Rewrite
By: Angel Kamiya
Chapter 36

Hong Kong, China

Yelan Li looked through the cards of fortune. They were the same cards that her son had used when he first accidentally discovered that a new Card Captor had appeared. They were for seeing how the future might turn out. It wasn't unusual for common magicians to take hours or days until he or she could finally see anything with them. But Yelan wasn't just a common magician, so she could use them well. What she found interesting was that Card Captor had a natural gift at seeing into the future without help. When the phone first rang, Yelan hadn't wanted to get it because the cards still hadn't told her what she really needed to know yet. The phone rang again making her stop what she was doing.

Yelan picked up the phone.

"Aunty, it's me." Meiling still hadn't gotten used to talking with the older woman over the phone.

"You interrupted me while I was doing a reading."

For a long moment Meiling didn't respond.

"I'm very sorry. But I there was something I had talk to you about."

"What would that be?"

"I don't think we should be doing this. If Syaoran finds out that we are-"

Yelan was starting to wish that she had sent someone else, a person that had no feelings about Syaoran, to stay with her son instead of Meiling. That person would have been able to focus completely on the task that that had been given to them. Meiling followed orders well, but the girl had what could be considered a soft spot for Syaoran. They had spent most of their childhoods together and Meiling looked after him just as much as he looked after her.

"What we are doing is for the best," Yelan interrupted, getting a little impatient with Meiling. "My son will want to get back home soon after all this is over."

"Okay, again I'm sorry I interrupted your reading."

Yelan hung up and looked back at the fortune cards on the table. Meiling was right. If Syaoran found out what was going on then he would not be happy. However, she knew that it didn't matter what he thought about the clan after all this was over. About a week back she had seen a rather disturbing future about her son, a future where he wasn't a part of the clan anymore. No matter what, she was going to make sure that Syaoran returned to Hong Kong soon even if it involved her doing things that might make him resent her later on.

There was a knock at the door. Yelan went to welcome her guest.

...

Tomoeda, Japan

Back in Tomoeda, a girl was waking up from a quick nap. At frist Sakura thought that she was still in bed, but she slowly started to realize that she was actually in school! Tomoyo had hit Sakura on the arm, which had finally woken her up. Her friend had quickly dropped her hand and pretended that she hadn't woken up Sakura.

"Kinomoto, I didn't know my lectures bored you that much," Kaho commented, standing over Sakura.

"Hoeee! It... It won't happen again! I was busy with Syaoran yesterday and-" Sakura immediately stopped when she realized what she had announced out loud to the entire class.

Several people began whispering to each other after hearing this new piece of information. Sakura felt the urge to place her head onto the table, cover her face, and die of embarrassment. The last thing she had wanted to do was tell the entire class about her and Syaoran!

"No harm done," Kaho interrupted, remembering her role as the teacher. "But you might want to get more sleep from now on."

"I will!"

As the teacher headed back to the front of the class, Sakura quickly turned back to glance at Syaoran. He had done exactly what she had thought about doing, putting his head onto the table and arm over face so no one could see him. Sakura hoped that he wasn't angry at her. At times like this, she really wished that she wasn't the Card captor. If she was normal she might have actually been able to get some sleep at night.

When the bell finally rang, Sakura was the first one out. She hoped that Syaoran wouldn't yell at her about what had happened.

"Well, that was certainly exciting," Tomoyo muttered, acting like she had really wanted to talk to her friend about what had gone on in class.

"I was stupid," Sakura sighed, wishing that she hadn't fallen asleep in class that day.

"At least everyone will know that both you and Li-kun are taken."

They stopped when they caught a glimpse of Syaoran waiting outside of the school by the front gate. It looked as though he was staying behind for some reason. That made Sakura really think about what was going on. Syaoran had told them that he was going to be busy that day when they had arrived to school and Sakura wondered if it had anything to do with that.

"Tomoyo-chan, do you think he is mad at me?"

"Why would he be mad?"

"I'm pretty sure that wasn't how he wanted everyone in our homeroom to find out about us."

"They were probably surprised to hear that you two might be seeing each."

Sakura knew that at least that one good thing had come from her outburst in class. They woudn't need to hide what was going with her and Syaoran from now on. Touya had found out about them already, so it really didn't matter if the news about her and Syaoran got out. In fact Sakura was looking forward to been seen as the girl that Syaoran was interested in.

"Maybe I should stay out of his way for today?"

"Oh, don't be silly! I can't believe that you actually think he would be mad at you!" Tomoyo exclaimed, walked up to Syaoran who was now talking to their math teacher. "Hey Li! What are you doing?"

