Evil Starrie: hey everyone! Hehehehhehe…Evil Starrie's here…and Starrie isn't…you all know what THAT means….*evil grin* Starrie's been to depressed lately to come and write this…so…*evil laugh* I'm in charge now!!!!
Starrie: *walks in with a smile on her face and singing Fruits candy of CCS* Tip Tap koi wa itsudatte Candy FURU-TSU no you ni Tasty Good Luck sou ne mainichi ga SUNDAY awatenaide My Heart. Ameagari no machi e to dakakeyou baburugamu to kou…*Evil Starrie covers Starrie's mouth. Starrie starts humming*
Evil Starrie: SHUT…UP!!!!!!!!!!!!! both Sapphie and you sing that song every freakin' day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! During English, Global, French, both study halls…when will you stop!!!!!!!!!!!!
Starrie: that's not true…we don't sing ONLY that song….hahahahha…I feel another one coming!! *starts singing Dreaming of ccs* It's all right daijoubu DAIJOUBU daijoubu kiseki datte okoseru Here we go ikou yo ikou yo ikou yo tsubasa hiroge kitto nani ka ga nani ka ga doko ka de deaeru hi o matteru D-D-D-DREAMING! DREAMING! soshite tobira ga hiraku yo *Evil Starrie glares at Starrie*
Evil Starrie: fine fine!! Just shut-up now will ya!? Plus…aren't you supposed to be depressed right now!?
Starrie: heheheheheheh…squeak!! Not anymore!!! SAPPHIE'S BACK FROM THAILAND!!! NO MORE DEPRESSED STARRIE!!!!!!!!!!!! I ALMOST CRIED WHEN I SAW HER!!!! AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE ALMOST CRIED TOO!!! Heheheh…you know what kept us from crying? hehhe…ALL THE SQUEAKING WE DID!!! ^_^ YAY!!!!!!! My second best friend in the whole wide world is backzeez!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^
Evil Starrie: no wonder you're so happy now -.-;;
Starrie: YUP!! And and and and…she bought me a key chain from Japan when her plane made a stop there…IT'S SO KAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *SQUEAK*!!!!!!!!!!! We both have the same! Except hers in "urple" (translation: purple) and I have pinky! (translation: pink) hehehehe…it's a kawaii little cat sitting on a bell….so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Evil Starrie: heheheheheh…*evil grin* it's so annoying…I'mma break it.
Starrie: *grabs her key chain and holds it close* there's no fuckin' way you're coming close to my pinky kitty
Evil Starrie: *evil grin* fine then…if I don't take it, you know Justin will!!!
Starrie: *shakes head frantically* no no no no no no no no no no no no!!!!!!!!!!
Evil Starrie: yup yup yup yup yup yup yup yup yup yup yup yup yup!!! ^_^
Starrie: *glares at evil Starrie and then smiles sweetly* hey Evil Starrie, come here for a minute?
Evil Starrie: huh? What? *Looks at Starrie suspiciously* why do I have a feeling I shouldn't….
Starrie: please?
Evil Starrie: mmmmmmmmmmmm….ok *walks up to Starrie and suddenly gets whacked in the head and falls to the floor out cold*
Starrie: *Still smiling* well, we got rid of THAT pest…hmmmmmm…if only I could do that to my brother…wouldn't that be the greatest ^_^…well, on with the story everyone! Sorry if it's not that great…I tried my best! I have a really bad case of writers block!!! Please read and review!! ^_^ *Starts to sing again* Top secret daisuki na DAISUKI na daisuki na shunkan ga fuete yuku tottemo chiisana CHIISANA chiisana tane ni natte kitto kokoro no doko ka de ookina hana ga saki hajimeteru D-D-D-DREAMING! DREAMING! soshite sekai ha hiraku…

My special thank yous:
Sorry, too lazy to write any up for this chapter…plus you would've haveta wait another week for this chapter if I had decided to write them…aren't ya glad that I didn't?

Love of A Cherry Blossom
Chapter 14

"No! This can't be!"
Sakura whispered aloud as she stared at the sight in front of her.
"yes! Feast your eyes on your beloved…Syaoran!"
Evelyn said as she let out an evil laugh. Tears rapidly filled Sakura's emerald eyes as she looked at Syaoran. he was lying on the floor, battered and bruised and very badly beaten. He was almost unrecognizable. Tears began to heavily stream down her soft cheeks.
"No…Syaoran!! What happened to you!? Syaoran!!"
Sakura yelled out. She ran to the lifeless body on the floor. She fell on her hands and knees. When she tried to hold him in her arms, he suddenly disappeared. Sakura looked at her empty arms as her eyes widened in fear. Suddenly, she heard Evelyn let out a cold evil laugh.
"Princess Sakura, you're so pathetic. You honestly thought that was him? (SN: HA!! I bet ya a 1,000 bucks you all thought that was him…*silent and thinks over what she just said* and ummm…for those of you who got it right…*sticks tongue out* you 'aint gettin' shit from me!!!) Anyone who isn't as dumb (SN: I almost wrote dubbed…hehehe..yeah, that Sakura is very dubbed ^^;;) as you could tell that he wasn't real. He was just a hologram"
Evelyn said with a smug smile on her lips. Sakura stayed there for a moment, staring blankly at the empty space in her arms. She turned around to face Evelyn and looked at her through angry eyes.
"You bitch!!!"
Sakura yelled out angrily. Evelyn just smiled.
"You bitch! I hate you! You lied to me!!"
