Konnichiwa! After many long weeks, I have finally come up with the next chapter! I'm really sorry that I haven't updated lately. I've been suffering from a serious writer's block and I'm not doing too well. Forgive me if this chapter is lame. Please enjoy and don't forget R + R! I'm playing this by ear now and I really don't know how things are gonna end up. Riyo is a girl's name let me make that clear. This chapter is dedicated to my friend from SnS; sweet^sakura^star. Thanks for reviewing every single chapter SS! I feel loved!

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Disclaimer: I wouldn't be a fan fiction writer if I owned Cardcaptor Sakura, is that a good enough disclaimer?!

Chapter Nine: Entering her mind

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"Sakura, hey wake up." He said shaking her. "It's time to wake up, we gotta go back to the dorm now." Sakura didn't wake up. "Hey Sakura, wake up now." Eriol kneeled by Sakura's side, checking her pulse.

"Syaoran, she's-"

"Sakura, you gotta wake up now." She still didn't wake up. Sakura lay immobile as Syaoran continued shaking her awake. "Sakura, this isn't funny anymore, wake up now."

"Syaoran, will you listen to me?"

"Sakura Kinomoto, wake up!" he said shaking Sakura's beaten up body hard but she still refused to awaken. He tried wrapping his aura around her but it was no use. "Sakura..."

"Sakura's-"

"No, she's not dead! She can't be! She's Sakura, she can't die!" He heard Tomoyo sobbing quietly and he looked at Sakura's pale face. "Oh no... SAKURA!!!"

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Tomoyo closed the door quietly as she stepped out of the room. The rain splattered against the castle roof, fitting everyone's mood perfectly. She sighed wistfully as a tear escaped her shut eyes. She placed her hand on the wooden door as if willing it to comfort her; to make everything alright. 'Sakura-chan...'

"How is she?" Eriol asked placing a hand on her shoulder comfortingly. She shook her head sadly and looked up at him with despondent eyes.

"She's still in the same condition as two weeks ago." Tomoyo turned around and buried her face in Eriol's chest. "What are we going to do Eriol?" she cried into his chest as Eriol wrapped his arms around her in comfort. "It's never been this bad before because we always knew that she was only asleep but this time... Can't you do anything for her? Oh Sakura-chan..."

"Tomoyo-san..." he said stroking her hair as he tried to keep his voice from faltering. "There isn't anything I can do Tomoyo-san, I have no knowledge of the force which harmed her and Syaoran is in no condition to tell me about it. I... I don't know what to do. I can't do anything for the first time..."

"Why did Sakura-chan have to be the victim? Can't people already see the suffering she's been going through? Why couldn't it have been me instead?" she bawled, tears flowing out like a river.

"Because of her immense powers as the Cards Mistress, she receives all of this pain. It's a great burden. I wouldn't have bestowed it upon her had I thought that she would not be able to handle it." Eriol cast his eyes down in rue. "I... I'm sorry for giving Sakura all this pain."

"It's alright Eriol." Tomoyo said drying her eyes which were red from crying and smiled at him sadly. "It wasn't your fault that Sakura-chan got hurt, you didn't know that she would get attacked."

"But I could've prevented it somehow."

"Even Clow Reed made mistakes so why can't you?"

"But Sakura-san, she..." Eriol said clenching his fist in helplessness.

"I know Sakura-chan more than anyone. She wouldn't have wanted anyone to be grieving for her. Our eyes are placed in front because it is more important to look ahead than to look back. Wishing you could change the past doesn't mean that it can happen you know. I guess there is really nothing we can do but sit back and wait. I can only hope that she will be alright. I wish I had been there to protect her before she got hurt. No one likes seeing Sakura-chan this way..."

"You're right Tomoyo-san." Eriol opened the door and peeked inside. In that room, there was a private bedroom with two beds, a dresser and a chair. "He's still in there." He said as he spotted the figure of Syaoran sitting on a chair next to the bed where Sakura lay.

"He refused to leave the room."

"Are there any improvements in his part?" Tomoyo smiled contemplatively.

