I Love Her?…I Love Her Not?

By: pnaixrose

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS. CLAMP does.

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Chapter 3: At Midnight

'Meet here at midnight?' Ryu thought.

"I'll come," he said.

"Make sure you are here. Don't worry, I'm not your enemy," the voice replied. But Ryu heard a faint chuckle.

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"That was good," Shun said patting his stomach.

"I'm glad you liked it," Himiko replied smiling.

Shun stared at her cute smile, his heart melting. 'Why do I stare at her whenever she smiles?' he tried to look away but he couldn't take her eyes off her. This made him blush bright red.

"Shun? Are you sure you don't have a fever or a cold? You're very red." Himiko sounded worried.

"I…I'm fine," he answered gruffly.

"Alright," Himiko said, still unsure. "Hey, let's go to the park."

She had a sudden urge to see the beautiful lake in the middle of the park.

"Whatever."

They picked up the leftovers, and headed towards the park, nothing really happening on the way.

"Hey let's sit over there!" Himiko said pointing to a big rock that faced the lake. She wrapped her arm around Shun's and pulled him towards the rock. She always was excited to go to the lake. It gave her a soothing feeling whenever she looked at it.

Shun turned bright red when he felt her arm wrapped around his. It gave him a tingling feeling. He didn't know if that was a good thing or not but…

"What's not a good thing or not?" Himiko asked innocently as they sat on the rock.

"Don't break into my thoughts!" Shun yelled.

"Sorry, but you looked all dreamy," Himiko giggled.

The sound of her laugh made him all happy even though he hated the way she always went into his mind. He only thought one thing when she laughed, that he would do anything to get her to smile.

He smiled slightly seeing her so happy.

Himiko finally stopped her giggling at look at him. She gasped.

"What?" Shun asked.

"I think I actually saw a tiny smile on you!" she teased.

Shun glared at her but silently smiled when he saw her laughing again. He didn't know why, but he didn't want her to laugh this way with anyone, he didn't want her to be happy with anyone else, he didn't want her to smile at anyone else…

"What the heck am I thinking?!" Shun said aloud.

Himiko stopped laughing at stared at him curiously. "So now you want me to read your thoughts?"

Shun shook his head, trying to hide his blush. "N-No, it's not that…I was just talking to myself."

"Oh."

A silent breeze swept through them. Shun took an involuntary glance at her. She was staring out into the lake, a gentle smile on her lips, looking like an angel when the breeze ruffled through her hair. She looked so captivating that he just couldn't take his eyes off her.

Himiko looked at Shun through the corner of her eye. He was glancing at her with a tint of red at his cheeks. Himiko loved the way his messy brown hair covered his eyes and she loved the way the wind made him seem so loving and innocent, even though he wasn't. She stared at his emerald/amber eyes and felt herself drifting away.

Their eyes met and they both blushed bright red.

"Ummm…"

"Hey did you ever hear about the legend about this lake?" Himiko said trying to change the subject.

"No."

"Legend has it that there's a spirit living in this lake."

"A spirit?"

Himiko nodded. "A water spirit. They say that it got tired of spending its time in the lake so it came up to the surface one day. It saw a man standing near the edge of the lake. The water spirit fell in love with him. The man fell in love with her too. But the man grew old, and the water spirit didn't, but the spirit didn't seem to notice. One day, they were supposed to meet by the edge of the lake, but the man never came. The man was very old already and he never came to meet her so he probably passed away. But the water spirit didn't give up and they say that she comes up to the surface of the lake once in awhile to see if her love had come back."

"They fell in love, just by looking at each other?"

"It's called 'love at first sight'. Don't you ever look at someone and think they're perfect when you never even met the person yet?"

Shun remained silent.

"So you've never been in love?" Himiko asked shocked.

"How do you know you're in love?"

"Well, you glance at the person a lot, you talk about the person a lot, you defend them, you're always there for them no matter what, but I think most of all is that you get this funny feeling inside of you whenever you look at him or her. But, I don't know…"

Shun looked at her in a clueless way. "How do you know all this?"

Himiko blushed and just shrugged.

'So, you get a funny feeling whenever you look at them eh?' Shun glanced at her.

Her hair glimmered in the sun, her eyes looked like an angel's, she had a soft smile on her lips…Shun blushed when he felt a connection towards her. 'Maybe she's wrong. Maybe love is a whole different thing. Yeah that's it! I can't be in love with my best friend! It's not love!'

"Hey we better go now, it's getting darker," Himiko said smiling up at him.

Shun felt the blush covering his face again. 'Alright, I am in love with Himiko…' He thought feeling defeated.

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Kozue smiled as she walked into her home. It had been a great day hanging out with Zak. The thought of him made her eyes dreamy.

"Thinking about Zak again?"

Kozue froze, the only person who knew about her liking Zak was…

"Himiko! Don't scare me like that!" Himiko stood innocently behind her.

"I have a knack for scaring people these days."

"Home already?" Shun asked behind Himiko.

"Yup! Aren't you happy that I am?" Kozue teased.

Shun walked away silently.

Kozue sweat dropped. "Guess he isn't. Hey, where are our parents?"

"They went to my house. They said Shun and I should stay here because they wanted to talk about something and they couldn't let us overhear," Himiko replied picking up a magazine.

"Really? Kero and Suppi too?"

"Yup."

"Where's Toji and his parents?"

"Toji's parents are with our parents and Toji said he would take a walk around the block," Shun said.

"Why would he want to walk around the block at 11:30 at night?" Himiko wondered.

Kozue caught Shun blushing and giggled. "He probably wanted to give you two some 'alone time' together!"

