The New Card Captor: Chapter: 1: The Start of a New Beginning

(So that you know Sakura/Raquel look like Tohru, but prettier!)

Raquel had fallen for what seemed like a minute. She opened her eyes and found herself lying down on some soft grass. That wasn't the weird thing. She had found herself face to face with a floating teddy bear.

The teddy bear spoke "My name is Kero Beros. I'm the guardian beast of the Clow book. I should probably tell you a few things.

1.You know that TV show card captors? It's not a TV show anymore.

2.The TV show Fruits Basket isn't one either.

3.The world you're living in right now is actually the one of Fruits basket. Theirs no Tohru Honda, you know what to do.

4.I'm going to be going everywhere with you. Well, because I'm your guardian.

5.You've been enrolled in the local High School.

6.You have magic; you're not to tell ANYONE! You will uncover your magic soon enough.

7.Everything you need is in the tent behind you.

8.Your new name is Sakura Avalon.

9.Things seem, well, confusing but one day you will understand.

10.YOUR LATE FOR SCHOOL GET GOING YOUR UNIFORM IS IN THE TENT!"

Raquel rushed into the tent, got dressed and combed her hair, made her lunch quickly, got her books, and ran. While she was running she saw a house, and realized what she needed to do first.

"Sakura" walked down the hill and was looking at the twelve Chinese zodiac ornaments. She then heard a mans voice "Do my eyes deceive me, or is there a girl standing in front of my porch?" Sakura then said "Hello! I'm sorry for looking at your things, and intruding like this!" He then said "Don't worry their placed here to get some sunshine anyway. But, usually teens wouldn't be very interested after looking at it."

Sakura responded "Oh no, I love the tale of the Zodiac, it's probably one of my favorite stories growing up." "Really?! I like this set as well." Sakura then had a disappointed look on her face, which she wasn't acting this time. The man asked her "What's wrong?" Sakura responded "Theirs no cat, just as I thought. You see when I was younger and even now, I've always thought of the zodiac animals in total to be, thirteen. I've always liked the cat." "I wonder what his reaction would be if he knew he had a fan..." Sakura responded "He?"

Then a boy came out and said "Hello, I'm Yuki Sohma. Judging by your uniform you're the new student Sakura Avalon I presume?" "Uh, yes I am. It's a pleasure to meet you." The man said "My name is Shigure. Where do you live?" Sakura responded "Uh, well, near by. Oh my goodness look at the time. I can't be late on my first day of school!" Yuki then said "Were both heading there why don't we walk together?" Sakura agreed.

We all know what happens now so lets just skip to the part where she's in bed sick at Yuki's house Sakura wakes up, and Shigure says "A tent ha ha ha" he is still laughing. They've invited Sakura to stay with them for the time being if she cooks and cleans for them.

Yuki, managed to get all her stuff and put it all in her room. While every ones in their, Kyou comes straight threw the roof, breaking some of the wood that was their, and says "Lets fight you stupid rat!" Shigure said "Huh Kyou, your back. I'm guessing your staying too." Sakura then said "Kyou don't!" as she slipped on a piece of wood. As she hugged him from around the waist, he had this weird feeling, he felt warm, and the hug felt really good!

Sakura blinked and she was on the floor with a cat in her lap. She started petting the cat and rubbing behind its ears, the cat was LOVING IT SOOOOO MUCH! He had never felt this way before, neither had Yuki. Everything was explained about the curse and she was still staying with them.

Sakura was in her room, and everything was unpacked. She was happy because all this had happened on a Friday. She decided to get some fresh air, as she sat on the porch. (Nobody here knows of any singers or songs from the other world) Sakura loved to sing. She never thought her voice was ever good, because no one had ever heard it before. She decided to sing to herself. Little did she know, Kyou was listening from the roof top, Yuki was listening from the window, and Kero being hidden was listening elsewhere.

Sakura sang "Imaginary" by Evanescence.

Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming,
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights.
Oh how I long for that deep-sleep dreaming,
the goddess of imaginary light.

I linger in the doorway,
Of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name,
Let me stay, where the wind will whisper to me,
Where the raindrops, as they're falling, tell a story.

In my field of paper flowers,
and candy clouds of lullaby.
I lie inside myself for hours,
and watch my purple sky fly over me.

Don't say I'm out of touch,
with this rampant chaos - Your reality.
I know what lies beyond my sleeping refuge,
the nightmare, I built my own world to escape.

In my field of paper flowers,
and candy clouds of lullaby.
I lie inside myself for hours,
and watch my purple sky fly over me.

Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming,
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights.
Oh how I long for that deep-sleep dreaming,
the goddess of imaginary light.

In my field of paper flowers,
and candy clouds of lullaby.
I lie inside myself for hours,
and watch my purple sky fly over me.

