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Chapter Twelve: Emotions
That night, Yue did not sleep well. His dreams were plagued by some of the more painful memories from his childhood and the death of his siblings. The worse dream he experienced was a nightmare in which Sakura was telling them that her time on Earth was finished. It was almost the exact same way that Clow had told them, except for the fact that it was Sakura not Clow. When Yue finally woke up, he was panting heavily, shaking uncontrollably and covered in sweat. He slowly sat up and got out of bed with the sole intentions of splashing water on his face and getting something to drink.
He walked out of his room and could hear his older brother's snores from Sakura's open door, 'Strange,' Yue thought, 'Sakura-chan never leaves her door open at night.' He walked over a peaked inside to find that she wasn't there, 'Maybe she fell asleep watching television.' he thought as he went down the stairs. He walked into the living room to find Sakura sitting on the couch watching one of those random late night television game shows.
"Sakura-chan what are you doing up so late?" Yue asked.
Sakura jumped slightly and turned around, "Yue-kun, you startled me," she said, "I couldn't sleep." She looked over at Yue again, "I should be asking you the same question Yue-kun."
"What do you mean?" Yue asked as he sat down next to Sakura.
"Yue-kun, You're white as a sheet," Sakura said, "You're covered in sweat too." She put the back of her hand to his forehead, "You're not warm though, do you feel alright?"
"I had an upsetting dream," Yue said, "It was exactly like Clow's death only it was you telling us that you were going to die that day."
"I would never do the same thing as Clow-san," Sakura said, "That was cruel, what he did to you and Kero-chan."
"But you're a human," Yue said softly lookina away from Sakura, "and eventually you will leave us."
"When my time comes, I'll give you and Kero-chan a choice." Sakura said, "You cold either return to the book to await the next candidate, or I could terminate your life and create a replacement."
"You would do that?" Yue asked astounded.
"Of course," Sakura said, "I don't want you or Kero-chan to be upset about my death. Yue-kun when I first met you, you were absolutely miserable and I don't want to upset you two. I want you to be happy."
Yue smiled lightly and the two sat in silence for a while. Yue looked at the television; he couldn't understand just how people could watch this sort of thing. On the show four contestants were racing in an Olympic sized swimming pool that was filled with blue gelatin dessert. 'Oniisan's dream,' Yue thought as he pictured the look on Cerbreus' face if he was seeing this. He then turned his attention to Sakura. She was gazing at a picture of her mother, "You miss your mother don't you?" Yue asked gently.
"I guess you could say that," Sakura said, "I never had the chance to get to know her. The only reason I know anything about her at all is because otou-san and oniichan talk about her all the time." She paused as tears ran down her cheeks, "I wish I could have known her better…I was only three when she died and…oh Yue-kun…" She put her head on Yue shoulder and cried.
"I know what it's like Sakura-chan," Yue said softly into Sakura's hair, "I know what it's like." Yue sat there embracing Sakura as she cried.
After a while Sakura had fallen asleep, another game show came on and Yue remained awake. With all of the nightmares he had been having he really didn't want to sleep, although his body had different intentions. After about a half an hour, Yue's eyelids were beginning to get very heavy and sleep was becoming more and more inviting. Then an unfamiliar voice jerked him from his fatigue.
"Take care of Sakura-chan for me." The ghost of Nadeshiko Kinomoto materialized in front of Yue.
For some reason Yue could not bring himself to speak to the ghost and could only nod.
Nadeshiko smiled and placed her hand on Sakura's head, "Be a good girl Sakura-chan."
"Okasan…" Sakura muttered in her sleep and Yue smiled lightly.
"You're a good boy, Reed-kun," Nadeshiko said as she placed her hand on Yue's forehead, "You deserve to sleep sound tonight." Yue could feel himself slowly giving in to his extreme exhaustion. "Take care of yourself, Reed-kun," was the last thing Yue heard before his head dipped and his eyelids fell.
