Hmm someone brought it to my attention that it's taken me too damn long to update and that I need to recap (lol not in so many WORDS but it was the basic message. I jus chose to rewrite it like that XP) after thinking bout it I had to agree. So ive resubmitted this chapter. No wonder you all got 2 emails yeah? Sorry bout that hehehe. So here you go!

Recap!

Characters-

Syaoran: Guardian of Fire and Seeker, seems to have a thing for Sakura

Eriol: Guardian of Sky, seems to like Tomoyo

Tomoyo: Guardian of Water

Sakura: Just transferred to Tomoeda. She collects the Clow Cards and rescued the other Guardians in the last chapter. Is blind.

Gabriel: Eriol's future son. Looks just like his father. Came to Tomoeda for a reason. Not much is known about him.

Ryou: A henchman of Chaos. Sicced four evil creatures on the Guardians yesterday night. Definitely evil.

Kotoko: Another henchman of Chaos. She tried to kill Tomoyo, but failed. Has the power of earth and water.

Takana Emma: A goth girl that has a crush on Syaoran and wants to crush Sakura. Sakura "crushed" her instead in the last chapter tho, lol.

Babysitter/ Chips: Messenger sent by the Prophet that was really annoying and seemed useless until he helped rescue Tomoyo. Actually has a serious, deadly side to him.

Prophet: The Chief Messenger of god, in charge of guiding the Guardians. Whether the Prophet is a male or female is yet to be seen. He/She usually sits in the dark on an eerie looking throne.

Ah well, remember the bible: E+R+R. Need I say more:D Onward.

--------------------------------Hidden Power: Chapter 12...Dating Dramas

She was the topic of everyone's gossip that afternoon and the next day too. It felt good to have stood up to Emma, Sakura admitted to her friends as they walked down the hall to class. But the stares and whispers that were flying between people were very uncomfortable.

"That's the girl that took down Emma this morning," a boy pointed to Sakura for his girlfriend.

"Haha, they make Emma sound like she's cattle or something!" Gabe burst out laughing and Eriol chuckled along with him and Syaoran.

"Aside from the whole blind thing, she's pretty hot. Y'think she'd go to the dance with me?" one boy asked his friend.

(The boy backpedaled into his locker door when Syaoran shot him a dirty look, just daring the boy to try it.)

"Yeah, yeah that's right. The blind one. Kinna freaky in a way. I mean dude, the ground totally raised up on its own! But cool," another girl said to her friend who looked at Sakura in awe.

Sakura flinched with a big sweatdrop and Tomoyo frowned at what the boy had said.

"Yeah, how did you do that, Sakura? Is there a card to control vines or make the ground move by itself?"

"Actually, there is. But I don't have it yet," she remarked thoughtfully.

"Really? So what happened?" Eriol asked and all of their attention was on her.

"I…I don't know. Emma was really making me angry and it was like that vine moved on its own! I could feel it! It was mad too! I mean…" she blushed and seemed to realize that what she was saying might have sounded stupid. "The vine didn't talk to me or anything, Its aura was so…bright! It was actually very very beautiful. A pretty, sparkling, emerald green," she sighed wistfully.

Syaoran scrutinized her as she stared out into space. Maybe she was the Guardian of Earth! Who else would have the power to move plants without realizing it? It had probably felt her anger and took it upon itself to act or something. If so, then why didn't the Prophet teleport them up there or do whatever it was that it did when they found all the Guardians?

Tomoyo looked at Syaoran and then at Eriol. Both young men seemed to be deep in thought. So she said what they were all thinking at the same time, "Maybe you're the…"

Riiiiiiiing! RING!

...of Earth?" she finished. Annoyance creased her face with the interruption and Skye giggled from inside her jacket.

"Crappy timing," Syaoran muttered as he headed off to class with Sakura.

However, halfway around the corner, Sakura gave gasp of surprise as she flew backwards. Someone had bumped into her.

"Why doncha look where you're goin!" Syaoran growled as he helped Sakura up. Then he noticed whom Sakura had bumped into and stepped in front of her protectively.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!" he yelled.

Ryou, the same Ryou who had sicced the two Elementals and Thunder Card on them yesterday night, looked at Syaoran with a look of polite disdain.

"I go to school here," he said softly as though it were the most obvious thing in the world, which Syaoran caught. He was wearing a school uniform.

"You try ANYTHING and I'll KNOW. It's four against one," Syaoran said with his teeth grit. Ryou merely smiled cynically.

