Finding a Mother; Being a Mother
CHAPTER 13
Summary: Sakura finds out that her mom is not dead, but actually alive and living somewhere in the world. She goes on a quest to find her mother and find the truth- but meanwhile, she's pregnant with Syaoran's baby. In the end, she finds her mother. But who is she? And why did she leave?
A/N: Hey, we're on chapter 13. Many thanks to everyone who reviewed!! I've gone past the 100-review border-as of yesterday, August 5th, 2002, I had exactly 101 reviews. YAY!!!!!! Special thanks to Sourpop1004 who's given me feedback on previous chapters so that I could make my fanfics better. Also, PLEASE REVIEW MORE FOR THE POLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to DESPERATLY pick a BABY name!!!!!!!!
EXACTLY 4 MONTHS LATER.
Sakura walked down the hall, ignoring several looks and stares from people who were at their lockers. She held her head up high with pride and walked down the hall with Tomoyo.
"I'm so tired.I feel so fat and bloated," Sakura said grimly, looking at her 6 and a half month belly that was really big.
"Don't worry. It'll all be worth it," Tomoyo said surely, "It's all going to be worth it," she repeated.
"What's wrong?" Sakura asked, concerned.
"Nothing-nothing at all. But it's gotten so hard marrying Eriol.I don't exactly regret marrying him, since I love him so much, but I just wish that I could've waited until college to marry him. I barely get to see him, since he works and I go to school, and I'm busy with after-school activities and homework." Tomoyo said wearily.
"I'm so sorry. Have you talked to him about it?" Sakura asked.
"No.not yet. I will, when I feel it's the right time," Tomoyo said, and then they walked into math.
After school.
Sakura and Syaoran got into their Expedition and backed out of the school parking lot.
"Honey, do you think I should start getting a tutor now? It's just so hard going around school.it's getting harder to walk," Sakura said.
"Well, it's almost the end of October.midterm exams are coming in the beginning of September. Do you think you can wait until after that?" Syaoran asked.
"Probably. Okay, I will. Hey, don't we have an appointment at the clinic today?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah. Let's go right now," Syaoran said, and drove to the clinic.
In the past four months of their marriage, Sakura and Syaoran had matured greatly. They had learned about responsibility, trust and independence. And no, Syaoran hasn't gotten "lucky" yet. (if you know what I mean) They didn't know the sex of the child yet, but they would soon find out.today.
At the clinic, Sakura and Syaoran sat waiting in the doctor's room-he had gone out for a second.
Sakura suddenly gasped.
"What? What's wrong?" Syaoran asked.
"I just felt something in my stomach. Like.a cockroach just ran across my stomach," Sakura said excitedly.
"Yes, that's the baby kicking," the doctor said, coming in.
"Wow!!" Syaoran exclaimed, feeling Sakura's stomach.
"It did it again!!" they exclaimed.
Sakura smiled, tears coming into her eyes, "I can't believe we made that!!"
"Yeah.I can't believe that's MINE. MINE!! BWAHAHAHA!" Syaoran yelled.
Sakura looked at him with a raised eyebrow, and he grinned sheepishly.
"Well, it's time for the check up," the doctor said, and Sakura lied down on a table.
The doctor turned on the machine and held a thingy that was shaped like a toilet plunger on a tube over Sakura's stomach.
On the TV next to them, there was a blurry picture coming out.
"There's the baby's head. And the stomach.are you guys ready for the gender?" the doctor asked.
Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other and together said, "Yes!"
"It's a."
At the Kinomoto residence.
Nadeshiko was humming as she washed dishes. As she rinsed the last one and dried it, she wiped her hands on her apron and walked upstairs to the master bedroom.
The room had changed considerably in the last four months. Heck, the whole house changed from two guys living alone, to a happy family.
Nadeshiko had unleashed her powerful decorating strengths and now, the whole house was in autumn mode.
Nadeshiko paused as she heard the phone ring, and picked up it up.
"BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Nadeshiko raised her eyebrows and said, "Hello?"
"Mom, it's going to be a boy!! And it kicked me! And it even kicked Syaoran, too!" Nadeshiko heard Sakura's happy voice.
"Wow.the amazing powers of modern technology. You know, your father and I didn't find out your sex or Touya's until after the birth," Nadeshiko said.
"Yeah. So tonight Syaoran and I are going to decorate the baby's room. So don't come over tonight, okay?"
For the past four months, no matter how busy Nadeshiko was, she always had time to go to Sakura's house to help out for at least an hour, or to talk for ten minutes. Being a model was pretty hectic, especially for TD Retro, but Nadeshiko always had time for her daughter.
"Great, now you're replacing your baby son for your mother? What next?" Nadeshiko joked, "That's fine. But I'm coming over tomorrow, no matter what, okay?"
"Okay. And make sure to tell daddy and Touya the news, okay?" Sakura said, and hung up.
"Hey, come on, let's go to Babys R Us," Sakura said.
"Oh great. Now we got to go shopping. It's never going to end, is it?" Syaoran pouted, but got the keys and the drove to the store.
"Wow, this place is so big," Sakura said in awe.
However, it was Syaoran's worst nightmare-aisles and aisles of baby food, clothes, and accessories.
"What color should we pick for the baby? I was thinking-BLUE. Isn't that so original?" Sakura giggled.
Syaoran raised an eyebrow, but shrugged.
And for the next FIVE hours, yes, FIVE, they spent over 500 dollars at Babies R Us, 2 hundred at Lowe's Home Improvement, AND 100 dollars at Mervyn's for clothes. Wow. Luckily, Syaoran's mother is super rich.
They got home around 7 and while Syaoran painted the walls, Sakura made dinner---yes, folks, she actually made dinner (we all know how horrible her cooking skills are). But she learned, thanks to the amazing cookbook and cooking channel, how to make a basic dinner.
Sakura turned the oven to 400 degrees and put the digital timer to 20 minutes, and left the kitchen to see how Syaoran was doing. They decided to divide the wall into two parts, top and bottom, separated by a border that was blue and had little decorations of toys and bottles and such. The top was baby blue and the bottom part of the wall was darker blue. The wall was all done, and all they had to do was wait for it to dry.
Meanwhile, Syaoran hauled in the crib, swing, and diaper changing table, toy shelf and all of the other furniture. Sakura put in books and toys on the shelf and organized the few clothes they had bought for the newborn. They finished the whole room in about forty minutes, and Sakura and Syaoran went out to the kitchen, when they suddenly sniffed the air.
