Scent of a Cherry Blossom-Part 3
BRLi was down in the kitchen, cooking. He didn't want to go up and talk to Sakura right now. She might not really want to see him, and she needed to rest. 'But I should probably check on her and make sure she's still there.' He walked up the stairs and peeked in his door. She was fast asleep on the bed, curled up under the blankets. 'I guess she was more tired than I thought . . . At lease she's gone to sleep now.' He walked back down the stairs and ran over the previous night's events in his head. 'I wonder what card that was? Whatever it is, I don't like it. It injured Sakura!' He fumed at the stupid card, wishing Clow Reed could have skipped over that one. Li slammed his hand into the wall in frustration, leaving a hole in it. 'Whoops . . . maybe I overreacted a little.' He shrugged, then went into the bathroom and took a shower. He felt totally dirty, and decided to stay in there for a while. He'd clean up the hole in the wall after his shower.
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BRSakura yawned. She sat up and stretched. The shadows made by the sun were already starting to lengthen, meaning it was past noon. She looked around Li's room sleepily. The room was clean and perfect. There weren't many ornaments around. It was mostly just plain furniture, with no decor at all. She stood up and went over to his desk, her sleepiness gone. There were a few pictures there. Li CardCaptoring, Li and his family, Li and Meilin . . . . . Sakura giggled at that one. Meilin was hanging off of his neck, as usual, and Li was desperately trying to escape. She turned her gaze to the next photo. It was of Sakura and Li . . . . . she never remembered posing for it. He must have gotten it from Madison. She smiled at the memories of her friend that she had. Always with a camera. She struggled to find a memory of her without a camera, and found she had none. It wasn't really all that surprising; Madison had learned to videotape before she could talk. She turned back to the picture. She smiled, remembering the incident.
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BR"Hey, Li, wait for me!" Meilin yelled. She ran out of the doors towards where Li was talking with Sakura. At top speed, Meilin ran right by Li, knocking Sakura over, right into . . . Li. Sakura blushed, muttered "Sorry." and walked off, with Madison following her.
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BRSakura smiled again. It was funny, how Meilin always hung off Li . . . . . well, funny to a certain point. Then it got annoying and made Sakura mad. 'Well, Li too, probably. Probably even more mad then me.' Sakura thought. She giggled. She looked around, missing the papers on the desk. 'Well, I should probably get going home now. Tori will be so mad . . . Oh yeah, he and Dad went off on that trip this weekend. So I'm off the hook. Maybe I'll stay here.' She got up and went downstairs. Li was writing busily on the counter, so involved he didn't notice her. Sakura went over to him. "What are you doing?"
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BRLi had gotten out of the shower a few minutes ago, and he was thinking about his feelings, trying to put them in order. Writing always helped, so he began to write in his journal. No one knew he had a journal, Meilin especially. If she knew about it she'd ransack the house until she found it. Li grinned inside about that. Most people didn't think of Li as the kind of person who would journal. But he did. He sat and thought a bit more, then went back to writing. A voice from behind him startled him. "What are you doing?" He started, then quickly tried to hide the journal. He wasn't quite fast enough, though, and Sakura saw what it was before he hid it. "A journal? You keep a journal?" He tried to deny it, but had been caught so unaware and unready for anything at all that he couldn't. "I . . . it's not . . . . yes. I keep a journal." He was sure Sakura would think he was a total geek
now. He looked at the floor, embarrassed and disgusted with himself. 'Guys don't keep journals! They fight with swords and don't like anything that involves feelings! Sakura is going to think I'm such a-' Sakura's voice cut off the mental tirade he was starting. "Wow. I never thought I'd ever meet a boy who writes in a journal . . . that's so cool, Li!" 'She thinks it's cool? That's great!' he stopped his thoughts and looked at her abruptly. "You . . . you won't . . . tell anyone, will you?" Sakura looked hurt.
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BR'How could he even ask that!' "Of course I won't tell anyone, Li. You have my word." Sakura saw him heave a sigh of relief. Then he spoke to her. "I know that you're trustworthy, Sakura,-" 'He trusts me!' "- it's just that I don't want anyone to find out. Meilin would ransack the house, the guys would tease me, and the girls . . ." he paused uncomfortably, and Sakura knew why. Every girl at school, or very close to that number, was after Li, and if they found out, they'd most likely pursue him even harder. Sakura nodded her head at Li to show that she understood.
