Chapter 13

"Did you feel that?" Eli asked Mrs. Mackenzie who had a stern look on her face. The feeling was coldness and he too felt it.

"What was that..?" He said looking toward the Swan Lake ride.
"I'm not sure..."

My brain, strain,
I feel no pain,
All kinds of chemicals race through my brain,
This and that,
Well let me counteract,
I'm lost in the vortex and ain't coming back,

"Where's.. Sakura and Li?" Madison asked shivering through the coldness that went through her too. Even though she didn't have magic, she could feel this one which meant it was very strong to cause a mortal coldness.

I become you and you become me,
Lost in a dream of fact and fantasy,
Hallucinations from red to green,
Find the calculation....

"AHH!" A big bolt of energy slashed the boat in half causing the boat to slowly plummet to the bottom of the water ride.

"Sakura!" He reached for his dear love as they jumped into the lake when another strike hit the boat causing them to fly through he air before they fell into the water. When they emerged from under the ride's dampness, they looked at the sky seeing nothing.

This is my life,
This is my hell,
Straight took a journey to the poison well.

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The students got back on the bus saying not a word as everyone saw what had happened to the wet couple at the swan ride. Thirty minutes past while they headed back to the mountain with the quietest ride ever. Sakura ran into the living cabin with Li chasing after her when they got off the bus. She fell to her knees as she reached the fireplace trying to keep warm with the wet clothes she had on. It was about 2 degrees outside on the mountain for it was snowing again. He knew she was crying. He saw the tears fly down at high speeds as the tears raced down her soft cheek. He kneeled down to her level of height as he rubbed the tears away. Feeling his cold hands made her shake worst as she knew he was cold.

"Hey, It's going to be okay, Sakura." He looked at her as she pushed herself away from him.

"I.. I'm sorry, Li. I don't want you to get hurt because of me. Just.. Just leave me alone, please." She pleaded as she walked to the couch, shivering. Li wasn't going to let his angel go that easily. He lifted himself up, feeling the dampness on his skin more than ever as he walked to the couch and sat down beside her.

"Iie. You and I are both in this together whether you like it or not. You know I am not going to let you get hurt." He said trying to get a look from her which she solemnly shook her head and turned the other way. Li was impatient.

"My dreams... It is only a matter of time until it happens.." As she lifted her head, she turned to her boyfriend and gazed back and forth into each one of his eyes. "The dream.. It told me that you weren't going to make it through. I don't want anything to happen to you, Li." She sobbed silently as Li gazed at the floor.

"Sakura. You need to listen to me and listen to me closely." He said sternly still glaring at the floor. Sakura lifted her head again as she saw him give the expression he did when he came to Japan. Now she looked worried...

"I have never let anything happen to you and when something has I have always been there for you and I am not going to stop now." He stood up looking at Sakura, tears stopping their flow as they seemed to listen too. "I would rather die for you then to let anything more happen to the one I love. Sakura, you need to wake up to reality." He started to pace around the living quarter in the living cabin. "You don't see what people are trying to tell you. When one has a bad dream that seems to come to life, one tends to want to keep that from happening. But you. You tend to worry over things that you know will happen soon when there are things that can be done to prevent it. That's why your dreams are called prophetic dreams. You see into the future to try to stop it from happening. Sakura, I know you are smarter than this. I know you will not let this happen and if anyway possible that I can help, I will and you know it." He stopped to take a look at Sakura who's head was down in her knees crying. He's mad at me. I didn't want him to be mad at me. Ignoring her crying he went on. He stopped pacing and sat down a ways beside her.

"I don't know if it is me that s getting in your way of doing something about your dreams or what. But if it is me, I'll leave you be." He stood up as he looked at the girl of his dreams crying hard. Great! The girl of my dreams is crying on the first day of being official! How great of a guy am I?! He slowly headed to the door when he heard Sakura get up and call his name. Naturally he stopped, but he did not turn around, afraid to see what shame he brought to her.

