I still do not own Card Captor Sakura...it's still a wonders to me.
I appologize to those who hate this new coupling, but if it make you feel any better I also like S+S.
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Getting Closer
~~~Morning~~~
The first sigh of morning arrived when the birds began singing, and the bit of light that shined through
the tree. The night creatures hidded away from the sun as if it was fire trying to burn them a live. Bugs
began their morning work, and their queen began to do what she usually does, sleep, and yell at her
servant for their incompetants.
A gentle wind blew the lock of hair away from Syaoran's eyes as he began to stirred awake. Not
wanting to get out of his comfortable resting place, lied awake until something underneath his head
began to move.
"wah!" Syaoran quickly roled of Tomoyo's lap, and quickly got on to his foot.
"hehe..don't worry we didn't do anything last night if that what you were thinking" she gently stood up
and quietly look around.
"err..um..what happen to me last night anyway?" he began wondering
"After you made the fire, you fainted and you were burning up..." Syaoran took the clothe of his head,
and looked at her questionly, and she nodded.
"..Th..thanks" he blushed a bit after seeing her how short her dress now become after she rip that
piece up, and gave it back to her, still he distant himself between her as if she was a monster that will
jump on him in a second if he got to close, or that he doesn't trust himself close to her. 'Think what
Sakura will think, me and her alone in her forest, she is so going to be mad.'
"umm...do I know you?" Tomoyo step closer to him to have a better look.
"You should..." he mumble, "I'm the one condem in this damn forest for helping the card mistress get
back the clow card, damn them to not recognized a true wizard when they see one..." turning to her
stunned face, full of shock "oh, and who are you? and why are you here? don't tell me the elders
pick on girls too?"
"Li?" she whispered
"Yeah I know you're a Li, but what the rest of your name?" he looked at her again "Are you..."
He was cut of when she suddenly jump on him and tightly hugged him.
"Li, it me Tomoyo" finally letting go of him, smilling happily.
"T..Tomoyo, what are you doing her? and what happen to you? more concernly what are you doing
here?" totally stunned
"I..I.." she though before she answered the question 'I don't want him knowing about me, I can't get
him involve' "I kinda got lost, and tha monster attack me" she looked down as a frown from on her
once beautiful face, now covered in bruises.
"Well that explained how you look like hell..." he said offhandedly, recieving a slap on his shoulder.
"Thanks a lot" she gave a small laught, and she quickly bend over from the pain.
"Is something wrong?" Syaoran went on one knee, look concernly at Tomoyo.
"I never realized I had a cut on my back until now. It's fine, just a scratch." she put him gently away
and tried to get up again but failed.
"Well that's very convincing, let me see" she turn "well, to tell you the truth, it doesn't look so good."
The cut was still bleeding, it's a wonder she hadn't die from losing so much blood that night. The cut
a across her, not so deep but deep enough.
"Really?" she was ready to cry "I'm so sorry Li, I didn't want to be a bother"
He glared at her, that glar that always made her want to giggle "What are you talking about?, we're
friends. And besides, I save your life before this...now stay still" closing his eyes, he began trailing
his hand across her smooth skin, letting his magic flow, like a small waves from within him.
The pain began to subside, and her bruises began to vanished. All there was, was the warmth of his
handon her back, gently touching her, spreading the soft and warm feeling though her entire body.
Just as soon as it began, it shortly stop. But his hand was still on her back, making her hair stand every
which direction, jerking all her senses, but also making her tell him to leave it there forever.
"That should do it..." with that he slowly began to get up." I'm going to get breakfast for us, why don't
you got and umm..do whatever you do before breakfast.." he blush, recieving a small giggle from
Tomoyo.
"Okay Li, and thanks" she said and hurrily to the small pound.
"She is going to be the death of me" with that though he laugh softly, and began his hunt.
~~~15 minutes later~~~
Back at the camp.
'Figures, she's probably taking a bath, girls' Syaoran though as he put down two dead rabbits and the
barries he had gathered. 'One thing about nature is that it provides food'
"Now, I did this once, I can do it again" taking out his hand and concentrate "Fire!" heat, and pain
began to gather in his hand as a ball of fire spread itself on the dry woods that he just gathered.