The next morning Cerberus woke to find Sakura's bedroom empty. He looked at the clock and saw that it was only six thirty, 'Sakura's never up this early,' Cerberus thought, 'Unless she spent the night in Yue's room, just to make sure his temperature didn't spike.' He flew out into the hall way to find Yue's bedroom door open, he peered inside to find that Yue's bed was both empty and unmade. 'Alright what the hell is going on here?' he thought, 'Yue would never leave his room unless his bed was done up perfectly. Both Yue and Sakura had better be downstairs.'
Cerberus flew down the stairs, and found that Sakura and Yue were asleep in front of the television. Sakura was curled up with her head resting on Yue's lap and Yue was sitting up but sleep. 'Typical Yue,' Cerberus scoffed, 'Always falling asleep in the most uncomfortable looking positions.' Knowing that Yue was a very light sleeper, Cerberus placed his paw on Yue's forehead. Yue stirred and opened his violet-sliver eyes, "If you want to sleep you should try using a bed!" Cerbreus said in a loud, irritated manner.
"Oniisan…" Yue muttered groggily.
"You're not going to get mad at me?" Cerberus asked, "Are you feeling alright or are you just not awake enough to get mad?"
"What do you want?" Yue asked his voice heavily laced with fatigue.
"I want to know why you aren't in your bed," Cerbreus said, 'And I want the truth."
"I couldn't sleep so I came down here." Yue responded, "Sakura was also down here so I stayed with her."
"To do what," Cerberus asked, "Watch television together?"
"Lay off Oniisan," Yue snapped, "Her mother died twelve years ago today."
The irritated look vanished from Cerberus' face and was replaced with a look of sympathy, "Really?" He asked. Yue nodded, "We've know her for about four years now and we never knew…"
"Tomoyo-chan told me yesterday," Yue said, "Why did she not tell us sooner?"
"We'll talk to her later," Cerberus said, "But right now, you and I need to have a little one-on-one discussion. You had another nightmare last night, didn't you?"
"No, I did not." Yue said flatly.
"You are a terrible lair Yue," Cerberus said, "You're pale as a ghost and I could hear you from my bed." Any remaining color that Yue's face held drained completely. "Why must you keep these things to yourself? Sakura and I want to help you but you won't open up."
"Oniisan," Yue said quietly, "My dreams have been plagued by the sight of me brutally attacking Sakura-chan. How am I supposed to tell her that?"
"Like that Yue-kun," Sakura said as she sat up, "I've been listening to you two for a while."
"Did we wake you?" Cerberus asked.
"Not really," Sakura said, "Yue-kun what's the matter?"
"I'm going back to bed," He muttered, "I feel sick…"
"Leave him Sakura," Cerberus said, "He just told us what he had been dreaming about and that is the type of thing he would make himself sick over."
"At least he told us," Sakura said, "he told me about the nightmare he had last night. He said that it was like when Clow-san died only it was me telling you two about it."
"What did you tell him?" Cerberus asked.
"I said that I would give both of you a choice," Sakura said, "I said that you could either go back to the book to await the next candidate or I could terminate your lives and create new guardians."
"What did he say?" Cerberus asked.
"Nothing really," Sakura said, "He kinda just gazed at the television after I told him. What do you think Kero-chan?"
"I think that is a good idea," Cerberus said, "Because I don't think Yue would be able to survive another drastic change in his magic. Yue's mind is rather weak, I mean his magic is strong but mentally he wouldn't be able to handle another master. Clow once told me that Yue's magic would hold up for several hundred more years; however at that time he didn't know just how emotionally attached Yue would be to him." He paused, "Just like me…"
"Kero-chan you were emotionally attached to Clow-san?" Sakura asked.
"No," Cerberus said, "I am not emotionally attached to Clow… I am emotionally attached to Yue."
I'm ending it there for today. This was a short but deep chapter and I don't really have much to say about this chapter. So you know the drill, keep me happy by reviewing and I'll update faster.
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