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.:: Death of a Cherry Blossom- Chapter 5 ::.


KEY:

"---" talking

'---' thinking

_---_ enforced words

***--*** scene change

~*~--~*~ flashback

::--:: dream

(SN) Sapphie notes


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Syaoran looked over his shoulder to see the person standing over him.

"Kristi?!? What are you doing out here in the rain?" Syaoran asked in shock. Kristi stood over him, wearing a long pink raincoat, her long blonde hair hidden underneath her hood, her pale pink lips subtly trembling, her deep blue eyes looking at Syaoran. She held a matching pink umbrella over Syaoran's head. She wasn't the kind of girl that would go out in the rain. She was a typical little rich girl.

"Oh, I was just walking home from my grandma's house. And as I was walking home, I saw you sitting here by yourself, without an umbrella. I got worried that you might get sick or something, so I came over." Kristi said while looking into his amber eyes. She sat down next to him.

"Kristi, just go home." Syaoran said, turning around, staring at the stormy sky ahead of him. Kristi slowly sat closer and closer to Syaoran.

"I can't go home." Kristi said in a low voice, running her long pale fingers through Syaoran's wet hair.

"And why not?" Syaoran asked with annoyance in his voice.

"I can't go home knowing that my baby, my love is out here in the rain all by himself." Kristi said in a somewhat seductive voice. She began to gently stroke his face with her fingers. "Come home with me." she whispered into Syaoran's ear. Syaoran jerked his head away from her and
stood up.

"How many times do I have to tell you? I don't love you!! I'm not your _baby_. I don't care how much you say you love me. But I don't love you!! Can't you get that through your thick little rich kid head?" Syaoran yelled out, anger flaming in his amber eyes. Kristi stood up too.

"Come on, Syaoran. It doesn't have to be this way." Kristi said seductively while moving closer to Syaoran. "I know you love me. And I'll prove it!" Without allowing Syaoran to say anything, she pulled him close to her and kissed him. Syaoran quickly broke free from her embrace and pushed her away from him. He looked at her with disgust.

"You're such a bitch, Kristi." Syaoran said, looking at her angrily. "You wanna know why I don't love you? I don't love you because underneath all that fake hair and horrible makeup, you're just an ugly little bitch." Syaoran said with hate in his voice. Kristi looked at him through tear filled eyes. "It's no wonder why you can't get a steady man." With that, he walked away while Kristi cried.

***At Syaoran's house***

Syaoran entered the house angrily. He couldn't believe what Kristi did to him. He changed out of his wet clothes and put on dry ones and dried off his hair. He threw himself on his bed and began to think about the conversation he and Eriol had earlier. Although it really didn't get him anywhere, Eriol pointed out that he should do a little more brainstorming before he went out and pointed fingers at people. He tried so hard to figure out who the killer was. It was someone she loved the most and she had to tell someone something. But who could they have been? He searched
throughout his brain for an answer but just couldn't find it. Soon, he gave up on searching for an answer. The only thing he could do now was sleep and hope for another clue.

:: Syaoran walked through a heavy fog, looking for a way out. He called out for help, but no one was around. There was only him and the silence and the darkness. As he was looking for a way out, he saw a figure standing in front of him in the darkness. As he got closer to the figure, he could see who it was.

"Kristi?!?!" Syaoran exclaimed. (SN: This is not the Kristi from Starrie's story!! I just thought up this name.)Kristi gave Syaoran an innocent smile and said, "I love Syaoran." Almost immediately, Kristi vanished into thin air. Syaoran was left dumbfounded. He began to walk more through the thick fog, searching for an exit. Soon, he saw another figure in front of him. As he got closer, he heard crying. It sounded a lot like Sakura's crying. He ran to her, wanting to comfort her, but the closer he got to her, the further back she went. Sakura was on the floor, in her school uniform, crying.

"Why was I so dumb? Why was I so stupid?? I should have told you! I should've told you sooner!!" Sakura cried out while tears heavily fell down her cheek. "Why didn't I tell you...that...I loved you?" Right after she said, 'I loved you,' she vanished into thin air too.::

Syaoran woke up in the middle of the night, heavily sweating and panting.