"I smell smoke," Sakura said, and suddenly exclaimed, "My lasagna!!"
They ran to the kitchen and coughed as dark clouds of smoke billowed out from the oven.
"Get out of the kitchen-smoke is bad for our baby," Syaoran directed and Sakura obeyed.
He managed to get out the burnt-black lasagna and threw it away. Then, he opened all the doors and windows so that the smoke could get out.
"I'm so sorry," Sakura said pouting, "Just as I thought I could cook."
"Don't worry. Why didn't the timer go off?" Syaoran looked at the timer, and exclaimed, "You forgot to push start!" (It's a digital timer)
"Oops?" Sakura said sheepishly, then quickly changed the subject, "I'll order the pizza. At least the baby room's done."
"Yeah. But it's worth it," Syaoran said, and kissed Sakura.
That night.
Sakura was in bed, reading a book.
Syaoran got into canopy bed with her and asked, "What are you reading?"
"A book on birthing and crap. It's been six and a half months.so in only 2 and half months, in the beginning of February, I should prepare for birth. The basic things are to first pack a bag weeks before the birth and leave it somewhere that we can get it quickly. When my water breaks, then, you should take me to the hospital as soon as I can. Then, I will have to wait until my something something is about 10 centimeters, and then I will go to the birthing room, where I'll have to.gross! And then the baby comes out," Sakura explained to Syaoran.
"How.exciting!" Syaoran said.
"C'mon, let's go to sleep. What should we name our baby?" Syaoran asked.
"We've discussed it before.I don't know yet. None of the ones we discussed are right. I guess when we come across the right name, I'll be the perfect one," Sakura said.
"Okay. Good night," Syaoran said, and hugged Sakura.
A few weeks later.the middle of November, approximately.
"Oh my gosh, today's my last day of school," Sakura said, and groaned.
"Why, what's wrong?" Tomoyo asked.
"I don't want to leave school.it's so tiring. I'm going to miss Syaoran. I won't be able to see him as much, and I'm going to be home alone all day with my stupid tutor," Sakura moaned.
"Don't worry. I'll come visit you as much as I can. And I'll keep you informed with the latest gossip and trends, okay?" Tomoyo comforted.
"Okay."
The day passed slowly, and during homeroom, Sakura hugged all of her friends goodbye and made them promise to visit.
"Bye." Sakura waved bye to her friends through the window.
"I can't believe that's the last time I stepped out of high school." Sakura mourned.
"Don't worry. Just don't, okay?" Syaoran said.
"Okay. I promise," Sakura said, and smiled shyly at Syaoran.
He grinned back at her and they went home.
The next Monday.
"Hey, I'm Misol Campbell. I'm.your tutor?" a young man about 20 introduced himself to Sakura.
"Hi." Sakura said, struck by his good looks.
"Let's sit down," he gestured at the couch and Sakura got her school books out.
"So, where did you leave off?" Misol asked.
"Um.here," Sakura pointed at sections in her math, language, science and other subject books.
Syaoran had already gone to school, so Sakura was alone with this really hot guy. He had light brown hair, lightly tanned well toned skin and clear blue eyes.
"So.Sakura. Who's the lucky man?" Misol asked.
Sakura blushed and said, "Syaoran Li. We got married a couple months ago.in June."
"Pretty young. For a wife, and especially for a mother," Misol said as he reviewed Sakura's paperwork.
"Yeah, I guess. But I'm ready. And Syaoran's ready to help me every step of the way. So, Campbell. Doesn't sound like a Japanese name," Sakura said.
"My mom's Japanese, but my dad's French," Misol said curtly.
"Doesn't sound French, either," Sakura said. Then, she fidgeted, bored.
"Okay, Sakura. I think I've found your level. Your overall level is a 12, which is perfect for you. You'll be doing workbooks and I'll be helping you. Everyday I'll come at 9 and I'll leave around 3," Misol told her.
"That's fine with me. Um.should we get started now?" Sakura asked.
He answered her by handing her a thick math workbook, and smiled as she groaned, "Great."
As she bit her lip and frowned at the first problem, Misol couldn't help but think she was cute. Too bad she was already taken-and the swollen belly didn't appeal to him much.
Throughout the whole day, Sakura completed most of the workbooks and reviewed her work.
At two thirty on the dot, Syaoran came in. He briefly glared at Misol, but was mainly concerned about Sakura.
"How was your day?" Sakura asked as they kissed.
"Pretty good. I missed you," Syaoran said.
"Oh yeah, this is my tutor, Misol Campbell. He's coming everyday Monday through Friday from nine to three," Sakura introduced them.
"Hi," Syaoran said and turned his attention back to Sakura.
"I'm going to be in the library, okay? Just holler for me," Syaoran said, and left.
"Well, I guess I should go. Ms. Yelan Li won't fire me for leaving twenty minutes early, will she?" Misol asked.
Sakura laughed, "No, no. That's fine. See you tomorrow!"
She waved bye as he left, and Sakura went to the library.
"I don't like him." Syaoran narrowed his eyes at the thought of Misol.
"Why? He's nice, and he teaches well. He said that I'm 100 percent going to get my high school diploma by the time he's done with me, and that's four months before anyone else," Sakura said.
"Okay. As long as he does his job and nothing else," Syaoran said.
"I'm sure that's all he'll be doing," Sakura reassured her concerned husband, and said, "Mom's coming over again tonight, but for dinner. How about we have.hamburger casserole? I taped the episode from the food network, and it sounds pretty easy to me," Sakura said.
"That's fine with me. C'mon, let's make dinner. So.how's the baby feeling today?" Syaoran asked.
"Pretty good. He did a lot of kicking today." Sakura said slyly.
Syaoran laughed, and said, "Were you disappointed that it was a boy? I mean, you've always wanted your kid to be a girl."
"Well, I was disappointed at first, but I thought, hey, if Tomoyo and Eriol have a kid in a few years, it's going to be a girl, and our kids could hook up, ya know?" Sakura hinted.
"Oh, well, hopefully we won't have to worry about that for another 20 years," Syaoran said, "Let's make dinner."
That night, the table was all set out for four people (Fujitaka was also coming), with the complete meal still warm in the oven. The doorbell rang, and Sakura was on the couch, and tried to get up.
"Dang, it's getting harder and harder to get up. This is going to some great exercise for my ankles," Sakura said to her mom, whom Syaoran let in.
