A/N: If a tree falls in a forest and no one's around to hear it. What sound does it make...?

Anyway, question aside they said it was going to snow here.... Everywhere round but here... Damn dorset weather it's so frosty that I'll need to spend 15 minutes just to get my car warmed up... bloody weather. Anyway, onward my dear readers! For by Tuesday next week, I get back to my warrior story, so the more chapters the better!

And, for one last time... Please don't moan about Naruto's lack of power... I could sprout all sorts to you people but I can't be bothered... Just please remember that since many would be unfamiliar with my style, I never give everything away in one chapter. I hide the pass and make you guess the future... All you get to see is the present till I unveil my finally. So please, understand that I'm doing this to build character. Don't insult my story telling ability

Now that I've said that... You may read. I just hope you did read this...

Chapter 4

After a night of rain, Sakura opened her curtains to a nice sunny day for her Sunday morning. "Yes! It's sunny!" Sakura chirped in relief.

"You're right. It's like the rain last night never fell." Kero mussed as he rested on Sakura's shoulder before floating backwards. "But Sakura, you're sure up early for Sunday." Kero pondered as Sakura jumped down.

Today Sakura was going out for a picnic with Tomoyo, Naruto and Sakura Haruno, who had of course arranged the trip today for them. Sakura smiled lightly as she spun round the room, Kero being the unwelcomed passenger to the flight as Sakura held him by her hands. "Hey, you should come with us, Kero-chan!" Sakura chirped. "If you stay in my bag, I'll make sure to pass you some of Ane-chan's delicious food!" Kero yelled as he flew from Sakura's grasp as Sakura stopped looking out to the clear sky. "I'm so glad it's such good weather today!" Her high spirited aura didn't die as she got changed and came down for breakfast. Her tou-san and ani-chan sat at the table.

"Morning!" Sakura chirped walking in.

"Good morning Sakura-san." Her father spoke as he looked to her from his newspaper. Sakura hummed lightly as she walked to her chair. Toya noticed this as he put down the drink carton.

"The kaijuu is on cloud nine..." Sakura growled as her happy mood was killed momentarily. But, it was a day to be happy, she'll let it pass.

"I'll forgive you today." Sakura said with a smile. Toya merely blinked, he wasn't expecting this reaction.

"You're really in a good mood today, Sakura-san." Her father spoke looking to Sakura. Sakura smiled as she looked back.

"I'm going out with Tomoyo, Naruto and Sakura today." Toya stood as her father looked slightly puzzled. Sakura looked forward as she heard something tap on the table, she looked to her brother confused.

"You're doing all the chores today, right?" Toya asked as Sakura wondered why. "Did you forget that you wrote it down yourself last week?" Sakura grumbled as she remembered swapping duties with Toya the week before so she could go to Rika's piano recital. She sighed in defeat as Toya got ready to go to work. Sakura stepped into the hall as her father walked down.

"It's been raining a lot lately." Her father spoke as he walked down the hall with a basket of clothing. "So we have a lot of laundry. Do you want me to help out a bit?" He asked as he glanced to Sakura.

"You have your presentation today. It's all right, I'll do it!" Sakura chirped. Her father smiled sadly to have left her with all this work.

"I'm sorry."

"Leave it to me!" Sakura reassured.

"Then I'll put this near the washing machine." Fujitaka said before he walked off.

"I'm going!" Toya called as he opened the door.

"See you later!" Sakura called as the door shut.

"I'll be heading out now, too." Fujitaka spoke before walking to the door.

"Hai. See you later!" Sakura chirped before leaning by the kitchen wall. As the door closed she sighed before going to get the phone.

"Hello, Namimaki residence, Sakura Haruno speaking." Sakura smiled.

"Ane-chan, there's a bit of a problem."

"Really? What's wrong?" Sakura Haruno asked as she walked into the kitchen. "Something happen?" She asked while she checked the pie baking.

"Ugh... I forgot that I have to do all the chores today since I swapped with ani-chan last week." Sakura stood straight.

