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Chapter Six:

Colors

The screaming had woken me from my doze. I was dazed for a second longer until I heard it again. I sat up straight and looked around confused. My first thought was it was the television. I stared for a moment at the dark blank scream almost willing the picture to change showing some horror film. A few seconds passed and nothing had changed. I jumped despite myself when I heard the screaming again.

I felt my eyes widen with shock when I realized that the screams were coming from the other side of the wall in my living room. I jumped form my seat and went to the front door. My hand grasped the handle and I yanked it open.

Sakura burst through the door of her own apartment a split second later. Fear was in her eyes. I gave into my impulse this time. She needed some place safe to be. And she was ready to run to find it. I found myself far too afraid that the man in the apartment next door would catch up to her before she ever had a chance to get away. My arm wrapped itself around her waste; my free hand covered her mouth so she couldn't scream. I pulled her into my apartment and kicked the door closed.

Sakura struggled against my hold on her. Fear surged through her body. I could feel it pulsing off of her. Her energy almost knocked the breath out of me, or maybe that was her elbow, I wasn't sure anymore. I gripped her tighter pulling her closer to me.

"shhhhhh, its okay, you are safe now. I won't hurt you" I whispered in her ear keeping my voice gentle and calm. Finally she calmed down and stopped struggling. I turned her around and looked into her face. Sakura's eyes were hallow and lifeless. She had given up and was just going to let me take her. She didn't know who I was. I gripped her shoulders and shook her gently trying to get her to look at me.

I slipped my hand under her chin and lifted her head and caught her gaze with mine. "Sakura, it's me, Syaoran. You are safe. I won't hurt you." Slowly I watched as her eyes focused on me. Recognition crossed her face and soon she was clinging to me in a crushing embrace. Tears flowed from her eyes as she sobbed. I whispered to her and we sank to the floor.

Angry foot steps sounded outside the door and I felt Sakura cringe when their shouts reached our ears. After awhile her sobbing ceased and she drifted into a fitful sleep. I picked up her fragile body and carried her to my room. I was suddenly very great full that my mom had gone out of town. I wouldn't have to worry about her coming home and having to explain why there was a female in my bed.

I lay with her and watched her sleep. Her face contorted with mixed emotions. As the night went on she snuggled up closer to me. I wrapped my arms tightly around her; my fingers gently traced patterns on her arms. Slowly I felt my own eyes grow heavy with sleep. I breathed in the smell of her hair and smiled as sleep descended upon my mind.

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Colors. Colors were strange to me in this world. Bright lights cast shadows in some places and highlighted others. I looked at the area around me. Staring in wonder at this new place in my world I could only think beauty. How beautiful the world of light is. The colors were amazing. But what had changed? I could feel my eye brows come together in a frown of confusion. What happened to my dark haven? Where was the darkness that I had clung to for the past several years? The peace I had come to love; where colors from the outside world could never reach me. The world that I loved, where I was God, seemed to have vanished. In my haven I was alone, but I was safe and at peace. Here I could feel someone else's present. Somehow though, I still felt safe. To be held in the arms of someone who cared about me and I returned those feelings seemed to have changed my haven. It was beautiful. I could feel my eyes stinging as tears welled up in my eyes. Beauty like this could make a mortal in the real world go blind.

But beauty never lasted. Evil would always come to destroy it. My haven had always been dark. Evil didn't want something that was just as dark as it. Evil sought to destroy anything mortals admired. No one admired my darkness. I could feel to slow change of emotion in my body. Suddenly the tears that had built up in my eyes out of happiness now ran down my cheeks in sadness. As beautiful as this place was, I knew that it would come to an end. I knew this place would only be temporary. The new world in my haven would disappear and I felt more aware of how much I would miss this place when it finally did. For the Gods and never wanted me to be happy. Their evil would soon come to take away this beauty.

When my eyes opened I was met with the same gray white color of the walls in my own room. But the smell was off. There was a hint of spice to it almost thick. It was then that I realized I was hot. This was odd to. I tried to move, but something was holding me down. Panic turned my blood to ice. Something was defiantly off. I squirmed against the restriction on my body.

I froze when I heard another voice, a male voice. Slowly I turned my head to see who it was that had a grip on me. My gaze met the male who was holding me. My heart skipped a beat and my breath fell short.

"Syaoran?" My voice was barely above a whisper and I saw him give a sleepy smile. Suddenly everything that had happened in the last few hours clicked into place. My father had tried to sell me to an old man, I ran from the place only to be grabbed by the male who now held me in his arms. Syaoran had saved me; pulled me into a haven I had never known and hid me from the demons that were chasing me.

I could feel tears welling up in my eyes and my heart felt hot with something I had no name for. Syaoran's brows pulled together in confusion and worry. I watched his eyes as they seemed to search my own.

"Sakura, are you alright?" I blinked and felt a tear escape. I took in a shaky breath and attempted a smile.

"I… don't understand… what happened?" Syaoran watched me for a moment and then leaned closer and kissed my forehead.

"I think we have a bit more to talk about than just how you ended up here." I was suddenly aware that he knew more than I had told him. My cheeks were hot and I looked away from him.

The evil had come, I could feel it. He knew. That knowledge was going to destroy the colorful haven I had just been in.

Mew Mew Berri: Short again I know but I wanted to break up this chapter and the last chapter. I think I really just wanted the cliffy. But anyway Like I promised I had this chapter up soon after! Bear with me for the next chapter. I actually don't have it typed up yet and I'm working on moving across the country… hahaha But I promise I am not going to give up on this story! Love you all and PLEASE REVIEW!