Hi everyone! Unfortunately my computer is kind of screwed right now, it's not behaving like it's supposed to, so right now I'm typing this from my sister's computer. Hopefully everything will turn out as it's supposed to. Thank you so much for reviewing my story, and hopefully, you'll continue to show your support.
Totally-spaz- You know how when you're all hyped, your adrenaline is like rushing, it gives you a sort of feeling that makes you feel strong. So basically, because of their power surge, their body can't handle the power so they have to let it out. And knowing Syaoran, he always wants to tease Sakura. Thanks for reviewing.
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Syaoran leaned in closer towards Sakura, glancing up he managed to see Sakura's eyelids flutter closed. He could feel the soft skin on her nose brushing against his own. He could feel the staggered breathing from her mouth, the deep pounding of her heart in her chest. He was so close, so close and slowly, his lips briefly, roughly, yet gently brushed against hers. A spark ignited inside him, setting what he thought had been sleeping for the past few years, alit. The fire had returned, had come back, and was burning stronger than ever. And he made no move, or had any intention in setting it off and placing it asleep again.
"Oh...my...god!" a shriek came from the patio. Gwen could take it no longer. How could he? Make her look like a fool? Breaking apart immediately, Sakura snapped her eyes opened her eyes wide and unbelieving at what had just happened. A blush crept onto her cheeks. She had kissed her own boss, the man she was working for! Dear god if the children had seen this, they would, they would absolutely hate her for doing so. Heck, she hated herself so much right now. Under the quivering cold stare of Gwen, she would give anything, anything to disappear from the spot.
Syaoran actually gave Gwen a cold, deep, angered, and annoyed stare. If she hadn't been there, he might have continued, and might have deepened the feeling, and might have fuelled the fire that burned inside him more power. He wasn't sure if he was happy she intruded or not. All he knew was that the power was now more wide awake than ever, and no matter what, there was no stopping it.
"I knew it! I knew something would go on between them." a man screamed in triumph.
"Shh! We're still in the house." Alana told him, her voice filled with happiness.
"Now that we know how they feel, especially Father. I was ever surprised." Carina giggled.
"But I like her, she's very nice." Sora said quietly.
"Yeah yeah. Now we gotta make sure it happens. Adults can be so stupid sometimes." Tenchi said, rolling his eyes.
"Hey! Don't I get some credit?" the man said in a mocked, hurt voice. The children rolled their eyes, though they couldn't see through the dark.
"Thank-you Uncle Eriol!"
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Chapter 8:The Right Choice
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One by one, smiling faces emerged from the door that led to their attic. Making sure to cover all evidence of anyone ever being up there, 10 children including a gloating adult came down into the kitchen, to see a furious father, a blushing nanny, and- to their delight- their boiling soon-to-be-mother, if they had anything to do with it.
Tomoyo entered carrying trays food she was going to cook for dinner. Upon seeing their faces her face scrunched up in confusion.
"What…what's going on?" she asked, perplex at how everyone was looking. Alana gave a loud snort, followed by giggles before happily skipping out of the room, a gleam of triumph, happiness and evil in her eyes. Tomoyo was taken by surprise. "Miss. Alana sure seems happy though." She added. Eriol chuckled,
"Yes well, there are a lot of things we don't understand about that girl." Eriol smiled. "Wow…" he whistled, "and what in god's name happened to you two?" he asked, referring to his oh so innocent look. It was then when everyone had noticed that Sakura was drenched from head to toe, while the master of the house was covered in dirt from head to toe.
"We… had a small… water fight and it didn't go exactly…as planned." Sakura explained. The children giggled, while Carina and Xiao Chen smiled at their father. He gave them a 'don't you dare start' look before walking off.
"You will excuse me while I change." Syaoran growled quietly, brushing past Sakura. He managed to hear her mutter "Party Pooper" before letting out a smirk. Syaoran left the room to hear a shriek, and knew his plan had worked.
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Sakura shrieked in surprise, a flow of chilling wind brushed around her form. She shivered, feeling the coldness contrast with her skin. Everyone looked at her weirdly. A loud rumble outside and a flash of light sent the whole mansion dark.
"Sakura!" Hitomi cried.
Sakura glanced around the house worriedly, nothing, not even a mini flash light came to her sight. Taking the risk, she quickly gave a sharp glance towards the fire place from the living room beside the kitchen. Exactly at that time, a glow of brilliant red flowed from the family room and around the house. Their sights were instantly in tuned with the light and they were soon able to navigate around the house. Gwen huffed, pushing everyone aside and sat on the lover's seat right beside the fireplace. Everyone took their place around it, enjoying the glow it emitted.
"What the hell is wrong with this thing? It's not even warm!" her whiny voice was heard leaving her mouth. Alana glanced at Sakura just in time to see her flush.
