The Sword and The Pen
-Card Captor Sakura-
By Esodane
Here ya go… the latest chapter 6… I'll try my best to get the chapter quick but good, as apology to my past long update… sigh… Sowweee… Guess why's the chap name's pretzel? You think I should change the title? I'm again having doubts of the title, I don't even know if I even like it or not, well, thanks to my friends here, they're making me so much insecure when I'm not supposed to be, but thank goodness I'm still not on the clutches of Writer's Block, and I hope I won't be having. Don' worry, the ideas still flood out my mind, like the flowing blood… it's just that I really don't have much enough time to type, it's like La Salle was cursing me since last week I shouldn't get on a computer trip at crucial times like the end of the school year ahem, this moment since teachers really get so sensitive as in super sensitive, and one little wrong thingy like your bad grade and bad behavior… poof! You're out of the line! My whole career depends on this, the trust of my parents, my relationships, and YES! My own self too! And believe me, sometimes I'm a really lousy typist so I'm really sorry if I can't post this hereafter probably three days or less… Well, til then, and pray that I won't take long… bwa… ha… ha… ha… ,
Flower Lover : Ehehe, do u mind I can ask what's your nationality, uhh.. Nothing really, just curious, but it's okay if u don't tell!
BTW – Touya's wife, Shinoa is pronounced as shin-wa… Wakekekekekeke
---Remaking the Pretzel---
"Grrrrr… now what?" Syaoran mumbled, as he sat before his table… alone. He felt so awkward, having too the really big sword attached on his waist, and people look at him with either a weird, shocked, scared stare, 'I look like an idiot here, even the waiters look like rich people,' he thought with a stressed sigh. He knew it wasn't a good idea going here even on the start, on such a big party Cloe set up, and how could he say yes when only Sakura, Tomoyo, and the Mirror begged him to join. And the very fact that made him worse is that he was only wearing a simple black tee shirt, and tight jeans, and to make it worse was the sword, he felt so different as all people there wore tuxedos the men wore, and pretty nightgowns the beautiful women had, and everyone else except him had very intricate-styled hair… And he was damn alone; damn fucking alone; his only company was the invisible Mirror no people even care about. The bunch of people looking away from him, or ignoring him just like he was only a speck of pixie dust, just like they knew everyone there, except Li Syaoran , but what does he expect? He was indirectly poor, and the only people who knew him there was a few, old friends of his, Rika, Naoko, Chiharu, Sakura, Tomoyo, Yamazaki… who for your information he didn't even found on the party just right now,….
And it was the truth, the truth and nothing but the naked truth… his family's gone to the abyssal pits of bankrupt, and everyone in his family was killed, was murdered, even his sisters were killed, the only worse thing now that could happen is that the name of Li was erased in the history of earth… he just wanted to die, and forget about all… just that all these sufferings would all end to a period… but now, after that meeting with Sakura, he just didn't want to commit suicide again, and thanks to the Mirror card, another reason why he can't have suicide is stocked up in his memory bank.
