Chapter 10: Apologies and Recovery of Li

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With another gust of wind the gang appeared in front of Madison's mansion. Sakura was holding on to Li to keep him from falling and she felt so angry and sad at herself. Angry for listen to the jackass Yoni and sad for hurting the person she loved so dearly. The other girls were so sorry that they hurt their lovers and really didn't know what got over them. The tension between the gang were really thick, with the guys unconscious and the girls worrying the silence was unnoticed. They were standing outside for a good minute because the girls were so worried that they went clueless for a sec.

" Uh… Madison can you open the door please? Li and the other guys need special care from… all the damage I've…done…" said Sakura with a hint of sorrow

" Huh? Oh yea sure I forgot," said Madison dully as soon as they came in, " Sakura you take your usual room when you stay here. Ruby you take the room next to Sakura's. Meilin you have the room right across from Ruby's and I'll be upstairs id you need me. You know where to find me huh Sakura?"

" Yea I do," replied Sakura

" Meilin if you don't mind would you tend to Kero and Spinel-Sun?"

" Sure I take full responsibility for what I did, " said Meilin and instantly regretting it,

"Oh… Sakura I didn't mean it that way…"

" No I understand. I'll be in my room if anyone's looking," said Sakura walking toward her room with Li.

In the Sakura's room….

            Sakura laid Li on the bed and started to tend to his wounds. She saw a lot of wound that were fresh and some that reopened. Sakura went to the bathroom that connected to Ruby's room also and got some alcohol pads to clean his wounds even though she know it will hurt like hell. She took half the box knowing that Ruby might need some too. Leaving the bathroom she took some ointment to rub on Li also. Before she proceeded in cleaning his wounds she cast a spell to transfer the pain he felt during the cleansing process to her because it was her fault that this happened to him.

" I know I haven't a good girlfriend in the past

But let me make it up to him at last

Bring all this pains to me

So he can be at last peaceful as he can be," chanted Sakura sadly

            Instantly the spell took affect but at that moment she felt pain and realized the spell she cast brought all his pain to her. She felt all this emotion and she broke down and cried her tears all but started to clean his wounds. Tearing the first alcohol pad the applying to the gash on his chest she felt like there was a sword stabbing her right in the chest. She took the pain and began using the pads to clean his other wounds. Each time she dabbed the wounds she felt a strike in the same area on her body.  Still she kept on doing it and each time it happened more tears fall down her cheeks.  When she finally finished cleaning all the wounds the Li's body stop bleeding but she felt sore all over the body. It hurt her so much to see Li in so much pain.  Still the pain that she felt before she even started cleaning was still there clawing at her heart and soul.

            She started to put ointment on Li's injuries.  Her tears started flowing down her cheeks like a waterfall. When she was down she looked at Li's face and started caressing his face.

" Li… I'm so sorry I never meant to hurt you (sobs)…" whispered Sakura

She started to remember the day she confessed her love.

Flashback

(This part is taken from the CCS Movie 2 so bear with me here)

" Li I don't care if you don't feel the same way fro me anymore, but you're one and only love and I'll always feel that way… even… if you don't," cried Sakura

" And I the same," said Li

Sakura was in awe and saw Li smiled. She was so happy that she used Jump and was ready in pose to jump to over to Li. Meanwhile she yelled, " I love you!"

A week after that…

Li and Sakura were at a sleepover at Madison's house and they both had a dream more like a nightmare. Li dreamt that Sakura was leaving him for another person but she wasn't willing to like she was under a spell. (Talk about déjà vu huh?) Sakura dreamt the same thing but she dreamt that Li was dumping for a model.  They both woke up sweating and panting. Sakura left her room and headed for the garden. Li heard footsteps leaving the house he though there was a burglar he ran down that stairs seeing Sakura leaving and chased after her.  Li saw Sakura crying her eyes out under the Cherry Blossom tree.

" Sakura what's wrong?" Li said as he was walking towards her.

" Li!" yelled Sakura as she got up and ran to him.

Li opened his arms to her and embraced her and asked, " What's wrong my Ying Fa?"

" I… dreamt that you…… left me for someone else and you said I was just a toy for you. That you didn't meant what you told me before," said Sakura bowing her head down.

" No…no… I would never say that. I love you Sakura. Nothing could cause me to hurt you. You're my one and only, you're my life and I never would mean to hurt. Believe me," said Li lifting her head up to meet his eyes.

" Really?"

" Yes my cherry blossom. In actuality I dreamt the same thing except you were the one who hurt me…"

" Li! I would never hurt you I love you. I may be dense at time but what I said I meant it nothing could make me hurt you. I would rather die then hurt you."

End Flashback

'Those were the words I said and yet I went back on my words' though Sakura sadly

 She covered him with a blanket in the room and sat on the couch next to the bed and fell asleep. Later she was rouse by the sound of Li's mumbling.

" Sakura no…no… please Sakura don't do this…. please don't…" mumbled Li while panting

Sakura walked over to Li, hovered over him ands aid, "Li I'm here. I'm not going to leave you ever again."

