AN: ^0^ Arigatou for the reviews!! I think my cold is getting better, at least I don't have to use a box of tissue everyday :P
Sakura: *cries a river* It's all my fault that Syaoran is blind!!
Ice: ...Aw..don't blame yourself Sakura-chan...
Sakura: ^^;; I was just reading off the script!
Ice: :P Oh ¬¬ Well onto this
chapter..
Disclaimer: No, I don't own CCS and
it's character, so pooey. CLAMP owns it -.-
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Chapter Eleven: What I'll Do For You
Written by Enchanted Ice Star
**Sakura's point of view**
"He's blind."
Those words...two simple words...but now, I feel like I'm alone...I'm all alone...Syaoran...he's blind? Blind...that means..that he can't see...never?! Can he never see me again?! Will he never see the sun rise and the sun set day after day...?
...It's all my fault...isn't it? It's is all my fault, it should have been me that had gone blind...if I hadn't shown up, maybe Syaoran would still have had his helmet on, but...but he leant his helmet to me...and now...
He's blind.
Guardian angel...pft, I am nothing of that sort. I'm a failure in this aspect, and all I do for Syaoran is to cause him more trouble than he needed. If I wasn't here, he wouldn't have offered me to go on a motorcycle ride. If I wasn't here, then he wouldn't have had to experience my horrible cooking. If I wasn't here, he wouldn't have been literally almost poisoned by cough pills.
But the truth is, I'm here.
Syaoran was better off without a guardian angel...I do completely the opposite! I ruin his life, that's all I do...why am I even here?! Why did god want me to come here and ruin his life?! No...god thougt I would protect him...but I did just the opposite....
There has to be something I can do...there
must be...after all, I'm his guardian angel, I have to do something.
**Normal point of view**
"Oh my god...he's...he's blind?" Meiling uttered in horror.
The rest just looked solemnly back at her until they heard Syaoran screaming from his room. "What's happening to me?!! Why is it all dark?!!"
Sakura bit her lip and went back into this room to try and calm him down. "Syaoran...calm down..." Her voice was shaky, and it was hard to hide how it was an effort to talk.
"..Sakura? Sakura!! Where are you?" Syaoran began searching the air with his hands and Sakura grabbed them tightly. "I'm right here, don't worry...you're not alone."
"...But why can't I see anything?" Syaoran mumbled.
Sakura looked over her shoulder to look at the rest of the Li Family and Tomoyo. They simply nodded slowly and Sakura took a breath, "...It's only temporary Syaoran, you'll get better." She soothed.
"...I'm blind aren't I?! I'm blind!!" Syaoran flung his hands out of Sakura's and fell back onto his bed. "I'm blind..." He uttered more softly.
Sakura blinked away the new tears that had formed in her eyes and sniffed. Syaoran lifted his head, "Sakura? Is that you? Are you crying?"
Sakura wiped her tears away and plastered a smile on her face even though Syaoran couldn't see it anymore. "..I'm fine Syaoran...I'll be right back...I just have to go get something..."
"..But you'll..er..be back?" Syaoran's face had gone slightly red even though some parts were covered in bandages.
"Hai, I promise," And with that Sakura got up and left the hospital room. "I'm going to go get something, I'll be back."
Yelan looked at Sakura and nodded in understanding, "Get whatever you need Sakura, you have all the time in the world."
"Arigatou," Sakura smiled and left
in a hurry.
Sakura ran back to the Li Mansion and to the empty garden. She looked up at the cloudless sky, and wondered what she could do. "God, can you hear me right now? Cause if you can, I really need help..." Sakura mumbled with her hands clamped together.
When there was no reply, she frowned but she tried again. "Onegai (please)...I need help...Syaoran...he's blind! And it's all my fault...onegai...there must be some way to help him..." Sakura uttered.
Suddenly, a bright beam shot from
the sky onto Sakura and she disappeared.
"Hoe? Where am I?" Sakura opened her eyes and saw the familiar surroundings of heaven. "I'm back in heaven!" Sakura looked down at her clothes and noticed they had changed back to white angel robes.
"Sakura Kinomoto."
