I Just Wanted a Normal Life

By: Pnaixr0se8

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters except Katana and Clow Reed's sister. CLAMP owns CCS and the original characters.

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Chapter 10: Run, Syaoran, Run!

'Kuso…Sakura where are you? Katana could come out any minute from his dimension. Why is it you running away instead of me this time?' Syaoran thought as he ran after Sakura.

Even though he was following her aura, she still was far ahead of him and she was a fast runner. It was chillier today than yesterday and Syaoran was worried because of the sky. It was turning into a grayish color, and just before everyone came to Eriol's house, the weather was fine.

'When I least expect it, you bump right into me and I turn all red. But why, out of all the times when I actually need to see you, you're not there?'

Syaoran was obviously getting aggravated.

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'Syaoran…why are you doing this? How can you do this? Don't you know that if you die, my heart dies as well? How can you think that your helping me when you're really hurting me inside? I guess it's not your fault…I didn't even tell you how I feel and besides I'm just your friend after all, nothing more, and it's your duty as the leader of the Li clan. If I weren't cardmistress would any of this happen? If someone else was cardmistress or cardmaster would you sacrifice your life for them too? Or do you really love me? No…I'm so stupid, you're just doing this because you're the leader. Why are things so complicated? Why can't I just have a normal life? If I had a normal life, none of this would happen, no magic, no cards, no Kero, no Yue, no Eriol, no Akizuki, no Spinel Sun, …no …………you……………..' Sakura stopped running. Tears were dried up on her face. Her heart ached. Her legs were tired.

"If I had a normal life…I wouldn't have met everyone, the Cards or …you, Syaoran…" Sakura said to herself, "But right now, if I did have a normal life, you wouldn't have to die…it's all my fault. It's my fault for actually listening to Kero and releasing the Clow Cards. Why'd I have to do all that? It's all my fault…"

Tears poured out of her eyes once more.

"You're wrong…" a voice said behind her.

Sakura turned around already knowing who it was.

Syaoran stepped up to her and hugged her gently. Sakura didn't resist, her heart ached too much.

"You're so wrong. Everything that's happening now is happening because it was supposed to happen. Don't you believe in destiny? Well, this is your destiny. And it is my destiny to protect you and fall in lo….." Syaoran smiled, "…And it is my destiny to fall in love with you, Sakura."

Sakura's heart slowly began to recover slowly.

"That's why I have to do this…if Katana ever hurt you, I'd just blame myself. I vowed to myself that I would protect you, Li Clan Leader or not. I wouldn't care if I didn't have magic, I'd find a way to protect you. If I had to stand up to a whole army by myself for you, I would. If the whole world disappeared but you were spared, I wouldn't care, because to me, you're my world."

But then Syaoran's smile went away, his heart got heavy and his voice turned into barely a whisper. "I'd do anything for you, even though I know that you don't deserve me. Even though I'm not good enough. Even though I know you'll find someone else you'll love with all your heart and forget all about me whether or not I stay alive. Even though I know…you'll never love me the same way I love you…"

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"Awwww…so kawaii!!! I told you it was a good idea to follow them!" Tomoyo whispered.

She, of course was taping the whole thing. Tomoyo, Eriol, Kero, Spinel Sun, Nakuru, Touya, Yukito, Yelan, Syaoran's sisters and Fujitaka were hiding behind a lot of thick bushes watching the little scene.

"That gaki……" Touya mumbled angry.

"Touya…admit it. Li-kun isn't as bad as you say he is," Yukito said smiling.

"Shuddup…and take this rope off me!"

Yukito laughed quietly, "Gomen, Touya. You'll mess Sakura-chan's moment up."

Touya growled as he struggled. Yukito had tied a rope around Touya so that he wouldn't go and mess the moment all up.

Kero was also tied up. He was seated on Touya's shoulder.

Kero's teeth gritted. "I swear…if Gaki is just playin' with her…I'll-"

Eriol smiled and placed his hand over his small mouth.

