So here's Mari-chan! Heh, y'know what? I survived the first day of school! Yay! My teachers are... uh, I don't really have a comment for them yet. One of my bestgirl friends is in my class, and my best guy friend is not... and I miss him! -Sniffs-Now back to what I was saying, I survived the first day of 8th grade! Only 181 days to go! -Grins-
This chapter will explain Sakura's secret! Yay! -Smiles- Well, Syaoran's secret... I'll hold that off for a while. You'll soon know why Saku reveals her secret, all you gotta do is read! Now, I still want you to guess what the secrets are, but now I just want your guesses on Syaoran's secret, okay?
Disclaimer: I own Card Captor Sakura! -Evil laugh- Fear me! -Gets hit in the head by all of CLAMP- Ouch! Okay, okay, so I don't! Don't hurt me! Ow... -Rubs head- I don't own a thing...
Chapter IV
Tomoyo woke up to find she was lying on the couch. She heaved a groan as she uncomfortably pulled her body up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. A soft knock was heard, and so she opened the door. Her eyes narrowed and a flicker of annoyance could clearly be seen as she stared at the person in her doorway. "Hiiragizawa, what the hell are you doing here?" She spat.
Eriol looked at her, sorrowful eyes tracing the irritated face. "Tomoyo-san, you never used to be this mad. What happened to you?" He asked, his voice almost a whisper. "It's Daidouji to you, and I still don't forgive you. How could be able to do that to Sakura? And we trusted you too." She replied, narrowing her eyes deeper, but now a bit of pain showing "We treated you like a brother."
"I told you this already. I didn't mean to use those words to her, or do those things either... it was my mother." He explained, just as he had many times ago. "It's always your mother. So she asked you to call her all those painful names, blame her for Hikaru's death just to see that sad memory replay inside her eyes, and slap her?" Tomoyo demanded "That is total bullshit, and you know it."
"God, can't you see the kind of person my mother is? She has controlled me ever since I was a child, and now I can't free away from her grasp. My mother didn't want me to have any friends, and I knew that the only way to get Sakura away was to do that, and I knew you would go with her... if I didn't do that, the two of you would be hurt, and you know I wouldn't like that... especially Sakura." he murmured the last part. Tomoyo still wouldn't take in his apology, and him saying Sakura's name the way he did made her even more irritated. Eriol used to like Sakura... now Tomoyo wouldn't let him lay one finger on her.
"Y'know what? You better move on, because Sakura doesn't like you, and even if she did, I wouldn't allow you to get two feet close to her." Tomoyo muttered. Eriol looked at her with his sorrowful eyes once more. "Oh, I moved on... I'm just remembering things. Listen to me, why won't you accept my apology?" He insisted. Tomoyo now wished she wasn't shorter than him, for she would've shown him where he could shove his apology. "No thank you, I'm fine." She looked at him once again, glaring and ignoring the pained look in his eyes, for she thought they were fake. What she didn't know, was that it was real.
Then Tomoyo looked down suddenly. Concerned, Eriol softly placed his right hand under her chin, bringing her face to look up at his. He could see salty tears build up around the corners of her eyes, and her body shaking, building up the tears. She realized that he saw her tears and slapped his hand away, once more narrowing her eyes. "Don't touch me." She whispered dangerously "Don't ever touch me, or Sakura. I want you to get out of here. You scarred Sakura, and you know this. She was fragile and you laughed as she cried. I'm never going to forgive you."
He looked as though he might say something, but then hung his head low and left, closing the door gently. Tomoyo leaned on the door and her body slid down. After the years she couldn't believe she ever became friends with a guy like him... her eyes closed as she threw her head back in thought. She couldn't believe that she once longed for him and his touch. She couldn't believe she once had a crush on him.
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"Ugh!" Sakura growled as she banged her finger on the trigger too soon, missing the target about ten inches, hitting a tree. She sighed and placed her gun back on her pouch, keeping her fingers there for a second. She looked up at the afternoon sky and allowed a sigh flow into the dull wind. She closed her eyes to suddenly hear an unusual kind of rustling in the bushes. Her head snapped around to it, but the sound stopped. "Heh, must be my imagination..." She muttered. Something seemed extremely strange, though. She could've sworn she heard cursing from a gruff male voice. Shaking her head, she turned to her target and sighed once again.
