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Sakura shut out the noises as she buried herself under her pillow. She had gone to sleep late last night so she wanted to stay sleeping a while longer.
It had taken her hours to try and sort out what had happened between her and Syaoran. Before he had come, she had thought about her feelings and had concluded that she did indeed feel very strongly about him.
She didn't know what it was she was feeling, just that it was strong and it was almost scary the power it held over her- the power he held over her.
Then everything changed when she opened the door and found Syaoran on the other side. He kissed her and her mind was no longer a jumble of scary thoughts. Everything became calm and in that second of clarity she realized the reason she was so afraid of feeling this way was because she thought Syaoran would reject her.
She couldn't hold it in anymore, she had to tell him.
She loved him! She loved the way only he knew how to annoy her to no ends. She loved the way he tried to come off as a grumpy person. She loved everything about him! Especially the way he kissed... but that wasn't the point because she was in love! Sakura Kinomoto was in love for the first time in her life... with Captain Grumpy!
And the greatest part was that he was in love with her too! This was definitely the best vacation she'd ever been on! Even though the Sakura Cards were stolen and...
Oh.
She had almost forgotten about that little fact.
And again, everything in her mind turned chaotic.
So that's why she was so desperately seeking more sleep now, because her mind had been unable to shut down last night.
The yelling from outside became louder and she could almost sense the excitement but she was just too tired to care!
Then the banging on the door began.
"Sakura! Great news!" Tomoyo stopped banging the door long enough to talk. "Eriol said Yue and Kero have found your clow cards!"
Sakura's eyes shot open.
"They're on their way here now! Hurry! Get dressed and get down there with everyone else!"
Sakura jumped out of the bed, got dressed and ran down the hallway and caught up with Tomoyo before she had the chance to walk even 5 steps.
O . O . O
Sakura and Tomoyo entered the living room. Eriol, Yelan, Syaoran, Meilin, Fuuti, Fanren, Xiefa, and Feimei were already there. She didn't get a chance to greet them because Yue and Kero flew in.
"Sakura!" Kero exclaimed. The little stuffed animal flew to Sakura and hugged her arm in happiness. "I missed you so much!"
Sakura giggled as she hugged back the small creature. "I missed you too, kero."
"Mistress, we found the cards."
Sakura turned her attention to Yue immediately. He drew out the Sakura Book and gave it to her.
She squealed in happiness and hugged her guardian. Yue looked around awkwardly and patted Sakura's head.
"This calls for a celebration!" Meilin jumped up in excitement. "I say we go out for ice cream!"
Syaoran's sisters immediately agreed with her.
O . O . O
Futti, Feimei, Fanren, Xiefa, Meilin, Syaoran, Sakura, Tomoyo, and Eriol took up a very table at the ice cream parlor.
"I can't believe so much has happened in so little time!" said Fanren.
"I know! It's been unbelievable!" Meilin agreed with her.
"I can't believe it's almost time to go home," Tomoyo said sadly.
Everyone stopped talking. True they had been there a while and it was almost time for Sakura and Tomoyo to go back again.
Sakura looked over at Syaoran and caught him looking at her with sad eyes. She didn't want to leave, not when life was so good! She finally got her cards back and was in love with a wonderful, sweet guy who loved her back.
She looked back down at her ice cream.
O . O . O
When they got back home, everyone was pretty depressed.
"You shouldn't let things like that get you down," said Yelan. "You have all become such great friends and nothing can ruin that! Besides before you know it, it'll be summer again and you guys are welcome to come visit us! And by then you Tomoyo and Sakura will have graduated high school." Then she directed her attention to Tomoyo and Sakura. "Maybe you two would be interested in going to a college here in Hong Kong."
Tomoyo and Sakura looked at each other and brightened up.
O . O . O
Sakura was walking to her room and she felt an aura near by. She turned around and saw Syaoran standing right behind her with that usual smirk. "Did I scare you?"
"Not a chance." She smirked back.
He took her hand and pulled her closer, hugging her. "I don't know what I'll do when you leave."
Sakura wrapped her arms around his torso and rested her head on his chest. "Me either."
They stood there like that for minutes. "You should go to sleep," Syaoran finally said.
Sakura didn't want to go. She just wanted to stay there in his arms, safe and warm. "Ok." She looked up at him and he smiled, leaning down to kiss her on the cheek.
She raised her brows in question and he chuckled. Bending down, he kissed her lips. It was a simple goodnight kiss but it made Sakura feel like she was on a cloud high in the sky.
She got into bed and went to sleep. Kero had decided to stay at the kitchen late and pig out.
During the dark, stillness of the night, the Sakura Book started to glow but not its natural color. It was glowing black. Masses of evil energy came off of it and formed into a body. A body that looked identical to Syaoran's.
Sakura was disrupted from her sleep by the unwanted movements in her bedroom. "Kero stop it."
Syaoran's clone smirked and walked over to the bed and sat beside it. Sakura, somehow sensing it, opened her eyes and came face to face with his cold evil ones. The light from her nightlight, distinctly bringing out all the features of his face and making them look evil. She screamed and sat up in bed. Immediately she knew this was not Syaoran.
"What are you doing here?"
"Having a little fun." Syaoran's look-alike put his hand into his pocket and was about to take out something when the door to Sakura's room burst open.
Syaoran stood there with his sword in his hand.
