Wow, okay for a fairly long chapter nothing really happens ha ha ha. Actually this chapters mostly about getting to know Ayama a little bit. I promise the next chapter will be a little more exciting! ::lol:: Anyways, I hope you enjoy this one anyways. Thanks for reading and reviewing, I love you all!!

" Your Li's sister?" asked Sakura as she stared up at the tall white haired woman before her. " But Li, you said you only have four sisters a-and I met them at your house when I won that trip!"

Li didn't answer her. He had already jumped up and wrapped his arms around his sister's waist, squeezing her tightly. Sakura's eyes widened. Was Li crying? The young girl stared in shock as she witnessed a side to her friend that she had never seen before. Li had always been so tough and serious, but at that moment Sakura wondered if she had ever really known him at all. She wondered if, for the first time, she was seeing the real Li.

" I'm not surprised that Li didn't tell you about me," replied the young woman as she ran her hands through his soft chocolate brown hair. " I'm a bit of a sore subject."

" Wh-what am I doing here?" inquired Julian as he began to look around. " I'm sorry, have we met?"

" I don't believe so," replied Li's sister as she extended her hand over Li's head. " I'm Ayama Showron, Li's older sister."

Julian reached out and shook her hand. " It's very nice to meet you, I'm Julian Star. Could you maybe explain how I got here?"

" Eh?" said Ayama as she looked at Julian in confusion. She smiled slowly. " Actually, we were all out for a walk when we came upon you sleeping underneath this tree here. Li recognized you, so we stopped help you out."

" Oh, I'm sorry if I scared all of you! I've been doing that a lot lately. Uh...waking up in strange places, that is," apologized Julian.

" All of us sleepwalk from time to time," laughed Ayama. " But we better get home, it's getting late. Umm…Li, I'm not going to be able to walk unless you let go kiddo."

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After dropping Julian off at his house, the remaining three travelers headed towards Sakura's house. Li was holding onto his sister's arm tightly as the trio rounded the corner.

" So Julian doesn't know about Yue, does he," said Ayama.

" Well…no, not exactly," replied Sakura. " Hey wait! Does that mean that you know that you're a guardian?"

" Yes," said the woman with a smile. " I have known for a long time that the guardian, Akira, resides within me. After all the cards were collected her powers were no longer restricted, so we set out to find her new master."

They came to a stop on the front porch of the Avalon residence.

" It was so nice to finally meet you Ayama," said Sakura.

" Likewise Sakura. It is an honour to meet the new master of the Clow cards," replied Ayama with a smile.

" See you tomorrow Li!" cried Sakura as she snuck back into her house.

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Li and his sister finally arrived at their house and walked inside.

" You should probably head to bed if you've got school tomorrow kiddo," said Ayama as she headed upstairs. Li walked into his room as got into his pajamas. He crawled into bed and pulled the covers up. Ayama leaned against the doorframe and smiled sweetly at her younger brother.

" Have a good-night okay?" she said as she flicked off the light switch.

" I thought you were dead," whispered Li.

" What was that hun?"

" I thought you were dead," said Li a little louder this time. Ayama walked into his bedroom and sat down on his bed. She leaned her back up against the headboard and pulled Li in close to her, she put her arm around him and tousled his hair.

" That's what you were supposed to think," the young woman replied sounding distant. " It was mother's idea. She felt it would be easier on you if you thought I was gone."

" But why?" asked Li as he wiped his hand across his tearful eyes.

" Well, I don't think that she thought that we'd be as close as we were. She knew eventually that there would be a new master of the cards, and she didn't want you to get hurt when I had to leave you. I know it sounds harsh, but when the new master was chosen, I wouldn't have been able to come back to you. She knew that the longer I stayed around, the harder it would inevitably be on you to see me go."

" I missed you so much. I thought about you everyday Aya," said Li as he squeezed his sister tightly.

" I missed you too kiddo, more than I can ever tell you. But we've been given a second chance Li, and I promise you that I will never leave you again. No matter what, Akira and I will always be here to protect you."

Ayama stood up and walked over to the door.

" I need to get a goodnights sleep, besides, I've got a new school to get to tomorrow!" she said as she closed the door behind her.

