Love For So Long
Disclaimers: I don't own CCS, CLAMP does..... you wouldn't be able to sue me anyways... *looks at empty pockets*.......
Author's Notes:
ACK! This wasn't very nice. My monitor busted. I couldn't write anything. But now I have a new computer XD which means... as soon as I get
a scanner for this computer, you can all see my special picture for this story! Yaaaaaaaaaaay. Not only that.... there's also my webpage 9_9;
you *could* visit there when I have it up 9_9;;; .... ^_^;;;; anyways... here's the long awaited chapter 4, for those of you who were
waiting (tho there probably isn't that many anymore...)
Syaoran is finally coming back to Japan, but his joy soon turns to depression when he meets Sakura for the first time in over five years. But
then.. someone begins stalking Sakura, and word goes around that someone wants Sakura killed. Can Syaoran save Sakura before she herself is
dead?
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Chapter 4 - True to the Heart
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Syaoran stood, staring at Eriol, wondering what business he had at this hour. Syaoran was about to order him to go away again, but then
he remembered the fact that Eriol wanted to tell him something important. Important... What could be important? Syaoran sighed. Nothing was
of importance to him at this time. Nothing at all.
"What is it?" he asked.
Eriol allowed himself in as he took a step. He closed the door. Making sure it was closed, he turned around again to face Syaoran.
"It's about today." Eriol stated. "About what happened at the party."
Syaoran looked down. "...Nothing happened at the party."
Eriol shook his head. Syaoran was always like this. He was never willing to share information about his private life. Syaoran always kept
to himself, making himself feel hurt even more.
"Something did happen at the party today, Li-san. I never saw Sakura, yet she said she'd come."
Eriol had lied. He did watch her leave with Tomoyo. Syaoran also didn't see Eriol around Sakura at all that day, so everything added up.
Eriol adjusted his glasses, still waiting for an answer from Syaoran.
"I... I didn't see Sakura either." Syaoran fibbed.
"Tomoyo told me she saw you talking to her." Eriol explained.
Syaoran stayed silent for a few minutes, looking to the side. He slid a hand in his pocket, then looked back up at Eriol again. Eriol made
a sly grin, knowing that he caught him.
"What else did she tell you?"
"You were ignoring Sakura."
Syaoran turned around, and walked in the other direction. He bent his head down and brought his fingers up to his forehead. He turned
around again, walking towards Eriol, who was waiting patiently for a reply.
"You were ignoring Sakura. You shot her down to Hell." Eriol continued.
Syaoran glared at Eriol. "Dammit, you said that already!"
Eriol smirked. "I know I did. But I want to know why you did that."
"What the Hell do you want from me??" Syaoran yelled. "I didn't do anything much!"
Eriol shook his head. "Even if you did nothing much, you made yourself three galaxies apart from her."
Syaoran sneered at him. "You're such an asshole, Eriol. You're just like that damn girlfriend of yours. Why can't you just leave me alone?"
Eriol continued to stand, taking the verbal abuse from Syaoran. Eriol knew Syaoran didn't mean it; Syaoran was just frustrated. That's
all.
"I just want to know your side of the story." Eriol proclaimed.
Syaoran sighed, and walked over to the couch. Eriol took off his shoes and followed Syaoran. Both sat down, Syaoran leaning his head back.
"... She doesn't love me anymore. So why should I be friendly towards her?" Syaoran confessed.
"She still wants to be your friend."
"She said she loved me."
This boy had all his feelings mixed up. Syaoran had no idea of what he should do. The love of his life was gone, and he didn't know
whether to feel happy, sad, or angry. Eriol just looked at Syaoran, then smiled.
"She still does."
Syaoran was skeptical. He shook his head, and closed his eyes.
"She doesn't. She told me so." Syaoran said. "She loves someone else. She told me herself."
"Then she's--"
"Shut up already, Eriol! What proof do you have? What proof is there that she still loves me? She doesn't anymore, Eriol, so quit shoving it
in my face!"
"Then why was she crying?"
Syaoran didn't answer. He just turned his head and looked at Eriol, who seemed to be getting his way. Eriol smirked and continued.
"She left the party early today because she was crying. Why was she crying?"
Syaoran sat up straight. "How'm I supposed to know? I didn't see her much today."
"Think, Li-san."
Syaoran thought for a while, sitting his head on his hand. Then he lifted it and shook his head.
"Why should I even care?"
Eriol sighed, and leaned back on the couch. Syaoran wasn't really getting anywhere.
"She's crying because she loves you." Eriol explained.
