Hi. I'm back with yet another chapter of The Life of an Unexpected
Identity. Btw hai I'm very loosely basing this fic on 'The Thirteenth Year'
all though there are a lot of differences. I hope you don't mind but I
think it was a good idea. And it'll hopefully get better. I hope. Anyway on
with the fic.
Chapter 6: The Big Disaster at the Swimming Pool
After school, while Sakura was at her locker, someone sneaked up behind her and asked in a male voice, "Kinomoto-san?"
Sakura jumped a bit, turned around, her hair flying as she did, and accidentally dropped all 5 of her books on the person's foot while crying, "Hoe?"
Syaoran, who was the one who Sakura's books had fallen on, was kneeling down rubbing his bare foot. Sakura knelt down and picked up her books. "Li- kun. Gomen ne," she apologized. "Daijoubu?"
"Hai. Just fine," he said standing up. Sakura put her books in her locker and closed it. Then she turned around and said, "Uh, Li-kun? Why are you wearing your swimsuit?"
"Well, Kinomoto-san, Daidouji-san and I have made up a plan to figure out the cause of what you've been through," he said.
"You do?" asked Sakura excitedly.
"Yeah but they might take a few days."
"I see," said Sakura, "I don't care if they take a month."
"We only have a week before the competition. Anyway Daidouji-san wants to do some tests on you at the pool."
"Oh," said Sakura. Then she looked at Syaoran strangely. "So then why are YOU wearing your swimsuit if the tests are for me?"
"Easy answer. I volunteered to help your friend with this. Now let's hurry. Daidouji-san's meeting us there. And she said that she had already paid to get the three of us in."
"Oh. I see." She picked up her backpack. "Let's go."
As the walked outside and down the street, Sakura was about to pass the swimming pool building. Syaoran noticed, stopped her and asked, "Where are you going? The swimming pool building is right here."
"To get my swimsuit," she answered.
"Don't worry about that. Daidouji-san got it for you at lunchtime before 12:15."
"She did?" asked Sakura curiously, "How'd she manage to do that? No one is allowed to exit the school grounds at that time. And how'd she get into my house?"
"She somehow just did. I think she went thought the window to your room," Syaoran said scratching his head. "I got mine near the same time. About 5 minutes later."
They entered the swimming pool building and Sakura suddenly remembered to do something. She pulled out her cell phone from her backpack and was about to make a call when Syaoran asked, "What are you doing?"
"I'm just calling my house to let them know that I'm here so they won't worry," she said and started dialing.
"I see. Good idea." He headed towards the boys' change room and said, "I'll meet you and Daidouji-san in the pool area." Sakura nodded an 'okay' to him and he left.
She made the phone call to her answering machine and put her phone back into her backpack. Then she headed towards the girls' change room where Tomoyo was waiting for her.
In the girl change room
"Sakura-chan. What took you so long?" asked Tomoyo.
"Well, Li-kun kind of just found me at my locker. And I kind of dropped my 5 books on his foot all at once," Sakura said while giggling nervously. "And I had to make a quick phone call to my house.
"I see. It's a good think you had you cell phone with you then," said Tomoyo as she reached into her handbag and pulled out Sakura's bathing suit uniform. Sakura added, "Yeah it was. The books were all hardcover, too," as Tomoyo pulled out Sakura's cherry blossom pink towel out of the handbag.
"Ouch. Did all five fall on his foot or less?" she asked while handing both items to Sakura.
"Arigatou," she said taking them, "Yeah all five."
"That's not good. Is he alright?"
Sakura changed in to her bathing suit and took her honey auburn hair down. "He said he was."
"Good," said Tomoyo, "now let's go down to the pool area. He's probably wondering where we are right now."
"Okay." Sakura picked up her towel and both of them headed out the door to the showers. A few were on because some on forgot to turn them off. Tomoyo carefully walked past them trying not to get wet with Sakura following her. They were almost to the pool area when one of the showers went ballistic and sprayed Sakura very hard and then stopped. Sakura was soaking wet and as she took a step she fell down again. This time on her back but she sat up.
