Rewrite
By: Angel Kamiya
Chapter 37

Yue stared at Touya, trying to process what had just happened. The young man standing across from him had just punched him! While the card guardian had been in many fights before, this was the first time he had been uncertain about how to respond. Lightly rubbing his jaw, Yue wondered if there were any other humans out there as unpredictable as Touya and whether he would hit him again if Yue didn't start explaining himself.

"I wasn't trying to put her in danger," Yue explained, turning to look away from Touya. "Perhaps you should think about what you are doing when you are around me next time?"

"Not telling Sakura everything you know is putting her in danger! That girl waiting outside told me that Yukito was keeping something from her. I knew that Yukito would never act that way, so she was talking about you."

"Yukito talks too much," Yue mumbled.

For just a moment Touya seriously considered punching Yue again for insulting Yukito.

"I don't think this is the time for keeping Sakura in the dark!"

"Yukito's in the dark as well. Why haven't you told him that he had another personality that he doesn't know about?"

That sudden question was something that Touya hadn't been prepared for. It had never occurred to him to talk to Yukito about his other self.

"That's different."

"No, it isn't. You keep things from him because in the end you think it would do more good," Yue answered, now walking around Touya. "I hope you realize your sister will be in more danger if I tell her everything I know."

"You have been watching over house these past few nights haven't you?"

Yue didn't want to admit that he had been watching over Sakura after being awakened. Whenever she went to sleep, she would be in danger because Keroberos could not transform back to his true form. When he had heard about what happened to Keroberos, Yue had been very concerned.

"I've been waiting him to return. It'll only be a matter of time," Yue explained. "The person that is putting her in danger hadn't always been this way. We were close friends once."

What Yue was telling him was very interesting. Yue appeared to feel bad about keeping things from Sakura. For the first time since arriving, Touya realized that Yue hadn't gotten angry when he had hit him unexpectedly. Yue had decided that talking had been more important than action.

"I hope you realize you can't do this alone. You'll need Sakura's help."

"I don't think it will matter if I tell her what I know or not. What can she do?" Yue questioned.

"Sakura's quite a capable girl. You'd be surprised."

Mirror sat there outside as she waited for the two people inside Yukito's house to finish speaking with each other. It had been several minutes already, but she dared not knock on the door since Touya had been so confident about what he was going to do would work. Looking around Mirror found herself thinking about what she would have done had she not run into Touya that day. Would she have gone back and told Keroberos that she had failed?

The front door opened and Touya walked out alone. Mirror quickly got up and saw that he seemed to be a little troubled about something. Whatever he had planned hadn't gone exactly as he had expected.

"Touya, what did he say?"

"He'll talk to you," Touya answered.

"Really? I can't believe it!" Mirror cried out, excitedly. "I can't believe you actually got through to him! Is there anything I can do to-"

"Do me one favor," Touya interrupted, looking concerned. "Don't tell Sakura that I helped you. I don't want any credit. I think it's better that she doesn't realize that I know that she can do magic."

Mirror couldn't speak for a long time. Touya knew that she wasn't really Sakura? This was very surprising for the Clow card.

"Okay."

Mirror wanted to jump and hug Touya like how Syaoran had done the other night, but she didn't after remembering how Keroberos had told not to do things like that. Keroberos had told her that you only did that with someone you really liked and Mirror didn't know if Touya felt anything towards her. Instead Mirror only looked happily at him.

Not too far away at the high school gym, Syaoran sat there at the benches, reading the old book that he had dropped when Sakura and Tomoyo had interrupted him while he was talking to Kaho. The school gym was very loud but he could still concentrate on what he was doing. It had everything about spirits and omens..

So far it hadn't helped.

"Why are you still looking through that dusty thing?" Tomoyo asked, sitting down beside him.

"Trying to see if there is anything I need to know."

"Oh, I thought you would be checking out Kinomoto," Meiling was enjoying making Syaoran feel uncomfortable.

"Huh?"

"Cheerleading practice is not the place for studying. It's where normal guys go to check out the girls," Meiling muttered, rolling her eyes.

"I can look at Sakura later," Syaoran answered, trying to get them to realize that he was working..

"You still haven't found anything?" Kero whispered, there in Tomoyo's arms.

Syaoran read the book again, scanning through several pages of ancient text. Syaoran had a small bookcase of books about magic at his apartment. It was something that his mother had insisted on him taking when he had moved to Tomoeda. Over the past few weeks he had realized how important they had ended up being.

