Disclaimer: Anything you recognize in the following story is NOT owned by me….. Although I wish it was……. J

Summery: Ever wonder how Clow Reed knew who his successor was going to be or why he seems so nice to Sakura when ever they meet? Well here it the first story, long before Cardcaptor Sakura took place. This is the story about Clow Reed and Sakura……………. His Daughter??

Chapter 2

Five years had passed since the night Sakura had been left on his door step and life at his manner couldn't have bee happier, well maybe if Sakura had a mother around life would have been perfect.

"But life is never perfect, not for long anyway." said Clow to him self as he watched Sakura, Cereberos, and Yue playing out in the back yard.

Sakura was growing up to be a almost an exact replica of her mother it seemed. Although her attitude and the way she thought she had gotten from him.

She was incredibly stubborn and defiantly had a mind of her own. She was a risk taker but still had some sense of caution about things she wasn't sure of. Clow could already tell she was going to develop a good head on her shoulders.

She was going to need one, maybe sooner then she should, but it couldn't be helped. The Kinomoto family was keeping a close watch on him and the ones that knew who Sakura really was were keeping an even closer watch on him, why? he didn't know exactly but he could feel they were planning something and he doubted it was in best interests of his young daughter.

"Daddy!!" came a squealing voice of his daughter.

Clow smiled and knelt down in front of her.

'What is it Sakura?"

"Look what I can do" she said.

With an intense look of concentration that Clow had never seen on a child's face before, Sakura started to glow a bright fiery pink and suddenly the entire room he had been standing in was covered with cherry blossom flowers and petals.

At that moment Yue and Cereberos ran in to the room.

"Master Clow, sir we-" was all they said when they saw the room in front of them.

Clow him self was covered in flower petals too.

Sakura was very happy with herself, she was jumping around and flinging petals everywhere, while chanting,

"I did it, I did it! Did you see Daddy I did it!!" then she seemed to slow down and some of the flowers start to disappear as the magic that made them started to disappear as well.

"I…. did…. It…" and that was all she said before collapsing, and the rest of the flower petals vanished.

"Sakura!" Came three worried voices as she fell to the floor. Clow managed to catch her before her head hit the ground.

"Is she alright?!" yelled Cereberos as he came up next to her.

"Shhh… Cereberos he is concentrating" said Yue as he kneeled down next to Clow, who had his hand over Sakura's forehead and was starting to glow a dark purple.

Clow sighed as he removed his hand from her head, and said "She will be back to her normal self in a few days, right now she is magically exhausted after pushing her magic powers like that"

"But Master Clow, she has no cards under her power, where was she placing her magic in to make those flowers appear?" asked Yue.

Clow nodded his head "That is a very good question Yue"

Then Clow waved his hand and a Card floated into his hand.

"The flower Card? But how can she manipulate your cards, the Clow cards should only be able to listen to you." said Cereberos.

Clow concentrated on the card in his hand, as if talking to it.

When he finished he turned to Yue.

"Yue put Sakura in her bed and meet me and Cereberos in the library" Clow said strongly.

"Yes Master Clow" said Yue as he gently picked the little girl up with little effort.

Over the years Yue had grown quickly, he was now the physical age of 14 or 15 year old even though in reality he was only 6 years old in human years . Cereberos had grown much in the same way only he looked like a juvenile mountain lion.

Once Yue completed his task and arrived at the library he saw Clow with his staff out waiting for him.

"Take your place Yue, and we will soon have answers" said Clow softly.

Yue took his place beside Cereberos, together they formed a triangle with Clow a the far point of it.

Clow waved his large staff and gently set the end on the floor making a small tap. In a flash of light the Clow cards appeared circling around all of them as they continued to glow brightly.

Clow closed his eyes and whispered, "Cards of Clow, Please grant me answers to which I seek"

As soon as those words left his lips his mind was flooding with images of Sakura, but they were specific.

One image was showing Sakura exploring a little to far away from the mansion and playing dangerously close to the river when she fell in, but before she could even let out a scream the water seemed to carry her to a shallow bank and pushed her onto land. Through the memory Clow could faintly see the spirit of the water card in the river, she was controlling the current of the water so it didn't swallow Sakura back up again.