"I know! Maybe if you actually had some warm blood in you, you'd be warmer." Alana shot back, clearly pleased with the reaction Gwen gave her.
"Sakura?" a voice called from the stairs. Syaoran carefully walked down, the beam of light from his flash light held in his hand lit up the stairs. Gwen bit back a scowl, not happy at how sweetly the bitch's name sounded from her fiancé's mouth.
"Syaoran? We're in the living room." Sakura called out, her eyes searching to find him. Unknowingly, she set the row of candles that lined the corridor all burst out with flames, the colours of all flour elementals flowed on top of the candles, creating a rainbow effect. "Oh I keep forgetting that we err, have…"
"Coloured candles." Tomoyo finished, walking out of the kitchen, this time holding 3 more flash lights. Sakura immediately rose, taking two from Tomoyo,
"Arigatou…" Sakura whispered to her. Tomoyo gave her a smile.
"No problem, but you have a lot of explaining to do." The raven haired girl told her. Sakura smiled, before handing Gwen her flashlight. Sighing, she knew it was going to be a long, long time before the electricity would decide to fill the house again.
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2 hours later, the group was still settled around the living room, bored out of their minds. Sakura, whom had lived in a church, was unable to find anything she can do. Syaoran simply growled and tapped his foot, which gave such annoyance Eriol resulted in having to flick his cousin in the head. Tomoyo had come drifting in and out the kitchen occasionally bringing in snacks, and drinks.
The 9 children of the General watched amused as the glaring war between Alana and Gwen flashed between their eyes. Alana's deep ruby red sparked with such electricity it could send the whole house in light once more. Gwen's blue eyes were cold, but they could tell it would quiver underneath their sister's vengeful stare. The rain pranced on the roof, dancing with the skies and the wind.
Looking out at the grey skies, she longed for the feeling of the fresh rain between her fingers, running down the length of her body. She loved the feeling of her hair matted against her head, drips of water falling off the edge of ever auburn strand, ever tiny drops of water that latched onto her eye lashes, which fell from the sky and landed on her peachy, smooth complexion. Standing up, she strode up towards the patio that led to the back yard. Touching the screen, she longed to ask permission to go out, to run around like the five year old girl wearing the snow white dress. Looking at the grey skies, she saw tiny beams of light that fought through the grey clouds, as if bringing her the permission she had longed for. Without second thoughts, she snapped opened the door, and lunged out into the back yard. The tears from the skies fell upon her small body.
Sora's eyes were wondering the room, where she was stuck with her brother and sister, her father, the 'witch' as she had heard Alana called, and her nanny. She was so bored she could rip off her hair. Suddenly, Sakura stood up and no sooner, the patio door had opened, and her nanny was outside dancing in the rain. Sora giggled, before jumping up and joining her.
"And you call her a good worker? She is no different than the kids themselves." Gwen huffed, crossing her arms across her chest, her legs crossed, making her look like an exhausted empress. Syaoran paid no attention what she said, his eyes glued towards the window that showed 10 children and a small woman dancing the rain dance. His eyes trailed along the curves of Sakura's body, which was accented by the dress sticking to her every curve. He watched her body move, clearly aware that she had no idea her dress was sticking against her.
"Seems like they're having fun." Eriol's voice said as the rest of his body showed up behind him. "We've got a bunch of rain dancers, but they're not wishing the rain away." He chuckled, before going out to join the group. "If you don't want to miss out on anything, come out and try not to act your age." Gwen's arms snaked its way around his torso.
"Forget about them; let them act like immature children. You won't be missing out on anything." Gwen cooed, sending hateful glares to the group. He shrugged away from her.
"I highly doubt I'll find anything to do here either." He responded in a cold voice. Gwen looked at him, in shock and in anger.
"What is wrong with you? Ever since you came back, you've acted as though you do not want to be in my presence. It seems you've forgotten that I am your fiancée." Gwen cried angrily, unhappy at his behaviour.
"I have not forgotten. This is who I am. If you don't like it you can leave." Syaoran responded emotionlessly. The door swung opened, causing the two to see Sakura-dripping wet- walk in, her face flushed with red. Teasingly-though he had no idea why he did so- he sent a puddle of water where Sakura's foot soon stepped on. Shrieking, Sakura fell down, her face in a pained expression. Her emerald eyes glare into Syaoran's twinkling amber ones.
"Ha, Ha, that wasn't funny." Sakura whined, getting back up again. "I try to be nice and this is what I get, a pained bottom. I was wondering, since you two don't have much to do here, if we should eat dinner now, get the kids to bed, then go to a park tomorrow. As much as I like to see them have fun with Eriol, I don't think he is much of a good influence on them." Sakura laughed, twisting her long auburn hair and letting the water out.
