Cry No More

-Shirubaa

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Well, I've finally decided that I'm going to concentrate mostly on this fic… or I'm just going to get lazier and not update any of my fics! Plus, I've got a major inspiration to write again! Oh yea, in case you didn't notice I've changed my penname… in case no one recognizes me… see I used to be kawaiiteddybear… I got so bored with the name.
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Chapter Seven - Unexplainable

Syaoran was watching as the most perfect, happy couple exited the building. Their hands linked securely, and both had the biggest smiles across their faces. Like Ken and Barbie. Syaoran's express stayed calm, not a single movement twitched in his features. 'As long as Sakura is happy… right?' he asked for about the hundredth time that day.

A violent gust of wind whipped by Syaoran, who was leaning against a tree.

"I told you…" an eerie voice rang in Syaoran's ears.

The sudden burst of strong air caused him to promptly stand up from his leaning position. 'What the hell was that?' Syaoran asked mentally. But before he could even attempt to search for the answer, the happy couple had already reached him.

"Konnichiwa!" Sakura happy voice chirped. She had been watching him from afar, he seemed perfectly content just a moment ago, but now he seemed so nervous. "What's the matter?" she asked, concern filled her voice.

"Nothing." Syaoran immediately answered, his eyes shifting from side to side, "Nothing's wrong."

"You seem…" Sakura started.

"If he says nothing's wrong, then believe him." Eriol ejected, smiling smugly at Syaoran.

"Oh look!" Sakura squealed, not hearing what Eriol had said, "There's Tomoyo!" She waved over to Tomoyo, who waved back, but with a less amount of enthusiasm.

"Hi." Tomoyo greeted, her tone seemed depressed and flat.

The rest of the lunch hour flew by quickly, Tomoyo and Syaoran tended to themselves. Both sat there silently, as Sakura and Eriol were enjoying themselves on the fine sunny day.

"So Eriol, do you have any plans for after school?" Sakura asked happily, as they were walking back to the school near the end of the lunch hour.

"Well, I'm sort of busy today, why not another day?" Eriol mumbled, remembering his appointment with Tomoyo.

"Alright then!" Sakura replied her mood not fazed.

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At the end of the day, every single student filed out crazily out of the building. It seemed like everyone had something to do that day.

Tomoyo was busy throwing her binders into her backpack, her nervousness catching up to her excitement. 'Relax… It's just helping your best friend's boyfriend find a gift for her birthday present.' Tomoyo repeated in her mind.

"So where's Sakura?" a voice behind her asked, causing her to leap from her spot.

Tomoyo turned around, surprisingly it was Eriol. "She's stuck in detention again." She replied, calming down from the sudden shock. She restrained her heart from melting and her jaw dropping, but just like every other time that she tried to stop herself, her jaw managed to stay closed but her heart melted into a pile of hot chocolate.

There was something about Eriol that Tomoyo seemed to love, she had the biggest feeling that they had met somewhere before… Even though Eriol seemed to be harsh at times, Tomoyo wasn't bothered by it at all.

"That's good," Eriol said, hitting her with a charming smile, "That way, it would be easier to keep it a secret."

"I guess…" Tomoyo returned the smile, her mood turning sour from all the talk about Sakura. 'She's your best friend.' She began to chant in her mind.

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Sakura sighed as she left the science room; she was finally released from her detention that day. It was the fifth time that week that the science teacher had managed to catch her daydreaming during class.

Her senses seemed to sleep on her, but snapped awake when a body slammed into hers. Sakura fell backwards, squealing a small ow, and landing on her butt. She looked up and saw the chestnut haired boy that had captured her heart once before.

"Sakura, I'm so sorry!" Syaoran stammered his face slightly flushed. He took Sakura's hand and pulled her up.

"That's okay…" Sakura smiled, "What are you doing here so late?"

"I have to squeeze in some extra courses after school to catch up with everyone else." Syaoran answered giving a half smile, his amber eyes stared warmly into her emerald orbs. "But why are you here?"

"I got detention again…" Sakura groaned.

Syaoran patted Sakura's back lightly, "Don't worry about it; I fell asleep in his class once too."

Sakura let out a laugh, suddenly, silence fell between them, but the contact in their eyes wasn't broken. Amber and emerald were glued together for one brief moment in time.

They began walking home to Sakura's house, both of their months were shut, not one word was uttered.

Sakura glanced at Syaoran from the side, noticing him fumbling with his hands. "Are you okay?" Sakura asked for the second time that day.

"I'm fine." Syaoran snapped causing Sakura to back away.

Sakura bit her lip; she looked down and continued to walk on in silence.

"I'm sorry…" Syaoran immediately apologized afterwards, "I don't know what's wrong with me."

"What happened in that other dimension?" Sakura asked, completely out of the blue. "You never did tell me."

"Well..." Syaoran started, "I was mostly tortured, and I was locked in isolation."

"Which would explain when I found you?" Sakura asked, putting two and two together.

Syaoran nodded, "I don't even know what happened half of the time, but the only thing that I remembered very clearly was this test. This test that brought me back here."

Sakura stared at him, speechless.

