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KanbiAme: Thanx for reviewing guys! It means a lot to me..so keep it up! Lol. Well, only one chapter after this...I DO NOT OWN CCS. But I do own the stack of finally finished Geometry, Biology and Spanish homework on my desk! Heehee..well, on with the story:
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-Streets-11:45-
It had taken Syaoran longer than he had thought to reach the station. When he did he ran inside to find Eriol. Only he didn't find Eriol. In his office, he found a very tired, crying Tomoyo. "Tomoyo!" Syaoran said in surprise. "Why are you here?"
"Syaoran!" Tomoyo hugged Syaoran. "I'm so worried about Sakura."
Syaoran pulled away from Tomoyo and set her on his couch. "I am too. Just hold tight for a few minutes, I'm gonna find her." He quickly waked out of the room only to run literally into Eriol. "Eriol! Where were you? Where's Sakura?" Syaoran asked bounding Eriol with a million questions.
"Slow down Syaoran! She's fine. She's at the Emergency Medical Center. You can find her there."
Syaoran looked at him. "Medical Center? Is she OK? Is she hurt? Is she dead?"
"Syaoran! She's fine. She just breathed in a little too much dust and smoke and passed out. She'll be fine." Syaoran sighed and sank into a bench in the hallway.
Suddenly, he stood up. "I don't have time to wait here. I have to go to her." He started to walk away, then remembered something. He turned to Eriol. "Sakura's cousin is in my office. Watch her, but don't tell her about Sakura. Cuz she's not the one to get bad news. Just tell her I got called out and Sakura has only called us. We don't know where she is."
"Can do." Eriol said, waving, and walking into Syaoran's office. Closing the door behind him.
Syaoran ran onto the street to head to the Emergency Medical Center (EMC). Then, he realized something. He had no idea which one. And in this situation, tons were active all around the city. Was it a permanent one? Or was it a temporary one? Syaoran sighed, and started running to the closest one.
-EMC-5:30 PM-
Sakura's eyes fluttered opened, but then shut tightly in the brightness of the white room. She opened them again and sat up. She looked around. Tobias was in a chair in the corner. "You're still here?" she asked, he looked up in reply. "I thought you would have left once I was taken care of."
"Couldn't. Promised some Eriol guy that I'd watch you till you found your fiancee." Tobias replied.
"Eriol? You saw Eriol?"
"Yeah. He said he'd send Mr. Li to you. But so far no one has shown up."
Just then the doctor came in. "Miss Kinomoto, since you are awake now I need you to leave. Your injuries are not serious and should get better if you take these once a day." The doctor handed her a container of pills.
Sakura smiled and got out of the bed. "Thank you. I'm gonna go home now."
"I'll walk you." Tobias said, getting up, and following her out of the room, and eventually down the streets of NYC.
-5:45-
Syaoran had been running around the city since noon looking in every EMC for Sakura. Finally, he came upon one of the last ones. He ran in, and stood at the front desk. "Is Sakura Kinomoto here?" he asked, out of breath.
"Hmm..." the woman started, clicking away on the computer. "She was, she was sent home about.....15 minutes ago."
"OK. Thank you!" Syaoran said and ran back out of the EMC, towards their apartment.
-6:04-Outside S+S's Apartment Building-
Sakura and Tobias walked down the street towards her apartment. Abruptly, Tobias stopped. "Is something wrong?"
"Can you keep a secret?" he asked, looking at her.
"Of course...What's wrong?" She walked back to him and stood by him.
"Sakura, this morning things weren't so good for me. Yesterday my wife divorced me, taking our baby boy with her. I was facing having to fire some of my best friends. So today, before lunch, I was going to jump."
"Jump?"
"Yeah, from the 51st story." She looked at him in shock. "But ya know, suddenly, I don't wanna die. I think that there is something larger out there than just us. There's reason for living. There's something that I was meant to do. And helping you today, I think that I've found it."
"What?"
"I think I'm going to go back to school."
"For what?"
"To become a doctor, and move back here, because I think that if I can make it through this, not only for myself, but for the sake of a stranger, than I can do anything."
"What was his name?"
"My son?" Sakura nodded 'yes'. "Aaron. His name was Aaron."
"Aaron."She smiled brightly at him, before they continued their journey down the street.
Sakura stopped across the street from her building. She turned to Tobias behind her, "Thank you Tobias. But I'm home now, I think I'll be fine." Sakura said.
"I'm just going to follow you across the street." Sakura nodded, and they headed across the street. Dodging a few police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances along the way. Once they were across the street Tobias headed off in the opposite direction as Sakura headed for the door.
