Both magicians were at a standstill, and silence permeated the small wrecked bedroom. The moonlight shimmered on the broken window and the many glass fragments that scattered around the card mistress. A red tint traced the rigid edges of the broken window, glittering with the rest of the broken pieces.
"Sakura are you alright!" Kero emerged out of the darkness, flying straight towards his mistress. He felt guilty that he was unable to protect her. However, if he was to transform into his true form, he would have easily taken up a half of the space in the room. With barely any space to move and maneuver, he would just be sitting duck that will get in the way. Fire magic was out of the question, unless he wanted to risk burning the entire house down.
There was no response from Sakura and not even a slight movement from her body that indicated if she heard him or not. Looking at the back of her head, Kero saw blood bleeding from the back of her head down to her neck, and stained the collar of her pajamas red.
"You're bleeding from the head! I'll get your brother to help, just stay still." Kero flew straight for door. Although Kero knew that by doing so would reveal his secret to Touya, her safety was his top priority.
As he reached the doorknob, he heard shuffling sounds from behind him. Turning his gaze behind him, he saw Sakura's hand slowly moving towards her star staff. She clutched the staff in her palm, and steadily rose to her feet. Droplets of blood dripped from her chin as she stood up firmly like she did not feel any pain at all.
"Hey kid, you're pretty hurt. Are you sure you want to be standing up like that?" Sekai stared coldly at Sakura as she began to walk towards him.
Sakura tilted her head upwards, staring directly back at Sekai, who was suspended in the air by the Shadow card. Her emerald eyes were blank, losing the luster they once had.
"That is strange; her aura has changed." Noticing that something was off with the girl in front of him, Sekai struggled against his bind, but the Shadow had got him firmly locked in place.
Magical energy began to gather around Sakura while she raised the star staff in the air.
A smile began surface on Sakura's face, and it sent chills down Sekai's spine. "You shall harm our master no more." She pointed the star staff at the man in front of her. The darkness that bound Sekai's body started to tighten mercilessly around his body.
Sekai cried in pain as he felt the bones in his body being grinded as the Shadow further tightened its grip.
Kero flew toward her when he sensed something was wrong. "Sakura! Stop it! He is already defeated." The Sakura he knew and love would never do this to a person.
She was just staring at the man in front of her with blank green eyes with an eerie smile on her face. It was like she was enjoying torturing Sekai and killing him.
"Sakura! Stop it!" Kero commanded as he pulled on her arm which was held the star staff.
Suddenly, the door burst open.
"What is with all the noise in here? I really thought that I was living with a monster." Touya opened the door, and his eyes instantly went wide as he inspected the room.
Everything was knocked over, scorched marks all over the room, a broken window, and scattered pieces of glass on the floor. It was like someone detonated a bomb here. In the middle of this mess, stood his little sister, who was pointing some sort of weird stick at a man that was suspended in the air by bizarre thick dark lines.
"Sakura?" Touya asked in tone that was questioning everything he saw as reality.
Sakura turned her gaze at the direction of the person by the door. She redirected the star staff at Touya, and a card flew to the front of the staff.
"Watery." Sakura commanded
A massive jet of water erupted from the card, and formed the outlined of a female water spirit that rushed towards Touya. Touya managed to narrowly avoid the blast of water fired at him by diving to the side. He mentally thanked his quick reflexes he gained from playing soccer throughout middle and high school.
"Sakura! What are you doing? That is your brother over there! Snap out of it!" Kero screamed as he watched his once gentle and kind mistress attacking everything in sight.
Unfazed by anything that Kero said, she waved the staff in Touya direction. The jets of water swirled around, and were once again crashing towards Touya from multiple directions.
Realizing that there was no way he could avoid it this time, Touya braced himself for the inevitable impact. He saw a bright flash of, and heard the water collided against something. However, to his surprised, the water didn't hit him. Opening his eyes, he saw a large yellow beast with white wings that looked like a tiger with wings. The beast stood in front of him, and shielded him from the attack.
