Geo: And hello!! I'm back again with the fifth chapter to LEAD ME TO YOU! All right...Brooklyn's not here right now...she's off frolicking in the fields of fandom with Chickles...so, it's up to me to do the disclaimer! Well...actually...I brought in a SPECIAL GUEST today...yeah! Go Quatre!
Quatre: Um...hello...
Duo: Hey! Why does Quatre get to do the disclaimer?!
Geo: *shakes head* oh no...Trowa, didn't I ask you to keep Duo distracted?
Trowa: *shrug* sorry...
Geo: ALL RIGHT! Change of plans...I'll do the disclaimer!
GW boys: *in unison* HEY?!! I thought I was doing the disclaimer!
Geo: Shush...now, okay...CCS doesn't belong to me...that's right...not mine! So don't sue me! And neither do the gundam pilots...except for Quatre...he's mine...*evil grin*
Quatre: *nervous gulp* Um...help?
Duo: HA! I wouldn't want to be in your shoes!
Trowa: I don't know, Duo...you and Heero are chased constantly by Cherry...
Duo and Heero: Eep!

chapter 5
that fateful day

Sakura strapped on her holster around her waist and glanced at her clock. It was exactly 4:30 am. Today was the day. Today she was going to get back Syaoran and get those assholes who took him.

She grabbed her black coat and put on her sunglasses on top of her head to keep out of the way until they were needed. She went down the few flights of stairs to the dining room, where everyone was busily getting ready for the day's assignment. She smiled at Tomoyo, who nodded good morning, and went to the kitchen for a cup of coffee. She needed to be alert. Because today was the day.

"Good morning, Sakura." Yamazaki said as he put his cup into the sink. Sakura smiled as she poured her coffee. "So, today's the big day, huh?"

"Yeah," she said, sipping on her coffee for a bit when she thought of something. "Yamazaki, can you promise me something?"

Yamazaki nodded. "Yeah, sure. Shoot."

"Look, I know Syaoran, he's going to try and find me, especially when he hears that I'm working on explosives. I don't know but I have a pretty good feeling he's going to be beat up or something so just make sure he doesn't come and get me. Make sure he gets to the safehouse first. Please, promise me that."

Yamazaki nodded gravely. "Sure thing, babe."

"Yamazaki, can you come in here for a minute?" Came Chiharu's voice from the living room. Yamazaki smiled at Sakura, nodding understandingly and walked out to the next room.

Sakura sighed and slumped down into a nearby chair.

'Don't worry, Syaoran. I'm coming.'

~*~*~*~*~

Syaoran rubbed his head as best he could, trying to cease the pounding headache that woke him up. He opened his eyes and sighed. The same old cot, the same old room...why didn't they just kill him already? He was no use to them, since he didn't know anything about these stupid gems or whatever the doctor was after.

"Good morning, Syaoran. I hope you've slept well." Said a voice. Syaoran groaned and turned around to face the doctor for the fifth time that week.

"Yeah, I slept pretty well...influenced by a jolt of electricity..." Syaoran said sarcastically.

"That's good." He said and sat down at his usual table. "You know, Syaoran, there is still time before I send my men out to get Sakura."

Syaoran stared at him and didn't say a word.

"I, uh...I heard you proposed to her that fateful day you came with us, Syaoran. Am I correct?"

Syaoran glared at the doctor, who was just smiling politely. "How did you know?" He growled.

"Oh, you know you have been talking in your sleep. You can't understand everything, of course, but I can understand enough that she's become quite an important person in your life. Now, I can make sure that she doesn't get hurt if you just tell me the location of these gems."

"Don't you dare hurt her." Syaoran said, very quietly in a very threatening tone.

"Oh, it's your choice. You tell me the location, I don't hurt her. You don't, I do."

Syaoran sighed and closed his eyes. He knew he didn't have much of a choice. He couldn't allow Sakura to get hurt. He would rather die than see her hurt."

"All right, all right...I'll tell you...just don't hurt her." He said wearily.

The doctor smiled. "I see we have made some progress. Well?"

Syaoran paused for a moment until he started to speak. He had to remember what the Li mansion and the land around it looked like. He prayed that there have been no major changes to it. "Near the Li mansion, in a small grove near the water there will be a cave..."

