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A.N. Takes place way way into the future, think Star Wars. Well star wars was in another galaxy, in the past, years ago, but well how far into the past star wars was, is how far into the future the fic is.
It was the year 17 A.G.W (A.N. A.G.W. stands for after great war) and peace was a nice feeling that was finally beginning to sink in. After all of the revolts and harsh civil wars, the people of Earth began to unite and trust each other again.
The wicked Emperor Sorkin had been defeated in the Great War and put to death for all the evil acts he subjected the people of the Empire to. His top advisors and those of highest ranking in his court and army were all executed or imprisoned for life. There was no discussion about their punishment, everyone thought that they got exactly what they deserved for all the misery they caused. There was just one thing people didn't agree on and that was the releasing of Racken, Sorkin's battle coordinator. He was set free because he pleaded that he was forced into the position, but many knew he was lying. Almost everyone knew he was malevolent and that he was probably just as horrible as Sorkin. Rumors and stories had it that he had been attacking the Enchanters and kidnapping their children to find the new Jekayzies (the two special Enchanter children born every other generation to take the place as leaders of the clan) and people resented him for it. The Enchanters were good people, strong warriors, and powerful magicians who helped as well as protected those who deserved it.
All Enchanters had magic, but two children were born to two random couples every other generation and they possessed great magic and became the leaders of the clan after proper training and passing tests. All accounts of Racken's wrong doings were suppressed, however, since there was no proof. After he was set free, he just disappeared and nothing was heard of him for years until he surfaced again 5 years ago looking for something important and no one quite knew what.
And so our story begins, in a quiet valley close to the mountain pass. Up in a tree, a girl of 17 sat on a branch reading a book. Her clothes consisted of a tight, white sleeveless shirt and faded jeans that were close-fitting at the top and ever so slightly flared at the ends. She had light auburn hair that was wavy, and in some places, curled. It glistened gold in the sun giving her an elegant look. Her tresses reached to the end of her shoulder blades and were in a loose half ponytail. Her stunning deep, emerald eyes concentrated on the book intently. She was so distracted by her book that she didn't notice the 18-year-old brunette boy walking up right under the tree.
His hair was short and messy and it reflected a lighter brown when the sun's rays danced on each lock. His clothes consisted of a white t-shirt, baggy jeans, and a blue long sleeved flannel shirt. He smirked to himself while looking at the girl.
"Sakura!!" he yelled startling her to the point where she fell out of the tree only to be caught in the strong arms of the boy.
"Syaoran! Did you have to scare me like that?" Sakura questioned as she looked into his deep chestnut colored eyes.
"Yes, you should be on guard at all times, even while reading your favorite book." Syaoran said as he glanced at the book in her hand explaining his answer.
"I know, but why should I when you're always there protecting me?" She questioned as he slowly set her feet on the ground, but not removing his hands from around her waist. Sakura turned towards him and kissed him adoringly while she played with his hair. When they released, he just grinned at her and she had to smile seeing his charming expression.
"Come on, Lorka needs us. A brand new batch of pilots has just arrived." Was all he said as he held her hand and led her back to the two-building complex. The first, smaller building was a bar and living place for those that worked at the Lorka's. The second, considerably larger building was the hangar where all the repair work, refills, and tune-ups for hovercrafts were conducted.
"Why am I not surprised? A new batch of pilots always just arrives." She said as she glanced at her watch.
Sakura happened to be the bartender at Lorka's and Syaoran worked as a mechanic/pilot in the "craft pit" or so the repair shop was called. Syaoran kissed Sakura briefly on the lips when they were near the door of the bar and walked off towards the craft pit as she ran in through the main doors. As soon as Sakura stepped through the front door of the bar, a vodka bottle was thrown at her and she caught it with ease in her left hand just before it hit the back wall.
"What do you need Tayah?" Sakura asked plainly as she skillfully spun the bottle around on the palm of her hand while walking around to her spot behind the counter.
"Uh, two shots of Vodka, a bloody Mary, two rum and cokes, a scotch on the rocks, a dry bourbon, three whiskies straight up, and a neat strawberry daiquiri." A curly haired blond requested as she served a group of jolly, fat bearded men.
"Coming right up." Sakura sighed. For the rest of the night, Sakura served mixes of drinks, after drink until she thought she would get drunk from just the scent of the alcohol. Finally, by four o'clock in the morning, all of the men in the bar either left or were passed out from the alcohol intake. Sakura finally put down her towel after giving the bar a good wipe down and was getting ready to leave for the night.
"Wait, Sakura!" Tayah yelled as Sakura was about to walk out the door.
"Hmm…? What's the matter Tayah?" Sakura questioned.
"You got a letter today."
"Really? From who?"
"From someone in Mythdelin."
"Oh!! Give it here, that's from my best friend!" Sakura promptly jogged up to Tayah and took the letter from her. She continued to a chair in the corner and sat down. Sakura tore open the letter and pulled out a light violet colored paper. Her eyes started to scan up and down the paper quickly. (A.N. I love the way Japanese and Chinese people write, and it happens to be up and down, right to left, instead of left to right, up and down. So that is how people read written documents in my stories.) As she brushed a lock of hair behind her ear, and her body began to tremble. She rested her elbow on the table as she leaned on her hand and read the rest of the letter. After reading the letter that caused Sakura so much fright, she slowly got up and began to walk toward the craft pit.
Syaoran was busy fixing his last hovercraft of the day. Since he left Sakura to her work, he had repaired and refueled 13 hovercrafts including 7 M359 cargo jet crafts. He was just finishing replacing the blown out transmission when he saw a pair of feet standing in front of him. He slid out from underneath the craft and looked up to see the most beautiful person in the world.
"Hey, Sakura. What's the matter?" He asked noticing the distraught look in her eyes.
"I got a letter from Tomoyo today." Sakura said as she sat down next to him.
"You're usually ecstatic to get a letter from her, what happened? Large Phillip's screw driver please" He requested as he slid back under the craft in order to finish his work.
"Sure. I know, I was happy to get a letter from her, but its what's in the letter that disturbed me." Sakura looked at the screwdriver on the cart about 3 feet away from her and her eyes glowed ice blue. It floated up and over into her awaiting hand. "Here."
"Thanks, what was in the letter? Fusion drill." Syaoran asked curiously as he tightened a screw into place. Sakura's eyes again glowed as she looked at the cart and a strange looking drill floated into the awaiting hand of Syaoran who was now sitting up next Sakura.