Kero was relieved that he made it in time before Sakura's brother got hurt
"Hey, there is something wrong with Sakura, and I need your help to stop her." Kero said as he strained to hold his stance thought her relentless water assaults.
Instinctively, Touya knew that the golden beast in front of him wasn't hostile. This was because he encounter a similar being like him when he learned of Yukio's other form, Yue, and that they both protected Sakura.
"Alright, what do we do?" Touya agreed to cooperate with the beast, since he didn't have any other choice.
Kero sensed that most of the magic was gathering around the star staff. Knocking that staff out of her hands might be able to stop her. "I will create a distraction to direct her attention to me, while you get close and knock that staff out of hands." Kero explained quickly, as he strained to hold his barrier against Sakura's attacks.
Touya nodded in agreement.
"Ok, here I go." Kero blew forward a small jet of flame towards the whirling bodies of water, and carefully controlled it, so that he flames did spread anywhere else. His flames instantly evaporated the water, and created an explosion of steam. The steam blew throughout the entire room, heavily obscuring everyone's vision.
Using his nose to tell where Sakura was, Kero leapt towards her, but was blocked when he hit a force field created by The Shield. Using all his might, Kero kept pushing forward to break through the barrier. Sparks flew from the impact point between Kero and The Shield. In a short moment, the shield slowly cracked as Kero endured the pain of having his paws and face being electrocuted by the resistance coming from the Shield.
With a bellowing roar, Kero breached the barrier and shattered it.
Sakura glared at Kero disappointedly. "So even the guardians wish to hurt their master, then you too shall be erased." She said emotionlessly, as another card quickly flew to her side.
"Sword." Sakura commanded, and the staff transformed into a sword.
Sakura thrust the sword at Kero's torso with the intention to kill him. Kero, knowing that he will not be able to avoid the strike due to the small space of the room, used his arm to deflect the strike. The sword impaled Kero's arm, but managed to block a lethal strike from the Sword.
Realizing that the possessed Sakura would kill him without hesitation, Kero immediately retreated behind the safety of the wall of steam.
Not letting the Kero's distraction go to waste, Touya got into Sakura's blind spot while she was focusing on Kero, and attacked. He jumped at her, grabbed her by tightly wrapping his arms around her, and threw himself and her hard to the ground. The impact with ground loosened Sakura's grip on the star staff. Using all his strength, Touya wrench the star staff from her hands, and threw it across the room.
Once the staff was out of Sakura's clutch, she stopped resisting Touya's hold on her, and began to breathe heavily. "Big brother? It hurts." Touya heard a frail voice from within his arms.
Touya released his tight grasp on Sakura, and found that she was looking at him with half-opened eyes. Her eyes regained their depth and luster, and Touya knew that her little sister returned to normal. However, this reunion was short-lived when her eyes closed, and her body went limp against his arms.
Instantly, Touya heard rapid footsteps and sound of someone jumping through the window. He immediately realized that it was the person that has been captured by Sakura. He mentally cursed himself for forgetting about him and letting him escape by mistake. He was probably the one that caused this incident in the first place.
On the other hand, Sekai mentally thanked the gods, as the bushes softened his fall when he jumped out the bedroom window. The shadow that wrapped his body stopped tightening when Sakura's attention was diverted to those other two people in the room. The binds also disappeared when the girl lost consciousness, which gave him a chance to quickly escape.
Sekai exfiltrated the scene as quickly as he could, but the pain through his entire body increased as he moved more quickly. Judging by the pain, he knew that he had probably a few broken bones in his body. However, in the back of his mind, he knew he was lucky to be able escape with just a few broken bones because he would probably be dead if her brother didn't burst in to the room.
Despite the pain, and his near-death experience, there was only one thing on his mind. He would immediately return to England, so he could have a little chat with an acquaintance of his.
It was the same place again. A place surrounded by a thick forest. The same pain and fear she had relived for the past nights.
"Why am I here? Why am I feeling this pain?" Sakura asked herself the same questions repeatedly.
