Summary: Sakura and Syaoran are in a singing contest, which, if they win, get a recording contract plus a lot of fame. They're rivals, of course, but once they get closer, they start to fall in love. They work their way up to the top two, but who will win?


A/N: Chapter 10! Review!


Disclaimer: I do NOT own CCS, plus I don't own the songs that are in here. Let me say that again, I DO NOT OWN THE SONGS THAT ARE IN HERE.






Road to Stardom



By SwEeT AnGeL 1004


Chapter 10: Another Cut and Concert












Syaoran pretended to yawn and stretched out and slowly sneaked his hand around Sakura's shoulder.


"Stop that!" Touya hissed to him.


Syaoran gave him a 'so what' look, and shrugged.


To emphasize that point, he squeezed his hand around Sakura's shoulder.


Yukito kicked Touya in the shins to calm him down.


Yes, four days had passed since the arrival of Touya and Yukito, but the rivalry between Touya and Syaoran hadn't calmed down at all.


Here they were, sitting in a movie theater trying to watch a movie to pass time, but all they were succeeding in was getting hisses and stares from neighboring people.


As usual…Tomoyo and Eriol was at the way back, not paying attention to the movie but snuggling and kissing and doing other lovey dovey to-be-married business.


The movie ended soon, much to the relief of Sakura and Yukito.


"What should we do now?" Sakura asked.


"I don't know. What time is it?" Syaoran asked.


"Ooh, time to go to the center. We have enough time to go back and change, though," Sakura said, looking at her watch.


"Let's get there early," Syaoran said.


"Right. Bye Yukito and Touya! Bye Eriol and Tomoyo!" Sakura yelled, and she and Syaoran left, walking quickly towards the Yukimoto Center.


"Cute necklace," Syaoran teased, looking at his ring Sakura had strung on a chain and put around her neck.

Sakura put her hand around it protectively and said, "I've managed to keep it hidden from Touya so far. He'd go berserk and pummel you for giving me a ring."


Syaoran laughed and said, "Why's he protective of you, anyway?"


Sakura smiled rather sadly and said, "When my mom died when I was young, my dad couldn't always take care of me since he was so busy working. So Touya took over, and he's not going to let any other guys take that job."


"Must've been a shock to find out we were going out, eh?" Syaoran said.


"Absolutely. We're here," Sakura said, and opened the door to the auditorium.

It was only 4:30, thirty minutes before Mr. Kenora would show up, but already five, excluding Syaoran and Sakura, people had shown up.


Syaoran and Sakura walked up to the stage and sat down on the wooden floor.


"I can't believe we made it to the top ten. Now the top five," Sakura said.


"Yeah. And I have a good feeling that we're going to make it. We've made it so far, haven't we?"


"Yup. Not to break the mood or anything, but what if you make it and I don't? Or vice versa? I don't want to leave you," Sakura said.


"You won't have to," Syaoran said, thinking of last night when he had been pondering.


"What do you mean by that?" Sakura asked.


"Hey, there are the rest of the guys. Now we just have to wait for Mr. Kenora," Syaoran quickly changed the subject.


"Yup. Everyone's so nervous!" Sakura exclaimed.


"Are you?"


"Kind of. But like you said, I think I have a good feeling about it," Sakura replied.


"There's Mr. Kenora. The meeting's going to start early," Syaoran said.


"Oh."


Mr. Kenora, straightforward as he was, started talking without preamble.


"I have the list of who made it or not. This is going to be quick, since I have a meeting with the producers in five minutes. Li Syaoran, Kinomoto Sakura, Ichimonjo Oso, Shaun Tanaka, and Dukyeh Takahomo. Those of you who didn't make it, I'm sorry, now go home."


Two people grumbled angrily at Mr. Kenora, with three of them bursting into tears.


"We made it!" Sakura exclaimed to Syaoran.


"We did!" Syaoran said.


"We were first on the list! That must mean we have a good chance!" Sakura said excitedly.


"Not to burst your bubble, but the names are in random order. But we still made it!" Syaoran said, and Sakura ran into his arms for a big bear hug.


The five people who had made it were squealing excitedly.


It was Syaoran, Sakura, two other guys and a girl.


Mr. Kenora tapped his mike and said, "Shut up. I only have two minutes left. Now, for the concert, you'll be singing two songs, and write them well. That concert will decide the final two. So have a happy celebration, and get out of here."


