The weirdoes just get weirder

"Pheeee!!!" The house shook. Sakura had just woken up.

"Well, the monster over slept again huh? She'll never change." Toya said shaking his head. Toya was Sakura's older brother who now went to college right next to her junior high school. They're 7 years apart.

Sakura came running down the steps. "Good morning!"

"Good morning, monster." Toya said from behind the newspaper he was reading.

"I told you to stop calling me that!"

"Whether I stop calling you that or not it doesn't change the fact that you are one. I mean stomping around the house like that..."

"Hey!"

"Now now kids. Lets eat or we'll all be late okay?" said their father.

Sakura looked at her father and smiled. "Okay!"

"Its time to eat now!" They said together. They ate and shared stories.

Toya interrupted Sakura's story just to say. "Even the way you eat and talk is like a monster's. What ever are we going to do with you?"

"Can't you be nice for one day?!" Sakura said looking at him.

Toya stood from the table. "Sure... Well you better hurry up and eat. I'm leaving now."

"Hey! Wait for me!" Sakura scarfed down the rest of her food, threw on her skates, and skated after Toya. "Didn't you hear me say wait?!"

"Hey there's Yukito."

"What?! Where?!" Sakura looked around and finally found him.

"Although I know you're not, act cool okay?"

It was too late, she went all floaty. Even these days when she saw him she went floaty. Yukito was her brother's best friend (and sort of dating). He went to Toya's school, which meant she still got to see him too. And inside of Yukito is one of the guardians of the seal, Yue. He had the magic of the moon. Cerberus, or Kero, had the power of the sun. They both protected me when I was gathering the clow cards. Mr. Clow Reed himself made the clow cards. He was a very powerful magician to create his own magic. These days I don't have many adventures.

"Hey Sakura! How are you?" Yukito said with a smile.

"O-oh me? I'm fine! How are you?"

"I'm great! But I am running a bit late. Sorry about that."

"No its fine!" I once told Yukito that I loved him, but he made me see that I have someone else as my number one. His is Toya.

"Of course its fine. This monster here is always late. I'm use to it."

Sakura kicked him in the knee.

"Oww...." Toya felt a lot of pain in that knee.

Toya had magic like me too but he gave all his away to Yukito so Yukito and Yue wouldn't disappear. It seems that Toya knew all along about Kero and Yue and Me, and he gave Yue his powers.

"Come on squirt. We're going to be late."

"I'm not late am I?!" Sakura yelled running into the room.

"Actually, Sakura, You're not the last one here for once! In fact you're just in time to see who is!" Tomoyo said. Tomoyo is my best friend. We've been friends for a long time. Our mothers were cousins so I guess that makes us family. She made clothes for me when I was capturing and changing the clow cards. She helps me all the time but sometimes she can be a bit scary...

At that moment, Li Syaoran came running through the door. "Am I late?!"

"Li! How are you last?! You're always here before me!"

Li is a direct descendant of Clow Reed. Everyone in his family has very strong magic. He came from Hong Kong to collect them and become the next master, but in the final judgment, I was claimed the master of the clow cards. We used to be rivals but we're dating now. Sort of... Long story.

"I'm last?!" Li asked.

"Not quite... But here comes the last two people." Tomoyo exclaimed.

Meilin Rae and the teacher ran through the door and the bell rang.

"Ha ha! I'm not late!" Meilin chanted.

Meilin was arranged to marry Li but they broke it. Meilin wanted someone who would love her more than anything and she saw that she wasn't going to get that from him so she arranged for the marriage to be canceled. But that doesn't mean she's given up trying. Meilin never gives up... She helped out with the clow cards too. Although she couldn't actually capture them.

"Now children, its time to start class. Everyone in their seats please."

Yep... Its nothing but peaceful days around here now. It's kind of boring... I sort of wish that something around here would happen again. Well... Sort of... Just nothing too extreme.

"Hey Sakura!" Li yelled trying to catch up with Sakura. Sakura turned around and saw Li running towards her. She waved. "Sakura can I walk you home?" Sakura's eyes lit up and she blushed.

"Sure... But isn't my house way out of your way?"

"Its okay. I want to walk you home."

"Okay!"

Sakura and Li were passing Penguin Park when Sakura had the sudden urge to go over there. She skated over to the park.