"Fortunately yes. He now talks to me."

"What did he say?"

"He said "Get out now Daidouji, I want to be alone.". I guess it's some form of improvement."

"I guess. However compared to Sakura-san..."

"Let's go now. It's already late and I promised to tell Hermione about how Sakura is."

"Okay but how are we gonna make a cover-up for Sakura's absence? Her coma doesn't allow us to use her cards and it's too early for the student of Hogwarts to know the truth about us."

"We'll leave that to Nakuru-san and Tsukishiro-san to deal with. I still need your help on finding the source of Sakura's coma and even better, a cure."

~Inside the room~

'It's all my fault...' Syaoran cursed himself as he watched Sakura lie on the bed. 'If only I hadn't... if only Miyu had... I couldn't do anything...' He placed his head in his hands, trying to think things over rationally. 'I didn't do anything to help her. I couldn't even protect her from that card...' His eyes blinked back non-existent tears. 'It's all because I was too weak. I couldn't protect her... Sakura... my dearest friend... I've let her down... I didn't even hear her when she tried calling me...' Syaoran raised his head and looked at Sakura remorsefully. 'The last two weeks have been hell... I don't know what to do! Sakura...' In pain, he clutched the bed sheets in his tight grip and tried to stop himself from crying. He reached out for her hand, still lifeless as it had been ever since Halloween. He tightly squeezed it as runaway tears escaped his amber tear-stained eyes. They splattered on top of her arm as wet as tears could be but she still refused to awaken. In vain, he cried out what he was feeling.
"Sakura, for once in your life, can you not get me worried about you? Can you for once just let me help you?!"

~Great Hall~

"How is Sakura Tomoyo?" Hermione asked with her brown eyes wide in worry.


"She's still in her coma Hermione. Syaoran is still with her, he refuses to leave."


"I see..."


"What's been going on here?"


"Everyone's talking about Sakura. They don't understand what happened and I can't tell because... well..." She showed them the insignia in her palm which Sakura made. "And Miyu Aisa from Ravenclaw has been crying lately but she won't tell anyone why." Eriol frowned at the mention of Aisa's name.


"Where is she?" Eriol asked, an obvious glare on his face.


"Right there Eriol." Hermione said pointing at the Ravenclaw table. 'You are gonna pay for what you did to Syaoran's and Sakura-san's relationship...' he thought as he walked over to Aisa.


"What's he doing Tomoyo?" Tomoyo frowned in worry.


"I don't know. We'll just have to sit back and watch I guess..." She said as she watched him walk over to Aisa.

"Aisa." Eriol said coldly as he reached the Ravenclaw table.

"What do you want?!" She snapped. She glared at him with pure hatred, her blue eyes stained with tears. It became apparent to Eriol that she had been crying but that didn't move him at all.


"What did you do to Li Syaoran? I won't let you harm Sakura-san or him!"

"What on earth are you talking about?" She cried out, her tears flowing freely. "I would never hurt Syaoran, I love him!"

~Back in the room~

"I need to do something." Syaoran stated aloud trying to think things clear. He released Sakura's life-less hand and stood up allowing it to fall to her side. "I have to find a way to cure Sakura. I need someone's help." Taking out a silver flip phone, he dialed a number. It started to ring and after a few, a female voice finally answered.

"Ni Hao Ma? Li residence." She said.

"Meilin, it's nice to hear you again."

~Great Hall~

Eriol glared at her and gave her a none-too-gentle slap on the cheek. Aisa cowered under his glare as she placed a hand over the area where he had slapped her. He then held her by the scruff of her blouse; completely ignoring the cries of Tomoyo, Hermione and Aisa herself.

"You love him? How dare you say that? How can you love him when you don't have a kind bone in your body? How can you possibly say that you love him when you won't even be nice to those who are important to him?"

Aisa whimpered. He had a very strong hold on her collar and it was beginning to hurt. "How can you tell me how to feel?"

"I'm not telling you how to feel you doaho! I'm telling you to stop hurting my friends! If you really love him then why can't you see that someone else loves him more than you?"

