AN: I'm sleepy right now, so this chapter might make no sense ;.; But thank you to all those lovely awesome people that reviewed this story!! I really appreicate it peeps ^-^
Kero: *starry eyes** Everyone is so nice to the great guardian beast!!! Arigatou Daeonwing for the TEN YEAR (WHOO) supply of strawberry shortcake!!! And Stars from Above for the raining pudding!!! AHAHAHAHA!
Ice: He was literally dancing in it >.
Kero: And the chocolate chip cookie!! Ohoho and gwkitty, Realla Nights, Rachel!! I loved the chocolate pudding, and strawberry shortcake, and da holy pudding =^.^=
Ice: ...Ok, let's not waste anymore time with all this blabbering and get on da story chums!
Kero: Chums? @.@;;
Ice: ^0^ Hohohoho! Chums! I'm in
a hyper mood after eating the oreo cake from Tomoyo-chan ^-^ Arigatou
for it! Now, onto the story fellow chums!
Disclaimer: No, I don't own CCS and
it's character, so pooey. CLAMP owns it -.-
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Chapter Six: Doctor Sakura
Written by Enchanted Ice Star
It was a sunny weekend, and it had been two days since the eventful skiing trip that Sakura and her class had. Sakura rubbed her eyes gently and stretched her arms with a bright smile on her face.
"Morning Kero!" She jumped out of bed and into a pair of pink bunny slippers that Sheifa had bought her.
Kero came flying out of a drawer of her desk with a sleepy look on his face. "Mornin Sakura."
"You sure look tired Kero. Maybe you should sleep in," Sakura suggested while changing into jeans and a pink furry top.
"Yeah..I think I will.." Kero started flying back towards his drawer.
"Oh right! I almost forgot! I got you..er...what do you call it? Oh right, a video game! I think it's called Zylon Warriors? Yeah, that's it," Sakura opened her drawer and took out a package.
Kero went wide eyed and hearts popped out of his eyes. "OHOHHOHOHOHO! I'M WIDE AWAKE KID!" He grabbed the package from Sakura and flew around the room in circles. "YAYAYAYAYAYAYA! YOU'RE THE BEST SAKURA!!"
Sakura giggled, "FeiMei showed me how to hook up the..er..playstation!" Sakura scratched her head trying to find the right word. "So all you have to do is..."
"Yeah I know! I'm a video game expert ya know!" Kero winked and flew over to the T.V and flicked it on.
"...Ok, well I'm going down to breakfast. Catch you later Kero!" Sakura stepped out of her room and walked down the now familiar hallway of the Li Mansion. She glanced at Syaoran's bedroom door, and noticed that it was closed which was unsual since he usually left it open when he was gone.
I guess he's still sleeping! Wow!> Sakura thought in surprise as she took a step to leave but then she heard a cough. She stopped and turned around again. Oh no! I hope he's alright!> Sakura knocked on the door gently.
"What?!" Came an irrated hoarse voice.
"Syaoran, you sound horrible!" Sakura cried.
There was silence and then more coughing. "No, I'm fine." Came a muffled reply.
Sakura frowned, "You sound exactly the opposite of fine though."
"Just...just I'm fine!"
Sakura placed her hands on her hips. "I'm coming in."
"No!!"
"Yes!! You're sick and that's not good!" Sakura placed her hand on the door knob and opened it by magic. She pushed the door slowly open and was met by a dark room.
She squinted her eyes, trying to see anything or anyone, but she couldn't. "Why is it so dark in here?"
"Gah! Get out!" Syaoran yelped, but Sakura ignored it and placed her hand on the wall, trying to find the light switch and finally she felt a bump on the wall and pressed it. The room litted up, and Sakura squinted her eyes to adjust to the sudden brightness.
She saw a lump on the bed which she assumed was Syaoran under his blankets. She giggled, "Why are you hiding?"
"I am not," His voice was muffled by his blankets. "Now, get out." He coughed and cleared his throat.
