Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura. It belongs to Clamp. I am simply using their characters for entertainment purposes only. À la folie... pas du tout was written by Laetitia Colombani and Caroline Thivel and directed by Laetitia Colombani. The plot belongs to them. Thank you.

10, November 2005 : Chapter 08, I Have No One

"Today a cardiologist was accused of assault and battery in his office. Dr. Syaoran Li's patient," said the news anchor, "A Miss Nakuru Akizuki, filed a complaint against Li for an alleged assault. Today Li will be questioned by the police and our reporter is on the spot." Syaoran lay on his couch with a large bottle of wine that he had been drinking to calm his nerves. He watched as the images flashed across the screen of him trying to make his way home. "Dr. Li, how do answer these accusations?"

On the screen Syaoran looked terribly worried and upset as he tried to walk away from the reporter that kept pressing him for answers. "Dr Li, did you assault the patient? Is your career over, Dr. Li? Please, Doctor!" Syaoran would not answer any questions and looked almost like a lost little boy.

On the couch, Syaoran looked disgusted with himself as he continued to drink his wine.

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Syaoran's secretary sat on the phone crossing out yet another patients name from the appointment book. There had been multiple cancellation calls. The phone had been ringing almost non-stop.

"Do you wish to make another appointment, sir?" she asked politely but the answer she received was not the one she had hoped for. "Alright sir. Thank you." she said, hanging up the phone and leaning back in her chair for just one moment before the phone was ringing once again. This time, however, she did not answer as Syaoran came up in front of her.

"Good morning." he said sounding as exhausted as he looked.

"Dr. Li, these gentlemen have been waiting her for you." Haruna replied as three police officers walked up to him.

"Dr. Syaoran Li, I am Lieutenant Wei Wang. You're Under arrest." Syaoran felt the other two officers grab him and hold his arms behind his back. Cameras and microphones were rampantly shoved in his face by the questioning reporters as he was pulled outside. Syaoran just went silently. He felt ashamed of his actions.

"Wait! Officer, I'm his lawyer!" Sakura shouted as she ran to her husband. "Let me speak with him."

"Make it quick." Wei replied as the officers let Syaoran go and the couple walked a few feet away from the crowd. All eyes were on them.

"Syaoran don't say anything until I get there." Sakura told him and he nodded assuring her that he wouldn't. Sakura held his hands in her own as they gazed into each other's eyes for a moment. The police sirens rang in their ears.

"Okay." Syaoran's small response finally came and Sakura placed her hands on his cheeks, tip toeing to kiss him. Suddenly Syaoran was pulled away by the officers and his words to Sakura were barely audible.

"I love you."

Syaoran was loaded into the police car and the door was shut behind him. He looked out the window longingly at his wife as the car pulled off onto the road ahead, revealing Meiling standing alone across the street watching the car disappear into the distance.

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"Dr. Li, you slapped Nakuru Akizuki in your office and she said she would take action." Lieutenant Wei Wang spoke to Syaoran and Sakura in a tidy office at the police station. "She filed a complaint against you and phoned the press immediately after the incident."

"Yes..." Syaoran replied looking down. Sakura took his hand in hers listening intently to what the officer was telling them.

"Then you went to see her where you fought, causing her to have a heart attack." Wei stated.

"Stop alleging. There is no proof that he did that." Sakura said, her voice was demanding and serious.

"Let's try this again... You went to your home at 8pm?" Wei asked

"I was at my home at 8pm and I spent the night there." Syaoran nodded.

"Alone?" Wei cocked his head to the side.

"No." Syaoran looked over to Sakura who had suddenly spoken up. "I was with him, officer." she lied. She looked Syaoran in the eyes giving him reassurance. He was shocked by her words. She looked back to Lieutenant Wang and finished. "The whole night."

"Aren't you two separated?" Wei asked

"We're back together." Sakura said matter of factly.

"Dr. Li I hope you know that lying can get you in more trouble with the law-"

"I was in our home with my husband the whole night." Sakura cut Wei off. She held up his hand that she was holding to show that she cared for Syaoran. They're interrogation was interrupted when another officer entered the room.

"Lieutenant, may I speak with you?" Wei got up and followed the other officer from the room leaving Sakura and Syaoran alone. Sakura gave her husband a small smile and he smiled back.

In the other room Wei filled officer Yukito Tsukishiro in on his experience with Syaoran's neighbor.

"We questioned her and she said she saw nothing out of the ordinary. She didn't see or hear anyone go out. Their stories match up."

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Sakura lay in bed on top of Syaoran drawing circles on his chest with her index finger.

"Why did you do it?" Syaoran asked her quietly.

"You're a lot of things... but certainly not a murderer." she laughed kissing him. Syaoran caressed her cheek and looked into her emerald eyes.

"This whole thing is insane. Evidently Akizuki was robbed on top of everything else." Syaoran continued to caress Sakura's cheek with his thumb. "I'm sorry to say it but in a way I'm almost glad she's gone... The woman was insane." Sakura listened intently as he spoke quietly, lying almost perfectly still. "She almost drove us apart."

