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KanbiAme: Hi! Welcome Back! Well I've decided to put up 1 chapter every other day. And hopefully I'll get 4 - 5 chapters up this weekend... Damn School. Well I'm gonna get on with this chapter. I DO NOT own CCS! Clamp does. But I am turning 16 this year, so if ya need a present idea I would love to own CCS. Until then, I'll just have to write fanfics.
KiKi: Do I not get to say anything?
KanbiAme: NO. You protested this chapter so go screw a tree.
KiKi: Hmph... ::Returns to protesting::
KanbiAme: That girl has SO gotta grow up... Well.on with the show!
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-Tuesday-
Sakura awoke the next morning to the sounds of the birds and her friends making breakfast. She lay on her back for a few minutes taking in all the joyous sounds. She soon though was not alone.
"Knock, Knock," Syaoran joked as he unzipped the tent. "You awake beautiful?" He sat down beside her.
"Hai. I'm just listening." She answered opening her emerald eyes to meet with Syaoran's gorgeous amber ones.
"Listening? To what?" He asked laying down on the cloth floor beside her.
"Everything! Here close your eyes." He did as he was told. "Now listen." A few minutes of silence passed. "What do you hear?" She whispered.
"I hear..Eriol and Tomoyo in the woods. Over there." He said pointing to the north wall of the tent.
"Mou Syaoran! Do you not hear the birds and the bunnies and everyone's footsteps?"
He smiled at her next to him and put his arm around her slim waist, "Of course I do. But I didn't think that those things were ironic."
"Ironic? How?"
"Ironic because they always know where we are when we don't want them to know, and now we know where they are."
"Uh huh," she said not understanding what he had said.
"Never mind." He stated kissing her on the cheek before standing up. "Come on, you said you'd go on a picnic with me." He offered her his hand as she sat up.
"I did? I don't remember that." Syaoran sweatdropped.
"Just come on."
"Hai." She took his hand and stood up pushing him out of the tent. "Go make some food and I'll get ready!"
"Ok," He said, butterflies erupting in his stomach.
A few minutes later Sakura came out of the tent wearing jeans and a pink sweater. Syaoran was waiting for her with a backpack and blanket. He smiled at her and she smiled back. As they were about to leave Kim came running up.
"Hey you two!" she yelled, "Wanna go to the lake? Everyone else is already up there!"
"No thanks! Sorry but I promised Syaoran I'd go on a picnic with him. We'll try and join you guys later!" Sakura shouted back across the campsite.
"Ok! Later!" Kim dashed back off into the woods.
Syaoran turned to Sakura, "Ready?"
"Hai." Sakura said as he took her hand and lead her into the woods.
"So, how do you know Kim?" He asked calming his nerves.
"Mou Syaoran, you don't pay attention to anything do you?" She smiled at him. "She goes to our school. She's been one of my good friends since she transferred here in the 6th grade! She's only the captain of the Girls' Soccer Team."
"I never noticed. Even when the teams were meeting. I think I was a little too preoccupied with a certain head cheerleader." He said nudging her making her blush wildly.
"And you call yourself the captain of the Guys' Soccer Team. You should be ashamed." She teased back.
"Gomen, what's my punishment?"
"Hmm...I'll have to think about that. I'll tell you later." She smiled evilly. "So how much further is this place?"
"Just up ahead. Come on!" he started running forward pulling her along with him.
They followed a small stream until it dissapeared underneath a gigantic (AN: and I do mean GIGANTIC) Willow tree. Syaoran pushed back a few branches, revealing a small pond hidden beneath the base of the tree and a small grassy area close to the trunk. Just big enough to, say, have a picnic on.
"Oh Syaoran! It's beautiful!" Sakura said touching the tree trunk taking the site in while he set out their blanket.
"It's not the only thing." She looked at him confused. "You! Silly." He said pulling her into a kiss. However when they pulled apart she teasingly pushed him backwards. He lost his balance and landed in the pond behind him.
"Oh my gosh Syaoran! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to. I was just playing around!"
He pulled himself back onto the bank of the grass and sat Indian style. "Mou, you got it wet."
"Got what wet?" She asked sitting down in front of him.
"Well, now's as good a time as any, ne?"
"Syaoran, sweetie, you're confusing me."
