"If You Could See Me Now"
/Here they come. Every night the same. Silent stars. Light from a distant flame. Just like the memories of you. That I hold inside. I see your touch. But all the warmth has died./
Li Syaoran sighed and set his sword down. He had been trying to train for the past two hours, but it was no use. For three years now, the sixteen year old boy had been separated from the girl he loved because Li Mei Ling, his cousin and fiancé, had gotten ill and he was called back to help take care of her. Even after she got better, Yelan, Syaoran's mother, wanted him to stay in China and train. She didn't allow him to call or write Sakura, and made him go to an all boys private school, fearing he might go soft otherwise, and that was not an option for any male Li Clan member. Syaoran furrowed his eyebrows together angrily and picked his sword up again, madly jabbing it at his practice target. Why? Why wouldn't his mother just let him stay in Japan? He didn't want to be a Li, or marry Mei Ling, or become the head of the Li Clan, or anything. He just wanted to go back to Japan and stay forever with Kinomoto Sakura. Syaoran wiped the sweat from his forehead and threw his sword across the room.
/Empty rooms. Crowded by the past. Time is my enemy. Days keep moving faster. But the nights alone can be. An eternity. That never heals the scars. Of foolish pride./
Yelan sighed as she watched Syaoran through the glass. He just hadn't been concentrating the way he used to since he went to Japan. Had something happened to him there to make him this way? He seemed angrier lately. Aiming it all at Yelan and Mei Ling, but usually polite to his sisters and everyone else. Perhaps. She should send Syaoran back to Japan? No. He was next in line to be Master of the Li Clan. He had to stay and marry Mei Ling. Yelan shook her head. "Xiao Lang." She said to Syaoran as he walked out of the training room, throwing his sword on the sofa. "Nan-what?" He asked, frowning at her. "What is wrong, Xiao Lang?" She sat down on another sofa, motioning for him to sit next to her. He reluctantly took the place next to Yelan and replied simply, "Nothing mother." Yelan narrowed her eyes at her son. "Why do you seem so angry all the time? At Mei Ling and I? We want nothing more of you than we did before you went to Japan, my Xiao Lang." Syaoran scowled. "Exactly! I don't want to be a part of it any longer! I want to stay in Japan. That's where all of my frie-" Syaoran was cut of by a high pitched female voice. "Oh, Syaoran! Guess what?! Tomoko and Takeo are spending the night." Syaoran's bouncy black haired cousin cried. Syaoran rolled his eyes. "I don't want them to. Keep them away from me." He responded, getting up and stalking out of the room.
/If only you could see me now. Goodbye is not so easy now. The freedom I walked away to gain. Is nothing but these chains. That you alone can break. And you would free me now. Your heart would come undone. Just looking at me once. And my love would bring you back. If only you could see me now./
Tomoko and Takeo were fraternal twins. Takeo went to Syaoran's all boys school, and Tomoko went to Mei Ling's all girls school. Syaoran despised them both, but Takeo persisted in attempts to be Syaoran's friend, and he used Tomoko and Mei Ling as an excuse to bug him outside of school as well.
/Here I am. Stranger to a smile. Trying to fight the tears. Missing by a mile. I'm not the one who laughed at you. On that yesterday. When you warned me not to throw your love away./
"Syaoran! Why do you want us to leave you alone? I didn't come for your fiancé and my sister! I wanted to talk to you, man!" Takeo yelled, following Syaoran down the hallway. Syaoran scowled again and began running outside, but Takeo only sped up as well, and finally, caught up to him. "Hey, buddy! What's wrong? Mad 'cause of Mei Ling?" He asked, knowing Mei Ling was the last girl on earth Syaoran wanted to be near. Syaoran sighed. "Why won't you leave me alone?" Takeo shrugged and replied, "Just talk to me for awhile, and I'll go play Mei Ling's video games the rest of the night, I promise." He winked at the irritated boy. Syaoran sighed a little more deeply and responded, "I guess you could say it's Mei Ling. And my mother."
/ If only you could see me now. Goodbye is not so easy now. The freedom I walked away to gain. Is nothing but these chains. That you alone can break. And you would free me now. Your heart would come undone. Just looking at me once. And my love would bring you back. If only you could see me now./
Takeo gave Syaoran a questionable look that said, 'Huh?' Syaoran turned red. "Takeo, remember when I transferred to Japan for two years?"-Takeo nodded-"Well, I did it to capture the Clow Cards. You know about those, right?"-Takeo nodded again-"Well, there was a girl in Japan who had captured some of the Cards before I got there. Her name was Kinomoto Sakura. She had brunette hair, and emerald coloured eyes, and was very athletic, and she." Takeo cut him off with a huge grin and some stifled laughter. "What's so funny?" Syaoran demanded, glaring at the other boy. Takeo smiled. "Let me guess the rest of the story. okay? You fell in love with Miss Sakura, and she loved you, then you came back when Mei Ling was sick, your mother wouldn't let you return, and now you're mad at both Mei Ling, for living and keeping you away from Sakura, and your mother for not letting you return to her. Am I right?" Syaoran's eyes got wide. "Bingo." He whispered.
