Konnichiwa Minna-san! I apologize for the wait on this chapter I've been super busy with college, but I have returned! This chapter has a dream sequence in italics. That's all for now!

Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura or the characters, but the plot is all mine!

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Chapter twenty-one: Feverish Nightmares

When Sakura wok the next morning she was happy to find that Yue was not there. She had been a bit concerned that he might have come back to her room after she fell asleep. She sat up and got out of bed, she was feeling a little bit groggy but if she took it easy today she would be fine tomorrow. She quickly changed into a pair of sweat pants and a tee-shirt and left her room. Before she went down to the kitchen she went to check on Yue.

"Good morning Sakura-sama," Mirror said, "How are you feeling this morning?"

"I'm a bit tired but I should be fine," She looked over at Yue, "How is he doing?"

"I'm sure his fever has gone up," Cerberus sighed, "I just haven't had the heart to wake him to check for sure."

Sakura put her hand on Yue's clammy forehead and his eyes opened, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you," Yue didn't respond and Sakura sighed, "I want you to take your temperature," Once again Yue remained silent. Sakura watched in horror as his violet-sliver eyes became empty, "Yue-kun!" She cried, "Yue-kun what's wrong!?"

"It's okay," Cerberus said, "He's having a vision."

"Why does that have to happen, now?" Sakura asked, "He doesn't need this, right now."

"It's not a bad one, Sakura-sama," Mirror said, "He'll be alright in a minute or two."

After a minute Yue's eyes snapped back into focus, "Sakura-chan," He muttered,

"Yue-kun are you alright?" Sakura asked

"Yeah," Yue said, "It wasn't a bad vision."

"What did you see?" Sakura asked,

"Just a girl with light purple hair," Yue said

"How are you feeling?" Sakura asked,

Yue sighed, "Not well," he said, "How are you feeling Sakura-chan?"

"I'm alright," Sakura said, "My fever has gone down from last night." She handed him the thermometer, "Check your temperature," Yue did what he was told and when the thermometer beeped Sakura removed it, "Thirty-seven four, It's up a degree from last night."

Yue nodded, "This fever isn't dangerous," He said, "My defensive magic caused it. It will be down by tomorrow."

"Let's hope so," Sakura said, "Do you want anything?"

Yue shook his head, "I'm going to go back to sleep," He said, "I'll try to come down later."

Sakura nodded, "Sleep well," She said,

Sakura stayed in Yue's room until he had fallen asleep. Once he had fallen asleep she went down to the kitchen.

"Good morning Sakura-san," Fugitaka said, "How are you feeling this morning?"

"I'm feeling alright," Sakura said, "Yue-kun isn't feeling well again."

"Don't worry Sakura-san," Fugitaka said, "His magic will kick in again and his fever will be down by tomorrow."

"I know," Sakura said, "He's already told me."

"Good morning Sakura-chan," Nakuru said, "Oh Eriol dropped this off," She handed Sakura a few books, "I think you and oniichan will like these."

Sakura took the books, "Thank you Nakuru-chan," She said as she sat down at the table. "I'll look at them with oniichan when he wakes." Sakura opened one of the books and saw a drawing of a toddler, "Is that Yue-kun?" She asked,

Cerberus looked at the drawing, "Yep that's Yue," he said, "that was about a week after he had been created."

"He was so cute," Sakura said as she looked at the toddler. She turned the page and it was covered in English writing,

"You can have oniichan translate that," Nakuru said, "But it's all about him."

Sakura smiled as she flipped through the books. Most of the writing was in English by Clow's hand but occasionally a messier handwriting would grace the pages.

"That's Yue's handwriting," Cerberus said, "he used to hate his messy handwriting. He would try so hard to make his handwriting neat like Clow's but he just couldn't."

Sakura looked at the messy English cursive and smiled.

