AN: 3rd chapter...YAY...took so long to write though...SATs and college apps drove me insane but i'm good now...I'll have more time to put up new chaps and stuff so don't worry ppl.

oh yea, thank you to everyone that reviewed. Ideas and comments are greatly appreciated as always

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot


(9A.M. next day)

Syaoron was in the limo outside Tomoyo's mansion waiting for Sakura to come out, and all the while thinking up a way to jog Sakura's memory. He thought about showing her the old photo albums of the outings their families went on together but with today's technology she could easily accuse him of altering old photographs he had found of her.

The door of the limo opened and Sakura stepped in taking a seat across from Syaoron.

"Good morning Mr. Li, I wasn't expecting you to come personally to pick me up." Sakura greeted.

"Wouldn't want anything to happen to my business partner before she could sign the contract now would I?" Syaoron replied.

The limo drove off towards Li Corp HQ. Nothing was said between the two during the drive. Twenty minutes later they were in front of the large building that headed the Tomoeda skyline. A doorman in front of the building stepped up and opened the door for Syaoron who stepped out and offered Sakura a hand so she could step out.

"Thank you." Sakura said as she and Sarah walked towards the revolving doors of the building.

(In Syaoron's office )

"Here is the contract that we devised yesterday. I had my secretary type it up again in English in case the members of your board would like to see. We still have two hours until the signing so please make any corrections you need during that time." Syaoron told her.

"Thank you, I'm sure the board will appreciate it immensely." Sakura answered as she sat down at the table and started reading the newly formed contract.

Syaoron walked into his secretary's office to tell her to re-type the contract if Sakura found any errors and then have someone lead her to the press room where the signing would be done.

Being such a large, successful company, Li Corp was known throughout all of Japan and much of Asia as it had branches in other Asian countries as well, so the signing was going to be televised with several news crews there. Their stocks were one of the highest in the whole country, no wonder they had such publicity.

:RING RING: Syaoron's cell phone rang out as he was walking towards the elevator.

"Hello?" Syaoron answered.

"It's your mother Syaoron. I'm coming down to see Sakura don't you dare try to stop me." And with that Yelan hung up.

"Great…this'll start a riot." Syaoron mumbled to himself as he walked down to meet the board that was waiting in the main conference room where they were waiting.

Meanwhile Sakura was reading over the contract at Syaoron's desk. About an hour later, she was done making the corrections and stretched. She looked around the desk and saw a photo frame with an old picture portraying a young boy with chocolate brown hair and brown eyes standing next to a girl with auburn hair who was smiling cheerfully. A familiar girl for that matter. Must be Li when he was younger with his sister. She thought to herself.

She forgot about the picture and walked out to give the secretary the revised copy. Another girl was waiting to show Sakura to the conference room where Syaoron was waiting for her. He decided to have her meet the board before the signing. She walked into the conference, met the board…etc etc…

(11:00 AM)

The conference room was PACKED with news reporters, cameras and workers and investors who came to watch the signing. Yelan Li was sitting at the front with members of the executive board. Syaoron stood at the front of the podium to say his little speech and introduced Sakura who stood and gave her mini speech also. As soon as Yelan saw Sakura she gasped. She still looked like the little girl who followed Yelan around like she was her real mother. Tears started to well up in her eyes but were quickly gone as Yelan gathered her composure. She hadn't shed a tear since her husband and she didn't plan on starting now.

After 50minutes the signing was done and the questions all answered. There was food and drinks for everyone while Syaoron walked around introducing Sakura to all the different investors and heads of department.

Yelan walked up to Syaoron and Sakura.

"Ms. Kinomoto, I'd like you to meet my mother Mrs. Yelan Li. She hold about 15 of our stocks." Syaoron introduced.

"Pleasure to meet you Mrs. Li." Sakura greeted.

"Sakura dear stop with this charade and just tell the truth. You know who I am; I've watched you grow up with my son since you were a baby." Yelan said firmly.

"Excuse me?" Sakura said startled.

"Look at these pictures," Yelan said while pulling out old photographs of when they were babies to when they were 8. She handed them to Sakura and said, "Look, you and Syaoron were inseparable when you were younger. How can you not remember?"

"Mother, that's enough. Ms. Kinomoto is just a business associate from America…" Syaoron was cut off by his mother.

