Never Stop

Chapter 21

Syaoran's Weakness

4:38 PM ~~~~~~~~Syaoran's Bed Room.

Syaoran sat on his bed his mind with one question playing over and over again. He ran his hand threw his hair and sighed. 'What can I do?' He buried his face in his hands. 'What can I do?' He looked up when he heard a knock at the door. "Come in." he said waiting for the person to enter. There stood the only person who was by his side since the beginning before Ethan, before Sakura and the cards; before he found out he was the chosen one. The one person he could always depend on no matter how hard it got. He gave her a weak smile. Her bright crimson eyes showed so much pain when he looked up at her. The eyes that made him feel like there was hope, the eyes that told him everything was okay. Were now full of sorrow and despair and all because of him. She new he was hurting but he was to stubborn to show it. She closed the door and walked up to him. She put her hand to his face. He looked in to her eyes. "I don't know what to do Meilin." She pulled him into her arms. "I don't know what to do." Is the last thing he said before he let himself go. He buried his face in her shirt and cried.

4:42~~~~~~ Li Mansion Living Room

"How are you doing Sakura?" Tomoyo said as she sat down beside her best friend.

"I'm okay. I'm just confused and lost I wish I could just get away."

"It's okay. Everything will turn out for the best."

"I know your right but I can't help feeling like everything is wrong."

"I will be okay Sakura." Eriol said walking into the room over hearing Sakura.

"Cheer up please." Tomoyo said softly. "I can't take all this sadness."

Kiki, Justin, and Ethan walked in. "Were ready" They said together.

"All right then I guess we better try to get some rest. Eriol said looking at everyone.

"We have to stay in this room though." Ethan said.

"Why?" Kiki questioned

"Because Kyros put a spell on this room. So that the gatekeeper knows were to come tonight. He will only take the people who are here in this room everyone else will be left behind."

"Okay well everyone get comfortable." Justin said sitting down on the couch.

Sakura laid her head on Tomoyo's shoulder. Tomoyo sighed and laid her head against her friends and after awhile they fell asleep. Eriol smiled at the two girls.

"Well are you ready to go Kiki" Eriol asked as she sat down.

"Yeah I guess I just don't really want to."

"None of us do." Ethan said speaking up.

Justin looked at him. "What your story man?"

"Well I have been training all my life to guard my wife and her cards. When her mother and my mother made the agreement that I would protect her daughter and love her daughter. Sakura's mom new that people would be after her, being the card mistress, so she came to Kyros and asked for help. It was her best choice knowing that the Li clan is one of the most powerful magical families. Kyros wanted the cards but she would not give them. After along agreement Kyros said that when the cards appear he will send the chosen one to capture them with her daughter and if Sakura won the Final Judgment she will forever be protected by the Li family. Her mother accepted having faith in her unborn daughter. Sakura won The Final Judgment and the deal was sealed now I was officially her betrothed fiancé. She was not supposed to know of me until her 21 birthday. Believe me no one expected her to fall in love." He said looking at her. "I'm sorry but this is what I have to do Kyros doesn't want me to give any slack she has to get used to me."

"Wait let me get this straight. You are related to Syaoran."

"Yes. Sakura's mom was best friends Maddie, my mother. Her mother new that my mom was going to marry one of the Li boy's. So my mother, being a best friend, promised that her son would protect her daughter."

"What if you were a girl?" Justin said sarcastically.

"Then we would have been screwed."

"Why would you have been screwed." Meilin asked as her and a red eyed Syaoran sat down on the love seat.(so everyone knows there is like this rectangle coffee table in the middle of the floor with a couch behind it and a love seat on both sides of it. FYI.) He put his arm around her and she smiled.

"Syaoran you look like hell you need to get some sleep." Kiki said looking at him.

"I know Ki that's why I'm here so I can sleep. He said laying his head against the couch.

"Were have you guys been." Kiki asked Meilin

"We just had a little talk. Right Syaoran?" She said looking at him.

