Hi everyone! Thank you so much for reviewing. I'm the first two chapters were a success, lets just hope it will continue to be so ne? Anyways, before I continue, the 10 children ARE Syaoran's kids. As for the mother, you'll see who it is in this chapter. I know, its weird for Syaoran to have kids, but if you've seen "The Sound of Music" then you'd know why, if not, well thats how the movie went, and even though I'm making alterations, I'm still hoping the story will turn out some what like the movie. Anyways, enough talking, I'll let you move on to reading.
Summery: Sakura grew up with strange powers. Syaoran grew up shunned by the outside world from his unusual abilities. When Sakura is assigned to be the nanny of his children, the two will learn to listen to the Sounds of Love.
Disclaimer- this is the last time I will be writing this, I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura... so sad... I bet we all do... lol
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Review of Chapter 2
Stepping out of the bus, Sakura swayed slightly, unbalanced from sitting for a full 2 hour. Gazing, she was at awe at how big the house seemed to be. Slowly, carefully, she walked up, pushing open the wide, iron gates. Walking up, she admired how green the grass seemed to be, how tall and gracious the trees were, she had to fight down the urge of just taking off her shoes, leaving her luggage, and danced around the yard. Composing herself, she finally reached the door, and with one hand, rang the door bell. She could hear the chimming inside as small footsteps drew near the door. Fixing the lavender dress she had on this morning to look more presentable, the door finally creaked opened, revealing a young woman of 23, raven dark hair, beautiful athmethest eyes, the young woman welcomed,
"Hello, welcome to the Li Mansion."
Chapter 3: Meeting the forgotten
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"Ano(um)... hello. I'm Kinomoto Sakura, I'm the new nanny?" Sakura asked tentively. A shimmer of sympathy flashed in those amethest eyes as the girl slowly let her in.
"Yes, Master Li told us you would be coming soon." the girl said.
"Li!" Sakura's head shouted, no it couldn't be, Li was probably a very common last name. Shaking her head, she allowed the girl to open the door for her, before taking up her luggage and entering the home. Sakura was at awe as her eyes grew wide, surveying the surroundings. Obviously this family is rich. A large crystal chandilier hung from the ceiling, gently cascating past the balcony of the stairs, large marble cases stood in front of her, shining, shimmering in all its glory. On each side of her, there were doors lined up, leading from the door to-what she assumed- as the dining room. Exquisit gold carvings were made on the doors as she slowly traced her finger delicately on it, feeling the smooth touch.
"Master Li would be joining us shortly where he will introduce the children." the girl said, turning to leave with her luggage.
"Matte (wait), what's your name? I believe I didn't get it." Sakura asked politely in a soft voice. The raven haired girl smiled good naturedly,
"I'm Tomoyo... Daidouji Tomoyo."
"Arigatou, Tomoyo-san." Sakura thanked, before allowing the maid to leave. Tomoyo smiled warmly at the girl before leaving. Maybe she was different... maybe she was here solely for the children... not her master... she'll have to see.
Once left alone, Sakura was free to wander the halls. The rooms looked all identical, except one. One room stood tall above the rest. It was near the end of the hall, it's handles, she discovered, was not in gold, but in a soft silver. The door was matted with the colour of rich red, the red of blood, and the red of fire. Embroided on it, were tiny golden flowers, peonies (is that how you spell it?) Sakura recognized it at once, there was another type, 2 different types, one, she recognized again, was similar to the tiny daisies that had created her crown when she was 5, another, was the gentle flying of cherry blossom petals. Intrigued, Sakura placed her hand gently onto the knob, before turning it, opening the door with a soft squeak. The room inside was like no other rooms she had ever seen, it seemed as though it was seperate from the rest of the house. Instead of the shiny marble floor, it was replaced by rich, mahogany wood. Four beams of wood from each corner were delicately carved with shapes as they arched upwards, connecting at the top, forming some sort of arch. In the middle, a big picture showed a beautiful woman. Walking closely, the air brushed around her dress as she walked closer. The woman had amazingly alive ruby red eyes, shiny black hair with sharp red highlights. A beautiful smile graced her face as her eyes shone with delight. Sakura's soft fingers traced the details of the woman's face that seemed to be carved by gods.
"You know, it is considered manners that you not wander someone else's home until you are officially invited?" a cold, hard voice drifted from the door that she had just opened a few minutes ago. Quickly turning around, she saw a strong built man standing there, arms across his chest, in a General's uniform. His untidy and unruly hair covered his eyes Sakura just couldn't see. Blushing, Sakura placed her hands together at the front. Bowing slightly, she said softly,
"Gomen. Watashi wa Kinomoto Sakura. (Sorry. I am Kinomoto Sakura.)"
