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As the sun began to set, Megumi and Ogai brought out their supplies as they headed out to the neighboring village that had suffered from a terrible attack from the pirates once again. The council had called an emergency meeting, to meet as soon as possible that day.
"Syaoran, will you be able to take care of her while we are away?" Megumi asked as she looked at the sleeping Sakura.
"Yes I'll be able to Grandmother...Now don't worry." Syaoran said as they said their goodbyes. Syaoran watched as they slowly rode away. He sighed and looked at the girl, she was a mysterious one indeed. Something about just made him feel as if he knew her before. Looking away, he looked down and walked to the barn where he watched as the sun disappeared and the moon and the stars began to glow.
Sakura ran as fast as she could past the pillars, past the shadowed statues. She felt them coming closer and still coming closer to her, wanting to kill her and get the jewel. In the darkened cloaks they rode their crimson blood eyed horses faster and faster till they were so close to Sakura. Stopping her, the shadow grabbed her by the neck and screeched in a high pitch voice calling to the others. Sakura felt its cold, bony hand tightened around her neck as then she tried to scream, she tried to struggle but still she could not move till she heard someone's voice calling out to her.
"HEY! HEY! Wake up!" Syaoran said as she still kept on struggling. When he had heard the terrified scream from the barn he ran as fast as he could to her. Holding her in his arms she finally relaxed and opened her eyes. Dark pools of Sapphire Green eyes stared up at him with confusion and fear. Sweat came down her face as she wondered what happened. Looking around, Sakura saw the pale moonlight's rays peaking out from the small hole of the hut. It was just a dream. Sakura thought to herself.
"Are you alright?" Syaoran whispered to her.
"It was a dream...' She whispered as Syaoran held her more tightly. Tears burned her eyes as she began to cry. 'I was so terrified, they came and ..."
"Shh...its over now don't cry...I'm here..." Syaoran said cutting off her sentence. He didn't know why or how he began to feel so emotional for this mysterious girl. Soon as she stopped crying, he slowly released her from the embrace. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Arigato..." Sakura said as she felt the warmth of their bodies slowly turned cold. Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other, uncertain of what was the warm connection between them. As the dark, ruby eyes close to being amber, melted into the Sapphire gaze of emerald green. The two looked away feeling their heartbeats pounding deeply in their ears. Standing up Syaoran sighed and began to walk away, not looking back or else he would end up stuck again staring into those beautiful Emerald eyes.
"Get some sleep... you must be still weak from the toxic smell..." Syaoran said as he slowly walked back to the barn, not waiting for a reply from her.
Sakura watched him quietly walk back to the barn; she felt the security of his strong arms around her suddenly vanished. She couldn't help but wonder the feeling that she had towards he soothing voice. Or how she reacted to their embrace and noticed his quick reaction as well. She kept pondering till she slowly drifted off to sleep.
Waking up the next day, Sakura smelled something spicy in the air. She opened her eyes and slowly looked at the small cooking room. Megumi was humming a familiar tone as she added more herbs into the soup. Sakura closed her eyes once more and began to remember last night. She could still feel his breath and his eyes on her face as he comforted her after the nightmare. His dark eyes had mostly taken her breath away when she saw him for the first time at the North Tower. He looked as if he knew the pain and fear within me. Sakura thought as placed on her kimono and was greeted with a smile on Megumi's face.
"Good Morning...I hope you slept well and are feeling better..." Megumi said handing her a bowl of the delicious scent that she had smelled before.
"Thank you... I am feeling better..." Sakura said. As she watched Megumi prepare the other dishes for a village family that lived only a few miles away. Sakura gathering up her confidence asked, "Um... Megumi-Chan may I ask you something?"
"Of-course you can.... Oh no, what happened? Are you in trouble or hurt?" Megumi asked quickly, looking at Sakura with concern.
"Oh no nothing like that...I just wanted to know...who was the boy from yesterday that asked about me..." Sakura said in a careful tone. Megumi laughed and placed her hands on her heart letting out a deep sigh of relief.
"Oh that's Syao, he was the Samurai that had saved your life and brought you here..." Megumi replied as she tasted her soup and nodded her head with satisfaction. It feels like I had seen him before or the name sounds so familiar...Sakura thought. Also she reflected back to the time when it was the same person who had held her during the night.
"Well, maybe you'll find out sooner than you think..." Megumi mumbled as Sakura looked at her with questioning eyes, not knowing what she had said.