"I see... That's a shame... Naruto was looking forward to it... Shall I ring Tomoyo for you?"

"No, I'll ring her ane-chan... Tell Naruto-kun I'm sorry." Sakura nods.

"Yeah, don't worry. Maybe next week then if it's sunny?"

"Hai! Arigatou Sakura-ane-chan." Sakura smiled.

"No problem Sakura-chan. Bye."

"Bye!" Sakura Haruno sighed as she set the phone down and tapped her chin. What was she going to do with that food now? A smile danced onto her face.

"Naruto-chan!" Sakura called.

"Hai ane-chan?" Naruto called down.

"We're going to be doing something a little different, be ready when I call okay!"

"Hai!" Sakura smiled as she walked into the kitchen.

'Like I'll let my good cooking go to waste...' She smiled, she knew what to do.

XX

Sakura Kinomoto sighed as she got off the phone with Tomoyo. "I'll being a letter of apology with me on Monday." Sakura hated to break a promise to her friends. She walked into the kitchen and took a breath. No point worrying now, she had a task to do. "All right." Sakura started as she pulled her sleeves up. "I guess I'll get to it!"

With that she got to work, working from doing the kitchens washing up, to cleaning the floor and onto the lounge with dusting the cobwebs and vacuuming the floor before polishing the table to cleaning the carpet. Sakura blinked as she spotted something sticking out the edge of the carpet. With a red back and oval centre with a sun in the centre of a 14 point star with a moon on it. Sakura flipped over the sealed clow card. "Wood... Wood? This is a clow card!" Sakura chirped as she stood, she had to show Kero.

Keroberosu was busy with the washing machine, but for some reason it stopped so he now busy glancing in side. "Hey, it stopped."

"Kero-chan, Kero-chan!" Sakura called in her excitement. Kero glanced to her voice and fell into the machine and the door shut. "Kero-chan! I found a clow card!" Sakura called running into the room. But all she found with the machine at work. "He's not here... Oh, well." Sakura mussed pocketing the card for later. "I'll brag about this later!" Sakura mused as she got back to work.

As the machine stopped, Kero slowly climbed from the machine in his dizzy state. "Things sure spin around a lot today..." Kero mumbled as he tried to get over the mind numb blur he'd been faced with in there. "That's it! I quit! I QUIT!" Kero roared as he got out the machine. "This isn't the type of thing that the strongest guardian beast should be do-" Kero was cut off by Sakura.

"I know! When I'm done with this, I'll have some ice cream with Kero-chan!" Suddenly, the thought of continuing, didn't seem as bad as before.

"Oh, all right. I guess I can help her a little bit more."

As soon as Sakura finished cleaning the hallway, she moved to clean her father's study. "All right, this is the last place." Sakura mussed with relief as she opened the small window. Meanwhile, Kero dealt with all the clothing to be placed on the washing line to dry. So as Sakura vacuumed, she caught something on the end and pulled the vacuum tip out. A rectangle ink covered paper was on the end. "Oh, this is covered in ink." Sakura muttered as she flipped it round. The clow card design was on the back. She gasped in surprise. "This is also a clow card!" Sakura smiled as she pulled the wood out. Two cards in one day, this saved so much trouble. She put both down on the desk in the sunlight. "I should clean this up." Sakura giggled as she went for a towel, but she was side tracked by the ring of the phone.

It was her father, he'd left an envelope he needed for his lesson. With that she was kitted up in her blades. "Kero-chan! I have to step out for a bit!" And then she was out the door. Kero glanced out the door.

"Wha?"

But down stairs, trouble was brewing as the ink covered card glowed, the picture beginning to show as the ink vanished.

Having made it in time for her father, Sakura was greeted by Yukito who was coming back from basketball game with his school team. So Sakura spent some of her time having ice-cream with Yukito before coming home in a beyond cloud nine attitude. "I'm home!" Sakura called as she skated up to the gate. She glanced up to see all the washing out. She entered her room to find Kero asleep having been exhausted from all the work he'd done. He deserved it after all he'd done today.

