I have decided to put the chapter out sooner, because I have a party tonight and I don't think I will able to get up before one tomorrow, so here you have it. I repeat for the.... I don't know how many times I have said this but I repeat that THIS IS S&S!!! Michelle is the most important part of this, and I assure another thing: there's no such thing as a love triangle. A few people are already getting it.
The thank you list goes a little below, but before I must say too that this story is getting to the final, I don't think it's more than three chapters. After that I may be taking a little break from the writing, that's if I don't have any brilliant ideas in my mind.
I want to thank:
~ Kawaii Chibi Cherry: I haven't heard about you for so long! And you just caught the plot, you were absolutely right. Thanks so much for your support.
~ Jennifer: I feel that you are going to love this chapter, along with everyone else who keep yelling at me at what is Michelle doing here. Here's the chappy!
~ Cayu: Yay!! One more person who isn't mad at me. And why is it that people cry at the beggining? Thanks for reviewing!
~ Anime Obsession Fantasy: What Michelle is doing here is going to be revealed in the next chapters... and what is confusing you so much?
~ Cherrixwolf: Yep, it is S&S... I repeat... again. A few things will be cleared up in this chap.
~ S+S4ever: I'm so happy you like it. I don't remember if you were mad at me before, my memory is like crap lately with school and stuff... I swear, Chemistry and Math have never been so hard... oh, well, thank you!!
~ Sakuragirl: your wish has been granted... I'm such a genius, LOL. There won't be a need for my address, thank God.
~ SweetBabyGurl: I will NEVER EVER change my mind about the pairing, don't even think about it!! And yes, you are totally right, that's exactly what she is doing... uh oh, I wasn't suppossed to say that!!! I think there won't be a need of my phone number, I freaked out with your yelling in the review, imagine on the phone!
~ cherryblossom: I'll say it's something like it... can't tell anything else!
~ ann: I'M SORRY!!!! I truly am!!!! Don't hate me, please!!!! And I repeat this isn't S&M, it's totally S&S... how many times have I said this already? I know you will love this chapter.
I think that's it. And this time I want to apologize because I am making you very mad about a possible S&M pairing, but NO, that's not gonna happen. And even if it did, it would be the same... damn it, I'm saying things I'm not suppossed to say again... enjoy chapter 8!
Waiting for an angel (chapter 8)
"What the hell was that?!?!?!?" asked Michelle with a shocked face. In the moment they found her she had that same look on her face and they needed a few slaps on her face and a glass of water to make her recover from her fainting.
Syaoran looked at Eriol asking for help. How were they going to explain all the Clow Cards story to Michelle? She wasn't supposed to know, and in that moment they were more worried about how telling her than about the most important question: why were the Cards answering to her?
"Ok, Michelle. The first thing you need to know is that... I have magic" started Eriol. Michelle looked at him even more shocked than before and took a deep breath before he could continue. "And so does Syaoran. Tomoyo and Meilin have a little bit, but they only have the ability to sense things".
"Is this a joke or something?" she asked, still not believing what she was hearing.
"No. It's real" said Syaoran. "A long time, a very strong wizard created a set of cards with different powers. Before he died, he sealed them in a book and established a new owner in the future to be the new master of them".
"I am the reincarnation of that wizard" continued Eriol. "So, the cards stayed in that book for years until the new owner appeared. When Syaoran and all of us were ten, the owner appeared. It was Sakura". Michelle looked at them, she had been looking down all the time.
"She captured the cards with my cousin's help. Then she became the Card's Mistress, because dear Eriol here put a test on her and she changed all the Clow Cards to Sakura Cards" said Meilin. "Ever since then she had been the owner of them".
"Until a few weeks ago" ended Syaoran with a whisper. Michelle looked at him and bit her lip. It was so hard for her to see him like this she immediately turned her eyes away from him. "We had no idea who could be the new owner, because she didn't knew and I wasn't, and the cards were still the same".
"Ok, I get the story now, but no one answered my question yet, what the hell were those things flying around me?!?!" she yelled panicking, she had become great in acting.
