A/N: Okay to answer all your guys questions. ExT is praticly impossible because I was stupid and didn't make Sakura's fiancée Eriol. Which I would change, but that means I would have to start ALL over again! Another thing about Sakura denouncing Eriol, well I'll write about it later. I have to think! Since I am basing it on a soap opera thing it gets super confusing. I'm adding so many extra things that never actually happened, but the raping thing did happen. But the original character Michi didn't do anything about it. So I'm going to have to make something up.
BTW: Since finals are coming up, you won't find another chapter until maybe the end of December or early January.
To all my reviewers: Thank you so much for your thoughts! I love all of the comments! I'm going to try make this chapter super good, even though it probably won't end up being that good, but hey I'm trying and that's all that matters.
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Last Chapter
' Oh my god what is he doing…' Sakura's mind wanted to tell him to stop. But her heart seemed to want to do otherwise. What was more important to her, Her mind or her heart? She knew it was wrong, but she couldn't help it. Her heart seemed to be taking control of every part of her body. And right now her heart only wanted him.
' I know I'm going to regret this later but I just can't help it.' Syaoran thought. ' She's probably going to hate me after this. She's just too beautiful, I can't help myself'
His face inched closer and closer to hers. Sakura put her hands around his neck and brought him closer. He closed his eyes as well as she.
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Sakura inhaled his scent. ' He smells so good. I wonder what he wears?'
She was so caught up in the moment. The touch, the smell, the feeling all felt so right, but yet it was so wrong. Sakura felt so guilty. Here she was mingling with another boy, and to make it worse she has a fiancee. Just before their lips were about to touch. She gently pushed him away. Even though she really didn't want to stop. She really wanted to kiss him, but she knew that she would get carried away, and she would feel even guiltier.
" I'm sorry." She whispered. " I'm getting married. And…"
" I understand." Syaoran cut her off, and reached to his back pocket, and then placed the silver ring in her palm. He instantly felt stupid. What's wrong with him? Why couldn't he control himself. Was he going crazy? Or was it something else that he feared it would be? Love…
" We'd better go." Sakura brushed off some sand from her skirt. " Would you mind taking me back to school? I have some things I want to take care of."
" I don't mind. Hop on." He passed her a helmet and they sped off from the secluded beach.
The whole ride was silent. The only sound was the motor from the car, and talking from the people walking on the side.
" You can let me off here." Sakura said quietly as she removed her arms from his sides. She smiled. " Uh thanks for the great day. That beach was so pretty and so peaceful. Those places are hard to find in Tomoeda. And I never did something this bad before. I feel so dangerous." She laughed. " I'll see you tomorrow. Take care"
She started walking away. Syaoran watched her as she started disappearing from sight. " Wait." He called out.
Sakura turned around swiftly. " Huh?"
" I'm sorry. About what happened earlier, you know the thing we almost did at the beach." Syaoran blushed a little. Remembering the incident.
Sakura gave him a warm smile. " You know what. It will just be our little secret."
Syaoran blushed even more at her comment. Sakura just giggled. 'So kawaii'
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School was going to be over in about two hours, so before Sakura went back to class, she headed over to the main office. She was panicking inside. What was she going to tell the principal? How could she just lie? She was never good at lying. People could see through her all the time.
She inhaled as she opened the door. There she met glaring eyes from Tanaka-san.
" Where were you!" He instantly yelled.
Sakura stalled. " Um… Well you see."
" Just answer the question." He said in a serious deadly tone.
" Well I… I …" Sakura began to panic. ' You can do this.'
" I began to feel sick. And I kept calling and calling, but no one answered the phone. Tanaka-san I was dying. It was like the flu. I had to go to the doctor. If I stayed in school any longer I would've made everyone sick, and you don't want that. Especially since finals are coming up." Sakura caught her breath. And looked up at him, to find a tint of understanding in his eyes.
Tanaka-san just starred at her. " I…" He paused. " I believe you, but next time make sure someone knows." He shook his head and went out the door.
Sakura felt so relived. " That was a close one." She said quietly.
Suddenly the door slammed open. She instantly jumped. " Oh and you have a meeting after school with Li Syaoran's mother. Make sure you show up. She's very important to this school. She donates a lot of money."
Sakura nodded. She watched him leave then she took a minute to catch her breath. ' Now I have to deal with Mr. Eriol and Mr. Takahashi.' She knew she was going to have to deal with them sooner or later. So she figured why not do it now, and get it over with. She was going on a roll, lying, ditching school. She could conquer everything else, right? She walked over to her class, and opened the door silently. All the students looked up from their desks. She met eyes with those that she was going to suspend or maybe even expel from school.