"I'll get lunch ready right away." Sakura said with a smile, that smile died as a creaking noise began to echo in the house. "Kero-chan..." Sakura spoke shaking Kero. "Kero-chan!" Kero grumbled as he was woken.

"What, lunch already?" Kero asked.

"Hey, what's this sound..." Sakura mumbled as she worried.

"Sound?" Kero asked as the house shuddered and Sakura grabbed Kero in panic. The small guardian flew out her grasp and out the door. Sakura followed nervously.

"I wonder if it's a burglar." Sakura pondered as she followed.

"Seems to be coming from downstairs." Kero muttered as they moved down the hall. Sakura nods and armed herself, her mind playing tricks on her of what could be down there.

"C-could it be... a ghost?" Sakura asked as she held the mop she grabbed tight. Kero didn't think so.

"They wouldn't appear in broad daylight." Sakura turned to Kero.

"Maybe some do!" Sakura stated as she stood on the ground floor. All the rooms were empty, nothing disturbed as they walked to the kitchen door. Kero looked at the basement door.

"It's from the basement!" Kero called as he pointed to the door. She crept up to the door and put her ear to it. Something was moving round. "In here." Kero whispered. Sakura grabbed the door handle; she really didn't want to open it. "Go on." Kero goaded and Sakura cracked the door ajar. Both glanced into the darkness. "I can't see clearly in here." Kero muttered before something came into view. Both didn't react at first as a twig poked through the door. Both gasped in surprise at the large amount of wood in the doorway as they stumbled back before pushing the door shut.

"W-what was that?" Sakura asked in worry as Kero picked up the twig.

"It was the branch of some plant." Kero mused as he tried to figure out what was going on.

"Why is such a thing sprouting from the basement?!" Sakura asked. The twig glowed and vanished from Kero's hand, he knew now.

"This is all the doings of WOOD."

"A clow card?" Sakura muttered before remembering this morning and explaining to Kero how she'd found wood and left it down stairs.

"You left a clow card alone without writing your name on it?!" Kero asked as both pushed against the door.

"Because I found it as a card... And I got that phone call..." Sakura stated.

"That's bad!" Kero yelled. "Clow cards start listening to the owner, after the owners name's inscribed onto them."

"But it was in the house for all this time." Sakura argued. "Nothing had happened until now!" Kero looked up in thought.

"It's true that Wood is a very gentle card. I can't think that it would be up to mischief..."

"Then, why?" Sakura asked. Kero let go and pondered. "Kero-chan, don't let go!" Sakura panicked and door opened and a branch wrapped round her ankle. Sakura panicked even more. "What should we do, Kero-chan!"

"I'm in a bind myself!" Kero called as he tried to escape the tied up position he was now stuck in. "This... thing..." Sakura didn't know what else to do; it was all too much for her as she began to cry. The door bell rang and Sakura gasped, if that door opened... Both looked to each other. What was she going to do? With wood growing downstairs, she wasn't exactly ready for guessed.

"I... I wonder who that is..."The door clicked. That lock was opened. "O-oh no..." If her brother and father were out... "Please... Let it be Naruto-kun..." Sakura panicked as the door behind her pushed open.

"Sakura-chan?! You okay?" Naruto asked as he heard her yell. He skidded to a stop. "Oh... Crud..." Naruto muttered.

"Naruto-kun!" Sakura called in relief. Tomoyo stepped round and looked in surprise. "Tomoyo-chan... Thank you for coming..." Sakura stopped speaking as Sakura Haruno stepped round the corner.

"What the..." Sakura Kinomoto didn't get chance to reply as wood pulled her into the air and began to grow through the hall. Sakura, Naruto and Tomoyo stepped to the side as Sakura slid to the door. Naruto shut the door and locked it. What were they going to do now? Sakura Haruno crouched down and helped Sakura up. "I won't ask right now... I just want to know if we can help." Sakura asked with a smile. Sakura Kinomoto smiled before crying. "What's wrong Sakura-chan?" Sakura asked as she dusted Sakura off. The girl was really under a lot of pressure. First the card going out of control and destroying the house. All the hard work done to clean it and now someone outside her group finding this...

