Syvonair: Konichiwa again minna-san! In this chap, the honoured guest will be…
Kero: ME!!!
Syvonair: Kero-chan? Why are you here? Where's Syaoran-kun?
Kero: Oh, the gaki (kid). He's asleep, *grins evilly and whispers to the readers* 'coz I forced him to…*Shows a mallet*
Syvonair: Ano… Kero-chan…
Kero: *hides mallet* Hai?
Syvonair: Well I suppose it's all right if you take Syaoran-kun's place. He must've been really sleepy.
Kero: Yeah, he was. He went out like a light when I saw him…
Syvonair: Oh well…so first of all I'd just like to thank the following people for reviewing my fic.
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Syvonair: So thanks all of you for your reviews and I hope you'll enjoy this next chap too.
Kero: Yeah, thanks! Anyways, I think Syv-chan should really cut the crap and start the story or minna-san will fall asleep.
Syvonair: Yeah, I guess you're right. So…
Kero: Hey! Don't forget the disclaimer!
Syvonair: Oh yeah, right.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own CCS!
Syvonair: So let's get to the story!
(Translation) ~only for uncommon words
'Thoughts'
"Talking"
Author note
In the last chapter: Slowly, at the center of what was supposedly a word, a dark energy ball was forming. It grew bigger every second and when it was already the size of the boy's head, it stopped growing. It looked to Sakura as if it was pulsing with a life of his own. Slowly, suddenly, the boy stopped chanting, aimed the tip of his sword at Sakura, and then the next thing Sakura knew was that the energy ball was heading for her. Coming closer and closer and then…
BOOM! A huge explosion occurred. Sakura closed her eyes tightly. After the sound of the explosion died, Sakura suddenly felt herself dropping. She was about to scream when she felt a strong pair of arms catch her. She opened her eyes to find Syaoran's amber orbs staring at her, concerned.
"Sakura, daijoubu desu ka (are you all right)?"
"H-hai, daijoubu," Sakura replied.
Syaoran was about to believe her when he saw her left arm with blood sliding down.
"Iie, Sakura. You're not fine!"
He slowly carried her and leaned her against a tree. He tore off a part of the shirt of his soccer uniform and wrapped it around Sakura's shoulder.
"Demo Syaoran-kun," Sakura protested, "What about your uniform? Your coach will get mad."
"I can always buy a new uniform," Syaoran replied calmly, "Now you wait here while I take care of that guy."
Syaoran got up and started walking towards the boy.
"Iie Syaoran! You're going to get hurt," Sakura shouted.
She tried to get up but fell back from exhaustion.
"Sakura, stay there and don't move. It'll only make you lose more blood. I'll be fine."
Syaoran looked back at her and smiled a smile he only uses around her. He turned his back to Sakura and started walking again. When he was around a meter away from the boy, he glared his infamous death glare and yanked the orb that was hanging around his neck. He quickly changed it into his sword, a sword with a straight blade and a hilt that was golden with an orb in the middle and some string tied at the end, and took his fighting stance.
The boy, who was grinning insanely, bent his knees and took the same fighting stance he had when he damaged Sakura's shoulder. Sakura saw this and became frightened.
"Syaoran-kun! Watch out! He used that form when he hit my shoulder!"
"So that's what you used to hurt Sakura."
The boy smirked, "I can do it to you too."
"Hmph! We'll just see about that."
With that said, Syaoran lunged at the boy, sword raised above his head. The boy laughed and ran towards Syaoran, sword ready to thrust him. When the boy was just a few feet away from Syaoran, he thrust the sword aiming for Syaoran's side. Fortunately, Syaoran saw this and moved back and brought out an ofuda and slams the flat side of his sword on it. "RAITEI SHOURAI (magical thunder)!" Yellow bolts of lightning came out of the paper and struck the boy. Or so Syaoran thought.
The boy had jumped out of the lightning's way and remained unharmed and unfazed.
"Is that all you can do," the boy mocked Syaoran, "I'll show you what real power is."
