Many apologies about the cliffhanger. I have a habit of doing that sometimes. - sweatdrop -

Has anyone else noticed that I haven't used Yue yet? Oo Well, he'll turn up sooner or later.

Chapter Six:

"I don't understand how it got so cloudy all of a sudden…" Sakura mumbled, staring out at the gray clouds rolling across the sky.

"Well it's been pretty windy for a while, Sakura-chan." Kero said, hovering beside her, staring out at the ominous thunderhead with the Cardmistress.

"Yeah, you're right…I guess I hadn't really noticed." She said, fingering her key a little as she moved towards her bed, sinking down onto the edge with her eyes still on the clouds. "Should I use windy and blow them further north?"

"Sakura-chan!" Kero snapped, "You can't interfere with nature!"

"But Kero-chan!" she whined, "I hate storms!"

Saying that, she groaned as the first rumble of thunder rolled through the sky and echoed off into the distance.

"You weren't too freaked out when we captured, Thunder…" Kero grumbled.

"Thunder was a Clow Card, it's real storms that I don't like." She said before spreading out on her bed and pulling a pillow over her head to shut out the thunder. "Syaoran-kun!"

Kero sighed, he didn't understand when exactly Sakura became uncomfortable with storms but he didn't necessarily enjoy seeing Sakura upset. Hovering over the bed he few to her side and transformed into his true form, the mattress creaked softly under the winged lion's weight as he settled down beside the teenager.

"It'll be ok kiddo." He said gently.

Sakura pushed her pillow away and turned over, cuddling up to the warm guardian as he spread a wing over her. She smiled at him, enjoying the soft fur against her cheek and the caress of feathers against her arm while the softness of the mattress beneath cushioned her. Kero smiled, turning his golden eyes to the window as lightning flashed briefly outside.

Will Sakura-chan's brother ever let Yue go so we can lie like this just like old times? He wondered, remembering Clow stroking his fur as Yue lay against his side, his own head in the magician's lap enjoying the feel of the soft robes. Yue…

((Eriol and the others are speaking in English now))

"Eriol…"

"I know, Spinnel." Eriol smiled.

"But-"

"Miss Daidouji is not dense. I know that she's realized why I have been different."

"But, sir, you haven't done anything different then before." Spinnel protested.

"On the contrary…I have." Eriol smiled.

Spinnel Sun looked puzzled by his creator's words, so far he had not seen any difference in Eriol's activities and it was perplexing since Eriol was not the type to straight out tell someone something. He looked up towards the clouds swarming overhead and the rumbling thunder that spread like ripples over water.

"It looks like we should go inside now." Eriol sighed, dropping down from the tree branch and turning back to the cat, "Don't worry so much, Spinnel Sun, Miss Daidouji will not ask me right away, I can keep our friendship mutual until she pushes herself and asks me straight out."

"Are you certain?"

"Knowing Miss Tomoyo…yes."

Eriol headed towards the house, the cat flying after him, still puzzled by the actions of his master.

It's troubling Eriol…I know it is. Spinnel thought as Hiiragizawa shut the door behind him and snapped his fingers, causing the candles lining the hallways to spark to life and illuminate the way for the young magician.

Nakuru hurried towards them, excited once more about something beyond the knowledge of Spinnel or their master as they paused in their walk. It pounced onto Eriol, latching their arms around him as it sang something about fish pastries and Tomoyo's recipe. The teen smiled thoughtfully, he knew what excited Ruby Moon now…it was the recipe that Tomoyo left for them to use. She said it was a good snack for stormy days like this. He supposed it was time to test that statement.

"Will you help me, Eriol?" Nakuru asked hopefully, clasping its hands together.

"Of course." He smiled, "I'd be delighted."

"Yay!" it jumped up and down happily and embraced Eriol once more. "You'll help too, wont you Soupy?"

The cat stared at Nakuru as if it had to be joking, flicking his tail, Spinel hovered down the hall, slipping into the library for more reading rather then watch Eriol cook with the idiot Moon guardian.

"Soupy?" it frowned, face twisting into a pout, "Y-You're so mean!"

"Let him alone, Ruby Moon." Eriol said comfortingly as he patted his creation's shoulder, "He has a lot on his mind for the time being."

As do we all…Right, Miss Daidouji?

Syaoran smiled down at Sakura as she slept soundly beside Cerberus on her bed, one of the guardian's wings over her like a blanket and she blushed softly in her slumber as if she could sense him watching her. He carefully got to his knees, reaching over her sleeping form and brushing a few strands of her hair from her barely tanned skin. After making sure Cerberus was just as out as he thought he was, Syaoran cautiously craned his neck over and lightly touched his lips to the cherry blossom's cheek.

