Dark Wild Nights
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. I am only using them in a short work of fiction. I am doing this for fun not for profit, so don't sue me. As I have nothing but a small kennel that I use as my house. It's not much but I like it and you can't have it.
Chapter 3
"Is there something wrong with us being here?" Yukito asked.
"Us? You mean Touya is here too?" asked a very shocked Sakura.
"Yes he is." Yukito said easily. "How else would I have gotten in?"
"Oh right. Soooo...where is Touya?" Sakura wondered.
"He is in the kitchen right now." Yukito explained. Then he took a good look at Sakura. "Hey, Sakura, where did you get that sword?"
"What?" Sakura asked totally puzzled. Then she looked down at her hand and realized that she still had the sword card dispelled. "Oh...uh..." Sakura stuttered putting her free hand behind her head.
"Perhaps you should put it away before Touya sees it." Yukito suggested.
"Your right. I'll be down in a minute." Sakura agreed before she dashed up the stairs to her room.
Once she got to her room, Sakura leaned against her door. She had been stupid to just stand there with the sword card dispelled for everyone to see. When she had got home, bringing out the sword card seemed like a good idea. Sakura had never thought that anyone she knew would be in the house. She was so lost in thought that she never noticed the stuffed animal like creature fly up to her until it was right in her face. Startled she screamed and swatted the thing across the room.
"Are you alright, Sakura?" Touya called from the bottom of the stairs.
"Yes." Sakura called back recovering from her shock.
"What was that for? Asked the little creature.
"I'm sorry, Kero. You startled me and I just reacted." Sakura said apologetically.
"Well you should pay more attention then." Kero chided. "How come Yue is here?"
"I haven't seen Yue as of yet." Sakura told him. "I have only seen Yukito but I have a feeling the reason that he and Touya have came here has something to do with Yue."
"You should find out as quickly as possible." Kero told her. "By the way, how come you have the sword card dispelled?"
"Oh right." Sakura said before she respelled the sword card. "I dispelled the sword card when I got home and found the door unlocked. I thought that it was a burglar and I needed something to fight with."
"That was extremely reckless of you, Sakura." Kero said. "What if it had been a burglar and he had a gun? A sword would be no good against a gun. And with the sword card dispelled you would not have been able to summon any other cards like shield for example."
"Alright, Kero, alright." Sakura said trying to sooth her small guardian. "I'm sorry. I didn't really think about that. All I could really think about was getting whoever was in my house out.
"Right now I think that I should go down and see what Touya and Yukito want here. So I'll see you later." Sakura said before she walked out of the room.
"You have to be more cautious Sakura. Something dark is coming. And it's heading for you. I don't know if Yue and I have the power to hold it off." Kero said to the now empty room.
Sakura ran down the stairs. She knew what she did was really rash and she still wasn't sure why she had done it. Sakura walked into the living room where she saw Touya and Yukito sitting beside each other on the couch. Sakura quickly went and sat down on the other couch. She knew that Touya was going to demand that Sakura tell him why she had screamed so she would just have to beat him to the punch.
"Why are you two here? Not that I'm complaining." Sakura asked.
"Strangely enough, it was Yukito's idea to come here." Touya said looking at his lover.
"I need to talk to you, Sakura. And it is not something that can be discussed over the phone."
"Well you're here now, so what did you want to talk to me about?" Sakura wondered.
"I need to talk to you alone." Yukito said again. "I have to talk to you alone. It's a rather sensitive subject if you know what I mean."
"I have to make supper now so we could talk in the kitchen." Sakura suggested.
"Alright." Yukito replied.
"Ok, why don't you go in there while I run up stairs and change quickly. I'll be back down in a moment." Sakura told him, while getting to her feet and going out the doorway.
"Why can't you say what you need to say in front of me?" Touya asked puzzled.
"Sakura does not know that you know much about Yue and the cards. It will be much easier this way." Yukito explained.
"But she saw me when I gave you me power. She knows that I know about Yue. So why are you hiding?" Touya demanded.
"True enough, but she doesn't know about the conversations that you and I or you and Yue have had. She doesn't know you know that she is the card mistress." Yukito said trying to calm Touya down.
"Well when is she going to find out that I know?" Touya sulked. (^_^)
Yukito was silent a moment. He sat there with his head tilted slightly to one side as if he were listening to something only he could hear. He was listening to something that Yue was telling him.
"Yue said that he is going to tell Sakura everything that had been going on lately." Yukito relayed to Touya. "I should get going or else I won't be able to change before Sakura comes down."
Touya slumped back into the couch as he watched Yukito walk towards the kitchen. He trusted Yukito around Sakura, but he still wished that he knew what was going on. He had a bad feeling that something was going to happen to Sakura. Touya also knew that he didn't have the strength to protect her. He would have to trust Yue and Ceroberus to protect her, it was their job after all.
