Author's notes- Heehee, sorry it took me so long to put out a new part. This stupid ff.net hasn't been working, *growls* and neither has my computer been working. Plus I changed schools to Japan and Flame of Truth moved so his computer isn't up yet... so yeah.. please forgive me for the delay. On with the story!

Flame of Truth: blah blah blah

Panny-chan-13: BTW, this is where the R rating comes in. I know a lot of you wondered about that.

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Spinning, everything was spinning. She stumbled along falling constantly. Roan didn't care, didn't stop. He would drag her to her feet painfully and keep heading forward. The trees were getting thicker and she could no longer see the festival. Her throat was dry and she was stuck with mangled sobs.

"Let go of me!" She tried weakly to pull her arm out of his grasp. His eyes turned on her still glowing and she yelped. Ugly purple bruises formed where his hands gripped her arms and blood still ran warm and sticky down her back.

"I'll let you go." He threw her roughly to the ground. Sakura nearly passed out as the glass still in her back buried it's way deeper into her skin. She was sprawled out on her back nearly spread eagle. She blinked up at him standing over her. She was struck again with just how strong his magic was, nearly twice the power of her own. She tried to curl up into a ball but he stopped her. "No, no, no little blossom." He kneeled down over her his hand tracing her jaw. "Why don't you just give me what I want? Then we can both avoid the pain and enjoy ourselves.." His hand went down her chest cupping a breast lightly. He ground her hips into hers.

"No... anything but that NO!" Sakura started to struggle again but it was no use.

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"STOP! Your hurting me!" Touya and Li both heard it and sprinted off into the woods. Li ground his teeth together thinking of all the hateful things he would do to that bastred when they found him. Touya tripped and slammed into a tree, Li didn't even notice. He kept running. "Get off of me please!" Sakura's desperate cry came again.

When Li reached the clearing he nearly puked. Roan was holding *his* Sakura down, thrusting angrily. Sakura tossed her head back and forth doing anything to escape his hateful wrath. Li clutched his sword just as Roan finished his business leaving Sakura limp on the ground.

"Why Li.. How nice of you to join us." Li couldn't sense the magic but he could see the way Roan's eyes glowed. He gripped his sword forcing himself to not do anything brash. "I was going to have to kill you in the end anyways." Li's amber eyes flashed with malice and hate. Pure hatred for the boy that had forced himself upon Sakura. Pure hatred for one who would speak in such a manner. Roan seemed untroubled hiking his pants up and strolling forward as if he was coming to talk to Li about the weather.

"You, kill me. Hardly." Roan stopped walking forward still smirking evilly. His total calm threw Li off his stride. Just what did this boy know that he didn't? Her brought his sword off but there was a tremendous tugging feeling that almost ripped his arms out of their sockets. He blinked away the black in his vision. Roan was standing their with his sword in hand. "What the.."

"An amazing trick isn't it? It's part of my magic." Then there were no barriors up. Li was blasted with unimaginable amounts of magic. It rolled in thick waves grating on his nerves roughly. Roan smirked seeing Li's look of shock and horror. "I bet your wondering where I came across such magic?" He didn't give Li a chance to replie and if he had Li wouldn't have been able to utter a word. "Clow Reed knew that other captors would come after him so he made me. I am a promised. It was sworn to me that whoever was the next captor would be mine. He knew I might have sertain.." Roan sneered walking closer to Li looking him up and down. "Obsticals so he gave me more magic then anything else he'd ever created."

Sakura's pathetic whimpers and she started to rouse from her semiconscious stage snapped Li back into action. Using speed he never knew he had he wrenched his sword out of Roan's hands. Roan was too shocked to move for the split instant it took Li to pull out the time card.

"TIME!" He yelled and watched as everything took on that hazy amber look they got when time froze. He looked around satisfied and was about to pick up the limp Sakura when he was slammed hard from behind. He flew forward making contact with a tree before he could blink or brace himself.

"Li, Li, Li.." Roan picked him up by the collar of his shirt chiding him as a mother would a child. He held Li up above his head watching amused as Li tried to blink the stars from his vision. He chuckled deep in his throat. "Did you honestly believe the time card would work on me!?" There was no amusement in his voice as he slammed Li into the ground. Any breath Li had managed to gain was forced from his lungs.

"Leave Sakura alone!" Li wobbled to his feet charging Roan. Roan easily side stepped the initial attack but was not prepared for Li to stab him from behind without ever stopping his charge. The sword was thrust through his lower stomach a little off to the left. Li gave it a twist causing blood to bubble from Roan's mouth instead of the mocking chuckle. With a satisfied smirk to rival Roan's Li gave his sword a final tug. Blood spewed from the gaping wound in Roan's back. However, Li was in for another thing. Slowly the blood stopped and was it just Li's imagination or was the wound dissapearing?

"Li.. I forgot to mention something." How could Roan be alive!? How could he still be talking. "As long as Sakura lives, I live. Now I know you would never kill my little cherry blossom would you?" Li gaped at Roan. Blood stained around his mouth his lips a rose red but here he was acting completely normal. Just what did he mean by HIS little cherry blossom!? Though rage coursed threw his body Li knew he didn't have much time to think about it. He had to get Sakura out of here and safe. However he was so caught up in his thinking that when the hard object came across his kneecap with a sickening crunch it was like a revelation. He felt sick and dizzy all at once. Black spots danced across his vision and he couldn't quite figure out what had happened. When he looked down he had to look away imidiatly. His bone was protruding from his skin and he could feel the warm tickle of blood running down his calf. He resisted the urge to wretch forcing himself to stand.

"Your bravery will be you undoing." Roan said ready to charge again. Li moved quickly. He grabbed a card that had been spilt upon the ground. It didn't matter of it was his or Sakura's. His silent prayer was answered. It was a card that might help him.

"Erase!" He yelled hitting it with his sword. Roan looked slightly surprised as he dissapeared into nothing. Li could feel the way the card pulsed in his shaking hand. He was very aware of the fact that erase wouldn't hold him forever. He half stumbled over to Sakura, who had managed to sit up by this time.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" She screamed shrinking away from him. He was hurt for only a moment. Her eyes were out of focus and she was rocking back and forth cluting her knees to her bare chest. Li looked away trying to find a shred of her clothing that would do to cover her up. He finally just handed her his own shirt and she seemed to calm down.

"Sakura.. I need you to heal me." He said finally choking it out. He waited to see how she would react. She looked at him trying to remember he was for a moment. She nodded slowly her hair falling in front of her blood streaked face. She stood taking the heal card in her hand. Li handed her the key. It pained him to watch her shake barely able to talk.

"HEAL!" She said finally striking the card weakly. Time slowed and Li closed his eyes for just an instant feeling tired beyond sleep. When he opened them again a beautiful semi-transparent woman floated in front of him. Everything hazed out of focus as she took him into her arms. He felt almost like he could stay there forever. There was a whispering in his ear, words to soft to disearn. Then she was gone, and Sakura was in a crumpled ball on the ground in front of him. He rushed forward scooping her up in his arms. Her pitiful cries and whimpers made his heart shatter.

"Don't worry Sakura, I'm going to get you somewhere safe."