" Eriol, Takahashi. Come here please." She said sternly. They nervously got up and followed her to the silent hallway.
" I'm so disappointed in you two right now." She shook her head, and she looked both of them directly in the eye. " What you did is unquestionable. I think you two are going to get expelled from Tomoeda High."
" Nani!" They both said in unison.
" But." Eriol said.
" No buts. Think before you act. Expelling you would be the best, but since you both are fairly wealthy you would probably buy yourself back into this school. So I think maybe a two week suspension?"
Eriol groaned. " Sensei. I'm so sorry! Please don't suspend us! My parents will kill me!" Eriol pleaded.
" Same here! I'm dead." Takahashi leaned against the wall.
" I'm sorry boys. The way I see it… You have no respect for girls. You both are disgusting." Sakura scolded.
" Gomen." T hey both said.
" We do have respect for girls. It's just that Mei-…" Eriol stopped. He was going to spill it.
" Huh? Come again?" Sakura said.
" Um. Nothing. You're right. We need to respect girls." Eriol stated. 'Meiling is so god damn lucky… She's so god damn lucky I'm not spilling out her plan.'
" Now. Go back inside, and if you ever think about doing this to anyone else." She looked at them both. " You both are going to be expelled, and I'm going to make sure you never come back. Even if you try to pay to get back in. I'm going to make sure you boys don't graduate from Tomoeda. Am I clear?"
" Crystal." Eriol said gloomily, as he and Takahashi went back into the room.
Sakura followed after them and sat in her chair. She felt so powerful. Never in her life has she scolded a student like that, and never in her life has she ditched school. Now all she had to do was conquer Keisuke and conquer Li-sans mother, and it was going to be a piece of cake.
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Eriol and Takahashi groaned as they slid back in his chair.
" I'm going to hear it when I get home." Takahashi groaned and pounded his head on the desk.
" Please remember me and come to my funeral when I die." Eriol replied.
Meiling walked by and leaned on his desk.
" What happened?" She asked concerned.
Eriol and Takahashi ignored her and both started grieving about the trouble they both were going to get in at home.
" And my mom will probably send me back to live with my grandma. Or maybe she'll be nice and just let me live back in England with my Dad." Eriol sighed at the thought of living with his dad again. His dad was abusive, and he needed anger management. But he figured living with his dad would be better then dying, and hearing his mom lecture him.
" Come on tell me what happened guys." Meiling interrupted.
" You want to know what happened?" Takahashi stated angrily.
" So is she coming back tomorrow? Or is she gone?" Meiling asked hoping that the reply she would hear: is that she would be leaving school.
" Well guess what Meiling. Instead of her leaving, we're leaving." Eriol glared at her.
Meiling looked down. " I'm sorry." Was the only thing that came out of her mouth.
" God why do you have to be such a bitch." Takahashi snapped at her. " Get out of my face. I don't want to see you ever again, and I don't want you to talk to me again. And you know what you're so lucky we didn't turn you in."
Meiling knew she messed up. Jealousy can make you go crazy. And also love can make you do crazy things. Meiling guessed that both those reasons are what drove her to this bad plan. " I'm sorry!"
" Sorry isn't going to cut it!" Takahashi grumbled.
" Hey I said I was sorry. And people make mistakes. You made one also you know. You agreed to do it. I didn't force you!" Meiling said angrily. As hot tears started streaming down her face.
" That's because you bribed us Meiling." Both of them said at the same time.
" Bribed you into what?" Rika asked, as she curiously listened to their conversation.
" Into…" Takahashi wasn't sure if he should tell Rika. But he was so mad. That he really didn't care about hurting Meiling even more. " Into raping Kinomoto."
" What! Meiling… Is that why she didn't show up to class after break?" Rika asked.
Eriol nodded.
" Low Meiing. Extremely low." Rika shook her head in disappointment. " Even if I hated someone that much, I wouldn't do something like that."
Meiling sobbed some more. " I said I was sorry." She wiped her eyes. Which were already red and swollen.
" This Meiling. Was the last straw. You made us do things before, but we never got in trouble for it. Do your own dirty work." Takahashi commented and moved his desk away from Meiling.
Meanwhile Rika was going about telling Naoko, and Chiharu about Meilings plan. They all looked shocked, and gave Meiling glares for the rest of the period.
Meiling could over hear some of the things that Chiharu, Rika, and Naoko were saying about her. With every word they said, came a stab. It hurt so much to hear her best friends saying things like that about her. She heard more words being exchanged, and decided to listen to it. " What if she does that to us." , " She can't she doesn't have her two bitches doing whatever she orders.", " That's good. Were we her bitches too?", " Maybe at some times, but now we don't have to listen to her anymore. And imagine if we ever got her pissed of at us like that. We would probably get raped.", " Well girls. I'm done following Meiling around."
