Chapter…um…Oogly Boogly

Trunks' pensive eyes shifted over the pleasant Japanese landscape, his lavender hair whipped back by the wind. He soared high in the air, body parallel to the ground that was speeding beneath him; but he barely noticed the clouds that parted like butter as he flew through them; he had a more serious mission.

"Trunks?" asked a voice. Gohan. The young Super-saiya-jin's aquamarine eyes were fixed ahead of him, eyebrows furrowed. "Do you feel that?"

Trunks almost forgot that Gohan was flying with him, along with Goku, Vejita, and Piccolo.

"Yes, I do." the bishonen warrior answered softly, so softly that Gohan had to strain his already sensitive ears for that quiet voice.

"What do you think it is?"

"I don't know," Trunks answered truthfully, worry clouding his too-blue eyes.

"It's PROBABLY some alien trying to take over the planet!" barked Vejita, who was farther behind.

"Like _you_ did?" snorted Piccolo. "Oh wait, that was every other planet too,"

"No one asked you, Nameck," snarled Vejita, clenching his fists. "Might I remind you that you tried to do the same thing, Demon King?"

Piccolo's smooth green face twisted into a malicious grin, and said, "I remember all too well. I seem to remember also, that it was a slip of a boy that defeated me. And the same boy, grown up, defeated you."

Vejita, it seemed, had no more to say.

"Hey guys, can't we just be friends?" asked Goku pleasantly, speeding up to catch up to his son and Trunks.

"A Saiya-jin needs no friends," muttered Vejita gruffly.

"Well we're here," said Gohan, changing the subject.

And the five landed gracefully in the small town of Tomoeda.

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(for those of you who are completely and utterly clueless, those characters up there are from Dragon Ball Z. it's a good show. Go watch. )

A/N: So that was the teaser…didya guys like?? ^^ To KeMu…of COURSE Trunks is a sweet, innocent little thing! That's why we love him! ;-)

hehe…

well anyways, on with the story, k?

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SAKURA

Amidst the utter chaos, among the screaming and howling and screeching, my magical sense was blaring.

I had just picked up five incredibly strong auroras, that couldn't—they just couldn't be human. They were way too strong.

"Sakura…" muttered Syaoran, somehow I could hear his voice under all of the noise.

"Do you feel that?" he asked

"Yeah, I was just about to ask you that the same thing. What do you think it is?"

"I…don't know," he said softly, and I saw a flicker of concern on his face.

Concern?                            From Syaoran?

Why shouldn't he be concerned? My mind argued. He IS your friend, after all…

I shook my head and sighed. I was going to put my feelings for Syaoran, confusing as they were, on the back-burner for now, because at the moment, I had serious stuff to attend to.

"TIIIIIIIME!" yelled Syaoran, and somehow, he learned to manipulate the spell so he could pick who would be frozen or not. I was not frozen.

He sighed, and ran a hand through his hair. "I was getting a serious headache," explained.

"Oh."

I surveyed the scene, and felt my eyes go huge. "Woah," I whispered.

Eriol was frozen, his face locked into an expression that would shake the Devil's heart, and Tomoyo looked like she was going to explode from pure glee.

Legolas was in mid-stride of shooting an arrow at the ice-cream man's truck that was frozen in coming around the corner. Frodo, or whoever the short little guy was, was hugging a tree, mouth opened in a silent shriek.

"We have to find those powers," Syaoran said.

"Okay," I said, and I chanted, shooting out my wand. "Fly!" wings sprouted from the wand, and I hopped on, holding out my hand.

Syaoran hesitated.

I sighed, patience wearing thin. "Syaoran. Come on, we have to go, NOW, and unless you want to WALK all over Tomoeda, I highly suggest getting your butt on this wand before I make you."

My hand flew over my mouth, and I squeaked, "Sorry!"

