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THE LAST PART OF PROLOGUE:
Sakura winced. "You're such a great friend Tomoyo." She said sarcastically. Turning out the lights, she went inside her bedroom and lay on her bed. "I wonder who 'Wild Wolf' really is….. maybe I can meet him sometimes…..?" She muttered to herself thinking of the conversation they had. "No, no, no! Remember Sakura? You swore you will NOT meet anyone from the Internet, he may be some killer trying to fool you by playing Mr. Nice-nice!!!" ~~##Then why are you still talking to him?##~~ "Because even if he is a killer, he's still fun to talk to….." She muttered, slowly letting sleep taking control of her body.
She closed her eyes, dreaming about the possibility of who 'Wild Wolf' may be, how does he look, and what's is his true identity…..
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Sakura looked at the list in her hand, 'Strawberries, oranges, ice cream, coke, milk, bread, cucumber and apples'. It was her chore month AGAIN, it's been two months since her best-friend Tomoyo had tricked into doing 3 chore months in a row, and she regret every single bit of it. ~~##Ok, I got all that, all I have to do is pick out some apples and I'll be on my way home…##~~
She was picking up a few apples when a man stopped beside her, and he too, began picking up apples just like her. Nothing weird about that right? Well, there is nothing weird, if the guy was actually looking at the APPLES instead of HER!
Sakura dared not take the tiniest glance at him, she quickly pick up a few more apples and walked extremely quickly toward the cashier. Sadly, the young man decided to do the same. He too, grabbed his grocery and headed toward the cashier, and just had to line up right behind her.
She quickly paid for her food, grabbing her grocery bags, the rushed away without a second glance. Her heart was beating fast, what if the guy is a killer and she was his next target?
Sakura was finally out of the store, she sighed with relief. Good thing he never caught up to her, who knows what he'd do! She took a small glance behind her. To her horror, the young man was right behind her and staring RIGHT at her! She quickened her pace…
The man did too…
She started jogging…
The young man began running…
Night was dark, there were no one else besides herself and the whoever on the street, lights were turned off in apartments, she began getting nervous. ~~##Almost there…##~~ she was so scared she didn't even notice the fact that the young man had caught up to her and is right behind her this minute…..
"Hey!" A cry was heard behind her. Sakura spun around and screamed.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Her face full of horror, the man winced and covered his ears. "GET AWAY FROM ME! HEEEEELP!" Sakura grabbed the first thing her hand came in contact with, an apple from her grocery, she hit him right on the head.
"OW! Miss-OW-Please-OW-Stop-OW-hitting-OW-me!" The man backed away a bit hovering his head with his arms after Sakura had attacked him with apples, oranges, cans of coke, strawberries, and pieces of bread.
"YOU KILLER! GET AWAY FROM ME! YOU'RE NOT TAKING ME AWAY GOT THAT!" Sakura screamed still throwing whatever she could get her hands on at him, realizing he wasn't running away, Sakura began hitting him with the whole bag. "Take THIS, and THAT, and THIS, and THAT!"
"Miss!! Please-OW-stop it! I'm just-OW-here to return your purse-OW!"
Sakura stopped. "Here to return my purse?" She echoed.
The young man took a peek, and when he realized he was safe from getting more bumps on his head, he took a glittery, pink purse from his pocket and handed it to her. "You left it at the cashier, I was just gonna return it to you… Not kidnap you or anything…"
Sakura stared in disbelief, she felt a wave of heat creeping up her cheeks. She thought a guy who was returning her purse as a killer. "I…" She stuttered accepting her purse. "Gomen ne….. It's just that I'm really, uh, well, uh, cautious… I really didn't mean to hurt you." She looked at him, embarrassed.
The young combed his hand through his chestnut hair and smiled briefly at her. "It's quite alright, don't worry, I'm fine – well, I'll BE fine….." He made a face and waved at her. "Well, I'll just be on my way, bye!"
