Rewrite
By: Angel Kamiya
Chapter 52

Nakuru was having a wonderful day. Not only had there been a sale at the market where she had stocked up on food supplies, on the way back she had managed to bump into Sakura Kinomoto. It seemed the Card Captor had been buying some makeup or something and had brought her friend along. They were cute and Nakuru hoped that she would see them again soon. While she opened the door she walked into the old house that she live in. After hitting the light switch she playfully skipped to the kitchen and put the bags of food down. There were a few things that need to be put in the fridge too.

When she started putting everything away she noticed someone floating into the kitchen. It seemed that there was something her fellow roommate wanted to speak to her about.

"Why were you late?"

"I got sidetracked." Nakuru explained, checking to make sure she brought back everything she brought. "I met Sakura-chan again! It was really wonderful."

Spinel Sun flew forward and landed on the kitchen counter not far away from Nakuru was standing. The dark blue creature had dark fur and could have been mistaken for a plush toy if he kept silent. In his true form he was a black panther with large butterfly wings. While he stared at the tall girl, there was a part of him that wanted to really explode with anger. The girl had really done it this time!

"I told you we have to stay away from her." Spinel commented, crossing his arms. "Why do I get the feeling that you ignore everything that I tell you?"

"I didn't mean to... I just saw her and wanted to be nice." Nakuru smiled. "Meeting Sakura-chan again was really great."

"Great? I can't believe you would say that after what's happened!"

"What's wrong?"

At first Spinel thought that the girl had been joking with him. There was a few moments that passed when he didn't know if he should laugh or be act stunned at her being so clueless. Somehow he managed not to raise his voice too loudly. If she really didn't know then he would just have to explain.

"You... you seriously don't know? You haven't heard the news?"

"I don't watch television. Heard what?"

"Sakura has been revealed as the Card Captor!"

Nakuru suddenly dropped the can of food she was holding onto the ground and looking alarming at her friend. While she had met up with Sakura that afternoon she had suspected that there was something bothering the Clow Captor because at the time she looked so down, but Nakuru never expected anything as huge as this! Picking up a few things out of the bag she turned to look back at the other guardian.

"Really? Oh my..." Nakuru muttered, suddenly imagining what she would do if the worse happened to them.

"Yes, this is bad news. Really bad."

"Do you think we should do something?"

"We wait." Spinel muttered, sighing. "Wait until our master recovers from this strange illness."

With one mention of that name, Nakuru suddenly was reminded of how much trouble they were in themselves. Just a few days back Eriol had been stuck with a strange case of illness. At first the two of them had no idea what to do. They couldn't exactly call a hospital since Eriol had faked much of his past records to get into Tomoeda high school and they had been unsuccessful at helping him with their own magic. It didn't take long for them to find out that magic was not causing him to be sick in the first place. Eriol had simply gotten ill out of the blue.

"How has Master Eriol being doing since I left?" Nakuru asked, somehow already knowing the answer but still wanting to hear from him.

"Not well... I'm afraid he hasn't been eating anything."

"The greatest magician in history... not feeling well. I can't believe this is really happening!"

"Everyone falls ill, even great magicians."

Nakuru looked silently at him. They both knew that there was something else going on. Eriol had started getting sick not long after Lucien had arrived to Tomoeda. Of course now that Lucien was trapped in the Dark card they knew that it had nothing to do with him. It probably had something to do with that person that had recently appeared. The girl that had seemly appeared from out of nowhere.

"Do you think she is causing this?"

"Probably but we can't be sure of anything until our master gets better." Spinel replied, not wanting to talk anymore.

"I hope Eriol gets better... You know what?" Nakuru interrupted, wanting to change to subject. "I asked Sakura-chan to see us later today."

"YOU WHAT?" Spinel yelled, in shock.

The outburst sent Nakuru taking a few steps back in surprise. While it was not odd of Spinel to lose his temper this was the first time that she had seen him so distraught. Nakuru looked quietly at him and tried to figure out what he was thinking about. It didn't occur to her that he was simply angry. Nakuru tried to think of something to say.

