AN: Hello people! Thanks for reading my fanfic, and thanks a lot for those who reviewed. I'm really glad that you like my story and I hope you won't stop reading it. Continue reviewing! Hehe. Well, here's the 3rd chapter. I'm really sorry for the long wait. Enjoy the story ne! Hope you like it! X)
What Miracles Are Made Of – Chapter 3: "Your True Identity"
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Sakura gripped the back of the seat tightly. She was having a heart attack. Syaoran, on the other hand, looked like he's used to that kind of speed. "Listen, I'm really sorry that I scared you that much, but aren't you the one who said in a hurry?" he said, but didn't tell that actually he had another reason why he had to speed off.
"True, but why it has to be this faaaaaaaaaaaaaasssstttt!" Sakura screamed as Syaoran almost hit a truck from the opposite way, but fortunately it missed. "Hooeeeeeeeeee!" She screamed again as the car turned to 90 degrees and went in a pathway.
"Short cut." Syaoran smirked.
Sakura was relieved that at last they could steer clear of traffics. "For God's sake, what are you?" she asked in an I-can't-believe-it tone.
"You scared? Need to slow down?" Syaoran asked back.
Sakura looked at her watch which now indicated 6 minutes and 50 seconds to the photograph. "Go on." She did it only to arrive at WB studio just in time. OK, after this you can meet Syaoran. After this, if God excuses, I'll meet HIM. (She really doesn't know who the person beside her is, does she?) "Look, you may think that I'm being rude or what. I'm sorry I've dragged you into this problem of mine," she apologized.
"Don't worry, I enjoy being dragged into your problem," Syaoran joked, making Sakura giggle. Actually, it's me who should say sorry for dragging you into my problem, which soon will be yours too if the paparazzi also see you.
A few minutes later, they exited the alley and came to the main road again. Fortunately, it wasn't as crowded as the former one. Syaoran turned his head at her direction and saw that she was praying.
"If you don't mind, would you tell me what exactly this important meeting which you really rush into is?" he asked as the car stopped, it was red light.
"Promise you won't laugh." Sakura sighed.
"I won't," he answered truthfully. Suddenly, something outside the car window at Sakura's side caught his attention: a white sedan was stopping.
"Well, uhm... I dunno how to tell you..." Syaoran's eyes widened, it was paparazzi's car. Two men in the front seat, they were holding cameras and started to open their car window. "Let's say that the person whom I want to meet is--"
"Dammit!" Syaoran couldn't help but curse, beating the driving wheel.
"What?" Sakura was startled. The green light showed up and without thinking twice, Syaoran pressed the gas, making the car ran too fast and too furious. Sakura couldn't hold herself not to scream. "Now what? I'm not shockproof!"
No response.
"Hey!" Sakura called. From the look of Syaoran's face she, smelled something wrong. She looked backward to the car behind them and recognized that it was at the same high speed. "Are they following us?" She saw the two occupants of that car were watching them circumspectly.
"Bingo."
"But why?" Sakura was getting suspicious.
"No idea. Get ready Sakura, I'll speed up." The speed of the car increased and like before, Syaoran professionally made the best the use of the gap between cars. Honks echoed everywhere.
"Dammit!" one of the paparazzi cursed loudly. "That guy's really fast," he commented.
"We'll catch him no matter what happens," the other one who was behind the driving wheel said as their car sped off, destructing the pavement. "We'll get him," he stated, other cars behind them were totally in disarray.
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Two officers were eating donuts gluttonously when two cars passed like a wind. They subconsciously dropped the foods as watched with opened mouth.
"They broke over the speed limit!" one of them stated. He was to follow the speedsters, the other one also got unto his own bike. "A black Mercedes Benz and white sedan, let's catch them." He smirked evilly, putting on the helmet.
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"Oh, they're getting closer, Dan," Sakura told, glancing backward. The paparazzi's car hit the back of Syaoran's car, he regret for not using one of his sport cars instead so that they could run off faster. "What's exactly going on?" she asked desperately, receiving no answer.
