To Catch Up with You

By: Sakura1301

Ch. 2 Helping Hands

~Japan~

It was about 10:00 PM and a slight breeze was blowing.

Li ran trough the streets as fast as his legs could carry him. He finally arrived at his destination. He walked up to the door and knocked. A girl with greyish-black hair opened the door. "LI!?" "Wheres Sakura?" "Here, follow me." Tomoyo led Li to Sakura's bedroom. When they entered Li went into Shock. Sakura had blood smeared all over her face, hair, hands, and sheets. She was still asleep. "How long has she been asleep?" "About 28 hours. Tori and her dad are on a buisness trip so they don't know about this. They're in Mexico at the moment. They've been gone for about 7 weeks now." "So you mean this all started a week after they left?" "Yeah. Strange huh?" "Yeah." Li walked to Sakura's bed side and squated til he was on his knees. He reached out and lifted her hand. There was still some moist blood on her hands. "I'll go get a wet towel." And Tomoyo ran out of the room. The truth was she actually went to get her camera. (As usual.) Li cupped her face in his hands. *What a mess. Poor Sakura.* Sakura slowly opened her eyes. In front of her was an amber eyed and chestnut haired boy. "Make it stop. I can't take it."

Sakura whispered as she closed her eyes. "Syaoran's not here. Im just imagining it all. Stop. I can't take it anymore. Just go away! NO MORE!" Sakura grabbed her head as a pain shot through her head. "STOP!"

Li's face had a look of worry. "Sakura, its me. Just open your eyes. Please. For me." He lightly shook her.

"Snap out of it!" She slowly opened her eyes. They had lost their shine and were now dull. "Is that really you?" She said as she raised her hand to his face to see if he was real or not. He grabbed her hand. "Yes."

"You finally came back. I've waited so long. So long." "Im sorry I made you wait." Behind the door was Tomoyo taping the whole thing. *This is Great!* Tomoyo thought.

Sakura sat up. Without warning Li embraced her into a tight hug. "I was so worried!" A smile lit her lips and her shine to her eyes were slowly returning. Suddenly Tomoyo ran in with a bowl of Water and a wet towel. "You two are soooo KAWAII!!!" Both Li and Sakura sweatdropped.

After Sakura was all cleaned up and the bed replaced with some clean sheets, they headed down stairs for a bite to eat.

"Im sooo hungry." Sakura said as her stomach growled. "Yeah, me too." Said Tomoyo

"Yeah, same here." As they ate, Sakura told Syaoran what happened after her wings gave out.

(Last chapter.) A sigh of relief was issued from Li. "At least you didn't get hurt in the process. I mean of trying to tell me and all. Hehe..." Li was rubbing the back of his head with his right hand. Tomoyo just smiled at him, as well as Sakura did too. Li was now turning red from all of the attention he was receiving. "Well...when I came here, I wasn't thinking too clearly and forgot to tell my mom where I was going. She probley would of forbided it, but I guess its too late now." He sighed. "Great. Guess i'll have to tell her someday." He sighed again. ~silence~ Sakura spoke up, "You mean, your not returning to Hong Kong?" Li looked at her. "Not anytime soon. I didn't bring any extra cash with me, just enough to buy that plane ticket. I'm such a baka. I leaped before I looked." But Li wasn't too disappointed. He was actually glad. He didn't want to return to Hong Kong. There was just too many responsibilities at home, sisters bugging him, and not only that, Sakura wasn't there. For the past years, he regretted having to return home. He hated it! Every once in a while, life would kick ya in the ass, and at that time, it really got Li. He had his share of troubles. Troubles that would last him a life time. But of course, were talking about life here.

~After a very late dinner~

"Soooo, Li-kun? Where are ya gonna stay?" Tomoyo asked. "Huh?" "Where are ya gonna stay the night baka!?" "Oh, uh, I don't know." "How--" Tomoyo was interrupted. "About my house?" Sakura asked.

"You took the words right outta my mouth!" Tomoyo giggled. "Uh, uh, what about your brother?"

"He's away now so don't worry. He's in Mexico with dad." "I guess if thats okay with you."

She smiled brightly. "Sure it is." They all headed into her bedroom. "Where the stuffed animal?"

"Oh, you see, he went out with Yue to see if they could find you in Hong Kong." Li just said, "Oh, well, they'll be comin back empty-handed." Sakura and Tomoyo stiffled a small giggle. Just then, Sakura stood up and headed towards her door. "Wait here, I have to go get something." She smiled as she walked out of the room leaving Tomoyo and Li. "Im glad you came Li-kun. I couldn't wake her up! No matter how hard I tried!" Just then Sakura re-entered her room. "Here, were these. Onii-chan left half of his close here." She said as she tossed a large shirt and a pair of shorts to him. "Im gonna take a shower. I feel gross. I can still feel some blood in my hair." She said as she headed towards the bathroom feeling her hair. There was a 'click' from the bathroom door.

"Now Li-kun, don't do anything to her while im away. Okay?" She grinned an evil grin that Eriol used.

"HEY! Whats that suppose to mean!?" Li asked insulted. Tomoyo just smiled and walked out of the room, down the stairs, and out the front door, smirking all the way.

