Chapter
6: Stay With Me
Chibi and Setae landed very agitated, they
looked exhausted.
"It's ok… it's over." He said to them
They looked at each other and seemed to sigh.
Chibi pointed to her stone, and Syaoran set his free hand over it. He told
Chibi what had happened to Sakura and to the beast.
"Now you may go back, but you have to seal
the door so this won't happened again." said Chibi
"How can I seal it?" asked Syaoran exhausted
"With the sword and with some help from
your magic." He answered
"But our magic doesn't work here…" he said
"We know, that's why you have to do it
getting to your world, now you have to go because we don't know how much longer
the door is going to be open." said Chibi
Syaoran nodded, he took Sakura into his arms.
Getting to the edge of the river, the suction was so strong now he didn't even
touch the water.
"Thank you for everything." Syaoran said to
them. They smiled and waved good bye.
The world started to loose it's colour, just
like last time soon everything was blank. A blinding light came from nowhere,
when he opened his eyes he saw a familiar couch next to him. They were at his
apartment. The gate was in the middle of his living room. He looked at Sakura
and smiled, went over to his room and set her down on his bed. Then he went
back out to seal the gate. He didn't know how he was going to do it, but he
took the sword and just concentrated some of his powers on it. The sword began
to shift shape and finally turned into a flat cylinder, introducing itself in
the gateway. Before it was completely sealed two beams of light, one white the
other black zipped out. Syaoran turned his head to see what they were, but his eyesight
was getting dim and loosing clarity. Until now he noticed the pain in his
stomach.
Sakura's eyes fluttered as she woke up to see
Syaoran stepping out of a room. She looked around, she was in his room. They
had made it. She sighed sat up looking herself over. She had various bruises
and small cuts all over, but nothing serious. Something on the left side of her
shirt caught her eye, since the shirt was white you could see the colour very
well. She grabbed it and turned it so that she could see better. It was dabbed
with fresh blood. She lifted up her shirt examining her side, but there was
nothing there, a small bruise on her waist, but that was it. Then why… Syaoran!
He had to have carried her to his bed and that hit the monster had gave him.
She jumped up and ran out of his room.
"Syaoran!?" she yelled
She went to the living room and found him on
the couch, breathing heavily and clutching his stomach. His shirt was stained
where his hand was. She kneeled down and lifted up his shirt. Just like she had
guessed, the mark of a perfect circle was there.
"Sakura… you are ok." he managed to say
"Syaoran, don't worry you are going to be ok,
I promise." She said to him
"Oh that's fine, I don't worry about myself,
I worry about you. You don't have to worry about me either." He said
"Of course I worry about you! I…" she paused
and looked at him in the eyes "I love you. And I won't let you leave me alone."
She cried suddenly
Syaoran looked at her teary face and smiled.
He took her chin with his hand and lifted it up.
"I will not give up, I promise, I will never
leave you alone." He said trying to stand. She put her hand on his shoulder and
set him back down on the couch.
"Sakura!" yelled a tiny voice
She turned to the kitchen, from where the
noise came from. Two tiny creatures with wings came flying out.
"Is he all right?" asked Setae
"Chibi, Setae, what are you doing here? Can
you cure him?" Sakura asked quickly
"Just like your magic didn't work in our
world, ours does not work in yours… we are sorry. That is also why you can hear
us." said Chibi
Sakura smiled at them and then looked back at
Syaoran and took out her wand.
Syaoran opened his eyes to find Eriol next to
his bed, no wait, this is not my bed, he looked around the room. White.
"You're awake." said Eriol
"Where am I?" he asked him
"At a hospital."
"Where is Sakura?" he asked again trying to
get up
"Sakura is fine, she is just tired." said
Tomoyo appearing behind Eriol.
Eriol moved to the side revealing a sleeping
Sakura all cuddled up on a small couch. Setae and Chibi where cuddled up on top
of her. He smiled at the sight of her.
"She told us everything, while they were
healing you. You slept for a long time, well I guess you should have. You broke
5 ribs." said Eriol
"She used Time, Power and Float to get you
here, that's why you probably don't remember." said Tomoyo.