Sakura screamed as tears heavily fell from her eyes. Evelyn waved her finger at Sakura,
"Now, now child, it's not nice to say those things. And plus, who said I lied?"
With a flick of her hand, Syaoran appeared before their eyes.
"Syaoran!!!" Sakura cried out as Evelyn walked towards the barely conscious Syaoran who was chained to the wall with metal cuffs around his wrist. Evelyn ran her fingers through his mess chestnut-colored hair.
"Get your filthy hands off him!!"
Sakura screamed.
"Make me!"
Evelyn yelled out. Sakura got up and ran towards her but was unsuccessful. An invisible wall that Evelyn had put up blocked her.
"awww…Poor Sakura!! You've fallen and you can't get up."
Evelyn said in mock sympathy. Sakura looked up at her and gave her a cold glare. Evelyn turned her attention back to Syaoran and kept running her fingers through his hair. She then let out a sigh.
"Oh Syaoran, if only you weren't in love with that pathetic excuse for a princess Sakura. We would've been happy together.
(SN: thank you Sapphie!!! ^^ what would I do without you!? *huggelz Sapphie* in case you pplz are confused Sapphie helped me out with the beginning. she came up with a MUCH better beginning then I did so I used her idea! I just made it a bit "starrish" if that's even a word…which is not -.-;;)
"And what about us? we can't?"
Sakura turned towards the direction of the male voice and saw Allen step out from the shadows. She let out a gasp,
"Y-Y-You were in this too?"
She asked with surprise in her voice. She then shook her head in disbelief.
"Of course you had to be in this too. Why didn't I see it earlier? Everything that's happened so far leads up to you"
Sakura said as hatred filled her voice.
"Say what you want princess, but there's not way you're leaving this hell. You and your prince will die here"
Syaoran then let out a loud cough that shook his already fragile body. Sakura turned around to look at him with worry in her eyes. Evelyn just let out a laugh and walked away from Syaoran and stopped infront of Allen. Sakura saw this as her opportunity and quickly made her way to Syaoran's side.
"What's wrong? Are you sick?"
She asked worriedly as she ran her fingers gently around his face.
"S-S-Sakura?"
Syaoran asked weakly. He saw the worry look she had on her face and made an attempt to hide anymore coughs from resurfacing. He didn't want to worry her. Sakura ran her hands over Syaoran's arms length and saw him wince in pain when her fingers came in contact with his wet skin. Sakura held her fingers up close to her face and looked at them through the dim light the lighted up torches gave. She gasped in surprised when she found her fingers wet with Syaoran's blood.
"You're hurt…they…"
"It's alright Sakura, I'm alright…"
"No you're not!!! Don't say you are because I know you're not!!"
Sakura yelled out as more tears ran down her cheeks. She then turned towards Evelyn and Allen, only to find them trying to hold back a smirk.
"Let him go!! Please, listen to me!!"
"And why would we do that for?"
Evelyn asked cluelessly, enjoying every single moment of what was happening.
"Please I'm begging you, let him go…he needs medical attention or else he'll die!!"
"Don't you think that's the plan all along?"
"You can't please…you can't…y-y-y"
Sakura then started to cry harder and her words became incoherent. After a few minutes, sakura mumbled a word that both Evelyn and Allen were patiently waiting for…
"Take me instead"
"What's that? I don't think I heard correctly"
Evelyn said as looked at Sakura with a wide grin on her face. Sakura just glared at her with tears in her eyes.
"You heard me…take me instead."
"well now, that's an idea…hmmmmm…"
"NO!!! SAKURA DON'T!!!!"
Syaoran yelled out from behind Sakura. he didn't want her to risk her life for his.
Evelyn couldn't help it anymore and laughed out loud, her emerald eyes twinkling with amusement.
"This is so great!!"
"We'll let him go…in exchange for you"
Allen said as he looked at Sakura with a smile on his face.
"Fine…first let him go!"
Allen turned to look towards Evelyn and nodded. At first she looked disappointed and shook her head in disapproval.
"Do it"
Allen said in a demanding voice as he looked at her. Evelyn let out a sigh and undid the locks near Syaroan's hand.
"I don't know why you're letting him go"
she mumbled as she undid the locks. Allen then opened up a portal behind Syaoran and with a movement of his arms, a strong wind came and pushed Syaoran through the hole.
"No!! Wait, I didn't get to…"
Sakura didn't get to finish her sentence because as soon as Syaoran fell in, the portal closed up and all that was left was a blank space.
"I-I-I didn't get to say good-bye"
She said as her eyes filled with tears. She knew she would never see Syaoran again, and it pained her knowing that.
"Yeah well, you'll be seeing him soon so don't say your good-byes yet"
Evelyn snapped at Sakura as she grabbed her hands and tied them up against the wall.
"What do you mean!?"
Sakura asked angrily as stared into the green eyes, which mirrored hers perfectly. Evelyn let out a bitter laugh.
"In case you didn't realize, we've left him in the middle of the nowhere! His chances of survival are very slim…plus with how weak his body is…he'll never make it!"
"Y-Y-You did what!? You said you'll leave him alone in exchange for me!! You said that you wouldn't hurt..."
"We said we wouldn't hurt him, but it's not our fault if he dies…or gets eaten by animals…whichever one comes first. Plus, you said to just "let him go" you didn't specify where"
Evelyn said the last part with a malicious smile on her lips.
"Now if you hand over the Sakura cards, we might go easy on you"
Allen said with an evil grin on his face.
"Why would I give them to a trash like you?"