With that, the boy raised his sword and pointed it at the sky. Dark clouds started forming over the boy and thunder rocked the skies. Sakura suddenly felt very scared.
'This boy is something else. I've never fought anyone as strong as him. Syaoran-kun and I have faced many dangerous situations and we succeeded. I wonder if we'll be able to win against this one.'
As Sakura was thinking over the situation, she didn't hear the boy chanting. Syaoran did. He was watching this boy intently and he was able to see the boy slowly bring down his sword and point it at him.
He got ready to either block the attack or dodge it. What he didn't see was that the attack would come at him from above. Sakura saw it though.
"Syaoran-kun, watch out! Above you!"
Syaoran heard Sakura and looked up. Seeing the lightning bolt headed straight for him, he jumped out of the way.
"Syaoran-kun, another one!"
He jumped away just in time to avoid another attack. He looked up to see more lightning bolts ready to hit him. He jumped around, either dodging the lightning bolts or slashing it with his sword. Sakura was agitated. Every time a lightning bolt would come crashing down, she'd pray Syaoran wasn't under it.
Syaoran was tiring and fast. He had to think of a way to get at that boy and at the same time not get shocked by the lightning bolt.
'How can I get that gaki (kid)? What can I do?'
Suddenly, Syaoran thought of an idea. He started running towards the boy, dodging yellow bolts coming at him. He was getting closer to the boy and the lightning bolts were just narrowly missing him this time. A lightning bolt crashed downward. Syaoran jumped to the side just in time to avoid the full strength of the bolt. Unfortunately, his shoulder got shocked a little bit. He could still feel the jolts of electricity as he neared his opponent. The closer he got to the boy, the faster the bolts seemed to be coming down. Then, at the right moment, Syaoran ran to the boy's side and when the bolt was near enough, he rolled safely out of the way.
The boy got hit. Syaoran stood up and looked at his opponent. The boy was badly shocked since he received the full power of the bolt. Steam erupted from his clothes and they looked badly torn.
"You will pay for that!"
The boy glared at Syaoran, Syaoran just glared back.
"I'll get you next time. Be prepared!"
With that said, the boy vanished and the sky returned to its normal orange during a sunset.
Syaoran, glad that the fight was over, turned around to go back to Sakura when Sakura ran and hugged him knocking the wind out of his body.
"Syaoran-kun! I'm so glad you're okay. I thought you'd die out there," Sakura cried.
'Had she been worried about me? Could she lo… Iie, that's impossible. She can't possibly love me.'
Sakura saw Syaoran shaking his head when she asked, "Syaoran-kun? Daijoubu ka (are you all right)?"
"Huh? H-hai! Daijoubu."
"No you aren't! Look at your shoulder! You must be in pain! Come to my house and I'll treat you."
Sakura's voice stopped whatever protest Syaoran might've wanted to say.
"Fine," he replied a while later.
In Sakura's house, Syaoran was looking around making sure Touya, Sakura's overprotective older brother, and Kero, the annoying stuffed animal, weren't around. Syaoran and Touya happened to hate each other a whole lot and would have ended up fighting the moment they had eye contact. Kero and Syaoran on the other hand would have beaten each other up the moment they felt the other's presence. Sakura soon came back with a first aid kit and giggled when she saw Syaoran looking for Touya and Kero.
"Oniichan isn't home yet. He has a part-time job right now and won't be home till late. Kero-chan is in Tomoyo-chan's house right now."
Seeing Syaoran relax, Sakura giggled again and told him to sit down while she bandages his wound. Sakura opened the first aid kit and took out some ointment that she rubbed on the part that got hit by the lightning bolt and wrapped it securely with some bandage. The whole time she was working, Syaoran couldn't help but stare at the goddess before him. She looked so beautiful just sitting beside him wrapping his wound. When Sakura finished, she saw Syaoran staring at her.
"Syaoran-kun? Doshitano (what's wrong)? I'm not sure if that's how you spell it. ^^;;; Is there something on my face?"
