One in a Million
That's right ppl's I'm back! Well you must of figured that out when you clicked on this chapter…but anywayz you better read up or you'll miss the boat cough bad expression…-__-'
***
"So what did I miss?" asked Madison.
The bell had just rung and they were heading
home.
"Not much," said Sakura.
"I see…" said Madison.
"Jen's coming home later so we can leave now," said Sakura plainly.
"Jen?" said Madison puzzled.
"Ya you know, Jen the one I found
who's staying at my place, who making moves on Li-,"
said Jen curtly.
"Oh so is that what I missed," said Madison nudging Sakura slightly.
"What! No!" said Sakura figuring out what Madison meant.
Madison just smiled.
"No but really you gotta introduce me to her," said Madison.
"Ya I guess," Sakura said leniently, she was worried that once Madison met Jen she would lose her. One thing she still hadn't been able to understand was that Madison wouldn't tell her who the girls she had been with on Monday were and every time she brought it up Madison would just smile and change the subject.
Sakura sighed, 'Well at least she's back,' Sakura thought, then ran to catch up to her best friend who was already at the school gates.
***
Jen had stayed after school to finish
all the work she had missed during the week, she didn't mind though it
had been her idea in the first place, she didn't want to have any distractions
when she went over Li's.
She was almost done all her assignments. She was very surprised though when she looked up at the clock for it seemed that it had only taken her fifteen minutes to complete an entire week's worth of homework. It was as if she already knew the answers. She walked up to Mr. Turada's desk and placed her work on it, she put her hand on top of her work as if just to double check that she was sure that she was really done.
"Done already?" said a voice behind her.
She whipped around to see Eli standing in the door, smiling, his eyes narrowed making him look kind of evil.
She narrowed her eyes slightly, not wanting to look like a clueless dope.
"Ya why?" she asked almost completely clueless why he would know she had finished so quickly.
His grin deepened, he looked almost smug.
"I know," he said.
"Know what?" she asked wondering what Eli was talking about.
"I know what you've been hiding," he said still smiling.
"What are you talking about Eli?"
she sighed, this was starting to get annoying.
Eli's smile drooped a bit.
"Hmmm interesting," he said, "It seems I've stumbled upon something unexpected…"
With that Eli turned around and walked down the hall. Jen ran after him, but when she looked down the hall he was gone.
Her hands were bunched into two tightly
drawn fists.
'If people don't stop doing that
I'm gonna get really pissed off,' she thought angrily.
***
Li was just about to walk out the
front gates of the school, all the kids had gone home already eager to
start their weekend. He was about to leave when someone grabbed his bag
and pulled him back. He whipped around to come face to face with Eli.
"My, aren't we leaving late," said Eli grinning a twisted smile, "I wonder why?"
"Could ask you the same question," Li said gruffly.
"Point taken," Eli said shrugging his shoulders, "We've got to talk."
"What is it?" asked Li his voice slightly deepened.
"It's about that new girl," he said leading Li to a deserted alley.
"Who? Jen? What about her?" Li inquired.
"Yes, remember how I said she had magic?" Eli said.
"Ya," replied Li.
"Well apparently she doesn't remember having powers," Eli's voice was hushed, "I confronted just a few minutes ago, she claimed she had no idea what I was talking about-."
"You told her!" cried Li.
"Well no. I didn't. It's a bit confusing to explain but I'll try. I projected my thoughts into her mind with a spell, she could only answer truthfully, so when she said she had no idea what I was talking about I thought she may have put her own spell on that deflected all other ones," stated Eli, "So I used my last resort, its an old kind of magic that can't be deflected, if I looked straight into her eyes and she lied her eyes would turn violet. When I asked again and her eyes didn't change I knew she was telling the truth. She really has no memory of what happened to her before she woke at Sakura's house."
It took Li a minute to soak up the information before he could speak again.
"So Eli does that mean you don't know if Jen really has magic?" inquired Li.
"Oh no. I know that she has magic I can sense it when I'm around her, mind you her powers must do a very good job of hiding themselves if even Jen can't feel them."
