Author's Note: Anyway I already posted another chapter of Void so I'm going to start typing this! Ummm first I'd like to ask everyone to try and read Void…Chapter 1 is a little bit sloppy but I promise you it gets better on the following chapters. And please read my GW fic Take My Hand…it's really very sweet and romantic.

Legend: "speech" 'thought' "wolf speaking/ barking, howling, whining" 'wolf thought'

Kawaii Authoress: Actually I wasn't planning for Syaoran to discover the secret, but I figured I'd have more fun if he knew. And I really didn't expect so many reviews! eyeballs pops out of its sockets

Chibi Heero: Eeeewww…put those things back in there! For a girl you're very disgusting.

Kawaii Authoress: For a perfect soldier you sure are very squeamish!

Chapter 3: Syaoran's Pet

Syaoran tried hard to concentrate on the ringing of the phone on the other side, but he was failing miserably. Who wouldn't? Sakura was on his BED wearing nothing but an oversized shirt and some shorts that could barely cover those silken legs of hers. Even worse what lies underneath.

'Stupid teenage hormones...' He thought as he heard someone answer the phone 'Stupid photographic memory.'

"What do you want?" a cold voice snapped from the other line; making Syaoran roll his eyes.

"Hello to you too, Touya, anyway since you seem to be busy with something I'll just get straight to the point. I just called to tell you that your sister is safe and that she is on her way home."

"NA-" Before Touya could continue Syaoran pressed the END button and plopped the phone on his bed where Sakura was sitting down, with her head bowed. Quietly he walked toward the chair, once seated he rested his chin on his hands, while his eyes was focused solely on the occupant on the bed like she was some kind of prey.

Sakura could only squirm under Syaoran's intense gaze, "Kinomoto-san I hope you don't mind me asking but I want to know how in the world did YOU end up in my TUB?!" he asked in a harsh, and cool tone, his gaze still the same.

Unknowingly her right hand crept up to her neck, her finger trailing her choker, "It's a long story…"

"Then shorten it."

"Uh yeah…right."

After a few minutes of explaining the whole incident about the Jusenkyo Springs to Syaoran and the whole hot and cold water ordeal she was quite surprised to find that he didn't even move a single muscle.

'He's taking this really well…'

"…And Eriol said that he'll look for a cure, but it might take some time. Anou- Li-sempai? I'm really sorry for all the trou-"

"I guess you're saying that I have no puppy after all." Syaoran mentally slapped himself the moment the words left his lips, he didn't even have any time to think! They just came out! His mind was in a state of panic, but he was good enough not to show his emotions in his appearance- so he was able to maintain a calm uncaring demeanor. But deep down he felt like he was screwed…

'Great! Now she's gonna think that I want her to be my pet! Somehow that sounds SO WRONG? Ahhhh! What am I thinking?'

Meanwhile the Card Mistress was slightly thankful for the dimness of the room –the lamp on the bedside table serving as the only light in the room- or else the other would have a rather nice view of her face turning into an exact replica of a tomato. 'What am I going to say? Well Li-kun I still am your pet? Nooooo! That's gonna come out wrong!'

"Shouldn't you get going? I'm sure your BROTHER is worried sick about you."

Sakura looked up slightly thankful that the other had changed the subject, "Hai, I guess I better get going. Arigatou Li-kun. Oh I almost forgot…" Sakura cried as she reached to remove the choker from her neck.

"You can't remove that Kinomoto, there's a combination lock on the collar to make sure that no one will steal the puppy and I never got to see the combination since the wind blew it away, but I didn't think I'd need it to chase the paper since I thought that "Hana" will stay with us for a much longer time." He answered matter-of-factly.

"Gomen."

Syaoran on the other hand was not able to answer back as he watched the hem of his shirt rise –as Sakura stepped on the window ledge- exposing more of her creamy thighs; Sakura just took the silence as a "you're-not-forgiven" answer.

"Ja Li-sempai."

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"We were so worried about you Sakura, I'm just so glad that you're safe." Tomoyo whispered as the she the line to the cafeteria moved. "Touya, Eriol and I were looking all over for last night."

"Hai, tell me Sakura how did Syaoran know about the whole 'situation'?"

"Well…um he kinda…gave me…a hot…bath." She answered gripping her food tray for some support as her face turned red.

"HE GAVE YOU A BATH?!?" They yelled in unison earning glares from everyone at the canteen.

Sakura just laughed nervously "Yes…guys that's r-right my d-DAD had to give me a b-BATH in my NIGHTGOWN because I was S-SICK last night! I felt so childish! HAHAHA!"

