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(AN: Please forgive me if I don't spell Japanese words correctly, or give a boy a girl's name. I don't even speak any Japanese!)
No Longer A Child
Alone
by BlahBlahBlah136
Syoaran didn't talk the whole plane ride. Tsu Ling was too busy telling him everything about the clan that had happened while he was gone. He wasn't listening. Tsu Ling had the window seat, Syoaran was next to her, and Meiling had the isle. The two cousins both had deep scowls. Neither was happy about coming home.
Unknown to everyone else; Meiling was developing a crush on a boy in her literature class, Yoshiaki Okawa. She wouldn't even admit it to herself yet. She did admit that she would miss Japan. No matter how bad she acted, she still had friends. She couldn't seem to find that in China. Just the other day she had gone out for ice cream with her friend Masuo Sotsu. When she was short 87 yen, Masou had loaned her the money. No one from the Li Clan would have done that. She loved Japan, though she would never admit it to anyone else. She had a reputation to keep up!
All Syoaran could think about was what he would say to the Elders. If he had to pick his words carefully with Touya, he'd have to go through every word in the dictionary with the Elders. 'OK, I'll ask permission to return to Japan and lead the clan from there, and ask for an appeal on the marriage rule. If that doesn't work I'll would ask for temporary release to Japan for training in the high altitudes. I can go see Sakura in secret. If that doesn't work, I'll give up my position as leader and exile myself from the clan. If they take me away from the place I love, I don't consider them family; and really, how many of them are direct relatives? The Elders are locked in the past. This inter-marriage thing really has to stop! They wouldn't know a gigabyte from a bug-bite!' Syoaran pondered over other possible solutions.
"Are you listening, Syoaran!?" Tsu Ling pulled at his school uniform's sleeve. He wore the same style uniform that Touya had worn when he had first met him, with the exception that Syoaran's was navy blue. Syoaran didn't reply to her. "Fine, if you don't talk you'll have to talk to the Elders. If you start apologizing now your punishment won't be as bad," Tsu Ling advised. He didn't budge from staring at the back of the seat in front of him. "You're so difficult, Syoaran!" She exclaimed, exasperatedly. The snow swirled outside the plane so thick it looked as if a white sheet had been placed on the window.
(Kinomoto residence)
"Is Sakura home yet?" Touya asked for the fifth time in three minutes. "No, You think she's stuck in the penguin slide again? I guess we call all of her friends again." Mr. Kinomoto sighed and picked up the phone. After two rings Tomoyo picked up the phone. "Moshi Moshi, Daidouji residence" She answered politely. "Hello Tomoyo, Do you know were Sakura is? It's about 8:13 PM and she's not home yet,"
"She went to Syoaran's, I think. Don't worry, she probably doesn't want to come home since it's snowing so hard. She does have a cast and no car to drive home in. You can probably go pick her up. Better yet, I'll pick her up! She'll be at your house in a half hour or less or you have permission to call the police."
"Thanks, Tomoyo."
"No Prob." Tomoyo then hung up the phone.
(Syoaran's Apartment)
Sakura had cried for hours only to fall asleep on the cold wood floor. Her dreams were the troubling vision of Syoaran being hauled off. Her heart was shattered and her tears felt like ice running down her face. She felt so alone and frightened. Syoaran had told her she wasn't a child anymore, but she she was terrified of the thought of being without him.
Tomoyo opened the door cautiously so as not to disturb any of the residents. She half expected to see Sakura and Syoaran kissing, so she had brought her video camera. It broke her heart to see Sakura asleep and in the middle of the barren apartment. She was certain Sakura had been crying. The videographer kneeled down beside her friend and shook her lightly. "Sakura," Tomoyo whispered. Sakura's eyes fluttered open. Tears still garnished her eyelashes. Sakura began to cry again, "Oh Tomoyo," She said as she hugged her friend tightly, "They took Syoaran! He's gone. They took him!" They cried together for a few minutes. Tomoyo helped Sakura up and they walked to the to the car. The girl were silent the way back to Sakura's house.
(Kinomoto residence)
Sakura and Tomoyo pulled up to the house. Touya immediately ran out. He was about to scold Sakura when he saw she had been crying. He picked her up gently and started to walk in the house. "Arigatou, Tomoyo" he called back to the girl getting into the car. "You're welcome," Tomoyo smiled weakly.