/Like the lonely moon. You see above. That sails the dark alone. Forever. I have no light of my own. Other than the love we've known. So long ago. Together./
Takeo beamed. "Well, this is easy! We'll go get on your laptop, hack into the Tomoeda school files and find out what school she's going to, you'll pretend you are going on vacation to Japan with me, we'll enroll, and you'll get your girl. Of course, conveniently, we'll never return to China." Takeo explained. Syaoran cocked an eyebrow skeptically. "Uh huh, as if. How are we going to get airplane tickets? And wouldn't your parents be upset if you never return? I would get disowned, but that doesn't matter to me." He told Takeo. Takeo closed his eyes, still smiling. "Syaoran, my parents live in Japan. My aunt sent me to China for schooling but my parents wanted me to stay. They just happen to live in Tomoeda like your Sakura." Syaoran's eyes grew wide once again. "So, agreed? Takeo asked, extending his hand. Syaoran stared at Takeo's hand for a moment, then took it. "Agreed." He said.
/If you could feel me now. Your heart would come undone. If you could touch me once. I know love will bring you back. If only you could see me now./
The whole plane ride to Tomoeda, Syaoran didn't speak. Takeo began to get worried that he was changing his mind about it or regretting leaving. "Syaoran? You alright, man?" He asked. Syaoran nodded. "I'm fine. I'm just worried. Sakura might be mad." He explained. Takeo rolled his eyes. "Nah. If she loves you like you love her, she'll be very glad to see you." He reassured the worried Chinese boy. Syaoran shrugged. "That's another thing. She never told me straightforward that she loved me because I had to leave about three days after I finally told her that I loved her." He replied. Takeo sat in thought a moment then said, "Well, you've got nothing to lose. It's either you give your Sakura a chance or."-Takeo shuddered-"Marry Mei Ling." Syaoran swallowed also and shook his head. "I'm gonna go see Sakura."
/Here they come. Every night the same. Silent stars. Light from a distant flame. Just like the memories of you. That I hold inside. I see your touch. But all the warmth has died./
Li Syaoran sighed and set his sword down. He had been trying to train for the past two hours, but it was no use. For three years now, the sixteen year old boy had been separated from the girl he loved because Li Mei Ling, his cousin and fiancé, had gotten ill and he was called back to help take care of her. Even after she got better, Yelan, Syaoran's mother, wanted him to stay in China and train. She didn't allow him to call or write Sakura, and made him go to an all boys private school, fearing he might go soft otherwise, and that was not an option for any male Li Clan member. Syaoran furrowed his eyebrows together angrily and picked his sword up again, madly jabbing it at his practice target. Why? Why wouldn't his mother just let him stay in Japan? He didn't want to be a Li, or marry Mei Ling, or become the head of the Li Clan, or anything. He just wanted to go back to Japan and stay forever with Kinomoto Sakura. Syaoran wiped the sweat from his forehead and threw his sword across the room.
/Empty rooms. Crowded by the past. Time is my enemy. Days keep moving faster. But the nights alone can be. An eternity. That never heals the scars. Of foolish pride./
Yelan sighed as she watched Syaoran through the glass. He just hadn't been concentrating the way he used to since he went to Japan. Had something happened to him there to make him this way? He seemed angrier lately. Aiming it all at Yelan and Mei Ling, but usually polite to his sisters and everyone else. Perhaps. She should send Syaoran back to Japan? No. He was next in line to be Master of the Li Clan. He had to stay and marry Mei Ling. Yelan shook her head. "Xiao Lang." She said to Syaoran as he walked out of the training room, throwing his sword on the sofa. "Nan-what?" He asked, frowning at her. "What is wrong, Xiao Lang?" She sat down on another sofa, motioning for him to sit next to her. He reluctantly took the place next to Yelan and replied simply, "Nothing mother." Yelan narrowed her eyes at her son. "Why do you seem so angry all the time? At Mei Ling and I? We want nothing more of you than we did before you went to Japan, my Xiao Lang." Syaoran scowled. "Exactly! I don't want to be a part of it any longer! I want to stay in Japan. That's where all of my frie-" Syaoran was cut of by a high pitched female voice. "Oh, Syaoran! Guess what?! Tomoko and Takeo are spending the night." Syaoran's bouncy black haired cousin cried. Syaoran rolled his eyes. "I don't want them to. Keep them away from me." He responded, getting up and stalking out of the room.
