To Catch Up with You

By: Sakura1301

Ch. 9 It's On!

"Arg! Every time I try, I can't get to her dreams! How is that possible!? Is it that boy? Whats his name? Oh yes, Li Syaoran. It has to be him. It just has to be. He's made the Clow Mistress happy and it seems to me, he'll do anything to protect her. Hmph. His weakness will be his downfall. I will make sure of it. Xi!" (It sounds like C.) "Yes sir." "It seems your brother Ooda is trying to help the enemy. I want you to exterminate him." "Yes sir. Im on it." Xi then disintergrated into thin air. "Well, this will be quite a show. Sister and brother fighting. To the death. Very amusing. I think i'll sit back and watch."

~In the Park~

"Come here Ooda. Yeah, thats a good boy." Sakura said as she lifted Ooda into her arms. "Your so precious." Ooda smiled at her. Li Syaoran sat on a bench and watched Sakura play with Ooda. The wind tossed his hair back and forth. 'The wind is acting strange. Something's not right. I can feel it.' Li told himself. The wind was acting quite strange today. For it usually didn't blow back and forth like it did today. Li looked up at the sky. It was peaceful. Too peaceful for his liking. Not a sign of a cloud at all. Suddenly, the sky thundered. 'Tunder? But theres not a single cloud in the sky! Whats going on here?' Electricity filled the air. Sakura looked towards the sky as did Li. Ooda's face turned into a scowl. He knew what was happening. He jumped out of Sakura's arms and took a fighting stance.

A bright flash of lightning zapped in the sky and the sky turned black as night. Bystanders stood outside and watched the sky. Winds picked up. The sky flashed with lightning and boomed with thunder. Things were quickly changing. "Sakura, Li, Stand back." Ooda ordered. Li ran to Sakuras' side and both backed up behind Ooda. Suddenly, a beam of light appeared in front of Ooda. Ooda growled, baring his teeth. The light disappeared to reveal a creature similar to Ooda. "Xi." Ooda growled. "Hello Ooda. Long time no see. How are you these days?" "Everything was fine til you showed up." "Im hurt. But really, to get down to business, I was sent here to destroy you." "I figured. Were you sent by Duan?" "Wow. Im surprised you figured out so quickly. Well, yes I was. Shall we begin?" "Im ready when you are." "Then lets begin." Just as that was said, the sky cracked with thunder.

~Kinomoto residence~

Kero had pudding smeared all over his face. He was eating chocolate pudding. But had stopped as soon as he felt a strange power. "The two legendary creatures?! Could that be them? Wait, yes! It is them! But, wait a second, are they fighting!? I've got to find Sakura!" He dropped the spoon and pudding container and dashed out of Sakura's window.

Kero kept his eyes open for Sakura or the 'gaki.' He saw lightning flash not far from where he was located. "Magical lightning. I bet their over there fighting." Kero flew at top speed towards the place he saw lightning flash.

~Back in the Park~

"Sakura! Syaoran!" Eriol shouted as he ran up to them with Tomoyo following. "God! You were hard to find!" Eriol looked towards the two magical glowing creatures. "The two legendary creatures. I thought I'd never see those two." "Legendary creatures?" Sakura asked. "Yes, it was in a legend I read. It said that, when the two legendary creatures fought for good and evil, one could tell, for if the sky turned black and lightning flashed without storm clouds, it would be them. They would fight for the world, and if evil won, the world would turn dark and evil, and the planet would slowly die. But if good won, everything would return to its original state and all will be good once again." "Oh." Was all Sakura said. "So, these are the legendary creatures, right?" Li asked. "Yes, it is them. The legend also said, That when these two great forces clash, good will lose to evil and the world will turn dark, and if good is to prevail, two pure hearts must join....um, I can't remember the rest. Hehe..." Sakura and Li face faulted. I mean, how could he not remember? He was Clows reincarnation! "You mean, y-you don't remember!?" Li asked. "Hehe...." Kero then flew into the area and spotted them. He flew up to them. "Its the two legendary creatures." "We know Kero." Everyone said. "And how do you know?" He asked all of them. They pointed to Eriol. Eriol sweatdropped. "Well, im the one who suppose to tell you that! Not him!" Kero said. "Well, do you know the rest?" Tomoyo asked. "Rest of what?" "The rest of the legend!" "I forgot most of it. Hehe. Sorry." They all sighed. Another dud.

