The Forgotten Magic: The Stars

Section One; Chapter One - Is Hui Missing?

Ring

Ring

"Come on! Pick up the phone Hui!" Sakura stood impatiently in her pajamas and bunny slippers with the phone up to her ear.

Touya walked into the kitchen, "Any luck squirt?"

Sakura hung up the phone and sat down in front of her breakfast, "Nope." She sighed, "Why isn't she home? I tried calling her yesterday"

Fujitaka called from the den, "No luck with Hui? Don't worry Sakura, I'm sure your friend is fine."

Sakura moved her food around her plate glumly; "I hope so."

Touya made a face at his food, "Don't worry about Hui, she can take care of herself." Touya remembered all the pain Hui had caused him in the past. Hui had been one of Sakura's good friends for the last month or so while Hui and he trained Sakura.

Since Touya, having Season Power, knew a lot about the stars, it was agreed between Hui and himself that they would take turn training Sakura. However, Syaoran got a little jealous, so they grudgingly took him on as well.

Fujitaka smiled and looked up from his paper, he walked into the kitchen.

"Do you really have to go on a Saturday Oto-san?" Sakura whined

"You know I have to Sakura"

Fujitaka set down his paper and walked out the front door with his keys in his pocket.

Touya waved him goodbye, "Bye!"

Touya walked back in to the kitchen, "Common Sakura! Hurry up! Let's get going!"

Sakura yawned, "Go where?"

"To find Hui! What did you think I meant?"

"But you said earlier-"

Touya interrupted her, "Forget what I said earlier, hurry up let's go!"

Sakura looked up at him and then looked down at her bunny slippers and pajamas, "Um, can I change first?"

Touya sighed, "Okay"

Sakura ran upstairs and changed out of her pajamas into some jeans and a tee shirt. She grabbed Kero, who was napping by the Sakura Cards.

Kero nearly jumped out of his skin, "ACK! Sakura!?! Don't scare me like that!"

"Common you lazy guardian! Let's get a move on! We have to go find Hui!" Sakura packed her small backpack, not knowing when they would be coming home.

"Ugh, nonot the sack." Kero groaned, "I hate the sack"

"Too bad!" Sakura threw Kero inside her backpack and ran downstairs.

"Mhmhmhm!" Kero called from inside the backpack.

"Shhh!" Sakura shushed him angrily, "Touya doesn't know you're coming"

"Mhmmmhmh?!"

"SHHHH!!!"

Sakura smiled innocently at Touya and ran outside. As they headed off towards Hui's apartment, they saw Syaoran doing the hokey pokey in the park.

"HOEEEEE!!!! SYAORAN?!?"

Syaoran turned around, "Ummmm.I'm not Syaoran.I'm his twin brother"

Sakura laughed as Syaoran blushed furiously. Touya crossed his eyes, "Hurry up Sakura!"

Syaoran dashed over to them, "Where are you two going?"

Sakura looked over at him, "Why do you want to know, BOB?"

"Ermabout thatcould you not mention that toanyone?"

"Sure thing BOB"

"MHMHMHMHM?!?"

Touya stared at Sakura's backpack; Sakura smiled nervously and hit the backpack with her fist.

Touya's eyes narrowed, "Are you coming with us?"

Syaoran shrugged, "I guess so"

And so, once again they started off towards Hui's apartment, now joined by Syaoran.

Finally they arrived at Hui's apartment. The door was unlocked; Touya was the first to enter. Syaoran followed in when Touya motioned that it was safe, Sakura was like Syaoran's shadow when entering the room.

"H-h-h-hello?" Sakura called softly

"MHMHMHMHMH!!!!!" Kero called from inside the bag, he pushed on the top and popped out, "THERE IS NO AIR IN THERE!!!"

Sakura winced as Touya stared at the little ball of..ofof Kero. Kero coughed up a dust ball, "Also, very dusty! Sakura, you need to start cleaning out your backpack!"

Touya's glare turned on Sakura, "You.him??"