Jumping up in the air happily "Finally" puting to the fire "I have made fire!" clapping, and giggles, with
out turning "so happy you can join me Tomoyo."
"hehe, you're a great liar Li" she smiled at him
"Thanks, I tried" he looked back and smirk."Well, I'm about to make breakfast, wana help?"
"Which consisted of?" she look aside where the rabbits laid quietly "Poor Mr. Rabbits,"
"Well, we're just lucky, those poor rabbit aren't just normal rabbits, they run and jump faster than
rabbit you ever seen. Ha, you can thanks the elder for that one too, damn them for making my life
so miserable" he smirk again as he finish skinning the rabbits and put a stick through both and place
them over the fire.
"So how did you get here?" Tomoyo asked over the fire, staring at it as if it was a great show on TV.
"To complicated for you to understand, and maybe I'll tell you when you grow up" he laugh as she
threw a small stick at him.
"We're the same age Li, and beside there is nothing too complicated for me to understand, well,
almost anyway" she stare back to the fire, a small smile on her lip.
"what do you mean almost?" he asked taking some barries and pass it to her.
Takig a bite of some "Well, there's your and Sakura's love life that I don't understand" she giggled
as she saw the blush forming on his cheeks.
Sigh. "I don't understand it myself, to tell ya the truth, I never understand it from the begining" he lean
on the tree for a support.
"Well, it always come down to the fact that you love her or not?" she finally look up, and frown at him
trying all her might to read his mind but it never work, he never show anything outside other then the
stone face, that only sometimes smile or laugh.
"I...I don't know" he frown.
"What do you mean?"
"I...I" he looked down in to the fire. "Umm..we'll talk about it later, breakfast is ready." he quickly
grab the two stick from the fire and pass one over to her.
"Okay," she whispered knowing that he did it on purpose and took a bite.
"Sorry it's not the best breakfast in the world, but it's all that nature could provide" he said as he took
a bite.
"Oh don't worry about that, I don't usually have this much to eat anyway" she spoke softly, as image
of her own home where her father and mother never give much food to her eventhough they were
rich. Starving her for days.
"Your parents probably worry about you, I'm sorry" he looked down at his food "I promise to get
you back to them soon"
"Yeah..."she said quietly. They ate the rest of the food in silence.
Taking out a medium size knife and thew it over the fire to Tomoyo's feet, "You better take that,
it's about three day travel to the elder's shine, I have to report you to the elders, so they can take
you home"
"What about you?" Tomoyo asked picking up the knife and getting up.
"I'll be fine, and I have to stay here after you're gone, they're not going to let me out anytime soon"
looking over his shoulder as he stomped out the fire "Come on, it's almost noon, I don't want to
walk noon time"
"Why?" she step to his side after putting the knife aside.
"Eventhough these trees provide some shade, the elders though they give me some heat to make life
a little more difficult, it's how they train me they said, but I think they just want to have some fun."
he smirk and began the long silent walk.
That was after an hour pass when he heard humming.
"What's that song?, it sound fimiliar" he turn to look at Tomoyo.
"Oh, sorry.."
"It's okay, I heard you had a great voice, I didn't know you can hum too" he gave her a small smile
as she blush.
".thanks, I think...I don't really know, I just know how it sound, but not the words." their was another
silence, and she began to hum it again.
'I just wish she could sing it, then I might be able to know what the song is called, it's so fimiliar it's
driving me crazy'
Trying to strike up a conversation "Hey Tomoyo?"
"Yeah..." she looked over to him as they walk.
"How was Sakura doing before you left, I mean Tokyo anyway?" he looked ahead as feeling began
to build up.
"Well, I called her sometimes, but never get to actually go to visit." she sigh softly "...as far as I know
she is doing okay...I also heard she's going out with Eli" she spoke quietly as jelously began to pank
up from her heart.
