Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura and this fanfic is simply a product of my imagination and I am not paid to do this.

Chapter VII: The Plan

Sakura, Syaoran, Eriol, Kaho, Remus, and Tua were gathered at the sitting room with heavy faces. Sakura looked nervously around the room, focusing her gaze now and then at Tua. Everybody in the room was thinking deeply about Dark Veil.

Earlier, they were talking about it silently.

"Dark Veil is a very old underground organization ran by powerful sorcerers of the Dark arts." Syaoran had explained to her. "They basically want to rule the world, but I heard that they plan to use their magic to destroy the present world first, then recreate it under their image. They had many attempts in the past, but thankfully, they have failed. Many magical clans made it their solemn mission to fight against them. The Li Clan's one of them…"

"Have you ever fought with them before?" Sakura had asked.

"No, the organization has been silent for years, their last known attack was-" Syaoran looked at Remus.

Sakura also looked at Remus, and nodded at Syaoran in understanding. Dark Veil was the one who killed the Opalakes' parents years ago.

"You can talk about it you know." Remus said in a strange voice. "Rhea's the one who can't bear to think about that night." He stared at Tua.

Tua had told them that Rhea was in deep sleep, so she couldn't hear anything about their conversations.

"I had a theory that the attack was not planned." Eriol had suddenly said, breaking the uneasy silence.

"What do you mean, Eriol-kun?"

Eriol stared silently at Sakura and a realization had risen from her mind.

"They were trying to take Rhea-chan, but her parents tried to stop them, so they were killed!"

Eriol nodded. "And that theory seem to have just been proven. I believe that the fact that Miss Rhea's constant travels was what kept Dark Veil lying low. They have been waiting for her to return here and I bet they had Hu work here as a spy."

Remembering Kaining, Sakura remembered the pain she felt at being betrayed. Syaoran had placed his hand on Sakura's shoulder for comfort.

"But what do they want from Rhea-chan?" Sakura finally let out.

"We don't know." Kaho answered. "But I believe one of us in here does." She looked at Tua.

Tua nodded. "They're trying to find out the whereabouts of the Celestial Orb."

"Celestial Orb." Sakura repeated. She held her head, there was something very familiar about it.

"What is the Celestial Orb and what does my sister have to do with it?!" Remus stood up and faced Tua.

"The Celestial Orb is a source of massive energy. It is said in a sory that my ancestors saw a shining star falling from the sky, it fell to earth. My ancestors used it to fight the Hyskos ruling our land. They succeeded but whoever harnesses the power of the orb, dies."

"You used the orb!" Sakura stood up. The memory of the orb in Tua's hands was burning clearly in Sakura's mind. Sakura held her head. "That's how you died! You used the orb!"

Syaoran helped Sakura back to her seat, and Tua nodded.

"The energy of the orb is only as powerful as the one who uses it. It summons the power of worlds to destroy or create. My ancestors used it to destroy the Hyskos, as I used it generations later to destroy the same enemy. But ever since I believe no one has found the orb again."

"But what does my sister have to do with it?" Remus repeated again.

"The two of you are the last of my descendants, either one of you possesses the knowledge of its whereabouts, but I know that Rhea has the knowledge, her mother passed it to her, but she has not seen it or heard where it is. She only knows. There are layers in her mind that I was never able to see."

And that ended the conversation. They became silent, with occasional comments from Remus ("We can't possibly ask Rhea, she's sleeping." And "How could she know without seeing or hearing about it?!"), they were all thinking of a possible plan to save Rhea or at least protect her.

"What if we find it?" Sakura suddenly said. "Find it before Dark Veil does, and destroy it? Then they don't need to harm Rhea-chan!"

"That's not a very bad idea!" Remus smiled slightly.

"But there are risks." Kaho reasoned. " If we destroy it, how can we be sure Dark Veil won't come after us?"

"Their plan only worked because they had planned ahead!" Remus reasoned. "We can take care of them, we just have to careful with whom we should trust from now on."

"But we still don't know where the orb is ." Eriol retorted.

Remus' face fell but Sakura stood up. " It's simple really, we just have to go back to where it started, Egypt!"

"You are really growing fast!" Kaho commented and Sakura blushed.

"We have a rest house in Egypt." Remus told them. "I'll make the preparations now."

"Alright!" They heard a cheer from outside the door.

Syaoran frowned and opened the door. "Can't you ever leave people alone during secret meetings?" He glared at Meiling.

Tomoyo helped Meiling up.

"Hey, we are part of the team too!" Meiling replied with a grimace.

"Yes!" Kero surprisingly agreed with Meiling. "How could Sakura defeat anyone without her powerful guardian!"

"I'm sure the other me will get angry at being left out." Yukito smiled.

"And Eriol can't go without us!" Suppi added.

Nakuru grabbed Touya arm and smiled. "And I can't let Touya-kun alone now could I?"

"You want to go too, big brother?" Sakura asked him.

"I only want to visit Dad." Touya answered shaking Nakuru off his aerm, and Yukito smiled behind him.

Tomoyo rushed to Sakura and held her hands. "And Sakura-chan can't go without me to make her costumes!"

Sakura smiled nervously.

"Master Remus!" Elle knelt before Remus. "Please let me go too! I want to give you my service especially in this time of great need."

"Elle!" Remus looked taken aback.

"I also want to go too." Fei walked in.

"You!" Remus glared.

"Rhea's my best friend. My only best friend. She has done a lot of things to help me before. This is the only way I could repay my debt."

Tua looked at him strangely but Remus looked ready to burst.

"Why would I let you join us?! We're not even sure we can trust you!"

"Rhea-chan trusted him all this years. I'm sure she wants him to go with us!" Sakura told Remus. She smiled at all her friends. "Meiling-chan is right, we are a team. We all want to save Rhea-chan, so I think we should all go together to Egypt."

"If it's what you wish." Tua said silently.

"Yes!!!" Her friends cheered.

"Great!" Remus groaned.

Fei stared at Tua who was still looking at him strangely.

"Have I done anything wrong?" Fei asked.

"Nothing." Tua replied and looked away. "For now." She added silently.

Author's note: Well, that's the end of another chapter, let's join them the next time as they go to Egypt! (Sorry, I felt momentarily like a Narrator.)

I hope you like this style of story telling, I tried to experiment on a flashback type, I hope it works out fine, please tell me if it doesn't.

Thank you, Arbee for your review, and I'm going to be writing a new CCS fanfic soon, entitled In Dreams and Destiny. It will be my first romance fic but it might take some time before I post it since I'm still putting together the plots.

Thank you very much for your review too, Avelyn Lauren. It's okay that you haven't reviewed for a while, I haven't updated a while either. And about the story, well, It does have a bit of Egyptian Mythology, but I have actually jumbled several ideas from different sources to improve the story and to represent the characters.

Like, I got Elle's full name, Elektra, from Greek Mythology, and both Rhea and Remus' name are from Italian Mythology. I have also gotten ideas from the original anime, so expect some Chinese philosophy too, and there will be a slight Norse Mythology too.

I'm afraid I can't answer about the significance of Sakura's dreams yet, they'll be clearer in the future chapters, and so will Neter Tua's role, as well as Neferte's. And about Rhea, let's just say Dark Veil has something she fears above everything else, I'll mention it in the future.

Anyway, they'll all go together in the third part so I hope you keep on reading.

Again, Arigatou Gozaimasu for your reviews, you won't believe how much they mean to me.