Chapter 2 of 'No More Sorrow'
Author's note- Thanks everyone for the kind reviews! It made me feel really happy so I felt like writing the next chapter right away ^o ^ Hehe, I was going to have this chapter out two days ago… but I didn't get the chance to online. Sorry! Well, Bye! Enjoy reading… I hope you like it!
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Syaoran was mad… real mad. He was currently on the phone, talking to the airport secretaries in hope to find the soonest plane flight to Tomoeda.
"What are you talking about?! No vacant seats for a week? I want to go tomorrow! Can you re-check the schedule again… just to make sure," Syaoran said with force.
"Sir, I've told you already! I've checked the flight THREE TIMES already. All spots are taken till a week from now! I can ONLY offer you a flight for NEXT WEEK!" the attendant said, half-yelling and half-talking. By now she was getting annoyed because this person (obviously a kid from the sounds of his voice) wouldn't accept that seats were already taken on the plane flying to Tomoeda for a while.
Syaoran sighed with resignation. 'Oh well,' he thought, 'I've been gone for almost five years from Japan… I suppose that I could wait a few more days.'
"Fine then. I'd like to book a flight for two to Tomoeda, Japan for a week from now," Syaoran said with supreme calmness.
"Ok then. I'll send the tickets by mail." The attendant said, happy that Syaoran had finally realized that there were no flights for tomorrow.
"Hai! That's fine. Bye," and with that, Syaoran hung up feeling deflated.
"SOOOO…. What happened?" Meilin asked smiling and hopping up and down with excitement, "When are we leaving?"
"In a week," Syaoran said with a droopy face and an exaggerated frown.
"A WEEK! Ok… fine. Why are you so down? Can't wait a week to see Sakura?" Meilin asked with a teasing gaze.
"No!! It's not that! It's just…. I have something to tell her. We didn't really keep contact these years, and I was hoping that she would wait for me. But when I told her that I loved her… well, she didn't say anything. She gave me this bear… and I was so happy. But I'm sorta confused as to how we stand. Does she love me to? Or are we just friends? Or does she hate me and she was just being polite in saying she would wait for me?" Syaoran said, sounding doubtful. Traces of confusion mixed with sorrow etched across his face.
"Wow! I wasn't really expecting you to answer! I thought you'd say, "Go away, Meilin." Or, "That's none of your business!!" Well, Syaoran, all I can say is that… it's good that you are finding out. I'm sure Sakura loves you… even when I was over there, I saw moments of joy written on her face when she saw you," Meilin said with peacefulness.
"Thanks, Meilin. I appreciate the pep-talk," Syaoran said sighing.
"Your welcome!! I'd do it anytime if it made you feel better. I'm a way, I'm glad that I broke my engagement with you. Not because I don't love you… that isn't true, but I know that you'd be unhappy… and I'm sure that there is someone else out there for me," Meilin said smiling, "I better go. See you later!" Then she walked away.
"Bye, Meilin. Thank you for everything," Syaoran said smiling now too. All his doubts were pushed aside. No matter what, he wouldn't let them bring him down, cause the hope that she loved him to lived in his heart.
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Sakura smiled. She had gotten up early this morning, today was school and she wouldn't be late thankfully. Kero, too, had gotten up. He was sitting in a corner of her room, a quart of triple chocolate ice cream in front of him. He was eating the ice cream with a loving look on his face, as if he was in heaven, or experiencing the greatest dream of his life.
Sakura got ready for school. It was a simple task. Put her books in her bag, comb her hair, and brush her teeth. When she was done, she went up to the happy Kero and said, "Have a good day, Kero-chan! See you later!"
Kero, who was a little preoccupied with his ice cream looked up at Sakura for a second, showing a chocolate stained face and said, "Ok, bye!"
Sakura smiled and went downstairs. It was quiet. Her dad and her brother had already left. 'Oh well… I'll just start for school now.'
And she left. She walked to school. She had quit blading to school… walking had become a more interesting way of traveling. She could take in the air and enjoy the surroundings around her…. even though half the time she was late and would run to school.
