AN- yeah yeah, I know that it's not Christmas yet, but it's funn to get in
the mood.just bear with it.
Chapter 6- Lies, Accidents, Deaths "Are you sad that the Little Wolf left you by yourself?" Kent asked Leisa.
"Nah, who cares about him? He was occupied though." Leisa replied, flipping her glossy hair back.
"I know."
"Yeah, whoever knew that they would actually capture the Earthquake?"
"Who are you sending out next?" Kent asked Leisa.
"I don't know. I'm going at random, this was a test of their skill, but I will use easier cards on them to weaken them. Then, when the cards like Pride, Betrayal, and Love, or Hate turn up, they will be too weak to resist us."
"Alright." Kent nodded. *~*~*~* "Hoe!" Sakura moaned as she woke up and turned off her buzzing alarm clock. She rubbed her emerald eyes sleepily; She was still tired, and not ready to wake up yet. Suddenly, she sat up. Today was the first day of December. Sakura ran excitedly to the window expecting to see snow.
Her face fell as she saw the crisp leaves lying on the ground without a soft, white blanket to cover them.
Well, at least it's time to shop for Christmas presents. She thought to herself. She got dressed fast, and then ran downstairs for breakfast. Kero was still sleeping, so she decided not to wake him up.
"Good morning otou-san, onii-chan." Sakura said cheerfully as she greeted them.
"Good morning Sakura." Her father replied.
"Hey, glad to see that you actually got up by yourself this morning, kaijou." Touya remarked coolly as he sipped his coffee.
Sakura's face grew red as she tried to think of a comment to retort back to him. The mood was broken by the sound of the phone ringing.
Fujitaka quickly picked up the phone. "Sakura, it's Tomoyo-chan." He called to her,
"Arigato otou-san." Sakura said as she picked up the phone.
"Sakura-chan!!!" Tomoyo screamed ecstatically. "It's December, and the Christmas play is coming up. You've got to try out!!"
Sakura groaned inwardly. "Tomoyo-chan, I don't have any talents. How am I ever gonna get a part. It'd be a waste of your time, and mine. Why bother?"
"You have talents, and good ones too. And you are going to try out whether you like it or not."
"OK, Whatever you say." Sakura said submissively. "See you later." Tomoyo ended.
"Bye." Sakura said. Sighing, she hung up and headed upstairs to her room to write a list of people she needed to buy presents for.
"Let's see: Onii-chan, Otou-san, Tomoyo-chan, Rika-chan, Naoko-chan, Chiharu-chan, Yamazaki-kun, Eriol-kun, I guess Syaoran should get one too. Hmm. Kale-kun, Leisa-chan, Yukito-san, Kero-chan, Hiyoshi-kun." Sakura went through her entire list.
"Hoe!" She cried when she finished. "It's a good thing I still have the money from the contest." She fished through her drawers to look for some more money to buy her presents with. She pulled out some crumpled up money, and stuffed it into her purse.
Then she noticed that Kero-chan was still sleeping. "Kero-chan!" She screamed.
"Huh? What what, where's the card, huh? What?" Kero shouted as he woke up.
Sakura giggled. "I just thought that maybe you would want to wake up. It's already." Sakura checked her clock. "About one o'clock. Aren't you hungry?"
"Ooh! Food. Gimme!" Kero shouted greedily.
Sakura sighed. She headed downstairs.
"Otou-san just went out for another conference" Touya informed Sakura.
"OK." She replied. She reached into the refrigerator to grab some leftover pudding for Kero.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Touya asked her suspiciously.
"Oh, umm.I'm hungry, so I decided to grab a snack." Sakura said as she staggered upstairs with a ton of food.
Touya raised his eyebrows at her. "Whoa, you keep eating like that and you'll end up as fat as a real kaijou." He told Sakura.
The doorbell rang, and Sakura ran to answer it. She left all of her food on the stairs.
"Yuki!" She exclaimed happily.
"Hey Sakura." Yuki replied. "How are you?"
"Fine, thank you." Sakura replied.
"Hey, Touya, do you want to go out for a while?" Yuki shouted to Touya.
"Sure." Touya answered. "Sakura, can you stay at home by yourself?"
"Yeah," Sakura said. "I am capable of taking care of myself. Gosh, it's not like I haven't grown. I'm sixteen now, old enough!" She stomped upstairs to her room.
"Geez." Touya said as he hopped on his bike. He locked the door, and then rode off with Yuki.
"Finally!" Kero shouted as Sakura stumbled into the room with the food. He grabbed it away from her and started munching on it immediately. The PS2 was already turned on and Kero had a game in progress.
Sakura dialed Tomoyo's number. She wanted to go shopping for presents with her, and also find out more about the play. "Tomoyo-chan, will you come shopping with presents with me?" Sakura asked her.
"Oh, Sakura-chan, today is the worst day to ask me." Tomoyo said regretfully. "My mom is taking me to go pick out a Christmas tree with her."
"Oh, that's ok. I know how you never get to go out with her a lot. Maybe next week." Sakura suggested. "We can go shopping with the whole gang!"
"Yeah, that will be so fun!" Tomoyo said gratefully to Sakura. "No problem." Sakura said.
"Hey, what are you going to get Li-kun for Christmas?" Tomoyo added slyly.
"What? Whoever said that I was going to get him a present?"
"Oh, never mind. But what do I get Eriol-kun?" Tomoyo wailed to Sakura. "I've got absolutely no ideas!"
"Umm. Something will come up." Sakura said helpfully.
"Oh, thanks Sakura-chan." Tomoyo sighed.
"So, when are we supposed to audition for the Christmas play?" Sakura asked Tomoyo.
"The sign-ups start tomorrow, and the auditions start on Tuesday." Tomoyo answered Sakura. "I can sign you guys up." Oops, I didn't mean to let that slip. Tomoyo thought to herself. Hopefully Sakura hadn't heard. Unfortunately, that wish was not fulfilled.
"What do you mean by 'you guys?' Who else is auditioning? Tell me Tomoyo- chan." Sakura demanded.
"Oh, you know. Just Chiharu-chan, Rika-chan, Yamazaki-kun, Eriol-kun, Leisa- chan, and Michael-kun." And Li-kun, Tomoyo added silently to herself.
"Good! For a moment there, I had the most horrible vision of Syaoran-kun as the co-star with me. Oh, I'd be so embarrassed! Good thing that it'll never happen." Sakura said.
"Oh no, of course not." Tomoyo said, But that's exactly what I've got planned, and if I can convince Li-kun to audition, then it'll be so perfect.
"So what's the play about anyway?" Sakura asked Tomoyo.
"Oh. The play's called Angel of Light. It's about how angel up above in heaven is tired of being all god and holy. Plus she's fallen in love with a human down on earth. God gives her a chance to come down and see how she likes living on earth. It's a bit of a mix between The Little Mermaid and City of Angels. Plus at the end they both commit suicides over themselves, so it's also got some Romeo and Juliet mixed in.
It's gonna be really good. And another mix, Riley, the guy down on earth is in love with a huge jerk. But she also likes Riley a lot! And she flirts with him like crazy! Then she beats up any girl who shows an interest in him. But at the end Riley realizes that she's not the one for him, and she realizes the same thing about him. And Riley and Gina, who's the angel from Heaven, end up together in Heaven. It's really sweet. The mean girl's name is Yuri. I wonder who'll get that part, Riley's best friend Taikisha ends up with her, I think. You'd be so perfect for the angel though. Gina, that part is so perfect for you. And Chiharu can play your best friend who is an angel too, Shinhwa, they are best friends, and Shinhwa is really sad when Gina goes down to earth. There are actually a lot of different characters in it."
