j/h: I dont own CCS. :'(

(j/h: In this story, Sakura and Syaoran are dating...muahahah)

CHAPTER 1: battle

(June, 2002)

intro: Syaoran is in the middle of a battle with the god of Darkness Yumi...

"Syaoran!" 17 year old Sakura screamed. She struggled behind Keroberos' body,

who was pulling her back.

"Sakura," Keroberos said. "Let him fight." Sakura watched as Syaoran fought for

breath. His eyes were a cloudy shade of brown, which were also wincing in pain.

He looked up at his opponent Yumi, the God of Darkness, and bared his teeth. He

wasn't even close to giving up.

Yumi. He was the one who announced all of the destruction. He was the one who

called evil spirits to haunt those who were innocent. He was the one who gave

Sakura's family a curse, which killed Fujitaka. He was the one who

gave Syaoran's mother a curse, which sent her into a coma. He gave two days of

frightening weather and complete darkness in Hong Kong, destroying Syaoran's mothers

home. He was responsible for everything cruel. Sakura couldn't blame Syaoran. He

lost almost everything, just like Sakura, and couldn't take anymore of Yumi.

"Element, lightning!" Syaoran yelled. Yumi laughed, and held out his right hand.

A dark circle came out and surrounded Yumi. A thick line of lightning came down

from the cloudy sky and shot down at Yumi. The lightning hit Yumi's dark shield

and shot back at Syaoran.

"No!" Sakura screamed helplessly as she watched Syaoran's limp body crash into a

large tree trunk and fall to the ground.

"Mmmphh..." Syaoran grunted as he stood up.

"You can't fight Syaoran, you magic is weak," Yumi sent three electric energy

balls at Syaoran, as he laughed.

'I wont give up..." Syaoran thought. The energy balls hit him one by one. The

energy balls shot pain down his legs and arms, and he felt his skin burning

every millisecond. His body grew numb after the energy balls disappeared.

"Stop Syaoran!" Sakura's voice rang through his ears. 'I won't give up...'

Syaoran thought once again. His arms shook under him as he stuggled to get up.

He stood up, leaning against the tree trunk. He let took out a ofudo and struck

his sword against it. Wind bursted from the back of the ofudo and shot towards

Yumi. It missed Yumi by inches.

"He's losing his concentration," Keroberos said. "If he keeps doing this, he

will lose all of his energy!" Sakura whined nervously behind Keroberos. His body

was blocking the view, so she couldn't see what was happening to Syaoran.

"Get out of my way.' Sakura said threateningly to Keroberos. She saw Syaoran

limp on the ground as she stood up.

"I can't let you get involved in this fight. Li wanted to fight him Sakura,"

Keroberos told her. " If he needs help, I'll know when to help him."

"He needs help now!" Sakura yelled. Tears were threatening to come into her

emerald eyes.

"Your useless Syaoran," Yumi smirked. "There's no point in fighting anymore.

Your magic is pathetic." Syaoran breathed heavily.

"I...am not...pathetic!" Syaoran spat out at Yumi. He got up slowly, balancing

against the tree trunk. "I wont backout!"

"Hmmph," Yumi said disbelived. "I will end this now then. Gomen nasai Syaoran."

Yumi chanted a curse.

"Darkness of shadows, evil of demons, appear before me, and curse those in our

way...appear!" A dark shadow formed infront of Yumi and flew towards Syaoran.

"SYAORAN!" screamed Sakura. She shoved Keroberos out of her way and ran across the field towards Syaoran. Sakura ran between Syaoran and Yumi.

"SAKURA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" yelled Syaoran. She closed her eyes as the evil shadow flew right through

her, leaving a purple mist in its trail. Syaoran screamed. He ran up to her, and his eyes were no

longer the color of sweet amber, but changed to a misty purple, his pupils were

growing smaller and smaller by the minute.

"This will be the end of this battle," Yumi grinned evilly. "I will see you

soon. The other four gods and I will be watching you." With that, he disappeared

into a cloud of dust. Syaoran shook Sakura by the shoulders roughly.

"Are you ok Sakura?" Syaoranwhispered quietly. Silent tears welled up in his

eyes. "We need to get you to a doctor!"

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