Well here we go another chapter. I'm happy my in the closet readers came out and they gave me some reviews. I am very grateful. You guys keep me going I'm trying to finish this story before I loose interest again. But here you go Chapter 25. Oh and I have another twist for you guys maybe you can figure it out. Or do I have to tell you?

Never Stop

Chapter 25~

Harder to Breathe

"I'm so hungry guys can we stop and eat." Tomoyo said as he held her empty stomach.

"We just ate an hour ago Tom." Meilin said as she stepped over a rock.

"I know but I'm still hungry."

"Tomoyo you are staring to develop a bigger apatite than me." Sakura said with a smile as she pulled a sandwich out of her bag. "Here" She said giving the sandwich to Tomoyo.

"Thank you." She said with a smile. "I feel like I haven't eaten in days."

"Tomoyo you are weird." Kiki said with a smile.

"No I'm just hungry." She said biting to the sandwich. The others looked at her and began to laugh.

"What?" she said with a lost expression.

"Hey look" Justin yelled from up ahead. Syaoran, Eriol, and Ethan ran up to catch up with him. "Great now what are we supposed to do" Justin said kicking a rock of the cliff into the ravine.

Eriol walked to the ledge looked down. "Whoa that's a long way down."

"Yeah and a long way across too." Ethan said looking across the gap. That's at least 500 feet wide."

"I hate heights" Kiki said holding on to Justin's arm.

"Well we have to cross it." Syaoran said looking at Sakura.

She turned her eyes away from his gaze. "What do you want me to do?"

"We need a bridge." He said softly.

"Fine whatever you want." Sakura said as she turned back to him with a glare. "Create. Make us a bride so we can cross the gap. Create Card release and dispel." The card flew out started to form a wooden bridge. Sakura walked out on to the bridge. One piece at a time the bridge formed in front her making sure that its master would make it across the gap safely. The other's followed Sakura cautiously crossing the newly formed bridge. When everyone was across Sakura turned. "Create Card Return." The Create instantly disappeared. Flying back to Sakura and once again returning into its card form.

"Well now that we have crossed the bridge what's next." Tomoyo said with a smile.

"Oh I know I know." Kiki said with a smile jumping up and down.

Tomoyo turned to Kiki and laughed. "Oh I believe that Ki knows the answer." Tomoyo said sarcastically as she pointed at her.

"The answer is more walking." Kiki said with a smile.

"Correct you are" Tomoyo said as they both started laughing hysterically.

"Well at least they are having fun." Justin said as he started to walk forward.

"Who dare crosses into my realm." came a light beautiful voice from the sky.

Tomoyo and Kiki stopped laughing and looked around.

"Who said that?" Sakura said grabbing on to Meilin's arm. "Tell me it wasn't a ghost."

"Right now it's hard to tell." Meilin said looking around.

"Who's there?" Syaoran and Eriol shouted.

"Right now boys you will answer to me."

"Who are you to make demands?" Ethan shouted at the voice.

"Well you are obviously a very uninformed boy." The voice said with a little laugh. "And since you are so naive I will not say anything more regarding your comment except this...When you are on unknown territory with unknown people. It is always best to abide by the rules, listen and try to make peace before you put your self in an inescapable predicament."

"I abide by my own rules." Ethan said with a growl.

"THEN YOU ARE ASKING TO BE PUNISHED." The woman yelled. A bright light came from the sky and a women floated down from the heavens.

"Look what you did you dumb ass… you pissed her off." Syaoran said with a scowl.

The women landed on the ground softly and she looked to Ethan. Her red bangs just stopping above her eyes. Her long red hair flowed all the way down her back. She wore a white fighting outfit. That was low cut reveling her large breast and had a large slit going up one of her thick legs reveling her toned skin. She wore white high healed sandals that strapped up her ankle for support. Her brown eyes looked gentle but the look on her face was fierce. She smiled. "Do you dare go against me?" She said walking up to Ethan. "Then prove your self." She got into a fighting stance.

"Ethan stepped forward slowly. "Are you sure you want to do this." he said confidently.

She just smiled. "I won't hurt you that much."

