A/N: Hey Guys!!! Sorry I haven't updated in a really, really, really,
really, long time. I was actually so busy that I wasn't going to write the
next chapter till school started, but I was struck by inspiration and
well...here it is.
By the way I don't own Cardcaptors
Chapter 4: Lesson Learned?!?
Story
They walked slowly back to the barn together. They were close enough to feel each other's body heat, but not close enough to be touching. Tomoyo was waiting for them just outside the bunks; they looked guilty as they approached her. "I just heard something very interesting from Eriol." Sakura and Syaoran looked in opposite directions, anything was better then looking at Tomoyo. "Well...I'm waiting?"
There was a panicked look on Syaoran's face, which was when he decided that it would be a good time to go and check on the cattle and see if Hooku would let him off today with just his own work and not both his and Sakura's. He started to walk away from both of the girls and then broke into a run to escape the onslaught of questions he knew Tomoyo would ask. He heard Tomoyo's voice, "coward." He didn't bother stopping he just picked up his pace.
Tomoyo turned to the only remaining participant in Eriol's interesting story. Sakura was watching Syaoran's back retreat around the side of the barn, a wistful look on her face, as if saying that she would like to be running away with him. "So...?" Tomoyo posed the question forcing Sakura to turn back and look at her. Tomoyo was looking at her with her arms crossed over her bound chest, a disapproving look on her face and her foot tapping impatiently.
Sakura blushed at the look; she knew that Tomoyo would scold her just as Eriol had scolded Syaoran. "Well...it wasn't big..." She wasn't allowed to finish for Tomoyo was already scolding her in her best motherly voice.
"What were you thinking? What would have happened had it not been Eriol that was the one to find you? I can't believe that you would endanger us this way? Again, what were you thinking?" Tomoyo had finally run out of air, her face was the colour of a cherry tomato, she was gasping, trying to replenish her air supply after all of her questions.
"Okay, before you interrupt me again, I just want you to know that Syaoran and I have decided that it can never happen again, because of the danger it might inflict on both of us." A look of relief crossed over Tomoyo's face just as a look of pain crossed over Sakura's. Tomoyo noticed the look and put her arm around Sakura and they walked to a secluded area where they could talk. They walked to a grassy area a little ways away from the bunks. Tomoyo looked down at Sakura with a look of concern.
"What's the matter?" Tomoyo wanted to help her friend more than anything but she still had to keep her head about their safety. Sakura looked up at Tomoyo, not knowing what to say. "Tell me what happened." Sakura looked back down at her folded hands in her lap.
"He kissed me," she said it in awe as if she didn't believe that it had actually happened. "It was fantastic, I could feel it everywhere, from the top of my head all the way to my toes. My toes actually curled while he was kissing me. I mean I've read about it in books but never did it ever cross my mind that it might actually happen to me in real life." Sakura was glowing as she spoke about the kiss. Tomoyo knew that Sakura had been kissed before, but that wasn't anything compared to the kiss that Syaoran had given Sakura today.
"Was he as affected by the kiss as you were?" Tomoyo wanted to know what the motivations for Syaoran's kiss was but since he had run off, she had rely on Sakura's opinion.
"I'm not sure, at first I didn't think so because he apologized for the kiss, But then he came and found me and told me that he did enjoy the kiss though it shouldn't happen again." Sakura sighed, she had enjoyed that kiss more than anything in her life so far, and now she would never feel anything more because she wasn't allowed to do it again. She sighed again.
Tomoyo was staring at her best friend, when she heard the tell tale sign that horses were arriving. Sure enough Hooku and all the men on the ranch were returning to the ranch now that the day was finished. Sakura looked for Syaoran, but couldn't find him anywhere amongst the men.
