zeni: Konnichiwa!!! zeni desu! (That is how you spell it right?) Well, my friend was reading this book on Japanese wars and history and we started talking in it too. So....that's why I'll be talking Japanese for some time....Plus, my mouth hurts from the dentist appointment I just had...:( I dun wanna get braces......Anyways, I'm soo happy that lots of people reviewed my story! Arigato! I'll try to finish the story fast! (But somehow I have this feeling that it won't end until I get to at least chapter 10....:)) Also, if you like S+S, then be ready to read my next story, which I'll put out when I'm finished the first chapter. It's called Don't Want to Lose You Now....

Disclaimer: Ok...CCS belongs to Clamp. Not me. I am only a measly little person who is trying to right as good stories as Clamp does. Only Sakura's bodyguards, Wang, Chung, Ayuna, Chi Yuen, Auri, Kyle, Fay, Rei, Yu-lo-si and the bad guy are from my lil imagination.

"........" people talking, whispering, etc....something coming from their mouth...you know.

'.........' Someone thinking

* * * * * * * * * * Usually a pause, or it changes to someone else's view...

(.........) Author comments....from the one and only moi!!

italics what happened before

flashback A flashback

Lovestruck

What happened before:

Sakura and Syaoran have been transported into Sakura's father and Kero's pretend world. Syaoran is about to sit in on one of Sakura's trainings. But is this really Kero and her father's world? Or is it something different. And who will win the battle? Sakura, or.....

Syaoran turned as he felt a powerful aura flaring. He saw Sakura's aura quickly forming a shield like object around him. It was like a bubble, trapping him inside. The good thing was that he could breath.

"What's this?" He asked. He tried punching the bubble, but it was solid and made his hand hurt.

"It's a shield." Sakura told him. "Stay out of my fights." Then she crouched down, waiting for the creature to take it's first move.

'Does that means she cares?' Syaoran asked himself. 'But what about her? This creature just doesn't feel as if someone good had created it...Even if it was created by Clow Reed himself. Something bad's going to happen...I just know it...' But he could do nothing about it, but tell Sakura to be careful. "Be careful." He whispered.

Sakura had a slight smile on her face as she answered him. "I will...."

Then the creature attacked.

Now onto chapter 6 of Lovestruck....

It shot it's claws out and they rushed towards Sakura.

Syaoran was very relieved to see that Sakura had dodged them, using both gracefulness and agility. She seemed like a beautiful dancer, with her long ponytail flinging around her head then resting on the nape of her neck. He was also grateful to see that the numerous bruises on her neck were no longer there.

She jumped again and then she and the creature traded blow after blow of fists and kicks, none ever reaching either opponent.

Sakura shot fire balls out from her hands. 'There must be some other way...' She thought, thinking back to her previous trainings. She had been able to use every element in a special way, except for fire. It was the hardest card to control.

She was able to make wind into a cloud, a hurricane, etc.

She was able to control streams of water to where ever she wanted.

She was able to make dead trees grow and small earthquakes using earth.

She was able to summon up the great Thunder Beast, Raiju.

But the one element she has not mastered was fire. "Give it some time." Kero had once said. He had told her that ever Clow Reed had never been able to use the elements like that, but Sakura was not satisfied.

She stopped jumping and stood in front of the creature, both eying the other for some kind of weakness or unguarded opening. Sakura stared at the creature. 'What is it?' She asked herself.

Then she saw the creature grin maliciously. 'What is it up to?' Sakura asked herself and narrowed her eyes.

She prepared herself for the attack.....but it never came. Instead, the creature hurled it's claws straight at Syaoran who was still trapped in the bubble.

Forgetting that he had a shield protecting him, Sakura flung the only thing she could think of in front of the claws to stop it. Herself. She managed of throw them off course, earning herself 3 identical scars on her right cheek and her arm.

"Crap!" She fell to the ground, unable to use her arms to pull herself back up. Sitting on the purple grass, she ripped a piece of her shirt, still watching the creature. She had to use two hands to wrap the cloth on her arm so she looked down for a second.

Then she heard Syaoran scream her name. "SAKURA!"

Looking up, she found another claw heading straight for her heart. Shr olled to her right and the claw sank deep in to left, making her wince with the pain.

Syaoran watched as Sakura stood up, holding her left side. He could tell that it was very painful, but she hid the fact well, not showing emotion in her face.

He wanted to run over and fight the creature himself, but he was stuck in this stupid bubble.

'So now I have to watch her die?' He asked the silver sky, but got no response.

'No! Sakura won't die!' One part of him argued.

'How do you know?' The other part retaliated. 'She'll die and you can' do anything to stop it.'

