Disclaimer: Why would a 13 year old like me own such a cool book/anime? psh....

 

Kiss Of Death by Ako Kanmu

One Year Later

Sakura held her head in her hands as she wept. It had been one year since the day they had found out about the reason of their existence in the world. Earth was still recovering from the storms that ruptured Utopia. Trees could be replanted and buildings could be rebuilt but a damaged soul couldn't. It would take years for the lost spirits that were hit by the storm to find their way home again. Life could never be what it used to be, not in this generation.  The muggle world had surpassed the damage that the wizardry world took.

Witches and Wizards were more independent and did not rely themselves on electronics. A great number of them died and many pureblood family lines had ended, but they survived and let life be back to normal once again.

It was the first of July, and this morning, Sakura had awoken to a repeat of the nightmare that had occurred one year prior. Her heart beating hastily and her tears naturally rolled out of her eyes.

One year.... It had only been one year and she felt that she couldn't live anymore. She wanted to run away... Far away so that she wouldn't have to wake up every morning seeing Virginia's face.  Every time she saw her face, she felt heavy-hearted and consumed by sadness.

She had to be strong... but for whom?

Would Destiny take over happiness? Surely not... but it has.

Sakura was driven in-between... Running away and remaining here in the depths of sadness.

What was a girl to do?

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Meilin sat at the kitchen table wondering where the heck everyone was. Walking over to Tomoyo's room, she burst open the door to see... an empty room.

'Not surprising,' Meilin thought, 'Tomoyo is hardly at home anymore after what happened a year ago. Now all she does is party all night long with the male species.'

Meilin had also been spending more and more time with the male species lately. She had already had 10 boyfriends, the longest relationship lasting 3 months.

Leaving Tomoyo's room, she went into Virginia's room. She opened the door only to see Virginia sleeping her ass off.

Meilin's only reply was a sweat drop. She closed the door quietly as she walked over to Hermione's room. She peeked open the door. She only saw... Hermione totally engrossed in a romantic novel.

Meilin only shuddered and walked over to Sakura's room where she opened the door and saw Sakura lying on the floor, crying.

Coming to Sakura's rescue, she lifted her up.

"Sakura-chan, what's the matter," Meilin wiped the tears that slid down Sakura's face.

Sakura sniffed, "Meilin-chan! I can't take it anymore... I want to leave so badly. Life has become so hard after realizing our destinies. I miss Tomoyo and I miss you!"

Meilin nodded in understanding as she understood why Sakura was feeling so depressed.

"Tomoyo has changed... She goes out all the time and I hardly ever see her... I don't even know if she's a virgin anymore!" Sakura wailed, "And you have been going out so much too... I miss how we use to be close,"

Meilin found herself sorrowing with Sakura.

"Gomen Nasai, Sakura-chan..." Meilin and Sakura embraced and cried their sadness out of them, "I understand how you are feeling. I feel the exactly the way you do. I only stay around boys so I can stop thinking about all of our responsibilities. I'm sure that Tomoyo thinks the exact same way,"

"I want to leave... It's breaking me! My grades were so low this year that I nearly failed. Please Meilin, let me leave!"

Meilin gave Sakura a sympathetic look.

"You can't leave us, Sakura-chan, we need you here. You are everything that makes us happy,"

"Please Meilin-chan! Please."

Meilin didn't know what to do. She wanted Sakura to be happy but they all needed Sakura. Meilin thought hard and realized that Sakura didn't have to leave forever.

"Sakura-chan, what if I plan a vacation for you away from Tomoeda?"

Sakura hesitated. Vacation meant she had to come back.

"Where?"

Meilin made a quick reply, "Hong Kong,"

Sakura nodded. She would feel better after a vacation wouldn't she?

Meilin gave Sakura a motherly smile.

"You'll feel better after a vacation to Hong Kong, I promise." Meilin left the room to make the plans.

Meilin didn't know how right she was.

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Meilin was a fast worker. Only an hour had past and here she was at the airport getting her luggage checked by the flight attendants. After a few minutes of checking, the flight attendant gave Sakura's ticket a little signature.(an: lalal never flew on a plane... making all this up!) Sakura gave the flight attendant a weak smile before she ran off into the embrace of Hermione and Meilin.

"Sakura-chan, you have fun on this trip. I want to see your smile back on your face when you come back," Hermione smiled widely at Sakura, "Maybe you'll meet a boy there,"

Meilin smirked, "Yes, and then you'll be REALLY happy,"

Meilin and Hermione burst into joyful laughter while Sakura's face turned a pale pink.

"I-I'm going to miss everyone," Sakura's eyes filled with tears once again.

"Aww don't cry. You'll be back in a flash. If you need us, call." Hermione said brushing the tears away from Sakura's face.

"Don't worry about Fujitaka-san, Sonomi-chan, Tomoyo-chan, and Ginger-chan. I'll tell them that you wanted to see how Hong Kong is like and how much you wanted to see it,"(an: Ginger-chan = Tomoyo and Meilin's nickname for Virginia)

Sakura nodded.

