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Chapter 2: Out of the Orphanage and Into Another

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"Don't worry. I'll get you both out. Hold on."

"S-S-Sa-kura? I-Is that y-you?" Tomoyo said in a shaky voice.

"Yes. Sorry if I scared the both of you." Sakura smiled to herself.

"Hurry. Tomoyo is badly hurt. She needs to be looked at right now." A concerned Syaoran said.

"I'm all right. Really! I am! Sakura, are you alright? I saw a lot of soldiers. Did they hurt you?"

Syaoran, angry at Tomoyo, said, "Tomoyo, just think about yourself for a few minutes, alright?"

"But-"

"Tomoyo, I'm fine. And Syaoran's right. Think about yourself for a few minutes." Sakura said a little worried for her friend. "Your badly injured and we're not."

The bits of dust and dirt grew to large pieces of debris. Piles of huge broken stone and wood covered the way to the door. 'Oh, no. How am I supposed to move those?' Sakura looked around for something that might help left the large stones and wood pieces. 'Ah-ha! Now that might work!' Spotting a thick but not too big broken piece of wood and a rock, Sakura walked over to it. 'Looks sturdy enough. Hope it won't break with pressure.' Testing out how much pressure the wooden pole could hold, Sakura brought it back to the wreckage in front of the door. She shifted the rock she had round earlier into a position she could lay the pole on top of and move the heavy pieces like a seesaw. Sakura stuck the pole under one of the wooden sections that covered the door. Putting all her might into the press, Sakura shifted the segment of wood. 'Ok! Now, just three more to go.' As Sakura began to move the next one, a hand touched her shoulders.

Sakura let out a scream, "Ahhh!"

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(Sakura)

"Shhhh! Princess! It's me! Do you want to let the enemy know that were here?" Kinako observed what Sakura was trying to do, "What are you doing? We have to get out of here."

Sakura turned around, relieved that it was Kinaki, Kanako's twin sister. Letting out a sigh of relief, Sakura told her what she had been doing and why.

"So will you help me?"

"Of course. Come on. We have to hurry. You said the injured one's name is Tomoyo?" Sakura nodded, "Tomoyo? Are you still with us?"

"What kind of a question is that?" An irritated Syaoran asked.

Kinako raised her eyebrows. "I was assuming it to be a girl."

"She is a girl! Tomoyo's been unconscious for a couple of minutes now! I'm here with her. Hurry!"

"Oh!"

With that, Kinako and Sakura moved the wreckage as quickly as their bodies would allow them. Moving the last piece out of the way, Sakura sighed and said, "Finally! I thought that it would take forever."

"Come on!" Kinako rushed to the door and opened it. Laying there was an unconscious Tomoyo that looked badly hurt and a bleeding Syaoran.

"She's still breathing. I covered her wound, but I don't know what else to do."

"Give her to me. We'll find a doctor." Kinako took Tomoyo into her arms and turned toward Sakura. "Help him up. I don't think he can walk by himself, so you'll have to support him, Prin-Sakura."

With a nod, Sakura ran over to Syaoran. "Can you walk?"

"Of course! I'm not that weak!"

"Ok. I didn't mean to offend you."

­(Out of the Orphanage)

"Is everyone ok?"

"I think so. Syaoran?" Sakura looked at Syaoran. He had been struggling with his left leg, but he never uttered a sound.

Looking away, Syaoran said, "I'm fine. Just help Tomoyo."

"Where's everyone?"

"They should be here in a bit. If not, we'll have to go to our assigned meeting place and wait."

"Kinako! Prin-" she stopped, having seen their company. "-Sakura! Over here!"

Kanako waved to them. Everyone looked like they had been waiting for quite sometime.

"Finally! We thought that they had taken Pr-Sakura."

"Sorry. We had a little problem, but it's been taken cared of. Where is Pri-Touya?"

"We don't know. Ashiko isn't here either. And Takeo, Shinakeo, and Tsushido isn't here either." Hideki said, unconcerned. "But I suspect they will find us in due time. Remember, Takeo is with them. He can track anyone." He pause for a bit more, studying the other two. "What was the little problem anyway?"

"Sorry. We had to help these two. Both of them are badly injured."

Dashikimi, hearing that someone is injured, quickly stood up. "Where is my patient?" Seeing Tomoyo and Syaoran, she said, "Or should I say patients?"

Hearing this, Syaoran looked at her. "I don't need to be looked at. Just take care of Tomoyo." Looking away, again, Syaoran tried to hide his injured leg.

"Ahhh…concerned for a friend and doesn't want to be of any inconvenience, I see. Boy, do not try to hide that you are hurt. Your doing a poor job of it already." She turned to Tomoyo and open the wrappings that Syaoran had done. "Hmm…she had lost blood. Too much. We need to move to a better place. I cannot operate here."

