Chapter 3 Chapter 3

Sakura's face turned bright red when she realised who was on top of her. "Syaoran!" she exclaimed.

"Er… No, I'm not Syaoran, I'm his cousin Ryoki!" Ryoki answered, pushing himself up and off of Sakura. He held out a hand to pick her up with but Syaoran got there first.

"Sakura-chan, how are you feeling?" He asked, holding on to her hand a little longer than she expected. Sakura's heart did a backflip.

"Ano… I'm feeling ok thank you, I'm just happy that nothing was broken in the accident… Well, apart from my head of course! I don't remember anything." Sakura looked down at her feet, upset for a reason totally unknown to her.

Ryoki and Tomoyo looked at each other, weighing up the situation. Tomoyo didn't smile at Ryoki, and took Sakura's hand. "Sakura-chan, we'll go back to the house now, you must be getting tired! I know I am!" Sakura let herself be led away vaguely waving goodbye to the boys.

"She's hot!" Ryoki exclaimed, turning towards Syaoran. "Do you think I could-" Ryoki stopped talking when he saw Syaoran's face, looking towards the place where Sakura went.

"We must be 'Star-crossed lovers', like in that play by that English guy." Syaoran sighed sadly.

"You mean Will Shakespeare? That's from Romeo and Juliet, you don't want to turn out like them, though…" Ryoki explained knowledgably.

"Come on then, I'll show you Tomoeda…" Syaoran headed out of the park.

They went towards the shopping district, and in the heart of a huge crowd, Ryoki got separated from Syaoran. Not knowing where he was, he went and waited by a huge monument in the centre of the plaza. While he was waiting to see Syaoran again, he sat and thought about the girl he had seen earlier.

'Sakura, was it? She was beautiful, not only that, she was hot! What am I going to do?' Ryoki thought to himself, envisioning Sakura in front of him. He almost reached out to pull her closer to him when he realised that it was Sakura for real! She was with her friend from before, Tomoyo.

Sakura looked over at the statue, and saw Ryoki. "Syaoran-kun!" She laughed, and ran over. "Long time no see!" She smiled so sweetly that Ryoki forgot to tell her who he was. "Are you alone now?" Sakura asked. "Why don't you come with us?"

Tomoyo got lost in the crowd, but heard Sakura shout "Syaoran-kun!" and so thought that she was safe. She wandered around for a while, aimlessly, just waiting for the crowd to thin out. She passed Syaoran in the same crowd and said hi, before – 'Wait, Syaoran??' She backtracked and found that Syaoran had done the same.

"I thought-" Tomoyo began

"-That you were with-" Syaoran continued

"Sakura!" They exclaimed together, now that Sakura was not where they both thought she was.

"So, where is she now?" Syaoran asked, trying to be casual but failing miserably.

"Well, I heard her call your name a couple of minutes ago, I thought that she saw you in the crowd or something." Tomoyo answered, "Obviously she's not with you though. Who would she have seen?"

"Ryoki maybe? We got separated in the crowd. Oh! It's thinned down a lot, let's go and look!" Syaoran gestured for Tomoyo to follow him. They passed a huge statue with benches all around it, but they were all empty.

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It was pitch dark; you couldn't even see the reflection of light in a person's eyes.

"Syaoran?" Sakura whispered tentatively into the darkness. She reached out her hand and felt a body, warm and comforting. She tugged at the fabric of their clothes, and the person moved.

"Sakura-chan? Is that you?" Ryoki asked. "Where are we?" He could feel Sakura's touch on his clothes and he trembled, remembering what was going on.

Flashback:

"Are you alone now?" Sakura asked. "Why don't you come with us?"

Sakura held out her hand for him to take when the bench gave way beneath them. Ryoki grabbed Sakura's hand and she fell into the cavern too, landing on top of Ryoki. The force of the fall knocked them both out.

He touched his head, and it felt wet around the hairline of his face. He wiped it on his trouser leg and put his hand on the ground. The floor was made of some sort of stone, quite uneven where they were sitting, but much smoother about 50cm away, like marble.

Sakura's movement made him lose his thoughts. She let go of his shirt and tried to stand, but fell back to the floor. "Ah! I think I've twisted my ankle…" She started to cry with the pain. Ryoki put his arms around her.

"Come on, let's find our way out of here! There seems to be a path over there." Ryoki was suddenly very glad of the darkness, as he was blushing furiously.

Sakura leant on Ryoki to stand up, and he hitched her up onto his back. As she put her arms around his shoulders, he felt a shiver of excitement. 'Sakura is here with me! Now's my chance!' He thought to himself.

