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Cherri Ookami dateline on August 16, 2003
*Sigh* Well, I guess I won't be able to write as much since school is going to start. I went to school for my schedule and I noticed that I have PE again! Oh, the horror! The shower rooms, push ups, and people telling you that you have to sit and touch your feet. I am not that flexible, and I am going to change it. I know that people have to deal, but I don't deal with problems. I change them into good things. Anyways, I am going to take advantage of what little summer I have left. Okay, let's go.
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Story or chapter information:
Well, no one found anyone and people are devastated. Now is the festival day and people move around so much more. Well, they have been seeing clues everywhere, but they just don't pay good attention to those clues! People need help. They aren't even smart enough to listen to the little information. Well, Syaoran seems to be on the right track again and sees a glimpse of Sakura, but what else does he see? Is the day's devastation going to destroy the past or will fate bring them together? Or is it none of the above. Just let me tell you this. Faith is something that is rare to have. And so is love. Without faith, trust or hope in a relationship, love can't exist. These two hold a strong bond, but it may not be strong enough to hold. Or is it?
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Key:
"Talking" 'Thinking' *Actions* (Notes) {Narration} ******-You should know by now ^^
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Mandatory disclaimer: I give all the credit of this story to the women of CLAMP. I have never been and possibly never will be part of this prestigious group. *Sigh* Wishes are hard to bring. I learned that when I couldn't get a happy day. _
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Chapter 5, Five, Sinko, Go, and Lima of Meeting You There:
Unmasked Love and the Last Chance
"Nothing is what it seems to be. A smile can be a frown in disguise. Happiness can be despair in the shadows. Though, one thing could be for certain. Love is unable to be changed. Love is love. It is just plain, untainted, unstained, undisguised... unmasked love." –Cherri Ookami (I made it up.)
By: the Cherri Ookami
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(Just imagine me flying around and hovering over people's bedroom windows)
{Sakura simply stared at the starry sky through her bedroom window. She saw a shooting star and she just looked at it glow. She knew that even making a wish couldn't help her then. Nothing would help her find him. She just needed to rely on fate. Fate brought them together before and it has to bring them together now. Only the two of them can see their faiths coming together. This was also their last chance to have everything back to normal. She sat up and she knew that without him, her love life would be simply full of devastation and despair, knowing that she had her chance at true love and blew it. A single tear ran down her cheek and dissolved into her pillow. She slowly drifted into slumber, but knew it wouldn't help her.}
{Syaoran sat in the balcony and simply sighed. Nothing made him feel complete. He had been away from his family for long old time and people want to feel loved. He knew that his family loved him, but the thing was that without Sakura, that part in his heart wouldn't be filled. Everyone needs to feel loved, even obnoxious jerks need love. (If not, you'll end up sad, like me.) He felt a draft of cold air brew and he headed inside, but muttered but one name.}
"Sakura."
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{People crowded the streets and people were smiling. It was a time of beauty and life for the shrine, but some thought that it was more than that. Some thought it was the only way they'd fall in love. People chucked their cash at people to buy their love potions and charms to find 'true love'. People ran around to see who was where and the sakura trees were blooming happily. Though, our own Sakura was with Tomoyo and they had been browsing for charms and for Syaoran.}
"I hope he comes. I mean, he knew it was our anniversary before." Sakura said with a bit of panic
"Don't worry. If he is as sweet as you say he is, he is bound to come." She said happily
"Thanks, Tomoyo." Sakura said gratefully
"No problem. You gave me my fortune. I want our futures to stay the same."
"Why?"
"I get Eriol." She said dreamily
{Sakura sighed exasperatedly and she searched some more. She knew that she was going to meet him soon and got her hopes up. Tomoyo, on the other hand, fulfilled the future's prosper and she dropped her money. Sakura smiled and saw a hand pick it up. Though, she almost cried when she saw who picked it up.}
{It wasn't fate's work. A boy with jet-black hair and violet eyes picked it up.}
"Is this yours?" he asked in a bored tone
"H...ai." Sakura said as she took it from him in a shivering tone. Her eyes shone with crystal clear tears and each one dropped like a leaf on a pond, each with it's own sound of emptiness.