"Kinomoto doesn't love him! If she did she would've gone after Syaoran herself instead of allowing me to stay with him! How can a girl with no willpower possibly love anyone so much?" she argued, determination set in her eyes. Eriol then released her.

"Have you ever even tried to get to know Sakura-san?" he said, rage building up in him. "Do you even know what she is like? Have you ever tried to take a closer look at her?"

"No," she said while massaging her throat. It really hurt right now. "Why should I get to know someone who could ruin my relationship with my boyfriend?"

"If you did..." he said clenching his fists. "You would've known that Sakura-san would have never interfered with you and Syaoran! You would have known that she has more will power than all of you in this school combined!" Eriol calmed himself down.

"She would've stolen Syaoran from me! I can't be friends with someone who loves my boyfriend! I've only been lucky because Syaoran is a really dense guy!"

"Aisa..." Eriol began trying to reason with her. "Don't you know that it's hard to tell your mind to stop loving someone when your heart still does? Don't you understand the turmoil Sakura-san has been in? Sometimes your mind doesn't want you to love someone but your heart does. In Sakura-san's case, all these words speak the truth. You don't understand any of these like she does." Eriol turned away from her, his back facing her.

 "You're not worth the trouble Aisa. It's better to let people think that you're an idiot than opening your mouth and proving them right. If you'd only open up your freaking eyes you'd see that not everyone is out to get you. We're not all people trying to bring you down. In fact we don't wanna anything to do with you but you keep on giving us more than enough reason to get you off that high pedestal and bring you back crashing down. Shape up Aisa, you'll be hurting much more than my friends the next time this happens. You know what? Everybody is entitled to be stupid every now and then. It just so happens that you've been abusing this privilege." And with that Eriol walked away.

Aisa watched him walk away in confusion. Ten minutes ago, she was sure that he was gonna try and bonk her out of existence but she proved to be wrong. Maybe he was right. Maybe she shouldn't keep on trying to bring people down. Maybe she should try and open her eyes. Maybe Sakura really did love him more than she claimed to do so. Well, that idea was quickly erased from her mind as she watched him rejoin his friends. That Eriol character confused her. Something told her that he knew much more than he was letting on. But then of course, so did she.

~Back in the room~

"Syaoran!!!" Meilin exclaimed over the phone. "What are you doing? How are you? What's up?"

"Meilin, be quiet for now. I need you to answer some questions for me." Syaoran said in a very serious voice. She would've normally made a crack but something in the tone of his voice told her to think twice.

"Of course Syaoran. What do you need to know?"

"How are your lessons coming along?" Meilin had discovered to have dream magic in her. That was very rare but most of the time useless.

"Very good. The elders say that if I keep it up, I'll be able to predict the future."

"Is Master Riyo teaching you?"

"Who is Master Riyo? What does he specialize in?" Meilin asked Syaoran. Each of the elders had a specific power that they could control majority of.

"Meilin, Master Riyo is a girl. She specializes in dream magic with her being the Dream gazer of the family. Some say she was better than Clow himself."

"Cool but no, Master Riyo does not teach me. It is Master Lian." Suddenly something occurred to her. "Syaoran, why are you asking such questions? Is there something wrong?"

"Meilin," Syaoran started. "Sakura is here with me in school."

"REALLY??? How is she??? Is she there with you?"

"She's been in a coma for two weeks already." Silence was heard over the phone as Meilin took the latest information in. "I need to wake her up somehow."

"B-but how can you do that? And how did she get into a coma in the first place anyway?" she asked greatly concerned for her emerald-eyed friend. Syaoran hung his head down as he recalled the event.

"A sorceress cast a spell on her using cards similar to those of Sakura's. She hasn't awakened since."

"Cards like Sakura-chan's?! But how can that be? She's the Cards Mistress!"

"I don't know okay?!" he growled. He hated not knowing things. "All I know is that I need your help."

"Sure, I want to help Sakura-chan but how?"

"You have dream magic. Can you transport a living being into dreams yet?"

