Ren: Since it's a holiday, I decided to update and edit all my chapters so far, even though I haven't gotten a lot of reviews.
"Talking"
Thinking, unless it's in a flashback
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(A/N: me talking, but I doubt this will occur much unless I need to explain something or Kero and Suppi interrupt)
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Summary: Loosely based on the Disney movie, Anastasia. The plot will change drastically as the story goes on, so don't worry about already knowing the ending or whole plot, I have ideas for twists. Oh, and it takes place in about 1877, no particular date. There are no cards, but there is magic.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I, like no one else who writes fanfiction for CCS does not own it, CLAMP does (lucky smart people).
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One December Night: In Search of Our Reason
(POV of Syaoran)
I slowly opened my eyes. Everything was hazy for a few moments. After I regained focus, I looked around. Where was I?
From what I could see, the ceiling, or wall, or whatever I was facing was pure white, sickening actually. After a few minutes, I realized I was in a bed. It wasn't exactly comfortable either.
I tried to sit up in the bed, but the moment I got up, I became really dizzy and had to lie back down. Cautiously, I turned my head to one side, and fortunately, I didn't have to turn back around to the other side. It was quite troublesome.
There, at a wooden table and stiff chair sat a girl. Actually, she wasn't really sitting. She was more like, being supported by the chair and laying her head on the table. She appeared to be in a deep asleep. Her auburn hair covered most of her face, but I could tell she had been worried about something and had fallen asleep not too long ago due to that worry. She didn't seem very familiar, but I did recognize her from somewhere.
Was she worried about me?
And then it hit me, well it literally had not too long ago. I don't know how long ago I had been hit by the car and unconscious, but I remembered it all now. That girl with the long auburn hair sitting in a chair across from my bed was the stranger.
She looked so peaceful; it's a shame I had to wake her. (^_~)
As I looked around for something that could wake her up, since I couldn't get up to do it myself, her dog caught onto my plans and started growling at me.
Well, I didn't actually see the dog, the yellow ball of fur just leaped out from under her brown baggy coat and started growling and barking at me. I didn't do anything wrong…yet.
But this fur ball went too far when it jumped on me. I yelped in surprise and tried to knock it off, all injuries forgotten. (A/N: I just want to tell you how funny it is, that as I write this who let the dogs out? By baha men starts playing on the radio! Seriously!!)
I started to wrestle it, well, as best as I could, it's a small dog!
The girl stirred. We both stopped and turned our heads sideways to look at her.
When she finally focused on us, she raised her eyebrows. Then I realized how odd it must look, with her dog on top of me try to bit my hand and me trying to strangle it. Then, add all of the ruffled sickeningly white bed sheets, pillows thrown on the floor, the detached wires, needles, and bandages of some of my injuries. WAIT!!!!!! Detached wires, needles, and injuries?!?!?!?!?!
(POV of 3rd person, or Normal POV)
Syaoran looked at the wires and immediately forgot everything else. His eyes rolled back and his head hit the pillow without much grace.
"I guess he just realized there were….wires and needles and," Sakura said faintly before she too became unconscious.
(POV of Kero)
What a bunch of wimps. They are both squeamish about medical equipment! C'mon, it's equipment!
Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait for mistress and this…this… boy to wake up. I don't like him very much, he is attracting too much attention from my mistress that should be for me!!! How dare he.
(POV of 3rd person, or Normal POV)
Kero jumped off the bed where Syaoran was 'sleeping' over to Sakura where he resided to curl up next to her feet.
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A nurse walked in about ten minutes later.
"Oh, that's so sweet! She must be so worried about him, and there he is, just sleeping while his girlfriend lies there without a clue of what is going on! Well, Mister, once you awaken, I shall teach you a thing or two! Especially on looking both ways before crossing the street!" the nurse said sternly.
She really has the wrong idea about this whole mess, Kero thought as he opened one eye lazily to see the elderly nurse start to fawn over him.
From deep within his throat, Kero let out a low growl, and the nurse got the message and left without another word.
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"Ah, so here's our patient," said an aging doctor.
Sakura had still not woken up from the 'incident', and for that fact, neither had Syaoran. Only Kero had managed to keep his consciousness, but he wouldn't let anyone know that, or else he may have to leave the building. There was a rule about animals in the hospital.
Kero did hate 'the boy', but he wasn't about to hand him over to these evil men in white coats, especially when they had all of the needles and objects that his mistress seemed to be scared of.
Kero silently watched as the put a new layer of bandages around 'the boy's' head, messing up his already disheveled mess of hair. Then, they took of the wrist bandage, and prepared a cast for his left arm, more bandages for his legs, and even one for his stomach, where there would be a nasty scar. He got hit in his torso pretty badly by that speeding pink car.
Kero thought he would live, unfortunately.
At least Sakura would be happy.
Kero decided now would not be a good time to wake her up, maybe in an hour when there weren't any medical attendants in the room.
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Exactly an hour later Kero jumped into Sakura's lap and barked into her ear.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," she screamed.
