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Thanx for 90 reviews!!! Sorry to make u all wait for like 3 weeks before u can read this chapt. Hope you like the cliffhanger! *see ppl glaring at me* Oops! Maybe you all didn't enjoy it. Oh well.
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Friend or Foe
Chapter 8: Trouble Brewing
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"Sakura!!!" Syaoran tried in vain to wake her up. ^Why did she faint for no reason?^
"Someone call an ambulance!" Syaoran shouted to the crowd of people surrounding Sakura and him.
Eriol proceeded to call the ambulance and everyone was very quiet except the sound of Tomoyo's sobbing.
"Tomoyo, its okay, Sakura is going to be fine." Eriol whispered to Tomoyo gently.
"But how can she be fine?" Tomoyo's tear-stained face looked up to Eriol's concerned face. "She fainted just like this, without any warning…" Tomoyo left her words trailing behind.
"What we can only do is to wait until the ambulance come," Eriol said softly.
Tomoyo only nodded numbly and continued sobbing against Eriols chest.
Eriol felt his face glow bright red and thought ^ Why am I blushing? Is it because of Tomoyo?^
The ambulance came and the people carried Sakura away and Syaoran went into the ambulance with her.
He continued holding her hands all the way to the hospital wishing that she would regain conscious but to no avail and only let go when the nurse pushed her into a room.
On the way to the hospital, Sakura was having a dream.
*The dream*
^Where am i?^ Sakura found herself in a place full of darkness.
^I only remember that I was about to kiss Syaoran…^ She blushes at the thought ^ then everything became dark…^ Sakura wander aimlessly into the darkness where she can't see a single thing.
Suddenly, a yellow glow appeared in the distance in the shape of the Clow card design. (A.N: The pattern Sakura made when she use a Clow card.) And what appears is Clow Reed himself!
"Clow Reed?" Sakura exclaimed in a weak voice.
"Sakura-san," Clow Reed smiles his queer smile at the emerald-eyed girl.
"Why are you here?" Sakura questioned curiously, suddenly feeling very weak and bend forward.
"Be careful…keep the cards…" Clow Reed's voice echo in the darkness as he keeps repeating the words again and again until everything fades away…
*Dream ended*
"Sakura? Sakura!" A soft but urgent voice called out from afar.
Sakura slowly opened her big emerald eyes and things became clearer at each passing second.
"Oh Sakura!" Someone suddenly pounced onto Sakura and gave her a fierce hug.
"Tomoyo?" Sakura asked, very confused. "What happened? Where am I?" Sakura pulled back from Tomoyo's embrace to see tears flowing down from her amethyst eyes.
"Tomoyo, what's wrong?" Sakura asked in concern. (A.N: Um…just want to say sorry if I made Tomoyo seems a bit over dramatic. But in the voice card episode when Tomoyo loses her voice, Sakura was also very concern about Tomoyo.)
Eriol gently pulled Tomoyo away from Sakura as Sakura sat up in the hospital bed with a very confused look.
You fainted at the party, Sakura." Sakura turned to see where the voice came from. Syaoran was standing at the doorway.
"Hoeee… and I am at the hospital?"
"Hai, the doctor says you're very weak and say that that you have to rest."
"Weak? But I didn't do much…"
"Um…Sakura? How many nights have you been knitting that scarf?" Tomoyo had stopped crying seeing that Sakura was okay.
"Hoeee…about a week?"
"That's means you haven't had a good night sleep since last week???"
"I think so…" Sakura said sheepishly.
"*Sigh* No wonder you fainted. Weird that I never notice how pale you were just now…" Tomoyo mused with a thoughtful expression on her face. "And I just remember!!! You two didn't kiss!!!!"
Sakura and Syaoran sweatdropped.
"I MUST make you two kiss. It will be so KAWAII!!!!" exclaimed Tomoyo and she got lost in her own starry world…
"Um…Tomoyo? What happened to the party?" Sakura asked, curious as in why Tomoyo's here instead of at the party.