She heard the rustling once again, and so she took out her gun and said "Come out, whoever you are!" The rustling continued, as though the person or thing was hesitant, then out came to reveal a strong-looking man with a deep skin. His eyes looked hollow, a one-thousanth centimeter-full pool of dirty grey. His position was pretty close to hers: A glare on his face, and two hands holding on to a gun, as though it was about to pull the trigger any second. A rush of fear passed through her; maybe he works for... "Do you work for Kevin Arikado?" Sakura asked hesitantly. The man nodded, a smirk forming on his chapped lips, seeing the fear in her eyes. 'She ain't used to this... good' He thought.
"Yeah, and you must be Sakura Kinomoto for the looks of it... hmm, boss never told me you were a cute one." The man's smirk became wider as he saw Sakura's eyes flash in anger "Ooh, a feisty little girl, aren't you? Ah well, the better to kill with." He pointed his gun at her head "Say bye-bye, little cherry blossom." he sneered.
Her eyes widened. She ducked as he pulled on the trigger. She picked her body up and ran. The man cursed and ran after her, not missing the chance to throw some shots. "Stand still, damn it!" He yelled, but that only caused Sakura run even faster. Her eyes were tightly shut as she ran, blind of where she was going. "I'm going to have to do this..." She whispered, her voice trembling.
She turned her body back, and could see a clear view of the man. She aimed for his head and pulled on the trigger. 'Please work.' she prayed in her mind. Her prayer worked, as she watched the man fall into the ground. She stopped running and ran back. She had a sick feeling in her stomach. The man's face was busted and bloody. The bullet was deep inside his head. Sakura slowly felt her lower lip tremble. She couldn't believe it. She had... killed someone. Tears were stinging her eyes. She turned around to avert her eyes from the horrible mess. Though he was going to kill her, he was still a human being, and she had killed him. She allowed her face strained with silent tears look up. She felt a deep hole rip through inside her heart as she saw Syaoran and Meiling, looking surprised at her and the now-dead man. Her only two friends... they must feel disgusted. Disgusted that they decided to ever be friends with her. She dropped her gun, as well as herself, onto the floor, crying uncontrollably. She killed someone, and lost her only two friends.
Surprise filled her as she felt strong arms around her and long fingers stroke her hair. She looked up to see Syaoran looking concerned at her, embracing her tightly. She turned her head slightly around to see Meiling with exactly the same expression, stroking her hair. She tried to smile, but she couldn't even crack a weak one. She relaxed and allowed herself to fall into Syaoran's arms, placing her head against his chest as she sobbed. They still cared about her... they still cared. She heard the comforting words and closed her eyes. She knew that she would be for the first time telling someone her secret.
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Eriol was sitting in a park, his head between his legs as he thought about the images running through his mind. Sakura was in danger... he just knew it. He closed his eyes and growled. Being able to tell the future wasn't much of a great thing anymore. He could see her frail form, her skin a pale white and cuts all over her. She was battered and bruised. The sky was a pitch-black, though the city clock read 9:00 AM. All he could see in front of Sakura was a man with long pale fingers, grabbing her face. "Silly human, you're only in the way." a cold voice had sneered. Sakura let out a weak whimper, then an aggravated, pained voice yelled "Let go of her!" White hair fell over cold, pale blue eyes. Eyes of dark amber, anger-sparked, glared at the cold man. "Let go of her... you're supposed to fight me!"
Eriol sighed. That was such a hard vision. He didn't know why the man was hurting her, or who exactly was the other younger one, but all he knew was that Sakura was in danger. A melancholy was in the wind around him. Then his mind came to think about another person. Tomoyo... that dark-haired, fair-skinned goddess. He closed his eyes to see the long defined curls of dark lilac, and the long violet lashes fluttering as she blinked her amethyst eyes. She didn't know how his mother was. His mother had a deep depression, which brought to a violent temper and reclusiveness. It wasn't him. He didn't mean to hurt Sakura at all.
He laughed as he remembered the childish stutters he managed to let out as he looked at Sakura. There was something in his laugh, some amusement, but also fierce guilt. True was what Tomoyo said, she had a fragile heart. Eriol used to explain all his feelings to Tomoyo, to always receive a soft smile on her pale face and wise advice. The only thing he never told her was that he thought she was really pretty. He originally thought she was an untouchable goddess, but came to think that he liked Sakura better for some unknown reason to even himself. "I was so confused to see I loved Sakura as if she was my sister... I was so stupid." He muttered.
Tomoyo could've been his. Tomoyo could've been right now at his side, her arms wrapped around his neck and her left cheek pressing against his right. He knew that now there was no way to get her, but he could dream, couldn't he? A small, pitiful smile played on his lips. "Look at me, Tomoyo... look at what you made me become..."
