CCS Episode 02 - Sakura's Wonderful Friend
OPENING THEME MUSIC: "Catch You, Catch Me"
TITLE SCREEN
*** Sakura's Bedroom ***
Sakura is asleep in her bed.
CERBERUS: Sakura! Sakura!
SAKURA, in her sleep: Oh, I can't eat any more....
CERBERUS: Who set the alarm for seven o'clock? Weren't you going to wake up early today?
Sakura opens her eyes.
SAKURA: Huh? Osaka-ben? No one here talks that way....
She sits up.
SAKURA: The TV.... Isn't on.... That means.... Huh?
She looks up to see Cerberus flying right above her, grinning. She screams, leading Cerberus to scream as well.
CERBERUS: Uh, what is it?
SAKURA: A nuigurumi?
CERBERUS: You still aren't awake. Hey, get ahold of yourself!
He hits her head with his paw.
SAKURA: Oh, yeah! The guardian of the Clow cards!
CERBERUS: You're finally awake. I am the guardian beast Cerberus!
SAKURA, thinking: Oh, yeah. I found those Clow cards in a book in the basement. I'm not sure, but I think they're some kind of magical cards, and I let them all loose. This "Cerberus"-san asked me to capture them all.
Cerberus pulls her curtains open.
CERBERUS: It's a nice morning, isn't it, card captor Sakura?
SAKURA: I already told you that my being a card captor is impossible!
CERBERUS: Heh heh heh. You're just modest.
He floats the card book up into the air and opens it.
CERBERUS: Look.
He indicates the top card, Fly, which has Sakura's signature on it in romanji.
CERBERUS: You captured the Fly card. Look, look!
He flies the card over to her.
SAKURA: It was horrible!
TOUYA, from downstairs: Breakfast!
SAKURA: Hai!
*** Kitchen ***
Sakura comes down the stairs wearing her school uniform. Touya is making breakfast.
SAKURA: Onii-chan, ohayo.
TOUYA, surprised: I only called you once and you're here? Hmmm, is it going to rain?
SAKURA, angrily: Someone woke me up this morning!
TOUYA: Huh?
SAKURA: Oh...! I mean, the alarm. Heh heh heh.
TOUYA: Hmmm.
Sakura looks at her mother's picture.
SAKURA: Ohayo, okaa-san.
Fujitaka enters.
FUJITAKA: Ohayo gozaimasu!
SAKURA: Ohayo, otou-san!
TOUYA: Ohayo.
FUJITAKA: Mmmm, it looks good this morning.
TOUYA: Well, better than the kaijuu's.
Sakura stomps his foot.
SAKURA: Well, otou-san, let's eat!
She eats her breakfast quickly.
SAKURA: Gochisou sama.
She takes her plate to the sink.
FUJITAKA: You're really quick this morning!
SAKURA: I'm on duty today. Hoe?
She sees some cookies on the counter and grabs some when no one is looking, then runs out of the room.
TOUYA: Kaijuu.
*** Sakura's Bedroom ***
Cerberus is asleep on top of the card book when Sakura enters, but he wakes up.
CERBERUS: Okaerini.
Sakura holds out the cookies.
SAKURA: Here, a present.
CERBERUS: Wai!
Sakura puts on her hat and looks in the mirror.
SAKURA: Then, I'm going.
She adjusts a stray hair.
CERBERUS: Kids these days are so busy!
SAKURA: Onii-chan and otou-san have school, so it's okay for you to turn on the TV in a little while.
CERBERUS: Your father is still in school?
SAKURA: He's a schoolteacher. Anyway, when someone is home you have to stay in here. Otherwise you'll surprise everyone. Okaaay....
She notices her clock.
SAKURA: Eh?! It's already time! I gotta go!
*** Street ***
Sakura rollerblades away from the house.
SAKURA: Itte kimasu!
She skates down the road with sakura trees.
SAKURA: I think I'll take a little detour.
She turns a corner and stops in front of a house.
SAKURA: Here's Yukito-san's house.
She looks around.
SAKURA: I guess Yukito-san isn't here, is he?
Yukito comes out from behind a bush, holding a broom.
YUKITO: Nani?
SAKURA: Agggh! You're home after all!
YUKITO: Ohayo, Sakura-chan.
SAKURA: Ohayo gozaimasu!
YUKITO: You're early today.
