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A Ten Pedaled Flower

Chapter 4 - Day Before Christmas Eve

December 23rd, Thursday

-5:00 pm-

It was white everywhere outside from the snow, and some were still frozen.

Sakura arrived to Toya's house with a big bag of gifts in them. She rang the doorbell and Toya opened the door.

"Hey Sakura." Toya said.

"Hey Toya." She said, walking in.

"Aunt Sakura!!" the kids yelled in excitement.

"Heyy teddies!" she kneeled down and the two children gave her a hug.

"Wow Tonomi, you've grown to be a big boy." She said, messing the 7 year old boy's hair as he giggled.

"And you've grown to be a beautiful young lady, Kano." She said, gently tapping the 5 year old girl's nose.

"Hello Sakura." Kaho said, coming out from the kitchen in an apron.

"Hey Kano." She said, giving her sister in law a hug.

"Is that bag for us Aunt Sakura?" Tonomi asked, tugging on Sakura's hand.

"Yes it is, who wants their present first?" she said, picking up the bag.

"I do! I do! I do!" they cheered, running into the living room.

Sakura followed in and sat on the couch.

"Ok, I'm gonna draw a box and whoever's I pick first is the one who gets their present first." She said, and closed her eyes and dug her hand through the bag.

She picked out a pink box and opened her eyes.

"This one's for Kano."

"Yay! I get it first!" Kano cheered, jumping up and down.

She received the box and started unwrapping it. She opened the box and it was a barbie doll set.

"Wow! Barbie dolls!! Thank you auntie!!" she said, giving her a hug.

"You're welcome." Sakura replied.

Toya and Kano stood there with a smile from seeing how happy their children were, while Toya was tape recording them.

Sakura closed her eyes and dug out a blue box.

"This one's for...Tonomi!"

Tonomi giggled and unwrapped the box.

"Wow Tonomi, you got toy cars!" Toya exclaimed.

"Yay! Thank you auntie Sakura!"

Sakura got out the last two boxes and handed them to Kaho and Toya.

"Thanks sis."

"Thanks Sakura." Kaho said as she opened her yellow box which revealed a perfume bottle from Channel, and gave her a hug.

Toya turned off the tape recorder and opened his red box, which was a pack of 3 ties that he can wear to work.

"Thanks Sakura. I needed more ties." He said, giving her a hug.

"You're welcome. Oh and here, I got a whole bunch of keys made to my apartment, I'll give you one." She said, handing him a key from her pocket.

"Thanks. But why did you make so many keys?" he asked.

"Well, I have keys to all my friends' houses, so I should give them one to mine."

Kano went to the kitchen and brought out a pink box.

"This one's for you." she said.

Sakura received the box and opened it. It was a shiney silver chained necklace with a small diamond that hung off the chain.

"Oh that's beautiful. Thanks a lot." She said.

Sakura took it out and put it on around her neck.

"It suits you well." Toya said.

"Dad sent me a letter. He won't be back until early April."

"Oh that's too bad. Oh well it's not like he ever wasn't busy."

"He gave me a crystal cherry blossom flower. Saying that it used to be mom's."

"The one with the ten symboled pedals on it?"

"Yeah."

"I knew he would give it to you."

Sakura then frowned, wanting to tell them her news, but decided not to just yet.

"We got a call from Tomoyo the other day." Kaho said.

Sakura's eyes widened, afraid of what she could've told them.

"O-oh? What did she say?"

"Just said she called to say hi and asked about Tonomi and Kano."

Sakura sighed in relief.

"Yeah. Well I should get going. Merry Christmas guys." She said, going to the door.

"Won't you stay for dinner?" Kaho asked.

"No, I have to get going over to Tomoyo's. I'll see you guys later."

"Alright, drive safely." Toya said.

"Ok. Bye kids!"

"Bye auntie Sakura!" they sang.

Sakura then went out the door and out to her car. Before she opened the door, she felt another strike in her chest. She leaned on the car, breathing hard while her hands grasped her chest. She coughed heavily, and kneeled down to the ground, beating her chest. As she kept coughing, she covered her mouth with her hand. After the pain was gone, she took her hand off her mouth, and saw blood on it. She widened her eyes from seeing such redness on her hand and got in the car. She wiped the blood off her hand with a tissue she had in the car and drove off. Kaho watched through the window with a frown as Toya was playing with the kids.

