No Difference Between You and Me

Chapter 18  - Second Chance

Authors Note: Hey! This is the long waited chapter and its going too uploaded. Sorry to my readers who waited patiently for this chapter and epilogue. I know, they are angry but I hope this is going to make up for it. Well I have nothing to say right now except I have been really busy with my other story 'The Beauty Of A Dream' for those who don't know. Thanks and I have more to say at the epilogue.

Note: I'm going to use Tomoyo instead of Madison because I know I mix them up somewhere, so please bear the change with me okay!

Eriol started to round about, looking around his surroundings, squinting since the light had been bright. He had a terrible headache and currently forgot where he was or what he was doing until it struck him. They were knocked out. Him and Tomoyo, but where was Tomoyo? He tried to move but found out that his arms and legs were tied onto tree.

'What the hell?' he thought looking around carefully, and saw a pair of pale legs dangling from the tree above him. He looked up and saw Tomoyo who still didn't awake was tied up by the arms on a firm branch.

"Tomoyo," he said struggling against the rope he was tied up with. He heard laughter from behind him.

"Eriol Hiiragizawa, should've known for the first time when your friend when missing," a man said coming out. He was wearing an officer outfit and SWAT officer's behind him with their guns held high and ready to fire.

"Lang!" Eriol spat looking at the man in front of him with disgust.

"Good to see you remember me, I would be hurt if you did," he said chuckling giving a look at his officers who quickly assembled themselves around Eriol and Tomoyo, who just started to wake.

"Um… Eriol," Tomoyo said whimpering her eyes not even open yet then heard noises around them, snapping them wide open looking directly into Lang's eyes with fear, revenge, and hatred, "Lang!" she said surprised.

"We'll go easy on you and your girlfriend if you tell us where Kanomi is?" Lang said softly, but Eriol and Tomoyo just glared at him, wondering what he was trying to get at.

"Who do you think we are?" Tomoyo shouted at him, who looked token back, "If you kindly let us both go we will tell you where Kanomi will be, by they way if you think we work with him your dead wrong!" she said in a deadly tone giving Lang a tough decision to make.

"How do we know you're not with him?" he asked, this time Eriol chuckled.

"Why would we try to kill our own friend and why would we kidnap her in the first place?" he said getting a fair nod from Lang who ordered his men to let the go. Once they were free they looked at the officers with a straight face and tossed Lang a cell phone.

"Anything we should know?" Lang asked finally, getting a skeptical look from Tomoyo but quickly hid it.

"Syaoran is out there taking Kanomi on, reach him before he does something that they both would regret," Eriol warned fearing for Syaoran's safety and knew his temperament with foolishness. Tomoyo nodded standing behind Eriol for safety.

"Okay, you heard it guys, pack up and head in this direction!" Lang yelled out as their troops fled the scene. Lang gave them a nod of approval then walked away but stopped and looked around, "Your friend, I think her name was Sakura, she in the hospital seriously injured with a stab wound to her stomach," he said then turned around hearing a gasp from Tomoyo.

"Oh no! Sakura!" Tomoyo gasped holding tightly onto Eriol.

"We'll go to the hospital later, we have to go to see Syaoran right now before the police do something stupid!" Eriol taking her hand and ran as fast as they could to his and jumped inside, zooming off.

"How does it feel to kill some innocent man?" Kanomi said with a triumphant smile, looking at Syaoran who gulped trying to forget the old man he just killed. Kanomi looked like he was in his thirties, with bright crimson eyes and jet black hair with a scar across his left cheek.

"How does it feel raping young girls and taking them in hostage? Kill some if needed?" Syaoran replied back evenly, with death in his voice tone. Kanomi growled shooting a bullet at Syaoran but missed, since Syaoran came forward and knocked the gun out of hands.

"Why you little bastard!" Kanomi yelled punching Syaoran in the stomach. Syaoran stumbled back looking at Kanomi with anger in his eyes, and upper kicked him in the face and flipped backwards.

"Maybe you should know I'm not so little anymore," Syaoran said in attack position. Kanomi charged towards him with his fist in the air and both collided but Kanomi was pushed on the floor, with Syaoran on top of him. He looked at him with no regret in his eyes.

