Chapter 4: Nothing to fear

By Stephie23

Disclaimer: As always I do NOT own Card Captor Sakura

Last Chapter:

Unknown to Sakura a shadow was getting closer and closer to her sleeping form. It walked closer and closer, spotted her and moved in. The figure stretched out its long skinny hand towards Sakura's body and…

Tomoyo's POV

'Where the hell did she go off to?' I looked up and down, but just could not find her.

The blood drained from my face as I saw Sakura's body slumped against a tree. I ran over there and frantically tried to wake her up.

Syaoran's POV

Eriol and I ran towards the scream with a burst of strength. It seemed like it took us forever to arrive at the clearing where the scream had come from. What I saw next only brought one emotion … relief… but that was quickly washed away when I saw the terror in Tomoyo's eyes. With a closer look I saw that Sakura was lying there unconscious.

"Sakura" I yelled, and then ran forward.

Tomoyo stood up with tears in her eyes. Eriol quickly went to her and swept her into a hug.

"Sakura" I called her name again and pulled her limp body into my arms.

"… please wake up… you just have to" my voice was barely a whisper now. Tears threatened to fall. I looked down at her and then lent over and kissed her on the lips.

"Syaoran…" I heard her whisper. My heart skipped a beat. I saw her eyes flutter open for a second before they faded back into darkness.

"Sakura!" I moved my hand and brushed the hair out of her face. She was burning up.

"Eriol we need to go NOW!" we exchanged glances and I lifted her up into my arms.

Tomoyo's POV

As we made our way out of the woods I thought I heard something coming from a nearby bush, but when I looked over I saw nothing.

"Must have been my imagination…" I muttered

"What was that?" Eriol asked

I stole one more glance at the bush before taking Eriol's hand and climbing the slippery hill.

-- Two eyes suddenly appeared from the bush. Although no one noticed them, the eyes saw everything that had happened that night. 'sssso close… sssso close had I come to FINALLY getting rid of her' --

Sakura's POV

I yawned and sat up in my bed. Hey, why are my bed sheets green? I took a closer look. Well… this isn't my room. I looked down to see Syaoran sleeping half on the edge of the bed. It looked like he had fallen asleep while sitting watch over me. But how did I get here? I don't really remember much of anything …

Tomoyo's POV

I was walking up the stairs towards Syaoran's bedroom. I had made some coffee for him, after all he had spent the past couple of nights watching over Sakura, taking care of her, and never leaving her side for more than a second. I opened the door and screamed.

"!"

Sakura's POV

Suddenly the door burst open, Syaoran went flying across the room and I jumped up to go see my friend. However I promptly crumpled to the ground.

"I'm okay" I found myself saying, but when I tried to get up I found that I could not.

Syaoran came over and gently helped me get back onto the bed.

"You still need a few more days rest Sakura." He whispered to me and then pulled the bed sheets over my body.

At this moment Tomoyo came bursting into the room, tears staining her delicate cheeks.

"Oh, I was so worried Sakura" She sobbed into my chest.

"… What… what happened?" I managed to croak out.

"Do you remember anything?" Tomoyo comfortingly asked me

"I remember running and… and darkness …" I replied "I have no clue as to how I got here, however." Tears began to fill my eyes.

Syaoran came closer to me and gave me a comforting hug. "It's okay Sakura; we are here for you now. What I want to know however is why you went running off by yourself into the woods?"

Suddenly the events of the night in question came flooding back to me.

"I was on my way to your house, but was running a little late, as usual, so I decided to take a short cut through the forest in the park. It was still light out at the time, so I thought nothing of it. However as I neared the park I felt like someone was following me, when I looked back I did not see anyone, but I could not shake the feeling. So I decided to run through the woods. As I entered the woods I heard the person following me and decided to run faster. That's when I tripped and stumbled down a hill and became disorientated." Tears began to fill my eyes once again.

"Shhh Sakura, its okay" Syaoran hugged me closer

Suddenly Tomoyo got up and began to pace the room. Her forehead scrunched down as she began to remember the events of that night.

Tomoyo's POV

"I was out for a quick jog before I had to go meet Eriol. That's when I saw Sakura running towards the forest. She had a look of terror in her eyes, so I quickly followed her into the forest. I began to yell out her name, and ran towards her. When I had her in sight I slowed down slightly to catch my breath, but before I knew it she had disappeared. Following Sakura's story I'm assuming that's when she tumbled down the hill."