Up in Sakura's room, Kero was floating above her bed. He was wanting to know what was going on down stairs. Kero had a feeling that it had something to do with Sakura and this dark thing that he had been sensing.
Kero had been so deep in thought that he didn't hear any one come running up the stairs so when the door opened he froze and just dropped to the bed. Once he was on the bed he recognized the aura of the person who came in. It was Sakura. Once again Kero floated above the bed as he watched Sakura rummage in her closet for something.
"So did you find out what they wanted?" Kero asked.
"Not yet." Sakura said as she pulled a shirt over her head. "Yukito says that he needs to talk to me alone. So I think that it's Yue who has to talk to me."
"If it is Yue who has to talk to you maybe I should come along." Kero said. "And if it is Yukito who has to talk to you, you just distract him and I'll fly away."
"Alright I guess you can come. But just remember no to let Yukito or Touya see you." Sakura cautioned.
Kero nodded and then flew into the hood on Sakura's shirt. Once he was settled and still, Sakura started out of her room and down the stairs. When she got to the bottom she went around the living room to the kitchen. Sakura really didn't want to have a confrontation with Touya right now. When she got to the kitchen Sakura looked around for Yukito. She spotted him over by the sink filling up the water jug which, she assumed, her had emptied.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Sakura asked as she walked over to the fridge and looked for something to make for supper.
Behind her, Yukito transformed into Yue. Sakura, who was busy and not really paying attention, did not sense his changing. Kero on the other hand, saw Yukito change and transformed himself. Sakura still hadn't noticed that any thing was going on around her.
"Yukito, are you going to answer me? Or are we going to stand around all day?" Sakura asked still rummaging in the fridge. Then she turned her head slightly. "Yukito what do you. . .ahhh! How many times have I told the two of you to tell me before you transform."
"What's going on in there?" Touya called from the living room.
"Nothing." Sakura called back.
"Sure," Touya muttered.
"It was I and not Yukito who needed to talk to you, Mistress." Yue began. "I am sorry that I startled you."
"It's alright I guess. So what is it that you have come to say?" Sakura said.
"I have come about two things. The first is a warning. In Tokyo an unknown evil spreads. It seems to have found out about you and is on it's way to Tomoeda. It is powerful. Make no mistake about that." Yue said his voice filled with caution.
"That must be what I have been sensing lately." Ceroberus put in. "I have been sensing a strong force creeping towards Tomoeda for the past couple of days."
"It was just Eroil that you were sensing, Ceroberus." Said Sakura who had started to pull things out of the fridge for spaghetti sauce.
"Clow is back?" both said Yue and Ceroberus shocked.
"Yes he is. He arrived today." Sakura said as she moved around the kitchen getting supper started.
"Did he say why he has come?" Yue questioned.
"No he didn't. He didn't give much of any clues as to why he was here or for how long he's going to be here. Although he did say that he is going to be registering in our school tomorrow." Sakura told her guardians.
"What about Ruby Moon and Spinal Sun? Are they here too?" Yue asked.
"I'm not sure about them. I never saw them or even thought to ask about them." Sakura admitted.
"I don't think that it was Clow that I was sensing, Sakura." Ceroberus told his mistress. "What I sensed was dark and evil. Clow is neither. And Clow would never harm you. Your one of his friends. It just doesn't make any sense."
"If what you say is true, then there is something else coming. And it has something to do with Clow. Though I think that he is here to help you, Sakura." Yue said.
"I'll ask him more about what he is doing here and if he brought his guardians with him. But I have my doubts that anything I say or do will persuade him to tell me if he doesn't want to." Sakura said doubtfully.
"All you can do is try." Ceroberus said.
"And that's all we ask." Yue finished. "Right now, though, I would like to talk to Sakura alone. There are a few other things that need discussing that I would not have you know about."
"If it has to do with our mistress, I think I have a right to know what is being said." An angry Ceroberus said.
"It is to do with out Mistress but it is nothing that you need concern yourself with as it is between myself and Sakura. If it were to do with the Cards or her safety then you know that I would have no problem talking about it in front of you." Yue told him.
"Go on, Ceroberus. If he says anything that I think that you should hear then I'll tell you." Sakura reassured her Lion guardian.
"Fine." Ceroberus said sulkily as he transformed and floated out of the kitchen.
"Back to my room and don't let Touya see you." Sakura called after him.
"What ever," muttered Kero.
"So Yue what did you want to tell me?" Sakura asked as soon as Kero was out of earshot.
"I wanted to tell you that Touya know about me." Yue said.
"I know that Yue. He gave you his power."
"Yes, but he knows about everything. You, me, Ceroberus, and the cards." Yue told her.
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To Be Continued...
AN there it is. How do you like it? Be sure to tell me what you think. Later.