"But you'd be so much better for that part than Chiharu, I mean, I'm good friends with her too, but I'm so much closer to you." Sakura protested to Tomoyo.
"Yeah, but I'm already the director of the play.
"Well, it sounds really cool!" Sakura said excitedly. "I can't wait to try out.
"Yeah, and I get to help pick out the characters, like who plays the parts and everything. It's going to be so much fun!" Sakura exclaimed as she twirled around her room delightedly.
"Hey, watch it!" Kero exclaimed angrily. "Oh, look! I just lost again because of you! Baka!"
"Gomen ne Kero-chan." Sakura said.
"Yeah, you'd be great as the angel. You'd have to memorize a lot of lines though. But it's a good thing that we don't have to pick out names for our parts this time."
Sakura giggled as she remembered. Way back in fourth grade, their class had put on Sleeping Beauty for a play. They had to choose roles out of a hat, and she was the prince, and Syaoran had been the princess. That had been a great play though.
Sakura sighed. She missed the times when she and Syaoran had been closer than now, when they had actually been friends. He was so cold to her now. She didn't know why either. Why was he being so closed to her, why was he so mean? Why?
"Sakura-chan, are you still there?" Tomoyo-s melodic voice cut through Sakura's thoughts. "Well, I've got to go now. My mother wants us to get an early start so that we can get home on time tomorrow. So, see you on Monday. Bye."
"Bye." Sakura replied as she hung up the phone. *~*~*~* Li Syaoran was bored out of his mind. He felt like kicking something really hard. His friend Daidouji Tomoyo had called him awhile ago about some stupid play that was coming up. She wanted him to audition for it. Syaoran didn't really want to. He was still considering it.
He knew that Sakura would probably try out, and he knew that Michael would never miss an opportunity like this play to show off. Sakura was sure to get a big part and so was Michael. Syaoran would kill himself before he ever let them act together as costars though.
Meilin was bursting with excitement. She was prancing around the room all dressed in white humming churchish songs.
Syaoran sighed to himself. He wondered if he would land a part. He knew that he probably wouldn't, but would it hurt to try? He was in competition with Michael for a lot of things, especially soccer. Michael was always really pushy. He showed off way too much!
But the way Tomoyo had put it, Michael and Naoko were unofficially a couple, so the only person Syaoran was worried about now was Kent. And he was a bit concerned about how Hiyoshi liked to flash smiles at Sakura all the time, but Kent was his main concern.
"Why are you so sad?" Meilin asked Syaoran. She noticed something wrong with him.
"Oh, I'm not sad. Why would you think that I'm sad?" Syaoran denied unconvincingly.
"Excuse me mister, but I didn't come here to cheer you up. Plus, I grew up with you. I've known you for my entire life. It's not like I wouldn't miss a simple thing like this. So c'mon. What's wrong?"
"I'm worried about the play. That's all."
"Is. it something about Sakura-chan?" Meilin asked 'innocently.' Meilin was over Syaoran already. Plus, she was engaged to another cousin in Hong Kong too, Li Senjin. Now she and Syaoran were totally open about everything to each other. Well, almost everything.
"Of course not!" Syaoran replied hotly blushing fiercely.
"Hmm." Meilin smiled. "Are you worried that someone, like Kent-kun will land the lead and costar with Sakura-chan?"
"NO!" Syaoran declared. He stared defiantly out the window, refusing to meet Meilin's eyes.
"Well, I know that you'll get a part." Meilin said encouragingly. She wrapped an arm comfortingly around Syaoran's shoulder.
"Thanks Meilin." Syaoran said gratefully. "And I mean for everything. Especially for convincing those Evil Elders to let me stay here. At least until high school is over. I know that it must have been really hard,"
Meilin grinned. "Not if you didn't do anything. Aunt Ieran was the only one. She basically did all the work. All I did was present it. Your sisters helped some too, though mostly they were really busy with their own lives."
Syaoran rolled his eyes. He remembered how he had trained so hard with Chensen to come to Japan. Chensen had died right after Syaoran had returned home after fourth grade from a mysterious illness, actually a cancer. After that, Syaoran had been silent, never talking to anyone at all. He remained like that for two years. It had taken all of Meilin's persuasion to have him return to life. Plus the fact that there was a new force out, which might be dangerous to everyone, including Sakura.
He didn't know if he still loved her, but he knew that he would protect her whatever happened. He had completely lost his emotions while he had closed himself up. Meilin had worked relentlessly to help him bring them back out. He was utterly grateful to her. He knew that he should have been the one comforting Meilin since it was her brother who had died, but it was the other way around. Meilin had been eerily calm about the whole thing, even though Syaoran still saw her silently crying sometimes, and he knew that she was thinking about Chensen. He was quietly stand by her, comforting and supporting without any words.
Now no one knew or remembered anything about when Syaoran was silent. He had sneaked the Erase card away from Sakura and erased the memories of all of his relatives, except for Meilin.
Now he was ready to go on with life, even though he knew that he would never forget about Chensen.
Syaoran was really glad that he had been given permission to come here to collect the cards. Without that, he would never have met Sakura. He had trained many months with his patient cousin Chensen to finally convince the Elders that he was capable of going. And then he had had to pass the test.
But ever since Chensen had died, Syaoran knew that he had changed. Chensen had been everything to him, more than just a cousin or trainer; he had been his father and brother. Syaoran had looked up to him for everything. *~*~*~* Sakura was bursting with impatience. School still hadn't started yet, and she was anxious to find out more about the play. And the sign-ups still wouldn't begin until after school. As she scanned the schoolyard, she noticed Kent staring at her.
He smiled slightly at Sakura.
"Sakura-chan!" Leisa's voice cut through the air.
Sakura turned around. "Hi Leisa-chan." She remarked politely.
"Did ya hear about the play?" Leisa asked Sakura excitedly.
"Yup." Sakura turned back to scan for Kent again. Surprisingly, he had disappeared.
"Huh?" She asked herself quietly. "He was there a second ago." "So, are ya going to try out?" Leisa asked Sakura.
"Yeah." Sakura murmured.
"So am I." Leisa announced importantly.
"Cool. Good luck." Sakura told Leisa.
"Ooh! It's Syaoran-kun," Leisa ran off to flirt with him. Sakura felt a twinge of loneliness as Leisa flung herself onto Syaoran. His face screamed out a panic signal to Sakura. Sakura grinned at him as she walked by.
"So, Syaoran-kun, did ya hear about the Christmas play? Are ya gonna try out? I want to be the angel. You'd be perfect as Riley! You'd better try out!" Leisa was speaking so loudly the entire school could hear her.
Probably the entire world too. Sakura thought to herself.
"Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo's voice sounded right next to Sakura.
"Hoe!" Sakura shouted. "Whoa, You scared me."
"Sorry." Tomoyo apologized.
"C'mon, class is starting." Tomoyo gestured towards the front door. Everyone was filing in.
"Good morning class." The teacher said in a monotonous tone.
"Good morning Sensei." The class replied in the same tone.
Sakura wondered what drew every new student's attention to her. She flashed a grin back. Syaoran had felt her powers, and Eriol had known that she was the Card Captor Mistress. Leisa had also suddenly developed an interest in her when they had first met. That was a funny one. Sakura had no idea why of course.
