Also, just to let you confused people know, Syaoran used to be Meiling's Guardian Angel, it was part of the punishment three years ago (Eriol's flashback in chapter one) but isn't anymore because the punishment is over (it only lasted a year). Eriol however, decided to continue guarding Tomoyo on his own free will.
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My Guardian Angel
By Momoko
. . .Chapter Two. . .
When the angel gets the assignment
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-- Up above in the Clouds; Shiko --
Yelan and Syaoran arrived at the entrance of the Great Palace, folded back their wings, and rushed to Nadeshiko's throne room. Yelan, stopping a few times to greet back her greeters, making Syaoran, a little more frustrated each time, for he usually had no patience.
"Okaa-san!" Syaoran impatiently said and gave her 'we-need-to-go-now-or- I'll-get-mad' look
Yelan obviously knew what Syaoran's trying to do, politely excuse herself and hastily went to the throne room.
Two knocks were heard, and then Yelan entered her master's room, followed by a really quiet Syaoran. Yelan and Syaoran walked up to the chair in which Nadeshiko sat peacefully, her eyes closed.
"Nadeshiko-sama, Li Syaoran has been summoned as you have asked" Yelan said, a little nervous. Syaoran bowed, and waited for her response.
1 minute passed and no movement...2 minutes...5 minutes...Syaoran started to get impatient.
Yelan, knowing Syaoran's impatience is building up, decided to step up "Nadeshiko-sama? Are you alright" ...No response...
Panic got in Yelan as she quickly rushed to her side, Syaoran did too.
"Nadeshiko-sama!" Yelan gently shook Nadeshiko
"Mmmm..." Nadeshiko mumbled and slowly opened her eyes to see two pairs of worried eyes. Realizing she must've drifted off to sleep again, she embarrassedly apologized "Gomen ne, Yelan-san, Syaoran-kun, I must've gotten bored and drifted off to sleep again" Nadeshiko said, Yelan and Syaoran sweat-dropped.
'I've been with her for how many years and I still fall into that "trick"' Yelan thought, silently punishing herself.
"I'm glad you're here, Syaoran-kun" Nadeshiko said politely, "Yelan-san, you may leave"
Yelan didn't budge, for she wanted to know why her son has been summoned. Nadeshiko, not as dense as everybody thinks, knew she must be worried.
"It's ok Yelan-san; it's nothing bad...really!" Nadeshiko assured her. Yelan, still a little unconvinced, decided to leave anyway. She left in silence.
"Now Syaoran-kun, pull up a chair" Nadeshiko waved her hand, a chair came out of nowhere and landed in front of Syaoran. Slowly, the startled Syaoran sat down at the chair, which was really comfy to the touch, but he tensed up.
"Calm down Syaoran-kun, it really is nothing bad" Nadeshiko said calmly. Still, Syaoran was still tense, but eased up a little bit...only a little bit.
"I have a favour to ask of you" Nadeshiko started, knowing she should get to the point fast, before she 'accidentally' falls asleep again...and maybe for Sakura's sake.
Seeing Syaoran making no movement, she kept on talking, "Do you remember that...punishment 3 years ago?"
Syaoran nodded lightly, 'Please, don't set me up with Meiling again!' Syaoran kept thinking.
"Well..." Nadeshiko seemed nervous "Would you like to take up the Guardian Angel job again?" Nadeshiko pleaded in her mind. Syaoran didn't want to, but his curiosity got the better of him.
"With Meiling?" Syaoran blurted out, more as a statement than a question.
"No, with another person this time" she replied, Syaoran sighed in relief.
"I don't get it, why is it not Meiling?" Syaoran asked "I thought that she and I were..." he paused "...a..um..pair"
"Not really, you can't have only one person as a match, some people have only a couple of matches, while some, have over thousands of them...do you get what I mean?" Nadeshiko explained, looking confused herself.
Syaoran didn't really understood what she had meant, but he did know one thing--Meiling and he won't be together for eternity! He silently cheered.
"So...what do you want me to do?" Syaoran asked anxiously
"Like I said, I want you to play Guardian Angel for a very special dau- I mean, friend of mine" Nadeshiko replied, almost spilling her secret, she silently cursed herself.
"Her name is Sakura Kinomoto" Nadeshiko explained "She is 16, I suppose that's the age you are too?" Syaoran nodded.
"Sakura recently lost her dad in a car accident, I hope you can help her Syaoran-kun" Nadeshiko stood up at walked over to the magical fountain of water, Syaoran followed.
An image of Sakura pops up, she was smiling happily. When Syaoran arrived, he stared at the beauty in front of him with his mouth slightly open; Nadeshiko secretly smiled. 'She is so beautiful...her eyes...' Syaoran thought as he stared into Sakura's happy green eyes.
Nadeshiko touched the surface of the water and the image disappeared, replaced by Sakura's current state, which was crying in Penguin Park.