Syaoran sighed and lay his head back against
the pillow. Setae lifted up her little head and turned back to where Syaoran
was. She shook Chibi up. When she got up Setae signalled Syaoran. They both
flew over to where he was.
"Your awake." said Setae
"Why did you girls come here?" he asked them
They sweat dropped.
"Well um, at the last moment when you were
sealing it, the gate, it kinda… well sucked us in, but look! Setae is small! We
don't know why it happened but she kinda shrunk. Ha ha ha ha!" laughed Chibi
Setae gave Chibi a ¬_¬ look. Then she looked
back at Syaoran.
"I shrunk, because I helped you seal the
gate, that's it!" she looked back at Chibi. Chibi was trying real hard not to
laugh. Syaoran just sweat dropped.
"Well we have to go now." said Tomoyo
"Coming…" said Chibi. She went over to
Tomoyo's shoulder and sat there as they walked out the door.
"Why did Chibi go with Tomoyo?" Syaoran asked
Setae
"Well I guess you could say we are stuck in
your world and we needed a place to stay, so Tomoyo said she could take care of
us." explained Setae
"Oh, and what about you?" he asked Setae.
"Well, I don't think Tomoyo is my kind of
person, don't get me wrong. She is very nice and I like her a lot, but Chibi
goes more with her attitude than me." She said to him
"It makes sense. Would you like to stay with
me?" Syaoran asked
"You are sure I won't bother you? There is no
problem?" she asked him blushing
He gave her a warm smiled and shook his head.
"No problem." He said
Setae gave him a smile and licked his cheek.
Then she stopped and looked up at him.
"I have things to do!" she said flying out of
the window.
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"Of course I worry about you. I… I love you.
And I won't let you leave me alone!"
Sakura's voice was still present in his mind,
does she really love me, or just as a friend? He wondered. He looked back over
to where she was still laying. Dreaming no doubt. He sighed again. Sakura's
eyes fluttered. She turned to a comfortable position and began to stretch.
Syaoran noticed her and turned to see. She winced a little turning her neck
from side to side. Opening her eyes she found Syaoran looking at her. She shot
up and went over to his bed.
"Syaoran, you're awake! Are you all right?"
she asked quickly
"Thanks to you…" he smiled at her
"I told you I wouldn't let you leave me…" she
said as she grew red. "And, that other thing I told you, was… also true. I
hadn't realised it before because you were always there, one constant blessing
in my life. But facing the fact that I could loose you… well I guess I
realised, that I… love you."
She was trying her best to make eye contact
with him but she couldn't quite do it. Syaoran was also red and didn't know
what to say. He never took his eyes off her and looked her over. She was
absolutely full of bruises and small cuts. She had probably been so worried
about him that she didn't have time to do so about herself. Sakura was looking
down at the floor.
"I, never had the nerve to tell you, I was
always afraid that if I did… you wouldn't know what to say and you would worry.
I couldn't bare to see you like that… that's why, I never told you anything."
He said also looking away
It was a very awkward moment for the both of
them. They were happy, it's just that they weren't used to it yet. They had
always been just friends, this was a very rapid change.
"You should go home and get those wounds
cleaned and banded. I'll be fine here. You have done more than enough for me…
thank you, for everything." He said smiling at her
She turned to face him also smiling, not even
if he was dying would he stop worrying for her. She nodded, got up from her
chair and headed for the door, then stopped and turned back. She went over to
his bed and gave him a hug. He seemed surprised but also hugged her back. She
couldn't help but to cry pulling away with tears in her eyes but a smile on her
face.
"I'll be here tomorrow." She said cheerfully
Syaoran smiled also and nodded. She opened
the door and waved one last time before disappearing behind it.
A/N: well, there you have it, a happy ending…
but wait! There's more!!!!!! Due to some request I got from this story (one… ¬¬')
I am going to make another chapter… so, hang in there, the next chapter is very
cool, and worth reading so please read k? ^^