To Catch Up with You

By: Sakura1301

Ch. 5 Dreams and Truths

Everything suddenly grew black. Sakura was rapidly falling towards the ground. She was to weak to catch herself. Li noticed this. Within a millisecond, he was by her side. She was still conscious though. Barely. "Sy-Syaoran, we did it." He shook his head. "Yeah, rest now." "But I can w-walk." She tried to stand but fell right back into his arms, this time she was unconscious. Li sighed. "Stubborn as always." Eriol walked up to them. "So decendant, why are you two in towels?" He gave Li one of his creepy smiles. Li snorted. "For your information, we went swimming. Thats all. Nothing more, nothing less." Li gave him one of his killing glares. One of his worse ones too. Eriol didn't even seem fazed. He just kept on smiling.

Suddenly, there was a ruffle in the bushed. Eriol just stood there and smiled while Li looked ready for battle, except with Sakura in his arms. "You can come out now." Eriol said. Li was in a state of confusion.

"Huh?" Suddenly, Tomoyo popped out of the bushes. "How did you know?" She was puzzled too. "Eriol smiled. "Easy. I heard your camera zoom. Plus, the light reflects off the lense ya know." Tomoyo crossed her arms, tapped her right foot, and looked up to the sky with a frown. "I knew it! I knew I should of got the other camera! Even if it was $200 dollars more." Li and Eriol just sweat dropped. Li spoke up. "Why?" She smiled at the boys. "It was better quality! Less noise!" She just then noticed the passed out Sakura in Li's arms. She rushed over to her. "Sakura! Is she Okay? Does she need a doctor? Will she be fine?" Eriol nodded. "She'll be fine. She just fainted from lack of power. She just needs to rest." Tomoyo breathed a sigh of relief. She then turned to Eriol. "So? When did you arrive?" "Yesterday night." "Oh. And the reason for your return?" Eriol smiled. "Why? Do you not want me to be here?" "No! Thats not it at all! Hehe." Li mumbled, "I don't." Eriol looked at him. "Did you say something?" Li looked away. "No." Eriol continued, "The reason I returned was to help you fight against the new enemy. You'll need the help." Li snorted. "Whatever." Then turned and walked in the direction of Sakura's house.

As they walked, Sakura was snuggling up to Li's chest. He smiled at this. Tomoyo and Eriol was not far behind them, talking. "See!" Tomoyo was pointing towards her camera's screen. "So thats why they're in towels. And you got them on tape. You are very sly. Tellin Sakura your mom needed your help, but behind their backs you were taping them all along. But tell me Tomoyo, how did you tape Sakura taking the bag from you?" "Easy, like you said. I had a mini-camera in my collar button!" She pointed towards the button on her collar. "Your not the only evil one around here." Eriol looked shock. "But im not evil!" "Sure, whatever. Oh! At the pool, I got a VERY Kawaii shot of them together!" She said as she pressed the fastforward button. She stopped at the part where Sakura and Li was putting sunscreen on each other. Eriol pushed up his glasses with his forefinger to get a better look. "Ah! I see my desendant is in love. And with a certain Cherry Blossom." Tomoyo gave him a quizical look. "I thought you knew already."

"I had my ideas. But I wasn't 100% sure. Only about 75% percent sure. But now I know." He gave her one of his I-have-an-evil-plan-up-my-sleeve smiles. She returned a smile quite simmilar to his.

*Wow, look at her. She looks so peaceful in her sleep. Im the luckiest guy in the whole world, to have an angel like her as my girlfriend.* Li thought. He had a little blush on his cheeks. It was the causing of Sakura's skin rubbing against his arms.

After about 8 minutes of walking, they finally arrived at Sakura's house. As they entered, a yellow thing popped out of no where. And right into Li's face too. He stumbled back a few feet.

It was only Kero.

