read three of the mangas with the japanease names. It is my hope to bring in a few more series as I go along, I don't know how long the series will be but I have hopes. I would like to give thanks to Ghost in the machine for letting me fling ideas at him/her? please email me or just review the story. Ja ne now

No Da (Sorry just read a little to much Fushigi Yugi Manga, isn't Chichiri Hot)