Passengers to Flight 1243542132 to Hong Kong please come to the passenger doors.

Sakura, Meilin, and Hermione were silent as they walked over to the doors.

"Sakura-chan, remember to call us if you get homesick!" Meilin gave Sakura a big bear hug.

Sakura smiled and nodded.

"Sakura-chan! Remember to study math or else you will forget everything I taught you!" Hermione embraced Sakura and gave her a nice pat on the back.

"Sayanara, Meilin-chan, Hermione-chan," yelled Sakura as she walked through the passenger doors.

"Sayanara!" Meilin and Hermione yelled back as they waved goodbye to the retreating Sakura,"

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Four Hours Later

Sakura breathed in a large amount of air after being in a stuffy airplane for 4 hours. The air smelled so fresh even if the air was polluted with toxic chemicals from years of city life.

(an: yes yes... Hong Kong's air is gross... that's why everyone there has such light colored skin. The thick clouds of pollution are blocking the sun from giving them a tan O_o)

'I miss them already,' Sakura thought as she remembered all her friends back in Japan, 'Might as well get moving over to my hotel'

Dragging her luggage behind, she exited the airport. After half an hour of waiting and sore feet, she finally obtained a ride from a taxi to her Hotel.

The name of her hotel was, translated into English, was Eyes of a winter's Dream.

As she entered the hotel, she noticed how beautiful the inside of the hotel looked, and it was only the lobby. One corner of the hotel stood two grand marble doors leading to a variety of restaurants. On the other corner of the hotel stood a large staircase that led to the five magnificent elevators that chimed a sweet ethereal sound.

Sakura starred at her reflected image from the floor. The floor was very shinny and not a speck of dust was on it. The scent of superb wondrous foods filtered into the lobby, attracting customers to eat at their restaurants.

Sakura, still amazed by the grand hotel, walked up to the man on the front desk.

The man gave Sakura a lustful look. His gaze made Sakura very uncomfortable.

As quickly as possible, Sakura told the man that she wanted a single room.

The man purposely brushed his hand against Sakura's hand and he muttered to Sakura, "Why don't we leave this place and I'll bring you over to my... apartment,"

Sakura snatched her hand away and backed away, obviously wanting to get away from this psycho of a man.

"G-G-Get away from me!" Sakura yelled loudly attracting the attention of many other people staying at the hotel including an ambered eyed young man....

"I-I'm only four-four-fourteen! Yo-You are at least- twenty five!" Sakura gripped on to her suitcase as she glared at the man.

The man became angered and grabbed Sakura's hand. The people just watched and didn't try to help Sakura as the man gripped onto her hand tightly.

"Let go of me!" Sakura cried as she felt her wrist throb in pain.

"You... girl are coming with me!" The man tried to drag her towards the elevator but was stopped as an amber eyed boy stepped in front of him and punched him square in the nose.

The man fell onto the floor with his nose bleeding severely and him consciousness gone. Security guards swiftly dragged the unconscious perverted man into their little camera room in order to keep people for starring.

Sakura breathed out a sigh of relief as she turned towards the amber eyed stranger that had rescued her from a potential rapist.

"Arigato- I mean... Thank you sir," Sakura smiled at the stranger causing his face to turn a pale pink.

"It was nothing... I wanted to fire him for a long time anyway," the amber eyed stranger picked up Sakura's suitcase, which had earlier dropped on to the floor, and handed it to her.

"Fire him?" Sakura asked blankly, as she didn't get what he meant by firing him.

"Yes, my family owns this hotel and that man," He paused, "He has been disrespecting customers for quite a time now,"

Sakura's eyes widened, "You own this beautiful hotel?"

Sakura eyes sparkled in delight. She had finally met a rich person who seemed to be nice other than her family back in Japan.

The amber eyed stranger shot a glare at Sakura, "So what if I do? Are you going to FLIRT with me to try to get my money? GOLD DIGGER!"

Sakura looked down as she tried to hide her tears that were developing in her eyes.

"No... I'm not a gold digger... I just thought it was wonderful to own such a beautiful hotel.... I wouldn't have to try to get money from you anyway... My family is rich too..." A droplet of tears made impact with the shiny floor underneath Sakura.

The amber eyed stranger felt a stab of guilt in his heart.

"If you think I'm a gold digger, then... I'll stay away from you,"

Sakura walked past the amber eyed stranger and back towards the front desk and again asked for a single room.

The amber eyed stranger just starred as Sakura took the keys to her room and left.

He was drawn to her and he didn't know why. One thing was for sure… He was going to find out the name of that beautiful young woman.

Author's note: Oh the end of a good/bad chapter? Well Sakura has met Syaoran and it seems to be on a rough start. Will Sakura forgive Syaoran for yelling at her? Find out on the next chapter of KISS OF DEATH