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Chapter 1 Uncertain Feelings

Sakura sat at her desk a few minutes before everyone else would be entering the room. With her head in her hands she was lost in her thoughts until someone opened the door.
"Sakura-chan!"
She looked up to see her best friend standing in the doorway with a worried look on her face. Right then Sakura decided that she didn't want anyone worrying or asking questions about her so she quickly smiled.
"Good morning, Tomoyo-chan!"
"Good morning! Is there a reason you're here so early; it's not like you. Is something wrong?"
"No, Tomoyo-chan I'm fine. I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't go back to sleep so I decided to clean up the classroom a little."
Tomoyo walked over to Sakura and sat down in her desk.
"That's good. You know you can always come to me if something's troubling you, Sakura-chan ne?
Sakura smiled at her friend and put a hand to her mouth as she yawned. The truth was she didn't sleep at all last night. Every time she closed her eyes she saw a certain brown-haired boy and it bothered her because she didn't know the reason for it.
"I know, Tomoyo-chan. Don't worry, I'm just a little tired that's all." Sakura smiled brightly but her friend still wasn't convinced.
'I wonder if this has anything to do with Li-kun,' Tomoyo thought silently. She had watched Sakura run to the boy after he went his own way from the Teddy Bear Show but respected their privacy and left them alone.
'What could have happened?'
"Ohayo!" called Chiharu and their other friends as the students began trickling in the classroom.
"Ohayo Gasai-mas!" said Sakura cheerfully.
"Wow, Sakura! You're here already?" asked Rikka.
"Yep!"
"Are you turning over a new leaf or something?" questioned Naoko.
"I guess I'm trying!"
"That's good!"
Finally Syaoron walked in but stopped at the sight of Sakura. He stared at her as she laughed with her friends. His cheeks began to grow warm but he didn't care as long as he could see her. She was so perfect. How was it possible that she wanted to be friends with him? Not that that was what he wanted but as long as she would always smile at him and talk in her cheerful voice nothing else mattered. Right?
He wasn't aware that Tomoyo had come up to him as she tapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"The Sensei will be in soon. You should get to your seat." She said sweetly, sorry that she had to knock him out of his reverie. He looked back at her, bewildered and she smiled before she went back over to her friend.
Sakura looked up and saw him standing at the door. 'It's good to see him again,' she thought subconsciously. She mentally shook herself. 'What am I thinking?' She raised her hand and waved wildly while calling to him, "Syaoran-kun! Good morning Syaoran-kun!"
He smiled a little at her enthusiasm and walked over to his desk behind the girl who had stolen his heart.
"Good morning Syaoran-kun!" She repeated a little more softly. He blushed a little and returned her greeting.
"Good morning Sa¡K..Sakura?"
"Hoe? What?"
"Ar- are you all right? Sakura?"
"Sure I am! See?" she flashed him a grin. Syaoran's cheeks turned bright pink.
"Ok. You just looked a little tired¡K¡K."
Sakura's face softened, "You were worried about me weren't you?"
He looked back up at her and lost himself in her glassy green eyes.
"Well¡K..uh¡KI¡K."
"Good morning class! Now today we'll¡K."
"Thank you," Sakura mouthed before she turned and sat down. Syaoran looked at her back with concern but smiled at the fact of how strong she was acting. "Thank you," he heard her say over and over again.

'Syaoran-kun? Sakura? They've never called each other by their first names before! What happened yesterday? Tomoyo stared at the two lovebirds who both had the same pained expression on their faces. 'Deep down inside they're really happy.' Tomoyo smiled at the two of them, but all of a sudden she slapped her hand to her forehead, 'I didn't get to tape that important moment in Sakura-chan's life!'

After about an hour Sakura and Syaoran didn't even seem to understand what the sensei was saying anymore. They fought to stay awake but they found that their eyelids kept getting heavier. Syaoran didn't even seem to notice that he was tired. All he knew was Sakura was falling asleep and desperately trying to stay awake. It hurt him to see her struggling so he lifted his hand preparing to shake her gently away but he didn't seem to have enough strength to pick it up. Before he knew it they had both fallen asleep at exactly the same time.