"Enough talk" Ethan said as her ran toward her. He tried to punch her face. But she easily grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground. Ethan got up and charged at her again. He tried to kick her and again she grabbed his leg and flipped him upside down he hit the ground with a thud. He tried to get up again only to be stopped by her foot pushing into his neck she pushed down almost cutting off his air supply.

"So have you had enough?" She waited for him to speak and then she smiled. "Oh wait you cant answer me can you?... Hmp... No...you can't can you? Can you breath?" She gave out a little laugh. "Just barely I guess." Ethan squirmed under her weight his face turning red. She gave him an evil smile. Realizing that she still had an audience she turned to Syaoran. "You look like you want me to do it."

Syaoran just stared at her with hard undying eyes.

"This boy means nothing to you. Or...does he?"

Syaoran looked down at Ethan struggling for air. His eyes met his and instantly turned cold. "He is of no importance to me."

"Syaoran" Sakura said softly from behind him.

He turned to her. Her eyes were full of sorrow and grief. "You don't want this?" He said darkly as he stared right into her emerald eyes.

She closed her eyes as a tear ran down her face. "I..." She looked down at the ground. "I won't be the cause of his death Syaoran." She said with a shaky voice.

"Aw look the girl has a heart." The woman said pressing down a little harder. "It's funny how all of you are standing here but only one of you value's his life." She looked down to Ethan. "Because of her your life is sparred" She lifted her foot and Ethan crawled away from her coughing and gasping for air. "None of your friends value you life. If I were you I wouldn't get into any more trouble. I could have killed you one vote against six isn't very good... But me being the nice person that I am... Have granted you another day to live." She said darkly.

Ethan got up and walked toward Sakura. He smiled at her. "Thank you." He said kissing her lips softly. Sakura just stood there and accepted the kiss. He wiped the tears from her cheeks. "Don't cry for me."

Sakura looked over Ethan's shoulder at Syaoran. His eyes looked so hard and full of despair. 'I'm so sorry Syaoran.' She said to her self as Ethan hugged her.

"Aw the boy has a girl friend." She said looking at Ethan and Sakura. "Personally I think she's too sweet for you. You don't even look like her type. But your dark and mysterious friend." She said looking to Syaoran. "He on the other hand looks like he could use someone to soften his heart."

"I agree with her." Meilin said stepping up. "He would be so much better if he had Sakura."

"Did you just say SAKURA?" The woman said loudly. She put her finger in her mouth and started biting on her nail "The card mistress?" She said in a little muffled voice

Sakura nodded.

She had a worried expression on her face as she said. "Oh my I'm so sorry for bothering you and ..." She stopped abruptly and turned to Syaoran. "You must be the chosen one."

Syaoran nodded

"I'm... please...please forgive me for threatening your friends' life I meant nothing of it. Though it seems that you enjoyed his near death experience." She said with an innocent but evil smile.

"Who are you?" Syaoran said softly.

"Kasumi" Guardian and warrior ninja of the land of Paside" She said with a bow. "Well at least I'm just one of the guardian ninjas." She said pushing her red hair over her shoulder. "Come let me take you to my master." She said turning and walking toward the edge of the forest.

"You want us to go through that." Sakura said looking at the thorny covered bushes and tree's that surrounded the out side of the forest.

"Ah but Card Mistress Things in this land aren't always what they seem. Kasumi smiled and turned to the bush she snapped her fingers and a bright light started to shoot out from the bushes. The trees swayed and howled as the wind picked up the light slowly pushed its way through the trees developing a clear opening into the forest. Kasumi turned to the others. "Come Caitlyn awaits." She grabbed Sakura hand "Come on she will be happy to see you." she said as she pulled her down the path. After a couple of minutes they came to a clearing. There was a little town filled with people. Children were running around playing with toys. Women were in the garden. "Look." Kasumi said pointing at a boy practicing his fighting in there front yard. "That's Sumo he's training to be a guardian like me." They walked further until they got to two enormous wooden doors. Kasumi walked up to the doors and knocked one time but very softly. She stepped back.

"Um are you sure they herd that I mean those are some big doors." Justin said looking up at the gigantic doors.

