By Maurynna

Author's Note: No…your eyes do not deceive you. I am not dead and this is actually a new chapter. Fancy that. I would just like to say, don't expect chapters to be out on a regular basis (not that you hadn't already figured that out for yourselves by now). As for why I haven't updated in so long, that would be my business and no one else's. As for your reviews…I haven't read the last hundred or so, mainly because I'm chicken. Just thought you should know that.

Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptors, nor do I claim to. I am not getting paid for this so please do not sue me.

Warning: Rage, Love, Famine, War, Disease, Death, Hate, Insanity, Despair, Fear, Betrayal, Dragon, and Magic belong to ME. Do no even THINK about using them without my permission first.

Cardcaptors: From The Depths of Despair and Back Again-Ch.29

Sakura stared disbelievingly at Li's arm, unable to quite comprehend what it was that she was seeing. The flesh around the thin, blue-tipped needle was already red and showed hints of swelling. Sakura's eyes slowly left Li's arm and traveled up to his shoulder, then his face. When green eyes met brown the uneasy silence seemed to become deafening as each card captor stared at each other, speechless.

Curious, Kero – who had transformed back into his false form after Betrayal had been sealed – peered over Sakura's shoulder. "What…?" his facial expression soon turned to one of shock when he saw the lethal pin in Li's forearm. "…Oh no." he finished simply.

As the situation overrode Li's shock his face went from a healthy tan to a pasty white. His eyes showed undisguised horror and Sakura thought his eyes looked a little moist. However, swallowing hard, Li's expression seemed to harden and those tears Sakura thought she had seen disappeared before her eyes and was replaced instead with a look of grim finality; as if he had just accepted his imminent death.

Moving with surprising speed Sakura was suddenly by Li's side, gripping his uninjured arm so tightly that Li winced while she stared at his other arm making no effort to hide the tears that appeared in her eyes and made slow tracks down her cheeks. "Li." her eyes flew to his face, those intense green orbs expressing everything she was unable to say.

Li smiled gently down at Sakura, though the smile was strained around the edges. "It's okay, Sakura."

More tears falling from her eyes Sakura cried, "It's not okay! How can you say it's okay!?"

Finding himself in the unexpected position of having to be the optimistic one for a change he replied, "We have time, Sakura. We can find a cure for this; everything's going to be fine."

"No," she whispered, her eyes desperate, "no. Maybe if it was a normal poison we could do something, but don't you remember what Rage told us about it? This poison was created by magical means by a very powerful card. You can't find a normal cure for this."

Li frowned, his gaze losing it's hard won confidence and becoming uncertain once more. "There's a cure for everything, Sakura. We'll find it."

Kero nodded. "I'm sure Yue and I could find something to help." Yue said nothing, just looked more solemn than usual, as if he realized the horrible truth of the situation that no one else, except Sakura, seemed to accept. "We have quite a bit of knowledge about magic, Sakura, we'll think of something." Kero continued.

Sakura shook her head rapidly, the tale Love had told her spinning round and round through her head. "No…you don't understand." Unable to keep her eyes on Li's face any longer she looked down despondently at the ground, her one hand still gripping Li's sleeve tightly. "Rage merely told us the symptoms of the poison. He didn't mention a cure because…because…I don't believe there is one. Not an herbal one, anyways. Remember when I spoke with Love after he had run off? Well, he told me all that had happened when Rage was poisoned. He also told me just what he had to do to save Rage. Li…it took Clow Reed himself to dispel Betrayal's poison."

There was a small silence. Madison shuffled her feet slightly before saying timidly, "Just because Clow Reed healed Rage that one time doesn't necessarily mean that he was the only one who could do it."

Sakura wheeled on Madison suddenly causing the nervous and frightened woman to take an uncertain step back. "This isn't something that can be cured by a twentieth century doctor, Madison; this is ancient Magic. If we showed this to a modern doctor they wouldn't know the first thing about how to get rid of it. Besides, the poison is made of magic, it will take magic to undo it. I don't know about you, but I don't know of any full blown sorcerers running around now-a-days."

"We are well versed in Magic, Sakura." Kero reminded her.