"Suppi-chan... you didn't think I should have done that?"

"We are SUPPOSE to be keeping a low profile. I can't believe you!"

"I thought... that Sakura-chan could help us."

"Great... just great." Spinel muttered, trying to think of something. "I need to find someplace to hide before she gets here!"

Spinel quickly flew into the air and headed towards the exit. Moments before he got there he found himself colliding with another person. Before he knew what was happening he had fallen and crashed onto the ground. While rubbing his head he looked up and saw that the person that he had collided against was in terrible condition.

The teenage boy wore glasses that seemed like they could fall off at any moment. Besides that his hair was messy and made him look like he had been in bed for days. The worse part of it was that he didn't seem to have enough strength to be mad about the little accident. There was something about he looked at that moment that made Nakuru really wish that she could have done something help him.

"Eriol!" Nakuru cried, stunned while running to his side.

Nakuru tried to help the boy back on his feet but found it very difficult. It seemed that Eriol wasn't sure if he wanted to get up or not.

"Forgive me master, I didn't see you. I should have seen where I was flying."

"No need to apologize." Eriol muttered slowly getting to his feet again. "I'm fine Spinel Sun."

"You're NOT fine!" Nakuru yelled, worriedly. "I told you that you shouldn't be up!"

Eriol muttered an incantation and the key that he was holding suddenly transformed into a staff. After that he began to saying some more words and in an instant on the ground not far away from them a circle appeared. In the center there was a picture of Sakura and Sakura sitting on a few chairs looking like they were waiting for something. Eriol knew that they were waiting at he hospital. They were there waiting to see how Tomoyo was doing. Eriol held onto the staff trying to regain his balance.

"Sakura's in trouble and Tomoyo is hurt badly. I'll just have to try to not been seen when I go over and-"

"Master! I don't believe that this is a good idea." Spinel muttered, floating in the air by his side.

"You can barely stand up... what makes you think you can do a complex healing spell? Nakuru questioned, for once agreeing with Spinel.

Spinel and Nakuru had always been overprotective of him ever since he had created them. While he stood there Eriol found himself smiling realized how much they had began to turn into his friends. Eriol tried to think of some kind of comment to convince them that they should let him go but couldn't come up with anything. If they were going to stop him he didn't think he could even get past them.

"What makes you two think I can't?"

"It's not just the healing spell. I really doubt that you can put up a fight against her... the one that's been causing Sakura all these problems." Spinel commented, trying to think of a way to convince Eriol not to go. "As I recall you told me that the only reason why she was trapped in the first place was because that was what she wanted."

"I have to talk to her. Get her to understand everything is different now."

"You will do no such thing!" Nakuru exclaimed, raising to her feet. "You know... you have taken care of us for years now! We are going to return the favor!"

"Maybe you are right..." Eriol muttered, closing his eyes.

When Eriol collapsed, Nakuru barely managed to reach forward in time to catch him before he hit the ground. While Nakuru held the young magician it didn't take long for her to began to really get frightened. What if they couldn't find a way to help Eriol? It was going to be up to them to make sure that he returned to normal... no matter what. The three of them had arrived early to Tomoeda to watch over Sakura and now it seemed like they might have needed the Card Captor to watch over them!

Nakuru and Spinel helped Eriol back in bed a few minutes later. After pulling the blanket over Eriol, the two of them stood there looking silently at him. Nakuru wanted to try again to help him even though she knew that she couldn't. They had tried a dozen times now and their magic really had been useless. If they were going to do something then they needed outside help. For a long time Nakuru looked worriedly at the sleeping Eriol.

"What do you think?" Nakuru asked, now heading back to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

"I don't think you should have invited Sakura over here."

"I was talking about Eriol."

"We have to wait and see what happens. There isn't anything I can do."

While slicing the tomatoes into pieces she found herself thinking about the Card Captor. Sakura was in much more trouble then they were. The worse thing that could happen to someone that knew magic was if everyone around them found out. It was really happening and there probably wasn't anything that the girl could do to change things. Nakuru knew that Sakura still had not reached to point in her life when she would have mastered the Clow cards.

