Konnichiwa!! Welcome to my new fic!! This is an attempt to break my writer's block so I can finish "The Untold Story" (I've had a W.B. since Ch.4)...Ok, here's the summary to my fic:

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Summary -- Sakura is in an abusive relationship, but doesn't have the nerve to leave her malicious and undeserving boyfriend. Syaoran is the only one who can help her. But what will happen to the Clow Cards if she gets severely injured?

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NOTE: DUBBED NAMES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH ORIGINAL ©CLAMP NAMES. SAKURA'S BOYFRIEND'S NAME WAS ALSO CHANGED.

"..." Spoken Words

*...*(w/ italics) Thoughts

~~~~~~~~~ Scene Changes/Flashbacks/change in P.O.V

[...] Authors Notes

Disclaimer: The CCS characters DO NOT belong to me, ok! They belong to Clamp...so please don't sue me!! ^^'

~No Strings Attached ~

Prologue: Underlying Feelings

Sakura sat wearily on the edge of her fluffy pink bed embracing her bruised and battered left arm.

*Sigh....I can't keep letting Ryu [AN: her b/f] continually do this to me...*

Sakura slightly released her arm and examined it.

*Oh man, these bruises are SO noticeable...I...I can't let Syaoran see me like this again...He keeps threatening Ryu...even though Ryu would probably be the one to attempt the following through of the threatening...oh well...I'll bandage it up and go to sleep...this is too much to think about right now..."

Sakura strolled over to her door and vaguely opened it.

"Good, no one's up..." she whispered to herself as she tip-toed across the hall to the pale-colored bathroom.

She quietly opened the door and walked in, shutting it softly behind her.

Slowly she opened one of the drawers and pulled out a couple of white bandages.

*Hmp...Even if they aren't flesh colored, bandages are bandages and they're just as noticeable...* Sakura sighed at the color, but used them anyway, after carefully cleaning up some of the exposed abrasions [AN: sorry if this is too descriptive ^^'].

After she attempted to wrap her trodden left arm, she, once again, attempted to tip-toe across the hall. Just then, she heard someone coming so she silently jumped behind a door and closed it, making sure no sound was made.

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~ Touya's P.O.V ~

*Huh? What was the noise? Maybe I should check it out...*

I slowly around the corner and peeked into and between every crack there was, but I saw nothing.

*Hmp...Probably just Sakura getting home late...I'll have Dad grill her tomorrow....Hee hee....*

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~ Back to 3rd person ~

Touya took one last glance around before turning and entering his room.

*Sigh...That was CLOSE! I could've gotten a MAJOR grilling from Touya...*

_YAWN_

"I guess I should get to sleep," she said yawning once more as she crept out from behind the door and into her dimly lit room.

Just as she re-entered, Kero emerged from his drawer [AN: that IS where he sleeps, right?]

"Sakura Kinomoto, where on earth have you been?!" said a groggy Kero as he rubbed his little black orbs.

Sakura was startled and jumped back with a scream.

"AH! Kero-chan! Don't do that!!!" she said, holding her chest.

Kero flew over to her and stared her in the face.

"So uh, where'd those bandages come from, Sakura? And while we're at the subject, why are you wearing bandages at all?"

Sakura flinched a little at the question.

"Oh these?!" she said, dumbly holding the up to him, "they're just for my arm...I uh...got a really bad cut there from cheerleading and I uh, didn't want it to get infected...he he..."

Kero raised an eyebrow [AN: if that's what you wanna call his lil' lines].

"Uh, Sakura, do you really think I'm that dense? I know that's not from cheerleading practice," he said sternly as he pointed a 'finger' at her arm.

Sakura began to panic.

"Um, what are you talking about, Kero? What makes you think that it's not from cheerleading practice?" she said nervously, shielding her arm from his view.

Kero crossed his arms.

"Well, for one thing, you sound and look as though you're lying, and secondly, Chiharu called; she wanted to know why you weren't at cheerleading practice today."

To Be Continued....

Storyline © Angel: da Newsies fan