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A/N: Hope you're enjoying the story so far... Cause if you're not you'll probably stop reading it and that would be pretty bad for me.

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Disclaimer: Give me three good reasons for anybody to even think that I own Card Captor Sakura. I dare you! You can't, can you? Yeah, I though so.

The Plot Thickens: Syaoran, after living a month in Japan with a spell on him, finally decided to do something about it. Up until now he had kept it a secret. That is, until he suspected that Sakura might be under the influence of the spell too. He started his fight against the spell by letting his mother know about it, hoping she would provide him with much needed help. However he still thought it best to hide it from Sakura. The only lead he had were the anonymous phone calls that occasionally pinpointed the locations of cards to them, as they might be related with the person who cast the spell. Meanwhile, the two mysterious people who have been watching Sakura and Syaoran fight the cards seem to be getting closer to Touya, who is getting tired of hiding his knowledge of the cards from Sakura.

"Character Talking"

ºCharacter Thinkingº

(Me Talking)

Just in case you've forgotten:

All the life on the planet is based on a magical energy called 'Mana'. The Sun and the Moon provide this mana to every corner of the planet. Those who learned to manipulate the mana are the said magicians. A long time ago, Clow Reed mastered the use of both Sun and Moon mana and created his masterpiece in the use of these types of magic, the Clow Cards. Half of them used the mana from the sun and half from the Moon. Now, after accidentally setting those cards on the loose, Kinomoto Sakura must help Li Syaoran, a descendant of Clow, and Kerberos, the guardian of the cards, to capture the cards which, not having Clow to provide them mana anymore, are going on a rampage after the magical energy they need to live.

And:

Card Captor Sakura

Chapter 6: Sakura and Syaoran - Act I

Part 1: Bad News

"Where am I?" Syaoran asked nobody in particular. His voice echoed far but there was no answer.

No matter which way he looked he could only see a white fog. Even if he looked down he wouldn't be able to see anything below his chest. Only white in all directions.

He didn't think there was anything to see though. The surroundings felt so empty. They felt full of meaning, but empty of material things. He couldn't even feel anything below his feet to sustain his weight

ºWhy am I not falling?º He wondered.

And so he fell. He fell out of the fog and now he could see the ground far below him.

He didn't feel any fear nor did he scream as his body descended. The fall was fast, but light at the same time. He finally hit the floor and was surprised at how soft it was.

It was sand. As far as the eye could see there was nothing but sand and darkness. He looked above his head and saw the fog that once surrounded him. It seemed to have a light of its own. Its light was probably the only reason why he could see anything around him. Its shape was irregular, but it seemed as if it was meant to be shaped like something, like a cloud.

"That is your soul." He heard a calm, deep, male voice say. There was so much echo he couldn't tell where it was coming from.

"Who is there?" He shouted.

"You don't know me." The voice answered. "But you know who I am."

Syaoran looked all around him, not satisfied with the enigmatic answer. There was no one as far as the light's reach allowed him to see. He wanted to go into the darkness in search for the voice, but his legs weren't responding. "What do you mean?!"

"I am the one who put this spell on you." The voice said blatantly.

Syaoran felt a rush of anger rise up on his body. Not only did this person put a spell on him but he came back to mock him. It was as if he knew that Syaoran had just started to seriously look for him. "Where are you?! Show yourself!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that." The voice said. "But still, I think you should be more polite. I'm not here to fight."

Syaoran reached out for his pocket.

"It's no use trying to use your magic. This place is just an illusion I created." The voice said.

Syaoran ignored him. "Kashin, Shiyou-rai!" He shouted. Nothing happened.

A loud sigh was heard. "See? I created this place so we could talk, not fight." The voice said.

"What do you want with me?" Syaoran asked, trying to hide the feeling of defeat from his voice.

"I'll explain it to you as well as I can." The voice said. "But that's not much I'm afraid."

Syaoran felt his feet leave the ground again. He was being propelled up towards the shinning fog.

"As I said. This white light you see represents your soul." The voice started. "Usually it would be surrounded by other souls just like you are surrounded by people, but all there is around it is darkness now. It's isolated from the other people's souls. Have you figured out why is that happening Syaoran?" It asked in an amused tone.

Syaoran knew that if the owner of that snotty voice were in front of him he would throw a punch right into his face and ask questions latter, but right now he had no choice. "Because you put this darkness around me!" He said. "It's nothing but your own mana surrounding mine."