The men entered the stable to unsaddle their horses; they had ridden them hard in order to make it back even a little sooner. The horses were panting and sweating heavily they would need to be brushed down and given water. Sakura and Tomoyo approached the barn door. Hooku had gotten someone else to rub down his horse and was exiting the barn. Sakura put a hand out to stop his passing. "What do you want Saji? I'm tired and want to get in a nap before supper." He tried to push pass her, but she wouldn't let him. She had her own question to pose.
"Where is Syaoran?" Sakura tried to keep her blush down, but a bit of colour still showed through. Thankfully Hooku didn't notice.
"Well..." He had a malicious grin on his face. "He had to do his share of the work, plus your share, because you are incompetent," this time the blush was impossible to contain. "And he had to do Eriol's work as well. I would say that he won't be back till early morning and than he has to do his shift of watching over the cattle so that they don't stampede. He should be back right before its time to go back out again." He laughed and so did the others.
Sakura turned and looked at Tomoyo with a shocked expression on her face. She didn't want any of the men to see her expression so she grabbed Tomoyo's arm and headed for the bunks. Once inside she found Eriol on his palette trying to rest. Sakura need to busy her hands to keep the guilt at bay. She looked over Eriol's bandages and took note of the tissue that was healing. It wouldn't be long before the stitches would need to come out before they grew into the skin. Eriol shifted during Sakura's ministrations and looked at Tomoyo. "What's wrong?" he asked her. She had been staring at Sakura trying to figure out what was going on in her head.
"Well..." She shifted her gaze from Sakura to Eriol. He saw the worry in her eyes for her best friend and his eyes softened. "Syaoran didn't come back with the men because Hooku made him do the work of three people. And since he was teaching Sakura to rope today he was late getting out he will be there all night according to Hooku." Eriol's glance moved between the two women and took in Sakura's guilt and Tomoyo's worry.
Eriol contemplated this and struck up an idea. "How about you two take turns going to help Syaoran out in the fields?" As soon as the words were out of his mouth Sakura was objecting.
"No, it's my fault that he is out there right now, I will go, I can attempt to help him and at least he won't be by himself. Tomoyo you have already done your share of the work and I know that you are tired so don't even try to deny it. I'm going, so hopefully Syaoran can finish earlier than he would if I wasn't there." She was looking at Tomoyo so intensely that Tomoyo couldn't deny it. Sakura walked over to her palette and picked up her saddlebag than walked out the door.
Tomoyo and Eriol look at each other than at the door, "that was interesting." Eriol looked back at Tomoyo. "Maybe you should go and tell her to get some food first so that she and Syaoran can eat while on their night watch." Tomoyo ran out the door, waving as she went. Eriol shook his head and chuckled to himself. 'Things were just going to get more interesting.'
The Field
Syaoran was sitting near his horse taking a break, watching the cattle. He had been putting new posts in the ground for the past two hours and he didn't want to do it anymore. But he still had another twenty posts to plant and than re-string the wire so that the cattle wouldn't get out. Syaoran sighed and looked up, through the branches of the tree, at the stars that were just beginning to surface.
Sakura had dismounted and was walking slowly towards Syaoran. He still hadn't heard her approach and she was afraid that she might scare him, so she cleared her throat. He turned slightly and jumped at what he saw.
Sakura was a vision with the setting sun behind her, it gave her a glow that seemed to radiate not only around her but also from within her as well. Had anyone asked him at that moment what he saw; he would have said an angel.
"Hey!" Sakura broke the awkward silence. She walked over to a low branch and tied her horses' reins to it than sat next to Syaoran. Throughout all this Syaoran still hadn't said a word. "I thought you could use my help." She said it with a smile.
That smile caused desires to suffuse throughout his body. This emotion that Syaoran was not used to having coarse through his body, caused his anger to lash out at Sakura. "I don't need your help, I don't need anyone's help. You can go back to the ranch, I'm sure you need your beauty rest." He said the last part with a sneer.
