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Chapter 4: Enter…Sakura's Fiancée?!?
"Kinimoto Sakura? (A/N: I got Sakura's last name right, right?) is that really truly you?" a voice from Sakura's back called.
Sakura, hearing the familiar unpleasant voice gradually turned around to find out whom it belongs to.
"You? What are you doing here? I never knew that you would be kind enough to be in a school for that long!" Sakura roared.
"Well, I heard some Xavier guys talking about going here so I thought that you could use some visit"
"Well, I can stand a whole month without a visitor like you, thank you very much!" Sakura quipped, running away from the 'so called' visitor.
"Wait up will you?"
"No, I won't so just zip it, will you?" Sakura retorted not even bothering to talk to him on the face.
"No I won't shut up unless you talk to me. Sakura I just wanted to apologize for all the things I have done to you…" the 'visitor' began.
Sakura held her hand up to his face silencing him for blurting more words out of his mouth. Sensing the tension grow between them, she quickly fled the spot but was too slow for the stranger whom introduced himself as a visitor.
"Well, well. What do we have here? It looks kind of interesting to me you know" another familiar unpleasant voice said making Sakura come to an abrupt halt.
"Oh, Li. Here's the place I least expected to see you, you know" Sakura assumed.
"Oh stop it will you Kinomoto, just don't change the subject" Syaoran said with a wave of his hand, "it looks like a couple reunited by destiny or…what do you call it…fate…"
"Haha very funny Li!" Sakura retorted.
"Uh…hi, Li, is it? I'm Shaoming Lei" the 'out of placed visitor' interrupted as he introduced himself.
"Oh hi, so I bet you're Kinomoto's friend, huh?" Syaoran stretched out his hand to shake his.
"Well not really, but more than that" he remarked with his head held high, as if he was of someone important to Sakura's life…or is he?
"What do you mean more than that? It didn't even occurred to my mind that you're one of my friends you know!" Sakura scowled at him her face growing dark.
"Well are you her boyfriend or something?" Syaoran alleged and ignoring Sakura's remark at the same time.
"You're getting warmer pal!" Shaoming noted.
"Just tell me will you? You're killing me with suspense you know!" Syaoran joked.
"Excited aren't we? But I haven't told Sakura yet of what she is to me, and you know I don't like to spoil my surprise for her" he riposted. Knowing that Sakura's curiousness would be rising by the minute, he walked closer to her and placed his arm around her shoulders.
'Why do I have the feeling that I am so not gonna like what he is about to tell me?' she thought to herself as she struggled to release herself from his vine-like grip.
"I won't spoil the surprise now that's why I am about to tell you what I am here for" Shaoming soothed.
"Oh please, just spill it!" Sakura groaned.
"Sakura my dear, I am your fiancée!" Shaoming stated proudly.
"WHAT!?!?" Sakura cried.
"I knew you would be very happy with the news I brought you!" Shaoming boasted.
Syaoran was there stood forgotten. At the exact same time that Shaoming's words were processed in his brain, he entrenched on the same spot waiting for Shaoming to claim that it was all a joke. A prank! But…no! It can't be possible, Sakura engaged. What does he care anyway? Why would he care less if Sakura was engaged or not? He didn't even know Sakura for that long. He does not even like her…or does he?
Impossible! He does not like her, does he? "Uhm…Li?" Shaoming's voice distracted his thoughts.
"Uh…what? Were you saying something?"
"Duh?!? I was just telling you how my idea is so great!" he answered.
"Great! Now what? First I got myself a self-centered rich man who befriends me and now a fiancée! What next?" Sakura groaned releasing herself from Shaoming's grip.
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"Good work Shaoming Lei! I knew I have some use with you!" a stranger watched as Shaoming just announced that he is Sakura's fiancée.
"Good work, honey!" the stranger's lover said.
"Aw it's nothing!"
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Kinomoto Residence
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The door slightly creaked on its hinges as an auburn haired girl entered the house and strode towards the kitchen to fix herself a snack. Grabbing a piece of white bread and some cheese spread she started applying on some cheese spread on her bread. Grabbing a glass of orange juice she sat down to think some things over. Thinking. Thinking if there were more unexpected surprises coming her way.
"Hey there, kaijuu!" Touya greeted.