~*~*~*~*~

"Are you ready, Sakura?" Eriol asked as he climbed into the driver's seat. Sakura nodded but didn't speak. This was dangerous...very dangerous...going into the lion's den. But she would do ANYTHING for Syaoran...absolutely anything.

"I'm ready. Is everyone else set?" She asked, putting on her sunglasses.

"Affirmative. Kinomoto will be starting out while Takashi will follow. The safe house will be found by Meilin. Everything should go according to plan. Try and make sure to have periodic reports to main base, which will be Meilin in this case. All right?"

"Affirmative." Sakura replied. Eriol smiled at her and turned on the ignition, speeding up as he approached the main road.

I'm coming...

~*~*~*~*~

"...And that's where they are located." Syaoran said quietly. He had just bulled his way through that whole thing. He just hoped it would catch.

'If it doesn't, at least I've given her some time.' He thought.

"Well, Mr. Li...I still don't believe you." Dr. Patterson said. Syaoran's head snapped up.

"What?! Why not?" He asked. Dr. Patterson shrugged.

"It's quite obvious that you were making that up. I just wanted to see what your reaction would be. It's too bad. They're already after Sakura. They have been for an hour already."

"You bastard!" Syaoran said, jumping up again, only to be dragged down by his cuffs.

"Hey, it's not my fault you're not actually telling the truth." the doctor said, getting up.

"Why don't you just kill me instead?" Syaoran yelled. "Why do you have to go after Sakura?" The doctor turned around and grinned.

"Usually, this sort of thing wouldn't matter to a secret agent. However, you have quite a strong attachment to Ms. Kinomoto." He reasoned. "This would hurt you much more...much much more..."

Suddenly a guard stepped in to the room. "Um, sir." The guard faltered.

"Well, go on." Dr. Patterson said, impatiently.

"We were unable to find Sakura Kinomoto at her house. We also tried that Daidouji girl's house but there was no one there either. We checked Li's firm, the girl's store, their other friend's houses and apartments, the school. We couldn't find her." The guard said nervously. Dr. Patterson's eyes widened in shock and rage and quickly turned around to Syaoran.

"How? How did you warn her? You aren't bugged! We checked!" He yelled at the smirking Syaoran, who chose not to answer. Dr. Patterson swiveled back to the guard, who flinched as if expecting to get hit, which didn't happen.

"Get everyone looking for her! And make sure she doesn't escape! She will die!"

"Please, don't." Syaoran said quietly. Dr. Patterson turned back around.

"What?" He asked, still obviously annoyed and trying to get back his indifferent composure.

"Please don't kill her. Just get me if you want. Kill me, please! Just don't hurt her." He said, still quiet. Dr. Patterson just laughed and turned back to the guard.

"When you do kill her, bring back the engagement ring on her finger. I'm sure Mr. Li will be wanting it back." He said evilly and laughed, walking out the door, the nervous guard behind him.

Syaoran yelled in frustration, kicking the wall in frustration. Why did they have to go after her? His angel, his pure being!? Why couldn't they just go after him? Spare her the pain! Why?!

He sat back down, his head hung low in defeat.

'At least she wasn't at her house or any of the other known places. At least she's safe right now. But how can I save her? I'm trapped here, with no way of miraculously healing what feels like every broken bone in my body! I have to save her though...but how?!?!'

~*~*~*~*~

"Li. We're near our port. Don't expect any report for the next few minutes. Out."

"Roger that."

Sakura clicked off her watch as Nakuru motioned for her to go forward. They quickly took out the few tools they would need out of their pockets.

'Trust Tomoyo to find these tiny little tools...it's just crazy what she can find when she puts her mind to it,' She thought, slightly amused as she pulled out the covering to the wires in the main system in this part of the building. She could see the wires that will connect to an explosive if need be. She took out one of her tools and expertly started picking at the wires.

"Couldn't you hurry it up, slightly?" Nakuru asked, both of her guns out and ready to fire at anyone.

"I'm going as fast as I can, so shut up. I need to concentrate." Sakura muttered through clenched teeth.