Xi set a steady gaze as she studied his movements. 'Too bad I have to kill him. Oh well. Like I really care.' Xi thought. 'I wish we didn't have to fight. I really care for my sis. Why is she doing this!?' Ooda thought sadly. Xi growled a low and unfriendly growl as she bared her teeth. Ooda did the same. Suddenly, a large amount of thunder hit between them and turned his head away for the light was too bright. Xi took that chance to attack. As soon as the lightning subsided, Xi looked at Ooda who now had his gaze set on her. She took a glance at Sakura and immediately saw magical power radiating from her. She saw the others had magic except for Tomoyo but Sakura's was strongest. She jumped up high into the air. Ooda prepared for impact but instead Xi headed for Sakura.

"Sakura! Watch out!" Ooda yelled. Sakura had her back towards the fight as she talked to the others. As soon as Ooda yelled the warning, Sakura had turned around, only to get pounced on by Xi. As soon as Xi made contact with her, Sakura fell on her back and slid. When she stopped sliding, she opened her eyes only to come in contact with Xi. She gulped. Xi eyed her. "You sound like the one my master was talking about. I wonder why your so special." Xi hissed. "Leave her outta this! This is between you and me Xi!" Ooda yelled. She ignored him. Syaoran headed for Sakura but was stopped by Xi. Xi yelled, "One more move closer and the girly gets it!" All Li could do was watch now. She continued to eye Sakura. Sakura was starting to shake with fear. She didn't even expect this to happen.

Ooda was getting angry. This was suppose to be between him and his sister! He had just about all he could handle. He jumped and headed towards Xi.

Xi turned around to see her brother heading straight for her. She jumped up and landed several yards away from Sakura as Ooda landed in front of Sakura to protect her. He growled, "Leave them out of this. They have nothing to do with this fight." "Oh, and why are you so sure? I was sent here because of you and one of them." Ooda blinked in confusion. How are they involved in this anyways? "Its just you and me! So lets end this!" "Fine by me." Both stood in a fighting stance. Suddenly, Xi froze. "Xi, return back to me. Forget the fight. I have a better plan." Duan said in her head. She mumbled, "Yes sir." And disappeared.

The sky returned to its original state and Ooda loosened up. He took a deepbreath and sighed. He knew she would be back sooner or later. He looked back at Sakura. "Are you okay?" He asked. She knodded as Li helped her up. She dusted her self off. Her back hurt but she didn't want to worry anyone so she just kept quiet. "Are you sure your okay?" Li asked with concern in his voice. She nodded. "Yeah. Im sure." she said as she held his hand in hers. "They'll be back." Ooda warned. "Yeah, we know." They said. "But what do they want?" Sakura asked. "Im not sure yet." Ooda told her.

~Unsure Location~

"Yes master?" Xi had appeared in the room. "Hmm....I was thinking.....instead of getting rid of the boy, why not have him suffer instead?" Duan asked. "That would be your decision sir." Xi said with her head still bowed. "Yes, it would be my decision. And why not double the fun? We could also have the card mistress suffer along with him. What do you think?" "I think that would be excellent sir." "Hmm....yes. I think that would be best........New orders!" He said as he quickly turned around. "To lure the boy....whats his name? Oh yes, Syaoran. To lure him here we need some bait. And I have something or should I say someone perfect in mind...." He hissed.

