I Love Her? I Love Her Not?
By: PnAiXr0sE8
A/N: Here's the newest chapter…Hope you like it!
I'd like to thank:
J.A. Santiago: lol I always like your reviews. They're funny!
kawaiisakura: Yeah, Tomoyo was so weird…she got all…floaty.
meimei: hehe I hate Ryu too. He acts like a dork in this chapter too. Will I kill him or not? Hmm…I'll think about it.
Zidane: yep. They got caught…again.
WildKat25: lol….don't worry! Here's the next chapter! Poor Eriol…lol just kidding.
Disclaimer: I don't own Card Captors Sakura. I do own the new people though.
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Chapter 8: "What the…?!"
Himiko ran through the halls of the school, glad to finally hear the last bell. She had been trying to avoid Shun all morning. Although it wasn't very hard for he was avoiding her, too. In class, the teacher would just drone on and on about something and she would accidentally push through Shun's thoughts without thinking. Shun would feel her pushing through his brain, for he's felt it many times before, and would look at her. Those times were the only times he ever looked at her that day.
'How can I survive after school today?! Kozue invited me, Shun and Toji to hang out with Zak and her other friend, Kumei! Oh no…' Himiko thought sighing. She ran home to finish her homework in a hurry and get ready for that afternoon.
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"Shun!!" Kozue called through the house, "Ugh…this is the trouble with our big house…there's too much rooms to look through!"
One room after another, she called for her brother, and one room after another, he wasn't to be seen. Even the few maids they had didn't see him. Kozue went looking in their garden.
"Shun that baka," Kozue muttered walking tiredly.
"Looking for your brother?" Sakura called sweetly.
She was wearing a white sundress and a big, straw, yet pretty hat. She was kneeling on the grass, next to some big sunflowers planted in the ground.
Kozue nodded. "Sorry to interrupt your gardening, have you seen him, okaa-san?" Speaking in Japanese always cheered her mom up, and lately she's been quite gloomy. Kozue knew why though.
But today Sakura was happy and cheerful because of the good weather.
"It's all right Kozue. He should be near the tree he always goes to. Try there," Sakura replied.
"Okay…hey, where's otou-san?" Kozue asked looking around. Usually her dad was always around her mom, laughing and talking to her. Sometimes, even though she thought it was really, really gross, her parents sometimes got all mushy and start kissing each other. But today, she didn't see him anywhere. Sometimes he was really busy, being the leader of the Li Clan.
Kozue saw her mother's smile fall.
"He's with the Elders and your grandmother…" Sakura whispered.
Kozue nodded silently, knowing it will make her mother even sadder if she asked her what was wrong.
'Mom and Dad really love each other…whoa…that's so weird…'
Kozue got up and looked for her annoying brother.
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'She was avoiding me all day today…but she sometimes went through my thoughts………damn…why am I always thinking about her?!'
"There you are!"
Shun opened his eyes and looked down from the tree he was sitting in. A tired, frustrated Kozue was glaring at him.
"Did you forget, you baka! You're gonna hang out with me, Himiko, Toji, Zak and Kumei!" Kozue shouted.
Shun looked at her for while.
"Who's Kumei?"
Kozue sweatdropped. "Is that all you can say?! Ugh…Kumei's a friend of mine who's in seventh grade in another school…Zak and I are trying to set her up with Toji…Now get out of that tree and change! You're still wearing the school uniform!"
"Toji's gonna be mad."
"Yes I know that. Just don't tell him. I really think he'll like her."
Shun looked at his sister for a while.
"What is it now?!" Kozue said aggravated.
"That isn't your style of clothes."
Kozue looked down at her clothes. She wore a yellow halter top, and tight jean capris with yellow sunflower designs sewed on it.
Kozue blushed. "H-Himiko told me to wear it. She said her mom designed it in her fashion company. Does it look that bad?"
Shun jumped down from the tree and looked at her outfit. "You really want to impress him," he said simply.
"Wh-What?!! Well…okay okay! I DO like him! You happy?!" she shouted.
A breeze swept through around her. Shun was already gone.
'That baka…'~~~~~
'Why'd I have to come?!' Toji asked himself angrily, 'Kozue knows that I hate meeting new people…I'm not a people person! Maybe she's planning something…hmm…'
He quickly finished his homework and took a shower. He put on a plain white shirt, and a gray button up shirt over and some baggy khakis on and went to the park where they were supposed to meet in a grumpy way.
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"I'm always the early one!" Himiko muttered, looking at her watch.
