NIRVANA

Chapter 3- Confession of Dedication


Disclaimer- I confess! I don't own CCS! Leave me alone! Let me continue to own it in my dreams! lol!

Oh yeah! I also own some of the characters here, obviously, since they are not in CCS. Those characters are Nero, Luka, and Kohaval, they are mine, all mine!

Lady-water-dragon- Sakura!

Sakura- Hoe?

Lady-water-dragon- Howdee! Sakura!

Sakura- H-Howdee…

Lady-water-dragon- So, how's it going with you and Syaoran!

Sakura- blushes I-I-It's fine….

Lady-water-dragon- Are you bashful? How adorable! I am really supporting you two!

Sakura- Hoe….T-Thanks

Lady-water-dragon- No problem!

Sakura- L-Look out!

Lady-water-dragon- What?

Sakura- A-A truck! Behind you!

Lady-water-dragon- Not again!

BOOM!

Lady-water-dragon- Eyes swirl around The next chapter is ready….


Thanks to…

Convoy Butterfly- Thank you for answering my two questions! Lolz! Okay now that I am all filled in and all I won't have any problems! Thanks allot! You have helped me greatly!

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Syaoran and Sakura walked together through the busy streets of Tomoeda, Syaoran looked around him, with seemingly great interest, Sakura could only smile at his interest for his old home, Tomoeda.

"Not much changed, huh, Syaoran?" Sakura asked him with a smile. Syaoran turned his gaze to her, and nodded. "Yeah."

"So where do you want to go?" She asked. Syaoran looked up at the sky in thought.

"Are there any new and interesting places here?" He asked her.

Sakura immediately nodded and she went in front of him. "Yeah! There's a new Ice cream shop down the street, and they sell the BEST Ice cream!"

Syaoran smiled at her enthusiasm and he quickly nodded. "All right." He said. "Let's go."

Syaoran took Sakura's hand and they both ran towards the ice cream shop, Sakura laughed as they ran. Soon they reached the shop and they both went inside, Sakura ordered her favorite strawberry sundae, while Syaoran order a chocolate sundae. Sakura took a seat, and Syaoran sat in front of her, they smiled at each other. "The ice cream here is really good."

Syaoran chuckled to himself. "It must be since you seem to like this place a lot."

Sakura nodded earnestly. "Yeah!" She said. Syaoran couldn't help but smile at her, she had grown to look so beautiful, and he couldn't deny that. Her smile was as enchanting as ever, and her emerald green eyes were so enthralling that he couldn't help but get lost in them. He stared at her, with admiration in his eyes, and at that moment, he wanted so much to hold her in his arms. Sakura noticed the way he was looking at her and she blushed, she leaned back against her chair and looked at her feet, at that moment they seemed pretty interesting. "S-Syaoran."

Syaoran immediately snapped out of his trance, and he blushed hard. "S-Sorry." He said. Sakura shook her head, and smiled softly. "No, no, it's fine." She said.

Syaoran nodded, a waitress walked over to them, and she smiled. "My, my, aren't you two cute together?" She smiled, as she placed the ice cream they ordered on their tables. Syaoran and Sakura both blushed deep red, their eyes were both set on their feet.

"Oh, don't be bashful, I know a good couple when I see one, and I often do!" She put a hand on her cheek a pink blush appeared on her face. "Oh, I remember my first love, he was such a man!" She exclaimed. Syaoran and Sakura both looked at each other with sweat drops. "He was soo strong, and he was terribly handsome and noble." The waitress continued. "Oh, I loved him soo much…To bad he didn't love me in return…" She sighed. "He had someone else, another girl, a girlfriend….Sigh… But, I think we would have made a great couple! That girl ruined everything for me, I hope she got hit by a bus!" And with that the waitress walked away from them, Sakura laughed nervously and she took a bite of her ice cream, and a very content look spread across her lips. Syaoran dipped his spoon into his ice cream, and he took a small bite, his eyes went wide and he took another bite. "Wow, it's delicious." He said. Sakura smiled.

"Isn't it? Isn't it? ISN'T IT?" She exclaimed. Syaoran once again chuckled at her enthusiasm.

"Yeah, it's really good." He took another small scoop and it entered his mouth. Sakura smiled.

"I'm glad you like it!" She said as she too took another bite.

Syaoran smiled and he placed his spoon on his cup and peered outside of the huge window beside him, he sighed in content at the early morning sun as it gleamed against the earth's surface, everything was perfect, he was with Sakura, they were alone, and…on a date? That he did not know, but he wanted to think of it that way, he heard Sakura put her spoon down, and then his eyes trailed towards her. He saw that worry was written on her face as well as a small blush, in confusion he gave her his full attention.