"This thing is useless," Syaoran sighed, frustrated that he hadn't been able to find anything on the girl that had been appearing before him. "I can't believe this!"

"Maybe eerie girl isn't a spirit or anything like that? Maybe she might be a magician?" Meiling said, more interested at the book than the cheerleading practice.

Over the past few days Syaoran was becoming aware of a strange little girl that was following him. This same girl would vanish whenever he tried talking to her.

"It looks like practice is over," Meiling interrupted. "I was wondering how much longer I would be stuck here! Why are we here anyway?"

"I'm waiting for Sakura," Syaoran repeated, not believing that Meiling had decided to tag along with him all day.

"I hope that's all," Meiling answered, sarcastically.

When practice finally ended, Sakura sighed wishing that she could take a very long nap. Looking up she caught a glimpse of the group that was made up of her friends sitting at the benches. Sakura couldn't believe that after all this time she hadn't noticed them sooner. While the other cheerleaders left to get changed, Sakura quickly went to where they were at.

"Li! Tomoyo! Meiling! What are you three doing here?" Sakura asked, curiously.

"Li had something to say, so we decided to wait until you finished practice," Tomoyo explained, very happy being there.

"I need to change back to my regular clothes. Can you guys wait until I get back?"

"Certainly! We'll wait no matter how long," Tomoyo uttered, rather loudly.

They waited there for several minutes. Tomoyo noticed that Syaoran was acting as though he was really uncomfortable while waiting.

When Sakura had finally returned, they left together.

"You really were pretty good today," Kero complimented. "You didn't drop the baton once during practice like you usually do."

'Thanks Kero-chan... I think."

"Sakura, can I walk with you home?" Syaoran asked.

Sakura was alarmed at his request but she nodded. It was pretty cloudy on the walk back. No one said a word not even Tomoyo.

Kero had realized that something was going on. No one had even talked to each other for what seemed like an hour so he had decided to say what was on his mind.

"I'm so hungry," Kero muttered.

"Kero-chan! When are you not hungry?" Sakura uttered, not believing his bad manners.

"Well sorry for wanting to eat something when I'm starving."

Now finally able to have an excuse for talking, Sakura said the first thing that came to her mind.

"It's weird how Kero-chan is always be eating something while I haven't seen Yue eating a thing since we met him."

"Sakura-chan is right," Tomoyo said, turning her head to the magician. "What do you think, Li?"

"I think it's a little weird," Syaoran answered, smiling a little.

"I don't eat that much," Kero whispered, not getting why they were all picking on him. "Well at least you two are finally talking to each other again! I was starting to think a Clow card had taken your voices."

When they finally arrived at Sakura's house, Tomoyo quickly took Kero who had still been in Sakura's arms. Sakura and Syaoran needed someone alone time to discuss what was bothering them. Having Kero there wasn't going to help matters, so Tomoyo decided that she would be taking Kero for the day and return him to Sakura later. Without saying too much of anything, Tomoyo was already walking away.

"I'll be back with Kero-chan later today!" Tomoyo stated.

Sakura and Syaoran stood there alone.

"Do you want to come inside, Li?"

"Yeah."

Sakura opened the door and the first thing that she did was enter the kitchen. There were two mugs on the kitchen table and Sakura wondered if she should take out anything else. This was the first time that Syaoran was in her house!

There were alone. Sakura's father was at work and wouldn't be back for another hour and for some reason her brother wasn't there. Touya must have left not too long ago since some of his things were still on the living room table.

"What can I get for you Li-kun?" Sakura started, trying to be friendly. "I don't have that many things here that you might like to-"

"I'm not going Sakura."

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm not going back to Hong Kong. I'm sorry for not telling you what my mother had been planning sooner it's just that it was so sudden."

When she found out that it hadn't been Syaoran's idea to leave, Sakura felt a huge wave of relief pass through her. Syaoran leaving was one of her worst fears after she had figured out that she had feelings towards him. They had only been around each other for a few months now, but she knew she was going to miss him.

"It's okay," Sakura replied, trying to show him that it didn't bother her that much. "I shouldn't have acted the way I did either. Aren't you going to tell me why you are going back home?"

"I asked my mother for some help over the phone last night. She told me the only way she could help me was if I returned home for a while."

"What kind of help were you asking her for?"

