Author's Notes: I'm alive! But sadly my sem break is about to come to an end…I've already typed my updates for Void and Wanted: Mother and I've sent them to my beta for some editing.

For CLARIFICATION: Eriol and Syaoran are seniors, and Tomoyo, Meiling and Sakura are junior students.

Legend: "speech" 'thought' "dog bark/talking" 'dog thinking'

Lexicon: sempai-upperclassman
Mou- a sign of annoyance
Tasukete- help

Chapter 5: Kiss

"Sakura-chan are you really sure about this? I mean what if a teacher catches you?"

Tomoyo and Sakura were currently in the girls' bathroom, and Sakura was holding a glass of cold water above her head. "Yes, Tomoyo, I feel so bad for Li-kun after what my brother did to him last night. And I feel that this is the best way for me to earn his forgiveness. Just be sure to have the letter and the box ready."

"All right, but please be careful."

Sakura nodded in reply, but just as she was about to pour water over herself she was startled to see what Tomoyo had in her hands at the moment. "Uhm…Tomoyo? Don't tell me you're going to record this too?"

"Of course! There's absolutely no way that I'll be passing up such a chance like this! Sakura-chan as a puppy is so kawaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiii!"

Sakura could only sweat drop and decided that she might as well get it over with. "Okay here we go!"

SsSsSsSsS

"Ne, Li-kun do you want to join us for lunch?" A blonde girl named Azumi asked.

"No, thanks, I'm not in the mood."

"Uhm, okay. Too bad, I hear that green vegetable can help make your bones get stronger. Oh well I really hope that your injuries will get better soon." Giggling she rejoined her friends and went out the room to eat lunch somewhere else.

Syaoran rolled his eyes, all day long he has been receiving invites from girls who wanted to nurse his wounds, or "kiss him to make him feel better". He hated it! He didn't need anyone's help when it came to his wounds, he can take care of them just fine! In his annoyance he punched his table lightly, which wasn't exactly his smartest idea ever, the impact caused a jolt of pain to run over his arm, he felt as if it was prickled by a bunch of needles at the same time, reminding him of his injury.

'Stupid Touya…'

Thanks to him, our Chinese cutie was nursing a sprained arm, a bruised head, and an aching leg. And every girl in class was now fussing over him- well they wish they can but thanks to his glare they can only worry over his condition from afar.

Syaoran's sulking was interrupted when he heard the girls' cooing.

"Aaaaaaaawww, that's so cute!"

"Kawaiiiiiiii!"

"I want that!"

He leaned over his table to see what the commotion was about only to find a cub, a very cute and familiar cub. The cub was carrying a bento box on her back with a letter attached to it, she went over to Syaoran's desk and sat just at his feet. Syaoran only glared at the cub, before looking away snobbishly.

"What are you doing here? Get back home."

"Li-kun I came to apologize to you."

"No, whatever it is, I'm not taking it. You better go home; I don't want anymore trouble from Touya again."

"Li-kun, I said I was sorry. Please just accept it. Pleeeeaaaaaase." Hana whined as she stood, scratching his leg to gain his attention. But when he still ignored her, she started to lick him apologetically.

"Awww isn't that sweet." Eriol cooed as he walked over to Syaoran's table, lifting Hana into his arms, and slowly placing her onto Syaoran's table, earning himself a glare.

"You shouldn't be so mean, see she went to all this trouble just to apologize to you. Look at her. She's very sorry. Look at her."

And Syaoran did, only to meet the cutest apologetic green eyes and he felt his resolve crumble. "No, not the puppy-dog eyes!" then turned to Eriol with an accusing glare, "You tricked me!"

"Hey, you looked."

"You knew I couldn't resist the puppy-dog pout!"

He shouted after Eriol's retreating back, keeping his glare at maximum level. But was completely interrupted when he felt a warm tongue licking his hand, and when he looked down he was faced with Hana's famous puppy-dog pout; it seems that she had it down to a perfection.

"Okay, okay I'll take it just stop it!"

Hana barked happily and jumped at him, licking his face completely. After a few more licks she immediately got down, Syaoran was now wearing a smile on his face as he removed the box from her. Once her mission has been completed Hana gave her owner one last kiss and left the room. Syaoran could only guess where she had gone; removing the note attached, he proceeded to open and read the note.

