Took me quite awhile to update again... of course, how can I when NO ONE IS REVIEWING!! But I decided to write, because if I don't I will completely forget about this story.
I know you may be kinda mad at me because Syaoran met another girl and Sakura just died... but believe me, it's not what it looks like... I think I said that already... whatever, but keep reading, it's not like he will forget about Sakura, hell no... I love S&S, they are my favorite couple, but that's the way the story goes. So, here's chapter 5.

Waiting for an angel (chapter 5)


The next day, Syaoran woke up like every other day... thinking that maybe it was all a dream and Sakura was still by his side... but all his hopes vanished when he looked around the room and saw that he was alone. And then someone knocked on the door.

"Syaoran, are you going to college today?" asked Meilin on the other side.
"I'm coming" he said, getting up.
"Ok, come quickly" she answered before leaving.

Syaoran sighed and walked to the bathroom to take a shower. This was gonna be a long day.

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Meilin walked downstairs and met with Tomoyo and Eriol, they were in the kitchen. Tomoyo was better, the first days she wouldn't stop crying and didn't wanted to go out, but when they had to go to the police she stopped crying and started to do what she could. Now she wanted to help Syaoran in what she could, that was what Sakura would wanted her to do. Besides, he wasn't healing very well, and they were worried, so they were staying there until he looked fine.

"He's coming" said Meilin. Tomoyo looked up from her breakfast.
"That's good" she said. Meilin sitted down and nodded.
"But I think he should move. Being here is not good for him" said Eriol. "She was here, so I think he can feel what's left of her presence".
"That's true. But with all her things here, and their photographs, he won't move on soon" said Meilin, looking down. Tomoyo placed her hand on Meilin's shoulder for support.
"We'll help him. I know that Sakura told him to move on, and he's going to try to do it" said Tomoyo. They looked to the kitchen door when Syaoran appeared. "Leaving for class?" she asked, while Meilin got up to give him his breakfast
"Yeah" he answered, sitting down. "Is the stuffed animal still sleeping?" he asked.
"Yes, he is. He was tired from playing all day" laughed Tomoyo. Syaoran smiled, and Meilin smiled too, she could see that her cousin was getting better, and it was when he had came back the day before. She tried to think what could have happened to him to make him change his mind about being so depressive, but nothing came to her mind.
"Syaoran, I know it may not be the right time, but I need to talk to you" said Eriol, really serious. Syaoran looked up and saw that he wasn't kidding. "About the cards" he added, fixing his glasses.
"What about them?" asked Syaoran, before starting to eat.
"Looks like Sakura left no information about what would happen to them, but from what Cerberus and Yue told me, she had no idea". Syaoran looked up. What was that supposed to mean?.
"What does that mean?" he asked.
"When you come back from your classes we'll see. Maybe you are the new owner, I don't know, but we have to talk about this" said Eriol.
"Ok. I'm leaving now" said Syaoran, getting up. If he didn't hurry he was going to be late. They saw him go upstairs to get his backpack, then go back down.
"Bye" he said and then they heard the door.
"What could have happened yesterday?" asked Meilin. Tomoyo and Eriol shrugged.
"I don't know. But whatever it was, I'm thankful for it" said Eriol.

Syaoran left the house and went to his car. He had been missing his classes for four days and it wouldn't be good if he was late that day. He started the car and left really quick. He was so concentrated on his thoughts that he failed to see the green jeep that left right after him.

Syaoran sped through traffic trying to make it on time. He was trying to go and pass before the red light appeared, but the luck wasn't on his side and before he could go any faster, the red light appeared and he had to stop.
"Just what I needed" he said, sarcastically, and turned on the radio. Nothing good came out, so he turned it off. The green light appeared and Syaoran started his race once again. He was at least 15 minutes late, but he had to get there. To his bad luck, it started to rain. "Oh, great" he said. He stopped the car and parked it, he thanked God that it was near to the building. He got off and started to run. He had felt another car stop next to his but didn't had the time to see who it was. He ran through all the classrooms until he got to his and opened the door.
"Mr. Li, do you know what time it is?" said Mr. Smith. "The class started 30 minutes ago".
"Yes, I know but..." started Syaoran.
"But what?" said Mr. Smith. "What's your excuse?"