Looking around her once again to see if she could find any clues to what was happening to her; Sakura saw something that she couldn't see before.
There were bodies, human looking bodies, lying all around her. The bodies were motionless, lying as if they did not have any life imbued into them anymore.
Sakura's fear and anxiety grew as the thought of being surrounded by dead bodies crept into her mind.
She tried reaching for closest body to her with her hand, but her hand wouldn't move. She tried telling her arm again to move, but her body would not listen to her.
"Why can't I hold move my body? Why is this happening?" She let out a frustrated scream, but because the pain increased when she raised her voice, it sounded like a small whimper instead.
Sakura heard someone spoke out to her with a voice that sounded very similar to her own. "Are you in pain, my dear card mistress?"
Looking in the direction of where the voice was coming from, Sakura's eyes widened in confusion and shock. Standing in front of her was a person with an appearance that was exactly identical to her. She had the same auburn colored hair, green eyes, and voice. The mirror image, knelt down in front of her, and leveled her face to her own until they were eye to eye at each other. She felt like she was looking at a reflection of herself through a mirror.
The mirror image softly placed her palm on one of Sakura's wet and flushed cheeks, and wiped away the tears with her thumb.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked softly as she felt the warmth of her hand against her cheek.
She pulled Sakura into a gentle embrace, and buried Sakura's face in her arms.
"We are the only ones who can protect you. My beloved Sakura, please don't cry. Let go of all your doubts, fears, and worries. We will erase all the things that make you feel scared, hurt, and insecure. This is because you belong only to us, and we will not let anyone take you away from us." She whispered tenderly into Sakura's ear while she soothed the back of her head.
Sakura felt her head get light as her twin's words entered her mind. Comfortable warmth began to spread throughout her body, and her eyelids grew heavy. The longer Sakura was in the embrace, the more she wanted to sleep. Her eyes slowly close as the temptation to forget everything and sleep occupied her mind.
Somewhere in the back Sakura's mind, a voice screamed to her to stay awake. Her eyes opened wide as her mind snapped back to its senses. Gazing her twin in front of her, she sense something very wrong desperately, she summoned all of her might to push her back. Fortunately, her body listened to her this time, though only barely. Nevertheless, she was still able to get out of her twin's hold on her and pushed her away.
The next thing she knew was that she was staring at a white ceiling with her arms stretched fully in the air in front of her. Inspecting her surroundings, she was lying in a king's size bed with luxurious white silk blankets covering her body. She relaxed her arms, and rested them on her stomach.
"This isn't my bedroom." Her first thought after she woke.
She turned her head to the left, and saw a small table. On top of the table were flowers, and her deck of Sakura cards.
"Thank goodness they are safe," She smiled brightly.
Turning her head to right, her unadjusted eyes were blinded by the sunlight coming through the windows. She shut her eyes against the burning sunlight to allow time for eyes to adjust to the brightness. When she opened her eyes again, she was staring at a large garden decorated with flowers of various shapes and colors.
Judging by the sunlight, Sakura assumed that it was probably early in the early in the afternoon.
Sakura tried to pull herself out of bed, but the blankets were heavy, and she could not muster the strength to pull them off her. Her head also hurt, and she felt nauseous and lightheaded like she wanted to puke.
She sluggishly turned her body, which ached all over the place, so that she was lying on her stomach. She began to crawl towards the right edge of the bed, and clumsily slipped out the bed though the side.
Unsteadily, she stood up, but was having a hard time trying to balance her because she felt dizzy and nauseous. As a result, she needed to hold on to a nearby wall and furniture to maintain her balance. "My head hurts so much that I think it might explode." She groaned, as she forced her body stand up, so she wouldn't collapse on the ground.
Inspecting the room for anything that might tell her where was, she instantly realized that it was a very large spacious room. Multiple chairs lay beside the bed that was probably placed for visitors and the lavender walls were decorated with paintings that seemed to be expensive.
"At least I know I'm not in a hospital," She murmured to herself.
