SilentVoiceatDiamondsCreek: "Hi! I'm new on ff.net, but I'm not new when it comes to writing! I love a wide range of animes, from Angelic Layer to X. People say I'm nuts for loving really cute things like our beloved CCS and then loving the depressing and violent Hellsing or X. Shrugs Okay so I'm insane, what's new?"

Kero: "SVDC doesn't own CCS or any of it's characters. YEAH!"

SVDC: "Shut up Kero…" Is attacked by a hyper Suppi

Suppi: "This chapter moves pretty fast and lacks the better detail that goes into the other chapters, but it's still pretty good! Sakura's father gets into an accident and there is only one person to watch over her while he's in the hospital. Guess who!"

SVDC: "I said it on the title page…"

Suppi: "Right…read and review!"

Chapter 1

"Bye Dad," Sakura Kinomoto said as she ran out of the house. She was on her was to school and had promised her friend Tomoyo that she would meet her halfway. Sakura ran half of the way and finally caught up with Tomoyo five minutes into the run.

"Morning Tomoyo," Sakura said as she reached her friend.

"Morning Sakura," her friend greeted in return. "Are you ready for the new math teacher today?"

"Yeah," Sakura said with a smile.

"I wonder who it is," Tomoyo said. " How is Ms. Mitsuki's doing. When was the last time you wrote to her?"

" About a week ago," Sakura answered. "It usually takes a few weeks for a reply to get back here."

"I wonder how she' s doing," Tomoyo said as they walked into school.

OOOO

"All right class," said their homeroom teacher, "I know you've been waiting to meet your new math teacher so I won't hold out the suspense any longer."

The door opened and Sakura grinned. "Good morning class I' m pretty sure most of you remember me," Ms. Mitsuki said as she walked into the classroom.

During math, an office assistant came in and beckoned to Ms. Mitsuki. She walked over with a frown as Sakura looked up from her work. Her teacher spoke to the person for a minute before her hand flew to her mouth and Sakura felt a knot form in her stomach as her teacher called for her.

Sakura walked up to her teacher and they all walked outside the classroom. Sakura looked up into her teacher's eyes and found deep sorrow and worry in them. What had gone wrong?.

"Your father's been in an accident and hurt pretty badly," said the office assistant. She let her words set in for a minute. "He might not make it."

Sakura's world stopped then. She didn't want to believe what she had just heard. Her eyes blurred with an onrush of tears and she looked at the ground as they fell. Sakura felt her teacher kneel down beside her in an offer of comfort, which she gratefully took. She hugged her teacher tightly as the horrifying truth fell upon her.

They worst thing was, now she was alone in the house. Toya was off on some trip with his school and wouldn't be back for another week and a half.

"Will she be all right?" Asked the office assistant.

Kaho looked down at the young girl. "Could you find another teacher to cover the rest of my classes? I' m going to take her home."

"All right," said the office assistant and walked away.

"Wait here," Kaho said as she walked back into her class and grabbed Sakura's things. Tomoyo looked up worriedly at her teacher, who shook her head as she passed. Sakura was wiping her eyes when her teacher came back out with her backpack. She managed a weak thank you before she started crying again.

"Come on Sakura, I'll walk you home," Kaho said as she wrapped her arm around the girl's shoulder.

"I want to go see him," Sakura said.

"I dont kno-" Kaho started

"Please let me go see him," Sakura said as she looked up at her teacher.

"All right," Kaho sighed.

OOOO

They reached the hospital about half an hour later and Sakura ran in. Kaho followed a few steps behind the girl.

"And what relation are you to him?" Asked the woman at the desk.

"I'm his daughter," Sakura said as straightly as she could. Her eyes were starting to tear up again.

"And her?" The woman pointed to Kaho.

Sakura looked up at her, "She's a friend of the family."

"Only family members are allowed in," said the woman.

"Do you think a girl this young should go in there on her own?" Kaho asked the woman.

The woman looked at her for a minute, "I'll let the doctor know you're here."

"Thank you," Sakura said as she and Kaho went to sit in a corner.

They sat there for almost an hour. Sakura whiled her time away by either fiddling with her pencil or doodling aimlessly in her notebook. Kaho sat there and either stared at a wall or flipped mindlessly through a magazine without really looking at it.

Kaho finally got up and walked over to the woman at the desk. "We have been waiting here for an hour to see Sakura's father. Can we or not?"

"I'm sorry, but Mr. Kinomoto was taken into emergency surgery just before you arrived," said the woman in an annoyingly calm tone. "I'm afraid you won't be able to see him until tomorrow."

Kaho bit back a rude remark, "And you didn't tell us this because?" She hissed lightly through her teeth.

"You didn't ask," the woman answered and Kaho walked away before throwing the woman into a wall.

"Come on Sakura, I'll walk you home," Kaho said as she walked back over to the young girl.

"Okay," Sakura said as she picked up her pack and walked out of the hospital.

OOOO

SDVC: "Yeah, and my first chapters are really short…sorry."

Suppi: "Review please. SVDC is brand new here, make the first fic she puts on here worth the work!"

Kero: "FIVE REVIEWS OR NO UPDATES!"

SVDC: "Remind me never to give them sugar…"