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Chapter 4 – Our First Meeting"So, what you are saying is that we can get them together," Tomoyo said as she looked up at Eriol.
"Yes. Besides, they both do love each other, they just need a push in the right direction," Eriol said as he smiled at her.
'Oh, if only he liked me back,' Tomoyo thought as she smiled sadly back at him.
"Um, I think I'll go see if Sakura's done eating her breakfast," Tomoyo said as she backed away from him and walked towards the kitchen.
"If I only I could tell her," Eriol said as he walked off in the other direction, looking for his cousin.
"Do you understand, Meilin?" Yelan asked as she looked out the window at her son.
"Yes, but why must we do this to them? Even though he might not show his feelings well, I know that he is starting to fall for her. This will only pull them apart more and she has already been heartbroken," Meilin said as she looked at her with sadness.
"This I know, Meilin, but the elders want it this way. I can't go against their wishes," Yelan said as she smiled sadly.
"I know, but why can't they just see how alone he is. He needs someone or else…"
"I know you fear for your cousin, but you can't do anything about it and neither can I," Yelan said as a tear rolled down her cheek.
"Very well, but I still don't like this and they both deserve to know," Meilin said as she walked out.
'Maybe he will follow his heart,' Yelan thought as she looked away from the window and walked out.
Sakura was walking in the garden when she heard the clashing of steal on steal again. She remembered that she got up last night and saw Syaoran and Eriol training with one another. Curious again, she walked towards the noise, which was up on a hill of somewhat, and saw them both training again, but were fighting aggressively. She was starting to think that they meant to kill each other.
Since she wasn't paying attention to where she was walking, she stepped wrong and fell down the hill, twisting her ankle in the process.
"What was that?" Eriol asked as they both stopped what they were doing and walked over to where they heard the noise.
When they looked down, they saw Sakura laying there on the ground and grabbing at her ankle. Sakura looked up at them and quickly turned away from them when she saw them starring at her.
They came down the hill carefully and stood there next to her, wondering what to do.
"I think I better go get the doctor to take a look at that ankle," Eriol said as he ran off towards the house.
Syaoran just stood there starring down at her until he finally kneeled down next to her and put his hands over hers.
"Let me see your ankle," Syaoran said as he gently removed her hands with his.
Sakura did as she was told and winced in pain as he gently put his hand around her ankle. She hoped that it wasn't broken so she could still walk back, but since they were somewhat far away from the house she doubted that she would make it even half way there.
Syaoran expected her ankle carefully, trying not to cause her anymore pain by gripping it to hard. He saw that it was starting to swell, but she was not going to be able to walk on it for a day or two. He looked up at her and saw her worried look and gave her a rare small smile.
"Its not broken if that's what you're thinking, but you're going to have to say off of it for a day or two," Syaoran said as he stood up.
'Sigh. At least its not broken,' Sakura thought as she pouted at the condition she was in right now.
Syaoran started to walk away from her, but stopped when she called him back.
"Syaoran, please don't leave me here. I know that Eriol said that he went to go get a doctor, but I don't know these gardens and I don't want to be left alone," Sakura said as she looked up at him.
"…"
"Thank you," Sakura said as she looked up at the sky.
'Please don't let it rain,' Sakura thought as she remembered the last time it rained.
"Eriol, what are doing here?" Tomoyo asked as she opened her door to see Eriol standing there.
"I left Syaoran and Sakura alone in the garden," Eriol said as he smiled at her.
"How did you do that?" Tomoyo asked, as she knew that Syaoran and Sakura wouldn't have really stayed together.
"Well, you see…Sakura kind of fell down the hill that Syaoran and I were training on and she seemed to have twisted her ankle in the process when she fell," Eriol said as he looked at the floor.
"Oh my gosh! Is she alright?" Tomoyo asked, as she almost strangled him when she put her hands to his shirt.
"Yes, she's fine," Eriol said when she stopped strangling him.
"Good," Tomoyo said as she sighed and walked away from her door and sat down.
