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AN: Skip all the crap and to the story. Enjoy!
Chapter 6: Pieces of a Puzzle are Coming Together
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Sakura opened to the door to her house. The sweet smell of cherry blossoms entranced her senses.
"That was a short date, Kaijuu. You haven't been gone for more than two hours." Touya teased.
"We didn't have much in common." Sakura answered.
"He didn't like you beating him up."
"Ha ha."
"Are you hungry?" Touya asked, going into the kitchen.
"No, I'm just going to take a shower and go to bed."
"You have a letter from Kero." Touya said holding up an envelope smeared with a little chocolate.
Sakura gasped and snatched it from his hand.
"Thanks," she yelled running up the stairs.
Sakura crashed onto her bed, tearing the envelope open.
.
Hi Sakura!!!
Guess who!! It's Kero! Me and Yuki are going to visit for a week or two! Won't that be fun!! Make sure you have lots of sweets in your house!!!
--Kero
.
Sakura let out a happy squeal.
(AN: In my other chapters, I mentioned that Kero went with Yuki to America, right? Well, if I didn't, I do now. Yuki goes to college in America.)
Then she noticed another letter connected to Kero's.
.
Dear Sakura,
Hey, how have you and Touya been doing? Fine, I hope. Yue said that trouble is coming. Don't go anywhere alone or without your cards, okay? Anyways, I can't wait to see you. Tell Touya I said hi.
We'll be here on the 21st. Don't worry about picking us up, we'll rent a car.
Love,
Yukito
P.S. Don't get too many sweets, Kero's getting a little chubby.
.
Sakura giggled. She hadn't done that in a long time. Whatever happened in the last couple of days was lifted. She felt very giddy why did the 21st have to be a week away.
~~*~~
Syaoran went home and took a long hot shower. When he stepped out, with a towel around his waist, Hasing was in his bed.
"Hi, honey," she said.
Syaoran stared at her wide-eyed. "What are you doing here?!"
"I came to talk." She said, winking when she said 'talk'..
"I think you should go to sleep, in your own room."
"But," Hasing whined, "I... I'm your girlfriend and-"
Syaoran pointed to the door. "Good night."
Hasing growled furiously and stomped out of his room.
Syaoran sighed. 'I have to tell her tomorrow...that I can't see her anymore.'
~~*~~
Sakura pulled on a pink tank top and baggy black pants. She went down stairs and cooked breakfast.
"Morning Oii-chan," Sakura chirped.
"Why are you so happy?" Touya asked.
"Yuki and Kero are visiting!" Sakura exclaimed excitedly.
Touya smiled at Sakura's enthusiasm. She hadn't been like this in quite a while. His grin widened when he realized what she said.
~~*~~
Sakura walked through the wide hallway. There were 16 bedrooms in the mansion, which was pretty small for a mansion.
Sakura went around, looking for a good one for Yuki and a small one for Kero.
Sakura walked around for a while and ended up in the tallest room in the place. You had to reach it by climbing a separate set of stairs. She walked out onto the balcony and looked out into the afternoon. Little children were playing in the park. (AN: If you didn't notice before, it's Saturday today. ^_^)
The sun was bright and the air was moist and warm. Sakura felt like going outside. And maybe train a little.
~~*~~
Sakura called on the sword card. It appeared in place of her staff. She stood in a fighting stance. She began moving slowly and swiftly. (AN: There's a thing where you use a sword and do varies stances. It relieves stress and tones the body. I don't think you can actually kill anyone with it. My nanny (babysitter) taught it to me. ^.^)
Sakura closed hr eyes and slashed. After a while she thanked her card and it disappeared. Sakura did a back bend and then a back-hand-spring back- flip. She landed a perfect aerial and front flip.
~~*~~
Hasing watched Sakura's tumbling. Tomoyo stared as well, with a blank expression. She illuminated a blue crystal and held it out. It turned into a sword, with a sapphire glow.
Tomoyo reached out and grasped the silver handle. She was engulfed in a small light. When it recoiled, Tomoyo's hair stood up as she was lifted a little off the ground and glowed as well.
"Good," Hasing whispered, "Now, attack."
