Chapter 6- Opening Up
The Unmasking of Eriol and Sakura's Hearts
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura. The only character is own is David Calhoun. I made him up.
Reviewers: 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.
Eriol pulled me into his house. I wondered what was wrong. He was so tense, which was worrying me. Usually, he was so calm, serious, and tranquil, but now he was so uptight.
"Eriol, what's wrong?" I said.
Without replying, he led me to what could only be his library. There were so many bookshelves filled with books on the wall. A ruby red chair was set right next to the fireplace. I thought I saw a painting on the wall of cute Shih Tzu (dogs), but I wasn't sure because the room was dark. I heard a door close behind me.
"Eriol, where are you?" I said nervously looking around.
"I am here," he replied.
He took hold of my hands. I could feel myself shaking. I really wanted the light on now. Eriol hugged me tight. I held him. I realized that he was sad. I felt so sorry for him. He was very lonely and he needed someone to depend on, to lean on. We just stood there holding each other for what seemed like hours in the dark, but I did not mind. I could smell him. He smelled of cherry blossoms and oriental tea leaves. His skin was of such a beautiful colour that reminded me of a very light coloured peach. His hair reminded me of the darkest chocolate, so dark it looked like black. His arms were very strong, that I knew, but he was holding me with such gentleness that it seemed that if he grasped me any tighter, I would shatter and break. Maybe, I would. I was very sad remembering what had happened between Syaoran and me. I realized that Eriol had to have gone through the very same thing I was going through, except when he did, he did not have anyone to lean on, to depend on. He was all alone. Long ago, when we were 10, he told me that he had been alone, and that he felt that he would always be alone. Eriol suddenly pulled away from me.
"Sakura, I'm so sorry. I just needed to…collect myself," Eriol whispered, breaking down, "Sakura?"
He held my hands and looked at my face. There were tears running down my cheeks and my eyes were brimming with tears.
"Sakura? Why are you crying?" he whispered as he gave me a black handkerchief to wipe my face.
"I-I just remembered what happened between Syaoran and I. It must have been harder for you. You didn't have anyone to turn to. I'm so selfish," I cried, "I decided to come here because I thought that it would be okay to be with you, even if were only for a few seconds, because the pain hurt so much. I knew he would react that way and I told him."
He held me tighter and breathed in my hair. I placed my head on his shoulder.
"It's alright Sakura, you are not selfish," he whispered," I was happy that I left her. It was fine. Don't worry, I had Spinel and Nakuru to turn to. It was okay. I don't mind at all that you came here. I am happy to be with you, even if it is only for a few seconds.
He paused.
"I was hurt only by the fact that I thought that I would hurt Kaho," Eriol whispered, "I did not want her to hurt."
"Did she hurt?" I whispered, unhappily.
"She did at first, but I told her that there would be someone else for her," he whispered, "and there was. David fell in love with her and the same for Kaho. Now they are married and happy, because they have each other, and their kids."
"It hurts so bad to be alone with no one to really care for you," whispered Eriol lost in his own thoughts."
I sobbed into his shoulder.
"Don't cry anymore, Sakura," said Eriol, "in fact, I should be the one crying. But, maybe…maybe I can't cry. As long as I can remember, I have never really cried."
His voice was breaking down.
"It's-It's okay to cry, Eriol," I whispered, pulling from his grip and staring straight into his eyes, sniffling, "It's alright to start. You are just showing your emotions. It's alright to let yourself out. Sometimes, I think that you wear a mask, Eriol. You always seem to hide yourself in a mask. You're so kind, so perfect that I wonder, whether or not that's the real you in there. The you where you can't feel any emotion, sadness, pain, and happiness. You don't have to hide anymore, Eriol. It's okay to be yourself. But, I don't blame you. You have always been alone. I have never really felt that way. I hope I never will, but you have all your life."
"Eriol," I said, starting to cry all over again, "Just know that I will always be there for you. You won't be alone anymore. I'll always be there."
For a minute, he stared at me, looking at me. I place my hands over my face and sobbed. I was hurt. He was hurt. It seemed that the world hated us.
"Huh?" I gasped.
Eriol took my hands off my face and held them in his hands and I looked at him. He look at me and closed his sad blue eyes. There was one tear falling down his cheek. He looked at my lips and lowered his lips down to mine. I closed my eyes as his mouth joined my mouth in a tingling sensational kiss. He pulled me into his arms and I couldn't believe it, but he started crying.
"Thank you so much Sakura," Eriol whispered, "Sakura, know that I will always be there for you, where no one can."
Both of us just held each other, crying until no tears came out.
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"Get off me!" Kero glared.
"What? Why?" Syaoran glared back.
