Hey there! I know that it's been a long time since I last updated but it really couldn't be helped. I really want to thank those who sent in their reviews. It helped me a lot and it also made me think about things. Well, anyway, here's chapter 4 Home.
Chapter 4 Home
Flashback
About a month before…
It was already past eight in the evening and it was raining outside.
Shaoran got a phone call.
After, he got his jacket and told Yelan, "Mother, I'm going out. I'm not sure what time I'll be back."
"Where are you going?" Yelan asked.
"Kinomoto Touya called and asked me to meet him at the hospital. He told me that it was important." He replied.
"Ok." Yelan said as Shaoran went out the door.
After a few hours…
There was a knock at the door.
Yelan opened it.
To her surprise, she saw Fugitaka and Touya Kinomoto there.
"Good evening. Please come in." She said.
"We're sorry to drop by at this hour so suddenly." Fugitaka said.
"Would you like something to drink? Coffee or tea maybe?" Yelan offered.
"No thank you Li-san." Fugitaka replied.
"Oh please…we have been friends for a long time Fugitaka-san. Please, take a seat."
"Thank you Li-san." Touya said.
"Are you sure you don't want anything?" She asked again.
Fugitaka just smiled and replied, "No thank you Yelan-san."
"So what brings you here at this hour? Is there something I could do for you?" Yelan then said.
"Yelan-san, we need to ask a big favor not only from you but from your entire family." Fugitaka said.
Yelan could sense that it was something really big.
"Li-san, it involves Sakura. We need your help." Touya said.
Yelan remained quiet.
"Sakura was attacked tonight at the apartment where we thought she would be safe for a few days. But they had moved quickly and had found her." Fugitaka related.
"Oh I'm so sorry Fugitaka-san, Touya. What could we do to help?" Yelan said.
"Luckily Sakura is a strong young lady. She had survived the ordeal but is now in a coma. I asked your son to watch over her at the hospital. But..." Touya started.
"What Touya is saying, he registered her under your family's name. We ask you to treat her as your daughter. We need to conceal her identity until we find who is exactly behind all this." Fugitaka said.
Yelan didn't know what to say.
"Please, Li-san...without her, everything is going to fall down. We don't know what else to do." Touya said.
Sakura, the next magistrate of the country, the heir of the most industrious family appointed by the Royal Family, was in danger.
As part of the secret society loyal to the Royal Family, the Li clan knew very well the situation fate had brought to Sakura.
Ever since the current Magistrate, Sakura's grandfather, announced that Sakura would be the next Magistrate, death threats had been coming in, threatening Sakura's life.
Yelan just smiled and said, "You have my word. You have my whole family's support. I will see to it and Shaoran will personally make sure that she's safe."
Relief spread through their faces.
end of flashback
"Oh dear ancestors, I hope that we are doing the right thing." Yelan said to herself.
Yelan then entered the room.
She saw that Sakura was just staring out of the window and Shaoran was sitting at a distance.
When she entered, Sakura turned to her and smiled.
"How are you doing, child?" Yelan asked.
"Very well, thank you." Sakura replied.
In Chinese, Yelan addressed Shaoran, "Xiao Lang, would you leave us for a moment. I need to talk to her alone."
Xiao Lang stood and left the room.
Yelan then smiled at Sakura.
"We will be heading home soon."
Sakura just nodded.
"I know this is hard for you but I promise that we will make it better." Yelan assured the young woman in front of her.
"I know things will get better but...I…I'm just afraid that's all." Sakura replied.
"I understand that my dear. We could only imagine what you're going through. But rest assured that we won't let anything bad happen to you anymore." Yelan said.
Sakura just smiled.
"Um…mother..." Sakura said.
She was having a hard time calling her that.
She felt that it wasn't right.
Yelan smiled.
"Yes dear." She said.
"Do you think I'll be able to remember? I mean…will I ever get my memories back?" Sakura asked.
Yelan smile grew bigger.
She then sat beside her.
"Oh my dear. This is only a hurdle that you can easily overcome. Once you do, everything that was taken away from you will be returned. Your memories are yours and yours alone. Time knows that and it won't be long until he slowly returns them to you. So don't you worry now." She said.
"Oh thank you mother. Thank you." Sakura said as she hugged her.
Yelan hugged her.
She knew that this was the first time in a long, long time that Sakura had a mother's hug.
Even though she wasn't her biological mother, she felt for her and like any mother would, wanted her to become better.
"Mother, could I ask you a favor?" Sakura then said.
"What is it dear?"
"May I go outside even for a while? I don't know but...I miss what it feels to be out there. I feel that I've been locked away from it for a long time." Sakura said.
"I'll go and ask your doctor and when he says yes, then by all means enjoy the outside world." Yelan replied.
"Thank you."
Yelan just smiled and left the room.
Outside…
"Touya, Sai asks if she could go outside even for a while?" Yelan said.
"I should have known that she would ask that. Yes Li-san. I think that would do her good. But only for a while. We don't want to force her body." Touya replied.
"I understand. Thank you, Touya." Yelan said as she turned and headed back to Sakura's room.
When she entered, Sakura turned to her.
"The doctor said that you can." Yelan said.
Sakura just smiled.
Yelan helped her.
"Can you walk?" She asked.
"I think so." Sakura replied.
"Shaoran, do you mind helping her?" Yelan asked her son.
Shaoran just stood.
He knew that he couldn't do anything but oblige.
In Chinese, "Watch over her, Xiao Lang."
"I know mother." He replied in Chinese.
They headed to the rooftop.
Sakura didn't need much help.
She could walk on her own but they could not go fast because she was still a little weak.
She just smiled when they got there.
They headed to the railing.
For the first time in a month, Sakura could feel the wind blow her hair freely.
It was such a sweet scent.
It was a beautiful night outside.
The sapphire moon was up there in the sky glittered by a vast, majestic number of twinkling stars.
A top of the hospital was high enough to display the breathtaking sea of light below it.
Shaoran stood next to her.
"Mother said that we would be heading home in a few days once your doctor clears you." He said all of a sudden.
Sakura turned to him.
"Shaoran, what is it like?" She couldn't help but ask.
"What is it like what?" He asked back, staring away from her.
"What is it like . . . being at home? I mean, you're lucky you can remember what home is. It's just a little frightening. I feel as if . . . I don't even know . . ."
He couldn't help feel sorry for her.
He knew that she had a turbulent life and now she couldn't remember a thing.
He didn't know what to answer her.
It was something that he never expected to happen.
"I will tell you this now, since we're going to spend a lot of time together for quite some time, you should prepare yourself for what's ahead. I am only here because it is my duty as of now to protect you but you must also do your job. My family and I will help you recover your memory and one day you won't need me to answer what home is like. You will see it for yourself." Shaoran answered.
"You're right."
"Oh when I tell you to do something, listen to me. I'm not about to stick my neck out for somebody who wants to get killed." Shaoran then said.
"You really don't like me do you?" She said.
"Isn't that obvious?" He answered.
Sakura just smiled.
"You know what, it makes me more determined to regain my memory. . . " She said.
Shaoran looked at her.
She looked back at him and smiled.
"When that happens, maybe I'll have an answer why you hate me so much. It would be quite an accomplishment." She said.
(To be continued . . . )
Well, at last I finished this chapter. I hope that you liked it. Please send in your reviews because I really want to know what you think about it.
Michiko