~~*~~
Sakura blinked. Someone had been using incredible power. She decided to go inside.
Sakura's trail of thought was broken when she was suddenly slashed across the shoulder. She let out a small scream. The pain was unbelievable. Sakura looked up and saw Tomoyo, or at least her body. "What the hell?"
Tomoyo looked at her with glazed eyes. She struck again, but Sakura moved out of the way.
"Wood card!" Sakura shouted, "Bind her!"
Branches appeared and grabbed Tomoyo's arms and legs. She struggled to get away. She slashed at the branches and they fell to the ground lifelessly.
Sakura gasped. Tomoyo did a flip over some vines and roots. Sakura didn't remember her having this much skill. Tomoyo began slashing at her. Sakura barely jumped out of the way.
Sakura called out the shield to block Tomoyo's attacks. She didn't know what to do. Sakura didn't want to hurt her.
She used the Jump Card to escape Tomoyo's quick attacks. She followed Sakura, copying her moves.
"Sleep card, put her to sleep!" Sakura shouted.
The fairy like creature emerged over them and sprinkled a soft sparkly dust over them.
Tomoyo looked up. Then her knees buckled and she fell to the ground. The sword hit the floor with a dull thud. Then it disappeared.
Sakura collapsed next to Tomoyo. She was exhausted from using so much magic and the deep gash on her shoulder burned.
~~*~~
Hasing let out an irritated sigh. 'She's harder to get rid of than I thought. Maybe I should try a different approach. Yeah.'
She smiled sinisterly, as she thought about the many ways she could get rid of Kinomoto. 'You won't be in my way for long.'
~~*~~
Syaoran walked through his garden. He hadn't seen Hasing or Tomoyo all day. They must have gone shopping.
Eriol was with his sisters doing who knows what. And Meiling was attending a Saturday study group.
It was nice to be alone. Syaoran tried to rehearse his break up speech.
"Hasing," Syaoran began, "I don't ... I can't... uh...You and me... we can't..."
Syaoran sighed. This was going to be harder than he thought. He decided to tell the truth.
*Ahem* "Hasing, I think we should break up. I thought that I was in love with you, but now I know that I'm not. I'm really sorry. Friends?" Syaoran nodded, it was okay.
'Hmm,' he thought, 'Maybe I should take out the friends part and come to her a bit vaguely.'
"Hasing," he tried again, "I'm sorry, but I think... I think we should see other people. I thought about it and I'm not in love with you. Please forgive me."
Syaoran smiled, 'Perfect.'
"What?!!" Someone screamed.
Syaoran turned around and came face to face with a fuming Hasing.
She grabbed his violently shirt and shook him. "What the hell are you talking about?!"
Despite her small frame, Hasing had a lot of strength. "I can't believe you!!"
Syaoran got a hold of her and looked into her eyes. The burning sapphire swirls reflected pain and anger.
"How dare you do this to me!! Do think I'm going to let you do this?!! HELL NO!! I'll kill that bitch before you can have her!! I swear, I will!" Hasing shrieked, tears running down her pale cheeks.
She brought her hand up to Syaoran's face and slapped him very hard, so hard that his head jerked to one side. And then she ran off.
Syaoran rubbed his sore, probably bruised, cheek. 'Well, she took it better than I thought.'
~~*~~
Hasing slowed down to a walk.
'Damn,' she thought, 'why isn't he following me?!'
She stopped and wiped the fake tears away. Anger was exploded in her. She broke a branch off and began shredding it.
'You will pay, and so will your bitch.'
~~*~~
Sakura groaned and rolled over. She felt sore around her shoulders. She tried to move it. Then masses of pain caused her to cry out. She looked at her shoulder and found it bloody and bruised.
She looked around, she was in her bed. She tried to recall what happened.
"Are you awake, Kaijuu?" Touya asked, from the doorway.
Sakura nodded. Touya when over and hugged her tightly, well as tight as he could without meshing her wound. "You scared me, don't ever ever do that again."
"What happened?" Sakura asked, very confused.
"I don't know," Touya admitted, "I found you and Tomoyo both unconscious."
"Who's Tomoyo?" Sakura inquired.