Syaoran, realizing that he was being talked to, looked away blushing and replied, "I-iie, nothing's wrong."
"Are you sure? Well, do you want some tea," Sakura asked, still confused by Syaoran's actions.
"Iie, it's all right. I've got to go home now anyway."
Syaoran got up and walked to the door with Sakura following him.
"Okay. If that's what you want. Arigatou for saving me. Matashita (see you tomorrow)!"
Sakura walked him out the door and waved goodbye.
The next day at school,
"Sakura-chan! What happened to your shoulder?" Tomoyo was in a panic.
Sakura sweat dropped and replied, "Relax, Tomoyo-chan! Daijoubu!"
"Hontoni (really)?" Tomoyo asked.
"Honto (really)!" Sakura assured her.
"Iie! You're not fine, Sakura-chan!" A girl with long black hair tied in two with buns at the top and ruby red eyes shouted at her.
Sakura laughed nervously, "Honto (really), daijoubu!"
The girl, whose name is Li Meiling, Syaoran's cousin and a close friend of Sakura, wasn't convinced. Gomen! I forgot to put Meiling in the last chap so I decided to put her here. Kero: Yeah! She added another kozo (kid) to the story. But Meiling had little time to think about that for the Terada-sensei soon came in and told them to sit down. Their lessons started soon afterwards.
During lunch, Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Meiling and Eriol were sitting under a sakura tree when Tomoyo and Meiling started badgering Sakura till she told the full details of what happened to her shoulder. Sakura, nervous at having to tell them, started explaining what happened the day before with the redheaded boy. When she finished, Tomoyo had starry eyes.
"I get to make kawaii costumes for Sakura-chan and film her in them!"
Everyone sweat dropped.
"Hehehe, Tomoyo-chan…"
Sakura was amazed at her best friend. Tomoyo always managed to find a situation where she can make Sakura costumes.
Suddenly, Sakura felt a dark presence. Syaoran and Eriol felt it too. Sakura stood up and that's when she saw a flash of red by the side of the school. She ran for it almost sure it was the boy from yesterday.
"Sakura-chan!"
"Sakura!"
Sakura heard all of them shouting her name but she didn't stop. When she reached the place where she saw the flash of red, she looked around, alert for any signs of the boy. She walked around slowly looking behind trees or bushes in case he was hiding there. As she was looking behind one of the trees, she didn't notice someone jump down from a tree to land behind her.
"Looking for me, Card Mistress?"
Sakura whipped around and faced the redhead.
She was about to reach for her key hanging around her neck when the boy suddenly said, "Oh no, don't take out your key now. I'm not here to fight. I just wanted to tell you that you and the Little Wolf better go to Penguin Park after your school is over so we can finish our little match. Ta-ta… for now."
With that, the boy vanished leaving Sakura to think over what he said.
"Sakura!"
Syaoran was looking for Sakura by the side of the school when he saw her looking at the ground with a thoughtful expression.
"Sakura, we were looking all over for you. Why did you run off all of a sudden?"
Realizing she was being talked to, Sakura looked up at the expectant face of Syaoran.
"Oh, Syaoran-kun. Were you saying something?"
Syaoran sighed and replied, "Nandemunayo (nothing). I'm not sure if that's how it's spelled. I'm just relying on how I heard it. Never mind. Come on, minna-san is waiting for us."
"Hai."
On the way back to where the others were, Syaoran noticed Sakura had a distant expression, as if she was in another world.
"Ano… Sakura? What happened back there?"
Syaoran was curious as to why Sakura looked like that. Seeing as she won't answer, he stopped and started waving his hand in front of her face at the same time calling her name.
Sakura was too deep in thought to notice.
'Should we go? This guy might hurt us. I don't want Syaoran to get hurt. He might even die. And I can't let anyone get involved or they might be hurt too. What do I do?'
That's when she noticed Syaoran's concerned face.
"Syaoran-kun? Doshitano (what's wrong)?"