Sakura saw a mirror, and proceeded to walk towards it using whatever she could find to support her balance.
At first glance, Sakura could not believe that the person in front of the mirror was her. She looked like a total wreck.
Her forehead and the back of her head were wrapped in bandages, and she got numerous bruises on her body. "Well, I do feel pretty terrible, so I shouldn't be surprised at how injured I gotten." Sakura said jokingly while examining her injuries, wondering how she got herself to end up like this.
On the bright side, she liked the pajamas she was wearing, which also wasn't hers. It was light blue and consisted of a long sleeved shirt and trousers. The shirt was decorated with blue ribbons that tied into a bow under the collar of the shirt, and on the shoulders. The buttons were yellow star shaped, and lined straight down the center of the shirt. The trouser matched the shirt perfectly as small stars, moons, and suns symbols were sewed at the end of the trousers.
After checking up on her physical condition, and regretting it, she walked towards the door. She needed to know where she was exactly, and hoped she would be able to find someone that could help her once she exited the room. She also wouldn't mind trying to get something to drink and eat in the process since her throat was pretty dry.
Sakura opened the door, and was greeted by a number of long hallways, which instantly made her headache worse.
A female voice called to her, "Miss Kinomoto."
Sakura turned her vision towards the direction of the voice.
"Thank heavens, you had finally awoken. However, you are in no condition to be walking around. Get back to bed this instant." The women ordered Sakura as she walked toward her.
The women was wearing a maid outfit that she seen before, and she immediately recognized that she were one of Tomoyo's maids.
She did not want to go back to bed yet after the dream she had again. Furthermore, she hoped a quiet walk and a meal would be able to relax her a bit and take her mind off it. "Um… can I just have a walk around for a little? I want to do a bit of exercise, since I have been in bed for quite some time," she pleaded.
The maid scanned Sakura with her eyes, and noticed that she was having a little trouble balancing herself without something to support her. However, Sakura gazed at her with sparkling pleading eyes.
"Very well, Kinomoto, but I don't think you can walk very well in your current physical condition. I will go ask the nurses to bring you a wheelchair, and some nurses to accompany you.
Sakura nodded in agreement. Although she did not like the idea of being strolled around in wheelchair, she figured that it was either the wheelchair or back to bed, and she would gladly take the former over the latter.
"Please wait here while I get them." The maid turned around in the other direction.
"Wait! Before you leave, can you tell me why I am in Tomoyo's mansion?" She asked maid departing down the long hallway.
"From what I had heard, you injured your head very badly from an accident in your home. You were sent to the public hospital, but Master Daidoji had you transferred here. She wanted her own personal doctors and nurses to take care of you." The maid answered
When nurse told her about an accident at her home, she recalled the events of that night where she was fighting the magician. She didn't remember the outcome or where that person is. Nonetheless, she felt honored and glad that she and her cards were safe and that someone would send her a personal doctor and nurses to take care of her. Tomoyo's mother was always very protective of her.
"One more question. How long was I asleep?" Sakura asked curiously.
"About four days," She answered.
Sakura's jaw dropped when she heard the answer.
Meanwhile in London, England…
Eriol was quietly drinking tea at his table and enjoying the view of the full moon when he heard a loud knock on the door.
Nakuru opened the door to see who it was, and was greeted by an angry man with stunning blue eyes. The man clothing was disheveled and was wearing a white cast around his right arm.
"Let me in!" Sekai roared.
Nakuru turned to look and Eriol, and he gave her the approval of letting the raging man in.
Sekai walked in and aggressively brushed aside Nakuru in the process, and sat directly opposite of Eriol.
"You're a jerk, do you know that?" Sekai said the instant he sat down.
"It is nice to see you again, Sekai Reed. I was expecting you to drop by for a while now." Eriol greeted with his usual smile.
"Cut the crap! Why didn't you tell me that the Clow Book had chosen a new master?" Sekai questioned furiously.
"I had my reasons." He replied apathetically as he sipped his English tea.
