Konnichiwa minna-san! This chapter once again includes a dream sequence the italics symbolize what is going on in the dream and the regular font style indicates a disembodied voice. I believe that is all.

Disclaimer: I only own the coal monster. The rest of the characters belong to CLAMP, not me.

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Chapter Six: Allow Me to be Your Shoulder to Cry On

Yue found himself sitting near the top of Tokyo Tower. He felt weak and tired and he closed his eyes.

"I can help you with that problem."

"What problem?" Yue asked

"Your energy problem."

"I have plenty of energy." Yue lied his energy was quite low.

"Not right now. Your energy reserves are quite low."

"It's the new moon."

"So you're now admitting to being low on energy?"

"I am not."

"Your master is not giving you an adequate amount of power."

"I am receiving enough power form Sakura-chan."

"But are you satisfied with the amount of power you are receiving? I can give you more power than you can imagine."

"I'm fine with the amount of power I have."

"Are you sure?"

Before Yue could answer he felt something bind around his wrists and ankles. He tried to struggle but the little energy he had was being drained from him. Then power flooded his body. It was far too much for him to handle and he screamed. He tried to expel the magic but it was no good, the magic held strong.

"Good boy, good boy! Now who is Sakura-chan?"

"The enemy." Yue said in a tone of voice that was much darker than his normal tone.

"Good, good, now who am I?"

"Mistress."

"Good, now go destroy Sakura."

"Yes mistress." Yue saw Sakura at the foot of the tower and he swiftly flew to the ground.

"Yue-kun, where have you been?" She said, "I was worried about you." She took as step back as Yue brought his bow up and aimed an arrow at her head at point blank range. "Yue-kun what…what are you doing?" Sakura turned her back towards Yue and ran, she had a feeling that he had no idea about what he was doing. She then turned to face him and he released the arrow. "Yue-kun what's wrong…Yue-kun!"

Yue heard the arrow hit its mark and pain exploded in his head and nausea washed over him. He clutched his head and screamed in pain. He then fell to his knees holding his stomach trying to hold back its contents…"Yue-kun!" He could feel his stomach's contents rise in his throat and he put his hand to his mouth willing himself not to be sick…someone was nudging his shoulder…the feeling to be sick was slowly receding…his arm was throbbing painfully… "Yue-kun, wake up!" The nausea was slowly rising again…there was a sharp pain in his right arm and his eyes snapped open.

"Yue-kun what's wrong?" Sakura asked as Yue opened his eyes and looked at her.

"Nightmare…" He muttered. He felt very sick, the dream scared him greatly. He knew that at full power he would be able to severely injure someone, and Sakura was no exception. He could feel the nausea building again.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Sakura asked gently wiping the sweat off of Yue's forehead with a damp cloth.

"No…" Yue mumbled. Just thinking about the dream was causing his nausea to build. He also noticed that he was shaking uncontrollably which was also causing the nausea to build. "Sakura-chan…I feel sick…"

Sakura gave the sympathetic look that she was famous for and placed her hand on his forehead, "You don't seem to have a fever," Sakura said, "You're probably just low on energy." Yue could feel himself calming as Sakura had her hand on his forehead. His nausea was waning and he was no longer shaking. Sakura went to remove her hand when Yue grabbed her wrist, "Yue-kun, what's wrong?"

"Keep your hand there," Yue said, "It feels good." He then turned away from Sakura, "Sakura-chan if I were to ever hurt you, would you hate me?" As he asked this question the nausea was threatening him again.

"Yue-kun, I would never hate you," Sakura said, "no matter what you were to do to me." She paused, "Yue-kun what's on your mind?"

"In my dream…I hurt someone I care for," He muttered as the nausea built up again, "It scared me…I know what I'm capable of and I'm terrified…" He could also feel tears pooling at the corners of his eyes, "Sakura-chan, I'm scared." His nausea was intensifying and he put his hand to his mouth.

