The Girl Who Stole the Moon

by Sakura Tsukino

Sakura, at the age of seventeen is going through some changes having to do with being a sorcerer, and her eighteenth birthday coming up. With it drawing nearer, her powers are slightly increasing, but with it, also her emotions. When she realizes her feel

7. Chapter Seven

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Guess who's back?! No, it's not Naoko Takeuchi, CLAMP, or Yasunori Mitsuda. It's me! Sakura Tsukino! ^-^ Aren't I great? =D Here is the next chapter to "The Girl Who Stole the Moon", enjoy!

*A.N.*- Be Genki! (^.^) (^.^) (^.^) Kami-sama knows I am!

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The Girl Who Stole The Moon

Written by Sakura Tsukino

Friday, September 8, 2001

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After mending Sakura's arm, and after she had rested for several hours under three quilts by order of Touya and Yukito, they finally had given into her pleas to get out of bed.

She had slowly gotten out of bed, careful of her arm, and perfectly dry even though she had been out in the rain with the rest of them. Sakura realized she still wore the outfit that Tomoyo had made for her. She supposed everyone else had been to worried earlier to notice the sunny yellow ribbon flowing down the sheets and the bright gloves she wore, not to mention the long pink cape cascading down her back, for Touya looked over her outfit raising an eye brow while Eriol smiled shaking his head.

"What?!" Sakura asked lightly, also with a smile adorning her face, eyes glittering.

"Nothing, kaiju. Just be careful with your arm, alright?" Touya insisted.

"Yes, Touya-chan. I promise I will." She sighed. Touya had always been protective of her from what Yukito and Tomoyo told her, even Kero had interesting things to tell her of her brother, but not until she was at least fifteen had she realized just how much he did worry about her.

Sakura took a few steps to the door and stopped, to see Eriol in front of her. She had seen him do this so often to her that she had grown used to it, since he seemed to do it every chance he got. She had also given up trying to find out if he did this on purpose or not.

"Hello, Eriol-chan." She greeted brightly. The headaches where all gone now, with only a large bruise on her head, and a couple of scratches on her back, though the material had not been ripped through.

Eriol said nothing for a second, looking at her with a mixture of sadness, worry, and understanding. Sakura began to say something to him when so quickly that it took a moment for Sakura to realize what he had done, he stepped forwards toward her and grasped the necklace that lay limply around her neck innocently. Pulling it off in one swift move, the clasp coming off easily in his hands, he held it in front of him.

She stared at the emblem dangling from the thin golden chain then looked up into his dark sad eyes, slowly.

"Thank you, Eriol-chan." She smiled serenely then hugged him gently. Eriol lightly returned the hug unnaturally.

"No, I should never have given it to you, Sakura-chan, it nearly killed you." He sighed stepping back.

"You where just trying to protect me Eriol-chan. I was foolish, and was not thinking. I should have remembered I could not use my magic. But I must admit," Sakura smiled looking at her right hand that she held out, fingers curled as if holding a ball. "It feels nice to feel the power of my star once more flowing through me."

Eriol nodded, feeling better then he had a few minuets ago.

"Well Kaho-chan and I shall be leaving soon, to our old house. She is worried about being a burden to you all."

"Oh no! Don't worry! Kaho-chan and you can stay here for as long as you want, Eriol-chan. I really did miss you two." Sakura begged hopefully.

"No, it would be better for us to be back in my house, especially since Ruby and Spinel Sun will be here soon."

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"So that Eriol guy is really a sorcerer too?!" Chiharu said surprised. Sakura and Tomoyo where trying to explain why and how Sakura had broken her arm at a secluded table next to a small café to her friends, and was taking a lot longer than she had expected.

"Yep. That necklace he gave me was really to restrain my powers, you see, and when I tried to use The Fly Card on Tomoyo's window sill, which gives me wings to fly, I ended up falling since I could not use magic."

"That is so cruel! That guy is such a bastard to do that to you, Sakura-chan!" Naoko said angrily.

"No he is not! He is actually really kind if you get to meet him. If you remember, he came here for two years six years ago!" Tomoyo replied angrily. How dare they speak that way about Eriol-chan!

"Tomoyo-chan is right! If you really got to know him, you would understand he is really nice!" Sakura added annoyed too.

"Then how come he did that to you, then?!" Rika asked annoyed that her friend would like someone after they did all that to her. Sakura sighed and shook her head. How could she explain this?

