Summary: Li and Eriol always teased Sakura and Tomoyo because they were 'geeks'. They go to America for a while and when they return, they come back with a whole new and a whole new attitude. New mysteries arise and new identities are revealed. And thus the game of love n reality begins. Enjoy. ^^

Disclaimer: Card Captor Sakura does not belong to me. Owned by CLAMP

Author's Note: WOW I GOT PAST 200.... Does a little 200 reviews dance.... hee hee THANK YOU SO MUCHIIIE FOR ALL OF IT!!!!! xD haha I luff my readers

Sorry for the long update though... -_- Sumimasen....Gomen Nasai.... I'm very sorry....

To clear up some confusion if u didn't catch it in the chapter... or I didn't make it clear... Sakura remembers Eriol but doesn't know that Tomoyo received a present or that Tomoyo likes Eriol okay...?

Hee hee one more thing... I was sitting here re-reading my previous and I just realized that the previous chapter was a little bit like Childhood Crush by: StarJade.... lolz I never realized that... O yah... almost forgot... is a half-half AU (Alternate Universe)

In the previous chapter:

Tomoyo talks about her past and secrets were revealed about her love n her life that none knew about until now and the girls decide to have a sleep over....

Sakura asked,

"Do you want to stay over today? Both of you?"

@@@Moment of Silence@@@

"Okay." Tomoyo said.

"Me too..." Meiling agreed. "But we don't have any PJs to change into..."

"You can obviously borrow mine." Sakura said.

"Okay, then. We stay." Tomoyo agreed.

"Great!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Tonight is a girlz night!" Meiling proclaimed.

"YEAH!" Sakura agreed. Tomoyo giggled softly.

"Hey, glad to see you smiling again" Meiling grinned.

A girlz night for them, one would expect it to be filled with fun, but they would have never thought of is that it would be filled with deep confessions of the past.

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Underneath it All

Chapter Seven- Past Memories

(SAKURA)

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The girls were laughing and joking around after the confession made by Tomoyo hoping to make ease the sad tension that was hovering above them before. When it was about 10:30 Sakura got up to look for some new pajamas for Tomoyo and Meiling. She came back in with a pair of pajamas, a red one with red lining for Meiling and a beautiful lavender nightgown for Tomoyo.

"Here" she said as she handed the night clothes out. Both of them muttered thanks.

"Sakura, who's is this?" Tomoyo said as she came out of the bathroom in Sakura's room (AN: yup Sakura has her own bathroom, more privacy hee hee ^_^). Sakura looked at her and replied,

"Oh, that was Kaa-san's"

"Oh, gomen" Tomoyo apologized; she knew that Sakura's Mom had passed away at a few years back before they went into disguises.

"No, it's alright," Sakura said. "It's the past anyways. Mom would have been glad to lend it to you, even if she was alive... now..." Sakura ended, her words growing softer as she spoke.

"No it's not alright." Meiling said forcefully. "Sakura, we know that your mom passed away, but there's something you're not telling us."

"W-wha..?" Sakura stammered staring at Mei in surprise. "What.... I dunno what you're talking about" she added looking down.

"Sakura..." Tomoyo started out slowly. "There is something that you're keeping from us isn't there?" she asked.

"No..." Sakura answered still not looking at them.

"I know you're lying" Meiling said. "Talk to us, we want to help you." She said softly.

"It can't..." Sakura said. "It hurts too much... It hurts a lot....." Sakura started to sob lightly. Meiling looked a bit guilty when she saw her friend crying. She looked at Tomoyo and slowly walked toward the spot where Sakura was sitting, and kneeled in front of her.

"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to push it." Meiling apologized taking her friends hand. Tomoyo came over and handed Sakura a tissue. She sat next to Sakura, rubbing her back soothingly.

"Mei really didn't mean it. Gomen (Sorry) we were just trying to help. We didn't mean to make you cry" Tomoyo said softly.

"No... I'm glad she said that actually," she said looking up at her friends. "I needed to hear that." She gave them a shaky smile and said, "Thanks"

Meiling let out a sigh of relief and said, "Gomen nasai (Sorry), I'm such a baka (idiot)" she said hitting herself lightly on the head. Sakura giggled a bit,

"No, I think you did the right thing." Sakura said softly.

"Huh?" Meiling said looking up in confusion.

"What do you mean?" Tomoyo asked.

"What you said before made me realized how long I have been holding it in and keeping all the pain bottled up." Sakura said looking up a Meiling. She took a deep breathe and then said softly, almost as if whispering, "I think I'm ready to tell the two of you about the past... the past that I never shared with anyone before, not even Touya or Otou-san (dad)."

Tomoyo and Meiling nodded, and then Sakura began... "6 years ago..."

****FLASHBACK TO 6 YEARS AGO****

"Tadaima (I'm back) Kaa-chan (mom)" said little Sakura.