"Don't you think it would go faster if we had two people working on this at once?"

"No, just keep a look out. There's only enough room for one to work comfortably. Remember, these are wires here. We can't cut the wrong one. You know the consequences if we did."

Nakuru said something incoherently but remained on lookout, her eyes darting around, all her senses working as hard as they could to counteract anything that may come.

~*~*~*~*~

"Can you hand me that, Tomoyo?" Eriol muttered to her, busily counting off the wires engaged to blow up. He felt her tap his shoulder then hand him the tool, as was their custom.

"Thanks, Daidouji." He mumbled at kept on working. "Do you see anything?"

"Nope, absolutely nothing. Nada. I don't know what's up with them...it's almost like this place is deserted."

"Hm...it's strange. Pretty damn strange."

"I agree with you there, Hirigizawa. We'd better keep an extra eye open. I don't want to be caught by surprise."

"How do you think the others are doing, Daidouji?"

"Well, I'm hoping...especially Yamazaki and Chiharu...I pray they're doing well and find Syaoran."

~*~*~*~*~

"Is anyone around that corner, Takashi?" Chiharu asked as Yamazaki glanced cautiously around the corner.

"I see one guard and a door with a panel in front. I'm hoping this is where they're hiding Syaoran. We've gone through every freakin' corridor with no luck." He muttered as he gave the signal for her to follow. Blending into the darkness, they made their way to the guard carefully and knocked him out.

"That was surprisingly easy." Chiharu muttered, looking out for any backup as Yamazaki inserted a small little databank the size of an electronic organizer.

"Hm, keep your eyes open, babe." He muttered as the numbers and possibilities quickly went through the computer until a little click was heard. The door's lock clicked open. He turned to Chiharu, who nodded.

"Let's hope this is the one." He whispered and opened the door.

~*~*~*~*~

Syaoran didn't even look up when he heard the door open. He had to think...he didn't have time for Dr. Patterson's mocking attitude right now.

"Go away, asshole." He muttered.

"Is that any way to speak to your saviors?" A humorous voice came from the doorway.

'It's been one hell of a long time since I heard that voice...' Syaoran thought as his head bolted up. There stood a smiling Yamazaki and Chiharu.

"My God, you found me." He muttered in shock as Chiharu started to work on the hand cuffs. "But, how?"

"Lot's of work...a trip to Washington. And it's about time. We were getting worried." Yamazaki said, checking out the door to make sure no one was coming. Syaoran smiled as he heard the click of the cuffs unlocking when suddenly a thought popped into his mind.

"How about Sakura?" He asked, his eyes wide with concern. Yamazaki smiled.

"Don't worry, dude, your little cherry blossom is safe connecting some bombs. Our mission is to get you out of here." He said, then frowned as he saw the bandages around his wrist, a line of dark dried blood on them. "Say, dude, how'd that happen?"

"Wha-? Oh...this..." Syaoran said as he looked down at the bandages. "Um...I learnt the hard way that the cuffs were jagged-edged."

"You've got a nasty bruise on your left jaw, Syaoran." Chiharu said, concerned. Syaoran shook his head, quickly standing up, trying to ignore the pain in his ribs.

"I'm fine. We have to get Sakura, they're searching for her!"

"Oh, so that's why there's no one here?" Yamazaki said, handing a gun over to Syaoran.

"I guess not...we have to get her, they're going to kill her!" He said, making his way to the door.

"Whoa, hold up buddy, we have orders from Sakura herself. I'm supposed to get you to the safehouse first. She said she'll be fine. She has Nakuru with her; she'll be fine. And personally, I wouldn't want to go against Sakura for anything."

Syaoran nodded slowly, half of him agreeing, half of him disagreeing and wanting to find Sakura first. But he had to agree. What else could he do? "Fine, if you say so..."

"All right, let's get going." Yamazaki said and turned to run, Chiharu following him. Syaoran started but, stopped short, shutting his eyes.

'Come on, Syaoran, don't be a wimp...you've been through more pain than this,' He told himself sternly.

"Are you okay?" Chiharu asked him. Obviously, she had come back when she noticed he stopped.

"I...I think they broke some of my ribs...but I'll be all right." He muttered.

