After I Let You Go
Chapter 3: Betrayal
By: DEVILZ CHIK
Author's Notes:
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Disclaimer:
I don't won CCS or any of its characters.
Summary:
Sakura is a 17-year-old girl who went to New York to stay with her father there unwillingly. She was forced to leave her friends behind and she was so determined that once she was in New York, her life would be all crap. But when she met Syaoran, she was wrong. But she realized it after letting him go.
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Touya stared at the guy who was carrying his baby sister and was so in rage that he almost attacked him. "What the hell!" he growled then closed the door. "What are you doing with my sister?"
Syaoran slowly put her down avoiding her whatsoever called brother. "Touya, it's all right," Sakura said, backing her brother off.
"How come you're on his arms?" Touya asked.
"Uuh, we were sparring you know," Sakura said.
"Sparring? Then you suppose to fight right?"
"Well yeah."
"Then how come he is carrying you?"
"Will you let me finish!" Sakura almost shouted. "We're sparring then he got a hold of my ankle then I jumped with my other leg then when I was about to kick him with that leg, you knocked and that knock surprised me so I lost my balance while in the air then fell then he caught me, then you entered then you asked me what happened then now I'm explaining it to you and now I'm totally nervous because you might beat up my new friends which won't be good since I just came here and now I really want to go back home to Japan." She panted and was breathing heavily and was almost in tears.
"Hey baby," Touya said hugging her. "I won't beat up your friends. And how many times do I have to tell you not to use that technique when your enemy got a hold of your ankle?"
"So you're not angry?" Sakura asked, a smile appearing on her face. The tears that were evident a while ago were gone as well.
"Nope," Touya said. "I'll be waiting for you in dad's office and we'll go to a mall. I won't tell him about this, don't worry."
"Thanks Touya!" Sakura said then waved him goodbye. Touya left glaring one last time at Syaoran that Sakura didn't notice. As soon as he left, Syaoran breathed out.
"Damn! That really scared the hell out of me!" he admitted then sank back to a chair.
"Sakura are you all right?" Meilin asked thoughtfully.
"Yep, I'm so ok," Sakura said with a smile. "Don't you know that I'm a good actress in front of my brother?"
Everybody laughed and Tomoyo turned off her video cam. She had been taping the whole scene ever since and she sighed as it was finished now.
"You're just acting?" Syaoran asked in shock. "What the? You're a great actress, cherry blossom. Hey! I thought he's gonna kill me."
"Now I know why you hate brothers," Eriol said.
"He's so protective you know," Sakura said, annoyed. "A guy can't go near me without getting scared from his death stares."
"So your boyfriend must really be brave," Tomoyo said.
"Naah. He's just so no-match with my brother when it comes to making people shut up---- using words!" Sakura said then everybody laughed. "I've known my boyfriend since I was young and Touya knew him too all along. When that guy started courting me and Touya knew about it, he looked at him with his death glares but my boyfriend kinda took no notice. He just shot back words that were leaving Touya shut up in a corner."
"Oooooh," Eriol said, not wanting to comment more seeing Syaoran's annoyed face. "So who's the winner?"
"That will be Sakura!" Meilin exclaimed. "So Syaoran, you'll be her ninja for one month."
"Ninja?" everybody asked.
"Yeah, just like the anime 'Flame of Recca'," Meilin said. "Recca meets Sakoshita Yanagi, a girl who goes to his school and is about his age, and voluntarily swears to be her ninja, saying that she is his Hime (Princess). He protects her every time and his motto is, "if you defeat me, I will be your ninja". Ain't that great? Sakura just defeated you XIAO and you're her ninja now!"
All of them sweat-dropped as they listened to what Meilin said. "Fine, whatever," Sakura and Syaoran said.
"I'm hungry," Tomoyo complained.
"You're hungry?" Eriol asked.
"Yes and I'm tired taping what just happened," Tomoyo grinned as Eriol sweat-dropped.
"Fine, let's meet Touya then," Sakura said. "That is if you want to go to the mall with us and have snacks."
"Sure, why not?" Tomoyo said. "He's my cousin too right? Aren't you guys going?"
"I'm going!" Meilin said.
"Me too," Eriol said.
Syaoran sighed and said, "Yeah I'm going."
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Touya was still staring at the Syaoran guy who had 'caught' Sakura a while ago. That Syaoran guy was keeping a close distance between him and Sakura and that fact annoyed him. He went with them inside a café and he was so irritated as that Syaoran guy sat beside Sakura.
"So what will be your orders, madams and sirs?" a waiter asked them.
"Slice of chocolate cake for me please," Sakura said.
"Two scoops of vanilla ice cream, please," Meilin said.
"Two scoops of mocha ice cream for me," Tomoyo said.
"Slice of milk chocolate cake please," Eriol ordered.
"Two scoops of coffee and mocha ice cream," Touya said.
"Water only for me," Syaoran said and they all sweat-dropped hearing his order.
"What? You're only having water?" Sakura said. "No way! You should eat something! Uuh, one more slice of chocolate cake please."
