Chapter 9
(....)=author talking
'......'=character thinking
"..."=character talking

"Sakura!" Syaoran called out as soon as Sakura fell to the ground. "Sakura?" He asked, running up to her. She didn't move one bit. "Oh no..." Beside him, Tomoyo ran up to her as well.
"Sakura-chan?" They reached her and shook her a little, while trying to stop the bleeding. She didn't wake up. "Sakura!" They shook her a bit more. They splashed a bit of water on her face, from the ocean. Nothing worked.
Syaoran then picked Sakura up in his arms and held her gently, being careful of her wounds.
"Come on." He told Tomoyo. They walked back to the campsite and hid the real Sakura, while the fake on stayed in the real one's place. Syaoran told their teacher that he was feeling sick and that he was going to go home, while Tomoyo said that she was going to take Syaoran home.
Tomoyo called her bodyguards and they came with a van to pick them up and Sakura. They waved to their classmates as they drove out.
Syaoran held onto Sakura's hand to whole time and didn't want to let go.
Tomoyo's bodyguards drove past Tomoyo's big mansion to Syaoran's apartment. Syoanra carried her to his room and laid her down on the bed. Tomoyo got his first-aid kit out and together they started to bind Sakura's wounds, with Syaoran never letting go of her hand.
When they finished, Tomoyo could tell that Syaoran wanted some time alone with her. She excused herself saying that she needed to go home. Before she walked out of Syaoran's apartment, she phoned Sakura's father saying that she was sleeping over at her house.
During all that time, Syaoran sat at Sakura's side. "Sakura..." He whispered, hoping that Sakura would hear his pleas. It was no use though. Sakura had lost too much energy and blood to be awake. "Please, don't leave me...." He cried softly beside her the whole time and eventually cried himself to sleep.
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Everyday Syaoran woke up full of energy until he saw Sakura. She still hadn't woken up since the battle with Mioki. That was many days ago and she still didn't budge one bit.
"I know you'll come back to me, Sakura..." Syaoran said softly, although the fear that she won't kept popping up in his head. 'What if she doesn't?' He thought. 'Don't think like that! Sakura loves me, I love her. Of course she'll come back to me.' He tried to push the thought away in the back of his head. But it kept on coming to haunt him.
'If she doesn't....I...I can't live without her...oh god....what will I do?' The tears started pouring down his cheeks. "Oh god, Sakura.....Please come back...to me..." He held her tightly and buried his head in her chest. "Don't leave me....Sakura...I can't...won't bare it......"
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"Hoe?" Sakura wondered around in an unknown place. Everything was silent...mute...
"Where am I?" She asked to no one in particular. She looked around and saw that she was in a green room. It seemed very familiar. 'It's...Syaoran's room!' She thought to herself.
She looked down at her feet to see herself floating above the bed. She looked closely and saw Syaoran holding on tightly to a girl. The girl had light golden-brown hair that wisped out around her neck. She had wounds all over her body, as if she was in a fight a few days ago and didn't heal back yet. Her eyes were closed so Sakura couldn't see who....
'Waitaminute!....That's....me?!' She looked closely and saw that indeed it was her. 'But...what am I doing up here?' She thought to herself.
"Oh god, Sakura.....Please come back...to me..." He held her tightly and buried his head in her chest. "Don't leave me....Sakura...I can't...won't bare it......" She heard Syaoran cry out. This was the second time that she saw Syaoran cry, but it still shocked her to see the tears running down his eyes.
"Syaoran?" She asked, but he didn't even notice her. "Syaoran-kun!!" She yelled, but it was no use. He couldn't hear her.
"Oh...Syaoran...I want to come back...you know I do...I won't ever leave you..." She cried out softly. "I can't bare it either..."
At her words, a blinding light came towards Sakura. She closed her eyes briefly and felt herself move from one place to another.
Then all of a sudden, she felt warm. Sakura opened her eyes and saw Syaoran still crying in her arms.
"Syaoran?" She asked softly, grimacing at the pain, but bearing it. "I won't ever leave you..."
At the sound of her voice, Syaoran looked up. "Sakura!" He hugged her even more tightly. "You're awake!" He exclaimed happily, still crying.
"Syaoran, why are you crying?" She asked. "I'm back. I'm fine." She said softly, wiping his tears away.
Syaoran didn't answer her. He just smiled and kissed her gently on the lips. Sakura kissed back happily. As they broke away, Sakura fell back onto the bed, holding her stomach, groaning.
"Sakura! Are you okay?" Sayoran asked concerned. 'What is happening now?' He thought.
Sakura smiled weakly and tried to answer him. "I'm...fine...Syaoran-kun... I'm just...feeling a bit...weak..." She gasped out.
Then Syaoran remembered her wounds. "Gomen-" He started to say, but Sakura stopped him. "Don't be sorry....It's not...your fault..." She said, holding his hand tightly as more pain came.
"But I should've been there. I should've been the one to take the pain." He protested.
"No...It was...my fight only....I had to prove...that...I was good...enough..." When Syaoran started protesting again, she held a slim finger to his lips. "Shh...I had....to...prove....to myself that....I can...protect....myself." She gasped out, her breath slowing down a bit. She sank into the pillows. "Thank you...Syaoran." The pain in her stomach subsided slightly.
Syaoran noticed that she needed more sleep. He held her hand and sang her to sleep with his deep voice.
Sakura smiled blissfully and drifted off into dreamland. 'I got the lost cards back...' She thought happily.
~*~*~*~THE END~*~*~*~


Or is it?

"Damn you Kinomoto! I'll get you, and your precious Syaoran too!!"