"Sorry that I almost strangled you though," Tomoyo said as she turned her head away when she realized that she was starting to blush.
"Its alright, Tomoyo. Don't worry about it," Eriol said as he saw her try to hide her blush.
'Hmm, maybe I do have a chance with her,' Eriol thought as he smirked.
"Are you alright, Eriol?" Tomoyo asked as she saw him starring at nothing in particular.
"Hmm…Oh, yeah, I'm fine," Eriol said as he also started to blush.
'Aww, he looks so cute when he blushes,' Tomoyo thought, making her blush again.
"I think I better go. Goodbye Tomoyo," Eriol said as he closed her door and walked into his room.
"Goodbye, Eriol," Tomoyo said as she starred at the closed door and smiled to herself.
'Don't tell me that it is going to rain,' Syaoran thought as he sat on a rock, looking up at the sky.
"You don't think that it is going to rain do you, Syaoran?" Sakura asked as she also looked up at the sky.
"…"
'He could at least be a little bit more nicer to people,' Sakura thought as she looked at him.
Syaoran felt her gaze on him, but chose to ignore it as he continued to look up at the sky. Then, he started to feel light drops of rain fall on his face and saw that Sakura was trying to stand up, but was having no success.
"Do you think you can help me? I don't think I'll be able to stand up yet," Sakura asked, looking up into his eyes.
She thought that she saw something flicker in his eyes, but it was gone as quickly as it came. She was starting to worry when he didn't budge from where he was sitting, so she continued on trying to get herself to stand up, but she always ended up on the ground again.
Sakura started to sob as she realized that no one was going to help her and that she was all alone this time. Not even Syaoran was going to help her, which made her feel worse. She was about to give up and lie down when she felt strong arms go beneath her and lift her up.
Sakura was about to look up at him, but realized that she couldn't bring herself to do so. So, she just averted her glaze and starred at the ground.
When Syaoran noticed that she was trying to stand up, he wanted to rush over there and help her, but something told him not to, so he just sat there and starred at her struggling to stand up.
'Why is it that I want to help her, but I can't seem to bring myself to do it?' Syaoran thought as he saw her fall back down to the ground again.
"Do you think you can help me? I don't think I'll be able to stand up yet," Sakura asked, looking up at him.
Syaoran chose not to answer her and just continued to stare at her, wondering when she would give up and just lie down and wait for Eriol to come back with a doctor.
'Knowing Eriol, he's not going to be coming back here for us. I guess I should pick her up and take her somewhere we can hide from the rain,' Syaoran thought as he looked back at her.
When Syaoran saw her shoulders start to shake, he quickly got off the rock and walked towards her. He picked her up and started to walk towards the shed that wasn't too far a way from where they were.
Sakura was stunned when he just walked over to her and picked her up effortlessly in his arms and began to walk. She was happy, but sad at the same time.
'Maybe he just pities me or something since I can't walk,' Sakura thought as her hopes came crashing back down again.
A few minutes of walking led them to a small shed that held the gardening tools and things. When Syaoran opened it, he walked towards one of the tables and sat her down. He began to look for paper and things to start a fire since they were wet and he noticed that Sakura was starting to shake.
After he was done with getting a fire started, he took off his shirt and hung it over a line that was there when it used to be a washroom. He walked towards Sakura and examined her ankle again, noticing how the swelling had gone up.
"Here," Syaoran said as he handed her a blanket and turned around.
Dumbly, Sakura was finally able to take off her shirt and wrap the blanket around her. When she handed her shirt to him, he wrung out the rain and hung it up next to his.
When he sat down, she was able to see his finely toned abs and muscle that he got from training all those years. When he felt her stare, he looked up at her and smirked when she looked away, blushing.
'Am I falling in love with him? Maybe…maybe I'm just imagining things,' Sakura thought as she looked out a window and starred at the rain as she tried not to think about the person that was sitting next to her, wondering what was happening to him as well.
That's it for today! Tell me what you all think so far! Reviews please! -Bluepiper