"After you fainted, everyone was very worried 'bout you and the party spirit seem to have disappeared. So the party was over and everyone went home wishing that you will be fine." Tomoyo explained.
"Hoeeee…I ruined the party with me fainting." Sakura bent down her head.
"No Sakura, you didn't ruin the party," Sakura looked up, "Whether you are fine is more important…" And Tomoyo gave Sakura a hug.
"*ahem* Tomoyo, I think we should go now…" Eriol pushes Tomoyo all the way out of the door, "And little descendant?" Thus earning a glare from Syaoran. "Keep Sakura company!!!" and out of the door he went.
"Hoeeeee!!!" Sakura blushes. ^Guess only two of us are in the room now…^
Syaoran still fuming with Eriol thought ^Eriol is such an evil guy. A evil beyond evil. No idea how he can be Clow Reed reincarnation. I don't believe Clow Reed was an evil guy. No way as evil as Eriol. His name even starts with the same word as evil!!!^
"Sakura are you sure you are ok?" Syaoran asked, still not quite convinced.
"Syaoran! I am ok!!!"
"Demo…your aura seems a bit weak."
"Sorry about fainting just now."
"I…"
"SAKURA!!! Are you ok? Huh huh?" A different voice arrived in the room and an orange flying fur ball suddenly came zooming into the room.
"Are you ok? No injuries or anything?"
"Kero!!!" exclaimed Sakura, suddenly recognizing the Osaka-dialect.
"Um…no broken arms or legs…" Kero moved to Sakura's eyes. "Eyes seem normal…"
"KERO!" Sakura tried in vain to stop Kero from scrutinizing her from top to toe.
"Doesn't seem to have a head concession either…"
"KERO!!! STOP IT!!! I AM FINE!!!"
"Well ok." Kero flew back from Sakura.
*Outside the room's door before Kero came in*
"Eriol! Stop pushing! I can't hear!" Tomoyo said in a loud whisper.
"Ok! But I can't see the video cam!" Eriol retorted.
"Hope they will kiss!!! Such a kawaii scene…" Tomoyo got lost in her world again.
Two nurses that just walked pass stopped suddenly.
"What are those two kneeling there?"
"The girl is wearing such a pretty dress…"
"Do you think they could have escape from the mental department?"
Saw Tomoyo went into her 'drowning in kawaiiness' mode.
"I don't know…but I think they might be…"
"Let's get away now and report to the head nurse."
So the two nurses scampered away thinking Eriol and Tomoyo are lunatics.
"Tomoyo! Save those for later k?" Eriol said exasperated but secretly thinking that Tomoyo looked so kawaii.
Suddenly, an orange fur ball came zooming towards them and at the last second, u-turned into the room Sakura was in.
Tomoyo blinked and turned to Eriol. "Is it me or did an orange fur ball just zoom pass us?"
Eriol blinked not once but twice. "No, it's not you cause I saw it too."
*Inside the room*
"Pheew! What brings you here?" Sakura asked.
"I…oh hi kozo(A.N. this means brat by the way) didn't notice you are here, I was at home playing video games-"
"Typical behavior." Syaoran smirked.
A glare directed to Syaoran from Kero followed. "Want me to change into my VERY good-looking form?"
"Kero?" Sakura prompted.
"Oh yeah," Kero turned back his attention to Sakura, "And as I was saying, I was playing video games and suddenly the Sakura Book began to glow and when I opened the book, all of the cards came out and started to fly all over the place. Mirror told me the cards felt that something bad is going to happen and they can't explain why. And then I sense that your aura got weaker and I got worried so I called Eriol and he told me you fainted and is now in a hospital and then I came into the room and started checking whether you are okay and then you…"
"Kero! That's enough, you are babbling." Sakura sweatdropped.
"Oh, I am." Kero seems lost for a moment and then asked Sakura, "So Sakura, are you really ok?"