"What's wrong?" he asked
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you. It's quite stupid, really." She said as she ran off
{Unfortunately, she had run past a lonesome Syaoran who had searched for her. She had brushed past so many people and at this time with tears impairing her eyes. Hopefully, it was that one time when Syaoran noticed. He had tried to move fast, but people wouldn't budge. He tried to move past the simply dirty way.}
"Get out of my way!" he yelled at the girl before him
"AH! It's the jerk! No way! Go somewhere else." Chiharu said as she examined him
"Fine. I will!" he said as he shoved her
"AHH!" she said as she slipped into a piddle as she saw Syaoran leave. "Get back here you jerk!"
{Sadly, she had run too far and Syaoran lost her.}
"Damn it." He said. "I was so close."
{The black-haired boy followed quicker and found her sitting under a sakura tree, crying.}
"Hey, did I do something wrong?" he asked softly
"Iie. I was just... never mind." She said
"What?"
"Well, I was supposed to see my boyfriend today and I guess he never came."
"Would a hug help?" he asked
"I guess." She said as he came with her into a warm embrace.
{They had hugged and he kissed her on the cheek.}
"This isn't right." She said quietly
"A man who stand up a girl as beautiful as you doesn't deserve you." He said
"But it isn't his..." she was about to continue, but he had kissed her on the lips to silence her.
"...Fault." she said as she stared stunned by what had happened
{Syaoran had found her, but at the worst time. He had hid behind the bush and decided to play spy.}
{Sakura's hormones were probably in control, because she started to kiss the guy again. Though, it was all so much longer. She pulled away and spoke softly. Before she spoke, Syaoran had left, too distraught to watch anymore.}
"I don't know where that came from." She said
"Who cares where it came from? It matters where it went." He said as he kissed her again
"NO! I can't do this." She said as she leapt up and ran off
{She kept running and met up with Syaoran.}
"Hi." She said happily
"Hey." He said dully
"What's wrong?"
"What do you mean? You were the one who kissed that guy." He said irritably
"So you saw?"
"Well, maybe looking for you was a bad thing."
"No. It wasn't. I missed you."
"Then why the hell did you kiss that bastard?" he asked intensely
"I couldn't control it." She said as she blushed furiously
"Well, I guess that if a guy just came up and kissed you, you'd have sex with him?" he asked both angrily and sarcastically
"NO! I don't know why you are just judging e like that!"
"I am not! I am just basing it on what I saw." He argued
"Well, you should've stayed to see that I left him!" she yelled
"The point is that after he kissed you, you kissed him!" he yelled
"It wasn't my fault."
"Who's fault was it then?"
"No one's"
"Fine then! Blame no one!" Syaoran said as he stood up
"I blame you for not trusting me."
"No trust, is it? Well, I trusted you and you went and kissed another guy!" Syaoran yelled madly
"You never trusted me."
"I would trust you with my life, but if you saw that guy again, you'd probably let me drop dead and run off with him!"
"I would not!"
"Yeah you would! You would give up me for that guy!"
"If you don't trust me, maybe we shouldn't be together!"
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah. I am!"
"How could you question my love for you?"
"I just can!" she yelled as s flock of birds flew away. "I hate you!"
"If you hate me so much, I should leave then."
"Yeah! Go back to your stupid apartment!"
"Not my apartment. Hong Kong. I am going home. I have had enough."
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Well, I guess my ending didn't come out the way I wanted it to. Damn! I hope you like it, because I hope so much that you did. *Sigh* Okay, God bless you and JA NE!
NEXT chapter: Guilt surges through Sakura as Syaoran flees. Now, Sakura knows that it is her fault and tries to follow him, but her father and brother can't let her go unless she tells her secret. Anyways, no one will believe her. The thing is that she is going to try her best to get him back.
Chapter 6: Leaving You Here