She stared at his retreating figure, the only thing she thought of was how amazingly sexy his amber eyes looked…..
Sakura silently scolded herself for having such thoughts. She looked at what she had left in her bag. Nothing but a piece of squashed bread. Sighing, she entered her building, ready for Tomoyo's nagging…
Just like she expected, Tomoyo nagged at her for 43 minutes and made her promise that she'll buy the grocery tomorrow and not throw it on some weird people who was only giving her back something she clumsily left behind.
Tomoyo, already used to Sakura 'meeting' someone on MSN every night at the same time, left to her room and called her new boyfriend, Eriol Hiiragizawa, whom she had just met 2 months ago and fell madly in love with. The lucky thing was, he felt the same way about her!
Turning on the computer, Sakura opened her MSN messenger, her only contact, 'Wild Wolf' was on, and like always, they began telling each other about the horrible day they've had…
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Wild Wolf: Hiya cherry, sup?
Cheerful Cherry: Hey, I had like da weirdest day 2day, and I feel so totally embarrassed! Not only that, I still didn't bring home what I waz s'ppose 2… :@:@
Wild Wolf: Lmao, well, at least u didn't get hit on da head… :S Tel moi 'bout ur day 1st n I'll tel u 'bout mine…..
Cheerful Cherry: Alright… I was shopping for food 2day, when this guy started staring at me, I got nervous and quickly paid 4 my stuff and went hom, but then, he started following me! And somehow he caught up wit me n I waz so scared I start throwing ma groceries at 'im… then turned out, he was only returning someting I stupidly left behind and I gave 'im quite a few bruises… :$:$:$:$:$:$:$ now I feel so bad!
Wild Wolf: oic. You do no not all guys hav the greatest personality, U still should be careful, he might've taken ur bag purposely as a chance 2 get close 2 u, but luckily, u started hurting him and he nos ur not da type of gurl who just stands dere n do notin.
Cheerful Cherry: Aiight, I'll keep dat in mind next time, bu he did seem like a pretty nice guy… ah wel, mayb he waz only actin… enough 'bout me, what happen 2 u 2day?
Wild Wolf: Right b4 I cam home 2day, I had 2 go shopping, a young lady forgot something bhind, I just thought I'd be nice and give it 2 her, but guess that ain't what she thought, coz she decided 2 attack me… but after she realize what I was really up 2, she stop and actually apologized… so I s'pose it wasn't that bad even though I did get quite a few bumps on my head… She did hav the most amazing eyes I've eve seen…
Cheerful Cherry: :P What a drag, u try doin something nice n gets hurt in return… Women aren't exactly da most trustworthy kind, most are, but not all… the girl whom attack u 2day might've knew y u came but took that chance to whack u jus 4 da fun of it… u should've hit her bak or something… shouldn't've just let her do wat eva she wanted…
Wild Wolf: Lol I s'ppose. U're sayin not all women are trustworthy, yet ur a woman… are you sure ur trustworthy?
Cheerful Cherry: U were telling me how MEN aren't the best creatures ever roamed earth. What 'bout u? How do I no that you ain't just actin nice 2 get my personal information and then murder me?
Wild Wolf: Becoz I'm 1 of the good kind of man.
Cheerful Cherry: Well then, I'm one of da trustworthy kind of woman.
Wild Wolf: Lmao, fair enough. Decided 2 get a job yet?
Cheerful Cherry: Come 2 think of it, yah, I should, I'm goin broke soon and I won't be able to pay 4 my rent… Damn…
Wild Wolf: What kinda job u lookin 4.
Cheerful Cherry: I like sports, that's the one thing I'm really good @, bu' I dun tink there's ne job that pays you and would just let you run around and play basket-ball all day… :P So I'd probably look 4 a job as a model… I've been modeling 4 my best friend eva since we were 8… besides, she's got taste, she'll teach me all I need 2 no and I'll 4 sure get ma job…
Wild Wolf: Sounds like a plan, wel, good luck ne ways! When r u gonna start ur job hunting?
