Cherry Cobra

Hi, I wanted to say thanks to my reviewers. I'm sorry to say Tomoyo, and Meiling don't appear in this chapter even though they are mentioned. I think I will be able to put them both in the next chapter along with some new characters.

Chapter 2 : Lost and Lonely

"Dialog"

'Thinking'

Flashback

The Cherry Cobra sat posed in front of her high-speed laptop computer. She was searching for more information on her family's murder. There seemed to be nothing on wither the Li family had helped the cops try to find her family's murderer. It's not like Syaoran's words lingered in her mind. She just wanted to check it out. It's not like she had anything better to do, well except sleep. Sakura rubbed her red rimmed emerald eyes, and glanced at the glaring red numbers on her alarm clock. So what if it was three fifteen, and she couldn't sleep. Okay so maybe what the Li said did affect her, or maybe it was just seeing him again that caused her temporary insomnia. Sakura wouldn't ever admit that to anyone though not even herself.

'Finally.' She put her hand over her mouth to stifle a yawn. She scrolled down to the end of the Internet page. There at the bottom was the link she was looking for. After she double clicked she waited for the article to appear, but instead a pop up came up that read page error page restricted.

"Damn it." She whispered under her breath. 'This computer has no website restrictions. Why won't it let me read it? It's not like this is a government site that needs to be hacked into.' Sakura attempted to refresh the page. The same pop up appeared on the screen.

'Okay It's time to do some first class computer hacking.' Sakura ran through the computer code for the site, which consisted of a lot of 0's and 1's. She needed to manipulated one strand of data the website's connection strip. After altering a few 0's and 1's it should be easy to access the link. When she was finished Sakura clicked on the link to the page, but once again it denied her access to the web page.

'There is no way it can do that unless..." She shook her head. 'No, there's no way someone would set up restrictions on my own laptop. Besides me only Omnaka-sama uses it, well used it. There's no way he would alter settings on my laptop.'

'Maybe he would..." the back of her mind told her.

"No way!" Sakura yelled aloud, and slammed her laptop computer shut. 'Omnaka-sama was my friend almost like my family. He was the only one there for me after my family died. Too bad he's dead now too. Omnaka-sama would not try to prevent me from visiting a website. It's no big deal anyway there's probably another reason why it won't let me on that site. How could I even think that? It must be that Li. He's making me question everything, and making me feel really stupid. How could I even begin to believe him? No I never did I was just umm curios that's it curios.'

In the night while the stars shine bright

I sit and watch

Looking for my star

Hoping that I can just let go

Sometimes if I close my eyes

And open up my mind

It'll all disappear

Oh all that pain that I hold deep inside

Sakura sighed suddenly feeling very awake. There was no way she was going to get any sleep tonight. Sakura decided to go on her little balcony. The night sky was perfectly flawless, and the air was pleasantly warm. It was a perfect night for stargazing. Sakura sat down on the balcony floor, pulled her knees to her chest, and let her chin rest on them. It was times like this that made her realize how lonely she really was though it was another on of those things that she wouldn't admit. It wasn't like it affected her anyway. Lonely was her life. It had been that way for the past three years.

Closing her eyes she let the warm wind blow through her long auburn hair. 'It's not so bad being alone at least this way no one betrays you, and no one can lie. I just wish that, well... maybe I didn't feel so empty inside. Maybe once I take revenge on my family's killers the Li clan it will go away.'

Life leaves us empty

So Alone... all Alone

Life forgets us

So Lost...never found

I just think that it would be nice

To forget all this for a little while

Wouldn't it be perfectly fine to be free of so much misery?

Wouldn't it feel just right for your heart to have golden wings?

Sakura held a cell phone in her pale trembling hands. Her face was as white as a ghost. She slowly dialed the number of her best friend Tomoyo. Every time she heard another ring, and no one picked up she closed her eyes and let a sigh escape from her lips.

"Dear poor Sakura, she's not going to answer the phone."

"How...do you...Know?" Sakura inquired.

A man around the age of sixty entered the small room in his hands he held a sparkling blue crystal ball. His face glowed bright in the candle light of the dark room. He had eyes that were light blue. They seemed to have a kind and gentle look, but they held traces of sadness. The man walked towards her, laying the crystal ball gently on a oak table that was covered with a velvet purple cloth. The man then pulled out a chair, and took a seat. He placed one of his hands on the crystal ball.

"I'm so sorry, Sakura. I do not wish to show you this, but look."

Sakura watched as the image inside the crystal ball formed. It was her best friend Tomoyo. The girl was sitting at a table with her cell phone in the center. She continued to stare at it with a dazed look on her face. Sakura's friend Meiling walked into the room.

"Aren't you going to answer that, Tomoyo?" The Chinese girl asked.

"No, It's Sakura."

"Oh!"

The image blurred. Sakura's mouth gaped open. Her throat got tight, and she felt like crying, but as her red streaked face showed Kinomoto, Sakura held no more bitter salty tears.