"I was so afraid, now not only did I not know where Sakura was, but I too was lost in the woods, and had precious little hours of daylight remaining. Stupidly, I had forgotten to take my cell phone with me, so I began to frantically call out her name once more."

"What seemed like hours later I found my way to a clearing with a large tree in the middle. I was so afraid when I saw Sakura's fragile body slumped against the tree. I ran over and frantically tried to shake her awake, and that's about the time Syaoran and Eriol showed up and saved the day."

Suddenly Syaoran stood up and looked down to Tomoyo.

Syaoran's POV

"Eriol and I had been searching for you for hours. That's when we heard a scream and ran towards it. It turns out it had been Tomoyo's scream. When I saw your limp body crumpled against the tree… I was horrified. I thought I had lost the person who was most important to me."

At that moment my cheeks flashed a bright red. Did I just see that? Did Sakura blush as well? I coughed and then continued on with my story.

"I noticed that you had a very high fever. I picked you up and we all took you back here…"

Suddenly Eriol came through the door with toasted bagels for everyone and a giant smile on his face.

"Sakura, glad to see you're awake, bagel?" he gestured her one of the toasted bagels.

She nodded yes and gratefully took the bagel. "Wow. I'm starving!" she exclaimed

"Well you should be" replied Eriol "… after all you haven't eaten in days!"

His tone then turned serious.

Eriol's POV

"That night once we had gotten you here, you took a turn for the worse. I thought for a moment you might not make it. Your fever began to rise, and your body was burning up. It seemed that you had put yourself through too much. As Tomoyo was washing your body off with a damp cloth she noticed two deep bite marks. Apparently something, most likely a snake had bitten you. You are probably still feeling the effects of the snake now. Thankfully we noticed it in time, and were able to give you the antidote. "

Then I began thinking, there are no snakes anywhere near here. So how did one get into Penguin Park? And more importantly why was Sakura running in the first place? … Tomoyo chased after her only after she saw Sakura initially running. I decided not to say anything however, but it really bothered me.

Tomoyo's POV

Noticing that Eriol was deep in thought I questioned him

"Eriol, is anything the matter?"

His head shot up, and we exchanged glances

"… Oh… sorry, no … nothing is wrong" he nervously replied.

Although I could tell he was lying I nodded my head, and let it be.

After a few minutes of awkward silence I looked over at Sakura and noticed that she had fallen asleep. Syaoran leaned over and gave her a kiss on the forehead, and then he stood up and gestured for the three of us to leave the room, and let her have her rest.

As we were leaving however I noticed that she had begun to shiver and mutter something. Apparently Syaoran noticed too.

"Hey guys, I'll see you later, I'm going to stay by her side. She must be having another nightmare. You can do whatever you want, Eriol you know where everything is. Hey, and thanks for helping out."

"Anytime, just let us know when she wakes up." I replied, trying, but miserably failing, to sound cheerful.

With that Syaoran went over and sat beside the bed once again. He pulled the blankets higher on Sakura's body, and then held her hand.

'awwwwww how cute!' I couldn't help but think.

As I closed the door I couldn't help but notice the intense look on Syaoran's face. 'Wow. The depth in which he cares for her is truly immeasurable.' A small grin made its way to my lips. And with that Eriol and I headed down the stairs and into Syaoran's living room.

That night an unnatural fog floated through Tomoeda. A black cloaked figure could be seen passing by Syaoran's mansion. On closer inspection one could feel the sinister atmosphere that this figure carried.

"Soon, you will be out of the way… yessssss, very soon, you shall be gone forever."

The figure's yellow eyes flashed as the low hiss of its voice faded into the night.

Authors Note: Hey guys. Once again thank you for reading my story. This story has a lot of hits… but not many reviews. I know you hear this repeatedly but… please review. It means so much to me. Thanks to my reviewers from last chapter: mew frost, midnight-whisper3, SmiLe of PuRe, nadeshiko blossom, and kokari. If you want a preview of the next chapter all you have to do is leave a review and I will send it over! Once again, thanks for reading, and I hope to hear from you soon!