Let Me Help You
Chapter 12
Ritual, Letter, and Neighbor
After Syaoran finished reading the letter he quickly went up to his room and took a sheet of paper out. He wrote:
Dear Mr. Fujitaka Kinomoto,
I'm glad that you're willing to take a blood test. I'm pretty sure that May 24 is okay to take it. I'll try my best to convince Sakura to take the blood test and I will tell her at the right time. Please reply back and let me know where to take the blood test.
Sincerely,
Syaoran Li
He reread the letter to make sure it was okay. He then went to the orphanage noticing that it was time for him to meet with Sakura leaving the letter on his desk. When he arrived at the orphanage Sakura was already there.
"Sorry, I had to do something." Syaoran apologized.
"Let's just go in." Sakura simply said.
When they went to Wu Deep's room they saw her wearing one of the dresses they bought for her that was blue and filled with pink flowers at the side of it. She looked really adorable in that dress but the expression on her face was sad.
"Hey, Wu Deep. Are you okay? Why are you so sad?" Syaoran asked.
"Today is the day when my daddy died?" Wu Deep said sadly.
"I'm sorry. Is there anything I can do for you?" Syaoran said with sympathy.
Wu Deep shook her head no. "They put my daddy away at my old home." She said.
"You mean at China?"
She nodded. Syaoran felt really sorry for her. Then he remembered a type of ritual that his parents use to do, to give respects his ancestors.
"Why don't we go out to buy some things. I've got an idea that would allow you to sort of communicate with your parents." Syaoran said.
"I thought you can't talk to people that are already dead." Wu Deep said.
"Well it's almost like it. Come on." Syaoran said holding out his hands.
Wu Deep took it and they walked out of the orphanage with Sakura following behind. They went to a Chinese store and walked around. Syaoran held a basket and placed fruits, incense, rice, raw fish and chicken, some Chinese paper with designs on it, paper that looked like money, and tea in it along wit some candy for Wu Deep. He bought the things and took them to his house. Wu deep and Sakura were completely confused. They had no idea what he was doing. Syaoran placed all the things in his kitchen and gave the bag of candy to Wu Deep.
"Syaoran, what the hell are you doing?" Sakura finally asked without letting Wu Deep hear.
"I have to get ready for the ritual thing first. It'll take awhile so just sit down, watch TV, or play with Wu Deep while you're waiting. Just keep Wu Deep company. Now get out of the kitchen." Syaoran replied.
Sakura didn't know what to do. She took Wu Deep into his living room.
"Do you want to watch TV?" Sakura asked.
Wu Deep shook her head.
"Well, do you have anything in mind? Syaoran's in the kitchen right now doing some things and it'll take awhile."
"Can you read me a book?" Wu Deep asked.
"Okay. I can do that. Just wait while I go get a book." Sakura said nervously. She really wasn't good with kids. Sakura walked in front of a shelf filled with many books, but she didn't find any that was fit for a six year old girl.
"Syaoran, do you have any children's books here?" Sakura asked after giving up on looking at the shelf.
"I don't think so. Oh, there's one in my room. It's inside my desk. Just open the first drawer and you'll see it in there. I think it was The Ugly Duckling." Syaoran replied.
"The ugly duckling?" Sakura asked wondering why he has a book like that.
"Hey, The Ugly Duckling is a cool book. It was my favorite children's book. Don't make fun of it." Syaoran defended.
"Yeah, sure. Whatever." Sakura said trying to hold her laughter.
She went in his room and saw a desk next to his bed. When she found the book she started walking back to the living room but noticed that she dropped a piece of paper. She picked it up and was curious when she saw her name on it. Sakura saw it was to Fujitaka Kinomoto and the name sound familiar. She then remembered that it was the name of her biological father. She kept on reading the letter and was confused.
"Hey, Sakura. Did you find the book alright?" Syaoran said coming into the room. He saw her holding onto a letter and immediately knew what it was.
