CHAPTER 8

Li stared at Sakura as she lightly smiled. Sakura's hair was slightly messy from sleeping. Her eyes looked as if they were sparkling. Something he never seen before.

"Hi." Li said a little above a whisper. He could tell that Sakura felt uncomfortable. Who could blame her, she woke up in a unknown place.

"Uh... Hi." Sakura answered. Li stood up and walked over to his dresser. He grabbed Sakura shoes and her coat.

"I...uh... looked for you after our chess match." Li said walking up to Sakura with her things. Sakura grunted slightly. Just as she feared, he saw the whole thing.

"What did you see?" Sakura asked quickly. Li dropped the stuff on the chair and then walked so he stood infront of Sakura.

"When I found you, you were... uh... asking this girl in she was alright. She said something about you saving her life. You walked away and collasped on the sidewalk not to far away. The girl was going to call 911 but I told her I would just take you back to my house and take care of you." Li said. Sakura let out a sigh of relief. "He didnt see me fight. He didn't hear the things I said to that fuckin' vamp." Sakura said to herself.

"Ok...good." Was all Sakura said before walking over to her stuff and gathering it up. She walked over to the door and stopped. She turned and looked at Li.

"Well thanks for everything I guess." Sakura said simply and started to walk out. Li didn't want it to end like that. He wanted her around longer. He wanted to continue to look into those emerald eyes.

"Wait Sakura!" Li said quickly. Sakura turned and looked at him confusingly. Li walked up to her and looked at her. He smiled slightly.

"Do you think that we can uh.. be friends. Like maybe hang out and stuff?" Li stated. Sakura looked at him in shock. "He wants to be friends?" Sakura thought to herself.

"Um...sure. Sounds good." Sakura said. She turned and walked to the door. Li followed close behind. He opened the door and gasped out loud.

"MEILIEN!"

Meilien looked from Sakura to Li and back again. She had to close her eyes and open them again just to make sure she was seeing right. She was. Sakura was over at Li's house.

"What in the hell is going on here?" Meilien yelled. Sakura was confused. She had no idea what was going on but she had to get home before her foster parents got to worried.

"Ok I'm going. Later." Sakura said and walked out the door leaving Li and Meilien alone.

"So are you going to tell me what the hell is going on?" Meilien demanded again. Li narrowed his eyes.

"Whats it to you anyways? Why the hell are you here?" Li retorted. Meilien's glare suddenly disappeared. She almost seemed sad.

"I was coming here to try and fix things up between us. To forget the past and try to be a "normal" family again. But I see I was totally stupid! Stay away from my friend Li. I sware, you come close to Sakura..." Meilien let it trail off. Her glare returned and something with it. Li wasn't sure what but it looked a whole lot like hurt.

"I'm not..." Li started but Meilien cut him off.

"I said stay away. Don't talk to her, don't even fuckin' look at her. You have your own "group". Stay the hell away from mine!" And with that, Meilien walked off leaving Li totally speechless. Li shut the door and walked into his bedroom. He stared at his bed and he couldn't help a smirk that spreaded its way across his face.