Hi! Sorry that it has been awhile! I have a good reason though! I was studying for the AP US History test. Now that I have no more history homework, I can finally continue my story!!! I am done!!! ^_^ YEAH!!! Anyways, thank you for peoples' reviews! Means a lot to me! Sorry for not keeping my promise of getting this up by Friday. I'm out at the lake and we don't have internet connection out here yet so I couldn't get it up. I thought my dad would have it up, but guess not. SORRRRYYYYYYY!!!!!!

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Sakura shook her head. "No! It couldn't be…"

Syaoran turned to her. "What?"

Sakura looked up at him. "I know a driver named Charles also," Sakura told him. "He is the Daidouji driver and looks exactly how you described your mystery driver."

Syaoran recognized the last name. "Isn't that…?"

Sakura nodded. "Yes, it is Tomoyo's driver. Syaoran…Eriol and Tomoyo are meeting each other in secret!!"

A Right to Love

Chapter 3:

By Cutie Blossom

Syaoran's mouth dropped. "That's not possible."

Sakura smiled. "But it is possible. Maybe they have had a change of heart!"

'A change of heart,' Syaoran mind echoed. 'Eriol? Nah, not possible.'

"Sakura," Syaoran said, "Eriol is known to be stubborn. I think he'd keep his opinion about rich people."

Sakura turned away from him. "Maybe you're right,"—She turned back to him—"but maybe you aren't. Maybe Tomoyo has that affect to change your friend's opinion."

Syaoran smirked. "No girl has had that affect on Eriol."

"But Tomoyo has had that affect on men before," Sakura said.

"She has?"

Sakura nodded. "The question is if we should ask them about it or not."

Syaoran looked down at the ground. "Good question. We don't even know where…they are…meeting," he finished saying slowly.

"Did you think of something, Syaoran?" Sakura asked, noticing the stretching of his words.

Syaoran put a hand up. "Let me think for a minute."

Sakura blinked. "Okay."

Syaoran started to replay the earlier events that afternoon.

^_^ Flashback ^_^

"William, nice to see you again," Syaoran said.

The man smiled and bowed. "You too sir. Miss Sakura would like to know where to meet with you tonight."

Syaoran smiled. "I think it will be the same as before. At the water fountain in the park, around eight."

"NO! Don't go there!" Eriol shouted.

Syaoran glared at him. "Why not?"

Eriol coughed. "You should go other places! Meet her else where!"

Syaoran noticed Eriol's nervousness. 'What is he so nervous about?'

Syaoran turned to William. "Okay then at the docks."

William nodded. "Same time?"

Syaoran nodded. "Yes."

William bowed and walked off.

Syaoran turned to Eriol. "What was that about?"

Eriol gulped nervously. "Nothing! I just think you should meet somewhere new."

^_^ End of Flashbacks ^_^

"They are meeting at the fountain in the park!" Syaoran said.

Before she could even say a word, Syaoran dragged Sakura in the direction of the park.

"Syaoran! Slow down!"

Syaoran didn't slow down. "We cannot slow down, Sakura! What if they have already left?"

Sakura groaned. "Syaoran! You are not the one in a dress!"

Syaoran slowed down. "Oh right. Sorry."

Sakura smiled. "That's okay."

Syaoran looked over at her and met her eyes. Amber eyes met Emerald as they both thought the same thing.

'Why are we still meeting each other?'

They both blushed and looked away.

"Come on," Sakura murmured. "We should go see if our friends are still at the fountain."

"Right," Syaoran mumbled. "Fountain."

The two started to walk towards the park in search for their friends.

~*~

"Miss Tomoyo."

Tomoyo turned around to face Eriol.

She smiled. "Glad you could make it."

"My pleasure," Eriol said. "Are we not doing what we yelled at our friends for doing?"

Tomoyo smirked. "What they don't know won't hurt them, right?"

Eriol smiled. "Guess you're right."

"We have our reasons," Tomoyo said, walking closer to him, "and they have theirs."

"Oh really?" Eriol asked. "And what are ours reasons, may I ask?"

"So we could learn more about each other?" Tomoyo asked.

"Is that a question or a statement?" Eriol smirked.

Tomoyo giggled. "What answer do you want?"

"I think statement."

Tomoyo smiled. "Okay then your answer is statement."

"And what is Samantha…"

"…Sakura."

"…Sakura and Syaoran's reason."

Tomoyo blinked. "I'm not sure."

"I'm…" Eriol trailed off. "Did you hear something?"

Tomoyo shook her head. "No, I didn't."

There was a sudden rustle in some bushes near them. Eriol quickly stepped in front of Tomoyo to protect her.

"Whoever is ever there better come out and show themselves or pay the consequences!" Eriol said to the bush.

"We better go," Tomoyo whispered. "What if the person has a gun?"

