A/N: Okay, Melanie isn't updating this, so I am! Me, Brette, the other person that's on this account. I haven't written for this story for a loooooooong time so forgive me if there's some mistakes *runs away scared* and please DON'T HURT ME!

~~~Kook-ook-a-look~~~ (also known as "On With the Story")

After school Syaoran walked out to the back of the school to wait for Sakura. The day was bright and sunny and the Sakura trees swayed gently in the light summer breeze as little flower petals drifted silently to the ground. Anybody walking by would think it to be a normal day but Syaoran knew that something dark was just waiting in the shadows.

Sakura was already standing there waiting for him. To Syaoran she looked like the normal innocent girl he had fallen in love with, but her aura was still its unusual, dark, threatening self.

Sakura shot Syaoran a mocking smile. It was so like her but at the same time she was so different. Syaoran got ready to put on his emotionless glare and sauntered up to her silently.

"Well, you actually showed up. You have more nerve than I thought, boy," Sakura taunted Syaoran. "I just thought I'd tell you that you and everyone else is going to die. It's not like you can do anything about it, so don't even try."

(A/N: Hahaha, that rhymed! Die, try! Woohoo!)

Syaoran opened his mouth to ask something but before he could, Sakura placed her palm on his chest.

"What the hell are you doing?" he asked, thinking she was going to hurt him, even though the feeling of her hand on his chest was warm and caused his heart rate to speed up.

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Smiling wickedly, she just said: "We're going for a little ride."

With that, Syaoran's world was turned upside down for several seconds. They landed (Landed? Were they flying?) and Syaoran barely stopped himself from falling over.

Looking up, he appeared to be standing in the middle of a huge, black room. Rukawa stood, looking at him and smirking, from the other side of the room.

Sakura walked over to Rukawa and he placed his arm around her waist and starting playing with her hair. That alone made Syaoran want to kill him. But before he could take any sort of action, Misha emerged from the shadows on the far side of the room with a death glare on her face.

She stared daggers at Sakura's back, hoping that somehow she was actually hurting her.

When Misha walked into the room, all the memories of what she had done rushed into Syaoran's head. That bitch! was his first thought.

It was all too much for Syaoran and he instantly went with what came naturally to him: attack. He rushed at Rukawa, but before he got close, he was thrown off his feet by a blast of energy. He shook his head to clear his vision and saw Sakura standing in front of Rukawa with her hand facing towards him.

"Sakura," Rukawa said, almost lazily, "Dispose of him will you?"

A killer grin came onto Sakura's face and she took a couple steps forward. She would gladly do anything he asked if it involved hurting Syaoran.

A look of despair was in his amber eyes. Syaoran knew he wouldn't be able to hurt Sakura even if she was trying to kill him. He loved her too much to inflict any pain. It didn't matter that she wasn't herself, underneath, it was still Sakura.

All he could do was dodge and hope that his luck held. He dodged the first several blasts but then she caught him off-guard and hit him right in the chest. It threw him off-balance and he fell, with a large thud, to the floor.

Laughing slightly, Sakura stalked over to him. She leaned over him and touched the side of his face, running her finger down his jaw line.

A grimace spread across Syaoran's face and he leaned away from her hand. Sakura knew she was hurting him and she kept telling herself that she loved it, even if a part of her, deep inside, knew she was wrong.

"Sakura!" he gasped, "Sakura! Don't do this, please! You don't have to do this!" Then finally he said what he had been wanting to all along: "I love you."

(A/N: Hey, not that romantic, but at least he said it! )

"Awww, is that what you told her too?" Sakura's voice was dripping with sarcasm. By her he knew she meant

Misha. (A/N: Just in case some of you didn't catch that there!)

"What? No, Sakura! I don't love her! I don't know what happened…. …I think she drugged me," he said sending a lethal glare in Misha's direction. "I'd never anything to hurt you on purpose. I love you Sakura……I always have."

Sakura just laughed in disbelief and started building up her energy for another shot at him.

Misha stood to the side watching the seen unfold before her. She knew what Rukawa wanted with the Cherry Blossom. She also realized at that moment that she was always just a toy to Rukawa, something he used to get his own way. And here was this boy, confessing his love for Sakura and she was laughing at him. Just one look into his eyes was enough to see he was telling the truth. What was left of Misha's heart was breaking and strong sadness was building in her.

The light in Sakura's hands started to get more concentrated and she was about to launch it at Syaoran, who was lying on the ground with his eyes shut, when she was hit from the side and fell over. Misha stood where Sakura had been, breathing heavily.

"Sakura! I can't let you do this!" Misha yelled, "What he speaks is the truth. I drugged him. What we did wasn't by his own free will. Everything he says is true..." She trailed off, not daring to look at Rukawa, instead sending a pained glance in Sakura's direction. She could feel Rukawa's aura. It had changed from its normal dark, cold blue to a hate-filled black.

"Misha." Rukawa's voice was low and venom-filled. Only then did Misha notice he stood right behind her. "You have ruined it all." With those words, he blasted her from behind, throwing her across the room. She hit one of the invisible black walls on the other side of the room with the sickening thud.

As she lay there dying, Misha knew that Rukawa had never really loved her. He used her only for her power, and once he surpassed her in that, for his puppet.

Sakura was sitting on the ground and her eyes were filled with tears. She didn't know whom to believe. She closed her eyes and a single tear rolled down her cheek. "I'm sorry," she whispered and cast a sad glance at Misha's dead body.

Syaoran was confused. Was she was saying sorry to Misha? He slowly leaned forward and brushed the tear from her cheek, more reassured, as her aura slowly turned into its normal bright, cheery pink.

"Oh, Syaoran!" she suddenly cried, throwing herself onto him, "I'm so sorry! What have I done to you?"

"Sshh, it's okay, Sakura." Syaoran whispered gently cradling her in his arms, as he had been wanting to since the night of the dance. He stroked her hair gently. Her small body shook in his arms and her face was buried in his shoulder. "I should be the one who's sorry"

Syaoran looked into her eyes and Sakura tried to smile. Slowly he leaned forward and caught her lips with his own.

The kiss intensified and Sakura leaned into him. Suddenly there was a sound of someone clearing their throat behind them.

"Ahem." Rukawa stood watching, looking extremely pissed off. "Shouldn't we be fighting now?"

"Oh, right!! Just a second." Syaoran said, giving Sakura a last kiss and helping her to her feet. They both took fighting stances, ready for round two now that they knew how the other felt.

Sakura interlaced her fingers with Syaoran's and prepared her body for the impact of Rukawa's wrath.

A/N: Dun, dun, dun! Woo hoo, scary isn't it? At least she isn't all killy now! Will they ever make it out of this scary place? Will Melanie ever update instead of making me do it? Will I ever stop writing stupid, stupid messages at the end of chapters? Find out, in the next chapter of PAIN AND SORROW!!! (Don't forget to read the last three words in a loud, echoing voice!) Keep reviewing!

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HAHAHA! If you've already read this chapter you might notice it's different then the first time it was uploaded!!! That is because it is me! The amazing MELANIE!! Not brette! Yes Brette, I have gone back and changed parts that I didn't like! Because you wrote this chapter without me knowing! Even though I wanted you to……..because I'm lazy and didn't want to update! lol

-darkcherry o.O