Moving On

By: SoulSister

Rated: PG-13

Disclaimer: CCS belongs to Clamp, Kodansha and *gags* Nelvana. Jinhua Long, Kenta Yanagi and Xiatian are my own original characters and can't be used without my permission.

Wow, this is the first time I've gotten around to writing a CCS fic in a *long* time. But it's always nice to return to your roots I always say. Or I say that now anyway. Heh, enjoy ^^.

Side note: Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, etc. are 20-21. Older people like Touya, Yukito and such are whatever age goes accordingly.

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Prologue - Goodbye to everything I thought I knew

" So, this is it, huh? You're leaving me " Sakura said, tears coming to her eyes. Her boyfriend and fiancé, or rather ex now, Kenta Yanagi just stood there, making no move to comfort her.

" I never said that Sakura-chan " he denied." All I said was that I think we might be rushing into this whole marriage thing and I think we should just… slow it down " he finished, giving her a helpless shrug.

Wiping the tears from her eyes, Sakura nodded and stood up." So basically what you're saying is you want to cut off our engagement, right? " She asked, her eyes not leaving the ground.

" Nani? Of course not! " Kenta protested, actually sounding shocked." All I said was that I think we should take this one step at a time instead of rushing into things. I still love you Sakura " he told her, reaching out to take her hand.

But Sakura just shook her head and pulled her hand away." Iie Kenta. Don't say it if you don't mean it. That just makes it hurt even more " she replied in a hushed tone, turning to face the window.

" But Sakura, love, you're not listening. I do love you. I'm just not ready to get married to you is all. Onegai, try to understand " Kenta pleaded to her.

Sakura just shook her head again." Believe me Kenta, I am but it's just not working. The way I see it is if you really loved me but knew you weren't ready to marry me; then you wouldn't have asked me in the first place. Then you wouldn't have had to take it back and you wouldn't have had to break my heart. But instead… you did " she concluded, turning to face him for the first time since he broke the news.

Looking at him now, Sakura didn't want it to be the end. This was the man she'd loved for five years of her life. He'd been her high school sweetheart and they were supposed to be married in less than a month now.

But now those dreams were up in flames and five years of her life had been wasted on a relationship she had always known would be doomed in the end.

Sure, from everyone else's point of view, Kenta Yanagi was the perfect mate. He was handsome, he was popular, he was rich and he was also studying to become a brain surgeon. They would've had the perfect life, in the perfect home, with the perfect family had he given it a chance.

But Kenta's one flaw was that he refused to make a commitment. Sure, he'd said that he loved her and maybe he did at one point. But Sakura couldn't count the amount of times anymore that she'd come home to an empty apartment, just to find out later that he'd been out partying with some other girl. And she just couldn't take it any longer.

Sakura sighed. Finally having made up her mind, she reached down to her finger and slowly pulled off the large diamond engagement ring. As Sakura did this, she heard Kenta take in a sharp breath and she winced.

' Gomen nasai Kenta-san ' she thought, as she held out the ring to him." Here, you might as well take this back now. I have no more use for it " Sakura told him, her voice coming out colder then she'd meant it to.

Kenta just looked at her for a minute, his deep blue eyes darkened with pain. He then looked down at the ring and, sighing, he took it. Sakura then immediately drew back her hand and crossed her arms in front of her, her eyes now averted to the floor.

" Well, you might as well go now. There's nothing more to say, " she said softly." I'll be gone when you get back ".

" Sakura, onegai, I… " Kenta began but Sakura cut him off.

" Iie Kenta, don't. Onegai, don't. Just… just go now " she told him, her tone turning desperate and Kenta knew it was a lost cause. Shaking his head, he turned and headed for the exit. As he opened the door, he took one sad look back at her before he stepped out and closed the door behind him.

It was at that moment that Sakura's strength finally ran out and, dropping to her knees, she at last let the rest of her tears fall.

*Meanwhile*

" Flight 186 from Hong Kong to Tomoeda, Japan is now proceeding to land. Onegai, stay in your seats until the seatbelt sign has been turned off and the aircraft has come to a complete stop. Arigatou for joining us on our flight and on behalf of the captain and the rest of the crew, we hope you enjoy your stay in Tomoeda ".

(A.N.: Now I *know* I've been on too many planes *sweatdrops*.)

As the plane slowly began to descend to the ground, a young man in his early twenties looked down out the window.

' There it is; our new home sweet home ' he thought ruefully.' Hopefully I can learn to live here again. And hopefully, ' he now glanced at the little girl next to him ' she can too '.

Feeling the man's gaze on her, the girl looked towards him and smiled brightly." We's going to haff fun here, wright Daddy? " She asked innocently and he smiled at her.

Reaching over to her, Syaoran ruffled her long brown hair fondly." Of course darling, of course ".

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So minna, how was that? Good? Bad? Or maybe somewhere in between? Tell me, I wanna know! But if you're going to flame me, try to have something intelligent to say, alright? That's all I ask.

If I get enough of a response for this, I'll put the next part up.

Have a happy holiday y'all, ja ne! ^^