Updating … Updating … I sound like a robot . But, that is what I plan to do! Why for my very late update? Well, saying I was moody wouldn't satisfy you would it? I will just keep it simple then and lie to you, it was because it was the year I was going to graduate and I wanted to spend time with my friends. Since its summer now and some of them have school, jobs, it's hard to hang out with them. Anyway, here is chapter 8: Revealed! (Also when Celina talks, she talks really fast and more to herself then Sakura)

Chapter 8: Revealed!

"Geez, I didn't think you would actually do that." Celina said looking up at Redagen.

"…ina..." Redagen said softly and disappeared.

Celina was about to leave when a vine wrapped around her. "Hm?"

Sakura looked at her, "Why … how?"

Celina merely just shook her head and spat at the vines and it was burned.

"Come back!" Sakura screamed.

Celina turned around, "Yes?"

"Why didn't you tell us?"

"Well, I didn't think he actually meant it when he said he was going to …"

"He? Who's he? Is it Joe? Is Joe Redagen?"

"That could be a possibility; I mean Redagen has the shape shifting dragon so, he could be anyone he wants, unlike Yue and Kero."

"Can you give me a direct answer?"

"If I could answer it, that is."

"Fine, why am I involved in all this?"

"Oh, that. Well, it's just to see what Clow Reed was thinking. Also, don't try and do anything crazy until I approve."

"What if … I don't want to do this?"

"Um … want to do what? I'm just making sure the mistress is able to control the cards, everything else is up to you."

"…what is happening?" Sakura looked down.

"Don't worry mistress, you are not going to get hurt or anything … I better go … see you in school then?" Celina said shrugging and left Sakura deep in her thoughts.

"Sakura … let's go", Kero said. Sakura looked at Kero and nodded. She activated "fly" and went home.

Sakura plopped on her bed. "Kero … what's happening? Why did Redagen just disappear when he saw Celina?"

"Perhaps she was the one who freed him and she could put him back?"

Sakura lied on her bed and drift into an uneasy slumber.

She saw Li again. She screamed for him but, no words came from her mouth. He was on the floor unconscious. She looked up to see the enemy. As if the sun shined on the attacker's face, Sakura could see her clearly. Sakura felt tears rolling down her cheeks. Celina stood there as clear as day. Her face was expressionless. Sakura eyes shifted and saw Redagen there too. Sweat dropped from her forehead and she screamed for her legs to move. She had no control of her body. She felt herself staring at Li and her mouth was moving, but she could not understand what she was saying. The cards shined a light. She tried to reach for them but, they were too far. She felt a rage she never felt before.

She woke up screaming. Touya walked in to her room yawning, "What happened?"

"I …I …just had a bad dream."

"Aren't you a little too old to be having nightmares?"

"Shut up Touya and just go back to bed."

"I wasn't the one who wanted to get out of bed in the first place."

The door closed and Kero flew towards Sakura. "Are you alright?"

"I'm alright … go back to sleep Kero," Sakura said throwing the covers over her. She did not go to sleep though. Her mind was focused on how she was suppose to deal with Celina, how she was suppose to stop her. At the crack of dawn, Sakura was up and took a long shower. She went down in her school clothes and found her father downstairs already.

"Dad … did I wake you?"

"No, I just felt like waking up early." Sakura smiled at her father.

Sakura walked to Tomoyo's house and waited for her to come down. Tomoyo looked at Sakura amazed that she was up already. "Good morning Sakura!" Tomoyo greeted. Sakura returned the greeting and they left to school. She searched for Celina but, did not see her anywhere. "Sakura, who are you looking for?" "Huh? Oh, Celina …"

Tomoyo nodded and looked around. The bell rang and they entered to their class. Celina was already in and did not look up when they entered. "Hey Celina … Sakura was looking for you." Tomoyo said. Celina looked up and smiled. She showed no sign of nervousness. Her expression was so real; Sakura realized why she was not able to know her real identity. "What do you need?"