Syaoran dropped the book that he was holding. Tomoyo reached forward to help him pick it up. While in her hand, she noticed that the book was very old. It probably had something to do with magic.

"Nothing important," Syaoran muttered, quickly taking the book away from her.

"Li was just telling me about why he wasn't able to make it to school yesterday," Kaho explained, while looking at her students.

"I had been meaning to ask him about that myself," Tomoyo started, curious at what kind of excuse the boy had given to the young woman.

"I talked to my mother yesterday and she wants me to return home."

The moment Syaoran finished talking, Sakura froze. What Syaoran had just told her was one of the things she had never wanted to hear. Ever since they had first met, Sakura knew that Syaoran would have to leave one day, but she had never thought it would be so soon! As Sakura started hearing the sounds around her again she finally spoke.

"WHAT?" Sakura shouted, feeling like someone had hit her very hard on the stomach. "Why? Did something happen? It wasn't something you could discuss with her over the phone?"

"Tomoeda is still my home. It's not like I'm going to be gone for long. I will just be away for a day or two."

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Sakura murmured, trying very hard not to let him see how much this was hurting her.

"I didn't think I needed to."

Sakura couldn't believe what Syaoran was actually telling her! It wouldn't take her that long to get over the fact that he was going to be leaving for a while, but he had decided not to tell her something that important. It wasn't like Syaoran to act this way.

"I can't believe you would not tell me something like this!"

"Look I'm sorry if I sort of sprang this on you, Sakura. I-"

"I really can't talk to you about this right now! I have practice!"

Before Syaoran could say another word, Sakura was running away from him.

Kaho felt like she had just seen something that she shouldn't have. Not saying anything, she turned to head back to the school leaving Syaoran and Tomoyo there alone. There were still many things she would need to do.

"You really need to work on your conversation skills." Tomoyo sighed, hitting Syaoran in the shoulder.

"Sakura is mad at me," Syaoran whispered.

"She is shocked that you wouldn't tell her something like this! What were you thinking anyway?"

"What was I supposed to do? Take Sakura with me?"

Tomoyo wondered if that might be a good idea. The more time that they spent together, the more they would get to know each other. But than again at times like this after a disagreement it might have been more practical to spend some time apart. Tomoyo hoped that they could get over their first disagreement soon.

"The two you you stuck on an airplane together would be cute," Tomoyo started, changing her mind in midsentence. "But what you really need to do is apologize to her."

"Oh..."

"What's up with your mother wanting you back so soon? Aren't you doing more good here anyway?"

"Something important has come up."

As Syaoran stood there with Tomoyo, he started thinking about what he was going to tell Sakura. Would it make her feel better if he stayed? What was so important that mother needed him to go back home? It was odd that she would ask him to do something like this just when Sakura needed him the most. Syaoran wondered if he could get Sakura to understand what he was doing. After talking it over with Tomoyo about what he should do, he headed to field where he waited for Sakura to finish with cheerleading, so he could talk to her again.

...

After Mirror pushed the button for the door bell, she stood there and waited for Yukito to answer. She had left before Sakura had gotten back from school because she thought that would be the best time to talk to Yue. Not only was it easier not to run into each other, but Mirror was certain that she could finish what Kero had ask her to do before Sakura returned home.

"Yue! I need to speak with you!"

The door open and Yue was standing there instead of Yukito.

"What do you want Clow card?" Yue asked, coldly.

"I needed to speak with you." Mirror explained, nervously.

Yue thought it was strange how a Clow card was talking to him. It looked like Kero or Sakura had sent her there for some reason. At first Yue wanted to close the door and transform back into Yukito, but he realized that it would be better to find out what she wanted first. Yue didn't know exactly how to react to the girl standing there.

"Is this about that girl you consider the card mistresses?" Yue asked.

"What's your problem with Sakura-chan?"

"Sakura Kinomoto discovered the Clow book by accident. Before she encountered the Clow cards she couldn't use magic."

While all those things that Yue had mentioned were true, Mirror didn't think it mattered how Sakura first came upon the Clow cards. Over the past months she had constantly proved to be a very capable girl that could look after them without too much trouble. Not only did Sakura care about what happened to them, she often put her life in jeopardy to seal each and every Clow card. Mirror remembered all the trouble that she had caused before Sakura captured her and immediately began regretting causing so much trouble for her friend. When a Clow card didn't have a master they usually ended up causing trouble.

