A/N: Thanks to takuya, DEL15, Amazonian Anime Queen, and Kayla for reviewing! Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, Clamp Does

Chapter 8 Peaceful Hill

Sakura sat in class dazed and not paying attention. 'That kiss.' she thought as the scene of the other night replayed in her head. 'It was so nice..'

A voice broke her out of the daze. "Next is. Kinomoto Sakura."

"I didn't kiss him!" She yelled in response causing the whole class to turn and stare at her in utter confusion. Sakura's face turned bright red as Syaoran whispered, "You need to do problem ten on the board."

"Oh.Thanks." Sakura whispered and flushed as she walked up to the board.

Syaoran was changing into his school clothes the locker room. He stopped putting his clothes on and placed a finger on his lips and closed his eyes recollecting memories of the few nights ago. Eriol looked at him and grinned. "Have a good weekend with Sakura-san?"

Syaoran quickly removed his finger and shrugged. "It was like all of the others." He lied as he thought about what happened that weekend. It was Friday and Sakura acted as if nothing happened that night, as if the kiss never happened. He sighed as he slipped his jacket on over his uniform.

He walked out of the school into the schoolyard and saw her, her face flushed and hair blowing in the breeze as she leaned against a tree in a dazed state. Syaoran stood there mesmerized until he snapped back into reality and walked up to her. He placed one hand on the tree causing Sakura to snap back into reality. "Sakura."

"Y..Yes." she smiled back brightly while holding a brown bag.

"You can't ignore me any longer."

"What do you." Syaoran slammed his other hand on the tree with force making some the leaves shake and enclosed Sakura. "Sy..Sy..Syaoran-kun..." Sakura said terrified. "You need to deal with the fact that we kissed last weekend. We can't go back and change it and even if we could.." Syaoran paused looking at the ground but then fixed his gaze upon her again. "I wouldn't want to."

Sakura looked at his sad face but then looked at the ground. "I.I don' know what it meant to me."

"There's only one way to find out." Syaoran pulled Sakura into his arms and into a long kiss. When it ended Sakura flushed, as Syaoran look at her with eyes afraid of hurt and rejection.

Sakura closed her eyes and thought about what just happened and how it made her feel. Now she felt happy and warm and as if nothing bad could ever happen but she wanted to protect the man that made her feel this way. "The kiss.. The kiss. The kiss meant nothing." She said as she hung her head low and stared at the ground.

"Sakura.." Syaoran started but Sakura's eyes began to fill with tears. "I'm sorry Syaoran-kun. I'm so sorry." She dropped her bag and ran off.

Suppressing his sadness, he looked at the ground to see the brown bag she dropped. To his surprise it was addressed to him. He bent down and picked up and slowly opened it to see chocolate and a ring. "Sakura.." He sighed as he looked in the direction she had run off.

It was dark when Syaoran decided to return home. Quietly, he walked into the house and shut the door so no one would hear him enter. He sat down while letting out a depressing sigh. "Maybe I should just go back home."

"You can't do that when you're needed the most."

"Of course I can Mei..." Syaoran turned around quickly. "M.Meiling?!?! Wha.? How.? When.?" Syaoran was at a loss for words. "What are you doing here?!"

"That's of no importance."

"What do you mean that's of no importance? Of course it's important."

Meiling slammed her hand on the table making Syaoran shudder. "Stop worrying about how I got here and start worrying about Kinomoto-san! If you really wanted to be with her you'd take extreme measures! C'mon! Where's the Syaoran I know? The one that gets what he wants!"

Syaoran looked at Meiling in a way he never looked at her before. His eyes were full of a sadness that she had never seen. "I did go to the extreme. Since I did she ran away from me, far away. She'll never some back to me ... mentally anyway."

Puzzled, Meiling stared at him "Mentally?"

Syaoran nodded. "Mentally she can't recall me but physically and emotionally she does. That spell hasn't changed how she feels for me in those ways." Opening the bag that was placed on the table, Syaoran pulled something out. "She gave me this. It's my proof that her heart remembers me, and how she feels about me."

Suddenly, someone burst into the house and stomped into the kitchen angrily. "Where's Sakura?" Syaoran just continued to stare at the table. "I SAID WHERE'S MY SISTER YOU CHINESE GAKI!" he hollered and grabbed Syaoran by the collar of his shirt.

"I don't know. I think I scared her off."

"YOU WHAT?! HOW? I THOUGHT YOU CARED FOR HER!"

"I do, I really do care for her. I told her how I felt again but I didn't actually say it. I." he paused, afraid of what Touya might do yet something told him it'd be ok to continue. "I kissed her."

"Well it's not as if that's never happened before." Touya sighed. "Meiling and I will look for Sakura. You can go with Akira, he's waiting outside in his car for you."

Syaoran walked out and looked to see his friend, Akira, standing there. "Are you ready to go find Sakura?" Syaoran nodded as if he had no energy left in him.

