I'd like to thank all my reviewers, but concerning Erica and Arianne's review, I would like to say that I'm very sorry if the story is too much alike to the one you referred to, and also, I didn't know that my story is actually similar to someone else's
I'd like to apologize in advance, if this story is too similar. I made myself not read the story so I won't copy her ideas. I talked to the author though, I read her other fic and checked out her list of fics which I shockingly found out it's that story...if you thinkI'm lying, then you don't have to read this...
Yep, but I present you...chapter three!
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My Guardian Angel
By Momoko
. . .Chapter Three. . .
When the angel helps the stranger
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-- Penguin Park, Tomoeda, Japan --
Syaoran had just landed. A picture floated down, Syaoran caught it. He looked in the picture to find a picture of Sakura, she was smiling, her short, auburn hair were in tiny pigtails, and her eyes were sparkling with joy. Standing in her pose, she wore a white, frilly and poofy t-shirt with light blue frills at the edges, her skirt was a little poofy too, and was up to her knees. It was white as well but with dark blue frills at the bottom, there were a few light blue lines across the white areas.
He smiled 'She looks so pretty and graceful...Ugh! No need to get off task' he scolded himself 'Lets get this over with...' he looked around, nobody was here except a girl curled into a ball 'Thanks Empress-sama' he thought silently, he knew she must be smiling up there.
He quietly walked towards the swings (where Sakura was), to find an umbrella lying on the ground. He smiled again; he knew it was one of Her work again. He took the umbrella, opened it (it's still raining), and approached the girl.
Syaoran held the umbrella above him and Sakura.
"What is beautiful lady like you doing out here..." Syaoran purposely looked around a little "...in a rainy park" Syaoran said, hoping to catch the attention of Sakura, but unfortunately, failed.
He kneeled down, and noticed that Sakura was shivering horribly. He touched her arm, it was unbelievably cold. He sighed 'Empress-sama, I wish for a jacket'. A thin, white blanket floated down beside Syaoran; he sighed again 'Well it's better than nothing...'
He gently places the blanket on Sakura, which was when Sakura reacted.
Sakura said, "Tomoyo! I thought you went home al-" she turned around to find a pair of amber eyes looking at her. '...such beautiful...amber eyes...this isn't Tomoyo's eyes!' she blushed "I-I'm s-sorry...I thought you were someone else" she turned away, hoping he wouldn't catch her blushing, fortunately for her, he didn't.
Syaoran smiled "Look at you, you're shivering. Let's get you home ok?" He knew she's probably caught a cold already 'Don't want her to feel worse do we?'
"O-ok" Sakura agreed and smiled sheepishly. She slowly got up, but collapsed down on the ground.
"Are you ok Kinomoto-san?" Syaoran asked worriedly as he stood up, forgetting that he's not supposed to know her yet; Sakura didn't notice.
"I'm...uh fine" she tried standing up again, but failed miserably again "I can't stand" she whined a little.
Syaoran chuckled at her childish-ness "Try again, I'll help you this time"
Sakura tried standing up and was about to collapse for the third time, until Syaoran caught her around the waist. She blushed a little at his actions.
"So...where's your home" Syaoran asked, as she leaned herself onto his left side, because she can't walk properly by herself 'She's so cold!' Syaoran placed his hand on Sakura's right shoulder so he can support her. She gave Syaoran the directions as they walked, they talked about nothing else, but the silence was comforting.
Sakura felt a little warmer with the blanket around her; she didn't realize she was so cold until now. Her head is a little dizzy, so she can't really see where she is, but she knows the way from the house and Penguin Park very well so she doesn't need to see that badly. Since she can't see very well, she can't see Syaoran very well either; she doesn't even know what his name is! She gave him the last of the directions to her apartment and drifted off to sleep in his arms, her last thoughts were 'I'll ask him later...'
Syaoran sighed 'She just HAD to sleep out here' He carried Sakura in his arms and found the name tag of Sakura's home (A/N: The Japanese apartments always have the family's last name beside the door Like in Digimon, they have it too...also in Japanese comedy series I've seen I'm only 80 sure about this though...)
'Now, where is the key...?' Syaoran searched through Sakura's pockets, to find nothing. He searched under the doormat, behind the tag, inside the mailbox place and didn't find anything either. He sighed heavily 'Where would a girl keep her key?' he wondered.
Something caught his eye though, something...shiny, around Sakura's neck. 'Wait! ...that's it!' he reached for the necklace and unclasped it; he smirked at the key and quietly said, "I found you". Looking at him at a third person's view, we would think that he's some weirdo that is smirking at a necklace.
