"What are you doing here Danny?" I heard Sakura's voice as she was talking to Danny, purposely staying close enough for me to hear her and him talking. I was thankful to her for providing me with this satisfaction of hearing her conversation. "I thought you were dead." Danny shook his head and opened his arms for a hug.

"Well, I'm not dead, and I want you back." I looked past Danny and saw Sakura's father and brother standing in front of the doorway to the living room where the funeral reception was. I felt a glare come over my face and I didn't hold back as I did glare anyway. I almost got up and went over to them; they had diabolical looks of anger and evil on their faces.

"No, you…you're supposed to be dead! I saw you get shot! I knew I wasn't there for the funeral, my father made me move before it happened. But I was there, how can you still be alive?" Sakura was having a hug nervous breakdown and I wished I was standing beside her…trying to comfort her.

"Well, I'm not dead! So come back to me! Come back to me now! I want you back, I love you Sakura!" I frowned…I never knew that Danny was so jealous and controlling of her. And neither did poor Sakura either. Anger was slowly spreading over her face and she did not look happy at all.

"I have someone here better than you! And you can't be Danny because Danny was slow and confident, uncontrolling and loving. You're nothing like him! You can't be, you just can't be!" I got up off of the couch and went to her side, wrapping my arm around her waist and drawing her close to me.

"Shush…I'm here," I held her close to me and rubbed her neck gently. She hiccupped and a tear fell from her eye. I caught it on my finger and wiped it off of her beautiful and radiant face. She smiled brokenly at me, much like I had done earlier. I stood beside her and held her, giving her comfort as she talked to a phantom from her past.

"T-this…this is h-him…" I heard her say as she placed her hand over mine and squeezed lightly. I squeezed her hand back and gave her a small, reassuring smile. Danny looked over us, no real emotion behind his eyes. "You aren't Danny; you're a jealous creation my father and my brother made up to go back to them. They promised that you could use me too I bet." I saw a flicker of annoyance cross his eyes.

"She's right. You know that she is. They promised you that you could use her as you liked if you did this for them. They promised that to you before, when you pretended to be her 'boyfriend.' You didn't really die. They staged a fake fight or killing or whatever and 'killed' you, just to get rid of the only 'good' thing in her life." I saw this flicker of the same annoyance, some anger, run through his eyes again. I knew that I was right.

"Y-you lied t-to m-me?" Sakura's voice quivered as she contemplated this. She carefully stepped out of my arms and walked right up to Danny. She punched him right in the nose. I couldn't help but smile when blood spurted from his nose. "You never guessed that Tomoyo would come into the picture did you? So you actually killed her?"

"Yes, they did Sakura. Come on, it's time to go," I grabbed Sakura's hand and she held tight, walking away with me. She threw a glare back at them and followed me up the stairs to my room. I pulled her into my room and pushed her down on the bed. She didn't mind, it wasn't violent or anything. At least…I wasn't aiming to make it seen as violence on her part.

"Thanks…" She smiled at me…brokenly again. I smiled sadly at her and pulled her into my arms. She went through a lot in her life, and this was a huge blow to her. Danny, who she thought was her best friend, turned out to be an evil conniving idiot in league with her father.

"No problem, you needed saving, huh." She nodded and pressed against me, into my arms. I adjusted her so that her head was against my chest, over my heart. She felt the beat and she started breathing to the beat. Soon, she was calm and relaxing.

"Yes…I needed saving…and an escape…and I got it, didn't I?" I smiled at her, not sadly this time. I was proud that I was her escape, and her escape I would stay. I felt her move her hand up and grasp my hand. I smiled and squeezed her hand, lightly rubbing my thumb over the skin on her hand. She smiled sweetly and I felt her red hot blush against my chest.

"You did. And…do you know…that you look so cute with a blush on your face?" She giggled and shook her head no. "Well…you do." She nodded at me, telling me that she knew that now. I fell back amongst my pillows and I felt my girl move close to me. She laid on her side and put her head on my shoulder. She moved her hand over my heart.

"I can still feel your heart beating through your chest," she told me softly, closing her eyes. "Your heat is overwhelming me, moving throughout my body and heating me to my core. You're making my insides go haywire. Not even Danny…when I believed that he loved me…could get this reaction out of me…" I nodded and stroked her hair gently.

"Shush honey…let's go to sleep now. We can deal with it in the morning. I promise you…we will…" she smiled and snuggled against me. Soon, her breathing was evening out and she fell asleep on top of me. I didn't mind at all…

Diary—

I don't know what's going on…Danny lied to me how he loved me…and now he's back. What am I going to do about my family?! Well…Syaoran told me that we were going to deal with it in the morning…I'm taking his advice.

~Saku