Hey! I'm back with another thrilling chapter to there's something about Sakura YAY!!!! There will be more TxE in this Chapter as well as some more Kero, and Yue. I'm SO SORRY about the little bit about Syaoran singing Soprano. GOMEN I'LL FIX IT!! I'll make him a tenor kay? So stay tuned and PLEASE review. P.S. please tell me what you think of the song Syaoran sings, because ... well, just because. Arigato!!!!
Disclaimer: Oh all right already, I DON'T OWN CCS! GOT IT?!
Key:
" " Speaking
Italics writing (Like in a newspaper or novel)
~~~~~~ Change area eg. From Sakura's POV to Syaoran's.
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Live To Tell
Sakura jumped off the set and ran over to Meiling hugging her tightly. "I missed you so much" she said hugging her. Meiling smiled knowingly at Tomoyo who just grinned. "Its good to see you too Sakura." "So Sakura, could you do this outfit next?" Asked Tomoyo when the two girls pulled away from each other. "Sure Tomoyo, why not" Said Sakura Taking the outfit from her best friends arms.
Soon the photographer came out and said "okay, last outfit, go get dressed." Smiling Sakura quickly walked to the bathroom, to change. After a few moments, Tomoyo went over and knocked on the door before walking in.
After ten minuets Tomoyo and Sakura emerged. Sakura was wearing a silk Chinese dress with short sleeves, and slits up to the thigh. She was wearing the customary white pants underneath as well. The dress was pink, with thick gold bordering around the slits and up the middle. It had Cherry blossoms embroidered in pink and gold thread all over it. Meiling could now see what Tomoyo had been doing. She must have done Sakura's hair and makeup.
Sakura's long hair was now in ringlets, and fell softly about her shoulders. She had shiny lip-gloss on her lips, and blue eyeliner with pink eye shadow and black mascara. She looked stunning. As the photographer made Sakura get into different poses, Meiling leaned over to Tomoyo; "do you think that we'll even need Eriol on this one?" "Probably not. That costume, I designed last night, before you called. Eriol helped me, by using his magic to create it without me doing a whole lot of extra work so that I would be extremely tired this morning." Meiling looked Suspiciously at her friend. "If you ask me, you are already tired" "Oh well... Never mind" Said Tomoyo doing a pretty good imitation of a boiled lobster.
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The next morning Syaoran was rudely awakened by the sound of his sisters running around Screaming. He groaned pulling the pillow over his head. When that didn't work, he grumbled, putting on his green bathrobe, and opened the door to see what the commotion was. He saw Fanren running screaming down the hall waving a magazine around. He could only just make out the words 'look at this' and 'here's another one'. He decided to follow her into the kitchen, where he could hear his other three sisters clamouring. He looked at the clock as he walked in. It read. 5:30 am. Groaning he looked at his family who was all gathered around the table shouting. "What's the big deal!?" He yelled, getting their attention. "Look at this Xiao Lang!!" Feimei said shoving a magazine in his hands. He looked at it wondering what was so big about it. "Look at the picture on the cover!" Sheifa said anxiously. Syaoran did as she suggested, looking at the girl on the cover. He had to admit she was extremely pretty. She was wearing a pink silk Chinese dress with the customary white pants underneath, and slits up to the thigh. The dress had thick gold bordering around the slits and up the middle. It had Cherry blossoms embroidered in pink and gold thread all over it. The girl's long hair was in ringlets, and fell softly about her shoulders. She had shiny lip-gloss on her lips, and blue eyeliner with pink eye shadow and black mascara. He was wondering why this had his sisters all worked up, and his mother grinning, when he spotted the name of the model. It was Sakura. He dropped the magazine in shock, his jaw dropping in astonishment. His mother was grinning at him. That in itself was strange, his mother NEVER grinned about anything. "You see why everyone's excited now, Xiao Lang?" She asked. He picked the magazine back up and looked at the headline. 'Famous Japanese Model set to Become the Next Singing Sensation' Now curious, he opened the book to the first page. It had a picture of Sakura on Stage singing, from the competition. The first line read,
'Sakura Kinomoto, a 16 year old Japanese girl, is one of Japan's, most popular models. Last night she rocked us, at a competition to recruit new singers with her song La Isla Bonita.'
Syaoran looked up at his mother and sisters. "Could I borrow this for a while?" He asked. His eldest sister Sheifa nodded, While Fuutie grabbed something from the coffee table in the living room, and came back into the kitchen with it. "Don't worry Xiao Lang, we have another copy" She said waving around another copy so every one could see. Syaoran sighed and walked upstairs with his copy. He flopped down on the bed, and began to read.
'Though many people are quite certain that she will win, she has competition. A young 16-year-old Man named Syaoran Li, The young leader of the Li clan. He also sang at the concert last night, and amazed the audiences, with his voice, and song. In an interview with one of Sakura's best friends, we found out that the reason she is in this concert is because of the young Man. apparently, she has something for him, but hasn't seen him in five years. Now in another turn of events, the young man's ex fiancée, and cousin Meiling, is staying in Japan with Sakura. This is creating almost a soap opera for these young teens. So everyone will be keeping their eyes peeled, in the next section of the concert next week to see who will win.'