"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING STUFFED ANIMAL! YOU ALMOST MADE ME DROP SAKURA!" Li yelled at Kero. A large blood vain popped out of Kero's head. "YOU WATCH IT KID! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BUMPED INTO ME FIRST!" Kero looked at Sakura in his arms. His face grew red in anger. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER! IF YOU HARMED HER, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL KILL YOU! WITH MY OWN HANDS!" Li stared at the little creature in front of his face and started to snicker. "Like how? You don't even have hands!" Tomoyo walked in and smacked the two with her hand in the head. "Quiet! Sakura's sleeping!" She said in a whisper. Kero was rubbing his head with his small paw. "Li didn't do anything to her. She just fainted. So shut-up!" She said to Kero. Kero was still rubbing his head. "Ouch. That hurt." "Well, serves ya right. And when did you get back?" Kero looked at her with serious eyes. "I found out, theres another enemy after Sakura." Tomoyo sighed. "Thats old news Kero." Kero got frustraited. "THEN YA SHOULD OF TOLD ME! AND WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT!?" A blood vain popped out of her head. "Stop yelling!" She whispered. Sakura opened her eyes. "Look what ya did Kero! You woke her up!" Tomoyo said in her normal tone. Sakura blushed a deep red. She saw that she was in Li's arms. Li smiled down at her. She smiled back, still blushing. "I think I can walk now." She said as she tried to get out of Li's embrace. But instead, Li tighted his grip on her, a little, just to keep her in his arms. "Its okay." He said. She tried again but failed. "I weigh too much. Please I can walk on my own." He shook his head. "No. Your still weak." She gave up and just layed there. He walked up the stairs, up to her room. When he got there, he gently placed her on her bed and pulled up the covers. "Sleep." He said. It sounded more like a command though. She closed her eyes and imediatly fell asleep. He smiled and headed down stairs to where the others were.

"Everyone, quiet. Sakura's sleeping." Everyone nodded. Another one of Eriol's evil grins appeared on his face. "So my decendant, how was swimming? Did you like the rub down from Sakura?" Li's face grew red from anger and embarrisment. Li turned his head so Eriol was looking at the side of his head. "Shut-up!" Eriol smiled again. "I think you should go change, your still in your swim trunks." Li looked down to see he was right. He turned and headed upstairs towards 'his' bedroom, muttering and cursing under his breath. After about 2 min. Li came down fully dressed. Eriol started again with one of his smiles. Li was getting pissed. If Eriol kept this up, Li was going to blow, then probably beat him to a blood pulp. But Li was trying to keep his temper down. He really was. Eriol brought the swimming subject up again. "You never answered my question." "Huh?" "The rub down. Remember?" Li snorted. "Non of your buisness!" "You should of seen yourself. You were as red as a beet. You got even reder when you had to do Sakura." (Not that way! You sickos!) Li started to grit his teeth and clench his fist. "And how do you know!?" "I have my ways." He tried to cover for Tomoyo. Luckily, Kero was passed out at the time. He was tired after the VERY long flight back from Hong Kong. If Kero heard the conversation, he would of blown his top. And probably try to kill 'the kid'. Li hated that name. 'The Kid'. There was alot of things he hated. Like Eriol's smile, Tomoyo's camera, Kero, Kero's name for him, Tori, and his title for him, and the one thing he hated most was to see Sakura get hurt. Every time Sakura got hurt, a part of him got hurt also. But there were also things he liked alot also. Like chocolate, his sword, magic, friends, family, and of course, Sakura. He smiled at the thought of Sakura. Thoughts were racing through his head, so many thoughts, he ended up drifting into the Twilight Zone. Eriol noticed this too. "You look awfully happy my decendant. Whats making you so happy? Or should I say who?" Li wasn't paying much attention at the time. Eriol waved his hand in front of his face. No response. Li's eyes glazed over, a goofy smile appeared, and a light tint of pink lit his cheeks. He was defenantly in the twilight zone. Eriol shook him. A little too hard. Li fell over. "Hey! Whats the big idea!" Li yelled at Eriol. Eriol stuck his hands up in front of him for defense. "Sorry!" Li got off the floor. Li looked outside then at the clock. It was 9:59. Sakura then walked down the stairs. This time, fully clothed. She smiled at them. Tomoyo ran to Sakura and embraced her in a hug. A friendly one. "Are you okay?" Sakura smiled. "Yeah, just tired. Its getting late, so I was wandering if you guys would like to stay the night here." Li didn't like the idea but decided to keep his mouth shut. Tomoyo said 'yes!' as soon as Sakura finished her sentence. Eriol just smiled. A friendly smile this time. Then he just nodded. Tomoyo ran to the phone. "Okay, just give me a second. I gotta call my mom." With that said, she dialed her phone number. 'Ring! Ring!'.... "Hi mom!.... Yeah, im fine.... Yeah, im at Sakura's house.... No, you don't have to send the bodyguards.... Yeah, im staying the night.... Thanks! See ya later, love ya! Bye!" "YES! I can stay!" Sakura smiled at her. "Okay, follow me."Li, Eriol, and Tomoyo followed her up the stairs. She stopped in front of a closet in the hallway. "Is it okay if you guys use sleeping bags? Theres like no more beds in the house. Except for the bed in dads bed room." Eriol didn't mind at all. Tomoyo just smiled. "Sure Sakura! We're fine with that!" Tomoyo answered for Eriol. "Great!" She then pulled out 2 sleeping bags from the closet. She headed for her room first. She laid out a black sleeping bag on the floor. Then she headed for Tori's room. She laid out another black sleeping bag there. "Eriol, you'll be sleeping here with Syaoran and Tomoyo will be sleeping in my room. Is that okay with you guys?" Both nodded. Li didn't though. *Great. Just great! Im stuck with Clow Reed wanna be all night long! Humph! I rather have switched spots with Tomoyo! Wait...What am I saying!? Of course I would rather switch! Duh! Tomoyo's staying in Sakura's room! Maybe we can switch! But I doubt it. Oh, just forget it!*

