Sorry for the delay!! Last week was kinda crazy. But since I was on vaca for today I got to update. I just got a new USB and for some weird reason I wouldn't work on this computer. But I figured out that I had to remove the password from it. I should have thought about that before. Please enjoy and review. To all those who reviewed and left alerts thank you so very much!! They mean alot!!

Chapter 9: Leaving in the Rain

Sakura Dream

"I wonder." Said a masculine voice. He was full of curiosity. But Sakura could see no one. Where she was she could only see darkness.

"Stop it!" She heard a woman shout.

"I should have tried you before." He said it seemed that his voice was getting closer to her. But then she heard a slap go through the darkness. For a moment everything was silent.

Then an image appeared in front of her. It was her mother and father. They were in front of a baby crib in a badly decorated room. Her father's head was turned to the side and a red mark was throbbing. Her mother backed up towards the crib holding her hand raised in the air.

"Don't you ever try that with me Fujitaka." She said sternly. There was another pause of silence for a while. It seemed the baby was still asleep. Even with all the commotion that was going on right beside her. Sakura looked at her father's face. Amazingly he didn't seem angry, his looks were neutral. Then he grabbed my mother's arm. She tried to escape but he tightened his grip. She cried out in pain. But he didn't stop there. He pulled her closer to him and wrapped his arm around her waist.

"If I can't get pleasure from you, I'll get it from her soon enough." He pointed towards the crib. Nadeshiko glared at him with pure hatred. She didn't even try to get away from him because she knew he would hurt her.

"Keep your hands off of my child!" She hissed. Fujitaka smirked and caressed her cheek gently.

"Don't you mean our child?"

"No I don't!" She slapped his hand away. "She has nothing to do with us! She is innocent from everything in this world and I want her stay like that. If you take away that innocence away I will personally kill you if I have life in me Fujitaka Kinomoto."

End of Dream

Sakura woke up at the crack of dawn. Some of the rays of the sun were spilling into her destroyed room. She looked around breathing heavily. She was so scared. She held her sheets over her mouth. Her whimpers were not heard

"D-Did he really…." Her body was not sore. She still had her underclothes on. "He didn't." Sakura smiled in relief. "He really didn't." She said happily. But then a horrible thought struck her. What had happened after she had passed out? Had he attacked someone else?

But she really did not have time to think of that. Someone knocked at her door.

"C-Come in." The door slowly opened to revile Reu and a bandaged arm. She was right. Her father had attacked someone else. "Your arm!" Sakura got out of bed and rushed over to Reu. But her maid waved her off.

"Little Lady come and eat. Do not get dressed in your uniform, we need to discuss a few important matters."

Sakura eyed her arm but when Reu gave her a stern look she hurried to clean herself up. Though she wandered why she shouldn't put on her uniform she did not ask questions when they were walking down the hall. Reu told her to eat quickly and they were out the door in a matter of minutes. A carriage was in front of the house. Reu turned around and knelled on the floor.

"Reu?" Sakura said again. "What's happening?" Reu smiled sadly at her and took her into a tight embrace.

"I'm going to miss you so much my little cherry blossom. Please take care of yourself and don't forget us alright?" Sakura gasped and pulled away.

"Reu! I don't want to leave you! Reu! Reu!" But Reu did not answer her.

" love you Sakura." And with that Reu pushed her into the carriage. She had to suppress her tears from falling. She had promised Nadeshiko that she would send Sakura away if things became too hard. That time was now, and this was all she could do to save her.

Inside the carriage Sakura hit the windows with all her might. She wanted to get out. If she was leaving Reu had to come with her. Why was this happening to her?!

"REU!!" Sakura shouted frantically.

"Sakura-chan, please calm down." Said a soft melodic voice. But Sakura couldn't hear her. She wanted her maid back.

"Let me out!! Reu! Reu!" She cried louder. In front the drivers eyes fell to the ground. Every scream pained him even more than the last. He didn't want to do this but he had to. Just to keep her safe because he loved her. There was no other way.

"Oi! Kinomoto pipe down!" Another female voice said. But Sakura ignored that voice as well.

"REU!!" The girl became fed up. She made Sakura sit down and stood in front of her.

"I SAID SHUT UP!!" A smack was heard throughout the carriage.