"Here Sakura-chan," Nakuru said as she placed a plate in front of the younger girl

"Thank you, Nakuru-chan," Sakura said as she grabbed a pair of chopsticks,

After breakfast Sakura went back to Yue's room. He appeared to be in a deep sleep but he had an almost pained expression on his face. Sakura sighed, she hated seeing Yue like this.

"Sakura-sama," A gentle voice

Sakura turned, "Windy-san, Watery-san, Dark-san," She said, "What's wrong?"

"We were worried about Yue-sama," Windy said, "His energy levels have not come up since the waning period."

"We've had some problems," Sakura said, "He's been under attack since three days before the new moon. Eriol-kun said that Yue-kun will be fine, but it's so hard to see him this weak."

"Yue will be fine," Watery said, "Just let him sleep for a week and he'll be back to his old self."

"Watery," Windy said, "Please keep your voice down. We don't need to be waking him at the moment."

"We're too late for that," Watery said, "Sleepy head's awake."

Sakura looked a Yue and found that he was awake, "Yue-kun," She said, "You should be asleep."

"It's too warm," Yue muttered, "Plus I felt the cards."

"You can still feel us with just that energy?" Watery said, "You really have been getting stronger."

"Watery," Yue said as sternly as he could, "I am not in the mood right now."

"I understand," Watery said, "But I wasn't making fun of you. A month ago you would not have been able to feel our presence if you were asleep and had the energy you have now. Hell, a month ago we could have thrown a party in here and you wouldn't have woken."

"Watery is right Yue-sama," Windy said, "You power levels have come up dramatically. Granted, they're down due to the fever that you have but your normal power levels are much higher now."

Yue sighed, "I find that hard to believe." He muttered, "How can my energy levels be higher than usual if I feel so weak?"

"You're sick, Yue-kun," Sakura said, "Would you like me to get you anything?"

"Just some water," Yue said,

"I coulda done that for ya," Watery said as she flicked water in Yue's face, "There now you have some water."

Yue sighed, "I am not in the mood," He growled, "Watery return to your card form now!"

There was nothing watery could do to stop herself from returning to her card form. She had come out on her own free will meaning that Yue had the ability to send her back to the book and she couldn't go against her guardian.

"I apologize," Windy said,

"It's not your fault," Yue said. Watery was an element card and required more energy to seal so the basic spell drained quite a bit of his energy.

"Are you alright, Yue-sama," Dark asked,

"It took more energy than I thought it would to seal her," He muttered,

"You should have waited for Sakura-sama," Windy said as she stroked Yue's warm face,

"She was annoying me," Yue said as he wiped the water off his face

"We are going to return to the book as well," Windy said, "We are taking your energy."

Yue nodded as the two other cards returned to the book and Sakura walked back into the room, "What was that all about?" She asked as

"Watery irritated me," Yue said as he sat up, "And I sent her back to the book."

"You can do that?" Sakura asked as she handed him the glass,

"She's under my jurisdiction," Yue said, "She has no choice but to listen to me."

"But I thought the cards could only listen to their master," Sakura said as Yue took a drink,

"Only if their master calls on them," Yue said, "If they come out on their own then oniisan and I can send the cards under our jurisdiction back to the book."

"Are you feeling up to looking at something with me?" Sakura asked, "Or are you not feeling well enough to stay awake for about half an hour?"

"I guess," Yue said, "What do you want to show me?"

Sakura pulled out the three books and Yue's eyes widened; he recognized the books Sakura held, "Where did you get those?" he asked as he took one of the books

"Eriol-kun dropped them off before he left," Sakura said as Yue looked through the book he had in his hands. Sakura looked at Yue, "What's wrong?" She asked as she noticed tears in his eyes.

"It's nothing," Yue said, "I just never thought I would see these again." He turned a page and smiled, "I remember when I wrote this. I must have been six or seven." He showed the paged to Sakura, "It says: Cerberus broke my favorite toy."

Sakura smiled and came across two small hand prints and a caption read: 'Yue 1796' "You must have what five years old?"

Yue looked at the picture, "Yeah," He said as he put his hand on the page, "Imotosan made it so that the ink wouldn't come off my hands," He paused, "It got all over my robes and I was so upset, I made myself sick."