Sakura was livid with anger. Here she was trying to help him out and all he can say is that he has no need for her, well fine she didn't have to stay here and take this from him. She turned to leave, when she heard a distinct rumble. She turned around slowly and looked down at the man sitting sulkily next to the tree. She waited, admiring his auburn hair, when she heard it again. It was Syaoran's stomach, and he had said that he didn't need her. Well she would show him.
Syaoran was glad that Sakura was leaving. He had won. But he was wondering why, if he had won, did he feel so bad? He released a sigh as she got up to leave, but the sigh hadn't even left his mouth before she was pausing. He held himself still, and then he heard the same sound that she had, his stomach was growling. Thinking back upon it, Syaoran hadn't eaten since breakfast, no wonder he was so hungry. Unfortunately for Syaoran he had no food on him and was stuck put there until at least dawn.
Sakura sat back down next to Syaoran. She opened her saddlebag and pulled out a large ham, turkey, bacon and lettuce sandwich, it was still warm from when cook had stuck it in the oven. She moaned as she took the first bite, trying to make him yearn for the sandwich. She had one for him too, but he didn't have to know that...yet.
When Sakura moaned everything inside Syaoran tensed, desire flooded him yet again. At that moment his hunger was forgotten and all he could think about was the taste and smell of the kiss that they had shared earlier that morning. She was moaning again as she took another bite. Syaoran was watching her mouth as she brought the sandwich to her mouth and took a bite. He then watched her chew and swallow. She had a little bit if mustard at the corner of her mouth. Syaoran couldn't concentrate on anything but her mouth.
Sakura was oblivious to Syaoran's ministrations; she thought that he was watching the sandwich, rather than her mouth. She brought the sandwich back down to her lab and closed her eyes to savour the taste and to make Syaoran even hungrier. What she didn't know was that Syaoran was no longer hungry for a sandwich he wanted Sakura. While her eyes were still closed Syaoran leaned in very closely to Sakura's face and licked the mustard from off the corner of her mouth. Sakura's eyes shot open as she felt his tongue touch her lips. After the mustard was gone he slowly slid his tongue over the seam of her lips, pleading for a taste of her sweet mouth.
Sakura could feel her muscles tense as desire flooded her system. She closed her eyes and slowly opened her mouth. Syaoran feeling her invitation brought his arms around her back and pulled her to him. Syaoran possessed her mouth when she tentatively started to return his kiss by caressing his tongue with hers. Syaoran groaned deep in his throat, Sakura was elated that she was giving pleasure as he was.
Sakura had her hands in his hair, while his were roaming her back. He moved one of his hands around her waist, the other was right below her breast. He slowly moved his hand to grab her bound breast.
Sakura moaned when she felt him caress her breast. She thrust her chest forward to feel more of him against her. She thrust her tongue into his mouth with more vigour. Syaoran started shifting his kisses to her chin, cheeks and throat. They were so wrapped up in one another that it took a few moments to realize that riders were coming.
The cattle had started lowing and they could feel the ground vibrating with the horses' hooves that struck the ground. They had just enough time to spring apart and fix themselves up before the riders were upon them.
Sakura and Syaoran were sitting as normal as possible eating their sandwiches and attempting to converse. Hooku was the first one to dismount and address them.
"What do you think you are doing?" He addressed the question to Syaoran, but he was staring at Sakura.
Syaoran was staring at Hooku levelly. "What does it look like we are doing? We are eating our suppers." He glared at the other men that were surrounding Hooku.
"Well...we are here for the first watch, and Doma wants you to go back to the ranch. He doesn't want any of his men being too tired to work tomorrow. You are on for third watch tonight, you too." He said looking at Sakura.
Both Sakura and Syaoran rose from their sitting positions to get their horses ready to leave. The men had settled down for their first watch when Sakura and Syaoran were leaving. Hooku sent off one remaining barb before they were out of earshot. "Don't forget that tomorrow you still have to do your work and Eriol's. Till tomorrow." All the men laughed and Sakura and Syaoran rode towards the ranch.
