Summary: Darkness formed as the Shadow Taika was released from its sleep, ready to kill the innocent people. Sakura Kinomoto was the only girl who had magic to seal it again, and Syaoran Li was the only one who knew how. Could they work together and captured the beast? SxS pairing. R&R PLZ!

"Talking"

'Thinking'

(A/N:) – Author's Note

Disclaimer: I don't own Card Captor Sakura...CLAMP does...

A/N: Hey there! Thanks to all the people who reviewed my story...I really appreciated it...I felt encouraged. Anyways, enjoy!

Chapter Two: A Typical Day?

By: Ame-chan

Sakura was still downstairs, she didn't feel like sleeping after that dream. It nagged her so much that it made her too much excited to keep her eyes closed. The sun was starting to rise, the clock read 6:30 am.

Sakura sighed. She might as well cook some breakfast, perhaps it would distract her from her troubles. Humming a familiar tune in her head, she poured out some pancake mix into a bowl and mixed it together with eggs and all the other ingredients to make delicious pancakes.

The sizzling of her cooking was heard from outside the kitchen window, and the aroma of fresh pancakes could be smelt from outside. Little did she know, Syaoran was taking a stroll on the dirt road her house sat beside.

Syaoran

Syaoran opened his eyes slowly. He had the same dream as Sakura's. A big creature in the shadows was emerging. And somehow, he felt the same bad feeling. The amber eyes teen sighed.

Syaoran got up and it was quite early in the morning; 6:00 am. Oh well, he didn't mind. The young man grabbed some clothing and went straight to the bathroom for a quick shower.

When what seemed like 5 minutes in the shower, he came back out and went downstairs. 'I'm not hungry, and this feeling I have is making me feel uneasy. Maybe a walk outside in the cold would do me some good.' he thought, slipping his shoes on.

The brown, dark, dirt road wasn't as crowded as usual, maybe a few others taking a stroll. But other than that, Syaoran was alone in silence, which he liked.

He sighed again and glanced upward towards the horizon. It was a peaceful, warm, orange color. He smiled, but it faltered when he spotted something in the distance that wasn't very bright. In fact, it looked like dark storm clouds forming up.

Syaoran looked away. Maybe it was just a small formation of clouds by Shadow Island. His head perked up. 'Shadow Island? Isn't that where Shadow Taika was sealed? Maybe that dream wasn't just a nightmare...' he thought, keeping his eye on the small spot of darkness.

He was still walking, taking a turn. Walking and thinking altogether made him hungry, especially with that fresh smell of...pancakes? Delicious pancakes. Syaoran grinned lazily. He hadn't eaten pancakes ever since his father's death. 'If dad was still here, he'd make me pancakes every week end...' Syaoran thought sadly.

The smell was getting stronger and he couldn't help but drag himself closer to the aroma. It was coming from one of the many houses of this certain roads.

Syaoran peeped through the window and saw a pretty young girl making pancakes. He smiled. Auburn hair, forest green eyes, it was the beautiful Sakura making pancakes. His stomach growled. He was hungry now, and he was thinking about eating those delicious pancakes.

Sakura

Sakura was still making pancakes when, to her surprise, she spotted Syaoran looking the window. Sakura giggled. She walked to the front door and opened it for him.

"Syaoran? What are you doing here?" she giggled, seeing that he was a bit hungry.

"Hehe, hi Sakura. I was just walking by until I smelt something good cooking in your house." said Syaoran, shrugging sheepishly. Sakura giggled some more and invited him in.

He sat down, and watched Sakura cook. It was silent, and it was kind of uncomfortable. Syaoran was to asked first. "You look a bit troubled. What's wrong?" Sakura set a plate with pancakes on it and sat down with him. She looked down with a small frown.

"I had this weird dream about this creature in the shadows awakening. It scared me a bit, it had those piercing red eyes, the eyes of darkness and evil..." Sakura's voice trailed away. Syaoran seemed a bit shocked.

"That's the same dream as mine. Something in the shadows...come to think of it, I spotted something dark atop of Shadow Island. Maybe this dream of ours isn't a dream." Sakura looked worried.

He took a small bite of the pancakes and brightened up. "These taste good! You're good at cooking, better than me..." he replied, taking another bite. Sakura smiled and blushed.

They heard a yawn. Their heads snapped towards the noise and saw Touya thumping down the stairs, awake from his sleep. "Sakura, what's for breakfast?" he asked, scratching his head. He looked around and glared at Syaoran.

"Who's he?" Touya pointed at the messy haired young man. Sakura put her hands on her hips.

"Its rude to point onii-chan...he's my new friend Syaoran Li." Sakura got up to put some pancakes on another plate and put it on the table. "Here."

Touya just nodded, still glaring at Syaoran, who was sweatdropping, but glared back. They both ate their food slowly. Sakura sat in between and sighed. Her brother was always over protective about her, she didn't understand why.

