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Hurray! Another first time reviewer! Welcome, Miss Takin. (giggle) Like the name. Thanks for your nice comments. As for the attack names, all the ones you don't recognize from the anime I made up. I don't think I've used any manga attacks yet. I know there are at least two in this story, but they haven't shown up yet. I don't think my new ones are all that creative, but they were the best I came up with when I was creating them.

And greetings as well to aserene and Taeniaea. (innocent smile) You think it will get more dangerous the fewer senshi there are? (evil grin) Isn't that the point? hahaha... Enjoy this (not so quick) dive back in to the Card Captor world!

- Raya

Moonlit Sakura

Chapter 15 – A Plan and Dinner

"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo stopped in surprise as she saw her best friend changing her shoes by the lockers.

Standing on one foot and leaning on one hand against the lockers, Sakura turned her head at the sound of Tomoyo's voice. "Good morning, Tomoyo-chan!" she chirped as she finished putting her indoor shoe on.

Wide-eyed, Tomoyo rushed over to Sakura. "Why are you here?" she asked in confusion. "Are… are you feeling better?" Her eyes scanned Sakura's face. As she noted that the circles had almost disappeared and that Sakura's green eyes were bright and alert, she began to relax.

"Mmm," Sakura replied with a smile and a tilt of her head as she put her outdoor shoes in her locker. "I feel great this morning. I had such a wonderful sleep. No dreams or bad feelings… I haven't slept like that in a long time."

"That's great!" Tomoyo smiled as she began to change her shoes. "Shaoran-san will be so relieved. He was really worried last night when you collapsed."

Sakura's smile dimmed as she remembered what had caused her collapse. Then, with a determined shake of her head, she put it to the back of her mind again. "Then let's go find him and let him know I'm okay."

"Sure," Tomoyo replied, smiling at her friend's renewed cheerfulness as she closed her locker. "Let's go."

After school, Sakura walked home slowly. Memories of the only dream she had had the night before began to resurface in her mind. As she walked by the park, she stopped and looked through the trees towards the cliff. An older memory began to replace the images of a hallway of pictures.

'So... Is that girl who looks just like me a Clow Card, too?' Sakura asked nervously.

'That would be a strong possibility,' Kero replied studying the Clow Card pattern in front of her. 'Turn all of these over,' he commanded. Slowly, Sakura turned over the three Cards lying in front of her. 'Illusion, Watery, Shadow… A Card related to these three... And looking exactly like Sakura..." he mused.

Sakura jerked and blinked rapidly, focusing once again on the park in front of her. With a thoughtful look, she turned and continued her walk home. 'Do I dare? The Cards have changed so much… They've become so powerful… Can I scry them safely?'

"I'm home!" she cried cheerfully as she walked through the front door. She removed her shoes, and looked curiously around the quiet house. Softly, she walked up the stairs to her room.

"I'm home!" she called again as she opened her bedroom door. She smiled as she heard the roaring engine and music from Kero's video game.

"Welcome... home..." he responded, gyrating with the keypad in front of the TV as he drove his race car through a desert course. "How'd... things go... t'day?"

"Pretty good," she said as she laid her book bag on her desk. "Except for that test in calculus," she added with a grimace as she turned towards her closet. "Forgot about that," she added softly.

"Mmmm..." Kero responded absently as he tried to dodge an oasis and a runaway camel. They both got lost in their own thoughts as she changed out of her school uniform.

After putting on a pair of tawny brown shorts and a long sleeved green and white striped shirt, she walked over to her desk and picked up the Sakura Book. She looked at it seriously as she mulled over the plan that had come to her on the way home.

"Arrrgghhhh!" Kero yelled in frustration, making her jump and look over at him. "No! How c'n he do it? How c'n he possibly get a faster time on that course!" He glared at the TV a moment angrily, and then sat down by the controller to pout.

"Maybe he's found a shortcut?" she asked helpfully as she pulled out her desk chair and sat down.

Kero growled. "I've looked for a shortcut through there. There ain't one! So how on earth c'n he shave almost 5 seconds off of my best time!"

"Maybe he hits the camels then? Or the caravan masters? Or drives through the sand storms?"

Kero shook his head at each of her suggestions. "Camels take off 50 points 'n' two seconds. The caravan masters are worse 'n that, and the sandstorms will kill ya! I've tried all that." He turned to glare at his score's second place position on the TV screen.

Sakura shrugged, and turned back to the Sakura Book. Cautiously, she opened it. She froze as she saw the Card on top. Reluctantly, she reached out and removed the Erase/Silent. As she held it and studied it a moment, a puzzled expression appeared on her face. Gently, she put the Card down on the desk. She removed Light/Dark, Power/Earthy, and Dream/Firey and laid them beside it.

