Chapter 3

"Li. What if my brother finds us in here like this?" Sakura said not wanting to leave his grip.

"Who cares if he does? If he does, we can just explain to him that you couldn't sleep or you can erase his mind." She stopped resisting and she fell back into his arms.

"I love you..." Sakura said.

"And I love you." Li whispered in her ear. Sakura turned. Would this finally be the moment they have been waiting for? Sakura and Li's eyes met. They held each other's gaze and slowly, they started to close and get closer. Tonight they were finally going to kiss each other. They were four seconds from each other's lips. Sakura giggled and Li didn't care, he just loved her more for it. Two seconds and Li laughed softly. One second and they both stopped laughing. Then they were kissing. The kiss lasted about twenty seconds and then they both departed from one another. They looked at each other and saw longing in each other's eyes so they kissed again and again and again. Sakura pushed away from Li.

"Li, maybe you should go." Sakura didn't want to say it but she had to.

"Did I do something wrong?" He asked.

"No! Of course not, but I'm still a little worried that Toya and Kero might wake up." She said.

"Then use the sleep card. I don't want to leave you."

"But you must."

"Then come with me." Sakura looked at him. Her eyes were wide open.

"What?"

"Come with me. We don't have school tomorrow so that's not a problem. No one lives at my house except me and Meilin, and you can just tell Toya and Kero that you couldn't sleep so you went over to Tomoyo's house."

"But how can we do that. My brother knows me too well. He will look at your house first."

"Well we have an escape route just in case. Plus, it won't be like you sleeping in the same room with me. You'll have your own room and Meilin is there anyways. We all have our own rooms."

"How many rooms do you have?" Sakura asked suddenly curious.

"We have 20 rooms not including the living room, kitchen, dining room, etc."

Sakura's mouth dropped to the ground. "20!!!!! That's enough for more than half our class!"

Li scratched his head, "Yep, I guess it is."

"Okay I'll go. But let me go tell my brother okay? I'll meet you at your house. If my brother sees you, there is no chance of your survival." Sakura said smiling.

Li thought about it for a second and then he admitted, "You're very right. I'll see you over there then." Li hopped out of her window and Sakura went to her brother's room. Yukito was sleeping over tonight so they were probably still up. She didn't see a light on in his room but heard them talking and mumbling things so she knocked on the door. She heard a lot of movement in there and finally she decided to go in. Her brother was in his bed and Yukito was next him. They both looked asleep but she knew they weren't.

"Toya? Toya." She kept shaking her brother. He pretended to wake up and look at her.

"What is it Sakura? Its the middle of the night."

"Yeah I know but I can't sleep. I'm going over to Tomoyo's okay?"

"At this time of night? Are you crazy? Its too dark for you to go by yourself and I am not getting up."

"Please Toya? I can go by myself! I promise! I am older now. Please?" Sakura looked at her brother with puppy eyes.

"Oh fine already. But you better be back before dad finds out you left. That means you have to be back here in the morning before dad comes to wake you up."

"Okay I will." Sakura promised. She ran out the door, waved to her brother and closed the door quietly. When the door was closed Yukito started talking to Toya quietly.

"Do you really think that is a good idea?" Yukito said.

"I know I know, but you didn't have to see the eyes okay? She'll be fine. Don't worry about it. Plus she'll probably take that thing with her and I know that that thing will protect her so there's no need to worry."

Yukito giggled. "You mean the stuffed animal impression, Kero?"

"Yep, that was a pretty bad impression too." Toya laughed.

"Kero. Kero!" Sakura said over and over until she had finally gotten mad. Kero jumped and hit his head.

"Ow. What was that for kid?"

"Kero. I'm going to Tomoyo's okay? If you need me go over there."

"Why are you going so late at night?" Kero asked Sakura. She blushed and tried to hide it.

"I can't sleep. I just need someone to talk to. Someone that will actually listen to me." Sakura grabbed her phone and her bear that Li gave her and lifted up her window. "I'm leaving now Kero. See you later."

Sakura was walking down the road to Tomoyo's house and then when she was sure no one was watching or following her she turned to go to Li's house. Her heart was beating very fast and she wasn't even halfway there. She heard rustling in bushes near by and she stopped. Had she really heard it or was she just imagining things? She didn't want to find out so she just kept walking. She heard it again, stopped and decided to just see what was in there. She took a deep breath and plunged into the bushes. She didn't see anything. She walked back out, still pretty close to the bushes when someone popped out and scared her half to death. She screamed but the person placed a hand over her mouth before it got out into the night. She screamed and kicked and yelled. She bit the hand that was holding her mouth and kicked the person in the stomach. In a flash she had her phone out and was about to call 911. She looked at the attacker and found that it was Li on the ground. She was so surprised she dropped her phone.

"Oh my gosh! Li!" She ran to his side. He was in a lot of pain.

"I knew I shouldn't have snuck up on you, you have one killer kick." He was trying to joke around and make it seem like he was okay but she knew better.

"I am sooooo sorry Li! I didn't know it was you!" She rubbed his back. She didn't know what to do.

"I'm fine. Don't worry about it." He stood up. "I just didn't want you to walk all the way there by yourself. I didn't want you to be in the situation where you would be in trouble. That's all." He started walking in the direction to his house. Sakura picked up her phone and followed him. She really didn't mean to do it and now Li was mad at her. What was she going to do? The warm hand that took hers interrupted Sakura's thoughts. She looked at Li and he was smiling at her. She hadn't even noticed that they stopped walking.

"Its okay, Sakura, really." He said. He kissed her on the forehead. He started walking again with her hand in his. Sakura wasn't sad anymore.

'I love him. I really do.' Of course a perfect moment had to be ruined. There were more rustles in the bushes. It wasn't only in one place, it surrounded them. Sakura clung tightly to Li.

"What is it?" Sakura asked.

"I don't know." Li answered.

"Want to find out?" A voice said.

"Here we come." Another said. At that moment, hundreds of men droids stepped out from the bushes. Sakura and Li stared at them for a second and then Li dragged Sakura away. They were running extremely fast but no matter how fast they ran, the droids caught up with them. Eventually the droids blocked the two from the exits all around them. They were trapped. Luckily Sakura always carried her key and cards with her.

"By the power of the stars, staff of power made by clow, reveal to me your true form now! Release!" The staff appeared in Sakura's hands. She pulled out a card and said, "I call the power of my star, ancient forces near and far, erase card transform all your might and draw your power from my light! Star card!" The Erase card swept over all the man droids but was forced back by something.

"Sakura! Its not working! Fly us out of here!" Li said. Li couldn't help because he didn't have his sword.

"Right!" Sakura pulled out another card and said, "Fly!" Wings appeared on her staff and her and Li both sat on it. They were flying higher than the man droids but one of them shot them down with a bazooka blaster. It made no noise what so ever. They fell to the ground with a thump. The man droids grew closer and closer. Sakura had no strength to move and Li was knocked out. The man droids came closer and then Sakura passed out herself.

TO BE CONTINUED