Will they be able to defeat the dark forces and keep their secret? You'll never know until you read this really bad chapter!
Btw, Sakura is not mad at Syaoran. She still loved him, and was just sad that he had married someone else in
"Aishiteru". Also, S+S got married up in heaven, k? So it shouldn't be sick or looked down upon if they live in a
one room apartment, k?
Oh, and thanks to Annie and her story "Sweet Sixteen" for some ideas in this chapter, even though she doesn't
know about it!
Warning: Some "adult" themes in this chapter. Turn back now and read the edited version if you don't think you
can handle it.
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, blah blah blah blah blah...
Betrayed
Chapter One
Key
"..." means someone talking
'...' means thoughts
--------- means scene change
{...} means author's notes
*...* means Japanese words whose definitions will appear at the end
A cloud of mist appeared down in the park in Tomoeda {what the heck is the name of it??} and Syaoran and
Sakura stepped out of it. After dusting themselves off, they looked at their surroundings. "We're back,"
Syaoran said.
"Hoe...," Sakura just whispered. She turned to look at Syaoran, then yelled "Hoe!!"
"What's wrong...," Syaoran drifted off as he looked at Sakura. She looked.....different. Her hair stopped at
mid-thigh and was now blond, and her eyes were still green, but a lighter green than they used to be. Her face
was thinner than before, and she was a few inches taller too. She was wearing a light pink dress that reached to
mid-thigh over a white long-sleeved shirt. She had white stockings too, and white, ankle-length boots.
"Beautiful," Syaoran said the only word that came to mind.
Sakura blushed under Syaoran's stare. But then, she was staring too. Syaoran had kept his amber colored eyes,
but his hair was now brownish-black and shorter than before. It's style was similar to her father's. He was taller
as well. He was wearing jeans with a forest green shirt and a blue-jean jacket. 'It doesn't matter what form he's
in, he's still as handsome as ever,' she though.
After several moments, they finally broke their gazes. "Well, we had better get going," Syaoran said, always the
sensible one.
"*Matte*, are these ours?" Sakura suddenly asked. Syaoran turned to where Sakura was looking. Right behind
them were two suitcases, one pink, one green.
"I guess Clow Reed must have sent them for us. Thank god, now we won't have to worry about buying new clothes
and stuff."
"Do we even have money?"
"I don't know." Syaoran started getting worried. If they didn't have money, they wouldn't be able to get a place
to stay or food. "Let's check our pockets." They looked and in Syaoran's back pocket, he found a wallet stuffed
with 500,000 yen {roughly 5000 American dollars}. Sakura found a purse in the pink suitcase with 500,000 yen
as well. "So we have 1,000,000 yen," Syaoran mused. "Not too shabby."
"Yeah, not bad at all. Now let's go buy some lunch and a paper so we can look through the ads for a place to stay,"
Sakura said. "Oh, wow, I never knew how much I missed the feeling of an empty stomach {angels don't need to
eat in my world}.
"Yeah, it's a great feeling. Come on, let's go. I can't wait to eat burgers and pizza and fries and to drink
Coca-Cola again."
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"Wow, that was the absolute best lunch I ever had in my entire life!" Syaoran said an hour later. They had
finished eating at McDonald's {I have no idea whether these two like that place or not, so don't bug me about it}
and were now back at the park looking through the paper they had bought.
"Hey, look at this ad," Sakura said. "'Furnished one bedroom apartment complete with kitchen, dining room, living
room, and bathroom. Balcony with view overlooking the park. Only 10,000 yen a month {Damn, what I wouldn't do
for this ad to exist. $100 bucks a month! Unreal!}.' It's a great deal! Come on, let's go and see this place before
someone else snatches it up!"
"All right, come on!"
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At the apartment...
"Nice doing business with you. Have a nice day!" the landlord said as he left.
"This is a dream come true!" Sakura exclaimed. "This place is perfect! Spacious, great style furniture, a view of
the park, it's wonderful!"
Syaoran laughed. "*Nanda*?" Sakura asked him. He just kept on laughing. "*Nani*?? Syaoran, why are you
laughing at me???"