"Sakura!" Kero called as Sakura Haruno looked to Kero. "Not you, the other Sakura! Seal wood now!" Sakura Kinomoto looked to Kero.

"But..."

"It doesn't matter right now! Seal Wood!" Sakura nods as Naruto got Kero free. Sakura Haruno stood and stepped back as Sakura Kinomoto held out her key.

Sakura Haruno watched as Sakura released the key's power and summoned her staff. "Return to the guise that you were meant to be in!" Sakura yelled holding her staff up. "Clow card!" Sakura yelled as she swung down. The branches glowed and shrunk away down the hall. Sakura Haruno stepped down the hall.

"Okay... I think we can start explaining." Sakura asked as she noticed Sakura Kinomoto looked round. "What's wrong?"

"The card, it's not here." Sakura muttered. Kero glanced about.

"It's got to be. You sure it's not around here somewhere?" Naruto looked down the hall.

"It's got to be in the basement." Naruto spoke. "Let's get it." Sakura Kinomotot nods as the building began to shake. They looked to the basement door and wood came back in force.

"Up stairs now you four, come on!" Sakura Haruno commanded as she rushed the group up. She glanced down and then ran up with them. They reached the roof and the group split up with Naruto and Sakura Haruno on the roof while Sakura, Kero and Tomoyo ran to the edge of the balcony. The group watched as wood covered the roof with its branches and sprouted leaves, when all had calmed the group relaxed as Naruto slid down with Sakura.

"It's calm again." Sakura Kinomoto mused looking at the tree. Kero nods as he looked about.

"Looks like it got satisfied with the sunlight." Kero mussed.

"Just like a tree to be so happy." Tomoyo commented as Sakura Haruno sat against the tree with a sigh.

"We finished now? Or are still in for more surprises." Sakura asked as Kero gasped.

"The laundry! I gotta start all over again..." Sakura Haruno smiled.

"Don't worry. I'll help, that's why we came." Sakura Kinomoto looked to Sakura.

"Yeah, ane-chan felt it wouldn't be right you missing out. So she called Tomoyo-chan and we all came round to help. Though... This wasn't we were expecting." 'I'm surprised ane-chan is so calm with this...' Naruto mused.

"A-arigatou... Ane-chan..." Sakura spoke. "I guess I should explain."

"No time for that!" Kero called. "We have to go seal wood completely right away!" Kero stated.

"To the basement?" Sakura Kinomoto asked. Kero nods. The group glanced to the tree as it creaked. "That sound..."

"The house..." Sakura Haruno muttered. "The whole house is creaking. Let's go you two." Sakura Haruno said pointing at Sakura and Kero. "Naruto, Tomoyo, you two stay here." Naruto blinked.

"But ane-chan!"

"No buts Naruto!" Naruto flinched. "We can't waste time or this place will fall apart. Come on..." Sakura Haruno spoke holding her hand out to Sakura. "We get this done with now." Sakura nods.

"Hai!" Sakura replied as she followed. Kero quickly followed as the two cherry blossoms entered the forest.

"His names Kero-chan ane-chan!" Naruto called as before he sighed and sat down.

"So Kero-chan... Why is 'wood' still growing?" Sakura Haruno asked as the pair climbed through the tangled mass.

"Wood's found light outside. If the entire tree from wood wants to bask in sunlight..." Sakura nods.

"I see... So then, what are you then?" Sakura asked as they climbed downstairs. Kero thumped his chest.

"I'm Keroberosu, guardian beast of the clow cards." Sakura hummed in interest as Kero pointed to Sakura Kinomoto. "And Sakura here is the cardcaptor, she's sealing all the cards."

"I see... Can I have a guess to say that back at the aquarium... This was a clow card that was the cause?" Kero nods. "I see. You've been busy, you, Naruto and Tomoyo I guess?" Sakura Kinomoto nods as they stopped before the basement. "What's that sound?" Sakura Haruno asks as she walked down the stairs.