Sakura said as she narrowed her eyes at Allen.
"Fine then, we'll just take them away"
Evelyn then snatched the small purse from Sakura and opened it up to reveal the set of Sakura cards.
"Now we're the ones in control"
She said as she ran her fingers through the rough edges of the cards.
"I don't think so"
Sakura said with a smirk on her face.
"What are you talking about?"
Evelyn asked as she turned to look at her.
"What I'm talking about is, i'm the mistress of the cards. Only I can control them. They'll never listen to you OR him"
Sakura said with a triumphant smile on her face.
"These cards are useless!? We went through all that trouble to then find out that we can't use them!?"
Evelyn shouted out angrily as she looked at Allen. She then turned around and looked at Sakura straight in the eye.
"you!!!!!!"
And then she slapped her hard across the face. Sakura's face flung to her right from the impact of the hit.
"You tricked us!! You lying, sniveling little piece of…"
"That's enough Evelyn"
Allen called out from behind her. Evelyn turned to look at him with anger in her eyes.
"No it's not enough!! She deserves to be killed!!! What's the use of having her if we can't eve activate the cards!! She…"
"If she willingly puts the cards in our names, then we can use them"
"Ha! In your dreams…oh wait…not even there!"
Sakura yelled out confidently at Allen.
"oh, I will get what I want"
Allen said as he shoved Evelyn aside and walked up to Sakura and held her chin in his hands. He pulled her close so that her face was just inches away from his.
"all we have to do is get married, then the cards will automatically share their powers with me"
"Oh hell no…not in a million years would I marry you. I prefer to die!"
"oh don't worry, that can be arranged"
Allen then grinned evilly,
"But that's after the cards become mine"
"sorry to burst your bubble but, that's never happening"
"Oh really? we'll see about that. I have a feeling that you'll become my wife a lot sooner then we both anticipate"
Allen then leaned forward and gave her a hard kiss on the mouth. Sakura struggled against his grip and finally gave up and bit down on his lip as hard as she could. She then lifted up one leg and kicked Allen in the (SN: *evil grin* you pplz know where ^.~ lets just say he wont be having kids any time in the future. Heheheheheh…to all my gurlz out there, whenever a guy tries to make a move on ya, a kick down there…is enough to make him call out mommy. Heheheh…I should know. I've done it to a couple of guyz…but hey! They deserved it! nobody messes with Starrie!! ^^) uhhhh….down there (SN: ^^;;) Evelyn smirked from behind Allen
"you deserved that"
she mumbled as she looked at him distastefully. She then turned around and headed towards the door and slammed it shut behind her. Allen turned from the closed door to look at Sakura.
"You will change your mind"
he said to her with anger in his blue eyes. He then walked towards the door and also slammed it shut behind him. As soon as Sakura was alone, she burst into tears. But she wasn't crying because of herself or the torture she was going to be put through. She was more worried about Syaoran, and hoped that he survived the desert.
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(Kinomoto Kingdom)
"King Fujitaka, Princess Tomoyo is awaiting your presence in the sunroom"
"Thank you Henry"
Fujitaka said as he rushed past the guard and quickly made his way towards the sunroom. As soon as he walked in, he saw that Naomi was already there along with Touya and Kero.
"Tomoyo, thank you so much for coming here in such short notice"
Fujitaka said as he gave the girl in front of him a look of despair.
"It's no problem at all. But if you don't mind me asking, is something wrong? Security was really heavy as soon as I entered the castle walls and everyone seems worried."
Fujitaka took a seat on the couch alongside Naomi and Touya and let out a long sigh. Kero sat at the edge of the couch, deep in his thoughts.
"I suppose Sakura isn't with you?"
Touya asked as he leaned forward on his seat and looked at Tomoyo. Tomoyo looked at him with confusion in her amethyst colored eyes.
"No, Sakura's not with me…but why do you ask?"
"Sakura's been missing since this morning"
Fujitaka said as worry reflected off his face.
Tomoyo's eyes widened in horror upon hearing this.
"What!? She's missing!? B-B-But I saw her yesterday night she— why would she—where could she be!?"
"Nobody knows…Naomi here went to her bedroom early this morning and found it empty. We've been looking for her since early this morning but haven't found anything. We were hoping that she was with you"
"No, last time I saw her was yesterday night and—I know! Did you check the Li Kingdom? Maybe she went to visit Yelan or something"
"We have sent our messengers to the Li Kingdom, although it's very unlikely for her to go there. Afterall, she would've needed her carriage and driver and the guards outside the palace would've seen her leave. But nobody has seen her the whole entire night or early morning"
"oh"
Tomoyo said sadly as she took a seat on the couch. She looked down at her hands, trying to hold back the tears that threatened to spill.
"We sent for you Tomoyo because we thought that maybe you would know something concerning her whereabouts. Maybe she mentioned a place she wanted to go or something?"
Tomoyo shook her head,
"No, Sakura never mentioned anything like that yesterday night. I do remember though that she was really sad and…"
Tomoyo then let out a gasp as a scene from the night before filled her memory:
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"Tomoyo?"
"Yes?"
"What if one day you lost someone you really care about and somebody that you don't trust…tells you that they know a way you can get the person you lost back…would you trust them…would you take a chance?"
Tomoyo turned to Sakura and looked at her in confusion. Sadness and sorrow overcame her as she realized that her friend was still in denial.
"Sakura, he's gone…there's no way ANYBODY can bring him back. And who told you that they can? You know as well as I do that…"
"Tomoyo, just answer my question…would you or would you not try?"