"She's worried about us. She wants us to come to Mythdelin because...because Racken's hunting for us again." Syaoran's eyes grew wide.
"What are you talking about?!" Syaoran could barely contain his rage.
"Racken was there, in Mythdelin, asking around about us. He even asked Tomoyo and Eriol about us and searched their house because he thought they were lying." Sakura stated trying not to shake from fear. Syaoran again slid underneath the craft.
"We have to leave. After I finish this, we'll tell Lorka."
Syaoran wrapped his hand around the plug of the drill and green strings of electricity surrounded his palm. Suddenly the fusion drill began buzzing. Within seconds he was finished and he slid from underneath the vehicle. He wiped his hands off on a blue rag as he stood up. Syaoran extended his now mostly clean hand to the waiting Sakura and she gladly accepted. The couple walked back into the bar and knocked on as door in the back.
"Come in!" A male voice yelled. Sakura turned the handle and both walked into the room. "Ah, what brings you to here today?"
"Lorka," Syaoran began, "We have to quit, but before we do, I want to pilot a hovercraft to Mythdelin and from there, one of your partner's pilots can fly it back with other passengers."
"So, you heard Racken was hunting for you guys again." Lorka stated getting questioning expressions from the two teenagers.
"How..how..how.." was all Sakura could say before Lorka cut in.
"When late at night, I see things floating from carts and you (pointing at Syaoran) using electric devices without pluggin' them in, you start to think. You two are those two kids who supposedly blew up Racken's research facility and escaped, aren't you?" Lorka asked trying to confirm his theories.
"Yeah," both answered looking at the ground.
"Wow, who would have known? You two are my best workers and you've been here so long, I feel as if you're my children. I'll see what I can do about the flight and take this." Lorka said handing Syaoran a large tan colored envelope he pulled from his drawer.
"What's this?" Syaoran asked peering inside the envelope. Suddenly Syaoran's eyes opened wide enough to stick a fist in. "We can't take this."
"Of course you can, think of it as advanced pay-checks." Lorka stated leaning back in his chair.
"This is way more than we both make in a month." Sakura said looking into the envelope.
"Then the rest is a Christmas present and birthday presents." Lorka said smiling as he looked at their shocked faces.
"Thank you so much!" Sakura exclaimed as she ran over to Lorka and gave him a hug.
"Ha ha, you're welcome, and remember, you can always come back here. I'll always have job positions and a room open for the both of you." Lorka said with a wide smile.
"Thanks, Lorka. We'll never forget this." Syaoran said as he shook Lorka's hand.
The couple smiled and said thanked him again as they walked out of the office. Sakura and Syaoran walked up the stairs to their room and entered after unlocking the door. Syaoran proceeded to collapse on the bed and Sakura crawled in and laid sideways on his chest. Syaoran put one arm behind his head, under the pillow, and put the other around Sakura 's waist.
"You know Syaoran…." Sakura let the rest hang waiting for Syaoran to answer.
"Hmmm?" He asked as he lifted his arm to play with her hair.
"Running away and hiding, being so scared all brings back bad memories." Sakura said as she traced a long scar down Syaoran's left forearm.
"..painful memories." Syaoran said as he parted Sakura's honey-shaded hair at the base of her neck. He proceeded to trace what appeared to be a deep, crooked scar down her neck.
"I'm scared Shaoran, what if Racken manages to find us and takes us back to Citadel?" Sakura asked with tears brimming her eyes remembering the pain she suffered at the hand of Racken.
"I won't let anybody hurt you, not even Racken. I will protect you forever, I promise." Syaoran swore to Sakura.
"I don't want you to protect me forever, I just want you to be here with me forever." Sakura admitted as a tear fell down her cheek.
"I'm always going to be here for you." Syaoran said as if it were a known fact of life.
"But how do you know that? That's not for sure. Nothing is."
"I don't know. But know this, I will always love you." Syaoran kissed Sakura tenderly on the head.
"And I will always love you." As Sakura said this, Syaoran pulled something out of his pocket.
"Sakura I know our souls are bound together forever. My heart and my soul belongs to you forever and I don't want anyone to take you away from me." Sakura pulled herself up to look at Syaoran with confused, but love-filled eyes.
"I know and I will always belong to you." Sakura replied. Syaoran lifted up his hand to show Sakura an object he was playing with in his hands. It was a beautiful platinum ring that was designed so that two pieces of platinum intertwined around to form the ring. On top was a diamond shaped emerald with long tips at the top of the diamond and at the bottom. Tiny, sparkling diamonds were sprinkled around the emerald like bits of glitter. He spun it in such a way that Sakura could read the inscription, 'I will always love you.' "A…a…ar…are…are you.."
"Will you?" Syaoran asked with hope-filled eyed.
"Yes, Syaoran. Of course I will marry you." (A.N. that was for those slow people out there.) Sakura said as she smiled, tears of joy spilling from her eyes.
Syaoran slipped the ring onto her left hand. (A.N. take a guess which finger.) He was rewarded with a gentle kiss. That gentle kiss soon turned into a deeply passionate one. Neither could hold back the desire they felt for the other. All the pain and fear that they felt before faded away as they drowned in each other's love. Neither could hold back the passion and the need for the other. Neither could resist the temptation to just leave everything behind and feel how much the other loved them. They couldn't resist….just for this one night.
°°¤¤¤°°2 week later °°¤¤¤°°
The sun's rays streamed through the window of the small room. The light played on the walls making odd pictures of distorted objects. Syaoran awoke to hear Sakura's soft breathing on his chest. He smiled at how angelic and innocent she looked as she slept.
"Hey Sakura. Sweetheart you have to get up or we'll be late for work." Syaoran said amusedly at Sakura's resistance to wake up.
"Come on Syaoran, just 5 more minutes please? I had a really late night last night. The men started having a drinking contest with whiskies and bourbons and then they tried to feel up each other so Tayah and I had to force them out the door and you don't even want to know what happened when we got out the poles. You have no id—" Sakura stopped abruptly as Syaoran fought to suppress his laughter. When she looked at him with a quizzical look, he broke out laughing. "Okay, what's so funny mister?" Sakura questioned clearly annoyed.
"It's just that here I've been trying to get you up for a while now and then you try to convince me to let you sleep in and you end up waking your self up completely and you don't even realize it."