"Oh! Now I know what came up to me unwelcome. My big ol' brother calling me a kaijuu!" Sakura grunted.
"Uh, you saying something?" Touya asked her.
"Not really!" Sakura said leaving her stool toppled over the floor. She carefully gaited up towards her room.
She jumped on her bed lying on her back. Staring at the ceiling 'I hope I just had Li Syaoran as my fiancée' she thought. She knew that she thought that statement without a doubt but could it be more than just a mere crush…was it obsession? No can't be! Or is it…love? She sat bolt upright on her bed. Love? Could it really be…love? Sakura shook a little from the thought. 'Maybe I just need more time to think about it?' she thought. But the other side of her brain may have another point of view for it said, 'Until when will you deny your feelings for Li Syaoran?'
"But I only met him once! How can that be?" she asked herself.
'Anything's possible with love!' debated her mind.
"Well I sure am confused with my feeling right now!" she told herself.
'Just listen intimately to your heart and you would surely take the right turn' replied her mind. (A/N: Weird, isn't it? But I read somewhere that sometimes you imagine your mind talking to you.)
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Tomoeda High
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"Morning my dear!" Shaoming said to Sakura's ear.
"Would you please stop calling me that. For one I am not your goddamn fiancée! And another, we're not even friends!" Sakura snapped losing her temper.
"Whoa!" Shaoming stepped away a little from her, sensing that now he went kind of overboard.
"Scared? Well, let's just say that that was just the beginning after all of the things that you have done to me. So get out of my sight right now before I detonate, understand?" Sakura cautioned like a mother reprimanding her child.
Shaoming trounced stood there frozen, he did went overboard. He knew better so he listened to her and quickly walked away. Very pleased with herself for getting rid of Shaoming, Sakura practically skipped on the halls until something caught her attention. There was a large crowd forming on one corner of the corridor. Since she never heard of anything interesting happening in Tomoeda, she could never believe it because Tomoeda having an interesting occasion would be the day when the sun would stop shining. So why even bother believing it now? When the only exciting thing she could remember was not more interesting than changing their boring school hymn to another one rather boring too.
Since this was rather very atypical, she approached the still growing crowd. Standing on tiptoes so that she could see, she suddenly heard someone suddenly squeal with obvious delight. For a moment, Sakura thought that she had accidentally hit the girl with something. But no…the girl's squeal was caused by something posted on the bulletin board. On it posted big and bold:
INTERACT WHILE CAMPING!
TOMOEDA HIGH GETS A FORTUNATE
CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH THE AMAZINGLY
WONDERFUL STUDENTS OF XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL
And written below it were the schedules. 'Big deal! So what? It's nothing compared to a fortunate chance to have a date with Brad Pitt!' she thought to herself. Noticing that they would have the interaction two weeks from that day.
"Oh my god, Sakura! Why the long face?" Tomoyo asked walking towards her with Rika, Chiharu and Naoko on her heels.
"Nothing" Sakura muttered.
"Well, I guess you haven't seen the announcement huh?" Rika observed ignoring Sakura's last word.
"I have" she murmured.
"Then what's with the face?" Tomoyo asked again.
"It's just that I think I lost interest on guys, ever since that disgusting proclamation Shaoming did" she grumbled.
"Huh? I don't really get you, Sakura" Chiharu said confused.
At first, Sakura debated with herself whether or not to tell them about it. But in a matter of seconds realization overcame her that they might be able to help her with it like find another guy that would be kind of right of her. In a matter of seconds she found herself speaking herself in front of them telling them how bad she felt about having a fiancée when she doesn't even know that she had one.
"Oh, don't worry about that Saku, we're here for you so just don't have any worries okay?" Chiharu assured her.
"Yeah, honey, listen to her she tells the truth!" Naoko stated.
"Thanks you guys!" Sakura sounded really grateful.
"No problem!" Rika said slapping her lightly in the back.
"That's the reason why we're here you know!" Tomoyo joked.