Then, came something that she didn't expect. "SAKURA!" Sakura and Tobias turned towards the voice, a few tears and a smile came to her face. Syaoran came running from the opposite direction that Tobias was going.
"SYAORAN!" she yelled back. She ran off towards him, meeting him halfway in a tight hug. "Syaoran! I was so scared. I didn't know if I'd ever see you again."
"Shh..."Syaoran started, rubbing her back, trying to calm her crying. "I was so worried about you. Everywhere I went I was told that you had just been there. Then I didn't know what EMC you were at. And...oh Sakura, you shouldn't have gone to work today. You should have stayed home with me." Sakura just kept crying into his chest.
"So you must be Mr. Li. Right?" Tobias asked, approaching the couple.
"Yes, and you would be.."
"Tobias Jones." Syaoran took his hand off of Sakura's back to shake his hand. "I met Sakura on our way out of the WTC. I told her I wouldn't leave her until I got her to you. So, here I am."
"Thank you Mr. Jones."
"Just Tobias."
"Well then, thank you Tobias. I really appreciate what you've done. What can I do to repay you?"
"Keep me on the guest list." Syaoran smiled.
"I'm sure we can do that. And I'm sure that in time, we'll find a better way to thank you. You have no idea what my angel means to me."
Tobias just smiled. He scribbled his number on a gum wrapper from his pocket. And handed it to Syaoran. "I have to go. I need to call my parents before they die of not knowing."
"I understand. And thank you again!" Syaoran called as Tobias disappeared into the night. Syaoran looked down to Sakura, still clinging to his chest. "Come on angel, let's go home."
She looked up, tear stains all along her cheeks. "Ok." They went in through the front door, and took the elevator up to their floor. Syaoran took out his keys, and they went into their apartment. "I should call my family. And Tomoyo."
"Yeah, I should probably call my mom and sisters." Sakura stood there, staring at him. "What?" he asked.
"Since when do you wear that thing?" She asked, referring to his uniform. "I haven't seen you in it since the day we met."
"Oh, yea, well the chief wanted us in uniform so we could be easily recognizable." He leaned down and kissed her deeply. "I was so scared. I thought all day that I had lost you. You had no idea what was running through my mind as I watched your tower fall."
"You have no idea what it's like spending the day unconcious and not even knowing anything that has happened." She replied, walking towards their room.
"Well, what's say we shower, then watch the news." He suggested. She merely nodded in response.
-7:30-
They had both showered and now sat on the couch. Staring with wide eyes at the screen. Tears rolled down both of their cheeks. Sakura turned to Syaoran and said, "I should have been in there. It's not fair that I got out and so many people died." She cried.
"Shhh..Sakura," he said, pulling her close. "You got out because there's something that you're supposed to do in your life. Maybe, for them, they've done it, and they were taken today. We'll never be sure. But don't regret living. Live for all the people who don't get the chance. For the innocent people who were walking down the street. For the firefighters and policemen who died trying to save those people. Live for the people like Tobias, who when they could've rushed home to call their worried families didn't, and instead helped a stranger when she had no one to turn to. And in the process probably saved her life. You have SO much to live for Sakura, don't regret today."
She looked up at him, tears shining like diamonds on her face. She smiled slightly, as a rerun of President Bush's speech played on the glowing box infront of them. "Your right."
"I know I am. So how should we honor our friends. Our neighbors. Our fellow New Yorkers?"
The smile on her face grew a little bit bigger, as she looked towards the wall of windows that faced towards where the towers once stood.
-The next morning-
The weary sun rose over the devastated city of New York. New York was not new to devastation. But this devastation took a lot out of the fair city. Light shone brightly through the window of a certain living room window, in a certain penthouse apartment. Normally the light would be blocked by drawn curtains. But today, a brightly painted flag adorned the large window. The red and blue paint created a painting on the walls and couch of the apartment. And there, on the couch, laid our main characters. Sound asleep, the TV still turned to a news broadcast. If we were to look closer upon the scene before us, upon the faces of our two young lovers, we would notice that even though they sleep, fresh tears still adorn their faces. Whoever said it's impossible to cry in your sleep, is obviously not a New Yorker. For our couple, cried in their sleep that night, and would cry in their sleep, for many more following...
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KanbiAme: Keep reading! I still have an Epilogue. Heehee...You can see it on Wednesday. I will put it up at 6:30 AM. Right before I leave for school. Well, see you all on September 11th! Oh yea, and please remember to review?!
