A Love for Meilin
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Chapter 10: A Surprise
Sakura covered her head with her pillow, trying to will the ringing of the phone to stop. But whoever it was did not give up easily. She rolled over and off her bed, crawling sleepily to the phone on her desk.
"Yes?"
Syaoran smiled as he heard the sleepy voice on the other end of the line, forgetting for a moment the reason he called. "I'm sorry for waking you up."
"Syaoran?"
"Ohayou, Sakura," Syaoran said.
Sakura smiled. "Ohayou."
"Anyway, I was calling to tell you Meilin's leaving for Hong Kong very soon."
Sakura's eyes widened. "What!?"
Syaoran sighed. "She came home last night really upset, and told us that she wanted to go home as soon as possible. Wei got her a plane ticket like she wanted, and she's leaving in about an hour. We just go to the airport a few minutes ago."
"Well, this isn't good," Sakura muttered.
"Do you know what happened? Did that Masato guy do something?" Syaoran asked.
"I'll explain later, I have to go. There's not enough time…" With that she hung up the phone, leaving Syaoran to stare at the phone confused.
Just as Sakura put down the phone, it rang again. She groaned, frustrated. "Yes?"
"Sakura-chan? I'm surprised you're awake," Tomoyo said. "We were all thinking about getting together and going to the beach today."
"Look, I'm sorry Tomoyo-chan, but
I can't talk right now," Sakura told her.
"Meilin's leaving, and I have to tell Masato…"
"Meilin's leaving?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yes, but…" Sakura started.
"Well, she can't leave without saying bye to me. I didn't even get to tape her that much while she was here. When's her plane leaving?"
"Syaoran-kun said in about an hour," Sakura answered.
"Well, how about we meet there then? I want to see her again before she leaves," Tomoyo said.
"But…"
"I am going to call everyone and tell them we have to postpone going to the beach. I'll talk to you later, Sakura-chan." Sakura stared at the phone as she heard the click telling her that Tomoyo had hung up. She sighed and put down the phone, hurrying out of her room to tell Masato the news.
She knocked impatiently on the door to Touya's room where he was staying. To her surprise, the door opened almost immediately. She looked up at Masato worriedly. He looks like he didn't sleep much last night…
"This is early for you, isn't it cherry blossom?" Masato asked her, smiling.
"Meilin's leaving," Sakura told him. His face suddenly became very serious, his eyes widening. "What did you say?"
"Syaoran-kun just called saying they were about to go to the airport. Meilin's going back to Hong Kong."
Masato looked away sadly. "So…I really have lost her…"
"No you can't give up that easily," Sakura said. "You have to explain everything to her before she leaves."
"But there's no time," he muttered.
"Of course there is. We just have to get to the airport now and find her before her plane takes off."
"Maybe we can get there before it does, but I won't have any time to tell her anything. Doesn't it take just less than an hour to get there from here?" Masato asked, looking down at his feet.
Sakura sighed. "Do you love her?"
Masato's head shot up. He stared at her for a moment. This feeling…is it really love? I couldn't even get her out of my head last night…and now, when I think I might lose her forever…I don't know if I can take that…no, I can't. Maybe it really is love… "Yes."
"Then hurry and get dressed and meet me in five minutes downstairs, okay?" Sakura said as she turned and went back to her room to get dressed.
Less than five minutes later, they had both finished dressing. Sakura quickly wrote a note to her father and brother telling them where they had gone. Then she turned back to Masato. "Uh…don't freak out okay?"
He looked at her confused, watching as she took off her necklace holding it out before her.
Key that uses the power of the stars
Appear before me in your true form
Sakura, the one with the contract with you, commands it
Release!
He stared as the amazing scene playing out before him.
Fly!
Masato's eyes widened as he watched beautiful white wings grow from Sakura's back.
She looked at him, holding her hand out to him. "It'll be much faster if we fly."
He just stared at her.
"Hurry, we don't have much time," she told him.
He slowly put his hand in hers and followed her outside where he suddenly found himself flying through the air.
"Uh…Sakura-chan…you know this isn't normal, right? Am I dreaming?" Masato asked her.
"Hold on tight, or you'll fall," Sakura said.
Masato's eyes widened even more as he stared at her, then at the ground below them, then back at her. I wonder what people would think…seeing a girl with wings flying through the air carrying a guy with crutches. But this isn't real…it can't be…
Twenty minutes later, they finally spotted the airport. Sakura quickly found an empty space and landed. Her wings quickly disappeared and the staff that she had been carried suddenly returned to its tiny form.
Masato stared at her, speechless.
Sakura suddenly closed her eyes, keeping them closed for a few moments.
"Uh…what are you doing?"
She ignored the question, but soon after, her eyes snapped back open.
"Follow me," she said, smiling at him. "I found them."
"But how?" Masato asked.
"I can sense Syaoran-kun's power."
Masato groaned. "Of course you can…" I really am dreaming… He followed her into the airport, running through the crowds. To his surprise, a few minutes later, they had approached the gate where Syaoran, Wei, and Meilin were waiting. He hesitated.
Sakura turned back to him once more. "You should go on alone."
He looked at her, still not believing everything he had seen. "Thank you, Sakura-chan."
With that he began walking slowly towards Meilin.
"Hello, Sakura-chan," Tomoyo said suddenly from behind her.
Sakura jumped and turned to look at her best friend. "How did you get here so fast?"
Tomoyo motioned for her to look down at her bag. Kero was staring out at them, with a huge grin on his face. "Tomoyo promised me my favorite cake if I brought her here. I'm so lucky I can fly!"
"I could not miss filming Meilin with Masato," Tomoyo said, holding up her camera. Sakura sweatdropped.
Syaoran suddenly appeared by them. "I think they should be alone for now," he said, looking back at Meilin and Masato, who at the moment, were just staring at each other. The group turned to watch.
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End of Chapter 10