"No, not yet. I'm still in bringing myself into another person's dreams. Master Lian refuses to let me advance to another skill until I can enter his." Syaoran bit his lip thoughtfully. A habit he had not done in a long time.

"Can you contact Master Riyo for me? I need her on the phone right now. Put her on speaker."

"Of course." Meilin then went of to find Master Riyo.

Syaoran meanwhile had sat on Sakura's bed. Thoughtfully, he stroked her soft auburn hair as he observed her delicate features. His attention went to her eyes. He then realized that he had to find a way to wake her up if he was going to see those beautiful emerald orbs she had. Determination brewed stronger in him as he saw the neutral expression on her face. He placed a hand on her forehead checking her temperature. He was surprised at the softness of her skin. All of a sudden, he felt guilty again. He felt responsible for her present condition – even if he knew he couldn't have done anything at that time.

"Syaoran?" Meilin's voice broke through his thoughts.

"Is Master Riyo with you?"

"Yes Xiao-Lang, I am with Meilin." Answered a soft soprano voice.

"Master Riyo." He said with great respect.

"Xiao-Lang, what is it that you require of me?"

"Master Riyo I ask of you, please come here to Hogwarts accompanying Meilin and help me dive into the dreams of the Cards Mistress."

"Why?"

"She has been in a coma due to a sorceress' spell and I need to wake her up. Please Master Riyo," he implored. "I need to wake Sakura up." He heard a soft chuckle at the end of the line.

"You've fallen in love with her haven't you?" Riyo asked. Syaoran blushed.

"I just need to wake her up Master Riyo," He said ignoring the last comment. "Before the coma takes a greater toll on her life."

"Very well Xiao-Lang. We shall be there shortly. Wait for us in the Quidditch field."

"I'll see ya in a few minutes Syaoran." And Meilin hung up. Syaoran closed the flip phone, his spirits greatly lifted. He smiled wistfully at Sakura. With one last look at her, he hesitantly made his way out of the room and to the Quidditch field.  'I'll wake you up Sakura, trust in me. I will make you better.'

~Great Hall~

"Tomoyo," Tomoyo whirled around in surprise as she heard her name being called.

"Syaoran-kun?" she asked in disbelief. "What're you doing out of the room? I thought you'd never come out." She then noticed his facial expression. "Looking happy too."

"Tomoyo come with me." He said ignoring what she said. "We're gonna meet some friends. Eriol, please go and watch over Sakura." He said nodding at the stairs going to the room of Sakura.

Eriol complied and quickly ran upstairs not bothering to say anything. Tomoyo quietly followed him to the Entrance Hall when Aisa stood in front of him, completely blocking him.

"Syaoran, I wanted to say-"

"Not right now Miyu. I don't have the time right now."

"But-"

"Listen; if you're going to try and get me back or apologize I don't have the time right now."

"I need to apolo-"

"You've been forgiven since Halloween but I'm not gonna be your boyfriend anymore. I'm disappointed in you Miyu and that's the truth. I have to go now."

Aisa was stunned. She knew that Syaoran knew it was her fault for Sakura's condition but why didn't he hit her or punish her? Why did he so easily forgive her? Why didn't he just ask her questions or yell at her? Why didn't he just slap her like Eriol did? It wouldn't probably hurt as much as the look of disappointment he had given her just a few moments ago. She watched his retreating back with pure adoration as he walked towards the Quidditch field. Now she felt really guilty with what she just did.

"Syaoran?"

"I don't have-"

"No just tell me one thing please. Where is Sakura's room? The isolated one from the dormitory I mean." Syaoran smiled warmly at her and for the first time, she felt butterflies in her stomach.

"Third floor, second door after the portrait of Dorcas Wellbeloved." Syaoran watched her smile back at him and hurry up the stairs.

"Thanks!"

"You're welcome." He called after her.

"Syaoran-kun, are you sure that you should've done that?" Tomoyo asked anxiously.

"Don't worry Tomoyo," Syaoran said turning back to the field. "She won't hurt Sakura this time. Not anymore she won't."

~Sakura's private room~

"Aisa, what on earth are you doing here?" Eriol looked at her coldly. "Here to finish the job off?"