"Please, just trust us. Eriol is a nice person even if he doesn't look it."

"It sounds like to me that necklace he gave you was to really brainwashing you into believing he was kind, and he actually wants you to go to the past of Africa and stop a tribe from making a plant go extinct that he needs for some important spell of his." Takashi said with a serious look on his face, and Tomoyo and Sakura stared at him for a second then howled in laughter.

"Oh my God, Takashi-chan! I have heard strange tails out of your mouth, but that is so ridiculous!" Naoko managed out between giggles.

"I don't think it's funny," he replied crossing his arms. "What if I'm right, hmm?"

"Hold on, Takashi-chan, Sakura-chan can't go to the past!" Tomoyo said, grinning at her story-making friend.

"Yeah, sorry Takashi-chan!" Sakura agreed brightly.

"Yeah, well maybe that sorcerer didn't know?" Takashi muttered, trying to find something to pelt back at them, though this only made Sakura and Tomoyo laugh even harder now.

"I'm sorry Takashi-chan, but sometimes you are just an idiot!" Tomoyo laughed our loudly. "Eriol has far more knowledge of magic then Sakura-chan will have for quite some time, I doubt that would ever happen!" Naoko, Rika, and Chiharu could not help laugh a bit too at Takashi's face at a loss for words for one of the very few times in his life.

"Don't worry, Takashi-chan! You can still tell us how volley ball was invented again!" Chiharu could not help say, and everyone besides Takashi himself began another fit of giggles as his face notably brightened and he actually did begin his story of how people in Alaska created the sport.

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Yukito glanced over at Touya as the walked out of the University to head home. He had been a bit quieter lately, and not quite as warm towards Yukito as he had been. Until a while ago, right after he found out his sister was in love with his lover's alter ego. He had realized.

He understood how he felt, and felt it too, but he remembered what Yue had told to his mistress's brother that night Sakura had come running over for dinner, just before turning back into Yukito.

I hope you treasure your time with Yukito-san. I would not want to her to go through this if it was all for nothing.

He wondered what Clow Reed was thinking, giving his guardians emotions when only one of them could be someone at a time… Perhaps he had not planned on this, or just did not care. No, from what he could tell of a few of Yue's memories he had managed to see, Clow Reed was kind.

Or maybe, he had seen that this would happen, and something was supposed to happen? Sure, Eriol had the memories of his former life, but could he really recall all his intentions?

He took another glance at Touya and was surprised to see he was looking back at him, and stopped.

"You're still upset about Sakura and Yue." Yukito said. Touya nodded.

"Of course I am, Yukito-chan! How can I not be? You are too."

"Yes, but don't you remember what Yue said?" Yukito asked and felt Yue stir inside of him. "If your not going to appreciate the time we have together, then why make Sakura suffer?"

"Yukito-chan, I know you have talked to me about this before, but Sakura is my little sister, the 'kaiju' I have teased and tortured since she was old enough to understand what I said. I always knew she had a crush on you, and teased her about that. But now I know what she really felt for you was the attraction to Yue.

"Now after taking you away from her even though now she knows she never really loved you like I do, because of me once more she can't have someone she loves."

"It's no longer something you can help," Yukito replied sorrowfully as he watched a Cherry Blossoms float down form trees. "We can't help her out, everything from now on in will be from either Sakura, or Yue. We are no longer of any help."

"What do you mean?!" Touya asked angrily. "Do you think that Sakura won't need us ever again?!"

"No! I know Sakura will need us. She will always need us. Not for any reason or another, just because she needs us, just like we need her." Yukito explained in a low voice. "We all need each other, if one person falls out of the circle, we all fall apart." Touya nodded, understanding. All of them, Yukito, Sakura, Kero, Tomoyo, Eriol, Yue, even Spinel Sun, Ruby, and him, though he would never admit it about Akizaki (sp?).

"So there is nothing we can do at all?"

"No, not yet anyways. All we can do is try to cheer her up, and act normal." Touya sighed at Yukito's words. Act normal? When had anything been normal lately?

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Sakura, Tomoyo, Kero, Spinel Sun, and Akizaki where all helping Kaho and Eriol move their stuff into their 'house', even though it was more like a small mansion. Sakura wondered how he paid for it, than wondered if he even had too, since it was so far off from the city.