Stressed, he arrogantly slouched in a lazy and bored manner, his arms on the table, and hands cramped up to his brown hair, he felt bad, and simply violated, people REALLY were ignoring him, every person there got hor'derves of pickle and shrimp, or a drink of vin rouge and Champaign from waiters and waitresses, and all he got was nothing… 'no fair…' he thought, like a kid would think not receiving candy or whatever…
He looked at the surrounding of Sabrian's, he did admit the restaurant was cool, he sat just on the forgotten, lousy corner of the ballroom, a.k.a. the biggest room too of the restaurant itself, extraordinary wall fountains, with crystal clear water garnishing the walls, seemingly looked as tea, by the gleaming gold walls under them… and the ceiling, so wide, shaped like a dome like a Roman cathedral roof, and a huge, awed-stricken chandelier with hanging waxed candles at the epicenter, sleek dance grooves filling the wide-spread, square room, and people splattered with the words happiness, joy, and fun… he thought he was the only human there who didn't had fun at that moment… Syaoran instinctively observed the room then again, it kind of reminds him of his mansion at China, the gold and silver of his home, his expensive clothes he used to wear, his fame people got intimidated to, his family he had loved, all gone… burnt to the merciless flames… but now it was all over… everything about Li was over… except himself of course
'How can I think about that now, Syaoran? Stop looking at the past!' he helplessly thought, but he couldn't help it, the desire of just becoming rich again was just in his whole mind… 'Where the hell is Sakura? Or Tomoyo, someone! I just need someone to talk to and finish this whole party off!' he complained in his mind nastily, almost sounding desperate on his mind, he was about to burst, he wanted to leave, his embarrassment began to build up again, terribly, that is,
He stood up, not wanting anymore jealousy striking him… his weight he noticed grew, and he felt like his legs were heavier than usual, he thought it was just his gloom, glancing at his wristwatch, it was already 8:30pm, and to think he wasted one hour seating on a table, not talking to people, and not eating, when in fact it was a party,
"Are you going to leave Li?" Mirror softly whispered at his ear,
"Shut up," Syaoran hissed, "Don't talk to me, and I won't answer you, people might just think I'm talking to little me," he whispered back, but all he received was a stubborn and disobedient groan,
"Are you? Are you? Are you?" she asked insistently, louder each time, like a kid flooding with insistent curiosity,
Li groaned with depression, then he thought for a second, and grinned unnecessarily, "Nah I'll just go sightseeing," he sighed, and Mirror got silent again, she was pretty surprised he decided not to leave with no much reason at all, with Syaoran's relief, 'and look for Sakura,' he thought secretly without Mirror noticing,
He walked his way to the door outside the crowded room, and planned to get himself fresh air outside, trying to find his way to Sakura. He passed the people ignoring the poor guy, and almost got into every other elegant room inside the mansion-like restaurant…
Finally, he climbed upward the second floor, which at first he didn't notice, and immediately gone up to the terrace,
'Finally, silence…' he thought with another set of relieved sighs… There were no people on those terraces, but at least there was peace and quiet for Syaoran to live with on that night, and there he sat, on a provided, comfy sofa casually placed behind the steel fence, and he glanced alone at the shining, full moon showcased on that night…
The music still occupied the peaceful space, thought not like seemingly boisterous, but rather soothing… he really wondered where the hell would Sakura be, he was so bored… he could die because of the boredom he was experiencing… plus, Mirror wasn't in the mood to play with him… it was the first time he wanted Mirror to meddle him/
"Arghhhhh," he mumbled to himself… annoyed…
Then another boot if silence, but then syaoran calmed down immediately as he looked again on the bluish moon, somehow, he managed to smile without reason, and just like that, annoyance coming from the fact Sakura was late didn't feel up his temper… he felt rather offended Sakura was late,
'How strange…' he thought, he couldn't believe his own feelings…
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"Whoa, talk about fancy," A handsome white haired guy in a matching white tuxedo said out loud in amusement as he got off in a pit black sedan, looking about the restaurant, and swaying his hair with the wind, even though it was already too short for him to sway, "So big, I can't believe Sakura went with all the trouble just to make a celebration," he smiled, "I'm probably going to have a headache there with all those people, but I guess it wouldn't be that bad, there's got to be a lot of free food there,"
"Yukito, you like anything with the word free on it," a sighing womanly voice erupted from beside him. Yukito faced her, and he grinned slightly… it was his wife, Mika, and she was certainly beautiful, fairly tall, with the same height as her husband, and had long, blonde hair, with natural highlights of a somewhat mix of brown and dark red… terracotta… she wore a simple white dress that reached to her feet, but strangely, she never did trip, even with her black high-heels… "You should thank your friend Sakura," she said with sultry giggles…
"Well, nothing's better than priceless food without price…" he said,
"Come to think of it, we already spend too much on our breakfast each morning," Mika sighed, and Yukito chuckled heartily,
"but never do forget it's your fault you decided to marry me," Yukito grinned that unnatural sly grin of his… and all Mika did do at his comment was laugh not like a woman but rather a human, "Shall we?" Yukito offered his wife a gentlemanly arm, and Mika gladly accepted it, and started to walked together on the noisy inside of the humungous restaurant,
"Yukito! Mika!" another voice boomed the background… Yukito and his wife then faced behind, and there they saw Touya and his wife, Shinoa,
"Hi there buddy," Yukito said as he smiled at the brunette in a black tuxedo. It was obviously Touya, it was mesmerizing to any human how these two people were so tied up with each other with their friendship, neither of the two did separate ways, since their high school days till their university years, they have been in the same class, and in the same course, and until now, they're working-colleagues now on the same school…
"Hi Shin," Yukito and Mika greeted in unison with a cheerful note to the very beautiful woman Touya had for as a wife, she had the smoothest of any woman's face, being trespassed by her long and silky ebony hair, and her body, in a silk dress that only reached above her knees, so well-made, as an artist's dream of a woman in his or her canvas… Well, based from her looks, it was no surprise she was a model, and it was rare Shinoa would be present in such occasion.
