Yang-chan: Gomen Minna-sama! (bow) Forgive my long silence! Please? Anyway… Thank you for reviewing! I can not answer many questions…Yes, I do like to keep my readers guessing. (smile) Anyway, read and review.

Summary: Neh…got to the first chapter.

Last time…

A curtain fluttered up covering them from any outside viewers. When the wind died and the curtain fell, only an empty room remained.

All for a Smile

A Yang production

Ding Dong! Suki groggily opened her eyes and sat up in bed. Ding Dong! She stumbled over to her bedroom door, opened it, and stepped out. Ding Dong!

" I'm coming!" She yelled as hard as she could. " Just hold on…" Her steps were heavy upon the floor. Who dare wake her up at 3 in the morning? Don't these people ever sleep? DING DONG! Angrily, Suki grabbed the door, unlocked all the locks and yanked open the door.

" DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!" Suki snapped.

" I am well aware that it is 3 in the morning…" A familiar voice replied coolly. Suki snapped to attention. Four figures stood in her doorway. Quickly she turned on the porch light. Light flooded the area, chasing away the shadows and only leaving behind the identity of the four.

"Dream Catcher! Gem! Crow! Blade! What the hell are you doing here!"

" Is that how you great the ones who care most about you?" Dream smiled as Suki looked on. " We traveled all the way here and this is how we are greeted?"

"…Traveled…you all just transported here…But don't stand out there, come in." Suki held open the door and helped everyone in.

" WOW! This house is pretty big!" Gem giggled. " I like it. You did wonders on this house."

" Thanks…" stammered Suki.

Blade looked at the curtains and the color of the walls. " Could have been better…"

"SHUT UP!"

" Now Suki…" Crow placed a gentle hand on her shoulders, " You know that Blade only teases you."

" BUT CROW!"

" Suki, you look a bit pale." Dream looked her over. " Are you making sure to drink the endurance drink I made you?"

" Yes…it's just, that the Veprae are getting tougher. I'm lucky to be able to hold out so long." Suki smiled sadly. " So, what really brings you here?"

" To tell you the truth…" Dream pulled out a little pink book. Suki stared at it then turned her gaze to Dream. Dream nodded. " We sent it to them…"

" HOW COULD YOU!" Suki yanked the book from Dream's hand and flipped through the pages. Two of them were missing. " Did they get them?"

" Yes."

" Give me the basin.." Suki demanded. Dream let out a sigh and held out a small carved bowl filled to the rim with a silver misty liquid. Suki pulled out a pin, pricked her index finger, and touched the surface. For a second, the water turned a deep blood red. Soon it cleared up again, showing a small window. Shaoran, Meilin, and Tomoyo were all staring at a girl who had her back to them.

With Tomoyo, Shaoran, And Meilin

They stared at the girl in question. She was holding something to her chest as she walked slowly.

" Why can't I be like anybody else? Why does everyone hate me?" The girl sobbed. She rounded a corner. Sakura stared up at the sky, the warm sun shining down. The streets were different from the ones they were used to. Sakura started to walk across the bridge that was spread out in front of her. A gentle river splashed underneath the bridge. The railing was warm from the sun, giving Sakura a bit of warmth. " Dad was right…I can't be like anyone else. Why did this curse happen to me? WHY ME!" Sakura broke down and cried.

" Sakura!" Touya ran past the group, behind him was Yukito. " Sakura what's wrong?"

"Nii-chan! Why am I cursed like this? And Dad…why is he being affected too?" Sakura buried her face into her older brother's chest. " I want to be like everyone else! I don't want this! I don't want to have the same thing as Mom! I want to be able to smile and laugh! I want to be able to run and jump around! I want to love!"

" Listen Sakura…we'll be moving soon…Tomorrow, try to settle everything with everyone, okay? Don't leave any lose ends…" Touya gently stroked her hair, trying to calm her down.

" Hai Nii-chan…"

The whole area dissolved and was replaced by an unfamiliar town. The language was different…it was English and there was only one place where they could be in, England. Cars whizzed by them as they stood in the middle of the street.

" Sakura, please try to get over this..." A voice said softly. " You need to eat."