~~*~~
Hasing looked into her sapphire globe. She smirked. The poison she put into that sword was working. Now Sakura knew nothing of them and her past with Syaoran. If a little more had gotten a little more into her system, she would have had amnesia forever. This one could reverse at any second.
She smiled. A plan forming in her mind.
~~*~~
Monday at School...
Sakura walked through the hall. She still felt very confused. She was wearing a jean skirt and tight pink skirt. Everybody gasped. They had never seen her wear a skirt or anything bright and sunny.
Sakura smiled brightly at everyone.
Syaoran watched her from his locker. 'What the hell is going on?'
Was it because she had a good date with Johnny? Syaoran hoped not. He was very confused. Lately, his mind was on Sakura and nothing else. All of Sunday, he contemplated Hasing's threat on Sakura. He had resolved to keep a close eye on Sakura.
Syaoran groaned. Again he was failing his mission and getting sidetracked.
~~*~~
Sakura wondered what was wrong with everyone. They gaped at her like incompetent people. She speculated if something was on her face.
She shrugged it off. Johnny strolled to her from his locker.
"Hi Sakura, what happened on Friday?" he asked.
Syaoran listened intently.
She looked at him coldly. "I left after you hit on that waitress."
He sweatdropped. "Oh, you saw that. Listen, she hit on me. I was just playing along. I felt sorry for her."
Syaoran smiled, happy that they didn't have a good time. Then he frowned, why should he care.
Sakura snorted and blew him off.
Syaoran saw that Sakura was alone, so he approached her. He didn't know what to see, but he wanted to be in her presence.
"Oh, hi," Sakura said merrily noticing his existence, "I don't believe we've met."
Syaoran was taken aback. She really didn't know who he was? He looked at her with a confused expression.
"I'm Sakura Kinomoto. Please call me Sakura."
Syaoran grinned at her, "Hi, I'm Li Xiaolang."
Whatever was wrong with her, he would use to his advantage.
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AN: Ha ha, Hasing your plan has backfired. I hope you guys liked this chapter. I know it was kinda boring. Oh well. Don't forget to review. I love reading your reviews!
AN: Skip all the crap and to the story. Enjoy!
Chapter 6: Pieces of a Puzzle are Coming Together
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sakura opened to the door to her house. The sweet smell of cherry blossoms entranced her senses.
"That was a short date, Kaijuu. You haven't been gone for more than two hours." Touya teased.
"We didn't have much in common." Sakura answered.
"He didn't like you beating him up."
"Ha ha."
"Are you hungry?" Touya asked, going into the kitchen.
"No, I'm just going to take a shower and go to bed."
"You have a letter from Kero." Touya said holding up an envelope smeared with a little chocolate.
Sakura gasped and snatched it from his hand.
"Thanks," she yelled running up the stairs.
Sakura crashed onto her bed, tearing the envelope open.
.
Hi Sakura!!!
Guess who!! It's Kero! Me and Yuki are going to visit for a week or two! Won't that be fun!! Make sure you have lots of sweets in your house!!!
--Kero
.
Sakura let out a happy squeal.
(AN: In my other chapters, I mentioned that Kero went with Yuki to America, right? Well, if I didn't, I do now. Yuki goes to college in America.)
Then she noticed another letter connected to Kero's.
.
Dear Sakura,
Hey, how have you and Touya been doing? Fine, I hope. Yue said that trouble is coming. Don't go anywhere alone or without your cards, okay? Anyways, I can't wait to see you. Tell Touya I said hi.
We'll be here on the 21st. Don't worry about picking us up, we'll rent a car.
Love,
Yukito
P.S. Don't get too many sweets, Kero's getting a little chubby.
.
Sakura giggled. She hadn't done that in a long time. Whatever happened in the last couple of days was lifted. She felt very giddy why did the 21st have to be a week away.
~~*~~
Syaoran went home and took a long hot shower. When he stepped out, with a towel around his waist, Hasing was in his bed.
"Hi, honey," she said.
Syaoran stared at her wide-eyed. "What are you doing here?!"
"I came to talk." She said, winking when she said 'talk'..
"I think you should go to sleep, in your own room."