Syaoran thought that it wasn't a good time to tell the shocking story in a situation like that. "I'm sorry, it's a long story. We're in Fulham now, so where's the spot? I swear I'm gonna get rid of this madness, they'll lose us," he told in a hurry.
"Fine, it's War—" Before she could finish the three words 'Warner Bros Studio', she'd already screamed because the paparazzi's car hit the side of the Mercedes. They're already at her right. Syaoran was about to press the gas deeper, ignoring the red light, when he heard police's command.
OH, great! Crazy paparazzi, crazy officers. Nothing could be greater than this. Syaoran shook his head in disbelieve. He forced the traffic light, making a chaos at the crossroad. The paparazzi were still on the right, hitting his car again, which made him groan. There's no other choice, he had to use the radar screen.
"Holy shit." Sakura's eyes widened. She watched as Syaoran pressed a little red button on the dashboard to peep out a radar screen. It showed all the roads in the city just like a map. Their location could be known from one little moving object. "You're damn unexpected." Syaoran just smirked at her sentence, now he's totally confusing her.
"Camera! Camera! Take picture, you fool!" the paparazzi who's driving commanded his friend, he'd already opened the car window.
"Shut the hell up, I-I can't focus at this fuckin speed, dammit! Get your head out the way of my aim!"
"Huh?" was all Sakura said as she looked at the paparazzi at her right who's going to get her picture.
The two officers were following behind like nuts people. "Yo dude, I always love chasing speedsters! I love their horrified expression when we get them," he said evilly to his friend who promptly smirked wickedly.
Ok, let's get outta this craziness. Which way should I take? There! Syaoran finally found a way to escape. He would turn at an alley 50 meters before them.
CLICK!
"I got her!" the paparazzi shouted excitedly, making his friend laugh uncontrollably. "No, wait, I said I got HER, not both of them," he added nervously, the laughter automatically stopped and was replaced by a death glare. "Hell no, this one won't miss!" he stated and started to take pictures again.
Syaoran pressed the gas deeper so that they led at the front. One of the officers also sped up, his bike almost on the same line with the paparazzi's.
"Hahahahahaha! Come to papa!" The officer laughed crazily as he got nearer to the car window; his smile was bigger than his face.
CLICK! Another sound from the camera. The paparazzi screamed loudly and his expression was like he's seeing a ghost. His friend who's driving winced and told him to shut up.
The photo was printed and he directly handed it, now his face was expressionless. The nuts officer's horrible face was the entire picture showed. The big smile, big teeth, and big eyes dominated it. With that one, they couldn't gain much money like they had planned before. Although they gave it for free, they're almost 100 percent sure that no one would want.
Syaoran suddenly turned his car to left and entered an alley expertly. This was too unexpected for the paparazzi who'd just been shock, their car stopped abruptly and turned to a 270 degrees instead.
"SHIT!" both of them cursed loudly at the same time.
"Hahahahaha! Gotcha!" The officer arrived with a satisfied smile while his fat friend followed Syaoran's car.
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Syaoran took a sharp curve and they came into a one way street. He's quite sure that he took the best way until he found out that it was traffic jam. Damn radar screen. Let someone modify it with picture from satellite. Now, there's no way he could chop round or turn back.
"Get outta this car," he ordered Sakura who just nodded in return.
They both got out when a figure in the distance inside the alley got nearer. Syaoran took Sakura's hand in his and ran along the pavement. She looked backward a few times to make sure that the officer was nowhere to find. One more problem, she's not feeling well. She felt dizzy and queasy.
Oh God I haven't eaten since this morning, I was too nervous to meet Syaoran. She gasped, "Oh!" Syaoran! I forgot about time! How if I can't meet him today?
"What's the matter?" Syaoran came to a halt, turning around and saw that her face was pale, which made him worried. "Are you ok?" Sakura didn't want to cause more problems. All that she wanted was to keep moving.
"I'm fine, really." A fake smile touched her lips.