'Here comes Touya, interrogator extrodanare, right on schedule' Sakura thought. "What happened!? Did that gaki hurt you!? Are you OK!?" Touya said quickly. "Some people came from Syoaran's clan a week ago. They threatened to take him back to China in three days if he didn't come back himself. He didn't go back to China, so after three days we thought they had gone away. But today they came, packed up all of his belongings and moved him back to Hong Kong. They just came, literally PICKED him up, and took him back to China! He isn't aloud to come back either," Sakura started to cry again. "Didn't I tell you that gaki was trouble!? Didn't I tell you that you would get your heart broken if you went out with him!?" Touya yelled. "He did want to leave! They just took him! He wanted to stay and protect me!" Sakura cried and ran up the stairs to her room. Touya winced as she slammed the door shut.
Luckily Mr.Kinomoto had just came in and seen what had happened. "Touya, that wasn't a very nice thing to say to your sister! You know how much she cares about Li! You go apologize right now," It was unusual that Mr.Kinomoto raised his voice, so Touya knew that he meant it. Touya humphed up the stairs. Mr.Kinomoto sat down on the couch. He picked up a picture of Sakura's mother and traced her outline. "I wish you were here to help. Sakura needs you," He told the picture. It just continued to smile up at him.
(Upstairs)
Touya knocked on Sakura's door. "Go away. You don't care that Syoaran is gone! I don't want to listen to you, Touya!" Sakura shouted through the door. "I'm sorry for saying that Li was a gaki, and being mean to him. I know you really care for him and I'm sorry he's gone," Touya apologized. "I don't believe you! But since you tried, I may forgive you eventually," Touya smiled as Sakura said this. Suddenly Mr.Kinomoto came up behind him. "I'll talk to her now," He smiled. "Sakura, can I come in?" He asked through the door. "You can daddy, but the baka can't," She said referring to Touya.
Mr.Kinomoto walked through the door quietly. "Do you want to tell me about what happened?" He asked soothingly, sitting down on the side of the bed were Sakura had her face buried in her pillow. His eyes were full of consern for his only daughter. She was hurting so much inside; he knew. He knew what it was like to have someone taken away from you, and when you can do nothing to stop it. Sakura looked so much like her mother, and she displayed so many of her habits and peronality characteristics.
Sakura sniffled, and sat up. "I heard some of what happened when you were telling Touya, but you didn't go into much detail. You don't have to talk about it, but I can't help you if you don't." Sakur nodded her head meekly. "It all started when Syoaran's cousin Tsu Ling came to his apartment..." Sakura went on to tell the whole story. Her father listened intently. It broke his hear to see her so upset. She had grown up so fast.
(China, Li estates)
Syoaran opened the door to his house. He request an audiance with the Elders first thing tomorrow. It was late, and he couldn't ask now. "WELCOME HOME, SYOARAN!" Everyone shouted from the dark. They had throughn a huge Welcome Home celebration. Syoaran's scowl deepened. He merely walk over to a table with a large welcome home sign tapped on the side of it. In a sudden swift movement he ripped it off then crumpled it up. He threw it at his many dumb-struck relatives and stormed upstairs to his room. Everyone in the room was silent. They all blinked several times, then the all looked at Tsu Ling. "He doesn't want to be home. He committed many MANY transgressions against the Li clan Laws, and he isn't even ashamed of them! I think they brainwashed him in Japan!" She stated as if she was simply saying the sky was blue. One of Li's sisters pulled out a chair for Tsu Ling, and everyone hung on her every word.
(Syoaran's room)
Syoaran looked around his room. Most everything was green. He had a mahogany bed with a plain green comforter under a small window. There was a mahogany dresser under a simply mirror. The walls were painted forest green and his carpet was of a darker shade of green. There was a dark wooden door going to a white bathroom. There was a closet directly parallel to the bathroom. He found no comfort in being home.
Syoaran noticed his bags had already been brought up. He wanted to find his pictures of Sakura. He longed to hold her, but that was impossible now. He still needed to see her face though. He opened the first suitcase; Toiletries and training tools (Swords, etc.). The second suitcase was full of nothing but clothes. He went through all of his suitcases. His photo album wasn't in any of them. His pictures in frames weren't there either. The frames were there, but the pictures had been taken out of them. Syoaran was panicked. There was nothing that he had to remind him of Japan. It was all gone. He immediately ran downstairs. He had to find Tsu Ling. It was the calm before the storm. Typhoon Syoaran was about to hit. He had forgotten his anger controll chants completely now.