"Alright, Han-sama, you are going to need a lot of help, since you have just joined the school. Your cousin seems to be doing well, but you. Well anyway, Kinomoto-sama looks like she's sitting the nearest to you, so I assign you to her. Kinomoto-sama, help him out with any problems.
Kent grinned at her.
"Wow, Sakura-chan, you are really smart!" Kent complimented her as she finished explaining yet another sheet to him. She blushed under his gaze and behind them, Syaoran's face turned a pale white, since he had run out of red to color his face with. LOL
"No, of course I'm not. This is just really easy because we already learned it. I'm really horrible at math."
"Oh, but I bet your brother could help you with that." Kent mentally slapped himself. He shouldn't have said anything. Now Sakura would know that something was up.
"Hoe?" Sakura asked him surprised as her green eyes stared into his gray ones.
"Never mind." Kent brushed it off. The recess bell rang dismissing them from class.
As Sakura collected her things, she felt a hand tap her shoulder. "Yea?" She asked as she lifted her stuff up.
"Well, I was wondering if you could give me a hand with the work in school this afternoon." Kent asked her.
"Oh, I'm really sorry Kent, but I have to stay after school to sign up for a Christmas play that I'm going to try out for." Sakura apologized.
"Well, that's ok." Kent said, "Good luck on your performance."
"Thanks." Sakura said after him.
"Ooh, Sakura-chan, you've got another guy after you." Tomoyo said as they walked outside for gym. The air was chilly, but warm enough so that they weren't freezing, and that the gym teacher would order them outside.
"What, huh, who?" Sakura asked unwittingly.
"Duh, Han-kun!" Tomoyo said rolling her eyes. "Wow, the marvelous antagonist is being rivaled against a new foe, who is utterly handsome also. The beautiful star is struggling against her real inside emotions and deciding who she really loves! Wow! It's a great movie idea!"
"Hoe! Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura complained.
"But hey, he really likes you."
"Oh I don't think so." Sakura said, "He's just trying to make some friends. I would too if I had just moved to a new school."
"Whatever you say." Tomoyo said. "But he's going really far. And I know a certain guy who was going crazy because of the attention that Han-kun was pouring on you."
"Sakura-chan!" Syaoran yelled. "Are you going try out for the Christmas play, Angel of Light?"
"Of course." Sakura replied.
Syaoran said. "Tomoyo-chan told me about it too. Meilin is really excited." Syaoran pointed across the sports field where Meilin was once again dancing delicately like an angel. "I might audition."
"You are? Tomoyo-chan?" Sakura turned around to glare at Tomoyo, but she had already escaped to the protection of Rika, Chiharu, and Yamazaki.
"Yeah, and I was wondering if you would like.want to.would you ever.well, would you tryout with me?" Syaoran stammered. "Only because there's no one else that I really want to tryout with, 'cept Meilin and she's already with someone else." Actually, Tomoyo had hinted to Syaoran that Sakura was looking for someone to try out with, and they would make a great team.
"Sure." Sakura replied in such an offhand manner that Syaoran was disappointed.
"If you don't want to try out with me, you don't have to." He said getting mad.
"Oh, no, I do." Sakura replied in such an eager way that Syaoran's anger diminished.
"OK." He said smiling at her gratefully.
"So, what scene are we going to do?" Sakura asked Syaoran.
"I don't know." Syaoran said to her.
"Hey I can help you guys prepare." Tomoyo suddenly popped up again. "And since I've already looked at the script, I know the perfect scene." "OK, sure." Syaoran immediately agreed. Sakura was having second thoughts though.
"Exactly which scene are we going to do Tomoyo?" She asked her suspiciously.
"Oh, just the one where." The bell rang drowning out Tomoyo's words. ".Would be perfect for you guys." Tomoyo ended.
"Wait, Tomoyo, I didn't hear you." Sakura cried out as everyone filed back inside the classroom.
"I'll tell you later." Tomoyo whispered.
"But."
"Kinomoto-san, I suggest that you sit down before I send you down to the principal's office." The teacher reprimanded her in a stern voice. "Class has started." The teacher gestured towards Sakura's seat.
The class tittered softly. Sakura felt her face grow red as she slowly walked to her seat. Syaoran didn't say any words, but she felt a surge of sympathy from him.
Kent gave a smile of understanding too. She grinned at him. *~*~*~* "Wow!" Sakura gasped. She was standing in front of the sign-up sheet for the play after the meeting for the cast. The sheet was practically filled up. Michael, Leisa, Rika, Chiharu, Yamazaki, and Meilin had all signed up. Naoko had already helped out by writing the entire script. As she scanned the list, Sakura noticed a name that she had not expected to see on it.
"Hey, I didn't know that Kent-kun would sign up." She mentioned to Tomoyo.
"Well, I guess that he did."
Sakura quickly out down her name and Syaoran's too.
"I signed you up!" She shouted to Syaoran as he flashed her a questioning glance. He returned a quick smile as he walked away. He was going out for the soccer team. Sakura was rushing to cheer him on, since cheerleading practice had been cancelled.
*~*~*~* Syaoran shook his head at Kent's reckless speed as he watched Kent dribble the ball down the field. Even he knew how much Kent was hogging the ball. He knew how you needed to have teamwork.
"Whoo! Go Kent-kun!" All the girls on the field screamed.
Gracefully, Syaoran ran down the field and snatched the ball away with his feet.
He passed the ball to another teammate who neatly shot it into the goal.
"Wow, go Syaoran-kun!" The girls yelled.
Kent stared at the goal in disbelief.
Syaoran passed by him, then stopped.
"You are an excellent player Kent-kun, but you were too reckless. That's why it was so easy for me to steal the ball away from you." Syaoran said curtly.
Kent stared after Syaoran with bitter anger. I never lose. He thought. Never. I will have me revenge Li, you can bet on it.
"Too bad you lost." Leisa teased Kent. He whirled on her with fury.
She grinned and stuck her tongue out as she ran away. *~*~*~* "Good job Syaoran-kun." Sakura complimented him as they walked home with Tomoyo.
"Thanks," Syaoran replied, blushing slightly.
"So Tomoyo, what was the scene that you wanted to have me to with Syaoran?" Sakura asked
"Oh, well." Tomoyo pulled out three copies of the script and handed a copy to Sakura and one to Syaoran. "Here, it's on page 13, when Riley and Gina first meet. Gina is saying all of this stuff to Riley about him. Some of it surprises him because he doesn't even know about it. Riley is slowly falling in love with her."
"WAIT!" Sakura screamed out loud as she flipped through the pages. "At the end of the scene, they KISS! I can't do that with Syaoran-kun!"
Syaoran shook his head vigorously too. "No way Tomoyo-chan. No way in freakin' hell am I going to do that."
"Well, I'm sure that it'll work out." Tomoyo said slyly. "And if you guys are sure that you don't want to do that together, I can always get Leisa or Kent to fill one of your places."
Sakura stared right into Syaoran's amber eyes to see who he would rather want to work with. He showed no emotion to her.
"Alright, I guess I can try to work this out." He said slowly.
"Alright!" Tomoyo cheered.
"Hoe!" Sakura groaned.
"Wait a sec," Sakura told Syaoran as she pulled Tomoyo away. Syaoran watched them steadily as they disappeared from his view.
Now what? He thought to himself.
"Tomoyo-chan, I've got something to confess." Sakura said slowly and softly once Syaoran had disappeared from view.
"Yes?" Tomoyo asked.
"Well." Sakura stopped.
