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AN: I'm not so good at Chinese names; please help.
No Longer A Child
Hold On To Life
by BlahBlahBlah136
"Excuse me? What did you just say? I think I have to clean my ears; it sounded like you said I had to go home. I must be hearing things," Syoaran couldn't believe he was hearing this. He didn't want to believe he was hearing it. 'It just shows you how fragile happiness really is,' he thought, 'Wait! What am I saying! Syoaran doesn't give up so easily. It's always this way: One rule contradicts another. I'm supposed to obey the clan, but never give up. I'm going to take the benefit of the doubt.' "You heard me right. Why do you question your senses? Sending you here was a BIG mistake! I'm Li Tsu Ling, your second cousin three times removed. The future leader of the Li clan should know his clan members better," Tsu Ling continued to fuss over how much he had changed for the worse, but Syoaran wasn't listening. How could this be happening to him? "When do I have to leave?" he asked quickly. 'Please not soon, please' he begging inwardly. "In three days," She said nonchalantly. "WHAT!!!" Syoaran yelled, "I don't even have a week to say goodbye!" "Goodbye?" She asked skeptically, "to whom?" Syoaran was so full of rage he could barely speak.
"What if I refuse to come, huh? What if I never want to leave Japan!? What is going to make me come home, huh?"
"Two words Syoaran: Body Guards. They will just hall you back to China kicking and screaming if they have to. We have two 6'3", 257 pound body guards here in Japan currently. I doubt you'd last five minutes," Tsu Ling giggled, "Well, aren't you going to let me in?" Syoaran was so angry he could no longer speak. His muscles cramped up and he became stiff. His face was red and he was shaking uncontrollably. "Go away. I'm never coming back. I hate these stupid restrictions. I can't believe the clan is making me come back. Go away and never come back again," He said through clenched teeth. It was so muffled you could barely hear him. He shut the door slowly and locked all of the locks. He went into the kitchen.
Sakura was shaking from what she had just heard. Syoaran was being called back to China, and it sounded permanent. Syoaran finally closed the door and went to the kitchen. Sakura followed him. She entered the kitchen were Syoaran filled a glass of water and splashed himself with it. He was breathing very hard. Sakura went up to try to calm him. When she tapped him on the shoulder he thought it was Meiling and started to scream at her. Then he realized it was Sakura. Tears streamed down her face. "Oh, Sakura, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you. I thought you were Meiling. I would never mean to yell at you," He said as he cupped her chin in his hands and wiped away her tears with his thumb. He hugged her close to him. "Don't worry, Sakura. I'm not going to leave you. I'm not going back to China. Even if they take away everything I have, the can't take you away from me. I won't let them," He comforted. He didn't even know if he could back up his words. Syoaran ran his fingers through her hair with on hand and held her waist with the other. He held her, comforting her and himself at the same time until Touya called and yelled at him for having his sister out after 6:30 PM without prior notice.
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Syoaran and Sakura spent as much time together in the next three days as possible. On the fourth day they were very tense, the fifth day they relaxed a little, and the sixth day they believed the threats all false.
(8:02 am, the sixth day. (Friday))
Syoaran walked into homeroom with Sakura. He pulled her chair out for her. This made Sakura giggle. When she sat down he gave her a gentle kiss. Sakura pulled the kiss deeper and deeper until Tomoyo walked into the room with a huge "KAWAII" Tomoe-sensei came in after Tomoyo and class settled down. "Hello class, and welcome to science class. Today we will be presenting our projects. The first two up are...,"the sensei looked at his class plan, "Syoaran and Sakura." Sakura hobbled up to the gray table at the front with there air pressure tester. Syoaran followed.
"We have created an air pressure tester from house-hold items. We are going to test it by comparing the results of our tester to the one we bought from the store," Syoaran said. They went on to describe how the tester worked. The tester was only off by a few milligrams (How do you measure air pressure?). They got quite an applause after their test.