'Something is wrong. I can feel it.'

She later arrived to Tomoyo's house where she promised to meet everyone. She entered her house and went into the living room where everyone was with beer bottles and music playing.

"What are we having a party or something?" Sakura asked.

"No, we just got thirsty and needed something to lighten the mood." Tomoyo replied.

Yamazaki handed Sakura a bottle and she took a seat. Terada and Tidus went to the hallway and watched the window. Then moments later Syaoran pulled up the driveway and got out of the car. He was alone. Tidus went into the living room and signaled behind Sakura's back that Syaoran's here. Tomoyo and the girls got the signal and nodded to him.

"Sakura come upstairs with us for a sec." Tomoyo said, getting up with the other girls.

They all ran upstairs as Syaoran entered the house. They lead Sakura to the end of the hall and entered through the last door. They opened it and Sakura went in first, then the rest went in.

"What do you have to show me here?" she asked, looking around the room with boxes.

"Did you eat dinner yet Sakura?" Chiharu asked.

"No..."

"Good. Change into this dress please?" Tomoyo said, holding up a spaghetti strap pink dress of silk, as Naoko held white high heels.

"What for?"

"Because! I made this especially for you and I wanted to see how you look in it. Go change in that bathroom.

"Oh..ok.." she said, taking the dress and shoes and went into the bathroom. When she went into the bathroom and closed the door, Tomoyo crept over and got out one of the keys and locked her in from the outside, silently. She winked at the rest and they left the room, and went downstairs, seeing the guys were about to get Syaoran to go upstairs.

"Hey Syaoran." They greeted, and passed by them down the stairs.

"Hey girls." He greeted back, and kept walking as the guys kept pushing him up.

The girls was downstairs and watched them push Syaoran up the stairs and giggled.

"You think this will work?" Rita asked.

"It has to." Naoko said.

The guys led Syaoran into the door that was next to where Sakura was in. They opened the door and the room had candles everywhere and had a small table with a thin vase of roses in it with two sets of dinner plates that was covered with two cloak napkins and there was a bed on the far right corner that had cherry blossoms all over it.

"What is this.?" he questioned as he turned around to them, but saw that the door was closing. Eriol took a key and locked him in. Syaoran tried turning the door knob but was no use.

The guys then went downstairs to the girls and laughed.

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Sakura was still in the bathroom changing. The dress was on her and she looked absolutely gorgeous. She put the high heels on and then tried opening that door she came through, but was locked. She kept turning it but that was no use either. She saw another door on the other side of the bathroom. She turned the knob and was unlocked.

"Tomoyo, why is that door locked?" Sakura asked, opening the door and entering a room with candles everywhere.

She stopped when she saw Syaoran's figure standing by the table. He turned around and awed at how beautiful Sakura looked. The dress flowed down to her ankles and the top was cut low so her breast crack was visible. Her hair was already up in a neat bun, with wavy strands of hair hanging down by her ear, and diamond earrings.

"Syaoran." she said softly.

"Why are you here?" he asked, trying to sound as if he didn't care how she looked that night.

"Tomoyo made this dress and made me change into it, but I got locked in the bathroom so I came in here.to see if Tomoyo and the rest were here.but instead.I found you."

"Well I got locked in here too, by Eriol and the guys."

Sakura sighed from knowing what they were trying to do.

"Well dinner's on the table so I'm going to eat." Syaoran said, sitting down and removed the cloak napkin, revealing cut pieces of barbeque chicken and some vegetables. There was a bottle of champagne with two wine glasses.

He opened the champagne bottle and poured some into the glass. Sakura walked over to the table and sat down, doing the same into her glass, and both started eating.

After they finished dinner, Sakura still sat at the table, while Syaoran walked around from boredom and irritation of what Eriol and the guys did.

"Geez! I'm going to kill Eriol and them!" he growled.

Sakura started to feel tiny faint strikes in her chest, and coughed while beating on her chest. Syaoran looked at her, wondering what's wrong.

"You sick?" he asked.

"No." she lied.

