Alright people! I've typed up the, hopefully, final draft of this chapter! Yeh, this would be my 4th time typing it. ::sweatdrop:: ^^; I'm a bit of a grammar freak. Anyway, here it is. Constructive criticism is appreciated. No flames tho, onegai? Oh yes, great thanks go to my friend, *~*Kinomoto Sakura*~*, for helping me on these first few chapters. ^^; And to hikari for getting me the Card Captor Sakura tapes. Arigatou gozaimashite to both of you!

Takai no Omote

{Death's Face}

*Prologue*

Aishiteru, Li Syaoran…Aishiteru

[I love you, Li Syaoran…I love you]

Kinomoto Sakura sighed as she slumped against the cherry blossom tree. She had been waiting for him for several hours already.

Someone tapped Sakura's shoulder. Sakura looked to her side, over the shoulder that was tapped. She didn't see anyone there. She sighed and leaned back against the tree. A few minutes later, there was another tap on her other shoulder. She glanced over it quickly, thinking she'd catch the culprit this time. But, again, she saw nothing.

"You're paranoid, Sakura!" she muttered to herself.

A pair of hands suddenly clasped over Sakura's eyes. Her eyelashes fluttered against the fingers softly, as she blinked, caught totally by surprise.

"Guess who?" a taunting voice cooed against her ear.

Sakura didn't have to guess to know who it was. A smile crept to the corner of her lips.

"Could it be," she smirked. "My new boyfriend, Asobi Zengo?" she giggled and taunted playfully. She then turned to face the honey brown haired boy. He had a look of mock hurt on his face.

"Oh, I see how it is," he taunted back. "I go away and you get a new boyfriend." Suddenly a knot tied in his stomach as he remembered the reason he had met her here.

Sakura smiled and hugged him around the neck. "Yep." She said simply before kissing him softly on the lips, closing her eyes. Syaoran brushed his thumbs across her porcelain-like face. His fingers traced her jaw softly.

Sakura leaned against his fingers softly, as he broke the kiss. She could tell it was reluctant, but needed. She was in absolute bliss to be with him again.

Syaoran kissed her on her forehead gently. "Sakura, sweetie?" he murmured tenderly.

"Hm, yes?" she whispered back.

"I… I," he closed his eyes tight. "I love you, but, I can't be with you anymore." He took her by her shoulders. His brown eyes displayed anger and concern.

"N-nani?" Sakura asked in confusion. "Doushite…?" She asked, instantly regretting it.

"Well, there, there's someone else," he said in a low whisper. He closed his eyes, turning away from her. He didn't need to see her to know she was crying, and that only hurt him even more.

"W-what did I do to…" she gave a small sob as the tears came down harder, "to make you leave me?"

"Nothing at all, sweety," he suddenly felt a glare at his back, as if Sakura were saying 'Don't call me that after what you've done to me', and he swallowed and continued his rather lame explanation. "Its me. I just felt like I needed something new, and long distant relationships generally don't work out."

Sakura didn't respond for a moment. She cried silently. Oh, how she wanted to reach out and hug onto him, burying her face in his chest and crying, knowing he would hug her and comfort her. But she knew she couldn't. He didn't want her anymore. At least, that's how Sakura perceived it.

"I don't know what I did, but I'm sorry for my mistakes, Syaoran," she took a deep breath, as if that would make her shaky voice, not so shaky and unsure. "I know I must have done something wrong," she continued. "I loved you, and still do. I truly, truly do. Gomen nasai!" she finally choked out and darted away from him. She couldn't stand being around him anymore.

"Sakura!" Syaoran called out after her.

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"Oh, Syaoran… doushite? Why did you fall for her?" Sakura whispered, holding back tears rather unsuccessfully. She wiped them away. She placed the small, slightly withered cherry blossom below the headstone. She bowed her head and clasped her hands together, whispering an inaudible prayer.

"Aishiteru, Li Syaoran," she whispered, tears falling to her lap. "Aishiteru…"

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Welcome to… "Translating with Kavvi!"

Japanese

English

"onegai"

"Please."

"Arigatou gozaimashite"

Okay, if you don't know this one, you have no right to call yourself an otaku… it means "Thank you" ^.~

"Asobi Zengo"

This actually means "playing around". Since Sakura was joking with Syaoran, I thought it would be kind of interesting. Heh… clever, nee?

"nani"

"what?"

"doushite"

"why?"

"Aishiteru"

"I love you"

Alright, what do you think of the new and revised version? I'm actually thinking of doing this with all three of the chapters I have up. Oh, what am I saying "thinking"? Of course I am. Personally, I think its better. ^^;

Alright, please, if this is your first time reading, stay tuned for more, and if you've read this before, well, please stay tuned for the next revised chapters! I'll get more out soon, yakusoku! (That means, "I promise!")

~kavvi

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