AN: Chapter 17 you guys...I had some great responses last time, thanks for the reviews everyone! I'm not so sure about this chapter. No real drama or anything like that...not really anyway, but slowly things will happen, as you can see in this chapter...so here it is folks...and don't forget to leave your wonderful comments

Disclaimer: My plot, not my characters or any of that


Chapter 17

Syaoron started to chuckle in misbelieve, which caused most of the board members to become scared, for Syaoron never showed any emotion except anger. "Excuse me!"

1 hour Later

Syaoron came out of the meeting FUMING with anger. How dare they say some lame crap like that…as if I'd ever take full control of Sakura's company. If she got her memory back and found out she no longer owned anything…she'd kick my butt all around the darn world. Stupid old geezers no nothing but money.

Being a Sunday, none of the workers, including his secretary, were in, so Syaoron went back to his office and called Sakura from there.

"Hello?" a female voice answered the phone

"Mother, it's me. How's Sakura doing?"

"Oh she's having a wonderful time. We found a stray puppy and she's giving it a bath now. We're going to take it to the vet later." Yelan answered. "So how did the meeting go?"

"It was a total wreck. They want me to take full control of Sakura's company. How could they be so idiotic as to think I would ever…"

"It may not be such a bad idea" Yelan cut off, "The doctors don't even think Sakura will be able to recover her lost memories. It might just be better if you took control now, and when Sakura does get her memory back, you can return her company to her."

While Yelan and Syaoron were contemplating on this, Sakura's was having fun with the puppy, which she named, Chyna. She was throwing little tennis balls for Chyna to fetch and bring back to her. It must've been the heat or something but after awhile, Sakura started to grow faint and her vision grew fuzzy. Next thing she knew she saw the world turn sideways…then darkness.

Chyna started to bark loudly and tug at Sakura's arm with it's mouth. Seeing no reaction, smart dog as she was, she ran inside and started to bark extremely loudly until Yelan finally came out and followed the barking dog outside to find Sakura collapsed on the floor.


In Sakura's Mind

Sakura was seeing flashes of different events all at once. Like she was staring at a screen with so many windows opened. Each window showing a different event that included her and Syaoron. Yet she didn't recognize any of the places she was in.

Sakura was particularly focused on one window, she was alone with some guy who had a gun and was dragging her to a car. What frightened her the most was that Syaoron wasn't anywhere in sight. She saw tears streaming down her own face yet she didn't recognize the man dragging her or the place she was in. When she tried to think hard her head would start pounding, preventing her from recovering what seemed to be one of her 'lost memories' as everyone put it. She just continued to watch and that window seemed to fill the whole 'screen' and all the other windows disappeared as she continued to focus on that one memory.

Sakura was being dragged to a car by some guy and Syaoron was nowhere to be found. The guy had a gun and Sakura had a scared look on her face. Pretty soon, she was in the passenger's seat with that guy driving. It was night and dark outside so Sakura couldn't make out where they were actually going. After a few ours of driving, Sakura was taken inside and tied. She kept checking her pocket to make sure the cell phone was there. Current Sakura What am I doing there? Where's Syaoron? The scenes flew by as Sakura was arguing and talking coldly to the man who kidnapped her. Then Eriol burst in and rescued a sleeping Sakura and tied and gagged the kidnapper. Sakura was still sleeping in the car as Eriol took her back to her home. Unfortunately, Sakura never made it because a truck had hit their car and seemingly, Sakura was hit hardest. Then, the screen was black.


-Back in the Real World-

Sakura began stirring on the bed. Yelan had taken her to a hospital to get her checked out and make sure nothing was wrong. She had already called Syaoron an hour ago, but he just couldn't get out of his meeting so he said he'd be there as soon as he could.

Sakura's eyes slowly fluttered open and she took in her surroundings. White walls, or ceiling for that matter, smell of sterilizers and medicine. I must be at a hospital. She slowly got up and noticed the IV tube in her arm. She was about to pull it out when Yelan walked in.

"Ahh, Sakura, you're finally up." Yelan said, smiling.

"How long was I sleeping for?" Sakura asked.

"About 3 hours. The doctors said you had a heat stroke, but you'll be fine. It's this strange weather we're having. It's the beginning of October and yet it feels like August."

