AN: Hi, guys! Well, here's chapter six, I hope you enjoy! Thanks for all the reviews, guys, thanks! Please R&R okay? ARIGATOU!

Disclaimer: I don't own Card Captor Sakura, CLAMP does. The only characters I own is Ai-Yung and Miss Fei.


A Winged Angel

Chapter Six - A Day of Sun

by, azngurL



Syaoran's POV

...I never thought that Ai-Yung still had those feelings for me. And what she asked me last year made a big impact on myself... And I knew it made some impact on her too.

What's up with me? ... It's like I feel ... somewhat closer to Ai-Yung, but ...

Argh, dammit.

Why are you suddenly feeling this, Syaoran?

Why have you... ARGH, STUPID!

I've fallen for Sakura... I fell in love with her, but Ai-Yung's right. Who does she love? ... She never told me, but she told Ai-Yung. If she doesn't share the same feelings as I, then what's the point...? ...But I wouldn't know, I wouldn't know who she really holds close, she doesn't believe in Love... Even though I know she's lying.

If Sakura doesn't have feelings for me... then who will I go to?

Who...?

Who will share my dreams...?

**

"I think we should all go to the beach tomorrow." Tomoyo said while laying down a few clothes on her bed.

"Tomorrow?" Sakura asked while reading a book.

"Yeah, it'll be fun. I'll call Eriol-kun and Meiling-chan," Tomoyo said. "It'll be fun, Sakura-chan, it'll be fun!" Tomoyo exclaimed.

"Yeah, I guess." Sakura said while standing up.

"Tomoyo-chan! Tomoyo-chan! I'm home!" A lady in her mid-40s yelled as she entered Tomoyo's room. Her face lit up as she saw Sakura. "Ah, who is this?"

"Mama, this is Kinomoto Sakura. She's Japanese and she just transferred a few months ago. And you know what's even a bigger surprise, she came from Tomoeda too!" Tomoyo exclaimed.

"Kinomoto...?" The lady whispered to herself. "You wouldn't be the daughter of Kinomoto Nadeshiko, would you?"

"Nadeshiko...? Ah..! My mother! She's my mother and my father is Fujitaka, my brother is Touya," Sakura replied. "How do you know?"

"Nadeshiko-chan's daughter...? I can't believe, I can't believe it! You're Nadeshiko-chan's daughter? You look so much like her!" The lady exclaimed.

"Please, Okasan, don't get too excited, remember you're on that new medication." Tomoyo said with a sweatdrop.

"Ahem...," The lady coughed. "You're right, but anyway—My name's Daidouji Sonomi. I was your mother's best friend in school." Sonomi shook her hand.

"Wow! Otosan never told me about you!" Sakura said.

"You're living with the Li's now, aren't you? Why didn't your father just say to come live with us?" Sonomi asked.

Sakura shrugged, "I'm not quite sure, really. I never really knew any of my Mother and Father's friends."

"Ah, I see... well, in any case, you're always welcomed here, and I don't care if you come during the middle of the night." Sonomi said.

Sakura smiled. "That's so nice of you!" She exclaimed.

"E-hee! Well, I favored Nadeshiko-chan more than anything in the world. She and I ... we were like sisters together, but then— ugh...I wouldn't want to remember that memory," Sonomi held her head, like she was holding a grudge (AN: Hehehe!). "How is it in Yelan's house, by the way?"

"Oh, it's very nice, I'm enjoying myself there." Sakura said.

"You sure you haven't been tortured' by the Li sisters yet?" Sonomi asked. "They are something, I swear."

Sakura laughed. "Heh-heh, yes they are."

"Well, have you eaten your dinner yet?" Sonomi asked.

Sakura nodded her head. "Yes, yes I have. I just came over because Tomoyo-chan had to show me something. I think that we're all going to the beach tomorrow."

"Ah! What fun! I remember when Nadeshiko-chan, Yelan, and I all went to the beach together!" Sonomi exclaimed.

"Tell me the story!" Sakura exclaimed.

