Disclaimer: Card Captor Sakura belongs to the great CLAMP (and I don't deserve to own any of their masterpieces...).

Author's Note:

Whoa! It's been… what, almost a YEAR since I updated his fic! o_0; Gomenasaiiiiiiii!! ,_, I *really* don't have time! I got final tests, projects, and (obviously) holiday! Eh? o_0; Forget the last! Ahahahaha! ^0^;

Thanks for Milkyway Lynx who reviewed my last chapter n_n Anyway, on with the story! n_n; I hope I can organize myself better next time! Please R&R! Thanks! n_~*

P.S. Gomen, I put the wrong hint! n_n; It's supposed to be hospital, therapy, and doctor… Gomen for the mistake… -_-;

Japanese and Chinese Vocabulary:

*Betsuni = nothing.

*Kami-sama = 'kami' means 'God', so it's literally translated as 'God'/'Oh, God'.

*Minna = everybody (I suppose you all know already… -_-;).

*Ja = (usually pronounced as 'jya') see you.

*Nihon-jin, ka? = a Japanese?

*Konnichiwa, watashi wa Kinomoto Sakura! Yoroshiku! = good afternoon, I'm Kinomoto Sakura! Please to meet you!

Chapter 14

The Remedy

Onegai! Please let her live!

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"Ohayou gozaimasu!" Sakura greeted cheerfully.

"Ohayou, Sakura-san, you seem very happy today…" replied Eriol with, again, his usual smile.

"Hai! I feel so fresh today! And I dreamed about… Eh?" Sakura suddenly stopped.

"About what, Sakura-san?" Eriol asked.

"Ah! Betsuni! Really, it's nothing! Ahahahaha!" replied Sakura in panic with a large sweat drop on her forehead.

Hoe~! I can't tell Eriol-kun about me dreaming Shao Ran! thought Sakura with a blush.

"Sakura, are you sick? Your cheeks are red…" asked Eriol with concern (well, obviously he knows already… n_n;).

"Ah! N… No! A… Anyway! I… I… I go to my room first! Bye!"

With that, Sakura ran away with the typical anime clouds of smokes… -_-;

"But you just came down." replied Eriol calmly to the disappearing Sakura.

"Well, anyway…" he smiled mischievously and folded his arms.

"I wonder…" his eyes glinted evil glints.

"Wonder what, Eriol?" asked Suppi who came out from behind the sofa.

"… Something…"

"Of course we know you're wondering SOMETHING! But what, Eriol, WHAT?!" demanded the suddenly-popped-up Ruby Moon in Nakuru shape.

Eriol (like always… -_-;) looked at the guardian with his innocent smile.

"It's a secret."

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In a hospital…

An old man with glasses came running the hospital hall. He was sweating hard, and his expression showed worry and anxiety. He ran till the end of the hall and rushed in to a particular room.

"Doctor!" he called out.

The quite surprised doctor looked at him with a confused looks on his face, a cup of coffee in his left hand.

"Mr. Hasegawa, what can I do for you?" the doctor asked to the Japanese.

"Please, Ben-san! Nuriko! Is she going to be all right?!" he asked frantically.

The doctor paused.

"Huh…" Dr. Ben sighed and put his half-filled cup onto the table.

"Mr. Hasegawa, I thought I have told you before…" he began impatiently.

"To save your daughter's live, you need a miracle!" he finished hopelessly.

Hasegawa-san looked shocked and sad, tears formed in his eyes…

"I—I will do ANYTHING! EVERYHING, to keep Nuriko alive…!" he shouted desperately, his tears flowed uncontrollably.

Dr. Ben wore a sympathetic expression on his face and slowly moved to the pathetic father.

"Calm down, Sir," he patted Hasegawa-san's shoulder.

"Have faith, maybe there will be a miracle…" he cheered the poor man up.

"Nuriko… Nuriko…" he called out with trembling soft voice, both hands covering his face…

"Now, Sir, you should take a rest…" Dr. Ben said as he led the trembling man to the front door…

"Nuriko…" Hasegawa-san whispered shakily.

"Kami-sama… please… let her live…" 

And in a small, dark place, a card glowed dimly…

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"Atchoo!"

"Tomoyo-chan, are you sick?" Sakura asked worriedly.

"Well…"

Sakura put her palm onto Tomoyo's forehead.

"Hoe~! You got a fever!" exclaimed Sakura in panic.

"Don't worry, Sakura-chan, I'm okay…" Tomoyo assured though her face looked really pale.

"But—"

"Don't push yourself, Daidouji-san, you should go to the hospital!"

"E… Eriol-kun!" shouted the surprised Sakura.

"Eriol-kun, thank you, but it's okay…" Tomoyo said politely.

"Iie, I can take you there, it's not a problem for me…" said Eriol lightly.

"Well…"

"Tomoyo-chan! Eriol-kun's right! Don't push yourself! Let's just go to the hospital!" pleaded Sakura.

