Chapter Eight: (You make it up!)
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Author's Note: Okay, I know I said I would update around Thanksgiving but I had a bit of writer's block. Not to mention, I have had project upon project toppled onto me in school. I haven't had much time to sit down and write. However, it is finally Winter Break and now and I can splurge as much time as I want on this story! Anyways, thank you all for being patient! Also special thanks to those who reviewed the last chapter: BlueMeteorGirl, Chloena, CB-pink-heart, Anime Flower, Krista, yukyungtang, and Sushi.
Recap of the Previous Chapter:
« Bonjour. Je m'appele Li. Syaoran Li, » (translation: Hello. My name is Li. Syaoran Li.) Syaoran said to the class without emotion.
"Thank you. Now please take your seat behind Mademoiselle Sakura Kinomoto. Please raise your hand Mademoiselle Kinomoto," said Meunier.
Sakura nervously raised her hand. Syaoran hid a small smile as he saw her. As he was about to take his seat behind her, he said, "We meet again. Who would have thought that the mysterious girl I met a few days ago near the café would show up here?"
Sakura tensed up and thought to herself, 'Oh dear, he remembers me. This is not good. Hmm, his voice sounds really familiar…exactly like the one with whom I fought with on the plane. It really does sound similar and it would make sense if he was on the plane. I'm in trouble now.'
Chapter Eight:
Class went by painfully slow for Sakura. She couldn't concentrate on what Monsieur Meunier was saying. Instead she kept on staring outside and wondering how she was going to tell her parents and the agency that she might be discovered.
'How could this happen? He's Jing Long's son so he's probably had all of the best teachers and can put two and two together and figure out who I am,' thought Sakura worriedly.
"Mademoiselle Kinomoto, do you know the answer to this question?" asked Monsieur Meunier, catching Sakura off-guard.
Cory and her friends snickered but Syaoran came to her rescue whispering, "Number 18."
"Yes, I know the answer sir," replied Sakura.
"Then please show the class on the board," said Meunier.
Sakura went up to the board and easily solved the calculus problem that the last three students who had already unsuccessfully tried.
"Merci, Mademoiselle Kinomoto. Class, you must answer the problems like how Mademoiselle Kinomoto just showed us. Your answers must be justified. Randomly giving a number doesn't mean that you understand the process. Wonderfully done, you may now go back to your seat Mademoiselle Kinomoto," said Meunier.
Before sitting down, Sakura smiled timidly at Syaoran and mouthed out a small thank you.
Syaoran merely smiled back.
Koji who saw the exchange was not very happy to say the least. 'Sakura needs to be more careful.'
Class continued on and nothing out of the ordinary happened. In no time, the math lesson was over and the students dispersed.
"We have chemistry next Sakura, are you ready to go yet?" said Tomoyo.
"I'm all ready to go," said Sakura as she picked up her bag.
"Would you like to join us as well Li-san, I mean Mr. Li?" asked Tomoyo cheerfully.
"Oh you're Japanese?" said Syaoran.
"Yes, we are," replied Tomoyo.
"You can drop the mister, I'm not that old," said Syaoran.
"Alright, then would you like to come with us?" asked Tomoyo again.
"No Tomoyo, he's coming with me," interrupted Cory.
"I don't recall him saying that," Meiling jumped in.
"Back off Sato! Don't you already have a boyfriend anyways?" Cory said venomously.
"Hey that was uncalled for!" retorted Ken, walking up from behind Meiling.
"Hmmph you better keep your girlfriend on a leash," said one of Cory's friends.
"You are so rude!" added Chiharu who came to defend her friends.
"Who invited you!" snapped Cory.
"I could say the same for you," said Naoko.
"Just leave us alone Cory!" shouted Eriol.
"See this is why you should hang out with me Syaoran. They're all just obnoxious losers," purred Cory while clinging on to Syaoran.
"I don't recall ever saying that I would allow you to be anywhere near me. I haven't talked to you for five minutes and you've already managed to insult my cousins," said Syaoran coldly.
Syaoran pulled away from Cory's grasp and said, "I believe it's time to go now Daidouji-san, Kinomoto-san. Chemistry is about to start, am I right?"
With that, the entire gang left.
In the hallway, Tomoyo and Naoko lead the way while giving Syaoran more information about where the different buildings were and other useful information. Meiling and Eriol who were walking behind were still having mixed feelings about Syaoran's arrival. Sakura was wondering what her first assignment involving Syaoran would be while Koji was silently listing everything he didn't like about Syaoran.