"What is this, Syaoran?" Sakura asked.
"Sakura, I can explain." Syaoran said.
"How do you know him? What do you mean by a blood test?"
"Calm down Sakura. I can explain. But please not now. Not when Wu Deep is here. I'll explain everything after she's gone."
Sakura knew that it wouldn't be good for Wu Deep to hear them arguing and agreed to continue this after. She walked out of the room, but when she walked past Syaoran she said "You better think up of a good excuse or I won't talk to you ever again."
She walked back to the living room and started reading to Wu Deep. Syaoran went back to the kitchen and continued preparing the ritual thing. 'What should I do? She found out that I was having contact with her biological father. How am I supposed to give her a good excuse?' Syaoran thought to himself.
Thirty minutes later Syaoran was ready and it was already dark. He went in the living room and found Wu Deep sleeping on Sakura's lap.
"I'm ready." Syaoran whispered to Sakura.
"Well, she's sleeping. So what do you want me to do?" Sakura said emotionlessly to Syaoran. Her eyes were still filled with anger.
"Umm. I can just wake her up." Syaoran said and shook Wu Deep a little.
Wu Deeps eyes fluttered a little bit and she woke up.
"Are you ready to talk to sort of talk to your parents?" Syaoran asked her.
Wu Deep nodded and stood up. Syaoran took Wu Deep and Sakura to the front of his house where there was a small table in front of them. In the table were plated filled with fruits, cooked fish and chicken, a bowl filled with rice, red candles that's already lit up and stuck onto a small bowl filled with sand, three small cups filled with tea, and incense. There was a big metal bucket on the floor, too, and the Chinese paper and fake money next to it.
"What's all this for?" Wu Deep asked.
"When I was little, my parents would have all these things set up and we would light up the incense and pray to our ancestors. While we're praying we wish for them to keep us healthy and smart. That's sort of a way to communicate with them. After we pray we spill the three cups of tea on the floor as a way to give them something to drink. Then we burn all those Chinese paper and the fake money and put them in the bucket so they would have a good life and are rich in their afterlife." Syaoran tried to explain.
Wu Deep was completely confused. She had no idea what he was talking about and Syaoran noticed that.
"Here I'll lead you through it." Syaoran said.
He lit up the incense with a lighter and blew the fire out. Then he gave it to Wu Deep.
"Now you hold the incense in your hand and pray. While you're praying you can say whatever you want to your parents. When you're done then you can give the incense to me and I'll stick it in the little cup that's filled with sand." Syaoran instructed.
Wu Deep did what she was told and was trying to think what to say to her parents.
"Hi, Mommy, Daddy. I miss you so much and I really wish you were here right now with me. But don't worry about me because I have Syaoran and Sakura with me. They're my new friends and they're really nice. I'll make sure I'll be a good girl and not get into trouble. I'll do well in school and make you proud of me." Wu Deep said and gave the incense back to Syaoran right after.
Syaoran took it and placed it in the cup. Then he poured the tea on the floor and lit up the Chinese paper and fake money and placed it in the bucket to let it burn in there.
"Now pray to your parents again." Syaoran said.
Wu Deep did what she was told and after that they carried the things back inside the house. After the paper was completely burnt he puts out the fire and dumped the scraps away.
"How do we know that Mommy and Daddy got what I was saying?" Wu Deep asked.
"Don't worry. They know." Syaoran said.
"We should get her back to the orphanage now." Sakura said.
"Yeah we should." Syaoran agreed.
He took Wu Deep back to the orphanage but before they said bye to her Wu Deep said, "Thank you, Syaoran. I'm happy that I could talk to my mommy and daddy."
Then she left to the orphanage. "That really was a nice thing you did for her, Syaoran." Sakura said.
"Yeah."
"But I still need and explanation. Why were you sending letters to him?"
"I just wanted to help you out."