Cheerful Cherry: I was thinking 2morrow, that'z y I gotta prepare 2night… I'll ttyt then aiight?
Wild Wolf: kk, ttyt, byez!
Cherry Cherry: Bibi!! :)
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Sakura sighed happily, it was great how she could have someone to tell all her problems to and will not be laughed at for weeks. She had once stupidly tried telling her brother Touya before, all the good it did was for him to laugh at her for 2 months in a row. She tried telling Tomoyo, Tomoyo would just yell or criticize her for being so stupid… yet 'Wild Wolf', he seemed to understand her…
The doorbell rang. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!" Loud squealing was heard upstairs, down bounced a ravened hair name Tomoyo. "HE'S HERE!!" The girl swung open the door and hugged the navy-blue haired young man. "ERIOL!" She chirped giving him a lingering kiss.
"Well, hello, Tomoyo dear, I brought a movie with me today, would you like to watch it with me?" He asked with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"Of course darling!" Tomoyo replied sweetly.
Sakura just rolled her eyes. "I'll be upstairs doing whatever! Don't worry, I won't come down." It's so obviously, they're gonna be having a make out session and forget all about the movie while she, Sakura would just be extra.
Syaoran… RING RING"Syaoran speaking."
"Hello Xiao Lang." A female voice said on the other line.
Syaoran shuddered. "Hello mother. What do you want now?"
"Can't I just talk to my son without wanting something?""You can, but you never do…" He sighed and lay down on his bed.
"Alright. So, have you finally decided that Japan is no good and you would want to come back to Hong Kong and be back in your royal position with everyone worshipping you?"
Syaoran winced hearing that. "No, mother. I like Japan… In fact, I'm the boss of my own company right now, and I'm very happy here, I don't need everyone kissing the ground I step on like in Hong Kong."
Yelan rubbed her temple for she was getting a headache from her stubborn son, she needs him back soon to take over the clan! And there he is, in Japan while he should be in Hong Kong training! "Alright, son. How about this. Have you found your perfect dream girl yet?"
He thought for a bit. "Not really, but there is someone I know…"
"Who is she? Are you engaged to her yet?""Mother, I haven't even met her yet, but her personality suits me quite well… She's nice and charming, though she's quite cautious and isn't the type flirting with every guy… Unfortunately… I met her on chat, and, well, she tells me what happens to her everyday, but refuses to even tell me her real name or any personal information…"
Yelan scowled. "Great, you're in love with a girl whom you'll probably never meet!"
"Mother!" Syaoran whined. "I'm not in love with her! I'm just saying, she's the nicest lady I've ever talked to, I mean she does NOT try seducing me or talking endless crap about make up, we can actually have a normal conversation going! Plus, I can tell her about anything, and she can always make me feel better…"
"Whatever you say, just as long as you meet her soon enough and get married or something, then, you'd better come back to Hong Kong soon, and better not come back alone, got it?" She spoke in a firm voice.
"Yes mother." Syaoran replied glumly.
"Very well, Zai Jian, Xiao Lang (Bye, Xiao Lang)."
"Wan An, mother. (Good night, Mother)."
Syaoran sighed heavily combing his hand through his hair. Why must life be so difficult? Why does HE have to be the future leader of the clan? Why must he marry so soon? What can't all girls be talk-able like 'Cheerful Cherry' whoever she is? Why won't 'Cherry' just tell him her true identity so they can meet sometimes? They've been talking for two months already, and she still doesn't trust him?? And why must he be the one trying to nice and get hit on the head by some crazy girl??
RING RING"NOW WHAT?" He snapped angrily.
"Aww!! What's wrong little wolf, are you in a bad mood?" A sickly sugary voice came.