"Sakura-chan," Tomoyo cried when she heard the small thud when Sakura fell, "Are you alright?"
Hai, Tomoyo-chan. I just slipped." She tried to stand but her legs wouldn't let her.
Tomoyo looked at her friend worriedly and asked her, "Should I go get Li- kun?"
"Um. Tomoyo-chan. This is still the girl's change room you know?"
"Oh yeah! I forgot." Sakura sighed at her best friend. "But no one's around so they can't see."
"People might come to practice for the competition, though."
"Oh," said Tomoyo.
Sakura decided to crawl to the pool area or drag her herself since her legs were a bit sore and weren't going to help. So that's what she did. She managed to drag herself to the edge of the very deep end of the pool but fell flat on her chest and face, kind of tired from doing all that dragging.
Syaoran was sitting on a bench nearby when he saw Sakura fall and rushed over to her. "Kinomoto-san are you okay?" he said, standing right beside her laying body sounding worried.
Sakura lifted her head and said, "No it happened again. The same thing from this morning."
"Oh boy. Not good," said Syaoran. He attempted to pull her up by her wet arm but lost his grip and fell into the water.
"LI-KUN!!" Sakura shouted in worry when he fell in and didn't resurface. Sakura leaned toward the edge of the pool and looked inside but couldn't see any sign of him. She leaned a bit closer and also fell in, hitting her head on the inside edge of the pool as she fell.
Syaoran resurfaced in the medium deep end when he heard Tomoyo yell, "SAKURA-CHAN!!" He turned around and saw that Sakura wasn't on the edge where he last saw her. He panicked and swam as fast as he could back to the edge.
Tomoyo saw him coming and said in a worried tone, "Li-kun. Sakura-chan... Sakura-chan." She paused.
"What happened?" asked Syaoran as he got to the edge.
"Sakura-chan was leaning over to look for you cause she was worried and fell in. I saw her hit the back of her head on the inside wall of the pool," Tomoyo managed to say. Syaoran, now very worried about her, dove into the water and saw her close to the middle falling fast to the bottom. He quickly swam towards her and grabbed her by the waist. With his strength, he swam back up to the surface making sure that her head had come up as well then he swam her to the edge where Tomoyo bent down to grab her and pull her up out of the water. When Sakura was safely on the pool floor, Tomoyo noticed that she wasn't breathing. She checked her pulse and said, "Li-kun she's not breathing at all. And her pulse is very faint."
"WHAT!" He got out of the pool super fast and knelt beside her looking down at her face. 'Daidouji-san's right. She's not breathing,' Syaoran thought as he checked her pulse for himself. 'And her pulse IS very faint.' He looked up at Tomoyo while gently placing Sakura's hand back on the pool area's floor. "Daidouji-san?"
"Hai?" she asked still worried about Sakura.
"I need you to help me carry her away from the pool."
"Okay. What should I do?"
"Well, I'll take her legs and you take can her arms and we'll move her as far as that bench over there," he said pointing to the bench he was sitting on when they first got there.
"Okay," said Tomoyo. She and Syaoran stood up and Tomoyo picked Sakura up by her arms at the same time that Syaoran picked her up by her legs at the knee. With Tomoyo walking forward and Syaoran walking backwards, she had to direct him a bit. Syaoran almost fell in the pool again but was able to prevent it. They got to the bench about a minute later and set her down 5 inches away from it with her lying down beside it instead of in front of it.
Sakura still wasn't breathing when they had set her down so Syaoran told Tomoyo what his plan was.
"Okay so I have a plan," Syaoran said kneeling down with his legs apart on each side near Sakura's knees. "I'm going to press firmly on her chest to get her heart beating again. It's called CPR. Ever hear of it?"
