Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptors or any of the names from that show...but Scott is MINE!!, OK?
S.M.K Fighters
Chapter 6Outside...
Sakura pushed Li in his wheelchair onto a small hill near the hospital.
"It's still so beautiful, but it's better when it's not through a window," Li said. His leg really needed a better rest, it was really hurting him. But he couldn't say anything; he didn't want to down Sakura's high spirit. The sun was about half way over the hills now and all the purple had turned blue. There was still some pink around the edges but it was mostly an orangey-yellow color.
But then both Sakura and Li were drawn from the beautiful scene by a gasp from behind them. Sakura turned, but Li just asked "What Sakura? WHAT?"
Sakura slowly but surely responded, "Madison...it's...Madison!"
"LI! Oh, Li...what happened? Why are you in a chair? Is it your leg?" Madison walked to the other side of Li and continued, "Oh, GREAT! It is your leg! Tell me what happened! Is it bad? Who did this-"
"MADISON!" Sakura and Li both screamed at the same time.
"I'm fine Madison. I was hit by a truck last night."
"He saved me, I wasn't looking. Then Li pushed me off the road."
"And then while I was being taken to hospital,"
"I gave the jewels to the boss." Sakura and Li said one after the other. Madison was stunned for a bit, but then the next thing they knew Madison was wheeling Li toward the hospital.
"Err, Madison? What are you doing exactly?" Li questioned calmly
"Well obviously you've been through enough excitement already, and I can see you cringing because of that leg. I'm not as stupid as you think I am Li!"
"But I was watching the sunrise with Sakura! MADISON!" He yelled and flailed his arms about anime style while Madison calmly pushed Li in the wheelchair. Sakura stared for a bit then followed behind Madison.
"Hey Madison, why are you here anyway? I thought you were at a friend's house...?" Sakura questioned.
"I was, she lives just down the road from here"
"No, I mean," explained Sakura "why are you here? How did you find out?"
"Oh! Your friend...what was his name? Scotty? Anyway! He told me you were here, but I guess I hung up so quickly I didn't get to hear the explanation!" Madison started to push Li back to the hospital again and she laughed.
Sakura sweat dropped on the side of her face and followed them...
Back in Li's hospital room...
Li and Madison had made up again and Madison was sitting on the edge of Li's bed, while Sakura had sat on the windowsill to see the last seconds of the sun rising. But Sakura was so tired that she had started to let her head nod and her eyes were only just open to slits. She let her eyes close and her head droop as she started to dream her dream...
Sakura's dream...
Sakura was running like mad down a dark, gloomy hallway, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Help me," she cried, as her voice echoed around her endlessly. It was pitch black and she couldn't see a thing. Then she tripped on something, a switch, and lights shone around her. She stood up again and noticed that she was dressed in a costume, like what Madison used to make for her. It was a white leotard with a blue pleated skirt and small, green, see-through wings on her back. The front of the leotard read 'Sakura' in shiny, red glitter. She looked down at her feet to see that she also had small, white ballet slippers on.
Then, she heard a loud roar and a strong, ice-cold gust of wind that sent her flying through the air. As she started to fall back, she heard voices in her head...
"Sakura? Wake up! PLEASE!" it sounded like Li.
"Sakura!" Madison's voice echoed around in her mind. When the voices stopped, she was suddenly laying in a field of purple wild flowers. The birds around her were chirping happily, and a butterfly fluttered in front of her face. Sakura stood and noticed her costume had changed again. She now wore a yellow dress that went down to her ankles and had a ribbon around her waist that tied at the back. Sakura also wore black buckled shoes and a yellow sun hat that tied around her chin.
Sakura looked around to see a yellow umbrella also lying where she had fallen. She picked it up and opened it up, and when she put it over her head, a whole bunch of different flower petals fell. Sakura smiled and turned 3 circles in delight.
Then the gust of wind blew again and a roar rung in her ears. The wind sent her soaring off the ground and, because of the umbrella, went flying across the flowers and landed hard on her butt as she dropped the umbrella and it flew away into a tree in the distance.
Sakura looked around her to see where the roaring wind had come from...but could only see Li running toward her, with Madison beside him...holding her camera!
"Sorry Sakura, maybe we should stop training for now...ok?" then Sakura stared at him for a bit.
"But...why, are we out here?" Sakura asked stunned.
