Chapter One-
"Ohhh.. I'm late again!" Sakura Kinomoto cried, as she hurriedly got dressed for school. "Bye Kero." She said, as she ran out of her room.
"Huh? Sakura?" The sleepy guardian beast of the Clow book murmured. Downstairs, Sakura was rushing through her breakfast.
"What's the hurry, kaijuu?" Her older brother, Touya asked. "School doesn't start for an hour."
"I know, but I promised Tomoyo that I'd meet her early. She has something to show me." Sakura said, as she took her dirty dishes over to the sink. "Oh, by the way, I'M NOT A KAIJUU!" She screamed as she stamped on Touya's foot. "C'ya." And with that, she ran to the door, put her roller blades on, and headed off for school.
On the way to school Sakura marvelled at the beauty and peace of her city. She wondered, what with all the confrontations that she had had with all kinds of magic, how could the city remain ignorant. She raced into the school grounds and saw Tomoyo standing under a tree. Sakura smiled and went over towards her friend.
"Good Morning Tomoyo." She said, her emerald eyes sparkling.
"Hey Sakura!" Tomoyo said happily. "Look what I have for you." And with great flourish, she pulled out a pale pink outfit from behind the tree. Sakura sweatdropped.
"To..Tomoyo, why do you keep making them? I mean, I already have a wardrobe full of outfits that you have made for me." Sakura said.
"I know, but you look so kawaii in them that I cant help it." Tomoyo explained, going starry-eyed.
"And here I thought that I may have been what you wanted to show Sakura." A voice called from up in the tree. A boy about the age of sixteen, the same age as Sakura and Tomoyo dropped out of the tree and smiled roguishly at Sakura.
"Eriol!" Sakura screamed, rushing forward to hug him. Eriol returned the hug, smirking at someone over Sakura's head. Sakura had barely enough time to register a low growl coming from behind her, when, she was pulled away from Eriol.
"What are you doing here?" A low voice growled. Sakura spun around to see Syaoran standing behind her, with a death glare on his face.
"Hi Syaoran!" Sakura cried, rushing to him. She smiled sweetly up at him, and Syaoran looked down at her, and his look softened.
"Hi Sakura." Syaoran said gently, smiling.
"It looks like my cute little descendant is getting soft." Eriol smirked. Syaoran growled again and took a menacing step forward, but a small hand on his chest stopped him.
"Syaoran don't. Eriol was just being Eriol." Sakura said happily.
Suddenly the bell rang and Sakura, Tomoyo and Syaoran said their goodbyes to Eriol.
They were sitting in class when their teacher, Terada-Sensei entered the room.
"Ohiyo minna-san. Today we have three new students, two of which I believe some of you know." The doors opened to reveal Eriol, Meiling and a girl with dark blue/black hair. Eriol and Meiling were grinning, but the other girl had her head down, as if she was trying to hide something.
"Minna-san, this is Hiiragizawa Eriol, *Eriol bows* Li Meiling *Meiling bows* and Wei Yuri *Yuri bows*. Now take your seats. Eriol, you sit in front of Tomoyo, Meiling, you behind her, and Yuri, you can sit." Terada- Sensei broke off, scanning the class to find where he should place her. There was a small flare of a pink aura, then Terada-Sensei said "Yuri, you may sit in front of Sakura." Pointing to Sakura. Yuri bowed again, then went and sat in front of her.
"Now minna-san, there is a competition going on for the best work in all the schools in Japan. There shall be seven winners, not necessarily from different schools. The prize is a trip to spend three months on a small island belonging to the person who is sponsoring the trip." Terada-Sensei broke off at the cheers. "Now what you have to do is either hand in a story, a poem or a drawing. Now to class. I want you all to write the start of a story, and then I'll go along and choose who shall read them to the class."
There was another small surge of a pink aura, then it was gone.
"Hoee?" Sakura asked quietly.
"Sakura, what are you doing?" Eriol demanded.
"Eriol, I'm not doing anything" She said.
"Eriol, Sakura!" Terada-Sensei said sharply.
The two exchanged guilty looks, then went to work. Half an hour later, Terada-Sensei said that time was up, and he walked around the class, randomly tapping people on the shoulder. All the people he tapped went to stand in a line at the front of the class. Naoko was the last one there. One by one, the chosen students read their stories, til it was Naoko's turn. She faced the class and began:
"The girl was all alone in the house, cleaning, when she heard a noise coming from the basement. Clutching her twirling baton to her, she went downstairs." She paused.