Downstairs the family was at a large table with Tsu Ling at the head. The were all concentrating very hard on what Tsu Ling was saying. As soon as she was in earshot Syoaran called out, "Were is my photo album? And my pictures!? And everything I had from Japan!?" The whole family looked at him. "Oh," Tsu Ling giggled, "We through them all out. They seemed obsolete, so we disposed of them. You don't really need them." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN!" Syoaran shouted, "Those pictures were special to me! Why did you dispose of them without asking me! They weren't obsolete, they were important! To me!" "Syoaran! Don't you dare raise your voice to a lady. It appears you have forgotten the rules! Tsu Ling was just telling us about all of your transgressions. We have to have a long talk," Syoaran's mother scolded.
Syoaran's mother took him into one of the back training room. "Would you like to explain your actions?" She said haughtily. "Did it ever accur to you that I liked my life in Japan? What transgressions? All I did was not come home! I realize I have to be chastised for that, but I didn't do anything else wrong!" Syaoran pleaded. "What about this Sakura girl, huh? You know that getting romantically involved with a girl from outside the clan is forbidden! You also didn't greet Tsu Ling at all respectfully. She is very important to the clan! She treated her very rudely from what I hear," The angry Chinese woman explained. "I was too shocked to greet her formally! I was rude to her because she gave me the worst news I could have received!" Syoaran shouted. "Syoaran, don't you dare raise your voice to me! And don't dismiss the subject of that Japanese b****!" Syoaran's mother shouted twice as loud. Syoaran couldn't take it anymore. They had taken him away from Sakura, they had throughn his pictures away, and now they forbid him to ever see his love ever again. He shook with anger. The young warrior could barely breathe, so his breath way raspy. How could anyone EVER call his beloved Ying Fa that. They had never even met Sakura, and now they were insulting her! "Don't you dare call her that again, you here me!?" He said in a whisper full of contained rage. "What not!? You can't seriously tell me this isn't just some silly Japanese girl that you just happen to fancy. She doesn't even have any power," His mother criticized. "Mother, I'm in love with Sakura Kinomoto, the Card Mistress," Syoaran screamed so loud several maid passing by the room heard.
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What do ya think? No Flamez, Please. How will Syoaran's mother react to this situation? What does Harrison have in store? Will Sakura pull through; and will she ever forgive Touya? I Actually have an idea this time!
What is Syoaran's Mother's name? I'm kinda sick, as are you probably, of me writing 'Syoaran's Mother' all the time. What are his sister's names too? I want to put them in the next Chapter!
Thanks Oodles for the support
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(AN: Please forgive me if I don't spell Japanese words correctly, or give a boy a girl's name. I don't even speak any Japanese!)
No Longer A Child
Alone
by BlahBlahBlah136
Syoaran didn't talk the whole plane ride. Tsu Ling was too busy telling him everything about the clan that had happened while he was gone. He wasn't listening. Tsu Ling had the window seat, Syoaran was next to her, and Meiling had the isle. The two cousins both had deep scowls. Neither was happy about coming home.
Unknown to everyone else; Meiling was developing a crush on a boy in her literature class, Yoshiaki Okawa. She wouldn't even admit it to herself yet. She did admit that she would miss Japan. No matter how bad she acted, she still had friends. She couldn't seem to find that in China. Just the other day she had gone out for ice cream with her friend Masuo Sotsu. When she was short 87 yen, Masou had loaned her the money. No one from the Li Clan would have done that. She loved Japan, though she would never admit it to anyone else. She had a reputation to keep up!
All Syoaran could think about was what he would say to the Elders. If he had to pick his words carefully with Touya, he'd have to go through every word in the dictionary with the Elders. 'OK, I'll ask permission to return to Japan and lead the clan from there, and ask for an appeal on the marriage rule. If that doesn't work I'll would ask for temporary release to Japan for training in the high altitudes. I can go see Sakura in secret. If that doesn't work, I'll give up my position as leader and exile myself from the clan. If they take me away from the place I love, I don't consider them family; and really, how many of them are direct relatives? The Elders are locked in the past. This inter-marriage thing really has to stop! They wouldn't know a gigabyte from a bug-bite!' Syoaran pondered over other possible solutions.
"Are you listening, Syoaran!?" Tsu Ling pulled at his school uniform's sleeve. He wore the same style uniform that Touya had worn when he had first met him, with the exception that Syoaran's was navy blue. Syoaran didn't reply to her. "Fine, if you don't talk you'll have to talk to the Elders. If you start apologizing now your punishment won't be as bad," Tsu Ling advised. He didn't budge from staring at the back of the seat in front of him. "You're so difficult, Syoaran!" She exclaimed, exasperatedly. The snow swirled outside the plane so thick it looked as if a white sheet had been placed on the window.