"Hey! Sakura! Where are you going?!"

"To see King penguin!" Sakura said as if it was obvious.

Li stood there for a while then smiled and ran after her. When he found her she was talking to King penguin as if they were best friends from long ago.

Li walked up behind her and hugged her.

"Li?"

"Shh..." Li said quietly and Sakura just sank into his arms. "Lets stay like this for a while. We might not get another chance."

"Mm hm..."

Sakura's brother was very protective of her and he especially didn't like Li.

Sakura turned around to hug Li. They were so in love but they had not even kissed before. She wondered what it would be like.

As if Li read her mind he said her name. She looked up into his dark eyes and they leaned in towards each other. Slowly getting closer each second.

"You don't mind if I step in do you?" said Toya appearing out of nowhere.

"Ahh!" The two said jumping back from each other.

"So you two are going out now huh? You're going out with this brat? Sakura, I thought you had better taste. Well I'm going to have to keep a bigger eye on you two from now on."

"Toya... You shouldn't scare them like that." Yukito said appearing from behind a tree.

"Yukito!" Sakura and Li said surprised.

"Hi Sakura, Li. Sorry to interrupt you two. Would you like to walk with us home?"

"Uh..." Sakura and Li looked at each other.

"They don't have a choice. They're coming with us." Toya said turning on his heal and walking slowly away.

Sakura was furious. She wanted to beat her brother down soooo badly! Yukito sensed this and came up to stop her. "Sakura," He whispered in her ear, "You have to understand that Toya only does this because he loves you so much. He just can't really let you go. It's like his own daughter going off on her first date with some guy he doesn't know. Please try to understand." Sakura looked at Li and then looked at the ground. She nodded her head slowly.

"I'll try." Sakura looked at her brother walking farther and farther in front of them. She smiled.

Yeah that's right. My brother is just looking out for me.

"I'll see you later okay Li?" Sakura said to the boy. They were on her porch outside.

"Yeah." He swept her in his arms and said, "I'll see you later."

They embraced each other for a second longer and then let go. Sakura and Li knew that Toya was watching them so they couldn't do anything. They could barley hug. Li was walking down the porch steps and Sakura was waving goodbye.

"See you tomorrow Li!" She waved and waved until she could no longer see him. She stayed out there for a few more minutes sighing and thinking about Li. She was sure that he was doing the same. She finally turned to go back inside, as she turned she saw something out of the corner of her eyes. She stopped dead in her tracks. She made no movement and barely breathed. She couldn't hear anything and she couldn't sense anything either. Maybe she was just imagining it. She was headed in to the house and up to her room. Kero was upstairs sleeping in the air again.

"Kero? Kero..." She nudged him. He didn't wake up. "Kero!" The tiny thing that looked like a stuffed animal woke up, yelled and fell to the ground.

"What was that for?!" The tiny animal yelled.

"Sorry but you weren't waking up and you know you aren't supposed to be flying around my room sleeping while anyone but me is home." She sighed. "Anyways, I have something to discuss with you." At that moment the door to her room flew open and Kero put on his stuffed animal act. It was her brother, Toya.

"Hey squirt, you talking to yourself up here or is that brat up here somewhere?" Toya said looking around her room.

"Oh me? You must be hearing things Toya. There's no one here except me. I definitely wasn't having a conversation with myself. Now please get out of my room and knock before you come in next time."

Toya looked at Kero with an evil eye and then left. Both at the same time let out their held in breaths.

"Your brother knew about me before right? Why can't I just let him see me?" Kero said breathing hard.

"Because, you just can't. I'll have to do so many chores for him before he lets me off the hook." She thought about that for a second. "Anyways, about what I was saying before. There are only 53 clow cards right? Only those 53 exist correct?"

"Yeah. To my knowledge. But after all we did find the 53 one without knowing it existed. Why do you ask?" Kero said looking worried.

"Well, I'm pretty sure something was following me and you know how clow cards tend to do that, but the thing is..." Sakura paused for a moment. "I didn't sense a clow card anywhere nearby. Nothing. Not even a hint of magic anywhere outside."

"Hmmm...." The door swung open again.

"Toya!" Sakura said hiding Kero. She was faced away from the door. "Didn't I tell you to knock?" Sakura turned around and found that it wasn't Toya. It wasn't even someone she knew.

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