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KanbiAme: Thanx for reviewing guys! It means a lot to me..so keep it up! Lol. Well, only one chapter after this...I DO NOT OWN CCS. But I do own the stack of finally finished Geometry, Biology and Spanish homework on my desk! Heehee..well, on with the story:
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-Streets-11:45-
It had taken Syaoran longer than he had thought to reach the station. When he did he ran inside to find Eriol. Only he didn't find Eriol. In his office, he found a very tired, crying Tomoyo. "Tomoyo!" Syaoran said in surprise. "Why are you here?"
"Syaoran!" Tomoyo hugged Syaoran. "I'm so worried about Sakura."
Syaoran pulled away from Tomoyo and set her on his couch. "I am too. Just hold tight for a few minutes, I'm gonna find her." He quickly waked out of the room only to run literally into Eriol. "Eriol! Where were you? Where's Sakura?" Syaoran asked bounding Eriol with a million questions.
"Slow down Syaoran! She's fine. She's at the Emergency Medical Center. You can find her there."
Syaoran looked at him. "Medical Center? Is she OK? Is she hurt? Is she dead?"
"Syaoran! She's fine. She just breathed in a little too much dust and smoke and passed out. She'll be fine." Syaoran sighed and sank into a bench in the hallway.
Suddenly, he stood up. "I don't have time to wait here. I have to go to her." He started to walk away, then remembered something. He turned to Eriol. "Sakura's cousin is in my office. Watch her, but don't tell her about Sakura. Cuz she's not the one to get bad news. Just tell her I got called out and Sakura has only called us. We don't know where she is."
"Can do." Eriol said, waving, and walking into Syaoran's office. Closing the door behind him.
Syaoran ran onto the street to head to the Emergency Medical Center (EMC). Then, he realized something. He had no idea which one. And in this situation, tons were active all around the city. Was it a permanent one? Or was it a temporary one? Syaoran sighed, and started running to the closest one.
-EMC-5:30 PM-
Sakura's eyes fluttered opened, but then shut tightly in the brightness of the white room. She opened them again and sat up. She looked around. Tobias was in a chair in the corner. "You're still here?" she asked, he looked up in reply. "I thought you would have left once I was taken care of."
"Couldn't. Promised some Eriol guy that I'd watch you till you found your fiancee." Tobias replied.
"Eriol? You saw Eriol?"
"Yeah. He said he'd send Mr. Li to you. But so far no one has shown up."
Just then the doctor came in. "Miss Kinomoto, since you are awake now I need you to leave. Your injuries are not serious and should get better if you take these once a day." The doctor handed her a container of pills.
Sakura smiled and got out of the bed. "Thank you. I'm gonna go home now."
"I'll walk you." Tobias said, getting up, and following her out of the room, and eventually down the streets of NYC.
-5:45-
Syaoran had been running around the city since noon looking in every EMC for Sakura. Finally, he came upon one of the last ones. He ran in, and stood at the front desk. "Is Sakura Kinomoto here?" he asked, out of breath.
"Hmm..." the woman started, clicking away on the computer. "She was, she was sent home about.....15 minutes ago."
"OK. Thank you!" Syaoran said and ran back out of the EMC, towards their apartment.
-6:04-Outside S+S's Apartment Building-
Sakura and Tobias walked down the street towards her apartment. Abruptly, Tobias stopped. "Is something wrong?"
"Can you keep a secret?" he asked, looking at her.
"Of course...What's wrong?" She walked back to him and stood by him.
"Sakura, this morning things weren't so good for me. Yesterday my wife divorced me, taking our baby boy with her. I was facing having to fire some of my best friends. So today, before lunch, I was going to jump."
"Jump?"
"Yeah, from the 51st story." She looked at him in shock. "But ya know, suddenly, I don't wanna die. I think that there is something larger out there than just us. There's reason for living. There's something that I was meant to do. And helping you today, I think that I've found it."
"What?"
"I think I'm going to go back to school."
"For what?"
"To become a doctor, and move back here, because I think that if I can make it through this, not only for myself, but for the sake of a stranger, than I can do anything."
"What was his name?"
"My son?" Sakura nodded 'yes'. "Aaron. His name was Aaron."
"Aaron."She smiled brightly at him, before they continued their journey down the street.
Sakura stopped across the street from her building. She turned to Tobias behind her, "Thank you Tobias. But I'm home now, I think I'll be fine." Sakura said.
"I'm just going to follow you across the street." Sakura nodded, and they headed across the street. Dodging a few police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances along the way. Once they were across the street Tobias headed off in the opposite direction as Sakura headed for the door.