"Ha! It's going to get worse! I couldn't even go to the bathroom by myself when I was 8 and a half months with Touya," Nadeshiko said, and Sakura groaned.
"So, something smells great. What is it?" Fujitaka asked, briskly rubbing his hands together.
"Cesar salad, hamburger casserole and a delicious steamed vegetable medley," Sakura answered, and said proudly, "I made it.well, with Syaoran's help. Okay, okay, Syaoran made it and I helped a lot. Well, I did. Fine, fine, Syaoran made it, okay?" Sakura said pouting.
The three other people laughed, and got to dinner.
During dessert, Fujitaka asked, "So, have you two been thinking of baby names?"
Sakura groaned and said, "Everyone's asking us that!! First, Syaoran, and now you!"
"Well, I'm just saying that you should be prepared. Since you're going to be busy with schoolwork and such, I'm just saying that," Fujitaka defended.
"Yeah. We picked out Touya's name the instant we knew we were pregnant," Nadeshiko added.
"I've said it once, and I'll say it again. I'll pick a name once I'm ready, okay?" Sakura insisted.
"That's fine. Well, I'm done with my plate," Nadeshiko said, and pushed back her finished chocolate cake (don't worry, it's from the bakery)
"When are you going to have a baby shower?" Nadeshiko suddenly asked.
Sakura looked up and said thoughtfully, "You know, that never really occurred to me. When do other people usually have it?"
"Right about this time," Nadeshiko said, then added, "You know, before they get too big."
"Well, I guess I'll have to plan a baby shower," Sakura said.
Syaoran looked up.
"What? Aren't you going to leave it to Tomoyo?"
Sakura shook her head, and said, "No. She has enough things on her mind, and I need to learn how to plan my own events."
Syaoran nodded, and said, "Okay. Tomorrow after school we'll send out invitations as soon as we pick a date."
"How about the 17th? It's Saturday, and I don't have anything planned for that date," Sakura suggested.
"That's perfect. We'll go by Party City to get some stuff later, okay?" Syaoran kissed Sakura and started cleaning up the dishes.
"Can I come?" Fujitaka asked suddenly.
"To where? The baby shower or Party city?" Sakura asked.
"The baby shower," Fujitaka said.
"Of course not! It's for women, only, right? Even Syaoran can't come," Sakura said.
"Huh?" Syaoran looked confused.
"Yes. It's for women only. But Fuji, you can help me pick out their gift," Nadeshiko said.
"Whoever said YOU were invited?" Sakura joked, then ducked, giggling.
Fujitaka helped Syaoran clean up dinner, and Nadeshiko got up to leave.
"I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" Nadeshiko said, and hugged her daughter lovingly.
Then, she remarked, "I can't believe I'm going to be a grandmother at age 38!"
Fujitaka laughed, and they left, waving goodbye.
"Well, I'm ready to go. Let me just freshen up, okay?" Sakura said, and got on her tiptoes to kiss Syaoran.
"Okay. I'll just grab our jackets," Syaoran said, and returned the kiss.
Five minutes later, they were on their way out of the door, and drove to Party City.
"Okay.ooh, there's the baby shower aisle!" Sakura exclaimed, and walked steadily over to the other end of the store, Syaoran and his shopping cart at her heels.
Sakura bumped into someone, and exclaimed, "Oh, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," the person dusted theirself off, and looked up.
"Hey, it's you!" Sakura said, and smiled as she saw Misol.
"Oh, hi Sakura. What are you doing here?" he asked, and added, "You should be home resting."
"Oh don't worry, Syaoran's with me. We're here to get ready for my baby shower," Sakura said happily.
"Baby shower, eh?" Misol asked.
"Yeah. What are you doing here?" Sakura asked.
"Getting some supplies for a party," Misol answered, but then saw Syaoran's glare.
"Uh, I better get going," Misol said hastily, and started to walk off.
"What was he doing here? I think he's following you," Syaoran said, rather angrily.
"What? How can he follow us when he came before us? I think someone's a little jealous!" Sakura said in a singing-song voice.
"I'm not jealous. I just don't trust him. I don't like the way he looks at you," Syaoran said, as he picked up a pack of invitation cards and threw it into the cart.
"Remember our little talk we had a long time ago about trust?" Sakura asked, and put in a set of plates, cups and napkins.
Syaoran threw in a centerpiece and decoration set and replied, "Yes, I do, honey."
"Then from now on, you're not going to say ANYTHING about Misol, okay?" Sakura asked, and then said, "I think we're ready to ring up."
Syaoran sighed, then replied, "Fine. NOTHING about Misol. Not even you."
"Agreed," Sakura said, and they shook hands to show the agreement.
Back home, Sakura wrote out invitations, and Syaoran stuck them in the envelope, addressed and stamped them.
Sakura used up all ten invitations to Tomoyo, Chiharu, Naoko, Rika, her mother, Yelan and Syaoran's four sisters.
Syaoran went outside to put them in the mailbox, and Sakura happily looked at the decorations she had bought. They were so cute, with pictures of bibs, suckers, and cribs in shades of blue.
They had also called in to the bakery to order a baby shower cake (what shower would be a shower with a cake?)
Now, all they had to do was wait for a week until the date for the shower came around.
Next day.
As usual, the doorbell rang promptly at 10, and Sakura just yelled, "Come in." She didn't want to bother with getting up anymore. Lazy bum. Haha.
Misol came in, carrying his usual books and packets.
"Only a month more to go, and you'll have your high school diploma," Misol said encouragingly when Sakura groaned at the sight of more math booklets.
"Yeah. Do you know if I'll get my diploma from you or from the school?" Sakura asked, hoping that the answer was 'school'
"Well, from the school. I'll have to give them a recommendation. I think you'll be able to be up and running by the time graduation comes around, so I'm assuming you'll get your diploma like any other student," Misol said, and Sakura nodded.
That night, Sakura told Syaoran the good news.
"Wow, that's great. Our baby can come with us to the graduation.he'll be four months old by then," Syaoran said.
"I know!!!" Sakura squealed and calmed down when Syaoran asked her, "Do you think you'll be going to the prom?"
"I don't know.I don't really want to leave the baby all alone for a whole night. Besides, I wouldn't have gone to school for 6 months, they probably won't let me go," Sakura said.
"Nah.if you can take people from other schools, they'll let me take you. And I don't think your parents would mind taking care of their grandkid for a night, do you?" Syaoran asked slyly.