"Don't underestimate me Guardian of Fire. I'm not as weak as you think," he hissed and stalked off.

Sakura asked if that was the man or boy they had had the fight with the previous night. Syaoran merely grunted and told her very firmly not to trust him.

The other three Guardians were very shocked when they rejoined together at lunch to learn that Ryo had suddenly enrolled himself into their school. Gabriel, however, was unimpressed. When they asked him why he wasn't surprised he merely shrugged and remarked that he'd had unfortunate experiences with Ryo back in his time and so he had come to know the boy very well.

"What IS he doing here then?" Eriol demanded and Gabriel suddenly grinned widely.

"He's getting cold feet and so is Chaos. That's because the Guardian of Earth is close. Very close but he won't admit that it's too late to stop us by now. They would have had to stop Sakura from coming to this school. And it didn't work. So Ryo is here to watch us," he finished. Which seemed to be true as Ryo was indeed watching them from afar. Sakura's eyes widened when everyone turned to look at her.

"Phwee!"

"Sakura," Gabriel said, "YOU are the…ARRRGH!" then he jumped about a foot into the ear from the ground as a loud ring went off in his pocket (which was quite a feat as he was sitting on the ground). Breathing heavily Gabriel reached into his pocket to produce what looked like a circular pendant. Gaia seemed to think otherwise as the device continued to ring.

"Gabriel, why do you have a makeup compact in your pocket?" she asked him and he turned red. Ignoring her, he opened the 'compact'. It was a large, blue circular disk about the size of his palm. On the lid was a jewel encrusted moon which made Aquia's eyes light up, "Preeetty."

"WHAT!" Gabriel shrieked into the compact and everyone leaned forward to look. "You just stopped me from saying something very important!" Noticing everyone's looks of curiosity, he scooted back.

"What's wrong, squirt?" a girl laughed from inside the compact. Eriol looked closer to see a girl with short blue hair like his own laughing into the screen. Gabriel rolled his eyes.

"Do you wanna go first or should I be the first to let you know that Ryo's on his way to see you?" then the girl flinched as a man's voice yelled from somewhere in the background.

"Too late," Gabriel said gloomily. "What'd you do now?" he asked hearing the voice.

The girl cackled with glee, "Sounds like dad found Suppi hanging from the chandelier. Nakuru's having a field day. It's kinna funny. I gotta go!" Gabriel winced and Eriol took a good look at the young woman. She noticed him and gave him a wink before disappearing. With a sigh Gabriel snapped the compact shut.

"Was that your…?"

"My sister? Your daughter? Yeah. That's Sakura, though we call her Mina," Gabriel shivered. "She loves to push your buttons. And mine," he added frowning. Before Eriol could ask more questions, however, Gabriel got back to the main point, which was Sakura.

"Sakura. Ryo is here because he knows, that we know, that you don't know..."

Syaoran growled, "Spit it OUT, already!"

"...that you're the Guardian of Earth," Gabriel finished.

Sakura's eyes widened in surprise, "I'm the what? I don't remember being any kind of Guardian."

"Neither do we, apart from Tomoyo, but it's true. Noone else could have pulled the ground out from beneath Emma's feet. But you did, so you must be the Guardian of Earth. There's no other explanation for it."

Turning red, Syaoran realized that that wasn't totally true as he walked Sakura to her next class (it had become something of an unspoken promise lately). Remembering his dream, he felt everything around him grow fuzzy as her voice echoed in his head:

"Promise that you'll never forget me?"

"What kinna stupid question is that? Do you think you're going somewhere?"

She twirled a forget-me-not flower in her fingers thinking about it, "No. Just promise me that no matter what happens tomorrow you won't forget me, okay Syaoran?"

What? That wasn't how it went! He thought and frowned.

"Syaoran?" Sakura was calling him. Syaoran snapped out of it.

"Huh?"

"I was trying to ask you about the dance. Are you going?" Syaoran flushed red. He'd forgotten about the dance.

"Kinomoto-san?" a voice asked tentatively and Syaoran sweat dropped. Kami-sama, please let this not be happening. They were really lining up today! he thought as the boy looked nervously between Sakura and Syaoran.

"Sakura, please," she corrected him and he blushed slightly.

"Erm...I was just w-wondering if you wanted to…."

Suddenly, Syaoran slammed his locker shut and casually draped an arm across Sakura's shoulder. A bit possessively. "Actually, I already asked Sakura to go to the dance with me," he said casually.

The boy took a step back suddenly, "Oh, I didn't know. Sorry about that," then he fled.