Sakura looked up and saw Selissia, the head of the guardian angels and a very powerful magic user. "Selissia!" Sakura did a little bow and stood up straight again. "You heard my cry!"
"Yes I did Sakura, and do you know that you are failing in your duty as guardian angel to Li Syaoran?" Selissia said in a stern voice. She didn't look any older than Sakura, maybe by a couple years, but her soul was thousands of years old.
Sakura lowered her head in shame, "I...I'm sorry, but...but trouble just follows me everywhere..."
There was silence and then Selissia sighed, "You have risked Li Syaoran's life many times Sakura. And now, you have again, but luckily he did not die, but he is now blind. You must face the consequences yourself Sakura."
"...But I really don't know what to do..." Sakura said sadly while wiping away tears of shame and despair.
Selissia stared at Sakura for a long time, then finally glided towards her and raised Sakura's chin so they could look each other in the eye. Selissia took one of Sakura's hands and placed something in her hand. "Only once may I help you, but no more."
Sakura blinked and looked down at her hand. Selissia had placed a charm shaped like a teardrop and it was made of clear pink crystal. "...The...The Teardrop of Angels?"
"Yes Sakura, and you know how to use it, correct?"
Sakura nodded slowly, "But...but the consequence of using it..."
Selissia nodded and placed a hand over Sakura's to make her wrap her fingers around the charm. "If you want to save him from a world of enternal darkness, then with your golden heart you will find the courage to use this."
Sakura looked into the clear blue eyes of Selissia, and her thoughts changed to Syaoran. He's blind...he'll never see light again...how can anyone live in that sort of world? I will save him...no matter what...> Sakura nodded with confidence.
"I can will do this," Sakura declared.
Selissia stepped back and smiled, "It is your own choice, but make sure you do not get to close to that boy. You know the consequences if you do."
Sakura blinked a couple times, and
simply nodded. Selissia raised her hand and a hole appeared beneath Sakura
as she was sent back down to earth.
**Sakura's point of view**
I'm standing alone in the garden of the Li Mansion, the wind just blowing softly around me. To others it might sound like the rustling of leaves, to me it sounds like a solemn song...
I clutch the charm tightly in my hand, it looks so beautiful, the clear pink crystal that reflects any light. The Teardrop of Angels was an ancient powerful healing charm created by tears of the most powerful angels. Yet the consequence of using it...is quite large.
But, I have a weird feeling in my soul, that I don't care about the conesqeuence, I would do anything for Syaoran. Did I just say that?
I feel warm now, as if someone is embracing me, but of course no one is near me. But I'll do this for Syaoran...even if it means..
Loosing all my magic.
**Normal point of view**
Yelan looked up when she heard the panting of someone, and she saw Sakura with a small smile. "I'm back."
"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo exclaimed. "Where were you?"
"I...I was somewhere," Sakura replied.
The Li sisters all had puffy red eyes, they obviously had been crying over how Syaoran was now blind. "How's Syaoran?" Sakura asked.
"He's in his room, but he hasn't said a word to us..." Feimei said sorrowfully.
Sakura went into the hospital room without a word and saw Syaoran looking at the white ceiling...but it was probably just darkness for him. Sakura gripped the charm that was in her hand, as she closed the door behind her.
"Shaoran..." The name escaped her lips and she saw Syaoran turn his head towards her by listening to where the voice had come fom.
"S..Sakura?" Syaoran sat up.
Sakura walked towards him and pulled up a chair. "I'm back, are you feeling ok?"
"Yeah...but it's just...I can't stand seeing only darkness..." Syaoran replied with a blank look in his eyes.
Sakura had a small smile on her face as she replied, "Don't worry...it won't be long until you'll see light again."
"..What?"
She simply giggled, "Lie down."
"...Why?"
"Just lie down."
Syaoran did so and Sakura lifted the charm and it glided over towards Syaoran and hovered above him, a soft pink aura shining from it.
"Are you still there Sakura?" Syaoran asked.
Sakura nodded even though Syaoran couldn't see it. "Yes, just stay still and stay in that position."
"..Er..."
"Trust me."
"Ok..."