"What reasons?" Sekai said with Irritability building in his voice.
Eriol held a finger in the air, a small red orb appeared at the tip of his finger. He flicked his finger towards, and the red orb pierced Sekai on the shoulder.
"Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Sekai yelled.
"You should look behind you." Eriol advised
Sekai looked behind him and saw a magical circle pinned against the wall by the red orb Eriol shot at him "A tracking spell? When did it placed on me?" Sekai curiously wondered. He was shocked that someone was able to put a tracking a spell on him, and not have him noticed it all this time.
"I do not know, but you have been tracked for a very long time. I didn't know where you were, and did not want to contact you through magic, since I do not want to be discovered." He placed his finished cup back on top of the table while Sekai examined the spell on the wall.
After examining the spell's characteristics, the magical signature was familiar, and after thinking for a few moments, he remembered who probably had casted the spell. "So, that wretched man is running around looking for the Clow book. I thought he would have given up by now." The thought of the man brought an unpleasant taste in his mouth.
"He would do anything and sacrifice any person in order to pursue and achieve his dream." Eriol looked at his reflection on the surface of his tea. "Just like Clow Reed predicted."
Taking a look at Sekai body, a smile surfaced on his face.
I also see that you had a nice meeting with the new mistress of the cards." Eriol commented with a slight laugh. "It looked like you lost."
Eriol finished his tea, walked towards his wardrobe, and put on his coat.
Sekai returned back to the table. "There is something peculiar about her magic." Sekai remarked.
"It is like her magic is incomplete. She wields incredible magical power, but when I fought with her, her attacks didn't seem that powerful. However, when she was forced against a corner, something inside her changed."
"It is because she has a dormant power sleeping inside her. Her body is not yet ready to accept the full amount of magical power she currently holds. Therefore, she subconsciously suppresses it. I doubt she, herself, even know that is happening." Eriol said while he put on his coat, and began to put various objects into his coat pockets.
"A hidden power?" Sekai rested his chin on his hand, and thought deeply. "And I guess the Clow cards were passed to her in order for her to protect that power?"
"That assumption is up to you. I do not know Clow Reed's intentions when he chose Sakura as the successor of the cards." Eriol smiled. "However, if she is able to master that power, than it will be first step in ending that man's dream."
Sekai scoffed at Eriol's response. "You are always a very secretive one. By the way, are you going somewhere?" Sekai asked, seeing Eriol looking like he was getting ready to leave.
"That is because we are going to go somewhere very shortly." Eriol's glasses glimmered as he answered.
"What do you mean by "we"?" Sekai remarked.
"Me and you, side by side, together." Eriol said while Sekai's face turned green.
Eriol walked back to the table, his carefree face changing into a serious expression. "In all due seriousness, we need to get out of here pretty soon. He had probably tracked you all the way to this location."
As soon as Eriol finished his sentence, a foreign and familiar magical presence penetrated the room.
"This disgusting magical signature;" Sekai stood up on guard. "It's him, isn't it?"
The air and space in front of the two people in room began to distort as magical energy radiated volatilely from it. A dark scar started to appear from the distorted space, like if there was a tear in time and space itself.
"So how do we leave here?" Sekai asked.
In a completely calm demeanor, Eriol reassured Sekai. "I had already planned and prepared for this certain occasion." Eriol's smile widened into a grin.
'"The key that hides the powers of darkness. Reveal your true form to me. I, Eriol, command you under our contract. Release!" Eriol summoned his staff and tapped it against the wooden floor.
The floor began to glow beneath Sekai and Eriol as bright lines of light appeared on the floor, forming a complex pattern. The bright lines swerved and converged until it formed a magical circle.
"You set up a teleportation circle?" Sekai remarked.
"I created this one because I had already foreseen this situation awhile," replied Eriol.
"And where are we going?" Instinctively, Sekai got a bad feeling about this.
"I'm sure you would remember it." Smiling mischievously, Eriol looked at Sekai, which only increased Sekai's feeling of apprehension.
