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Ahem. I cont own cardcaptor sakura the manga or original characters. I do, however, own the new characters. Theyre all mine!!!

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CHAPTER 3

"Um... how long were you standing there..?" I said, absolutely terrified.

"Um, Phoebe," Sarah replied, "I think you have some explaining to do."

I groaned and sank to the pavement. "Fine." I said, looking up at Kero with a glare, as this was HIS fault. "We'd better go." Seeing as she had already seen me return the card to its original form, I thought one more bit of magic wouldn't hurt, and also, it was freezing, and I had no Idea where I was. "FLY" I yelled producing the card. My staff sprouted a pair of magnificent wings. Sarah looked at me in astonishment. I sighed. "Get on. I'll explain when we get home. It is a long story, so you'd better sleep over." She nodded and precariously balanced herself on my staff, and Kero sat on her shoulder. Sarah looked truly horrified at the flying teddy, and as I kicked of the ground, she screamed, and clutched the staff for dear life. What am I going to say to her? I thought as I flew home. What if she hates me? I know this was a stupid thing to think but my heart was pounding so hard, I couldn't hear myself in that brain of mine.

When we arrived in my room, I looked despairingly at the pile of maths on my desk. Well, I guess that'll have to wait I thought. Sarah sat down on my bed, with a totally shocked expression on her face. I shot Kero a worried glace and sank into my chair. "I guess you'd care to explain Kero?" I said, rubbing the bridge of my nose in exasperation. He nodded.

"You saw everything right?" he asked my friend, her face looked pasty and she said quietly, "I heard phoebs shout something and saw a woman turn into a card..." Kero turned to me with a look of defeat. "Right then. Ok, as you have probably guessed, Phoebe can use magic. She has been chosen to find a set of magical cards before they wreak havoc on the rest of the world, and seal them into their card form by using her staff." I held up the staff jokingly. It made a hissing noise and transformed back into my choker. Sarah stared at me as I wrapped it around my neck. "What?" I said, "You don't really expect me to walk around with that dirty great thing at my side do you?" I grinned, and she gulped.

"so.." she said, pointing a shaking finger at Kero. "he.. he.."

"Yeah, he's my guardian."

I laughed nervously. Sarah smiled. "So, um, do you wear a battle costume like in manga? I stared at her in shock. Battle costume?! "Because, you need a costume you know." She said, her eyes glinting.

Kero suppressed a laugh at my worried expression. "We have a regular Tomoyo on our hands!"

I looked at him with a quizzical expression, and Sarah said, "there's a really neat oriental costume and trinket store across the road, do you want to go there after our exam?"

The exam!!! I shot another glance at my notes. Sarah laughed. "I'll help you revise, Phoebs."

I smiled in relief. "Thankyou Sarah." I said gratefully.

Sarah actually spent most of the night talking to Kero about the Sakura cards, so I went to bed that night certain I would fail.

"I HAVE SO FAILED!" I wailed to Sarah as we walked down town after the worst two hours of my life.

"Don't worry, Phoebs, I'm sure you did fine!" she laughed at the total desolation plastered on my face.

"If it wasn't for that stupid card.." I muttered angrily.

"Come on, cheer up! We're about to buy you a battle costume!"

"Yay." I replied sarcastically.

She hit me playfully on the arm. "Don't be a spoilsport. Besides, it'll be good for you."

"How?" I asked incredulously.

"Well, Kero said that the cards got captured by Sakura Kinomoto while she was in battle costumes, so they'll take you more seriously."

I sighed in defeat as Sarah dragged me into the highly decorated store. I stepped in, and something jolted in the base of my gut. "This feels strange.." I murmured to myself as Sarah tore through the store. I looked around, but couldn't shake that strange feeling.

"Found it!"

I looked sceptically at the piece of cloth Sarah held in her outstretched hands. Dark purple top with satin above-the-elbow gloves, cool purple shorts which flared at the bottom, and thigh-high purple suede boots. "Um.. Its very.. Purple?"

She grinned, "I know! It'll so suit your staff! And we rent them! So we don't have to pay very much!"

I didn't want to burst her bubble, so I smiled weakly. "It's beautiful." I said.

"YAY!" she squealed. She went to pay, but the lady behind the desk simply looked at me. She was old, but you could tell she used to be very beautiful, and she looked as though she was of Chinese origin. I noticed magical items like crystals and Chinese scrolls around the shop as well as amazingly beautiful and fantastical costumes.

A little girl about my age suddenly came charging out from the back door. "Grandma! Papa's teasing me again!" she stopped, apparently shocked, and turned slowly to me. "Oh my god." She whispered. She then started chattering feverishly to her grandmother in Chinese. The grandmother nodded ever so slightly to her granddaughter and turned to Sarah. She touched the soft fabric of the costume and lightly shook her head.

