Sorry for the long wait… I was just waiting for something to come up. I don't have much to thank for though… Still I would like to thank my first reviewer, you keep my hopes up… And for now, you're my only inspiration. Thank you very much!
Disclaimer: Still I don't own CCS… What's new?
Chapter 3: Something I Felt…"Dad, the police said they didn't got any reports on a lost girl." Touya told his father.
"No, it can't be… She's been lost for days…" Fujitaka said, worrying.
"They said there was a girl who got hit by a car days ago, but they told me what she looks like and it isn't her, the place was a little far from Tomoeda. I doubt that it is her." he told his father disappointedly.
"If the girl isn't her, then where is she?" Fujitaka asked almost getting furious.
"Wherever she is Dad, we don't know but I know Mom is there and will take responsibility to guide her. Trust me Dad, he won't let the both of us down. She will guide her." he said as he tried to comfort him.
"I hope you're right Touya." he replied
"I feel she's alive and safe somewhere, let us not lose hope. She will return to us, I know." he said to keep his father's hopes up but not quite sure if she was fine himself.
They didn't know that an angel was watching over them, listening to their conversation it was none other than Nadeshiko…
"My dear Fujitaka and Touya, don't worry, she is okay. I won't let anything bad happen to her." she then grinned and suddenly disappeared.
"Madame, she had a blood clot in her brain that's why she can't recall anything. She has mild amnesia but her memories will return little by little. Only it may take long." the doctor explained.
"Amnesia? That's why she couldn't remember anything." she whispered under her breath
"By the way Madame, you can take her out of the hospital after 2 days." the doctor told her as he closed the door.
'She's still sleeping… I wonder what I should call her… Xiju, Li Xiju will be her name for the time being.' she thought as she was admiring the girl in her sleep.
"Uuhn…" she moaned and sat up seeing the lady sleeping in the couch near her bed.
"……" she looked around the place and noticed the window, she saw that it was snowing outside.
"… Oh, sorry, I fell asleep, do you want anything?" Yelan asked
"I… I want to… to know my name… and why can't I… why can't I remember anything?" she stuttered
"I decided to call you Xiju since I don't know who you are. You have amnesia, the doctor said you won't be able to remember anything for some time." she said as she smiled warmly at her.
"Xiju…?" she stated still unsure if she heard her right
"Yes, Li Xiju, you can have my surname for a while, is the name ok to you?" she asked
"Y…yes" she answered.
"Do you still want to know anything?" she asked her keeping the smile on her face.
"Why am I… here?" she asked her.
"Let's just say that you have been through a terrible accident. And it's my fault… I'm really sorry that this happened to you. Can you forgive me?" Yelan asked her.
"If this is an… accident… then this is no one's fault… You have no reason to feel sorry about… and I don't need to… forgive you." she replied weakly to her.
She was shocked to hear those words from the girl. She was very understanding and wise. And she liked her for it.
"Do you want to eat?" Yelan asked her again
"Yes, please…" she answered giving a smile at her.
Two days had passed it was time for Xiju to be released from the hospital. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve yet she doesn't know. Mrs. Li had been very kind to her, she told her about her life, how his husband died a few years ago, and how her children grew up missing their father. One time she asked herself if she had her own family and found nothing in her memory, feeling a bit disappointed she just erased it from her mind.
"Xiju we're here." she told her with glee.
She was amazed on how big Yelan's house was. It was more of a mansion rather than a house. Yelan parked the car and went out to the car's rear to take the wheeled chair out of since she can't walk properly yet. She helped her out and pushed her to the door of their house.
Ding Dong!She heard the doorbell ring and in an instant the door was opened revealing a very tidy and beautiful house.
"Welcome back Mrs. Li, your children have been waiting for you for days." the butler told her. Sakura noticed that he was old probably older than Yelan but nonetheless was very polite.
"Mom! At last you're home. I thought you wouldn't be here for Christmas, where have you been? You haven't even informed us!" said a girl somewhat at the age of eighteen. She had shoulder length silver hair and aquamarine colored eyes. She was beautiful.
(I made it up okay, I don't know what Yelan's daughters look like, nor do I know which came first, no worries after all, it's just a plot.)
"I'm sorry Feimei, I was in the hospital taking care of this girl." she said.
"Who is she Mom? And what is she doing in the hospital with you?" she asked raising a brow.
"Call your brother and your sisters first and I'll explain in the living room." she ordered and left.
"Fine then…" she left to call her sisters and her brother.
Minutes had passed. Yelan and Xiju were drinking tea in the living room. Xiju was very nervous about entering this house and meeting Yelan's children even though Yelan was very nice. All was quiet, and it was deafening.
"Hi mom! Welcome home." A boy with messy chestnut colored hair had entered the room and kissed Yelan in the cheek.
"Syaoran, you're here, where are your sisters?" she asked sipping her tea.
"They said they'll be here in a while. Who's she?" he asked her as she noticed Xiju drinking her tea, probably didn't notice him since he saw that she was in deep thought.
"That's why I called you all here. I won't tell you who she is until your sisters come." she said.
A little while later her sisters arrived and went to greeted their mother. She then started to explain.
"She is Li Xiju," she said.
