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At Yòύŗ §ïĐέ by Anynn
A/N: I didn't update my fics as often as I should! I am so sorry…T__T…but I've been reading your fics so I get caught up. They're good enough to keep me away from writing my own! That's real GOOD news for you! Thanks a LOT to the wonderful reviewers:
Hana no Tenshi: I noticed you've been reviewing my stories from day one! *hugs* Thank you so very much! Review more heh heh…your story is very nice…continue soon okay?
Crystal Chan: I really like your oh so long reviews *nodding* haha…I don't mind them actually…how come you don't write any CCS fics? Hope you will soon…*winks* ^ — ~
Aflirtbabe: Your review made me think you were rushing! I can actually feel the energy…haha…weird …but cool! Syaoran does have a fiancée! Her name is Pei Fen (in my story)…it was named after this girl in my school who really is a big bitch…thankies for reading my story! Read on!
Wolfy: Am I really on your favorite story list? WOW…that's so cool…haha…I seem to be saying cool all the time! Arigato for reading! A long chapter coming up…make sure you read it with and extra supply of interest okay? I hope it won't be as boring as the flashbacks =P
Ice Faerie: Thankz so much!! Glad you like my story!
TroubleMaker: Don't worry, Syaoran will lose his fiancée. This is PURE S+S with E+T of course! I should really delete all the bitches at the end of the story…but I'm too kind…I guess…besides the factor that I didn't update this sooner ne? haha…
Lady Arwen Greenleaf: Really? You like the E+T romance better? That's unique… especially in a main S+S fic…heh heh…oh well, all the better…sorry I can't bring her voice back…yet…YET…so there's still hope right?
S+S Forever: Thanks! I'm really jumping every time someone says my story is great…here I go! *jumps* haha…here's the next installment:
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Chapter 13: Of Confessions & Uncertainty
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.:||Sakura's POV ||:.I really wish my voice would come back. But it can't. Ever and ever I think. That blue-eyed Chinese girl was so freaking rude. Who does she think she is?
Then it hit me once more. She was the Gaki's fiancée. How could I forget…
Maybe it was fate that I'm not meant to be with someone…a single life didn't sound all that bad…except perhaps the term old maid would take its toll when I'm ancient. Or perhaps I'd die young…maybe, just maybe…
So anyway, here I am, sitting on this cold roof once more. It was snowing. More like a blizzard, I thought. But I wasn't cold, not even in the thin shift I was wearing. The Float was keeping me safe in its protective encasing…I'm very much glad that I don't have to summon anything now. Willing it would be enough.
It's peaceful. Peace is hard to find nowadays… but every now and then, my eyes would dart to the roof door, I hadn't lock his part of the trapdoor yet…perhaps he would come to his senses and choose me instead…
.:||Syaoran's POV ||:.
The girl was here! She's real. And her name's Sakura. Why did I feel a connection going on between us? Were we that close? Closer than even Pei Fen? It didn't seem right…I'm engaged and I'm hankering after someone I had difficulty remembering.
Wait…hankering? I'm admitting to myself, that I do have an attraction towards this girl, Sakura. What was there to not like about her? So she may have shorter than average hair but the were auburn close to red which is a very hard natural hair coloring to find. It was as though you found an exotic creature from a faraway land. And her eyes were emerald green…so deep and enigmatic…rare…
So what about luxurious black hair? Or maybe even the cornflower blue eyes? They were contacts not even real! Her hair, to the roots were really a mousy brown…
I'm criticizing my own fiancée! Dumping her for another girl like she was yesterday's popcorn? That had no dignity at all…I'm a Li…we have our own pride to take care of…
I stared up from my bed…thinking…Tomoyo had been frantic when Sakura scooted away into her trapdoor…Eriol was trying out great numbers of spells…none penetrated…she had the cards…and they were more than powerful…trapdoor…
THE TRAPDOOR! How could I forget?! Faster than lightning, I jumped up and swung it open.
.:|| Reader's POV ||:.
Syaoran stared around the small attic-room. It was only a month ago that he was here, curiously looking around…[A/N: Actually it's only been a few days…but that's too short right? Pretend it's a few weeks okay?]
He headed towards the roof door. There was a loud gale outside. Could Sakura be there? It wasn't possible…she'd freeze to death! But she did have the Cards…
"Force know my Plight,
Release the Light!
Fire!"
A small flame lit the card. Syaoran approached the door. Taking a deep breath, he stepped out. The snow was a flurry of blur white solids and the boy was chilled to the bone. Not giving up, he strained to make out a faint pink sphere in the haze. Was that her? In the Float? Syaoran's heart skipped a beat. Lifting his legs from the snow, he stepped closer.
