A/N: And now here is yet another update. I plan to update every Friday from now on. I have my SAT's coming up next week though, so I may not be as quick next week. However I will try my best! And here are a few questions for my readers, please answer them, or review, either works. All the questions are to help make this fic even better!

Do you miss the His side her Side versions of the chapters? If so I can re-write a couple of the chapters so they will be back to the format.

Last question. I have two author's notes that can be deleted and replaced with Extra chapters. Both extra chapters consist of two chapter ideas that are in my deleted scenes file. Both take place before and after Syaoran realizes his feelings. Let me know if anyone is interested!

Now I won't keep you waiting! Here's the next chapter.

Love is a game. It's unpredictable. No one really knows who they will be with in the end. Only one person knew who the other's destined person was. And even then, no one can control Hitsuzen. But the evitable truth that surfaced before our two main characters shocked even me. However, nothing is what it seems. In the end where does reality begin and end?

….Beginning of the storm …

"Isn't it obvious? I love you." Syaoran's smile assured me what he said was true. The words I had been waiting to hear made me feel different than what I expected.

I looked up from our clasped hands to see him looking at me expectantly. Oh, that's right…I have to give him an answer. It's true that I like Syaoran, but to what extent? Was it just a crush? When I was confronted with the undeniable truth before me, I lost myself.

"I-I…" Before I knew what was happening my feet lost their hold on the tile floor. I felt a sharp pain hit my shoulder blade and braced myself for even more. My eyes were shut tightly, waiting for the severe pain that was sure to come. All the glass cups and china were falling from the flimsy shelf above me. Now I wish I had convinced my dad to finally install a cabinet…yeah I really wish I had reminded him.

I heard the clatter but no pain came. I opened my eyes to see Syaoran wincing in pain. He had protected me. My eyes were wide in shock. A few months ago I would have had no idea that Li Syaoran of all people would protect me.

"Are you alright?" He asked me with a strained smile. I could tell he was in pain. It brought tears to my eyes to know he actually did care about me.

"You are a real idiot you know that?" I laughed slightly.

"Yeah I know, I fell for you didn't I?" He grinned brightly back at me. Syaoran lifted himself shakily and stood before me. Now I could see that a huge gash was on his arm. The red blood was seeping through his black jacket. I gasped slightly causing him to quickly thrust his hand over the wound.

"Hey, don't worry about it. I would have been more worried if your beautiful face was cute." Syaoran smirked at me playfully. I rolled my eyes in response. How could this idiot be so-so-

"What the hell happened?" I heard a shout come from upstairs. A loud thumping sound came rushing down the stairs. Within seconds my brother stood before me with a look of horror on his face. As his eyes trailed the room I could only guess what he was thinking. The multiple pieces of shattered glass on the floor, Syaoran just standing there wide eyed like me, with a pot of boiling water behind us. Man…I was really lucky that wasn't what I knocked over…burns are much worse. If my arms got burned Tomoyo would kill me too...I have to keep wearing those crazy outfits of hers after all. I silently thanked Syaoran again for saving me from the fashionista from hell.

"Brat, what the hell did you-

"Touya! Syaoran protected me it was not his fault!" I shouted. My idiot brother of course would jump to such assumptions. Probably in his mind he was thinking, "Oh, the brat must have pushed Sakura into the cabinets trying to force himself on her!" Sometimes, I wonder if my brother always likes to look for a fight, or he just is really an idiot. It's probably the latter.

Touya's face fell at my words. He crossed his arms as a sigh escaped his lips. His dark eyes narrowed dangerously at Syaoran. Who I might add is still in pain. I opened my mouth to tell off the angry idiot so I could finally move on to helping Syaoran. My brother completely exceeded my expectations for the first time in my life.

"Hey, you okay?" He grumbled softly. Syaoran gaped at him in shock. Never in a million years did either of us expect my brother to…say such a thing.

"Y-yeah..." Syaoran stuttered in amazement. Touya's semi-gentle expression faded as soon as he saw Syaoran's injury. He rolled his eyes sarcastically and then turned his attention to me.

"Sakura, go get the first aid kit for the brat. I'll clean this up." Touya stated.

I smiled at him. My brother didn't seem to mind Syaoran at the moment. His scowl was still present as I walked over to Syaoran. But he seemed less hostile, which is really rare. Touya's always been over protective when it came to guys I liked. He is the reason why I have never really dated anyone. One time Touya caught this really sweet guy, Minaru, talking to me after a soccer game in elementary school. Before I could even smile back at him my brother had picked him up by his collar. Holding him as high as he could Touya began to tell the kid off. I still remember the horror on the kid's face as my brother whispered horrible things to him. I have never seen Minaru in Tomoeda since then.

