Disclaimer: Do I really need a disclaimer? It's not like no one knows I don't own Card Captor Sakura, Harry Potter, You're Under Arrest, Fushigi Yuugi and many other series in this fanfic anyway......
Extra note: I am getting really annoyed by some writers...And I thought some HP crossovers were bad! But the Hong Kong fics were even worse! I mean, can't people do a little research and planning before they actually write the fic?! Just go to any search engine and type in "Hong Kong", there'll be gazillion sites of introduction popping out since the government was so eager on tourism and all...Plus I'm sure there's lots of writers who had lived in/are currently living in HK right now (including this unworthy one). But the situation is getting more and more ridiculous!!! ARGH!!! Now excuse me while I cool down a bit and plan a HK fic of my own......
Extra note #2: Oh yes, we've got a new title. After all, this is a sort-of rip-off of Harry Potter......
Meiling put down her tray of food and slumped down onto the table, which made Syaoran raise an eyebrow at his cousin behavior. "Aww...... And I thought school back at Hong Kong was hard......"
It was now lunch period and the Card Captors were all in the cafeteria of the Wing of Fire, the red-roof building where Meiling's dorm room located. The cafeteria was moderately crowded, but when they finished their meals, they can see a crowd had developed in one of the tables. Out of pure curiosity, they went to the crowd to see what had happened. But, unfortunately, ended up finding something they obviously don't like.
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The Continuing Legend
Chapter 6
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"......So, now everyone knows what happened over at the Wind Wing this morning right? But the rumors were like this, Kunou that idiot was so tired of Miyuki and Akane blasting him to the skies above so that he started to look for the younger, more docile girls......"
Tomoyo paled and Sakura put her hands around her best friend's shoulder comfortingly. Syaoran was strongly annoyed, Meiling and Eriol were downright pissed off. The whole group squeezed themselves into the crowd and managed to get into the front...... Just in time to see a girl with long dark brown hair and glasses--obviously the one who was talking--being "picked" up by someone from behind.
"I'm telling you, Yoriko, if you breathe another word I will shut you into Miyuki's air gun cabinet! And in case you didn't notice, the ones you've been gossiping are about to Avada Kedavra you." The newcomer jerked her head towards the Card Captor Gang, and the latter relaxed and (for the girls) beamed.
"Natsumi-senpai!" Sakura exclaimed. The said 7th Year was shooing the gossipers away before she talked to them.
"Hello kiddos! It's been a while, isn't? Don't mind this one," Natsumi said and held her year mate, who whimpered at the treatment, "she won't bother you again once I feed her to Miyuki."
Yoriko--the gossiper--eeped at the threat as well as the sight of the aforementioned Miyuki entering the cafeteria with a taller girl beside her. When the two approached the group, she groaned in a rather pitiful fashion to the taller girl, "Aoi-chan, help me!"
The taller girl shook her head and said, "if you were caught because of the... stories you're telling, then I'm sorry."
Miyuki puffed at the exchange and turned her attention to Yoriko's "capturer". "What kind of story was she spreading again?"
Natsumi (for lack of a better word) dumped the bespectacled girl onto a random chair. "Something about the Kunou-idiot Incident this morning, right in front of the victims as well."
The 7th years sighed and Miyuki turned around to the group of very confused 1st years. "Just ignore her. She just liked spreading gossips and making up stories, though most of them are negative to one's reputation."
"Hey!" was Yoriko's undignified reply. "I, Nikaido Yoriko, was just trying to let the school know about the truth!"
"Sure, sure." The other 3 girls said in a flat tone. Yoriko pouted and the Card Captors burst off laughing (Syaoran just chuckled, but you know what I mean), all the unpleasant events forgotten.
"Oh, we almost forgot the introductions!" Natsumi exclaimed. "Here, you've met the trouble-maker Nikaido Yoriko. And this is Aoi Futaba, we usually just call her 'Aoi-chan'. Oh yeah, she's Miyuki's cousin."
