Hello peoples! Yeah, this chapter is kind-a late, sorry bout that, but I'm actually into the next chapter, so it should be up soon. But I go back to school today, after being on a two week spring break. Yep! (I found out that usually the mainland only has one week off!) Haha, I laugh in all your faces. But then, I realized you have a three month summer vacation when I only got…like 6-9 weeks. So I don't laugh in your face. T.T And you guys also get snow days. I've only not been able to go to school once in my lifetime thanks to natural causes and that was last year when we had a storm and our lights went out. T.T To bad it doesn't happen often. I wish it did. We barely get rain, but when we do (Especially in the winter) it freakin pours! And my dad laughs at me cuz he's from New York and I'm telling him I'm freezing when it's only like…70 degrees. I DO live in Hawaii, and that IS cold to us. T.T I was freezing last winter when I went to Arkansas. Gosh…that's freezing!

Anywho's, enough with my story about weather. T.T I'm not really smart, but I'm trying to reach 4.0 next quarter (doubt it will happen) so I'll be quite busy. My work will come before these chapters. So, yeah. Sorry about that.

Hate or Love

Chapter 16: She's back!

By: Nalu Gurl

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Syaoran got up as the sun poured into the room. He yawned tiredly, and turned around, closing his eyes again. When the thoughts of last night with Marco went through his mind, he groaned and sat up.

The bitch got away. She ran. Why? Because she knew. She knew that Sakura had told him and she knew that he would force Sakura to get the cops involved.

Everything was on the News now, so, not only where they getting the help of the police department, everyone was looking out for Kyoko, and making sure that Sakura was safe. He looked out his window and noticed two cops outside his apartment complex. He groaned once more and got out of bed. Before going into his shower to get ready for school, he walked into Sakura's room and looked over at her.

Her auburn hair was tossed here and there, and her emerald, green eyes were hidden by her eyelids. A small smile was placed over her lips. 'If it wasn't for dreams, what peace would we have?' Syaoran thought, smiling slightly.

He walked over to the bed and gently tapped her shoulder. When she didn't move, he gently rubbed her shoulder up and down. "Come on, Sakura. You need to get up for school."

Her eyes fluttered open and she looked at him. "What time is it?" She asked.

He looked at the alarm clock on her table. "7:15." He told her and she sat up. He stood up as well and started walking out of the bedroom. "We'll go through drive through for breakfast." He told her.

Sakura nodded and looked out the window as he left. He moved into his room and grabbed a pair of blue jeans and a black shirt. Soon later, he was in the shower.

The feel of the hot water one his bare shoulders relaxed him. If only this was how he always felt. Last night he had stayed up to think about his relationship with Sakura. He knew he loved her, and he also knew he never actually hated her. Then he got into the part where he became involved with Sakura's problems. Was this destiny? Was there such a thing? Was he supposed to come into her life and be her protector of the big, bad, evil witch?

It kept him up long. He kept thinking, thinking and thinking. He wondered when he would finally tell her he was in love with her. They were a growing couple, cuddling, kissing, holding hands, talking. Every day it got better, and worst. With each passing moment, since Kyoko came into her life, things where getting bad for her. He wondered if him coming into her life the way he had was helping her at all.

He sighed as he got out, wiping down. He remembered what Marco had told him the night before. 'I'm authorized to tell Kinomoto Touya about the problems with Sakura. It can't be helped.'

By this afternoon, Touya would know. What would he do when he found out Sakura was hiding something so big from him? And worst yet, she had told not only Tomoyo, but as well as Eriol and himself.

He dressed and walked out, grabbing his books and putting it into his bag. Swinging it over his shoulder, he grabbed his keys and walked out into the kitchen, waiting for Sakura to come down.

She came down a bit later in a white tank top and black pants. Her pink bag was hung on both of her shoulders and sunglasses where placed on her head. He smiled at her and gave her a little kiss. She returned it and smiled at him. "Everything will get better. They'll find her soon." She spoke, and he was happy to know that she wouldn't be crying to much over this. Sakura may be weak in the heart, but she was strong willed, and that was all that mattered. He cupped her cheek and smiled.

"You're right. They'll find her. Soon too, right?"

She nodded and took his arm as they walked out of the apartment. Locking the doors, they walked down the steps and moved toward the car. The drive to school felt like forever after they drove through McDonalds for breakfast.

When they parked at the school, they had ten minutes before school started. Sakura grabbed the trash and threw it in the garbage. When she turned around, she gasped at Syaoran standing in front of her.

"You scared me!" She laughed slightly.

