Something Else To Reconsider
Written by Karinda Stellare Yosheru
Chapter 21. Entwining of auras, minds, bodies and souls.
Neither of the two were bothered to go back to the main village centre. Instead, they made their way towards a noticeably large clearing, painted lines decorated the sides. It appeared to be some sort of battle arena. Sakura frowned.
"Why would the village of Edo have a battle arena?"
Syaoran looked around, frowned himself, before shrugging it off.
"Even the most safest of places need something to train in, I guess."
She shuddered, knowing what he said was true. She had often thought that when she lived in Tomodea, it was the safest place on Earth. That thought soon changed.
He stepped into the arena, reached out and took a hold of Sakura's hand and guided her into the zone. He smiled.
"Ready for a lesson?" He asked. He took a step back, and blushed as he watched her stand before him. He really didn't want her to fight, although he believed that she should be given a chance, he just didn't want to hurt her. What troubled him the most was that bruise on her stomach. He would die if he accidentally hit that spot. Syaoran heard a laugh and the sound of an object being swung. Three seconds later, he found himself on the ground, with a giggling Sakura waving her Star Staff in front of him. He had been too busy day dreaming that she had caught him off.
"Li sensai." She giggled. "You should pay more attention." She watched him try to get off the ground, when he quickly swung his leg out to trip her over. She landed beside him, on her back and she groaned.
"So should you."
Sakura pouted, and reached out to grab her staff which was on the other side of Syaoran. Playfully, he grabbed her and with a grin, messed up her hair, before getting poked in the ribs. He cried out as she began poking him in the side, watching him squirm underneath her. The young man saw his chance, flipped her over carefully. Sakura watched with a curious look on her face as a huge grin replaced his.
"Awww, come on, be fair!" She cried out as he began tickling her. Syaoran would not give up, his hair fell into his face and he laughed.
"Fair? Oh, I can give you fair!"
He tickled her harder, until she screamed out in laughter and kissed him, throwing him off so she could get away.
The rest of the day went in the same fashion. No matter how hard they tried to keep on task, the presence of the other would be too much to resist, and they ended up in a tickle, poking or wrestle match. Not to mention a couple of kisses here and there to throw each other off.
Vaporiana watched the two from the seclusion of the trees and smiled. Even the winds were agreeing on the two, they were conjuring up their own ways of getting to two together. Even the three spirits up in the heavens, the mothers of the two were smiling, finally happy that the Little Wolf and the Cherry Blossom were together.
It was as if they had been in love for years.
~*~
It had been a long day.
Sakura wadded in the waters of the Edo stream, intrigued on how clear the waters were during that time of the day. She could see straight to the bottom, down to the pebbles that covered the ground. She sighed with content. Lowering her feet onto the ground, she focused on the waters, until a small spiral lifted itself from the creek, and several large water droplets began to circle around her in an exotic dance.
Sakura had often believed that the waters of all creeks, rivers and streams carried some sort of magic power, and she had often used them to refresh her own, whether she was exhausted or if she just needed the boost. Today, she was using it to reflect on the day. She giggled as she remembered the look on Syaoran's face when she dacked him during one of their wrestling matches.
Syaoran watched some three meters away from the embankment. He had crept up, he knew that she couldn't sense him because she was far too busy with the waters. He watched her in awe. He had never seen anyone do that before, and she looked so peaceful when she manipulated the drops of water that were circling her. He was about to take another step closer when he kicked something by accident. He looked down and blushed. It was the gown that Meiling had given Sakura to wear.
Sakura's eyes snapped open as something from the waters had told her that someone was lingering near. She lowered the droplets, so that they were only ten or so centimetres from the water's surface and thanked them silently, before trying to recognise who was watching her. She smiled.
"I know you are there, Syaoran."
He stood there, his face as red as it had ever been as she turned around in the water, her eyes only above the surface.
"Should I go?" He asked, desperately trying his hardest as to not look beneath the waters at her body. She shook her head like a child and gestured for him to come into the water. Syaoran thought that his head was about to explode...
