Chapter 8- Sakura's Preparing

The Unmasking of Eriol and Sakura's Hearts

Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura

P.S.- Okay, Eriol's thoughts from now on are going to be italicized…just in case you have trouble understanding this story.


Is it Syaoran? I stared at the door. It has to be him. There's no one else who would come here. I looked at Eriol. He didn't look back. Instead, he slowly walked over to the door and reached for the doorknob. Please Eriol, don't open the door. Please don't. He hesitated and stopped his hand from touching the doorknob.

The door relentlessly kept ringing.

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Sakura, if you tell me to, I won't open the door. I stared at it, knowing that opening it would be the end of our short time together.

Sakura, I want to tell you the truth. I don't want you to go. I know it may not seem it, but in all my life, I never had as much fun as I did yesterday and the day before that, even though it was extremely painful. Especially last night, I needed you. I am glad that you were here. Just holding you in my arms made my thirst for you satisfied. And… we kissed for the first time. A kiss between only you and me. That's right that was my first kiss. My first kiss. Please, Sakura tell me not to open the door. I want more for us. I turned around and looked at her. She looked at me. Please Sakura, help me! She did not say anything. I turned around to face the door and grasped the door knob in my hand.

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Eriol! No, he's going to open the door. It has to be Syaoran. It has to be. I buried my face in my hands. Eriol… I ran into the kitchen.

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I took a deep breath. Here we go…

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I hear the door crack open. (Thinking to herself) Sakura, it is okay. Even if it's Syaoran, you'll be fine. No, I won't be. What? I looked up.

"Sakura?" Eriol called, "come here. Don't worry, it will be fine."

"Come," said Eriol, "it is alright."

I slowly walked back into the foyer. My heart was thumping in my chest and my body felt so hot and burning. I took a look at the visitors.

"Hello…"

"She can't understand English, David," said Eriol, "Sakura, he says hello."

"Oh, hello," I said feeling very relieved.

"Hmm?" asked David.

"She returns it back to you," said Eriol.

Eriol looked back at me.

"Sakura, this is my friend David," replied Eriol, "he is married to Kaho. This is the sorcerer I was talking to you about."

I looked at him. He was very tall with brown hair and brown eyes. His face was set with a beard and a mustache. I smiled tensely. Then, someone stepped out from behind David.

"Ms. Mizuki!" I exclaimed.

I jumped onto her and gave her the biggest hug I could give. I was glad that she was here.

"How have you been Sakura?" Kaho asked.

"Are you visiting Eriol?" she said smiling, eyeing Eriol.

I looked down unhappily.

"Sakura, what's wrong?" Kaho said, "Did something happen?"

I didn't answer. So, she turned to face Eriol.

"It is a long story Kaho," sighed Eriol.

"Hmm… You two don't look very good," noted David, "In fact, you both are very tense. Why don't you tell us what happened?"

Eriol looked at me and took my hand.

"Let's all go into the kitchen," suggested Eriol looking at me.

I looked into Eriol's eyes and squeezed his hand tightly grasping it with both hands.

"Okay," I whispered.

Eriol led the way to the kitchen. I heard light pitter patter of the feet. I looked back. There were three cute little children walking right behind David.

"Oh," I gasped.

Everyone turned around to look at me.

"What's wrong?" said Eriol, concerned.

I ignored him.

"Kaho? Are those your children?" I asked.

"Yes," she said smiling, "this is our three children."

"They are triplets?" I questioned.

"Yes indeed," David answered for her.

"Yes. This is Eli, Eric, and Ethanael," Kaho said proudly, "we named Eli after Eli of course. He is the oldest one, then Eric and lastly, Ethanael."

I smiled and looked at the elder Eli.

"He looks like you," I said, "just with brown hair and eyes."

Eriol smiled and looked at me.

"It would be nice to have a child," Eriol said smiling, "you have someone with you at all times. They would look up to you and you can tease them all the time."

"Eriol…!" I smiled, "You can be so mean sometimes and you can be nice too."

"I knew it," said Eriol, "I have a twisted personality."

The three boys were eyeing me carefully.

"Are they shy?" I asked.

"Yes," said Kaho.

We went into the kitchen and told Kaho everything that had happened so far, except for the scene last night.

"So…are you two going to be alright?" Kaho asked.

"Yes, I think we will be," I replied.

David scratched his head.

"They should be here today if they followed my instructions," noted David, "but, then again, they don't know England."

An alarm rang, coming from David's watch.

"Ahh…sorry Eriol," said David, "but we have got to go."

