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Chapter Seven: Attack
Sakura sighed, hugging her arms around her body tightly, her emerald gaze, sad, staring blankly out into the night.
She had, finally after two weeks, left her cell and ventured out into the pixie city, only to find that night had fallen.
It felt good to be back in the open, though she'd had to ask Syaoran to let her out in order for her to be even in the open…
I promised myself I wouldn't like him. Sakura thought sadly. But it's so hard…
When Syaoran had let her out of her cell and led her outside, they'd actually had a civilized conversation, no fighting…at all.
Though she still refused to call him Syaoran.
The wind tugged gently at her dress and hair. Her old green dress had been worse for the wear, and Syaoran had given her another one.
Flashback
Syaoran handed Sakura the dress. It was rather pretty; a creamy color with a light pink trim.
Sakura smiled, taking the dress from him, along with his dagger.
"Hey! Give that back!" Syaoran said quickly, reaching out for the dagger.
Sakura shook her head and stepped back, and without another word went at the dress like a woman possessed.
When she was done, the dress fit her perfectly. The cuts from the dagger had sliced up the hem of the dress so it fell high above her knees in wispy tendrils. She'd cut the high neck so that it was a little lower than originally. She'd then ran her fingers through her hair, loosening it out somewhat, so it fell nicely around her shoulders, framing her face.
"You…" Syaoran said as Sakura handed him back the dress.
Sakura smiled, spinning in a small circle for him. "Like it? I hate proper things, it's so dull. Hope you don't mind"
She had, also, cut a hole in the back of the dress for her wings to fit through.
Syaoran gaped at her. She's insane!
End Flashback
Sakura could hear voices, angry voices, from somewhere in the city, growing louder and louder. Meaning only one thing.
They were getting closer.
Curious, Sakura walked from the ledge, high in the trees, down to the forest floor. Syaoran had left her side a while ago, insisting that he had to go and check on something.
Is this what he had to go and check on? Sakura thought as she crept along the shadows beside the houses.
The city was so quite, too quiet, that night.
The more to the outskirts of the city she got, the louder the noises got.
And then Sakura realized; they weren't just angry voices, but the sounds were also the crash of metal on metal.
Someone was fighting. Sakura suddenly found herself running, her feet pounding on the soil.
If only I had my sword with me…She thought, remembering how Yukito had taken her sword from her two weeks ago.
Sakura turned a corner, stopping short at the scene she saw.
There were over fifty pixies at the edge of the city, swords drawn, shooting arrows…they were fighting…goblins.
A knot rose in Sakura's stomach as she saw a familiar pixie sink his sword into a goblin's neck, pulling it out with a sickening sucking noise.
The goblin fell to the ground, drained of life, a small pool of blood forming around it.
Sakura's hand flew to her mouth as she stared, in horror, at Syaoran.
"He…killed it." She breathed.
Syaoran didn't noticed her standing there, and neither did Yukito or all the other pixies fighting.
She was the invisible girl.
At least, she was, until a goblin saw her.
Sakura's eyes widened as the goblin's mouth turned up in a wicked smirk.
"There she is!" He shouted, raising his sword to point in Sakura's direction.
Following her first instinct, Sakura ran.
She could hear the goblins chasing after her as she dashed through the streets, their laughter and chanting pounding in her ears.
I can't run from them! She thought frantically, stopping for a second to choose a path to run.
But when she heard the goblins shout again, she just turned right and ran.
What do they want with me?
Yukito had never said what they wanted with her. Only that if they found her in the pixie city, they'd take her, if not kill her.
But why were they attacking the city in the first place?
Sakura didn't have much time to think on that, however, for suddenly a pair of hands shot out of nowhere and pulled her in between two houses. It was a tight squeeze, but she fit.
"L-Li?" Sakura gasped, out of breath and in shock, when she saw the familiar amber eyes.
"Shh." Syaoran hissed, cupping his hand over her mouth. His sword was beside him in it's sheath. The sword that had, probably, killed many goblins in just a few minuets. "Be quiet"
Sakura rolled her eyes, waiting for Syaoran to let go of her mouth.