"Heya," she greeted back with a smile, and emerged a talk with Mika, they were really close friends since Touya introduced her to Yukito and Mika, as Yukito introduced Mika to Touya and Shinoa, it was really a well-made community of four they successfully had…
"I'm impressed, I can rarely see you join parties, hmm? Shin," Mika said with a laugh,
Shinoa smirked and nastily looked at Touya, "Well, if you're glad I'm here, thank my dear husband, Touya," and then a laugh followed her face, and Touya looked away, "It's a party of your sister, right?"
After that, Mika and Shinoa chatted, ignoring their rightful husbands, leaving them with a frazzle dazzle of too fast speaking women always can do with their tongues neither Yukito nor Touya could understand…
"Did Sakura made a bugger out of you?" Touya asked Yukito, the two men were also starting their own conversations… The grey-haired man chuckled again,
"Nah, but she did call me a dozen of times since 4:00am this morning," he said with a smile positively, his eyes recollecting, not noticing the pitiful look Touya had,
"Easy for you to say, I predict the girls would make another riot I was cheating on Shin here," he whispered to Yukito sighing, making sure his wife wouldn't hear, though it was only false Touya was a two-timer… he never was and never will be, that's for sure, Eh?
Yukito again chuckled with humor, "By the way, where's the other friends Sakura invited?" They already began walking, mindless of each other except their chat mates,
"Why do you ask?" Touya then asked suspiciously as a reply, they were back again on topics about his little sister, Sakura…
"Well, anyway, it's really a shame she ended up richer than you, don't you think?" Yukito said, changing the subject, it was one of the few statements Touya would really get worked up on as either a friendly tease, or a camaraderie insult,
"If that's what you think," Touya looked away from his best friend, not giving his best friend a precise answer, and Yukito laughed again,
"But it's another shame that Syaoran guy she really loved left him, from the time being, she's probably good to be married now…." he said again, with a much more hard and serious manner,
Touya then was silent, and Yukito looked at him with the tiniest grin he could ever produce, Touya never brought up the subject about Sakura's matrimony, or who shall she be in love to or whatever, "Well, she's a monster, nobody would like to stick up to a monster," he just said jokingly, that made Yukito again laugh, 'but he did, and I hate that Li man for hurting my sister's feelings…' Touya secretly thought, thpught not reaching the mischievous smile on his face,
"Oh! Touya! Yukito! Mika, Shinoa! A very cheerful voice yelled near the doors of Sabrian's. All of them glanced forward, and their eyes immediately caught up Sakura waving at them,
Touya, however, was preventing his laughter at the clothes Sakura was wearing, but everybody thought it was cute on Sakura though,
The foursome then began to ran to meet with Sakura,
"Let's go inside, there's a lot of food, and plenty of music to dance with," Sakura again smiled referring her statement to all, but her eyes directly to Yukito, she did grew up from having a crush on him, 'I wonder if Syaoran…' she thought with a laugh,
"Where are your other friends?" Yukito innocently asked, and Sakura tightened her welcoming grin as other visitors got to the door, and could easily see how they reacted when they saw Sakura, the well-known president talking to a man with no name in the corporate world,
"Hey, did you see that guy?" a man asked his fellow man companion
"Yeah, who's that?" the fellow man companion said to the other man,
"Probably her fiancé or her boyfriend, fuck, I wish I was that cute guy," the other man wished so
"Shhhhh! They might hear us bastard!" the fellow ma companion then shhhed his way to make the other man silent,
Well, they certainly did, Sakura sweat dropped, and lip-talked the word sorry to Yukito,
