AN: Hey guys! Here's chapter nine! Thanks for the reviews, they were appreciated! Please continue to R&R!
Kero: What was the last question again?
Kiyone: What's Meiling least favorite subject.
Kero: Oh yea! Ahem...I guess since that question is about the gaki, then she's here today, huh?
azngurL: Kero-chan! Shh!
Meiling: Yeah, I heard that you plush toy.
Kero: Hey, who are you calling a plush toy?!
Meiling: Syaoran got really pissed off with you the other day, and he told me to take care of you while I'm here.
Kero: Hey, he did it, not me.
Meiling: Whatever...
Kiyone: Anyway! As most of you guys answered it, Meiling's least favorite subject is Japanese! Since she is from Hong Kong, she doesn't like studying the Japanese language very much, neither does Syaoran!
azngurL: Thanks to those who answered correctly.
cherry li
Joyce
mae anne
shazaoblossom
tisoyia
Little Blossom
Lady Sutaa
Joanna
FaNTasy
Cherryblossom127
Lady Pluto
Syaokura
patricia
sweet princess
Meiling: People kept thinking it was Math, huh? Well, not me. That's for the poser me in the fake version.
azngurL: Meiling-chan, shh!
Meiling: Whoops, sorry.
Kiyone: And the prize is...
Meiling: NO! Stop! Kero is going to say something!
Kero: Gee, how'd you ever guess?
Meiling: I've been watching for the past chapters.
azngurL: Meiling-chan's smart!
Kero: But I only suggest things! How bout giving them...er....uh...I don't know!
Meiling: Hahaha!
azngurL: Now what? Usually, whatever Kero-chan suggests, we give.
Kiyone: Um...
Kero: How bout givin' them food?
Meiling: Food?
Kero: *takes out basket* Food for everyone! *throws out cake slices*
azngurL: What a smart idea!
Kiyone: Well, anyway, please R&R, okay?
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, CLAMP does. I only own the character Ai-Yung.
Chapter Nine ~ Trouble For Ai-Yung
by, azngurL
Two days after Sakura had gotten out of the hospital, felt like heaven to her and to Syaoran. Nothing was wrong with her after the incident, and she was happy enough to go back to her home. Luckily enough though, the day after she came back, an International Summer Asian Festival was being held, and this year it was to be held in Hong Kong!
"Wai, I'm so excited!" Sakura exclaimed while prancing around Syaoran's room. "I remember when I went to this festival back in Japan, it was so much fun, and you meet a lot of new people! Have you ever went to one, Syaoran?"
Syaoran shook his head. "This is my first time." He said.
Nothing was different between them. Though Sakura had admitted her feelings towards him, Syaoran still didn't know how to react. He still is with Ai-Yung, but he'd rather be with Sakura.
Sakura sighed, "I finally get to wear my kimono, this is so great!" She exclaimed. "What are you gonna wear?"
"I dunno," Syaoran said as he chuckled. "Dang, I guess I'll have to find out."
"Syaoran, the festival's tomorrow! You're so lazy, heh-heh!" Sakura laughed.
Syaoran shot her a dirty look and Sakura laughed even harder, but soon she went to his door and opened it. "I'm gonna be in my room a little while, see ya." She went out and closed it behind her and she went back to her room.
Syaoran smiled as she left. He was glad to have her back, being her usual cheery self, so full of energy. As he laid back on his bed, the phone suddenly rang and he got up to pick up the phone. "Hello? This is Li Xiaolang."
"Xiaolang, hi!" Ai-Yung said over the receiver.
"Great...," Syaoran thought. "Yes, Ai-Yung, what is it now?" He said, rather calmly.
Ai-Yung giggled over the other line. "Well, since it's the festival tomorrow...I was thinking—well—you know, since we're boyfriend girlfriend, we should hang out together. You and I would be with my friends, it would be fun!" She exclaimed with such excitement in her voice.
Syaoran sighed. "...Sure, Ai-Yung."
"YEESS!" She screamed. "Alright, then, I'm gonna come over to see what your gonna wear, hee-hee, oh, this is gonna be so much fun! Well, see ya later, Xiaolang!" Ai-Yung said as she hung up.
"Coming over to see what I'm going to wear? What the hell...?" Syaoran asked himself as he got up from his bed and started to walk down the hallway. But he stopped, and heard a familiar tune.