Though Sakura tried, she was having a bit of trouble helping out since her arm was still broken, and Tomoyo, Eriol, and Kaho kept insisting she go wait inside. But she would not listen, saying she would feel uncomfortable allowing them to move the stuff in themselves, and just helped with some of the smaller things they had.

Most of the furniture from before was still their, and Tomoyo told Sakura he had probably kept most of it here since they where always coming to Tokyo every now and then.

After they where done, Kaho told them all to come in and she made tea for all of them.

Tomoyo and Sakura where talking about what Sakura would be doing after her last year of high school, and which University she would go to.

"I don't have to worry about which University to go too, Tomoyo, I'm going to go to the same one as Touya and Yukito, of course." Sakura said.

"Well where are you going to live? Are you still going to live with Fujitaka?" Tomoyo asked.

"I don't know. If I do move out, it won't be far off. I could not move to far away from all of you. Also I would need somewhere cheap, and probably a roommate or something." Sakura pointed out.

"Well you and I can get an apartment! It would be so cool! I could be able to perfect my outfits, since if I ever had trouble you would always be there. And it would be so cool to live with each other since where best friends!" Tomoyo went on excitedly.

"Yeah! That would be great! But how would we pay for it? We would have to get jobs." Sakura sighed. Tomoyo looked over at Eriol and Kaho who where just silently listening while sipping their tea.

"Hey, how do you two pay for this house? Did you have jobs at England or something?" Tomoyo asked. Eriol smirked at Tomoyo and Sakura while Kaho shook her head.

"Who said I had too?" he said. Sakura and Tomoyo looked at him surprised.

"You-don't pay for your house?" Sakura asked confused. Kaho smiled and shook her head.

"Don't ask." She laughed.

"You are so lucky." Sakura sighed as she crossed her arms on the table and rested her head on them. Tomoyo did the same.

"Yeah! Not having to pay for your house? No bills? One could easily get rich like that." Tomoyo commented.

"Yeah, but if he got rich, people would notice him, wouldn't they?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah, and a sorcerer would not want people unless a sorcerer themselves to really know him to much. Imagine all those press people trying to ask him how he does it when he is trying to use his magic." Tomoyo guessed.

"You have a point their, Tomoyo-chan." Kero muttered as he flew in with Spinel Sun, playing tug-o-war with a muffin. "Agh…I got it first, Spinel-san!"

"No I did, Cerberus-san!" Spinel yelled annoyed.

"Kero-chan! Stop that! There are other muffins you know!" Sakura yelled.

"But I had this one first!" Kero yelled back, trying his best to take it from Spinel Sun.

"No you didn't! I got it first!" Spinel Sun argued. Sakura sighed while Tomoyo giggled.

"Spinel-chan, give Kero-chan the muffin." Kaho said smiling.

"No! I got it first!"

"Fine then, Kero-chan. You can't have any muffins!" Sakura said crossly.

"What?!" Kero gasped, letting go of the muffin so quickly that Spinel Sun nearly fell out of the sky.

"That's right. No muffins for a whole week!"

"Aww, man! Come on Sakura-chan, I'm sorry!" Kero wailed as he zipped up into her face. Sakura shook her head no.

"No. You could have just gotten another muffin."

"Please, Sakura-chan? I'm sorry, I won't do it again, I promise!" Kero begged and Sakura sighed.

"Alright, Kero-chan." She smiled.

"Yes! Thank you, Sakura-chan!" Kero said happily then flew back into the kitchen to get another muffin, making Tomoyo laugh.

"Oh Sakura-chan, you're too soft on him!"

"Really, some guardian. Good thing Sakura-san's power is so strong." Spinel mumbled.

"Oh really, Spinel-chan?" Eriol asked curiously. "Do you really think that you are much better, having lost to him?"

"Eh, um well his personality is too lazy!" Spinel argued.

"Well anyways, Tomoyo-chan, if you want to, you two could always stay here with us." Ruby spoke up from where she was laying on a couch, and Eriol nodded.

"Yes, Ruby-chan is right. You two may live with us, since there are so many extra rooms." Eriol agreed.

"What? Oh no, Eriol-chan, just like you said, I would not feel comfortable being a burden on you two-"

"Of course we would, Eriol-chan." Tomoyo interrupted happily.

"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura squealed. Tomoyo laughed.

"Come on, Sakura-chan. You are no strangers. It's not like with Eriol-chan and your father. It would be nice to, since we would not have to get a job."