Dear Li-kun

I'm really sorry about what onii-chan did to you last night, and I hope you enjoy this lunch I made for you.

Hope you get better soon!

Sakura

Grinning he opened the bento box and found a delicious lunch of rice balls, daifuki, and some crab sushi, she even packed a chocolate cake for dessert! 'She made all my favorite food.'

"Well?" Tomoyo asked sitting on her best friend's desk, who was currently staring blankly at her desk.

"Well what?"

"Did he like the food? Are you forgiven already?"

"Well…I'm not sure. I just left the food there. I didn't wait for what he might say."

Just as Tomoyo was about to make a reply, the uproar of their female classmates was enough to turn their attention to the source- Li Syaoran was inside their classroom!

Enjoying the perks of being engaged to one of the famous guys in their school- Meiling who was sitting right next to door stood to greet her fiancée thinking that he came there to visit her at same time hoping to get her classmates envious of her; but he only walked past her, "Syaoran, where are you going?"

Syaoran pointedly ignored the whispers, having gotten used to them ever since he transferred there and continued walking towards Sakura's table.

"Sakura he's coming here!"

"Oh crap, maybe he didn't like the lunch I made him! Tomoyo hide me!" she squealed hiding behind her best friend's back, which wasn't exactly the best hiding place.

"Daidouji-san."

"Li-kun." She answered sweetly, continuing to hide her best friend, there was no way she'd let Syaoran hurt her! But when Syaoran motioned for her to move aside, she happily obliged.

Sakura deadpanned. "Tomoyo-chan you were supposed to protect me!"

Tomoyo just smiled her sweet smile once more. 'Well I don't think he's going to hurt her…hehehehe, besides I can get a better angle over here!' she reasoned taking out her video camera.

"L-Li-kun!" she cried when she met his gaze. Syaoran only smirked and placed the empty lunch box on her desk.

"Thank you, it was good." He stated, but before leaving- he thought just for fun to give something in return as well. He planted a quick kiss on the Card Mistress' forehead. Time seemed to have stopped for everyone right after that, all of them looking at the two; Syaoran took it as an opportunity to leave the room.

Once the door to the classroom was closed, Sakura was immediately attacked by every girl in their classroom. Syaoran smirked at Meiling's battle cry, he knew full well the damage the girls could do to Sakura after what he did, and he knew they could do worse than Touya can.

'Now we're even Card Mistress.'

SsSsSsSsSsS

"Mou! Sakura why don't you just use the Shot card on him? That should teach him a lesson to not mess with us!"

"Kero-chan that isn't such a nice thing to say." Tomoyo scolded as she handed a plate of cake to the stuffed ani- I mean Guardian. Then she handed another slice to Eriol, then to Sakura.

"You know, I never knew that those girls can get really crazy…" Eriol added as an afterthought.

"It's okay; I only got a few scratches."

The four were presently eating cake in Tomoeda Park, enjoying the peaceful scenery and the wonderful shade of the Sakura trees that surrounded them.

"So are you guys excited about the skiing trip next week?" Tomoyo asked, changing the subject.

"Which reminds me, Sakura you really should be careful. Remember you're more prone to transforming because of the snow."

"Don't worry Eriol, I already thought about that. I just need to wear real thick clothes, and I'll be very careful to not get any snow on me."

"That's good! Considering I made another snow costume for Sakura-chan and it'll just break my heart if I can't record her wearing it!'

"I think I'm having second thoughts now." She murmured. But when the others laughed at her reaction, she laughed heartily as well with them.

The group continued their snack in peace, talking about what they would do in their field trip. But it seems that the peace was not going to last long.

"Somebody, please help!" the whole park stopped what they were doing when they heard the cry.

A woman in her mid-twenties with long black curls that reached up to her waist, was crying frantically for someone to help. Her son was stuck on a tree. Everyone turned to the tree the woman was pointing at to find a boy who was only about five-years-old, his arms and legs wrapped tightly around the branch, crying for his mommy!

"Sakura! The Float Card!" Kero called out, but before Sakura could summon a Sakura Card, Eriol had stopped her.

