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Should I Love You?

Chapter: Seven
The Last Chance

Li woke up with a huge headache, and an unfamiliar feeling of a heavy heart. He barely slept that night and spent the most part of it tossing and turning trying to get the images of Sakura of of his head. Flashes of Sakura, flashes of her kissing Shigeru, and flashes of him kissing her. He felt so odd. Yet, there was some sort of warm tingly feeling on his lips and he slowly placed two fingers on the spot where Sakura had kissed him. Moaning in frustration of the memory he tilted his head back, side to side and to the front before attempting to get up. As he walked towards the kitchen he hadn't remembered seeing Chiho last night when he had returned home, but perhaps he had spent the night elsewhere. Madison's perhaps. Li almost chuckled at the thought, but only found enough energy to shake his head. He yawned and opened the refigerator to find some breakfast. Why wasn't he able to to get Sakura out of his mind? Just because of one small kiss...okay so it wasn't small....but why? He subconsciously continued to replay last night's turn of event in his mind until he realized his eggs were almost burning. Li cursed under his breath.
"Li?" Chiho called out in a groggy voice.
"Oh morning Chiho, what time did you get home?" Li asked without taking his eyes off the pan of eggs.
"That's what I'd like to know," Chiho mumbled scratching the back of his head. Li only laughed. "How about you?"
"I uh...well..." Li tried to remember. "I honestly don't remember...that's odd," he shook his head in disbelief.
"Well I was at Maddie's place, everyone but Sakura and you were there. I assume you bumped into her?" Chiho asked politely. He knew that it wouldn't stay that way for long though.
"Don't assume too much," Li replied trying to keep his cool.
"That's not what Sakura said," Chiho replied being honest. He knew he was in for it now, but that didn't matter. He had to find out what the heck was going on. Li paused.
"I see, and I assume you want to know what happened?" Li crossed his arms over his chest.
"Naturally. She was crying, Li," Chiho pointed out.
"I'm not going to say anything," Li replied with a shrug. This response almost ticked Chiho off.
"What happened Li? A simple kiss couldn't have made her cry, so what happened!" Chiho blurted out sarcastically.
"Yeah well, it did," Li replied almost yelling at him. Chiho paused and Li turned around so his back was turned to him.
"You ki-" Chiho began still a little surprised.
"Yes, we did," Li interrupted so he wouldn't hear the words.
"So what was the problem?" Chiho asked calmly. There was silence. Chiho knew Li was thinking about it. He could see Li's muscles tense up from behind. Finally Li turned around.
"I couldn't get myself to forgive her," Li admitted.
"So you kissed her instead?" Chiho asked in utter confusion.
"It wasn't like that, she was so close to me..." Li began recapturing the moment. "She begged me to kiss her, and I could see it in her eyes too, but she kissed me first," he continued with slight reluctance.
"But why didn't you run or turn away?" Chiho asked quietly.
"I couldn't move, I tried I really did but..." Li began with frustration. This was so aggravating! "But then...I kissed her..." he quietly added. Then snapped out of it. "I tried to stop but she was so perfect and I guess since I missed her so much...I just couldn't..." He quickly explained, but slowed down at the last part.
"I see, but what made her run off to Maddie's?" Chiho asked scratching his head.
"I blew her off, telling her to leave me alone," Li groaned and buried his hands in his face.
"You what??" Chiho asked in shock. "But you just kissed her!"
"I know I know," Li said slightly irritated by the subject. "But I just couldn't stop seeing images of Shigeru kissing her...I just couldn't forgive her..." he finished quietly.
"You can fix this Li," Chiho said encouragingly.
"I don't want to," Li shook his head. "It's better off this way, Sakura and I weren't meant to be,"
"Don't give me that because I don't care what you think right now," Chiho pouted and tapped his chin in thought. "What time is your flight leaving?" he asked casually. Li wasn't surprised at the question, he knew that Chiho had found out. How could he not? He was such a nosy brat! In fact, he wouldn't be surprised if everyone else knew about it too.
"Today, 8:30pm," Li replied with a sigh.
"Today??" Chiho choked completely forgetting that Sakura had already mentioned that last night. "No matter," he breathed. "If you hurry you'll have enought time-"
"I'm sorry buddy, Sakura and I are through," Li interrupted by holding up a hand and headed to his room.