"It looks like you're all right…" he said quietly, "You've been a little shy of storms recently."

He looked to the window as lightning forked across the granite sky; he smiled as the memory of the Thunder card played in his mind.

Was I really such a brat back then? He wondered, embarrassed in himself the more he thought about it.

"So…she's asleep?"

Syaoran spun around, surprised to see Yue there (told ya he'd show up eventually. ) near the doorway. The silver-haired guardian approached silently and stared down at his master with his fellow guardian lying there so peacefully.

"We used to lay with Clow like that…" he said reverently, "…when he was alive, we often laid with one another in his garden or Cerberus and I would be by the fire as he read to us."

"It was a long time ago, Yue…" Syaoran said, not looking away from Sakura, "Sakura tries her best to keep you and Cerberus happy…and wants your temporary form to be happy as well."

Yue stared at Clow's descendant.

"You care for Sakura…don't you?"

"Of course." He said, "She is my master…"

"Not like that." Syaoran said, shaking his head, "Sakura wants you to see her as a friend. Don't you see? Sakura wants nothing more then the best for you two. It must hurt her deep inside when you speak of Clow Reed so often as if you still haven't accepted her."

Yue sighed, reaching down and running a hooked finger gently over her cheek, she murmuered something but did not stir. He loved Clow…he really did…but Sakura and Touya fit as well. Hiding his wings, Yue sat on the edge of Sakura's bed, leaning his back to the wall. Syaoran smiled, kneeling near and folding his arms over the bed spread as he leaned over as close as he could to his number one.

The storm will end soon, Sakura…until then…your guardians will watch over you…He trailed a finger down her arm, and me…I will watch over you too…

The first of the raindrops had begun. Little flecks of water that sprinkled the ground and tapped at the windows. The low thunder rolled through Tomoeda, shaking the children as they scurried indoors to escape the rain and couples abandoned their spots beneath the trees in the park to find shelter in the nearby shops. Almost everyone had someone to be with during the beginning of this thunderstorm…well, almost everyone.

Kanashii hodo hikari dashita…shiroi yami kirisaku tsubasa ni nare…

(DNAngel fans will recognize this…)

Tomoyo sighed as she watched the buildings whiz by, she had been softly singing the song to herself over and over throughout the day. For some reason, all through the afternoon, Eriol Hiiragizawa came to mind along with the lyrics despite the fact she saw no match between he and the words.

Hiiragizawa-kun…why does he-

She shook her head quickly, closing her eyes to block out the sad look in Eriol's eyes when she left them that morning. At first she believed it was that ever-going sadness that Kaho was gone and wouldn't take him back, but what if it really was…because he was lonely and he knew Mizuki couldn't cure it? If not Mizuki-san then who could? Surely not her…Tomoyo had never imagined a life in love with Eriol until he returned to Tomoeda, and it frightened her how often those thoughts came into play.

"I have never been in this kind of situation myself, before…" she said softly to herself, the bodyguard beside her looked down at her concerned but Tomoyo smiled. "I have seen Sakura-chan go through her own love as it evolved over the years, even recorded her first kiss with Li-kun…but, I never really had a love of my own."

She giggled.

"I suppose…I get to experience this feeling for another aside from Sakura after all. I know what unrequited love is like…when the person you love, doesn't love you the same way. Li-kun experienced it for a while himself…but I've…I've been lonely for all these years. I have wished Sakura-chan the best and as long as she is happy I am happy…but I am also lonely."

Tomoyo saw the increasing amount of trees and stared hurtfully up at the thunderheads.

"Deep inside…my heart." She whispered, "And Hiiragizawa-kun…you-"

Tomoyo's heart thudded in her chest and the heat rising in her face startled her, she stared into the car window and gasped as she saw how flustered she was. She had always been able to keep herself calm and collected like a young lady, ready to deal with any problem thrown her way, especially if it included Sakura, but for the first time ever, she didn't know what to do. Her heartbeat was irregular and her cheeks were flushed to an almost crimson color, reddening her pale skin.

AreHiiragizawa-kun's feelings…my own?

She smiled timidly and covered her cheeks with her hands, "Excuse me?" she called up softly to the bodyguard.

"Hai, mistress?" the bodyguard said quickly.

"I want to stop by a friend's house…please turn up here." She said, lowering one of her hands from covering her cheeksand pointing at the European mansion barely visible through the trees.

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