Eriol's face paled. He never thought about that. He was just concerned with protecting Tomoyo.

"Don't worry," he said. "I'll protect you. COME OUT OF THAT BUSH OR YOU WILL BE SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Oh I'm scared," the bush answered back. It sounded like a male's voice. "What? Scared of what a bush can do to you, Eriol?"

Eriol groaned. "Syaoran! Get out of the bush. I only assume that Tomoyo's dear best friend is with you because you two were meeting tonight and I know you wouldn't leave her now would you?"

"Who is Syaoran?" the bush snickered. "I'm the evil bush sorcerer named Bushy Reed who shoots wooden reeds at people. Better run Eriol! Protect your girlfriend or I'll get her also!"

Both Eriol and Tomoyo turned red.

"SYAORAN!!!! GET YOUR BUTT OUT OF THAT BUSH OR I'LL COME OVER AT GET YOUR BUTT OUT MYSELF!!!!!!!!!"

The bush snickered again, but not with just with a male's laugh, but also with a female's laughter.

Tomoyo growled. "SAKURA KINOMOTO!!!! YOU BETTER GET YOUR BUTT OUT OF THAT BUSH ALSO!!!!!!"

The bush moved again and two people came out, laughing.

"Eriol," Syaoran said between breaths, "your face was priceless! Eriol Hiiragizawa scared of a…of a…BUSH!!!!!!"

With that Syaoran and Sakura broke down into more laughter.

Eriol blushed. "I WAS NOT SCARED OF THE BUSH!!"

Syaoran and Sakura slowed down their laughter.

"Then why did you look like you've seen a ghost?" Sakura asked. "Tomoyo was just as scared as you were Eriol."

Tomoyo and Eriol glared at their friends. Sakura and Syaoran's laughter came to a complete stop when there was another move in the bushes.

"Who's there?" Syaoran asked over in the directions of the bushes.

There was no answer. Syaoran moved in front of Sakura while Eriol was still in front of Tomoyo.

"Do you know what it is?" Syaoran asked Eriol.

"How would I know?" Eriol shouted.

There was another move over in the same bushes and something stepped out. Syaoran and Eriol held their breath as they watched the figure step out. A young man stepped out of the shadows. He wore a long brown jacket. He looked dirty as well as drunk. Sakura and Tomoyo gasped and scooted closer to Eriol and Syaoran.

"Who are you?" Eriol asked.

The man glared and hiccupped. "My name doesn't matter. All that matters is that you give me all your money and all the valuables."

The girls moved even more closer to the boys.

"You'll not get anything from any of us," Syaoran yelled.

The man glared. "You wanna bet?" the man asked, reaching inside of his coat and pulled out a long knife.

The girls tensed as the boys did as well.

"Just let Tomoyo and I give the man our money and jewelry, Syaoran," Sakura said.

"No," Syaoran said, keeping in front of Sakura. "I won't let you do that."

"Why not?"

"Because," Syaoran answered, "I don't want you and Tomoyo wasting your money and valuables just to protect us."

"But Syaoran…"

"No!" Eriol said. "He's right. You girls shouldn't be wasting you things just to protect us. Your families would kill you if you did waste your valuables on saving slums."

Tomoyo frowned. "You are more then that, Eriol. I've learned that lesson."—She looked over at Syaoran—"Sorry I treated you so badly earlier, Syaoran."

Syaoran smiled. "That's okay."

The man fumed. "The rich and the slum should NOT be friends and nice to each other. It's not the way nature is."

Eriol glared at him. "We can be nice to each other or even maybe become friends. It's not illegal or anything. Man, you act like we are going to fall in love."

Sakura and Syaoran sweatdropped.

'Too late for that,' Sakura thought.

The man growled and started to charge at Syaoran. Syaoran pushed Sakura over in Eriol's direction and blocked the man's oncoming attack. The man tried to attack Syaoran again and this time, Eriol pushed the man to the ground.

Eriol turned to Syaoran. "Are you alright?"

Syaoran nodded. "Yeah."

"ERIOL!!!!!!"

Eriol turned around, but as he did, he felt a sharp pain in his left arm. The man had stabbed Eriol's arm with the knife. The drunken man didn't stop there though. He stabbed Eriol again in the leg and left the knife sticking out of Eriol's leg. Eriol gawked at the knife in his leg and fell to the ground.

Tomoyo screamed, "NO!!!!"

The man took off, running away from the group.

Syaoran ran over to Eriol, followed by the girls.

"You okay buddy?"

"I've felt better," Eriol groaned.


Syaoran gripped the knife and yanked it out.

Tomoyo put Eriol's head in her lap. "We should call the police."

"Wouldn't do any good," Syaoran said. "They wouldn't care."

Sakura looked at him. "Why would they not care?"