"Don't lie to me." He touched her chin to see her face clearly. Sakura's heart beat twice. She had to find false pretenses.
"I-It was just, it won't disappear," she said. "This stain," she added nervously, pretending to wash out the stain on her clothes.
"Oh, right. We can work it out." Just as he was about to effort, a car breezed by the muddied street, making both of them soaked of water. Sakura couldn't help but scream. Syaoran, on the other hand, just stared at his clothes, feeling sick over.
"OOhhh perfect!" Sakura yelled desperately, she was now totally wet. What else could be greater than this?
"Hey you!" A masculine voice startled them, it was the officer. He was running to their direction. People on the street started to watch them curiously.
"C'mon!" Syaoran grabbed Sakura's hand and ran off. They ran as fast as their legs could bring them. They turned to right at a huge building and came into another road while the officer continued shouting. Syaoran tried to find a place for them to hide.
"Look over there!" Sakura pointed to a yellow tent on the pavement. Syaoran raised his eyebrows, it's really odd to have a tent at such place, but there's no time to think about that now. Without preconceiving, they ran to the tent and got into it.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" SPLASSHHH! (You asked for something greater, that's the answer!)
The fat officer finally arrived. He looked everywhere, but didn't find his targets. "What the," he could only travel his eyes around the street with a stupid expression.
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Warner Bros Studio.
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Syaoran's fanatic fans were shouting in front of the gate, most of them were girls. Many of them brought presents and were dressed in Syaoran's favorite color. Just for information, it's not a 'Meet and Greet', it's just a photo shoot. The securities found it difficult to calm them down.
"WE WANT HIM! WE WANT SYAORAN!"
"BRING HIM HERE RIGHT NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT US TO CHOP YOUR HEAD OFF!"
"OR LET US COME IN IF YOU DON'T WANT US TO SLICE YOU INTO PIECES!"
"SYAORAN! DON'T HIDE FROM US! WE WON'T BITE YOU!"
"BUT WE'LL KIDNAP YOU!"
"SShhhhhhhhhhh!"
"Whops..."
"SYAORAN! WE WANNA SEE YOUR FACE!"
"His body too you fool!"
"WHERE - ARE - YOU?"
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Inside the Sewer. The superstar and his luckiest fan.
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Sakura walked in the dim place slowly. The water reached her knees. Her mind was rotating inside her head. This is so perfect. I'm over wet now. Today is the most important day of my life and I, here, am stuck in a sewer with an unknown person. Wait, not an unknown honestly, at least I know that his name is Dan. But, that's all! I'm supposed to see Syaoran.
If I were at WB studio now, I would ask for his autograph and his photos. But unfortunately, I was chased by some crazy men and officers. This is the worst day of my life and I'm the most unlucky girl in the world! Ah, I feel really dizzy and sleepy. I feel sick. Can I go to sleep now? I hope when I wake up, this all will be just a dream...
Syaoran walked behind Sakura and sighed. It had been a weird day and the innocent girl in front of him was suffering all because of his fault. Surely, he wasn't wearing his sunglasses anymore inside the sewer so that anybody could know who he was once they saw his amber eyes, but Sakura hadn't turned around yet. Maybe she's mad at me and how will she react once she knows my identity?
Sakura's body turned around a little and he's ready to tell who he really was. Suddenly, his eyes widened. Sakura was going to collapse.
"SAKURA!" He quickly held her before she fell down. Her face was on his chest.
'Syaoran?' Sakura whispered in her heart while Syaoran didn't stop saying her name, her weak emerald poles stared for a second at his amber ones before she fainted. Cool, I must be hallucinating. This is my dream, isn't it? Damn, my head aches so much. I can't hold it any longer...
"Sakura, don't! Wake up!" Syaoran rocked her body back and forth, trying to keep her conscious. Panic began to rise in him. "Wake up!" He touched her cheek. It was no use.
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Later that evening.
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"Hey Sakura, what will you do if one day you meet Li Syaoran?" Tomoyo's angelic voice whispered.
