As Kero opened the door, Eriol and Li could her shouts from Sakura's she ran down the stairs.
"I told you not to answer the door Kero! Remember last time? The post
man nearly called the pol....." she looked up and realized her visitors,
" Li!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
She ran up to him and gave him a big hug. Eriol laughed as he saw Li blush deeply, but suddenly stopped. He noticed Tomoyo come down the stairs smiling at the happiness of the two before stopping herself. She noticed him. He noticed her. But nobody noticed them. Except one person...... Tomoyo realized the silence of them and quickly smiled before looking away.
"Anyone for cake?" she said cheerily
"Ooooo me ME ME!!!!" Kero squealed and ran to the kitchen
Tomoyo was glad to get out of the room and took her huge cake out of the fridge. Eriol felt slightly hot. Why was it so warm in this house? Also, for maybe the first time in his life.....he actually felt nervous. Meanwhile, Tomoyo was really stressing out in the kitchen. She had 5 plates and one pair of hands. She couldn't ask him. She would probably end up grabbing him and........ok...concentrate on the plates. Right if I put two on my left arm and one in my left hand then two on my right -
"Need any help?" Eriol said nervously as he peered in the kitchen
"Umm, yeah, thanks a lot."
He took the two plates on her left arm from her and the one in her left hand.
"That ok?" he said smiling. He could hear himself speak but wasn't very aware of what he was doing. Why the hell did he have to get up? If he hadn't, he wouldn't have been in this situation.
"Yeah....thanks.."she said dreamily
"Come on people!" Kero shouted from the living room "I'm starving!!!!!"
"Right ok, Kero, keep your hair on!!!" Tomoyo tried anxiously to laugh her nervousness off as she stepped in to the living room with the two plates.
"So anyway, we have some bad news" Eriol said as he sat down.
"Huh? What about?" Kero asked, mouth full, as you would expect, with cake.
"It's about the test I am giving Sakura."
"You mean.....I didn't pass." Sakura mumbled sadly. She really wanted to pass this one. Just like all the others.
"Well, not really, but you see, I haven't set you the test."
"You mean, that was just a preparation thing?" Kero said
"No......I am not the cause of what had happened, that night."
"Huh?"
"This is coming from a new source, not me."
Everyone's jaws dropped, even Kero's, except Li, because he already knew and.....Tomoyo.
"So, what does this involve?" she said calmly
"Well, I've already set free, my test so....Sakura will have to do both."
Although this was a very unexpected announcement, Eriol couldn't help but feel glad. It was like it was only him and Tomoyo were in the room, and for once, she was speaking for everyone else.
"Well......is there any way you could put it off?"
"I can't do anything. The only way Sakura might be able to accomplish this is by getting rid of this source before my test emerges."
"Do you know when your test will begin?"
"In a week and two days."
"You can do it, right Sakura?"
"You bet! With the help of Li and my furry friend here, I can do anything!" Sakura said happily
"Well......you can't actually let Li help you or he'll be turned to.....stone." Eriol said
"But why?"
"Because we won't know whether its my test or the magic."
Sakura was stunned. She nearly always had Li to help her during a test. It wasn't fair! Maybe that was her weakness.......help. Suddenly she felt very depressed. No Li, no help. Maybe all this was just a big joke in the first place.........
That night, Tomoyo thought Sakura might need some support (also she deffinatly wnated to be there to record the test) so she stayed over. She was in the guest room and was just about to close her eyes, when she thought she heard crying from Sakura's room. She quietly tip-toed up to Sakura's room and silently opened the door. There sitting on the floor, was Sakura. In tears. In her hands, Sakura had the photos that Tomoyo had printed for her, which had her cardcaptures on them.
"Sakura? Is everyting ok?"
"Looking at these photos bring back memories........memories of how the only reason why I was able to catch the cards was with the help of others. Look, see the shadow card.......needed help, watery, needed help." She let out a sob of grief. She'd never pass this test.
"Sakura, please don't cry. You'll be fine. You're wise now. You've learnt from your mistakes."
Sakura smiled slightly but was still deep in the waters of sadness. And, by the look of things, she was in the deep end.