Sorry it's been so long but I have been so busy with college and work that I haven't been able to do anything else, I've also been getting a new job. I went to see Mary Poppins in theatre last month, it was a hell of a lot better than I thought, although Mary did not slide up the banister she did pull things out of her bag on the table with nothing underneath it, how cool is that?

Ok, this one is mainly character description but there is a little fluff and something rather upsetting concerning a certain demon, and it's all because of a pastry. I promise that there will be more characters coming in but I want our card mistress to get into a fight first, hehehe, I am evil ain't I.

Zachary kitty jumps onto the computer table: Aoccdrnig to rscheearch, it deosn't mtetar in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, as lnog as the frist and lsat lteter are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the biran deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig, eh?

Chelsea kitty grabs him by the ear: that's not true you liar

Me: actually Zachary is right; he must have got it from my magazine that had it in.

Chelsea kitty walks away speechless

Zachary kitty: hey Chelsea, wait up (runs after her)

Me: -' on with the story

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"Speech"

Thoughts

'Exclamation'

Julian thinking

Yue thinking

(Author's note)

/Lyrics shortened to satisfy T+C/

Hidden Lives, Hidden Destiny Chapter 3

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"So Lily, if you came from the other side of Tokyo, who did you come with" asked Sakura as she, Madison, Li and Meilin sat under a tree by the fence connecting the high school to the college with Tsukiko in the tree. Sakura had changed over time; she had exchanged her childish looks for something that was more grown up. At sixteen she was 5ft tall (just to let anyone know I've taken the heights from the statistics for average Japanese height for both men and women), her golden brown hair just past mid back and she was filled out in all the right places. Her green eyes still gave that innocent glow but looked womanlier. Sakura had eventually got the jist of math and is also in the swimming team. Her guardian Keroberos was at home all by himself eating sweets and playing video games like the stuffed toy with wings looking guardian that he was.

"I came here with my sister who is studying at the college here. She is doing drama and childcare. She is going to become a drama teacher." Tsukiko replied from a low tree branch.

"Lily will you get down from there you'll fall if you're not careful" Meilin called. Tsukiko jumped down from the branch to sit with the others.

"Julian, a friend of ours, is also studying to become a teacher, I wonder if they have a class together?" Madison informed. Drinking from her cup. Madison had also grown into a fine young woman; at 5ft 2in Madison was the ultimate heart breaker. Her mother Samantha Taylor, the president of a toy company, was rich and demanded elegance from her daughter. Samantha was very fond of her accident-prone cousin Natasha and wanted Madison to be the elegant accident-free version of her. Madison had long dark grey hair now down to just below her butt pulled back with an Alice band. Her violet eyes were filled with joy any time Sakura was so 'kawaii'. Madison was in the high school choir, radiating her beautiful voice around Tomoeda.

"Yes we do" a voice from behind called. They all jumped except Tsukiko who, had known what was coming, looked like nothing happened. Sayuri Oran was standing on the other side of the fence accompanied by Tori, who did not look too pleased. Tori at 5ft 9in was still quite tall and his hair still flopped over his eyes but his features show that the 17 year old had turned into a handsome 23 year old. Tori was studying to become a doctor and worked part-time at a hospital as a med student. "So you were talking about me," Sayuri said.

Sayuri and Tori climbed over the fence and sat down with the others, Sayuri by Tsukiko and Tori sat by his sister protectively. Sakura looked at him strangely but didn't comment on his behaviour. She turned to Sayuri "sorry, it's just that your sister mentioned that you were going to be a teacher and Madison made the comment about Julian doing something similar"

Li looked around, his hair slightly swishing and his fringe partially covering his brown eyes, his boyish features had vanished and were replaced with that of a 5ft 7in teenager. Meilin who sat beside him still looked the same even though she was 5ft 3in and had a woman's body. They had both been in China for 3 years after Eli had gone back home to England, then come back 2 years ago for a 2-year break and to catch up with all that was happening to their friends.

"Where is Julian anyway?" he asked finally.

Their friend Julian was just a little shorter than Tori but as thin as a rake even though he eats 10 times more than any other human does. He has short grey hair and brown eyes. But Julian wasn't just Julian, he was the other form of a guardian of Clow.

Yue, the Chinese moon, the guardian who had the power of the moon, the one who judged Sakura, the one who was so emotionless, the one that was so wise and the one who was Dranzer's life mate. Yue had a white and purple uniform with an amethyst on the chest, violet eyes that never let an emotion past, long silver hair that went past his feet and was tied and twisted on the bottom half, and the most elegant set of angel wings on his back that he could have spread out or folded into his back for easy movement when not flying (like when he goes into Sakura's room from the window).

They may seem different but Julian and Yue are a lot more alike than they think they are, one reason would be their devotion to people and to their mistress Sakura.

"He said that he was hungry so he went to the bakery, he should be back in a minute"

"Hey Tori, they had it" Julian ran up to the fence, climbed over it and dropped down next to Tori with his bag in front of him. "Here you go" he gave a pastry to Tori. He then reached into the bag and gave some to the rest "here's one for you Sakura, Li, Madison, Meilin, Oh and one for your new friend to". He looked into his bag and pulled something else out and turned to Sayuri "here I got something for you too Sayuri" (Seem familiar?)

Sayuri smiled "thanks Julian". She picked up the bun and felt the need to look at it, however this caused her to gasp. The bun she was holding was chicken and mushroom filled and had a flame discreetly marked on the top just like Yue used to make. That brought back painful memories of when Yue and her were together and Clow being controlled by his jealousy. Her pain must have shown on her face because when she snapped out of her reverie everyone was looking at her with either worry or confusion. "Excuse me everyone" she muttered and quietly got up climbed over the fence and ran away.