And for the rest of the night, you could just hear three laughing girls.

**

At around 9:00, Sakura got home. She was quiet, but she heard the usual Li sisters in their bedrooms, and the sound of tea being made. She made her way upstairs and put all her things down. "The beach tomorrow...I can't wait...Oh wait, I gotta tell Syaoran about it first!" She ran down the stairs, looking for Syaoran, but it appeared that he wasn't anywhere.

"Hey, Sakura, what's up?" Meiling asked as she came out from the kitchen.

"Meiling! You're here?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah, I'm spending the night here because my parents are out of town for the weekend. Tomoyo just called me to say that we're going to the beach tomorrow. E-hee, I can't wait!" Meiling exclaimed.

Sakura smiled. "Yeah, me too." She said.

"You're looking for Xiaolang, Sakura?" Meiling asked.

"Yeah...," Sakura replied. "I gotta tell him about tomorrow."

"Don't worry, I already told him. But ...he seemed rather odd when he came here, his face was all...sullen. He's training right now in the dojo, go ahead."

"Thanks, Meiling."

**

Sakura entered in the dojo and saw that Syaoran was busy training with Wei. She hid behind the doorway, with her head peeping out. She entered in, and Syaoran looked at her...An utter distraction. Wei tripped him, and he fell down with such force. "OWW! Wei!" Syaoran exclaimed.

Sakura gasped. "Oh, I'm so sorry for distracting you! I'll just leave and wait later." She turned around and began to walk.

"N-No, it's o-okay, Sakura." Syaoran stammered while getting up. "Ow..."

"This is an excellent example when someone is watching you. Never let your guard down, Master Xiaolang," Wei said as he turned his gaze to Sakura. "Don't worry, Miss Kinomoto, do come in."

Sakura turned red because of the embarrassment, but came in. "I...I just came in because I needed to discuss something with Syaoran, but just continue." She said while sitting down.

Wei smiled. "It's alright, Miss Kinomoto," He walked up to her. "You are athletic, right?"

"...Not really." Sakura replied.

"Mistress Yelan tells me that you do a lot of sports. Master Xiaolang needs some work in his offence, do you mind helping him?" Wei asked.

"What do you need me to do?" Sakura asked.

"Just do some of your normal routines, you know...To block his moves."

"Oh! Okay, sure."

Syaoran turned red. "W-Wei—"

"Hush, Master Xiaolang, this will be perfect to improve your offence," Wei walked to the side of the room and watched as Sakura went to the center with Syaoran.

Sakura took of her light sweater and threw it aside. "Don't be afraid to hit me, okay?" She asked.

Syaoran nodded, slowly, yet nervously. He charged at Sakura with his blade and Sakura leaped into the air. He stopped and watched her do a somersault to get behind him.

"What's the matter?" Sakura asked.

"N-Nothing," Syaoran replied as he got into a fighter's stance again. "Let's go." He charged at her again, and she continuously blocked his attacks, but then he got her and tackled her down. He was on top of her.

"Alright, alright, you win." Sakura said.

Syaoran got up and he helped her up. "Sorry..." He said with his face all red.

She giggled. "Don't be sorry, Syaoran, you had to."

Wei sighed. "I guess this should conclude the training session for today, Master Xiaolang, seeing that you're quite busy with Miss Kinomoto. Good night." Wei started to head out the room.

"G'night, Wei," Syaoran said. "So, what did you want to talk about with me?"

"Let's talk about it in your room, I forgot that I had to take care of something first."

"Alright."

**

After an hour or so, Sakura changed into her pajamas and headed towards Syaoran's room further down the hallway. She knocked on his door and heard a Come in', so she came in. "Hi, Syaoran!" Sakura exclaimed while entering. He was busy reading a book.

Syaoran blushed. "Hey, Sakura...," He watched her sit down on his bed. "So, what do you wanna talk about?"

"Meiling said that you looked all depressed when you came back home. I was just wondering if you were okay." Sakura said.

Syaoran's eyes narrowed, and said, "I'm ...okay." He said silently.

