I Just Wanted a Normal Life

By: Pnaixr0se8

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The disclaimer is the same as always…I DON'T OWN CCS!

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Chapter 12: A Legend Brings Hope

Everything was silent. Those three simple words still hung in the air: 'I love you.'

The words were simple, yet they had the power to change someone's life.

Sakura stole a glance at him to see his expression. It was blank, and it looked like he was trying to figure out what she had just said in his head.

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'Did she just say…?'

Syaoran's expression changed from a blank one, to a happy one. He looked at Sakura and saw that she was looking at the floor like it was the most interesting thing in the world, blushing.

'She really does…'

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Sakura looked up at him and saw that he was smiling one of his rare genuine smiles. She had forgotten how he looked like smiling for it was a long time since he did, under the circumstances that he was in. She saw him step up to her and suddenly hug her. She was safe in his arms and she hugged back, knowing that her only love loved her back.

"I love you too, Sakura…"

Syaoran, then, gently pulled her face to his and gave her a long, sweet kiss. A kiss they will never forget. Of course their first kiss was sweet, too, but this kiss will always be remembered as the first kiss they had knowing both of their feelings of love for each other.

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The bell rang once again signaling that classes were starting. They reluctantly pulled away still smiling and walked towards the school building. But before they went to their separate classes, Syaoran kissed her on the cheek. Sakura was still kind of surprised from the first kiss they had before going into the building, but was only blushing slightly. No more tomato red faces that made her face burn up. No more debating in her mind whether or not to tell him. She knew Syaoran was the only one for her in the world.

They waved and said their good-byes to each other like they wouldn't see each other in a long time. Then they walked to their classes. Their teachers yelled at them for being late, but all they did was smile, not caring about what the teachers said. They looked forward to seeing each other after school.

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'How much longer?' Sakura thought impatiently. She wanted to see her little wolf again. 'It seems like it has been days since I've seen him, although it was only been about 3 hours.'

Finally the last bell rang and Sakura was the first one out of the room. She ran out of the building at top speed not caring if one of the teachers caught her running inside the school building. She spotted Syaoran with Eriol, Meiling and Tomoyo. They were all waiting for her. She smiled broadly when she saw them. She ran over to them and hugged Syaoran tightly.

"Syaoran!!"

Syaoran just stood there hugging back and smiling.

"Does that mean you told her?" Meiling said excitedly.

They just nodded.

"Kawaii!!" Meiling and Tomoyo yelled.

Eriol stood there smiling. He knew that Sakura would tell him today because he had some magic in him that could predict some parts of the near future because he's half the reincarnation of Clow Reed.

Then Tomoyo frowned. She looked truly sad.

"Demo…"

"What's wrong Tomoyo?" Eriol asked.

"I DIDN'T GET TO RECORD IT!!!!"

All of them fell over anime style.

"I have my camera here too…I brought it for nothing," Tomoyo said showing them her camera, "Hey I have an idea! Why don't you guys do it all over so I can record it?"

Sakura sweat dropped. "I don't think…"

Tomoyo sighed.

"I know I know…you can't. It's all right."

Tomoyo started moping silently to herself while her friends just stared at her and sweat dropped.

"...Don't be upset, Tomoyo. There will be other times to tape Sakura's…kawaii moments," Eriol assured her, patting her shoulder.

Tomoyo suddenly perked up.

"That's right! Next time I'll be there to tape it all!!!" Tomoyo replied proudly.

Everyone sweat dropped again while Tomoyo had stars in her eyes.

"Sorry to break the moment but I have to see Auntie," Meiling said.

"Why do you have to see my mom?" Syaoran asked.

Meiling smiled weakly. "The elders told my mom that she's not doing too well with all that's happening. My mom can't come to cheer her up so she sent me."

"Oh…"

"Anyway I have to go."

"We'll come with you Meiling," Eriol said.

"Awww…I can't go! My mom said I had to come home right away after school. She's kind of mad that I ran away before," Tomoyo said sadly, "But, if anything that we need to know happens, tell me everything tomorrow."

"Okay."

"I can't go either. I have to go buy groceries," Sakura said.

"Do you want me to come?" Syaoran asked.

"No, you don't have to. Besides I think you should go see your mom. Try to cheer her up too. I'm sure that if you talk to her, she'll feel at least a little better."

"Oh, alright."

"So Meiling, Syaoran and I will be going to my house to cheer up Yelan," Eriol said, "Do you want us to escort you guys home?" he asked Sakura and Tomoyo.

