AN: This part of the story is mainly from Li's understanding of things… similar to his POV but not quite ok… hope you like it

Thanks for reviewing guys : D (Is blushing like Li does around Sakura hee hee)

Lady Kazune Kikenshi: I'm so glad that you like it hee hee… it's a bad habit of mine sorry… It's getting better… please don't hit me with the paper fan : )

Vegeta Lover: that's a good thing… I don't think I'm gonna put Meiling in… she's just too umm… loud for me to understand enough to try and put in my fic… I'm a quiet person and stuff…

Franny Moon: It's not weird… Sometimes everyone reads those types of story, they're character building hee hee… favourite character building hee hee… sorry bad joke there

Time Warp: Sorry, outvoted at this point but the doctors are the next port of call : ) Shouldn't be too long before I update after this one too just be patient with me : )… same for you Solid, be patient hee hee it's coming

Li was floating. Everything was dark but colour and images flashed before his eyes every few seconds, people he knew and places he'd been, memories from his time in Japan. Nothing would stay still… nor would anything make sense. Everything hurt, from his very core to his eyelashes. Suddenly, things began to take some form… two people were before him. But there were more waiting in the wings to converse with him from the shadowy figures he could see. He wasn't floating anymore, he was in the circular garden that sat outside his window in Hong Kong, with the small pond and the beautiful trees that offered him comfort.

The shadowy figure before him began to take shape. Li gasped as he saw himself as a young child in the green training robes he'd had and the wooden stick shaped like a sword. Then the second figure took shape; it was him now, in his green robes with his sword.

Li recognised them all to quickly and remembered why he was like he was… so stubborn and closed with his emotions. He'd never really had a friend and had grown up before he was supposed to have. He recognised them from what his family had told him when they had been really sick. It was his self and the self that observed the self… his inner child. The child was like stone with no smile… He'd asked his mother about them when they'd said strange things to him in his dreams. She'd said not to be afraid of them.

The third figure he could see began to take shape, it was a tall being, much like Yue but not quite the same. Behind 'her' was the beast from his dream. Then Li recognised them, they were the guardians of his clan, and they were smiling at him. The beast, the white tiger, Andimion, stepped forward and nuzzled him. The pain lessened from his dream form and he was able to relax. He looked up to see the other, Kibeth, sit down near him on the stone bench, smiling like a big sister as she reached out and ruffled his hair. He recognised her now, from when he had been lost in the woods when he was 5.

"Greetings child. It has been a time since we have met. You have had no need for our protection in the past, but we are still here now that you need us," Kibeth said, sounding like a mother as she stroked his cheek.

"Be strong Li," Andimion said comfortingly, her purring filling Li's dream. "You are strong but you will need to let others help you for a time. You have been badly injured as you can imagine and are in no condition to be independent as you are used to. We are telling you this because we know you and you'll get yourself hurt if we don't tell you. Remember what happened when you sprained your ankle when you started training? You wouldn't tell anyone until you couldn't walk and then you weren't able to walk for 2 weeks."

"I understand… but it's so hard to tell people what I feel… I haven't asked for help since I was a child…it wasn't allowed with the training and everything… " Li trailed off. He was remembering what had happened when his best friend from childhood had disappeared without a trace and he'd been so heart broken. He'd vowed never to get close to anyone again to stop that happening again. And his training had never really allowed him much chance for many things. But there were people who were breaking his training and he didn't want to let them… not until he was finished and Sakura had changed all of the cards.

More figures appeared, floating with the still images above him, as the two selves he held within him took their leave having really nothing to say to him at the time. He watched as the faces formed, as did Kibeth and Andimion. Sakura, Madison, Meilin and even Eli were floating above him along with his other classmates.

"Li, these are the people in you're life that are worried for you when you are sick, and happy when you are happy. They are you're friends. You must tell them that you are grateful for their company when you see them," Kibeth said, as she sat the small boy on her lap.

"Li, we must leave you now. You are strong and a battler. All will be well."

"Do not worry, you're friends will take care of you, you just need to let them…" Kibeth and Andimion suddenly began to vanish, as did the figures over head.