Chemistry was boring and painfully slow for most students. However Meiling and Eriol were both deeply absorbed in their thoughts about Syaoran. Meiling who just got more and more frustrated by each passing minute finally wrote a note and passed it to Eriol.
The note said: Why is Syaoran back?
Eriol read the note and added his own message: I don't know. I haven't seen him in such a long time.
Eriol passed the note back to Meiling. The conversation on paper continued on until the end of the period like this:
Meiling: I don't know what to say to him. I don't even know how to approach him.
Eriol: It's been awhile but we should still act the same way.
Meiling: It just feels so weird. First off, Syaoran and his family disappears for five years and now he's suddenly back as if nothing has happened.
Eriol: Something weird is definitely going on here. Anyways, we know that Syaoran's father, our uncle would never do something where he has nothing to gain.
Meiling: Should we ask Syaoran about it? He used to always protest against his father's work.
Eriol: But we don't even know if he's been brainwashed into working for him. Five years was a long time. Long enough to feed someone with lies and deception and make them believe it.
Meiling: Maybe we could just casually talk about it and analyze his reactions and his attitude towards his father.
Eriol: We can't do that. Syaoran will be able to easily figure out what we're doing. He is a bright person after all.
Meiling: Then what are we going to do?
Eriol: Let's just act as if nothing's happened and invite him to sit with us during lunch. We can introduce him to our friends and gradually get him to open up.
Meiling: Okay.
The bell finally rang signaling the start of lunch. Eriol turned around towards Syaoran's seat only to find that Syaoran had already left.
Meiling saw the empty seat and was a bit disappointed as well.
Tomoyo, Koji, Ken, and Naoko were engaged in their little chat while Eriol and Meiling followed them silently to lunch.
Suddenly, Sakura stopped walking and interrupted the conversation by saying, "I'm going to skip lunch. I'm not that hungry. I've been meaning to visit the school library."
"Are you sure you don't want to eat first Sakura-chan," asked Rika sincerely.
"Don't worry about me!" said Sakura cheerily with a bright smile.
"Okay, then we'll see you later in class," said Koji.
"Ja ne!" Sakura waved and left.
As soon as Sakura got to the library, she quickly searched through the computer database for books or any information about the school's history and specifically about the Science Department.
'I need to know why this school is so important that Jing Long had to send his own son here. If he's tampering with chemicals then there has to be something unique about the science department. He might be using the school lab for something but the teachers here seem pretty normal so far,' thought Sakura as she was filtering through the list of matches for her query.
Finally, Sakura found a match that interested her; a book called Seijyu's Scientific Successes
'Hmm, that's a good start. It says here that it's in the Section H of the library.'
Sakura quietly walked to Section H and skimmed through the shelves for the book. She quickly found the book. It was a very big book with a binding that was almost 10 inches wide. Sakura pulled the book off of the shelf. As she did, she came face to face with Syaoran who was on the other side of the shelf.
Sakura let out a shocked gasp and had almost dropped the book.
"Are you alright?" asked Syaoran with a smile.
"I'm fine. You just scared me a bit," said Sakura. As she recovered from her initial shock, she added, "Thank you for helping me out earlier."
"It was nothing. I, however, never expected to meet you again here. You're the same girl I met a few nights ago. What a coincidence. Maybe it was fate that brought about this second meeting," said Syaoran charmingly and somewhat flirtatiously as well.
Sakura merely stared into Syaoran's intense amber eyes with half curiosity and half shock. 'What beautiful eyes…"
However Sakura quickly snapped out of her reverie and mumbled softly, "I have to go now."
Sakura rushed towards the exit and left the book on one of the carts and left. 'I can't believe he said that. But his eyes were so mesmerizing. They look so confident and warm but at the same time it's coated with a tinge of sadness. How could someone like that ever be an enemy?' thought Sakura as she hurried to the classroom.
Meanwhile, Syaoran who was still in the library smiled and thought, 'What a shy girl. She seems harmless and nice though.'
CS88: Short chapter, I know (sigh). But it's Winter Break so I will most likely update soon. I tried my best to put some S+S fluff and moments. Hope it was an okay beginning. I'm trying to slow the pace of this story down. I've been re-reading my story again and it seems as if the story was moving a tad too fast. Anyways, I had trouble coming up with a title for this chapter. The ones I have come up with myself so far have been hideous. So please come up with titles for this chapter and leave it in your reviews. I'll pick one and rename this chapter. Thanks and review! More reviews Faster updates