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BRLi turned to the counter, where he had already made breakfast. "Want some, Sakura?" He glanced over his shoulder and saw her smile. "I'd love some, Li. What did you make?" "Pancakes." Sakura giggled. Li looked at her, a little annoyed. "What?" She giggled again. "Well, it's just that whenever I make pancakes I hardly get
any between Tori and Kero." They both laughed. Sakura stopped suddenly. "Kero! He doesn't know where I am! He'll be frantic!" She rushed out the door, and Li, after taking the pancakes off the stove so they wouldn't burn and grabbing two for Kero, rushed after her. 'Maybe it's time me and the stuffed animal make peace.'
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BRSakura was running very fast, but Li caught up to her quickly. He grinned at her. "Want a ride?" Sakura blushed and looked at him. It took her a moment to realize that the only way he could be moving so fast would be because he was using "The Dash". She looked around to make sure no one was there and then smiled in response to his grin. "Sure!" She hopped on his back, and they were there in no time.
Sakura rushed in the front door and up to her room, where Kero was flying in circles. "Kero! I'm back!" Kero turned at the sound of her voice and flew over to her in a rage. "Sakura, where have you been?! I was sitting here, worried sick about you, and you didn't even bother to call me! How could you forget about telling me! And another thing! What-" Sakura put her hand over his mouth to stop him from shouting. "Kero, I'm sorry. I was fighting a card and I got hurt. Li-" Kero shook Sakura's hand off and began shouting again at this point. "What??!!?! The Chinese BRAT! What did he do?! Why, I oughtta' teach him a lesson! He's gonna' be so-" Sakura grabbed him again. "Kero! Could you listen for a minute!" She glared at him until she got his attention. "Li took care of me. He bandaged my wounds and made sure I was okay! He didn't hurt me, Kero! Use your brain! That was the card!" She glared at him some more until Kero apologized. Then she turned around to go get Li from downstairs. As she turned, she started as she came face to face with Li. Their eyes locked, and Sakura dropped Kero on the floor.
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BR"Hey! Watch what-" Kero stopped, noticing that they weren't even noticing him any more. He flew around them, looking at their faces. 'Aw, jeez! This is just great. Sakura is in live with the brat! He then flew around to face Li. 'And the brat's in love with her! Aw, great! A match made in heaven. Now I'm gonna' have to put up with him here all the time! This stinks!' He flew around more, trying to figure out exactly what he should do. After a while, and idea came to him. 'I know! I'll call Madison! She'd love to hear about this!' He flew downstairs to the new speakerphone (much easier for poor Kero to use) and dialed Madison's number. "Hello. This is the residence of-" Kero cut Madison off, recognizing the voice. "Hey! Madison! I found something you'd love to videotape!" Madison squealed. "Ohhhh! Is it with Sakura? Please tell me it is!" Kero smiled mischievously on his end, where Madison couldn't see, but she got the idea from his voice. "I will . . . . for a price. Why don't we say 3 bento boxes and a dozen pancakes?" Madison agreed. "And if it's really good, I'll bring and extra bento box and a dozen more pancakes! But I have to know what it is, first." Kero grinned. "Deal. Okay, here's the scoop. . . ."
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BRMeanwhile, Sakura and Li were had left and gone to Li's house, staring into each other's eyes the whole time. Li, with his thoughts, Sakura with hers. Both thoughts were almost the same. 'Sakura, you're so perfect. Why can't I just tell you? That would be better than not knowing at all. Oh, Sakura . . .'
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BR'Oh Li, why couldn't I be your fiancée instead of Meilin. You're so perfect, and kind when you want to show it. I should just tell you how I feel. I want to know if you feel the same way, Li . . .'
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BRThey stared for quite a long time. Kero was off the phone by then. And his contact was on her way over. He floated nervously by the front door. 'What if she forgot my bento boxes? And my pancakes?' He fretted for a while longer, and then Madison got there with his food and a video camera. "Here's your food. Eat it somewhere that Sakura won't find the leftovers,-" Kero interrupted. "What leftovers?" Madison continued as though she hadn't heard. "-so they don't catch me. And thank you!" She ran over to Li's house at top speed, knowing she could catch them, as Kero had said they had only been walking slowly. 'This is just perfect! Li and Sakura! I always knew they'd get together!'