"Any last words?" Syaoran asked giving him a punch in the face. Kanomi nodded and his leg came swinging from the back and hit him in the back of the head. Syaoran groaned and got up quickly holding the back of his head. Kanomi took his time getting his gun and pointed it right at Syaoran.

"Look who's winning now!" Kanomi said happily shooting at him repeatedly, Syaoran sensed his move and started to flip towards the tree and hid behind the tree stump. Kanomi growled in frustration and regretted to think that Li was easily to kill. He walked up into the small woods with many trees all over the place and tried to figure what tree Li was hiding behind.

"Come out Li, no point of hiding like coward!" Kanomi said sneaking up to a tree and jumped around it with his gun in front of him. Suddenly there was a noise in the branch above him and shot upwards, here a shriek but a bird fell down at his feet.

"Since when did you decide killing animals," Syaoran teased walking in the darkness, which made it even more difficult for Kanomi.

"Got you!" Kanomi said whirling around but found nothing there, he heard a branch snap behind him, and again whirled around to find no one there. Suddenly it sounded quiet… 'Too quiet,' Kanomi thought.

"Wrong again," Syaoran said quietly punching him from the back of Kanomi's head. He screamed from the pain, and dropped his gun, feeling very light headed. He fell on his knee's and that was when Li jumped on top of him, punching repeatedly until his hand felt sore.

"This is over and I'm going to prove it," Syaoran smirked dragging Kanomi's body out of the woods to make a world premiere kill. He left Kanomi's body in the middle of the flat yard and no one could be seen, Syaoran look at Kanomi's body and walked back to make his shots. Just as he was about to, he heard sounds from behind him.

"This is the police!" someone called out, Syaoran recognized the voice and froze, "Drop the gun or we won't hesitate to shot!" the same voice threatened. Syaoran dropped the gun and held out his hands.

"Walk backwards and turn around for us to see who you are," the voice said making Syaoran walk backwards and then turn around making them gasp, even for Lang.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here boys?" Lang spat looking directly at Syaoran who glared back helplessly.

"Li Syaoran," one of the officers said earning a glare from Lang.

"I know that! Beside what is a Li doing here trying to kill another man?" Lang said suspiciously with his gun raised at him.

"If you must know," Syaoran started off coldly, "that man over there is the real Kanomi whom you have been looking for five years, and I got him under my own hands!"
 

"Kanomi!?!" Lang said surprised, and then lowered his guns making the officers do the same thing as well, "Men search his body and the other one," he ordered making them jump right to work.

"Li, I don't know how you did it but all I know is that today you're a hero but a murderer at them time, the body that you though you killed was already dead, must've been a trick from Kanomi to throw you off," Lang said filling him in. Syaoran looked shocked but didn't show on his face. He felt a tap on his shoulder and found a pale Tomoyo and Eriol, looking at him with sad eyes.

"You are free to go and don't worry about the old man, he belongs to the morgue" Lang said nodding at him as Syaoran walked over to Eriol with worry written all over his face.

"Did do you find Kanomi?" Eriol asked sadly, making Syaoran nod but look at him suspiciously, something was going on and he sensed it.

"Good, 'cause we have to go visit Sakura, she was seriously wounded since some guy tried to murder her," Tomoyo said almost shrieking; Syaoran's eyes widened and froze up.

"Let's go then! What were you waiting for?!?" he yelled at Eriol and Tomoyo who juts back him blankly.

"YOU!" They both yelled back angrily. Syaoran looked at them sheepishly, putting a hand behind his hand and stood there embarrassed then remembered Sakura. He looked at them and they both knew what he was going to do. They ran towards their car and started their engines.

'I hope you're alright!'  Syaoran thought, begging for god to let Sakura live.

"Paging Dr. Xiao Yu, paging Dr. Xiao Yu," went the speaker box in the waiting room, which was usually full but not this time since police surrounded the hospital and parking lot. A doctor ran quickly down the hall with her long brown hair swishing and serious light blue eyes.

"I'm here what happened?!?" she said exasperated. The nurses and other doctors in the room looked at her with blank faces then turned serious, no one said a word yet, and "I don't have all day!" she added yelling.