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Noise erupted on the school lawn as the students were sent home for a long weekend. Walking along with her friends, Sakura and her friends treaded the massive size of the Tomoeda lawn. Pacing in a slow rate they walked over to the café, which is Starbucks, to give themselves some pampering. Pampering by means of soothing themselves with the delectable taste of some refreshments. Arriving at the café, the five girls walked inside and Sakura instantaneously recognized one of them. At the precise moment one of them noticed her too. Seeing him speaking with one of his friends in a low whisper, Sakura couldn't help but marvel at what or…whom they might be whispering about.
After a few moments of speculating, Sakura noticed that the one who she immediately recognized stood up and walked over to them.
"Hi there, Sakura. I hope you still remember me"
"I certainly did remember you, Li" Sakura replied courteously. Surprised by Li calling her by her name and because of this she felt like she can walk on air. Sakura suddenly felt tense since she remembered that her friends hadn't met Li yet. 'They must be freaking out right now' she thought since she remembered the day Tomoyo sketched the exact replica of him. Who they know, exists only in her dreams. They would never believe that he really did existed in real life.
Just then she felt a pressure on her arm, noticing Syaoran tugging on it. Seeing this she felt herself blush a hundred shades of red. Remembering that they were not alone she slowly looked at her friends with an *I'll-explain-it-later* look. Good thing for Sakura, her friends understood it for they just kept their mouths shut.
"Sakura, my friends are inviting you and your friends to come sit with us on our table. Would you like to come?" he invited.
Sakura on the other hand looked at her friends looking for a sign if they want to go or not. Rika immediately nodded at the same instant and so did the others. Seeing this, Syaoran lead them on towards the table and they sat down.
"Hi girls!" one guy with glasses said.
"Uh…hey!" they all said in unison.
"By the way, I'm Kenjee" the same guy said.
"I'm Sagara", he said extending his hand.
Rika immediately reached for his extended hand, which means that she is interested in him. "I'm Rika, by the way"
"Yamazaki, here…and did you know that a long time ago-" Yamazaki began.
"Oh Yamazaki, give us a break!" Eriol interrupted, "by the way…I'm Eriol. And please do me a favor of ignoring this friend of ours!"
"Oh, don't worry, I actually find it kind of amusing, and cute too! I'm Chiharu" Chiharu put in quickly.
"And of course I'm the most important one, call me by the name of the great Li Syaoran" he boasted.
"Oh, brother!" Sakura mumbled under her breath.
"Zip it, will you, Syaoran!" Sagara mock scolded.
"I'm Tomoyo and this is Naoko and Sakura" Tomoyo introduced.
"Nice to meet you girls" Eriol mentioned out of the blue.
Hanging out for the first time didn't seem like it. It seems that they knew each other for a very long time. In fact they even shared some secrets that they all knew must be kept because it was embarrassing. Their group continued to have fun the rest of the afternoon until it was already 6 o'clock in the evening. Chiharu was the first one to leave followed by Yamazaki then Sagara together with Rika. Kenjee gave the excuse of having a math test the next day. Naoko who found a kind of a liking for him followed after him until it was only Tomoyo, Eriol, Syaoran ad Sakura who were left.
"Oh my! It's already 6:30, I need to be home by a quarter to seven, see you guys!" Tomoyo said hurriedly standing up.
"Oh, same here! Why don't I just walk with you?" Eriol proffered.
"Yeah, sure! That would be a great idea. I would sure glad to have a company on my way home!" Tomoyo replied.
"Bye guys! See ya'll tomorrow!" Eriol said walking of with Tomoyo.
Watching the two leave, Sakura knew she was doomed. She could see it was impossible to be acquainted with someone as arrogant as Li Syaoran was. It was simply impossible…or is it? Isn't it that she already liked him? Sakura smiled at the thought. Maybe I could soften him up and like me.
"Hey, want me to walk you home?" Syaoran asked her.
'What have I heard you right? The great and arrogant Li Syaoran wants to walk poor Kinomoto Sakura, home?' she thought.
"Hey, you all right there?" Syaoran asked nudging her arm.
"Uhm…yeah! I was fine, you were saying?" Sakura asked feeling herself flush.
"I said would you like me to walk you home since it would be quite dangerous on your own you know" Syaoran repeated placing his cup of coffee down.
"Uhm…yeah sure! No problem" she said quickly.
"Good, so you want to go now?" he asked again, placing his napkin down.
"Yeah, now would be a great time" she said feeling tense.