"Come on, Sakura-chan. It would be nice to have you two join us." Kaho added.

"But what about Kero-chan? He eats quite a bit, you know, he could clean you out in days!" Sakura countered, and smiled slightly when she heard Kero call out indignantly from the kitchen with half a muffin in his mouth.

"Don't worry. Remember, we have Suppi-chan." Ruby snickered and got rewarded with a glare from Spinel Sun.

"We could always get a small job to buy our own food, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo suggested.

"Oh, but-"

"No 'buts', Sakura-chan." It was Eriol's turn to interrupt. "You two will stay here."

"It's impossible to win against you once you have made up your mind, isn't it? Great, what else is going to happen this month?" Sakura sighed.

"Well," Tomoyo began tentatively. "Not that I know of." Sakura sighed in thanks.

"Of course, you have bigger problems right now!" Tomoyo declared.

"You mean like Yue?" Ruby said slightly mockingly. "I can't believe Sakura-chan likes him still."

"Ruby." Eriol said sternly. Ruby just shrugged and continued to listen to their conversation.

"So when should we move in?" Tomoyo asked curiously taking a drink from her cup that was turning cold.

"When ever you like." Kaho replied.

"How about in a couple of days? It would give us time to pack and all." Tomoyo suggested, before Sakura could say anything. Sakura crossed her arms and gave an annoyed look into her nearly empty cup.

"I give up. We better get going before anything else happens." Sakura said sitting up.

"Oh, come on, Sakura-chan, it was just getting good." Tomoyo smiled brightly at her.

"Right." She sighed.

"See you in a couple of days then, girls." Kaho waved suppressing a small smile.

"See you later." Tomoyo replied as Sakura dragged her out.

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Sakura and Kero where watching 'Princess Mononoke' with Touya and Yukito that night at their apartment. Touya had invited her and Tomoyo, but Tomoyo had to stay home for dinner since her mother had invited some business friends.

It had actually been Kero's idea to come, since they where all out of pudding, and he hoped that Touya might have some. To his disappointment though, Yukito had eaten them all, and now he was stuck for two hours and fifteen minuets to watch some animé movie.

"Sakura-chan, how long is this going to last?" Kero moaned in her ear.

"What? Your not happy unless you have something in your mouth?" Touya teased, over hearing him. Sakura clamped her hand over Kero's mouth quickly just as Kero's face turned red in anger, and he opened his mouth wide to yell something at her brother.

"Oh, Kero-chan!" she giggled as he glared at her, and she let him go. Kero crossed his furry arms and sat back down quietly, as if to prove something to Touya.

Sakura continued to watch to movie and became relaxed to feel the magic once again go through her blood. Eriol had placed it on her so she would not cast that spell, what ever it was called. No one had told her yet.

Should I still do it? She wondered. Eriol had not wanted her to, neither had anyone else. They where all worried for her life.

But what about Yue? Was she to just give up all hope of ever being with him? No, I have to try! Sakura sighed and forgot about the movie, and thought about this.

What could she do? Did she even know the spell? She would have to ask someone, but would anyone tell her? No one wanted her to do it!

She would just ask Kero. When? Why not now?

"Kero-chan, I need to talk to you about your behavior to my family, come with me." Sakura said as sternly as she could and picked him up by his tail and brought her with her to Touya's room. Sakura shivered when she saw Yukito look at her strangely, that reminded her too much of how Yue looked at her when he did not believe her.

"Let my tail go!" Kero yelled at her when she closed the door behind her.

"Kero-chan," Sakura said in a tired and worried voice. "I, I want to know the spell that I can use to split Yue and Yukito."

"Sakura-chan! I can't!" Kero complained worriedly. "If I told you, Eriol and Yue would know I gave it to you, and would kill me! I can't-" Sakura shook her head and sighed, hating to do what she was going to do. But it had to be done.

"Cerberus-san, I command that you tell me the spell." Sakura said in a commanding voice she never used on any of her guardians, not even Kero. Kero stopped and stared at her for a second in disbelief. He had been used to this with Clow Reed, but Sakura never gave commands herself. But now that she had, he must do as she bid.

"Alright." Kero sighed.

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Sakura walked home silently with Kero floating soundlessly behind her. She knew the spell, but felt awful for commanding him to do anything, it made her feel like they where less than equal, like he was her slave.

