Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptors.sniff Clamp and those other companies do. Please don't sue me, I'm broke.
R&R Please. And please don't send any flames...this is my first fanfic.
Sorry this chapter wasn't out sooner, but my computer went totally beserk on me. Anyway, I'm back and in the running. Here's Chapter 4!!
Chapter 4
"Sakura? Sakura? Get up Sakura!" Someone gently shook her.
Sakura's eyes fluttered open to see that it was Kerberus who woke her up.
"So it wasn't a dream after all," Sakura sighed.
"Are you alright? I didn't mean to frighten you," Kerberus asked worriedly.
"I'm fine I guess," Sakura replied as she slowly sat up and stretched her arms out.
"Ok. By the way, you can call me Kero," Kerberus told her.
"Uh-oh, I was supposed to have been in the fields an hour ago! Why didn't you wake me up earlier?!" Sakura asked as she quickly got on her feet.
"I didn't know! Sorry," Kero apologized.
Sakura rushed out of the hut with Kero sitting on her shoulder and ran to the field.
"You, worker girl, where have you been?" asked the guard from the wooden platform.
"I...um...I," Sakura stammered. The guards scared her because of their serious attitudes and also because they were strong and intimidating.
"Well?" What're you waiting for!" the guard yelled, "GET BACK TO WORK!!!!"
"Yessir," Sakura quickly complied and walked to her assigned portion of the field.
"Kero?" Sakura started, "Why are you sticking with me?"
"Because you helped me and you need my company," he answered. And because you're special, he added in his mind.
"Oh. I see."
Deep in the forest, a deep argument was going on.
"No! I don't want to!" a boy yelled.
"You have to! Otherwise all this planning will have been for nothing!" a commanding voice argued.
"No!" the boy refused.
"You will do as I command," the second voice ordered.
"NO!" the boy yelled again.
"Don't fight it," the voice said as the boy violently shook his head as if someone were trying to take control over it.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
And then there was silence.
"I will do as you command master," the boy said in a monotonous tone. His eyes glowed red as the spirit which had possessed him forced him to obey.
"Good.....good."
"Boy am I tired," Sakura said when she got back from the fields with Kero.
"Well, if you hadn't had been late, they wouldn't have made you work so hard," Clivet said as she served Sakura a late dinner.
"Ugh!" What's this?" Sakura asked when she looked down into the bowl.
"Bitter melon with mashed corn and salted water," Clivet replied.
"I....see," Sakura said as she scooped some up in her spoon and let it drip back into the bowl.
"Have some cornbread as well," Clivet added and put a plate down next to Sakura which had a loaf of cornbread on it.
"Tell me if you need anything," Clivet said as she left Sakura to eat.
The moment Clivet left, Kero popped out from under the bed and sniffed the air.
"Food! Lemme have some? Please? Sakura? Please, please, PLEASE! he begged.
"Here," Sakura said as she handed him her bowl.
Kero ate it all in one gulp.
"Hey, can I have some of that?" he asked as he spotted the bread.
"Yea, just leave a piece for me," Sakura answered as she watched him eat.
She took the piece that Kero left over her and went outside to get a drink from the spring.
As she kneeled down to get some water, she saw her reflection for the first time in over a year.
"Wow....I've changed," she said to her reflection. Her hair was halfway down her waist and very wavy. She had grown taller and had well toned muscles from doing field work. Her eyes were still the same, the lovely shade of emerald green.
"Hey," a voice quietly greeted, cutting through Sakura's thoughts.
"Hi Syaoran," she said back as she recognized his voice.
"Having fun?" he asked.
"I guess. Syaoran, can I ask you something?" Sakura asked.
"Sure."
"Why didn't you tell me you were the Cheiftess's son?"
Syaoran was silent for a couple of minutes before he began speaking.
"I was afraid that if I told you, you might treat me differently, like everyone else does," he admitted.
Sakura looked into Syaoran's amber eyes. There's was something else. Something he wasn't telling her.
"What is it you're not telling me?" Sakura questioned.
"Well, it's quite complicated really," he started.
