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Not that different
Chapter two
***Syaoran POV***
I walk into the hotel room. Why am I here? Oh yeah Eriol Hiragizawa forced me to come. I didn't want to come but the asshole wouldn't go alone, I guess I can get some business done here though. I mean I've had some offices up here for years I've just never been bothered to come here. I think I'll go and see if everything's being run smoothly, if not some jobs are gonna be lost. It's a good cover story too, for the press I mean. Well, I can't exactly say, 'that I'm doing a magical investigation into those murders, you know, where there is a symbol burnt in to the back of the victim.' It would be even more suspicious because the police haven't released the files to the public yet. So to the press its 'Li Syaoran, 24, leader of the famous Li-clan, is in our town in Japan to check on the way his business is being run here' nothing suspicious there right? The hotel sucks, I mean it's supposed to be the best in town, but I'd give anything for them to stop bugging me, asking if I wanted anything. Yeah, I want peace. I collapse onto the gigantic bed and sigh. The door bell rings, I groan the walk over to the door and let in that annoying Eriol. "Can't I get any peace?" I yell at him, but being Eriol he just smirks,
"You need to chill!" he responds quietly,
"I had no idea!"
"I take it your going to the offices tomorrow. Instead of helping me with this investigation."
"You need to ask?" I say,
"Look I'm gonna need help, it's not like anybody else is going too. I mean Meling has just got engaged."
"Don't remind me!" I growl back,
". Tomoyo has got to organise where and whats going on in that fashion show for her designs."
"Which we have to attend!" I retort back,
".and Sakura's MIA!" my anger immediately disperses at my wifes name,
"Missing in action," I whisper, I walk to my suitcase and unpack a picture of us together on her twentieth birthday.
"Look, I'm sorry, I didn't want to mention her but we've got to be realistic, I need help investigating this!" he says softly.
With one look at him I know he's sorry. Sakura, I touch the picture. She seemed so happy, but I guess I forgot how good she was at putting on fake smiles. We dated till we were both eighteen, that was how old we were when we got married, then when we were twenty, she took off. I searched for years, but she didn't want to be found. Meling, Eriol and I didn't even know she was unhappy, but Tomoyo did, although she didn't know she was going to run. Two years later a Sakura's lawyer got in touch, she wanted a divorce. He said she wanted to get on with her life, and leave the past behind her. Leave me behind her. I tried to find where she is but her lawyer won't tell and I won't sign the divorce papers till I've spoken with her. So far, she hasn't even tried to get in touch, so I haven't signed anything. I need to know why she left, before I let her go. I haven't dated anyone and I can't, the thought of moving on without her or her being with somebody else. I can't even think it. So I've engrossed myself in the Li Company and it's grown bigger and stronger than it has ever been.
My whole family was so devastated when she left, especially Meling, so we try not to talk about her, I know that if she did ever come back though she would always be let back into the family by me but I don't know about the others.
"I'll help, but I'm going to maintain the cover with the press, so I have to go into the office." I say bringing myself out of my daydream.
"We need to get the files the police have and talk to some people." Eriol replies, I nod.
"Most of the victims are under twenty-eight," I say,
"So we could go to some of the clubs or the local hang outs, we might find out some info from them."
"I agree,"
"I'll go for a quick sleep, get a shower, get dressed and grab some food, then head out to the clubs from the east of the hotel. Can you do west of the hotel? And we can meet in lobby in the morning, at say eight, for breakfast?" I nod, "Good, oh yeah and at least we don't have to help Meling with her wedding preparations, she'll go mental if we get something wrong! I feel sorry for Renzo." I chuckle at his remark, he was right. He leaves the room, I put the picture of Sakura on the bedside table and set the alarm and lay down on my bed staring at the picture, until I fall in to an uneasy sleep.
***Sakura POV*** I open the door to my apartment and slowly shut the door behind me. I put the food shopping on the table next to the door.
"Hey Kero you home?" I shout,
"In the living room" he calls back,
"Can you help me with the shopping?" I say, he comes to me in his true form and grabs one of the paper bags with his teeth, while I take my shoes off and then grab the other bag following the guardian beast into the Kitchen.