"You love her Li, admit it," Chiho called after him. Li stopped walking and turned his head to face him.
"I have nothing to hide Chiho," Li smiled slightly and closed his door.
"What a selfish little brat!!!" Chiho muttered angrily. Li obviously didn't hear because there was no response coming from his room. What made things worse was that Li denied his feelings for Sakura with a curved smile on his face. Some nerve. Either way he wasn't going to give up on them, there has got to be something else he could do to help. But first he had to know how Sakura felt about all this.
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"I told you," Sakura grumbled between her teeth containing her anger for a few more moments. "I DON"T LOVE HIM!!!" she screamed and almost picked a vase up to throw at the group but thought better of the idea and threw pillows at them instead. Chiho, Madison, and Meilin had a hard time keeping things on the calm side. They've spent the first hour trying to make Sakura feel better, then spending the next half hour slowly slowly hinting that Li still has feelings for her. Sakura was devastated at the thought and began to get angry.
"Okay okay, so you don't love him..." Chiho raised his hands up in defeat.
"I HATE HIM!!!" Sakura cried and buried her face into her hands. Madison shook her head disapprovingly at Sakura and quickly moved to her side giving her a hug.
"Oh Sakura, what has he done to you?" Madison sighed soothingly.
"More like what did she do to him," Meilin mumbled and Chiho immediately nudged her arm. Madison gave her a darting glare.
"Did you tell him you love him?" Chiho asked trying to set the record straight.
"I DON'T LOVE HIM!!!" Sakura yelled in frustration. Chiho almost ducked under her table.
"Okay so you don't...we'll go with the past tense," Chiho squeaked. He then cleared his throat. "Did you tell him that you LOVED him?" he asked seriously.
"No," Sakura sniffled calming herself down. "I didn't think there was a need because we were LIP TO LIP!" she continued sarcastically. "We shared an intimate moment together," she emphasized the last word. "I thought he felt the same way," she admitted.
"Oh I see," Chiho nodded.
"But then he told me to leave him alone," Sakura added flatly. The room fell silent but was soon broken by the door opening. A familiar head popped out and frowned at the sight.
"Oh no, the world is ending," Tori said sarcastically.
"SHUT IT TORI!!!" Sakura beamed almost ripping out her hair. "I DON"T WANT TO HEAR IT!" she groaned. "ESPECIALLY FROM THE LIKES OF YOU!!!" she screamed coldly.
"Aw Sakura, is that any way to treat the person who carried you home last night?" Tori said with a puppy face. Sakura just groaned in annoyance.
"Get out guys, I'll handle this," Tori instructed the others with a wave.
"I'm afraid if we come back one of you will be dead," Chiho said giving him a worried look.
"Yeah well that's a risk I'm willing to take," Tori grinned confidently.
"What? Risking youself? How noble," Meiling asked dryly. Tori glared at her. "With her mood and your attitude, she won't last five minutes," she crossed her arms.
"Don't worry, I've got everything under control," Tori smiled ignoring her last remark. Madison looked at Sakura worriedly and left her side heading towards the door. Chiho patted Tori's arm as Meilin left the room with a curved smile upon her face. When the door was shut Tori sighed.
"Some friends," Sakura slouched.
"Yeah well what can you do?" Tori shrugged.
"I was going to ask you that same question," Sakura shot back glaring at her brother. Tori shook his head and sighed.
"Play nice," Tori shaking his index finger in disappointment.
"Look who's talking," Sakura began with irritation. "Look if you came here to-"
"No I didn't Sakura," Tori interrupted raising his hand. Sakura quickly slapped his hand down. Tori titled his head and lowered it. "I'm seriously worried about you," he admitted. Sakura slowly looked up at him with curious eyes.
"Get real Tori," Sakura almost laughed and wiped her face with her sleeve.
"I'm serious, what's up with my little sis?" Tori nodded. Sakura changed the expression on her face and knew that her brother wasn't acting.
"Was the whole attitude before all for show?" Sakura said almost smiling.
"Yeah," Tori agreed and crossed his arms.
"Oh don't be so smug about it," Sakura shook her head and hit him with the pillow she was leaning on. Tori laughed knowing that his little sister was going to be alright. She was just suffering from a broken heart. Tori smiled happily down at his little sister and sighed.