Sakura just held her stinging cheek and stared up at Melin. Her eyes were dark and impassive. The hair on the back of Melin's neck pricked. That girl could be very scary if she put her mind to it. Sakura said nothing as she continued to stare at Melin as if she was thinking of killing her. Tomoyo stepped in before anything else out of character occurred.

"What is wrong with you Melin?!" Tomoyo said careful not to raise her voice. She wanted to take Melin by the neck and shake her until her teeth rattled.

"She was annoying me!" Melin simply said sitting back down on her side of the carriage.

"You're a maniac!" Tomoyo replied. Then she turned back to her nonchalant friend. What the hell had happened to her? "Sakura-chan don't worry about her. She can't do much." Melin snorted.

"That's what you think." Tomoyo glared at her. The carriage stopped without any of the girls noticing. When the door opened Remi stood there and bowed.

"We are here, Your Majesties." He whispered. He really didn't want to see her go.

"Alright." Tomoyo gave Sakura a tight hug and then got off. Melin followed sneering at the driver. Sakura got off and stared in disbelief at Remi. He looked up and smiled slightly.

"Have a nice day Your Majesties."

"Remi-kun…" she whispered. She shook her head. "Not you too, please, not you." Tears began to fill her eyes again. Remi held back his and forced his smile in place.

"Sakura take care, Princess Kinomoto Sakura. We will all miss you. I hope I can see you again." He said then got back on the carriage. He rode away. Sakura stood there feeling like her whole world had been pulled from right out under her. Everything, even her senses became blurry and she started to run.

"SAKURA!!" Tomoyo shouted but of course that only made her run faster.

'Not you too Remi!! Everyone is leaving me!! Why?! I don't understand!!'

The sky grew dark. Heavy rain clouds filled the sky. Soon it was dark enough to mistake the day for night. Then rain came down hard. Lightning flashed but there was no thunder. Sakura was thankful for that but she continued to run. She was soaking wet but her run did not ease. All she could think about was to run. It was all her brain could tell her to do. She ran as fast as she could but it was no use. She could not escape the reality of her situation. She heard footsteps trying to keep up with her. This made her run even faster than before. The footsteps disappeared when a thundered roared like a lion. She screamed. She finally got to her destination; she had memorized the route without even realizing it. Wolves Bridge. She was about to run under it when someone grabbed her arm firmly.

"Where on earth did you learn to run so fast?!" The person huffed. Sakura jerked her arm away and kicked the person in the shin. Then she backed away.

"D-Don't touch m-me!" She sputtered in a shaky voice. The person became angry.

"What do you mean don't touch you?! I ran from the castle here just to find you!!" Sakura lifted her head and saw his familiar face. She almost broke down.

"S-Syaoran?!"

"You finally notice!" He replied with an irritated expression on his face. Lightning flashed and Sakura screamed. Syaoran came closer to her and wrapped her in his arms. She buried her face in his chest and wrapped her arms around his torso. Syaoran looked down at her sympathetically. "That's right," He murmured. "You don't like loud noises." He said stroking strands of her wet hair.

"Make e-everything stop! Please, I can't take this anymore!!" She whispered into his chest.

"I'm sorry, Sakura. But I can't do that." More lightning flashed and she pressed her faced deeper into his chest.

"Damn!" He swore.

Syaoran took off the cloak he had on and put it over Sakura's head. It would help muffled the lightning. He ran under the bridge and sat down on the tiled surface. He took the cloak off of Sakura's head and wrapped it around her wet body.

"Don't worry Sakura, everything will be alright. I'll do my best to protect you. No matter what." He said moving strands of her wet bangs out of her face. Sakura wiggled an arm out of the cloak and held out her pinky finer. Syaoran looked at it dumbfound.

"P-Promise?" She asked in a shaky voice. She needed someone right know. Not her best friend, not her late mother, she needed someone else. Someone she could hold dear, much dearer than a mother or friend. Someone to love and to understand her. The things he had already told her was enough to put some light into her life. Her arm began to shake violently so he hooked his pinky with hers and smiled down at her.

"Promise now rest."

"Warm…"She murmured closing her eyes.

"What?"

"You're so warm. Please, don't leave me. Not like the others. Not you, please…" She dozed off on his lap. His pinkie still linked with his. He laced his fingers with her own. Then he put their hands to his cheek. He kissed her hand.

"I'm glad." He said. "You cause me so much worry Sakura. But even so I am happy you're alright. I still love you."