Wild Blossom

This is a brand-new story in order to start fresh with my new account so I'm now working on 3 stories so the update times will be slower. CCS is not mine so DON'T SUE ME! The characters that are NOT in CCS are MINE! MUWAHAHA

By: Mistress Ness

Chapter 1: Introducing the Wild Blossom

A woman hastily made her way through the massive crowd in the busy streets of Tokyo. She groaned in frustration as she roughly brushed a stand of her auburn hair off her green eyes and focused on trying to get to her job on time. She stopped and was shouting for a taxi when a few men passed by her and wolf-whistled at her. The woman looked back at them and flashed them a dangerous look that clearly stated to shut up or die. The men gulped and quickly walked away. She finally got a taxi and hopped on. The elder man who was the driver, smiled at her. "Where to, miss?" he asked.

She sat back and sighed in relief. "The Li Manor, please." she replied. The taxi drove off town towards the destination. Another sigh slipped from her lips and closed her eyes, frowning at the strong aching of her head. She rubbed her temple and tried to comfort herself that she was going to make it in time.

The taxi pulled up in front of a huge and gorgeous manor and stopped. "That's 10 bucks, miss." The driver said. The woman nodded and handed him the money. "Thank you." she got off the taxi and quickly walked to the entrance of the classy manor. She rang the doorbell and waited for someone to come. An elderly woman opened the door and stared at her. "Hello, may I help you?" she asked.

The young woman smiled and said. "I'm Sakura Kinomoto."

"Oh, the new helper." The woman said, smiling back. "Please come in, you're right on time." she stepped aside to let her in. Sakura muttered her thanks to the gods and went to get ready to work. I'm so going to yell at Dad for almost making me late for work, she made a mental note to herself.

Sakura Kinomoto wasn't your average, happy person. Her mother died when she was just a baby and left Sakura all alone with her alcoholic father for 20 years. Since her dad refuses to work and all he does is drink and yell at her, Sakura has to work 2 jobs to support them. One is working as a maid at the Li Manor, owned by the rich Li family from Hong Kong, China, and at a nightclub in her hometown, Tomoeda. She had pay for her own tuition ever since she was 15 when her father's drinking issues got worse. Because of the way she was raised by her drunken father, she developed a rather fierce personality and often got into fights, which earned her the name "Wild Blossom". She reminded her friends of a spitting wildcat when she snapped at people but since her name means "cherry blossom", they dubbed her "wild blossom" instead of "wild cat". Sometime she wonders how she managed to put up with such a hard life, all 21 years. To make matters worse, her father remarried last month to a total monster called Sarah and brought her horrible daughter, Kora, who is Sakura's age. Both mother and daughter were real couch potatoes and were too lazy to work, but Sakura made them get a job since she will only support her father and herself.Sakura changed into work clothes and went up to the master's room where her boss was. She knocked once and heard a female voice call her in. Sakura came in slowly and bowed her head. "Lady Li, what are my chores today?" she asked politely. The lady of the house looked very young for her age. Her shiny black hair showed no gray hairs, her face showed no traces of age, and her black eyes were sharp and mysterious. She looked at Sakura and replied.

"You are to work in the gardens today assisting Rika until your time is up. You may go now." She dismissed. Sakura bowed and said, "Yes ma'am." And left the room. Relieved that her work wasn't much today, she went outside to help in the spacious courtyard of the manor. Yelan Li watched the young woman hurry to her chores with a soft smile playing on her lips. Quite a dedicated young woman, that one, she thought.

A soft knock came to her door. "Mother?" a male voice called from outside her room. Yelan smiled and nodded, "Come in, my son."

The door opened and a man slowly came inside. He looked a bit like Yelan with his serene expression but his eyes were amber and his hair dark brown. "Why don't you take your sister out tonight? I heard there was this nice dance club in Tomoeda." Yelan suggested. The man smiled. "Are you sure? Because you know how Meiling is. She parties until she can't give." He chuckled. Yelan smiled at her son. "That's why you will be with her. She's 21 years old and she'll be able to behave."

He finally gave in and nodded. "All right, I will take her there tonight."