A bright light of enveloped the two magicians, and they disappeared.
When they re-materialized, Sekai was blinded by the sun. It was just night, and now it is the middle of day, which meant they traveled a long distance.
They were in the middle of a flat clearing, with a few wooden debris scattered around.
"Where is this?" Sekai asked.
"This is where my old mansion used to be in Japan," said Eriol as he observed the remnants of his mansion.
"Wait, your old mansion? Don't tell we are in Tomoeda," groaned Sekai.
"Is there a problem with that?" Eriol raised an eyebrow at him.
"Why yes actually, there is. You see, because of you, I am technically a wanted pedophile that breaks into little girls' room at night and assaults them in this city." Sekai answered with a venomous tongue towards Eriol.
"You sure leave a lasting impression in the places you had gone," said Eriol, looking more entertain than guilty for what had happen to Sekai.
"This is reason why I wanted to avoid you as much as I can. Everytime I do something for you, something bad always happens to me," remarked Sekai with a depressed sigh.
'So, what are we doing here exactly?" Sekai continued.
"We are waiting for the others to arrive." Eriol said.
A black limousine pulled up in front them, and a young girl with light violent hair emerged from the door.
"Hello Tomoyo-san, long time no see, and you are as beautiful as ever," greeted Eriol.
"It is nice to see you too, Eriol, and…" Tomoyo's voice trailed off as she saw the man standing beside Eriol, and took a step back.
Kero emerged from Tomoyo's purse. "What is he doing here, he's the enemy." Kero exclaimed.
Eriol, seeing Tomoyo's and Kero's reactions after seeing Sekai, tried to explain.
"Don't worry, he is with me," stated Eriol.
"But he hurt Sakura-chan badly." Tomoyo said.
"So you did. Sekai-san." Eriol smirked at him. "You really do have a reputation for leaving a lasting impression."
Covering his eyes from the blinding sunlight and ignoring Eriol sarcastic remarks, Sekai apologized to her. "Sorry for hurting your fiend. It was just a misunderstanding and things just simply got out of hand."
"Well, if Eriol say so, then I guess it's alright." Tomoyo did not know what kind of misunderstanding would send her best friend hospitalized for four days. However, since Eriol seemed to trust him, she assumed that he is not dangerous, but she was cautious around him to be safe.
"I still don't trust him." Kero said, but like Tomoyo, he trusted Eriol's judgment.
"Are we still waiting for someone else?" Sekai asked after looking around the green field.
A young boy turned around the corner and walked towards the trio. His hair was light brown, and his matched the color of his hair. His eyes were full of determination, pride, and loyalty. He was wearing Chinese garments, and his muscles showed through his clothing. At a glance, Sekai knew this kid was no ordinary kid, but a capable warrior.
"I also haven't seen you for a long time, Li-san. I am glad that you had received my letter in time."Eriol greeted him with his usual smile.
Syaoran glared at Eriol with displeasure. "Before we start, I only came back to Japan to help Sakura, and not you. In fact, the last thing I want is to be involved with you."
Tomoyo giggled a bit towards Syaoran's affection for Sakura. On the other hand, Sekai was happy that someone else shared the same opinions towards the devil magician.
"Don't be so mean, Li-san. We are all friends here." Eriol said teasingly.
Syaoran looked at the group of people, and noticed someone important was missing.
"Where is Sakura?" Syaoran asked.
"Sakura is still sleeping at my place the last time I checked up on her before coming." Tomoyo answered. "She is not feeling so well."
"Is she alright?" Syaoran immediately asked.
"Yes, she hit her head…" Tomoyo turned and saw Eriol signaling her to keep Sekai and Sakura confrontation a secret. "She hit her head during cheerleading practice, and was resting at my place."
She understood why Eriol wanted it to keep it a secret, since Li-kun would probably instantly murder Sekai once he found out about it.
"She is still as clumsy as always." Syaoran muttered to himself as walk hastily towards the car. "She should be taking better care of her body."
