Great, chapter 8!

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Chapter 8

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Coly quietly opened the door to Sakura's room, she found them sleeping peacefully on the bed, and smiled to herself. Her boyfriend came along, and watched her as she smiled like a silly dog. He tilted his head. "What so funny?"

Coly turned to him, "Oh, no, it's just that, look at them, they are an adorable pair! And just look at the way Syaoran cared about Sakura when she was injured...Giphis, will you do that for me if I was injured?"

Giphis's voice became tense from his embarrassment. "Of...of course!! If I were him, I wouldn't even let that stupid lake monster touch you! I...." Coly put her finger to her mouth. "Shh...they're still asleep, I don't want to wake them, keep it down."

"Ahh....yeah..." Giphis' face turned red, he shifted his feet around, feeling uncomfortable. "Hmm?What's wrong?" Coly asked. "Um...ahhh..." Giphis became more nervous as Coly stared at him with her shining pink eyes, mixed with confusion. "I...you...um...WILL YOU MARRY ME!!" He finally screamed the words out.

The door opened with Sakura and Syaoran sleepily asked, "What? Huh? Who screamed??" Coly practically ignored them, her face turned red, matching her pink eyes. She took a deep breath, and said. "I will, I'll...do it! I'll marry you!" She hugged Giphis tightly before she even finished her sentence. "Huh...?" Sakura and Syaoran both exchanged looks.

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The next day, Coly and Giphis were busy organizing their wedding, Sakura and Syaoran decided that they were nice enough to let them stay at their house till their wedding, so they helped out on planning their wedding.

It was a busy day for all of them, they divided into two teams, the girls' team, and the boys' team. The girls went to look at wedding dresses(that took them half a day), and bought decorations. The boys got stuck with all the hard works. They bought and wrote all of the invitations, looked for chocobo chariots, found a decent pope to carry out their wedding, and made plans for their honeymoon. When the day's over, they all had a very simple meal, and dived right into bed. According to the customs of their village, man and wife aren't suppose to sleep in one bed until they're married, so Coly slept in her own room, and Sakura joined her. Syaoran however, showed a sigh of both disappointment and relief when he found out that Sakura didn't have to sleep with him for the night. But he does have to sleep in Giphis' room. Giphis was nice enough to let him sleep on the bed, and he will sleep on the floor himself.

Giphis and Syaoran had a guy to guy talk before they fell asleep. "In just a few days, I will no longer be an unwedded bachelor." Giphis sighed. "The things I do for my love one..."

"Well, aren't you happy that she's living with you for the rest of you life?" Syaoran asked.

"...I guess so...but...there's so much to do when you're single."

"What??"

"You're still young, you'll learn."