"sorry..." he said, noticing how her voice began to change
"Oh it's okay, I guess" she replied finally look up as tears were about to spilled from her eyes. "I guess
I never realized how much I like him until I left, they both were lonely I guess, and Sakura deserve
someone as good as him..." looking aside quickly, seeing the hurt in Syaoran's eyes she added "I'm
so sorry Li, I didn't mean that"
"No it's okay" still looking ahead, he smile sadly "I'm the one to be sorry, if I hadn't left he won't had
Sakura, and I guess she deserve someone as great as he is. I didn't really think that she loves me
anyway..." he looked down.
"That's not true Li, I still believe she still loves you, it's just hard sometimes to tell what you're thinking,
and it's not your fault that your family needes you...even if it means losing Sakura..." she smile at him
again "..besides, it tells that you really care for you family to do something like that..."
He laugh ironically "...only you think like that Tomoyo, not even my own mother care about me now,
she did once, and then the card captoring incident happens."
"I guess it's just how I am, even though no one ever thinks like me..." she said softly.
"Don't feel bad for yourself just yet Tomoyo," he look up, and gave her a small smile "that why some
people like me and Sakura like you...we need people like you to make our life happier, and always
make things sounds better than it really is."
"So I'm a show freak to you" she glared at him.
"Not exactly a show freak, but a true friend..." he gave her a patt on the head, recieving a smile from
her.
"Thanks Li..." she walked closer to him.
"Well, we better set up for camp, we wouldn't be able to walk at night anyway, and I think we miss
lunch it looks like" as he look over his head, the stars were already up, shining in the night.
"I haven't seen star as beautiful as these before." Tomoyo looked up as they began to gather woods.
"That's because you probably live in the city...come on, we have to hurry and make fire." Syaoran
began to put his wood, and Tomoyo's gathering in a pile and repeat what he did before.
"Why are we in such a hurry?" she asked as she to a seat next to him on the fire.
"because..." he stop as they heard of howls from something from the woods "that..." he said quietly
standing up on ready.
"What was that?" she inched closer to him.
"Can't tell," he looked around "...first I though it was a man eating wolves, but then I find new things
everyday, you can blame the elders for that one too."
"Y..you mean they raised them?" she clings on his arm
"Sure thing, but they never though about using it until I came a long, it's like I said, they wanted to
have a little fun" he stepped aside from her and look at her questionly "You're not scare of little
wolves are you?"
"Of..of course I'm not..." she look around again.
"well good, I have to go look for some food, just stay close to the fire, it chase away the wolves or
whatever is out there, or not..." he whispered softly at the last statement, recieving a small slap in his
arm, he laught at that.
"Well just hurry, I hate being alone at night in the land of nowhere" she inch closer to the fire.
"Don't worry, you have a knife, and after that slap you just gave me, I think you can help yourself..."
he laugh again as she glared at him. "..be back in a while.." he wave as he walked way.
~~~15 minutes later~~~
"What's taking him so long? doesn't he know that I'm worrying like crazy about him?..." Tomoyo grasp
shuting her lip tightly, 'Did I just say that out loud?'. sigh "What's the use? It's not like I like him like
that, we're just friends, right?" before she could answer her own question, some rustle from the
brushes startled her as she turn to it. "umm Li? is that you?..." to answer her question, a mountian
lion stepped out of the brush, slowly advancing toward her, staring down her purple dark eyes with
its' yellow cat eyes, licking it's lips.
Totally frighten and amazed of the animal that just happens to be in this part of the woods, Tomoyo
not once move, thinking it would attack if step or inch away.
Slowly it took another step toward her almost at the reach of her. Unknown to it or Tomoyo, there
was another animal seeking for food ready to jump on it, at any moment. Creating a distration,
Syaoran tossed a small stone aside, making the mountain lion look away from Tomoyo and using that
distration to jump on it, and toss it aside like a rage doll.
"Are you okay?" he whisper quietly
"y..yeah, I'm are right..." still looking at the mountain lion who just began to get up ready to rip apart
who ever that toss him aside.
"I don't think I can fight him in close hand in hand fight what do you think?" he side smile at her, trying
to cheer her up a bit.
"n..no, I think not..what are we going to do? It looks pretty mad" Tomoyo innerly smile at the though
of Syaoran trying to cheer her up in the time of such crisis.
"Well, talking to him is out of question so..." closing his eyes he began to concentrate.
