Sorry for the late update! But I hope this is good enough (I think it's kinda crap) but I'll let you decide.
Enjoy?
They had set up camp in the middle of the forest for the night as Sakura and Rika had become fatigued. Sakura rummaged through her things, looking for a needle and thread so that she could fix the small rip in Rika's dress from when the material had caught on a branch. She carefully pulled the dress from Rika's body, leaving the child in the white cotton underdress that she always wore underneath her clothing.
Sakura handed back the repaired garment within minutes; Rika smiled and slipped it back over her head, jumping about with happiness. Sakura felt uneasiness and it seemed that Alastor had sensed it too.
"Someone's coming…" she murmured. The boys looked up at her, listening for any sound of intruders or anyone that may wish to cause harm such as bounty hunters or traders.
Before they knew it, Sakura had been grabbed by a group of men; they were holding knives to her throat, threatening to kill her if they dared to move. She looked straight at Syaoran who immediately understood her signal. Rika slipped off the log she was sitting on, distracting the mob and giving Syaoran the chance he needed to firmly knock them on the head, releasing Sakura with only a minor scratch to her throat from the knife. She span around and punched her enemy hard in the face, feeling a satisfying crack beneath her knuckles.
"Sorry." She muttered as Syaoran dealt the final blow.
Just as they thought they were done with the mob, someone jumped out from behind Sakura and grabbed her, knocking her out and taking her with him before Syaoran or Fai could do anything.
"Princess!" Fai shouted.
"Shit!" Syaoran cursed.
Sakura wriggled in her bonds in attempt to get free, but it was to no avail. "Let me go!" She demanded.
"No way you pretty little thing; we could get a lot of loot from selling you." Her captor grinned evilly.
She glared at him; the truth was that she was frightened out of her mind. The only comfort she had was the tattered cloak hanging around her shoulders; it had his scent.
It's going to be alright. Alastor will lead Syaoran and Fai here. She thought to herself. She could hear someone else wriggling about in the dark, but she couldn't make out their face. She could tell that it was a young woman-probably around her age or a little bit younger. She wasn't the only one they'd caught.
The two boys followed Alastor through the forest with Rika tagging along beside them. The mysterious wolf led them to a small cave which had several men standing guard outside. They crept closer to get a better view; they couldn't see the princess anywhere.
"She must be inside." Syaoran murmured.
"Most likely." Fai answered while observing the site.
"Rika, stay here while we go get Sakura back." Syaoran said to the young girl who had begun weaving blades of grass together.
"Okay." She replied, nodding her small head.
They drew their swords and nodded at each other before heading in, cutting down their foes with ease. Someone came up behind Fai but luckily Syaoran noticed and kicked them in the face, rendering them unconscious.
"Thanks." Fai breathed.
"No problem." Syaoran answered.
They headed into the dark cave in search for the princess. They became suspicious when no one had attacked them yet.
"Something's wrong…" Syaoran murmured.
"You can feel it too?" Fai asked.
"Yeah. No one's attacked us yet." The ranger muttered, scanning the area around him. Alastor began to growl, alerting the two of an incoming threat.
The two men looked up to see a group of men charging at them with spears and swords. They were furious upon realising that their friends had been beaten-some possibly even killed.
"Well, guess we better take care of them." Syaoran muttered before springing forward and clashing swords with one of the men.
Fai gracefully fended off his foes with ease, knocking each of them unconscious with less than four blows. He looked over to see Syaoran fighting three guys at once and figured he should probably help the ranger. The blonde whacked one of them at the back of the neck and watched as he fell to the ground.
"Thanks," Syaoran said as he sent one of his opponents into the rocky cave wall.
"No problem." Fai answered as he slid his sword through another unlucky fellow.
They left the scene quickly to venture deeper into the cave in search for Sakura. Syaoran noticed the soft sound of Sakura's voice nearby and began following the direction it was coming from.
"What are you doing?" Fai hissed.
"Shh." Syaoran silenced the blonde and looked around the corner; sure enough Sakura was sitting on the grubby floor, and next to her was another girl who was also tied up in the same way as the princess.
"Is she alright?" Fai asked.
"From what I can tell she's only tied up." Syaoran murmured.
Sakura looked up as Syaoran and Fai attacked the group of men who were watching over her and the girl next to her. Syaoran immediately rushed over and began untying her bonds, helping her up.
"Come on, we have to get out of here quickly." He said.
"We're taking her with us." Sakura said.
"We don't have time!" Fai called out.
"Well make time!" Sakura growled as she retrieved her sword from the pile of goods that had been taken from her. Luckily she'd left most of her things back at the camp.
"I'll hold them off while you untie her!" Syaoran said, giving Sakura the chance to help the girl.
"Thanks!" Sakura said, kneeling down and cutting the ropes, helping the girl to her feet.
"Now can we get out of here?" Fai asked.
"Yes!" Sakura shouted, running past him with Syaoran and the girl.
The boys fought off the angry men while Sakura and the girl made their escape. "This way!" Syaoran said, leading them through the cave and out the exit.
They met up with Rika who had stayed in her spot weaving grass blades the entire time they were gone. Sakura leant against a tree to catch her breath once they stopped and finally got a good look of the girl who was accompanying her; she had long blonde hair and beautiful brown eyes. She was wearing a cream coloured dress that came down to a little below her knee and brown lace up boots. Sakura noticed her ears were covered by ear muffs that looked similar to cat ears, but still allowed her to hear perfectly fine.
"Thank you so much for saving me!" She cried. "I don't know what they would have done to me if you hadn't shown up!"
Fai turned his attention to the girl, about to say something but instead he simply stared-she was beautiful.
"If you don't mind me asking, what's your name?" Sakura asked kindly.
"Oh-I'm sorry! My name is Chii; I live in a small house nearby with my sister and parents." She answered.
"What were you doing wondering around the forest?" Syaoran asked.
"I was looking for a herb that dad needed for one of his remedies." Chii answered innocently.
"And you don't know how to protect yourself?" Fai asked once he snapped back to reality.
"Nope!" she smiled.
Syaoran looked at Sakura with a raised eyebrow, not sure of what to make of the ditzy girl. "Would you like us to escort you home?" Sakura asked. Fai and Syaoran stared at the princess unbelievingly.
"But she's just a stranger!" Syaoran argued.
"Says he who decided to follow me around for three days." Sakura retorted.
The ranger rolled his eyes and gave up-she had a point. "You don't have to-I'll be fine…" Chii answered awkwardly.
"No please, I'm sure you don't want to be kidnapped again." Sakura insisted.
"Alright then." Chii smiled.
I'M SORRY IF THIS CHAPTER WAS A LITTLE CRAPPY, I'M JUST A TAD MEH AT THE MOMENT TT_TT
Anyway, what did you all think?