Tomo and Ice returned to the house. Yang-chan met them in his room with a look that could kill even the Grim Reaper, that is, if looks could kill. Xing was sitting on his bed, relieved that they both returned home okay, but yet giving Ice a you're-going-to-get-it look. She noticed, and braced herself for the oncoming slaughter of words.

"Ice, sit down, now." Yang-chan said while gesturing to the bed. Ice obeyed and sat quietly down on Tomo's bed next to Xing. Tomo sat next to her to support her.

"Do you know what you could have done?" Yang-chan asked her.

"Not really. I just found out that, the girl, she's the key." Ice said quietly, while looking at her hands.

"What do you mean you just found out?! If you weren't sleeping all the time during our meetings, then you would have known!"

"I wasn't sleeping…it was more like resting my eyes."

"ARE YOU BEING SMART WITH ME YOU HALF BREED?!" Yang-chan thundered.

"No." Ice said in a small squeaky voice.

"I thought so, now as for punishment you have to go around and clean everybody's coffin and the whole house. You hear? If you do it again, you'll die." Yang-chan left the room and closed the door. Nobody moved or said a word for a while. Finally, going nuts with the silence, Ice spoke.

"So that girl, is the key."

"Yup." Tomo said quietly.

"What are we going to do with her?"

"The prophecy says that a descendant of Clow Reed will appear and have no magical powers until the night of Halloween on their 15th birthday, when the full moon shines." Xing said. "This descendant will be the most powerful of all and will turn the cursed ones into day-walkers and day-walkers human, once turned into a cursed one. She's the only one who fit's the description so far, unless we wait for another one of his descendants to be unable to use magic."

"Tomo…what's in it for you? I mean…you're already a day-walker…" Ice said looking at him with curiosity.

"I'll finally be able to live a normal life again…Finally be able to be human and enjoy life as it is…But…" he looked at the picture on his dresser again.

"Unless what?"

"Unless he falls in love with her." Xing said.

"What do you mean by that? Shouldn't he be human even if he falls in love with her?" Ice asked looking at him seriously now.

"In order for her to be able to turn all of us into day-walkers she needs to turn into one of us. That's Tomo's job, but if he falls in love with her…well…he'll stay like us forever, to be with her…she can't turn back to human…" Xing looked at her. "Do you get it?"

"Yeah…" she looked at the floor. Poor Tomo…it seems…he'll be like us forever… she thought. Ice looked at Tomo sympathetically, but he didn't notice because he was still looking at the picture. Of course she liked him, that was obvious, but yet, she hated to see him that way. Yeah, so she got jealous, but it seemed he was always loyal to Shinta…the girl who he loved 100 years ago…the girl who died in a tragic accident…"Well, I better get started." She got up and left the room.

"You need your sleep, so I'll leave. See you tomorrow…" Xing said quietly and left. Tomo layed down on his bed again. He slowly closed his eyes and soon fell into a deep sleep.

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Meiling awoke by the smell of bacon. She got up slowly and noticed she wasn't in her room anymore. She looked down at her blanket. It was green, Syaoran's blanket. But, she wasn't in his room…Observing the area around her, she noticed she was in the living room on the couch. Syaoran, was on the chair, still asleep, and looking rather uncomfortable. Meiling couldn't remember much about what had happened last night except for feeling cold.

"Ah, your up Ms. Meiling. That's good. Master Syaoran was worried about you all last night. He carried you here and watched you sleep. The poor master must have been up all last night." Wei said.

Wei put a plate of bacon and eggs on the table by her and gave her a glass of milk. Looking at Syaoran, he shook his head and chuckled. "I have never seen him sleep this late. Won't he be in a fret when he wakes…Better wake him up now…" Wei shook Syaoran up. His eyes opened wide open and he sat up immediately.

"Meiling, are you o.k.?"

"Yeah…why?" Meiling asked. Wei put a plate of eggs and bacon on the table for Syaoran, with a glass of milk, too. Then he made a quick exit, knowing the young teens would probably want some privacy.

"You were…I almost…lost you…" Syaoran said quietly.

Meiling looked at him a bit shocked. He had never spoken about little stuff like this. Of course she knew he loved her, but that was only because she was his cousin. He had to look out for her, where was the onslaught of words? Wasn't he going to tell her off because she had almost died? "I can't remember much…"

"I don't know how it happened, but when I came into your room, it felt like a freezer. You were so frozen, you couldn't move, and then in an instant, it was normal. You fell unconscious shortly after and I took you out here and…"

Meiling smiled. She finished his sentence, as if reading his mind, "You watched me sleep because you didn't want that to happen again. Am I right?"

"Of course…" he hated it when she was right sometimes. He was waiting for her to start teasing, but instead, she got up and put her empty plate of food in the sink along with her empty glass. He watched her in amazement. She always teased him a little when he showed he cared.

"I'm going into my room now to get dressed. I'm pretty sure you don't need to watch me." she smiled at him, and left.

He sat there smiling and shook his head. Same old Meiling he thought.

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A/N: Hey, thanks for all the reviews! I really appreciate it! Anyways, hope you like this chapter. I'll be adding more on Tomo and Meiling's relationship later. Isn't that sweet that Syaoran was watching over Meiling for the whole night?! I just couldn't help myself! I'll have to put a bit more S+S moments in the next chapter though…