She chanced a peek at him over her shoulder and felt even worse. He was flying a few feet away from her; at a respectful distance, and had his head hung. Her eyes stung with unshed tears and whipped her head to look up at the full moon.

"Kero-chan?" she asked hesitantly.

"Yes, Mistress?" came the emotionless response. Sakura stopped and stared at him. He said nothing, but stopped with her. He had never called her 'mistress'. Unlike Yue, he had always been cheerful and playful with her, calling her nicknames like 'kid' and 'card captor'. She felt cold at the thought of his warm voice so dry and quiet.

"Kero-chan, don't call me that!" Sakura begged sadly.

"What should I call you than, Mistress?" he asked in the same small voice.

"Sakura-chan of course!" she answered worriedly, feeling the tears spill over her eyelids slowly.

"That would be un-respectful." He bit out.

"Kero-chan, I'm sorry. I needed to know that spell!" Sakura insisted. Kero looked up at her, making eye contact.

"Oh, Sakura-chan, I was just so upset when you called me 'Cerberus-san' instead of 'Kero-chan', and then command me to do something. I thought you did not want to be friends anymore." Kero confessed.

"I'm so sorry. I promise that I'll find some way to change that if I live through this." Sakura winked at him brightly. She was happy he did not hate her. Kero looked at her annoyed and crossed his arms.

"Don't worry, you'll live if you know what's good for you!" Kero warned and Sakura laughed.

"Trust me, I'll try!" Sakura and Kero walked the rest of the way to Sakura's house, noticeably happier, and talked nothing more of magic or sorcery for the rest of the night.

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Sakura smiled serenely in her sleep as she had one of best dreams she had in a long time. She had cast the spell that she had forgotten again to ask Kero what it was called, and had lived through it.

Afterwards she turned to look over at where both Yue and Yukito stood, Yue smiling lovingly at her. All around them stood her family and her friends.

She walked up ran over to Yue as Kero looked shocked she had lived, and Eriol stunned at her amazing powers, and everyone just relived she still breathed.

Yue caught her than hugged her, as she ran up to him, and Yukito smiled happily to be able to watch from outside of Yue's eyes.

Sakura smiled up once more at Yue, than felt something tug on her hair. It was the Power Card, and she began pulling harder on her hair, like it was playing tug-a-war again with her.

"Hey! Let me go!" Sakura cried trying to pull it off. Sakura awoke, and kept swatting at something that was really pulling on her hair.

"Ahhhhhhh!" She shrieked sitting straight up, and the thing pulling on her hair flew across the room, smacking into a wall.

"Kero-chan!" she called out as she saw the saw who it was, and cringed slightly as she watched him plop down onto to carpet.

"OoOoOoWwWwWw." He moaned, his eyes swirling. Sakura stood and picked him up into her palms.

"Kero-chan, I'm sorry, I thought you where the Power Card!" Sakura apologized. He shook his head to regain his focus and glared at her.

"I know I'm strong, but I'm not that strong!" He growled and flew off her hand onto her desk.

"It was in my dream." Sakura explained. Kero raised and eyebrow at her.

"A dream? Does this dream=vision?" Sakura laughed and blushed slightly.

"Ah, no, it wasn't. But I wish it was."

"Oh," Kero said in a dry voice, disappointed, "You dreamt about Yue." Sakura blushed even brighter and it was her turn to glare at him.

"And what makes you think that?!"

"Because 1.) you blushed 2.) you have that dreamy look on your face 3.) what else would make you so happy? Oh, and just to let you know, even if you do live through that spell, Yue won't be as lovey-dovey as I know you probably dreamt him."

"HEY!"

"Alright, alright. I'm quiet. Sheesh." He muttered. Sakura noticed something next to Kero on the desk. It was a small piece of paper, with a bunch of quickly scribbled words written on it.

That was the paper she had used to write the spell on, and turned to Kero.

"Kero-chan? What is this spell called?" Sakura asked. Kero looked at her confused than saw the paper he stood next too.

"Spells don't really have names. There are things people call them personally. Like me, I like to call it at times the 'Splitting Spell', or whatever." Kero answered.

"Oh." Sakura said as she picked up the paper and read over in her head the rather short spell that sounded more like a poem.

"Well this isn't to original, is it?" Sakura commented. "Who wrote this anyways?" Kero shot a sharp glance at her.

"Clow Reed, of course." Sakura stared at him than began laughing.