(Kinomoto residence)
"Is Sakura home yet?" Touya asked for the fifth time in three minutes. "No, You think she's stuck in the penguin slide again? I guess we call all of her friends again." Mr. Kinomoto sighed and picked up the phone. After two rings Tomoyo picked up the phone. "Moshi Moshi, Daidouji residence" She answered politely. "Hello Tomoyo, Do you know were Sakura is? It's about 8:13 PM and she's not home yet,"
"She went to Syoaran's, I think. Don't worry, she probably doesn't want to come home since it's snowing so hard. She does have a cast and no car to drive home in. You can probably go pick her up. Better yet, I'll pick her up! She'll be at your house in a half hour or less or you have permission to call the police."
"Thanks, Tomoyo."
"No Prob." Tomoyo then hung up the phone.
(Syoaran's Apartment)
Sakura had cried for hours only to fall asleep on the cold wood floor. Her dreams were the troubling vision of Syoaran being hauled off. Her heart was shattered and her tears felt like ice running down her face. She felt so alone and frightened. Syoaran had told her she wasn't a child anymore, but she she was terrified of the thought of being without him.
Tomoyo opened the door cautiously so as not to disturb any of the residents. She half expected to see Sakura and Syoaran kissing, so she had brought her video camera. It broke her heart to see Sakura asleep and in the middle of the barren apartment. She was certain Sakura had been crying. The videographer kneeled down beside her friend and shook her lightly. "Sakura," Tomoyo whispered. Sakura's eyes fluttered open. Tears still garnished her eyelashes. Sakura began to cry again, "Oh Tomoyo," She said as she hugged her friend tightly, "They took Syoaran! He's gone. They took him!" They cried together for a few minutes. Tomoyo helped Sakura up and they walked to the to the car. The girl were silent the way back to Sakura's house.
(Kinomoto residence)
Sakura and Tomoyo pulled up to the house. Touya immediately ran out. He was about to scold Sakura when he saw she had been crying. He picked her up gently and started to walk in the house. "Arigatou, Tomoyo" he called back to the girl getting into the car. "You're welcome," Tomoyo smiled weakly.
'Here comes Touya, interrogator extrodanare, right on schedule' Sakura thought. "What happened!? Did that gaki hurt you!? Are you OK!?" Touya said quickly. "Some people came from Syoaran's clan a week ago. They threatened to take him back to China in three days if he didn't come back himself. He didn't go back to China, so after three days we thought they had gone away. But today they came, packed up all of his belongings and moved him back to Hong Kong. They just came, literally PICKED him up, and took him back to China! He isn't aloud to come back either," Sakura started to cry again. "Didn't I tell you that gaki was trouble!? Didn't I tell you that you would get your heart broken if you went out with him!?" Touya yelled. "He did want to leave! They just took him! He wanted to stay and protect me!" Sakura cried and ran up the stairs to her room. Touya winced as she slammed the door shut.
Luckily Mr.Kinomoto had just came in and seen what had happened. "Touya, that wasn't a very nice thing to say to your sister! You know how much she cares about Li! You go apologize right now," It was unusual that Mr.Kinomoto raised his voice, so Touya knew that he meant it. Touya humphed up the stairs. Mr.Kinomoto sat down on the couch. He picked up a picture of Sakura's mother and traced her outline. "I wish you were here to help. Sakura needs you," He told the picture. It just continued to smile up at him.
(Upstairs)
Touya knocked on Sakura's door. "Go away. You don't care that Syoaran is gone! I don't want to listen to you, Touya!" Sakura shouted through the door. "I'm sorry for saying that Li was a gaki, and being mean to him. I know you really care for him and I'm sorry he's gone," Touya apologized. "I don't believe you! But since you tried, I may forgive you eventually," Touya smiled as Sakura said this. Suddenly Mr.Kinomoto came up behind him. "I'll talk to her now," He smiled. "Sakura, can I come in?" He asked through the door. "You can daddy, but the baka can't," She said referring to Touya.
Mr.Kinomoto walked through the door quietly. "Do you want to tell me about what happened?" He asked soothingly, sitting down on the side of the bed were Sakura had her face buried in her pillow. His eyes were full of consern for his only daughter. She was hurting so much inside; he knew. He knew what it was like to have someone taken away from you, and when you can do nothing to stop it. Sakura looked so much like her mother, and she displayed so many of her habits and peronality characteristics.
Sakura sniffled, and sat up. "I heard some of what happened when you were telling Touya, but you didn't go into much detail. You don't have to talk about it, but I can't help you if you don't." Sakur nodded her head meekly. "It all started when Syoaran's cousin Tsu Ling came to his apartment..." Sakura went on to tell the whole story. Her father listened intently. It broke his hear to see her so upset. She had grown up so fast.
