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Chapter 20: For Your Children
Yelen watched as Sakura came up the driveway with the children. With a smile she wished with all her heart that Sakura would agree. She wanted Sakura to so very badly!
"She's coming" Yelen announced to Xaio who was drumming his fingers on the sofa nervously.
"What's the matter?" Yelen asked, as her husband seemed to be even more nervous.
"If she's as hard-headed as when she went out with Syaoron there could be problems…" Xaio muttered
Yelen sighed and knew what her husband said would be true. Sakura could get very stubborn.
Take for example when they asked Sakura to sell the house and come live with them. She had refused point-blank to live with them but live in the house her children's father had rightfully help make for them.
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Yelen truly hoped she wouldn't be so obtuse this time. Walking towards the door she opened the door with a smile on her face.
"Look" Sakura said to her babies, "It's grandma!"
"Bwa Bwa!" Zang Zi coed to Yelen with outstretched arms.
"Sweetie!" Yelen smiled genuinely this time and took her granddaughter into her arms. Xaio also had come to the door by now and Sakura handed him his grandson. Xaio swallowed a lump that built itself into his throat. Constricting speech he stared idly at the little boy who looked so much like his own son at that age.
"Pa…" Xaio cooed to Xaio and he lightly touched the boy cheek.
"He looks more and more like Syaoron each day…" Yelen said with a small smile. Sakura nodded and all three were silent for some time.
"Anyways!" Yelen said carrying Zang Zi into the house, "It was rude of us to stop you at the door"
"Not at all" Sakura said with a smile, "sometimes those two get too much to handle too!"
"That's why we were thinking of fitting this idea your father-in-law and I had to you"
"Idea?" Sakura asked curiously.
"Yes!" Yelen said setting Zang Zi down on the floor. She crawled away to find things to stick into her mouth. Sakura smiled and set her in an extra playpen they kept at Yelen and Xaio's.
"So what is this idea?" Sakura asked sticking Xaio in there as well.
"Well…we decided that since Syaoron's death you've been pretty mellow and all…but it's been months and we've decided perhaps it was time you moved on…" Yelen worded carefully looking towards her husband.
"That is why we decided that we'd love you to stay inside the family," Xaio said slowly.
Sakura nodded in happiness, "Well, I was hoping you'd be inside your grandchildren's lives"
"Yes…but we want you secure as well Sakura…"Yelen started
"I am secure Yelen-sama" Sakura added with a smile, "I don't need anything"
"But a husband…" Xaio added.
Sakura head jerked up and she gave a strained smile to Xaio, "I've decided not to swim into that anymore, Syaoron is the only one!"
"Sakura…" Yelen started, "you're still young enough to find another…but we want to see your kids have a father as well!"
"They do have a father!" Sakura raised her voice a little
"We know… but we're talking about one who can be with them!"
"Touya makes a good uncle!" Sakura pointed out
"Father's different!" Xaio added
"How can you do this to Syaoron…"
"We aren't doing anything he wouldn't wish us to do!" Xaio explained, "He'd want us to care for you and we've both decided it'd be a waste for you to start raising kids by yourself!"
"But…"
"No buts Sakura… they children…think of your children" Yelen added
"Why?" Sakura asked tearfully
"Because… we don't want to see you waste your life…and besides…my inheritor was Syaoron" Xaio added, "now that he's dead it would have gone to another, since you had his son though, it's Xaio who is inheritor."
"I know…"
"But…there are a lot of people who know that if they marry you they will gain the Li Empire!"
Sakura didn't answer.
"I won't marry them!" Sakura said defying their words.
"But they can force you with your children…but if you were already married it'll protect you and the kids." Xaio coaxed
Sakura sat there silently for a few minutes. Yelen looked at Xaio and both looked to Sakura again.
Sakura cried. She couldn't do it. It was impossible and damn that Syaoron who left her to face all the hardships alone. If he were alive no one would be able to force him to marry again just because they saw it was better for him to have a wife. I suppose it wasn't so that fate was cruel enough to place Sakura into such a difficult position.
"Will you try to at least?" Yelen asked the tearful girl and wished she never asked in the first place.
Sakura looked at her hands and didn't answer.
"Chen Xin is very understanding…he's Syaoron's cousin…and he'll take care of you" Xaio said softly.
"It wasn't our intention to destroy anything Sakura" Yelen added
"I know…" Sakura whispered, "I'll give him a try…but I have the right to refuse!"
"Okay" Xaio agreed, "But you have to TRY!"
"I will" Sakura said softly. "If you two would excuse me I think it's time the kids and I left…"
"But you just got here!" Yelen protested.
"It's time we left!" Sakura said again ad picked up the two. She walked to the stroller that the butler brought in and she went about packing her children's thing ignoring them.
Xaio held Yelen back as she tried to Stop Sakura.