Sarah turned to me, confused, and said, "She doesn't want me to pay."

I looked sharply at the woman, feeling that strange energy grow even stronger. I tugged on Sarah's sleeve. "Come on, I think we'd better go." I whispered as I heard the Chinese girl shout out of sight, "Papa! Papa! SHE's here!"

"What was that all about?" I murmured, as we walked back to the house.

"This outfit is SO cute!" squealed Sarah, as she hugged the costume. I laughed nervously, trying to shake off that horribly uneasy feeling that had stuck around me even after I left the shop. Sarah smiled at me blankly. "is there anything wrong Phoebs?" she asked.

"I just got a really uneasy feeling in that shop, it was different to what a Sakura card radiates. This was – I can't explain it."

"Maybe you should talk to Kero about it?" she said, still enraptured by my battle costume. I stopped just as we reached the end of the street. "Something's wrong." I whispered.

SHWIP!

"Aagh!" Sarah screamed as a bright blue arrow shot by my ear.

"Oh you've GOT to be joking!" I yelled in exasperation.

"Phoebe!" Kero shot out of my bedroom window, hurtling towards me.

"Kero!"

"Get inside!" he yelled.

"Here!" shouted Sarah and flung my battle costume to me. I rolled my eyes but ran in with it all the same. Two minutes later I was all kitted up, and staring right at the offending Sakura card. It looked like a small girl, with short, bobbed like hair, a body suit costume with tails coming out of the sides, shorts, and gypsy shoes. She was covered in a blue aura, and she looked very angry. She drew back her bow, and fired. I ran as fast as I could as the arrows multiplied in the air, missing me by a hair. "FLY!" I screamed, throwing the card in front of me. I mounted my staff and took flight. The Sakura card seemed furious for some reason, and kept shooting at me. I kept trying to dodge them, until- "AAAGH!!" pain shot through my chest as an arrow penetrated.

"PHOEBE!!" I heard Sarah scream. I tried to carry on, carry on fruitlessly dodging this card, but I was losing grip of my airborne staff. And before I knew it, I was falling.

"PHOEBEEEE!"

The pain of the arrow was so intense, I wasn't thinking of what was happening around me. It's so hot.. It was a while before I realised I wasn't falling any more. I weakly looked up at the stranger holding me in his arms. He's so beautiful.. Long silver hair, such smooth looking skin, wings, he was like a vision.

"YUE!?" I heard Kero exclaim. He flew up to our height.

Yue smiled. "Hello Keroberos."

"Yue..?" I whispered meekly.

He looked down at me and smiled again. "Hello, Cardcaptor." My eyes widened in shock. Who is he? A white hot pain shot through my body, making me gasp aloud.

"Phoebe!" Kero said worriedly, rushing to my aid.

"Help.." I whispered. "I cant, breathe..."

Yue settled me down to the floor, where Sarah tried to run to me. Kero held her back, though, and shook his head at her. She looked on, worry showing on her face.

Yue grimaced, and grasped hold of the arrow. I looked up at him in alarm. He's not-

He pulled.

I screamed terrifically as the arrow tore at my flesh while it was being extracted from my damaged body. The pain was incredible. Yue held me tight as I sobbed from the agony. He settled me softly down again, and my gaze fixed on the Sakura card. She looked triumphant, hand placed egotistically on her hips. But her expression changed to one of confusion when Yue placed his hands over my damaged chest. A white light emanated from his palms and my body became warm and tranquil, I couldn't feel my wound any more. Pleasure set into every part of my body and I smiled. "Now." He said, his soft, deep voice pulling me out of my trance. "Get up." I looked at Yue and stood, cautiously. As I looked down, I realised my wound had disappeared. I grasped my staff and glared at the card. Her mouth was hanging open in shock; she looked like a limp puppet on a string.

I threw a card up into the air. "WINDY!!" I proclaimed as the tip of my staff hit the Sakura card. The Arrow's (for that, I guessed was the Sakura cards name,) face changed from stupefaction to horror. She tried desperately to fly away, but The Windy card was far too fast for her. As she struggled in her restraints, I ran towards her. "RETURN TO YOUR TRUE FORM! ARROW CARD!"

Bright light, loud roars that I had become familiar with, and the two Sakura cards floated to the floor. I picked them both up, jubilant. I felt a hand grasp my arm and turn me around and found chilly, but soft lips pressed against mine. My eyes shot open, and saw Yue holding me in a tight embrace. I melted into his kiss.

"Yue!!"

He broke the kiss, leaving me entranced. Yue turned to the furious Kero. "it has been a pleasure, Keroberos." Kero just glared at the angel, while Sarah stared at him in awe. Yue turned and smiled at me, just before taking flight and disappearing into the clouds.

AUTHORS NOTE well, chapter three all done!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! I WOULD APPRECIATE IT SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH! CIOU!

Hanajima. X