"Oh no, you don't have to." Tomoyo said.

"Okay. We'll be going now."

"Bye Syaoran-kun," Sakura said kissing him on the cheek.

"KAWAII!!!!" Tomoyo yelled.

They all sweat dropped once again and said their good-byes. Then they finally went their separate ways.

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"Auntie! How are you?" Meiling ran up to Yelan, who was sitting on the couch reading one of Clow's books, and hugged her.

"Meiling? What are you doing here?" she asked confused, putting her book down and patting Meiling on the head.

"I came to see you and Syaoran!!" she exclaimed trying too hard to be happy and cheerful. But she just wasn't good at it like Sakura was.

Yelan forced a tiny smile through her grim face. "Oh…you came to say goodbye?"

"Of…of course not!"

Yelan just smiled.

Syaoran just stood there not knowing what to do. All these people that he knew were trying to be strong, while really in the inside, they're breaking apart. He never bothered to notice that all these people were that worried about him. Now that he was to die, it made him realize that there were people who did care. So, in the first place, he never was lonely.

Eriol then suddenly freaked out. He couldn't stand all the emotions that were being held in. He couldn't stand all the uncomfortable silent moments. But most of all, he couldn't stand to think Syaoran, his best friend and descendant, will die.

"What is wrong with you people? Why don't you just stop trying to be strong? JUST CRY!!! CRY YOUR EYES OUT!!! YOUR ONLY SON IS GOING TO DIE YELAN!!!!"

"Eriol, he's like your best friend, right? Even though Syaoran wouldn't admit it, you guys are best friends. Even though you plan out evil schemes to make his life miserable, you two are best friends. I don't think you've ever had a real friend have you? You don't want you're best friend to die either! So why aren't you crying?!" Meiling shouted while tears threatened to fall, "Under the circumstances Syaoran's under, we have to be strong. For ourselves and for other people! If we cry our eyes out now, everybody's gonna cry! Syaoran may not be my fiancé anymore but he's still my cousin and more importantly he's my friend! So I have a right to care what's going to happen to him!"

Eriol just stood there, stricken by the words and looking ashamed.

"You're right…I'm sorry."

Eriol sighed. These things had never happened before.

"Clow…no…Eriol. Don't worry about it," Yelan said quietly.

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Through it all Syaoran stood there, staring at them and listening intently. He never knew they would cry over him. He didn't want to cause them any more pain. Yet what could he do? If he backs out, Sakura would be the one who gets killed, and he couldn't stand even the thought of it. Maybe this was fate.

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Eriol sighed and sat down on the coach. Meiling was right…about everything. He knew even though he and Syaoran wouldn't admit it they were best friends. Sure Syaoran always yelled at him, made remarks about him and teased him, but they were still friends. And nothing could change that. If Syaoran died, everything would change. Sure Eriol still had Sakura, Tomoyo and Meiling as his best friends but with Syaoran gone it wouldn't be the same. No more calling him 'cute lil descendant.' No more teasing him about Sakura. But further more, the way everybody acted would change. Sakura would always cry and force herself to be happy if Syaoran, her only love in the world was gone. If Sakura is unhappy Tomoyo, Fujitaka, Keroberos, Touya and Yukito would be unhappy. Meiling, Yelan and Syaoran's sisters would be unhappy as well. And Eriol would be unhappy. He had to admit, he never really thought about having friends before he came to Tomoeda. He just thought about his job and his purpose, but now he had the best three friends in the world. And with one gone, the others would be sad. Eriol didn't want that to happen. Besides, he would miss calling him his 'cute lil descendant.'

There was also another reason. Since he was half of Clow Reed's reincarnation, he still had memories about the incident with Katana long ago. He had memories of his half sister killing herself for him. They were vivid, and as hard as he tried, he couldn't get rid of the memories. Even though the girl wasn't really his sister in this life, he felt some bond between her and himself. He didn't know what it was. It wasn't love, he knew that. For he already knows what love feels like. He felt that the girl was important to him, and that's all he knew. He never really had real family before, so he doesn't know what it feels.

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There was silence for a long time. Finally Yelan spoke.

"I just wish there was another way without anyone getting hurt. And even if Xiao Lang did sacrifice himself all that would do is bring Katana to another dimension. Katana won't be totally gone and the people in the future will have to experience this. Is there any way to get rid of Katana for good?"

"I heard a legend in Hong Kong," Meiling announced softly. Everybody turned to face her.