"Hoee." Sakura said softly. She just knew that Naoko was going to tell a scary story. But for some reason, this story sounded familiar.
"The basement had been turned into a library, so there were bookshelves everywhere." Naoko continued. "The girl, following an instinct, looked down an isle to see a glow coming from the end bookshelf. Cautiously the girl approached the bookshelf, to find that the glow was being emitted from a strange book that her father had brought home. She pulled the book out, and saw on the cover a picture of a strangely decorated lion. The book, although it was locked, seemed to open at her very touch. The girl opened the book to find inside a set of cards." Naoko broke off to take a breath.
Sakura, Syaoran, Eriol, Tomoyo and Meiling were looking at Naoko with looks of shock. This was exactly how Sakura found the Clow Cards.
Naoko took a deep breath and began again. "Lifting out a card, the girl saw a figure of a beautiful woman with the words 'The Windy' beneath it. She softly said it's name, then suddenly a huge gust of wind appeared and all of the cards in the book were blown away. All the girl had was the 'Windy' card. She dropped the book, then the book began to glow again. A small yellow creature, much alike a stuffed animal, rose out of the book. It introduced itself as Keroberus, Guardian Beast Of The Seal. The girl introduced herself as.." The Cardcaptors gang held their breath, but let it out with a sigh of relief as the bell rang.
At recess, Sakura was sitting underneath a cheery blossom tree, with her friends. Naoko walked over, and sat down with them.
"Uhhh.Naoko?" Tomoyo began, stopping when Naoko looked at her "How did you think of that story?" She asked.
Naoko shrugged. "I don't know. It just came to me." Naoko said. "Why?"
"No reason. I just wanted to know."
"Oh OK."
Eriol looked at Naoko with a look of concentration. When he looked away, he sighed. He couldn't find anything to hint that Naoko actually knew about the Sakura Cards.
"Hey, isn't that the new girl over there?" Naoko asked, looking at Yuri sitting by herself, underneath a different cherry blossom tree.
"Yeah, that's Yuri. I think her name means 'Lily'." Chiharu said, looking at her too.
"Is it just me, or does she remind anybody else of someone?" Rika asked, staring at Yuri confused.
"Now that you mention it, yes she does." Tomoyo said, frowning slightly.
"Did you know.." Yamazaki started, but finished off choking as Chiharu began to throttle him.
"How are we going to stop you from lying?" She asked exasperatedly.
Before anyone could answer, the bell rang so they had to go inside. The rest of the day was uneventful, meaning that there were no flares of magic.
After saying goodbye to her friends, Sakura headed home. She stopped though, seeing Yuri ahead of her. Sakura smiled. It seemed as if Yuri hadn't really made any friends and so Sakura raced after her. "Yu. I mean, Wei san!" She cried as she caught up to her. "Wei san, hi. I'm Kinomoto Sakura." Sakura said cheerfully. Yuri kept her head down.
"I know who you are, Kinomoto san. Why are you so eager to talk to someone you don't know?" Yuri asked.
Sakura was taken back by this question. "Uhh. I want to become friends with you, Wei san." She said.
"Kinomoto san, you're such an innocent. So bright and cheerful. Carefree. Kinomoto san, ." Yuri broke off, about to say something. "Be careful Kinomoto san. There's something coming that will take advantage of your innocence. Always remember your love for Li kun." And with that, Yuri ran away from Sakura.
"Hoee." Sakura murmured. She didn't think that was what Yuri was going to say at first. What did she mean? Sakura shrugged and decided to go home and tell Kero. He should know.
Yuri ran from Sakura, desperate to get some distance. She kept her head down so she didn't see the two people in front of her. She ran full on into someone. With quick reflexes, this someone caught her. "I'm so sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going!" Yuri said, trying to apologise. She briefly looked up, and saw a pair of light, laughing grey eyes. "Yukito." She gasped.
Yukito looked down at Yuri in shock. How did this girl know him? Yuri, while Yukito was still shocked, broke free of his grasp.
"I am sorry Yukito kun, Yue san." And with that, Yuri ran away for the second time that day.
"What was that all about? And how the hell did that girl know you and Yue?" Touya asked Yukito.
Yukito's look was distant. "I don't know. All I know is that Yue knows her in some way, but he cant figure it out." Yukito's face cleared and he laughed. "Let's go get something to eat, I'm starved." And so Yukito, dragging Touya by the arm walked off.