"I'm sure I'll understand," Sakura told him. It can't be as complicated as Kero's predicament.
"I guess I'll start from the beginning then."
He told Sakura everything from the dream to his first time meeting her.
"So you mean I have to save the world?" she asked when he finished.
"I think that's what it means," he agreed.
"Odd, I wonder if the evil that's coming is connected with Kero and attack," Sakura accidentally said out loud.
"What? Who's Kero?" Syaoran asked.
"Oh, umm," Oh no! what do I do? Should I tell him? Or shouldn't I? What if he decides Kero's a threat and wants to...
"Hello? Earth to Sakura!" Syaoran waved his hand in front of Sakura's face.
"Oh, sorry," she apologized.
"Well? Who's Kero?" he asked.
"He's a...."
"Sakura!!!! Clivet is looking for you!!" Kero called as he suddenly came jumping through the bushes and interrupted Sakura.
"I would suggest you get back before she gets too mad," he advised with his back to Syaoran.
Syaoran's eyes widened when he saw the talking rabbit/guardian.
"He...he...he can talk!" he exclaimed.
"This.....is Kero," Sakura introduced.
"So the book of Clow is real.." Syaoran said.
"What?" Sakura asked, puzzled.
"Duh," Kero affirmed.
"You're supposed to be the legendary guardian, Kerberus?" Syaoran asked him.
"Yup," Kero answered proudly and stuck his chest out.
"You look like a stuffed animal," he added as he kneeled down and prodded a finger at him.
"How dare you!" Kero replied angrily and bit his finger.
"Owww!" Syaoran cried out in pain.
"Hmph," Kero said when he released Syaoran's finger.
Meanwhile Sakura stood to the side and watched the fight take place. She was extremely confused. She did remember Kero mention something about a Clow book and being the guardian of that and the Earth, but she had no idea what the book of Clow was.
"STOP!!!" she finally exploded as she cut off their glaring contest.
Both of them turned and stared at her.
"Will someone please explain what the book of Clow is to me!!!!!!" she asked angrily.
"I will, later. Right now we have to get back. Clivet is still looking for you," Kero answered.
"Fine. We're going now," Sakura said.
"Sakura?" Syaoran asked as she was leaving.
"What?"
"Meet me here tomorrow at sunset," he told her and then ran off to his hut.
Sakura just shrugged and picked up Kero and began walking back.
After lying and telling Clivet that she was looking for Kero, Sakura went off to her section of the hut and waited for Clivet to put out the fire and go to bed before asking Kero what the Clow book was.
"The book of Clow is a very powerful and magical book containing cards that have enough power to cause loads of chaos. My master, Clow Reed, created them and named me the guardian of the cards. Before he died, he hid the cards and told me that one day the chosen one would find the book and save the world and become the master or mistress of the cards and the most powerful sorcerer in the world. I think that time has come and that you, Sakura, is the chosen one," Kero explained.
"Whoa. That's a lot to take in," Sakura said as she thought about the information Kero had given her. It fitted in with Syaoran's dream and all the evidence pointed towards her being the chosen one.
"How is Syaoran involved with the Clow cards though?" Sakura asked.
"Syaoran is a descendent of the great Clow Reed. I sensed his magic, it was the same kind that Clow Reed possessed, but not as powerful. You on the other hand have an amazing magical aura that surpasses even the one my master possessed," Kero told her.
"So it's all connected. It makes sense now. I'm the chosen one. Syaoran is to help me defeat the evil being that threatens Earth. In the end I become the mistress of the cards and the most powerful sorceress ever," Sakura summed up all the information.
"Yup," Kero agreed.
"I need some sleep," Sakura said, "We can talk in the morning."
"Whatever you say," Kero complied.
"Good night Kero," Sakura said.
"Good night," Kero replied and smiled when he saw that Sakura had already fallen asleep.
Ok, I know that the story doesn't really have much action in it yet, but I promise it will soon. There might be some in the next chapter, but the real action won't start until the chapter after that one. Ok, ppl? Now please REVIEW!!!!