~1:23 A.M.~

Eriol laid there. He was sound asleep til there was a stiring above him. Eriol lazily opened his eyes. Li started to squirm all over the bed trying to find a comfortable spot. Eriol smiled. *Restless aren't we Li?*

Li finally stopped. Eriol slowly sat up and looked at Li. Li smiled and then squeeze his pillow hard. Then he started to mumble. Slowly the mumbling became louder til Eriol could make out what he was saying. An evil grin came to his face. He pulled out Tomoyo's camera. "Good thing she let me borrow this. I knew something was gonna happen." He whispered to himself. He pressed record and started to record Li. Li turned a little red. His smile got wider. "Sakura...." He started to drool. A little. "Sooo pretty....nice...." It went on and on and on for about 5 minutes til he said, "Tasty...." Eriol went dot eyed and lifted his head from the camera. "Tasty?" *I wonder what he's dreaming about? I think i'll take a little peek.* Eriol stretched out his thoughts to Li and slowly an image appeared. Li was.... eating chocolate!? Not what Eriol was picturing. He was picturing him and Sakura doing something else. The camera was still on record and Eriol didn't notice. Then the scene changed. The chocolate was sitting on a table in a white room. The room was all white. There was no doors anywhere. Only a window at the end of the room. Outside was a lush green jungle. And in the room was: 1 chair, 1 table, 1 bed, and..."Wait a second!? Whats that?" Eriol zoomed up to the floor. And there on the floor was articles of clothing tossed everwhere. This was getting weird. Eriol quickly zoomed to the bed. There was some shuffling under the covers. "Huh? But, I thought the bed was empty?" Eriol wandered his mind to the bed. *I bet I know who that is. Hehehe.* Eriol slowly opened the covers to find...Li with a chocolate bar!? A giant chocolate bar to be exact. He was eating like a hog. He had chocolate smeared all over his face. Eriol looked back to the clothes on the floor. *Thats strange. He must be absessed with chocolate. Then who's clothes are those?* Li still had clothes on. But who's clothes are on the floor? Suddenly the room dimed and appeared again. A little different this time. The small chocolate bar on the table was gone and the clothes on the floor were gone too. He looked to the bed. There was same hump in the bed. *Him and his chocolate.* As soon as he had said that, the top of the covers opened up and revealed some hair. Then the covers opened up a little more, just to reveal more hair. But this time different colored hair. One auburn and the other chestnut. The cover opened up more. This time revealing 2 heads. Sakura's and Li's. But they appeared sleeping. Suddenly, the Silent card appeared in front of Eriol's face. Then all of the cards appeared, circling the 2 cardcaptors. As if they were protecting them. The Love card was in the middle of the circle. "Huh?" Suddenly, the Silent raised its finger in front of its face and started to glow. Eriol was then mentally shoved out of his dream. Eriol fell over with the camera in his hands. "Ouch. That hurt." He said as he rubbed his head with his free hand. He then turned off the camera. "Hehehe...just what I need to black mail him." Eriol then hid the camera and went back to bed.

To be continued....

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Hey ya'll! So how was the chapter? I tried to put a little humor in it. I would of posted this sooner but the power went out and then after the power came back on, the phone lines were dead. Oh, well. Hold on.

(Anouncers voice. Again.)

Did the dream mean anything? And how did the Silent shove Eriol out? Find out on the next chapter: Chapter 6 The Attack and Sleepover!

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I hope this chapter was pretty long. But I know, it sure was longer than the last chapter though. The next one should be good! Hehehe...Oh! Gomen! Well, look out for the next chapter! Til then, Ja ne!