Hi guys! . yep, I know… you don't have to say it, you missed me… lol:p …

THANK YOU ! Sooooo much for reviewing last chapter Dashing out chocolate eggs like mad Happy Easter! ... I'm terribly sorry about my spelling mistakes, yeah it was suppose to be "sighing" not "signing" -.-;;… I'm the worlds worst speller, I wouldn't be able to live with out my spell check...Lol; so please bear with me.

Disclaimer: I still haven't received a call from Mr. Clamp regarding my birthday present in 7 months time so I'm assuming I still don't own CCS…;(

Any way… on with the story

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Chapter 2 – Unexpected…our re-acquaintance

Driving down the ever ending high way it started to pour like mad. Sakura cursed again for her sudden decision of going to her great grand fathers House on such sort notice. The letter did sound urgent but she should've at least act calm and plan every thing out.

When she finally arrived at the front steps, the umbrella she had had proven itself useless. She was drenched to the bone.

"Sakura" a steady voice called out from one to the top windows. She looked up and saw the old man waving at her with a wide smile, the wrinkles on his aged face seemed to blend away for a split second. He was a very proud and respectful man. She waved back and gave him her 100w, something that she hasn't done for so long but it felt good too. The fact that the heaven is still pouring on her is at the back of her mind.

"Come in, the door is open" he said seeing her give a slight shiver. "Quickly, we don't want our angel to catch a cold". She obeyed with out hesitance. As soon as she got in, she saw the maid rushed towards her with a dry towel and some of her mother's old clothing, hushing her towards the guest room.

"I'm so glad you came Sakura, it's getting a bit quiet out here these days" Sakura looked up to find her great grandfather walking into the room.

"What is it Grandpa? Your letter sounded urgent and… I guess I acted a little rational too" she said looking at the pile of her wet clothes and counted the times she nearly slipped off the road. -.-;;

"Oh that, I'm glad I came so quickly or I might not have time to explain."

"…"

"I really hope you'll understand… your mother's side of the family have quite some history…"

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The gloomy weather is not making his mood any better as he arrived at the grand mansion that was suppose to be a property of the Japanese royal family. It was a lot smaller than the Li estate back in Hong Kong but he had to admit it was very elegantly decorated. Flowers are arranged everywhere making the place feel alive. If it wasn't for the annoyance of marrying this unknown princess he wouldn't mind staying at the place for a couple of days… it reminded him of… Sakura… 'damn, now I can't get her out of my head… not that I could before…'

"Li - Sama?" Syaoran was suddenly snapped out of his conscience duel. He came face to face with the butler who led him in.

"Hai?" he asked with annoyance.

"I was just notified that the Princess won't be here till tomorrow due to the terrible storm since last night. However, we do hope you will enjoy your stay here, your room has been prepared up stairs third door to the right. I'll take you there right now. Feel free to look around the mansion whenever you wish later on… is there any thing else you would like?"

'to get out of here!' he thought "No." and he start to walk towards him room.

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The woman looked at the figure stood in front of her, she was no longer able to move. Blood started to pool around her and she could feel the multiple stab wounds trying to ripe her to pieces. Everything started to blur and she wondered when the darkness will completely consume her.

The man hovered over her blood stained body, a strange light in his eyes… his eyes? They where visible under the dim moon light from the window…they were pale almost to a silverish blue… "you should've told me"

It had only been two seconds but it felt like minutes in awkward silence. The with the final strike of the town bell, the knife fell down one last time.

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Ringggggggg…….

"Moshi Moshi Tomoyo Daijouji speaking"

"Tomoyo? It's me Sakura…I need to talk to you!"

"Sakura! I'm so glad you called, I couldn't reach you for the past hour, where are you?"

"I'm at my grandpa's place…"

"Whoa? What are you doing all the way out there? In this weather?"

"To tell you the truth… I'm not too sure myself… I need to come over"

"But the storm…"

"If I got all the way out there like this getting back won't be more difficult"

There was the engine sound starting in the back ground and numerous voices calling her name but she continued her way out of the drive way.

Back in the house

"You didn't tell her about tomorrow?" the maid asked her elderly master curiously.

"There's no need to" he said simply.

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Lying on his back Syaoran couldn't sleep for the entire night. Now that dawn is approaching he was wondering if he should've really ran away when he had the chance. What was it that held him back?

