A Trapped Sakura

Chappie Nine:

Me Again:Wow. I mean wow. I have like 116 reviews. LIFE IS SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooo happy!!!! Yeah, so my friends and I like to leave lunch early. We just up and leave, and like nobody notices. Then we skate in the halls in our socks. I walk around school without shoes on. Makes my feet comfy. So yeah, for like x-mas I only got like three presents. I get the holiday depression. I mean now I just want to do stuff for everybody else and nothing for me. That's cool I guess. At least I'm nice. So! This chappie goes to Elalia. And everyone who reviewed!!!! Love you all soooo much!!!!! There is a special person I wish to dedicate this whole story to, because I'm over-zealous and I like her companionship soooo much. Drum roll….. Miss Lady Tomboy!!!!! I like her soo much, she's so nice and….

IMPORTANT, READ THIS!!!!!! You must read her fics. I'm pimping them for her. Okay, they are called "Fairytales" and Lost Soul. And….

IMPORTANT ALSO!!!!! I WISH TO GROVAL TO EVERYONE WHO WAS UTTERLY DUMBFOUNDED BY THE LAST CHAPPIE AND THE SAKURA/SAKURA THING!!!! I ASSURE YOU; ALL OF IT WILL BE EXPLAINED, IN VERY SOON CHAPPIES!!!!!! IT WILL ALL BE CLEAR VERY SOON!!! IT DOES HAVE TO DO WITH THE TWIST!!!! COOL. E-MAIL ME ANY QUESTIONS AT: . I will be pleased to answer anything as long as I don't give it away. Cool. Got lazy couldn't turn off caps lock. Luv ya, and enjoi!

-Kurai-Tenshi of Doom

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Disclaimer: No shit Sherlock. Need I say more?

There was a vigorous battle going on in Sakura's mind. Should she tell Li what happened? After all, the "Sakura" did say to tell Li she was down there….. And…. That the Sakura… well, she... loved him….. No. she decided to tell Tomoyo first. She would know what to do. After all, Tomoyo was always the more intelligent one. Yes, Tomoyo will know what to do! Sakura decided this as Li led her precariously from the room, after she had scrubbed herself as clean as she could get in Li's bathroom.

She still felt slightly light-headed, and still wished she wasn't hungry so she could stay in Li's arms, but hunger was hunger, and she hated it as much as spooky ghosts. Li took a hold of her hand as they slid through the halls with the long-strided grace the handsome prince possessed. Her eyes were focused on his face as he nervously peeked around corners for others in the hall. She wondered why this was an issue. I mean he was the prince. Then she remembered.

He was under house arrest. "Where are the guards?" she asked him, voice very small. He grinned in a sort of devilish way down to her. "Enjoying a well deserved break and some liquor." She giggled, enjoying the humorous way he presented his ploy of escape. "No mere room can hold me." he mumbled as a sort of side thought as they sidled around a corner into a dark hall.

Sakura didn't recognize it as the dining hall it was. Li dropped her hand, and she cried out a small complaint. He shushed her and she jumped in fright as a flame from a candle Li had lit flared into life throwing his strong features into a sharp relief. He smiled assuring her and grabbed her hand again. She let out the breath she'd held and let him lead her to the food table. Apparently food was laid out at night. She let out a squeal and bombarded the table, much to Li's surprise. Food disappeared almost in seconds.

The table was cleared in only moments. Sakura let out a very un-ladylike burp and turned to face Li swiping a hand across her face. She licked her lips. Laughing at his open mouth she exclaimed proudly: "I have a very awful hunger." "So I noticed." Li responded one eyebrow cocked in a sort of melodramatic way. He grabbed her hand again, this time giving her a smile. "Time for bed. I bet after all that you're tired." He had his back to her as he said this, so he didn't notice the noticeable paling of her features and the way she looked like she would faint.

They made it back to the hallway without any problems, until….. "Stay away from me, you conniving pig of a man!!!" Sakura and Li jumped at least five feet into the air. Sakura sighed; sure Tomoyo would wake the whole castle. She let go of Li's hand, with a new determination, and to her surprise, Li followed her to Eriol's door. Sakura took a deep breath as she pushed open the door. (Or shinto, whatever.)