Sakura shrugged innocently, "Um, how did Kero get in there? Heh heh heh"

Kero, shocked, turned to Sakura, "WHAT?! YOU GOT ME UP FROM MY NAP AND STUFFED ME IN-"

Sakura chuckled nervously and put a hand over Kero's mouth, "Heh heh, must be all those dust bunnies in there that got him like that"

Touya sighed, "Let's start looking."

"For what?" Syaoran pondered out loud.

"For anything that might give up clues as to where Hui is."

They looked around the bright, tidy apartment.

Kero looked from one side of the room to the other, "Oh, looks like no one is here, better go back home to nap!"

Everyone turned on him, "KERO!"

"Heh heh"

Syaoran and Sakura rummaged through Hui's few belongings in her closet while Kero raided the little food Hui had in the fridge.

Touya looked through her desk to see if anything was there that might reveal where Hui was.

"Hey, Kero, can you give us a hand?" Sakura called from the closet, "We're trying to find the CD I lent Hui!"

Kero, with a mouth fill of bread pudding, flew over to Syaoran and Sakura, "Yef?"

Syaoran cracked up with laughter when he caught a glimpse of Kero. Sakura smiled and crossed her eyes seeing the "stuffed animal" now "stuffed" with food.

"Wa? Id's dust breawd pudding!!"

Syaoran threw a bunch of magic books out of the closet, "Heywait a minute," He held something up.

"Wa? Wa dis it?" Kero strained to get a look.

Sakura grabbed it from Syaoran's hands, "A list? Ofpeople? "

Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, Touya was looking at the map of the world that Hui had. It had seven star stickers strategically placed on seven different landmasses. One on North American, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and one on Antarctica.

Touya fingered the stickers, Why Hui? Why did you have to go and ruin it like that? Why?

Sakura read off some of the names on the list, "Sunnie, Maien, Rae Who are all these people?"

Kero swallowed the last of his bread pudding and flew over to Sakura, "Look, seven different places are listed and there's at least one name per place!"

Syaoran stared at the list, "Hmmmm.I think it might have something to do with the stars."

Sakura looked puzzled, "Why?"

"Seven stars, seven places."

"It's probably just a coincidence."

Touya heard a little of their conversation, "Bring the list over here!"

Sakura, Syaoran, and Kero dashed over to Touya and handed him the list. Touya studied the map and the list and tried to compare them.

"Hey! Who are y'all?" A girl's voice called out.

They all looked over towards the door to see a girl. She had a strawberry blond pigtail and blue-violet eyes that glittered like small-darkened sapphires. The girl was wearing bright pink flared pants, a pink tee shirt, and a fishing hat.

Syaoran threw himself in front of Sakura, "What do you mean who are we? Who are you?"

The girl stared hard at them, "You must be burglars! Hui isn't home to have let you in!"

Sakura, panicked, shook her head, "No, no, no, were not burglars!"

Touya looked at the girl, "You know Hui?"

Hui's laughing voice drifted through the halls of the apartment building, "Really?!"

Hui and two boys walked in behind the girl. Hui's eyes widened, "Touya? Sakura? Syaoran, Kero?!?"

Sakura smiled, "See? She knows us!"

Hui sighed, "Sakura, was this Touya's idea?"

Sakura nodded her head, "All of it! I didn't want to break in to your house!"

Touya shrunk down about three feet, "We didn't break in, the door was left open!"

Hui laughed, "I must have forgotten to close it"

"DON'T DO THAT EVER AGAIN HUI" Touya placed Sakura in front of him, "SAKURA WAS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT YOU!"

Sakura stared bewilderedly into Hui's eyes, "Who are they?" She pointed at the two boys and blue-violet eyed girl.

The first boy was a brunette and about six feet tall with big blue eyes, the other was quite different. He had blond hair and was fairly short with aqua eyes.

Hui looked back at them, "Just some friends, I guess I'd better introduce everyone"

Hui motioned for the girl to come forward, "Common Sunnie."

The girl frowned, "Are you sure they aren't robbers? It looks like they went through for stuff"

"Sunnie! Be nice!"

The girl gave them a fake smile and trotted over to Hui.

"Sakura, Syaoran, Kero, Touya, meet Cardcaptor Sunnie Loren from Australia!"