And finally, here is chapter 2. Sorry it's taken so long...
Please reveiw
~Sunechirei
"I'm starting homeroom now!" the teacher called out as he slid open the door to the classroom. A few of the students groaned, heading to their seats, and Sakura lay her head on her desk. She was completely exhausted from rushing around, doing the morning chores that she had forgotten about having. From behind her, Tomoyo laughed.
"I should have called to remind you this morning, shouldn't I?" She giggled as Sakura turned to give her a glare.
"I'm not a child!" she whisper-yelled. "I would have remembered but I had a strange dream..." Tomoyo just smiled at her and pointed to the front where the teacher was taking roll. Sighing, Sakura turned back to her teacher and listened absentmindedly to what the teacher was saying about their summer homework.
After a few minutes of spacing out, the teacher said something that caught her attention.
"Now then, I know that all of you have heard about the new transfer student, though how is a mystery, so here he is!" the door opened again, and in entered the boy that Sakura had crashed into this morning. She sat up straight whens she recognized him, and looked at the board to see that the teacher had written it.
Syaoran Li.
Looking backed to the boy, she saw that he was staring at her, his amber eyes narrowed in a piercing glare. A shudder ran through Sakura when her eyes met his, and flashes from her dream ran through her head.
Tomoyo, sensing something wrong, tapped Sakura on the shoulder. Sakura flinched and turned sharply, fear echoing in her eyes. "What's wrong?" she asked as quietly as she could, trying not to draw the attention of the kids sitting around them. Sakura glanced back at the front, only to find his eyes still on her, and turned back to her friend.
"I met him this morning, right before you guys showed up, but I also-
"Miss Kinomoto!"
"Yes!" Sakura instinctively jumped at the sound of her name. The teacher was shaking his head and pointed to the empty desk next to her.
"That will be your seat, Li." he said to the new student before turning his attention back to Sakura. "And Miss Kinomoto, please refrain from talking in class while I am." Sakura turned red and sat down quickly, bowing her head. Syaoran sat down next to her, and Sakura could feel a strange tension rise between them.
The teacher erased Syaoran's name from the board and turned back to the class. "Now that that's been taken care of, I need to inform you that I have a few meetings to go to, so the rest of this class will be a work day. Good day."
As soon as the teacher finished talking, the classroom exploded with sound. Sakura sneaked a glance at the boy sitting next to her and was glad to see that he had stopped staring at her. She let out a sigh and turned back to Tomoyo who, to everyone else, was smiling, but to Sakura, it was a sign that she was worried.
Tomoyo nodded her head towards Syaoran and gave Sakura a look that said "What are we going to do about this guy, he's obviously weird." Sakura shrugged.
"Well, Sakura, I think we should go talk to the other girls." Tomoyo said hesitantly. She stood up and grabbed Sakura's hand, pulling her out of her seat and towards Rika's desk. When they were farther away from the new boy, Tomoyo whispered, "Do you know him, other than from this morning?"
Sakura shook her head. "I've never seen him before this morning. I have no idea who he might be."
"Do you think it might have something to do with-" Sakura placed her hand over Tomoyo's mouth.
"Not here!" she hissed. "You never know who might be listening."
"Hey you guys, what do you think of the new guy?"
The two girls turned around to see Naoko and Chiharu standing around Rika's desk, watching Sakura and Tomoyo with great interest. Sakura let out a nervous laugh and scratched her head.
"Well, I don't know. He seems... nice?" She laughed again, putting her hands behind her back.
Rika and Chiharu exchanged a glance. "I think... I think he may like you, Sakura." Rika said, a smile spreading on her face. Sakura blinked, looked down at her friend, and started laughing hysterically.
"What are you talking about? There's no way..."
"We all saw him staring at you. There's no way that was just a coincidence." Chiharu said slyly. "Besides, that's not a bad thing. He really is, well, hot."
"I know isn't he!" Naoko's voice got quiet and the other two joined her with hushed voices. Tomoyo and Sakura watched their friends squeal over Syaoran with confused faces.
"Um, guys, there's absolutely no way he could like me. I mean, who could like me?" Sakura said nervously. "I think it's more accurate to say he hates me."
The girls continued to talk about Syaoran and the fact that he was staring at Sakura until the next class, leaving Sakura embarrassed, and the other girls ecstatic. Finally the bell rang, allowing Sakura to finally get away from her friends' squealing and back to her desk, though she wasn't quite sure if that was really any better.
