Hi, this is the last chapter of this series (if you don't' count the epilogue). Hope you enjoy and THANX to all the people who have reviewed my work. I really, really appreciate it. It really helped me getting the stories out more quickly, knowing people wanted to read more.
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Chapter 6 The solution
Sakura was relieved when the school day past so peaceful. No one really bothered her about what happened at the dance. People just commented but no one really BOTHERED her. She settled down at her desk to finish her History homework and waiting for Sam to come back from Soccer practice. What she doesn't know is that…
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"Yo, Sam. Over here," Brad said as Sam walked out of the girl's locker room after practice. She was wearing sweats that say HuaFen High as was he.
"Hi. So why do you wanna know?"
"Man, you just jump right into business. Something tells me you are not the one for small talks." Brad commented on her tone of voice.
"That's because I have lots of things to do back at home. Say something called homework. Unlike you, I don't plan to have a Soccer Scholarship to get me into college. I plan to use my mind to do that."
"Touché," Brad whistled. "So you wanna tell me who's the Anastasia girl?"
"Not until I know why you wanted so bad. Then I might consider."
"You said you would tell me if I told you why. Not consider, will."
"Whatever."
"Do you want to know or not?"
"Of course I do. Now can we cut the pre-show so we can get the show on the road?"
"Okay. Here's the deal. One of my friends met her at the dance in her Anastasia costume. And they talked and he kinda likes her now."
"Then how come he didn't get her name? He's not that stupid right?" Sam raised an eyebrow.
"Wait 'til I finished the story, will you?" Brad said with a touch of impatience. Sam signaled him to continue by waving her hands. "Okay, so he likes her and he said he thought she liked him also. But when he took off his mask to tell her who he is but she just dashed off."
"So you're telling me that a girl ran away from SYAORON? The Syaoron on our team?" Sam said with disbelief.
"That was my reaction too."
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Syaoron took a long time getting dressed today. He didn't feel like going home and being yelled at by his family for breaking up with Meiling. He wanted to talk to Brad again. Surprisingly, Brad was not just the jokester everyone thought he was. He was a really good listener and friend. But today, Brad insisted that he had something urgent to do after practice. Syaoron sighed and swung his bag over his broad shoulders. He walked out of the empty locker room. He was the last one there.
As he begun losing his thoughts about what happened at the dance. He heard some murmuring behind a bush. He didn't bother to look into it until he distinctly heard the word "Anastasia". His heart jumped. He decided to see what's going on.
He heard Brad's voice say, "Are you going to tell me who she is now?"
"Okay, okay. A deal's a deal." Sam's voice said with annoyance. "Anastasia was Sakura's costume. The dress was the dress I helped her picked out."
"No way! Sakura's costume?" Brad was amazed. Syaoron felt dazed. 'Sakura? But how come I didn't sense her magic?' 'Because you were too busy drooling over her.' A little voice in his mind said. 'Does this mean she doesn't like me at all? Not even as friends? The least she could've done was letting me know who she was?' His heart ached at this thought. But he didn't have time to dwell on it. He could hear Sam and Brad were coming toward him. He climbed onto a tree and hid. He didn't came out until the two was out of sight.
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Sakura was relieved when the Friday had arrived. The school now cooled down about the gossip of the Dance in Disguise. She could still hear a few questions now and then but it usually dies down pretty quickly. As the last bell rang, Sakura approached her locker just like everyone else. When she opened it, a note in black paper felled out. She picked it up but it didn't say who was it from on the outside. Inside, the note said:
Sakura, can you meet me at the oak tree next to the soccer field after school? I need to talk to you about something really important.
The note was not signed in any way, shape, or form.
'Strange,' Sakura thought. 'Who could it be? Most of the people I know are either in cheerleading practice or soccer.' She was still thinking about whom could it possibly be when she arrived at trunk of the tree.
"Wow, a person who can be later than me. This is a surprise," Sakura said to herself when she saw no one at the tree.
"I don't think that's possible, Sakura," a voice said from above the tree.
"Wh…who are you?" Sakura trembled. She didn't like people who were, well, mysterious about who they were. They could be killers or stalkers or…
"It doesn't matter. The question is, who are you?"
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked with her face pointed straight up the tree.
"We want to know what happened at the dance," a new, higher voice said. Now Sakura was really getting scared.
"You know what? I'm just going to go because I don't really wanna talk about it…."
"Why? Because maybe you are running away from your feelings?" the first voice said.
