Chapter 29: Never Want You to Hurt
Sakura had a nightmare of something lashing at her and that Syaoran was dead. She screamed until Syaoran woke her up. At school, Tomoyo and Sakura went to check the costumes and they were shocked to find them slashed into pieces. At rehearsals, Syaoran and Sakura practiced the opening fight scene between the two characters, and when Sakura was distracted by the thought of the Phantom, Syaoran lunged forward and landed on top of her. Before getting up, Syaoran told Sakura that he didn't mean any of the insults he said. Sakura's art picture was slashed, as well as the soccer balls. Sakura and Syaoran apologized to one another for the insults and after Syaoran pretended to be mad, Sakura chased him around the park until he chased her back. They were having fun until Sakura felt something go past her and found her school tie cut off. Then with every cracking noise she got injured until Syaoran revealed the force and found The Whip. As the force was always attacking Sakura, Syaoran protected her by covering her body by taking her in his arms and enduring The Whip's lashes on his own body. Just when Syaoran couldn't take the pain any longer, Sakura found a burst of energy within. Using the combination of Sword, Fiery and Freeze, her sudden power was enough to capture The Whip.
Sakura got Syaoran home, doing her best to tend to the large welts on his back that were continuously bleeding. He slipped in a fever and his unconscious self let out details from his past. Syaoran dreamed that it was iron-hot and freezing cold and was ready to stop fighting until he remembered Leiyun's words to not give up. That was when he felt a warm, rose aura and his pain became bearable. Sakura broke contact and feeling exhausted, she found The Heal. Her desire to help Syaoran created a new Sakura Card. She went to sleep and in the end, they both missed the whole day from school. That night, Sakura was ready to use Heal again, feeling excited about all of the people who she could start to help. However, Syaoran was strict when he warned her that misusing the card could lead to her death and made her promise not to go beyond her limits.
The next day, after his re-bandaging, Syaoran wrapped his arm around Sakura and told her thanks in her ear before giving her a hug, which startled her. On Sunday, Syaoran and Sakura were studying together, and he began to play with one of her braids after she styled it that way to beat the heat. He asked why she grew it (Touya teased her about not having the patience to grow it) and to her surprise he told her he liked it. When he advised that she would feel cooler without jewellery, Sakura told him the necklace brought her comfort in hard times. But they think everything will be all right.
New Trials Timeline: Ninth grade in June
Chapter released on April 13th, 2001