Fragmented Heart (Chap 2)
Kurogane smiled wildly as he scanned the black figures that surrounded him knowing he was going to have a chance to really put his sword to use again. It has been a two whole days since he has cut anything and he was having one of those urges to slice something into tiny tid bits, and real soon. It was his stress reliever from little white creatures parading around on his head and an overly happy wizard mocking him 24/7, can you blame the guy?
" Heh, kid you leave this to me. I haven't had some exercise for a long time, go ahead and take the girl to the village ahead, she looks like she has a fever or somethin."
Kurogane glanced over at Sakura and raised an eyebrow at the girl who had turned away from everyone pressing her hand over her eyes
" I don't have a fever!"
Syaoran burrowed his eyebrows and opened his mouth in protest to stay and help his overly cocky friend when Fai cut him off short piping up in a teasingly manner, cocking an eyebrow at the ninja who was grinning in ever so much excitement ... a little too much excitement if I do say so.
" Fyuu, no play and all work makes Kurogane a dull boy!"
Fai then bursted out into a cute little fit of laughter as Kurogane immediately shot his wizard friend a death glare deciding if he should really be cutting these guys that he was surrounded by or him to relive him of his blood pressure rising every day.
" May the heavens for so hold me back, I will give you such a thrashing if you make one more comment..."
Kurogane gritted his teeth together as the innocent wizard looked up at him with one of those ' Gee, what in the world could I possibly have done to you?' looks that made the ninja's blood just boil resulting in a very large blood vessel throbbing on the back of his head. Fai began to sense that his pissy little ninja friend was on the verge of going into attack and kill mode, deciding he had enough teasing for a while.
" Alright, alright I get it! No need to huff and puff Kurogane-puu, I'll stop."
" Yeah, you are better off doing that..."
" and..."
Fai raised an eyebrow at the two teenagers, a smile breaking at the corners of his mouth, no need to halt in his jamboree of picking on others for his own enjoyment
" Syaoran, just leave this one to me and Kurogane-tan, Sakura really does look quite flushed, must be a really bad fever."
Syaoran blinked for a moment or two at the poor princess who lowered her head even more trying to hide her face from everyone as Mokona jumped off from Fai's head doing a little 360 twirl in air squealing
" I think it's a bad case of loooooooooooove!"
Pretending to ignore Mokona's side comment, Syaoran lifted a hand to the poor flustered princess who already going through enough emotions, just blew this one out of the water when Syaoran confirmed that was something wrong with her and swept the startled princess right off her feet, just like she was nothing but a feather, and started carrying her off.
" Hime, I think it probably is best if we get you out of here so just try to relax while I find shelter okay?"
What The?...Geez... No need to fight it anymore, no one was listening. I mean...she didn't really mind being carried by Syaoran every once in a while, it kind of felt like one of those fairy tales she read when she was little as far as she could remember, when the Princess is rescued by the noble Prince from whatever distress she was in and takes her away to someplace safe in his strong arms. Sakura simply nodded her head lacing her fingers around the boy's neck and let her head go limp against his firm chest hearing the smooth beats of his heart slowly start to increase.
" I trust you..."
Syaoran gulped as a faint pink tint came upon his cheeks looking down at the girl who he had in his arms that smiled warmly slinging her arms around his neck and head pressed against his torso. It wasn't that he was really shy or anything, he has done this before and everything, it was just...well this time it felt different.
Fai smiled even wider watching the two teens romance slowly beginning to blossom all over again while Kurogane just huffed and turned his face away. Ninja's, in his rule book, weren't the kind of guys who messed around with love, probably only thing that really made him squirm in his skin. Changing the subject, Kurogane glanced then took a double take at Fai who stretched his arms above his head and plopped down on the ground giving out a small sigh.
" OI! What the hell are you doing? Aren't you going to help!"
Kurogane's eyebrows twitched as Fai closed his eyes letting out a yawn waving the ninja on to take on the work while he would, I don't know...sleep.
" Naaaaw. I'm good, thank you anyway. I have total confidence in you."
" Ra! Ra! Kick'em all! Go Kurogane! Kill them with your fist fighting brawl! Ra-Ra-Ra!"
" Yaaaaaaay! Your so good Mokona!"
