Emerald: Here's the next chapter. Just to tell you all, don't worry! It's definitely S+S! We have half of the great Clow Reed with us today!

Eriol: *smiles innocently*

Emerald: Kawaii! *starry eyes* Heheh… tell us about yourself, Eriol!

Eriol: I'm Hiiragizawa Eriol, the half reincarnation of Clow Reed. Some people say I'm eeee-vil, but I'm not, am I? *innocent look* I just love to tease my cute little descendant and half daughter. My birthday is on March 23rd and my sign is Aries. My favourite colour is black. I like cherry blossoms and sweet food. I may be perfect since I'm good in all subjects and I love playing the piano along with… um *blushes* Tomoyo's angelic voice…

Emerald: Ooh… Heheh… I sense a major crush! Will you help me with my thank you list, Eriol?

Eriol: My pleasure.

Emerald Pearl's Thank You List

Natasha- Hey Natasha! Glad you liked it! Thanks for reviewing!

Setsu- Don't worry! It's definitely gonna be S+S! I love that coupling!

Lilyflower- You guessed right! I love your fic "Unchained Melodies". When will you continue it?

Hugs AND Kisses,

Emerald Pearls

Emerald: Thanks so much for reviewing.

Eriol: *starts to go of into a string of flattering praises to thank the reviewers*

Emerald: Aw… how sweet! Oh no! I have to do the disclaimer again! I don't own CardCaptor Sakura, Tomoyo owns the costumes, Yukito owns the cookies, Touya owns Sakura, Meiling owns *cough* Syaoran, Kero owns the pudding and…

Eriol: I own my Throne of Eeeee-viiilll!

Emerald: Sure, Eriol! On with the chapter!

Diamond Souls, Crystal Hearts

By: Emerald Pearls

Chapter 5: If It Means That Much to You…

Sakura's POV

"Hoeeeeee!"

The yellow thing hovered in the air in front of me with a wide smile on its face.

Li-san burst in immediately, "A stuffed animal?" He gaped.

"Stuffed animal? What do you mean stuffed animal, you gaki!" the thing that looked like a stuffed animal but was not a stuffed animal told him, a tiny vein popping out of its forehead.

"Kawaii!" I hugged the thing at once.

Eriol-kun turned to look at the creature, "Well, well, well, if it isn't the guardian beast of the Clow."

"Clow-sama!" the thing turned to Eriol-kun.

"You mean he's the beast with the guardian eye? This stuffed animal?" Li-san's amber eys widened as he grabbed the thing out of the air and shook it.

I was totally confused. What was going on?

"Hoeeee???" I sweatdropped.

"Oh! So you're the new Cards Mistress! Nice to meetcha! I'm Cerberus. The Guardian of the Clow Book," Cerberus told me as it lay back in mid-air.

"You mean the Sakura Book," Eriol informed him.

"She converted them already?" Cerberus asked. He turned to me and squealed, "Yatta!"

"Aw… You're so kawaii! I'll call you Kero-chan!" I hugged him once again.

"Kero-chan?" it asked, sweatdropping.

"Hai!" I replied cheerfully.

"As you wish!" Kero-chan grinned. Then it looked around before turning back to me, "Um… do you have any pudding?"

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Syaoran's POV

I seriously can't stand it. I've been listening to Kinomoto's and Hiiragizawa's conversation for hours as we make our way under the hot sun. The stuffed animal's asleep in my bagpack, probably having eaten all my precious chocolates.

I have no idea why four eyes is following and I do not have a clue why this girl is tagging along too. I don't even have any idea where were headed for actually. As four eyes says, "Follow the path destiny chooses for us."

Speaking of old four eyes…

I roll my eyes and turn around to the duo, "Hurry up, can't you?"

Urrgh… I hate Eriol. He's Kinomoto's half father and there he is flirting with her. Ookay, so he flirts with anyone.

I watch as Kinomoto giggles. It's a sweet sound, like the tinkling of wind chimes.

Oh yucks… Where did that come from? I must have hung around Hiiragizawa way too much.

The twosome rush up to catch up with me and we begin walking in a line. Hiiragizawa started up a conversation. He just can't shut that huge mouth up.

"So why did you run away?"

Kinomoto blinked. Then the smile on her face wiped itself out and she glared icily.

"That's none of your business."

Talk about weird mood swings…

"I see. Well, my descendant here ran away from his lovely, yet sometimes infuriating fiancée," Hiiragizawa told her.

He had to drag me in didn't he.