"Whatever." He said, turning his back to her, but his eyes looked back, a bit worried.

"Are you happy?" she asked.

He turned around.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, are you happy with your life as it is right now? With Kiara?"

"Yeah, of course I'm happy." He lied, as he looked away, not wanting to get in eye contact.

"I'm glad." She said with a smile, while looking down to her hands.

Syaoran went over to the table and poured another glass of champagne into his glass, gulping it all down in one sip.

"Don't drink too much."

"It's only my second glass."

She got up and walked to the back of the room, where most of the candles were. She caressed a candle with her finger nails. Syaoran watched her and stared at how the candle light glared on her.

Syaoran put the glass back down on the table. He walked up behind Sakura and gently caressed her back. She turned around and looked into his eyes with a shocked face expression. Syaoran forcefully pulled her into his arms. Her eyes welled into tears, while just standing still.

"Sakura." he whispered, then pulled back.

Her teary eyes looked up into his eyes. He slowly leaned in, but Sakura moved back, out of his arms.

"We can't do this." She said softly, walking back until her back reached against the wall.

Syaoran walked forward. He put his hands on the wall, each on her sides and slowly leaned back in.

"Syaoran.you know that we can't be doing this.Kiara."

Syaoran stopped his head from leaning forward, once he heard Kiara's name said. He took his hands off the wall and walked over to the table and sat down, drinking more champagne.

'Shit.it happened again.I almost kissed her without control.' he said to himself.

Sakura put her palm over her chest, and closed her eyes from a bit of pain. She went back into the bathroom and closed the door, and got out her cell phone out from her pants pocket. She dialed Tomoyo's home number.

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"Hello?" Tomoyo answered.

"Tomoyo.please let me out.my chest." she said softly while panting, gasping in between words.

"Sakura, what's wrong with your chest?!" Tomoyo cried, everyone paying their attention to Tomoyo.

"It hurts.I need to go home.unlock the door-..*cough cough*" She then stopped her sentence and kept coughing.

"Sakura! Hang on Sakura!" Tomoyo yelled, then hung up and ran up the stairs with everyone following.

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Syaoran heard the door unlocking and he got up from his chair. Tomoyo ran in and ran over to where the bathroom was. She opened the door and saw Sakura laying on the floor, her hair was freed from the neat bun she had and flown all over her face.

"Sakura!!" everyone cried, running in the big bathroom, Syaoran's gaze immediately turned to where the crowd was with wide eyes.

Eriol picked Sakura up and rushed her out of the bathroom, her head hanging back and her arms hanging down.

"Sakura.." Syaoran whispered.

Eriol rushed Sakura into the guest room that Sakura used to always use, while everyone else stood in the room where Syaoran was, the girls crying with their hands over their mouths. Tomoyo pulled the covers off and Eriol laid her down. She slid her high heels off and pulled the blanket up to Sakura's shoulders.

Syaoran then ran out of the candle lit room and into where Sakura was.

"What's wrong with her?!" He yelled, jolting in.

"Syaoran.she's sick. Very sick." Tomoyo said, silently sobbing.

"Sick? What do you mean sick? You mean.sick as in a cold or flu sick?" he asked, his wide eyes forming into tears.

"No Syaoran.Sakura isn't sick like that.it's way worse." Meiling said, coming in the room with everyone behind her.

Syaoran was still confused.

"..Cancer.heart cancer, Syaoran." Eriol finished.

Syaoran slowly turned his head to Eriol with tears flowing out. Then gazed over to Sakura and dropped to his knees by the bed. Eriol and Tomoyo moved to where the gang was standing, and watched in tears.

Syaoran laid his head on her chest and sobbed, putting his arm around her laying figure that was covered with the blanket.

"Sakura.Sakura!..." he called out as he got louder and then clenched his teeth, his hands turning into balls of fists.

"SAKURA!!!" he screamed as he shot his head up to the ceiling with his eyes sealed tight.

The girls silently sobbed into their boyfriends' chests, crying because of how God can turn his back on Sakura and Syaoran. Why he had to go that far to give Sakura heart cancer. Why he had to separate Sakura and Syaoran.