"Ohhh.. I'm late again!" Sakura Kinomoto cried, as she hurriedly got dressed for school. "Bye Kero." She said, as she ran out of her room.
"Huh? Sakura?" The sleepy guardian beast of the Clow book murmured. Downstairs, Sakura was rushing through her breakfast.
"What's the hurry, kaijuu?" Her older brother, Touya asked. "School doesn't start for an hour."
"I know, but I promised Tomoyo that I'd meet her early. She has something to show me." Sakura said, as she took her dirty dishes over to the sink. "Oh, by the way, I'M NOT A KAIJUU!" She screamed as she stamped on Touya's foot. "C'ya." And with that, she ran to the door, put her roller blades on, and headed off for school.
On the way to school Sakura marvelled at the beauty and peace of her city. She wondered, what with all the confrontations that she had had with all kinds of magic, how could the city remain ignorant. She raced into the school grounds and saw Tomoyo standing under a tree. Sakura smiled and went over towards her friend.
"Good Morning Tomoyo." She said, her emerald eyes sparkling.
"Hey Sakura!" Tomoyo said happily. "Look what I have for you." And with great flourish, she pulled out a pale pink outfit from behind the tree. Sakura sweatdropped.
"To..Tomoyo, why do you keep making them? I mean, I already have a wardrobe full of outfits that you have made for me." Sakura said.
"I know, but you look so kawaii in them that I cant help it." Tomoyo explained, going starry-eyed.
"And here I thought that I may have been what you wanted to show Sakura." A voice called from up in the tree. A boy about the age of sixteen, the same age as Sakura and Tomoyo dropped out of the tree and smiled roguishly at Sakura.
"Eriol!" Sakura screamed, rushing forward to hug him. Eriol returned the hug, smirking at someone over Sakura's head. Sakura had barely enough time to register a low growl coming from behind her, when, she was pulled away from Eriol.
"What are you doing here?" A low voice growled. Sakura spun around to see Syaoran standing behind her, with a death glare on his face.
"Hi Syaoran!" Sakura cried, rushing to him. She smiled sweetly up at him, and Syaoran looked down at her, and his look softened.
"Hi Sakura." Syaoran said gently, smiling.
"It looks like my cute little descendant is getting soft." Eriol smirked. Syaoran growled again and took a menacing step forward, but a small hand on his chest stopped him.
"Syaoran don't. Eriol was just being Eriol." Sakura said happily.
Suddenly the bell rang and Sakura, Tomoyo and Syaoran said their goodbyes to Eriol.
They were sitting in class when their teacher, Terada-Sensei entered the room.
"Ohiyo minna-san. Today we have three new students, two of which I believe some of you know." The doors opened to reveal Eriol, Meiling and a girl with dark blue/black hair. Eriol and Meiling were grinning, but the other girl had her head down, as if she was trying to hide something.
"Minna-san, this is Hiiragizawa Eriol, *Eriol bows* Li Meiling *Meiling bows* and Wei Yuri *Yuri bows*. Now take your seats. Eriol, you sit in front of Tomoyo, Meiling, you behind her, and Yuri, you can sit." Terada- Sensei broke off, scanning the class to find where he should place her. There was a small flare of a pink aura, then Terada-Sensei said "Yuri, you may sit in front of Sakura." Pointing to Sakura. Yuri bowed again, then went and sat in front of her.
"Now minna-san, there is a competition going on for the best work in all the schools in Japan. There shall be seven winners, not necessarily from different schools. The prize is a trip to spend three months on a small island belonging to the person who is sponsoring the trip." Terada-Sensei broke off at the cheers. "Now what you have to do is either hand in a story, a poem or a drawing. Now to class. I want you all to write the start of a story, and then I'll go along and choose who shall read them to the class."
There was another small surge of a pink aura, then it was gone.
"Hoee?" Sakura asked quietly.
"Sakura, what are you doing?" Eriol demanded.
"Eriol, I'm not doing anything" She said.
"Eriol, Sakura!" Terada-Sensei said sharply.
The two exchanged guilty looks, then went to work. Half an hour later, Terada-Sensei said that time was up, and he walked around the class, randomly tapping people on the shoulder. All the people he tapped went to stand in a line at the front of the class. Naoko was the last one there. One by one, the chosen students read their stories, til it was Naoko's turn. She faced the class and began:
"The girl was all alone in the house, cleaning, when she heard a noise coming from the basement. Clutching her twirling baton to her, she went downstairs." She paused.