She sat on a bench under a tree. Bored, she scanned the mini park and saw two little kids playing on a swing, an old man walking his dog and a few joggers. She usually would push through their thoughts just for fun, but right now her stomach clenched. She was nervous about seeing Shun again after their kiss. The worst part was that she had kissed him first!
Himiko sighed. "Why does everything always happen to me?"
"Like what?"
The sudden voice made her jump.
"Don't do that, Toji!" Himiko shouted.
Toji sweat dropped.
"So, you waiting, too?" he asked sitting next to her, "Or are you thinking about Shun again?"
Himiko was silent.
"Oh c'mon. We all know you like him. Well, maybe not Shun, but you know what I mean."
Himiko blushed. "H-How did you guys figure it out?"
"Well it was kinda hard seeing you with oogly eyes staring at him, or when he talks to you, you blush," he added sarcastically, "Yeah it was very hard."
"Was it that obvious?" Himiko squeaked.
"I'm afraid so."
"Oh."
Hopefully Shun doesn't know…' Himiko thought.
Toji's teasing expression turned to a gentle one. "Look Himiko, you and Shun are two of my best friends…even though he's rude, mean to people, gets all the girls, and just plain stupid if I may add…he's good at heart. You of all people should know that."
"I do know that!"
"Then you know how much he cares for you, even if he doesn't show it?"
Himiko paused and then gave a small nod.
"Good. Then you know that even if you tell him you're feelings to him, he would never try to hurt you in any way," Toji added.
Himiko was silent.
"Hey, I know that the only reason you aren't telling him is because you're afraid that it'll ruin your friendship. I'm not stupid. But take my advice…he won't let anything break your friendship with him." 'He loves you too much,' he added silently.
Himiko was silent for a while longer then she finally nodded. "O-Okay…I-I'll tell him…"
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..Meanwhile..
"Shun, walk faster would ya?! We have to meet Himiko, Toji, Kumei and Zak in the park!" Kozue said frustratingly.
"Relax…your lover boy isn't going anywhere…" Shun replied coldly.
Kozue blushed. "Shut up! At least I admit that I have feelings for him now! But of course not to him directly," she said.
"Just tell him. It won't matter."
"It matters! Jeez…don't you have feelings at all?!"
Kozue started walking faster leaving Shun behind. But he kept up without a sweat.
"Hey, sorry, I just don't get all this lovey dovey shit," Shun apologized…at least what he called was an apology.
"Hey, you shouldn't be talking! Liking someone isn't just shit," Kozue said.
"Whatever…"
"You should know! You love Himiko!" she yelled pointing a finger accusingly at him.
Shun immediately stopped walking. "What?" he asked in a voice that was below a whisper.
Kozue stopped and stood face-to-face with him. "I know you love her, so don't be telling me that you think love is just shit. Don't try to hide it because it's no use," Kozue said.
Shun stared into the air. 'I…love her?…… No that can't be it! Kozue's just being her stupid self again!'
Kozue looked at her brother in awe. She saw a gentle side of his expression as he looked into nothing. Suddenly the expression was covered up.
"I don't love her!" he snapped back.
"When will you realize it, Shun! You love her more than anyone!"
"Ugh…whatever. Let's just go. We're late again," Shun said picking up his walking pace again.
Kozue followed quickly.
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The amber eyed father walked through the front door, sighing.
"Syaoran? Is that you?" Sakura yelled from the first floor kitchen.
Syaoran trudged to the couch, hauling a briefcase, and flopped down on the couch.
Sakura appeared a moment later, with her usual smile gone.
"What's wrong, Syao?"
"The meeting didn't go well. It was about how to deal with the Katana problem," Syaoran said yawning.
Sakura's face softened and she sat down next to her husband. Syaoran was all limp and tired for he had been at the meeting since 4:00 in the morning.
She hugged Syaoran gently while Syaoran relished the feeling.
"Nothing was concluded?" Sakura asked after a few silent moments.
Sakura felt Syaoran suddenly go stiff.
He looked sadly into her eyes. "One thing did."
"Nani?"
"Even though my mother refused to agree…" Syaoran started slowly," Th-The e-elders agreed that, to get r-rid of Katana…I'll…h-have to…"
Sakura's eyes widened and glistened with tears.
"N-No Syaoran…I won't go through this again! I won't let you go through this again! And I won't let the kids even experience it!" she whispered through tears. She buried her head in his chest.
Syaoran hugged her. "S-Sakura, don't cry. I have to protect you, Shun, Kozue, and everyone. It's only me, Sakura. I-If I don't do it, w-we'll all die," he said his voice cracking.
"You can't…I won't allow you to…again…"
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"There you are!" Toji exclaimed seeing Kozue and Shun approaching.