Sakura sighed tiredly as she changed into her clothes after a tiring day of work. Now is to get ready to go to the nightclub, she thought as she picked up her purse and headed out the door. She called a taxi using the house phone and the taxi came. She got in and told the driver to drive to Tomoeda. Minutes later, the taxi was driving through a rather poor-looking neighborhood. "Um, is that house on the left." Sakura pointed to an old house that looked like it really needed to be repainted. The taxi stopped and Sakura paid the driver. She got off and stormed into her home. "Dad!" she yelled out, slamming the door behind her. Their home was small but at the least it didn't have any holes or rats for Sakura would've freaked out. She looked up to see her father looking down at her from upstairs. "Welcome home, Sakura." His greeting was slurred and right there, Sakura could tell he was drunk...again.

"Dad! I thought I said no drinking during the day!" Sakura scolded him, throwing her purse on the old sofa in the living room. "Because you made me go shop for your liquor, I was almost late to work!" she said as she made her way to the fridge and grabbed a glass and the carton of orange juice. She poured some juice and gulped it down in three seconds flat. She put the glass on the sink and made her way upstairs, where her father was still standing. "Sorry, Sakura. I'll tell your mother to get me some more Vodka next time." Sakura wrinkled her nose as he spoke. Yuck, he reeks of alcohol as always, she thought disgusted.

"She's not my mother, Dad. I've told you many times already." Sakura brushed past him toward her room. "She is your mother, Sakura!" her father's protest was cut off by closing her door. Sakura opened the curtains and let some sunlight cheer up her room. She went to her closet and grabbed her work uniform: a white blouse with the words "Raging Storm" printed in blue at her left breast and a black miniskirt. She changed her clothes and went out her room, where she bumped into her wicked stepsister, Kora. "Oh hi, Sakura." Kora greeted in a high-pitched "sweet" voice that made Sakura want to gag. Kora worked alright...but as a prostitute, taking advantage of the fact she can't have children. And her good looks too; she had short flaxen hair with crystal blue eyes and a pretty face. Too bad her innocent looks don't go with her rotten attitude, Sakura thought. "Where are you going, sister?" Kora asked Sakura. "To the nightclub, duh!" Sakura rolled her eyes and closed the door behind her. Kora grinned and waved five 100 dollar bills in front of Sakura's face. "I make more money than you, sister." She sneered. Sakura arched an eyebrow at her and smirked. "At the least I don't earn my money by spreading my legs to rich, old farts. I get clean money, sister." she said, leaving Kora open-mouthed. Sakura gave a short laugh and then went downstairs, grabbed her purse, and out the house. Sakura smiled to herself when she heard Kora's furious scream from inside the house. Sakura looked at her watch and had 15 minutes left. "Oh great, I have time!" she sighed in relief and walked towards Raging Storm.

that night at Raging Storm nightclub

A woman with ebony hair and blood red eyes smiled in sheer delight as she grabbed her brother's arm. "Oh Syaoran! A nightclub!" she said excitedly. The amber-eyed man smiled down at his sister and chuckled. "Thank Mother for this, Meiling, she wanted me to take you out tonight."

"Tickets, please." A man dressed all in black had his hand out to Syaoran. Meiling grinned and placed the 2 tickets on his palm. "OK, go in please." The man nodded and stepped aside to let them in. Loud music blared from the huge speakers in the back of the small nightclub. "It's a nice place!" Meiling grinned as they looked around the place. "Want to get a drink?" Syaoran asked, pointing to the bar. "Sure thing, brother!" Meiling smiled and followed him.

Sakura smiled at her clients as she placed their drinks on the table in the bar. "Psst, Wild Blossom, take a load of that character!" her best friend, Tomoyo, whispered into Sakura's ear. Sakura followed Tomoyo's stare and landed her eyes on a man who was, she hated admitting it, incredibly handsome. She couldn't make out his exact feature because of the dark lights but could see the fine, muscular shape of his body. A girl that looked her age tagged along with him and Sakura couldn't help noticing they looked a bit alike. The man and his date neared them. Tomoyo squealed excitedly and said. "He's such a hunk!"

Sakura rolled her eyes at Tomoyo. "You're so boy-crazy, Tomoyo."

"Proud of it, Wild Blossom!" Tomoyo saluted with a laugh.