"The nerve of that girl!" Li mumbled under his breath as he changed into the clothing Sakura gave him. At least the clothes fit. 5 min. pass and Li's thinking. "I wonder what that dream was all about? I know it had involved Sakura, Meilin, and me, but what could of caused her hands to bleed like that? Thats strange. What if something's out to get Sakura's power? I have to stop it before its to late, but how? I don't even have a clue where to start! Agh, i'll worry about that later. Im too tired to right now." With that said, he flopped down on her bed. It smelled of Cherry Blossoms. He really like it. It always reminded him of Sakura. Before he knew what he was doing, he grabbed one of her pillows and was hugging it tightly to his chest. Pink. Yes, pink always did looked good on her. As long as it was soft pink, not a sharp, hot pink. Just then, the water shut off. Sakura stepped out of the bathroom wrapped in 2 towels. One on her head and the other around her body. When she walked into her room, she saw Li hugging her pillow with his eyes closed and a simle on his lips. "If you want Syaoran, you can use that pillow tonight." His eyes suddenly shot open and met Sakura's figure. His face was growing redder by the moment. Sakura didn't notice though. "Sorry, I forgot my clothes." She said as she headed towards her dresser. Li tried his best to close his eyes but it was a little too difficult for him so he did the next best thing. He looked at the floor instead. Just as fast as Sakura appeared, she disappeared. When she was gone, Li let out a sigh of relief.

*Boy! Surely I thought I was gonna die!* After about 10 min. Sakura re-entered her room, but this time fully clothed and dry. "Oi, sorry for the wait. I went as fast as I could." Sakura said smiling. "Oh, why is that?" "I didn't want to keep you waiting." "Oh, well ya didn't have ta." ~silence~ She decided to break the silence. "So, why did ya return to Japan?" Of course, Sakura didn't have a clue about Tomoyo's little phone call. She was too busy trying to wake up. "Oh, uh, well, you see," He started, rubbing the back of his head, "Tomoyo called me earlier and told me about your night mares. So I came here to see if you were okay." His voice was serious. Sakura's eyes started to water. "Uh, whats wrong Sakura?" She junped onto him embrassing him into a tight hug, now crying. "Your soooo sweat!!! You shouldn't have!"

"Sa-Sa-ku-ra...can't...breath!" She let go immediatly. "Gomen. I didn't mean to. Are you okay?" She asked a little sad. Li took a deep breath and replied, "Yeah, im okay. Im just glad your fine." She hugged him again except she had a looser grip that time. "Um, if ya don't mind me asking, where am I sleeping?"

"Oh! Gomen, I forgot. Follow me." He didn't really have a choice, she was dragging him along. She led him down the hall and to a door. "Here. This is Tori's room. He's gone so he won't mind." "Um, are you sure about this?" He asked a little worried. "Yeah, im sure." But that didn't really convince him but he shrugged it off and took the offer. After that they headed back to her room.

As he sat there, Sakura was digging in some of her drawers. "Ah! Found them!" She rushed back to his side and sat a large book on her lap. "Here. Since you were gone, I was gonna send this to ya after it was completed." She opened the large book to reveal some photos. "Since you were gone, things changed."

Li's heart was racing. He was hoping she didn't have a photo of her boyfriend, if she had one that is.

And to his relief, there was none. "So, you don't have a, uh, boyfriend?" He said with a hint of fear in his voice. She looked up at him. "No silly. All these years, ive been waiting for you to return." She gave him a peck on the cheek as she got up. Leaving a crimson red Li sitting there. She popped in a tape into the machine. "Tomoyo got this on tape and was gonna send it to ya, but she left it here several days ago. It was takin several months ago. I think, about three months ago. It was the first day summer break."

Li turned to where he was now facing the T.V. The screen suddenly showed the beach.

"Stay here. I'll go make us a snack." She said as she left the room. Li had his eyes glued to the screen. Suddenly a picture of Sakura appeared, but, she was in a 2 piece bathing suit. Li's eyes went wide, his face turned a very deep crimson red, and to top it off, he had a nose bleed. He tried to pull his eyes away but he was frozen stiff.

When Sakura returned, she saw Li had passed out. "I knew it was a bad idea to send him that tape. Good thing she didn't. What would his family say? Oh well." She set down the tray on her desk and somehow managed to lift him into her bed. After that was done, she got a wet towel and set it on his forehead. She sat at the foot of the bed and rewound the tape to see what he saw that made him pass out like that. When she played the part over, she was red as well. "I thought Tomoyo said she cut that part out. Maybe she forgot." But actually no. She didn't forget. She just said that so she could get Sakura's approval to send it to him.

She stopped the tape and turned off the T.V. leaving the tape in the VCR. "Poor Syaoran. If I knew that was on the tape, I would of never of showed him. I'll tell him Tomoyo forgot to cut that part off. He should understand." With a small smile, she walked over to Li and took the towel off his head. She put it in a bowl of cold water and rung out the access water and placed it back on his head. The sudden coldness on his forehead woke him. "What happened?!" He said as he jumped up in bed to be in a sitting possition. He looked at Sakura. She turned her head away with an embarrised look written all over her face.

"Well," She began, "Tomoyo was gonna cut that part out but I guess she forgot to." His face showed a slight bit of anger. He started mumbling. "Ugh, that Tomoyo! When I get my hands on her, im gonna--"

"Syaoran, did you say something?" "Uh, no. Nothing at all. Your just hearing things! Thats all! Hehe..."

She just looked at him. "Okay. Well, what do ya want to do now?" He looked at her. "I don't know."

An idea hit her. "I know!" She got up and ran to her desk and pulled out her key. She did the little chant and her staff appeared. "Watch this." She held out her hand, closed her eyes and concentrated. Suddenly a card appeared in her hand. "How did you do that?" Li asked in amazment. "Practice." She said. "Now, I think I can still do this." She concentrated hard and threw out the card. "Fly!" And wings appeared on her Star wand instead of her back. "Yeah! I can still do it! Hop on! Were goin on a ride!" "But, wont your power drain?" She shook her head. "The stars are out tonight so the stars will give me the power. Remember?" "Oh yeah. I forgot." He said as he hopped on.

To be continued....

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