Lover's Pride
Author's Note:- waahahhaahahahahah…. I made newer version of my older faction!!! It is great awful?? Who care?? Actually…. I do!! So make me proud and review… hehe… :p jok… anyways, I hope you all like it!!! It took a lot of effort to re-read it and make it a bit more interesting… so R&R… I still want to improve it…so suggestions are welcome…
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura, Clamp does. So don't sue me… I'm very poor and I still don't make money from this fanfiction…stupid?? NO … fun?? Yes!!!
Chapter 1
Understanding
The sun was rising upon the peaceful town of Tomoeda. As a small winged creature yawns awake, a young girl was humming a blissful sound along the stairs of the Kinomoto residence, muttering carelessly to herself. Her face was full of expressions, very enthusiastic and doesn't seem to want to stop. She continues her way up and down the stairs again until finally she enters into the kitchen."YES!! I'll do it," announced Sakura, hitting the table with her right fist.
An awkward silence suddenly occurred as both of her father and brother just stood there, staring at Sakura. Her brother stopped in the middle of putting cereal into his mouth. Fujitaka, who were serving the sandwiches onto the table also did the same, but raised one of his eyebrows slightly.
"Err . . . Ohiyou," Sakura quickly greeted them both.
Sakura blushed a bit, realizing her foolish display, though oblivious that it is not what they were distracted of. All of a sudden, Touya points at Sakura and puts his left hand on his mouth, trying hard not to laugh as his face rapidly turns bright red. Fujitaka simply smiled at her, though this made her feel even more embarrassed.
"HAHAHA, monster… you kill me…" burst Touya, wiping the tears off his face. Froze, Sakura slowly looks down at her uniform.
"HOE-E" She screams, running back into her room.
"I wonder what's got into Sakura…" Fujitaka said worriedly.
"It's probably just nerves…"
"yea… She'll do fine!!" Fujitaka claimed in reassurance.
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The azure bright sky swayed its breeze onto the leaves of the trees, surrounding the Tomoeda High. The trees were filled with pupils, laying themselves within groups of friends. Lunchtime that day felt quite short, especially for Sakura because as the school bell echoes around Tomoeda High again, it was her time to shine, amongst the crowd. All the children were mumbling and screaming across the hall because of the intense moment, but this music to her ears. It was a long wait until she could carefully soak her face in cold water, to cool down her intense body. So then Sakura grabs her towel and runs back to the hall, which was filled boys and girls.
There were big sign outside of the sport's hall, 'RISING STAR COMPETITION' as pupils enter. As usual it is impossible to find peace within a crowd. As all the pupils sat, everyone was whispering to each other of their thoughts about the competition. The head teacher quickly made an announcement, asking the pupils to calm down and give their full support to each of the competitors, not just their friends. Most pupils just laughed as they heard this, they knew on whom to cheer. It was one of the unwritten rules between pupils, to cheer and support the popular girls. Unfortunately, Sakura is one of those stereotyped girls with her peers, though shockingly she doesn't care.
She pulled herself out of the crowd towards the ground floor. Everyone cheered as she ran into the line of girls sat in front of the crowd. There were one or two boys in the line, but not that many. They were all wearing glamorous clothes, mostly revealing their stomach and legs. Sakura was simply wearing sweatshirt and shorts, made by Tomoyo, yet still she looks amazing. She scanning the hall, in search of Tomoyo but it seemed to have failed; she was so anxious and fidgety at that moment that her hands felt oily of sweat.
"Psst… Sakura…" Sakura turns to the crowd, and finds Tomoyo behind her smiling, pointing her thumb into the air; with a sigh Sakura simply giggles as she hear her name being called.
"Sakura Kinomoto…" The woman reads. In return Sakura nervously walks into the centre circle laid in the middle of the sport's hall. She gulps as she stood there, in front of the row of judges.
"You may begin…"
"Okay…" A loud music sprung into the room as Tomoyo hits the button on the CD player.
Automatically She moves herself into the beat of the music. She raises her hand, and swings her leg, left and right; up and down. Her moves were spectacular, every inch was carefully thought and somehow every move related to each other and flows from one to another. She flips her body backwards and finishes her dance with a final spinout. The crowd and even the competition clapped in excitement. Sakura just smiled sweetly at the judges, who remained calm as they written comments on her.
"Now NEXT!!!" The judge cried.
Sakura jumped in joy as she walks off the centre towards Tomoyo, who was running out of the crowd. They ran and hugged each other tightly, both laughing and giggling. Tomoyo was speechless; she pinches Sakura cheeks lightly and stretches it like a small child. Sakura simply stuck her tongue out to Tomoyo and shoves her hand away from her cheeks, rubbing it gently.