Sakura closed her eyes and concentrated all her magic towards the charm, making it shine even brighter. "Oh teardop that holds the tears of angels, magic of light, magic of dark." Sakura chanted softly.
"...Sakura? What are you saying?"
Sakura ignored Syaoran's question and continued to concentrate. "Before you lies a victim of darkness, please heal thy person with your magic within." Sakura felt her magic leaving her body, bit by bit, and she felt weaker and weaker until finally she felt slightly empty.
"Sakura? Sakura?! I can see?!"
Sakura's eyes snapped open. "You can see? That's great!" Sakura noticed that the charm had vanished, Maybe it went back to Selissia...>
Syaoran jumped out of bed and gave Sakura a hug. "I can see!!!"
Sakura felt slightly warm all of a sudden as she felt a blush appear across her face. They were like that for a couple seconds until Syaoran stepped back with a confused look on his face.
"S..Sakura..you have magic," Syaoran stated.
Sakura blinked at him innocently. "What?"
"Don't play that act with me again Sakura. You might've thought you tricked me back on the ski trip, but no, I didn't believe that you fell off a cliff and some helicopter picked you up. But now I know, you have magic," Syaoran said softly.
"..I...I do?" Sakura said, trying to act confused.
"You know you do Sakura, I know already, so it's no use trying to hide it from me," Syaoran muttered.
Sakura shifted her gaze to the white bed sheets as she clenched the sleeves of her shirt tightly. "I...I don't have magic anymore though."
Syaoran stared at her, "What?"
"..I used it to save you. I used all of it," Sakura explained softly as she raised her head to look into Syaoran's amber eyes which had returned to it's usual look.
Syaoran's eyes widened as Yelan stepped into the room and closed the door. "Xiaolang, Sakura is the card mistress."
His eyes widened even more as he gasped, "You are?! The card mistress?!"
Sakura nodded and slowly turned to Yelan. "But, I no longer have the powers to control the cards...and so..I must reseal the book once again until the destined one is found," Sakura explained.
"You were the card mistress all along?" Syaoran mumbled in shock. "That explains most of the weird things...but there's something else isn't there Sakura? There's something different about you..."
Sakura tilted her head, "That is not to be told." She replied and then she smiled. "But I am glad that I got your sight back..."
They were all silent for a moment but then Syaoran broke the silence. "Why did you give up all your magic just for my sight?"
"..Because...because..I'll do anything for you," Sakura blushed at what she had just said as she quickly looked down at the floor in embarrassment.
Syaoran was turning just as red but then he walked closer to her and brought her chin up by his hand. "I think..I would have done..the same thing..." He uttered. "Arigatou Sakura."
Sakura smiled at that, and Yelan
just smiled at the sight of the two.
**Syaoran's point of view**
That time during darkness, seemed like enternity to me, even though it was only a couple hours. But then, Sakura had come and saved me, with magic.
Now I know who she really is, the card mistress, who lost her powers because of me. She has always been different than any other person I have met. I admit that at first, I didn't like her much, and that she was so strange that I thought that she was just...weird..
Weird...to ok..to nice...to unique...and now, I just have a weird feeling in myself. Now that I think about the 'weird' things she did, I think as them as...cute...
She's just so different, that I...I think..I don't know...but Meiling had told I shouldn't hide my feelings, maybe then I'll know what all this confusion is...
But I can't help but hide my feelings...but why do I? Sakura...everytime I mention that name, I feel warm...maybe...maybe this is...
Love?
**Normal point of view**
"Good bye Kero..." Sakura said sadly as she hugged the guardian beast one last time.
As they stepped back, Kero went all watery eyed. "I guess...it'll be the last time we see each other Sakura."
"Maybe Kero, we never know," Sakura tried to sound cheerful, but she failed miserbly. "Now go back into the book...the only problem is I have no idea how I'm suppose to seal the book again when I can't use the key anymore..."
"No Sakura, you will always be the mistress of the cards, and the star key will always listen to you. It's just that you can't use the cards anymore, but the key will still hear you," Kero answered.
"Ok, then I must seal the book in case the cards go wild again..." Sakura said softly.
