This is my first CCS fanfic, so please give me some comments and suggestions before I publish my next chapter, so you guys can tell me what I'm doing wrong, and what you liked. Thanksa lot!
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Sakura's eyes drifted to the window, looking out at the clouds and skies. She sighed, twirling her pencil. Tomoyo cast nervous glances at her friend. It had been like this for 8 months now, ever since Syaoran left. Tomoyo worried her friend would fall into depression. This wasn't the Sakura she used to know and love. The familiar bell rang and the two girls stood up, gathering their books in their hands. They went on outside to the yard when three other girls ran over to them.
"We're going to the city, to do a little bit of school supply shopping. I'm low on paper, do you two want to come with us?" Chiharu said, frowning. Naoko and Rika nodded. Tomoyo turned to Sakura.
"Sakura-chan, are you going to go?" she asked. Sakura shook her head.
"I wanted to get an early start on homework tonight. I've got to make dinner," she said. Tomoyo sighed, worried for her friend.
"Is there anything you would like me to get you?" she asked. Sakura shook her head, a thin smile spreading over her face.
"No, but thank you Tomoyo-chan," she said.
"I'll see you all later," she said, strapping her rollerblades on.
"Bye!" she cried.
"Bye!" they all chorused. Rika sighed sadly.
"Boy, Sakura seems pretty depressed. Ever since Li-kun left, she's been a wreck," Chiharu said for Rika. Tomoyo's face brightened up.
"Why don't you all come over to my house after we run our errand? We can make Sakura some sweets!" she exclaimed. Rika, Chiharu, and Naoko smiled.
"That's a wonderful idea!" Naoko said. Chiharu nodded.
"Yes, and you and Rika-chan are such wonderful cooks," she said. Rika and Tomoyo blushed.
"Oh, I'm not that good…" they said at the same time. They all laughed lightly at the two girl's modesty, and began to walk to the store.
Meanwhile…
Sakura skated home, eyes downcast, lost in thought. She was thinking about Syaoran, as she was for the majority of the day. She didn't even know how she managed to get her homework done. It wasn't the fact that he was gone. She missed him and all. But the fact was, they lost touch. They mailed every week at first, but after that, they stopped talking. She had replied to his last letter, but she never got anything back. She waited, day by day, for a letter in the mail, but nothing came. It took her less then a month to reduce her to this. She ate less and less, spoke less and less, and her cheerfulness went down by a lot. A little part of her, just a piece, wished for the days where they were rivals in capturing the Clow Cards. The most part of her wanted him to return, to come back and save her.
'Save me from what?' she asked herself silently
'To save you from the state you're in' another part of her mind said.
Sakura sighed. She knew her conscious was right. She was in a horrible place right now. Sakura opened the front door to her house and set her skates down in the hall.
"I'm home," she said with little enthusiasm to her older brother, who sat in the living room.
"Welcome home, little kaijuu," he said, smirking. Sakura didn't bother to fight back. She just trudged up the stairs to her brother. Touya blinked. That wasn't Sakura. She always fought back when he called her a monster. Something was wrong. He then hit himself in the head.
'Stupid Touya' he thought. Of course something was wrong. The brat was gone. In all reality, Touya wished that he were back, so his little sister could stop moping around. He realized something needed to be done, now. He put the book he was reading for school down, went upstairs, and knocked on Sakura's room. Sakura opened the door.
"Yes, onii-san," she asked, sunken eyes looking up at Touya. Touya sighed.
"Sit down kiddo," he said, moving aside Kero, who was lying on the bed, like a stuffed animal.
"Are you okay?" he asked, putting his arms around her. Sakura, then, burst into tears.
"Oh onii-san, why hasn't Syaoran come back. He promised he would come back," she sobbed into his shirt. Touya patted her back awkwardly.
"What if he forgot about me? What if he purposely did not send anything?" she wailed. Color rose to her cheeks as she realized she was crying like a little three year old in her older brother's arms, when she was twelve.
"I'm sorry onii-san, I don't mean to be such a baby," she said, wiping her eyes. Touya smiled.
"It's alright, kaiju," he said. Sakura smiled lightly. Touya bit his lip for a second.
