AN: YATTA! Over 100 reviews! I never dreamed I would reach this people, and it's all thanks to you guys that I did! I'm overwhelmed in happiness and I'm once again lost for words!!

Kero: Then go find the words.

Ice: -.-;;

Kero: :P Oh look! It's snowing!! Looks like ice cream...yum...

Ice: Don't eat it Kero X.X It's not good for you.

Kero: I just won't eat the 'yellow' parts of the snow.

Ice: ...I don't feel so good...ok, onto the story before I throw up >.

Disclaimer: No, I don't own CCS and it's character, so pooey. CLAMP owns it -.-

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To Guard our Love
Chapter Eight: To Much Fun can Drown You
Written by Enchanted Ice Star










"The party was great Kero!" Sakura exclaimed while she burst into her room in happiness with a brown bag of goodies in her hands. "And I brought you treats! You wouldn't believe how much food there was!! And there was some I never even seen before!"

Kero dove into the bag in a hurry, "Thanks Sakura!" He said in a muffled voice since his mouth was stuffed with goods.

Sakura jumped onto her bed and landed flat on her back as she gave a satisifed sigh. "You know Kero, being a human is great! You get to do so many things and see so many things!"

"Uh huh," Kero was still eating in the bag. "Do you want some?" Kero offered.

Sakura sweatdropped, "No thank you since I think your drool is all over the place in that bag." Sakura made a face while changing into her pajamas. "When you finish all that, go to bed alright?"

"Uh huh," Only Kero's tail was visible from the bag, and Sakura giggled.

She turned off the lights with a flick of her hand and went under her covers to drift into a peaceful sleep, she just couldn't wait for tomorrow.


"Rise and shine sleepy head!" Syaoran felt himself being rocked back and forth by the shoulder and he groaned while hiding deeper into his blankets.

Sakura crossed her arms when she noticed Syaoran wasn't making an effort to wake up. She leaned over slowly and screamed, "WAKE UP SYAORAN!!" Right in his ear.

"AHHHH!!!!!" Syaoran leapt out of bed and shot Sakura a glare. "You almost made me deaf Sakura!"

Sakura blinked innocently at him, and she noticed that Syaoran's glare faltered and he just stretched and got out of bed. "It's still early, why did you wake me up?"

"Don't you remember?!" Sakura half shouted half asked.

Syaoran blinked and shrugged, "No, I don't remember."

"Sheifa and Fanren were going to bring us on a picnic!! With Meiling-chan too," Sakura explained.

Syaoran frowned, "A picnic? Just great," He said sarcastically.

"Come on, it won't be that bad! And I've never been on a picnic before!!" Sakura declared.

Syaoran stared at her with wide eyes and Sakura smiled nervously back. "I mean, I've never gone on a picnic with you guys before!"

He shrugged while taking out a pair of khakis and a green t-shirt out of his dresser. "Do you mind going away when I'm changing?" He muttered.

Sakura sweatdropped and turned slightly pink. "Of course," She turned around.

"I mean, can't you get out of my room?!"

Sakura turned even more pink as she quickly got out of the room and closed the door behind her. She waited by the door until Syaoran came out. She shot him a cheery smile as she skipped down the stairs, and when she noticed Syaoran didn't follow she turned back with a questioning look. "Aren't you coming?"

"What? Oh, yeah..." Syaoran turned a light shade of pink as Sakura grabbed his hand and nearly dragged him down the stairs as they entered the kitchen where Fanren and Sheifa were packing their picnic basket.

"Zao an (good morning) Sakura, Xiaolang," Fanren greeted while stuffing in some sandwiches into the basket.

"We're almost done packing, just the drinks," Sheifa opened the fridge and took out a couple soda cans and placed them into the basket in a hurry. "Are we done?"

"Yes...no!" Fanren reached for the napkins and placed them on top of all the food. "Can't forget the napkins now, can we?"

Sakura giggled until she heard foot steps coming from behind her. She turned around and noticed it was Meiling, so she gave her an uneasy smile. "Hey Meiling!"

