Disclaimer: Not much to say in a disclaimer, just that I don't own CCS and its characters since good ol' CLAMP does.
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Chapter Eight: Phone Calls
2nd CCS fic by Fizzalicious Cherri
He pulled his green jacket tighter around his body while his hand brushed against the soft wool of his green scarf. His attention at once snapped to the scarf that hung so loosely around his neck, not really giving him warmth, but he would never throw this scarf away. She had made it for him. She had spent so many nights making it for him, and to him, it was all he could ever ask for.
Tomoyo drew in her breath deeply and letting it slowly seep out of her lips again as Syaoran and her walked silently in the night. She glanced at the watch sitting on her thin wrist- it was 2 am in the morning. "Li-kun, are you sure we can make it there by walking?"
"Yes," Was his soft reply as he coughed into his hand.
Tomoyo frowned slightly at him, "You won't catch a cold will you?"
"Iie (no)," He replied once again.
"Demo (but)...you seem to be coughing alot," Tomoyo said worridly, she didn't want her friend to be sick, not now, not when they were searching for Sakura.
Syaoran reassured her with a small smile that was barely visable. "Tsuki isn't so far from this town, it's probably only an hours walk away. That's not too far..." His voice trailed off.
Tomoyo sighed, one hour of walking wasn't exactly the shortest walk one could have, but it wasn't that bad, and she would go on, for Sakura and for Syaoran's undying hope. "...Li-kun..."
"Eh?"
"What if we don't find anything there, just like we found nothing here. No one ever heard of Sakura Kinomoto, and...think about it, its been five years, no one would have remembered if they've seen some girl walking the streets with auburn hair and green eyes!" Tomoyo cried, her bright eyes dimming and slowly watering.
Syaoran stopped walking, silence once again consummed them. "...I...but.....EAGH!!" He threw his arms in the air and his face dropped in defeat.
Tomoyo wiped away her tears and shook her head. "Iie, I was just getting desperate. We should..."
"NO," Syaoran answered firmly.
Tomoyo shrunk back, scared at Syaoran's sudden anger and reaction. "...Nani?"
"You're right," Syaoran said in a flat tone. "What are we doing? We're doing something that's pointless, this is nearly impossible. We're just roaming Japan, expecting to ask someone and they're going to say 'Yeah! I know her!'." Syaoran smirked. "But that doesn't happen, in our dreams it would, in a movie it would, but this is real life...what have I been thinking?"
"Li-kun..."
"Pointless, I've never been more idiotic," Syaoran muttered.
"Stop it! I'm sorry for making you think this way, it's all my fault!" Tomoyo cried. "I shouldn't have said we won't find anything. Gomen!! We will find her..."
Syaoran lifted his head to greet the dim light from the street lamps as he ran one hand through his tangled mass of brown hair. "Well, I'm not giving up...just...we need to do something else then just jumping around Japan."
Tomoyo sighed when suddenly Kero popped out of her jacket pocket looking dazed. "Stupid gaki!! You woke me up with your loud screaming!!"
Syaoran growled and Kero glared at him back, Tomoyo sighed, "This is not the time to have these little fights you two."
Kero flew out of the pocket and nodded sadly. "Tomoyo's right."
"Ugh, we need a plan," Syaoran leaned on the lamp post in frustration.
Tomoyo placed a hand under her chin and tilted her head. "Did you check out where Sakura's old house is?"
"That's it! Tomoyo! Do you have the Kinomoto's new address?"
"Iie..." Tomoyo blinked. "They just...left without another word. Possibly a month after Sakura's disappearance."
Syaoran frowned, "...Wait...I did check out that new house there. There was a girl, she kind of resembled Sakura, but it's not her. She said they moved...somewhere..." He squinted his eyes, trying to remember. "Wait...actaully she didn't know where they moved.."
Tomoyo's emotionless face suddenly brightened a bit. "They moved somewhere in Tokyo!"
"Hey...that's right!!" Kero flew around in circles. "I remember Sakura's brother saying something to Yukito about it. And then Yukito got upset and so he went with them! But they didn't pack anything except for clothing and things...and left everything else for the authority to handle."
Syaoran stood up straight, "Then we're going to Tokyo."
"But where in Tokyo gaki!!" Kero flew over to him.
He brushed Kero aside and simply smiled, "Just...we're going to Tokyo, and then we'll find their address in the phone book or something, but we're going to Tokoyo, right now." Syaoran said firmly, finally seeing some hope in his long road to finding Sakura.