"Yeah?" Tomoyo asked getting impatient.
"Well, I think that I like Syaoran-kun. A lot."
"Uh-huh, is that it? Well, I've known that you've liked him for a while now. And that you tell me now! I'm so hurt." Tomoyo sniffed jokingly.
"I'm sorry Tomoyo-chan, really!" Sakura protested. "I meant to tell you, 'cept, well. I thought that. I mean."
"It's ok." Tomoyo said to Sakura. "Plus, I think that you guys make the most kawaii couple!"
"Thanks Tomoyo-chan. Well, what do you think Santa will get you this year?"
"Santa, you still believe in Santa?" Sakura heard a mocking voice behind her. It was Syaoran. Sakura trembled in anger.
Oh no! I hope no one heard anything! I'd be so dead if someone did.
"Hey, Syaoran-kun, you are so mean!" Rika said to him. She had appeared suddenly.
"You know who Santa really is? He's actually an elf that ate way too much, and he is on a contract with a toy company and." Chiharu strangled Yamazaki.
"Shut up!" She yelled for the billionth time.
Meilin was walking slowly behind everyone wistfully. She knew that she would miss everyone here when she went back. Yes, she was returning to Hong Kong because she felt that she was absolutely no help here. Syaoran didn't need her, even though she had finished her training and Wei could come over.
"So you guys, do you all want to go shopping for Christmas presents together tomorrow?" Tomoyo asked everyone.
"Sure." Sakura answered. Meilin smiled and nodded. So did Yamazaki and Chiharu.
"Oh, I'm really sorry, but I can't." Syaoran said regretfully.
"Oh, you are such a party pooper." Sakura said to him teasingly. No one wondered where Syaoran was going besides Meilin. Where would he be going without telling her first? Meilin was hurt. * * * * * * * * * * "Hey, Syaoran-kun, wait up!" Tomoyo yelled breathlessly as she ran up to him.
"Yeah?" He asked her.
"Well, I was just wondering if you would ever consider Sakura your, well, girlfriend?" Tomoyo asked him slyly.
"NO!" of course not!" Syaoran denied loudly.
"Oh, OK." Tomoyo ran off before Syaoran could say anything else.
"See, maybe Sakura does like you." Meilin popped in.
"Meilin!" Syaoran threatened as his face turned bright red. She giggled as they walked home.
The next day after school, Tomoyo ran breathlessly up to Sakura. "Hey, guess what?! I asked Syaoran-kun if he would go out with you!"
"WHAT! Tomoyo-chan! How could you?" Sakura cried out tearfully. "I can't believe I actually trusted you with my darkest secret! Now I have absolutely no chance with him! And he probably hates me now and thinks that I'm a total loser and thinks that I actually told you to do that! Plus, I won't have anyone to do the scene with now!" Sakura turned around and ran away.
Tears streamed down her face and she angrily brushed them away. They blinded her face, and she ran straight in to someone. Tears streamed down her face and she angrily brushed them away. They blinded her face, and she ran straight in to someone.
"Whoa!" She cried out. The person grabbed her hand and steadied her on her feet.
"Thanks." She mumbled.
"No problem." She heard a deep voice say. She looked up. It was Kent. "Hey, are you okay?" He asked gently.
"Yeah." She mumbled looking down again.
"Are you sure?" Kent sounded very concerned.
".No." Sakura sighed and took a deep breath.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Kent probed gently.
"No!" Sakura replied quickly.
"OK. C'mon." Kent said as he saw tears well up in Sakura's eyes again in memory. He pulled Sakura closer to him.
"Thanks." Sakura said as she leaned against him. They headed towards the park. *~*~*~* Syaoran whistled softly to himself as he walked through the street. He was looking for Sakura. He glanced down at his hands for the billionth time to make sure the flowers were still there. He had bought some peonies for Sakura. Syaoran had decided to get to know Sakura better.
As he turned the corner to the park, he stopped. The bouquet slowly slipped from his fingers and dropped onto the ground. The sight he saw shocked him immensely.
Sakura was leaning heavily against Kent. He had his hand firmly around Sakura's waist, and was supporting her. Kent slowly turned Sakura's face towards his gently.
Syaoran couldn't take it anymore. He turned around and dashed off with anger growing in his heart. It was turning cold again. How could Sakura betray him like that? Especially with Kent? He thought that Sakura would've made a better choice than that, even if he hadn't been himself.
Even Michael would've been better because he knew he could trust him not to treat Sakura badly. But Kent? When they didn't even know anything about him? When Syaoran could sense a bad aura around him? It just didn't make any sense. He ran blindly home. *~*~*~* The bitter wind carried the delicate peonies along with its gentle hands and suddenly swept them into Sakura's outstretched arms. She stared at them in amazement.
She turned away from Kent. Looking at the peonies, she remembered Syaoran. Peonies were his favorite flowers. She inhaled the scent of the flowers deeply, and she could feel Syaoran next to her. She stared down the street, expecting to see him somewhere.
She was disappointed.
"So, are you feeling better?" Kent asked Sakura.
"Yeah, thanks." Sakura got up abruptly. She grasped the peonies tightly. She sighed. "I just can't believe Tomoyo-chan would do something like that. It's so out of her character. She doesn't seem like the kind of person who would do that to me. And I've known her for my entire life!"
"Well. I'm sure that she was only trying to help you." Kent said softly.
"Yeah, but she went way too far." Sakura pointed out. "Well, I've gotta go. See you later."
"Bye." Kent said. Sakura slowly faded from his sight as she walked down the street.
Alright Syaoran, I'm going to make you pay. How are you going to act when you find out that Sakura is now mine. I'm going to make her mine. I'm going to make you suffer! Kent thought evilly.
*~*~*~* Tomoyo slowly walked home. It was Christmas time, and the holiday spirit was in the air. She saw bunches of little kids crowding around toy store windows, pointing out what they wanted. She remembered a time when Sakura and she had done that. Tomoyo sighed. She was lonely. All the rest of her friends had someone who they could talk to when they needed help. Sakura had Syaoran and her brother and father. Chiharu and Yamazaki had each other and their families. Even Meilin and Syaoran had each other even thought they were miles away from their homes.
Tomoyo felt left out. She had lots of troubles too. True, she had Sakura. But Sakura was so dense sometimes, and not understanding at all. Her mother was always out on business, and Tomoyo stayed out of touch with her father on purpose. And now Sakura was mad at her. Tomoyo had no one to talk to about how she felt. She was really sorry that she had done it now. Tomoyo stepped into the street. Tears welled up in her eyes. Who would she go to now?
Where was Eriol?
Tears blinded her vision. She was so busy thinking about what a horrible thing she had one when she heard a horn beep.
Tomoyo looked up surprised. A car was heading straight towards her at full speed. She heard voices calling at her from far away, telling her to move. But all Tomoyo saw was the car, getting closer and closer. Frozen in fear and shock, Tomoyo couldn't move. The car hit her at its zenith speed.
Tomoyo flew forward hitting the pavement heavily. She heard sirens echoing in the background. She knew that they would never make it in time. I'm sorry Sakura, and Eriol, I love you! were her last thoughts before the world faded before her and black entered.
Aww.Tomoyo is hit by a car! What is gonna happen next? Is she gonna die? What do you think should happen? How is Sakura gonna feel? And there is a Christmas play coming up. Who's gonna play the main characters? How is it gonna turn out? Well, you get to find out next chapter. R+R! PS- Sorry if I'm not keeping up with the actual dates. It's sorta hard to do that.
