I'm back. And due to the obvious serious tone in this story so far, I've decided to lighten the story, if not just a little bit. So here is Chapter 8, with a lighter tone in it's Beat. Read And Review! Also, I'd like to thank all the people who have stuck with me and been kind enough to tell me what they thought through every chapter. And since I can't exactly name all of you without taking away a substantial space from this story, I'd Just like To say. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!! okay....since I got that out of my system, let's start shall we? Read and Review.

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Chapter 8: Chi Sao, Matchmaker Kitty.

Two months had gone by. The Decision was still weighing heavily on Sakura's mind. Syaoran strolled in the wide park with a look of practiced inscrutability on as he watched as Sakura sit in the sun-washed bench on the far corner of the playground with a faraway look of concentrated contemplation on her lovely features. Koryu, The Celestial Guardian was walking with him. In two months the two men, each with power and strength (not to mention very good looks) had found companionship in one another. To Syaoran it was more like finding a long lost best friend. Koryu looked at his auburn haired companion, brushing a stubborn lock of his own dark hair away from his face. In the two months that he had been there, both Tomoyo and Meiling had begged, bribed and threatened him to get his ear pierced, promising an all manner of pain and suffering if he didn't. So reluctantly, with no one there to defend him, and not wishing to bestow a horrible curse on them, he went along with it, getting a small round earring on his right ear. And much to the guardian's surprise, he found himself taking a liking to it and two weeks later had gotten a second piercing on the same ear right next to his first one. So now here he stood, looking like a real bad boy standing there with two earrings on his right ear and a wicked grin on his face. Syaoran gave a small wistful sigh and said. "She won't tell me what's wrong..."

Koryu smiled and placed a hand on his friend's shoulder. "She just needs time."

Syaoran agreed. But that still didn't explain why Meiling and Sakura had become so close in such a short period of time. When Tomoyo wasn't there, Sakura would go to Meiling for her opinion if they were going shopping. If the Amethyst eyed girl was there, she would go to Meiling as a second opinion. Not that Syaoran wasn't happy for this newfound friendship that was born between all three girls, it just felt....awkward seeing Meiling smile and laugh with Sakura.

Had you told him three months ago that Meiling, Tomoyo, and Sakura would have formed a buddy, buddy relationship, he'd have asked if you have some serious injury to the head recently. Another voice entered his reverie. "You should relax, descendant, too much thinking is bad for you." both men turned around to see Eriol standing right behind them carrying Chi Sao. "Eriol-san" Koryu said pleasantly. "How nice of you to join us."

Eriol nodded to Koryu and turned his all knowing eyes on Syaoran, then looked at what the ocher-eyed man was looking at and sighed. "Descendant, you know how much I respect you---" Syaoran snorted. "---but worrying about her like that won't solve anything. You know her, she'll put on a brave face and say nothing's wrong when she sees you looking at her with those worried eye, Syaoran let her think this through."

"What am I supposed to do while she's thinking? Sit here and hope she doesn't kill herself over this decision?" Sayaoran asked angrily.

Koryu closed his eyes. "I'm sorry for burdening her with the knowledge of the Decision, Syaoran."

"You shouldn't have told her then." Syaoran snarled.

"What should he have done then, Syaoran?" Meiling's cold voice pierced through his ranting. "Wait until Sakura was at the Decision before telling her what it actually was? It would have torn her apart, finding out at the last minute. What do you think she would do if Koryu waited? She wouldn't be able to choose, she's have done something drastic, like what Misharu had done, maybe not kill herself, but she'd do something just as bad, like try to destroy the Miracle Cards or something."

"No." Koryu said. Everyone turned to look at him. "The only way to destroy the Miracle Cards is by destroying their Celestial Master. But since the Celestial Master hasn't been chosen yet, you can't destroy them. The Celestial Master lives forever you see, if Sakura does accept, then on her 21st birthday, she'll stop growing older."

There was a loud gasp, and all eyes turned to look at a very wide eyed Tomoyo. "You....you mean, that Sakura will have to watch everyone she loves grow old and die while she lives on?" Tomoyo's big amethyst eyes filled with tears.

There was a profound silence among the group, before an ear-splitting yowl, coming from the bundle of black fur nestled in Eriol's arms broke the stillness. "C'mon guys, lets go home! Chi Sao wants cream." Fa Ling called from her position on the swings. "Coming!" all the teens, including Sakura chorused.

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Chi Sao was not a happy little kitty. She was contemplating weather or not to bite off Mr. Li Syaoran's hands or not. Not that he was being annoying or mean hearted, he was actually very kind to her, and she was very fond of him. The only trait she didn't like about him was that he was oblivious to the affections of the woman he loved more than anything in the world. It was plain obvious to anyone who had eyes and a sense of logic that Kinomoto Sakura loved Li Syaoran as much as he loved her. It was stupid how they didn't notice that themselves, and it was really getting annoying.

'Humans' Chi Sao thought vehemently as she sulked to Meiling's room and curled on the terra cotta eyed girl's bed to take a little cat nap 'They never see anything unless it's shown in neon yellow flashing colors, and fancy banners. Why don't they just admit to each other how much they love one another? They have plenty if chances, but there they sit, in an awkward silence when they're alone, she squirms and he stays his stoic self, when will they make the first move?!'

Then it hit her, with the force of a bullet. An Idea. And idea so brilliant it would make lesser humans blind. 'Well, If they won't see the truth, Then I'll have to make them!' Chi Sao, feeling very content with her course of action purred for all her worth before falling into a slumber filled with plans she would act upon to the unsuspecting would-be couple. 'Look out Card Mistress, here I come.'