"Ahh...."

~~~~~

They next morning came quickly. Coly woke up, feeling happy that she'll be a bride tomorrow, she got up, and shook Sakura gently, "Rise and shine, sleeping beauty." Sakura twisted, and wrapped herself in the blanket. Then she slowly got up. "We still have a lot to do for my wedding." Coly whispered.

Sakura got dress, as Coly went to opened the curtain. She gently slides the silky fabric over aside, and bright light shine through the window, but the light was reddish. Coly looked at the window. She was shocked by what she saw.

"AAAAAAAAHH~~~!!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed. Sakura turned to her direction, and she too, screamed. "OH MY~~SYAORAN~~!!!!!!!!!!!"

The boys rushed to their room to see what the screams were all about. Syaoran came in, and saw Sakura sitting on the floor, shaking. He kneeled down to hold her hand. "What's the matter?" He asked nervously. Sakura was still staring at the window, she pointed to it. Syaoran gasped when he saw what's on the window.

It was a message written in blood, the letters were big and strong, it looked like there's been a murder in the room. The message read: I WON'T LET YOU GET MARRY, I LOVE YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD!

They all remained in their positions for a whole minute, staring at the message. Syaoran finally broke the silence. "Who...who did that?" No one knew the answer. They just watched in fear. Obviously, someone's still trying to get Coly.

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The rest of the day was uneasy. Everyone was worrying about that blood message, especially Coly. Giphis hugged her to calm her down. "Don't worry," He whispered. "I won't let anything get to you."

It was very uneasy for Sakura and Syaoran too, seeing them like that. They continued the decoration, and took care of some final business. Coly and Giphis' friends came to visit and congratulate them on their marriage. Coly told all of her friends to have a seat as she hang up some of the bigger decorations, but all of their friends insisted on helping her out. They chat as they worked. "Hey, Coly, Giphis is so nice isn't he, oh, you're so lucky~! I wish I have a husband like you. Jack is such an insensitive man!" One of the girls said. "Oh, Tracy, you're lucky enough to have Jack, I couldn't even find a decent guy, that's it, I'm bound to die alone." Another girl recalled. "Oh, don't worry, Susie, you still got us, we'll be there, always." Then they all hugged.

"But..." Coly said. "I still don't have the best guy..." Coly looked at Sakura. "Oh yeah!" Tracy said. "Sakura's boyfriend is the best, isn't it??"

"Hoe??" Sakura blushed. "I..."

"Syaoran is such a sweet guy, just look at the way he tried to wake you when you were hurt by the monster!!"

"I know! It's like, totally cool!!"

"What!?" Sakura replied. "He's not my boyfriend."

"Oh, please. By the looks of you two, even though you're not a couple now, you're bound to be sooner or later!"

"Hoe~! You gals pick on me...I'm getting out of here!" Sakura said as she leaves room.

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That night, the boys had a major party at a local bar to celebrate Giphis' last night of being a bachelor. They drank beer and wine, anything that contains alcohol. The whole bar was filled with noise and weird smell. Syaoran was suppose to be the designated Chocobo rider, so he sticked to plan old juice.(not old enough to drink anyway)

"Man~you sure have a lot of guts proposing, it'd be a million years before I propose to Tracy." One of the guys said. He sounds like he's going to pass out any minute. "What do you see in those women anyway...all they ever wanted is to get marry and have annoying little freaks running around the house. So, Giphis, are you marrying her to get the money?" "Don't you dare say that! I love Coly with all my hearts." Giphis' face was red, but he wasn't as drunk as the others.

"Hmm...it's gotta mean something...oh, I know, the old oven has a bun!!" A guy name Jerry yelled out. Syaoran could have sworn he'd seen him before, he looks so...familiar. Maybe he looks like that guy from the Japanese TV series "Love Generation", not the main guy, but his brother.

"No!!" Giphis yelled back. "Our love is totally pure, it's not what you think. Look, you guys will do the same thing for your girlfriend, if you think it's time. It's just that my time is a bit early, that's all." But the guys didn't care about his big talk, they just kept singing, and dancing on the counter table.

Giphis turned to Syaoran, the only one that hadn't said a thing all night long(means no insults), and the only one who wasn't drunk(means still acts normal). He sighed, and began to speak(means to talk drunkenly). "You're the only one who didn't comment on my marriage today, kid. You're the best. I appreciate that."

[I would, if I could, but I hardly ever know you...] Syaoran thought. "No biggy."

"I'm worried..." Giphis said.

"About what, what they said about women wants to have children??"

"Oh no, I don't worry about that, I love kids. I'm worrying about the note. You, know, the bloody one."

"It's just a prank, probably just a kid who had a crush on Coly, those might not even be real blood, it could be ketchup."