"But," Hasing whined, "I... I'm your girlfriend and-"
Syaoran pointed to the door. "Good night."
Hasing growled furiously and stomped out of his room.
Syaoran sighed. 'I have to tell her tomorrow...that I can't see her anymore.'
~~*~~
Sakura pulled on a pink tank top and baggy black pants. She went down stairs and cooked breakfast.
"Morning Oii-chan," Sakura chirped.
"Why are you so happy?" Touya asked.
"Yuki and Kero are visiting!" Sakura exclaimed excitedly.
Touya smiled at Sakura's enthusiasm. She hadn't been like this in quite a while. His grin widened when he realized what she said.
~~*~~
Sakura walked through the wide hallway. There were 16 bedrooms in the mansion, which was pretty small for a mansion.
Sakura went around, looking for a good one for Yuki and a small one for Kero.
Sakura walked around for a while and ended up in the tallest room in the place. You had to reach it by climbing a separate set of stairs. She walked out onto the balcony and looked out into the afternoon. Little children were playing in the park. (AN: If you didn't notice before, it's Saturday today. ^_^)
The sun was bright and the air was moist and warm. Sakura felt like going outside. And maybe train a little.
~~*~~
Sakura called on the sword card. It appeared in place of her staff. She stood in a fighting stance. She began moving slowly and swiftly. (AN: There's a thing where you use a sword and do varies stances. It relieves stress and tones the body. I don't think you can actually kill anyone with it. My nanny (babysitter) taught it to me. ^.^)
Sakura closed hr eyes and slashed. After a while she thanked her card and it disappeared. Sakura did a back bend and then a back-hand-spring back- flip. She landed a perfect aerial and front flip.
~~*~~
Hasing watched Sakura's tumbling. Tomoyo stared as well, with a blank expression. She illuminated a blue crystal and held it out. It turned into a sword, with a sapphire glow.
Tomoyo reached out and grasped the silver handle. She was engulfed in a small light. When it recoiled, Tomoyo's hair stood up as she was lifted a little off the ground and glowed as well.
"Good," Hasing whispered, "Now, attack."
~~*~~
Sakura blinked. Someone had been using incredible power. She decided to go inside.
Sakura's trail of thought was broken when she was suddenly slashed across the shoulder. She let out a small scream. The pain was unbelievable. Sakura looked up and saw Tomoyo, or at least her body. "What the hell?"
Tomoyo looked at her with glazed eyes. She struck again, but Sakura moved out of the way.
"Wood card!" Sakura shouted, "Bind her!"
Branches appeared and grabbed Tomoyo's arms and legs. She struggled to get away. She slashed at the branches and they fell to the ground lifelessly.
Sakura gasped. Tomoyo did a flip over some vines and roots. Sakura didn't remember her having this much skill. Tomoyo began slashing at her. Sakura barely jumped out of the way.
Sakura called out the shield to block Tomoyo's attacks. She didn't know what to do. Sakura didn't want to hurt her.
She used the Jump Card to escape Tomoyo's quick attacks. She followed Sakura, copying her moves.
"Sleep card, put her to sleep!" Sakura shouted.
The fairy like creature emerged over them and sprinkled a soft sparkly dust over them.
Tomoyo looked up. Then her knees buckled and she fell to the ground. The sword hit the floor with a dull thud. Then it disappeared.
Sakura collapsed next to Tomoyo. She was exhausted from using so much magic and the deep gash on her shoulder burned.
~~*~~
Hasing let out an irritated sigh. 'She's harder to get rid of than I thought. Maybe I should try a different approach. Yeah.'
She smiled sinisterly, as she thought about the many ways she could get rid of Kinomoto. 'You won't be in my way for long.'
~~*~~
Syaoran walked through his garden. He hadn't seen Hasing or Tomoyo all day. They must have gone shopping.
Eriol was with his sisters doing who knows what. And Meiling was attending a Saturday study group.
It was nice to be alone. Syaoran tried to rehearse his break up speech.
"Hasing," Syaoran began, "I don't ... I can't... uh...You and me... we can't..."
Syaoran sighed. This was going to be harder than he thought. He decided to tell the truth.
