Sakura and Tomoyo are the most popular girls in school. Syaoran and Eriol are the most popular guys in the school. The only problem: THEY HATE EACH OTHER. They can't stand the thought of each other. But soon this all changes. They have to do a play, but then a dark force soon interferes. By the way, they're all 17.

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS. This is just for fun. It belongs to CLAMP so please don't sue me.

Hatred To Love

Chapter Sixteen: Finding out the Truth



By: SweetBabyGurl

"." Speaking '.' Thinking *.* On the Phone ~*.*~ Flashback (A/n:) Author's Note

In the Last Chapter

"Finally! Come on. Go get dressed. We start in ten minutes. Also, we have a replacement for the evil witch," Sensei Tarada said pushing them into dressing rooms.

"Really? Who is it?" Sakura asked.

"She's new. She said she's done this play before, so she knows all of the basic lines. Her name is."

End of Last Chapter

"She's new. She said she's done this play before, so she knows all of the basic lines. Her name is Meiling Rae. She just transferred here. Come on time to get ready," Tarada Sensei said walking away. Sakura, Syaoran, Eriol and Tomoyo's faces paled at the name.

"She's here! Oh you wait 'till I get my hands on her Sakura!" Tomoyo said on the verge of getting ready to kill her. (A/N: I'm really sorry all you Meiling fans! But they don't its some next evil person not her. I promise it will have a happy ending!)

"Tomoyo calm down, we have to do the play," Sakura said holding her back. Tomoyo stopped trying to get away from Sakura.

"Okay. but she dies after the play. Come on Sakura I have to do your hair and make-up. You guys better go and get dressed," Tomoyo said handing their costumes to them, as Sakura and Tomoyo walked off to their dressing room.

~*On Stage, Behind the Curtain*~

No one was there. Murmurs could be heard from behind the curtain. No one was there besides one girl.

"I don't know how you found out I was going to do this to your cousin, and I really don't care. Everything will fit together in time. But it will be too late. I thought the last episode would have kept you away, but no, you had to come again. Well, this time, you will not interfere. Even the elders didn't find out!" Said a girl Sakura's age. She had long blonde hair and blue eyes. She was fairly pretty, but she had a red aura.

"You won't get away with this Akami! I don't care if it kills me! You will not hurt Syaoran and Sakura! I hate you for erasing their memories of me, and replacing them with those-those-" Meiling began but soon she was put to sleep by a spell.

"Oh but I will Meiling, you wait," Akami said as she threw her into a closet and locked the door. She then turned herself into an exact replica of Meiling. She walked away to leave the stage. There was no one left.

~*Time Gap*~

"Welcome ladies and gentlemen. We are very glad that you could make it today. Parents and students. This is just like Sleeping Beauty, but a few changes have been added. Now. without further ado, on with the show!" Tarada Sensei said as clapping followed.

The play began as normal. No one had seen Meiling/Akami yet.

"Oh crap! Tomoyo, I forgot my little pursy thing. I'll be right back, it should be in the closet," Sakura said as she quickly ran to the closet. It wasn't her turn on set yet, so she had a little time, but not much. She took the keys from a table in the back and tried the door. She sensed a dark red aura from inside, and around the door. So, she didn't even try the key. She used a simple unlocking spell Syaoran had taught her. Inside she saw a girl with Flowing black hair and ruby red eyes.

'Oh shit! But isn't that the girl who just got on stage. She doesn't even have an aura. The aura is covering her. A sleeping spell! Syaoran and Eriol should be joining us off stage now, so I better tell them. After I wake her up. She seems so familiar. This isn't the same person who attacked me in that alley. They look the same, but aren't,' Sakura thought to herself. She used a spell that Eriol had taught her and woke her up.

"What?" the girl said as she fluttered her eyes open.

"What the hell are you doing here? You were told not to come near me!" Syaoran said angrily. While the spell was taking effect, Sakura froze time, and brought Syaoran, Eriol, and Tomoyo to the scene.

"Syaoran you have to listen to me! Akami erased your memories of me, and replaced them. All those years ago, it wasn't me! It was her! Listen to me, she's planning to-" Meiling started but got cut off. Her eyes went blank, and she fell back.

"Aw, so I guess you'll actually know who kills you. Too bad you always thought it was Meiling that tried to kill Yelan. But hey, first plan worked, so why not let this one also," Akami said coming forth from the shadows.

"Who are you?" Sakura asked.

"Ah, cards mistress. A pleasure to meet you. You remember Okaa-san? Well. *sigh* let's just say she didn't die of natural causes," Akami said putting stress on Okaa and smirking. (A/N: I dunno if that's right or not, but I think it is. Sorry if it isn't! And if I'm probably going to end up changing things around from the original series.)

"You. bitch!" Sakura said tears flowing down her face. She was getting ready to charge at her, but Syaoran was holding her back. He was having a rough time.

"So you wish to fight me now? Then so be it," Akami said as she got a red orb ready to fire.