"Now if you don't mind me asking," Tori asked playfully at first then paused and changed his expression. "What happened at the park yesterday?" he asked worriedly. Sakura changed her expression too one moment she was smiling and the next...well...she wasn't.
"It didn't work out," Sakura shrugged trying to hide her feelings from her brother. She paused and remembered exactly what happened and her eyes began to water up all over again. "He doesn't love me," she cried with tears running down her rosey cheeks. Tori bit his bottom lip and gave her a hug and rocked her back and forth letting her cry on his shoulders.
"Shh...shh..." Tori coaxed her. "It's alright now, he can't hurt you," he sighed covering up his anger. Sakura explained the whole story, even the part when he kissed her and dropped her like it meant nothing to him. Tori turned red but for some reason didn't hate Li for doing what he did. Tori understood now.
"Hey hey," Tori said softly and placed a finger under Sakura's chin and gently lifted her face up to look at him. There were some tears still flowing down her cheek but she was sniffling. Tori wiped the last tear off her face with his thumb and smiled.
"He loves you," Tori said almost whispering. Sakura's expression turned into shock and confusion.
"Then why?" Sakura asked almost frowning but she kept a steady gaze with Tori. She looked back and forth, from the left eye to the right eye searching for an answer. Tori smiled.
"That's something he has to tell you," Tori replied knowingly. Sakura turned away angrily.
"If given the chance," Tori added after turning her face back to see him.
"I did, I kissed him Tori! He had a chance then," Sakura crossed her arms in disbelief. Tori shook his head.
"That's not what I mean," Tori looked at her as if she already knew what he was talking about. Sakura looked at him with curious eyes.
"It's over Tori," Sakura gave up. "He doesn't love me, and I hate him," she concluded.
"Then how can love be given a chance?" Tori questioned. "Take a risk Sakura,"
"I did, and I can't do it again," Sakura shook her head as if in pain and he could see the frustration in her eyes. "It hurts Tori, it really does and I don't know how much more I can take," she objected.
"You'll know what to do," Tori reassured her. "Like I said, everything is going to be fine," he smiled and tucked her into her bed. Sakura may have been eighteen years of age, but to an older brother a little sister will always be a little sister.
"Thanks Tori," Sakura tried to smile but it was too hard.
"I didn't do anything...yet," Tori winked as if he had something up his sleeve. Sakura knew this look, Li is so dead. "Try to get some rest alright?" he gave her the eyebrow and kissed her on the forehead before closing her door. The others were patiently waiting downstairs and as soon as Tori walked down everyone stood up. Suddenly the room was filled with tension as the other took notice of Tori's frown.
"Where's the brat?" Tori asked with determination in his eyes.
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Tori stomped the whole way to Li's apartment. He stepped into the elevator and glanced at his watch. It was a little past noon and it seemed like all the girls had gathered at Sakura's house so Tori slipped his way out and decided to pay Li a visit. He had no idea what he was going to do or talk about but as soon as he got inside the apartment he would figure it out. Tori banged on the door and Chiho answered it.
"Where is he?" Tori demanded and flung the door open and squashed Chiho.
"Nice to see you again too..." Chiho coughed. Tori looked across the room to see Li talking to Shigeru.
"You!" Tori roared and made his way over and rolled his sleeves up. Li stood up.
"Look Tori I don't-" Li began and raised his hands showing peace but was interrupted by a punch to the face.
"Hey!!" Shigeru yelled and attacked Tori.
"Stop!!" Chiho yelled and ran to the scene leaving the door slightly open.
"Let me at him!" Tori commanded and tried to break free of the other boys arms.
"Calm down Tori!!" Shigeru and Chiho ordered. Tori glanced at Shigeru.
"What do you care? Don't you hate him?" Tori questioned. "Or do you surrender to him, and admit your defeat by joining him since you obviously can't win my sister?" he continued dryly. Shigeru growled at the sudden remark and puched him in the face.
"Guys!!" Chiho screamed trying to separate the two.
"Tori!!" Li yelled and held Shigeru back.
"Let go of me Li!" Shigeru commanded.
"No it's for you're own sake," Li frowned and held his arms back.
"Don't make me do this Li," Shigeru warned but Li didn't let go and got punched.
"I warned you," Shigeru grumbled and attacked Tori. Tori did the same and punched Chiho and began to attack Shigeru. They puched eachother back and forth from stomach to face.
