She had forgotten. As she lay in her bed trying to remember how he made her feel, she realized that she could no longer smell his sweet scent. He was gone and his scent left with him. And as she held herself wrapped in her blankets she remembered the day he left. The day he walked away from her in his yellow corduroy jacket. That was all she remembered. She cried.
Sakura woke to the annoying sound of her alarm. Another pointless day. She rose slowly, her head hanging and walked to the mirror in her bathroom. Finally after rinsing her face off in the sink she looked up into some familiar emerald eyes. "Ugh I look awful!" She said covering her face.
"You say that every morning, I'd think you would get used to it someday." came the voice of the tiny teddy bear floating toward her.
"Good morning to you too Kero." Sakura chimed as she shut the door in the face of her friend.
Kero laughed as he went to his TV and turned on his favorite video game, he was so close to beating the bad Ganandorf in Zelda: Twilight Princess. To his surprise when the TV came on he didn't see himself as Link but instead he saw a young Sakura that was getting ready to seal the Fight card. "Aww...those were the good day. Me and Sakura chasing down all of the Clow Cards, with Tomoyo and the kid. Yup the good ol' days." Kero sat there for a second remembering all the good times they had had and how long it had been since then.
He then turned and looked at a picture on Sakura's desk. In the picture were two beautiful young ladies, Tamoyo, who had remained a true friend to Sakura through out the years stood with her long navy hair and beautiful plum eyes, as a beaming Sakura, with her growing auburn hair and emerald eyes, hugged her with a huge smile on their faces. That picture had been taken at Tomoyo's 14th birthday party almost four years before.
It had been six year since all of the Clow Cards had been caught and reincarnated in to Sakura cards and so much had changed since then. Sakura was now 17 and in her senior year of highschool, and though she still retained much of her child like qualities she was no longer the cute little 11 year old she used to be. She had grown into a radiant 6' angel with gorgeous long auburn hair, those big beautiful emerald eyes, sexy curvy figure, and an attitude to go with it. Come on did you really think she would be a perfect sweet little angel forever? Every body has to grow up some time.
"Kero! Can you hand me my bathrobe? It should be sitting there on the chair," Sakura cried from the bathroom as the sound of running water had stopped.
"Yeah sure here it is!" Kero said as he closed his eyes and held the heavy pink robe near to the bathroom door.
In no time at all Sakura appeared out from the steam drying her hair with a towel. "Hey Kero, tomorrow Tomoyo and I are going to the carnival so...hey what are you watching?" her attention turned to the TV screen. Just at that moment a boy with brown eyes and mouse brown hair appeared wearing green traditional Chinese robes. Sakura blushed as she watched him cast a spell with the help of his magical sword.
"Your going to the carnival without me? Again? Your not going with that weasel kid are you? Sakura...?"
Sakura stood staring at the boy on the TV screen and started when she heard Kero's voice again, "Hmm? Oh, yeah we are going to the carnival again, and Itachi may or may not be coming with us. But anyways your going to have to provide dinner for yourself, since dad will be at a conference." Sakura turned from the TV and headed to her closet to choose her outfit for the day.
Kero flew over and glared at his master for a long time before saying "That weasel is going with you isn't he? Sakura I don't like him, I don't trust him."
"Kero it's non of business who I go to the carnival with. Plus, just because his name means weasel does not mean he is one, so stop calling him that!"
"Sakura it is my job to protect you from bad people and that boy is nothing but trouble, your better off with the kid than with that weasel."
"Shut up Kero! I am almost a grown adult! I can make these decisions on my own. I like Itachi and he likes me. So stay out of it." she said as she headed back to the bathroom and closed the door.
"Yeah he deffinetly likes you, or at least your body."Kero said under his breath as he angrily started his video game.
In the bathroom Sakura was again face to face with her self. Why was Kero such a jerk?! Sakura had dated so many boys and kero had said the same thing about each one. True all of those relationships ended bad, but couldn't he let her make her own decisions with out butting in?
And why did he always have to mention Syaoran? She didn't care about him anymore. They had both decided it was too hard to keep a long distance relationship going. It was a mutual agreement and they had each chosen to be happy with their choice. And she was, she had felt nothing when she saw him on that TV screen. That was in the past, plus she would probably never see him again.
Now she had Itachi, and she liked him. He was handsome and and the captain of the basket ball team and one of the most popular guys in the school. He was perfect, and he liked her. So she was happy.
She picked up her brush and determining to have a good day not matter what kero said, turned on her blow dryer and began primping herself.
"Good morning Sakura!" Tomoyo greeted as Sakura walked up to their usual meeting spot and gave her a hug.
"Hey Tomoyo! How was your mom's company party?" Sakura asked as they started walking toward the school.
"Ugh so boring. I don't understand why I always have to go to those. I mean those buisness men are all such perverts..flirting with a girl who is 3 times younger than any of them, and with their wives standing right there too..." The girls laughed as they walked inside the school and headed to their lockers.
Just as she was grabbing chemistry book two strong arms grabbed Sakura around the waist and a quiet deep voice whispered in her ear, "good morning sexy!"
Sakura smiled and pushed those arms away, "Good Morning Itachi." She continued grabbing her books as Itachi started talking again.
"Hey there's still 15 minutes before home room starts, lets go to the locker room and you can do that thing you did for me the other night again. That was really nice," He barried his head in her hair and started kissing her neck.
Sakura laughed and pushed him away again, "No, sorry but I have stuff to do today...hey what's going on down there?" Sakura's attention was drawn to a large crowd gathering in the middle of the hall way.
"Oh nothing just a couple visitors getting some un-needed attention...come on let's go...hey Sakura? where are you going?" Itachi glared at Sakura as she walked down the hall way and in to the crowd.
Sakura pushed past all of the people, in to the middle of the gathering. People were talking loudly saying things like "welcome back!" "Long time no see!" and "How is Hong Kong these days?" Sakura finally made it past all of her class mates to the source of the excitement. Her eyes widened when she realized who it was and she blushed and she heard a familiar voice say her name.
"Hello, Sakura"
"...Syaoran?"