Syaoran's heart had a strong pang, as if something had hit it. Kinomoto Sakura... why did that name seem so familar... yet he could not remember. His cold eyes strayed upon the petite woman, a simple, soft lavender dress strayed down towards her ankles. Her long auburn hair, he had noticed, was waist long, he could not see his face, but could clearly tell her body would be the body any woman at her age would die for.
"Please exit this room now." he said in an emotionless voice. He stood aside straightly, waiting for the young woman to past, and past she did. Her soft footsteps quickly walked passed him, her heair swayed from side to side, brushing against his uniform. He took a sharp intake of breath. Now outside, he shut the door, before formally looking at the girl.
Sakura stood outside, both embarassed and ashamed that she had gotten caught for snooping around. She prayed she would not get fired, especially not when she haven't even started. Looking up, she was now able to see the man properly. He had a cold yet incredibly handsome face. Under the unruly chestnut hair, big, fiery, burning amber eyes shone from underneath the curtains of chestnut. She found herself drowning within them, those eyes, they brought back a memory lost long ago.
Syaoran eyed her up and down. Soft auburn hair laied down on her back, reaching her slime waist. The lavender dress was simply made, but none the less perfectly showed her figure, whether she had intended to or not. High cheek bone, and cherry coloured lips, she seemed like a normal girl, a normal girl until he reached her eyes. Those eyes, those shining, shimmering, innocent and exquisite emerald eyes, they were like gems. They shone brightly at him, deep emerald, like the gem. They held so much in them her emotions, her pain, her fears. Yet, those eyes intrigued him like none others before, those eyes looked directly at his own amber ones, penetrating deep within the darkest corner of his soul.
"I'm Sakura. Kinomoto Sakura. But other people call me Saki or Saku. But you can call me Sakura. I won't be mad if you called me Saki or Saku, well maybe a little but not all mad."
A little girl's voice rung in his mind. Kinomoto Sakura... a image of a tiny girl in a snow white dress, with a tiny daisy crown on her auburn head shone in his sight. The little girl stood beside Sakura, they looked the same, same face, same smile, same hair... and the same intriguing eyes. A draft soon circulated around the room, blowing around Sakura, her hair swaying, her dress dancing wildly. Sakura looked around, searching for an open window to find none. Her eyes widened, the draft felt like the same draft... the same draft she had felt when she had met... but no... it couldn't have been. She looked back directly at Syaoran, his eyes were kneaded in concentration. Sakura's own eyes burned with a fire, as that happened, the fire place they were standing next to had orange flames flickering. The warmth emmiting from the fire seemed to have knocked Syaoran out of his mind, as if fighting the wind itself. Quickly, the wind disappeared as fast as Syaoran had became sane once again. Soon the fire itself slowly drew down before disappearing completely.
"I'm sorry, but I didn't catch your name." Sakura's voice said softly, praying he wouldn't connect the sudden burst of flame in the fireplace to her. Syaoran retained his posture once again.
"Syaoran. Li Syaoran." he said in a hard voice. Sakura's eyes shone with shock, hearing the name.
"Could he be..." Sakura thought to herself. No, it can't... can it? The Syaoran she remembered was not like this, he wasn't cold, and he would definiately have remembered her some how, right?
"Li-san. It's a pleasure to meet you." Sakura said softly, giving him a gentle smile. "Please don't mind me asking, but where are the children?" she asked. Syaoran quickly lifted two fingers and placed them near his mouth, a loud whistle echoed through the corridors and the room, the sound bouncing from wall to wall. Loud thumpings and foot steps could be heard from upstairs and many different doors from different directions opened and slammed closed, quickly, 5 children of different age from each side came and within 2 minutes, had lined up in age order.
"This is Kinomoto Sakura, she is your new nanny." Syaoran said in a voice of a General. The children were standing up tall and proud, back straight, chin up. There were resembelance of Syaoran in every 10 of them. "You will state your name and your age to her, understood?" he said. The children answered in unison,
"Yes."
Nodding, Syaoran turned around, walking towards his office. Sakura was left alone, with 10 other children. Sighing, she ran her hand through her hair.
"This is harder than I had ever thought." she admitted aloud to them. "But don't tell your father, the first time I saw him, I had thought I arrived at the wrong house and was at the military." that earned a few smiles and giggles. Smiling to herself, she added, "but you musn't tell your father all right? It'll be our secret, no one else's."