While his conscience was finally tired of battling each other he felt the need of sleep washed upon him. A head ach is not what he need right now. Suddenly, as if a flash of lightning he felt a small surge of magic dashed across the doorway outside. Something didn't feel right.

A clang sound was heard on the other end of the hallway, then rustling footsteps hurried through corridors and staircases. Bang, the door was thrown open revealing the butler out of breath. "Li – Sama! Somebody set the mansion on fire, we need to evacuate!"

'Talk about be careful of what you wish for…' he made a mental note to himself that next time to be more specific when he want to get out of some where, 'I kinda liked this place…oh well' – shrug. Immediately, he followed the butler out (well, actually the butler could hardly catch up to him).

As soon as Syaoran reached the bottom of the stairs he realized something else. He was able to pick up the faint source of magic again. Turning on his heels her ran back up the stairs and dashed down the corridor where the source seemed to concentrate more. This caused the butler to call after him franticly but he hardly gives any notice to the man.

'Who are you?' Syaoran frowned, now it is clearer to sense the ora it wasn't a positive one, who ever it belonged to it was the person who set the mansion on fire.

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The red light on the camera flashed once more then went off with a beep. Tomoyo placed it down and tried to comprehend what her best friend just told her.

"Wow, that's… unexpected… so what are you going to do now?"

"I don't know. It's like a dream and I'm scared I'll suddenly wake up and everything just happened to me in the past 24 hours is just my mind playing tricks on me. I mean, there isn't much explanation to all this…" Sakura was trying to make some sense of the spaghetti ball in her head. 'breath, just breath…" she told herself.

"But you are happy right? At least it's a good thing, and S…"

"I'm glad I got to know my family background better and that's the only good thing" she really doesn't know what to make of all this…but wait… "oh God no" a sudden thought hit her like a rock on the head… has this got something to do with both her parents' death?... misinterpreted accidents?...

"Why? But you get to…"

"It was a good thing my mum kept it from me, I mean could you imagine, me grown up all snobbish… hehe… and we might all never meet and maybe I wouldn't have found the cards…and…" 'really, what am I going on about?…oh it doesn't matter…' she tried to hide down her horrific realization that had just started to sink into her mind. 'a cereal killer? Family enemy? Heritage? …"

"SAKURA! Stop blabbing and you should be happy cause you're going to marry Syaoran Kun !"

"…" 'Syaoran…' she was suddenly snapped out of her nightmare 'what's…'

"Sakura?…"

"Hoe? Oh, right, that… I don't know…" (the little girl in the head suddenly got very lost...)

"But Sakura, what do you mean? You two love each other"

"Before, yeah. But I didn't have the chance to tell him my feelings… what if he doesn't any more?…after all, he never replied my letters or called me in the past eight years..."

Tomoyo shock her head "Sakura, stop doubting Li Kun, he still loves you, you'll see. He's limited to write and call you because of his training, remember?"

"I…guess…" 'Sakura what are you going to do!' her mind screamed

"Ohohohoho, oh right princess, wipe off that frown and smile for the camera!… I'll call this one "the lost princess of Japan"!"

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"Tomoyo, you said on the phone that you tried to find me for almost an hour, why?" Sakura suddenly remembered. She felt guilty that she was so caught up with her problem that she failed to notice the urgency in Tomoyo's voice.

"Oh I almost forgot!" Tomoyo cried the dragged her friend to wards the phone. "Eriol called… actually it was him who tried to find you"

"Hoe!" 'this is NOT good!… God can my day get any worse?'

flashback -

"Moshi Moshi, Tomoyo desuka?"

"Hai,…dare desuka?"

"It's me, Eriol"

"Ah Eriol Kun! How are you!"

"Tomoyo, it's nice to talk to you again too but I need to talk to Sakura, I tried all afternoon and I can't find her." He sounded urgent and surprisingly a little panicky.

"I haven't seen her since the day before at school, that's odd. Maybe she went to see her brother at the Uni."

"No, I tried there. Something is going on Tomoyo,a dark force maybe I'm not sure, but I know of some people who are more familiar and I think we'll need Sakura and the card's help again."

"What is it?"

"Put the recording machine on, which ever one of us reaches her first can tell her. We are apparently running out of time."

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Tomoyo pushed the button on the recording machine. It gave a little pause then Eriol's voice ran out fluently, a little deeper than the last time Sakura heardfrom him but she recognized the calm, soothing voice.

