A/N: Hello, I'm back and on time for once. Is that great or what? Well, I was really hoping to get a few more reviews than I did, but hey, can't be picky can I. Thanks for the reviews I did get though. Now, I won't blabber any longer. Hope you'll enjoy.

Disclaimer: CCS has never been nor will it ever be mine, but I still own the plot so HA!

Chapter 4: A Murderous Repeat

Everybody stared at Eriol with wide eyes, except for Sakura and Tomoyo. Sakura was too busy gazing at the stage floor, silently crying and Tomoyo was trying to comfort her.

Meiling was the first to respond. "Your mother's murderer? What are you talking about?" Eriol looked at her and Syaoran and frowned. "Seven years ago, our mother, Nadeshiko, was shot and killed while driving. We were there and got in an accident and escaped with bruises but our mom had died before the accident."

At that time everyone was silent. Syaoran was shocked. He had no idea about all of this. Sakura seemed so happy the few times he saw her, but now as he turned to look at her, he knew things were different.

"I'm sorry that happened. Is there anything Meiling or I can do?" Sakura and Tomoyo looked at him surprised. Why is he being so nice all of a sudden? "I know I haven't been friendly all this time but I'm willing to help out." Sakura stood up and frowned. "No, you will not."

Everyone looked at Sakura. If it wasn't for her face being tear-stained and her emerald eyes being red-rimmed and looking very cold at the moment…you wouldn't know she was upset. Sakura looked at Meiling and then Syaoran and shook her head. "I'm not letting you get into this. It's me and Eriol's problem. Why are you being so nice all of a sudden, anyway?"

Syaoran simply looked at her with unfeeling eyes. "I just wanted to help. Since you don't want me to, I won't. You and Eriol can get killed on your own." Meiling gasped at him. "Syaoran!" Sakura's emerald eyes got even colder. "Fine, it's not as if I care about what you do anyway. Now, you can stay your miserable self." Tomoyo gasped. "Sakura!"

They glared at each other and Sakura walked off the stage in fury. As Sakura stepped outside, Tomoyo followed her and Meiling glared at Syaoran. "Syaoran, you have to be cruel, don't you?"

"I offered to help her and she cut me down. It's not my fault." Meiling crossed her arms. "You were so nice…until you insulted her. Apologize to her…now." Syaoran glared at her then sighed in defeat. "Fine, I'll apologize." He stomped off to the same exit Sakura and Tomoyo just went through.

Meiling sighed and looked at Eriol. "I'm sorry about Syaoran. He acts like such a big baby at times." Eriol shook his head. "Even so, Sakura's part of the blame too. She shouldn't have been so cruel to Li. She may be in a bad mood right now but that's no way to treat anyone." Meiling nodded. "We'll just have to wait and see."

Sakura fumed outside on the steps. She couldn't believe he was so cold…but then again…she was cold herself to him. Not that she cared anyway. She heard a pair of footsteps follow her and she turned to see her best friend coming towards her. Tomoyo sat down beside her and looked at Sakura with sadness in her eyes.

"Sakura, was all of that necessary in there? I mean…I know what you were thinking, not letting Syaoran help you and your bro, but you didn't have to be cold." Sakura sighed and looked down. "I know, but he struck a cord in there and I couldn't help myself. It's just that…I'm scared."

Tears began to fall slowly from Sakura's eyes. "Not for me as much as Eriol though. And what if he goes after Touya or my dad next…it scares me. I've already lost my mom…I don't want to lose anyone else. I really don't." Tomoyo reached over and hugged her friend. "Nothing's going to happen to your family. Everyone's going to be fine."

"She's right, Kinomoto. Everything will turn out alright." Sakura and Tomoyo turned to look at Syaoran who was standing behind them. Syaoran glanced at Sakura, and then turned to Tomoyo. "Daidouji, may I please speak to Kinomoto alone?"

Tomoyo looked at him and then turned to Sakura again. Sakura smiled slightly and nodded at her best friend. "Don't worry I'll be fine." Tomoyo hugged her and passed Syaoran and went back inside. Syaoran sat down beside Kinomoto and simply looked ahead. Kinomoto wiped her face clean of tears and recomposed herself before speaking.

"I was wrong for being so cold to you and I apologize." Syaoran was stunned to hear that she'd apologize first. Sakura sighed and continued. "I didn't mean to be so harsh. It's just…" "It's just that I had hit a hard spot and it hurt you, yes?" Sakura turned to him and glared lightly. "Yes." Syaoran turned to look at her. "I apologize. I was wrong for that comment too."

She held out her hand towards him and he shook it. Syaoran's face turned back serious. "So, you'll let me help you right?" Sakura's now calm face returned to its frown. "No, I will not let you." "Why not?" Sakura responded with a hint of annoyance. "I won't let you because…"

She suddenly went silent and her emerald eyes were clouded over again. Syaoran looked worried. The same thing happened to her and Eriol inside. "Kinomoto, what's going on? What's happening?" As soon as it started, it ended and Sakura looked totally horrified.