All the tests went well, with the exception of Naoko's and Rika's project that exploded after it refused to work for three minutes. Soon it was lunch once again. This time it was just Tomoyo, Sakura, and Syoaran. Naoko and Rika had lunch-time detention and had to clean up the science lab. Meiling decided not to eat with them anymore. "I guess the threats from your clan were empty. They haven't shown up at all since last week. I think you can let go of Sakura now," Tomoyo advised, nodding toward Syoaran's hand around her waist. Syoaran pulled tighter in a silent 'No'. "She's right, Syoaran. I think it's fine to let go. It's not like once you let go you can't ever come back," Sakura explained. Syoaran sighed in defeat put his hands on the table. "Oh! I left my gym close outside when we went outside for art. I have gym in two periods! I'll be back," Sakura exclaimed.
She headed outside. She found the swings were she had been drawing. Her gym close weren't there. "Looking for these?" asked a cold voice from behind. Sakura swiveled around to see Harrison with her light-pink gym back swinging from his index finger. "H-harrison, please, may I have my gym clothes?" She stuttered. He just smirked. "Y-you kn-know, you could get suspended for s-stalking people. Now, PLEASE, may I have my gym clothes back?" Sakura said. No matter how much she tried, she couldn't stop stuttering. He terrified her for some reason. His smirk grew. He threw the gym back at her with such great force it knocked her into the tree behind her. She was temporarily stunned. She tried to move, but found herself magically pinned to the tree.
"Now, Card Mistress, I have you in my clutches," She drawled as he came up so close to her she could feel his breath on her face. "I always did think you would give in to me by yourself. No matter, I always get what I want. And what I want is you and your power. And I WILL have both," he hissed. He leaned closer to kiss her but she moved her head in one swift motion. He laughed evilly. "Now now Mistress, you wouldn't want your precious, innocent, defenseless little family to get hurt now would you?" He threatened. A gasp escaped Sakura's lips. He wouldn't dare hurt her family; but that wasn't true. He was angry and there was no telling what he would do. Her fright must have shown in her face because then Harrison confirmed, "Yeah, that's right. Your wonderful little family will be terminated. That include Tomoyo, too you know." "Syoaran will stop you," she said with false confidence. "How can he, if he's back in China," Harrison laughed evilly.
"Get your dirty hands off my girlfriend," Syoaran yelled from across the small playground. He came up like a thunderstorm, and with just as much rage. He pulled Harrison away from Sakura in a jerky movement. Harrison was caught by surprise. His magical binding on Sakura broke and she moved behind Syoaran. Syoaran unsheathed his VERY well hidden sword, and Sakura took out her sealing wand. It was two powerful people against one powerful person. He was out-numbered, and decided to retreat. He cackled and started to disappear. Right before he was gone he saw them let there guard down. He couldn't resist; he sent a powerful blast of dark energy at Syoaran, who blocked the attack perfectly for Sakura. Harrison smirked and disappeared fully. Syoaran fell to the ground. "SYOARAN!" Sakura cried out. She rushed to his side. He wasn't bleeding anywhere, due to the bluntness of the attack, but he was badly bruised all over. He wasn't yet unconscious, so together they walked to the nurses office.
The nurse, surprisingly, gave both Sakura and Syoaran leave to go home. As they walked toward Syoaran's apartment he remembered he had left his key in his locker. They were closer to Sakura's house then the school by now, so they went to her house.
(Sakura's House, 15 minutes later)
Sakura and Syoaran walked through the door. "Where is Touya and your dad?" Syoaran asked as Sakura began to walk toward the kitchen. "Well, Touya is at work, and so is my dad. Kero is probably upstairs sleeping," She replied. Then she added, "You can head into the living room. I'll go get some ice for you. Do you want anything to drink? We have Pepsi, Ice tea, and the basics. (Milk, Juice,Water, etc.)" "I'm not really thirsty," Syoaran answered and sat down on the couch. A minute later Sakura came back in with ice in a wet washcloth. "Now, You took the blast worst in the ribs, right?" Sakura asked. "Very observant," he winced, remembering the pain in his side. He screamed out when Sakura set the make-shift ice pack on his ribs. "Oh, I'm sorry. Do you want some Advil or Tylenol or something?" Sakura asked with a blush. "Please," he begged, his face still in a wince.
