The next day at school, thing seemed to go peacefully. Sakura was happy to find that not only was she still in the same class as Syaoran and Tomoyo, but Rika, Naoko, Chiharu and Takashi were also in her class again. However, this was little comfort with what had happened the other day. Aside from the fact that some strange woman was after her new puppy, Blossom, she had been buried by a collapsing building and made it out without a scratch. Why wasn't she crushed by the building? Is this what Syaoran wanted to talk to her, Kero, and Yue about? These thoughts filled Sakura's mind and remained unanswered until that night after school.
By the time Sakura, Kero and Blossom got to Syaoran's house, Yue was already there waiting for them. Syaoran decided to get right to business. He took a book from his desk and opened it to the book marked page. "As Sakura probably already told you," he began, "There is some strange woman after Blossom. Also, Sakura was almost crushed by a collapsing building, but she was not hurt at all. I think Blossom is the cause of that. Before she left, the woman said she was after the Zodiac powers. I remembered reading about them once, but I wasn't sure until I found this book. The Zodiac powers are said to reside in the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac, each one with it's own unique ability. It also says that if the powers were to be taken from the animals, the animals would turn into dark creatures." "That's terrible." said Sakura, "What if Blossom turns into one of those creatures?" "Clow Reed left behind a spell to change them back," Syaoran continued, "But it's in some kind of ancient writing. I should be able to translate it, but it'll take some time." "So what is the power of the dog?" Yue asked. "Invincibility." answered Syaoran. "You see Sakura?" said Kero in a slightly freaked voice. "I told you to get rid of that thing!" "She's not a thing Kero, she's a dog!" Sakura scolded. "IT is a monster!" said Kero. "SHE will only become a monster if she looses her power, and even then, all I have to do is use Clow Reed's spell." Sakura pointed out. Kero continued his protests. "I don't think it's Blossom's Zodiac powers that Keroberos is worried about." Syaoran said in sort of a teasing type of voice. "I think you're afraid of her." "Me?" said Kero in a slightly braver voice. "Afraid of that mutt? Dream on kid." Syaoran held Blossom to Kero's face and dare him to pet her. Kero let out a little girl's scream and jumped into the corner. "I knew it, you are afraid of her." Syaoran laughed. Kero flew back and insisted he was just startled. Kero closed his eyes and crossed his arms as he said "I can't believe you would think I, Keroberos, the beast of the seal, would be afraid of that little mutt." Syaoran held Blossom close to Kero again, who gave Kero a friendly puppy kiss, and dully said "Boo," and with another little girl's scream, Kero flew across the room again "Wait till I tell Meilin!" Syaoran laughed. Kero was about to threaten him, but Syaoran just shoved Blossom back in his face. This went on for hours, as Sakura and Yue just watched, until Sakura had to go home.
As Sakura walked Blossom on the leash, Kero was inside Sakura's back pack, growling at how he supposedly was not afraid of the puppy. Sakura just giggled at the thought of how it would look if Kero had been in his true form while they were at Syaoran's. She had to admit, the thought of someone as big as Keroberos being afraid of a little Chihuahua puppy was pretty entertaining. Suddenly, Blossom began growling. It was not that scary, actually kind of cute, but it scared the crud out of Kero just the same. "S-S-S-Sa-Sa-Saku-Sakura w-wh-wh-why –i-is-is i-i-i-it d-d-do-do-doi-doi-doing th-th-th-tha-tha-that?" he stuttered, his face completely white. Kero was too scared to notice, but Sakura and Blossom could both sense the woman from the day before. Sakura ran for a place away from people and released the star wand. As she did so, the strange woman appeared once more. "Give me that dog." she demanded. "No!" said Sakura, "I'm not gonna let you take Blossom's Zodiac powers and turn her into a monster." The woman chanted another spell and summoned a new monster as she had done last time. Except this time, the element was wood. Kero had already gotten out of Sakura's back pack and transformed into his true form, and was now on the attack. While the monster kept Keroberos busy, the woman made an advancement on Sakura and Blossom. Sakura did her best to protect Blossom, but the woman over powered her. With another spell that Sakura was still unable to make out, the woman started draining Blossom of her power. Sakura tried to stop her, but it was too late. "The power of invincibility is mine!" the woman declared. "Have fun with your new friend." she said as she left.
Sakura watched in horror as her beloved new puppy transformed into a hideous werewolf looking creature. Blossom let out an ear piercing howl, which was much more terrifying than the cute little growl she had before. Keroberos left his old prey and went after Blossom. No longer the cute, friendly puppy Sakura had adopted, Blossom swung one of her giant paws at Keroberos and knocked him to the ground, and caused him to revert back to his disguised form. "Kero!" Sakura screamed. She wanted so bad to help him, but she did not feel right about attacking her sweet little puppy. Her other instinct was to run, but she could not leave Blossom this way. Not waiting for Sakura to make up her mind, Blossom went on the attack. Sakura used the JUMP card to doge, but she still had trouble keeping away. With another swing of her paw, Blossom knocked Sakura out of the air. Sakura's fall was broken when a familiar voice called out "Petals of the wind, answer my call!" and she was caught by a sudden gust of wind. Syaoran ran up to Sakura to make sure she was safe. "I'm sorry I'm late" he told her. Sakura shook her head and told him it was fine. "Did you finish it?" she asked. Syaoran handed her a piece of paper with writing on it. "Just say this spell, and do everything else the way you would capture a CLOW CARD." Syaoran instructed. Sakura walked up to Blossom, raised her star wand, and said "Return to your original animal form. Dog!" Blossom was enveloped in a bright light, and as it faded, she turned back into a dog. The same cute, cuddly puppy Sakura had grown so fond of. Blossom ran into Sakura's arms and smothered her in puppy kisses. But then, Sakura remembered the other threat, the monster that the mysterious woman had summoned. But when she got up to face it, it was already gone. Then Sakura remembered Kero, who was already starting to wake up. As soon as he was up, Kero sprang up into the air and said "Alright where is it. Sakura's pet or not, no one endangers Sakura!" Syaoran grabbed Blossom and held her in front of Kero's face and said "Boo." Kero let out another terrified, little girl's scream, then complained about how that was not funny as Sakura and Syaoran laughed. "Kero, it's alright." Sakura said, trying her best to maintain her giggles. "Blossom's back to normal." "There is nothing normal about it!" said Kero, still freaked. "There is now," said Syaoran. "Without the Zodiac powers, Blossom's just an ordinary puppy now." "But," said Sakura, "What about the others?" "What do you mean?" asked Kero. I mean the other animals." Sakura continued. I'm sure that woman will try to go after the other eleven animals with powers from the zodiac. It would cause a lot of trouble if they were to wreck havoc after loosing there powers. And I want to help them." "But Sakura, there have to be millions of animals in the world that match the animals of the Chinese Zodiac." Kero protested. "Actually, all the members of the Zodiac are supposed to stay pretty close to each other." said Syaoran. "All we have to do is find out where each one is before that woman dose. And we can use that opportunity to try and stop her." Kero protested a bit more, but finally gave up by the end of the night, when Sakura fell asleep.