"Huh. I didn't realize that either. Maybe I should get up."
"You better. Look at the time." Sakura grabs Syaoran's wrist and pulls it towards her so she can see the time.
"Holy shit! Why didn't you tell me it was so late?" Sakura exclaimed as she made a mad dash around the room to get her hair done and find her shoes. While she was rushing, she missed what Syaoran was saying, but she could always ask him about it later. Within seconds she was out the door, down the hall, and down the stairs before she suddenly stopped. You could hear her stomping all the way back up the stairs and down the hall. The door opened with a loud Bang! Sakura stood in the doorway with a not so pleased look on her face looking at Syaoran sitting up in bed with a smile on his face.
"WHY didn't you tell me that I was still in my nightclothes?" (A.N. I had fun accentuating that sentence) Sakura said as fumed literally wafted from her head.
"Well A) you didn't ask and 2) you were moving way to fast to hear a word I said. I told you three times while you were running around like a chicken with its head chopped off. (A.N. scary thought is that they can actually do that, chickens don't need a head.)
"Hey, I was disoriented. Give me a break." Syaoran got out of bed and stepped onto the wood floor. He wasn't wearing anything other than a pair of boxers. In the new dawn, you could clearly see his well cut abdomen and muscular arms and legs. (A.N. drooool) You could visibly see the tattoo on his left bicep of a dagger with a jagged edge in front of the outlines of a strange symbol. Syaoran's hair was no more unruly than it usually was. Looking at Syaoran's figure made Sakura smile mischievously.
"What?" Syaoran asked walking to the bathroom. He quickly brushed his teeth as Sakura changed out of her PJ's and into her regular clothes. When he stepped out of the bathroom, he was met by the lips of Sakura giving him a deep passionate kiss that was suddenly broken leaving Syaoran unsatisfied.
"Well, I'll see you later, love." Sakura sung happily as she walked out of the room with a spring in her step leaving Syaoran high and dry and wanting more.
"I hate it when she does that." Syaoran growled as he put on his clothes.
When he was done, he quickly ran down the hallway and pounded down the stairs. He looked carefully around the bar for a sign of Sakura. He caught a glimpse of auburn and dashed to the kitchen. Sakura was talking to Mai and Tayah about "girl stuff" when Syaoran grabbed her wrist and whirled her around. She was caught completely by surprise since she hadn't heard him over the hissing of the pots. Syaoran took advantage of her surprised state and pulled her into a fiery kiss that both thoroughly enjoyed. After a about a minute (A.N. that is a pretty long time.) Syaoran gently pulled away from Sakura and slowly opened his eyes. He gave her a quick smirk, grabbed a bagel, and dashed out of the kitchen.
"What was that for?" Tayah asked, clearly entertained by the gesture just given.
"He was getting me back for this morning." Sakura said in a slight daze while a smile grazed her lips.
°¤°¤Outside in the Craft Pit, oh, let's say 4 hours later at 12:00¤°¤°
"Hey Syaoran!" called a spiky black haired guy with goggles on his forehead working on a hover bike. (A.N. think spiky hair like older Gohan's if you don't know who I'm talking about, tell me and I'll e-mail you a picture.)
"What Shiro?" Syaoran answered.
"What was in you this morning?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You know what I mean. Mai told me that you sporadically grabbed Sakura's arm, spun her around, and knock-me-off-my-feet kissed her."
"Oh, that."
"Yeah that! What was with that?"
"And why should I tell you?"
"Because I want to know."
"You and?"
"Me and Mai"
"And?"
"And Tayah."
"Uh hem?"
"And the rest of the guys in here, the girls in the bar, and Lorka, you happy now?"
"Actually I wasn't expecting anymore. I was going to tell you, but now that I know all those people want to know, I'm not telling you."
"Oh, COME ON, Syaoran!!"
"No."
"Syaoran!" Lorka called from outside.
"Yes?" He replied looking out from underneath the 3500 MT Classic hover car.
"Come out here!"
"Why?"
"I want you to meet someone!"
"Okay," Syaoran sighed. "Well, I guess you'll never know." Syaoran patronized Shiro before he left to see who called him outside.
Syaoran walked out of the Craft Pit wiping his hands on his blue rag while Shiro was left behind grabbing his hair and yelling obscenities to the ceiling. As the door closed, a small smirk was seen on Syaoran's face as he shook his head. He looked up to see Lorka talking to a young man, in his early twenties, who was rather tall. The man had short, jet-black hair and looked somewhat muscular. (A.N guess who) To all but the trained eye, like Syaoran, you could not see the hand phaser or various other weapons he was carrying under his long coat. (A.N. like Neo's from the Matrix. Better yet, his entire attire is like Neo's in the part where they rescue Morpheus)
"Ah, Syaoran Li meet Touya Kinigamo." Touya held out his hand to reveal a small tattoo in the shape of a square with the left side protruding longer upwards and the right side protruding longer downwards with a thin ring encircling the symbol at an angle on his wrist as both men grabbed the others wrist with his right hand (A.N. okay, this symbol thingy, think of one L the regular way and another L upside down and backwards so that the short bottom legs touch to form a square with extra pieces hanging off on both sides) "He will be your pilot, the best one I have." Lorka finished.
"Him?? Isn't he sorta…young?" The man named Touya asked with curiosity. All he received in a reply from Syaoran was a cocked eyebrow.
"You asked for my most experienced, my best, pilot. He's it."
"As long as he can get me to Mythdelin in one piece, I'm okay with it."
"Oh, I can get you there." Syaoran said in a challenging voice. The next few minutes were spent looking at the two glaring at each other, neither willing to break for both were too proud to lose.
"Shaoran!" A sweet, angelic voice called that caused Syaoran to immediately snap out of his contest.
"Huh? Oh." Syaoran smiled looking upon the face of his beloved.
"Lunch," Sakura quickly said before giving him a quick peck on the lips and then handing him a closed Tupperware container. (A.N. those things last for years!)
"Thanks, what is it?" he asked as he peered slightly under the lid.
"It's seafood lo-mein. I have to get back to work now." Sakura started to hurry away.
"Hold on a second Sakura!" Lorka yelled and Sakura turned around as the three men walked up to her.
"Yes, Lorka?"
"Is there any food left?"
"No, but I could make you some more if you want."
"Yes, please. Would you like something to eat?" Lorka turned to Touya and asked.
"If you don't mind." Touya said to Sakura.