Moving on from that horrible past of mine, I stood on my tiptoes to grab the first aid kit from the top shelf. "I really hate being short!" I grumbled as I strained myself to reach that dreadful thing. We needed this kit all the time, why the hell is it up so high? For a moment I tried to ponder on the thought, when I finally jumped high enough to knock it down on the floor. As I bent down to pick it up something caught me completely off guard.

"Touya! I let myself in. These three were waiting outside so- Sakura-chan?"

That voice that was so familiar, had completely overridden my senses. I stopped in my tracks when I saw him once again. It wasn't like I hadn't seen him recently. But these feelings I had tried so hard to bury seemed to come back all at once. I clutched my chest trying to convince myself that it didn't hurt. That would be lying to myself. The truth was that I still wasn't over him. Not completely.

Wasn't I thinking about Syaoran just a second ago?

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When that Yukito Tsukishiro entered the entire room went quiet. I wasn't really concerned about his presence. The girl behind him was what made me stiffen. When her dark eyes caught sight of me she immediately got tears in her eyes. I blanched slightly as she came rushing towards me with a squealing shout. "Syaoran!"

I slammed to the ground in excruciating pain with Meiling on top of me. I heard countless mumbles of "I'm so sorry that I left you alone with that girl!" and "I promise I'll nurse you back to health." Plus she repeated my name over and over. I'm glad the reason I was dizzy wasn't because of blood loss. Meiling's pitch was just too high for my ears. Noticing the entire room staring at me, I pushed Meiling off of me with the last of my strength.

"You really need to take notice of the situation!" I hissed at her. Meiling's lips formed into a pout. I really hate this side of her. Does she seriously think trying to be cutesy when I'm angry will do anything? If it was Sakura, sure I'd probably not be angry anymore. But…this is Meiling…my cousin. Ugh it's still creepy to me that she's my temporary fiancé.

Touya apparently had lost interest in the situation as soon as that new guy came in. Otherwise, I'm sure he would be glaring at me. Instead he began angrily pointing at me. Personally I don't know what's worse; hearing Kinomoto Touya's thoughts, or just seeing it on his face. Each word he spoke was followed by a huff. I would be able to hear him if it wasn't for the insane couple and Meiling trying to talk at the same time.

"Li-kun! What happened? Did you protect Sakura? Ooooh! I wish I would have caught that on tape but Tsukisiro-san found us out and-

"Oh my! What a sight to see! I'm impressed Li-kun. Saving our Dear Sakura-san so heroically! My my, I had no idea you had it in you!"

"Syaoran! Are you okay Syaoran! Where's something to stop the bleeding Kinomoto! Kinomotooooo!"

I swear I want to kill them all right now. I looked up to gage Sakura's reaction. She seemed off in a dreamy sort of state. Once I think she told me around certain people she goes all "Hanyan" and such. I really don't understand her. But what is she gazing at so intently? Maybe nothing…sometimes Sakura stares into space for no reason-

"Yukito…san…" A soft muted tone escaped Sakura's lips. An expression I had never wanted to see appeared in her eyes. Those bright emerald eyes dulled immediately as tears flowed down her soft pink cheeks. I knew only one thing could cause her to look this way.

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Tsukishiro Yukito was completely taken aback by the present situation. At first he was amused to see Tomoyo and her friends hiding in the bushes. For as long as he could remember during any major event or a moment he was with Sakura, Tomoyo was somewhere nearby.

The day had begun peacefully without any problems for him this morning. With his family out on another trip he had the house to himself and even went to his favorite convenience store for breakfast. All the wonderful things he enjoyed about life had been accomplished before his first class of the day. He even was able to see his best friend Kinomoto Touya in his last class of the day. Forgetful Touya seemed to have been preoccupied about getting home early to see how Sakura was doing. In his befuddled state he had forgotten his Economics book. Yukito was happy to go and return the book and planned to see if he could have dinner with the Kinomoto's like the old days.

This simple gesture had caused him to see an interesting sight. After entering the house with his copy of their key, Yukito found the same boy Tomoyo had tricked before, with a huge gash on his arm. He saw the multiple shards of glass on the floor and tried not to listen to Touya's judgement of the situation.

"I have no idea what happned but at least Sakura is safe. I sure hope it's not your fault brat!" Touya snapped at Syaoran. The amber eyed boy was not paying attention to the older Kinomoto. Rather he was paying attention to Sakura. Yukito's eyes locked on Sakura to see her looking the same as always. Out of it. He always wondered why she looked that way when she saw him. He thought maybe she just spaced often. But the truth was only realized when she had confessed to him back in middle school. Yukito was in his last year of Highschool at the time and wasn't shocked by Sakura's confession.

