MM: What's up? Anyway, we have a surprise guest in this chapter. And iie, it's not Emerald, Sakura, Tomoyo, Eriol, Syaoran, Touya, Yukito, Nakuru, or Suppi-chan!! And again, gomen nasai. My comp's still down so I can't email you readers on when I update.

Ruby Moon: Ano…MM, Yue wants to know if he'll be in this chapter… *looks over at Yue, who's praying to the heavens he'll be in this chapter*

MM: Gomen nasai, demo, iie, Yue won't be in this chapter…

Ruby Moon: *looks over at Yue who's now unconscious on the floor* Ano…MM…

MM: …demo, I promise to put him in the next chapter!! Huh? *sees Ruby Moon on her knees* What's wrong, Ruby Moon?

Ruby Moon ………

MM: Ruby Moon? *walks over and gasps* YUE!! What happened?!?!

Ruby Moon: *drops to the floor anime-style* Oh, come on MM!! You should know!!

MM: *thinks for a moment then has a shocked expression appear on her face* Do you mean that I made him faint after I stated that he wasn't going to be in this chapter?!?!

Ruby Moon: Well, what do you think? OF COURSE!!

MM: Oh my!! *bends down next to Yue who's coming to*

Ruby Moon: *sighs* On with the fic.

P.S.- Touya and Yukito are 23 years old in this fic!!

*Stress/Emphasizing*

-Thoughts-

"Speaking"

Unbeknownst to them, Kero acted as a stuffed animal but let out a sign of life at Emerald's predictions about Sakura. -Oh bloody hell!! Does this Emerald Star know who Yue and I are?!?! Does she also know about the Sakura/Star Cards?!?! I better go see Syaoran about this!!- Kero was about to fly off when he read that last thought over again. -Oh shit!! Did I just call that Gaki by his given name?!?! Kuso!! That isn't good!!- Once all three girls left the room he zoomed out the window and headed to Eriol's mansion.

Meanwhile at the Hiiragizawa Mansion…

"Ok, so what? She can't be that dangerous." Syaoran insisted.

"Oh really? Didn't she threaten to kill whoever told someone about her?" Eriol countered.

Ever since school ended and they came straight to the mansion, Syaoran and Eriol had been talking/arguing about one person – Emerald Star. But Syaoran that they were getting nowhere when they both started to 'outdo' the other. With a sigh he turned away from the half reincarnation and walked towards the window. Silence soon wafted in, and all were quiet. Then the door opened quietly, in poked Nakuru's head, Suppi-chan on top of her reddish-brown hair.

"Ano…Master…you have a 'visitor', you could say." Nakuru directed towards Eriol whom had turned his head to the door.

"Who is it? If they've nothing of importance to me, dismiss them." Eriol answered as he turned back to Syaoran.

"What do you mean 'nothing of importance to me'?!?! This *is* important!!" A high-pitched voice cried out.

"Oh iie, Syaoran groaned. "Doushite? Why is he here?" he groaned as he leaned forward and started to bang his forehead against the glass pane of the window.

"What's wrong?" Eriol questioned as Kero flew up to his face.

"That Star Emerald!! She's creepy!! She somehow knows – " Kero shouted.

"Cerberus, calm down!!" Eriol suggested to the hyperactive bear-like stuffed animal.

" – about Yue and I and the Sakura/Star Cards!!" Kero continued as Eriol stiffened. Syaoran stopped banging his forehead against the window and turns toward Kero. "NANI?!?!" he hollers. "WHAT'D YOU SAY STUFFED ANIMAL?!?!

"Hey Gaki you don't have to scream!! Sheesh!! And I'm NOT a stuffed animal!!" Kero replies as he turns to face Syaoran.

"Master!? Oh iie!!" Nakuru screams.

"What's wrong? There's no reason for you to – " Kero cuts as he turns to face a worried Nakuru kneeling next to the what she calls the Throne of Evil. In this Throne of Evil sits an unconscious Eriol.

"Uh-oh…I guess this wasn't the time to tell him my 'good' news…" Kero starts to explain as he watches Nakuru lift up her unconscious creator into her arms. He sees a now more worried expression on her face as she looks at Eriol's pale face before she asks Suppi-chan to go ahead of her and open Eriol's bedroom door for her. "If you wish to follow that's fine. I really don't care." There was a tone of hostility and worry in her voice as she said the sentence. Kero and Syaoran hesitated for a second, and then followed Nakuru out of the room.

