Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura or Shakugan no Shana.
Sakura stared at the grandiose girl, and a moment of silence was held between them. There was no wind, but the girl's hair billowed, sending out small embers behind her, like a trail of glitter. She started to walk toward Sakura, and raised her sword, with Sakura still on the ground.
"Alastor, I'm guessing this is a Mystes, isn't it? Should I bring her with me?" the girl spoke to no one that Sakura could see.
Suddenly, a deep voice filled Sakura's ears, replying to the flame-haired girl. "It seems this one knows its capabilities, so it would be a good idea." The girl lowered her sword and stretched a hand to Sakura, and so she took it, helping herself up. It was until then that Sakura realized the height of this powerful being.
"Uhh… what grade are you in?" Sakura asked, hoping that the girl wouldn't be offended.
"High school first year," the vertically challenged girl replied, while shoving her katana into her jacket.
Sakura thought for a moment, recalling a name from her dream. "Are you the Flame Haired Blazing Eyed Hunter?" The girl turned around.
"Yes, I am. Do you know me from somewhere?" The orange flame color dissipated from the girl, but then pulled out her katana again, looking at Sakura suspiciously.
"N-NO! Its just that I heard it from a dream I had once!" Sakura defended, panicking for she had exhausted most of her power and wouldn't be able to put up much a fight. The girl then raised a hand, and the red tint vanished, once again starting time. Sakura realized she still had her baton out and changed it back to key form. Sighing, she realized that the girl was now waiting for her at the end of the sidewalk, gesturing for her to come. She ran down to catch up, and then slowed to a walking pace to talk to her. Observing the girl's uniform, she asked:
"Are you from Misaki City? Because isn't that the school uniform they have for the high schoolers?" The other girl nodded, not giving a reply. "And, um, is there another name I can call you other than the Flame Haired Blazing Eyed Hunter-san? It's a bit long, isn't it?"
"Shana. You can call me by Shana," the girl retorted plainly, not turning to face Sakura.
"So, Shana-san, where are we going?" Sakura asked as they came to a halt in front of a traffic sign. She thought about the homework that she still had to do, and noted that she had lots of math tonight.
"To my house, or Yuji's."
"And, is that in Misaki City?"
"Yes." They came to a sparsely populated area, and Shana sprouted bright crimson wings, and once again her hair changed into a flashy red-orange. She jumped up, and began to fly away. Sakura watched in awe. "What, I told you that you didn't need to come anymore?" Shana snapped. Sakura panicked a bit, and called out the Fly card without using her baton, a skill that took her little trouble to master before. Moments later, the crimson and white wing clad girls were above Misaki City, which as a car ride was a 10 minute drive from Tomoeda. Sakura followed Shana carefully, and they landed on the of someone's house. Shana called back her fiery wings, and Sakura did the same to her feathered ones. Sakura watched puzzled as she watched the shorted girl knock on the window, and crawl in. Shortly after, a hand popped out, waving for Sakura to come in. Leaning on the ladder, she climbed into the room and found a dark-haired boy sitting at a writing desk, with Shana next to him. Sakura noticed that Shana was looking a bit annoyed, and the boy faintly smiling.
"Hey, my name is Sakai Yuji. Nice to meet you "
Moments later and coming through the front door, Sakura was sitting at the dining table of the Sakai residence while enjoying tea. Yuji had told Shana that his mom might find it strange that there were louder bumps than usual and that it would be hard to hide two people in the same room. She paused to observe her surroundings. Shana looked rather stoic, with no expression on her face, while Sakai maintained the cheerful deposition he carried earlier.
"Kinomoto-chan, would you like some more tea?" Chigusa asked, being the good host that she is.
"No, but thank you." Sakura replied, and turned to face Yuji to see what excuse he would come up with to explain why a girl ten minutes away from here suddenly came to visit. In the end, she decided to take the initiative, and placed a straight face on herself.
"Um, Chigusa-san, do you mind if your son participates in Tomeda's High School survey? As part of the survey, we are supposed to ask high schoolers from various schools questions. My friend Yamazaki is an acquaintance of Yuji and told me that I could come see him in his stead." 'Shoot', Sakura thought. 'Then why would I be invited into this house?' "A-also, if you don't mind, there is also a parent questionnaire that would be great if you could fill it out." She then mentally called for Create and began to form together a sheet of questions, and realized that Shana and Yuji were now looking at her strangely.
"Ah, well, I don't see any problem in that. Ask away, Kinomoto-san." Yuji's mom responded. Sakura then swung over her backpack and pretended to rummage through her pack before pulling out a small packet of papers.
"Mom, since this is going to take a while, how about I show Kinomoto-san around? After all, it would be nice to hear how Yamazaki-san is doing." Sakura was thankful that Yuji got the clue and used an actual classmate of her's. That way it'd be harder to slip up.
"That is fine for me. Kinomoto-san, I shall be finished soon, but feel free to come by anytime." Chigusa informed Sakura.
"Th-thank you Sakai-san!"