Chapter Six... Attempted Rescue

Sakura having been chained to the wall looked over at Arithon as he was hunched over a piece of old parchment. She tried her best to stretch as far as she could to see what he was reading. Arithon heard her shackles jingle and turned about to look at her. His smile made her shiver as if she had been tied to an iceberg. Arithon got up from his desk and walked to where Sakura was shackled. He put his hands on either side of her, the fear of being trapped overtaking her. Sakura tried to shrink back as far as she could against the wall, avoiding his eyes. "Soon you will worship me, and will have no reason to fear my eyes." he whispered, his breath brushing against her cheek. She said nothing, not wanting to anger him into something she couldn't handle. He grinned, as he sensed her fear rising. Arithon placed his hand behind her neck and kissed her lips hard. Sakura fought with him again, but was silenced as he tightened his grip on the back of her neck. She whimpered as the pain brought tears to her eyes. "Do not give me a reason to hurt you, and I won't!" he stated, leaving her to return to his parchments. Sakura sobbed silently, tears streaming down her face, burning her dry lips. Her hope that she would be saved dwindled with every passing second that she was in the presence of this evil man.

Help is on the way...

The same feeling ripped through him again, as they started their decent to the ground. Yue yelped in pain and fell from the air a few feet, dropping Lee to the hard ground below. Yue hit the ground and landed on his side, a sharp pain in his shoulder. Lee got up off the ground and cursed. "Why the hell did you do that?" he spat, looking around for the guardian. He found him sprawled on his side only a hundred feet away or so, his wings spread out over him. Lee ran over and knelt by his side. "What's wrong?" he asked, the sound of worry in his voice. Yue looked at him under hooded eyes and clenched his side with a shock of pain. "I had that severe pain in my heart again..as if it was bursting!" Yue managed, wincing from the slight pain in his side. Lee looked him over quickly and came to the conclusion that he was not hurt over much on the outside, but he had no clue about the inside.. Yue sat up slowly and tried to regain his strength. "We need to continue or we might loose the trail, the beam only lasts for so long and I don't think I can stand to go through another trance." Yue spoke, running his hand over the back of his neck. The guardian was entirely exhausted, but he wouldn't quit, Lee noticed.

Lee walked away from him and glanced up into the air, as the red beam of light danced slowly above them. "Well, then we need to get going. Are you feeling better?" he asked Yue. The moon guardian glanced in his direction and nodded. "I'm.... better..if you might say." he replied, his hand still placed over his heart. The feeling he was getting was not a very good one, as he took hold of Lee's waist one more time and flew off in the marked direction, soaring over tree tops and houses.

Sakura sat silently, waiting for anything to happen… anything. Arithon glanced in her direction a few times and then decided it was again time to antagonize her. Seeing him get up from the desk made Sakura start to shake and tremble. She backed up against the wall, as her shackles made clinging sounds. He could sense and hear her fear for him. "Come now, my sweet. I don't really want to hurt you, but you have given me no real choice when you keep defying me around every corner." he whispered as he came up to kneel beside her on the ground. Sakura glanced up at his face and then searched the room for something better to look at. He grabbed her face sharply and forced her to look up at him. "Am I so hideous that you can not even look at me? Hmm?" he thundered, his fingers pinching into her cheekbones. Sakura cried out in pain. "You're not hideous... you're very handsome. That is why I don't look at you. I don't understand how someone so beautiful outside... can be so horrible inside." she spoke, her voice cracking with sobs. Arithon laughed aloud and made her skin tingle. "Beauty is only skin deep pretty one! It's a very useful thing as well" he replied, grinning.

Arithon suddenly felt an urge to kiss her again, and he did so, placing his lips against her's with harsh urgency. Sakura fought against the shackles to try and push him away but it was not doing anything to help her. She gave in and let his lips rove over her's as she sobbed into them. She could slightly hear him chuckle as he finally knew he had beaten her into submission. He brought her body up against his and stroked his hands over her back, and brought one of them back around to touch her chest when he heard an almost anguished cry from somewhere in his home. He released her immediately and stood up, looking about the room, listening carefully. All lust for her had diminished in that second.

The Arrival...

Yue flew down in front of the old building and released Lee onto the ground lightly. "That is definitely the last time I fly with you." he stated, strolling towards the broken down house. "Well, this is the place, this is where it ends." he continued. Yue slowly came up to stand next to Lee, and looked at him with a sideways glance. 'This is where it all ends. Give me the strength to do this Clow... please.' Yue said to himself, deep down in his heart. He stepped up towards the door and opened it a little, peering inside. The hall was considerably darkened, and he couldn't see what was going on. He backed out and looked over at Lee. His wings disappeared and he went inside, his long silvery hair trailing behind him. Lee sighed and then followed through the door after him, green robes flipping about his ankles.

As they turned the corner and went into some rooms, both of them looked about the things stacked all over the place. Lee was following Yue into a room they were going to inspect when he yelled out in pain again and stumbled to the floor. The cry of anguish that escaped his lips made Lee cringe, as he raced to the guardian's side, helping him to his knees. Yue clutched his chest harder than ever, as if he was trying to hold back the gushing blood from a fresh wound. Yue looked up at Lee's face and winced as a new wave of pain ripped through him. "I wish I knew what the hell was going on!" Lee said, as Yue leaned up against him for support. Yue looked over his shoulder at the annoying brat holding him up. He closed his eyes and knew what he had to do, there was only a little time left, he feared. Yue pushed Li away from him and leaned up against the wall.

"Go find Sakura... I would imagine he knows we're here and is on his way. Get out so that at least one of us can get to her. I'll do my best.... to hold him off." Yue ordered, pointing a finger in Lee's direction. He looked about to protest, but the look on Yue's face was that of pain, anguish, and guilt. Guilt that Lee was afraid he had given him. With a nod, Lee headed towards the doorway they had come through, but stopped and turned around to look at the guardian sitting on the floor. "Yue... you are not a bad guardian. I... I'm sorry I said that you were." he stammered, not knowing why he was apologizing. Yue sighed and closed his eyes. That seemed enough to satisfy Lee as he turned about and left out the doorway, disappearing down the dark hallway.

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Hmmm... what you think about this one? Question's and comment's wanted. I will answer them :) Anyhoo, Yue and Lee finally getting their butt's in gear and working together to help find Sakura. Did ya ever think that would happen? o_O It probably wouldn't but..I decided it would happen. hehe ^_~ Also... this story contains a few hinting words of hentai... so if you do/dont like it... review me heh..:P!!

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