Past, Present and Future

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Discalimer: CCS is not mine. CLAMP owns it all.

Chapter 4: Mysterious circumstances

It was after lunch and everyone had split up to head home. Sakura had the longest route to head home; and it looked like it was going to rain.

Sakura sighed. "Why can't it wait till I get home to rain?" she asked out loud.

A clap of thunder alerted her to oncoming rain so she put her hood over her head. The sky dakened quickly and the rain came a moment later.

As Sakura was walking through the rain, she heard movement to her left. At fisrt she ignored it and continued walking, but then she heard it again... closer this time.

Sakura stopped in her tracks and looked around, scanning her surroundings. Out of the darkness, a shadow struck at her, barely missing her. It darted back into the trees, all Sakura saw was a blue blurr.

"Who are you?" asked Sakura not daring herself to scream.

The only answer she received was another attempt to knock her down. She dodged again and heard a low breathing coming from her left. Whoever it was had a pattern: from her left side to her right and vice versa.

"What do you want?" she asked. She knew her other question would not be answered.

"... Give them to me!" came a low voice.

"Give you what?"

"The Clow Cards! NOW!" the voice screamed.

Sakura gasped her hand automatically going to her pocket. The action told the shadow where the Clow cards were and it jumped her.

This time Sakura screamed, wrestling with the thing over the book. She fell to the ground,gripping the book in a death grip. Whatever the thing was, it was desperate. Sakura prayed someone had heard her scream and would come find her. She also wished she could see her attacker, but it was too dark.

Sakura almost sighed in relief when the weight of her attacker was removed from her and she realized she still had the book.

She looked up and saw Yue wrestling with it. The only reason she knew this, was because of the fact that Yue was pure white. With that glow she could also see that the thing had wings. He tossed the thing into the bush and they heard a small yelp. It sat up and they saw a blue looking outfit, before whatever it was ran off, cursing under it's breath.

Yue helped Sakura to her feet. She smiled, though she was slightly shaken.

"Are you alright?" he asked as she dusted herself off.

"Yes. Just a little shaken and wet." she smiled slightly.

"What was that... thing after?" he asked.

"The Clow cards. It said so specifically." she said as she put the book back in her pocket.

"This is not good. Yukito will walk you home. Tell Kero everything when you get there."

"Okay." she nodded as he returned to his borrowed form. "I can't help but get the feeling that I've seen that colour before. But if I did I can't remember from where."

"Don't worry; you'll remember." Yukito smiled at her.

They walked to her place in silence as if expecting another attack. When Sakura told Kero what had happened, he cursed himself for not staying with her.

At Eriol's house...

"Eriol I'm home!" cried Crystal as she walked into the house.

"You're late." said Nakuru from the kitchen.

"I know, I'm sorry." she apologized.

"And dirty." added Eriol looking at her torn, tattered and muddy dress.

"I fell in a puddle, that's all." she answered sheepishly.

"That doesn't explain why it's torn." he said crossing his arms and blocking her path up the steps.

She rolled her eyes in an annoyed way before answering. "I got lost in a dark part of the woods and it got stick. No biggie."

"Why is it so beat up?"

"Ended up argueing with a tree." she shrugged.

"Tell the truth please."

"You sound like my dad. Are adults always this curious?" she asked passing him and walking up the steps to her room.

A/N: O.O I just wrote that? Woah. No comment. Read & Review!