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Flashback from the last chapter
"Are we here now?" asked Sakura.
"No, nearly though." They kept walking and soon, Sakura became a little dizzy. Syaoran stopped walking.
"Okay Sakura, we're here now. You can open your eyes." Sakura opened her eyes and waited patiently for her vision to come back. Soon, all the colours and things started to form in front of her eyes and she could see quite clearly again. Sakura gasped.
Chapter 19
The scenery was absolutely beautiful, no wait, way more than beautiful – More beautiful than anyone could ever describe it. Sakura just stood there staring in awe, taking in all her stunning surroundings.
They were standing on a lakeside. It was a deep midnight blue colour, which shimmered strikingly because of the moonlight reflecting upon it, which made it look like the colour of some sort of sapphire or crystal. It was a night of a full moon and there wasn't a cloud in sight. The moon shone down upon the earth and made the lake look as if it were glowing.
The dark night sky was scattered with an uncountable amount of stars that shone brightly. There were tall cherry blossom trees lined up around the lakeside. The fresh green grass and pretty flowers blew wavered gently as a cool breeze passed. Cherry blossom petals fell from the branches and flew around them in every direction, making it an astounding sight to ever witness.
"Do you like it?" asked Syaoran, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
"It's beautiful," replied Sakura, still gazing at the scenery.
'Not as beautiful as you, My Cherry Blossom.' Thought Syaoran. This statement was fairly true though. Sakura's hair blew in different directions with the current of the night breeze and her emerald green eyes sparkled, as it never did before. A small smile was planted on her lips as she stood there, gazing out into the distance. It made her look like some kind of angel that was sent down to earth from the heavens.
Syaoran watched as Sakura stuck out her arm and opened her palm so it faced upwards. A single cherry blossom petal floated onto her open palm, as did a butterfly. The butterfly was pink and black in colour and there was something different about that particular butterfly, but neither of them could put their finger on what it was. The butterfly slowly spread its wings and took off.
As it was flying, it left a trail of mystifying blue, pink, green, silver or any colour – you name it of small speckled dots, king of similar to dust. It flew around the middle of the lake, leaving its mystical specks of dust behind it. It hovered above the exact center of the lake and twirled angelically in circles, as the coloured specks sort of formed a spiral shape, sort of like a tornado thing, without the gusts of wind. It was surely an amazing sight.
"It sort of reminds me of the glow card," stated Sakura quietly, thinking of when she had captured the glow card in her card capturing days.
"What was that?" asked Syaoran, curiously.
"The glow c –" replied Sakura. "Oh! I mean, the time at the festival where there were all coloured lights flashing. You weren't here when this festival was held, this was before I left for Korea."
"Oh, right," replied Syaoran, not completely believing her. They sat down on a patch of tender green grass and watched the perplexing butterfly as it fluttered around the cherry blossom trees and the lake. Sakura leant her head gently on Syaoran's shoulder as they continued to watch.
"Syaoran," said Sakura. "Where is this place anyway?"
"Tomoeda Lake, why?" replied Syaoran.
"What? I've been here like millions of times, but it was never this beautiful!"
"That's because this is on a different place around the lake, a different point of view. It's more beautiful here."
"Then how come nobody besides us is here?"
"Oh, that. I think I'm only one of the few people to find this place. It's kind of hard to find."
"Then how come you found it?"
"I was really annoyed one night, so I wandered around, not knowing where I was going and sort of found this place and promised myself that I would only show one special person this place." He blushed, realizing what he had said.
"Oh okay." They were silent for a while. Sakura was seriously dense.
"Sakura," started Syaoran softly.
"Hmm?" replied Sakura, looking at him.
"Umm...I...I" stammered Syaoran, not knowing how to put it into words.
"What is it?" asked Sakura, sitting up.
"I – I err... wanted to give you this," finished Syaoran, taking out a small package from inside his pocket. It was a rather pretty package. It was a royal blue colour decorated with silver studs in the pattern of blossoms.
"What is it?" asked Sakura, politely taking the box from him.
"Open it up and see for yourself," smirked Syaoran. Sakura carefully opened the box and gawped.
"I – I can't accepted this, Syaoran! You know I can't!" argued Sakura, standing up and pushing the box back into his hands.
"No," said Syaoran firmly and following suit, holding onto Sakura's hands and closing her fingers on the box, tightly. "I bought it for you and you only. It you gave it back to me, all the money would've gone to waste. Now open it and put it on."
"But –" argued Sakura. "It must've cost you a fortune to buy, how much did it cost you?"
"That's not for you to know, Kura. And you are forgetting that I'm the next leader of the Li Clan and I've got all the money I need." Replied Syaoran, taking the box from her and took out the silver bracelet from inside.