Shun glared at her. "Shut up."

Kozue kept on giggling while Himiko looked at them with a confused expression on her face.

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"Sakura, don't worry, there has to be a logical explanation!" Syaoran calmly said.

"I don't know…it seemed…too real…" She shuddered remembering the dream.

"What exactly did you see?" Eriol asked.

"I-I saw…Katana…with his red eyes…I saw all of you standing beside me…I saw…" Sakura suddenly gasped.

"What is it? What's wrong?" Tomoyo asked.

"I just remembered! I saw all our kids there! I remember seeing Shun in front of us yelling at Katana and…" Sakura's face paled.

"What?!" Meiling asked worriedly.

"Katana had Himiko imprisoned beside him!"

"What?" Tomoyo yelled.

"Tomoyo!! Calm down!" Eriol said hugging his wife.

But Tomoyo didn't calm down. She cried silently.

"Not Himiko…" she whimpered.

"Don't worry, I'm sure everything's alright," Kaji said trying to encourage everyone.

"But why would Katana have Himiko imprisoned?" Kero asked.

"Katana always has tricks up his sleeves," Suppi reminded them.

Everyone nodded.

"But how would he escape from the dimension? " Yue asked.

Everyone was quiet trying to think.

Suddenly, Sakura, Syaoran, Eriol, Kero, Spinel Sun, Yue, and Ruby Moon's heads perked up as if they had sensed something.

"This aura!" Ruby Moon gasped.

"Did you feel…him?" Tomoyo gulped.

Eriol nodded. "Don't worry the kids are safe at Sakura's house.

"But we better find Katana before he finds the kids," Kaji said. Everyone nodded and they headed out of the house and followed his aura.

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'I'm so evil, leaving Shun and Himiko alone together like that!' Toji smiled to himself. He looked at the sun setting and shivered. There was a cold breeze in the air. 'I wish I didn't come to the woods. I should've just walked around the block like I said.'

Suddenly, he heard rustling. He whipped around and saw nothing except a small, clean stream. 'I'm losing it…' Then he heard a twig snap. He was cautious now. He saw a figure ahead. 'Is someone following me?!'

But he saw the person was just standing there, not noticing him at all and the person looked like a kid about his age! Toji quickly hid behind some big bushes and watched. The kid seemed to be waiting for someone.

Suddenly there was a dim light and another person appeared in the light's place, except he was an adult. But strangely enough, the adult looked quite frightening and he looked like a hologram. He was sure that if he went up there and tried to touch the man, he would feel nothing at all. That was when he noticed the kid's face for the first time. 'What the heck is Ryu doing here?!'

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"I'm here. What do you want? And who are you?" Ryu asked backing away from the figure.

"No need to be scared...I'm Katana…" the figure said.

"What do you want from me?"

"I want to ask you a question."

"Go ahead."

"What do you most desire in your life?"

Ryu was surprised by the question. "W-Why do you want to know?"

"Because I can make it come true."

"Riiight…is this some kind of joke?" Ryu asked backing away.

"No joke at all," Katana said taking a step towards him. "I just came to grant your wishes."

Ryu thought for awhile. "What's the catch?"

"I just need you to finish what I left off…"

"What???"

Katana took more steps towards Ryu. He stared directly into his eyes. Ryu's eyes suddenly glazed over and looked blank.

"Repeat after me. Katana is not my enemy."

"Katana is not my enemy," Ryu echoed with an emotionless voice.

"I will do whatever he tells me."

"I will do whatever he tells me."

'What the heck is Ryu talking about and who's this Katana? Is he the figure?' Toji thought confusedly.

"Now the first thing I need you to do is kill…" Katana stopped suddenly as he felt familiar auras. Very familiar auras…

"I will continue this another time," he said and he vanished.

Ryu suddenly woke up and rubbed his head. "Huh?"

Then he too felt auras and started running away from the woods.

A group of people then entered the clearing.

Toji gasped. They were his parents and his friends' parents!

"Kuso…we just missed him," Syaoran cursed.

"He must've felt your auras," Meiling said.

"At least he didn't get any of the children," Tomoyo sighed with relief.

"But why would he come here?" Sakura asked.

"Well we'll think about that later…" Eriol said.

"Let's go check on the kids first," Kaji said.

The parents nodded.

'Uh-oh…I'm in trouble. I gotta get back!' Toji said as he ran out of the woods.

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'Phew. I made it.'

Toji walked in and saw Himiko, Kozue, and Shun talking.

"Hey Toji!" Himiko said.

"Hey. You have fun, Kozue?"

She giggled. "Yup!"

Toji looked at Shun. "How bout you? Did you have fun while you two were at the picnic?"

Shun blushed bright red. "W-What's that supposed to mean!"

"It's was really fun! We ate most of the food and then we went to the lake," Himiko answered.

"Oh really..? Did you have a good time, Shun?" Toji asked slyly. Kozue was trying not to giggle.

Shun just looked away, still blushing.

"Oh yeah…our parents I saw them in the woods," Toji said.

"The woods?" Shun asked.

"Why??" Himiko wondered.

"I don't know but before that I saw-"

Suddenly the front door bursts open. "Kids!!!" Sakura said breathlessly with the other parents behind her.

"I'll tell you guys later," Toji whispered.

The parents came in and started hugging their children.

"What's wrong? We've been here all the time," Kozue said.

"It's nothing, don't worry," Syaoran said.

'They're hiding something.' Kozue thought

She looked over at Himiko where her mom was hugging her. Himiko nodded.

'Something's very wrong…'

TO BE CONTINUED…