"How well versed Kero? Hmm?" Sakura could admit that she was going overboard, that she should just shut up now before she said something that would truly send everyone into despair, but she just couldn't seem to stop talking. "You said so yourself, neither you nor Yue ever messed around in the darker Magics, and that's exactly what we need at the moment, experience in dark Magic. Do you really think that no dark forces were used to create that poison? How can you possibly hope to undo something which you do not first understand?"

"So what are you saying?" Madison demanded, "That there is no hope? That we should give up?"

"No! That's not what I…" Sakura trailed off. That had been exactly what it had sounded like. But…truthfully…where was there hope? How could they hope to beat this? Sakura dissolved into tears again.

Li came up beside her and wrapped his good arm around her. She turned into his embrace but remained tense. "You can't give up, Sakura." Li's voice sounded watery itself now. "Because, if you give up, what will I do? You've always been the one I looked to whenever the situation became desperate because you always believed that we'd come out of it, and that made me believe." Burying his face in her hair suddenly, he whispered, "If you don't believe I'll make it then how can I?"

Speaking up suddenly, Yue said, "There is always hope, Mistress. There is surely someone alive that can understand this poison. There must be something we can do. If worse comes to worse you can always call Betrayal from her card and try to get her to tell you how to cure him."

Sakura laughed mirthlessly. "Do you honestly think that Betrayal would willingly tell me how to cure Li? She'd sooner kill me. And who alive today could possibly find a way to cure him? There's no one…" Sakura trailed off suddenly her eyes widening. Glancing around her she seemed to be searching for something. When she could not find what she was looking for she abruptly opened her mouth and, as loudly as she could, yelled, "RAGE!!"

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(warning: yaoiness)

Love raised his head slowly, his lips clinging to Rage's in an unmistakable effort to prevent them from parting. His eyelids flickered, his eyelashes fluttering against the soft skin beneath his eyes before the lids raised to reveal hazel eyes turned to a warm, spiraling green. He looked down at Rage's as yet expressionless face – the ice eyes still closed – and the intense, liquid green of his eyes soon changed back to plain hazel as shocked realization dawned. "No." his voice came out no more than a breathless whisper, nearly indistinguishable to the human ear.

Rage's eyes opened. There was no fluttering, his eyelashes sweeping up swiftly, and his eyes were something other than an icy blue for once. He stared up at Love for a few endless moments, Love's tears slowly drying upon his cheeks. All too soon the eyes regained their icy quality and the hardness returned, a glare forming in the blue chasms.

Love scrambled off of Rage, the warmth from the fallen card's hips still imprinted upon his thighs. Falling onto his elbows a few feet away from Rage, Love stared at him wide-eyed, quite unsure of what Rage was going to do; though he thought he had a pretty good idea. "I…I can explain. Rage…" Love could do nothing but stutter, his eyes still locked on Rage's.

Rage placed one hand upon the floor and slowly rose, his immaculate white shirt rumpled and his perfect trousers creased. Love's eyes rose with him and he held his breath, trepidation stealing it from his lungs along with a faint sense of awe. Rage was simply gorgeous. His long, snow-white hair hung in disarray about his face, obscuring one crystal blue eye from view. His clothes were so disheveled that it looked as if the forgotten had just stepped out of bed…or out of a wet dream. Some of that pale expanse of chest showed through the opening of his shirt and Love's eyes could not help but be drawn to it even through his fear.

Love's uneasiness doubled when all Rage did was stand there and stare at him. Never one to be comfortable with silence at the best of times Love found he couldn't keep quiet. He had to know…he had to know what Rage thought of him now. He had to know exactly what was going to happen to their friendship because, even though Love harboured feelings of more than friendship for the card, he would rather remain friends with Rage than have him ignore him. Or worse, hate him. "Rage?" Love inquired tentatively, almost expecting an outburst of some sort. When silence still greeted his inquiry Love rose cautiously to his knees, peering up into Rage's still unreadable face, his own caramel hair falling about his shoulders untidily. "Rage? Say something." He pleaded. "By god, don't just stand there. Please, let me know what you're feeling."

An unknown emotion flickered through Rage's eyes too fast for Love to catch and he held his breath. Rage appeared to be putting great thought into what he had to say next. Just as Rage opened his mouth to say something, Love leaning so far forward on his knees in anticipation so as not to miss anything, there came a shout from the other end of the observatory.

"RAGE!!"