The sight that met her eyes was breath-taxingly hilarious, she would admit. Tomoyo was shaking a fist at Eriol who was… on top of one of his book shelves, trying to get as far away from her as possible. His frightened eyes shot to Sakura's hoping for help. "This time, I swear, it was all her!" he cried pointing an accusing finger to the manic girl. Tomoyo whipped around and threw a menacing finger back at him crying: "This pig tried to grab my robe!!!!"

Sakura noticed the askew way of her ratty clothes and shook her head. She turned to Li. "What do you think?" she asked him, needing an opinion of someone who knew Eriol. Eriol turned pleading eyes to Li. "Please!! Save me from her!!!!" he begged. Li smiled his evil smile. "Well, I think Eriol is very comfortable up there." Eriol went white. "But- but- Li! Come on, good buddy!!! You know me!!!" Li nodded. "Exactly." He turned and left, and Sakura smiled innocently.

"I'm going with what he says." "Have fun you two." She said over her shoulder as she slid the door closed following Li down the hall. She'd tell Tomoyo about the "incident" tomorrow. Back in Li's room, she was again nervous. "Take the bed. I can sleep in a chair." Li told her over his shoulder. She stood helpless for a few moments. "You mean… you're not going to…?" he cocked his eyebrow at her again. "To what?" he asked. She flushed, embarrassed and relieved. So now she knew he wasn't a sex-hungry pervert. (Damn!)

She gave him a dazzling smile, one full of relief and gratitude. This threw him off. 'Maybe I'll make her take the bed more often…I love that smile.' He gave her a slightly confused smile in return. She let out a gleeful laugh and slipped to his side standing again on her tip-toes to give him a peck on the cheek. She "eeped!" when Li grabbed her arms and pulled her flush against him. Her eyes gazed into his, slightly frightened. "Such a beautiful caged bird…." He whispered in a very loving way, his eyes half-lidded and flooded with desire.

He leaned down only slightly compared to how she was on her tip-toes and gave her a very short, sweet, luxurious kiss on the lips. It was only for a moment, but it meant so much. He let her go; almost trying to get himself away before her scent, taste and feel completely consumed his tattered heart. Her cheeks held a hint of red. She stepped away from him, her own eyes half-lidded in the sweet feelings filling her body. She wanted more, but she knew she couldn't. Not until she figured this whole other Sakura thing out. She finally got her lungs to work as she managed to mummer: "Good night."

Before she stepped around him to the bed. There was a distance between where he was standing and her on the bed. Sometime he had lit a fire before they had gone to eat and it crackled now as Sakura slipped into the bed. A small thought, or hope, popped up in her mind as her suddenly heavy lids drifted closed. 'Maybe he'll hold me tonight too.'

As Li awoke the next morning he was regretful that his hands only clasped air instead of silky, warm skin as it had only last night. He pulled himself up reluctantly and moved to the bedside, surprised to see it empty. A quick glance told him Sakura was absent from his quarters.

He was slightly nervous, after all, Ying-Fah wasn't supposed to get her for an hour almost. Exiting his room into the hallway, he heard the faintest giggle from Eriol's room. Quietly opening the door, he peeked inside, finding the site comical, again. Eriol was in the center of his own room bound and gagged to a chair. The two girls were cross legged on the bed much like his own, only messy and unkempt. They seemed to be talking about something quite serious.

Not the eavesdropper, Li closed the door and left them to their conversation. Although he couldn't help but feel terribly sorry for poor Eriol.

"Oh Sakura, don't laugh at him, you're only encouraging him." Tomoyo said, sounding exasperated. "But Tomoyo, look at him! He's so cute!" she giggled again one hand on her lips. Tomoyo placed both her hands on her hips. "I see nothing cute about him." She said voice very serious. A much muffled groan of disappointment came from the gag. Sakura laughed out loud this time. Tomoyo shot the man a very evil glare. "Why?" she asked.

He gave her a look of confusion to show he didn't understand her question. She stood up and walked to him removing the mask. He gasped as his ability to breathe through his mouth came again. Gasping still he turned his startling eyes up to her. She paused only for a moment. "Why do you hound me so? Why are you so disappointed?" "Well isn't it obvious?" he said quite plainly. She decided to bite and with a sarcastic eyebrow cocked she shook her head no.