"We have a patient in critical condition from several stabs wounds, it's a miracle that she survived!" one of the nurses said quietly not wanting to get yelled at. Dr. Xiao Yu's eyes softened and nodded.

"Where is she?" she asked as one of the doctors pointed to the other door in the room. Dr. Xiao Yu handed the same doctor her clip board and opened the door, finding a young girl barely breathing and very pale. Her eyes trailed down to her mid-section and saw that she was loosing a lot of blood.

"Hurry take her to the surgery room, any family members or friends have to wait, this is a big one so no snoozing off!" she said taking off her white coat and grabbed her light blue operating outfit and rushed to the main sink to wash her hands.

"Yes mam!" the men said taking the bed out of the room, like flying colors.

"You! Take a blood sample and see what blood type she is, and get me lots of blood! Then get me a pair of new hospital gowns," Dr. Xiao Yu yelled as the frightened nurses jumped to her feet and nodded, and ran hurriedly down the hall. The doctor rubbed her temples and wished she stayed at home like the other but she felt the need to stay and help the needy.

"Doctor, we're ready to operate," a voice came from her small pager.

"Okay, don't do anything until I say so," she replied walking out of the room, with a determined look on her face that made sure the Sakura was going to live.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT I CAN'T SEE HER?!?" Syaoran yelled at the doctor in front of him. Syaoran was a mess, his clothes dirty and his face and ribs were bruised. His hair was messier than usual, but his attitude didn't change.

"Sir, she's currently in surgery," the doctor said weakly watching Syaoran glare at him coldly. Eriol came up from behind him and made sure that Syaoran wasn't going to do anything stupid. Eriol pulled him back and gave Syaoran a glare who hesitantly went back and sat down angrily.

"Sorry about that, when do you suppose her surgery is done?" Eriol asked feeling very tired.

"In about 20 minutes," the doctor said. Eriol nodded and walked back to Tomoyo and Syaoran. Tomoyo was currently reading the magazines that lay upon the table next to her and Syaoran was steaming in his seat.

"She's doing fine," Eriol said assuring her when he saw Tomoyo's hands shaking. Tomoyo looked up with scared but determined eyes and nodded weakly.

"I'm going in there in 20 min and nobody is going stop me," Syaoran murmured making Eriol chuckle at Syaoran's stubbornness that once matched Sakura's.

"I can't believe someone went after her when Kanomi was across town," Tomoyo whispered to them, "that's just sick, he wanted to get rid of both Syaoran and Sakura," she added making them both nod.

"Yea, but he failed and didn't kill Sakura, but the nurse got murdered for doing something right," Eriol conclude. Tomoyo nodded sadly.

"God bless her soul," she when all of the sudden the door's opened and in came the same doctor, with a sad expression.

"What's wrong?" Tomoyo screamed knowing that look that appeared on the doctor's face.

"She's awake except she doesn't have that much time," the doctor said making them gasp, Syaoran got up and ran past the doctor and headed for emergency room.

"What's wrong with her?" Tomoyo said worriedly looking directly at the doctor making him sigh sadly.

"She needs a kidney, the most damage happened there and thank god it didn't damage her ovary," the doctor started off making them gasp but quickly replaced it by a questioning look from Tomoyo, "or else she wouldn't have been able to have babies, second she doesn't have much time because her body needs the kidney or else her body parts would soon stop functioning," he added.

"How long does she have?" Eriol asked holding tightly on Tomoyo's hand.

"Three to four hours left," he stated, "unless she gets a donor right away," he added.

"Can we se her now?" Tomoyo asked getting a nod from the doctor who led them to Sakura's room.

(How can you see into my eyes like open doors?)

Syaoran raced down the hall and searched through each room, looking for Sakura. Lastly he found the right room, and found Sakura in a hospital bed laying down, looking up at the ceiling, with a pale face and dilated eyes. He felt his hearted breaking when she winced from the pain. He didn't know if he should've knocked on the door for permission first or waited.

(Leading you down into my core, where I have become so numb)

"Syaoran," Sakura said weakly, noticing him standing in the doorway, with a struggling look. He snapped at his thoughts and walked closer to Sakura, who managed to give a smile.

