(a/n: This is where Sakura gets mad…Trouble also blooms for Eli in this chapter.)

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Chapter 6:

Cold emeralds

Li soon followed after his girlfriend, and Madison was about to follow suit when she was grabbed by Eli.

"Let go of me, I've gotta go after her!" Madison tried and failed to pull away.

"NO, you don't. Let her calm down." Eli said calmly, but he didn't understand Sakura like she did. He didn;t know everything, surely?

"LET GO!" Madison screamed in the now empty fairground.

"No, Madison, you need to calm down. And you need to calm down NOW." He clicked his fingers and they found themselves back at his new apartment, and he released his grip on her.

"What the HELL do you think you're DOING!" Madison screamed at him.

"Well, you need to calm down..." Eli slipped into his favourite chair and closed his eyes.

"TAKE ME BACK!" Madison screamed, hitting his arm hard.

I have to talk to her. Now, before he does.

"No." Eli made no attempt to defend himself against her punches.

"I have to talk to her, and I have to do it before Li does, otherwise he'll turn her against me!"

"You've already done that for yourself, it's got nothing to do with Li."

"WHAT?"

"As soon as you said that you should get to be happy. You should have seen the way Sakura's face crumbled at that, it was like you could see her heart snap down the middle. You hurt her more than anyone else could, just when she needed you to be her friend the most." Eli opened one of his eyes and looked lingeringly at Madison.

"So now you're trying to make me feel guilty too? Well it won't work! How dare you act like it's my fault, how dare you say that I broke my best friend's heart." Madison's face was twisted into unimaginable contempt as she glared at Eli.

"I know you don't want to hear it, but..."

"NO! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT IT'S ALL MY FAULT WHEN IT'S NOT! HOW DARE YOU! YOU THINK YOU'RE SO SMART, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE SOME THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAGICIAN! WELL YOU'RE NOT! YOU GOT BEATEN BY A 10 YEAR OLD! SO GET A LIFE. I HATE YOU, ELI MOON, AND IT'S OVER! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU EVER AGAIN!"

Meanwhile, at Sakura's house, in her sitting room

"So, she thinks we're rude for not saying thank you to her? I can't believe Madison is behaving like this! I never knew she had so much bottled up inside her.

Does that mean she hates me too?

"Sakura, she's you're best friend, you have to make up with her, or you'll never forgive yourself. This is the same Madison that made your battle costumes and filmed your captures. She loves you and she wants what's best for you, no matter what you think."

I love you, Sakura, and even if she hates me, she's so important to you, don't lose her because of me. You'll never be happy again.

"No way, I don't ever want to see her again!" But as Sakura turned around, to where Li was staring behind her, standing in the doorway was Madison.