"Okay, bye then," Eriol said leading them to the door.

"Bye, you both will be fine?" asked Kaho.

"Don't worry, Kaho, we'll both be just fine," Eriol lied.

The door shut behind him. Eriol walked back into the kitchen and stared at me for a second. I looked at him.

"I will go back Eriol," I whispered, "I can't run away."

"Are you sure?" asked Eriol.

"I'm sure," I whispered.

Eriol went over to me and hugged me tight in his arms. He breathed on my hair and rested his head on mine.

"Sakura, what happened last night…" Eriol started, "It…"

"Don't worry Eriol, it was just you," I whispered, "You were just trying to help me."

Eriol let go of me and stared at me. Then, something seemed to snap, because he resumed hugging me.

"Sakura, you know that you can always come back here, you know," he whispered into my ear.

I looked up into his sad blue eyes. He knew that I would be leaving him soon.

"I know," I whispered and hugged him tightly.

"You better prepare," said Eriol, "don't leave here till Syaoran gets here, okay?"

"Mm-hmmm," I murmured.

"Then, go to bed," said Eriol.

"I will," I said as we let go of each other.

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"Kero, WHERE ARE WE?" yelled Syaoran over the noise of flying.

"I DON'T KNOW!" Kero yelled back.

"THEN STOP AND LAND SOMEWHERE!" Syaoran yelled back.

Kero landed on top of a building.

"Oh…" Syaoran moaned, "I can't hear anything."

"Well, maybe if you quit complaining, we could actually manage to get somewhere," Kero shot back.

"Be quiet," demanded Syaoran.

"You're telling me, kid, to be quiet?" growled Kero.

"Both of you be quiet," glared Yue, "We have to rest for now. It's almost 8:00 at night."

All of them tried to get comfortable on the building and all of them except Kero had to sit up to prevent themselves from falling. Tomoyo watched Syaoran for a while.

"Syaoran, are you okay?" asked Tomoyo.

"What?" asked Syaoran.

He looked down.

"No," he answered, "Sakura, I miss her. I love her, Tomoyo."

"Do you really love Sakura?" asked Tomoyo.

"I do, I really do," replied Syaoran, "It hurts to know that she doesn't love me anymore. I wanted to give her everything that I could possibly give her. And now, she doesn't love me."

"She loves you Syaoran, but in a different way," noted Tomoyo, "she sees you as one of her closest friends. Can't that be enough? Syaoran, I'm sure you'll find your true love soon, just like Sakura will find hers too."

"Sakura's already found hers," Syaoran said through gritted teeth.

"Who?" asked Tomoyo.

"That Hirigiizawa," glared Syaoran, "He loves her, I know it. I can see it all over his face."

"Isn't that a good thing, Syaoran, that she found him? That she can rely on him?" asked Tomoyo.

"But, I want her to rely on me," Syaoran said, breaking down.

"I'm sure that you'll find a better girl for you," said Tomoyo, "Don't be sad."

Syaoran placed his head on Tomoyo's head, tears leaking out of his eyes.

"When we see them, I'll be okay. I'll try to act happy at least," said Syaoran, as he finally fell asleep.

Tomoyo smiled happily.

"Syaoran, I'm so proud of you," Tomoyo whispered as she fell asleep on him.

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"Do you have everything ready?" asked Eriol, peeking into my room, er his room.

"Yes," I said, "there's not much to prepare. I took a shower too."

"Good," said Eriol.

I snuggled into his bed and pulled up the covers. Eriol walked towards me and sat on his bed and looked at me.

"Sakura, do you mind?" asked Eriol.

I instantly felt myself blush beet red.

"U-uh,…y-yeah, sure," I stammered.

"Thank you, I don't want to be alone tonight, especially tonight," Eriol said.

He took off the covers and slid inside next to me and pulled them up again. I blushed even redder when he faced me. I instantly turned over and went as far as I could from Eriol but still stayed on the bed.

A few minutes went by… A thunderstorm boomed over London and drenched everything. I could see that because the window shade was pulled aside. The thunder was getting louder and the lightning was scaring me. Soon, the thunder was so loud, it sounded like the earth was cracking open. I turned over and looked at Eriol. He had his back turned to me and was already asleep.

Eriol…

I gently tugged on his shirt. He wasn't waking up. I moved my body towards him and faced away from him pulling the covers up to my chin, trembling. Suddenly, I felt two warm arms wrapping around me and Eriol's head laid on mine, his cheek gently nudging my cheek. But…I didn't mind.

The night was extremely cold…

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