AN: I don't own Clamp or Cardcaptor Sakura, so don't sue me.

Remind me to drink milk, because I haven't drank any as of late.

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Chapter 3: My Damage, Your Damage

Location: Sakura's house

Time: 4:00 PM

"You mean every room in the school was sabotaged? That seems like a lot of work in thirty minutes! The school has 7 floors! Even if you had a group of students, nobody can manage to do all that without getting noticed, right?" Kero asked through a mouthful of strawberries.

Cairo's face was scrunched up in deep thought. "Wait…that isn't humanly possible…unless…it's a Clow card! Did you notice anything weird?"

Hmmm…I looked up at the ceiling.

Rosa shook her head, and Tomoyo shrugged.

"Sakura, we didn't notice anything. How about you?" Tomoyo asked.

"That's right! Everyone's shadow was gone!" I suddenly remembered what happened this afternoon.

"The second mission of the cardcaptors! OHOHOHOHOHO!" Tomoyo squealed in delight.

"Who said that'd be our second mission? Have we really decided?" Rosa raised her eyebrows.

"We're going there tonight. There's got to be a card! Tomoyo, you can come along and film them. If we watch these videos, we would know how to improve!" Cairo organized excitedly.

"B-b-but…t-there m-m—ight be g-g-ghosts! It's…l-late at night!" I squeaked.

I shivered as the image of a seven-year old Touya told the four-year old Sakura about the occasionally transparent flying things he saw everywhere.

"Sakura, sometimes, I see Mother. Sometimes, I see other people I don't know, but mostly Mother."

"Where?"

"Everywhere…I don't understand it. Sometimes she says things to me."

"What does she say, Touya?"

"'Take care of Sakura, yourself, and your father, Touya.' That's what she always says."

"But where is she now?"

"She's supposed to be somewhere in the sky, in a wonderful place with lots of clouds."

"Ahhh…"

"But I see other than Mother too. I can't explain it. They look at me with their big eyes and mouths. I think they're called ghosts."

"It's a monster!"

"Is not!

"Is too!"

"Sakura, I just don't know how to explain them, okay? Sometimes, they're big, and they have really long hair, and big teeth. Everything's big on them—

"DADDY! TOUYA'S SCARING ME!"

"Sakura?" Cairo prodded me with the stubby end of her fork.

"H-hoe?" I stammered. "What happened?"

"You were lost in la-la land," Kero shrugged.

"But we have to catch that card…sacrifices must be made! Plus, it is another mission for the cardcaptors!" Tomoyo squealed.

"Sakura, we have to do this…ghosts or the end of the world? Which would you rather do you want?" Rosa asked firmly, putting a hand on my shoulder.

I nodded. "Tonight. I'll capture that card, so that I can protect Yukito from the end of the world."

Wow…Yukito's so cute! I squealed and squirmed in my chair.

"Are you damning serious? What about everything else? What about us? OK, fine! Nobody cares about us, then!" Rosa raised up her hands in exasperation.

"At least we got her to go. DRESSES, DRESSES, DRESSES! I AM MAKING YOU CLOTHES!" Tomoyo cheered.

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Time: 11:14 PM

Location: In front of Tomoeda High

Tomoyo's limo pulled up. DID I MENTION SHE WAS INSANELY RICH? A white minivan followed behind the limo.

"Let's get changed!" Tomoyo clapped her hands together as she stepped out of the limo. A tall woman in a business suit and sunglasses held the door open for her.

Rosa and I gaped. We'd seen Tomoyo's bodyguards (the women in the business suits) and her limo before, but no matter how many times we saw them, we were still in awe.

"So, I've made battle costumes for everyone," Tomoyo said. She snapped her fingers, and her bodyguards went back into the limo. The one driving the minivan joined the rest in the limo, and they started the engine.

"Miss Daidouji, when would you like us to pick you up?" they asked.

"I'm not sure, but I'll call you," Tomoyo waved goodbye as the ladies drove off.

"Battle costumes? Why would we need those, Tomoyo?" I asked.

Kero shook his head. "Look like a pro capturing cards! The cards will be more intimidated."

"But she's going to stuff us into woolly-mammoth suits!" Rosa complained.

"As a matter of fact, last time, it wasn't a woolly-mammoth suit. I gave you a brown coat with a false-fur collar," Tomoyo rolled her eyes. "Besides, woolly-mammoth suits aren't in fashion anymore."