Sakura was asleep. Curled up into a ball, looking calm at last. She looked more beautiful than ever. Her hair had grown in the past month, coming past her shoulder. [A/N: Pretty fast growing hair eh?] The image took Syaoran's breath away. How could he have forgotten such a beautiful being?
Then she stirred. Syaoran froze.
As if in slow motion, the girl sat up and they made eye contact.
.:|| Eriol & Tomoyo ||:.
Tomoyo was furious. How dare that blue-eyed hypocrite laugh at Sakura?! Who was she to do such a thing? So what if she's Syaoran's so-called fiancée? She had absolutely no rights! She was also furious with Syaoran. Why can't he keep his fiancée under control?
Eriol was grim however. Sakura was his responsibility when it came to her well being when she was missing. He had failed miserably. Now she couldn't talk. Her life was ultimately distorted. And that sorceress was advancing dramatically, over-powering Syaoran already with probably that suspicious handshake she was forcing everyone she met to shake. He'd have to make sure Sakura never come in contact with her in any way.
Without realizing it, both of them had been working side-by-side, thinking of what should be done to Sakura's problem.
"She could use the Song card…" Tomoyo suggested.
"She'd talk in a sing-song voice all the time. The school will think there's something wrong with her…" Eriol doubted
"There's NO choice, dammit," Tomoyo cursed.
"We could just say she lost her voice…" Eriol said slowly.
"They'll send her to a special school! Then she won't have a chance to…" Tomoyo hesitated. Was she being selfish? She wanted everything to go along her plan. And she was talking to a boy. They were different, unable to understand certain things that girls were talking about.
Surprisingly Eriol chuckled. In an odd moment, this was certainly weird. Tomoyo snapped almost instantaneously, "What's so funny?"
"I know what you're up to, don't think I can't read your mind. You're trying to pair Sakura up with Syaoran aren't you?" Eriol smiled, an amused twinkle in his navy-blue eyes.
Tomoyo covered her head, as though trying to block his telepathic transmissions, "How'd you know that? You can't really read my mind can you?"
"Manner of speech," Eriol lied. He could in fact read her current thoughts. But he couldn't exactly pore through her mind and unlock her secrets within. Tomoyo still look distrustfully at him. For a moment or two, everything was okay. Then it went wrong all over again.
"So what are we going to do?" Tomoyo asked. Eriol sighed and said quietly, "I don't know." Silence receded at the table.
.:|| Sakura & Syaoran ||:.
Sakura stared at him. Her hands were flat against the Float's barrier. She couldn't recognize him at first but when she did, she immediately flung herself back, crashing onto the other side of the globe. 'Why is he here?,' she thought angrily. Tears were streaming down her cheeks.
Syaoran was startled. One moment she was peering at him, then without warning she threw herself backwards. He moved forwards, squinting, only to find out droplets of water was running like a stream down her face. 'Why was she crying?' he wondered. [A/N: Because of YOU! ^__-!]
The Float moved over him, Sakura was lying flat on her front, looking down at him. Syaoran looked up, not even bothered by the cold. They could see only each other, not the rooftop, not even the figure creeping up from the roof door.
.:|| Tomoyo & Eriol ||:.
"Can I ask you something?" Eriol as softly, breaking the silence that was stretching far beyond his liking.
"What is it?" Tomoyo replied, not paying attention.
"Why was it that you were upset when Kaho and I…um…kissed?" Eriol asked nervously. [A/N: Which is her first name? Kaho or Mizuki??]
Tomoyo paused, thinking of what she should answer. Should she confess right now that she was still madly in love with him even after the cold treatments they had given each other? Or should she give a lie, that she thought it was rude? Or maybe she should just keep quiet? That seem good enough. [A/N: Seriously, that's wad I'll do]
"Did you and Kaho break up?" Tomoyo said instead of answering his question. She knew the answer but she didn't care. Eriol looked blankly at her. 'Why was she changing the subject?' he speculated.
"Answer my question first," he persisted. Tomoyo crushed inside.
"I…I…" she stammered, turning red. This was going very bad. Saying the magical three words wasn't such an easy thing to admit after all.
"You…?" Eriol pushed eagerly.
Tomoyo was tongue-tied. Maybe she should be the one mute instead of Sakura…she thought bitterly. "Come on it's not that hard to say isn't it?" Eriol said, his patience trickling out.