Tomoyo blinked at Sakura and looked at Eriol.

"Well?" Eriol asked, smiling innocently.

"Um… okay…" agreed Tomoyo…

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"Hoe~! It's so crowded here!" uttered Sakura in amazement as she looked around the hospital.

Sakura and the others were in the hospital. After taking Tomoyo to the receptionist to list her in the patients' list, they sat on the seats provided.

"Ah, Sakura, since it's so crowded in here, I think we should go out to give others the seats…" Eriol suddenly suggested.

"Can you accompany Tomoyo alone, Sakura?" asked Eriol.

"Un! Don't worry, minna! Just wait outside!" answered Sakura confidently as she looked at Shao Ran's and Mei Lin's worried looks.

"Well… ja…" said Shao Ran with a rather red face... n_n;

"Ja!" replied Sakura shortly.

After that, the others went out…

"Sakura-chan, sorry to bother you…" said Tomoyo.

"Tomoyo-chan! What are you talking about?! I don't mind it a bit!" Sakura replied cheerfully.

Tomoyo smiled a weak smile.

"Number 25!" suddenly the nurse called out.

"Ah, Tomoyo-chan! That's your number!" reminded Sakura.

Sakura and Tomoyo rose from their seats and went to the practice room, but as Sakura was about to step in…

"Ssorry…, but only the patient ca—n come in… You could wait out-side, little… ggirl!" said the nurse in poor Japanese.

Sakura, trying hard to catch what the nurse was trying to say, only nodded and went back to her seat.

Weird… Usually we can accompany the patient… thought Sakura.

Sakura threw herself to the seat, she can smell medical odors and see varieties of sick British people… But among them, she spotted a Japanese man sitting alone not far from her, his face looked tired and depressed…

Hoe? Nihon-jin, ka? Sakura felt the urge to talk to the man. And so she stood up, walked to the man, and sat beside him. The confused man looked at Sakura with curiosity.

"Konnichiwa, watashi wa Kinomoto Sakura! Yoroshiku!" greeted Sakura happily.

"Hi, little girl, my name is Hasegawa Takeshi… Yoroshiku…" he greeted back with a tender smile.

"Um… Hasegawa-san, you look as if you have a big problem…" Sakura started uneasily.

"Is there something wrong?" she finished.

Hasegawa-san, surprised by the little girl's naivety, smiled again.

"Well, Sakura-chan, I… have a girl your age… She's in the operating room now…" he started.

"… Nuriko was sick and dying… I… I can't do anything to help her…!" he continued with a shaky voice.

"Sh… she is a very cheerful girl and—"

Hasegawa-san didn't continue his line, his tears began to flow as he tied to calm down.

"Oh… I'm really sorry…" said Sakura sympathetically.

"Thank you, but—"

"HASEGAWA-SAN?!" suddenly a nurse approached.

"You should go to the operating room! Your daughter… she—"

Hasegawa-san dashed away before the nurse had a chance to finish her line…

"Ha—Hasegawa-san!" Sakura called out while chasing the old man.

"NURIKO!!" Hasegawa-san shouted desperately as he broke into the operating room.

"Mr.Hasegawa! Your daughter—"

"What happened to Nuriko?! NURIKO?!" he yelled like a mad man, his eyes wildly looking for his beloved daughter.

"Otousan!" a small girl voice replied.

"Nu… Nuriko?" Hasegawa-san stared in disbelief as he saw his healthy daughter smiling at him.

"But… how-"

"We told you to come here so we could tell you about this…" the doctor informed.

"Your daughter has remarkably recovered, it's as if she has never got the illness!" he exclaimed.

"Nuriko… Nuriko!" he said gratefully and hugged the little girl with tears of joy…

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Hoe~ Yokatta, ne? thought Sakura from behind the door.

Now, Hasegawa-san won't feel sad anymore!

But then, Sakura felt something familiar from the little girl… A shock hit her as she recognized it…

Masaka… It's… the sense of Clow Card?! But… if it's so, then that little girl…

Sakura looked worriedly at the smiling girl… with the Clow Card aura that engulfed her…

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Mwahahahaha! A cliffhanger! #^0^# Yeah! I'll make you curious! I'll left you wondering! I… ^0^; Ahem, forget it… -_-;

P.S. Next week: What's wrong with Nuriko?! Why did Sakura looked so worried? How about Eriol and his typical mischievous plans? n_n; Just wait the next chapter! n_n Meanwhile, please R&R! #^0^# Thanks!

Hint: Last chapter's hint, actually… -_-; prayer, birthday, and dream!

ATTENTION!

If you don't mind, please R&R my one-shot CCS fic called: 'Miraculous Christmas'! It's a good one for me, but lack of reviews! ,_, So, please! n_n; I'll really appreciate it! Arigatou! See you! n_~*

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