Summary: Sakura's been having strange dreams as of late and her friends have been alienating her. Tomoyo won't speak to her and someone new has entered her views, a strange green-haired girl named Reiko...

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Tomoyo: I hate Sakura!

FrozenMirror: The previous comment has been censored... Because I am a Sakura fan…;

Chapter Five: Kero's Love

(This takes place a day after Sakura meets Reiko)
All in all, it had been a terrible day. Sakura's teacher had yelled at her after school for falling asleep in class (again…) and had had to go to detention as a result, missing her club meeting. Her club was made up of the small number of people that knew about the Clow cards. Yukito, Toyo, Tomoyo, Syaoran and have course, the leader: Sakura herself.

The club was somewhat secret, although their head quarters were in plain view. Nobody else was allowed in unless Kero and Yue as 'worthy' had accepted him or her, so it was pretty easy to run. The teachers had only allowed it because Sakura had told them it was a "After School Book Club"...

When Sakura got home that day, she noticed that there were no messages from Syaoran on her telephone message machine. Usually if she was not around to meet him after school he phoned her house to see if anything was the matter. But apparently today he had not.

Sakura checked the other messages the machine had recorded..."I'm going to be late again. Don't worry I'll pick up dinner from Moss Burger," came the message from Sakura's father. Her father's job had become increasingly difficult and demanding and now he didn't arrive home till almost 7 O'clock at night.

The next message was from Toyo, apparently he was seeing another girl friend out to dinner...again.

'But no message from Syaoran,' Sakura wondered and dialed his number.

"Syaoran?"

"I'm sorry, but Master Syaoran is not here right now, may I ask whom calls?" asked Syaoran's house keeper.

'Oh, well this is Sakura Kinomo-"

"Give me back the telephone you!"

There was a crash and Syaoran's voice appeared on the other side of the line.

"Sorry Sakura-sama, I just got home."

'Oh,' Sakura thought, from what adventures I wonder.

"That's good. I was wondering why you didn't call me when I got home. Sorry for missing the club meeting and all."

"Oh, well I was just showing Reiko around town."

"Reiko? Why?"

"She's new in town, didn't I tell you that? Oh, she's so great Sakura, really friendly and she tells the greatest jokes, and she's so smart…"

"Ok! Enough! So what if she's great, she's not your girlfriend, or at least I thought that way," Sakura said, her temper flaring.

Syaoran was quite for a moment then, after a long sigh said,

"Of course you're my girlfriend sweet cakes. I was just being kind to Reiko 'cause she's new. Would you rather me be cruel and ignore her all the time?"

'Well picked words Casanova,' Sakura thought and continued, "Ok," sigh, "I appreciate you being kind, I think I'd rather have it that way."

Sakura could almost hear Sayaoran's pleasure over the phone.

"Well, now that that's settled, I guess I'll see you tomorrow at the amusement park…we're still going right?" Sakura asked suspiciously and again Syaoran controlled her with his sweet words.

"Why wouldn't we? Anything for you Sakura."

'Anything for me, huh?' Sakura thought…

Later…

"Ok, what happened?"

"What do you mean Kero?" Sakura looked up from her homework as Kero floated at her shoulder, a faint pout on his small face.

"Something happened with you and the brat, didn't it?"

Sakura was stunned, in all the lack of faith she had had in her boyfriend today, that question was still uncomfortable to her.

"No! Why would you…?"

Kero looked into her with a piercing glare and said nothing.

"Its Tomoyo, she's the one getting me down." Sakura said and her heart swelled. She would never be able to have a happy balance of friends and lovers.

"T-Tomoyo? Why? What would she do, she's so nice."

"She got all mad at me for spending too much time with Syaoran and she's mad because she doesn't have a boyfriend and says she never will." That last part wasn't true but from the way she was acting Sakura could tell Tomoyo's anger had to have been caused by something like that. The only thing that had changed in the long time of their friendship had been her and Syaoran becoming better friends.

Kero was quiet, and he looked especially solemn. Then said, looking out the window and only half-speaking to Sakura.

"It is time." He said in an ethereal voice, "You have revealed the one which you shall love forever, now it is my turn."

Sakura gasped, such a demeanor was so unlike Kero; she wondered if something was wrong with him too.

"Although I have only known as long as you have, I know that she is the one for me. I know she'll never understand but I think now is the perfect opportunity to reveal that…I LOVE TOMOYO!" And with that Kero's wings grew rapidly and he became the legendary Cerebearos. With a great rush of wind Cerebearos flew out the window, fitting easier than he had the last time and was gone into the night.

Author's Note: A shocker right? I'd like to take my time here to apologize for the last chapter, I personally don't like it, I thought it was poorly organized, but it will make more sense later…A second reason to read on in this story! –FrozenMirror a.k.a. Aimee-chan!