"STOP!!!" Chiho demanded but got punched by Shigeru when Tori dodged the blow. Chiho went flying to the ground.
"SHIGERU!!" Li yelled and punched his backside. Tori took this to his advantage and kicked Li. Shigeru tripped Tori with his leg, "GET DOWN HERE!" he yelled as Tori sucummed to his leg trip causing him to fall over, face first onto the center coffee table.
"NO! STOP FIGHTING! YOU'RE-" Chiho stood up trying to quel the fighting, after being interrupted by Shigeru's elbow smacking into his spine. "OWW!!" Chiho yelled helplessly falling foward flat on the carpet.
Shigeru ran jumping on one foot off Chiho's back launching in the air towards Tori who was giving Li endless elbow drops. "RAHHHH!" Shigeru howled as he collided into Tori's backside like a raging pistol, knocking Tori clearly off Li's cover. Li, groaning as he stood up, only ended up being knocked down again as Shigeru slammed into Li with full body force.
"Dammit Shigeru!!" Li flipped Shigeru over head sending him rocketing into Chiho's tall wooden cabinet. Li clicked up with the "kick-up" landing into a crouch stance avoiding a flying pillow.
Through the rumble, a quiet knocking was heard from the front door. As the person tapped lightly on the front, it slowly slid open giving way for the entry. He peeked in and spoke, "Yeah hey, I came here to say bye to Li," Zachary voiced his comment. He stared at the room, seeing Tori choking Li into the kitchen, and watching as Chiho helplessly running dodging Shigeru's saucer throwing. "Hey... fighting isn't-" Zachary's phrase was cut short as a saucer flew at his temple. He slowly slid his hand up by his side in shock as he felt a trickle of liquid seep out of his skin. He imposed a glare at Shigeru who continued his rampage of plate-throwing at Chiho when he yelled angrily, "AHHHH!!" he charged jumping over the couch pouncing on Shigeru and Chiho smashing them all into one of the lamp posts by the drawers. It fell to the ground cracking the bulb inside as it scattered on the rug.
"NO ONE HITS ME!!!" Zachary grinded his teeth and went into a combo of childish slaps into Shigeru's forearm like a cat scratching post.
Shigeru and Chiho stopped and stared at Zachary with an awkward and weird look. "Damn Zachary, my grandmother's TOE can scratch better than you!" Shigeru mocked pushing Zachary off and threw Chiho over the couch.
Tori thrusted his fist at Li's side, Li dodging it easily as he tumbled over the kitchen counter. Tori reached out and grabbed the broom by the fridge and slashed it sideways just above the counter. Li ducked avoiding the hit, standing back up right after. Tori came again coming from Li's right side. Li perked his head towards the left and twirled around a chair using the chair's back stand as a shield weapon. Suddenly after the intersect, Li hopped his left foot onto the seat and brought his right foot around and kicks Tori over the counter sending him on his back. Li jumped up on the counter and stared above seeing the suspended cage of pots and pans. Grinning with an idea, he grabbed a hold of the mass and forced it down crashing into Tori with a * clang *
"STOP IT! YOU'RE WRECKING MY APARTMENT!" Chiho uncovered his anger as he dodged Shigeru's right swing and responded with a swift elbow to Shigeru's nose. "STOP IT NOW!!" Chiho jabbed Zachary's face with his left making Zachary bash into a large portrait on the wall breaking the glass.
"SPEAK FOR YOURSELF!!!" Shigeru blasted a saucer at the back of Chiho's kneecap causing it to bend and making him start falling on his back. Chiho spotted Shigeru running towards him getting ready to kick his head. In return, Chiho jumped up continuing to fall on his back, but brought his left leg up over his head and kicking Shigeru in the face sending him falling to his backside. Shigeru recovered hastily landing on his hands and doing the kick-up as well to get back on his feet. He smirked at Chiho. "And here you were wanting to stop the fighting." Chiho gave a fake smile trying to act tuff, "Yeah well..." he broke his character and ran for cover.