Sakura sighed as she walked towards the bed and pulled the blankets off Syaoran's head. Her eyes widened when she saw how horrible Syaoran looked, his hair was messier then usual and matted together in some parts, and his eyes seemed swollen.
"Didn't I tell you to go away?!" He said hoarsly while trying to hide under the blankets again.
"I think you have a serious cold Syaoran," Sakura said sadly and felt his forehead. "Yikes! You're burning!!"
Syaoran shoved her hand aside. "I am not burning for your information," He stopped midway to cough. "Get out of my room before you catch my germs."
Sakura smiled, "Don't worry, I won't."
"What makes you so sure of that?" Syaoran grumbled.
"Because I just won't," Sakura said simply while walking into Syaoran's washroom.
Syaoran glanced up and heard the sink go on. "What are you doing?"
"Getting a cold cloth for your forehead," Sakura replied as she stepped out of the washroom again holding a damp cloth. "Lie down will you? It'll make things much easier."
"Argh, can't you just leave me at peace?"
"No, because you'll only get worst," Sakura gently pushed him down and placed the cloth on his forehead.
Syaoran yelped and jumped into a sitting position. "HOT HOT HOT HOT!!"
Sakura blinked at him, "Hoe?"
Syaoran threw the cloth off his forehead, "Can't you feel that?! That cloth was steaming!!"
"It was? I didn't notice..." Sakura picked it up easily and Syaoran stared at her wide eyed. "I wasn't sure if the red tap was cold water or the blue tap. But the red looked nicer so I turned that one." She stated simply and went back into the washroom. "But I guess the blue tap is suppose to be cold water."
Syaoran blinked in astonishment. "Didn't you know that already?!"
There was silence and then Sakura stepped out of the washroom holding another damp cloth. "I hope this one is cold enough," Sakura said, trying to avoid the topic as she placed it on Syaoran's forehead again.
Seeing that Syaoran didn't leep up and yell 'hot', she assumed that she did it right this time. Syaoran went into a fit of coughs again and Sakura looked at him worridly.
"Is that you coughing, dear brother?" Fanren came into the room holding a tray of breakfast. "Mother knew you must have been sick since you weren't down for breakfast. You're always the first one." She placed the tray on Syaoran's desk. "Oh Sakura! What are you doing in here?"
"Taking care of him," Sakura replied automatically. What can I say?! I'm his guardian angel!>
Fanren stared at them for a moment then giggled slightly. Syaoran looked slightly annoyed when he noticed that Fanren was getting the wrong idea, but he decided to drop it. "I don't feel like eating." Syaoran said as he stared at the tray of food.
"Well, when you get your appetite back you can eat it. Are you sure you want to stay here Sakura? You might catch his germs," Fanren remarked.
Syaoran gave Sakura a 'I told you so' look, but Sakura just smiled. "Of course I want to stay! There's nothing else for me to do anyways right?"
Fanren shrugged and nodded, "I guess, but don't get to close to him." Fanren winked and walked out of the door.
"Get out of my room Sakura. I can take care of myself," Syaoran grunted.
"Yeah right," Sakura teased. "Hmm..now we need medicine. Don't you huma..I mean don't you people have those pill thingies?"
Syaoran stared at her suspiciously but shrugged, "Pills? Cough pills? Yeah, they're in that drawer." Syaoran pointed towards his night table.
Sakura crouched down and opened it. She reached in and pulled out a box. "Runny noses...nope.." She threw that aside and took out another box. "Headache? No..." She threw that aside as well. "Oh there we go!" Sakura stood up again with a jar of cough pills in one hand.
She opened the jar and poured out a couple and stuffed them into Syaoran's mouth. "There! You should get all better now!" She smiled brightly at him but noticed that Syaoran had gone swirly eyed. "Hoe? Is something wrong?"
"...!!??" He swallowed and made short choking noises. "What are you trying to do?! Poison me?! How many did you stuff in my mouth?!"
"Hoe? Lemme think..." Sakura counted her fingers and smiled. "Seven! Lucky number seven right?!"
Syaoran went swirly eyed, "...Seven?! Oh god I'm going to die..."
