Title: Gateway To Sanity

Author: White Tiger Girl

Rating: PG13 for language and violence

White Tiger Girl: I'm so sorry! I'm a horrible person! I love you all! Please try not to over analyze the chapters because then I have to analyze things which means I need to think things through really carefully and….

Kai: And she'll get a headache from over thinking with her tiny lil dumb brain.

White Tiger Girl: --# Why are you here aren't you supposed to be in my Beyblade fics! Where's Syaoran and the rest of my cast?

Kai: They said you are very bothersome and quit doing introductions and ending notes with you. So they called me here. I think I want to quit too but I just love to piss to you off

White Tiger Girl: -- You're doing a very good job too. jumps Kai

sign drops that says: White Tiger Girl does not own CCS, Beyblade or their characters.

Chapter 5 Waves of Fun

Mei Lin, Tsubaki, Tomoyo, Eriol, Syaoran and Sakura sat down at the benches after spending about half the day shopping. They guys had bags up to their heads.

"Why are we holding these Mei Lin? They're your stuff and if this continues I'll be broke." Tsubaki complained shifting some of the bags closer to Mei Lin.

"It's impossible for you to go broke baby. And if you did I'd be very sad and you'll live the rest of your life lonely." Mei Lin pouted giving him the saddest face he'd ever seen. Tsubaki sighs in defeat and Mei Lin starts to giggle at how needy his boyfriend was.

"Did you have fun Sakura?" Tomoyo asked Sakura. Sakura shook her head.

"I had lots of fun! I haven't hopped like that in years! I'm so gla-" Sakura was cut off by Tomoyo.

"Look it's one of my mom's stores! Lets go!" Tomoyo jumps up excitedly and grabs Sakura and Mei Lin and runs off with Mei Lin and Sakura dragged behind. The guys got up sluggishly, looking at their wallets and then slowly making their way to the store "Singing Starz".

"Sakura you have to try this!"

"No this one would be much cuter!"

"Please I-"

"This is absolutely fabulous!"

The guys watched in awe wondering how they could have so much energy after running around for the last few hours non-stop. After about 3 hours or so the girls were finally ready to pay.

"We'll take all of these please." Tomoyo handed the cashier a pile of clothes.

"Of course Ms. Daidouji." The cashier began scanning the huge pile of clothes and gave a 50 discount to them. "Ok that'll be….5,738 dollars and 54 cents." Tomoyo saved her boyfriend from paying for the huge amount by taking out her credit card and charging it. They all left the store and the guys went straight to the bench again.

"Syaoran! Can we go to the beach? I haven't been there in such a long time." Sakura gave Syaoran her cutest face. Knowing him he couldn't resist.

"Sure"

"Yay!" Sakura bounced up and down happily grabbing her new friend's hands and dragging them to the parking lot.

Once they got to the parking lot they went their separate ways. They decided they were going to drop off their stuff and head for the beach in two hours. Eriol and Tomoyo were going to bring the sandwiches, Sakura and Syaoran the desserts, and Mei Lin and Tusbaki bring the drinks.

Syao and Saku

"Look at the bathing suite I got Syaoran! Mei Lin and Tomoyo helped me pick it out." Sakura held a small powder pink bikini. It has small flower imprints and spaghetti strap ties. Syaoran could only gawk at her. "Maybe I should try it on for you and then-"

"No! No! It's ok. We should start getting the desserts together!" Syaoran fought to keep the heat from rising in his cheeks. He failed. Sakura gave Syaoran a cute laugh that didn't help him in hiding his blush.

"Alright then. What should we bring?" Sakura grabbed Syaoran and dragged him into the kitchen. "How 'bout some fruit? Or maybe we can make something? But only 2 hours, it'll be hard." Sakura started looking through the fridge. "Syaoran! Lets make a fruit salad! I wish I could make a cake too but we don't have enough time to do everything…"

"We could try. 2 hours should be enough and I don't think they would care if we were a little late. We just need to get some stuff. How 'bout you get started on the fruit salad and I pick up what we need for the cake?"

"Alright! Lets make a strawberry cake! I love strawberry cakes"

"Sure"

Syaoran grabbed his jacket, keys and wallet and dashed out the door. Sakura began the salad as Syaoran asked.

"Lets see. We have some strawberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, blueberries, cherries. Wow! This is going to be a salad!" She washed everything and began to start chopping.

.Later.

Syaoran walked into his house with a bag of cake ingredients only to hear Sakura's yell. "SAKURA!" Syaoran dropped down his stuff and ran into the kitchen. He found her on the floor staring at a woman with a white glow, eyes filled with tears. As soon as Syaoran laid eyes on the maiden the white glow disappeared leaving the two in silence.