"Is something wrong?"

"Syoaran…" She said, blushing even harder. Syaoran raised a brow.

"What is it?" He asked her.

"Well….umm….I…err…This is an embarrassing question but…"

"Hm?"

"A-A-Am I….A-Am I still i-impotant t-to Syaoran?"
Syaoran gasped, a blush made its way to his face and he stared at her in surprise, he saw her blush deepen, and he couldn't help but blush all the more.

"S-Sorry! I-I didn't mean to ask you so sudden." Sakura gave out a worried screech and she closed her eyes in embarrassment, she didn't dare to look at Syaoran.

"Yes." Syaoran said finally. Sakura opened her eyes and looked at him curiously.

"Yes, Sakura. You are still important to me, you are still very important to me, you are more important to me than anything."

Sakura blushed deep red, and Syaoran blushed some more as well, although his intense gaze never left her face. "S-Syaoran." She said.

"Umm….I have another question….another very…embarrassing one." She said, biting her lower lip.

"What is it?"

"Am I……..Am I Syaoran's…" She gulped, "Girlfriend?"

Syaoran mouth went wide as his face grew as red as a tomato. "G-Girlfriend?"

Sakura hastily nodded, her face also grew as ed as a tomato. "Y-Yeah."

Syaoran looked away from her, he was searching for the right words. Girlfriend? M-My girlfriend? Sakura and Me? Together? Somehow he liked how it sounded but he was too flustered to say it aloud.

"I-If you….w-w-want….to be…." He said, as he forced himself to look at her. Sakura bit her lower lip, the tension between the two was unnerving, and Sakura didn't know how to reply.

"If….you want me to be then…." She paused and looked back at her feet.

"I-I don't mind…" Syaoran stuttered, he continued to remain flustered.

Sakura was agape, she looked at Syaoran. "Y-You don't?"

Syaoran shook his head. "N-no….N-Not at all…" He said. "W-Will you? W-W-Will you be my girlfriend?"

Sakura brought a hand to her mouth and she slowly nodded. "…Y…Yeah…"

Syaoran smiled, and Sakura smiled as well. She bit her lower lip and turned her gaze away from him.

"…" She was speechless, she couldn't stop herself from blushing.

"Sakura."

"…" She was his girlfriend now, she was his, and he was her's, she smiled gently at the thought.

"Sakura."

"…" Who would have known? She was a bit surprised as well, it seemed so fast, she was so happy, she couldn't describe it.

"Sakura."

"…"

"Sakura!"

Sakura suddenly came back to her sense and she stared back at Syaoran. "Huh? What? Huh?"

"Your ice cream is melting."

"HOE!" She exclaimed and she began to eat her ice cream with rapid speed, making Syaoran sweat drop.

Soon when they were done, they decided to go to Penguin Park together, it had been long after all, since Syaoran last went there.

Syaoran looked at the old park, it seemed so much smaller than he used to remember he walked towards the old penguin slide and he kneeled down and allowed his fingers to trail down until the very bottom. "So…strange…" He muttered.

Sakura smiled and she walked to him, and kneeled down beside him, placing a friendly hand on his back.

"Ha ha, that's because Syaoran is all grown up now." She said.

"I guess…"

"You know Syaoran… You have become very mature, not that you weren't mature before it's just that…Well umm….You were well….ummm….mean." She said it simply. Syaoran's eyebrow twitched at this.

"But now, Syaoran is showing his true self to me, and I am happy for that!" She smiled. Syaoran blushed a little and he looked away, speechless as he was, not one of them noticed that they were being watched.

"Y-You really think so? I haven't noticed….very…much." No, that was a total lie, he had noticed, he was just too embarrassed to admit, and at the same time he had absolutely nothing to say.

Sakura nodded. "Yeah, you have, I noticed." She smiled cheerily.

"You also have changed Sakura." Syaoran said smiling. "You matured, but at the same time you are able to still be the Sakura I remember. Perhaps not as klutzy or as ditzy, but you are still that girl, you are still Ying Fa."

"Really?" Sakura asked.

