Unexpected
Sakura got into her bed. What an eventful day she had. She saved
somebody's life and made a new friend. Sakura glanced over at Kero who
was deep in thought. She smiled. That's Kero for you, always on the job.
"It's no use," he said, "The new magic has cloaked itself."
"Huh?" said Sakura.
"I better explain," said Kero, " Last night I sensed a new magical
presence. It's very powerful, maybe even more powerful than Clow Reed."
"Wow," said Sakura in astonishment.
"And that's not all," said Kero with a frown, " About an hour
after I sensed the first magical presence, I sensed another. An even more
powerful magic and very evil."
"What does this mean Kero?" asked Sakura in a worried voice.
"I wish I knew," he said, " For now we'll just have to wait and
see."
The next morning Sakura woke to the smell of fresh pancakes.
She glanced over at Kero who was still snoozing away. She quietly got out
of bed and dressed, she wanted to check on Jen before she went to school.
She made her way down the and saw Tori peek out of his room.
"You make pancakes?" he asked.
"No," said Sakura.
"Then that means," they chorused.
They ran down the stairs at light speed to see Jen standing
in front of a beautifully made breakfast. They stared down at her, their
jaws dropped to the floor.
"I wanted to thank you for taking me in," said Jen in a solemn
voice.
"You shouldn't have," said Sakura in disbelief.
"Ya really," said Tori, "Shouldn't you be resting?"
"Ya but I really wanted to thank you," said Jen blushing.
"Ah well, thanks for breakfast," said Tori with a smile.
Jen blushed.
Half way through breakfast Tori checked his watch.
"We've got ten minutes before we have to leave," he said.
"Okay," Sakura with a smile.
"And I want you to get some rest," Tori said to Jen, " If you're
up to it you can go to school with Sakura tomorrow."
"Really?" asked Jen her eyes wide.
"Course. You need to go school," said Tori with a smirk, " But
only if you get some rest."
"Alright," said Jen with a smile.
"Well, got to go," said Tori looking at his watch, " See you
tonight."
"K," said Jen.
With that Tori and Sakura headed off for school. As they went
down Cherry Blossom Road, Sakura remembered that Kero was still at home
and had no idea Jen was awake. She only hoped that he wouldn't get caught
until she got home.
Back at Sakura's house Jen was cleaning up the kitchen when Kero
floated down the stairs.
"Good morning," he said in a cheery voice, "Staying home from
school."
Kero had no idea that it was Jen washing dishes and not Sakura.
He frowned when she didn't respond. Jen was wearing headphones so she didn't
even hear him. He floated up behind her and tapped her shoulder. Jen removed
the headphones and turned around.
They both screamed in shock. Jen gritted her teeth grabbed Kero
with one hand and shoved him into an oven mitt. She took him out into the
living room and opened the mitt. Kero's head popped out, he tried to escape
but Jen's grip tighten on the mitt.
"Who are you?" she said.
"Uh…" trailed Kero.
"Come on! Answer me!" shouted Jen tightening her grip.
"Ok! OK!" shouted Kero. Jen loosened her grip and Kero flew out
of the mitt.
"My name's Kero," he said, " I protect Sakura, I'm like her guardian
angel."
"Why do I get the feeling you're not telling me everything?"
said Jen.
"Hehe…" said Kero. He began to back up. Jen lunged for him but
he raced out of her grip. Jen crashed to the floor. Kero released some
magic over Jen and she fell asleep. Kero looked her over. Some of her large
cuts had reopened and started to bleed again, Kero went for the first aid
kit. After he bandaged her up he carefully lifted her onto the couch by
her shirt. He lifted the blanket and covered her up. For a brief moment
his paw touched her skin and in doing so he got a shock. He was blinded
by a bright flash, he saw Jen running through the ruins of a city and a
black shadow shooting spikes chasing her. She tripped. Three spikes were
aimed right for her, she braced herself. The vision ended.
"What was that?" Kero said to himself.
At school Sakura couldn't concentrate on her school work, she
was too worried about Jen. Madison noticed but didn't say anything, instead
she just watched Sakura, her big blue eyes full of worry.
When the school bell rang Sakura ran for home like a shot. She
opened the front door and quietly took a peek into the living room. Jen
was fast asleep on the couch. Sakura breathed a sigh of relief.
Sakura made her way up the stairs and had barely turned to knob
when the door burst open and Kero pulled her inside slamming the door behind
them.
"Hey! What's the big idea!" shouted Sakura.
"Why didn't you tell me she was awake!?" shouted Kero.
"Huh? Why! What happened!" said Sakura freaked out.
Kero quickly explained what happened earlier.
"So now she knows!" screeched Sakura.
"No I don't think so. I put her to sleep as soon as she saw me,
so she'll just think it was a dream," Kero said trying to calm Sakura down.
"Ok, but from now on you've gotta make yourself scarce. Otherwise
she'll know for sure it wasn't a dream," said Sakura.
"Fine, but it's gonna be tough," said Kero.
"Good now lets go to sleep. I have to take Jen to school with
me tomorrow," said Sakura as she doused off to sleep.
Kero watched her slowly descend into sleep. He closed his eyes.
What was that thing he had seen and was it a threat to Sakura?