Konnichiwa Minna-san! I'm back! And I apologize for the wait but college, work, karate and six other fics have taken over my life. I don't really have much to say about this chapter so after the disclaimer, which is kinda pointless but it's gonna stick around 'til the end, you can get started. Of course you could always skip the disclaimer, if you're reading this chapter, odds are you've read the first twenty-nine so you probably know that…well you get the point.

Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura or the characters, but the plot and Ciara are mine.

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Chapter Thirty: Eclipse

Sakura woke with a start. She could feel the traces of the Return and Windy cards' magic in the room.

"Windy-san," She said, "What was that?"

"That was what Hiiragizawa-sama, Cerberus-sama, Yue-sama, Nakuru-sama and Spinel-sama wanted to know," Windy said, "Let them know tomorrow."

"Okay," Sakura said.

"Keep an eye on Yue-sama tomorrow," Windy said as she departed, "He will have some trouble."

"What do you mean Windy-san?" Sakura asked.

"Just be there for him."

Sakura sighed as she settled back into bed. //What does Windy-san mean?// She thought as she closed her eyes and fell back to sleep.

Yue woke the next morning feeling rather sluggish and exhausted. He knew he wasn't sick but he wasn't feeling well at all. He opened his eyes and found that Sakura was still asleep. Not wanting to wake the girl on her day off, he slowly stood up and walked from the room.

"Good morning Oniisan!" Nakuru called as Yue entered the kitchen.

"Good morning," Yue muttered.

"Eh, what's wrong?" Nakuru asked, "You look kinda sick."

"I'm just tired," Yue said, "I'm not sick."

"Were you up all night again?" Nakuru asked looking kind of skeptical.

"No," Yue said, "I slept."

"I find that hard to believe," Cerberus said as he looked at his younger, "You really look awful. You should go back to bed for a while Yue."

"I said I was fine!" Yue snapped.

"Yeah," Nakuru said, "I'll believe that, the day I start using sun based magic."

"Imotosan!" Yue snapped.

Then before any of the guardians could say anything the three of them experienced headaches so severe they fell to their knees.

"What…what is this…?" Yue gasped as he clutched his head, "Oniisan…what is this…"

"I don't know, Yue," Cerberus said.

"Help me…oniisan…" Yue murmured. Then his power levels shifted beyond his control.

"Yue," Cerberus called as his brother grew silent, "Yue, what's wrong?" He then began to panic as Yue began to scream. "Yue!"

"Oniisan!" Yue screamed, "Help me! It hurts! Please do something about it!"

"I can't Yue," Cerberus said tiredly. As Yue's power levels were spiking, Cerberus' power levels were falling, "I don't have any energy…"

Oniisan!" Yue screamed then he fell silent.

"Yue…Yue are you alright?" Cerberus called, "Yue please answer me…Yue…Yue…No, don't…!"

"KERO-NII!"

Sakura woke to a loud crash and several screams. She quickly got out of bed and hurried out of the room. She found that both Ruby and Yue had their daggers drawn and were trying to hold the other one off.

"Kero-chan, what's going on here?" She asked.

"It's a solar eclipse," Cerberus muttered, "Yue can't handle the amount of magic he has right now. He's out of control…I have almost no energy right now…I can't do anything to help him. But whatever you do, do not use any of the cards. The cards under my sign can't be used and the cards under Yue's sign will just get thrown back at you."

"Yue stop this!" Ruby growled. She was struggling. Yue had her beat when it came to power normally, now she really didn't stand a chance. She gasped as Yue opened his free hand and prepared to fire several shards at her. Not having any other choice, she slammed Yue's wing joint with her free hand. He hissed in pain and Ruby was able to get away, "Yue please try to control yourself! You're going to hurt one of us!"

Yue quickly recovered and fired several shards at Ruby's wings forcing her to revert to her temporary form. He approached her and held his hand out again.

"Yue-kun, stop this!" Sakura called.

He turned his attention away from Nakuru and focused on Sakura. He opened his hand again and fired at Sakura.

"Yue-kun what are you doing!" She cried as a shard skimmed her face, "It's me Sakura!"

"Sakura-chan, get away from him!" Nakuru yelled, "He's not himself right now! He'll attack you!"

Sakura stood her ground as Yue approached her, "Yue-kun…" She muttered as he brought out his dagger. She then threw herself at him and wrapped her arms around his neck, "Stop it please." For a second Sakura thought that her tactic had worked but then she felt a sharp pain travel down her back as Yue slashed at it. She struggled to get away from Yue but the pain in her back was making it very difficult. "Yue-kun!"

Yue was just about to attack Sakura again when Eriol stepped in front of him, "I believe that it would be best, if you slept for a while." He held his hand in front of Yue's face and the rampaging guardian slumped to the floor unconscious.