"What? Did I ever ask for your help? 'Cause I'm pretty sure I didn't. I don't need your help. I can handle things myself. Who told you about him anyway? Was it Tomoyo?"
"You may not need my help but still. I'm your friend. I want you to be happy. You biological dad said that he's willing to take a blood test to see if you're really his daughter. If you really are then he's willing to have you as a part of his family. Don't you want that?"
"What? Really?"
"Yeah."
"But it's not that simple. He may be willing but what if he doesn't like me or what if he's even worst than Da-. Nick?"
"You won't know if you don't even try to get to know him. Maybe he's a lot better. Maybe he'll love you. Why wouldn't he? I'm sure he'll love you."
"But how are you so sure?.I don't care. You better not send anymore letters to him. If you do I swear I'm going to kill you." Sakura said and left to go back home leaving Syaoran still in front of the orphanage.
When Sakura got back home she went to Tomoyo's room.
"Tomoyo, how could you tell him?" Sakura said.
"What are you talking about? Tell who what?" Tomoyo asked confused.
"How could you tell Syaoran about my biological father?"
"How'd you find out?"
"Answer me, Tomoyo!"
"I thought he could help you find your biological father. I didn't want you to be sad without your parents. I thought that you would be happy if you found your real father."
"So you thought telling Syaoran about him behind my back would make me happy? I thought you were supposed to be my friend. I confided in you and told you everything and you go tell Syaoran. I trusted in you again and you betrayed me again. How am I suppose to trust you ever again?" Sakura said and went to her room.
"What are you doing?" Tomoyo asked when she saw Sakura packing her things.
"I'm leaving. I can't live in a house with a person that I can't even trust." Sakura said.
"But where can you go? You can't go to your dad's house."
"I'll go anywhere away from you." Sakura said and took he stuff, about to leave until Tomoyo stopped her.
"I'm sorry, Sakura. I'm really sorry. But please don't go. You have no where else to go. Please, just stay. I'm sorry."
"No, Tomoyo. I trusted you again and you betrayed my trust again. I'm never going to trust you again."
Sakura quickly left the house. She ran and ran so Tomoyo couldn't catch up. Sakura wasn't sure where she was to go. When she stopped running she was at the Penguin Park. She knew there was no where she could go and she was really tired so she decided to just stay under the Penguin. All of a sudden it started to rain really hard. "Fuck! Why does all of this have to happen to me?" Sakura said. Now Sakura was wet, cold, homeless, and hungry for she remembered that she hasn't eaten anything for a long time.
While Sakura was sitting under the penguin a man about twenty to twenty-five years old was walking through the park and saw her. He walked over to her and said, "Miss, why aren't you at home? It's raining right now. Your parents might be worried about you."
Sakura looked up at the man and he seemed familiar. The she finally recognized him. "Yukito? Yukito, is that you?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah, that's me. How do you know me? Have we seen each other somewhere?" the man called Yukito said.
"Don't you remember me? I'm Sakura. Sakura Avalon."
Yukito thought that for awhile and then he remembered who she was.
"Sakura, why are you here?"
"Oh my God! I'm so glad you're here." Sakura said and hugged her.
"Yeah. Hey I'll take you to my house. Come on. You must be freezing."
Yukito took Sakura to his house. Yukito was Sakura's neighbor until Nadesiko died and they had to move. Even though the last time Sakura saw him was when she was five years old, she could still recognize his light gray hair, silver eyes, and glasses.
"Sakura what were you doing under there anyway?" Yukito asked and placed a blanket over Sakura's wet body.
"Thanks. Look I'm really tired right now and I'm really glad you showed up. Is it okay if I explain later and go to sleep?"
"Yeah, I guess it's okay. You can sleep in the one of the guestrooms. I'll go get you some clothes to sleep in."
"Thanks for everything."
"You're welcome."
When Yukito got some clothes for Sakura to sleep in, Sakura laid down on the bed and quickly fell asleep.