"Li! Please! It isn't you. It's me. I have been caught in this love thing so long that I try to ignore my ability to see into the future. I'm so scared to loose you that I just want to break down sometimes, trying to ignore this overwhelming feeling inside me. You know that I will try to do anything for you if it pertained to me getting hurt. You are my angel and I would never ever let anything happen to you and you know that!" Li starred blankly into the door that lead to the outside not daring to turn around as he felt a tear roll down his cheek. Seeing him not turning around, Sakura started to cry, thinking that he was mad at her and that he didn't want her anymore. I love him so much...

"Li? Please, don't be mad. I didn't mean to make you mad at me..." She trailed off as she saw Li still turned around, now slouching as if something hit him hard in the chest. She walked slowly to him, as she saw a tear fall from the side of his face.

"Li? What's the matter?" She said worried trying not to get so close to him. She knew he needed space and with her in the room, it was going to cause a problem.

"Stop, Sakura. It feels as if my chest is caving in. It hurts to see you like this, crying over me so please, stop. I know you would probably do anything for me but in the inside you know you would never get the chance for I am here to protect you and only you. If your dreams so happen to come true then you know I will at least be in your heart to protect you from evil. Even when you think I may not be there, I always will be. You need to cherish your life at the same time, do your job. I know you didn't ask for it but you were given this gift for a reason. You may not have found that reason at this point but you will, one day." He looked up as he placed his hand on the handle of the door and paused.

"I am not mad at you Sakura. You are my one and only angel but if it hurts you to be with me then I'll leave. Just say the words and I am gone. I'll tell Yue and his false form along with Kero to protect you while I'm gone." He slowly opened the door as the cold air caught his wet clothing making he wince. He tried not to think about what he just said because he didn't want to leave. He never wanted to leave her side but at this point, he was ready to do anything to make her happy. Even if it caused him a great amount of pain, he didn't care. All he knew was the he loved her and only her and he wanted her to be happy.

"Don't leave me, please." The angel's voice echoed slowly throughout the entire living cabin as he shut the door to face the floor again. "Li! Please do not leave me! You said you didn't want to cause me pain so don't leave!" She faded fast to the ground as she pulled her knees into her chest as she started to cry. Li felt his heart melt as her words re-played in his mind.. Li! Please do not leave me!... It was almost too much for him to handle. He knew he caused her more pain for saying that he was going to leave if she wanted him to than through everything that he had called her in the beginning of the cards.
He turned to the girl on the floor and walked silently to her. As he kneeled he placed his right hand under her chin as he brought it to face him in the eye. As he looked at her eyes, that were swollen from the tears she cried for him, he noticed a new perspective to his liking of Sakura. Something seemed to spark her eyes more than ever and he finally knew what that spark was. But as he looked he saw that the spark was slowly diminishing as the tears kept coming down. He bowed his head afraid to look anymore to see that the spark that was in her eyes all the years he had been with her, the one that made her smile every day even when she was sick, the one that seemed to always bring her up when she was down, was him.
He slowly let his hand go from under her chin as he lifted himself up. He couldn't lift his head as his pride was gone, disappeared from him as if by magic. But he knew it wasn't magic that took it away. It was the way he treated the girl of his dreams, the one that always seemed to brighten up the day when it as so dark, the one that made everything so warm and cozy, the one that was still sitting on the floor crying because of him. Because of that he had no pride left. It was as if he beat someone for no reason. His heart was torn and he knew hers was too.
After much sobbing, Sakura stood on her own as she headed towards the door to go back to the cabin. Trying to ignore Li who was in front of her still starring at the floor, she brushed pass him as she tried to leave. Once she reached the door, her knees gave way and she fell smoothly to the ground, her hand still on the doorknob as she cried more and more. Li couldn't take it anymore. He had to do something.

"Sakura?" He turned around to see her on the floor, sobbing as her hand was quietly coming down to her lap. He walked to her and kneeled to her level of seeing him. He didn't know what to do. He thought that she would slap him or something for all the pain he had put her through since they came back from the crazy amusement park trip. But her wanted to reassure her that he still loved her, didn't matter how many arguments they go through, he will always love her.

"I still love you, Sakura. I just don't know if you want me to be with you since I caused you this much pain..." She glared at him as her tears slowly stopped. She managed to make a small smirk as she looked into each of his eyes, her spark coming back to her emeralds. Swallowing a couple of hard lumps in her throat she managed to say that she loved him too. Astonished, Li looked at his beloved as he helped her to her feet.