A/N: Sakura's birthday… Sakura's probably slightly OOC SY pairing
--1st April—
"SAKURA!! WAKE UP, SAKURA!!" shouted a voice, waking her immediately.
"Kero-chan…it's too early…" Sakura mumbled, looking at the clock.
"You gotta get up!" he exclaimed. Her vision cleared and she could read the clock. 9:30.
"Ahhh!" she shouted, throwing the covers off herself and standing up. "Why didn't you wake me up earlier!?"
"I tried," Kero said, shrugging and floating in front of her face.
"It's an important day today! But surely, you already know that?"
"No. What's happening today?" her muffled voice forced its way out, through the fabric of the jumper that she was pulling on. Kero shook his head, sighing.
"Sakura, what date is it?"
"I dunno, why? Is it important?"
"Of course it is! Today is the first of April!"
"What's happening then?" She thought hard.
"Sakura! How can you forget your own birthday?"
"What? It's not my birthday already is it?" Kero smacked his paw on his forehead. '…………what the? How?'
Sakura pulled on her socks and opened her bedroom door. Kero flapped through the air and followed her out of the door, pulling it closed as he exited.
She ran down the stairs, jumping the last two, and entered the kitchen.
"Finally, the monster wakes. Your pancakes are on the side," Touya said, from were he was sat at the table, while looking through the paper.
"I'm not a monster. Onii-chan no baka!" she shouted. Sakura walked across the kitchen to the plate of pancakes, picked them up and sat across the table from her brother.
Kero flitted over to the table and landed between the two plates. He picked Touya's fork and quickly speared his last pancake, stuffing it in his mouth.
"That was mine, plushie," Touya said, glaring at Kero, even he wasn't hungry.
"You weren't eating it!" Kero retaliated.
"I'm off. I'll be back for lunch, and Kaijuu, don't burn the house down." Touya got up, deposited his plate in the sink and was in the hall before Sakura registered the nickname.
"Onii-chan!!!" resounded throughout the house, reaching the ears of Yukito, stood outside, who was waiting for Touya.
"Do you think she suspects anything?" asked Yukito.
"Nah…she won't…"
"Yue says she's more observant than you realise."
"Yeah, well, she's been so wrapped up in school work, I'll be surprised…" Touya said, as they headed off.
Back in the kitchen Sakura had eaten her fill of the pancakes and Kero had eaten the rest.
"What have I got to do today?" she asked herself, standing up and picking up the plate. She moved over to the sink and quickly washed and dried the plate, putting it away. "I've got that literature homework to do and Tomoyo asked me to come over later this afternoon…"
She headed up to her room, letting Kero stay downstairs and watch the television. Opening her door, she looked towards her desk and sighed. Piled on one side was her homework for the weekend. She turned her stereo on and set to work, the music helping her to concentrate.
An hour later she sighed again, turning off her stereo and looked out of the window.
"Something's different today. I just can't concentrate. There's too much power in the air. What's going on?" Just as she asked the last question, Kero flew into the room, seating himself next to Sakura.
"It's nothing to worry about, Sakura. It's your birthday and your power levels are higher than before. The extra power is yours. You're able to control them and stop them spreading, you just need the extra practice now, because you have the extra power………does that make sense?"
"Yeah…I've felt my powers grow, I didn't know why though…"
"Now you've sorted that out, you can finish your homework," Kero said, quickly dodging the hand that came out to hit him.
"Kero! I'll finish it later!" she replied, walking over to the TV and switching it on.
"Not if we can help it…" muttered Kero, sitting back on the window sill.
"What did you say?" asked Sakura, dropping the TV remote and flopping on the bed.
"Nothing, nothing…" Kero replied, flitting across to Sakura and seating himself next to her head. "What you thinking about?"
"Well…you said my powers have grown…do you think it would be possible do something for you and Yue? You've both done so much for me, I want to be able to grant you a wish…or something like that…I know some wishes would totally tire me out, but I want to do something for you…Do you think it's possible?"
"Yeah, you could probably do it, but you could be asleep for days," Kero said. 'Little does she know...hehe…'
"I know that," Sakura sighed.
---3 hours later---Tomoyo's house---
"Is everything ready?" Tomoyo asked. "The food's sorted, everyone is here, and presents are set out. Anything else?"
"Nope, I think you've got everything Tomoyo-san," Yukito said, looking around the room.
Tomoyo had transformed her games room into a room fit for a sixteenth birthday party. In one corner were the costumes and the tapes of the captures. The presents were piled on up on the table in the middle. Along one wall were tables full of food.
"All we need now is the Kaijuu herself!" Touya said.
DINGDONG!!
"Quick, everyone hide!" Tomoyo whispered, moving towards the stairs.
"Konnichiwa, Sakura-chan, come in!" Tomoyo greeted Sakura, grabbed her hand and pushed her up the stairs. Instead of taking Sakura straight to the games room, Tomoyo pulled her into her bedroom.
"Sakura, I made you another costume. Here!"
Sakura found herself shoved into the dressing room with the outfit in her hands. She sighed.
Looking at the outfit in her hands, her eyes widened in surprise. She quickly changed and looked at herself in the mirror.
Looking back at her was a female genie. Or what Tomoyo guessed a female genie would look like. A long forest green skirt and tight T-shirt with long flowing sleeves.
She exited the changing room and looked at Tomoyo, stood waiting by the door. Tomoyo's eyes immediately lit up.
"Perfect!" she exclaimed. She walked over to Sakura and grabbed her hand, pulling her out of the door. She stopped outside the games room and slowly opening the door, pushing Sakura in at the same.