Rage's head whipped around in Sakura's direction, his brow furrowing in concern at the urgent tone in her voice. Love's eyes flicked in Sakura's general direction but soon returned to Rage's now half turned form. Rage turned back to Love and looked down into his pleading, vulnerable eyes for what seemed like hours. Then, his eyes narrowing suddenly in decision, he turned without a word and walked quickly towards Sakura.

Love stayed kneeling for a few moments, utterly shocked. He did not…he could not have just walked away without saying a word! Love slumped, withdrawing into himself, hurt beyond words at Rage's casual dismissal of him and his feelings, which had finally been brought out into the open after all these long years. Sakura's voice rang out again calling for Rage. Love raised his head slowly and glared at nothing in particular, suddenly more angry than he could ever remember having been in his entire life. Her…If she hadn't called for him then Rage never would have left him there. The little whore…she had no right, none whatsoever. Love didn't realize just how angry he was until he felt a sharp pain in his hand. Looking down, startled, Love saw that he had dug his fingernails into the palm of his hand so viciously that they had drawn blood. Lifting his hand up to better examine it Love stared. Then he began laughing. He laughed so hard that he fell onto his side clutching his middle. He only got a grip on himself when he felt two tears track their way down his cheeks. Look what love had done to him; it had turned him into a jealous, half crazed maniac. What had Sakura done to him? Nothing. And look how fast he had begun to hate her when he thought of her and Rage together. She had been the one to encourage him to tell Rage how he felt; he knew she had no designs on Rage at all, and he still reacted that way.

Managing to pull himself together enough Love got to his feet. Well…what was he to do? He began walking slowly after Rage, his legs seemingly too heavy and difficult to move. He would find out how Rage felt eventually; and he would find out. He had kept his feelings hidden for so long that he couldn't just shove them back inside himself now that they were out in the open. And if he found out that Rage would rather never see him again…then so be it; as long as he didn't have to pretend anymore.

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Sakura opened her mouth again to scream for Rage when he suddenly appeared in front of her, his sword out and ready, his eyes scanning for danger. Sakura abruptly swallowed the scream back into her throat and nearly choked on it. "Rage." she whispered, relieved. If anyone could help, surely, he was the one.

"Where is the danger?" he asked without preamble, his eyes still searching though nothing in the tower moved.

Sakura shook her head dazedly, not understanding Rage's question at first. Then, comprehension dawning, she shook her head again and said, "No, there's no danger. That's not why I called you." taking a breath in order to fortify her nerves, she continued, "I need your help. We need your help." she emphasized the we.

Rage looked down on her for a moment before putting his sword up, though he didn't sheath it. "Betrayal is sealed, correct?"

Sakura nodded.

Rage slowly sheathed his sword. "Then what is the problem?" he asked, his voice taking on the sure, commanding tone it normally held now that things were a bit more under control.

Sakura gestured behind her at Li. She had to try twice before she could get her voice to work enough to say, "He's been poisoned."

Rage's expression didn't change and it took him a moment before he simply asked, "What?"

Not able to take any pleasure in finally having dumbfounded Rage, Sakura repeated, "He's been poisoned. He was struck by one of Betrayal's needles. Rage…what are we going to do?"

Rage was silent for a moment longer before he inquired, "Do? What is there to do?"

Sakura's shoulders straightened slightly, a sudden determination spurring her on now. "You were the only one to be poisoned by Narcisis and live. Surely there is something you can tell us that might help Li, or at least something that will slow the poison down."

Rage shook his head in much the same manner Sakura had the first time when he had asked what was wrong. Raking his hand through his hair in frustration, Rage ground out, "I was out of my mind most of the time, Sakura. I hardly remember anything that went on while I was under the poisons influence."

"Surely you remember something." Sakura pressed, her voice taking on a desperate edge. "Surely you must have been conscious part of the time when Clow Reed had healed you."

Opening the fist in which he clutched some strands of his hair, Rage lowered his arm and looked Sakura in the eyes. "If I was conscious at all during that time I do not remember it." he said quietly.

Sakura's shoulders slumped for what seemed the umpteenth time that day. This couldn't be it, there had to be something else. Sakura's head snapped up as she remembered something. "Love. Where's Love?"

Something flashed in Rage's eyes that made Sakura uneasy, but his voice was neutral enough when he asked, "Why?"

Swallowing, Sakura replied, "You may not have been in your right mind at the time but Love was. He may be our only hope." Sakura turned ready to call Love.