"Sakura, I need to ask you something. It's been on my mind for the longest time." He looked up into her sparkling emerald eyes. "I had this whole speech planned out, but suddenly I can't for the life of me remember it. So..." He reached into his inside jacket pocket and brought out a slightly wet velvet box. "Sakura, I love you with all of my heart. Even more than what my heart can offer. I would gladly do anything for you. Even die. So please, will you honor me by being my wife?" Her jaw dropped unnoticeably as she looked at the boy...no, man she'd loved for her entire life. Then she looked down at the ring between his fingers. It was gold with a diamond surrounded by 5 small pink stones. He began to get nervous as she delayed her answer. Syaoran's butterflies multiplied by the thousands. She looked back into his amber eyes. 'What if she says no? What if she hates me now?' his negative thoughts took over. The next thing he knew Sakura had thrown herself into his arms causing them both to fall back into the pond.
"YES! Syaoran! I would love to marry you!" she said hugging him tightly. He pulled her into a kiss making them sink further into the water.
When the pulled back he slipped the ring onto her finger and said, "Thank you."
"For what?"
"For falling into the pond as well. I was a little embarrassed giving you a damp ring from a soggy box." She giggled as he smiled at her. She sneezed. "But we better get you outta this water before you catch cold." Once back on ground she sneezed more, followed by Syaoran sneezing.
"You can't stay in those clothes. You'll get pneumonia."
"So what do you suppose we do?" He asked.
"I have an idea." She walked up to him and kissed him passionately. Pushing his jacket off and reaching for his shirt buttons.
He pulled out of the kiss. "Only if you're ready. I'm not pressuring you here."
She smiled at him. "I'm ready. Besides, I still owe you a punishment."
Their 'picnic' continued as Sakura finally gave Syaoran something she'd saved especially for him. Her virginity. They didn't seem to notice that outside the tree branches a storm had started with rain down pouring everywhere save for their shelter under the willow tree.
-Later-
Sakura and Syaoran walked back to the campsite together through the drenching rain, slipping on mud every now and then. The two laughed. Just a little bit ago they were worried about explaining about the pond. Now they were saved. The returned to the site only to find most everyone running around frantically.
Sakura stopped a crying Jacki, "What happened? What's going on?"
"Kim..Nobody ::Sob:: Can find ::Sob:: her!" Jacki replied being pulled into a sisterly hug from Sakura. Kovu approached behind them.
"Syaoran. I need you for a few minutes." Kovu said sternly. He lead Syaoran into the woods a little ways. Eriol was waiting for them. "Ok you two. I need your help. I know you guys have magic."
"How..." Syaoran started only to be cut off by Eriol.
"Can we help?" He finished for his descendant.
"Kim has a small amount of power also. As do I,"
'That Aura!' Syaoran and Eriol thought together.
"She only shows her aura when she's in trouble or hurt. I felt it a little while ago but lost it. I'm afraid that she's too weak for just my powers to reach her. But if we were to combine our powers I'm sure we could find her a whole hell of a lot faster." You could faintly see tears streaming down his face. They however were hard to decipher from the rain that had not ceased to down pour.
The three men concentrated all their powers on the faint light-blue aura. They located it far off in the woods. Somewhere across the lake towards the west.
"It'll take at least a day to get there. And that's in dry conditions. We don't exactly have the weather on our sides here Kovu." Syaoran said. "Say, Eriol, could you transport us there?"
"Sadly my cute little descendant and friend I'm not strong enough in this weather. I couldn't do it." Eriol replied.
"We need to get to her! She's wet and cold and hurt and getting sicker every second. She's not as strong as most girls are. She's been though a lot. She's weak. She can't hang on for too long. Please you guys! You have to help me. She's everything to me." Kovu pleaded tears incessantly streaming from his eyes.
"If it were Sakura you'd do it for me. I'm in." Syaoran said. "Let's just get some clothes and food and stuff. It'll be on hell of a long trip."
They headed back to camp to grab some of their things. Eriol was talking to Tomoyo and Kovu to Jacki. Sakura found Syaoran coming out of his tent. She ran up to him. Crying.
"Shh...Sakura. Don't cry." He said pulling her into a tight embrace. "We know where she is and she'll be fine. Don't worry about her."
"But what about you?" she asked, hands clutching his jacket tightly.
"I'll be fine. I'm strong. I'll be back before you know it. It's only 2 days. I promise." He pulled her into a deep kiss as Kovu and Eriol called him. "I promise." With that he ran off with the other 2 to find the lost girl.
Sakura stood in the rain and put her hand to her heart and whispered, "Syaoran.."
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KiKi: Hi! So what do you think? Please review. Oh, and also Kanbi told me to thank all of you who previously reviewed. Her mind has gone a little bit haywire. That's why I'm here. I've got her back in her straight jacket in the closet. She seems to like it in there. Well I'll be going now! Drop us a line at Kanbi's e-mail addy : higashiumiame@yahoo.com ! Bai now!
