School dragged on forever. Meiling was a bit more anxious than ever today. She and Tomo was going over to his house again so Meiling could try on the costume. She just couldn't wait. Syaoran was a bit edgy himself. He was still fighting over the fact that he might actually love Meiling, and he was kind of ignoring Sakura at the same time.

"What's the matter Syaoran?" Sakura asked after a long day at school. He had watched Meiling leave with Tomo. He wasn't sure, but he thought he saw Meiling give him a peck on the cheek. Syaoran was pretty close to bashing Tomo's head down to the ground when he saw that. He didn't like Meiling with anybody else but him, yet, he didn't know why…He surely didn't love her…did he?

"Nothing Sakura." he answered instead. They walked together to Tomoyo's house. She had told them she wanted to tape the moment when they would try on their costumes. Sakura was a bit nervous and Syaoran shook his head in disbelief. After all these years, she still liked to tape Sakura. He always thought that was a phase or something, but he guessed wrong.

Sakura put her head onto his shoulder as they walked. "Syaoran?"

"Hm?"

"Why have you been ignoring me?"

Syaoran looked down at her. So, she had noticed. But it wasn't his fault. He just wanted to spend time with his dear cousin. Right? The only reason you want to spend time with her is because you love her… a voice in his head kept saying. He ignored it. "I don't know. I guess, it's because…I've been having these strange feelings."

"What do you mean?" Sakura looked up at him and stopped walking. Is he in love with another? No, that can't be it… Sakura thought. Tears were forming in her eyes already, so this was how it was going to end…after 5 long, blissful years together. Hadn't he told her they were meant to be together?

Syaoran decided, now was the time to tell her about the strange presences he's been sensing for some time now. "Sakura…have you…been…feeling any strange, or evil auras lately?"

"No, why do you ask?" Sakura asked, embarrassed that she had even thought of them, breaking up and quickly blinked back the tears before Syaoran saw.

He looked at the ground, as he thought of how he was going to put his next sentence. Great, she probably thinks I'm crazy now he thought. Well, I might as well just tell her the truth… He looked at her worried face. Was he still in love with her? The girl who made him blush from head to toe five years ago and still did in a not so distant past? "You see Sakura, I didn't want to bother you with it…but…"

* * *

Meiling walked to Tomo's house. It felt so right to be there, holding his arm, walking with him, being with him. This must be how Sakura feels about Syaoran… Meiling thought as they approached his house.

"My mother worked really hard on the costumes last night and finally decided what to make that would make you look even more beautiful than what you already are." Tomo said.

Meiling blushed. She had never been told she was beautiful before. All this time, she thought she was plain, cute, but plain. All she had was Syaoran, and when he left her, so she settled for another guy in Hong Kong. But he had been a jerk, so she dumped him.

Since him, Tomo has been the only other guy in her life and the only guy who told her she was beautiful. Somehow, with him, she felt wanted.

Tomo smiled at her. "Why are you blushing?"

"Nobody has ever said I was beautiful before…" she said childishly, while looking at the ground. She could feel him smiling at her.

"Somebody should have, because it's true…"

Meiling looked up at him, his eyes…they were so different from everybody else's. He grabbed her chin and slowly moved closer to her face.

* * *

"So…you've been feeling these strange auras? And you now just bring it up?" Eriol tsked at his ancestor and shook his head in disbelief. "I thought you were smarter than that."

Syaoran gave him a glare. He hated everything about him. He always hated the way that he knew everything, but then that made him nervous. If he did know everything, then, that meant he knew about his problem. He gave Eriol a quick nervous glance and decided to look at the wall.

"Now, when did you say this started?" Tomoyo asked.

"The day Meiling came back…"

"You think you're feeling Meiling's aura?" Sakura asked.

"No, this is an evil presence."

"Well then, we better be on our guard. This presence is most likely after the cards." Eriol said. Sakura and Syaoran nodded in agreement. A moment of silence followed.

Tomoyo, who was anxious, broke the silence. "So, you guys ready?!"

"For what Tomoyo?" Syaoran asked. She doesn't want us to go out and find the presence does she?

"To put on the costumes of course! I need to know if these will fit you!" She whipped out three boxes and her video camera.

"Now? Why do you have to tape it?" Sakura asked warily.

"It's tradition silly!" Tomoyo said as she put the camera on stand-by.

* * *

Meiling slowly opened her eyes. He had kissed her. She stared at him with much curiosity. Why had he did that? Tomo smiled at her and motioned for her to come into the house. The house, was of course exquisite. It was built much like the old Victorian houses and so was the inside. A polished wooden floor and a beautiful wooden staircase met her eyes in the main hallway. Yang-Chan came out of the room from the left.

"MEILING! I'm so glad you could make it. I hope the measurements I took two days ago were accurate. Please, try on your costume." Yang-Chan motioned to the room she had just came out of. Meiling went into the room she had just came out of and stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the costume on a mannequin model. It had sleeves like a muscle shirt, but there were added stuff to make it come to a point, you could see inside the sleeve, which was a blood red. The dress itself was black with a blood red belt that held a skull in the middle. It came down to the mannequin's feet.

"It's so beautiful! I can't wait till I try it on!"

"You have to try this on first, Meiling…" Yang-chan said holding out a beautiful necklace. It was a made of a soft black fabric and held a blood red ruby in the middle. It took Meiling's breath away. Yang-chan slipped it on her, and in an instant, Meiling felt like air. She didn't know what was going on around her. Her eyes held a hypnotized look. "Good, it worked. Now then, tomorrow, leave the dance early with Tomo. Only then, will you serve your purpose." she said with a mischievous grin.

Meiling bent down on knee, hypnotized by the gem around her neck. All that mattered was the lady in front of her, her master. "Yes master, as you wish."

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A/N: As the suspense rises! The S+S scene may not be the best because I just don't specialize in that stuff. But I tried to hurry as fast as I could because my friend Cryz insisted upon it. So, here it is! Hope you like it! Thanks for the review Mysticalannie! Please, everybody, review!