Chapter 2

Sakura tossed and turned in her bed. She couldn't become comfortable in a new place. Deciding to do what she always did in a new place, she got up and made her way into the hallway. Touya's room was right next door, only a few steps down the hall.

As she crept stealthily along, she noticed that such a big house was a little creepy at night. Suddenly, she stopped dead in her tracks as a sight at the end of the hall caught her eye. Her eyes widened at the person, who looked to be glowing in the moonlight streaming through the window he sat under. Just then, the person turned around and Sakura let out an ear-piercing scream.

Touya, who had been in a light doze, sat bolt upright when he heard his sister's scream. Literally jumping out of bed, he ran to the door and yanked it open.

Sakura, upon seeing her big brother, launched herself at him, her screams dying, but she whimpered into his chest. He could barely make out what she said, but he did pick out something about a ghost.

Several doors were then opened and pounding feet came to their position in the hall as an overhead light was turned on. Kaho made her way to the pair first and asked, "What happened?"

Touya looked around at the gathering crowd, but he couldn't see any ghosts. "It's all right Sakura. There aren't any ghosts here."

Sakura, with tears still in her eyes, pulled away slightly and said, "But I saw one. It was glowing."

Touya's brow furrowed as he thought, 'she's never seen a real ghost before.' He then noticed someone that he hadn't met before, but he supposed she could have mistaken for a ghost.

"Are you the person she saw?" He asked the boy.

"I did not mean to scare her," the boy said. He was tall, almost as tall as Touya, and he had an almost sickly, pale complexion. He was wearing a pair of white pants, and a white shirt trimmed in silver. His hair was truly long, as it appeared to reach his knees in its current state. "She merely saw me sitting under the window and assumed I was a spirit."

Touya sighed as Sakura turned around to face the new boy. "I'm sorry," she said, "but you looked like a ghost in the moonlight. Who are you?"

He looked down at her with a pair of mysteriously violet eyes, and said, "My name is Yue."

Sakura smiled and wiped her eyes, finally letting go of the death grip she had on her brother. "My name's Sakura and I'm still sorry about screaming like that, but I don't really like ghosts."

"That is fine, Sakura," he replied, "It is a pleasure to meet you."

"All right," Kaho hollered out to everyone, "I want everyone back to bed, it's late." She looked at Touya and Sakura and then to Yue before she turned and made her way back to her own bed.

"Goodnight," Yue said and made his way down the hall, probably to his own room.

"Why were you up in the first place?" Touya asked Sakura.

Looking down shyly, she replied, "I had a bad dream."

Touya sighed, "Come on then, you can stay with me."

Smiling brightly, Sakura followed her big brother to his room.

Sakura and Touya made their way downstairs to find breakfast. Upon entering the large dining room from the night before, they noticed that several of the occupants of the house had yet to rouse themselves. The only ones at the table were Kaho, Shoaran, Meilin, and Spinel.

Just as they sat themselves down and were reaching for the platters in the center of the table, two others entered the room. Yukito, still wearing what were obviously his pajamas, took the seat next to Touya. He smiled at Touya before getting his own breakfast. Touya couldn't help but smirk in amusement at the little, white, fluffy bunnies all over Yukito's pajamas.

Yue had followed closely behind Yukito, but he wore some sort of long, white robe that reached his bare feet. His extremely long hair had been pulled back and doubled over so that it didn't interfere with his walking, but it was still long enough to reach his bottom. He took the seat next to Yukito, and only then did the siblings realize how similar the two looked.

Sakura, always one for questions, asked, "Are you guys related or something?"

Yukito looked over at her, while Yue kept eating, and said, "In a way, we are, but not by blood."

"What do you mean?" Touya asked, curious now as well.

"I mean," Yukito began, "that Yue is a reincarnation of an ancestor of mine. So we have pretty similar abilities, but I don't get the cool wings."

"You get wings," Sakura directed at Yue, who then looked over at her. "That is so cool."

Yue smirked and then resumed eating his meal. The other students soon entered, as well as Clow, and breakfast passed in quiet conversations about this and that.

Once the meal had ended, Clow asked, "Touya, Sakura, would you two please come with me so that I can explain a few things."

Touya nodded and Sakura followed her brother's example. The two followed Clow out of the dining room and into what looked like an office with a large open area. Along one wall was a fireplace, which had two sofas and a coffee table situated before it. In a corner was a rather large wooden desk, piled high with papers. Finally, along just about every wall, there were bookshelves filled to bursting with books.

"Now, I have a few questions that I would like to ask? First off, do you want to learn magic and how to use your abilities to their greatest extent?"