Sakura lost it. "For the umpteen times, I AM FINE!!!"
"The Sakura Cards are jumpy, it seems that there is really something bad going on here." Syaoran said seriously.
"For once I agree with him, you must be careful." Kero said gravely.
Sakura suddenly remember something," Oh yeah! While I was unconscious, I had a dream."
"A dream? It might be important." Kero cocked his eyebrows. (A.N: The very kawaii expression he get when he is serious?)
"Sakura frowned and try to think what happen in the dream. " I was in a very dark place, then suddenly Clow Reed appears. He keep repeating 'Be careful…keep the cards…' over and over again…"
"Clow Reed? This could be a warning." Syaoran stated.
"And it involved the cards also…this must be serious for you to have a dream coming from Clow Reed himself!" Kero exclaimed.
"Hoeee!!!!" Sakura covered herself with the blanket.
Suddenly the door opened and in come Eriol and Tomoyo!
"Hoe?" Sakura looked at them. "I thought you two went home?"
"Ano…actually we were outside the whole time…" Tomoyo said sheepishly. "But after we overheard your dream, we decided to come in."
"Sakura, I didn't tell you this just now as not to worry you but now I have to say," Eriol said gravely.
"Hoe?"
"When you fainted, I can sense a light orange aura and I had put a shield around you to protect you from any magic." Eriol continued.
"Hoe!!!"
"But it can only protect you for 24 hours as my power is limited. So you must be really careful."
"Why didn't you say so just now?" Syaoran asked, slightly angry that he kept this from them.
"I just thought it wasn't the right time to say as all of you were so happy that Sakura woke up."
"Beep beep beep…"
Syaoran's watch announced that it was now 12am, Christmas day.
"So I can only say, this is your Christmas gift from whoever want to do you harm." Syaoran said bitterly.
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Finished a chapter!!! No cliffhanger this time and hope you all will review!!!! And thanx Wind Goddess having so much confidence in me!!! R+R people!!!
Thanx for 90 reviews!!! Sorry to make u all wait for like 3 weeks before u can read this chapt. Hope you like the cliffhanger! *see ppl glaring at me* Oops! Maybe you all didn't enjoy it. Oh well.
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Friend or Foe
Chapter 8: Trouble Brewing
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"Sakura!!!" Syaoran tried in vain to wake her up. ^Why did she faint for no reason?^
"Someone call an ambulance!" Syaoran shouted to the crowd of people surrounding Sakura and him.
Eriol proceeded to call the ambulance and everyone was very quiet except the sound of Tomoyo's sobbing.
"Tomoyo, its okay, Sakura is going to be fine." Eriol whispered to Tomoyo gently.
"But how can she be fine?" Tomoyo's tear-stained face looked up to Eriol's concerned face. "She fainted just like this, without any warning…" Tomoyo left her words trailing behind.
"What we can only do is to wait until the ambulance come," Eriol said softly.
Tomoyo only nodded numbly and continued sobbing against Eriols chest.
Eriol felt his face glow bright red and thought ^ Why am I blushing? Is it because of Tomoyo?^
The ambulance came and the people carried Sakura away and Syaoran went into the ambulance with her.
He continued holding her hands all the way to the hospital wishing that she would regain conscious but to no avail and only let go when the nurse pushed her into a room.
On the way to the hospital, Sakura was having a dream.
*The dream*
^Where am i?^ Sakura found herself in a place full of darkness.
^I only remember that I was about to kiss Syaoran…^ She blushes at the thought ^ then everything became dark…^ Sakura wander aimlessly into the darkness where she can't see a single thing.
Suddenly, a yellow glow appeared in the distance in the shape of the Clow card design. (A.N: The pattern Sakura made when she use a Clow card.) And what appears is Clow Reed himself!
"Clow Reed?" Sakura exclaimed in a weak voice.
"Sakura-san," Clow Reed smiles his queer smile at the emerald-eyed girl.