Syaoran growled angrily. "Now you called, of course I am… What do you want, Alexia?" Alexia was the best model he had, if he did not need her desperately, he would've fired her a long time a go, the girl can't keep her hand to herself and acts as if she's the boss, cursing at everyone, yelling at them whenever she felt like it.
"Just here to say that the gang will be at 'Sun Dance Beach' tomorrow, the view's going to be great, Takashi just got more ideas for pictures… Of course, I'll pose, and you'll take the pictures, right?" She clicked her tongue seductively. "By the way, we need a new model, Li Jun -_-A/N: that's my friend's name, and yes, it's a girl's name.-_- just found out she was pregnant, so I fired her."
"YOU WHAT?!?!"
"I fired her, don't sorry my lil wolf, you'll find someone soon enough. Well, I'd love to chat, but I gotta find a dress for me to wear tomorrow, Ja ne darling!"
"JA!" Syaoran growled through clenched teeth. How he wished she was the worst model in the world so he can fire her and not have to listen to her annoying voice all day and having her touching him all over acting like his girlfriend.
Sakura…~~##Where should I start? I don't even know what company needs models right now… and I have no experience… Oh, what am I going to do?##~~ Sakura flipped through a book which Tomoyo had lent her, she stopped at one page where she saw a picture of the sun peeking out the horizon, the sky in a mysterious orangey red glow, with whitish blue clouds floating freely around. The water was calm, the sand sparkled, small waves soaked the gem like sand, shading it into a darker shade. Feet on the sand, was a paled skinned gorgeous lady with long, wavy blond hair. Her right hand gently holding down her hair preventing it from flying with the bare wind. Her dress was worn loosely, slightly faded, tangling with the surrounding, blending in with the scene. The warm, blazing light of the sun radiant throughout the surrounding, giving it a vivid feeling, along with calmness. "Wow…" Sakura stared at it, her breath caught in her throat.
She quick scanned through the next page, and found out that the picture was taken by a young man with the name Li Syaoran, the girl standing delicately on the sand was a girl name Alexia Skinner. Reading more, she caught the name of the beach where the picture was taken, it was called, 'Sun Dance Beach'. "Maybe I should go there tomorrow just before going to searching for my job, the view is beautiful, I know I'll have more confidence after going there…" Sakura spoke softly to herself. Shutting the book, she fell on top of her bed, dreaming of what it would feel like being there, in person…
Next Morning… BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!~~##Why is this thing ringing so early? GAH! Wait a minute, I was going to 'Sun Dance Beach' to catch the sunrise! HOEE!##~~ Sakura; for once in her lifetime, woke up on time. She looked outside, it was still dark, she then looked at the clock and realized that it was only 3:30am. Enough time for her to get to Sun Dance Beach and watch the beautiful glowing horizon.
Syaoran…"Hey guys!" He waved at the faint outline of his gang (Yamazaki, Chiharu, Rika, Naoko, Yukito, Nakuru and Alexia), sitting there, under a beach umbrella just in case the sun ever comes up.
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Things to Know…Syaoran: The boss and the photographer.
Yamazaki: The scene picker
Chiharu, Rika, Naoko: Models
Yukito: The guys who takes the picture and perfect it on the computer
Nakuru: Does the finishing touches, like frame it, how big it should be, what type of photo paper goes the best with the picture and etc.
Alexia: The main model.
-_-A/N: There's a lot more people, but these are the important ones, so yah…-_-
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"Syao!" Alexia squealed before gluing herself to him.
"Alex, let, GO!"
She pouted. "Aww! You're no fun Syao!" She said with fake tears.
Syaoran shot her a death glare and growled, he felt the need of strangling her to death, but knew he could not… "Life it so unfair…" He muttered to himself. "Anyways Yamazaki, why did you choose this place again? Didn't we already take a picture here?"