Syaoran seemed to have been unmoving the entire break, but when Sakura passed by him he grabbed her arm. Sakura froze when he did, a feeling of uneasiness falling over her. She looked down at him, trying hard not to look afraid.
"I need to talk to you." he said coldly. Sakura could hear her friends squeal, but she knew that they didn't know what was really going on. Angrily, she yanked her arm out of his grasp and stuck out her tongue.
"No way. Not with the way you've been acting." Syaoran's eyes narrowed dangerously, but he let it go, turning back to the front of the room. Sitting in her chair, Sakura allowed Tomoyo to pass, and when she did, she slipped Sakura a note.
I think you should talk to him. He might have something to do with the Clow Cards.
Sakura turned back to her friend and shook her head vigorously. "No way." she mouthed, crumpling the paper in her hands and tossing it onto Tomoyo's desk. Tomoyo sighed and for the rest of the morning, tried to convince Sakura otherwise.
Finally, the lunch bell rang, and Sakura jumped out of her seat and headed over to Rika's desk before either Syaoran or Tomoyo could talk to her again. After waiting for Tomoyo to catch up and telling Rika and Chiharu that she was going to eat lunch on the roof today, she dashed out of the room, hearing laughter behind her.
"Sakura, I really do think you shoul-"
"Not right now Tomoyo!" Sakura grabbed her friends hand and dragged her through the halls and into the stairwell. Once there, she pulled out her cellphone, dialing the number of the cell that Kero owned. She dashed up the stairs while the phone rang, Tomoyo following shortly after.
"What do you want," Kero answered, "I'm kinda busy!" Sakura pulled the phone away from her ear as Kero started yelling.
"I think he's playing video games again..." Sakura muttered to Tomoyo before opening the door to the roof. "Kero, Kero I need to talk to you, pause the game please." the phone left her ear again and she gave Tomoyo an irritated look. "Kero!" The noise in the background stopped.
"Sakura!" Kero whined. "I'm about to battle the boss of the Star-room Dungeon! What could be so-"
"Li! Does that name sound familiar to you?" Sakura interrupted. "Hold on, "I'm putting you on speaker." She pressed the speaker button right as Kero began to talk again.
"Li? Oh yeah! Clow Reed's mother was from the Li clan. Why do you ask?" he sounded amused by all of this.
"Clow Reed! Him again?" Sakura groaned, slumping against the wall. "That kid must know about the Clow Cards then." Tomoyo nodded.
"What kid?"
"There's a new kid named Syaoran-" Sakura screamed and dropped the phone as it lit on fire.
"I know about the Clow Cards, Kinomoto. That's why I wanted to talk to you." Sakura stepped away from the wall and looked up to the roof of the staircase, where she saw Syaoran, standing with his arms crossed and an irritated look on his face. He jumped down in front of Sakura and picked up her now charred cellphone. "I also know that you have them with you."
Sakura took another step back, her eyes darting to Tomoyo to make sure she was safe. "Wha-what are you talking about?" she asked, not sure if her bluff would do anything. Unfortunately it didn't work. Syaoran just laughed.
"If you don't know anything about the Clow Cards, then why were you talking to the Beast of the Seal about Clow Reed?" he smirked, dropping her phone on the ground again. "Now, hand over the cards please."
He held out his hand expectantly but Sakura took another step back. "Why would I give them to you?" she asked slowly, "Because you're related to Clow Reed?"
"That helps, but no." He stepped forward. "You just aren't fit to be the one to capture the cards."
"You don't know anything about Sakura though. How do you know that she isn't fit to capture the cards." Tomoyo stepped in-between the two teens with a smile on her face. "After all, she has already caught seven of them."
"This doesn't involve you, Daidouji." Syaoran hissed.
"He's right, Tomoyo. Let me handle this." Sakura smiled at her friend. Tomoyo sighed but moved to the side, pulling out her video camera.
"Alright, but you have to let me record what's about to happen." she said. Sakura laughed nervously and nodded before turning back to Syaoran.
She let out a sigh. "Look, Li, you and I seem to have gotten off on a bad start. Let's start over okay? I'm Sakura Kinomoto, it's a pleasure to meet you." Syaoran raised an eyebrow and looked down at her hand.
"If you just give me the Clow Cards, I'll leave you alone." he said simply. "No introductions needed." Sakura began to walk back slowly, her hand moving to the pocket where she kept her cards. Syaoran laughed. "You're not going to give them to me, are you?" Sakura shook her head. "I guess I'll have to take them by force then." his hand began to glow and a strange sword appeared in his hands.