"Why are you here?" Sakura questioned curiously, suddenly feeling very weak and bend forward.
"Be careful…keep the cards…" Clow Reed's voice echo in the darkness as he keeps repeating the words again and again until everything fades away…
*Dream ended*
"Sakura? Sakura!" A soft but urgent voice called out from afar.
Sakura slowly opened her big emerald eyes and things became clearer at each passing second.
"Oh Sakura!" Someone suddenly pounced onto Sakura and gave her a fierce hug.
"Tomoyo?" Sakura asked, very confused. "What happened? Where am I?" Sakura pulled back from Tomoyo's embrace to see tears flowing down from her amethyst eyes.
"Tomoyo, what's wrong?" Sakura asked in concern. (A.N: Um…just want to say sorry if I made Tomoyo seems a bit over dramatic. But in the voice card episode when Tomoyo loses her voice, Sakura was also very concern about Tomoyo.)
Eriol gently pulled Tomoyo away from Sakura as Sakura sat up in the hospital bed with a very confused look.
You fainted at the party, Sakura." Sakura turned to see where the voice came from. Syaoran was standing at the doorway.
"Hoeee… and I am at the hospital?"
"Hai, the doctor says you're very weak and say that that you have to rest."
"Weak? But I didn't do much…"
"Um…Sakura? How many nights have you been knitting that scarf?" Tomoyo had stopped crying seeing that Sakura was okay.
"Hoeee…about a week?"
"That's means you haven't had a good night sleep since last week???"
"I think so…" Sakura said sheepishly.
"*Sigh* No wonder you fainted. Weird that I never notice how pale you were just now…" Tomoyo mused with a thoughtful expression on her face. "And I just remember!!! You two didn't kiss!!!!"
Sakura and Syaoran sweatdropped.
"I MUST make you two kiss. It will be so KAWAII!!!!" exclaimed Tomoyo and she got lost in her own starry world…
"Um…Tomoyo? What happened to the party?" Sakura asked, curious as in why Tomoyo's here instead of at the party.
"After you fainted, everyone was very worried 'bout you and the party spirit seem to have disappeared. So the party was over and everyone went home wishing that you will be fine." Tomoyo explained.
"Hoeeee…I ruined the party with me fainting." Sakura bent down her head.
"No Sakura, you didn't ruin the party," Sakura looked up, "Whether you are fine is more important…" And Tomoyo gave Sakura a hug.
"*ahem* Tomoyo, I think we should go now…" Eriol pushes Tomoyo all the way out of the door, "And little descendant?" Thus earning a glare from Syaoran. "Keep Sakura company!!!" and out of the door he went.
"Hoeeeee!!!" Sakura blushes. ^Guess only two of us are in the room now…^
Syaoran still fuming with Eriol thought ^Eriol is such an evil guy. A evil beyond evil. No idea how he can be Clow Reed reincarnation. I don't believe Clow Reed was an evil guy. No way as evil as Eriol. His name even starts with the same word as evil!!!^
"Sakura are you sure you are ok?" Syaoran asked, still not quite convinced.
"Syaoran! I am ok!!!"
"Demo…your aura seems a bit weak."
"Sorry about fainting just now."
"I…"
"SAKURA!!! Are you ok? Huh huh?" A different voice arrived in the room and an orange flying fur ball suddenly came zooming into the room.
"Are you ok? No injuries or anything?"
"Kero!!!" exclaimed Sakura, suddenly recognizing the Osaka-dialect.
"Um…no broken arms or legs…" Kero moved to Sakura's eyes. "Eyes seem normal…"
"KERO!" Sakura tried in vain to stop Kero from scrutinizing her from top to toe.
"Doesn't seem to have a head concession either…"
"KERO!!! STOP IT!!! I AM FINE!!!"
"Well ok." Kero flew back from Sakura.
*Outside the room's door before Kero came in*
"Eriol! Stop pushing! I can't hear!" Tomoyo said in a loud whisper.
