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(…) My notes
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Flashback from the last chapter...
Eriol and Tomoyo came running towards them.
"OH MY GOSH!" cried Tomoyo, as tears filled her eyes. "THANK GOD YOU'RE OKAY! ERIOL TOLD ME EVERYTHING! I CAN'T BELIEVE I NEARLY KILLED YOU! I WOULD'VE NEVER FORGIVEN MYSELF!"
Tomoyo gently hugged Sakura, as she hugged her back.
"It's okay Tomoyo," said Sakura. "It wasn't your fault."
"Yes it was!" cried Tomoyo, bursting into tears. "It was my fault!"
After seeing her best friend burst into tears, Sakura did as well.
"Oh Tomoyo!"
Eriol rolled his eyes.
"What is with girls and crying about something of no importance?"
"YOU'RE GOING DOWN HIIRAGISAWA!"
"Meep..."
Chapter 26
Syaoran slowly gained consciousness. He blinked his eyes a few times and slowly absorbed his surroundings. Blocks of gray things in front and on the side of him, something soft that he was lying on, a window in front and a steering wheel...It was the bus! He looked around some more and finally noticed that someone was gently sleeping next to him.
Kinomoto Sakura was peacefully sleeping beside him. In her hands was a roll of bandages that were most likely used to bandage Syaoran's arm. Syaoran looked down at his injured arm.
'She did a pretty good job of bandaging...' he thought. 'She never fails to surprise me...First she knows martial arts...then she knew how to handle a sword expertly...and now, she even knows how to treat bad injuries...I wonder what else she's hiding...'
He gently pushed a few strands of auburn hair away from Sakura's face and tucked it behind her ear. Tomoyo came through the bus door and smiled.
"Syaoran!" she cried happily. "You finally came round. We were all worries about you..."
Syaoran smiled weakly.
"Yeah..." he replied, but then suddenly winced because of his wound.
Tomoyo looked horrified. She clasped her hands over her mouth.
"OH MY GOSH!" she cried, bustling over to him. "I can't believe I gave you such a deep cut! Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," he replied. "Could've been better."
Tomoyo looked at him with a worried face.
"I'm so sorry!" cried Tomoyo, looking on the verge of tears. "I really didn't mean it!"
"I know, Tomoyo," he replied. "It was my own fault that I got slashed."
Tomoyo looked puzzled.
"You fault?" she asked. "How can it be your fault? I'm the one who attacked you guys!"
Suddenly, something clicked together in Tomoyo's head.
"Wait a moment...You weren't helping someone, were you?"
"Actually..." said Syaoran, blushing slightly. "I was. So it wasn't your fault. I made that decision myself and I don't take it back either."
"It was Sakura wasn't it?" she whispered.
Syaoran blushed beet red and Tomoyo took his answer as a yes.
"You must like her a lot to do that," she ushered to him.
Syaoran slowly shook his head.
"No," he said. "You're wrong."
"How can you say that?" Tomoyo cried. "You so like her!"
Syaoran winced again.
"How bout we talk about this outside?" he offered, glancing at the sleeping figure of Sakura.
Tomoyo nodded and led him outside.
"So?" she asked with her hands on her hips.
"I don't know exactly how I feel for Sakura..."
"HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW?" yelled Tomoyo. "YOU ARE YOURSELF! HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW?"
"Shut up!" Syaoran hissed to her.
"Oops. Sorry. Anyway, you were saying?"
"It just gets confusing – you know what I mean?"
"Umm...no..."
"You kind of feel all funny, yet nice inside..."
"And...?"
"You just feel kind of different...Ahh! This is so hard to explain!"
"Why?"
"Because it's confusing..."
In Tomoyo's head, something finally made sense.
"Oh!" she exclaimed. "I know! You're in –"
Eriol suddenly appeared next to her, don't ask me how, and clamped his hand over her mouth, drowning her next few words.
"Don't tell him!" he hissed into her ear.
"What is it?" Syaoran asked, impatiently.
"You'll have to work it out yourself, my cute little descendant..." smirked Eriol, removing his hand from Tomoyo's mouth. "We'll be going now...right Tomoyo?"
Tomoyo just nodded dumbly and followed him.
"Now what..." Syaoran asked to no one in particular.
After a while
(Gomen...I feel very lazy today, so I'm skipping a whole lot...)
They all arrived back at Tomoeda High, all squashed into an unused classroom. The teacher stood on top of a chair to get everyone's attention.
"I am sure that none of you have forgotten about the Hip, Hop and Twirl," she began. "I am here to announce that the grand finals will be held next week – so for all the groups that are in the finals, please start preparing for it immediately, since one week isn't all that long. Now, since I have nothing else to say, you are free to go!"