Syaoran sweat dropped and replied, "You're the one that wouldn't answer me when I called your name and you're the one asking me what's wrong?"
"Oops," was all Sakura could say.
Meanwhile, Eriol was trying to hold back Tomoyo and Meiling from going after Sakura. He was already using his magic to hold them in place. No one could see the magic ring around the two girls unless they had magic. It looked to others as if Eriol was just standing in front of the girls with his hands outstretched on either side of him, persuading the two not to go anywhere.
"Hiirigizawa-kun, let me go! I have to make sure Sakura-chan is all right," Tomoyo screamed at Eriol.
"Yeah, Hiirigizawa-kun. Let us go!"
Meiling was struggling to get out of Eriol's magic hold.
'I wish they'd hurry up. I can't hold this much longer.'
Just as Eriol thought that, they saw Sakura and Syaoran hurrying back. They relaxed and Eriol slumped to the ground exhausted from the power drain.
"What took you so long," Eriol demanded, too exhausted to act like his natural calm self.
He hasn't used magic since they caught the Void card and he returned to Tomoeda.
"Sakura was in a reverie and I had to get her out of it," Syaoran explained before complimenting Eriol on his ability to hold the girls in place without anyone else noticing, "Nice job."
"Yeah, arigatou," was Eriol's only reply.
On the other hand, Sakura was being bombarded with questions from Tomoyo and Meiling.
"Nothing happened. Honest!"
Sakura was just about to break down and tell them when the bell rang.
"Saved by the bell," Sakura muttered under her breath.
Unfortunately, Syaoran heard her.
During the rest of the day, Sakura was pretty spaced out. She didn't hear a thing any of the teachers were saying. Fortunately for her, none of her teachers noticed. Demo Syaoran, Tomoyo, Meiling and Eriol noticed. They noticed it a lot.
The school day passed pretty quickly, a bit too quickly for Sakura's liking. Everyone left the classroom and soon, only Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Eriol and Meiling were left inside.
Sakura slowly got up from her seat and started packing all her stuff. She was just about to leave when Tomoyo approached her.
"Sakura-chan? Daijoubu ka (are you all right)?" Tomoyo was worried for her best friend.
"Hmm? Hai, daijoubu." Sakura was oblivious to her best friend's concern.
"Are you sure," Meiling asked, "'Coz I can help you with whatever's bothering you, you know?"
"Hai, I'm sure."
"They're right, you know. We can help you with whatever's bothering you so just tell us," Eriol calmly stated.
"Iie, nothing's bothering me, you guys. Don't worry about it," Sakura assured them.
"Sakura, you're a bad liar, you know. We all know something's bothering you so just tell us," Syaoran added.
"Relax, nothing's bothering me! Let's just all go home, okay?"
Everyone was shocked. Sakura didn't usually act like this. She never actually shouted at her friends, especially if they were just being concerned for her.
'You guys… you all care so much about me that's why I can't tell you or you might get hurt.'
"I'm going now," Sakura quietly murmured.
She left them all shocked and concerned. Even with her outburst, they weren't actually mad at her. In fact, it made them worry about her even more. They all looked at each other, concern for Sakura evident on all their faces.
"I'm going after her," Syaoran stated in a voice that meant no one was going to argue.
"I'll come with you," the quiet voice of Eriol stopped all protests anyone might've wanted to say.
"We're coming too," Meiling and Tomoyo, both concerned for their friend, insisted.
Soon, the four of them were heading to the Penguin Park after Sakura. Fortunately for them, Sakura was too deep in thought to notice their auras, but they hid it anyway.
When they reached the park, they hid behind some bushes and watched carefully at what Sakura was going to do. Tomoyo brought out her camcorder from her bag and aimed it at Sakura. They watched her for a few minutes just standing in the middle of the park doing nothing at all, then Syaoran and Eriol felt a dark aura and the redheaded boy appeared. Syaoran was just about to stand up and run to Sakura when Eriol placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Matte, let's watch and see what's going to happen."
