The Curse

Grim Reaper: Konnichiwa! I don't have much to say right now. I'm not really feeling good this time. I'll talk to you guys later! Oh! I forgot! S+S begins in this chapter! ENJOY!

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS!

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Somewhere in the forest…

"Where are we, Li-kun?" Sakura asked.

"I don't know, but this place sure looks like a cave, doesn't it?" Syaoran replied, looking around.

"But how come this is a cave? We haven't entered any cave awhile ago, right?" Sakura said.

"Remember the fog? We must have entered this cave in those times…" Syaoran answered.

"But what if we get lost and-" Sakura was stopped by a weird sound. " What was that?!"

Grrr…

"Must be some kind of cave creature, there are many kinds of animals that lives in this kind of cave like giant worms, blood-sucking bats, dragons, gigantic poisonous spiders-" Syaoran stopped and turned back and saw a gigantic spider bigger than both of them!

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sakura screamed.

Syaoran quickly pulled out the king's sword and fought with the spider. "Get your sword, Kinimoto-san! I can't fight this spider one-on-one!" Syaoran ordered.

Sakura pulled out her sword and helped Syaoran defeat the spider. Unfortunatley, the spider hit Sakura with its huge legs that made Sakura fell on the ground!

"Sakura-chan (Amazing! He called her in her first name!)!" Syaoran exclaimed.

Syaoran angrily rushed to the spider and sliced it in half!

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Ten minutes later…

"Are you just okay, Sakura-chan?" Syaoran asked.

"I'm okay now… what did you call me again?" Sakura asked.

"Oh! Ah… what did I call you? I said Kinimoto-san. Why?" Syaoran lied, sweatdropping.

"Nothing. I thought I heard something else," Sakura said. "Never mind. I'm just okay…"

"I have prepared you some food. I'm sure you would like to eat for a while," Syaoran said, handing Sakura some soup.

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Later that night…

"Okay! I'm sure I've already recovered from the spider's attack. I'm sure we can go now!" Sakura said.

"Are you sure we can go know?" Syaoran asked, concerned.

"Of course! Anyway, thanks a lot! Without you maybe I'm already a spider's meal. I owe you a lot!" Sakura said, carrying her knapsack.

"Okay. But be careful this time. I may not be able to save you from other enemies' hands…" Syaoran said.

"Don't worry about me too much! I'm not a baby anymore, am I?" Sakura replied.

"No. But I'm just concerned about you, I don't want you to be hurt by those freaky creatures again," Syaoran said.

"Wait! I been trying to solve a mystery in mind since we joined together," Sakura interrupted. "I'm always forgetting to ask you where do you live?"

"Where do I live?" Syaoran echoed. " I live here. My mother has left me here in this forest cause she can't take care of me."

"I bet it's because you're a naughty kid!" Sakura teased.

"No I'm not! Honestly, I'm sure she loved me very much!" Syaoran defended.

"And how can you say that?" Sakura asked.

"It's because she doesn't want to see me die of starvation!" Syaoran replied.

"Oh, I see! She really must love you… but can't we just go?!" Sakura changed the topic.

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"How long can this cave be? We're here for more than eighteen hours!" Sakura asked herself.

Squeak…

"Huh? Did you heard that?" Syaoran asked.

"Heard what?" Sakura replied with her own question.

"That strange sound…" Syaoran said.

Squeak…

"Sound like some kind of rat to me," Sakura said.

"A rat? Wait a minute! That must be-" Syaoran was interrupted by Sakura.

"A vampire bat!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Let's get out of here!!" Sakura screamed.

"It's no use! They're much faster than us!" Syaoran said, pulling out the king's sword.

"Okay! I hope I could help you this time…" Sakura said, pulling out her own sword.

They fought many bats. Luckily, they won the battle with the fierce creatures!

"Guess, I'm much experienced now…" Sakura said, putting down her sword.

"Finally! It's done! Let's go!" Syaoran said.

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An hour later…

"Whew! This cave musn't really have an ending!" Sakura said, sweatdropping.

"Hey, wait! Look the fog is back!" Syaoran exclaimed.

"What?! That means we're gonna have to walk slowly again so that we won't get lost, right?" Sakura asked, irritated.

"But don't you think we're also getting to the exit of this cave already?" Syaoran asked. "Cause there was fog when we entered this cave. Maybe this fog means that we are already near the exit."

"I hope you're right," Sakura said, walking slowy.

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Five minutes later…

"The sun! We're out of the cave, Sakura-chan!" Syaoran exclaimed.

"You called me Sakura-chan?" Sakura asked.

"Oops! I forgot! I was so excited that I should only call her on her last name!" Syaoran told himself.

"Yes," Syaoran answered, trembling. "Why? Is there a problem?"

"Nothing! It's nice… but can I call you Syaoran-kun too?" Sakura asked, hoping she could forge friendship between them.

"Sure!" Syaoran immediatley replied, blushing. "I wanted to befriend you even before you knew."

"Really? Why haven't you told me that you wanted me to be your friend. I'm always ready!" Sakura said, holding Syaoran's hand.

Syaoran became redder!

"Are you just okay, Syaoran-kun?" Sakura asked, concerned. "I think you have a fever! You are so red!"

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Grim Reaper: Konnichiwa! I hope you liked it! Please read the next chapter when I post it!

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After their extreme adventures, they will be seperated! Can both of them survive without the other's help?

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