Hello again! Part 02 of chapter 04! I was going to put them together, but I decided to leave it in two until I post the next chapter so you could read without any problems!

Where were we? Oh yes... Syaoran died.

Syaoran: ahem

Syaoran-Lover: Sorry. OK, so he didn't die... yet :p

Syaoran: Would you really kill me?

Syaoran-Lover: I have been thinking about that. I don't think I'd be able to... last time I tried, I ended up crying at what I had written. I'm not sure that's a good sign

Syaoran: So you won't kill me?

Syaoran-Lover: Hey, you are the hero in all my CCS stories, almost. Heroes die too, you know? It depends on the author's mood or needs...

Syaoran: oo She didn't answer my question...

Syaoran-Lover: I know. Would you please remind me where we stopped again?

Syaoran: Last line of part 01 of chapter 04: The Attacks.

Syaoran-Lover: Oh, yeah. Thanks. ¬¬

Sakura already had a faint idea of what the answer to her simple question would be, taking her boyfriend's magic aura was currently close to nothing, and he himself didn't look any better either.

He didn't answer her, although he wanted to, but at that moment, all he could do was struggle to breathe, his head on her lap, her presence comforting him... and he was grateful for it.

As the pain subsided, Syaoran's breathing became slower and he gradually let go of himself as his hand clasped hers, the rain pouring down on them.

"Sakura... let's get out of here before anyone comes out. I know it's still raining and school's not over, but let's get back to my apartment, OK?" He asked, his voice barely above a whisper.

The girl only nodded in agreement.

Knowing she wouldn't be able to carry her boyfriend back home by herself, and even if she could, it wouldn't be unnoticed, she came to her last resort: grabbing her magic key from it's hanging place, reciting the words to unlock it's power. As it became surrounded by light, the magical object transformed to a mainly pink wand, which she quickly used to manipulate the chosen cards for this occasion.

"Fly! Shield! Grant me your powers!" She shouted in the rain and, suddenly, a giant bird appeared before her, summoned by her thoughts.

Knowing already what to do, it gently picked up the boy on its master by his collar and him on its own back, then lowered itself just enough for Sakura to climb on it too.

When both were secure, The Shield card formed a nearly invisible barrier, to protect them from the rain, and the bird took off, Sakura tightly holding Syaoran so he wouldn't fall, as they chose to remain in silence, observing the quiet city below, its colored lights flicking on and off.

Halfway to his apartment, the sky got so loaded with dark clouds, it looked like night, but it was only late morning. Although the darkness seemed to be trying to get them, they had The Shield card's protection, but Sakura noticed it wouldn't last much longer, since the black forces were already surpassing her defenses. She was about to try something else, when suddenly the shield was broken and the darkness came right at her, knocking the girl off the huge bird as she began to fall.

"Sakura!" Was Syaoran's weak scream.

Sakura was so scared, she couldn't even scream, and by the time she recovered from her shock a few seconds later, The Fly had already caught her.

"Arigatou!" She thanked the bird, but just then realized something was wrong... "Syaoran-kun wa inai! Doko ni iru ka?! (Syaoran's not here! Where is he?!)" She cried out, searching. As she looked up, the darkness came to her view, except now it had a shape: a sphere. Sakura looked at it a bit more and a gasp escaped her rose-colored lips as she noticed something was trapped inside it, or better, someone: Syaoran... and he was falling too.

The boy tried to open his eyes, but he couldn't tell if he had succeeded or not, there was just too much black around him. "Uh! Why do I have a headache?" He asked himself while firmly holding the back of his head.

At that moment, he felt a shock, not powerful one, but unnoticeable either. "What was tha..." He started, but his sentence went unfinished as he felt another shock, this time with some lightning crackling too, making it possible to see something. It was only then that the boy realized his situation as his memories came back to him. "Oh, no!"

Knowing, somehow, Sakura was fine, he stopped worrying about her as he quickly stood up and called upon his magic sword, which materialized from a small round Chinese object he took out of one of his pockets, getting ready to fight, but knowing he wouldn't last much.

Standing... Syaoran waited for an attack, which didn't take too long. Once started, the lightning and the shocks came again and again, more and more powerful each time they did. He actually succeeded in blocking some with his sword, but it wasn't enough. Before he knew it, he was down, and worse: he didn't have much energy left to keep consciousness at his side.