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KanbiAme: Hi! Welcome Back! Well I've decided to put up 1 chapter every other day. And hopefully I'll get 4 - 5 chapters up this weekend... Damn School. Well I'm gonna get on with this chapter. I DO NOT own CCS! Clamp does. But I am turning 16 this year, so if ya need a present idea I would love to own CCS. Until then, I'll just have to write fanfics.
KiKi: Do I not get to say anything?
KanbiAme: NO. You protested this chapter so go screw a tree.
KiKi: Hmph... ::Returns to protesting::
KanbiAme: That girl has SO gotta grow up... Well.on with the show!
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-Tuesday-
Sakura awoke the next morning to the sounds of the birds and her friends making breakfast. She lay on her back for a few minutes taking in all the joyous sounds. She soon though was not alone.
"Knock, Knock," Syaoran joked as he unzipped the tent. "You awake beautiful?" He sat down beside her.
"Hai. I'm just listening." She answered opening her emerald eyes to meet with Syaoran's gorgeous amber ones.
"Listening? To what?" He asked laying down on the cloth floor beside her.
"Everything! Here close your eyes." He did as he was told. "Now listen." A few minutes of silence passed. "What do you hear?" She whispered.
"I hear..Eriol and Tomoyo in the woods. Over there." He said pointing to the north wall of the tent.
"Mou Syaoran! Do you not hear the birds and the bunnies and everyone's footsteps?"
He smiled at her next to him and put his arm around her slim waist, "Of course I do. But I didn't think that those things were ironic."
"Ironic? How?"
"Ironic because they always know where we are when we don't want them to know, and now we know where they are."
"Uh huh," she said not understanding what he had said.
"Never mind." He stated kissing her on the cheek before standing up. "Come on, you said you'd go on a picnic with me." He offered her his hand as she sat up.
"I did? I don't remember that." Syaoran sweatdropped.
"Just come on."
"Hai." She took his hand and stood up pushing him out of the tent. "Go make some food and I'll get ready!"
"Ok," He said, butterflies erupting in his stomach.
A few minutes later Sakura came out of the tent wearing jeans and a pink sweater. Syaoran was waiting for her with a backpack and blanket. He smiled at her and she smiled back. As they were about to leave Kim came running up.
"Hey you two!" she yelled, "Wanna go to the lake? Everyone else is already up there!"
"No thanks! Sorry but I promised Syaoran I'd go on a picnic with him. We'll try and join you guys later!" Sakura shouted back across the campsite.
"Ok! Later!" Kim dashed back off into the woods.
Syaoran turned to Sakura, "Ready?"
"Hai." Sakura said as he took her hand and lead her into the woods.
"So, how do you know Kim?" He asked calming his nerves.
"Mou Syaoran, you don't pay attention to anything do you?" She smiled at him. "She goes to our school. She's been one of my good friends since she transferred here in the 6th grade! She's only the captain of the Girls' Soccer Team."
"I never noticed. Even when the teams were meeting. I think I was a little too preoccupied with a certain head cheerleader." He said nudging her making her blush wildly.
"And you call yourself the captain of the Guys' Soccer Team. You should be ashamed." She teased back.
"Gomen, what's my punishment?"
"Hmm...I'll have to think about that. I'll tell you later." She smiled evilly. "So how much further is this place?"
"Just up ahead. Come on!" he started running forward pulling her along with him.
They followed a small stream until it dissapeared underneath a gigantic (AN: and I do mean GIGANTIC) Willow tree. Syaoran pushed back a few branches, revealing a small pond hidden beneath the base of the tree and a small grassy area close to the trunk. Just big enough to, say, have a picnic on.
"Oh Syaoran! It's beautiful!" Sakura said touching the tree trunk taking the site in while he set out their blanket.
"It's not the only thing." She looked at him confused. "You! Silly." He said pulling her into a kiss. However when they pulled apart she teasingly pushed him backwards. He lost his balance and landed in the pond behind him.
"Oh my gosh Syaoran! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to. I was just playing around!"
He pulled himself back onto the bank of the grass and sat Indian style. "Mou, you got it wet."
"Got what wet?" She asked sitting down in front of him.
"Well, now's as good a time as any, ne?"
"Syaoran, sweetie, you're confusing me."