Raquel then decided to take a look at this library, she had heard so much about. Shigure said it was in his study. Raquel walked down the hall, and found a room that had a sign "STAY OUT!" Sakura guessed it was Kyou's room.

She continued walking until the end of the hall, where she opened the door, and saw two shelves full of different books. There was one book, she had to pick up. It looked, interesting. It was gold, and red. She picked it up and read the cover "Book of Clow". Raquel knew what she had to do. She opened the seal of the book, with little effort, and a stack of cards began to zoom away. She managed to catch ten of the cards, although it seemed like many, in total there were more than fifty cards.

Kero came out from the book. He said "GOOD JOB! You need to prove yourself to capture the other cards. Keep this a secret by the way. Until the time is right, there is only one person who shall know in the Sohma family. He will find out on his own. I'm going to be sticking with you till the end! Sorry but your stuck with me. The good thing is I look like a stuffed bear, no one will ever suspect a thing. You know you get to keep the book, and the necklace that's around your neck (that turns into a staff) is yours permanently!" Sakura looked down, and saw that the clow necklace was indeed on her, their was no way of taking it off either.

Sakura looked into her hand to see what ten cards had trusted her from the beginning; she knew they would most likely be the most loyal. The ones that stayed were the Light Card, The Bubbles Card, The Dream Card, The Mirror Card, The Shadow card, The Lock Card, The Windy, The Sleep, The Fight, and The Sweet.

Sakura then tucked the necklace into her shirt, and took all of the clow cards and the book to her room. Kero followed her, without hesitation. Sakura then opened an empty drawer in her room, put a pillow on the bottom, for a mattress, got one sheet, and folded it. Then she said "I hope this is good enough for a bed, I'm improvising for now. Kero said "It's fine really. Don't you have work to do?" Sakura was gone in the blink of an eye. There was no sign of anyone she decided to try out one of her cards, from what she knew from the TV show.

She said the Incantation "Oh, Key of Clow, power of Magic, power of light, surrender the wand, the force ignite, RELEASE!" as she said this her necklace turned into the staff. Sakura closed her eyes, pictured the Bubble Card and it was in her hand. She held it out and said "Bubble Card RELEASE AND DISPELL! Clean this kitchen, pl-please." The Bubble Card did a magnificent job. Raquel then said "Thank you. You did a great job, you should go rest now" and it disappeared.

Shigure came down threw the hall, and entered the kitchen wide eyed. He spoke "Where am I??? Is this MY kitchen?!" Sakura said "Well, yes. This was our agreement, you allow me to stay here, and in exchange, I keep your secret, clean and cook for you." Shigure said with a smile "Yes it was. Anyways I just wanted to tell you that we are having guests over tonight. Family actually, so they already know about the secret." Sakura then said "Alright, that's fine. Are they staying for dinner? If they are how many of them are coming?" Shigure said "Well, theirs Momigi, Haru, and Hitori. Plus yourself, Kyou, Yuki and I." Sakura said, "Alright. I think I'll make dessert as well."

Shigure left, and Sakura was making some Pasta. The pasta would be done in half an hour. She knew no one was around, so she held her necklace and said "Oh, Key of Clow, power of Magic, power of light, surrender the wand, the force ignite, RELEASE" Raquel closed her eyes and imagined the Sweet Card, and sure enough it was in her hand. She then said "Sweet card RELEASE AND DISPELL! Sweet Card please transform this piece of bread into a delicious chocolate cake!" The Sweet card went to work. In the end, the result was marvelous! Sakura then said "Thank you Sweet Card. You did a magnificent job. You deserve a rest after all your work!" The Sweet Card then disappeared.

Sakura was quite happy, although she was getting tired from all of the usage of her powers. The guests would be coming in a few minutes, so she decided to get changed from her work clothes. She got dressed in a casual baby blue dress. She put her hair into two pigtails, and braided them. Sakura walked down the hall way, and as she did Kyou was exiting his room.

Sakura said to him with a kind smile "Hello Kyou, dinners almost ready. I'm making pasta, with leek." (She forgot he hated it) "LEEK!!!!! EWWW I WILL NOT EAT ANY OF YOU'RE FOOD!" Kyou said, not meaning to sound rude. Sakura then responded sadly "Oh, alright if you don't want to…" and she walked away. Yuki heard the whole thing and it broke his heart to see her even a little bit sad or disappointed.

Sakura walked down to the kitchen, and got to work. She decided to make him something else. She didn't mean to put leek into it, she had forgotten from what she knew before, which was very little. She made a steak, and it took her a while, on account of, she wanted to make it special, by putting it into the shape of a cat.