"I know what it's like," Sakura said as she stroked Yue's hair, "I had a dream like that too. It's terrifying, especially when the person you've hurt is a person you love dearly." She paused as Yue moved his hand, "That also might be why you're feeling sick. Sometimes what you see in a dream can scare you so much that you feel sick when you wake up."

"Sakura-chan," Yue said quietly still trying to ignore the nausea, "Why does my arm hurt?"

"You got attacked," Sakura said, "Do you remember?"

"Barely," Yue said, "I remember…a searing pain in my arm and a slight pain in my side," he paused the sick feeling in his stomach was receding, "I remember falling then nothing. My side doesn't hurt, but my arm…"

"May I see your arm," Sakura asked, "I'll try not to hurt you."

Yue nodded, "Please be careful," He said, "It's really sensitive."

Yue's injured arm was across his stomach, it was swollen. Sakura gently slid her hand under Yue's wrist and the up to his elbow. She gently lifted it up off of Yue's stomach and he winced, "I'm sorry," she said, "Can you sit up." Yue slowly sat up and winced again. Sakura gently began applying pressure to his hand then up to his wrist and then slowly up his arm. Halfway between Yue's wrist and elbow Sakura hit a spot that caused Yue to cry out in pain. "Right there huh? Can you move it?"

Yue tired to extend his arm and his face paled, "I can't," He said, "It hurts."

"I think that you've broken your arm," She said as she continued to check his arm. Halfway between Yue's elbow and shoulder he winced again, "There too, does it hurt as bad?"

"No not nearly," Yue said, "Could you do something about the pain?"

"I can immobilize it," Sakura said, "But that's all I can do right now." She gently moved Yue's arm back to its original position against his stomach. She ran to her room and began to rummage around in her room causing Cerberus to wake.

"Sakura it's too early to be awake," Cerberus said, "What are you doing anyway?"

"Kero-chan, Yue-kun is awake and I need you to talk with him," Sakura said, "He had a nightmare and he won't tell me what happened. The dream must have really bothered him because he kept on putting his hand over his mouth, holding his stomach and he said once that he was feeling sick."

"He wouldn't tell you what he was dreaming about?" Cerberus asked.

Sakura shook her head as she found a stiff piece of cardboard, "He just asked me if I would hate him if he were to ever hurt me," Sakura said, "Then he said that in his dream he hurt some he cared for."

"I'll talk to him." Cerberus said as he left the room. He then entered his brother's room, "How are you feeling?"

"Oniisan, my arm hurts." Yue said in an uncharacteristically child-like voice.

"I know," Cerberus said, "Sakura's coming, don't worry she'll help you."

"Oniisan…"

"Yue what's on your mind?"

"I wish…I wish that I could open up to Sakura-chan," Yue said his voice shaking, "I wanted to tell her what I was dreaming about but I couldn't bring myself to…worry her like that."

"Yue…"

"I'm sick of it oniisan," Yue said quietly trying very hard not to cry, "I want to be the person I was before Clow died! I want to love Sakura-chan the way I loved Clow."

"It's alright," Cerberus said, he could see tears running down his brother's face, "You can still be that person."

Sakura stood outside the door. She had tears running down her face from listening to her two guardians talking like that.

"No…" Yue whispered, "That's impossible…I've given that side of my personality to Yukito…I want to be happy oniisan…but for some reason I…I can't." He paused It was getting harder and harder to hold back the tears, "I can't stand it anymore!"

"It's alright," Cerberus said soothingly as his younger brother cried, "It's alright."

Sakura walked into Yue's room and placed her hand on his Shoulder. Yue looked up at Sakura almost like that way a scolded child would look at a parent. He then put his head on Sakura shoulder and cried. Sakura placed her hand on Yue's back, "I'm always here for you Yue," She whispered, "Please allow me to be your shoulder to cry on."

A few minutes later Yue lifted his head off of Sakura's Shoulder, "I'm sorry Sakura-chan." He muttered as dried his eyes.