"Damn bastards," Yamazaki muttered. "Are you sure, dude? Do you need some help?"

"No, I'll be fine. Let's go." He said as he ran along with them although not without pain, however he desperately tried not to show it.

~*~*~*~*~

"That's it for our side, Li. We're off." Eriol said into his comlink (A/n: wait a sec, isn't that from SW?) and put it back into his pocket.

"Great, we can finally leave this place, it's freaking me out. No one here...no security...no guards..." Tomoyo muttered as she looked around the corner. She was expecting to see nothing. However, she did see someone running towards them.

"Oh shit, let's go this way instead, love." She said as she quickly turned around, pulling Eriol along with her.

"Hey! Hey you two, get back here! Come back or I WILL open fire!" The guy said as he rounded the corner.

"Keep on running, love." Eriol said as he pulled out his gun out of his holster and fired two shots at the guard. Unfortunately, this seemed to attract more guards to him, who opened fire.

"Oh, damn it all." He said as he turned to run, hearing the shots fire around him. "Lucky for us, these guys couldn't shoot if I was three feet away."

Just then, he felt a bullet pierce him in the right arm, causing him to drop his gun. "Oh damn this!" He cried as he sped up to join Tomoyo, who was finally outside and getting into the car. She quickly opened the door for him, closed her own door and put the key in the ignition. Eriol slammed the door shut and leaned against his chair, closing his eyes as he tried to think of anything else other than the pain in his arm.

The car squealed away from the shooting guards and turned the corner onto the main road.

"Don't worry, Tomoyo, you can go a bit slower." Eriol said after a few minutes of anxious silence. "You don't have to break the sound barrier."

"You're hurt." Was all she said through clenched teeth. Eriol chuckled.

"Yeah, sure I'm hurt. That doesn't mean you have to go this fast. Oh, make a left here, Tomoyo. And try not to make us crash into a tree or anything, all right?"

"Ha ha, not funny Eriol." Tomoyo said as she quickly turned the wheel to accommodate for the ridiculously fast speed she was going at.

As she rounded into the small gravel road, she suddenly stopped, making the car skid. Eriol clutched on to the arm rest for dear life with his good arm.

"Sweet mike, girl, what do you think you're doing?" He asked as he turned around to face her, hoping his face wasn't as white as it seemed, due to lack of blood. What he saw was even more surprising. Tomoyo was crying. He had never seen her cry before, honest to God. And frankly, he didn't know how to handle it. He was so used to seeing her calm, collected, able to cope with anything. This...this was a crying, suffering Tomoyo and honestly he didn't know what to do.

"Um...um, Tomoyo..." He said as he unbuckled his seatbelt and inched towards her.

"You're...you're hurt..." She sobbed quietly (a/n I don't think Tomoyo is one of those loud sobbers...doesn't strike me as one).

"Yeah, I'm hurt and you could've gotten killed. It's a dangerous business we're in..." He said logically.

"I *sniff* I know but I can't help thinking I could've lost you or...or..." She sniffed again, the tears not seeming to stop.

Eriol sighed and then put his good arm around her shoulders. "Tomoyo, don't worry. I'm here. Don't go asking 'what ifs' because that'll just make you feel bad or worse. I was worried there too, Tomoyo. I didn't want you to get hurt. It's all right, okay?" He whispered, slowly rocking her back and forth.

She sniffed again and Eriol wondered if his little short speech helped any. Tomoyo sniffed once more then raised her head high enough to kiss him gently on the lips.

"Thanks, Eriol." She said. She shifted the car back into drive and went back to the cottage where she could get Eriol some medical help.

~*~*~*~*~

"We're almost out." Sakura whispered as she shot at some guards rounding the corner. Where the hell did they come from? Just popping out of nowhere like that.

"Well, Ms. Kinomoto, so we finally meet." Said a voice over the gunshots. Abruptly the shooting stopped which Sakura thought was a bit odd. However, she motioned over to Nakuru to cease fire, who muttered something but stopped anyways.

"Who the hell are you?" She called out. "I don't believe we've met."

