Summary: Despite their refusals, Syaoran and Sakura have no choice but to work together, as actors. Sakura and Syaoran despise each other. But when jealousy, pain and threats arise, will their feelings change? Will their romantic scenes be just acting?
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Readers: I haven't much to do at this moment, so I decided I'll start on this chapter now. I'll be concentrating on this fic for now and moving on to the other once this is finished. I must say that this is getting into it's good and sad to say ending part. That's enough of my babbling for now. On with the story!
~*From The Last Chapter*~
"YOU THINK I WANTED TO SLEEP WITH YOU?!" Sakura screamed shocked, bewildered, pissed off, you name it. Those emotions were there. "Guess again asshole. I'm tired of running away from you and being the damsel in distress. It's about time the truth came out," Sakura spat as she got in her car and drove away. Etowa just stood there rooted to the ground in shock, chills flowing up and down his spine. Syaoran, Tomoyo and Eriol ran into their cars and followed Sakura. She was heading to their secret spot as children whenever they were in Kyoto.
"Chouwa (refer to chapter 1), Amy (refer to chapter 3) … we have to act fast. I knew she was getting fed up, but I didn't think she would go to this extreme," Etowa whispered as two girls stepped out of the shadows.
"Of course Master Ima," both girls said monotonously, their eyes blank.
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Just Acting?
[*-Chapter Seven-*]
SweetBabyGurl
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The moment Syaoran, Tomoyo and Eriol arrived at their meeting place, they saw Sakura sitting at the edge of a lake, her bare feet dipped into the water. The three ran up to her and trampled her with hugs and comforting words. It wasn't until Sakura wrung herself out of everyone's grasp did they stop and actually look at her to see how she was feeling other than extremely miserable and pissed off. It was only then they saw the cold, hard look in her eyes.
"I think it's about time you knew the truth… but Syaoran-kun, I must tell you, this is most likely going to get quite uncomfortable for you," Sakura said as she glanced towards him in particular.
"I understand," Syaoran said nodding along with everyone else.
"Well it all started back when Syaoran came back from Hong Kong early," Sakura began taking a deep breath.
~*.:: Flashback ::.*~
"Well class, as many of you know, last year one of our good friends had to leave for Hong Kong. But apparently and happily he has come back," one of their old-time elementary teachers said. The whole class broke out into whispers. Sakura's head popped out among everyone else and she peered around the class. Her head snapped to the door when it opened and a young man with amber eyes and chestnut colored hair walked into the class. A kind of light that had been lacking for the past year lit up her face. The man Sakura had loved had returned, Syaoran Li had returned.
"Hello, my name is Syaoran Li. I first moved here while I was in the fourth grade, but in the sixth grade I had to move back to Hong Kong for family business. I have returned now, in grade seven, to complete the rest of my schooling here," Syaoran said as he bowed deeply, flashing a rarely seen smile towards Eriol, Sakura and Tomoyo.
"Alright Syaoran, you may go and sit behind Kinomoto-san," Terada-sensei said to him, giving him a small smile. Syaoran nodded and walked by Sakura, placing a note on her desk as he walked passed. The note read :
Hey Sakura-chan! I'm so sorry I haven't been able to write to you that much while I was in Hong Kong but the elders kept me so busy. I really wish I could have written, but it's not my fault. I'm glad I've been able to come back here and complete schooling with you and Tomoyo. Not so much with Hiiragizawa though. I don't know how Tomoyo can like him. He's so damn annoying. I'm still waiting for your answer Sakura, because really, I still love you. Write back soon.
— Li Syaoran
Sakura's eyes widened as she read the last sentences of the letter. She blushed prettily and tore and piece of paper from her notebook. In response, she wrote :
Hey Syaoran-kun! Don't worry about the letters, I was pretty sure that the elders had you busy, they usually do. I'm really happy about you coming back to complete schooling with us too. And Eriol-kun isn't that bad, he's a really sweet and caring guy. You never were one to give people chances Syaoran-kun. And my answer is I love you too. But I just don't think I'm ready to have a boyfriend as yet, for this I'm sorry and I hope you understand.