' Does this mean were not friends anymore?' Meiling said to herself.
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It was after school, and Sakura was waiting nervously for Syaoran's mother to arrive. She began to think about the strange events that happened today. Almost getting raped, almost kissing Syaoran, and interestingly Meiling seemed to be down. Usually she's always hyper and energetic. But today she was just sitting by herself while the other girls chatted. Even Takahashi and Eriol weren't talking to her. Usually Meiling was the center of attention, and today she was a loner.
She heard the door slide open. An elegant lady walked in. She had a serious expression on her face. She also looked very intimidating. Her hair was tied in a tight bun, the lady turned toward Sakura. Her ice-cold eyes met her emerald ones. Sakura nervously smiled. Suddenly the lady's look softened. Her eyes' were looking her up and down. Sakura nervously bowed. " I'm Kinomoto-sensei. Li,sans teacher. You must be Li, Yelan. Please have a seat. Would you like some coffee? Would…"
" Calm down dear. I just wanted to talk to you for a few minutes." She laughed and sat down on the chair across from Sakura's.
Sakura smiled. As she sat down. Maybe this wasn't going to be that bad.
" I never would've thought you would be his teacher. You look so young, and you're so pretty!" She complimented.
Sakura blushed. " Oh thank you. I get the young part a lot. It's very stressful. I have to admit"
She smiled. " You have no idea how stressful my job is too. Well any way back to subject."
Sakura nodded.
" Syaoran has been skipping school hasn't he. He was home early today. He just doesn't listen to me anymore. I was hoping you could. Help him. Make him interested in something. That's in school of coarse."
Sakura looked down. She didn't want to help him. She didn't even want to see him smile. She was afraid, afraid of starting to like her student. It was already happening. She could feel it. Her emotions just go crazy when she's near him. She never even knew him for a week yet. Was it love at first sight?
" Well. I'm not sure if I can help you. He's more likely to listen to you then me." Sakura felt bad about saying that, but she just couldn't start to set her mind on someone else then her fiancée.
" Oh. Well can you do me a favor then." She asked while holding her right hand.
" Um sure…" Sakura said unsure of her favor.
" Can I have your cell phone number. And you can have mine. Call me whenever he skips school. Or is behaving badly. He needs to learn to be more responsible, and he needs to stop skipping classes so he can graduate, and inherit the hospital." She exclaimed.
" Ya sure." Sakura wrote her number down.
" I got go get going. Nice to meet you Kinasaki-san." She shook her hand.
" Um it's Kinomoto." Sakura corrected.
" AH yes… Oh and congratulations and gan batte (good luck) with you're marriage." Yelan said as she looked at her elegant ring.
With that Li, Yelan left. Sakura started to gather all her things from her desk, and walked outside the teacher's office.
She walked out the school gate as was going to head home.
" Sakura." A voice called out for her. There running to her was Keisuke.
" Keisuke-kun." Sakura said quietly. " What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be art work?"
" You're way more important." He grabbed her arm. " I was hoping we could find a place for the wedding today."
Sakura nodded. And followed him across the street.
He looked down. " I'm happy you're wearing the ring. I want to make sure people don't hit on you, and to know that you're taken." He smiled.
Sakura laughed nervously. ' Oh boy.'
" You know what they say about the marriage ring don't you?" He replied, while grabbing her hand and holding it.
" What do they say." She asked.
" Well. Superstition says that evil lives in the woman's left side, and that the only way to hid that evil is with the ring." He looked at her seriously. " You're hiding you're inner evil right now Sakura."
" Don't tell me you believe in that stuff." She laughed and hit him.
" Oh but I do. I believe in omens, sleeping north, all that kind of stuff. That's why when I built my workshop I skipped the number four. I am a very superstitious man. "
He replied. (A/N: These are all Japanese superstitions. I'll explain at the end.)
Sakura giggled. " You're so weird."
" Well here's the place. Want to check it out?" There in front of them stood a shrine. It was a very elaborate one. Right by it was a very popular hotel. She supposed that that is where the reception part would be held. " Isn't it going to be expensive?"
He shook his head. " We can only get the best. How about we have the wedding in summer. Maybe late June early July?" (A/N: I'll explain Japanese weddings to you in the end also.)
Sakura nodded. " How many people?"
" Twenty to maybe two hundred" He took her hand, and led her inside.