*Ahem* "Hasing, I think we should break up. I thought that I was in love with you, but now I know that I'm not. I'm really sorry. Friends?" Syaoran nodded, it was okay.
'Hmm,' he thought, 'Maybe I should take out the friends part and come to her a bit vaguely.'
"Hasing," he tried again, "I'm sorry, but I think... I think we should see other people. I thought about it and I'm not in love with you. Please forgive me."
Syaoran smiled, 'Perfect.'
"What?!!" Someone screamed.
Syaoran turned around and came face to face with a fuming Hasing.
She grabbed his violently shirt and shook him. "What the hell are you talking about?!"
Despite her small frame, Hasing had a lot of strength. "I can't believe you!!"
Syaoran got a hold of her and looked into her eyes. The burning sapphire swirls reflected pain and anger.
"How dare you do this to me!! Do think I'm going to let you do this?!! HELL NO!! I'll kill that bitch before you can have her!! I swear, I will!" Hasing shrieked, tears running down her pale cheeks.
She brought her hand up to Syaoran's face and slapped him very hard, so hard that his head jerked to one side. And then she ran off.
Syaoran rubbed his sore, probably bruised, cheek. 'Well, she took it better than I thought.'
~~*~~
Hasing slowed down to a walk.
'Damn,' she thought, 'why isn't he following me?!'
She stopped and wiped the fake tears away. Anger was exploded in her. She broke a branch off and began shredding it.
'You will pay, and so will your bitch.'
~~*~~
Sakura groaned and rolled over. She felt sore around her shoulders. She tried to move it. Then masses of pain caused her to cry out. She looked at her shoulder and found it bloody and bruised.
She looked around, she was in her bed. She tried to recall what happened.
"Are you awake, Kaijuu?" Touya asked, from the doorway.
Sakura nodded. Touya when over and hugged her tightly, well as tight as he could without meshing her wound. "You scared me, don't ever ever do that again."
"What happened?" Sakura asked, very confused.
"I don't know," Touya admitted, "I found you and Tomoyo both unconscious."
"Who's Tomoyo?" Sakura inquired.
~~*~~
Hasing looked into her sapphire globe. She smirked. The poison she put into that sword was working. Now Sakura knew nothing of them and her past with Syaoran. If a little more had gotten a little more into her system, she would have had amnesia forever. This one could reverse at any second.
She smiled. A plan forming in her mind.
~~*~~
Monday at School...
Sakura walked through the hall. She still felt very confused. She was wearing a jean skirt and tight pink skirt. Everybody gasped. They had never seen her wear a skirt or anything bright and sunny.
Sakura smiled brightly at everyone.
Syaoran watched her from his locker. 'What the hell is going on?'
Was it because she had a good date with Johnny? Syaoran hoped not. He was very confused. Lately, his mind was on Sakura and nothing else. All of Sunday, he contemplated Hasing's threat on Sakura. He had resolved to keep a close eye on Sakura.
Syaoran groaned. Again he was failing his mission and getting sidetracked.
~~*~~
Sakura wondered what was wrong with everyone. They gaped at her like incompetent people. She speculated if something was on her face.
She shrugged it off. Johnny strolled to her from his locker.
"Hi Sakura, what happened on Friday?" he asked.
Syaoran listened intently.
She looked at him coldly. "I left after you hit on that waitress."
He sweatdropped. "Oh, you saw that. Listen, she hit on me. I was just playing along. I felt sorry for her."
Syaoran smiled, happy that they didn't have a good time. Then he frowned, why should he care.
Sakura snorted and blew him off.
Syaoran saw that Sakura was alone, so he approached her. He didn't know what to see, but he wanted to be in her presence.
"Oh, hi," Sakura said merrily noticing his existence, "I don't believe we've met."
Syaoran was taken aback. She really didn't know who he was? He looked at her with a confused expression.
"I'm Sakura Kinomoto. Please call me Sakura."
Syaoran grinned at her, "Hi, I'm Li Xiaolang."
Whatever was wrong with her, he would use to his advantage.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AN: Ha ha, Hasing your plan has backfired. I hope you guys liked this chapter. I know it was kinda boring. Oh well. Don't forget to review. I love reading your reviews!
