Chapter 5 – Catching Up

The Unmasking of Eriol and Sakura's Hearts

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"Wow, I'm so out of breath," I gasped.

"Do you like it?" Eriol smiled happily.

"Of course I like it," I replied, "how can no one like it? It's so cool."

"Yes, I suppose it is," he smiled.

We were staring at the Big Ben Tower in London. It was gigantic and huge. The structure was so complex that it made it look so important. The Big Ben Tower in London was glooming over us.

"Where to next?" I said, excited.

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I smiled. I was so glad to see Sakura so happy and excited. She was practically bouncing off the walls, but I guess she would. She's never seen England before although I know for sure that she has heard of it.

"I don't know," I replied, "Where do you want to go?"

She pondered for a while and looked at me.

"Well, I have heard of the Tower of London before…," she said, hinting.

It didn't take a mastermind to tell where she was getting to. She wanted to go everywhere in London. Not that I minded, but I thought that we should be heading home. It was getting dark and chilly.

"Only to the Tower of London?" I smiled teasing her.

"Hmm…" She murmured, eyeing me with two very sparkling green eyes.

"Alright, fine, I give up," Sakura said, "what? What is it? I don't get it."

I eyed her carefully knowing that she knew perfectly well what I was getting to. After all, I did tell her about 28 times that it would get dark soon. Instead, I followed her wishes and showed her around. She hadn't seen anything before here. Honestly, I really didn't want to stop showing her around, because she was too good of a companion not to. She made me laugh so much and she made me happy. I think that I would be just content with staring at her face and knowing that she was here, right beside me.

"You know," I said smiling, "let's go home. It is going to-

A large grumble interrupted my sentence. I didn't know where it was coming from until Sakura grabbed her stomach moaning. I smiled again.

"You are hungry, hmm?" I noted.

She simply blushed and looked down.

"Don't worry, I know a place down on Queen Victoria Street," I smiled, "We'll eat there. Is that alright with you?"

She smiled and looked up.

"Anywhere there's food is okay," she said, still holding her stomach.

For a moment, she truly stared into my eyes. It felt like a spell. Neither one of us blinked nor moved. I swear, I looked at her eyes long enough to know every single detail that gave her eyes the beautiful sparkle. –

"Grr..."

Both of us instantly looked at Sakura's stomach. We looked back at each other. A split second later, both of us started breaking down in tears. Once we got control of ourselves, we hailed a double decker bus and went off to Queen Victoria's street covered in the darkness of the sky.

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"Is this England?" gasped Tomoyo, "it's so beautiful. I am so glad I brought my camera."

She was cradling her camera in her arms and holding it as if it were the most fragile thing in the world. Syaoran looked around, mouth agape. Kero and Yue looked around too, taking in the surroundings of England.

"Where exactly are we?" demanded Syaoran.

"Well, we're definitely in England," noted Tomoyo, "they're talking in English."

A flash of light started pulsing. Tomoyo and Syaoran looked away until the light faded.

"Why am I here and where is here?" Yukito said twirling around looking at everything around them.

Yukito calmed down and didn't move.

"What's wrong?" asked Tomoyo concerned, "are you okay? Yukito?"

"I'm okay," said Yukito, "my other self was telling me what was going on."

"Huh?" Syaoran said completely blank, "forget it, we have to find Sakura. That is our number one priority now."

"Well, that's one thing, but where exactly in England are we?" asked Kero back in his stuffed toy appearance, "and where does Eriol live?"

"I don't know," Syaoran glared, "but we have to find her. Can any of you read English? Or speak English?"

Tomoyo shook her head and looked away miserably.

"You don't know Tomoyo?" asked Syaoran.

Again Tomoyo shook her head.

"Then, how'd you know that they were talking in English?" asked Syaoran.

"I only know a few words," admitted Tomoyo sheepishly, "but they are useless. I only know how to say hi and how are you."

Syaoran groaned.

"Well, I know how to speak English," said Kero, "but I don't think that that would help at all."

"You think?" glared Syaoran.

"Back off Syaoran," said Tomoyo, "Kero's just trying to help."

"It is alright," interrupted Yukito, "I know how to speak English. Just back me up because we have to ask to find out where Eriol lives."

Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Kero, followed Yukito up to a man sitting on the bench.

"Excuse me sir," Yukito said, "I was just wondering if you know a young man named Eriol Hiragiizawa. Do you know where he lives?"

The man scratched his chin and pondered looking at the sky.

"No, I don't think that there is an Eriol Hiragiizawa living here," he said, "Besides, what kind of a name is that? Eri… Eliol, Riri…"

He started laughing in spite of himself. Syaoran looked at him like he was an idiot. Yukito was staring at the man's beard and Tomoyo was staring at a photo shop nearby and Kero was peeking out of Tomoyo's hood at a bakery a few yards away.

"What's wrong with him?" Syaoran asked, "Is he slow?"

Syaoran started imitating the man, attracting the interests of the Britons around them. He also made Tomoyo and Kero forget what they were looking at and focused on him.

