Note: This is my first fic. Please be kind when reviewing and let me know what areas of my writing need work. Thanks.

Also I apologize if I haven't been updating fast enough for some of you. It has been really rough for me right now, but hang in there!

Summary: Syaoran comes for a short visit. Sakura's class has been given a strange assignment. She has to write about what life would be like.without Syaoran! 1st fic.

Life Without You - Chapter 5

The next day passed very quickly for Sakura, Syaoran and Tomoyo. All of Syaoran's friends from the school were excited to see him again. Takashi began a story on how the origin of the balloon, but was strangled by Chiharu before he could get into all the details. Rika and Naoko were their normal selves.

Sakura and Syaoran spent little of that day together. There was the occasional little chat but Syaoran was busy answering people's questions. He apologized to Sakura and said that he would make it up to her somehow. They walked home together again and Syaoran wished her luck on the assignment before running off.

Sakura ran to her room eagerly. She wanted enough time to write her assignment well and not offend Syaoran. Kero was busy playing video games as usual. Sakura was sitting at her desk for a few minutes. The electronic sounds were making her lose her concentration.

"Kero, please turn off your games." Sakura pleaded with a bit of agitation in her voice.

"I will," Kero grinned evilly. "If . . ." he stopped.

"If what?"

"If you get me something out of the fridge," Kero completed.

Sakura sighed. All Kero thought about was food and video games when there wasn't any magical crisis going on. Sakura saw her brother reading a novel and in the kitchen. Sakura grabbed a bowl of pudding and a couple of cookies.

"Hey Sakura," Touya glanced up from the novel. "How's the gaki?" Touya asked, trying not to get to upset about her sister being around him all the time. Sakura stopped dead in her tracks. She was confused. Touya never asks about Syaoran without raising his voice. It took her a second before she responded.

"He's fine, and he's not a gaki!" Sakura shot her brother the death glare she had learned from observing Syaoran before running upstairs.

Kero snatched the pudding out of Sakura's hands and sat on her bed contently. Sakura sat at her desk and began to think.

Meanwhile, Touya was downstairs trying to plot an ingenious way to separate Sakura from the gaki. How he despised the way Sakura always defended the gaki, and vice versa. 'Sakura really lets him off easy' Touya thought to himself and put a cup of fresh coffee down on the table. 'He tried to force Sakura into giving him something of hers when they first met, that's no way to act towards anyone.'

The phone disturbed Touya's silence. Then and idea came to him. He slammed his fist hard on the table in excitement, knocking over the scorching liquid.

"SHIT!" Touya swore when he felt the coffee burning his hand. He rubbed his hand and answered the phone.

For about two hours, Sakura sat in her room. She had been making many attempts to write but she came up with nothing. Crumpled paper was everywhere. Sakura decided to go for a short walk to clear her thoughts.

Sakura told Touya that she was going for a short walk before stepping out the door. Her father was working late tonight so she was stuck with her brother.

It was dusk now. The orange sky reminded Sakura of so many events that brought her and Syaoran together. Capturing cards; the final judgement; changing the cards; even just being around Syaoran made Sakura feel special and important. She was lucky to have someone to protect her from harm all the time.

Sakura remembered the time at the swings. She had thought that she would never love anyone like Yukito. Then Syaoran arrived, and understood what she was going through. After crying her feelings out on his shoulder, Sakura realized that maybe she could fall for another. Even have her feelings returned. Syaoran always made her feel wanted and confident in herself. Sakura smiled and walked back home.

Touya sat in the kitchen, awaiting his sister's return so he could put his plan into action. His ears perked up when he heard the door open. He walked calmly over to his smiling sister.

"Hey kaijuu! Want something to drink?" Touya asked, trying to keep a straight face.

"Hai, arigato Touya." Sakura answered as she removed her shoes. They walked into the kitchen and Touya got Sakura a glass of water. Sakura was about to walk to her room when Touya spoke up. "The gaki phoned," Touya explained slowly and watched his sister turn around and face him.

"What did he say?" Sakura asked. Syaoran never uses the other line, only on her cell phone. Touya sat at the kitchen table.

"He said . . . that he had to leave immediately and he's very sorry." Touya tried to break this to his unsuspecting sister as softly as possible. Sakura was very shocked. "He also said that he can't be with you anymore. His mother is forcing him to stay in Hong Kong." Sakura's look of shock changed into a look of total denial. Finally Touya finished, "He's also said that he can't go out with you either. He's found another girl in Hong Kong."

Sakura was speechless. Her face became cold, her eyes full of tears. Sakura felt her limbs become numb. The glass she was holding fell to the floor and shattered. At that moment, Sakura could literally feel her heart break into a million pieces. She slumped to the floor in complete devastation, failing to notice the pain of a cut on her shin from the glass.

Touya was upset. Not with Sakura, but with himself. He wasn't expecting Sakura to get that heartbroken. He didn't realize how much Syaoran meant to Sakura. Touya noticed the glass on the floor along with his sister's blood. Sakura sat on the floor, staring as if surrounded by darkness and silence.

"I'm sorry Sakura, I'm so sorry!" Touya rushed to his sister's side. "I never expected you to react that badly!" Touya let a small tear flow down his cheek. He shook Sakura, trying to wake her from her trance. "It was all a joke, the gaki didn't phone and we have to stop the bleeding!" Sakura looked at her brother with her tear-filled eyes. Slowly she stood up.

"So, it was all a joke?" Sakura said quietly to her brother. "Well, it wasn't funny! Touya how could you do this to me? Who I hang around with is my own decision!" Sakura yelled at her brother, which was what Touya was expecting her to do. "I don't believe you'd do this to me! I don't need you to protect me anymore! I have Sya . . ." Sakura stopped in mid-sentence. A thought had just crossed her mind. She rubbed the tears from her eyes and smiled at her brother.

"Actually, I do forgive you." Sakura smiled at her shocked brother. "You just inspired me for my assignment. Although I'll only let you get away with it if you do my chores for a month and clean up the glass and blood on the floor." Touya wasn't expecting Sakura to forgive him that quickly.

"Aahh . . ." Touya had to agree but was to shocked to stop his sister from running to the bathroom.

After Sakura had cleaned up the nasty cut on her shin, she ran back to her room. Kero was sleeping. She sat down at her desk and began to write, with a large grin on her face.

"Life without Syaoran Li would be . . ."

Finished Chapter 5! Well, there are probably only 2 or 3 Chapters left in this story, by R&R anyway! Thanks for any reviews! Next chapter will be put up as soon as I find time to write it. *Cough* Sakura's speech *cough* ^_~ Patience is a virtue!