Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura, manga or anime. I do not own its characters. I would not even claim owning them. Not that I don't like CCS, it actually the opposite, I like it a lot. And I mean really really like it. And I really do admire those creative geniuses behind it.

About the Story: After the elementary graduation, Syaoran was ordered by the elders to return to China. At that same time, Sakura had began to realize how much she valued Syaoran in her life. At the airport, they had confessed their feelings. Both wept with such happiness for the realization that they loved each other, and by the fact that they were to be separated.

TO KEEP MYSELF FROM PAIN
By Chloe Fanel

"Does it really matter?" Henry asked in annoyance, "I mean, I've told you time and again how I feel about you. Can't you just believe that?" The passerby's began to glance at their direction.

"No, I can't just believe that!" Sakura answered, "You can't actually tell me that you still love me after I saw that scene you had with your secretary."

"Well I'm sorry you had to witness that. that scene!" The man raged.

"Sorry? You're sorry that I had to witness that scene?" She complained.

"What do you want me to tell you anyway?" He screamed, "It happened. It was not my intention to kiss her. She was there and we had this attraction."

The woman fumed in anger, her emerald eyes were dark with emotion, its color almost like the deep dark woods. Tears threatened to flow down but she kept her eyes on his. "Well," she stated weakly, "If that's how you feel."

"Well, what?" he shouted, grinning with the thought that he'd win another argument, and to think that he was the one on the wrong side. "Come on, tell me."

"It's over Henry!" she glared at him, "this relationship is over."

The man stared at her in amazement, "you don't really mean that!"

"I actually do."

"You can't just dump me."

"I just did Henry, now go away!"

"Well, I won't I have a say to this relationship. You can't decide for the two of us."

"The two of us? There is no "us", there has never been an "us". It was always you, Henry, you!" she threw the ring he gave her, "I don't need that, and I don't need you." She started to leave when he grabbed her arm.

"Don't touch me!" She tried to jerk her arm but his hold was to strong. "Get your hands off me."

"You can't tell me what to do." He angrily stated.

"Hey!" A man's voice called out. When Henry turned to look at the man, he received a punch on the face. "How dare you treat my sister like this."

"Oniichan!" Sakura cried out.

Touya held her in his arms, "Sakura." he whispered, "Don't worry, everything will be okay." When he glanced at her arm, he saw the bluish mark and glared at the man, "You bastard, if I ever see you anywhere near my sister I'm going to kill you."

Home: 24 hours after breaking the engagement

Sakura cried on her bed, she hugged her legs and lay there in a fetal position. How could he do that to me?

"Sakura?" Her worried brother knocked on the door.

Sakura dried her tears and sat on the bed, she glanced at the mirror and saw what a mess she looked like. "Come in, oniichan." She combed her hair.

"Sakura," he called again as he entered, "You haven't eaten anything yet so I brought you some ice cream."

"Ice cream?" she asked.

"Your pet Keroberos told me that it always soothes a broken heart. He said, he saw that on Oprah and that it works." He placed the ice cream on the table, "But you have to be careful or you'll get fat. He's really worried you know. But he got more worried about the ice cream when you wouldn't come downstairs for dinner and ate half of it."

Sakura giggled, "You're trying to make me laugh."

"It's working, isn't it?" He answered smiling.

Sakura smiled at him and frowned again, "I loved him." She stated while tears flowed down.

Touya frowned and hugged his sister, "I know," he stated. In his mind he began imagining how he'd kill that spawn of unmarried antecedents. However, he remembered all the other, still living creatures who dared hurt his beloved sister and an idea came to his mind.

Syaoran Li. When he had first seen that guy, he was trying to hurt her. But when time passed, the brat too, like everyone else who knew Sakura began to soften. He even developed over protectiveness in everything where Sakura was concerned. But then, he had to leave.

Touya frowned again and glanced at his sister who wept bitterly in his arms. She needs a keeper, he thought, and I can't think of anybody else as good as that Li guy.

At the same time, the Sakura book began to glow. It flew open and the love card stood up.

Sakura had recovered but was too engrossed with her feelings that she did not sense the card. She ate the ice cream her brother had brought for her. Touya stared at her with a conclusion, well, desperate times call for desperate measures.