A/N: Until next time that inspiration strikes. Please remember to read and review, it always helps for the imagination to get in gear. Thank you everyone.
By the way I don't own Cardcaptors
Chapter 4: Lesson Learned?!?
Story
They walked slowly back to the barn together. They were close enough to feel each other's body heat, but not close enough to be touching. Tomoyo was waiting for them just outside the bunks; they looked guilty as they approached her. "I just heard something very interesting from Eriol." Sakura and Syaoran looked in opposite directions, anything was better then looking at Tomoyo. "Well...I'm waiting?"
There was a panicked look on Syaoran's face, which was when he decided that it would be a good time to go and check on the cattle and see if Hooku would let him off today with just his own work and not both his and Sakura's. He started to walk away from both of the girls and then broke into a run to escape the onslaught of questions he knew Tomoyo would ask. He heard Tomoyo's voice, "coward." He didn't bother stopping he just picked up his pace.
Tomoyo turned to the only remaining participant in Eriol's interesting story. Sakura was watching Syaoran's back retreat around the side of the barn, a wistful look on her face, as if saying that she would like to be running away with him. "So...?" Tomoyo posed the question forcing Sakura to turn back and look at her. Tomoyo was looking at her with her arms crossed over her bound chest, a disapproving look on her face and her foot tapping impatiently.
Sakura blushed at the look; she knew that Tomoyo would scold her just as Eriol had scolded Syaoran. "Well...it wasn't big..." She wasn't allowed to finish for Tomoyo was already scolding her in her best motherly voice.
"What were you thinking? What would have happened had it not been Eriol that was the one to find you? I can't believe that you would endanger us this way? Again, what were you thinking?" Tomoyo had finally run out of air, her face was the colour of a cherry tomato, she was gasping, trying to replenish her air supply after all of her questions.
"Okay, before you interrupt me again, I just want you to know that Syaoran and I have decided that it can never happen again, because of the danger it might inflict on both of us." A look of relief crossed over Tomoyo's face just as a look of pain crossed over Sakura's. Tomoyo noticed the look and put her arm around Sakura and they walked to a secluded area where they could talk. They walked to a grassy area a little ways away from the bunks. Tomoyo looked down at Sakura with a look of concern.
"What's the matter?" Tomoyo wanted to help her friend more than anything but she still had to keep her head about their safety. Sakura looked up at Tomoyo, not knowing what to say. "Tell me what happened." Sakura looked back down at her folded hands in her lap.
"He kissed me," she said it in awe as if she didn't believe that it had actually happened. "It was fantastic, I could feel it everywhere, from the top of my head all the way to my toes. My toes actually curled while he was kissing me. I mean I've read about it in books but never did it ever cross my mind that it might actually happen to me in real life." Sakura was glowing as she spoke about the kiss. Tomoyo knew that Sakura had been kissed before, but that wasn't anything compared to the kiss that Syaoran had given Sakura today.
"Was he as affected by the kiss as you were?" Tomoyo wanted to know what the motivations for Syaoran's kiss was but since he had run off, she had rely on Sakura's opinion.
"I'm not sure, at first I didn't think so because he apologized for the kiss, But then he came and found me and told me that he did enjoy the kiss though it shouldn't happen again." Sakura sighed, she had enjoyed that kiss more than anything in her life so far, and now she would never feel anything more because she wasn't allowed to do it again. She sighed again.
Tomoyo was staring at her best friend, when she heard the tell tale sign that horses were arriving. Sure enough Hooku and all the men on the ranch were returning to the ranch now that the day was finished. Sakura looked for Syaoran, but couldn't find him anywhere amongst the men.
The men entered the stable to unsaddle their horses; they had ridden them hard in order to make it back even a little sooner. The horses were panting and sweating heavily they would need to be brushed down and given water. Sakura and Tomoyo approached the barn door. Hooku had gotten someone else to rub down his horse and was exiting the barn. Sakura put a hand out to stop his passing. "What do you want Saji? I'm tired and want to get in a nap before supper." He tried to push pass her, but she wouldn't let him. She had her own question to pose.