"In other words...Please be true...In other words, I love you..." It was the song she sang—that Sakura sang.
Syaoran entered in, finding Sakura to be laying down a few dresses on the floor. As she looked up to see who opened her door, she suddenly blushed. "S-Syaoran, what are you doing in here?"
"I heard your singing," Syaoran said as he walked over and sat down on her chair. "You're singing our song, huh?"
"Our...song?" She asked.
"Well, isn't it our song?" He asked back.
Sakura turned red. "I guess, if that's what you would like to say, but I guess it's true in a way. "Fly Me To the Moon" is our song then."
Syaoran smiled. "Trying out dresses?" He asked.
"Not really, just seeing where I put my kimono. I can't seem to find it," She said while going back into her closet. "I remember packing it..."
"Do people from their countries have to wear what's in their culture, Sakura?" He asked.
"Yeah, it's only right you know, plus traditional. But I just can't seem to find where it went," She went into her closet again and began rummaging through it. "Not this...Not this...Certainly not this!" She exclaimed as she threw a picture in a frame out.
Being curious, Syaoran went over and picked it up. It was a picture of Sakura and Masami together. Masami had dark brown hair and dark brown eyes, his hair seemed more fixed than Syaoran's, and he was in a great shape. They were embracing each other in the picture, and it seemed like Sakura was only sixteen. Syaoran looked at him with disgust.
Sakura turned around to see that Syaoran was staring at her picture. "Oh...You're looking at that, aren't you?" She asked as she walked over. Syaoran handed it back to her and she began to look at it. She touched the frame, shielding the picture, and looked at Masami with such weakness. She walked over to her table and put it down. "I forgot how he had looked...Silly me..." She muttered and she turned it over so she wouldn't look at it.
"...Sakura, you really loved Masami, didn't you? That's why you fainted in the hospital and said that something was an accident'..."
Sakura turned so that he was facing only her back. "I killed him...It was an accident though...," She whispered as her voice started to shake.
Syaoran became silent. "You don't have to hide it. You really loved him, didn't you?"
Sakura blushed and she turned back to him. "I guess I did...He was so nice to me, so nice that I wished to spend my entire life with him, but...After a while, things became different. He was just using me, and it was just because he wanted to...," She sighed heavily. "I don't wanna remember it anymore."
"You don't have to...I just wanna know how you...killed him."
Sakura closed her eyes. "After he had...raped me, I got away, but I also hit him several times. I dug my nails in his face, hit him with a wine bottle, it wasn't pretty. I got away...Then, when my brother, father, and I were in a car together, there he was...Masami...in his car, charging at us. He charged at us, he rammed into our car, and then—Everything burst into flames. So much fire...I got out and I don't know how I got out, it happened so fast.
"He wouldn't have done that if I just had given myself up to him. It's all my fault..."
"No, Sakura, you're wrong! You're wrong! You defended yourself from getting hurt, you did the right thing by getting away!" He exclaimed.
"But...if he had just...finished what he wanted to do, then none of it would've had happened. My brother and my father would still be here, and Masami would also still be here too."
"Nothing was your fault, Sakura. What happened was inevitable, you couldn't stop what was going to happen..."
Sakura became silent and she took the picture into her hands. As she stared at it, her eyes full of tears, she slammed it onto the ground, the frame cracked and broke into many pieces. Syaoran was shocked to see what she had just done, and continued to watch as Sakura collapsed on her knees, realizing what she had just done.
"Masami..." She whispered.
Syaoran walked over to her and knelt down beside her. "...Sakura," She looked up at him and Syaoran gave her a hug. "It's alright..."
Sakura sniffled and leaned against his chest. She felt good in his warmth, and didn't want to let go of his embrace. The doorbell suddenly rang and they could hear the door open.
"Master Xiaolang! Miss Ai-Yung is here to see you!" Wei shouted.
Sakura broke away from his embrace, and it shocked Syaoran, but he knew that because Ai-Yung was here, it was probably for the best. He stood up. "...I'll come back. I'm gonna go with you to the festival tomorrow, okay? It's a promise!" He said while he walked to the door.