"DIE BRAT!!" Tori threw the broomstick directed at Li's forehead like a javelin. Li easily dodged the attack by jumping up and rolled into an horizontal position in the air and spinning violently to the ground lacking in height as he remained close the the ground. But what he didn't know was that during his spinning, he kicked Shigeru several times on his turn-out making Shigeru wanting revenge as he and Li went into a martial art kick and punch sequence. Shigeru went forth to give Li a direct punch, but being blocked as Li lifted his leg up to block and pushing it on a shelf to the right, by the samurai sword collection. Shigeru picked one of the swords off the desk and unsheathed the metal weapon. He stabbed it at Li forcefully. Li retreated the move by doing a twirling roll over the couch and grabbing the coffee table surface board as a shield. Shigeru launched in the air and held the sword firmly infront as he slammed it down towards Li. Li yelled for strength as he placed the board in front of him using it as a block. Shigeru rolled off the small board and charged at Li again, giving him speedless blows from the left, right and upward at Li's chin, with every one being reversed by Li's blocking techniques.
"I'LL GET THAT BRAT!!" Tori scoffed as he leaped off Chiho and ran towards Li joining up with Shigeru to fight Li. As Tori punched with all his might, alongside with Shigeru's sword blows, Li found it almost challenging to defend himself with the one single circular board. Zachary and Chiho followed to stop the fighting until everyone, including Shigeru and Tori flew back simultaneously into the couch. By the force of all of their weights put together, it forced the couch to flip over, leaving the obvious victor Li as he stood panting by the window, the only one standing. He finally spoke after catching a short breather, "STOP THIS NOW!!" Li yelled. "This is totally senseless!!" he continued. "You're all acting like juvenile delinquents!!" "It never should've gone this far, I was only trying to defend myself when I realized it got out of hand." "For God's sakes, Shigeru was charging at me with a SWORD!!" he yelled aloud. "Stop this at once!!!" he concluded throwing the beaten up wooden board to the ground as Shigeru threw down the sword.
"Now get up off the floor!" Li ordered the other three boys. "Now!" Zachary was the first one off the floor, probably because he was the one most afraid of Li.
"Help me up," Chiho asked and extended his hand. Zachary grabbed it, and helped him up. But before Chiho could stand up straight Zachary let go off his hand sending Chiho back down.
"What was the for??" Chiho asked angrily and placed his hand on his behind to check if it was still there. "Geez..."
"Stop that!" Li yelled and smacked Zachary at the back of his head. Zachary rubbed the bump on his head and groaned. When everyone got off the floor and finished cleaning up the apartment they all sat down on the couch. They all sighed in relief that the cleaning job was done and over with.
"Why did you come over here Tori?" Li asked as he gently wiped a cut on his arm.
"I came here to knock you senseless," Tori rolled his eyes and put abn ice back on his back.
"Good luck," Chiho sighed and put a frozen pack of vegetables on his head.
"I came here to bring him back to his senses," Shigeru nodded and groaned when his knee began t bleed again.
"Yeah well I had nothing to do with it, I only came here to say good bye," Zachary complained and put medicine on his wounds.
"Yeah well...good bye Zachary," Eveyone moaned in annoyance. Zachary just pouted.
"Guys I appreciate the thought but it doesn't matter anymore. I'm leaving for Hong Kong tonight. Plus Sakura and I don't belong together it's over," Li spoke firmly making his decision clear to everyone.
"But she still loves you," Chiho informed. Shigeru moaned at the comment as Tori scowled.
"She does not," Li waved the thought away.
"How do you know that?" Chiho argued.
"Ugh...it doesn't matter anyway," Li shook his head completely irritated.
"Doesn't it?" Chiho asked giving him the eyebrow.
"Stop asking those kind of questions!" Li said in annoyance.
"What kind of questions?" Chiho asked cluelessly.
"Those kind of questions!" Everyone yelled feeling Li's irritation. Chiho sank in his seat.
"You're answering everything with a question," Tori grumbled.
"I am?" Chiho asked but covered his mouth when he realized he did it again.
"If you didn't love her why did you kiss her Li?" Tori questioned.
"He what???" Shigeru asked on the tip of being mad and surprised.
"She kissed me!!!" Li argued then slowly added. "...first..."
"Exactly," Tori said in satisfaction.
"Exactly what???" Li asked angrily. "You didn't prove anything!"
"Well the fact that she kised you means that she loves you, right?" Tori began.
"Not really..." Li mumbled as everyone else nodded in agreement with Tori.
"Oh shut up!" Tori rolled his eyes and continued. "And since you kissed her that means subconsciously you love her too," he finished. Everyone else thought about it and agreed.