"Yes, very good." The voice answered with excitement "That's about right. That's why nobody can sense your aura. But there's a detail you forgot." He continued. "This condition that you're in creates a link between you and me. I can observe and interfere with everything that goes in and out of your soul. That includes your thoughts and feelings."

"What?!" Syaoran shouted in surprise. "You... I thought you were just screwing up with my mind. What kind of sick..."

A chuckle was heard. Syaoran felt a chill run down his spine and another urge to fight run down his fists. "Your mind is precisely what I'm not touching. My only interest is to give you those fraternal feelings you are having towards Sakura-san. Those are feelings that come from our soul. Your mind is what allows you to reason with such mysterious feelings and realize that you are not acting like yourself."

"Whatever you're doing, just stop it!" Syaoran said waving his arm in an angry motion. "This is despicable what you're doing. You have no right... Nobody has the right to do this!"

"I can't do that." Was the answer. Syaoran sighed as that was the answer he was expecting anyway. "The reason I am here is another."

"And what is it then?"

"I have noticed that you've been fighting my spell with more effort lately. Since you freed yourself from The Time's possession, that is." It didn't surprise Syaoran that the person knew about The Time. After all, he did have access to all of his thoughts and feelings. "I figured, something must have happened to make you feel more repulsed to the spell. Something triggered this will to fight in you and your soul has been debating against mine ever since."

Syaoran knew that already. Ever since that day he'd been trying to fight the spell by many magical and material methods, but didn't have much success. "Yeah, so you came to tell me to stop fighting because it's useless." The boy said mockingly.

"I came to assure you that I am not doing anything to you other than making you protect Sakura." He said. "I'm letting all of your other thoughts and feelings run free. I hope that, knowing this, you'll feel calmer, after all, this spell can cause serious paranoia on someone."

"That's it?!" Syaoran said. "You owe me some explanations! Who are you?! Why are you doing this?!"

"I'll tell you all in due time. I am truly sorry for all that is happening. If there was any other way, I'd do it. I assure you." The voice said. "All I can tell you for now is that I did it to protect both you and Sakura-san."

"'Sorry is not gonna solve my problems!" Syaoran shouted. "You say this spell is meant to protect me, but I'd rather protect myself than have someone making my choices for me!"

The voice didn't answer. There was a cold silence inside the white fog that seemed to last an eternity. Syaoran's rage slowly faded.

"Maybe you're right." The voice answered in a sad tone. "Maybe I'll regret this later but... it's a price I'll have to pay. I'm sorry for dragging you with me."

The fog around Syaoran started to dissipate. The sand was not there anymore and though he had no means of proving it, he knew that the person was going away.

"Wait!" He shouted. It was too late. He was already back in his room, lying on his bed.

He was sweating, and judging from his unusually untidy sheets he had been moving a lot in his sleep. "Damn it! What was that all about?" Looking to the side, he noticed the alarm clock that had just started beeping.

He sat on the bed and, after pushing the off button on the clock, he put himself to ponder. That weird experience had surely been confirmation that there was somebody watching them. That somebody else was interested in the Clow cards in some way. Worst of all, that he was being absolutely controlled by that spell.

"Fraternal feelings... he's messing up with all of my thoughts!" He said, pushing himself up on his two feet. He started making his way to the bathroom. "Why would anybody do that? Does he think I'm just a puppet for him to use as he well wishes?" He muttered. ºWho is he anyway?º

He regretted not telling his family earlier about the spell. This couldn't be considered part of his judgment to be the future leader of the clan, so his mother would probably solve the entire problem. Whoever that man was, he couldn't outsmart his mother. There had to be some way to counter that spell, and using it to find the culprit.

July 10th, Tuesday.

"Look out!" Syaoran shouted.

Sakura didn't have any time to react. Syaoran had pushed her so hard she couldn't even keep her balance, and so she fell in the lake.

While she was falling, she caught a glimpse of a small projectile going at a fast speed through the spot she had been a split second ago. ºIt nearly hit me!º

Immediately after that, she felt her body colliding with the shallow waters of the lake. Near shore, the water was so shallow it didn't even get to her belly, even though she had fallen on her butt.

"It's The Arrow!" Kero said. "It's not a very strong card, but it's very smart."

"Where is it?" Tomoyo asked, frantically turning her camera from side to side. "I can't see it."