"Okay. This is AWESOME!! I get to go to Graduation AND Prom. Plus, I wouldn't have gone to school for 6 months-senior year is the best!!" Sakura exclaimed, and started to go upstairs to get ready for bedtime.
Syaoran smiled at her retreating back, and followed her upstairs.
~*~*~*
Sakura laid awake that night, staring up at the ceiling.
She rolled over and stared at Syaoran's sleeping face.
Sakura gently stroked his face sweetly, and for the rest of the night, she laid awake, dreaming up baby names.
~*~*~*~
October 17th.the day of the baby shower.
Sakura excitedly ran around, setting the table while Syaoran was in the living room putting up the baby shower decorations.
When the first doorbell rang, Sakura excitedly opened the door, and saw Tomoyo standing there with a gigantic package.
"Wow! Who is that for?" Sakura asked.
"You, silly! I called Chiharu and Rika, and they're on their way. No sign of Naoko, though," Tomoyo replied.
Tomoyo came inside, and wowed at the decorations. Then, she put her gigantic present on the coffee table.
The doorbell rang once more, and it revealed Chiharu and Naoko, who were carrying a beautifully wrapped gift boxes.
"Thanks," Sakura said, and directed them inside.
Yelan had told them that she couldn't make it, but she would be sending her four daughters over for the baby shower.
Nadeshiko came in, followed by Rika, who were also holding exquisitely wrapped boxes.
The four sisters came in, each holding a plain enveloped marked, "To Sakura."
"Wow, thanks," Sakura told everyone once they were comfortable on the couch.
"Any coffee?" Tomoyo asked, and served everyone coffee for them.
"Where's Syaoran?" one of the Li sisters asked.
"He's upstairs. He's kinda scared of 9 girls kinda hyper," Nadeshiko informed, and added, "Gosh, I feel so OLD."
"You should. But you're the most beautiful," Naoko said, envious of Sakura's mother's beauty.
Nadeshiko smiled gratefully and stirred her coffee.
"It's getting kinda chilly," Sakura said, and turned on the fireplace (it's electric)
For about ten minutes, the nine girls chatted about the usual girl stuff.
"Hey, we have cake!" Sakura exclaimed, and stood up and served everyone slices of delicious chocolate cake.
"MMmm." Nadeshiko moaned as she tasted the sinful treat.
"It's not everyday you get to have treats like this for a model," she said, and gobbled the cake up.
After the cake, Rika clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Present time!!"
Sakura smiling got down on next to coffee table and grabbed the first present, which was Rika's.
She eagerly ripped the wrapping paper apart, and saw a beautiful gift set of Johnson-Johnson baby shampoo, body wash, bubble bath, conditioner, loofah and in a pretty wicker basket.
"Thank you SO much! We'll use it for his first bath," Sakura said, and gave Rika a hug.
"Open mine," Tomoyo said, and pushed to gigantic package forward.
Sakura tore the wrapping paper and was amazed that it was a stroller, with a gift set inside all about breast feeding.
Sakura made a face as she saw a book, a bra with open-close holes in it, a bottle and shirt that was specially designed to comfortably breast feed in public-not that Sakura would be doing that or anything.
"Thanks.only you could think up of these things," Sakura hugged Tomoyo and moved on to the four envelopes.
The eldest sister got Sakura a credit card thingy that was from the Huggies diaper company. She explained, "Everytime you go to the grocery to buy diapers, use this card and the diapers will be paid by me."
Sakura smiled gratefully, knowing how much diapers cost and gave the sister a rather awkward hug.
Then, the second envelope contained a credit card to Babys R Us, from the second sister. "It's kind of life a gift card, but you can use it unlimitedly," the second sister explained.
"Thank you, A LOT," Sakura said, and gave the sister a hug.
The third envelope contained another credit card to Baby Gap, which was an American clothing store specially designed for babies, from newborn to 2 years old.
And the last envelope contained another credit card for Johnson-Johnson Baby, like the Huggies card.
"Thank you SO much. Now I really don't have to worry about shopping anymore," Sakura said sincerely. It was pretty good having rich sisters-in- law.
Sakura opened her mother's present, which was pretty hilarious. It was a coupon bag, with coupons already clipped and ready to use. There was a section labeled, "Special coupons," with coupons that Sakura could redeem for free baby-sitting nights, shopping and chauffeuring help.
Sakura laughed at the present, and Nadeshiko shrugged and said, "Coupons come in handy. And since you're a mom now.you're going to have to use them."
Sakura gratefully hugged her mother, then opened Naoko's gift for the baby. Naoko enjoyed sewing and stuff, so she had embroidered a bib for the baby. It was blue and had a big rattle on it, and the bib was made from 100 percent cottom. (hehe)
"Thank you~! It must've taken a long time to make this," Sakura hugged Naoko appreciatively and opened Chiharu's present, which was one of those thingies you put on your back and the baby goes in it.forgot what it's called.
Sakura thanked Chiharu and hugged everyone again.
"Thank you SO much, everyone. It feels so nice to know that I have everyone to stay by my side and to know that they're going to be there every step of they way, especially you, Mom," Sakura said, and hugged everyone.again. Boy, she's feeling huggy today.
Syaoran came downstairs quickly, asking, "If everyone gone?" Then, he sighed in disappointment at the sight of the people still there. The living room was strewn with wrapping paper and gifts.
Syaoran raised his eyebrows at the sight of the breast-feeding bra, and said, "I'll be going back upstairs." and dashed off.
The girls laughed, and Sakura smiled, thinking, "That's my husband."
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A/N: Yay!! Chapter 13's done. The next chapter will be the final chapter, and then there's going to an epilogue. Also, the next chapter will be two more months later. Aren't the presents cool? Man, it took me a long time to think of them. Also, PLEASE give me more SUGGESTIONS!!!!! So far, I have 10 B's and 1 a, but I only have 7 suggestions. I need more SUGGESTIONS people! Just think of a name on the spot. Hey, what does anyone think of Sokura? Hehe.a masculine version of Sakura. Also, hint hint, a good baby name would be Sakura and Syaoran's name mixed together. Sakuran? Syaokura? Haha.PLEASE more suggestions. I'm not posting up chapter 14 until I get at least 5 more GOOD suggestions. Then, I'm going to post up the names from the winning category with chapter 14. Then, I'm going to wait until I get the winning name and then post up the epilogue. So.basically, in plain English, YOU GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS, YOU GET CHAPTERS. Review!! And VOTE!!!