There was a pause, and then Meiling gave a small smile back. "Hey." She replied.

Sakura blinked in surprise, Meiling had never replied to her greetings. She was broken out of her thoughts when Sheifa had already opened the large front doors. "Come on! Let's go before all the good picnic spots are taken."

They all followed her into the limo and the driver took them to a park called San Zhong Park. They all got out in a hurry, with Fanren holding the picnic basket.

The group decided to set up their picnic under a shade of trees so they wouldn't get to hot. Sakura watched intently as Sheifa layed out the checkered cloth on the grass and everyone sat down to help take out all the food from the picnic basket.

"Oh, pass the apples over here Sakura."

Sakura took the round ripe red apples into her hands and passed them over to Sheifa who took a knife and sliced the apples into neat thin peices.

"This is perfect weather for a picnic!" Fanren commented as she bit into her slice.

Sakura nodded in agreement and noticed that Syaoran and Meiling had been silent during the whole time. "Um, aren't you two going to eat?"

Syaoran turned slightly pink and Meiling just nodded and ate her slice in one bite. "Xiaolang, why don't you show Kinomoto around the park while we finish setting up all the food?" Meiling suggested without looking at him or Sakura.

Sakura stayed silent, shocked that it was Meiling who made that suggestion. Syaoran gave Meiling an odd eye but Meiling shot him a 'go' look when Syaoran didn't budge.

"Um..well...come on," Syaoran stood up uneasily.

Sakura's expression brightened as she leapt up and followed Syaoran back into the sunlight. "It's really pretty isn't it?"

Syaoran blinked, "Yeah..." But his reply was for a different reason.

They walked around a bunch of bushes and reached a small playground for children. Sakura got entranced by the playing kids so they stopped there for a few moments.

"What's so interesting about kids playing in a playground?" Syaoran asked.

Sakura sweatdropped and giggled, "It's just cute how they play I guess." Sakura glanced to her right, and perked up. "Oh look!" She cried in delight and started running off.

Syaoran scratched his head, wondering what made Sakura so excited as he followed after her. "Wait, why are you running?!"

"Cause it's getting away!" Sakura called back as she stopped infront of a tree. "Hoe, it went up there."

Syaoran caught up to her with a confused look. "What went up there?"

"The butterfly! There use to be so many of those when I...I mean where I lived before I moved here," Sakura explained.

Syaoran followed her gaze and saw a pink butterfly sitting ontop of the tree branches. He gazed back down at Sakura and noticed that sparkle in her eyes as an idea came to him.

In a flash, Syaoran had leapt up into the tree and Sakura was left wide eyed. In few mintues later, Syaoran jumped back down from the tree with one hand over his other hand.

Sakura blinked, "Hoe?"

Syaoran walked towards her, and opened his hands a little bit. "Look inside." He said.

Sakura leaned over and looked in, a smile spreading across her face. "Oh!! You caught it!" She exclaimed in excitement.

The butterfly was fluttering wildly, but after a while it settled in Syaoran's hands. "Can I hold it?" Sakura asked.

Syaoran nodded and he slowly passed the butterfly into Sakura's hands, but of course their hands brushed against each other, causing them both to blush the same pink as the butterfly.

Sakura held the butterfly carefully in her cupped hands, and she stared at it intently. "It's so beautiful!" She stared at it a bit longer, then she opened her cupped hands and the butterfly sprung free and into the clear blue sky.

"What did you do that for?" Syaoran questioned.

Sakura giggled, "Such a beautiful creature shouldn't be locked up! I like watching it spread its wings and fly!!"

"...I see..."

"Hey guys, the picnic is ready!!!!" They heard Sheifa call them and they quickly ran back towards their picnic site and sat down.

Fanren winked at them, "So what did you guys do?"

"What do you mean?" Sakura and Syaoran asked at the same time.

Fanren giggled, "Oh nevermind, just dig in guys."

