Had I heard right? I mean, I'm sure my hearing was pretty good. Maybe I just had cotton in my ears. Maybe I just imagined it. I wasn't expecting it even though it should have been obvious. I mean, I told him right? I told him he could say it. So why did it come as almost shock? I didn't know. Why? Maybe cause the stupid cotton in my ears is getting to my head.

I stared at Sayoran. I think he realized my state of confusion… or just idiocy. We had another staring contest. I was losing badly while Sayoran took the strategic move of staring at my feet….100 points…200 points….300.…

Was I supposed to be happy that he said it? Cause really… I felt the same. Almost like I knew that he had always felt that way. Maybe he did. Maybe he didn't and was just saying it to get me to be quiet.

400.… 500.…

"I'm sorry. Maybe I shouldn't have said it yet." Sayoran's hair said to me (cause that's all I could see of him).

600.….700.…

"N-no. I just… wasn't expecting that…."

800...900...1000

Why don't I say it back? Because I cant. Why? Because I don't feel that way. Why? Because I lost that feeling along time ago when my father, and Gabriel died.

Sayoran starts to lose the staring contest as well. He looks right into my eyes.

900.…800.…

Was it so hard for me to comprehend the fact that someone said they loved me again? Apparently. Cause I just stood there. I was sure that Sayoran was confused as well.

700.…600.… 500...

I still felt his hand lightly grasping my elbow. It almost tickled. I'm pretty sure I started to smile. But if I didn't, then I didn't know why Sayoran started smiling.

400...300.…200.…

"I think… I'm glad you got it out. It's nice… to know." I say in this teary voice. Great. So now I am going to start crying. I try to hold them back.

100.…

Sayoran closes in on me. I can feel his body heat all over me. It feels like waves heat, splashing onto my skin. I like this feeling.

"Don't you ever forget Sakura Kinomoto. No matter what happens. Don't ever forget." He whispers in my ear.

0.…

BOOM!

Yes. In case anyone was wondering, that was a bomb. Screams could be heard from the dance floor and the bar.

Hell no.

I guess you would have already figured out who's bomb it was. And to put it lightly. I was as scared as hell.

Why was it that the Tigers just happened to ruin a good moment? Because that's just the way things go. If it didn't, then there would only be happy people every where. Not really my style.

Mikelle came to me and Sayoran.

"You two have to leave. Now! Go out the back way. There should be a car waiting for you. Go!" Mikelle ordered and ran. Did really want to know why he said that? Not really. But I think I got it either way.

I heard other voices invading the club.

"Find Kinomoto!"

"Bring her back un harmed."

"Make sure to kill Sayoran Li!"

We were both frozen. This was just perfect. Just what I didn't need.

"Damn. We better go Sakura." Sayoran said. I knew I heard him. I just wasn't moving. Why? Because I was scared.

"Sakura! Move!" Sayoran yelled.

I think he grunted in frustration and picked me up and ran. My head bobbed on his chest. But I still couldn't move. I felt numb. Not even my eyes could close. I could only see what went passed me. Not much really. Just a hallway. A door. An alley. A car.

Sayoran put me into the car and closed the door. I think the shutting sound woke me up from my 'daze'. Sayoran got in on the other side, started the car and sped off.

I think we were about a block away when a huge crashing sound came from the club.

"No…" I said.

No. Mikelle, Lily, Jamie…Selina.

"NO!" I yelled. Sayoran stopped the car to look at me. I just jumped out of the car and started to run back to the club. Tears dripped down my face and swept into the wind as I ran as fast as I could.

They couldn't die. I wouldn't let them!

Sayoran called after me. I soon heard his footsteps running after me.

I collapsed to the ground. Landing on my hands and knees. I felt blood trickle from them. But I didn't care. My tears flooded the ground.

Sayoran caught up to me. He leant down to my height an brought me into his arms.

"They're dead. They're dead because of me! I hate them! I hate the Tigers!" I sobbed.

"Shh. It's not your fault." Sayoran said.

"Yes it is. If I would have run away when I had the chance back in Japan, they wouldn't be dead. I killed them. And they want to kill you. All because of me." I said.

"No. Its wasn't you. I refuse to hear you say that again."

How could he be like this? Especially when the people I cared for died for me today.

I felt dirty. Dirty, knowing that I could never see my friends again.

Sayoran ushered me back to the car. He laid me down in the back seat. I just stared at the floor. Tears still streaming down my face. How I wished I was dead.

I think I fell asleep after about five minutes. I slept through the whole night which time period concluded to be all of three hours. When I woke up, the sun shone through the window. It felt warm and comfortable. I felt a stinging pain on my hands. I lifted my left hand to see it cleaned and bandaged. I put my hand back down.