Standing up with Syaoran leading the way, they left the café. Walking on the dirt filled road, kicking stones along the way. The night air was cool and was damp too. The two were on an awkward silent as they walked down the streets.
'What should I do now? Should I ask him if ever I would have a chance with him in the near future? But what should I say to him? 'Uhm…Syaoran, do you love me because if you do we can be married' Ugh! What a nasty thing to say?'
"Say, I can call you by your name right?" he asked cautiously.
"Yeah, but can I call you by your name too?" she questioned back.
"Yeah, just don't call me Xiao Lang, because I don't let anyone call me that unless they are very close to me" he said avoiding her eyes.
"Deal!"
"Uhm…Sakura? Can I ask you something?" he asked kicking a stone out of the way.
"Yeah, ask anything!"
"Well, that guy, Shaoming's his name right? Well what is he to you?"
'Oh my god! Why is he asking that? Maybe I really would have the chance on him. But what if he was just curious?' she pondered on her mind.
"Uhm…Shaoming isn't really my friend. In fact I don't even like him one bit!" she told him.
"How come?"
"Because he is the most despicable man I have ever met", she exclaimed.
"Oh I see…you wouldn't mind my asking of what he did do you?"
"No of course not. In fact I did want to tell someone about it" she began, "you see he was the man who caused one of the most miserable times of my life! I won't tell you all because most of them were kind of embarrassing. But I'll tell you this one experience"
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Flashback
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A sixteen–year-old girl was walking home in the middle of the night. It was already late, at around 11 o'clock in the evening. It was a cold evening, and it was giving the surroundings a scary effect. Walking peacefully down the filthy narrow paths of Tokyo, Japan towards her house made it more scary since it was very dark. And as most of her friend's knew, Sakura was afraid of the dark. It was like she has a phobia on it. Pacing the rest of the way towards their street, staring down at the ground. When suddenly she heard another set of footsteps that was on her heels. This kind of freaked Sakura's insides. She stopped and looked around but there was no one on the street but her…alone. Calming her racing heart, she continue to tread on her way, but yet another disturbance made her heartbeat quicken. There was a shadow walking on behind her. She was sure it wasn't hers for her shadow was in front of her. Turning around, hoping that she would find a cat or something like that but unfortunately there wasn't anything or anyone.
"Oh god! What is happening?" she whispered to herself.
Taking one more look before leaving on her back just to make sure, but again, she saw no one. Reaching her home in a jog would be the best way to get rid of this silly imagination, she would think most of the time whenever she looks on her heels but in turn she would see no one. Approaching her street, she heard yet another set of footsteps, but this time it was more closer. As she turned around, she saw a very familiar face close to hers. It was…it was…Shaoming?
"What are you doing here? Were you the one who was-" she snapped her mouth shut noticing his expression. He had on an evil glint in his eyes. And a smirk was forming on his lips.
"What's the matter, are you scared my dear?" he asked snaking his arm around her waist.
"Would you please let go of me, I'm warning you!" she exclaimed.
"Tsk tsk! Scared aren't we? Don't worry I'll make it slow" he said pulling her closer.
"What are you talking about, Shaoming?" she asked, her voice trembling.
"You know very well what it is that I'm talking about" he said kissing her on the cheeks but fortunately Sakura broke from his grasp in time to avoid his other kiss which was aimed for her lips.
"Please stop!" Sakura pleaded.
But instead of an answer she laid Sakura down on the grass with a thud. He lay down on top of her and looked at her terrified expression.
"No please don't do it!" she begged.
"Shhh…be quiet my love" he said lifting her shirt up by an inch.
"What are you doing to her?" a masculine voice roared.
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End of Flashback
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"Shaoming looked up to see a man who has chestnut brown hair and…" she trailed of and froze on her tracks and so did Syaoran.
"You, you were the one who rescued form Shaoming's lust intentions were you?" she inquired facing him.
"I guess I was him…you know what? I also remember an experience similar to yours"
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Flashback
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A man whose height is about five feet nine was staring at the stars when he heard some shouts.
"Please stop!" a girl's voice screamed.
He felt his senses tense, he stood up and walked over to the front of their house to see what was going on. He was on his way down the porch steps when he heard yet another plea.
"No please, don't do it!" he heard the girl cry.