Syaoran started to think of what to say to his teacher, he wasn't going to say that he had woken up late, even though that was the truth. He was still thinking, but someone beat him to it.
"We got caught up in traffic, professor". Syaoran looked next to him and saw the girl from the day before. She looked at him, but turned his gaze to their teacher again. "You know how that is, specially in the rain".
"Yes, that's right. But only for this time, Miss Collins. Now go and take your seats" said the man. Michelle walked in and seeing that Syaoran was looking at her with a questioning look and wasn't planning on go and sit down, she took him by the sleeve of his jacket and lead him to a couple of seats. Syaoran sat down, but once in a while gave small glances to that mysterious girl, but didn't had the time to ask her anything.
"As I was saying, the main function of the brain is..."

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The class had ended, and Syaoran was going to leave but someone stopped him.

"Mr. Li, come here for a second". Syaoran went to Mr. Smith's desk, where Michelle was waiting too. "Usually, to everyone who are late in my class, I don't let them come in and make them a test of what I have passed on that class". Syaoran heard how Michelle was helding her breath, she looked kinda nervous. "But, since you too are some of the top students in the class, I have decided to give you some work instead". Michelle sighed in relief. "However, this work will have a mark, but I trust that you can do it".
"Ok, what do we have to do?" asked Syaoran. The teacher gave them a few instructions and let them go.
"Remember, you have to do it together, and I want it for the next week" said their professor before leaving. They watched him go and Michelle started to walk out of the classroom. Syaoran followed her.
"Hey" he called. Michelle turned around and smiled. "Thank you".
"For what?" she asked.
"For this and... about yesterday" he said, looking down.
"Don't worry about it. And about today, it was the truth. I had to get in the class too, anyways" she said, smiling. Syaoran smiled slightly. "Hey, wanna have a cup of coffee with me? We don't have a class until an hour, so we have time". Syaoran nodded and followed the brown haired girl to a small place that was there so the students could eat, study and talk on their free periods. They asked for two coffees and sit down in a small table next to the window.
"So... Michelle Collins" said Syaoran. She nodded, smiling. 'She always smiles' he thought.
"Yes. And you are...".
"Li Syaoran" he said. She nodded.
"You are not from around, right?" she asked.
"I was born in Hong Kong, but I spent a big part of my life in Japan, so you can say I'm from Japan" he said. "And you... are you a California girl?" he asked. Michelle laughed.
"I wish" she said. "I'm from New York. However, I lived in Paris since I was 5 until I was 16, then I came back to New York. After that I lived in Detroit for a year. I moved here now to attend to college, but I'm planning on leaving to New York when I'm done" she said, sipping her coffee. "I lived all my childhood in another country, I haven't lived in New York for a long time, but I have always feel like I belong there".
"Same with me" said Syaoran. "The difference is that I feel like if Japan is my home. The only thing that bonds me to Hong Kong is that I was born there and my family lives there. I met all my friends in Japan and...".
"And?" asked Michelle. Syaoran just stayed quiet. He couldn't go on, because he had remembered Sakura, and she was the most important reason of how he felt bonded to Japan. "I'm sorry, did I say something wrong?" he heard her say.
"No, don't worry, it's just me" he said. 'Thank God she didn't realized it' he thought, but of course, he didn't knew this girl too well.
"It's about a girl, right? Don't worry, I won't ask" she said. Syaoran looked at her and he saw her with a smile, but one that showed how much she understood him. He nodded.
"But if you ask me, I would rather to live all my life in Paris instead of living all my life in the west coast" he said, changing the subject. Michelle laughed.
"You are right about that" she said. "But I feel Paris as my home too. I remember everything so clearly that maybe I'll change my mind and go to Paris when I'm done here" added.