The goblins ran past their hiding place, not noticing the fairy and pixie hiding between the two houses.
Millions of questions were running through Sakura's mind at that moment, but the most important was: Why?
Finally, Syaoran let go of Sakura's mouth.
"We have to go." Syaoran said.
"W-What? Go where?" Sakura asked, confused.
"Away from here." Syaoran said. "At least until the goblins leave"
Away? With Syaoran? "Why? Why not just let them take me?"
"Because," Syaoran said. "I thought I told you already, you're my responsibility"
Sakura nodded, allowing Syaoran to grab her hand and lead her from their hiding place, into the dark streets.
All around them Sakura could hear screaming and the sounds of sword on sword fighting.
"This is terrible!" Sakura cried as she and Syaoran ran through the streets. "Why are they doing this Li? Why are they attacking the city?"
"The goblins know that you are here, Sakura." Syaoran said from in front of her, his hand clasping her tightly. "They think they can defeat your people if they have you"
Sakura groaned. "So more people are trying to kidnap me?"
Syaoran smirked. "Everyone wants you"
Sakura glared at him.
They continued running, their shadows running along the houses beside them. It seemed as if the city would never end.
Suddenly, a goblin pounced out of nowhere and rammed into Syaoran, causing him to let go of Sakura's hand and fall to the ground, the fighting goblin on top of him.
"Syaoran!" Sakura gasped, watching in horror as the goblin sunk his dagger into Syaoran's arm.
Syaoran gasped in pain, kicking the goblin off him, sitting up and clutching his shoulder, one eye shut in pain.
The goblin smirked, his teeth were pointed, sharp, and black. His beady yellow eyes fixed on the pixie prince. "Die!"
He jumped at Syaoran again, but was stopped by something.
Sakura.
She'd jumped up and kicked the goblin in mid-air, sending the tiny creature flying into a nearby building.
"Come on Syaoran!" Sakura shouted, grabbing Syaoran and pulling him off the ground, slipping on of her arms under his arm and around his shoulders as they ran, for support.
"I'm…fine." He said.
Sakura laughed faintly, not slowing down for a moment. "Right. That's a deep wound. You are so full of it"
"We can stop." He said
"Let me see your wound." Sakura said.
Syaoran rolled his eyes as Sakura checked the wound.
"It's fine." She said. "It'll be healed soon. A couple of days, tops"
Syaoran sighed, rubbing his hand over his forehead. "Well, what do you think of war?"
"Not to pretty." Sakura sighed. "Where are we supposed to hide?"
"I don't know." Syaoran said, somewhat sheepishly.
Sakura smirked, turning her head toward the city. "They're following us. I think I pissed that guy off"
"Let's go." Syaoran said, turning and running into the forest.
With a tired sigh, Sakura followed Syaoran into the forest.
The sound of the goblin's footsteps rushing after them was like drums in Sakura's ears. She could feel the adrenaline rushing through her as she ran.
"Come on!" Syaoran shouted at her over her shoulder.
Sakura didn't answer, she only ran faster, but Syaoran was faster and was well ahead of her now.
Spying a short cut, Sakura jumped onto a nearby log and jumping off it, her dress snagging on a piece of wood.
But instead of hitting the ground, as she'd suspected, Sakura hit something cold, and wet.
Water! Sakura thought frantically. She'd never learned to swim, she never thought she'd have to.
Sakura surfaced, her feet kicking hysterically under the surface of the icy water, coughing and choking. "S-Syaoran!"
She plummeted back under the water as if she'd been tied down by something heavy, sinking further and further beneath the surface.
Her lungs were screaming for air, her eyes wide with fear, her hands clawing upwards, praying for the replenishing air above.
But she couldn't get any further to the surface. Her feet stopped moving and Sakura closed her eyes, the water around her growing fuzzy, the small patches of moonlight casting her in an eerie glow.
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