"Sakura, how are you feeling?" he said sitting next to her.

"Fine, did you get Kanomi? Is he in jail?" she asked making Syaoran chuckle at her eagerness even during tough time. He nodded and looked into her eyes. Sakura smiled when he chuckled, it always made her feel happy. There was period of silence until …

 (Without a soul, my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold, until you find it there and lead it back home,)

"I'm sorry," Syaoran whispered, getting a puzzled look from Sakura.

"Why?" she asked, almost in a demanding tone. Syaoran was still looking down, feeling guilty and was hard to look at her at the moment.

(Wake me up! [Wake me up inside] I can't wake up! [Wake me up inside])

"Because I caused all this to happen, he was after me and you came to this twisted kind of game and got hurt, because of me, I should've looked harder when you were missing!" he whispered to her, a small sad smile appeared on her face.

"Look at me," she ordered, as Syaoran slowly brought he face up to her hers.

(Save me! [Call my name and save me from the dark] Wake me up! [Bid my blood to run])

"It's not your fault; I don't appreciate it that you blame yourself, it is called destiny," she said with a smile, and lightened the mood.

"Destiny?" he said puzzled.

(I can't wake me up! [Before I come undone] Save me! [Save me from the nothing I've become])

"Yes destiny. Destiny what brought you and me together, what made us good friends," Syaoran smiled dimmed hearing friends, 'Am I just a friend to her?' he thought sadly, "and what made us go through this," she said.

"Then destiny is horrible!" he grumbled, making Sakura laugh actually making Syaoran smile.

(Now that I know what I'm without, you can't just leave me, breath into me and make me real!)

"If I were you, I would say the same thing but from where I'm standing I'm grateful that I'm still alive, even though I have to live with horrible pain," Sakura said cheerfully, but if one looked into her eyes there was something there that made you think twice.

"I guess you're right, but hey!" Syaoran said, "I'll get you out of this prison and we'll all together live in peace," he added making her nod and smile.

(Bring me to life!)

"Yes, we'll all live in peace," she said softly then coughed very hard making Syaoran worry, looking around for any doctors, but they were alone.

"What's wrong?" Syaoran asked who smiled but the looked in her eyes would say otherwise.

"Nothing," she replied, not liking Syaoran's hard gaze upon her.

(Wake me up! [Wake me up inside] I can't wake up! [Wake me up inside])

"I don't believe you," he stated getting a little mad at her, since she was clearly hiding something.

"Well don't believe me," she replied back evenly, not liking his tone of voice and never heard it before.

"Sakura tell me what's wrong or I'll find out some other way," he said again monotonously, hearing Sakura give out a defeated sigh and got teary eyed, but willed herself not to cry in front of him.

(Save me! [Call my name and save me from the dark] Wake me up! [Bid my blood to run])

"When I woke up, I felt something missing from my body and I was right," she started off getting a confused look from Syaoran.

"I don't get it?" he said straight off.

"I asked the doctors and they told me that one of my kidneys took the most damage and they took it out but they need another one for me to live longer and healthier," she added, "I only have a few more hours to live if I don't get a kidney donor," she whispered quietly looking around from their steady gaze.

(I can't wake up! [Before I come undone] Save me! [Save me from the nothing I've become])

"What?!?" Syaoran said almost yelling, forgetting what he was supposed to say. Sakura nodded sadly and sighed. Syaoran looked at her, studying her face and knew she had something else to say but was afraid to say it.

"Syaoran," she said quietly.

"What is it?" he said in a worried tone and allowed his face to show it.

"If I'm gone, please don't change the way you are… don't forget me…" she said barely audible.

(Bring me to life! [I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside] Bring me to life!)

Syaoran was shocked. At the beginning he thought he lost her but god gave them a second change and he again is loosing her for the second time if there was no donor. He couldn't believe he was having this conversation with the person he loved!

"Sakura, you're not going to die," Syaoran said flatly surprising Sakura a little.

"Yes I am, your not god!" she replied back, making Syaoran almost smile at her stubbornness.

"No your not!"

"Yes I am!"