"Those were the cards". Michelle's head shot up, she could hear this coming. "The cards are supposed to obey to the owner. You opened the book, I guess, right?" said Eriol. Michelle nodded.
"I don't remember very well what happened. I just opened the drawer, took the book... it wasn't me the one who was acting" she said. "And then a bright light started to shine, I closed my eyes and when I opened them the cards were shining and floating. That¿s when you guys came in" she ended.
Eriol, Syaoran, Tomoyo and Meilin looked at eachother. They knew what this meant but, how did this happened?
"Are you sure you don't have magic?" asked Eriol. Michelle shook her head. "Haven't you ever felt presences, like you know someone is around but can't see them?". She stayed thinking for a moment.
"I don't know, I haven't take notice of that" she answered. "What do you think?".
"The cards answered to you, that's one thing. You must have magic, the cards would have stayed the same if you didn't had any" said Eriol.
"Are you saying that I'm the new master of the cards?" asked Michelle, getting where they were going. Eriol nodded. She sighed and stood up from her spot on the bed.
She knew that they were suspecting. And that wasn't a good thing. What they believed, she had no idea, but now they were going to be suspicious of her and that wasn't any good. She had to end this and then leave with the cards by her side. No affective bond with them, but the most time she spented there, the most she wanted to stay and forever. Even though she was a complete new person, she knew they felt her.
"Michelle?" asked Syaoran. She turned around and met their questioning faces.
"What do I have to do?" she asked.
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"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, she confessed everything"
"I knew she was crazy, but never thought she could do that..."
All those comments runned in all the buildings that holded the different careers at the University. The rumor that Natalie had confessed being the murderer of Sakura had runned like fire and it was bonded to be the subject of the month.
A week with a few days had passed since the whole Sakura Cards incident. They had made Michelle try the spell and it worked, they were in a shocked state but learned that she was the new owner and had to live with it. Tomoyo was the most upset about it, but Meilin and Eriol made her calm down. Michelle on the other hand was surprised too, but was happy since she didn't had to go around chasing cards or transforming them.
"But how?" asked Fran.
"I don't know, that's what I heard. Everyone is talking about it" said Michelle after meeting her on the parking lot.
"Hey, wait for me!" yelled Danielle from behind them. She was with her boyfriend Ed and they were walking at full speed.
"Heard about it already?" he asked. Michelle nodded. In the big yard they met Madison and Sean and Fran's boyfriend Andy, they were also talking about that day's big notice.
"Is Syaoran around yet?" asked Sean when they met up and introduced the boys to Michelle.
"No, he was still at his place when I left" said Michelle, and the boys looked at her with a questioning look.
"They live near" answered Fran, and Andy nodded, hugging her.
They walked inside of the building and a few moments later they saw Syaoran walking in. Lucky they were in already, because the moment they met all the entried were blocked and no one could get in or out.
"What's going on?" asked Madison, Danielle shrugged. They heard a few cars stop and a lot of yelling. "Let's go, we don't wanna be late".
"Wait!" said Fran, dragging Danielle with her. Sean and Andy said bye too and Ed went his way towards his class, leaving Syaoran and Michelle behind and by themselves.
"Hi" said Syaoran, walking towards her.
"Hi" said Michelle, starting to walk to the cafe. They didn't had a class yet, but still were inside and couldn't get out. Thank God there was a cafe inside the building.
"You know what happened, right?" asked Michelle, making Syaoran nod.
"Yeah. It's really odd, I never thought she would confess. I wonder what got into her" he said, making Michelle smile remembering last week's event.
Flashback
"Well well well, if it isn't the three kindergarten girls". Fran, Madison and Danielle heard a voice from behind them and turned around, only to meet Natalie's smirking face.
"You are really brave now that Michelle isn't around to kick your ass" said Madison, smiling sweetly.
"Like if she could. I was a little weak that day, but now I'm better. She doesn't stand a chance against me" she said. The girls started to laugh.