"Li!" they replied in chorus.
"A relative of ours? I believe I haven't seen her name in our family tree." Feimei said suspiciously.
"Yes she is a Li and no she's not related by blood, since I just decided to make her one for a while. We met when I accidentally hit her with the car five days ago and now she has amnesia. She will be staying with us for some time until her memory returns. I hope you will treat her nicely as you treat each other. It's not her fault if she's here, she didn't want this to happen, none of us did." she explained to them sincerely. They know that if she speaks, it should be obeyed.
"Xiju, this is Sheifa, she is 20 years old and the eldest of my children." she introduced. She had ebony black hair and amethyst eyes that looked so familiar to her. She smiled at her and she smiled back.
"I believe you already saw Feimei, she is 18 years old second to the eldest of my children." she said to Xiju. She smiled at her and like Ying Luo she smiled back.
"This is Xiao Lang, we call him Syaoran. He is the only boy in this family, 16yrs old and the third eldest." she explained. She smiled at him and he mouthed something she didn't understand but saw in his eyes that he was happy for some reason.
"This is Fanren, the second to the youngest of my children. She is 14yrs old and a very sweet child." she said as Yelan hugged her. Fanren had the softest silver hair and the brightest deep blue colored eyes she had ever seen. Xiju greeted a "hello" to her and she replied a "hi" and thought she heard the sweetest voice.
"And the last, is Fuutie, she is the youngest. She's very active and sweet like her sister Fanren. She is 10yrs old." she told her as Yelan carried her to her arms. She had chestnut colored hair like his brother but had pure black eyes "Hello visitor, how are you?" Fuutie asked. "I'm fine, pleased to meet you Fuutie." she smiled at her.
Yelan felt herself smile as she watched how Xiju and her children get along. 'Everything will be fine.' she thought to herself.
A little while later, Yelan was giving Xiju a tour of the house which was actually a mansion and came across Syaoran in the middle of the tour. He insisted that he give the tour to her since he knows that her mother is tired and he really wanted to spend sometime with her.
Xiju was feeling uncomfortable being with him, seeing as this was her first time being alone with anyone of Yelan's children so she just stayed quiet. The tour was silent… Too silent for Syaoran to bear, it killed the hell out of him so he decided to break it.
"Do you like it here?" he asked her directly.
"Umm, yes, it is very relaxing and peaceful here." she answered.
"From the look on my Mom's face, I can tell that she likes you very much. I rarely see her like that, especially to a stranger." he told her.
"Oh? I think she's very kind… I really like her also." she replied.
"Yeah, she is, we all look up to her. She is patient enough to take care of us alone without Dad." Syaoran said.
"I envy you, you have a mother and four sisters, I wish I could recall my past so I can remember if I had a family like yours." Xiju said getting teary.
"About earlier…" Syaoran said trying to change the subject.
"What about earlier?" she asked
"Have you understood what I told you?" he wondered
"No, I didn't… sorry" she admitted
"I asked you if we could have a talk…" he stated
"Aren't we talking right now?" she asked
"No, I mean, Yes… No…" he stuttered making Xiju laugh 'God why am I stuttering?' he asked himself and grinned when he saw Xiju laughing.
He noticed earlier that she had the softest auburn hair and the most magnificent emerald eyes, but he never thought she would become a lot more attractive when she was happy. She was unlike anything he had seen. She was very beautiful despite the casts and bruises on her body.
"Xiju!" they heard a small voice call out from behind and saw that it was Fuutie.
"Hello Fuutie, what are you doing here?" Xiju asked her.
"I wanted to spend time with you. Mom said you are very nice." she smiled at her
"Not now Fuutie, can't you see we're talking? Didn't mother tell you that it's rude to interrupt people that are talking to one another?" he raised a brow.
"How can I tell? You weren't speaking to her, you were just admiring Xiju as she was laughing. I saw you from behind so don't even try to defend yourself." Syaoran felt himself blush at what his sister said.
Good thing Xiju wasn't listening since she was admiring the cherry tree in the middle of the garden and stood up unknowingly forgetting that she had a fracture on her leg because somehow, the cherry tree seems to ring a bell in her memory, but at once fell and went back to her senses. Syaoran and Fuutie not noticing that she had stood up since they were too busy arguing, ran towards her when they heard a loud rustle on the grass and helped her back to the wheeled chair.
"Are you okay?" Syaoran and Fuutie said in chorus.
"Yeah, I didn't know what came over me. Sorry…" she apologized
"That's okay, next time be careful, remember you can't walk yet." Syaoran advised her. She nodded in reply.
'I'm going to like it here I'm sure… but that's weird why am I attracted to the cherry tree? It seems like it can bring out something in me.' she told herself.
Syaoran looked at her and followed her gaze and found out she was staring intently at the cherry tree.
"Is something wrong?" he asked her.
"Huh? No it's nothing…" she smiled at him making him blush once more.
"Let's go inside Xiju, I'm hungry! Come on Onii-chan!" Fuutie told at them as she went inside to eat and they followed.
End of chapter
Author's note:
This is a bit long, also a lot more tiring.Somehow I hope it'll get me a lot of reviews. -Shiju
