zeni: Ohayo! Days not that great today. I have a science test tomorrow, so I'll try to get this up fast. Basically, so far Syaoran and Sakura have gotten themselves into another arguement....kinda, at least.

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

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

italics what happened before

flashback A flashback

Lovestruck

What happened before:

Sakura gets injured saving both Syaoran and her from a creature. She heals at Syaoran's house and when Syaoran said that he loved her, because Sakura was shocked and didn't answer quickly, he ran away before Sakura could tell him how she felt.

"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.

Chapter 7:

'She's mad at me...' Syaoran thought. "again..."

It's been two weeks since they last talked. Nothing happened to Sakura yet, but everyday she felt herself getting weaker and weaker. It seemed almost as if the life was being drained out of her. Not even Kero or her father knew what was going on because Fujitaka had gotten a call for him to report to Egypt for an important dig, and Kero never having been there followed as well.

After a few days of fainting in class, Sakura stayed at home, unable to eat or move when the servents encouraged her to try. Sakura knew that she had not much time in the world but she pent most of the time laying on her bed, thinking about what Syaoran had confessed to her.

Syaoran was also thinking about his Ying Fa, but he thought that she didn't like him, which was her reason of not going to school. He didn't know that Sakura had fainted in class many times and that even the teachers recommended that she stay in bed and rest.

'Why? Why did I have to tell her? Our friendship was fine until I said those words.' He thought, forgetting that they were in an arguement before.

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Ring Ring!

Someone downstairs picked up the phone.

There was silence, then...

"Meilin! Pick up the phone! It's for you!"

"Ok!" Meilin rummaged through her things, looking for her cordless phone. It was probably Fay, Rei or Ayuna who was calling about their plan to get Sakura and Syaoran together. They knew that Sakura wasn't skipping class because of that. There had to be some explanation.

Meilin climbed on the ground, searching for her phone. "I really should try cleaning up some day..." She mumbled to herself. Then spotting something red over at the very corner, she reached as far as she could and picked up the dusty phone. "Got it!" She yelled and heard a click as the other receiver was slammed back onto the phone.

"Hello?"

She heard some coughing on the other line.

"Hello?" She asked again, this time louder.

"Mei.... Mei lin..." A voice said.

"Oh my gawd! Sakura!" Meilin said as a greeting, worried about her friend's health. "What happened to you? Why didn't you go to school..." She looked at the calendar. "For two weeks? Syaoran's been so worried! Just like the rest of us!" She paused for a breath. "Syaoran... he didn't do anything to you did he?" Meilin asked, suddenly thinking about her plans with Ayuna, Fay and Rei to get them together. "If he did....."

".... no...." Sakura whispered into the phone. It was hard for her to talk. It was hard for her to do many things now. She had to have Soni place the phone close to her ear so that she could talk and listen through it. "Something's..... draining.... my energy....."

Meilin was suddenly relieved. "Wait.... why are you so quiet?" She asked, softly.

"......." Sakura paused. "I need.... a..... favour....." She almost gasped into the phone.

Meilin softened greatly. Something was wrong. Her friend, the most powerful sorceress was not supposed to be this weak. "Anything." She promised.

Sakura coughed again. She fell into a coughing fit. She knew that it was almost her time....

"Are you okay?" Meilin practically screamed into the phone. She would beat whoever did this to her friend.

Sakura's coughing stopped, enough time for her to tell Meilin what she wanted. "I'm ok... tell, tell Syaoran that....I love him too." She gasped. "Tell him it's not his fault...." She took a deep breath. ".... and tell him... that I'm sorry...." With these last words spoken, Sakura dropped the phone and it clattered on the wooden floor of her room.

All was silent.

"Sakura?"

.........

"Sakura? What's wrong? Don't scare me....?"

"SAKURA? ANSWER ME!!" Meilin screamed hysterically, not caring who heard.

Syaoran, still depressed walked in the room, having heard Meilin scream. Tears were streaming down her already red face. "Meilin..." Syaoran said her name very quietly.