The girl lowered her head, turning absolutely red. "Well? Spit it out!" the boy said impatiently. 'What is taking her so long to answer my question??' Eriol was mentally jumping around in his head.
"I…I…love you," Tomoyo burst out. 'Love at first sight,' she thought. Eriol looked at her, bewildered.
"I—I beg your pardon?" he whispered.
"I. LOVE. YOU!" Tomoyo repeated slowly with interjection at each word. There, she said it. "The moment I saw you, I was blown away…you were everything what the other boys I've dated before never was. Of course such a perfect person would be taken by someone as perfect. And it wasn't me. Kaho was everything you wanted. Everything…When I saw you two kissed…I felt like dying. It was probably very stupid of me. I've only known you for like what? Two days…and I felt like I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you! I'm sorry…I'm sorry I'd fallen in love with you in the first place. Both of you are perfect for each other. I've been a fool all this while…" Tomoyo broke down.
"Can you repeat?" Eriol asked, thinking he must not have heard right. Tomoyo stared at him, and with great effort she started all over again, " The…"
"No, the last few lines…"
"I'm sorry?"
"Before that after the 'two days',"
Tomoyo looked at him, "I felt like I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you?"
Eriol looked up, "Is it true?" Tomoyo nodded, still crying. "I do too," he replied, realizing what he was trying to realize for the past month.
The girl gaped, "What?" "I want to spend the rest of my life with you!" Eriol shouted happily. Tomoyo stood up and they embraced…at last. Smiling through her tears, she kissed him finally, a long loving kiss.
.:|| Kaho ||:.
Kaho was walking in the corridor. When she heard a shout, "I want to spend the rest of my life with you!" She recognized it immediately as Eriol's voice. He told her at last, she beamed, perfectly happy for them. She didn't enter their happy moment though. She knew better than that. She turned her heels and went back her way.
.:|| Sakura & Syaoran ||:.
Syaoran met her green-eyed gaze. It was so strange, how they capture people's gaze that easily and that intensely. He was confused now. Who was he truly attracted to? Sakura or Pei Fen? [A/N: SAKURA OF COURSE! DARN YOU!!! He he…] If he was feeling what he was feeling now, why does it change when he was around Pei Fen? Or was it vice versa?
.:|| Sakura's POV ||:.
I saw his face, puzzled. What was he contemplating? Then I saw her, creeping up behind him like a shadow, but clearly seen from my view. I started banging my fist on the thin shield. She mustn't get to him! NO! NO! NO!
.:|| Syaoran's POV ||:.
I looked up once more and saw Sakura thundering her fist upon the enclosing. Was she trying to beat me up without coming near me? [A/N: How lame is that?]
I felt a cold hand covering my mouth. What was happening? I wondered…my energy was draining away…
.:|| Pei Fen's POV ||:.
I saw that Kinomoto-girl frantically trying to warn him of my ambush. Her mouth opening and closing like a goldfish out of water. Hah! This was definitely the perfect chance. Syaoran was mine to keep or nobody would have him forever. Imagine how rich and powerful I could get if I was the wife of the Li Clan's leader? Positively loaded! Their family were littered with magic, straight descendents of Clow Reed and all mine to take their powers from. Who could resist an tantalizing bargain?
How pathetic, the boy went out as soon as I touched him. Cold was a definite no-no for this boy.
A stinging sharp pain shot through my arm. I looked up and I saw her walking through the blizzard as though she was a queen, enclosed in that odd orb of hers. A bizarre little being was bouncing here and there, aiming at me. "The Shot?!" I shrieked. She was the owner of the powerful Clow Cards? That was impossible! A mere weakling? And she wasn't even using them properly!
I dropped Xiao Lang's body, storming towards the witch. The Cards were mine! MINE!!!
.:|| Reader's POV ||:.
Pei Fen, enraged that Sakura was in possession of the Cards, was ready to beat the pulp of the girl. But Sakura wasn't that easily intimidated when she herself was in a frenzy.
Pei Fen started shooting sharp laser-like lights at Sakura. The Shield protected the Card Mistress and the light things bounced off. The Sorceress was stricken but more the more angered.
The Fight began with an outbreak shots aimed at each other. Sakura threw many fireballs, ice shards and even leaves, at a speeding point, they would be very sharp if contacted with skin. Pei Fen was not doing too badly, unfortunately for Sakura. She threw in as much force as possible.
'This is so stupid, I'm fighting over a boy!' Sakura muttered inside her mind. 'Your boy, Sakura,' that little voice awoke at the back of her head.