"They used to be in fashion?" Rosa grimaced as Tomoyo shoved us into her van. I never knew Tomoyo had that much strength! She had enough to push both of us in!

HOLY LEAPING TREE SHREWS! My jaw dropped open. Inside the van were clothes racks filled with clothes! Man! A minivan filled with CLOTHES! C'MON! WHO EVEN HAS A MINIVAN FILLED WITH CLOTHES?

Tomoyo threw two different outfits at Rosa and me. "Change. Now."

Tomoyo slammed the van door shut for us to change in privacy.

"Woolly mammoth suits," Rosa muttered, and she started counting something with her fingers.

"What are you counting?" I asked.

"I'm counting the number of pairs of shoes in here," she replied.

"ROSA! CHANGE, NOW! I SAID CHANGE! CHANGE! I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE COUNTING YOUR FINGERS HERE!" Tomoyo hollered from outside.

Rosa dropped her outfit on the ground from the intensity of Tomoyo's shrill cry.

"How did she know you were counting your fingers?" I asked.

"CAMERAS ARE WONDERFUL INVENTIONS, SAKURA! CHANGE!"

"I wonder if these clothes will protect us from damaging our ears, with Tomoyo yelling at us and all," Rosa chuckled. "Tomoyo, please don't kill me for saying that. I know you have a security camera in here now. I'll just have to find it now and dismantle it."

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"I did a great job, don't you think? You're wearing my brilliance and genius! How beautiful! Aren't I the best—

"Yeah, yeah, thanks for the costumes. We need to figure out how to combat this card, so hush up, Tomoyo," Rosa rolled her eyes.

"OK! WE'RE PUMPED! WE CAN DO THIS! I CAN HELP PROTECT YUKITO FROM THE END OF THE WORLD! WE CAN CAPTURE THAT CARD! WE CAN…How do we get into the school?" I was really excited, but confused. I suddenly got an idea. "Fly! Haha, I can make it over the gate!"

Rosa joined me in the air. "HOLY COW!"

One of the statues in the front yard pummeled towards us, with its body rotating, like a destructive ballerina.

I screamed right as Rosa yanked me away from the faceless statue while kicking it. It's like the statue had a life of its own!

The statue fell under us as it smashed into small pieces.

"The school shouldn't have been cheap and made the statues out of pottery clay," Rosa shrugged.

"Rosa, maybe it's a good thing for once that you're skilled at breaking and destroying things…that statue always scared me anyways. Let's split up!" I suggested. A black silky looking fabric appeared out of nowhere and started to pursue me and Rosa as we forked in different directions. The fabric separated into two.

The part of the fabric following me gathered into a massive blob from under me, clearly trying to cage me by moving its arms up. I looked down and picked up speed, spurring the sides of my staff-Fly unit towards the small opening at the top of the 'cage.' I circled around one of the trees in the yard, and then up the length of the flagpole standing by the gate. Man! This force is persistent!

Meanwhile, the fabric section chasing after Rosa had captured her in a cocoon. "WINDY!" Rosa's Windy cut a smooth line down the middle, with its shimmering white light scattering the black silky substance.

I scooted out and about the shrubbery and the fountain in front of the school. This time, the black silk decided to try and catch me in a parachute- like shape, the biggest blob advancing behind me, while three other connected threads snapped and snatched at my sides. I looked behind me and whooshed through the jet of the fountain, merely missing one of the connected threads coming at my right arm. My hair dripped with beads of water and I shook them out hurriedly as I flew to the front entrance—

The black substance disappeared.

"It's all good! We turned on all the lights in every room! HUZZAH!" Tomoyo, Kero and Cairo waved to us from one of the windows in the school building.

"HAHAHA, NICE ONE, GUYS!—MY ASS!" Rosa screamed through mid-laugh.

Of course, she had a reason for that…I mean…

The black pieces of fabric had come back and transformed into two grim-reaper- like creatures. They raised their arms and their cloaks billowed in immense ripples from the wind. I was frozen…from fear. Were they g…ghosts?

No, no…Touya said ghosts were white and they had big mouths, teeth, eyes…and…I shivered and clung to my staff.

After a short moment, the creatures glided rapidly towards us.

"HOLY MOTHER OF PEARL! THEY MOVE SO FAST!" I screamed as I took off towards the lighted window that Tomoyo and the guardians were in. "Guys, turn on some more lights!"

At that time, it was like a light bulb lit above Rosa's head. She turned around to glance at the creature following her as she flew towards the one of the walls of the building.