After their meal, Sakura and Megumi picked up the heavy pot of clothes as the first chore of the day. Noticing that Megumi seemed a bit tired than usual she said to her.
"Let me do them for you...so that you can take a break... ' Sakura said happily and before Megumi could protest she continued, 'It would make feel better than just sitting around and feeling useless..." Megumi laughed and slowly agreed as Sakura laughed cheerfully.
"Aye, thank you my dear...' the old woman grinned and began to rub her back. 'It seems I'm getting too old for anything now a days..." She sat down with her cup of green tea and watched as Sakura hum a happy song.
Not so far away from the hut, Syaoran and Daisetsu began their morning chores. Usually they would talk about anything, but today there was silence. Daisetsu looked at his friend closely and gave him a confused look.
"What?" Syaoran asked him.
"Nothing... just wondering why are you so quiet...you seemed spaced out today..." Daisetsu asked.
"Huh? What did you say Daisetsu?" Syaoran asked him, rubbing his eyes. He couldn't sleep after what happened between the Kinomoto-girl and him, it was strange and still he couldn't figure out why.
"Never mind..." Daisetsu said and switched brushes and began to finish the final coat of the dark stallion. As they finished they walked slowly to the hut, their stomachs grumbling every step they made. They both laughed and soon suddenly heard a soft sound of some musical tune from a distance. Curious, the two boys walked listened and followed musical tune and looked at the girl who was washing clothes.
"Who is she?" Daisetsu said looking at the girl with the auburn hair and sparkling, green eyes.
"It's the girl from the North Tower, I rescued yesterday..." Syaoran said watching her hang the wet clothes still singing happily the beautiful song.
"Poor girl, she must have had a terrible time at that scary place...' Daisetsu said and elbowed Syaoran, 'HEY! You didn't tell me she is prettiest girl in the village, she is way better than that cottage girl...now I could see why you would rescue her..." he whispered to him as Syaoran shook his head.
"Hey, I just sensed that something was wrong at the tower and I rescued her from her terrible fate cause it was wrong to leave her like that." Syaoran said in an irritated tone.
"Yeah...sure...So Syaoran are you did it for JUSTICE only?" looking at him innocently knowing that he was covering up his smile.
"YES I DID!" Syaoran said out loud. Realizing what he did, he looked at the mysterious girl watching him with a confused look on her face. Blushing he looked away and started to walk to the hut, dragging along Daisetsu who was biting his lips from trying not to laugh.
"SHUT-UP" Syaoran said as he hit him with his sword.
"Ouch...but you have to admit...it was funny...' as then he was whacked once again leaving two large bumps on his forehead. Rubbing his head from the pain, he asked. 'Why are you so upset? And WHY DID I DESERVED THIS!!!" pointing at his bumps that began swell up.
"I'm not upset..." Syaoran said as he began to wash his hands.
"I have never seen this side of you before...but anyways wasn't she pretty girl?" Daisetsu sighed as he sat on the floor relaxing.
"HUH? Are you starting to think that she is pretty? I think I hit you too hard...that your brain would go crazy... " Syaoran said as he poured himself a bowl of soup.
"What do you mean? She is pretty..." Daisetsu said as he began to listen to the sweet song that had began once again.
"The cottage girl is prettier than her..." Syaoran mumbled as he began to eat his soup.
"What happened to the "I did it for Justice" line?" Daisetsu asked looking at his friend and he shook his head.
"It was for justice...it was for the sake of human rights and I am sure she didn't want to die like that..." Syaoran concluded and finished his soup.
"UH huh... That's what they all say...and when did you start to care about her dying?" Daisetsu said with an evil grin.
"Hey I think we should get going now, Master Ogai said to report back immediately after eating..." Syaoran had said already heading out.
"Avoiding the question huh? Lover Boy?" He said as they slowly passed by open fields once again.
"NO!' he shouted with frustration, 'AND I AM NOT A LOVER BOY!!!" as he chased Daisetsu to the barn.
Sakura looked at those boys strangely and smiled cheerfully, as then she thought to herself...Maybe I could stay here awhile...everyone has been so kind to me...I feel safe...Sakura sighed and walked on and went to finish the last batch of laundry. For once in her life where she always was on the run, she finally felt like she could live her life normal for a while. Like she used to before that day when fate turned the tables.