Then he saw another, Sakura was in one of his study rooms, where she knows she isn't supposed to be. She was playing with one of his magical objects that he had collected from his travels. When she activated it, it zipped out of her hand and knocked over a heavy stone statue right above her. Just as it started to fall it disappeared and Sakura was moved out of the room and the door locked behind her.

In that scene alone he notice the work of the Erase card, the Move card, and the lock card. He was beginning to get it now, the cards wanted to protect Sakura, it seemed they loved her as much a he and his two Guardians did. They allowed her to use them so they could protect her if she was in danger. It seemed Sakura had discovered her ability to control the Clow cards today, that was why she was so excited ,and she ended up using all her energy in her excitement when she showed him that she could control the flower card.

Clow then opened his eyes and released his staff, allowing all the Cards to return to the book.

"They are letting her use them?" asked Yue as walked over to his master.

Clow nodded "Yes Yue it appears that way, Sakura has been using them subconsciously up until now. However now for her to use them with her conscious mind it will require a great deal of magical energy form her."

"Isn't that dangerous?" asked Cereberos.

"Only if left untrained" answered Clow then he turned to his two Guardians with the ever present smile on his face.

"I believe it is time to start Sakura's magical education"

Two days passed before Sakura woke up and it was going to be a day she would never forget.

"Daddy?" said Sakura sleepily as she walked into the living room.

"Ah.. You're awake, have same breakfast there is some bread and oatmeal on the table for you, after you are finished get dressed we need to go into town today" said Clow softly from the living room.

Sakura smiled brightly and then ran over the dinning room table where Yue and Cereberos were just finishing their breakfast.

"Come on Yue you eat enough to keep a mouse alive, live a little will ya, this stuff is delicious" said Cereberos as he took a big gulp of oatmeal.

Yue merely rolled his eyes and said " I have yet to understand why you insist on eating Master Clow out of house and home. I don't need to remind you that we have no need to eat, our magic sustains us"

Cereberos sighed and shook his furry head.

"You are so boring Yue" grumbled Cereberos as he took another massive gulp of oatmeal.

Sakura was the only one to notice the faint smile on Yue's lips, and couldn't help but giggle at the two guardians antics. This type of arguing was fun for them, well maybe for Yue more then Cereberos since he usually won the arguments.

"Ms. Sakura you are awake, how are you feeling?" asked Yue.

Sakura looked up from her oatmeal, "I am feeling fine thank you, but you know you are only supposed to call me Sakura, not Mistress Sakura, and not Ms. Sakura, just Sakura" she said with a sweet smile.

"Yes Ms. Sakura" said Yue with a hint of teasing in his voice.

"Ah Yue!! You are teasing me " she whined.

"No I am not" he said back.

"Yes you are" Sakura whined again.

'No I am not" said Yue with the same trace of a smile on his lips.

"Yes you are" said Sakura stubbornly.

"Yes I am" said Yue as he crocked his eyebrow.

"No you are not!" Sakura yelled.

Yue said nothing and took a sip of his tea.

Cereberos started howling in laughter at what Yue had just done and it took Sakura a few more moments to figure out that Yue had tricked her.

"Yue you tricked me, and Kero it isn't funny"

Yes it was…" said Yue and Cereberos.

Sakura just pouted for a few moments before going back to her breakfast.

Clow laugh at the door way, amused by their playful teasing of each other. He was most impressed by the way Sakura managed to make Yue lighten up since it was in his nature to be cold and steely. Also what amazed him was how fast Sakura's magic replenished it's self she should at least be a little sleepy or her magic should a little low, but it wasn't.

After Sakura had finished her meal she changed into her traveling clothes which for her was a plain black dress, a long dark brown over coat and dark burgundy bonnet.

"Cereberos, Yue you two know the routine when I am out, we should be back in a couple of hours"

"We will await your return Master Clow" said Yue.

"Alright Sakura, lets go" said Clow.

"Coming Daddy, bye guys see you later" said Sakura as she waved to the two Guardians and followed her father outside.

As Clow and Sakura walked down the path towards town, Sakura started thinking.

"Daddy why can't Yue and Kero come with us?" she asked curiously.