"That's good," said Tomoyo, "Yeah I've heard of it but I never saw it before. Will it hurt Sakura-chan?"
"Well, maybe a bit when she wakes up but that will just mean that her heart's beating again. I've done CPR a bunch of times so I got to a point where it doesn't hurt all that much."
"Okay...but..." said Tomoyo a bit uncertainly.
"Don't worry. She'll be fine."
He crossed his hands like he was getting ready to perform CPR and placed them on Sakura's chest. He found his heartbeat and started to repeatedly push firmly on Sakura's chest in rhythm with it.
After about twenty or more pushes, she still wasn't breathing. 'Oh boy. Kinomoto-san, wake up,' he thought. He did CPR for about ten more and she still wasn't breathing.
"Sakura-chan, please wake up," Tomoyo said softly.
"Well this isn't working as planned," Syaoran said still pushing.
"Oh no," whispered Tomoyo in more worry than before.
Syaoran continued to push but still nothing. "Okay, time for method two," he said as he stopped pushing on Sakura's chest.
"What's method two?" asked Tomoyo getting nervous.
"Well since I can't get her heart to beat by pushing, I'll just have to get her to breathe air through her mouth."
"You don't mean-" Tomoyo started to say but got cut off by Syaoran.
"It's the only way now for her safety."
He started to lean forward towards Sakura's face...
****Sorry guys. I'm stopping there for the moment. Sorry it took SO LONG. I thought that I was going to give up on this fic but on the last night of Christmas holidays before school started, I got a whole bunch of ideas. So I'm hoping to use them in here. I'm sorry if you think this chapter is a bit emotional and stuff but I was in that type of mood and I know that this chapter was supposed to be called 'The Tests' but unfortunately I changed it. Sorry about the change in the title. Also sorry about the shortness of this one but I couldn't think of anything else I wanted in this chapter that I wanted in the next one. Btw I also changed my name for I was getting tired of my last one. I hope you liked this chapter and please R+R. I would really appreciate it. Also I can't stand flames so please don't flame me for this chapter or any of my other ones coming up. Arigatou! See ya. Bye bye!****
Chapter 6: The Big Disaster at the Swimming Pool
After school, while Sakura was at her locker, someone sneaked up behind her and asked in a male voice, "Kinomoto-san?"
Sakura jumped a bit, turned around, her hair flying as she did, and accidentally dropped all 5 of her books on the person's foot while crying, "Hoe?"
Syaoran, who was the one who Sakura's books had fallen on, was kneeling down rubbing his bare foot. Sakura knelt down and picked up her books. "Li- kun. Gomen ne," she apologized. "Daijoubu?"
"Hai. Just fine," he said standing up. Sakura put her books in her locker and closed it. Then she turned around and said, "Uh, Li-kun? Why are you wearing your swimsuit?"
"Well, Kinomoto-san, Daidouji-san and I have made up a plan to figure out the cause of what you've been through," he said.
"You do?" asked Sakura excitedly.
"Yeah but they might take a few days."
"I see," said Sakura, "I don't care if they take a month."
"We only have a week before the competition. Anyway Daidouji-san wants to do some tests on you at the pool."
"Oh," said Sakura. Then she looked at Syaoran strangely. "So then why are YOU wearing your swimsuit if the tests are for me?"
"Easy answer. I volunteered to help your friend with this. Now let's hurry. Daidouji-san's meeting us there. And she said that she had already paid to get the three of us in."
"Oh. I see." She picked up her backpack. "Let's go."
As the walked outside and down the street, Sakura was about to pass the swimming pool building. Syaoran noticed, stopped her and asked, "Where are you going? The swimming pool building is right here."
"To get my swimsuit," she answered.
"Don't worry about that. Daidouji-san got it for you at lunchtime before 12:15."
"She did?" asked Sakura curiously, "How'd she manage to do that? No one is allowed to exit the school grounds at that time. And how'd she get into my house?"