"Be careful ane-chan." Sakura Kinomoto spoke as she followed. Sakura Haruno glanced down as her foot was soaked.

"Water?" Kero glanced down.

"Water doesn't come out of the wood card..." Kero pondered.

"Then I wonder if it's the other card..." Sakura pondered, Kero looked to Sakura Kinomoto, she never said about a second.

"Nani? There were two cards?" Sakura nods. "That means..." The three walked down the rows and found a small cloud above a large mass of wood. "RAIN was here with it." Kero mussed as he now understood why wood was acting so oddly.

"Rain?" Sakura Haruno asked.

"A card for rain." Kero replied. "Rain and Wood interacted with each other to create such a jungle. Now Sakura." Kero said looking to the Kinomoto girl. Sakura nods and moved forward as Sakura Haruno watched.

"Rain! Wood!" Sakura called as the small cloud stopped and a small clown dressed girl poked out the top.

"Aw... she looks so cute." Sakura Haruno mussed. Sakura Kinomoto held her staff ready.

"That's enough mischief!" Sakura stated.

"Sakura, they're coming!" Kero yelled as rain floated over Sakura and began to rain.

"It's not too bad." Sakura said before the light rain turned into a shower and Sakura ran off.

"Rains just playing with you! Seal it!" Kero called as Sakura Haruno nods.

"Come on Imoto, its just water!" Sakura Kinomoto blinked, that's it. Sakura turned to face rain as she reached for one of her cards.

"The card created by clow." Sakura started as she threw watery forward. "Lend your power to my key! Transfer the magic dwelling within the card to this key, and grant me your power" Sakura finished as she held her staff above her head. "Watery!" Sakura called as water began to swirl into the air above Sakura as she held her staff up. Rain stopped as it noticed its rain begin dragged away from it. Sakura Haruno looked on in awe as she looked at the watery spirit. "Watery, become a binding chain!" Sakura yelled pointing her staff forward and watery attacked as it surrounded rain in a bubble of water.

"All right! We got it!" Kero cheered as Sakura drew her staff up.

"Return to the guise that you were meant to be in! Clow card!" Sakura yelled bringing her staff down. Rain struggled as it was dragged into the glowing card before losing the fight. As Sakura caught the seal card, the water vanished.

"Rain may have been mischievous... But it looked such a cute thing, can I see it?" Sakura asked her Imoto. Sakura kinomoto nods and turned to wood.

"Now for you wood!" Sakura called ready.

"Matte Sakura!" Kero spoke flying between the wood and Sakura. Sakura blinked as wood glowed behind Kero.

Naruto and Tomoyo watched as the tree began to shrink away and both ran to the basement. The two Sakura's looked on at the small woman that sat on the desk. Sakura stepped forward and held her hand out as wood floated up and turned into a card in Sakura's palm.

"Just as I said." Kero spoke. "It's a gentle card." Sakura nods as Naruto and Tomoyo ran over.

"Great job Sakura-chan!" Naruto chirped as he looked over Sakura's shoulder. "So this was the cause?" Naruto asked.

"And this." Sakura Haruno said passing Sakura rain.

"So trees and rain are good friends after all." Sakura mussed as she looked at both cards. Kero glanced left and pointed.

"Look!" The group looked at the rainbow in the sunlight.

"A rainbow..." Tomoyo mussed as the group looked at it. Kero glanced to Sakura.

"Now to stop the two acting up." Sakura nods and signed her name to them. "The card becomes your own for the first time after you come this far." Kero commented strictly.

"Hai. I learned the hard way." Sakura replied with a sigh.

"Well, I'll be taking a small nap now." Kero muttered flying upstairs. Sakura sighed as she put the cards away in the book.

"Sorry for all the trouble you guys." Naruto grinned.

"Ah I would have been gaming all day, it's been fun." Naruto mused with a grin.

"It's okay Sakura-chan." Tomoyo commented with a smile. "I may not have got a lot, be I got to record something I wouldn't have at the forest park." Sakura nods with a smile before turning to her ane-chan.

