Chapter Four
Xin's intentions?
Sakura slowly opened her eyes. Things were all blur at first but slowly they came into sight. Sakura blinked weakly. She was still feeling a little sick. She touched her forehead and realized she was laying on a king size bed.
'Where am I?' Sakura thought as she got herself to sit on the bed. She scanned around the room. Everything was neatly packed. The curtains were down. The wind was blowing the curtains apart and the ray shone slightly into the room. Sakura couldn't remember anything that happened. The last thing she remembered was sleeping on Xin's car.
"Yeah!" Sakura let out a shout. But as soon as she did so, she covered her mouth with her hand.
'I was sick and Li sensei brought me back to her house.' Sakura thought as she relaxed herself. She was feeling a little tease at first. It was then she realized her clothes had changed. She was wearing an orange qipao-like shirt (the same kind that Sakura wore when she first met Syaoran's mom when she was in Hong Kong in the first movie.) and orange ¾ pants.
"I wonder who change my clothes," Sakura whispered as she stood up. She felt her legs were still a little slow but she could still hand on.
"I did," A voice replied from behind her. This made Sakura turned very quickly towards the doorway. There she saw, Xin standing there, smiling at her. In Xin's hands were some clothes.
"Ohayo, Li sensei," Sakura greeted.
"Ohayo, Kinomoto-san," Xin smiled as she walked over to Sakura, "And please, when out of school, call me Xin. When you people call me Li sensei, it made me feel very old."
"Hoe?" Sakura blinked at Xin as she watched Xin put the clothes down on the bed.
"I'm just 19," Xin told Sakura as she walked over and touched Sakura's forehead, "You are still having a little fever. But it's okay. You can just stay here for another day. I had already asked Wei to cook you some porridge."
"19?!" Sakura shouted.
"Kinomoto, please," Xin sighed as she covered her ears, "I don't want to be a deaf."
"Gomen," Sakura apologized.
"No, it's okay," Xin smiled, "Get yourself a warm bath and change into these clothes. We will be waiting for you."
Before Sakura could say anything, Xin had walked out of the room, leaving Sakura standing at her spot. Finally recovering from her shock, Sakura gathered the clothes and took a bath. In no time, she was wearing a pink t-shirt and peach colour pants and walking down the stairs.
"Sakura-chan!" A voice shouted. Sakura looked up in time to see Tomoyo running towards her and practically jumping onto her.
"Tomoyo-chan, why are you here?" Sakura asked as she pulled herself away from her best friend who almost made her breathless.
"Xin Ona-san called me," Tomoyo replied, "Why didn't you tell me you were sick?"
"I didn't want you to worry. And who is Xin Ona-san?" Sakura blinked in confusion.
"Xin sensei," Tomoyo replied with a smile, "She told me I could call her that since she is only 2 years older than us."
"Oh..." Sakura found herself replying only that. She had almost forgotten about Xin's name.
"Please, Kinomoto-sama, Daidouji-sama," A man's voice said from behind them making Tomoyo and Sakura jumped on the spot and looked at the man. He looked about 40 and wore a very old fashion spectacle. "Xin-sama is waiting for the both of you to join them for breakfast."
"Them?" Both asked at the same time. The man just smiled at them before he turned to walk off. Both Tomoyo and Sakura looked at each other and followed him quietly. They walked down the corridor and out into the garden. Sakura and Tomoyo stared at the beautiful scenery in front of them. The water droplets on the leaves and flowers had yet to evaporate and reflected the ray caste upon it. From afar, Sakura and Tomoyo saw Xin sitting at the table and two other persons. The two figures were a little too familiar to them. As they walked over to the table, Sakura and Tomoyo gasped as they saw the two people. How could they not know them?
"Hiiragizawa-kun, Li-kun?!" Both of them shouted in unison and shocked. Xin sipped her coffee, ignoring their shock.
"Ohayo, Daidouji-san, Kinomoto-san," Eriol replied as he looked over at them. His eyes met Tomoyo's. Tomoyo immediately turned away and blushed. Eriol noticed her reaction and felt himself blushing as well. Noticing their action, Sakura looked from one to another. She never thought her best friend had something for this particular guy, although she knew they never really hated each other that much. They really looked like a cute couple together.
"Ohayo, Hiiragizawa- kun, Li-kun," Sakura greeted cheerfully.