Clow looked down at his young daughter, she was so innocent and good hearted he didn't think she would be able to understand the hatred that some of the villagers felt towards his two magical guardians. Many of the townspeople feared Cereberos and Yue because they weren't human and unfortunately more often then not that fear turned to hate. A few years ago he took both his Guardians to the town and a riot broke out a few farmers even aimed their rifles at them. Even though they could have protected them selves other people could have gotten hurt.

So he had been forced to agree never to bring Cereberos or Yue insight of the village again.

"Sakura it might be hard for you to understand, but the people in the village don't like Yue or Cereberos very much" said Clow.

Sakura looked up at him confused. "Why?"

"Because they are different?" he said trying to keep it simple.

Unfortunately Sakura wouldn't let him.

"So? Everyone is different" she said.

"They don't like them because they aren't human, like us"

Sakura looked very upset by his statement.

"But that isn't fair, it isn't their fault"

Clow nodded "I know, but that is how they feel and with them like that, it would be dangerous for both Yue and Cereberos to be seen. There isn't much we can do to change their feelings" Clow explained.

Sakura folded her arms in front of her with a humf, not at all happy with the situation. Then she seemed to get an idea.

"I know! Why don't you disguise them, make them look less noticeable" she said with a big smile on her face.

Clow smiled back at her and thought about it for a moment.

"You know that is actually a very good idea" he said as looked at Sakura proudly.

" Really?" she asked, extremely happy that her father was proud of her.

"Yes, and you will help me with it, would you like that?" Clow asked.

Sakura was practically glowing with excitement and happiness at the thought of helping her father with magic, which was something she had always wanted to do since she could remember.

'Yes! I would love that, I can't wait to tell Kero and Yue when we get back. Huh where are we going anyway Daddy?" asked Sakura.

"To a friend of mine, she will be able to help me teach you how the control your magic" said Clow.

"Why can't you teach me Daddy?" asked Sakura.

"There are some things I will teach you, but I can't teach you everything" said Clow again.

"Why not? You know everything." said Sakura with such confidence Clow was taken back.

"Sakura what makes you think I know everything? Now one knows everything" said Clow with a smile.

Sakura stared back at him with wide eyes. "Sometimes it seems like you do, and Yue says you know everything all the time" she as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"He dose, dose he? Well I have to have talk with him when we get back" said Clow.

"I didn't get him in trouble, did I?" asked Sakura guiltily.

Clow laughed, "No Sakura he isn't in trouble, he just has to stop seeing me as a super human"

"Why?" Sakura asked again.

"Because I am not Sakura I am a mortal man, the same as every other person you see walking on this earth, and not even one mortal being on this world is perfect. Do you understand?" asked Clow.

Sakura seemed to think about for a moment, and then looked up at him again.

"I guess so, but it is just hard to see it" said Sakura.

Clow smiled, that would probably be the best answer he would get out of her so he took it.

"Good"

They continued to make their way to town in reliatve silence, when they entered the town was still waking up only a few people were awake and outside working.

They passed by a park along the way and Sakura spotted a small black cat.

"A kitty! Aww!! It is so cute, can we stay here a little while Daddy? Please" asked Sakura as she blinked her big bright green eyes him, knowing her eyes was his biggest weakness.

Clow couldn't resist her begging so he conceded.

"Alright, but only for a little while , I don't want us being to late" he said.

"Yay!" yelled Sakura as she made her way over the kitten.

I only took moments of the kitten to realise the child wasn't a threat so it allowed her to pet and pick it up. After a few minutes the kitten and Sakura were fast friends and seemed to be playing tag of some sort. They were having so much fun Clow almost hated spliting them up but they had to go.

"Sakura lets go now, you can play with the kitten later" he called out to her.

"Oh, Just a little longer please" Sakura asked.

"We will come back here after we are done, now come on"

Sakura sighed and turned to the kitten " I will play with you later Kitty, okay?" she said as she got up and ran towards her father. The little cat however ran after her, so much to Sakura's delight, she got to play with her new animal friend as they walked.

During a game of chase Sakura and the cat ran far a head of Clow, in fact Sakura was so focused on her game with the cat she wasn't watching where she was going and ran right into someone.

" I am sorry sir I wasn't watching where I was going" said Sakura as she was about to continue with her game of chase with the kitten.

However the man she ran into grabbed hold of her arm, "Not so fast girl" said the man in a sharp commanding tone.

