Disclaimer: "Cardcaptor Sakura" and all related characters belong to Clamp. The name 'Tomoeda Hotel' and the chant to resurrect the cards are a part of my imaginary creation. Any similarities are by means coincidental.

Author's Notes: As I have much guessed, I'm running low on inspirational language and creativity, and this is starting to affect my writing style. Thus, the quality and length of this chapter seems to be bad, in my opinion. Perhaps, the problem lies in the fact that I have been cooping myself at home too much and my experiences are dying out. I don't know whether that is good or not.

Glossary of words that I used:

'Oniisan' – Honorific term for older brother

'Otousan' – Honorific term for father

'Kozou' – Nickname that Kero-chan gave to Syaoran, meaning 'kid'

What does he mean? I do wish he would stop talking to me in those puzzle-like tones. Sakura entered her bedroom and allowed herself to slide onto the floor. I'm so tired. Thank goodness. Oniisan and Otousan are not home yet. They will probably ask me more questions when they see me looking so haggard.

The lower drawer of the mahogany table was pushed open, and a bright yellow creature with white wings slipped out of its 'home'. "Sakura, have you found out the location of the cards?"

Sakura shook her head as she got up from the floor and laid herself onto her bed. "No. I don't have any idea where the cards are now, but…"

"But what?" Kero-chan demanded.

"Windy, Watery, Firey and Earthy, I have found them. Here they are." Sakura dug into her pocket and pulled up four cards glowing pink with aura. She placed them onto the tiny hands of the yellow creature and then rolled herself to face the wall that the bed was resting against. "As to how and when I found them, I do not feel like talking about it now."

Kero-chan looked between the four cards in its hands and its mistress. It concentrated its mind and a golden yellow glow enveloped around it. The cards responded back with a pink glow. "Is it?" Kero-chan pondered, when the yellow glow finally faded and it carried the cards back into the book.

How is it possible for her? To resurrect the cards back to life again will naturally involve a stronger magic than to create them. So where does she have that stronger ability? Kero-chan stared at the sleeping form of the auburn-haired girl. Perhaps, she might be the solution of all these mysteries. It floated itself over to Sakura's side and gently laid its left hand onto her forehead. The golden yellow glow that appeared a while ago enveloped the creature again. The answer is most likely with her…

* * *

"No!" A tear slipped out of the corner of the eye of the auburn-haired girl and glided down the curves of her cheek. It fell onto her lap, forming a water smudge on her white skirt. Another tear followed along the same path of the first tear and landed itself at the same place, enlarging the area of the original water smudge.

           

"No! No! No! You can't die!" She sobbed. But the lack of response greeted her back.  

           

"Sakura, don't cry. There must be a way out." A brown-haired boy reached over to comfort her, but to no avail. He gritted his teeth and swore under his breath.

           

The girl continued to sob, dulling her emerald green eyes with tears. "No! I won't let you die. I won't let you die on me!" Another teardrop escaped the edge of her eye and fell upon the concrete ground. As if a miracle, the teardrop sparked off a golden circle on the pavement, a star in the center surrounded by a sun and a crescent moon. The light in the girl's eyes dulled as a key with a star glowed underneath her blouse and slipped out of her neck and onto her outstretched palms.

           

The boy was startled. "Sakura! What are you doing?" But the girl did not respond. Instead her eyes remained focused on the key. "O Key that conceals the powers of the stars, reveal thy true form to me. I, Sakura, command thee under thy covenant, release!" The key, reacting to the chant, grew to become a pink staff of an arm's length, which the girl caught hold of.

           

"I won't let you die!" She repeated. She tossed the grey cards into the air with one hand and lifted her staff towards them. "O Cards that were once created by Clow, and once reborn under the name of Sakura, listen again to thy mistress. Gifts of memories recover thy bit of power and thus, O Cards, relive upon this new strength, under the name of thy mistress, Sakura."

           

A large sphere of pink spread from within the girl, extending towards the cards. The aura of light grew brighter and lighter and then dulled out the colours of the surroundings. Amid the blinding pinkish-white light, four cards that once were grey were glowing in pink.

* * *

A teenage boy with bluish hair shielded his eyes from the glaring light of the sun with his hand as he stepped out of the airport. It's good to be back here. His face portrayed a serious, mature look that was beyond his age of fourteen. The blizzards of Winter would pass and the showers of Spring would enliven nature again. He smiled as he got on a nearby cab. "Tomoeda Hotel, please?"

* * *

Kero-chan removed its hands off the forehead of the sleeping girl. That kozou is back. It gritted its teeth in displeasure. So what Windy, Watery, Firey and Earthy had said is true. They were resurrected back with magic. It crossed its arms as it settled upon the edge of the bed. If the cards helped her regain her memories at that dimension, can it be that her memories and magic are sealed up by magic as well? I think it's time to call upon Yue for advice.

* * *

"Syaoran? Syaoran, are you listening to us?" A girl with long, black hair and ruby eyes scanned the brown-haired boy's listless face. "What is the matter with you? I have never seen you so distracted."

"I'm sorry, Meiling. What were you saying?" Syaoran blinked, uncomfortable at the glance that his cousin was making at him.

"He's so distracted that he didn't hear us, Daidouji-san." Meiling addressed her attention to another girl with greyish-black hair.

"I guess that he's as worried as we are." Tomoyo paused. "Li-kun, so what should we do?"

"I don't know. But all I know is that Sakura needs our help. We need to be there for her."

* * *

Outside the Kinomoto residence, near the window leading to Sakura's bedroom, was a large tree. It had been there since the day the family moved into the house and had stood there for many years, as a part of the family. However, unknown to the inhabitants of the house and the tree, two female human-like beings spied into the young girl's room, a smile on their faces.

Author's Notes (again): As I have promised, I gave a more detailed account of how Sakura resurrect the cards, in an image that Kero-chan (and us) see by it touching Sakura's forehead. Kero-chan communicated with the cards through telepathy and he saw the image also through telepathy.

Also, I'm bring in Eriol into this fanfic. I know that this fanfic has alot of characters and I do feel that I'm suffocating from writing with so many characters. But Eriol is important in this fanfic. He is the wisdom behind the characters so I can't skip him.

As for the chant that I created for Sakura to resurrect the cards, part of it was derived from the original chant, and the rest of it was composed by me to fit the plot.