She was at the school within a few minutes. Walking into her classroom Sakura saw Tomoyo at her desk, just sitting and staring about, waiting intently for class to start. Seeing Tomoyo, Sakura smiled. She took a seat next to Tomoyo and said, "Ohayo, Tomoyo-chan."
"Ohayo gazaimas, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo said cheerfully. "Did you hear? There is a new student coming today!"
"Really? From where?" Sakura asked interested.
But before Tomoyo could answer the school bell rang signaling the start of class. 'Oh well…' Sakura thought. 'I'll just have to wait and see for myself.'
The sensei walked in and instantly started talking. He said, "Good morning students! Today we have a new student. He is transferring from Tokyo, so let's welcome him. Come on in." The teacher motioned to the door. Hesitantly, the boy walked in. "Let's welcome Tai, Sowjing."
Sakura looked at the boy and gasped. This boy was the one she had helped yesterday! But today it seemed as though his features were sharper. His blue eyes were still the pale color that she had remembered… so deathly pale. On top of his head was a light brown shade of hair color mixed with a few strands of dark brown. Those were his most glamorous features, yet they seemed to stand out giving him an altogether cute and appealing look.
The boy was looking around, as if taking in the contents of the room. Suddenly his gaze stopped, on a girl with emerald eyes. She was staring at him in awe… trying to hide her surprise but failing miserably. Sowjing's eyes widened. He recognized her! She was the girl that had helped him in his awful state of being. Because of her, his wound had gotten better, making it a lot easier to do his task of finding the Clow Mistress. 'I've got to thank her again later,' he thought to himself.
The sensei did not see the surprised faces of either Sakura or Sowjing, and neither did the classmates. The classmates were looking at Sowjing, each of them whispering to each other what they thought of him at first glance. 'He's cute!' someone whispered to her friend. 'Yeah!' her friend whispered back. Even though they were whispering Sakura heard this and laughed to herself. She was still amazed and was dumbstruck.
Tomoyo, seeing the wowed Sakura, said, "He's the boy you were telling me about yesterday after you changed and explained why you were late?" She didn't really have to guess, it was pretty obvious to both Sakura's and Sowjing's faces.
"Y-yeah. I didn't t-think he went to s-school here…" Sakura said stuttering.
Tomoyo laughed saying, "Ohohoho! Of course not! He just transferred from Tokyo!"
The sensei coughed, getting everybody's attention once again. "I know everybody is excited… but we must get on with class. You can sit in that empty seat behind Daidouji-san," he said pointing to Tomoyo.
As the boy neared Tomoyo said, "Ohayo. Welcome!"
The boy nodded and sat down. With a quick look, he stared at the girl who helped him yesterday. She sat across and in front of him. 'I wonder what her name is? She is really pretty.'
Class officially started. The sensei's lecture was short and class ended in a short amount of time. The bell rang signaling lunch.
The pupils ran out of class, eager to go to lunch. Sakura, Tomoyo, and Sowjing were the only ones still in there chairs. Sakura turned around to face Sowjing and smiled.
"My name is Kinomoto, Sakura! It's nice to meet you… do you feel better today?"
Sowjing, surprised again at Sakura's kindness gave an assured smile and said, "Yes, much better since you came along. Thank you again. I better go to lunch now… goodbye." Sowjing left the room, slightly blushing. 'Why is she being so nice to me? No one has ever been nice to me!' he thought to himself.
Sakura and Tomoyo looked at Sowjing's departing figure in confusion. "Why did he leave so soon?" Sakura said. "All I got to say was my name! You didn't get to introduce yourself, Tomoyo-chan!"
"Maybe he was hungry," Tomoyo said amused.
Sakura and Tomoyo sweatdropped and went to lunch.
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Sakura walked home. 'That Souwjing, he's kinda strange. I invited him to lunch so he sat with us, but didn't talk much. I hope that his shoulder is better… but why do I care? Cause I've barely met him!' Confused at herself, Sakura walked onwards.
