Bizarre Chapter 10: Race, a card captor sakura fanfic

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Sorry! To all those who know the Japanese names better, I don't really know them, but here's a name guide:

Sakura Avalon: Sakura Kinomoto Li Showron: Syaoran Li Madison Taylor: Tomoyo Daidouji Meilin Rae: Meiling Li Tori Avalon: Touya Kinomoto Julian Star: Yukito Tsukishiro Chelsea: Chiharu Mihara Nikki: Naoko Yanagisawa Rita: Rika Sasaki Zachary/ Zach: Takashi Yamazaki

Key: "Talking" "Whispering" "YELLING" Thinking -----New scene or POV----- POV Point Of View

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Chapter 10:
Race

Sakura's face crumpled, and Meilin pulled desperatly on her arm.

"Sakura! Come on! We have to go get him!" She was tugging the Japanese girl's arm ferociously.

"H-he doesn't want me t-there..." A fresh flood of tears cascaded down Sakura's face.

"Of course he does! Sakura, I told you, he loves you!" She was very aware of the frustrated edge in her voice now.

"Y-you...you were being serious?" Sakura looked shocked once more.

"Of course! Now go tell him you love him! His flight leaves in, like, fourty minutes!" And they were off, Sakura forgetting to even deny her feelings. She didn't care who knew anymore.

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AT THE AIRPORT

Li stared at the ticket in his hand. Meilin's yelled words were playing like a soundtrack in his mind.

"At least I'm not a wuss! I don't run away from my problems!...You're scared of Sakura."

He jumped guiltily as the intercom announced that his flight was now boarding, and he looked at his suitcase.

"You're scared of Sakura." Was all he could think of.
Was he really going to leave without saying goodbye to her?

"Excuse me, are you waiting to board?" And elderly man suddenly gained his attention.

But he, for some reason, found it too hard to answer.
Was he?

Sakura looked at the clock on the back of the cabdriver's dashboard and sighed.
Half an hour until Li's flight left, and they were stuck on the motorway.
She knew they'd never make it.

"Excuse me?" Meilin was talking to the driver now, and Sakura wondered why she'd ever let her come.
The cabdriver merely grunted in reply.

"How long till the airport?"

"Not too the long...say...half an hour?" Meilin's eyes widened as she looked at the clock, too, and realised, as Sakura had, that they'd never make it in time.
As Sakura looked up, she could almost see the thoughts, the possibilities running through her mind.
The desperation.
And, eventually, the defeat.

"What'd you wanna do?" Meilin turned to her now.

"I have to at least try."

"Sakura, you really love him, don't you?" Meilin's face oozed with recognition.
Not so long ago, she'd been in the same exact state of mind.

"Yeah...I do..." Meilin stared at the now crying Sakura.
It was all her fault.
And suddenly, she knew.
She couldn't let Li go without Sakura telling him.
She couldn't wreck his life.

Because, like it or not, she loved him. And she needed him to be happy.

Even if it wasn't with her.

I sat down next to a young woman, who was gazing at the 'view' from the window.
Not that I was paying much attention.
Had I made the right decision?

All I could do was think of what Meilin had said.
Was I a coward?
Was going home the wrong move?
Or was I stupid to not tell Sakura?

I had been so sure a few minutes ago, and now it was too late to change my mind.
I was in turmoil.

And, suddenly, the sound of the engine kicked in underneath me, and the woman next to me checked her watch, as if checking that we'd arrive on time.
I merely gazed out the window at the tarmac, praying I hadn't just made the biggest mistake of my life.

Sakura and Meilin ran through the airport, with one minute to spare.

"Final call for flight 421 to Hong Kong, departing from gate 6. Final call for seat 30B. Final call." A woman's voice announced, and the girls exchanged glances, dashing for the gate and knocking several holiday makers out the way.

They paused at the gateway, gazing around at the thinning crowds of people and looking for any signs of the plane.

They soon got what they were looking for, though, when, through the huge window, an aeroplane took off into the distance.