Frantically she started looking around in the bushes nearby. Her eye caught something and screaming she said, "Li watch out!" She shoved him with all her strength and ducked just in time to see two bullets pass where their heads were. Slowly they got back up and looked at the damage. The bullets went straight through the glass door. That's not too bad…at least it didn't go through them. Sakura glared at Syaoran and pointed to the damage. "Because that's why!"

Eriol and Meiling were just talking about the recent situation inside after Sakura and Syaoran left. "Hiirigizawa, I have a question for you." He nodded at her. "Go on…and please call me Eriol." "Ok, as long as you call me Meiling." "Ok then." Meiling sighed. "You're Sakura's sister, right?"

Eriol nodded, knowing where this was going. "So how is that possible, when her last name is Kinomoto and yours is Eriol? Plus you may be Japanese but some of your manners and actions seem English." Eriol smiled. "Ah, so you've noticed. You see, I'm not her sister by blood. Her parents adopted me when I was eleven."

Meiling nodded. "I see…I was just curious." She decided to leave the questions knowing that he probably didn't want to talk about it. She didn't know just how right she was. A few minutes later Tomoyo came back inside smiling. She told them of how Syaoran was apologizing to Sakura at the moment.

Eriol and Meiling smiled. "I'm glad." Eriol nodded. "Yes, so am I…" Eriol's eyes started to cloud over as if he was in another trance. Tomoyo got worried. "Eriol, are you alright?" He soon snapped out of it and with wide eyes started running towards the door.

"We've got to warn Sakura and Li now!" Tomoyo and Meiling followed Eriol to the door but all three stopped suddenly when they heard a scream. "Li watch out!" The three stopped as they watch glass fall on the ground and two bullets passing them.

Eriol and the others ran through the now broken door to see Sakura and Syaoran slowly getting up after the incident. Right afterwards a rock was thrown through the other door and landed at Eriol's feet. He picked it up and noticed a message wrapped around the rock and opened it.

Eriol read the note and sighed. Dropping it, he walked over to Sakura and Syaoran to see if they were ok. Everyone was relieved after being confirmed that they were alright. Sakura eyed the paper Eriol dropped on the ground and went to pick it up. Instead of reading it there, she placed it in her pocket for later. The group had some things to discuss, and they definitely were not wedding details.

Syaoran was the first to ask. "Ok, so what happened to you two right before the stage lights fell?" Everyone was sitting in the front row of the Centre. Sakura sighed. "Ever since our mom's death, I've been seeing things and then they'd come true. At first I thought they were just coincidences, but then I realized they were premonitions after more and more became true. What you guys saw was me in a trance."

Meiling nodded. "Has that ever happened to Eriol before?" Sakura and Eriol both shook their heads. "Tonight was my first. I wonder why all of a sudden, it started happening to me as well…" Tomoyo nodded. "Well, it's obvious that we won't understand everything tonight. So, how about we go home. It's almost midnight after all." Everyone agreed and went their separate ways. Everyone was curious at what would happen next.

With repairs being paid for damages at the Centre, everything was a bit quiet. The next day, Sakura was out walking. She pulled out the message she picked up the night before…the one Eriol dropped. Reading it over a few times she wondered why Eriol just dropped it as if it were nothing. She wanted answers and she wanted them now.

She walked up to Eriol's home and rang the doorbell. A few minutes later, a blue-haired gentleman opened the door, not very surprised to see his sister…but glad she came. "Hey, Saku, please come in. I'll be there in a minute."

Sakura walked into the living room and sat down knowing exactly where he was. In the music room with his grand piano. Probably putting away some music he was working on for a new song. Minutes later Eriol came and sat down facing his sister.

"You want to talk about that paper I dropped yesterday, yes?" Sakura blinked once…then twice…then three times. How did he know? Eriol chuckled. "I know because I saw you pick it up last night, it's in your hand now, and I just had a premonition a few minutes before you rang the doorbell."

Sakura sweat dropped. That explained it. She unfolded the paper and showed it to him. "Why didn't you tell me about this sooner?" Eriol sighed. "I didn't want to bother you." Sakura glared at him. "Well it did. I know you never wanted to bring up that incident again…I know I don't, but you must tell me. What's going on?"

Eriol remained silent and Sakura was getting frustrated. "Fine then I'll read it again: If you've received this note, you've survived. Well, that's fine with me. I'll get you and your sister…I mean by adoption of course…eventually. Then when I'm done with you two your family…well what's left of it will be next. I can't wait to do a repeat of what I did to yours, Eriol. They deserved what they got. Now it's your new family's turn."

Eriol now stared lifelessly at the floor and Sakura looked up. "Eriol, what is this trying to say?" Sighing, he responded, "I think the same one who murdered our mom…murdered my family."

A/N: Finally. I was able to update. Ok, so it wasn't as bad as before but still, I promise to try a bit harder. That's it for now. I hope you enjoyed. TTYL and please R&R.