It was a clear day without a single cloud in the sky and you could see the sun up high through the window of Sakura's room. Sakura was still asleep but there was an empty bed next to hers. As soon as Sakura's clock struck 10:30 it started ringing. Sakura turned around and fell from her bed. She instantly jumped and turned off the alarm. "Sakura-chan, good morning." said Tomoyo who was standing right behind Sakura. "Morning Tomoyo-chan!" "Did you sleep well?" "Yes, I had a nice dream for once." "Sakura-chan! Tomoyo-chan! Breakfast is ready!" shouted Yukito from outside the room. "Coming!!" Both Tomoyo and Sakura started getting dressed and Sakura started thinking, "Well, this is our first day of vacations in Hong Kong. It's such a nice day too." Sakura looked around the room which looked almost exactly like the one back in Tomoeda. "It was so nice of Syaoran-kun's family to let us stay here for the summer. This room is so nice and I get to share it with Tomoyo-chan. Yukito-san is staying right across the hallway." Sakura and Tomoyo finished getting dressed and headed outside the room. "I can't wait to go looking around Hong Kong again. This is going to be one great day." Sakura walked out the room and closed the door.

Sakura's hard day off
(Episode II)

Yukito, Tomoyo and Sakura were at the table and there were empty plates in front of them. Sakura smiled and said, "Yukito-san, thanks for breakfast. It was delicious!" "Thanks you Sakura" "Tomorrow is my turn to make breakfast." replied Tomoyo. Yukito smiled and said "So, what do you have planned for today?" "Well Sakura said she wanted to visit the places we went to last time we were here once we meet up with Syaoran. Right Sakura?" Sakura nodded. "Well, we can go once we finish cleaning the dishes. Okay?" "Okay!" Sakura stood up and cleaned her plate. She quickly grabbed a couple of sandwiches without anyone seeing and said, "eh...uh...I left something up stairs. I'll be right back!" She ran up stairs. "Kero-chan, I brought you breakfast!" Kero quickly came out of hiding and flew right towards Sakura. "Where? Where? Gimme! I'm starving!" Sakura handed the sandwiches to Kero and he quickly started munching on them. "So Sakura, are you when are you gonna start looking for the black cards?" "Kero!! It's our first day in Hong Kong and it's still early! Maybe tomorrow." Kero got a little upset, "What? A cardcaptor taking the day off?" Sakura walked out of the room before Kero finished speaking. Kero kept staring at the door and said, "Why do I get the filling that this is gonna backfire?" Kero looked to the side and glanced over Sakura's mirror. He instantly noticed The Libra card's physical form on the mirror so he flew to it. The moon on Libra suddenly dropped a little. "Huh? Oh no! Sakura!!" He quickly flew to look for his mistress but she was already gone.

Sakura finally found Syaoran and Meiling around the marketplace. "Syaoran-kun!!" Sakura quickly ran towards him. He saw Sakura and was going to welcome her with open arms but Sakura tripped and fell right at his feet. Yukito ran towards her. "Sakura-chan! Are you alright?" "Oww...That hurt." Tomoyo smiled and said, "Yeah, I think she's fine" "Still as clumsy as ever, eh Ms. Kinomoto?" said Meiling. Sakura smiled at her and then looked back because she was still hurting a little. She stood up and they kept walking. They passed near a store that was selling some nice watches and Sakura instantly saw one she liked. "Look at that one! It's so pretty! I'm going to buy it!" When she was entering the store the door closed on Sakura's face and she bumped her forehead into it. "Oww!" Sakura took a few steps back. Right then, a little girl walks pass her and enter the store. Sakura kept rubbed her forehead and entered the store. She started looking for the watch and saw the little girl paying for it. She asked the clerk about that watch but he said that was the last one they had. Sakura walked out of the store. Meiling looked at Sakura with pity, "Man, what bad luck." "Well, I'm not gonna let a little bad luck ruin my day!"