Sakura asked in a voice that was barely above a whisper. Although Tomoyo didn't know why Sakura would as her this question, she thought it would be best if she answered it truthfully.
"if I had a chance, I would do anything to get the person back"
Sakura nodded her head knowingly as her answer to her problem became crystal clear.
"Thank you…you've helped me more then you can imagine"
Tomoyo's curiosity and confusion increased with Sakura's reply.
"Sakura, I know I said I wouldn't pry but…"
"Don't worry, it was just a hypothetical question, don't think much of it. Like you said, Syaoran's gone, nobody can bring him back"
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"Oh no!! I-I-I think I know what happened to Sakura!"
Tomoyo said as her tears came rushing down her cheeks. No longer could she hold them back.
"what? What is it? what did she tell you!?"
Kero asked eagerly as he looked at Tomoyo with hope in his eyes. He was very worried about his mistress and felt at fault because of her disappearance. If only he had been more attentive, he might've heard her leave and prevented her from going anywhere.
Tomoyo shook her head in confusion.
"I-I-I don't know exactly what she meant yesterday night, but she asked me "What if one day you lost someone you really care about and somebody that you don't trust, tells you that they know a way you can get the person you lost back. Would you trust them…would you take a chance?" a-a-and I didn't know what she meant at that moment…all I knew is that it had to do something with Syaoran's death!"
"You think she could've k-k-killed herself…"
"NO!! sakura would never do that!!"
Tomoyo yelled out, interrupting Touya's words.
"S-S-She would never do that"
Tomoyo whispered as she slumped back on the couch and let her tears fall harder now.
"So maybe someone has fooled her into believing that she can get Syaoran back…and Sakura has fallen for their trap?"
Naomi asked, trying to make sense out of all the confusion going on.
"That seems like the most logical explanation"
Fujitaka answered as he stood up and paced nervously around the room.
"It's all my fault!!"
Tomoyo sobbed out in-between her tears.
"I-I-If I had given her a different answer, maybe she wouldn't have gone!! It's all…my…fault!!"
Naomi immediately made her way across the room and embraced Tomoyo tightly.
"It's not your fault darling, you didn't know what was going on"
"But I could've stopped her!! What kind of best friend am I!? I should've pressed on for more information! I shouldn't have let the subject go just like that!!"
"Tomoyo, listen to me darling, it's not your fault"
Naomi said as she rocked Tomoyo back and forth in an attempt to comfort her.
"Tomoyo, understand that it's not your fault, and nobody is blaming you"
Fujitaka said as he came up to the crying girl and put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"I failed her as a best friend…I should've been there for her more"
Tomoyo whispered as her tears kept on falling.
"Tomoyo, you know as well as I do that Sakura…"
"King Fujitaka, I heard what happened and I—Tomoyo!!"
Eriol said alarmed when he saw his fiancee crying. He had left to the Kinomoto Kingdom as soon as he heard about Sakura's disappearance. Eriol quickly immediately made his way up to the couch and embraced Tomoyo tightly.
"I heard what happened, have you found out anything else? Did she go to another kingdom? Did she get…kidnapped?"
Eriol asked as he looked at Fujitaka.
"She mentioned something about getting "Syaoran back" to Tomoyo yesterday night…so we think that maybe somebody has told her that she can get him back…"
"And she believed the person"
Eriol finished off.
"Do you have any idea who it might be?"
Eriol asked as he continued to try and comfort Tomoyo.
"we have no idea"
"How about…the people that attacked the Kingdom?"
Kero said as he flew above everyone's head.
"You're right! It could be them…they killed Syaoran…or maybe…"
"Syaoran's not really dead and they're using him as bait so they can get Sakura"
"we never did find Syaoran's body…just his sword"
Touya added in.
"So you're saying that Syaoran really isn't dead and that…they're just using him as bait to lure Sakura? But…what do they want from her?"
Tomoyo asked as she wiped away her remaining tears.
"The clow cards"
Eriol murmured softly.
"They want the clow cards…that's why they want Sakura"
Eriol then turned to look at Fujitaka and Naomi.
"Search her room, tell me if you find the clow cards in there"
"They're not there. She took them with her"
Kero answered as he landed back on his spot in the couch.
"That's not good…she's giving into the aggressor"
"But they can't activate the cards, only she can"
Kero said hopefully.
"Not really…they'll be able to use the cards…if they sign the matrimony contract"
"You mean they're going to force her into marriage!?"
Touya asked angrily.
"If they want the cards…they will because it's the only way that guarantees the ownership of the cards to more then just one person. As soon as they both sign the contract, the cards will consider the other person its master also and will allow that person to take full advantage of their powers."
"But the matrimony contract has to be also signed by her, I don't think Sakura will give into it that easily"
Touya said, knowing that his sister all too well.
"we don't know…maybe that's why they might be using Syaoran. Because that's the only way to make her sign the contract…or maybe they have another plan at work."
Eriol answered.
"And we still have no clue who this enemy could be"
Kero said bitterly as he looked into space, trying to think of something that might lead to Sakura's whereabouts.
"I-I-It's all my fault!!!!!! Why didn't I ask her what was wrong? How stupid could I have been to just let the subject go just like that!! What kind of best friend am I!?"
Tomoyo yelled out as her tears came back again. She buried her face into Eriol's shirt and continued to cry.