"No, we haven't, but I have met your fiancé." Said the voice. Sakura clenched her fists in anger. So was this the guy who took Syaoran? Or at least ordered him to be taken? Why, she could ring his neck right at that moment, right there and then.

"What have you done to Syaoran?" She asked stiffly and quietly.

"Nothing...yet...but he didn't tell the information I needed and thus making me kill you. I'm sorry, Ms. Kinomoto, it's his fault." There was a pause then a slight evil laugh. "Kill her. This will show that stupid idiot not to anger me."

Gun shots rang out from both sides plus a new angle. Looking at the other end of the corridor, she located Touya and Yukito, firing away and distracting the guards. Too many targets for them.

"Get going, Sakura!" Touya yelled, taking down another guard. She hesitated for a moment then nodded, remembering that she owed Touya -- big time.

"Thanks!" She said as she and Nakuru turned and ran.

'I hope they're going to be okay.' She thought.

"Just remember, Ms. Kinomoto," came the voice over all the commotion. "Because of your actions, Syaoran will die this moment."

"Don't hesitate." Nakuru muttered, grabbing her wrist to get her to keep on running. Sakura knew that if Nakuru hadn't done so, she would have definitely stopped.

Chiharu and Yamazaki must have gotten him already, right? They must have...but what if it's too late already?' She thought as she kept on running. Unconsciously she started to tear up. She rubbed her hand over her eyes to stop them.

'None of that now, girl. You have a mission to do.'

I'm Supergirl and I'm here to save the world
But I wanna know who's gonna save me?

~*~*~*~*~

Yamazaki crouched down against the wall. He knew getting in was too easy. The trouble was to get out.

"We have to get Syaoran out of her safely or else Sakura will have our necks." Chiharu whispered.

"You're right about that, babe." Yamazaki agreed, looking over at the serious young man, quietly observing the guards movements.

"All right, I think we can get by. They're no longer paying attention." He said quietly. He took off down the corridor, followed closely by Chiharu and Yamazaki.

"He's straining himself. I can tell." Chiharu muttered to Yamazaki. Yamazaki took a closer look at Syaoran and then had to agree. Syaoran's eyes sometimes glazed over while his jaw was tight, teeth clenched. He was in pain and anyone could tell.

"The sooner we get out of this joint, the better," he muttered back. The trip was somewhat safe until they noticed someone up ahead.

"Oh no..." Syaoran groaned as he stopped in his tracks. "What do you want?" He called out to the figure.

"Oh, nothing Syaoran. Just wanted to tell you that we found Sakura and, well...unfortunately, we had to shoot her. Quite tragic. Went down quite bravely though." The figure called back.

Yamazaki and Chiharu looked at each other, shocked. Chiharu quickly turned to Syaoran, who stood there, his expression unchanged.

"I don't believe you. You've told me a lot of bull ever since I got here. No, I'm not going to believe you." He said. The guy shrugged.

"Whatever you want, Syaoran. But see for yourself. This is her comlink. She's dead. I took it from her." He said, throwing over the comlink. It was broken, totally busted. But Syaoran still couldn't believe. He wouldn't. Sakura has kept him going ever since. He wasn't about to go losing her now.

"And, now, Syaoran, it's your turn."

Syaoran smirked and raised his gun. "No, it's yours, asshole." With a few gunshots, the guy collapsed, bloody and dead.

"Nice shot." Yamazaki remarked. Syaoran turned and smiled.

"Thanks. Let's go."

~*~*~*~*~

Sakura sighed as she popped the hood of the car. "I thought this thing was new, Nakuru. How can it break at a time like this?!" She exlaimed.

"Shut up, Kinomoto, I have to concentrate. I'm not as good as Yamazaki was." Nakuru muttered.

"Is." Sakura corrected, glaring at Nakuru. Nakuru looked up, blank, and then smiled.

"Of course. I'm sorry, I'm so used to referring to the whole group in the past tense." She continued to stare down at the busted car.

"Well, I don't know what's wrong with it. I really don't. Unfortunately, my area was never car repair." She said and sighed, looking up the gravel road.

"What was your area?" Sakura asked innocently.

