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Chapter 2 – Our Second Meeting"Hello?" asked a groggy Sakura as she woke up from the ringing of the phone.
"Yes, is this Sakura?" asked the other voice on the other side of the phone.
"Yes…who is this?" Sakura asked as she sat up.
"Sakura…this is Meilin, remember me?" Meilin asked.
"Of course I do! How have you been?" Sakura asked as she was finally awake.
"I've been doing alright. Yelan and I just wanted to call and see how you were doing since it's been awhile since we've last talked," Meilin said as she smiled over the phone.
"I've been doing alright so far. School and work are keeping me busy as usual. I got Yelan's message the other day…I guess I forgot to call you guys back. I'm sorry," Sakura said as she smiled over the phone.
"That's alright, Sakura. How have Tomoyo and Eriol been?" Meilin asked as she looked over to Yelan who was standing right next to her.
"Haven't really been doing anything with them lately though because of work, but they are doing all right," Sakura answered as she looked over at a picture of her friends.
"That's good to hear Sakura. I'm glad that you are all doing fine over there. Maybe you and the others can come over here again before you go back to school in the spring? You do get off of work and school for Christmas vacation right?" Meilin asked as she waited patiently over the phone.
"Um…I think we do for work and I know we do for school. I'll ask Tomoyo and Eriol when I see them next time and talk to them about it," Sakura said as she walked over to her calendar.
"Great. You can call me back here at Yelan's number…you do have it right?" Meilin asked as she looked over at Yelan again and smiled.
"…Yes, I do," Sakura said as she marked down the day on her calendar that they get off for work and school.
"Alright then, Sakura. I guess I'll talk to you later then. Bye," Meilin said.
"Bye," Sakura said as she hung up the phone and dialed Tomoyo and Eriol's number.
'It's nice to hear from them again, but I wonder why they all decided to call and invite us over?' Sakura thought as she heard Eriol pick up the phone.
"Hey mister, are you okay?" asked a voice next to him.
"…"
"Mister, are you okay?" asked the voice again.
"…"
"You must think I'm a stranger then because you're not talking to me. My name is Haley," the girl said a she looked up at him.
"…"
"You're not much of a talker are you?" Haley asked as she moved around to get a better look at him.
"…"
"You don't look so well, mister. Maybe I should call someone so they could check…"
"…No…I'm fine…don't worry about it," he said as he turned his head to look out the window.
"Are you sure, mister?" Haley asked again, hoping that her new friend was all right.
"…Xiao Lang," he said, looking at her for the first time, which turned out to be a glare.
"That is a nice name, Xiao Lang," Haley said as she smiled up at him.
"…"
"Where are you headed, Xiao Lang?" Haley asked as she looked outside the window.
"…Home," Xiao Lang said as he glared at the girl one more time before looking out the window again and closing his eyes, remembering what the elders had talked about to him.
'He still hasn't proven himself to us or his clan!' yelled the first elder.
'We believe that he has! We never should have agreed to let him go through things that he never should have gone through!' yelled the second elder.
'I agree! Now we have taken the rest of his humanity away!' yelled another.
'That girl was sent to us for a reason! She was going to show him life and finally break through those barriers as Yelan had said!' yelled another.
'You are wrong! She would have destroyed us all!' yelled the first.
'Just because you hate his father doesn't meant that you have to put misery on the rest of the family! Yelan Li has suffered enough of this and does not need to loose another close to her!' yelled the second elder.
'What we all did was wrong…and listening to you only made it worst. The Li's never disgraced their clan! We as one did and you only made it worst for the family! We have all agreed to let him go back to where he belongs. He no longer needs to fight these worthless battles,' said the third as he and the others got up and walked towards the door.
'He never deserved this…and neither did his father,' the fourth said as he looked back at the first elder and glared at him.
'This is not over yet…Little Wolf,' the first elder said as he glared at the wall in hatred.
"Meilin, has he called yet?" Yelan asked as she paced around the study.
"No…not yet anyways. I'm sure he'll call us once he arrives at the airport," Meilin said as she looked up from her book that she was reading.
"…Do you think that they…that he…"
"…I hate to say this, but he might have changed because of all this. Judgments will either make you or break you…you know that. But with him…I don't really like to think that he has changed to the way that he was before if not worst," Meilin said as she had a said look on her face.
"I know what you mean, Meilin. I for one do not want to think about it…but I don't want to lose another boy," Yelan said as she looked at a picture that held her husband and son.
"You shouldn't dread over the past," Meilin said as she gave her a smile.
"Yes…I know. Does she have any idea or clue that he is coming back?" Yelan asked.
"No…not in the slightest from what I've heard," Meilin said as she looked up at the picture.
"I only hope that she can change him again. I have a feeling that he has changed…and for the worst," Yelan said as tears started to form.
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