When we last saw our hero, he had just captured The Shadow Card, and become Keroberos' chosen Card Captor. What new peril and pitfalls await our teen hero? Find out, next...

Double, double, toil and trouble,

Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Double, double, toil and trouble,

Something wicked this way comes...

----------------------------------------

Card Captor Harry

by Shadow Crystal Mage

Card 2, The Fly: Capt 'Em, Capt 'Em, Gotta Capt 'Em All

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling does. I wish her well and covet her money. Card Captor Sakura belongs to CLAMP, not me. I covet their drawing skills. Both are used here without their owners' permission. I'm not doing this for money, so please don't sue me.

----------------------------------------

Harry Potter was having a seriously weird day. No, actually, that's inaccurate. The weirdness had started last night, when a... whatever-you-wanna-call-him named Keroberos- Kero for short- had popped out of this book Harry had bought.

This had promptly led to Harry being chosen as the Card Captor, which had promptly led to his capturing The Shadow Card.

Fortunately, Harry had a lot of experience dealing with weird, Paradigm Shifting events. Being told you're a wizard at the ripe old age of eleven after years of being told there was no such thing as magic tends to help you learn how to gain your footing.

Weird event before dinner, followed by weird revelation and weird incident, a good nights sleep, and Harry was back on firm ground by breakfast. You just can't keep a good wizard down. Especially this one.

"Diagon Alley sure hasn't changed much," Keroberos said, hiding in Harry's jacket. "I swear that's the same place Clow used to buy potion ingredients."

"Diagon Alley's been around for a while," Harry said. "I wouldn't be surprised if it is."

Harry and Keroberos had spent dinner- in Harry's room; he'd had it sent up-, the time before sleeping, and breakfast getting to know each other. By the time they'd finished the most important meal of the day, Keroberos pretty much had Harry's life story. It only reinforced his belief that he had chosen the right person to become the Card Captor, never mind that it was only because Harry was the first and only person he saw.

Harry, for his part, had become very good friends with Keroberos, although he wondered how he was going to explain this to Ron and Hermione… or if he should tell them at all. Given what Keroberos had said about their lack of knowledge of what the Ministry might do if they found out about them, telling a boy whose father worked at the Ministry, and a girl whose first piece of advice would be to tell Dumbledore, who might let it slip to the Ministry, didn't seem like such a good idea, even though said boy and girl were his best friends.

"So, feel anything?" asked Keroberos.

One of the reasons that they were walking around Diagon Alley was that they were trying to 'feel' the presence of any Clow Cards in the area. Keroberos had taught him the trick last night using The Mirror Card. While disturbing to see a mirror image of himself- one that apparently can become female; UGH!- he had learned how to 'feel' Clow Cards so he could find them. The training, however, had a side-effect: it made him sensitive to magic, so he was now also able to 'feel' it when people used their wands. Since he was surrounded by wizards at all sides, that meant there was a lot of magical 'background noise', making feeling for the Clow Cards difficult.

Hence, they were scouring Diagon Alley on foot, feeling for Clow Cards, and, in Harry's case, trying to get used to the 'background noise'. After all, he didn't have anything better to do- he'd looked at the Firebolt already that morning- so what the heck?

"If I missed anything, shouldn't you be telling me?" Harry asked pointedly. "After all, you're more used to this stuff than I am."

"I'm testing you," Keroberos said.

Harry gave him a look.

Keroberos somehow managed to roll his eyes, little pinpoints that they were. "Oh, give me a break! It's been years! Of course I'm a little rusty!"

Harry smirked, shaking his head.

Passing the same pet store he went to yesterday, he suddenly stopped and stared at the place. "Did you feel that?" he asked Keroberos.

Keroberos peaked out of Harry's jacket. "Sure did," he answered back cautiously, aware that there were people around. "It's a Card, definitely."

Harry reached into his pocket, feeling the reassuring form of the Key. His four Clow Cards were hidden in an inner pocket of his jacket, next to Keroberos. With the Key and his Cards, he was fairly sure he could take down anything. Still, it was nice to be reminded they were there.