Sakura kissed Syaoran's chest before laying her head down on it. "No.." she whispered. Syaoran ran his fingers through her long hair until she fell asleep, holding onto him tightly. Soon after he too fell asleep...

Syaoran was rudely awakened by blue lights flashing through the window and the muffled sounds of an ambulance outside the house. Carefully, so as not to wake Sakura, he got out of bed and peeked out the window. There was an ambulance and fire truck as well as multiple police cars. Throwing on his clothes he ran outside to see a woman being carried out on a stretcher., wearing an oxygen mask over her nose and mouth.

"I'm a doctor. What's going on?" He called to anyone who would listen. He squeezed in with the paramedics looking over the girl.

"Suicide attempt. She turned all the gas on in the kitchen." One of them replied. Syaoran put his ear to her mouth to listen for any signs of breathing. He heard none.

"Put her down, she isn't breathing." The paramedics followed his order and placed her down gently. Syaoran felt for a pulse but there was none, thus he began to perform CPR on the lifeless body of Meiling. "Bring the oxygen back!" Syaoran called out to the paramedics as he continued to press on her chest, trying to start her heart. "Put her on a drip!" he called out the nearest paramedic. Syaoran continued CPR and suddenly Meiling took a deep gasp for breath. "She's breathing. We can move her."

The paramedics hastily picked the stretcher back up and began to carry Meiling to the ambulance that was waiting for her. Syaoran decided to go in the ambulance with her to make sure she was ok. As she slowly came to more so than she was, her hand reached out and took Syaoran's. He nodded in reassurance to her as she closed her eyes to fall asleep. He stayed with her through the night.

"Do you know her well, doctor?" a nurse asked as she came in to check on all the machines Meiling was hooked up to.

"No, I just saw her around occasionally. I guess she was watching my neighbor's house." he replied crossing his arms over his chest.

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"He saved me. He revived me. Syaoran put his arms around my body and put his mouth on mine, snatching me from death. He regrets everything that happened between us, all the misunderstandings. I know it's for good this time." Meiling smiled at Yue who sat on the side of her hospital bed.

"What can I say... Great..." He said quietly, nodding his head slightly. "Now you'll be happy and have lots of kids? Don't you see what he did to you?"

"He saved my life." Meiling's smile never faltered. Yue just shook his head, heading for the door.

"I'm getting something to eat..."

"Is Tomoyo coming?" Yue turned around and shook his head before opening the door to leave, when an idea struck him.

"Meiling let's go visit my family in Kyoto. Huh? You need some rest and relaxation. Some fresh air will do you good." His voice sounded very convincing. Meiling smiled at him and her answer was exactly what he's hoped to hear.

"Okay." If she had left it at that Yue would have been extremely happy but she kept going. "I'll get better for Syaoran." Yue shook his head and walked out the door closing it heavily behind him. His eyebrows knit together as he walked away from the room, just missing Syaoran who came around the corner from the other direction to check on Meiling.

"Hello." Syaoran said, sounding strictly professional, but that didn't keep a smile from spreading wider across Meiling's face. "You''ll be allowed to leave in two or three days from now." Meiling nodded and kept smiling. "Have your folks been told?"

"No." she shook her head. "I have no one." Syaoran smiled at her.

"I think we all have someone, hm?" a blush crept to Meiling's cheeks. "Well, you'll be taken off the drip today so that's one less thing to worry about." Syaoran said as he moved towards the door. "When you're out and feeling better, come visit me. See you." he said as he left the room.

"See you." Meiling whispered back. She heaved a happy sigh, clasping her hands over her heart as soon as the door was closed behind him.

Syaoran walked through the hospital hallways with another file. He had one of his own patients to check on. Yue saw him nearing and dropped the bag of pretzels he had gotten from a vending machine on the ground. His face contorted into a deep frown as he grabbed Syaoran by the collar.

"You asshole!" He punched Syaoran across the face twice knocking him to the ground but he was pulled off by multiple members of the hospital staff before inflicting much more damage. "Leave her alone!" he shouted as to other doctors pulled him away. A nurse ran over to Syaoran to see if he was badly hurt and help him up. "You're not allowed to see her! I won't let you! This is all your fault!" Yue continued to shout as he was pulled away. Syaoran wiped some blood off his lip.

"Are you alright doctor?" the nurse asked, concerned. Syaoran took a few deep breaths staring in the direction they had taken his attacker.

"I'm... fine." he said quietly as he rubbed his jaw. That was the boy who had come to his office, the boy he thought was Chiharu's boyfriend.

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Syaoran lay awake beside the dreaming Sakura. Many thoughts were passing through his head at an alarming rate. "Well she didn't understand and it's driving her crazy!" "Well, you'll be taken off the drip today..." "I want you to examine me. It makes me feel better." "Have we met?" "Well, I'm done for the evening." "See you." "You sick bastard! You'll hear from my lawyer!""You asshole!" "I have no one." Those last few words rang in Syaoran's head over and over. "I have no one."

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