"Don't bother. I'm right here." Love spoke up suddenly, walking up to the group until he stood ramrod straight beside Rage and in front of Sakura, his voice sounding graver than anyone had ever heard it.

Sakura beamed at him in gratitude. She fully expected him to grin back at her, so when he didn't, just stared at her with much the same expression Rage now wore on his face, Sakura's smile faltered, then died altogether. Clearing her throat, she ventured, "Li's been poisoned by one of Betrayal's needles. Rage doesn't remember anything that went on with Clow Reed. I was hoping you would."

Love gave her a funny look before reminding her, "I wasn't in the room, remember? Clow Reed did not allow me entrance."

Sakura waved her hand vaguely, as if dismissing what Love had just said. "Yes, I know, but what about after? After Clow Reed had done curing Rage? He must have said something to you then."

Love shook his head. "I never saw Clow Reed after he had cured Rage. When everything was done and over with a letter appeared out of thin air. I opened it and it told me to head back upstairs and head right. It was signed Clow Reed and it gave me directions to a certain room. When I got there I opened the door and found Rage unconscious, but free of poison, upon a bed. Neither of us saw Clow Reed again while we were there." Love shrugged as if to say he had no idea what Clow had been thinking.

Sakura frowned, sure she had been on to something there. Turning to Kero and Yue she asked, "Do either of you remember this?"

Kero shook his head. "I had no idea that Rage was even on our side until just recently, Sakura."

Yue also shook his head. "I do not remember an event like this happening. If Clow Reed did indeed cure Rage then he summoned no one to help him."

Sakura's mind raced, unable to accept the fact that there was no way to save Li. Where before she had been nearly hysterical with fear, convinced that there was nothing they could do, her courage was rallying behind her. Her mind finally latched onto something that had happened not too long ago and she found she could not open her mouth fast enough to say what she longed to ask. "Love, remember when we first met and Rage and I fought? Remember when Yue wounded him with his sword?"

"How could I forget?" he asked, an unusual amount of bitterness creeping into his voice. Sakura ignored it, more important things on her mind.

"You healed Rage with your Magic. Do you think you could do something like that with Li? Use…what did you call it?…Soul Magic to take the poison from him?"

Love looked uncomfortable. He glanced at Li, who was standing quietly and regarding everyone with slightly haunted eyes. "While I do not wish to see anyone else suffer from this poison I do not know if I can help. I admit that my healing magic is strong; I do not think any normal healing spell would cure him. You are right, if anything could take the poison from him it would be Soul Magic, but I am inexperienced in the use of Soul Magic. I also fear that I am not strong enough to draw the poison out."

"Could you try?" Sakura pleaded.

Love stood for a moment, indecision plainly written upon his face. He glanced over at Rage. He really couldn't help it; years of habit die hard. But Rage wouldn't look at him. Knowing that Rage normally would have protested him using any Soul Magic because it was dangerous for him, Love became annoyed. Did the blasted man not care about him at all anymore?

Squaring his shoulders with resolve Love nodded. Striding briskly over to Li he demanded, "Lay down." And began rolling up his sleeves.

Li raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

Love glanced up from his partially rolled up sleeve, his hands stilling. He gave Li a look that nurses often gave irascible patients. Li looked away, uncomfortable. "Look," Love finally said, "while you may think you're quite the looker, I have absolutely no intentions of molesting you while you lay prone beneath me." Li gaped and the others stared at Love's crude words.

"That…that's not what I…" Li spluttered.

Love sliced his hand through the air, stopping Li's words. "It would be easier for me if you were lying down. If you want to get all modest on me fine, but I really don't think we have time to argue over such a stupid thing as that when poison is coursing through more of your bloodstream for every second that is wasted."

Nodding, realizing just how unimportant this small thing was when the results might cure him, Li carefully lay down on his back upon the cold floor of the Tokyo Tower.

Kneeling on one side of Li, Love stretched his hands out over the wound on his arm. Looking back up at everyone who was now staring down at him he said, "I would advise that you stay back. If this works, I don't quite know what will happen." Looking back down at Li who stared silently back up at him Love smiled slightly, "I'm kind of hoping this doesn't work. I don't know what it's going to do to me." Ignoring the now intense stare Li was focusing on him Love closed his eyes and slowed his breathing.