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"Did you take a nice, warm shower?" Meiling asked as she saw Sakura sitting shyly on her bed. "Yeah, thanks... for everything." Sakura whispered, a smile forming on her face. "Hey Sakura, it's no problem, you're our friend... but can you please tell us what was that?" Syaoran's voice startled the two of them.
He was now leaning on the closed door. Sakura looked at him, and fidgeted as she looked back down to her feet. She suddenly felt heat rush up to her cheeks, making them appear a flushed pink. She didn't know why, but she felt warm. "Okay, I'll tell you what's going on. You see..." Sakura's voice made a pause, then took a deep breath.
"When my brother was in high school, he always managed to pick a fight with a guy named Kevin Arikado. Arikado was one of those people that never forgive others for their mistakes, and on one of his and my brother's fights he got a broken arm and a blind eye. He wanted to harm Hikaru, my younger sister, for revenge, but we caught him in the act... and so Touya wanted to keep us safe by giving me a gun."
"How did he get that gun?" Meiling asked curiously, sitting next to Sakura. Sakura gave a small laugh. "Y'know, that was the same question I asked him. He ended up telling me that the only way he was able to get a gun was to become a gang member. So now my brother is an unvoluntary gang member." She said.
Syaoran sat next to the other side of Sakura, his eyes narrowing and trying to take in all the information. "What happened to Hikaru then?" He asked. Sakura's eyes darkened a little, but she gave him a sad smile. "She died... she couldn't keep food in her body. She was always a sick child." She said, then interrupted Meiling as she was about to open her mouth. "It's okay, don't kill your cousin for bringing me memories." She assured.
"So, since I already told you most of the story, I'll tell you the rest. Arikado had a gang as well, and sadly the gangs are rivals. So Arikado's gang is looking for me, while my brother's gang is looking for them." Sakura finished. She felt a heavy weight lift off her shoulders as she did. It felt great to tell someone about it. "It's scary, huh?"
"Yeah! Really scary!" Meiling yelled. Syaoran gave a small smile and said "Don't worry, while you're with us, you won't get hurt." Sakura smiled at the two. "Thanks..." She whispered. A cell phone rang, and Meiling answered. "Hello?" she asked. As she heard the other person's voice she grinned and looked at her cousin and her friend. "Sorry, I'll be right back."
As Meiling left Sakura looked at Syaoran and said "Do you have any idea who is she talking to?" Syaoran smiled and nodded. "Yeah." He replied "She thinks I don't though. It's some guy she's dating. I don't know his name yet, but she'll blurt it out any day now."
Sakura gave a laugh and said "You like getting into her business, don't you?" "Uh-huh. Don't want her hurt, so I'm like a big brother to her." He explained. "But you're younger, right?" Sakura asked. "Yep, her birthday's on March 25th, and mine's on July 13th."
Sakura giggled and tilted her head to her side, her hair following. "That makes me older than you too! My birthday's on April 1st!" Seeing the silly grin on his face Sakura twisted her face into a scowl and said "Don't even think about it. To me April Fools doesn't exist." "I wasn't going to tease you." He said, leaning closer and staring into her eyes with a questioning look on his face. He suddenly smiled. "You have a very weird eye color... in a good way though."
Sakura looked at him, confusion written all over her face. Why would he pay attention to something like that? "What do you mean weird?" She asked. Syaoran's smile turned into a grin as he said "Well, I don't know. You know how all these people that have green eyes have these specks of brown in them? You don't have any of that. It's just pure emerald... it's really pretty."
A cute tinge of pink was painted into Sakura's cheeks. She liked hearing a compliment leave Syaoran's lips, she didn't know why. "So, I guess I'll leave you to rest. You had a tough day." He smoothed the hair on top of her head, making her pink cheeks turn magenta "Bye Sakura."
Then he left. Sakura placed her hands on her warm cheeks, as the pink died down. What was happening to her? Why did her face warm up every time Syaoran complimented her or talked to her in an affectionate way? She shook her head and decided to rest, just as he had said.
Hey, have you ever heard the song Come Away With Me, by Norah Jones? If you did, would you like me to use this song for a romantic chappie in the future? If you didn't, then leave your e-mail in your review and I'll send you the lyrics! -Grins-
So, I added a little Tomoyo and Eriol there. As you can see, it is a one-sided love as Eriol likes Tomoyo, but she hates him. So Eriol-kun was lying to Syaoran-kun when he said he didn't do anything bad? -Looks shocked- The next chapter I will try to give Syaoran and Sakura a little push, okay? -Grins- I have been doing a lot of smiling and grinning lately!
Y'know, I might do a little one-shot soon! -Shakes head- Nevermind... see ya! -Smiles sweetly and waves-