I can lie to myself and say it's all all right right

But I know deep inside

That without my golden wings

I won't be able to fly

I won't be able to fly...

Not anymore

Not ever again

Her friends the people she thought would always be there for her betrayed her. She had just needed to talk to another person then, and her friend refused to answer the phone while the other just watched. Her family had just died was it too much to ask just to answer the phone and listen. A week before they died every time she had called it had been the same no answer. Sakura figured with the help of Omnaka-sama that they knew what was going to happen so they wouldn't talk to her. He convinced her that they must have been in on her family's death. Omnaka told her that he had actually seen the past and showed her that her friends were just conniving snakes. He was the only one she could turn to. He was the only person she could trust and count on. 'Why did he have to die too? He was like a second father to me.'

Sakura sighed. It wouldn't help to dwell in the past. The future lay before her all she needed to do was find the right road her own path and never look back. She couldn't wait until the day when she could finally let go of this pain and move on. One day her heart would be free.

My shining star is just too far

Its glow is fading fast

I can't even see it anymore

Life leaves us empty

So Alone...all alone

Life forgets us

So Lost...never found

'Like I told myself before I'm going to be all right. I can just keep living this way, and someday somehow everything will be better.

Sakura watched as the rays of the sun started to appear and the stars faded away. 'I'll kill them. I promise you my family the Li clan will die. It might not be right now maybe not even this year, but one day I will get you your revenge.' She smiled a tainted dark smile thinking of how nice it would be to finally kill the Li's every last one.

I have no wings...

None at all

My star is gone...

It fell hard

I'm just so lost and lonely

Lost and lonely

'Sakura, what happened to you? I know you're still the same deep inside. You're just lost. You lost your way, because someone miss guided you. Now you're confused, and don't know what to believe. I promise I'll help you see the truth. If you'll let me.'

Li, Syaoran sat at an oak kitchen table. A plate of white rice sat in front of him. He was lost deep in thought. His fork kept moving rice from one side of the plate to another. 'It's hard to believe that she is actually alive after all this time.'

Syaoran sighed, and gave up on trying to eat. He left his plate at the table, and then walked out on to his balcony. This stars all shown bright. The night sky seemed perfect. 'Sakura would like this. I bet she's watching them know.' Stargazing had always been one of Sakura's favorite past times. 'I wonder what bastard convinced her that I had something to do with her family's death. Who ever he is he is as good as dead.'

It was a rather dark dreary day. Sakura dressed all in black stood under a tree while the wind whipped her auburn hair. Not very many people knew of this place. Nobody but her cared that is was here. Three graves were placed in a row under the great Sakura tree. Sakura sighed, but said nothing. She often came here to visit her family. It was also her favorite thinking spot. With the agility of a cat she skillfully climbed the tree, and sat down on one of it's sturdy branches. She smiled thinking to herself. 'I think this is the only tree that I've never fallen out of.'

"Hello my dear Sakura." A voice greeted her.

Sakura screamed out loud, and lost her balance in the tree. She started to fall, but her own wind magic saved her from hitting the ground. The owner of the voice belonged to Hiiragizawa Eriol. "Just great." She muttered to herself. Sakura looked at him. He gave her a cheesy smile, and she just rolled her eyes. "What do you want?" She asked. " I hope you know you're on my hit list."

His sly smile grew wider. She hated his smile. It made her feel like he was up to something, which he most likely was. "Oh I just thought you would be here, and I decided to come say hi to an old friend."

"Bull Shit!" She screamed at him. "Baka, tell my why your here."

"Demo, Sakura..."

"Cut the crap, Hiiragizawa."

"I've come to ask you for a favor." Sakura opened her mouth to tell him she would never do a favor for him, but he started stopped her before she could get the words out of her mouth. "Just listen to me. Tomoyo has been depressed for years, because of you. I just want you to contact her and tell her your alive that's it."

"Why would I do that?"

"Please, just think about it Sakura." Eriol told her. "Everyone misses you Syaoran most of all."

"Whatever, I have to go to work." Hiiragizawa smiled one last time, and walked away. 'He is completely nuts.' She thought to herself.

'Now she is going to start questioning what she believes is the truth even more. I hope she can see that it was all lies.'

"Hello, Li Syaoran speaking." Li was sitting on his couch with his cell phone in one hand, and a remote control in the other. He had been trying to decide what to watch on TV, but had found nothing worth his time.

"Hi, cousin." Syaoran rolled his eyes. Oh just what he needed right now a nice conversation with Eriol. "Remember how you told me you needed a job."

"When did I say that?"

"That's not important. The important thing is that I found you one. I already sent in your application, and they accepted you without an interview. Believe me it's the perfect job for you." Eriol's plan was already in motion. Of course he couldn't take all the credit. He had informed Tomoyo, and Meiling of the situation, and the three had gone to work.

"Whatever, I don't have anything else better to do anyway. So what do I have to do..."