"Um … nothing really … I just wondered if I'm still hanging out with you after school …" Celina's expression did not change and just smiled and nodded. Sakura studied her for a moment longer and turned away.

Sakura did not tell anyone about the day before. Celina acted as normal as ever. For Sakura, people were able to see some change. Everyone decided to just give her space. By the end of the day, Sakura was aching to get out. The bell rang and Sakura was the first to get out of the room.

Celina was at the entrance leaning on the rail. Sakura went up to her and Celina just smiled. There was nothing unusual about it. She made Sakura feel like yesterday was just a dream, all that had happened was just a figure of her imagination.

"Let's go," She said sweetly.

"Right", Sakura nodded and followed her towards the car.

They arrived at her mansion without exchanging a word to each other. Celina opened her door and led Sakura to the living and there sitting on the couch was Elrojo.

"What are you doing here?" Celina said softly.

"Hello Sakura, I didn't know you were coming over." He said ignoring Celina's question. Shinji was sitting next to him with his expressionless face.

"What are you doing here?" Celina repeated.

"Marie let me in. She was real nice about it." He said with a hint of sarcasm.

"Get out …" she said softly.

"Well, you cannot really kick me out …besides I think I would like to stay here a while longer … to see … Sakura."

Sakura looked at both of them. Even though Celina was clearly annoyed, her expression was still calm and Joe was the same. Sakura thought he would have smirked or frowned, but his lips did not move to form either one of them.

"I have every right to tell you to leave…"

"Anyways, I believe Sakura knows?"

"…"

"Know what?" Sakura asked anxiously.

He glanced at Sakura and slowly got up and left the room, heading to the back yard.

Shinji bowed and followed Elrojo.

Maria looked at Celina like she waiting for some kind of sign. Celina closed her eyes, "Sakura … you came here with questions …yet, you are going to get no answers." She went towards the direction of Elrojo. Sakura didn't say anything and followed Celina.

Her large backyard was soft with the snow that covered the grass.

"So, what did you come here for?" Celina said pleasantly.

"To see the mistress and of course you."

"You saw us, now you can leave."

"It is pretty cold out here, isn't it?"

"Joe, you know about the …?" Sakura asked.

"The clow cards? Of course, I know as much as dear Lina knows."

"Then … are you Redagen?"

"I do not know whether to take that as an insult or a compliment."

"I didn't know you were so bored that you would just tell her who you are." Celina said shaking her head.

Sakura looked back and forth at Celina and Elrojo, "What is she talking about?"

"Ah, no point anymore. Shinji!"

Shinji changed into dark green robes, wings spout from his back. He then charged at Sakura.

"Maria!" Maria changed in to a golden robe and wings also spout from her back. She flew right in front of Sakura, protecting her from Shinji.

Sakura stood there, trembling.

"SAKURA!" Celina yelled.

Sakura immediately turned her head to Celina.

"Get out of here," Celina said softly. Sakura looked at her, "But …"

"You will die if you stay."

"What about you? I can't just leave you here and …"

"It's alright, he won't do anything." Celina smiled.

Sakura ran towards the house as a bolt of lightening shot towards her feet, missing only by millimeters.

"It's rude to leave without saying good-bye", he said smirking.

Celina looked at Sakura and slowly turned her head to face him.

"You missed", she said coldly.

"What's with the scary face? I haven't seen you make that face since …"

"Shut up! Sakura, what are you waiting for? GO!"

Sakura hesitated as she once again ran towards the house.

"I can't let her do that," Elrojo said. A wall of ice blocked the entrance to the house. Sakura summoned Firey to burn down the ice. Once she was summoned, she also disappeared. Sakura dropped her wand and looked at Elrojo while shaking. Celina burned down part of wall, allowing enough space to reach the house.

He shrugged, "Why are you attacking my spells? It is not going to do you any good, try attacking me."

Celina brought her hands in front of her and closed her eyes. "Wind …" she whispered. White feathers spurred from her wrists.