Timidly, he waded into the water, one foot after the other, towards Sakura., who was now, getting her concentration back on the water formations that were now at eye level with her. She giggled, almost sending the poor man into a fit.
"H-How do you do that?" He asked, trying his hardest to keep his mind on the girl's face, and not something else. Sakura reached out, grabbed his hand, and placed one of the droplets in his hand. It hovered there for a second, before falling into the stream underneath his hand.
"You are not concentrating enough, Syaoran."
"I know." He blurted out, and Sakura raised a mischievous brow . She splashed some water in his face and disappeared under the water which for an unknown reason, turned slightly aqua, probably from the girl playing with its powers. She left him there, totally confused, and it was only when she did not appear above the surface did the young man begin to worry.
"Sakura?" He spun around in a circle, trying to find her. "Sakura!"
"ABSENT!"
She jumped out of the water and onto his back, pushing him under the water. When they emerged, Syaoran came up sputtering, with a small young woman clinging onto his back. He laughed, finally relaxed, forgetting that she was completely naked, and reached back and tussled her hair.
"You are supposed to say 'present', you know." He chuckled, and he felt her rest her chin on his shoulder. She shrugged.
"I like to be different."
"No real problem with that."
Sakura laughed and stuck her arm under his, gesturing to the water. She smiled.
"It's all about trust." She whispered into his ear, and the water appeared before the both of them, as a round orb, some five inches in diameter, hovering on the spot.
"Trust?" He echoed, staring at the small orb, trying to make sense of what she said. Sakura nodded.
"Trust." She giggled. "You have to trust the water, and it has to trust you back. You would never think, but it actually has a mind, a spirit and a power."
"Did Eriol tell you this?" Syaoran asked, his eyes still on the orb. Sakura shook her head.
"No... My mother did."
She felt Syaoran's body tense underneath her as he mentally kicked himself for asking such a question. She let the orb drop back into the stream, before sliding off his back and turning him around.
"It's okay, Xiao Lang... You didn't know."
His heart jumped a beat at the sound of his true name being spoken by her. It literally sent shivers up his spine. In other words - he loved it.
"How did you know my name?" He asked, a small smile upon his face. Sakura grinned, and took a small step towards him. She stopped and a thoughtful expression appeared on her face.
"You know what?" She began. "I really wouldn't know... It just popped in my head... Why... Does it bother you?"
His fingers played across the waters and he brought his gaze to hers.
"No..." He muttered, blushing. "I like it..."
"You do?" She asked, tilting her head to the side like a child.
"Just the way you say it..."
Syaoran quickly brought his gaze back to his chest, his hair fell over his face. He frowned at his comment.
'Nice one, you idiot, that'll go down well.'
He thought, getting ready to kick himself. Sakura began giggling, like a schoolgirl and for an unknown reason, threw her arms around his neck. And they both froze on the spot, well knowing how the smaller of the two was "dressed", and the now rather compromising position they were in, her legs around his waist the way they were. What was slightly more distressing was that his hands were supporting underneath her. Their faces soon turned an interesting shade of red. Still, nether one was showing signs of moving. Sakura giggled nervously."Heh... Ummm... Sorry about..."
Her sentence was silenced by Syaoran's warm lips upon hers. At first, she was surprised at his actions, he was so warm and caring, the way he kissed her, and she found herself kissing back, coming back for more. They experimented like curious youngsters, playing around with each other's tongues and whatnot. It was something new and exciting for the two - exploration.
His lips still locked on hers, Syaoran let go of her, hoping that she would keep herself supported by using her legs, and ran his hands up her body, making her shiver. His hands came to rest upon her breasts, and he squeezed them softly. Sakura cried out.
"Did I scare you then?" He asked, looking into her eyes. She shook her head, and rested it on his shoulder. Syaoran was slightly confused.
"Then why did you cry out?" He timidly asked, and he got a devilish grin in reply.
"Ummm..." She giggled. "I liked it."