"Sorry, didn't mean too. Can I ask you something?" He asked and she nodded, wondering what he was going to ask. He grabbed her hand and entangled it with his.

"Syaoran…?" She asked, looking slightly scared, as if he was going to break up with her.

He smiled down at her reassuringly. "I was wondering if….me coming into your life, you know, the way I did. With our relationship. I was wondering if it's helping you or making it harder."

"What are you getting at, Syaoran? Are you trying to break"

"No! No, it's not that, Sakura. It's just…" He sighed. Placing her hand over his heart, he looked at her. "I was just wondering if I was…good enough for you."

"Syaoran, you're"

"What I'm saying is that, basically, I just…when we got together, on that date, you let me know everything. Where you…I mean, I don't know. I just…" He sighed and looked at her deeply. "I just feel that…I'm not good enough. I want to know if me coming into your life in this relationship, if it was a good thing or a bad thing. If I'm helping you and not making your life harder, or the other way around."

She looked at him as he moved her hand away from his heart. She smiled slightly, and replaced her hand over his heart once again. "You coming into my life is a great thing, Syaoran. You're helping me. You're perfect for me. If you weren't, I wouldn't have given you my first kiss, I wouldn't have told you about any of my problems." She spoke softly, and lightly kissed him as the bell rang.

Syaoran took her in his arms and held her tightly to him. Her hands encircled his torso, and she held him just as tight. Opening his eyes, he noticed the police car and the police watching them. He sighed slightly, and then laughed. "We have no privacy any more."

They pulled a part and she looked at him strangely. He nodded in the back of her and she turned. Laughing slightly, she shook her head. "Let's get to class."

He nodded and took her hand as they walked to the buildings. People stopped to look, all now knowing about her problems at home. The news sure did its job in notifying everyone. Syaoran glared, letting them know they were staring, and they turned around.

In English class, Rika, Chiharu and Naoko ran up to her. "Why didn't you tell us!" Rika asked, frantic.

"We could have helped you!" Chiharu said and Naoko nodded.

"Sorry, I was just…scared I guess." She laughed it off when Takashi walked over and gave her a huge hug.

"Did you know that when people don't tell their friends things such as bad as this, I'm not going to get my head banged because I'm not telling another lie to cheer you up." He laughed as Chiharu hit him. She was glad at least her friends were trying to comfort her.

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After school, Syaoran waited next to the car for Sakura and Tomoyo. Eriol waited around with him, his car parked only three spaces down. Eriol gave him a look, and then noticed the cops in the parking lot. "Is it always like this? I mean, are they always there?"

Syaoran looked at him, then over to where the cops where. There was only one, and he guessed the other was in the school grounds watching over Sakura. Another cop car was parked next to the other, which was apparently the ones assigned to Tomoyo. Later on, they had found out that cops where placed outside all Sakura's close friends, and of course Touya's house when he and his wife finally got out of the hospital.

"Yeah. They came by last night. They were there this morning. Always." He sighed, running a hand through his hair.

It was silent for a moment once again. Then, Eriol spoke up. "So, you gonna tell her you love her any time soon?" He asked.

Syaoran colored slightly, looking away from him. "No."

"Why not?" Eriol asked, looking at him with curiosity. "If you love her, then she has a right to know."

Syaoran looked at Eriol seriously. "I can't. She's already having enough of a hard time with this whole Kyoko business. I can't possibly tell her I love her. It would make her stressed. She'd be thinking about it constantly. All the time. Sakura's a caring person, if I was to tell her, she'd be stressed over rejecting me without hurting my feelings."

"You don't even know if she'll reject you!" Eriol put in.

"Yeah, well." Syaoran turned away to look at the ground. "I'm not taking the chance anytime soon."

Eriol sighed, standing straight. He watched as Tomoyo and Sakura walked over, and another cop walked out, going to where the police cars where located.

Syaoran smiled gently at Sakura and opened the door for her to get in.

"We'll meet you at your house. Tomoyo and I will got get Panda Express." Eriol stated and Syaoran nodded as he got into the car.

"Alright." He spoke as he pulled out and drove away.

When they got home, they were surprised to see another cop car sitting outside the house. But the one that had been following them left, giving them the knowledge that the cops from earlier where now off shift.

Inside, they quickly changed and got ready for their friends. When Tomoyo and Eriol finally came, they picked set the table and ate while talking about multiple different things.

Leaving the boys to do the dishes, Tomoyo and Sakura walked into the living room, pulling out some games, such as pictionary, charades, twister, and others.