"What ever you what to do, do it NOW!" Tomoyo yelled as the beast took a running start and jump.
"EARTH!" the ground several yard from them began to shake, as it rose into a long spike shooting up
into the air.
Not knowing it was soon his, the lion lick its mouth once again before the spike went through his
head, and he fell on the ground with a sickening sound.
"Is..is it dead?"
"I think it is..." Syaoran walked over to it. "Might as well use him for dinner, and save some fore later,
hate to waste something like this."
"o..okay" she swallow, seeing all this blood make her want to throw up.
"Oh you don't look so good, are you okay?" Syaoran walked toward her checking her forhead.
"You feel a little hot, lay down a bit, dinner will be ready soon. I'll wake you up when it's ready"
"Since when did you become a mother Li?" She smile at him, making him blushed a little.
"I'm not a mother, besides, if I'm anything, I rather be a father" he smile sadly."...and I'll have to be
as soon as I'm marry, you don't know how pushy those elders are"
"Well I'm sure you'll have a great wife" she closed her eyes.
"At least that what you and they though when they picked Meiling to be my future wife." He smirk at
the though of Meiling. "..and when I cancle our marriage, you should have seen how mad they were."
"Well I think they made a mistake about having Meiling marrying you, you two have nothing in
common, unlike Sakura and you, now that's a set up" she lay her side looking across the fire.
"well, I guess..." Syaoran said sadly.
"What do you me 'I guess'? I though you guys were perfect for each other."
"not that I don't like her, it's just that other than card captoring, we totally have nothing in common, I
knew that me and her have different destiny, that she deserve more than me, and besides, I knew
that somewhere out there she would find some else that would love her like she love him. From
the first day I dated her, I knew that one day I would leave her, I just never though it would so soon."
He continue his work as he talked and the food was almost ready.
"That was so deep Li, when did you talk like that?" Tomoyo sniff as she sat up.
"That's one thing you don't know about me.." he smile at her sadly. "I usually never talk like this to
anyone other than my sisters, or occasionally Sakura when she's in the mood other than making out"
Tomoyo giggled. "Well you're just going to open up to me more, and don't worry, you'll find someone"
"And so will you, so don't fret about losing the loser Eli, he's not good enough for you anyway" Syaoran
laugh.
"Thanks Li..." she blushed. "But I don't think Sakura's going to like it if you flirt with me"
"Like you said, Sakura's really has Eli to think about, I don't think she going to care" he gave her a
small smile "and besides, I don't flirt, I state the out right facts" he laugh as she blushed again "Well
dinner's ready"
"Great, I'm starving" they quietly ate and turned in for the night close to the fire.
~~~About midnight~~~
"no..no..please don't, dady, please don't, don't hurt me...no.."
"Tomoyo are you okay?" Syaoran asked setting up and move closer.
"No. Don't, please don't touch me dady, please..." tear slowly, silently dipped down her face.
Gently wiping the tear off of her face, Syaoran laid her head on his lap, slowly not awaking her.
"It's okay Tomoyo, it's alright, I'm here for you...your safe" with that he gently touch her cheek
smoothly, calming her as she clings on his arm. 'She look so helpless, innocent, like Sakura...' smiling
softly at that though "At least you guys have something in common."
Hugging her closer to his chest breathing her hair. 'I know I shouldn't take advantage of her like this
but, oh god, she smell so good.'
"Under the moon light you look so different Tomoyo, and unlike Sakura, you know how harsh things
really are, but never whin about it. As innocent as you look, I know you know more than you let out."
Syaoran sigh "I just wish you can tell me so I can help."
"I..can't get you involve Syaoran, I can't let him hurt you too, I care too much about you for him to
hurt you or anyone else I care about" she quietly whispered, not knowing that she said out loud
in her sleep.
Syaoran smiled down at her as rest on his chest now hugging him closely. "I'll never let anyone hurt
you again, and who ever he is, he'll pay for messing with a girl as gentle as you are.." he quietly
hold her head closer, smoothing her hair at the same time.
"Thank you Syaoran" she breath out resting her head further into his chest, and making him lean more
onto the tree.
For the rest of the night they stay in each other's arm, unknown to Tomoyo, that they both would
soon to fall for each other.