"Well, I love you." (Face fault, and everyone falls over) his answer left Tomoyo quite astonished. She gave him an example of her being completely bewildered before she slapped him on top of the head as hard as she could. He cried out. "Whad'ya do that for?" he cried, rocking in the chair. "For you being such a scheming little liar!!!" she shrieked hitting him again. He took the abuse for about three more terrifying moments before Sakura stepped in deciding the Beat Eriol Game was getting slightly old.

Although always funny. She pulled Tomoyo back and whispered the secret word. She calmed and sat back down as Sakura prepared to tell her of her happings of late.

It took almost an hour for Sakura to get the message across to a very confused Tomoyo. She was as confused as she had been. She sat pondering with a very cute confused look on her face for a while before Eriol decided to speak up. "Princess, do you have visions of the future?" he asked, and for the moment, all his humor was gone replaced only with a very grave demeanor.

Tomoyo felt her heart jump, making her VERY uncomfortable. It was all very serious despite the face that he looked like he had been beaten by thugs, covered in dust-bunnies and dust coating his front. Sakura focused her eyes to him. "Yes. Back home…." She stumbled for a moment as all came back to her, and then Tomoyo's soft hand on her own brought her back, "I would meditate over my visions. They were usually in my sleep and none ever felt as real as this one did. This was an actual conversation. Usually I'm just a spectator." "So, this sort of thing has never happened before?" Eriol asked again. "No. Never this realistic." She answered.

Eriol nodded thoughtfully. "And the... cardinal I'm supposed to look out for?" he asked again, this time his deep eyes were thoughtful. Sakura nodded, wondering where he was going with this. Suddenly it was as if he'd been shocked. "Kami no!!" he cried. "What is it?" Tomoyo asked, nervous at the very dark look he now possessed. He grunted, and then with a muttering of some words, the ropes around him caught fire and deteriorated into a pile of ash at the feet of the chair. Sakura gasped.

That was the most controlled form of magic she'd ever seen. He stood and revolved his wrists getting the feeling back into them. "Why didn't you do that in the first place?" Tomoyo asked, not impressed. He shot her a look that actually made her lean back, away from him. "Don't ask, love. Now if both of you will excuse me." he nodded politely to them before he made a rushed exit. Although with the fluid way he moved it seemed as if he'd taken all the time in the world. Sakura looked to Tomoyo.

She was flushed, and a starry look was in her eyes. Sakura nudged her and she snapped back, a sort of annoyed look about her. "Tomoyo?" Sakura tried feebly. Tomoyo turned to her. "Now don't hurt me, but just think about this. Maybe he wasn't lying when he said he loved you, because you sure seem to like him." Sakura pointed to her flushed cheeks as she spoke. Tomoyo swatted her hand down. "Nonsense!" she shook her head, although thoughts of doubt plagued her. "Let's go follow him!" Tomoyo exclaimed jumping up and hopping off the bed for the shinto.

She threw it open and ran into the hallway Sakura hot on her heels. They rounded the corner to the steps and were surprised to see no one there. "He couldn't be that far ahead of us…." She mummers. "It's like he disappeared into thin air…" Sakura added also trailing off. She looked to Tomoyo who seemed to be in a thoughtful silence. "I'll talk to him tonight." She announces, startling Sakura. "Okay. Get it out of him no matter what." Sakura said setting her face in a determined fashion. Tomoyo nodded. The two girls turned and went back upstairs, awaiting their chores and Tomoyo later that night a stubborn Eriol…..

TBC!!!!!!

Authoresses Notes 2: Hola!!! Love you guys!!! Hope you like!!! Next chappie will be romantic. Well…. Sometime!!!! Damn!!!!! Late, and I need to sleep, but I hope everyone had a happy holiday, including New Years, so here's my late present. Everything about me is late. Sorry. Love you all and please review!!!! And um, yeah, ask any questions you wish!!!! REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!

Quote: "You know you're drunk if you need to grab the grass to keep from falling off the Earth."

-Kurai-Tenshi of Doom