Sakura went to the medicine cabinet and pulled out some Extra Extra Strength Tylenol. She quickly read the back. WARNING: Do not take more than the recommended dose. Do not operate heavy machinery, for medication may cause drowsiness. ATTENTION: This is a MILD drug. Do not take before imperative tasks. Is a STRONG pain killer. Sakura hesitated. She heard Syoaran cry out after trying the ice pack again and decide he needed the Extra Extra Strength Tylenol.
Sakura came back to the living room with the pain killer. She took the seat beside Syoaran and poured the medicine into a spoon. "Open," She commanded Syoaran, indicting for him to open his mouth. He obeyed and gave him the medicine. "How long does this take to work?" He asked. "Fifteen minutes," She responded, rereading the label. Syoaran groaned.
Sakura turned on the TV. They watched the very end of The Princess Bride (very good movie). "That was a good movie. We only watched the end 17 minutes and I still want to see the rest. As long as I can see it with you," His voice was thick like honey. They weren't kidding when they had said drowsy! Sakura didn't seem to notice. She smiled at him. "I'd be glad to. We can rent it," She said cheerfully. All of a sudden she was in a very passionate kiss with Syoaran. They were both intoxicated in sheer pleasure. Sakura put her hands around his neck and ran her fingers through his hair. He wrapped his arms around her slim waist. They only broke the kiss when they ran completely out of air. "Was that the pain killer or you, Syoaran?" Sakura asked regretfully. "I've wanted to do that for a LONG time, but the pain killer was what stopped me from refraining from it," Syoaran explained.
"Touya will be home any minute!" Sakura suddenly exclaimed, "He'll kill you if he sees you here!" "Than I guess I better go," Syoaran mopped. "I'm coming with you," Sakura said. Syoaran objected, but lost the fight.
(Outside Syoaran's Apartment)
Sakura and Syoaran were involved in another deep kiss. "Sakura.... I-I.. Have to... open the door," Syoaran said through the kiss. He then remembered he had left the key at school. Syoaran had one arm rapped around Sakura's waist, and she had her hands on his shoulders. With his free arm Syoaran turned the doorknob, expecting for it to be in vain. To his surprise the knob opened. He walked inside, though did not break the kiss. "LI SYOARAN! YOU ARE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE!" A voice shouted. The couple froze in there place. They slowly stepped away from each other and turned to see Li Tsu Ling standing in the middle of the two largest men they had ever seen. The colossal duo were dressed in black business suits. 'These must be the body guards Tsu Ling was talking about' the two teens thought in chorus. Syoaran looked around in panic. All of his things were packed. No really, ALL of his things. The apartment was barren. Syoaran took his protective stance in front of Sakura. He didn't like the look of the body guards. The missive men walked forward and grabbed Syoaran by the arm. "I told you we would come for you if you did not comply with the clans wishes. You are in for it for not coming right away, but THIS," Tsu Ling nodded toward Sakura, "is just going to add to your chastisement." Syoaran struggled in vain against the huge body guards. "You won't take me back. I'm staying here with Sakura!" Syoaran lashed out. "Why would you want to stay here with IT? Besides, the clan had announced they you must chose your bride from the clan. You are to spend four years intense training, then chose a bride and become Leader of the Li Clan. There is no use fighting against it. It's your destiny," Tsu Ling explained. Syoaran new he couldn't fight them now. He had to meet the Elders and make a bargain.
He lashed away from the guards for a moment. Syoaran pulled Sakura to him and kissed her forcefully. "I'll be back soon," He whispered as the guard grabbed him again. The dastardly trio walked out the door trailing Syoaran behind them. "NOOOO! Syoaran, What about Harrison!?" Sakura called in panic. "You can protect yourself Sakura! You so much more powerful than you think. Your not a child anymore!" And with that they were gone. Sakura was left to cry in solitude on the cold wood floor.
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How Syoaran Get Back? What will Sakura do until then? What evil is Harrison planning? EVEN I DON'T KNOW! I always keep my promises; I promised this chapter would be longer and it is, and I said I would make the title fit again and it does! Until next time
~BlahBlahBlah136
AN: I'm not so good at Chinese names; please help.