"Yuki still at work,"
"Yeah, and I bet as soon as he gets home he'll either transform into Yue or stay as Yuki and eat all of the food" Kero says,
"Kero!" I say warningly,
"What its true! Ryu left a message apologizing for something, what did he do now?"
"Told everybody we'd go out with them before even asking me, I hate it when he does things without asking me."
"You know what I say."
"Dump him" I mimic, putting the food into the cupboards,
"I'm serious Sakura!"
"You haven't even met him," I say,
"Your right, but I know you're to good for him, and you wanna know how I know that? The amount times he's always calling apologizing for doing something stupid."
"Yeah well." I let the words drift off in to silence,
"What's wrong Sakura, I hate seeing you upset."
"I don't know Kero. I just feel so empty, do I look empty?"
"You look like you need a long relaxing bath, I'll go get one running,"
"Thanks Kero," I whisper talking off my shoulder bag, and I get out the copy of the files I received on those murders and I take them to the kitchen table.
I've lived with Kero and Yue since I left Syaoran, and though there annoying at times, I couldn't live without them. Yue's borrowed form Yuki, is currently working as a teacher at an elementary school. Yue went through a lot around the same time I did, I mean he broke up with my brother and it wasn't easy on either of them, and that was probably the only time he would ever open up to anyone, and we're closer to each other now, he looked so vulnerable, I probably look like that now. Kero's right, Trina's right, I'm not happy with Ryu, I need to break up with him. I can feel tears falling down my cheeks, will I ever feel loved, like the way I did with Syaoran? I feel Kero slightly pulling me to the bathroom, and say it's going to be all right. How, I felt like screaming, nothing is ever going to be all right. I miss Syaoran so much, but I can't go back to that life, so I am I gonna feel like this forever. I hear Kero shut the bathroom door. I slowly undress and climb into the bathtub, the tears fall more freely as I breakdown crying hugging my knees.
Not that different
Chapter two
***Syaoran POV***
I walk into the hotel room. Why am I here? Oh yeah Eriol Hiragizawa forced me to come. I didn't want to come but the asshole wouldn't go alone, I guess I can get some business done here though. I mean I've had some offices up here for years I've just never been bothered to come here. I think I'll go and see if everything's being run smoothly, if not some jobs are gonna be lost. It's a good cover story too, for the press I mean. Well, I can't exactly say, 'that I'm doing a magical investigation into those murders, you know, where there is a symbol burnt in to the back of the victim.' It would be even more suspicious because the police haven't released the files to the public yet. So to the press its 'Li Syaoran, 24, leader of the famous Li-clan, is in our town in Japan to check on the way his business is being run here' nothing suspicious there right? The hotel sucks, I mean it's supposed to be the best in town, but I'd give anything for them to stop bugging me, asking if I wanted anything. Yeah, I want peace. I collapse onto the gigantic bed and sigh. The door bell rings, I groan the walk over to the door and let in that annoying Eriol. "Can't I get any peace?" I yell at him, but being Eriol he just smirks,
"You need to chill!" he responds quietly,
"I had no idea!"
"I take it your going to the offices tomorrow. Instead of helping me with this investigation."
"You need to ask?" I say,
"Look I'm gonna need help, it's not like anybody else is going too. I mean Meling has just got engaged."
"Don't remind me!" I growl back,
". Tomoyo has got to organise where and whats going on in that fashion show for her designs."
"Which we have to attend!" I retort back,
".and Sakura's MIA!" my anger immediately disperses at my wifes name,
"Missing in action," I whisper, I walk to my suitcase and unpack a picture of us together on her twentieth birthday.
"Look, I'm sorry, I didn't want to mention her but we've got to be realistic, I need help investigating this!" he says softly.