Yamazaki nodded with a grin. "Yep, the picture, 'Morning horizon'. But you see, I came back here just yesterday, and guess what, if we take a picture of the surrounding while the sun is rising, but did not come high enough to lit the horizon, the view is completely different but equally fabulous, it was purplish blue with a foggy layer of black… looked so dark and gruesome, yet, it was marvelous, just perfect! I was hoping we could capture a shot of that…"
Syaoran nodded. "Alright, you guys keep on waiting, I gotta change the settings on my camera. Be right back!"
Sakura…She climbed to the top of the mini cliff where she took in the beauty of the dark sky. It was magnificent, the sun wasn't up, yet, the colour of the sky looked so innocent and pure, the colour of nature… She breathed in the air one last time before sliding down the cliff to step her feet in the cool, wet sand and to feel exactly what Alexia had felt while her picture was being taken.
What she hadn't expect was for someone else to be here, or, to be more specific, another group of people here. She slid off the mini cliff and looked around, where she spot it 8-9 people sitting under a beach umbrella chatting happily, well they seemed to have left one blond girl out of the conversation… Sakura, being a friendly girl, walked over to them and greeted, "Hey guys! What are you all doing here? I was almost positive that I would be the only here, specially since it's THIS early! It's not even 5:00 yet!"
A girl with short brown hair, large brown eyes and a pair of glasses looked up. "Hey. Who are you? And what are you doing here this early?"
Sakura giggled. "I came here to take a picture of the sunrise, I was so inspired by the picture, "Morning Horizon', I decided to come and see for myself…"
Another girl with even darker brown hair and slightly wavy and curly at the bottom looked up and smirked, "We are the ones who had taken that picture, our boss is Li Syaoran."
Sakura gasped. "Really?! WOW!" ~~##Wait a second there girl, maybe they would need a new model? Worth a try…##~~ "You guys wouldn't… happen to be needing a model… would you?" She asked with hope in her eyes.
Alexia stood there staring at the girl. Sure, they needed a new model, but for the first time in her life, she felt threatened, the girl didn't even put much make up or even taken time to fix herself up, but she was still quite beautiful, she knew if this girl would become their new model, Li Syaoran would obviously like her better than herself, and she might get fired because of this… this… this immature child standing in front of her! "We do need a model, actually." She spoke smugly.
"REALLY?!?!" Sakura gasped with joy. "Do you think… I can be that needed model?"
The others was about say 'ask Li, he's our boss' when Alexia decided to butt in. "You? A MODEL?!?! Pah! That's the most pathetic thing I've ever heard!! You think a scoundrel like you can model? I bet you can't even stand straight without wobbling for a second! And posing as a model? DREAM ON BITCH!"
Sakura was taken back, she wasn't the best at posing and modeling, but she wasn't bad…
Syaoran…He had just finished adjusting his camera when he came back to his gang, ready to take a few snap shots. "Hey guy, I'm back-" He stopped. There, in front of a sniggering Alexia, was a young girl with silky auburn hair, bursting into tears, her hands were busy wiping her tears away, but she still stood with her head high. "Oh no!" He groaned. "What did Alex do NOW?!?!" He quickly rushed to his friends, but sadly, the girl was quite a runner, by then, she was already on top of the cliff. "WHAT JUST HAPPEN??!?!?!?" He glowered at them.
Everybody pointed at Alexia and continued staring after the girl. Alexia gave a fake sweet smile. "Aww, Syao! Who cares? I mean, she was just some pathetic wannabe girl, why should we care, right?"
Chiharu glared at Alexia and turned to her boss. "The girl was just here taking a picture of the sunrise, inspired by 'Morning Horizon' and then asked us if we needed a model, we were going to tell her to wait for you to return when she-" Chiharu glared at Alexia. "-Called her a scoundrel and a bitch and made the girl burst into tears and ran away…"
Syaoran shook his head. ~~##Stupid Alex, I'll fire her as soon as I find a model close to her talent…##~~ He sighed. "Oh well, we can always find more people can't we…" He glared at Alex. "If you DARE do that EVER again, I'll make sure your regret it, got that?"
