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Chapter Twenty Five: Picking Up the Pieces

Sakura's dreams were plagued by nightmares of what happened when she was taken away; each night spent waking screaming and breathing for air. Syaoran had to calm her down each time, and each time she collapsed into tears from memories of the time that haunted her. The time she wished she could just forget-however it wasn't entirely easy to just forget the damage done. Her mental scars would most certainly stay with her forever, which was unfair, and her memory still incomplete wasn't helping either. Some things bothered her such as the true powers she had and the truth behind the connection between herself and her sister. It was painful.

Kanna on the other hand had finally moved on like Touya would have wanted her to, and found someone else. A man with messy dark brown hair with flecks of blonde through it, and shocking blue-purple eyes that shone in the moonlight. He got on well with all of the guys and fit in well. He often picked on the girls, his favourite being Kanna, and as they grew closer each day their relationship reached a whole new level.

Chii was doing fine with the pregnancy, however she loved to scare the crap out of Fai whenever she could. Doing things like being over dramatic was pretty entertaining for everyone, except Fai who freaked out.

Sakura was tossing and turning in her sleep once again, one of the many nightmares that had continuously been keeping her from resting peacefully within the past month. Syaoran shook her awake, wiping her tears away as she woke with a start. She gasped for air, and then realising it was only another one of her nightmares she fell back into the pillows, letting the tears flow. She rolled into Syaoran's arms and clutched his shirt tightly. "Syaoran, why do I have to have these horrible dreams?" Sakura sobbed. He stroked her hair softly as she cried. "If only I could forget all of what happened back then, and then I could just live happily with you and everyone else."

Syaoran thought the same. If there was one thing that Syaoran could do for Sakura, it was to make her forget all about it. "Don't think about it, it's time to move on now." He said in her ear. "I'm sorry Syaoran, I'm sorry." She cried. The rest of the night was spent with Sakura sleeping in Syaoran's arms, waking whenever she had a nightmare.

When Sakura awoke once again, she found the Chii was snuggled next to her, sleeping peacefully. Feeling that she desperately needed a shower, she was careful not to wake Syaoran or the sleeping Chii. Sakura picked up her clothes off the floor which had come off during the night, and threw them to the side. She walked into the shower and turned it to the temperature she desired, and ran the hot water through her hair and along her skin. It felt nice after crying, so she stayed there for a while.

Meanwhile in the bedroom, Chii had awoken to find herself inches away from Syaoran's face, freaked out and screamed. Syaoran woke with a start. "What is it!?" Chii grabbed his arm and twisted it, causing Syaoran to lose balance and falling face first back into the pillows. "You bastard! How'd you get in my bed-Naked!?" Chii yelled at him. Sakura walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel. "Uh, Chii…Why are you attacking Syaoran?" Sakura asked walking over to her wardrobe, opening it to look for a dress to wear. "Wait. Oh, yeah that's right. I'm in your room. Syaoran you FREAK." She yelled one last time before letting go and jumping off and running out the room to let Sakura dress.

It was winter, so it had been snowing lately, so Sakura chose her red dress that had long sleeves that flared out at the ends, and the dress itself had three layers, so it was really quite warm because of the material it was made of. She had black stockings underneath for extra warmth. Sakura wore a deep red ruby necklace on a gold chain around her neck with the dress, with matching earrings. The dress itself went down to the floor, and her toes poked out at the bottom. "That looks nice on you." Syaoran commented. Red was a colour that Sakura didn't normally wear, so Syaoran must have liked how it looked on her. "Thankyou…" Sakura blushed. The top of the dress also lifted up her bust, which was most likely what Syaoran liked most about it-How it brought out her figure so well. Syaoran grabbed his shirt off the floor, and put it on sloppily. "You could try changing you know…" Sakura mumbled as she walked out of the door. "What?" Syaoran called after her. "You should really wear something different!" Sakura called back.

The next time Sakura saw Syaoran he was wearing a black button up shirt with pants; indeed he was wearing something different from his usual attire. "So you really did change." Sakura stared at him. "You told me to." He said casually. "Dude…whipped…" Fai said out of the corner of his mouth. Syaoran elbowed Fai in the stomach, only to receive a burst of laughter from Kanna's new friend. "Shut up the both of you before I throw you out." The prince muttered, standing up and leaving the room, heading towards the gardens.

Sakura followed behind him, snow falling down around them as they walked outside. "You look tired." He commented as they walked, picking a red rose from the bush beside him. "I'm not really…" she said quietly. "Yet you've hardly had any sleep-an hour at least." He retorted. "I'm not bothered by the lack of sleep…I'm kind of used to it with all those nights staying up with the girls…" she replied-that much was true at least. "Well something is obviously bothering you; otherwise you wouldn't have such a grim look on your face." He said as he walked over to her with the rose in his hand. She span the ring around on her finger a few times before looking up at him; he placed the rose in her hair that had been pulled back into a neat bun with a black and red feather fascinator decorating its side. "You know I could see the future in dreams, right?" She began, sadness showing in her eyes.

He looked at her with confusion. Where was she going with this? "Yes." He replied. "My nightmares are changing…pieces of the dreams are distorted…" she murmured. Oh. "You don't believe it's truly over, do you?" he said quietly. Sakura shook her head sadly. "No, I don't."

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