Summer Essence

Author's Note: So here we are, at chapter two! I don't include anything about the Japanese currency because I'm not exactly sure how much things would cost, and if I guessed on it, I might accidentally make the price too pricy or too cheap. --;; So yeah... and I like to keep my things very accurate. XP Anyways, enjoy the chapter and PLEASE read and review! Arigato!

Chapter 2

Love Letters

When Fujitaka came home with Sakura asleep in his arms, Touya came up to him and asked, "So, what happened with Sakura and that gaki?"

"Touya, if Sakura heard you say that, she'd be very angry. Nadeshiko never taught you to act that way, you know that," Fujitaka said sternly.

He saw his daughter's angelic face in the dim moonlight. As he entered his home, he realized that in a year Sakura would no longer be a little girl, but a premature preteen. He sighed with sadness as he carried his little baby up to her room. He could see her newly bought pink computer sitting there, looking new as ever. He decided to add Yelan and Syaoran's e-mail address to it.

Right when he opened the program, a virtual voice went, "Sakura has mail! Sakura has mail!" Sakura's eyes flittered open as she jumped from her sleep to race to the source of the virtual voice.

"Otou-san, who sent me an e-mail!!" Sakura shouted excitedly.

"Hold on Sakura, hold on," he said, opening the little envelope icon.

There popped up an e-mail to Sakura that said in bold, green letters:

Hey Sakura! Oka-san helped me proofread my letter. Yah, so anyways, I really miss you and Tomoyo! Tell Tomoyo I said hi, okay? Oka-san is making the Li Elders train me with my sword, remember I showed it to you but didn't know how to use it? It's really hard to use cause it's so heavy. So how are you doing? And what about Tomoyo? Is she still pretty as always? Oh what about her still filming you with the video camera Oka-san bought her. Is she still filming you? How come you don't film her? Well, you're different and you like to do lotsa stuff that I like to do! I wonder if you'd like to sword fight. It's pretty hard right now since the sword is so heavy! Eek, it's so heavy and yah. I can't wait till you write me back! Er, why can't Tomoyo be more like you and I? Oh how great that would be! Anyways, I gotta go, so ja!

Your Pal,

Syaoran

After reading his e-mail, her heart melted. She raced to sit on top of her father's lap and put her hand on her pink mouse, moving it so that she clicked the button that said "Compose". And so she began to write:

Konnichiwa Syaoran! Right now I'm sitting on Otou-san's lap! I'm so happy you e-mailed me! I'm gonna tell Tomoyo you said hi, OK? That's so cool! You're learning to sword fight! Teach me when you get back, OK? How cool that the Li Elders are teaching you how to sword fight, but I wish they could just come here to Tomoeda instead of you going to Hong Kong. I really miss you. I can't believe you actually wrote to me (yah I know I just said that earlier.) TODAY! I just can't wait till you come back. Do you know how much longer you're staying there? Maybe just a month or so? Do you know what university you're going to? I don't know which one I'm gonna go to. I really miss you, and I gotta go eat dinner now! Ja ne Syao-kun!

Your Bestest Friend,
Saku (Sakura)

She couldn't wait until the school year would start. Then her mind would be set free of Syaoran and she would have school work needing to be finished, leaving her no time to think of him. She was so excited about it she couldn't wait to tell Tomoyo yet he still mentioned Tomoyo. She couldn't get that out of her head. She longed to pour out her whole crush on Syaoran to him, telling him that she wanted him to love her, not Tomoyo, but he only saw that she considered him liking her clearly okay.

As the week went by, Syaoran forgot to check his e-mail until he turned on his computer and a virtual voice went, "Syaoran has mail! Syaoran has mail!" He clicked the little envelope icon to reveal Sakura's e-mail. He read it thoroughly and then decided that he'd e-mail her once every week – that would be a promise.

Hey Sakura! Looks like you still remember our nicks, huh? Gomen for taking so long to write back. I had lotsa training I had to do. They're working me to the limit and they say it's for my "benefits". Hah, can you believe that? Working a kid to his limits? Well, yah, but I guess they know better than me, since I'm still a kid 'n all. So, how are you? Oh and thanks so much for telling Tomoyo I said hi! Um... I was kind of wondering, is she still pretty as always? Gee, I wonder if her hair is still black. Lotsa stuff needing to be said n done. So, well... Oka-san said I'm probably not gonna come back to Tomoeda until I'm like... umm... 17 or 18. Doesn't that stink? I really wish you and Tomoyo could be here. Tomoyo would love our huge mansion! It has lotsa stuff! And while Tomoyo fixes herself on books, we could be bike riding or somethin like that! Right? And um... Sakura – I mean Saku, do you think that someday Tomoyo and I will be married? Well, I'm making you a promise that I'll e-mail you at least once a week, OK? Ja!

Your Friend,

Syao-kun

Week after week they continued to write together and week after week Sakura only saw his crush for Tomoyo grow stronger. He constantly asked of her and wanted to know how she was doing. Tomoyo kept to herself, randomly telling Sakura to tell Syaoran she said hi. It was every so often that he'd complement her on her neat spelling or how beautiful she had grown since their last encountering. He was always complimenting Tomoyo – always.

As the years went by, Sakura and Tomoyo began to age beautifully. They were finishing up high school and Sakura could no longer concentrate on school and cheerleading. She fell in love with the young man who wrote her those e-mails for all of those years. The ten years had lingered by, nearly killing Sakura's heart, and Syaoran had informed her that he would not be coming back for another year, which broke Sakura's heart even more.

"Konnichiwa?" Sakura answered her cell phone.

"Konnichiwa. Am I talking to the lovely Kinomoto Sakura or Daidouji Tomoyo?" a deep voice pelted through.

"Sakura," she replied almost hesitantly. Her cell phone could not see the person's phone number. Her caller ID had called it "Unknown".

"Well, Sakura, you might not remember who I am," the voice continued on.

"I don't recognize your voice. Who are you?" she pushed.

"Do you remember me, Saku?" went the voice.

Saku... Syaoran... It was Syaoran who called her Saku... it was... it was him!

"Syao-kun?" she asked, almost screamed as she was full of excitement.

"Syao-kun?" the voice echoed.

"Syaoran... it's you!" Sakura squealed, finally realizing he was playfully toying with her.

"Well, you finally got it," he laughed.

"Syaoran! How dare you tease me like that!" Sakura laughed.

"So, how has Tomoyo been? Tell her I think she looks lovely," Syaoran said immediately after Sakura finished.

"So you have no complements for me?" she said, forcing a playful, carefree tone.

"I do have complements for the lady, of course. I think you look like an old hag!" he said jokingly.

"SYAORAN!" Sakura screamed into her cell phone.

"Okay, okay, I think you're lovely too. So you haven't changed, have you?" he laughed, remembering their good days – their childhood memories.

a/n: Yes, it looks like Syaoran is in love with Sakura, but you'll find out if he is or isn't! Anyways, read and review! Please! Arigato! Sorry about the cheezy chapter title. I know it doesn't exactly involve anything with love, but then uh... I shouldn't let it slip. So anyways, hope you enjoy it! The title shouldn't really affect anything, should it? Anyways, read and review! Arigato!