AN: Yes, here's the edited chapter 2. I hope you can enjoy this more now.

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS, CLAMP does

Always & Forever

Sakura braced herself for a very tough fall, but instead of meeting hard concrete, she fell on something else - or someone else. She knew she was awake but didn't feel like opening her eyes. Although her fall wasn't met with concrete, her entire body still ached. She slowly opened her eyes, and she shut them again because of the blinding light. Then she realized she must have fallen on someone and her eyes flew open and she sat up.

She looked down and found a man lying next to her unconscious. Scared, she just sat there - paralyzed. What have I done? She thought wildly, not noticing her surroundings.

Syaoran looked at the young woman; she seemed to be in shock. He couldn't help but notice her beautiful features and the clothes she was wearing. He felt a great deal of power come off her and he thought maybe she was an enemy as well, why else would this strange girl suddenly drop from nowhere and dressed so - so different. He studied her clothes a bit more. She wore on a long sleeve blue shirt; her collar was white with a strip of blue, same at the end of her sleeves, it was white with a strip of blue. She also wore a pink skirt with socks and black shoes. This was highly unusual for a girl to be wearing that. Never in all the kingdoms have I seen a girl wear that before. Syaoran thought. He wondered again if she could be the enemy, but when he saw her concerned emerald green eyes bright with tears, he knew he was wrong. He said nothing, just stared and waited till she saw him

Sakura finally convinced herself that the person next to her would be ok. She then realized something else - where she was. She was supposed to be dead on a dark alley, and yet strangely enough she wasn't. She looked around and found herself in a very stylish yet comfortable room filled only with the color green. Her curious eyes searched silently around the room.

There was a huge bed covered with layer after layer with green blankets, a large canopy over it that had sheer green curtains falling to the side; next to it was a night table. There was also a fireplace in the room; beside it was a huge dark green armchair that added to the comfy atmosphere. (AN: Hehehehe - what a coincidence, everything's green.) Her eyes traveled the room until she saw a young man standing and staring intently at her. She noticed the clothes he was wearing and noticed something was wrong. Where am I? She thought, tears filled her eyes once more.

"Who are you?" Syaoran asked, his voice coming out much harsher than he thought. Their eyes locked and they both stared at each other, she remained quiet for a moment, then bringing herself back into reality, answered him.

"Kinomoto Sakura," she replied softly, her eyes never leaving his. She started to get up, but winced in pain and fell back down. She bent her head so her bangs covered her eyes as a tear slowly came down her face. Syaoran moved forward almost immediately and held out his hand to her. She looked up at him, a look of surprise on her face. She gave him a smile before accepting his hand. At the touch of her hand - something strange happened which neither one of them could explain. It seemed as if they had known each other, as if they had met before. He realized he was smiling back self- consciously at her and quickly returned the frown that was there before. After helping her up and making sure she was able to stand up on her own, he moved away.

Sakura looked at the stranger in front of her. "Arigatou," She told him politely, but he remained silent. He didn't seem so tall now that she was standing up, and she couldn't figure out why he was staring at her so seriously with a frown on his face. He had spoken to her so harshly, yet he was very kind to help her up. She swallowed and looked around once more, afraid to say or do anything. She finally built up the courage to talk to him. "Do you know where I am?" She asked, her voice shaking a bit. The look on his face didn't change.

"You're in my room," he replied to her. She felt a smile grow on her face, and saw the look of confusion on the young man's face who was standing across from her.

"I know I'm in a room," she told him, and she saw his eyes widen a bit. (Well duh!) Syaoran felt a slight blush creep across his face, calling himself a baka as he looked away. She tried to cover it up, seeing that he felt uncomfortable. "You've got a very nice room. It's very.green." He looked up at her and gave her another little smile that she returned brightly.

"You're in the Li Kingdom," he told her this time. She still looked confused. "You aren't from around here, are you?" he asked her. (AN: Once again, well duh!) She shook her head, her soft light hair moving back and forth across her delicate face. "I could tell. Your clothes, where did you get your clothes? They're so unusual for a girl to be wearing them." She looked at him in shock.

"Hoe?" she said, startled. "But, everyone else wears them. I didn't know." She looked very uncomfortable, so Syaoran changed the subject.

"How did you get in my room?" he asked her again.