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Continue
Please R+R
I appologize to those who hate this new coupling, but if it make you feel any better I also like S+S.
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Getting Closer
~~~Morning~~~
The first sigh of morning arrived when the birds began singing, and the bit of light that shined through
the tree. The night creatures hidded away from the sun as if it was fire trying to burn them a live. Bugs
began their morning work, and their queen began to do what she usually does, sleep, and yell at her
servant for their incompetants.
A gentle wind blew the lock of hair away from Syaoran's eyes as he began to stirred awake. Not
wanting to get out of his comfortable resting place, lied awake until something underneath his head
began to move.
"wah!" Syaoran quickly roled of Tomoyo's lap, and quickly got on to his foot.
"hehe..don't worry we didn't do anything last night if that what you were thinking" she gently stood up
and quietly look around.
"err..um..what happen to me last night anyway?" he began wondering
"After you made the fire, you fainted and you were burning up..." Syaoran took the clothe of his head,
and looked at her questionly, and she nodded.
"..Th..thanks" he blushed a bit after seeing her how short her dress now become after she rip that
piece up, and gave it back to her, still he distant himself between her as if she was a monster that will
jump on him in a second if he got to close, or that he doesn't trust himself close to her. 'Think what
Sakura will think, me and her alone in her forest, she is so going to be mad.'
"umm...do I know you?" Tomoyo step closer to him to have a better look.
"You should..." he mumble, "I'm the one condem in this damn forest for helping the card mistress get
back the clow card, damn them to not recognized a true wizard when they see one..." turning to her
stunned face, full of shock "oh, and who are you? and why are you here? don't tell me the elders
pick on girls too?"
"Li?" she whispered
"Yeah I know you're a Li, but what the rest of your name?" he looked at her again "Are you..."
He was cut of when she suddenly jump on him and tightly hugged him.
"Li, it me Tomoyo" finally letting go of him, smilling happily.
"T..Tomoyo, what are you doing her? and what happen to you? more concernly what are you doing
here?" totally stunned
"I..I.." she though before she answered the question 'I don't want him knowing about me, I can't get
him involve' "I kinda got lost, and tha monster attack me" she looked down as a frown from on her
once beautiful face, now covered in bruises.
"Well that explained how you look like hell..." he said offhandedly, recieving a slap on his shoulder.
"Thanks a lot" she gave a small laught, and she quickly bend over from the pain.
"Is something wrong?" Syaoran went on one knee, look concernly at Tomoyo.
"I never realized I had a cut on my back until now. It's fine, just a scratch." she put him gently away
and tried to get up again but failed.
"Well that's very convincing, let me see" she turn "well, to tell you the truth, it doesn't look so good."
The cut was still bleeding, it's a wonder she hadn't die from losing so much blood that night. The cut
a across her, not so deep but deep enough.
"Really?" she was ready to cry "I'm so sorry Li, I didn't want to be a bother"
He glared at her, that glar that always made her want to giggle "What are you talking about?, we're
friends. And besides, I save your life before this...now stay still" closing his eyes, he began trailing
his hand across her smooth skin, letting his magic flow, like a small waves from within him.
The pain began to subside, and her bruises began to vanished. All there was, was the warmth of his
handon her back, gently touching her, spreading the soft and warm feeling though her entire body.
Just as soon as it began, it shortly stop. But his hand was still on her back, making her hair stand every
which direction, jerking all her senses, but also making her tell him to leave it there forever.
"That should do it..." with that he slowly began to get up." I'm going to get breakfast for us, why don't
you got and umm..do whatever you do before breakfast.." he blush, recieving a small giggle from
Tomoyo.
"Okay Li, and thanks" she said and hurrily to the small pound.
"She is going to be the death of me" with that though he laugh softly, and began his hunt.
~~~15 minutes later~~~
Back at the camp.
'Figures, she's probably taking a bath, girls' Syaoran though as he put down two dead rabbits and the
barries he had gathered. 'One thing about nature is that it provides food'
"Now, I did this once, I can do it again" taking out his hand and concentrate "Fire!" heat, and pain
began to gather in his hand as a ball of fire spread itself on the dry woods that he just gathered.