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Well I hope that I this chapter slowly moved the story a little bit and I hope to get more reviews...and see you all in the next Chapter!!! ^_^
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As the sun began to set, Megumi and Ogai brought out their supplies as they headed out to the neighboring village that had suffered from a terrible attack from the pirates once again. The council had called an emergency meeting, to meet as soon as possible that day.
"Syaoran, will you be able to take care of her while we are away?" Megumi asked as she looked at the sleeping Sakura.
"Yes I'll be able to Grandmother...Now don't worry." Syaoran said as they said their goodbyes. Syaoran watched as they slowly rode away. He sighed and looked at the girl, she was a mysterious one indeed. Something about just made him feel as if he knew her before. Looking away, he looked down and walked to the barn where he watched as the sun disappeared and the moon and the stars began to glow.
Sakura ran as fast as she could past the pillars, past the shadowed statues. She felt them coming closer and still coming closer to her, wanting to kill her and get the jewel. In the darkened cloaks they rode their crimson blood eyed horses faster and faster till they were so close to Sakura. Stopping her, the shadow grabbed her by the neck and screeched in a high pitch voice calling to the others. Sakura felt its cold, bony hand tightened around her neck as then she tried to scream, she tried to struggle but still she could not move till she heard someone's voice calling out to her.
"HEY! HEY! Wake up!" Syaoran said as she still kept on struggling. When he had heard the terrified scream from the barn he ran as fast as he could to her. Holding her in his arms she finally relaxed and opened her eyes. Dark pools of Sapphire Green eyes stared up at him with confusion and fear. Sweat came down her face as she wondered what happened. Looking around, Sakura saw the pale moonlight's rays peaking out from the small hole of the hut. It was just a dream. Sakura thought to herself.
"Are you alright?" Syaoran whispered to her.
"It was a dream...' She whispered as Syaoran held her more tightly. Tears burned her eyes as she began to cry. 'I was so terrified, they came and ..."
"Shh...its over now don't cry...I'm here..." Syaoran said cutting off her sentence. He didn't know why or how he began to feel so emotional for this mysterious girl. Soon as she stopped crying, he slowly released her from the embrace. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Arigato..." Sakura said as she felt the warmth of their bodies slowly turned cold. Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other, uncertain of what was the warm connection between them. As the dark, ruby eyes close to being amber, melted into the Sapphire gaze of emerald green. The two looked away feeling their heartbeats pounding deeply in their ears. Standing up Syaoran sighed and began to walk away, not looking back or else he would end up stuck again staring into those beautiful Emerald eyes.
"Get some sleep... you must be still weak from the toxic smell..." Syaoran said as he slowly walked back to the barn, not waiting for a reply from her.
Sakura watched him quietly walk back to the barn; she felt the security of his strong arms around her suddenly vanished. She couldn't help but wonder the feeling that she had towards he soothing voice. Or how she reacted to their embrace and noticed his quick reaction as well. She kept pondering till she slowly drifted off to sleep.
Waking up the next day, Sakura smelled something spicy in the air. She opened her eyes and slowly looked at the small cooking room. Megumi was humming a familiar tone as she added more herbs into the soup. Sakura closed her eyes once more and began to remember last night. She could still feel his breath and his eyes on her face as he comforted her after the nightmare. His dark eyes had mostly taken her breath away when she saw him for the first time at the North Tower. He looked as if he knew the pain and fear within me. Sakura thought as placed on her kimono and was greeted with a smile on Megumi's face.
"Good Morning...I hope you slept well and are feeling better..." Megumi said handing her a bowl of the delicious scent that she had smelled before.
"Thank you... I am feeling better..." Sakura said. As she watched Megumi prepare the other dishes for a village family that lived only a few miles away. Sakura gathering up her confidence asked, "Um... Megumi-Chan may I ask you something?"
"Of-course you can.... Oh no, what happened? Are you in trouble or hurt?" Megumi asked quickly, looking at Sakura with concern.
"Oh no nothing like that...I just wanted to know...who was the boy from yesterday that asked about me..." Sakura said in a careful tone. Megumi laughed and placed her hands on her heart letting out a deep sigh of relief.
"Oh that's Syao, he was the Samurai that had saved your life and brought you here..." Megumi replied as she tasted her soup and nodded her head with satisfaction. It feels like I had seen him before or the name sounds so familiar...Sakura thought. Also she reflected back to the time when it was the same person who had held her during the night.
"Well, maybe you'll find out sooner than you think..." Megumi mumbled as Sakura looked at her with questioning eyes, not knowing what she had said.
