SN: Hey guys! Well, here I am....writing chapter 7 of Promises. Hope you guys like it so far!! Oh, and thanks to all that reviewed my story. Well, anyway...I should start writing, shouldn't I?? Well...read on and enjoy!!

Key:
"....." -talking
'.....' -thoughts
****.....**** -flashback
_------_ -enforced/stressed words
(SN) -Sapphie notes

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.:: Promises- Chapter 7 ::.


Sakura met Syaoran underneath the cherry blossom tree that day. Both of them had a sad expression on their faces.

"Hi, Syaoran." Sakura said in a low voice.

"Hi, Sakura." Syaoran replied. There was a momentary pause. "So...what did you need to talk to me about?" Sakura kept her gaze on the floor and away from Syaoran. She could feel her heart skipping beats. She was so nervous, but she also felt embarrassed.

"Syaoran. I...I don't want you to leave!" Sakura blurted out. Sakura turned around, her back facing Syaoran. 'Oh, god. Why did I say that? Now he thinks I'm stupid.' Though Sakura didn't see it, Syaoran had a sad, but suprised expression on his face.

"Sakura..." Syaoran gently called out. Sakura slowly turned around. Her face was brushed with a pale pink. She avoided looking at Syaoran.

"I'm sorry. Forget I said that. You probably think I'm stupid." Sakura said.

"No...I don't think you're stupid."

"You don't?"

"No. Not at all." Sakura got a glimpse of him. He was smiling a little. She smiled a little too. In a few seconds, that smile disappeared.

"Syaoran. I have to tell you something, and don't laugh at me. It'll sound really dumb."

"I won't make fun. Whatever it is, I'll listen."

"Syaoran...when you called me and told me you were going home, I don't know...it was weird..."

"What was weird?"

"When you told me you were going home, it was like....like I was having...deja vu." Syaoran raised his eyebrow in curiousity.

"Really?"

"Yeah. It was like I've already gone through this before...actually, it wasn't even like deja vu....it was more like something I remembered, something that happened a long time ago. Something from the past." Syaoran gasped a little.

"Sakura!! Your memory of us is coming back!! I just know it!!" Sakura looked at Syaoran. She saw that his deep amber eyes had determination in them. "Sakura. Can we try? Can we try to get your memory of us back??" Sakura saw how much he was hurting. How much he wanted his beloved cherry blossom back. Seeing Syaoran, there was no way she couldn't turn him down.

"Of course we can try, Syaoran." Syaoran's face seemed to lighten up.

"Thank you, Sakura." He hugged her. When he hugged her, Sakura felt something...a memory.

'His hug...there's something about it. This feels so...familiar somehow.' Sakura thought. They separted. It was dark out now. The stars had just begun to emerge from the depths of space. Syaoran looked at the sky. A hopeful smile came to his face.

"Come on, Sakura. Let's go." Syaoran said.

"Where are we going?" Sakura asked.

"You'll see." They walked from the tree to the place where they had their last moments together. It became dark and the stars shone brightly in the sky. Syaoran took a seat on a park bench that overlooked the vast night sky. "Sit down, Sakura." Syaoran said, patting the empty space next to him. Sakura shyly sat down next to him. "Now, Sakura. I'm going to tell you what I you before you lost your memory, so if you remember something, tell me or just say what you remember. Or when I'm saying something, you can finish the sentence, that is, if you remember anything."

"I'll try, Syaoran." Sakura said, pasting a smile on her face.

"And if I make you feel uncomfortable, tell me, okay?"

"Okay." Sakura said. Syaoran slowly put his arm around Sakura's shoulder. He looked at Sakura. Sakura looked back at him and smiled a little. He gave a little smile. He turned his attention back to the star-filled sky. Sakura began to think. 'There's something about this that seems...so familiar. Like a memory.' Syaoran softly spoke.

"Do you see that star?" Syaoran said, pointing to the brightest star in the sky.

"Yeah." Sakura said.

"When I'm in Hong Kong, every night, I'll look at the sky and I'll look at that bright star. So whenever I see that bright star..."

"You'll always see me..." Sakura blurted out blankly. Syaoran looked at her.

"Do you remember anything else?" Syaoran asked with hopefulness in his voice.

"You told me that if I look at it every night, I'd see you. So that way, we'll both be seeing each other through that star..." Sakura said. She absentmindedly stared at the star. She looked like she was in a trance. Syaoran saw the state she was in and began to get worried.

"Sakura? Are you alright?" Syaoran asked. Sakura snapped back to reality and looked at Syaoran. Suddenly, she had flashbacks of him and her together, when they were younger, when they were in love. Every moment they ever had together flashed right before her eyes like a movie. All the memories had come flooding back to her. "Sakura? Sakura?? Are you okay?" Syaoran asked worriedly.

"Syaoran?" Sakura looked at him.

"Yes?"

"I remember. I remember now. I remember us!" A smile appeared on Syaoran's face.

"Tell me something you remember that I haven't told you about."

"We went to a school dance together. We came here afterwards. And Tomoyo taped us when we were together underneath the cherry blossom tree...and you let her keep it." Syaoran's face lit up.

"Sakura!! You're back!!" He hugged his sweet cherry blossom. "Oh, Sakura. I've missed so much!!" Syaoran said, still hugging her. They soon separated. "Now we can be together again." He said, looking into Sakura's emerald eyes.

"I'm sorry it took me this long to remember you." Sakura said.

"It's not your fault. Don't worry about it." Syaoran hugged her again. They separated again. Sakura smiled at Syaoran. Syaoran smiled back. Suddenly, Sakura's smile disappeared. Soon, Syaoran's smile disappeared too.

"Sakura. What's wrong?" Syaoran asked worriedly.

"Syaoran...we can't be together."

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TO BE CONTINUED

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SN: Hahahahaha!! Cliffhanger!! Sorry, guys...but I had to do that. Guess you guys will have to wait to see what happens, ne? *evil grin* Okay, okay...I'll start working on Chapter 8 A.S.A.P. I promise. Don't forget to review my fic...or if you want, email me at my_starz_2000@hotmail.com!! So...jaa!! ^.~