Disclaimer: I do not own CCS clamp does… And i do not own tele corp.
Chapter 7
All Syaoran could do for a few seconds after Sakura had left was look at the door in shock, he could not believe she had just ran away again.
1:30pm private house
"Sakura, where the hell have you been?" Brian calls out to her concerned, seeing her coming into the private house with a glazed look all over her face.
"Hu Oh Brian, It's you. What are you doing here? "Sakura asked him, still dazed as she made her way over to the sofa to sit next to him, breathing out a sigh on the way.
"Babe you are like four hours late for training."He tells her with a glance at his pocket watch." I was worried about you, so I decided to come here."
"O my gosh, you were waiting this long for me. I am so sorry Brian, I was…." Sakura trailed off nervously, wondering whether to tell her best friend about what happened with Syaoran this morning.
`Sorry Brian i just can't.`
"I went for a really long run and I have only just finished, which reminds me I should probably get in the shower. I will meet you back at the garage in an hour Brian. I promise and I will even stay late tonight to make it up to you." She tells him, quickly running into the bathroom to avoid anymore questioning.
"Something seems off" Brian mutters out to himself before leaving the house confused.
2:00pm Main House, kitchen
"Syaoran, Your mother called this morning. She said it's urgent." Eriol informs him seriously, as he comes in to the room to take a seat next to Syaoran at the table.
It was a relatively big kitchen, with a unit on each side of it, making it into big square room with a large table in the centre.
"Oh no, she's probably been talked into doing something again by the Elders. I will phone her back now." Syaoran sighs out, grabbing his phone from his pocket.
Phone Call...
Hello, Syaoran. You took your time ringing me back I must say," Yelan tells her son impatiently.
"Sorry mother I was…."
"I do not care in the slightest what you were doing Syaoran, I need you to come back to Hong Kong by Tuesday."
"What, no mother I cant. Today is sunday, I have only been back for a month. you have to be joking?"Syaoran bites out at his mother, before rubbing the back of his head with his free hand in frustration.
"Syaoran, you of all people know I do not joke. This business deal with Tele corp will be happening in the next month, so you need to be here for that." His mother talks out calmly.
"But you have the Elders there, so why do you need me? surely they can.." Syaoran starts out but only to be cut off by Yelan again.
"Do not answer me back, Syaoran. My decision is final, you can go back to Tokyo at the end of the month. When the deal is done."
"But that is only a few days before Sakura has her initiation test. Mother, Mother" Syaoran explains down the phone, only to be greeted with a click to say the phone call had ended.
"Shit." Syaoran shouts out angrily getting out of his seat and walking towards the door. With a now skeptical Eriol following him close behind.
"What's going on Syaoran? Eriol asks him, watching his friend frown and his walking pace quicken.
"I will tell you on the way." Syaoran tells him flatly, before thinking to himself pissed off
` i can't believe this is happening to me again, I have only just started to get through to Sakura.`
Garage 2:30PM
Brian hearing Someone come into his place of work, skillfully rolls out from underneath a car curiously.
"Oh Syaoran, Eriol. Whats up?"
"Brian were is Sakura?" Syaoran questions his brother, looking around for her with a glare.
"Sakura? she will be here in a minute. she overdid it today with training " He tells his guests, as he makes his way outside the garage slightly to check for her.
Seconds later he spots her, running up to him smiling.
"Sakura, it seems we have some visitors." Brian announces out to her, as she walks up to him.
"Syaoran," Sakura whispers out nervously, approaching the new faces. As she neared Syaoran who was slumping on a half assembled car with his arms crossed she noticed his face and decided to back away from him, a bit intimidated.
"Sakura, please can we talk."Syaoran asks her gently, presenting his hand out to her softly.
"Sure ok." Sakura shrugs out, a bit shy before taking his offered hand and following him outside.
"Eriol you let Brian know what is going on." Syaoran shouts out to Eriol, as he disappears with Sakura around the corner of the garage.
"Syaoran what is going on." Sakura asks, a bit scared.
"My mother has called me away again, so I can't complete your training. I can however guarantee you will not have to fight crusher for your initiation test. As it stands and you keep up your good work, you will qualify to fight a girl. The maximum weight limit is twelve stone in my gang, and your close to that already."
" What, why do you have to go?" Sakura questions him with a scowl, a bit more upset then what she would have liked, as she completely ignores the last part he said about the fight.
"Sakura it's a long story, just believe that I will be here for your match I promise you. Just keep up with everything I have taught you over the last month and you will be fine. I have asked Eriol to watch over you while I'm gone. I am sorry." he explains to her sadly, before nearing her close enough to put a hand around her waist and a kiss on her forehead lovingly.
