Author's Note: For anyone who expects this in every story, I'm adding this disclaimer. Every character and location from Card Captor Sakura that I use is not mine. It would be plagiarizing if I didn't have this disclaimer, so I will now add that this disclaimer is for the whole story, and not just this one!

Summary: 2 years after the second movie of Card Captor Sakura: The Sealed Card, life seems pretty normal, not including the training Keroberos forces Sakura to do over the summers and the fact that most of her allowance is spent on sending mail to Syaoran who is living all the way back in Hong Kong. However, when magical entities are stirring up inside and around Tomoeda, what will the crew do? Will they take an aggressive stance, run straight into trouble, or somehow figure out a way keep away from disaster?

A Riot of Surprise

Chapter 4: The First Hint of Danger

After meeting Reizan Saitakou, the rest of the school day passed by without much incident, though Sakura continued to be puzzled by the effect that Reizan's eyes had on her. She was soon getting used to the feeling of chills shooting up her spine, if that could be possible. Her thoughts fortunately did not affect her too at all because she managed to put the uneasy feelings to the back of her mind. However, cheerleading, on the other hand, did affect her. She had been cheerleading for a while now, starting in fourth grade at Tomoeda Elementary School. Somehow, "for some strange reason," as she felt, she had been elected the role of vice-captain of the cheerleading squad and was quite busy in helping the captain figure out what they should do for their routines for the next big game. Basketball and football season had finished a month ago, but now they were extra busy preparing for the soccer season in which tryouts were being held the next week. All this added up to long and dreary afternoon practices and bright and early morning practices; which exhausted even hyper and highly energetic Kero, seeing as how he served as her third alarm clock every morning. Of course, he would be busy playing video games the moment he finished breakfast.

Adding to her exhaustion, Tomoyo asked Sakura a bunch of questions about her soon-to-be-planned birthday party. For instance, one major thing discussed was the design of the invitation cards and the unfinished guest list. They had decided to host the party at Tomoyo's mansion, but there were a lot of things to finish up. Even though Tomoyo had made a deal that stated no costumes, she managed to persuade Sakura to wear her 'Birthday Design – 003' which was surprisingly normal. Just a pink top, with short sleeves and not even a hint of lace. A matching pink skirt with matching shoes and a birthday hat, that had not been shown to Sakura yet, completed the handmade outfit. All that managed to keep Sakura busy for the remainder of Wednesday and extremely exhausted Thursday morning at school.

It was during Thursday's lunch hour at school, as she tiredly stumbled to the usual lunch spot, that she bumped into Reizan again. She was walking through the buildings when she literally bumped into someone rushing around the corner... though crashed was a better description of their encounter.

She groaned, before opening her eyes. "Are you okay?" the person she had crashed into said holding out a hand.

"Saitakou-kun!" Taking the hand, she let herself be helped up and asked if Reizan was okay.

"Don't worry about me. When you crashed into me, I was pretty much running so I rammed into you and you fell down. I have to ask again; are you alright?"

"Y-Yeah, gomen. I wasn't watching where I was going so I crashed into you."

"It's not your fault. I shouldn't have been running on school campus, not to mention the fact that I also wasn't watching where I was going. I should have paid more attention to my surroundings," he assured her with a smile.

"Still, I should have been more careful. Sorry again for the trouble Saitakou-kun…"

"Really, it's not your fault. It's not anyone's fault… but I'm really not used to everyone calling me by last name. It's quite unlike America, so I'd feel much more comfortable if you just call me Reizan!"

"Sure, if you call me Sakura, Sai- no, Reizan-kun."

"We have a deal then, Sakura-san."

Around the corner, next to a nearby building, a certain girl was filming everything with her camcorder. Satisfied with the footage, Tomoyo was about to start towards her best friend when someone called out to her.

"Wait up," Rika yelled to Tomoyo. "Sorry about yesterday, I couldn't make it to lunch because… well." Suddenly lost for words, Rika blushed, looking down at the ground.

Tomoyo smiled at her friend and said, "Don't worry. We know Terada-sensei had something important to talk to you about."