"Okaiwari (welcome home) Sakura-Chan" replied a woman around her mid 30's. She had long flowing lavender hair and bright emerald color eyes like her daughter. "So how was your day dear?"

"It was good." Sakura said smiling as she took of her shoes. "Tomoyo-Chan made me another outfit again." She added sweatdropping a bit.

Nadesiko chuckled at her daughter's expression. "Awww...isn't Tomoyo-chan nice. She's so talented at such a young age."

"Yes, but she makes a little TOO much clothes for me." Sakura said, emphasizing on too. "They're always so pretty but sometimes she goes overload on the frills and laces, ne?"

"Hai Hai," Nadesiko said. "Go change and come down to get some dumplings okay?"

"Okay ^^" Sakura chirped as she bounced up to her room to change out of her uniform into her more comfortable home clothes, yet another of Tomoyo's creation.

....minutes later.....

"Hey kaa-chan-" Sakura started as she walked into the kitchen, she stopped when she didn't see anyone. Hmmm... she was here just a few minutes ago... Sakura walked around the house looking for her, but didn't see her anywhere. Then she went to check tiny shrine they had behind their house. (AN: yes they have a shrine... I made it up x] )

"Kaa-Chan!" She called out.

"NOOO! SAKURA Don'T COME HERE TURN BACK! GO BACK AND RUN Tomoyo's HOUSE!!!!" She heard her Mom call from behind the shrine doors; her voice was full of terror. This caused Sakura to panic and run into the shrine.

"Kaa-Chan!" she yelled as she threw opened the shrine door. She saw her mother backed up against the wall.

"NOO! SAKURA RUN! RUN!" Nadesiko screamed as tears fell down her pale snow cheeks. Her body was covered with deep gashes, and blood was flowing down furiously like a raging river. Standing in front of her was a man wearing a long brown trench coat.

The Man turned around and looked at Sakura, then back at Nadesiko grinning menacingly as he spoke. "So Nadesiko, is this the precious daughter you and that scum created together." He flexed his clawed hand. "My, My, a beautiful little thing she is, oh but so, so weak. We could have created stronger heirs if you had come with me" His eyes flashed with anger. "Kekekeke!" he crackled sinisterly. "O how wonderful will that feeling be as I run her through with my claws." He held up his clawed hand, admiring how sharp and bloody it was already, turning and taking a step towards Sakura.

Nadesiko looked at him with horror. "Noo... Nooo....please don't hurt Sakura... please don't hurt her Jin... take me instead... please..." she pleaded weakly.

Sakura stared unable to move. She wanted to run up to her mother and see if she was alright, but she couldn't. Frozen in her place, she watched as the scene played out in front of her.

Jin turned back to Nadesiko, laughing evilly. "Kekekeke...." He then bowed down mockingly and said "As you wish, my dear" He advanced towards with lightning speed, slashing her furiously as Nadesiko's cries echoed through the shrine. (An: No one could hear them because the shrine is really far behind da house)

"OKAA-SAN!" Sakura cried out. She saw something a 10 year old should never seen, her mother nearly being murdered brutally in front of her eyes. "NOOOO!"

"Cards, Come forth. Hear my call and release your powers. Come to my Aid!" Sakura called out.

Jin stopped his attacks as blinding white light came from behind him. Turning around to see what happened. His eyes widened as he saw the form of the Mystical Faerie. Sakura stood there half floating, looking at Jin, her sparking usual emerald eyes were now aqua color, flaming with anger. Her shoulder length hair was now long and flowing behind her. Her attire was a pure white ankle length dress; on her back she has sprouted pink wings, a soft pink aura surrounding her.

"Let go of my mother" Sakura said in a soft yet firm voice. Recovering from his shock, Jin sneered and said

"Heh. I guess I'll just have to get rid of you first." He picks up his clawed hand ready to strike.

"Sword..." she said calmly as a slim pink sword appeared out of thin air into her hands. She gave the sword a stroke aiming towards Jin. The Blast of the wind passed through Jin. He started laughing, "A little girl's attack will not hurt me. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA-" His face then contorted with pain as he grabbed his face. A long deep cut appeared across his face as he screamed in agony.

"You...." he said looking up at Sakura. "YOU BITCH!" He shouted, charging towards Sakura. As he reached within meters of Sakura, a pinkish shield appeared, reflecting Jin and shocking him with thunder. It took him a few seconds to recover from what had happened, deciding he couldn't attack her, he turned to Nadesiko.

"Well, I guess I'll have to kill you first." He turned back to Sakura, "Heeheeheehee, and you can watch your mother die..." he said cackling.

"Not if you are gone first..." Sakura said. "Arrow, Thunder, come forth. Hear my call, combine and release."

Arrows of Thunder appeared into her hands along with an elegant arrow. She took the arrows and readied to fire.

"Take one more step towards my mother, and you die." She said glaring at him. Not heeding her words and thinking that he could evade her arrows, he turned to attack Nadesiko.