Finally, Syaoran managed to get a grip on his laughter. Trying to catch his breath, he said, "Gomen, but you just
looked so adorable admiring the apartment."
"*Mou*!" Sakura said, half angry, half flattered.
Syaoran got up from where he had been rolling on the floor while laughing and walked over to Sakura. He put his
hand on her cheek and said, "Don't get angry. I'm really sorry. It's just that you're always so adorable {if only
dreams came true}." They gazed at each other for a moment before their lips met in a passionate kiss. Sakura
wrapped her arms around Syaoran's neck and deepened the kiss. They stayed like that until they had to break
apart for lack of air.
"Why don't we go to bed, hmm?" Syaoran suggested with a sly smile on his face.
"Syaoran, really, it's still early afternoon!"
"That's no reason not to," he replied, kissing her neck.
"Mmmmmmmm," was her only reply as he backed her into the bedroom.
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The next morning...
Sakura awoke to someone stroking her hair. She opened her eyes and saw Syaoran looking down at her. "Ohayo,
angel," he said.
"Mmm, ohayo yourself," Sakura replied. She pulled him down and gave him a quick kiss, which he tried to deepen,
but Sakura wouldn't let him. "Oh, no you're not," she giggled. "We'll never get out of bed if you do." Syaoran
turned to puppy face mode, but Sakura just hit him lightly on the head. "No means no, Syaoran! Mou! Men, they
never learn." This was said with a smile though.
"All right, all right." Syaoran gave up, defeated. "We should get up now anyway."
"But it's 7:30!" Sakura exclaimed after a quick look at the clock. "On a Sunday too! Can't we sleep just a little
longer?" Now it was her turn to put on her puppy face.
"Sakura, you'll never change," Syaoran said, amused. 'Don't look at her,' he thought. 'If you do, you'll give in.
Don't look at her!' It was no use though. He took only a peek at her face, and it was over. "Fine, you can sleep
while I go out to buy groceries. I'll wake you when I get back."
"Arigato, Syaoran," Sakura mumbled drowsily. In an instant, she was out like a light.
"Aa, Sakura, you're just so adorable," Syaoran said to her sleeping form. He took one last look before he got out of
bed, showered, and dressed. Then he left the apartment.
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At the supermarket...
'Hmm, I better not spend too much money,' Syaoran thought to himself. 'Who knows how long it'll take to defeat
this monster. We don't even know who, or what, it is yet!' He went around a booth full of cherries and stopped
short. 'Oh, no! Tomoyo! And she's coming in this direction! No use hiding, she's already seen me. Please don't
recognize me, please don't recognize me.' he chanted.
"Hello," Tomoyo said to Syaoran, trying to be cheerful. She had had a long talk with her mom yesterday, who had
reminded her that Sakura would not have wanted her to be sad, so Tomoyo vowed to try to not mourn all the
time. So now, she had decided to welcome this stranger. "You must be new in town."
"*Hai*, I am," Syaoran lied. 'Oh, Tomoyo, if only I could tell you.'
"Well, then, let me be the first to welcome you. I am Daidouji Tomoyo. And you are?"
"I...uh...I'm...I'm...Li Jinlong. *Yoroshiku*." 'Great save, Syaoran.'
"Yoroshiku. You looked Chinese to me, and your name is Chinese. Are you?
"Yes, actually, I am."
"I once knew someone from China. His last name was Li as well." Tomoyo looked so sad that Syaoran's heart went
out to her. Tomoyo quickly covered up her sadness though. "So, how do you like Tomeda so far?"
"It's very nice. I'm here on a vacation with my wife." 'At least that's partially true.'
"Oh, well, I'll look forward to meeting her. What's her name?"
"It's Sakura," Syaoran replied without thinking. Realizing what he just said, he mentally kicked himself. 'Oh no!
Please, don't let Tomoyo jump to any conclusions.'