"Make yourself at home, Kinomoto-san, Tomoyo-chan," Xin told them as she hint them to sit down. Nodding their heads, they sat down at the table. By then, the man had placed a bowl of porridge in front of Sakura and a plate of cakes and a bowl of soup in front of Tomoyo. Syaoran continued to look at his book as if no one else was there.
"Xiao Lang, I think Kinomoto-san just greeted you," Xin told him. This made him looked away from his book and at Xin who gave him a cold glare.
"Ohayo, Kinomoto," Syaoran greeted Sakura in a cold tone, without looking at her but at his book.
"Manner," Xin narrowed her eyes.
"Is it necessary to her?" Syaoran asked in an unhappy tone.
"She is the guest," Xin snapped, "She ought to be respected."
"Like I have respected her in school," Syaoran made a face.
"Xiao Lang!" Xin shouted.
"It's okay, Xin One-san," Sakura shouted, "Li-kun had always been like this since we were in elementary school. It's okay."
"You heard that, Xin," Syaoran replied with a smirk on his face as he looked back at his book while Xin sighed.
"Kinomoto..." Before Xin could finish her sentence, Sakura had already cut in.
"Just call me Sakura," Sakura smiled, "And I hope you wouldn't mind me calling Xin One-san."
"Sure," Xin smiled, "And like I told you earlier Sakura-san. You are to stay here for another night."
"No," Sakura shook her head, "I can look after myself. And beside, I had bothered you a lot already."
"I had already informed your father," Xin replied, looking up at Sakura, "And he will be returning tomorrow isn't he? You will have to stay until then. It's his words."
"But..." Sakura was at the loss of words. She couldn't possibly ignore her father's words can she?
"Don't worry," Xin reassured her, "And beside I can teach you math at the same time."
'That's what I didn't want.' Sakura thought while laughing nervously.
"I'm done with my breakfast," Syaoran replied as he stood up to leave.
"Going for training?" Xin asked without looking at him as he walked off.
"You should know me better," Syaoran replied in an odd tone and left them.
"Training?" Tomoyo asked as she looked at Xin. She had made sure that she avoided Eriol's eyes.
"Syaoran and us do practice martial arts," Eriol explained.
"Really?" Sakura asked as she took a spoon of the porridge. For some strange reason, the porridge didn't taste like the porridge she tasted usually.
"Is the porridge nice?" Xin asked smiling.
"Yep," Sakura replied, "Did you cook it?"
"Nope, but Wei did," Xin smiled.
"Wei?" Sakura asked.
"You have just met him," Xin giggled.
"Hoe?" Sakura let out a shock as she thought of the man she met earlier, "That man was Wei-san?"
"Yep," Eriol laughed, "I guess no one will know he is the only butler in our house."
"Eriol," Xin snapped him silence. Eriol just smiled brightly and innocently at Xin.
"Since Sakura and Tomoyo are new here, I will ask you, Eriol to bring them around the house," Xin continued.
"Sure," Eriol replied. But really in his mind, he wanted to talk to Tomoyo alone. He knew Tomoyo had deliberately avoided his eyes. He knew she was avoiding him. He wanted to know why. Did that kiss caused all these? He didn't understand. He felt a little empty in him when she ignored him the whole week. Pain and emptiness were beyond anything he had ever felt before.
Sakura and Tomoyo ate their breakfast at top speed and were commenting about how great the food taste and complimenting Wei's cooking. Xin just smiled the whole way through. In her mind, she knew, something was going to happen during the tour.
Meanwhile, Syaoran was walking to the battle dome of the house. It was the only place he could feel his own existence now that Xin was here. The only place where he could feel himself and be himself. Why was he acting and putting a front? Why can't he be himself? How hard is that?
"Since when will all these stop?" Syaoran asked.
He summoned his sword and glared at it. It was the first and last gift his father gave to him before passing away. It was the family's treasure, only passed to the heir of the family.
"Father," Syaoran whispered.
He had always loved his father and respected him. His father was the only one he could communicate well with and fight with without doubt and worries. But he passed away when Syaoran was only 3. From then on, he was trained by the elders to be the best of the best. He was forced to do what he didn't like. When he finally came to Japan, he thought he could run away from all his training. But what he didn't know was that his training became tougher. He was forced to train harder with Eriol on magic. Yet, in no time, he and Eriol became best of friends. Eriol knew very well, that Syaoran was putting a front in front of the elders. He helped him and allowed him to stay here with him. They went to school like normal students and there they met Sakura and Tomoyo.
