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"Aww the poor dear" the dark eyed female sympathized waving her hand over the crystal ball.

"Don't worry my dear, when I am through with you, you won't be able to feel a thing" the same woman told the amber hair girl. With a wave of her hand, the image of the sobbing amber hair girl disappeared.

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"This getting interesting" a young man with dark hair and blue eyes told no one in particular.

His blue eyes shined with mischief, "not yet Guanbei" he told the dark eyed woman on the screen.

Pointing his staff at the screen he mumbled a few words under his breathe. As he said the last words to the spell he preformed, the clock on the mantle started to chime.

The room grew quiet as the clock played its last note; suddenly it was broken by a piercing voice.

"Do you think a simple party trick like that will stop me? Your sadly mistaken my dear Eriol. When we meet, I'll show you real power" the booming voice belonging to the dark eyed woman shouted, which was followed by her laughter. Her laughter chilled the room until it looked and felt like an icebox. No one was in the room to hear her threat; Eriol had disappeared at the last chime.

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She sat under the many colorful umbrellas set up behind the restaurant. She was enjoying the last day of summer shaded by the umbrella as she tired to find inspiration. She long gave up; her sketchbook lay at arm length. With each glance in its direction, she has am urged to fling it but she didn't. Everywhere from the top of the table to below, lay crumpled up paper. Each time she drew, it ended up as a crumpled up ball. At this rate she thought glancing at the mess around her, she'll have nothing to show to the committee and her meeting with them was next week. Standing up she decided to clean up before Eriol came for their lunch date.

Suddenly someone wrapped their arms around her waist and pressed their lips to her neck.

"Sorry I am late, Madison" he apologized giving her waist a squeeze.

"What is this" he questioned when his eyes fell upon the mess. Picking one up he un-crumpled it, the design was beautiful except for the red X through the drawing. He un-wrinkled another one and found the same thing.

"These are good" he praised her, she laughed in his response.

"No they aren't, they're terrible" he looked at her with disbelief and re-examined the drawing.

"Tell me how are they terrible" he questioned showing her one of her crumpled drawings, she stepped away from the crinkled drawing and twitch her nose.

"You won't understand, Eriol" she told him waving her hands about to make her point across.

"Then make me understand" he answered walking up to her, she shook her head and started disposing the mess she created, and the subject was dropped.

Being the gentleman he was, Eriol told her to sit and order lunch while he cleaned up.

After ordering she harshly stuffed her sketchbook in her purse, and dropped her utensils in there too. They weren't good because the subject she wanted to draw was gone. Her subject Sakura….

Sakura could not continue to live here without being remained of Syaoran so she decided to move. She was going to travel the world for a while before she settled down, this way she wasn't constantly remind of him. Oh Sakura I missed you, please come back… soon

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Eriol stood on the balcony in his study, just standing there and thinking. Sometimes being the most powerful magician in the universe was a hard job. You know everything that is going to happen… yet, you are powerless and forbidden to change the future. When he came home from his lunch with Madison, he wasn't surprised to see his study covered with ankle height water.

Be careful Sakura he silently told the sky. Don't be your normal self; it will only get you into trouble he warned. The patch of stars he had been looking at twinkled in response to his prayer. With one last look he turned and walked back into his study.

The night grew on…

Eriol woke up in the middle of the night by a piercing scream that shook his whole being.

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I am sorry this chapter isn't interesting, but I was stuck on what to write next. If you have any ideas please feel free to tell them to me to make this story more interesting.

If you don't understand I am sorry. The beginning the evil lady Guanbei was talking as she gaze into her crystal ball, while she does that, Eriol is watching her on the screen. If there is anything confusion please tell me, thank you.

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