"I haven't been there for her as much as I could've. How selfish could I have been? All this time I've been thinking about me and my wedding!! I should've been there for her when she needed me! if something happens to her, I'll never forgive myself…"
"Tomoyo, you have been there for her! It's not your fault that Sakura's gone. She made the decision to go, not you"
Eriol said as he pulled Tomoyo away from his arms and looked into her amethyst colored eyes, which were filled with tears.
"I don't want to sound harsh but, there was nothing you or anybody could have done. There's no point in beating yourself over it"
"You don't understand!! She told me!! she confided in me!! and what did I do? Just dismiss it as if it was nothing!! Don't tell me its not my fault because I know it is!!"
Tomoyo yelled out. She then wrenched her wrist free from Eriol's strong grip and ran out of the sunroom crying. Eriol was ready to get up and run after her when Fujitaka put an arm on his shoulder and stopped him.
"She needs time to think, it's best that you leave her alone right now"
Eriol opened his mouth to say something but then closed it reluctantly.
"You're right"
He murmured softly. He then let out a long sigh and took a seat on the couch…
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Syaoran slowly opened in his eyes and squinted under the warm, blazing rays of the sun. He slowly got up and took in his surroundings. He was in some sort of woods…where? Even he didn't know. The place was unfamiliar to him. Syaoran groaned softly as he took a step forward, his whole body hurt and he just wanted to fall back to the ground. His ankle was hurting really badly. He had tried a few healing spells when he was trapped inside the dungeon but the effects were starting to wear off. The heat was scorching and he had no clue whatsoever where he was going towards. All he knew is that he had to find help…had to get to the nearest town and find a way to save Sakura. He couldn't leave her in Allen and Evelyn's hands…god knows what they would do to her. It hurt him just thinking about all the pain that they were going to put her through. Syaoran kept walking straight trying to find a way out of the huge forest. His thoughts then slowly wandered to what happened that day back at the shed…

~*~*~*
Syaoran ran into the shed, determined to find Allen. He held his sword in front of him, ready to attack. He turned left and right…yet the place was empty.
'where did he go?'
Syaoran wondered as he continued to look for his opponent. Suddenly, Allen jumped out of nowhere and stood in front of Syaoran. He had a sickeningly smile on his lips, as if he had an evil plan up his sleeve.
"This is it Syaoran…I've got you right where I've wanted you."
Allen said as he gave an evil laugh and looked at him.
"You're going to pay for all that you've done…you killed my father and ruined my life…now you're trying to kill the one good thing I have right now…I'll make sure you'll die…even if I have to do it with my own bare hands!!!!"
Syaoran then ran forwards and swung his sword with full force. Allen dodged quickly and stood a few feet away from Syaoran.
"As much as I'd love to kill you…I can't. It would just ruin my plan"
He then chanted a spell and threw his hands forward, sending a strong gust of wind towards Syaoran. Syaoran fell back with the great impact and hit the wall of the shed. His sword flew out of his hands and landed on the ground a few feet away from where he was. Syaoran tried to scramble up as fast as he could but the sharp pain in his ankle made him fall down once again. He winced in pain as he tried to get up once again. Allen walked up to him, smirking.
"Face it Syaoran…you've lost"
Allen then chanted a few words and the next thing Syaoran knew there were flames surrounding them.
"Won't it be a shame… prince Syaoran dies a terrible death in an attempt to fight for his Fiancee's kingdom. I'm sure the Li Kingdom will be sad with the news…and Princess Sakura? Hehehehe…she'll never forgive herself knowing that she caused the death of her fiancee…or so she thinks"
Allen then drew a circle with his finger and a black portal opened up. he then looked at Syaoran with a movement of his hands, sent him flying into the dark portal. Allen looked around him and smirked.
"Perfect…just perfect"
He then stepped into the portal and closed it behind him…2 seconds later, a large explosion occurred…
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Syaoran didn't remember what happened after he heard the explosion. All he knew was that the next time he woke up, he found himself tied up to a bunch of chains in a cold dark dungeon. Syaoran leaned against the bark of a tree and let out a long sigh. The heat was unbearable at the moment. he needed to find water and food. His whole body felt numb and if he didn't get some type of nutrients in him soon, he was sure he would pass out from starvation. Syaoran pushed himself off the tree bark and continued to walk. He couldn't stop. no matter how hungry or exhausted he was. He had to get to the nearest town, had to find a way to save Sakura…
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(6 hours later)
Syaoran looked around him and just like the past six hours saw no sign of a town nearby. He was now extremely fatigued and could barely keep on walking any longer. His legs would sometimes give way under him and he would fall to the ground. Syaoran staggered forward a few paces and then suddenly fell to the ground. This time, as hard as he tried to get up, he couldn't. his ankle was swollen really badly and all the strength in him seemed to have drained out. He laid down on the cool floor of the woods and slowly closed his eyes. As much as he tried to fight back the approaching darkness, he couldn't find the strength in him. In a matter of minutes, Syaoran gave into the darkness and fell into a deep sleep…
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(next morning at the Kinomoto kingdom)
"Tomoyo…Tomoyo…Tomoyo!!"
Eriol called out desperately as he ran through the large corridors of the Kinomoto Estate. He looked inside every room imaginable and into every garden he came upon.
"I can't find her anywhere!!"
Eriol said worriedly as he ran into the sunroom where Fujitaka was seated.
"That's strange…where…"
"She left"
Eriol and Fujitaka turned towards the door to see Touya walk in.
"I checked outside and her carriage isn't there anymore. She's left the kingdom"
"Where could she have gone!? Did the guards say where she said she was heading towards?"