"Sakura, I know this is very sudden and it surprised me a bit too. However, I have sensed something stirring in Japan lately. Trouble maybe, what ever it is it hides itself very well, only a faint source of magic could be felt by strong magic users. I have two cousins; Eric and Saoko are both powerful magicians of the cosmic. They have contacted me and informed me that someone is trying to topple the cosmic balance. We are still unsure who it is but they are on their way to Japan to help. I need you to open the Sakura cards and call upon your guardians again. Apparently, who ever it is maybe after a special card created by the ancients even before Clow, it was said that it has the power to move the stars from the sky (what ever that means). You need to be very cautious from now on, he might be also after your cards too. Anyway, Eric and Saoko will be coming to find you and inform you more on this and I know for a fact that my cute little descendent has arrived in Japan too."

The recorder clicked. The sly tone in his last sentence left Sakura wonder what things that man doesn't know. She turned around and headed for the door.

"Sakura! Where are you going?"

"I need fresh air" her head was jumbled which God knows how many emotions in a ball of spaghetti.

"But Eriol said…"

Sakura walked out the door before she could finish. Worried she decided to follow her friend.

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'Who ever you are I know you are up to no good' Syaoran pushed his speed again trying to catch up with the fleeing …he doesn't know what it is. It moved like the shadows dashing from one hall way to another the with a final turn jumped out the window.

Syaoran followed, the years of training paid off as he landed safely from a two story fall and still hot on the trail of the…eh…very fast thing. Now it dodged into the nearby ally and decided to play hide and seek. "Damn, where did he go?"

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"Sakura! SLOW DOWN!" Tomoyo shrieked as they made a tight turn "I don't know about you but I intend to live for another few dozens of years!"

Gradually the car started to decelerate.

"Tomoyo, what do you think about all this?"

"About what?" she still tried to catch her breath from that stunt her friend just pulled.

"I don't know... everything."

"Sakura" now that she had finally calmed down to her usual self "I know a lot had just happened to you in the past day, no, the past eight years. There is no use to trap yourself in confusion and pain. I know you've been holding in and trust me, it's not easy for us, your friends to see you taking up the load by yourself. We watched you for the past eight years and if you looking in the mirror yourself long enough you will understand how much you've changed, being warred down. Please let us help you Sakura, we want the old genki you back." Sakura looked at her hest friend stunned, she had never realized this, it was her perfect plan for the cause of good, keeping all her pains from her friends. Tomoyo in turn gave her a little smile "and just incase, I'm your best friend and I'll always be there for you, everyone will and that includes Syaoran."

Sakura couldn't help to smile back at her friend, everything for the first time in a long time had seemed alright. At that moment a light broke out of the rain clouds filling the late morning with new aspirations and hope…

There was a flash across the corner of Tomoyo's eye. A figure dashed out in front of the car…

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Syaoran lost trace of the 'thing' and frustration begins to build up by the second. He has been on the search for the past 15 minutes but no luck. The ora were faint and scattered, not mentioning the weather is not helping. Suddenly he felt a tug that drawn him to a shadowed corner that he had not noticed before. 'What's this?' he thought walking towards it. At the same time a stream of light broke through the sky and lighted up the corner. With a blink of the eye it soared out and break for the entrance towards the main street.

Syaoran quickly followed the suit, chasing after it. As soon as he arrived at the middle of the street he realized it was a big mistake... or was it? There was a sharp sound of rubber tire skidded to a halt…

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"Sakura! Watch out!"

She wasn't sure if it was her quick reaction or a miracle that her car stopped one millimeter in front of the man but what she was sure, yep 101 percent sure who the person now standing in front of her car was. Amber met emerald once again (out of what chance was that? …well actually it's quite high in a fan fic like this -.-;;)

"Syaoran…" was all she could make out of what was in her head this instant. 'Yep, my day had just gotten worse...'

"Sakura…"

A/n: …and I'm out… for now - falls down exhausted. Sorry this chapter is so long, I never intend it to be. Actually I planed on writing more but I think you guys rather chapters that are a little shorter. I personally get a bit dizzy after a while... I might just write another chapter this weekend – Easter special! Yay! – don't worry, I won't be this long… I hope…

But for now…Review! Review lots and I'll tell the Easter bunny to bring you more chocolate eggs!

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