A fanfic/song fic by Kawaii Sakura-chan
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Chapter Thirteen
"Today is the day," said Syaoran.
"I know," said Sakura.
"Are you nervous?" asked Syaoran.
"Not at all," said Sakura nervously, "are you?"
"Who me?" said Syaoran nervously, "no way."
Today was the day that the announced the four finalists. Everyone was nervous. After they were all announced they would sing one of their songs. Then the four would pair up and sing duets with the person of their choice. Two girls and two guys would be chosen.
"Welcome one and all," said the announcer, "to TSW (teen song writers) 2002. Here is the elimination round where we say goodbye to many of our Teen Song Writers and go down to four. Now it is time to announcing the four lucky contestants. The first of the lucky four is…Syaoran Li…the second is…Kaleigh Welsh…The third is…Sean Carter and Sakura Kinomoto."
"Good job Kaleigh," said Sakura smiling at her.
"Yeah you too," said Kaleigh.
"I don't trust you," said Syaoran faking a smile.
"Nor do I buddy," said Sean smiling.
"Now time for the singing from these very talented people," said the announcer, "First up, Kaleigh Welsh!"
"Kaleigh Welsh," said another voice unseen, "will be singing her newly composed song, Complicated."
I'm so scared that the way that I feel
Is written all over my face
When you walk into the room
I want to find a hiding place
We used to laugh, we used to hug
The way that old friends do
But now a smile and a touch 'a your hand
Just makes me come unglued
It's such a contradiction
Do I lie or tell the truth
Is it fact or fiction
Oh, the way I feel for you
Chorus
It's so complicated
I'm so frustrated
I wanna hold you close, I wanna push you away
I wanna make you go, I wanna make you stay
Should I say it
Should I tell you how I feel
Oh, I want you to know
But then again I don't
It's so complicated (oh)
2nd Verse
Just when I think I'm under control
I think I finally got a grip
Another friend tells me that
My name is always on your lips
They say I'm more than just a friend
They say I must be blind
Well, I admit that I've seen you watch me
From the corner of your eye
Oh, it's so confusing
Yeah, I wish you'd just confess
But think of what I'd be losing
If your answer wasn't yes
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge
I hate it
'Cause I've waited
So long for someone like you
Oh, what do I do
Final Chorus
Why should I say it
Should I tell you how I feel
Oh, I want you to know
But then again I don't
It's so complicated (complicated)
So complicated (complicated)
It's so complicated, oh
Kaleigh finished her song, bowed and leaved the stage with a long applause following.
"That was good!" said Sakura smiling.
"Thanks," said Kaleigh.
"Next," the announcer said, "will be Sean Carter singing 'Blurry'"
Everything's so blurry
and everyone's so fake
and everybody's empty
and everything is so messed up
pre-occupied without you
I cannot live at all
My whole world surrounds you
I stumble then I crawl
You could be my someone
you could be my sea
you know that i'll protect you
from all of the obscene
I wonder what you're doing
imagine where you are
there's oceans in between us
but that's not very far
Can you take it all away
can you take it all away
well ya shoved it in my face
this pain you gave to me
Can you take it all away
can you take it all away
well ya shoved it my face
Everyone is changing
there's no one left that's real
to make up your own ending
and let me know just how you feel
cause I am lost without you
I cannot live at all
my whole world surrounds you
I stumble then I crawl
You could be my someone
you could be my sea
you know that i will save you
from all of the unclean
I wonder what you're doing
I wonder where you are
There's oceans in between us
but that's not very far
[Chorus]
Nobody told me what you thought
nobody told me what to say
everyone showed you where to turn
told you when to runaway
nobody told you where to hide
nobody told you what to say
everyone showed you where to turn
showed you when to runaway
[Chorus]
This pain you gave to me
You take it all
You take it all away...
This pain you gave to me
You take it all away
This pain you gave to me
Take it all away
This pain you gave to me
Sean took his bows too and smiled as he watched hundreds clap and whistle for him.
"Beat that," said Sean smirking as he walked past Syaoran.
"Next up," said the announcer, "is Syaoran Li singing 'Iris'."
Syaoran held the mic up his mouth and stared out into the crowd. So many people, but he was ready to impress them all and beat that cocky Sean.
And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cuz I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cuz sooner or later it's over
just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
Cuz I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you'd bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
Cuz I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
Cuz I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
Cuz I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
Great amounts of applause roared from the crowds, but really no more for Syaoran than there had been for anyone else. Syaoran smiled on the outside but frowned on the inside at the fact he didn't quite beat him.
"That was cute," said Sean.
"Stuff it," said Syaoran.