"NO!" Syaoran yelled. He grabberd the sides of his head and started banging it against the rock solid bubble, earning himself only blue and black bruises, but he didn't care.

"NO!" Sakura heard Syaorna yell out. She mistakingly turned her head and saw Syaoran banging his head on the bubble, making her magic fade a bit from every hit.

'What is he doing?'

Then she heard some commotion behind her and turned her head to look back at the creature, only to find one claw at her throat.

Sakura gasped and dug her fingers into the claw, trying the pry it away. Yet it didn't move. She gasped for air and found none. An idea popped in her head and she hid the rest of her aura, making seem as if she was actually dying.

She had pratised holding her breath with Tomoyo and had been able to do with for at least 5 minutes, thanks to her magic. It had helped a lot in getting that summer job as a lifeguard and now she counted on it.

Syaoran watched as Sakura's bright emerald orbs fluttered lightly then closed. Her breathing stopped. Her body seemed lifeless as the creature held it up as a prize then slammed her into a tree. 'No...please.....Sakura, open your eyes, get up...please!' Syaoran pleaded. "NO! Sakura!" He yelled. He reached for his sword and brought it down hard on the bubble wall. He hacked and hacked away, trying to get to Sakura's side, and didn't notice that Sakura's eyes slowly opened.

Sakura waited until the last moment, after the creature flung her into the tree. 'Ouch...' She thought. 'That hurt...' With her eyes half closed, she watched as the creature floated towards Syaoran, who was still banging at the wall, but this time with his sword.

'Maybe he does care....' She thought. Then she saw him give up and slouched down on the ground. Drips of water fell from his face, his eyes covered by his bangs. 'Are those tears? For me?' She asked.

"Sakura...please...I'm sorry....so sorry. Please get up...Don't die..." Syaoran couldn't believe that he, Xiao Lang Li, the Li Clan's future leader, the coldest person in the world, was crying...for a girl. He didn't care what he did. Nothing mattered now, because Sakura was dead. He remembered what Kyle had told him on the phone the other day.

"Listen to me, man.....I know you're suffering, but you're not the only one. Stop being so selfish and think of others for a change."

'Do I love her?' He asked himself. He thought back to those days when Sakura first moved to Hong Kong. They had gotten to be very good friends, best friends. He didn't mean to yell at her. He could never get mad at her.

'Yes...I do...' He finally made up his mind. 'I love Sakura Kinomoto....' He admitted.

'Syaoran...' Sakura watched as the creature floated towards the boy that she liked. Loved.

Ever since her first day of school in Hong Kong, she and Syaoran had always gotten along. 'I can't live without him....' Sakura thought. She would kill herself if the creature killed him. "I won't let that happen." Sakura whispered to herself. She gathered her energy and quickly got up, shooting a fireball with all her strength.

'Please let this work....' She thought as the fireball flew directly at the creature.

The creature, sensing the fireball, moved aside and then dismissed it from it's mind. It brought its attention back to Syaoran. It could see that the siolver aura that made the bubble was decreasing quickly and with only a few hits, the bubble would disappear.

Sakura smiled. She knew what to do now. How to control it. She flicked her good arm up and pointed to the sky.

The fireball followed Sakura's command and turned. It flew into the sky.

The creature, having its attention caught on Syaoran did not notice the fireball until it was too late.

Sakura strengthened the bubble that Syaoran was in with the last of her energy and braced herself for the impact.

The fireball split into 5 smaller balls, coming from different directions.

"Syaoran... I forgive you..." Sakura transmitted it into the bubble so that Syaoran could hear her. With one last flick of her wrist, Sakura sent the fireballs straight at the creature from the top, making a giant explosion.

The next thing Syaoran knew, everything turned white, then as he opened his eyes after the flash, he noticed that he was back in Hong Kong.

He looked around. 'Yup, Hong Kong alright.' He could see his house somewhere close by.

Then he remembered. He looked around and saw her sprawled on the floor. He could tell that it was going to take more then his own magic to heal her wounds.

She had cuts and bruises everywhere. He'd bet that a few of her ribs were broken and by the odd angle of her arm, it must be broken as well. She used up too much energy. She probably used to rest to fix up that bubble he was in and to bring them back to the real world.

'Why did you do it?' Syaoran asked her silently. He picked her up in his arms and carried her towards the Li mansion in his arms.

'She forgave me...' He thought guiltily to himself. 'I'll tell her...once she wakes up....' He thought, smiling. 'Please get better...Sakura...'

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Sakura woke up the next morning with a big headache. 'Where am I?' She asked herself as she opened her eyes. 'What happened?' She blinked twice. Then twice again. Everything was so blurry.

'Am I seeing.....green?' She blinked again and tried to move her arm to rub her eyes, but something was stopping her. 'What....?'

