Alright people well here's another semi short chapter. Review and when my comp. Works again and I have time ill write a super long chapter !


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rosedreamer101: lol, not years, just a long time. Well thanks for reading. :

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CHAPTER 3: WHAT? OMG


"MARY! MARY!" A boy about the same age as Sakura came running down followed by his friends. In his hands was a wooden box with carvings on top. The woods looked scorched and ashy and Sakura's eyes widened. "Have you opened it yet?"

"NO why?" He asked.

Mary looked at Sakura's now pale face and then back at the box. She flipped open the burned wooden lock and lifted open the lid. A morbid green gas came out from the medium sized box. Her face went white and she threw the box down and backed away.

The boy holding the box looked inside and threw the box down before backing away as well. A severed head rolled out marking its trail as it rolled along the white sand. One of the boy's friends ran away towards the forest in horror. The rest of them began to feel sick and followed her.

Mary kicked the box away as she neared the boy who was sitting in shock on the ground. "Where'd you find it?"

He chocked on his own words before he regained some sort of a voice and pointed towards the forest. "There- about half a mile in."

"The kids." Mary gasped and she began to run towards the camp.

Sakura looked towards where the head had disappeared and thought, 'I doubt that was shipped here…


Syaoran looked around. "Hmm Kinomoto seems to be freaking out a lot."

"What do you expect? She's a freak..." Meiling murmured. She fed him another spoonful. "I'm so glad your feeling better sweetie."

"Yeah Sakura's herbs are really helping…"

"WHAT?"

Syaoran looked up from his notebook. "What?"

Meiling put the bowl down. "What did you just say?"

"I said Kinomoto's disgusting herbs are actually helping." Syaoran replied coolly before returning to his notebook. 'It just slipped.'

"Okay, I was starting to think that like what five six weeks after you woke up you'd actually start thinking more of her." Meiling cried disgustedly and continued to feed him.

Syaoran scoffed. "Of course not."

Meiling got up. "Alright well I'm done I'll see you tomorrow Syao-bear."

Syaoran didn't even look up. "Alright then…


Day 35

So it's been 35 days since we crashed and 22 since I woke up. At first it surprised me Kinomoto was so useful I guess you could call it. I f anything I didn't want her here but if she hadn't been here I probably would be dead right now. I feel better I guess. And I suppose I DO owe it to Kinomoto. I don't know it's kind of become as if I want and need to be mad at her but I can't.


'Speaking of which where is-'

The tent door opened and in came Sakura drenched from head to toe from the downpour outside. Syaoran stared at her. "You look like crap Kinomoto."

Sakura gave him a half-glare. "Gee thanks, Li."

"Just don't get me wet." Syaoran replied looking back down.

"Brat." She muttered as she grabbed some crushed herbs from her bag.

"So what are you poisoning me with today?" Syaoran sniffled.

"Something that'll clear your nose and keep you from looking like a clown like you do right now." She snapped. Syaoran smirked. "What the hell are you smirking at?"

Syaoran's smirk faded and he got lost in thought. "I…don't know."

"Freak." Sakura muttered again as she mixed the powder with water. "Here."

Syaoran gulped it down. "It tastes like sh-"

"I don't care what it tastes like you ungrateful brat. I swear-" Then to Syaoran it happened in a flash, literally.

A flash of lightning shone through the camp shining through the only open flap in the tent. And the thunder followed less than a second after. The lights in his tent flickered and went out. The next thing he knew Kinomoto was in a little ball next to him, muttering something.

"Make it go away, make it go away."

"Kinomoto?"

"Make it go away, please."

"Kinomoto?"

"Just go away."

"KINOMOTO!"

;;Flash.;; BOOM.

"Ahhh!"

Syaoran looked at her and started laughing. "You're scared of lightning?" Sakura gave a small squeal. Syaoran stopped. "Oh sorry, I didn't know."

Syaoran used all his strength to sit up and looked out the small flap out into the camp. "Hmm. The light in the whole camp is out; it's pitch black outside."

Sakura peeked up. "Hoeee…"

Syaoran looked at her and gave her a sympathetic smile when she jumped up at the next round of thunder.

The rain poured down harder and the wind blew so hard that the corners of the tent lifted up in a mad attempt to lift up.


SYAORAN'S POV

I don't feel bad for her. It's not like it's just her but I hate seeing anyone like this, feeling vulnerable. I lay back down, exhausted from that small attempt to stay sitting up.


I began to rack my brain for ideas on how to distract her. My mind slowly started drifting away to me. How did I end up like this?

I mean a little more than a month ago when I got on that plane if someone had told me that I would be close to dieing in the middle of the wilderness developing feelings (of compassion) for this random freak I would've laughed in their face.

I don't know it just seems that all this time with her has made me see her as more of a person that the piece of trash that walked by me in the halls or sat by me in most of my classes.

It's weird I guess you could say. Oh! I have an idea. I have to go.


"So what else are you afraid of?" I asked looking at the top of the ten (which was dangerously loose now, by the way. She whimpered and closed her arms more tightly around herself.

Oops, I just scared her more.

"Well I'm not afraid of anything." I bragged, almost teasingly.

Please work…

Sakura giggled and I smiled inwardly. "Yeah right, Li."

"It's true. You know because I'm soo awesome." I began imitating Meiling at the end only because I knew Sakura didn't like her.

Wait. Sakura? I meant Kinomoto.

"So you're not afraid of anything?"

I knew she wasn't being annoying like Meiling would be just something about her voice…she just sounded curious more than anything.

"Well," I'm not going to do this, right? "If I DID have a fear, which I don't" –Sakura giggled- "it would be my mother."

Sakura looked up and I saw her laugh even through the thunder. "You can't be afraid of your mother."