"No Hiiragizawa." She said earnestly. "I wanted to watch over Sakura." Eriol looked at her suspiciously.

"How do I know that I can trust you?"

"You don't." she said Conjuring up a chair and watching over Sakura sadly. "You'll just have to. I want you to know that I've changed." She looked uncertainly at him.

"You know what I did don't you?"

"Of course I do. What I want to know is why."

"I can't tell you!" she said, clearly frightened. "She... They'd kill me for sure!"

"I understand that you might be scared but there's no need to be frightened." Aisa shook her head stubbornly.

"You don't know these people; they'd kill me unmercifully if I even said a word." She took Sakura's hand in hers, squeezing it tightly. "I couldn't possibly betray them. Call me whatever you want to but I won't tell."

"Coward."

"Huh?"

"That just proves that you're a coward unwilling to set things right."

"Look, you don't know me at all. You wouldn't know how I'd feel when something happens. Don't you see that I want to set everything alright?"

"Then why don't you?"

"I don't know how! I probably shouldn't even be here! At this moment they're probably scrying on me. It's not safe around me." She cried, burying her head in her hands.

"They can't see you here." He said quietly after a few minutes.

"How would you know? You're not..." realization dawned on her. "You're of another kind like her!"

"Well, I don't know who this 'her' person is so I can't tell you that now can I?"

"You're a sorcerer aren't you? One who possesses Asian magic of a higher level, bearing wand less magic and colored auras!" she said pointing at him.

"I see you listen well in Nakuru's classes."

"She won't see me here? Are you positively sure about that?"

"I don't know who 'she' is so I wouldn't know."

"Why are there three of you here??" she asked. Suddenly she realized she had let something slip. "Oh no..."

"How do you know that there are three of us?"

"N-nothing!"

"You haven't been spying on us have you? No wait, that can't be it..."

"I didn't say anything!"

"You haven't been working for the enemies have you?"

~Quidditch Field~

Syaoran waited in anticipation for Meilin and Riyo to arrive. He felt Tomoyo right beside him. Good, she'd like to see Meilin again. He looked up at the sky that was still dark from the previous rain. It was still drizzling a little. Not terrible weather but then again, it could've been better.

"Who are we waiting for Syaoran-kun?" Tomoyo asked.

"Just wait and see." He said searching the skies for any warning. Suddenly, an almost invisible golden shimmer appeared in front of them. Next thing they knew, they were facing two Chinese girls. One was of course Meilin with her jet black hair in two buns just as usual and the same fiery red amber eyes. She was wearing her traditional Chinese white, red and gold robes which had been lengthened at the sleeves and red ballet flats.

The second girl was unfamiliar to both Syaoran and Tomoyo though. She was around the age of 19, she was 5'6 and she had dark brown hair which was in glossy curls a few centimeters below her waistline and it had tints of gold in it. Her eyes were bright yet kind hazel orbs and her slim figure was clothed in pale blue cascading Grecian robes called a chiton. Her hair was adorned with a single pale blue rose; she had a silver band around her waist and a silver band around her right wrist. With her she carried a great deal of elegance, grace and royalty despite her age. Anyone who looked at her felt compelled to give her great respect.

"Syaoran!!!" Meilin jumped forward to give him a hug. "I've missed you for the past... wait a sec..." she got a closer look at the girl beside him. "Tomoyo is that you???"

"Meilin-chan!" the two girls hugged tightly. "Long time no see Meilin-chan!"

"Yeah, I didn't expect to see you here!" she took the girl beside her by hand. "This is Master Riyo."

"Nice to meet you Riyo-sama." Tomoyo said bowing. Syaoran's jaw dropped.

"You're Master Riyo?" she nodded. Meilin however had a confused expression on her face.

"Didn't you know that?" Syaoran shook his head.

"I have only heard of Master Riyo but I've never seen her before." He bowed to her. "Thank you for your assistance."

"Of course Xiao-Lang but you don't need to call me 'Master'. It's too troublesome."

"As you wish. Please follow me; I want to do this as soon as possible."

