Illusions of Love ~ Chapter Three

~~Nobody Ever Suspects...The Butterfly~~

Syaoran and Sakura released battle cries as they clashed with the homo-mahou. The sounds of steel against steel could be heard echoing throughout the clearing. The Sword easily deflected their attempts.

"We have to get the sword out of her hand!" Shouted Sakura to Syaoran. They had placed themselves on either side of the girl and their eyes never left her. Syaoran pulled out his ofuda and held it up for Sakura to see. She gave him a horrified look. "Are you insane?!" She asked her eyes wide. She quickly called upon Dash to avoid another attack from the card.

"Probably" he said, not an air of worry in his voice. "God of Wind! Descend!" A billowing wind erupted from the ofuda and surrounded the homo-mahou and knocked the sword from her clutches. Sakura took this advantage and used her new staff to re-seal the escaped card.

"Return to your true form Sakura Card! Sword!" She cried. The star on the staff spun wildly and the sword was pulled up into the air and then sucked into the form of a pink card, depicting an ancient fencing sword.

"Finally!" Exclaimed Kero, jumping down from the perch in a tree. "Now we can go home and eat!"

"How do you think you'll accomplish that Kero-chan. Especially when you're in -that- form?" Said Yue, reverting back to his original (Yue) form.

"Easy" said Kero. He tried to change back to his 'stuffed animal' form but he couldn't. "What the!? I'm stuck! Get me out of this form!"

Sakura sweat dropped and sighed. "Sorry Kero-chan but for now you're stuck like that."

The golden guardian's face fell. "How am I supposed to get past your father and brother then?"

"You'll have to stay with Eriol when he comes." She replied sounding cheerful at the thought of being rid of Kero.

"Please don't let Spinel be there. Please don't let Spinel be there. Or Nakuru." Kero chanted becoming hopeful.

"You better not keep your hopes up" Said Yue. "If I know Hiiragizawa-sama then he will bring them. They are his guardians after all."

"Well you know as well as I do that he can't stand Nakuru for long." Cerberus shot back, angrily.

"Well just have to wait and see." Sighed Syaoran.

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Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo and Cerberus (in his now human form) stood waiting patiently for the hatch on Eriol's plane to open. Syaoran and Cerberus looked quite nervous but Sakura and Tomoyo were perfectly fine.

"Touya-san was smart and stayed at home." Said Syaoran shifting his weight from his left foot to his right, a worried look plastered on his face.

"Syaoran!" Hissed Sakura, elbowing him in the ribs.

"Gomen!" Syaoran wheezed.

The sound of compressed air was heard as the hatch on the plane opened and became a ramp to the ground. A tall teenager with wild navy-blue hair and glasses stepped out into the sunlight and smiled down at the small welcoming committee.

"Konnichiwa, minna-san." He said cheerfully, advancing down the ramp to the black asphalt.

"Eriol-kun!" Exclaimed Tomoyo she ran to meet him, giving him a huge welcoming hug.

"So far so good" Whispered Syaoran to Sakura, the worried look fading. She nodded silently.

"I'm back!" Sang Nakuru. The guardian's voice rang loudly from the inside of the plane. She stepped out from the plane and smiled as something caught her eye. The next thing everyone knew, Nakuru was firmly attached to Syaoran gushing, "He looks just like Touya-kun!"

"Get off of him!" Exclaimed Sakura in both surprise and anger. Syaoran eyes were pleading his case. She watched as he mouthed 'HELP ME!' to her. "If you insist on doing that, go find my brother!" Sakura said her voice a low growl.

"Alrighty then!" She said in a singsong voice and ran off to glomp a bishonen at the check-in counter. [NOTE: I'll call Nakuru a 'she' because it looks like a she.]

Syaoran sighed. "I spoke too soon."

They looked back up the ramp to see a tall man that resembled Kero's new form. Instead of golden hair. The stranger had raven-blue hair and almost black eyes. He walked down the ramp and right up to Cerberus. "Long time no see, Cerberus." He said, his voice laced with a mocking tone.

"Spinel!?!" Kero cried. Spinel smirked as he watched Cerberus run in the opposite direction.

"You just -had- to bring them... didn't you?" Sakura asked looking exasperated. She sweat dropped as she heard a scream come from a man across the room.

"Nakuru" everyone said in unison, all with huge sweat drops on the back of their heads.

"I had to bring them. If I left them alone in England, they would have killed each other." Eriol explained.

"That would have been a good thing." Syaoran said, a wry smile on his face but he was truly irritated. "Great.. Just great.."

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"So do you want to do anything tonight?" Tomoyo asked, her camera pointed at eye level surprisingly at Spinel and Kero. The two beasts were sitting in Tomoyo's living room at opposites ends of the soft velvet couch. Eriol sweat dropped.

"Sure" answered Sakura. She was curled up on the couch, her head nuzzled into Syaoran's chest. His arms were wrapped around her in a warm embrace. They looked extremely kawaii.