Entering the shop, he was greeted by a cacophony of shrieks, craws, high-pitched chirping and a weird rendition of 'Singin' in the Rain'. Keeping an eye out for the crow that had attacked him yesterday, he tried to find the source of the 'feeling'.

Coming to a cage, he stopped. Peering into the cage, he took a couple of steps backwards, stopped, and walked back. Couple of steps to the right, stop, look back. Rinse, repeat left.

"You have got to be kidding me," Harry muttered.

"What?" Keroberos asked, hiding in the jacket since there were people around.

"I've found a Card," Harry whispered to him. "Hold on."

Remembering the cage, Harry walked over to the front counter.

"Excuse me," he said, "How much are those puffskeins?"

"Three Sickles each," the attendant said in a bored fashion, looking like she wanted to be somewhere else. "Just bring it here and pay for it. A cage costs an extra five Knuts."

Harry walked back to the cage with the puffskeins, checking his money as he went. He'd brought his moneybag with him today, since he hadn't planned on window-shopping, and so had more than enough to cover the cost.

Peering into the cage, he grabbed a puffskein and took it to the front counter. Handing the attendant the money, he held on to the puffskein as she rang up the bill. He needed to hold on to the puffskein, as it was trying to jump all over the place.

"Pretty energetic one you've got there," the attendant commented as Harry shoved the puffskein into a cardboard carrying-cage. "You sure you don't want a more mellow one?"

"No thanks," Harry said, finally getting the cage shut, then holding of for dear life as the puffskein's bouncing caused the cage to go up and down like a ball. "I like mine full of life."

The attendant shrugged. "It's your pet," she said, handing him a receipt.

----------------------------------------

Harry left the pet shop, having barely avoided another attack from that pesky crow. What did that thing have against him, anyway? Holding on to the cardboard cage, which hadn't stopped jumping around, he went looking for a deserted alleyway.

"You have the Card?" Keroberos asked.

Grabbing the cage with both hands, he held it close to Keroberos. "You can't be so rusty you can't feel this," Harry said.

Keroberos poked his head out of the jacket a little. "It's The Jump Card," Keroberos said.

"Well, that explains why it won't stop hopping around," Harry said, struggling to contain the little beast, and muttering dark things when it nearly sent his glasses flying. "What does it do- besides be annoying?"

He distinctly heard Keroberos snicker.

"It allows you jump really high, and still land safely," was the reply.

"How high?"

"Clow once used it to jump over Big Ben."

"Oh," Harry breathed. "That high. This Clow guy wasn't pulling any punches when he made these things, was he?"

"He liked to do them over the top, or not at all," Keroberos verified.

"How did he die, again?"

----------------------------------------

Finally finding an empty alleyway, Harry was all set to Capture the Card when he realized there was a little problem.

He couldn't put the cage down.

"Any ides?" he asked Keroberos, who had left the jacket for the moment.

Keroberos shrugged. "Hit it with something?"

"The way it's jumping around?" Harry retorted. "I'm more likely to hit my own arm."

"Put it down?"

Harry just raised an eyebrow.

Keroberos rolled his eyes. "Fine, stupid suggestion. Hey, I know! You're a wizard! Just stun the thing or something."

"I'm underage, remember. I'm not allowed to do magic outside of school yet," Harry explained.

"Use the Sealing Wand," Keroberos said. "Clow designed it such that it wouldn't be detected by the Ministry, remember? Aside from Sealing, you can use it like a regular wand."

"Oh. Right," Harry's brow furrowed as he thought. "Well, I don't really know any stunning spells, but I think I have one that'll do the trick."

Carefully placing the cage on the ground and putting one foot on top of it, Harry pulled the Key out of his pocket.

"Key of power," he intoned, "show me your true form. I, the one to whom you are bound, command it!

"RELEASE!"

Once more, a pattern had appeared under Harry's feet, a pattern of glowing lines of gold, showing a six-pointed sun within a circle and a crescent moon on one edge. The Key glowed, wisps of wind- or was it magic? - surrounding it, lengthening into what could properly be called a wand.

Catching the Sealing Wand as it floated in front of him, Harry twirled it around a couple of times for no particular reason other than it was fun.

"Are you going to do that every time you use the Key?" Keroberos inquired, a nearly non-existent eyebrow raised.