"It's a'right Sakura, publicity, you're a public figure anyways, so don't worry about it," he said understandingly, and Sakura blushed lightly… whatever she does, she never can defeat the sweet, sincere understanding of Yukito…
"Off you go then, have to talk with other visitors, you saw what happened," Sakura said again, sighing, "I have to admit publicity sometimes can never get better," but she really wanted to see Syaoran, she just couldn't find him,
"Well, bye," Touya waved to her, and joined in the mounds of people inside, however was obviously attached to the other three,
"Oh yeah, can you say to the others hi from me if you meet them?" Sakura favored and they instantly nodded…
Finally, she was off again, 'I forgot, I was supposed to meet with Nagasa with Tomoyo,' she remembered, and glanced at her watch, thank goodness it was still not late, 'off I go, maybe Syaoran could wait,' she thought, but she didn't know how long Syaoran did wait…
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"Good evening Mister Nagasa," Sakura, the president, and Tomoyo, the vice-president, said in unison, and happily bowed in front of the old, nearly-bald man seating on a chair before a table with a single bowl of green-colored soup, the two owners of Cloe then approached their old boss with respect… and sat on the two, provided chairs for them…
Sakura observed the place, it was quite silent the place Nagasa had gotten into, she never knew the restaurant could be so quiet and silent, when in fact the music and chatter of the people were booming like a million airplanes got out of touch of the ground in unity, when in fact, on that room, there were only a few people, and a soundless atmosphere…
"Good evening, ahh, two stunning ladies, did you have a good time?" he asked the two women, and smiled as well as nod at his complement, "Sakura, I just want to say to you your private assistant, P.A. for short, is really good, his resume even made me get impressed, he had an outstanding degree on his university at abroad, heard he was always the top of his classes," he said, and both again enthusiastically nodded, "I believe he's already wandering the already-large place to either find for you or me, or Tomoyo here,"
"Uhmm, he knows us?" Sakura asked surprised,
"Ahh, not actually, well, I really don't think so, but I did show a few pictures of you two, but he didn't looked shocked," Nagasa stated,
Sakura and Tomoyo nodded again,
"That's all, Sakura, I will be finding him, and let's just hope we can again find each other later, with you meeting your assistant," Silence, and he grinned softly; his cheeks began to fill up like a hamster, "your dismissed," he said, and the two began to stand up, bowing again,
"Thank you Mister Nagasa, and have a good evening too," they said again in unison, as they faced backwards, and got outside to the spacious, noisy rooms again,
"Oh by the way Sakura," he said again, and the mocha haired woman turned back again to him, "do you know that dress really looks cute on you?" he said again with a hearty grin, and Sakura blushed,
"Thank you," she felt Tomoyo's arm nudge on her own arm, and whispered to Sakura,
"You see… it's not weird, it's called cute," she whispered, making Sakura sigh in humor,
"Well, what happened with you and Naoko, Rika, and the others?" Sakura asked, as she walked together with her best friend,
"Nothing special, they really wanted to talk to you, WHILE, seeing you in the eye, but I told them you were really busy, they understood your situation though," Tomoyo's eyes flashed, "so did you meet Syaoran then?" she asked again,
But all did she received was a hopeless shake of her head, "So far I just met Touya and Yukito," Sakura sighed,
They were already walking on the crowded though spacious ballroom, skillfully evading every person's way,
"Oh!" Tomoyo's voice popped out in excitement, "Sakura, do you mind I leave you for a while?"
