**Will probably be full of soppy crap. (I'm in one of those moods.)
Chapter 10-Adam's apple
"Hello Yue." It spat at the terrified boy. Yue squinted, trying to make out the shape of the person. It actually appeared to be two people, one was lower than the other but it was definitely two people.

Yue inched closer.

"Who are you?" He whispered.

The person started to laugh, it was a deep laugh from the back of the person's throat and they laughed for a while.

"I doubt that you know me." The person moved a bit towards Yue and the other person attached to this one moved and wriggled, it muffled something, like it was gagged.

"But my friend here would be glad to introduce us." The person stepped out of the shadows, a boy struggling at the side of the now recognizable man.

The man was about twenty one, with dark chestnut hair and azure eyes, he was wearing traditional Chinese robes and a smirk was on his face, in one hand was an apple and his free arm was wrapped around the boy's neck, making the boy crouch down a bit to stop the pain.

"So Syaoran, are you gonna introduce us?" The man teased. Yue immediately recognised Syaoran, using all his strength to break free from the man's grasp. He was definitely not in the position to even make a sound.

"Fine." The man scoffed. "I'll do the intro's." He shoved Syaoran onto the ground where he coughed and spluttered, Yue ran to his side.

"I am Chen, Syaoran's best friend, well, I suppose I'm his former best friend now." He gave a little chuckle and Syaoran frowned, growling.

"You bastard Chen!" He spat, still trying to gain his breath back. "What's going on?! Why did you attack me?"

Chen just smiled and let out an exasperated sigh.

"Really Syaoran, all these years, I would've thought it was obvious, always sneaking away, never there when Zháo came." Chen laughed and bowed.

"I am the proud son of Zháo." He said and looked up.
"I guess I'm not any more, seeing as he's DEAD! I just keep on losing people!" He walked up to Syaoran and bent down, he grabbed Syaoran's neck and shook him violently.

"I'm just going to have to AVENGE him aren't I?"

BANG!
Chen stumbled over and held his hand to his head. Yue stood over him with a big block of wood.

"Damn it! That was NOT nice!" Chen leapt up and dashed at Yue.
Using the last of his strength, Syaoran jumped in between Yue and Chen.

The last thing he remembered was Chen hitting him. And it hurt.
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Syaoran woke up with a start. His head ached and his neck wouldn't support him properly, he lay back down and looked around. He was in his room. He took in his surroundings and the events of what happened before he was knocked out came flooding back to him. Where was Chen? Was Yue Ok? He tried to get up but his arms failed him and he flopped back down onto his bed.

A boy came rushing up to him as he tried his second attempt of getting up; the boy slowly pushed him back onto the bed.

"You need to save your energy, just calm down."

Syaoran heard the familiar Japanese accent, the boy that sometimes sounded more like a girl than a boy.

"Yue." He breathed, his throat felt like razors as he tried to speak.
"In the flesh." Yue replied softly, Syaoran smiled and laid back down with ease.
"What happened to Chen?" He asked.

"Well, when you fell unconscious, he tried to attack me, luckily your father was looking for you and came at just the right time, it was lucky really as-"

Yue was stopped by Syaoran's finger on his lips. Yue blushed a deep red and turned away to put some cloth in the bowl of water beside him.

Syaoran watched as Yue wet the cloth and dabbed it at his neck, there was an awkward silence as neither knew what to say. Syaoran coughed and spoke.

"Yue," He began. "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"Uh, no, no, not at all." Yue muttered, still wiping the sweat and blood off Syaoran.
Syaoran shifted on his bed, he stared up at Yue.

"Are you sure Yue?" He asked, his eyes turning into the soft amber that made Sakura melt the last time she saw them.

"I...I'm sure. Heh Heh..." Yue still wiped at the same spot over and over, he was nervous as hell. He was less than a few centimetres from the guy 'he' was head over heels on love with and who had also beaten the living crap out of him. Of course, there was no reason to be nervous.
Syaoran sighed and moved his head onto Yue's lap. Yue started at this sudden move but didn't make any attempt to get Syaoran off. His eyes were half closed and he looked kind of kawaii.
Syaoran breathed in deeply and smiled.
"You smell good." He whispered.
Yue was a tomato now. He mumbled something and tried to shift his position, this was really weird. Did he know that Yue was Sakura? What if he didn't?!