CHAPTER 13
Summary: Sakura finds out that her mom is not dead, but actually alive and living somewhere in the world. She goes on a quest to find her mother and find the truth- but meanwhile, she's pregnant with Syaoran's baby. In the end, she finds her mother. But who is she? And why did she leave?
A/N: Hey, we're on chapter 13. Many thanks to everyone who reviewed!! I've gone past the 100-review border-as of yesterday, August 5th, 2002, I had exactly 101 reviews. YAY!!!!!! Special thanks to Sourpop1004 who's given me feedback on previous chapters so that I could make my fanfics better. Also, PLEASE REVIEW MORE FOR THE POLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to DESPERATLY pick a BABY name!!!!!!!!
EXACTLY 4 MONTHS LATER.
Sakura walked down the hall, ignoring several looks and stares from people who were at their lockers. She held her head up high with pride and walked down the hall with Tomoyo.
"I'm so tired.I feel so fat and bloated," Sakura said grimly, looking at her 6 and a half month belly that was really big.
"Don't worry. It'll all be worth it," Tomoyo said surely, "It's all going to be worth it," she repeated.
"What's wrong?" Sakura asked, concerned.
"Nothing-nothing at all. But it's gotten so hard marrying Eriol.I don't exactly regret marrying him, since I love him so much, but I just wish that I could've waited until college to marry him. I barely get to see him, since he works and I go to school, and I'm busy with after-school activities and homework." Tomoyo said wearily.
"I'm so sorry. Have you talked to him about it?" Sakura asked.
"No.not yet. I will, when I feel it's the right time," Tomoyo said, and then they walked into math.
After school.
Sakura and Syaoran got into their Expedition and backed out of the school parking lot.
"Honey, do you think I should start getting a tutor now? It's just so hard going around school.it's getting harder to walk," Sakura said.
"Well, it's almost the end of October.midterm exams are coming in the beginning of September. Do you think you can wait until after that?" Syaoran asked.
"Probably. Okay, I will. Hey, don't we have an appointment at the clinic today?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah. Let's go right now," Syaoran said, and drove to the clinic.
In the past four months of their marriage, Sakura and Syaoran had matured greatly. They had learned about responsibility, trust and independence. And no, Syaoran hasn't gotten "lucky" yet. (if you know what I mean) They didn't know the sex of the child yet, but they would soon find out.today.
At the clinic, Sakura and Syaoran sat waiting in the doctor's room-he had gone out for a second.
Sakura suddenly gasped.
"What? What's wrong?" Syaoran asked.
"I just felt something in my stomach. Like.a cockroach just ran across my stomach," Sakura said excitedly.
"Yes, that's the baby kicking," the doctor said, coming in.
"Wow!!" Syaoran exclaimed, feeling Sakura's stomach.
"It did it again!!" they exclaimed.
Sakura smiled, tears coming into her eyes, "I can't believe we made that!!"
"Yeah.I can't believe that's MINE. MINE!! BWAHAHAHA!" Syaoran yelled.
Sakura looked at him with a raised eyebrow, and he grinned sheepishly.
"Well, it's time for the check up," the doctor said, and Sakura lied down on a table.
The doctor turned on the machine and held a thingy that was shaped like a toilet plunger on a tube over Sakura's stomach.
On the TV next to them, there was a blurry picture coming out.
"There's the baby's head. And the stomach.are you guys ready for the gender?" the doctor asked.
Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other and together said, "Yes!"
"It's a."
At the Kinomoto residence.
Nadeshiko was humming as she washed dishes. As she rinsed the last one and dried it, she wiped her hands on her apron and walked upstairs to the master bedroom.
The room had changed considerably in the last four months. Heck, the whole house changed from two guys living alone, to a happy family.
Nadeshiko had unleashed her powerful decorating strengths and now, the whole house was in autumn mode.
Nadeshiko paused as she heard the phone ring, and picked up it up.
"BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Nadeshiko raised her eyebrows and said, "Hello?"
"Mom, it's going to be a boy!! And it kicked me! And it even kicked Syaoran, too!" Nadeshiko heard Sakura's happy voice.
"Wow.the amazing powers of modern technology. You know, your father and I didn't find out your sex or Touya's until after the birth," Nadeshiko said.
"Yeah. So tonight Syaoran and I are going to decorate the baby's room. So don't come over tonight, okay?"
For the past four months, no matter how busy Nadeshiko was, she always had time to go to Sakura's house to help out for at least an hour, or to talk for ten minutes. Being a model was pretty hectic, especially for TD Retro, but Nadeshiko always had time for her daughter.
"Great, now you're replacing your baby son for your mother? What next?" Nadeshiko joked, "That's fine. But I'm coming over tomorrow, no matter what, okay?"
"Okay. And make sure to tell daddy and Touya the news, okay?" Sakura said, and hung up.
"Hey, come on, let's go to Babys R Us," Sakura said.
"Oh great. Now we got to go shopping. It's never going to end, is it?" Syaoran pouted, but got the keys and the drove to the store.
"Wow, this place is so big," Sakura said in awe.
However, it was Syaoran's worst nightmare-aisles and aisles of baby food, clothes, and accessories.
"What color should we pick for the baby? I was thinking-BLUE. Isn't that so original?" Sakura giggled.
Syaoran raised an eyebrow, but shrugged.
And for the next FIVE hours, yes, FIVE, they spent over 500 dollars at Babies R Us, 2 hundred at Lowe's Home Improvement, AND 100 dollars at Mervyn's for clothes. Wow. Luckily, Syaoran's mother is super rich.
They got home around 7 and while Syaoran painted the walls, Sakura made dinner---yes, folks, she actually made dinner (we all know how horrible her cooking skills are). But she learned, thanks to the amazing cookbook and cooking channel, how to make a basic dinner.
Sakura turned the oven to 400 degrees and put the digital timer to 20 minutes, and left the kitchen to see how Syaoran was doing. They decided to divide the wall into two parts, top and bottom, separated by a border that was blue and had little decorations of toys and bottles and such. The top was baby blue and the bottom part of the wall was darker blue. The wall was all done, and all they had to do was wait for it to dry.
Meanwhile, Syaoran hauled in the crib, swing, and diaper changing table, toy shelf and all of the other furniture. Sakura put in books and toys on the shelf and organized the few clothes they had bought for the newborn. They finished the whole room in about forty minutes, and Sakura and Syaoran went out to the kitchen, when they suddenly sniffed the air.
