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Chapter 8 – Our First Meeting'What am I doing? I wasn't suppose to interfere with what was going on between them,' Syaoran thought as he had his hands by his sides and looked at Sakura who was paying for some more of Tomoyo's ingredients.
When Sakura looked up at him, she saw that he was looking at her, but was not glaring like he usually was. She smiled a small smile and walked back up to him with more bags that he had to help her carry a few of them now.
"I guess we just need to go to a few more places and that should be it," Sakura said as she looked up at him.
At this he glared at her and her smile faded into a frown. She glared back at him and walked away, continue on with what she had to do, but she knew she had to because Tomoyo had asked her and there was just a few more days left to stay here.
"No, your hands go across your face to block a blow that is coming towards your face, like this," Eriol said as he demonstrated how to protect and dodge attacks.
He kept on trying to get her to be quick enough to block her face with her arms and counter attack after she saw an opening. He sparred with her for a little bit and was easy on her since it was her first day, but accidentally punched her too hard in the stomach.
Tomoyo doubled over as the wind got knocked out of her and was gently laid down on her back and was told to breath in slowly by Eriol, who was apologizing over and over again to her.
When she was able to breathe again, she looked up at him smiled sweetly, but slapped him hard across the face. He was stunned and looked at her as she got up slowly and smiled again at him.
"Now we are even for today," Tomoyo said as she walked away.
'She never seems to amaze me,' Eriol thought as he walked quickly to catch up to her.
"So, what do we do now?" Tomoyo asked when she saw him catch up to her.
"Don't know, why don't we go walk around the garden?" Eriol asked, knowing that he was going to have to tell her soon.
"But we just came from there," Tomoyo said as she looked up at his eyes.
Eriol looked back into her eyes and they both didn't move for about two minutes until they felt something pulling them towards one another.
'What am I doing? I can't be doing this with Eriol,' Tomoyo thought as she felt his breathe nearing her.
'This isn't right, but I just can't seem to stop and pull away,' Eriol thought as their lips meet in a chaste kiss, which quickly turned into something more passionate.
'I wonder how Meilin is doing,' Yelan thought as she walked into the living room only to find Eriol and Tomoyo, kissing.
'At least someone won't regret anything,' Yelan said as she smiled and turned away, only to hear faint banging on the basement door.
Yelan walked over there, to here Meilin's voice on the other side.
"Meilin, what are you doing in there" Yelan asked as she saw her come out.
"Urgh, where is that Eriol Hiiragazawa?" Meilin asked as she looked around murderously.
"In the living room, why?" Yelan asked as saw Meilin run towards the living room, only to hear a shriek and some loud crashes as she saw Eriol run down the hallway with Meilin after him and Tomoyo quickly following with her camcorder.
"They'll never change," Yelan said as she smiled at them and decided to go talk to the elders about what was going on.
By the time that Sakura and Syaoran were done with everything, they had enough ingredients to make servings for a big party. The rest of the day went smoothly except for little things, like the dropping of the bags and having people walk up to them and tell them that they are a sweet couple and look cute together. Sakura was blushing madly as Syaoran was too, but was starting to get annoyed with everything and just glared at anyone that dared walked up to them.
"You don't have to be so mean, Syaoran," Sakura said as she saw him glaring at everyone.
"…"
"…Do you ever smile?" Sakura asked as she looked at him.
"…"
'Why do I even bother to try,' Sakura thought as they walked in the direction of home.
When they were half way there, Syaoran stopped walking and looked up at the sky. Sakura, noticing that he wasn't behind her, stopped and walked back to him.
"…I don't think I have a reason to smile anymore," Syaoran said as he looked back down at her.
"Why?" Sakura asked as she looked up at him, putting down some of the bags.
"I've been though so much training, that…I guess I've…forgotten how to feel things…emotions," Syaoran said as he looked into her eyes.
"Not everyone loses their emotions, Syaoran," Sakura said, looking up at the sky.
"Then why…"
"You only think that you have lost them only because you haven't felt anything for a while. Like happiness, hope…love," Sakura said as she noticed that they were standing under a cherry tree.
"…"
"If you don't mind me asking, why are you so cold and cruel to me along with everyone else?" Sakura asked as she looked up at his eyes.
"…"
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have…"
"My father died when I was young and since then, I've had to train to be the leader of my clan. I've never had the chance to experience all the things that everyone is suppose when they are young and my mother never let me have fun when I came the age to start my training. I lost everything then," Syaoran said as he looked into her eyes.
"I know that I'll be leaving next week and we haven't really got to know each other, but I would still like to," Sakura said as she put her hand on his chest.
He flinched at her touch and didn't know what to do, except just stare at her and wonder what she was going to do to him before she left.
"I'll make a bet with you, Syaoran. If I make you smile before I leave to go back to Japan, you'll…"
Sakura was about to finish her sentence when she felt his lips upon hers and his arms go around her, pulling her closer to him. Sakura was shocked and didn't respond until she felt him pulling away from her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back.
'Well, this is start,' Sakura said as she smiled into the kiss, hoping that she was finally getting through to him.
"It is up for him to decide, not you or me," Yelan said as she argued with the elders.
"Yelan, we need a leader for this clan or we will be in ruins without one," said the elder as he looked at sternly.
"But why can't you see that this is hurting him. He's never had the chance to live a regular life as a boy, the way that he was suppose to," Yelan said as she started to raise her voice at them.
"If he falls for this girl, all will be in chaos! He will forget about his duties to his clan as leader just to follow a pathetic girl! I will not allow any of this! He is to go to the ceremony next week to become our leader of the Li clan and will forget about this girl!" the elder said as he stood up in rage.
"You can not force my son to anything that he chooses not to!" Yelan said as she walked up to them.
"Yelan Li! You will listen to us and follow our ways unless you want to be disgraced," the elders said as they got up in an outrage.
"My husband died for your ways and I will not let it be done to my son!" Yelan said as she grabbed her things and left.
'Please Sakura, take him away from here,' Yelan thought as tears rolled down her cheeks.
Well, hope you all like it so far! Sowy so short and all. Thanks for reviewing and keep on reviewing! Thank you all for reading my stories even though they might sound a little bit…OOC sometimes and kind of at a fast pace, but thank you for reading and reviewing! Take care! -Bluepiper