The Great Betrayal
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the CCS characters.
Evern
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Charice
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LB
Chapter 4 – Awakenings
Tomoyo sat at Sakura's bedside, staring at Sakura's face worriedly. Sure she had seen people that had lost more blood than just a few small basins filled with blood red cotton balls mixed with bandages, but she was still worried. Sakura had been unconscious for a day now, and still have yet to show any signs of awaking. Guilt was settling with her. If she hasn't been too busy with Eriol, she would have noticed that Sakura was gone. She could've protected her. Tears began to form in the corners of Tomoyo's eyes. Placing her head into her hands, she cried into them. How reckless can she be? Eriol went behind her and rested his hands on her shoulders. Tomoyo lifted her head from her hands and faced Eriol with tear-glossed eyes. Eriol gave her a sad smile, all that was needed for Tomoyo to break down and cry into his shirt. He enveloped her in a hug, letting her cry all her grief away. After a while, Tomoyo ceded to cry and was just resting her head on Eriol's chest, while he stroked her hair soothingly. "I'm such a horrible friend." Eriol was shocked to hear her speak so suddenly, he couldn't think of anything to say. "Next time I won't leave her alone." She vowed while looking over Sakura's sleeping form.
"I'm sure you won't." He said reassuringly. Steadily, Tomoyo's eyes began to droop and slowly, she fell asleep. Eriol let her sleep for a while before lifting her up and carried her into her room.
Shortly after Eriol and Tomoyo left, Syaoran entered the room. He silently sat on a couch at the back of the room, gazing at Sakura's moon glazed form, thinking about all that has happened in his life. It seems that Sakura's presents gives him a sense of peace.
Though his eyes were trained on Sakura, his mind seemed to be elsewhere. When Sakura started to stir he did not notice, until he found that a piercing gaze was boring into his eyes. Focusing his eyes, all he saw was lush emeralds staring back at him. He stood up and left the room without a word, leaving Sakura confused, she didn't know where she was and hardly remembered what happened. That night seemed to spin inside her mind, never letting her get a good glimpse, but it was the last of her worries since all she felt was fatigue. She started to drift into sleep, but was interrupted by Tomoyo who had just barged into the room with Eriol trailing behind her.
"Are you feeling well Sakura? Does it hurt anywhere? How are you feeling? Oh, I'm so sorry for not taking good care of you." Tomoyo kept rambling on and on with questions and how sorry she was. Sakura couldn't help but felt loved and wanted at that moment. A feeling she had long forgotten.
"One question at a time Tomoyo, and don't be sorry, I was the one who left without telling you." Smiling throughout her words.
Her interruption had made Tomoyo stop her rambling, and look at Sakura with tears in her eyes. She lunged at her giving her a tight hug while murmuring how worried she was.
Sakura was at first shocked at her movement, but relaxed and hugged her back. "It's okay, I'm alright now."
After a while, they released each other, as Tomoyo wiped her tears away. "How are you feeling? Do you want anything to eat?" Tomoyo asked, finally getting a hold of herself. After her question, Sakura's stomach gave a rumble, loud enough for the whole room to hear. "I guess you are. Wait for a while, I'll get you something to eat.
After Tomoyo left the room, Eriol sat on the chair next to Sakura's bed. "Hi, my name's Eriol Hiragizawa, nice to meet you." He offered her a handshake, which Sakura accepted.
"I'm Sakura Kinomoto, nice to meet you to." They trailed onto a few small talks, until Sakura asked the question that was bugging her. "Umm, Eriol, who was the guy that was in the room with me?" Eriol was caught off guard by that question. It took him a while to respond. "He's the owner of this…house, he saved you from those people who held you hostage last night."
"Oh, that was really nice of him. I need to thank him sometime." They fell into a comfortable silence, waiting for Tomoyo's return. It took a few minutes before Tomoyo arrived with a tray of chicken noodle soup. She settled it in front of Sakura, and Sakura gladly accepted the bowl of soup and proceeded to eat her meal, while talking with Tomoyo and Eriol.
The next morning, Sakura woke up early and got ready. She left the room, still in her pyjamas that Tomoyo had lent her and found her way to the kitchen, where she found the man from last night.
Syaoran was sitting there peacefully drinking a cup of coffee while reading the newspaper. A towel was around his neck from a shower he took earlier, his hair still dripping wet. He was wearing a black shirt with grey cotton pants.
"Hi, my name's Sakura, nice to meet you." Sakura said, while taking the seat across of him.
"Same." He replied, his eyes never leaving the newspaper.
Sakura was somewhat annoyed with his actions, but let it go this time. "What's your name?" She said, without the cheerfulness she presented at first.
"Li." He said, still looking at the newspaper. Sakura felt as if she was talking to the newspaper instead of him. She got really annoyed by this.
"Will you please put down the freaking newspaper and talk to me." She tried to sound polite, but the words came out strained.
Syaoran kept his newspaper up. Sakura, who was extremely irritated by that point, tried to grab the newspaper, but as she started to grab it, she noticed the headlines of the paper. She too got engrossed in the paper, both of them reading the paper attentively. They didn't notice the people that came in and out of the kitchen. Nor did they notice Eriol and Tomoyo enter.
"What are you guys looking at?" Tomoyo walked over to them curiously.
Sakura grabbed the paper from Syaoran's hands, as he gave her a small 'hey' and showed Tomoyo the front page. Written on it with big bold letters were 'Bodies found in the dumps' after a few paragraphs was a huge picture of the face of last night's guy that had bruises all over his face with a few deep cuts. His mouth was opened and if you looked closely, you could see a hole starring from the back of his throat. His right bicep was sliced repeatedly to hide the tattoo he had. His body was sprawled on top of the trash that looked like it had been burnt before.
Tomoyo put a hand in front of her mouth to muffle her gasp of shock and horror. She knew that it had nothing to do with their gang. Syaoran wouldn't have killed him if he did not at the club. Would the leader of the Ravens kill one of his own because of an unaccomplished mission?
I'm really, really, extremely sorry for the late update. But May and June are the crunch time of my school where the teachers gives you loads of assignments for marks and unfinished lessons. Hope it isn't too sloppy. oopsy