Chapter 6- Lies, Accidents, Deaths "Are you sad that the Little Wolf left you by yourself?" Kent asked Leisa.
"Nah, who cares about him? He was occupied though." Leisa replied, flipping her glossy hair back.
"I know."
"Yeah, whoever knew that they would actually capture the Earthquake?"
"Who are you sending out next?" Kent asked Leisa.
"I don't know. I'm going at random, this was a test of their skill, but I will use easier cards on them to weaken them. Then, when the cards like Pride, Betrayal, and Love, or Hate turn up, they will be too weak to resist us."
"Alright." Kent nodded. *~*~*~* "Hoe!" Sakura moaned as she woke up and turned off her buzzing alarm clock. She rubbed her emerald eyes sleepily; She was still tired, and not ready to wake up yet. Suddenly, she sat up. Today was the first day of December. Sakura ran excitedly to the window expecting to see snow.
Her face fell as she saw the crisp leaves lying on the ground without a soft, white blanket to cover them.
Well, at least it's time to shop for Christmas presents. She thought to herself. She got dressed fast, and then ran downstairs for breakfast. Kero was still sleeping, so she decided not to wake him up.
"Good morning otou-san, onii-chan." Sakura said cheerfully as she greeted them.
"Good morning Sakura." Her father replied.
"Hey, glad to see that you actually got up by yourself this morning, kaijou." Touya remarked coolly as he sipped his coffee.
Sakura's face grew red as she tried to think of a comment to retort back to him. The mood was broken by the sound of the phone ringing.
Fujitaka quickly picked up the phone. "Sakura, it's Tomoyo-chan." He called to her,
"Arigato otou-san." Sakura said as she picked up the phone.
"Sakura-chan!!!" Tomoyo screamed ecstatically. "It's December, and the Christmas play is coming up. You've got to try out!!"
Sakura groaned inwardly. "Tomoyo-chan, I don't have any talents. How am I ever gonna get a part. It'd be a waste of your time, and mine. Why bother?"
"You have talents, and good ones too. And you are going to try out whether you like it or not."
"OK, Whatever you say." Sakura said submissively. "See you later." Tomoyo ended.
"Bye." Sakura said. Sighing, she hung up and headed upstairs to her room to write a list of people she needed to buy presents for.
"Let's see: Onii-chan, Otou-san, Tomoyo-chan, Rika-chan, Naoko-chan, Chiharu-chan, Yamazaki-kun, Eriol-kun, I guess Syaoran should get one too. Hmm. Kale-kun, Leisa-chan, Yukito-san, Kero-chan, Hiyoshi-kun." Sakura went through her entire list.
"Hoe!" She cried when she finished. "It's a good thing I still have the money from the contest." She fished through her drawers to look for some more money to buy her presents with. She pulled out some crumpled up money, and stuffed it into her purse.
Then she noticed that Kero-chan was still sleeping. "Kero-chan!" She screamed.
"Huh? What what, where's the card, huh? What?" Kero shouted as he woke up.
Sakura giggled. "I just thought that maybe you would want to wake up. It's already." Sakura checked her clock. "About one o'clock. Aren't you hungry?"
"Ooh! Food. Gimme!" Kero shouted greedily.
Sakura sighed. She headed downstairs.
"Otou-san just went out for another conference" Touya informed Sakura.
"OK." She replied. She reached into the refrigerator to grab some leftover pudding for Kero.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Touya asked her suspiciously.
"Oh, umm.I'm hungry, so I decided to grab a snack." Sakura said as she staggered upstairs with a ton of food.
Touya raised his eyebrows at her. "Whoa, you keep eating like that and you'll end up as fat as a real kaijou." He told Sakura.
The doorbell rang, and Sakura ran to answer it. She left all of her food on the stairs.
"Yuki!" She exclaimed happily.
"Hey Sakura." Yuki replied. "How are you?"
"Fine, thank you." Sakura replied.
"Hey, Touya, do you want to go out for a while?" Yuki shouted to Touya.
"Sure." Touya answered. "Sakura, can you stay at home by yourself?"
"Yeah," Sakura said. "I am capable of taking care of myself. Gosh, it's not like I haven't grown. I'm sixteen now, old enough!" She stomped upstairs to her room.
"Geez." Touya said as he hopped on his bike. He locked the door, and then rode off with Yuki.
"Finally!" Kero shouted as Sakura stumbled into the room with the food. He grabbed it away from her and started munching on it immediately. The PS2 was already turned on and Kero had a game in progress.
Sakura dialed Tomoyo's number. She wanted to go shopping for presents with her, and also find out more about the play. "Tomoyo-chan, will you come shopping with presents with me?" Sakura asked her.
"Oh, Sakura-chan, today is the worst day to ask me." Tomoyo said regretfully. "My mom is taking me to go pick out a Christmas tree with her."
"Oh, that's ok. I know how you never get to go out with her a lot. Maybe next week." Sakura suggested. "We can go shopping with the whole gang!"
"Yeah, that will be so fun!" Tomoyo said gratefully to Sakura. "No problem." Sakura said.
"Hey, what are you going to get Li-kun for Christmas?" Tomoyo added slyly.
"What? Whoever said that I was going to get him a present?"
"Oh, never mind. But what do I get Eriol-kun?" Tomoyo wailed to Sakura. "I've got absolutely no ideas!"
"Umm. Something will come up." Sakura said helpfully.
"Oh, thanks Sakura-chan." Tomoyo sighed.
"So, when are we supposed to audition for the Christmas play?" Sakura asked Tomoyo.
"The sign-ups start tomorrow, and the auditions start on Tuesday." Tomoyo answered Sakura. "I can sign you guys up." Oops, I didn't mean to let that slip. Tomoyo thought to herself. Hopefully Sakura hadn't heard. Unfortunately, that wish was not fulfilled.
"What do you mean by 'you guys?' Who else is auditioning? Tell me Tomoyo- chan." Sakura demanded.
"Oh, you know. Just Chiharu-chan, Rika-chan, Yamazaki-kun, Eriol-kun, Leisa- chan, and Michael-kun." And Li-kun, Tomoyo added silently to herself.
"Good! For a moment there, I had the most horrible vision of Syaoran-kun as the co-star with me. Oh, I'd be so embarrassed! Good thing that it'll never happen." Sakura said.
"Oh no, of course not." Tomoyo said, But that's exactly what I've got planned, and if I can convince Li-kun to audition, then it'll be so perfect.
"So what's the play about anyway?" Sakura asked Tomoyo.
"Oh. The play's called Angel of Light. It's about how angel up above in heaven is tired of being all god and holy. Plus she's fallen in love with a human down on earth. God gives her a chance to come down and see how she likes living on earth. It's a bit of a mix between The Little Mermaid and City of Angels. Plus at the end they both commit suicides over themselves, so it's also got some Romeo and Juliet mixed in.
It's gonna be really good. And another mix, Riley, the guy down on earth is in love with a huge jerk. But she also likes Riley a lot! And she flirts with him like crazy! Then she beats up any girl who shows an interest in him. But at the end Riley realizes that she's not the one for him, and she realizes the same thing about him. And Riley and Gina, who's the angel from Heaven, end up together in Heaven. It's really sweet. The mean girl's name is Yuri. I wonder who'll get that part, Riley's best friend Taikisha ends up with her, I think. You'd be so perfect for the angel though. Gina, that part is so perfect for you. And Chiharu can play your best friend who is an angel too, Shinhwa, they are best friends, and Shinhwa is really sad when Gina goes down to earth. There are actually a lot of different characters in it."