Syaoran gasped at the sight in front of him 'How could this stunning girl end up like this?' he thought
"I want you to go help her right now, she's having a lot of trouble at the moment" Nadeshiko said snapping him out of his thoughts "Go before she catches a cold, I'll take care of Tomoyo"
"Tomoyo?" Syaoran asked curiously. Nadeshiko pointed to a girl at the very edge of the picture, Tomoyo was standing at the entrance of Penguin Park, watching her friend in sadness. 'She seems familiar...' Syaoran thought
"Now hurry up, we don't want our friend to catch a cold do we?" Nadeshiko snapped him out of his thoughts again.
"A-Alright" Syaoran replied "I'll try my best Empress-sama" excusing himself, he walked out of the room, anticipating his meeting with Sakura.
Nadeshiko kept watching the pool of water, and saw Tomoyo about to approach Sakura.
"No Tomoyo, help is on the way...you can go back now" Nadeshiko said quietly.
Tomoyo paused; a little stunned at the little voice inside her head (she thought it was her "inner conscience")
"Give Sakura the umbrella Tomoyo, Sakura will be alright" Nadeshiko said quietly again
Tomoyo walked over and placed the umbrella beside the swings, said a few words, and left.
"Job well done" Nadeshiko congratulated herself as she walked back to the throne "It's so fun playing matchmaker" she sat down, and drifted off to sleep, but unknown to her, Yelan had heard her. 'Matchmaker? What is Nadeshiko-sama going to do?'
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-- Penguin Park, Tomoeda, Japan --
It was still raining outside, harder than ever. Sakura was soaked to the bone and was extremely chilled by the cold wind of October. Rolled into a ball, trying to find heat within herself, she still cried, and was still devastated by the news of her father's death.
'It was all my fault...' the sixteen years old thought
'If I had just let him drive properly...'
Flashback
Fujitaka is driving, and beside him, is a very angry Sakura.
"Otou-san! I told you, I can walk there by myself!" Sakura angrily told Fujitaka
"Sakura, it's 9PM and you're saying I let you walk alone to Tomoyo's house for a sleep-over? I think not!" Fujitaka calmly explained, although his patience is wearing thin.
"I'm able to protect myself; I'm not a little girl anymore!" she argued
"Look outside Sakura, it is already very dark outside, you don't know if someone might be lurking in the darkness!" he argued back
"I don't even know why I'm still here talking to you" Sakura took her bag from the backseat and opened the door slightly. The car was still moving, so Sakura paused before she does the unthinkable.
"Sakura, close the door. We're almost there" he said trying to sound calm, but failed.
"Stop the car..." Sakura ordered
"Close the door Sakura, we're almost there" Fujitaka's attention was fully on Sakura
"Stop the car!" Sakura screamed, very frustrated
Fujitaka stopped the car in the middle of the intersection, but he didn't realize it for he was very angry. Sakura opened her door
"I'll call you when I get there..." Sakura stated as she closed the door and walked to the sidewalk.
Someone else didn't really pay attention to the road either; she was talking on her cell phone. The next thing she knew, she crashed into Fujitaka's car.
Sakura turned around when she heard a crash, and to see another car crash into her dad's. Onlookers started to gather around the crash; some took out their cell and called 911. Sakura was devastated, how could this happen to her?
She pushed through the crowd of people and opened the bent door of her dad's car
"'tou-san..." Sakura said, but there was no response. She gently pulled out Fujitaka from the car and laid him on the road. Blood is pouring out from his forehead, shards of glass everywhere, digging in to his skin.
"Otou-san!" Sakura said, louder than last time 'Please be alright!' tears came out of her eyes
"I'm so sorry that I argued with you, I didn't mean to. I wanted to walk and you wouldn't let me, if you had let me walk..." Sakura said, hoping Fujitaka would wake up and say it's alright.
The ambulance finally came, paramedics came rushing out, and half of them came towards them, the other towards the other car. The next thing Sakura knew, she was at the hospital. Tomoyo's family, which consisted only of Sonomi and herself, was somehow informed so they were at the hospital too. A few hours later, around 12AM, a nurse had told them that he's in need of surgery because he probably hurt his skull in the accident. Around 3AM they were informed that he didn't make it.
Flashback Ended
'The funeral took place the day after his death was official. And here I am now, the day after the funeral...grieving...'
'I don't know why I got so mad...if I didn't argue with him; we would've arrived at Tomoyo's house by then...if I had just let him drive...' Although she's extremely cold, it was the last thing on her mind.
As if there was magic, all passerby are gone, not a single one of them in sight. A figure landed in the park, literally, but was unknown to the girl. The figure had elegant white wings, but as soon as he had landed, he folded back his wings and silently approached the girl.
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A/N: I was thinking of making it longer, but I already took too long on this chapter so I'm ending it here
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