"Demo..." Syaoran started to protest but everybody was glaring at him. "Fine.."
The waiter repeated their orders and when it was confirmed, he set off and prepared their orders.
"So tell me why this guy is always close to you," Touya said to Sakura in French. The Kinomoto's knew how to speak French and Touya thought the others didn't but he was wrong.
"Uuh, Mr. Kinomoto Touya," Meilin said politely. "We kinda understand French so there's no use to speak it in front of us when you want to talk about one of us."
"I'm sorry about that, Meilin," Touya said. "Don't address me with a mister please. As I was saying, why are YOU so close to my baby sister?" He asked Syaoran.
"Touya," Sakura said trying to stop him scare the hell out of Syaoran.
"Well uuh," Syaoran said searching for words of how he could talk to Sakura's brother. "That sparring we had.. We kinda had a bet about it. If I win, she will do all my homework and if I lose, I will protect her from any harm. I will be like her bodyguard. That's why I'm so close to her."
"Oh ok," Touya said, finally giving up being protective of Sakura AT THAT TIME since Sakura was glaring at him. Their orders came at last then they began eating.
Sakura chewed the cake slowly and took small bites, making her look so cute. Syaoran was hardly eating; he was just staring here and there watching everyone eat. She noticed his hardly touched food.
"Uuh, Meilin, is your cousin here in some-kind-of-a-diet?" Sakura asked then Meilin looked at her cousin's food.
"I don't know but maybe he is since he doesn't want to eat chocolates," Meilin teased.
"Why would he be on a diet, anyways?" Sakura asked again.
"I have no idea," Meilin shrugged.
"He doesn't want to look like a pig in front of Sakura that's why," Touya said under his breath.
Syaoran heard him and just rolled his eyes. "Fine I'll eat it because I'm not on a diet!" he pointed out then helped himself with the chocolate cake.
When they were finished, Touya paid the bill and they went back to the embassy. They were in silence until they reached the embassy that Eriol had forgotten about his party. He quickly went to his cousin's office and luckily found her still there.
"Eriol!" Nakuru said. "What the hell are you still doing here?"
"Well, I'm kinda checking.. if you're still here?" Eriol answered.
"Whatever," Nakuru said. "It's 6:30 pm ne? Why don't you go home now? I'm sure your guests are arriving there now and dress decently."
"Uuh, Nakuru," Eriol said. "My guests are still here you know so there will be no way that they're there now."
"Whatever!" Nakuru almost screamed. "Just go home and check if the servants already fix everything there."
"Fine, fine," Eriol said then walked outside to meet the gang. ("The gang" is composed of Sakura, Syaoran, Meilin, Tomoyo and him ok?) "You guys care helping me out for my party?"
"Sure," they said except for Sakura.
"I can't come with you guys, sorry," Sakura said. "I have to go home according to my brother. But I'll meet you there, promise." Then she walked away.
"She seemed so adjusted now you know," Meilin said who was proud of Sakura. "Well I mean, to us, she is. She's so determined and confident."
"Yep you got that right!" Tomoyo agreed. "Did you just see her punches and kicks?"
"And how wise she is to hit Syaoran on the last second?" Eriol added.
Unusual Syaoran ignored them. They looked at him and they saw that he was staring at Sakura who was on the main door. Meilin snapped at him and that waked him up. "You saying something?" he asked.
"Nothing, my dear Syaoran," Meilin said, sighing.
"You like her don't you?" Eriol asked.
"Shut up man!" Syaoran said. "Why would you think I will like someone like her!"
"It's obvious on the way you look at her," Tomoyo pointed out.
"Whatever," Syaoran said. "But how many times will I have to tell you that I hate girls?"
"Oh really?" Meilin said sarcastically. "Then how come you're staring at Sakura so much?"
"Well I have to keep an eye on her right?" Syaoran said.
"Yes but you've been staring at her ever since you met her," Eriol said.
Syaoran decided to be silent. He didn't want to admit to himself that he was falling for the new girl. There was no way about that.
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Kinomoto Residence
"I don't like that bet you had with that Syaoran," Touya said.
"So what?" Sakura said. "I'll just change my clothes aight?" She went to her room and wore low-waist jeans and her pale yellow sleeveless top that hang before her waist. She went down and asked her brother to put on the necklace Joseph had given her around her neck.
When Touya had put it on, he brought Syaoran's topic again. "So he's like your ninja eh, not like a bodyguard ne?" Touya asked.
"Yes!" Sakura answered then drank some water from the fridge. "Don't tell me you know Flame of Recca as well?"
"'Course I do! That's my favorite that's why I'm so against on that ninja thing. In the series, Yanagi fall for his ninja so you might fall for that SYAORAN GUY and I can't allow that!"
"Touya!"
"What!"
"Joseph still IS my boyfriend aight? So you don't have to worry or something." Sakura said while smiling at him but Touya's face meant another thing.
'Oh shit Sakura! If you only just know!' he shouted at his mind.
Eriol's Party.
