Wooo, chapter 3.... Hey! Thanks a whole bunch for the reviews!!! I personally like this fic much better than I do with the other fic Never Give Up. Well, this may twist it but Sakura's gonna end up encountering trouble while she's trying to find out who the boy was that saved her life. I was going to add this bit of information in the summary but they wouldn't let me write anymore. -_- Enjoy!!

By: Ying-Fa
A Second Chance

Chapter 3-We Finally Meet



It was already nightfall and Syaoran had already showed Sakura around. Sakura flopped on her bed. She sighed heavily.

"That took forever. I didn't realize how big this part of the palace really was!" Kero flew to her and sat on her shoulder.

"Which reminds me Sakura, who did show around?"

The name immediately popped into her head, "Syaoran! Why Kero?" Kero flew off her shoulder and started flying mid-air in front of her.

"Sakura, have you been sensing any magical presence near by?" He asked.

"Well... no not really." Sakura said as she eyed Kero for a moment. Kero taking off his serious look suddenly plastered on a fake smile.

"Uh.. no reason really, just wondering that's all!"

Sakura's suspicions dropped immediately, "Alright!"


A month later...

Sakura was now sleeping on her bed cozy like ready and hopefully prepared for the next day ahead of her. Kero on the other had still knew that he felt that presence of magic and couldn't rub it off.

"Why can't I shake it off?" He asked himself as he flew to the top of Sakura's drawer and sat on it. He magically called out the cards and they all appeared in front of him glowing a bit of gold. Kero eyed each and every one of them for no apparent reason when something caught his eye. He called all the other cards back except Time and Sleep. "There's something different about them." Kero commented as he laid both cards in front of him. He stared at two cards concentrating. Kero's concentration was soon dropped, "There!" He whispered loudly. There he spotted a few specs of green on the two cards. Instead of finding just pink specs from Sakura's magic, he spotted a couple of green specs probably resembling some other magic Kero thought. He touched the cards and the magic he felt was the exact same magical presence that he felt in Sakura's purse a month ago. He gasped a bit. "If she was talking to Syaoron that day she dropped me-I mean the her purse with me in it, then that means.... he must have some magical lineage!" He looked at the sleeping Sakura and his grew worried. "And she hasn't sensed his magic at all."

Sakura woke up to the songs of the birds that where just outside of her window. Kero on the other hand was snoring. He wasn't able to get much sleep last night because well, only you and I know. Sakura soon got dressed wearing her bathing suit underneath a long shirt. Today was her day to clean the pool again. She decided not to mess with her hair today, after all she was going to go into the pool she thought as she picked up a pail filled with equipments and a towel. Checking herself once more, she walked out of her room and quickly yet quietly closed the door behind her.

Syaoran yawned as he stepped out of his room, "Why do I have to do this every morning?"

"So, you can make sure everything is perfectly fine in this palace, Master Syaoran." Came a small voice next to Syaoran. Syaoran's brow went up and he turned to where he had heard the small voice. It was one of the servants just passing by.

He smiled at the servant, "Yes, you're right to make sure everything is perfectly fine." The girl only the age of 15 smiled and she walked off with a grin on her face. Syaoran nodded his head in disbelief as he smiled. "Well, at least I cheered up one servant... just about 50 more to go." He remarked sarcastically.

Sakura now had her shirt off with her 2 piece bathing suit. It was a light pink with dark pink flowers all over it. In a way it was too plain, but on Sakura it was a different story.... or at least that's what her best friend Madison said. Madison was and still is her best friend. The only problem is that she's in England with Eriol. Even though they write constantly to each other, she still missed her best friend. They had met when they where little kids, and they promised that they'll always be together... but that all changed on the day she had to work as a servant. Soon Madison was able to track down her friend and ever since they've been mailing each other.

Syaoran walked around the corner to see Sakura looking through her equipment in a 2 piece and he immediately blushed. He shook it off once more as Sakura looked up to see her master looking at her.

"Oh, Master Syaoran! Good morning!" She said happily. Everyday Syaoran would always walk a casual walk around the palace just to make sure everything was in order so Sakura wasn't all too surprised. Syaoran walked up next to the pool.

"Mornin'. You need any help looking for something?"

Sakura looked down at her tools and looked back up, "Um.. no I'm ok." Syaoran nodded and continued his walk.

Sakura was now at the bottom of the pool scrubbing away at the dirt. Already drowning the water out, she began to start her work. She really didn't as so much hum at all. Rather her mind was somewhere else as she scrubbed at the floors of the pool.

Syaoran on the other had was still on the other side of the palace talking to some of his servants making sure everything was alright.

As Sakura scrubbed away, something snapped her back to reality. She felt a weird presence, an evil one in fact. She slowly dropped her stuff, stood up and slowly turned around. There stood a man wearing all black. He had black hair, but he had silver cold sharp eyes. One brow was up as he looked into Sakura's eyes. Sakura gasped a bit but still kept her cool.

"Who are you and what are you here for?"

The man's brow dropped and he responded, "I'm Shirou and the question is what I want from you Clow Mistress."

This caught her ear, "You won't get my cards!" She said as she raised her voice a bit and eyed Shirou. She may of been some what dense in a way but she got over that. Ever since she began to train with Kero she had learned allot. She learned about other magicians, demons, and others that were possibly stronger than her and after the Clow Cards. She was told to be careful.

"Wow, you're smart. I do want you're Clow Cards... or should I say Sakura Cards?" He said sarcastically. His face now serious, he eyed Sakura, "Now give them to me."

Sakura's innocent face turned into a frown, "No!"

"Fine then, if you won't give them to me... I'll make your life a living hell." He responded as his face and voice lowered.

Sakura still had her frown on and sneered, "No."

Shirou looked at her, "Wrong answer."

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Syaoran was still talking to one of his servants when he felt something. 'Was Sakura in trouble?' He thought to himself. He tried to rub it off but he couldn't something urged him to go see if Sakura was alright. 'No.' he thought to himself as he struggled to listen to some of the servants. 'I have to overcome this.'

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Sakura weakly got up. She was on her knees and the her arms. Both parts of her body struggled to keep her up. Thinking quickly she chanted a few words.

"Guardian of the seal, Keroberus. I command for you help now." Since she didn't have her Sakura Cards, she wasn't able to beat Shirou.. and even if she did, there was a possablity that he could steal the cards away from her once she used them.

Kero on the other hand was playing video games when he felt a calling from his mistress, Sakura.

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Syaoran couldn't take it anymore. He excused himself from the crowd and ran over to the pool.
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Kero flew out of her window and instantly transformed himself as Keroberus. He swooped down to the pool.

"Sakura!" He yelled out. Shirou looked at Sakura and chuckled a bit. He then disappeared out of her sight. Sakura fainted not able to take anymore of the pain. Keroberus, too late to save Sakura from the evil magician picked her up on his back. He flew back up again out of the pool not caring who the person was as long as Sakura was alright.

Li arrived seeing the whole commotion. Keroberus hadn't looked back to see if someone was watching him, but he could care less. Li sighed to himself in disappointment. He almost let Sakura die...


Wahahahaha!! Not so much of a cliff hanger but it still is a cliffhanger... anyways please R+R!