SAKURA: I'm on duty.
YUKITO: That's commendable. Oh, that's right!
He pulls some flowers off a bush.
YUKITO: Would you like these for your classroom?
SAKURA: Is it really all right?
YUKITO: Yep.
He gives them to her.
SAKURA: Wahhh-hah! Arigatou gozaimasu!
YUKITO: Be careful on the way there.
Sakura skates away.
SAKURA: Arigatou gozaimasu! Itte kimasu!
She hugs the flowers as she skates.
SAKURA: It's a good day today!
*** Classroom ***
Sakura slides the door open.
SAKURA: Wai! First one here!
She puts her backpack on her desk and stretches. Tomoyo enters.
TOMOYO: You're early, Sakura-chan.
SAKURA: Ohayo! You're early, too!
TOMOYO: Ohayo gozaimasu!
SAKURA: Tomoyo-chan, are you on duty today, too?
TOMOYO: That's not it. I just had something to show you, Sakura-chan.
SAKURA: Hoe?
Tomoyo puts her camcorder on her desk. It has a digital screen, which she opens.
SAKURA: A video?
TOMOYO: I taped something interesting last night.
Tomoyo starts the video, which shows a crescent moon.... And Sakura and Cerberus flying across it.
SAKURA: What.... Was that?
Tomoyo presses a button.
TOMOYO: Here's a closeup.
The closeup clearly shows that it is Sakura flying.
SAKURA: Ahhh.... HOEEE!!!!
Cerberus pops out of her backpack.
CERBERUS: What's wrong, Sakura?! Is it a Clow card? Where is it? I'll fight you, come and get me!
He looks around.
CERBERUS: Oops.
Tomoyo looks at the video again, then at Cerberus.
TOMOYO: Well.... It's just like it!
*** Outside ***
Cerberus sinks to the picnic blanket.
CERBERUS: Ohhh, it was so stuffy in there!
SAKURA: Why did you come?
CERBERUS: I just thought I'd come and see the everyday life of the card captor.
Tomoyo stares at him, enraptured.
TOMOYO: Will you please introduce us?
SAKURA: He says his name is "Cerberus".
TOMOYO: He seems a little different....
SAKURA: He seems more like a "Kero"-chan, doesn't he?
TOMOYO: He really does!
KERO: Don't call me froggie names! I'm the guardian best of the Clow cards, Cerberus!
Note: The Japanese word for "frog" is "kaeru," and the sound a frog makes is pronounced "kero".
TOMOYO: "Clow cards"?
Some boys nearby play dodgeball. One of their shadows seems to come to life. It seems to hesitate before appearing normal again.
KERO: .... And that's how Sakura became card captor Sakura!
TOMOYO: That's wonderful! A hero, protecting the town from the evil Clow cards: the card captor! That's so cool!
SAKURA: That kind of thing's impossible for me....
TOMOYO: Iee, I just know you can do it, Sakura-chan! Please let me see you do some magic!
SAKURA: Eh?!
KERO: Yeah, yeah! Do it!
SAKURA: But....
KERO: Don't worry, don't worry! There's no one here to see! Just do a quick demonstration!
Sakura sighs, stands up, and holds out the key.
SAKURA: Key which contains the forces of darkness, reveal thy true form before me. I, Sakura, command thee under contract. Release!
Tomoyo watches as the key becomes the wand.
SAKURA: Hoe.
TOMOYO: You can do magic with that wand, right?
SAKURA: I'd need a card, though.
Kero holds up Fly.
KERO: You mean like this one?
SAKURA: W.... When did you bring that????
TOMOYO: Do you have a special pose?
SAKURA: Eh? W.... Why?
TOMOYO: Magical girls are supposed to have special poses and magical incantations!
*** Later ***
The students bid each other goodbye as they leave the school. Their shadows seem to get stuck in place, then move together.
EYECATCH - Sakura
*** School ***
Sakura skates up to the school, saying good morning to everyone. She sees a crowd of students ahead.
SAKURA: What's going on?
GIRL WITH BRAIDS: Oh, Sakura-chan!
SHORT-HAIRED GIRL: Look!
SAKURA: Ah!
Desks and various other school furniture have been piled up in the courtyard.
SAKURA: What's this?
GIRL WITH BRAIDS: No one knows. It's been like this since this morning.