"Yeah, I can imagine you trying to take care of your nails and hair while fighting" said Fran still laughing. "And even if you did, that's not going to get Syaoran to love you. He's way too out of your league" she added, making Natalie frown and get mad.
"Don't even think of landing a punch on her, ok? And she's right, he doesn't mess with sluts like you" said Madison before turning around to leave. The other two girls followed her.
"You will be the sluts, just way what I have planned for you" said Natalie to herself before starting to walk. Suddenly she felt herself begin dragged into an empty classroom. "What the...?" she started but froze when she saw who was there with her.
With all her thinking she had failed to see Michelle standing right behind her waiting for her to be alone. Natalie was scared of her since their fight, and had been a little suspicious about her since the visit she had received a few days ago. But what she saw now made her almost faint.
Michelle was standing there, she dropped her backpack to the floor and closed her eyes. She stood there and made appear an illussion in front of Natalie. Her eyes opened up wide when her features changed, her hair got just a little darker than the usual, it got from the middle of her back to her shoulders, her skin tanned a bit and her eyes turned from an amber to a deep green emerald, but that was just in her eyes.
Natalie was about to scream, but Sakura walked to her and placed her hand on her mouth, and then pinned her to the wall, holding her from her wrists to avoid her fighting.
"Yes, it's me. Didn't expected me again, didn't you?" asked Sakura, smirking.
"I thought I had get rid of you!" said Natalie, not dearing to look at her in the eye, she was too scared of her.
"Well, you did, but I came back. And I hope that this gets clear enough, I don't want to get caught" she answered. "Stay away from my friends and from Syaoran. I'm watching you, you know that already" she said with a threatening tone. Natalie started to gasp, she had never been so scared in her life, she was supposed to be dead, was she a ghost or something?
"Leave me alone!" she yelled, wanting to break free, but Sakura was too strong
"I will. Only if you stop your little games. Don't mess with me again, you hear me?" she said before walking away. She took her backpack again and snapped her fingers, making the illussion dissapear. Natalie blinked a few times to make sure she was dreaming, and all she saw was Michelle standing in the door, but she knew she had seen Sakura, she knew it. "You heard me, Natalie" said Michelle before leaving.
Natalie slipped to the ground and started to breathe deeply. "It's just a dream, just a dream" she whispered to herself, the same thing she had done a few days before, when that girl visited her too.
But she couldn't get that image of her face. Every time she saw Michelle she remembered and couldn't live with it. That's why she confessed, so the ghost of her guilt could leave her alone.
End flashback
"Michelle?" said Syaoran, waving a hand in front of her face. Michelle blinked and looked at him.
"What?" she asked.
"We are here, we've been here for a minute and you were dazing in who knows where" said Syaoran, smiling. Michelle smiled and looked down, embarrased.
"I'm sorry" she said, and opened the door, walking in. Syaoran kept smiling, she could be so absent minded sometimes.
They walked in, bought their drinks and sitted at a small table next to the door. Syaoran sitted and started to study Michelle's features. He was healing faster, he missed Sakura a lot but knew that she was ok and that she was happy. He wasn't blaming himself for everything anymore, he had learned to let her go and always carried her memory with him. 'How can she be so different and at the same time be so much like her?' he asked himself.
"Li?". He blinked. "Where were you?" she asked amused.
"Nowhere" he answered, and then added "The same place you were before". She just laughed and he smiled at her cheerfulness. "Are you doing anything today?" he asked getting up.
"I don't know" she said shrugging. "I was planning on going to the beach, since I had to pospose my visit last week and later I was too busy with our project and everything. Hopefully I'll have time today" she added. They kept walking until they met the person less expected that day to be around.
"What are you doing here?" asked Syaoran with a cold voice. Natalie shivered, but it got worse when she saw who was with him. Michelle instead didn't do anything, just looked at her.
"I'll see you around, Li" she said before leaving. She wasn't on the first name basis with him yet, she wanted him to learn to trust her.