Sakura opened her eyes and waited for them to adjust to the light.
"Hoe? Where am I?" She looked up.
"The cherry blossom tree? How did I get here?" She stood up and took a deep breath.
"Ah! It's so beautiful!" It was sunny and bright. Birds twittered happily in the air and Sakura skipped to their joyful song. She laughed out loud but as soon as the sound escaped from her throat she became self-conscious. There was no one else around.
"Hoe? Where is everybody?" She began to grow frightened at the thought of being all alone. The cold feeling returned despite the warm weather and she felt the life being sucked out of her. She cried out in despair as she collapsed to the ground gasping for breath. Then she heard it.
"Sakura." He was calling her. With her last ounce of strength she looked up to see Syaoran standing only a few feet away.
"Syaoran," she whispered. She started to feel her strength coming back and she picked herself up off the ground.
Syaoran was holding his hands out to her and she rushed to meet his open arms. He took her right hand in his and hugged her close. Only then did Sakura let her tears flow.
"Syaoran-kun, you don't know how happy I am that you're here." She sobbed into his chest. He pulled her closer.
"It's all right, Sakura. I'm here now and nothing can harm you. I won't let it. Please don't cry."
Sakura sniffed and her tears stopped.
"Syaoran-kun¡K." She looked up and their eyes met. Their minds blanked out as they stared into the window's of each other's souls. The blossoms on the sakura tree began to fall and surround the young lovers. Sakura noticed that the cold, empty feeling had vanished when Syaoran touched her hand and she smiled at the thought.
The blossoms continued to fall more rapidly but they were too absorbed in their bliss to notice that the more bare the tree became the darker the sky grew.
"Sakura," he breathed as they drew nearer.
"Syaoran, I¡K."
"Shh¡K.." he whispered and closed his eyes. Her heart fluttered and she slowly began to close hers but at that exact moment the last blossom was torn from the tree and Sakura screamed as they were covered in darkness.
"Syaoran! No!" she cried as she felt him being pulled away from their embrace. Away from her.
"SAKURA!" He screamed in despair. A huge gust of wind kicked up and Sakura put her arms in from on her face to shield herself. When she opened her eyes Syaoran stood in front of her but everything else was still pitch black. Again she ran to him wanting to feel the warmth of his body against hers but then bars suddenly appeared around him like a cage. Tears welled up in her eyes and Sakura's body was wracked with emotion.
"NO! You can't leave me, Syaoran! Don't leave me!" She lifted her hands,
"No, Sakura! Stop!!!" Too late. She grabbed the electric rods causing her to be shot back and thrown to the ground.
"NO!" Syaoran cried choking back tears.
Sakura winced in pain but made it into standing position anyway.
"I won't let you be taken away from me." She whispered. "I WON'T!" Nothing could control Sakura's rage as she yet again made her way over to the boy who could make her feel completely safe. But this time the cage started moving away.
"No. This can't be happening." She said under her breath. Now she ran, one arm outstretched. She would get to him no matter what.
Tears were now coursing down the boy's face as he watched his true love run to him in panic. He reached one arm through the bars. Maybe, just maybe she could make it.
"Syaoran." She whispered inaudibly. She was almost there. Just a little farther.
"Sakura." He said almost as if he could hear her. She was running for her life and he cried even harder knowing that there was nothing he could do to help her pain.
"Sakura! Now matter what happens! I'll come back to you!"
She made it! She grabbed his hand and hung on for dear life.
" I know you will!"
The cage was moving too fast. She couldn't keep up and was loosing her grip! Now only their fingertips were touching.
"Sakura, I want you to know that I¡K.." their connection was broken and he disappeared.
*Her eyes flew open.*
"SYAORAN!!!!"

"Sakura-chan," Tomoyo whispered to herself. She had seen the two of them fall asleep but she didn't expect this. Sakura was trembling incessantly and Syaoran had started shaking too. Tomoyo gasped as rivers of tears began flowing down both their cheeks and onto their desks. The violet-eyed girl knew they were dreaming about each other and she felt tears stinging in her eyes as well.
'Why do they have to be put through this torture?'
She started to turn her attention back to the sensei but nearly cried out as both pairs of eyes flew open simultaneously.