Li laughed, along with Madison who was starting to tape them with her camera. "Stop pulling my leg Sakura. Let's go home, shall we?" Li said, then he leaned forward and kissed her on the lips passionately, and Sakura kissed back... even though Sakura was a little dumbstruck 'cause Madison was still taping them and didn't say a thing. Suddenly, as Li stopped kissing Sakura the world went pitch black...
Sakura sat in the dark and looked around. She got to her feet and spotted a growing light coming toward her.
"Hello...is anyone there?" Sakura called out, but there was no answer. As the light grew bigger and bigger she called out "Li? Madison! Where are you guys?" Sakura started to stress out. What was she going to do?
Sakura walked towards the light, as it started to shape into a person. Then Sakura was standing in front of it, but she couldn't see the face very well.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked, as the light grew so bright that the world around her went white...
In a small hospital bed...
Sakura woke up with a hospital light shining brightly in her face. She shot up, but had to lie back because her head started to spin.
"Sakura!" yelled Madison "LI! She's awake again!" Madison called out. Sakura was a little confused about the dream as she sat up slowly. She looked around and noticed where she was. She was in Li's bed!
Sakura smiled weakly and rubbed the back of her head. Li came into the room in a wheelchair, pushed by Madison.
"Oh, thank goodness your awake Sakura!" Li said excitedly.
"But, what happened?" Sakura asked confused "And why am I in a hospital bed?!" As Sakura stood up, her stomach growled loudly. Sakura gasped, put her arm over her stomach and grinned at her friends, blushing slowly.
"Come on Sakura," said Madison as she grabbed Sakura's wrist and pulled her out of Li's room, "let's get you something to eat!"...
2 minutes later...
Everyone was back in Li's private room, except Madison who had just stepped out to go to the bathroom.
Sakura sat in the chair next to Li, not knowing what to say. But then she thought of something "Well, I'm glad that we both feel the same about each other now," Sakura said smiling. Li faced her and smiled too. "When will you tell Madison?" Sakura asked "I mean, she has to find out at some stage, right?"
"I'll just tell her if she ever finds out, ok?" Li said almost nervously to Sakura. Sakura nodded and looked back out the window. It was a beautiful day outside and Sakura could see some clouds in the sky and she could hear the birds chirping happily to each other. Sakura was getting bored and had a sudden urge to go and see Scott, after all, he had helped Li last night...even if he was the one that had run him down in the first place – but it was only an accident!
Sakura looked back at Li and noticed that he was looking out the window too.
"Um, Li?"
"Yeah Sakura?"
"Would you be alright if...if I left now?"
"Sure Sakura, but why?" Li asked, now looking at Sakura.
"Well, I just wanted to go to the gym...?"
"Sure! You didn't have to ask me that you know!" Li chuckled.
"Yeah," Sakura sighed, "I know." And with that Sakura stood and walked out the door. She was going to catch a taxi home, but then she bumped into Madison and asked if she could borrow the car, but that Madison could ring Sakura later on and then Sakura could pick her up. Madison agreed and Sakura started to jog towards and down the stairs.
When Sakura got down the stairs she easily found the white van and started driving (cast hidden!!) towards the gym...
Gym...
When Sakura came in the gym she put her bag in a small locker by the door so that no one would steal her things and locked it, but as she stood, she bumped into someone
"Oops, I'm such a klutz-" Sakura said, then noticed who it was and just blushed then looked the other way "Hi Scott," She mumbled and walked the other way, towards the pedal bikes.
"Sakura! Wait!" Scott called after her. Sakura got to the bike and started to adjust it to the right speed for her. Scott stood by her and watched her. "You know Sakura," Scott sighed as Sakura started to pedal "you sure are strange...I mean you work out here even more than I do!" Scott chuckled. "I wouldn't be surprised if you had a six-pack!"
Scott laughed harder as Sakura jumped off the bike with a sigh and started walking back towards her locker for some money for a drink at the machine.
Scott laughed a little longer and then followed Sakura again.
Sakura opened her locker as Scott reached out and put a hand on her shoulder. When he did, Sakura stopped dead still and shuddered. She had a sudden vision of her dream...
Sakura's dream, again...
Sakura sat in the dark and looked around. She got to her feet and spotted a growing light coming toward her.