"No, they don't know anything. All they know is that she left probably ½ hour ago.
Eriol let out a long sigh and took a seat next to Fujitaka.
"You think she might've gone back to her kingdom?"
"I hope so…its not safe to wander around alone in a time like this"…
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Tomoyo sat in her carriage, staring mindlessly at the foliage of green leaves as her carriage zoomed by the woods. Nobody used this road anymore; it was only used in times of emergency. The Daidouji kingdom was located an hour away from the Kinomoto kingdom but using this shortcut, both kingdoms were only 45 minutes away. The condition of the road was very dangerous and that was the reason to why nobody used it anymore. But Tomoyo didn't care, at least not today. She wanted to get home as fast as she could, wanted to go to her bed and fall asleep and hope that all of this was a bad dream. A dream in which she'll wake up and find that her best friend is safe. But unfortuanatly for her, this was no dream. It was all real and it was all really happening. Sakura wasn't home safe…she was in the hands of who knows what.
"Stop the carriage"
tomoyo commanded her driver. The carriage man immediately obeyed her orders and stopped the coach.
"Princess Tomoyo, it's dangerous to stop the coach here, robbers and…"
"I need to walk around and get some fresh air"
"But princess…"
"It's ok, I'll be alright"
and before anybody else could object, Tomoyo stepped out of the coach and out into the warm air.
"Princess!!…"
"I'll be back in a few minutes!"
Tomoyo called out, not even turning to look back. she kept on walking further, deeper and deeper into the woods. She just needed time for herself, time to think. Tomoyo then couldn't take it anymore and punched the nearest tree that was at her hand reach.
"I'm so stupid!!! Why!? Why!?! I should've…been…a…better…friend"
Tomoyo sobbed as she fell to the ground in a crying heap. She stayed there until she felt she couldn't cry anymore. She still felt pain, still wanted to cry, but the tears just wouldn't come out. Tomoyo felt exhausted. She slowly got up and started to head back towards her carriage, when all of a sudden she tripped over something on the ground.
'what was that?'
She asked herself, as she stood stood up and looked around her. She then bent down and started to part the leaves which acted as a thick carpet.
suddenly, she let out a gasp,
"Syaoran!?!?"
Tomoyo cried in surprised as she hurriedly moved the remaing leaves away and tried to lift him off the ground.
"Syaoran…Syaoran!?"
Tomoyo shook Syaoran lightly but he wouldn't wake up. He was unconscious . Tomoyo looked around her trying to decide what to do. Not in a million years would she have thought that Syaoran was alive…or that he had survived the explosion. Tomoyo put him down gently on the floor again tried to figure out in which direction she came from. Once she decided in which direction to head towards, she broke out into a run and headed towards her carriage. She needed to get help, and fast.
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(one week later)
"So have you changed your mind yet?"
Allen asked as he walked up to Sakura and stood in front of her.
"You actually think I'm going to change my mind!?"
Sakura said as she continued to stare at him disgustingly. Sakura had been a prisoner of Allen and Evelyn for almost over a week. A week…it seemed way longer then that for her. it had been a week with no news whatsoever about Syaoran. Sakura didn't know if he was either alive or dead.
"fine then…if you're going to be hardheaded like that…maybe this might change your mind"
Allen then opened up a portal with his right hand and an image appeared. Sakura's eyes widened as soon as she saw the image…it looked so realistic…

There was the kinomoto kingdom…being engulfed by flames. The place was chaotic; everyone was running in every direction trying to escape the unstoppable flames that were eating up the kingdom quickly. The Kinomoto Army was standing together in front of the castle walls, trying to defend the kingdom from the invasion that was rapidly approaching. she saw her brother and father in front of the army. She saw the nervous look in her father's eyes and the fierce look in her brother's. The other army was like a Black Sea, engulfing everything in its path. Sakura saw her father call out "charge" and the next thing she knew, the whole Kinomoto army was heading towards what looked like a Black Sea. She saw bloodshed and pain. Men that she had known, brave knights, were falling like to the ground, and never standing up again. The Kinomoto army was greatly outnumbered. Her eyes searched the picture in hopes of seeing her brother and father, yet she saw no signs of them whatsoever. She then saw a man fall to the ground. She quickly turned her gaze and gasped when she saw his face. It was her father, King Fujitaka. A sword was piercing his heart and he seemed to have died instantly.
"No…daddy…daddy!!"
Sakura called out as if she was a little girl all over again.
She saw her brother rush to her father's side and call out father. She saw her brother bow his head and shed a couple of tears. Then…she saw a man on horseback come up from behind him…
"TOUYA!!!!"
Sakura screamed out in warning.
The sword the enemy was carrying pierced straight through her brothers back. she saw the look up shock in his face, then slowly his eyes closed and he slumped over his fathers already dead body…
"TOUYA!!!"
Sakura yelled out yet again as tears streamed down her face.
Then, the image in front of her went black.
"so what do you think? Do you want that to happen to your kingdom? to your people? To…your family?"
Sakura stood there silently, whimpering as the last couple of tears fell.
"DO YOU!?!? IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT!?!?
"NO!!!"
Sakura screamed out in-between her sobs. Allen then gave an evil smile and a contract materialized from out of no where.
"then sign this…Go ahead…sign it"
He said as he held the contract in front of her. Sakura looked at the contract and then looked at him.
"no…I'll NEVER agree to marry you"
Allen let out a long sigh.
"Fine then…I guess I'll have to take some action"
with a snap of his fingers, the contract disappeared and then Allen walked out of the room. Sakura then burst into tears again. She didn't know how long she could keep this up.