"I smell smoke," Sakura said, and suddenly exclaimed, "My lasagna!!"
They ran to the kitchen and coughed as dark clouds of smoke billowed out from the oven.
"Get out of the kitchen-smoke is bad for our baby," Syaoran directed and Sakura obeyed.
He managed to get out the burnt-black lasagna and threw it away. Then, he opened all the doors and windows so that the smoke could get out.
"I'm so sorry," Sakura said pouting, "Just as I thought I could cook."
"Don't worry. Why didn't the timer go off?" Syaoran looked at the timer, and exclaimed, "You forgot to push start!" (It's a digital timer)
"Oops?" Sakura said sheepishly, then quickly changed the subject, "I'll order the pizza. At least the baby room's done."
"Yeah. But it's worth it," Syaoran said, and kissed Sakura.
That night.
Sakura was in bed, reading a book.
Syaoran got into canopy bed with her and asked, "What are you reading?"
"A book on birthing and crap. It's been six and a half months.so in only 2 and half months, in the beginning of February, I should prepare for birth. The basic things are to first pack a bag weeks before the birth and leave it somewhere that we can get it quickly. When my water breaks, then, you should take me to the hospital as soon as I can. Then, I will have to wait until my something something is about 10 centimeters, and then I will go to the birthing room, where I'll have to.gross! And then the baby comes out," Sakura explained to Syaoran.
"How.exciting!" Syaoran said.
"C'mon, let's go to sleep. What should we name our baby?" Syaoran asked.
"We've discussed it before.I don't know yet. None of the ones we discussed are right. I guess when we come across the right name, I'll be the perfect one," Sakura said.
"Okay. Good night," Syaoran said, and hugged Sakura.
A few weeks later.the middle of November, approximately.
"Oh my gosh, today's my last day of school," Sakura said, and groaned.
"Why, what's wrong?" Tomoyo asked.
"I don't want to leave school.it's so tiring. I'm going to miss Syaoran. I won't be able to see him as much, and I'm going to be home alone all day with my stupid tutor," Sakura moaned.
"Don't worry. I'll come visit you as much as I can. And I'll keep you informed with the latest gossip and trends, okay?" Tomoyo comforted.
"Okay."
The day passed slowly, and during homeroom, Sakura hugged all of her friends goodbye and made them promise to visit.
"Bye." Sakura waved bye to her friends through the window.
"I can't believe that's the last time I stepped out of high school." Sakura mourned.
"Don't worry. Just don't, okay?" Syaoran said.
"Okay. I promise," Sakura said, and smiled shyly at Syaoran.
He grinned back at her and they went home.
The next Monday.
"Hey, I'm Misol Campbell. I'm.your tutor?" a young man about 20 introduced himself to Sakura.
"Hi." Sakura said, struck by his good looks.
"Let's sit down," he gestured at the couch and Sakura got her school books out.
"So, where did you leave off?" Misol asked.
"Um.here," Sakura pointed at sections in her math, language, science and other subject books.
Syaoran had already gone to school, so Sakura was alone with this really hot guy. He had light brown hair, lightly tanned well toned skin and clear blue eyes.
"So.Sakura. Who's the lucky man?" Misol asked.
Sakura blushed and said, "Syaoran Li. We got married a couple months ago.in June."
"Pretty young. For a wife, and especially for a mother," Misol said as he reviewed Sakura's paperwork.
"Yeah, I guess. But I'm ready. And Syaoran's ready to help me every step of the way. So, Campbell. Doesn't sound like a Japanese name," Sakura said.
"My mom's Japanese, but my dad's French," Misol said curtly.
"Doesn't sound French, either," Sakura said. Then, she fidgeted, bored.
"Okay, Sakura. I think I've found your level. Your overall level is a 12, which is perfect for you. You'll be doing workbooks and I'll be helping you. Everyday I'll come at 9 and I'll leave around 3," Misol told her.
"That's fine with me. Um.should we get started now?" Sakura asked.
He answered her by handing her a thick math workbook, and smiled as she groaned, "Great."
As she bit her lip and frowned at the first problem, Misol couldn't help but think she was cute. Too bad she was already taken-and the swollen belly didn't appeal to him much.
Throughout the whole day, Sakura completed most of the workbooks and reviewed her work.
At two thirty on the dot, Syaoran came in. He briefly glared at Misol, but was mainly concerned about Sakura.
"How was your day?" Sakura asked as they kissed.
"Pretty good. I missed you," Syaoran said.
"Oh yeah, this is my tutor, Misol Campbell. He's coming everyday Monday through Friday from nine to three," Sakura introduced them.
"Hi," Syaoran said and turned his attention back to Sakura.
"I'm going to be in the library, okay? Just holler for me," Syaoran said, and left.
"Well, I guess I should go. Ms. Yelan Li won't fire me for leaving twenty minutes early, will she?" Misol asked.
Sakura laughed, "No, no. That's fine. See you tomorrow!"
She waved bye as he left, and Sakura went to the library.
"I don't like him." Syaoran narrowed his eyes at the thought of Misol.
"Why? He's nice, and he teaches well. He said that I'm 100 percent going to get my high school diploma by the time he's done with me, and that's four months before anyone else," Sakura said.
"Okay. As long as he does his job and nothing else," Syaoran said.
"I'm sure that's all he'll be doing," Sakura reassured her concerned husband, and said, "Mom's coming over again tonight, but for dinner. How about we have.hamburger casserole? I taped the episode from the food network, and it sounds pretty easy to me," Sakura said.
"That's fine with me. C'mon, let's make dinner. So.how's the baby feeling today?" Syaoran asked.
"Pretty good. He did a lot of kicking today." Sakura said slyly.
Syaoran laughed, and said, "Were you disappointed that it was a boy? I mean, you've always wanted your kid to be a girl."
"Well, I was disappointed at first, but I thought, hey, if Tomoyo and Eriol have a kid in a few years, it's going to be a girl, and our kids could hook up, ya know?" Sakura hinted.
"Oh, well, hopefully we won't have to worry about that for another 20 years," Syaoran said, "Let's make dinner."
That night, the table was all set out for four people (Fujitaka was also coming), with the complete meal still warm in the oven. The doorbell rang, and Sakura was on the couch, and tried to get up.
"Dang, it's getting harder and harder to get up. This is going to some great exercise for my ankles," Sakura said to her mom, whom Syaoran let in.
