Ok, just to tell you that chapter four had nothing to do with this fic ok? It's just an extra (omake). In other words, a short little story that I just put in to make my readers happy. So, no, Syaoran didn't say 'I love you' to Sakura yet. Thanks for reviewing and enjoy this chapter.

()= Me talking

""= Character talking

''= Character thinking



Everlasting Story



Chapter 8. Sun and Moon



"5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." Sakura counted. "Ok, let's go, Yue!"

Yue nodded. They entered the village and looked around for Syaoran, Tomoyo, Eriol and Meiling..

"There!" Yue shouted and pointed at four figures in heavy brown cloaks huddled together walking quickly.

"Ok, try to act normal and pretend you don't see them, but try not to lose them either," Sakura instructed.

"I'll try!" Yue exclaimed happily and rode along.

As they rode, several people stared at them and some even begged for money.

"This town must be poor. People need money and probably can't afford horses," Sakura whispered with a touch of pity in her voice.

Yue agreed.

They rode on for another hour until they reached a grassy field with lots of trees. The four royals were hidden under a large tree. There were less people here and it was getting dark so most of the townspeople were finishing up their shopping or browsing. Syaoran waved them over and Sakura thought it was safe to go up to them.

"So, what's for dinner, I'm starved!" Sakura exclaimed tying her horse to the tree.

"Shhh!!!" came the four responses.

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, don't attract attention..."

Syaoran threw her one of the tents. "Set it up."

Sakura looked at the tent and then at Tomoyo and Meiling.

"We'll help Sakura," Tomoyo volunteered grabbing Meiling.

Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Do you always need to depend on people, Sakura?"

Sakura glared at him and said, "No! I can do it myself! Tomoyo and Meiling, you can rest."

They shrugged and sat back down.

She walked over and picked up the second tent and threw it at Syaoran. "Set it up."

Syaoran glared and stood up. He started building it with Sakura watching everything he did and following along. Sakura watched Syaoran and that was when she noticed how nice his body was. He had a nice muscular build but not so that he looked very macho and the way his bangs went into his amber eyes and the way he brushed them off looked rather appealing to Sakura. 'Sakura! Stop it!' she thought to herself. 'You're not supposed to be thinking like this! You're just on this journey together!' She shook her head in frustration. 'What is he doing to me?'

Soon, both tents were built and Yue had made a fire.

"See!" Sakura laughed pointing at her tent. "I did it!"

"Cheater! You copied me!" Syaoran exclaimed, pointing at his chest.

"Guys, stop fighting," Eriol said. "Get some rest. It'll be a long day tomorrow."

Syaoran and Sakura sat down and Syaoran threw everyone a piece of bread.

"It's all you're getting," Syaoran said biting into his own piece.

No one argued.

Soon, they were finished their meals and the fire was put out. The boys went into one tent and the girls went in another. They took a thin comforter and lay down. They were too tired to talk. A minute later, everyone was sound asleep.





Sakura woke up in the middle of the night. Something wasn't right. She shivered.

'What is it?!' Sakura thought. 'What's wrong with me? What's wrong out here? What's wrong?'

"Sakura?"

She saw the figure of Tomoyo raise up slowly and sleepily in the dark tent.

"Are you all right, Sakura?" Tomoyo asked.

Sakura nodded. "I'm fine. Go back to sleep."

Tomoyo hesitated but then went back down.

"I'm going for a walk," Sakura muttered getting up. She walked around the trees looking at everything in the dim moonlight. She sighed and looked at the boy's tent. It seemed like they had quite a big fight about space last night. She giggled at the thought. She breathed in the fresh air and exhaled. She was rather enjoying her stay here. She hoped that her family was doing ok. What she would give to see them again. Sakura's head shot up as she heard a shuffling of the leaves just a few feet ahead of her.

Sakura's voice caught in her throat at what she saw.

A silver wolf with gleaming silver eyes, sharp white fangs with blood dripping over, was standing there looking ready to pounce. It must've just eaten its dinner.

Sakura backed up slowly but the wolf would have none of that. With a cry, the wolf jumped. Sakura screamed and ducked. She watched the wolf slide in her spot and turn around looking angrier than ever.

"Sakura!" she heard from behind her.

Sakura whizzed around and saw Yue coming up beside her.

"Yue!!!" she screamed as the wolf tried to jump on him.

He easily dodged it and got a stick to defend himself.

The wolf ignored him and turned to Sakura who whimpered and backed down.

Yue ran over to her and Sakura watched in amazement as he glowed white. Still, glowing, Yue seemed to have wings sprout from his back and when the white light faded off, Sakura could see a different person. It wasn't the shy, boyish Yue but a bold, brave, Yue. His wings were huge and were stretched over his body. His hair grew to his mid-back and he was wearing strange foreign robes. Sakura also noticed that he was bare feet. There was a gleam of silver in his eyes instead of the usual grey or white. His wings unfolded and he flew to Sakura, grabbed her and flew away all in one moment. It was so fast that Sakura didn't notice Yue turned his hand and faced his palm towards the wolf. Little crystals shot out from his hand and attacked the wolf. He lay her down while the wolf ran away.

Sakura opened her closed eyes and looked at Yue. He had a cold expression on his face and one hand was on his waist.

"Y-Yue?" Sakura said, timidly.

"What," Yue said plainly.

"Ano..." she said. "Thanks for saving me..."

She watched as Yue looked back up to the moon without saying a word. All at once, there was a bright white glow and the normal Yue with short hair and normal clothes fell down, unconscious.