As with Rage before, Love seemed to kneel there for an eternity nothing happening. Then Li tensed, as some force seemed to enter him from Love. Love's hands began to glow in a soft, pink luminescence. The pink glow remained for what seemed like longer than it should, but since Sakura didn't know exactly what Love was doing or how it was done she didn't know if anything was wrong. She was probably only paranoid. However, Love's brow suddenly furrowed and he frowned, tensing up himself. The pink glow on his hands finally began to change colour, but it was not getting lighter as it did last time; it was getting darker. Sakura watched in trepidation as the pink glow turned to a light purple, then a darker purple, and then something darker even than that until the glow was now a black radiance. The colour coming from Love's hands was black.

Love's breathing was coming fast now, and his face was drawn tight in an expression that almost looked painful. Li stared up at him warily. Besides a small, stuffy feeling that had been present since Love began, he didn't feel anything out of the ordinary.

Everyone jumped with the exception of Rage and Yue when Love suddenly cried out. He began leaning back from Li, trying to pull his hands away from Li's body, but it was like his hands were attached to the card captor. The black light was pulsing now and Love struggled more fiercely to get away from Li. Rage took a small step forward and Sakura glanced at him, trusting him to help Love fix whatever had gone wrong. But, to her amazement, Rage stopped suddenly as if remembering something. His eyes became shuttered and it was clear that he meant to get no closer to the two men on the floor.

Sakura turned her face back in time to see Love finally pull away from Li, the black light disappearing. Sakura could have sworn there was a resounding pop when Love had finally broken free, but Sakura knew no actual sound had been made.

Love slumped over onto the floor beside Li, his eyes closed, unable, apparently, to even hold himself up on his elbows. Sakura fully expected Rage to go to him and see if he was alright, but when Rage still didn't move, just stood there, Sakura went over to him herself. She knelt beside Love, giving him a wide-eyed look. She glanced over at Li and even he looked worried. Reaching out a hand tentively, Sakura went to touch him. She hesitated an inch or so from his face, afraid of what she might find when her hand connected with his skin. What if he were…no…she wouldn't think that way. He was not…dead. It took more than that to kill a Forgotten; and Sakura found herself actually thanking god that that were so.

Working up her courage, Sakura slowly reached out and laid her hand against Love's cheek. There was no response, but Love felt normal to her; his skin was warm and – thank god – alive. Running her palm against his cheek for a moment Sakura gazed down at Love and a thought ran through her head. He really was beautiful; and then on the heels of that thought came another. How can Rage not be in love with him?

Moving her hand up she ran it carefully through the long strands of his hair. She was amazed at how soft it was. Madison didn't even have hair this soft; she doubted many women did.

She was startled out of her perusal when Love suddenly turned onto his side and snuggled against her, his face resting on her thigh. Her hand abruptly froze in his hair, her face a mask of shock, her mouth forming a small oh of amazement. "See anything you like?" Love purred more than spoke. He didn't see the sudden glare all the males in the room were throwing him. His eyes still closed he smelled the skin under Sakura's clothes and smiled, "You have the loveliest pink aura surrounding you." To emphasize his point he rubbed his face against Sakura's thigh as if he were a great big cat.

Snapping out of her paralysis Sakura suddenly bolted up and away from Love nearly causing Love to smack his head against the tiles of the floor. His eyes were open now and he gazed up at Sakura, smiling. She glared at him. "What…what was that?!"

"What was what?" Love asked, puzzled. There was a distinct gleam in his eyes though.

Sakura gestured wildly in front of her. "T-that. What you just did. What the hell did you think you were doing?"

"Being himself." Rage said unexpectedly. Sakura turned and glared at him for good measure. Rage shrugged, his face impassive. "He is the Love card." As if that explained everything.

It didn't. "The Love card," Sakura emphasized Love, "not the…the Lust card." Love thought that was rather amusing and chuckled softly. Sakura turned and glared bloody murder at him.

Sobering, Love said very solemnly, "Lust is a part of love." When Sakura only continued to look as if she might do him violence, Love said, "I'm sorry if I offended you, but after that, I needed a bit of a distraction. And I meant what I said…you really do have a lovely aura." And he grinned at her.

But Sakura was too preoccupied with what he had said before that. "After what? What happened? Did you cure him?"