I clamored into the window and turned on every lamp in the classroom.

"But Sakura, we've already turned on the main source of light—you know, the fluorescent ones," Tomoyo pointed out.

"It doesn't hurt to have the others on!" I exclaimed as I shoved one of the lamps into the one of the grim-reaper-look-a-likes' hood just in time as it climbed through the window. It sheered away, trying to get itself away from the light.

"WHAT THE HELL IS ROSA DOING?" Cairo screamed, with her eyes wide and paws on her face.

The creature surged out from a bit further behind to Rosa, until the distance between them was the mere length of a school ruler. It shape-shifted its hand into a dragon's mouth, snapping and biting at the wings of Rosa's staff-Fly complex. But, just as she reached the wall, she suddenly turned up.

The grim-reaper-look-alike following her smashed into the wall. Trying to get back into shape, yet swirling around in chunks, the bits and pieces of the creature slid down the wall.

Taking advantage of the situation, Rosa landed on the ground and hammered her staff in the air. "Return to your power, confined! Clow Card!"

I screamed as the creature following me finally built up resistance to the lamp I was holding, and burst into the classroom, knocking over desks. Tomoyo tumbled backwards, dropping her camera. The guardians escorted her out the classroom as the creature and I glared at each other. My breathing grew nervously ragged, and in the background, the squelch of Rosa's creature being sucked into a portal, where a Clow Card should be formed, raged on.

"See ya!" I exclaimed after a minute, flying back out into the front yard. "AHH!"

The Clow Card tugged with all its might around the wings that had sprouted from the end of my wand. I cringed as it tossed me off, but Fly escaped from the creature and caught me as I came falling down. I landed in the dust dispersing on the pavement of the front yard.

I gasped as memories of me catching Fly spread into my mind. That's right!

Also, this Clow Card had scattered when Rosa had cut through it with Windy. I might not be able to defeat this card, but at least, I can scare it away for now…I need more time to think…

Taking out my Windy card, I took a deep breath and commanded Windy to form a chain around the grim-reaper thing just like I did to Fly.

The creature stood majestically, waiting for my next move, but it started inching away as soon as Windy was summoned. Within less than a few moments, Windy had coiled around the creature. The grim-reaper-look-a-like waved its arms around, trying to free itself. Windy tightened her death grip, probably with enough force to strangle someone. The grim-reaper-thing wriggled in the hold of Windy for a final time, but to no avail.

"Clow Card! Return to your power confined!" I screamed.

The creature stayed still as pieces of it dribbled away into card form, even though Windy continued holding on it tightly, as if it would attempt to escape again. The tiny blobs of black matter formed a glittering card and floated to my hand.

"It's called the Shadow," I said to Rosa.

"Hey!" Tomoyo screamed as she ran from the bushes. I guess she and the guardians took cover there after Shadow had devoured that classroom we were in.

"Hey, you guys did great! Nice maneuvers!" Kero and Cairo patted our shoulders.

"I caught it all on tape! OHOHOHO!" Tomoyo squealed excitedly. "And, you've got to let me come to the next one!"

Tomoyo sighed. "But then, that Clow Card made me drop my camera. What a shame."

We all fell down anime style.

"More costumes?"

"Absolutely."

"Man, you suck."

"I'm not a man, you moron."

"Woman, you suck."

"Has anyone noticed that we have to clean up that classroom that Shadow went in before everyone gets here in the morning?" Cairo asked.

Tomoyo chuckled gleefully as a large collective groan filled the air. "I can film that!"

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AN:

September 25, 2010-sorry for the long wait! I am actually really tired from school and I kept sleeping at 2 AM everyday for the last two weeks...so I caught a flu and a fever. Yesterday was the presentation from my local university, and just as it was really quiet...I SNEEZED. When I'm sick and I sneeze, there's this weird pre-sneeze nasal whistle. So embarrassing. The entire auditorium heard the sneeze! On the bright side, I owned my ex on the first quiz of the year in physics, so HUZZAH! *cue in tribal celebration dance* and I submitted a 10 page ab for chemistry, and a 23 page one in physics. The possibilities are endless! OK, OK...the length of my labs aren't that special, BUT YOU REVIEWERS ARE!

Here's the deal. I won't publish my next chapter (when it's done) unless I receive 10 reviews for this chapter. The bar will keep on going higher, so tell all your friends and family and dogs and cats to give some feedback!

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