Chapter 8 - Brother's Advice & The strange gem

Author note: Happy late new year & christmas/hanukah and etc. : It's January 7th 2006 and since it's a new year, we have some resolutions to make, right? My resolution is getting more reviews about my fanfic and to write more great stories about Cardcaptor Sakura! Please keep reading & enjoy!

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A new day of Sakura has just begun. For some odd reason she did not have a unusual dream like she did before. The alarm clock rang. No kero. No cake was left on the table. Everything was silent except for the fact of her clock ringing.

Sakura got up and made her bed and then turned off the alarm clock. Only the sound of the clock ticking to a new minute. A minute of depressing Sakura.

Sakura sighed and struggled to get on her school uniform and her hair tied.

She looked into the mirror and all she saw was a girl in tears. Nothing like before.

A knocking sound came from the door. "Sakura?"

"Who is it?" Sakura asked curiously.

"It's me. Your brother." Sakura's brother replied.

"Oh. Come in." Sakura accepted.

Brother turned the doorknob and the door made a little creak sound as it opened. Brother closed the door behind him and sat on Sakura's bed. Her saw the sadness look in Sakura's eyes.

"What's wrong?" Brother questioned.

"Kero...well...he kinda.." Sakura did not complete her sentence.

"Left?" Brother interrupted.

"How did you know?" Sakura asked.

"Eriol told me what happened yesterday afternoon. I was in complete shock. But after remembering about you capturing clow cards the whole time, I knew you would be more in shock." Brother replied.

Sakura nodded looking down at the floor.

"It was all to real. I hoped it was a dream but it wasn't." Sakura started sniffling and crying.

"He was the great friend in my life other than meiling and everyone." Sakura stated.

"I'm sorry." Brother said truthfully.

"Don't worry. It's not your fault." Sakura said her tone getting higher.

"It was Eriol's!!!" Sakura exclaimed.

"..Well without Eriol / Clow reed you wouldn't have met Kero in the first place." Brother explained sounding sincere.

Sakura setteled down. Knowing Brother's statement was completely true. I want to say windy again! But no, I couldn't have.. but I want to... oh.. forget it. I gotta focus on my college preperations.

Sakura stopped crying, "Thanks brother. I will remember that statement."

Brother smiled & completed forgot about his work. He looked at his watch.

"Oh my gosh, I'm gonna be late for work!! Bye Sakura hope you feel better!" Brother opened the door rushing.

Sakura looked at her clock and was almost late as well.

"Eeek!" Sakura exclaimed.

She grabbed her backpack and ran downstairs seeing her breakfeast cold on the table she just put her rollerblades on without her kneepads etc and went out the door heading to Tomeda Highschool.

"Meiling! Syaroan!" Sakura exclaimed as she ran into class.

Meling exclaimed, "You were almost late! Your lucky the bell just rang!"

Syaroan was not completely focused on Sakura this morning as he forgot to finish his japanese homework.

The teacher tapped her stick on to the board. "Good morning class and welcome to your third day here at 12th grade. We are going to take a full test of college preperations!"

"But before we begin I would like to take attendance to see that everyone is here." Teacher stated.

"..Syaoran, Check." Teacher kept going on the almost 20 students in the class.

"Psst.. I got something for you." Meiling said to Sakura.

"What is it?" Sakura asked.

"It was a rainbowish-colored kind of gem. It looked out of proportion. I found it after Eriol left but it seemed you didn't notice." Meiling explained.

Sakura took it from Meiling's hand and looked at it. It did look out of proportion. Weird..

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