"Aw.. that hurt!!"
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"Oh, what a day!!" sighed Sakura, stretching her arms high; relieving the pain of a few days of practicing her new dance for her audition, whilst Tomoyo recorded her closely even after the audition. She kept deleting and re-editing her videos of Sakura."Tomoyo-chan… you don't need to record me now…" Sakura claimed.
"well… who wouldn't want to record a star on the rise…hohohohoh" Tomoyo replied. Sakura merely carved a fake smile, and shakes her head as they pass the Penguin Park.
"Well see you tomorrow then, Sakura… Tomoyo-chan!" said Nikki waving her hand along with a group of people.
Sakura just nods and calmly grabs hold of Tomoyo's arm until they reached a giant building. As they enter the building, she points at a young man standing behind a cashier and giggles slightly; leaving Tomoyo with a dismay look on her face. The teenage boy had dark coloured hair, dyed with blue strikes and a pair of delicate blue crystal eyes. He was wearing a cap engraved with the Japanese word, 'bad-ass' on the centre.
"Tomoyo-chan, what's wrong??" asked Sakura, puzzled by her best friend behaviour.
"No... It's just that, are you still sure going out with THAT guy is a good idea??" Tomoyo asked in a ridicule tone.
". . . and what is that suppose to mean?? Tomoyo-chan, I've been going out with him for the past year and a half…He's a great guy… If only you'd give him a chance!!" Sakura explained, dragging her nearer to him.
"But, what about Shoalan… shouldn't he be given another chance???" Tomoyo suggested, releasing herself gently away from Sakura's firm grip.
"No that's different, you have to get over that!! Shoalan-kun and I are nothing now… and it's not my fault!!"
"Yes, but does it have to result to this?? Shoalan-kun and you were meant to be together!! You two were inseparable!!" Tomoyo claimed, putting her hands on Sakura's shoulder.
"WERE, but no more!! Gosh Tomoyo… for once can't you just UNDERSTAND??" She cried, pushing Tomoyo's hands away from her shoulder.
"UNDERSTAND WHAT?? It seemed that lately that is all that you have been saying to me… what is there to understand?? Shoalan-kun calls you literally every day for the past year, but you still do nothing!!" Tomoyo exclaims in a higher tone of voice.
Tears burst from Sakura's eyes, falling gently on her soft cheeks. Her heart felt as though it has been stabbed a million times. Sakura couldn't do anything but run, run back home. Tomoyo just watch as she runs crying, now feeling guilty, now feeling hurt for her best friend. She raises her palms to seal her mouth, cursing silently underneath her breath. Her eyes now covered with sparkly innocent tears.
Ouh no… Sakura-chan…what have I done?? Tomoyo thought.
"What's going on???" A young man asked from behind Tomoyo.
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Later that Evening, Kero was pigging out the finest pudding Mr.Fujitaka has ever made. The living room on the other hand, was filled with tiny bits of food everywhere, on the floor, all over the plants, even on top of the ceiling lampshade. It was a mess. Although even after eating all of the three puddings, Kero still doesn't seem to be satisfied.
"I can't believe he forgot about me!!" yelled Kero, flying across the room in search of more food. Suddenly a sound of a door slammed broke Kero excitement. Someone was stomping through the hallway.
"Sakura-chan…where are you going?" Sakura didn't respond nor stopped. She just kept on running and stomping all the way to her room. She trapped herself under her blanket, as more and more tears are rapidly formed.
Tomoyo-chan. . . 2 YEARS have passed . . .it's too late…Why can't you UNDERSTAND?? I can't love him anymore!!
Her tears continued to wet the sheets on her bed. She sobbed and sobbed until, her heart calms down and she falls into a deep sleep. Kero stood there near the door worryingly. He flew near to wake her up, but then decided not to as he knew that she might just wanted to be alone. So he leaves downstairs, but was taken back when a screaming Touya, enters the residence.
"KERO-CHAN!!!" He yelled from the trashed living room.
Kero flinch slightly so he flew back into Sakura's room, where Sakura was mumbling something in her subconscious mind. She was dreaming. She was dreaming of a beautiful warm night in Japan, a perfect night for every couple to picnic under the stars. Including Sakura and Shoalan. The penguin park was filled with couples that night, as the full moon shines the fullest with beautiful sparks of stars surrounding across the dark sky. The trees and the shadow of the night blended in with this romantic scene.
