Castles in the Sky

By Amer

::sputtercoughcough:: Um, hi everyone ^^. Look at what I found buried on my harddrive. Um…anyway, I'm going to try to finish this fic up. ^_^

I'm really sorry about the delay. I haven't been busy, but I'm a senior in high school now and kind of just lost interest in this fic…but I promise I will finish it :D And thank you for all the lovely reviews. Please check out my blog for updates and stuff: Elf Child

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Disclaimer: CCS belongs to CLAMP and Kodansha.

-Chapter 7: You thought you could stop me from loving you

"I go wild because it doesn't make sense for me to cry out in my own defense. And wild, because I would do anything to tear you off your precious fence."—Wild by Poe

To any onlooker the couple sitting under the tree appeared to be just that, two young people enjoying a date. But to the said couple it was more then just a date. It was a time alone, a time to be with the one they loved…yes, it was so much more than a date.

"Sakura, are you sure it was that same lunatic who tried to attack us?" Syaoran scratched his forehead. He believed she believed in what she saw. But he knew the whole thing had her jumpy as well. And well, Sakura had been a little scatter-brained when they were younger.

Sakura all but stomped her foot under the table. "Yes," she said between clenched teeth. "I am one hundred percent sure it was Conrad. He's masquerading as a student named Connor. Trust me Syaoran…he called me Mistress. Plus he was just creepy! Ryen-chan said I was over-reacting when I practically ran away from the sorority. But I know it's him."

Syaoran watched the flurry of emotions that crossed her face. It really must be Conrad, then. He frowned. He really didn't like the idea of Sakura being alone at the school with that man walking around. As if she could read his mind Sakura sent him a dazzling smile.

"Ne, don't worry about it Syaoran. J.P. will look out for me at the dorms…I mean, how could someone get into a closed room?" A small frown tugged at her lips as she said it. It was almost like a memory tugging at her mind. Sakura shook her head slightly, clearing it from her thoughts.

Syaoran looked around the park, sighing to himself. "Sakura, of course I'm going to worry. I love you." He blushed slightly as he said it, but it was true. He had loved her for so long only to have her slip between his fingers. But now she was with in his grasp again. He remembered what his Mother had said the night before. And of the prophet Ai Mei's prediction. He'd call Eriol later, but first he was going to enjoy his time with Sakura.

Reaching across the table he took her slim hand. Sakura tilted her head, brown hair spilling over her shoulder. Syaoran took a deep breath, just memorizing her features before leaning over the table and brushing his lips softly against hers. She smiled as he pulled back.

"Syaoran, you're only here for a little big longer," a small sigh escaped her lips. "Let's just enjoy tonight. Please?"

"Of course, Sakura." He smiled, a twinkle glimmering in his amber eyes. It was at that moment he knew that this time Sakura wouldn't slip away. I will marry her and may the Clan be damned. And God help me, I will protect her until the day I die. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a cell phone. "How about dinner and a concert at Central Park?"

"Mmm, it sounds nice." Grinning, Sakura tweaked his nose. "And then some dancing?" She stood as Syaoran stood. They walked down the path arms around each other, and she placed her head on his shoulder, listening to his voice as he spoke into the phone.

"Sister? Tell Mother to cancel the meeting." Syaoran tensed and reflexively Sakura tightened her grip. "He's there now? That's impossible, he should be in Japan. No, tell my pain-in-the-ass cousin that he can wait, dammit! Shiefa, I am telling you that he can wait – He what? Brought her with him? Great. Well, tell the both of them to make themselves comfortable and I will be home when I get there."

Sakura watched as he blushed as he practically snarled into the phone, "Yes, Sakura is with me. Yes, I am going out on a date with her. Shiefa…don't you dare!" Sakura bit her lip as she heard his sister laugh. "If it will get you to shut up I will bring her to the house later so you and the other idio…I mean, your sisters, can drool over her. Thank you most loving and devoted Sister." Sakura giggled at the sarcasm that laced his voice. "Yes, good bye."

"Poor Li-kun." Grinning, she poked him in the ribs. "I would you trade you one over-protective brother for a pack of sisters any day."

Syaoran pondered that for a second before laughing. "No way. Touya would kill me in a second."

"Who was over?" She raised a brow. To Sakura it didn't seem like Syaoran was pleased with whomever his visitors were.

"You'll see…" Syaoran dropped a kiss on her upturned face.

"Ohhhh, you are so mean!"

Laughing the two left the sanctuary of the park, stepping into the bustling city.

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Tomoyo smirked at Eriol as Shiefa kindly informed them that Syaoran was not going to be home for a while. Suits him right, she thought. He really must stop thinking that when he says jump people will ask him how high. She smiled, though, as she watched him frown in that haughty manner of his.

"My dear cousin has some nerve," Eriol stated as Shiefa left them. "I mean, we only flew across the globe to offer him our advice."

"Eriol, you really need to stop pouting. It's unbecoming." Tomoyo placed her hands on her hips, gazing at him through violet eyes. "Syaoran-kun is probably just sweeping my Sakura-chan off her precious little feet."

Eriol glared lightly at her. She watched him carefully, she knew he didn't like to be reminded that she had loved Sakura once very dearly. "Yes, Xiao Lang is with Sakura-san. That much was apparent from all the squealing Shiefa was doing."

Tomoyo reached over and ran her fingers down his arm, enjoying the way his eyes closed and his face relaxed at the gesture. She wasn't sure if she loved him. She knew he loved her, but the way she felt about him…it just wasn't the same as she felt for Sakura once. Her feelings for him fluctuated between exasperation to adoration. Perhaps, she pondered, that is love. To find fault and then to find the perfection that smoothes over the fault. "Ne, Eriol…are we staying here all night?"

"Most likely. Xiao Lang's mother will insist." He watched her closely. "Why?"

Tomoyo smoothed back his hair and then stood on her tiptoes leaning closer to him. "Well, I'm awfully ready for bed…" She closed the distance between them and kissed him. Not one of the gentle kisses she had usually initiated before. She felt a glimmer of satisfaction as he stepped back, but she stepped with him. She ran her fingers through his hair, as she tasted his mouth, drinking him in. She felt him fall backwards onto the couch and she followed.

A few breathless moments later, he finally pulled away from her lips. "Tomoyo?" His breath caught on the question. She smiled impishly at him, as she fixed some of her buttons that had somehow come undone. Standing she moved over to the piano, and pressed a single key.

"You've been too tame lately," Tomoyo smirked over her shoulder at him. "And I'm so tired of tame…now as I was saying, how much longer do we have to wait for Syaoran-kun before we can go to bed?" She grinned. He always got such pleasure out of shocking her; it was time he got a taste of his own medicine.

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Well that's it for this time :D I will try to get another chapter out in the next few weeks. And I will try to end it in a few more chapters. Thank you all for being so patient with me. Mwah J