"Excuse me?" a rich and manly voice interrupted the two friends. Sakura turned to see the man they were gawking at. He's so handsome, she thought. His dark chocolate hair was messy but awfully sexy and the way it lightly shaded his amber-colored eyes...Sakura felt her face heat up and it didn't take a genius to know that she was blushing. She cleared her throat and smiled at the man. "Can I help you?" she asked nicely.

"Yeah, a shot of tequila for me and a Smirnoff Ice for my sister here, please." He said. "Coming up!" Sakura nodded and was gathering up their drinks. Syaoran's eyes stayed glued to the beauty that attended him. She looked his sister's age. Her auburn hair was tied back with a white ribbon and her eyes were a beautiful emerald-green. Never in his life has he seen such a beautiful woman. When she turned around to get their drinks, he could see the fine shape of her body and the light tone of her skin. The woman turned back to them and placed their drinks in front of them. "Here you go!" she smiled at them. Meiling smiled back and took her drink. "Thank you."

Sakura stopped when she felt something touch her hand. She looked at the man and then at her hand which was covered by his hand. "Sir, please remove your hand." She said politely, trying to fight the urge to slap him. Tomoyo noticed this and groaned. "Not again." She said to herself.

The guy refused to let go. "What is your name?" he asked. "Remove...the...hand!" she snapped at him, baring her teeth. Tomoyo was by her side in a blink and took his hand off hers. "Wild Blossom, if you hit one more customer, you will be fired. The boss said that, remember?" she reminded her friend. Sakura nodded and backed off. "I'm going to the bathroom." She said between gritted teeth and went to the ladies' room. Tomoyo smiled apologetically to him and his sister. "I'm sorry about that. My friend has a bit of a...short fuse."

Syaoran didn't need her to tell him that. He could tell that girl's quick change from sweetness to viciousness. And it was somehow...fascinating. "Excuse me." the girl's friend bowed and went to the women's bathroom to find her. Tomoyo saw Sakura splashing her face with water and grinned. "Handsome, isn't he?" she teased. Sakura looked at her and frowned. "He is cute but a chauvinistic pig like all men." She said bitterly, drying her face with a small towel next to her.

"Well, let's get back to work." Tomoyo laughed as she grabbed Sakura's hand and led her out the bathroom.

Throughout the night, Sakura couldn't take her eyes off that handsome man. He was dancing with his sister and wanted to slap herself for admiring his perfect, muscular body. I hope he doesn't notice me gawking at him, she thought uneasily. Then suddenly, she found herself staring into his deep amber eyes. She quickly looked away, her face hot with embarrassment. Syaoran just stopped dancing when he felt eyes on him. He looked towards the pretty, vicious girl and found her green eyes staring at him. She turned away, breaking their connection and went back to attending people. Sakura felt her hands tremble; now feeling his gaze on her. Tomoyo noticed Sakura's uneasiness and smiled to herself. She just met him and he already has a good effect on Wild Blossom, she thought with a mental laugh. Sakura smiled at everyone as she passed out drinks but inside, she wanted to scream out her frustration on her being so shy towards some guy she sees as a jerk. Syaoran smiled and Meiling as the music stopped and asked her, "Hey, you want to sit?"

Meiling smiled and nodded. Syaoran led her to a small table with a good view of the bar and the beauty working in it. "This is a nice place, isn't it, Syaoran?" Meiling asked him. Syaoran nodded and looked at the wild girl with interested eyes. "Oh yeah."

When her shift was over, Sakura was gathering her things when the man she's been staring at all night, appeared. "Hello." He said in his deep and manly voice. Sakura was beginning to feel butterflies in her stomach again but struggled to keep her cool. "Hi." She said.

"Listen," he ran a hand through his hair, "I'm very sorry for the way I acted earlier and I wanted to make it up to you. How about I take you out to dinner tomorrow night?"

Sakura stared at him with eyes as wide as oranges and waved her hands wildly in front of her while shaking her head as crazily. "Um, you don't have to bother! It was my fault for being so...touchy?" she said nervously. The gorgeous man chuckled, his smile making Sakura blush a darker shade of pink.