"Sure," Sakura said as she smiled brightly making her eyes glitter. Touya concentrated on Sakura, on her features, her eyes. 'Green Eyes?'
"Oh! Forgive my manners. Touya, this is Sakura, my head bartender." Lorka apologized for not introducing them earlier. Touya was somewhat lost in thought. 'Sakura? Is he kidding me?!? Am I completely out of my mind???' Touya suddenly snapped back to reality when he saw her hand held out to his.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Sakura smiled as she took hold of his wrist.
"Yeah, same here."
"I guess I'll go and make lunch then. It should be ready in about an hour."
"Thanks, Sakura." Lorka said with a smile.
"Bye, love." Sakura said softly before she kissed him. As Sakura walked away, Syaoran couldn't help but think how beautiful her hair looked as it glittered in the sun and blew in the wind.
"I'm going to take my lunch break now." Syaoran informed.
"Why don't you come with us to the bar and you can eat while we wait for our lunch." Lorka suggested.
"Okay, sure." Syaoran accepted.
"Great! While we're at it, we can talk about the flight details." All three began to walk back to the bar. When they got inside, they took three stools at the bar. Syaoran began to eat as Touya and Lorka began to talk to him about the flight.
"Okay then, flight plans." Lorka announced as he sat down. "What kind of flight would you like? Fast, slow, are you bringing someone else, or flying alone?"
"As fast as possible please and it's just me flying." Touya requested.
Syaoran looked up from his food and asked, "Do you have any special car-"
"AH CHOO!" came from the kitchen and cut Syaoran off in the middle of his sentence.
"….go?" Syaoran looked curiously through the window on the swinging kitchen door. "Sakura, are you okay?" he called.
"Yeah," Sakura yelled, "I'm fine. Some flour from the this morning tickled my nose, that's all."
"Okay. Bless you then." He called back.
"Thanks."
"So, any special cargo?" Syaoran repeated his question.
"Uh…no. Just me and a my bag." Touya remarked after pondering about the question for a second.
"Well, one passenger and small cargo, I guess we can take the Phoenix. What do you think, Lorka?" Syaoran suggested,
"Hey, it sounds good to me." Lorka agreed. The three men sat and made natural conversation about hover cars, planes, and bikes while Syaoran ate every couple of comments. (A.N. cars :drool:) While they were talking about classic cars called vipers, mustangs, and lotuses, Sakura walked in with two plates of lo-mein.
"Here you go, guys." Sakura said as she set down the plates before Touya and Lorka.
"Why, thank you Sakura. It looks delicious." Lorka remarked.
"Wow! It tastes great too. I haven't had good cooking like this since my mom cooked for me when I was 9." Touya complimented.
"Thanks," Sakura blushed slightly before…"ah ah AH-CHOO"
"You aren't coming down with something, are you?" Syaoran asked worriedly.
"Aside from feeling a little funny lately, I don't think so. I bet its nothing." Sakura admitted. This didn't stop Syaoran from walking around the counter to keep her safe.
"You sure?" he asked as Sakura wrapped her hands around his neck and he wrapped his around her waist.
"I'm sure."
"As long as you're sure." Syaoran said softly as he bent down and kissed Sakura. All Touya and Lorka could do was watch as Syaoran slowly brought his hands to Sakura's sides and started tickling her in the ribs. The immediate response out of Sakura was a fit of giggles.
"(ha ha)…Syaoran…(he he)…s…(ha ha)…st..st..(a ha ha ha)…STOP!" Sakura screamed through an uncontrollable fit of giggles. His relentless attack made her stomach hurt from the bouts of laughter. She squirmed and wiggled trying to get out of Syaoran's grasp. After a while, she finally got free and ran a few feet away from him.
"Don't make me hurt you." Sakura said in a teasingly serious tone. (A.N. oxymoron,…I know, I know.)
"I'd like to see you try. I don't think you could bring yourself to do it." Syaoran said as he grinned.
"You're right," Sakura sighed," I'll settle for stealing your heart." Sakura said with small smile.
"Well, I don't think you could steal my heart."
"And why not?" Sakura asked sounding a little angry and hurt, she was almost yelling.
"Because you've had it for years." Syaoran said lovingly.
"Oh Syaoran, you are the sweetest guy in the world." Syaoran gently pulled her towards him.
"You think?" He asked a little teasingly.
"Mm hmm," Sakura hummed before the couple passionately kissed, once again. Syaoran gently pulled out of the kiss.
"If we keep doing that, I'll never want to get back to work."
"You don't have to, I can always keep you hostage." Sakura grinned.
"If you do that, he won't be able to finish fixing the Phoenix." Lorka said a little jokingly from the sidelines.
"Why is he fixing the Phoenix? No one can fly that temper mental old bird except for Syaoran." Sakura turned to Lorka and asked as if he was crazy.
"He is flying it." Lorka said matter-of-factly.
"He's flying me to Mythdelin tomorrow." Touya added.
"Ohh, well I guess I have to let you go." Sakura said sadly with a cute puppy dogface.
"Yeah, I'll see you later." Syaoran sighed. He turned to Touya, "Nice to meet you."
"Same here." Touya replied as he finished up the last bit of his delicious meal.
Syaoran exited out of the bar to start working on the Phoenix. It didn't need that much work since it was practically never used. The extremely temper mental plane never acted up when Syaoran flew it, but if someone else tried, the plane would refuse to run. Sakura picked up the empty plates and went to the kitchen as Lorka went to his back office leaving Touya by himself. After a minute or so, Sakura cam back out and began to wipe off the bar.
"You two are really close, huh?" Touya asked out of the blue.
"Who? Me and Syaoran?" Sakura questioned.
"Yeah."
"Well, let's just say we're as close as anyone could get at this point." Sakura admitted as she showed Touya her engagement ring.
"Woah, you two are engaged?!?!" Sakura just smiled.
"Yeah, Syaoran's my first and only love. I wouldn't dream of anyone putting this ring on my finger except for him."
Touya couldn't help but slightly grin at the girl who was so deeply in love already. He couldn't help but feel a bit overprotective over a girl who was going to get married at such a young age. She could have at least waited a while to make sure that this guy was the right one. From where he came from, men had to prove their devotion in order to receive a girl's hand in marriage from her father. Well, he wasn't back home and she wasn't part of his tribe. Hell, she wasn't even part of his family, but he just couldn't shake the feeling that he was supposed to protect her.
