CCS-2: Card creators Sakura & Syaoran:

Episode 8:


Disclaimer: Cardcaptor Sakura is property of CLAMP I claim no rights to any of the original characters, only the idea for this storyline and any new characters I may have introduced for the purpose of building and continuing the storyline. ARIGATO!! (Thank the gods for copy & paste...)

Thank you, everyone! I love all of the reviews! I am Honored that everyone seems to like the story so much! I would like to expecially thank those of you who take the time to review every episode. It really means a lot and helps to keep me motivated, knowing that you all are waiting anxiously for the next chapter. All of you are the Best!


Kero drifted down the stairs and into the kitchen. "What is her problem!" he mumbled and made his way to the refrigerator. He was grateful that he no longer had to stay confined to Sakura's room, since she had introduced her brother and her father to him as her "other guardian" aside from Yue/Yukito. While Sakura's father, whose soul was half of the reincarnation of Crow Reed, didn't have a problem accepting Kero as a member of the household. Her brother was another story. Touya had made it perfectly clear that if it weren't for Kero, Sakura wouldn't have ever been put in danger because of the cards. Due to this, Touya distrusted the "stuffed animal" as much as he use to dislike Syaoran.

A sudden ear piercing scream coming from the second floor, nearly caused Kero to close the refrigerator door on himself after he had let go of it in surprise. Likewise, Fujitaka had jumped up suddenly from the kitchen table, sending a stake of papers flying onto the floor.

"Sakura!" They both exclaimed in unison and were both heading up the stairs in a matter of half a second. Fujitaka swung open her bedroom door, expecting to find her there. Kero flew in a quick circle around the room in panic.

"Sakura!?" Kero called, flying back out the door, past Fujitaka, and into the hall. Where was she?

"Sakura-san!?" Fujitaka called for his daughter, closing the door to her room and quickly moving to open the next door.

"Sakura, Where are you?" Kero exclaimed in panic. There was no response from her.

Moving to the next door in the hall, Fujitaka suddenly froze as the handle to the bathroom door refused to turn. It was locked. "Sakura-san?" He called through the door. "Are you in there?" If she was, she didn't respond.

Kero was suddenly in his true form and standing ready by the door. "Look out, I'm knocking it down." Kero told Sakura's father.

"NO!" Sakura suddenly cried from the other side of the door. "Go away! Leave me alone!" She sobbed.

"What's wrong, Sakura-san?" Fujitaka asked in a quiet voice that was full of concern. "Are you ok?"

"Go away!" She cried again and there was a soft thud against the door as if something soft had been thrown against it.

Fujitaka and Kero exchanged a look of bewilderment. From the other side of the door water could be heard running.

"Sakura, if you don't open this door, I'm going to break it down!" Kero threatened, his eyes were wide with concern for his Mistress.

"Leave Me Alone!" Sakura screamed

Fujitaka placed a hand on Kero's back, silencing his next sentence before Kero could force the sound out of his open mouth. Kero watched in confusion as Sakura's father returned to her room. The sound of drawers opening and closing could be heard and he returned a few minutes later with a few articles of her clothing.

Fujitaka returned to the bathroom door. "I'll leave a change of clothes for you by the door," he said through the closed door. After laying the clothes on the floor, he motioned for Kero to follow as he turned to go back down the stairs where he quickly picked up the phone and dialed a number.

Kero reverted to his plushy self and hovered nearby, curious as to what the man was about to do.

"Ah, yes, Sonomi-kun," he spoke into the phone. "Hai….hai….please, this is about Sakura-san." He paused briefly.

"What's wrong with Sakura-Chan? Is she ok?" Sonomi asked through the receiver.

"Um….well…you see, I think that's complicated." Fujitaka replied nervously.

"How complicated? What's wrong with Sakura-Chan?" She asked urgently.

"I don't think it's something to discuss over the phone," he explained a bit bashfully. If his feelings were right about this, he was sure he would receive an ear full. "Please, Sonomi-kun, could you come over right away…..it's important?" he asked of her in conclusion.