He turned to her. "Because Eriol is a slum, Sakura," Syaoran answered her. "The only people the police care about are people like you and Tomoyo, the rich people."

Sakura looked down. "I didn't know that. There's discrimination everywhere, isn't there?"

Syaoran nodded his head. "Yep, you nailed that right on the nose."

Syaoran helped Eriol up to his feet. He was not facing Sakura anymore.

"Sakura, I think we shouldn't see each other anymore."

Sakura felt tears spring up to her eyes. "B-but why? I've enjoyed seeing you!"

"I'd be lying if I did say that I haven't enjoyed myself also, Sakura," Syaoran admitted. "But Sakura, all it will do is hurt you."

"I'm willing to take that risk!" Sakura shouted.

Syaoran turned to her. "I don't want you seeing me cause you pain."

Sakura touched his arm. "Syaoran, seeing you causes more joy than pain!"

Syaoran smiled, but a couple of tears slipped down his cheeks. "It's just for the best, Sakura."

"No…" Sakura said through her tears. "Syaoran! I don't want to lose you!"

"I'm sorry Sakura, but what happened here tonight is just an example of what can happened. All of can be killed in a split second and why? Because Eriol and I keep on meeting you and Tomoyo in secret…in the middle of the night when there are many people who are very dangerous out. It's just for the best that we don't see each other anymore. For both yours and Tomoyo's protection."

Tomoyo watched the scene that was unfolding. She watched as both of them were crying tears.

She got up from her kneeling position and helped Syaoran with Eriol.

"We can take Eriol to my place so we can heal him," Tomoyo said.

Syaoran had a questioned look on his face. "I don't think that would be a good idea."

"It's okay."

"Are you sure? Your parents would kill you if they saw you with Eriol."

Tomoyo nodded. "I know that."

"Okay then," Syaoran said as they started to walk Tomoyo's house. Tomoyo's mother, Sonomi, greeted them.

"Tomoyo dear!" Sonomi called to her daughter. "Where have you…been?" she asked slowly as her eyes landed on Eriol and Syaoran. "Who are you guys and what have you done to my daughter and her friend?!"

"Mother!" Tomoyo hissed. "This man is hurt and both men saved Sakura and my life!"

Sonomi looked over at Eriol. "What do mean he saved your life? I know that slums have no skill!"

"Mother!"

"They saved us from a gunman," Sakura said to Sonomi.

"Oh alright," Sonomi said. She turned to the servants near by. "Take the hurt man to one of the guest rooms and call the doctor."

The servants nodded and went off to do what they were told. Eriol was laid down on a bed in a guest room on the first floor of the mansion. Tomoyo stayed right by Eriol's side and waited for the doctor to come. Sonomi instructed Syaoran and Sakura stay to stay outside of the room. At first Syaoran protested, but Tomoyo promised him that she's keep a close eye on Eriol so he agreed.

Tomoyo held Eriol's hand. 'Please hang on, Eriol. For all of us.'

The doctor finally came and went straight to work. The doctor sent everyone out, but let Tomoyo stay in the room, as long as she didn't get in the way.

Sakura sat outside of the room, staring at the floor.

'He doesn't want to see me anymore,' she kept repeating in her mind.

She looked over in the direction that Syaoran went. He went out into the garden a couple minutes ago, saying he needed some air, but she knew better. He just didn't want to see her.

"Sakura dear," Sonomi said, "you should call your parents and tell them were you are."

Sakura nodded and walked over to the phone. After dialing the phone number, there was a ear-piercing voice on the other side of the phone line.

"SAKURA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS BETTER BE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Sakura winced. "Yes, brother. It's me."

"Where in the world have you been!?!?!?!?!?!?" Touya asked/screamed into the phone.

"I am at Tomoyo's house," Sakura answered, calmly. "Touya, I'm fine! I'll be home right after a friend of mine is taken care of."

She heard Touya sigh on the other line.

"Fine! Just be careful! If you're not home within two hours, I'm coming over to Tomoyo's house and dragging you home!"

Sakura sweatdropped. "I'll be home in less than three hours, brother. No later! Please tell mother and father not to worry! Bye!"

Before Touya could fit in another word, Sakura hung up the phone.

Sakura sighed. "That's my overprotective brother for you."

She heard footsteps behind her. She turned around slowly and saw Syaoran standing there. Silence came over them as they both were trying to find things to say and both were feeling extremely uncomfortable.

"Sakura…"

"Yes?"

"I'm sorry."

Sakura looked down. "I understand your meaning about not wanting to see me again but please, can we meet one last time?"

Syaoran heaved a sigh. "As long as it won't hurt or bother you, okay. When?"

"I'll send word with William…again."

Syaoran smiled. "Okay."

"Madam? Mister?"