She felt a soft tapping at her door as she rubbed her eyes. Her eyes stung from the sudden contact with the bright light coming from the window.
"Sae!!"
"Hai!! Coming!!" Sae hopped out of her itchy bed and went to the door to greet Mrs. Egami. "Ohayo Egami-san!" She said cheerfully.
Mrs. Egami smiled warmly, "I just wanted to check on you. Do you have any plans for today?"
"Well...a little plan I guess," Sae said thoughtfully while twisting one strand of hair in ond hand.
Mrs. Egami nodded in understanding, "Then I'll leave you to your business, but tomorrow we're going around town together."
"Sugoi!!" Sae smiled brightly at Mrs. Egami as she said good bye. Hmm...how do I find that weird guy again?
After a while of pondering she decided that her only idea to find him was to wait until night and go to that same spot, possibly his gang and him might still be hanging around there. She knew it was a rather foolish thing to do, but she was so curious that she couldn't keep herself calm down for the rest of the day.
Then she caught the site of a few phone books out of the corner of her eyes. She suddenly felt an idea strike her.
"Kinomoto..Kinomoto...Kinomoto..." She traced her fingers along the many lines of names until she finally found the section that were filled with 'Kinomoto's. "Well, I guess I can phone all these numbers and I'll hit one of them to be Sakura Kinomoto's!" Sae said rather cheerfully as she picked up the phone.
"Kinomoto.....found it!!" Kero announced proudly as he pounted his round paw at the bold faced names on the phone book.
Syaoran took out his cell phone and stared at the long list of names in anger. "That's a hell lot of numbers." He grumbled.
"Well you better start calling you chinese-gaki!"
Tomoyo giggled slightly, it just felt like old times to her. "Well Li-kun, there's only five Kinomoto Fujitakas, so it won't take you that long."
"Right," Syaoran looked at the first number on the list and started dialing. "Moshi moshi, is this Fujitaka Kinomoto?"
Tomoyo and Kero waited anxiously as they watched Syaoran's facial expression to see if they had phoned the right number.
Syaoran nodded a couple times and frowned a couple times before hanging up. "They said "Yes" and then I asked them if Touya was there, and they said no such name." He sighed.
Kero scratched his head, "Well that means we phone the next number! Mou, I need more pudding for this labour!"
"I'm the one doing all the calling here!" Syaoran snapped.
Kero stuck his tongue out while Syaoran ignored him and continued on the list. "Next one is..." Tomoyo read out the number as Syaoran waited for someone to pick up.
"Moshi moshi, is this Fujitaka Kinomoto?"
"Ah? No, no, I'm not selling cookies..." Syaoran sweatdropped. "No no...I'm not selling anything at all!"
Syaoran hung up in frustration after a few minutes. "He hung up on me!!"
"Definately not Sakura's otou-san," Tomoyo nodded as she read out the third name on the list. "Here we go..."
Sae scratched her head. There were no Sakura Kinomoto's on the list, but alot of Kinomotos. If only she knew other names of Sakura's family, then it would make life so much easier.
She had spent a good fifteen minutes calling twenty different people that all thought she was crazy, a salesperson, or just a plain stupid teenager trying to ruin their afternoon. She tucked a strand of loose hair behind her ear as she picked up the phone again and read the next name. "Kinomoto Fujitaka....." She mumbled. "Again, this one must be the fourth one already..."
Her fingers went around the numbers as she pressed them with a yawn.
Syaoran pressed the last number on the phone as he waited for it to dial.
Sae leaned back in the couch, twisting the wire around one finger when suddenly a busy signal filled her ear.
Syaoran grunted, a busy signal. "It's busy." He declared.
Tomoyo sighed, "Well that leaves one more left."
Sae sighed as she placed the phone back in its spot.
"Iie...I have a weird feeling," Syaoran said firmly as he pressed redial.
"What are you doing?!" Kero scowled.
Syaoran ignored him as this time, this time it was a ringing tone.
"Moshi moshi?" A voice came from the other end.
"Um...hello, is this...Fujitaka Kinomoto?"
"Iie, gomen, my dad's out for the afternoon, do you want me to leave a message?" The voice asked.
Syaoran blinked, "Your...father?"
"...Yes, my father, do you have a problem with that?"
"Um are you...To..uya?" Syaoran felt his voice shake as he waited anxiously for a reply.
There was a pause, as if the other person was pondering wether to tell Syaoran the truth or not.
"...Yes, this is Touya, who are you?"