"I don't know. One minute I'm falling hundred of feet from the air, the next minute I've landed on top of that poor helpless man over there," she said, pointing to he man lying on the floor. Syaoran smirked and Sakura looked at him.

" 'Poor helpless man?' " He asked in shock. "That 'poor helpless man' was trying to kill me!" Sakura felt her eyes widen and she gasped in shock. She noticed that he was staring at her accusingly.

"Hoe?" She said again. "Are you saying I'm trying to kill you too?" She gasped again.

"Are you?" He asked her, staring at her intensively.

"Am I? I don't even know who that person is!" She replied, taken back. "I don't know where I am, or who you are! Why would I be trying to kill you? I've never killed anyone in my whole life, I don't even like fighting!" Syaoran sighed heavily. She didn't seem to be the type, seeing the scared expression on her face. Both of them heard a racket and he self- consciously moved in front of her, sword in hand, ready to protect her and himself from whoever it was that was coming.

Suddenly, the man on the floor got up and both Sakura and Syaoran turned their heads at the man. He made a grab for Sakura, but Syaoran raised his sword and brought it down without hesitation. The man screamed as a bright light filled the room. Syaoran grabbed Sakura and as he did, both of them tripped and fell down.

The bright light faded away, and Sakura opened her eyes to reveal Syaoran on top of her. Syaoran opened his eyes, that were shut tightly as well, and saw two emerald orbs staring at up at him. Both of them blushed slightly, but not making any move to get up. Suddenly three people suddenly barged inside the room and stopped in a halt. They stared at the two young people with shock. Syaoran scrambled off of Sakura and stood up. He looked down, a deep red blush creeping up his face. He remembered Sakura was still on the floor and once again reached out his hand to help her up. She accepted it, just as before and stood up, standing close next to him. He took a little step away from her, but she didn't seem to notice it at all.

Sakura looked closely at all three people standing in front of them. There was a young man with dark hair and sapphire eyes and glasses, a girl with straight, long black hair that was in pigtails with surprised red eyes, and a girl with matching violet eyes and long wavy violet hair. Sakura stared closely at the last girl with violet eyes.I know you, she thought, no, it couldn't be. The girl did remember her as well. She walked up to Sakura, her face full of surprise, then happiness.

"Sakura?" She asked. Sakura stared at the girl in front of her and smiled.

"Hoooeeee! Tomoyo!" Sakura yelled out as she practically jumped on her friend giving her a hug. She moved away, Sakura relieved to see someone she knew. "Tomoyo, it's so good to see you! I've missed you so much!"

"And it is good to see you," she returned. "Sakura, how on earth did you get here?" She asked, very curious as to how her friend found out about this place. Sakura gave Tomoyo a very sympathetic look, and started pouting.

"Oh Tomoyo, I really don't know how I got here! I don't even know where I am! And how did you get here?" She told her, starting to panic once more. Tomoyo started at her for a second, a thoughtful look on her face, and then she shook her head.

"I am sorry, Sakura, but we must talk later," Tomoyo replied to her. The boy with sapphire eyes and glasses nodded in agreement.

"Tomoyo is right, we don't have no time to talk right now." He said, then turned towards Syaoran. "What happened here?" He asked, the amusement in his eyes clearly visible. Syaoran started scratching his head and looked a bit nervous, once again a slight blush creeping slowly across his face. He then looked around for the man, but it seemed as if he had just disappeared. Sakura looked around as well for the man that had earlier tried to attack Syaoran and recently try to attack her.

"I was attacked by someone," he replied, gaining back his coolness, "and before we could do anything, this girl fell on top of him." He told the three people in front of him, pointing to Sakura. Sakura blushed and looked down.

"I - I - I really didn't mean to," she stuttered, "it - was an accident." Tomoyo smiled and patted her shoulder.

"Don't worry Sakura," she told her, "Ii desu." Sakura smiled back uncertainly at her.

"Well, if I were here," the girl with pigtails started but got cut off.