Then, came something that she didn't expect. "SAKURA!" Sakura and Tobias turned towards the voice, a few tears and a smile came to her face. Syaoran came running from the opposite direction that Tobias was going.
"SYAORAN!" she yelled back. She ran off towards him, meeting him halfway in a tight hug. "Syaoran! I was so scared. I didn't know if I'd ever see you again."
"Shh..."Syaoran started, rubbing her back, trying to calm her crying. "I was so worried about you. Everywhere I went I was told that you had just been there. Then I didn't know what EMC you were at. And...oh Sakura, you shouldn't have gone to work today. You should have stayed home with me." Sakura just kept crying into his chest.
"So you must be Mr. Li. Right?" Tobias asked, approaching the couple.
"Yes, and you would be.."
"Tobias Jones." Syaoran took his hand off of Sakura's back to shake his hand. "I met Sakura on our way out of the WTC. I told her I wouldn't leave her until I got her to you. So, here I am."
"Thank you Mr. Jones."
"Just Tobias."
"Well then, thank you Tobias. I really appreciate what you've done. What can I do to repay you?"
"Keep me on the guest list." Syaoran smiled.
"I'm sure we can do that. And I'm sure that in time, we'll find a better way to thank you. You have no idea what my angel means to me."
Tobias just smiled. He scribbled his number on a gum wrapper from his pocket. And handed it to Syaoran. "I have to go. I need to call my parents before they die of not knowing."
"I understand. And thank you again!" Syaoran called as Tobias disappeared into the night. Syaoran looked down to Sakura, still clinging to his chest. "Come on angel, let's go home."
She looked up, tear stains all along her cheeks. "Ok." They went in through the front door, and took the elevator up to their floor. Syaoran took out his keys, and they went into their apartment. "I should call my family. And Tomoyo."
"Yeah, I should probably call my mom and sisters." Sakura stood there, staring at him. "What?" he asked.
"Since when do you wear that thing?" She asked, referring to his uniform. "I haven't seen you in it since the day we met."
"Oh, yea, well the chief wanted us in uniform so we could be easily recognizable." He leaned down and kissed her deeply. "I was so scared. I thought all day that I had lost you. You had no idea what was running through my mind as I watched your tower fall."
"You have no idea what it's like spending the day unconcious and not even knowing anything that has happened." She replied, walking towards their room.
"Well, what's say we shower, then watch the news." He suggested. She merely nodded in response.
-7:30-
They had both showered and now sat on the couch. Staring with wide eyes at the screen. Tears rolled down both of their cheeks. Sakura turned to Syaoran and said, "I should have been in there. It's not fair that I got out and so many people died." She cried.
"Shhh..Sakura," he said, pulling her close. "You got out because there's something that you're supposed to do in your life. Maybe, for them, they've done it, and they were taken today. We'll never be sure. But don't regret living. Live for all the people who don't get the chance. For the innocent people who were walking down the street. For the firefighters and policemen who died trying to save those people. Live for the people like Tobias, who when they could've rushed home to call their worried families didn't, and instead helped a stranger when she had no one to turn to. And in the process probably saved her life. You have SO much to live for Sakura, don't regret today."
She looked up at him, tears shining like diamonds on her face. She smiled slightly, as a rerun of President Bush's speech played on the glowing box infront of them. "Your right."
"I know I am. So how should we honor our friends. Our neighbors. Our fellow New Yorkers?"
The smile on her face grew a little bit bigger, as she looked towards the wall of windows that faced towards where the towers once stood.
-The next morning-
The weary sun rose over the devastated city of New York. New York was not new to devastation. But this devastation took a lot out of the fair city. Light shone brightly through the window of a certain living room window, in a certain penthouse apartment. Normally the light would be blocked by drawn curtains. But today, a brightly painted flag adorned the large window. The red and blue paint created a painting on the walls and couch of the apartment. And there, on the couch, laid our main characters. Sound asleep, the TV still turned to a news broadcast. If we were to look closer upon the scene before us, upon the faces of our two young lovers, we would notice that even though they sleep, fresh tears still adorn their faces. Whoever said it's impossible to cry in your sleep, is obviously not a New Yorker. For our couple, cried in their sleep that night, and would cry in their sleep, for many more following...
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KanbiAme: Keep reading! I still have an Epilogue. Heehee...You can see it on Wednesday. I will put it up at 6:30 AM. Right before I leave for school. Well, see you all on September 11th! Oh yea, and please remember to review?!
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