"Well, because it's for Sakura-Chan, I'll be right there." She told him and instantly the phone was disconnected.

Sonomi? Kero wondered. Diadōji-san? Tomoyo's mother? Kero crossed his arms over his chest and stare at Fujitaka with his black beady eyes. "What is going on?" he asked the man in wonder.

Fujitaka regarded the flying stuffed animal with a slight smile before picking up a picture of his dearly departed wife. "She needs you now….I should have paid more attention. Sonomi-kun will be upset at me again." He spoke to the picture as if she could hear him.

Upstairs in the bathroom, Sakura sat in the bathtub with her knees drawn up to her chest. The water seemed to ease the pains in her stomach some. Not in her stomach, it was lower then that. She knew now what was going on. She had been through the class a couple of years ago. However, that didn't make her feel any better. She would be mortified to face her father and Touya would tease her endlessly now. And what about Syaoran? Tears began to weld up in her eyes again at the thought. Surely Syaoran would find her disgusting now and wouldn't want anything to do with her. With that thought, she started to sob again; unaware of the transparent arms surrounding her, wishing to offer some comfort.

Almost in record time, less then 10 minutes after he had called, Sonomi was at the door. Kero retreated quickly out of sight as Fujitaka showed her into the house.

"Now, what's going on?" Sonomi asked instantly. "What's wrong with Sakura-Chan? Isn't she in school?"

Fujitaka shook his head, indicating that Sakura was not at school. "She…." He stumbled over his tongue, unable to get the words out of his mouth. It would be admitting the inevitable to himself that his little girl was growing up. Ah Kami-sama, why hadn't he realized it sooner.

"She what?" Sonomi was getting annoyed. "Sensei, explain!"

"She needs a woman to confide in…." He managed to confess. "I…wasn't paying attention to the signs."

Sonomi's eyes went wide upon sudden realization of what he was referring to. "Ah! Kami! Haven't you ever talked to her about that!? Sensei!" Sonomi chastised him in disbelief. "Where is she?" She asked with a mixture of concern and panic.

"She's locked herself in the bathroom," Fujitaka said, looking away from her in shame. This wasn't something that a father normally had to worry about.….

Sonomi charged up the stairs and after a few tries, found the bathroom door. "Sakura-chan?" She asked through the door. "Please let me in, Sakura-chan?" she pleaded with concern. Sonomi heard movement from inside the bathroom, and after a few seconds the door was slowly opened to reveal Sakura standing with a towel wrapped around herself, bloodshot eyes and a tear-streaked face.

After the woman had disappeared up the stairs Kero flew out of the kitchen. "You weren't paying attention to what?" He asked Sakura's father. "Why does Sakura need a woman to confide in? What's wrong with Sakura?" Kero asked urgently.

"There are a lot of changes going on with Sakura-san right now," Fujitaka stated with a hint of sadness as he walked into the kitchen to pick up the papers that he had knocked to the floor earlier.

Kero watched him with uncertainty. What in the world was happening to his Mistress!? He wondered to himself in agony.

Fujitaka attempted to force his attention back to his class curriculum while Kero fluttered back upstairs. He hovered by the bathroom door, hoping to overhear some of what was going on. He could hear Sakura crying, which made him anxious.

"Would you like to come stay with Tomoyo-chan and I for a few days?" Sonomi asked.

Since Kero was unable to see her through the closed door, he assumed she had nodded yes after hearing Sonomi say, "Ok, lets go."

Kero barely made it into hiding when Sonomi stepped out of the bathroom with a timid looking Sakura.

"Sensei, I'm taking Sakura-chan home with me for a few days," Sonomi announced as they descended the stairs.

Fujitaka watched from the kitchen doorway as Sakura stopped on the bottom step. She wore the cloths that he had pulled out for her and laid by the bathroom door. She kept her eyes focused on the floor. Inwardly he slapped himself for not being more observant.

Sonomi ushered Sakura out the door without another word. Fujitaka watched from the door as the two women stepped into the limousine and the limousine pulled away.

