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Chapter Eleven

Sakura watched desperately as Syaoran begun his way through the fire. The flames burned right into his skin, but Syaoran showed no signs of pain. In fact, he showed no emotion at all. Sakura gasped silently, and she yelled at the top of her throat, "Syaoran! Get out of here, now!"

Sakura distantly heard Syaoran choke out through the smoke, "No…never."

Sakura bit her lip, Syaoran you fool. You fool!

Syaoran reached to Sakura's side, and he begun pulling at the ropes holding Sakura, "Sakura…please…stay still." he choked.

Sakura then lowered her head, and she hissed angrily, "Do you happen to know what you're doing? You are stepping right into the mists of death like this, Syaoran!"

Syaoran then lifted his head up, and his lips gently brushed against Sakura's. His face turned bright red, and murmured something that was nonsense. However, he sensed the fire was getting closer to Sakura, and he quickly united one knot after another.

The fire was right next to Syaoran now, but he didn't care. He only had two knots left…

"Syaoran! Watch out!"

Syaoran shook his head, and he whispered angrily, "Fire does not harm me. It will harm you though, Sakura."

Sakura placed her hand onto Syaoran's cheek, and she said, "Fire will not harm me either, but seeing you hurt does."

Syaoran took Sakura's hand away from his cheek, and he shook his head once more, "I'm saving you today, no matter what!"

Sakura winced at his cold, hard touch, and did not reply.

One knot left…

Syaoran felt his head growing lighter due to the smoke in the atmosphere. He coughed, and his hands grew clumsy. How come the knot wouldn't fall out of place…why? Syaoran grew angry. His face was red from anger, and he felt even weaker. He felt Sakura's hand on his arm, and she was telling him to stop, and save himself.

Syaoran bit his lip, and he untied the knot.

And darkness came over, and trapped him in a corner.

…

Sakura gasped as she got freed from the ropes. She felt Syaoran collapsing onto her. Syaoran! Wake up!

Sakura had no choice. She placed Syaoran on her back, and she walked with agony, trying her best not to step on any small flames. She reached Tomoyo and Eriol on the side, and she handed Syaoran down to them, "Take him, away! Quick!"

However, the moment she let her sentence escape her lips, an envelope of flames swallowed the image of Tomoyo and Eriol.

Sakura was trapped.

…

Tomoyo looked at Syaoran, and she sighed. You impossible jerk…

SLAP. SLAP. SLAP.

"WAKE UP, PRINCE SYAORAN! I'M EXTREMELY SORRY I HAVE TO SLAP YOU AND SCREAM IN YOUR EAR, BUT SAKURA IS BURNING TO DEATH! I CAN'T GO IN THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW I WILL JUST MAKE THINGS WORST!" Tomoyo screamed in his ear, hoping Syaoran would wake up.

Tomoyo looked at Syaoran, and found he wasn't waking. Damn that. I will go then…

Tomoyo ran over to the side of the stage, and she begun climbing on. She ignored the heat build up on her skin…

"Don't be an idiot, Daidouji" the cold voice said. Tomoyo turned around, and saw Syaoran behind her. Syaoran jumped onto the stage, and he scanned the area, and he shouted the Tomoyo, "You could've done something else besides slap me on the face, you know."

Syaoran found Sakura coughing up blood in the centre of the stage, where the flames hadn't got to yet, "Sakura!" he took one looked at the blood, and he did not like it at all. He ran over, and he hugged Sakura, "Please…please…get up…get up!"

Syaoran heaved Sakura up, and he carried her in his arms…back to Safety.

…

Tomoyo gasped as she watched Syaoran take Sakura back down. She smiled, and she slapped Eriol's hand. Eriol was only trying to wipe Tomoyo's injury with water though, "I'm sorry!"

Tomoyo frowned and slapped her forehead, "I should be the one who's sorry! I don't know what came over me! I was so afraid that my best friend would die right in front of my eyes…"

Eriol silenced her by placing a finger on her lips, "Shh…it's alright now…"

And then Tomoyo couldn't stand it anymore, and she began crying on Eriol's shoulder.

…

Syaoran wiped some dirt off Sakura's face. He smiled at her innocence. How could one be so pure that they would save others before themselves? How could Sakura do that?

Syaoran could hear footsteps approaching, and he turned around, and hovered over Sakura protectively, "Doragon, what do you want now?"

Doragon hissed maliciously, "You have already ruined my plan twice in a row, Syaoran. I will not let you ruin it a third time." and with that, he raised his hand into the air, and Syaoran could see an object that had an extremely sharp blade…

End of Chapter Eleven

If you had a question in your review, or an interesting response, I probably replied to you…

Akira Ruyiko – This is not the end, I repeat, this is NOT the end. In fact, it's no where near the end. There will be more chapters. Only start to think about the end when it's near twenty chapters. (has starry eyes) and SxS will be together!

Lady Golden Flower- Yes I do know the fan fic! It's called Shattered Soul by Carol-chan. It's a really good story!

Lady-Seoh-Phoenix – True, I wonder who it can be…

Eternal Port – You discovered it from a friend? May I ask who that might be? And how did you know I am 13? (checks profile) My profile does not say my age! And I'm not a good writer! (feeling guilty at making you feel bad). Yes I do play the piano. I'm in grade eight at the moment.

Special thanks to: Sirenic Griffin, YUPKi, Sakura-Miaka

All three of them suggested to me for the same chapter (right at the beginning) that Sakura should be of a certain high standard in the whole…medieval village. (AKA: Princess). Thank you! If it wasn't for you three, this story wouldn't have existed this long!

Once again, thanks for the reviews! I counted the number of reviews I got, and it was over twenty five! Thanks for your support. It encouraged me to write up this chapter. And thanks to all those people that stuck by this story, even when I went through this whole 2 month period of not writing anything!

I guess it's because I felt like it, but my newest story, A thousand or More, is already out!

Please read it if you want to…

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