Sakura smiled through her tears. "W-Wait!" She exclaimed as she got up and ran to him. "You're so sweet to me, and I don't know how to thank you properly. But I think what I'm going to do will be good enough," She tiptoed and kissed his forehead. She stepped back and both of them were crimson red. "I also did that when you stayed in my room on that night where that accident occurred. Thank you so much, Syaoran."
Syaoran smiled and opened the door. "No problem, Sakura." He left and closed her door.
Sakura sighed. A sigh of...Love? Maybe for her it was...She glanced back at the broken picture frame and began to clean up the pieces of broken glass. As she picked it up, there was a knock at her door and she accidentally pricked herself with the glass. "C-Come in." She said.
Yelan came in and found Sakura
cleaning up something on the floor. "Sakura, I told you that
you should call someone to clean up, especially if it is broken
glass." She said while bending down with her.
"Yes, well..." Sakura said while scooping up the glass,
picture and frame, and putting it in the garbage.
Yelan sighed. "You even pricked yourself...," She took out a handkerchief and held up her hand as she dabbed the blood. She continued to hold her hand after the blood had disappeared. "Ai-Yung is here, why don't you say hi...?"
Sakura turned her eyes away. "I don't want to..." She replied softly.
"Because you love my son?" Yelan asked as she stood up, looking down at her.
Sakura became silent. "I just...don't know what to do anymore." She replied.
Yelan hugged her, a surprise for Sakura. "Continue to seek out what you desire the most, Sakura...Maybe something can happen."
Yelan started to walk towards her door and opened it. But as she was about to leave, Sakura interrupted her. "He loves Ai-Yung though..." She whispered.
Yelan smiled. "Love is a complicated thing, Sakura." And she closed the door.
Meanwhile, a controversy was going on in Syaoran's room.
"WHAT?! Why are you busy, Xiaolang!? You promised me that you would come with me and my friends!" Ai-Yung exclaimed.
"I can't anymore, Ai-Yung..." Syaoran replied.
"Why?!"
"I'm going with Sakura instead."
Ai-Yung looked at him; a look of disgust. "Tch, so, she's more important than me, huh? Isn't it? You'd rather be with her and not with me, huh? Isn't it!?"
"Stop jumping to conclusions!" Syaoran exclaimed. "Look, she just got out of the hospital. It's only right for me to be with her during the festival!"
Ai-Yung folded her arms. "I don't believe this! I don't! You'd rather be with her!? With that...slut!?" She exclaimed while throwing her arms in the air.
Syaoran grabbed her wrist and brought her closer to him. "What the hell did you just call her!? You have no right to call her that!"
Ai-Yung trembled with fear, and Syaoran let go of her wrist.
"You know what, I don't think this is working. I think we should just end this, Ai-Yung. It's over!" He exclaimed.
Tears welled up in her eyes and she was full of trepidation. She didn't know how to react and she began to cry. She ran out of his room, and out of the house.
After a while, Syaoran entered in Sakura's room, and Sakura turned around. "Syaoran! I found it!" She exclaimed while whirling around, showing him the elegant kimono in her hands. But she noticed that he wasn't in the mood. "He doesn't seem like he's in the mood...Well, I'm not either, I'm just trying to cover up my sadness," She walked over to him. "What's wrong?"
He sighed and looked down at her.
"...Did something happen between you and Ai-Yung?" She asked as she tilted her head.
"Yeah...I broke up with her." He said while sitting down on her bed.
"E?!" She shrieked as she jumped back. "You...You broke with her? Why?"
"She did something that I thought wasn't reasonable, and so I did it. I broke up with her."
Sakura sighed and walked back. "I can't believe it," She said while covering her mouth in surprise. Then she looked up at him. "Syaoran..."
Syaoran walked over to her and stroked her face. "Sorry..."
"Huh? For what?" She asked.
"For making you suffer like
that."
She was confused by what he said, but she smiled.
"So, you and I are going together tomorrow?"
"Of course!"
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AN: Chapter nine's done! Sorry that it was not too long of a chapter! But, here's the preview for the next chapter, Festival Time! A New Love Blossoms
preview from the next chapter:
They were both silent and they looked at each other. Both of them, Sakura and Syaoran, were clearly in love with each other. So in the playful wind, and the moon so full of moonlight, he bent down and placed his lips on hers.
The next question is: What
was Nadeshiko's occupation? (other than a student)
Please leave me a review, okay?