"Next up," said the announcer once again, "Is our last and final contestant Sakura Kinomoto. She will be singing her song, 'Angel on My Shoulder'"
So many nights alone
Without you by my side
I never knew what
I was missing
But then you came along
With all your special ways
Bringing me joy, laughter,
What I was wishing for
[CHORUS:]
My angel
On my shoulder
You give me shelter
You give me love and affection
Every time I turn around
You're still right here
Angel
My angel
Ooh my dear
My wonderful friend
In times we'll triple the land
When all the rest of
The world runs away
You open up my heart
And make me realise
You would be the one
Who would stay
[Repeat chorus]
When things sometimes
Start looking out
You're with me
No matter what
No matter how
You seem to find a way
Sharing your love
From up above
You're all I'll ever need
God must have
Sent you to me
Ooh ooh
My angel
On my shoulder
You give me shelter
You give me love and affection
Every time I turn around
You're still right here
My angel
My angel
Ooh my dear
Ooh my dear
Ooh my dear
Ooh my dear
The crowds cheered loudly. Sakura didn't care if they were louder or not. She just loved that they liked what she had written.
"Thank you everyone!" said Sakura as she handed the mic to the sound crew people.
"That was all our lovely contestants. Judges hand in your voting sheets. Tonight they will be tallied and tomorrow the duet partner's will be assigned. Thank you all for coming out today and we will see you tomorrow," said the announcer.
Syaoran hugged Sakura tightly back stage.
"You did great!" said Syaoran.
"Thanks," said Sakura, "so did you!"
"Let's go celebrate!" said Syaoran.
"How about lunch at umm….Oh…damn," said Sakura holding her head.
"What's wrong?" asked Syaoran.
"Splitting headache, all of the sudden," said Sakura, "Oh that really hurts!"
"I'm taking you to the hospital right now," said Syaoran.
"I'm fine, really," said Sakura, "just a migraine."
"Are you sure?" asked Syaoran.
"Yeah, just take me home, please. I wanna lay down and take some Advil or Tylenol or something," said Sakura.
"Alright then," said Syaoran, "we'll go then."
Syaoran used his cell phone to call the limo and he and Sakura went to wait outside.
"Nice touch," said Kaleigh.
"I thought so," said Sean.
"Shall we go celebrate?" asked Kaleigh.
"By doing what?" asked Sean.
"I don't know," said Kaleigh.
"I suggest we go to France or something," said Sean.
"France is a little much," said Kaleigh.
"Then what?" asked Sean.
"I just want a burger and some fries," said Kaleigh.
"Sounds good to me," said Sean.
The two walked down the street in silence. Finally Sean broke the silence.
"So how did you get into this kinda business?" asked Sean.
"What kinda business?" asked Kaleigh.
"The business of breaking two people clearly meant for each other up?" asked Sean.
"I made a deal," said Kaleigh.
"What kinda deal?" asked Sean.
"I made a bet with Cassandra," said Kaleigh.
"Oh tell me you didn't," said Sean.
"I did," said Kaleigh.
"And you lost?" asked Sean.
Kaleigh nodded.
"So now you do her dirty work for her. Right?" asked Sean.
"You got it, but this is my last job," said Kaleigh.
"And then your free?" asked Sean.
"Yup," said Kaleigh.
"How many of these 'jobs' have you done?" asked Sean.
"Hmm…I made the bet about 20 years ago," said Kaleigh, "I've done lots, I can't remember how many."
"20 years ago?!" said Sean, "that must have been some bet."
"It was," said Kaleigh.
"Wanna talk about it?" asked Sean.
"Not really," said Kaleigh, "I just want to get something to eat and go home."
"Alright then," said Sean.
Meanwhile back at Tomoyo's house Sakura was getting worse and worse. Her migraine had turned into a fever and now she was lying in the bed with Syaoran sitting by her side looking horribly worried.
"She needs rest," said the doctor.
"Is she gonna be okay?" asked Syaoran.
"Everything checks out and she appears to be fine. But I'm at a loss here. I've never seen a case like this," said the doctor, "anyways, you must leave her be now to rest."
"Can't I stay?" asked Syaoran.
"It would be better if she were alone," said the doctor.
"Alright then, whatever is best for her," said Syaoran.
Syaoran kissed Sakura on the forehead and quietly left the room with the doctor.
Sakura continued to toss and turn. She was asleep but her dreams were clouded by visions of horrible things. Monsters and ghosts and dead things haunted her in her dreams. She cried to cry, she cried to scream but nothing came out.
"Sakura wake up…" said a voice.
Sakura opened her eyes tiredly and looked up.
"Cody?" she whispered.
"You can sleep in rest now," said Cody putting his hand on her forehead. Sakura's eyes slowly closed and with that Cody disappeared.
Syaoran sat in his room at his desk. He was so stressed and so worried about Sakura.
"Sakura, will you ever be alright again? Will this nightmare ever end?" Syaoran asked himself.
"One day they will," said a voice.
Syaoran turned around quickly and saw a girl standing behind him.
"No, no, no, no," said Syaoran, "You can't be, you're in china."
"Oh, but I am," said the girl.
"What are you doing here?" asked Syaoran.
"I'm here to help you and Sakura. My brother and me are here as your protectors," said the girl.
"You haven't done much of a job," said Syaoran, "Sakura has been in and out of the hospital for months."
"This I know. We have only recently been assigned. We have only recently truly known who we were," said the girl.
"Who are you?" asked Syaoran.
"This I cannot yet tell you, but for now, please protect her at all costs," said the girl.