"Syaoran…where are you"
Sakura whimpered as she continued to cry…
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Syaoran groaned as he shifted in what seemed to him to be some sort of bed.
His whole body ached as he slowly opened his eyes and took in his surroundings. He was in a room, the walls and everything else was all white. He looked down at his body and saw that he was bandaged up in many places.
"What the hells going on?"
He murmured to himself as he quickly sat up in bed (SN: hee hee! In one of Sapphie's fics, she had written "she suddenly jerked herself up…" think about that…how bad does that sound!!!! I haven't let her live that one down yet, its so funny!!! Whenever I say that to her, she goes like "shut up!!!" ) Continued to look around, he couldn't quite make out the place he was in. he then rushed to the small window, where the bright morning light was coming in through.
"W-W-Where am I?"
He then quickly turned around when he heard something crash. He saw a woman with long black hair standing at the doorway, frozen in her tracks with a tray of herbal remedies strewn on the linoleum floor. The woman became tearful eyed and rushed to his side and hugged him tight. Syaoran looked down at her in utter confusion and pushed her away from him.
"Who are you!?"
He asked her with a look of confusion on his face…
~*To Be Continued*~

Starrie: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!! J'ai fini!!!!! (hehehe…I dunno how that little bit of french slipped in ^^;;) Ooooh!! Guess what pplz!? Guessy who's my guestiez againziez!!
Evil Starrrie: *sweatdrop* don't mind her…she's high at the moment. what she's trying to say is "guess who's my guest again"
Starrie: *while jumping up and down* guessy guessy guessy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Evil Starrie: *hopeful* a crazy lunatic who's coming to kill ya?
Starrie: *stops jumping* no…well…you're close…*resumes jumping* anywayz…it's JACKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *SQUEAK*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *hugs best friend*
Evil Starrie: yeah! Someone who's just as evil as me!!!
Jackie: *laughs* kewl! Someone to blame for my evil deeds! *evil laugh*
Starrie: *looks at Jackie* bitch…you're scaring the shit outta me!!
Jackie: ya know I luv ya!
Starrie: yayiez!! ^^ my best fwend is the best!!!!!!!!!!! I dunno what I'd do without her…she's tried to kill me yet at the same time saved me like ten thousand times.
Evil Starrie: *looks at Jackie* you should've let all those cars hit her. maybe it would've knocked some sense into that brain of hers that's full of air!!
Starrie: *glare* did…you…just…call…me…what…I…think…you..did!?
Jackie: HAHA!! SHE CALLED YA AN AIRHEAD!!!!! *laughs*
Starrie: stop laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its not funny!!!!!!!!!!!
Jackie: you're so mean evil Starrie…but that's a good thing!!!
Evil Starrie: I know ^^
Starrie: eeeewwww….and who's the one who's always getting in trouble just for YOU!? Definitely not her!!!!
Jackie: you do! ^^
Starrie: *innocent smile* I know…I'm the innocent one ^.^
Jackie and Evil Starrie: YOU WISH!!!!
Jackie: you're full of shit…and full of yourself
Starrie: *smiles* I know…I love me!! ^^
Evil Starrie: don't YOU wish YOU were innocent? But you're just as bad as me and Jackie…come on admit it…you've ruined a couple of lives already….and you enjoyed every minute of it, just like we did!
Starrie: *pout* it wasn't me!!!!! it was….my evil twin!!!!
Jackie: oh ya know it was you AND evil starrie!………and me of course! ^^
Evil Starrie: ADMIT IT!!!! you know you want to!!!
Starrie: *whine* nooooooooooooooo…I was a mean bitch during that time…I didn't mean to ruin his ego…it just…sorta…kinda…happened!!! Plus…ummm…..ummm……..you're the one who put the note on the locker!! Uhhhh…I just came up with the idea!! You two are bad influences!!
Jackie: that is such bullshit!!!!!
Evil Starrie: yeah but I didn't force ya to do it….now did I?
Jackie: you came up with the idea…it was up to you!!! Evil starrie and I just brought your plan to life.
Starrie: *sweatdrop* too bad the dude moved away huh?
Jackie: yeah…we need a new object of attraction…or should I say toy?
Starrie: uhhhh….okay…but ummm…didn't we already ruin somebody else? Remember Marcus? Mr. Defritos!!! *laughs*
Jackie: nahhhhh…he's just fun to bother.
Evil Starrie: hehehehe…we made him into a pokemon!!!!
Starrie: yeah…and jackie surprised him at the club *laughs*
Jackie: eeewww…I can't believe his friend actually thought I liked him!!!!!
Starrie: HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was blinded by marcus himself….navy blue boxers anyone?
Evil Starrie: *laughs* you got mooned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jackie: yeah…she got mooned ^^
Evil Starrie: you two are just plain evil…you made Veronica pull Marcus's pant's down another time and he mooned the whole cafeteria!!
Jackie: it's okay, he's got nothing to show….
Starrie: *innocent smile* it's not my fault that I uhhh…kinda gave jackie a small shove and then she sent Veronica flying and the first thing that Veronica grabbed just happened to be his pants…plus…it's not like if it was planned…*cough* yeah right!! *cough*
Jackie: of course!!!! we would NEVER do that!!!!!!! *innocent smile*
Evil Starrie: riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight…and I'm an angel.
Jackie: I wouldn't go that far…
Starrie: do you know how WRONG that sounds!? And you better make something good in gourmet class tomorrow cuz I'mma have to eat it and I don't wanna eat some fucked up version of chicken teriyaki.