Syaoran gave Eriol his usual skeptical look, and spoke in a sarcastic tone. "Yeah, she loves me after she tells me she's in love with someone
else. Like that makes any sense."
"You're missing the point, Li-san. What you're doing to her is hurting her."
"I'm not hurting her. I'm just ignoring her."
"Ignoring a woman is far more immature than how I'm capable of acting these days."
"Pff, whatever."
Eriol glared at Syaoran. If there was any time that Syaoran has actually become a pure idiot, it would be now.
"You know, I'm sure the guy that Sakura has a crush on would never make Sakura cry like this."
"WHAT??" Syaoran yelled. "Are you saying that I'm not good enough for her?"
Syaoran immediately shot up, standing, glaring at Eriol. Ready to punch his lights out, Syaoran tried his best to calm down, and sat
himself back on the couch. Jealousy was always Syaoran's weak point.
Eriol snickered. "Judging by your current actions, I would believe so."
Syaoran growled. "Look, I'm just giving her back what she gave to me."
Eriol shook his head. "You're giving her much worse."
Syaoran looked away. He really wasn't in the mood of talking about this situation at this time of day, especially when he's been tired out
from the party.
"You know what really hurt her? She saw you dancing with Naoko."
Syaoran remained silent. He didn't know what else he could say to Eriol.
"I'm sure you've heard of the quote: 'The only way to love something, is to realize it could be
lost.'"
Syaoran glanced at Eriol, then looked at the floor. "No."
Eriol sighed. "Sakura never realized this until now. I guess it was important in a way that you ignored her. But you're making it too much.
She's losing you, and you don't seem to notice how much it's hurting her."
"Losing... me?" Syaoran asked dumbly.
Eriol nodded. "She loves you, Li-san. Next time you see her, you should apologize and confide on whatever she decides or does."
Syaoran kept quiet. He really was sure that he was being too hard on her, but... he probably was just too stupid to realize that Sakura
could ever love anyone else more than him.
"All right. I'll apologize to her. As soon as I see her tomorrow."
Eriol smiled. "That's great. How does Three o'clock sound, at the park, tomorrow?"
Syaoran looked down. "I guess so. I'm not doing anything tomorrow anyways."
He took a deep breath as he lead Eriol out the door. Now... how was he going to deal with Sakura tomorrow?
***************
"Sakura."
That was the first word Tomoyo used as she approached Sakura's room. Tomoyo had more of a stern look in her face as of now, seeing that
Sakura wasn't very willing to cooperate. As Tomoyo let herself in Sakura's room, she found herself in what looked more like a pigsty than
Sakura's usual room.
"Sakura..? What happened?"
Tomoyo looked around for her friend, who had her face buried in a pillow. She seemed to be sobbing quietly. Tomoyo sat down on the edge of
Sakura's bed.
"Go away... I don't want to talk about it." Sakura mumbled.
Tomoyo gave Sakura a soft look. "Sakura... How would you like to bargain over this?"
Sakura lifted her face off the pillow and glanced at Tomoyo. "$10?"
Tomoyo shook her head. "It's not for money this time. Besides, if it were, I wouldn't let you go that cheap."
Sakura stifled a giggle. Tomoyo would never be cheap. But Sakura couldn't laugh. Not at a time like this. It wouldn't fit.
Tomoyo grinned. "You could either talk with me right now... or..."
"Or?"
"I'll leave soon. But then you'd have to confront Li-kun tomorrow... at the park. Three o'clock."
Sakura didn't say anything.
"I know you want to."
Sakura threw a menacing look at Tomoyo. Tomoyo grinned.
"So, what will it be? I could let you go right now... actually, that would be a big favour for me, since I'm really tired. But I can't let
you go until I know for sure."
Sakura looked away. "Fine. I'll... I'll meet him tomorrow. I'm tired too."
Tomoyo gave Sakura a look. "Are you going to be there for sure?"
Sakura shook her head and countered. "You don't trust me anymore?"
Tomoyo grinned. "You'd better show up. Because I just might consider tagging along. Of course, I'd be far enough to keep out of hearing what
you guys are talking about. But I'll definitely be able to see you two."
Sakura grinned back. "I can't guarantee you I'll talk to him though."
Tomoyo gave Sakura a sly look and grabbed a big teddy bear off her desk. Then she flung it at Sakura.
"HEY!"
Tomoyo grinned and stood in front of the door. "At least you're in a better mood right now. You were awfully angry when you hung up."