"Hello?...is anyone there?" Sakura called out, but there was no answer. As the light grew bigger and bigger she called out "Li? Madison! Where are you guys?" Sakura started to stress out. What was she going to do?
Sakura walked towards the light, as it started to shape into a person. Then Sakura was standing in front of it, but she couldn't see the face very well.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked as the light grew so bright that the world around her went white...
Back to the Gym...
"Sakura? Are you cold...HELLO?!?!" Scott called to Sakura. But she wasn't cold at all. She shrugged off Scott's hand and walked back towards the change rooms with her bag in hand.
"What's with you today Sakura?" Scott called out. Sakura stopped but didn't turn around.
"These past few days you've been ignoring me...well, at least more than you usually do, and you won't talk to me anymore-" Scott hung his head and sighed "I just want to know why..." He looked at Sakura's back, and then shook his head. He turned around and started to walk in the other direction.
Sakura felt bad and her stomach sank to the floor, along with her head. 'What have I done?' Sakura thought '...my GOD! I'm so confused!! I don't want to loose Scott, but I like Li now as well...AAAH!!!' she clutched her head in confusion. She let go of her head and turned around to see where Scott had gone. She knew she had to apologise to him. She quickly dashed towards his office and stopped at the door.
Scott was loading a bag with some of his things. Sakura knew she had to do something - fast...but WHAT?
She sighed. "Look, I'm sorry Scott, I'm sorry that I may have pushed you away from me. But I-"
"Don't apologise to me Sakura," Scott stopped stuffing his bag and looked at Sakura with such cold eyes it sent a chill running down her spine. Sakura looked away, but still continued to speak.
"I do need to apologise though. I've been ignoring the fact that when you actually asked me out on dates...you actually meant it didn't you?" Sakura looked back at Scott, but he still looked the same. "Well I only said no and all that because I thought you were just mucking around..."she trailed off and sighed, then looked with glazed eyes at the wall in front of her, "I am just confused right now, that's all. Please...don't leave me."
Tears welled up in Sakura's eyes as her head was gently pressed against Scott's chest and the smell of his cologne filled her nose. It made her smile. She knew that smell, she had smelled it before...but something wasn't right. She stopped crying and quickly wiped away her tears, then pushed Scott back gently to see his face...
But it wasn't Scott at all!
"TORI! What are you doing here? I thought-" but he was to busy staring angrily at Scott. Sakura stood right in front of Tori, in-between the two of them.
"So this is where you were squirt!" Tori teased Sakura. But she just sighed and shook her head with a smile.
"Dad was worried about you this morning when he knew you were gone, so I went looking for you." Said Tori sternly, still glaring at Scott. Sakura butted in.
"Who told?" she said
"Well Madison wouldn't say, so instead she told me where Li was in the hospital...he told me."
Sakura looked down and Tori looked at her. Scott saw his chance and pushed past Tori as he ran out the room.
"Wait Scott!" Sakura cried. Scott stopped dead in his tracks, but didn't turn.
"You can't leave me here, I...I'd go crazy without you around" Sakura stepped past Tori and started to walk towards Scott.
"We've been friends for so long that I wouldn't know what to do if you weren't there to talk with me..." Scott looked down and slowly turned around, dropping his bag by his feet. Tori just leaned against the door frame and watched. As Sakura got closer to him she noticed he was shaking slightly, so she just walked faster, till Sakura could feel Scott's fresh, mint breath.
"I-...I'm sorry Scott" Sakura whispered "do you forgive me?"
Scott looked deep into Sakura's eyes, then quickly, before the moment passed and she moved away again, he bent down slightly and kissed her gently on the lips.
Sakura was shocked! She didn't know what to do! But it felt so nice that she pressed her hands against his shirt and kissed back.
But the next thing they knew they heard cheering and clapping. So they broke it off and looked around to see that everyone in the gym (except Tori!) was shouting and clapping with joy! Both their faces went bright red with embarrassment and Sakura nearly fainted with all the commotion. Scott quickly grabbed his bag, and Sakura's arm, and raced out the gym door in a flash.
Tori was left behind, smiling to himself and thinking how funny they looked when everyone started clapping! He also wished for his camera!!
Viking-Ulf: OK, the story just goes a bit down hill from here...and it might take longer to get it up because the story's finally caught up with me!!