"Don't apologize," Sakura said, "Everybody cries now and then, Yue-kun. Crying is a part of life. Now let's see what we can do about your arm."

"Sakura-chan," Yue asked, "Did you hear anything?"

"I did," Sakura said, "but we'll talk tomorrow, you're too upset right now." She gently splinted Yue's arm. "You'll just have to be careful with it."

"Sakura-chan," Yue said, "I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble."

"It was no trouble at all," Sakura said, "Don't worry about it Yue-kun, just try to get some sleep."

"I'm not very tired," Yue said, "I've slept more than I've been awake for that past couple of days."

"Yue-kun you should really try to get some sleep," Sakura said, "Tomorrow is the new moon."

"I've slept for far more time than I need," Yue said, "I'm not tired."

"Yue-kun you've been sick," Sakura said, "You usually when you're sick you need more sleep than normal."

"Are Eriol and the other's staying here?" Yue asked trying to change the subject.

"Yes, they are." Sakura answered.

"Does he have any idea why I was sick?" Yue asked.

"No, he doesn't;" Sakura said, "Now you shouldn't worry about that at the moment."

Yue sighed and turned away from Sakura.

"Yue-kun," Sakura said, "What's wrong?"

"The other day you were right," He said quietly, "I wasn't well. I told your father that I had been feeling sick and hiding it. I thought it was because of the new moon, I didn't know that I was actually sick."

"You need to stop worrying," Sakura said. "You'll feel sick again."

"Sakura-chan…"Yue said, "You heard everything didn't you."

Sakura sighed, "Yes I did," She said, "But I don't want you to think about that now. I want you to sleep."

"Have you been having nightmares?" Yue asked.

"Yue-kun," Sakura said sternly, "I do not want you to worry about anything but getting yourself to sleep."

"Yue," Cerberus said, "You need to listen to Sakura. You are going to be in a horrible mood tomorrow if you don't get to sleep. I've known you for your entire life and I know how you get during this time. I also know how you get when you are overtired and the combination is not a good one. Do you really want to feel sick again?"

"I'm not tired." Yue said.

"Yue-kun," Sakura said as she held her hand in front of Yue's face, "I will force you to sleep if it comes to that."

Yue turned his head away from Sakura, "I'm not tired."

"I'm sorry but this is for your own good." Sakura said as she began the spell.

Yue braced himself to fight the spell and as soon as he began to feel tired he forced up a barrier. He heard Sakura gasp as she met the resistance. After a minute Yue began to get drowsy again and he strengthened his shield. The longer he held the shield the harder it became.

"Yue I don't know why you're fighting," Cerberus said, "But you don't have the energy or power to fully resist."

Yue felt Sakura increase the intensity of the spell, only this time he was at the limit of his power. It took only a few seconds for his shield to falter and the exhaustion was beginning to set in. He tried hard to hold his lapsing shield and finally after ten seconds more he dropped his shield and gave in.

When Sakura saw that Yue was no longer awake she dropped her hand and fell to her knees from exhaustion. "I didn't expect him to fight back," Sakura said, "He didn't really seem strong enough to fight me."

Cerberus sighed, "He pushed himself to the limits of his power," he said, "Yue's not going to be well tomorrow."

"He's not going to have a fever tomorrow, is he?" Sakura asked, "I couldn't deal with that again."

"Oh no," Cerberus said, "He'll just be low on energy, kinda irritable, but he shouldn't feel sick." Sakura went into the closet and got two blankets and a pillow and set them on the floor, "What are you doing?"

"I think it would be best if I stayed in here with him," Sakura said as she set up the makeshift bed, "He needs support right now. Good night Kero-chan."

Cerberus sighed, flew over to his brother's bed, "Sleep well Yue." He whispered.

Okay this is my shortest chapter thus far. I'll try to update more with summer vacation.

K.F.1