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" Hey Li!" cried Sakura as she waved at the boy walking into the classroom. " I was just telling Madison about your sister!"

" I didn't know you had a sister Li," replied the dark haired boy sitting next to Madison.

" Oh yeah Eli, Li's got four other sister's as well. We got to meet them when we were in Hong Kong," answered Sakura.

Li slid into his desk and pulled out his schoolbooks. " Aya wants to have you over for dinner tonight Avalon."

" Oh that would so cool! I'd love to come. Can Madison come to?" asked Sakura excitedly.

" I don't see why not," replied Li as he glared at Eli. He hoped Sakura wouldn't ask if he could come too. " Oh and uh…bring your stuffed animal. Aya wants to see it again."

" Stuffed animal? Li, what are you talk-Oh! Yeah okay," replied Sakura finally catching on.

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Ayama wandered the halls of her new school in a desperate attempt to find her homeroom. She spotted a tall boy with black hair and targeted him as an information supplier.

" Excuse me!" she called as she ran up to him. As she stood in front of him she found her face grow warmer. Of all the people she could have asked, why, she thought to herself, did she have to pick what had to be the most attractive guy here. " I was um…wondering if you could tell where class 2D is?"

" My homeroom is 2D as well, if you follow me and I can show you where it is," replied the boy.

Ayama followed the boy into the classroom and walked down the aisle of desks. She passed another boy sleeping peacefully at his desk.

" Julian?" asked Ayama as she stopped at the desk.

The boy raised his head a little and rubbed his eyes. " Oh Ayama, I didn't know you'd be coming to our school. Good morning Tory, have you met Ayama?" asked Julian as he sat up and put his glasses on.

" Actually, we just met in the hallway," replied Tory as he turned to face Ayama. " I'm Tory Avalon."

" Oh! Are you Sakura's brother?" asked Ayama.

" Eh? How do you know about my sister?" asked Tory as he glared at the new girl.

" Oh, I'm sorry I'm Ayama Showron. My younger brother is friends with her."

" You're that little twerps sister?" said Tory as he sat down at his desk.

" You'll have to excuse Tory," replied Julian. " He's got big brother syndrome."

" What?" asked Ayama in confusion.

" Big brother syndrome, he's a little too overprotective of his sister," replied Julian.

" Oh okay," said Ayama as she slid into the empty desk next to Julian. " Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to come over for dinner tonight Julian. I'm having a few people over, and I'd really like it if you came as well."

" I'd love to come thanks," said Julian as he opened his notebook up to a fresh page.

" Alright class let's start homeroom!" yelled the teacher over his students idle chattering.

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" Where you going squirt?" asked Tory as he watched his younger sister put on her jacket.

" Over to Li's house. His sister invited Madison and I over for dinner tonight!" she replied as she quickly slipped into her shoes.

" Not so fast squirt. I'm coming with you," said Tory as he grabbed his jacket out of the closet.

" No you can't!" cried Sakura. She knew Ayama had invited them over to talk about the cards; it had to be the reason. Why else would she have made it clear that Kero was to join them? " She might not have enough food if you come too."

" Well if Julian's going to be there she better have more than enough," replied Tory, following his sister out the door.

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" I'll get it!" cried Li as he went to answer the knock at their door. He swung it open to reveal Sakura, Madison and Tory. " Hey Avalon. Hey Madison."

Li looked up at Tory. " What are you doing here?"

Tory glared at the young boy as he made his way into the house.

" Tory sorta just invited himself," replied Sakura. " Sorry Li."

" Well, if everyone's here should we eat?" asked Ayama as she noticed the tall attractive boy standing in the foyer. " Oh Tory…I hadn't expected you to join us as well."

" He invited himself," replied Li shooting Tory an evil glance.

" Hey Tory," said Julian as he walked up behind Ayama. " I didn't expect to see you here. Dinner smells great Ayama, I am starving!"

" What else is new, you're always starving," whispered Tory.

As the dinner guests made their way to the dinning room Sakura grabbed Ayama's wrist and held her back.

" I'm really sorry about my brother coming. I know you had wanted to talk about the cards and everything."

" It's okay Sakura. We'll still be able to talk about the cards later tonight."

" But how? Tory doesn't know…"

" I have my ways," replied Ayama as she led the young girl into the dining room.