~At the Kinomoto residents~

"More tea?" Sakura asked as everyone sat at the table in the living room. Sakura sat by Li and Tomoyo and Eriol sat by eachother across the table from Li and Sakura, Ooda sat at the end of the table and Kero sat on the table, stuffing his face with sweets.

"I have a feeling that its Sakura their after." Ooda told them. Eriol pushed his glasses up further onto his nose bridge. "Yes, I have the same feeling." Eriol told them. Kero swallowed his mouthful and said, "How come your so sure?" He asked. "I just have a feeling in the pit of my stomach." Eriol told them. "And their up to no good." He added. "Um Eriol, we kinda figured that." Li told him. "So what should we do? Protect Sakura like body guards?" He asked. "Yeah." Ooda told them. "But what if their after someone else?" Tomoyo asked. "Im not sure. This is rather complicating." Ooda told her. He added, "But theres nothing we really can do til the right time. We should rest up." "Oh yeah! You guys are going to have that sleep over at my house! Remember the sleep over? Thats right! Your sleeping there tonight!" She exclaimed. Everyone face faulted except for her. Eriol got up. "Thats Tomoyo for you." Li said. Tomoyo just smiled happily at them.

~At Tomoyo's~

"Syaoran?" Sakura asked. "Yeah?" "What time is it?" "Um, hold on....its....12:47 at night." "That late already!? "Yup." "I guess we should be headin for bed. Tomoyo? Where do we sleep?" "Follow me." Everyone followed her up the stairs to the 2 guest rooms.

"You and Syaoran will sleep in that room, while Eriol and me get this room." She said while pointing. Everyone turned redder than a ripe tomato. "What about us?" Kero asked. Tomoyo didn't want them to interrupt anyones night so she set them into a separate room. "You get that room." Tomoyo said as she pointed to a room next to Sakura and Li's room. But no one knew she had hidden cameras in every room. "Now! Off to bed everyone!" She said ushering everyone into their rooms.

~In Eriol's and Tomoyo's room~
"You are quite sly my dear Tomoyo." Eriol said. "Yeah, well, you are too." She said while watching TV. But on the TV was a clear picture of Sakura and Li's room. "Damnit!" "Whats wrong?" Eriol asked. "I shouldn't of put two beds in there!" "Whys that?" "Because! It would be much more romantic if there was only one! Then they would have to share a bed!" "I don't think that would work." "Why's that?" "Because. Li would give up the bed for her." "Oh, right. But Sakura would offer half of the bed to him. Right?" "Yeah, I guess your right." He said. "Um could you do me a favor?" She asked. "Maybe. What is it?" "Well, you have magic, so um....could you.....you know.....get rid of that second bed?" "I guess. Yeah. I could." "PLEASE!??? IM BEGGING!!!" "No need to beg. I'll do it.

~In S+S's room~

"Um...I'll go brush my teeth and wash my face now. Is that okay with you if I go first?" Sakura asked. "Sure. I'll just change." "Thanks." Sakura walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind her.

~About 7 minutes later~

Sakura walked out of the bathroom and there sat Li. He was sitting on one of the beds with a long T-shirt on and boxers under. "The bathrooms all yours." She said as she headed for her dresser. "Thanks." He said as he headed for the bathroom to wash up.

~In the bedroom about 2 minutes later~

Sakura had already changed and was now sitting on her bed. She was tired. Really tired. She almost fell asleep just sitting there til she fell on her bottom. "Ow!" She said as she fell on her bottom. She looked around. The bed she was sitting on disappeared! She went dot eyed as she looked around the room. How could it just disappear like that?! She sat on the carpeted floor. "How weird...." She said aloud. Then, the window opened and the wind howled. She had stood up to close the window but before she could get to the window, the wind picked up and sent her flying into the wall. She slid to her butt and looked up. There, in front of her, was Xi. "W-what do you want?!" Sakura asked. Xi had been in her larger form when she appeared. She made her way towards Sakura. "Why, I was sent here. For someone VERY special." She said. Xi stopped right infront of her. Sakura turned her head so it faced the other way. Xi sniffed her. "Yes, I believe your the one im after." She hissed. You could hear the door banging. It was Tomoyo and Eriol. And the bathroom door also. Li had heard a loud crash and tried to open the door but some how, it was locked. He too was banging on the door.