The girls run to their classroom to find their desks piled up as well.
SHORT-HAIRED GIRL: Who would do such a thing?
GIRL WITH GLASSES: But I guess we'll have to clean it all up, won't we?
ALL: Ohhh.
Tomoyo enters as Sakura is removing a desk from the pile.
SAKURA: Ohayo, Tomoyo-chan.
TOMOYO: Ohayo gozaimasu. This is awful! The only thing that could do this is.... [whispering] Maybe.... Do you think this is a Clow card?
SAKURA: Eh?
*** Sakura's Bedroom ***
KERO: Hmmm.... It is the work of a Clow card!
TOMOYO: I thought so!
SAKURA: Ohhh, it was a lot of work to straighten everything out again!
TOMOYO: But class was shorter.
SAKURA: Well, I was happy about that, but.... But which Clow card would mess up the school like that?
KERO: Hmmm, I don't know. Anyway, it's a job for you, Sakura the card captor!
SAKURA: W.... Why?
KERO: If it's a Clow card, then it's your job to capture it, right?
SAKURA: But it's too hard.
KERO: And who was it that lost all the cards?
Sakura winces.
KERO: Then tonight we're going to the school!
SAKURA: Ehhhh?! Tonight?!
She shakes her head violently.
SAKURA: Night! Bad!
KERO: Why?
SAKURA: Because...! School at nighttime....
She imagines being chased by a ghost.
SAKURA: Iee, iee, iee! Definitely iee!
KERO: But some cards only work at night.
TOMOYO: You're right. Nights at the school might be dangerous....
SAKURA, happily: Tomoyo-chan!
TOMOYO: So I'll go with you, too! I have to videotape your heroic actions, Sakura-chan!
Sakura falls over.
SAKURA: How come?
TOMOYO: Because it's my hobby, that's why!
KERO: All right! Then tonight the three of us attack!
TOMOYO: Now that we've decided, we have to come up with a magical girl pose!
KERO: Yeah! We'll start practicing right now!
SAKURA: Hoeee!
*** Nighttime, School ***
Sakura and Kero stand outside the school gates.
SAKURA: I'm scared!
KERO: It's all right, it's all right! After all, I'm here.
SAKURA: I don't think it's all right.
A black car comes down the street and stops in front of Sakura. The door opens and Tomoyo gets out.
TOMOYO: Did you wait long?
SAKURA: Nope, we just got here.
A woman with long hair and sunglasses gets out of the car, followed by a short-haired woman with sunglasses and two more women from a van that had followed the car.
SAKURA: Hoe?
TOMOYO: Allow me to introduce you. These are my bodyguards.
The women bow, and Sakura bows nervously.
LONG-HAIRED BODYGUARD: Ma'am, then....
TOMOYO: Hai, please pick me up when I contact you.
She grins. The four women leave in the car.
SAKURA: Amazing, amazing! There aren't many elementary school students with bodyguards!
TOMOYO: I'd think there are fewer elementary school students who use magic.
SAKURA: Uh, yeah.
Tomoyo grabs her hand.
TOMOYO: Come here!
She pulls Sakura to the van, which is full of racks of costumes.
SAKURA: Hoeee! Nani?
TOMOYO: Let's get you changed now!
SAKURA: Eh? Why?
TOMOYO: Aren't you going to capture a Clow card now, Sakura-chan?
SAKURA: Yeah....
TOMOYO: Well, when you do special things you should wear special clothes!
SAKURA: Ehhh?!
Kero pops out of Sakura's backpack.
KERO: She's right! If you don't dress like a card captor, you might lose face to the cards!
TOMOYO: I'm so happy you understand!
KERO: So change, Sakura!
TOMOYO: I have hats, too! Well, let's go inside!
She pushes Sakura into the van.
*** Later ***
Tomoyo films Sakura wearing a dark blue and red costume with a cape.
TOMOYO: You look lovely, Sakura-chan!
SAKURA: Hoe! I'm so embarrassed!
KERO: There's nothing for you to be embarrassed about!
TOMOYO: Oh, yeah, I even have something for you, Kero-chan!
KERO: Huh? For me, too?
She gives him a big red bow to wear.
TOMOYO: Now you and Sakura-chan match! How kawaii!
KERO: You think so? Ha ha ha ha!
SAKURA: He isn't even nervous....
A crash is heard.