"If Touya-san saw you two like that, he'd kill poor Li-kun." Eriol laughed. He twirled his fingers through a few strands of Tomoyo's silky hair.

Sakura felt Syaoran stiffen slightly at Eriol's words. "Don't worry Syaoran, Oniichan knows nothing. So how about we go for a walk?"

"Sounds good to us." Said Tomoyo she looked to Eriol and he nodded.

"All right then, let's go." Said Sakura. They all stood and grabbed their jackets and headed out the door.

"Hey!? Where do we go?" Asked Kero, frowning.

"To the house Eriol rented." Sakura said smiling. "With Nakuru"

"Nooooooooooo!" Was Kero and Spinel's response. "Anything but that!"

"Go now!" Was Eriol's response. His voice thundered throughout the house and made the windows rattle.

"Okay okay okay!" Exclaimed Kero and Spinel. They raced out of the house in the direction of Eriol's.

"Finally" was everyone's response and they all left.

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"Tell me again why we're following them?" Yukito asked Touya. Touya frowned in response and blew his long, chestnut bangs from his face.

"Because I don't trust the 'gaki'" He finally replied. He shoved his hands deeper into his jacket pockets and glared at the ground.

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"Why do I feel as if we are being followed?" Asked Syaoran, looking quickly in all directions to see if his

suspictions were correct.

"Impossible" Sakura answered. "Oniichan and Yukito-san studying and Spinel-san and Kero-chan are with Nakuru... although I'm not sure that was a good idea.. No one could be following us."

Eriol sighed deeply and Tomoyo grabbed his arm and held him back, letting Sakura and Syaoran walk ahead of them.

"What do you know that we don't?" She asked, her amethyst eyes burning into his. Eriol sighed and gave in. "Touya-san and Yukito-san are 'sort of' following us." He broke the eye contact that he and Tomoyo had made. "Should we tell Sakura-chan?" She asked, already knowing his answer.

"No. We don't want to ruin this for her."

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"There's nothing to worry about, To-ya." Yukito said, calming Touya down. "Let's go home. We both have Finals tomorrow."

"Fine." Touya said, reluctantly. He and Yukito changed their direction towards the train station.

The minute Touya and Yukito turned around, Syaoran slipped his arm around Sakura's waist and hugged her close to him as they walked.

Touya turned around to see if he had missed anything and saw Syaoran with his arm around his sisters waist. Yukito had to restrain him. "Hey grabby hands! Step away from the sister!" Was what he managed to shout before Yukito dragged him onto the train.

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Nakuru sighed. 'No Touya to glomp, no Yukito to bug. Suppi-chan and Cerberus are having a starring contest. What am I suppose to do?'

"Your thinking too loudly" Spinel growled to Nakuru, not letting his eyes leave Cerberus.

"Damnit you stupid beasts!" Nakuru screamed, her voice rising hysterically. "I'm bored out of my damn mind and you're complaining that I'm THINKING too loud!? You are both driving me INSANE!" She ran out of the room to some place where she could have fun and not be driven insane by silence.

"What's with her?" Kero asked, adverting his gaze to the remote control. He ran his fingers through his wild golden hair and flicked on the TV. He then idly began to surf through the channels.

"I have no idea" Spinel answered, kicking his legs up on the coffee table and relaxing.

"So Spinel" Started Kero, his gaze not leaving the television. "Do you have -all- your parts?"

Spinel's eyes widened at the nature of his question. "Uh...yes, why?"

"Just wondering.. Well do they -work-?" Kero asked, a small smile on his face from Spinel's reaction. Spinel's face became very pale and he quickly walked out of the room. "Get's em' every time." Snickered Kero.

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Touya frowned, arms crossed. He hated how Yukito had dragged him away from 'gaki'. He could have taught him a lesson for having his arm around her waist. Yukito sat beside him, half-asleep, and head lolling on the seat. Touya leaned his head back and gazed up at the ceiling of the train.

Touya found himself slightly out of it as the train slowed to pick up more passengers at a station. He was pulled out of this daze by a young woman.

"Excuse me?" She asked, her maroon hair spilling over her shoulders. "May I sit here?" She asked and gestured to the empty seat next to Touya.

He nodded "Hai." The sweet scent of roses flooded his nostrils and he smiled. 'That smells good' he thought, his eyes half-closed.

She opened a folder that she had with her and began to sketch and make notes. She sighed slightly bored and sniffed the air. 'Mmmmm... peaches' she thought 'Where is that smell coming from' She inhaled again and found the smell to be coming from the man sitting next to her. "Mmmmmm...yummy." She murmured.

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Preview of Chapter Four:

"I'm so sorry!" She said, gathering up her papers that had been scattered on the ground.

"No it was my fault." Touya said quickly. He knelt down to help her pick up the papers. He picked up one of the sheets and glanced at it. He did a double take and saw that the pictures and notes were of him. A blush stretched across his face. She grabbed the paper from him and she flushed.

"And this is...?" His cheeks reddening.

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By Azarya

Disclaimer: Same as always! ^_^

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