"Well…I guess we gotta go back to the hotel now," Sakura said slowly, walking out of the auditorium.


"Or why don't we have our own celebration? Together? We can make everyone else suffer from suspense," Syaoran suggested.


"Exactly what I was thinking," Sakura said, and grinned mischievously.


"Where should we go?" Syaoran asked.


"You got enough money to go to that theme park over on the neighboring city?" Sakura asked.


"Definitely. Let's go!"











"Where is the little monster and the Chinese brat?" Touya asked, furious.


"We don't know. The meetings usually end around 5:30, and we go out to celebration dinners. But it's already 9," Tomoyo said, looking at her watch.


"I know!" Eriol echoed, and gave Tomoyo and cat-ish grin.


"You two gross me out," Touya said, and rolled his eyes.


There was a knock on the door to Sakura's room, and Touya leapt up to get it.


It was Syaoran, which a sleeping Sakura in his arms.


"Shhh," Syaoran warned Touya with a look, and gently walked over to Sakura's bed and put Sakura down.


Touya glared at Syaoran, and with a crooked finger, pointed to his room.


Touya, Yukito, Syaoran, Eriol and Tomoyo walked over to Syaoran's old; Touya's new room.


"What did you do to her? Did you drug her?" Touya asked.


"Of course not. We went to dinner after the results, then hung out at the Hello Kitty theme park for three hours. We took a walk on the beach, then she fell asleep in the car," Syaoran stated.


"All lies! Where did you take her!" Touya asked.


"I'm telling the truth," Syaoran said boredly.


"Well, did you guys make it?" Tomoyo asked.


"That's not important!" Touya shot at her.


"Like hell it is!" Eriol, Tomoyo and Yukito exclaimed.


"Yes, we both made it. Along with two other guys and a girl. The next concert's on Saturday, and we're supposed to sing two songs," Syaoran said.


"Oh. Congrats! I just wish we could've celebrated with you," Tomoyo said.


"We wanted some time alone," Syaoran said, and pointedly gave a look at Touya.


Touya scowled, and Syaoran, Eriol and Tomoyo rose to leave the room.


On the way out, Touya gave Syaoran a death glare, and did the whole index-and-middle-finger-made-into-scissors-point-at-my-eyes-then-at-yours, to impersonate the dad from 'Meet the Parents'.


"I'm watching you," Touya hissed, and narrowed his eyes.


"Sorry about Touya. We warned you that he'd be bad," Tomoyo said apologetically.


Syaoran waved his hand, accepting it, and said, "I know, I know. I guess I could understand him."


"We can't help him. He's worse than any dad we could imagine," Eriol said.


"Yeah. Listen guys," Syaoran lowered his voice, "What would you think if I told you guys that I'm considering proposing to Sakura?"


"KAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tomoyo squealed, stars in her eyes.


"I guess. But you guys have been only going out for a couple of weeks," Eriol said.


"I know. I'm thinking maybe after this whole contest thing blows over," Syaoran said.


"But what if one of you win?" Tomoyo inquired.


"I'm not sure. But all I know is that I love Sakura with all of my heart, and I'm not going to let some stupid contest break us apart," Syaoran said sincerely.


Tomoyo kicked Eriol lightly, "I wish you would say that to me more!"


"But I do!"


Syaoran laughed as he left the playfully bickering couple, and went to the coffee shop for a late night snack.












Sakura lay awake in her bed, aware of the Tomoyo and Eriol arguing the room behind her, and Touya snoring in the room across the bathroom.


No sign of Syaoran, though.


'I don't know what to do. This stupid concert! I can't just compete with Syaoran. He's going to let me win since he loves me so much, but he needs the money. But I can't just drop out, either. I want the recording contract and some of the fame. What do I do? God, I love him so much.'


Sakura rolled over on her stomach and played with her hair.


She kept on thinking, and thinking, until she finally dozed off…







Day of the concert.


It was ten minutes before Sakura's time onstage, and it was the usual confusion, noise and bright lights like any other concert.


One major difference was that backstage was actually not crowded, and that Sakura had her own dressing mirror and chair.


She was unusually quiet, her emerald eyes grown large and misty.


She had reached her decision on how to resolve the conflict. It wasn't the one she would've chosen, but it was the best.


Sakura got up, sighed and walked over to Syaoran.


"Syaoran? I need to talk to you," Sakura said.


