The next few days, Sakura stayed in her apartment and never ate or moved. She just cried and cried. The phone rang a lot of times. It was Syaoran calling her. It says so in the caller id.
Yue answered it once, "Hello?"
On the other side of the phone, Syaoran said, "Yue, is Sakura there?"
Sakura felt it was Syaoran. To be sure she asked, "Kero, please take a look at the caller id. If it's Syaoran, please tell him I'm not home." Kero nodded and fluttered near Yue.
Yue almost answered Syaoran's question, "Ye-"
Kero snatched the phone at one and said, "Hey, Li, so sorry to say Sakura's not here. Please call again." He dropped the phone like a hot potato.
This gave Syaoran the cue that Sakura already knows about their consequences. Syaoran himself cried at night while thinking of his engagement and Sakura's happy face.
On the third day of sorrow, Syaoran came back to Japan and found Sakura in bed, looking as if she was sick and never ate. Kero told him everything that happened and how sick Sakura is. Syaoran looked at his fiancé with watery eyes.
"Syaoran," she said weakly. "I found out that we can never be together. Even Tomoyo and Eriol can't be happy because of the cards. Oh Syaoran, I can't live without you."
Syaoran smiled at Sakura. It was a smile full of hope. "Sakura, please, get yourself together. You're sick and haven't eaten for three days. You won't eat what Yue prepared, so, today, I'll cook for you."
After a few minutes, Syaoran cooked soup. He spoon-fed Sakura, which made her smile. She finished the whole bowl. It made everybody feel happy. The cards also felt happy to see Sakura well.
Syaoran stayed there all day. Sakura felt a lot better now. That night, the Light and the Dark card appeared before them.
"Mistress," Light card said. "This duty to sustain us is keeping you from your happiness. Clow Reed also suffered like this and we don't want you to feel that way."
The Dark card said, "Clow Reed knew the remedy to this. But he didn't do it for the person he loves might die."
Syaoran asked, "What is the remedy?"
The Light card looked at him. "Both of you shall battle every card in the Clow Book separately. Keroberos and Yue will guide you through this quest. If you wish to do so, I hope that both of you will succeed." Both of the cards went back to the Clow Book after that. Syaoran looked at Sakura. Sakura looked at him.
Kero said, "You got the message right? I'll be guiding Sakura while Yue will guide Syoaran. We won't be able to help you through this. We'll be there just in case any of you gets injured."
Sakura looked at Kero and Yue with hope, "Kero, will Tomoyo also do this?"
Kero answered, "I'm afraid so. It will be hard for her because she doesn't have powers." Kero smiled as he thought of something, "Eriol's cards are the same as the Clow Cards. Spinel told me. It may be hard for Tomoyo though. Even though she knows something about the cards, it doesn't give her any advantage. For all we know, the cards might be more powerful than yours."
Sakura felt happy yet she felt sad for her best friend. 'How would I tell her about this?' Sakura thought.