War With Fate
Chapter 4 – Expect the Unexpected
"Wake up sleepy-head!" Syaoran shook Sakura who was sleeping soundly.
Sakura woke up and saw Syaoran's face right above her own. "Ahhhh! Don't scare me like that Syaoran. It's not funny you know" She stuck out her tongue at Syaoran who was laughing on the floor.
"Sorry, it's just, you're really cute when you're asleep and you wouldn't wake up so I guess that was the only way." Syaoran replied innocently.
"Whatever!" Sakura looked away.
"You're not mad are you?" Syaoran asked.
"YA! OF COURSE I… I'm not.. hehe. I can never be mad, especially in the morning." Sakura replied with a big smile on her face.
"Well, that's good. Hurry up and get ready, everyone is waiting for you. We're all going shopping today." Syaoran told her. "Not that I want to anyways with Eron there." he mumbled.
"Okay, but would you please leave? I have to change." Sakura said. Syaoran sweat-dropped, he totally forgot that he was in her room.
"Okay Syaoran, I'm ready now!" Sakura came out of her bedroom dressed in a yellow skirt and a white tank top with her hair put up in a ponytail.
"Wait, eat the breakfast first. You know you girls; you never know when you might be eating again after the shopping has begun." Syaoran said rolling his eyes at her.
"Humph. Shopping is really fun especially with friends." Sakura replied. "But, thanks for the breakfast."
"No problem, now hurry up. I don't want to be late." Syaoran said for he was someone who was very strict with time.
After she finished her breakfast she asked, "Where's Meirin?"
"Oh, she left early with Tomoyo because they wanted to start earlier. But I told them not to wake you up because I knew you must have been tired with the fighting and stuff from yesterday." Syaoran said.
Wow, he's so caring. He's always looking out for me. Sakura stared at him for a while which made him blush. What is she staring at? Was I not supposed to say all those things? Did I sound like a complete idiot?
Just then the phone rang, breaking the silence. "I'll get it." Syaoran said. He talked for a few minutes and hung up.
"Well, it's Meirin. She wants us to meet her at the mall entrance." Syaoran told her.
"Okay, let's go then." Sakura replied.
At the Mall
"What took you guys sooo long?" Meirin demanded.
"Ya, we thought you forgot." Tomoyo added.
"Oh, sorry, it was my fault. I was really tired from yesterday." Sakura replied.
"Come on then, let's start shopping! But first, we have to meet up with Eron and Jane." Meirin said.
The four of them went off to find Eron and Jane but just when they turned the corner they bumped into them.
"Oh hey guys, that was easy finding you." Tomoyo said.
"Good afternoon everyone. How are you today Sakura?" Eron quickly walked up to Sakura.
"Oh, I'm fine thank you." Sakura replied blushing. She didn't like Eron in the way she liked Syaoran, but he was still someone that she wanted to become friends with.
"Well, let's start already!" Jane complained and put her arms around Syaoran's and practically dragged him to a store.
Soon after, everyone went off either by themselves or in groups.
After a while
Sakura and Syaoran ended up shopping together.
"Where are the others?" Sakura asked. "Probably off somewhere else. Don't worry; we can meet up with them. We have their phone number." Syaoran replied.
"Okay. Wow, look at this bracelet. Isn't it so pretty? Can you hold on for a second? I'm going to ask the sales lady for the price." Sakura said.
When she came back, the bracelet was gone.
"Excuse me, what happened to the bracelet that was just situated here a while ago?" Sakura asked the sales person in charge.
"Oh, I'm sorry miss. But another customer already purchased that bracelet and in our store, there's only one of each item. Sorry." the sales person replied.
Trying to hide away her disappointment, she smiled at the sales person and thanked her.
"Did you really want that bracelet?" Syaoran asked, noticing her disappointment.
"No, it was just pretty that's all." Sakura answered. I really wanted it.
"I know you really wanted it." Syaoran said.
How does he always read my mind like that? Sakura thought.
"I'm not reading your mind, it's written on your face, silly." Syaoran said.
Boy, this is scary. Sakura thought.
"It's not scary. I just know you too well." Syaoran said.
" sigh well you know me very well then Syaoran, you knew everything I was thinking. You're right, I wanted that bracelet because it looked the same as the one my brother gave me but… I lost it when…" Sakura said, recalling the incident.
"Sakura, if you don't mind. Can you please tell me what happened to your brother?" Syaoran asked gently afraid she might get hurt.
"Well, this happened four years ago. I was 12 and my brother was 14. Our family went to the Bahamas for a vacation. My brother and I went to the beach to have a swim. All of a sudden, this huge wave swept us away. My brother wanted to save me, so he pushed me onto the shore and he… he… died doing that and I guess I lost the bracelet in the waves." Sakura said, remembering the pain she had.
"I'm really sorry Sakura, I never knew." Syaoran said. Sakura is so strong. She always acts so tough on the outside, but really she's weak on the inside. I wish I could have been there to comfort her at the time.
"You know Syaoran, I've never told anyone about this, not even Tomoyo. But now, I actually feel a lot better sharing it with you, thank you." Sakura gently leaned her head on Syaoran's shoulders.