"What are yo-" Sakura began, but stopped suddenly when Syaoran charged at her. She let out a scream and fell on her back, barely dodging the sword that had been swung at her. "Are you trying to kill me?" she screeched, her eyes wide with fear of another strike.
"That, or mutilate you enough that you are incapable of catching the Clow Cards. Either one works for me." Syaoran tensed to charge again, but this time Sakura was ready. She reached down her shirt and grabbed the key that Kero had given her and pulled it out.
Rolling to dodge another attack, she recited; "The key which hides the power of the dark,, show your true form before me! I Sakura, command you under out contract; RELEASE!"
Clow's magical circle appeared under Sakura, and the key extended, transforming into the flamingo headed staff that Sakura had to use to capture the cards. Syaoran faltered when he saw the magic being used, but he quickly got over it and attacked her again.
"JUMP!" Sakura cried, pulling out THE JUMP and tapping it with her staff. Wings appeared on her shoes and she jumped, flipping over Syaoran who seemed shocked by her magical abilities, and landing next to Tomoyo.
"Are you alright, Sakura?" Tomoyo asked from behind her video camera. Sakura grabbed Tomoyo's hand and pulled her towards the door.
"Get out of here, Tomoyo. It's too dangerous for you here!" She exclaimed. "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." she added before Tomoyo could say anything. Tomoyo nodded and rushed through the door, muttering about how she was going to miss some amazing footage. Sakura turned around to face Syaoran again. He was watching her with interest, his sword hanging by his side.
"What? Are you tired of attacking me now?" Sakura prodded, holding the staff up to her chest.
Syaoran laughed. "Of course not. It just amazes me that your magical ability is so limited." He lifted his sword up again, stepping back into a fighting stance. Sakura gritted her teeth.
"Like you could do any better." she said mockingly.
"Alright." Sakura began to regret her words as Syaoran muttered something under his breath and lighting began to erupt from the tip of his sword. It spread quickly, heading towards Sakura, but she jumped before it could reach her. Landing gently on the top of the stairwell, she pulled out another card.
"Cover his world in darkness. SHADOW!"
Dark shadows emerged from Sakura's staff and rushed towards Syaoran, covering him completely.
"Yes!" Sakura exclaimed, jumping down, but was shocked to see that Syaoran's sword was cutting though her attack.
"Something like that isn't going to stop me, Kinomoto." He grinned and charged at her again, this time creating fire as he went. Not knowing what to do, Sakura stumbled back and prepared for the worst, but a strong wind suddenly appeared, blowing out the fire that Syaoran had created. "What the hell?" he gasped, stopped so the strong gale wouldn't blow him over. Sakura was leaning against the door to the stairs, holding onto the door knob.
"What is going on?" she gasped, feeling her hand slip off of the door knob. She closed her eyes and gripped tighter when a noise reached her ears.
It was familiar, yet not, a loud screech that sounded like a bird in pain. The presence of a Clow Card washed over her and she relaxed. That was a mistake. Her hand slipped off the door knob and she fell backwards, the wind carrying towards the edge of the room.
"Oi!" she heard as Syaoran grabbed her wrist, stopping her from moving any more. "It's a Clow Card!" he called out to her. "Do you have WINDY?" Sakura nodded. "Then this would be-"
"Sakura!" Syaoran grumbled when the voice interrupted him, but Sakura looked up and managed to see Kero struggling to get over to her. "This is THE FLY card."
"I was about to say that." Syaoran muttered right as the wind stopped blowing. Sakura and Syaoran fell over, Sakura landing on top of the teenage boy.
"THE FLY?" Sakura asked. "What is tha-" Syaoran cleared his throat and Sakura looked down at him. His face had turned completely red and he was looking away from Sakura.
"Would you mind getting off of me?" He asked in an embarrassed tone. Sakura's face flushed and she jumped off of him, turning to Kero who was watching them curiously. "Thank you."
"A-a-anyway, what does THE FLY card do?" Sakura asked, moving away from Syaoran.
"I'll explain after you catch the card, but right now, it's coming back and you need to capture it before it destroys something!"
The wind came back, though it was weaker than before. Sakura dashed forward, into the wind, despite the protests of Syaoran and Kero.
"I've got to do this. I've got to do this. I've got to do this. I've got to do this." Sakura chanted. She looked around nervously, hoping to find some clue as to what she was supposed to be sealing. "Let's see, fly, fly, fly, what would be associated with flying. Well birds, but would Clow really make fly be a bird. That's just-" the call sounded again, as Sakura skidded to a stop at the edge of the roof. "Oh come on!"