"Why?" Sakura asked her suspiciously, but then again, Tomoyo was nowhere found already,it was amazing how Tomoyo could disappear and appear…
'Sheesh, she even said do you mind without even listening to my answer, awell, Tomoyo's always like that, and maybe I should not mind Tomoyo for a while, and probably start looking for Syaoran first… I should've have given him a cell phone... before I left him," she thought annoyed at her stupidity, no, she won't let Syaoran get away, she was already helping him with the misery he had… she walked alone, 'come to think of it, I haven't visited the upper floors yet,' she thought then again, with a little curiosity in her head, growing and growing, as she saw the twisting stairs to the upped floor,
She started to walk faster, like the stairs seemed to call for her, desiring to shout 'Sakura' out loud… Finally, she was climbing the stairs, carrying a piece of her dress, not making chances she might trip, and make a fool out of herself, a president and a fool never mix after all, and there, she saw directly a sighing shadow hiding behind the terrace sofa… though she can only see the black detail, it was familiar,
'Thank god, he was all along here,' she said with a sigh, how could she be so stupid? She thought she couldn't be stupider… she walked forward, with a sad smile on her face… trying to erase the nervousness and dumb look on her face, 'Maybe I should keep a cool of my head,' she thought again, as she approached the shadow slowly… as she was already behin him, she was surprised Li didn't notice her, Saoran was known to have a keen sense of presence… she then forced to plaster a friendly smile at Li, and was about to pat him in the shoulder, gently…
When…
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"There you are," Sakura said with a grin, though she predicted Syaoran wouldn't be too happy that she was late… she was sure, Li was having a bad heck of a time, as he was slouching annoyingly on the sofa a moment ago,
Surprisingly…
"Where were you Sakura?" he asked her back, but not with any tone of anger, just that his voice sounded rather exasperated lightly with a dash and design of curiosity at its tail end,
"Uh… I'm really sorry," she apologized,
"You're really not answering me" Li replied, 'there you go again, sorrying without any reason given,' he thought with an invisible smile on his mind,
"Oh, uh… it's just that I really have to entertain the visitors and err… they were kinda ambushing me to one corner and the other, like wahzoom… and I really got no far than the ballroom and the parking lot to find you, it turned out you were in fact here," Sakura said, and looked back at what she disbelievingly said, it felt like her tongue ran in an automatic motion,
Syaoran looked at her, then he felt a thing on his shoulder and lightening up again… he thought for a second what was that… but he soon got it, it was Mirror departing for a few minutes to make Li talk privately to Sakura,
"Should you go down again and talk to the other visitors there? I mean I can always wait," he lied, 'Me? Wait? Hah!' he thought,
But Sakura shook her head and laughed, "You? Wait? Hah!" she said with a smile and taking a homely seat at the sofa, Li sighed stressed, and Sakura knew it was sincere enough to believe, "I know you're the kind of person who would get annoyed if something takes too long, I was really rushing to find you after Nagasa dispersed me and Tomoyo," she said, it was not helped, Li blushed,
'She really knows me, oh this is so sweet,' he said, touched with the touchy touchy thingy in the heart he always experienced in the past,
"Oh, by the way where is Tomoyo?" He asked thoughtfully, joining the woman in seating, 'this is stupid, why did Tomoyo got to the talk?' he said,
"Ahhh, she had this strange trip, and got nowhere found, but I do hope she had found something interesting to show me later," she said to him with a smile, 'Changing the subject I see…' she thought funnily, it was really obvious he really didn't much think of the err… embarrassing-sounding talk they have now… to top it all, they were shown the romantic view of the moonlight…
Silence then occurred the atmosphere, an annoying silence that is… it was obvious they ran out of good topics on a shy meet-up… Unfortunately, or fortunately probably, you decide… Sakura wanted to break the uncomfortable silence, but she also knew she had to finish her own unfinished business before all gets diminished… Sakura stood up suddenly, like a soldier being given a command of a general. Of course, Syaoran was startled,
"Li, you know, I just wanted us to be friends," she said simply, though she thought it was awkward, and so it truly was, she waited them for a reply from him, raising an eyebrow,
Surprisingly, Syaoran smiled, "Then why am I here if we weren't friends?" he said with a wink,
Her face lightened up, and glowed, matching the shine of the moonbeams… Syaoran could've have swore she looked like a moon goddess… Sakura could've hug him, if he wasn't her ex-boyfriend but at least they did remake their friendly truce again officially, and formally… Sakura could scream yes in her mind like a megalomaniac… Being broke up with Syoaran Li was a little bit okay, but she finally admitted without his friendship, her life must've have been the worst life ever in the whole, entire milky way…