Harry smirked. "Maybe," he said, twirling it around some more. Doing so somehow… felt right.

Keroberos shook his head. "Crazy kid," he muttered.

Harry smirked again, raised his Wand, then paused. "You know, now that I realize it, we don't have to stun him or anything after all."

Keroberos looked at the cage under Harry's foot. "You're right! Good thing I thought of it!"

Harry gave him a look. "You thought of it!" he said. "Which of us is standing on the thing!"

Keroberos rolled his eyes again. "Just get on with it!"

Harry sighed in exasperation. This little pest was nothing like Ron and Hermione! They were never this annoying. Okay, maybe when they were in a snit and not talking to each other, but that happened a couple of times a year, so he was used to it.

"I am the Card Captor, and I order you to return to your true form!" Harry intoned, raising the Sealing Wand over his head and bringing it down. "Jump Card!"

Wisps of magic began to leak out of the cage under Harry's foot, drawn to the insubstantial card form under the Sealing Wand's head as the golden pattern appeared once more under his feet.

When everything had been drawn into the Card, and the Card was now as substantial as his other four, Harry plucked it out of thin air. The image on the Card was something that looked like a cross between a rabbit and a kangaroo with wings. Underneath were the words 'The Jump'.

"And another one bites the dust," Harry said, smiling.

Keroberos chuckled. "Let's get going, oh great and noble Card Captor, before anyone sees us."

"Lead the way, oh wise and venerable Sun Guardian," Harry bantered back.

Keroberos and Harry laughed as the 'wise and venerable Sun Guardian' slipped back under the 'great and noble Card Captor's' jacket. Dismissing the Sealing Wand back into its Key form, they walking back out into Diagon Alley, leaving the little alleyway behind.

Behind them, there was only a slightly stepped-on little cardboard cage and the sound of the rapid scratching of a quill.

----------------------------------------

"Well, that was easy," Harry said, entwining his fingers behind his head as he walked.

"You got lucky," Keroberos said. "If The Jump Card had gotten loose, there would have been heck to pay."

Harry raised an eyebrow. "'Heck to pay'?" he repeated, slightly amused.

"I don't swear," Keroberos said primly. "It wouldn't be becoming. Besides, I look like a kid's stuffed to for crying out loud!"

"Or something from a kids cartoon show," Harry said, then grinned. "Or even an anime!"

"Huh?" Keroberos asked.

Harry laughed. "It's this thing I used to watch before I became a wizard. My favorite was this show made by this group of ladies who called themselves CLAMP. The title was Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. It was about this couple named Syaoran and Sakura. Some kind of spell had turned Sakura's memories into magical feathers, which got scattered to other universes. To get it back, Syaoran makes a bargain with this witch named Yuko. The twist is, in exchange for giving them the capability to go after the feathers, Syaoran had to bargain away his relationship to Sakura. So even if he gets all the feathers back, she might still not love him."

By the end of Harry's recitation, Keroberos was crying. "That's so touching!" he bawled, albeit quietly so as not to attract attention. "We didn't have stories like that in my day."

"Yeah, I like it too," Harry said wistfully. "I don't get to watch it much anymore. It was the one thing Dudley and I agreed on. When he watched his DVD's, he gets so entranced that he doesn't notice I'm watching with him. And in recent years, some of it even came out on public television, so I was able to watch whenever the Dursleys left me at Mrs. Figg's."

"Television?" Keroberos asked.

"Muggle invention," Harry said.

"Oh."

Harry took a deep breath, let it out. "This Card Captor thing isn't so hard."

"Don't take the Cards so lightly," Keroberos admonished him. "There's a reason they were sealed after Clow Reed died. What if The Shadow Card had been allowed to run loose over the world?"

Harry shuddered, remembering the lifeless look on the faces of the people whose shadows The Shadow Card had stolen. "Point. But it couldn't be that bad."

"You want to risk it?" Keroberos countered.

"Guess not," Harry answered. "But it was so easy…"

"Don't get cocky," Keroberos reiterated. "And as for easy, it's not like we're going to be able to find Clow Cards around every corner."