"Of course you aren't silly! You'll be just...ah! Syaoran!!" Sakura gasped when Syaoran had suddenly turned a bluish color and he passed out cold. "HOE!!! Did I kill him?!!! Oh no...wake up!!!" She shook him gently by his shoulders but he didn't stir.
Sakura backed up, slightly frightened. "Oh no! What am I going to do?!" She started panicking as she paced back and forth until Sheifa poked her head into the room.
"Sakura! FeiMei told me about you taking care of Syaoran, and I'm surprised he even let you," Sheifa commented as she stepped in.
"I don't know! But I think I killed him!!!" Sakura exclaimed in distress.
Sheifa's eyes went wide. "What?!"
"Look!" Sakura pointed to Syaoran who was on his bed.
Sheifa hurried over to the bedside and checked Syaoran's pulse. "He's still alive Sakura, but what did you do?!"
"I...I just gave him cough pills," Sakura showed her the jar.
"That seems normal..." Sheifa started.
"I gave him seven," Sakura finished.
Sheifa's eyes widened, "What?! Seven?! That could seriously poison him Sakura!"
"I'm sorry, I didn't know..." Sakura said sadly.
Sheifa sighed, "I think it'll be alright if we can get him to choke out the pills."
"How do we do that?" Sakura blinked.
"Er...maybe we can get him to drink water and he'll start coughing it out," Sheifa guessed and got the cup of water that had been on the food tray FeiMei had brought in earlier.
Sakura watched intently as Sheifa titled the glass and let the water slip into Syaoran's mouth. It seemed like nothing was happening at first, but then Syaoran's brow furrowed and he started hacking out coughs.
His eyes snapped opened and he sat up quickly coughing like mad. "That's right brother! Cough it all out!!" Sheifa cheered.
Sakura watched in amazement, she wasn't even sure if they were doing the right thing. But sure enough Syaoran jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom and threw up.
"Yuck," Sheifa made a face. "But at least the pills probably got washed out. Now next time Sakura, read the instructions on the jar before giving someone pills, alright?"
Sakura nodded, "Alright.."
Syaoran came back into the room with a dazed look on his face as he collasped into his bed. "You two are trying to killing me, I swear to god you guys are." He muttered.
Sakura blinked, "Don't swear to god! That's rude!" She exclaimed.
Sheifa and Syaoran gave her an odd eye and Sakura knew at once she must have said something wrong. "I mean, oh, nevermind."
Syaoran sneezed as he slumped deeper into his pillow. "Can you two please leave me alone? I think you are only making me worse."
Sheifa chuckled, "Fine, fine. Let's get out of here Sakura before we catch his germs. It's better if we just let him have some rest and let him sleep a bit more."
"Oh, ok," Sakura followed Sheifa out of the room.
"Sakura?"
"Yes?" Sakura replied.
Sheifa glanced at her for a moment but then shook her head. "Nevermind, um, oh right! Mother wanted me to tell you that tomorrow we are hosting a get together party for everyone around the neighborhood. So mother just wanted to let you know that you should dress formally, alright?"
"Party? Oh, ok!" Sakura smiled. "It sound's like fun!!"
"It is! We have these parties once a year, and there are different performances and dances! There's also food of course," Sheifa explained. "Oh, great! Look at the time! I have to get going, see you Sakura!"
Sakura waved good bye to Sheifa and
she was left alone in the hallway. She glanced at Syaoran's bedroom door
and smiled to herself as she decided to go downstairs and have a snack.
"Dare yori mo anata ga suki (I love you more than anyone)..." Meiling had stood at the door of her room which was across from Syaoran's. She had saw Sakura go into his room, and she had heard them talking.
Meiling sighed sadly, as she glanced sadly at the closed door. Open for Sakura, closed for me...> She thought miserably as she stepped back into her room and walked towards her window. She leaned over it slightly, her black hair tumbling down her shoulders. "Is there really no hope for him and I to be together? We are engaged, but that's the only thin thread that we are bound together by..." She thought outloud.