"Ok! But I can't see the video cam!" Eriol retorted.
"Hope they will kiss!!! Such a kawaii scene…" Tomoyo got lost in her world again.
Two nurses that just walked pass stopped suddenly.
"What are those two kneeling there?"
"The girl is wearing such a pretty dress…"
"Do you think they could have escape from the mental department?"
Saw Tomoyo went into her 'drowning in kawaiiness' mode.
"I don't know…but I think they might be…"
"Let's get away now and report to the head nurse."
So the two nurses scampered away thinking Eriol and Tomoyo are lunatics.
"Tomoyo! Save those for later k?" Eriol said exasperated but secretly thinking that Tomoyo looked so kawaii.
Suddenly, an orange fur ball came zooming towards them and at the last second, u-turned into the room Sakura was in.
Tomoyo blinked and turned to Eriol. "Is it me or did an orange fur ball just zoom pass us?"
Eriol blinked not once but twice. "No, it's not you cause I saw it too."
*Inside the room*
"Pheew! What brings you here?" Sakura asked.
"I…oh hi kozo(A.N. this means brat by the way) didn't notice you are here, I was at home playing video games-"
"Typical behavior." Syaoran smirked.
A glare directed to Syaoran from Kero followed. "Want me to change into my VERY good-looking form?"
"Kero?" Sakura prompted.
"Oh yeah," Kero turned back his attention to Sakura, "And as I was saying, I was playing video games and suddenly the Sakura Book began to glow and when I opened the book, all of the cards came out and started to fly all over the place. Mirror told me the cards felt that something bad is going to happen and they can't explain why. And then I sense that your aura got weaker and I got worried so I called Eriol and he told me you fainted and is now in a hospital and then I came into the room and started checking whether you are okay and then you…"
"Kero! That's enough, you are babbling." Sakura sweatdropped.
"Oh, I am." Kero seems lost for a moment and then asked Sakura, "So Sakura, are you really ok?"
Sakura lost it. "For the umpteen times, I AM FINE!!!"
"The Sakura Cards are jumpy, it seems that there is really something bad going on here." Syaoran said seriously.
"For once I agree with him, you must be careful." Kero said gravely.
Sakura suddenly remember something," Oh yeah! While I was unconscious, I had a dream."
"A dream? It might be important." Kero cocked his eyebrows. (A.N: The very kawaii expression he get when he is serious?)
"Sakura frowned and try to think what happen in the dream. " I was in a very dark place, then suddenly Clow Reed appears. He keep repeating 'Be careful…keep the cards…' over and over again…"
"Clow Reed? This could be a warning." Syaoran stated.
"And it involved the cards also…this must be serious for you to have a dream coming from Clow Reed himself!" Kero exclaimed.
"Hoeee!!!!" Sakura covered herself with the blanket.
Suddenly the door opened and in come Eriol and Tomoyo!
"Hoe?" Sakura looked at them. "I thought you two went home?"
"Ano…actually we were outside the whole time…" Tomoyo said sheepishly. "But after we overheard your dream, we decided to come in."
"Sakura, I didn't tell you this just now as not to worry you but now I have to say," Eriol said gravely.
"Hoe?"
"When you fainted, I can sense a light orange aura and I had put a shield around you to protect you from any magic." Eriol continued.
"Hoe!!!"
"But it can only protect you for 24 hours as my power is limited. So you must be really careful."
"Why didn't you say so just now?" Syaoran asked, slightly angry that he kept this from them.
"I just thought it wasn't the right time to say as all of you were so happy that Sakura woke up."
"Beep beep beep…"
Syaoran's watch announced that it was now 12am, Christmas day.
"So I can only say, this is your Christmas gift from whoever want to do you harm." Syaoran said bitterly.
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Finished a chapter!!! No cliffhanger this time and hope you all will review!!!! And thanx Wind Goddess having so much confidence in me!!! R+R people!!!