Still he wouldn't quiet down he kept toss and turning. 'What's going on? Maybe he's having a nightmare. No duh Sakura! With all those times you hurt him, he's gotta have nightmares. Ok so let me find out what's it's all about.'

She transformed her wand and summoned Dream and Illusion, "Dream show me what Li's dreaming and Illusion create a portal into Li's dream."  Sakura saw L's dream in her mind while Illusion actually made a portal for her to walk through. She walked through the portal entering a world of darkness. A spotlight shined on Li in the center of the "world". Then images of Sakura spitting at him telling him that she lied to him. Then images of her being raped, and being killed by Yue. 'OMG! He's having nightmares about the Dark Illusion Cavern!"

Meanwhile…

While Sakura's in the portal her body falls asleep next to Li's.

Back to the portal…

'I've gotta fix this. I can't leave him like this.' "Create, destroy those images of the Dark Illusion Cavern!" commanded Sakura.

In a moment the images of her were destroyed. She ran over to Li to see how he is.

"Li are you alright? Please answer me," pleaded Sakura

"No please Sakura. Don't …I love you why are you doing this to me," said Li with a voice full of pain and sorrow.

"I'm not going to hurt you anymore."

"Please you made promises like that before. Please don't."

Sakura made a shocked face. ' OMG this place isn't just torturing him it's deceiving him of what kind of person I am.' She really wanted to reassure him and the way she always did it was a kiss.

"Then did I ever do this," asked Sakura

She leaned in against him and gave him a passionate kiss filled with reassurance, sorrow and apologies. Then something else grew in her stomach; a flame of burning desire. Li and Sakura were caught up in the kiss that Li though Sakura was making it up to him using sex. Li's unconscious mind produced a pink canopy bed with curtains. Then they separated gasping for air. Li through the kiss understood how Sakura felt, sorry that she hurt him, regretted that from her "punishments" caused him those nightmares. Looking up Sakura then saw the canopy bed.

" Li, listen I understand that I hurt you a lot of time purposely or not. I'll try and make it up to you but… if you thinking what I'm thinking now it's not happening. I… want it to be special not just because we're both caught up in the sorrow that wee need to do it. I don't even think that I deserve you…" said Sakura

" Sakura yea I guess well… you know just the hormones kicking in. Hehehe But I promise I won't do anything if you don't want to. I forgive you even if you did hurt me. I should be made at the bastard not you. I love you and it's all that matters," replied Li

" Yea that's all that matters. Come on you need to get in bed your freezing."

            Sakura led Li into the canopy bed and laid him down on the bed. When she was getting ready to leave Li pulled her back with him.

" Even if we're not sleeping together you think you can give me a little warmth in here. The bed isn't exactly all the company I want," Li said

" Um… Li…" stammered Sakura

" I promise I won't do anything."

" Ok."

            Sakura laid in bed with him snuggling each other receiving each other's warmth.

" I love you Sakura."

" I love you too my little wolf."

In the dream world they both fell asleep and their " spirits" went back to where they came from. 

Meanwhile in the real world…

After Li forgave Sakura their spirit when back to their bodies. (AN:  You know when you sleep it's like your spirit is like more in another dimension or so to speak. Like in your own world mystically. So that's what I'm saying.) Sakura started to wake up seeing that see was lying next to Li she was a little surprise. Seeing Li finally having a goodnight sleep giving him a peck in the cheek and was about to go back to the couch when Li opened his eyes. She turned around and said, "So sorry did I wake you?"

" No, not really…" there was a pause between then and he said, " Thank you."

Sakura wanted to act as if nothing had happened so she said, "For what?"

" I know what you did for me Sakura. Try to get rid of that nightmare. I can sense your aura in the dream."

" Oh… I just wanted to make up for it well… part of it anyways."

" I know you didn't mean it. You were just under the spell, but what made you break it?"

" You did… After I hit you on that tree the bond that was created between send a shock through my body realizing how much I've hurt you and that powered my good side. Fighting to conquer my bad side and make up for what I've done to you. I felt it Li, the sorrow, anger, hatred and love. You never once lost it."

" I never did because I always had faith in you."

" How could you still have faith in me when I've done so much to hurt you? I don't deserve friends like you guys or you, Li."

" No you know it wasn't your fault."

" It was though. I let myself believe Yoni that I loved him and hated you. I almost didn't try to free my friends and I distrusted you after I saw you had sex with his stupid maid."

" Wait… you saw me having sex with a maid!. I though it was you dammit. I should have known it was a trick. Listen Sakura we can't have this talk all night. Come on sleep with me tonight it's going to be too cold to sleep al…. on the couch. I promise like I did in the dream I won't do anything."

" Okay…"

What do you think will happen next? Will Sakura feel tortured for the rest of her life and leave them or will she get over her mistakes and have a better bond with Li and her friends? Oh yeah the next or three chapters will be about Eli recovering and Madison taking care of him, same thing with Ruby and Yue/Julian and Meilin, Kero, and Spinel Sun. Each chapter will be for them and it takes over the same period of time. From Sakura getting in the room until Sakura sleeps in the same bed as Li. Hope you like it. And I apologize for the long updates. I'll give you guys a preview of my next chapter.