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A.N. Takes place way way into the future, think Star Wars. Well star wars was in another galaxy, in the past, years ago, but well how far into the past star wars was, is how far into the future the fic is.
It was the year 17 A.G.W (A.N. A.G.W. stands for after great war) and peace was a nice feeling that was finally beginning to sink in. After all of the revolts and harsh civil wars, the people of Earth began to unite and trust each other again.
The wicked Emperor Sorkin had been defeated in the Great War and put to death for all the evil acts he subjected the people of the Empire to. His top advisors and those of highest ranking in his court and army were all executed or imprisoned for life. There was no discussion about their punishment, everyone thought that they got exactly what they deserved for all the misery they caused. There was just one thing people didn't agree on and that was the releasing of Racken, Sorkin's battle coordinator. He was set free because he pleaded that he was forced into the position, but many knew he was lying. Almost everyone knew he was malevolent and that he was probably just as horrible as Sorkin. Rumors and stories had it that he had been attacking the Enchanters and kidnapping their children to find the new Jekayzies (the two special Enchanter children born every other generation to take the place as leaders of the clan) and people resented him for it. The Enchanters were good people, strong warriors, and powerful magicians who helped as well as protected those who deserved it.
All Enchanters had magic, but two children were born to two random couples every other generation and they possessed great magic and became the leaders of the clan after proper training and passing tests. All accounts of Racken's wrong doings were suppressed, however, since there was no proof. After he was set free, he just disappeared and nothing was heard of him for years until he surfaced again 5 years ago looking for something important and no one quite knew what.
And so our story begins, in a quiet valley close to the mountain pass. Up in a tree, a girl of 17 sat on a branch reading a book. Her clothes consisted of a tight, white sleeveless shirt and faded jeans that were close-fitting at the top and ever so slightly flared at the ends. She had light auburn hair that was wavy, and in some places, curled. It glistened gold in the sun giving her an elegant look. Her tresses reached to the end of her shoulder blades and were in a loose half ponytail. Her stunning deep, emerald eyes concentrated on the book intently. She was so distracted by her book that she didn't notice the 18-year-old brunette boy walking up right under the tree.
His hair was short and messy and it reflected a lighter brown when the sun's rays danced on each lock. His clothes consisted of a white t-shirt, baggy jeans, and a blue long sleeved flannel shirt. He smirked to himself while looking at the girl.
"Sakura!!" he yelled startling her to the point where she fell out of the tree only to be caught in the strong arms of the boy.
"Syaoran! Did you have to scare me like that?" Sakura questioned as she looked into his deep chestnut colored eyes.
"Yes, you should be on guard at all times, even while reading your favorite book." Syaoran said as he glanced at the book in her hand explaining his answer.
"I know, but why should I when you're always there protecting me?" She questioned as he slowly set her feet on the ground, but not removing his hands from around her waist. Sakura turned towards him and kissed him adoringly while she played with his hair. When they released, he just grinned at her and she had to smile seeing his charming expression.
"Come on, Lorka needs us. A brand new batch of pilots has just arrived." Was all he said as he held her hand and led her back to the two-building complex. The first, smaller building was a bar and living place for those that worked at the Lorka's. The second, considerably larger building was the hangar where all the repair work, refills, and tune-ups for hovercrafts were conducted.
"Why am I not surprised? A new batch of pilots always just arrives." She said as she glanced at her watch.
Sakura happened to be the bartender at Lorka's and Syaoran worked as a mechanic/pilot in the "craft pit" or so the repair shop was called. Syaoran kissed Sakura briefly on the lips when they were near the door of the bar and walked off towards the craft pit as she ran in through the main doors. As soon as Sakura stepped through the front door of the bar, a vodka bottle was thrown at her and she caught it with ease in her left hand just before it hit the back wall.
"What do you need Tayah?" Sakura asked plainly as she skillfully spun the bottle around on the palm of her hand while walking around to her spot behind the counter.
"Uh, two shots of Vodka, a bloody Mary, two rum and cokes, a scotch on the rocks, a dry bourbon, three whiskies straight up, and a neat strawberry daiquiri." A curly haired blond requested as she served a group of jolly, fat bearded men.
"Coming right up." Sakura sighed. For the rest of the night, Sakura served mixes of drinks, after drink until she thought she would get drunk from just the scent of the alcohol. Finally, by four o'clock in the morning, all of the men in the bar either left or were passed out from the alcohol intake. Sakura finally put down her towel after giving the bar a good wipe down and was getting ready to leave for the night.
"Wait, Sakura!" Tayah yelled as Sakura was about to walk out the door.
"Hmm…? What's the matter Tayah?" Sakura questioned.
"You got a letter today."
"Really? From who?"
"From someone in Mythdelin."
"Oh!! Give it here, that's from my best friend!" Sakura promptly jogged up to Tayah and took the letter from her. She continued to a chair in the corner and sat down. Sakura tore open the letter and pulled out a light violet colored paper. Her eyes started to scan up and down the paper quickly. (A.N. I love the way Japanese and Chinese people write, and it happens to be up and down, right to left, instead of left to right, up and down. So that is how people read written documents in my stories.) As she brushed a lock of hair behind her ear, and her body began to tremble. She rested her elbow on the table as she leaned on her hand and read the rest of the letter. After reading the letter that caused Sakura so much fright, she slowly got up and began to walk toward the craft pit.
Syaoran was busy fixing his last hovercraft of the day. Since he left Sakura to her work, he had repaired and refueled 13 hovercrafts including 7 M359 cargo jet crafts. He was just finishing replacing the blown out transmission when he saw a pair of feet standing in front of him. He slid out from underneath the craft and looked up to see the most beautiful person in the world.
"Hey, Sakura. What's the matter?" He asked noticing the distraught look in her eyes.
"I got a letter from Tomoyo today." Sakura said as she sat down next to him.
"You're usually ecstatic to get a letter from her, what happened? Large Phillip's screw driver please" He requested as he slid back under the craft in order to finish his work.
"Sure. I know, I was happy to get a letter from her, but its what's in the letter that disturbed me." Sakura looked at the screwdriver on the cart about 3 feet away from her and her eyes glowed ice blue. It floated up and over into her awaiting hand. "Here."
"Thanks, what was in the letter? Fusion drill." Syaoran asked curiously as he tightened a screw into place. Sakura's eyes again glowed as she looked at the cart and a strange looking drill floated into the awaiting hand of Syaoran who was now sitting up next Sakura.