"Demo…"
Syaoran stared back at the redhead before sighing and sitting back down. Syaoran stared Sakura for a moment before glancing at the sun trying to decide what time it was. When he glanced back at Sakura, he noticed a yellow orange dot heading towards Sakura. He was puzzled at first to what it was before he noticed a pair of beady black eyes. Luckily, the yellow orange thing was going to pass by the bush they were hiding in. When the yellow orange thing was near enough, Syaoran grabbed it and covered its mouth. It bit Syaoran's hand and Syaoran was just about to yelp in pain when Meiling's hand covered his mouth.
"Shhh…"
"Kero-chan, what are you doing here," Tomoyo asked in a soft voice, her camcorder in her other hand still facing Sakura.
"I felt a strong dark aura and Sakura's aura so I thought she might be in trouble," the yellow orange thing known as Kero explained in the same soft tone, "What the hell is going on here?"
"Well," Eriol started explaining what's been happening ever since lunch.
"Uh-huh. So all we can do now is to watch Sakura," Kero said before turning to the scene displayed before them.
Sakura, on the other hand, glared at the boy, oblivious to what was going on in the bushes.
"Card Mistress, what are you doing here alone? Where is the Little Wolf?"
"Leave Syaoran-kun out of this! It's me you want so come and get me!"
Syaoran was shocked when he heard Sakura.
'That's why she didn't want to tell me!'
"Fine. Then here I come! I just wanted to tell you that once I'm done with you, I will go after the future Li Clan Leader!"
"That's if you get past me! I'll never let you hurt Syaoran-kun or any of my friends!"
Sakura pulled out her key and said the incantation to transform it into her star staff. She pulled out a card and flung it in front of her before slamming her staff on it. Ever since their first battle, she always brought her cards with her wherever she went.
"This time, I'm prepared for you! SWORD!"
Her star staff turned into a sword that looked almost like a fencing sword except it had a broader blade with a pointed tip and a jeweled hilt with wings on the side. She bent down into a fighting stance before charging at her opponent.
CLANG! Their swords collided and she jumped back before charging again. She attacked the boy and he blocked. She kept attacking him and he just kept blocking her attacks.
"Why don't you attack me," Sakura said through gritted teeth.
"Fine, if that's what you want."
The boy pushed Sakura back with his sword and charged at her, sword ready for a thrust. Sakura jumped backwards but was hit nonetheless. She had a wound in her side, not too deep fortunately.
Syaoran was about to run to Sakura and help her but Eriol held him back.
"Hiirigizawa, let go of me!"
"Iie, Sakura-san wanted to stop you from helping her so you wouldn't get hurt that's why she didn't tell you. It would hurt her more if she saw you get hurt than her."
"Yeah, he's right. It's better if you stay out of this, gaki (kid)," Kero chimed in.
Syaoran glared at the two people holding him back before sighing. They were right. He sat back down and watched worriedly at the scene in front.
Sakura glared at the boy and blocked his next attack. She kept blocking but each time the boy hit her, it became more powerful. She was slowly moving backwards even though she tried to stop herself. She jumped back and pulled out another card.
"DASH!"
She sped a few meters away from the boy before turning back and charging at him. She raised her sword above her head and brought it down.
The boy was quick though. He had seen through her attack and blocked it. Angered by this, she kept attacking the boy. But none of her hits were able to get through the boy's defense. Tired, Sakura jumped back to catch her breath. But the boy wasn't the least bit tired.
He charged at Sakura while she was resting. Luckily for Sakura, she saw him as he was charging at her. The Sword card and The Dash both transformed back into their card forms and she pulled out another card.
"SHIELD!"
A pink bubble encased Sakura just before the boy brought down his sword. The boy's sword just hit the shield. He smirked and jumped back.
Syaoran sighed in relief. He thought Sakura was going to get hurt for a moment there.
The Shield card turned back into its card form before returning to Sakura's hand. She pocketed it before pulling out The Sword again. Her star staff turned into a sword and she stood up.
