Okay, this is the next chapter so… yeah… DISCLAIMER!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own CCS. I only own Kenny and Benji. So unless you, CLAMP, want 8 bucks, go ahead and sue me!

Chapter 3- Kero's Day

As January turned into February, more and more students were getting excited about Valentine's day, which was in less than 12 days. Sakura was brushing her shoulder-length hair when her guardian, Kero, woke up from her sleep.

"What are you doing up so early? Usually you'd still be asleep at this hour…" Kero stifled a yawn.

"Kenny's been helping me wake up so we won't be late for school." Sakura replied as she started putting on her socks.

"You mean that blue-haired punk living with us now? For some reason, I don't trust that guy… or the ferret…" Kero said seriously.

"Oh Kero, Benji's just a ferret," Sakura continued to pack her belongings. As she finished, someone knocked on her door.

"Hey, are you ready for breakfast?" Kenny asks through the door. "It's downstairs."

"That's alright. I'm not used to eating breakfast anyways," Sakura opened the door to see Kenny already dressed. "We better get going."

"Who were you talking to?" Kenny asks looking around the room.

"I was talking to Tomoyo on the phone," Sakura lied. "She says she's afraid of ferrets and weasels."

"Ah," Kenny looked at a certain stuffed animal on her dresser. "Alright, let's get out of here." With that, Kenny and Sakura left the house and Kero heard the door shut.

"Since breakfast was already made and Sakura nor that smut didn't eat. That means there's might be a ton of food!" Kero imaged the piles of food in his tiny head. He flew out of Sakura's room and down the stairs to the kitchen. As he was about to leap into the breakfast, he noticed that the only thing on the table was a fat black and white ferret licking his paws from the syrup.

"Why you good for nothing little rodent!" Kero growled.

"Who da heck are you calling little?" an odd foreign accent came from Benji, whom wrinkled his nose in disgust at Kero.

"You talk!" Kero yelled in surprise.

"No shit, Sherlock," Benji finished off the last of the sausages. "If dis a problem wif you or something?"

"I knew from the start there was something strange about you!" Kero growled. Benji's raccoon-like eyes narrowed as he approached Keroberos slowly. The ferret towered over the guardian beast as they both snarled at each other.

"What are you going to do about it anyways?" Benji asked. Kero leapt from the table and transformed into Keroberos and towered over Benji.

"Now who you're calling short, huh?" Keroberos growled. Benji looked at the beast boredly and jumped off the table as well. A bright light flashed throughout the house. Benji was replaced by a ferret the size of a bear glaring at Keroberos. He obtained bear-like features (claws, structure, feet) but still looked like a ferret.

"All you did was turn into an overgrown rat," Keroberos laughed at his own joke.

"So you think you're Mr. Funny Man? I challenge you, you l!" Benji roared at Kero.

"BRING IT ON, RAT!" Soon, the two beats were in a full-fledge fight to the death…

… in Tekkan 3.

"No freakin' way! How can you beat me again, for the 19th time!" Keroberos yelled out in frustration.

"I've been playing fighting games ever since Kenneth released me from my seal; which was years ago I must add. Mortal Kombat, Tekkan, Street Fighter, Def Jam, the list goes on," Benji smirked at Keroberos.

"Why you good for nothing-" Kero cursed before they both heard the front door unlock and creek open. The two went straight to their false-forms, and Kero dropped to stuff-animal mode while Benji scurried out into the hall. As Benji attempted to open Kenny's door that he carelessly closed, Mr. Kinomoto walked up the stairs and noticed the little ferret.

"That must have been you making all that noise," he smiled and he gently lifted the animal. He opened Kenneth's door and placed him back into his cage. "How'd you get out is my only question…" With that, he closed the door.

That evening when Sakura gave Kero some leftover dinner, he explained to her about Benji and his powers to defeat him in Tekkan 3.

"…and then, BOOM, I was knocked out and he defeated me again! I don't like that over grown rat, Sakura!"

"If what you say is true, Kero, then Kenny might have an aura. But what would be his purpose here?" Sakura wondered and she prepared for bed.

In Kenny's room

"I can't believe you've blown our identity over playing some lousy video games!" Kenny yelled at Benji.

"That bottomless pit of a monkey challenged me. What was I suppose to do?"

"Not leave the room! None of this would've happened if you never came out of this room." Kenny sighed as he flopped onto his bed. "If our mission is blown because of this then you're-"

"Someone's coming," Benji whispered as a knock on the door was heard. Kenny rose from the bed to answer it as Benji laid on his stomach. He opened it to find Sakura standing there.

"What's up?" Kenny greeted the emerald-eyed girl.

"Nothing, just to tell you it's time for dinner," Sakura smiled brightly. Kenny nodded and followed her down the stairs. "Hey Kenny…"

"Yeah?"

"You wouldn't actually keep anything from us, would you?" Sakura looked up at the navy-haired teen.

"Of course not," Kenny lied and they continued down the stairs. As soon as they were out of sight, both Kenny's and Sakura's doors creaked open and Keroberos and Big Benji glared at each other with great passion.

"I'm on to you, Benji… just you wait until I figure out what you both are up to…" Kero said to himself.

"I'll look forward to it, Guardian Beast," Benji overheard him as they both closed the door.

So… whatcha think? Will Kero find out about Kenny's plan? Probably not… but stay put for the next chapters!