"Give her time to think it through" Xaio urged Yelen. Reluctantly Yelen collapsed next to her husband and watched Sakura stroll her babies done the driveway slowly towards their own house.
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"How are you?" Kiyoko asked
"Miserable" Sakura said softly into the telephone, "they want me to remarry to ensure the fortune!"
"What!" Kiyoko asked incredulously, "Today?"
"Yeah…I don't want to…But it looks like they already found a guy and everything…they want me to "try" to like him"
"Then try Sakura…" Kiyoko said, "it's part of the healing process…moving on…"
"I don't want to!" Sakura replied, "I just want to be with him!"
"I'm sorry Sak…But Life's not like that!" Kiyoko said, "Look, I'm at my brother's house so I'll call you later?"
"Okay…"
"Bye!"
"Bye…"
Kiyoko hung up sadly and looked at her brother's mansion.
"Not bad!" she proclaimed and walked in.
"Mistress?"
She glanced to a maid ad nodded.
"Great…you're brother's been missing for months!" She said and led Kiyoko inside.
"So no clues?" Kiyoko asked
"None…it's as if he vanished!"
"Vanished…Not likely" Kiyoko thought and gave her bags to the servants.
"Would you like anything?" the maid asked
"Yes…some light snacks will do…I'll get started right away looking for him!"
"Very Good Mistress!"
Kiyoko nodded and headed in the direction of the hall to find her brother's little niche.
"He's bound to leave a clue in his study!"
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Five Days Later
Sakura took a deep breath as she opened the door.
He was okay…The brown hair was an inheritance in the male part of the Li's for sure… but his hazel eyes were not Syaoron's amber ones…
"Sakura right?" He said with a smile.
"Yeah!" Sakura agreed, "Come in…"
As he cam in and she shut the door she stared at the door and knew it was going to be a long night.
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"Ah HA!" Kiyoko smiled as she scored her brother's private folders. Skimming through it she looked for other locations of his houses.
She glanced at the clock briefly and wondered how Sakura was coming along…
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"No!" Sakura said with a smile. She had to admit…Chen Xin was very good with kids and was a charmer.
"Seriously! Wouldn't you be good at that?" Chen Xin asked with a grin, "tennis is everything to these girls nowadays!"
"I wasn't quite an avid player as you think!" Sakura said with a tiny smile.
"Well…guess I thought wrong" He smiled. "Sakura…do you see me even close to being the next one?"
Sakura's smiled died and she fidget with her skirt.
"I really don't know Chen Xin…you're nice and all but my heart just won't accept it right now…"
"It's all right… don't force yourself…I'll wait" he smiled and pulled Sakura into his arms. She stiffened slightly but feeling the warm arms after so long was comforting. She soon leaned into the embrace and was even okay with his tiny kiss on the lips.
"Thank you" Sakura whispered and before she knew it he had deepened the kiss. Sakura remained limp.
"Try!"
Sakura closed her eyes and reached up to hold him. Imaging Syaoron she opened her mouth and let herself into the void.
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2 weeks later
"We're so happy!" Yelen Smiled
"Congratulations!" Xaio grinned.
Sakura tried to get caught up as her in-laws were but she couldn't. She had accepted Chen Xin's offer but in her heart it was in turmoil. She had said what her heart hadn't wanted but she thought this would get the worries away…and perhaps in time she'd let go of Syaoron as he did to her…
"When's the wedding?" Yelen asked
"Let's say a month from now" Chen Xin looked at Sakura and she nodded.
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Sakura tried to reach Kiyoko but her cell was turned off. Sakura decided to leave a message instead.
"I'm getting married Kiyoko…"
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Kiyoko awoke to a message on her cell. Turning it on she listened and panicked.
'Sakura getting married again?' Looking around she realized she slept at the desk again. Yawning she stretched and called Sakura.
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"Yeah?" Sakura sleepy voice came over the line.
"You're getting married?" Kiyoko's voice came through and Sakura rubbed her eyes.
"Yeah…will you comeback for it?"
"When is it?"
"Three weeks from now"
"I don't think so…so far I'm turning dead ends on my brother's whereabouts…I'm going to keep searching…but Sakura…is this what you're heart told you or is this a mean of escape?"
"Escape?"
"Yes…escape from pain?"
"I guess so…"
"Sakura…"
"I know…but I'll try my best to forget and move on…you said yourself it's part of the process…"
"I know but…you're lying to yourself…and everyone…"
"But you" Sakura cut in…"I'm trying Kiyoko…I really am…so please tell me and I dumb or stupid?"
"Both…" Kiyoko said and laughed, "I wish you the best anyways…"
"Thank you…" Sakura whispered and she yawned.
"Did I wake you?"
"Yeah!" Sakura confirmed…"But it's okay!"