The tall girl bowed politely and smiled at the 1st years warmly. "Nice to meet you."
(A/N: To avoid any confusion to our readers, Aoi-chan was made a REAL female. Things are simplier without a cross dresser around...)
"Oh, by the way, where's Toukairin?" Miyuki asked.
"Now when you talked about it...I haven't seen him at all since we have Transfiguration together this morning. Well, probably he's just having another detention for dozing off during lessons." Natsumi shrugged nonchalantly and began to polish her lunch...
And the sight had scared the younger crowd. If they thought Yukito was the biggest glutton they had ever met, then Natsumi can easily beat him in an eating contest without an effort. Everyone excluding her friends was openly gaping at her eating antics before she got up from her 10th bowl of rice and growled at the other students. That's also the time when they heard an obviously exaggerated sigh from the cafeteria counter.
"What I wouldn't give to have a few house elves to help with the cooking and the dishes! Especially with a certain Natsumi-Eating-Machine over there..." The purple-hair cafeteria worker said to no one, but he was making very point glances to the said 7th year.
"Shaddap, Ryuuen, it's none of your business."
"It IS my business! You're eating at my cafe you know!" Then, for some reason, he rolled his eyes. "Arg, great. Now I'm copying 'Chiri's tag line."
Massive sweat drops were the result from this...erm, debate. Sakura felt her hair was standing on its end when she saw Yoriko was wearing her Evil Grin.
"Now, now, Sakura-chan." She spoke to the younger girl in a very VERY creepy voice. "Is the rumors about you've been 'ambushed' by a ghost here...true?"
Instinct told the Card Mistress to run when she still had the chance, but politeness made her stay. The combination of these two contradicting thought was resulted in a poor Sakura, who was an inch from scaring to death. That's it, until Yoriko decided to bury her face into her lunch because of Syaoran's Glare of Death. But this little exchange caught someone else's attention.
"Oh oh oh, so you are the ones that Chamka-chan was talking about!" Ryuuen chirped cheerfully from his position of behind the counter. "He had somehow made me promise to tell you the story, since some of you are not very comfortable with the concept of spirits roaming the school. I'm Chou Ryuuen, anyway."
He jumped out from the counter, pushed Natsumi out of her seat and sat down, causing the younger girl to scowl. He ignored the scowl and just gestured the direction of the kitchen. He grinned at the 1st years before explaining. "Because that girl used up too many of our dishes, so Doulin--you know, the white-haired witch--made her wash her dishes ever since she came here."
Sakura, Tomoyo and Meiling started to gape at this information. And the muffled giggles from the other 7th years had further confirmed it. Ryuuen waved at them before turning to the Card Captor Gang again. "So, maybe you're up to the story time?"
"It all started at beginning of human civilization. At that time, the world was still in great chaos. Every element was highly imbalanced and out of control. It was until a certain time, no one was sure exactly when, four wizards had tamed the four elements: the earth, the wind, the fire and the water. They've created a Void Dimension, right on this island, to store the chaotic energy away. And turned themselves into the Living Seals, so that the balance will be maintained, and the control will not be lost."
"Before anybody asks any absurd questions, Living Seals means that the seal on the elements will be effective as long as the one who cast them are alive. It was a very, VERY complicated charm involving many rituals. The effect of the Living Seal Charm will be passed onto their oldest son or daughter upon death. So the balance can be maintained for thousands of years."
"But in exchange of the Charm can be maintained for such a long time, the four wizards' magic level had dropped to nearly non-existent. Therefore, they used the last of their magic to bind themselves to 28 warriors. They were known as the Seals Guardian. It was rumored that these Guardians were gifted with special powers that would be passed down to the generations. But up till now, there's no proof."
"That's about it in a nutshell. In conclusion, Chamka was one of those Guardian guys, I'm, unfortunately, also one of them. I don't really understand what the point of the whole thing is. But as long as no one's bother to kill off the descendants of the Seals, I'm willing to shut up about it."