"Can we go home now Auntie? I don't like hospitals anymore." Sakura said quietly.

"What's wrong sweetie?" Yelan came and sat next to Sakura on the bed.

"I guess, I've just been here to often, for bad reasons. I wanna go home." Sakura pleaded.

"Ok, just let me call Syaoron and let him know we're leaving. He said he might come but he might still be in a meeting. You never know."Yelan walked out of the room to call Syaoron and the driver to inform them that they were leaving. After discharging Sakura, Yelan and Sakura walked out to their car and went back to the Li Mansion.


Syaoron finally arrived at around 5:30pm. He had a big argument with the board members, again about Sakura's condition and the dispute over the ownership of the Kinomoto company.

As soon as he got in the mansion, completely ignoring the servants, he proceeded to look all over the mansion for Sakura. He found her in the guest room with a puppy.

"Look Syaoron… isn't Chyna so cute?" Sakura smiled as she played with the little creature.

Syaoron just pulled her into a hug and held her to him.

"Don't ever scare me like that." He said as he stroked her hair.

"I didn't mean to. I just felt a little dizzy." Sakura whispered.

"I know." But he didn't let her out of his arms for what seemed like ages. Only when Chyna barked out from lack of attention did Syaoron pull back from her.

"Were you really that scared Syaoron?" Sakura asked softly.

"Of course. Do you know how many times I've been called saying that you were in the hospital? I thought something bad happened to you again…"

Sakura wasn't sure how to reply so she stayed quiet, leaning her head on his shoulder.

Wei came up and informed them that dinner was ready and Yelan was waiting for them downstairs. Syaoron nodded his head and reply and gently pushed Sakura off his shoulder and helped her stand up. Together they walked downstairs to the dining room. Everyone else was away at their own homes so it was only Yelan, Syaoron and Sakura for the evening.


"Are you feeling better Sakura?" Yelan asked. Sakura merely nodded her head in reply. "You gave us quite the scare this morning."

Sakura just looked at her plate and said softly "I'm sorry Auntie Yelan."

"That's quite alright dear. Come…let's eat dinner."

They ate their meal in silence only speaking to ask someone to pass some dish or the other. And of course there was the occasional maid and Wei walking in and out to clear the table of any empty plates and dishes…etc.

After dinner, they walked in to the den and Syaoron and Yelan drank tea while Sakura ate a slice of apple pie. After taking a sip, Syaoron finally broke the silence:

"Ok mother, what do you want to tell us?" Syaoron asked.

"Whatever do you mean Syaoron?" Yelan asked innocently.

"You've had this expression on your face ever since I got here that said you had something to say to us. So spill."

"Alright." Yelan said exasperatingly. "I believe it's time for us to re-open the subject of your marriage."

"WHAT!" Sakura's eyes were wide and her hand was in mid-air from putting the fork with apple pie into her mouth. "MARRIAGE?"

"Mother," Syaoron began, "Sakura's in no condition to go through with that now. Although we had planned to get married this month, obviously it's not going to happen till Sakura gets her memory back."

"I know that dear but, Sakura seems to be getting along fine with you now. And I've waited so long to see this happen only to have it pushed back yet again." Yelan sighed.

"Again?" Sakura asked.

"When your parents died, you lost your memory and you aunt moved you to the States without telling us. We had no way of knowing where you were or if you were ok." Yelan replied

Syaoron looked at Sakura's troubled face and decided it was time to end this conversation. "We can discuss this when Sakura's feeling better. It's not like we're over 30 and in any rush. We're just barely 20, it can wait until Sakura gets her memory back and isn't in this state of shock." Syaoron said firmly.

"Fine, but don't think I'll forget." Yelan said pointedly before standing up. "It's getting a bit late and I'm not as young as I used to be. Good night."

Yelan left the room and went out of sight while Syaoron and Sakura remained in their seats.

Is this really the second time I lost my memory? Sakura thought to herself, I can't believe this is happening again! And since when did I ever go live in the U.S? Suddenly Sakura saw flashes of a school filled with all different types of kids, Asians, Hispanics, Italian, Spanish, French, African-Americans. She was sitting in a classroom as a male white teacher taught about elements and atoms. Syaoron was nowhere in sight and when she looked out the window she saw the American flag waving on its flagpole.