Sakura's eyes fluttered back and forth between the two Syaorans and she made an attempt to run to the one standing by the door, which she knew was the real Syaoran. But before she could successfully make it, the evil Syaoran grabbed her arm and pulled her back onto the bed. She fell back and saw him take out something out of his pocket. It looked like a poison dart.
Thankfully before he could use it on her, Syaoran pulled him off the bed and threw him against the wall. The evil clone stood up uneffected and started walking back towards Sakura. Syaoran's sword came clashing down on his back but it didn't even effect him in the slightest way. Syaoran and Sakura stared at him wide-eyed.
"Sakura get out of here!" The real Syaoran yelled.
Sakura got off the bed and started running towards the door but the evil clone threw the dart and it hit Sakura right in the neck.
Sakura screamed and fell against the wall.
Syaoran growled and attacked the evil clone with his sword again but no matter what he tried it didn't have any effect on the evil Syaoran. It was like he wasn't human and none of the blows even touched him.
The evil Syaoran finally got tired of the pathetic attempts at stopping him and threw Syaoran up against the wall. He got to Sakura and removed the dart and then got the Sakura book and jumped out the window.
Eriol, Yelan, Yue and Kero got there just in time to see Syaoran's clone jump out. Yue flew out after him. Yelan ran to his son and kero and Eriol tended to Sakura.
O . O . O
"Something's wrong! I can tell, don't lie to me mother! Why can't I see her?" Syaoran yelled as he tried to get out of bed but his mother only pushed him back in.
"You are injured and you need you rest." She put a comforting hand to his bandaged head. He had just woken up and wanted to see how Sakura was feeling. The last thing he remembered was the fight in Sakura's room and that she got shot with the dart.
"But Sakura was hurt too! Is she ok?"
Yelan eyed her son suspiciously. "If I didn't know any better I'd say-"
"You're awake!" Eriol interrupted Yelan.
He walked in and joined Yelan.
"How is Sakura?" Yelan asked.
"She's awake but she's not taking the news well."
"News? What news?" Syaoran got worried. "How can she be awake? I can't sense her aura. What's going on?"
Eriol looked from Syaoran to Yelan. She nodded and walked out of the room. Eriol sighed and explained. "The dart Sakura was hit by was magical, it is able to take away all the magical essence in someone."
Syaoran's eyes widened. "WHAT?"
"It's temporary. Eventually the aura finds it's right full owner but by then it might be two late. I think Penelope stole Sakura's aura to cloak herself in it and be able to use the Sakura cards to break out."
"So he took the Sakura Cards again?" Syaoran's head was now hurting so much that it felt like it was going to split.
"Unfortunately yes. Yue went after him and saw him jump into a portal."
"So she's going to be able to break out of her prison now?"
"Yes," Eriol answered gravely. "And there's nothing we can do to stop it."
Syaoran fell back unto his pillow and tried to think. Sakura must've been going through hell right now.
O . O . O
It was around midnight. Sakura was lying in her bed, looking at the stars through her window. Kero was fast asleep next to her on the bed. She couldn't believe it, for the first time in years she didn't have her magical powers. She never realized how much they were a part of her until now that she lost them.
Fresh tears made their way down on her cheeks.
A low knocking on her door interrupted her thoughts. She got out of bed and opened the door, revealing Syaoran. He wiped off the tears off her face. "Can I talk to you?"
Sakura looked inside at Kero's sleeping form and said, "Sure." She grabbed a white hooded sweatshirt that she wore over her pajama top.
She followed him outside to the fountain and he stopped. He put his hands in his pockets and looked at the water in the fountain that was reflecting the stars and the moon in the sky. "I'm so sorry, Sakura."
She walked over to him and put her arm around his. "It's going to be fine."
"How can you be so sure?" He looked at her.
"Because there's always a rainbow after the rain. Some good always comes out of bad predicaments."
He smiled at her. "See? Even when things seem so terrible, you can always find a way to make things better. I love that about you." He felt so comfortable around her ever since he had told her he loved her.
She blushed and burried her face in his chest. "Thanks." He chuckled and wrapped both his arms around her.
She looked so beautiful with her white sweatshirt and baby blue, almost white, pajama pants. She looked like an angel.
She was an angel. One fallen from the beautiful, starry, sky, just to bring a little light into his life.
He felt warm liquid soaking through his shirt. He lifted her face and saw the tears. "Her, what's wrong?"
"I feel so helpless." Sakura started sobbing out loud.
"Don't. Sakura, you have so many people who love you and want to protect you. We won't let anything happen to you. Besides you'll get your magic back soon enough."
"I know, I know," she whispered.
Syaoran rubbed her back soothingly and hummed the tune of the song he'd song for her during their musical test.
Sakura laughed and looked up at him. He offered her his hand and she gladly took it.
They started dancing around in the garden like they had no worries, like two angels walking on clouds.
"Wow I feel so much better," Sakura told him.
"It's the magic of the night." He laughed and held her closer.
"Also the magic of love."
He smiled down at her. "Also the magic of love."
They had stopped dancing as they leaned in to share a sweet kiss. Syaoran wrapped his arms around her tighter, crushing her to him. She felt his warm tongue enter her mouth and explore it, making her blood boil.
Unknown to them, the many onlookers from inside the mansion looked away, giving them their privacy.
They pulled apart breathless. "I promise to get your cards back for you, Sakura."
She smiled. "My knight in shining armor."