Her lover beamed with pride. He could barely believe that it was him that could render her like that, he was flat out coming to terms that here he was, holding her, kissing her, touching her the way he was. With her arms around his neck, he waded out of the stream, onto the embankment, where he lay her on the grass. He was leaning over her, one arm over her, while the rest of his body was on the other side. Keeping himself propped up, he pushed her hair away from her eyes. They lent in for another kiss, this one soon became far more passionate than the others, their hands began wondering away from their sides.
Sakura moaned as she felt him run his hand up her thigh, and she wriggled up closer to him and pushed herself up.
"Do you really think we should be doing this here?" She giggled into his ear. Syaoran looked about, and blushed. Anyone could come walking past anytime soon. Reaching out, he grabbed Sakura's gown and placed it over her, before scooping her up in his arms. Sakura giggled like mad as they passed the villagers in Edo, some of the younger residents turned and stared on in utter surprise as Syaoran carried a half naked Sakura back to their hut, the older inhabitants simply took no notice.
Vaporiana, Reili and Kieba sat at an outdoor eating facility when the two young lovers strolled past, so totally engrossed with each other, that they did not notice Reili's jaw drop to the ground. She leant over to Kieba.
"Uhhhhhh... Kieba?"
"Yup?"
They both turned to Vaporiana who was eating peacefully at the table, who was acting as if she no idea of who just walked past. They frowned.
"Vap?"
"Yup?"
"Did you just see that?"
"See what?" She asked with a smirk. She looked at the two's startled faces and sniggered. "Edo air tends to have that effect on some." She giggled. Both reptiles simply rolled their eyes.
~*~
As soon as Syaoran lay Sakura on the large bed at the end of the room she snuggled underneath the covers, a dull pain began throbbing from deep inside of her stomach. Watching the chestnut haired boy walk over to a set of drawers, she watched him begin to pull out some more sheets for the bed, and she tried to push the pain out of her mind. Sakura then tried to prop herself up in the bed, but she screamed out, the dull pain transforming itself into a staggering pain in her lower stomach. She collapsed back in the bed, tears of pain in her eyes. Syaoran was at her side in a blink of an eye, his arms around her, one on her shoulder, the other in her lap.
"What is it? What's hurting you?" He asked. Sakura gingerly rubbed her stomach and he remembered the bruise that Ry had given her.
"Here.."
He placed a hand on her stomach and focusing on the injured area, a green mist appeared from the lips of his fingers and travelled into the bruise, and a strange feeling over came the girl. It made her feel light headed, almost giggly, and the feeling then left, just as quickly as it came. Peeking underneath the sheets, Sakura's jaw almost hit the floor as the bruise had vanished. She poked her stomach, expecting the pain to flood back, but there was nothing. She was healed. She noticed something else. She had nothing on, all her hands were grabbing onto was a flimsy gown that Meiling had given her, and it was soaking wet. She had completely forgotten that she was naked back at the stream and she mentally cussed herself.
'You must look like a tramp!"
Her mind hissed at her. Her heart kicked in. 'Oh shut your face, leave her alone... They both want this...'"Want what?" She asked out loud, and Syaoran frowned lightly, raising a brow.
"Are you okay?"
Sakura blushed, realising that she had spoken out loud. She stroked his cheek lovingly.
"I'm fine... My head talks sometimes..." She looked back down underneath the sheets at her uncovered body. Uhhh... Ummmmm...."
Syaoran blushed, knowing rather well of the situation that she was in and he got off the bed, totally unsure of what to say or do. It was as if the incident at the stream never took place - they were now as innocent as ever.
"Can I go for a shower?" She quickly asked, her face as pink as his.
Turning redder than ever, the man simply nodded, walked over to the drawers on the opposite side of the room and picked up a dark green bathrobe. It was big, being his and all, but he figured that she'd be needing something until he could get something for her. Handing her the robe, all he could do was point to where the bathroom was, he felt as if he was going to pass out. It was a thing that he did now, whenever she was around. He would blush like crazy until she left. Still, he really didn't know why.