Jumping up in the air happily "Finally" puting to the fire "I have made fire!" clapping, and giggles, with
out turning "so happy you can join me Tomoyo."
"hehe, you're a great liar Li" she smiled at him
"Thanks, I tried" he looked back and smirk."Well, I'm about to make breakfast, wana help?"
"Which consisted of?" she look aside where the rabbits laid quietly "Poor Mr. Rabbits,"
"Well, we're just lucky, those poor rabbit aren't just normal rabbits, they run and jump faster than
rabbit you ever seen. Ha, you can thanks the elder for that one too, damn them for making my life
so miserable" he smirk again as he finish skinning the rabbits and put a stick through both and place
them over the fire.
"So how did you get here?" Tomoyo asked over the fire, staring at it as if it was a great show on TV.
"To complicated for you to understand, and maybe I'll tell you when you grow up" he laugh as she
threw a small stick at him.
"We're the same age Li, and beside there is nothing too complicated for me to understand, well,
almost anyway" she stare back to the fire, a small smile on her lip.
"what do you mean almost?" he asked taking some barries and pass it to her.
Takig a bite of some "Well, there's your and Sakura's love life that I don't understand" she giggled
as she saw the blush forming on his cheeks.
Sigh. "I don't understand it myself, to tell ya the truth, I never understand it from the begining" he lean
on the tree for a support.
"Well, it always come down to the fact that you love her or not?" she finally look up, and frown at him
trying all her might to read his mind but it never work, he never show anything outside other then the
stone face, that only sometimes smile or laugh.
"I...I don't know" he frown.
"What do you mean?"
"I...I" he looked down in to the fire. "Umm..we'll talk about it later, breakfast is ready." he quickly
grab the two stick from the fire and pass one over to her.
"Okay," she whispered knowing that he did it on purpose and took a bite.
"Sorry it's not the best breakfast in the world, but it's all that nature could provide" he said as he took
a bite.
"Oh don't worry about that, I don't usually have this much to eat anyway" she spoke softly, as image
of her own home where her father and mother never give much food to her eventhough they were
rich. Starving her for days.
"Your parents probably worry about you, I'm sorry" he looked down at his food "I promise to get
you back to them soon"
"Yeah..."she said quietly. They ate the rest of the food in silence.
Taking out a medium size knife and thew it over the fire to Tomoyo's feet, "You better take that,
it's about three day travel to the elder's shine, I have to report you to the elders, so they can take
you home"
"What about you?" Tomoyo asked picking up the knife and getting up.
"I'll be fine, and I have to stay here after you're gone, they're not going to let me out anytime soon"
looking over his shoulder as he stomped out the fire "Come on, it's almost noon, I don't want to
walk noon time"
"Why?" she step to his side after putting the knife aside.
"Eventhough these trees provide some shade, the elders though they give me some heat to make life
a little more difficult, it's how they train me they said, but I think they just want to have some fun."
he smirk and began the long silent walk.
That was after an hour pass when he heard humming.
"What's that song?, it sound fimiliar" he turn to look at Tomoyo.
"Oh, sorry.."
"It's okay, I heard you had a great voice, I didn't know you can hum too" he gave her a small smile
as she blush.
".thanks, I think...I don't really know, I just know how it sound, but not the words." their was another
silence, and she began to hum it again.
'I just wish she could sing it, then I might be able to know what the song is called, it's so fimiliar it's
driving me crazy'
Trying to strike up a conversation "Hey Tomoyo?"
"Yeah..." she looked over to him as they walk.
"How was Sakura doing before you left, I mean Tokyo anyway?" he looked ahead as feeling began
to build up.
"Well, I called her sometimes, but never get to actually go to visit." she sigh softly "...as far as I know
she is doing okay...I also heard she's going out with Eli" she spoke quietly as jelously began to pank
up from her heart.
"sorry..." he said, noticing how her voice began to change
"Oh it's okay, I guess" she replied finally look up as tears were about to spilled from her eyes. "I guess
I never realized how much I like him until I left, they both were lonely I guess, and Sakura deserve
someone as good as him..." looking aside quickly, seeing the hurt in Syaoran's eyes she added "I'm
so sorry Li, I didn't mean that"
"No it's okay" still looking ahead, he smile sadly "I'm the one to be sorry, if I hadn't left he won't had
Sakura, and I guess she deserve someone as great as he is. I didn't really think that she loves me
anyway..." he looked down.