"Don't lie to me." She said.

"I'm not lying..." He said back.

"I can tell when you're lying. Your eyes always become narrow and tend to be very...silent when speaking. So, tell me." She said.

Syaoran sighed. "It's nothing important. Just something that happened after you left, that's all."

"After I left...? What happened? Did someone hurt you?"

"I guess; not physically." He became silent.

"What? Why?"

"It doesn't concern you Sakura...," He said while turning away. "Actually...It does."

"Why won't you tell me?"

"It's none of your business!"

He was angry and he was arrogant. Sakura had never seen him like this before..."I'm sorry...I'll leave now." She stood up and opened the door.

"No, Sakura, wait!" He said as he ran to her. "...It's my fault for yelling...You were just concerned...Sorry."

She shook her head. "...Don't be. I'd just wish you'd open up more...Like I do."

"I will...Don't worry. This is just something I can't really tell you though, I hope you understand..."

She fell silent. "...I understand."

"Let's forget this. Let's watch movies with Meiling."

"Okay."

**

The next day, the sun shined brightly and the sky was clear. The temperature was perfect for today. "Sakura! Sakura! Wake up, Sakura, we're leaving in five!" Meiling shouted. Sakura didn't respond. "WAKE UP!" She shouted in her ear.

Sakura's eyes opened and she screamed, "HOEEEEEEEEEE!" While jumping out of bed. "Meiling, you didn't have to scream THAT loud!"

"AHA! So you WERE awake! Why didn't you get up when we called?" Meiling asked.

"'Cause I wanted to stay in bed!" Sakura exclaimed.

Meiling sighed with a sweatdrop. "Well, since you're up, you should get ready cause all of us are ready. Tomoyo and Eriol are already here, and Xiaolang is getting pretty impatient." She said.

"HOEE!" She screamed as she took her bathing suit, and a skirt to her in the bathroom.

Meiling snickered. "All for the one you love, huh, Sakura?" And she left the room.

**

"Is Sakura-chan ready yet?" Tomoyo asked while holding a basket of food.

"Well, I got her up, now she has to change. That girl can really sleep in, I swear." Meiling said.

"Well, I hope she hurries up, because I can't really carry this basket anymore..." Tomoyo said.

Eriol came and took it from her. "Then why didn't you tell me? I would've held it for you, Tomoyo."

Tomoyo laughed softly. "I wouldn't want to burden you, Eriol."

"Now why would it burden me?" He asked.

Meiling sighed. "You two, always love-sick..."

Tomoyo and Eriol turned bright red. "What?" They both screeched.

"I'm sorry I'm late!" Sakura screamed as she ran down the stairs, wearing a bikini top and a skirt below her. "You should've told me earlier, Meiling, that everyone was here already!"

"You should've asked," Meiling turned her gaze to Sakura. "WOW! That's a nice bathing suit!"

Tomoyo and Meiling both ran up to her. "Where'd you get it?" Tomoyo asked.

"Oh, this? I had it with me since my time in Japan. I never really wore it though, does it look okay?" Sakura asked while turning around.

"It's looks nice!" They both exclaimed.

Syaoran turned his gaze to her while standing by the doorway. He blushed and turned to look at the floor.

"Syaoran, is it okay?" Sakura asked while walking up to him.

"Y-Yeah, it looks really n-nice." He stammered.

"Well, what are we all waiting for? Let's go already!" Eriol exclaimed as he went outside. Tomoyo and Meiling followed him, and Syaoran began to follow, but he waited for Sakura who seemed like she forgot something.

"You forget something, Sakura?" Syaoran asked.

Sakura looked around the room. "I think so...But I can't recall what," She shook her head and grabbed her mini-bookbag, "Oh well, doesn't matter. Let's go." She headed out the doorway, and Syaoran shut it behind him. They headed towards the limousine and got in, started their way to the beach.

**

As they got there, it was obviously crowded, so they made their way around to find a good spot. They found one not too far away from the ocean eventually and Eriol set up the umbrella, while Tomoyo put down the mats.