Kozue was running while Shun just sauntered behind her.
When Kozue reached them she panted and looked frantically around.
Himiko giggled. "Don't worry. Zak isn't here yet."
Kozue sighed in relief and slouched down on the bench next to Himiko.
Shun finally arrived and seeing that there was no more bench room, he stood against the tree's trunk. When he walked he glanced at Himiko and their eyes met for half a second. Then they quickly turned away blushing.
Everything was quiet while Toji and Kozue looked at each other and smiled knowingly. ~~~~~
Shun glanced over at Himiko. 'She looks…so…waitaminute!! Stop thinking like that!' …but then again he just couldn't take his eyes off her. She looked so innocent, so angel-like. He scanned her again. He liked the way she wore her clothes. She wore a white skirt, not too short not too long, black shoes, and a white and light blue long sleeve shirt with daisy designs on it. He always wondered if her sense of fashion clothes came from her dad or her mom. He thought that her fashion style came from her dad, simple yet attractive. Tomoyo's sense of style always had something funky but cute. That wasn't Himiko though…Himiko was all cute.
He quickly looked away when he noticed that Himiko was looking at him.
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Himiko looked at Shun noticing that he was looking at her. But he quickly turned away.
'H-He's so…cute when he blushes…' she thought as she saw him blush. His clothes were normal, not too "gangster" like some people liked, but just the way she liked it. He wore baggy jeans, but not that baggy, a white shirt and like Toji, he wore a button-up shirt except black. But unlike Toji, Shun didn't button it. Toji buttoned his halfway up. She liked the way the wind always ruffled his hair and clothes. It made him looked even cuter! (A/N: I'm starting to like Shun better that Syaoran!! That's so weird!!!!!)
Himiko was going to muse about Shun more but two figures walked up to them.
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"Hey Kozue!" a deep voice said.
There was Zak a tall, cute, confident guy with dark brown short, straight hair that he inherited from his mother. At least he had eyes that showed unlike his father, Takashi. He had dark brown eyes that matched his hair. He wore baggy jeans and a loose shirt.
Next to him was a shy looking girl with short light brown, wavy hair with blond highlights. She looked really smart, innocent and nervous with her glasses covering her light brown eyes. She wore tight jeans, and a short-sleeved white shirt.
Hi Zak!" Kozue shouted getting up. Her eyes were all glittery. Himiko giggled and waved hi. Shun snorted. He didn't like meeting new people much more than Toji did. But Toji was unusually silent. Usually he would be getting up, mumbling and leaving and Kozue and Himiko would have to plead him to stay. But now, he was quiet and staring at the new girl.
Kozue started the introductions. "Everyone this is Zak Yamazaki. He's in my class."
She looked at Zak to let him know to continue.
Zak smiled. "Oh and this is Kumei Miyu," he said gesturing to the girl next to him.
"Umm…hi…" a melodic, sweet voice sang out. Well at least that's what Toji thought of it.
"I'm Kumei Miyu…and…uh…umm…" she stuttered. She was trembling, and her eyes darted around under her glasses.
Zak smiled. "She isn't too fond of meeting new people."
Kozue giggled. "Just like my brother, Shun, and my friend Toji. Except Shun just grunts, and acts like a dork," she said receiving a glare from Shun, "and Toji mutters and walks away."
Zak joined in laughing.
Himiko coughed and "ahem."
Kozue smiled. "Oh this over here, is my dorky little brother, Shun," she said pointing over to Shun, "this is Toji Wong over here," she pointed to Toji who was still staring at Kumei, "and this is Himiko Hiiragazawa over here," she said pointing to Himiko.
"Hey," Zak said.
Shun grunted, Himiko said a "hello," and Toji just stared dumbly at Kumei.
Zak turned over to Himiko. "So you're Himiko, huh? Kozue talks a lot about you. I heard that you have little crush problem if you know what I mean," he whispered winking and looking at Shun.
Himiko blushed.
Shun, not knowing what they were talking about, burnt with just a tint of jealousy.
"I promised Kozue I would help, right Kozue?" Zak said.
Kozue nodded smiling.
"What exactly are you helping Himiko with?" Shun asked with an aggravated tone but trying to seem like he didn't care.
Zak smiled. "Oh, do you mind? You guys are…you know…together right?" he asked slyly.
Himiko and Shun immediately blushed but stayed silent.
Kozue and Zak looked at each other and smiled. Kozue's heart skipped some beats while looking at his face.
Suddenly they noticed Toji and Kumei. They were staring at each other nervously.
Zak and Kozue gave a sly smile.