Both Sakura and Syaoran heard a twig snap from behind them, and both looked over their shoulders, standing behind them, was a very beautiful girl with honey yellow hair, she wore khaki brown vest with a sleeveless orange shirt under it, she wore matching khaki brown shorts that reach above her knees, she also wore matching Khaki brown hat to top everything off. On her ears were green orb earrings, andshe had a cocky smirk on her soft pink lips. Perched on her shoulder was a small strange blue penguin, the little penguin was no bigger than Kero, in fact they were practically the same size. It had a creamy white tummy and a small orange beak, it's head also had a white and creamy color, that covered the lower portion of its little face, the upper portion which was above it's small orb like eyes, was blue. It made a cute and cheerful sound.

"W-Who are you?" Sakura asked.

The blonde haired girl cheerily put her a hands on her hips. "I'm am Luka…Luka Stonewald, and this is Bu-chan, Pleased to meet 'cha!" She exclaimed, giving the two a very cheery peace sign, while Bu-chan chirped merrily.

"A penguin…?"

Sakura and Syaoran sweat dropped, they looked at each other in confusion, then they both stood up to face her. Syaoran raised a brow. "And….your reason for being here is?" He asked, rather irritated by the strange girl.

"I know who you two are!" Luka smiled. "You are Sakura Kinomoto, the Mistress of Cards, and you there, You are Li Syaoran, heir of the Li clan!" She said pointing to them.

"Bu bu!" Bu-chan exclaimed.

"Hoe….How did you know?" Sakura asked.

Luka stuck her tongue out at Sakura merrily. "I have my ways…" She said mysteriously, a strange gleam in her eyes emphasized her mysteriousness.

Syaoran stood before Sakura protectively. This girl…How does she know about us? Could it be? Is she going to be a threat?

"W-Who are you?" Syaoran asked.

Luka disappointedly looked to her side; she tapped her foot lightly on the ground. "How disappointing…Do I have to repeat myself? You forgot who I am already? I am Luka Stonewald, and this is Bu-chan." She said, she entwined her fingers behind her back, and looked at the couple innocently.

Syaoran sighed in exasperation, while Sakura laughed nervously. Syaoran rubbed his temple.

"That is not what I meant." He said a bit hastily.

Luka looked at him curiously. "Hm? Then what did you mean?" She asked.

Syaoran sighed. "Why do you know who we are? What are your intentions?" He demanded to be answered. Luka gave him an indignant look. "You know, next time you ask a question, can you make it a teensi-weensi bit clear?" She asked. Syaoran slapped his forehead, and he sighed. Trying to talk to properlyher is idiotic.

Luka pouted in angry. "Hey! That's not a very nice thing to say!" Luka exclaimed.

Sakura could feel her eyes swirling around, everything was happening so sudden, and she had know idea what Luka was talking about at times.

She watched as Luka began to argue with Syaoran and she was getting dizzy because of looking back and forth.

"P-Please you two! Stop fighting!" Sakura pleaded, but through no avail.

"You are rude!" Luka yelled, Bu-chan chirped angrily in unison.

Syaoran snorted. "You're being such a brat!"

"How dare you!" Luka gasped. "Oh yeah well…I…GRR…You talk weird!"

"In what way?"

"Umm…Well…sort…of…" She sighed. "He doesn't talk weird…" She muttered to herself. Bu-chan of course heard her and nodded.

Syaoran glared at her, and then he took Sakura's hand and abruptly began to walk away.

"S-Syaoran!" Sakura exclaimed.

Luka growled angrily. "Hey you! Are you just going to ignore me?" She yelled chasing after them. Syaoran immediately swept Sakura off her feet, and carried her bridal style.

"S-Syaoran!" Sakura blushed.

He then began to run as quickly as he could, as long as it would get him away from the girl. Luka was definitely not going to give up that easily! No way!

"Wait!" Luka exclaimed, running after them. "I need to talk to you guys!"

Syaoran ignored her and he continued to run, but she kept on chasing him. Sakura was up to her wits!

"HOOOEEEE!" She yelled, they had almost hit a wall.

"Please! Listen to me!" Luka yelled as she ran after them. "Bu!"

"Get away from us! Monkey!"

"I'm not a monkey!" Luka yelled. She Continued to chase after them,they ran through an alleyways, jumped over fences, and even ran inside various buildings, until neither could run no more.

"L (Pant) Li, K-K-Kino (pant) moto (pant) I (pant) finally(pant) caught(pant) up (pant) with you guys…"

"B-bu!"

Syaoran put Sakura down and he collapsed to the ground panting. "I give up…huff….puff…" He said, in defeat. Sakura looked at the two and laughed a little, she then walked towards Luka.

Luka allowed her hands to rest on her knees, as she panted. She saw that Sakura was going to her so she looked up and smiled. "Kinomoto."Luka said smiling.