"Why don't we go to Hong Kong?" he said suddenly. Sakura looked up, surprised.
"Onii-san! You don't mean that!" she cried. Touya smirked.
"Sure I don't. We can go to Hong Kong, find the brat, and you two can work things out. You'll only miss school for a week, you can tell your friend where you are going, and she can get your assignments for you," he said. Sakura hugged her brother gratefully.
"Arigatou, onii-san. But what about dad?" she asked nervously.
"I'm sure he'll see my point," he said, shrugging. He stood up.
"I'm home!" a voice cried from the front door.
"Come on, let's go ask otou-san," he said, reaching out for Sakura's hand. Sakura smiled, but ran past Touya and down the stairs.
"Otou-san?" she asked, tugging on Fujitaka's shirt. He looked down at his little daughter.
"Yes, Sakura?" he asked. Touya came down the stairs.
"Can I talk to you in private?" he asked. Fujitaka nodded, still unsure of what was going on. Sakura blinked.
"Kaiju, go start dinner," he said.
"I'm NOT a Kaiju!" she cried, stomping off towards the kitchen. Fujitaka smiled.
"Well, that certainly has been the first time in many months she's argued to you calling her a kaiju," their father said with a light smile. Touya sighed.
"Yes, well, Sakura and I need to go to Hong Kong," he said, dropping the bomb easily. Fujitaka blinked.
"Because of Syaoran?" he asked, lowering his voice so Sakura couldn't hear from the kitchen.
"She has become, pale, thin and is very depressed. They need to see each other, no matter how much I hate that kid," he said. Fujitaka sighed.
"Yes, you may go. But, how are you going to get the money for the tickets?" he asked. Touya blinked. He hadn't thought of that. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head.
"Yukito got some free airline tickets a couple months ago for doing so much for the school. I think they are still valid," he said. Fujitaka patted Touya on the back.
"It's nice to see you being so nice to your little sister," he said, smiling.
"Dinner's ready!" Sakura called from the kitchen. Touya and Fujitaka heard her put plates on the counter.
"Coming, kaiju!" Touya responded. In the kitchen, Sakura frowned.
"I'm NOT A KAIJU!" she yelled, her face growing red with anger. Fujitaka smiled.
"Let's go eat," he said, walking to the kitchen. He looked at the wonderful dinner she set out.
"It looks wonderful Sakura," he said. Touya entered.
"It's not kaiju food, is it?" he asked, smirking. Sakura ran over to him and tackled him, the force sending them flying to the ground.
"It's not kaiju food!" she cried angrily, but a smile spread across her face. Fujitaka smiled at the two siblings.
"Come, eat before the food gets cold," he said, pulling up a chair for himself and sitting down.
"Okay!" they exclaimed and sat down.
A half hour later…
"Touya, it's your turn to do dishes tonight!" Sakura cried from the stairs, and ran up them. She entered her room and flopped down on the bed. At dinner, Fujitaka told Sakura that her and Touya could go to Hong Kong and find Li-kun. Kero looked up at her from the book he was reading.
"You sure are in a good mood," he said, floating over to her. Sakura grabbed him from the air and hugged him tightly.
"We get to go to Hong Kong and see Li-kun!" she cried, standing up and twirling around the room.
"EHHHHH! The kid?" Kero screamed. Sakura stopped.
"Yes, Li-kun. Who else?" she asked.
"Isn't the brat going to be there too?" he asked, tilting his head. Sakura blinked.
"I hadn't thought of that. In my excitement, I forgot about Meilin-chan," she said, putting a finger to her chin.
"And we get to see Melin-chan too!" she cried, swinging Kero around again.
"It's nothing to get that excited over!" he cried, his eyes swirling from swinging around so much. She looked at the clock. It read 8:00.
"Oh! I have to finish my homework," she said, sitting down at her desk and opening up her books. Kero smirked when she reached for her math book.
"Still bad at math?" he asked, a broad smile on his face. Sakura glared at him.
"Of course not!" she yelled.
"You're just as bad as onii-san!" she said, angrily. Kero immediately regretted it.