"Maybe not, It could have been just absence. Plus the fact that he was angry with her BECAUSE he loved her affected his actions. It was an implusive thing to do. It didn't necessarily mean anything," Zachary spoke stating his own opinion. Li thought about it and nodded in agreement while everyone else glared at Zachary angrily.
"Okay Zachary," Tori spoke calmly as he cracked his knuckles. "I'll give you ten seconds to run, then you're dead," he warned giving him and evil stare.
"But he's right Tori," Li crossed his arms knowingly.
"That's only because you're in denial," Shigeru spoke. He hadn't said anything throughout the whole conversation and hearing him speak now felt odd. The room fell silent.
"I too think Zachary is right," Shigeru began ignoring Tori's death glare. "But, I also believe that there is also a subconscious part of you that does love her. That part of you as well as the frustrated part that is determined to shut her out of your life came out yesterday. Which explains why you let her go. You got frustrated and let it get the best of you forcing you to say things you didn't mean, causing her to run off," he finished. The room remained silent.
"No," Li finally spoke and turned his head away. "I was frustrated because I couldn't get the picture of you kissing her out of my head," he said coldly. Shigeru paused for a moment.
"Did she ever tell you what really happened that afternoon?" Shigeru asked calmly. But Li could sense that he had something up his sleeve. Li shook his head to.
"When I kissed her that day..." Shigeru began but paused slightly embarrassed about what he was going to say next. "She...she pushed me away..." he finished as if the memory itself was to painful to talk about. Chiho gasped while Tori and Zachary were stunned. Li remained neutral.
"I didn't see that," Li admitted.
"Perhaps you would have if you stayed a split second longer," Shigeru shrugged.
"Why...why didn't she tell me?" Li asked almost irritated again.
"Would you have listened?" Shigeru casted a knowing glance at him.
"I guess not..." Li admitted feeling guilty that he hadn't been listening to anything Sakura had tried to tell him. He had just shut her out of his life without letting her speak. But that doesn't matter. Shigeru might just be making this up to get him to forgive Sakura. Nice try.
"It still doesn't excuse what she did to me," Li shook his head.
"No I guess not," Shigeru sighed in defeat. "I just hope you take what I said into consideration, it would certainly be a shame to see two good friends turn into enemies over this," he warned and stood up. "I better get going,"
"Me too," Zachary nodded and stood up too. He walked with Shigeru to the door and they waved good bye before closing it behind them. There was a period of silence.
"I guess I better get going too," Tori nodded and began to stand up. "I need to check up on Sakura," he sighed. Li and Chiho walked him to the door but before Tori let he turned to Li.
"Look Li," Tori began on an annyoing note. "I'm not doing this because Sakura is my little sister. I'm not doing this because she's in love with you," he continued rather frustrated. "Even though that in itself is hard to admit, and is disgusting..." he muttered to himself. Li obviously heard because he growled at the comment. "What I'm trying to say is that," he paused looking for the right words. "Well...I had a love once, and to get straight to the point I let her go because of one mistake she made, it hurt me a lot to shut her out of my life," he admitted. "But it hurt me a lot more to forgive her. Sometimes I just think that if I can help you and Sakura through this, maybe a part of me will be at peace," he finished with a long sigh. Li was silent as he absorbed what Tori had just told him.
"Good bye Li," Tori nodded and left. The tone of his voice made it sound like he was never going to see him again, and perhaps he was right about that. Chiho shut the door behind Tori and turned to Li.
"So what do you think?" Chiho asked wondering what was on Li's mind. Li immediately snapped out of his thought.
"What's there to think about?" Li asked dryly and headed back to his room.
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Sakura sat on her bed hugging her knees close to her chest. This has got to be the worst break of her life. But it was all Li's fault, not hers. She tried to fix things, she tried to work things out but no would he listen? He was so stubborn! She hugged her knees tighter in anger as she grumbled. Well the point was that she tried her best and since her blew her of it was over. Yes over. Then if it was over why won't this heavy feeling in her chest disappear. She sighed and rested her head on her knees as she thought. Why did things feel so incomplete? These mixed emotions bothered her so much and all she wanted were things to be the way they used to be. She glanced over to the clock on her left and bit her bottom lip in thought. It was 7:50pm. His flight would be leaving in fourty minutes and he was probably already in the airport. Tori's voice kept on repeating itself in her head. 'His flight number is 983, this may be your last chance Sakura...' His voice faded slowly into the distance of her imagination haunting her almost trying to tell her something. '...you're last chance Sakura...' Sakura rubbed the tears away from her face and stood up walking towards her closet and throwing anything she could find on. When she was done she galnced at her watch nervously it read 8:05pm. She could still make it if she tried. She ran down the stairs 'Oh please let it not be too late...' she thought. She ran down the last few steps yelling her father's name and soon she was out of the door with the car keys with her whole family wishing her luck.