"Hoee." Sakura said softly. She just knew that Naoko was going to tell a scary story. But for some reason, this story sounded familiar.
"The basement had been turned into a library, so there were bookshelves everywhere." Naoko continued. "The girl, following an instinct, looked down an isle to see a glow coming from the end bookshelf. Cautiously the girl approached the bookshelf, to find that the glow was being emitted from a strange book that her father had brought home. She pulled the book out, and saw on the cover a picture of a strangely decorated lion. The book, although it was locked, seemed to open at her very touch. The girl opened the book to find inside a set of cards." Naoko broke off to take a breath.
Sakura, Syaoran, Eriol, Tomoyo and Meiling were looking at Naoko with looks of shock. This was exactly how Sakura found the Clow Cards.
Naoko took a deep breath and began again. "Lifting out a card, the girl saw a figure of a beautiful woman with the words 'The Windy' beneath it. She softly said it's name, then suddenly a huge gust of wind appeared and all of the cards in the book were blown away. All the girl had was the 'Windy' card. She dropped the book, then the book began to glow again. A small yellow creature, much alike a stuffed animal, rose out of the book. It introduced itself as Keroberus, Guardian Beast Of The Seal. The girl introduced herself as.." The Cardcaptors gang held their breath, but let it out with a sigh of relief as the bell rang.
At recess, Sakura was sitting underneath a cheery blossom tree, with her friends. Naoko walked over, and sat down with them.
"Uhhh.Naoko?" Tomoyo began, stopping when Naoko looked at her "How did you think of that story?" She asked.
Naoko shrugged. "I don't know. It just came to me." Naoko said. "Why?"
"No reason. I just wanted to know."
"Oh OK."
Eriol looked at Naoko with a look of concentration. When he looked away, he sighed. He couldn't find anything to hint that Naoko actually knew about the Sakura Cards.
"Hey, isn't that the new girl over there?" Naoko asked, looking at Yuri sitting by herself, underneath a different cherry blossom tree.
"Yeah, that's Yuri. I think her name means 'Lily'." Chiharu said, looking at her too.
"Is it just me, or does she remind anybody else of someone?" Rika asked, staring at Yuri confused.
"Now that you mention it, yes she does." Tomoyo said, frowning slightly.
"Did you know.." Yamazaki started, but finished off choking as Chiharu began to throttle him.
"How are we going to stop you from lying?" She asked exasperatedly.
Before anyone could answer, the bell rang so they had to go inside. The rest of the day was uneventful, meaning that there were no flares of magic.
After saying goodbye to her friends, Sakura headed home. She stopped though, seeing Yuri ahead of her. Sakura smiled. It seemed as if Yuri hadn't really made any friends and so Sakura raced after her. "Yu. I mean, Wei san!" She cried as she caught up to her. "Wei san, hi. I'm Kinomoto Sakura." Sakura said cheerfully. Yuri kept her head down.
"I know who you are, Kinomoto san. Why are you so eager to talk to someone you don't know?" Yuri asked.
Sakura was taken back by this question. "Uhh. I want to become friends with you, Wei san." She said.
"Kinomoto san, you're such an innocent. So bright and cheerful. Carefree. Kinomoto san, ." Yuri broke off, about to say something. "Be careful Kinomoto san. There's something coming that will take advantage of your innocence. Always remember your love for Li kun." And with that, Yuri ran away from Sakura.
"Hoee." Sakura murmured. She didn't think that was what Yuri was going to say at first. What did she mean? Sakura shrugged and decided to go home and tell Kero. He should know.
Yuri ran from Sakura, desperate to get some distance. She kept her head down so she didn't see the two people in front of her. She ran full on into someone. With quick reflexes, this someone caught her. "I'm so sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going!" Yuri said, trying to apologise. She briefly looked up, and saw a pair of light, laughing grey eyes. "Yukito." She gasped.
Yukito looked down at Yuri in shock. How did this girl know him? Yuri, while Yukito was still shocked, broke free of his grasp.
"I am sorry Yukito kun, Yue san." And with that, Yuri ran away for the second time that day.
"What was that all about? And how the hell did that girl know you and Yue?" Touya asked Yukito.
Yukito's look was distant. "I don't know. All I know is that Yue knows her in some way, but he cant figure it out." Yukito's face cleared and he laughed. "Let's go get something to eat, I'm starved." And so Yukito, dragging Touya by the arm walked off.