Sakura frowned. "It's hard to be depressed when you're annoying. Not only that... there's the bargain."
Tomoyo glanced at Sakura. "I guess you should consider yourself lucky that I didn't really mention anything then. This was a very quick
visit, don't you think?"
Sakura slowly nodded.
"Let's not have this again. And if we ever do, I'd better come over for only a short time. I'm becoming a busy woman, you know." Tomoyo
lectured. Then she looked on the shelf on her way out. "You still didn't open this letter? No return adress? You'd better open it. Maybe it's
an important letter from Mizuki-sensei."
Tomoyo threw the letter at Sakura then went out the door. "Don't forget. Three o'clock at the park."
Sakura caught the letter. She didn't bother seeing Tomoyo out the door, since Tomoyo knew her way inside and out now. Not only that... her
house was ten times bigger than her own. Memorizing every nook and cranny of this house would be a peice of cake to her. Sakura glanced at
the letter and started to open it. She ripped off the flap carelessly, and pulled out a crinkled peice of paper inside. She heard the door
close downstairs as she took it out.
"Mizuki-sensei would never write a letter on paper like this... it probably isn't from her. But who would know my adress? ...There's no stamp
on it either... this is weird. Maybe it's from someone in the area..."
She opened up the paper, and read it's contents. She started to regret opening this letter, as her eyes grew with fear. She shook her head
as she continued reading.
"Some joke... that's all it is. It's just a joke."
Her voice trembled with every syllable she spoke, and she let the letter tumble down to her feet. Then, in frustration, she swiped up the
letter, crumpled it up and threw it out the window. She watched it as it hit the sidewalk. She shut the window, then huddled on her bed.
"Tomoyo-chan... come back... please... I'm... scared..."
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Like? Please review. No like? ... you decide.
Bah, I think this chapter was kinda short. But I couldn't think about all the little tiny things I could add. But anyways, TADAAA. There you
have it. Chapter finished. Now it's on to chapter 5... sooner or later. Hah, I'm still leaving you all in suspense with the letter XP if
you care for it much, that is. LOL anyways... I guess I'll start working on the next chapter... maybe sometime after I finish editing my
friend's digimon fic. It's a Takari XP you should read it.
Anyways, I'm out. See you peoples later (if my computer doesn't screw up on me again lol)!
~*AngelSakura*~
Disclaimers: I don't own CCS, CLAMP does..... you wouldn't be able to sue me anyways... *looks at empty pockets*.......
Author's Notes:
ACK! This wasn't very nice. My monitor busted. I couldn't write anything. But now I have a new computer XD which means... as soon as I get
a scanner for this computer, you can all see my special picture for this story! Yaaaaaaaaaaay. Not only that.... there's also my webpage 9_9;
you *could* visit there when I have it up 9_9;;; .... ^_^;;;; anyways... here's the long awaited chapter 4, for those of you who were
waiting (tho there probably isn't that many anymore...)
Syaoran is finally coming back to Japan, but his joy soon turns to depression when he meets Sakura for the first time in over five years. But
then.. someone begins stalking Sakura, and word goes around that someone wants Sakura killed. Can Syaoran save Sakura before she herself is
dead?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 4 - True to the Heart
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Syaoran stood, staring at Eriol, wondering what business he had at this hour. Syaoran was about to order him to go away again, but then
he remembered the fact that Eriol wanted to tell him something important. Important... What could be important? Syaoran sighed. Nothing was
of importance to him at this time. Nothing at all.
"What is it?" he asked.
Eriol allowed himself in as he took a step. He closed the door. Making sure it was closed, he turned around again to face Syaoran.
"It's about today." Eriol stated. "About what happened at the party."
Syaoran looked down. "...Nothing happened at the party."
Eriol shook his head. Syaoran was always like this. He was never willing to share information about his private life. Syaoran always kept
to himself, making himself feel hurt even more.
"Something did happen at the party today, Li-san. I never saw Sakura, yet she said she'd come."
Eriol had lied. He did watch her leave with Tomoyo. Syaoran also didn't see Eriol around Sakura at all that day, so everything added up.
Eriol adjusted his glasses, still waiting for an answer from Syaoran.
"I... I didn't see Sakura either." Syaoran fibbed.
"Tomoyo told me she saw you talking to her." Eriol explained.
Syaoran stayed silent for a few minutes, looking to the side. He slid a hand in his pocket, then looked back up at Eriol again. Eriol made
a sly grin, knowing that he caught him.
"What else did she tell you?"
"You were ignoring Sakura."