"Quiet Syaoron. I'd recognize this girl anywhere."

All the while Sakura just stared at the pictures. The girl in the pictures did look like her, but she never met these people in her life. It couldn't be her, right? No it can't be, I grew up in New York with my aunt and cousins. They must have altered these pictures. Sakura reassured herself. For a few minutes she had this blank vacant expression on her face. She gathered her composure and put on her all-serious expression on her face and faced Yelan.

"I'm sorry, I don't know who you are talking about. I don't know how you altered these photos but you've got the wrong person mam." Sakura said shaking her head and she slowly started walking away.

"We'll talk about this later Mother." And Syaoron started to walk after Sakura.

"Ms. Kinomoto! I apologize on my mother's behalf. We've been trying to find this girl that I grew up with. Don't pay any attention to her please." Syaoron spoke out apologetically.

"Where did she get the picture of me?" she asked shakily.

"Those are the pictures of the girl. Apparently I was/is betrothed to her, wherever she is." He turned away and started to walk back to his office.

Sakura, for some unknown reason started to follow him but then realized what she was doing and started to walk outside to get some air. Syaoron had assigned a chauffeur to her so she didn't have to wait for him all the time. She started to walk towards the black limo but didn't notice the oncoming car. She turned and saw the headlights coming straight at her and she fell backwards in shock. The car stopped millimeters away from her when she got sudden flashing images of a man and woman. The man had the same auburn hair she had and the woman had the same laughing green eyes she had. They were in some park with a penguin slide.

"Miss…Miss are you okay?" the driver of the car shook her lightly to get her attention.

"W-What?" she stared blankly at him and slowly got up and walked away towards the limo.

What happened back there? Who were those people? Do I know those people? What were they doing in a park? Sakura had so many questions. She always knew she had amnesia even if her aunt denied it. How else could she not remember how her parents looked like when she wasn't even a baby when they died? She'd have to call her aunt and ask later.

She stepped into the limo and it slowly drove off.

"Driver, is there a park in Tomoeda with a penguin slide?"

"Yes there is, it's a bit far from here though, would you like to go there, madam?"

"Yes please. I'm sure it won't take long." Sakura replied.

Thirty minutes later, the limo pulled up in front of Penguin Park. Sakura stepped out and walked towards the slide. She looked around at the park and recognized a few things from her vision such as the cherry blossom tree and of course, the penguin slide. She walked around a few times before sitting down on a swing. Something about the park made her feel calm and comfortable, and that didn't happen everyday when you ran a company.

She had only been sitting a few minutes on the swing when rain poured down on her head. Quickly, she ran towards the limo and hopped in. The driver was about to take her back to HQ but she requested to be taken home (as in Tomoyo's house). She wanted to talk to her aunt about a few things and she had promised to call anyway.

As soon as she got in the house, she changed her clothes and went straight for the phone and dialed her aunt's number. Since, running her own company, she moved into her own apartment complex in NYC.

"Hello?" a female voice answered.

"Aunt Nikki? It's Sakura."

"Sakura dear, how did the merger go? Everything went fine I suppose, knowing you perfectionist attitude, you wouldn't have it any other way." Her aunt joked.

"Yes, the merger went fine. I called to ask you a few questions." Sakura replied.

"Go ahead sweetie."

"Where was I born?"

"…W-Why would you…want to…know that now dear?" Her aunt asked shakily.

"Just because. I realized that you never told me about my parents or where I was born and stuff like that. Just curious, you know."

"Well sweetie, with the merger and everything that's going on right now, that hardly seems to be something that should be pre-occupying your mind." Her aunt said, evadingly.

"Just tell me." She said with a bit of irritation in her voice.

"Very well," her aunt relented, "you were born in Tomoeda and you lived with your parents until you were 8 when they died from a car accident. You got amnesia and I took you back to live with me in New York since no one from our family is living in Japan."

"Do you know if I was betrothed or promised to anyone by my parents?"

"I'm not sure on that, there was some boy that stayed next to you in the hospital all the time before I took you." Her aunt confessed.

"Who was it?"

"His name was…"


AN: that's all for today folks don't hate me too much but you probably can guess who she's gonna say. sorry if I made it too obvious but I was having a bit of trouble writing this chapter all in one day with all my other work and stuff...

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