(At an Inn) (Syaoran)

'Who are these people? Why are they helping us? Or are they thinking of taking us as prisoners? No, they can't. Sakura knows them, and she's our friend, right? Tomoyo trusts her. But do I? I can't. Not yet.' Syaoran looked at all of them suspiciously. Watching them, they all seem to have their own different, and useful, abilities. 'Who are these people, really? How are they connected to Sakura? I'll find out sooner or later. Even if I hav-' Syaoran was shaken out of his thoughts by a sweet voice.

"Syaoran?"

"Oh! What?" He said irritated.

"I asked you if you were alright. You looked a little bit dazed and I-"

"Dazed? I was thinking! Would you leave me alone to think?"

"Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disturb you. I just-"

"Well, if you didn't want to disturb me, then why did you? And you just what?"

"Syaoran, look. I didn't do anything wrong or anything to offend you. Why are you always so cold to me?" Sakura said, looking hurt.

Syaoran's heart ached, seeing how hurt she was. "I asked you a question." 'It's because you make me feel strange. Like I don't know myself.' Was what he was really thinking. 'Wait! Why did I just say! No! I didn't say anything!' "Just leave me alone!" He shouted.

"What? Fine! I was just trying to be nice! You don't have to yell at me! I'll leave if you find my company so intolerable!" Sakura spun around and started to walk away. Syaoran, feeling bad for yelling at her without meaning to, grabbed her arm.

"Look Sakura. I'm sorry for yelling at you. I-I'm just frustrated and worried about Tomoyo." He said apologetically.

Sakura turned and looked him in the eye. She seemed to be studying him and then she smiled. "You really care about her, don't' you? I'm glad that she has someone who cares about her. She deserves it. Take good care of her. Oh! I almost forgot. I came here to tell you that-"

The door swung open, showing a concerned Kinako, standing in the doorway. "Prin-Sakura, is everything alright? I heard yelling."

"Oh! Kinako. Umm…everything is fine. Sorry. I just had to get something out of my system. Hehe…sorry. I won't do it again."

Kinako had a frown across her face. "Are you sure? Cause I-Oh nevermind." With that, she left, closing the door behind her.

Syaoran had trouble keeping in his laughter. When he couldn't hold it anymore he let it out. "Hahahaha!"

Sakura turned back and looked at him. "What? What's so funny? Do I have something on my face?"

"Hahahaha…Sa-kura, d-do yo-u kn-know wha-wha-what yo-u just sai-d?" Syaoran said in between laughs.

"Yes, I-Oh my! I just told Kinako that I have a man voice! Hahaha…well, I just hope she doesn't think that it's true. Will she?"

"Hahaha…Sakura has a voice that sounds like a man when she needs to get something out of her system." Syaoran said with a smile.

"Anyway, I forgot to tell you that Tomoyo is fine. If you want you can go check on her. Dashikimi said that you can visit her now, 'cause Tomoyo-"

"Did I just hear someone say my name?" chipped in an angelic voice.

They both turned to see that Tomoyo stood in the entrance way. She had on a bedding gown and slippers. Her face was awfully pale.

"Tomoyo! You shouldn't be up!" Syaoran said worriedly and somewhat angrily.

Rolling her eyes, she said, "Oh, Syaoran. When are you gonna stop being my mother? When I turn two?" Tomoyo smiled.

"Haha! Good one!" Sakura couldn't help laughing at the joke.

Syaoran laughed sarcastically. "Haha…very funny. Guess the injuring didn't hurt your practical jokes. I'm just worried."

"I know. It's just so fun to tease you!"

Syaoran sighed. He turned around to let them face his back, while muttering to himself, "I don't even know why I'm friends with these two!"

"Awww, Syaoran! You really consider me a friend? Really and truly?" Sakura said. She smiled.

"Yeah, Syaoran! You really and truly consider me as a friend as well? And here I thought that we were plain rivals!" Laughing, Tomoyo closed the door.

"Humph!" Syaoran grumbled.

"Oh, Syaoran! Don't get mad. It was just a small joke. No more, (for now) I promise!" Tomoyo said raising her left hand and placing her right hand over her heart.

"Tomoyo. How are you doing? Are you sure that you can get up?" Sakura said, sounding worried, "I thought that Dashikimi said that you should be getting your rest."

"I'll be fine! Do you see me swaying with exhaustion or any other symptoms that will cause me to be bed ridden?"

Before Sakura could answer the question, the door opened yet again and the rest of the group (Kinaki, Kanako, Dashikimi, Ogata, and Hideki) came in.

Kanako looked around and saw that everyone was in the room. "Oh, good! Everyone's here. Now we can finally start." She pulled a couple of chairs to the table in the middle of the room. "Isn't it cold? Before we start, lets get cozy first. Hideki, could you light the fire? That would surely warm up the room. Ogata, could you find a couple of candles in the pack and light them, also? Once the candles are lit, the room wouldn't be as cold and dark." She smiled. She was always stating the obvious to annoy the people around her and to also get them not to notice her skill as much. (A great strategy wink)

"Sakura, do you trust these two with your lives?"