"Thanks..."
Sakura stood up on her toes and kissed him on the cheek, before heading off towards the bathroom, leaving Syaoran in the centre of the room, jaw agape.
She had just walked away with nothing on at all.
Stepping into the shower recess, Sakura let the hot water run down her back and into the collection pool in the bottom. She sat down, crossed her legs and closed her eyes.
'Sometimes I wish I was never born... Dad would still be here, Touya would be here... So would Kero and Yue... But... If I wasn't they would have probably found them and killed them all anyway... Why does everything have to be so complicated?'
She slapped the water beside her, watching it splatter over the walls.
'I wonder how Tomoyo and the rest of the gang are going... Up in Heaven? I hope that they are fine...'
Watching the steam condensed on the glass, she reached up and drew a smiley face in the water. She smiled and stood up. She tried to wash away the memories, to try and start over... Then the sinister face of Ry Moshitsu broke into her mind. She shook her head, trying to get rid of her thoughts of him.
'I wonder what Syaoran is doing...'
It was about eleven at night, but that didn't stop Syaoran cleaning up around the bedroom, fixing up the sheets on his bed and putting away the folding up. He heard the shower turn off, and he turned red at the thought that Sakura was in there.
'Should I ask her tonight... Oh damnit fuckface... You have known her for what, a week?'
He walked over to the drawers, opened up the top draw and lifted up a couple of shirts, and a smile appeared on his face. There, underneath the garments, was a small box. He knew what was in there, he knew very well. Taking the box up in his hand, he brought it to his chest and closed his eyes. Zezzabellina had given it to him along time ago. She had told him when he met the one, he would know... It could take a day, it could take a year, but he would know when he had found her.
'I'll do it... I'll do it tonight.'
"Syaoran.. What are you doing?"
He turned around, saw Sakura at the room's entrance, her arms wrapped around her, trying to keep on the robe, that was threatening to fall off.
"It's a little big." She giggled, pulling up one of the sleeves. She looked so small in it, that Syaoran began laughing. She looked as if she was swimming in it.
"I-I'm sorry... You l-look so funny in it."
She too, began laughing, but trying to put on a serious face, stormed up to him, tripping over in the process from the folds in the robe. Syaoran reached out to catch her, but the momentum being the way it was, made her fall on him, her robe slipping over the both of them, covering them.
They stayed there, in that rather compromising position, before they burst out laughing, for reasons beyond them. Sakura's hair was matted to her forehead, she looked like she had just gotten out of a fight in a pool, Syaoran was that red from laughing that she thought that he would explode if he didn't catch his breath.
"Oh God... You are a bloody worry, girl."
"I know."
Breathing out, trying to regain herself from another laughing episode, she felt Syaoran slip his arms around her waist, and it was only then did they realise that she was lying on him, nothing on, with a bathrobe covering them.
"Uhhhh...."
Sakura silenced him with a kiss, and he rolled her over, so that he was on her, and pressed himself against her. He heard her moan as his hands roamed over her body, resting them on her hips.
He felt strange, as Sakura undid his jeans and slipped them off, her hands wondering over him.
He cried out, as her hands wrapped around his large erect staff, his hands shot out to hold himself up as his back arched from the slowly pleasing sensation that she was giving him.
"Eager, aren't you?" He breathed, shuddering as she slid her hands up him harder, working faster. A smile spread over her face.
"I could say the same about you." She giggled, flipping him over, and kissing him lightly on the lips. He closed his eyes as he felt her run her tongue down his chest, over his stomach and up his part, gently sucking its tip, rendering her lover as a shaking form. She heard him cry out, and she hummed softy, a devilish grin appearing on her face.
"S-Sakura!" He cried out her name, flooding his essence into her mouth. Swallowing slowly as to get his taste, she felt him pull her up on top of him, and he kissed her. She giggled.
"I can't believe you just did that." He whispered in her ear. He picked her up and carried her over to the bed, and layed her down carefully. "Now, it's my turn. I can't let myself get away without you being unsatisfied."