(Frozen inside without your touch, without your love darling, only you are the life among the dead!)

"I love you," Syaoran said out of the blue, making Sakura freeze and shut up. Sakura blinked at him cutely, wondering if she heard him right and by the look in her eyes, she knew he did. She waited for him to say those longing words but didn't know if he meant it.

"Really?" Sakura asked trying her best not to squeak. Syaoran chuckled at her cuteness and nodded.

"Really," he replied back calmly and soothingly. Sakura squealed but attack him because of her situation, making her sigh regretfully.

"You know, I would've attacked you with a bear hug but in position, it's against the ruled even for love," she joked as Syaoran leaned in and placed a hand on her cheek caressing it.

"I love you," he whispered seriously moving closer to her, "and you're going to live!" he added making her giggle.

(All this time I can't believe I couldn't see, kept in the dark but you were there in front of me)

"I love you too," she whispered back as he closed the gap between them with a soft kiss but pulled back not wanting to hurt even more. Sakura flushed from their first kiss, and wondered about their future that was going to be based on her survival.

"I see they confessed and made up!" Tomoyo said happily with Eriol by her side. Sakura smiled brightly giving them a shriek of joy and tried to sit up straight but winced.

"Eriol! Tomoyo! I didn't know you were here!" she said surprised.

(I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems, got to open me eyes to everything!)

"We were, but you were caught up in your smooching contest with Syaoran," Tomoyo teased, making Sakura flush with embarrassment and a glare from Syaoran.

"How are you feeling?" Eriol asked sincerely as they both walked up to her bed and examined her.

"Great, but I need god to send me a kidney," she joked and winced again from the pain, the other's looked really worried. Syaoran got up thinking and excused himself, Eriol and the doctor.

(Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul! [Don't let me die here] There must be something more, bring me to life!)

"Sakura," Tomoyo said softly looking down and took Sakura hand and rubbed it reassuringly as tears sprung into her eyes.

"Tomoyo remember when I told you what I feared the most after ghosts?" Sakura asked, getting a sad nod from Tomoyo looking up into her eyes.

"Yes, death" she stated sadly as Sakura shiver suddenly from the coldness around her.

(Wake me up! [Wake me up inside] I can't wake up! [Wake me up inside])

"I don't want to die yet Tomoyo, I want to live life, to get married, have babies and grandchildren and die when I'm old," Sakura said brokenly started to sob quietly, that started to make Tomoyo cry.

"You're not going to die Sakura, and I promise you that you will grow old and have lots of babies and grandchildren and have a beautiful wedding," Tomoyo promised Sakura as they both sat there in silence, and Sakura feel asleep on the bed when Tomoyo stayed awake.

"I promise you Sakura, and I never break promises," she said quietly caressing Sakura's hand and fell asleep also.

(Save me! [Call my name and save me from the dark] Wake me up! [Bid my blood to run])

Outside the room, Syaoran and Eriol were talking and discussing issues to the doctor, related to Sakura's kidney donor and found some sad and helpless news.

"There are million's of people who need kidneys and we don't have that many to hand out," the doctor said getting Syaoran fired up.

"I'll whatever amount they need!" he said trying to bargain but the doctor sadly shook his head.

(I can't wake up! [Before I come undone] Save me! [Save me from the nothing I've become])

"I'm sorry but that's against the rules sir," the doctor told Syaoran. Syaoran nodded and excused Eriol and himself and talked quietly.

"We need to think of a plan or something quick or else Sakura's gone for good in a couple of hours," Eriol warned making Syaoran nod and glare at particularly nothing.

"I have an idea," he said after a period of silence and some thinking that was done.

"Okay, I have an idea," Syaoran said walking up to the doctor who wondered what he was up to now, "I'd like to make an immediate kidney donor," he said satisfied with what he said, shocking Eriol and the doctor. They both knew he was serious but need to double check since this was his inner organ he was giving out.

"Are you sure?!?" Eriol asked again, not getting over the shock. Syaoran nodded.

"Yes, I am. I'd like to donate one of my kidneys to Sakura Kinimoto."

(Bring me to life! [I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside] Bring me to life!)

To be continued…