Syaoran could only stare at the article in pure amazement, before deciding to call Meiling to find out exactly what rumours she had been spreading.
He figured that she probably wasn't at the hotel, so he decided to call her cell phone.
*Ring* *Ring*
"Wei?" Came the voice on the other end
"Hey Meiling, it's me" Syaoran said in a voice that suggested she was in trouble.
"Hey Xiao Lang!" She said in a fake cheerful voice to hide her slight worry about his warning tone of voice
"Meiling, I want to know what part you played in that article that was published in the magazine."
"Xiao Lang, I can truthfully say that I had nothing to do with that, that was not me, I swear." She said
"Hmmmmm, all right" Syaoran said sceptically. He knew Meiling wasn't lying, but he still didn't know whether she knew something else about it.
"Anyways, I have to go. We're ordering pizza and its here now, but have fun" She said cheerfully.
"Thanks" he answered dryly "Bye" (A.N. Does anyone know what bye is in Chinese?)
"Bye!"
He stared at the phone ruefully for a minuet, before putting it away. His sisters were watching him from outside his door. Feimei ran to get their mother. "Mother" she called as she raced into the kitchen "Yes dear" Yelan asked as her daughter came running in. "Mother it worked! Xiao Lang read the article, and called dear cousin to find out what she had to do with it!" Feimei shouted excitedly. "That's good dear, now we must notify dear Hiragizawa-san." Yelan said in a calm voice. Though really, she felt just like jumping around and running, like any of her daughters. She loved Sakura as her own daughter, and also knew that her son loved her. She was worried though before Tomoyo, Meiling and her daughters had come up with this plan, because Syaoran was the leader of the clan and the elders, would not let him go long without marrying. She had been told that if Syaoran had broken the engagement to Meiling, he would have until his 17th birthday to take a wife of his choice. He didn't have to be married, just engaged. The last thing she wanted to do was choose someone for him, but she knew that Sakura was the one.
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At Tomoyo's House
"Ummmmmm, Thanks Tomoyo-chan, demo, you don't have to do this for me" Sakura said sweat dropping as Tomoyo hauled outfit upon outfit out of the closet. "Of course I do Sakura, you want to look your best don't you?" Tomoyo said from inside the closet. Sakura sighed shaking her head, while Meiling hid a smile, and tried not to giggle. "Here we go" said Tomoyo finally emerging from the closet with an armload of clothes. She set them on the bed and began to sort through them. As she looked at them, stars appeared in her eyes. "KAWAII!!!!" She squealed. Sakura just groaned, while Meiling walked over to get a closer look. "Ummmmmm, Tomoyo-chan, there are too many outfits here, for them all to be Sakura's" She said counting 9 outfits. Tomoyo's eyes returned to normal, and she laughed. "I know that Meiling-chan, but you and I have to have something to wear also" "right" Meiling said sweat dropping. It had been 4 days, and tomorrow was the next concert, for the first cut. Tomoyo had been secretly waking Meiling up in the middle of the night so she could help plot with her and Eriol. They had been creating these costumes for Sakura, as well as a few for Syaoran. Now of Course, Sakura knew absolutely nothing of this. "All right" Tomoyo said holding up one of the outfits. "This will be Sakura's costume for tomorrow." She set it down on the bd and clapped her hands together. "All right Sakura lets go practise your song for tomorrow."
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Sakura stepped out of the bathroom. "How do I look guys?" She asked, blushing pink. Tomoyo and Meiling clapped as she turned around. She was wearing Chinese style pants and shirt. The fabric was a shimmery gold, and the collar was high. The bottom of the shirt came down over the top of the pants. The pants floated around her legs, all puffed, and became scrunched and tighter by the ends. She was wearing gold slippers to match, as well. The shirt had designs embroidered in gold beads, and had gold buttons too. "So Tomoyo, what should I do about my hair?" She asked "well" Tomoyo said looking at her for a few minuets. "I think we should let our Chinese expert handle that don't you think?" She said smiling knowingly at Meiling. "Oh all right come here Sakura." Meiling said beckoning to Sakura. The walked over to the chair, and Sakura sat while Meiling began to brush her long hair. After half an hour, Sakura was looking in the mirror, awed. She wasn't looking at a little girl, but at a lady. Meiling had done her hair up in a French braid, and had put gold shimmer powder in it. There were also, little crystal raindrops in her hair that caught the light. Meiling had also taken the liberty of doing her make up. Sakura had bronzer applied to her rosy skin; she had a bright gold Eye shadow, with black mascara, and eyeliner. She was also wearing a lip-gloss that had gold glitter in it. Tomoyo was taking a few pictures to give to everyone, while Meiling admired her handy work. Sakura looked over at the clock and saw that the concert would be starting in 20 minuets. "Hey guys?" she called looking at her friends "We have 20 minuets, don't you think that we ought to leave" with that they all left heading towards the coliseum.