"Sir?" asked Sakura confused, she had apoligised there wasn't much more she could do then that.

"You will stand here and apoligised formely for running into me" said the man harshly.

"What?" asked Sakura again, she was still confused as to why the man was so mad at her, it was also his fault they had collided anyway, not just hers. Her father once told her when two people bump into each other it is both parties fault, since neither were looking where they were going.

Her question how ever just made to man angrier, "did anyone teach you manners girl!?" the man yelled.

"Sakura!" called Clow as he finally walked up the street.

The mans eye's narrowed even more, "ah, Clow Reed, is this girl your charge? I might have known"

Clow stopped and stared at them man with calm eyes, however Sakura could see something else in his eyes, some thing she had never seen before, so she didn't know what it was, but it didn't feel very good.

"Unhand her Lord Kinomoto" he commanded.

Lord Kinomoto glared back at him "No, she needs to be taugh manners and respect for her elders" he snapped.

Something seemed to change in Clow as he saw Sakura being held non to gentally by her own grandfather.

"She already knows the meaning of respect thank you, now unhand her" he said still in a eerily clam voice.

However Lord Kinomoto's grip tightend around Sakura's arm and he moved to take out a small whip which was used to punish kids for misbehaving.

Sakura panicked when she saw the little whip and she yelled, "Daddy!! Help"

Lord Kinomoto froze, for a number of reasons, for one out of surprise when Sakura called Clow daddy, also because Clow had his staff aimed at his throat and had a dangerous look in his eyes. Lastly the freeze card had literally froze his body from the neck down.

Sakura had managed to pull her arm out of his grip and ran over to her father.

Clow gentally place his had on her head and asked, "Are you alright Sakura?"

Sakura nodded her head but tears were rolling off her face. She turned toward the still frozen man with shining eyes and then walked over to him. Since the man was now frozen, fear was no longer in her eyes, but a very real anger was.

"You know, I really was sorry for running into you sir, but it was your fault to, you ran into me to!" she yelled as a few tears slid down her face.

Then she did something Lord Kinomoto wasn't execting, she curtsied to him and said "I Sakura formally apoligize for running into you, and I shall do everything with my power to keep from doing it again"

Then she turned around and ran back to Clow. She clung to his robes as a pink firey magic surrounded her again and Lord Kinomoto thawed out.

Lord Kinomoto stared at Sakura with a type of realization, he bowed his head slightly towards Sakura, but glared hatefuly at Clow.

"Take your basterd child, and get out of my sight Sorceror" he said coldly as he turned and briskly walked away.

Clow stared down at Sakura and shock his head sadly. Sakura was trembling and struggling to remain standing as she sobbed on his rodes. He picked her up and said,

"Lets go home Sakura, we will go though with your magical training another time" he said softly.

Sakura nodded again, "Okay Daddy"

………………………………...

Lord Kinomoto walked along the path, in his hand was a picture of a little girl in a white dress and cherry blossoms in her hair and her green eyes shone even in the old photo.

"At least the child of yours took after you Anna, I was almost expecting to have to deal with another menece like Clow Reed" he whispered to the picture.

He sighed as he placed the picture back in his pocket.

Dispite what he led everyone to believe, he missed his only daughter very much. Five years ago he was sure he could make her see reason, try to make her forget about Clow Reed or convince her she was under one of his spells.

However when the news got out that she was pregnant he had one other choice, she would either have to send the child to an orphanedge which he knew she wouldn't do or face being disowned from the family and being able to let her child stay with whom ever she wished.

Of course she chose to ladder option as if it were the obvious choice, which of course it was, she gave up her preset wonderful future for her child to have a chance at a bright one.

He wouldn't admit it to anyone, it wasn't proper, but her was proud of his daughter for choosing the path she had.

However it was this reason he hated Clow Reed, he was the reason his Anna had been banished, if he had stayed away from Anna like he was supposed to none of this would have happened and Anna wouldn't have had a reason to leave. A little of that resentment must have carried over the girl as well, because she was the end result of everything that had ever happened between Clow Reed and Anna. She was proof that their star crossed love affair had actually happened and it wasn't just a dream or something you could erase.

Kinomoto took the photo out once again and continued to stare at it, and inwardly wished to see her one last time……………..

End of chaper 2

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