"What's ketchup?"

[Oops...no ketchup in Ometin...man, that means no fries either...]"I mean...red paint, yeah, that's it. It could be red paint or a red...colour...liquid...thingy."

"Oh, no, it was blood alright, it's got the smell, the bloody small. You know, one of those smell that smells like fish?"

[Oh yes...that's why I don't eat sushi...] "But it's just a prank. It might not mean anything. It's just your imagination."

"Yeah...I hope so too..."

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The big day had come, Sakura helped Coly to dress up her wedding dress along with her friends, Tracy, Susie and Mina, the dress looks like one of those that Tomoyo designed. "Oh, Coly, you look so beautiful!!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Thank you, oh, I can't believe this is happening to me..." she said cheerfully. Her smile was brighter than ever. She had completely forgot about the bloody note one the window. The boys tried to wash it off yesterday, but there are still some stains that are left on the glass. But now, they are the least bits of Coly's worry.

The wedding took place at a loco church, it wasn't big, but big enough to hold all of Coly and Giphis' friend. After the groom kissed the bride, they head to the doorway.

Sakura and Syaoran didn't really dressed up for the wedding though, but they sure was happy to see how lovely they look in their wedding gowns. All they hope for now, is that nothing would happen.

Maybe they shouldn't have jinxed, seconds after they wish that nothing would happen, the huge cross hagging on the door way dropped inches in front of Giphis and Coly's nose. The cross's broken pieces scattered all over the church. Syaoran ran in front of them to check the cross. The string was cut, it was no accident. Both of they were so afraid that none of them move for the whole five minutes. Coly looked especially freaked out, she knew that it was part of her fault, he wanted her, not Giphis.

The problem is, which he are we talking about here?

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Sakura, Syaoran, Coly and Giphis all sat in the living room, all of them were speechless. Coly was still in her wedding dress. "We still have to go to the honeymoon." Giphis said.

"When are you leaving?" Sakura asked him.

"Later tonight." he replied.

"What if you don't go to the honeymoon?" Syaoran asked. "It's way too dangerous to go out while that freak is still out there."

"No..." Coly said. "Our honeymoon is not just a trip of us going out of the town and spend time together. It's also a custom, something we're suppose to do as a couple in the village. If we don't go, it won't be a complete ceremony."

"Well, it's our problem, and we appreciate your caring, but it's getting late, you guys should get some sleep." Giphis said. He pushed them out of the living room.

Inside Sakura and Syaoran's room, Sakura looked at Syaoran with a pair of sad eyes. "Syaoran..."

[Just don't make eye contacts...(big sweat drop)] "You are not going to get me into this again!" He said. "Didn't you hear them? It's their own business, and it would be way too dangerous for you to go."

"But..."

"No buts. Now you get some rest, I'll go out and check Chocy." He walked out of the room.

[I'm not going to give up that easily, even though it means that I have to go by myself, I'll still have to help them.]Sakura's thought was filled with evil plans again. [First, I'll create a disguise...] She pulled out her key and her card of mirror. "The hidden powers of light, I, Sakura, command you to return to your true form: RELEASE!!"

"MIRROR!!" The card turned into an identical twin Sakura. She told the mirror to just lay down on the bed, and pretend to be asleep, she knows how sensitive Syaoran can be, even the slightest movement can look suspicious to Syaoran.

She went to the living room and found Coly, sitting on the sofa alone. "Hey!" Sakura whispered. Coly was kind of surprised.

"Aren't you suppose to be in bed?" Coly whispered back.

"I won't be till your honey moon is over! I have thought of a plan to safe your marriage." She gave her a thumb up. "I will go out, dressed up as you, as a dummy. While the killer follows me out, you and Giphis then sneak out to enjoy your honey moon!"

"Huh...What? No! That's too dangerous!"

"Oh, you worry about your own safety, I'll be fine. After all, we killed the lake monster didn't we?" Sakura held Coly's hand. She was touched by her kindness.

"Fine, but even though you can go out as a dummy to fool the wacko, he wouldn't fall for it, because you're-too-small. You're not even half of my size!"

"I told you I have a plan, I heard this from Tracy, there's this some sort of drug that can make you grow up to your teenage size form for six hours, so if I take the dose, I'll be a teen! Which means your size!"

"I was afraid that you'll bring that up..."

"Hehe...don't worry, I'll be fine." Sakura patted her shoulder. "Just don't tell Syaoran, okay? He'll kill me if he knows that I did this."

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Syaoran was feeding Chocy at the stable. "Wark..." Chocy purred(?).

Giphis came into the stable. "You still up?"

"Oh, just feeding Chocy." Syaoran stood up. "You worry?"

