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Post by aperson on Apr 11, 2009 17:46:02 GMT -5
Once the last building had been evacuated and the two were outside, Shadow spoke. "We need to get back to GUN before Eggman sends in his tanks. Let's go."
AT THE OUTPOST
The GUN squad made their way into the clearing to find a two tailed fox tinkering with the defense turrets.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing."
"I've already upgraded the main computer to boost the efficiency of the defense system by 63 percent, but I still have to improve the targeting capabilities of the turrets by 27 percent in so that they can handle the upgrade.
"What..."
"This base won't be overtaken so easily next time."
"Commander, this is spec ops one, we have a fox with two tails who says he upgraded the defense systems of the outpost. It appears he also took out the robots. Please advise."
"He's fine, give him whatever he needs, but get him to leave as soon as you can."
"Yes sir. Fox! Do you need assistance?"
"My name is Tails, and if you could help me fix my plane, that would be great."
One of the soldiers stepped forward.
"I'm the mechanic on this team. Tell me what you need done."
THE FIELD
Sonic was sitting on a rock, his foot tapping against ground. He stared out at the expanse of green before him and sighed.
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Apr 11, 2009 18:04:34 GMT -5
"Okay." Syaoran nodded obediently and followed Shadow outside. We're going to where Sakura is. I can't wait to get back to her to make sure she didn't... try anything. I don't want her risking anything to "save" me. "Let's go then."
AT GUN HQ
Sakura stayed true to her word, but restless. She paced back and forth along the building's walls, looking out any window she could find as if expecting to see Syaoran staring back at her. After a few minutes of this behavior, Fay couldn't help but laugh.
"Sakura-chan, please try to settle down. Syaoran-kun will be fine."
Sakura turned to face him with worry glistening in her eyes. "But, Syaoran-kun..."
"Kuro-tan will take care of him," Fay insisted. "Don't worry, Syaoran-kun is a tough kid. When he has something he needs to see through, he makes sure that nothing will stop him from doing it."
"But... what... does he need to see through?" Sakura had an idea of what the answer would be, though she dreaded it with every fiber of her heart.
"Finding your feathers, of course."
"No!" Sakura choked, her head jerking up violently. She clenched her hands into fists and let out a mangled scream. "Why is it always me who needs to be saved? Why do I always put everyone in danger? Why can't I ever do anything to help Syaoran-kun--why can't I ever find any way to repay him when he's risking his life for a complete STRANGER?!"
Sakura was breathing heavily. Her hair was a ragged mess partially covering eyes that glared at Fay, full of self-hatred and disappointment. "For once, just once, I want to be the one to save Syaoran-kun. I just want to... understand why he's doing this. Syaoran-kun. Why... would he risk his life... for me?"
For the first time in months, Fay didn't know what to say, and for the first time since Sakura had met him, he wasn't smiling.
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Post by aperson on Apr 11, 2009 18:11:54 GMT -5
"I have to talk to Tails." Sonic sprang to his feet and zoomed off to find the fox in question.
GN HQ
Shadow skated up to the defensive perimeter, followed closely by an archaeologist and a ninja. The guard opened the gate and the trio made their way inside, just in time to hear a voice. "Why... would he risk his life... for me?"
"Hmm?" Shadow turned the corner to find said voice and upon viewing the scenario, his face did not change at all, because it never did.
Ever.
The same couldn't be said for Syaoran, or so he assumed, considering the failed attempts at speaking that the teen was making.
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Apr 11, 2009 20:46:46 GMT -5
Kurogane raised his hand in salutation. Mokona jumped out from under his cloak and hopped over to Fay's lap. Syaoran was stunned. This had happened before. If Sakura figured out that the two had known each other before, her memory of the incident would be instantly erased.
Sakura's face flushed, both with embarrassment and relief, upon seeing Syaoran return. "S-Syaoran-kun... hi... I-I'm so glad you're safe!" Her voice shook as she struggled to get the words out.