Elrojo frowned, he too whispered something. The snow moved towards him like he was a magnet. It formed a circle, he looked at Sakura. "Sakura … Cherry blossoms, I would love to see them … but snow will have to …" A gust of wind cut his cheek. A small line of blood oozed out.

Celina closed her eyes, and breathed softly. He touched the cut and smirked. "Blood … my blood … I haven't seen that for a while. I haven't seen yours' either …" The ice rushed to Celina and she just stood there. It seemed she was deciding to defend herself or not. Celina closed her eyes and admitted defeat. The icy snow rushed towards her and hit her head on.

"Celina!" Sakura screamed. The remaining snow made it hard to see. Out of the clearing she saw a familiar figure. Someone dressed in red and black, standing in the position of Celina. Redagen was there hugging Celina like he was protecting her.

Elrojo frowned. "I completely forgot … no matter, Celina I give you about two months, till then. Bye sister!" He said cheerfully. Redagen left Celina and followed Elrojo as he entered a vortex.

Celina looked at Redagen and Elrojo as they disappeared.

"Celina, are you alright?" Sakura said walking up to the girl. Celina nodded and burned down the whole wall. "Celina … did Elrojo just say …"

"He is my twin brother …" Celina said.

Celina looked at Sakura. "I will give you two weeks, till the valentine dance for you to make your decision, meet me in the library."

The next day

Sakura walked into class, the room was blooming with life. The teacher clapped her hands, hoping to get the class's attention. After the class settled down, the teacher did attendance. Sakura listened to the names and realized Celina's and Elrojo's name was never called.

"Excuse me?"

"Yes?"

"Where is Celina and Elrojo, you never called their names?"

"They went back to private tutoring. Celina did say that she would be back around February 14th."

I will give you two weeks, till the valentine dance for you to make your decision. Sakura nodded.

Eriol listened to the conversation and whispered softly to himself, "What are you doing, Celina?"

The bell rang, signaling the end of school. Eriol headed to Celina's home. He carefully avoided any of his friends. He was walking down the block towards her house and near the entrance was Sakura. Eriol quickly slipped back to hide himself. He peered at Sakura and waited for her to move, but all she did was stand there, like she was deciding whether or not to ring the doorbell. Eriol could see she was in deep thought. He looked at the sky. The sun was about the set and Sakura was still standing.

He was ready to leave his corner when he saw Sakura walk away. When she was completely out of sight he headed to the doors. He was about to ring the doorbell when he suddenly heard, "Hello Eriol!"

He jumped and turned to see Sakura smiling at him. "Hi … Sakura …"

"What are you doing?"

"Oh, I was just going to check on Celina."

"Ah, and did you came just now?"

"Yeah …"

"Liar! Why are you sneaking to see Celina?"

"I was not sneaking; I just thought you wanted to see her. So, I waited for you to be done."

"Right … Eriol; can you do me a favor then?

"Hms?"

"Tell Celina … that I … iwillnotsayanythingaboutwhathappenedyesterday."

"What?"

"Never mind!" Sakura said running away.

Eriol shrugged and rang the doorbell. Maria answered and allowed Eriol in. Celina was sitting down with a stock of paper and writing down something. She looked up when she saw Eriol coming in. "Hello, I saw Sakura before but, she never rang the doorbell."

"What's going on? Does Sakura know?"

"Hm?"

"Celina … what happened here?" Eriol said looking around.

"New decorations," Celina said sarcastically.

"…"

"You know what Eriol, I'm really busy. If I plan to go back to school in February then you need to go. Maria, show him out please."

Maria extended her arm out, "Right this way, sir." Eriol looked at Maria and looked right back at Celina. "What are you running away from?" He said and turned away to leave. The door closed. Maria stepped back into the room with Celina, "Celina …"

"I know Maria, I know." Celina said looking outside to see Eriol walking away.

Sakura ate dinner silently.

"Hey monster!"

"…"

"Sakura?" Touya said.