Syaoran and Sakura turned around to face one of the Daidouji servants.

"Yes?"

The man bowed. "Mrs. Daidouji wishes to speak to both of you."

Sakura and Syaoran followed the servant man to where Sonomi was.

Sonomi smiled at Syaoran. "The doctor says your friend will be fine. He must stay off his leg though or it will just get worse. My daughter, Tomoyo, explained to me of what you and your friend did for her and Sakura. I am very grateful for you have saved my daughter and her best friends."

Syaoran bowed slightly. "It was nothing, Mrs. Daidouji."

"I will allow Mr. Hiiragizawa to stay here until he is better," Sonomi said. "I believe he'll become healthy fast here."

Syaoran bowed again. "Thank you. That's very kind of you. Now if you may excuse me, I must go back home since I need to go to work tomorrow. I will come by after work to check up on Eriol."

Sonomi nodded.

Syaoran turned around and walked out.

Sonomi turned to Sakura. "I'll call Charles to take you home."

Sakura shook her head. "No I'm fine. Thank you though. Tell Tomoyo I'll see her later."

"Are you sure, dear?"

Sakura nodded. "Good bye, Mrs. Daidouji."

"Good bye, Sakura."

Sakura walked out of the mansion and in the direction of her home.

'Everything is going from great to bad,' she thought, sadly. 'When…HOE!!!!'

Sakura was yanked into a near by alley. Sakura looked up, hoping to see it was Syaoran, but the figure was in shadows.

"Syaoran?"

The figure stepped out of the shadows and there standing in front of her was Dave Futo.

Sakura frowned. "Why did it have to be you?"

Dave smiled. "Did you miss me darling?"

"As much as a rat," Sakura mumbled.

Dave grabbed her arm. "Listen Sakura! If you don't come back to me, I'll make your life so terrible you wish you were dead. You hear me?"

Sakura nodded her head. "I hear you, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to come crawling back on my knees to you. You're not worth it."

Dave yanked hard on her arm causing Sakura to wince.

"If you don't come back to me, there will be no more Gilly's bank."

Sakura's eyes widened. 'If the my family's bank goes bankrupt, my family would go broke and would all be because of me!'

"Not only must you come back to me, but you will promise to never see your slum lover again."

Sakura looked down. 'Syaoran…he doesn't want to see me anymore anyways.'

Dave let go of her arm. "You have three days to crawl back to me and if you don't, you have three days to live among the rich until you and your family go broke."

Dave walked away, leaving Sakura alone.

'What should I do?' she thought. 'I admit that I love Syaoran, but he doesn't want to see me anymore. Also if I don't date David again, he'll destroy my family's bank and we will be without money. Of course, I could be with Syaoran more if we do go broke, but that will only benefit me and me alone. I don't want to be selfish!'

Sakura walked out of the alley and headed for home. Once she arrived, Touya rushed up to her, but Sakura didn't acknowledge his presence. Her mind and thoughts were elsewhere. She just walked right past him and walked into her room to get ready for bed.

The next morning, she woke up late and her troubles still haunted her. After getting dressed, she walked out of the Ritz Hotel and went on a little walk in the city.

'I still don't know what to do,' Sakura thought. 'Maybe I should go and see Syaoran to arrange where we should meet…for the last time. I don't need William to do for me. I'm near the docks after all.'

Sakura walked down to the docks and looked around in search for Syaoran, but didn't see any sign of him anywhere. While looking around her, and not in front of her, she bumped into one of the workers.

"Oh sorry!" Sakura said to the person.

The man smiled. "That's okay, lady."

"Um…can you tell me where Syaoran Li is?" Sakura asked, hoping she'd receive the answer she wanted.

The man shook his head. "No, I'm sorry. He and his buddy, Eriol Hiiragizawa, were both fired this morning."

Sakura gasped. "Fired!?"

The man nodded. "Yep, afraid so."

"Why?"

"Syaoran told the boss that Eriol was seriously hurt in an accident so the boss fired Eriol. Syaoran was so angry with the boss that he fired himself!"

Sakura frowned. "But Eriol WAS hurt! I was there!"

The man shrugged. "It's not the matter that if he was hurt or not, it's the problem that he can't work."

Sakura, with shock written all over her face, thanked the man for his information and left.

'Syaoran was right,' she thought as she continued walking. 'Maybe we shouldn't see each other anymore.'

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So…who was it? I'm a bit rusty, aren't I? I had a MAJOR writer's block while typing this chapter out! @_@ I hope this was good though. Sorry I'm leaving you guys at ANOTHER cliffhanger… well it's a small one anyways. *Pops a couple Gobstoppers into mouth* My brain hurts now. Hope you guys liked that! ^_^ Have a nice Memorial Day!!

Ja ne!

Cutie Blossom