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Sakura laughed heavily, trying to keep her balance. Syaoran, Tomoyo and herself where at the moment, entangled in a knot. Syaoran let out a laugh almost losing his balance, as he was carrying most of the weight from the two girls.

"Right foot red, Sakura." Eriol stated, making her look at him like he was crazy. The red was all the way on the other side from where her right foot was currently. She gave off another laugh as she tried to reach her foot over Syaoran and Tomoyo to get to the Red.

She let another laugh out, dropping her weight on her two friends, causing them all to fall to the ground. They laughed, even Syaoran, when they heard a knock on the door. Sakura looked at Syaoran. "Where you expecting someone?" She asked.

Syaoran shook his head. "No, not that I can remember."

"I'll go and get it." Eriol stated when the knocking continued. Getting up, he walked over to the door and opened it. He jumped aside quickly to not get trampled by the over angry man.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!" Touya hollered, looking at his younger sister twisted with her friends. "And you're fooling around? Instead of telling me, you tell everyone, and you're playing around! Shouldn't you be looking out for yourself!"

"HEY!" Syaoran shouted, making everyone turn to him, Touya glaring.

"This has nothing to do with you!" Touya yelled, walking over to grab his sister. "Come on! You're coming with me!"

"Listen, buddy. I don't care if you're her sister," Syaoran started. "First off, she didn't want to tell you because she didn't want to"

An angry Touya went for a punch, but Syaoran grabbed his arm, twisting it back.

"Might as well give it up. You'll never beat me with the rage you're in." Syaoran spoke with venom.

Touya, knowing he was right, calmed a bit and tore himself away from Syaoran. "You want to explain to me why my sister didn't tell me or the fact that she should be watching over her life rather then fooling around?"

"I was trying to speak to you before you went on a rampage." Syaoran spoke, calming down a bit as well. "She didn't want to tell you because she didn't want to worry you with your baby coming along and everything."

Touya stared at him, then looked over at his sister who was looking at him with watery eyes. "Is this true?" He asked.

Sakura nodded, moving closer to him. "I wanted you to be happy. I know it was hard with dad dying and you expecting the baby so soon, so I didn't want to stress you."

Touya stared at her for awhile, now feeling guilty.

"Touya," Tomoyo started. "We made Sakura full around to get her mind off of Kyoko, we wanted her to not worry and be happy. Sakura hasn't been happy for a long time, and she's always been worrying, so we wanted to stop that and let her be free for awhile."

Touya looked at the ground, obvious despising himself at the moment. Looking back up at Sakura, he walked over and drew her in his arms. "I'm sorry, Sakura. I was worried about you and over reacted. I didn't mean to spoil your night."

"It's okay, Touya. Don't worry. I understand. You just scare me." She smiled at him, then wrapped her hands around him. "I love you, Onii-chan."

"I love you to, Kaijuu." He smiled slightly as he kissed her forehead.

"Awww, how sweet." The voice of an unwanted visitor turned their attention towards the door, where Kyoko stood with a smirk and a gun. "I say it's time for our little princess to die, don't you?"

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ACK! CLIFFY! I know, I know, but I'll have the next chappie up soon enough. Lol, I'm really going to look forward to that chapter. Here's a preview:

Syaoran held the phone tighter to his ear. "Sakura…?" He whispered softly. "You still there?"

"Yeah…I'm still here." Her voice was even softer. "Syaoran…?"

"Yeah?" He asked, gripping the phone.

"I…I wanted to tell you that…"

He gulped. What did she want to tell him? "Wanted to tell me what, Sakura?" His voice was soft, as if he didn't want to hurt her, even if it wouldn't.

"I wanted to tell you that I…" She paused before she started again. "I…

Haha! That's it! Can you guess what's going to happen in the next chapter? I can't really tell you how many chapters there will be, but I think five at the most. It's coming to an end. As sad as it is. This is coming to an end. Cry Cry But I'm so proud of myself! It's the first story that I'm going to have completed. My next story, which I've been working on for quite sometime is called "Her beautiful, lost eyes." It'll only have 9 chapters, that's what I hope, but it's a lot more…deep? I don't really know how to put it. But yes, it has deeper feelings in that story. And it's Rated R, or whatever they make me rate it now, because there will be a lemon. Sorry! But it has a big part to the story, sort-a kind-a. The lemon will probably be in Chapter 7. You see, it's a short and simple story, so it's going to move…not really fast, but sort-a…yeah. I'll probably put the summary up for that story in the last chapter of this story. Hope you read it when I get it out.

Aloha!

Nalu Gurl.

P.s. Tiffany's still in the hospital, so yeah.