Chapter 12
Ritual, Letter, and Neighbor
After Syaoran finished reading the letter he quickly went up to his room and took a sheet of paper out. He wrote:
Dear Mr. Fujitaka Kinomoto,
I'm glad that you're willing to take a blood test. I'm pretty sure that May 24 is okay to take it. I'll try my best to convince Sakura to take the blood test and I will tell her at the right time. Please reply back and let me know where to take the blood test.
Sincerely,
Syaoran Li
He reread the letter to make sure it was okay. He then went to the orphanage noticing that it was time for him to meet with Sakura leaving the letter on his desk. When he arrived at the orphanage Sakura was already there.
"Sorry, I had to do something." Syaoran apologized.
"Let's just go in." Sakura simply said.
When they went to Wu Deep's room they saw her wearing one of the dresses they bought for her that was blue and filled with pink flowers at the side of it. She looked really adorable in that dress but the expression on her face was sad.
"Hey, Wu Deep. Are you okay? Why are you so sad?" Syaoran asked.
"Today is the day when my daddy died?" Wu Deep said sadly.
"I'm sorry. Is there anything I can do for you?" Syaoran said with sympathy.
Wu Deep shook her head no. "They put my daddy away at my old home." She said.
"You mean at China?"
She nodded. Syaoran felt really sorry for her. Then he remembered a type of ritual that his parents use to do, to give respects his ancestors.
"Why don't we go out to buy some things. I've got an idea that would allow you to sort of communicate with your parents." Syaoran said.
"I thought you can't talk to people that are already dead." Wu Deep said.
"Well it's almost like it. Come on." Syaoran said holding out his hands.
Wu Deep took it and they walked out of the orphanage with Sakura following behind. They went to a Chinese store and walked around. Syaoran held a basket and placed fruits, incense, rice, raw fish and chicken, some Chinese paper with designs on it, paper that looked like money, and tea in it along wit some candy for Wu Deep. He bought the things and took them to his house. Wu deep and Sakura were completely confused. They had no idea what he was doing. Syaoran placed all the things in his kitchen and gave the bag of candy to Wu Deep.
"Syaoran, what the hell are you doing?" Sakura finally asked without letting Wu Deep hear.
"I have to get ready for the ritual thing first. It'll take awhile so just sit down, watch TV, or play with Wu Deep while you're waiting. Just keep Wu Deep company. Now get out of the kitchen." Syaoran replied.
Sakura didn't know what to do. She took Wu Deep into his living room.
"Do you want to watch TV?" Sakura asked.
Wu Deep shook her head.
"Well, do you have anything in mind? Syaoran's in the kitchen right now doing some things and it'll take awhile."
"Can you read me a book?" Wu Deep asked.
"Okay. I can do that. Just wait while I go get a book." Sakura said nervously. She really wasn't good with kids. Sakura walked in front of a shelf filled with many books, but she didn't find any that was fit for a six year old girl.
"Syaoran, do you have any children's books here?" Sakura asked after giving up on looking at the shelf.
"I don't think so. Oh, there's one in my room. It's inside my desk. Just open the first drawer and you'll see it in there. I think it was The Ugly Duckling." Syaoran replied.
"The ugly duckling?" Sakura asked wondering why he has a book like that.
"Hey, The Ugly Duckling is a cool book. It was my favorite children's book. Don't make fun of it." Syaoran defended.
"Yeah, sure. Whatever." Sakura said trying to hold her laughter.
She went in his room and saw a desk next to his bed. When she found the book she started walking back to the living room but noticed that she dropped a piece of paper. She picked it up and was curious when she saw her name on it. Sakura saw it was to Fujitaka Kinomoto and the name sound familiar. She then remembered that it was the name of her biological father. She kept on reading the letter and was confused.
"Hey, Sakura. Did you find the book alright?" Syaoran said coming into the room. He saw her holding onto a letter and immediately knew what it was.