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BRSakura and Li walked into the house and up the stairs into Li's room. They came out of their trance moments after Madison started videotaping. They spoke at the same time. "Sakura . ." "Li . ." They both stopped. Then Sakura spoke. "There's something I need to tell you." "I need to tell you something, too." Sakura nodded her head at Li. "You can go first." Li shook his head. "No, you." They both stood there for a while, debating if they should go first, but not arguing, knowing this was serious and not wanting to wreck the moment. Finally they came to a compromise. "Why don't we write it down and then switch pieces of paper?" "Okay." Then Li went down to the kitchen and Sakura stayed in Li's room. After Li was gone, Sakura looked around for a piece of paper. She saw one sticking out of a drawer of Li's desk. She opened it and found the paper was already written on. She started to put it back, but curiosity overcame her good manners and she started reading the paper. She gasped as she did so.
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BRMadison zoomed up on the paper, so that the words were readable. She grinned. 'That would be so like Li. To do something no one expected him to do, like write poetry.' She threw the thought aside and continued to concentrate on Sakura's face, after getting the poem's words on film.
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BRSakura stood there, almost numb. She had shock written all over her face. Unsure of what to do, she stood there. "Sakura, are you done?" A voice came from outside Li's door. Getting no response, he opened the door. He saw the poem in her hand and was about to say something when a large, dark figure rushed in, grabbed Sakura, and vanished. The poem drifted to the floor, but it was not the only thing. Li walked over and picked up Sakura's hair ribbon, all that was left of Sakura. Li stood there with shock. He stared at the spot where Sakura had been, moments before, then crumpled to the ground. After about a minute of crying, he wiped his tears and got out his sword. It was time to capture this card. No one got BRaway with hurting his cherry blossom. Nobody.
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So how'd you like my fic? Let me know! I apologize for the wait. I wrote this a while ago and just forgot to get it out. Sorry!
P.S. I have to get 45 reviews before I put up the next part. If I finish after I hit thirty, I'll do it then, but I need time to write!
BRLi was down in the kitchen, cooking. He didn't want to go up and talk to Sakura right now. She might not really want to see him, and she needed to rest. 'But I should probably check on her and make sure she's still there.' He walked up the stairs and peeked in his door. She was fast asleep on the bed, curled up under the blankets. 'I guess she was more tired than I thought . . . At lease she's gone to sleep now.' He walked back down the stairs and ran over the previous night's events in his head. 'I wonder what card that was? Whatever it is, I don't like it. It injured Sakura!' He fumed at the stupid card, wishing Clow Reed could have skipped over that one. Li slammed his hand into the wall in frustration, leaving a hole in it. 'Whoops . . . maybe I overreacted a little.' He shrugged, then went into the bathroom and took a shower. He felt totally dirty, and decided to stay in there for a while. He'd clean up the hole in the wall after his shower.
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BRSakura yawned. She sat up and stretched. The shadows made by the sun were already starting to lengthen, meaning it was past noon. She looked around Li's room sleepily. The room was clean and perfect. There weren't many ornaments around. It was mostly just plain furniture, with no decor at all. She stood up and went over to his desk, her sleepiness gone. There were a few pictures there. Li CardCaptoring, Li and his family, Li and Meilin . . . . . Sakura giggled at that one. Meilin was hanging off of his neck, as usual, and Li was desperately trying to escape. She turned her gaze to the next photo. It was of Sakura and Li . . . . . she never remembered posing for it. He must have gotten it from Madison. She smiled at the memories of her friend that she had. Always with a camera. She struggled to find a memory of her without a camera, and found she had none. It wasn't really all that surprising; Madison had learned to videotape before she could talk. She turned back to the picture. She smiled, remembering the incident.
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BR"Hey, Li, wait for me!" Meilin yelled. She ran out of the doors towards where Li was talking with Sakura. At top speed, Meilin ran right by Li, knocking Sakura over, right into . . . Li. Sakura blushed, muttered "Sorry." and walked off, with Madison following her.