Alexia pouted, but Syaoran just glared harder. "Oh fine…" She said unsatisfied.
Sakura…She climbed up the mini cliff continue wiping her tears off, she was about to drive back home when she suddenly bumped into someone. "Eek! Gomen ne-" She looked up in shock. "Touya? What are you doing here?"
Her brother got off of his motorcycle and took off his helmet. "I was coming back from work, I do night-shifts remember kaijuu? And I saw and was wondering around here, what are earth are you doing here so damn early. Why are you crying?"
Sakura looked at her brother and explained everything, Touya's face grew hard. He leaned down and whispered something in her ears. "So, what do you think? If they have a heart, it's for sure they'd hire you."
Sakura looked uncertain. "I don't know, onii-chan, that's not a nice thing to do…"
"Do you want the job or not?" He snapped.
She still wasn't convinced, but thought about what would happen if she didn't get a job, and decided to go with the plan. "Alright." She nodded.
Syaoran…"Alright, now, Alexia-" But he was cut short by a painful cry.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! LET ME GO!! PLEASE!!" the gang looked up to see the girl they've met a while ago struggling against the death grip of a furiously man who had dangerous looking black hair and eyes.
"NO!" The man screamed back. "Not until you pay me back you little slut!"
"I'm sorry!! I CAN'T!! I've got nothing to give you!! I'm broke!!" Sakura bit out between her pouring tears.
"If you don't GIVE it to me this SECOND, I swear I'll break your-"
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?" Syaoran shouted pushing the man's large hand off of the girl's fragile arm.
The man glared at him. "GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE! THIS IS BETWEEN ME AND THE BITCH!"
Syaoran growled. "What's going on, tell me your problem and maybe we can settle this not so VIOLENTLY!"
The man growled back. "Fine, the bitch here owes me 80 thousand dollars!"
"BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO GIVE YOU RIGHT NOW!" The girl suddenly screamed. "MY MOM HAS CANCER AND SHE NEEDS MONEY REAL BADLY! I'VE GOT NOTHING TO GIVE TO YOU, MY MOM NEEDS IT, AND I DON'T HAVE A JOB! WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO?!!!?!??!"
"I DON'T CARE BITCH! YOU CAN GO FUCK YOURSELF FOR ALL I CARE BUT I NEED THE FUCKING MONEY! YOU PROMISED TO RETURN IT TO ME 2 MONTHS AGO!"
"I'll probably be able to give you back the money little by little once I find a JOB(Hint hint) which I DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW!!"
Syaoran looked at the girl, she was the one who came to apply for a job here earlier but was shot off by Alex wasn't she? She was extremely beautiful even though it's obvious she didn't try to make herself pretty, she did have a great body, and every emotional… Well… "She'll give you back the money, I promise, from this day one, every month, she'll return you 5 thousand dollars, is that ok?"
Touya cracked a greedy smiled. "OF COURSE IT'S OK!"
"WHAT? I DON'T HAVE A JOB RIGHT NOW HOW ON EARTH AM I SUPPOSE TO GET 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS EVERY WEEK?!?!"
"You're hired." Syaoran said casually giving her a brief smile. "I'm the boss my mom own company… Come with me, let's see how good you are." He said extending his hand.
Sakura wiped her tears and smiled in return. She accepted his hand and walked down the cliff with him, but not before mouthing 'Thank You' to Touya, even if she did feel a little guilty… Hey, at least she got her job…
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*Author's Note: Well, everything starts here, Syaoran's just hired Sakura, they bumped into each other, they've talked, Syaoran thought she was pretty… Let the fun, begin! :D
Do you guys mind me asking you three questions? Just your true oppionion… I just wanna know, nothing more…
Who's your fav character in CCS?
Who's your fav male character in CCS?
Who's your fav. Female character in CCS?
Well, answer for me plz! Thx!! :)
How many words? 4191, not bad is it…