Disclaimer:I don't own Card Captor Sakura. Or the names of the ninja techniques either; if you recognize them, you know where it's from.
First Impressions
"Hey kaijuu (monster), time to wake up." a tall brown haired man said to his sister. Princess Sakura stirred but didn't wake up. She turned to the other side of her bed and slipped, once again, into another long slumber. The man sighed and shook his head.
He grabbed the pail of water behind him and softly threatened, "This is your last chance kaijuu. Time to wake up." He shook her a bit harder but still Sakura slept on. "I warned you," he shrugged and smirked evilly.
Then he poured the water onto Sakura's head just as Sakura was having a wonderful dream of being free and running in a meadow. At first she felt a single drop of cold water land on her nose, and precisely after that she found her self screaming in pure surprise. "HOEEE!"
With the unwanted feeling of cold water running down her front and back, she sat up right away and turned and scanned her room for the culprit. When she saw who it was she fumed and started glaring daggers at him. The man smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
A red faced Sakura yelled in anger, "ONII-CHAN (brother)! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" She took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself from her early morning outburst.
Touya, Sakura's older brother, just laughed hysterically. He was a tall and handsome young man with chestnut hair partnered up with a set of matching brown eyes. He was always bugging Sakura ever since she could speak. Touya loves his sister very much and protects her from anything. To him she was his little "kaijuu."
Finally Touya stopped laughing at his little sister and started at the door, "I told you kaijuu, I give you three chances to wake up and if you don't wake up I pour cold water on you!" Touya snickered and continued talking, "Anyway, dry yourself up. You have to meet those other two people for your mission."
Sakura frowned but then saw her brother starting to leave, "Ah! Onii-chan, where are you going? Aren't you going to see me off?"
Touya turned to look at his drenched sister and smiled, he replied, "Sorry kaijuu, I can't. Dad gave me another mission in Southern Japan. Sorry, but be careful in this mission."
Sakura smiled and said, "Daijoubo Onii-chan. I got Tomoyo-chan and two others to help me. Anyway…I'm just as strong as you! I could actually beat you if I wanted to…" She smirked and had an evil glint in her eye.
Touya laughed, "In like a million years kaijuu! I don't know….you have been slacking off lately. How about this, when both of us get back from our mission we'll have a little match."
Sakura punched the air, "You're on Onii-chan! I'll beat you to a pulp!" Touya smiled one last time and left Sakura's chambers leaving her to dry off and change.
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"Are they actually serious! I can't believe they lost The Five Dragon Stones! Ha! No wonder they need our help Eriol," said a young teenager with chestnut hair. His amber eyes were focused on his sword which he daily warmed up with for practice. He was built quite well due to his training, sporting a black sleeveless shirt and dark green pants.
"Now now my dear descendant, it was stolen not lost. Anyway, this is really important to them and to us! They need those stones to finish deciphering the prophecy," spoke a midnight haired male. He was working on his spells, needing to perfect them for the upcoming danger.
The amber eyed man fell silent, "I don't care about any stupid prophecy. It's just a waste of time. C'mon Eriol it's time to get ready…those other two people are about to arrive soon."
"Right behind you my cute descendent, Syaoran!" Syaoran glared at Eriol. He hated to be called a "cute descendent." Even though Eriol was reincarnation of Clow Reed it didn't mean him he had to keep calling him that. The two boys walked inside the castle and went upstairs.
They were both silent until Eriol broke it, "So who do you think will help us to find these stones Syaoran?"
Syaoran had no emotion in his face and replied, "Just hope these people are useful. Not some weak, squealing girls."
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The ride to Li Kingdom was quiet. Sakura was exhausted after the rude awakening from her brother, Touya. She sighed and looked at Tomoyo who was straightening her fighting gloves on her hands. She was wearing a grey, tank top and black shorts. Her hair was braided into two pig-tails hanging loosely down her back. Sakura grinned; her friend looked so tough wearing those clothes.
Sakura herself wore black shorts but with a white tank top, and eventually slipped on sleeveless waist coat that stopped just a little ways after her knees. It did not button or zip up, but hung open. It was a deep crimson and hand stitched and embroidered on her left shoulder was her family crest in gold thread: a symbol of her nation and home. Her hair was tied up into two little pigtails, so as to keep the hair falling into her face when she fights.
Sakura twiddled her thumbs and shifted nervously in her seat. Tomoyo looked up at her friend and said, "What's wrong Sakura? Aren't you excited on meeting our allies? I thought you were excited about this mission!"
Sakura looked up and had a surprised look on her face, "Oh don't get me wrong! I am excited! I was just wondering who the twoother peopleare…the suspense is killing me!"
Tomoyo giggled and put her hand on Sakura's knee. "Don't worry Sakura-chan, if they get on your nerves, tell me and I'll punch them in the face for you!" Tomoyo smiled.