" Okay. The family will come first to witness the Shinto priest part. Then after the purifying we'll invite everyone else to the party in that hotel over there. We still have to find you an Uchikake ( wedding kimono). And I was also planning."
Sakura just kept nodding as he kept going on and on about the wedding plans. Sakura didn't know what to do. She loved him, but did she really love him. Love him so much that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him? Sakura felt as if she had to make a decision now or never. She wanted to wait. He was making plans, and wouldn't it be selfish if she broke it off with him later?
" Keisuke. You worked so hard to figure out this information, but." She was cut off.
" Would you like to have the honeymoon in Hawaii? Which island. O'ahu? Alamoana and Waikiki are going to be busy so I should make reservations." (A/N: Sorry but I just have to say. I love Hawaii so much!)
Sakura sighed. She couldn't. She just couldn't. It would break him. " Yeah sure. Sounds great."
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Syoaran was sitting on his couch watching the daily news. He covered himself warmly with his wool blanket. It was still cold. Summer was nearing but why wasn't it getting any warmer?
He heard the doorbell ring, and walked over to open it.
Outside he saw Meiling. She was crying. Almost instantly she ran up to him and hugged him. He stood there shocked. He really wanted to just pull her off, but he was way too nice to do that. After all she was crying.
" What's wrong?" He asked.
She pulled back. " Syaoran-kun. I love you… You're the only person who really cares about me!" She hugged him again.
Syaoran groaned. He has been so mean to her, and she thinks that he cares about her. What does he have to do to make her hate him?
" Let's do something tonight, just us two. We need to catch up." She wiped her tears and smiled at him. He was just about to say no. But then he thought about the situation. 'Meiling wouldn't come to me to do something. She would usually go with her friends. Something must've happened.'
He sighed. " I guess but I'm grounded. I just have to sneak out." Meiling beamed and started hugging him some more.
He pushed her away. " On one condition."
" What would that be?" She asked confused.
" Don't act like were going out. Were friends. F R I E N D S." He spelled it out for her.
She nodded. " Okay." She smiled happily and dragged him to the elevator.
" Let's go dancing." She said. He nodded as she took his hand and started walking out of the condo.
After a few minutes of walking. They found themselves in front of a club called the Liquid room. ( A/N: Real club) When they walked inside there were people all around. Some were grinding against each other. Another one was throwing up because of all the liquor. Syaoran gulped. He looked over at Meiling her eyes were focused on the dance floor. Syaoran looked over. There standing before them was Rika, Chiharu, and Naoko.
He heard Meiling say quietly. " Let's get some drinks." He merely nodded.
" Two Kirins please." Meiling asked the bartender.
The bartender nodded.
Syaorans eyes widened. " Meiling! How did you get them to get you drinks. They always ask for my ID when I ask for one."
" I have a lot of connections." Was the only thing she said.
The bartender handed them two Kirins. Meiling plopped it open and started drinking, Syaoran just sat there starring at his beer.
" What's wrong? How come you're not drinking? Come on drink up, it's a long night." She said and put her hand on his shoulder.
He looked at her hand. " Nothing. Just not in the mood."
Suddenly the song Miss you by Mflo came on. Meiling jumped. " I love this song! Oh my god. Syaoran come on let's dance."
Syaoran was just about to decline but Meiling dragged him to the dance floor.
' DJ play that music louder onegai. Boom clap boom boom boom clap. Utari de iru no ni I miss you. Chikaku ni itemo Boy I miss you'
Meiling started to grind next to him. She put her hands up and kept moving her butt into him.
Syaoran was disgusted. He didn't know if she was drunk or what. He just stood there while she kept trying to dance with him. His eyes wondered off past Meiling. ' I wonder if mom found out I was gone yet.'
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" Syaoran-kun I brought you some miso soup for you." She knocked on his door quietly. She waited a few seconds for his response, but it was just silent. Yelan sighed. ' Not again.' She opened it and found an empty room.
Yelan got out her cell phone. And called up his teacher. Yelan was too busy to deal with her son right now. She was after all a very busy person, so she called up an alternative person to find her son.
" Is this Kinomoto-sensei? This is Li, Yelan. Syaorans mother." Yelan stated.
" Yes this is she. Li-san what do you need?" Sakura asked.
" Syaoran ran away from home again. I need you to talk to him. He won't answer any of my calls. But he might answer yours. He's always doing this to me. It makes me so worried." The elderly woman fakely sighed.
" I can help you I'm not doing any thing that important." Sakura said. Sakura was of course lying. She was doing something very important. But Sakura wanted to get out of it. This would be the best excuse.