"Eriol-kun," Sakura gasped, "What did you do?"

"Don't worry he's just asleep," Eriol said, "He'll wake when the sun comes back. Are you alright Sakura-san?"

"Yeah," Sakura said as she slowly sat up, "My back hurts a bit. How are you feeling this morning Eriol-kun?"

"I completely fine," Eriol said, "Thank you for yesterday. Nakuru, are you alright?"

"I'm a bit shaken up," She said, "But I'm fine."

"Alright," Eriol said, "I'm going to clean up. He really made a mess in here. Sakura-san, do you want me to do anything about your back?"

"No, it's fine," She said as she took notice of the lightening sky.

Yue came around feeling about ten times worse than he felt when he had woken up that morning.

//What happened…?// He thought as he struggled to open his eyes.

"Yue, are you awake?"

Yue slowly opened his eyes and immediately felt sick to his stomach.

"What…what have I done…?" He then clamped his hand to his mouth as the contents of his stomach refused to stay down.

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

"I'm…going to…be sick…" He chocked trying to keep his stomach contents down just until he got to the washroom. He then ran from the room hoping to make it in time.

"Yue-kun!" Sakura cried as Yue ran from the room.

"Leave him be," Eriol said, "If he finds out he injured you, he's really going to lose it."

"I don't care," Sakura said as she stood up and ran to the washroom after Yue.

//I really hope Yue doesn't do what I think he might do…// Eriol thought as he began a spell that would hopefully prevent Yue from expelling his magic.

"Yue-kun!" Sakura called as she got to the lock washroom door, "Open this door right now!"

"Go away," Yue called weakly from the other side.

"Yue-kun!" Sakura said sternly, "If you don't open this door right now, I will use the Through card to get in there!"

Yue didn't answer but Sakura heard the door unlock. She opened the door and found Yue sitting against the wall near the toilet. He face was ashen and sweaty. Sakura sighed, "Yue-kun," She said as she ran a face towel under cold water then walked up to him and pressed it to his forehead, "Are you alright?"

"What did I do to you?" He asked softly.

"Nothing," Sakura said, "I'm fine, don't worry about it."

"You're lying," Yue said, "Why is the back of your shirt ripped?"

"It snagged on something," Sakura said, "It's an old shirt."

"I don't believe you," Yue said, "Turn around."

"Yue-kun," Sakura said, "It's nothing."

"Sakura-chan," Yue said as he moved to stand up when he saw the gashes on her back, "What…what did I do to you…" He clamped his hand over his mouth again, leaned over the toilet and threw up again.

Sakura sighed, "It's not that big of deal Yue-kun," Sakura said as she rubbed his back, "I'm fine."

"It is a big deal Sakura-chan," Yue said as he coughed, "I hurt you."

Sakura sighed, "You had no idea what you were doing when you did this," Sakura said sternly. "I want you to forget about it and I forbid you to expel your magic."

Yue sighed, "Turn around," he said.

"Why?" Sakura asked.

"Just turn around," Yue said.

Sakura sighed and did what she was told to do. She then felt a shift in Yue's magic and an odd almost pins and needles sensation in her back. When the sensation lessened, she turned just in time to see Yue slide down the wall unconscious. "What did you do?" She asked. Then she realized that her back was no longer burning. She smiled lightly, "You used up all your energy sealing the cuts on my back."

"Sakura-chan!" Nakuru called from the other side of the door.

"Sakura! Is Yue alright!?"

Sakura held out her hand and opened the door, "Yeah," Sakura said, "He just needs to rest a bit."

"What happened?" Nakuru asked.

"He used up his energy sealing the cuts on my back," Sakura said, "Are you two alright?"

"Yeah," Nakuru said, "It's only a few cut and scrapes for me."

"I'm fine," Cerberus said, "I just needed to wait for my power levels to return to normal."

"That's good," Sakura said, "Nakuru-chan, can you help me bring him to the guest room?"

"Sure," Nakuru said as she walked up to her older brother and carefully picked him up, "He should be fine in a little while. Just let him sleep a bit."

"Okay," Sakura said.

"Oh and Eriol wants to speak with you," Nakuru said, "Don't worry about Oniisan; I'll bring him to his room. Go and talk to Eriol."

Sakura nodded then walked from the room to the kitchen where Eriol was sitting.

"Sakura-san," Eriol said, "How did you mange to tell Yue about the scratches on your back without having him expel his magic?"

"I forbid him to do it," Sakura said, "I told him that it wasn't his fault and that I forbid him to expel his magic."

"Good," Eriol said, "He won't be able to disobey those orders. Is Yue alright?"

"He made himself sick and he used the rest of his energy to seal the scratches on my back, but aside from that, I think he's alright." Sakura said. "That reminds me, I have a bit of information that I think you and Kero-chan will find interesting."