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Though the Card Captor Gang was more than entranced by the legend, they still had to attend their afternoon lessons instead of bugging Ryuuen for more details. They rushed down to the Saffron Room for their Defense Against Dark Arts lesson. They barely had time to regain their breath when the professor entered the classroom. The first thing that caught the students' attention was neither her long bluish-purple hair nor her rather rigid composure, but the small circle marks on her forehead and temple.
And the students were in for Surprise No. Lost-Count (with the possible exception of one Eriol): This Prof. Rind was a Combat Goddess from the Realm of Yggdrasil.
Most of the students knew the existence of Yggdrasil, the "Mortal Plane Maintenance System", and Valkyries. But to be taught by one?
At least jokes like Lockhart will not happen in this school.
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On the Quidditch Pitch, where their flying lesson was going to take place, Meiling slumped against one of the audience stands.
"Somebody kill me..." The Chinese girl mumbled.
"I'm sure the professor would gladly comply if ya don't get up soon." An Osaka girl from the Gaia House stated and pulled Meiling up. The two ran back to their housemates just when a witch with shoulder length brown hair walked into the pitch. She was in her early 40s and had a very nice-built, athlete figure.
"Settle down, students!" The professor yelled over the noise of excited students. "I'm Prof. Konoe Kaoru. I'm in charge of the sports department of the school. If you have any questions on the sports clubs of the school, Magic or Muggle sports, you can find me any time."
"As many of you have known, in order to complete your 1st year, you need to obtain a student flying license before the yearly exam. You'll be taking flying exam set by the AEGIS Department of Magical Transport. So I highly suggest that you try not to slack off in this class."
After this introduction, Prof. Konoe paired off students to start the famous "UP!" exercise. Sakura was paired with Meiling, Syaoran and Eriol were paired off with two Gaia boys, Tomoyo was with the Osaka girl who pulled Meiling up earlier. Sakura was already mounted onto the old broom and hovering a little in the air when her partner was still yelling "UP!" at it.
"Meiling-chan," Sakura asked from her broom, "do you know what the AEGIS Department was?"
"Of course," She answered as her broom finally jumped up. She mounted it and continued the explanation. "Association of Eurasian Global-wizarding Inter-government System, or simply called AEGIS, was something equivalent to the Muggle's UN. They oversee many wizarding issues in Europe and Asia. Even this island was under the administration of it."
Sakura, who was not exactly an expert in the field of politics, just absorbed as much information as she can and concentrated on the broom.
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After the lessons and a delicious dinner, everyone scampered back to their dorm rooms and buried themselves in their pile of assignments. It was not easy, but they can manage.
Sakura closed her Transfiguration textbook and put it back on the shelf. She was eager to have a good nap after this long day.
But, as usual, the Card Mistress will be ready for the next day. Like she'll always be.
The ending is lame. Scratch it, the whole chapter is lame. I know it. But this chapter was just to tell the legend and wrap up the day. The real story starts next chapter. Many many YUA characters. They're in spotlight in this "year", so...... ((nervous laughter)) I don't know if anyone notice or care, but one important YUA cast has not yet made his appearance. Whether you care about this or not, still! Please stay in tune and review!!
Oh, by the way, AEGIS can also stand for "Alien Exterminating Global Intercept System" in the series GateKeepers. Since Kaoru was the one who brought up some issue that was remotely related to government, so I changed the wordings and put it here. Heh.
A little question for the reviewers: How many cameos (or series) did you actually recognize in this fic? Just like to do some stat......
And now the reply!
Swt-Anime-Angel: Thank you.
Star Wish: Sorry for being late. Hehe, but fanfiction (dot) net was being a pain in the posterior so update was a bit slow. Umm, good sites for translation. Which series do you want? I've known one for Inu Yasha, Ah! My Goddess and Rurouni Kenshin. And one site that had detailed summaries on the You're Under Arrest and GateKeepers episodes.
animefreak1586: ((sweat-dropped)) Now I updated, okay? Thanks for review anyway......
Showstopper: Thank you.
I've forgotten the threat last chapter. But oh well...
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