"Sakura, I need to ask you something. It's been on my mind for the longest time." He looked up into her sparkling emerald eyes. "I had this whole speech planned out, but suddenly I can't for the life of me remember it. So..." He reached into his inside jacket pocket and brought out a slightly wet velvet box. "Sakura, I love you with all of my heart. Even more than what my heart can offer. I would gladly do anything for you. Even die. So please, will you honor me by being my wife?" Her jaw dropped unnoticeably as she looked at the boy...no, man she'd loved for her entire life. Then she looked down at the ring between his fingers. It was gold with a diamond surrounded by 5 small pink stones. He began to get nervous as she delayed her answer. Syaoran's butterflies multiplied by the thousands. She looked back into his amber eyes. 'What if she says no? What if she hates me now?' his negative thoughts took over. The next thing he knew Sakura had thrown herself into his arms causing them both to fall back into the pond.
"YES! Syaoran! I would love to marry you!" she said hugging him tightly. He pulled her into a kiss making them sink further into the water.
When the pulled back he slipped the ring onto her finger and said, "Thank you."
"For what?"
"For falling into the pond as well. I was a little embarrassed giving you a damp ring from a soggy box." She giggled as he smiled at her. She sneezed. "But we better get you outta this water before you catch cold." Once back on ground she sneezed more, followed by Syaoran sneezing.
"You can't stay in those clothes. You'll get pneumonia."
"So what do you suppose we do?" He asked.
"I have an idea." She walked up to him and kissed him passionately. Pushing his jacket off and reaching for his shirt buttons.
He pulled out of the kiss. "Only if you're ready. I'm not pressuring you here."
She smiled at him. "I'm ready. Besides, I still owe you a punishment."
Their 'picnic' continued as Sakura finally gave Syaoran something she'd saved especially for him. Her virginity. They didn't seem to notice that outside the tree branches a storm had started with rain down pouring everywhere save for their shelter under the willow tree.
-Later-
Sakura and Syaoran walked back to the campsite together through the drenching rain, slipping on mud every now and then. The two laughed. Just a little bit ago they were worried about explaining about the pond. Now they were saved. The returned to the site only to find most everyone running around frantically.
Sakura stopped a crying Jacki, "What happened? What's going on?"
"Kim..Nobody ::Sob:: Can find ::Sob:: her!" Jacki replied being pulled into a sisterly hug from Sakura. Kovu approached behind them.
"Syaoran. I need you for a few minutes." Kovu said sternly. He lead Syaoran into the woods a little ways. Eriol was waiting for them. "Ok you two. I need your help. I know you guys have magic."
"How..." Syaoran started only to be cut off by Eriol.
"Can we help?" He finished for his descendant.
"Kim has a small amount of power also. As do I,"
'That Aura!' Syaoran and Eriol thought together.
"She only shows her aura when she's in trouble or hurt. I felt it a little while ago but lost it. I'm afraid that she's too weak for just my powers to reach her. But if we were to combine our powers I'm sure we could find her a whole hell of a lot faster." You could faintly see tears streaming down his face. They however were hard to decipher from the rain that had not ceased to down pour.
The three men concentrated all their powers on the faint light-blue aura. They located it far off in the woods. Somewhere across the lake towards the west.
"It'll take at least a day to get there. And that's in dry conditions. We don't exactly have the weather on our sides here Kovu." Syaoran said. "Say, Eriol, could you transport us there?"
"Sadly my cute little descendant and friend I'm not strong enough in this weather. I couldn't do it." Eriol replied.
"We need to get to her! She's wet and cold and hurt and getting sicker every second. She's not as strong as most girls are. She's been though a lot. She's weak. She can't hang on for too long. Please you guys! You have to help me. She's everything to me." Kovu pleaded tears incessantly streaming from his eyes.
"If it were Sakura you'd do it for me. I'm in." Syaoran said. "Let's just get some clothes and food and stuff. It'll be on hell of a long trip."
They headed back to camp to grab some of their things. Eriol was talking to Tomoyo and Kovu to Jacki. Sakura found Syaoran coming out of his tent. She ran up to him. Crying.
"Shh...Sakura. Don't cry." He said pulling her into a tight embrace. "We know where she is and she'll be fine. Don't worry about her."
"But what about you?" she asked, hands clutching his jacket tightly.
"I'll be fine. I'm strong. I'll be back before you know it. It's only 2 days. I promise." He pulled her into a deep kiss as Kovu and Eriol called him. "I promise." With that he ran off with the other 2 to find the lost girl.
Sakura stood in the rain and put her hand to her heart and whispered, "Syaoran.."
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KiKi: Hi! So what do you think? Please review. Oh, and also Kanbi told me to thank all of you who previously reviewed. Her mind has gone a little bit haywire. That's why I'm here. I've got her back in her straight jacket in the closet. She seems to like it in there. Well I'll be going now! Drop us a line at Kanbi's e-mail addy : higashiumiame@yahoo.com ! Bai now!
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