After their meal, Sakura and Megumi picked up the heavy pot of clothes as the first chore of the day. Noticing that Megumi seemed a bit tired than usual she said to her.
"Let me do them for you...so that you can take a break... ' Sakura said happily and before Megumi could protest she continued, 'It would make feel better than just sitting around and feeling useless..." Megumi laughed and slowly agreed as Sakura laughed cheerfully.
"Aye, thank you my dear...' the old woman grinned and began to rub her back. 'It seems I'm getting too old for anything now a days..." She sat down with her cup of green tea and watched as Sakura hum a happy song.
Not so far away from the hut, Syaoran and Daisetsu began their morning chores. Usually they would talk about anything, but today there was silence. Daisetsu looked at his friend closely and gave him a confused look.
"What?" Syaoran asked him.
"Nothing... just wondering why are you so quiet...you seemed spaced out today..." Daisetsu asked.
"Huh? What did you say Daisetsu?" Syaoran asked him, rubbing his eyes. He couldn't sleep after what happened between the Kinomoto-girl and him, it was strange and still he couldn't figure out why.
"Never mind..." Daisetsu said and switched brushes and began to finish the final coat of the dark stallion. As they finished they walked slowly to the hut, their stomachs grumbling every step they made. They both laughed and soon suddenly heard a soft sound of some musical tune from a distance. Curious, the two boys walked listened and followed musical tune and looked at the girl who was washing clothes.
"Who is she?" Daisetsu said looking at the girl with the auburn hair and sparkling, green eyes.
"It's the girl from the North Tower, I rescued yesterday..." Syaoran said watching her hang the wet clothes still singing happily the beautiful song.
"Poor girl, she must have had a terrible time at that scary place...' Daisetsu said and elbowed Syaoran, 'HEY! You didn't tell me she is prettiest girl in the village, she is way better than that cottage girl...now I could see why you would rescue her..." he whispered to him as Syaoran shook his head.
"Hey, I just sensed that something was wrong at the tower and I rescued her from her terrible fate cause it was wrong to leave her like that." Syaoran said in an irritated tone.
"Yeah...sure...So Syaoran are you did it for JUSTICE only?" looking at him innocently knowing that he was covering up his smile.
"YES I DID!" Syaoran said out loud. Realizing what he did, he looked at the mysterious girl watching him with a confused look on her face. Blushing he looked away and started to walk to the hut, dragging along Daisetsu who was biting his lips from trying not to laugh.
"SHUT-UP" Syaoran said as he hit him with his sword.
"Ouch...but you have to admit...it was funny...' as then he was whacked once again leaving two large bumps on his forehead. Rubbing his head from the pain, he asked. 'Why are you so upset? And WHY DID I DESERVED THIS!!!" pointing at his bumps that began swell up.
"I'm not upset..." Syaoran said as he began to wash his hands.
"I have never seen this side of you before...but anyways wasn't she pretty girl?" Daisetsu sighed as he sat on the floor relaxing.
"HUH? Are you starting to think that she is pretty? I think I hit you too hard...that your brain would go crazy... " Syaoran said as he poured himself a bowl of soup.
"What do you mean? She is pretty..." Daisetsu said as he began to listen to the sweet song that had began once again.
"The cottage girl is prettier than her..." Syaoran mumbled as he began to eat his soup.
"What happened to the "I did it for Justice" line?" Daisetsu asked looking at his friend and he shook his head.
"It was for justice...it was for the sake of human rights and I am sure she didn't want to die like that..." Syaoran concluded and finished his soup.
"UH huh... That's what they all say...and when did you start to care about her dying?" Daisetsu said with an evil grin.
"Hey I think we should get going now, Master Ogai said to report back immediately after eating..." Syaoran had said already heading out.
"Avoiding the question huh? Lover Boy?" He said as they slowly passed by open fields once again.
"NO!' he shouted with frustration, 'AND I AM NOT A LOVER BOY!!!" as he chased Daisetsu to the barn.
Sakura looked at those boys strangely and smiled cheerfully, as then she thought to herself...Maybe I could stay here awhile...everyone has been so kind to me...I feel safe...Sakura sighed and walked on and went to finish the last batch of laundry. For once in her life where she always was on the run, she finally felt like she could live her life normal for a while. Like she used to before that day when fate turned the tables.
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Well I hope that I this chapter slowly moved the story a little bit and I hope to get more reviews...and see you all in the next Chapter!!! ^_^