Sakura sat outside Twin Bells reminiscing about what happened after school. "Syaoran-kun. Why did you kiss me again? Do you really love me? Do I love you?" Sakura couldn't help but question her thoughts and feelings. She depended on Syaoran for many things and let him hold her at night when he told her stories but her mind didn't agree with what her body had been wanting.

"Sakura-chan, how are you?"

"Maki-san! I'm ok. How are you?"

"I'm just fine." Maki smiled. "But what's you problem. You look troubled."

"Well .."

"SAKURA-CHAN!"

"Hoe?" Sakura looked around to see who called her and a man came running towards her making a smile surface on her face. "Masaki!"

"I wanted to know if you would like to go to Peaceful Hill with me."

"Sure I'll go with you! I'll see you later Maki-san. Bye!"

"Bye Sakura-chan." Maki waved to Sakura as she ran off with Masaki. "Be careful up there!" Sakura was sitting on a bench alone in the wooded park with Masaki. Her heart was beating rapidly. 'Peaceful Hill. It sounds familiar. Why did Maki- san say, "Be careful"?' Sakura thought. Masaki wrapped his arm around her. "Lovely, isn't it?" Sakura nodded. Masaki kissed Sakura and she responded the same way. A few minutes later she felt her shirt beginning to slip off. She pushed Masaki off her and gave him a "Slow down boy" look. "I'm not doing that. I'm 18 and unmarried."

"I'm sorry Sakura-chan. Sometimes I forget you're two years younger then me."

"Even if I was 20 I'm still not that type of girl." (A/N Alright Sakura- chan! You show that guy! Oh sorry, continue reading. Heh. ^. ^U)

"I'm sorry Sakura it's just that it's Valentine's Day and I don't know what came over me. I'm sorry."

Sakura smiled at him. "It's ok just never do it again." They sat in an awkward silence until Masaki kissed her. Sakura responded the same way. A few minutes later Masaki pushed her onto the bench and kissed her more. 'These kisses.' Sakura thought. 'They feel a lot different then when I kiss Syaoran-kun. I wonder why.' Sakura suddenly felt something moving up her legs under her skirt. She realized it was a hand, Masaki's hand! "Masaki what are you doing?" Masaki then looked at Sakura in the eyes. She froze. "Sy.Syaoran-kun?" He nodded and started to kiss Sakura's neck, causing her to moan. He smirked. 'Perfect.' He then started to unzip her skirt.

"Syaoran-kun this isn't right. Syaoran-kun this isn't. .this isn't you!" Sakura yelled coming out of her trance. "Masaki! Wh.. Wh.. Where's my skirt?! STOP THIS!" Sakura demanded. Masaki didn't listen and pushed her down as he unbuttoned her shirt. "STOP! SYAORAN-KUN! SOMEONE! PLEASE, HELP ME!"

"Sakura-chan!?" a girl hollered as she turned the corner in a hurry to see Masaki holding a petrified Sakura. "LEAVE HER ALONE!" the girl yelled and hit her on the head with her bag causing him to become unconscious. "Sakura, are you alright?"

"Tomoyo.What do you carry in that bag?"

"My camera!"

Sakura just let out a nervous laugh and then started to cry. "Thank you Tomoyo-chan. Thank you so much." She then fainted.

Syaoran rang the doorbell to the Daidouji house. She let him and Akira in. When Syaoran saw Sakura he ran to her side and clasped her hand. Unnoticed, Tomoyo quickly grabbed her new camera since the other broke. Akira stared at her and let out a nervous laugh. "Please be ok my angel." She stirred and muttered. "Syaoran-kun?"

"Thank the lord! Are you alright?" Sakura threw herself into his arms and began to cry. He wrapped his arms around her in an attempt to calm her down. "What happened?"

She wiped away a few tears. "I . I ." Sakura looked up at him. "I was almost raped!" She cried into his chest some more. "You probably hate me now."

He lifted up her head. "No, I don't hate you. It's not as if you looked at him and said rape me." She laughed at that remark. "Good. You're laughing again. Actually I don't hate you. As a matter of fact I.." He looked her in the eyes. "You have to promise not to laugh." He said as he held out his pinky.

"Ok. I won't laugh." She said as she linked her pinky with his sealing the promise.

"I'm madly in love with you."

Shock surfaced on Sakura's face but then she smiled. "I'm flattered but I'm unsure of how I feel towards you. I have been since you came to my house." She saw the sadness forming in his face. "I don't know how much I love you but I do know I love you. To what extent and in what way I am unsure."

Syaoran looked at her. "Saku."

"Shhh." She said while placing a finger upon his mouth. "We can talk later." She said before kissing him and to her surprise he kissed her back just as passionately. Ten minutes later the heard a cough come from the doorway and they stopped.

"Silly lovers." Touya said as Tomoyo turned off her camera and took out an outfit for Sakura to try on.

A/N: This has to be my longest chapter yet! I hope you guys liked it. Please review!