Suddenly, both felt a magical aura surrounding the entire area.

'I know this aura…' Sakura thought, 'I felt it before…'

Both Syaoran and Sakura looked in all directions, looking for the source. Just as fast as it appeared, the aura had disappeared.

Sakura looked over at Syaoran and saw him practically having a mental break down. Before she knew it, he had fallen down onto his knees. "Syaoran?" Sakura cried panic arose in her mind, "What's wrong?"

"They're coming…" Syaoran managed to choke, his breath gasping for air.

"Who's coming?" she asked.

Syaoran stared at her, his mouth moved, but not one word came out.

"Who's coming?" she asked again, this time she gripped onto Syaoran and shook him.

Her panic broke into a new level as she noticed the grip that Syaoran had on his chest, was gripped onto harder. What happened next made Sakura's heart sink farther and her emotions to run wild.

Syaoran's eyes closed abruptly and he collapsed right into Sakura's arm.

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Tomoyo and Eriol were walking side by side in the mall, entering every other store.

"What do you think Sakura would want?" Eriol asked, wanting to break the endless silence that seemed to drag on throughout the whole afternoon.

"Sakura would probably be happy with anything." Tomoyo replied, shoving them both back into the silence.

"Okay…" Eriol muttered frustration began to build up in him, not only for not being able to find the perfect gift but there was something else that he couldn't explain.

"Why don't we try this store?" Tomoyo asked pointing at a quaint store tucked in the corner of the mall.

Eriol nodded, and entered what was thought to be a store exactly like all the other ones with Tomoyo but what was inside surprised them both.

"Hello!" a perky, old woman greeted. "How can I help you today?" The old woman was nothing out of the ordinary; she was a bit smaller than Tomoyo and on the chubby side. But compared to her and to the shop itself, it was quite a contrast.

The roof seemed to sparkle from the sun that shone through the window at the opposite end but when the two looked closer they saw tiny cranes, made out of diamonds, and strung onto clear wire.

"We're looking for a birthday present…" Eriol started, not knowing how to end the sentence.

"Ah… I see…" the old woman smiled, "Do you have anything in mind?"

Tomoyo was completely out of ideas until she saw something that caught her eye. She immediately ran up to it. She traced the edges of the item that was displayed on top of the glass stand.

"You really have a good eye, Miss." The old woman smiled warmly at Tomoyo.

Tomoyo gazed at the music box in front of her, it was a small diamond decorated music box, not too small but small enough to sit comfortably on both of her hands facing palm up. The music box was sealed shut, the only way, it looked like, was a small, diamond encrusted key sitting beside the box. The music box seemed somewhat old, but in a way, enchanting.

"Hey!" Eriol announced, light bulb lighting over his head, "We should get that for Sakura!"

For somewhat Tomoyo had loved the music box the instance she had laid eyes over it, it seemed to draw her to it like a bee to honey, but if they didn't get this for Sakura, it would take forever to find something as perfect as this. "That's a good idea." Tomoyo said somewhat bitterly.

"Then it's settled." Eriol smiled.

"Too bad that's the only one I have, Miss." The store owner smiled sympathetically, "I know that you would've wanted it."

"It's okay." Tomoyo smiled. "It's for a good cause anyways."

"For a friend?" the old woman inquired.

Both Eriol and Tomoyo nodded.

"Do you two know about the story behind this music box?" the old woman asked.

They both shook they're heads.

"Some say that this music box was once owned by two lovers." The old woman started, "It belonged to the Prince and a Princess of rivaling countries. Being rivals and all, their love was forbidden from both sides of their family." She paused and smiled, "So, the Prince gave the Princess this music box. Whenever the Princess needed him, she would just open the music box and play the tune. The Prince would hear it, and come to the Princess right away."

"But one day…" the old woman smiled sadly, "They we're caught together, and they were both killed."

"What does it have to do with the music box?" Eriol asked pushing his glasses up, "Other than as a calling beacon for both of them."

"Well many say that they're spirits were locked inside, and the only way that it could ever be broken is true love."

"Wow…" Tomoyo breathed, now even more deeply interested in the music box and the story that it told.

"Well, anyways, I hope your friend likes her gift." The old woman said, wrapping the music box neatly into some tissue paper and then placing it into a light pink cardboard box which was cushioned inside.

She handed Eriol the bag, with the box contained inside and smiled, "Have a nice day you two."

Tomoyo and Eriol left the store, and stopped right in front of it.

"Well, I guess I should go." Tomoyo smiled meekly, "I'm done my mission."

"Thanks a lot." Eriol smiled back, staring into her entrancing amethyst eyes.

Tomoyo quickly turned around and began to walk off, giving Eriol one last wave. "I guess I see you at school,"

Eriol smiled back, and watched as Tomoyo walked away in the opposite direction. 'Shit,' Eriol thought, 'Why do I feel so hot all of the sudden?' he pulled on his collar and frowned.

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Well?? How was it? This chapter was a bit longer I guess. Like I said before I will be concentrating on this fic for now… I've finally figured out which direction this fic is headed to… so please bear with me… I'm still trying to integrate my ideas into the fic… so please review!
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