Rika looked down, her face still red and said, "I'm sorry I can't tell you more, it's not the right time yet." She then looked back up and said, "But when the time comes, I'll make sure to tell you all about it."

Tomoyo smiled, "It's all up to you, though I can't say I'm not curious. Maybe I'll find out another way," she winked, showing she was only kidding, before she tactfully changed the subject. "Sakura-chan makes friends easily, doesn't she?"

"Yes, she does," Rika smiled, relieved and thankful for the change of subject. "If we don't hurry, she might worry about us, and knowing her, do wear her heart away with her feelings."

"You're absolutely right, so let's go."

Moments later, laughter filled the air as the friends ate lunch together again.

Looking around, Tomoyo asked Sakura, "Where's Saikatou-kun?"

"Reizan-kun? He said he had an errand to run, something about moving more of his stuff into his new house," Sakura replied before taking a bite out of the sushi her father had packed for her, "Oishii!"

"Reizan-kun? I didn't know you were on a first name basis with him," Tomoyo asked slyly.

Sakura blushed and started to choke on her food and managed to once again breathe after swallowing a gulp of water. "It's not like that Tomoyo-chan, I already have someone I like, remember?"

"I thought it was love, not like, and you still didn't answer my question."

"Don't use my own words against me," Sakura pouted. Slightly angry, she swore to take revenge by torturing her friend, "As to the answer of your question, it's my own little secret."

"Come on Sakura-chan, please do tell!" Tomoyo pleaded.

One look at Tomoyo's face and Sakura's resolve crumbled instantly. She wasn't really mad anyways, "He said that he was uncomfortable with everyone calling him by his last name as the people in America have the custom of calling people by their first. So I agreed and told him to call me by my first name. Even if I feel a bit uncomfortable around him, I still want to be friends with him. He is my next door neighbor after all. I suspect I'll be seeing a lot more of him sooner or lately."

"So that explains it; not so hard, was it?" Tomoyo asked tauntingly.

Sakura pretended to ignore her and attempted to eat another piece of sushi. The two couldn't help but laugh though, when she found the carrot and lettuce combination (1) plucked out of her hands, and straight into the stomach of the pet rabbit that had escaped that morning from the science classroom. Several students who had been looking all morning for it sighed in relief and exhaustion when it was finally returned to its cage.

After school at Tomoyo's mansion.

"How does this look, Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo and Sakura were busy planning the party and they realized that they had to finish the cards and give all the invitations to their friends by the next day. They were currently in Tomoyo's large bedroom and Sakura couldn't help but notice all the clothes piled on sofas and couches. Pinned to all four of the walls were every costume she had worn during the times when she had been capturing cards. It seemed that Tomoyo hadn't given up on dressing Sakura up because there were several empty spots where large sheets of paper with outfit designs were also pinned on the wall.

"The card design looks great, Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura exclaimed, looking at the card. On the front, a lone pink cherry blossom was drifting down a large tree. Over the picture was a sign that read, "Birthdays are special occasions that are as precious as flowers," and inside, it read, "You have been invited to Sakura Kinomoto's birthday party to celebrate her 14th birthday." It then continued to list the day, (Sunday) the location, (Daidouji Mansion) and the time. (11:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.)

"Now, to finish the guest list! Who should we invite?" Tomoyo asked.

"Well, we should start with the obvious ones…" Sakura said and wrote a name on the paper they were using for the list: Fujitaka Kinomoto. "And while we're at it, let's decide on the adults first!" she continued, enthusiastically writing down Sonomi Daidouji, the name of Tomoyo's mother.

"Anyone else?" Tomoyo asked, looking over Sakura's shoulder who nodded and wrote down Kaho Mizuki, the name of the mysterious who had been her brother's childhood lover, the mysterious teacher who taught her at Tomoeda four years ago, and a dear friend to her.

"Next on the list is Yukito-san!" Sakura exclaimed, jotting down Yukito Tsukishiro. "Akizuki-chan should be invited too, since Eriol-kun is probably going to come." The name of Nakuru Akizuki, on of Eriol's guardians that took the form of a female for her disguise, appeared on the list.