Li was again floating, the colours of his world flashing again, but this time, they were much faster. Things were becoming clearer to him. He felt hot and confused. It hurt oh God how it hurt. He'd never been so sore in his life, not even the time he'd fallen off a horse and fractured his wrist when he was 7. It hurt to breath and it felt as though there was a heavy weight on his chest, as if Fiery was laying on him and crushing him. His head began to pound and his jaw ached. He moaned and struggled to open his eyes, but they felt as though they were glued shut. He finally managed it after what seemed an age of trying.

The room was lit only by the moonlight streaming in from the window, which bounced off the white washed sterile walls. It was late and Li stared at a clock on the wall for a good 10 minutes before working out that it was a little after 2am. He glared blearily at the beeping heart monitor beside his bed and took in the oxygen mask and the drip in his left arm, threading it's way between heavy bandaging. He tried to lift his arm but it felt as if it were tied to a lead weight. After a stubborn struggle, he managed to get his right hand up enough for him to push the offending oxygen mask away from his face. A few minutes after he did this, time which was spent staring at the unfamiliar ceiling of the ward and feeling very dizzy as the room spun like a washing machine, something started beeping softly and he looked over to see a flashing light on one of the stupid machines that was attached to his arm. His head hurt and he was too hot and the beeping was making his headache worse. He wasn't in the mood for this. To make matters worse, he could barely see beyond the end of the bed, despite the fact that the room was mostly lit. He couldn't see Sakura's worried face as she slept restlessly in a chair, curled up in a ball covered in a blanket by the kindly nurse.

After a few minutes, Li worked out that glaring at the machine was not working. He wanted to throw up but he couldn't seem to open his mouth very much past being able to breathe through it. He coughed violently and suddenly, spitting blood onto the sheet after a minute or two. He groaned again and sunk back into the pillows, away from the blood on the sheets. He felt so weak, not just where his magic was concerned as when he had used the time or the return card, but his body felt as if even breathing was a chore that it couldn't really be bothered doing properly.

A nurse hurried in to check on him and shook her head at the beeping monitor. She pushed a button and smiled at Li.

"Hey there, you're finally awake. The anaesthetic was harder on you than most people. I'm Abby, I'll be looking after you for the moment." Abby said softly.

Li nodded and closed his eyes again wearily. He was so tired. He opened his eyes a crack when Abby changed the IV bag, pulling on the tube in his arm. He tried to say something but it came out as a jumbled mess that made no sense.

"Shhhh, don't try to talk, you have a broken jaw." Abby pulled a thermometer from her pocket and gently turned Li's head to one side, putting one end in his ear. Abby was glad that they had invented these new thermometers, putting it in this boy's mouth would not have been an easy task in his state.

'Her hands are nice and cool…' Li vaguely noted. He was so hot and bothered. It felt like a sweltering summer's day, but it was late winter and no where near summer… not a good sign.

"You need to keep this on mate, you were in the rain all night and this has medicine in it to help you breath better," Abby said, putting the oxygen mask back over Li's nose and mouth. Li could taste the tang of the antibiotics and after a while his laboured breathing lessened and was slightly easier, but not by much. Li scowled a little but was too exhausted to really do anything else. He felt terrible and the night and day he'd spent in the rain weren't much of help. He felt a cool compress meet his hot and sweaty brow and he tried to open his eyes again, but it was too hard. He started to float back into sleep and this time, there were not more confusing dreams as there had been the last time.

AN: Sorry if that was really bad (Don't hit me Lady Kazune… I'm not very happy with this chappie)…

Kibeth and Andimion are mine obviously and if you want a pic of them for some reason at all, e-mail me and ask for it… or put it in with your review. I was kinda thinking along the lines of the Neon Genesis Evangelion episodes where Shinji was trapped in the Derac sea and when he was absorbed by the Eva later on… if you've seen them… if not never mind. I always liked that part of NGE…

Review and let me know what you would like to see, other than S+S cos I know ppl will want that hee hee. Besides, I'm not sure who should question the kids yet… police, Wei or the doctors because Wei must come and pick up his charge soon...That's a certain thing… just … um… later ok.

Bye for now : )