"Best of luck…"
"Thanks…"
"Bye… I got to go…"
"Okay" Sakura whispered and turned off the phone. With a sigh she rose and looked out the window…soon she'd have to prepare for a wedding she didn't particularly want…
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Three weeks later
Sakura pasted a smile on her face as she walked to Chen Xin. She tried to picture a different setting…she tried not to picture that a year ago she walked this same path to Syaoron in the same church.
Closing her eyes she sped up. Better to get it over with.
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Sakura rolled to her side as she studied Chen Xin's sleeping face. She readjusted and felt the soreness settle in her joints. He was rough in bed. It hurt worse than when Syaoron and she first did it…with a sigh she shifted to her side and away from him. He wasn't like Syaoron at all. He slept in weird angels and insisted she adjust to his positions! What did I do? Sakura questioned herself…
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Kiyoko knew that today Sakura was married…but she was working all night and still nothing. Throwing the file she saw something catch her eyes and she jumped.
This was it!
It was a tiny address written at the side of one of his most recent papers. He must be here or this place would tell her more…Looking at the time she realized tomorrow afternoon she'd set out for it.
"Keisuke! When I get my hands on your throat!" Kiyoko whispered and shut off the light. Tonight she'd take a long bath and get a good night rest for Sakura's happiness and her success!
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Afternoon!
Kiyoko sighed. She'd walk these streets back and forth and she knew it wasn't here. The next street looked so dirty though! Her brother had hated dirt above all else so why would it be on the other side?
"Excuse me!" Kiyoko caught a person.
"Could you tell me where this place is?"
"Next Street!" the old guy said and kept walking.
Kiyoko faced the dirty street with a grimaced. So he really was there…
Walking down the street she came across a group of guys.
"Excuse me, do you know where this place is?"
"Actually I do!" One of the guys said and started walking, "follow me!"
'Kei…you actually going to show her?" A buddy called out
"Yeah…aren't you guys?" The guy asked turning to look at his buddies with a grin.
Kiyoko didn't like that look so she backed away.
"On second thought…I think I can manage…"
He grabbed her and threw her into the place he had indicated. Unzipping her jacket forcefully he forced himself on top of her. Kiyoko screamed as she felt her breast yanked out of her bra forcefully and her skirt being raised,
"NOOOO!"
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"NOOOO!" Sakura screamed at Chen Xin. They'd been only married for a day and he was already a new person.
He slapped her and turned away, "god Dammit Sakura, I'm you HUSBAND! I can do whatever I want with your body and if I tell you I want it from behind or in front you'll assume the position!
"All you thought about today was Sex! What about how I'm feeling?" Sakura bit out through her haze of tears.
"I'm Not SYAORON so get used to me NOT asking your opinion!"
Sakura ran from the room and went to the room Syaoron usually worked in. Thank god Chen Xin had said it was okay to spend their honeymoon at home…without the kids…
"If you dare tell Syaoron's parents, I'll kill you!" Chen Xin said angrily and grabbed her hair. He pinned her to Syaoron's desk and smirked.
'Wouldn't it be nice to see Syaoron's face as I ride his wife on his desk?' Chen Xin thought.
Sakura bit the scream back as he jerked her clothing away and raped her banging against the desk that bit into her stomach.
'Syaoron…'
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Kiyoko felt the weight lift after two were finished with her. She was too tired to scream anymore…
She watched someone attack the guys and they ran off laughing.
Kiyoko pulled her clothes to cover herself in spite of ow she looked.
"are you allright?" The man said and all of a sudden he took a good look at Kiyoko.
"Kiyoko?"
She looked p to see Blue eyes and Black hair.
"Keisuke…." Kiyoko said brokenly and hugged him.
"What are you doing here?"
Kiyoko hit him multiple times, "YOU! This is all for you and look what I get! What are you doing in a dirty place like this?"
"Kiyoko I'll explain later…let's get you to where I'm staying."
Kiyoko reluctantly nodded and let her brother carry her.
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Kiyoko sat down on his couch and was thankful for her brother's clothes. She pulled his sweatshirt to cover her knees as well and she rested her chin on top of her knees.
"Explain!" she said softly.
"I was hired to do something bad Kiyoko…"
"What?"
"To kill a man…but I couldn't do it…"
"Good then there's nothing to fear!"
"You don't understand…I have to stay hidden because I faked his death and took him with e. I cared for him and he saved me from a group of thugs one night when I was walking back here. He got knocked on the head and is a coma. I hired a private doctor to see him two times a week but he's still not up! It's been months! They don't know it he'll ever get up…but I owe him to try since he did take the blow for me!" Keisuke said burying his head into the crook of his arm.
"Kiyoko reached over to hug her brother.
"Where is he?"
Keisuke stood and took her by the hand. He led her to a room near the end of the hallways and opened the door. Kiyoko stepped in suspiciously and looked at the man. He was handsome…he was…very beautiful in sleep actually…
It was….
"My God…" Kiyoko whispered…
IT WAS SYAORON…
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A/n: Great! And now Sakura's married!
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