Friend or Foe (con't)

New key: I got a review that said I should change the key a little so here it is:

"talking"

thoughts

"*thought-speech*" (I dunno if there gonna be any though)

A/N: Hi minna! Special arigatou to everyone who reviewed!

Glarie:: arigatou sooooooooooooo much. Ur the greatest, girl!

Alexandra-chan:: don't worry it'll get even more exciting later! Arigatou!

Emma:: all right. I'll put S+S in soon I promise. Maybe next chap, k? Arigatou!

Rakko-chan:: ur cool man! Ur right, people don't die enough in fics. Arigatou for reviewing!

Lonely Tenshi:: Thanks for liking my story. I'll get Syaoran in soon. He has a sad role later

though. (T.T)

Rocke and roll:: Thanks for suggesting the key change. Microsoft has weird shortcuts for stuff.

Like, astrics with no space between means "bold this" and with a space means

"bullet this". It so confusing. I think I'll like italics better. The figure thing was

supposed to add a little mystery. I wasn't really planning to reveal myself until

later but I thought why not.

Little translation for ya! "Kinta" kinda means "linked friend". At birth a mental link is formed between to of us and we become Kintas. We know basically everything about each other. Just by looking you can't tell we are Kintas. We communicate in thought-speech through the link. The link can be broken (and has but that a different story) but it is very hard to cope with. Especially if you've been linked for a while.

I know I use a lot of Japanese in my fic so if you need me to translate stuff just ask in the review, k?

By majority demand I will spare Sakura's life for this chapter but I can still change that around as I go. I'm working the plot as I go. Ja ne! enjoy!

Disclaimer: OK. CLAMP can own the universe for all I care. All I want is to have a little fun. Aint my fault they can't do it on their own and they need geniuses like us to do it for them, right?

1 Ch.3 *Explanations*

Yukito slows, then stops at the usual meeting spot. He looks down the street expecting Touya and Sakura to be running late, as usual. Surprisingly, he sees Touya just now turning the corner…alone. Yukito keeps staring at the corner, expecting Sakura to come rushing around it, yelling at Touya. But she doesn't. Touya stops next to him

" Touya-chan," he asks, "where is Sakura-chan today? Is she late?"

" Iie. She's not going to school today."

" Nani?! What's wrong? Is she sick?"

" I don't know." Touya pauses, then looks around to see if anyone is nearby. Then he leans close and whispers to Yukito.

" Something happened to her yesterday. Someone dropped her off unconscious but s/he left before I answered the doorbell. She was covered in scratches."

" Did she say what happened?" Yukito asks, felling Yue's growing worry for his mistress.

" She hasn't woken up yet. Kero-chan's never left her. Otou-san says she should stay home today. He's calling the school to tell them."

There is a slight pause.

"Yue… wants to see her."

" Sure, but after school. We're already late."

" Right. Let's go."

~*~*~*~ Sakura's class ~*~*~*~

Tomoyo is sitting at her desk. Smiling slightly she glances at he clock as the bell begins to ring.

Sakura-chan's late…Again.

The hall door slides open and Kaho steps in.

"Good morning class. Please. take your seats."

As everybody sits, Kaho crosses the front of the classroom and stands behind the desk.

"I'm afraid I have a bit of sad news for you. Kinomoto Sakura will not be in school today. Kinomoto Fujitaka called in this morning and says she is sick. He has asked me to tell you that she should be fine by tomorrow. He knows you are all worried about her but would like it if not a lot of friends visit. She needs to rest."

Tomoyo, Chiharu, and the rest are staring with disbelief at Kaho.

Sakura-chan sick? She's hardly ever sick. I wonder what's wrong?, thinks Tomoyo.

"I have brought in a card that we can all sign for her. Now I need someone… Tomoyo-san? Can you go to Sakura-san's and give it to her for the class?" Tomoyo nods. "Arigatou."

Kaho hands the card to one of the students and everybody starts to sign the card.

(A/N: ok. I really don't like writing classroom and lunch scenes and I don't want this chapter to be incredibly long. So let's skip to after school shall we? Ja!)

~*~*~*~ After school ~*~*~*~

Tomoyo walks up to the door of Sakura's house and rings the doorbell. A few seconds later, the door opens with Sakura standing inside. Most of the smaller scratches have disappeared. The others were very small and would disappear in a couple of days.

"Ohayo, Tomoyo-chan!"

"Ohayo, Sakura-chan. Can I come in?"

"Hai. Come on in." turning over her shoulder, Sakura yells, "Kero- chan! It's all right! Tomoyo-chan is here."

Kero comes flying down the stairs.

"Sakura-chan, I'm hungry. Is there anything to eat?"

"Hai, Kero-chan." Replies Sakura, "There's some pudding in the fridge."

"PUDDING!!!!! You're the best Sakura-chan!" Kero calls while making a beeline flight for the fridge. (A/N: I long ago learned NEVER get between Kero and the fridge. But that's another story as well. "*Keetra keep your head in the right story will ya?*" "*yea I know Keelah. I'll try.*")

"I know." Replies Sakura with a smile. There's a sound from the kitchen as Kero searches through the fridge. (A/N: they have to hide the pudding from Touya or he'll eat it. Touya try to hide it from Kero too but Kero allwaz find it. ^_^). Sakura looks back at Tomoyo, who is sitting on the couch trying to suppress a giggle. Tomoyo looks up at Sakura.

"Sakura-chan? Why were you not at school today? Everyone missed you. They signed this card for you." Tomoyo reaches into her bookbag and pulls out the card, then gives it to Sakura. Sakura takes it and reads the card:

On front: We all decided to send a Band-Aide,

Instead of flowers and stuff.

