Friends

Sakura opened her eyes, very slowly. It was still dark. She had fallen asleep... on top of Syaoran!? She realised as she looked up at him. She blushed at the thought, then she realised her left arm was over his chest and hugging his side, and his right arm was over her back. He was still asleep, she carefully shook of his arm. Then tried her best to get up slowly and discreetly. She gave a little sigh of relief as she finally was up and loose. Syaoran hadn't even noticed. She smiled shyly back at him, but stopped when she heard a shuffle in the grass. She gasped and looked around, and stopped when she saw the grass move.

With one hand, and not taking her sight of the small piece of grass she shook Syaoran. He groaned a little, and then opened his eyes. He looked over at Sakura who was still looking at the same spot. Then he stood up.

"What is it?" he asked her

"I don't know, but it's getting closer." She said pointing to where the grass was still moving.

Syaoran quietly kneeled in front of her not taking his eyes of the spot. He grabbed a nearby stick and was ready to use it as a sword. The moving object was almost where they were. In a few seconds it would come out of the grass.

A tiny triangular head with huge eyed emerged from the grass, the creature let the rest of himself out and then just began to lick his paw. He looked a lot like Spinnel, only with a slimmer body, bigger wings and a long thin tail that ended in a fluffy ball. His chest was also covered with long silky hairs. His wings were as black as his eyes, and his fur was a lovely royal blue. On his forehead was what looked like a small stone. It was a lovely sappier colour. His head was not as big as Spinnel's compared to his body. Sakura and Syaoran both sweat dropped and blinked.

"What... what is that? A stuffed animal?" asked Syaoran pointing at the small creature.

A little nerve popped up on the thing's forehead and the tiny creature gave a little growl. Quicker than the eye could see, Syaoran's finger was in the creature's mouth. Syaoran stood there a while, a sweat drop on his forehead.

"Ahhhhhh! He bit me! Get it off me! Get it of me! He bit me! Why you little..!" screamed Syaoran as he ran around holding his hand with the tiny animal glued to his finger.

"Syaoran wait. Calm down, come over here." said Sakura trying to calm him down.

Syaoran stopped running around and went over to sit by Sakura still holding his hand and the tiny thing dangling from his index finger. She examined the tiny animal and slowly opened his jaws just a little so that Syaoran could free his finger. He held his red swollen finger in front of his face and stuck it in his mouth, then stared furiously back at the tiny devil. Syaoran's mouth dropped as he saw Sakura giggling when it was snuggling and licking her cheek, He was more specifically licking the cut below her eye.

"You know I think it's kind of cute." she said giggling to Syaoran

Syaoran growled a little at the thing in Sakura's arms, and stopped when he noticed her cut, it was gone. Had the little devil done that? He went over to Sakura and put his face close to hers. The little creature growled but Syaoran paid no attention to it. Sakura suddenly seeing him so close blushed, but he didn't seem to notice. He softly touched where the wound had been but she didn't wince.

"Um... Sy, Syaoran, what... are you doing?" she asked him shyly.

He looked up and saw that she was millimetres from his face. His face steamed up and he pulled away very quickly. He shook his head and then pointed at her cheek. She took her hand up to it and felt nothing. Then she looked down at the animal in her arms that was shifting to a comfortable position.

"Do you think he did this?" she asked him

"It's very possible." He answered her

He looked over at Sakura's leg. Took it in his hands, untied the handkerchief, and unwrapped the bandage. The blood had clotted a little but the wound was still open. The tiny animal seemed to smell the cut. It looked over to Sakura's leg, and jumped out of her arms. He approached her leg and began to examine the cut from different angles. He extended his wing and set them on her leg. Sakura giggled a little and Syaoran just watched. First, the blood dried completely then the skin and muscle began to meld together again. When he folded his wings to his back the cut was gone. He flew over to Sakura's lap and made himself comfortable again. Syaoran looked carefully at where the cut had been then he looked over at the tiny animal. He looked ready to fight again, but Syaoran just smiled.

"Thank you." He said to the creature

The animal calmed down and seemed a bit surprised, just like Sakura. Then he looked from Sakura to Syaoran, and from Syaoran to Sakura and what seemed to be like a smile appeared on his face. He lay back down on Sakura's lap.

"I guess that means he is going to stay with us." said Syaoran

"He or she... it needs a name." said Sakura. She placed her hand on her chin "I know! Since he is small, why don't we call it Chibi?"

Syaoran nodded and smiled at Sakura. Again their eyes met. They both turned away at the same time, blushing.

"Well you might as well go back to sleep." said Sakura

"Um, yeah, I guess so. But don't you want me to relieve you?" he asked

"No, I'm fine. You need the rest." She said shaking her head.

He gave her a shy smile and thanked her again. Just seeing her there, sitting down.

"Sakura..."

"Yes?" she asked

"I, I have to tell you something." He said nervously

"Tell me." she said

"Well... I, I... just want to... I want to say... that, I..."He stuttered

There was a moment of silence. He opened his mouth to try again. But before he could start Chibi jumped up from Sakura's lap onto the grass. His feet apart and the hairs on his back raised. He gave a low growl to where one of the trees was. Sakura and Syaoran both stood up and met his gaze. They didn't see anything but they stayed alert. They heard the trees rustle and saw some movement. Syaoran stepped in front of Sakura. Chibi flew in front of Syaoran.

"Ahhh!" shouted Sakura as something white came out of the woods.

It looked exactly like Chibi, only much bigger. It was the size on an elephant. And his fur was a lovely cream colour. His eyes were a lovely gold, just like his wings. Between his eyes he also had a sort of gem, just like Chibi, only his was more like a tear drop, and it was a beautiful, amber colour. He reminded Sakura of Kero, well, Kero's true form.

"Chibi look out!" shouted Sakura as the beast approached the still alert creature.

But the strange part was, Chibi wasn't paying attention to this newcomer, he was still focused on the trees beyond. The white creature lowered his head to where Chibi was and although no sound was made, Chibi turned and also looked at him.

"Looks like they're communicating." said Syaoran.

Sakura nodded. They two creatures looked back at the frightened couple, then back at each other, and back at the woods. The giant animal took a step forward and lowered his back.

"I think he wants us to get on." said Sakura nervously

They stood there for a while, not knowing what to do. Chibi looked back and saw their hesitation. Then he flew over to the bigger creature's back.

"I don't think we have any other choice." said Syaoran lifting himself up his back. He extended his hand out to Sakura.

"Mm hmm." said Sakura reaching out for his hand and lifting herself up. She took a seat comfortably behind Syaoran.

The trees behind them all fell to the ground at once, making a terrible noise. Chibi and the other creature moved out quickly causing Sakura to loose her balance.

"Ahhh!" she screamed as she held on to Syaoran's stomach in order to not fall over.

Syaoran turned into a ripe tomato as she felt her hands over his stomach. He turned back and looked at her. She looked at him.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" she said taking her arms off his stomach and setting them down.

"No that's all right. I just..." he stammered.

The large animal looked back at the blushing couple and then back at Chibi who was flying beside him. Chibi only gave him a little smile and a nod. The giant creature also smiled and intentionally gave a sharp boost causing Sakura to put her arms around Syaoran again. Syaoran turned red again but this time, he only smiled at her. She blushed and smiled back.

"You might as well leave them there, looks like it's going to be a bumpy ride." He said to her, not looking back because of his excessively red face. Sakura smiled a little and embraced herself.


I know it was kinda short, but that's okey, my chapters are very strange... so, get used to it.