"No, I want to make things right. What do you say? Will I be expecting your company, miss?" he said this with a charming smile that almost made her jump to the gun and say "yes". Instead, she looked back at Tomoyo with a face that clearly asked for advice. Tomoyo smiled, knowing that Sakura never had a crush before since no man would ever get near her because of her rough character. Tomoyo gave her a short nod that was encouraging Sakura to go for it.

Sakura's eyes returned to him and nodded. "All right, I accept."

He smiled and nodded back. "Good, I will meet you at the statue of the angel in the middle of the town. Good night." He walked over to his sister and left.

Tomoyo neared Sakura with a grin as wide as the Cheshire Cat as the hunk left the nightclub. "You go, Sakura! That's my girl!" she hugged Sakura.

"But," Sakura spoke softly, "Will he be different from the guys I've met in my life so far?"

Tomoyo broke the hug and squeezed Sakura's shoulder in reassurance. "Don't worry, Wild Blossom. I think he is and that he will accept Sakura Kinomoto for who she is." She smiled at her. Sakura looked at Tomoyo and slowly, a smile blossomed on her lips. "Thank you, Tomoyo."

Sakura finally reached her home after an eventful night. With a tired sigh, she put her key in, unlocked the door, and went in. She quietly made her way upstairs only to find an unpleasant sigh. Her stepmother, Sarah, was waiting for her outside her father's room with only a robe covering her body. A dark frown was set on her face.

"Now what do you want?" Sakura asked grouchily, wanting to go to bed since she was very tired. "You better watch your mouth when you speak to Kora!" Sarah warned, her blond hair was a mess and her blue eyes obviously revealed her desire to make Sakura's life a living hell.

Sakura rolled her eyes and smirked at her. "She's not my sister, so I can say whatever I want to her; especially if it's the truth. The truth can be offensive, Sarah." She brushed past her towards her room. Sarah snarled at Sakura. "I'm your mother, watch your manners, young lady!"

Sakura stopped and turned around, glaring icily at her. "You're not my mother! I grew up motherless and it's staying that way, Sarah." She said in soft threat. Her icy words finally hit home, Sarah was speechless.

"Have a bad dream." Sakura smirked, turning around and going inside her room. Sarah was still shocked until Sakura's room door shut in her face. Snapping out of it, she clenched her hands into fists, swearing under her breath.

Sakura smiled in satisfaction and got changed for bed. As she climbed into bed, she looked at a picture in her nighttable. It was a woman smiling, her eyes were the same green as Sakura's and had much of the same features except for the wavy, gray-colored hair. Sakura smiled softly and whispered. "Night, Mom." She pulled the covers up to her chin and fell asleep.

next day

Sakura felt proud of herself as she reached the Li Manor just in time; small blessings. She walked in and went to get changed for work. Meiling was walking around the huge manor when she saw a familiar-looking woman walk past her to the maids' changing room. Meiling's eyes followed her, a confused look forming on her face. That girl...I think I've seen her before..., then the identity clicked in her head. Her eyes flew wide and her mouth dropped. It's that girl! The bartender from the nightclub last night! The one that my brother asked out!

A laugh escaped her throat and was running up the stairs towards her brother's room. I so got to tell Syaoran this! He's going to flip out!

"Syaoran!" she knocked on his door, shouting. A loud groan was heard from inside and his voice came in an annoyed tone. "What is it, Meiling?"

"I got something good to tell you, big brother!" she hooted. The lock clicked and the door opened, revealing a very sleepy Syaoran. "So what is your good thing that you wanna tell me?" he asked. Meiling came inside and faced him, still wearing a big grin. "You're never going to guess who works here as a maid!"

"Who?" Syaoran asked. "The Queen of England? A famous rock star?" sarcasm clearly showed his grouchy mood at being awakened. Meiling laughed, pure amusement shinning in her ruby eyes. "Nooooo! It's that girl!" she cried.

Syaoran still looked out of it. "What girl?"

Meiling groaned in frustration and nearly shouted, "That girl! The one you asked out last night! The one that gray-haired girl called 'Wild Blossom'!"

Now Syaoran was fully awake. "You're kidding, right?" he said. Meiling shook her head. "No, I'm serious! I saw enter the house and go towards the maids' changing room!"