No Longer A Child
Hold On To Life
by BlahBlahBlah136
"Excuse me? What did you just say? I think I have to clean my ears; it sounded like you said I had to go home. I must be hearing things," Syoaran couldn't believe he was hearing this. He didn't want to believe he was hearing it. 'It just shows you how fragile happiness really is,' he thought, 'Wait! What am I saying! Syoaran doesn't give up so easily. It's always this way: One rule contradicts another. I'm supposed to obey the clan, but never give up. I'm going to take the benefit of the doubt.' "You heard me right. Why do you question your senses? Sending you here was a BIG mistake! I'm Li Tsu Ling, your second cousin three times removed. The future leader of the Li clan should know his clan members better," Tsu Ling continued to fuss over how much he had changed for the worse, but Syoaran wasn't listening. How could this be happening to him? "When do I have to leave?" he asked quickly. 'Please not soon, please' he begging inwardly. "In three days," She said nonchalantly. "WHAT!!!" Syoaran yelled, "I don't even have a week to say goodbye!" "Goodbye?" She asked skeptically, "to whom?" Syoaran was so full of rage he could barely speak.
"What if I refuse to come, huh? What if I never want to leave Japan!? What is going to make me come home, huh?"
"Two words Syoaran: Body Guards. They will just hall you back to China kicking and screaming if they have to. We have two 6'3", 257 pound body guards here in Japan currently. I doubt you'd last five minutes," Tsu Ling giggled, "Well, aren't you going to let me in?" Syoaran was so angry he could no longer speak. His muscles cramped up and he became stiff. His face was red and he was shaking uncontrollably. "Go away. I'm never coming back. I hate these stupid restrictions. I can't believe the clan is making me come back. Go away and never come back again," He said through clenched teeth. It was so muffled you could barely hear him. He shut the door slowly and locked all of the locks. He went into the kitchen.
Sakura was shaking from what she had just heard. Syoaran was being called back to China, and it sounded permanent. Syoaran finally closed the door and went to the kitchen. Sakura followed him. She entered the kitchen were Syoaran filled a glass of water and splashed himself with it. He was breathing very hard. Sakura went up to try to calm him. When she tapped him on the shoulder he thought it was Meiling and started to scream at her. Then he realized it was Sakura. Tears streamed down her face. "Oh, Sakura, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you. I thought you were Meiling. I would never mean to yell at you," He said as he cupped her chin in his hands and wiped away her tears with his thumb. He hugged her close to him. "Don't worry, Sakura. I'm not going to leave you. I'm not going back to China. Even if they take away everything I have, the can't take you away from me. I won't let them," He comforted. He didn't even know if he could back up his words. Syoaran ran his fingers through her hair with on hand and held her waist with the other. He held her, comforting her and himself at the same time until Touya called and yelled at him for having his sister out after 6:30 PM without prior notice.
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Syoaran and Sakura spent as much time together in the next three days as possible. On the fourth day they were very tense, the fifth day they relaxed a little, and the sixth day they believed the threats all false.
(8:02 am, the sixth day. (Friday))
Syoaran walked into homeroom with Sakura. He pulled her chair out for her. This made Sakura giggle. When she sat down he gave her a gentle kiss. Sakura pulled the kiss deeper and deeper until Tomoyo walked into the room with a huge "KAWAII" Tomoe-sensei came in after Tomoyo and class settled down. "Hello class, and welcome to science class. Today we will be presenting our projects. The first two up are...,"the sensei looked at his class plan, "Syoaran and Sakura." Sakura hobbled up to the gray table at the front with there air pressure tester. Syoaran followed.
"We have created an air pressure tester from house-hold items. We are going to test it by comparing the results of our tester to the one we bought from the store," Syoaran said. They went on to describe how the tester worked. The tester was only off by a few milligrams (How do you measure air pressure?). They got quite an applause after their test.