"It was predicted by a fortune teller long ago…so most people forgot about it. The fortune-teller was known for predicting things that really happened in the future. People were hoping that it would happen soon but it never did. So they began losing hope and forgot the legend. But some people didn't forget because the fortune-teller had always gotten a prediction right. My mother believes the legend and she told me about it. I'm not sure if it will happen now though."

"How does the legend go?" Eriol asked curiously.

"It goes something like this;

            The old evil will arise once again, bringing fear to those who know about him.

As done several times before, a Li will fight him for the safety of the person he most cares about.

The boy, at age thirteen, will fight the evil one.

As done before, the boy will have to sacrifice his life.

But to the surprise of everyone, including his parents who had experienced this before, he vanquishes the evil, no harm done to him or anyone else.

The evil one is gone, for eternity, and the green-eyed boy will once again live in happiness with his love."

"But that isn't me…" Syaoran replied.

Meiling sighed, "That's what I thought. You're not thirteen and you don't have green eyes."

"Maybe there was a slight flaw in the legend…" Yelan said hopefully.

"We'll just have to see," Eriol said.

"At least there's some hope of defeating Katana…"

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*Ding Dong*

"Who could that be at this tense hour?" Eriol asked.

"Why don't you open the door instead of just standing around here then?" Syaoran replied sarcastically.

Eriol glared at him and went to open the door.

A happy green-eyed girl stood there smiling.

"Hi Sakura-san. You look really happy."

Syaoran's ears perked up when he heard Sakura's name. He looked into the hallway where the front door led into. He saw Sakura there as happy as ever.

'I don't think I've ever seen her this happy.' Syaoran thought as he poked his head back into the room, knowing that Eriol will invite Sakura in.

"Hi Eriol. Hey do you, Meiling or Syaoran want to get ice cream? Tomoyo can't go. She's grounded," Sakura stated.

"Why don't you come in first?"

"Okay. Thanks."

Sakura walked into the room where Yelan, Meiling and Syaoran were. She bowed to Yelan with a smile.

"It's nice to see you," Sakura said politely.

"Thank you, Sakura-chan. My, you seem very happy today," Yelan said. But she already knew why because Sakura and Syaoran were glancing at each other.

"Oh…not really…I'm always happy."

"Not as happy as this."

"Oh…I guess so."

Yelan smiled. "So what are you doing here?"

"Oh I was just wondering if Meiling, Syaoran or Eriol want to go to get ice cream. It's still pretty nice outside."

"I thought you had to get groceries," Syaoran said.

"Well I was going to but when I passed by my house Touya said he will get the groceries."

"Oh well, we'd love to go…"

"…but we have some things to do," Meiling said interrupting Eriol by putting her hand over his mouth.

Meiling gave him a sly wink.

"Oh yes, we have to…clean the house."

Sakura looked around the room. She couldn't spot a speck of dust and the carpet looked like it had just been vacuumed. She looked at Eriol confusingly.

"It doesn't look like this place needs cleaning."

"Oh…well …" Eriol stuttered.

"We have to…ummm…" Meiling stumbled over her words.

"…figure out this legend…" Yelan finished.

Eriol winced. Yelan finished with the wrong excuse. If Sakura gets reminded that Syaoran will die, her happiness will go away. It seemed that she had forgotten about Katana. 

Meiling and Eriol glared at Yelan.

"Well, we DO have to figure out the legend," Yelan said.

"What legend?" Sakura asked Eriol and Meiling curiously.

"Oh…well…"

"Come on tell me."

Eriol sighed. "Oh just tell her Meiling. Sakura can almost as stubborn as Syaoran."

Syaoran glared at Eriol.

Meiling reluctantly told the legend over again for Sakura. Sakura's smile immediately was replaced with a sad look.

"Oh…I forgot about…that," Sakura said, happiness flowed out of her body.

Yelan, Eriol, Meiling and Syaoran looked at her worriedly.

Sakura felt their eyes staring at her waiting her to say something.

"So…what do you have to figure out about the legend…" Sakura said bluntly. She knew the boy in the legend couldn't be Syaoran. He wasn't thirteen and he didn't have green eyes.

"We have to figure out who the person is, and when this will happen. We don't know if the legend is going to come true soon, or more into the future," Yelan said.

"Oh," was Sakura's brilliant reply. She tried to be happy. But as hard as she tried, she couldn't. She remembered all what would happen to Syaoran. And now that they both knew each other's feelings for each other, it was even harder to let go.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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