Syaoran stared hard at his little sister then a chuckle came from his mouth. "Eh?" Meiling stared at brother as if he went crazy. Syaoran burst out laughing, his eyes starting to tear up from laughing so hard. "God, Meiling!" he said between laughs, "You're a good joker, you know that?"

His sister's smile dropped and a frown was in place. "I'm not kidding, you fool! It's really her! She works for us!" Seeing that what she was saying wasn't getting to her thick-skulled brother, she gave in. "Oh whatever! You go see for yourself, you idiot!" she harshly opened the door and slammed it behind her. Syaoran stopped laughing and wore a puzzled expression. Why was his sister so mad when he laughed at her joke? He decided to ignore it and get changed for breakfast.

Sakura was working on the yard again with Rika. But it wasn't exactly a picnic, it was hot outside. Sakura wiped sweat off her forehead as she pulled weeds off some plants. "How's it going in your end, Sakura?" Rika asked with a laugh. Sakura looked at her with an exhausted look. "I need water!" she choked out. Rika laughed again and pointed to the water fountain across the yard. Groaning, Sakura ran to the fountain to get water.

later on

Sakura gently hummed as she walked around the statue of the angel, looking for her mystery man. At that time of the day, not a lot of people walked around town and she was thankful she had the night off at the nightclub. She was dressed in a white sundress with pretty white heels. She looked...normal. But, her man didn't appear. Saddened, she sat on a bench and sighed her disappointment, hiding her face in her hands. Looks like he wasn't different from other men after all, she thought sadly.

"Looking for me?"

Sakura almost jumped out of shock and looked up to see her man standing in front of her, smiling charmingly. "You look good, my lady." He said. Sakura stood up immediately, blushing a lovely shade of pink. "T-Thank you!" she said. He chuckled and offered her his arm. "Shall we?"

Sakura hesitated before taking his arm, nodding slowly. "Good." He smiled and led the way to the place he had planned. Sakura felt out of place, sitting in a luxurious restaurant in Tokyo while dressed as if she was going for a walk in the park. Her date laughed at her discomfort and said, "Don't worry, you don't stick out. You look rather lovely."

Sakura blushed again and said, "Well, I'm kind of poor, so I can't afford fancy dresses."

Syaoran was taken back by her words. She's poor? But she doesn't look the type to live in poverty, but as a princess, he thought. He studied the woman in front of him. She was being docile right now, which pleased him but somehow felt like it was taking the whole fun out of everything. Her green eyes looked around nervously while her hand played with her auburn tresses. Looks like it's her first time in a fancy restaurant.

"Why are you poor?" he asked. Sakura tensed at the question and looked at him warily. Syaoran tried to not to smile as she regarded him with guarded eyes, just like she did last night when they first met. Sakura finally eased up her look and nodded. "I've been working to support my father and me since we were always poor, but not poor enough to live in the streets."

"What about your mother?"

"She died when I was a year old. I don't know much of her other than the stories my father told me about her. He says I look like her. I think he misses Mom very much. I can tell every time he sees me, I know I remind him of my mother." Sakura said, recalling the times when her father accidentally called her by her mother's name, Nadeshiko, when he was really drunk.

"So it's only you and your father?" he asked her. Sakura shook her head. "No, my father remarried last month and his new wife has a daughter my age." She said bitterly, trying to not clench her hands into fists. She knew she hated Sarah and Kora very much.

Mystery man smiled and commented, "Seems you don't like them very much by your tone when you mentioned them."

Sakura gave a short, sarcastic laugh. "You figured? I hate them a lot. My stepmother, Sarah, is a major couch potato and took my father away from me. He's always with her so he and I are growing apart day by day." She fought to keep the pain from her voice. She didn't want some guy she just met know how weak she really is when it comes to delicate matters such as family problems. He nodded, as if he understood her.

"What about your stepsister?" he asked.

Sakura smirked at the question, thinking of the many occasions she made fun of Kora for being such a whore. "Kora can't have children, so she works in a whore house; she's a prostitute." She said Kora's truth plain and simple. Syaoran raised his eyebrow at finding out about her family. No wonder she has such a brutish personality. She's lived a rough life.