Sakura pulled herself up. "I can feel its aura, it's very close..." She focused herself on the task of finding the aura.

Syaoran took a small piece of paper from his pocket, and without hesitating, threw it in the air. "Raitai, Shiyou-rai!"

Bolts of lightning flew towards a tree nearby. Seconds after the tree was hit and considerably burned, a young girl fell out of it. The girl was clearly not a normal human, for she had an overly reddish skin. She had long leather gloves and boots, and held a bow in her hand. Attached to her back was a quiver full of shiny, ethereal arrows.

Syaoran ran towards the card, holding his sword up in a somewhat exotic attack position. "Return to the shape you are..." He couldn't finish the sentence. The card had quickly regained its composure and was shooting an arrow at him. ºShit! I'm too close!º He jumped to the side, barely avoiding the arrow. However, he was now lying flat on his stomach, an easy target. Even if it was just for a second, he had the disadvantage.

"Windy!" Sakura shouted just in time. The Arrow turned her attention to the girl, but before it could make any movement a magic wind wrapped itself around her body, paralyzing her completely. "Now, Li-kun!"

Syaoran got up and nodded towards Sakura in what she interpreted as a thanking motion. He raised his sword once again. "Return to the shape you are meant to be in, Clow card!"

The capture was a success. Ten seconds later, Syaoran was holding the card in his hands, smirking. "That was easy." He flipped the card to reveal a sun symbol on its back.

Kero flew towards him. "Easy? If it weren't for Sakura you'd have an arrow going through you right now." He said in a mocking tone. "Attacking the card head on like that... you were asking to get hit. I thought even you wouldn't do something that stupid, but you're just a hot headed brat after all."

Syaoran casually pushed him away with his elbow, not even turning to face him. "At least I do something. You just stand there and watch every time we capture a card." He said in a calm but reprehensive tone.

Kero kicked Syaoran in the back of the head, succeeding in catching his attention. "Have some respect for your elders! You still need over a century of life to get where I am, you know?"

Syaoran was rubbing the back of his head. "Over a century of sleeping you mean." He said.

Kero frowned. "You just wait until I get my powers back!" He said, pointing menacingly at Syaoran. "If I had them right now you would be apologizing already."

Syaoran snorted. "Yeah, right..." He said. "Until then I'll just have to deal with a stuffed toy I guess." He turned his back to them and started walking away. "Bye." He said grumpily. He waved his hand in the air in a lazy gesture and walked down the street.

Sakura looked at the boy, somewhat confused. "Li-kun's in a bad mood today." She said to nobody in particular. "I wonder why."

Kero was trembling with anger. His clenched teeth were exposed like a mad dog's. "Who does he think he is?" He said in a low voice, so only Tomoyo and Sakura could hear him.

Tomoyo seemed to be very entertained by the scene. "They say that when two people fight so much it's because they have a lot in common." She pointed out.

Kero made a sick face. "Don't compare me to that brat. He's all heated up just from some insults. Just like a little kid."

Tomoyo giggled. "That's exactly what he would say in your position."

Syaoran walked down the street, mumbling curse words and kicking pebbles randomly

He had overheard them talking about him by the lake as he walked away. It had bothered him that Sakura had noticed his bad mood. Not only that, but Kero had also pointed out that he was fighting badly, as if it was because of his temper.

ºThat stupid guardian... What does he know?º He thought. ºIf it weren't for this stupid spell I would be fighting much better.º

He was so distracted by his thoughts that he barely noticed as a man walked out of the bakery in front of him. They collided. Syaoran fell on his back startled and looked up, while automatically saying excuses. "I'm sorry sir, I..." His eyes widened when he saw who he had just bumped into.

"Don't worry, are you OK?" Yukito was holding his hand to help Syaoran up, with his trademark smile on. A paper bag on the other hand.

Syaoran hesitatingly took the hand. "I'm fine, thanks." He said. When he was on his two feet he cleaned the dust out of his clothes. He avoided looking Yukito in the eye, but his face was all red anyway.

"Been a while since I last saw you." Yukito said. He looked inside his bag and shuffled it with his hand, taking out a small sandwich box. "Are you hungry? I've bought some sandwiches, but I think I've got too many." He said.

"T-thanks." Syaoran said taking the box.

"Come on, we can eat over there." Yukito said, pointing to a bench that stood in a small square across the street.