"Yeah?" Syaoran turned, and smiled at the sight of Sakura, dressed in a black and red plaid skirt, black quarter sleeve shirt and bright red platform Mary Janes.


"It's about us---" Sakura was cut off by the MC announcing, "Now, Sakura Kinomoto, one of Japan's favorites!!"


"I'll get back to you on that," Sakura said, and left the back area to get to the stage.


She was greeted with loud cheers and yells, and Sakura put on a fake smile for the audience.


Her latest song started out slowly, and Sakura pressed the mike against her lips.


"What if I told you, It was all meant to be

Would you believe me, Would you agree?

It's almost that feelin' that we've met before

So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy

When I tell you love has come and now…"


Sakura choked up on the words, but quickly recovered and continued on.


"A moment like this, Some people wait a lifetime,

For a moment like this, Some people search forever,

For that one special kiss

Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me

Some people wait a lifetime, For a moment like this."


(Music belongs to Kelly Clarkson, "A Moment Like This")


Sakura sang another verse, the chorus, another verse, and then the chorus two more times.


Back stage, Syaoran was narrowing his eyes at the TV.


"This isn't a Sakura song at all. It's not like her to sing something this sad," Tomoyo said, voicing Syaoran's exact thoughts.


"It's all the brat's fault. He's making her moody," Touya accused.


"Where did you come from?" Syaoran asked.


"Oh, I have my ways," Touya said deviously.


"He bribed the security guard with a bar of Hershey's Almond chocolate bar," Yukito informed.


"That's more like it," Syaoran muttered.


The song was over, and Sakura went backstage.


She was sniffling now, and quickly ran to the ladies' bathroom.


Tomoyo quickly followed her, and said, "Sakura, what's wrong?"


"Nothing. Just feeling homesick," Sakura said, and blew her nose.


Tomoyo returned to the group, to see Syaoran waiting impatiently.


"Syaoran, you're up!" Tomoyo said.


"I know! Where's Sakura?" he asked.


"She's in the bathroom. She's feeling homesick and she's on estrogen overload," Tomoyo replied.


"Oh. Well, tell her to watch for me onstage," Syaoran said.


Syaoran came out rather late from behind the curtains, but the crowd greeted him enthusiastically.


Syaoran took the microphone from the stage and nodded at the sound guy, who promptly turned on the background music.


Syaoran sang one song he had written, and then another one that was an old classic from the American Beatles.


Time seemed to speed up as he quickly finished his two songs.


It was Sakura's turn again, but she barely looked at him as they passed through the curtain separating the stage from the back.


Sakura took a deep breath, and started to sing once more.

"Of all the things I've believed in

I just want to, Get it over with

Tears form behind my eyes

But I do not cry

Counting the days, That pass me by

I've been searching, Deep down in my soul

Words that I'm hearing, Are starting to get old

It feels like, I'm starting all over again

The last three years, Were just pretend

And I said…"


Sakura took another deep breath, with tears in her eyes,


"Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything

I thought I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that

I tried to hold on to."


Syaoran narrowed his eyes once more, staring at the screen,


Sakura continued on, with two more verses.


"I used to get lost in your eyes, And it seems that I can't live a day without you

Closing my eyes and you chase my thoughts away, to a place where I am blinded
by the light.

But it's not right, and it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time

I want what's yours and I want what's mine

I want you but I'm not giving in this time."


On stage, Sakura looked directly into the lens of the camera, where she knew Syaoran would be looking.


"Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything

I thought I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that

I tried to hold on to

The one thing that

I tried to hold on to…"



The music echoed off, and Sakura spoke,


"And when the stars fall

I will lie awake

You're my shooting star."


The audience burst into applause, and Sakura bowed quietly.


She went backstage, where Syaoran said, "Sakura? What's wrong?"


Sakura looked him directly in the eye, and said, "I'm breaking up with you."














A/N: Ooh! Cliffhanger! Yes, she's breaking up with him so that they'll have an equal chance in the competition. Kinda stupid, if you ask me. But don't worry, it'll all come out okay, so don't flame me!!!!!!! Well, lately I'm writing a new fanfiction. It's STILL untitled, and I've written the first chapter and most of the second. I really like it. It'll be up next year, ASAP. So, please REVIEW!!!!! My goal for this fanfiction is to get at least 100 reviews!!!!!! Make that possible for me!!!!!!!!!

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