Meilin turned to her favourite cousin. "She.... she..." She broke down, crying in the midst of all her stuff lying on the ground. Syaoran walked over to her and gave her a big friendly hug. He rubbed her back as she cried in his amrs. Even though he didn't love his cousin, who he was supposed to marry, she was like a sister to him and he loved her like one.

"Who, Meilin?" He asked gently went she sounded like her tears were stopping.

"She.... she..." Syaoran watched as Meilin struggled with her words. She opened her mouthed a few times, but nothing came out. She swallowed deeply and took a breath. 'Calm, Meilin... Sakura's not dead.... she can't be dead....' She denied the fact that one of her best friends could be gone from this world. "S.... sakura.... loves.... yo....." She gasped out.

Syaoran nodded. He understood what Meilin was saying, but he was confused as to why Sakura didn't tell him first. He was happy that Sakura loved him, but something seemed wrong. Something was nagging him deep inside his stomach. "Why wasn't she at school?" He asked. If Sakura had told Meilin that she loved him, he'd bet that Meilin asked why she didn't go to school for the past few weeks.

Meilin looked at her cousin. She could tell that he truly did love Sakura. 'I'm so sorry....Xiao Lang...' She thought to him. What she had to tell him...would break his heart....

"Why did she call you and not me?" He asked, still confused.

Meilin grabbed his arm. 'We... we should go see.... if she's... no... not dead... if....' She dragged her cousin out the house without even taking time to close the door properly. "We'll be back!" Meilin yelled to anyone who was listening. She started running to Sakura's house and Syaoran followed, not knowing what Meilin wanted to do.

"Meilin? What happened? What's wrong?"

Meilin finally stopped running and turned to the sorcerer beside her. His eyes showed the confusion, yet showed the happiness and love for the green eyed Card Mistress. "She called.... said that it wasn't your fault... that she's sorry..." She started sobbing again. She just couldn't help it. "She... she might... be... de- dead..." Meilin gasped out.

"She....WHAT?" Syaoran yelled out, making many people turn their heads. But he didn't care. 'Sakura... I said I would protect you.... I'm sorry for breaking my sorry...' He thought, forgetting what Sakura had told Meilin to tell him. He sprinted off in the direction of Sakura's house (mansion). 'Sakura, please.... don't be dead.... please....' "Please be alright, Sakura..." He mumbled.

He and Meilin, who caught up to the running sorcerer, passed the gates of the Kinomoto mansion. The guards bowed to them and let them in, knowing that they were good friends with their boss' daughter.

They rushed into the house and jumped up the stairs silmultaneously. "Sakura?" Syaoran shouted. Nothing....there was no sound. No one answered.

"Oh no..." Meilin said under breath, afraid for her best friend.

She and Syaoran searched everywhere on the first floor.

No luck.

Just then a servent passed the kitchen where they were standing. "Morning Mr Li, Missus Li. What brings you here?" He asked, a little curious about why they were there. There were many rumors going around in the servents' wing about those two and their mistress. They said that their mistress loved this boy and he loved her back, but his Elders wanted him to marry another girl, Meilin.

All the servents liked Syaoran Li and thought that they were the perfect match for their mistress, But they didn't know what happened when one day their mistress came home crying to herself.

"It must be that Li boy." One woman said. They agreed.

Although they liked him, he had hurt their Miss Sakura and they were very weary of him from that day on.

"Where's everybody?" Meilin asked quietly.

"Oh! Master Fujitaka and Master Keroberos went to Egypt and the servents are on vacation." He told them.

"Where's Sakura?" Syaoran asked quickly.

The servent gave him a look and answered, "She's in her room, I think."

Without a moment of hesitation, Meilina and Syaoran rushed through the blue hallway, to a silver door and ran in, slamming the door shut.

"So this is what I get for helping them..." The servent grumbled and went back to his work, working in the kitchens.

"Sakura!"

There Syaoran and Meilin saw Sakura, as pale as can be, the blankets spread off her body, lying on the bed.

Syaoran's heart leapt to his throat when he saw his precious love not moving.... not breathing. "No....no...NO!" He yelled, his voice getting louder with every step he took towards the dead Card Mistress. "Sakura! You can't die! Not after I just realized what that feeling was.... please...." He shook Sakura's shoulder's, but she didn't get up. "You cannot be dead...." He wailed. "You can't!"