Syaoran nodded and followed the boy to the square. When they sat on the bench, Yukito took another seven boxes from the bag. For a second Syaoran forgot his embarrassment, giving place to surprise. "You're gonna eat all that!"

Yukito chuckled. "You've got no idea how often I hear that." He said.

Syaoran immediately felt his heart speeding up again when the boy looked at him. He looked at the box in his hands to distract himself. ºWhy did I accept this? I'm not even that hungry.º He asked himself. ºI should have gotten out of here when I had the chance.º

After opening the first box and giving a huge bite on the sandwich, Yukito noticed Syaoran staring at his closed box. "What's the matter?" He asked the boy.

Syaoran looked as far as he could from Yukito. There were a couple of pigeons on the grass there and he nearly lost himself in thought again while looking at them. However he soon reminded himself that he had to answer Yukito's question.

"I... It's nothing." He said, opening his box. "Just had something on my mind."

Yukito nodded. They both ate in silence. When Syaoran was finally done with his sandwich Yukito was already halfway through his fourth.

"Want another one?" Yukito asked handing a box to Syaoran.

ºNO!º He thought. "Sure." He said, taking the box and opening it. He wasn't all that sure if he would even manage to eat the whole sandwich.

"So..." Yukito said. Syaoran didn't like that. Anything that started with a long 'so' would most likely end in an embarrassing question or a pointless comment on how nice the day was. "How are you liking Japan?"

ºProbably asking a normal question so he can build up to the embarrassing one.º Syaoran thought. "It's nice." He said. Feeling that Yukito's question demanded a bit more information than that he continued. "But, since I live in Hong Kong, a lot of things are the same." He took a bite from his sandwich.

"But Sakura told me you're living alone now." Yukito said. "That's a pretty big change isn't it?"

Syaoran blushed even more. Sakura and Yukito had been talking about him, and that bothered him in a way he couldn't quite understand. "I'm not really alone. Wei, our... butler, is here with me." He didn't like calling Wei a butler, but he wasn't in the mood to explain the complexity o the hierarchies in the Li clan.

"I see." Yukito figured from Syaoran's quick and dry answer that he didn't really like the subject, so he moved on. "Sakura also told me you joined the soccer team. She said you're the best in the team. I'd like to see you play someday." He said.

Syaoran choked on the piece on sandwich he was chewing. That had been at the same time great and horrible to hear. On one side, it feels good to be told by anyone that you're good at something you do. On the other, picturing Sakura saying those words gave him almost a headache from all the opposing thoughts in his head. He could almost hear two different voices in his mind. One saying that he was happy that Sakura thought he was good, the other telling the first one to shut up.

"Are you OK?" Yukito asked, seeing Syaoran cough constantly. "Here, drink this." He took out a bottle of water from his backpack.

Syaoran took the bottle and drank nearly all of it. "Thanks." He said between gasps.

"No problem." Yukito said taking the bottle back.

They went back to eating. Yukito finished the last sandwich before Syaoran could finish his second one, and so Syaoran made an effort to eat it faster.

When he was finally finished Yukito offered him a chocolate bar, but he politely refused.

"Take it." Yukito insisted. "They say chocolate helps you to calm down your nerves. You need that, don't you?"

Syaoran jumped at that, leaning away from Yukito as if he had a contagious disease. "W-what?!"

Yukito chuckled. "Just thought you seemed kinda tense."

Syaoran sighed. ºI should have just stayed in bed today.º He took the chocolate. "Thanks."

Yukito took a bar for himself. "When I get nervous about something, I usually eat a lot, but when that doesn't help, the best thing to do is to face the problem straight on."

Syaoran smiled inwardly. ºEasy for you to say.º

The next morning.

"I'm not a monster onnichan!" Sakura shouted. She had to hold herself not to attack Touya. After all, he could get hurt pretty badly if he fell off his bike.

Touya laughed. "Please! What else but a monster could attempt to punch me, fall on the floor and talk in its sleep at the same time?" He said.

Sakura blushed. "I... I was talking?" She asked meekly. As far as she could remember she was having a dream about her and Yukito. She couldn't remember much about it though, but being a dream about Yukito, it probably involved a romantic date and her confessing her love to him. That's how it always went. "And what was I saying?" She asked with caution.

Touya made a pause as if to taste the words that were about to leave his mouth. Judging by his expression they had a sweet taste of victory. "You said: 'Could you please pass me the salt?'" He said with a smirk on his face. Sakura Sweat dropped. "See? Even in your dreams all you think about is eating." He looked at Sakura with cruel eyes. "Definitely a monster."