"You're running away from a girl?" Kinomoto had started to smile again. Weeee-iiiirrrddd… All these pathetic girls are weirdos.

"If you were in my shoes, you'd run away too," I snapped coldly.

Kinomoto blinked those lovely emerald eyes… Oh crap… What's happening to me?

"Still, you ran away from a girl?" she had started giggling.

I hate it when people laugh at me. I turned to her and glared, full force.

"Well, at least I'm not like you. I bet you ran away from no reason. I bet you ran away because your mother didn't buy you a nice new gown to flaunt, right? What type of parents do you have anyway?" I scowled.

Kinomoto blinked again, "H-hoeeee?"

Huh? What's that mean?

Then suddenly she turned to me and the next thing I knew her hand had hit my cheek.

"Ouch!"

I reeled back in shock. I opened my mouth to shout an insult, but stopped at once.

Her emerald eyes were clouding up, misty with tears.

"Don't you insult my parents!" she shouted. And she dashed away, disappearing in the wide meadow.

I blinked, rubbing my cheek. The wind blew gently and the flowers swayed. I could barely spot the auburn head that kept getting farther and farther away.

"That was mean, descendant. I suggest you go after her and apologise," Hiiragizawa reprimanded.

Four eyes reprimanding me? I almost snorted, but I remembered the pain in Kinomoto's eyes.

"Oh, all right…" I replied reluctantly.

"You'd be thanking me for this soon, Syaoran," Hiiragizawa called out as I sprinted off in search of the missing cherry blossom.

Wow… Sounds like a tittle for a mystery novel.

"Kinomoto! Where are you?" I hollered, cupping my hands around my mouth.

Great! Where has she gone?

Then I spotted a headful of auburn down by the river. I quietly approached her. She was playing with the water and there were beads of tears coursing down her cheeks. Her body was shaking uncontrollably.

Ookay… I've found her. How am I supposed to approach her? Hey, Kinomoto, wassup? Nah…

Sighing, I crept towards her and sat down beside her silently. She didn't notice me until I broke the silence, "Hey."

She looked up at me with teary eyes and I instantly felt bad.

Grr… I wish I weren't so soft.

"What are you doing here, Li?" she asked, her voice shaking.

"Well, I wanted to apologise for…" I started.

"No need to apologise if it's not from your heart," she told me and buried her head in her hands again.

Ooh… Tough.

I took a deep breath and gently tilted her head till her eyes met mine, "I'm really, really sorry Kinomoto. I didn't mean to insult you or anything. Really!"

She looked at me suspiciously. I took another deep breath and got down on my knees in front of her.

My sisters would laugh if they saw me like this…

I grasped her hand in mine. They were so small compared to mine, and her skin was soft and velvety. "Kinomoto, I'm really very sorry. From the bottom of my heart. Please forgive me."

I felt liquid on my hand and looked up. Kinomoto was crying.

Oh no! What did I do wrong? In times like this I actually wished I were Hiiragizawa.

Then she smiled at me and uttered quietly, "Thank you, Li-kun."

"Um… No prob?" I sat down beside her. She leant her head against my shoulder slightly. "So do you want to… you know… talk about it?"

She looked at me questioningly.

"You can trust me," I assured her.

She took in a deep breath and told me about her life. About the time when her mother died. About the time her first love betrayed her and about the engagement.

I pitied the girl She had gone through so much and all in all, she wasn't as bad as Meiling.

I gave her a soft hug. She felt so right in my arms.

Oh Kami-sama! What am I thinking?

I turned to her and told her, "Well, don't think I'll be nice to you just because of this, Kinomoto. I just pity you."

Ooh… what a thing to say to someone who just poured out her heart to you, Syaoran!

I expected her to burst into tears or fume like Meiling but she just smiled, "Of course not."

I got up, "Well… um… good then."

Before walking away I stretched out my hand, "Um… Let's go."

Kinomoto smiled again, "Sure."

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Eriol's POV

I chuckled from the nearby tree as I watched the twosome go off together, "Things are better than I expected."

Hehe… My descendant seems to like her… Hmmm… I think it's time Eriol played matchmaker.

I chuckled eeee-villy and I teleported myself back to where I originally was to wait for my cute little descendant and my sweet daughter.

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Emerald: Yay! I finished the chapter. There was a tiny bit of S+S. Don't worry there'll be more soon!

Eriol: I like this chapter. *smiles his kawaii smile*

Emerald: Of course you do! Well please review, minna-san!

Eriol: Farewell, honoured readers and please do not hesitate to click that lovely review button to add your much anticipated comments!