When Syaoran found himself in a place other than the classroom he immediately got to his feet in fighting stance. But when nobody appeared he decided to look at his surroundings.
"The cherry blossom tree?" he said looking behind him. "How did I get here? Why am I not at school!?" He walked around a little, looking for anything suspicious. Everything was the same but..
"There are no people here¡K." He said to himself, "Why? Why are there no people here!?" He shouted growing more frightened and angry with every breath. Then he heard a sound. It was coming from the tree. He whirled around to face it and his heart stopped. Sakura, his Sakura, was sitting on a high branch in the tree with her hands covering her face. Crying.
"No. Sakura don't cry," he whispered more to himself than the girl. He walked closer to her and heard her gasp before she parted her hands. Her tear-stained eyes grew wide as she whispered,
"Syaoran-kun?"
"Yes. Please don't cry, Sakura. It hurts to see you cry."
"Syaoran-kun¡Kwhy¡K¡K" the branch snapped and she began to fall.
"Sakura!" he yelled running and caught her in his arms before she hit the ground. He held her with one arm under both her legs and the other around her back. The young girl looked into his eyes.
"Thank you, Syaoran-kun."
"Sakura I would never let anything happen to you. Never¡K.."
" I know¡K.you told me." She whispered.
"When did I tell you?" He asked confused but never leaving her eyes.
Sakura's brow furrowed, "Right before you left me. Don't you remember?" She said softly.
"Sakura just like I wouldn't let anything happen to you I would never leave you. I'd die before that happened."
At first she smiled. Then hesitated,
"But you did. You were taken away¡K.from me. And I cried and cried but you never came back!"
A lonesome tear fell down her face making his heart cry out. He sat down with her in his lap and brushed away her tears but in the midst of his caresses she took his hand and held it to her close.
She looked at him again and he felt his knees go weak.
"Don't ever leave me again, Syaoran-kun. Promise me that."
"Sakura, I swear with all my heart that I will always be with you. Promise."
"Syaoran-kun¡K.." she leaned closer to him. Syaoran found it hard to breath as he was being drawn deeper and deeper into her sparkling emerald eyes. He lifted his other hand and laid it gently on her cheek and she closed them. His heart pounded as he fought to stay in control. He could smell the sweet scent of her hair and a silky strand fell on his fingertips. Finally he closed his eyes and told her the three words he longed her to know,
"Sakura, I l¡K."
"Ahhhh!!!"
His eyes snapped open at the realization that Sakura had been torn away from him and he looked up to see seven black, shadowy figures carrying her away. She struggled against them and called to him over and over.
"Sakura!!! Let her go!!" He was overtaken by his anger and rushed at them. One of the figures gave the other an order to stop moving and turned to Syaoran.
"I wouldn't come any closer if I were you, Little Wolf." It menacingly pulled out a knife and pressed it against Sakura's tiny neck. Syaoran saw her eyes grow wide with fear making him sick to his stomach.
"No! Don't hurt her!"
The figure ignored him and they began carrying her farther away. Away from him. Away¡K¡Kfrom their promise.
"Wait!" he put his hand out as if reaching for Sakura. The figures stopped with their backs to him.
"Wha-" he clenched his fists, "what are you going to do to her!?" Syaoran couldn't see the figure's face but felt him smiling evilly. That made his blood boil.
'I'll kill them. I'LL KILL THEM! THE BASTARDS!!!" Tears came to his eyes and he immediately wished he hadn't asked the question.
"We will pluck the petals of your Cherry Blossom until she is stripped of her powers.."
"NO!"
"And who's going to stop us?"
His tears fell. There was nothing he could do. No. He promised her! He promised he wouldn't leave her!
"No, Sakura I PROMISED!!!"
A piercing scream caused him to look up.
"No¡K¡K. NO!!"
*His eyes flew open*
"SAKURA!!!"

Sakura sat straight up in her desk, fear written all over her face.
"SYAORAN!!!" She screamed.
"SAKURA!!!" She heard Syaoran scream behind her.
'H-hoe? What happened?'
"Sakura-chan! Are you all right!?" Tomoyo put a hand on her friend's arm. Sakura was shaking. She was too terrified to move, to scared to speak.
"Kinomoto? Li? Is everything all right?" their teacher asked.
Sakura was now vaguely aware that the whole class was staring at her. Terada Sensei looked concerned.
"You may be excused if you need so." He smiled a little.
Sakura didn't move. She couldn't. The terror she had just experience kept her frozen in place like a statue.
"Here." She heard someone whisper gently from behind. Something in the voice allowed her to turn towards it. Syaoran was standing with his arm outstretched asking her to take his hand. He smiled wanly as their eyes met.
'Just like the dream.' They both thought. Slowly she lifted her quivering hand and placed it inside his. A rush of warmth was sent through her letting her stand. They walked out the room hand in hand, eyes never leaving eachothers.
'I wish I had recorded that.' Tomoyo sighed.