Then her memory came back to her.

'That creature....'

'Syaoran....'

'Pain....'

'Explosion....'

'Black....'

'Nothing....'

Sakura blinked a few more times and tried to sit up, but the same as her arm, something was stopping her. She turned her head painfully and saw a hand on her shoulder. The hand was gentle, but strong as it pressed down and made her lie back in the fluffy, white pillows.

She fell from the exhaustion. She couldn't get up evern if she tried. Her whole body was stiff and she couldn't move at all. Also, she could feel that her left arm was broken. 'Great....No cheerleading for a while.' Sakura thought.

"Are you alright?" A soft voice asked her.

Sakura turned to look at the person and saw a beautiful woman with long black hair and dark brown eyes. 'The eyes.....They're like Syaoran!' Sakura thought as she stared into them, mesmorized.

"Where am I?" She asked the lady. "Who are you?"

The lady smiled. Sakura felt the powerful aura around her, but she could tell that it was a good aura. There was nothing evil about it. "You're in Xiao Lang's room." The lady answered Sakura. "I'm Yelan Li."

At that Sakura gasped. "You're Syaoran's mother?" She questioned her. She sat up quickly, intending to bow because it was proper to someone of a high ranking, but she couldn't so she sank back into the pillows, moaning from the pain.

"Yes." Yelan answered. "I'm Xiao Lang's mother. But please be quiet because I just got him to sleep." She said with a faint smile. It was hard not to see the affection between this Japanese girl and her son. Syaoran had stayed up for many hours, sitting because the sleeping sorceress, holding her hand, hoping that she would wake up. She had to threaten him so that he would at least get a few hours of sleep. It wasn't easy, but with the persuation of a mother, she finally managed to make him sleep. Plus the help of a spell of course.

Sakura managed to lift her head a bit and look down at her body. "What happened to me?" She asked Syaoran's mother.

Yelan paused for a moment then answered her. "You have 4 broken ribs, one broken arm, cuts and bruises all over your body and your energy and magical reserves ran too low." She scolded gently.

Sakura winced as she touched her cheek. There was a giant cut on it, from the bottom of her eye to just a bit above her lip.

"It took all my energy to bring us back." Sakura said. Judging by the look that she got, Sakura knew that she had to explain. She told Yelan everything but kept the more personal stuff out. She told her all about the Clow Cards, how she turned them in Sakura cards now. She talked about the fight that Syaoran and her had, and the pains that she got.

Somehow she knew that she could trust this person...and plus, it was good to talk....to a mother...

"Syaoran probably hates me now..." Sakura whispered.

Yelan shook her head. "Syaoran could never hate you. You mean too much to him..." She smiled.

Sakura just shook her head and looked at the ceiling.

"What about your family?" Yelan asked.

"My dad's in Egypt." Sakura said, hoping that Syaoran's mom wouldn't asked what she thought would come next.

"What about her mother?"

Sakura winced. "She....She's dead...." She said so softly that Yelan almost missed it.

Yelan softened at this. 'This poor girl has got no mother...' She thought. "That's probably the problem...." Yelan whispered, looking distractedly out the window.

"What?" Sakura asked.

Yelan shook her head, clearing the thoughts away. "Go to sleep. You need the energy. I will call your teachers and tell them that you will not be attending school for a while. Syaoran's tutors will teach you."

Sakura nodded and closed her eyes. "What about Syaoran?" She asked softly. "If I'm in his room-"

"Don't worry about it." Was the last time Sakura heard before she drifted off to sleep.

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The beautiful girl walked into some grass. It looked as if it was just mowed. There were flowers planted on the sides, but they seemed so....fake. Everything in the this world seemed so fake. She could feel evil lurking around every corner.

"Who's there?" The green-eyed goddess demanded, looking at the bushes around her for something. Anything.

Something rustled in the bushes behind her, making her twirl around.

They parted after a while and out walked.....Sakura's mother!

"Mother?" Sakura's gasped.

"Hai, Sakura." The figure answered her.

Sakura ran and jumped into her mother's arms for the first time in 16 years. "Mom! I missed you so much!" She cried in Nadeshiko's arms. Suddenly she pulled away, feeling odd.

"Is something wrong?" Nadeshiko asked, concern appearing in her eyes. Sakura looked up into her mother's eyes. 'Did her eyes look blue just a while ago? I thought onichan told me they were the same as mine. Green....' She thought to herself, then shook her head. "No. Nothing."

Nadeshiko nodded. "Good. I came to tell you to beware the Lis. They are after your power, my dear cherry blossom."

Sakura stared at her mother in shock. She just couldn't believe that Syaoran Li only hung around her because he wanted her power. She shook her head. "I won't believe it." She said softly.

