CHAPTER SIX: Recalling the Past… An Unfortunate Event
AUTHOR'S NOTES (edited): Uh, I didn't edit much… just the play part… made it a movie instead of a play… hehe
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Card Captor Sakura and I do not own the song "I Still…"…
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Sakura and Fujitaka looked at him, confused. Sakura had a hunch that she knew who the other guest was since there is only one person in this world whom Touya calls "Gaki" and calls him a "baka" "Uh… Minna, I would like you meet the President of the Ronar Company, Li Syaoran…"
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As Sakura heard, she wasn't that much surprised even though she didn't expect that the visitor would be Syaoran. Her heart raced as if she was being chased by a dog, though of course, she wasn't. "Good Evening, Li… I never expected to see you here and as the President of the company…" Fuijtaka said, politely as usual.
"Good Evening…" Sakura said. Then she continued, "Um… Dad, I'll just be at the kitchen preparing the food. Excuse me…" and bowed to Syaoran as a sign of respect even though they are just of the same position in business.
Yukito, knowing what Syaoran was going to say to Sakura, smiled at him as if telling him that he should follow. "Uh… Excuse me… I have to talk to Sakura." Syaoran said and exited the room leaving Touya, Fujitaka and Yukito talking.
At the kitchen, Sakura was at the table thinking. The food was already set. She just needed an excuse to get out of there, of course, her father knew that. Syaoran then entered the room and saw Sakura sitting by the table. "Sakura…"
Upon hearing that, Sakura looked up and stared at the person who said it. "Sakura, I need to talk to you…" Syaoran said.
"We are talking, aren't we?" Sakura said again, now looking at the floor.
"Not here… Please?"
Sakura didn't know what to say. Not knowing what she was doing, she stood up and led Syaoran to the door leading outside. They did pass the living room but only Yukito and Fuijtaka saw them. Touya had his back facing the door leading outside.
As they reached the garden, Sakura turned around to look at Syaoran. "What is it that you would like to talk about?" she asked.
"I… Sakura… I told you before that I only had something to fix here, right? Now that it's already fixed, I guess there's no reason for me to stay here anymore…" Syaoran started.
Sakura stared at him with both confused and teary eyes. "What are you talking about…?"
"I'm flying back to Hong Kong this coming Friday, Sakura…" Syaoran said trying to hind his regret. Regret on what…? Regret on doing this. Regret on leaving Sakura and saying these to her…
Sakura stood there staring at Syaoran. She didn't know what to say. She felt her heart being torn into pieces. "Syaoran… I… Why!" she said yelling softly.
"It's not your fault Sakura. I just felt that…" Syaoran didn't know how to explain. He didn't want to bring up Ray to this conversation. "You don't deserve me… You deserve someone better… And besides, my love for you has faded after all these weeks... Don't worry, it's not your"
"NO!" Sakura once again yelled softly knowing that if she yelled really loud, Touya will bust out from the house and yell. "Syaoran… You can't leave!"
Syaoran was somewhat shocked at her expression. She was already crying… Tears were already flowing out from her eyes. And she was kneeling on the ground. He bent down and held her at her shoulders and said, "Sakura… look... I told you… I just don't love you anymore… So please make this easy for me… Forget about me, okay?"
She just sat there staring at the ground. "Alright… If that's the way you want it. LEAVE THEN! GO AWAY!" she yelled never bothering the silence of the night.
"Sakura…" Syaoran whispered as he was staring at Sakura. Her eyes were full of anger and hatred. It was obvious that she hated him now.
"Sakura, what's wrong!" Touya asked, concerned about his sister.
"GET AWAY FROM HERE!" she yelled, looking at Syaoran.
He held her shoulders and said, "Sakura… I'm…" still he couldn't continue for Sakura interrupted him.
"DON'T TOUCH ME! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Sakura yelled then she stood up and ran towards the house and ran up to her room where she locked herself.
Touya starred at her sister as she ran upstairs. After she had disappeared upstairs, he glared at Syaoran and said, "What did you do to her!"
"Touya, calm down…" Fujitaka said holding his son's shoulders and leading him inside the house. "I'm sorry about that Li…"
"No, it's okay… I have to go now. Thanks…" he said to Fujitaka and bowed down then walked to his car. Yukito, concerned for all the people involved, walked towards Syaoran and asked, "I see things didn't go well, huh…"
He didn't look up. He was still staring at the ground when he answered, "No… No, things didn't go too well… Thank you Yukito-san…"
"No problem… Want me to take you home?" Yukito offered since Syaoran looked so down and looked like he wanted to die.
"No, I'm alright. Thanks anyway… Go calm Touya and Sakura down. If ever she does… Please tell me how she feels if you could get her to talk about me…" Syaoran said as he walked again slowly to his car.
"No problem… are you sure you're okay on your own?"
"Yeah… I'll see you at work… Thanks again…" Syaoran said, but before he could close the door of his car, he spotted at little notebook at the passengers seat. He turned back to Yukito, now holding the notebook. Then he said, "By the way, can you give her this?" After seeing Yukito's reply, he closed the car door and started the car. Then, he had gone. He lived half across town so it's quite far.
Who are you now
Are you still the same
Or did you change somehow
What do you do
At this very moment when I think of you
And when I'm looking back
How we were young and stupid
Do you remember that
As he was driving his way home, he stopped by a park, park so familiar to everyone, the Penguin Park. He sat at the swing where he and Sakura usually sat together, before. "Sakura… I'm sorry…" Then closed his eyes and bowed down.
o-o Sakura o-o
Sakura was still crying in her bed, sobbing like it was the end of the world. Yukito was beside her, comforting her cause he knew somehow that this would happen.