"Yeah." He said softly pulling her closer to him. "Love you little girl."

She smiled happy that he was starting to get him self together. "Love you too. You little brat."

He pushed her away. "Shut up."

After a while everyone had fallen to sleep. Trying not to think about what awaits them when they wake up.

8:35PM~~~~~~~~~Li Mansion Living Room

Sakura woke up with a start. She looked around everyone was sleeping. She exhaled. 'It was only a dream.' She thought as she tried to catch her breath. She looked at the chair beside her. There sat the person who caused her to feel so much pain. He sat there his black hair messy and spiky. She wished for a second that he would just disappear. She felt Tomoyo stir beside her. She looked at her friend. 'Oh how I envy you.' She thought as she watched as her friend slept. 'You have everything love, happiness, and I have' She sighed. She looked at Eriol and smiled. 'You make everything seem so easy. I wish I could be that way...Maybe I wouldn't be in so much pain.' She thought to her self before she looked at Justin and Kiki laid out across the love seat next to Ethan's chair. 'I've only known them for a couple of weeks but I feel like I've know them all my life. There so wonderful.' She looked at the love seat opposite of them and there sat Meilin and Syaoran fast asleep. 'They came into my life so suddenly. I can't believe at one point we didn't like each other.' She smiled. 'And now I can't see my life without them.' Syaoran turned a little then slowly opened his eyes. Sakura turned away hoping he hadn't seen her staring. He rubbed his eyes with his hand. He looked up and there eyes met. Sakura turned away. 'Why is he looking at me like that?'

"Why did you turn away?"

She looked up. "Huh?"

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing?" All the while her mind was screaming 'Everything I can't believe you have to ask.' She let go of a sigh.

"Hey how about a smile." he said softly. She raised her head and gave him a weak smile. "You can do better." She blushed and smiled at him. "There that's better."

He smiled. "You know I love it when you smile." She blushed some more and smiled bigger.

"Syaoran..." She trailed off and looked to the floor.

"Huh?"

She looked into his deep brown eyes as a tear fell down her cheek.

"Please don't cry." he said softly.

She looked into his eyes they showed the same pain that she felt in her heart.

"I'm sorry. I just..."

"It's okay. Everything will be alright."

"How can you say that?" She said trying to hold in her anger.

"Sakura please."

"No you listen." She yelled making everyone turn in there sleep. She looked around the room. Seeing that no one had awakened she continued in a angry whisper. "I can't do this...I can't take it any longer. You don't understand. I have no choice now. My life has been planed and written like a book. What ever happens on this journey I will still come home and be Mrs. Ethan Snow. I will never be anyone else. I can't date I can't see anyone else. I'm under strict watch. If I don't breath right someone will know. God Syaoran... I just want to live my own life; I want to make my own decisions. I want to be with..." She wiped her eyes "You" she said softly. She looked up at him. He had a blank expression on his face but his eyes said it all. "You know you can cover up your pain. But you can't hide it forever."

"You can't change what happened to us." he said softly. "You are going to have to get used to Ethan. I'm sure he's not..." He swallowed hard "He's not that bad."

"I'm not really."

They turned to see Ethan wide awake.

"I'm sorry I butted in but I couldn't help myself."

"See Sakura I told you. You can trust him. It will be okay." Syaoran said giving her a weak smile.

"Whatever." 'I can't believe he is saying that' she yawned "I'm just going to go back to sleep." She said disappointed. After about 20 min Sakura drifted back to sleep disappointed that Syaoran was going to let her go so easily.

9:14~~~~~Li Mansion Living Room

After seeing that Sakura finally went to sleep Ethan spoke up. "Why did you tell her she could trust me?"

Syaoran looked up. His anger was written all over his face. "Because she can, can't she?" He questioned calmly trying to ignore all the horrible things running threw his mind.

"She can. I just thought that you would never confirm that."