"What's your name?" asked Syaoran.
"You know my name," said the girl.
"Mina?" asked Syaoran.
The girl nodded.
"Now I must go, protect her Syaoran and protect yourself," said Mina and then she disappeared.
"Mina wait!" said Syaoran.
Syaoran searched all around his room but still couldn't find her.
"Where ever you are Mina, thanks," said Syaoran.
Outside two people met.
"How is she?" she asked.
"She is better now, her fever is gone and she can once again sleep. How is he?" he asked.
"He is fine," she answered.
"Are you alright? You completely absorbed that punch," he said.
"I'll be fine," she answered.
"As long as you're sure…" he said.
"I'm worried," said Eriol.
"About what?" asked Tomoyo.
"What we dealing with isn't as easy to solve as I thought," said Eriol.
"Nothing is ever as easy as we think it is," said Tomoyo.
"This isn't like anything we've ever dealt with. These people are playing millions of mind games with us. Each more crueller than the next. It's hurting everyone and affecting all of us whether we let on that it does or not," said Eriol.
"So what do we do to stop it?" asked Tomoyo.
"I don't know because I don't even know what or who is causing it. It may not even be a person," said Eriol.
"So we start from the bottom and we think people. Then if we find nothing there we move onto other circumstances," said Tomoyo.
"That's a good idea," said Eriol.
"But for now we must eat and keep our health," said Tomoyo.
"What about Sakura and Syaoran?" asked Eriol.
"I'll get someone to bring their food up to them," said Tomoyo, "I think that they shouldn't be disturbed right now."
The two soon finished dinner and Eriol soon finished and started to leave.
"Where are you?" asked Tomoyo.
"Out, I'll be back soon, no worries," said Eriol.
"Be careful," said Tomoyo.
"Those people are so annoying," said Kaleigh.
"Who?" asked Mandy
"Oh some people, they keep annoying the heck out of me," said Kaleigh.
"I see," said Mandy.
"Hmm…" said Kaleigh "What to do, what to do."
"Oh someone called for you earlier," said Mandy.
"Oh, who?" asked Kaleigh.
"Carter….Sean, that's it! Sean Carter," said Mandy.
"Oh did he?" asked Kaleigh, "When?"
"About an hour ago," said Mandy.
"Why didn't you tell me an hour ago?" asked Kaleigh.
"He said that he'd call back later," said Mandy.
"Alright then," said Kaleigh.
=What to do…What to do…= thought Kaleigh.
"Trouble," said Kaleigh. =I'll case some trouble=
"What about trouble?" asked Mandy.
"Nothing, nothing," said Kaleigh, "I'll be back later."
"Alright then, be back before curfew. That girl, whatever her name is that checks up on us is starting to suspect that you aren't home before curfew," said Mandy.
"But I'm never home before curfew," said Kaleigh.
"But she doesn't know that," said Mandy.
"You've been covering for me?" said Kaleigh.
"Yup," said Mandy.
"Why?" asked Kaleigh.
"Doesn't matter," said Mandy, "I am and I'll cover you for tonight, but be home before curfew, for once."
"Fine," said Kaleigh, "Thanks."
"No problem," said Mandy.
"Bye," said Kaleigh closing the door behind her.
"Is she gone?" said Alicia coming out from her room.
"Yeah," said Mandy.
"Is she the one?" asked Alicia.
"The one who is destined to get back all she's done to everyone and she's gonna lose the one she loves most," said Mandy.
"Who's that?" asked Alicia.
"I don't know. But she's gonna lose them. One way or another," said Mandy.
"That's too bad," said Alicia.
"Yup, but who knows? What's planned to be can always be changed," said Mandy.
"Can it?" asked Alicia.
"Yes, because anything can be changed, given proper warning," said Mandy.
"I'll remember that," said Alicia.
Meanwhile Sakura was sleeping soundly. But then she woke up. It wasn't sudden or anything. It was as if she had been awake for five minutes but still asleep and gradually she got more and more awake till she opened her eyes and realized she was done sleeping.
She sat up and looked. It was dark outside. She looked at the clock. 1:30am.
=I slept through the whole day= she thought, =I wonder if Syaoran is awake?=
She opened her door and peered down the long hallway. She quietly closed her door and walked to Syaoran's door. She opened the door quietly and looked inside. Syaoran was lying in bed sleeping.
Sakura thought she should have gone back to bed but she needed to see Syaoran's face. She crept up to the side of his bed. She stroked his hair. He gently woke up and looked at her.
"Sakura," he said groggily, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," said Sakura.
"Do you need anything?" asked Syaoran rubbing his eyes and sitting up.
"Hold me," said Sakura.
Syaoran wrapped his arms around her.
"When is everything going to be alright again?" asked Sakura.
"Soon, I promise you," said Syaoran continuing to hug her tightly.
"When hell freezes over," said Kaleigh watching the two from the window.
Author's Note: Sorry it's short. I just had to end this chapter. I feel bad about not posting in like forever. I'll try and get another chapter up soon. Anyways sorry for everyone because I feel so bad. Please Review.
Kawaii Sakura-Chan