They went to several places but everywhere they went something happened to Sakura. She slipped and fell on wet floors, small things fell on her head and she even got paint all over her clothes. "This hasn't been a good day for you Sakura-chan. Do you want to go home now?" Said Yukito. "Not yet! There's still one more place I want to visit." They kept on walking and finally made it to an ally filled with birds and cages. "Ah, bird street! This is such a nice place." Said Yukito. "I just hope nothing bad happens to Ms. Kinomoto here." said Meiling. Sakura turned around and said, "Nah! What could possibly happen here?" As she turned back with her eyes close, for a few moments, she faced a mirror that was next to her as she slightly opened her eyes with a smile that quickly turned into a frown. She saw Libra's physical form in the mirror and saw as Libra's moon fell all the way down. "Huh? ..." Sakura then stopped and stared at the mirror. Suddenly she felt that a pebble fell on her head. "Oww! ...Okay, this really isn't my day!" She turned around to see who threw it but there was no one else except for her friends. Then a slightly bigger pebble fell on her head. "Owww!!! That one really hurt!!" She looked at the ground and saw that the pebble was actually ice.

She then said to herself, "Okay. The day off is over" As she said that she felt a presence coming from the sky. "A black card!!" She started running towards the others. "Run!!" A big block of ice fell behind Sakura. As she kept running bigger chunks of ice kept falling. Yukito turned into Yue and Sakura pulled out her key. "Key that hides the power of stars, reveal your true form before me! I Sakura command you under our contract. Release!!" The key turned into a staff and Sakura grabbed it. "Fly!" Wings appeared on Sakura's back and she grabbed Tomoyo. Yue grabbed Meiling and Syaoran. They found a safe spot to leave those three then headed for the skies. Yue looked at Sakura and said, "That black card has to be nearby." A giant block of ice was coming right at them. "Look out!!" shouted Yue as he pushed Sakura out of the way. "Fiery!!" Fiery card appeared and evaporated the block of ice. "We can't let them fall all the way down. There might be people down there." said Sakura. They flew a bit higher and found what looked like a monk dressed in marine blue holding a light blue staff made out of wood. "That must be the card's physical form" said Yue. The card started moving his staff side to side and several blocks of ice started falling towards them. "Fiery!!" The Fiery card kept melting but the card kept throwing more and more. Then between the smaller blocks a giant block of ice appeared. "Fiery, stop that block!" While Fiery was melting that block, the smaller ones kept falling pass them. "Oh no!!" shouted Sakura. "Element fire!!" Suddenly two fire blast appeared and evaporated the blocks that Fiery missed. Sakura look back and saw Kero's beast form (Cerberus) and Syaoran at the top of a building. Cerberus then said, "We'll handle the ice." "So hurry up and seal the card!" followed Syaoran. "Right!" replied Sakura.

She quickly started flying toward the card while dodging the blocks. She got really close to the card. "Rain!!" The Rain card appeared above the black card. Tons of water started falling from Rain's cloud and the black card tried to run away from it. Rain followed it so the black card could get away. Since the ice stopped falling Cerberus stared at the card. "Grrr...Stay still so Sakura can seal you!!" Syaoran stared at Cerberus with a disappointed look that said, "That was dumb." The black card kept running away until it was right above Sakura. "Now is my chance!" Said Sakura. She holds a card right in front of her face then flipped it revealing The Freeze card. "Freeze!! Go and hold that card in place!" The Freeze card appeared and froze the rain. The now frozen card started falling right above Sakura. "Return to the form you were meant to be!! Black card!!" The card kept falling and as it reached Sakura's staff it turned into a card that stated "The Hail". Sakura looked at The Freeze card and pointed her staff at it then at the black card as she spoke. "Freeze, time to retake what from you was stolen!" The Freeze card flew to where the black card was and rushed right through it. Then Freeze returned together with Rain to Sakura's hand. The now empty black card started freezing and shattered to pieces. Sakura smiled at The Freeze card.

Back in Sakura's room. "No more days off!!" shouted Kero. "I'm sorry; I don't know what came over me." "That's the point! These cards are upsetting the balance of yin and yang. It mainly affects those with magic but if you don't do something it'll affect everyone. Is that clear?" "Yes sir..." Tomoyo whispered in Sakura's ear, "Is a good thing he forgives you this fast." "Is a good thing we bought him that cheese cake." Sakura stood up, "Okay! Tomorrow I'm going to seal another black card, Kero! I promise!" Kero smiled and said with his mouth full of cheese cake. "That's what I wanted to hear! Now get some rest. It'll be a big day tomorrow." All the light in the house were turned off and everyone went to bed.

…To be continued…