Syaoran raised his eyebrow, but stayed silent, climbing on behind me. Suddenly, my inner girly-girl decided that it would be the best time for her to pop out. OMIGOSH SYAORAN'S SITTING BEHIND ME! VERY CLOSE TO ME! AS IN AN A FEW INCHES AWAY FROM HIS CHES TOUCHING MY BACK!!!

Blushing furiously, and thankful  that he couldn't see my face, I kicked off the ground, and flew up.

We circled Tomoeda twice before we saw anything.

"There," panted Syaoran finally.

Startled, I turned my head. "Syaoran, what's the matter?"

He shook his head, then said heavily, "I—can't hold the Time much—longer."

"Okay, then take some of my magic."

"Sakura, I couldn't do that!"

"Damnit, Li, yes you will! I won't have you fainting on me! The second we freaking land I am going to give you some magic."

"Um, Sakura, there they are."

"What? I asked, blushing again at the fact that I had gotten slightly miffed at him again.

"There." He pointed at five figures.

"Why are they different?"

His strained reply: "Their hair."

"How—?"

"Sakura, just land," he said, a bite of impatience in his voice

"Okay, okay."

I landed, and helped him off of the wand. I looked at the five figures, they looked semi-normal, if one ignored the tall one with a turban, cape and green pointy ears and skin.

"O-kay, these are not your normal people," I said, stating the obvious.

"Yeah…"

Then there was a taller man, ruggedly handsome, with hair that looked like it had exploded. He wore an orange and blue gi, and had a carelessly goofy grin on his face, reminding me strikingly of Yukito.

Next to him, was a shorter man with a prominent widow's peak, and his hair was flared up, like the flame of a candle. He was also wearing blue spandex, and white boots with matching gloves—and a facial expression that matched Syaoran's when he first came to Tomoeda.

Beside him, was a younger guy, maybe about Touya's age, who had vivid icy blue eyes, with the same face as the Spandex Man next to him—I instantly figured that they were related somehow. But this guy had long, pale lavendar hair pulled back, save for some locks around his face, and he carried a very powerful looking sword. And he was very, very handsome. Syaoran, of course, was way hotter, but I wasn't about to mention that any time soon.

And lastly, there was a teenager, maybe a year or two older than we were, and he had the same smile and facial features as the man with the gi, and he, too, was wearing a blue and orange gi.

Did I mention that all of these guys were really, really muscular??

Wrenching my eyes away from these five figures, I quickly assessed the matter at hand. Syaoran was losing power, and even I could tell. It had only been around ten minutes, and it's really hard to hold the Time Card any longer than that, anyway. "Syaoran, take my hands." I blushed as I said the words, but he held out his hands. I grasped them, and closed my eyes. Taking a deep breath, I started channeling pure, warm magic into him. My levels lessened a bit, but he boosted up.

A few seconds later, he let go, and smiled. He actually smiled—and it changed his face completely. It made him look a thousand times better than before, and it made me feel all warm and completely gooey inside.

"Thanks," he said huskily, quickly brushing a strand of hair away from my face—I nearly fainted. "No one in the clan would have done that."

"W-why?" I asked, cheeks heating.

He shrugged, smile slowly melting away, a furrowed brow replacing it. "You were supposed to know your limits. No one was supposed to give you help."

I shrugged. "I guess that makes sense, but I can't agree with it."

"Neither can I; but we're not the Clan, and we're not in China."

"True," I conceded, smiling a bit.

He sighed, catching my attention (again.) "I'm going to let go, now," he said lowly, grabbing my hand, and we half-ran behind a building, out of sight.

He let Time resume, and the five started walking again; birds flew over head, and clouds crawled by. The wind blew, as Syaoran and I, (he still holding my hand) crept stealthily, trailing behind the group. 

I was blushing still, somewhat, but thankful that Tomoyo couldn't see us now. I needed a few unrecorded moments of my life, thank you very much.

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heh. I know this is short, but again, you know what? I'll make it up to you guys, and it'll be nice. :) enjoy!!!