"I'm sorry kid, I didn't mean to be so mean," he said. Sakura turned to Kero, not expecting the apology.
"AWWWW KERO-CHAN YOU'RE BEING SO COOL TODAY!" she said, squeezing him tight. Kero's eyes widened in surprise.
"What are you talking about? I'm always cool!" he cried, trying to wiggle from her grasp. Sakura immediately let go of him.
"Sorry Kero," she said, turning back to her books.
An hour later……..
"Sakura! You should start getting ready for bed soon!" Fujitaka called from his study in the downstairs hallway.
"Okay otou-san!" she cried, closing her books.
"I finished my homework tonight Kero, isn't that great?" she asked, smiling. Kero nodded, engrossed in a How-To-Make-Your-Own-Candy book. Sakura sighed.
"Candy, candy, candy," she said, grabbing a pair of pajamas from her closet and leaving for the bathroom, shutting the door behind her. Kero looked up.
"As much as her onii-san or I don't like it, Sakura and the kid are meant for each other. They're destined to live their lives together," he said sighing. He floated over to the window and looked out at the moon and stars.
"I wonder what Syaoran is doing right now…" Sakura said aloud, from her bathtub.
In Hong Kong…….
"Syaoran!" Meilin called from her bedroom. Syaoran looked up from doing homework on his desk. He sighed.
"What is it now Melin?" he said to himself, exasperated. He stood up, casting a glance at the picture on his wall, but left to go find Meilin all the same.
"What now?" he said, standing in the doorway. Meilin looked up.
"Look what I found!" she cried, holding up a book.
"Come look," she said, scooting over on her bed to make room for him. He sighed, but sat down on the bed. He looked at the book, blinking.
"Sakura…" he said, looking at the picture in the book.
"You still remember her?" Meilin asked with a smile. Syaoran scowled at her.
"Of course I remember!" he cried, looking at the pictures in the book. Meilin rested her chin on Syaoran's shoulder, in an affectionate sisterly way.
"Look, there's Tomoyo-san, and Chiharu-san, and Rika-san, and Naoko-san, and your friend, Yamazaki-san too," she said, pointing at the different people. He looked at the teachers.
"That's right… Mizuki-sensei.." he said, looking at their substitute math teacher. She was in on Eriol's plan from the beginning. He shivered at the thought, not wanting to remember his ancestor, who was the same age as he was. Meilin looked at him.
"What's wrong Syaoran?" she asked, blinking. Syaoran shook his head.
"It's nothing," he said, taking the book.
"Do you mind if I keep this for a while?" he asked. Meilin smiled and shook her head.
"Nope! Go ahead. I have another one," she said, holding up another copy of the book. Syaoran narrowed his eyes.
"You had two?" he said angrily. Meilin nodded. Syaoran shot daggers at her and slammed the door behind him. He stomped off angrily to his room. He sat on his desk, moving his math books aside and sat the book on the desk, looking through it. He flipped to their class page, class 5-2. He looked longingly at his former rival, now his crush, Sakura.
'Oh where is she? I've been waiting for a long long time now, waiting patiently for her letter. I sent one, but she never returned it… I don't want this to happen… I love her… We were supposed to be together forever…' he thought sadly.
'And I can't go visit her because Meilin told mother who captured all the Clow Cards… If I tell her I want to go see Sakura, she'll just get mad at me…'
"Syaoran! The bathroom is open! Hurry before one of your sister's gets it!" his mother's voice called from down the hall. Syaoran sighed, closing the yearbook and putting it under his pillow. He then grabbed a pair of pajamas from his closet and went to the bathroom, getting ready to go to sleep.
Back in Japan…..
"Good night Onii-san, Good night otou-san," she said to her family, switching off the lights. Kero curled up next to her.
"Night kid, in the morning you go to school with that cheerfulness, and tell all you're friends what's going to happen," he whispered. Sakura smiled.
"Night, Kero-chan," she said, closing her eyes, thinking happy thoughts of her beloved crush Syaoran.
Um.. Here's a list of all the Japanese words used in the fanfic.
Kaiju- monster
Onii-san - Big brother
Otou-san- Father
Arigatou - Thank You
I hope you like it!