AN: YES I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO UPDATE TWO DAYS IN A ROW...ok I sound like a loser but anyways thanks for the review people. Your guys are the best. I've been recently getting headaches everytime I sit too long at the computer...it can't be a tumor or anything right?...EEK...I'm sure its nothing but I get sick easily these days but I'll try my best to put the next chaps up as soon as i can. )

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Chapter 4

"His name was…well I can't remember it well but I think his family name was Yi or Li or Yang orsomething like that." Her aunt said with hesitation

"Li? Why didn't you tell me? Oh my gosh what am I gonna do now!" Sakura asked angrily.

"Sakura! What's wrong?" her aunt became worried.

"I think…I … never mind." Sakura told her. " It doesn't matter anymore."

She bade her aunt good night and hung up.

It was too much information for one person to take in one day and yet, she felt a bit relieved. She finally was told what happened before her aunt took her. Now the only thing left to do was figure out if she would do as her parents wanted and marry this stranger or keep the information to herself. She never had time for men; her business took up most of her time and she didn't want to get married at all especially not at 18.

What she needed now was a good day of shopping at the mall. She called Tomoyo and asked her too meet her at the mall. She changed into a pair of jeans and a blue tank top with a light blue button down shirt that she wore over her tank top. Her hair was tied into a bun and she grabbed her purse and ran out to the limo.

I should really rent a car. I can't show up to the mall in a limo for god's sake. She told the chauffeur to take her to the mall Tomoyo had mentioned on the phone and arrived there in 35 minutes.

Tomoyo, who worked close to the mall, was already there and waiting.

"Hey Tomoyo." Sakura greeted.

"Hey Sakura. So, what's this emergency you were saying on the phone?" Tomoyo replied.

"Oh nothing. Just needed a good day at the mall. Spend a few thousand dollars on shopping. Besides, it's my first time in Japan, gotta bring back some 'souvenirs' if you know what I mean." She laughed.

"All right well, let's get shopping!"

The two girls walked inside and went into the first store that popped into Tomoyo's mind.

4hours later

4 hours of shopping and Sakura and Tomoyo had to go back to their cars 3 times to drop of their bags and go back for more.

Sakura had bought everything from jewelry to bags to clothes to gowns to sunglasses to hats to anything you could find in the mall that would interest an 18-year-old multi-millionaire. After shopping for 4 hours, Sakura felt so much better even though she spent about $2500 in the mall. Tomoyo bought 3 times what Sakura bought. Some for work purposes but mostly for personal wear.

Tomoyo had to return to her office for a briefing with the design team before she could go home so Sakura took the limo back home and the chauffeur and the butler and the maid had to help Sakura bring the shopping bags in the house to her room.

It was around 9:30 p.m. by now and Sakura had just gotten out of her shower and was about to go to bed. She had eaten dinner at the mall with Tomoyo so she wasn't that hungry. Just as she got on the bed her phone rang.

"Hello, Sakura Kinomoto speaking." She answered.

"Hello Ms. Kinomoto. This is Yelan Li. I'd like to apologize for my behavior before and invite you to dinner at my house next Friday. Almost all of Syaoron's business associates have had dinner at my house and you shouldn't be an exception." Yelan told her.

"Thank you Mrs. Li but that won't be necessary. I don't think I'd feel comfortable sitting at the table when you and Mr. Li believe me to be someone else."

"That will not be the case. It will only be a formal dinner meeting. Please, I'd like to make up for my mix up." Yelan said.

"I'll need some time to think on it and I'll talk to Mr. Li about it." Sakura replied.

"Thank you, I hope to see you next Friday. Good night then." And Yelan hung up the phone.

Sakura put the receiver down on the phone and sighed. Even though she didn't want to get married, she figured she should at least tell them that she knew it was her they were looking for, but for some reason, she just didn't think it was the right time to. While thinking over her options, she drifted off to sleep.

Next Day

Syaoron got into the office extra early. He had had trouble sleeping the night before and figured he might as well come in early and start some of today's work. He had so many shipments that had to be sent off today and he had to be there for every one of them. He couldn't risk any mistakes on these shipments or else he'd lose half his contracts. Today was going to be a long day.

"Mr. Li, Mrs. Yelan Li is on line 1." His secretary said over the intercom.

"Put her through please."

"Good morning mother, you're up rather early don't you think. Even for you." Syaoron greeted.

"Yes well, I've been talking to your sisters and the time difference from here to England…you know how it is." His mother said calmly.

"Well, is there anything you need?" He knew there was something up if his mother was calling him at 7:30 in the morning.

"I've talked to Sakura last night. Obviously her amnesia hasn't gone away. I've invited her to dinner on Friday night and I want you to convince her to come. She seems reluctant but I'm sure you can persuade her."

"Mother I thought we discussed this already. She obviously doesn't remember or doesn't want to. Leave her alone. Besides, she's nothing like the Sakura we knew, and she's leaving to New York next week anyway." Syaoron replied. He had told his mother to just forget about Sakura, even though he couldn't. Who could forget the cheery girl who helped him get through all the training his parents put him through that made him thoroughly miserable? But now, he decided to let her go. Even though she was physically there, she didn't even remember her. How could he tell her that they were/are supposed to get married. It would be impossible.