Sakura blushed again. This time because of anger instead of embarrassment. She glared at Touya with all of her might, as if trying to knock him off his bike with just her look.

Touya sighed. "You really should look forward when skating." He said, looking ahead. "You might hit something."

Sakura clenched her fist. "Or someone!" She pouted, looking back forward after one last glare at the boy.

Touya completely ignored her.

"Kinomoto-san! Wait!" They heard someone yelling from far behind them.

They turned back to look. Syaoran was running as fast as he could and waving his arm in the air.

"Li-kun?" Sakura said, coming to a halt.

"What is he doing here?" Touya grunted.

Syaoran ran all the way to them. Sakura noticed that whatever had gotten Syaoran in a bad mood the day before had only gotten worse now. His eyes were empty and his expression was the exact opposite of a person who had just won in the lottery. "I went to your house but you had already left." He said between panting. "Here." He extended his hand. There was a present shaped as a small rectangle in them. It was a white box wrapped in a blue ribbon. Touya glared at him in anger and in shock.

Sakura blushed. "Hoe? A present for me?" She asked puzzled. That had made no sense to her. Syaoran was the most unlikely person to give her a present, and they were going to meet in school in few minutes anyway so there was no reason for him to go so out of his way just to see her. Then again, he wasn't wearing his uniform, so he would probably skip school for some reason. "W-why did you..."

"Just take it!" Syaoran said frowning. "And don't open it until this afternoon."

Sakura hesitatingly took the present. "What..." Sakura tried to say something more but Syaoran turned his back on her.

"Just do as I say." The boy said walking away.

Touya got off his bike. "Hey! Where do you think you're going?" He said. "I'm not just going to stand here while you..." He stopped himself unsure of what Syaoran was really doing. "The school's that way anyway so don't just walk off in the wrong direction." He said finally.

Syaoran sighed. "I'm not going to school today." He said in a sad tone.

Touya watched him get more distant. "What's the matter with him? He looks depressed." Though he didn't like Syaoran much, it bothered Touya to see the boy in such a terrible state.

Sakura nodded. "I don't know..." She turned to Touya and gave him a sly smile. "Are you worrying about him?"

Touya raised an eyebrow. "No... I'm actually glad that he's getting what he deserves. Whatever that is..."

Sakura kicked his shin, and judging from Touya's yelp, it was a particularly painful kick. "Don't say that!"

Meanwhile.

Wei casually hummed a Chinese song to himself as he vacuumed the floor of Syaoran's bedroom. He was feeling all but casual however. His eyes had been constantly shifting their gaze back and forth to a small piece of paper on the cupboard over the past few minutes. Every now and then he let out a sigh of frustration.

It was a letter from Syaoran's mother that had arrived just that morning. Syaoran had been very anxious when opening it, but after he started reading it his expression slowly changed to one of surprise and then sadness. He hadn't said much since. Instead, he had taken all of his Clow cards, wrapped them like a present and left, leaving only a few words behind.

"I'll be right back." He had said. Wei tried to question him but the boy only repeated himself in a more stern voice. "I'll be right back!"

Wei wasn't even considering the possibility of breaking Syaoran's privacy and reading the letter, but he was being extremely bothered by that mystery. Hopefully Syaoran would be really 'right back' and would explain it all. Though he knew that, even after explained, it would still be something bad.

Later, at Tomoeda Elementary.

"A Present from Li-kun?" Tomoyo asked anxiously. She had a sparkle in her eyes that Sakura found a bit intimidating.

"I don't know what happened to him." Sakura said. She had tried to shake the box several times to get a hint of its contents, but there was just a muffled sound that didn't help at all. "He just showed up out of nowhere, gave me this and walked away. That's weird isn't it?" She said, holding the present up.

Tomoyo giggled. "Maybe not." She said with a hint of malice.

Sakura blinked in confusion. "You don't think it's weird?" She asked. "He said I could only open it this afternoon. That's definitely."

"I think he wanted you to be alone when you opened it." Tomoyo said sweetly. "Maybe there's a letter for you inside."

"A letter?" Sakura asked bluntly.

Tomoyo lifted her finger to emphasize her point. "A romantic letter."

Sakura blushed lightly. "What? You think Li-kun..." She looked at the present and considered the possibility for a second. After shaking her head she said. "I don't think it's anything like that Tomoyo-chan." She said conclusively with an amused chuckle.