'Another clue. This dream _has_ to be another clue!' Syaoran thought. He sat up in bed and tried to put the pieces together. He thought hard for an answer. But it was no use. These "clues" weren't helping him out. He laid out all the clues in his head. 'Okay. The person that killed her is someone she loves the most. She was crying and saying that she should've told someone something. That something has to be that she wanted to tell someone that she loved them. That was in the dream I just had. But who was the person that she needed to tell? And how does all this tie in to Kristi?' Syaoran thought. No matter how well he laid out the clues, he just couldn't seem to find the answer. He would almost have the answer if only Kristi was not a part of the clue. He had no idea how Kristi could be tied into the other clues.

The sun began to rise from behind the darkness. It was now morning. Syaoran had not gone back to sleep. Ever since he woke up from the dream, he had not gotten any sleep. He made himself coffee in an attempt to keep himself up. He was now determined to find out who killed Sakura. He finally decided that he will stop at nothing to find out who killed her. Syaoran paced back and forth in his bedroom, thinking about the clues. He couldn't take it anymore. He needed help.

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RING! RING! RING! A very sleepy Eriol picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Eriol! It's Syaoran! I need your help."

"Now? What time is it?" Eriol asked sleepily, trying to hold back a yawn.

"6:30 AM" Syaoran said flatly.

"What?!?!?" Eriol exclaimed.

"Oh, come on, Eriol. I really need your help!" Syaoran said pleadingly.

"Oh alright, alright. I'll be over there in half an hour." Eriol said in a half awake-half asleep tone. Eriol hung up the phone and let out a huge yawn. While Syaoran waited for Eriol to arrive, he continued to search through his head for an answer. At the moment, his mind was currently set on how Kristi was linked into all of this.

***Half and hour later***

There was a knock on Syaoran's door. Syaoran hurriedly made his way to the door, hoping it was Eriol. As he had hoped, it was Eriol, only he was half awake. Syaoran was a little surprised. He had never seen Eriol this way before.

"Uh...come in." Syaoran said, gesturing him into the house. Eriol didn't say anything and walked into Syaoran's house like he was a zombie. He took a seat on the couch. "I have an idea." Syaoran said. Within seconds, Syaoran brought Eriol a cup of coffee. Soon enough, Eriol was wide awake.

"Okay, Syaoran. So, what do you need help on?" Eriol said, a little too anxious from drinking all that coffee. (Too much caffeine!)

"Well, I had another dream. Except this time, Kristi was in it and Sakura was crying again. She was saying that she should've told someone that she loved them." Syaoran said, staring into the cup of coffee that he held.

"I see. Well, now you know what Sakura needed to tell that person...which is that she loves them. Now, what we need to do is to figure out how Kristi ties into this." Eriol said while taking a sip of his coffee.

"You think?" Syaoran said sarcastically. "I've been up for god knows how long just trying to figure out how she ties into this."

"Okay. Okay. Now, let me think." Eriol said, placing his fingers on his temples. After a while of thinking, Eriol figured out everything. "I got it!" Eriol said with excitement in his voice.

"What? What is it?" Syaoran asked excitedly.

"Kristi is the key to finding your answer. She has something to do with Sakura's murder. Or she may know something." Eriol said matter-of-factly.

"Are you sure? Kristi is just a little rich kid. What could she know about Sakura? Heck, she might not even know Sakura!" Syaoran said with disappointment in his voice.

"I'm sure of it! Why else would Kristi be in your dreams?" Eriol said with confidence. "I definitely hit the bullseye on this one!" Eriol boasted.

'I hope you're right.' Syaoran thought as he rolled his eyes. Little did they know how wrong they were.

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TO BE CONTINUED

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SN: So, guys...was that a little longer? Was that better (the length of the story, I mean.)? And please please please review!! I wanna know how I'm doing! And if you guys want me to email you when the next chapter of this fic is up, just leave your email address in your review!! Until next time, jaa!

~Sapphie