"Onii-chan, I'm going to work now. You have to wash the dishes!" Sakura stuck her tongue out as she gathered her uniform and coat. "Yes! And you also have to wash Syaoran's! Dishes are dishes, doesn't matter who used it." She answered his question before he even asked it.

"Sakura, let me come with you." Syaoran got up and walked out the door behind her, while Touya was washing the dishes, mumbling about something. (A/N: Let's just say that Sakura's father is elsewhere...)

"So Sakura, where do you work?" Syaoran asked, catching up to the young beauty.

"I work at the cafe down the road. I started work because Tomoyo-chan owned the shop." Sakura answered, straightening her skirt.

"Tomoyo-chan? You mean your friend?"

"Yeah..."

"Oh..." Syaoran looked up at the sky. The darkness was spreading faster. "Sakura, look. The clouds are coming in, and that's where the Shadow Islands are."

Sakura looked up as well and frowned. "You're right. And the only one with magic could only seal it back..." she whispered, looking downward again. Syaoran looked at her, confused.

"How do you know?" he remembered what he read in the book last night. The description. "Are you...the one? With magic?" he asked, slowly.

Sakura's head looked back up and her emerald pools looked into his. Syaoran was mesmerized by her eyes immediately. They were such a beautiful shade of green.

"Yes... and how would you know that? I need to find someone to teach me how to use it though...I'm not sure how to do that though..." her eyes looked solemn for a moment. Not what you want to see in such a nice person.

"You don't have to search..." Syaoran smiled. "I'm right here." Sakura's head shot up and looked at him with shock. "You're the one who knows how?" he nodded and smiled. Sakura smiled again and was as happy as ever. "When do we start? We should start now, might as well, since the shadow Taika had awakened."

Syaoran nodded. They got to the small cafe called Moonlight. 'Pretty nice place to relax...' Syaoran thought as they stepped inside.

Tomoyo was behind the counter, wiping the it. When she heard the small door chime, her head lifted to see Sakura's smiling face. "Sakura! How nice of you to actually get here in time!" she exclaimed as she gave Sakura a hug. The auburn haired girl was sweatdropping, but smiled anyways.

Tomoyo looked at Syaoran and smiled even more. "Sakura! I didn't know you even had a boyfriend!" Sakura and Syaoran sweatdropped even more and blushed.

"Tomoyo-chan, he's my friend!" she straightened herself and introduced him to her. "This is Syaoran Li, my FRIEND!" she emphasized the word friend. Tomoyo giggled. "I'm Tomoyo Daidouji. Nice to meet you!" she was so happy today.

"So, Li-san, do you want anything?" Tomoyo offered, getting a clean glass. He smiled. "Call me Syaoran, and I'll have...a slice of double chocolate cake." Sakura went behind the counter as well and went to work.

Tomoyo went to serve some other costumers that arrived. Sakura had the cake prepared in about ten minutes. "Here! I made it myself." replied, sliding the plate of cake to Syaoran.

"Thank you..." he took a bite and savored the taste. It was delicious. "This is good. I haven't had chocolate in a while, it doesn't come around much..." Sakura nodded.

"That's right. I have a tree that grows cocoa beans. I use them to make my special chocolate cakes." she explained, washing her hands in the sink.

Syaoran nodded, taking another bite of the delicious cake. After what seemed like minutes, the floor rumbled and shook. Sakura held onto the counter to keep herself from falling. There were screams outside and the sky became dark. Sakura and Syaoran ran outside to see what was causing all the commotion.

Everyone was running away, the sky was dark with grey clouds and a black figure was flying in the air. It was the exact same creature in their dreams. It had already started to trail around the world, dropping off his shadow monsters into the village for destruction. The Shadow Taika spotted Sakura and roared. It was the magician that sealed him before. He would have to kill her now.

He flew up high, and then swooped down towards Sakura. She screamed and was too frightened to move.

"Sakura!" he ran across and swept her into his arms, off her feet before the Shadow Taika could eat Sakura alive. He read about it, if the Shadow Taika did manage to devour the person with magic, he would possess it forever and would become stronger; undefeatable.

Him, being the person to teach, had to protect the magician as well. Or else all that studying would go to waste. But Sakura, being the one with magic, had to protect the teacher as well, or else she wouldn't have a teacher to seal the Shadow Taika again. So they'd better look out for each other, or else the Shadow Taika would make the world a miserable place.

Reason why Sakura can't just study the magic herself: SHe can't because...let's just say that the Li's were the only people who could read the symbols in the magic and spell books, and teaching it would be almost impossible, since it's so confusing.

Reason why Touya wasn't the One with magic: He isn't because he isn't the younger one.

If you have other questions, you can ask in your review...

A/N: Yeah, I know...boring chapter...but review anyways...P...lmao...anyways...sorry for that late update and thank you for the reviews!

Ame-chan