"But you'd be so much better for that part than Chiharu, I mean, I'm good friends with her too, but I'm so much closer to you." Sakura protested to Tomoyo.
"Yeah, but I'm already the director of the play.
"Well, it sounds really cool!" Sakura said excitedly. "I can't wait to try out.
"Yeah, and I get to help pick out the characters, like who plays the parts and everything. It's going to be so much fun!" Sakura exclaimed as she twirled around her room delightedly.
"Hey, watch it!" Kero exclaimed angrily. "Oh, look! I just lost again because of you! Baka!"
"Gomen ne Kero-chan." Sakura said.
"Yeah, you'd be great as the angel. You'd have to memorize a lot of lines though. But it's a good thing that we don't have to pick out names for our parts this time."
Sakura giggled as she remembered. Way back in fourth grade, their class had put on Sleeping Beauty for a play. They had to choose roles out of a hat, and she was the prince, and Syaoran had been the princess. That had been a great play though.
Sakura sighed. She missed the times when she and Syaoran had been closer than now, when they had actually been friends. He was so cold to her now. She didn't know why either. Why was he being so closed to her, why was he so mean? Why?
"Sakura-chan, are you still there?" Tomoyo-s melodic voice cut through Sakura's thoughts. "Well, I've got to go now. My mother wants us to get an early start so that we can get home on time tomorrow. So, see you on Monday. Bye."
"Bye." Sakura replied as she hung up the phone. *~*~*~* Li Syaoran was bored out of his mind. He felt like kicking something really hard. His friend Daidouji Tomoyo had called him awhile ago about some stupid play that was coming up. She wanted him to audition for it. Syaoran didn't really want to. He was still considering it.
He knew that Sakura would probably try out, and he knew that Michael would never miss an opportunity like this play to show off. Sakura was sure to get a big part and so was Michael. Syaoran would kill himself before he ever let them act together as costars though.
Meilin was bursting with excitement. She was prancing around the room all dressed in white humming churchish songs.
Syaoran sighed to himself. He wondered if he would land a part. He knew that he probably wouldn't, but would it hurt to try? He was in competition with Michael for a lot of things, especially soccer. Michael was always really pushy. He showed off way too much!
But the way Tomoyo had put it, Michael and Naoko were unofficially a couple, so the only person Syaoran was worried about now was Kent. And he was a bit concerned about how Hiyoshi liked to flash smiles at Sakura all the time, but Kent was his main concern.
"Why are you so sad?" Meilin asked Syaoran. She noticed something wrong with him.
"Oh, I'm not sad. Why would you think that I'm sad?" Syaoran denied unconvincingly.
"Excuse me mister, but I didn't come here to cheer you up. Plus, I grew up with you. I've known you for my entire life. It's not like I wouldn't miss a simple thing like this. So c'mon. What's wrong?"
"I'm worried about the play. That's all."
"Is. it something about Sakura-chan?" Meilin asked 'innocently.' Meilin was over Syaoran already. Plus, she was engaged to another cousin in Hong Kong too, Li Senjin. Now she and Syaoran were totally open about everything to each other. Well, almost everything.
"Of course not!" Syaoran replied hotly blushing fiercely.
"Hmm." Meilin smiled. "Are you worried that someone, like Kent-kun will land the lead and costar with Sakura-chan?"
"NO!" Syaoran declared. He stared defiantly out the window, refusing to meet Meilin's eyes.
"Well, I know that you'll get a part." Meilin said encouragingly. She wrapped an arm comfortingly around Syaoran's shoulder.
"Thanks Meilin." Syaoran said gratefully. "And I mean for everything. Especially for convincing those Evil Elders to let me stay here. At least until high school is over. I know that it must have been really hard,"
Meilin grinned. "Not if you didn't do anything. Aunt Ieran was the only one. She basically did all the work. All I did was present it. Your sisters helped some too, though mostly they were really busy with their own lives."
Syaoran rolled his eyes. He remembered how he had trained so hard with Chensen to come to Japan. Chensen had died right after Syaoran had returned home after fourth grade from a mysterious illness, actually a cancer. After that, Syaoran had been silent, never talking to anyone at all. He remained like that for two years. It had taken all of Meilin's persuasion to have him return to life. Plus the fact that there was a new force out, which might be dangerous to everyone, including Sakura.
He didn't know if he still loved her, but he knew that he would protect her whatever happened. He had completely lost his emotions while he had closed himself up. Meilin had worked relentlessly to help him bring them back out. He was utterly grateful to her. He knew that he should have been the one comforting Meilin since it was her brother who had died, but it was the other way around. Meilin had been eerily calm about the whole thing, even though Syaoran still saw her silently crying sometimes, and he knew that she was thinking about Chensen. He was quietly stand by her, comforting and supporting without any words.
Now no one knew or remembered anything about when Syaoran was silent. He had sneaked the Erase card away from Sakura and erased the memories of all of his relatives, except for Meilin.
Now he was ready to go on with life, even though he knew that he would never forget about Chensen.
Syaoran was really glad that he had been given permission to come here to collect the cards. Without that, he would never have met Sakura. He had trained many months with his patient cousin Chensen to finally convince the Elders that he was capable of going. And then he had had to pass the test.
But ever since Chensen had died, Syaoran knew that he had changed. Chensen had been everything to him, more than just a cousin or trainer; he had been his father and brother. Syaoran had looked up to him for everything. *~*~*~* Sakura was bursting with impatience. School still hadn't started yet, and she was anxious to find out more about the play. And the sign-ups still wouldn't begin until after school. As she scanned the schoolyard, she noticed Kent staring at her.
He smiled slightly at Sakura.
"Sakura-chan!" Leisa's voice cut through the air.
Sakura turned around. "Hi Leisa-chan." She remarked politely.
"Did ya hear about the play?" Leisa asked Sakura excitedly.
"Yup." Sakura turned back to scan for Kent again. Surprisingly, he had disappeared.
"Huh?" She asked herself quietly. "He was there a second ago." "So, are ya going to try out?" Leisa asked Sakura.
"Yeah." Sakura murmured.
"So am I." Leisa announced importantly.
"Cool. Good luck." Sakura told Leisa.
"Ooh! It's Syaoran-kun," Leisa ran off to flirt with him. Sakura felt a twinge of loneliness as Leisa flung herself onto Syaoran. His face screamed out a panic signal to Sakura. Sakura grinned at him as she walked by.
"So, Syaoran-kun, did ya hear about the Christmas play? Are ya gonna try out? I want to be the angel. You'd be perfect as Riley! You'd better try out!" Leisa was speaking so loudly the entire school could hear her.
Probably the entire world too. Sakura thought to herself.
"Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo's voice sounded right next to Sakura.
"Hoe!" Sakura shouted. "Whoa, You scared me."
"Sorry." Tomoyo apologized.
"C'mon, class is starting." Tomoyo gestured towards the front door. Everyone was filing in.
"Good morning class." The teacher said in a monotonous tone.
"Good morning Sensei." The class replied in the same tone.
Sakura wondered what drew every new student's attention to her. She flashed a grin back. Syaoran had felt her powers, and Eriol had known that she was the Card Captor Mistress. Leisa had also suddenly developed an interest in her when they had first met. That was a funny one. Sakura had no idea why of course.