Sakura, on the other hand, was confused. 'He's meant to be my childhood friend, and because of how Touya acted towards him, maybe he was more than that… But I don't feel like I know Syaoran-kun at all! He was more comforting earlier, in the park…' Sakura sighed and relaxed on to Ryoki's shoulders, letting him lead the way down the unlit path.

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Chapter 4

Syaoran and Tomoyo searched everywhere around the mall and the surrounding plaza. "Where could she have gone? Ryoki's not around, either!" Syaoran asked, annoyed about not being able to find them.

"Maybe they're together? I did hear her shout 'Syaoran' before she took off, and you two look pretty alike!" Tomoyo reasoned, frowning when Syaoran's expression said 'We do NOT look alike!' "Remember, she has amnesia!! She is finding it hard to tell people apart, especially since you DO look very similar."

Syaoran 'hmph'd, and sat down on a bench around the mall monument, in the plaza. Tomoyo sat too, and as she sat, something clicked behind her back. She turned around and came face to face with the barrel of a handgun. She froze in her seat.

Syaoran also heard it and looked over.

"Give me your purse!" The masked man holding the gun yelled at Tomoyo. "Do it or I'll shoot!" He waved his gun in Tomoyo's face.

Moving with astounding speed, Syaoran swung his leg over and kicked it out of the man's hand. It bounced off the floor and fired a shot, which hit Tomoyo in the arm. She fell off the bench, to the ground.

Syaoran was stood on the bench, looking down at the man. He raised his foot to strike again, but at that moment, something shifted underneath him and he saw the ground rush up around him. Tomoyo's face was the last thing he saw, surrounded by people trying to get her to a hospital.

Syaoran stood alone in the darkness. He was not hurt from the fall, but incredibly confused as to where he was. He took his cell phone from his pocket and switched on the torch that was attached to it.

The bean shone around the walls, showing a sheer rock face either side of him, up to only God knows what height. The floor was a cream marble, however, with pink veins running through the polished stone. There was a thin film of dust over the surface, with tracks from rodents criss-crossing it. He saw, a bit further on, an alcove. He went to it and sat down on the uncomfortable ground.

'What am I meant to do now??' He thought to himself. 'I don't even know where I am! What is this place?'

He switched his torch off and tried to calm down. Then he heard a scream.

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Sakura and Ryoki were further down the path to Syaoran, Sakura still on Ryoki's back. She was feeling more and more uneasy by the minute, not understanding herself for feeling uncomfortable with Syaoran. Suddenly she had a flashback:

Syaoran held out his hand to her after she fell over in the playground, and a warm, comforting green aura hugged her own pink one, making her feel happy and at ease again. His smile was so warm and genuine, like he really cared for her, and she felt her heart rate quicken.

Sakura came back to the present. She was happy, because she seemed to be getting back some of her memories bit by bit, but she was also sad, because the Syaoran from her flashback was most definitely not the one that she was being carried by.

"Put me down, Syaoran." She whispered.

Ryoki obliged, surprised once again at the name. "I'm not -" he thought for a second, battling his conscience. The devil won. "Why did you want me to put you down? Is your ankle feeling better?"

"I think I can manage by myself now, thanks." She tried to look at his face, but it was so dark she could hardly see anything. But, could she see the outline of Syaoran's face?

Another flashback came, unbidden, into her mind.

It was sunset. Syaoran stood close to her, in the snow. Sakura was excited, as she didn't get to see snow very often. "You look beautiful in the snow, Sakura-chan," he mumbled, blushing. He tried to avoid her eyes but failed, as he was too fixated on her beauty. Sakura looked back at him. His messy hair had snowflakes in it, making it slightly wet, but even cuter. His eyes were so … deep, she could hardly breathe. But what colour were they? The light was bad: She couldn't tell.

He put his hands on her arms and brought her to him, into an embrace. "I think I -" Syaoran started, but didn't finish the sentence. Sakura looked up at him, and as she did so he looked down at her. Their noses met in a brush of cold and warmth all at once. Syaoran kissed her gently on the cheek, pressing her close to him and Sakura hugged him all the tighter. Before they knew it, the sun had gone down and their friends were calling them inside. Sakura felt great disappointment, and Syaoran showed it on his face.

Sakura shuddered, shaking off the memory. She realised that she could see a little bit of light towards one end of the darkness. "Syaoran-kun, what's that over there?"

Ryoki turned around and noticed the faint light. "Maybe it's a way out. Let's go towards it?"

Consenting, Sakura trying to mask her pain as she walked towards the light with the boy she thought was the one she loved.

All of a sudden, someone grabbed her from behind, and Sakura shrieked.

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