Jackie: oh shut-up, you'll eat whatever I'll give you or else I'll shove it down your throat.
Starrie: don't you do that anyways? As soon as I get out of orchestra, I have a spoon shoved into my mouth and the only thing I hear is "chew" and then I'm like *while chewing* "what are doing!? Are you trying to kill..mmmmmm!!! this is good!!!!"
Evil Starrie: that's fun to watch ^^
Starrie: that apple pie thingy that you made last time tasted nothing like apple pie!!!!!
Jackie: probably cuz it wasn't apple pie!! *mutters* you dumbass.
Starrie: I heard that!!!! and it was apple pie…just…not pie….apple square!!! Cuz that's how it looked!!!! It tasted like paper!!!!
Jackie: how would I know? I don't eat paper
Evil Starrie: and I didn't know you did either!!
Starrie: *glare* I don't!!! I'm just saying that it was tasteless!!!
Evil Starrie: are you sure you don't eat paper.
Starrie: girl, I'mma bitch slap you
Evil Starrie: whatever…you wouldn't dare
Starrie: whatever…anywayz, what were we talking about?
Evil Starrie: just proves how your head is filled with AIR!!!!!!
Jackie: *laughs* please don't start this again
Starrie: you're just as airheady as me so I wouldn't be talking if I were you!!
Jackie: Evil Starrie's just as worse as Justin.
Starrie: yeah tell me about it…and I thought he was a meanybutt^^;;;
Evil Starrie: HAHAH!!! He calls ya two sissy babies!!!
Jackie: you're included you stupid bitch
Starrie: *burst out laughing* gimme five!!! *slaps hand with jackie* good one!!!!!!!!!
Jackie: *gives evil laugh*
Starrie: now who's the airhead!?
Evil Starrie: *sticks tongue out* shut-up…I'mma hurt you!!!
Jackie: which one?
Evil Starrie: oh now WHO'S being the airhead!?
Jackie: shut up you stupid bitch, I'll kick your ass!!!!
Starrie: *laughs nervously* okay…me want no fight!!!!! *stands in the middle of Evil Starrie and Jackie*
Jackie: it's only gonna be one punch…she'll be knocked out by then.
Starrie: if it were up to me, I'd say go ahead but uhhh…we gotta end this soon!
Evil Starrie: why I outta…*gets double bitch-slapped and falls to ground*
Starrie and Jackie: who us? innocent 'till proven guilty!!! *Hides hands behind back*
Starrie: well, we g2g and find new lives to ruin, people to annoy,
Jackie: don't forget we have to annoy Justin and Sapphie
Starrie: oh yeah! That too! And we also have to go and
Jackie: wake up the bumb bitch who's unconcious on the floor!!
Starrie: *whines* do we have toooooo?????????
Jackie: unfortunately…yes.
Starrie: fine…but you owe me a……………trip to the mall!!!! *smiles*
Jackie: you fuckin' nuts!?
Starrie: wait a minute…I take that back…I wanna stay alive and not get hit by a car, not get hit on or either get thrown out of the mall!!
Jackie: oh well, we get thrown out, we go back in…big deal.
Starrie: got that right! lets go and throw ice at people coming up the stairs!! That was fun!!! That blonde chick didn't know what hit her!! ^^
Jackie: yeah but her boyfriend was laughing!!
Starrie: and then I made you drop an ice on his head too!
Jackie: yeah…that sure took that smile off his face!!
Starrie: and yuckiez…I hate walking to the mall…it's annoying…can we get my mom to drive us??? *puppy dog eyes* pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaze!!!!!
Jackie: one, I'm the only person in this living planet that's immune to that look, 2, like I want forty something year-old men hitting on me!? puh-leaze!!!!!!
Starrie: remember when we were in the alley? That was scary!!! I thought we were gonna get raped!!!!
Jackie: I was about to turn around and drop-kick him!!! and run of course
Starrie: remember that dude who was like "I can't wait 'till you two grow up"
Jackie: *scoffs* yeah, he'll be dead by then!!
Starrie: you just looked at him like "eeww! What the hell's that supposed to mean!?" and walked faster ^^
Jackie: and you were like "no offense but I don't wanna find out!!"
Starrie: and I still don't!!!!!!
Jackie: neither do I
Starrie: eewww…did I tell you that once when I was coming out of your building this dude said "hey gorgeous how was your day?" I was like "eew!! Get away!" and walked faster!!
Jackie: *bursts out laughing* guys are such perverts.
Starrie: I agree!!!! ^^ but we can't complain cuz we got some of our own!!
Jackie: yeah, *cough* Brandon, Markell, Kelvin, Marco, Justin, frank, and JP *cough*
Starrie: and the list goes onnnnnnnnnn….eeewww…you know the other day Marco actually told me around what "size" he was…..that was nasty.
Jackie: EEEEEEEEWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Traumatized* my mind has been violated.
Starrie: yeah well, at least YOU don't know the actual size!!!!!!
Jackie: I don't wanna know!!!!!
Starrie: well, we really got to get going, so we'll leave it at that pplz….buh-bye!!!!
Jackie: yeah, I g2g and figure out how to get my mind off of that…I'll never look at him the same way again
Starrie: yeah, I know what you mean…well, bye-byeziez everyone!! ^_^
Jackie: bai!! ^_^ Evil Starrie would say bai if she was awake
Starrie: hahaha!! But she's not!!!

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