Forgotten Friendship, Remembered Love
Disclaimer: quick and simple: I do not own CCS, but this fanfic is mine.
Author's notes: I really have no idea what age Japanese students start going to school, so in this story, they start at age 7 for grade 1. So Sakura and Syaoran and the others will be in first year of junior high school at age 13. Sorry if I made mistakes. Pls. bear with me. -.-;;
Chapter 1 – Last Few Days
Li Estate, Hong Kong……10 years later
"Xiao Lang! Come here! There's something I have to tell you," Yelan Li, the President of Li Corporations called her son.
"Yes mother. I'm coming! Sigh…"
That was the answer of Xiao Lang Li, only son of Yelan Li, and heir to the Li Corps.
'I have to tell mother today. This just can't wait any longer.' Xiao Lang thought as he went to his mother's study room.
'Mother has completely no idea what sort of torture Eriol and I have to go through EVERY SINGLE school day. This has simply GOT to stop. Must tell her today. Must tell her today. Must tell her today. Must tell…'
Xiao Lang continued this mental chanting of his until he reached his mother's study room. Inside, he saw his cousin Eriol Hiiragizawa.
"Eriol? What are you doing here? What's going on? What's happening?" Xiao Lang suddenly stopped his mental chanting and bombarded his cousin with questions.
Eriol simply shrugged and shifted his look to his Aunt Yelan.
"Calm down Xiao Lang," Yelan laughed. "No need to get excited. There's just something that I have to tell you. You and Eriol may take a seat now."
Xiao Lang and Eriol nodded as they took a seat at the couch. As they sat Xiao Lang whispered to Eriol urgently, "Let's tell her today."
Eriol got his meaning and gave him a small nod.
'I guess he's really tired of all of it. And I can't agree with him more. It really is tiring seeing all of them like that.' Eriol thought.
"What is it that you have to tell us, Mother?" Xiao Lang asked.
Yelan sighed and finally started her piece.
"We are going to Japan to establish our business there. We will most likely stay there for your whole junior high experience. And if the business is good as well as the place, we just might stay there for good. But we will still visit Hong Kong every now and then if we stay there permanently."
Yelan watched her son and nephew's surprised faces for a moment before continuing.
"We will be leaving this weekend and you two will be attending Tomoeda Junior High School, where I already made a spot for you two. If you are wondering why Eriol is coming with us, it is because I am his appointed guardian while his parents are away. Now, is there anything you two might want to say?" Yelan asked the two, who were still very surprised and still very silent.
"Mother, you're… you're not… kidding us… are you?" Xiao Lang asked cautiously, breaking the silence between them.
"This isn't some joke…is it…Aunt Yelan?" Eriol inquired, just as cautiously as Xiao Lang did.
"Of course it's no joke and I am most certainly not kidding you two. I am dead serious. I understand that you might not want to go, but –"
The elegant woman's sentence was left unfinished as the boys started jumping around and shouting for joy.
Yelan smiled at the boys' reaction. After a while she finally got them to settle down.
"Now that you're settled down, would you care to explain the outburst? No doubt you liked my announcement," Yelan commented on the reaction of Xiao Lang and Eriol.
"Like it? Mother, we loved it! Going to Japan would mean saying good bye to the torture days at school," Xiao Lang replied.
"No more drooling, giggling girls, glaring guys, and stupid fan clubs!" Eriol cheerfully said.
"And most of all, no more lockers flooded with admiration letters every single school day!" Xiao Lang added.
Yelan looked at her son and nephew for a moment while the boys chatted among themselves. And she can't blame the other students for their reactions. Xiao Lang with his messy, chocolate brown hair and warm amber eyes and Eriol with his midnight blue hair and deep blue eyes were instant eye-catchers. Add the fact that they both excel at school, whether academics or sports, and you really can't blame the girls and boys at their school.
"Did you really have to go through all that everyday?" Yelan asked concernedly. "You boys should have told me you've got a problem at school. I couldn't have guessed it by your grades."
"Well, you see mother we were actually planning to tell you today." Xiao Lang said sheepishly.
"That's right Aunt Yelan. Anyway, were switching schools now so it doesn't really matter anymore," Eriol added.
"It's good to know that you're not greatly affected by their reactions," said Yelan. "But I can't promise you that Japan would be very different."
"Don't worry mother, at least we know our first day wouldn't be like that!" Xiao Lang replied.
"And hopefully, the students at Tomoeda would have a more passive reaction towards us!" Eriol said with a laugh.
"Yes, I hope so too!" Yelan agreed with a smile. "Now go to your rooms and pack your things! Remember, we'll be leaving this weekend already!"
"Yes, Ma'am!" answered Xiao Lang and Eriol as they exited the room while grinning madly.
'Well, they took it better than I expected,' mused Yelan as she went to her own room. 'It would be really nice to come back to Japan after all these years.'
Yelan smiled to herself as she began to make more arrangements for their stay in Japan.
Done with chapter 1! I updated already!So pls pls pls pls review! Oh yeah, almost forgot... thanks to all those that reviewedthe prologue of mystory!
namely:
nEeLLoC - sakura and syaoran won't change that much, just wait and see how they will meet! sorry... -.-;;
chesse head lover
simply-0bssesed
cute-mistress-paige
ChocoXbean
Nikki and J.P.
thank you very very very much! i hope you like this one too! i'll try to update ASAP!