Tainted Destiny

by:kawaiiteddybear

kawaiiteddybear: again, thanx for all those wonderful reviews.. i haven't been able to write much lately... so I'll try to get some more words in each chapter... but that does mean its going to take longer for me to post them up! lol... i had to re-read my previous chaps and I found soo many mistakes!! oh well too lazy to change them! maybe later... anyways heres chapter nine.

Disclaimer: The characters from CCS do not belong to me... (wish they did! lol) so yea don't sue me!! Clamp does.

Chapter Nine: The Beginning of Everything

Sakura unpacked her things, since there wasn't a lot to unpack. She sat down on the bed and let her thoughts wander. 'Why is he acting so nice all of a sudden?' Sakura thought. She observed her new room, it was quite large with a queen size bed and several drawers and tables. There was also a closet and mirror, best of all, a window was located on the opposite side of the entrance, letting the light shine through. This was definitely better than the conditions she used lived in.

Inside Syaoran's room, Hikaru and Xiao Long were all over him. "Can we go get that witch?" Hikaru sqeaked, as she was holding onto Kero.

Kero tried to say something, but Hikaru was squeezing him so hard, poor Kero was struggling to keep his breath.

"And that mother of hers..." Xiao Long scoffed, as he clenched his fists.

Syaoran raised his eyebrow, "Why?" he demanded.

"Well you see..." Hikaru started.

"She made mommy get hurt." Xiao Long pouted.

"We watched her kick mommy, until she had a boo boo!" Hikaru cried, as she replayed the scene.

Syaoran's eyes were filled with suprise, "Excuse me..." he murmured.

As he left the two siblings alone, they both started giggling. "It's working!" Hikaru whispered happily.

Xiao Long nodded.

They both heard a gasp in Hikaru's arms. Hikaru and Xiao Long both knew that

"Sorry Kero." Hikaru whispered, holding onto him even tighter.

"We can't let you ruin this." Xiao Long explained.

Kero pouted. 'At least give me some food...' he thought angrily.


Syaoran saw Sakura sitting on the bed, just staring out of the window. He gave the door a light knock.

Sakura turned, a blank expression was planted on her face.

"How's your leg?" he asked.

"What...?" Sakura yelped, "Nothing's wrong, I'm fine." she looked away and started back out of the window.

"They told me." Syaoran said firmly, "I don't even know why your even trying to hide it."

Sakura stared at him in disbelief. "What caused this sudden change in you?" she asked, "You were a cold hearted bastard just a day ago, and now you come in here with concern for me?"

"Well..."

"I don't want your pity. You know what? I've lived through these conditions for a long time now, I can take care of myself." Sakura pointed out angrily.

"Your looking at this all wrong!" Syaoran tried to defend himself.

"Oh am I?" Sakura mocked, "You never even took any time to know me, and you already took my sister's side. Your like everyone else." She stood up but the pain engulfed her once more. Sakura fell down on the floor, clutching her leg, trying to stop the blood from flowing.

Syaoran rushed over, picking her up and placed her back on the bed, "I'll go get a bandage. But first we should wash this up." Syaoran said lightly. He left the room thinking, 'Everything she pointed out was true... but how can I answer her?' he thought.

'Why did I just blow up on him like that?' Sakura asked herself in shame, 'He was just trying to be nice, for once, and here I go, assuming the worst.' Anger was filled inside Sakura's eyes, for she always wonder what had happened to the sweet, kind boy that she had met ten years ago.

Syaoran came back holding a wet cloth and a roll of bandage. He walked over in silence and wiped the blood from Sakura's leg. "I have to admit, I don't know why, but I feel like I'm being control by something. Everytime I want to apologize, something stops me." Syaoran explained calmly, 'There I said it.' he thought, as he felt as if five tons of weight was lifted off of his shoulders.

"Really." Sakura asked sarcastically. 'I want to trust him, but I can't.' Sakura thought.

"Believe anything you want." he answered. As he was wiping the wound.

Sakura bit her lip, trying to stop herself from screaming in pain.

Finally, Syaoran had finished cleaning the blood and started to wrap the bandage around her leg.

Sakura's large green orbs couldn't stop herself from keeping them set in place, as they stared at the handsome chestnut haired boy. She tried to shake the thought out of her mind, 'I have to admit, he is really handsome... but...' she thought. Sakura light a slight jump when she heard the door slam.

"Oh that's Wei, he went to buy some groceries." Syaoran explained, noticing how uneasy Sakura was.

They had a simple dinner, the most food Sakura had eaten in a long time. After dinner, Sakura had a shower and got ready for bed.

"Mommy..." Hikaru whined, as Sakura was brushing her teeth, "I can't sleep..."

Sakura finished brushing her teeth and kneeled down to the little girl's height. "Why don't I read you a story?" she asked.

Hikaru's eyes lit up and grabbed Sakura's hand, dragging her to the room that belonged to Xiao Long and Hikaru.

When they both entered the room, Sakura noticed that Xiao Long was also dragging Syaoran into the room. Xiao Long and Hikaru both settled inside their bed, side-by-side. "Sing us a song!" Hikaru urged.

Sakura blinked, "I can't..."

"Oh come on!" Xiao Long whined, "You always sung us to sleep!"

Sakura sighed in defeat, "Fine, but then you both get to sleep." She let out the words of pain and sorrow, a song she knew too well.

Syaoran was entranced by Sakura's voice, it was so sweet, so melodic... it was was suddenly gone. He flung his eyes open to see Sakura staring at him. He shook out all the thoughts silently slapped himself.

"Well I better get some sleep, have to wake up early for school tomorrow." Sakura implied, as she walked out of the door and into her own room.

'You were a cold hearted bastard just a day ago, and now you come in here with concern for me?' those words kept floating in Syaoran's mind, 'What the hell is going on?!' he thought, as he went into his room and slammed the door.

~*~

"Why do we have to do this?"

"Its the only way, it will speed up the process much faster..."

"If something goes wrong..."

"You know that we can always enchant him again!"

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