"Clow Reed? Could he not have come up with anything better, like all his other spells and incantations?" Kero looked peeved and sat their importantly.

"He was busy at the time, currently making Yue and I to protect you, and the Cards. He had more important spells to worry about not sounding dumb. Besides, he hardly expected anyone to try it out."

"Well I am!" Sakura pointed out as she folded it and placed it in her pocket, than looked out at the rising sun through the trees in her window. "Tonight." She finished quietly.

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Sakura looked up at the sky from the tree right outside her window. It was sunset, and she watched with slight nervousness as she saw the fluffy clouds turn shades of pink, purple, and orange.

"I hope I can do this." She sighed.

The sooner it became night, the sooner she was to coming to her death.

Unless I live through it, she thought then shook her head. What where the chances? It took several sorcerers in the past to ever do it, and strong ones at that. She was nowhere even near the peak of her powers, and planned to do this alone. Even if she was to most power full sorceress in existence right now, what hope did she have?

"Sakura-chan? Fujitaka-san is calling you for dinner." Kero said flying out her slightly opened window. Sakura nodded.

"Alright, be right down." She pulled out her key that rested against her neck.

"Key of the Star, with powers burning bright, reveal the staff, and shine your light! Release!" she said without a thought, the incantation basically burned into her brain.

The staff extended and she grabbed it firmly. With a quick move of her hand, she pulled out the Jump Card.

"Jump Card! Release and dispell!" she said, feeling herself open up to the world around her, and felt her energy being drawn from within her to awaken the card and it's abilities. As quickly as the energy left her, she felt it return, and with a new knowledge.

She stood up on the branch, and could feel her legs itching to soar into the sky, to leap across the city with it's new agility. Sakura leaped out of the tree, and landed two stories down perfectly, with out even falling to her knees.

She placed the card away, un-needed now, and allowed her staff to turn into the small charm around her neck.

"Come on Kero-chan!" she called once she had landed. Kero flew down after her.

Sakura ate very little, feeling very nervous and anything she ate now would end up in the sink very soon. Her father noticed and asked what was wrong. She quickly lied saying that a tough test was coming up, and she was unsure if she would make it.

She thought over these words and thought they where pretty accurate. It was like a test, of her abilities, and she might not make it, not alive.

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"Sakura-chan, you're going to go do it now, aren't you?" Sakura stopped mid stride to glance over her shoulder at where Kero flew. After dinner she had said she wanted to go to sleep early, then she had jumped out of the window, climbing down in case Kero felt it.

Looks like he found me out anyways though, she sat smiling mentally.

"Yes, Kero-chan, I am." She answered as calmly as she could. The look of endless worry for her on his small bearish face made her heart twist painfully, and wished there was some other way.

"May I come with you?" He asked sorrowfully. "If we where of the same power, I could help, but my power comes from the Sun. Yours comes from your own star, so no one can really help you, I'm afraid."

Sakura nodded. She had found at a while back that sorcerers could work spells out together, but they had to draw their power from the same source. Kero's was the Sun, Yue was the Moon, Eriol of the darkness, and so on.

"I understand. Come on, let's go. I have to get Yukito to change first. That will be the easy, I think Yue would suspect something." She explained.

"Yeah, Yue is pretty creepy sometimes; he can basically see through most lies." Kero affirmed. She let a silence fall over them and rubbed her fore arms as a slight wind brushed over them. It was very quiet and dark in comparison, but she knew it was just her nervous mind.

When they reached her brother's apartment, it was dark and silent inside. She knocked, but no one answered, not even that obnoxious roommate of there's.

"Maybe we should wait till tomorrow?" Kero suggested sounding in a bit too happy about this. Sakura shook her head no.

"I don't think I could go through another day like this. Lets see if we can find them, and if not, then we will have to do what you said."

So Kero and Sakura walked down the street, and first headed for the school to see if they where taking any extra courses, and Sakura found that indeed Touya was there, but she was not aloud in by the woman at the office.

Sakura bit her lip in annoyance and left back outside to where Kero waited for her. She realized she should have asked when he would be out, but she decided it did not matter. Right now all she needed was Yukito.

Kero and her headed to where Yukito's grandparents lived, where he had been raised since his parent's death. She knocked and after a minuet an aged woman with gray hair answered the door, with a bright smile that was slightly similar to the one that always adorned Yukito's face.

