I suppose I should have said that this was set in the beginning when Yue first appeared. That's why Sakura's magic isn't enough to support him. ^-^ Gomen.

Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptors.

Sakura watched, barely moving, as the paramedics arrived and carted Julian away on a gurney as if it were a dream. Before she knew it, they were gone.

"Come on, I'll walk you to school and explain." She nodded mutely at his comment and slipped on her roller blades.

"Tori?" She asked halfway there. "After school, during your soccer practice I mean, can I go visit Julian?" Tori waited before answering.

"Sure squirt." He ruffled her hair. "But make sure you go home first and leave a note for dad." Emerald eyes returned to staring at the ground while pale hands clutched a book bag.

The rest of the journey continued in silence until they walked into the still classroom. Quietly, Sakura sat down in her seat in front of Li and ignored the looks while Tori explained the situation to the teacher. Ms. McKenzie nodded and returned to her lesson plan as Tori left the building. Sakura looked around a bit and noticed that Eli wasn't there. She began to worry.

"Unh..." Eli groaned and sat up, shaking his head to rid himself of his lethargic attitude. "Ruby," he called out, not really expecting an answer. Using the wall he stood and limped over to the door, seeking their power signatures. He could feel them, and Keroberrows, and Sakura, but Yue wasn't there. Eli sought harder, focusing his energy, and finally he found it, very faint, but there. "If they attack Sakura now," he whispered, "only Keroberrows will be there to defend her. His power alone is not enough to defend her from harm. I must find Ruby and make her realize her mistakes."

"What's with you Sakura?" Asked Madison as they sat down to lunch. "You haven't been acting yourself lately, are you still tired?" Sakura stared down at the grass.

"No, It's Yue." Li's eyes widened.

"What about Yue?" Madison continued.

"Today, before school, Tori and me went to pick up Julian and he wasn't answering the door. I went in and found him on the floor, we had to call an ambulance to come and pick him up." She decided to keep her dream a secret. "After school I'm going to go to the hospital with Kero and see him. Will you come with me Madison?"

"Sure, I want to know too. Do you think Kero will be able to figure it out Sakura?" Rubbing her arm and shutting her eyes tightly the chestnut haired youth responded.

"I hope so."

"Yue..." The voice echoed throughout Julian's mentality. "Yue..." The moon guardian struggled to answer it. It sounded so much like Clow. Deep in Julian's subconscious Yue tried in vain to answer the voice calling his name but he could not make his voice work. "Yue..." It continued. "Yue...are you feeling weak?"

"So tired..." he sought after the voice.

"Yue...Why don't you just give up?"

"No...not...Clow..."

"Yue...Just sleep and let go."

"No...I can't...Mistress..."

"Yue..."

"Argh! Why can't he just give in and disappear?" Ruby yelled into the darkness at Spinner. "He won't give up!" She drove her fist into the pavement making a large hole in the hospital sidewalk.

"Maybe he wants to protect the girl." Spinner yawned and twitched his tail from his spot on the walkway.

"Why would Yue want that girl, why doesn't he give up and be with Clow? I don't get it." She narrowed her eyes. "I don't understand why he wants a new Master. I want to be with Clow but Clow wants to be with Yue and Keroberrows who want to be with the girl. It's not fair!" She knelt on the sidewalk.

"Don't worry, even with Yue we will still triumph. A weak Mistress and guardian are no match for us." Spinner stood up. "Keroberrows is a fool; I can surely take him down along with the boy and whosoever decides to help as well. We will surely steal the victory."

"Hello, we're here to see Julian Star. Could you please tell us where to find his room?" Madison and Sakura stood at the reception desk after running back to the Avalon household for Kero. The little yellow guardian was in stitches after trying to figure out what was wrong with his brother.

"Yes, let me see, a Star, Julian?" Sakura nodded. "Here we go, room 403, second floor."

"Thank you so much." Bowing, she and Madison ran to the elevator and ducked inside, pressing the level two switch. "I hope we find out what's wrong with Julian."

"I think he's not drawing enough power from you Sakura, at least, enough to sustain him. Your powers are too weak yet for Yue to depend on." Kero sat in her hand as they got off the elevator heading toward room 403 keeping very still.

"What do you mean Kero?" Madison inquired.

"I mean, Yue can't take enough energy from Sakura without making it impossible for her to change the cards, and it's been very cloudy lately so he hasn't been able to draw energy from the moon."

"Here it is." Sliding the door open Sakura was first inside. "Oh Julian..." She sighed. Lying in the hospital bed was Yue's barrowed form looking very exhausted and very sick, flat on his back with his left arm crooked to allow an IV unit to drip fluid into his body. He was barely moving. "What do we do Kero? He'll disappear if we don't do something!" Sakura was starting to lose control of herself. Julian hadn't looked that bad that morning.

"Hey kid, don't panic! All we have to do is transfer some of your energy to him." Just then Julian's form flickered between himself and Yue's.

"How do I do that Kero?"

"I'm not quite sure. Try the key." Sakura nodded.

"Key of the Star, with powers burning bright, reveal the staff, and shine your light, Release!" The small key grew into a large staff and Sakura held it close to her body as if trying to protect it. "Now what?"

"Um, hold it over him and, oh man, I've never done this before!" Tears began to well up in Sakura's eyes.

"I don't want to lose both of them." Madison put her hand on Sakura's trembling shoulder.

"Just, hold it over him and see what happens."

"Okay..." placing the staff above Julian's chest she shut her eyes and willed something to happen. They stood, and hovered, for minutes until Sakura thought nothing was going to take place. Just as she was about to remove the staff she felt a substantial drain in her energy. Madison held her up as she stumbled and the baton shrank back into a key.

"Sakura?" Kero glided over. "You all right kid?"

"Yeah, is Julian?" She looked back at the sleeping teen. His color was a lot better. Slowly he revealed his soft brown eyes.

"Sa...kura?" He rotated his head and winced. "Where am I?"

"You don't remember?" He shook his head and closed his eyes a little.

"Tori and I came to pick you up for school and you had passed out so Tori called an ambulance. Now you're here at the hospital."

"Why don't you rest some more Julian, you look awfully tired." Madison pulled the sheets up around the exhausted youth's shoulders. "I'm sure you'll feel better soon."

"We should go." Sakura whispered as Julian slipped back to sleep. "I think Tori said that Julian might stay with us because his grandparents are away."

"That's good," said Kero. "That will give us a chance to monitor Yue. We can't have him changing between himself and his barrowed form." The trio walked outside and noticed how dark it had become and Madison ran back inside to call her bodyguard to come pick them up. All of a sudden Sakura saw a dark shadow and felt a very strong force. When she turned to see what it was it had vanished.

"What was that?"

So how was this one? I'm running out of ideas so if you guys have any suggestions give 'em to me. ^-^ r&r

The relationship between Clow and the guardians that I'm trying to convey makes the guardians seem very childish, no? All fighting for a father's affection. If it seems that way then I'm writing what I'm thinking. Thanks to all that read and reviewed.