Giphis sighed. "How exactly would you feel if your wife is being chased by a killer?"

Syaoran smiled. "No one wants their love ones to be in danger. That's why Sakura's not going."

"Going where?"

"...I have a plan."

"...oh, yeah?"

"Unfortunately, I'll be filling in for you tonight."

"What?"

"I'll take one of those super growing thing that Jack told me about, once I expand into a teenager size, I'll go to your honey moon instead of you going. So when the killer comes to get me, you came sneak out with Coly. It's night time, the killer can't tell the difference."

"That's nice of you to offer, but it's too dangerous for you."

"I'll be alright, as long as you are." Syaoran smile. "But don't tell Sakura, she'll jump right into the idea."

"...Who are you kids anyway, first you kill the monster in the lake and now this?" Giphis asked with a smile.

"I'm just an ordinary traveler."

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Giphis and Coly bumped into each other in the hall.

"Sakura told me that she'll go instead of me." She rushed.

"Syaoran, too, did they plan this together? But Syaoran told me not to tell..."

"So did Sakura, what do you think these twos are up to?"

"I don't know, but I'm not telling. If Sakura wants to keep it a secret, I won't tell Syaoran. Where's Sakura?"

"In my room, I'm dressing her up."

"Yeah, well me, too."

"Okay, see you." She went by him, and came back again, "...just a thought, but am I the only one that think that they're no ordinary kids?"

Giphis waved his hand, "You're not the only one!"

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When everything's all set, Sakura went out of the house alone, and got on to the Chocobo chariot. Chocy was leading the chariot, and recognized Sakura right away, "Warkk..." Chocy called her, but Sakura put a finger on her mouth to indicate him to be quiet. Coly and Giphis weren't able to help her up, because if the psycho sees it, he'll know. Syaoran went to check Sakura before he got out on to the chariot. The mirror card was lying on the bed like Sakura ordered. Syaoran smiled, thought that it was the real Sakura, and quietly closed the door .

When Syaoran got on the chariot, he saw someone was already in there, he glanced at her, and knew right away that wasn't Coly. Then he remembered that Giphis said there would be someone filling in for Coly, too. So he got on, and pulled down the curtain behind him. He looked at the girl more carefully, she seems to be around 15~17 with long ,silky hair. She wasn't facing him, so he couldn't really tell what she looks like. "...Hi," she said, with a beautiful voice. "As you can tell, I'll filling in for Coly. My name is..."

"I don't care what your name is." he interrupted. "After this, we'll never see each other again, so let's just get it over with." He whistled to signal Chocy to start running, thinking how would Sakura feel, if she knows that he's spending time alone with another girl.

[Geese, he's mean...I was just trying to tell him what my name was...] Sakura thought. [I know we won't see each other again, but still...] She looked at him, his face became more visible, now that the moon came out behind the cloud. He looks like one of those popular dream hunks in high school. [...he sure looks cute...] her face began to blush, then she shook her head wildly to get the thought out of her mind. [He's probably right, it's better if we get to know the least about each other...what ever his name is.]

But they didn't know that someone hand been following them since they left.

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They came to the route beside the lake, obviously they didn't know where there were going since they only wanted the psycho to show up. [Maybe we should have plan for a destination, at least then we won't seem so suspicious...] Syaoran thought, [I'm not even sure that he fell for it...]

Something exploded in front of Chocy, Chocy reacted fast enough to make an emergency stop, or else he would have become a fried Chocobo. "WARKKK!!!?"

[He fell for it, alright.] Syaoran thought, as he wiggled wildly in the cart. He lost his balance, and fell on top of Sakura, she yelled, as they both fell out of the cart.

For some reason, Sakura's heartbeat became faster. Her cheek was red, and she wasn't able to move under 'the-guy-that's-suppose-to-fill-in-for-Giphis'. They stayed like that for a moment, Syaoran's image suddenly popped out of her head. "You alright?" 'the guy' asked, getting up.

"I...I'm fine, please get off me...look, I already have someone in my mind, so, even though we're suppose to play a couple, I don't think we should make any more contacts." Sakura said.

"Well, good for you, but I'm also seeing someone, but I don't think we need to pretend any more." He said. Looking at the tree near them.

Sakura's voice became tensed. "You mean...he's here?" She looked at the direction he was looking, and saw a person standing on top of a tree.

That person jumped down, and slowly headed to them. "Well, I'd never thought that you'll have the guts to carry on with your wedding, even after I did all those stuffs." He said.

"Huh...?" Syaoran exclaimed. [I know that voice...] "Jerry?"