" Thank you so much." Yelan hung up and smiled. Then something struck her mind. ' I hope that Syaoran doesn't get close to his teacher. Even worst start to like her.' She then laughed. ' That would never happen.'
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Sakura called up his cell phone. He didn't answer. She tried calling again, still no luck.
" Would you like to invite Tomoyo to the purifying part?" Keisuke asked.
Sakura looked up at him. " Um Keisuke. I just got this call from school. One of my students is in trouble and I have to go get him. So we have to discuss this later. Okay bye." Sakura swiftly removed her hand from his and ran out of the temple.
" Wait! You forgot…" He looked down at the leather Coach bag in his hand. " You're bag." He whispered.
Sakura started walking down the main strip of Tomoeda. It never got really dark in Tomoeda. The streetlights lighted up in the city. Tomoeda was a very busy place, no matter what time it is. Sakura figured that Syaoran is probably strolling around town someplace. She held on to her coat as she walked alone on the street.
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Meiling smiled and faced front of him. " Did I ever tell you how much I love you." She leaned toward him.
Syaoran gently pushed her away. " Meiling, I'm really thirsty can you get me a drink. Oh here and get yourself one too." He handed her 2000 yen. ( Twenty dollars) Meiling giggled. " Okay be right back baby."
Syaoran waited until she was out of sight. He then decided to ditch her. She was driving him crazy. For the past hour she kept saying things about how she loved him.
He walked out of the Liquid room, and headed east. He had no idea where he was going. He just felt like going that way. It was like something inside of him was telling him to go east.
He walked for about five minutes, and reached a dead end. Their standing right in front of him was his sensei. Her eyes widened as she came running up to him.
" Syaoran. I thought I would never find you." She gasped, out of breath.
He smiled at her. " Why what do you need me for."
" You're mother is looking for you." She replied.
Syaoran groaned. " Oh so now you're her bitch. She's sending you to do all her dirty work."
" Not true!" Sakura answered back. " She's just worried about you!"
" Lies. It's all lies. No one cares about me." Syaoran looked straight at her in the eye. He then turned and started to walk away.
Sakura started running after him. " Of coarse people care about you." He turned around again. " Oh like who."
Sakura walked closer to him, until she was about two feet away. She then smiled sweetly. " I care about you."
Syaorans eyes widened, with the words she said. She cared about him? And she also said it like she meant it.
Syaoran smiled and then pulled her into a hug.
Sakura froze in shock. She wasn't expecting this. She liked the feel of his arms around her. It felt so strong and protecting. He pulled back and lifted up her chin. Sakura started to blush a light crimson.
" No one every said anything like that to me before, and meant it." Syaoran said quietly as he pulled her into a kiss.
And this time Sakura wasn't pulling back.
TBC! Ugh I really don't like the ending, but I couldn't think… My head is cluttered…
-Rumiko Ishinomori
JAPAN INFORMATION and at the end is some simple Nihongo phrases.
Okay so I'm supposed to explain superstitions and marriage in Nihon. Omen is like… Okay let's just say you break glass before touching it. That means something bad is going to happen. Sleeping north is bad because that is the way dead bodies are buried. And also in Nihon, after a relative dies a black moth comes to visit you. This has happened to me several times. So nihon-jin ( Japanese) people don't kill black moths.
Okay 4 or shi. Is known as the death number in Japan. ( Oh and if none of you guys knew Nihon is Japan)
Japanese weddings are quite difficult. Okay first a Shinto priest conducts a ceremony. Only family members and close family friends may watch. In the ceremony the couple is purified, drinks sake, and the groom reads words of commitment. Then symbolic offerings are given to kami.
Then after this the couple may have a party at a reception room. Here more guests may come. Red is known as the joyos color, and lucky color. Most people eat the kai fish. The kai fish is known as the fish of happiness.
Now days Japanese people are starting to do things more western. They wear white usually. And some have their weddings at Christian chapels. Now they also do ring exchanging, cake cutting, and honeymoons.
NIHONGO SENTENCES
Ayumi: Ohayo gozaimasu. Ohisashiburi desu ne! O genki desu ka?
Kimie: Ayumi-chan! Okage sama de, genki desu. Anata wa?
Ayumi: Genki desu.
Okay. Ohayo gozaimasu: polite way of saying good morning.
( OH VERY IMPOTENT! Never add san to your name. Rumiko-san. WRONG! Only use it when addressing others.)
Ohisashiburi desu ne: Means haven't seen you in ages.
Ogenki desu ka: How are you. Genki means fine or well.
Okage sama de: Means thanks for asking.
Anata: means you ( THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO SAY YOU.)
Ok… CLAP CLAP! You learned some Nihongo!