"I'm glad you're safe too, Princess," Syaoran replied, trying hard to make his voice sound calm and even. "Don't worry about me. I keep my promises."
Had he heard her previous words? If so, he was acting pretty calm about them. This just made Sakura even more suspicious. What did Syaoran know that she didn't, and why did he refuse to tell her? "Hai, Syaoran-kun," she said as cheerily as she could muster. "I'm glad."
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Post by aperson on Apr 11, 2009 21:07:13 GMT -5
Sonic sped through the streets, dodging a robot every now and then. Finally reaching the GUN building, he jumped over the wall and set off the alarm. He was immediately surrounded (he stopped running) by soldiers, and then he was unsurrounded (yes, I made up that word) when they realized it was him.
THE FIELD
Amy ran through the field at around around 250 miles per hour (she can run fast, but not as fast as Sonic) and was soon at the edge of the city.
"Hmm, should I just run through, or stop by the store?" She thought aloud. At that moment, a robot jumped out at her. "I guess that answers my question." With that, she took off, using her hammer to smash through any robots that got in her way.
GUN HQ
"So, what did I miss?" Sonic asked casually as he walked into the main hall where Shadow and the others were.
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Apr 11, 2009 21:12:09 GMT -5
Sakura turned around suddenly with a red face and a flustered nature. "N-nothing, Sonic-san!"
"Kurogane-san and I just returned!" Syaoran added, a large sweatdrop resting on his temple.
Mokona jumped up angrily and waved its arms in the air. "Mokona returned too! Syaoran is forgetting Mokona!"
"Yes, Mokona returned too," Syaoran added in a distracted tone of voice.
"Hai, Moko-chan, we didn't forget you," Sakura added, with an equal amount of attention.
The tension could have been sliced with a sword.
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Post by aperson on Apr 12, 2009 20:26:19 GMT -5
Sonic shrugged. "Whatever." He walked into the next room apparently oblivious. (the key word here is apparently)
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Apr 12, 2009 20:30:41 GMT -5
((ah))
The silence continued even though Sonic was absent. Sakura and Syaoran eyed each other nervously, Kurogane surveying the situation with a grim face. Even Mokona seemed unusually still. Finally it was Fay who broke the silence.
"Ha ha ha! Syaoran-kun, Sakura-chan, you two look so serious! You should see your faces! I mean, I'm used to it from Syaoran-kun, but Sakura-chan! It just looks so funny on you!" Fay was beaming, but he soon realized that the other's weren't buying it. "Oh, come on, everyone, lighten up! Syaoran-kun and and Mokona and Kuro-puu got back safely, so--"
"Shut up, mage," Kurogane growled. No one knew if he was saying so for Sakura and Syaoran's sake, or was just annoyed at being addressed as "Kuro-puu." Either way, it shut Fay up instantly.
"Sakura, Syaoran, please be happy!" Mokona chirped, taking up Fay's post reluctantly. "You look so sad, and Mokona hates it when people are sad!"
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Post by aperson on Apr 12, 2009 20:33:46 GMT -5
Sonic walked into the hangar where Tails had just landed. "Tails! I have something very importan-"
"I know Sonic, good luck."
"What do you mean good luck, you aren't going to help?"
"I already have, more than you know."
"What do you mean?"
"You'll find out. Pass me that wrench will you?"
"Sure." Sonic handed over the tool in question, still slightly dazed from his realization.
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Apr 13, 2009 20:20:17 GMT -5
Syaoran couldn't help giving Mokona a small, sad smile. "Mokona's right. What are we all so tense about?" He gave a little formal bow in Sakura's direction. "Princess, I'm sorry I interrupted your and Fay-san's conversation. Kurogane-san and I will leave for a while so you can finish if you would like."
Sakura bit her lip. "N-no, Syaoran-kun... it was about you anyway..." Her face had never been redder. Fay gave her a little nudge to urge her on. "I was, ah, wondering something."
"Wondering something?" Syaoran's voice stayed calm, though his heart started to beat at twice its normal speed. "What? I would be honored to answer." Please don't let her forget again...