He opened the door with the key, and entered a neat looking, peach coloured apartment. Most of the things looked untouched and clean. He entered the living room and placed the sleeping Sakura on the couch for a moment to look around. The kitchen was connected to the living room; he walked in the hallway, which was connected to the living room as well, to find the bathroom. He found some medicine behind the mirror in the bathroom and took them out.
So off he went back to the kitchen to fill a glass of water to accompany the medicine, and then he placed both the medicine and the water on the table in the living room. He felt her forehead, it was hotter than usual 'A small fever' he thought 'What should I do? Angels don't get sick...'
A small face towel plopped down his head with a note attached to it, it said:
2. Place it on her forehead
3. Check back regularly to see if the cloth is warm yet
4. If it is warm, repeat the steps above
PS: Hope you're having fun Syaoran-kun!'
Syaoran obediently obeyed Her orders, when he was done; he sighed and looked up at the ceiling "This is very hard work Empress-sama!"
An acorn appeared out nowhere and had hit Syaoran on the forehead, it was attached with a note, it said:
might as well finish what you started
Now go and prepare a meal for her in the kitchen!'
He went to the kitchen, and that was when reality dawned on him. What is he supposed to cook? Does she have the 'ingredients'? A bunch of questions ran through his head and none he can answer. A thick book floated down in front of him and stopped around the height of his head. Syaoran held his hands out underneath the book, and the book dropped right on them, forcing Syaoran to stumble a little.
"Earth Recipes for the Angel Dummies" Syaoran read out the title "Written by Nadeshiko", he sweat-dropped and opened the book to the Introduction page.
Instructions to find recipes:
1) Think what the recipe 'group' it would be in.
Ex: Chicken, Desert, Chinese
(Sickness in your case! was scribbled beside it)
Try to be as specific as possible
2) Flip to any page of the book to find what you want to cook
3) Ask Empress-sama for help if needed (I'm already helping you! was scribbled underneath it)
Credit goes to Nadeshiko-sama for spending time on making the book!'
Syaoran sweat-dropped at the last sentence 'Might as well try it' he sighed and closed his eyes 'I wish for the Sickness category, preferably something easy to cook'
He opened his eyes and flipped to a page in the book. "Chicken Soup" was the title of the page
"Ok...anything else?" Syaoran questioned the book quietly while flipping the page. Chicken Soup, Chicken Soup, Chicken Soup. It was all Chicken Soup! He flipped the pages furiously, can't there be something else? He stopped abruptly, something had hit him on the head. Looking down, he saw an acorn attached to a note again.
"Fine, fine! I'll do the stupid Chicken Soup" he said as he sent daggers at the ceiling.
He placed the book on the table, then he tried to find a pan...but to no avail, he couldn't find any.
A nut hit him on the head again, another note was attached to it. It was ripped and looked like it was written in a hurry. It said:
Love, Mom'
A few moments later, the doorbell rang; Syaoran went to get the door.
"Surprise" Eriol chirped happily
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Oh wow, I'm scared out of my wings" he replied sarcastically. Eriol sweatdropped at the corniness as Syaoran closed the door.
"What happened up there with empress-sama?" Syaoran wondered
Eriol sweat-dropped. "You don't want to know.."
An image of Nadeshiko grabbing the closest things and throwing them at the wall appeared in Eriol's mind.
"Anyway" Eriol started "what do you want me to help you with?"
"...I..." Eriol urged him on "...I...don't know how to cook..."
There was a moment of silence; Eriol was staring at Syaoran in shock. Of course, the moment didn't last too long, because Eriol burst out laughing, clutching his stomach in pain. Syaoran just stood there, his face slowing turning red from embarrassment and anger.
Someone moaned. Eriol stopped his laughing gradually at looked towards Sakura. Syaoran did the same.
Sakura is still laid on the couch but she moved a little, making the towel on her forehead slip onto the floor. Syaoran quickly picked up the towel, wetted it with cold water, and then placed it on top of her head again.
"So, let's get started on the cooking" Eriol said enthusiastically, Syaoran merely nodded.
"Ok, let's have a pot, can (as in soup can), power..." Eriol listed out the things as things he mentioned popped out of thin air or switched on.
Syaoran sighed 'He's showing off again' "Don't show off, you're here to help so at least teach me how to do all that stuff that you did!"
Eriol smiled and started to teach Syaoran how to cook, and also how to make stuff appear with magic.
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Syaoran stirred the chicken soup while Eriol leaned on the counter.
"So, what's her name again?" Eriol wondered as he looked at Sakura.
