Everything happens a few years after the series, so it refers back to anime and manga events. Had fun writing this because I was all the while watching the series and reading the manga. )
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, Clamp does. And boy, are they lucky.
CHAPTER 1
"Daidouji-san? Did something happen?"
"Li-kun, Sakura has been down with fever three days now...she's at the hospital…but they don't know what's wrong with her…"
"Why didn't you call me right away?" He asked, sounding more angry than worried.
"At first it seemed nothing serious...and...but...Kero-chan tells me that it might have something to do with the cards - please come."
"I will...Daidouji-san, can you do something for me?"
"Yes?"
"Please ask Hiragizawa-san to go, too."
After putting the receiver down, he started packing. It seems that he'll be back in Tomoeda earlier than he planned.
Fujitaka remembered when he promised not to cry after Nadeshiko passed away. Though it was a farfetched thought, he could not help it but be disturbed that what was presently happening to his daughter resembled the past.
Two days after that day, Sakura will be starting her junior year at Seijou High. She was still her class's forerunner in athletics and she still fumbled over math assignments.
She did not inherit her mother's long locks, only the cheer in her eyes and the shape of her ears. Her body was no longer that of a child's. She noticed that herself when she realized that her roller blades began to hurt her feet.
The nurse came in to clean up her lunch tray. It was untouched.
The room was pleasantly cool, yet the sides of her face were moist from the heat of her fever. Her mouth was slightly open, and her hair was disheveled by the tosses and turns of the previous night. She had not yet awakened since last night.
Touya and Yukito arrived just as the nurse went out. They had just been from a short trip to the Tsukimine Shrine. On the way to the hospital, Yukito bought some pastry to eat and a few sweet cakes for Sakura.
"I'll skip this afternoon's work to watch her." Touya murmured as he set his bag down on the floor. Fujitaka looked up at him. During the past few days they both had the same thing in their minds. This was the first time that she had a fever for so long.
"She'll be fine." Touya placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I can stay for tonight - I want to help in anyway I can." Yukito knew that the two had been missing work to stay with her. "We'll be alright…I already have something for us to eat, too…" He smiled.
On the table beside the window, Kerberos kept still.
An hour passed. Touya and Fujitaka left after having agreed on the schedule for the next day. As soon as they left, Yukito stood up to glance at the window. I wonder how Sakura-chan will react when she sees me?
He stared blankly out onto the rooftops, felt an ache on his temple, and Yue appeared.
Kerberos heaved a sigh as he stretched his muscles. "Finally I can move! But I didn't call you, Yue-san."
"She called me." Yue turned around to Sakura. "I had been hearing her call me even while the others were here."
"What? How come I don't hear her?" Kero wondered out loud.
She hardly moved.
Sorry if the story seems to be slow-paced...eheheh.