"Our secret? So... daddy won't know?" a tiny voice from the end chirped. A small slap was heard at the same direction, which was followed by a tiny "ow". Walking she said,
"Personally, I don't agree with the order, so... let's start with the youngest only, shall we?" Sakura said, smiling to the youngest. The little girl looked up shyly.
"I was always last..." she whispered quietely. Sakura smiled, bending to her level,
"Well, last is always the most important. Before, in my family I was the youngest. My brother use to tease me all the time, but my dad ended up scolding at him for ' being mean to his younger sister', so being youngest isn't always the worse. You can get out of things a lot easier." Sakura said, winking. The tiny girl giggle, covering her mouth with her tiny hands to supress the giggles. "But that's between you and me, your brothers and sisters won't know, all right?" she whispered, holding out her pinky. The girl nodded,
"Pinky promise." she said. Sakura grinned,
"Great, now let's start from the oldest." Sakura said moving up the line again. Stopping, she nodded at the first girl. As she was about to stand out, Sakura stopped her, "Like I said before, I don't agree on working like a Lieutenent. I will deal with your father's punishment, but as long as I am your nanny, you shan't be doing that." she said. Nodding, the first girl started:
"My name is Li Carina. I'm 18 and the oldest in the family." Carina introduced. Sakura nodded, smiling at the pretty girl. She had amber eyes like her father, raven hair with red highlights- very similar to the picture she had seen in the room-.
"I am Li Xiao Chen and I am 16." the boy next to Carina said. He had light brown eyes, and dark chestnut hair. His baritone voice was strong and steady.
A girl with cool amber eyes and dark chestnut hair which consisted of pale red highlights was up next, "My name is Li Alana and I am 14 years old." she said in a confident voice. Sakura smiled slightly, this girl had attitude. The next three, she immediately figured out, were triplets.
"My name in Li Tenchi and I am 12 years old."
"I am Kari Li and I am... like him 12 years old" she said with a bright smile
"My name is Li Yang, and well... you know the rest." the boy laughed. Sakura giggled, nodding, the three had the exact same appearance, amber eyes and amber hair.
"Um... my name is Sora Li... I'm 10." the girl said timidly, not looking up. Sakura bent down, gently placed her hand under her chin and lifted it up, meeting her ruby eyes and raven hair. She looked-she guessed-just like her mother.
"Well Sora, you don't have to be afraid. With that pretty face of yours, you whouldn't be hiding." Sakura said gently. Sora gave her a smile, nodding. Moving on, 3 more were left.
"My name is Alex Li and I am..." he paused, before holding up 8 fingers, "This many years old." he said proudly. Sakura giggled,
"Ahh... a handsome 8 year old, I must look out for you." Sakura giggled, observing his raven coloured hair and deep amber eyes. Alex blushed. Finally, she reached the last 2, which she hadn't noticed before, were twins. The first one spoke.
"Her name is Hitomi Li. She is..." she held up 4 fingers, "she is this many years old." the girl with soft ruby eyes and light amber hair said. Hitomi, with the same appearance, said,
"And she is Li Ying. She is..." once again she held up 4 fingers carefully, "this many years old." she said happily. Sakura laughed.
"Well Hitomi, Ying, it is a pleasure to meet such young, smart and pretty ladies." Sakura said. The girls beamed at her. "Well, I'm very glad to have met you all. Hopefully by tomorrow, I will at least have 5 of you guys down... I must admit I am horrible with names." Sakura said sheepishly. Carina and Xiao Chen exchanged glances, this nanny wasn't bad, she got along VERY well with Ying and Hitomi, which proved the past 14 nannies difficult. "Well I guess I should be introducing myself." Sakura said, "My name is Sakura Kinomoto, you guys can call me Sakura, Saku, Saki, Ying Fa, what ever you guys can come up with. I am 31, I come from a church." Sakura concluded. Slowly, Sora walked up to her, and gently touched her soft lavender dreess, giving a soft "Ohh..."
"This is pretty." she mummered. Sakura smiled at the young girl, before looking at all of them. Apparently, the colour seemed to have drained out of this house, jeans, t-shirts, skirts, they were all in, either navy or white. Sakura frowned. She needed to change some things.
"Sakura-san?" a voice called from the hall way. Sakura turned to see Tomoyo.
"Hai?"
"Maybe you should go up and freshen up, dinner is about to start. Young Masters and Misses, you guys should better go up and get into your dinner retire, your father will be waiting." Tomoyo advised them. Nodding, the 10 children bid Sakura farewell, before leaving upstairs. Walking to the kitchen, Tomoyo looked at Sakura, who was following her.