"Wow, look at them!" Sakura exclaimed as she saw the people around. "I can't wait!"

"First things first, let's put on suntan lotion before we're all burnt though." Tomoyo said while taking out the bottle.

After all of them applied suntan lotion, they all went to the shoreline. Syaoran and Eriol went out swimming, while Sakura, Tomoyo, and Meiling started to build a huge sand castle.

"I think we should place the moat now..." Meiling said.

"Okay, let's start digging one." Tomoyo said.

"But we don't have any shells to dig with. Plus, the castle seems to boring, we need to decorate it with something..." Meiling said.

"There's not many shells on the beach that can be used for digging here, though..." Sakura said while looking around.

"I think they only shells that are big enough are those on the ocean floor." Tomoyo said while pointing to the ocean.

Sakura stood up. "I'll get them. You two, just keep working at something..." She dove in the water and began to swim towards a point.

As she got to a point where no other swimmer was, she dove down to the floor and looked all around for shells and other ocean items. She found some and gathered them in her arm, and went to the surface. "I hope these are enough..." She thought as she began to swim back.

**

Syaoran and Eriol both got back to the beach and saw Tomoyo and Meiling working on their sand castle. "Hey, girls," Eriol said. "Still working on the sand castle?"

Tomoyo looked up at him. "Yeah, we need a moat, so Sakura-chan went out to the ocean to gather some shells that we can use."

"Sakura went out to the ocean?" Syaoran asked.

"Yeah, she's a good swimmer, she swam towards that marking point." Meiling said while pointing.

"But...She's been gone quite a while." Tomoyo suddenly commented.

"How long?" Eriol asked.

"Twenty minutes now...," Tomoyo replied.

They got concerned. "Where is she?" Syaoran asked while looking all around.

**

As Sakura swam, she immediately stopped. "Oh no...!" She exclaimed as she began going about in the water. "I got a cramp!" She looked around and no one was near her, she went to far. "HELP!" She screamed.

**

The lifeguard immediately saw the helpless person in the water, and over in his loudspeaker, shouted, "We have a drowning girl near the marking point!"

All of them turned their gaze... It was Sakura.

"SAKURA!" Syaoran shouted as he went out to the ocean.

"Xiaolang!" Meiling yelled as she ran to the shoreline. "Be careful and get Sakura!"

**

Sakura waved about frantically in the water until she was really tired, and she seeped down towards the surface. There was a whole bunch of fish down there, even jellyfish, and when she noticed them, she became scared. She paddled back to the surface. "Someone please help me!"

Syaoran heard her scream and swam faster to her. "Sakura!" She yelled as he got to her.

"S-Syaoran...There's ...Jellyfish down there...," Sakura said while resting her head on his chest. "I'm so tired..."

Syaoran was tired too, and he grabbed hold of her. He looked around and saw a small island nearby. "Hold on...," He took her arm and put it around her shoulder. He swam to the island and they took rest. "Are you okay?"

Sakura coughed up the water. "Y-Yes, I'm fine...," She sighed. "It was foolish of me to swim that far out...But I didn't think I'd get a cramp..."

"Hey, it's okay. It happens to a lot of people. Plus, you're a really good swimmer, so no one would expect you to get a cramp." Syaoran said, with a reassuring voice.

"But now you're tired, and I'm tired. It'll be a while before we can swim out again." Sakura said.

"That doesn't matter." Syaoran said while staring out into the ocean.

"They're probably worried..." Sakura said.

"Doesn't matter." He said with such ease.

Sakura laughed. "Okay, whatever you say." She turned her gaze towards the beach where the people were all in the shoreline. The sun reflected upon her, and Syaoran turned to look at her. She looked outstandingly beautiful to him, and it caused his face to turn red.

**Syaoran's Point of View

Should I tell her...How I feel? It's such a perfect moment and we're alone...But, how would Ai-Yung feel about it? Argh, I shouldn't be worrying about Ai-Yung...I want to tell Sakura so badly that she's not alone, and that she has me. I can be her dream', but what would she say? ...Oh whatever, there's no harm in trying, I guess.