"She somehow just did. I think she went thought the window to your room," Syaoran said scratching his head. "I got mine near the same time. About 5 minutes later."
They entered the swimming pool building and Sakura suddenly remembered to do something. She pulled out her cell phone from her backpack and was about to make a call when Syaoran asked, "What are you doing?"
"I'm just calling my house to let them know that I'm here so they won't worry," she said and started dialing.
"I see. Good idea." He headed towards the boys' change room and said, "I'll meet you and Daidouji-san in the pool area." Sakura nodded an 'okay' to him and he left.
She made the phone call to her answering machine and put her phone back into her backpack. Then she headed towards the girls' change room where Tomoyo was waiting for her.
In the girl change room
"Sakura-chan. What took you so long?" asked Tomoyo.
"Well, Li-kun kind of just found me at my locker. And I kind of dropped my 5 books on his foot all at once," Sakura said while giggling nervously. "And I had to make a quick phone call to my house.
"I see. It's a good think you had you cell phone with you then," said Tomoyo as she reached into her handbag and pulled out Sakura's bathing suit uniform. Sakura added, "Yeah it was. The books were all hardcover, too," as Tomoyo pulled out Sakura's cherry blossom pink towel out of the handbag.
"Ouch. Did all five fall on his foot or less?" she asked while handing both items to Sakura.
"Arigatou," she said taking them, "Yeah all five."
"That's not good. Is he alright?"
Sakura changed in to her bathing suit and took her honey auburn hair down. "He said he was."
"Good," said Tomoyo, "now let's go down to the pool area. He's probably wondering where we are right now."
"Okay." Sakura picked up her towel and both of them headed out the door to the showers. A few were on because some on forgot to turn them off. Tomoyo carefully walked past them trying not to get wet with Sakura following her. They were almost to the pool area when one of the showers went ballistic and sprayed Sakura very hard and then stopped. Sakura was soaking wet and as she took a step she fell down again. This time on her back but she sat up.
"Sakura-chan," Tomoyo cried when she heard the small thud when Sakura fell, "Are you alright?"
Hai, Tomoyo-chan. I just slipped." She tried to stand but her legs wouldn't let her.
Tomoyo looked at her friend worriedly and asked her, "Should I go get Li- kun?"
"Um. Tomoyo-chan. This is still the girl's change room you know?"
"Oh yeah! I forgot." Sakura sighed at her best friend. "But no one's around so they can't see."
"People might come to practice for the competition, though."
"Oh," said Tomoyo.
Sakura decided to crawl to the pool area or drag her herself since her legs were a bit sore and weren't going to help. So that's what she did. She managed to drag herself to the edge of the very deep end of the pool but fell flat on her chest and face, kind of tired from doing all that dragging.
Syaoran was sitting on a bench nearby when he saw Sakura fall and rushed over to her. "Kinomoto-san are you okay?" he said, standing right beside her laying body sounding worried.
Sakura lifted her head and said, "No it happened again. The same thing from this morning."
"Oh boy. Not good," said Syaoran. He attempted to pull her up by her wet arm but lost his grip and fell into the water.
"LI-KUN!!" Sakura shouted in worry when he fell in and didn't resurface. Sakura leaned toward the edge of the pool and looked inside but couldn't see any sign of him. She leaned a bit closer and also fell in, hitting her head on the inside edge of the pool as she fell.
Syaoran resurfaced in the medium deep end when he heard Tomoyo yell, "SAKURA-CHAN!!" He turned around and saw that Sakura wasn't on the edge where he last saw her. He panicked and swam as fast as he could back to the edge.
Tomoyo saw him coming and said in a worried tone, "Li-kun. Sakura-chan... Sakura-chan." She paused.
"What happened?" asked Syaoran as he got to the edge.