"Ano (umm)…" Kumei started, "…why aren't you walking away like they said you would if you don't want to meet new people? I would want to run away right now." She gave a forced smile and a giggle.
Toji turned unexpectedly red in the face. "Umm…I just felt like staying."
Kumei relaxed a bit and stopped shaking. She smiled warmly at Toji. 'Maybe this won't be as bad as I thought. Toji is pretty nice.'
Kozue and Zak stared in awe.
"Whoa…I didn't know it would work this quickly!" Kozue whispered to him.
Zak nodded. "They look like they really like each other."
Kozue nodded and then blushed realizing how close she and him were. Their faces were almost touching. She felt herself beginning to get all giddy again seeing him smile.
Suddenly Zak looked at her worriedly. "Hey are you all right? You look pretty red there."
Kozue blinked and looked away quickly. "I'm fine."
Himiko smiled. "Okay, so where should we go first?"
"The park!"
"The movies!"
"..Anywhere.."
"The library."
Everyone looked at Kumei who said the last suggestion. She shrugged embarrassed.
"My mother always liked to read. She's even an author and runs a bookstore. I guess I got her genes," she said sheepishly.
Everyone laughed including Kumei. But Shun didn't laugh.
"Who's your mom?" he asked expressionless.
Kumei blinked. "Umm…her name is Naoko. My dad is Jine. Umm…Why do you ask?" (A/N: Kumei's mom, Naoko…does she sound familiar to you? Yup that's Naoko Yanagisawa, one of Sakura's friends. I thought it would be cool if Kumei was her daughter, but I probably won't mention it again, I just wanted to put that for fun.)
Shun looked at her. "Maybe I'll be able to get some books from there…"
Everyone sweat dropped except Kumei and Shun who were talking about books. They were those quiet book loving people except Shun was even quieter.
"Which kinds of books do you like?" Kumei asked.
"..Mystery.."
"Really? I like Romance books. I love them actually!"
"R-Romance?" Shun said thinking.
~FLASHBACK~
"It matters! Jeez…don't you have feelings at all?!"
Kozue started walking faster leaving Shun behind. But he kept up without a sweat.
"Hey, sorry, I just don't get all this lovey dovey shit," Shun apologized…at least what he called an apology.
"Hey, you shouldn't be talking! Liking someone isn't just shit," Kozue said.
"Whatever…"
"You should know! You love Himiko!" she yelled pointing a finger accusingly at him.
Shun immediately stopped walking. "What?" he asked in a voice that was below a whisper.
Kozue stopped and stood face-to-face with him. "I know you love her, so don't be telling me that you think love is just shit. Don't try to hide it because it's no use," Kozue said.
~END OF FLASHBACK~
"……Whatever let's go somewhere already……" Shun said.
They went off not knowing where to go or what to do.
But they did hit it off to a very good start with the new people.
Toji started liking Kumei, Kumei started liking Toji, Shun and Kumei both liked books, Kumei and Himiko both got along because they were both nice, both Zak and Toji teased Shun, Shun thought Zak was all right but annoying and Zak gave Himiko advice about her "crush" problem.
They basically just hung out and talked. Kozue was happy because they all got along so well with the exception of Toji and Zak making fun of Shun but she didn't mind that much. Sometimes she even joined in! Toji usually was quiet but he sometimes had a lot of energy. He wasted this energy by teasing Shun, and now Zak helped him.
"Hey why don't we go to the park? It's right over there…" Himiko suggested as they finished eating ice cream at an ice cream parlor.
Everyone nodded and agreed.
Zak and Toji were teasing Shun once again when they entered.
"I heard you're quite the popular one in school, Shun," Zak started.
"All the girls start swarming around him, it's not fair. I want that!!!" Toji said.
Kumei was holding in a little jealousy by fiddling with her glasses.
Zak smiled. "Does he even take advantage of that?"
"Nope. He doesn't know anything…" Toji replied, "Tsk…Tsk…"
"I heard a rumor that Shun was going out with someone," Zak said smiling slyly to Himiko.
Himiko and Shun blushed.
Toji laughed. "Yeah. We started that. Oh god it was funny as heck…right Himiko?!?!" Toji added.
They all laughed while Shun and Himiko blushed.
"Shut up, Toji," Shun said coldly.
"Shun we're sorry. Don't get mad," Kumei said giggling.
"Yeah, sorry man," Zak said chuckling.
Shun just grumpily walked.
They all just laughed and talked and laughed some more and talked some more.
But when they neared some swing sets next to the jungle gym, they saw someone on the swing and it interrupted their laughing.
"Who's there?" Kumei asked.