"You made the floor all wet you little monster." Syaoran half growled half chuckled.
"Oh, and as if the floor wasn't wet before?" Sakura shot back, sending his face to bare a sheepish grin. "I rest my case." Sakura ended, before shouting out the door. One by one, his kids started to file in, all wet, all soaked, and all smiling and laughing. He hadn't seen them so happy for the first time and he started to wonder would he have failed them if he re-married?
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The next day, the power had turned on, the sun was shining, and the skies were blue. For the first time, Sakura found t-shirts, jeans, dresses and everything you wouldn't find in a church. Staring at it Carina entered the room.
"I thought you might need something to wear since we're going to the park and all. I like your dresses, but they won't be appropriate." The girl told her, her eyes sparkling. Sakura laughed.
"Yes, I suppose it wouldn't. Thank you." Sakura thanked. Opening the closet, she started to-one by one- pick out the clothing. "This may be harder than expected…"
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Syaoran stood by the stairs, in a slightly tight green t-shirt and dark blue jeans. He had to admit, it was not everyday he would dress like this, and for some reason, he enjoyed the feeling. One by one his children came down, t-shirts, jeans, skirts, dresses flashed through his eyes as he admired how beautiful his children looked in them. For a mid thirty year old guy, the way he dressed made him look young. To make the day a lot better, Gwen had announced she cannot grace them with her presence.
"To be stuck with a bunch of kids?" she had said with a shudder. "As much as it'll be fun, sadly I can't attend." She said with fake sincerity, though drips of sarcasm ended every word.
"Sorry to keep everyone waiting." A soft voice came from atop the stairs. He looked up and felt his breath hitch to a stop, his heart stopped beating, and an odd fluttering sent his stomach doing flip-flops. Walking down the stairs, Sakura came down in a light emerald t-shirt and blue jeans. Her hair was made into a pony tail, innocent strands that weren't caught in the pony tail framed her face, making her eyes sparking with electricity.
"Uh, We should… go." He stuttered, unable to form a normal sentence. Sakura eyed him worriedly,
"Are you all right? You look awfully pale." Sakura asked, once she had reached the bottom of the stairs. Syaoran shook his head.
"No, I'm fine. Let's go before Hitomi and Alex decides to knock the door down." He offered, smiling slightly, walking towards the door. Sakura could only smile before following in his footsteps.
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Sakura emerged from the black limo, the bright sun washing her small features with warmth and a golden glow. Her emerald eyes shone with glee and awe as her eyes tried to devour everything that came to her sight. Roller coasters roared on the tracks, their passengers screaming from the rush of adrenaline. Smells of fresh fries, food, and sweet candy drifted above the park, their smells contagious. Couples enjoyed each other's company in the wild park while parents watched in happiness as their kids wandered and screamed to their heart's delight.
"Sugoi… (Amazing)" Sakura breathed in delight. Syaoran came up beside her,
"Isn't it? The last time I came here was… actually I don't ever remember coming." He confessed. Sakura laughed,
"Sakura! Father! Come on! If you don't move it'll close before we can get in!" Alana shouted from the gates, the 10 of them all ready lined up for tickets, their beaming faces were almost enough to blind them. Sakura laughed, flashing Syaoran her beautiful smile,
"Well? Let's get a move on shall we?"
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(I'm thinking about letting it out I wanna give in, I wanna go out
Been looking around, I've finally found The rhythm of love, the feeling of sound )
Laughter rang into the air as the children of the General had the time of their life. Sakura laughed along with them, the wind blowing in her hair, her eyes sparkling along with the sun. Syaoran couldn't help but suppress a smile that shone on his face.
(It's making a change, The feeling is strange
It's coming right back, right back in my range Not worried about anything else
I'm waking up...)
"Syaoran, come on!" Sakura giggled, grabbing his hand as she was pulled off by the kids. Syaoran laughed, feeling him being tugged towards another direction.
"I'm surrounded by monsters."
(To the beat of my to the beat of my to the beat of my heart
The beat of my heart the beat of my heart the beat of my heart
It tears us apart
The beat of my heart the beat of my heart the beat of my heart
Now I'm back to the start
To the beat of my to the beat of my to the beat of my heart)
Sakura screamed out in pleasure, the wind rushing through her hair, her body enjoying the adrenaline rushing through her system, enjoying how the world seemed to rush past her in blasts of amazing colours.
Syaoran had never, in his entire life, been on so many rides. Roller coasters, drop zones-he was the one insisting on that one, through many protests they managed to go on, but he had been receiving death glares ever since, Merry-go rounds, and even tossing a ring at empty beer bottles to win a bear. He minded none of them, particularly enjoying how Sakura would grip tightly against his arms when she was frightened.