Love always,
oxoX Kinomoto Sakura Xoxo
She folded it into an origami box and passed the note behind her. Once she was sure he read it she looked behind her to see a small slip of paper waiting for her on the desk. It read 'I'll wait for you Sakura.'
~*.:: End of Flashback ::.*~
Sakura sighed as she let out the first memory of her past, when things were still good and happy. "I honestly thought Syaoran meant it, so I took my time trying to figure out when the right time would be to actually tell you I was ready Syaoran-kun. But… when I found out Kagome liked you, I just couldn't do it. Even though Tomoyo-chan would always be one of my very best friends and I honestly felt like she was a sister to me, I felt like Kagome was a younger sister and I had to do everything to make her happy. Since only the people in our circle of friends from back in grade four knew about Syaoran and I, Kagome didn't know since she came while Syaoran wasn't there. It was a few months after that Kagome confessed to me," Sakura said as she hung her head low and continued with her story.
~*.:: Flashback ::.*~
"Sakura!!" One of her best friends cried to her as she bounded into her room. Currently, Sakura was in her room writing in her diary that helped her let out all of her emotions. Sakura was writing happy ones… at the time. She quickly finished her sentence and threw it under her pillow. Sakura gave a huge smile to her friend.
"I have something soo big to tell you Kagome," Sakura said to her with the same huge smile. Sakura decided to tell Kagome about herself and Syaoran since Kagome was like a little sister to her and they told each other everything.
"So do I, but me first," Kagome said happily. Sakura nodded eagerly awaiting her friend's exciting news. "I think I've fallen in love!"
"OH MY GOD!" Sakura squealed with delight, her eyes lighting up like stars. "Who is it?!"
"You promise you won't laugh? Because I really think he likes me back. He's always smiling at me and offering to help me with things when he's usually so mean to lots of other people," Kagome said looking down, tracing her finger along the pattern of the blanket.
"Who is he?" Sakura asked excitedly.
"Promise you won't tell him or anyone else for that matter?" Kagome asked holding out her pinky finger.
"Promise," Sakura replied with a Cheshire cat grin.
"Alright," Kagome said as she loosened her pinky from Sakura's and let out a breath. "His name is Li Syaoran."
At this Sakura's heart stopped, her blood ran cold as ice and she neither heard nor saw anything that was going on at that moment. She couldn't think, couldn't breathe, couldn't move.
"That's…that's great," Sakura somehow summed up.
"Oh my God, Sakura… I like him so much!" Kagome squealed holding her cheeks. "So what was it that you wanted to tell me?" Kagome said to her with a large grin.
"I-I can't remember. I just remembered I have a huge science test to study for. I'll talk to you later okay Kagome?" Sakura said monotonously. Kagome nodded and walked out of the door just as happy as she came in. The moment she heard her friend's car pull out of her driveway, Sakura flung herself unto her bed and cried her heart out. 'Kagome's been through so much! And she… she loves him! I can't tell her that I love him, it'll kill her. I promised myself I'd do anything to make sure she was okay with that heart problem of hers ever since her parents died. And I guess… I'll just have to let him go,' Sakura thought to herself. She wiped her tears and wrote a letter to the one she loved…
~*.:: The Next day ::.*~
As Syaoran read the letter over for what seemed like the 1,000th time that day he let a few tears slip before he got angry. But he found himself reading it once more…
Dear Li-kun,
I know that we've had great moments in the past and those will never leave me for as long as I live. Those were the days that I truly lived and learned the true meaning of life. But they're gone, and they are in the past. From this moment on, you and I are nothing more than acquaintances. I feel nothing for you other than acquaintanceship. This is goodbye. So, goodbye Li-kun.
— Kinomoto-san
Whenever he tried to talk to her about it she always told him the letter said it all. Well Li Syaoran had enough of this. It wasn't fair that she wasn't going to give him an explanation for giving up on their love. He threw the letter in one of his desk drawers and decided that it was time to play hard ball.
