Sakura sat at the doctors with Syaoran as her doctor went over her results from her ultrasound from the day before. She was incredibly tired as she hadn't been sleeping well since her last attack from Kei, and Rena still seemed disturbed by something. "Everything looks and is progressing well. Would you like to know the gender?" The young female asked. Sakura shook her head, "No, I'll wait." She answered. Her doctor smiled, "Alright." She said.
After checking to make sure that everything was alright physically, the young couple left to return home. When they got there, Sora was sitting on the couch in her usual unicorn onesie, playing the x-box. "What the hell?" Syaoran muttered.
"Good morning you two, how was your appointment?" Sora asked, her focus aimed completely at her game.
"Quite well, thank you." Sakura replied with a smile.
"That's good. So, what is dearest Rena up to?" Sora asked, continuing to focus on her game.
"When we left she was upstairs with Syaoron." Syaoran answered.
"Oh. And how has she been lately?" Sora questioned. She meant in regards to her memory.
"Someone asked her about camp…she's in such a state of confusion that she might break down again…" Sakura murmured.
"Is that so? Don't worry, she'll be ok." Sora turned and smiled cheerfully.
"You really think so…?" Sakura asked softly, worried about her sister.
"She has you and the rest of us to support her. And don't forget we're supporting you too." Sora told her.
"Thank you Sora…"
"Now go lie down-you look like you need to sleep for a thousand years." Sora smiled widely.
Sakura smiled and headed for the stairs, walking up to the room she stayed in with Syaoran. She opened the door and placed her bag on the floor beside the bed, and then lay down. The past week at school had been difficult; she was frightened of Kei and what he would do to her and her family, and what he was planning. She didn't know what she was going to do, or how to protect the people she loved. It was like a never ending cycle of fear and hatred. The tears that fell down her face were wiped away by Syaoran's gentle touch. He lay down beside her, comforting her and calming her with his warmth.
Rena lay in bed, feeling completely confused. So many people had been asking her what had happened to her on camp, why she had to leave and why she was in hospital. She didn't understand. She wasn't at camp…
Right?
At least, that was what she had been told. Syaoron was running his fingers through her hair, trying to calm her confusion. "I don't understand…" Rena whispered. He continued to stroke her hair. "Nothing makes sense anymore." She said.
"Don't think about it; you'll only end up in hurting yourself." He said softly as he stroked her hair.
"I'm sorry…" she whispered.
"It's ok. Just rest, I'm here." He murmured.
She closed her eyes, wrapping her arms around him, and slipped into a steady sleep by his side. He continued to lie there by her side as she slept with a million worries running through his head; what would they do about the people who kept asking her about camp? What about Kei? What if she broke down again?
School the next day was torturous. Sakura was taking over someone's year twelve maths methods class, and she wasn't pleased with the group. They were noisy, rude, and ignorant and overall their behaviour was just disgusting. "I swear if I wasn't a teacher, I'd punch this lot through a wall…" she muttered under her breath. A lot of the students who were being rude were the students who were part of the "popular" group. She could feel her power fluctuating from her anger, and that wasn't a good sign. She drew in a deep breath.
"Be quiet and do your work!" She shouted.
They all fell silent. "Now, if you continue to be rude, I will send you out. Now get to work." She smiled sweetly, sending chills down everyone's spines.
Sora was sitting in her office speaking with one of the staff members when she felt a sudden fluctuation of power-she knew that feeling, and the familiar feeling that went with it. It was Sakura's power, and it wasn't a good sign. Is she losing control…? She wondered, worry turning over in her stomach. "Sora, is something wrong?" The young teacher asked. She looked up at the teacher and smiled. "Sorry, I was a bit lost in thought-now, let me just grab that document for you." She said with a bright smile and rummaged through her cabinet draw, pulling out a piece of paper for the teacher and handing it to her. She thanked Sora and left, and Sora looked up at the clock-she had half an hour before her next student was to arrive for their appointment, and so she decided that she would go and check up on Sakura's class.
Rena looked up from her paper, shocked by the sudden wave of power she felt. Chii and Tomoyo looked over at her, Chii slightly confused and Tomoyo also sensing what she felt. "What was that…?" Tomoyo asked. "What was what?" Chii asked, still confused. Rena jumped out of her seat and ran out of the classroom, ignoring her teacher's cries for her to stop.
She could sense where her sister was, where the power was strongest in the school. What's causing this?! Rena panicked. She turned a corner and someone grabbed her hand, yanking her back.
"Where are you going in such a panic?"
She looked up to see Sora standing there with a concerned look on her face. "It's Sakura!" Rena cried.
Sora smiled understandingly. "You mean the wave of power you just sensed? No need to worry; she's just fine. The year twelve class she's taking over severely pissed her off. Did you want to take a look?" she asked.
Rena blinked. "Pissed her off?" She asked.
"Yeah; take a look-you'll know what I mean when you see the type of group they are." Sora sighed, rolling her eyes and pulled Rena over to a nearby classroom. She peered in and noticed the glare in Sakura's eyes and the group of students sitting at tables laughing and being noisy. They were very loud. She watched as Sakura sighed and wrote a five up on the whiteboard.
"What's that for?" One of the students asked.
"If you don't all shut up everyone stays in for five minutes at lunch time." Sakura answered with a shrug.
"What!?" Everyone groaned.
"It's not my lunchtime, it's yours." She said, not particularly caring.
Some of them decided it was time to actually start doing their work, but others weren't that smart. She rubbed out the five and wrote a ten.
"She's really pissed off…" Rena murmured.
"I think that's the reason for her strange fluctuation. No need to worry. Can I walk you back to class so you don't get into trouble?" Sora smiled. Rena nodded sheepishly, and Sora walked with her back to her Studio Art class.
When she got back to her art class, everyone looked at her with strange looks, except for Tomoyo and Chii who simply smiled and welcomed her back. "Rena, where did you run off to?" Her art teacher, Miss Cecelia asked. She wasn't a mean teacher, she just didn't like her students running off, and for Rena to do so was very uncalled for and rare. "Sorry…" she mumbled. Luckily, Sora was there to smooth things out and spoke to her for Rena. Miss Cecelia nodded understandingly and allowed the situation to rest. Rena wondered what Sora had told her teacher, but shrugged it off and went back to her work.
As Sora walked back to her office she couldn't help but wonder exactly what had caused Sakura's power to fluctuate so strangely. Was it stress? Was it the memory she had to take on for Rena's sake? Was it the pregnancy? Was it actually her anger?
No, she thought to herself, it's all of those things combined.
"Geez, this lot need a holiday." She muttered.