SAKURA: W.... What was that sound????
KERO: What's wrong?
Sakura whimpers.
KERO: I sense a Clow card.
The statue from the garden behind the school comes flying at them. It crashes into the concrete.
SAKURA: Hoeee.
KERO: Stay calm!
SAKURA: But, but!
The statue starts to move again.
SAKURA: It's floating, it's floating!
TOMOYO: Sakura-chan. Look.
She points to the statue's shadow. There appears to be another shadow beside it, making it move.
TOMOYO: There's no one there but there's a shadow!
KERO: "Shadow"?
The phantom shadow throws the statue at them again.
SAKURA: Watch out! Kero-chan, is it a Clow card?
KERO: That's.... Huh?
Hundreds of people's shadows slither on the walls toward them.
KERO: This is the work of the Shadow card!
SAKURA: Kero-chan, stay with Tomoyo-chan!
She runs off.
KERO: Leave it to me!
SAKURA: Key which contains the forces of darkness, reveal thy true form before me! I, Sakura, command thee under contract!
Tomoyo is filming from behind some bushes.
TOMOYO: She's wonderful!
Shadows move toward Sakura.
SAKURA: Windy, become a chain that binds!
The shadows move up off the ground and surround Sakura.
SAKURA: Windy!
Windy slashes through the shadows. Sakura shrieks as shadows come at her again.
KERO: Use the Fly card to run away!
SAKURA: Flyyyy!
She flies up, leaving the mass of shadows below.
KERO: It seems the Shadow card got the shadows of all the students. Sakura can't handle so many.
TOMOYO: Isn't there some way?
KERO: The students' shadows will disappear with light, leaving just Shadow itself.... And then we can just tie the card up with magic. But it's nighttime now, so....
TOMOYO: If that's all, just leave it to me!
KERO: Huh?
Sakura flies out of the way as desks are thrown at her.
SAKURA: I told you it was impossible! What should I do?
A shadow stretches up and wraps around her wand. It pulls down, and Sakura strains to stay in the air.
SAKURA: Hey, lemme go! Help!
The lights come on around the courtyard and in the classrooms. The shadow shrinks, sending Sakura flying from the sudden release. She regains herself.
SAKURA: Hoe? There's no shadows....
Tomoyo and Kero wave from a window.
KERO: Sakura!
SAKURA: The shadows are gone.
KERO: All the shadows except for the card disappear with light.
TOMOYO: I can't call the sun, but even I can turn on the lights!
SAKURA: Arigatou, Tomoyo-chan!
KERO: Hmmm? Sakura! That's the card!
He points at a dark [Shall I say 'shadowy'? Nah.] figure in the courtyard.
SAKURA: All right!!!!
She flies over to Shadow, avoiding blasts of shadows as she goes.
TOMOYO: Now, Sakura-chan!
KERO: Show us the results of your training!
SAKURA: Windy, become a chain that binds! Windy!
Windy wraps around Shadow.
SAKURA: Return to thy true form, Clow card!
Shadow is sealed.
KERO: We did it! That's the card captor Sakura!
TOMOYO: That was wonderful!
*** The Next Day ***
Sakura runs down the hallway, and stops when she sees the girl with braids.
SAKURA: Hey, Chiharu-chan, have you seen Tomoyo-chan?
CHIHARU: I saw her go into the audiovisual room.
SAKURA: Arigatou!
Sakura goes to the audiovisual room and stops outside the door. She looks at a small pink package and smiles.
SAKURA: Tomoyo-chan, thank you so much for yesterday! I brought this to thank-
She opens the doors and sees that Tomoyo is watching video footage of her the night before. On the screen, Sakura yells and struggles to stay in the air.
TOMOYO: I'm so glad it came out well!
Sakura falls over.
SAKURA: You even taped those parts...?
TOMOYO: Of course! I wouldn't miss even a second of your heroism! Please call me whenever you're going to capture a card!
SAKURA: Eh????
TOMOYO: We have to leave the adventures of the card captor for posterity!
SAKURA: To.... Tomoyo-chan....
TOMOYO: And I'll provide your costumes each time! For next time, you need more lace, and a ribbon, too....
SAKURA: Hoeee!
On the screen, Sakura has just captured the card. She flashes the V-for-Victory, AKA peace sign.
CLOSING THEME MUSIC: "Groovy"