"Illusion," she said quietly as she looked at the next Card in line. Her thoughts went back to the earlier memory.

"Eh? Illusion?" Kero asked jerking around to face her. Excitement suddenly lit his eyes. "Yeah! That could be it! Some of those oasi and camels could be illusions! But which ones..." He turned and picked up his controller.

"Kero-chan, wait a moment. I have a question," Sakura said hurriedly. He paused and looked at her curiously. "Do you think... Can we use the Cards to try and figure out what's going on?" she asked tentatively.

"What... Use the remainin' Cards t' do a readin' on the ones that've changed?" he asked. As she nodded, he looked at the Sakura Book thoughtfully. "I s'ppose... But it might be dangerous."

"Mmm...," Sakura nodded. "I was thinking of asking Yukito-san and Shaoran-kun to help. Just in case something happens."

Kero nodded, still holding on to his controller. "It's a shame that Eriol went back t' England already. He coulda been a lotta help, too."

"Yeah," Sakura sighed as she looked down at the Book.

"Ah well," Kero said, turning back to his game. "Why don' you go give that snow-rabbit a call?" His eyes lit up maniacally. "I got a score to beat. Go!"

Sakura shook her head with a smile as she set the Sakura Book down on her desk and pulled out her cell phone to make a couple of calls.

"Mmm... That was wonderful, Sakura-chan," Yukito said as he sat back from the dining table. "I've never had Indian food before. Where did you learn to make it?"

"Yeah, this is great!" Kero seconded shoveling more curry into his mouth.

Sakura smiled at the compliments and began to clean off the table. Shaoran snatched the bowl of potato curry away before she could pick it up, and helped himself to another serving. With a small smile, he handed her the empty bowl. She blushed as she accepted it.

"Well, Koeda-sensei did a series on international foods in our Home Economics class last year. I liked this dish, so I make it for dinner every now and then. We also learned how to make Indian tea. Do you believe it? They put milk in it as well as spices!" she said as she worked.

"Really? Milk in tea? That sounds really odd," Yukito said, standing up to help her.

"It's not too bad, actually, if you do it right," Shaoran said as he finished off his second helping of curry, rice, and nan. Kero nodded his bulging face in agreement.

"Hu-e? You've had Indian tea before?" Sakura asked curiously as she stood by the sink and began to run the wash water.

Shaoran made a negative sound as he shook his head. He stood and took his dishes over to the counter. "No, but I have had English tea. They put milk in theirs, too. And sugar. But, they don't usually have spices in it. Here," he said easing her to one side. "You cooked. The least we can do is clean up."

"But..." she said, blushing in embarrassment. "But, you're guests..."

Yukito smiled as he picked up a towel. "No, we're family. That means we help out with the chores, too."

"Hey, don' stop 'em!" Kero called after swallowing his last bite. "It's nice t' see Yue helpin' out f'r a change, even if it is his snow-rabbit form."

"Kero-chan!" Sakura scolded as Yukito arched an eyebrow. Smiling slightly, he held the towel out to Kero. "Since you're done," he said archly, "you can dry."

"I'll do it!" Sakura called out, trying to grab the towel.

"No, you cooked," Yukito said as he rapidly moved the towel out of her reach. "Besides, it's his turn, isn't it?"

"Yeah,... well..." Sakura said uncertainly.

"You just go sit down and let us take care of this," Shaoran commanded from the sink with a stern look. Reluctantly, Sakura walked back to the table and sat in her chair. Kero grumbled, but took the towel from Yukito who promptly got out the broom and began to sweep the floor.

She sat watched them uncomfortably for a few minutes, then got up and walked over to the stove. She dug around in the cabinet for a few moments while the men watched her curiously. "Ah, there they are!" she said happily as she found the tea leaves and spices she had purchased after that long ago class.

Quickly she got out a pot, and walked over to the sink. Shaoran and Kero began to look intensely interested in the dishes, but moved out of her way. She filled the pot with water, then walked back to the stove and put it on to boil. By the time the dishes were done and put away, she had a pot of spiced, sweet, milky tea ready to serve.

With a smile, she poured the tea into several cups. As she put the pot back on the stove, Yukito began to move the cups to the table. Shaoran grabbed the pot and washed it quickly as Sakura took out a plate and filled it with cookies.