Sakura had this dazed look on her face for awhile before Syaoron noticed. When he did, he waved his hand in front of her face to get her attention but with no success.

"Hey Sakura," Syaoron whispered while waving his hand in her face again. "Sakura, we gotta get going."

Finally Sakura shook her head a few times and returned back to reality. She saw Syaoron's waving hand and turned to look at him

"What?" Sakura shot defensively.

"Finally, I've been trying to get your attention for 10 minutes. What were you daydreaming about anyway?" Syaoron asked curiously.

"I…I don't know. I've been seeing these strange things in my head for awhile now. I don't know where they're from though." Sakura's voice was shaky as she recapped on all the things she'd seen, including the one she saw while she was unconscious. Miraculously, she'd remembered that one.

After telling Syaoron everything she'd been seeing in her head, Syaoron had a puzzled look on his face.

"Maybe we should go to the doctor tomorrow Sakura." Syaoron suggested

"NO…I don't want to go to the hospital." Sakura cried as she tried to run away.

Syaoron managed to grab her arm and pull her back to him

"It's not because you're sick or anything Sakura, I just want to make sure that you're ok. I don't know if you're supposed to get flashes of memories inside your head when you have amnesia. I just want to make sure everything's normal. Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Sakura had doubt in her eyes and tear threatened to spill over her eyelids but she kept them in and nodded. "Ok…" Sakura whispered, "I'll go." Syaoron smiled lightly and kissed Sakura's forehead before pulling her into another hug.


The next day, Sakura and Syaoron went to visit the doctor. The doctor assured Syaoron that nothing was wrong with Sakura's brain and the fact that she was getting flashes of her old memories was a good thing. The doctor had thought that Sakura may never get her memory back but since she has been remembering little things, there was a good chance she would fully recover.
Tomoyo and Eriol had decided that although they would like to wait until Sakura was 'normal' again, they could never be sure when that would be, so they went ahead and planned their wedding. Eriol assured Tomoyo that Sakura wouldn't be happy if she knew that they were postponing their wedding because of her state. She would want them to get married, whether she remembered her last birthday or not.

Tomoyo had already designed her bridesmaid's dresses and her own wedding gown. Sakura would of course be the Maid of Honor, and Tomoyo's friends from high school, Chiharu and Rika, would be the bridesmaids. Everything was ready and set, now all Tomoyo had to do was call the flower's and caterer's and the hall. Oh…and there was the fact that she still had to tell Sakura and Syaoron.

Eriol was pretty laid-back. Anything he had tried to help with, Tomoyo ended up doing by herself because she got frustrated with how slow Eriol was doing things. He did offer to call the church and hall for their reception. Figuring that he couldn't be slow with that, Tomoyo let him do that while she made sure the dresses were coming out perfectly. Eriol was going to wear a tux similar to what he wore at the fashion show…only in satin white.


Tomoyo and Eriol were sitting at their favorite café waiting for Syaoron and Sakura to get there. Tomoyo was a bit nervous as to whether Syaoron would let Sakura come and be part of the wedding ceremony in the current condition that she was in, but she hoped that he'd listen to her reasoning first.

Sakura pushed open the door to the café and walked in, followed shortly by Syaoron. Immediately spotting Tomoyo at a little table in the center, Sakura grabbed Syaoron's hand and dragged him to the table.

"Hi Tomoyo!" Sakura greeted cheerily. She turned to Eriol "Hello Eriol!"

"Hey Sakura." They both answered back.

"Hey." Syaoron nodded his head in acknowledgement before sitting down in the seat with Sakura.

The waitress came up to take their orders. Sakura and Tomoyo ordered an orange juice cocktail drink that was non-alcoholic. Eriol ordered English Tea and Syaoron asked for coffee. Their drinks came out in no time and everyone started drinking up before Tomoyo finally called their attention to the matter at hand.

Looking at Eriol, Tomoyo grabbed his hand and looked at Sakura and Syaoron. Syaoron merely raised an eyebrow in response.

"What's going on?" Sakura asked.

"Well…" Tomoyo started. "See the thing is."

"Just spit it out Tomoyo." Syaoron said impatiently.

Before Tomoyo could start stammering again, Eriol said, "We're getting married in two weeks."


AN: so what do you think guys?...review plz...look for my new story too..coming soon