When she got home the house was empty except for Kero. She walked up to her room and saw the stuffed animal… sleeping sounding next to the empty quart of ice cream. Sakura's eyes widened. "He ate all that! And I bet he's spent the whole day sleeping!" Sakura said out loud.
Plopping down on her bed, being careful not to step on Kero- who was on the ground right next to the bed, Sakura looked up at her ceiling. Without warning, the phone went off. Picking up the phone
"Sakura?" the voice on the other end said.
Sakura, almost dropping the phone, said hesitantly, "Syaoran-kun?"
Syaoran replied, "Yes?"
Sakura smiled and said, "Wow!! I'm surprised that you called. We haven't talked to each other in a long time… at least a year!"
"I'm sorry I didn't call… but you didn't call either!" Syaoran said, trying to think of an excuse.
"That's cause you never gave me the number!" Sakura snapped back. She didn't mean to get mad at Syaoran, she was really happy to hear from him.
Syaoran started to shrink with embarrassment. "Eh heh heh…" he started, "I'm sorry… my fault. I just want to call to tell you that Meilin and I are going to go to Japan in about a week…"
"You're coming back?!" Sakura whispered and dropped the phone.
"Hello hello?" came Syaoran's voice from the ground.
Sakura picked the phone off the ground and said, "Hi!! Wow, you're coming back… I'm so happy!"
Syaoran paused and said, "You are?"
"Yes, I'm happy…" Sakura said softly.
Syaoran laughed and said joyfully, "That's good. Actually, that's all I called to say. I figure that we'll have enough time to talk when I get there… see you soon?"
"Ok then… bye Syaoran-kun," Sakura said saddened by the length of their conversation.
"Bye! I've… um… I've really missed you Sakura, and I can't wait to see you…" Syaoran said quietly, bashful at his words.
Sakura smiled. "I've missed you to… more than you know. Anyways, bye!" Sakura said and hung up the phone.
After the phone was hung up Sakura started hugging herself and screaming with joy. "Yay yay yay!!! Syaoran's coming back! I'm SOOO happy! Lalalala…" Her loud noises woke up Kero… who looked very annoyed.
"Why did you have to wake me? I was dreaming of cake! And then I wake up to hearing about that brat?" Kero said grumpily.
"Sorry Kero-chan! Happy happy happy!" Sakura said grabbing Kero and twirling around in a circle. After a few seconds, Sakura dropped Kero on the bed and stopped her rejoicing to breathe for a few seconds.
"Wahh… Sakura is trying to kill me!" Kero said. Lying down on the ground he closed his eyes and said, "Goodnight… try not to wake me, ok?"
"Ok, Kero-chan… sorry," Sakura said calming down. Plopping down on her bed again, Sakura's mind was filled with happy thoughts. With Syaoran coming, nothing bad could happen.
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'Geez… how am I suppose to find the Clowmistress without any powers?' Sowjing thought to himself. A day had gone by, unsuccessful. There was nothing to lead him to finding the girl her needed, only his quick mind. 'I've got to do something… there are people relying on me!' The boy sat on the Penguin slide at the park, sitting under a beam of moonlight from the night. "What will I do?" he said aloud.
'I'll think of happier thoughts…that will make me feel better,' Sowjing thought, a picture coming to mind. It was a picture of Sakura, smiling and introducing herself. 'That Kinomoto girl, she's so nice to me… for no reason. I wonder why? Is she this nice to everyone?' Sighing with tiredness, he stopped his thoughts and fell asleep on the slide… dreaming of a wonderful life without magic and a emerald eyed girl who was so nice to think about.
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Author's notes- Hi!! So… did you like the chapter? This chapter doesn't have much action… I wanted to have some relationship information about what kind of terms Sakura and Syaoran were on, put in some details that might matter later on in the story, and introduce Sowjing's character. Oh no!! Syaoran isn't coming for a week! But I promise, the time will go by fast. S+S forever! Please R&R… they make me so happy!