*~*Next Morning*~*

December 24th, Friday

Christmas Eve

-10:00 am-

Sakura slowly opened her eyes and saw herself in her bedroom that Tomoyo gave her in her mansion. She moaned from drowsiness and looked over on the side of the bed. Syaoran's head was resting on the edge of the bed and he was holding her hand.

Her hand slowly reached over to his face and she caressed it. He then woke up and jolted his head up and got in eye contact with Sakura's.

"Sakura! You feeling ok?" He asked.

She nodded, then he sighed from relief. But then he started to cry.

"Baka.why didn't you tell me?"

Sakura then blinked, as tear drops rolled out of her eyes. She sat up and leaned on the head wall of the bed and tilted her head back from exhaustion. Syaoran got up and sat up on the edge of the bed, still holding her hand.

His hand reached over to her face and wiped away her tears with his thumb. He then snapped to reality and got up from the bed.

"Y-you. gave us quite a scare last night. Well, I'll be downstairs." He said, then left the room.

Sakura got out of bed and walked to the other room where there were candles everywhere. She went into the bathroom and changed out of the gown and into her old clothes.

After she changed, she went back into her 'bedroom' and into its bathroom and washed her face and brushed her teeth with all the supplies she still had there that she used since she came back from the US.

She went downstairs and met up with everyone, assuming that everyone spent the night.

"Good morning Sakura, feeling better?" Tomoyo asked.

Sakura nodded.

"Well it's Christmas eve and we all should exchange gifts." Yamazaki suggested.

"How about we all meet back at my place later tonight around 7? We can spend the night of Christmas eve together." Eriol said.

-9:00 pm-

Everyone was at Eriol's mansion and all hung out in the big sitting room where the Christmas tree was. They all put eachother's gifts under it and had a big dinner.

After dinner there was laughing and cheering in the sitting room with music on, opening gifts from eachother.

"So where's that barbie Kiara?" Yamazaki asked.

"She's spending Christmas eve with her dad." Syaoran replied.

"Well at least she won't be bothering us tonight." Chiharu said, then everyone giggled.

Syaoran then got up and walked out of the sitting room. He grabbed his jacket from the coat hanger and put it on.

Sakura was outside in the back porch, staring up at the moon and its moonlight shining on the ice frozen trees while holding a glass of wine. All around her was covered in snow and ice.

Syaoran then walked out, not noticing that Sakura was there until he looked up and stopped in his steps.

"Sakura." he called out softly.

She turned her head around and smiled.

"Syaoran." She said back, turning her head back to the front.

"Why are you out here alone?" he asked.

"Just because."

She was out there without a jacket, but in a pink long sleeve shirt with white cursive writings on it, and a pair of hip hugger flare jeans.

"Why are you out here without a jacket?! Have you gone crazy?!" he yelled.

"The cold doesn't bother me." She said, then finished the last sip of wine from her glass, and set it down.

Syaoran walked up behind her. He unzipped his jacket and took it off, still in a thick black sweater.

"Here, wear this." He said, holding it out in front of her.

"I'm ok."

"No you're not! You shouldn't be out in this weather, especially if you don't have a jacket!" he yelled.

Sakura took the jacket and put it on. Syaoran stood in front of her and zipped up the jacket, as she watched into his eyes.

"I'm going to go back in." he said, then walked passed her.

She immediately turned around and lunged up behind him, wrapping her arms around his stomach.

"Syaoran.I miss you. A lot." She said, while crying.

He looked down to the white ground, his fists clenching.

He walked ahead forward, out of her embrace. She stood there like a stone. She turned around and looked back up to the moon, tears streaming down her face.

Syaoran stopped in his steps, just before he was going to open the door. He turned around and saw her back turned. He rushed back over to her. He spun her around and pulled her into his embrace. She sighed loudly, enjoying their embrace. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and they stood there a good few minutes.

Then Syaoran pulled back and held onto Sakura's wrist and led her down the porch steps and walked to the front, into his car. He started the ignition and drove off, while everyone watched them from the window, smiling.

Syaoran arrived his car to a high-class hotel and parked. He and Sakura got out of the car. Sakura looked up and down the big building, looking a bit nervous. Syaoran held her hand and led her into the hotel. He went to the front desk and got a room for them.

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