Touya, on the other hand, was still boiling in anger and was being calmed down by his father at the living room.
Back to Sakura, she was lying on her bed facing the wall to the right with a pillow covering her face and is sobbing.
No matter how I fight it
I can't deny it
Just can't let you go
I still need you
I still care about you
The way when things been said and done
I still feel you
Like I'm right beside you
But still no, word from you
"I HATE YOU SYAORAN!" she yelled out loud under the pillow.
o-o Syaoran o-o
As if he heard Sakura's voice, he jolted up and walked back to his car. As he was again driving home, he started to reminisce the things that he and Sakura had been together.
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"Yo! Kinomoto!" Syaoran yelled from the window of their classroom on the 3rd floor of the building.
Sakura was at the backyard of their school with Tomoyo sitting under a tree eating their lunch. She looked up to see who was calling her. Then she yelled back, "Hi Li!" then she smiled.
At that time, Syaoran had felt something but brushed the feeling away and yelled back, "We still have to practice for the play! Get back here!"
That time, there was a school play that they were preparing for. It is a video presentation of their class for the School Festival. Each section had something to present. Theirs was a revised version of Cinderella. They had revised it a little so that the story was more romantic and quite complicated. Of course, the script was made by Naoko with the help of Tomoyo, Rika and Chiharu who knew a lot about the topic.
Of course, as the casting was made by Tomoyo, she had made Sakura as Cinderella and Syaoran as the prince and the list goes on…
Now look at me
Instead of moving
I refuse to see
That I keep coming back
Yeah I'm stuck in a moment
That wasn't meant to last
Back at the classroom, Sakura and Syaoran had started to rehearse. At the story, Sakura's name is Ria and the name of Syaoran's character is Scott. (It's similar to the story of A Cinderella Story only I couldn't quiet remember the other lines and I had some made up, so maybe I don't have to put up a summary of video… besides, I already suck at making stories, I would suck more at making up a summary…)
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"Look, listen…" Syaoran (Scott) tried to say before he was interrupted.
Sakura (Ria) was staring at Syaoran who was really into the play with his acting. If you didn't know it was a play, you would believe that he's really confessing or that that's the real thing. "No, you listen… You turned out to be the person who I thought you were. You didn't even try to tell them the truth…! I've done my part. I think that it's time for you to do yours. I know the guy that sent me those e-mails is somewhere deep inside of you. But, I can't wait for you. Cause waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless, and disappointing…." Sakura said then she turned around and left the room.
Sakura then was seen leaving the room and met her best friend, Yamazaki (Javie). "Hey… Margie called me… I thought you needed a friend… Come here…" he said then hugged Sakura and then continued. "Are you alright? Your mom and Scott all in one day, how do you feel?"
Sakura sighed then continued, "I'll let you know when I catch my breath. Know what, let's do something tonight…"
"Um… I kinda wanted to watch the game… But it's alright if you…" Yamazaki started but was interrupted. "No, it's alright… I can handle this…" Sakura said with a smile on her face, a smile of achievement.
After a few minutes, Syaoran had left the room for the game. Syaoran couldn't concentrate on the on planning their next moves. He had mixed feelings about this, he didn't know if he could do what he was supposed to do, or was going to back out.
Sakura stared at the field. Syaoran was leading the team. Then, she suddenly realized that she couldn't continue. She couldn't watch the game anymore. Not when Syaoran (Scott) was there. "Jav, you know what, I thought I could actually do this, but I can't… I'm gonna go…" she said.
I tried to fight it
Can't deny it
But you don't even know
I still need you
I still care about you
The way when things been said and done
I still feel you
Like I'm right beside you
But still no, word from you
Yamazaki looked at Sakura as if he was concerned. "Ok… You know what, I'll tell you how it ends, 'kay?" he said to Sakura who nodded in return.
Sakura then started to excuse herself from all the people. As if on cue, Syaoran glanced back to the people and saw Sakura leaving. Then he looked back to the team which was having a break and was ready to listen to Syaoran's next plans "Sorry guys…" he said then ran towards the people but was stopped by Naoko (his dad) who was standing by the chairs. "Where are you going? You are ruining your dreams!"
Syaoran grinned at him (A/N: Uh… it's kinda weird to address a girl as a guy… but hey, that's her role… ;) and said, "No dad, I'm throwing away yours…" Syaoran then patted another guy, a friend of his, and said, "Their yours now… Go get 'em…" and continued up to the people.
Again, as if on cue, Sakura looked at the game and suddenly saw Syaoran running up to her. "Scott, what are you doing?" she asked as Syaoran reached her.
"Something that I should have done a long time ago…" Syaoran said then kissed Sakura.
After a few seconds, they broke apart and had rain effects, care of Tomoyo of course.
(NOTE: Some of the sentences that I have used is © to A Cinderella Story, 2004)
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Oh, no
I wish I could find you
Just like you've found me
Then I would never let you go…
The way things been said and done
I still feel you
Like I'm right beside you
But still no, word from you
Just then, a few blocks from his place, the main road. Lost in his thoughts, he didn't see the truck crossing the intersection. He went pushed through and…
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: Hello! I'm back… well, I wasn't supposed to continue this story anymore… But I just thought of a plot that, maybe, could bring the story to life… Anyway, I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter… Sorry to those who don't like songs inserted in between the story… I like doing that… so, sorry to those who hate it… Anyway, please R&R… I would appreciate your reviews…