"Sakura are you alright?" Syaoran said gently lifting her off the floor. "It's ok." Syaoran gave a long warm hug. "I'm here for you." Sakura finally wiped away her tears.

"I'm sorry. I thought it would be better now but I guess not. I'm sorry for causing you this trouble." Sakura said softly

"You're never trouble Sakura. I would hold you forever just to see you smile." Yelen watched from the doorway of the kitchen. She has never seen her son's eyes shine with such emotion. Filled with such love.

.Beach.

"Wow that's really refreshing!" Mei Lin stretched her arms and finished off the last piece of her cake. They gang has just finished their lunch and plan on doing something fun an relaxing.

"Lets go play in the water. It's starting to get really hot here." Tomoyo complained to the group but was more intended for Eriol. The moments she laid eyes on her boyfriend, she was lifted almost 5 feet in the air. "ERIOL!" The next thing she new she was dunked in into the lake with a huge splash.

"Still hot Tomoyo?" Eriol smirked watching her girlfriend untangle herself from the water trying to stand up. The next minute Eriol found himself pulled into the water. He broke through the surface to see Tomoyo openly laughing at him and the rest of the group laughing as well. A quick move of his arm and splashed Tomoyo.

"Hey!" Before they knew it a splash fight has began and joined by the other two couples.

"I'm going to get some juice. I'll be back in a minute." Sakura excused herself from her group of friends who were engaged in their splash fight. Approach their spot on the beach a group of 5 guys came and stopped her.

"Hey there babe." The dirty blond hair guy said to her.

"Hi." Sakura gave them a cheerful innocent smile. "If you don't mind I would like to pass through."

"Oh we mind. How 'bout you come with us. We'll take you to where the party really is. Don't be shy cutie." The brown haired guy said. He grabbed onto her arm and gave it a little squeeze.

"I'm with someone. I don't want to go anywhere with you." Sakura started to panic realizing that these guys weren't as nice as she thought. She struggled but he only tightened his grip.

"Hey c'mon girlie. It's not gonna hurt. Just come with us calmly and then the real fun can begin."

"She said no." Syaoran said from behind them. The group of guys stared at Syaoran and laughed. The second the laughing began the second it died because the presumed leader had a fist connect to his jaw. The brown haired boy stumbled back and released Sakura. She quickly ran behind Syaoran. The other guys came to back up Syaoran.

Before they knew it the fight had began. The girls watched in horror as their boyfriends began to attack the group. They were out numbered but that didn't stop them. Syaoran himself acted like 3 men. As the fight unraveled the girls knew that something had to be done before they got into a lot of trouble. Crying desperately for them to stop they didn't. In a matter of minutes the winner of the fight became evident. As Syaoran and the group brushed themselves off the girls immediately grabbed a hold of their boyfriends n dashed off.

Later at Syaoran's

"Are you ok Sakura?" Syaoran asked as Sakura carefully dabbed his cuts n bruises with alcohol. Syaoran occasionally winced to the sting of the rubbing alcohol.

"I'm just fine Syaoran but you didn't have to fight them. We could have just left that way you wouldn't have gotten hurt." Sakura's eyes gave a slight glimmer of sadness. Syaoran's heart melted the minute he saw her eyes. It made him feel helpless everytime he saw her sad or scared because sometimes he couldn't do anything about it.

"It's in my nature to fight." The look in Sakura's eyes once again made his regret his words. "I'm sorry. You've changed me a lot Sakura. You're…" Syaoran began to stutter. He was finding the right words in his mind. "You're very special to me. Before I didn't have someone like you that I trusted. The other girls only want to be with me because of my title but you're different." Syaoran's eyes wondered off as Sakura finished treating Syaoran's wounds. The scenery seemed to have fit the moment. The night was dark and the moonlight was all the laminated Syaoran's large room. The balcony doors were opened and the welcoming breeze blew the drapes slightly and the silence became intense. Syaoran turned his head toward Sakura. He had a glisten in his eye Sakura has never seen before. "I don't want you to be hurt ever again." With that Syaoran passionately kissed Sakura. She was surprised at first but became relaxed with his touch and wrapped her arms around him.

White Tiger Girl: Once again I apologize for the long long delay in chapter. I've been feeling down lately. The guy I love more than anything is now avoiding me.( So my inspiration to write this went away for a bit but after trying to get over him and listen to many upbeat songs I'm ready to write again. As for email alerts I'm afraid I can't send you an email about updates anymore because I have too much to do. Thank you again for your patience and if there are still people reading this I'll update again but if not I'll just stop.