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Summery: Ever wonder how Clow Reed knew who his successor was going to be or why he seems so nice to Sakura when ever they meet? Well here it the first story, long before Cardcaptor Sakura took place. This is the story about Clow Reed and Sakura……………. His Daughter??

Sakura Reed

Chapter 6

"Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be."

Anton ChekhovRussian dramatist & short story author (1860 - 1904)

Clow sat by Sakura's bedside, changing the cloth on her forehead every so often. It had been two days since the night she sealed the Hate and the Revenge under contract and she had yet to wake up.

She had reached beyond her powers that night, almost to the point where she could have died right there. If he hadn't been able to give her the last of his magical reserves she would have. He had been puzzled at first how she could be so powerful but then he remembered the Love Card. It helped her greatly in her fight against the two other emotions, but it also drained nearly all her energy.

Now in her weakened state she had contracted a fever that refused to break no matter what he did. All he could do was sit by her side and help in anyway he could.

He glanced at the cards on the table beside her, The love card had sealed its self voluntarily, for it had resided in Sakura's heart for a long time, laying dormant until her love for the people she wanted to protect caused it to activate. The two other cards, the Hate and the Revenge were forced into contract under Sakura's magic. He knew she would never be able to use them, or rather he hoped she wouldn't. The use of the emotions required the same emotion in the users own heart, and it magnifies that emotion and also gives the user its own corresponding power, like the revenge with it's black lightning, it kills slowly and painfully. The hate had a similar power to revenge, the difference was the revenge could only killed or hurt the person it wanted revenge on or someone that person was close to, the hate could kill anyone with out any remorse. Why Kinomoto hadn't used the hate power was because the revenge had to run it's course first. If Sakura hadn't stopped him then and there they all would have been dead.

"How is she doing Mr. Clow?" asked Tomoyo from Sakura's bedroom door. She was staying with them while Miharu recovered. Miharu had been severely injured the day of the attack and was still recuperating in one of their spare rooms. How she came to be injured he didn't know, Tomoyo had refused to say anything.

Clow sighed, "No change, How is Miharu?"

" A little better, I got her to eat something earlier today, she is sleeping right now." said Tomoyo softly.

Clow nodded and changed Sakura's cloth again.

"Sir? I can do that if you want to go and rest. You have been taking care of all of us and you haven't gotten very much sleep." said Tomoyo.

Clow almost shook his head no but then a wave of fatigue washed over him, he had been running off of worry over the past two days, and it was now starting to lose its effect.

He sighed tiredly and gave a smile.

"For someone so young Ms. Tomoyo, you are very wise." he said as he stood up and walked out of Sakura's room for the first time in 12 hours.

"Thank you sir," Tomoyo said quietly as she took his place at Sakura's side.

On his way to his room he stopped by to check on his two guardians.

Their energy had suffered greatly, Cereberos was recovering slowly, but was on his way. Yue on the other hand needed help, his powers were very low, reflecting his master's own weakness. For now he was inside a protective cocoon, that protected him form any further energy drainage.

Clow was right in front of his door to his bedroom and his welcoming bed, when he turned to look at his other guest room. Lord Kinomoto was also staying with them, it was causing a panic in the town, but at the moment it was the least of his concerns.

Lord Kinomoto had refused to leave until Sakura awoke, he hadn't said any other words then that.

He decided to check on the man, Clow could only imagine how he must be feeling. He knocked on the door and heard a calm "Come in," from the other side.

Clow turned the knob and opened the door, all he could see of Lord Kinomoto was a silhouette against the bright window, as Lord Kinomoto watched the sun set.

"Has she a woken yet?" he said in a oddly emotionless voice.

"No, there is still no change." said Clow.

He could see the older man tense up, but his voice remained blank.

"Then leave me be."

Clow thought about saying something more but then thought better of it, so he sighed and quietly exited the room closing the door behind him.

Clow shook his head, no one should have to go through what that man did, he had drowned in his own feelings of revenge and hate which caused him to temporarily loose his own heart…

(Sakura's dream)

Sakura once again was floating through a dark peaceful void, only small wisps of light flowed through the darkness giving her void a soft glow.

"I like it here, it is so calm…" Sakura whispered to herself.

Then the void began to change, slowly it turned into a foggy street, Sakura blankly observed her new surroundings, the fog was thick and the air had a slight chill to it.

"Where am I?" Sakura asked.

"You are nowhere," came a voice from with in the fog.

Sakura looked around her trying to find where the voice was coming from.

"Who are you?"

The voice laughed "Oh? You don't recognise my voice?"