"Alright, Han-sama, you are going to need a lot of help, since you have just joined the school. Your cousin seems to be doing well, but you. Well anyway, Kinomoto-sama looks like she's sitting the nearest to you, so I assign you to her. Kinomoto-sama, help him out with any problems.
Kent grinned at her.
"Wow, Sakura-chan, you are really smart!" Kent complimented her as she finished explaining yet another sheet to him. She blushed under his gaze and behind them, Syaoran's face turned a pale white, since he had run out of red to color his face with. LOL
"No, of course I'm not. This is just really easy because we already learned it. I'm really horrible at math."
"Oh, but I bet your brother could help you with that." Kent mentally slapped himself. He shouldn't have said anything. Now Sakura would know that something was up.
"Hoe?" Sakura asked him surprised as her green eyes stared into his gray ones.
"Never mind." Kent brushed it off. The recess bell rang dismissing them from class.
As Sakura collected her things, she felt a hand tap her shoulder. "Yea?" She asked as she lifted her stuff up.
"Well, I was wondering if you could give me a hand with the work in school this afternoon." Kent asked her.
"Oh, I'm really sorry Kent, but I have to stay after school to sign up for a Christmas play that I'm going to try out for." Sakura apologized.
"Well, that's ok." Kent said, "Good luck on your performance."
"Thanks." Sakura said after him.
"Ooh, Sakura-chan, you've got another guy after you." Tomoyo said as they walked outside for gym. The air was chilly, but warm enough so that they weren't freezing, and that the gym teacher would order them outside.
"What, huh, who?" Sakura asked unwittingly.
"Duh, Han-kun!" Tomoyo said rolling her eyes. "Wow, the marvelous antagonist is being rivaled against a new foe, who is utterly handsome also. The beautiful star is struggling against her real inside emotions and deciding who she really loves! Wow! It's a great movie idea!"
"Hoe! Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura complained.
"But hey, he really likes you."
"Oh I don't think so." Sakura said, "He's just trying to make some friends. I would too if I had just moved to a new school."
"Whatever you say." Tomoyo said. "But he's going really far. And I know a certain guy who was going crazy because of the attention that Han-kun was pouring on you."
"Sakura-chan!" Syaoran yelled. "Are you going try out for the Christmas play, Angel of Light?"
"Of course." Sakura replied.
Syaoran said. "Tomoyo-chan told me about it too. Meilin is really excited." Syaoran pointed across the sports field where Meilin was once again dancing delicately like an angel. "I might audition."
"You are? Tomoyo-chan?" Sakura turned around to glare at Tomoyo, but she had already escaped to the protection of Rika, Chiharu, and Yamazaki.
"Yeah, and I was wondering if you would like.want to.would you ever.well, would you tryout with me?" Syaoran stammered. "Only because there's no one else that I really want to tryout with, 'cept Meilin and she's already with someone else." Actually, Tomoyo had hinted to Syaoran that Sakura was looking for someone to try out with, and they would make a great team.
"Sure." Sakura replied in such an offhand manner that Syaoran was disappointed.
"If you don't want to try out with me, you don't have to." He said getting mad.
"Oh, no, I do." Sakura replied in such an eager way that Syaoran's anger diminished.
"OK." He said smiling at her gratefully.
"So, what scene are we going to do?" Sakura asked Syaoran.
"I don't know." Syaoran said to her.
"Hey I can help you guys prepare." Tomoyo suddenly popped up again. "And since I've already looked at the script, I know the perfect scene." "OK, sure." Syaoran immediately agreed. Sakura was having second thoughts though.
"Exactly which scene are we going to do Tomoyo?" She asked her suspiciously.
"Oh, just the one where." The bell rang drowning out Tomoyo's words. ".Would be perfect for you guys." Tomoyo ended.
"Wait, Tomoyo, I didn't hear you." Sakura cried out as everyone filed back inside the classroom.
"I'll tell you later." Tomoyo whispered.
"But."
"Kinomoto-san, I suggest that you sit down before I send you down to the principal's office." The teacher reprimanded her in a stern voice. "Class has started." The teacher gestured towards Sakura's seat.
The class tittered softly. Sakura felt her face grow red as she slowly walked to her seat. Syaoran didn't say any words, but she felt a surge of sympathy from him.
Kent gave a smile of understanding too. She grinned at him. *~*~*~* "Wow!" Sakura gasped. She was standing in front of the sign-up sheet for the play after the meeting for the cast. The sheet was practically filled up. Michael, Leisa, Rika, Chiharu, Yamazaki, and Meilin had all signed up. Naoko had already helped out by writing the entire script. As she scanned the list, Sakura noticed a name that she had not expected to see on it.
"Hey, I didn't know that Kent-kun would sign up." She mentioned to Tomoyo.
"Well, I guess that he did."
Sakura quickly out down her name and Syaoran's too.
"I signed you up!" She shouted to Syaoran as he flashed her a questioning glance. He returned a quick smile as he walked away. He was going out for the soccer team. Sakura was rushing to cheer him on, since cheerleading practice had been cancelled.
*~*~*~* Syaoran shook his head at Kent's reckless speed as he watched Kent dribble the ball down the field. Even he knew how much Kent was hogging the ball. He knew how you needed to have teamwork.
"Whoo! Go Kent-kun!" All the girls on the field screamed.
Gracefully, Syaoran ran down the field and snatched the ball away with his feet.
He passed the ball to another teammate who neatly shot it into the goal.
"Wow, go Syaoran-kun!" The girls yelled.
Kent stared at the goal in disbelief.
Syaoran passed by him, then stopped.
"You are an excellent player Kent-kun, but you were too reckless. That's why it was so easy for me to steal the ball away from you." Syaoran said curtly.
Kent stared after Syaoran with bitter anger. I never lose. He thought. Never. I will have me revenge Li, you can bet on it.
"Too bad you lost." Leisa teased Kent. He whirled on her with fury.
She grinned and stuck her tongue out as she ran away. *~*~*~* "Good job Syaoran-kun." Sakura complimented him as they walked home with Tomoyo.
"Thanks," Syaoran replied, blushing slightly.
"So Tomoyo, what was the scene that you wanted to have me to with Syaoran?" Sakura asked
"Oh, well." Tomoyo pulled out three copies of the script and handed a copy to Sakura and one to Syaoran. "Here, it's on page 13, when Riley and Gina first meet. Gina is saying all of this stuff to Riley about him. Some of it surprises him because he doesn't even know about it. Riley is slowly falling in love with her."
"WAIT!" Sakura screamed out loud as she flipped through the pages. "At the end of the scene, they KISS! I can't do that with Syaoran-kun!"
Syaoran shook his head vigorously too. "No way Tomoyo-chan. No way in freakin' hell am I going to do that."
"Well, I'm sure that it'll work out." Tomoyo said slyly. "And if you guys are sure that you don't want to do that together, I can always get Leisa or Kent to fill one of your places."
Sakura stared right into Syaoran's amber eyes to see who he would rather want to work with. He showed no emotion to her.
"Alright, I guess I can try to work this out." He said slowly.
"Alright!" Tomoyo cheered.
"Hoe!" Sakura groaned.
"Wait a sec," Sakura told Syaoran as she pulled Tomoyo away. Syaoran watched them steadily as they disappeared from his view.
Now what? He thought to himself.
"Tomoyo-chan, I've got something to confess." Sakura said slowly and softly once Syaoran had disappeared from view.
"Yes?" Tomoyo asked.
"Well." Sakura stopped.
"Yeah?" Tomoyo asked getting impatient.
