Hello once again!! This chapter is really quick, but I'll need it somewhere in the future. (In case not, I'll just erase it from ff.net and brainwash everyone who read it :p)

For Disclaimer read chapter 1

JAPANESE DICTIONARY for this chapter (3 - The Nightmare)

Moshi moshi - Japanese expression for "Hello", mainly for answering phone calls

Gaki - brat/pest

Iie - no

Dare - who

Desu - is

THE LI GUARDIANS

Chapter 3 - THE NIGHTMARE

4am of the following day (Saturday)

Li (Syaoran)'s apartment.

An irritable noise was heard through the place as its pattern repeated itself.

The noise stops and a drowsy voice sounds through the room. "Moshi moshi, Li Syaoran desu. Dare desu?"

One loud yell and the owner of the voice, a chocolate-haired teenage boy, quickly jumps from his position on the bed, now more awake.

Touya. Kinomoto Touya.

"You gaki! What have you done to my sister? If you did anything suspicious I'll kill you as soon as I set my sights on you!"

"What makes you think she's here?"

Silence.

"Where else would she be? She's not at Tomoyo's! I called the place and Tomoyo herself said she parted with Sakura on the way home and that you were the one with her! What did you do after that?" The older boy shouted.

Syaoran was getting impatient. "Well... one, she IS here; two, she came to STUDY and that's what we did... and a lot of it too; three, it's 4am! Go to sleep, Touya! She'll be back home tomorrow... iie... make that today by night time!"

"Gaki! What are doing to my sister?"

"Nothing serious happened. Good night, Touya!"

"Humph!"

The other side hung up and another sound was heard. "Beeeeee."

Syaoran sighed and drowsily returned the cordless phone to its place on his bedside table, immediately going back under his covers. He was so sleepy, his body and his spirit felt heavier, although he'd only LOST weight. The boy couldn't recall being this sleepy or tired and just knew he needed to rest.

Outside his window, unknown to him, since he was too exhausted to detect magic auras, two pairs of eyes watched him intensely.

The next morning, Sakura woke up and showered, put on her school uniform {A.N.: the one at the end of the original Japanese Card Captor Sakura manga volume 12 (last), which would be: white skirt with black stripe at hem, black long-sleeved "jacket" with 3 sets of 2 white side-by-side buttons and white tie with 2 black stripes near its end.} and headed to the kitchen, where she would greet Syaoran.

One problem: Syaoran was not there.

She called for him, but there was no answer, so Sakura decided to check his room, but as she was about to go in, the girl remembered the incident on the previous day and stopped herself in time. With a soft knock on the door, the Japanese girl called him.

"Syaoran-kun? May I come in?" She asked gently.

No answer.

"Syaoran-kun?" Sakura tried again.

But there was still no answer.

Knocking, she tried to hear anything that could have come from inside the room.

Not a word.

"Syaoran-kun, I'm coming in. OK?"

This said, even though there still was no reply, Sakura entered the room. Once inside, she found him lying on his bed... and he didn't look good: his whole body was sweating and the pain he was feeling at the moment was evident on his face. The covers on his bed were tossed around, showing he had moved a lot during sleep, leaving his perfectly built body uncovered, his boxers the only thing he had on, his toned bare chest, like all of his body, was wet with sweat. What worried her most, though, was the way he was trembling so much, like a lonely little child afraid of the dark it's in.

Sakura didn't know what was happening, but she knew whatever it was, it wasn't good.

Running towards his bed, she reached for him. Gently shaking the boy, Sakura began to panic when he didn't wake up. "Syaoran-kun! Syaoran-kun! Wake up! Syaoran-kun!" She called as she began to shake him harder, but he didn't show a single sign of waking. Getting desperate, she yelled again. "Syaoran-kun!"

Her eyes were starting to feel the familiar heat that prologues salty water. Bringing him closer, the girl hugged his still trembling hot body to her own. "Oh! He's way hyperthermic!" she thought to herself while lovingly looking at his face where pain was written all over. Oh, how she longed to take it away, to MAKE it all GO away.

Sakura raised a hand to cup his cheek and before she realized what she was doing, her face leaned closer to his and her eyes closed themselves. Feeling his warm breath on her face, mixing with hers, she pecked his lips, then captured them with her own; they were the same as the day before, except this time they were unmoving.

"Syaoran-kun..." She whispered in the kiss.

Nothing.

Silence.

Then it hit her: too much silence. She realized he had stopped trembling; his chest had its normal slow movement, rising up and down against her own.

Slowly opening her eyes, she viewed his intense amber gaze, and then quickly backed away, head down, an awkward feeling growing.

A few seconds passed as they sat staring at each other, and then he smiled at her.

"Thanks, Sakura. I was having a hard time back there. I couldn't wake up either... how strange." He traced of.

She nodded when acknowledging this, the words slowly sinking in. Silently she looked to the side where the alarm clock was kept.

"7 o'clock?! Oh, no! I have to go! Classes start at 7:20am!" She shouted as she jumped off his bed and ran towards the door, stopping when she heard his voice.

"What do you mean 'I'? Shouldn't it be 'we'?" He asked, although he already suspected what her answer would be.

He guessed right.

"What do YOU mean 'we'? YOU are not going anywhere, Syaoran-kun! You'll sleep here until you recover at least part of your health or from that fever!" The girl replied worriedly.

"Nonsense! It was just a bad dream, not a fever. I'm OK now!" Syaoran calmly answered while trying to get up.

Unfortunately he felt dizzy and fell back to his original place on the bed.

Seeing this, Sakura sighed. "Syaoran-kun" She started calmly. "No, you're not! Please... stay here and rest." She said before turning and leaving his room.

Syaoran sighed and got up, with some difficulty, a little after she closed his bedroom door and recovering his balance a bit. Sitting on his bed, he put a hand to his face, as if hiding it. "I can't tell her about the nightmare. it would scare her to death." He whispered to himself, sighing, as bits of it plaid back in his mind.

Black. Pure darkness. Blindness.

Screams. His friends. Sakura.

Running to them. Not reaching.

Death.

Yelling.

Something holding him.

Feeling weaker.

Trying to shout. Voice trapped.

Collapsing on the floor.

Weaker.

Sakura's scream for him.

Blackness again.

A smile on his face when he saw her closed eyes as he woke up.

"I can't... tell her." He decided, panting. "I don't think it was JUST a nightmare. I know I felt... an aura... a magic aura."

Outside, the eyes that were present earlier had left minutes before.

Well, that raps up Chapter THREE - THE NIGHTMARE!

A.N.: Like I had said before, except for a few exceptions, the chapters get bigger from the fourth and up, so prepare yourselves for more reading!!

Next chapter: The Attack(s). Need I say more? Yes?! OK, just a hint: Suuki and Yami reveal their abilities! (Ho ho ho.)

People, please review, whether you liked it or not! Constructive criticism is welcome!

A special thanks to Moon, who has been helping me in more ways than one, by reviews and e-mails. Thanks a lot!

And I'm not telling who will die until the time comes; ho ho ho! {A.N.: Those who know me also know that I really do laugh like that sometimes.}

Syaoran-Lover