Back at Sakura's house, in Kinomoto Touya's room…

"Hmm…there's something about that Star Emerald I don't like." Touya murmured to himself as he and Yukito worked on their history project.

Yukito heard Touya murmur and asked, "What's wrong, To-ya?"

Touya looked up and saw the concerned look on Yukito's face. "It's nothing, Yuki…nothing at all…" he replied hastily as he tried to distract himself with the project. But Touya knew that Yukito hadn't fallen for it.

"Does it have to do with Sakura's new friend?"

At this Touya stiffened. He put down his utensils and turned to face the snow bunny. (I would've put 'the Moon snow bunny', but thought better of it, 'cause some of you readers may have gotten confused. *Tsuki=Moon* See?? Most readers don't know that…) Touya sighed. "Hai, it does." "Well what's the problem?" Yukito asked.

"Well…ever since my powers came back, I've been able to sense other 'types' of magic, and Emerald…" Touya trailed off.

"Yeah? Go on." Yukito urged.

"Well…she has magic, and it's strong, demo, I fear that her magic may be stronger than Sakura's." Touya pointed out.

Not it was not Yukito, but Yue's turn to stiffen, though he was asleep. Immediately Yukito felt it and could tell that Yue was wide-awake, and the expression on his face wasn't good. If he didn't warn Touya, Yue's temper would blow. "Ano…To-ya..."

"I talked to her by telepathy when Sakura introduced her to us today. Surprisingly, she was able to send back a response." Touya continued, now talking to himself.

"To-ya…onegai…drop the subject…you're making Yue's temper rise…" the snow bunny warned.

"Huh? Nani?" Touya asked, now talking to Yukito. After awhile he replied, "Oh, it's nothing. We should get back to our project." "Right," Touya said. "We should."

As both boys concentrated on the problem at hand, Yue stayed awake and thought on what Touya had said.

" 'Well…she has magic, and it's strong, demo, I fear that her magic may be stronger than Sakura's.' "

The Judge of The Sakura thought on that same line over and over again.

Earlier that day he saw (through his false form's eyes) Emerald looking at him. -No,- he thought. -She's looking at Yukito, not me.- Then he looked more closely and saw that she *was* looking at him, not Yukito. And yet she made it so clear as to have him, Yue, the Judge and Protector of the Cards of Sakura see the hurt still in her eyes from that night. -I'll talk to Cerberus about this tonight.- he finally decided as he fell asleep.

In Hiiragizawa Eriol's room…

"Next time, warn me about what 'type' of news you have for me *before* you tell me, Cerberus." Eriol insisted as he sat up in bed, Suppi-chan on his shoulder, and Nakuru sitting next to him. Kero was floating in front of Eriol, while Syaoran stood near the window.

"Ok, ok, sheesh. Gomen nasai. I didn't think you'd faint from news like that…" Kero whined.

"Well you should think before you act." Syaoran stated.

Kero's head snapped to the little wolf. "What do you mean by that?!?!"

Syaoran didn't answer. Kero sighed and floated down to the bed sheets. Soon silence took over the room. After awhile Nakuru excused herself and went downstairs to get dinner ready.

Suddenly, a light apple green glow came from one of the books on Eriol's shelf. Suppi-chan was the first to notice and flew over. Kero, who was curious, followed suit.

"Hey, Suppi-chan, what're you looking at?" Kero questioned as he flew next to Suppi-chan. The dark blue (or black) panther-like stuffed animal held a book identical to The Sakura, except it was black and had a light apple green star on the cover.

"Turn it over," Kero commanded.

"Doushite?" Suppi-chan snapped.

"So we can see what the back cover looks like." Kero pointed out.

Suppi-chan shook his head disapprovingly but did as Kero complied. But what met both Sun guardians on the back cover made them go into shock.

It's time for MM's A/N's!!

MM: Ah ha!! I left everyone on a cliffhanger!! I'm eeeeeeeeeeevil!! Hee hee!!

Ruby Moon: Yay!! I was in it!! And come to think of it, you were always evil, MM.

Yue: You said I wasn't going to be in this chapter!!

MM: I…ano…was wrong?

Yue: MM…I am warning you and advising you at the same time to run like you've never run before…run like hell…VERY FAST… *a dagger with a jagged- edge blade appears in his hand, along with an evil glint in Yue's eyes*

MM: Uh-oh… *looks over at now Evil Yue* R+R as always, ja ne!! *runs away like hell as fast as she can as Evil Yue starts to chase her, dagger in the air*