"Do you think Sakura-chan will be okay?"

"I'm not sure. Now that I think about it we should have been there to stop Sakura when she freed that girl but..."

"We were watching Eriol." Nakuru interrupted, throwing the tomatoes into the sink. "We couldn't just leave him when he was in so much danger. Besides with Eriol in this condition were are much weaker then we are normally."

"If Eriol doesn't get better... we are going to vanish you know."

Nakuru looked once at Spinel but didn't say anything. Their magic was from Eriol which meant that if he didn't feel well it wouldn't be long until they were going to be affected. They were definitely weaken and the only thing they could do now was do simple magic. Nakuru had wanted to ask Sakura for help when she had visited their home last week, but Spinel had stopped Nakuru since they were only supposed to be watching over her.

"I don't know why that little girl wants to hurt Eriol, what did he ever do to her?"

"Maybe nothing. Clow Reed was very kind but it didn't mean that he didn't have any enemies that were jealous of his powers."

The two of them turned to look at the window on the ground when they realized that Sakura and Syaoran were starting to talk to each other. Spinel quickly waved his hand and the image disappeared.

"What did you do that for?" Nakuru sighed, wishing that she could watch the couple a little longer.

"It's none of our business. Anyway I still can't get over the fact that they are really together. I never imagined something like this would happen."

"You don't think that Sakura-chan and Syaoran-kun are right for each other?"

"What I think isn't important."

Nakuru quickly grabbed a hold of Spinel to get him to talk to her. Most of the time they could speak to each other about anything but Nakuru didn't want to take any chances. If there was something that he knew about Sakura then he had to tell her. After meeting her a couple of times now Nakuru was starting to think of Sakura as a friend. Nakuru didn't think she could bear it if Sakura was in danger.

"You know something don't you? Tell me!"

"Master Eriol told me that things won't turn out well for the two of them."

"What did he mean by that? Did he see into their future?"

"I don't know... but whenever he talked about Sakura and Syaoran it always seemed like he was a little sad."

Nakuru watch as Spinel left the kitchen to return back to Eriol's room to keep watch. Over the past few days Spinel had stayed by his side as a dragon would guard something very precious. While Nakuru started cooking dinner she began thinking about what Spinel had mentioned to her. It seemed difficult for her to imagine anything going wrong with Sakura and Syaoran. They seemed happy together. When Eriol got home from school, sometimes he would speak about the two of them. Usually she would be there with Spinel to listen to his stories.

After putting the tray into the sink, Nakuru quickly began to get to work. If Sakura was really coming over then she would make sure the girl had a good meal. Nakuru prepared dinner and soon found herself wondering if Sakura could get through everything without Eriol's help.

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

This chapter was sort of the calm before the storm. I think it was important to answer where Eriol was. Next chapter will be concluding a couple of plot points.

I'm going to be very busy this week so the next chapter will be up on Saturday. It will be a longer chapter then normal.

JustWriter2 - I'm sure it will everything they have to use Time to reverse time
kenshinlover2002 - That will be answered next chapter
AirStriker - I'm sure he was just trying to help but he should have been more careful
Armageddon Angel - Sakura's in her own nightmare I'm afraid
LiLover131 - thanks for the review
soubi202 - Thanks
Mystical-Dreamer57 - More of her background will be revealed soon
Sabi2 - Action and Romance will always be in this story
ArtYume - Sakura is too kind sometimes
kian - I've been updating very much lately
Hasaki Keissi - Yeah, the clan is actually the next part of the story after this whole Sakuraisfoundout part is concluded (not without things going wrong of course). I find cliffhangers fun to write. Yes I'll try to add more descriptions. Thanks for all the writing suggestions, I'll keep them in mind. Thanks as always for your in depth reviews.
Dragon and Sword Master - Syaoran seems to be acting more and more rash... but that doesn't seem bad. Touya and Mirror... hmm I'm sure that you got a good idea. Touya thinks that he can help her.