"Sakura-chan was leaning over to look for you cause she was worried and fell in. I saw her hit the back of her head on the inside wall of the pool," Tomoyo managed to say. Syaoran, now very worried about her, dove into the water and saw her close to the middle falling fast to the bottom. He quickly swam towards her and grabbed her by the waist. With his strength, he swam back up to the surface making sure that her head had come up as well then he swam her to the edge where Tomoyo bent down to grab her and pull her up out of the water. When Sakura was safely on the pool floor, Tomoyo noticed that she wasn't breathing. She checked her pulse and said, "Li-kun she's not breathing at all. And her pulse is very faint."
"WHAT!" He got out of the pool super fast and knelt beside her looking down at her face. 'Daidouji-san's right. She's not breathing,' Syaoran thought as he checked her pulse for himself. 'And her pulse IS very faint.' He looked up at Tomoyo while gently placing Sakura's hand back on the pool area's floor. "Daidouji-san?"
"Hai?" she asked still worried about Sakura.
"I need you to help me carry her away from the pool."
"Okay. What should I do?"
"Well, I'll take her legs and you take can her arms and we'll move her as far as that bench over there," he said pointing to the bench he was sitting on when they first got there.
"Okay," said Tomoyo. She and Syaoran stood up and Tomoyo picked Sakura up by her arms at the same time that Syaoran picked her up by her legs at the knee. With Tomoyo walking forward and Syaoran walking backwards, she had to direct him a bit. Syaoran almost fell in the pool again but was able to prevent it. They got to the bench about a minute later and set her down 5 inches away from it with her lying down beside it instead of in front of it.
Sakura still wasn't breathing when they had set her down so Syaoran told Tomoyo what his plan was.
"Okay so I have a plan," Syaoran said kneeling down with his legs apart on each side near Sakura's knees. "I'm going to press firmly on her chest to get her heart beating again. It's called CPR. Ever hear of it?"
"That's good," said Tomoyo, "Yeah I've heard of it but I never saw it before. Will it hurt Sakura-chan?"
"Well, maybe a bit when she wakes up but that will just mean that her heart's beating again. I've done CPR a bunch of times so I got to a point where it doesn't hurt all that much."
"Okay...but..." said Tomoyo a bit uncertainly.
"Don't worry. She'll be fine."
He crossed his hands like he was getting ready to perform CPR and placed them on Sakura's chest. He found his heartbeat and started to repeatedly push firmly on Sakura's chest in rhythm with it.
After about twenty or more pushes, she still wasn't breathing. 'Oh boy. Kinomoto-san, wake up,' he thought. He did CPR for about ten more and she still wasn't breathing.
"Sakura-chan, please wake up," Tomoyo said softly.
"Well this isn't working as planned," Syaoran said still pushing.
"Oh no," whispered Tomoyo in more worry than before.
Syaoran continued to push but still nothing. "Okay, time for method two," he said as he stopped pushing on Sakura's chest.
"What's method two?" asked Tomoyo getting nervous.
"Well since I can't get her heart to beat by pushing, I'll just have to get her to breathe air through her mouth."
"You don't mean-" Tomoyo started to say but got cut off by Syaoran.
"It's the only way now for her safety."
He started to lean forward towards Sakura's face...
****Sorry guys. I'm stopping there for the moment. Sorry it took SO LONG. I thought that I was going to give up on this fic but on the last night of Christmas holidays before school started, I got a whole bunch of ideas. So I'm hoping to use them in here. I'm sorry if you think this chapter is a bit emotional and stuff but I was in that type of mood and I know that this chapter was supposed to be called 'The Tests' but unfortunately I changed it. Sorry about the change in the title. Also sorry about the shortness of this one but I couldn't think of anything else I wanted in this chapter that I wanted in the next one. Btw I also changed my name for I was getting tired of my last one. I hope you liked this chapter and please R+R. I would really appreciate it. Also I can't stand flames so please don't flame me for this chapter or any of my other ones coming up. Arigatou! See ya. Bye bye!****