Sakura and Syaoran's Love

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Chapter 5:  Confessions of Love

"Sakura!  Wake up!" Syaoran yelled. "Please…"  Tears started running down his face.

He put his arms around her and hugged her to him.   

"I think she'll be fine," Eriol said.  "She's just used too much of her energy.  She needs to rest, Li-kun."

"Sakura-chan…" Tomoyo whispered, looking at the badly beaten girl. 

"We should get her to a doctor or something," Yue suggested. 

"Is anyone else hurt?" Keroberos asked, surveying the group.  Everyone looked fine – maybe shaken a little – but fine.

"I'll take her," Syaoran said, picking her up and leading the way out of the building.

Kaho met them at the exit.  "I was so worried.  I knew something was happening, but I couldn't get in.  Is she okay?" she asked looking at Sakura.

"I don't know," Syaoran mumbled. 

"There's a medical tent set up near the entrance of the park.  I'll show you the way," Kaho said.

*1 hour later*

Sakura slowly opened her eyes, and winced.  Her head hurt.  Syaoran was leaning worriedly over her.

"You're awake…" he said quietly.  "Yokatta."

She looked at him.  She tried to sit up.  He pushed her gently back down.

"You should just rest for now," he said. 

"Where…"

"You're in the medical tent at the park," the doctor answered as he walked into the room.

"You're pretty messed up," he said.  "What happened? Your friends don't seem to want to tell me anything."

"Umm…" Sakura began.  "I…is everyone okay?"

"Yeah, everyone's fine," Syaoran quickly replied.  Just then, Mitsuki sensei entered the tent.

"Ah, so you're awake now," she noticed.  "How are you feeling?"

"Umm…"

"Not so good, huh?" Mitsuki sensei said. 

"Well, with burns on her arms and back, a bruised upper right arm, and an injured ankle, she can't be feeling that great," the doctor said. "And it looks like she hit her head pretty hard; not to mention, she seems completely exhausted." The doctor looked at each of them.  "When is someone going to tell me what happened?"

Sakura looked down guiltily.

"Well, we really need to be getting back to the hotel.  Sakura, do you think you can make it to the van?" Mitsuki sensei

"Yes."

"I really appreciate all your kind help," Mitsuki sensei said addressing the doctor.  "But please understand, it would take too long to explain everything to you, and we really must be going."   Turning back toward the two students, she said, "Let's go.  The others are waiting in the van."

Syaoran easily took Sakura into his arms and walked out of the tent after Mitsuki sensei.

"I think I can walk, Syaoran," Sakura said.

"I want to carry you," he said, blushing slightly.  She looked up surprised. 

*sakura* Did he just say what I think he said?  Maybe he does care about me after all.  I was so worried about him during the fight.  I was so afraid he would be hurt.  I guess I really do love him.

"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo called out as they neared the van.  "Are you okay now?"

"I'm fine," Sakura answered. 

"She needs to rest," Mitsuki-sensei said.

Syaoran carefully placed her into the van, and then eased into the seat next to her.  "You can lean on me if you want," he offered shyly.  "It's not that far to the hotel, but it might be more comfortable for you that way."

She smiled.  "Thank you Syaoran-kun."  She leaned her head onto his shoulder.  He's so gentle.

*syaoran* Her leaning on me like this feels so right.  I wish we could stay like this forever.  It's so nice.

Neither one of them noticed as Tomoyo picked up her camera and began recording, her smile spreading wide across her face.  This is too cute.

They reached the hotel in about 10 minutes, where Touya and Yukito were waiting.  They were worried when the group didn't return anywhere near their scheduled time.  Touya noticed that Yukito seemed overly tired, so he knew Yue had been out.  So he knew something had happened.

He sighed in relief as he saw the van pull up.  His face fell as the door opened, and he saw Sakura.

"What in the heck happened?" he asked as Syaoran helped her out of the car. "Are you okay, Sakura?"

"I'm fine."

"Sorry, but you don't look fine," he replied worried. 

"She'll be alright," Kaho told Touya.

Yukito stepped over to her.  "Can you walk?" he asked looking her over.

"I can help her," Syaoran said putting his arm around Sakura to support her.  She leaned heavily into him.

"Everyone, it's getting pretty late, and we all have to wake up early tomorrow to make our flight back home," Terada-sensei said.  "We should all be heading up to our rooms."

"Hai!"

"Touya…Yukito-san, if you come with me, I'll tell you what happened," Kaho said leading them away from the group. 

"But Sakura…" Touya started.

"I'm sure Li-kun can take care of her," Kaho replied.

"That's not exactly comforting," Touya replied, as he looked over to his sister and Syaoran.  They do look right together.  And he's obviously worried about her.  Why is it so hard for me to trust him? "Fine," he said.  "You better not hurt her, gaki," he said to Syaoran, glaring at him once more before turning to go with Kaho. 

"Are you feeling any better, Sakura-san?" Rika asked as they all got onto the elevator. 

"Yeah…" she replied.

"You guys haven't told us what happened yet." Chiharu said.

Tomoyo, Eriol, Syaoran, and Sakura exchanged glances.

"Well…" Sakura began.

"She wasn't looking where she was going, and ran into a food stand.  She knocked over the stand and fell onto it," Eriol lied easily. 

"Oh," Chiharu said.  "Sakura's not usually that clumsy."

"She was too busy staring at Li-kun," Eriol smiled.  Tomoyo grinned.