"So Syaoran, we're going to the dance together?" she asked shyly and Syaoran tensed up.

Nearby there was a little giggle and Syaoran frowned and looked into the locker he had just slammed to see two little globes of light, green and fiery orange. Syaoran blushed and shook his head quickly. Instantly there were more giggles from inside the locker. The sprites could sense his nervousness. Syaoran pounded on the locker once just to rattle them a bit and was rewarded with little shrieks of terror.

"So you're NOT taking me to the dance even though you just played it off about a minute ago?" she said softly. Syaoran felt a little ashamed to take note of the annoyance and hurt he heard in her voice.

"Erm.."

Sakura's eyes went blank, and she turned away. "It's okay, Syaoran," she assured him a little too cheerfully.

Damn.

"Sakura, wait!" he called out. Sakura turned around.

"I-I…I'll take you to the dance," he muttered. Then he rushed out of the hallway, tripping over a rubbish can on his way out.

He was so anxious to get to his next class he didn't notice the couple that was carefully watching him from the balcony about a floor up.

"It's almost time," the young man commented. The young woman beside him rolled her eyes.

"No shit Sherlock. Dya think you can quit the dramatics for just a little bit and leave the Guardians alone during the dance?" she was very tall with long black hair. When he didn't reply, she tapped her long black fingernails on the rail impatiently.

"What Chaos decides to do is none of your business," he replied coldly. "The Guardian of Earth must die."

She narrowed her black-rimmed eyes at him and leaned in closer to him. He didn't flinch. "Don't worry Ryou, the Triarch will be watching you. I dare you to just try and lay a finger on Sakura. You'll wish you hadn't," Katana Emma hissed and walked away, the heels of her boots clicking.

Ryou grinned, "Just watch the world fall at Chaos' feet. That dance will be a night to remember forever."

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"XIAO-LANG UR GONNA BE LATE!" a voice hollered on the night of the dance.

Syaoran growled in his throat. Great. This just got better and better. Missing tie, one sock, late, and still half dressed. He hopped on one foot while putting on his sock.

"I KNOW! Where is that damn TIE?" he roared his eyes searching the room. Tonight was the dance and he was supposed to meet Sakura there. At first he'd thought of ditching but then his mother had somehow known about it and made sure he knew she had her support 100 percent. His sisters were no better, either.

"Found it!" Pyro cackled and yanked the tie out from beneath Syaoran's foot. He went down hard.

"Where—HOLY…!"

"Mother of God, I hope," Pyro finished and dangled the tie above the Guardian's head. Syaoran snatched the tie out of the spirit's hands and ran for the door.

He'd had to meet Sakura at the school gym half an hour ago! As much as he hated this dance (which by the way, he could not dance period), he hated even more to see the disappointment on her face. He definitely didn't want to see her crying. He didn't know why, but he knew it would probably make him feel like shit later.

His sister, Fanren, caught him on the way out, camera in hand, "Picture!" she said cheerfully. Syaoran snatched the camera out of her hand with a smirk.

"Forget it," he made for the door. Unfortunately all his sisters were trained in the martial arts too. Fanren's smile didn't fade as she grabbed the strap attached to her camera and hooked her foot around her brother's at the same time.

"I'm not losing another camera to you, Xiao-lang!" she retorted when he went down yet again. Syaoran groaned and slammed his palm against the floor.

"FINE! Take your dumb camera!" he cried and jumped to his feet. Fanren snapped a photo of his back as he went through the door.

He was completely out of breath when he finally made it to the gym. Syaoran looked around anxiously. Where the hell was she? He thought as he wandered around the gym. It was so damn dark in here.

"Syaoran!" a girl's voice cried. Syaoran whipped around towards the sound of her voice and sped up. Go go go! He told himself. When he found her, he noticed it was a tall girl with long black hair, her dark eyes sparkling wickedly. The short black dress with black lace hugged her body. Emma.

Syaoran quickly whipped around yet again. Wrong way! And made a beeline for the crowd of people behind him.

But that was only because there were so many people on the dance floor, currently swaying to a slow dance for couples. Above them there were little splashes of pink, blue, purple, and green light that seemed to roam around the floor. Purple and blue streamers hung from the wall delicately weaving in and out of each other in what seemed to be intricate designs. Green and pink balloons littered the dance floor.

Pink, green, blue, and purple? What stupid colors, Syaoran thought with amusement. Who could have come up with something like that?