"What would you know?" Sakura was not afraid anymore. She's angry now.
"Because your body languages tells other people a lot of things." The second voice said.
"What do you see then?"
"I see a confused young girl who's thinking with her brain instead of her heart."
"And is that bad?"
"In a relationship? It could be deadly." The first voice said. He or she gave an evil laugh. A chill went down Sakura's spine. She didn't have good feeling about this. "Now, are you going to tell us or not?" the voice said wickedly.
Sakura ran as fast as her legs could carry her.
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"Where's the half of the team?" Syaoron asked as he came out of the field.
"Sam said she wanted to train one half while you train the other. She said it's more efficient this way." Roger said.
"I think not. We are a team therefore we have to work together. Who said anything about dividing up?" Syaoron said. He was already in a bad mood because he still had no idea who his dream girl is AND now his co-captain didn't inform him of an important change that he objects.
"Well, tell that to her," Cameron said smugly. He loved to see Syaoron pissed. "No need to blame us. It was your responsibility to communicate with your co-cap."
Syaoron ignore that remark. "You guys just warm up and do some drills on your own while I go find Sam and the others." He said as he started running to the track field, where soccer players practice if the lacrosse team needed their field.
BAM!
He crashed into someone, hard.
"Oh sorry," Syaoron said as he recovered his head. "I wasn't looking." He stood up and helped the other person up. "Sakura! What are you doing here?" He said with surprise. Sakura didn't answer him. He saw the fear in her eyes and tears on her cheeks. "What's wrong?" He said in a softer voice as he drew Sakura into his arms. She sobbed in his arms.
"I'm so stupid. I make the most stupid mistakes and…and I need some st...strangers in a t…tree to…o help me. Even though… they are so mean and scary, everything they say is the truth…"
"Shh," Syaoron said as he put his index finger on her lips. "Don't cry. We all make mistakes. The mistakes make us stronger." He held Sakura closer.
'He makes me feel so safe. I want to be like this forever.'
'I want to hold her forever. It feels so right.'
Sakura buried herself in his arms in silence. They stood there for forever (maybe like half an hour or something).
"Syaoron?" Sakura raised her head to meet his amber eyes.
"Hmm?"
"The girl you meet at the dance was…."
"You, I know." Syaoron gave her a special smile that was only for her.
"How did you…?" But Syaoron's lips silenced hers as they joined. Sakura felt weak at her knees but Syaoron's strong arms at her waist supported her.
They kissed 'til they ran out of oxygen.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have…" Syaoron began to apologize but it was Sakura who silenced him with a kiss of her own. Only this time, she was prepared. They deepened the kiss so hard that Syaoron fell on his back with Sakura on him, still kissing.
"Did I hurt you?" Sakura asked as she rested her head on Syaoron's chest.
"It's worth it," Syaoron said as they started losing themselves in passionate kisses again.
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"Success!" Sam said as she and Brad looked at the couple from a nearby bush. They slapped a high five.
"What can I say? I am just so good," Brad said with arrogance.
"Don't forget it was my idea, genius," Sam teased. She and Brad came out from behind the bush.
"Sorry, are we interrupting something?" Sam teased as she accidentally stepped tripped over Syaoron's legs. Sakura and Syaoron looked up to see who it was.
"And looks like it's something good," Brad said. "Getting it on, Syaoron." He gave Syaoron a thumb up.
Syaoron and Sakura stood up immediately trying to wave off the embarrassment from being caught making out by their friends.
"Sakura, sweetie," Sam said as she did some signals with her hands on her shirt. Brad was laughing his head off because as Sakura saw as she looked down, her shirt was not quite on right due the roughness of making out. Syaoron and she blushed into scarlet red.
"Why aren't you in uniform to practice?" Sakura finally said as they were recovering from the embarrassment.
"hmm……"now it's Sam and Brad's turn to get a little nervous. Syaoron and Sakura eyed them.
"Well, we came to find you guys because we couldn't find you during practice," Sam said quickly.
"But why aren't you in sports wear?" Syaoron said suspiciously. Finally, it clicked to him what happened. "No you didn't!" He said suddenly. He chased Sam and Brad down the soccer field.
Poor Sakura, she still didn't get why they were running from Syaoron. That's a good thing to Brad and Sam because they don't want Sakura chasing after them too.
There will be an epilogue after this. But this is really the end. Hope you all liked the story and R&R please!!
~Lovie-chan