"I'm so glad, Li," Sakura then smiled at him, now easily, she observed she got herself at comfort again with a person,
"Sakura," he paused, and gave her that thoughtful look you never knew what was going on his mind, " you can just call me Syaoran, again…" he implied, and smiled, but Sakura was shocked… Yes, it was only a name to give a big deal of attention… but it was rather a name OF AN EX, and the fact that the mentioned EX was Li Syaoran, it made the name-dealing bigger…
Syaoran's name Syaoran meant a lot, and in the past, he was really famous at school… Sakura could remember that time some stranger-classmate of his called him Syaoran like it meant nothing to Syaoran… the next second, that stranger came flying out of school, and police discovered his body was then found on the outskirts of the Tomoeda Bay… but the really funny thing is that Li didn't get accused off, since there was no proof, even if there were witnesses, everyone was afraid of his blow-ups, and he remained innocent… so it really meant much for her… He thought for a second, and then surprised, he stood up also and bowed in front of her,
"Shall we dance?" Li asked her politely, but it did again look weird, a female in a supposedly in a 'cute' gown, dancing with a man with too-casual clothes…
Sakura smiled, "Syaoran," she paused, an uneasiness popping suddenly at her mind, she may think-talk with Syaoran as his name, but to verbalize it with her voice, in her tongue, in her mouth… it was totally a different thing, it seemed it was not herself whom said his name with her usual, cute voice… and she couldn't understand it at first hearing… like it was distant, beyond what the planet Earth can hear from Pluto… so vague… as if she couldn't describe what did Syaoran mean…
But then her conscience finally won over that uneasiness… Why should she think too much for a name, unless it was your baby, or your pet, or your millionaire car, or your first stuff toy… and most importantly, why should she be in discomfort, when Li did even invite her to call him Syaoran…
'Cut it out brain you're already thinking too much,' she thought annoyed, she already did enough time to reflect, she blushed as Li looked at her back with a blank expression,
"… You don't have to do that," Sakura excused, as he made a kneel, like she was a queen or something…
"Sakura, I have to, you're a president," he said, standing up again, and put his arms on her waist, grinning, flashing his teeth…
Sakura flinched, the texture and motion of his hands, she was again unfamiliar with the voice of his body… the music was just right, and the place was outstanding, outdoor, yet private, the moon shining above, but, wait…
They still continued swaying slowly in oblivion, looking at each other, either blankly or with love or passion, or nervousness or intensity… but wait? Why should they feel like that? Sakura liked to stop immediately, another throb of uneasiness reached her heart… Should she trust Syaoran? She wanted to, she even tried to, but her body still continued dancing with him, it disobeyed with her mind… but she knew her body was right…
"This has nothing to do with love, right?" Sakura said, patiently waiting for Syaoran's assurance, he shook his head immediately to negate, and lightly blushed… he was really cute when he blushes like that, even though he was already old… that was always Sakura thought about a blushing Syaoran…
They continued dancing, having 1-2 steps on the wide terrace, under the blue moon… Sakura felt it was a long, lost dream… but in fact it rally was… when he left, they even hadn't got any sex, or even dance or kiss… just lousy goodbyes both received from each other,
With a final swing, and a quick sway of Sakura's body, Syaoran finally departed holding her, Sakura in awe, she didn't even knew Syaoran could dance so well… She admitted he was really the one who danced, because she was just guided by his steps… Syaoran bowed again in front on her, and had a final touch with my right hand, kissing it politely,
"Oh my God, I didn't know you dance so well," Sakura said amused,
Syaoran grinned then, looking ever so proud… Sakura looked at it as strange, since she met him, he was always gloomy and negative and sad and lonely and miserable, and how much words could describe him? But this time, he smiled happily, like he never experienced death before… Sakura gazed at his extraordinary smile; oh how she loved that smile when she was still young in her college years… she totally missed it, that she can say now…
"It's just that every one of our clan knew how to, that's all Sakura,"
Sakura then got worried of Li; he might start another horrible recollection of the terrible death of his whole clan… But she observed he tried not to look hurt or violated… and she thought it was always sweet how men tend not to show their beings of getting offended or hurt…
"I'm sorry," Sakura said,
"Why?"