Sakura laughed and replied, "Oh that's okay, I'll punch them myself! Hey guess what! I brought that other weapon your dad gave me!" She jabbed her thumb at a big fan that was tied to her back.
Tomoyo squealed with glee, "Did you bring it so you could practice the techniques on it?" Sakura nodded and touched the fan in its folded position.
"Yeah, it's a good thing he taught me how to use it before he…uh…you know." Tomoyo smiled sadly and nodded. Tomoyo's dad died when she was very young. Her dad taught her how to fight as a ninja before he died from battle. He always made her practice each technique from his book.
After a half an hour of riding in their carriage, it stopped. A man shouted, "Ladies, we have reached your destination!" The two girls got off and grabbed their bags. They thanked the man and went to the gate entrance of the castle. They found it and walked through the gate and stopped at a red door and knocked on it.
After they waited a few minutes, a servant answered it and spoke up at once, "Ah! You two must be the other allies helping us out with the stones. Please come in." The servant opened the door and let them in. The two girls waited for the others to arrive as they stood at the entrance of the door they went through. The servant bowed to them and said,
"Please excuse me while I fetch Queen Yelan, Prince Xiao-lang and Prince Eriol."
After saying that he left the two girls with surprised looks on their faces, they both thought the same thing, "Our other allies are boys?"
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"You know they should have arrived by now, eh Syaroan?" Eriol asked as he was sitting on a chair. Syaoran said nothing in reply and just stared at the window. Honestly, he thought it was just a waste of time of having more people. He could do it himself with no one else's help. Then all of a sudden a knock came at his door.
"Master Xiao-lang, the two guests to help you with your quest are here."
Eriol jumped from his chair and went to the door but stopped. He turned around and faced his descendant. "C'mon, Syaoran lets go meet them! I want to see what they look like!" Eriol walked out the door, while Syaoran followed, grumbling. When they reached the stairs leading to the first floor, they stopped dead at what they saw; two girls chatting softly to each other. Eriol grinned with delight and made his way down the stairs as Syaoran groaned and followed his lead.
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As Sakura and Tomoyo were chatting they heard a noise and they turned around. They saw two boys declining from the stairs. The one with the midnight blue hair approached and smiled at them. He spoke, "Ohayo (good morning), my name is Hiiragizawa Eriol. It is a pleasure to meet you both!" He bent down, held their hands and kissed it on the surface. Both girls giggled and blushed.
Then Sakura approached him and said, "Ohayo to you too! My name is Kinomoto Sakura. I am the Daughter of King Fujitaka from Kinomoto Kingdom."
She stuck out her hand and Eriol took it and shook hands gratefully. He then glanced at Tomoyo and grinned, "Oh? Who is this lovely goddess here?"
Tomoyo smiled and replied, "My name is Daidouji Tomoyo," and then shook hands with him. Eriol then noticed Syaoran alone in the shadows not having a care in the world. Eriol nudged him in the ribs to say "hi".
"Ow! Oh…I'm Li Syaoaran," mumbled Syaoran.
Sakura went up to him and smiled. "Hi! My name is Sakura and this is my best friend Tomoyo. It's nice to meet you Li-kun."
He turned his head, "Uh-huh. Well, I don't really think that you two can handle something as serious--ow!" He was nudged again by Eriol but much harder, however he continued despite it, "I'm sure that anyone might agree that two young girls might not be the best idea for this mission and…"
Sakura raised her eyebrows. Was he implying that herself and Tomoyo weren't cut out for a mission like this? That they were just two squealing girls with no back bone? She clenched her fist in anger, until an idea suddenly struck her.
"That's what you think Li-kun. But I could probably defeat you with one swing of my fan." She took her fan off her back and opened it. It was twice the length of her. It looked heavy to Syaoran, but Sakura carried like as if it was nothing. She then set it on the ground and leaned against it.
"Is that a challenge, Kinomoto?" Syaoran inquired.
Sakura looked at him levelly and smiled mockingly, "If you want to call it that, yes it is a challenge. Tell you what, I'll let you use anything you want and I'll only use my fan and this." She fished through her pocket and took out a pink card that said "The Fly."
Syaoran gaped at the card. "Is that a Clow Card?"
"It was a Clow Card. It is now a Sakura Card. I changed its form and now I'm the cards new Mistress. So Li-kun, do we have a deal?"
Syaoran smiled at the deal. "Fine, but I won't go easy on you."
Sakura laughed and replied, "Who asked you to? C'mon, will have our battle in the forest." Sakura went out the door with Syaoran, Eriol and Tomoyo walking behind her.
When they finally arrived, Sakura threw the card up and swung her pink wand, she then struck it. "FLY!" Then wings started to grow from her back and she flapped them and went to a strong branch and stood on it. Syaoran watched and then he jumped from tree branch to tree branch and landed on the branch opposite of Sakura.