"Nice save Sakura-san I think everyone's looking away now. Whoa that was close!" Eriol commented as he wiped a brow of sweat causing him to drop the other end of the tray, which caused the food on his tray to fall at the same time splashing cold water on none other than our poor Card Mistress who has now turned into a redheaded pup.

"Eriol? What did you do?"

"Eriol what have you done?" Tomoyo cried dropping her food tray as well on the floor.

"I think I just turned her into a wolf again."

"Awwww Eriol is that your pet?" A girl came up noticing the pup on the floor; Hana in turn looked at each of them- and pretty all the students inside the cafeteria crowded around the young pup who only turned her head to the side.

"KKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAWWWWAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"

Taking the screams as her cue Hana immediately hurried with a hoard of girls on her tail- literally.

'I must find Li-sempai!'

"All right class now I want you to return the papers to its proper owners and when I call out your name tell me your score."

"Ayumi."

"20."

"Do-"

scratch…scratch

Everyone turned to the door where they heard a scratching sound, which was then followed by screams and squeals.

"Somebody please hide me!"

"Was that a dog?" the sensei thought loudly as he walked to the door and opened it. And immediately Hana came running inside and stopped right beside Syaoran.

At that moment everyone froze, the students and the teacher turned to look at Syaoran wondering what the puppy had to do with the hottest and coldest guy in school.

Hurriedly the cub ran over and barked lightly at Syaoran. "Li-sempai please help me! Take me home!"

Syaoran on the other hand only glared back and very lightly pushed the adorable animal away with his foot. But Hana was not easily deterred, she kept on barking at him trying to gain his attention, but he only continued to ignore her.

"I didn't want it to come to this but- you made me do it!"

"ITAI! YOU STUPID DOG! WHY DID YOU BITE ME?!"

"Well you wouldn't listen to me, besides with these teeth I can do anything I want!"

"Syaoran is this yours?"

"No, sir. I don't even know what it wants with me."

"The dog seems to know you."

"But I don't- and it's not a dog. It's a cub."

"I don't care what it is, I want this thing out!" he scolded a bit embarrassed by being corrected by one of his students.

"Ah Li-kun, thank goodness…you found my dog! I've been looking all over for her!" Eriol cried as he pushed himself in through the crowd. "I apologize for all the trouble she has caused you, I brought her as a gift, but she got away."

"Really?" The sensei asked, somehow he felt that there's something he's not telling. 'For example how come this puppy comes running in here to find Li.' "Who was the puppy for?"

"Why- um- for Syaoran of course! He said he always wanted to have a wolf so I bought him one!"

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"Thank you for helping us Li-sempai, and for letting us hide in your house." Tomoyo uttered as she breathed a sigh of relief.

They were all at Syaoran's living room, with Hana playing with one of the chew toys that Syaoran gave her earlier when she wouldn't stop biting him. After a while Wei walks in with a silver tray with tea and biscuits for the guests; Tomoyo soon takes the liberty of .pouring the tea and handing it out to her companions who were too busy glaring at each other.

Well only one was glaring, the other was simply smiling at his opposite. Realizing that glaring at Eriol won't do him any good Syaoran took a sip from his tea.

"Whatever. So how long will it take you to find out the cure for Sakura's predicament?"

"Actually…I'm not so sure-"

"Hey I'm hungry too! Give me some food!" Hana barked cutting Eriol off, she continued to whine and nudge her master's foot with her nose. Slightly annoyed, Syaoran gave in and fed her a piece from his biscuit which she licked off his fingers.

Blushing at the action Syaoran turned to Eriol –who was smiling knowingly at him- coughing he returned the gaze coolly and sought to change the subject. "Eriol there has been something that I've noticed."

"What is it?"

"Sakura- she's acting like a real dog…I mean look at her! She looks so happy just playing with that stupid chew toy that I bought her!"

"Well- if my theory is correct, maybe it's because she's a dog. Sure she's not a real dog, but she's in a dog's body which might be the reason why she also has the same instinct as that of a dog. But she's still the old Sakura, with a little doggy attitude."

Eriol continued to smile his knowing smile, making Syaoran want to hit him in the face; but he just continued smiling while Syaoran continued glaring back.

Without really paying attention to the conversation or at the smiling/glaring contest between the two boys, Tomoyo set down the saucer with some crushed biscuits for Sakura on the floor, "Sakura-chan your food is ready!" she called but Sakura didn't respond; instead she continued to chew on her toy.

"Sakura-chan." She called out again, but still the little fur ball ignored her and focused more on biting on her toy.