"What do you want?" he asked when Michelle was out of sight. Natalie looked down for a moment and finally raised her head to meet his eyes.
"I know that I have no excuses for what I did, but I can't forgive myself yet, so I expect that you do" she started and then took a deep breath. "I lost my mind, I wanted to have you and in trying to do it I lost any chance I could've had to be with you. If I ever had one... I guess that what I'm trying to say is... I'm sorry" she said.
"It's ok" he answered, and she surprised, she expected him to yell at her, but no.
"Is that all?" she asked, and he nodded.
"I learned that I have to let her go, things already happened and I can't go back in time to change things. I don't understand why you did it, but I want to keep going in my life without hating you" said Syaoran.
"Thank you, Li" said Natalie, it was the first time she ever called him by his last name, and he took it as a sign of her getting better. She would learn that sometimes you don't always get what you want.
"Take care, Natalie" he said, and walked away. When he turned around the corner he met Michelle, who wiped an imaginary tear on her cheek, joking.
"So touchy" she said, placing her hand over her heart. He smiled and she started to laugh.
"Shut up" he said, making her laugh even more.
They started to walk towards their next class, that was starting in 20 minutes. Somebody passed by and gave Syaoran a paper, that announced...
"We invite you to the coolest party of the month. Our Law School calls you to our celebration that's taking place on July 26th" read Michelle out loud. "Sounds cool. What's the date?"
"July 23th" answered Syaoran after glancing at his watch.
"Well, there goes my plans of going to Detroit" she sighed.
"Why aren't you going? This isn't such a big deal anyways" said Syaoran, pointing at the paper.
"Are you nuts?!?!" yelled Michelle, starting to walk backwards so she could face him. "This is the first big bash of the year, there's no way I'm gonna miss it" she said.
"Then why are you complaining of not going to Detroit?" he asked smirking.
"I'm not complaining, I'm just saying that I will have to pospose it for next weekend" she said, starting to walk straight again. "I keep on posponing things, it's horrible".
"Won't your parents be mad at you or sad you won't be going?" asked Syaoran.
"Nah, it's not like I'm never going to go and see them again" she said. "Besides, I'm not telling them that I'm blowing them off because of a party" she said, smiling evilly.
"Tsk, tsk, you bad girl" chuckled Syaoran, and Michelle kept smiling.
"No, I'm not" she answered. "So, are you going?"
"I don't know yet" he said after thinking about it.
"Oh, come on! It will be fun" she said.
"Is this my idea or are you asking me out?" asked Syaoran; he was having a great time talking to her.
"Do you want me to ask you out?" she answered, and that caught Syaoran off guard. "No more talking about it, I'll pick you up at 9:00 on Friday" said Michelle.
"YOU are picking ME up?" he said. "Ok, fine. I guess that my friends can go, right?"
"But of course" she said, staying behind. When he got a bit far away, she walked towards a near empty classroom and making sure that no one was looking at her, she entered it.
"It took you a long time" someone said.
"Sorry, I was busy" answered the young girl. "What's wrong this time?"
"We need you. You have what it's needed, you need to go now".
"Do I have to?" pleaded Michelle. "I can't leave yet, I don't want to".
"I'm sorry, but this were the rules. Just a few days until you got them, now you have to go back, there's no other choice. Remember you decided to do this".
"NO! You asked me to, and I had no choice but to do it. You know how bad this would do to me, but no. I don't want to leave yet, I can't do it" said Michelle, getting mad.
"We'll give you a few more days. After that, we will come back" he said.
"Fine. Thank you" said Michelle and left. When she closed the door, she leaned against it and took a deep breath. This wasn't as easy as it looked.
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I know a lot of you guys will be happy about this chapter. The ones who still don't get it will get an answer in the next chapter, because the next will be a GREAT chapter, I can see it coming. I hope you FINALLY got the plot, I don't feel like saying again that this is an S&S story.
I want to thank everyone for their support and please review! I'll try to get the other chapter out by Wednesday or Tuesday, I'm not sure yet. So, that's it for now and I'll see ya later!