"…"

"Sakura!"

"Huh? Yes?"

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah … I'm not hungry." Sakura said leaving the table and running upstairs to her room.

Touya and his father exchanged glances. "Give her time", he told his son.

"Sakura, you are back! Where is the food?" Kero asked as Sakura entered the room.

"…"

"Sakura …?" Kero said looking at the mistress. Sakura lay on her bed without saying a word. Kero frowned and left her alone.

A week later

Sakura entered the school to find valentine decorations everywhere. Tomoyo jaw dropped and clapped her hands. "It's gorgeous! Look at the flyers. It says to get tickets and … ask a loved one to the valentine dance! Oh, Sakura, who are you taking? Who are you planning to take?" Sakura laughed at her over-excited friend. "I don't know … no one asked me."

"Maybe Li will ask you!"

"Maybe Eriol will ask you!" Sakura said, seeing Tomoyo slightly blush. Sakura looked around and at the corner of her eye she saw Syaoran with Mei-ling. They walked towards them, "So, Mei-ling, who are you taking to the dance?" Tomoyo asked.

Mei-ling smiled, "I don't know … I was hoping …"

"I got to go, bye guys!" Sakura said quickly and left before she can hear the end of Mei-ling's sentence.

Syaoran frowned when Sakura disappeared. "Let's get to class …" Syaoran said leaving Mei-ling unable to complete her sentence.

Tomoyo watched as Syaoran left and looked at Mei-ling with a puzzled face. Mei-ling shrugged and followed Syaoran.

Sakura looked away when Syaoran, Mei-ling, and Tomoyo entered the room. Tomoyo sat next to Sakura and looked at her best friend. "Sakura … are you alright?"

The teacher came in, leaving the question unanswered. While they were working, Tomoyo tried again to get Sakura's attention. "Sakura …" She whispered.

"Tomoyo, do you have something to share with the whole class?" The teacher said.

"No sir"

"Continue with your work then."

"Sorry …"

The rest of the day went and the bell rang. Sakura was leaving the school when she heard her name being called. She continued walking hoping to loose the person. She felt a tap on her shoulder and turned around, "Sakura", Mei-ling said. "I was calling your name, didn't you hear?"

"Sorry …"

"We need to talk …"

"Huh?" Sakura said looking at her.

"Sakura, if you went to go to the dance with Li just ask him. It isn't like he is going to say no." Mei-ling said while they were sitting in the park. She looked up in the sky. "Even if I wanted to ask him … or wanted him to ask me … He wouldn't … because I know, he likes you … cares about you … he is worried about you, we all are."

"What are you talking about?" Sakura said laughing nervously.

"If he asks you, will you smile?" Mei-ling said getting up and turned to look at Sakura.

"I don't know …"

"Well, we will just have to see, won't we?"

"Huh?" Mei-ling grabbed Sakura arm and brought her to Li's residence.

"Mei-ling wait!" Sakura said trying to run away. Mei-ling held on, "You are not running away."

The door opened and Syaoran looked at the two girls completely dumbfounded. "Uhm … what are you guys doing here?"

"We were just leaving!" Sakura said quickly, ready to retreat.

"Actually, Sakura wants to know if you are going to the Valentine dance."

"Probably not."

"Well, if Sakura were to ask you to go with her, would you go?"

Syaoran looked at the girl who was now looking down. Her bangs hid her face. She looked adorable.

"If she has no one else to go with … then I guess I will."

Mei-ling looked at him like he had just committed a crime. Normally Syaoran would ignore her glare, but something about that death look told him he better say something nice.

"I mean … err … Sakura are you going to the dance?"

"…"

"I would uhm …. Enjoy it if you were to … go with me?" He said rather nervously.

"You don't have to force yourself. I have to go …"

Mei-ling held onto her retreating friend, "Li … could you do anything properly besides capturing those damn cards?"

"Hey, those take a lot of work!"

"I'm sure it was, Sakura beat you to it and she started after you."