"Ha! It's going to get worse! I couldn't even go to the bathroom by myself when I was 8 and a half months with Touya," Nadeshiko said, and Sakura groaned.
"So, something smells great. What is it?" Fujitaka asked, briskly rubbing his hands together.
"Cesar salad, hamburger casserole and a delicious steamed vegetable medley," Sakura answered, and said proudly, "I made it.well, with Syaoran's help. Okay, okay, Syaoran made it and I helped a lot. Well, I did. Fine, fine, Syaoran made it, okay?" Sakura said pouting.
The three other people laughed, and got to dinner.
During dessert, Fujitaka asked, "So, have you two been thinking of baby names?"
Sakura groaned and said, "Everyone's asking us that!! First, Syaoran, and now you!"
"Well, I'm just saying that you should be prepared. Since you're going to be busy with schoolwork and such, I'm just saying that," Fujitaka defended.
"Yeah. We picked out Touya's name the instant we knew we were pregnant," Nadeshiko added.
"I've said it once, and I'll say it again. I'll pick a name once I'm ready, okay?" Sakura insisted.
"That's fine. Well, I'm done with my plate," Nadeshiko said, and pushed back her finished chocolate cake (don't worry, it's from the bakery)
"When are you going to have a baby shower?" Nadeshiko suddenly asked.
Sakura looked up and said thoughtfully, "You know, that never really occurred to me. When do other people usually have it?"
"Right about this time," Nadeshiko said, then added, "You know, before they get too big."
"Well, I guess I'll have to plan a baby shower," Sakura said.
Syaoran looked up.
"What? Aren't you going to leave it to Tomoyo?"
Sakura shook her head, and said, "No. She has enough things on her mind, and I need to learn how to plan my own events."
Syaoran nodded, and said, "Okay. Tomorrow after school we'll send out invitations as soon as we pick a date."
"How about the 17th? It's Saturday, and I don't have anything planned for that date," Sakura suggested.
"That's perfect. We'll go by Party City to get some stuff later, okay?" Syaoran kissed Sakura and started cleaning up the dishes.
"Can I come?" Fujitaka asked suddenly.
"To where? The baby shower or Party city?" Sakura asked.
"The baby shower," Fujitaka said.
"Of course not! It's for women, only, right? Even Syaoran can't come," Sakura said.
"Huh?" Syaoran looked confused.
"Yes. It's for women only. But Fuji, you can help me pick out their gift," Nadeshiko said.
"Whoever said YOU were invited?" Sakura joked, then ducked, giggling.
Fujitaka helped Syaoran clean up dinner, and Nadeshiko got up to leave.
"I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" Nadeshiko said, and hugged her daughter lovingly.
Then, she remarked, "I can't believe I'm going to be a grandmother at age 38!"
Fujitaka laughed, and they left, waving goodbye.
"Well, I'm ready to go. Let me just freshen up, okay?" Sakura said, and got on her tiptoes to kiss Syaoran.
"Okay. I'll just grab our jackets," Syaoran said, and returned the kiss.
Five minutes later, they were on their way out of the door, and drove to Party City.
"Okay.ooh, there's the baby shower aisle!" Sakura exclaimed, and walked steadily over to the other end of the store, Syaoran and his shopping cart at her heels.
Sakura bumped into someone, and exclaimed, "Oh, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," the person dusted theirself off, and looked up.
"Hey, it's you!" Sakura said, and smiled as she saw Misol.
"Oh, hi Sakura. What are you doing here?" he asked, and added, "You should be home resting."
"Oh don't worry, Syaoran's with me. We're here to get ready for my baby shower," Sakura said happily.
"Baby shower, eh?" Misol asked.
"Yeah. What are you doing here?" Sakura asked.
"Getting some supplies for a party," Misol answered, but then saw Syaoran's glare.
"Uh, I better get going," Misol said hastily, and started to walk off.
"What was he doing here? I think he's following you," Syaoran said, rather angrily.
"What? How can he follow us when he came before us? I think someone's a little jealous!" Sakura said in a singing-song voice.
"I'm not jealous. I just don't trust him. I don't like the way he looks at you," Syaoran said, as he picked up a pack of invitation cards and threw it into the cart.
"Remember our little talk we had a long time ago about trust?" Sakura asked, and put in a set of plates, cups and napkins.
Syaoran threw in a centerpiece and decoration set and replied, "Yes, I do, honey."
"Then from now on, you're not going to say ANYTHING about Misol, okay?" Sakura asked, and then said, "I think we're ready to ring up."
Syaoran sighed, then replied, "Fine. NOTHING about Misol. Not even you."
"Agreed," Sakura said, and they shook hands to show the agreement.
Back home, Sakura wrote out invitations, and Syaoran stuck them in the envelope, addressed and stamped them.
Sakura used up all ten invitations to Tomoyo, Chiharu, Naoko, Rika, her mother, Yelan and Syaoran's four sisters.
Syaoran went outside to put them in the mailbox, and Sakura happily looked at the decorations she had bought. They were so cute, with pictures of bibs, suckers, and cribs in shades of blue.
They had also called in to the bakery to order a baby shower cake (what shower would be a shower with a cake?)
Now, all they had to do was wait for a week until the date for the shower came around.
Next day.
As usual, the doorbell rang promptly at 10, and Sakura just yelled, "Come in." She didn't want to bother with getting up anymore. Lazy bum. Haha.
Misol came in, carrying his usual books and packets.
"Only a month more to go, and you'll have your high school diploma," Misol said encouragingly when Sakura groaned at the sight of more math booklets.
"Yeah. Do you know if I'll get my diploma from you or from the school?" Sakura asked, hoping that the answer was 'school'
"Well, from the school. I'll have to give them a recommendation. I think you'll be able to be up and running by the time graduation comes around, so I'm assuming you'll get your diploma like any other student," Misol said, and Sakura nodded.
That night, Sakura told Syaoran the good news.
"Wow, that's great. Our baby can come with us to the graduation.he'll be four months old by then," Syaoran said.
"I know!!!" Sakura squealed and calmed down when Syaoran asked her, "Do you think you'll be going to the prom?"
"I don't know.I don't really want to leave the baby all alone for a whole night. Besides, I wouldn't have gone to school for 6 months, they probably won't let me go," Sakura said.
"Nah.if you can take people from other schools, they'll let me take you. And I don't think your parents would mind taking care of their grandkid for a night, do you?" Syaoran asked slyly.