'When was the first time I met Sakura?' Syaoran thought as he closed his eyes and recalled.
Flashback.
"Come on," Syaoran shouted as he ran into the school compound excitedly. He had never been to a school before.
"Relax, Syaoran," Eriol replied, laughing, "The school never disappears."
"Fine," Syaoran replied as he stepped a step backwards.
"Ouch!" A girl yelled in pain, making Syaoran jerked forward and turned to face the girl. The girl had auburn hair and emerald eyes.
"I'm sorry," Syaoran apologized.
"Sorry wouldn't cure sometimes," The girl replied.
"Hey, I was just being polite," Syaoran replied.
"Oh... Really?" The girl asked, "Well, you better watch where you walked."
"Oh, yeah?!" Syaoran stared at the girl with his famous icy stare. The girl too, gave him a deathly stare. Both were staring hard at each other as if one will be dead if one moves.
"Syaoran," Eriol called, snapping the both of them out of their staring.
"Sakura-chan!" Another voice called from behind them. A girl with purplish hair was running towards them.
"Tomoyo-chan," The girl called Sakura blinked at the girl who stopped in front of her, "Ohayo."
"Who are they?" Tomoyo asked as she looked up to meet the sapphire eyes.
"Newbie," Sakura replied, nice and short.
"Oh, hi there," Tomoyo smiled brightly at them, "My name is Tomoyo Daidouji. This is my best friend, Sakura Kinomoto. Nice to meet you."
"Same for us," Eriol replied as he looked at the girls. He could sense magical powers radiating from them.
End of flashback 1
Eriol reminded Syaoran that he could sense magical power in them when he first met them. He, too, sensed it. But they didn't know they had it in them. It was as if the magical power in them was sealed off from them to find out more about it. The ability of more than a normal person has and the ability that they had.
'Well, it wasn't that bad at first.' Syaoran thought. But why was he thinking about Sakura? At a time like this. Shouldn't he be training? His mind was on Sakura even since last night.
Flashback
"I'm back," Xin's voice sounded through the hallway.
"Finally," Syaoran replied as he walked over to find Xin with Sakura in her hands. "What the hell?! Why is Kinomoto here too?"
"She is sick, Syaoran," Xin told him as she walked towards him, "No one is at home to look after her. She didn't want to bother Daidouji, so I brought her back."
"Just great," Syaoran made a despondent face, "I'm having my arch-enemy under my own roof."
"Syaoran, be nice to her. She is a very nice girl as far as I know," Xin sighed as she carried Sakura to the guestroom that Wei had helped to prepare.
"Nice to teachers, if that's what you mean," Syaoran replied.
"And I think you are just getting jealous," Xin narrowed her eyes at Syaoran, who felt his heart skipped a beat, blushed and stumbled to an answer.
"Jealous? Of who? Not Kinomoto," Syaoran answered back while blushing riotously.
"Yeah, yeah whatever," Xin smiled as she placed Sakura on the bed.
End of Flashback2
"Jealous? Why should I?" Syaoran asked, "She is the enemy. She hates me."
That thought made his heart beat in pain. Why was he feeling so? Why did he want to kiss her so badly a week ago? He couldn't understand. When he realized she didn't resist him, he wanted so badly to just kiss her right there at the spot, to taste that tempting lips of hers.
To just have her.
Okay... I'm leaving a cliffhanger now... Heehee... Cause my brain isn't functioning well now. My exam is just around the corner and I'm pretty nervous if you ask me. Why? I'm not studying... O.o Hahahaa.... (Nervous laugh) Damn... I'm going to study from today onward.
Lil-star69er, it's okay if you don't know. Basically it's a slightly more advance mathematics. And I can see error appearing in the equations. Can't show the right thing. Additional sign and equal signs are missing. Can't really get the equation I guess. And what is Syaoran going to do? Let just say... I will let you think about it first... Since I left some clue at the end of the story... And I'm sure some of you guys will know what will happen next.
Awai-umi, well, I think I will say it as an extra lesson for Sakura. Tuition is widely used in my country to imply that meaning. So I pretty used to using that word. Sorry if the word 'tuition' confused you. In all case I'm giving you the meaning for tuition I found on .
Tuition
1.)A fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning.
2.)Instruction; teaching. Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough.
3.)Archaic. Guardianship
So I will say I'm using tuition in 2, Instruction; teaching. Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough.
In all case, hope you like the story so far. See you people after 19 November. Ja na!
Loving you people,
Kit.