~*.:: End of Flashback ::.*~
"From that day on it killed so much to just even look at you. I was dying inside. But ever since Kagome's mother and father died something had been wrong with her. I just couldn't tell her that I loved you and we already made plans for the future," Sakura sobbed lightly as Syaoran wrapped her in a warm embrace. Tomoyo and Eriol held each other, not knowing what they would if they had to go through that, and hopefully that would never happen. She took another deep breath, trying to steady her breathing. "There was one weekend where I slept over at Kagome's house. This was probably about a year later and you and Kagome had been going out for some time now Syaoran-kun. But somehow and somewhere in between, Syaoran and I ended up having to work together for a project and we both broke down. It was then we shared our first kiss with one another. I was so lost in happiness, but when reality hit me, and hit me hard at that, I hastily pulled away, gathered my things together and ran away from him. But… I write everything in my diary as you might already know, and I foolishly left it behind on the Sunday night. Kagome confronted me about it after school at my house on Monday."
~*.:: Flashback ::.*~
"How could you do that to me Sakura?! I called you someone who was like my sister! How could you betray me?!" Kagome screamed at her while she held Sakura's open diary in her hands.
"Nothing happened between us Kagome! I swear!" Sakura cried, the tears coming again.
"I don't want to hear it!" Kagome screamed at her once more as she ran out the door. Sakura was about to run out the door when her boyfriend… well now ex boyfriend stopped her.
"Hello Sakura," Etowa Ima said as he stepped in front of her. Sakura made a large gap in between the two of them and held back the tears that brimmed her eyes.
"Stay the hell away from me you perverted freak," Sakura spat.
"Awww, did this girl make you upset?" Etowa said to her mockingly and in a way worriedly.
"You stay the hell away from me, her and Li Syaoran. But you're just full of bluffs anyways. It's not like you're actually going to hurt them. But if you even think about touching Kagome the way you did to me… you'll wish you never lived," Sakura said coldly. Etowa just smirked at this and walked away.
It had now been a few days when since the entire encounter with Sakura and Kagome. Sakura had thought Kagome had enough time to let some steam off and tried talking to her when it all ended. After all of the calls of Kagome's name, Sakura began to run towards to Kagome and make her listen. But clumsily, she fell. And it wasn't a good thing when she looked up.
Sakura watched in horror as the dagger was plunged into her friend's, Kamiya Kagome's, back. Kagome and Sakura both let out a blood curling scream as Kagome's limp body fell to the ground, the known attacker fleeing. Sakura ran to her friend's side and looked into her face. Kagome had little strength but as she opened her eyes, they were filled with hatred.
"How could you do this to me Sakura? You were my sister, but I realize that you never did deserve to be called my sister. Killing me for some childish crush? How could you?" Kagome spat hoarsely with the last ounce of her strength as Sakura stared awestruck at her friend. Kagome died… thinking Sakura was the one that killed her.
~*.:: End of Flashback ::.*~
"You have no idea how much that killed me. She was like my sister!" Syaoran sobbed harder into Syaoran's chest. Syaoran just stroked her hair as she continued with her story. "Then that bastard Ima came back to me."
~*.:: Flashback ::.*~
"Sakura I know you saw I did it and I'll leave you alone for now. But if you go near him or tell anyone that it was me that killed her, I'll kill him," Etowa said to her as he walked away from her but not out of her life. He would always be there to remind her of the consequences of her actions; for loving the man that she did.
After a month or so of the relationship with Etowa, Sakura broke up with him because she wasn't being true to either of them. Etowa couldn't take it for he was obsessed with her, and that was when he came after her and raped her.
~*.:: End of Flashback ::.*~
"I'm so sorry I hid it from you all, but I just didn't want any of you to get hurt," Sakura sniffed as she rubbed her eyes.
"We understand Sakura… but you must know. I never loved Kagome. I've always loved you, it's never died," Syaoran said to her as he looked deep into her eyes. Their lips were getting closer and closer until they were only a few millimeters apart when Syaoran was about to —
"Wonderful reunion, but it looks like I'll have to kill you all now," Etowa said with a twisted and malicious grin.
To Be Continued…
Hey everybody! Sorry if this chapter isn't any good and this story will be coming to an end soon. This chapter was basically used to clear up and tell everyone about Sakura's past. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and thank-you for those of you who reviewed the last one. It means a lot! Ja ne!!
--* SweetBabyGurl *--