I do NOT own CCS, but Chii and Serena are mine.

Sakura smiled sadly at the young girl in her arms. Chii was sleeping in the beautifully embroidered white blanket that her mother had given Sakura. Chii would never know her real mother, since Paik Serena had died around a month after she had been born. Serena had given Sakura custody of Chii only a couple days before she had died. See, Serena had had breast cancer, and it had only gotten worse when she was pregnant with Chii. Serena had only been 16 when she had Chii, and Sakura was 15, now taking care of Chii.

"Come on, kaijuu. It's time to go home." Sakura just nodded, and set a bouquet of lilies on the still loose ground on Serena's grave. Touya still couldn't believe that Sakura had agreed to take care of a baby who was a month old, for a woman who was only a year older than herself. Touya was married, and he didn't even have children yet. Touya dropped Sakura off at their dad's house, before he left. It was the weekend, so Chii was going to stay with Sakura all the time. Because she was still in school, Chii would stay with Alex, Touya's wife, during the day, and she would stay with Sakura when she got back from school.

It was just her and Chii that weekend. Her dad was out of town, and wouldn't be back until late Monday. Sakura set the sleeping Chii in her crib in her room, and went downstairs, and made a bottle for Chii when she woke up. The bottle had just finished heating, when the doorbell rang. Sakura ran to the door, with the bottle in hand. It was Tomoyo.

"Hey, Saku! You ready?" Sakura stared at her, totally confused.

"You forgot, didn't you?"

"Forgot what?" Tomoyo sweat dropped.

"We were supposed to meet everyone at the mall. You said you would, since you've been kind of distant the last couple of days." Realization hit her.

"I totally forgot. I can't go, Tomo."

"Why?" It was at that moment that Chii decided to wake up.

"That's why!" Sakura said, as she ran upstairs, with the warm bottle. Tomoyo followed her.

"She's so pretty, Saku. Who is she?" Sakura looked at Tomoyo, and smiled as she fed Chii.

"This is Chii."

"Are you babysitting?" Sakura smiled sadly.

"I'll be babysitting for the next 18 years."

"You mean-"

"No, Tomo. Chii's mother gave me custody of her. She didn't want her parents to know that she was pregnant, so she came here, and there would've been major problems if her parents had gotten custody of Chii. I guess that she trusted me, and wanted me to take care of Chii for her."

Sakura pulled out a small picture. It was a picture of a girl around the age of 16, with very short, brown stubble on her head, and bright brown eyes. In spite of her large smile, you could tell that she was really sick. She was lying in a hospital bed, and was very skinny and pale. She was also hooked up to a large machine, to help her breath. She also wasn't even sitting up on her own. She was propped up on several pillows, and the bed was elevated. On a nightstand, there was a vase of lilies. She handed the picture to Tomoyo, while she burped Chii.

"Wow! She's so pretty! Who is she?" Tomoyo asked, staring at the picture.

"Her name is Paik Serena."

"I think I've heard that name before."

"Her family is pretty famous. She lived in Hong Kong with her family, but she came here when she found out that she was pregnant. She didn't want her parents to know about Chii, and she wanted to be checked into a hospital, so she could be sure that Chii would be fine."

"Why didn't she just check into a hospital in Hong Kong?"

"Because her parents didn't want her to leave their sight. She always had a private doctor visit her when she was sick, and she wasn't even checked into a hospital when they found out that she had cancer. I guess they were afraid they were going to loose her, and they did in the end." Tomoyo frowned.

"What do you mean?"

"She died, Tomo. It happened about two days ago. We, me and Chii, were visiting her, and she seemed to know that she was going to die. So, she held Chii one last time, and when she gave her back to me, she was gone. It all went by so quickly." Sakura sighed, and wiped away the tears that came to her eyes. Tomoyo peered down at Chii's face, since she wasn't drinking anymore.

"Kawaii! She looks a bit like you, Saku." Sakura giggled. The only thing similar about Sakura and Chii were the beautiful emerald eyes.

"Be quiet, Tomo." Chii had fallen asleep during this conversation, and Sakura put her back in her crib. They spent the rest of the night watching movies, and eating junk food, with breaks to feed and take care of Chii.

This chapter is for Lynn. She was in a very similar spot as Serena, but it ended in almost the same way.

-Mello-Out-