Author's note- Thanks everyone for the kind reviews! It made me feel really happy so I felt like writing the next chapter right away ^o ^ Hehe, I was going to have this chapter out two days ago… but I didn't get the chance to online. Sorry! Well, Bye! Enjoy reading… I hope you like it!
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Syaoran was mad… real mad. He was currently on the phone, talking to the airport secretaries in hope to find the soonest plane flight to Tomoeda.
"What are you talking about?! No vacant seats for a week? I want to go tomorrow! Can you re-check the schedule again… just to make sure," Syaoran said with force.
"Sir, I've told you already! I've checked the flight THREE TIMES already. All spots are taken till a week from now! I can ONLY offer you a flight for NEXT WEEK!" the attendant said, half-yelling and half-talking. By now she was getting annoyed because this person (obviously a kid from the sounds of his voice) wouldn't accept that seats were already taken on the plane flying to Tomoeda for a while.
Syaoran sighed with resignation. 'Oh well,' he thought, 'I've been gone for almost five years from Japan… I suppose that I could wait a few more days.'
"Fine then. I'd like to book a flight for two to Tomoeda, Japan for a week from now," Syaoran said with supreme calmness.
"Ok then. I'll send the tickets by mail." The attendant said, happy that Syaoran had finally realized that there were no flights for tomorrow.
"Hai! That's fine. Bye," and with that, Syaoran hung up feeling deflated.
"SOOOO…. What happened?" Meilin asked smiling and hopping up and down with excitement, "When are we leaving?"
"In a week," Syaoran said with a droopy face and an exaggerated frown.
"A WEEK! Ok… fine. Why are you so down? Can't wait a week to see Sakura?" Meilin asked with a teasing gaze.
"No!! It's not that! It's just…. I have something to tell her. We didn't really keep contact these years, and I was hoping that she would wait for me. But when I told her that I loved her… well, she didn't say anything. She gave me this bear… and I was so happy. But I'm sorta confused as to how we stand. Does she love me to? Or are we just friends? Or does she hate me and she was just being polite in saying she would wait for me?" Syaoran said, sounding doubtful. Traces of confusion mixed with sorrow etched across his face.
"Wow! I wasn't really expecting you to answer! I thought you'd say, "Go away, Meilin." Or, "That's none of your business!!" Well, Syaoran, all I can say is that… it's good that you are finding out. I'm sure Sakura loves you… even when I was over there, I saw moments of joy written on her face when she saw you," Meilin said with peacefulness.
"Thanks, Meilin. I appreciate the pep-talk," Syaoran said sighing.
"Your welcome!! I'd do it anytime if it made you feel better. I'm a way, I'm glad that I broke my engagement with you. Not because I don't love you… that isn't true, but I know that you'd be unhappy… and I'm sure that there is someone else out there for me," Meilin said smiling, "I better go. See you later!" Then she walked away.
"Bye, Meilin. Thank you for everything," Syaoran said smiling now too. All his doubts were pushed aside. No matter what, he wouldn't let them bring him down, cause the hope that she loved him to lived in his heart.
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Sakura smiled. She had gotten up early this morning, today was school and she wouldn't be late thankfully. Kero, too, had gotten up. He was sitting in a corner of her room, a quart of triple chocolate ice cream in front of him. He was eating the ice cream with a loving look on his face, as if he was in heaven, or experiencing the greatest dream of his life.
Sakura got ready for school. It was a simple task. Put her books in her bag, comb her hair, and brush her teeth. When she was done, she went up to the happy Kero and said, "Have a good day, Kero-chan! See you later!"
Kero, who was a little preoccupied with his ice cream looked up at Sakura for a second, showing a chocolate stained face and said, "Ok, bye!"
Sakura smiled and went downstairs. It was quiet. Her dad and her brother had already left. 'Oh well… I'll just start for school now.'
And she left. She walked to school. She had quit blading to school… walking had become a more interesting way of traveling. She could take in the air and enjoy the surroundings around her…. even though half the time she was late and would run to school.