They rounded a corner, and before their senses could tell the anything, there, in front of an apothecary, looking only slightly out of place among the wizards in the crowd, were three women, who seemed to glow strangely, that positively reeked of Clow Card.

"You were saying?" Harry said. Keroberos hung his head, sighing.

----------------------------------------

Although made by the most powerful magician of his day, although possessing the power to drastically redesign the British isles, make plants grow at an absurd rate and cause flowers to appear, The Earthy, Wood and Flower were, at heart, women. And as women, what did they do when they found themselves loose on a major trading center?

Exactly.

They shopped.

As yet, they didn't have any money, so they hadn't been able to buy anything, but like Harry, they also enjoyed window-shopping.

For the moment, they were standing in front of an apothecary, The Flower reminiscing over the potions she used to help their master brew, when around the corner came a being they hadn't felt in more than a hundred years.

The Earthy, who was closer to Keroberos, being one of the Cards under his command, felt him first. She didn't see him right away. All she saw was a young adolescent wearing a slightly oversized jacket, looking at them strangely. The boy approached them, and the sense of Master Keroberos grew stronger, leaving The Earthy to wonder if maybe Master Keroberos was the one who became humanoid, and Master Yue the one who became either a plush toy or a winged lion.

When Master Keroberos suddenly popped his head out of the boy's jacket, The Earthy was relieved, realizing she wasn't having memory problems. The Wood and The Flower, also noticing Keroberos, paused uncertainly.

"So this is where you girls were," Master Keroberos said, frowning disapprovingly. "I cannot for the life of me understand why you girls like to go off shopping. It's not like you can buy anything, and you certainly don't need clothes."

At this, the boy whose jacket Master Keroberos was in began to shift nervously, muttering about it not being a good idea to make a girl mad. He was right to be afraid.

The Earthy Card's eyes narrowed. Wood and Flower might be easy going, but she was one of the four elemental Cards, darn it! She had her pride.

And Keroberos definitely wasn't helping his case. "This boy with me is the Card Captor. He'll be our master from now on. So you better go with him quietly and don't cause any trouble."

Trouble. What a nice word. After all, master Clow wasn't here to get mad at her any more, so what did she have to be afraid of? Oh, Wood and Flower might happily go along with it, but really, the way Keroberos was acting, you'd think he wasMaster Clow. It was really getting on The Earthy's nerves.

----------------------------------------

Harry wasn't the smartest guy in the world, but he was no mental midget either. Common sense told him that, even though it had been relatively easy Capturing Clow Cards so far- unlike killing the Basilisk or getting to the Sorcerer's Stone-, it was probably not a good idea to get a Clow Card mad. And judging from her beautiful, albeit pale and slightly glowing, face, this Clow Card was getting mad.

As Harry 'felt' the spike of magic coming from the Clow sprite, he quickly decided he didn't want to have a firsthand look at what this Card could do.

Reaching down, he grabbed Keroberos by the mouth and stuffed him back inside his jacket.

"Sorry about him," Harry said glibly, thinking on his feet with a speed he usually reserved for Quidditch matches or the latter parts of the year when he had to deal with whatever was trying to kill him. "He's usually not allowed out in public. Not enough people skills. I'm Harry, by the way. Harry Potter."

The Card, who had looked about to do bloody murder, blinked as he extended his hand. Looking a bit confused, she shook it.

Harry observed her. She was tall, looking about as tall as the Windy Card- although he couldn't be sure, since he never saw The Windy's legs. Her clothes appeared to be made of silk, although crystal seemed to grow around her shoulders.

The other two Cards also shook his hand. One was all pink, with her hair in two big curls on either side of her head, and her dress gave the impression of a flower and flower petals. The other was completely green. She had so many leaves in her hair and dress, it was impossible to say where one left off and the other began. Both of the were also very beautiful.

Idly, Harry wondered if Clow had made all his female Card sprites this good looking.

"Tell you what," Harry said. "It's too nice a day for us to fight because of something Kero said. How about I take you ladies out to lunch instead?"