"You can't! There are too many people who might see you!"

"I'll use the Time Card and the Float Card!"

"No, you're not yet strong enough to use Time with another card!"

"What do we do?"

Sakura looked up at the child; she knew she needed to think of a way to help him without exposing her powers and quick! 'Think Sakura, think!'

"Tasukete! Mama! I'm scared! Please! Help!" the boy cried his voice hoarse and shivering from his obvious fear of falling. He was shivering, and his face was red and covered with sweat and tears.

"Mama!"

At the shout, she felt the adrenaline pumping into her veins, and on impulse she ran in the direction of the tree and started climbing.

"Sakura! Don't! You're being impulsive!" Kero cried out, trying to reason with the girl.

"Tomoyo call the fire department! Tell them that we need a ladder! And call for an ambulance as well! I'll stay here and see what I can do." Eriol ordered knowing full well that once Sakura has decided on something there was no way to stop her.

As Tomoyo ran off, Eriol looked to see how Sakura was doing. So far she was only half-way near the branch, and it was obvious that she really having a hard time.

"Hey there kid!" she called out to the crying toddler, when she was a little bit closer. "I'm here to help you, so no need to cry. You'll be safe."

"I'm scared!"

"Don't worry, I'm almost there, and then I'll get you down." She explained, though she herself has not yet figured out how they could exactly get down safely, but she continued talking to him, to distract him.

"I want my mommy." He whimpered.

"Don't worry, you'll be with her in a little while."

Sakura smiled when she got to the branch; carefully she crawled towards the trembling boy. "Hey there," she whispered, a bit out of breath, "so tell me how did you get all the way up here?"

While talking to the boy, she was coaxing the boy to let go of the branch and crawl towards the trunk where they could wait safely for help. "Some kids took my toy and threw it at tree."

"Well, were you able to find it?"

"Nooo-" the boy's voice cracked as he started to cry over his lost toy.

"Sakura!"

"Ah! Eriol-kun!"

"You two just stay there and don't move! The fire department's on their way! Just wait a little longer!"

"Hai!" she shouted back, before focusing all her attention back to the boy.

"Oh yeah, we haven't been introduced, I'm Kinomoto Sakura, what's your name?"

"Cho- Cho Ace."

"Well nice to me--" But before she could finish the branch suddenly gave way, the crowd screaming at the sight, fortunately Sakura was able to hold on to part of the branch that didn't break off, and Ace was clinging onto her.

At that moment, the mother's knees gave way at sight, but she was caught by one of the by-standers,

"Give them some room!" Eriol ordered. "Is she alright?" He asked the by-stander, the guy only nodded, it seemed that the mother was in a state of shock but she wasn't unconscious.

"Sakura!" Eriol called out returning his attention to Sakura, "Just hang on!"

"I can't!"

"Yes, you can! I'll just get some help!"

"I'm going to fall! I can't hold on any longer!" Sakura could feel her fingers slipping, and she looked at the child sadly, but when she saw the tears in his eyes she smiled softly at him to comfort him. At the moment she resolved that she wasn't going to let anything happen to the boy.

"Eriol! I'm falling!"

"Sakuraaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Tomoyo screamed, tears running down her face as she watched her best friend lose her grip on the tree branch.

The crowd screamed at the sight, Sakura was falling and she had wrapped her arms around the boy to shelter him from the drop.

'I didn't exactly want it to end like this...Sayonara…' she thought, thinking back on the life she has spent, and she knew that although it was going to end abruptly, at least she knew that it was a well lived life.

She was ready to welcome Death's cold embrace, instead she got a different embrace.And instead of hitting the hard cold cement, she felt as if she dropped onto something a bit soft, though slightly hard, it was still cushioned.

"Seriously Kinomoto, I had no idea that you were suicidal."

'That voice!' Sakura blushed, and somewhat decided not to open her eyes, she didn't want to look at Syaoran right now after falling on him! She could after all, pretend that she fainted; anyone would have fainted in that situation.

But when she felt the boy in her arms move, she recalled that there was another life that they should be worrying about. Immediately she opened her eyes and sat up, unfortunately for Syaoran, the movement hurting his leg muscles, where Sakura was currently sitting on.