"Surprise!!" shouted everyone as they saw Sakura emerge through the door. Sakura started in surprise, her eyes wider than before.
"Happy Birthday, Sakura!" Kero exclaimed, flying into the room in front of Tomoyo, having emerged from the bag.
Sakura looked around the room, taking in everything. Her brother, Yuki, Syaoran, Eriol, Nakuru and Suppi stood in the room, waiting for her reaction.
"Wow…" she said. "Just wow…"
"Can we have cake now?" Kero asked. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Presents first, Kero, we went through this. And don't think about sneaking something to eat. Eriol's put a shield around it, you can't break it," Tomoyo said.
"………damn………" muttered Kero, making Tomoyo and Sakura laugh.
Sakura sat on the couch and looked at the pile of presents in front of her. "Who's first?" she asked.
"Take your pick, Sakura-chan," Tomoyo said, moving over and sitting next to Sakura.
Slowly Sakura worked her way through the pile, carefully opening each one. There was chocolate, another outfit from Tomoyo, a new pair of roller skates and an assortment of jewellery.
"Can we have cake now?" asked Kero again when the presents had been opened.
Everyone laughed and Eriol flicked his hand slightly. Sensing the magic disappear Kero flew straight for the food, landing next to a plate. He picked up one of the cupcakes and stuffed it in his mouth whole.
At a slightly more sedate pace, everyone else moved towards the table. Yuki had been itching as much as Kero to get at the food; he was just more…restrained about showing it.
Half an hour later, everyone had collapsed on the couches or the floor.
"You guys know my power levels have gone up, right?" Sakura asked. Everyone nodded and gestured towards Eriol. He was the one who noticed it first and had let the others know. "Yuki, can you tell Yue I want to speak with him?" Yuki nodded. His eyes went into the distance for a moment, before he started to float. Huge white wings appeared from his back, enveloping him and when they retracted, Yue emerged.
"You want to speak to me, Mis-"he stopped at Sakura's warning look. "Sakura?" he corrected himself.
"I want to do something for you and Kero. You've done so much for me and I feel I've done nothing in return. My powers have grown enough, so I can allow you to have a wish each," she said, looking between Yue and Kero.
"Can I go first?" asked Kero.
Sakura looked at Yue. He shrugged. "I guess so." She transformed the key. "By the powers of the Sakura cards and their Mistress, grant Cerberus, the sun guardian of the cards, his chosen wish!" she shouted, holding her staff aloft. Even Tomoyo and Touya could feel power flooding the room as the cards circled their Mistress. Slowly the power retracted back to the cards and to Sakura.
Kero opened his eyes and stared straight in front of himself. Suddenly a chocolate pudding appeared where he stared. He grabbed it in surprise.
"It worked!" he exclaimed.
"Well, thanks for believing in me," Sakura said sarcastically. She turned to Yue. He was looking out the open window. She walked over to him.
"You don't have to decide now. I can do this anytime you want," she said so only he could hear, resting her hand on his arm.
He looked down at her. "I have decided," he said quietly.
"Okay." She moved away slightly. "By the powers of the Sakura cards and their Mistress, grant Yue, the moon guardian of the cards, his chosen wish!" she shouted, raising her staff aloft again. Even more power flooded out this time. Yue's body glowed a soft pink and another body appeared from inside. Sakura's legs gave way as the power came back to her.
Touya rushed forward to catch his sister before she hid the ground, but Yue beat him to it. He gently picked Sakura up.
"She is tired. I will take her home. Yukito can explain my wish," he said. He stepped out onto the balcony and opened his wings. Everybody watched him leave and turned to Yuki, who had just managed to stand up.
---Sakura's house---
"What happened? Where am I?" Sakura asked, trying to sit up. She fell back and recognised the ceiling of her bedroom.
"You fainted. I brought you back here to recover, away from the noise. I left Yukito to explain to the others," said a voice. Yue's head came into view.
"Yuki? Why could he stay behind?" she asked, trying to sit up again. This time she succeeded, resting her head against the wall.
"I wished to be the best protector that I could. The only way I could do that is to be totally separate from Yukito. He is able to stay alive and doesn't rely on me. With him went Touya's powers, back to Touya, because you are strong enough to support me now."
"Umm…Yue…I want to tell you something…but I don't want you to hate me…" she stopped and looked down.
"Sakura. You know you can tell me anything, I can't do anything to upset you. I protect you," Yue said, walking across the room and sitting next to Sakura, lifting her head up slightly with one hand.
"I…I…Yue…I love you…" Sakura said, barely loud enough for Yue to hear. She timidly raised her eyes to meet his. What she saw surprised her. There was emotion in his eyes, hope, happiness and…love?
He slowly moved his head towards her, giving her time to retreat if she wanted to. She didn't. Their lips met in a short, sweet kiss.
After a couple of seconds, Yue broke off the kiss, moving back enough o that he could look into her eyes.
"I love you too, Sakura…" he said, barely loud enough for her to hear. "You need to sleep, you're still tired," he said as she yawned.
"Yue, stay here," she said as she lay down. She grabbed his hand and pulled him down next to her.
Reluctantly, he lay down next to her, wrapping his arms around her waist. Slowly she fell asleep, her last thought being: 'I never did finish that literature homework' just before she fell into dreamland.
Yue lay awake for a while longer, just watching Sakura sleep before he too fell asleep.
A/N: Finished, finally! The longest chapter so far.
I wrote all of this bar about the first 200 words in about three days. I haven't had the internet for a couple of days, so that's prompted me to get writing. I've finished 3 chapters for various things in three days.
The next chapter is for Nadeshiko. It could be while before I update again, but I'll try to get it up within…about a month…