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at the coliseum...
Sakura walked into the room where the competitors were to group. She looked around and saw something that made her heart beat so fast, she thought that it might burst.
Syaoran looked up as he heard someone walk in to the room. His breathing quickened immediately. It was Sakura. He went bright red, and said "Hey Sakura"
Sakura's POV
'Hey Sakura' what he had said played over in my mind, as I stared at him blankly. I could feel the heat rising in my cheeks as I mumbled a quick Hi. I looked down trying to hide my face from him, but to no avail. He walked over and put cool hand under my chin, lifting my head to look him in the eye. He let go, and said "Sakura are you alright" I found it hard to breath, we were so close. We were inches away from each other now. I did notice however that that he was strangely red. We closed our eyes coming closer all the time. Just before our lips met, My name was called on the PA to go sing. we pulled away blushing, and I went out onto stage after making Syaoran promise to watch.
Normal POV
Sakura walked out on stage to tremulous applause although she had no idea why (She hasn't found out about the article yet). She smiled at the audience, and thoght that she could catch a snitch of the 'conversation' Chiharu and Yamazaki are having. "Did you know that music was created for the sole purpose.." "LIES THEY'RE ALL LIES!!" Chiharu yelled at Yamazaki, she then grabbed her lie mallet and hit him over the head "Oww" Sakura grinned and shook her head. She waved at her family and friends before lowering her head and the lights went out. The music began, and a single beam of light appeared, high lighting Sakura. She looked up, and began to sing, a solemn look on her face.
I have a tale to tell
Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well
I was not ready for the fall
To blind to see the writing on the wall
A man can tell a thousand lies,
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to Tell the secret I have learned
till then
It will burn inside of me
I know where beauty live
I've seen it once I know the warm she gives
The light that you will never see
it shines inside you can't take that from me
A man can tell a thousand lies,
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to Tell the secret I have learned
till then
It will burn inside of me
The truth is never far behind
you've kept hidden well
if I live to tell the secret I knew then
will I
Ever have the chance again
If I ran away
I'd never have the strength
to go very far
How could he hear the beating
of my heart
will it grow cold this secret that I hide
will I grow old
How did he hear
when did he learn
How did he know
A man can tell a thousand lies,
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to Tell the secret I have learned
till then
It will burn inside of me
The truth is never far behind
you've kept hidden well
if I live to tell the secret I knew then
will I
Ever have the chance again
A man can tell a thousand lies,
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to Tell the secret I have learned
till then
It will burn inside of me
Sakura held the last quavering note, looking down at the ground. She was afraid that if she looked up she would begin to cry. The applause was thunderous, and she couldn't help but look, seeing Tomoyo, Meiling, Chiharu, Yamazaki, Naoko, Rika, Julian, Eriol, And her family all cheering her on. She could also hear Kero's voice from the audience ("I want Pudding!") as well as applause from the wing where the contestants could wait, and watch. without looking she knew that Syaoran was there cheering her as well as all of her other friends. Sakura bowed to the audience as her name was announced, and she walked off stage into Syaoran's waiting arms. Syaoran held her tight, looking at her with a look in his eyes that Sakura had never seen before. There was a love and tenderness so great there, that she was quite taken aback, and decided to not think about that. Just then his name was called on the intercom, and he had to go. He walked onto the stage and bowed to the audience, and began to sing.
I'm dreaming of the warmth of your lips
I'm dreaming of the love you give
I'm dreaming of just being with you
Oh if you only knew
I'm gonna dream Sweet dreams of love
Dream, Sweet dreams of love
My dreams have told me to stay by your side
And that's a message I can't deny
So by your side I will remain
Until my feelings for you become Plain
I'm gonna dream, (Dream) Sweet dreams of love(Of love)
Dream, (Dream) Sweet dreams of love(Of love)
I don't know what to do now
But I'll get through somehow
So I will continue to dream
For I am more than what I seem
I'm gonna dream, (Dream) Sweet dreams of love(Of love)
Dream, (Dream) Sweet dreams of love(Of love)
(musical interval)
'Cause I didn't know what to do,
I wrote this song just for you
So I hope you will hear it somehow
'Cause what I really need is you right now
I'm gonna dream, (Dream) Sweet dreams of love(Of love)
Dream, (Dream) Sweet dreams of love(Of love)
I'm gonna dream Sweet dreams of love
Dream, Sweet dreams of love
Dream, Sweet dreams of love
He finished the song to great applause from the audience He bowed, and walked off stage. He turned to Sakura. "Do you want to go out, get away for the night?" he asked quietly. She smiled at him and nodded, "I would love to" she said. He grabbed her hand, and walked out of the Coliseum with her.
Hey!!! Its the end of Chapter four. PLEASE REVIEW!!!! I want to thank everyone for their reviews in the past, Much appreciated. If you would like me to E-Mail you and tell you when the new chapters come out, please review and give me your e-mail address. THANX!!!!
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