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BRSakura smiled again. It was funny, how Meilin always hung off Li . . . . . well, funny to a certain point. Then it got annoying and made Sakura mad. 'Well, Li too, probably. Probably even more mad then me.' Sakura thought. She giggled. She looked around, missing the papers on the desk. 'Well, I should probably get going home now. Tori will be so mad . . . Oh yeah, he and Dad went off on that trip this weekend. So I'm off the hook. Maybe I'll stay here.' She got up and went downstairs. Li was writing busily on the counter, so involved he didn't notice her. Sakura went over to him. "What are you doing?"
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BRLi had gotten out of the shower a few minutes ago, and he was thinking about his feelings, trying to put them in order. Writing always helped, so he began to write in his journal. No one knew he had a journal, Meilin especially. If she knew about it she'd ransack the house until she found it. Li grinned inside about that. Most people didn't think of Li as the kind of person who would journal. But he did. He sat and thought a bit more, then went back to writing. A voice from behind him startled him. "What are you doing?" He started, then quickly tried to hide the journal. He wasn't quite fast enough, though, and Sakura saw what it was before he hid it. "A journal? You keep a journal?" He tried to deny it, but had been caught so unaware and unready for anything at all that he couldn't. "I . . . it's not . . . . yes. I keep a journal." He was sure Sakura would think he was a total geek
now. He looked at the floor, embarrassed and disgusted with himself. 'Guys don't keep journals! They fight with swords and don't like anything that involves feelings! Sakura is going to think I'm such a-' Sakura's voice cut off the mental tirade he was starting. "Wow. I never thought I'd ever meet a boy who writes in a journal . . . that's so cool, Li!" 'She thinks it's cool? That's great!' he stopped his thoughts and looked at her abruptly. "You . . . you won't . . . tell anyone, will you?" Sakura looked hurt.
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BR'How could he even ask that!' "Of course I won't tell anyone, Li. You have my word." Sakura saw him heave a sigh of relief. Then he spoke to her. "I know that you're trustworthy, Sakura,-" 'He trusts me!' "- it's just that I don't want anyone to find out. Meilin would ransack the house, the guys would tease me, and the girls . . ." he paused uncomfortably, and Sakura knew why. Every girl at school, or very close to that number, was after Li, and if they found out, they'd most likely pursue him even harder. Sakura nodded her head at Li to show that she understood.
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BRLi turned to the counter, where he had already made breakfast. "Want some, Sakura?" He glanced over his shoulder and saw her smile. "I'd love some, Li. What did you make?" "Pancakes." Sakura giggled. Li looked at her, a little annoyed. "What?" She giggled again. "Well, it's just that whenever I make pancakes I hardly get
any between Tori and Kero." They both laughed. Sakura stopped suddenly. "Kero! He doesn't know where I am! He'll be frantic!" She rushed out the door, and Li, after taking the pancakes off the stove so they wouldn't burn and grabbing two for Kero, rushed after her. 'Maybe it's time me and the stuffed animal make peace.'
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BRSakura was running very fast, but Li caught up to her quickly. He grinned at her. "Want a ride?" Sakura blushed and looked at him. It took her a moment to realize that the only way he could be moving so fast would be because he was using "The Dash". She looked around to make sure no one was there and then smiled in response to his grin. "Sure!" She hopped on his back, and they were there in no time.
Sakura rushed in the front door and up to her room, where Kero was flying in circles. "Kero! I'm back!" Kero turned at the sound of her voice and flew over to her in a rage. "Sakura, where have you been?! I was sitting here, worried sick about you, and you didn't even bother to call me! How could you forget about telling me! And another thing! What-" Sakura put her hand over his mouth to stop him from shouting. "Kero, I'm sorry. I was fighting a card and I got hurt. Li-" Kero shook Sakura's hand off and began shouting again at this point. "What??!!?! The Chinese BRAT! What did he do?! Why, I oughtta' teach him a lesson! He's gonna' be so-" Sakura grabbed him again. "Kero! Could you listen for a minute!" She glared at him until she got his attention. "Li took care of me. He bandaged my wounds and made sure I was okay! He didn't hurt me, Kero! Use your brain! That was the card!" She glared at him some more until Kero apologized. Then she turned around to go get Li from downstairs. As she turned, she started as she came face to face with Li. Their eyes locked, and Sakura dropped Kero on the floor.