"Let's have a sword match this time. No magic, just swords," the boy challenged her.
"Fine."
They both readied themselves and charged at each other. The sound of metal sounded throughout the park. Both of them glared at each other and jumped back before charging again. First, Sakura would attack and the redhead would block. Then the redhead would attack while Sakura would block. It was an even match at first but since Sakura hasn't used magic for a long time and because of the wound in her side, she was getting tired more easily. It looked as if the boy would win but Sakura wouldn't let him.
'I must beat this guy or else he'll hurt Syaoran-kun and the others!'
Memories of the days when she and Syaoran caught the Clow Cards, the Final Judgment, when Eriol helped her transform them into Sakura cards, when she caught The Void, when everything was peaceful and everyone was having fun, all the memories her friends and family…Sakura suddenly didn't want to give up. A pink glow could be seen around Sakura and it was growing stronger every second.
Tomoyo and Meiling didn't notice this change but Syaoran, Eriol and Kero did. The redheaded boy did too.
'This Card Mistress is something else. I thought she was a weakling at first but she has hidden powers. She's a lot stronger than I thought,' the redhead grimly thought.
Sakura, on the other hand, didn't even notice the drastic change in her power level.
"This is for all the people I love!"
Sakura screamed at the boy before bringing down her sword on the boy's shoulder. The boy was shocked. He never thought that Sakura would have gotten through his defenses.
He screamed in pain before shouting through gritted teeth, "This isn't the last you've seen of me! I'll be back!"
The boy vanished, much to Sakura's relief, and everyone else's. She looked at the place where the boy stood before collapsing to the ground unconscious.
"Sakura!"
Syaoran was the first to run to Sakura's side. Kero was right after him and the rest followed. Tomoyo had packed her camcorder as soon as the boy vanished and was crying as Syaoran checked Sakura's pulse. It was very weak.
"Syaoran, how is she," Meiling asked, afraid for the answer.
"She's lost a lot of blood and needs to get to the hospital as soon as possible."
Syaoran picked Sakura up and shouted to Eriol, "Take Daidouji-san and call up Kinomoto-san and Touya-san!"
"What'll I do, Syaoran," Meiling asked, wanting to be of service.
"Come with me to the hospital."
Before any of them could move, a guy who looked like an angel with long white hair and silver catlike eyes appeared. He wore a long white shirt accented with a blue orb in the middle and silver linings, and long white pants.
"I felt a dark presence here just a moment ago," the guy, known as Yue, Sakura's other guardian stated.
He quickly looked around the park as if it could tell him what happened. After a while, his eyes rested on Sakura's unconscious body. He nodded to Kero before transforming into his false form, Tsukishiro Yukito.
"Hey! Wait for me to hide first," Kero screamed startled before diving into the nearest hiding place that happened to be in Syaoran's pocket.
Yukito, a tall, lean boy with sandy brown hair and glasses, appeared where Yue stood just moments before. He looked around, puzzled as to where he was before he saw Sakura's unconscious form cradled in Syaoran's arms.
"What happened to her?"
Syaoran and the others didn't know what to say. They couldn't tell Yukito the truth since he's not supposed to know about their magic powers. They just looked at each other unsure of what to do. Yukito decided for them though.
"It's all right. You don't have to tell me what happened. It must have happened with the other me, right? Anyway, we have to get her to the hospital and quick. I'll go with Tomoyo In case you're wondering, he knew her name since she's Sakura's best friend after all. to call Touya and Kinomoto-san. You take her to the hospital as soon as possible," he instructed.
"Hai," Syaoran replied before hurrying in the direction of the hospital with Meiling in pursuit.
"Let's go," Yukito said to Tomoyo and Eriol once he was sure Syaoran and Meiling were on their way.
"Hai," was their only reply.