He stared at the picture of him and Sakura together when they were 6 years old at a family picnic.

:FLASHBACK:

"Syaoron, come on, I want to fly the kite." Sakura whined.

"But you always fall and hurt yourself when you run." Syaoron yelled back.

"I won't this time. PLEASE!" she begged.

"Ok Ok, I'll hold it up and you run down the hill ok?"

"Ok" Sakura smiled.

"GO!"

And Sakura ran down the hill as fast as she could and Syaoron let go of the kite and watched it soar through the sky. The kite flew higher and higher until it nearly lifted Sakura off the ground. She couldn't hang on any longer…

"SYAORON I can't hold it anymore." Sakura yelled.

"Hold on." And Syaoron came and helped her hold the kite. They were holding on to the kite together, his hand on top of hers. It was the first time Syaoron ever held her hand and even though he didn't know it back then, that was when he started to like her.

:End FLASHBACK:

Yelan had put all the pictures of him and Sakura in a large photo album that she was going to give them on their wedding day but Syaoron managed to take this photo for himself and he looked at it everyday, remembering the days when they were together.

Sakura

Sakura got up at 9am the next day. All the walking she did yesterday had made her very tired. She stretched and looked around the room. All her shopping bags were lying around on the floor.

Guess I better organize all that today. Oh! And I have that meeting with my Japan branch.

Sakura had made a Japanese branch of her company not long ago in Tokyo and she was scheduled to meet the executives there today. She got out of bed and took a shower.

She looked through all her bags and found the suit she had bought yesterday. It wasn't really a business suit but it wasn't too casual either. She had never really liked the formal, stiff business suits so this was perfect for her. Light pink and canary yellow, flowy, not too tight but not too loose, the pink skirt went down to her knees and the yellow top had flared sleeves. She bought a matching bag and shoes. Her hair was curled in a wavy fashion and she put on a bit of lip-gloss. She wasn't into wearing make up but she didn't really need it anyway. She put on her Coach sunglasses. Taking one last look in the mirror, she walked out to the car Tomoyo lent her, a metallic green BMW convertible. She was sick of going around in some big limo. Sarah was going to meet her there.

Making sure she had everything, she drove off towards the Tokyo Branch. (She asked for directions before hand). And after an hour of confusion, she managed to get there. She pulled up in front of the main entrance and standing outside was the executive board and her assistant. She stepped out and the valet took the car to the parking lot. The executive board bowed to her and she just nodded in reply. She walked in towards the building and everyone else just fell behind her in a bit of a triangle.

The president of that branch showed her upstairs to the conference room. When she stepped in, it seemed that everyone took one look at her and scoffed, probably because of her age. She'd sure show them. Each head of department was there to present their present/future projects and the costs…etc… However, they didn't expect her to ask so many questions and go further in detail than they had prepared for. When they couldn't answer her questions she started to get annoyed. They called her in and made her sit there listening to their nonsense for three hours and they couldn't answer her simple questions. And it wasn't because of language difference either because she spoke to everyone in that room in Japanese. The presenter who was currently being questioned was stammering and she just told him to sit down.

Gosh, I'm surrounded by incompetence. She thought.

"Mr. Hideyoshi." Sakura addressed the president.

"Hai, Ms. Kinomoto." He replied back.

"I'm a very busy woman and I don't like to repeat things twice so listen carefully." She waited for his reply. When he nodded she continued.

"I must say I am very disappointed at your heads of departments' performances today so here is what I'm going to do. If you do not get these people to do their jobs correctly by next Tuesday, I will hire more competent people for the job from America and every single person in this building will be unemployed, which includes you. Do I make myself clear?" Sakura ordered.

"Hai, I am very sorry for today Ms. Kinomoto." Hideyoshi repented.

"Very well. Have some one get my car ready in 5 minutes." With that she stood up and walked out of the conference room into the head office where she made a phone call to her right-hand in NY.

"Hi Elisabeth, it's Sakura. I need you to fly in to Japan in two weeks and show these people how the job's done."

"Sure thing Sakura, do you want me to book the flight now or later?" Elisabeth asked.

"Book it after I get back. I'll see you soon then." And Sakura hung up.

If anyone could get these people to do their work it was definitely Elisabeth. She had gone to the army before college and all her workers were trained to do things in the military way. Boy, are they in for a surprise when I leave. She thought.

She took the elevator downstairs and stepped into her car and left. By now it was almost 2:30pm and Sakura was starving but she still had a 30 minutes drive back to Tomoeda and she didn't feel like stopping somewhere to eat. She just wanted to get back to the mansion, eat and take a nap, and possibly go to the gym to work out.

She turned the corner at the traffic light and saw Syaoron walking towards a limo. She continued to stare at him and forgot all about driving. When she realized she was still moving she turned back to the road and…CRASH…


AN: and there you have it people. Now you gotta wait...don't kill me.