Something was different. I didn't feel the leathery material of the car on my back. I didn't hear the car running. I didn't feel the car moving. Instead, I felt warm sheets. I heard soft wind. I felt an arm laced around my stomach.

I took a god look around. I was in a room. Whether it was a house bedroom or a hotel room, I couldn't tell. If it was a hotel room then it was a very expensive one. The sheets were white and silky. There was a canopy draped over the bed. The wind blew the white silk curtains into the room. I might have thought it was a dream. But I was still wearing the same clothes that I wore to the club. So either Sayoran snuck into a mansion, or someone just thought they might help us. How? I didn't know. I was probably asleep at the time.

There was a knock at the door. Who was it? I didn't know. Why? Cause I'm still half asleep.

"Hey Sayoran! You up yet!" A voice said through the door.

I got up to go see who it was. Did I really want to see who it was? Not really. But I was going to anyways. Why? Because I am stupid.

I opened up the door to find a girl. She looked to be my age. She had black hair the was put into two buns and ruby eyes. Pretty really.

"Hey." She said.

"Hi." I said back.

"You must be Sakura. I'm Mei Lin, Sayoran's cousin. You and Sayoran better come down for breakfast soon. My Aunt Yelan doesn't like to wait for too long. You'll find new clothes in the dresser. Make sure to wake up Sayoran soon please." She said to me before turning and leaving.

Oh goody. I get to meet Sayoran's family. Don't I feel lucky. I went back to the bed and sat next to Sayoran. What a baby.

"Hey. You better wake up. Some girl who I think said was your cousin said that we should go down to breakfast because her aunt doesn't like waiting." I said to him, even though I knew he wouldn't wake up.

I leaned over him with one arm on the other side of his body. I gave him a soft kiss on his forehead. Bingo! We have an awake Sayoran! Yes it seems that the only way he will wake up is if I kiss his head. Strange, but always works.

He grumbled something that I couldn't hear. But I was pretty sure it was something about cursing the world for having small sleep periods. Couldn't blame him.

He looked at me with the most drowsy eyes I have ever seen. If you thought about it, he kind of looked like Dopey from Snow White. Ha… ha.

"Hey." I said to him.

He smiled.

"Hey." he said back.

"You want to go down for breakfast?"

"How bout, can I sleep in for another hour?"

"Sorry but your cousin Mei Lin said that her aunt Yelan wants us down there."

"Oh great. Out of all the places I could have gone, I chose here."

"I think I'll ask you about that later. Come on. Get dressed." I ordered.

I got up and went to the dresser to find the clothes Mei Lin spoke of. I got out a pair of black jeans and a black t-shirt. And just for the sake of letting Sayoran be lazy, I got out cargo pants and a shirt for him. I threw them on top of his face.

"Thanks." He said sarcastically.

"No problem."

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The water poured all over my body. It felt so good to have hot water on me. To have the soap clean off my grubby body. I thought back to when I felt like this and didn't have to worry about anything. Back when me and Sayoran were living with the Wolves.

That's when it really struck me. I haven't been able to think about anything that has happen. About Mikelle and Selina. About my now screwed up life. It came as one big hit. I couldn't move. I couldn't breath. I just stood in the shower and watched flashes of events that went before me. Some of them I recognized. But others…were things that I was doing, but I hadn't done anything like it.

I saw the club Magila blow up. I saw me running back, crying for all that I lost that night. I saw Sayoran saying he loved me, to me. I saw Mei Lin scarred. I saw me slamming into a wall and pushing back off to catch up with Sayoran. I saw the hurt in his eyes.

I felt the tears run down my face, but I could not wipe them away. They trailed down to my chin and dropped to my feet. I had no clue what I was seeing. Its like I was seeing the future. Sounds a little Sci-Fi or something, I know.

I cried for Selina, Mikelle, Lily, Jamie, Sarah, everyone that I knew that I loved. I soon dropped to the level of my feet. My knees rammed hard on the shower floor. Pain shot through me like one big bullet. But I didn't care. I couldn't care. My hands surrounded my head in a desperate need to stop the pain. I screamed out of pain.

Footsteps. Running footsteps. That was good. Someone was coming to help me. I couldn't think of anything else now. Just, someone is coming to help me. All my previous thoughts had left me.

I felt strong arms wrap around me and pick me up. My knees bled and screamed to not to hurt anymore. I just stared at them. At Sayoran. He looked scared. So was I.

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So im kind of rewriting the last few chapters that I wrote. I didn't like them…but if anyone else did….too bad. J

Janey