Xi licked her lips. Sakura thought she was gonna eat her so she screamed. "Aaahhhhhh!" under the screaming, you could faintly make out some one yelling, "LIGHTNING!" Then the bathroom door busted open. Xi's head shot up. She backed up while growling. She had more power and could easily overpower him, but she had orders to follow also. "See ya soon." And with that, she disappeared. Li tossed down his sword and ran to Sakura's side. She was shaking. He helped her up. Then the other door bust open with Eriol and Tomoyo rushing in. "Are you okay!?" They asked. She nodded as she tried to stand. Both Tomoyo and Eriol saw what had happened on the TV but didn't watch them change. Because that was just wrong! "I guess, we'll leave." Tomoyo said. "Yeah. Good night." Eriol said. Then both walked out of the room.

Sakura had finally stood up and was leaning on Li for support. "Are you sure you're okay?" He asked. "Yeah." Li looked around. Something was missing. "Um, Sakura? Wheres the other bed?" Sakura looked up. "Oh, im, not sure. It just disappeared." "Just disappeared?" He asked. She nodded. "I smell something fishy." "Do I really smell that bad! I showered this morning!" Li shook his head. "No. Not you. Like someone took the other bed on purpose." "Oh."

~During the night~

"Um, I'll sleep on the floor I guess." He said. "And you can have the bed." She looked at him. It was nice of him, but the floor was no place for a person to sleep. "Um....you can have the bed. I'll sleep on the ground." She said. He shook his head. "No. I'll sleep on the floor." "Well then, why don't we share the bed? Half and half." "Really? I mean, no. No. You can have the bed." "Oh, c'mon! One night isn't gonna hurt. Nothing will happen. Promise." "Well, if you put it that way. I guess. Sure. Why not?" She scooted over, leaving him half of the bed. It was a queen sized bed. So they had plenty of room. He hopped in. He reddened slightly. It was quite embarrassing. "Good night Syaoran." She said as she closed her eyes. "Good night....Sakura." He said as he went to sleep.

~About 4:45 am....~

Li laid awake on the bed. He stared at the ceiling. He just couldn't sleep. He looked at Sakura. She had her back facing him. She looked peaceful in her sleep. 'How come im so blessed to have her? I mean, look. Theres billion of guys out there that look way better than me. But I forgot. She doesn't look at a person for their looks. She looks deeper into the soul. Thats what makes her special. I must be blessed to have her.' He thought.

~Unknown Location~

"Since I can't hurt her physically in her sleep, I can hurt her mentally. Don't you think this will be fun?" Duan asked. "Yes sir." Xi agreed. Both were watching a large pool of liquid with the image of Sakura sleeping in it. "Guess we should get to work."