"Arigatou for you help." Sakura nods.

"Someone has to look out for you when things get out of control... Now let get up stairs." They arrived to find Kero in tears at all the hard work cleaning, and now the house was trashed.

"Man. Place is a mess..." Naruto stated out loud as Sakura dropped to her knees, not again.

"Fear not Imoto..." Sakura Haruno mused putting a hand on Sakura's shoulder. "Naruto-chan. Let's get to work." Naruto salutes to his sister.

"Hai, ane-chan!" With that the pair took off in a blur. Sakura and Kero watched amazed as the pair whipped through each room with incredible speed and clean the place up. It looked amazingly clean when the pair stood finished in the hallway.

"Naruto-kun... Ane-chan..." Sakura muttered in awe. "Arigatou!!" Sakura yelled hugging Sakura and then Naruto. "Arigatou, Arigatou!" Sakura replied as Sakura Haruno crouched down beside her.

"That's okay. How about I set up that late lunch? I'm sure you're just as hungry." Sakura glanced to her ane-chan and didn't get to answer as her stomach growled. Everything had been so much she hadn't even focused on eating. Sakura Haruno chuckled as she stood. "Come on... I'll teach you something new to cook."

"Arigatou ane-chan!" Sakura Kinomoto chirped following. Naruto sighed as he watched Sakura follow his ane-chan while Tomoyo stood beside the blond.

"I guess we'll have to explain everything to ane-chan once they're done... It might be a good thing since Sakura-ane-chan can cover from me when I use my swords to protect Sakura-chan next time." Tomoyo glanced over with a smile.

"You like Sakura-chan don't you." Naruto blinked as his face reddened.

"W-we're just good friends is all Tomoyo-chan. I'm just looking out for her..." Tomoyo smiled lightly at the blonds antics.

Afternoon came and Sakura, Naruto and Tomoyo bid farewell to Sakura Kinomoto and walked home. Sakura glanced to Naruto as they walked. "What's wrong? You've been quiet since everything. What's on your mind?" Naruto glanced to his ane-chan.

"Nothing's wrong ane-chan... I'm just surprised you took everything to well." Sakura smiled.

"I wasn't about to go overboard with everything with Sakura-chan in tears. There are times to question and time for action. Sakura wasn't in any case and I decided to act." Naruto smiled.

"Arigatou, you won't tell anyone right?" Sakura nods.

"Not a soul. Don't worry." Naruto smiled.

"You're the best ane-chan." Sakura chuckled.

"Don't let Genpaku know..." Naruto nods with a chuckle before going quiet. His mind going over one thing.

'Do I really like Sakura-chan? As in more?' Naruto looked to yellowing sky. He was too confused to really know. "So who's cooking tonight?" Naruto asked.

"Genpaku-kun I think..." Both slumped their shoulders.

"If it moves I'm swapping with ani-chan before he notices."

XXXX

Sigh... I've just come home from work and made a major cock up... People who drive, please remember this, check your mirrors reversing! I didn't and... Damn it... I reversed into the back of a car. Though the car came off with two dents and a scuff mark. I could so pay for that next month easy... I shattered the back light and made two dents on the van... God damn it... I was only two months away from staying with this job... All my hard work is down the drain and I still have to pay my car insurance... What am I going to do? The guns been fired and I have till Monday to see if I dodge the bullet, or get put down and look for a new job.

Sigh, anyway, beside's that. What you think. I looked at the first half and had a full day to think of how I could do this chapter. And I liked how it came out. I really did have a hard time making sure I pointed at kinomoto or haruno when typing. But I pulled through. This wasn't as action based and after seeing what's next. Neither will the next card. I'm waiting for a specific card to unveil something for you readers. There, that should keep you all in contempt. Now to the next piece.

I was thinking that maybe I should give some clothing ideas for people who like to imagine the story they're reading. If you want to. I'll point it out at the beginning of the next chapter what Naruto and anyone else who needs to be pointed out will wear at what points. Now I have to go, later.