Kero stared at the cookies greedily until Shaoran bumped him gently. When he turned to glare at the Chinese boy, Shaoran merely tilted his head towards the pot and began to rinse out the wash cloth. "Hrmph," Kero said softly, but obediently dried the pot and put it away. Sakura smiled secretively at the interaction, and reached into the cabinet for the ice cream bowls.

Minutes later, the four of them were sitting at the table again sniffing the wonderful aroma of Indian tea and eating the cookies and ice cream.

"Hey, Sakura," Kero called out as he took a big scoop of ice cream out of his bowl. "Who's that cup for? Is y'r father comin' home soon?"

Sakura shook her head as she looked at the clock. She smiled as she heard the doorbell ring. "No..." She stood up and walked out to answer the door as the men stared after her curiously.

"I thought she wanted to work some magic tonight," Shaoran said in confusion. A moment later, he groaned as Tomoyo came into the dining room carrying her camcorder. "I should have known."

Tomoyo just smiled at him as she sat down at the table. "Of course. If Sakura-chan is going to be working magic, I have to record it," she said sweetly.

"Um, where is Sakura-chan?" Yukito asked curiously. Shaoran looked at her suspiciously while Kero helped himself to more ice cream.

"Changing, of course," she said. Shaoran slumped as his suspicions were confirmed. "You have to wear special clothes for special occasions," she added with another smile. "Mmm... This smells good! What is it?"

"Indian tea," Yukito answered. "Sakura-chan just made it. I'm not sure what's in it, but it does smell good." He lifted his cup and took a sip. "Tastes good, too," he said in a surprised tone. "But be careful..."

Shaoran quickly put his cup back on the table and pressed both hands to his mouth frantically.

"It's still really hot..." Yukito finished softly.

"Shaoran-kun! Are you all right?" Sakura asked as she rushed into the room. Kero and Yukito stared at her wide-eyed, while Tomoyo smiled with satisfaction and grabbed her video camera. Shaoran just took a few shallow, careful breaths and nodded.

"Are you sure?" she asked again as she scooped up some of his ice cream and offered it to him. He blushed and took the spoon away from her quickly. "Yeah, I'm all right," he said hoarsely.

"Really?" Sakura asked again softly, staring at him with wide emerald green eyes. He looked up at her, and then smiled softly. "Really. It was just a little hot. I'm fine now," he said reassuringly.

He blinked as he finally saw her outfit. "That's... an interesting outfit," he said slowly.

Sakura blushed and backed up a little bit. "Do you like it?" she asked uncertainly. "Tomoyo-chan made it, of course. She insisted that I wear it tonight."

Everyone studied her a few moments as she shifted from foot to foot in embarrassment. Lacy black netting made up the long sleeves and close, simple neckline. At the top of her breasts, the black netting joined the black material of the bodice, which clung tightly to her gentle curves. A golden yellow beaded flower pattern was scattered across the fabric. At the waist, the black fabric opened like flower petals over a puffy, golden yellow skirt. More lacy black netting peaked out at the waist and at the knee-length hemline. She wore white lacy stockings, which showed off the gold and black dress to perfection. At her throat was a simple black ribbon with a golden flower. Her Key lay outside the dress making a bright splash of pink against the black background.

"Sha- Shaoran-kun?" she asked again, lifting one hand up to play with her key.

"It... It's nice," he said blinking and trying to pull himself together. "Kind of... elegant in a way."

"Yes," said Tomoyo with evident pleasure. "That's what I was trying to go for. Elegant, but pretty and feminine and attractive." She sighed happily. "Sakura-chan... You look so wonderful!"

Sakura slowly relaxed, and walked over to her chair. "It is pretty... I just wasn't sure if it was... too much," she said as she carefully sat down.

"No," Yukito said reassuringly as he reached for a cookie. "It was just a shock seeing you in it. We've gotten so used to seeing you in regular clothes we'd almost forgotten how creative Tomoyo-chan can be."

"Smooooth," Kero muttered softly, earning a rebuking glare from his fellow guardian.

"So, um, Sakura-chan," Yukito continued. "Tomoyo-chan was wondering what was in this tea."

"Oh, did it come out okay?" Sakura asked curiously as she picked up her cup. She took a deep breath of its spicy, steamy fragrance then took a cautious sip. "Mmm... A little heavy on the cloves, I think," she said reflectively.

She blinked then looked back at her friends. "Oh. Sorry. It has green tea, black tea, cardamom, ginger, clove, a touch of vanilla, a touch of cinnamon, milk and honey."

"It tastes wonderful," Tomoyo said, taking a sip before nibbling on a cookie.

"Yeah, it goes really well with ice cream," Kero said enthusiastically, making everyone else laugh.