"Shhh…be quiet my love" he heard another voice soothe.
He ran a bit more quickly towards the direction of the noise until he found where it was coming from. It was from the corner of the house and there he saw a young girl laying down on the grassy lawn and the man was on top of her trying to get rid of her clothing.
"What are you doing to her?" he roared.
Shaoming looked up in time to see amber colored eyes burning with anger staring down at him. He stood up slowly freeing a trembling Sakura beneath him.
"What do you want?" he thundered.
"What I want? Well I want you to get off of her!" he yelled pointing at Sakura who was standing up closely.
"What will you do if I don't?" he challenged.
"This!" he exclaimed throwing a punch at him and hit him on the jaw.
Shaoming held his jaw, which slightly swelled. He moved it sideways noting that it was not immobile. Feeling his temper snap, he threw a quick punch at him which was aimed at his stomach but he easily dodged it as if he teleported. Not giving up he threw another punch at him aimed at his face but again, he moved away fast enough to shun it.
"How do you do that?" he retorted.
"Magic" he said simply.
"Ha! What a joke, magic! Give me a break that is so like the 20's!" he said coolly.
"Believe what you want!" he responded. Taking advantage of the moment he threw a quick and painful blow at his stomach which made him unconscious.
Sakura who stood rooted to the spot noticed that Shaoming lay unconscious on the ground and her 'saviour' was there standing.
"Uhm…thank you" she stammered approaching him. It was too dark to see that's the reason why she couldn't see his eyes clearly. His eyes were burning with anger and a lamppost nearby lighted his hair.
"Don't mention it!" he said coolly then he left her there standing alone with Shaoming's unconscious body.
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"So it was really you huh?" Sakura asked looking at him in the dark.
"Yeah, obviously. I am your 'savior'" he joked.
'Maybe that's another reason why his face was the first thing that came to my mind when I was describing my 'dream guy'. Interesting! Maybe there's more to it than just this. I guess what it would be?' she thought glancing at his wonderful facial features.
"So, I guess you really, really hate him" it was more of a statement than a question.
Sakura knew she was hearing well, but she thought that there was some relief in the sound of Syaoran's voice. 'Maybe he does like me…or…maybe not. What would I do? Maybe I just should ask him if he likes someone. Okay that's it! I'll ask him' she stole yet another glance at him. 'Here goes. It's now or never'
"Uhm…Syaoran? Do you-do you like-like someone?" she stammered. 'I hope I wasn't too obvious!' she thought.
"Uh me?" he sounded tensed up.
"Yeah, you" she confirmed.
"Well, I'll tell you something. But promise not to tell anyone, okay?" he said now facing her and stopping on his tracks.
"Yeah, sure. Cross my heart, hope to die!" she promised as she joined him when he once again started to walk.
"I know you already know that I was from China, well, back there I had a fiancée. We were engaged when we were still around five years old. But she made me promise that I would not break it, at least not until I found someone I really liked well more of like loved. It so happens that I met this wonderful girl but the problem is I don't know if I love her. But I sure do like her!" he told her.
'Oh, so he does like another. It's hopeless for me now' she reflected. "Oh really? So when are you planning to tell this girl that you presently like that you like her? And when would you tell your ex- fiancée that you like another girl?" she interrogated continuously.
"I didn't know that you were interested in my love life!" he laughed.
"Well, I just found something exciting about it" she said miserably. She knew deep down that there was nothing exciting about his love life.
"Oh I don't know! I just hope that my ex-fiancée won't get hurt" he said.
"Well, if you want her not to get hurt, you must tell her soon, because the sooner the better" she informed him.
"Fine, fine I will!" he made a mock surrender.
When they finally reached Sakura's house, she said: "Well this is it. My lovely home! Wanna come in?" she offered.
"No, thanks. I should go now. It's getting kind of late now you know" he reminded her.
"Yeah, so see you soon, I hope!" she giggled.
"Yeah" as he was walking down the pathway towards the street, he heard a rustle in the bushes so he came to an abrupt halt. "Who's there?"
"Just me!" someone said.
"What are you doing here Shaoming?" Sakura blurted out. She was just about to enter her house when she too heard the rustling.
"For my revenge!"
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To be continued…
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