Syaoran opened his eyes and looked up at Yue.

"You know," He said. "You're the only boy I know without an Adam's apple."

Yue blinked.
I think I've just been found out. He thought.
"Let down your hair?" Syaoran asked with little puppy dog eyes, making Yue melt.
He slowly untied his hair and let it fall over his face. Yue immediately became Sakura. Syaoran's smile grew wider.
"Hello Sakura." He said.

"Uh, hello Syaoran." Sakura gulped.
"How are you?" His strength was returning and he shuffled a bit in Sakura's lap.

"Uh, I'm fine."

Syaoran sat up and looked at Sakura, he traced his finger down her cheek and onto her back, he pressed down near the top of her back and she flinched.

"From where I hit you?" He asked, his eyes and voice full of concern. Sakura nodded.

"Can I see it?"
She turned around and he helped her to lift up her shirt, he gasped as he saw her skin.
Near her shoulder blade, there was a big purple bruise, it was all along the right side of her back and she jumped when he stroked it.

"Oh my God." He whispered, his voice becoming hoarse.

Sakura slipped her shirt back down over her back and turned around, forcing a smile. See could see Syaoran was trying desperately to hold back the tears that were welling up in his eyes.

"It's Ok Syaoran." She reassured, putting her hand in his shoulder.

"I had it coming, you didn't know." It wasn't working, his head was hung low and little hiccups peeped up from time to time.

Sakura stared at Syaoran for a while. She inched closer and pressed her head against his chest. He jumped a bit as she wrapped her arms around his neck, he slowly picked up his hands and put them clumsily around her waist, after a while, he drew her in closer and held her.
They sat there, in each other's arms for a few minutes before Sakura pulled away.
"There, do you feel better?" She asked. He nodded and grinned.

"You gaki." She laughed and went to pick up the bowl.

"He grabbed her hand and pulled her so close, their noses were almost touching. He breath was hard and fast.
"Say that again." He whispered. "And I'll kiss you."
Sakura stared at him straight in the eyes.
"Gaki." She said, so softly that Syaoran could just about hear him.
Syaoran smile a REALLY broad, cute lil' pretty boy smile and leaned into Sakura before she could even blink.
His lips were softer than she had imagined.
Even Satou's kiss wasn't as good as this! Sakura closed her eyes and leaned into him as well, returning the kiss. She could hear his heart beat again. It sounded like a humming bird.

Babumpbabumpbabumpbaumpbabumpbabump
They parted after about two minutes and stared at each other. Syaoran was blushing harder than Sakura was.

"Uh, uh, um, uh, well, uh, um..." He stuttered and looked down again.

"Uh, well, I better go...You need to get your strength back." Sakura said and started to get up.

Syaoran's head immediately shot up and he stood up too.

"Y-you can't go!" He whined. Sakura laughed and went to leave when she suddenly heard Syaoran let out a cry of pain and sort of fall to the floor. She turned around to see him wriggling on the floor in a dramatic sort of way, whining and groaning. Sakura knelt down and stared at him. He looked up and gave her a sweet, innocent, I'm-in-fake-pain look. She sighed at him.
"I hurt my hand." He said, lifting his hand up for Sakura to see. It was perfectly fine, just a bit red where he had hit it with his other hand.

"Gaki." She said as she helped him into bed. As she stood up, he grabbed her hand and pulled her onto the bed with him, wrapping his arms around her.

Sakura blinked and wriggled a bit.

"I'm sleepy now..." Syaoran sighed and closed his eyes.

Sakura smiled and closed her eyes too.
And together they fell asleep.
I'm in a SERIOUS fluffy mood today! I can't believe I wrote that! I'm not a fluffy person. I think I made Syaoran seem kinda weak! I got sooo many reviews! I checked my email a few hours after I put the story up and all of them were reviews! I nearly fell off my chair!
Ok, who votes that I should do an Inu Yasha fan fic after this? Place your bets now! Only a few more chapters to go! (I'm running out of plot, hence the fluffiness!)

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