Sakura smiled and she and Yue continued looking through the books. After about five minutes Sakura looked over to see Yue's head dip and the book slipped out of his hand and fell to the floor. She smiled as she stood up and carefully rested Yue against the pillows. She picked the book up off the floor and left the room.

"How is he doing?" Nakuru said

"He fell asleep," Sakura said, "But he is starting to feel better."

"Has he had anymore nightmares?" Nakuru asked

"Yeah he has," Sakura said, "About five days ago he told me that he had had a nightmare where he had seen himself die twice. Then Kero-chan and I were killed and he was forced to watch."

Nakuru sighed, "Has he had any since?" She asked

"No," Sakura said, "But two days ago he told me that he had had a dream where he was surrounded by white and there were voices coming from all directions."

"Heh, I always knew he was a bit crazy and that just confirms it," She laughed, "Did he say anything else about it?"

Sakura shook her head, "My mother visited him in a dream the other night," She said, "His nightmares have decreased but he still has them when he needs to sleep the most."

"Someone has been causing them,"

"O-okaasan…" Sakura gasped as the spirit of her mother materialized in front of the two girls

"Hello Sakura-chan," Nadeshiko said, "Someone has been causing all of Yue-kun's nightmares and in the process they have been greatly weakening him. The other day they were able to break one of Yue-kun's ribs through a dream."

"He never told me about that one," Sakura said,

"I will be trying my best to keep him from having these nightmares," Nadeshiko said, "I can't stay much longer Sakura-chan, don't worry things will get better for Yue-kun. I'll visit again, Sakura-chan."

"Bye Okaasan," Sakura said

Several hours later, Sakura was watching Nakuru and Cerberus were playing video games when Yue walked into the room.

"How are you feeling?" Nakuru asked,

"Better," He said, "My fever is down a bit."

"That's good," Sakura said, "Do you want anything?"

Yue shook his head, "I'm not hungry," he said,

"You're never hungry, oniichan," Nakuru said,

Yue sighed, "It's not my fault imotosan," he murmured, "You should know that fevers always make my sick to my stomach. I wouldn't be able to hold anything down if I was to eat."

"I understand," Nakuru said as she sat next to Yue, "I was supposed to go back to England with Eriol and Spinel but when I saw you yesterday I wanted to stay."

Yue sighed and leaned against his sister, "Thank you, imotosan," he muttered,

"Yue-kun," Sakura said, "Why did you get out of bed? You look terrible."

"I needed a change of scenery," Yue muttered, "I woke up about half an hour ago and no matter what I did I couldn't get back to sleep but now…I'm so…tired…"

Sakura sighed, "You had too much energy to sleep, but not enough to get out of bed," She said, "Sleep down here for a while then try to go back to bed. I have a feeling that your fever is going to spike later and you need to be in your bed when it does." Yue nodded and closed his eyes.

"You had to tell him that didn't you?' Nakuru said after a few minutes, "Now he's sleep and I can't move my left arm."

"Sorry Nakuru-chan," Sakura said as she gently eased Yue against her.

Nakuru stood up, "There," She said, "Now we can lay him down."

"No it's alright," Sakura said, "He looks comfortable."

After a while longer Sakura fell asleep as well.

"They're so cute together," Nakuru said as she went to get a blanket out of the linen closet and draped it over Sakura and Yue.

"They really are," Cerberus said, "Yue has eased up so much around Sakura, but I still have reason to believe that he still doesn't fully trust her. He still won't tell her when something is bothering him."

Nakuru sighed, "Even when he was younger he was never very good at that," Nakuru said softly, "Even Clow had a hard time getting Yue to admit if he was feeling sick or upset."

"I just wonder if he'll ever be honest when it comes to how he feels," Cerberus said,

"I sure someday he'll be able to tell Sakura-chan how he feels without hesitating," Nakuru said

"I just hope that day comes soon," Cerberus said,

"Hello again judge," A woman's harsh voice rang,

Yue opened his eyes and again he was lying with his head on someone's lap but he couldn't see the face of the person he was resting on.