Satisfied with their results, Sakura said, "That should do it for the adults. Let's write down the names of everyone from school next."

She took up the pen again, but before she could press the pen onto the paper Tomoyo cleared her throat and gave her a meaningful look. With a look of disappointment, Sakura sighed and wrote down the dreaded name of Toya Kinomoto. Tomoyo hid a grin and then said, "Now everyone else to the list."

Naoko Yanagasiwa, Rika Sasaki, Chiharu Mihara, and Takashi Yamazaki appeared on the guest list. "Should we invite Saitakou-kun?" Tomoyo asked.

Sakura beamed and said, "Sure, the more the merrier!"

"But didn't you say that you wanted a smaller party?" Tomoyo asked as she added Reizan Saitakou.

"One more person isn't that big of a difference, is it?" Sakura asked. When Tomoyo shrugged, she took up the pen and said, "And of course, our friends from abroad are invited too!" Sakura added Eriol Hiiragizawa and Meiling Li to the list. "How many people is that Tomoyo-chan?"

"That's thirteen people Sakura-chan," Tomoyo replied after counting the list, "but aren't you missing a certain someone?"

"A certain someone…" Sakura muttered then blushed, putting her hand on her head and sheepishly said, "I can't believe I forgot…"

She then wrote down the last and final name to the list, Syaoran Li.

Hours later, as the sky was darkening, the door to Daidouji Mansion opened and a smiling girl popped out the door. "I'll put these in the mail for our overseas guests on my way home. I'll see you tomorrow Tomoyo-chan," Sakura yelled as she left through the large front gates with Tomoyo waving goodbye. She hummed cheerfully to herself as she skipped home, stopping by the familiar red mailbox on the way home. Continuing to smile, she passed a park with many trees. The citizens of Tomoeda aptly named it Penguin Parkafter the huge penguin shaped slide that stood in the middle of a large sandbox. A golden crown sat upon the brow of the King Penguin, which was another name for the penguin slide,and many smaller penguin statues surrounded it, as ifto serve as its subjects. Today, there were no other people around, considering it was already quite late.

Suddenly,Sakura stopped humming and warily looked around. "Is that… a magical presence?" she asked herself under her breath. Sakura kept completely still with the uncomfortable feeling of being watched creeping up her neck, but a quick moment later, the feeling disappeared. Waiting a few seconds longer, she glanced around before quickly continuing on her way. "I must have imagined it," she said aloud and once again cheerfully skipped her way home.

One minute after the cheerful girl had left, the sky above the penguin slide shimmered and a sapphire blue falcon, thelength of a lion from wing tip to wing tip, appeared in midair. A single flap of its large wings made it hover in the air before it perched on the crown of the King Penguin. Its icy blue eyes glittered with intelligence as it peered in the direction where auburn hair slowly drifted away,bobbing up and down as its owner skippedhappily along. The last rays of the sun gave the park a strangely ethereal look created from the different shadows covering the ground. Feathers with a crystal like appearanceadorned the falcon like a royal cape, softly reflecting the sun's light to give it a shimmering appearance. With a final glance at the girl, it grew insubstantial and transparent as it disappeared from view. The only trace of itsexistence was a patch of ice on the crown of the penguin slide, and that too, soon disappeared, as it melted in the warm spring air…

Notes

To clear things up in case you're confused, I will be calling Kero, "Kero," when he is in his disguise form, and Keroberos, "Keroberos," when he is in his true form. Do you get it?

1 The carrot and lettuce combination sushi I made up; I doubt it exists. I just used it to make the scene more realistic, because rabbits eat lettuce and carrots.

Japanese Translations

Gomen – Sorry

Oishii – Delicious!

What I changed

I changed the way the guest list was written because I wanted to add more detail. The conversation between Sakura Tomoyo has also changed to something I feel is more comfortable for me. And lastly; I changed the ending to change it from Chapter 6 part 1 to a whole new chapter entirely.

Ending Note: What I changed? I should make a section for it… wait, I did. Look above for the: "What I changed" section. Another thing I would like to note is that the title for this chapter is entirely based on part at the end where I introduce something abnormal that will change our Sakura-chan's life forever.