"That's right, Giphis, who would have thought? Your best friend, screwing up your own wedding, trying to steal your own wife. Well, here's something new to you, I never treated you like a friend. You were always in my way, Coly deserves better, she deserves me." His hand began to gather heat, and before they know it, he shot it at them in a form of a fireball. It missed them, and burned the cart they were sitting on.

"WARKKK!!WARK!!" Chocy cried for help since he was tied to the burning cart, "Chocy!!" Both Sakura and Syaoran cried. Then they looked at each other. "How'd you know its name?" They both asked.

[Um...HELLO!!!LITTLE HELP??] Chocy thought. "WAAAAAAARRRRRRRKKKK!!!!!!!!" It screamed furiously. Sakura and Syaoran put their matter aside, and helped Chocy to get away from the fire.

Syaoran looked at Jerry. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but we're not the newly weds. You fell for it, you moron."

Under the light of you fire, it became more clear to Jerry that he's not Giphis. "You son of...you tricked me?" Now he's ever more mad, he ripped his shirt, gather more heat and fired at them. (Just like Kyo from KOF'99 ^^') "You won't live to see another day!"

They dodged the fireballs, but that's when Syaoran saw it: the tattoo, the sigh of the missions from hell. "You're not human..." Syaoran said.

"So what if I'm not..." He said.

"Oh!" Sakura reacted as if she thought of something. "You still haven't tell me why you know Chocy's name yet!!" She said as she turned to Syaoran. Jerry fell hard on the floor, and so did Chocy.

"I should be asking YOU, why do you know its name?"

"Well of course I know its name, I named it! It's my Chocobo!"

"No it isn't! It's my Chocobo! Me and my friend own..."

And that's when it (finally) hit them. "SAKURA!!??"

"SYAORAN??!!"

"I thought you're at home!"

"I thought YOU'RE at home!"

"How could you do this, you could have been killed!!"

"Well, you're not so great either, so you were thinking of coming without me all along, huh?"

"Hey!!" Jerry yelled. "Who's the boss around here!?"

Sakura pulled out her key and thunder card, and Syaoran pulled out his sword. They used their thunder attack at the same time. "Well, obviously not you!!" Syaoran yelled back.

"It's non-of your business!!" Sakura added.

"Ow..." Jerry wined as he fell to the floor.

"I'm not done yet, Sakura. How could you sneaked out after what I've told you?"

"You have to make me stay, while YOU'RE out here? You know what, I'm glad I came, I could have been fooled by you!!"

"It's all for your own good, look at this guy, he's one of the missioner from hell, just look at his tattoo!"

[They know about the tattoo?] Jerry thought.

"So what if he IS? I could have handle it, but no, you HAVE to make me stay home!"

[Then that means...] Jerry's eye widened.

"You couldn't have handle it yourself!"

[They're the legendary heroes!]

"Oh, now you don't have faith in me either?" A flying fireball that zoomed in between them interrupted Sakura's words. They both turned to Jerry's direction. He stood about ten meter away from them, and smoke was coming out of his hand.

"It's getting interesting..." He said, as his face hanged a wicked grin. "Not only that, you helped Coly and Giphis get away, you're also the one that killed my brother Terry..."

"Terry?? The one who pet abused Chocy?" Sakura exclaimed. (for those of you who don't know who Terry is, see Chapter two of the legend of Ometin)

"Hahaha...that gives me another reason to kill you. You make me lose Coly, you killed my brother, and worst of all..." He gathered up the heat again. "YOU IGNORED ME FOR YOUR STUPID ARGUMENT!!!!" He shouted as shot a humongous fire ball at them.

"Water!" Syaoran protected himself and Sakura, his anger had strengthened his fireball.[So that's why he seems familiar...] Syaoran thought.

"Hey!" Sakura yelled from behind Syaoran. "Is ignoring you is more important that killing your brother!?" Syaoran fell. Mixing with a big sweat drop.

"It's all about dignity." Jerry replied. "Anyway, you're supposed to die now." He shot another fire ball, Syaoran ducked, and took Sakura with him. They eyed each other. "It's going to take both of us to beat him." He said.

"...fine, we'll take care of our business later."

They stood up, now that they're teenagers, they looked stronger then before.

"FLY!" Sakura commanded the card, a pair of wings grew at her back. The wings flapped, and lifted her into the air.

She flew closer to Jerry, Jerry shot a few fire balls at her, but she smoothly dodged all of them. She took out two cards, the Windy and the Watery. [I used them to beat the Firey before, I hope this will work again.] She commanded. "Windy, Watery!"

The water tornado surrounded him, he couldn't see what's going on. He tried shooting the tornado, but the water burned out the flame, then Syaoran came splashing through the water, into the tornado eye, and stabbed him right on the tattoo.

His body evaporated, and his soul flew to the sky, Sakura was all prepare this time. She flew to the opening of the tornado(the top), and used the crystal in her necklace to trap the soul. Then she ordered the Windy and the Watery to return. She landed, and looked at Syaoran. Both of them blushed as they turned away.

"We...should be heading back now." He said.

"Yeah..." She said.

"Warkk..." Chocy purred.