All the tests went well, with the exception of Naoko's and Rika's project that exploded after it refused to work for three minutes. Soon it was lunch once again. This time it was just Tomoyo, Sakura, and Syoaran. Naoko and Rika had lunch-time detention and had to clean up the science lab. Meiling decided not to eat with them anymore. "I guess the threats from your clan were empty. They haven't shown up at all since last week. I think you can let go of Sakura now," Tomoyo advised, nodding toward Syoaran's hand around her waist. Syoaran pulled tighter in a silent 'No'. "She's right, Syoaran. I think it's fine to let go. It's not like once you let go you can't ever come back," Sakura explained. Syoaran sighed in defeat put his hands on the table. "Oh! I left my gym close outside when we went outside for art. I have gym in two periods! I'll be back," Sakura exclaimed.
She headed outside. She found the swings were she had been drawing. Her gym close weren't there. "Looking for these?" asked a cold voice from behind. Sakura swiveled around to see Harrison with her light-pink gym back swinging from his index finger. "H-harrison, please, may I have my gym clothes?" She stuttered. He just smirked. "Y-you kn-know, you could get suspended for s-stalking people. Now, PLEASE, may I have my gym clothes back?" Sakura said. No matter how much she tried, she couldn't stop stuttering. He terrified her for some reason. His smirk grew. He threw the gym back at her with such great force it knocked her into the tree behind her. She was temporarily stunned. She tried to move, but found herself magically pinned to the tree.
"Now, Card Mistress, I have you in my clutches," She drawled as he came up so close to her she could feel his breath on her face. "I always did think you would give in to me by yourself. No matter, I always get what I want. And what I want is you and your power. And I WILL have both," he hissed. He leaned closer to kiss her but she moved her head in one swift motion. He laughed evilly. "Now now Mistress, you wouldn't want your precious, innocent, defenseless little family to get hurt now would you?" He threatened. A gasp escaped Sakura's lips. He wouldn't dare hurt her family; but that wasn't true. He was angry and there was no telling what he would do. Her fright must have shown in her face because then Harrison confirmed, "Yeah, that's right. Your wonderful little family will be terminated. That include Tomoyo, too you know." "Syoaran will stop you," she said with false confidence. "How can he, if he's back in China," Harrison laughed evilly.
"Get your dirty hands off my girlfriend," Syoaran yelled from across the small playground. He came up like a thunderstorm, and with just as much rage. He pulled Harrison away from Sakura in a jerky movement. Harrison was caught by surprise. His magical binding on Sakura broke and she moved behind Syoaran. Syoaran unsheathed his VERY well hidden sword, and Sakura took out her sealing wand. It was two powerful people against one powerful person. He was out-numbered, and decided to retreat. He cackled and started to disappear. Right before he was gone he saw them let there guard down. He couldn't resist; he sent a powerful blast of dark energy at Syoaran, who blocked the attack perfectly for Sakura. Harrison smirked and disappeared fully. Syoaran fell to the ground. "SYOARAN!" Sakura cried out. She rushed to his side. He wasn't bleeding anywhere, due to the bluntness of the attack, but he was badly bruised all over. He wasn't yet unconscious, so together they walked to the nurses office.
The nurse, surprisingly, gave both Sakura and Syoaran leave to go home. As they walked toward Syoaran's apartment he remembered he had left his key in his locker. They were closer to Sakura's house then the school by now, so they went to her house.
(Sakura's House, 15 minutes later)
Sakura and Syoaran walked through the door. "Where is Touya and your dad?" Syoaran asked as Sakura began to walk toward the kitchen. "Well, Touya is at work, and so is my dad. Kero is probably upstairs sleeping," She replied. Then she added, "You can head into the living room. I'll go get some ice for you. Do you want anything to drink? We have Pepsi, Ice tea, and the basics. (Milk, Juice,Water, etc.)" "I'm not really thirsty," Syoaran answered and sat down on the couch. A minute later Sakura came back in with ice in a wet washcloth. "Now, You took the blast worst in the ribs, right?" Sakura asked. "Very observant," he winced, remembering the pain in his side. He screamed out when Sakura set the make-shift ice pack on his ribs. "Oh, I'm sorry. Do you want some Advil or Tylenol or something?" Sakura asked with a blush. "Please," he begged, his face still in a wince.