"It's just that you always get hurt when you're talking about everything in China, your family I mean, Syaoran," she whispered,
Syaoran shook his head in negation, and slammed his ass on the sofa again to seat,
"Don't worry about that, just for this night," he whispered back… comforting her, though only as a friend and nothing but a friend but… Sakura laid a thin smile on her face, a symbol of appreciation…
But then the whole privacy then was destroyed. Syaoran saw a blue-haired guy outside wearing a purple tuxedo, sipping a goblet of red wine… he looked like a cast of some detective story, and he was quite good-looking… He thought he looked familiar,
"What? Syaoran are you distracted?" Sakura said innocently as she too sat, Syaoran looked at her, and looked back again at the guy, who didn't seem to notice Syaoran's glare, Sakura still remained confused, and waiting for an answer
"Sakura, don't you think that guy in a purple tux looks familiar?" he whispered, and pointed what he wanted Sakura to see by his eyes, Sakura followed what Syaoran was seeing and she gave out a scream of shock after five seconds or so,
"Eriol!" she yelled in shock, covering her mouth, jumping…
The blue-haired guy flinched, almost dropping the long glass drink, he looked quite startled, and he faced where the voice came from,
Syaoran also looked startled too, not believing what Sakura has just yelled, "Are you sure that's Eriol Hiirigizawa?" he asked excited, planning to die for Sakura's nod,
"Sakura?" the blue-haired guy gasped, "Oh my god, you also work for Cloe?" he smiled, as Sakura and Syaoran looked at him blankly in confusion, "did you know I returned here? I was finding Mister Nagasa, he said I was assigned here," he continued, and Sakura eyes looked like it was about to explode,
'Whhaaat? It only goes to one thing…' Sakura thought nervously,
Surprised, a doze of footsteps then were heard, and a screaming name of Eriol and mister Hiirigizawa blast the atmosphere again, revealing themselves, it was Mister Nagasa and Tomoyo,
"Sakura, oh there you are," the ex-president said cheerfully, he didn't seem like he was able to spot the shocked looks on Sakura's and Syaoran's faces "Here is Eriol Hiirigizawa, your new appointed private secretary Sakura," he said officially making Sakura's theory totally correct. The Nagasa man was still smiling, but the three of them were alreadystaring at the old man with such shock…
"Whaaaaat!" Eriol, Sakura, Tomoyo and Syaoran said in unison, somehow, the restaurant trembled with the unified voices of the four… it was so loud the wind even shivered… even Nagasa was about to fall down,
The four still was in state of shock, as Tomoyo and Syaoran looked at Sakura and Eriol with a ruthless stare nobody can survive…
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A/N – Hah! Looky here! Well, I hope this is a great chapter for you all, evne though I was expecting a much more longer chap, this one got freely from the truest of my true heart, so it's a really sincere chapter… no corrections were made, this chapter has gone smoothly! Well, here's chapter 6, and hope you'll get excited with the next chapter! Bwahahaha!