** Normal Point of View

"...Sakura..." Syaoran whispered.

Sakura turned her gaze to him. "Hm? Yes?"

He turned red. "You know...You know...You know I ...I..."

Her eyes focused on him. "What, Syaoran...?" She asked.

"I...—"

"Hoe!" She shouted as a big gust of wind suddenly blew against her and the sand came at them, hitting them. "Ow!" She shouted.

"S-Sakura, are you okay?" He asked, while covering her eyes.

"N-Not really! OW!" She shouted, with her eyes closed. "Stupid wind! Go away!" She shouted. "ITAI (OWW!)" She yelled while holding back her hair.

Syaoran struggled to get near her, and covered her up. Sakura opened her eyes to see that he was there, shielding her from the harmful sand. Soon, the wind disappeared and Syaoran collapsed to the ground.

"Syaoran, are you okay?" Sakura asked.

"Heh-heh, I'm alright, Sakura, just...a bit overwhelmed..." Syaoran said while getting up.

"Overwhelmed...? Why? Because of that wind...?" Sakura asked.

"...No, not because of that," He said while wiping the sand off him. "Because I made sure you wouldn't get hurt anymore..."

"Then what...? Or is it not my business?" She asked.

He smiled, a reassuring smile. "There's gonna be a day when I tell you everything, Sakura, but I hope that it would come though."
"...Hoe?" She whispered to herself in confusion.

"Anyway, I think we should start heading back, I'm pretty rested up. How bout you?" He asked.

"I think I can go.." She replied while standing up.

"Alright then." He walked towards the ocean and turned his head towards Sakura who walked near him too. When they both got to a point where they can swim now, they began swimming underwater. The ocean was beautiful, such a colourful blue, and they both smiled at each other while swimming under the water.

As they both continued to swim, Syaoran stopped, and so did Sakura right there underwater. She waited for him, but he went down to the surface and picked up something shining brightly. She looked at him with confusion, but he shook his head, meaning I'll tell you at the beach.'

They both got to the beach and Meiling, Tomoyo, and Eriol both ran to them.

"Xiaolang! Sakura! Are you two okay? Why were you two gone for so long?" Meiling asked, angrily.

"It's my fault, Meiling...I got a cramp when I was gathering the shells..." Sakura said.

"Oh, well...That's okay. You were gone for so long, that we were all worrying about you. Then two boys came a long and knocked our sand castle down, such a bummer, so I went and taught them a lesson, but anyway...I think we should all head back now." Meiling said.

"Yeah, that's a good idea." Eriol said while walking towards their spot. Tomoyo followed, and so did Meiling.

Sakura turned to Syaoran. "Syaoran, what was that shell you found in the ocean...?"

Syaoran displayed it to her, and it appeared to be a crystal. "It seems to be a sapphire...The beach is known for having them underwater, but they're kinda rare. My father always said to give one of these to someone special so they would always remember the person who gave it or something...," He took her hand and opened it while dropping the sapphire crystal into her hand. "So here."

Her eyes sparkled and she threw her arms around him. "Oh, thank you! I'll promise to always keep it with me!", She backed away from him. "You are so sweet to me!" She turned and ran back to them.

"Because you're special, Sakura..." Syaoran thought as he watched her run back to the others.

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azngurL: A sapphire in the ocean, not likely to be found, it just adds a twist to the sotry, you'll soon understand why. ^_~ Here's a preview from the next chapter, A Snow Rabbit In the Valley:

preview from next chapter:

"Miss Kinomoto! Miss Kinomoto, you have a visitor! Do come down, child!" Wei yelled.

Sakura and the rest heard the Miss Kinomoto' yelling from the entrance of the mansion and stood up. "Coming!" She yelled back as she started to walk out. As she walked down the long stairs, her eyes immediately lit up at the sight of the tall man. "YUKITO-SAN!" She yelled as she ran down and threw her arms over him.

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