/If only you could see me now. Goodbye is not so easy now. The freedom I walked away to gain. Is nothing but these chains. That you alone can break. And you would free me now. Your heart would come undone. Just looking at me once. And my love would bring you back. If only you could see me now./
Tomoko and Takeo were fraternal twins. Takeo went to Syaoran's all boys school, and Tomoko went to Mei Ling's all girls school. Syaoran despised them both, but Takeo persisted in attempts to be Syaoran's friend, and he used Tomoko and Mei Ling as an excuse to bug him outside of school as well.
/Here I am. Stranger to a smile. Trying to fight the tears. Missing by a mile. I'm not the one who laughed at you. On that yesterday. When you warned me not to throw your love away./
"Syaoran! Why do you want us to leave you alone? I didn't come for your fiancé and my sister! I wanted to talk to you, man!" Takeo yelled, following Syaoran down the hallway. Syaoran scowled again and began running outside, but Takeo only sped up as well, and finally, caught up to him. "Hey, buddy! What's wrong? Mad 'cause of Mei Ling?" He asked, knowing Mei Ling was the last girl on earth Syaoran wanted to be near. Syaoran sighed. "Why won't you leave me alone?" Takeo shrugged and replied, "Just talk to me for awhile, and I'll go play Mei Ling's video games the rest of the night, I promise." He winked at the irritated boy. Syaoran sighed a little more deeply and responded, "I guess you could say it's Mei Ling. And my mother."
/ If only you could see me now. Goodbye is not so easy now. The freedom I walked away to gain. Is nothing but these chains. That you alone can break. And you would free me now. Your heart would come undone. Just looking at me once. And my love would bring you back. If only you could see me now./
Takeo gave Syaoran a questionable look that said, 'Huh?' Syaoran turned red. "Takeo, remember when I transferred to Japan for two years?"-Takeo nodded-"Well, I did it to capture the Clow Cards. You know about those, right?"-Takeo nodded again-"Well, there was a girl in Japan who had captured some of the Cards before I got there. Her name was Kinomoto Sakura. She had brunette hair, and emerald coloured eyes, and was very athletic, and she." Takeo cut him off with a huge grin and some stifled laughter. "What's so funny?" Syaoran demanded, glaring at the other boy. Takeo smiled. "Let me guess the rest of the story. okay? You fell in love with Miss Sakura, and she loved you, then you came back when Mei Ling was sick, your mother wouldn't let you return, and now you're mad at both Mei Ling, for living and keeping you away from Sakura, and your mother for not letting you return to her. Am I right?" Syaoran's eyes got wide. "Bingo." He whispered.
/Like the lonely moon. You see above. That sails the dark alone. Forever. I have no light of my own. Other than the love we've known. So long ago. Together./
Takeo beamed. "Well, this is easy! We'll go get on your laptop, hack into the Tomoeda school files and find out what school she's going to, you'll pretend you are going on vacation to Japan with me, we'll enroll, and you'll get your girl. Of course, conveniently, we'll never return to China." Takeo explained. Syaoran cocked an eyebrow skeptically. "Uh huh, as if. How are we going to get airplane tickets? And wouldn't your parents be upset if you never return? I would get disowned, but that doesn't matter to me." He told Takeo. Takeo closed his eyes, still smiling. "Syaoran, my parents live in Japan. My aunt sent me to China for schooling but my parents wanted me to stay. They just happen to live in Tomoeda like your Sakura." Syaoran's eyes grew wide once again. "So, agreed? Takeo asked, extending his hand. Syaoran stared at Takeo's hand for a moment, then took it. "Agreed." He said.
/If you could feel me now. Your heart would come undone. If you could touch me once. I know love will bring you back. If only you could see me now./
The whole plane ride to Tomoeda, Syaoran didn't speak. Takeo began to get worried that he was changing his mind about it or regretting leaving. "Syaoran? You alright, man?" He asked. Syaoran nodded. "I'm fine. I'm just worried. Sakura might be mad." He explained. Takeo rolled his eyes. "Nah. If she loves you like you love her, she'll be very glad to see you." He reassured the worried Chinese boy. Syaoran shrugged. "That's another thing. She never told me straightforward that she loved me because I had to leave about three days after I finally told her that I loved her." He replied. Takeo sat in thought a moment then said, "Well, you've got nothing to lose. It's either you give your Sakura a chance or."-Takeo shuddered-"Marry Mei Ling." Syaoran swallowed also and shook his head. "I'm gonna go see Sakura."