"Okay. This is AWESOME!! I get to go to Graduation AND Prom. Plus, I wouldn't have gone to school for 6 months-senior year is the best!!" Sakura exclaimed, and started to go upstairs to get ready for bedtime.
Syaoran smiled at her retreating back, and followed her upstairs.
~*~*~*
Sakura laid awake that night, staring up at the ceiling.
She rolled over and stared at Syaoran's sleeping face.
Sakura gently stroked his face sweetly, and for the rest of the night, she laid awake, dreaming up baby names.
~*~*~*~
October 17th.the day of the baby shower.
Sakura excitedly ran around, setting the table while Syaoran was in the living room putting up the baby shower decorations.
When the first doorbell rang, Sakura excitedly opened the door, and saw Tomoyo standing there with a gigantic package.
"Wow! Who is that for?" Sakura asked.
"You, silly! I called Chiharu and Rika, and they're on their way. No sign of Naoko, though," Tomoyo replied.
Tomoyo came inside, and wowed at the decorations. Then, she put her gigantic present on the coffee table.
The doorbell rang once more, and it revealed Chiharu and Naoko, who were carrying a beautifully wrapped gift boxes.
"Thanks," Sakura said, and directed them inside.
Yelan had told them that she couldn't make it, but she would be sending her four daughters over for the baby shower.
Nadeshiko came in, followed by Rika, who were also holding exquisitely wrapped boxes.
The four sisters came in, each holding a plain enveloped marked, "To Sakura."
"Wow, thanks," Sakura told everyone once they were comfortable on the couch.
"Any coffee?" Tomoyo asked, and served everyone coffee for them.
"Where's Syaoran?" one of the Li sisters asked.
"He's upstairs. He's kinda scared of 9 girls kinda hyper," Nadeshiko informed, and added, "Gosh, I feel so OLD."
"You should. But you're the most beautiful," Naoko said, envious of Sakura's mother's beauty.
Nadeshiko smiled gratefully and stirred her coffee.
"It's getting kinda chilly," Sakura said, and turned on the fireplace (it's electric)
For about ten minutes, the nine girls chatted about the usual girl stuff.
"Hey, we have cake!" Sakura exclaimed, and stood up and served everyone slices of delicious chocolate cake.
"MMmm." Nadeshiko moaned as she tasted the sinful treat.
"It's not everyday you get to have treats like this for a model," she said, and gobbled the cake up.
After the cake, Rika clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Present time!!"
Sakura smiling got down on next to coffee table and grabbed the first present, which was Rika's.
She eagerly ripped the wrapping paper apart, and saw a beautiful gift set of Johnson-Johnson baby shampoo, body wash, bubble bath, conditioner, loofah and in a pretty wicker basket.
"Thank you SO much! We'll use it for his first bath," Sakura said, and gave Rika a hug.
"Open mine," Tomoyo said, and pushed to gigantic package forward.
Sakura tore the wrapping paper and was amazed that it was a stroller, with a gift set inside all about breast feeding.
Sakura made a face as she saw a book, a bra with open-close holes in it, a bottle and shirt that was specially designed to comfortably breast feed in public-not that Sakura would be doing that or anything.
"Thanks.only you could think up of these things," Sakura hugged Tomoyo and moved on to the four envelopes.
The eldest sister got Sakura a credit card thingy that was from the Huggies diaper company. She explained, "Everytime you go to the grocery to buy diapers, use this card and the diapers will be paid by me."
Sakura smiled gratefully, knowing how much diapers cost and gave the sister a rather awkward hug.
Then, the second envelope contained a credit card to Babys R Us, from the second sister. "It's kind of life a gift card, but you can use it unlimitedly," the second sister explained.
"Thank you, A LOT," Sakura said, and gave the sister a hug.
The third envelope contained another credit card to Baby Gap, which was an American clothing store specially designed for babies, from newborn to 2 years old.
And the last envelope contained another credit card for Johnson-Johnson Baby, like the Huggies card.
"Thank you SO much. Now I really don't have to worry about shopping anymore," Sakura said sincerely. It was pretty good having rich sisters-in- law.
Sakura opened her mother's present, which was pretty hilarious. It was a coupon bag, with coupons already clipped and ready to use. There was a section labeled, "Special coupons," with coupons that Sakura could redeem for free baby-sitting nights, shopping and chauffeuring help.
Sakura laughed at the present, and Nadeshiko shrugged and said, "Coupons come in handy. And since you're a mom now.you're going to have to use them."
Sakura gratefully hugged her mother, then opened Naoko's gift for the baby. Naoko enjoyed sewing and stuff, so she had embroidered a bib for the baby. It was blue and had a big rattle on it, and the bib was made from 100 percent cottom. (hehe)
"Thank you~! It must've taken a long time to make this," Sakura hugged Naoko appreciatively and opened Chiharu's present, which was one of those thingies you put on your back and the baby goes in it.forgot what it's called.
Sakura thanked Chiharu and hugged everyone again.
"Thank you SO much, everyone. It feels so nice to know that I have everyone to stay by my side and to know that they're going to be there every step of they way, especially you, Mom," Sakura said, and hugged everyone.again. Boy, she's feeling huggy today.
Syaoran came downstairs quickly, asking, "If everyone gone?" Then, he sighed in disappointment at the sight of the people still there. The living room was strewn with wrapping paper and gifts.
Syaoran raised his eyebrows at the sight of the breast-feeding bra, and said, "I'll be going back upstairs." and dashed off.
The girls laughed, and Sakura smiled, thinking, "That's my husband."
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A/N: Yay!! Chapter 13's done. The next chapter will be the final chapter, and then there's going to an epilogue. Also, the next chapter will be two more months later. Aren't the presents cool? Man, it took me a long time to think of them. Also, PLEASE give me more SUGGESTIONS!!!!! So far, I have 10 B's and 1 a, but I only have 7 suggestions. I need more SUGGESTIONS people! Just think of a name on the spot. Hey, what does anyone think of Sokura? Hehe.a masculine version of Sakura. Also, hint hint, a good baby name would be Sakura and Syaoran's name mixed together. Sakuran? Syaokura? Haha.PLEASE more suggestions. I'm not posting up chapter 14 until I get at least 5 more GOOD suggestions. Then, I'm going to post up the names from the winning category with chapter 14. Then, I'm going to wait until I get the winning name and then post up the epilogue. So.basically, in plain English, YOU GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS, YOU GET CHAPTERS. Review!! And VOTE!!!