"You know what?" said Yukito, grabbing Syaoran before he could do anything more, "we'll just find someone else who knows. Sorry for wasting your time."

"Hold on," said the man, grabbing Yukito's sleeve, "I don't know an Eriol Hiragiizawa, but I do know another young man. How old is the person you are looking for?"

"Oh, he's 14 right now," replied Yukito, "do you know him? He has dark hair and blue eyes, and he's around 5 feet 7 inches, I think."

"Hmm…he must be the one," the man muttered to himself.

He looked up at Yukito.

"The young man I think you are looking for lives at 4830 West Thames St. in London," replied the man, "his name is Eli Moon. Quite a decent young man. Very rich, I heard."

"London?" Yukito repeated.

"Yes, London," said the man, "right now you are in the city of Oxford. Get to London by the bus."

"Okay, thank you very much sir," said Yukito smiling.

"Don't call me sir, my name is David Calhoun," said Calhoun smiling, "Tell young Mr. Moon that I said hi."

"Will do," replied Yukito.

The four of them walked into a secluded place near the buses.

"Do you think we should find Eli Moon?" asked Tomoyo.

"Yes, he's the only chance we have," replied a determined Syaoran.

"What if it's not him?" asked Tomoyo.

"Well, we could just ask-" retorted Kero, "I don't know would we should ask."

Yukito seemed to blank out for a while.

"My other self says that if Eli Moon is not Eriol Hiragiizawa," started Yukito, "we will use magic to find her."

"Why didn't you do that in the first place?" demanded Syaoran.

"Mistress is holding us from the rest of our powers," said Kero.

"Then why are you able to fly?" glared Syaoran.

"Because she will be too tired to go around if she holds us from all our powers," Kero replied.

"Forget it, let's go," Syaoran ordered, mounting Kero's back.

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Sakura's POV

"This place is so beautiful," I said pleased.

The restaurant was certainly not a casual eatery. It was more elegant and more sophisticated, only the type of restaurant the rich go to. The chairs were so elaborately decorated and the tables were made of the finest wood. It suddenly occurred to me that our meal would be very very expensive.

"Eriol, is this restaurant the one you mentioned?" I asked dumbfounded.

"Yes, why?" he asked.

"Isn't it big and huge and elegant?" I said.

"Yes, it's a very famous restaurant," smiled Eriol, "one of the best."

"Are you sure this is the place?" I asked nervously.

"Yes, Sakura, what is wrong now?" he asked poring over the menu.

"Well-it- Well, won't this be too expensive for you?" I asked turning as red as a beet.

"No, don't worry," he said, laughing, "I'll take care of it. Now what do you want?"

Eriol so very kindly took care of my order for me. Then, we talked of old times until our food arrived. There was a sextet playing classical music so we watched them for a time. Eriol turned back his head to look at me and I smiled.

"So Eriol," I said, "how are things going between you and Kaho?"

"Hmm?" Eriol murmured wiping his mouth with a napkin.

"I broke up with her ages ago," replied Eriol.

"What? Why?" I asked.

"It's simple Sakura," said Eriol, the grin fading, "I didn't love her. Not anymore. So I broke up with her."

He looked at my concerned face.

"Don't worry, Kaho is fine," said Eriol trying to reassure me, "I told her that I didn't love her. She's married now."

"WHAT?" I asked, "to who?"

"To a man named David Calhoun," said Eriol, "he is a sorcerer, very handsome. They have 3 children right now."

"What!" I exclaimed, "really?"

"Yes," Eriol replied.

The waitress gave us our bill and Eriol paid for it. I was so caught up with Kaho being married and having children that I forgot that Eriol was the one paying for it. He led me to the bus and we took it home not saying a word to each other. I found both of us standing in the front of Eriol's house in the dark.

"Eriol, are you okay?" I asked.

"Yes, I am okay," Eriol said.

"Not physically, I mean are you okay with Kaho being married?" I asked.

"Sakura, I'm fine," Eriol said, "just trust me"

"You sure?" I asked.

"Yes," said Eriol.

I blushed and hugged him unexpectedly. I felt Eriol wrap his arms around me, warming me. He held me tight and close.

"Come," he said holding my hand and pulling me inside the house.

Author's note: Here's Chapter 5! Please tell me whether it's bad or good! Please please review!

Reviewers: Same thing that I said last chapter. Syaoran is going to get better! I promise! Thing is that I've got so many thoughts whirling through my head that these chapters are going to be so long. The Unmasking of Eriol and Sakura's Hearts are actually a prologue to a sequel so just bear with me. A lot of people have been saying that Syaoran's personality is aggressive and not quite himself. I know that but since my chapters are a little long, it might take a while to get his personality back, you know since he's extremely angry that Sakura's with Eriol and that they are alone together. I'll try to stress that in the next chapter, which might be on tomorrow. He'll have his personality back in the next chapter. Trust me! Oh, and I'm sorry that for a while, I didn't accept anonymous reviews! I couldn't find out how to do it! But, anonymous reviews are accepted!

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