"Um, um, Syaoran-kun..." Sakura looked at her feet and finished her sentence in a single breath. "...whyareyouhelpingmetofindmyfeathersifyoureacompletestranger?"
Syaoran couldn't help chuckling. He and Fay exchanged amused looks. "What? I'm afraid I didn't catch that, Princess."
"Why..." Sakura looked up this time, caught his eyes. "...are you really finding my feathers for me?"
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Post by aperson on Apr 13, 2009 20:25:05 GMT -5
"I dunno. Maybe he cares about you." Sonic had reappeared in the room to make this statement, and vanished as soon as he was finished. "What's going on? What's happening to me? I'm completely breaking down just... because........... I............." Sonic hit the floor and slumped against the wall. (he's in a different room, so the group can't see or hear him.) Sonic hadn't slept in awhile, and he had fallen asleep while standing.
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Apr 13, 2009 20:30:04 GMT -5
Sakura and Syaoran both flushed at this statement, but Syaoran was relieved that he had been saved from an awkward answer. Sakura shook her head. "No, I mean... of course you care about me now, but..." She looked up pointedly here to see his expression. He didn't react, but he didn't contradict her either. "...but when we met we were complete strangers. Why did you decide to help me then?"
Syaoran gave a small shrug. "You're a princess, Sakura-hime. It's my duty." Care about you? You are my life, every fiber of my heart, my reason for living. What an understatement. But how do you feel about me?
"Oh." Sakura's voice was quiet, reserved. What had she been expecting, the plot of a science fiction manga to come tumbling out of Syaoran's mouth? What had she been expecting, a secret past between them that had been kept secret for so long?
What had she been expecting?
A declaration of love?
But his devotion to her was simply duty. For she was royalty, and Syaoran would never love her as more than his Princess Sakura. And it was her own duty not to love him, in return.
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Post by aperson on Apr 14, 2009 20:09:43 GMT -5
Cream and Cheese peered around the corner. "Come on Tails, this way, the coast is clear."
"Where are we going again?"
"It's a surprise."
Cream led the fox through a maze of corridors until they arrived at a door with the letters XT on it.
"What does XT stand for?"
"I don't know, I want you to open the door, because you have a key."
"Alright." Tails swiped a keycard and a green light blinked. He pushed the door open to find a vast lab with all sorts of robotics, computers, and mechanisms.
"XT must stand for eXperimental Technology." Tails breathed. "Wow."
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Apr 14, 2009 20:16:15 GMT -5
"Yeah." Syaoran began to feel the tension creeping back upon them, heaven knows why. He had answered in a safe enough way. Did Sakura feel uncomfortable with her Princess status? She never had before. She had always been perfectly comfortable with being addressed as "-hime" and "Your Highness."
Well, after she'd lost her memories, that is.
A day long ago, far from forgotten, surfaced slowly to Syaoran's mind, a day from what seemed to be a past life. "Oniichan said that if there's somebody you especially like, you can call them by their first name only. So would it be all right if I called you just Syaoran? You can call me just Sakura in return."
"Of course... Princess."
Both of them had smiled.
Did she want that, again?
Of course not. Syaoran shook his head violently. He was reading way too far into this, seeing what he waned to instead of Sakura's true feelings. Sometimes it was easy to get caught up in his own emotions and forget where his heart truly lay: in hers.
"Syaoran-kun!" The -kun suffix rested heavily on his ears. They weren't close anymore. Just friends. "I... Syaoran-kun, are you hurt?" Why was he shaking his head like that? Had it been wounded in battle?
Syaoran smiled and shook his head again, more lightly this time. "No, no, Your Highness. I'm fine. Really."
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Post by aperson on Apr 14, 2009 20:29:38 GMT -5
Just then, Knuckles walked into the room. "Huh? This isn't the kitchen. Does anyone know where the kitchen is? Anyone?"
He looked around. "No maps, everyone gives me the wrong directions, how do they keep this place running? Oh well. Are you enjoying your stay?"
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