"That's not true Li, I still believe she still loves you, it's just hard sometimes to tell what you're thinking,
and it's not your fault that your family needes you...even if it means losing Sakura..." she smile at him
again "..besides, it tells that you really care for you family to do something like that..."
He laugh ironically "...only you think like that Tomoyo, not even my own mother care about me now,
she did once, and then the card captoring incident happens."
"I guess it's just how I am, even though no one ever thinks like me..." she said softly.
"Don't feel bad for yourself just yet Tomoyo," he look up, and gave her a small smile "that why some
people like me and Sakura like you...we need people like you to make our life happier, and always
make things sounds better than it really is."
"So I'm a show freak to you" she glared at him.
"Not exactly a show freak, but a true friend..." he gave her a patt on the head, recieving a smile from
her.
"Thanks Li..." she walked closer to him.
"Well, we better set up for camp, we wouldn't be able to walk at night anyway, and I think we miss
lunch it looks like" as he look over his head, the stars were already up, shining in the night.
"I haven't seen star as beautiful as these before." Tomoyo looked up as they began to gather woods.
"That's because you probably live in the city...come on, we have to hurry and make fire." Syaoran
began to put his wood, and Tomoyo's gathering in a pile and repeat what he did before.
"Why are we in such a hurry?" she asked as she to a seat next to him on the fire.
"because..." he stop as they heard of howls from something from the woods "that..." he said quietly
standing up on ready.
"What was that?" she inched closer to him.
"Can't tell," he looked around "...first I though it was a man eating wolves, but then I find new things
everyday, you can blame the elders for that one too."
"Y..you mean they raised them?" she clings on his arm
"Sure thing, but they never though about using it until I came a long, it's like I said, they wanted to
have a little fun" he stepped aside from her and look at her questionly "You're not scare of little
wolves are you?"
"Of..of course I'm not..." she look around again.
"well good, I have to go look for some food, just stay close to the fire, it chase away the wolves or
whatever is out there, or not..." he whispered softly at the last statement, recieving a small slap in his
arm, he laught at that.
"Well just hurry, I hate being alone at night in the land of nowhere" she inch closer to the fire.
"Don't worry, you have a knife, and after that slap you just gave me, I think you can help yourself..."
he laugh again as she glared at him. "..be back in a while.." he wave as he walked way.
~~~15 minutes later~~~
"What's taking him so long? doesn't he know that I'm worrying like crazy about him?..." Tomoyo grasp
shuting her lip tightly, 'Did I just say that out loud?'. sigh "What's the use? It's not like I like him like
that, we're just friends, right?" before she could answer her own question, some rustle from the
brushes startled her as she turn to it. "umm Li? is that you?..." to answer her question, a mountian
lion stepped out of the brush, slowly advancing toward her, staring down her purple dark eyes with
its' yellow cat eyes, licking it's lips.
Totally frighten and amazed of the animal that just happens to be in this part of the woods, Tomoyo
not once move, thinking it would attack if step or inch away.
Slowly it took another step toward her almost at the reach of her. Unknown to it or Tomoyo, there
was another animal seeking for food ready to jump on it, at any moment. Creating a distration,
Syaoran tossed a small stone aside, making the mountain lion look away from Tomoyo and using that
distration to jump on it, and toss it aside like a rage doll.
"Are you okay?" he whisper quietly
"y..yeah, I'm are right..." still looking at the mountain lion who just began to get up ready to rip apart
who ever that toss him aside.
"I don't think I can fight him in close hand in hand fight what do you think?" he side smile at her, trying
to cheer her up a bit.
"n..no, I think not..what are we going to do? It looks pretty mad" Tomoyo innerly smile at the though
of Syaoran trying to cheer her up in the time of such crisis.
"Well, talking to him is out of question so..." closing his eyes he began to concentrate.
"What ever you what to do, do it NOW!" Tomoyo yelled as the beast took a running start and jump.