"Then he tried to attack her, and I killed him. But when I did, there was this blinding light and now he's nowhere to be found," Syaoran told them. "I don't know who he is and I'm almost positive he wasn't going to say anything. I think I might know who sent him as well." He paused and left out the part where he tried to protect Sakura and ended up on top of her (AN: Gee, I wonder why smirks Oh no! Eriol is getting to me! So not only am I just as evil as him, I'm smirking like him too!). "Listen, we better get out of here. There might be more men coming, and I don't want anyone in the castle to get injured." Everyone nodded except for Sakura, who just stared at him. He saw her looking at him and looked away, turning slightly red for the third time. Sakura looked away too, herself turning red. The girl with pigtails saw them and fumed and was about to comment when she got interrupted.

"Ok, come on everyone, I know exactly where to go," said the boy with glasses said quickly, he too saw the two young people blush and the angry look on girl with pigtails face. He turned to Sakura and smiled. "You better come with us too." She nodded and everyone followed him out of the room. All five people walked quickly and silently down the huge halls. Sakura just stared in amazement as she passed by different rooms and hallways with huge paintings on the wall.

Soon they were outside following the dirt path lit up by the moon. Finally, after walking quite a while, Sakura found herself in front of a small cottage. She didn't say anything the entire time; she was confused and tired. The boy with glasses muttered something that she couldn't catch and the door suddenly opened. It's as if he used magic or something, no, that's insane - no, that's insane.I'm just tired, that's all, she thought to herself. They all stepped inside and were greeted by a cozy little room with an already lit fire. They sat down on the sofas that were provided in silence except for the boy with messy brown hair, who leaned against the wall, not one of them saying anything. Finally Tomoyo cleared her voice looked at Sakura.

"Sakura, how did you get here?" She asked. Sakura looked around to find everyone staring at her. She shifted uncomfortably in her spot.

"Well," she started, "I was over at Agnes' apartment and - "

" Oh! Are you and Agnes still going out?" Tomoyo asked in dismay. Sakura shook her head.

"Iie. I once overheard him talking to someone - I don't know to whom though. He was only dating me because he wanted something from me." Tomoyo's eyes narrowed.

"Did he say what he wanted?" the boy with glasses asked, his voice dangerous. She turned to him and shook her head.

"Iie, I don't know what he wanted from me," answered Sakura, a frown on her face. "He asked me to come over, and I went because I thought something was wrong. But he just wanted to get back with me. We were standing on the balcony, and when I told him no, he got angry and pushed me off. And then, I was in his room," she said indicating to Syaoran who had his hands crossed over his chest with a serious look on his face.

"I see," was all Tomoyo said. "Oh! Let me introduce you to everyone else!" Tomoyo said excitedly. "This is Hiiragizawa Eriol," she said pointing to the boy with glasses. He stood up and went over to Sakura, then bowed and kissed her hand, making her blush.

"It is a true pleasure," he told Sakura. Sakura smiled back at him.

"The pleasure's all mine," she replied to him. At the corner of the room where Syaoran was standing, he felt his anger rise and was surprised because he didn't know why. Eriol, sensing his angry aura, smiled wickedly.

"This is Li Meilin," Tomoyo went on, indicating the girl with pigtails. Meilin smiled, and Sakura returned it. She stared at everyone then remembered.

"Oh, where are my manners?" She stood up herself and bowed. "I'm Kinomoto Sakura. Hajimemashite, and please call me Sakura," she told them. She suddenly saw the young man in the corner looking at her. "Who is he?" She asked Tomoyo. Meilin gasped.

"You don't know who he is?" she sounded shocked. Sakura blushed and shook her head. Syaoran lifted up his head and stared at her for a moment.

"Li Syaoran," he told her. Meilin ran up beside him and grabbed onto his arm.

"Prince Li Syaoran," she added. "My fiancée." Sakura stared. Hoe? Prince? Fiancée? She thought. Syaoran looked uncomfortable with Meilin grabbing onto him.

"Let go Meilin. Meilin - get off of me," he said, trying to get her off of him. After a little bit more of him telling her to get off of him, she pouted and reluctantly letting go of him.

"Let's all get some sleep now, and we'll talk about what we're going to do tomorrow," Eriol suggested. Everyone nodded in agreement too tired to do anything else. Eriol put them all in their own room. For a cottage, it sure is big, Sakura thought as she pulled the warm blanket over her. She soon fell into a peaceful sleep.

AN: That's the end of chapter 2, I know – a lot longer than the first one… hope it was better too! Review and let me know what you think! Thanks!