"You don't think she is worthy of being the Mistress of the Clow cards?"

"No."

"You don't know her like I do."

Yue stared at Mirror, but didn't say anything for a while. He certainly didn't know what kind of person Sakura Kinomoto was, but he wasn't sure he wanted to find out. Clow Reed was someone that would never be replaced. It was cruel how he had left just when things had started to be good. For some reason, Clow had died when he could have used his magic to live for many more years.

"I won't ask again. Why are you here?"

"I-"

"Did you want something from me?"

It took a long time before Mirror could finally get the words out of her mouth. At times like this she didn't think hiding why she was there was going to do anyone any good. Mirror really wished that either Sakura or Syaoran had been there with her since she had never been good at talking to the card guardian.

"I wanted to ask you about the man in black has been causing us trouble. I don't think you are telling us all-"

"Did Keroberos send you?" he interrupted.

"What does that have anything to do with this? We need your help, Yue!"

"Leave."

"Yue, please listen to-"

"Leave," Yue repeated, crossing his arms.

Mirror took a few steps back afraid of what he would do. Before she could say anything else the door had closed. On the way back, Mirror thought about what she was going to say to Kero. Not only had she completely failed the task that he had given her, she hadn't found out why Yue was acting that way towards them. There wasn't anything she could do.

After getting back to Sakura's home, Mirror sat there at the bottom of the stairs for a very long time. She couldn't help but want to cry at not being able to help Sakura. It wasn't fair.

"How was your day squirt?"

"Touya?" Mirror uttered, quickly wiping the tears away. "Are you busy?"

"Not really."

Mirror quickly got up and tried to act like nothing was bothering her. Having Touya start asking her what was going on was the last thing she had wanted to happen. She suddenly realized that he could actually help her with her problem. Maybe he could convince Yue to change his mind about not helping them? First she would have to tell him that Yukito and Yue were the same...

"I was wondering if you would talk to someone for me?"

Mirror didn't tell him where they were going, but that didn't matter because they reached Yukito's place very quickly. They waited until Yukito answered the door. Mirror was about to say something when Touya went inside by himself, alarming her with his actions.

"Wait outside," Touya ordered.

Mirror looked at him and was very confused at why he was acting that way. Trusting him she walked back outside as the door was closed. Whatever he was going to do she would find out later. Standing there Mirror started thinking about where Sakura was doing at that moment.

"What's up, Touya? Why didn't you call me when-" Yukio started.

"Yue, I need to speak with you."

Two rather large wings appeared and Yue was now standing there instead of Yukito.

"How do you know Yukito had another form?" Yue asked, calmly.

"I've always known that Yukito has had another form ever since first meeting him," Touya explained, seeing Yue for the first time. "I overhead my sister saying your name one day when I was outside her room."

Without warning Touya punched Yue in the face. Completely unprepared for the attack, it sent the card guardian stumbling back a few steps. In an instant Yue was up again and flying forward, stopping just mere inches away from Touya.

"Why did you hit me?" Yue uttered, narrowing his eyes.

"I'm here to talk to you about Sakura and I want to know why you've been putting her in danger."

...

A/N: Please Review! Tell me what you think of my story. Thanks to everyone that has reviewed so far!

The next chapter will mainly be about what Syaoran will do about Sakura, and will cover a bit about what Yue's plans have been…

Aishite'ruAnimelDreams - Thanks

SnowNekoGirl - I'm sure Tomoyo can't wait either : D

cherryblossomchick12 - One of the reasons that Syaoran and Kero really work well together since Kero knows that Syaoran can look after Sakura

Armageddon Angel - Yes... which should be addressed soon. Touya knows something is going on though.

Ashieyu-san - Syaoran sure has bad luck doesn't he?

Anime Flower - At least Sakura didn't see what happened, I doubt she would have found it funny when it was really harmless

Ayjah - Oh that will definitely be dealt with in the upcoming chapters

BlueMeteorGirl - Sakura was out like a light in the last chapter, but she gets lots of things to do in the next few chapters

Yokie - Mirror has a crush? Maybe but I think she was more confused at what had happened

kenshinlover2002 - I thought everyone like Syaoran... seriously Mirror has only had a few people that have treated her well enough for her to consider a friend. They were Clow Reed, Sakura and Syaoran.

Sakura Kamiya101 - You will find out more in the next chapter

lightprincess - Poor Syaoran...

Kuro- Ippikiookami21 - Thanks, I corrected it

JustWriter2 - Yes I am

PrincessKC57 - Thank you...