She was at the school within a few minutes. Walking into her classroom Sakura saw Tomoyo at her desk, just sitting and staring about, waiting intently for class to start. Seeing Tomoyo, Sakura smiled. She took a seat next to Tomoyo and said, "Ohayo, Tomoyo-chan."
"Ohayo gazaimas, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo said cheerfully. "Did you hear? There is a new student coming today!"
"Really? From where?" Sakura asked interested.
But before Tomoyo could answer the school bell rang signaling the start of class. 'Oh well…' Sakura thought. 'I'll just have to wait and see for myself.'
The sensei walked in and instantly started talking. He said, "Good morning students! Today we have a new student. He is transferring from Tokyo, so let's welcome him. Come on in." The teacher motioned to the door. Hesitantly, the boy walked in. "Let's welcome Tai, Sowjing."
Sakura looked at the boy and gasped. This boy was the one she had helped yesterday! But today it seemed as though his features were sharper. His blue eyes were still the pale color that she had remembered… so deathly pale. On top of his head was a light brown shade of hair color mixed with a few strands of dark brown. Those were his most glamorous features, yet they seemed to stand out giving him an altogether cute and appealing look.
The boy was looking around, as if taking in the contents of the room. Suddenly his gaze stopped, on a girl with emerald eyes. She was staring at him in awe… trying to hide her surprise but failing miserably. Sowjing's eyes widened. He recognized her! She was the girl that had helped him in his awful state of being. Because of her, his wound had gotten better, making it a lot easier to do his task of finding the Clow Mistress. 'I've got to thank her again later,' he thought to himself.
The sensei did not see the surprised faces of either Sakura or Sowjing, and neither did the classmates. The classmates were looking at Sowjing, each of them whispering to each other what they thought of him at first glance. 'He's cute!' someone whispered to her friend. 'Yeah!' her friend whispered back. Even though they were whispering Sakura heard this and laughed to herself. She was still amazed and was dumbstruck.
Tomoyo, seeing the wowed Sakura, said, "He's the boy you were telling me about yesterday after you changed and explained why you were late?" She didn't really have to guess, it was pretty obvious to both Sakura's and Sowjing's faces.
"Y-yeah. I didn't t-think he went to s-school here…" Sakura said stuttering.
Tomoyo laughed saying, "Ohohoho! Of course not! He just transferred from Tokyo!"
The sensei coughed, getting everybody's attention once again. "I know everybody is excited… but we must get on with class. You can sit in that empty seat behind Daidouji-san," he said pointing to Tomoyo.
As the boy neared Tomoyo said, "Ohayo. Welcome!"
The boy nodded and sat down. With a quick look, he stared at the girl who helped him yesterday. She sat across and in front of him. 'I wonder what her name is? She is really pretty.'
Class officially started. The sensei's lecture was short and class ended in a short amount of time. The bell rang signaling lunch.
The pupils ran out of class, eager to go to lunch. Sakura, Tomoyo, and Sowjing were the only ones still in there chairs. Sakura turned around to face Sowjing and smiled.
"My name is Kinomoto, Sakura! It's nice to meet you… do you feel better today?"
Sowjing, surprised again at Sakura's kindness gave an assured smile and said, "Yes, much better since you came along. Thank you again. I better go to lunch now… goodbye." Sowjing left the room, slightly blushing. 'Why is she being so nice to me? No one has ever been nice to me!' he thought to himself.
Sakura and Tomoyo looked at Sowjing's departing figure in confusion. "Why did he leave so soon?" Sakura said. "All I got to say was my name! You didn't get to introduce yourself, Tomoyo-chan!"
"Maybe he was hungry," Tomoyo said amused.
Sakura and Tomoyo sweatdropped and went to lunch.
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Sakura walked home. 'That Souwjing, he's kinda strange. I invited him to lunch so he sat with us, but didn't talk much. I hope that his shoulder is better… but why do I care? Cause I've barely met him!' Confused at herself, Sakura walked onwards.