"Hello, Sakura-chan." She said in a small, cracked voice.

"Good evening, Tsukishiro-san." Sakura greeted warmly to the old woman. "Is Yukito-chan here perhaps? He was not at the apartment."

"Why yes he is," she continued slowly, "Come on in, he came over for dinner earlier." Sakura followed her as she walked back inside, and looked around. She remembered clearly the say she caught the Illusion Card.(A.N.- I use the manga reference here, people, so don't think I'm wrong. Anyways, I don't know if it is different, because I never saw the episode she caught the Illusion Card.)

She had been walking over the bridge with her friends, when something came out of the lake below them. To some of them it was a white ghost with one eye, Tomoyo saw King Penguin, the slide, and Sakura saw a female shape.

That night they returned, Tomoyo, Kero, and her. She jumped down, and was surprised to see Nadeshiko Kinomoto; her mother. She was so thrilled, that even when her 'mother' began pulling her deeper into the lake, she did not struggle.

After a while, she supposed they got worried, and she heard that Tomoyo went to save her, but then Yukito came from out of no where and jumped into the water and pulled her out. She guessed she had feinted at the time, because when she woke up, she was at Yukito's house.

"Yukito-chan, Sakura is here to see you." The woman called as she walked slowly into a room where Yukito sat with a man about the same age as Yukito's grandmother.

"Sakura-chan!" Yukito said as he stood up and walked over to her. "I'll be back in a little bit again, alright, grandmother?"

"Of course, dear! Just have fun and be careful." She replied happily. Yukito walked out with Sakura and closed the door behind him.

"Hey, took you long enough! You know how cold it's getting out here?" Kero asked angrily after coming out of a near by bush.

"Oh, sorry Kero-chan!" Sakura apologized. "Anyways, Yukito-chan, I wanted to, uh, ask for some help with an essay I have to write, and my father was busy. I really had to ask you!"

"Sure, it's alright. But where is your stuff?" Yukito asked looking around for a backpack or something.

"Oh!" Sakura said, worriedly. "Ah, I left it at home! You can wait at the apartment if you want."

"No, it's alright. I'll come with you." Yukito insisted. "It's getting pretty late, and you should not be around with out worry at night." Sakura smiled at the true sincerity in his words.

"Don't worry, I'll be right over. Besides, I'm a sorceress too, no ones going to touch me that I won't allow."

"You bet she won't! She threw me into her wall when I tried waking her up!" Kero said angrily.

"Well maybe you shouldn't have pulled my hair?" Sakura bit back.

"If you did not sleep in so late, I wouldn't have to wake you up!"

"Maybe you should let me sleep in!"

"And maybe I should forget to remind you to do your homework!"

"Sakura-chan, Kero-chan, eh, enough!" Yukito said with a slight sweat drop.

"Oops! Sorry Yukito-chan!" Sakura apologized blushing. Yue had seen every thing! What he must think of her, acting so immature! "Well we will meet you at your apartment!" Sakura continued hurriedly and ran off so fast that Kero took a minuet to realize she left and to chase after her.

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Sakura stopped just inside her door to catch her breath, leaning against the door.

"Oh, I'm tired! Remind me never to do that again!" Sakura moaned.

"I can't, remember? I can't remind you anymore." Kero said, bringing up their last argument.

"Oh Kero-chan, not now! I have a problem, I don't have an essay to do!" she sighed, allowing herself to slide down till she sat on the floor with her legs out.

"Well you don't have to worry about that, I have an idea to get Yue to change, and so you will never need that essay." Kero replied proudly. Sakura looked at him hopefully.

"Really?! What's your idea?!" Sakura asked excitedly.

"Well all you do is stay here and wait for Yue to come." Sakura felt like squeezing his head off.

"Hello! Yue is not just going to come if I stay here! Besides, Yukito is waiting for me at his apartment!" Sakura yelled angrily.

"Exactly!" Kero exclaimed. "Yukito is going to be waiting for you, and Yue knows he is. If you don't come for a while, Yue well get worried and come after you to see if you're ok. Simple, eh?" It was simple, and probably really stupid, but it was better than how things where going. Sakura nodded and agreed to do it.

"Alright, I just hope they don't get to worried."

"Don't worry! Everything will be fine!" Kero assured.

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It was probably after this incident that whenever Kero said everything was going to be all right, Sakura ignored him. For everything that night did not go 'fine'. In fact, after waiting nearly forty-five minuets, and Sakura began to get worried, that she heard the door open quickly downstairs and several people come running into her house.

