Somewhere, Somehow

Author's Notes: Thank you for your reviews! Each and every review means a lot of me! Watch out for this chapter! I have a feeling some of you might hate me. A friend of mine (coughTamerShadowcough) is already planning on strangle me. I think. I'm so evil! Anyway, enough with my babbles, on with the story!

By the way, do you want the thank yous on the very bottom after the story (like the way I usually do, but not on this chapter), or at the top before the story?

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Chapter Six – Purest Of Pain

The taxi Syaoran and Sakura took, dropped them off in front of the hotel. Luckily, the driver didn't do anything; he turned out to be quite the kind old man type. Syaoran told the taxi driver to wait for him while he accompanied Sakura to her room.

"Well, here's my room. Goodnight, Syaoran" Sakura said, smiling at Syaoran

"Goodnight too, Sakura" Syaoran said, nodding at her before leaving. Sakura closed the door as she watched Syaoran enter the elevator.

Syaoran left the hotel and entered the taxi once again. He told the driver his address and took him there. Once Syaoran arrived in front of his big white with red roofing mansion, he walked up the steps and opened the big wooden doors.

"Good evening, Master Syaoran, sir" Wei, their butler greeted

"Good evening too, Wei. I took a cab home" Syaoran told him

"I'm aware of that, sir. Mistress called him to pick-up one her friends."

Syaoran sighed, "My guess exactly. Thank you, Wei"

"You're welcome, Master. By the way, Mistress wishes to see you in the living room"

Syaoran nodded and continued his way to the living room.

"Wei said you wanted to see me" Syaoran said as he went inside. He stopped at his tracks when he saw his mother, Yelan beside another older woman with long dark purple hair. Beside the woman was a girl about his age with long dark pink hair, which was neatly combed. Her hazel eyes met with Syaoran's amber ones.

"Ah, Syaoran," Yelan said, using Syaoran's Japanese name instead of Chinese, "Do you remember Mrs. Tsugushiro and her daughter, Amaya?"

"Of course, how could I not forget Amaya?" Syaoran said, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice and rolled his eyes.

Yelan glared at him, "Sit down, Xiao Lang" she snapped

Syaoran went over to a lounge chair and sat down. He could tell his mother was about to get angry at him whenever she called him Xiao Lang.

"Now, I'm aware that you and Amaya aren't in good terms since 5 years ago"

"Gee, I wonder why" Syaoran rolled his eyes again

Yelan chose to ignore his action and decided to hold down her temper, "Anyway, Kaoru and I have decided to tell you already. Amaya already knows about it"

Syaoran couldn't see where this was going; he had feeling this was going to be bad.

"Tell me what, mother?"

"You and Amaya are betrothed to one another" Yelan said, calmly as if Syaoran was okay with it.

Syaoran's eyes widened and jumped off from his seat, "WHAT!?"

Yelan looked at Kaoru and smiled at her, "Maybe it would be best if you and your daughter would come back tomorrow, if that would be alright. I believe my son and I have a lot of talking to do"

"That's alright, Yelan. I understand; we'll come back tomorrow"

"Bye Syaoran…" Amaya said, softly

"Bye" Syaoran muttered gruffly

As soon as they left, Yelan turned to Syaoran with flames in her eyes.

"Where are your manners, Xiao Lang!? You do not roll your eyes in front of a visitor! Especially to Kaoru and Amaya! Have I not taught you anything!? You're already an adult, Xiao Lang! You should know better!

"Well, what do you expect to do!? Be happy after what she did to me!?

"I know that Amaya broke your heart 5 years ago. You were betrothed to each other before you were even born. Listen to me, Syaoran! Kaoru and I were the best of friends back in our day. We were inseparable. We would always fool or joke around"

Flashback

"Yelan!"

A young 17 year old woman with long back hair in her school uniform stopped walking and turned around. Yelan saw her best friend, Kaoru running to catch up with her. Kaoru was a citizen of Japan before she migrated to Hong Kong at the age of 15. She and Yelan grew close after Kaoru saved Yelan from a group of men, harassing her.

"Yelan!" Kaoru suddenly tackled Yelan to the ground

"Oof! Kaoru, get off me!" Yelan said, trying to push Kaoru off her

"Gomenasai!" Kaoru said, using her native tongue

Yelan understood her and sighed, "You're forgiven. Why are you suddenly all so happy?"

"Nothing really. Just glad to see you!"

While they were walking back home, Yelan suddenly decided to make conversation.

"Hey Kaoru, if you were married, what would you name your kid?"

Kaoru placed a finger on her chin in a wondering manner and looked up, "I don't know. I'm too young to think. Why? What about you?"

"Nothing really. Hey, wouldn't it be crazy if the both of us were married and our kids were betrothed to one another before they were even born?"

Kaoru laughed, "Yes, it would be crazy of us. Say, why don't we do it?"

"You mean when we have kids they will be betrothed one another? I was only joking, Kaoru!"

"I know, but…c'mon Yelan! If we did this, they'll save themselves from finding the perfect lover!"

Yelan sighed, "I hope you know what you're doing. But wait; what if we both have kids with the same gender?"

"Then we'll forget about this whole thing. But promise Yelan, if ever we have kids with different genders, from this day on, they're betrothed"

End of Flashback

Syaoran looked at his mother in disbelief.

"When I had your sisters and she still didn't have any children, we thought the betrothing would never push through. But when I was pregnant with you, and she was pregnant with Amaya, we had to do it. When the both of you were 16 and so very much in love, we thought telling you the truth wouldn't be a problem since you were both in love with each other. But when Amaya cheated on you, we had to push through with the betrothing to save you from the hardships of finding a perfect lover."

"Save me from finding the perfect lover? Mother, I would rather walk halfway around the world to find the perfect bride than to get married with someone I was betrothed to and who cheated on me!"

"I'm sorry Syaoran, but we already promised each other. We just can't back out on a promise made years ago. Forgive me, Syaoran. The wedding is set next month, I suggest you and Amaya forget about the past and start over"

"You expect me to just forget about it and start loving her again!? I don't believe this. Heh. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS, MOTHER!"

"I'm sorry, Syaoran. We have already settled this, and don't use that tone on me!"

Syaoran breathed hard while glaring at his own mother. He turned around and walked out of the room angrily.

Author's Notes: Short, I know. But at least you know who the woman was! I have the feeling you're already sending death glares and will hunt me down for having Syaoran getting married to a different woman and not to Sakura. Yelan seems OOC doesn't she? Sorry for that! Anyway, next chapter will be out soon! Exams are stressing me out, especially when it comes to Math. Fuck math.