"Kinomoto Sakura" Syaoran replied as he stirred the soup.
"Does she know you yet?"
Syaoran smacked his head and groaned "I forgot to introduce myself to her"
Eriol chuckled at his best friend's behaviour, "Alright, do you want me send Kero a message?"
"Nah, I'll talk to him when I get back"
"Ok" Eriol stood up "I better leave now before she wakes up" They both walked to the door. "Good luck with her...and be careful with the soup" Eriol said as he opened his wings at flew up towards the clouds.
"Soup...soup...the soup!" Syaoran quickly locked the door and rushed back to the soup. 'Good thing it didn't burn while I was away' and kept stirring the soup again.
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She slowly stirred and opened her eyes to find a bright light coming from the kitchen. Something cold and wet was on her forehead. She took it off as she tried to sit up straight.
'How did I come back home?' then she remembered 'that stranger...'
Syaoran pushed Sakura down gently, interrupting her thoughts.
"You must be tired still, you shouldn't be sitting up yet" he took the towel and placed it on her forehead again. She silently obeyed.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked him. He helped her home and she still didn't know who he was.
"The name's Li Syaoran" he replied
"Do you know my name?" Sakura asked curiously
Syaoran had the urge to say yes but that would blow his cover. "No" he simply replied.
Sakura laughed quietly "Of course not, how would you know anyway" she laughed again
"My name's Kinomoto Sakura, thanks for helping me" she smiled for the first time this week.
She smelled the air and could smell some kind of soup. "Did you cook for me?" Sakura asked as she grinned.
"Of course, anything for you" Syaoran joked as he stood up and quickly got a bowl to put the soup in.
He brought back a tray. On top of it was a bowl of soup with a spoon in it, and a glass of water with some pills.
"Thank you very much, Li-san" she said as she saw the tray
He chuckled "Li-kun will be just fine, no need to be formal" he said as he placed the tray on top of the table beside the couch.
"Ok then, thank you Li-kun" Sakura smiled again.
He took a pillow from another couch and adjusted it so Sakura could sit up while resting comfortably on the couch.
Little by little, the soup was gone in a few minutes.
"The soup was good" was all Sakura said during the eating. She quickly ate her pills while swallowing the whole glass of water. After that, she lied down again, now with an extra pillow, smiling, as she drifted off to sleep again.
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Sakura woke up with the sun shining on her eyes; she squinted as she sat up with the towel falling onto a new blanket.
She looked around, ignoring the towel, to find a sleeping Syaoran lying on another couch
She smiled when she saw his sleeping form 'He stayed to help me...I wonder if his family is worried about him..'
Deciding to wake him up, she stood up and tiptoed towards Syaoran so he won't wake up before she reaches him.
She gently poked his nose 3 times. Syaoran mumbled something and shifted his position a little. She poked it again, and again he shifted, mumbling louder, something about Eriol?
Third time's a charm right? So she decided to try again. This time however, Syaoran opened his eyes slightly and said, "Eriol! Stop it!"
Sakura giggled "I'm not Eriol"
She giggled harder when Syaoran sat up with his sleepy eyes, and widened his eyes when he looked at her.
Feeling fully awake, his face turned pink as he said, "Uh...are you feeling ok?"
Taking his hands, Sakura placed one on his forehead and the other on hers. "What do you think?"
He has to admit, she does recover quite fast. "I think your fever is gone, but remember to takes the pills today anyway, just in case ok?" he said as he stood up. Sakura nodded as she stood up too.
"And remember don't try to out do yourself lately" Sakura nodded again
"I'll come back and visit when I can" Sakura should've shook her head since he's a stranger, but she nodded again.
"Alright, bye Kinomoto-san" Syaoran opened the door and saw a raven haired girl in pigtails was about to knock the door, but heard the door open.
She didn't notice who was standing there and started rambling facing down in a bow "I'm so sorry I arrived so late, as soon as I heard about the incident from Tomoyo, I came as fast as I could but then I got a delay and I was really frustrated but I wanted to come here really badly...Sakura?" the girl looked up to find herself talking to someone else instead of Sakura.
Her eyes widened in shock as soon as she saw who she was talking to "Syaoran?"
"M-Meiling...?"
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A/N: I'm done I actually had to finish this really fast since it's my second present for my friend's birthday, deedlitsflames
I hope you'll continue reading...and I apologize again if this is too closely matched with that other one.
...maybeI should delete it? Give me a response by reviewing please.
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Ok ok, I'm going to go now ("Thanks for the reviews" was heard in the distance)
Oct. 2/2003