When she got home the house was empty except for Kero. She walked up to her room and saw the stuffed animal… sleeping sounding next to the empty quart of ice cream. Sakura's eyes widened. "He ate all that! And I bet he's spent the whole day sleeping!" Sakura said out loud.
Plopping down on her bed, being careful not to step on Kero- who was on the ground right next to the bed, Sakura looked up at her ceiling. Without warning, the phone went off. Picking up the phone
"Sakura?" the voice on the other end said.
Sakura, almost dropping the phone, said hesitantly, "Syaoran-kun?"
Syaoran replied, "Yes?"
Sakura smiled and said, "Wow!! I'm surprised that you called. We haven't talked to each other in a long time… at least a year!"
"I'm sorry I didn't call… but you didn't call either!" Syaoran said, trying to think of an excuse.
"That's cause you never gave me the number!" Sakura snapped back. She didn't mean to get mad at Syaoran, she was really happy to hear from him.
Syaoran started to shrink with embarrassment. "Eh heh heh…" he started, "I'm sorry… my fault. I just want to call to tell you that Meilin and I are going to go to Japan in about a week…"
"You're coming back?!" Sakura whispered and dropped the phone.
"Hello hello?" came Syaoran's voice from the ground.
Sakura picked the phone off the ground and said, "Hi!! Wow, you're coming back… I'm so happy!"
Syaoran paused and said, "You are?"
"Yes, I'm happy…" Sakura said softly.
Syaoran laughed and said joyfully, "That's good. Actually, that's all I called to say. I figure that we'll have enough time to talk when I get there… see you soon?"
"Ok then… bye Syaoran-kun," Sakura said saddened by the length of their conversation.
"Bye! I've… um… I've really missed you Sakura, and I can't wait to see you…" Syaoran said quietly, bashful at his words.
Sakura smiled. "I've missed you to… more than you know. Anyways, bye!" Sakura said and hung up the phone.
After the phone was hung up Sakura started hugging herself and screaming with joy. "Yay yay yay!!! Syaoran's coming back! I'm SOOO happy! Lalalala…" Her loud noises woke up Kero… who looked very annoyed.
"Why did you have to wake me? I was dreaming of cake! And then I wake up to hearing about that brat?" Kero said grumpily.
"Sorry Kero-chan! Happy happy happy!" Sakura said grabbing Kero and twirling around in a circle. After a few seconds, Sakura dropped Kero on the bed and stopped her rejoicing to breathe for a few seconds.
"Wahh… Sakura is trying to kill me!" Kero said. Lying down on the ground he closed his eyes and said, "Goodnight… try not to wake me, ok?"
"Ok, Kero-chan… sorry," Sakura said calming down. Plopping down on her bed again, Sakura's mind was filled with happy thoughts. With Syaoran coming, nothing bad could happen.
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'Geez… how am I suppose to find the Clowmistress without any powers?' Sowjing thought to himself. A day had gone by, unsuccessful. There was nothing to lead him to finding the girl her needed, only his quick mind. 'I've got to do something… there are people relying on me!' The boy sat on the Penguin slide at the park, sitting under a beam of moonlight from the night. "What will I do?" he said aloud.
'I'll think of happier thoughts…that will make me feel better,' Sowjing thought, a picture coming to mind. It was a picture of Sakura, smiling and introducing herself. 'That Kinomoto girl, she's so nice to me… for no reason. I wonder why? Is she this nice to everyone?' Sighing with tiredness, he stopped his thoughts and fell asleep on the slide… dreaming of a wonderful life without magic and a emerald eyed girl who was so nice to think about.
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Author's notes- Hi!! So… did you like the chapter? This chapter doesn't have much action… I wanted to have some relationship information about what kind of terms Sakura and Syaoran were on, put in some details that might matter later on in the story, and introduce Sowjing's character. Oh no!! Syaoran isn't coming for a week! But I promise, the time will go by fast. S+S forever! Please R&R… they make me so happy!