"Syaoran!" someone called his name yet again. He was almost afraid to look but when he realized the voice was masculine he turned around and saw Eriol beaming at him. "I thought you said you were going to play sick or something! Isn't this great? Tomoyo decorated all of this," he said and Syaoran noted the pride in his voice.

Tomoyo, Syaoran thought. Should've known. She sometimes had the most unique sense of fashion.

Speak of the devil. Tomoyo came up from behind Eriol, looking elegant in billowing violet skirt and blouse. "Syaoran! There you are! You're LATE. Sakura's been waiting for more than half an hour! Boys kept on asking her to dance. I must have counted twenty by now!" she exclaimed.

Syaoran panicked and felt his heart speed up, "What'd she tell them? Did she accept their offers?" he croaked.

"No. She said she was waiting for her date. You're lucky, too," Eriol answered. "She's waiting for you by the punch table." Without a word Syaoran bustled off for the table just in time to see a tall blue-haired young man retreating from the table, his shoulders slumped a little.

The auburn-haired girl cocked her head upon his arrival and a smile slowly made its way to her face, "Syaoran?"
He shrugged and nodded. Sakura laughed and stood up. Syaoran's gaped in awe. She was gorgeous.

Tonight she wore a short pink skirt and had on a long sleeved, black blouse. Pink ribbons wound around her waist and hips, accenting her feminine curves and framing her body perfectly. Instead of shoes she wore black boots that covered everything from her knees down.

"I think you're catching flies," she teased when he didn't reply. "Would you like to dance with me? I've been dying to dance all night!"

"Why didn't you dance with all the other boys who asked you?" He mentally slapped himself as soon as the words left his mouth.

She only shrugged and smiled mysteriously, "Because I only want to dance with you, Syaoran." He blushed. Why'd she have to say that? He wondered exasperated with the way his heart was speeding up again.

Then she gently wrapped her hand around his arm and proceeded to lead him to the dance floor. However he dug his heels into the floor and shook his head quickly, "I-I can't!"

"What?"

"I…I…"

"You can't dance?" she finished for him. She took his silence as a yes. "Don't worry, I'll lead."

"WHAT? Girls never lead dances! Besides I might step on your feet," he said gruffly.

"This one does. Now come on," she yanked his arm a little more insistently. He remained rooted to the ground and refused to budge.

"I have all night, Syaoran," she chuckled. Syaoran sighed and allowed himself to be pulled onto the dance floor.

"Now put your arms around my waist," she instructed.

He felt his hair (and heart rate) quicken, "WHAT?" he hissed. Sakura sighed and placed one hand on her waist, the other in her hand. Then she put curled her fingers around his and rested her hand on his shoulder lightly.

"There, better?" she asked. He had stiffened up.

He was about to say 'No' when she pulled him to her and started to dance. Sakura didn't let him stepping on her toes discourage her and he was glad too. He was sure that if she were to step on his toes it'd hurt a lot more due to the stiletto heels she had on. Then, before he had caught on, they were floating around the dance floor. Whirling gracefully while she led him around.

There were sighs of envy as boys and girls alike watched the couple dancing together. Who the heck would want to compete with something like that?

On the side of the dance floor Tomoyo smiled through the lens of her camera, "Kawaii," she breathed as she watched Sakura and Syaoran dancing.

"Tomoyo?" Eriol asked her. She turned to find him holding his hand out to her.

"Would you like to dance?" he asked. Tomoyo smiled and took his hand.

Together they danced, not thinking about the threat that presently loomed over earth. Not knowing that the threat and the end were sooner than they might imagine. Instead they thought about each other and the promises to come.

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Forgive me that took so long! XD I was so lost as to what might happen, lol. Anyhoooo,keep reading! And you definitely have to review! Good or bad, come on people throw em at me! I CAN TAKE IT!

syaoran101: yah it does kinna suck that Sakura's blind don't it? Im sad that she's never gonna b a cheerleader and go scurrying around worryin about being late, but it has it's prices. If u ever do feel the urge to flame me or whatever, don't b afraid to. Im not gonna freak out…okay maybe I might but eh learn to deal, yknow?

I think of Sakura as the kinna person who just wont let nething take her down. Before she ever met Syaoran she actually was pretty insecure about herself and she had a lot of problems, absolutely no confidence. She wasn't born blind (ehhhh, explanations later) and it was something that was new and scary. But by now she has learned to look past her disability and to really see...to be strong. CLAMP's Sakura isn't the kind of person to wallow in misery remember:)

Anime Flower: lol much thnx! N don't worry bout the mistake. It was cool to hear from u. n me, mind? NEVA:)