"She's worried about us. She wants us to come to Mythdelin because...because Racken's hunting for us again." Syaoran's eyes grew wide.
"What are you talking about?!" Syaoran could barely contain his rage.
"Racken was there, in Mythdelin, asking around about us. He even asked Tomoyo and Eriol about us and searched their house because he thought they were lying." Sakura stated trying not to shake from fear. Syaoran again slid underneath the craft.
"We have to leave. After I finish this, we'll tell Lorka."
Syaoran wrapped his hand around the plug of the drill and green strings of electricity surrounded his palm. Suddenly the fusion drill began buzzing. Within seconds he was finished and he slid from underneath the vehicle. He wiped his hands off on a blue rag as he stood up. Syaoran extended his now mostly clean hand to the waiting Sakura and she gladly accepted. The couple walked back into the bar and knocked on as door in the back.
"Come in!" A male voice yelled. Sakura turned the handle and both walked into the room. "Ah, what brings you to here today?"
"Lorka," Syaoran began, "We have to quit, but before we do, I want to pilot a hovercraft to Mythdelin and from there, one of your partner's pilots can fly it back with other passengers."
"So, you heard Racken was hunting for you guys again." Lorka stated getting questioning expressions from the two teenagers.
"How..how..how.." was all Sakura could say before Lorka cut in.
"When late at night, I see things floating from carts and you (pointing at Syaoran) using electric devices without pluggin' them in, you start to think. You two are those two kids who supposedly blew up Racken's research facility and escaped, aren't you?" Lorka asked trying to confirm his theories.
"Yeah," both answered looking at the ground.
"Wow, who would have known? You two are my best workers and you've been here so long, I feel as if you're my children. I'll see what I can do about the flight and take this." Lorka said handing Syaoran a large tan colored envelope he pulled from his drawer.
"What's this?" Syaoran asked peering inside the envelope. Suddenly Syaoran's eyes opened wide enough to stick a fist in. "We can't take this."
"Of course you can, think of it as advanced pay-checks." Lorka stated leaning back in his chair.
"This is way more than we both make in a month." Sakura said looking into the envelope.
"Then the rest is a Christmas present and birthday presents." Lorka said smiling as he looked at their shocked faces.
"Thank you so much!" Sakura exclaimed as she ran over to Lorka and gave him a hug.
"Ha ha, you're welcome, and remember, you can always come back here. I'll always have job positions and a room open for the both of you." Lorka said with a wide smile.
"Thanks, Lorka. We'll never forget this." Syaoran said as he shook Lorka's hand.
The couple smiled and said thanked him again as they walked out of the office. Sakura and Syaoran walked up the stairs to their room and entered after unlocking the door. Syaoran proceeded to collapse on the bed and Sakura crawled in and laid sideways on his chest. Syaoran put one arm behind his head, under the pillow, and put the other around Sakura 's waist.
"You know Syaoran…." Sakura let the rest hang waiting for Syaoran to answer.
"Hmmm?" He asked as he lifted his arm to play with her hair.
"Running away and hiding, being so scared all brings back bad memories." Sakura said as she traced a long scar down Syaoran's left forearm.
"..painful memories." Syaoran said as he parted Sakura's honey-shaded hair at the base of her neck. He proceeded to trace what appeared to be a deep, crooked scar down her neck.
"I'm scared Shaoran, what if Racken manages to find us and takes us back to Citadel?" Sakura asked with tears brimming her eyes remembering the pain she suffered at the hand of Racken.
"I won't let anybody hurt you, not even Racken. I will protect you forever, I promise." Syaoran swore to Sakura.
"I don't want you to protect me forever, I just want you to be here with me forever." Sakura admitted as a tear fell down her cheek.
"I'm always going to be here for you." Syaoran said as if it were a known fact of life.
"But how do you know that? That's not for sure. Nothing is."
"I don't know. But know this, I will always love you." Syaoran kissed Sakura tenderly on the head.
"And I will always love you." As Sakura said this, Syaoran pulled something out of his pocket.
"Sakura I know our souls are bound together forever. My heart and my soul belongs to you forever and I don't want anyone to take you away from me." Sakura pulled herself up to look at Syaoran with confused, but love-filled eyes.
"I know and I will always belong to you." Sakura replied. Syaoran lifted up his hand to show Sakura an object he was playing with in his hands. It was a beautiful platinum ring that was designed so that two pieces of platinum intertwined around to form the ring. On top was a diamond shaped emerald with long tips at the top of the diamond and at the bottom. Tiny, sparkling diamonds were sprinkled around the emerald like bits of glitter. He spun it in such a way that Sakura could read the inscription, 'I will always love you.' "A…a…ar…are…are you.."
"Will you?" Syaoran asked with hope-filled eyed.
"Yes, Syaoran. Of course I will marry you." (A.N. that was for those slow people out there.) Sakura said as she smiled, tears of joy spilling from her eyes.
Syaoran slipped the ring onto her left hand. (A.N. take a guess which finger.) He was rewarded with a gentle kiss. That gentle kiss soon turned into a deeply passionate one. Neither could hold back the desire they felt for the other. All the pain and fear that they felt before faded away as they drowned in each other's love. Neither could hold back the passion and the need for the other. Neither could resist the temptation to just leave everything behind and feel how much the other loved them. They couldn't resist….just for this one night.
°°¤¤¤°°2 week later °°¤¤¤°°
The sun's rays streamed through the window of the small room. The light played on the walls making odd pictures of distorted objects. Syaoran awoke to hear Sakura's soft breathing on his chest. He smiled at how angelic and innocent she looked as she slept.
"Hey Sakura. Sweetheart you have to get up or we'll be late for work." Syaoran said amusedly at Sakura's resistance to wake up.
"Come on Syaoran, just 5 more minutes please? I had a really late night last night. The men started having a drinking contest with whiskies and bourbons and then they tried to feel up each other so Tayah and I had to force them out the door and you don't even want to know what happened when we got out the poles. You have no id—" Sakura stopped abruptly as Syaoran fought to suppress his laughter. When she looked at him with a quizzical look, he broke out laughing. "Okay, what's so funny mister?" Sakura questioned clearly annoyed.
"It's just that here I've been trying to get you up for a while now and then you try to convince me to let you sleep in and you end up waking your self up completely and you don't even realize it."