"Hmm, you're not feeling well again are you?" The woman asked, "I love my timing. I'm not happy with you or your master and your master's little friends. They keep interfering with my plans to kill you."

Yue shut his eyes and turned away from the woman. Even though he was in dreamscape, he felt awful. His head was pounding, he was very warm and his stomach was sick.

"Judge," The voice rang again, "Look at me when I speak to you." Yue continued to ignore the woman. "Look at me now!" The woman roughly pulled Yue up by the front of his robes, slapped him across the face and let him fall back against the unknown person's lap, "Do it or I'll kill you right here and now and they'll never know what hit you."

"You will do nothing of the sort!" a softer, kinder and familiar voice said

Yue opened his eyes and through hazy vision saw Nadeshiko Kinomoto, "Nadeshiko-san…" Yue muttered

"Shh, Yue-kun," Nadeshiko said, "Just relax now. I'll take care of her."

"Just who do you think you are?" The woman asked,

"I'm the one keeping you from killing this boy," Nadeshiko said, "And I will be the one who allows him to sleep sound." She then gently embraced Yue and the dreamscape scene vanished.

"Yue-kun, are you alright?" Nadeshiko asked, "She got you good," She said as she examined a scratch from where the woman had hit him. "I'm going to return you to a dream-less sleep, alright?"

Yue nodded as the scene once again went black.

Sakura was brought from her slumber as Yue started displaying the effects of a massive nightmare. "Yue-kun!" She cried as deep cut appeared on his face, "Yue-kun wake up!"

"What's wrong Sakura-chan?" Nakuru called as she ran into the room. She got a look at Yue, "He's having another nightmare isn't he?" She helped Sakura lay Yue on the couch, "he's burning up."

"I'll be right back," Sakura said as she left the room. A few minutes later she returned with a cold cloth, a bandage and the thermometer. She put the cloth on Yue's forehead and his eyes opened, "Yue-kun, are you alright?"

He shook his head briefly. Now that he was awake he was feeling two times worse.

"Here," Sakura said as she handed the thermometer to him, "Check your fever." As he did what he was told Sakura cleaned the cut on his face, when the thermometer beeped Sakura removed it and sighed,

"Well what is it?" Nakuru asked

"Thirty-seven nine," Sakura said,

"That's nearly forty for his body," Nakuru said, "His body needs to be cooled. He said this fever wasn't a dangerous one but…" She paused and Yue's harsh breathing brought tears to her eyes, "he was wrong…"

"It's alright,"

Nakuru and Sakura turned towards the source of the voice,

"Okaasan," Sakura said

Nadeshiko smiled, "The woman who inflicted the cut on his face has also raised his fever," She said,

"Why does this keep happening to him!?" Nakuru cried, "His body can't handle this."

"He'll be alright," Nadeshiko said as she placed her hand on Yue's forehead, "I'll cool his fever a bit, but I cannot bring it down completely."

Yue slowly opened his eyes, "Nadeshiko-san…" Yue mumbled almost inaudible

"You'll be alright now," She said, "Just rest now."

Yue shut his eyes and slipped into a deep and undisturbed sleep.

"His fever will be gone by tomorrow," She said, "He should feel a bit better when he wakes again."

"Thank you okaasan," Sakura said,

"Bye Sakura-chan," She said as she vanished.

Sakura sighed as she carefully covered Yue with the blanket. Yue's breathing had improved and his face was still warm but not violently hot like it had been.

"He would be in a lot of trouble of your mother hadn't helped him," Nakuru said

"I know," Sakura said, "It would have been like the waning period all over again and I don't think I could take that again."

Nakuru nodded and the door bell rang, "I'll get it," She said as she left the room, "Sakura-chan, it's for you."

"Hai," Sakura called as she stood up, "Tomoyo-chan, come in."