The person lifted his head. It was clear who it was when they saw his black hair cut, sneering face and pure brown eyes.
"Ryu? What are you doing here?" Himiko asked.
He silently got up and stood right in front of Shun without a word. He glared icily at him.
Zak, Toji, Himiko and Kozue stood there watching, all thinking the same thing: 'What the…'
Ryu's glare looked like it could kill, but Shun did nothing and kept his face emotionless.
Suddenly Kozue spoke. "What do you want now Ryu?" she asked with an irritated voice. Everything was going so well and her brother and her friends got along so well. She wanted to keep it that way. She didn't need Ryu to mess this day up.
"Did I ask you?" Ryu said still glaring at Shun's expressionless face.
"Hey! She was just asking," Zak said backing her up, "What a baka."
Kozue felt flutters fill her heart.
"This doesn't concern any of you except me, Shun and Himiko!" Ryu shouted loudly.
Kumei jiggled her glasses. "A-Actually, it's 'except Shun, Himiko, and I,' not me."
"Keep quiet," Ryu snapped, "I don't need a stupid, little, know-it-all nerd right now."
Hurt filled Kumei. 'Whoa…his words and his stare are painful…'
But anger churned in Toji and his usual quietness exploded. "What the hell are you saying, huh Ryu?! Don't you diss my friends like that! Why don't you come here and say what you said to my face?!"
Kumei blushed.
Ryu finally turned to them. "I said keep quiet!"
Suddenly Shun noticed his eyes turn completely red. 'That's weird…'
Ryu put out his hand and suddenly the ground beneath Toji, Kumei, Zak and Kozue began to rumble.
Kumei yelped. "What the..!?" she said trying to stay standing.
"He isn't supposed to be using magic! That's against the rules! Who the hell does he think he is?!" Toji yelled trying to keep his balance. He saw that Kumei was losing her balance so he helped her, too.
"Magic?" Kumei asked wrapped around Toji's arms.
"Ow…" Kozue squeaked as she fell on the ground butt first, "Don't ask. Looong story."
Zak helped Kozue up.
"Hey! Ryu, what are you doing?! Stop this!!" Himiko yelled. The ground didn't rumble beneath her and she wondered why.
Shun's expression changed into an angry one. "What do you want Ryu?! Why are you here?!"
Ryu put his hands to his side and the rumbling stopped immediately. His eyes still pure red, he put on a sly smile. "I want to prove to Himiko I'm better than you."
"What?"
Ryu got into a fighting stance. "Fight me. Give me all you've got!"
Shun looked at him like he was crazy.
"What the…?!" Zak muttered.
"Shun wouldn't know martial arts," Kumei said, "That's unfair!"
She didn't know how wrong she was.
Shun looked at Ryu for a moment.
"Why should I fight you? Shun finally said, "Fighting is a waste of time."
Ryu smirked. "You scared?! Haha…think of that…the great future leader of the Li Clan…scared?!?! Ahahaha!"
Shun made fists with his hands. 'I will not fight…I will not fight…'
'Oh no…' Himiko thought worriedly. 'Shun…don't give in to his taunting!'
"Ahahahahahaha!!!!" Ryu continued to laugh.
Zak was about to open his mouth to talk when Shun stopped them.
"Let me handle this," he said looking at his friends.
Zak didn't interrupt and neither did Himiko, Toji, Kumei or Kozue.
'He seems pretty confident. But how will he fight if he doesn't know how?' Zak asked himself.
When Ryu's laughter finally subsided he continued talking. "How do you expect to protect your family if you're that weak?!"
Shun gritted his teeth along with making fists with his hands. 'Fighting is weak…Fighting is weak…'
Ryu smiled slyly, his red eyes glittering. "But most of all, do you actually think you will be able to protect the person you love with that kind of strength? But then again…you're too cold-hearted aren't you? Yeah…you'll never be able to love…then why would anyone love you back?"
Himiko was surprised. 'Shun loves someone?'
'Oh no…Shun's gonna snap!' Kozue thought worriedly, 'Ryu's gone too far!'
Shun's conscience failed and he did snap. His body burned with anger.
"All right that's it!!! You've gone too far saying all that fuckin shit you said about me!!! Forget all that crap Dad taught me…Let's go!" Shun shouted red with anger.
Ryu chuckled as he went back into his fighting stance. "Now we're talking…"
Shun seethed with anger as he went into his fighting stance.
'I've never seen him this angry! Shun…' Himiko thought worriedly.
Zak and Kumei both said the same thing:
"What the…?!?!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
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A/N: Major cliffy! I decided to stop here because it was getting to long. Please R+R! Flames are welcome!