"Likuan, if you want to eat, you'd best have a seat." Shaoran's tone held something deadly.

"What's going on, Shaoran-kun?" Sakura asked telepathically.

"I'll explain later." He ended the mental conversation there. He knew that he really would have to explain later. The time was drawing near when the counsel would try to choose his bride. He didn't want them to do that.

"Sakura-chan, can I see you in my room afterwards? I have some clothes that I want you to model." Tomoyo held a dangerously familiar glint in her eyes, one that Sakura hadn't seen in a long time. It was also definitely one to be wary of.

Dinner was well underway when Sakura felt something that was really off.

Disclaimer: I don't own them. I just have a lot of fun writing them. I believe that CLAMP owns them.

To-ya- Thank you for your very honest review. I hope that you are able to read the rest of the story and to give me more pointers on things that I missed.

Moonmaiden625-There really is going to be a lot more to this story than you know. You're right though. She's going to find out soon enough that her friends are not just her weakness but also her strength and what keeps her going. That's why she has trained so hard in the last few years.

Tramie- Thanks for the review. I know that I haven't told everything that has happened to Sakura yet but I don't think I you will have to worry about that because this story isn't ending amytime soon. There is still lots more twists and turns here that you may not be able to follow them.

Thank you to all the rest of my reviewers as well that have supported me throughout this story. This is my first CCS fic and I really do appreciate all the support and help that you have given me.

I was corrected on one of the scenes from the first chapter. The one where I go over what has happened to Tomoyo in the last few years. I made a mistake of saying that Tomoyo had moved to Hong Kong with her Okaasan and Otousan. For me it is a natural thing to have your Otousan in the picture as well. Her father has never been in the picture and I did want to correct that.

Chapter 10

"Shaoran, what is going on?" Sakura questioned mentally.

"I'll explain later. Let's just enjoy the meal." Shaoran glanced at her.

Sakura glanced at the last comment. "You will explain later."

Likaun Ami went to the sitting in the chair that had been pulled out for her to sit in. 'Who does she think she is sitting by Shao-kun?' She sent a death glare to Sakura when she thought that no one was looking at her.

Sakura didn't have to look up from her plate to know that she was being stared down by the woman that had entered the room late. She let the conversation go not really listening to what was being said until Shaoran mentally got her attention. "Sakura you're being talked to."

"I am." She said back silently. "Oh sorry." She blushed when she realized that everyone was watching her very closely. "What was the question?"

"What are you doing tomorrow Imouto?" Touya asked her again.

"Well I don't know yet. I haven't thought about it. Why?" She asked out loud.

Touya looked at his sister. "I was wondering of you wanted to go to the airport with me and pick up Kaho." Touya answered her question.

"Sure how is she doing? Should she be traveling on a plane right now?" Sakura questioned.

Touya was surprised. She usually would smile slightly when he asked her something and agree to do it. He knew that his sister just agreed when suggested something so that it would seem that everything was normal. It was far from that though. He missed his Imouto. "She'll be alright. The doctor says that the baby isn't due for another month now. The twins will arrive with her."

Shaoran watched the whole interaction. Her niece and nephew should cheer her up some but again nothing seemed to change on her facial expression. "Sakura what's wrong?" Li was asking into her mind.

"They shouldn't be coming here. Someone has been trying to hurt us and the twins would be an easy target for them." She answered keeping the conversation unspoken.

"They'll be alright." He reassured her. Sakura only sighed in response.

Likaun was watching what was going on with interest. The woman seemed to show no emotion whatsoever when it came to her family. She showed nothing toward her friends but seemed to still have them. She didn't understand what was going on. She didn't need to understand though because she was going to be sitting on Shaoran's side next time they ate dinner. There would be no Kinomoto Sakura sitting at the table.

Sakura looked up to see Likaun Ami staring at her with her cold, cold eyes. It felt like she was trying to throw daggers out at her but wasn't succeeding. "Likaun-san tell me about yourself."

As she took the woman's attention off of her she observed the facial expressions that passed across her face. "Well what do you want to know Sakura?"

"It's Kinomoto-san." Sakura corrected her. "I want to know about things that you like? Where you like to hang out? What do you do with your spare time?"

"Well..." The woman began to tell the long tale of her life. "I was born in October 21, 19__. I stayed in the hospital for two days. You know I've seen my baby pictures looking all scrunchy and ugly. I was an ugly looking thing. You wouldn't think to look at me now though would you?"

She went on and on about little unimportant details of her life and Sakura listened half interested that was until she began mentioning some about her family.

"Now my father owns the company right by Shanghai bank. (I only know the name from it being mentioned in the movie. If I make up something that doesn't sound Chinese or Japanese don't kill me. Just let me know.) He is about to make a deal with Daidouji toys. (I don't know the name of the company that Tomoyo's mother runs. If anyone knows then let me know.) You know we have some better toys than they do."

It was a good thing that Eriol was sitting right by Tomoyo because she was fuming.

Likaun continued talking, "Well he is also opening another store. Do you know how to achieve another store? Well you..." She had proved with this part of her 'story' that she was smart at least. She knew how to work around things to get what she wanted.