A large white bird flapped up above the roof, sending large gusts of wind across the rooftop which pushed Sakura onto the ground.
"Sakura! Are you okay?" Kero tried to rush towards her but the wind kept him back.
Sakura managed to pull out another card. "WOOD!" she called out. A large tree began to grow out of the ground, wrapping itself around the large bird which kept it from creating more wind.
"Good job Sakura! Now seal it away!" Kero cried from behind Sakura. She nodded and held up the staff.
"Return the guise you were meant to be in. Clow Card!" swinging down the staff, she felt it stop suddenly where the card for WINDY appeared with a yellow glow. WINDY stopped struggling against the tree branches and went quietly into its card, which floated down gently, landing in Sakura's hand.
Syaoran watched helplessly as the light from Sakura's magic disappeared, leaving only a maroon card which landed in the girls hand. Another card was in the grasp of a girl who had absolutely no relations to Clow Reed.
Syaoran's mother would not be happy about this.
The girl turned around, a grin on her face and looked into Syaoran's eyes.
"Still think I'm incompetent." she asked, completely serious. The little plush toy flew over to her and stared at Syaoran.
"This is the boy you were talking about? The one from the Li clan?" he asked, landing on Sakura's shoulder. She nodded and placed the cards in her pocket, her eyes still locked with Syaoran's. She began to walk towards him, trying to make her way towards the door before the bell rang, but Syaoran wouldn't let her.
He held out his sword, making it so that the tip barely reached Sakura's neck. She stopped moving. "Yes." he whispered. "I do." Kero jumped off of Sakura's shoulder and flew up to Syaoran's face.
"You brat! Get your sword away from my mistress!" Syaoran raised and eyebrow before swatting Kero away.
"Stupid plush toy." he said coldly, but lowered his sword anyway. "I'm not done with you. Next time, I will be the one to catch the card, and I will stop you from being a cardcaptor." He turned and made his sword disappear, heading towards the door. "There is nothing you can do to make me change my mind," he grabbed the handle and yanked open the door furious that he had been the one who was incompetent.
"I can't believe this," Syaoran muttered to himself as he stormed down the stairs, "that girl doesn't know what she's doing."
For the past six years, Syaoran Li had been training for the time when the Cloud Cards were released from their prison, training not only his body, but him mind and magic as well. It was difficult for him to accept that he had not been the one to release the cards. All of his life, his mother had told him that he would be one of the cardcaptors, one of the special people who would be able to control the cards with no problem, and the he would be the one to surpass Clow Reed's magical ability.
However, with this girl in the way, that would be more irritating to get what he wanted, especially since she actually seemed to be capable of capturing the cards.
The bell rang suddenly, bringing Syaoran back to reality, and he saw that he was right outside of the classroom. He clenched his fist tightly and slammed open the door, startling everyone in the room. He could feel the tension rise in the room, and most of the kids shied away from him as he walked past.
Good. I don't want to talk to any of them anyway.
This was perfect for him. It gave him time to think about what he needed to do to "get rid of" the Kinomoto girl who had just walked into the classroom, combing her hair with her fingers. Next to her was her friend, Daidouji, and they were talking in hushed voices.
Syaoran watched them with interest as Kinomoto gave her friend and exasperated look as she was dragged across the room, towards her seat, which was next to his. He smirked as he realized that the girl probably didn't want to be anywhere near him, probably scared that he was going to hurt her. He wouldn't of course, as they were in the middle of class, but the fact that he had gotten his point across was very amusing to him.
"I don't want to- No! Chiharu and Nonoko will-"
"I won't let them. Come on."
Syaoran's face fell as he heard this part of their conversation. Something else was going on with the two girls, and he had a feeling it involved him, but he said nothing as the two girls sat down in their seats.
"Um... Li?"
Syaoran was shocked at the soft voice that was calling him, and he turned to face Sakura, who was blushing slightly, giving her friend a nasty glare. It was kind of... cute. Mentally slapping himself, Syaoran cocked his head to show the girl he was listening.
"Well, as I was trying to say on the roof before you attacked me, I think we got off on a bad start, and I really, really think we should talk about this because, truthfully, it's not good for us to be fighting like this. I mean, we could help each other, right?"
The girl was refusing to make eye contact with Syaoran, which he found intriguing, though he would never admit that aloud.
Scoffing, he turned to face the front. "Sorry, Kinomoto." That's all he said, not really wanting to talk to the girl anymore. He heard her huff next to him, but she left it at that.
She wanted to work together?
Yeah right.