"What is this, Syaoran?" Sakura asked.
"Sakura, I can explain." Syaoran said.
"How do you know him? What do you mean by a blood test?"
"Calm down Sakura. I can explain. But please not now. Not when Wu Deep is here. I'll explain everything after she's gone."
Sakura knew that it wouldn't be good for Wu Deep to hear them arguing and agreed to continue this after. She walked out of the room, but when she walked past Syaoran she said "You better think up of a good excuse or I won't talk to you ever again."
She walked back to the living room and started reading to Wu Deep. Syaoran went back to the kitchen and continued preparing the ritual thing. 'What should I do? She found out that I was having contact with her biological father. How am I supposed to give her a good excuse?' Syaoran thought to himself.
Thirty minutes later Syaoran was ready and it was already dark. He went in the living room and found Wu Deep sleeping on Sakura's lap.
"I'm ready." Syaoran whispered to Sakura.
"Well, she's sleeping. So what do you want me to do?" Sakura said emotionlessly to Syaoran. Her eyes were still filled with anger.
"Umm. I can just wake her up." Syaoran said and shook Wu Deep a little.
Wu Deeps eyes fluttered a little bit and she woke up.
"Are you ready to talk to sort of talk to your parents?" Syaoran asked her.
Wu Deep nodded and stood up. Syaoran took Wu Deep and Sakura to the front of his house where there was a small table in front of them. In the table were plated filled with fruits, cooked fish and chicken, a bowl filled with rice, red candles that's already lit up and stuck onto a small bowl filled with sand, three small cups filled with tea, and incense. There was a big metal bucket on the floor, too, and the Chinese paper and fake money next to it.
"What's all this for?" Wu Deep asked.
"When I was little, my parents would have all these things set up and we would light up the incense and pray to our ancestors. While we're praying we wish for them to keep us healthy and smart. That's sort of a way to communicate with them. After we pray we spill the three cups of tea on the floor as a way to give them something to drink. Then we burn all those Chinese paper and the fake money and put them in the bucket so they would have a good life and are rich in their afterlife." Syaoran tried to explain.
Wu Deep was completely confused. She had no idea what he was talking about and Syaoran noticed that.
"Here I'll lead you through it." Syaoran said.
He lit up the incense with a lighter and blew the fire out. Then he gave it to Wu Deep.
"Now you hold the incense in your hand and pray. While you're praying you can say whatever you want to your parents. When you're done then you can give the incense to me and I'll stick it in the little cup that's filled with sand." Syaoran instructed.
Wu Deep did what she was told and was trying to think what to say to her parents.
"Hi, Mommy, Daddy. I miss you so much and I really wish you were here right now with me. But don't worry about me because I have Syaoran and Sakura with me. They're my new friends and they're really nice. I'll make sure I'll be a good girl and not get into trouble. I'll do well in school and make you proud of me." Wu Deep said and gave the incense back to Syaoran right after.
Syaoran took it and placed it in the cup. Then he poured the tea on the floor and lit up the Chinese paper and fake money and placed it in the bucket to let it burn in there.
"Now pray to your parents again." Syaoran said.
Wu Deep did what she was told and after that they carried the things back inside the house. After the paper was completely burnt he puts out the fire and dumped the scraps away.
"How do we know that Mommy and Daddy got what I was saying?" Wu Deep asked.
"Don't worry. They know." Syaoran said.
"We should get her back to the orphanage now." Sakura said.
"Yeah we should." Syaoran agreed.
He took Wu Deep back to the orphanage but before they said bye to her Wu Deep said, "Thank you, Syaoran. I'm happy that I could talk to my mommy and daddy."
Then she left to the orphanage. "That really was a nice thing you did for her, Syaoran." Sakura said.
"Yeah."
"But I still need and explanation. Why were you sending letters to him?"
"I just wanted to help you out."