"Guns and men." Nakuru replied and smirked, but then sighed at the blank expression from Sakura's face. "You've obviously never played Final Fantasy VIII. You wouldn't get it..." She muttered as she shut the hood. (A/n: Sorry folks, I suddenly remembered that line and had to put it in, even though it was somewhat altered)

"You think we can hike it up there?" Sakura asked. Nakuru was silent for a moment then shrugged.

"I don't see why not. What else are we supposed to do?"

"You're right." Sakura agreed. She shut her door and started to hike the long way up to the cabin.

~*~*~*~*~

"Syaoran!" Meilin cried, tears in her eyes as she watched her cousin walk in through the front door of the cottage. He smiled and grimaced in pain as she flung her arms around him.

"Um, hi Meilin...could you, perhaps, not do that...it kind of hurts."

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" Meilin cried and walked him over to a chair. "What hurts? I can already see that you have quite a bit of bruises and..."

"A few bruised ribs, I'm guessing." Chiharu intervened. "He had quite a hard time running."

"Hey, Syaoran." Eriol said, smiling and clapping him on the back. "Good to see you, man." Syaoran smiled.

"Even though you can get really annoying, Eriol, it's good to see you too." He wise-cracked, hoping that no one noticed he was taking in breaths abnormally.

Tomoyo bent down to hug him. "It's great to see you, Syaoran. I know Sakura will feel the same way...but more so."

"Okay, okay that's enough. Give the doctor some space, I have work to do...although I don't think I have much to do. We have to get him to a hospital to get this mainly treated. Beyond my supplies and stuff like that." Meilin commented.

The door slammed open and in walked the one and only Touya and Yukito, both looking tired and sweaty.

"Does anyone have some lemonade? And food...perhaps a pizza or something else nice and edible?" Muttered Yukito as he collapsed on the old couch.

Syaoran blinked a couple of times and looked up at Eriol and Yamazaki, who were coolly standing there, talking.

"Okay...this is weird..." He said, looking at what was his enemies and the two who tried to kill him several times.

Touya looked at him and frowned. He stepped closer to Syaoran and glared. "If you do anything to hurt Sakura, I will personally kick your sorry ass." Was all he said. He walked down to the cooler and got out a pop for him and Yukito.

"It's good to see you, Syaoran. I hope you feel all right." Yukito said politely, shaking his hand. Syaoran smiled back and put his head in his hands. His head hurt. Too many confusing things happening at once.

"Where's Sakura? She should be here by now." Touya said. At Sakura's name, Syaoran's head snapped back up.

"What? She's not here yet? Where is she? Can you guys get a hold of her?" Syaoran asked quickly.

"Whoa, hold up, buddy, we got it covered." Yamazaki said, putting a hand on his shoulder. Tomoyo quickly walked over to the radio and activated Sakura's comlink.

"Kinomoto, are you there?" She said quietly. There was a long pause of static, but nothing. Tomoyo pressed a few more buttons and tried again.

"Nakuru? Sakura? Are you there?" She asked again. More static.

"Okay, where the hell is she?" Syaoran said, quickly standing up and walking over to the window.

"Whoa, there, buddy boy. You're sitting right back down. You're injured." Yamazaki said, guarding the door.

"Look, Takashi, I need to find her. She's out there. She and Nakuru...Nakuru? You brought her into this too?...Anyways, she and Nakuru could be hurt or worse. I'll take a team up with me and..."

"Whoa, hold right there, Syaoran." Eriol interrupted. "You're not going anywhere. Give them some time. They'll get here."

~*~*~*~*~

Eriol stood outside, leaning on one of the tall trees. The night had already come and Sakura and Nakuru still hadn't arrived.

'Where are you, Sakura? Why aren't you here yet? We practically had to put Syaoran on tranquilizers to get him to calm down.'

"Hey, Eriol. Maybe you should come inside. It's getting cold." Came Yukito's voice from behind him. Eriol smiled.

"Thanks, but no thanks. I'm staying out here until they come back."

Yukito shrugged and smiled. "So..." He said after a period of silence. "You're computer programmer, huh?"

Syaoran smiled. "Yeah."

"Oh. Fun?"

"I guess."

"Oh, that's good."

"Yeah."

More awkward silence until Eriol's trained eyes picked up something moving.