"Huh. I didn't realize that either. Maybe I should get up."
"You better. Look at the time." Sakura grabs Syaoran's wrist and pulls it towards her so she can see the time.
"Holy shit! Why didn't you tell me it was so late?" Sakura exclaimed as she made a mad dash around the room to get her hair done and find her shoes. While she was rushing, she missed what Syaoran was saying, but she could always ask him about it later. Within seconds she was out the door, down the hall, and down the stairs before she suddenly stopped. You could hear her stomping all the way back up the stairs and down the hall. The door opened with a loud Bang! Sakura stood in the doorway with a not so pleased look on her face looking at Syaoran sitting up in bed with a smile on his face.
"WHY didn't you tell me that I was still in my nightclothes?" (A.N. I had fun accentuating that sentence) Sakura said as fumed literally wafted from her head.
"Well A) you didn't ask and 2) you were moving way to fast to hear a word I said. I told you three times while you were running around like a chicken with its head chopped off. (A.N. scary thought is that they can actually do that, chickens don't need a head.)
"Hey, I was disoriented. Give me a break." Syaoran got out of bed and stepped onto the wood floor. He wasn't wearing anything other than a pair of boxers. In the new dawn, you could clearly see his well cut abdomen and muscular arms and legs. (A.N. drooool) You could visibly see the tattoo on his left bicep of a dagger with a jagged edge in front of the outlines of a strange symbol. Syaoran's hair was no more unruly than it usually was. Looking at Syaoran's figure made Sakura smile mischievously.
"What?" Syaoran asked walking to the bathroom. He quickly brushed his teeth as Sakura changed out of her PJ's and into her regular clothes. When he stepped out of the bathroom, he was met by the lips of Sakura giving him a deep passionate kiss that was suddenly broken leaving Syaoran unsatisfied.
"Well, I'll see you later, love." Sakura sung happily as she walked out of the room with a spring in her step leaving Syaoran high and dry and wanting more.
"I hate it when she does that." Syaoran growled as he put on his clothes.
When he was done, he quickly ran down the hallway and pounded down the stairs. He looked carefully around the bar for a sign of Sakura. He caught a glimpse of auburn and dashed to the kitchen. Sakura was talking to Mai and Tayah about "girl stuff" when Syaoran grabbed her wrist and whirled her around. She was caught completely by surprise since she hadn't heard him over the hissing of the pots. Syaoran took advantage of her surprised state and pulled her into a fiery kiss that both thoroughly enjoyed. After a about a minute (A.N. that is a pretty long time.) Syaoran gently pulled away from Sakura and slowly opened his eyes. He gave her a quick smirk, grabbed a bagel, and dashed out of the kitchen.
"What was that for?" Tayah asked, clearly entertained by the gesture just given.
"He was getting me back for this morning." Sakura said in a slight daze while a smile grazed her lips.
°¤°¤Outside in the Craft Pit, oh, let's say 4 hours later at 12:00¤°¤°
"Hey Syaoran!" called a spiky black haired guy with goggles on his forehead working on a hover bike. (A.N. think spiky hair like older Gohan's if you don't know who I'm talking about, tell me and I'll e-mail you a picture.)
"What Shiro?" Syaoran answered.
"What was in you this morning?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You know what I mean. Mai told me that you sporadically grabbed Sakura's arm, spun her around, and knock-me-off-my-feet kissed her."
"Oh, that."
"Yeah that! What was with that?"
"And why should I tell you?"
"Because I want to know."
"You and?"
"Me and Mai"
"And?"
"And Tayah."
"Uh hem?"
"And the rest of the guys in here, the girls in the bar, and Lorka, you happy now?"
"Actually I wasn't expecting anymore. I was going to tell you, but now that I know all those people want to know, I'm not telling you."
"Oh, COME ON, Syaoran!!"
"No."
"Syaoran!" Lorka called from outside.
"Yes?" He replied looking out from underneath the 3500 MT Classic hover car.
"Come out here!"
"Why?"
"I want you to meet someone!"
"Okay," Syaoran sighed. "Well, I guess you'll never know." Syaoran patronized Shiro before he left to see who called him outside.
Syaoran walked out of the Craft Pit wiping his hands on his blue rag while Shiro was left behind grabbing his hair and yelling obscenities to the ceiling. As the door closed, a small smirk was seen on Syaoran's face as he shook his head. He looked up to see Lorka talking to a young man, in his early twenties, who was rather tall. The man had short, jet-black hair and looked somewhat muscular. (A.N guess who) To all but the trained eye, like Syaoran, you could not see the hand phaser or various other weapons he was carrying under his long coat. (A.N. like Neo's from the Matrix. Better yet, his entire attire is like Neo's in the part where they rescue Morpheus)
"Ah, Syaoran Li meet Touya Kinigamo." Touya held out his hand to reveal a small tattoo in the shape of a square with the left side protruding longer upwards and the right side protruding longer downwards with a thin ring encircling the symbol at an angle on his wrist as both men grabbed the others wrist with his right hand (A.N. okay, this symbol thingy, think of one L the regular way and another L upside down and backwards so that the short bottom legs touch to form a square with extra pieces hanging off on both sides) "He will be your pilot, the best one I have." Lorka finished.
"Him?? Isn't he sorta…young?" The man named Touya asked with curiosity. All he received in a reply from Syaoran was a cocked eyebrow.
"You asked for my most experienced, my best, pilot. He's it."
"As long as he can get me to Mythdelin in one piece, I'm okay with it."
"Oh, I can get you there." Syaoran said in a challenging voice. The next few minutes were spent looking at the two glaring at each other, neither willing to break for both were too proud to lose.
"Shaoran!" A sweet, angelic voice called that caused Syaoran to immediately snap out of his contest.
"Huh? Oh." Syaoran smiled looking upon the face of his beloved.
"Lunch," Sakura quickly said before giving him a quick peck on the lips and then handing him a closed Tupperware container. (A.N. those things last for years!)
"Thanks, what is it?" he asked as he peered slightly under the lid.
"It's seafood lo-mein. I have to get back to work now." Sakura started to hurry away.
"Hold on a second Sakura!" Lorka yelled and Sakura turned around as the three men walked up to her.
"Yes, Lorka?"
"Is there any food left?"
"No, but I could make you some more if you want."
"Yes, please. Would you like something to eat?" Lorka turned to Touya and asked.
"If you don't mind." Touya said to Sakura.
