Aki and Akemi

Syaoran sighed. It had been 1 whole week since his return to Tomoeda yet he had not had a chance to talk to Sakura.

"Maybe she's avoiding me, "He thought glumly. He sighed again; he had to ask her quickly, time was running out.

Flashback

"And why are you so keen to go back to Japan, my son?" Yelan looked down at Syaoran.

Syaoran looked up at his mother, his eyes drawn together in a look of determination, "I want to look for Sakura. I NEED to ask her…something." Syaoran looked down at the floor.

Yelan knew that there was no stopping her son once he was determined, "Ok, I will let you go. On one condition, you have 1 month to say whatever you want to her. If you don't get the chance, you will HAVE to come back. Is that clear Xiao Lang?"

"Yes Mother."

"Of course, there was also another reason why she can't see me," Syaoran thought sadly. Aki and Akemi had been trying to separate them all week, or so it seemed.

Akemi kept on clinging on to him while Aki worked on Sakura. Every time it seemed like they were getting closer to each other, either one or both of them would pop up all of a sudden and drag them away from each other. It very frustrating as Akemi seemed to be unfazed no matter how many times Syaoran told her to go away, no matter how many times he stared fiercely at her, she refused to leave him alone.

"This must be how Touya feels around my sisters, "He thought to himself.


Back in the Kinomoto household, a certain auburn-haired card mistress was feeling the same thing.

"HOEEEE! Kero-chan, help me think of a way to get rid of Aki. It seems like everywhere I go, he just pops up. How does he do that? Maybe he's not human! Maybe he's a ghost in disguise! Maybe he's a ghost whose mission is to get rid of me and Syaoran! HOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" She was so stressed out that she fell back on her bed, her eyes swirled dizzily.

Kero flew to Sakura's shoulder and patted her softly, "There, there. You have o find a way around it, Sakura. Maybe…maybe it's something both of you have to go through…together," Kero reassured her.

"Really? You really think so, Kero-chan?" Sakura turned to him.

Kero sighed, "I really want to help her, but this is beyond my power. I hope you can get through this, Sakura."

"Kero-chan?" Sakura stared at the silent guardian.

"Yes, I think so. Go back to sleep, Sakura.

The yellow guardian tucked her in and went back to his own bed. Sakura looked up at the stars in the sky before falling to sleep.


Neither of them saw the Clow book glow faintly as a mysterious giggle echoed in the room.