"Isn't that so kawaii!!!!!" Nakuru said with star eyes.

"Aww!! Little brother can actually be romantic!" Shiefa said.

Fanren's eye's widened. "I can't believe he's actually saying all that romantic things!!"

"Oh gosh…our little bratty brother is actually sweet!" Fuutie said her eyes sparkling.

"Wow…even through all that tough training our little brother is still that nice? Kawaii!" Feimei said.

"It's like a romance manga!" Nakuru whispered to them.

The four sisters nodded.

"Xiao Lang, kakkoi!" they all exclaimed.

"Don't you think we're spying on them though?" Fujitaka asked.

"Who cares? I have to see what Sakura says!!! She looks too kawaii in Syaoran's arms!!!" Tomoyo said excitedly.

"What a pair, the leader of the Li clan and the cardmistress…" Yukito said out loud.

"Do you think it will work though? Their child is sure to be a very strong magician," Suppi pointed out.

"Their CHILD!?" Kero, Touya and Fujitaka exclaimed.

"I-I mean IF they have a child!!"

Everyone sweat dropped.

"If you guys are too loud, we'll get in trouble," Yelan said shushing everyone.

"Looks like you're into this, too, Yelan," Eriol teased.

"Well, I guess."

"Why aren't we caught yet? They can sense all of your auras," Tomoyo said.

"I didn't even put a spell to cover our auras. I guess they're just too busy with each other to notice anything else," Eriol said thoughtfully.  

"I don't care…as long as I don't miss this!!! Ohohoho!" Tomoyo continued recording.

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Sakura pulled away from his arms even though she didn't really want to. Her tears were still flowing but not as much as before.

"What do you mean?"

Syaoran just looked at the ground.

'He thinks that I don't love him. I better tell him now about how I feel.' Sakura thought.

"Syaoran, but……….I……………lo-"                                                

"AAACCHHHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Syaoran and Sakura looked towards where the thick bushes were. They both sweat dropped and blushed at the same time, knowing who was behind it. Then they got mad. And you don't want to see both of them mad at the same time. It's scary.

"WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE?! COME OUT!!!"

Everyone meekly stood up, all of them sweat dropped.

"Hehe…hi Syaoran, hi Sakura…what are you doing here?" Eriol said.

Sakura and Syaoran just gave them all evil glares.

"Awww man…just when it was getting good!" Tomoyo complained still taping.

"It's all your fault!!!!" Tomoyo, Eriol, Kero, Fujitaka, Yukito, Yelan, Nakuru and Syaoran's four sisters all pointed to Touya.

"It's not like I intended to sneeze on purpose," he said.

"Yeah right…I bet you did," Nakuru said.

"No really! Kero's tail went by my nose and made me sneeze."

"Oh…so now you're blaming it on me!!!!" Kero shouted.

"I didn't even want to be here! If I wasn't tied up I would have killed that gaki by now."

All that time they didn't notice Sakura and Syaoran getting madder and madder. They all should've run away when they had the chance.

"WHO CARES ABOUT THAT!? WHY CAN'T YOU GUYS LEAVE US ALONE!?"

Everyone sweat dropped.

"Erm…We're really sorry…." Eriol tried to say.

"We'll never do this again," Kero was saying.

"At least this will make a good comedy…" Tomoyo added.

Suddenly the sky got even grayer, rain clouds moved in, the sun hid and gradually rain started to pour down softly at first but then harder.

"Thank you for saving us, rain!!!" Eriol shouted to no one.

"Well, since it's raining we should all just go home and find shelter and forget all about this, ne? Ne?" Nakuru asked hopefully.

"Yeah I guess we should…" Syaoran said still kind of pissed off.

"Ok…" Sakura agreed.

Everyone else sighed of relief.

They finally all went their separate ways to home after the long day.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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lol…I thought this chapter was weirdweirdweird. Anyway, please review on it soon!