Chapter 16. The Past
Meiling, Sakura, and Madison finished up eating; Meiling glanced at Madison then at Sakura, 'Huh?' Meiling thought to herself as she stared at the locket, which was dangling on Sakura's neck. 'Its so… pretty.' Meiling thought to herself, still staring. "Um, Meiling? Are you ok?" Madison asked, "Huh?" Meiling looked at Madison, "Uh yeah…" Meiling switched her focus onto Sakura, "Sakura, what's that?" Meiling asked pointing at the locket. "Huh?" Sakura said looking down, "That." Meiling said pointing again, "Oh, uh this? It's a locket." Sakura said, smiling, 'A LOCKET?' Meiling thought to herself, 'IF SYAORAN IS IN THERE… THEN…THAT MEANS I WAS RIGHT! SAKURA KINOMOTO IS THE GIRL!' Meiling said staring at the locket, "Oh! Who's it from?" Meiling asked, she didn't want to look too obvious.

"I… Don't know…" Sakura said staring down at her plate. Meiling was taken aback, 'She doesn't know?' Meiling thought to herself suspiciously, "H-Huh?" Meiling asked, Madison looked directly into Meiling's eyes, "You see, Sakura got into an accident when she was 7 years old," Madison looked at Sakura for approval to continue, Sakura gave a little nod, "she was hit… by a truck. The doctors thought she would be suffering from memory loss, but it turns out she only forgot something's, but remember mostly everything." Madison paused; Meiling looked shocked, 'I'll never know if she is the one!' Meiling thought to herself, "Um, and then 2 years later, I moved into the house next door to her… and then I…" Madison looked at Sakura; "I asked her the same question… about the locket. Sakura didn't know, so we opened it, there was a picture of her and a boy… but Sakura---" Sakura's fork dropped, her eyes wide opened, her mouth in an O-shape, her body sat motionless, "SAKURA!" Meiling yelled as she and Madison ran to her. "Sakura?" Meiling asked, Madison wrapped her arms around Meiling, "It's ok. She's probably having a… flashback…" Madison said looking at Sakura.

"A flashback?" Meiling asked pulling away from Madison's embrace. Madison nodded, they stood on each side of Sakura.

(FLASHBACK)--- A young Sakura and an amber-browned hair boy stood in front of each other crying, they stared into each others sad eyes. ""I will always love you. You were my first love. My only love, I will never find anyone like you…. Please don't forget me…" He said giving Sakura an embrace. The embrace felt warm, yet it was filled with sorrow… "Li. I love you. I will never forget you. Someday we will meet again…." Sakura let go of him and watched him go. ""One day we will meet again Li…" Sakura said sadly as she watched him leave…

Tears silently streamed down Sakura's cheeks, "Sakura!" Madison said with concern as she embraced her friend, Meiling joined in the embrace, "Sakura?" Meiling asked with a worried tone, "Its ok. Its ok." Madison kept saying into Sakura's ears. Sakura just cried and cried, "I-I…" Sakura said shakily embracing her sisters tighter. "Shhh." Meiling said soothingly as she rubbed her back to calm her down. "I… My flashback…" Sakura said calming down, "W-what happened Sakura?" Madison asked as she and Meiling let go of Sakura. "It …." Meiling and Madison grabbed chairs and sat next to Sakura, "It was the first emotional flashback I've ever had." Sakura said looking at Madison then at Meiling, "I'm guessing we were 7 years old. He was moving." Sakura paused, "W-who was moving?" Meiling asked, "Him. The boy, in her locket." Madison said in a whisper.

Sakura took off the locket and held it tightly in her hands Madison nodded as if to say: go on Sakura, "We were at the park, standing face to face." Sakura stared at the wall, "He… embraced me. And told me… that he loved me… ThatI was his first love. His only love." Sakura said, Madison looked at Sakura, 'Oh my god…' Meiling and Madison thought. "Then he gave me a hug… And, then I told him I loved him. And, we promised to see each other again… then I watched him leave." Sakura said with an emotionless tone. "Oh my… this reminds me of…" Meiling started then stopped, 'Should I tell them of my brothers love?' Meiling thought to herself with her hand over her heart. "Of what Meiling?" Madison asked, "Of… I don't know if I should tell, he'd kill me." Meiling said with a frown, "No, please tell us Meiling, whatever you say wont leave this house." Sakura asked, "Promise." Sakura and Madison said with a warm smile, Meiling took in a deep breath then let it out.

"Well, my family lived in America for I'm not sure how long. But my brother was 7 years old when we moved to Tokyo. He and the girl next door… I can't remember her name, but they were in love with each other. They knew each other since they were babies. The day that we and to move, my brother went to say good-bye to her… at the park ….I thought that that would be the last I would ever hear of her. But then, last night. I heard Syaoran and Eriol arguing." Sakura and Madison looked at her with interest. "They argued about her. Eriol seemed so mad and annoyed at Syaoran." "Why?" Madison asked, "Because of her, Syaoran wouldn't let any other girl into his heart…" Sakura gasped, "No one at all?" Sakura asked, 'How could someone not love for 13 years?' Sakura thought to herself, Meiling nodded, "Yeah… Syaoran said he didn't remember her name, but only knew it had something to do with Cherry, Blossom, or Cherry Blossom." Meiling said. The words: Cherry, Blossom, and Cherry Blossom hit Sakura. "Cherry Blossom?" Sakura said shakily, It was her name. Sakura meant cherry blossom. Meiling nodded, "Do you have a picture of her?" Madison asked. Meiling paused….

"Well… when we moved here, Syaoran had a picture." Meiling said, "Had?" Sakura asked suspiciously. "Well, he had it, until I kinda bent it and stole it…" Meiling said looking at her feet. "Stole it?" Sakura asked, "Well, yeah kind of. I was jumping on his bed when I heard a piece of paper rip so I kept jumping, then I lifted the mattress and then I saw it, a picture of him and her at the beach. I heard Syaoran coming and I knew if he found out I ruined the picture he would kill me so I ran into my room and hid the picture." Meiling looked up at Sakura and Madison. 'Who knew all of this could happen during an all girls lunch?' Madison thought to herself. "Oh, where's the picture?" Sakura asked eager to see this girl, "Uh… I ripped it on accident." Meiling said with a nervous smile. Sakura sweat-dropped. "This is so weird. Sakura seemed to be in love with that locket guy, and she is supposedly looking for him. And Syaoran seems to be looking for his long lost love, which he supposedly left in America. And they both said good-bye to their loved one at a park… in America." Madison said looking at Sakura.

Sakura sweat-dropped, "Right. Sure Madison. Do you really think Syaoran is the locket boy? I mean come on. It can't be…" Sakura said with a shaky tone. 'It is possible.' Sakura thought to herself. Madison nodded, "Think about it Sakura---" "WAIT!" Meiling said standing up and pacing around in circles, "What?" Madison asked, "Sakura, in your flashback, you said: 'Li, I love you'" Meiling looked at Sakura, "Yeah…?" Sakura said, "Li… is my last name." Meiling said.

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AUTHORS NOTE: DUN DUN DUN! Hm, I might update only once in a while. So many bdays! Ahem including my birthday … on the 29th :Dahem. Lol. But I swear I'll update as fast as I can :)
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