Full Summary: Sakura comes home one day, and to her surprise finds a loveable stray dog. This stray is actually Syaoran under a curse, but Sakura doesn't know this. She takes him in and takes care of him. Syaoran eventually falls in love with her but she doesn't even know who he is. Will he be able to break the curse to tell her how he feels?
A/N: Ayame, I don't exactly know what you mean by "Kohaku is a BOY, not GIRL." If you mean, Kohaku is a boy name, not a girl name then...you're wrong. I mean, I'm no expert in Japanese names but Kohaku can be used as a girl name. In the manga Wish, Kohaku is the name of the angel staying with Shuichiro. And the angel was female. Well actually...Tokyopop made a little note saying angels don't have genders but they used feminine pronouns for them. Err...so I guess...Kohaku can at least be a feminine name, if not a female name? ;;
Atruyai, sorry but Syaoran's not gonna be Syaoran until like the last few chapters. I plan on making this story about 12-15 chapters long so...chapter 11-14? Loooong way from now. I'm obsessed with him too; he's so kawaii!
I just realized I forgot to put the little dividy thingys in last chapter. D'oh! bonks head on wall Also, I checked the dating in my previous chapters and it's actually supposed to be Thursday right now (Kohaku returned on Monday and Lost in Tokyo, all 3 parts, was only 1 day) but I'm skipping ahead to the weekend.
Sorry for the MAJOR lateness but...school and crap. Y'know, the usual.
Chapter 9: The Fly Returns
It was a Saturday night and Sakura was sitting on the couch, reading a book. Syaoran had just woken up from a nap. He spotted her on the couch across from his cushion and trotted over to it. He crawled up to Sakura's legs and curled up into a ball and looked up to her with his adorable puppy face.
Sakura smiled and said, "So you're awake. Did you have a nice nap, Rei?" He nodded. She sighed and petted him on the head. It was late and she was getting drowsy. Her eyes began to slowly close and drift into sleep when the phone rang.
Her eyes jumped open in surprise. It took Sakura a few moments to collect herself. She shook her head and picked up Rei from her lap and set him down on the couch.
"I need to go get the phone, okay?" Sakura said and walked into the kitchen. "Hello? Yes, this is Sakura. Oh hi Eriol-kun! Sure, I'd love to have lunch with you tomorrow! Let's meet at the restaurant. Okay, bye!"
She came back looking happier than ever. Sakura picked up Rei from the couch and spun him around in circles. Eventually, this made him very dizzy and he started to whimper.
Sakura finally set him down and started petting him. "Sorry, Rei. I'm just so happy! Tomorrow I'm going to have lunch with my friend Eriol! Yay!" she said and skipped off to her room, leaving Rei sitting there, open-mouthed, gaping at her.
Syaoran was lying on the carpet with a frown on his face. He had hoped he and Sakura could spend Sunday together. Go to a park or something. But instead he stuck inside, all alone, while she was out having lunch with some guy.
Who is she with again? I think Eriol was his name. What a stupid name. Eriol. I don't like that name, Syaoran thought pessimistically. Of course, truly, he couldn't care less what the guy's name was. It was the fact that Sakura was with this Eriol instead of him that pissed him off the most. But he'd never admit that to himself.
While Syaoran was lost in his angry thoughts, a small figure in the distance was slowly coming his way. It looked like...a fly.
Oh great. Him. It. Whatever. Whaddya want now? I'm in a bad mood, thought Syaoran angrily. He attempted to look angry and vicious but beagles are so cute that it was nearly impossible for Syaoran to look anything other than cute. All that showed up on his face was a slightly mutated look of confusion.
"Zzz...Hello again. Zzz. I have gathered some other..Zzz...victims. Zzz. We are having a..Zzz...meeting tonight at 7 PM. Zzz. You will be..Zzz...able to meet...Zzz...others like yourself. Zzz..Though it seems..Zzz..you have already..Zzz...been acquainted with..Zzz..some.
What? I haven't met any other animals that used to be humans...I think. Syaoran thought, a bit unsure of himself. He seemed to have an image of an old gray cat hovering over him. But where did it come from?
Syaoran tried to find some means of communicating with the fly. He was starting to get a bit desperate, but then he spotted Sakura's laptop on the kitchen desk. She had been working on some homework earlier that day so it was still on.
He grabbed a nearby pencil with his mouth and started punching keys on the computer. Eventually, he pulled up Microsoft Word and started typing, if that's what you called it. It was very difficult for him because he had to type each individual letter slowly with the pencil in his mouth.
"r u sure? i havent met ne others." The fly flew to the screen of the computer and read Syaoran's message.
"Zzz..I'm certain..Zzz..Rika said she..Zzz..saw you..Zzz..It matters not..Zzz..You will meet..Zzz..them soon enough..Zzz..So will you..Zzz..be there?" the fly buzzed in Syaoran's ear. That was really getting annoying.
He nodded and began to type again. "wut is ur name?"
"Zzz..I am Tatsuya..Zz.." said the fly. "Zzz..See you then..Zzz." And then he flew off into the wind.
The meeting was at 7 PM. Syaoran looked at the clock on Sakura's dresser. It was 3:00 PM. Only 4 more hours to go.
Although on the phone, Sakura had said she was just having lunch with her friend, Eriol, they actually wound up spending pretty much the entire day together. So poor Syaoran was going to be all alone for 4 whole hours..
A/N: Ok, now I know what you guys are talking about. You see, I hadn't seen Spirited Away until just 2 days ago (long time from the A/N above) and now I know why people seem to think Kohaku is a boy's name. Yes, Kohaku is indeed the name of the "River Spirit" which is Haku. But technically, it's the name of the river, not a boy. And rivers don't have genders. Whatever. I'm confusing myself. I actually hadn't figured this out until I watched the movie a second time in English. In the subtitles, it translates as "Kolaku River" so I didn't know where the heck the name "Kohaku" came from in the movie. For the person that said "Kohaku is a boy, not girl" yes, Kohaku is a boy in the movie Spirited Away. However, this is NOT Spirited Away. This is Lost Stray Lover. If somehow, you have been misled into thinking that this indeed is Spirited Away, I'm very sorry for whatever may have caused that. I could not and would not take credit for Miyazaki's masterpiece. Maybe I need to add that as well in the disclaimer?
Sorry for making Syaoran talk n00bish but he has to keep it short and sweet; he's typing with a pencil, remember?