Fujitaka returned to his paperwork with the attempt to concentrate on his teaching plan, knowing that Sakura would be in good hands.

A couple of hours later, Fujitaka's intense concentration was interrupted when Touya returned home. He did not return alone, however, and the foyer echoed with a combination of voices. Fujitaka recognized the voices of Yukito, Tomoyo, and Syaoran. Everyone was worried about Sakura, it seemed. He started to gather up the papers that lay across the table.

Touya lead the group up the stairs to Sakura's room, only to be surprised upon the discovery that she wasn't there. Now that he thought about it, he didn't recall seeing her shoes in the foyer. He exchanged a look of confusion with Yukito and lead the group back down the stairs. "Otousan!" He called half way down. "Otousan, where's Sakura?"

Fujitaka appeared in the doorway to the kitchen with a stack of papers in hand. "Konnichiwa, Tomoyo-chan, Syaoran-kun." He greeted the younger two of the group with a smile. "I'm afraid Sakura-san isn't here, she left with your mother a couple of hours ago," he explained to Tomoyo.

"Okasan?" Tomoyo repeated a little surprised and exchanged a look of confusion with Syaoran.

"Arigatou!" both Tomoyo and Syaoran said in unison with a bow before returning to the door for their shoes.

"We'll be going now," Tomoyo said as she stepped through the door that Syaoran held open expectantly.

Touya watched his father return the stack of papers to his briefcase and waited expectantly for an explanation. Why was Sakura with Daidōji-san? She had seemed to be really ill that morning.

"Is Sakura-chan ok?" Yukito broke the silence with his question. It had been all that he could do to contain Yue throughout the day from emerging and rushing to Sakura's side in worry. His other self acted tough and uncaring, but being that they shared the same body, Yukito know how deeply Yue cared for his Mistress. Yukito himself was worried about her as well. She was like a little sister to him.

"She is going through…" He paused for a brief second, looking for the right words, "changes that we can't help her with." Fujitaka glanced longingly at the picture of Nadeshiko. "Sonomi-kun is the closest person she has to substitute as a mother figure for her."

Touya blinked and suddenly went pale as the realization hit him. He supposed he would have to stop teasing her so much. Yet, no matter what, she would always be his little sister.

"Sakura-chan has become a young woman," Yukito stated, more to his other self who was demanding for an explination. Yukito supposed that it couldn't be helped, even if Yue was suppose to have access to all of Yukito's knowledge. After all, Yue and Kero were both magically created by Clow Reed. Clow had likely neglected to explain the basics of the human reproductive system to the guardians, who surely weren't able to reproduce.

Tomoyo was on the phone as soon as she and Syaoran stepped through the door. In the matter of a few minutes a Limousine pulled up beside the two friends, who had been waiting impatiently in front of Sakura's home. They climbed into the vehicle, both sitting anxiously as it sped away to the Daidōji residence.

Tomoyo tried to call Sakura's cell phone for what was probably the millionth time in that one day, with no avail. She then tried her own home number. "Moshi moshi, Daidōji residence," Answered their maid.

"Are Okasan and Sakura-chan there?" Tomoyo asked urgently.

"Gomen, Tomoyo-san, they are not back yet."

"Arigatou!" Tomoyo said, disconnecting the line.

Syaoran watched her expectantly. "Surely, if she is with your mother then she is all right." He said, more as though trying to convience himself that his girlfriend was safe.

Tomoyo's limousine pulled up at the same time as her mothers. Both Syaoran and Tomoyo jumped out of their vehicle and rushed to the other.

"Okasan!" Tomoyo exclaimed as her mother was the first to step out of the vehicle. "Is Sakura-chan okay?"

Inside the vehicle, Sakura sat anxiously wringing her hands. She wasn't ready to face Syaoran. She felt as if she would die if she had to at that moment. In a panic, she pushed open the door on the other side of the vehicle and fled into the house for refuge.

"Sakura!?" She heard Syaoran call after her in concern.