She picked up the star key, and Kero and her hugged one last time. He flew back into the book and disappeared from Sakura's sight.
"Oh key that hides the power of darkness, return to the book and seal it tight," Sakura chanted and the star key flew into the key hole of the Sakura Book. "Until the destined one comes, will you be opened once again." She finished off, and the book glowed a brilliant pink and then it died down.
Sakura looked at the book fondly as she picked it up. "I will leave you in safe hands...with the Li Clan." She decided as she went to Yelan's room and knocked.
Yelan answered the door soon after. "Sakura, is something the matter?"
"I am here to hand the Sakura Book to the Li Clan. The book will open again when the destine one is found," Sakura explained while handing the book to Yelan. She turned quickly away but Yelan stopped her.
"Sakura...thank you for saving Syaoran," Yelan added softly. "It means alot to the clan."
Sakura turned around again and smiled, "...It was something I should do." She turned back again and walked off, not to her room, just to some place where she could think.
Magic has been with me all my life...since the day I was born, since the day I had died, since the day I had become an angel in the sky...and now, it's gone..I feel so empty...> Sakura thought as she found herself on one of the many balconies of the Li Mansion.
She sighed softly, and looked up at the twinkling stars. "The stars are shining more brightly today..." She thought out loud as a small cool breeze blew pass her.
"They are, aren't they?" Sakura turned around at the voice, and saw Syaoran standing there with his hands in his pockets. "You shouldn't be standing out here in the cold without wearing something warm."
Sakura tilted her head slightly, "I'm fine, but thank you for caring." Sakura smiled while turning around again to stare at the stars.
Syaoran walked up to her, and joined her on the balcony. Sakura leaned over slightly, and smiled. "You know, my mother once told me that in the sky, one star belongs to each of us. And when the time comes, we will find that rightful star, and that star would be our's."
"...That's a neat story," Syaoran answered slowly.
Sakura turned to him with a small smile on her face, and so did Syaoran. "I think I've found my star." Syaoran remarked.
"...Hoe? You have?" Sakura pondered.
Syaoran nodded slowly and looked up at the sky. "Yes, I think I've found my star." He turned back to face her again and he smiled one of the biggest smiles Sakura had seen him smile.
"And I think...that star is you."
AN: Oh! A near confession I do say?!
Sakura: *blushes*
Syaoran: *blushes*
Kero: *throws up* Gah! Cut it with the fluff X.X;;
Ice: But it's so sweet :D
Kero: Gah! Not as sweet as pudding
and sweets! Ohhh! Da list....
Kero's Thank You List ~.~
SakuraJade for the pudding
cake!!!!
BGR for inviting me over
to your place! AHAHAHAHA :D
Kirei Blossom for the lemon
flavoured jello! Jello..I love that wobbly stuff :P
ChibiMew for the BIG soda!
LoL!
(nobody) for the chocolate
chip cookies! YUM!
anjali-chan for the everlasting
gobstopper, KEWLIO!
UnicornHime for the...er..pudding
on the stick? Ehehehe...
gwkitty for the swimming
pool of ice cream! Better eat it before it melts!!
Sakura Bunnie for the fridge
of life time supple of any food!!
Kawa!!M!tsukai for the house
made of pudding, the sweets shop, a Sakura+Syaoran scupltured made out
of pure cocolate 'n sweets, and the magical sweets bag! WOW!
LilDrummerGir23 for the ice
cream of the size of Mt. Fuji, holy!!
Kataryn for chocolate pudding!!
The Evil Psycho cake, cookies,
pudding, gingerbread, candy, pie, shortcake, and other desserts! SUGIO!
princessrachel for the 3
ice cream cakes! *drools*
MEE*->CrazieStarGurl for
a million dollars so I can buy myself a million pieces of candy or
pudding!! MWUHAHAHA!!
Anime for all the sweetie
sweets :D
Tessa-Chan for 10 MILLION
CANDYS,15 MILLION CAKES,and 20 MILLION PUDDINGS!! HOLY!!
And that's all folks!
~Kero~
Ice: Ok, well stay tooned folks ^-^