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Author's Notes: Sakura and Yue are both 16 in this 'lil fic, 'kay?

Chapter Three

By: Midnight Star24

~*Yue's POV*~

  Slowly I open my eyes.  I feel so weak.  The pain and heat that once plagued me is gone… leaving me tired and weak.  I moan softly, unable to speak as the heat left me dry.

  "Ah, you're awake," a satisfied, but tired voice said beside me.

  I turn my head.  A strangely familiar person materialized in front of my blurry eyes.  I searched my memories for the name of this girl and came to a halt.  Her name was Sakura, leader of the gang the Leopards.  I tried sitting up to face her but fell back in vain.

  She rushed towards, concern plain on her face.  "Are you ok?" she asked worriedly.

  One thing came to mind.  "Water," I croaked out, my throat dry.

  She rushed to the bedside and poured a glass of water out of the pitcher.  Carefully, she tipped a bit of the water slowly into my mouth, remembering the wounds that I'd sustained.

  "Don't drink it too fast, your body needs to get use to the amount of water you're consuming right now after a fever plagued you for three days," she chided softly as I greedily guzzled the water down.

  Standing, she put the water glass on the bedside and as my eyes closed, I whispered three words.  "Stay with me."  As I drifted to oblivion, I saw through the mist of dreams, her kind and gentle smile.

~*Sakura's POV*~

  Sighing, I smoothed back the hair that drifted on his face when he turned on his side and wrinkled his nose a bit in displeasure.

  "Sakura-chan, you'll need the sleep.  I heard from Naoko that the Vipers are planning to visit us tomorrow," said Tomoyo beside the doorway as she watched the scene before her eyes, all the while filming it. 

  I sighed.  Tomoyo was once the daughter of a famous designer when her mother had a car accident.  Then she joined my gang three years ago and we became the best of friends while I knew she cared for me a lot.

  I did as she said though…  If the Vipers were planning a visit for us, I was going to need every bit of strength I had.

  Dropping my head down on the bed, I slipped into my heaven, the only place I'd be truly free…

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