"My grandfather is the leader of our clan. He says that I will become the next leader. I look forward to it. I can't imagine how much freedom that will come with that." She continued to talk while Li was trying to think of what kind of freedom she thought she was going to get. He had already been trained to do what he needed to do for the clan. He had already sat in some of the council meetings with his mother. They were very boring meetings to be sitting through. She didn't even know the extent of what she was about to take on. He seriously wondered if she had even been told.

Touya was watching his sister wondering what she was thinking. She would have only asked if she had a purpose and he wondered what it was. He wouldn't be able to find out unless he got her by herself and even then he might not. She had a tendency to not talk to anyone when she wished not to. There was something about this line of questioning and what she had told the woman that was talking though. She didn't mind being called by Sakura most of the time. She had ordered Likaun to call her Kinomoto-san.

"Would anyone like some tea?" Yelan asked after she was tired of hearing Likaun talk for an hour about herself and her family.

"No thank you Mrs. Li." Sakura turned down the offer. "I think I'll go to my room now." Sakura could feel glaring eyes watch her as she let the room.

Li watched Sakura leave the table with his heart sinking. "Shao-kun with her gone I can sit by you." She plopped down beside him.

"What will happen when my family when they make the deal with Daidouji's company. We'll be able to do a lot more." She thought about her daddy getting her a new car. He almost always did when there was a new deal finished.

"You won't be getting that deal." Tomoyo's voice could be heard around the silent table.

"What do you mean?" The girl gushed surprised.

"I mean that I will prevent my mother from doing such a thing." Tomoyo said to her.

"You're her daughter?" She was shocked to find Daidouji's daughter at the Li mansion.

"Yes. She is my Okaasan. You're Otousan won't get very far." Tomoyo threatened before she left the room.

Eriol watched her as she left. "Aunt Yelan I think that I will follow her." Eriol left the room.

"I'll go too." Li looked at his mother before he left the room.

-Sakura's room-

"Sakura, did you bring me any food!?" Kero looked up hopefully from the video game that he was playing.

"No, I didn't," Sakura sighed before sitting down.

"What!" Kero paused his game.

"You'll have to wait until Shaoran-kun's guest leaves," she said to her guardian.

"This better be worth the wait." Kero went back to his game, grumbling about not having any pudding all day.

"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo's voice came outside the door.

"I see you escaped the lovely guest downstairs." Sakura's sarcasm was not missed.

"Yeah she thinks that her father is going to get a deal with my mother's company. It's not happening." Tomoyo ranted to her best friend.

"Well at least she's not thinking about trying clothes on me." Sakura thought.

Shaoran looked her surprised. "You mean you don't want to go through that mess."

"uh-oh too late." She thought as she looked at her friend.

"Hey Saku'-chan, you know what will make you feel better?" She held the same dangerous gleam in her eyes that had been seen at lunch.

They all looked nervously at Tomoyo before they tried to scatter throughout the room. Sakura was the first one that she grabbed. "You first."

Tomoyo dragged Sakura out of the room.

"Help!" she cried into the two men's minds. They all sweat-dropped.

"Hiiragizawa, I think that we'd better find a place to hide." Eriol teleported somewhere else before Tomoyo entered the room.

Shaoran climbed out onto the roof. Ten minutes later, they could hear Sakura running as fast as she could away from Tomoyo. It wasn't working.

"Sakura-chan, if you don't hold still, you're going to rip the fabric!" Tomoyo could be heard above all the racket.

"Poor Sakura."

"Watch it, you cowards. I know you hid and if I get a hold of you, it won't be Tomoyo-chan you're worried about." Sakura sent a message to them. She knew that one would be heard wherever Eriol had transported himself to.

"Ooops." That was the last thing that Shaoran needed: the one that he wanted to marry him to be angry.

Shaoran climbed down from the roof before Tomoyo came into the room. He was guessing that Eriol had heard her, too, because the other boy appeared in the room as well. "You heard her, huh?"

"Yeah; I've watched her battle you. I don't want to be the one to battle her. She wasn't even at full power." Eriol went back to that one morning that he and Shaoran's mother had watched her battle.

"I agree. If she is angry, we might not survive," Shaoran spoke, also thinking about the battle that they'd had that morning.

Sakura could be heard coming down the hall. "Tomoyo-chan, would you please. No .No."

Shaoran wanted to laugh, but stopped when the door was opened.

"Come on, Sakura-chan, show the guys what I made for you to wear," Tomoyo prompted.

Sakura had been put in a pair of black Capri's with a white shirt. The white shirt held a slightly off the shoulder look. There was gold trim that went all around the collar but the sleeves went to mid arm. They weren't really sleeves though. It connected at the shoulder and revealed her arms. At the end of the sleeves they were connected as they met once again. (This shirt is rather hard to describe so you will have to kind of draw it out in your mind. Just imagine the shirt almost having no sleeves.)

"I don't think that it's necessary." Sakura was waving her hand in front of Shaoran's face.