"Do you want to risk flying?" Yukito asked.
"It's nightime," Syaoran pointed out.
"Nightime with plenty of lights," Yukito answered.
"We can go, just listen to me," pleaded Syaoran, "we don't know where Sakura is. Do you realize that she could be alone and hurt for all we know? We need to find her now. I don't want her to be hurt. I don't feel comfortable without knowing that she's okay. I…I don't think that I would even mind at this point if she's at Eriol's house. I just want to know that she is safe."
Everyone stared at him. He was very worried about Sakura. You could see it very plainly on his face.
"Alright, then," Yukito said looking at each of them, "we'll fly."
Both Yukito and Kero changed back into their true forms. Tomoyo and Syaoran both mounted Kero.
"What's wrong Tomoyo?" asked Syaoran looking at her unhappy face, "we're going to find Sakura."
"Yes, you're right, we are going to find Sakura," Tomoyo said, "alright, let's go then."
"Why, what was wrong?" asked Syaoran.
"I thought that I could film England on the way to Eriol," Tomoyo said sadly looking down, "but Sakura is much more important. We've got to go find Eriol."
"You were worrying about filming?" repeated Syaoran looking at her unbelievably.
"Forget it, we're going," growled Kero, flying up in the air.
"Wait a minute," yelled Tomoyo over the noise that Kero was making, "do you know where London is?"
"I know it is east of Oxford," Kero said, "it shouldn't be that hard to find. Just look for a huge intricately designed clocktower."
"The Big Ben tower in London," clarified Yue.
Yue led the way to the east, with Kero, Syaoran, and Tomoyo looking for the Big Ben.
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My face felt like a puffy mask. It was drenched with tears. I had finally stopped crying. I shocked myself though. I had never cried before. My heart had ached so painfully the day I broke up with Kaho. But it had ceased a few days later, only to resume aching in my heart, knowing that I would probably be all alone. I had been alone all my life. I had not a clue who my parents were or even if I had parents. I just remember living in this house, living in hell all alone. My only balm was the thought of being a sorcerer and my constant dreams of Sakura. They hadn't stopped and I thought that they never would. I hoped they never would. I closed my eyes. I needed Sakura so badly and now she was in my arms. I held her so tight and rested my mouth in her hair.
I looked down at her. She was asleep. We had been standing here in my library for such a long time that she had cried herself to sleep. I was feeling tired myself. My legs suddenly gave way and both of us landed on the couch. I pulled Sakura close to me and closed my eyes into a deep sleep, resting my arms around her body.
"Master?" yelled Ruby, as she opened the door.
"Be quiet, Ruby," said Spinel, "he is probably resting. It is 10:30 at night. Don't wake him."
"Whatever, let's go to the library then," Ruby said, rolling her eyes.
"Why?" asked Spinel, "you've never been fond of reading."
"I want to see what movies are on tomorrow and the computer's in the library," said Ruby in a matter of fact tone.
"Alright but we have to be quiet, I don't want to wake Eriol up," said Spinel as they walked into the hallways.
Ruby opened the door to the library very quietly and accidentally closed it on Spinel's tail, who roared in pain.
"Shh, be quiet," glared Ruby, covering Spinel's mouth, "you've probably already wakened everyone in London."
Both of them looked around for any sign of movement and sighed, relieved that they hadn't woken anyone up.
"That hur-"
A sigh bade them to look around.
"Spinel, look who's on the couch," whispered Ruby.
"What?" said Spinel squinting, "I can't see."
Spinel moved closer to the couch and took a good look. He quickly moved back to where Ruby was standing.
"It's Eriol and Sakura," whispered Spinel, "sleeping together."
"That's so cute," said Ruby.
"No, it's not," reprimanded Spinel, "Sakura has Syaoran for a boyfriend, right? How do you think he will feel if he knows that Sakura is sleeping with Eriol?"
"True," said Ruby, "…okay, then you wake them up."
"What?" glared Spinel, "you do it."
"Forget it," said Ruby, "we'll just let them sleep since neither one of us is brave enough to wake both of them up. Spinel, get a blanket."
Spinel frowned, but did what she said.
"Good, they will get cold during the night," Ruby noted.
Both of them went over to put the blanket on the two.
"Ruby, look," said Spinel.
"What?" asked Ruby, "they look like they cried all night."
"Do you think something is wrong?" asked Spinel.
"I don't know," said Ruby, "we'll find out in the morning."
She placed the blanket on the two and sighed.
"Let's go to bed," said Ruby.
"I thought you wanted to look for the movies," Spinel said.
"I changed my mind, maybe later," said Ruby walking towards the door, "I have this gut feeling to leave Eriol and Sakura alone."
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-Sakura A. Moon-