They all ate in silence which was really weird, but they soon finished off their picnic and everyone gave a satisfied sigh. "Do any of you feel like going back to the mansion already?"

Everyone shook their heads no. "Then why don't we hit the beach?!" Sheifa suggested in excitement.

"We didn't bring our swimming suits," Meiling reminded.

"We can just buy some along the way! Besides, I don't think Sakura has a swimming suit, right?" Sheifa asked.

Sakura nodded, "No, I don't have a swimming suit, and I don't know how to swim..."

"It's alright! We can all teach you!" Fanren stood up and started cleaning up in a hurry by stuffing all the things into the basket.

Sheifa took out her cellular phone and called their limo to pick them up again and to the beach. "I'm pretty sure we can find a place that sells swimming suits really near the beach."

Everyone nodded and waited for the limo to come, which only took around eight minutes. Everyone filed in and the limo sped off the the beach.

"No Sheifa, hands off! I think she looks better in this one!" Fanren held up a pink swimming suit with hearts all over it.

Sheifa rolled her eyes, "Who would anyone want to wear that? Right Sakura?" She asked to the sweatdropping Sakura.

Sakura nodded and was about to speak up when Sheifa held up another swimming suit. "Oh! This one would be the right one for you!"

Fanren frowned, "No! I still think this one is better!"

"Why don't you guys let her pick?!" Meiling broke in with her hands on her hips.

Fanren and Sheifa blinked and sweatdropped, "Oh, ok! Sorry Sakura, we didn't notice."

"It's alright..." Sakura replied as she looked at the racks and racks of swimming suits until one caught her eye. "I like this one..." She held it up to herself. "I think it's my size."

"It is! Now that I think about it, this pink one with hearts on it does look a bit odd doesn't it?" Fanren placed the swimming suit back on the rack. "We've already picked out ours, and where's our brother?"

"I'm right here," Syaoran appeared with green trunks in his hand. "Are you guys done yet our are you going to take another century?"

"Yes, we're done! We just have to pay for Sakura's," They walked up to the cash register.

Sakura blinked, "That wouldn't be to good, I mean, you guys paying for my swimming suit?"

"No sweat Sakura! It's only a swimming suit, we can afford it," Sheifa smiled as she handed the clerk the right ammount of money.

They all went back outside with swimming suits in hand, and they all went back into the limo. The beach was only a few minutes away, and Sakura watched in awe at the sparkling coast line.

She had her hands pressed to the window as they drew nearer and soon they were out of the limo and running towards the washroom to change into their swim suits.

"Kawaii!!!" Sheifa and Fanren squealed at Sakura and Meiling as they stepped out of the change rooms.

Sakura was in a light pink swim suit with cherry blossom's decorating it, and Meiling was in a white one with roses decorating it. Fanren and Sheifa had already changed and they went back outside where Syaoran was already waiting for them.

"That sure took long enough," He grumbled.

"Come on brother, we didn't take long at all!" Sheifa exclaimed while she grabbed his hand and Sakura's. "Now let's hit the beach!!" Sheifa started breaking into a run with Syaoran and Sakura in her hands. Fanren and Meiling caught up to them, and they stopped in front of the ocean, the waves rolling in.

They all stepped into the water except for Sakura. "Come on in Sakura, the water is shallow here so you won't drown!" Fanren remarked.

Sakura nodded and stepped in uneasily. The water felt cold to her, but the sand underneath her feet felt warm. She walked in deeper until the water went up to her waist, and she noticed that Sheifa had already gone far out and was swimming back and forth.

"Wow.." She watched in astonishment, but then she heard splashing beside her and noticed that Syaoran had broke into a fast swim. She watched intently, wanting to swim just like them.

"Here Kinomoto, all grab your hands and you can try to float," Meiling swam up to her and took her hands. "You have to kick to stay afloat, if you don't, you'll just sink."

Sakura blinked in surprise, but then she smiled, "Ok..." They walked deeper into the water until Sakura was on her tip toes. "Don't worry, I have your hands." Meiling reassured.