Of course, by doing so, let off a chain reaction.
Syaoran was awoken with a start and jumped a foot into the air, hitting his broken arm on the side of the bed, Sakura woke up, screamed, and fell of the chair, and Kero, the one who started this whole thing, was thrown off of Sakura's lap and onto the floor, where he became ignored by the two young adults.
Sakura started to blush at her own clumsiness, but briefly forgot her embarrassment as she saw Syaoran's discomfort with his arm.
"Are you okay?" she asked him, concerned.
"Yeah," he grimaced, putting on a 'tough guy' act, Syaoran smiled with pain in his eyes.
Sakura rolled her eyes.
Syaoran sighed relief, thankful he didn't have to act tough for her.
"Li Syaoran" he said, offering his unbroken hand to her.
"Sakura, um… it's just Sakura" she replied taking his hand and shaking it.
"You okay?" Syaoran asked, referring to her fall from the chair.
"Eh…" Sakura blushed furiously, her forgotten embarrassment returning.
Kero sat grumpily in the corner of the room, licking his wounds and forgotten.
In days to come when Syaoran was feeling better, he would laugh vengefully at Kero's misfortune.
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Over the next week, Sakura and Syaoran got to know each other. They became best friends with a "tag along dog" as Syaoran said.
Kero and Syaoran's bitterness towards each other grew everyday, just as Sakura and Syaoran's friendship did. The only thing was, no one could mess with their rival as long as the other was around. Their hate/hate relationship was between themselves and them alone, sort of like a bitter sibling rivalry, only it was for Sakura's attention.
Sakura didn't have a place to stay, but Syaoran only found out at the end of the week.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Syaoran asked.
"Well, it wasn't important," Sakura replied. Her head was down, and Syaoran couldn't see her embarrassed face. The real reason was that she thought he wouldn't like her if he found out who she was, a nobody.
"Yes it is!" Syaoran said forcefully.
"You don't have a home! Someone could hurt you, you could get kidnapped, there's so many things that could have happened to you," he exclaimed with worry and then added as an afterthought, "yeah, and Kero too."
The last part made her smile. Syaoran loved her smiles.
"Awe, how kawaii! You care about Kero, I'm gonna have to tell him about this,"
Sakura and Syaoran had ditched Kero to walk in the park alone.
Syaoran groaned.
"For my sake, please don't," he begged.
Sakura pretended to ponder her decisions.
"Hmmmmm," she dragged out her choice as long as she could.
"Don't make me beg! Please Kura!! Don't make me have to…" he trailed off, letting the possibilities sink in.
Kura, the nickname Syaoran had given her a few days ago, made her feel all warm and bubbly inside, and she was unable to concentrate.
So, by stalling, Syaoran had to fulfill his threat.
He started tickling her. And for ten minutes they fought each other with tickles and uncontrollable laughter until Sakura gave up.
Syaoran smiled triumphantly.
Sakura pouted, disappointed by her loss.
But she got back at him, she leapt at him and ruffled his already tousled chestnut hair. Sakura knew he hated that when anyone ever did that.
Syaoran grimaced as Sakura got her revenge.
His sisters did that to him all the time, and he hated it! But it was weird, he didn't even mind now that Sakura was the one messing with his hair. And the fact the she had to jump on his back (A/N: like a piggy back ride), made it even more awkward, yet enjoyable.
It was then he had an idea.
Forgetting Sakura was still on his back, Syaoran spun around quickly to face where Sakura should have been.
He heard a thump and turned around.
Sakura looked up at him with an I-can't-believe-you-just-did-that expression.
"Sorry Kura, I just had this really great idea! You could stay with me and my family. I have four older sisters, they are sort of hyper, so you'd have to watch out for them, and my mom is very formal and strict. Other than them, there's Wei, our butler and one of my few friends. And don't worry, we have extra room for you… and Kero," he added rather quickly on the last part though.
Sakura smiled, "That would be great! But only if it's okay with your family."
Sakura had met his sisters once before, but never got to talk to them or his mother. She didn't know about his dad, but she didn't want to pry.
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"Sakura-chan is staying with us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Syaoran's four sisters chorused.
Kero groaned and Syaoran blocked the squealing by covering his ears. He looked down at Kero with a pathetic you-see-what-I-have-to-deal-with expression.
Sakura smiled with embarrassment.
"KAWAII!!!" one sister exclaimed when Sakura blushed.
Yelan had agreed that Sakura could stay with them. This had surprised Syaoran, but he was pleased nonetheless.
From her window in their mansion, Yelan watch the seven residents of her home outside in the front yard.
She has returned. It has started and I could not have played fate any better, Yelan thought to herself before turning away from the window to exit her room and prepare Sakura's new room.
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Ren: I hope that was good everyone. Continue to review, I would love to hear what you want to say. And this chapter is longer! Finally ^_^ My next chapter may be soon, because I have to stay home from school because I'm sick, I have 3 half days and vacation coming up! So expect other chapters and maybe even a few new stories!