It was mostly silver, with metallic pink and light blue studs engraved in it. In the middle, there was an insignia carved into it that read: My Cherry Blossom. On each side of the inscription, there was a pink gem in the shape of a single cherry blossom petal. Syaoran took the bracelet and fastened it around Sakura's wrist. As soon as the catch clicked on, Syaoran spoke up.
"Do you like it, Sakura?" he asked her softly. Sakura didn't reply. Syaoran immediately thought that Sakura didn't like it and his face fell. Sakura threw herself onto Syaoran and gave him the biggest hug ever.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" squealed Sakura. "That's the kindest thing anyone has ever done for me!" cried Sakura, clinging on tightly, very close to tears.
"GAH!" cried Syaoran. "It's alright. Now do you mind getting off me? I can't breathe!" Sakura immediately pulled away.
"Omigosh!" she cried. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to!" Syaoran rubbed his neck.
"No, no. It's okay. I'm fine!" he replied. "I'd better take you home now, otherwise Touya will kill me for sure!" Sakura laughed.
"Okay then," she replied. They walked off towards the Kinomoto Residence, holding hands. Soon enough, they reached the Kinomoto Residence. Syaoran accompanied her up to the front lawn.
"Thanks for tonight Syao," said Sakura. "I really loved it."
"No prob. It was my pleasure – " replied Syaoran, being cut off by Sakura gently kissing his cheek. He instantly felt his temperature burning up and he turned a cute shade of crimson.
"See you at school, Syao," waved Sakura, walking into her house.
"Bye," replied Syaoran quietly, as he headed back to the Li Mansion. Sakura tried opening the door as quietly as she could, but the old door creaked open and Touya immediately blew it.
"SAKURA KINOMOTO!" roared the scary figure of Touya. Sakura flinched and froze on the spot. "WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GO WITHOUT TELLING ME?"
"Somewhere," she replied quietly.
"DID THAT CHINESE GAKI HURT YOU IN ANY WAY?"
"No."
"WHERE DID HE TAKE YOU?"
"Dinner." Touya noticed the bracelet glittering on Sakura's wrist.
"WHAT'S THAT THING ON YOUR WRIST?" Sakura smiled, broadly.
"A gift." And with that, she walked back to her room. She wasn't about to let anything spoil her good mood, not even Touya. She opened the door to her room and changed into her pajamas and collapsed onto her bed.
"Hey Sakura," greeted Kero. "I see you've come back."
"Hi Kero," replied Sakura, with her eyes closed, but still with a smile on her lips.
"Is there anything wrong?" asked Kero, quite concerned.
"No, nothing, just a little tired," she replied.
"Why are you so happy?"
"No special reason. Good night, Kero."
"Night."
The next day
Sakura yawned and awoke just before Touya opened the door. A split second later, Touya opened and gasped.
"The kaijuu actually woke up all by herself today! What an achievement!" sneered Touya. Sakura got up and stomped on his foot.
"OUCH!" screamed Touya. "WHAT ON EARTH WAS THAT FOR?"
"I'm not a kaijuu," stated Sakura. "Only bakas don't know that."
"I'm guessing that you're a baka then?" asked Touya.
"You're the baka!" shouted Sakura and whacked him on the head.
"OUCH!" Sakura giggled.
"Serves you right!"
At school
Sakura got her books out of the locker and walked to her first class and opened the door.
"Ohayo Tomoyo, Meiling," she said to her two friends.
"SAKURA!" they both squealed and ran over to her, nearly knocking her down.
"What's up?" she asked them.
"Spill," said Meiling. Tomoyo nodded.
"All the details," agreed Tomoyo.
"Details?" asked Sakura, not having a clue of what they were talking about.
"YESTERDAY NIGHT!" Meiling and Tomoyo screamed in unison. "WHAT HAPPENED? DETAILS! GIVE US DETAILS!" Everyone who was sitting in the classroom, started at them, as if they were all lunatics. Sakura shuffled away, muttering something like 'I don't know them'.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" shouted Meiling and Tomoyo, pulling Sakura back towards them. "NOW SPILL!"
"Well –" began Sakura, when the teacher walked into the classroom.
"Okay students. Class has now started. Please take a seat."
"You're saved for the meantime, Sakura, until lunch time," hissed Meiling, sitting back into her seat. Sakura just nodded. The boring maths lesson began...
"Who can tell me what the answer to question five b is?"
At lunch
Tomoyo and Meiling cornered Sakura.
"There's no getting out of this one, my dear friend," said Meiling.
"Where did Syaoran take you?" asked Tomoyo. Sakura sighed. She would never we able to change Tomoyo's ways and now she's got Meiling to back her up.