Sakura nodded and threw back her legs and kicked wildly. "Keep your legs straight." Meiling suggested.

Sakura tried, as she continued to kick, and then all of a sudden she noticed that Meiling wasn't standing there anymore. "Hey, I'm floating!!!" She exclaimed.

She heard a laugh and Meiling swam back towards her. "See, it isn't that hard." Meiling smiled. "I'll show you how to do the breast stroke." Meiling kicked off with her hands going in and out of the water. She stopped and wiped the water from her eyes. "The water might sting a bit, but the ocean water stings way less then swimming pool water." Meiling commented. "And it's salty, but you'll get use to it."

Sakura copied what Meiling had done and she didn't find it hard to open her eyes under water. It was just a natural thing for her to do. And soon she was swimming faster and faster and farther and farther.

She was enjoying the nice feeling of staying afloat, with the cool water around her. But as she swam farther, she could hear Sheifa telling her to come back, and that she was swimming to far out.

Sakura turned around and swam her way back, but she was getting slower, and she felt tired until she couldn't kick anymore. Her arms ached and she felt herself going under the water, and then up again but then a wave just brought her under again. She felt water going into her mouth and lungs as she desperately tried to surface.

Back where everyone was, Syaoran noticed that the pink in the water had disappeared, and he made a frantic search with his eyes across the water.

The waves were getting stronger, and he caught a glimpse of pink far out. "Hey, isn't that Sakura?!"

Fanren, who was the nearest to Syaoran, heard him. "I think it is...oh no! I think she's drowning..!"

Syaoran frowned and swam out in a hurry. "Be careful Xiaolang!" He heard Fanren shout.

He did big strong strokes and kicked with all his might. He saw the pink coming closer and closer until he reached Sakura who was gasping for air and desperately trying to get out from the waves and water that was choking her.

"Sakura!" He reached out for one of her arms that she was waving frantically to stay afloat. "Don't worry, I got you..."

Sakura held on tightly to Syaoran's hand, but then a huge wave came crashing upon them and their hands got loose again. When Syaoran got his head above the water again, he couldn't see Sakura anymore, and he dove under the water and scanned the area.

He caught sight of the pink from Sakura's swimsuit, and she was slowly sinking farther into the ocean. He reached for her and pulled her up with him and they were both above water.

Syaoran noticed that Sakura's lips were a bluish purple, and that worried him as he held her while swimming back to the shore.

"Is she alright?!" Sheifa exclaimed as she came running up to them.

"I don't know..." Syaoram mumbled, he felt worried.

Fanren and Meiling came running up to them, "What happened?!"

"I think she swam to far and she got to tired..." Syaoran explained. "I think she swallowed to much water..."

Sheifa frowned, "I've learned how to do CPR in one of my lessons. Maybe it'll help."

"Then do it Sheifa!" Fanren scowled.

Sheifa nodded and started performing CPR and soon Sakura was coughing out water but she was still out cold. "I think we should go back to the mansion."

"Duh," Fanren hurridly called their limo.

The limo drove up soon afterwards, and Sheifa stood up. "Carry Sakura to the limo will you?" She asked Syaoran.

Syaoran nodded and picked Sakura up. She felt light with her legs dangling loosely over Syaoran's hands, but Syaoran felt comfortable with Sakura in his arms.

He placed her into the limo and they all got in and the limo sped off to the mansion.

Syaoran watched Sakura's sleeping figure in her room. He had brought her up and layed her on her bed, but he didn't feel like leaving yet. But he didn't know he was being watched by a certain guardian beast who was peeking from Sakura's desk drawer, but it didn't matter.

Syaoran was only comforted by the steady breathing of Sakura, for that seemed like the only sign that she was alive. The color had started to return to Sakura's lips but as Syaoran reached out to touch her hand, it was still cold.

He didn't know why he was so worried, but he really was.