Syaoran turned around, and walked in the other direction. He bent his head down and brought his fingers up to his forehead. He turned
around again, walking towards Eriol, who was waiting patiently for a reply.
"You were ignoring Sakura. You shot her down to Hell." Eriol continued.
Syaoran glared at Eriol. "Dammit, you said that already!"
Eriol smirked. "I know I did. But I want to know why you did that."
"What the Hell do you want from me??" Syaoran yelled. "I didn't do anything much!"
Eriol shook his head. "Even if you did nothing much, you made yourself three galaxies apart from her."
Syaoran sneered at him. "You're such an asshole, Eriol. You're just like that damn girlfriend of yours. Why can't you just leave me alone?"
Eriol continued to stand, taking the verbal abuse from Syaoran. Eriol knew Syaoran didn't mean it; Syaoran was just frustrated. That's
all.
"I just want to know your side of the story." Eriol proclaimed.
Syaoran sighed, and walked over to the couch. Eriol took off his shoes and followed Syaoran. Both sat down, Syaoran leaning his head back.
"... She doesn't love me anymore. So why should I be friendly towards her?" Syaoran confessed.
"She still wants to be your friend."
"She said she loved me."
This boy had all his feelings mixed up. Syaoran had no idea of what he should do. The love of his life was gone, and he didn't know
whether to feel happy, sad, or angry. Eriol just looked at Syaoran, then smiled.
"She still does."
Syaoran was skeptical. He shook his head, and closed his eyes.
"She doesn't. She told me so." Syaoran said. "She loves someone else. She told me herself."
"Then she's--"
"Shut up already, Eriol! What proof do you have? What proof is there that she still loves me? She doesn't anymore, Eriol, so quit shoving it
in my face!"
"Then why was she crying?"
Syaoran didn't answer. He just turned his head and looked at Eriol, who seemed to be getting his way. Eriol smirked and continued.
"She left the party early today because she was crying. Why was she crying?"
Syaoran sat up straight. "How'm I supposed to know? I didn't see her much today."
"Think, Li-san."
Syaoran thought for a while, sitting his head on his hand. Then he lifted it and shook his head.
"Why should I even care?"
Eriol sighed, and leaned back on the couch. Syaoran wasn't really getting anywhere.
"She's crying because she loves you." Eriol explained.
Syaoran gave Eriol his usual skeptical look, and spoke in a sarcastic tone. "Yeah, she loves me after she tells me she's in love with someone
else. Like that makes any sense."
"You're missing the point, Li-san. What you're doing to her is hurting her."
"I'm not hurting her. I'm just ignoring her."
"Ignoring a woman is far more immature than how I'm capable of acting these days."
"Pff, whatever."
Eriol glared at Syaoran. If there was any time that Syaoran has actually become a pure idiot, it would be now.
"You know, I'm sure the guy that Sakura has a crush on would never make Sakura cry like this."
"WHAT??" Syaoran yelled. "Are you saying that I'm not good enough for her?"
Syaoran immediately shot up, standing, glaring at Eriol. Ready to punch his lights out, Syaoran tried his best to calm down, and sat
himself back on the couch. Jealousy was always Syaoran's weak point.
Eriol snickered. "Judging by your current actions, I would believe so."
Syaoran growled. "Look, I'm just giving her back what she gave to me."
Eriol shook his head. "You're giving her much worse."
Syaoran looked away. He really wasn't in the mood of talking about this situation at this time of day, especially when he's been tired out
from the party.
"You know what really hurt her? She saw you dancing with Naoko."
Syaoran remained silent. He didn't know what else he could say to Eriol.
"I'm sure you've heard of the quote: 'The only way to love something, is to realize it could be
lost.'"
Syaoran glanced at Eriol, then looked at the floor. "No."
Eriol sighed. "Sakura never realized this until now. I guess it was important in a way that you ignored her. But you're making it too much.
She's losing you, and you don't seem to notice how much it's hurting her."
"Losing... me?" Syaoran asked dumbly.
Eriol nodded. "She loves you, Li-san. Next time you see her, you should apologize and confide on whatever she decides or does."
Syaoran kept quiet. He really was sure that he was being too hard on her, but... he probably was just too stupid to realize that Sakura
could ever love anyone else more than him.
"All right. I'll apologize to her. As soon as I see her tomorrow."
Eriol smiled. "That's great. How does Three o'clock sound, at the park, tomorrow?"
Syaoran looked down. "I guess so. I'm not doing anything tomorrow anyways."
He took a deep breath as he lead Eriol out the door. Now... how was he going to deal with Sakura tomorrow?