"What? Did I ever ask for your help? 'Cause I'm pretty sure I didn't. I don't need your help. I can handle things myself. Who told you about him anyway? Was it Tomoyo?"
"You may not need my help but still. I'm your friend. I want you to be happy. You biological dad said that he's willing to take a blood test to see if you're really his daughter. If you really are then he's willing to have you as a part of his family. Don't you want that?"
"What? Really?"
"Yeah."
"But it's not that simple. He may be willing but what if he doesn't like me or what if he's even worst than Da-. Nick?"
"You won't know if you don't even try to get to know him. Maybe he's a lot better. Maybe he'll love you. Why wouldn't he? I'm sure he'll love you."
"But how are you so sure?.I don't care. You better not send anymore letters to him. If you do I swear I'm going to kill you." Sakura said and left to go back home leaving Syaoran still in front of the orphanage.
When Sakura got back home she went to Tomoyo's room.
"Tomoyo, how could you tell him?" Sakura said.
"What are you talking about? Tell who what?" Tomoyo asked confused.
"How could you tell Syaoran about my biological father?"
"How'd you find out?"
"Answer me, Tomoyo!"
"I thought he could help you find your biological father. I didn't want you to be sad without your parents. I thought that you would be happy if you found your real father."
"So you thought telling Syaoran about him behind my back would make me happy? I thought you were supposed to be my friend. I confided in you and told you everything and you go tell Syaoran. I trusted in you again and you betrayed me again. How am I suppose to trust you ever again?" Sakura said and went to her room.
"What are you doing?" Tomoyo asked when she saw Sakura packing her things.
"I'm leaving. I can't live in a house with a person that I can't even trust." Sakura said.
"But where can you go? You can't go to your dad's house."
"I'll go anywhere away from you." Sakura said and took he stuff, about to leave until Tomoyo stopped her.
"I'm sorry, Sakura. I'm really sorry. But please don't go. You have no where else to go. Please, just stay. I'm sorry."
"No, Tomoyo. I trusted you again and you betrayed my trust again. I'm never going to trust you again."
Sakura quickly left the house. She ran and ran so Tomoyo couldn't catch up. Sakura wasn't sure where she was to go. When she stopped running she was at the Penguin Park. She knew there was no where she could go and she was really tired so she decided to just stay under the Penguin. All of a sudden it started to rain really hard. "Fuck! Why does all of this have to happen to me?" Sakura said. Now Sakura was wet, cold, homeless, and hungry for she remembered that she hasn't eaten anything for a long time.
While Sakura was sitting under the penguin a man about twenty to twenty-five years old was walking through the park and saw her. He walked over to her and said, "Miss, why aren't you at home? It's raining right now. Your parents might be worried about you."
Sakura looked up at the man and he seemed familiar. The she finally recognized him. "Yukito? Yukito, is that you?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah, that's me. How do you know me? Have we seen each other somewhere?" the man called Yukito said.
"Don't you remember me? I'm Sakura. Sakura Avalon."
Yukito thought that for awhile and then he remembered who she was.
"Sakura, why are you here?"
"Oh my God! I'm so glad you're here." Sakura said and hugged her.
"Yeah. Hey I'll take you to my house. Come on. You must be freezing."
Yukito took Sakura to his house. Yukito was Sakura's neighbor until Nadesiko died and they had to move. Even though the last time Sakura saw him was when she was five years old, she could still recognize his light gray hair, silver eyes, and glasses.
"Sakura what were you doing under there anyway?" Yukito asked and placed a blanket over Sakura's wet body.
"Thanks. Look I'm really tired right now and I'm really glad you showed up. Is it okay if I explain later and go to sleep?"
"Yeah, I guess it's okay. You can sleep in the one of the guestrooms. I'll go get you some clothes to sleep in."
"Thanks for everything."
"You're welcome."
When Yukito got some clothes for Sakura to sleep in, Sakura laid down on the bed and quickly fell asleep.