"Are you sure?" Tomoyo asked, "You weren't in school today."

"I have a slight fever," Sakura said, "Otousan and Yue-kun made me stay home."

Tomoyo removed her shoes and followed Sakura and Nakuru into the living room, "Is Yue-san sick again?" She asked

Sakura sighed and nodded, "He keeps having these dreams and when he wakes up, he's feverish, sick to his stomach or injured."

"He had two like that when he spent the night at my house," Tomoyo said, "the first time he woke with a broken rib, the second time he woke up feverish."

"I wish there was a way to stop him from having these dreams," Sakura said, "Or at least keep him from waking up sick."

"I've noticed that his shields have been down," Nakuru said, "You could use the shield card on him every night, just until his shields are back."

"What do you mean by his shields are down?" Sakura asked, "Please tell me that this isn't a bad thing."

"No it's not really a bad thing, but it's not a good thing either." Nakuru said, "Normally he has two to three shields up and one of those shields protects him from magical attacks."

"How long have his shields been down?" Sakura asked

"Since the separation," Nakuru said, "That might also explain why he got sick. Another shield protects him from getting sick. Talk to oniichan about it when he wakes up."

Sakura nodded, 'Tomoyo-chan would you like a snack or something?"

"Sure," Tomoyo said,

"I'll get us some cookies," Nakuru said,

"Are you eating sweets without me?" Cerberus asked

"No," Nakuru said, "We were just about to get some cookies."

Cerberus looked down at Yue, "He had another nightmare, didn't he?"

"How can you tell?" Sakura asked

"About fifteen minutes ago his aura was extremely distressed," Cerberus said, "Yue's aura hardly ever gets that distressed."

"My mother helped him out again," Sakura said, "If she hadn't, he would be in serious trouble."

Cerberus sighed, "He really is having a hard time without his shields," He said, "I wasn't supposed to tell you that."

"Why?" Sakura asked

Cerberus sighed, "Yue didn't want you to know," He said, "He didn't think that not having his shields would be a problem."

"At least now we know what's been making him sick," Sakura said, "But I just wish he would tell me these things. We could have avoided nearly everything that has happened to him."

"He should wake up soon," Cerberus said, "His energy is coming up a bit."

Sakura nodded and took a cookie, "What did I miss today?" Sakura asked

"Not much," Tomoyo said, "There were a few teachers at a conference so we didn't really do much. Tatake-sensei wants to know if Yue-san would want to perform with us in the competition."

"I'll ask him when he wakes up," Sakura said, "For now I'll just let him sleep."

About an hour later Yue began coming back to consciousness. He remembered having a nightmare but he wasn't sure of what had happened after the nightmare. He could remember that it felt as though his body was on fire and a headache so severe that it made his stomach churn so bad he thought that he was going to be sick, but he didn't know if he had woken or not. Now his body still felt warm, and his head still hurt but he wasn't feeling as sick as he had felt after the nightmare. He opened his eyes and sat up.

"Yue-kun, you're looking so much better," Sakura said, "How do you feel?"

"Sakura-chan, what happened?" He asked, "Earlier it felt as if I was on fire."

"You had a nightmare," Sakura said as she sat down next to down next to Yue,

"I know," Yue said, "It was that woman again. At one point I didn't pay attention to her and she pulled me by the front of my robes, slapped my across the face then she let me fall back. The woman then said that if I didn't look at her, she would kill me. Then your mother came and saved me, but I have no idea what happened afterwards."

"You woke up for about literally two minutes," Sakura said, "Your temperature was thirty-seven nine, and my mother came and lowered you fever."

"So that's what happened," Yue said softly, "I just remember feeling very sick."

"Yue-kun," Sakura said, "Why did you not tell me that your shields were down?"

Yue's eyes widened and he sighed, "I didn't think that it was going to be such a problem," He said, "I didn't think I would get so sick…and I…didn't want you to worry about me."

"We'll have to figure out what to do until they come back," Sakura said

"Oniichan," Nakuru said as she entered the room, "You look a lot better."