" I don't want to! I can't forget everything! Every night I replay it in my mind." The voices grew nearer. Two dull eyes met their own. Her hair fell limply around her face, her steps were slow and she staggered, her complexion was extremely pale, and she had lost a lot of weight. In short Sakura was a ghost. Her brother stood near her as she leaned on him for support. A young man stood a few feet in front of her, coxing her to get over things.

" Eriol…I am dense.. how could I have not noticed everything?"

" Sakura, it's the curse. It's not you. You are just unlucky, that's all." Apparently this only made Sakura feel worse as she broke into tears. Eriol panicked and tried desperately to apologize. Sakura broke free on her brothers grasp and ran blindly. Without paying attention to the streets she fled.

" SAKURA!"

The sound of cars screeching, twisting metal, cracked glass, and the scream of a girl filled the air. Everything was in chaos. People rushed to the scene. Tomoyo and Meilin let out a cry. Shaoran felt all blood drain from his face. An ambulance rushed forward…and they knew no more.

They felt themselves fall on top of something warm and pulsing with life.

" It would be best if you did not just lie there…" A voice stated.

" GET OFF OF ME!" Suki's voice called out from underneath the trio.

" Eh!" All three were seriously confused as they scrambled off Suki. She sat up and massaged her neck.

" You three are heavy…" Was the only thing she said. A silence hung over them. Shaoran, Tomoyo, and Meilin stood off to a side, questions flooding them and a feeling of shame crawled into their hearts.

" You saw that didn't you?" Suki sighed. " I'm sorry but you weren't suppose to figure things out like that. DREAM wasn't suppose to give you those pages." Suki held up a pick book. " It's from Sakura's journal. Her mental journey through life. It hold her memories and all the keys to her past experience. I was hoping that you would not have to see those until I had told you more of the truth."

" We saw…a car….hit her."

" True…Everything that you saw is truth." Suki flipped the book open and placed the two missing pages in. " I pulled you out then. I'm sorry if I wasn't fast enough. You weren't suppose to see that…or anything else for that matter. Baka Dream had to show you." She glared towards the shadows. A sly chuckle came from it. " Oh shove it Dream!" The chuckle stopped. " This really isn't going according to plan!"

" Is Sakura…" Shaoran couldn't bring himself to finish the question. Suki looked him over.

" You three had a rough trip…why don't you stay here tonight?" The realization of where they were dawned over them. Sakura's old home enclosed them. It's familiar walls held old worn memories. They reached out and ran a hand over the old walls.

" You didn't answer my question."

" What question?" Suki smiled softly as she tried to avoid giving them the answer.

" Stop messing around!"

" Really I don't know what you're trying to ask."

" DID SAKURA DIE OR NOT!" Everyone waited for the answer. Softly, a low ring flowed through the air as a tiny pixie floated in front of Shaoran. A fine silver dust fell on to Tomoyo, Meilin, and Shaoran's face. Their bodies did not touch the floor seeing that Dream floated them upstairs. A warm snug blanket covered their bodies.

" Dream…" whined Suki as she stood at the foot of the stairs. " What am I gonna do!"

" Tell them the truth…to them Sakura is dead."

" But…I can't!"

" Do what you will but soon they will figure it out…that you have the cards. If you won't tell them I'll volunteer. After, now that I think about it, we might be able to turn them around."

Suki let herself drop to the ground in frustration. She crossed her arms in front of her chest and let out a long sigh. " I don't want them to turn against me…it's almost unavoidable…you know. They have a very strong Veprae inside, just bidding it's time. I hate to think that I will lose everything in the end. Grrr…this is why I hate my life. I have to let go of many things."

" Suki, let them know that Sakura is dead and that you…"

" I what? I took her place? Oh yea…Hey Shaoran, to answer your question, Sakura is dead and I took her place. Mhm, oh yea Dream…that would really get them as my allies. OH SHOVE IT!" Dream stopped laughing. " That would only spark the Veprae, and I can't battle them as I am. I need to kill it before they let it lose."

" And if you can't?"

" I'll die trying, Dream. I'll die first."


Forgive my absence! (cry) Please review…oh yea! I was thinking of putting Lyrics into this story but I am stumped as to what songs I should use…(thinking) Can you all help me? Arigato Minna-sama! (bow)