"EARTH!" the ground several yard from them began to shake, as it rose into a long spike shooting up
into the air.
Not knowing it was soon his, the lion lick its mouth once again before the spike went through his
head, and he fell on the ground with a sickening sound.
"Is..is it dead?"
"I think it is..." Syaoran walked over to it. "Might as well use him for dinner, and save some fore later,
hate to waste something like this."
"o..okay" she swallow, seeing all this blood make her want to throw up.
"Oh you don't look so good, are you okay?" Syaoran walked toward her checking her forhead.
"You feel a little hot, lay down a bit, dinner will be ready soon. I'll wake you up when it's ready"
"Since when did you become a mother Li?" She smile at him, making him blushed a little.
"I'm not a mother, besides, if I'm anything, I rather be a father" he smile sadly."...and I'll have to be
as soon as I'm marry, you don't know how pushy those elders are"
"Well I'm sure you'll have a great wife" she closed her eyes.
"At least that what you and they though when they picked Meiling to be my future wife." He smirk at
the though of Meiling. "..and when I cancle our marriage, you should have seen how mad they were."
"Well I think they made a mistake about having Meiling marrying you, you two have nothing in
common, unlike Sakura and you, now that's a set up" she lay her side looking across the fire.
"well, I guess..." Syaoran said sadly.
"What do you me 'I guess'? I though you guys were perfect for each other."
"not that I don't like her, it's just that other than card captoring, we totally have nothing in common, I
knew that me and her have different destiny, that she deserve more than me, and besides, I knew
that somewhere out there she would find some else that would love her like she love him. From
the first day I dated her, I knew that one day I would leave her, I just never though it would so soon."
He continue his work as he talked and the food was almost ready.
"That was so deep Li, when did you talk like that?" Tomoyo sniff as she sat up.
"That's one thing you don't know about me.." he smile at her sadly. "I usually never talk like this to
anyone other than my sisters, or occasionally Sakura when she's in the mood other than making out"
Tomoyo giggled. "Well you're just going to open up to me more, and don't worry, you'll find someone"
"And so will you, so don't fret about losing the loser Eli, he's not good enough for you anyway" Syaoran
laugh.
"Thanks Li..." she blushed. "But I don't think Sakura's going to like it if you flirt with me"
"Like you said, Sakura's really has Eli to think about, I don't think she going to care" he gave her a
small smile "and besides, I don't flirt, I state the out right facts" he laugh as she blushed again "Well
dinner's ready"
"Great, I'm starving" they quietly ate and turned in for the night close to the fire.
~~~About midnight~~~
"no..no..please don't, dady, please don't, don't hurt me...no.."
"Tomoyo are you okay?" Syaoran asked setting up and move closer.
"No. Don't, please don't touch me dady, please..." tear slowly, silently dipped down her face.
Gently wiping the tear off of her face, Syaoran laid her head on his lap, slowly not awaking her.
"It's okay Tomoyo, it's alright, I'm here for you...your safe" with that he gently touch her cheek
smoothly, calming her as she clings on his arm. 'She look so helpless, innocent, like Sakura...' smiling
softly at that though "At least you guys have something in common."
Hugging her closer to his chest breathing her hair. 'I know I shouldn't take advantage of her like this
but, oh god, she smell so good.'
"Under the moon light you look so different Tomoyo, and unlike Sakura, you know how harsh things
really are, but never whin about it. As innocent as you look, I know you know more than you let out."
Syaoran sigh "I just wish you can tell me so I can help."
"I..can't get you involve Syaoran, I can't let him hurt you too, I care too much about you for him to
hurt you or anyone else I care about" she quietly whispered, not knowing that she said out loud
in her sleep.
Syaoran smiled down at her as rest on his chest now hugging him closely. "I'll never let anyone hurt
you again, and who ever he is, he'll pay for messing with a girl as gentle as you are.." he quietly
hold her head closer, smoothing her hair at the same time.
"Thank you Syaoran" she breath out resting her head further into his chest, and making him lean more
onto the tree.
For the rest of the night they stay in each other's arm, unknown to Tomoyo, that they both would
soon to fall for each other.
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