"Hoe!?" Sakura squealed, blushing.  "I was not!"  Syaoran's face quickly turned a deep shade of red.  The others all laughed.

"We'll see you all tomorrow!" Naoko said as the elevator opened and they began walking to their rooms.

"I'll go ahead and get everything ready for Sakura-chan so she can sleep more easily," Tomoyo said, quickly going ahead of them.  Syaoran and Sakura followed more slowly. 

"Um…Sakura?" Syaoran asked stopping.  She looked up at him. "Yes?"

"Can we talk for a minute?" he asked blushing slightly. 

"Yeah, of course," she replied.  They sat down together on a nearby bench in the hall. 

"Um…I…uh…are you still in pain?" he stuttered. 

"No, not really," she replied slowly.  "I guess I'm just tired."

"Well, uh, maybe you should go then," Syaoran said.

"Is that all you wanted to say?" Sakura asked quietly.

"Uh…no…" Syaoran replied. 

Silence.

"Do you have any idea why I came back to Japan?" Syaoran asked.  Sakura looked up at him surprised. 

"I kind of thought you wanted to see everyone again," she said.

"I wanted to see you."  Her eyes widened.  He looked away.  "In Hong Kong, I couldn't forget about you.  To tell you the truth, I tried.  I thought maybe it was because I felt bad about not getting the cards.  But I didn't feel angry or anything at you.  I kept seeing you in my mind during my training, during my classes, even in my dreams.  I couldn't get you out of my head no matter how hard I tried.  So I decided I had to come back as soon as I could to find out how I really felt about you."

He turned to look at her.  She just kept staring at him, shocked.  She had never expected him to say these things to her.  "Syaoran…"  He put a finger against her mouth to stop her.

"When I got back and saw you again, all the feelings that I had been trying to push away came back even stronger than before.  I tried to deny them.  I was kind of scared – I had never felt anything like it before.  But the more I tried, the stronger they became.  I felt secure around you, I wanted to be with you, I wanted to protect you.  And when I couldn't – when I could only watch you being hurt and couldn't do anything, I finally accepted my feelings.  I was so afraid I was going to lose you today, and I couldn't bare it," he said, his voice full of emotion.  Tears were slowly coursing down Sakura's cheeks.  He wiped them gently away, ignoring the tears falling down his own face. 

"That's when I knew exactly how I felt.  I refused to deny my feelings for you anymore.  I wanted to help you…to hold you…to comfort you.  Sakura…I want to be with you forever.  I don't want to ever leave your side again.  I…I love you Sakura."  

Sakura looked up at him happily.  "This is like a dream…" she whispered.  Syaoran looked at her, his eyes full of love.   "Oh, Syaoran…" she said, throwing her arms around him.  "I've wanted you to say that for such a long time." He carefully put his arms around her, being careful of her injuries. 

"I didn't think you would feel the same so I was always afraid to tell you how I felt," Sakura admitted.  He hugged her tighter to him. "Sakura…"

He pulled away slightly, and brought one hand up to her face.  "You're so beautiful…" he said.  She blushed.  He slowly leaned in and their lips met for the first time.  "I love you Syaoran," she whispered.  He suddenly felt her go limp as she fell asleep against him.  He looked sweetly down at her.  My angel.

*the next day*

"I can't believe this trip is already over," Sakura said. 

"It certainly was interesting," Tomoyo said smiling.  She had been smiling all morning non-stop.  "I can't wait to get home and watch my tape though!"  Her smile grew even wider. 

"I would love to watch it with you," Eriol said.  "I'd especially love to see the part that you filmed last night after we got back to the hotel."

"What did you film?" Sakura asked confused. 

"The greatest love confession in the world!" Tomoyo said, giggling.

"You saw that?!" Syaoran yelled, blushing a deep red.

"I'm going to title it Sakura and Syaoran's love."  Tomoyo said dreamily.

"Tomoyo!" Sakura squealed.

"Oh, it's nothing to be embarrassed about," Eriol smiled wickedly.

Syaoran glared at him.  "Well then, when are you going to tell Tomoyo your feelings?" he countered.

Eriol blushed.  Sakura giggled.  "I'm sure Tomoyo would love to hear it."

Tomoyo blushed and looked down.  Sakura and Syaoran grinned at each other.

"It's time to go!" Terada-sensei called out.  The group began climbing into the van.

"I'm certainly never going to forget this trip," Sakura said. 

"Neither will I," Syaoran added.  They smiled at each other. 

"We should come back here together some time," Sakura suggested.

"Do you think they could hold a wedding in the ice palace?" Syaoran whispered into her ear. 

Sakura looked up, her eyes wide.  "What did you say?" 

"I didn't say anything," Syaoran teased laughing.

"It's been a long time since I've heard you laugh," Sakura said.  "It's nice." He blushed. 

With that she leaned over onto his shoulder.  He looked down at her and smiled.

"What do you think Touya will say about all this?" he asked.

"He's going to kill you, you know," Sakura replied giggling.  "But I'll protect you."

Syaoran smiled.  He quietly leaned over and kissed her forehead.  "And I'll always be there to protect you."

"I'm sure you will," Sakura replied.  "I'm sure you will."

Owari (The End)

Well, I hope you liked the story. Please review! It was my first fan-fiction so I can certainly take criticism.

And if you liked this fiction and also like Magic Knight Rayearth, check out the new fan-fiction I just put up called The Love of the Magic Knights!

Well, thanks for reading!!

-arashi099