(China, Li estates)
Syoaran opened the door to his house. He request an audiance with the Elders first thing tomorrow. It was late, and he couldn't ask now. "WELCOME HOME, SYOARAN!" Everyone shouted from the dark. They had throughn a huge Welcome Home celebration. Syoaran's scowl deepened. He merely walk over to a table with a large welcome home sign tapped on the side of it. In a sudden swift movement he ripped it off then crumpled it up. He threw it at his many dumb-struck relatives and stormed upstairs to his room. Everyone in the room was silent. They all blinked several times, then the all looked at Tsu Ling. "He doesn't want to be home. He committed many MANY transgressions against the Li clan Laws, and he isn't even ashamed of them! I think they brainwashed him in Japan!" She stated as if she was simply saying the sky was blue. One of Li's sisters pulled out a chair for Tsu Ling, and everyone hung on her every word.
(Syoaran's room)
Syoaran looked around his room. Most everything was green. He had a mahogany bed with a plain green comforter under a small window. There was a mahogany dresser under a simply mirror. The walls were painted forest green and his carpet was of a darker shade of green. There was a dark wooden door going to a white bathroom. There was a closet directly parallel to the bathroom. He found no comfort in being home.
Syoaran noticed his bags had already been brought up. He wanted to find his pictures of Sakura. He longed to hold her, but that was impossible now. He still needed to see her face though. He opened the first suitcase; Toiletries and training tools (Swords, etc.). The second suitcase was full of nothing but clothes. He went through all of his suitcases. His photo album wasn't in any of them. His pictures in frames weren't there either. The frames were there, but the pictures had been taken out of them. Syoaran was panicked. There was nothing that he had to remind him of Japan. It was all gone. He immediately ran downstairs. He had to find Tsu Ling. It was the calm before the storm. Typhoon Syoaran was about to hit. He had forgotten his anger controll chants completely now.
Downstairs the family was at a large table with Tsu Ling at the head. The were all concentrating very hard on what Tsu Ling was saying. As soon as she was in earshot Syoaran called out, "Were is my photo album? And my pictures!? And everything I had from Japan!?" The whole family looked at him. "Oh," Tsu Ling giggled, "We through them all out. They seemed obsolete, so we disposed of them. You don't really need them." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN!" Syoaran shouted, "Those pictures were special to me! Why did you dispose of them without asking me! They weren't obsolete, they were important! To me!" "Syoaran! Don't you dare raise your voice to a lady. It appears you have forgotten the rules! Tsu Ling was just telling us about all of your transgressions. We have to have a long talk," Syoaran's mother scolded.
Syoaran's mother took him into one of the back training room. "Would you like to explain your actions?" She said haughtily. "Did it ever accur to you that I liked my life in Japan? What transgressions? All I did was not come home! I realize I have to be chastised for that, but I didn't do anything else wrong!" Syaoran pleaded. "What about this Sakura girl, huh? You know that getting romantically involved with a girl from outside the clan is forbidden! You also didn't greet Tsu Ling at all respectfully. She is very important to the clan! She treated her very rudely from what I hear," The angry Chinese woman explained. "I was too shocked to greet her formally! I was rude to her because she gave me the worst news I could have received!" Syoaran shouted. "Syoaran, don't you dare raise your voice to me! And don't dismiss the subject of that Japanese b****!" Syoaran's mother shouted twice as loud. Syoaran couldn't take it anymore. They had taken him away from Sakura, they had throughn his pictures away, and now they forbid him to ever see his love ever again. He shook with anger. The young warrior could barely breathe, so his breath way raspy. How could anyone EVER call his beloved Ying Fa that. They had never even met Sakura, and now they were insulting her! "Don't you dare call her that again, you here me!?" He said in a whisper full of contained rage. "What not!? You can't seriously tell me this isn't just some silly Japanese girl that you just happen to fancy. She doesn't even have any power," His mother criticized. "Mother, I'm in love with Sakura Kinomoto, the Card Mistress," Syoaran screamed so loud several maid passing by the room heard.
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What do ya think? No Flamez, Please. How will Syoaran's mother react to this situation? What does Harrison have in store? Will Sakura pull through; and will she ever forgive Touya? I Actually have an idea this time!
What is Syoaran's Mother's name? I'm kinda sick, as are you probably, of me writing 'Syoaran's Mother' all the time. What are his sister's names too? I want to put them in the next Chapter!
Thanks Oodles for the support
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