Disclaimer: i do not own ccs nor any of its characters

Minna-san.. gomennasai.. [especially to charissa]. I've been REALLY BUSY. I shall not crap any more and thus save your brain cells cause they do not need to process any useless stuff from me. unless of course you have already been exposedto too much of my crap to actually mind this little paragraph.

The next day –

"HOE!" a frantic Sakura could be heard as she rummaged through her luggage, which she did not get to unpack last night for her school uniform.

At a record speed of 3 minutes, Sakura was dressed and ready to rush to school. She ran down the stairs and saw no one and thought for a second that they had left without her. She hurriedly put on her roller blades and was ready to skate to school when she heard a voice coming from the top of the stairs. She turned.

"Sakura-chan, kyou wa nan yobi desu ka? [What day is it today?]" An amused Syaoran had asked.

Sakura's brain raced. 'It was Friday yesterday... ... so it's a Saturday today. Which means that there is no school today!' she bonked herself as she figured out this fact.

Syaoran barely suppressed a smile. Then, Meilin appeared. "Ohayo! Sakura-chan, what are you doing up so early?"

As if to cover up for her, Syaoran said, "We're going to... make breakfast." While Sakura who was still rather groggy had kept quiet.

Then, Eriol awoke too and a concerned Sakura had asked if they were making too much noise. Obviously, he denied that fact.

Sakura looked around and apologized for making so much noise for even Kero and Suppi were awakened. Annoyed, Kero complained, "Who could sleep through all this noise?"

"Don't be such a pig, can't you see Sakura is feeling guilty? And besides, I don't see Tomoyo around so she CAN sleep through this noise so stop complaining. If not for the fact that you were trying to beat me at a video game, you would not even have been this tired!" Suppi had retorted

"Hey! Who was trying to beat whom? I am after all the video games king!"

"Yeah right! You could not even beat me last night!"

"Says who?"

"Says me and the high score board!"

"Humph, I'll beat you next time!"

"Why not now? Are you scared?"

"Scared my foot. Prepare to lose! I can beat you in my sleep!"

"Right, only in your sleep..."

[And the two exited to prepare for the play station marathon]

Meilin then commented, "Is Tomoyo-chan such a heavy sleeper? I mean, she's still sleeping is she?"

"I wouldn't be too sure of that... Tomoyo-chan, you can come out now. I guess most of the excitement is over." Eriol said

Tomoyo emerged from a shadow video camera in hand.

"If I didn't know better, I'd say you were trained in the art of Shinobi-iri." Eriol stated.

"I'd take that as a complement. Thank you."

"Huh? Shinobi-iri?" a puzzled Meilin asked.

"Shinobi-iri — a ninja art of becoming invisible. At the stage of mastery, one can go anywhere and do anything without anyone noticing and can seemingly disappear from sight. Seriously Meilin, do you ever listen to Sakamoto Sensei?" [Syaoran of course]

"Give me a break! Sakamoto Sensei is so boring and he only teaches the theory of various martial arts. What's the point in learning about something but not being able to use in?"

"I'm hungry!" Tomoyo put in before a full-fledged argument could start.

"OHAYO! BREAKFAST IS READY!" an overly hyperactive girl shouted.

"Akizuki-san, aren't you in England?" Sakura asked.

"Well, I missed you and Touya-kun and Eriol-sama and Tomoyo-chan and Meilin-chan and Syaoran-kun and most of all... Suppi-chan!" Nakuru answered as she listed the people she missed while counting on her fingers.

[Somewhere in one of the video games room Suppi shouted, "I heard that and for the last time, I am not Suppi-chan.]

As usual, everyone ignored him and sat down to eat breakfast.

After a piping hot delicious breakfast, everyone had 2 hours of free time before training started.

Everyone settled for just lazing around watching television while Tomoyo spent the time trying to write a new song. Song writing had become her second favourite hobby after videotaping [after singing them of course]. It gave her immense pleasure to sing her own songs. It felt closer to her heart.

Basically, everyone was relaxing.

Then, Meilin stated matter of factly, "Sakura? Your shell is ringing..."

"Hoe? What did you say?"

"Look at your shell, the one Eriol gave."

Everyone turned to find that the shell was giving off a soft light and was ringing like a bell, soft and clear.

Sakura put the shell to her ear and she heard a whisper

"Two households alike in dignity,

In fair Verona where we lay our scene

Forth from hence thou shalt venture

And right an ancient wrong till wrong turns right"

Everyone was puzzled. That is except for Eriol.

"Is the first two lines from the play "Romeo and Juliet" we are studying for literature now?" Tomoyo asked.

Eriol nodded and proceeded to explain, "You see, I do have a vague memory of this. This is a test maybe for one, two or even all three of you girls [a/n: depending on my mood!]

It is something like a judge of your soul. Only if you are worthy can you gain control and everlasting loyalty from these special cards. They are not normal cards which are sealed based on ones power. You can almost say they have a mind of their own!"

"Great... just what we needed. Cards with personalities that probably suck." Meilin complained.

In a bid to lighten the mood, Sakura said, "Well, it will be like having three other Keros right?"

"Great, just what we needed. 3 other stuffed toys with a big mouth and lots of sweet teeth." Syaoran grumbled

(Somewhere in one of the video games room)

I heard that you brat! If not for the fact that I'm winning this game I'd come out and make sure you eat your words!

(Back in the living room)

"Hmm... looks like we'd have to actually pay attention in literature lessons from now on ne? Sakura-chan..." said Tomoyo teasingly for Sakura was known to space out a lot during literature lessons.

She blushed. She too knew that fact and was extremely thankful that Watanabe sensei did not really reproach her for doing so. It was not that she did not like the subject nor the teacher. She just did not like the play.

Training started earlier then usual because everyone was worried about their upcoming mission. They practiced an array of weapons ranging from the state of the art laser blasters to ancient Chinese spears and even hand to hand combat.

It was so physically draining that even Meilin who had been training since young had to admit that she was tired. After a 5 hour long gruelling session they had ended and the girls went to the indoor hot spring in Eriol's house to soak their aching feet.

"Wow, I think I've just got a blister." Tomoyo said

"Make that two!" Sakura added sounding a little too energetic and maybe too exited.

Meilin laughed and said, "Sakura-chan... if I didn't know better, I'd say you are extremely happy about getting blisters!"

The here laughed and for about one hour, all anyone could hear were giggles as the three talked.