Sakura smiled at Luka cheerily, and she extended her hand to Luka. "It's nice to meet you, Luka." Sakura said with a friendly grin. Luka gratefully accepted Sakura's hand and she shook her hand very happily. "It's nice to meet you too!" Luka laughed, she was grateful that Sakura was kind enough to give her a chance, because Luka had to admit it to herself, she was a bit rude earlier…But Syaoran was also quite rude. Sighing Luka looked at Sakura with her grateful Sapphire blue eyes. "Thank you." Luka said with a soft smile.

"For what?" Sakura asked.

Luka shook her head. "No, think nothing of it!" She said. Bu-chan jumped up in agreement.

"Anyway, I'm…well….here, because of something important." She said.

Syaoran got up from his position and walked towards Sakura, he gave Luka a hard and cold glare, and Luka only winced under Syaoran's gaze.

"Well, umm….how should I say this…" She grumbled.

"Bu, bu, bu…" Bu-chan closed it's small eyes in though.

Luka looked around her and she made sure that no one was around, "Okay, I'll say this straight!" Luka said confidently. "I…am a witch."

"Bu!"

Syaoran and Sakura stood there before her, they were all silent, only the sound of the wind and the cheerful chirping of Bu-chan could be heard. Sakura could feel her hair strands as it caressed her soft ski, she shoved it behind her ear, and she decided to break the perturbed silence around them. With a very smart, "Huh?"

Everyone fell down anime style, Luka was the first to recover, and get back on her knees.

"I-I am a-a witch, I am still training though, I train under my Master Arsene…" She pouted as a blush appeared on her face. "My little brother and I are his only students and….umm….well….you see….I'm not very good at magic….sooo…..my spells often fail….." By this time Luka was talking to herself, and Sakura giggled at the girl's silliness. "Okay, I think I get it." Sakura said.

"What? You don't believe me? W-Well I could give you proof, I have proof!"

"Bu! Bu!"

Sakura shook her head. "I never said that I didn't believe you." She said. "I…believe you, what's not to believe? You know about me being a card captor after all… You know about magic, and you know about most things that a regular person shouldn't know…"

"And besides, I know that you aren't lying because of the determination in your eyes, you really have something that you want to tell us?"

Luka nodded solemnly, she closed her eyes and took a breath. "Mistress of Cards, Heir of the Li Clan, I bear bad news for you both."

Obviously, she had to memorize what she wanted to say to us… Syaoran thought.

Luka gave him a venomous glare. "Don't be rude, Li!"

"Bu!" Bu-chan squealed angrily.

Syaoran was once again taken aback, how was it that she seemed to be able to read his mind?

"For your information, Li. I have mind reading powers." Luka said, as a matter-of-factly.

"Mind reading powers?" Sakura asked. Luka looked at Sakura with a cheery smile.

"Bu!" Bu-chan began to bounce on her shoulder.

"Yeah! I can read minds!" Luka said happily. "Anyways, back to what I was saying…" She shot a glance at Syaoran. "Before I was rudely interrupted by that guy over there…"

Syaoran raised a brow at the honey haired girl. "Whatever, I never said anything, you were the one that had to barge into my thoughts."

Luka turned red from anger, but then she took a deep breath. Calm down Luka, he's just a stupid boy, a very very annoying boy…. Luka strangely eased up a bit and she cleared her throat.

"Back to what I was saying…I bare bad news for you both, for a new threat has come." Luka told them, worry was in her eyes.

"A new threat?"

As I thought…Syaoran looked worriedly at Sakura, he was right, there was something, even greater to fear, and that was the fact that if he didn't protect Sakura, she would definitely be in danger.

"A new threat…I don't know much…And I only have one clue, and that clue is the word… Nirvana."

"Nir…va…na?" Sakura repeated, she could feel cold fear grip her heart, another threat…She would have to fight again. She didn't want to, but she knew she had to, as the Card Mistress, she was involved, and she had to help out, it was her duty. She let out a soft whimper, but she felt Syaoran put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

Luka smiled at Sakura, noticing the brown haired girls, fear and worry. "Don't worry." Luka said.

"I will protect you, I will protect everyone, because I feel obligated." Luka smiled.

"I Luka Stonewald, Dedicate myself to helping you!"

"Bu!"


Yahoo! So now, the real story is about to begin! This girl, Luka, she is an imporatnat character in my fic! You'll learn why as the story goes on, please read and review! I won't continue till I have at least one or two reviews, I get reviews very rarely lately, and it's kind of sad...So please review! I'm losing my confidence!