Sakura-san: Loup, I have a message for you...*pulls Loup, Syaoran and Sakura into room*

Loup: What?

Sakura-san: You are pretty popular. Sakurakawaiicherry and Youko Duet both want to be your girlfriend

Loup: HURRAH!!!!!!!!!!!

Syaoran and Sakura: *sweatdrop*

Sakura-san: I was told to relay that message to you. Sakurakawaiicherry asked first, but I wanted to introduce you to all who want you!!!!!!

Loup: I feel so loved! *big smile*

Syaoran: Really...

Sakura-san: Don't we all wish we could have Syaoran? I want him...but Sakura got him. Lucky girl

Sakura: *sweatdrop and nervous laugh*

Syaoran: Oo

Loup: Hey....

~Chapter 7: Christmas Vacation- Part 1~

It was now December. School was now out for the Christmas break.

The Kinomotos were going to a ski resort, for Christmas.

"Why don't you invite Li-kun, and Loup-kun to come with us?" Fujitaka asked Sakura as they packed.

Sakura brightened. "They can come otu-san?!"

Fujitaka nodded warmly. "Of course. We'll be their family for Christmas Tsukishiro-kun and Touya are coming also."

Sakura filled with happiness as she ran to call Syaoran and Loup. At a mountain cabin...with Syaoran... Sakura blushed as her thoughts turned to some improper ideas.

Both Syaoran and Loup agreed to go.

It was a sunny afternoon when the Kinomotos, Yukito, and the Li 'twins'. arrived at the resort. Their cabin was back in the woods, by a lake.

Syaoran stared at it for awhile after they had gotten there. The dream coming back into his mind.

"Syaoran?" Sakura asked as she noticed his spaced out look.

He looked down at her. "It's nothing. Umm, Sakura, I want to show you something..."

"What?" Sakura asked in a sweet voice.

"I can't here, but I'll show you tonight, after everyone is asleep."

Sakura blushed. What could he want to show me????

Midnight...

It had taken awhile for everyone to get to sleep, especially Loup, so it was midnight before Syaoran and Sakura could get together outside.

Syaoran was barefoot on the ground.

"Aren't you'r feet cold?" Sakura asked with concern.

Syaoran shook his head. "Iie. Sakura, this is something that I could do, that I thought you'd like to see. And even though it isn't Christmas yet, I figured we could have a Christmas dance now..." Syaoran trailed off and walked to the edge of the lake.

Sakura watched intently as Syaoran put his foot on the surface of the water. It must be cold...

Syaoran muttered something that Sakura couldn't hear, and then stepped out onto the lake. [1].

Sakura gasped as he walked to the middle of it. Ontop of the water!

Syaoran raised a hand to the sky and began a low chant. Then, there were shooting stars in the sky.

Sakura was amazed. She wandered if she could do something like that with her magic. He looks so handsome in the light of the night...so different from before. So grown up, and just handsome....

Syaoran walked over to Sakura and led her out onto the lake. (after muttering something Sakura still couldn't hear)

"Sugoi..."Sakura breathed as she and Syaoran walked back out to the middle of the lake. The shooting stars lit up some of the darkness.

They stood there, watching the stars. Then, Syaoran took Sakura's hands and they began a dance. There was no music, but they moved to a song in their heads. They were lost in their own world. Unaware that they were being watched. Yue watched from behind the door into the cabin.

Loup had been sleeping peacefuly, no troubled dreams. Sleep that Loup rarely got. He didn't usualy sleep at all. This was an exception. At least until a presence woke him up.

Loup shot up in bed suddenly. And hit his head on the bottom of the bed above him. "Damn bunk beds...." he mumbled drowsly, rubbing his head. He climbed out of bed carefuly, just in case he would wake Syaoran. But then he figured forget it. Syaoran wasn't in there anyways.

Loup, Syaoran, Touya, and Yukito shared one room. It was a big room anyways, so it didn't matter.

Loup noticed Yukito wasn't in bed either.

"Why isn't he in bed?" Loup asked himself. Then he set about finding the source of the presence he sensed.

His searching, brought him to the front door, where Yue was.

Loup growled in his throat. Oh great...him! Why does it have to be Yue?! Geeze, I nearly killed the bastard... Loup snickered at that memory.

Yue turned around calmly. "So..." he began in a cold voice.

Loup glared at him. "What? Not happy to see me?"

Yue's expression didn't change at all. He didn't say anything.

"I guess not...Anyways, why are you here?" Loup asked in a cold voice of his own.

Yue still regarded him with that level stare. "It is not of your concern," he answered.

Loup went to the window, to see what it was Yue had been looking at. He was not happy to find out that Yue had been spying on Syaoran and Sakura. "Why are you spying on my ai- I mean, Syaoran?"

"Do you know nothing of balance?" Yue asked impatiently.

"I know plenty about it. Especially since I nearly killed you off. But the Lights wouldn't have it, because the balance would be screwed up. So they, sent Fleur to kill me, since she was the resident light for the mortal realm, this realm, and since I was the darkness at the time....and then everything happened....so I don't need to explain it," Loup snapped. He did not like disscussing his past either.

Yue just silently turned back to keeping an eye on Sakura and Syaoran.

"Answer another question for me," Loup began, "how did you get here?"

Yue sighed. It was in exasperation. "It is someone elses turn to keep watch now. So your question will be answered." Yue turned back into Yukito, who was unconcious.

"Well, that explains a lot. This guy, Tsukishiro is Yue. Hmpf," Loup sighed. He took Yukito back to his bed.

Loup made sure that no one else was spying on his aibou, and went back to bed.

Hinode watched from behind a tree. The two teenagers had gone off the lake, and back inside. She had taken a human form, and plan to infiltrate the cabin tomarrow. She had kept her hair the same, and her eyes. She had just gotten rid of her wings and changed clothes. She also held Kero in her hands.

"Hmmm...Loup is getting suspicious. I fhe suspects even more, then we won't be able to get anywhere near Syaoran," Hinode sighed.

"Both of them are just gaikis..." Kero growled.

"Kero..."

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[1]: In the manga, Syaoran could walk on water, and make to where others could also. Namely, Sakura. I can't remember which graphic novel it was in, but I know that it was the manga version of the Erase card. (my favorite! ^^) I have read it in the billingual version...

Sakura-san: There, that explained. I have been asked what the word 'aibou' means. I looked it up after reading it in a YGO fic, and decided that the word would be good for this. Anyways...I can't remember the exact meaning...gomenasai. I will look it up the next chance I get. It most likely won't be posted until Chapter 9. Gomenasai....

~ "Kokoro dewa, ima demo zutto te o tsunaideru."- Sakura from "Nishi Kaze no Kaerimichi." (I love that song!! I have use several quotes from it...) (trans: Be in good spirits, right? Now but always following along)