"Oh you've never met my mother." I replied closing my eyes. "Though at this point I'd rather be with her for a full day than be stuck on this island."

For a moment I though Sakura wasn't even there anymore because all I heard were the distinct cries and yelling of the rest of the camp but closely all I heard was my own breathing and the thunder outside.

"Yeah." I heard her murmur and she rested her chin on her elbows. "I'm afraid of ghosts, too."

Ghosts? She's 15 not five. Immediately I felt guilty for thinking that when I saw her start to tear up.

"Why?" Did I just ask that?

Sakura looked at me, a bit surprised. "Not that I really care or anything but I'm just bored right now." I defended myself. Wait (again). Why should I be defending myself?

She looked back down and stayed silent. Great. Now I made it even worse than how it was before. "But tell me anyways I wanna hear it."

Her ears kinda twitched in this cute way when she heard that. She smiled and started whispering as if someone was listening in. "Well, it started when I was about three…"


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Touya winced when he heard (and unfortunately saw) the man be thrown against the wall shattering the frame that was on it. He stood off to the side along with Nadeshiko and Yukito not wanting to get involved in his father's angry march.

Nadeshiko had fear in her eyes as she hid behind her son. She had never seen Fujitaka mad at all. Then, all of a sudden here he was, with inhuman strength throwing people all over the house.

Fujitaka grabbed the chief by the collar. "What do you mean you can't find her?"

"There are no traces of any sort of crash anywhere, sir. My men have looked everywhere." He managed to choke out before Fujitaka let him go.

"If I wanted to hear that I would have called back the damn police!" He bit out angrily, and then whispered dangerously. "Obviously you have not looked everywhere if you haven't found her."

"I understand. We'll double our teams, both rangers and divers. We'll find your daughter." The chief replied backing away in fear.

"We moved here to keep a low profile. Imagine what will happen if someone else finds her and everyone not only finds out that she was missing but about where we are as well." Turning around his tone rose a bit. "Find her, because now if she turns up even the slightest bit hurt, it won't be just your job."

The chief nodded shakily. "Yes sir." Then left quickly along with his two men.

Fujitaka sank back in the chair in exhaustion. Removing his glasses he motioned to Touya. "Could you and Yukito please make me a tea or something?"

"Of course." He replied and scurried off to the kitchen.

Nadeshiko placed a calm hand on his shoulder from behind. "Don't worry they'll find her."

Fujitaka gave her a weak smile, gently taking his hand in hers. "It just worries me. It's been over a month, their estimated survival time. With no trace of the plane everywhere the chances of her returning to us are slimming and the chance of her returning alive are even smaller."

Nadeshiko shed a few tears as she thought about it. "Sakura's a strong girl, Fuji. We raised her to be independent. She can take care of herself."

Fujitaka felt tears well up in his eyes and turned away. 'Never show weakness' "That's if she was given the chance to. I just fear hat if she is found, it will be by the wrong people and they will realize just who she is."

He let the tears fall along with his wife as they hugged trying their best to comfort each other.

Touya and Yukito looked from the kitchen. Yukito looked at the picture that had been shattered earlier. It was taken last year at Touya's high school graduation. Sakura looked mad as Touya had murmured a small 'Kaiju' just before the picture was taken. Then, he realized Touya was looking at it too.

"Touya, are you crying?" He asked.

Turning away, Touya replied. "NO, I don't cry."


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"Favorite color?"

"Green. Yours?"

"Pink."

"Typical."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sakura asked, pouting. She was still looking through her bag for something to eat.

"It's typical for a girl." Syaoran said closing his eyes again. He forgot how long they had been at it, just talking. Weird in a way, the words seem to just flow out. Involuntarily he shivered. Then opened his eyes when Sakura placed another blanket around him. "I don't need it."

Sakura rolled her eyes and turned back around to her backpack then she gave a happy squeal holding up a package. Quickly she poured it into two "bowls" and stirred in some water. Handing one to him she asked. "What's your favorite food?"

Syaoran almost spit it out. "Ugh not this."

Sakura rolled her eyes. "It's not THAT bad."

He shrugged and muttered. "Dim sum. You?"

"Noodles. Least favorite?"

Syaoran shrugged and continued to chug down the soup that she had given him then at the same time they both said. "Konnyaku."

Sakura smiled to herself and finished up the rest of her soup as Syaoran took a sip from his water bottle.

Soon, Syaoran fell asleep and Sakura shivered as the wind blew harder. She had given her last blanket to Syaoran; after all he was the one that was sick. Reaching into her bag she remembered something that he had said earlier.

"If anything, right now I kill just for some chocolate."

"You sound like Tomoyo during her 'time'."

He chuckled.

Sakura smiled and took out a small gold wrapped truffle. Reaching over him she placed it in his open palm where he unconsciously closed his hand around it.

Sakura lay down a good distance from him and sighed. "Time to sleep." She closed her eyes slowly.

"..sakura.." 'It's just your imagination sakura. Either that or Syao-Li is trying to scare you after you told him about the whole 'ghosts' thing.'

The voice crackled out again hoarsely, "…sakura…"

Her eyes snapped open and she sat up quickly. "Syaoran did you hear that?"

"Yeah, Sakura." He mumbled contently, still half asleep. "It's called rain, been going on for about six hours now."

"No, something else. SomeTHING said my name." She whimpered. Syaoran looked around and just saw the raindrops falling on the semi transparent tent.

"There's nothing there Sakura, go back to sleep."

Suddenly something fell against the tent hard causing it to collapse in, Sakura whatever it was through the material of the tent. That's when she realized that on the outside of the tent, it was no longer rain dripping…

…it was blood.


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