----------------------------------------

For the first time in his life, Harry had invited three strange women- literally and figuratively- to have lunch with him. Surprisingly, he actually had a good time. The Clow Card were good company. The Flower was very cheerful, thanking Harry for being so nice to them and nearly fawning over him. The Wood wasn't nearly as forward, but the many appreciative looks she gave Harry in between her discourses on which plants are good for which potions spoke volumes. The Earthy, while dignified, never the less managed to express her gratitude and appreciation.

The only one who wasn't cheerful during lunch was Keroberos. After many reproachful looks and pouts, he agreed to eat under the tablecloth so that he wouldn't be seen. Harry could hear him muttering about 'ungrateful people' and 'Cards full of themselves' all through the meal.

No one else noticed.

----------------------------------------

"Thank you for the meal, Harry," The Earthy Card said.

Much later, after lunch, Harry had taken the girls to Florean Fortescue's ice cream parlor. It was funny, watching three seemingly grown women behaving like children as they ate. Apparently, they had never tasted ice cream before and couldn't believe it was one of the few Muggle sweets that wizards had adopted. Keroberos' feelings had been mostly assuaged when Harry had slipped him a bowl.

Now they stood in yet another deserted alleyway.

"It's been years since we got a decent meal," The Earthy Card continued. "Thank you. It will be a pleasure to have you as our master."

With that, The Earthy Card leaned forward and kissed Harry on both cheeks. Harry blushed. Besides the time Hermione kissed him during first year, female lips have never made contact with his face before.

The Wood Card came forward as well, and planted a short, but lingering, kiss on Harry's lips. Harry's blush went up ten notches, making him look like he had a fever. He had distinctly felt The Wood's tongue slip briefly between his lips.

The Flower Card was next. Unlike her fellow Cards, she practically pounced on Harry, kissing him all over his face dozens of times and hitting his lips more than once. By the time she was done, Harry looked like a tomato.

He never felt more relieved to perform a Sealing in his life.

----------------------------------------

Keroberos was still laughing at the shade of Harry's face as they walked down Diagon Alley. It had muted somewhat, but he was still a bright shade of pink.

"The look on your face was precious!" Keroberos chortled, trying to keep his laughter muffled as he hid once more under Harry's jacket.

"Oh, shut up!" Harry muttered, flicking his jacket irritably and bouncing Keroberos inside a little. This barely caused a break in the plush-toy-look-alike's snickering.

"The Cards must really like you, to kiss you like that," Keroberos continued, much to Harry's annoyance. "The only other person they were ever as affectionate to was Clow."

"Is that a good thing?" Harry asked dryly.

"Well, it means they trust you enough to be affectionate," Keroberos said. "And having The Card's trust is important if you want them to obey you."

"So it's a good thing?" said Harry.

"Yeah," Kero said. There was a pause. "So how much tongue did The Wood use?"

Harry went tomato red again, much the Keroberos' amusement.

----------------------------------------

Close to the entrance to Diagon Alley, Harry and Keroberos stopped, both feeling the same thing. Looking to the left, they stared into the yawning mouth of yet another side-alley. It wasn't as brightly lit as the previous ones, and turned sharply a short way from the entrance. The slight whistle of the wind blowing through it gave the impression it went on for a long way.

"Not another one," Harry muttered, staring into the alley indecisively. "That's five in one day! I don't think I can take it anymore."

Keroberos jabbed him in the ribs, which didn't hurt very much. "Come on! It's your duty as the Card Captor to make sure that the Clow Cards don't cause trouble. Need I remind you whose fault it was they're loose?"

"Weren't you the one sleeping on the job?" Harry said.

Keroberos pointedly ignored this remark.

Harry rolled his eyes. "Alright! Let's do this and call it a day!"

Looking over his shoulder to see if anyone was watching, which no one was, Harry entered the alley, summoning the Wand.

Giving it his usual couple of twirls, Harry relaxed. Whatever Card was down the alley, he was confident he could Capture it.

"This one better not kiss me," he muttered. Keroberos snickered at that.

They hadn't been walking long when a bright, narrow shard of what looked like metal flew past at high speed, narrowly missing Harry's head.

"What the-" Harry exclaimed. Up ahead, he could see a figure wearing what appeared to be a black bodysuit, white gloves and boots with long, star-burst-y fringes, similar white star-bursts around the shoulder, and what seemed like a jagged yellow streak on his forehead. He had ground-length, spiky white hair, pointy ears and a challenging expression in his eyes. The slight glow emanating from him screamed Clow Card.