"Out to dinner," she replied.
"What restaurant?"
"Destined Wings."
"And?"
"And what?"
"What did you do during dinner?"
"Umm...We ate dinner?"
"DETAILS!"
"We ordered our meal. I picked up my chopsticks. I picked up a dumpling. I took a bite. I chewed. I chewed again. I swallowed –"
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT, SAKURA KINOMOTO!"
"Nothing really happened."
"You're sure?"
"Positive."
"Where did you go next?" Sakura recalled the events of last night.
...Flash back...
"Syaoran," said Sakura. "Where is this place anyway?"
"Tomoeda Lake, why?" replied Syaoran.
"What? I've been here like millions of times, but it was never this beautiful!"
"That's because this is on a different place around the lake, a different point of view. It's more beautiful here."
"Then how come nobody besides us is here?"
"Oh, that. I think I'm only one of the few people to find this place. It's kind of hard to find."
"Then how come you found it?"
"I was really annoyed one night, so I wandered around, not knowing where I was going and sort of found this place and promised myself that I would only show one special person this place." He blushed, realizing what he had said.
...End Flash Back...
# Sakura's Point of View #
"He took me home," I lied, hoping that they would fall for it. Not many knew about the special side of the lake and Syaoran didn't want anyone knowing about it either, so I'm not about to tell anyone, even my best friends.
"THAT'S IT?" roared Meiling. "WHAT A LOUSY DATE! THAT PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A STUPID COUSIN! I'LL KILL HIM!"
# Normal Point of View #
"Meiling," said Sakura, trying to calm her down. "It was fine. I enjoyed it."
"Yeah Meiling," piped up Tomoyo. "As long as Sakura enjoyed it, it's alright." Sakura nodded.
"Fine, fine," said Meiling, admitting defeat. "I'm not going to do anything to Xiao Lang, this time."
"What do you mean by this time?" asked Sakura, looking confused. Tomoyo and Meiling exchanged looks of mischief and giggled uncontrollably.
"Hey!" pouted Sakura. "That's not nice! You're keeping something away from me!" Tomoyo and Meiling just giggled some more.
"Fine then. Don't tell me!" said Sakura, turning her back to them and sticking her nose in the air. They kept giggling.
"Humph!" said Sakura, childishly.
"Oh, I'm sorry Saks," said Tomoyo in between giggles. "I can't help it!"
"Same here," agreed Meiling. "Sorry Saku."
"I still don't what's so funny!" said Sakura, with her hands on her hips. Tomoyo and Meiling burst into a fresh fit of giggles.
"You're just too dense sometimes, Sakura!" cried Tomoyo.
"Thanks," said Sakura.
"No problem," replied Meiling, still laughing.
"I was being sarcastic," said Sakura.
"We know," replied Meiling and Tomoyo together and kept laughing.
"This is hopeless!" said Sakura. "The bell rings in five minutes, I'm going to my locker to get my stuff."
"You do that," said Meiling. Sakura sighed. She sometimes wondered why she had crazy lunatics for her best friends. She walked off without them. Tomoyo and Meiling immediately stopped laughing.
"You don't think she's pissed at us, do you?" asked Meiling.
"Nah," replied Tomoyo. "Don't worry. Sakura's not like that. She never holds grudges against anyone, even her worst enemy."
"Oh okay."
After lunch
"Listen up class!" said the teacher. "We have a new student joining us today. He just arrived a few hours ago from Australia. Please make him feel welcome." A tall guy walked into the classroom. He had dark oak coloured hair streaked with blonde and it was spiked up with lots of gel. His eyes were a cold gray colour that would freak anyone out. He wore a black top and baggy jeans that were a little torn, here and there.
"Hey," said the boy. "My name is Luke Robertson."
"Mr. Robertson, please take a seat to the right of Miss Kinomoto. Miss Kinomoto, please raise your hand." Sakura raised her hand. She didn't have a good feeling about this guy. Luke took a seat at the desk next to Sakura and kept shooting her glances and smirks throughout the class. Sakura was getting really uncomfortable, which Syaoran noticed and instantly felt anger rising inside him.
The science class went on. The teacher droned on and on about astronomy and galaxies and planets and stuff. (We did this in class before ad our teacher talked a lot!) After what seemed like forever, the bell rang.
"Class dismissed!" Everyone cheered and left the classroom.
Sakura got her bag from her locker and made her way to the main gate of school. She was about to leave the school grounds, when someone grabbed her wrist, stopping her.
TBC
Yay! I finished this chapter sooner than I expected! Hope you liked it and don't forget to review! Thank you again to everyone I mentioned at the very start of the page.
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