With one look at him I know he's sorry. Sakura, I touch the picture. She seemed so happy, but I guess I forgot how good she was at putting on fake smiles. We dated till we were both eighteen, that was how old we were when we got married, then when we were twenty, she took off. I searched for years, but she didn't want to be found. Meling, Eriol and I didn't even know she was unhappy, but Tomoyo did, although she didn't know she was going to run. Two years later a Sakura's lawyer got in touch, she wanted a divorce. He said she wanted to get on with her life, and leave the past behind her. Leave me behind her. I tried to find where she is but her lawyer won't tell and I won't sign the divorce papers till I've spoken with her. So far, she hasn't even tried to get in touch, so I haven't signed anything. I need to know why she left, before I let her go. I haven't dated anyone and I can't, the thought of moving on without her or her being with somebody else. I can't even think it. So I've engrossed myself in the Li Company and it's grown bigger and stronger than it has ever been.
My whole family was so devastated when she left, especially Meling, so we try not to talk about her, I know that if she did ever come back though she would always be let back into the family by me but I don't know about the others.
"I'll help, but I'm going to maintain the cover with the press, so I have to go into the office." I say bringing myself out of my daydream.
"We need to get the files the police have and talk to some people." Eriol replies, I nod.
"Most of the victims are under twenty-eight," I say,
"So we could go to some of the clubs or the local hang outs, we might find out some info from them."
"I agree,"
"I'll go for a quick sleep, get a shower, get dressed and grab some food, then head out to the clubs from the east of the hotel. Can you do west of the hotel? And we can meet in lobby in the morning, at say eight, for breakfast?" I nod, "Good, oh yeah and at least we don't have to help Meling with her wedding preparations, she'll go mental if we get something wrong! I feel sorry for Renzo." I chuckle at his remark, he was right. He leaves the room, I put the picture of Sakura on the bedside table and set the alarm and lay down on my bed staring at the picture, until I fall in to an uneasy sleep.
***Sakura POV*** I open the door to my apartment and slowly shut the door behind me. I put the food shopping on the table next to the door.
"Hey Kero you home?" I shout,
"In the living room" he calls back,
"Can you help me with the shopping?" I say, he comes to me in his true form and grabs one of the paper bags with his teeth, while I take my shoes off and then grab the other bag following the guardian beast into the Kitchen.
"Yuki still at work,"
"Yeah, and I bet as soon as he gets home he'll either transform into Yue or stay as Yuki and eat all of the food" Kero says,
"Kero!" I say warningly,
"What its true! Ryu left a message apologizing for something, what did he do now?"
"Told everybody we'd go out with them before even asking me, I hate it when he does things without asking me."
"You know what I say."
"Dump him" I mimic, putting the food into the cupboards,
"I'm serious Sakura!"
"You haven't even met him," I say,
"Your right, but I know you're to good for him, and you wanna know how I know that? The amount times he's always calling apologizing for doing something stupid."
"Yeah well." I let the words drift off in to silence,
"What's wrong Sakura, I hate seeing you upset."
"I don't know Kero. I just feel so empty, do I look empty?"
"You look like you need a long relaxing bath, I'll go get one running,"
"Thanks Kero," I whisper talking off my shoulder bag, and I get out the copy of the files I received on those murders and I take them to the kitchen table.
I've lived with Kero and Yue since I left Syaoran, and though there annoying at times, I couldn't live without them. Yue's borrowed form Yuki, is currently working as a teacher at an elementary school. Yue went through a lot around the same time I did, I mean he broke up with my brother and it wasn't easy on either of them, and that was probably the only time he would ever open up to anyone, and we're closer to each other now, he looked so vulnerable, I probably look like that now. Kero's right, Trina's right, I'm not happy with Ryu, I need to break up with him. I can feel tears falling down my cheeks, will I ever feel loved, like the way I did with Syaoran? I feel Kero slightly pulling me to the bathroom, and say it's going to be all right. How, I felt like screaming, nothing is ever going to be all right. I miss Syaoran so much, but I can't go back to that life, so I am I gonna feel like this forever. I hear Kero shut the bathroom door. I slowly undress and climb into the bathtub, the tears fall more freely as I breakdown crying hugging my knees.