"Kero…" Harry said.

"Be careful, Harry," Kero said. "That's The Shot Card, and he's extremely dangerous."

"What's so dangerous about him?" Harry asked, hefting his Wand.

"He shoots daggers of light that can cut through a lot of things, human flesh among them!"

"Oh…" Harry whispered in a small voice.

The Shot chose that moment to attack.

----------------------------------------

Harry's Seeker training, combined with experiences against trolls, giant spiders, Basilisks and the occasional near-incarnation of Voldemort, combined together, gave him really good survival instincts and reflexes. Harry dodged to the side as The Shot Card sent a barrage of light daggers at him, feeling the adrenaline rush usually reserved for Quidditch games and impending death. This was certainly the latter.

Harry noticed belatedly that the alley they were in was totally bereft of cover. The Shot Card had an unimpeded view of him all they way.

He was a sitting duck.

"Think of something quick, Harry!" Kero said.

"I'm working on it!" Harry yelled back, dodging another barrage and realizing too late that he had just placed himself in the path of an oncoming dagger, with no room to maneuver.

"Harry!" Kero yelled.

Harry felt something grab the back of his shirt. He was suddenly lifted up and above the incoming dagger. Said dagger, however, managed to slice through Harry's sneakers. A small sliver of rubber fluttered to the ground.

"Wha-?" Harry managed to say, trying to look behind him.

"Don't move, Harry, I might drop you," Keroberos managed to say around a mouthful of cloth, sounding like he… well, like he had a mouthful of cloth.

"How...?" Harry said, temporarily forgetting the situation at hand.

"When you Captured The Earthy Card, I regained some of my power," Kero said. "At the least, I'm strong enough to carry you now."

A light bulb seemed to go on in Harry's head.

"Kero, get me to the ground, NOW!" Harry said.

Kero blinked, but complied, wondering what his young charge was up to now.

Meanwhile, Harry quickly reached into his jacket and pulled out the Cards he had. The minute he hit the ground, he tossed a Card in the air and raised his Wand.

"Earthy Card!" he said, bringing his Wand down. In a whirl of magic, The Earthy appeared in all her glory.

"I need a shield! Now!" Harry directed, as The Shot sent another barrage.

The daggers impacted harmlessly into the earthen shield The Earthy Card summoned in front of Harry.

Seizing the moment, Harry pointed at The Shot sprite. "Now use your power to bind him!"

At a gesture from The Earthy, narrow appendages shot out of the ground under The Shot's feet. The Shot jumped out of their way, taking to the air as the appendages tried vainly to catch him.

"They're not supple enough," Keroberos said. "You have to try something else!"

Harry nodded grimly as he took another Card out of his deck. "Earthy Card, return!"

The Earthy Card began to dissolve back into its Card, but not before floating in front of Harry and, with a mischievous smile, planting a kiss on each cheek.

Harry stood, frozen, as The Earthy Card returned to it's other state, another Card held limply in his hand.

"HARRY!" Kero said in exasperation, making a mental note to find this amusing later.

Harry shook his head, chiding himself. The middle of a life-or-death fight was no time to be blushing because a woman had kissed him.

Raising his Wand again, he called forth the Card in his hand. "Windy Card! Bind The Shot!"

The Windy Card's sprite appeared. Raising her arms, she extended yellow appendages of wind towards The Shot Card.

She succeeded where her fellow Card had failed. The wind appendages, being quicker and suppler than The Earthy's, managed to catch and overpower The Shot sprite, dragging him to the ground.

"Expelliarmus!" Harry said, casting the spell on The Shot sprite. The sprite was thrown back a few feet and lay there, stunned.

Harry raised the Sealing Wand once more over his head. "I am the Card Captor, and I order you to return to your true form!" Harry intoned. "SHOT CARD!"

As the last of The Shot Card was Sealed, Harry turned towards The Windy sprite. "Thanks for your help," he said. "You can go now."

The Windy sprite bowed as she began to return to her Card form, but before she was completely gone, she leaned towards Harry and, with a mischievous smile very much like The Earthy's, planted her lips on his and gave him a searing French kiss.

