Tainted Destiny

by:kawaiiteddybear

kawaiiteddybear: thanx again for all those reviews. seriously, i can't believe i got soo many... didn't think anyone would actually like this fic! please keep the reviews coming and for my cry no more..!! AYEE!!! lol heres the next chapp cuz i'm soo happy, plus no homework to bombard me! now without any further a due... CHAPTER ELEVENNN!!!! sorry it took so long, as you probably noticed I had to rewrite Chapter one, since i replaced it with chapter ten! ARGHHH!

Chapter Eleven: Finding My Way

The figure of Syaoran running away was blurring through Sakura's eyes, tears were forming on the corners. 'Get a hold of yourself, Sakura...'

"Sakura..." Tomoyo looked at her, with a worry tone in her voice.

"What did exactly did Faye do to you? I've never ever seen you say those words to anyone before." Eriol asked Sakura, "About-"

"I'm fine." Sakura immediately told them, cutting Eriol off, "See I'm fine." She stood up trying to leave her expression the same, inside her mind, she was screaming in pain. 'I can't let them know, not yet. I wouldn't ever find the words.' she thought. "I'll talk to you later." she said, blowing them off, she walked as fast as she could.

Tomoyo and Meilin were about to run after her, when Eriol's strong grip stopped them, "Let her go. Somethings wrong, and I have a feeling that she doesn't want to tell us just yet." he warned them.

Tomoyo was on the verge of tears, "I don't see why she can't tell us, we are her friends!!" she cried on Eriol's shoulder.

"I don't know anymore...she's always been somewhat distant... but this is just, I don't know, different." Meilin piped up, looking at the limp figure walking away. 'It's like, she wants to walk away from all of us...' she thought in her mind.

~*~

'Why can't I just tell them?!' Sakura screamed in her mind.

'Its not the time.' another voice reassured her.

"Why not?" she cried out loud, fastening her pace.

'Not now...' the voice whispered.

She replayed the scene in her mind, she did give Faye a bit of what she really deserved. The scene caused her to smile, all those years of suffering... she didn't have to take it anymore. Even though she did make a promise to take care of them, she was not going to imprision herself, devoting her life to these two.

After much thinking and a ton of limping, she had managed to reach Syaoran's apartment, with just a numb leg. She knocked on the door, praying that there was someone inside.

The door was swung open fiercely. It was Syaoran. He turned around and left the room as soon as he saw Sakura.

"Wait!" she said.

Syaoran stopped, but kept his back towards Sakura.

She limped inside, noticing that the apartment was unbelieveably silent. "Where's Hikaru and Xiao Long?" she asked.

"They went out with Wei." he replied, in a distant tone.

Sakura nodded, "I want to thank you, for backing me up today." she said quietly, "I mean, I acted so rude afterwards, but I wasn't thinking straight..." She limped into the room, finally settling on the couch.

Syaoran turned around, his facial expressions softening a little, he joined Sakura on the couch. "I owe you that much... I know I was being so rude when we first met..." Syaoran trailed off. His mind kept going back to the dream sequence that he had the night before, suddenly bits and bits of scenes started to flash within his mind. 'I need to know.' he thought, as if he was confirming something.

Sakura looked at him, "I can't believe that so many thing has happened to me in just two weeks or so... Its such a rush..." she sighed, remembering the past few days.

"Lately... I've been having dreams, about my childhood... you were in them..." Syaoran finally admitted. 'There I said it.' he thought, as if he wanted to prove it to someone.

"I thought you didn't remember..." Sakura whispered.

"Remember what?" Syaoran questioned in confusion.

"I stayed with you and your family... when I was six years old..." Sakura explained, silent tears started to fall within herself. She sometimes would just beat herself up, regretting how she had left them and returned to Japan. Return into the life of misery.

"My memory of when I was six... its a big haze... I barely remember anything until today." he looked at her intently, taking in her features. 'She looks like an angel...' the thought had just popped upon his mind. He immediately winced at that thought.