Before Sakura could reply with some comment, he slid his fingers into her, and she half screamed out, part from surprise, part from the pleasurable way he was moving his inside of her. He had a wicked smile on his face as he watched her wither from underneath him. She gripped onto the sheets, feeling him dig gently into her core, again and again and her breathing became heavy. He grinned and suckled on her breasts, before leaving a trail of kisses down her body.
Slowly pulling out his fingers from her, he left her wondering with what he was going to do next by massaging her inner thighs. She groaned, her body ready to explode, when she felt him go down on her, sucking on her, carefully as not to hurt her. Her body bucked as he slid his tongue into her groove, into her passage, and she came for him immediately, unable to hold it any longer.
"Ohh.. Good God..." She whispered, her body finally being able to relax. Syaoran smiled, hearing what she said and lapped up her fluid sending her shivers.
She eased the both of them onto their knees, and she kissed him, and he put her arms around his neck. They stopped the kiss, and they looked at each other, into each other's eyes, trying to find the words on what to say. They both knew what the other wanted.
"Take me..." Sakura whispered, stroking his back with her finger tips. Laying them both back on the bed, Syaoran carefully parted her legs, shaking as he did so. He had been told, by Reili, that it is rather uncomfortable for a girl's first time. The last thing he wanted to do was hurt her.
He rose above her and placed his hands on her legs, and stared down at her, scanning over her angelic body with a scared look on his face.
"S-Sakura... Ummm... What if I... Hurt?"
She tucked her hands under her chin, and she, to him, looked like a angel, sent for him. She giggled and blushed.
"It will be worth it, for it would be from you. I know that there is no escaping the pain that would follow..." She breathed in, looking into his eyes. "But I love you..."
She watched him relax, and he positioned himself on top of her. He kissed her, and before sliding himself into her, he whispered;
"Oh Sakura, I love you."
Being as careful as he could, he slowly pushed through her innocence, claiming her as his. He heard her cry out painfully, and he kissed her on the forehead, before kissing her on the lips, trying his best to soothe her. He pulled away from the kiss and looked down at her.
"Are you alright?" He asked, feeling her muscles relaxing underneath him. She nodded slowly and thoughtfully, seductively whispering into his ear;
"I am now."
Extracting himself a little, he slid into her again, every time it got easier. They began moving together, their bodys, minds and hearts in a harmony of their own.
Sakura wrapped her legs around his waist, giving him more room to explore her, and she buried her face in the crook of his neck. She shuddered, as she felt him rubbing against her walls.
"Sakura?"
She looked up and gazed into his eyes, and they slowed their dance. Her eyes widened as he entwined his fingers with hers, and with this other hand, brought a ring to her face. She gasped and held her breath as he went on to ask;
"I want you, Sakura Kinomoto, to be at my side, to love you. Please, fulfil my wish and be my wife..."
"You already have me, Xiao Lang... Of course..." She had to breathe in again to try and control herself. She may had only knew him for so long, but never before had she felt so right. "I would love to marry you."
He shuddered as she spoke his traditional name, he loved how she said it, softly and lovingly. He pushed into her, quicker this time, and she raised her hips to his, their aura's merged into one another, their souls joining, as the final commitment began.
Syaoran could not judge how long he would be able to hold on to himself, he knew that his love would not be too far off either, they were pushing into each other further and faster with each committing thrust.
"OH, GOOD GOD! SYAORAN!" Sakura felt herself contract around his member, and she screamed out his name, throwing him off into a explosion of exascy.
"SAKURA , MY LOVE! OH..."
They screamed each other's names out, both coming at the same time, to the pleasure that they bestowed upon each other. Syaoran released into her, and collapsed upon his love, spent of energy, slid himself out, giving each other a remembering shiver and rolled her onto him, and he watched her nestle in his arms, her face happily content.
They gazed into each others eyes, exchanged a final kiss and fell asleep in each others arms, completely entwined with each other, finally finding peace in the world that they had come to live in.
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