Syaoran remembered what had happened the other night after he had arrived back from visiting Sakura's place. After getting back the first thing that he had done was call his mother. For some reason he had gotten an urge to see what was going on back home. After he had explained what he needed, she finally told him that he had to return home if she was to help him. It had been so sudden that he had agreed without thinking about it. Before he could tell her that he wasn't sure about going back she had already hung up.

"I wanted to find out who it is that's been bothering us."

"You should go."

"Sakura, what did you say?"

It was very hard for Sakura to say what she had said. Syaoran leaving was the last thing she ever wanted to happen, but he needed to go. The last thing she wanted was to force Syaoran to be at Tomoeda just because she would miss him if he left. If Syaoran's mother could help him understand what was going on then she knew that she had to let him go. There were no other alternatives.

"I said go Li-kun. If your mother can really help us then I shouldn't be the one that stops you just because I don't want you to leave."

"Sakura, are you sure about this? I'll understand if you want me to stay."

"No, you have to go," Sakura muttered, with some difficulty.

"I understand."

Sakura glanced at the clock and saw that her brother would be home at any minute. There was something that she still wanted to do, but she wasn't sure if she could while her brother was standing there watching them. Looking around she knew that she couldn't let Syaoran leave yet.

"Can you please stay here for a few moments while I get something?"

"Of course."

Sakura quickly ran upstairs and into her room. Looking around she finally found what she had wanted to. It had been in the drawer of her desk and something that Tomoyo had given her after spending the day with her at the park. Sakura picked it up without thinking and was already running downstairs before she knew it.

"Here take this, so we won't be apart," Sakura commented, giving him that small slip of paper.

Syaoran took the portrait from Sakura. It didn't take more then a second for him realize that the picture was of Sakura smiling at the camera while at the park. The picture probably hadn't been taken more then a few weeks ago. Looking at it made Syaoran's heart sink since it seemed to make everything so final. They were saying goodbye to each other when she needed him the most.

Instead of the usually cheerful girl that he always saw she had changed. Sakura was now looking at the ground and not at him. There were a few tears that were beginning welt up in her eyes. Sakura was really not taking this well at all. Seeing Sakura like that really troubled Syaoran.

"Sakura, you're crying."

"It's nothing really."

"You won't notice that I am even gone. I'll be back before your realize it."

"I… I'll miss you Li-kun," she whispered.

"Sakura, why haven't you called me by my first name yet?"

"I don't know."

"Please call me Syaoran from now on. I think we're more then friend now," Syaoran smiled.

Sakura opened her eyes, feeling very happy. Before she knew what was happening, Syaoran had stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her. To say that Sakura had been surprised would have been an understatement. Sakura stood there quietly, not sure about how she would respond. It felt wonderful just being there like that.

For just a moment Sakura wanted to tell Syaoran how she had kissed him when he hadn't been awake. Now it was becoming a distant memory since it had happened such a long time ago. Sakura felt his hands lightly moving down her arms and realized that she didn't mind him being that close. That thought scared her a little.

The front door opened which made Sakura quickly get out of Syaoran's embrace. She didn't want anyone seeing them like that.

"Who is your guest?" the man asked, putting his suitcase onto the floor.

"Dad! I... I didn't realize you would be back so early."

"I had some things I needed to get from home. Is he your friend?"

"Oh, yeah. This is Syaoran... Syaoran this is my dad."

"Nice to meet you," Syaoran said.

"Glad to finally meet the boy that Touya has been talking so much about."

Sakura felt her face get warm at the mention of her brother telling everything he knew about Syaoran to her father! This wasn't something that she had expected to happen so soon. Looking at Syaoran she saw that he hadn't been happy with that new piece of information either. Sakura wondered what Touya had been telling their father.

"I should leave. My flight is leaving in a few hours," Syaoran commented, leting go of Sakura's hand.

"You should get going..."

They said farewell to each other soon after that, with Sakura barely being able to get out the words. When Syaoran had left Sakura stood there watching the front door for a long time. After that she headed slowly upstairs to her room. Sakura wondered what might have happened had her father not returned home a few minutes ago. Would Syaoran have done anything else?

As Sakura went into her room and closed the door. After that was done she was about to get something from her desk, but she jumped when she saw that there was someone there.

"Hooeee?"

It was Yue. He must have been waiting there for a while now. There was something unusual about him because he was now looking at her a little differently. The white robes that he had on him still made her feel as though she was dreaming whenever she was near him. Sakura took a few steps forward.

"We need to talk," Yue announced, with his arms crossed.

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

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