"Well... we definitely acted different towards each other... we were friends." Sakura tried to fill him in.

Syaoran nodded, immediately turning his attention to Sakura's wounded leg. He went out of the the room and returned with the first aid kit. "This is the second time I have to treat the exactly same wound!" he pointed out.

Sakura blushed. 'How come he doesn't know about... .me and that whole entire year?!' she thought, confused.

"Careful!! Your going to waste the icey cream!" a loud squeal was heard.

Sakura and Syaoran grinned, both already knowing who was at the door. Even though Hikaru and Xiao Long had abruptly dropped into their lifes, they have changed it for the better. They both fell in love with the two children at a suprisingly fast rate.

Wei, Hikaru, and Xiao Long all entered the apartment, Kero practically blasted out of the bag, which was in Hikaru's care.

Kero flew over, noticing Sakura on the couch and Syaoran treating the wound, "Hey!" he shouted, "It's bleeding again?"

"Faye went after her." Syaoran told him.

Kero's small beady eyes blinked a few times and then went wide, "Why that!!"

"She's taken care of Kero..." Sakura sighed.

Hikaru and Xiao Long all raced over, and jumped on the couch. Both giving Sakura and Syaoran each a hug.

"Mommyy....Daddyyy..." Hikaru and Xiao Long both said mischievously, they both held out two wrapped up boxes.

"They wanted to get a thank you gift for both of you... you should've seen them..." Wei chuckled as he was cooking up a storm in the kitchen.

Sakura and Syaoran both looked at each other, both curious of what was found inside the boxes. They both ripped the neatly wrapped paper and put it aside. Inside the box they each found a small, yet delicate looking bear. Sakura had gotten a emerald colored bear, it had large eyes and it had a small, silky baby pink ribbon tied around its petite neck. Syaoran had gotten one that was somewhat similar except the bear was a light baby pink and it had a light green ribbon instead.

They both looked at each other questioningly.

Sakura was the first to speak, "Thanks you two!" she thanked happily.

"Yea thanks." Syaoran piped in.

Hikaru and Xiao Long smiled. Hikaru covered her mouth, trying to hide her smile.

Kero looked at the two children suspiciously, 'There up to something... first keeping me from interrupping that gaki and Sakura. Now this!' he thought, squinting his eyes.

Sakura looked at the bear, she felt a warm, yet loving feeling from it. 'For a minute there... I think they used some sort of spell on these...' Sakura thought, but immediately pushed the idea aside.

"Dinner!" Wei called smiling.

~*~

They had a pleasant dinner, but after it was done, Syaoran had shut himself up in his bedroom. Just to think. Flashes of what he guessed about his childhood when Sakura was living with him, kept flashing in his mind. Scenes of two children jumping and laughing, eating ice cream side of all, and the most reoccuring, the scene where small aburn colored hair girl, which Syaoran was positive was Sakura, and him, saying goodbye, and the trinket she had given him.

'Where is that trinket... if only... I could remember!' he shouted in his mind, full of frustration.

He touched and traced the features of the small bear that Hikaru and Xiao Long had given to him. But all he could see was the beautiful angelic face that belonged to Sakura. Her light, happy emerald eyes and her breathtaking smile. He could only remember the way she would always stay happy, even though everything around was falling apart...

Suddenly the idea occured to him, like a rock slamming into his forehead. He knew, this was something that he could not deny. If he was still the same person when he had first met Sakura, he would never feel this way... But he knew he had changed. Everytime he closed his eyes all he saw was that angel, the angel that he could never touch and feel.

'I'm in love with Sakura.'

~*~

"Its working!"

"Soon... it will be the time... if it doesn't work..."

"It will work! I has to!"

~*~

[a/n: OMIGGODD!!! AYAII!!! bad chapter i no!!! big case of writer's block... GRrRRrrrr... I'm going to try to squeeze in another chapter before I get cut, but that all depends on reviews. yep more reviews, encourages me to write more...!!! *hint hint* sooo plleasee review!! read my other fic too cry no more ^.^v

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