"Look she has to be happy." He looked at her and his eyes went soft. 'I can't see her suffering from all of this. It's not fair.' He looked back at Ethan his eyes turned hard again. "I can't have it any other way. I'll do anything to keep a smile on her face. Even if I have to lie."

"You are not as hard up as I thought. To think all this time I thought that Sakura was crazy to love someone who seemed to be so cold hearted and shut down."

"Don't take this as a weakness." Syaoran said giving him one of his death glares.

"I'm sorry but... Syaoran, she is your weakness there is no way around that. Look here's some advice that I learned during my training. Over come your weaknesses or it will be the death of you."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You know exactly what it means."

"Don't cross me Ethan."

"Is that a threat?" he said sitting forward in his chair.

"It's what ever you want it to be." Syaoran said with a scowl on his face. "I really can't stand you."

"We'll that is completely understandable." Ethan said with a smirk as he sat back in his chair. He looked up at Syaoran. "I know you are dying to ask something. I can tell. You got to keep you enemy's close after all."

"You are right Ethan. You do have to keep your enemy's close." Syaoran said the anger rising in his voice.

"So what do you want to know?"

Syaoran looked at him. His eyes were burning with hate and confusion. "Why do you push up on her like you do?" He paused. "Why are you trying to hurt her?"

"Wow I'm impressed I didn't think you could ask something like that."

"Just answer the question." He said threateningly balling his hands into a fist.

"All right man keep your cool." He said seeing that Syaoran was beginning to lose it. "Look it's nothing personal I'm just a really touchy feely type of guy. I mean she is beautiful. How could anyone resist all of that? I just want to throw her in bed and take her." he said looking at Sakura.

Syaoran stood up carefully making sure not to wake Meilin. He started pacing back and forth balling and un-balling his fists. "Look Ethan" he said threw clenched teeth. If we are going to get along. Even just a little bit. You are going to have to not talk about Sakura in any kind of sexual way around me, you can't touch her if she doesn't want to be touched, you can't even look at her as if you were imagining doing something naughty with her. Or I swear I will lose it." He walked up to him. Ethan stood up just in case Syaoran tried anything stupid. There eyes met. "Don't mistake my feelings for her. I still love her and I will be damned if anyone ever hurts her. Do I make my self clear?" Syaoran said in a threatening tone. There faces were inches apart. They both stared at each other hard.

"Crystal." Ethan said sarcastically.

Syaoran stepped back "Watch over her I swear if anything happens to her while we're gone. I'm holding you fully responsible."

"Don't worry she'll be fine." Ethan said sitting back down

"You better hope she will be." Syaoran said sitting back down beside Meilin.

"Well after that happy note I think we should both try to get some sleep we have a big night ahead of us." Ethan said as he closed his eyes.

Syaoran sat for a while he looked at Sakura. "If you only new what is to come next." he said softly. 'I'm just afraid that Ethan will not be enough to protect you' Was the last thought that ran threw his mind before sleep to over his mind.

11:45PM~~~~~~Li Mansion Living Room

The ground began to shake violently beneath the sleeping group. Everyone awoke with a jolt.

"Wakey... Wakey... Kiddies" Came Alina's voice from no were. The dark maiden appeared out of the darkness.

"You couldn't wake us in a less violent way could you?" Justin asked as he helped Kiki of the floor because she had been thrown of the couch in the ruckus.

Alina smirked. "In fifteen minutes our deal begins. Are you ready?" She said looking at Syaoran.

"We're ready." Syaoran said standing up.

"Good... that's exactly what I want to hear."

Well that's chapter 21. Wow Syaoran had a mental break down in the beginning of the chapter what a opening! I made this chapter longer not as long as previous chapters but it's pretty damn close. Everyone is losing it. But you will read more about that later! ! ! ! Chapter 22 tease! ! ! ! Well anyways review I will update soon!

Oh and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Everybody ! ! ! !