Syaoran saw a waiter coming with their dinner and then smiled at the girl. "Well, let's drop the sore subjects and have a pleasant meal." He said. Sakura nodded, too happy to agree. "Yeah, let's."

As they exited the restaurant, Sakura turned to him and smiled. "Thank you for the dinner, it was wonderful."

Syaoran felt the air being knocked out of him at seeing her alluring smile. "Should I take you home?" he asked. Sakura didn't want to bother him with that, so she shook her head. "Oh no! You don't have to! You already did a lot for me by taking me to dinner." She said nervously. "I'll be OK."

"No." he grabbed her hand. Sakura's mind turned to mush at the contact of his warm hand on hers. She gazed into his eyes. "I called a limo so I can drop you off at your home. I insist."

Sakura finally gave in. "Well, if you say so." She shrugged. Shortly after, a limousine came and they got in. Syaoran sat a bit far from the girl and knew not to try to woo her into giving him a kiss or she'll slap him hard. She was looking outside the window and seemed deep in thought. As the limo pulled up into a small and poor neighborhood, Syaoran tried his best not to look shocked. He was shocked enough to know the green-eyed beauty wasn't the princess he thought she was.

"Um, right here is good." Sakura said to the driver. The limo stopped in front of a small house and Syaoran saw the beaten-up mailbox that had "Kinomoto" written on it. "So you last name is Kinomoto?" Syaoran asked.

Sakura looked at him and nodded. "Yes, good night." She got out before Syaoran could ask for a goodnight kiss. The door slammed and Syaoran sat back in defeat. Quite an interesting woman, he thought as he looked at Sakura going inside her house and close the door behind her.

"Back to the Li Manor." He said to the driver.

Sakura went upstairs, at least feeling in a happy mood, but it was short-lived when she saw Kora come out of her room and was looking at Sakura. "Who was he?" she demanded. Smirking, Sakura decided to push her buttons. "Someone rich who asked me out." She replied cheekily. Kora frowned and said, "What is his number?"

Sakura walked up to her and bore her eyes into hers. "You're not going near him just to get bug bucks with a good screw. He is actually decent and I think you might contaminate him." She turned away to go to her room and gave her stepsister a mocking smile. "Sour dreams, sister." she walked into her room and closed the door. Kora was about to scream, but couldn't since her scream would wake her mother up. The only she could do was to let humiliation sink in.

Li Manor

Syaoran wore a big grin on his face as he walked into his home. Meiling was waiting for him with a sour look on her face. "Welcome home, brother." She said. Syaoran looked at her confused. "Why the sour look, Meiling?"

"There was a call for you while you were gone. And you can probably guess who it was." Meiling said, still wearing that bitter expression. Now it was Syaoran's turn to go sour. "Naomi."

"Give the man a cigar! Of course you bitch called!" Meiling never liked his fiancée, Naomi. It was an arranged marriage and a bad one too. Syaoran hated Naomi too. "Meiling, how many times do I have keep saying that she's not my bitch?" he sighed frustratingly, running a hand through his hair. Crimson eyes met amber. "She will be though; when you marry her." she said seriously. Syaoran groaned. "Don't remind me. I'm still trying to find my bride to get out of Naomi's claws." He thought of a certain emerald-eyed woman.

His little sister laughed and patted his shoulder. "Good luck, Syaoran, you're going to need it. Better find your bride soon since you only have a month left before you have to marry Naomi." She smiled at him and gave him a light peck on the cheek. "Have fun, big bro." she went upstairs to bed.

Syaoran followed her and went to his room. He was troubled with the thought of marrying Naomi. He knew that woman; she was too predictable, acting the way a lady of her class should act and that was no fun at all. He wanted a way out of this arranged marriage and the only one who could help him was that girl. But first, I have to get her to agree to marry me, but of course, it's only to get out of my engagement to Naomi, he thought. He changed for bed and turned off his lights. Smiling at his plan, he climbed into bed and went to sleep, not knowing he was going to make a big mistake.

A/N

Yay I'm done! I hope this will get lots of reviews like Watashi no mi Sakura did before it was deleted and I had to put it back. I hope you enjoy this new story and tell what you all think!

Oyasumi nasai!

Mistress Ness