They stayed there for another fifteen minutes talking about random things. About teachers, the classes, the college, their classmates. When they were done with their coffees, they stood up, bought two more and headed on their way to the next class.
"Hey, how come I haven't seen you in classes in the past weeks?" asked Syaoran. Michelle frowned.
"That you haven't seen me doesn't mean that I wasn't there" she said. "I don't remember seeing you either, or maybe it was because of the crowd of girls that used to be around you in the first week" added Michelle laughing. Syaoran tried to glare at her, but somehow he couldn't do it, so he made his best to make her believe that he was mad.
"It's not really nice, trust me, it's awful to have girls follow you wherever you go" he said, trying to sound like he was pissed off, but that only made her laugh more.
"But it was only the first week, you aren't followed anymore. You should be glad that the O.B.C. declared you as their next target, all the girls got scared and stop to follow you for it" said Michelle, dropping the empty cup of coffee on a trash can.
"O.B.C.? What's that? And what do you mean with 'next target'?" asked Syaoran dropping his too.
"Oh, right, you are a boy" said Michelle, and started to laugh again. "Well, when you start your classes, you make friends, of course, and there's always some older students that warn you about everything. I became friends with some senior girls and they talked to me about the O.B.C." she said.
"Ok, but I still don't get what the O.B.C. is" said Syaoran.
"The older girls, you know, seniors and stuff always try to watch out for us, and one of the things they warned me and a few girls about is about them. The O.B.C. are a group of girls that is conformed by girls of different careers, different ages, but with one thing in common: they sleep with almost every guy that comes across them, they make everyone's lives impossible. In short: they think they are some sort of queens. And the first group of girls that had to face them named them the Official Bitches Club" said Michelle. They were inside the building and were heading for their class.
"I get that, and now explain me that 'next target' thingy" he said.
"Well, like I told you, they think they are queens. So, when there's a hot new guy or one of them is really obssessed about someone, they called it their 'target'. If it's a guy they want to get, all the girls have to stay away from him, or else they'll 'take care' of the girl that doesn't follow the order" said Michelle. They were already there and had taken two seats in the front row. "So, being you the next target, and the target of their leader, the girls can't even look at you" she ended.
"And why don't you follow the order?" he asked, smirking. Michelle smiled back.
"It's not like I'm flirting with you or anything" she answered. "And even if she comes, I don't really care. And even if they put me as their next target..."
"Wait, they put girls as their targets too?" asked Syaoran, kinda shocked.
"Yeah, but not in that way. See, when they are obssessed because they don't like a girl, or a girl doesn't follow their orders they put her as their target too. And they make her life a living hell" explained Michelle, like she didn't really care if she became the next target of the O.B.C.
"And aren't you scared?" asked Syaoran surprised that she was so careless about it.
"Why should I? The girls only listen to it because they are scared of them, but I'm not afraid of facing them. I'm not doing anything wrong" said Michelle. Their teacher had just entered the classroom, so they stopped talking. But inside his mind, he started to think about everything that Michelle had said. He had no idea about the O.B.C. until now, and had a really good idea on who could be their leader, but just to make sure, wrote a small note and handed it to her. He saw her opening it, then writing something in it. It passed a few seconds until she handed it to him again. It confirmed what he thought. And the worst part of what he could understand from what he had learned that day, was that because of him it was that Sakura was dead.

(One thing: if someone is confused about all the O.B.C. part, just tell me and I will explain it. I can hardly understand what I just wrote, so... ok, on with the story)

The bell ringed indicating the end of the class. Syaoran left the room quickly, but before he could get out he decided to turn around and wait for Michelle. He saw her talking to a guy, but by the look on her face he could see that she wanted to get away from him, specially when he touched her cheek. She looked at him very briefly with a look in her eyes that said 'Help me' and he decided to go and help her.
"Oh, look, they are calling me. Gotta go" she said, but the guy took her by the arm and forced her to look at him.
"Hey, I'm not done with you, babe" he said and tried to pulled her closer to him. "What do you say if you and me go to my car for a while?" he asked, and before Michelle could talk, somebody else did.
"Hey, leave her alone" said Syaoran. The guy looked at him and much to her dismay, he hugged her closer to him. She tried to get away but couldn't do it.
"And why should I listen to you? I'm not doing anything she doesn't want me to" the guy said. "And I don't see her taken anyways".
"You are wrong about that, 'cause she's my girlfriend. Now let her go or you'll be sorry" said Syaoran going closer to the guy. Michelle's eyes opened up wide hearing what he said.
"And why would I be sorry?" the guy said, but made the mistake of touching Michelle's butt, in an intent of making Syaoran mad, but he wasn't expecting what was coming. Michelle's eyes started to burn of all the anger she was feeling.
"This is why you'll be sorry" she growled and kicked him between his legs. When he let her go, she jump kicked him and punch him once more in his nose.
Syaoran's eyes opened up seeing her fight, that could only compare to seeing Meilin fighting, because he could see that for Michelle that was nothing. "If I see you bothering another girl, beware, because you'll get more than just a punch" she said before leaving.
Syaoran looked at the guy and turned around to follow her.