"Y-yes I do, but I don't know from where…" said Sakura as she placed her hand on her head, everything was very fuzzy, it was hard to remember much from the real world in these kind of dreams.

"That's alright. It is good that I sound familiar to you, most people who enter this far into the dream world don't remember any thing at all about their real life. I am not surprised though considering who you are."

Then the voice started coming from a women walking down the foggy street. The women had a long clock and hood on so the only parts of her that were visible, was the bottom half of her face and her hands.

The women walked up to Sakura and smiled.

"You look a lot like a girl I used to know," she said as she seemed to look Sakura over.

Sakura blinked, feeling like she had heard that some where before.

Then she gasped, "You knew my Mother?"

The women looked shocked for a second and then smiled again.

"Yes I did, when she came here to this dream world, I got to know her quite well." she said.

Sakura blinked again. "She came here?"

The women nodded, "Yes she came around quite often, when she was younger, but in recent times her visits became few and far between." she said, but there was a sad tone to her voice.

Sakura dropped the topic temporarily, not wanting to upset the mysterious women.

"So... Um Miss why am I here? What is this place for?"

"You are her because I pulled you here, to talk to you and to help you,"

Sakura looked up at her curiously.

"To help me why?"

The women suddenly looked very sad, and she said.

"Because, you are very ill in the real world, the fight you had weakened you considerably, if you don't get help soon you could vanish."

"Vanish?" asked Sakura in confusion.

The women sighed,

"You could die," she said reluctantly.

Sakura gasped.

"But…but how? I feel fine now.. What do you mean?" asked Sakura with tears in her eyes.

The women placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Don't cry Sakura…. Please? I can help you. You are in a type of dream world that you can only enter when you are in a very, very deep sleep, which you are in right now. I have a special power that allows me to communicate with certain people when they are in the dream world. This part of the dream world is for souls who are very sick or near death, this means your real body, in the real world is very weak.

Sakura still had tears going down her face, but she thought about what the women said then in a small, scared voice she asked.

"How can you help me then?" she asked sadly.

The women smiled gently at Sakura, as she cupped Sakura's hands into her own.

"I was getting to that part, I can help you by giving you just enough energy to wake up, but listen to me carefully Sakura, I can only give at little energy while we are in the dream world, if you get to much the energy it will be rejected and you could lose even more. Which is something you can't afford right now, so under no circumstances are you to take any more then what you extremely need, promise me."

Sakura nodded, but looked unsure.

"Umm… why would I take more then I need? You asked me only to take enough to wake up, why would I want to take more?"

The women sighed.

"It is hard to explain, for some reason it is hard to stop once the process is started, there is a pull that wants you to take more, but you have to resist, your life depends on it."

Sakura nodded slightly, her father had explained this once to her before although at the time it didn't seem as important until now.

"Alright take my hands, and just try to focus on getting out of this fantasy world, alright?" said the woman.

If Sakura hadn't been nervous and scared herself she may have noticed the trembling hands of the woman in front of her.

"Here we go…."

Then Sakura felt as though she was swimming in light, it surrounded her and pushed her in different directions. Then she heard voices calling her name and tried to move towards them.

She only just started moving when she started to feel very tired, the light around her started to diminish and fade, it was almost like she was back in the void she first started at. Then a stream of light appeared beside her, full of energy. She reached out her hand to grab it, when she heard her name being called again from the opposite direction.

"Sakura!! Please..wake up…Sakura…. Sakura! Come Back….!"

Sakura looked back and forth form the stream of light to the sound of voices.

Then it seemed her heart took over and she started swimming towards the warm voices, until she could she their relieved faces.

(In Clow Reeds mansion)

Clow had just gotten a few hours of sleep when he heard a faint knocking on the door, and Miharu's voice calling his name.

"What is she doing out of bed?" Clow asked tiredly to himself as she walked over to the door.

When he opened the door he saw Miharu leaning against the wall, out of breath and looking like she was about to pass out.

"Miharu!? You shouldn't be out of bed yet. What is wrong?" asked Clow, his voice filled with concern.

"Clow it is S..Sakura. H…her fever has gotten worse," Miharu said faintly.

At this Clow's eyes widened as he helped Miharu walk back to Sakura's room.

"Tomoyo….. Went to the ice shed to….to get some ice for her,…. to help the fever go down," said Miharu as she struggled to keep up with Clow's panicked pace.

When they arrived in Sakura's room, Clow set Miharu down in a chair before she passed out and then walked swiftly to Sakura's side.

Sakura was breathing heavily and her face was a white as the bed sheets she was laying on.