"Don't give her dream, Tomoyo," Chiharu joked, making Sakura stick out her tongue. Sakura thought for a few moments.
"Ne Sakura! Tell us!" Rika and Naoko commanded at the same time.
Sakura laughed. "Of course I'll ask for his autograph, and then I'll take his pictures! I'll also ask whether I can have a hug from him or not, but I have no doubt he wouldn't mind!" she told excitedly.
"Bullshit," suddenly, Touya's voice interrupted. "What a dreamy Kaijuu," he added, making Sakura growl.
"Naniiiii? Watashi wa kaijuu dewaarimasen!" she shouted so loudly so that all her friends winced. "I know you're just jealous of me!" she stated. "Don't worry oniisan, I'll give you his autograph too." She grinned.
Touya fell down anime style. "What! Oh no, thank you," he refused, what his sister said made him sweat drop.
"What about us?" the girls asked.
"Of course each of you guys will get one!" she answered proudly.
Sakura's eyes snapped open. She was just dreaming about her promise when she was in Japan. "God, I miss you all," she whispered although she hadn't seen their faces for only a few days. She sat uprightly and traveled her eyes around the room. It was a huge bedroom with expensive and extravagant furniture and gold decorations on the wall. The bed was a giant one.
Suddenly, she jumped out of bed. Where am I? She looked at her body and recognized that she was wearing pajamas. She looked at a sofa where her former clothes were put on. My clothes! She took her blouse and began to change. It seemed that someone has cleaned and dried it. Damn, what has happened to me? She took her watch. It indicated 7pm.
7 pm, what date is it today? uhhmm.. The last thing I could remember is I was on the way to Syaoran's photograph. Oh my god! I missed it! She gasped, nearly screamed. Gomennasai everyone, I haven't got his autograph yet. Oh, what an unlucky! Anyway, why on earth I'm here? Ok, let's figure this out. I was on the way to Warner Bros Studio, and then... I met Dan! Yup, after that... we're being chased by crazy men and officers. And then... Oh we're stuck in the sewer, and our clothes were soaked of water. Well, I don't remember what happened after that. But, if I'm not mistaken, I collapsed and maybe this place is Dan's house.
There's no use to just stand there so that Sakura walked off the room. After closing the door, she walked in the deserted corridor until she found the stairs to the first and third story. She gasped in amazement, the house was so big and beautiful. Something on her right caught her attention and she gasped again. There were photos of Li family members. She could see Syaoran, Mei Lin, and a guy with midnight blue hair pose together. Cool, someone in this house must be a fan of Li. Oh, Syaoran in that picture is so cute!
After she was satisfied seeing all the pictures, she decided to go downstairs. She looked at the magnificent carpet she was stepping. Wow, Dan must be really rich. When she almost arrived at the first story, she looked up only to find a guy with chestnut hair leaning on the wall with his hands in pockets. Li Syaoran turned around as he heard footsteps. His intense amber eyes met Sakura's beautiful emerald ones as he smiled.
"Princess, you finally woke up," he joked. Sakura couldn't believe what she was looking at; her body froze.
Syaoran realized this and chuckled. "I'm sorry. When we met for the first time, I was disguising." He took Sakura's hand to shake hands. He introduced himself for the second time, this time it's the real him. "Li Syaoran," he spoke, making Sakura's heart stop. She was trying her best not to pass out again. "Sakura?"
"I-I…" Syaoran was startled seeing the look on Sakura's face. She couldn't hold back her tears any longer.
"Sakura, what's wrong?" Syaoran was getting worried. Sakura covered her mouth with her hand as her tears dropped. Syaoran couldn't help but pull her to him. "I'm sorry, I've been lying to you. It's my entire fault that you missed the important meeting." He hugged her, making her heart break while tears started streaming down her cheeks.
"XIAOLANG?" Suddenly, a woman's voice made them jump.
Syaoran turned around, his eyes widened in horror. The woman stared at the two of them with a shock expression. She dropped the glass of drink she was holding so that it was broken to pieces on the floor with a loud sound.
"Mother."
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