He had wrongly lied trying to convince her that she liked him because he looked like her father. When he said this to her Sakura got a horrified look on her face and ran away. Neither of them had brought up the subject since then. Yukito always felt guilty for saying that to Sakura. In a way it was worse than rejecting her he supposed. Seeing her with the same dazed look on her face, made him feel even worse.

"What happned?" Yukito asked Sakura. She shook her head in response and averted her eyes.

"Syaoran protected me."

"I…see." Yukito stared back at her in shock. He was surprised by Sakura's reaction to his presence.

Tomoyo gathered the situation immediately. The look on her dear Sakura-chan's face made her heart twist in a knot. She had hoped her newfound crush on Li-kun would have helped her move on. But it seemed like a part of her still really loved the Snow-rabbit.

"Oh my Li-kun, your arm! That must be really painful!" Tomoyo gasped. " Sakura-chan that first aid-kit!"

Her soft voice seemed to break through Sakura's dreamy state. Still very flustered she knelt down and put a compress on his arm. Meiling's ever-present glare stayed in Sakura as she clung to Syaoran's uninjured arm. She hated how Kinomoto was acting.

"Oi." She huffed. Sakura looked up at her completely shaken. She had never expected Meiling to call out to her. Looking up into those burning eyes of hers made Sakura shiver. With a disgusted scoff Meiling stood up and walked over to Tomoyo. "Kinomo take Syaoran somewhere else. We'll take care of this mess right, Daidouji-san?"

Tomoyo stared at the girl wide eyed before gathering the situation. "Of course. Go ahead Sakura-chan. I'm sure Li-kun would like to get away from that glass. We'll finish up dinner too! Eri-kun will make it!"

"Wait..what?" Eriol uttered before being pushed to the nearby closet to gather a broom and dust pan. Sakura wasn't sure what to make of the situation, and Syaoran certainly wasn't all there. He started to feel a bit sick from the searing pain in his arm. He didn't know it was that deep. Sakura took a look at her brother. He rolled his eyes and flicked his head in the direction of the stairs. The young brunette nodded in a silent thanks to her brother.

Syaoran sighed in exhaustion before helping himself up. Sakura had offered to help him up, but he didn't want Touya seeing him so weak. Much less that other guy. He didn't like the way Sakura was looking at him.

He started towards the stairs staggering slightly as he held the compress to his arm. Sakura followed after him but paused to give a disheartened nod to Yukito. He smiled brightly at her, having no idea what to say. The two young teens walked up the stairs and out of sight.

XXXXX

"I didn't think this would happen." Tomoyo whispered. She brushed away a tear as she began sweeping the shards of glass into the dust pan. Eriol who was holding it looked up at his girlfriend feeling wrung out. He knew when Tsukishiro found them that everything would go downhill from their. He knew Sakura still had feelings for the guy, but had hoped her feelings towards Syaoran were stronger.

"Don't get upset over this Moyo. It was envitable that Sakura-san would have to face her old feelings in order to find her most important person. Now all we can do is wait and see what she decides. Knowing Sakura, if Syaoran did confess then she'd give him a very Sakura-san like response."

Tomoyo sighed in relief and smiled. She stood with her hands on her hips now satisfied with her work. She looked behind her to see Meiling helping Sakura-chan's brother and Tsukishiro-san make dinner. She smiled brightly as the young girl blushed up at Touya when he complemented her cutting technique.

"Yes that's true. Sakura-chan will be troubled for a while. But for her to realize what she truly wants certain things have to happen. After all she has to be ready for Miss Yelan-san's visit!" Tomoyo chuckled holding her hand under her chin. "I'm so excited for when she comes!"

Eriol felt increasing nervous as Tomoyo's laughter got louder. "Tomoyo-chan, please tell me you didn't call that poor woman."

"Oh well of course I did! I sent her pictures of my Dear Sakura-chan as well! She absolutely loved how adorable she was! I'm so pleased to see she has considered Sakura as a candidate!"

"For…what exactly…" Eriol asked regretfully. He knew her response, but dreaded when his assumption would become reality.

"Oh you know!" Tomoyo raised her eyebrows with a smirk on her face. "I'm so very excited to make her dress for the occasion! Ohohohoho!"

Eriol stood up and brushed himself off as his girlfriend continued to laugh. He walked over to the staircase and set his hand on the banister.

"Don't mess this up Syaoran." He stated.