Something in her mother's eyes flashed and her face hardened. "You are a fool!" She said, digging her fingers into Sakura's shoulders.

Sakura gasped. Not at the pain from her shoulders, but from the pain in her heart. 'This...this happened...before!' She thought.

Touya and her father had told her that her mother was kind and gentle. They said that Sakura was growing up to be just like her, with the lithe body and bright green eyes. 'This isn't my mother...Mom would never talk to me like this. She would never do this!' She just couldn't believe that this was the person who gave birth to her.

"You're not my mother!" Sakura yelled out, pushing away from Nadeshiko and slapping away the hands.

Nadeshiko, or the thing that was Nadeshiko smiled a frightening smile. "Believe it." was all she said.

Flashes ran through Sakura head. They were images of her mother, a beautiful lady, smiling down at a 5 year old son, Touya.

"You killed me...."

FLASH! Nadeshiko on the hospital bed, screaming.

"You know you did...."

FLASH! Doctors and nurses running around, looking for things.

"It was all because of you..."

FLASH! Fujitaka and Touya crying beside Nadeshiko.

"I die because of you...."

FLASH! Doctor holding Sakura as a brand new born baby while nurses trying to wake Nadeshiko up, but to no avail.

"NOO!" Sakura screamed and shot out from the pillows which were aranged nicely. She grasped at the blankets, breathing hard. She reached up to her eyes and felt drips of water pouring down. 'Tears...' "Mom...."

"Sakura!" Syaoran burst into the room. "What happened? What's wrong?" He asked frantically. If someone was hurting Sakura, he'd swear he'll.....He looked deep into Sakura's bright green emerald orbs. They shined of hurt and pain right at this moment.

"Syaoran..." Sakura threw herself at Syaoran, ignoring the pain from her arm and back. She grabbed his shirt, bringing his body close to hers, hugging him hard for comfort. Syaoran at first turned red, but hugged her back just as hard, forgetting about her injuries. "What's wrong?" He asked softly.

Sakura cried her heart out, making Syaoran's shirt all wet with tears.

Syaoran knew that Sakura needed a bit more time so he just held her tightly, comforting her through her tears.

A few minutes later she sniffleda bit but the tears had gone away. She held onto Syaoran tightly, still not wanting to let go. She breathed in his scent, not knowing that it was exactly the same thing Syaoran was doing at that time.

'I'm going to tell her...now.' He thought, determined. "S-sakura...I-I need to tell you something..." He said softly, looking at her face to face.

Sakura stared into his eyes. 'Oh no...' She thought. She was afraid that he would reject her. That he would push her away. 'Just when we were about to make up for that fight....' She thought. "Yes?" She asked fearfully.

"Sakura...I..." He stopped. 'What if...What if she rejects me?' He asked himself. But it was too late to stop. She was expecting something.

"Syaoran?" He heard her sweet voice ask.

"Sakura...Iloveyou!" He said really fast, without taking a breath, dropping his head down.

Sakura stared at the messy haired sorceror/warrior in front of her. 'He...he loves me?' "You...you lo..." was all she could say. She was in shock that he would love her.

Syaoran took one peek at her face. There was an indescribable emotion in her eyes. 'Is that...sadness?' He got up wuickly and ran away. 'Idiot!' He yelled at himself. 'Why did you hafta tell her!'

Sakura stared longingly at his figure, running away. "I...I love you too..." She whispered, but Syaoran was too far to hear her. A tear dropped down her face. 'Teleport, take me home please.' She sighed.

With a blink of an eye, she was back in her room and she cried herself to sleep.

To be Continued.....

zeni: Hey hey! I think I meant for Sakura and Syaoran to at least hook up....oh well. Guess my mind had a different idea. This is totally crazy. I mean, what guy runs away after making a love confession? (I mean except for Syaoran....) And the dream that Sakura had in this chapter, the lady was not actually Sakura's mom, (I hope you know) because she isn't that mean...in fact, Sakura's mom isn't mean at all...That's what everyone says at least....

How much older is Touya then Sakura? I have no clue. Please tell me.

One more thing....Syaoran's mom's name is Yelan, right? I'm not sure how she looks, so I just made it up. If you know, can you please tell me so I can fix it? Arigato!

I'm sorri that it took so long for this chapter to come out. It's just with school and everything, thing's are a bit.....hectic. Plus the fact that I just got braces, and I hate them! It's so annoying! No offense to the people who do like them.

I promise I'll get the next chapter in faster. But until then, sayonara!

Japanese translations:

Konnichiwa: Hello

zeni desu: zeni here (I think that's what it means....Please correct me if I'm wrong.)

Arigato!: Thank you!

Sayonara: Bye