***************
"Sakura."
That was the first word Tomoyo used as she approached Sakura's room. Tomoyo had more of a stern look in her face as of now, seeing that
Sakura wasn't very willing to cooperate. As Tomoyo let herself in Sakura's room, she found herself in what looked more like a pigsty than
Sakura's usual room.
"Sakura..? What happened?"
Tomoyo looked around for her friend, who had her face buried in a pillow. She seemed to be sobbing quietly. Tomoyo sat down on the edge of
Sakura's bed.
"Go away... I don't want to talk about it." Sakura mumbled.
Tomoyo gave Sakura a soft look. "Sakura... How would you like to bargain over this?"
Sakura lifted her face off the pillow and glanced at Tomoyo. "$10?"
Tomoyo shook her head. "It's not for money this time. Besides, if it were, I wouldn't let you go that cheap."
Sakura stifled a giggle. Tomoyo would never be cheap. But Sakura couldn't laugh. Not at a time like this. It wouldn't fit.
Tomoyo grinned. "You could either talk with me right now... or..."
"Or?"
"I'll leave soon. But then you'd have to confront Li-kun tomorrow... at the park. Three o'clock."
Sakura didn't say anything.
"I know you want to."
Sakura threw a menacing look at Tomoyo. Tomoyo grinned.
"So, what will it be? I could let you go right now... actually, that would be a big favour for me, since I'm really tired. But I can't let
you go until I know for sure."
Sakura looked away. "Fine. I'll... I'll meet him tomorrow. I'm tired too."
Tomoyo gave Sakura a look. "Are you going to be there for sure?"
Sakura shook her head and countered. "You don't trust me anymore?"
Tomoyo grinned. "You'd better show up. Because I just might consider tagging along. Of course, I'd be far enough to keep out of hearing what
you guys are talking about. But I'll definitely be able to see you two."
Sakura grinned back. "I can't guarantee you I'll talk to him though."
Tomoyo gave Sakura a sly look and grabbed a big teddy bear off her desk. Then she flung it at Sakura.
"HEY!"
Tomoyo grinned and stood in front of the door. "At least you're in a better mood right now. You were awfully angry when you hung up."
Sakura frowned. "It's hard to be depressed when you're annoying. Not only that... there's the bargain."
Tomoyo glanced at Sakura. "I guess you should consider yourself lucky that I didn't really mention anything then. This was a very quick
visit, don't you think?"
Sakura slowly nodded.
"Let's not have this again. And if we ever do, I'd better come over for only a short time. I'm becoming a busy woman, you know." Tomoyo
lectured. Then she looked on the shelf on her way out. "You still didn't open this letter? No return adress? You'd better open it. Maybe it's
an important letter from Mizuki-sensei."
Tomoyo threw the letter at Sakura then went out the door. "Don't forget. Three o'clock at the park."
Sakura caught the letter. She didn't bother seeing Tomoyo out the door, since Tomoyo knew her way inside and out now. Not only that... her
house was ten times bigger than her own. Memorizing every nook and cranny of this house would be a peice of cake to her. Sakura glanced at
the letter and started to open it. She ripped off the flap carelessly, and pulled out a crinkled peice of paper inside. She heard the door
close downstairs as she took it out.
"Mizuki-sensei would never write a letter on paper like this... it probably isn't from her. But who would know my adress? ...There's no stamp
on it either... this is weird. Maybe it's from someone in the area..."
She opened up the paper, and read it's contents. She started to regret opening this letter, as her eyes grew with fear. She shook her head
as she continued reading.
"Some joke... that's all it is. It's just a joke."
Her voice trembled with every syllable she spoke, and she let the letter tumble down to her feet. Then, in frustration, she swiped up the
letter, crumpled it up and threw it out the window. She watched it as it hit the sidewalk. She shut the window, then huddled on her bed.
"Tomoyo-chan... come back... please... I'm... scared..."
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Like? Please review. No like? ... you decide.
Bah, I think this chapter was kinda short. But I couldn't think about all the little tiny things I could add. But anyways, TADAAA. There you
have it. Chapter finished. Now it's on to chapter 5... sooner or later. Hah, I'm still leaving you all in suspense with the letter XP if
you care for it much, that is. LOL anyways... I guess I'll start working on the next chapter... maybe sometime after I finish editing my
friend's digimon fic. It's a Takari XP you should read it.
Anyways, I'm out. See you peoples later (if my computer doesn't screw up on me again lol)!
~*AngelSakura*~