~Great Hall~

"Li, who are these people?" Hermione asked. "And how did they get in here?"

"Maybe they Apparated?" suggested Harry. Hermione sighed in exasperation.

"How many times do I have to tell you, you can't simply Apparate into Hogwarts grounds!" Syaoran looked at her. He showed her his palm and traced a circle in it. Hermione understood.

"What's with the palm thing?" Ron asked.

"I want to go back to the Common Room. It's getting kind of chilly here in the Great Hal with it raining."

"Hermione, the rain already stopped." Harry said pointing at the ceiling which was showing rain a few moments ago. "I want to know who they are and where Sakura is."

"Something tells me that Hermione knows a lot more than she's letting on." Ron mumbled.

"Oh be quiet you two and let's go to the Common Room." She said, dragging them along.

"Let go of us Hermione, we're not in the cavemen age anymore!"

"Cavemen age? What's that?" came Ron.

"Just be quiet both of you." And with that, she successfully dragged them back to the Gryffindor Common Room.

"Good thing Hermione's on our side ne? She knows how to keep those two in line." Tomoyo commented.

"Now's not the time, let's hurry upstairs now." Syaoran said continuing on his way up.

~Back inside the room~

"O-of course not! I don't know what enemies you're talking about." Aisa exclaimed. Eriol saw right through her but he didn't say a word. Instead he turned his attention back to Sakura.

"Do you know what happened to her?" Aisa frowned.

"If I did, why should I tell you?"

"Because it would help cure her. It's not normal seeing her like this; she's usually so happy, jovial if you must."

"Really?" Aisa cocked an eyebrow suspiciously. "I haven't seen anything but tears from her lately."

"That's because she hasn't been experiencing anything but hardships lately. Can't you give her a break?"

"Well," she said looking down at her feet. "If I did know what spell was placed on her, I wouldn't be powerful enough to counteract it. I don't even know what they did in the first place." Tears dropped onto Sakura's bed. "I'm sorry."

"There's nothing you can do now." He looked out the window. "The rain's stopped."

"In here." Came a male voice from outside. Someone then opened the door and four people came in.

"Syaoran, what's this?" asked Eriol.

"This is Li Riyo, Dream gazer of the Li's." Syaoran said motioning to Riyo. "And this is my cousin Li Meilin. I've asked them to help me dive into Sakura's dreams. Eriol nodded.

"Do you need help?"

"No," Riyo said. "Your power with all of ours combined may overpower her brain too much. We are enough to penetrate her unconscious mind."

"Very well then." He nodded to Aisa. "Get out of here; they're going to do something very important. Tomoyo-san, come with me to the office." Both followed him out of the room. Once the three of them were out, Riyo then turned back to Syaoran.

"Are you completely sure about this? There's no guarantee that I can get you out without any tampering in your powers." She asked taking a small pale blue pouch out of nowhere.

Syaoran looked at Sakura who was sleeping so peacefully or so it seemed. "Yes, I'm wiling to risk it." He said.

"Meilin dear," Riyo said. "Channel your dream magic through me. I'll need most of it to get Xiao-Lang here into her mind."

"Yes Master Riyo."

"Just Riyo please." Meilin nodded affirmatively. She closed her eyes and concentrated her energy to Riyo. Soon a flaming red aura came forth from her and contained itself in a ball. The ball entered inside Riyo and it mixed itself in er pale blue aura creating a light violet aura.

"Xiao-Lang, place your hand on the Card Mistress' forehead. Think only thoughts of her." Riyo instructed. Syaoran followed every direction. He heard a soft voice calling him, giving him directions right before his mind went completely blank. 'Think only thoughts of her... Think only thoughts of her... Sakura...'

-To be Continued-

AN/ just like every author who has written a fic with more than one chapter, I leave this fic here with a cliffhanger. Please do not attempt to murder me with a very sharp pencil or an entire roll of masking tape because I will still not update right away. I'm very sorry that my chapter was so short but I thought that I should leave the actual dream sequence for the next chapter. Merry Christmas and please R+R!