" I am a good cheer leader!"
" Where did you learn to do that!"
" Secret technique 101, motivational spirit chant!"
" Fyuuuu! Your just so cute!"
" Tee hee!"
Was it him, or was his sword distinctly leading himself toward the little white fluff ball that jumped up in the air screaming cheers and the lazy ass wizard that refused to help. Before Kurogane might do anything he may regret he let out a deep growl muttering lowly under his breathe.
" Surrounded by idiots..."
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Something hard and cold pushed up against her back when her vision was starting to come around again from accidentally falling asleep, but it wasn't as bad like in the beginning where she would just drop randomly asleep from time to time; she was definitely regaining her old energy back. Sakura let out a small groan slowly turning her neck, and fluttering her eyes open seeing she was leaned up against a pillar and the surroundings were much darker than before. She was pretty sure she didn't take just a 5 minute nap but more like a 5 hour nap when she whipped her head side to side seeing no one in her view except a large green cloak draped over her.
" Syaoran?..."
Goosebumps rose from her skin as the night wind whipped around her body making her tug the green cloak around her even tighter. Where on earth could he have gone too? She could've sworn moments ago she was safely laying in his arms. Did he go back and fight with the others and leave her alone? The idea wasn't making her feel any better as she began increasing her pace, kicking up sand behind her looking frantically in the dark desert distance infront of her looking for any sign of her traveler companions.
" Syaoran! Syao--mphh!"
Ow. Sakura fell backwards onto the ground from running into something tall and thick, face numb from pain, Sakura groaned rubbing her nose when the tall figure she ran into turned around in surprise
" Sakura-Hime?..."
Okay. So she found Syaoran, but her face still hurt from getting all worked up for nothing and running full power into him. Syaoran burrowed his eyebrows together kneeling down to the pitiful princess who looked up at him helplessly knowing she made a complete fool out of herself for nothing.
" Hime, are you okay? Does it hurt?"
Sakura shook her head side to side sheepishly lowering her head to her hands that dug into the sand before her. Syaoran slowly turned his head to the side staring at the princess who's eyes were shadowed by her long brunette bangs. Did he not know how scared she was? Her stomach jumbled with many different emotions making her feel nauseous.
" Where were you?..."
" I was just viewing the new area we are in, believe it or not it this world looks really familiar from where you live Him--..."
Syaoran immediately clamped his mouth closed watching crystals drip down onto the sand from where Sakura sat helplessly.
" I was scared..."
" Hime..."
" I was so scared that you left me alone..."
Syaoran's heart shook when the girl brought her emerald green eyes up to his that brimmed with tears. Syaoran felt scared, he felt scared that he didn't know what to do to stop her tears, he wanted to wipe them and make them go away forever. It was so rare that she cried, when her loving smile faded away that always brought warmness to his heart and sadness was replaced. He didn't like this, he didn't like seeing her like this, it made his heart shatter into tiny pieces, making his chest ice in pain.
Syaoran, not knowing what to do grasped the girl's shoulders and pulled her tightly into him. This was the only thing that ran across his mind to do, to soothe the pain she felt which was worse of all , because of him. Sakura sniffed as she buried her face into his neck, gripping the back of his shirt material in her hands. Syaoran pressed against his teeth tightly as the pain from his chest increased, did he really scare her that much? It made him feel so bad, cursing himself mentally in his head that he should have known better. Syaoran had held his arm tightly around her waist holding her as another hand brushed her hair, whispering softly in her ear.
" I'm so sorry Hime... I will never leave you alone..."
" Promise...?..."
" I swear."
Sakura let out a shaky breathe as another tear dripped down her face, so many emotions rushing through her at the moment. But for now, she rather just focus on staying like this with this boy, this boy that she didn't know from the start, the boy who always protected her and watched out for her, the boy she wish she knew so much more about now, who was so dearly important into her life.
to be continued..
Wooo ( wipes brow) chap 2 down! ( Does victory dance), hope you enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to review. Until next time ( curtain closes as screams erupt from behind)
" SQUEAAAAAAAA, Ohhhh Kurogane!"
" Damn girl! Get the hell away!"
but before I go, thank you so much my reviewers!
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till next chapter!
--Detective Girl 2005