"Shoalan-kun, what is it that you wanted to ask me??" Asked Sakura, as she slowly moves closer toward Shoalan, on the bench.
"I . . ." red sparks were emerging from the sides of his checks.
"Yes??" whispered Sakura cutely, fidgeting her tiny fingers behind Shoalan's neck.
Shoalan raises one of his eyebrows to her attempt and then he smiled playfully as he sweeps his hand upon Sakura's perfect figure, subsequently leaning forward towards her. Sakura just giggled in return and gently places her other hand behind his back, causing them to come closer even more; so close that she could smell his peppermint breath and his manly 'Linx' cologne he bought with her last week. Finally, He took the courage to meet their lips under the light of the full moon, by wrapping her waist with his strong arms.
In return, Sakura closes her eyes and returns the kiss. She gently strokes Shoalan's cheeks, letting the kiss deepen even more. As their tongue strikes each other, Shoalan steadily moves his right hand from her thighs to her breasts, pressing on her body even more. He then softly lays himself on top of her on the bench, unfolding her neatly tied hair. Suddenly, a hand pulled Shoalan's jumper, forcing him to fall over the bench.
"Oii, what are you doing??" yelled Shoalan, who was lying on the ground.
Eventually, he stands up facing the man, releasing that it was actually Touya. He was glaring straight into Shoalan's eyes, with a grim face. Furious, he pushes Shoalan away from him and turns to Sakura. Without saying a word he quickly grabbed Sakura's arm, pulling her towards a blue car and mumbling some curse words as he did so.
"%&!$… I didn't expect this from you, Sakura Kinomoto!!" He said flatly, shoving her into the car.
"Matte, It's not her fault, this whole thing was my idea!!" Cried Shoalan desperately, pulling Touya's shoulder to face him, but failed as he ignored every word, which was spat at him.
"Please.. listen!!" Shoalan pleaded, following him, as he enters the driver's seat on the car.
"Touya, are you mad??" shouted Sakura, as she rubs her butt."Yes!!!" He yelled, starting the engine of the car.
So with a blink of an eye, the car went out of sight from the penguin park, leaving a confused Shoalan standing all by himself. Sakura turned around at the back seat, looking at the fading picture of Shoalan at the distance. Shivers came into her spine, not wanting to know what would happen as she got home. So she lost herself in thought, admiring the surroundings, where the car passed by.
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A fuzzy memory came back into her mind about the day after. why did he leave me??? she mumbles, struggling to left and right as she sleeps. Kero just listened to her in full concentration He? Aww… she's not thinking of that Chinese gaki, is she?? Kero thought to himself, flying to the side of her pillow."I'm sorry Sakura-chan . . . for what happened last night." Sighed Shoalan.
"Don't say that, it wasn't your fault anyway. So, lets just forget about it, ok??" Beamed Sakura.
"So … did you you get into some sort of trouble???" Shoalan asked with an innocent face, making Sakura roll her eyes this time.
"Like I said, forget it!! It doesn't matter… So what was it??" Sakura enquiry, wrapping her hands around his arms.
"What was what??"
"You said you wanted to ask me something," Sakura replied.
"Oh, you see it's . . ." Shoalan blushed a bit, not able to continue his sentence.
Sakura tilts her head slightly in confusion, watching him kneel on one knee, kissing and pulling her hand to put a small squared box. Sakura blushed as well as she saw this especially when a diamond ring was revealed inside the box. Shoalan bit his lips slightly as he saw her reaction and tries to have the guts to speak of what tragedy he was about to tell her.
"Sakura… I want to have this… as a memory of me!!" He said with his eyes closed, still terrified.
"Wow… I don't know what to say?!!" Sakura exclaimed, allowing Shoalan to put it into her middle finger.
"Say… you'll forgive me??"
"Forgive you?? For what??"
"I'm… reconstituting my engagement with Meilin… It's for the best" Shoalan spat out quickly.
Sakura, who was listening, stared at him for a while, her lips tightly pressed together; she was trying to contain herself from crying. So surprisingly she nods her head into his action and hands him the box along with the ring straight into his pocket. She then holds his hand inside her own, and looks at him for last time. Then looks back to their hands…
"I … I should have seen this coming a long time, right??" She sobbed.
"I'm sorry… please understand…"
"I do… but I don't…under… stand…" She whispered, but grunts a bit and burst into a puddle of tears. So with the last touch of his hand, she releases it and runs away from him, away from the school. Goodbye Shoalan She could feel herself running across the streets as she sleeps. Her face was now covered in cold sweat, as she mutters…
Shoalan …NO…I understand… please don't leave… NO!!!!!