"Return to your original form, Clow Card!"
Shouting at the top of her lungs, Sakura raised the staff in her hand and swung it forward. With a soft chime, the spirit that had originally taken human form before her quickly vanished, transforming into a Clow Card that slowly fell into Sakura's hand.
"You did it, Sakura!"
"Great job!"
Seeing this, Tomoyo, who stood nearby filming with a video camera, and Kero, who floated in the air and looked like a yellow Cloth Doll, both cheered. Sakura picked up the card in her hand and gave Tomoyo's camera an embarrassed smile.
"All right, hurry up and write your name on the card."
"Okay."
Hearing the words of the Clow Cards' Guardian Beast, Sakura hurriedly pulled a pen from her pocket and carefully wrote her name on the Clow Card she had just captured.
"SA... KU... RA... Done!"
"Well, it's already so late, we should..."
"Roar—!!"
Just as Tomoyo suggested they get ready to head home, a deep, beastlike roar suddenly rang out. Hearing it, Sakura hurriedly looked up and nervously scanned their surroundings. At the same time, Tomoyo uneasily looked around as well.
"What was that sound?"
"Could it have been a wild dog...?"
"No, not a wild dog."
Kero shook his head, rejecting Tomoyo's guess. Although this Guardian Beast could only remain in this ridiculous doll-like form due to lacking sufficient power, he was still the Guardian Beast of the Clow Cards.
"I have a very bad feeling about this, Sakura. Let's get out of here!"
"C-Could it be a ghost?"
Sakura's face turned deathly pale. Seeing her like this, Kero sighed helplessly. The Magical Girl he had chosen was good at everything except she was terrified of ghosts... Strange, really. She was not afraid of Clow Card spirits, so