'What do you mean mine? He's not some possession I'm suppose to own. He's a human and he has to be respected,'
'That's why he needs you. Girls fight over him like an item they found in some shopping mall,'
'They're all dumb assess if they really are like that,'
'Precisely and though you are not like them, he needs to be saved by you,'
'Where d'you get all this crazy ideas? He can save himself while I have enough troubles in my own hands…'
At that point Sakura paused, a big mistake. Pei Fen at once pounced on the interval, sending a destructive blast. Sakura's thin shift immediately crumbled to pieces. And she stood there, unclothed in the freezing weather. Pei Fen laughed hysterically at her.
Extremely embarrassed, Sakura asked Create to conjure a robe. Her body was instantly covered by a delicate pure white garment. Sakura fingered it, the cloth was shimmering in the icy surrounding. Pei Fen gasped, she must have looked very beautiful.
Sakura at once bound her in a string of thorn-pricked vines and chains, Wood and Create reading her mind. Then she summoned the Sword, and slammed the blade through the shackles to make an extremely strong lock.
"YOU'RE MUTE YOU BITCH! SYAORAN WILL NEVER CHOOSE A SPEECHLESS WIFE OVER ME, THE MOST POWERFUL SORCERESS IN THE WORLD! TO TOP IT OFF, I'M BEAUTIFUL, MORE STUNNING THAN YOU'LL EVER BE!! GIVE UP NOW!!," Pei Fen shrieked.
'SHUT UP YOU WITCH!!' Sakura was cussing inside her mind. Her eyes were a flaming green. How could this girl be so…it was so infuriating that there wasn't such a word to describe her properly! Ignoring the idiot, Sakura went to Syaoran's side.
He was stirring finally. His eyes opened and looked up at Sakura, "Sakura?" he muttered.
"What's happening?" he asked stupidly. "I had this dream that you and Pei Fen were fighting. You were great, girl." He smiled. Sakura smiled through her tears, praying harder then ever that she could speak. "Then you paused, frowning to yourself. Pei Fen shot a blaze at you…then…you were…" he hesitated, turning bright crimson and the image of Sakura… Sakura herself flushed, wishing she could sink down into the ground, but they were on the roof…
Syaoran staggered up continuing, "Ten something happen, you were garbed in this amazing robe glowing. You looked like an angel, divine…" he said softly…Sakura looked at him, surprised. He said she was divine? She yearned to be able to speak, saying "I LOVE YOU!" and kissing him soon after…but she couldn't, her voice wasn't there…she was mute…
"XIAO LANG! I'M UP HERE!! SAVE ME!!!" Pei Fen shouted. Syaoran glanced up, his face grew grim, "Oh you…what do you want?" he asked cold-heartedly. "I am your fiancée!" Pei Fen was growing desperate, hanging in mid air, tied up by vines and shackles
"You deceived me, fiancée. You made me think I loved you. You came and wrecked our lives…when it was already derelict…you hoodwinked me with your little spells. If only I wasn't so foolish, I'd have chased Sakura instead of being curious of who you were on the phone…You probably fooled Meilin too. What she's going to do with you when she find out, is none of business. A word of caution, she's very violent when she's angry. Very violent. You fought someone you don't even know, just for the sake of taking over my fortune. Well you won't have it and not only because of your bad reasons, an extra one for fighting my future soul mate. Well, fiancée, do you think you're worthy of me?"
Pei Fen was silenced.
"I think not," Syaoran ended quietly. Sakura lowered her eyes to the floor. 'He said future soul mate,' the little voice said. 'But…I can't except it…' Sakura replied sadly. 'You should be rejoicing!' the voice said again.
'If he can leave me because of some phone call and a dumb ass of a girl, who knows who else would come up…'
'He chose you! You! What more do you want?'
'Security that he truly does love me…'
The voice said no more…The tears trickling down Sakura's cheeks iced-up mid-point, into frozen crystals…
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A/N: She's not sure yet…poor thing…she just doesn't want to get hurt I suppose…I mean this is the first guy she ever liked ever since Kai (Chap. 12 Flashbacks). Understood, I guess…what you think? The cloak gave me an idea…hmm…maybe I'll write an original fic in fictionpress.com Pei Fen is really a worthless crap of shit…haha…I wonder id there really people like that in the world…oh yeah, I forgot, sorry to people whose name is Pei Fen and have good characteristics…next Chapter will be the Romeo and Juliet play! At last! With Pei Fen out of the way, things will be much easier ne? I will make sure Sakura takes Juliet's role! Watch me *evil laugh*! Make sure you read okay? And review this one in the meantime…Ja!
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