It was all finally ready, the table was set, all that was needed were, the guests, the food on the plates, and drinks pored. A few moments later the door bell rang. Shigure came to the door and answered it. Sakura knew it was them because of the voices. Kyou and Yuki didn't even know they were coming. They both rushed to the door, and yelled "What are Haru and Momigi doing here?" That's all Sakura heard, she had to finish folding the napkins. After she had finished she heard Momigi say "So where is she? I came all the way here to see her!" Shigure then said "SAKURA! ARE GUESTS ARE HERE. THEY WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE YOU!"
Sakura came walking gently to the door. When she was in every ones view, some how, perhaps it was the lighting, she sparkled like a Goddess of Beauty or a princess.

Sakura the said "Hello, my name is Sakura Avalon. I was told there were three of you coming?" Shigure then answered "Hitori couldn't make it. He had other things to attend to at the last minute." Momigi then said "My name is Momigi! You're very cute. I'm glad I got to meet someone who knows the secret!" Haru then saw how Kyou and Yuki looked at her, and knew what he had to do. Haru said "My name is Haru." He walked up to her, took her hand, and said "Momigi she isn't cute, she's a pure vision of beauty." As he kissed the back of her hand.

Kyou said "YOU CAN'T JUST KISS HER LIKE THAT!" Sakura then said, to avoid any more arguments "It's alright, I don't mind. It was just an innocent kiss on the hand." Haru then said "Yes, it was" Sakura then said with an adorable smile, "Well is anyone hungry? I've cooked some food for you all!" Momigi said "I would very much like to eat Sakura's cooking!" They all went to the dinning room, including Kyou, who said "I'm not hungry, but I'll join you guys anyways." Sakura then brought a plate over to him and said "I'm sorry about the leek, I didn't know. I cooked something else for you if you'd like."

Kyou was shocked she made something so special for him. He ate right away. Sakura said with a surprised smile "Oh, I'm very glad you would actually eat my cooking Kyou. I know before you weren't too thrilled. Thank you very much!"

After everyone ate Sakura said "I hope you have some room left. I made some chocolate cake!" Everyone ate the cake and we're surprised how good it tasted. Sakura seemed to have no flaws. Kyou, Yuki, Haru, Momigi, and Shigure were in love with her now. Shigure however was half in love with her.

After dinner Momigi said "Since you know about the family secret, YOU CAN GIVE ME A HUG!" When he said this Sakura was concentrating in her mind while thinking 'Don't turn into rabbit, don't turn into a rabbit!' He hugged her very tightly in front of everyone and he didn't turn into a rabbit. Everyone was shocked and Sakura said "I guess its time for the truth…" She yelled "KERO COME HERE NOW!" Just then an golden teddy bear with wings came zooming by. He said "I guess it can't be helped!" Kero explained to them how she was a Card Captor, and that she didn't know, so none of it was her fault. He left out the TV stuff. He also explained, she was just getting her powers now.

Kyou then said "That still doesn't explain how she can hug us without us transforming!" Sakura said "I don't really know why. I think when I hugged you Kyou, it was a quick reaction. When I hugged Momigi I kept thinking in my head "Don't turn into a rabbit!"" "How did you know I was the rabbit?" Sakura said "I can't explain everything in one night I'm sorry." Yuki then said "That's alright. Learning about this gives me hope." Just then Sakura fainted. Everyone panicked.

Kero explained how when she uses too much of her power at once she gets really tired. He also explained who he was. Sakura woke up, and found herself in Haru's arms! She said "Thank you" with a smile, as she stood up. Sakura then said with a sad face "I'm sorry for not telling you all in the beginning." Shigure said "You have nothing to worry about it! We know now, and we can help each other out! You may be what this family needs. I'm sure we all feel bad, because we can't hug anyone. You wouldn't mind if you were to be, well a person for all the Sohma males to hug!" Sakura replied "Well, if you tell me when your about to hug me, it would work because I could concentrate. I mean, this is probably every girls dream isn't it?" she said with a smile and a slight giggle.

Yuki then said in a worried tone "But, won't it drain your power! A moment ago you collapsed!" Sakura then responded "That won't happen. It will only happen if I use too much of my other powers." Shigure then said "Okay I have one question, Can I have a hug?" They hugged innocently. Shigure went to the phone. "Don't worry this secret will stay within the twelve zodiacs!"
Sakura then responded "Theirs thirteen zodiac animals. Remember our conversation before? I don't mean to sound rude." "No, not at all. They're your beliefs." Everyone else had no idea what they were talking about.

After everything that happened, Sakura went to bed. What she didn't know was that the next day, she would be meeting with the head of the Sohma family.

Next Chapter:

Sakura meets Akito.

Sakura captures a new card…

PLUS MUCH, MUCH MORE!

In the 2nd or 3rd chapter Sakura will have an "actual" day at school .X.

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