Michelle left the building, gasping for air. There was a long time since she didn't feel anger run through her veins like that. It wasn't raining anymore, there was a small breeze running, and she breathed in and out to calm herself.
"Here you are" she heard someone say behind her. She turned around and it was Syaoran. She smiled.
"I thought it was the other guy" she said, starting to walk towards the parking lot.
"No, he was very beaten, he couldn't stand up" said Syaoran, and Michelle laughed. "When did you learn to do that?"
"What? Punch and kick?" she answered, laughing. "I do some kickboxing and used to do kung fu and other stuff. I stopped later, but I still practice what I know once in a while".
"It seemed to me that it was like a practise to you" he said, and she nodded.
"Well, I did it for two years, but I was kinda irregular, that's why I left it. So, yeah, you can say that it was like a practise to me" she said. She stayed quiet for a moment before talking again. "Thank you for earlier" she said.
"It's ok, besides I owe you a big one" he said. She smiled. "And you were the one who put the guy in his place".
"Hey, he was touching me. And I couldn't have done it if you had not distracted him" said Michelle, taking her car keys out of her backpack. "For real, it meant a lot to me. Not a lot of guys would have done it".
"Thank you... I guess" he said, and she laughed. "But, as I said, I can't pay you back enough for saving me yesterday. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't be here now".
"You don't need to pay me back" she said, opening the door to her jeep as he opened the door of his car.
"But I feel like I have to, you saved my life, if you have not realized that yet" he said.
"Ok, I'll think about it and I'll tell you tomorrow" said Michelle, taking off her scarf.
"Just try to not put it too difficult, alright?" he said, and she nodded, laughing. She pulled off and yelled 'Bye' to him. He waved back. "She's weird" he said to himself before leaving.

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Syaoran opened the door of the house and saw Eriol sitted on the couch with Kero.

"Where are Tomoyo and Meilin?" he asked.
"They went out. I think they needed it" answered Eriol, passing his hand through his hair. "We need to talk" he said. Syaoran sitted down.
"Tell me, what's wrong?" he asked, taking off his jacket.
"Sakura left no information about the next master of the cards, you know that" said Kero. "She said that she didn't knew, and that's really strange".
"Why strange?" asked Syaoran.
"Well, when Clow decided who would be the next master of the cards, he knew that it was his time to leave" explained Eriol. "But since Sakura's passing was so unexpected, she couldn't know who was the next master. We thought that maybe she could have received some information in her dreams".
"But, as I told you, she said she didn't know" added Kero. "And we thought that maybe you could be the next master, kid".
"Ok. What do I do?" asked Syaoran.
"Let's open the book and see if the Cards obey you. If they do, that means that you are the new Master of the Cards" said Eriol.
"Fine. Let's do it" said Syaoran. He took the book and opened it slowly. There was no reaction.
"They are suppossed to come out flying" said Kero.
"Nothing's happening" said Syaoran.
"Maybe you are not the Master of the Cards" said Eriol.
"And what's gonna happen now?" asked Syaoran. He wanted to leave in that moment, he could feel Sakura's presence all around them and he couldn't take it.
"I don't know what means exactly. It can be that the cards are going to be left without an owner, since Sakura didn't left anyone to take care of them, so, if we leave them in the book they will eventually become ordinary cards" said Eriol. "Or..."
"Or what?" asked Kero.
"It means that their master is still around".

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Tomoyo and Meilin walked out of the restaurant they had went.

"But I still think that 'Catch me if you can' is better" said Meilin. They were talking about the movies they had seen that afternoon.
"How can it be?, 'Gangs in New York' is so much better, it was nominated to the Oscars, and... AAHH!!". Tomoyo tripped but was catched by a person.
"Oh my! Tomoyo, are you ok?" asked Meilin, helping the person to stand her up.
"I'm sorry" said Tomoyo. When she looked up to see the person, she was surprised to see that it was a girl. Meilin gasped, there was something weird about that girl, but she couldn't make out what it was.
"It's ok" she said, with a smile. Tomoyo saw something weird about this girl too, and couldn't figure it out either. But it was a nice feeling. "Don't worry about it".
"Thank you" said Tomoyo, smiling back. "You could have fallen too".
"But I didn't" said the stranger. "Well, gotta go. Bye" she said, and walked away. Meilin and Tomoyo looked to see the girl go, then they turned around and kept walking.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" asked Meilin.
"I think so" said Tomoyo. "But it wasn't a bad feeling at all. Who do you think it was?".
"I don't know... but there's something really weird about her" she said.

Michelle turned around to see the two girls. She smiled while watching them walk away. A small rain drop fell and landed in her nose. Michelle touched her nose and smiling kept walking back to her car.

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Confusing? Stupid? Boring? Tell me what you think, and any doubts, any suggestions, anything, just tell me, flame me if you want too, but use nice words, please. Even though I don't use really good words either, but... *sigh* anyways, review!!! I think this may be my last update in a while, because I enter school next week!!! And I don't want to!!! I have to, but I have a feeling that this is going to be a really difficult year, because the next is my last year and everything... teachers just love to make things hard on us. So, review and chapters may come out faster. See ya'll later!!!