A/N: Okay hopefully this chapter won't be so horrible. Anyway thanks to everyone who reviewed the last part, your reviews are greatly appreciated. Okay this chapter is mostly fluff and happy stuff so if you were looking for some angst there won't be much in this chapter. Also now we can finally start to see S+S and some E+T hints.
Oh I have been seriously ill for the past week so that is why this chapter took so long.
Disclaimer: Yes it is true I do not own CCS, because if I did it wouldn't be the cheery show with fun loving characters, so be glad.
'I don't think I have ever felt so at peace. In this house you can't help but have your spirit raised, no matter what the circumstance. I know that evil is growing that the time draws near when I will be forced to face my demons, face my past, but for now I just want to rest. I just want to revel in the contentment that is this house, that is the people who occupy it.'
"Hey Shaolan!" Sakura shouted as she entered Touya's old room, which now belong to Li. "What are you doing?" she asked as she tossed a few strains of her golden brown hair from her eyes.
"Nothing, just enjoying the peace." Li answered as moved away from the window he had been staring out a moment ago.
"Oh well if you want I can leave you alone." Sakura reluctantly replied.
Li smiled at the beautiful lady in front of him. "No don't go. I mean you can stay if you want to." He said blushing slightly because the words came out so clumsily. He walked over to the bed he had been sleeping in for the past two months. Yes two months that is how long he and Meiling have lived happily here.
Sakura joined Li on the edge of the bed, which only caused Li's face to turn a bolder shade of red. "Meiling's check up today went well. The doctor said we can expect the baby to arrive in a few weeks." Sakura informed Li. Meiling's pregnancy had gone very well especially with the help of Sakura and her father.
Everything seemed to be doing well. Kero had adjusted to Li and Meiling staying there, and he and Meiling were now very good friends. She was spoiling him rotten by making him all kinds of pudding and pancakes every morning. Touya and Yukito would stop by often and help keep the house in shape. They both preferred being here over being at the collage dorm.
Eriol was over almost everyday. Normally he would just stay up with Li in his room. The two boys' had become very good friends over the past couple of months, though no one really knows why.
But they are not the only two to form a strong relationship; Eriol and Tomoyo have been spending a very large amount of time together lately. When the two where not over here visiting, they were off together talking about art and literature. Their relationship really did fascinate Sakura, but she never tried to prive to see if they were more then just friends.
"What's on your mind?" Li asked after a moment of silence. Normally he would be content just to be in the presence of his young cheery blossom, but he was sure that she had come up here to discuss more then just Meiling's cheek up.
"Shaolan, do you think that we will ever be able to live normal lives?" Sakura asked turning her gaze away from the boy next to her.
"Well, what is normal? I have always lived with magic and secrecy, so for me that is normal." Li answer not fully understanding Sakura's question.
Sakura shook her head and then turned back to face Li. "I know we will always live with magic that is just a part of who we are. What I mean is are we ever going to live without fear. It all ways seems like we're waiting for something, like we're always on our guard because we're always expecting something bad to happen."
"I don't know if that sense of warning will ever go away Sakura. We are magicians and with our power we have responsibilities, but I do know that no matter what happens, no matter what threatens us, we will face it together. And I will never let any harm come to you." Li wrapped his arm around Sakura and the two just sat. They didn't exchange words or glances they just enjoyed the presence of one another.
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"Shaolan will you please sit down!" Eriol shouted at the teen pacing up and down the hospital hall. His efforts were not rewarded, for Li would not sit down. Finally in a fit of frustration and annoyance Eriol waved his hand and suddenly Li was sitting down in a seat with a very confused look on his face.
Touya and Yukito's laughter lightened the mood a bit. "Man kid you need to learn to relax, I'm sure the baby only has one head." Touya joked. He didn't want anything to happen to Meiling or her child, but he couldn't pass up a chance to get under Li's skin.
Of course all his jokes earned were some stern glares from both Li and Sakura. "I still can't believe they won't let me in to see her." Li said while his eyes went back to the door of the delivery room.
"Shaolan no offense, but even if you were in there I don't think you would make a difference. You'd probably only make her more nervous." Tomoyo giggled slightly as Li blushed from her words.
"How much longer is this going to take?" Sakura winded. "I want to see the baby, it's going to be so cool having a baby at home."
Soon both Sakura and Li were pacing up and down the hospital hall in anticipation. After an hour of walking back and forth Eriol was able to get the two to sit down. Yukito and Touya had left a few minutes ago for the hospital cafeteria along with Kero.
'What is taking so long? I hope that Meiling and the baby are all right.' Li thought to himself as he stared hard at the doors to the delivery room.
Eriol watched his young descendant with an amused smile plastered on his face. It wasn't everyday that you could see Li nervous. Normally he was calm and collective. "You know Shaolan the doors aren't going to open any faster if you have a staring contest with them." Eriol joked.
Just as Li turned his sight from the door it opened and a doctor wearing blue scrubs came out with a smile on his face. "It's been a long time sense I have delivered such a healthy baby. He is absolutely beautiful." The doctor announced as he ushered the group in.
When they entered the room Meiling was lying on the hospital bed sing quietly to a bundle of blue. She looked up to greet her guest, her ruby eyes glowing with a joy that had not been seen in her in a long time.
Li and Sakura ran to her bedside and looked at the bundled up baby. "Wow, he's so cute! What are you going to call him?" Sakura asked as she beamed at the child.
Meiling smiled and looked upon the features of her new world. "I think I'm going to name him Clow." She answered quietly.
Eriol smiled at that. "Well I like it." he joked as the group began to join him in laughter.
The group's laughter was interrupted by the sound of a scream coming for the hospital halls. Suddenly Touya came running through the doors with a look of pure horror on his face. "Guys you got to help me, she's relentless!"
"Touya what did you do now?" Sakura asked annoyed.
"Oh Touya!" the group looked up as the sound of a woman's voice came from the halls. Touya only seemed to freak at the sound of the voice. Soon the doors parted and a young brunet women enter the room with a little black cat creature on her shoulders. "There you are Touya!" she announced with triumph.
"Nakuru what are you and Suppii up to now?" Eriol asked annoyed.
"Nothing Master, we just wanted to have Yue, Kero and Touya over for dinner." She replied with a wicked smile on her face as she walked over to the frantic Touya and garbed him by the arm.
"Well don't have them out too late." Sakura said with an evil grin on her face.
And with that Touya was pulled out of the hospital with Kero and Yue. Of course they all left under protest.
Li laughed to himself as he watched his loves brother being taken to diner against his will. 'Maybe this is a sing that things will get better. Meiling gave birth to a healthy child, and all of us will be at home within an hour or so celebrated the newest member of the Card Captor family.'
Perhaps Li's thoughts would come to pass, but who can tell. After all they are not the only ones that know of the coming of the child.
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Inhale, exhale. Well how did that chapter do? It's getting hard for me to put this into words, but I hope that you could still understand this chapter. Please review I really need some constructive criticism, I'm trying to improve my writing and I can't do that if I don't know what bothers people. All right enough of me, thanks for reading and I will try to have the next chapter out soon.