(I'm up from my down, I turn it around I'm making it back, I'm not gonna drown
I'm taking a stance, I won't miss my chance I want you to see, I'm not scared to dance
The way that you feel, Could never be real I want you to know, I finished the deal
So I'm saying to you, I'll always be true To the rhythm inside...)
"Oh no! Oh, no, no, no, no, NO" Sakura complained, shaking her head, her hands raised, keeping them away from the grips of the children.
"Come on, I promise it won't be scary." Alana whined, taking Sakura's hand, pulling her towards the dimly lit house. Sakura held the urge to roll her eyes.
"I highly doubt it. I think there is a reason it's called a 'haunted' house." Sakura responded, "Emphasize haunted"
"Is Sakura scared of ghosts?" Syaoran's taunting voice came from behind his daughter. Sakura held her head high,
"Everyone is afraid of something."
"No, only you." He smirked. Sakura glared at him, "If you really aren't scared, prove it."
" Sure, right after would you rather be burned, toast, roast, barbequed with the side dish of dirt, sand, or mud? Or have all of the above?" Sakura growled, her eyes flickering dangerously, hiding the less than audible gulp.
(The beat of my heart It tears us apart The beat of my heart
The beat of my heart The beat of my heart
Now I'm back to the start To the beat of my heart)
"I wonder if I'll live through this…" those words ran through Syaoran's head as another wince came from the pain from his arm, which Sakura was ever so gracious to wrap her hands around it, giving it a painful squeeze every time something shook the cart or she had seen some transparent figures.
"Why did I agree to this? Lord I am so stupid." He heard her mutter from beside him.
"I can assure you, Sakura, that you will live longer than my arm." He muttered through grit teeth. His comment had earned him a pained squeeze when a fat 'ghost' had appeared leaning on her shoulder.
(Away, away, away, away (To the beat of my, to the beat of my heart)
Away, away, away, away (To the beat of my, to the beat of my heart))
"I'm trying to decide whether or not to kill you, or to burn you to a third degree burn so you won't be able to move for the rest of your life and let you suffer in eternal pain as a cripple." Sakura muttered to him as the limo took them home. She still hadn't been able to forgive him for the ride in the haunted house.
"Come on, it wasn't that bad." Syaoran said.
"Easy for you to say." She muttered.
"That was fun. I've never seen Father smile so much." Alana chipped from behind. Sakura let out a smile from her scowling.
"Yes that is definitely one surprise." She agreed. Looking back, Hitomi and Ying were leaning against each other, sleeping soundly.
"Today was definitely fun. It is a shame Miss. Hilton was to miss it." Sakura said. Syaoran shrugged,
"I don't know. I didn't miss the continuous chatter beside my ear."
(The beat of my heart It tears us apart
The beat of my heart Now I'm back to the start)
Arriving at the house 8 of the 10 children quickly rushed into the house, heads peeping out at the last two adults emerging from the car, holding two young girls, slumbering through the event.
"Let's not wake them. They are tired, let them rest and we will wake them for dinner." Sakura said, making sure Hitomi was comfortable. Her hands were shaking slightly, tired as well from the events, but urged them to stay strong, holding the sleeping girl.
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Laying the girl gently upon the bed, Sakura brushed her hair of her flushed face. Removing her shoes and pulling on the covers, she placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.
(The beat of my heart It tears us apart
The beat of my heart Now I'm back to the start
To the beat of my
To the beat of my…)
Gently running her finger against the young girl's skin, she traced the outline of her baby featured face. So young, and so beautiful. Resting her cheek against her forehead, she closer her emerald eyes, feeling the soft warmth.
"Sleep well dear Hitomi." She said to the youngest.
"Night, night… mommy…" the young girl murmured in her sleep, a content smile lighting her face. Sakura's face couldn't help but shine with pride and happiness.
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Syaoran leaned against the opposite side of the door, his daughter's word drifted to his ears. Was he making the wrong choice? Was the right one right in front of him? He had not felt protective over Gwen, yet over the very woman his children had all ready fell for. It was his job to decide on a choice, the right choice.
The right choice was right in front of him.
The right choice was Sakura.
The right decision was Sakura
The right mother was Sakura.
The perfect woman was Sakura
The person he had grown to like, to protect, to love was Sakura.
(…To the beat of my heart)
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A/N: I FINALLY finished this chapter. Hooray for me! –celebrates in an empty room- The song that I chose was called "Beat of My Heart" by Hilary Duff. So there's some thing between Sakura and Syaoran. Oh hoho my plan is coming to shape. School's starting real soon, so updates will become less frequent. I will try my best. Promise. Please review!
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