"Ace! Are you okay?"

"H-hai! I think so!" The boy answered, he was shivering from the drop and he had tears brimming his eyes.

Just then, Ace's mother, ran towards the pile, grabbed her son and showered her with kisses as tears of joy came flowing down her cheeks. Syaoran and Sakura could only smile at the affectionate display; from the corner of her eyes, Sakura watched Syaoran but when the brunette caught her looking she immediately looked away.

"Thank you, thank you so much for saving my little boy! I don't know what I would have done if something bad happened...Thank you so much." The mother then cried hugging the two high school kids in gratitude.

"You're very welcome!" Sakura replied, then turned to Ace and smiled, "Take care of yourself from now on, okay?"

"H-hai. Thank you, Sakura Onee-chan!" he whispered, planting a wet kiss on the Sakura's cheek. Then turned to Syaoran and smiled, "Thank you too mister, for catching us."

"It's nothing, sport! Just don't make a habit out of it." He replied ruffling the boy's dark locks.

"I won't, ja!" The boy waved as a paramedic took him.

Sakura kept waving at the boy's retreating figure with a smile on her face, sure she had nearly endangered her life, but after seeing the joy on the boy and on the mother's face she was glad she did it.

"Sakura get off me, you're cutting my circulation." Syaoran stated interrupting Sakura's thought. "Or are you enjoying this?"

Sakura paused at the last statement, making her sit erect and stiff on the boy as blood came running up to her face. "H-hai. Gomen…"

Once the two had been untangled Tomoyo and Eriol ran over to Sakura to check for bruises, until one of the medics came to check up on their wounds.

"Well, we'll have to redress your old wounds; the impact re-opened your old wounds." A medic explained to Syaoran, he turned to get his kit, but when he turned back the boy was already gone.

"Hey get back here, we still need to treat those!"

"I'll do it at my house!" Syaoran shouted back, but paused when he saw Sakura being tended to by one of the paramedics, 'I have a better way of treating it.'

He approached the ambulance, and when the paramedic saw him approaching smiled and winked at Sakura, "It seems that your Knight in Shining Armor wants to talk to you, how about I give you two some privacy." And with that she left a flustered girl.

"She's all yours buddy!" he whispered and patted the Chinese on the shoulder for good measure.

"Li-Li-kun! Thank you for saving my life! I'm really sorry for troubling you, like this..I don't know how to repay you; you've always been so kind to me whenever I need help and you-"

Syaoran had cut her off by placing a finger on her lips, "The next time you feel like doing something stupid, do me a favor and think first." he answered, not really waiting for her reply he leaned in and gave Sakura another kiss, this time on her cheek, then left like he did the last time.

Eriol and Keroberos were standing by the forests, behind Tomoyo who was busy recording the scene that played before them.

"Wow, Syaoran's getting a lot more daring." Eriol congratulated, somehow he felt proud of his somewhat distant relative.

"That kid is harassing Sakura!" Kero cried as he flew to attack the Chinese to avenge his Mistress, but only to be stopped when Eriol pulled him by his wings.

"If it was harassment Sakura could have easily resisted it."

"By the way Eriol, why didn't you just use your powers to save the kid? I mean you could have obviously stopped time, save the kid, and no one would have suspected it!"

"Because, you can't use magic for everything, sometimes, you need to let things happen on their own by nature. Besides if I used magic it won't be half as fun as this!"

Eriol answered as he continued to watch his protégé, Sakura remained seated on the ambulance, her hand on her cheek where Syaoran had kissed her.

Sakura looked dazedly ahead of her, she wasn't looking at anything in particular all she could remember was Syraon's parting words, the feel of his breath ghosting over her and his warm lips against her skin. Honestly she didn't know why Syaoran had kissed her, but whatever it was- she liked it.

Author's Note: Woohoo! And there was even a kiss! I hope you guys liked it! It's a little bit short, but don't worry. There'll still be more cute things between the two. I know the characters are a bit OOC, but I'll fix that…

And I'd just like to say thank you for those who continually supported, read and reviewed my fic despite my long updates. I really appreciate it. Thank you and God bless.