"Well, I think that I like Syaoran-kun. A lot."
"Uh-huh, is that it? Well, I've known that you've liked him for a while now. And that you tell me now! I'm so hurt." Tomoyo sniffed jokingly.
"I'm sorry Tomoyo-chan, really!" Sakura protested. "I meant to tell you, 'cept, well. I thought that. I mean."
"It's ok." Tomoyo said to Sakura. "Plus, I think that you guys make the most kawaii couple!"
"Thanks Tomoyo-chan. Well, what do you think Santa will get you this year?"
"Santa, you still believe in Santa?" Sakura heard a mocking voice behind her. It was Syaoran. Sakura trembled in anger.
Oh no! I hope no one heard anything! I'd be so dead if someone did.
"Hey, Syaoran-kun, you are so mean!" Rika said to him. She had appeared suddenly.
"You know who Santa really is? He's actually an elf that ate way too much, and he is on a contract with a toy company and." Chiharu strangled Yamazaki.
"Shut up!" She yelled for the billionth time.
Meilin was walking slowly behind everyone wistfully. She knew that she would miss everyone here when she went back. Yes, she was returning to Hong Kong because she felt that she was absolutely no help here. Syaoran didn't need her, even though she had finished her training and Wei could come over.
"So you guys, do you all want to go shopping for Christmas presents together tomorrow?" Tomoyo asked everyone.
"Sure." Sakura answered. Meilin smiled and nodded. So did Yamazaki and Chiharu.
"Oh, I'm really sorry, but I can't." Syaoran said regretfully.
"Oh, you are such a party pooper." Sakura said to him teasingly. No one wondered where Syaoran was going besides Meilin. Where would he be going without telling her first? Meilin was hurt. * * * * * * * * * * "Hey, Syaoran-kun, wait up!" Tomoyo yelled breathlessly as she ran up to him.
"Yeah?" He asked her.
"Well, I was just wondering if you would ever consider Sakura your, well, girlfriend?" Tomoyo asked him slyly.
"NO!" of course not!" Syaoran denied loudly.
"Oh, OK." Tomoyo ran off before Syaoran could say anything else.
"See, maybe Sakura does like you." Meilin popped in.
"Meilin!" Syaoran threatened as his face turned bright red. She giggled as they walked home.
The next day after school, Tomoyo ran breathlessly up to Sakura. "Hey, guess what?! I asked Syaoran-kun if he would go out with you!"
"WHAT! Tomoyo-chan! How could you?" Sakura cried out tearfully. "I can't believe I actually trusted you with my darkest secret! Now I have absolutely no chance with him! And he probably hates me now and thinks that I'm a total loser and thinks that I actually told you to do that! Plus, I won't have anyone to do the scene with now!" Sakura turned around and ran away.
Tears streamed down her face and she angrily brushed them away. They blinded her face, and she ran straight in to someone. Tears streamed down her face and she angrily brushed them away. They blinded her face, and she ran straight in to someone.
"Whoa!" She cried out. The person grabbed her hand and steadied her on her feet.
"Thanks." She mumbled.
"No problem." She heard a deep voice say. She looked up. It was Kent. "Hey, are you okay?" He asked gently.
"Yeah." She mumbled looking down again.
"Are you sure?" Kent sounded very concerned.
".No." Sakura sighed and took a deep breath.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Kent probed gently.
"No!" Sakura replied quickly.
"OK. C'mon." Kent said as he saw tears well up in Sakura's eyes again in memory. He pulled Sakura closer to him.
"Thanks." Sakura said as she leaned against him. They headed towards the park. *~*~*~* Syaoran whistled softly to himself as he walked through the street. He was looking for Sakura. He glanced down at his hands for the billionth time to make sure the flowers were still there. He had bought some peonies for Sakura. Syaoran had decided to get to know Sakura better.
As he turned the corner to the park, he stopped. The bouquet slowly slipped from his fingers and dropped onto the ground. The sight he saw shocked him immensely.
Sakura was leaning heavily against Kent. He had his hand firmly around Sakura's waist, and was supporting her. Kent slowly turned Sakura's face towards his gently.
Syaoran couldn't take it anymore. He turned around and dashed off with anger growing in his heart. It was turning cold again. How could Sakura betray him like that? Especially with Kent? He thought that Sakura would've made a better choice than that, even if he hadn't been himself.
Even Michael would've been better because he knew he could trust him not to treat Sakura badly. But Kent? When they didn't even know anything about him? When Syaoran could sense a bad aura around him? It just didn't make any sense. He ran blindly home. *~*~*~* The bitter wind carried the delicate peonies along with its gentle hands and suddenly swept them into Sakura's outstretched arms. She stared at them in amazement.
She turned away from Kent. Looking at the peonies, she remembered Syaoran. Peonies were his favorite flowers. She inhaled the scent of the flowers deeply, and she could feel Syaoran next to her. She stared down the street, expecting to see him somewhere.
She was disappointed.
"So, are you feeling better?" Kent asked Sakura.
"Yeah, thanks." Sakura got up abruptly. She grasped the peonies tightly. She sighed. "I just can't believe Tomoyo-chan would do something like that. It's so out of her character. She doesn't seem like the kind of person who would do that to me. And I've known her for my entire life!"
"Well. I'm sure that she was only trying to help you." Kent said softly.
"Yeah, but she went way too far." Sakura pointed out. "Well, I've gotta go. See you later."
"Bye." Kent said. Sakura slowly faded from his sight as she walked down the street.
Alright Syaoran, I'm going to make you pay. How are you going to act when you find out that Sakura is now mine. I'm going to make her mine. I'm going to make you suffer! Kent thought evilly.
*~*~*~* Tomoyo slowly walked home. It was Christmas time, and the holiday spirit was in the air. She saw bunches of little kids crowding around toy store windows, pointing out what they wanted. She remembered a time when Sakura and she had done that. Tomoyo sighed. She was lonely. All the rest of her friends had someone who they could talk to when they needed help. Sakura had Syaoran and her brother and father. Chiharu and Yamazaki had each other and their families. Even Meilin and Syaoran had each other even thought they were miles away from their homes.
Tomoyo felt left out. She had lots of troubles too. True, she had Sakura. But Sakura was so dense sometimes, and not understanding at all. Her mother was always out on business, and Tomoyo stayed out of touch with her father on purpose. And now Sakura was mad at her. Tomoyo had no one to talk to about how she felt. She was really sorry that she had done it now. Tomoyo stepped into the street. Tears welled up in her eyes. Who would she go to now?
Where was Eriol?
Tears blinded her vision. She was so busy thinking about what a horrible thing she had one when she heard a horn beep.
Tomoyo looked up surprised. A car was heading straight towards her at full speed. She heard voices calling at her from far away, telling her to move. But all Tomoyo saw was the car, getting closer and closer. Frozen in fear and shock, Tomoyo couldn't move. The car hit her at its zenith speed.
Tomoyo flew forward hitting the pavement heavily. She heard sirens echoing in the background. She knew that they would never make it in time. I'm sorry Sakura, and Eriol, I love you! were her last thoughts before the world faded before her and black entered.
Aww.Tomoyo is hit by a car! What is gonna happen next? Is she gonna die? What do you think should happen? How is Sakura gonna feel? And there is a Christmas play coming up. Who's gonna play the main characters? How is it gonna turn out? Well, you get to find out next chapter. R+R! PS- Sorry if I'm not keeping up with the actual dates. It's sorta hard to do that.