DISCLAIMER: Is it really necessary to have a disclaimer every single chapter? Oh well, better safe than sorry. I know…an old saying but it's true. So, CardCaptor Sakura does not belong to me...except for Maureena Saki and Ogano Saki.

Chapter 3: Talking Clow Card Matters

Sakura walked out of the school with Tomoyo beside her.

"Sakura-chan?" said a gentle voice. "Sakura-chan? Sakura-chan? Kura-chan!"

Sakura up from the ground and looked at Tomoyo. There was an anxious expression on her raven-haired friend.

"Kura-chan, daijobou desu ka˜?"

"Haiˆ," said Sakura, with a false smile. "Hai, dijobou desuˉ."

Sakura's smile faded into a wondering frown as she looked away from Tomoyo and ahead of her. Tomoyo looked at her cousin with more of a worried face.

"But Sakura-chan, you're not as cheerful as usual," Tomoyo pointed out. "Please tell me what is wrong. When I see you upset it makes me upset too. What is it that is bothering you?"

Sakura thought for a moment and said, "You know that new student?"

"Hai," said Tomoyo, "What about Miyazawa-san?"

"Well, during recess, I saw him get angry at another boy from our class who bumped into him at a corner."

"And what if he got angry?"

"To-chan! You saw Miyazawa-san during school, right! You saw how he was behaving at the teachers! The teachers themselves were frightened of Miyazawa-san!"

"Well Kura-chan, you do have a point. Miyazawa-san is quite scary indeed."

"And whenever I look at Miyazawa-san, I don't only see cruelty. I also see grief, resentment and agony. I see all of his hidden emotions in his eyes and I want to find what is wrong with him so I can help him."

Tomoyo listened to Sakura's words of concern as they continued to walk past Penguin Park.

On the way, Syaoran and Meiling were running behind them.

"Oi!" shouted Syaoran's voice.

Sakura and Tomoyo looked behind them.

Once Syaoran and Meiling caught up, Syaoran spoke, "Didn't you sense anything from Miyazawa?"

"Sense?" asked Sakura. "You mean...like an aura?"

Syaoran nodded. "Yeah. The same aura we sense when there's a Clow Card, only much stronger."

"You sensed an aura coming from Miyazawa-san? A stronger aura!" asked Sakura, who now faced Syaoran with curiosity. "Do you think...?"

"That he is someone who is involved with Clow Reed and the Clow Cards? Yes," Syaoran said, finishing off Sakura's sentence for her.

The group began to wonder.

"It is most likely impossible," said Syaoran after a long silence. "There are no other groups who are involved with the Clow Cards."

"Only the Li Clan, that bath sponge Cerberus, me, Daidoji-san and you, Kinomoto-san, are the ones involved in this," said Meiling.

Tomoyo nodded in agreement.

Sakura looked to the three of her friends and said, "Let's go over to my house and we'll talk about this with Kero-chan."

.:Kinomoto Residence:.

Sakura, Tomoyo, Syaoran, Meiling and Kero sat down on the floor in Sakura's room. Touya had to go to his part-time job after school and Fujitaka was coming home late.

"Miyazawa Kaemon?" Kero repeated after Sakura mentioned the new student while eating pudding, cake and some melon bread.

"Hai," said Sakura with a single nod.

Kero lowered his crumb of melon bread and thought deeply. "I have no idea about him," he said after a while. "I don't recall hearing his name before. Hm…Miyazawa…Miyazawa…nope! Nothin'."

"Then why did I sense an aura coming from him…?" Syaoran's voice trailed off as his chin rested in his fingers in thought.

"Well I don't know," said Kero in a mean tone. "If I said I have no idea about this Miyazawa dude, then I have no idea about this Miyazawa dude!"

"Well it's not my fault if you're so stupid not to know such a thing, stuffed animal," said Syaoran in a defending tone.

Meiling giggled. "Yes. Much too stupid for a bath sponge," she said, the back of her hand hiding her smirking mouth.

"I am not bath sponge, little wench!" shouted Kero at Meiling as he stood up with gritted teeth. Then he turned to Syaoran. "Or a stuffed animal, brat!"

"Hey! Can we please talk of Miyazawa-san instead?" asked Sakura.

"Uh – yes," said Kero, sitting back down. "Gomene˘. Demo¶, Sakura, no matter how much I think deeply, the name Miyazawa Kaemon does not ring a bell."

Sakura's face cringed but Kero's face went happy as a light bulb appeared above his head.

"How about tomorrow," he began, "I get into your bag and during recess or lunch, we can spy on Miyazawa and I'll get the chance to see if I can sense an aura from him!"

Sakura's normal, cheery face lit up. "Great idea Kero-chan!" she said, as she clapped her hands together."It might get stuffy in my bag but I'll leave my bag a little open so you can breathe. Ne*?"

"Hai!" said Kero. He stood up, put his hands to a fist and punched the air. "Yosha°! Awright! It's time for another CardCaptor mission!" The background became a rushing fiery colour.

Sakura slid into the background as the background changed into multiple sweat drops.

"I never said this was a CardCaptor mission," said Sakura in a tone of misery, a sweat dropping at the side of her head and emo lines above her head.

*Ne means 'ok' or 'right' in Japanese. (A/N: At least, that's what I assume. I apologise, I'm still learning)

°Yosha means 'alright' in Japanese. (A/N: I might be wrong)

˜Daijobou desu ka means 'are you okay' in Japanese.

ˆHai means 'yes'.

ˉHai. Daijobou desu means 'yes I'm okay'.

˘Gomene means 'sorry'.

¶Demo means 'but'.