Chapter 5 of Roses

By Jacqulin

Authors Note: Thank you for all the great reviews!!! I am so happy right now. My birthday is coming up and I am so exicted. Also, Thanksgiving is coming up. Yay! (I call it the official day for pigging out) Anyways, I hope that you have a lot of fun reading this chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Card Captor Sakura.

(A/N) That's me!

Sakura 16

Syaoran 17

Tomoyo 16

Eriol 17

Touya 23

Important Note:

These are some important questions that people had asked me:

Why is Syaoran so mature for a six year old? Mainly, I think it is because he is supposed to be the leader of The Li Clan so he was bought up with the maturity and the sophistication of someone way older than six.

Why does Sakura have brain cancer? It works out in the end. I swear it does. Just read the whole story and you will get it.

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The sun rose over the town of the huge town of Tokyo, Japan. As the sunlight streamed through the cream colored blinds of room 116 of the Tokyo International Hospital, a girl wrapped in a strawberry colored blanket turned away from the light. She was currently curled up in a ball and was squeezing a very raggedy teddy bear. The yellow fur of the toy was faded and it would be safe to say that it needed some serious care from a professional.

"Um… bright light.. turn off. Kero…" The girl snuggled closer to the stuffed animal. She raised her hand towards the bear whose name was Kero as she gave it a hug in her sleep.

If one were to stand at the door way, they would have truly noticed the paleness of the young girls' hand. You could see the veins of her hand and the bones as she moved it. On her right hand, there lay a hospital bracelet.

It said 'Sakura Kinomoto. Room 116.'

"Ohayo Sakura." a girl with long black braided hair said as she walked into the room. Her amethyst eyes twinkled with mischief. She was wearing a purple skirt that reached to her knees and a white top that had two purple stripes across it.

She pulled the strawberry blanket of off Sakura. She gently tried to wake up the sleeping girl. "Come on Sakura. Wake up! It is a beautiful Saturday morning and you are sleeping in? And most importantly it is your birthday."

A man with brown hair walked into the room. He was followed by three other people. Mr. Kinomoto faces was worn down over time, but he still held that dignity and the poise. Yukito followed in after Mr. Kinomoto. He held a huge bag of food. Eriol followed after Yukito. He was carrying three birthday balloons that said Happy Sweet 16.

"Move aside everyone." Touya said. "Only I know how to wake up a true monster."

He walked to the side of Sakura who was still in a deep sleep and pulled of her blanket. She awoke startled and screamed.

"Onii-chan!! Why did you do that?" Sakura screamed at her brother.

"Well, it is your birthday today and I was kind enough to make you wake up so you wouldn't miss it entirely." Touya said as he had a smug look on his face.

"Thanks …. I guess." Sakura said. "Good morning everyone."

"Good Morning Sakura." Everyone told her. "And Happy Birthday."

"It's my birthday?" Sakura asked. She ran to the calendar and true enough it was April 1st.

"I can't believe that you are dense enough to forget your own birthday, Saku-chan." Tomoyo said.

"Oh, Moyo. You hurt me so." Sakura said overdramatically. She smiled at her friends and family.

Sakuras Point of View

I was happy. Truly happy. Most people at the hospital don't believe when I tell them that I have cancer. I don't carry any of the symptoms. I have all of my hair and my bones aren't that weak. But my skinniness might have given it away. I am pale, very pale, but my skin still has that natural glow that I was born with. But some people are born with naturally pale skin so most don't ask about that.

Today is my birthday. I am turning 16 years old. It also marks the 16th anniversary of my mothers' death. Right now, I am listening to my best friend Tomoyo tell me about the new design that she had made.

Tomoyo Daijubo has been my best friend since birth. Her mother and my mother were cousins and best friends so it is only natural that we became best friends too. She was heart broken when she learned that I had cancer. She cried for weeks until I told her that I was still the same Sakura that she had known her whole life.

I looked at the boy standing to the side of Tomoyo. Eriol Hirrigiwiza. Tomyos boyfriend for the past 4 years. I was a little bit afraid when Tomoyo first started dating him. Maybe I am little bit paranoid, but hey, it's my best friends future that we are talking about.

After the first year, I slowly learned to trust him. Now, he is one of my closest friends. Also, he was one of the few guys that my brother didn't want to kill. Speaking of my brother, he is a little bit over protective. I think that he just doesn't want me to get heart broken. And he thinks that it's his life goal to keep me from meeting anyone. Like, the only guy I truly connected to was when I was four. FOUR!!

Standing to his left hand side is Yukito Tushikiro. His best friend since forever. I used to have a little crush on him like 5 years ago. But now he is like an older brother to me. Uh-oh, I think that Tomoyo noticed that I am zoning out.

Normal Point of View

"Sakura .. Sakura are you in there?" Tomoyo asked Sakura as she waved a hand in front of her face.

"Yeah, I am." Sakura said.

"Oooo, where you thinking of a boy?" Tomoyo teased.

"No," Sakura said. She sneezed once.

"Hey, Sakura someone is talking about you." Yukito said. (A/N when you sneeze it means that someone is talking about you.)

She sneezed six more times. "Wow, it sounds like they are having a debate about her, huh?" Touya said. Everyone laughed at this. Soon it was time for everyone to go home. Sakura waved good bye to everyone and she went back into her small hospital bedroom. She loved all of her presents. Especially her laptop that her father had gotten for her. She was never a technological kind of person. She never even had an e-mail before. So, Tomoyo took it upon herself to make Sakura a e-mail and an instant messenger.

She sat on the bed and turned on her laptop. Following Tomoyos directions, she logged on and created a chat room like Tomoyo said. It was obvious that Tomoyo wanted Sakura to have some outside contact with someone. Only a few people knew about Sakuras existence.

She waited for a while and then someone with the user name Wolf Boy went into her chat room. She hesitated a moment and then reluctantly typed in "Hi".

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Authors note: Aha! A cliffie.