Everyone cheered and bustled out of the classroom, hurriedly.
Tomoyo helped Sakura out of the classroom. She had woken up, but was still exhausted and had a loss of magic.
Syaoran would've helped too, but his shoulder wasn't helping him. The gang got outside and sat on a bench under the cherry blossom tree.
"We can't all walk home like this," said Tomoyo. "Especially Sakura, Eriol and Sakura."
"I'll be fine," said Sakura, smiling. "You don't have to worry about me."
"Yes we do," said Ryu. "We have every right to be worried, after what happened today."
"I know!" cried Meiling, with an idea hitting her in the head. "I'll call over a car for everyone!"
She picked up her mobile and clicked in some numbers and dialed for a car to come pick them up.
In a minute or so, a limo stopped in front of the school gates.
"A LIMO!" exclaimed Eriol. "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING IN THAT OVER SIZED HEAD OF YOURS?"
"Yes to the limo; no to the over sized head," said Meiling. "I think you were talking to yourself."
"You really didn't need to call a limo, Mei," said Sakura. "I could've walked home!"
"No, Saku," replied Meiling. "You're my friend and my friends deserve the best!"
"Thanks Meiling," said Sakura. "You're the best."
She pulled her into a friendly hug, as Tomoyo joined them as well. They all got into the limo.
"First stop – Kinomoto Residence," she called to the driver. The driver was wearing sunglasses, which hid his eyes from view. He nodded courteously.
The limo pulled up in front of the Kinomoto Residence in no time. Sakura got off the limo, along with Tomoyo and Meiling, who both wanted to see Sakura off.
They pressed the doorbell, waiting for someone to open the door. Touya opened the door and narrowed his eyes.
"Hi..." he said slowly. "You're back..."
Sakura nodded happily. Touya's head turned towards Meiling.
"You're the gaki's cousin, aren't you?" he asked Meiling.
"Wha?" was Meiling's very smart reply.
"The gaki!" said Touya. "That Li kid or whatever his name was..."
"Oh him!" said Meiling brightly. "He's in the car if you want to see him!"
Touya looked furious.
"Are you telling me that Kaijuu was with him that whole time?" he said, dangerously quiet.
"Ye –" began Meiling, but Tomoyo cut her off.
"Oh no!" she said, shaking her head. "He was just getting a ride home. I was with Sakura the whole time!"
Touya looked at Tomoyo to Meiling suspiciously.
"What ever you say..." he said, letting Sakura in.
"Do you guys want to come in?" asked Sakura.
Meiling and Tomoyo shook their heads.
"We'd better get going. See you tomorrow, Sakura!"
Sakura waved to them and closed the door.
-The next day-
"Tomoyo! Sakura!" called Meiling. "We need to work on our final performance for the Hip, Hop and Twirl!"
Meiling spun around a few times on the spot.
"We're coming!" called Tomoyo back, as she put her books in her locker; Sakura did the same.
"So what do you want to do?" asked Sakura, flopping down onto a chair. "Any ideas for songs?"
"Oh! I know!" said Meiling leaping up.
She whispered something into Tomoyo and Sakura's ear. (I'm not going to tell you any of the songs yet!)
Tomoyo's face brightened.
"I bags making the clothes and stuff!" she cried, joyfully.
Sakura sweat dropped.
"You do that..."
"YAY!" Tomoyo cheered very immaturely.
This time Meiling sweat dropped.
"No need to get excited about it...You do it all the time!"
"Who cares?"
-Elsewhere-
A dark and hooded figure paced around a room. His face was hidden in the shadows and only the outline of his eyes could be seen.
A young boy stood silently in front of the pacing figure.
"Maybe we should – " the boy began.
"SILENCE!" the icy cold voice rang out in the room, chilling everyone to the bone.
The boy fell silent immediately, after his master's call.
"Their emotions are erupting fast, especially the boy. I need to do something and fast..."
"You can count on me, Master," said Luke, bowing his head to him.
"You?" he asked, laughing coldly. "How many times have to managed to let them escape?"
"I've got the perfect plan, Master."
"Fine. This is your last chance. I'll give you one week, no more, no less."
"One week is just right..."
TBC
Another quick update! Yay! Anyway, I think that two or three more chapters will finish this story off. Then I'll be writing another one. I'm still not sure what to call it, but it got something to do with Sakura and Syaoran losing their memories to fulfill their destiny. So yeah...anyway, I hope you will read that story after you finish reading this one and hopefully you'll enjoy it more than this! For all my reviewers who play on the neopets site, add me as your neofriend. I'm pinksakuraz!
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