"Yue is the moon guardian..." Syaoran whispered.

Sakura looked around and saw Syaoran, Eriol, Tomoyo, and Meiling looking at the sleeping figure of Yue.

"He's destined to protect the Mistress of Clow," Eriol explained softly.

"The legend...?" Tomoyo said quietly. "What about it? 'The sun guardian will arise before the five legendary heroes by the first rays of sunlight.'"

"Cerberus?" Meiling called into the silent morning air.

Sunlight shone through the trees and they all gasped as they saw an unconscious young man about 21 with long blond hair who was lying on a pile of crimson leaves. Seeping out of his side was a blood coming from a nasty gash.

Sakura ran over to the stranger and began tending to his wounds.

"It must've been the wolf," she said ripping off a piece of cloth from her shirt. She brought it to the wound and gave pressure.

"He can't die," Syaoran said, picking up Yue. "Eriol, get some water and Tomoyo and Meiling, try to find some herbs. I'll take care of Yue."

They nodded and set out to do their tasks.





"Ungh... W-where am I?" Kero said trying to get up but his side was aching with pain.

"You're awake?!" Sakura turned around. "Oh, don't try to get up. You'll hurt your wound."

"Huh? Who are you?" Kero asked looking around.

"I am Kinomoto Sakura!" she exclaimed. "You can call me, Sakura!"

Kero nodded. "You may call me Kero."

"K-Kero...?" Sakura asked afraid of his answer, her hopes fading fast.

"Mmhmm..." he murmured closing his eyes.

"Oh... I-I'll go get some water," Sakura said getting up. This couldn't be the sun guardian then. His name was Kero, not Cerberus.

"Oh, Sakura?" Kero called after her.

"Hai?"

"My real name is Cerberus. I just like the name Kero better."

Sakura squealed in delight and ran to go get the water while Kero looked at her confused.

"Kero is awake!" she called to Syaoran who was speaking softly to Yue.

They looked up surprised. "Good, but... Kero?" Syaoran said walking swiftly to the tents.

"Yup! Demo, Cerberus is his real name he says."

"That's great. He's doing well right?"

"Hai!"

"Yue doesn't remember."

"Huh? Yue doesn't remember what?" Sakura asked in confusion.

"He doesn't remember being the moon guardian but he recalls always having dreams about a mysterious man that looked like the moon guardian. He says he's always feeling another presence inside of him, to guide him and give him advice," Syaoran said reaching the tent Kero was in.

Sakura didn't answer. She wondered if it was the same for Kero.

"Hi, I'm Li Syaoran," Syaoran introduced. "Call me, Syaoran. It's nice to meet you."

"Hi. I've heard about you, but I forgot where," Kero said smiling. "Demo, I know you're very famous and high class. And I'm Cerberus. Call me Kero."

"Great! Say Kero have you heard about the sun guardian before?" Syaoran asked cautiously.

As soon as Syaoran said that, Kero's eyes turned angry and his mouth twisted in a terrible scowl.

"What do you wanna know about that?" he hissed angrily.

Sakura backed up and Syaoran took a step forward. "You don't have to be so rude about it! We're just asking a simple question! Can you tell us or not?"

Kero froze and softened up. "I-I'm sorry... I know the answer. I am the sun guardian."

"So what's wrong then Kero?" Sakura asked.

Kero looked uncertain about pouring out his feelings but he soon trusted these two and knew they'd understand.

"When I was young, whenever I got very angry, I would transform into a huge beast. Everybody would get scared and run away from me, and I would soon have no friends. I was forbidden to go into schools and markets and was abandoned by my family. I had no place to live until one day someone took me in. It was a sweet beautiful girl around my age named Kasumi (a/n: Hmmm... The Kasumi from DOA I guess...) who gave me food and a place to live. We became great friends and soon, fell in love with each other. I was filled with happiness, spending my days with her, becoming happier than ever. I never transformed when I was around her and I believed that my other form was gone. We decided to get married one day. Next Sunday was our wedding day... But... she died. I found her here in this forest. She... she... was gone already. The wolf was there, sitting beside her, ready to place it's fangs into her again when it turned to me. I didn't fight back. I couldn't... I couldn't live without her again and let the wolf get me. Damn that wolf! It-it would've taken another life away!" Kero looked at Sakura who made him burst into tears. "I hate it! I hate that wolf, damn it!!!! Why her..."

Kero closed his eyes still sobbing over the loss of his young love. He lay back down and fell asleep, his tears staining his cheeks.

Syaoran looked over at Sakura. She had both of her hands over her mouth and tears were streaming from her eyes.

"T-that's so sad..." Sakura whispered still staring at Kero. "He wouldn't live without her..."

Syaoran embraced Sakura, tears threatening to come out from his own eyes. "I understand."





As Syaoran explained everything to Yue, Meiling, Tomoyo, and Eriol, Sakura talked cheerfully to Kero.

"Kero! Would you like to come with us on our journey to The One?" she asked him.

Kero smiled brightly. "Sure, Sakura! It'll be so fun going with you guys!"

"Yeah! We're trying to find The One!"

"So, you're the Mistress of Clow?" Kero asked.

"Yea, how do you know?"

"Rumours," Kero answered.

Sakura chatted about her life back home while Kero listened intently until the other group came up to them. Tomoyo and Meiling's eyes were sad but they soon covered it with a huge grin.

"All right! One step closer to finding The One!" everybody shouted, simultaneously.







Wai! Finished another (in my opinion) great chappy of Everlasting Story! Please review and thanks again to everybody who did last chapter.

-Ryuuen Star*-