"Really?" Eriol asked.

"Windy-san told me to tell you about it so when Kero-chan comes back I'll tell," Sakura said.

"Okay," Eriol said wondering what Sakura had to tell him.

After a few minutes Cerberus and Nakuru reentered the room.

"Kero-chan," Sakura said, "Don't go back to your games. I have something very important to tell you."

"What is it Sakura?" Cerberus asked.

"I have the information you wanted to know," Sakura said, "At least that's how Windy-san worded it."

"What do you mean?" Cerberus asked.

"Wait," Eriol said, "I think this may have something to do with the dream I had the other night. Sakura-san, do you have any information on a girl that was living with Clow aside from Kaire?"

"Yes," Sakura said, "I do. Here name was Ciara. She was put in charge of Yue-kun until he developed magic. And she was Clow-san's daughter."

No one spoke for quite a while.

"Clow's daughter…" Cerberus said, "He had a daughter?"

"Yue-kun was really young," Sakura said, "Maybe about three years old or so."

"Looks like I can't be of any help," Nakuru said, "That was way before my time."

"I think Clow-san ended up having to seal her away," Sakura said, "She found out about me and took her anger out on Yue-kun."

Eriol sighed, "Clow must not have wanted me to remember that," He said, "Because aside from what I saw the other night I don't remember anything about her."

"It was probably traumatic for everyone," Cerberus said, "Especially Clow if he really did have to seal his daughter away."

"I guess you're right," Eriol said, "When I get back home I'll look through all the books Clow left to see if I can find anything."

"Sakura-chan, you said these people are only coming after Yue-kun right?" Nakuru asked, "And it's possible that seals, even ones set by Clow Reed, can be broken right? What happens if the seal breaks and she…Ciara comes after us again?"

"We would have to kill her," Eriol said, "There's no other way to deal with someone who has managed to break such a power seal."

"Kill her?" Sakura gasped, "I…can't kill someone…I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing that I had taken the life of another person."

"You may not have a choice in the matter Sakura-san," Eriol said, "If she does come back for Yue, there's a possibility that if she somehow manages to get Yue's power, she'll more than likely come after you. If Ciara is the one who is hunting Yue, I can almost guarantee that she's only going after Yue to get to you."

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.

"Yue's magic is powerful, but it's not self sustaining." Eriol said, "She would only get a temporary boost in power from Yue's magic but once she uses it up, it won't replenish itself. Even Cerberus' power wouldn't last that long. It would last longer than Yue's magic would but Cerberus too needs to depend on someone for power. She would use the boost in power to kill you for your power, which unlike the guardian's power, is self-sustaining." He paused, "I'm not doing this to scare you Sakura-san. I'm just doing this to inform you as to what might happen in the future."

Sakura nodded, "I'm going to make sure Yue-kun is alright." She said softly.

Eriol sighed as Sakura walked from the room, "I wish I didn't have to put it that way," He said, "But with threats of this nature, a seal isn't going to do anything. There's always a way around a seal, regardless of how complex said seal may be, if you look hard enough, you'll find a way around it. She's going to have to kill the people coming after her, there's no other way."

"There's no way Sakura would be able to do that," Cerberus said, "She would never be the same after doing something of that nature. I mean she was a mess when she finally found out that if he didn't find another source of power Yue would die. Can you imagine what she would be like if she had to kill someone?"

Eriol sighed again, "I know," Eriol said, "But if the person coming after Yue is Ciara then my magic wouldn't work on her. Her powers are sun based Cerberus, your magic would be useless as well. That leaves…"

"Oniichan and me," Nakuru said softly, "Her powers are like Suppi's Sun based but dark oriented, the polar opposite of my powers. I could possibly do it."

"No," Eriol said, "You don't have enough power to do so."

"So that leaves only Oniichan," Nakuru said, "And if I don't have enough power to kill this person, Oniichan couldn't possibly do it."

"Actually, Yue's powers levels are greater than yours," Eriol said, "He might be able to do so."

"But both Yue and Sakura both said that these dreams they've been having have taken place during the new moon." Cerberus said.

Eriol sighed, "That would mean that Yue's powers would be their weakest," he said, "He wouldn't be able to gather enough energy for an attack that is aimed to kill. He would have to use every gram of power in his body and that would kill him as well."

"What are we going to do then?" Cerberus asked, "My little brother and Sakura are in danger?"

"Nothing," Eriol said softly as he bowed his head, "But hope that a solution presents itself before the new moon."

Ooh a Solar Eclipse and a rampaging Yue. Will he be able to forgive himself for hurting Sakura, or will it tear him apart? And what are they going to do about the situation they've managed to get themselves into this time? I don't know when the next chapter will be up so deal with me. But I only have about a month and a half of term left then a month off. I just hope I survive until then...well you know the drill, tell me what you think! :3

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