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BR"Hey! Watch what-" Kero stopped, noticing that they weren't even noticing him any more. He flew around them, looking at their faces. 'Aw, jeez! This is just great. Sakura is in live with the brat! He then flew around to face Li. 'And the brat's in love with her! Aw, great! A match made in heaven. Now I'm gonna' have to put up with him here all the time! This stinks!' He flew around more, trying to figure out exactly what he should do. After a while, and idea came to him. 'I know! I'll call Madison! She'd love to hear about this!' He flew downstairs to the new speakerphone (much easier for poor Kero to use) and dialed Madison's number. "Hello. This is the residence of-" Kero cut Madison off, recognizing the voice. "Hey! Madison! I found something you'd love to videotape!" Madison squealed. "Ohhhh! Is it with Sakura? Please tell me it is!" Kero smiled mischievously on his end, where Madison couldn't see, but she got the idea from his voice. "I will . . . . for a price. Why don't we say 3 bento boxes and a dozen pancakes?" Madison agreed. "And if it's really good, I'll bring and extra bento box and a dozen more pancakes! But I have to know what it is, first." Kero grinned. "Deal. Okay, here's the scoop. . . ."
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BRMeanwhile, Sakura and Li were had left and gone to Li's house, staring into each other's eyes the whole time. Li, with his thoughts, Sakura with hers. Both thoughts were almost the same. 'Sakura, you're so perfect. Why can't I just tell you? That would be better than not knowing at all. Oh, Sakura . . .'
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BR'Oh Li, why couldn't I be your fiancée instead of Meilin. You're so perfect, and kind when you want to show it. I should just tell you how I feel. I want to know if you feel the same way, Li . . .'
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BRThey stared for quite a long time. Kero was off the phone by then. And his contact was on her way over. He floated nervously by the front door. 'What if she forgot my bento boxes? And my pancakes?' He fretted for a while longer, and then Madison got there with his food and a video camera. "Here's your food. Eat it somewhere that Sakura won't find the leftovers,-" Kero interrupted. "What leftovers?" Madison continued as though she hadn't heard. "-so they don't catch me. And thank you!" She ran over to Li's house at top speed, knowing she could catch them, as Kero had said they had only been walking slowly. 'This is just perfect! Li and Sakura! I always knew they'd get together!'
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BRSakura and Li walked into the house and up the stairs into Li's room. They came out of their trance moments after Madison started videotaping. They spoke at the same time. "Sakura . ." "Li . ." They both stopped. Then Sakura spoke. "There's something I need to tell you." "I need to tell you something, too." Sakura nodded her head at Li. "You can go first." Li shook his head. "No, you." They both stood there for a while, debating if they should go first, but not arguing, knowing this was serious and not wanting to wreck the moment. Finally they came to a compromise. "Why don't we write it down and then switch pieces of paper?" "Okay." Then Li went down to the kitchen and Sakura stayed in Li's room. After Li was gone, Sakura looked around for a piece of paper. She saw one sticking out of a drawer of Li's desk. She opened it and found the paper was already written on. She started to put it back, but curiosity overcame her good manners and she started reading the paper. She gasped as she did so.
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BRMadison zoomed up on the paper, so that the words were readable. She grinned. 'That would be so like Li. To do something no one expected him to do, like write poetry.' She threw the thought aside and continued to concentrate on Sakura's face, after getting the poem's words on film.
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BRSakura stood there, almost numb. She had shock written all over her face. Unsure of what to do, she stood there. "Sakura, are you done?" A voice came from outside Li's door. Getting no response, he opened the door. He saw the poem in her hand and was about to say something when a large, dark figure rushed in, grabbed Sakura, and vanished. The poem drifted to the floor, but it was not the only thing. Li walked over and picked up Sakura's hair ribbon, all that was left of Sakura. Li stood there with shock. He stared at the spot where Sakura had been, moments before, then crumpled to the ground. After about a minute of crying, he wiped his tears and got out his sword. It was time to capture this card. No one got BRaway with hurting his cherry blossom. Nobody.
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So how'd you like my fic? Let me know! I apologize for the wait. I wrote this a while ago and just forgot to get it out. Sorry!
P.S. I have to get 45 reviews before I put up the next part. If I finish after I hit thirty, I'll do it then, but I need time to write!