"I warned you..." she said as she fired her arrows. Jin jumped away evading her arrows. Then more came, too fast for him to evade, 5 arrows came and pierced through him. Thunder ran through his body, electrifying him and disabling some of his nerves making him unable to move. Seeing that he was powerless, he told her,

"I'll be back. Don't forget, I'll make your life hell. You your family and your friends." He teleported out leaving the two alone, his voice echoing with the words: You will die in my hands one day...mark my words...

Sakura de-transformed all of the sudden; as if none of the previous events had happened she rushed over to her mother.

"Okra-San!"

"Sakura.... You were beautiful." She said. "You've grown to be more powerful than I've ever imagine."

"What?" Sakura asked confused. "You knew about the cards?" she asked her eyes widening.

Nadesiko nodded weakly. "Sakura, my precious baby. I feel my time is coming, I have to go soon." She said weakly.

"nook..." Sakura said in a pleading voice. "No... Mama.... you can't leave me... please no. Don't leave us."

"I'm sorry, but before I go I have to tell you something. When I was just a bit older than you, I also held the power of a Faerie. The power that you just discovered, but you are far more powerful than I am. There are a lot of people out there that will do anything to steal your powers and kill you. You must not let them get to you..." she said. She coughed up some blood.

"Mom!" Sakura shouted. "I'm going to call the hospital stay here and wait."

"No. Sakura, it's too late. The poison from Jin's claws has already started to spread. There's nothing they can do to stop. My time is coming fading. So please let me finish just this, okay..?" she asked. With tears streaming down her face, Sakura nodded.

"The power you hold is the powers of the Mystical Faerie, the Queen of All. You will have 3 other faeries by your side, The Faerie of Time, Faerie of Fire and the Faerie of Water. You must find them, Jin will be back, be ready." Reaching for the necklace around her neck, she pulled it off and gave it to Sakura.

"Sakura, this ring will conceal your power, but it will not be enough. In the attic are the wigs that I once used. The beauty that you behold will attract the ones that seek you. I've casted an eternal shield that will protect you guys from them for now, but when you leave the shield it will be easier for them to catch you. There are also the sweaters and jeans that are there. They too have been concealed with shield that will make them think you're just a regular girl. Find the other three and help them. In time, my master that I've trained under will seek you and train you to keep you powers in control. Where this always...."

Sakura nodded unable to say anything.

"Don't tell Touya and You Dad about this. Never tell anyone, only the ones that you know are the three that you seek... Remember Sakura, take care of them and your dad and Touya, I...love....you..." Nadesiko faded away and her hand dropped from Sakura's. Sakura stared at her mother in shock.

"nooo.." she said shaking her head in disbelief. "nooo... MOMMMY!!!!!!! COME BACK!!!! NO DON'T LEAVE US!!!!!!" She screamed shaking her mother. "NOOO! WAKE UP! WAKE UP... please wake up..." she said sobbing into her deceased mother's lap.

An angelic form of her mother appeared above Sakura.

"Sakura-Chan," Angel Nadesiko said.

Sakura looked up and saw her mother. "kaa-chan..." she whispered.

"Sakura-Chan, remember my words. Never forget and I'll always be by your side looking over you... Don't cry over me, it'll just make me sadder... live your life full and happy... This isn't a Sayranora (goodbye) just a see you next time," She smiled gently. "Promise me ok?"

Sakura smiled a bit, "Okay... I'm promise mama...I love you"

Nadesiko smiled and faded away. Futjitaka suddenly rushed in the shrine looking at Sakura,

"Sakura! O thank goodness you're alright. I felt that something was wrong and rushed home immediately... where your mom is?" he asked.

Sakura moved away, allowing his father too see his mother. Futjitaka's eyes widened and slowly walked toward his wife. He kneeled down besides her and wept silently...

****END FLASHBACK****

Sakura finished with tears flowing down her face as the other girls.

"Sakura-Chan...." Tomoyo started.

"No. Tomoyo it's ok. Don't say anything. I'm okay. It's been years already. I'm fine. I'll never break a promise to my mother." Sakura said.

"Matte(wait).... your mother said to never reveal the secret to anyone, not even Touya or your father, then why'd you tell us?" Meiling asked.

"Oh no! Sakura! You weren't supposed to tell us! Now how are you going to for fill her will?!" Tomoyo said shocked. Sakura smiled at them.

"No, I didn't break my promise at all." She said.

They looked at her confused for a second then understood what she meant.

"You mean..." Meiling said.

"We are..." Tomoyo added.

Sakura smiled at them and nodded. The two looked at her surprised.

"Yeah.... You are. You girl are the two out of the three I've been looking for, the Faeries of Fire and Time."

Author's Note: so how was it?! ^-^ it took me a long time to think up.... -_- neways thanks for all da reviews x) sakuraa.notifylist.com sign up for updates, just ur email

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