"Huh? Of course!"

"Sakura, these two could be spies sent by the enemy." Ogata said, suspiciously.

"But-No! Of course not! They couldn't. Plus, if they were, then why were they trapped and hurt?"

"Sakura does have a point."

"But they could have planned that and make it seem like they aren't spies, just so that we would rescue them and take them with us." Hideki put in, "Entrusting our lives to them."

"Well, Hideki also has a point there, too." Kanako said, looking from Hideki to Sakura.

"Well, I trust them. And I say that we can trust them with our lives." Sakura pouted.

"Sakura, you should-"

"Hey, hey, hey! Wait! Who said anything about me and Tomoyo agreeing to being taken along with you?" Syaoran said.

"I did, Syaoran." Tomoyo came and stood next to Sakura. "If you don't trust us, then you can tie us up and and gag us. I don't care. As long as I get to be with Sakura."

"Wha! Tomoyo, what are you saying!" Syaoran yelled.

Everyone ignored him.

"Tomoyo, this is your name, am I correct?"

"Yes, unless you would like to call me 'blue hair girl' or maybe just 'girl'" She smiled, sweetly. This caused Hideki to smirk, Kanako and Kinaki to smile, and Sakura to laugh.

"No time for jokes. Tomoyo, why are you so intent on coming with us, or should I say, be with Sakura?" Ogata said.

"Huh? Because. She saved my life. I owe her my life if I am able to do anything to save Sakura's life, then I will do anything in my power to." Tomoyo said sternly.

Ogata looked at her quietly. Then he took a long moment to look at Syaoran. "Fine. You can come. Both of you." Turning he addressed the rest of the group, "I trust them, I guess, though the boy still looks suspicious to me."

This irritated Syaoran somewhat, though he shrugged it off. "So are you going to gag us and tie us up?"

"No, unless you want me to. I would very much like to, also." Ogata said with an evil grin.

"Ogata! I said 'no'. And that means no." Sakura said. She then turned to Syaoran, "Syaoran, don't listen to him."

"Ok! Now that everything's settled. I think that we should tell them." Kinako said.

"But that would put danger on them and more danger on Sakura." Kanako pointed out.

"Your right, but it's still wrong to keep them from it."

"I agree with Kanako. They don't seem too trustworthy yet to entrust them with Sakura's real identity." Ogata put in.

"Hey! I didn't say that we shouldn't tell them and that they shouldn't be trusted! I just wanted to point out that it could be a danger to their lives." Kanako said, defensively.

"What are you guys talking about? If it will endanger our lives, then don't tell us!" Syaoran said angrily, though he wanted to know who Sakura really was, even if it really did endanger his life.

They ignored this, also.

"But I think that we should-"

"Hey! Stop ignoring me already! I am here, too! Can I not voice my opinion on if I want my life to be endangered or not?" Syaoran shouted.

"Aha! I knew that it wasn't Sakura's yelling! It was really your's!" Kinako said triumphantly. (she's kinda an airhead, but can be smart when she's needed to be smile)

Syaoran looked at her with a disbelieving look upon his face. "Did you just think of that now?"

"No. I thought of it before, but it was just confirmed now. Why?" (oblivious)

"Nevermind. Don't try to avoid my question. Not really a question, but in this case, I take it as one."

"No." Hideki simply answered.

"What!" Syaoran yelled.

"Hideki! Quite it. Of course you can decide Syaoran. You can leave if you don't want to come with us. But I really hope that you will." Sakura looked pleadingly at him.

"I-"

"Oh, Syaoran! Quite making it so hard and just say that you'll come. I know that you want to. You've always complained about how boring living in an orphanage is. Now's your chance to do something." Tomoyo said, looking exasperated.

"Fine. I'll come."

"Man! That was such a waste of time! We could have been sleeping by now!" Kinako said. She got up and laid on the cushion next to the fireplace. "Ahhh…now that's better!"

"Kinako! Get back here!" Kanako said.

"It's ok. She can stay there." Sakura smiled at Kinako. She wish she could lie back and forget all her worries, but she couldn't. 'Where is Touya and the others? Are they alright? Do they have a nice warm fire by their side or are they still trying to escape the enemies? Oh, Touya! Where are you? Please be safe!'

"Sakura? Are you alright?" A worried voice brought her snapped her out of her thoughts.

"Oh! Sorry to worry you Tomoyo. I'm fine. I was just thinking." She gave Tomoyo a smile.

"Shall we start, Princess Sakura?" Dashikimi said.

"What! Princess! Sakura!" Tomoyo and Syaoran said at the same time.

"Umm…hi?" Sakura said.

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Author's Note: Soooooooo……ummm…how was it? Hope you like it so far! PLEASE REVIEW! Thank you!