Unaware of the rain that was soaking her, Sakura watched horrified as her beloved surrendered his consciousness and drifted away. She already knew his magic power had weakened with whatever had happened so far, but he had somehow fought his own weakness for a few moments, raising some of her hopes as he did so, but it hadn't been enough to overcome this obstacle... and she hadn't been fast enough to find him; by the time she did, he was already collapsing, his sword turning back to its original form. What terrified her most was his presence slowly disappearing... and she couldn't help him. Sakura was about to start crying as despair began to fill her, when a firm voice echoed through her mind...

"Use The Sword card!" Someone shouted.

Because of the heavy rain, she couldn't hear very well, but one word came clear to her: sword. Not knowing what she could attempt if Syaoran's had failed, she decided to try anyway. Getting her card, she called out "Sword!" and the wand transfigured to a thin pink western sword, The Fly already charging towards the direction her boyfriend was in.

In one only the sphere was easily split in two and it was Syaoran's turn to fall from the sky.

Surprisingly, however, before the girl could even react, the two halves fused together and this time she was the one inside it. Worried about Syaoran, Sakura tried to catch a glimpse of him through the dark mass in which she was imprisoned, but all she could see was pitch-black, making her realize she could see what was in, but couldn't see what was out.

Not having time to panic for herself, because Syaoran was her top priority at the moment, she used the sword again, slashing whatever that was in small pieces that scattered in every direction.

As she began to fall, The Fly once again saved her and raged downwards, knowing what its master wanted. Sakura turned the Sword back to a card, her wand reappearing in her hand at its original shape.

When they finally spotted the falling boy, he was already dangerously close to the rooftops of the city's buildings. The Fly sped up, but suddenly a flying shadow caught her attention and next thing she knew, Syaoran was gone. "Not again!" She thought.

At that instant, Sakura saw someone standing on one of the rooftops, looking up at her. "Kage-san!" She recalled, realizing something the moment his name escaped her lips. "You were the one who told me to use the sword weren't you?" she asked, trying to make her voice be heard through the heavy rain.

The black-haired boy just kept standing there, looking directly at her, as the rain falling on both of them. Finally, some time later, he nodded. Turning his back to her, he motioned for the girl to follow him as he began jumping from one rooftop to another over and over, making his way over the city towards a destination Sakura did not know of.

Wondering if she should follow him or not, her doubts were instantly shattered as Yami's voice once again echoed in her mind, but with a hint of irony this time.

"Syaoran-sama no tokoro ni ikitaimasen no desu ka?" {A.N.: That was a really bad attempt of mine to make him ask Sakura: "Don't you want to go (to) where Syaoran-sama is?" in a polite way.}

Those words were all it took to make oblige to his silent command, realizing it was her best chance of finding her beloved brown-haired boyfriend. "He suddenly seems to be disappearing a lot now." She thought sarcastically, immediately scolding herself for doing so... after all, it wasn't really Syaoran's fault.

None of the two gave a second thought about the black mass right above them, which would play a big roll in their lives. If they had, they might have seen it recover little by little...

END of CHAPTER FOUR - THE ATTACK(S)

Syaoran-Lover: Stay tuned for Chapter 5 - The Story! Yami and Suuki will finally reveal their identities... AND you will get to know what is going on... kind of :p

Syaoran: Ore no koibito (My lover), you're not on TV.

Syaoran-Lover: You finally admit you love me Syaoran-kun!

Syaoran: Just trying out how that would sound, don't overreact or I'll never do it again!

Syaoran-Lover: Hai! (Yes!)

Syaoran: Please REVIEW this baka na (not translating that) story so I'll get to know why I suffer so much on it.

Syaoran-Lover: You always suffer on my stories.

Syaoran: I want to know what makes me suffer on THIS one.

Syaoran-Lover: But you already know, I always tell you my plots before I write them! It's because of ... mph!

-Syaoran-Lover gets tied and gagged by Syaoran-

Syaoran: I'm just trying to help you!

Syaoran-Lover's thinking balloon: I knew he cared! He's so sweet, in his own way...

Syaoran sighs, turns to readers and bows in apology

Syaoran: Sumanai minna (Sorry people). This author won't write anything for a while. Please REVIEW and let me know why must I suffer so!

Syaoran-Lover's new thinking balloon: He's so kawaii! Syaoran-kun, I LOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVE you!

Syaoran takes a needle out of nowhere and pops the balloon. Grabs Syaoran-Lover by the shirt and drags the said out of the room.

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