Sakura looked at Mei-ling, she never saw Mei-ling talk to Syaoran like that.

Sakura bit her lower lip. "Would you like to go to the dance with me?" She said practically screaming at him.

Syaoran looked taken back. "Sure …"

Valentine Day

Sakura looked at the time … 4 p.m. the dance started in two hours. She looked out the window like she was expecting Syaoran to come any moment now. She sighed, and then glanced at her clow book. It hit her that Celina was planning to meet her in the library. She frowned; this is going to be a LONG night. After she found out Celina's secret, she was a little more suspicious while she was around her.

After much pacing back and forth, she finally got ready and had her bangs hanging while the rest of her was placed in a bun. She had a pink dress, the color of cherry blossoms. She was ready at around 5:03 p.m. She rushed downstairs to avoid her brother opening the door and having a conversation with Syaoran.

She looked around and saw her father in the kitchen. She walked up to him and quickly told him good-bye. She looked around once again, "Touya isn't home yet." Her father said watching his daughter eye the room suspiciously. Sakura laughed nervously, "Yeah, I know that. Bye dad!" She quickly left, closing the door behind her.

She sighed, "Hey monster." Sakura jumped. She looked up and her brother was facing her. "Eh, hi … Touya." He eyed his sister, surprised at her kind greeting. "Where are you going?" "School dance," she said quickly and quickly left her brother standing at the doorstep.

Touya entered the house, "I'm home!"

"Dinner will be ready in an hour,"

Touya entered the kitchen and sat down, "What is with Sakura? She practically ran away."

His father laughed, "I believe that young man, Li is taking her to the dance."

Touya immediately shot up. "What?"

"Help me with dinner." His father said hinting that Touya should just leave his sister alone. Touya sighed and helped his father.

Sakura arrived at Syaoran's house panting. Sakura saw Syaoran leaving the house and saw his mouth move, probably telling his mom he was leaving. Sakura waved to him. He went toward her, "I thought I was suppose to …"

"Come, we might be late!"

"Sakura, wait …" Sakura turned around and looked at him.

"Eriol is coming with his car. He just called me and said he was coming right now."

"Oh", Sakura said as the wind blew her ribbon.

"Are you alright?"

Sakura smiled and nodded. A car pulled over, the window slowly went down and Eriol's face was clearly seen. Li opened the door for Sakura. Sakura saw Tomoyo in a gorgeous dress that she obviously designed herself. Unlike Sakura's two piece outfit, it was one piece. The dress just went pass her knees. The dress was a little puffy at the end, making the dress twirl. It was a deep shade of blue, almost like the color of a sapphire. The dress was strapless and she had a black shawl over her shoulder. Sakura sat next to Tomoyo as Li sat next to Eriol.

The driver was none other then Naruku. She smiled at the passengers and said, "Next stop, the valentine dance!"

"Aren't we picked up Mei-ling?"

"Mei-ling told us not to. She probably has someone else taking her."

The school was lit up and cars were parked outside. It actually looked inviting. They entered the school and went to the dancing room. The room was decorated with hearts and party banners. Sakura looked around for Mei-ling. She was unable to find the Chinese girl.

"Who are you looking for?" Tomoyo asked her best friend.

"Mei-ling, someone brought her to the dance right?" Sakura said glancing past the crowds.

"Maybe she isn't here yet." Tomoyo assured her.

A song played and Tomoyo got Eriol to dance. Sakura and Syaoran sat next to each other in an awkward silence. Sakura had her palms on her lap and found her fingers very interesting. She did not want to say something stupid to Li. The song ended and Tomoyo returned. "Li, why don't you ask Sakura to dance?" Syaoran did not answer. "It's alright, Tomoyo. If he doesn't want to dance then I won't make him." Syaoran imagined Mei-ling death glare and straightened up. "Sakura, would you … uhm … like … to … dance?"