Love's expression became solemn again. Looking down at the floor for a moment he remained silent. He looked up, but not at Sakura. Looking directly into Li's anxious brown eyes he said quietly, "No."

Sakura sagged. Sitting down abruptly, she asked, "Why?"

Love looked slightly angry at that. "I would have cured him if I could have, but I could not." Calming somewhat, he continued, "Using Soul Magic to heal requires you to give a little of yourself to the one you are healing. I let part of myself into Syaoran in order to do what I had to. The only way I could think of to get rid of the poison was to draw it out of him and into myself." Several people gasped, but before anyone could interrupt Love held up a hand, stalling them. "If I had been strong enough then I would have been able to draw the poison into myself and get rid of it in my own body. However, if I was not strong enough, which I was not, then two things could have happened. I could have successfully drawn the poison into myself but would have been unable to purge it from my own body, therefore dying myself. Or, I would not have been able to draw the poison out at all, which is what happened." Love glanced up and looked around at everyone. "I could not draw the poison out. Betrayal's magic stopped me from doing so. I am afraid that I cannot help you."

Li was stunned speechless. Love could have…given up his life for him. He could have sacrificed himself and died from the effects of the poison instead of him. Love had known this and still he had tried to purge him of it. Looking down upon the Forgotten in the first expression of kindness that had ever come from him where they were concerned, Li smiled gently and said, "It's okay. Thank you for trying."

Love looked quizzically at Li for a moment, as if he had done something completely unfathomable, before Love returned the smile with an uncertain one of his own.

Sakura, however, was already shaking her head. "No. You have to try again. If you just try harder…"

Love cut her off. "I tried my best. I am not strong enough. It would take someone far stronger than me in the arts of healing to pull this off. I doubt if even Clow Reed himself could do it again…" Every muscle in Sakura's body froze. Love trailed off, looking at her curiously.

A thought was forming in Sakura's brain. A crazy, far fetched thought, but hey, it had been done before, it could be done again, right? Sakura stood up and, looking at no one in particular, she said, "Clow Reed has done this before; he could probably do it again."

Kero studied her quizzically. "Yes…but Clow Reed is dead."

Sakura looked at him. "I've met Clow Reed in the flesh, once."

It took Kero a moment to realize what she'd just said. "What!? Go back in time! Again!? Sakura, you don't know how! Clow was the one who initiated the spell the first time. How do you hope to plan to pull that off?"

Sakura shook her head. "I don't know, but it's Li's only chance. I have to go back, I just have to." She whispered determinedly.

Rage tilted his head to the side. "Your courage is admirable, Sakura, but the Wizard is right. You cannot hope to do what only Clow Reed knew how to do."

Sakura turned on Rage, a sudden anger assailing her at Rage's sudden cold treatment of Love. "Well thanks for the encouragement, I appreciate it."

Rage became slightly angry himself, not accustomed to having anyone talk that way to him. But he only replied, "I did not mean to…"

Sakura ignored him. "As for only Clow knowing how to do it. I think I might know of one other person who knows how to go back in time, too." Sakura turned to Li and held out her hand. "Li, did you bring the Time card?"

Li's eyes went wide and he nodded. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out the small pack of Clow cards he almost always carried on him. Fishing out the Time card he handed it to Sakura. Sakura took it from him and sat down on the floor again. Everyone came to sit around her, even Rage, though they did their best not to crowd her. Madison had her camcorder in her hand again and was watching Sakura like a hawk. "How do you plan to do this?" she asked quietly.

Sakura turned her head and looked at her best friend. Smiling a bit uncertainly, she replied, "I'm going to just do what I was doing the first time this happened. I don't know how else to go about it."

Kero sat down in front of Li, surprisingly, and said, "I know you can do it, Sakura." His eyes were uncertain, but he tried not to let his doubt show.

Li smiled. "I'm really grateful that you're doing this for me, Sakura, but if anything goes wrong, or if there's any danger, don't bother, okay?"

Sakura raised her eyebrow at him. "Li Syaoran, you should know by now that I'd go to almost any lengths to save you." She winked at him. He smiled back but his expression said he was worried about her.

"Okay," Sakura breathed, "let's give this a shot."

"This should be interesting." Love commented as Sakura laid the Time card upon the floor.

To be continued…

This was going to be longer, but I wanted to get it out. Also, I thought it might be better after all if I split it up into two parts.