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Yukito looked at the ringing phone, he had a bad feeling about this call. "Moshi Moshi, Yukito speaking." Yukito answered, the omminous feeling growing larger and worse by the miliseconds of silence on the other end of the line. "Yuki? I need you to come over..." The familiar voice of Touya replied, his voice soft and filled with an emotion Yukito wasn't familiar with from his best friend's lips. Hurt. That's that the emotion was. But why? Why was this emotion there? "I'll be right there, but why do you want me to come over?" Yukito asked, curious and now deeply concerned for Touya. A clunk was heard on the other end, it sounded like it was from upstairs. "Yuki, just come over." Touya then hung up the phone and the dial tone took his voice's place. Yukito hung up the phone as well, and put on a brown jacket, zipping it all the way up, Yukito ran to the shed in back to get his bike.
Only minutes, which had seemed to be hours to Touya and Yukito, had passed before a swift knock came at the door. Touya answered the door, a worried expression on his face. Yukito came in quickly and met Touya's eyes, "What's this about?" He asked. Touya just turned and started up the stairs, knowing that Yukito would follow. As they neared the pink door which belonged to Sakura, Yukito heard a soft sobbing. Knocking on the door, Touya entered and found Sakura sitting on the edge of her bed, tears streaming down her face, which was in her hands. "Sakura-chan?" Yukito asked, unsure of what was happening. Touya looked at his sister and swiftly turned his eyes away from her, unable to look at her while she was in such a state. He was no good at comforting anyone. He didn't know anything. Yukito was one of the closest people to Sakura, and he thought that he should know, if Sakura would tell him of course. "Go away... Please, Yuki-kun... Touya. Just go away..." Sakura mumbled into her hands. "Sakura, I'll go make you some tea, it should help you relax." Touya said in a quiet voice as he left the room, closing the door behind him. Kero the came out of the desk drawer and looked gravely at Yukito, who was walking toward Sakura. After sitting down on the bed with Sakura, Yukito hugged her and asked her what was wrong. Sakura remained silent and just continued to sob. "...Sakura...? Please, tell me what's wrong." Yukito whispered. "I... He... r-r-raped me... Li.... " Sakura whispered hoarsely. Yukito's eyes widened with shock as he asked, "What!? Sakura, what about Li?" Sakura shook her head, which was pressed against Yukito's shirt, her tears wetting the front of the fabric quite well. "We don't know... She won't tell us what happened at all..." Kero said, regret in his voice. In a brilliant white flash of light, it was Yue who comforted Sakura now. Yue's eyes were filled with a cold furry and he angrily whispered to Kero, "We don't know? What about Li-san? How could this have happened...?" Yue's voice dropped lower and he was barely heard, the anger had left his voice and he held Sakura. Kero shook his head saddly. "No one knows who it was. The Gaki... We don't know what happened..."
"Yue... I'm going for a walk..." Sakura said quietly as she rose and headed for the door. "Sakura..." Kero said, staring at the back of Sakura. "Ja ne." Sakura said as she left the room, running into Touya who was about to come in. Touya stared at her, and told her to stay at home...
Sakura did that night, knowing that Touya would probably camp outside her door, and either Kero or Yue out of the window.
Sakura sat in the doctor's office, more talkative than she had been since it all happened, Touya and Yukito knew it was because she was nervous of the test results. Finally, Doctor Sherman, the american doctor came of the room where the lab was, and shook his head. "Sakura, I'm so sorry.... It came up as possitive. You've conceived... You could get an abortion, or keep the child, maybe even addoption?" Dr. Sherman said saddly. Sakura had made a promise to herself she wouldn't cry, and stayed true to her promise.
"I want to think about it..." Sakura said boldly, they all then left after filling out paper work and talking to Dr. Sherman a bit more. Once home Sakura grabbed her backpack, she had been prepared for this for a long time now. After telling Kero, and Touya that she was leaving, Sakura stepped out of the house. The neighborhood children playing didn't seem at all right, at least to her. 'How can those children play when such horrible things are happening?' Sakura wondered and she ran past them. She ran to a place she had only been once, Li's appartment.
When she got there, she found it to be empty. "Good." Sakura whispered she hadn't wanted to see Li, knowing he would try to tell her not to do this as Kero had two weeks prior. Sakura used a pin she had brought for this reason to pick the lock on Li's door, and went inside the dark appartment. Looking around for paper and pen, Sakura wrote a note. She placed the note in the book she was going to leave, and then, quick as she came, she left.
Li came home late that night, Meilin had insisted they have a marathon of movies, and was worried the entire time of how Sakura was doing. He hadn't seen her since that day. She wouldn't take visitors, or phone calls. When he tiredly flopped down on his bed, his fingers brushed against something had. Sitting up to investigate, he found that what he had touched was the Clow (Star, Sakura, whatever) Book. He gasped, and opened the book to find all the Star Cards, and a white piece of paper. He unfolded it, and read:
::Dear Li,
I'm sorry that I have to do this, please take the Cards and watch over Kero for me. Yue, I think, can take care of himself. I think it's better if I do this, I want you to know that I care for you more than you may think, and that I'm thankful for you saving me, so many times. If you wonder where I am, just smile and think to yourself that I'm happy. No one will ever need an explanation about me. And I am so horribly sorry for all of this.... You know where to find me if you wish to. I really am sorry that I have to do this... Live a long and good life.... Though I know in a day or two, you'll have forgotten me...
Love,
Sakura::
Tears ran down Li's face as he completed the letter. He quickly fanned out the cards and noticed that she had taken one card... Already knowing where Sakura had gone, he ran to that place.
"Sakura!" He screamed as he saw Sakura holding the card. In her hand was the Star Key that he had returned to her after finding it a few days later, Li now regretted more than anything, giving it back to her...
"ERASE! Erase the memory of me from everyone, myself, and you, Erase!" Sakura cried out as she released the Erase card which was revealed in it's true form, and began to do the task it was given saddly. Sakura turned to face Li and smiled as she said, "Good bye..." Sakura then disappeared, and the card vanished as well. Li fell to his knees and wept like he had never. Why did she have to do it? Why....?
Li once more returned home and flopped down on his bed, the tears had ceased long ago, and he stared at the letter in his hand... Looking at the fanned out cards infront of him, Li called upon the Create. He knew he could bring Sakura back by using this card, but... Why? No one would remember her... She would never have wanted that. Instead, Li pulled out the Shield. "Shield, protect me from the Erase card..." Li whispered as he tapped the card with his sword....
He knew he would be the only one to ever remember Sakura, but he would rather have known her, than to ever forget her smiling face as she laughed along with Tomoyo over one thing or another....
:-) I hope that wasn't all that sad, I really hadn't meant it to be. Gomen ne. Anyway, what do you think?
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