"Tomoyo, try calling her Hana; Syaoran did name her Hana after all."

"Uhn. Hana-chan your food is ready."

Proving Eriol's theory correct, Hana approached Tomoyo, "Arigatou Tomoyo-chan!" she barked before eating.

Shaking his head Syaoran thought, 'Great so she thinks she's a real dog, and she thinks that her name is Hana. I just wish I really do have a real dog named Hana.'

"Anyway, I think you've been here long enough, and I'm sure Touya is worried sick over Sakura again, you guys should take her home." Syaoran sighed as he got off his chair and handed Hana to Tomoyo.

"Hai, we'll see you tomorrow Li-sempai. Thank you for all your help today." She replied as they headed to the Main entrance.

"Huh? Wait, what are you doing? I'm not gonna leave! I'm staying with Syaoran-kun1!" Hana barked as she struggled to get away from Tomoyo's grasp.

"I think we really should get going Li-sempai." Tomoyo giggled mistaking Hana's actions for excitement. But when she was about to get out of the door, Hana did something that surprised them all.

She howled. "NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

She didn't stop howling, and in every time her howling kept getting louder and louder.

"Tomoyo I think she wants to stay with Li-kun!" Eriol suggested.

"What?!?" Tomoyo –and Syaoran- shouted, causing her to drop Hana; who in turn –though she landed on her butt- hurried to get up and ran toward a still shocked Syaoran.

"I think she likes you." Eriol teased before getting into his vehicle as well.

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Syaoran just sighed as he entered his bed with a hyper little puppy at his tail. He had extended his training hours to clear his head from the whole "Sakura is your pet" ordeal, exhaustion soon takes over and Syaoran just collapses into his bed.

Immediately getting bored at watching her master lying in bed, Hana gets her chew toy, drops it on the floor, and pulls at his pants to get his attention. "Syaoran! Let's play!"

"What do you want?" Syaoran asks a bit annoyed, he looks at Hana and notices the chew toy in her mouth. He reaches for it and throws it up and down into his hand, Hana on the other hand kept her gaze on the ball.

Whenever it would leave his hand she'd get up as if to chase it, but when he catches it she sits back down. Syaoran just couldn't help but smile at the cuteness of Hana's eagerness to play.

"You wanna play fetch?" he asked as he tossed the boy from his one hand to the other, with Hana still keeping her eyes on it.

"Yes!" Hana answered with an eager wag of her tail

"Yay! Must fetch ball!

Knowing full well that the ball must've fallen down the stairs and that it would take the cub some time to fetch it Syaoran took the opportunity to take a dip in his tub.

"I got it! I got it! I got it!" Hana proclaimed as she ran into the room with the ball in her mouth, but Syaoran wasn't there. So she walked around the room to find him, when she couldn't find him anywhere she just dropped the ball onto the floor and yawned.

"I never even knew I was tired! I'm going to sleep." Turning her head to the bed she realized that the bed was too high for her to reach, "Where am I going to sleep? No way I'm sleeping on the floor!"

Syaoran walks out of his bathroom wearing black pajama bottoms while drying his hair off with a towel 'Ah! There's nothing like a nice hot bath to clear the mind…' he stops in mid-stride when he saw a small furry little ball trying to climb up to his bed.

"Itai!" She yelped when she hit the floor once again, she looks up at the bed with longing eyes and begins to moan.

Softening at the sight, Syaoran just sighed and lifted the pup up to his bed before settling in it himself. "Oyasumi, Hana-chan."

"Oyasumi Syaoran-kun!" she replied, and placed a small doggy kiss (lick) on her master's cheek.

Author's Note: Yes I know, surprising isn't it? I'm alive! Well I've been busy, but I kinda wanted to post something for my birthday; it's kinda like my present to you. And a good present from you guys would be your wonderful reviews or some pics (wink wink)!

I am so sorry for the late update! It's just that I've been so busy lately with school! First few months of school is usually the hectic one especially if you have to handle college application forms and study for the entrance exams! But rest assured I will still be updating my story. I could never let you guys down! hugs all her reviewers

Oh yeah this is all for my anonymous reviewers; I'm willing to give you an author alert on ALL my stories (it's kinda hard to make a story alert). So you just have to leave your email ad and there you go- I'll personally send you an alert. But I'd also like to take this opportunity to invite you ALL to read my OTHER fics that I think you might really enjoy.

(1) Well pets have this really big tendency to love their masters very much, so when she's a dog she's VERY personal and comfortable with Syaoran.