"Well, I'm glad you shared it with me Sakura because now, I will try even harder to make you happy and protect you from any harm. Just a question though, did the people actually find the body of your brother?" Syaoran asked curiously.
"Actually, no. But we assumed that he died because he couldn't have survived." Sakura replied.
Just then, her cell phone rang. "Hey Sakura! Where are you right now? We'll come and find you." Tomoyo said on the other line.
"I'm with Syaoran; we're in front of the fountain at the centre of the mall." Sakura replied.
"Okay, we'll be right there." Tomoyo hung up.
"Well, they're coming to find us now." Sakura told Syaoran.
Suddenly, they both sensed a dark aura. "Come on, let's go find the force." Syaoran said. They phoned Tomoyo to tell her that they need to go find something and they told them to continue shopping for a while first.
They followed the sense of the aura until they reached a park. Without warning, several tree branches aimed at them trying to hit them.
"Release!" Sakura took out her staff and used the fly card. "Syaoran, here, use my Jump card for now to avoid the tree branches." She threw the card to Syaoran.
"But I can't use your cards Sakura, they're yours, I have no control over them!" Syaoran caught the card and told Sakura.
"Trust me on this Syaoran; I passed my powers into the card so you can have access to it for now." Sakura told him.
"Well, here goes nothing! JUMP!" Syaoran held up the card and immediately he could use its power.
A tree branch tried to stab Sakura, but she dodged it. Unfortunately, another one came from the back and just when it was about to stab her, someone pushed Sakura away and they both fell to the floor.
"Are you okay?" Sakura began to ask the stranger, as she looked up; she found that it was Ken. "KEN! What are you doing here? It's not safe, you have to leave." But before he replied, he used fire to burn up all the trees. Then, the force returned to a card form and evaporated into black smoke.
"You… you have magic powers?" Sakura asked in disbelief.
"Let's talk about that later, are you okay?" Ken asked.
"Ya, I'm fine." Sakura replied. How is this possible? Ken is a magician too?
"Explain at once how you have the power to conjure up fire." Syaoran demanded.
"Well, okay then if you two insist. I was born with powers and I didn't tell you guys because I thought you might think of me as an outsider if you knew." Ken said.
"Why would we think of you as an outsider? Now that I know you have powers, we have no secrets between us and we don't have to hide from you too." Sakura said and smiled at him encouragingly.
"Thanks Sakura." Ken said.
"Well, we better get back to the mall." Syaoran insisted.
"Ya, let's go. You can come too if you want Ken." Sakura offered.
"It's okay, you guys go ahead. I still have some duties to finish." With that, he disappeared into the woods.
He's one mysterious guy. Even if he has magic, I'm still not sure if I can trust him. Syaoran thought to himself. Seeing him protect Sakura makes me feel uneasy. Why would a complete stranger help us so much? What is he up to?
Back at the Mall
"Where did you guys go? For another walk?" Jane asked sarcastically.
"Actually no, not this time. We still had some stores we wanted to see." Sakura said looking at Jane.
"Syaoran, you didn't shop with me at all today. Do you want to go now?" Jane asked grabbing Syaoran's arm.
Before he could reject, Jane had already dragged him into a store with her.
Humph, she's not shy about anything. Just dragging Syaoran with her like that. Sakura thought angrily.
Oh my, I have never seen Sakura this jealous before. I guess she really loves Syaoran a lot. Tomoyo thought to herself as she watched her friend stare angrily at Jane.
"Well Sakura, would you like to go shop with me as well?" Eron offered.
"How about not now? I mean, haven't we split up enough. Let's go after Jane and Syaoran. It's getting late, so we should head home now." Meirin said. You better thank me for this Syaoran.
At Syaoran's apartment
"How do you think this looks on me Sakura?" Meirin said showing Sakura the clothes she bought.
"I think it looks really nice on you Meirin. The colour is really bright, perfect for the weather." Sakura replied.
"Haven't you girls had enough of shopping? It's getting late; we should go to sleep now." Syaoran said.
"What a spoil-sport." Meirin stuck her tongue out at him. Sakura and Syaoran returned to their rooms.
What a weird day. Finding out that Ken also has magic powers really shocked me. But I guess it's for the better because then he can fight along with us. sigh talking with Syaoran about my brother really made me remember all the memories I had. Sakura took out a picture of a boy who had his arms around a young girl with a bright smile on their faces. Touya, why did you leave me? Sakura couldn't help letting a tear slide down her face.
Sakura must be really sad right now. Her aura is so lonely and empty. I want to go over to comfort her but I think she would want to be left alone. I never knew she had such a sad childhood memory, no wonder she always feel so insecure. No matter what, I'll always protect her. Not only do I have to worry about Sakura, I still have to worry about Ken and that stupid Eron. Who are you Ken? What do you want from us? Syaoran couldn't sleep for the whole night because of the unsolved mysteries in his heart. I guess people are right, we should always expect the unexpected…
End of Chapter 4
Who is Ken? Is he a good or bad guy? Keep reading on!
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