~~~~~

They rode Chocy to get home, neither of them spoke for the whole ride. They remained silence, feeling guilty that they shouted at each other.

[Would you guys stop it?] Chocy thought. [You guys only had an argument, it's not like you've cheated on each other. What was that phrase again? Oh, yes, 'true love never runs smoothly', ever heard of that??]

"Um..." Syaoran tried to say something, but he ended with, "Never mind."

They were walking the route beside the lake. The sun started to come up. Sakura saw it, and jumped off Chocy. "It's sunrise! I've never seen it before!" She walked closer to the lake, and sat down. Syaoran sighed, and sat down beside her.

She leaned closer to him. "You know, Syaoran, that argument back there was not how I picture what we'd be like when we are teenagers."

"...What did you picture?" He asked.

"Well, it was, more like this, watching the sunrise in the morning." She put her head on his shoulder.

"...Maybe you're right."

"I never want to fight again." She sounded hurt and lonely.

"Me neither."

"So it's a promise?" She held up one pinky and looked at him in the eyes.

"...Promised." They hooked their pinky together. She smiled brightly. "Have you ever thought that this is our last chance to be a teenage in six years?"

"No."

"Well, I have, the next time we get to be like this again will take years. I kind of feel ashamed that we wasted the night."

"Why?"

"I wanted to do, you know, something more grown up, just for the night."

"...it's still not too late."

"You think!?"

"Sure, we're still teens, are we? What do you want to do?"

She paused, and thought for a second, then her cheeks turned pick. "Hehe..."

"?"

"Close your eye!"

"??" Syaoran closed his eyes, Sakura smiled, then before he knew it, their lips came in contact the second the sun fully appeared.

~~~~~

"Sakura, Syaoran! Are you here?!" Coly and Giphis came back to the house that morning around eleven (Ometin time). By that time, Sakura and Syaoran were back to their 11 years old forms again.

"Coly! I thought you won't be back till tonight!" Sakura popped out of the kitchen.

"We came back early to check on you guys, oh, I'm so glad that you're safe!" She gave them a big hug. "Did that psycho get to you?"

"Umm...don't worry, it was all just a prank pulled by one of the village kids, I told them not to do it again."

"Those were some dangerous pranks they pulled." Giphis said.

"Well, yeah...don't worry, their parents are going to really punish them." Sakura got nervous. Coly and Giphis smiled to each other. "Okay, Sakura, you're our heroine...hehe." Coly and Giphis laughed.

~~~~~

Giphis and Coly escorted them out of town. They said good-bye as Sakura and Syaoran continued on to their journey. Syaoran, however, was more quiet then usual. "Syaoran?" Sakura asked when they left and travel on the road beside the big lake. "What's wrong?"

"Um...ah..." He's face turned red.

"You're...still thinking about that...kiss?"

He froze.

"Syaoran, I don't want you to worry too much about that, I told you it was just for the night. I don't you to get too concern."

[She's right, it was just one of those in the moment thing...] "Fine, but you'll have to stop talking about that, too, okay?"

Sakura smiled. "Deal!" They went on with their journey with out mentioning a word about the kiss. But deep in, Sakura can still feel the moment when his lip touched hers...

To be continued...