Tsukiko decided to help and got up as well to follow her mother. Julian looked around to everyone "did I do something wrong".

Tori looked back to Julian "I think that it was the bun that did something wrong".

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"Haku why did you come to this world and find me" Chihiro asked her spirit friend. Her long brown hair tied in a ponytail with her purple magic hair tie swished as she turned to face him, her black eyes searching his for answers.

Haku looked up at the sky, unable to stand her searching eyes. "I wanted to be with you," he said smiling.

(Chihiro's POV)

He really has changed, I thought the last time I saw him he was happy over getting his name back, I never thought that it might have been because of me. Not only that has changed, his appearance, his dark hair may be the same but long enough to put in a ponytail, he is a lot more taller and his emerald eyes have more wisdom than last time. He actually looks quite hot.

(Normal POV)

Chihiro was startled by her own comment. Haku? Hot? Well she was a teenager. She grinned "Haku, why did you want to be with me?"

Haku sighed and finally looked at her "because I love you and always will"

Chihiro was shocked, she didn't think that Haku would be so bold in saying so, she didn't even know that he loved her, but she had hoped once that he would, and now he had said it and she was happy "I love you to Haku".

(Haku's POV)

I already knew that, Kamajii told me after the fight with Zeniba's killer paper birds. You've always carried your heart on your sleeve Chihiro and now you have given it to me as I have given mine to you. How can I live without you now?

(Normal POV)

Haku gave a stronger smile and leaned in towards Chihiro who responded and they kissed lightly on the lips. Haku pulled away slightly, hugged Chihiro and put his forehead on hers. "I love you Chihiro, my Sen".

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Tsukiko found Sayuri on the other side of the field high up in a tree with quiet tears running down her face. "Mum what's wrong, why did you run off like that, everyone is worried about you," she said after climbing up the tree to sit by her mother.

"Your father used to make buns like these, (can you see Yue cooking?) We used to have them all the time, he even discreetly marked the top with a flame, look" Sayuri showed Tsukiko the bun.

Tsukiko looked at the bun and then to her mother "you must miss father, don't you. You haven't seen him in such a long time that you just get emotional whenever you think of him, I'd never want that to happen to me, the pain would probably kill me".

"But it is killing me, and it will for you" Sayuri replied. Tsukiko was speechless. Even though Tsukiko was still young to an immortal, she was old enough to learn about mating, as it would affect her. "We are the Shugo-Juu. When a Shugo mates they are bound together for life, the mates then share their life-forces, it's like a link from one mate to another. If one mate feels immense pain, like from a stab, the other will feel it, it's the same with emotions. There is also a mark on the mates to ward away any other Shugo that intends to get 'close' to them, it is usually a bite on the neck but there have been some exceptions. But mates have to be together, if they spend too much time apart their minds, powers and souls deteriorate, which causes a long slow process that inevitably causes the mates to die slowly and painfully. As your father is not a Shugo the separation would not kill him, but I will eventually die if it goes on like this, and I believe that if I did die, the grief that your father may experience if he did hear about my death, it may just about kill him."

"What if you do get back together, would you get better."

"Maybe, but it would take a long time"

Tsukiko put an arm around her mother and hugged her happily "well then, we'll just have to find him and get you back together again". But on the inside Tsukiko was worried, she didn't know how long her mother had left, though come to think of it she had suspected that her mother sometimes only had the power of a human. Tsukiko closed her eyes, she had to find her father and soon, or she wouldn't have any parents at all.

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/All I know is I'm lost without you
I'm not gonna lie
how am I gonna be strong without you
I need you by my side
if we ever say we'd never be together
in the end you wave goodbye
dunno what I'd do
I'm lost without you

I keep trying to find my way
and all I know is I'm lost without you
I keep trying to face the day
an all I know is
I'm lost without your love
I keep trying to find my way
and all I know is
I'm lost without you (ho)
I'm lost without you/

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Poor Dranzer it looks like she is gonna die soon, I wonder if Yue can make her feel better or am I going to be so evil that Clow's influence on the two is so strong that they don't even look at each other, hmmm what should I do. Aha I know I'll get you to decide so review, review, review.

If anyone has noticed, I finally found a word to label Dranzer and her people, they are called Shugo-Juu. A translation site gave me that answer when I typed in 'guardian beasts' by the way the Shugo-Juu are not affiliated in any way to the bit-beasts (besides Dranzer being half bit-beast half Shugo-Juu). The Shugo-Juu are creatures who have a human-like appearance however also have many animal-like qualities (ears, nose, tail, wings, claws). Their primary existence and reason to live is to protect the Earth itself (keep trees growing, keep rivers flowing, protect habitats that animals use, destroy anything that stops that mission e.g.: pollution, humans, meteors). They are essentially neutral however due to their actions against human development have been considered bad. Many have been mistaken for upper level demons 'see Inuyasha'. There are three parts to the Shugo-Juu race: the common folk, the lords (and ladies), and the ruling tribe (or in this case ruler as the tribe was almost wiped out centuries ago) they have traditions and laws for their own tribes and for the whole race. Traditionally Shugo-Juu (or Shugo) mate for life with only one partner, however there was three tribes who had disproportionate gender levels and therefore took on more than one mate to allow the tribe to survive. Obviously with the curse in place these three tribes died out.

The song 'lost without you' does not belong to me it is the proud property of Delta Goodream, so don't sue me Se ya.