He put his hand to her face, and quickly took it away.

"She is burning up….." he said as he took the blanket off her and dabbed her whole body with cool water, until Tomoyo arrived dragging a bag of ice behind her.

"Here is the ice…."

Clow nodded and said,

"Sword cut the ice to pieces"

A second later the ice was in chunks and Clow quickly started putting on top of Sakura.

After all the ice was put on, Clow didn't leave her side, he continued to check her temperature only to discover it stayed the same.

"Come on Sakura fight it, fight like you did that night, the night you saved us all." said Clow. The very thought of his little daughter not getting well again almost made him shudder. It was a very difficult thought indeed.

Then there was a sound at the door, Clow knew right away who it was.

"Lord Kinomoto?" asked Tomoyo with still a hint of fear in her voice. It was obvious she tried to hide it. His face had stared at her and the people she cared about with pure hatred. Ii was enough for her to still carry a little fear inside her.

Kinomoto ignored Tomoyo and walked over to the foot of Sakura's bed.

He stared at Sakura for a moment and the turned his eyes to Clow.

"Why haven't you called a doctor? With a fever like that the child will die!" he said, maybe a little harsher then he had intended to be.

Clow glanced at him before turning his gaze back to his daughter.

"Sakura's fever was caused because she went beyond her magical limit, that is why her fever has yet to break, or why none of my magic will work against it. A doctor from town won't be able to understand why she even has the fever, and much less on how to treat it." said Clow blankly.

"Mr. Clow? Sir will Sakura be alright? Please say she will…. Please…" said Tomoyo.

Clow stared at Sakura's pale and sweaty form, and before he even said anything Tomoyo began to cry run over to Miharu.

As Tomoyo cried in Miharu's arms she perked her head up and looked at Lord Kinomoto. His fists were clenched tightly and his head was down, so his eyes could not be seen. Then as silently as he came in he swept back out again.

She was about go after him, she felt immense despair radiating from him it concerned even her, but Miharu held her back.

"No Tomoyo, not yet, let him be" she said.

"But…"

"No child, there is nothing you can do. Right now the only one who can help him heal is Sakura. In his present condition, he will only hurt you more."

Tomoyo looked at if she was going to argue more, but held her tongue. She may have been able to feel or sense emotions form others, but that didn't mean she knew exactly what the person was feeling, because one person could have many emotions going through their hearts at the same time.

"Well I hope he doesn't do anything he will regret." said Tomoyo softly.

Miharu smiled sadly, as wise and as smart as Tomoyo was she was still a child, and still so very innocent.

"I am afraid it is a little too late for him to worry about regrets child,"

The hours passed and no one moved from their places that is until something strange happened.

Sakura started to glow a ghostly white, not her usual fiery pink.

This surprised Clow, the energy Sakura was emitting wasn't her own.

"How is this possible?" he asked himself as he reached out to touch Sakura's arm. As soon as his skin touched the pearly white aura his eyes widened in shock, then ever so slightly a small smile slipped on to his face….

"Miharu, Tomoyo, call Sakura's name, she is trying to wake up." said Clow urgently

"Sakura? Sakura wake up!! Sakura, Come back to us, please." they all said.

Then the bright glow started to fade and they paused in their calling.

Clow placed his hand above her head, a second later he gasped.

"No! Keep calling her! She isn't out yet!"

So they continued to call Sakura's name, and asking her to wake up. Until in one last faint flash of light Sakura's eyes started to open.

They all breathed a sigh of relief.

Sakura look at them all and smiled tiredly. Then she looked at all the ice that she was covered in and shivered.

"I am so cold…." she said.

Clow chuckled and placed his hand on her face trying to feel or the stubborn fever that had plagued her for the last few days.

He found none of it.

Clow smiled again and said "Well you certainly are! Hold on we will get this ice off you in no time"

Just outside the door Lord Kinomoto to sighed a breath of relief.

"Thank you Sakura Reed, I owe you a debt that will certainly be hard to repay…."

Lord Kinomoto left the next day leaving only a note to Sakura promising that he would do everything in his power to repay his debt to her.

Sakura really didn't understand what the letter meant, she couldn't think of anything he could repay her with, nor did she feel she needed repayment.

Nonetheless she kept the letter under her pillow at night and smiled every time she read it.

For she now knew the cold hearted Lord still had love and honour in his heart.

End of Chapter 6

Sorry this one took so long, I just finished moving out and just recently found the time to finish this chapter. Hope you liked it, Please R&R, the more reviews I get the more I will write and the faster updates will come. Thank you for reading!!

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Catch ya later at chapter 7