"...Maybe him and I weren't meant
to be," Meiling muttered. "But...wo ai ni Xiaolang...(I love you Xiaolang)."
It was afternoon, and Sakura had been spending the entire morning with Fanren and Fuutie who wanted to dress her in all the different clothes they had. She was glad when they had run out of clothes to try on her and she quickly escaped upstairs.
She noticed that Syaoran's door was still closed, and she decided to check if he was ok. "Syaoran?" She asked softly while opening the door.
The lights were off, and the only light came from the door that Sakura had opened. There was no reply, so Sakura opened the door wider so she could see into the room.
A smile crept onto her lips, as she giggled softly to herself. Syaoran was still sleeping, and he looked so peaceful under his blankets and the only sound was his soft steady breathing.
She crept over to the side of the bed, and crouched down to just watch him for a while. "I wonder how long you're going to sleep." Sakura thought out loud, but softly so she wouldn't wake Syaoran. She stood up again and decided to write a note to remind Syaoran to take his medicine.
After she was done, she stuck the
little sticky note on Syaoran's night table where he would surely see it.
Sakura walked towards the door and closed the door slowly behind her. "Sweet
dreams." She whispered.
There was a bright light, and Syaoran found himself covering his eyes so he wouldn't be blinded. He slowly uncovered them when the light disappeared and he was left alone in a white empty space of nothing.
"Where am I?" He asked to no one in particular.
"Syaoran!! Syaoran!!" Syaoran turned around at his name being called, and he saw a hand reaching out to him as if desperately trying to hang on to something.
He didn't know why, but he reached out his hand to grab the other hand. "Hold on!!" He yelled, as he tried holding on the other person's hand, but it seemed like a strong force was pulling it away from him. "Don't let go..."
"Syaoran..." It came lighter this time, and he couldn't make out who the voice belonged to.
"Don't let go...my angel!!" The words escaped his lips, as if it was meant to be there. He felt confused after he said that, but then the hand slipped from his and everything went bright and he was blinded once again.
He couldn't see, he couldn't breath. But he could hear a faint, very faint voice call out to him. "No matter how far apart we are, I'll find you."
Syaoran awoke in a cold sweat as he jumped into a sitting position. His breathing came short and raspy as he wiped the sweat off his forehead. "...What did that mean? It was all a dream?" He glanced around the room, and he noticed a light green sticky note stuck to his night table.
He curiously took the paper, and
read it.
Dear Syaoran,
Remember to take your cough pills!
Remember, take only one every six hours! Sorry about those seven pills,
but I really didn't know. I hope you get well soon so that you can go to
the get together party tomorrow!
From Sakura
He blinked at the note, and then slowly got out of bed. He noticed that his throat didn't hurt that much anymore, and when he glanced at his reflection in his bathroom mirror, he noticed that his eyes weren't that swollen.
Syaoran yawned and was about to turn on the cold water when he noticed that there were also sticky notes on the water taps. He beant down to read them and he couldn't help but chuckle. One of the sticky notes read 'Cold' and the other read 'Hot'. I think I know that already Sakura.>
He was about to take the notes off,
but somehow, he decided to leave the sticky notes there. "Just in case
Sakura decides to use my sink again."
AN: *yawns* I'm tired >. Oh well, the next chapter will be better since it's the get together party ^-^
Kero: Am I invited?!
Ice: No.
Kero: NOOOO!!! You mean I have to miss out on all the sweets and goodies?!
Ice: Yep yep ;)
Kero: NOOOO!!!
Ice: It'll only do you good instead of bad Kero ^.~
Kero: NONONONONONONO! YOU BETTER BRING ME TO THAT PARTY, OR ELSE!
Ice: 0.o Or else what?
Kero: Or else...or else I'll go hyper again and do the tango!
Ice: !!! NO!! Not mroe crazed dancing X.X
Kero: MWUAHHAHAHAA
Ice: T.T Er well stay tooned and review!
Kero: YEAH, REVIEW, MOOHAHAHA.