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Li let in a deep breath and took a seat in front of his gate. He was worried that he wasn't going to make it but he had a few minutes left to spare before the plane took off. It took so long to load his things into the car, get to the airport, and check in his luggage. The traffic was unbelievable! Since there were only a few days left of spring break he it was assumed that everyone was going back home. He rolled up his sleeve and looked at his watch, 8:15pm. His sighed again and leaned back in his seat waiting for the boarding call. He wasn't quite sure what he was feeling at this very moment. Actually he was still quite confused about what Shigeru told him. Sakura pushed Shigeru away? Why did she do that? Was it possible that Sakura still loved him? He rubbed his hands together in frustration. He knew that leaving Japan was a good idea, but now he wasn't as sure. 'Getting away from Sakura would be a good idea' he thought. He wasn't convinced. He buried his face in his hands and ran his hands through his hair. 'Don't do this Li, not now' he grumbled. His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the first boarding call. He looked over at the gate but didn't move. 'Damn you Sakura...'
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Sakura banged on the steering wheel for the horn. The highway was so noisy. The traffic was getting worse and worse as students were making there way to the airport before school started up again. She rested her elbow on the window sill and she looked around. "Come on!" she yelled impatiently. She continued to honk, but she knew it was no use. She banged on the gas pedal and cut off another driver ignoring the honking and swear words around her. All she knew was that she had to get to the airport and stop Li from getting on his plane. She didn't know what she was going to say, how she was going to do it, how he would react, or if he'd even listen but all she knew was that her life depended on it. She knew she couldn't live without him, and wasn't willing to let him go if she could help it. She cut off two more drivers and pressed on the gas pedal which sent her speeding north and the airport was now in sight. "Just a little bit more Sakura, you can make it" she told herself aloud. The clock in the front read 8:25pm. She narrowed her eyes on the road and drove faster. She was not going to lose him again.
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Li still sat in the seat staring at his ticket. Many people were walking around him but he didn't seem to notice. He just continued to sit and stare at his ticket thoughtfully, wondering if this was a mistake. He tapped the ticket against his knee and ran his fingers through his hair taking in a deep breath. He stood up and walked slowly towards the gate but stopped by the window to look down onto the highway. The colors were beautiful, so many lights were on. The building were glowing bright white, and the car lights were either yellow or red. He walked closer towards the window and gently placed his hand against it. Part of him screaming at him to go on the plane, and another begged him to stay. He was about to turn around when a woman tapped him on the shoulder. "Sir? This is you're last chance," she warned. Li nodded and it took all his strength to take his eyes off of the view. But with one last look at the city Li reluctantly followed the woman into the plane.
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Sakura drove faster and faster and she was close enough to see the window in the airport. She noticed a figure look out the window and a woman take him or her away from view. Sakura continued to drive straight when something else caught her eye, something red. She knew what it was and suddenly stepped on the brakes ignoring more honking and swear words from drivers trying to pass her. She didn't care anymore. With her heart pounding painfully she looked at the clock in front of her that read 8:29pm. She couldn't gather up enough energy to cry so she just sat there motionless and expressionless. She suddenly felt all alone, and lost. Her heart felt heavy as she watched the slowest minute of her life pass and finally the clock struck 8:30pm. She kept her hands on the wheel but didn't move. He had walked out of her life for the second and last time.

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Well I don't have much to say again, except that I'd like to thank my brother. He basically
wrote the whole fighting scene. You can tell when I'm writing and he's writing. He put a lot
more detail than I did. But at some point we switched again. I wrote the diaolgue at the end
of the fight scene when they...well...stop fighting. @_@;;. But I hope that you liked this chap
because it took me a few weeks to get over my writers block. But watching a few CCS episodes,
and the 2nd movie a million times really helps. Oh and I've been listening to my 'insirational'
Anime CD and other Anime songs really helped me. Well that's enough babble from me. Later!