"That would explain a lot," said Li.
"But there is one thing though,"
Eli said, "It seems that her powers do appear when she really needs them,
like when I was unconscious. Even though she doesn't realize it she has
strong powers, stronger maybe than you or I, but I can know for sure unless
I get a sample."
"What? You want to go through what
happened last time?" asked Li.
"No I've learned from my mistakes I've decided I'd rather observe her, I'll keep a close watch and maybe I can get a better read on her if I do," he said.
Eli walked out of the alley and walked around the corner, leaving to fully absorb all the information he had been given.
***
Sakura was on Cherry Blossom Street,
in front of her she could see Jen talking to someone, it was the figure
of a boy much taller than her. She couldn't hear a thing anyone was saying
it was as if someone had hit the mute button. Whatever the boy was saying
was really upsetting Jen, because she kept shaking her head furiously,
and her hands were tightly drawn into two fists. Suddenly the boy said
something that made Jen's face pale and look frightened for a moment, but
that was soon replaced by an anger Sakura had never seen before. Jen started
to shout at the boy, but he seemed unfazed by Jen's sudden outburst. As
if sensing something was wrong Sakura called out to Jen but she found that
she had no voice. Jen took a step back, getting ready to run, but as if
anticipating Jen's thought's, the boy grabbed her arm just as her legs
made the movement to run. Her body was pulled harshly back towards the
boy. The boy forced Jen to look at him. Her eyes were full of anger, hatred,
and doubt. Sakura ran towards her but it was as if an unseen force kept
her in the shadows. Jen shouted at the boy but his expressionless face
was unmoved, he simply stared at Jen. In her fury Jen tried to punch the
boy with her free hand, but it seemed as if the boy could anticipate all
her moves, he stopped her fist just an inch from his face.
'You'll never change,' he said with a smile.
This remark only seemed to fuel Jen's fury. Jen struggled with all her might but the boy wouldn't let go.
Suddenly the boy grabbed both her arms, causing Jen to struggle rapidly. A girl appeared from behind Jen and began to walk up behind her. Jen was so preoccupied with the boy that she didn't notice. Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs for Jen to look out, but nothing came out. The girl placed her hands on either side of Jen, about five inches from Jen's head. The girl closed her eyes and concentrated, her hands began to glow a golden yellow. By now Jen was realizing what was going on and struggling harder than ever, but no matter how hard she tried the boy's hands never moved from the spot they held her arms, and his face remained emotionless, his eyes ever staring at her as if looking right inside of her. Eventually Jen's struggles calmed down and she collapsed, the boy picked her up in his arms.
'It's better this way…
He looked compassionatly at the unconscious girl he held.
SAKURA!!!
Sakura sat bolt upright in her bed
panting. She felt as if she had run the 100 meter dash.
"You were screaming in your sleep," said Kero.
"I was?" she said frustrated.
"Ya, but anyway, who were you telling to look out?" he asked.
"Jen I think…oh you scared me half to death! I'll never remember now!" she cried holding her head in frustration.
"Calm down, you freaked me out when I couldn't wake you," Kero said a worried look on his face.
Sakura's thought's went to frustration and anger, to pride. Though he was a little obnoxious at times, Kero really did care a lot about her. She smiled and on top of that her was very cute.
"It's okay I'll remember eventually," she said trying to cheer him up a bit.
Kero looked at his master's eyes,
they were full of love and caring, Sakura cared about everyone she knew,
and it hurt her to know that she was the cause of their pain. He smiled
in spite of himself. That was why she was the Master of the Clow Cards.
***
Jen woke to an early morning too.
She sat up, yawned and stretched, rubbing her eyes she got out of bed and
put on the clothes she had bought a few days ago. She brushed her teeth
and was about to bush her hair, only to find that it was already perfect.
