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No Where to Hide

Chapter 3

"So, are you feeling any better, Sakura-chan?" Kero asked as he flew towards his mistress.

"A little. I am kinda scared that I will do something while they sleep, and I won't know about it until I wake up." Sakura admitted trembling slightly.

"Well, don't worry! I feel like I am a bad guardian! Oh, and speaking of guardians, don't you think that Yue should be here also? He does need to know about these things."

"NO! I don't want to hurt him too! If things get really bad, then you can tell him, but promise me you won't do anything right now!"

"OK, OK! I promise, geez! It was just a suggestion!"

"Goodnight, Kero."

"Night, Sakura-chan..."

Kero flew out of the room and into the hallway where everyone was standing, apparently listening to what Sakura and Kero were saying.

"So, should I tell Yue?" Spinner asked, appearing out of no where.

"No. You will respect Sakura's decisions. If she feels it not necessary to tell Yue, you will not tell Yue." Eriol stated. "However, as she said. If things get too bad, then you must. Touya should also be informed. He already knows about Yue, and Sakura, so it should be easy...I think."

"OK. I'll be in the library if you need me." Spinner left the room.

"Do you want me to sleep in Sakura's room? Just in case? Then if anything happens, I could just tell you." Tomoyo asked.

"Yes. You should. It would be easier that way. I was considering the stuffed animal, but he sleeps like a log." Syaoran said, eyeing Kero with "the look."

"Did you say something, kid?" Kero said as he sweatdropped and put up one fist.

"You heard me!"

"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP PLEASE?" Sakura yelled.

"*sigh* Stupid stuffed animal." Syaoran muttered.

"I MEAN IT!" Sakura yelled again.

~The Next Day~

"Well, I don't think I did anything wrong last night, so I guess I can sleep at my house tonight without a baby-sitter." Sakura said happily and jokingly.

"If that is what you want." Eriol said.

"Thank you so much, Eriol. You have helped me out so much, and I can't think of any way to repay you!" Sakura told Eriol in a grateful manner.

"Oh, I don't mind at all, Sakura. I don't think things would be the same if you weren't here, so I am more than happy to help you. All of you, actually."

The phone rang, and Eriol excused himself to answer it.

"Hello? AAAaaaaaakkk!" Eriol yelped. "Umm...yes...OK...would you like to talk to her? OK. Hold on a second. Sakura, it is your brother."

"*sweatdrop* I knew it! Hello? Yes, I am fine. No, he didn't try anything. No, he didn't make me stay here. No, I wasn't alone. No, I didn't sleep with him. WILL YOU JUST STOP?!?!?!"

*silence*

"Thank you. Now, I will go home soon, just stop being all in my business! I want some privacy! Oh, I am sorry, onii-chan! I didn't mean that! I have just been so weird lately, and I keep yelling at people, and...no...it isn't your fault. Well, I don't think I want to go straight home. I wanna walk for a while. To think. All right. See you later. Bye." Sakura hung up the phone, and sulked back to the couch, and bowed her head.

"I can't believe I did it again. I am gonna go now." Sakura said as she walked out of the room to the door.

"Just remember where we are if you need us, Sakura." Eriol said a little disappointed that she was going to leave and be vulnerable to...whatever it was.

~The Park~

Sakura walked down the clean path in the park. She looked around her as children played without any care in the world.

"I wish I could be so carefree. Those kids don't have to save the world, or have anything strange happen to them, but I do. I have to do things I sometimes don't want to do, and sometimes, it changes me. I don't know what to do anymore. I feel so helpless." Sakura sighed to herself.

"Helpless? I know just the thing. Why don't you come to my shop and I will give you a special drink for the helplessness feeling you have. It always works." An old woman came from behind a tree.

She wore a raspberry shawl over a long pink dress. Her fine, white hair was tied back into a tight bun, and had sparkling, cerulean eyes.

"Ummm...excuse me? What did you say?" Sakura asked hesitantly. 'What if she heard what I said? I mean everything! Why do I have to talk so loud!'

"I said, I know what can cure feeling helpless. I have felt helpless myself many times. So, are you coming or not?"

"I guess...but how do I know you aren't just one of those people who try to get people to go to their store and buy stuff and find out later that what the customer wanted was just a piece of shhh.........crap?"

"You don't know, and you won't. You will just have to trust me."

"OK. Then, show the way. I am kinda willing to try anything right now."

"All right. This way."