"Sure," Sakura said as she smiled brightly making her eyes glitter. Touya concentrated on Sakura, on her features, her eyes. 'Green Eyes?'
"Oh! Forgive my manners. Touya, this is Sakura, my head bartender." Lorka apologized for not introducing them earlier. Touya was somewhat lost in thought. 'Sakura? Is he kidding me?!? Am I completely out of my mind???' Touya suddenly snapped back to reality when he saw her hand held out to his.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Sakura smiled as she took hold of his wrist.
"Yeah, same here."
"I guess I'll go and make lunch then. It should be ready in about an hour."
"Thanks, Sakura." Lorka said with a smile.
"Bye, love." Sakura said softly before she kissed him. As Sakura walked away, Syaoran couldn't help but think how beautiful her hair looked as it glittered in the sun and blew in the wind.
"I'm going to take my lunch break now." Syaoran informed.
"Why don't you come with us to the bar and you can eat while we wait for our lunch." Lorka suggested.
"Okay, sure." Syaoran accepted.
"Great! While we're at it, we can talk about the flight details." All three began to walk back to the bar. When they got inside, they took three stools at the bar. Syaoran began to eat as Touya and Lorka began to talk to him about the flight.
"Okay then, flight plans." Lorka announced as he sat down. "What kind of flight would you like? Fast, slow, are you bringing someone else, or flying alone?"
"As fast as possible please and it's just me flying." Touya requested.
Syaoran looked up from his food and asked, "Do you have any special car-"
"AH CHOO!" came from the kitchen and cut Syaoran off in the middle of his sentence.
"….go?" Syaoran looked curiously through the window on the swinging kitchen door. "Sakura, are you okay?" he called.
"Yeah," Sakura yelled, "I'm fine. Some flour from the this morning tickled my nose, that's all."
"Okay. Bless you then." He called back.
"Thanks."
"So, any special cargo?" Syaoran repeated his question.
"Uh…no. Just me and a my bag." Touya remarked after pondering about the question for a second.
"Well, one passenger and small cargo, I guess we can take the Phoenix. What do you think, Lorka?" Syaoran suggested,
"Hey, it sounds good to me." Lorka agreed. The three men sat and made natural conversation about hover cars, planes, and bikes while Syaoran ate every couple of comments. (A.N. cars :drool:) While they were talking about classic cars called vipers, mustangs, and lotuses, Sakura walked in with two plates of lo-mein.
"Here you go, guys." Sakura said as she set down the plates before Touya and Lorka.
"Why, thank you Sakura. It looks delicious." Lorka remarked.
"Wow! It tastes great too. I haven't had good cooking like this since my mom cooked for me when I was 9." Touya complimented.
"Thanks," Sakura blushed slightly before…"ah ah AH-CHOO"
"You aren't coming down with something, are you?" Syaoran asked worriedly.
"Aside from feeling a little funny lately, I don't think so. I bet its nothing." Sakura admitted. This didn't stop Syaoran from walking around the counter to keep her safe.
"You sure?" he asked as Sakura wrapped her hands around his neck and he wrapped his around her waist.
"I'm sure."
"As long as you're sure." Syaoran said softly as he bent down and kissed Sakura. All Touya and Lorka could do was watch as Syaoran slowly brought his hands to Sakura's sides and started tickling her in the ribs. The immediate response out of Sakura was a fit of giggles.
"(ha ha)…Syaoran…(he he)…s…(ha ha)…st..st..(a ha ha ha)…STOP!" Sakura screamed through an uncontrollable fit of giggles. His relentless attack made her stomach hurt from the bouts of laughter. She squirmed and wiggled trying to get out of Syaoran's grasp. After a while, she finally got free and ran a few feet away from him.
"Don't make me hurt you." Sakura said in a teasingly serious tone. (A.N. oxymoron,…I know, I know.)
"I'd like to see you try. I don't think you could bring yourself to do it." Syaoran said as he grinned.
"You're right," Sakura sighed," I'll settle for stealing your heart." Sakura said with small smile.
"Well, I don't think you could steal my heart."
"And why not?" Sakura asked sounding a little angry and hurt, she was almost yelling.
"Because you've had it for years." Syaoran said lovingly.
"Oh Syaoran, you are the sweetest guy in the world." Syaoran gently pulled her towards him.
"You think?" He asked a little teasingly.
"Mm hmm," Sakura hummed before the couple passionately kissed, once again. Syaoran gently pulled out of the kiss.
"If we keep doing that, I'll never want to get back to work."
"You don't have to, I can always keep you hostage." Sakura grinned.
"If you do that, he won't be able to finish fixing the Phoenix." Lorka said a little jokingly from the sidelines.
"Why is he fixing the Phoenix? No one can fly that temper mental old bird except for Syaoran." Sakura turned to Lorka and asked as if he was crazy.
"He is flying it." Lorka said matter-of-factly.
"He's flying me to Mythdelin tomorrow." Touya added.
"Ohh, well I guess I have to let you go." Sakura said sadly with a cute puppy dogface.
"Yeah, I'll see you later." Syaoran sighed. He turned to Touya, "Nice to meet you."
"Same here." Touya replied as he finished up the last bit of his delicious meal.
Syaoran exited out of the bar to start working on the Phoenix. It didn't need that much work since it was practically never used. The extremely temper mental plane never acted up when Syaoran flew it, but if someone else tried, the plane would refuse to run. Sakura picked up the empty plates and went to the kitchen as Lorka went to his back office leaving Touya by himself. After a minute or so, Sakura cam back out and began to wipe off the bar.
"You two are really close, huh?" Touya asked out of the blue.
"Who? Me and Syaoran?" Sakura questioned.
"Yeah."
"Well, let's just say we're as close as anyone could get at this point." Sakura admitted as she showed Touya her engagement ring.
"Woah, you two are engaged?!?!" Sakura just smiled.
"Yeah, Syaoran's my first and only love. I wouldn't dream of anyone putting this ring on my finger except for him."
Touya couldn't help but slightly grin at the girl who was so deeply in love already. He couldn't help but feel a bit overprotective over a girl who was going to get married at such a young age. She could have at least waited a while to make sure that this guy was the right one. From where he came from, men had to prove their devotion in order to receive a girl's hand in marriage from her father. Well, he wasn't back home and she wasn't part of his tribe. Hell, she wasn't even part of his family, but he just couldn't shake the feeling that he was supposed to protect her.
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