Noticing that he was the only one walking, Syaoran turned around.
"Are you guys coming?" Syaoran asked.
"I love Li-kun's flustered face when he is worried about Sakura-chan." Tomoyo giggled.
They arrived at Tomoyo's mansion, and proceeded to the room where Sakura was sleeping. Upon entering the room, the group was surprised that Sakura's bed was empty.
"Oh, Miss Daidoji." A passing maid called out to Tomoyo.
"Miss Kinomoto had just woken up shortly after you left. She is in the dining hall currently." The maid reported.
Tomoyo thanked the maid for reporting to her, and led the group towards the dining hall.
Sakura was resting on one of Tomoyo's luxurious sofas, which probably cost as much as everything in her house combined. She closed her eyes to rest them, but she did not fall asleep knowing that she would probably dream up something unpleasant again.
After she felt Clow Reed's presence a short while ago, she knew something important was happening while was sleeping. "I wonder what is going on," she thought.
The sound of an opening door alerted her, and she opened her eyes.
At first, Sakura thought she was hallucinating when she saw the person by the door. She blinked her eyes a few times to make sure it was real.
"Syaoran?" Sakura said in disbelieving voice. She instantly got up from the coach, but she lost her balance as soon as she stood up.
Syaoran darted towards Sakura, and quickly caught her before she hit the ground. He quickly pull her towards his chest and gave her a warm embrace.
This was the greatest surprised Sakura ever had in her life. He was the person she wanted to see most at the moment, especially with all the bad things that happened so far. Sinking in to the gentle embrace, she felt herself start to relax and worries started to fade away.
Noticing how weak she felt in his arms, Syaoran examine her thoroughly.
When he heard from Tomoyo that Sakura got injured during practice, he expected only a few bruises or a sprained ankle, but nothing this bad. "How the hell did you get this injured from cheerleading?" Syaoran inquired skeptically.
She looked up at Syaoran, "Cheerleading?" She said in a confused tone.
Catching Tomoyo at the corner of her eye, she saw her telling her with her hand signals to play along with the story.
"Um…I tripped and fell during practice," Sakura said.
Syaoran glared at her suspiciously. "Is that really what happen? I had never seen someone getting this injured just by falling."
Sakura felt a sweat drop as Syaoran stared at her with piercing eyes. "It was a new complicated stunt," remarked Sakura while avoiding eye contact with Syaoran.
Sensing that Sakura was having some trouble, Eriol came to intervene. "Hello Sakura-san, I told you we will meet again someday." He interjected as he came up from behind Tomoyo.
"Eriol-kun!" She said gleefully and mentally thanking him for changing the subject.
Her gaze turned to the person behind Eriol, who hiding standing close sheepishly close to the door, and her body tensed. She immediately grabbed the star key hanging around her neck.
She looked at Eriol, and he gave her an assuring smile that the man was not dangerous. Turning her head to Tomoyo, she was also giving her a thumb up that said everything is okay. She relaxed her body, and moved her hand away from her star key, but her eyes are still trained on Sekai's movements.
"Do you two know each other?" Syaoran asked noticing Sakura's jumpy reaction to the sight of Sekai.
"No." Sekai boldly stated, denying the fact that he attacked her a few days ago.
As Syaoran was about to ask more questions, he was interrupted again when Kero sprouted from Tomoyo's bag.
"Sakura! I was so worried about you!" Kero yelled as he threw towards her.
"Kero-chan!" Noticing the bandage on one of Kero's arms, she wondered if he was hurt. "What happened to your arm Kero? Are you okay?" Sakura looked at the bandaged arm with concern.
"Don't worry about it, it is fine," said Kero as he flex his muscles to show he was completely well.
However, that didn't completely erase the worried look on Sakura's face.
Hovering slightly above Sakura, Kero gave her a pat on her head. "I'm really alright, Sakura."
Seeing that Kero was trying to cheer her up, she let out a smile.
Being surrounded by friends that she loved, she knew that whatever troubles lie ahead, everything would surely be alright.