Everybody from the embassy was starting to come one by one. They greeted the birthday celebrant and gave him gifts. All the visitors seemed to be enjoying the party but still, the Kinomoto's weren't around. Tomoyo was starting to worry.
"C'mon! She promised she'll come," Meilin said trying to comfort Tomoyo.
"Promises are meant to be broken," Syaoran said under his breath.
"I heard that!" Tomoyo snapped. "Yeah right, they are meant to be broken but Sakura ain't keeping that on her mind, I hope."
"Here she is!" Eriol said pointing at the door. He greeted her father and brother as they handed him his gifts. "Thanks for coming, Mr. Kinomoto."
"Happy birthday, boy," Fujitaka said, brushing Eriol's navy blue hair then walked away. Touya had brought his wife with him.
"Kaho, this is Eriol, Eriol this is my wife," Touya introduced. Then Nakuru's voice came from Eriol's back.
"Kaho!" she said happily hugging Kaho. "I'm glad you came!"
"Ok." Eriol said. "So you guys know each other?"
"Well yeah!" Nakuru said rolling her eyes. "She's my best friend and I invited her here. So you must be her husband ne?"
Eriol and Sakura sweat-dropped and walked away from them. "Sorry I'm late. I have to argue with my brother if I will wear this jacket or not and he won!" Sakura said annoyingly. She was wearing a denim jacket but she kept it open so her yellow top was still seen.
"That's ok you know," Eriol said leading her towards the rest of the gang. "Someone out here will still think you are pretty with that jacket though."
"And who will that be?" Sakura asked.
"Know it yourself, hunnie," Eriol said then stuck his tongue to her.
"Unfair birthday celebrant!" Sakura pouted and greeted Tomoyo and Meilin and Syaoran. "So what's up with all of you?"
"Disco tonight!" Meilin almost exclaimed. "I love dancing. I hope you can stay until then?"
"I hope," Sakura said. "The only problem here is my brother. He shouldn't be here you know. I mean, I never thought he and Kaho will come here that quick. But since, Kaho knew Eriol's cousin here; they really have a reason to come here. I wish they're not staying for the whole summer."
"Nope they won't," Eriol answered.
"How did you know?"
"Well Kaho will be staying with Nakuru this summer since your brother is going to Korea I think since he was promoted. Kaho will just be following him there when she got her visa."
"Oh I see," Sakura said. "Yes! I'm going to get free from my slimy brother!"
11:00 pm
Luckily, Fujitaka allowed Sakura to stay after the disco and would be spending her night with Tomoyo. She was so happy and taking a break from a wild dance, she decided to call her friends in Japan. The gang went with her in a corner as she punched Rika's number. Rika wasn't answering her mobile phone.
"She must have set her phone to silent mode," Sakura said then decided to send a text message to her instead. After sending it, they all went back to the dance floor and danced to the death! Sakura was really a great dancer and she wasn't easily worn-out from five consecutive fast dances.
Since her low pocket couldn't keep her cell phone still, she decided to let Syaoran keep it instead. She was so dancing wild and it seemed that she wasn't tired or something. She had just traveled so many hours from Japan and now she was going crazy in the dance floor as if she slept three days to have that energy.
Nobody knew who started it but someone started throwing water to the people in the dance floor. Worst part of it, Syaoran and Eriol joined in. They splashed Tomoyo, Meilin and Sakura water not minding if they were so totally wet now. Sakura had removed her jacket as soon as the water war began.
Exhausted, Syaoran sat down for a moment and watched the girls scream as they got splashed with water after all over. He was laughing as he saw Tomoyo walking seductively to Eriol then splash him some water too. He tried to get away but the girls dragged him to the dance floor now being the victim of the water war.
Suddenly, Syaoran felt something vibrate from his pocket. It was Sakura's cell phone; she just received a message. "Kinomoto!" he called out then Sakura looked at him then mouthed a 'what'. "A message for you!"
"Read it aloud!" Sakura said. Syaoran opened it and read it to himself first. He gasped after reading it and looked at Sakura again. "What does it say?"
"Uuh, Sakura," Syaoran said. "It's uuh, uum. It's from someone named Rika."
"What did she say?" Sakura asked now walking towards him, wet all over.
"You better read it," Syaoran said sadly.
"You're weird," Sakura said taking her phone from him. She read it and was open-mouthed after reading it. Tears began to spring on her eyes and Syaoran wished he could do something.
The message said: hey gurl! wasup? hows new york? we miss u so! I wish ure here with me helping me wid my college application. wel evrythings fine hir xcept for one thing and I hope ur not gonna faint after reading dis. I hav to admit dat dis s rily s2pid but its tru and I cant beliv it happened! I dnt want u freaking out but I hav 2 tell u dis: joseph s a two timing asshole. wayl ur his gurlfrend, Audrey s his gurlfrend 2. I just knew bout it awayl ago and I really hate him! call me gurl please.
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Author's Notes:
That was chapter 3! Hope you like it! Please review!
DEVILZ CHIK