"Where is Syaoran?" Sakura tried to keep her blush down, but a bit of colour still showed through. Thankfully Hooku didn't notice.
"Well..." He had a malicious grin on his face. "He had to do his share of the work, plus your share, because you are incompetent," this time the blush was impossible to contain. "And he had to do Eriol's work as well. I would say that he won't be back till early morning and than he has to do his shift of watching over the cattle so that they don't stampede. He should be back right before its time to go back out again." He laughed and so did the others.
Sakura turned and looked at Tomoyo with a shocked expression on her face. She didn't want any of the men to see her expression so she grabbed Tomoyo's arm and headed for the bunks. Once inside she found Eriol on his palette trying to rest. Sakura need to busy her hands to keep the guilt at bay. She looked over Eriol's bandages and took note of the tissue that was healing. It wouldn't be long before the stitches would need to come out before they grew into the skin. Eriol shifted during Sakura's ministrations and looked at Tomoyo. "What's wrong?" he asked her. She had been staring at Sakura trying to figure out what was going on in her head.
"Well..." She shifted her gaze from Sakura to Eriol. He saw the worry in her eyes for her best friend and his eyes softened. "Syaoran didn't come back with the men because Hooku made him do the work of three people. And since he was teaching Sakura to rope today he was late getting out he will be there all night according to Hooku." Eriol's glance moved between the two women and took in Sakura's guilt and Tomoyo's worry.
Eriol contemplated this and struck up an idea. "How about you two take turns going to help Syaoran out in the fields?" As soon as the words were out of his mouth Sakura was objecting.
"No, it's my fault that he is out there right now, I will go, I can attempt to help him and at least he won't be by himself. Tomoyo you have already done your share of the work and I know that you are tired so don't even try to deny it. I'm going, so hopefully Syaoran can finish earlier than he would if I wasn't there." She was looking at Tomoyo so intensely that Tomoyo couldn't deny it. Sakura walked over to her palette and picked up her saddlebag than walked out the door.
Tomoyo and Eriol look at each other than at the door, "that was interesting." Eriol looked back at Tomoyo. "Maybe you should go and tell her to get some food first so that she and Syaoran can eat while on their night watch." Tomoyo ran out the door, waving as she went. Eriol shook his head and chuckled to himself. 'Things were just going to get more interesting.'
The Field
Syaoran was sitting near his horse taking a break, watching the cattle. He had been putting new posts in the ground for the past two hours and he didn't want to do it anymore. But he still had another twenty posts to plant and than re-string the wire so that the cattle wouldn't get out. Syaoran sighed and looked up, through the branches of the tree, at the stars that were just beginning to surface.
Sakura had dismounted and was walking slowly towards Syaoran. He still hadn't heard her approach and she was afraid that she might scare him, so she cleared her throat. He turned slightly and jumped at what he saw.
Sakura was a vision with the setting sun behind her, it gave her a glow that seemed to radiate not only around her but also from within her as well. Had anyone asked him at that moment what he saw; he would have said an angel.
"Hey!" Sakura broke the awkward silence. She walked over to a low branch and tied her horses' reins to it than sat next to Syaoran. Throughout all this Syaoran still hadn't said a word. "I thought you could use my help." She said it with a smile.
That smile caused desires to suffuse throughout his body. This emotion that Syaoran was not used to having coarse through his body, caused his anger to lash out at Sakura. "I don't need your help, I don't need anyone's help. You can go back to the ranch, I'm sure you need your beauty rest." He said the last part with a sneer.
Sakura was livid with anger. Here she was trying to help him out and all he can say is that he has no need for her, well fine she didn't have to stay here and take this from him. She turned to leave, when she heard a distinct rumble. She turned around slowly and looked down at the man sitting sulkily next to the tree. She waited, admiring his auburn hair, when she heard it again. It was Syaoran's stomach, and he had said that he didn't need her. Well she would show him.