"This is just stupid, there is just no point. " Sakura shouts out teary eyed, shoving Syaoran away from her body so she could look into his eyes.
"Do the people here, really want me dead that much." Sakura starts out at him before turning and walking away from him angrily.
"Sakura wait" Syaoran calls out to her, trying to stop her but at this point Sakura just did not want to listen to anything.
12:00am sunday
Sakura wakes up in her bed thirsty, she takes the covers off of her tiredly and heads to the kitchen for a drink.
Moments later as she poured herself some water, she noticed a shadow outside of the window lurking around the house suspiciously.
So without much fear, she grabs a golf club from the corner of the room and opens the door to swing it in the direction of the dark figure.
"Stop, Sakura it's me." Syaoran tells her, taking hold of the hand with the club in it and walking her backwards into the house. He sat her on the sofa and kneeled down in front of her sadly.
"What are you doing here? It is past midnight. Why aren't you asleep yet? Don't you have to leave for Hong kong in a few days." she sighs out, looking away from the look of hurt his amber eyes were giving off.
"Yes but, I could not even think of going there without saying goodbye to you properly Sakura. This morning when we kissed, it made me realize that well, I like you Sakura. Very much actually. I don't know when it started happening to me but it has." Syaoran stops, taking her chin in his fingers slightly so he could turn her head to face his.
"This is insane." Sakura stutters out, leaning back into the sofa blushing bright red at Syaoran's confession.
"Maybe but after everything, there is no way I want you to go back to avoiding me or hating me when I come back. So that is why I am choosing to be honest with you now."
"Syaoran." She whispers, moving her head forward to meet him in an awkward yet passionate kiss.
Moments later, Syaoran had pulled Sakura off the sofa and in his arms.
Knowing full well where the bedroom was in the house, Syaoran headed in that direction curiously wondering how far Sakura would let him go with her tonight.
Next morning..6:00am
Syaoran woke up comfortably with a yawn, looking around at his surroundings he came to relise were he was and who he had slept with, which startled him a little.
`Why am I hear? Oh shit I knew I should not have drunk last night.` Syaoran thought to himself, before glanced over at Sakura sleeping figure a bit happier now at his decision.
Moments later he quietly turns in the bed to get out, being careful not to wake Sakura.
"Shit, where are my clothes." Syaoran questions himself, looking around the room quickly.
8:00am Garage..
"Morning Brian" Sakura says, coming into the office tiredly.
"Morning babe, did you sleep well. I heard about Syaoran and about your initiation. I bet you're happy." Brian smiles at her, seeing her unrap her breakfast.
"What do you mean?"She askes him, taking a bite out of her diet bar.
"If you are down to twelve stone in a month, you can fight Chen instead of Crusher.
"Didn't Syaoran tell you that yesterday when he left with you."
"To be honest Brian, I was not paying much attention to anything yesterday apart from the Syaoran leaving again part." Sakura opens up to him sadly.
"O yes that. Well that witch would rather side with those old trolls then stick up for her own family babe."
6:00pm monday
"Syaoran, are you sure you are going to be ok to just leave now?" Eriol looks at Syaoran in defeat.
"Yes Eriol, you know I have no choice. If this is what the witch wants you know she will stop at nothing to get it. Just promise me you will help Sakura while I am gone." Syaoran tells him, before handing him a letter addressed to her.
"You know I will do my best to protect her."
"Thankyou Eriol
6:30pm training field.
"Sakura" Eriol calls out to her, as he comes up to her at a fast running pace to match hers.
"O Hi Eriol, how are you." Sakura asks him as she continued her run easily.
"I am fine thankyou, here." He smiles out at her, passing her Syaorans letter causing her to stop and look at him weirdly.
"It's from Syaoran, he's just left."
"What without saying goodbye" Sakura lets out, a little upset.
"I am sorry Sakura, Anyway I have to go but I will see you here tomorrow for practice. Me and Brian will do all we can to help you through this." Eriol tells her, taking off into the direction of the main house.
Letter
Dear Sakura,
Goodluck with the rest of your training, I will be back as soon as I can. You and Brian are the most important people in my life right now. All I want to do is keep you safe, even if it means leaving like this.
All the best Syaoran.
The next month for Sakura was kind of a blur, train for hours then help brian in the garage. it stayed this way until the last five days before the initiation.
Garage 8:00am
"Brian, I don't feel well." Sakura tells her friend, coming into her workplace nauseous.
"Well maybe you have food poisoning?" Brian suggested, putting his head into a car bonnet to replace an engine tube.
"Well I don't think so, I always eat what you do and you do not look ill. I have been feeling like this the last couple of mornings it's like it comes and goes." She utters to him, before collapsing on the floor suddenly.