"What? What's necessary?" Shaoran looked at her with awe once again.

Tomoyo chuckled and dragged the still-stunned Eriol out of the room.

"Sa. Sa.Sakura, you look great!" He took in what she was wearing. His hand was on the revealed part of the arm where the sleeve was.

"Yeah, well, thanks." She blushed a bright pink but it was gone a few seconds later.

Shaoran was still stunned when Tomoyo dragged Eriol into the room. "Your turn my dear little ."

"Hiiragizawa." Shaoran threatened.

"What? You have to admit that she didn't do a bad job. You're still in shock with Sakura-san!"

"What she do, kiss you in there? You've lost your head, Hiiragizawa." Shaoran was dragged out of the room next.

"You are right, Eriol-kun; she didn't do a bad job. I just hate it when she gets into this mode. You should try it when she 'really' goes into dress-up mode."

Sakura took in the black pants and the dark blue silk shirt that he was wearing. Eriol was wearing a dark blue silk shirt that looked rather ordinary for Tomoyo working on it. The pants didn't have anything on them either. This was an odd outfit for Tomoyo to make. She did give her this though. Eriol did look really good in this outfit. The shirt really did complimented his dark eyes and hair. It also gave him a dangerous heir all around him.

They sighed and waited until Tomoyo brought in the last of their reluctant group. "You see, Li-kun, it wasn't so bad. You aren't wearing your traditional green and yet still look nice in your black shirt and white pants."

Sakura was shocked. Li was wearing a shirt that looked like it was one of the karate training shirts that he sometimes wore. However it was slightly different as well. It was sleeveless with a green belt around it to keep it on. The trim around the shirt was the same color green as well. Since the shirt was sleeveless she could see his well muscled arms.

'Wow. he does look nice.'

Shaoran wasn't sure, but he thought he saw Sakura give him a really good once-over. 'If she did, then Daidouji-san's clothes aren't so bad.'

Just then Sakura got an evil idea in her mind. "Time!" The room around her froze except for her. "Create! Make a set of clothes for Tomoyo- chan with the top, lavender, and the bottom, black."

The cards did their job and went back to their card forms.

Sakura's voice went sing-song on Tomoyo. "Oh, Tomoyo-chan! I have something for you to wear."

Tomoyo gave her friend a very cautious look. "Sakura-chan, what are you up to?"

"Not a thing. I just want you to put on these clothes that I had made just for you." Sakura grinned.

"Uh-oh," was all that could be heard from the two guys that were in the room with her. They had to give Sakura credit though.

"I-no you don't, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo began to run off.

"Oh, I don't think so!" Sakura caught her friend while Eriol and Li were rolling on the floor laughing.

A few minutes later a grumbling Tomoyo came into the room. "She looks bonnie, doesn't she, Hiiragizawa?" Li teased his blushing friend.

Eriol gave no response when he saw her in a shiny lavender tube top that fit her perfectly and the black capris that seemed to accentuate her form. That was what broke Eriol out of his trance. "Sakura you're good." He whispered not even realizing that he had whispered it.

In the background, Kero was laughing at all of them.

"Oh, I haven't forgotten you," Tomoyo said, plucking the little guardian from the air where he was rolling around.

"Nani?" Kero asked, confused for a second. In the next moment he found himself in a cute little white top with some black shorts. The shorts had a hole in the back where his tail was showing. "Tomoyo-chan!" She added a little top hat to finish off the ensemble.

She knew he was about to transform and was starting to run when the others in the room started to laugh.

Kero looked at his mistress, laughing at him. She never laughed at him. He looked at the others as well. He didn't know what they were laughing at until he saw himself in the mirror. He didn't know whether to be embarrassed or to laugh. Then he thought about it. His mistress was actually smiling and laughing. He joined in the laughter.

Kero laughed as hard as the rest of them and found that he wanted to keep her laughing. He thought about it for a second and began to a song and dance. They laughing even harder as they watched himtry to tap out a tune while his tail held up the top hat that had been placed on his head.

Yelan stood outside the door. She could hear them all having fun in there whatever they were doing.

"Aunt Yelan," she heard a young woman's voice behind her.

"Yes, Meiling?" She asked.

"What's going on in there?" She said.

"I don't know." Yelan answered.

Meiling was greeted by the sight of Kero dressed in black and white suit while dancing and holding a top hat! She couldn't believe it.

Kero stopped dancing when he turned around to see Yelan and Meiling staring at them. "Sakura-chan! Tomoyo-chan!"

"Meiling-chan!" They exclaimed at the same time.

-Somewhere else-

He heard laughter. He hadn't heard this sparkling laugh in a long time. He also heard the happy reunion of all of them at once. This wasn't going well at all. He should have been able to destroy her. This was going to be a lot harder than he thought.

"I worked hard to get it to where she wouldn't laugh at anything, even her friends," the voice muttered darkly. His mistress wasn't going to be happy about this.

- - - - Okay gomen for being so late with this chapter! I had a lot of fun writing it! It just took a little longer to get out because I now have someone helping me with the writing.