"What The Cards Were For"

A Card Captor Fanfiction

By: Bekah-chan

Rated: PG (for,

breakfast)



Disclaimer: I don't now, have never, and will never own Card Captors. *sigh*



Thanks for all those Reviews! =)



Chapter 33:

Sakura and Syaoran had just emerged from the bathroom with Kero (who was brushed, but still slightly fluffy), when they heard a noise at the door.

"That must be Dad," said Sakura, "with the food."

It was soon discovered, that morning, that Syaoran did *not* have enough food for 5 people and 2 magical beasts. So Kent, being the 'adult', had elected to go shopping.

"Yeah!," Kero yelled, "FOOD!!!!"

Syaoran opened the door for Kent, who was almost overbalanced by two huge bags of food. Syaoran reached for a bag and helped transport the groceries to the kitchen.

"Is there pudding?!?!? Is there pudding?!?!?" Kero bounced along with them, Sakura trailing behind. She found it amazing how quickly her father had adjusted to Kero, who was like another kid at times.

"Yes, Kero, there *is* pudding. But you have to eat something healthy first." Kent answered.

"Ahh! Come on, Kent, please?" Kero tried his best 'puppy-dog' eyes. Sakura could have told him it wouldn't work. With kids like Touya and Sakura, Kent had become immune to the 'puppy eyes' trick long ago.

"No. You all have to keep your strength up if you're going to fight this, um, whatever it is. And that doesn't work if you eat only pudding for breakfast."

Kero plopped down on Sakura's shoulder, in defeat, "He better not make me eat vegetables," he mumbled.

"Don't worry," Sakura assured him, "It's breakfast, Dad will probably make pancakes."

"Yeah!! Pancakes!!!" Kero liked pancakes almost as much as pudding. ^_^

Touya and Syaoran had cleaned the kitchen after the, uh, 'fire' lesson. So Kent could start making breakfast right away. Syaoran stayed to assist, but the rest of them were shooed out of the room. They settled on the couch and chairs in the livingroom and waited, *almost* patiently, for the food.



After Breakfast:

Once Kero had eaten, (pancakes, eggs, bacon, *and* his pudding :), he decided he should give Yue a break and hold the Guardians' Barrier for awhile. He got some magic from Sakura, which was good because her skin had started glowing again, and changed into his true form. Resuming his seat on the floor in front of Yue, Kerberos slipped into a trance.



Magic Plain:

The first thing Kero noticed when he returned to the place where the Guardians did their magic, was that Yukito was gone.

~Hey! You finally got rid of Yukito!~

~Ya~ Yue said, smirking, ~You could say that.~

Kero was taken aback, since when did Yue smirk? Then he shook it off, more important things, and all that.

~Syaoran got Sakura back okay~ he told his fellow Guardian Beast, ~And we got Sakura to light a candle with magic. Oh, I also filled them in on Clow's visions, and why the Cards were made. We ate breakfast, I got pudding!! ^_^ And now I'm here to watch the Barrier so you can take a break!~ Kero finished.

~Okay~ Yue shrugged, passing over the spell controls, ~See Ya Later!~ and he was gone, leaving a puzzled Kero behind. Something was different about Yue, but what?



Back to Syaoran's Apartment:

Sakura and Syaoran had been discussing the best types of 'Card Magic' to use on the coming 'evil' for about ten minutes now. Except that neither one was paying attention, so any progress in strategy planning was spotty at best. Instead, they were looking at each other, and trying not to let the other know that they were looking. And both were ignoring the fact that they had ended up holding hands again.

Ever since Syaoran had saved Sakura from her own mind, they had developed this little problem. When they were within a few feet of each other, their hands would latch together, seemingly without their permission. Sakura looked down at her and Syaoran's fingers, examining the way they threaded together. She decided she liked it. But it wouldn't do for them to be holding hands during the coming battle, someone could get hurt. She would need to talk to Syaoran about not holding hands, but it could wait for later. Sakura gave her beloved's hand a squeeze, which was returned, and cuddled back into the couch they were sitting on. She would talk to him about it later....... Or maybe, never.



Birds Eye View:

Madison had her camera trained on Yue. It had been a hard decision for her, because her friends were just soooo cute together. But, when it came down to brass tacks, Yue was cuter. And she had spent the entire morning filming Sakura and Syaoran. Time for a new subject.

Yue had been sitting in still beauty since Madison had arrived, but now he was waking up, and she didn't want to miss a minute. So, she was standing there, camera running, when Yue's stunning purple eyes opened. She was ready with a close-up when he stood, stretched his gorgeous arms, flapped his wings a time or two, and yawned, showing his perfect teeth. *sigh*

Then Madison was on the receiving end of several shocking and unprecedented occurrences. First Yue..... Smiled at her!! Eeep!!!! Since when did *Yue* have a lady-killer smile? And then he....... told a joke!! Madison started to giggle, then she realized what had happened and her eyes widened in shock.

"Sakura!!!!!!!!!!!!" she called, surely this wasn't Yue!!!

Sakura, Syaoran, and Kent (who had been in the kitchen washing dishes), ran over to Madison and asked her what was wrong.

"It's Y-Yue," she stammered, trying to keep herself from hyperventilating, "He's got to be possessed or something!!"

The group looked back and forth between Yue (who had an obviously contrived 'I'm innocent' look on his face), and Madison who had *dropped* her camera!!!! This was serious!

"Madison," Sakura put one arm around her distressed friend, "Tell us what happened."

Madison took a deep breath and tried to explain, "Yue told a joke."

Well, yes, that was shocking. But Yue had told jokes before, why would Madison think Yue had been body snatched?**

Madison could see that they needed more convincing, so she dropped the other shoe, "You guys don't understand! Yue told a joke!! And IT WAS FUNNY!!!!!!!!!"

Sakura and Syaoran's jaws fell in stunned disbelief. Then Sakura took action. Taking her arm from around Madison, after giving her a reassuring hug, Sakura walked forward a few steps, grabbed the collar of Yue's ornate blue and white outfit, and jerked him down to stare menacingly into his eyes, "Who are you?," she growled, "And what have you done with my Moon Guardian?!?"

To Be Continued ^_^

**Just to let you know, I do not own that movie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers. As long as that's clear =)