Harry stood frozen in the middle of the alley, mouth hanging open, as the last of the magic was drawn back into the Card and Kero started laughing his head off.

----------------------------------------

Harry lay back on his bed in The Leaky Cauldron, still very much in shock, listening to Kero muttering in his sleep about ice cream. Returning to his room had been a blur to him, although he seemed to remember Tom, the innkeeper, asking him if he was all right and whether he had a fever.

Staring at the ceiling, it took a while for Harry to fall asleep, and when he did, his dream were full of The Earthy, The Wood, The Flower and The Windy kissing him in their different ways and trying to turn him into a tomato, an apple or a cherry, while Keroberos and The Shot ate ice cream in the background and laughed.

Outside, Big Ben tolled, marking the time, as the Card Captor smiled through his dreams, a blush staining his cheeks.

For a moment, a glow shone through the clock's four faces, then was gone.

No one noticed.

----------------------------------------

- To be continued...

----------------------------------------

A/N: I know The Shot Card appears as a ball of light in the anime, but hey, this is my fic. As for the female Cards' naughtiness, well… –lol–

Harry's really racking up the Cards, isn't he? Don't worry, I'll be spreading them out more, but unlike CCS, I won't do it one card an episode if I can help it (Unfortunately, the next Card is planned as a single Carder –sigh! –). That'll take too long and I'm afraid I'll lose interest if I drag this fic out, which I don't want to happen since there are a lot of scenes I really want to write. I'm trying to think of card combinations that are really destructive together, kind of like the way the Rain and Wood Cards were in that episode (was that four or five?). Also, the sooner I can bring out Yue, the sooner I can have FUN!

Anyway, I have a theory that Clow Cards gravitate towards, or at least in the general direction, vicinity or area, of the Card Captor (or the Clow Book, or the Sealing Wand, or Keroberos, whatever) before activating, and they just happen to find their ideal spot afterwards (as in the case of The Erase Card and The Lock Card). That's why no matter where Sakura- and in this case, Harry- goes, Cards are sure to follow. However, it takes time for the cards to reach the CC's location, so that's why they don't pop up all the time (possible exceptions are when the CC is surrounded by large amounts of people; that's why Cards always pop up during Sakura's class outings and theme parks).

Also my own theory, The Mirror Card, when duplicating males, can probably make the copy female, as that is the Card's original gender (do the Cards even have gender?). After all, in the anime, Sakura is the only one The Mirror Card ever doubled as, so we don't know if it's any good at male duplications.

Inexplicably aggressive Clow Cards will appear, and the reasons for their aggression, like in the anime, will not be explained, unless I feel like it. If you want a reason, file it under 'testing the Card Captor's worth'.

Harry is an otaku at my discretion. This explains how he recovers quickly from magical surprises, like being a wizard and the Card Captor: he's been watching anime during his formative years (the Dursleys don't know), and stuff like this pops up all the time.

If I got anything wrong during the Tsubasa summary, and I probably did, anyone who wants to fix it can send me the info. Otherwise, let's say for continuity's sake Harry isn't a rabid, hyper obsessed otaku, just a run-off-the-mill fan, so he gets things a bit wrong.

Final note, I'm going to write this fic under the assumption that Clow Reed died around the late nineteenth century. After all, that was when communication between the East and West really got of the ground, albeit bumpily. And Keroberos did say that Clow was the best at both East and West magic

Western Magic: wand-sy type magic, like what Harry learns in school.

Eastern Magic: Magic using ofuda, ceremonies, omdyou/ paper magic, calling out attacks (you get the picture).

To Ran Hoshino: thanks for another nice review and for reading my story. It's my practice to dedicate a chapter to the first people who reviewed the previous one, so I dedicate Card 2, The Fly, to you. Thanks for the Syaoran info, it was really useful.

Anyone with suggestions as to what situations Harry and his rival can catch certain Cards will be appreciated and considered, I haven't got all the Cards assigned to a chapter yet.

Please review, C&C welcome. Heck, even flames are welcome. That means at least it's being read, if not liked.

Until next time, this is Shadow, signing off.