Syaoran was glad that Sakura was leaving. He had won. But he was wondering why, if he had won, did he feel so bad? He released a sigh as she got up to leave, but the sigh hadn't even left his mouth before she was pausing. He held himself still, and then he heard the same sound that she had, his stomach was growling. Thinking back upon it, Syaoran hadn't eaten since breakfast, no wonder he was so hungry. Unfortunately for Syaoran he had no food on him and was stuck put there until at least dawn.
Sakura sat back down next to Syaoran. She opened her saddlebag and pulled out a large ham, turkey, bacon and lettuce sandwich, it was still warm from when cook had stuck it in the oven. She moaned as she took the first bite, trying to make him yearn for the sandwich. She had one for him too, but he didn't have to know that...yet.
When Sakura moaned everything inside Syaoran tensed, desire flooded him yet again. At that moment his hunger was forgotten and all he could think about was the taste and smell of the kiss that they had shared earlier that morning. She was moaning again as she took another bite. Syaoran was watching her mouth as she brought the sandwich to her mouth and took a bite. He then watched her chew and swallow. She had a little bit if mustard at the corner of her mouth. Syaoran couldn't concentrate on anything but her mouth.
Sakura was oblivious to Syaoran's ministrations; she thought that he was watching the sandwich, rather than her mouth. She brought the sandwich back down to her lab and closed her eyes to savour the taste and to make Syaoran even hungrier. What she didn't know was that Syaoran was no longer hungry for a sandwich he wanted Sakura. While her eyes were still closed Syaoran leaned in very closely to Sakura's face and licked the mustard from off the corner of her mouth. Sakura's eyes shot open as she felt his tongue touch her lips. After the mustard was gone he slowly slid his tongue over the seam of her lips, pleading for a taste of her sweet mouth.
Sakura could feel her muscles tense as desire flooded her system. She closed her eyes and slowly opened her mouth. Syaoran feeling her invitation brought his arms around her back and pulled her to him. Syaoran possessed her mouth when she tentatively started to return his kiss by caressing his tongue with hers. Syaoran groaned deep in his throat, Sakura was elated that she was giving pleasure as he was.
Sakura had her hands in his hair, while his were roaming her back. He moved one of his hands around her waist, the other was right below her breast. He slowly moved his hand to grab her bound breast.
Sakura moaned when she felt him caress her breast. She thrust her chest forward to feel more of him against her. She thrust her tongue into his mouth with more vigour. Syaoran started shifting his kisses to her chin, cheeks and throat. They were so wrapped up in one another that it took a few moments to realize that riders were coming.
The cattle had started lowing and they could feel the ground vibrating with the horses' hooves that struck the ground. They had just enough time to spring apart and fix themselves up before the riders were upon them.
Sakura and Syaoran were sitting as normal as possible eating their sandwiches and attempting to converse. Hooku was the first one to dismount and address them.
"What do you think you are doing?" He addressed the question to Syaoran, but he was staring at Sakura.
Syaoran was staring at Hooku levelly. "What does it look like we are doing? We are eating our suppers." He glared at the other men that were surrounding Hooku.
"Well...we are here for the first watch, and Doma wants you to go back to the ranch. He doesn't want any of his men being too tired to work tomorrow. You are on for third watch tonight, you too." He said looking at Sakura.
Both Sakura and Syaoran rose from their sitting positions to get their horses ready to leave. The men had settled down for their first watch when Sakura and Syaoran were leaving. Hooku sent off one remaining barb before they were out of earshot. "Don't forget that tomorrow you still have to do your work and Eriol's. Till tomorrow." All the men laughed and Sakura and Syaoran rode towards the ranch.
A/N: Until next time that inspiration strikes. Please remember to read and review, it always helps for the imagination to get in gear. Thank you everyone.