Tomoyo nodded, disappointed with Sakura's simple reaction to her suggestion. "I was just kidding Sakura-chan." She said. ºThough it would be nice if it where true.º

Terada walked in. "Good morning, everybody." He said, placing his material on his desk. "Please take your seats. I have an announcement to make." He said. Soon all the students were on their respective desks in silence. "Very well... Li Syaoran has informed us just a few minutes ago that he is returning to Hong Kong and therefore, leaving our school."

The room was immediately filled with whispers, gossips and comments on the announcement. Sakura put a hand over her mouth to suppress a shocked gasp. That had made just as little sense as the mysterious present. What could have possibly happened for Syaoran to leave all of a sudden was beyond her. She turned to the side when she noticed Tomoyo talking to her.

"Sakura-chan, do you think that's why he gave you that present?" She asked, apparently as shocked as Sakura.

Sakura looked at her half open backpack hanging from her chair. The present was barely visible, but now it looked clearer than ever to her. She extended her hands and took the wrapping. The shape and size were so obvious, and now she could easily feel the auras coming from inside the package.

"This present... It's..." She said, scared by her own words. "He really is leaving." Sakura felt panic rushing in. She started to pale and her hands were trembling.

Tomoyo looked at Sakura's concerned face. She was surprised to see how affected Sakura had been by that, even by Sakura's standards. Had she become so close to Syaoran without her even noticing? "Sakura-chan..." She said in a comforting tone. There was no need for specific words. The voice did all the talking.

Sakura looked at Tomoyo and the girl could see that she had a tear sliding down her face from her now dull emerald eyes. Her trembling lips mumbled some words that could be barely understood. "What am I going to do, Tomoyo-chan?"

Tomoyo was caught completely off guard by Sakura's breakdown. It was far from what she would expect from Sakura, and she was usually right when it came to knowing what to expect from her friend. "Sakura-chan, calm down."

Sakura sniffed loudly, but there were still so many whispers flying around that it was inaudible to anyone but her and Tomoyo. "I..." She paused. "I don't feel too well." She said, her expression suddenly changing to a relaxed one, as if she had lost the strength to keep the other one.

Tomoyo was absolutely confused with Sakura's behavior. First, genuine curiosity, then panic, then despair and now she wasn't really sure what Sakura was feeling. "Sakura-chan, what's wrong?" She asked, prioritizing her friend's well being over her confusion.

Sakura didn't answer. She looked at Tomoyo with blank eyes and the girl had only a split second to realize Sakura had lost consciousness before her body started falling lifelessly off the chair.

"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo screamed as she jumped from her seat to catch Sakura before she hit the floor.

The whispers in the class halted for one second as everyone turned to look at the source of the scream and then restarted with even more intensity and a brand new subject.

"Kinomoto-san!" Terada said, rushing through the students. He finally reached the girl and knelled beside her. "What happened?" He asked Tomoyo.

"I don't know." Tomoyo said. "We were just talking and all of a sudden she said she wasn't feeling very well. A couple of seconds later she fainted."

Terada took Sakura in his arms and, after checking her pulse and breathing, he picked her up. "It's probably her blood pressure." He said. "I'll take her to the infirmary." He announced so all of the class could hear. "You can start today's lesson already. When I get back we'll review exercises 1 to 7. And no gossiping while I'm out!"

The whispering stopped The students started taking out their material and only an isolated comment on the situation could be heard here and there occasionally, though a tense mood was still hanging over the room.

Terada started making his way out of the classroom and when he was near the door he halted. "Oh, Daidouji-san." He said, getting Tomoyo's attention. "Please, come with me to the infirmary. Since you're Sakura's relative, I'd like you to call someone from her family." He said.

Tomoyo nodded. She promptly got up from her seat and followed Terada, now feeling more apprehensive than she ever remembered feeling before.

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A/N: Oh no! Don't die Sakura! I need you! You're my protagonist for crying out loud!

I'm sorry... I worry for my characters too you know. Anyway, that's it for now. I might not post a chapter next week cause I'll be traveling, but I'll se what I can do. Just don't keep your hopes up. Though I might post it very early in the week, before I leave home, so you might keep your hopes up a bit. Well... sort of don't do maybe who knows keep your hopes a bit but not so much that it gets too up... Or not.

Oh! And don't forget to review. Bye!