XXXXX

The silence between them could be cut with a knife. Syaoran could only look down at the girl before him. Her emerald eyes were downcast and held no light in them. He had never seen Sakura this down. He hated that anyone would make her feel this way.

Sakura kept dabbing his wound with a cotton swab lightly and carefully. Her mind was elsewhere as she took out disinfectant. Her vacant eyes paused to stare at the small bottle. Her eyes whelled up with tears as she came to a realization.

"Syaoran-kun…I.."

"You don't have to answer me now. Don't worry." He stated. Sakura looked up at him wide eyed. Syaoran wasn't surprised to see her frozen in place and found it quite comical. The girl seemed to be very confusing, but he liked that about her. "At least I'm not the one who made you upset."

At his statement Sakura swallowed hard. She took out some gauze and began wrapping his arm. He liked just staring down at her as she did her work. But soon found himself glancing around the room. "The last time I was here you said your cat would be watching me."

Sakura stifled a laugh before continuing her work. "Yeah, he's doing fine thanks for asking. Isn't that right Kero-chan?" she mused. The fat yellow cat slunk out from underneath the bed and meowed loudly.

"He's still really fat."

"Always will be. Kero-chan really likes food." Sakura sighed. She cut the end of the gauze wrap and made sure that it was secure. Syaoran soon found Sakura sitting down next to him on her bed. She leaned her head on his shoulder and took his hand. He blushed bright red and wasn't sure what to make of her actions. But having her small nimble fingers in his hands was comforting. Having her by her side made him feel complete in a way. Just her presence was enough.

Giving her hand a light squeeze Sakura looked up at him for a moment with a shy smile. "Hey Syaoran-kun…"

"Yeah?"

"Yukito-san was my first love." Sakura muttered.

Syaoran shook his head and sighed. "I knew there was something weird going on back there."

Sakura shook her head and gripped his hand tighter. She wasn't sure how to explain how she was feeling to Syaoran. But if she didn't then she knew nothing would move on between them. With a deep breath she continued. "I confessed to him four years ago. Yukito-san said that the only reason I liked him was because he looked like my dad."

"Does he?"Syaoran questioned. He thought it was weird that the guy would use that as an excuse. What a coward.

Sakura shook her head slightly. "Yes and no. My father has glasses and a soft smile, just like Yukito-san. But that's not why I liked him. In fact at the time I really loved him."

"He shouldn't have responded to you like that."

"I…don't think Yukito-san meant any wrong. He only thought of me as a child. He said that actually." Sakura laughed dryly. "It would have been better for him to just reject me. I was so hurt then that I just ran away. I've never really had any closer so…when you confessed to me, and he suddenly appeared I-

"Sakura, it's fine." Syaoran abruptly interrupted. He hated that Tsukishiro guy now. He couldn't believe he would be that inconsiderate of Sakura's feelings. It didn't matter to him that Sakura was still uncertain of her feelings for him because of that guy. What mattered to him right now was cheering her up. Geez, my sisters would laugh at me now. Never would have guessed their little brother actually cared about anyone so much that he'd throw away his own feelings.

"Syaoran-kun?" Sakura looked up at him. He stiffened at her cuteness. Those pink lips were open in a perfect o. He found himself drawn to her in an instant. The moment those soft plump lips met his, nothing else mattered.

Sakura froze in place. She had no idea how to respond. The last time they kissed she just went with it but this time she had no idea what she was doing. But it felt good. Slowly she found herself kissing him back. After a moment he pulled away, leaving her completely speechless.

"Sakura, let me help you forget that guy ever existed."

A/N: yay! Three chapters in one week! I hope you all enjoyed this one. It's a little long but I thought since it took me forever to update that I owed a more detailed chapter. Please review! Thank you for the reviews so far! I really love reading them! (After thanks, preview is at the bottom)

Thank you to my dear reviewers! I really love that you all are reading my story! Thank you for the story alerts and favorites as well~ I'm going to reply to all of you here, mostly because I love you all so much for reviewing! It made me so happy to know that you still read the story!

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Now for the preview!

"Wha-what?" I stuttered lamely. After kissing me Syaoran just decided to announce that he'll make me forget Yukito-san's existence. Is that even possible? But doesn't he care that my feelings are still undecided?

"I'm going to make sure you forget about him. I swear it Kinomoto."

"H-how can you-

"Syaoran! You're mother she-" Meiling came rushing into my room without even knocking. Worst timing ever! I was having a moment! Darn you Meiling! I sighed and looked over at Syaoran. He seemed a little pale…I hope he's alright.

"What about my mother?"

I had no idea a boy could be this scared of his mother. Apparently this woman was not normal. I found this out later.

I wish I could have been prepared.