Sakura, having no idea who it was, began to panic. She grabbed her staff and walked quickly downstairs just as the other people began coming upstairs.

"Touya?!" Sakura gasped as she saw Touya running up to her, and behind her was Yue, Tomoyo, Kaho, Eriol, Ruby Moon, and Spinel Sun.

"Sakura-chan?! What happened?!" Tomoyo asked running ahead of Touya to Sakura.

"I-I- I have nooo idea." Sakura said, staring at everyone. "Um, hello everyone?"

"Sakura-chan, why did you not go back to Yukito?" Kaho asked confused. It seemed everyone had been worried, and ready to attack somebody.

"Er, well, I sort of couldn't find my backpack, and um, I was just going to call Yukito. Oops?" Sakura said dumbly and Kero rolled his eyes next to her.

"Oh Sakura-chan, your good." He drawled sarcastically.

"Your backpack is right here, Sakura-san." Ruby Moon said picking up Sakura's small backpack that rested against the wall next to the door.

"Oh! Uh, well-"

"Forget it, everyone. I think it's best we all go outside for this." Eriol said, turning back to the door. Everyone stared at him. "Especially Sakura and Yue."

"What?!" Touya asked angrily, worried what he might have in mind.

"You don't mean Sakura-san is going to split Yue and Yukito already?!" Spinel Sun asked shocked. Eriol nodded his head.

"Yes, isn't that right, Sakura-chan?" Eriol asked her sadly. Sakura sighed and nodded.

"No! Sakura-chan can't do this, she could die." Yue argued.

"Yue-chan, please, I will be okay." Sakura begged walking a few steps towards him.

"Yue-san, everyone, come on outside." Eriol said once more, this time going out himself, and reluctantly everyone followed, Yue the least willing.

"Wow, Sakura-san is really going to do it." Ruby Moon said in awe, but besides that no one really said anything. They knew Sakura would do this sooner or later.

They walked out into the front yard, Sakura feeling nervous again. Everyone had spread out to the sides, leaving Yue and Sakura in the middle. Yue looked lost and afraid, something Sakura could not recall or ever imagine on him before.

Please let me live through this, not for me, but for my family, friends, and especially Yue! Sakura prayed silently.

"Okay, um," Sakura began searching her mind for the spell and quickly found it. "Alright. Yue-chan, turn into Yukito now." Yue glanced at her frightfully and hesitated.

"Go on, Yue-chan." Sakura insisted. Yue scowled and did as Sakura said. Quickly, before Yukito could fully take over, Sakura began the incantation.

"Guardian of the Moon, the time to be one is coming soon," Sakura breathed quickly, and was surprised to see that time seemed to be slowing down. Yue was still turning into Yukito, but after those two lines, everything but her was moving very slowly.

"False is the form that you where, the body of one you must share," she felt more than saw the symbol appear underneath her feet that always appeared when she did magic. This time though, she felt the magic being yanked out of her, to go into the spell. So this is why they die, all their magic is drained out so quickly. Sakura felt herself getting week and rushed to finish.

"Now upon my word it's done! No longer shall two be one!" Sakura screamed out hurriedly, pulling out her staff and pointing it at Yue/Yukito to channel the magic to them.

"With the power of my star," Sakura panted, wanting to faint. It was drawing from her so quickly! "May mind, body, and soul, apart!" she screamed the last line hurriedly, afraid she would faint before she could say it.

Time began again normally so fast that Sakura nearly fell over, being so week, and stumbled. Sakura looked up and saw Yukito standing there, than he ran over and caught her before she fell over limply.

"Oh, it-it-didn't work…" Sakura said to him sadly, before she closed her eyes. Everyone ran over to Sakura when they saw her eyes close.

"SAKURA!" everyone cried as Touya screamed for his younger sister to wake up, however, she didn't.

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Well that was longer than usual. *peeks around hesitantly at all the reader* eh, don't worry! It is not over yet, and I will have Sakura and Yue together! I promise! I hate it when people kill one person, making the story so sad…*weep* so I will never do so with out finding some way to fit into the story to only get Sakura and Yue together! I already have to ideas for other Yue/Sakura fanfics in my head, but I am going to wait till I finish this one till I start them. If this one turned out so well, I guess I might as well right other ones too. ^_-