Inside: (picture of someone wrapped like a mummy in Band-Aids)

What do you think?

Did we send enough?

GET WELL SOON!

All over the inside were signatures from Sakura's classmates. Someone (A/N: Probably Takashi) had drawn arrows from each person's name to one of the Band-Aids in the picture. (A/N: OK definitely Takashi. ^_-) seeing the picture reminds her of all the slashes and bites caused by the lizards. Tomoyo knows her friend well.

"You weren't really sick today, were you?"

Sakura slowly shakes her head. "Iie." Sakura tells her friend about the dreams, the silky voice, and the lizard attack. Kero, who had found his pudding hidden in a corner and had returned to the living room, slowed his eating to listen (A/N: O.M.G. The world is going to end! ^_-) . Sakura had told him some of this already but she was adding a lot more details now. Probably because before she had just woken up and Kero was pestering her. Sakura finished her tale at where she passes out. Then Kero chipped in his five cents about the door bell and Touya finding Sakura unconscious. Tomoyo looks up at Sakura.

"Sakura-chan? Do you know what this means?"

"Iie."

(+_+) "This means you'll be able to try on all the costumes I've made for you and I'll be able to videotape you in action again!"

(^_^);; "Hai… that's great Tomoyo-chan." (A/N: maybe I should explain this face because I made it up. Sakura has her hand behind her head and is sweat dropping. The earlier one is when Tomoyo get that starry look in her eyes.)

They are interrupted by the front door opening. Thinking that it is Fujitaka, Kero automatically goes into his "stuffed teddy bear" act. It is only Touya and Yukito, though. Touya looks into the living room.

" Well, Kaijou, I see you're finally awake."

(_ _+) "I'M NOT A KAIJOU!"

Smirking, Touya goes into the kitchen to get some snacks for himself and Yukito. Yukito turns and smiles down at Sakura.

" Genki desuka, Sakura-chan?" he asks.

"Daijobou." replies Sakura. (A/N: did I spell that right?)

Pause.

"Yue… wants to speak to you."

"Ok."

Wings sprout from behind Yukito's back and close around him. The magic circle appears beneath him. The wings part again and reveal Yue. Touya sticks his head back in the living room to see what's happening in there. He sees Yue.

"Well, there's a first. Yuki-chan leaves before the food arrives."

Yue replies, "My false form asks you to give him a 'rain check'."

Touya shrugs, "Sure. More for me." Touya walks back into the living room carrying a plate heaping full of cookies. Kero watches him, practically drooling. As Touya sits, Kero can't restrain himself and launches himself at the cookies.

"So, Kaijou," (Sakura: (_ _+)) "you going to let Yue and I in on what happened last night? Or should we start guessing?"

Sakura, once again, tells about her battle with the lizard minions and the silky voice they served. She also tells them about her dream. Everyone is silent for a few minutes.

"You should have called Kero and I.", Yue suddenly says.

"Yue! Jeez. She was in the middle of a battle. What I'm worried about is that I didn't sense a thing. Did you, Yue?" Yue shakes his head negative. "I thought so. That means this enemy is more powerful than anything we've faced before. Even that Hiragizawa-san kid. We should be trying to figure out who this guy is, not throwing blame around, right Sakura-chan??

Sakura had stopped listening a while ago. She recalled something that didn't make sense to her.

"Sakura-chan? HELLO?"

"Na- oh arigatou Kero-chan. I was thinking. How did I get home. I didn't walk. So someone must've brought me home. Touya-san? You sure you didn't see anyone when you answered the door?"

"Hai. I looked around but there was nobody there."

"But who would bring Sakura-chan home and not want us to know?", Kero wonders aloud.

"I dunno. But I think whoever it was saved my life. When I passed out, the lizards still had my and I could feel their anticipation."

"Maybe you released one of your cards? You did say you saw fire. Fiery is a very strong card. Maybe it broke the seal?"

"But Kero-chan, I didn't have enough energy to activate Fiery. It had to be someone else."

"Which brings us back to the original question. Who saves a person's life, brings her home but does not want us to know about it?"

Everybody is silent again for a little while. Sakura glances at the clock.

"Yikes! Otou-san is going to be home soon. Tomorrow is Saturday. We'll have all day to find out who our mystery person is and what he/she wants tomorrow."

At that, Yue changes back into Yukito and leaves after taking some cookies for the trip home. Tomoyo also leaves after promising Sakura that she'll drop by tomorrow to help out.

~*~*~*~ Meanwhile ~*~*~*~

"* Hissssssssssssssss. Again, card missstresss, you ruin my plansss. My trap for you today wasss botched sssimply becaussse you did not go to ssschool, today. But, I have all day tomorrow for that now don't I? Pleasssant dreamsss, card misssresss.*"

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Keetra:: hehe. Oh I love a mystery. This fic is turning out better than I thought it would. Arigatou it's taking me so long to write these chapters. I'm not a very fast typer and I'm kinda making this up as I go along. The only real story plot I had was for the beginning. I have some ideas for later though.

Syaoran makes a grand entrance in the next chapter! I'll try my best to make it S+S, k?

The live/ die count right now is at 4 to live and 1 for her to die (Rakko- chan u r cool.). I can still change that though. there's a part later that is soooo perfect to have Sakura die a horrible death (bwahahaha). Should I do it? Who knows. Maybe I'll totally ignore the votes this time. Hehehe I'd probably do that too.

R+R please if you want her to live (or if you don't please tell me? ^_^).

Ja ne minna!