When Tomoyo heard the name "Sakura", she just felt so much grief. 'Sakura. What a coincidence. A Chinese guy
who's married to a Japanese girl. Isn't that ironic?' "Sakura, hmm? That's a pretty name. I used to know
someone named Sakura, too."
"Really?" Syaoran asked, still mentally kicking himself. 'I'm such a baka!' he thought. 'Why didn't I think? I'm
the most idiotic person in the world!' "Well, isn't that a coincidence? I really have to be going now though,
Daidouji-san."
"Please, call me Tomoyo."
"All right, Tomoyo-chan. You may call me Jinlong."
"Well, if you have to go, Jinlong-san, I won't keep you. I'll see you around. Ja ne!"
"Ja ne!" Syaoran said. Then he hurried to get back to Sakura.
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Back at the apartment...
Syaoran locked the door behind him, then went to the kitchen to put away the groceries. He kept on thinking
about his encounter with Tomoyo. 'Baka baka baka baka baka,' he kept chanting. 'I am such a baka. I can't
believe I did that! It was because of pure luck that Tomoyo didn't figure anything out!'
Getting a glass of water, he sat down to calm down. After he did, he went into the bedroom, where Sakura was
still sleeping. 'She is not going to be happy about this. I'll thank the gods if I'm still alive after I tell her.' Then
he walked over and awakened her with a kiss. "Wake up," Syaoran said tentatively.
Sakura yawned and stretched, then opened her eyes. "Morning." After she sat up, she noticed that something
was bothering him immediately. "Syaoran, what's wrong?"
'Darn. I was hoping not to tell her till after breakfast.' "Weeell," he began. "You see, when I was at the
supermarket, I ran into Tomoyo."
"Tomoyo!" Sakura's eyes saddened at the thought of her best friend. "Is she okay? What happened?"
"We talked, introduced ourselves. By the way, you'll have to call me Jinlong in public. But getting back to the
story, while we were speaking, I kinda...said your name."
"Nani?? Syaoran, how could you? Where were you thinking?"
"Well, I had said that I was here vacationing with my wife, and she asked me what your name was, and I kinda
just blurted it out."
"Syaoran!!!" Sakura was very worried right now. "What if she finds out who we are? We'll only have one more day
to fight the evil force then! We'll never be able to finish in one day!"
"I know, I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking at the time. But she didn't figure out that it was you! Besides, with us
looking different, it won't matter. You don't have to worry."
Sakura looked down and sighed. "You had better be right, Syaoran." Then she looked back up, and saw that he
was still worried, so she tried to cheer him up. "It's all right. She won't know with our disguises. Everything will
be perfectly fine. And I forgive you for telling." Syaoran smiled then, and they shared another short kiss.
"Well, you had better get up. I'll cook breakfast today, so you'll have to make dinner."
"Mou! Fine, Syaoran. I'll make dinner."
"Good. Now get dressed." With that, he left the room.
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Eh, I know, bad place to end a chapter. Oh well. Now, to clear some things up. Don't ask me why I chose Jinlong.
It means golden dragon, btw. It's just that this is the year of the golden dragon, so I just chose it, ok?
About the "bed" scene, don't begrudge me 4 it. I felt like putting it in. I just write as I go along. I never plan
these things out. Who likes to plan? Nobody. And it's not like I wrote anything that's really bad anywayz. For
all you guys know, it could just be that they went to sleep. I didn't say that they did anything.
Also, I know I made Tomoyo and Syaoran a little dense. But it's MY fanfic, ok? I can do whatever I want to do. Besides, it works with my idea.
Now (DON'T KILL ME!!!!), I won't be posting the next chapter until at least winter vacation. I'm just so busy with
school right now, so I won't have time to write until next week. I've also got writer's block! I have no ideas for
the next chapter, even though I have the basic layout for the story. I'll try to get at least three chapters up
during vacation though, to make up for this.
Ok, so flame, comment, constructive criticism, wuteva. Just review! Since you guys have been pretty good at
reviews, I won't set a limit on how many I have to get until I start writing the next chapter. Sayonara minna!
Sakura-chan
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December 09, 2000