She shook her head violently, and looked back in the mirror, her hair still
perfect. A little strange, but none the less, it was pretty convenient
she smiled at her reflection and when downstairs for breakfast. Today she
was going over Li's house for a bit of training, she made sure had put
on the right clothes that would suit the activity. So far Li seemed like
an okay guy, a little unbalanced but very sweet. Just thinking about Li
made her blush, though she probably wasn't blushing even a quarter of how
much Li did yesterday when Mr. Turada called him up to his desk. She smiled.
His shyness towards her was really cute.
She went downstairs to have breakfast
Li was coming sometime in the afternoon to pick her up.
***
What the HELL had he been THINKING!
No he hadn't thinking! How could he have asked Jen over! And why did he
blush so much! Not to mention his robotic display in from of the class!
Blushing madly! Walking like a toy solider! What was it about girls! Stupid!
Stupid! STUPID! Why on earth did he volunteer to help her with extra lessons!
Stupid adolescent hormones…
Li looked at the clock on the mantel,
it read one o'clock, he had promised Jen he would pick her up half an hour
ago!
He dashed for the door. It was going
to be okay. She'd understand. What if she didn't? What if she was mad at
him. What if she was so angry that she never spoke to him again! What if—
He had arrived in front of Sakura's house.
He couldn't do it, he couldn't face her. Not now not ever, maybe if he never spoke to her again they could forget about each other and go on with their lives. What the HELL was WRONG with him! He had only gotten to know Jen yesterday! They couldn't get serious after one day! Could they? Is this how all relationships work? NO! He was going HOME! He snapped back to reality when he realized that he had subconsciously rung the doorbell. He froze, he could hear the echo of the ring move throughout the house. Footsteps. There was still time he could duck behind a bush and make a run for it. She'd understand, but could he forgive himself for such an act of cowardice?
The door began to open.
'Too Late.' Li braced himself.
"Hey Li," said Jen smiling.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean- I didn't
know- Don't be mad at me!" he cried.
He peered at her through his arms.
A puzzled look covered her face.
"Li, why should I be mad at you, you're two hours early?" she asked removing the arms that cover his face.
"What?" he said puzzled.
"You said you were coming at one it's only eleven in the morning," she said smiling.
"S-so you're not mad?" stuttered Li.
"Of course not! It takes more than being a little late or early in this case to upset me," she said with a half smile.
Suddenly Li felt like a total and complete idiot. He blushed madly. How could he have been such an idiot, he knew the clock on the mantel was broken and always showed one o'clock. Right at that moment he felt as if he would kick himself.
"Uh Li?" asked Jen, "You okay?"
Li broke out of his trance.
"Ya sorry," he said his blush growing in colour.
They began to walk to his house. The utter silence made them both uneasy. Twice they both made a movement to say something at the exact time resulting in more silence and both of them looking away from each other, faces blushing madly.
Finally Li gathered all the courage he could muster, and with out smiling he managed to ask her what she wanted to work on first. She told him flips sounded fun. Finally they were at Li's mansion. Though it was only a five minute walk it seemed as if it had lasted an aeon.
Li lead her to a large white room in the mansion, Li said it was his training room.
By three o'clock Jen had mastered all fifteen gymnastics' routines and to Li's surprise made up some of her own routines as well as stunts.
They began to compete with each other trying to out shine the other. All nervousness, blushing, and shy remarks dissolved as Li and Jen got to know each other.
By five-thirty neither of then had any strength left so they called a tie.
"Five thirty!" cried Jen horror, she was supposed to meet the boy at sunset which was in twenty minutes.
"Something wrong?" asked Li.
"Uh no, it's just that I was supposed to be home by now," she said, " I hate to leave like this but Tori gets really mad if I'm late."
Li nodded and led her to the front door.
"Can I walk you home?" he asked.
"No I'll be fine," she smiled.
"Okay," said Li looking at his feet.
Jen smiled, he looked really disappointed.
She took Li's hand. Li's head immediately snapped back up to face her, he looked rather flustered, or was that just blush? She smiled.
"Thanks," she whispered and kissed him
on the cheek. Then ran into the setting sun.
Leaving Li stunned at his front door.
"What are the chances," he breathed
staring after her. As if to answer his question a little voice inside of
him said, 'One in a million.'