~In Sakura's dreams~

"Hello? Is anyone there?" Sakura called into the darkness. No answer. "Anybody? Please?" Suddenly, there was a clicking sound of shoes. "Syaoran? Is that you?" The clicking continued. It grew louder with every step. She could make out a faint form heading towards her. "Please answer me. Who are you?" The clicking stopped and the figure disappeared. "Huh? Where did they go?" She asked herself. Then, she froze. She felt someone breathing down her neck. It was cold and icy. It hissed, "You have something I want. Do you know what it is?" She gulped. "You probably don't know. Do you?" Sakura shook her head. "Thats what I thought. Would you like to know? I'll tell you anyway. I want your power, I want the cards, I want....you." Sakura gulped. "And theres nothing Li can do to help you. You will be mine." He said as he placed his hands on her shoulders. His hands made their way down her arms. They stopped at her waist and gripped tighter on her arms. She winced. It hurt. He let go and placed his hands back on her shoulders. She tried to run but she was frozen in place. The only thing that could move was her eyes and her mouth could barely move. He hissed, "You know, why not forget that boy? Yes, I know. I know. You wont. Do you need some persuading?" Sakura gulped. She gritted, "What do you want?" He walked in front of her. She still couldn't see him. "Why, I want to rule the world. But, how can you rule the world and become Emperor without an Empress? You would be perfect. You have grace, beauty, power, and.....innocence. What am I saying that you would be perfect? You are perfect. Perfect to the core." He put an icy cold hand on her warm cheek. It burned her cheek because it was so cold. She winced slightly. He moved his head til it was just slightly above her hair. He took a deep breath in. The aroma was intoxicating. "Cherry Blossoms. Just as your name implies. The smell is sweet. Very sweet. I can almost taste it. I want to taste it. I need to taste it." He slurred. She was getting disgusted with this phyco. Before she realized it, he had pressed his lips onto hers. She tried to resist but still, that invisible force held her in place. At least she could control her head. Sorta. He pulled away. "Why are you resisting my sweet?" "Im not yours." She growled. "Theres only one person for me and thats Li Syaoran! Sorry buster but im taken!" He rubbed his chin. "Well, that can be fixed. Wait little cherry blossom and you shall see." And he disappeared. Sakura fell over with a pain in her heart. It hurt. Suddenly, his voice echoed through the darkness out of nowhere. "Come with me. All you have to do is agree and the pain will leave. All you have to do is say one little word." "I would rather die." She said as she doubled over as the pain grew. "So be it." And the voice faded into nothingness. The pain grew and she fell to her side. Her breath was fast and unsteady. Tears flowed down her face. "Syaoran......help me....."

~In reality~

Sakura was gripping the sheets. She was sweating slightly. "Syaoran......help me....." She said. Li shook her. She wouldn't wake up. "Sakura! Wake up! C'mon! Wake up!" "Help....." She whispered. He sat up and pulled her up til she was facing him. A tear had slid down her cheek. 'She wont wake up! How can I wake her up?!' He thought. 'It must be something bad.' He shook her harder. Nothing happened. He started to panic. He was scared. He hugged her tight and whispered in her ear while petting her soft hair. "Shhh...It's okay Sakura. Everything's going to be okay. Shhh...."

~The Dream~

The pain was slowly subsiding. She laid on the ground panting hard. Her form limp. Her eyes darted around the area. The blackness was starting to fade and everything was starting to turn green. She recognized it as Syaoran's aura. She had beads of sweat running down her forehead and a small smile appearing on her mouth. He was by her side. Even if she couldn't see him.

~Reality~

Sakura fell limp in his arms. His eyes grew wide. He checked her pulse. It was normal now. He took a breather. But that still didn't effect his worry for her. He heard her mumble, "Syaoran....you came....." At least he knew she was alive. She slowly opened her eyes. Her lashes fluttered open to reveal emerald orbs. He smiled and blinked away his tears. She placed a hand on his cheek. He reached up and took her hand in his and smiled. He was glad she was fine now. He buried his head into her neck and whispered, "I thought I was going to lose you. Im so glad your okay." She took her other available hand and stroked his hair. "Shhh...Its okay. Everythings fine now. Everythings fine. Im right here."

To be continued....

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PHEW! That was a long chapter! Im not sick anymore! Yay!!! But my sister has poison ivy on her face. So thats sad. Im not sure what the next chapter might be called. *Ahem!* (Waiting....) *AHEM!!!*

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What is Duan up to? And this legend? What is it all about? And how did Duan find a way to get into her dreams? Find out on the next chapter! Ch. 10! ______________

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Yeah, like I said, im not sure what the next chapter is gonna be called. And you WILL find out how Duan got into her dreams in the next chapter. Please R+R. Well, til then, Ja ne!!!