"You see that, Yukito?" He whispered, reaching for his gun. Yukito nodded, his gun already out and ready.

"Yeah. Let them get a bit closer. Then we'll see who or what it is. It could always be a stray dog."

"No way, not that tall." Eriol commented expertly. They let the figures get a bit closer until they were within good shooting range.

"Stop right there, whoever you are." Yukito called out into the night. He and Eriol walked up to them cautiously. Syaoran could've sworn he heard chuckling.

"Fine then, Yukito, whatever you want." Came out a female voice, accompanied by more giggling. Yukito smiled and put his gun back into it's holster.

"There you are, Nakuru! And I'm supposing that other person is Sakura, right?" Eriol asked. A flashlight shined in his eyes as Sakura, smiling, nodded, pointing it at him.

"You better believe it, Eriol!" She said, happily. She looked past him to the cottage. "Is...is Syaoran..." She started to say, holding in her breath. She couldn't help thinking of that guy's threat.

"He's in the cottage, if you'd like to see for yourself." Yukito commented. She let her breath out and smiled and threw the flashlight over to Nakuru.

"Hell yeah." She said as she started to jog up to the front door. Suddenly, it opened, and there stood Syaoran, the light from the cottage lighting up the driveway slightly. However, just enough for him to see her.

"Sakura," he whispered and ran down the steps, ignoring his rib pains. She threw her arms around his neck in a hug, burying her head in his shoulder, crying. He simply rested his head on hers, just thankful to be alive, and to have her alive with him.

"I thought I'd never see you again." She whispered. He was almost chocked up himself and like hell he would let her see him cry.

"You should've figured it out, Sakura, that I'm pretty hard to get rid of." He wise-cracked. She just laughed and leaned up to kiss him.

"Oh, this is so beautiful. I think I need a Kleenex." Tomoyo said, receiving one gratefully from Chiharu, who was sobbing as well.

Syaoran broke off and smiled down at her. She smiled then frowned and hit him on the shoulder, softly.

"Hey!" He said in surprise. "What was that for?!"

"Don't you EVER make me go through that again, Mr. Li! Don't you EVER EVER do that or I will PERSONALLY kick your ass!" She screamed at him. She stormed past him, mumbling something about having to get a drink.

"Why is everyone threatening to beat me up?" Syaoran asked himself, just staring after his fiancée.

"Oh, that was so incredibly cute! Now we just have to get going with the wedding!" Tomoyo said.

Syaoran smiled as Sakura peeked out the door and smiled at him. "Yes, Mr. Li. I'm expecting a pretty damn fine one, too." She called out playfully.

"Aw man, Sakura, you're killing me!" Syaoran said dramatically walking up the steps.

"And then we'll have to figure out where you two will live! And children! And colours for their ROOMS! And what schools they're going to go to..." Tomoyo said, following everyone back into the cottage, stars in her eyes.

"I think first we're going to have to talk with our bosses, guys." Yukito said, shutting the door. "There are going to be more terrorists. Why should we fight each other, especially when there is this new bond. First thing tomorrow morning, we'll set up a meeting. I want you two back on the agencies, if not for spy work at least for security."

Sakura frowned as she handed Nakuru some tea. Syaoran sighed. He could tell what she was thinking. She didn't want to go back. Walking up behind her, he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Don't worry, Sakura, everything will be fine." Sakura smiled.

"I'm quoting you on that Syaoran." She commented and turned around to kiss him again.

"Okay, that's enough, save it for tomorrow, or sometime when I'm not present." Touya yelled, turning around. "All this lovey mushy stuff is making me sick."

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Geo: Yeah, yeah, bad ending...that's okay...it's already 20 seconds over 28.8 so HA! That's enough for this chapter. Well, this story is almost done.
Brooklyn: Finally!
Geo: *glare* Anyways, well...yeah, sorry I haven't updated in a LONG time (I mean LONG time). I've been getting a LOT of stuff to do so FORGIVE ME! Bwahahhaa! I'll try to get the other chapter out soon.

Well, hope you liked it!

Oh, by the way...PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR TAKING SO LONG! I was lazy! Eek! Don't hurt me!