Meilin stood at the side of the bed, watching her cousin try to wake the beautiful girl from her deep slumber. "Sakura...." She whispered. "This isn't possible.... It's not possible!" She grabbed her head and shook it. She wanted someone to gold her. To comfort her. To tell her that it wasn't true. "NOO!!!"

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A girl snapped open her bright eyes. 'Am I dead?' She thought to herself.

The last thing she knew was talking to one of her close friends on the phone to tell Syaoran that she loved him.

'But what happened after?'

She looked down. She was wearing the same white dress that she had on before. Her hair was loose down her back, just like how it was....the only thing different was that she was way weaker before then now.

'I guess I should look around....' She thought to herself.

Looking around, she saw something totally amazing. "What? How is this possible?" She mumbled. Nothing was making sense at this moment.

She was sitting in the same world where she fought that creature, with Syaoran watching her train.

"This is just not possible...." She said, inspecting everything around her. Yup. Everything was the same. There was the same purple grass, and the same silver sunset. It seemed as if it never went down fully, but was fixed like that by mother nature on purpose. There was even a small amount of evil energy that she felt on that particular day.

She got up to her feet. "It... it can't be..." She mumered to no one, but someone answered her.

"Of course it can..."

Sakura turned to her left, but saw nothing. "Who is it? I dare you to come out!" She yelled into the bushes.

"Haha." Someone or something laughed to her right.

"Show yourself!" Sakura demanded to the bushes.

Something flew out from behind her and slammed her into a tree. 'Ouch...' Sakura thought as her head hit the tree trunk. "You..." Sakura said menaceningly.

Before her stood Yakusoro Li.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, taking care to leep at least 5 metres away from him.

He was dressed in a beautiful black robe with intrecate designs on them. A black cape flowed from his shoulders. His long white hair shimmered in the moonlight, (I idn't mention that it was night right? Well it is.) and his icy blue eyes flared with blue fire.

"You should be asking that to yourself. He told her, innocently gestering to the place around them.

"Why am I here?" She asked, not fooled by his innocent appraoch at all.

"You're dead." came the dreaded answer.

Sakura stared at him, shocked. "I-I'm what?!"

Yakusoro smiled a sinister smile. "You heard me." He said, moving slowly towards her.

"S-stay away from me..." Sakura yelled out, trying to keep away.

"Why?" Yakusoro smiled, showing his pointy teeth which he must have had sharpened before he got here.

Sakura backed up. Just because she was dead didn't mean that whatever he tried to do to her wouldn't hurt. 'I want back... I need to tell Syaoran that I love him... in person.'

She glared at Yakusoro. "What did you do to me?" She demanded.

Yakusoro put on a "Oh, I'm so scared," look on his face, but decided to answer her question for fun. "The same thing that you did to my love." He told her.

By now Sakura knew that Yakusoro loved her mother, but her mother only liked him as a friend. 'He's blaming you for her death...' Kero had once told her. But he never told her HOW her mother died. "Which is what?" She asked softly.

"Drained all the energy out of her until she died." Yakusoro spat out bitterly.

Sakura's eyes widened. "I-I did that to Mother?" She asked herself, shakily.

"You don't have the right to call her Mother!" Yakusoro yelled out. "You killed my love, and although you're dead, I'm still planing to get revenge and send you to Hell where you belong!"

He lifted his arms in the air. Muttering a spell in a strange language which Sakura had never heard of before, he waved his arms around, creating a thunderstorm.

At his command, lightning shot out.

Sakura rolled aside and the bolt of lightning struck the ground right where she was standing a few seconds ago.

'What do I do now?' Sakura asked herself.

To be continued....

zeni: Ok...so what do you think Sakura will do? I don't even know yet.... I got some heavy thinking to do..... Anyways, how do you like it so far? I was tired of looking up all the japanese words all the time just so I could use them so I stopped using them in the stories.... I want to learn it though... And if I do get the chance then I'll write them in... Well, I should work on the next chapter now... Please review and read my other works!