Sakura went to the medicine cabinet and pulled out some Extra Extra Strength Tylenol. She quickly read the back. WARNING: Do not take more than the recommended dose. Do not operate heavy machinery, for medication may cause drowsiness. ATTENTION: This is a MILD drug. Do not take before imperative tasks. Is a STRONG pain killer. Sakura hesitated. She heard Syoaran cry out after trying the ice pack again and decide he needed the Extra Extra Strength Tylenol.
Sakura came back to the living room with the pain killer. She took the seat beside Syoaran and poured the medicine into a spoon. "Open," She commanded Syoaran, indicting for him to open his mouth. He obeyed and gave him the medicine. "How long does this take to work?" He asked. "Fifteen minutes," She responded, rereading the label. Syoaran groaned.
Sakura turned on the TV. They watched the very end of The Princess Bride (very good movie). "That was a good movie. We only watched the end 17 minutes and I still want to see the rest. As long as I can see it with you," His voice was thick like honey. They weren't kidding when they had said drowsy! Sakura didn't seem to notice. She smiled at him. "I'd be glad to. We can rent it," She said cheerfully. All of a sudden she was in a very passionate kiss with Syoaran. They were both intoxicated in sheer pleasure. Sakura put her hands around his neck and ran her fingers through his hair. He wrapped his arms around her slim waist. They only broke the kiss when they ran completely out of air. "Was that the pain killer or you, Syoaran?" Sakura asked regretfully. "I've wanted to do that for a LONG time, but the pain killer was what stopped me from refraining from it," Syoaran explained.
"Touya will be home any minute!" Sakura suddenly exclaimed, "He'll kill you if he sees you here!" "Than I guess I better go," Syoaran mopped. "I'm coming with you," Sakura said. Syoaran objected, but lost the fight.
(Outside Syoaran's Apartment)
Sakura and Syoaran were involved in another deep kiss. "Sakura.... I-I.. Have to... open the door," Syoaran said through the kiss. He then remembered he had left the key at school. Syoaran had one arm rapped around Sakura's waist, and she had her hands on his shoulders. With his free arm Syoaran turned the doorknob, expecting for it to be in vain. To his surprise the knob opened. He walked inside, though did not break the kiss. "LI SYOARAN! YOU ARE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE!" A voice shouted. The couple froze in there place. They slowly stepped away from each other and turned to see Li Tsu Ling standing in the middle of the two largest men they had ever seen. The colossal duo were dressed in black business suits. 'These must be the body guards Tsu Ling was talking about' the two teens thought in chorus. Syoaran looked around in panic. All of his things were packed. No really, ALL of his things. The apartment was barren. Syoaran took his protective stance in front of Sakura. He didn't like the look of the body guards. The missive men walked forward and grabbed Syoaran by the arm. "I told you we would come for you if you did not comply with the clans wishes. You are in for it for not coming right away, but THIS," Tsu Ling nodded toward Sakura, "is just going to add to your chastisement." Syoaran struggled in vain against the huge body guards. "You won't take me back. I'm staying here with Sakura!" Syoaran lashed out. "Why would you want to stay here with IT? Besides, the clan had announced they you must chose your bride from the clan. You are to spend four years intense training, then chose a bride and become Leader of the Li Clan. There is no use fighting against it. It's your destiny," Tsu Ling explained. Syoaran new he couldn't fight them now. He had to meet the Elders and make a bargain.
He lashed away from the guards for a moment. Syoaran pulled Sakura to him and kissed her forcefully. "I'll be back soon," He whispered as the guard grabbed him again. The dastardly trio walked out the door trailing Syoaran behind them. "NOOOO! Syoaran, What about Harrison!?" Sakura called in panic. "You can protect yourself Sakura! You so much more powerful than you think. Your not a child anymore!" And with that they were gone. Sakura was left to cry in solitude on the cold wood floor.
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How Syoaran Get Back? What will Sakura do until then? What evil is Harrison planning? EVEN I DON'T KNOW! I always keep my promises; I promised this chapter would be longer and it is, and I said I would make the title fit again and it does! Until next time
~BlahBlahBlah136