The door to Sakura's room opened, and Meiling stepped in with a tray that held a glass of water. "Is she still out cold?"

Syaoran turned around and nodded, "Yeah..."

"Don't worry about it, she'll wake up," Meiling placed the tray down and glanced over at Syaoran then back at Sakura. She let out a sigh as she crouched down to be at the same level as Syaoran who was also crouched down.

"Xiaolang, I've been meaning to talk to you for a while now..." Meiling started.

Syaoran frowned, "I don't want to hear it."

Meiling frowned, "No, it might not be what you think. I...I just wanted to say that if you wanted to break our engagement, I wouldn't mind." She said softly.

Syaoran turned to her with shocked amber eyes. He would never ever expect Meiling to say that, she had been obsessed over him just a few days ago, yet now she was willing to break their engagement? "...Meiling..."

"Ok, I know you might think I've gone crazy or something," Meiling chuckled. "But I know you really don't want to marry me, I can see it by the way you treat me, and it's in your eyes. I only want you to be happy Xiaolang, and if the only way that you will be truly happy is for you to marry the one you truly love, then I'm willing to give up." She sighed and smiled weakly. "You've must have thought that I've always been such an annoying person, grabbing you and hugging you. But...I did that because then I knew you were still there, in MY arms, not in some other girl's. But, what does that have to prove?" She chuckled again.

Syaoran just watched her, not knowing what to say.

"I know you like someone Xiaolang, you just don't want to admit it. Why hide your feelings? You might just waste more time like that, and time is precious," Meiling stood up again with a sigh. "Or maybe, you just don't know what it's like to be in love, so you're confused right now. But it'll all come clear in the end Xiaolang, so don't worry about it." She walked out of the room slowly and left.

Syaoran blinked and stood up. He was shocked at what Meiling had told him, and he was surprised that Meiling knew he was confused with his emotions now. He ran out the door of Sakura's room and caught up with Meiling. He placed a hand on her shoulder, and she turned around with a meek smile on her face.

"Meiling...I agree that I thought you were annoying and all, but...really, you're a great friend, and a great cousin," Syaoran mumbled uneasily.

Meiling's smile grew. "Then, I'll continue to be a great cousin. I'll tell Auntie Yelan that...we're breaking the engagement."

"How will she agree?"

"I have my ways, I always do," Meiling replied and she turned around again. "Remember, try and not hide your feelings, maybe then you'll know what's causing all your confusion."

Syaoran watched as Meiling's figure disappeared down the hallway, and he just smiled a little. "Thank you Meiling."



AN: There, I found a way to break the darn engagement. But poor Meiling >.

Kero: Who cares about the little girl.

Ice: Kero! That's so mean!

Kero: What?! I was just saying my opinion >:( Oh right, I nearly forgot. I actually had time to write a thank you list!

Kero's Thank List, exclusive numba 3

SakuraMoon for the oreo pudding!!!!
melody for the chocolate pudding that will last for a lifetime!! WAHH!!!
kitty kat for the BIG bag of chocolate :)
Mei-Hua for the tons of pudding!!
Kataryn for the pudding and cake shop!!!! YES!!! Oh, and the magical pudding that never runs out and changes to my desired flavour!!
Kyoko-chan for the double fudge pudding that can drown the city of Tokoyo. MWUHAHAHA!!
Karamel for the frosted flakes! Sounds good ^.~
nobody for the box that gives me whatever I want, wow!! Interesting ^0^
ChibiMew for the dozen big chocolate pudding cakes :D:D:D
bugmagnent for the key lime pie!
Stars from Above for the CANDY! YUM! Homeade too *drools*

Did I miss anyone? If I did, sowwie la. But I'm busy chowing down :P

Luv luv Kero

Ice: ^^;; The list just gets longer and longer doesn't it X.X Oh, and arigatou for the key lime pie bugmagnent ^^ Well, stay tooned for the next chapter, and I was wondering if you guys want this fic to be a long fic, or a short fic. Thanks ^^;;