This time Sakura was taken back. She looked at Syaoran like he had just grown two heads. He shifted uneasily and added, "Unless … you rather just listen to the music." Sakura broke from her trance and smiled. She took the hand Syaoran offered. It was a fast song. Syaoran just moved awkwardly with Sakura. After the song ended, a slow song began to play. Couples closed the space between them. Syaoran and Sakura just stood there, staring at the interesting floor that was dirtied by the popcorn and other junk on the floor. They saw some foot marks too.

Their eyes made contact and they quickly looked away blushing. "This is a couple song; hurry up and dance you two!" A couple near them pushed Sakura towards Syaoran, causing her to loose her balance. Syaoran caught her and glared at the couple.

"Just trying to help, man" The boy retorted.

Syaoran helped Sakura up. His hands slid to her waist. Sakura eyes widened. "Li …" "Just dance …" He said softly. Sakura slowly brought her hands to his neck and wrapped her arms around him. They stayed in that position for about ten seconds because the song had ended. There was a break and Sakura looked at the time.

She looked around and Mei-ling was still no where to be found. She called Mei-ling's number and received her voicemail. She glanced up at the clock. "I need to go to the bathroom." She lied and left her friends.

Sakura walked down the dark hallway and saw light coming out of the library. She slowly walked to it and saw Celina. Celina was in a simple blouse and skirt. She had a book on the desk that was scratched with her writing. Sakura knew at that moment, she was not planning to participate in the dance.

Celina shook her head and smiled, "Why did you come?

"Huh?"

"Did you come here because you needed to or is it because you wanted to?"

"I …I guess it's because I needed to … find some answers."

"I see, so you will be accepting the training?"

Sakura frowned, "I don't want to be a part of this …"

"You still want answers?"

She nodded.

"Alright Sakura, what do you need to know?"

"Ghosts … do they exist? Is it possible to be able to see them?"

"Ghosts… Sakura, it's almost impossible for a ghost to be here. They are secured somewhere where they can't get to us and we can't get to them. Unless …"

"Unless?"

"You would have to go through the council, but even then, all you would be allowed to do is talk to them. Your guardian, Kero, should be familiar with this."

"Kero?"

"Kero once visited the council and asked to speak to the undead to communicate with clow reed."

"Clow Reed, I can come in contact with him?"

"I don't know … I am not allowed to be informed about this topic … especially since I have people I would like to come in contact with."

Sakura frowned and nodded.

"One last thing, are premonitions always true?"

"They have their flaws."

"Like?"

"Sakura, if you want a proper premonition, clear your mind. But, at the same time let your mind worry about what is happening. If you want to believe in something so badly, you will believe it sooner or later. That is when a premonition has its flaw."

Sakura was silent and sat down. "Why did Redagen protect you?"

Celina smiled, "Have a good time."

"Huh?"

Celina got up and started walking to the exit. She turned around and said, "It's because … he needs to."

"…" Celina vanished and Sakura looked at the table. Celina had left her quote book. Sakura took it and flipped to a page with a stick figure drawing of a girl and guy. Right next to it, it said "blood is thicker than water." On the very bottom of the page, in neat script Elrojo's name was written with his real last name. A little broken heart was decorated next to it. And in small letters she wrote, "I still care …"

Sakura slowly began to turn the page when she felt a hand touch her hand. Sakura looked up and saw Celina standing there. "I … I'm sorry … I shouldn't–"

"I wrote that 6 years ago. It's funny that I think it's gotten easier. But, nothing changed since then. He is still my brother … my big brother … and no matter what he does, I would still love him." Celina smiled.

6 years …6 years … Sakura realized it was the time when she gained the clow cards. "Celina, is it when the clow cards activated?"

Celina smiled and left with her book in her hand.

Uhms … hi fellow readers … that could and probably would kill me … I feel like stopping this series for a little while and start a new one … so yeah. Anyhow … this is part one of Revealed … I soon found out … that this chapter was going to be well over 10 pages and that did not work well with me. So, I cut it into two parts … Enjoy