"Is something wrong Sakura-san? Your room is the 3rd one up the hall, to your right." Tomoyo pointed out to the staircase nearest to the front door. Sakura shook her head
"No, it's just that... back in the church, I would help cook dinner. I was wondering... maybe... you know..." Sakura stammered embarassedly. Tomoyo gave an amused smile, rarely do nannies offer to help cook. They were too busy with themselves, glorifying themselves, hoping Master Li would give them a second look. Taking an extra apron, she threw it to Sakura, reaching her opened hand.
"Well, what are you waiting for?"
1 hour later
Delicious smells of food slowly drifted from the kitchen, up stairs and into rooms. Syaoran, who was in his office reading through papers, sniffed the air. It was filled with the arouma of soup, meat, lettuce and... his eyes widened, dim sum? Standing up from his chair, he opened the door to walk out to see his children rushing downstairs, evidently following the beautiful arouma revolving around the kitchen and dining room. Sitting down, he saw Tomoyo bringing out all sorts of food he had never seen her cook before. Vegetables, meat, steak, fish, soup, and even dim sum, which he thought she didn't know how to make. However, looking across the table, his eyes met an empty seat. He frowned, where was Sakura?
"Tomoyo, did you make all these?" he asked. Tomoyo shook her head,
"No sir, Sakura made these." she said, before walking out. His mind wondered slightly. Sakura made these? Sakura walked in in a periwinkle blue dress that reached a little below her knee. Her head was half tied by a pale pink barette which resembled a flower. Sakura looked around, seeing everyone looking at her. Sakura blushed,
"Sorry... I'm late." Sakura mummered, taking her seat. Syaoran's mind, however, had not processed a single word she had said as it was still stuck on Sakura's evening attire. It was as simple and as plain as this morning's, yet it shone with elegance. The middle had a small slit, which showed soft blue material underneath it. There was a blue ribbon tied arount the waist, the rest of it ran down the back of her dress, ending with tiny curls. Her hair, though simply done, was beautiful. There were tiny strings of blue rose petals running down her hair. "daddy...daddy..." a voice rang inside his head. Snapping back to the living world, he realized Sakura's emerald orbs were looking upon his own eyes, they were clouded with concern. Young Hitomi and Ying, from his left and right, were tugging gently on his sleeves.
"Daddy... I'm hungwy..." little Ying said. Syaoran gave his youngest daughter a small smile.
" All right, let's eat." he said. He was the last to raise his chopsticks, but the first to reach the dim sums.
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A/N: well another chapter done. I know nothing went on in this chapter, but I had to do this cuz, lol well they're MEETING one another AGAIN... even though they have no memory of it. And I thought it was a good time to add in some of their powers as well. I know things are a little calm right now, but I promise it'll get more interesting... especially when the baroness comes...Anyways, at the bottom, I will be adding the main characters and their descriptions as well.
Kinomoto Sakura, 23, f- Emerald eyes; auburn hair; kind; sweet; gentle; craft of fire (aka complete control over the element fire)
Li Syaoran, 26, m- Amber eyes; chestnut hair; cold; craft of wind (complete control over the element of wind)
Daidouji Tomoyo, 23, f- raven coloured hair; amethyst eyes; sweet, gentle; plays maid in this story
Hirrigazawa Eriol, 25, m- midnight coloured eyes; navy hair; mysterious; plays Hitler in this story
Li/Rae Meiling- ruby eyes; raven coloured hair with red highlights; Syaoran's Past wife aka mother of the 10 children; died of cancer at the age of 20 (when Syaoran was 22 and Sakura...19); married Syaoran
Gweneth Hilton, 25, f- Blond hair; blue eyes; rich; baroness of the story
Li Children:
Carina, 18, f- amber eyes; raven hair with red highlights; oldest; 'mom' as the family; caring; protective of her siblings
Xiao Chen, 16, m- light brown eyes; dark chestnut hair; protective; can be caring;strong
Alana, 14, f-cool amber eyes;dark chestnut hair with pale red highlights;hard to accept people but once she does, she can be sweet
Tenchi, 12, m, Kari, 12, f, Yang, 12, m- triplets; amber eyes; amber hair; mischevious but sweet
Sora, 10, f- light ruby eyes; raven hair; innocent; gentle; sweet
Alex, 8, f- raven coloured hair; deep amber eyes; shy but cute
Ying, Hitomi, 4, both female- ruby eyes; light amber hair; youngest; easy acceptance but easily scared.