Syaoran was running with all his might, afraid of what might happen to Sakura if he didn't make it. Meiling was carefully watching him. She knew that Syaoran loved Sakura with all his might and she didn't care anymore. Sakura was a very good friend and she was worried for her sake too. Kero, still hiding in Syaoran's pocket, looked at his Mistress. He wasn't sure if she would make it but he had hope. He trusted that Sakura could handle anything. He knew she would handle this too.
On the other hand, Yukito, Tomoyo and Eriol were hurrying to the Kinomoto residence. They were all very anxious to reach the hospital and see if the others got there already but they had to make sure that Sakura's family was notified.
In hopes of releasing some of the tension, Yukito asked Eriol, "May I know who you are? I haven't heard about you from Sakura."
"Ore wa (I am) Hiirigizawa Eriol. Yorushikun (pleased to meet you) I'm not sure about the spelling. ^^;."
"Pleased to meet you too," Yukito said before looking ahead and signaling their approach to their destination, "We're almost there."
They saved their breath for the last few minutes of their journey. When they arrived at Sakura's house, they quickly rang the doorbell and anxiously waited for someone to answer. Suddenly, the door opened. A guy of around the same height and figure as Yukito was the one who opened the door. He had dark brown hair, the color of burnt umber, and eyes matching his hair.
"Touya, Sakura's in the hospital. We thought you might like to know," Yukito addressed the guy who is actually Sakura's older brother, Touya.
"Nani (what)? Doshite (why)? What happened to her," Touya questioned.
Seeing as he won't be answered, he said, "Matte, I'll go get 'tousan."
When Touya returned, he was accompanied by a tall man with glasses and hair of a darker shade than Sakura's. This man was Sakura's father, Kinomoto Fujitaka. Once he heard the news, he told the four teens to get in the car and he drove as quickly as he could to the hospital. When they got there, they asked the receptionist for Kinomoto Sakura. The receptionist consulted her list. While waiting for the receptionist, a girl of the same age as Yukito and Touya entered the room. She had long reddish brown hair and eyes of the same brown. She had a grim expression when she walked up to them. The girl was Akizuki Nakuru, the false form of Eriol's other guardian besides Spinel Sun, more commonly known as Suppi, a black catlike creature with knowledgeable eyes and a tiny pair of butterfly wings. She was also the classmate of Yukito and Touya. She nodded to Eriol just before the receptionist turned back to them, informing them that Sakura was in the operating room and they could wait by the seats just outside the room.
When they reached the place the receptionist was talking about, they saw Syaoran pacing in front of the seats and Meiling watching him. Unseen to their eyes, Kero was there too, hiding in Syaoran's pocket worried for his Mistress. Eriol went to Syaoran and put his hand on Syaoran's shoulder. Meiling noticed Eriol and looked around when she saw the others and ran to Tomoyo.
"Doshitano (what's wrong)? What happened," Tomoyo asked Meiling.
Meiling explained what happened as soon as they reached the hospital. Everyone but Syaoran listened carefully to what Meiling had to say.
"We told them Sakura-chan was badly injured and then they just took one look at Sakura-chan before taking her to the operating room and she's been there ever since. I'm not sure if she'll make it," Meiling cried.
"Daijoubu, Meiling-chan. Sakura-chan will survive for sure," Tomoyo assured her friend, at the same time assuring herself.
'Sakura-chan…'
Syvonair: So…what do you guys think? Long enough for all of you?
Kero: Why did I have to hide in the gaki's (kid's) pocket!? Why couldn't you have made me hide somewhere else!?
Syvonair: Oh, don't complain! It's my story not yours!
Kero: Well, you could have at least made me hide in Tomoyo-chan's pocket instead of with the gaki (kid)!
Syvonair: You know, if you're going to complain about it, I could just take you out of the story.
Kero: Fine! I won't complain anymore.
Syvonair: Good! I've been editing the chaps and I hope it worked. Please tell me if you have any more suggestions that could make this story better. If you do, please tell me so in your review. I hope that you're all satisfied with it so far. I'm trying my best! Don't forget to review before you leave. I'll appreciate it!