"Thank you," Yue said, "I feel a bit better. I should be fine tomorrow."

"That's good," Nakuru said, "Are you hungry at all?"

"Not really," Yue said

"Oh alright," Nakuru said, "Tomoyo-chan and I are making supper. If you want anything just tell us."

"Yue-kun," Sakura said, "What are we going to do about your shields?"

"I don't know," Yue said, "Can we discus this at another time. I'm just too tired to talk about it now."

"I understand," Sakura said as Yue rested his head on Sakura's shoulder

"Oniichan," Nakuru said as she entered the room, "Here,"

Yue looked up, "What is it?" he asked as he took the mug

"The herbal tea Clow used to make when ever you got sick," Nakuru said, "Eriol taught me how to make it."

"Thank you," Yue muttered as he took a sip,

"When you're done with that I want you to get to bed," Sakura said, "You need sleep."

"I know," Yue said, "If I'm feeling well enough tomorrow I want to train using the wood and windy cards."

"Only if your fever is completely down," Sakura said, "I don't want you to get sicker."

Yue nodded and continued to sip his tea. When he finished he handed the mug and slowly stood up and nearly fell over.

Sakura quickly stood up and caught Yue, "Are you alright," She asked

"I forgot," He said, smiling lightly, "The tea would make me really sleepy…I don't know if I'll make it upstairs…before…I…"

"Nakuru-chan," Sakura called, "Could you help me?"

"Yeah," Nakuru said, "Ah, he just can't stay awake, can he?" She laughed, "Yeah I knew this would happen. I'll get him you just make sure his bed is ready." Nakuru gently picked up Yue and Sakura ran upstairs.

When she got to Yue's room she found that his bed was made up so tight that she could have bounced a quarter off of it, //He really likes to do things perfectly doesn't he// she thought as she pulled the bedcovers back with some difficulty

"Sakura-chan is it ready?" Nakuru asked as she entered the room

"Yeah," she answered, Nakuru gently set Yue down on the bed and Sakura pulled the covers over him

"I bet his bed was made military style," Nakuru said, "Oniichan was hardly ever messy."

Sakura smiled and looked at Yue. The pink tinge to his face was beginning to fade while the normal color was returning to Yue's still slightly wan face, "He looks like he's in a really deep sleep."

"He probably is," Nakuru said, "That tea I gave him really knocks him out."

"Does he know what's in it?" Sakura asked as they left the room.

"Nope," Nakuru said,

"What's in it?" Sakura asked

"Can't tell you," Nakuru said, "It's an old family recipe, but it has absolutely no taste. Well come on, supper should be ready."

Sakura smiled and followed Nakuru to the kitchen. After a quiet supper Sakura went back to Yue's room and found Water, Windy and Dark there.

"I wanted to apologize for what I did earlier," Watery said, "But he's not gonna wake up even if I douse him with ice cold water."

"His energy is coming up," Dark said, "Now if only his shields would come back."

"It looks like I was the only one who didn't know that his shields were down." Sakura said, "I wish had noticed that his shields were down earlier so that he could have avoided all of this."

"It would have been hard for even you to detect," Windy said, "His shields don't have an aura. That's why it was so easy for him to hide it."

"What should I do until they come back?" Sakura asked,

"Use the shield card," Dark said, "But his shields should come back in about a week."

"That's good," Sakura said, "Windy-san will you stay here with him tonight?"

"I want to know why no one ever asks me to watch him!" Watery cried

Windy sighed, "You would annoy him and he would end up wasting his energy to send you back to the book like he did to day," Windy said,

"Well you didn't have to be so mean about it," Watery said

"Yes I will," Windy said, "Don't worry Sakura-sama."

"Thank you Windy-san," Sakura said as she left the room, "Good night."

"Good night Sakura-sama," Windy said as Sakura left the room.

Alright I promise that things will get better for Yue. I'll get chapter twenty-two up as soon as I can. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, keep me inspired!

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