Kasumi smiled "Things aren't as they seem"

The big doors slowly opened reveling another colossal door just like the first. At least 100 feet away from the previous one. Kasumi gave a happy grin. "Oh come on were almost there." She said walking past the doors quickly. As soon as the group past the first doors they automatically closed behind them.

"Hey Kasumi." Kiki said softly as she watched the doors close.

"Yeah?"

"Umm I really don't like enclosed places."

"Oh well then... Umm..." She trailed off. But them smiled and said. "I'm sorry but there's only one way to Caitlyn and that's through the doors."

"Okay then. Well let's just go...Quickly!" Kiki said looking around feeling a little claustrophobic.

"Okay but don't say I didn't warn you." Kasumi said as she turned and knocked on the second door with two big bangs.

"Oh so this doors def" Justin said with a grin.

Kasumi let out a little laugh as Kiki and Syaoran hit Justin over the head.

"Hey it was just a joke." He said with a smile.

"Your right Justin this door doesn't hear very well." Kasumi said with a smile. The ground started to shake. "Here we go."

"What's happening?" Syaoran yelled at Kasumi.

Kasumi just smiled. "Things aren't always as they seem"

"Eriol!" Tomoyo screamed "The doors are closing in on us."

"Ahhhhhhhhh" Kiki screamed at the top of her lungs as she fell to the ground and started rocking back and forth. She put her hands over her ears and closed her eyes. "Wide open spaces... Wide open spaces... Wide open spaces." She said over and over again out loud with a shaky voice.

"Push the doors push." Tomoyo yelled as she pushed one of the doors.

"What's happening? Stop this." Justin said as he watched as the doors grew closer and closer.

"You tricked us." Meilin yelled at Kasumi as she tried to push the door back.

Kasumi just smiled.

"No... We can't stop it." Eriol said looking at the other door start to close in on Kiki. The door pushed her body over and kept plowing toward the middle. "Kiki realized what was happening and stood up she stretched out her arms and pushed against both the doors. Like the others. "Nooo." She screamed.

"Sakura I love you." Tomoyo said softly to her best friend as the door was coming closer and closer to quashing all of there bodies flat.

"I love you too Tomoyo you to Meilin." She said looking over at her friend next to Tomoyo.

"Sakura" Syaoran said from beside her. As the doors got so close that they just stood against the wall and watched them enclose on them. "Use the time card."

"Time" Sakura screamed as the walls pushed against her chest making it hard to breath. "Stop the doors from killing us. TIME" She screamed and closed her eyes afraid that the card wouldn't work. The card released it self and the doors stopped at once. "That was close." She said softly as she opened her eyes. Her body was pressed against the wall. She was looking to her left. She looked in to two intense amber eyes. "Good idea Syaoran" She said softly. "Every one okay Tomoyo yelled from beside her. "Yeah. Just a little squished." Justin said with a raspy voice.

"Am I the only one who can hardly breathe?" Eriol said loudly.

"No" Meilin said softly.

Ethan just groaned. "Well this sucks."

A little laugh came from the end of the line.

"Kasumi you bitch." Syaoran said hearing Kasumi laughing from beside him. "If I could reach you I would kill you."

"Aw you guys are so cute." Kasumi said with another laugh. "You really think that a card is going to hold these doors you got another thing coming." She said with a sarcastic tone.

"She's right" Sakura groaned. "My power is to week the card is going to give." She looked up at Syaoran. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry you tried." He said as he reached over and grabbed her hand

She smiled. "I can't hold on any longer."

The card gave way and the door started to enclose on them. Kiki let out a scream. Justin closed his eyes ready for the pain.

"I love you Tomoyo." Eriol said as the doors crushed into his body. Meilin and Tomoyo let out a scream.

"Syaoran" Sakura screamed as the pain became so intense. He squeezed her hand trying to over come the pain and everything went dark.

Like I said at the begging of the story if you read through the last couple of chapters you might catch on to my twist if you figure it out you will get a reward of your choice written in an upcoming chapter! So please read and see if you can figure it out! Hey you never know you could add another big twist to my story.