Syaoran smirked, "This is going to be simple. She won't even last five minutes!" he thought, and unsheathed his sword which he then held in front of him. He waited for a second and then charged at Sakura, jumping from branch to branch, he finally came close enough to hit her.
He shouted, "It's over Kinomoto!" He swung his sword and it was coming down onto her.
Tomoyo was watching the scene and shouted, "SAKURA-CHAN!" She closed her eyes waiting for a scream from Sakura. But there was none all she heard was a loud BAM! Tomoyo looked up at the battle scene and there Syaoran was on the same branch with Sakura with his mouth opened in surprised. Even Tomoyo and Eriol were surprised. There stood Sakura smirking at Syaoran as her hands were clamped on each flat side of the sword's blade. It was inches from her face and her arms trembled from the force which Syaoran put into the swing. However she held her ground and no blood came out from Sakura's hands to Syaoran's surprise.
Tomoyo smiled from below, "Good thing I taught her how to do that technique right." As Tomoyo remember how many times Sakura tried attempting it. She had so many bruises on her face just trying to practice it.
"Thank you Tomoyo-chan!" thought Sakura thankfully; she stared back at Syaoran who was trying harder to push the blade to her. But Sakura didn't let the sword go any further. She had an open spot to hit Syaoran, taking her leg; she kicked Syaoran in the chest. Syaoran had full impact on the blow and he was twirling in the air and then landed on the branch he stood, before the fight.
He crouched and rubbed his chest thinking, "She has more strength than I thought. It looks like this battle isn't a waste of time after all." Syaoran then took out a summoning slip and chanted, "God of Fire come forth!" He then threw it up in the air and the slip landed on his blade and then fire came out of the paper going straight to Sakura. Sakura jumped and started flying and dodging the fire at the same time.
Then Syaoran smirked, "Got you!" he then released another slip and chanted once again he threw it up just the same as the fire talisman. The paper landed on the blade and he called out, "God of Thunder come forth!" Out came thunder from the sky and it was going straight to Sakura. Sakura looked up and opened her fan quickly and used it as a shield. The thunder was blocked but it pushed her down to a branch banging her back on it hard.
"AHHH!" screamed Sakura when she felt the full impact of the branch.
Syaoran smiled, Sakura was slowly getting up when she heard from Syaoran, "God of Water come forth!" She then lifted her head and saw a twister of water coming towards her. She jumped and dodged it, but the water followed her every move.
Sakura glared, "It's time to end this, once and for all." She landed on a branch and saw the water coming towards her. Sakura raised her fan and shouted, "DAI KAMAITACHI NO JUTSU (great slashing wind technique)!"
She swung her fan and a great wind as sharp as blades reflected the water and turned it towards to Syaoran. As Syaoran saw Sakura swing her fan a great wind blew to him. He covered himself from the wind with his arms when he saw his water twister coming towards him! He couldn't dodge it because the wind that Sakura threw was keeping him from going anywhere. He then got hit by his water attack right on the stomach. The water force was knocking him into tree branches and destroying each and every one of them.
He was winded from all that force and eventually he started to fall towards the ground. Sakura smiled and raised her fan again and swung it towards the ground. The direction of the wind reached Syaoran and slowed down his impact as it cushioned him. He landed safely and his vision blurred for a few seconds but then came to when he felt the ground. Tomoyo went up to him and helped him up. Eriol went to Sakura as she just landed.
"That was a great technique Kinomoto-san. Defending yourself and attacking your enemy with physical damage with one move. You know…" He then turned around and gasped. Behind him were cut up trees and scattered logs all over the place, caused by Sakura's fan. "…even the trees had no chance."
"Thanks, it took me forever just to master that move…" Her wings disappeared from her back andshe then ran to Tomoyo who was carrying Syaoran on her shoulder.
Sakura stopped at Syaoran and asked, "Well? What did you think of that move, Li-kun? Sorry I was a little rough on you…But you were pretty strong too. That one part when you hit me with thunder. I was totally not expecting that!" Sakura smiled at Syaoran who turned away and let go of Tomoyo's grip.
He faced the smiling Sakura. He then said, "You're really good Kinomoto. That technique could come in useful when we start finding the stones." He then did what shocked everybody, he smiled. But it was those rare ones that nobody sees.
Sakura at first was shocked but then smiled back saying, "Maybe we should have a rematch sometime, ne?"
Syaoran nodded and replied, "That would be great, but next time I will defeat you to a pulp!" He laughed and pushed Sakura down onto the ground and started running. Sakura was shocked, and then snapped back into reality.
She growled and got up quickly then started chasing down the playfully smirking Syaoran, "You are gonna pay for that Li-kun!" As she left Tomoyo and Eriol, they both smiled. It wasn't going to be half-bad traveling with them. They started to walk towards the castle where they would soon depart for the mission ahead.
A/N: Well, that is chapter two for you! I hope you enjoyed it! Sorry for the slow updating, please read and review!
