Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura.

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Wow......... I just saw how screwed up two of the paragraphs looked like in the last chappie......... @~@......... gomen......... didn't know how that happened.

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Tomoyo looked around nervously. Silence seemed to haunt the limousine. Nothing was heard except for breathing. Eriol's glasses were sliding off his nose as he slept, involuntarily breathing while Syaoran sat there watching Sakura.

She looked out the window. Her eyes widened to see the limousine approach a gigantic mansion. It made her mansion back in Tomoeda look like some kind of small humble cottage......... well, almost. The mansion itself was wide and about 3 stories tall. Snow drifted trees surrounded the mansion as well as an enormous fence with a great big gate. The limousine slowly passed the gates, leaving Tomoyo in awe at the scenery.

"Hoe? Where am I?" Sakura asked. Her eyelids fluttered open and close repeatedly. She lifted her head from Syaoran's chest and looked out the window to see the mansion rapidly coming into view.

"Wow! That's a humongous mansion! Is that where Meiling-chan lives now?" Sakura asked aloud. Syaoran chuckled at her childish manner.

"She used to live here and then she moved out in an apartment of her own. This is my home. Meiling will meet you here." Syaoran whispered. Sakura's eyes widened.

"Does that mean Meiling-chan is there right now???" Sakura asked excitedly. Syaoran shrugged.

"I don't know. All I know is that she's supposed to come and pick you two up or......... she's staying here." Sakura sat in silence as she looked outside to see the limousine halt in front of two intricately carved doors. The two doors stood there side by side and made the full Chinese character 'Li'.

"Eriol! Wake up!" Tomoyo shouted causing the slumped figure to jolt out of his slumber. Eriol readjusted his glasses and flashed a smile at Tomoyo.

"Already here, are we?" He spoke. Tomoyo nodded as he slid out of the limousine first and held out his hand for Tomoyo to hold while she exited the vehicle. Sakura giggled at the sight. 'They're meant for each other.' She thought as she walked out of the limo. Syaoran came right behind her and shut the door. A loud abrupt honk was heard as everyone turned their heads to the car behind them.

"SAKURA-CHAN! TOMOYO-CHAN!"

"MEILING-CHAN!" Both Sakura and Tomoyo shouted as they ran to the car behind the parked limousine. Meiling stepped out of her car to welcome her friends' embraces.

"It's been forever!" Meiling squealed. She couldn't believe it. She managed to track them down and get them willing to drag both of their asses over to China for her engagement party. One couldn't ask for much better friends. When the girls extricated their arms from one another's, Meiling glanced at her cousins' retreating figures.

"ARE YOU GUYS NOT GOING TO SAY HELLO TO YOUR FAVORITE COUSIN!?!?!?!?!?" She shouted. Some of the snow fell from the tops of the now bare trees and the five surrounding her had their eardrums pounded upon.

Wei removed his hands from his ears as he proceeded towards the mansion with a much quicker pace. Syaoran and Eriol immediately ran over to where Meiling was standing. Meiling stood with a smug smile on her face as both Tomoyo and Sakura looked as though they had ridden a roller coaster......... a really really really intense roller coaster.

"Are you alright Tomoyo?" Eriol asked. Meiling stood in annoyance. One would've thought after screaming on the top of one's lungs that someone would pay attention to you......... then again, they were dating.

"Sakura, are you okay?" Syaoran asked. Meiling stood there smiling, watching Syaoran and Sakura. It almost was too perfect. They seemed to like each other already. Meiling's mind erased all the complex plans she had stored in her mind and replaced them with simpler plans. She would get them together.

"Hey Meiling."

"Hi Meiling."

"Meiling?"

"To think she complained when she didn't hear us say hi. She's completely ignoring us and you don't hear us screaming at the top of our lungs........." Syaoran complained.

"Meiling-chan? Are you okay?" Sakura asked, waving her hand in front of Meiling's ruby red eyes. Meiling blinked once, twice and finally gave Sakura a smile.

"Of course I'm okay! I'm Meiling!" She spoke as the rest started to laugh. Meiling's cheeks started to puff up.

"What's that supposed to mean!!!"

"Nothing Meiling!" Eriol spoke.

"Nothing." Tomoyo replied.

"Not a thing Meiling-chan!" Sakura responded trying to cover her nervousness. Meiling could get pretty scary when she was pissed.

"What do you think it implies?" Syaoran questioned.

"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN LI SYAORAN!!!" Meiling screamed as she started to chase after her sprinting cousin, throwing swear words, snowballs and her fists at him whenever she could. Eriol spoke a silent prayer for his cousin's soul, Tomoyo thought Syaoran hadn't even known Meiling......... after all, that was a completely foolish act, while Sakura just thought that it was funny.

Off in a balcony window, an elegant lady's hair got caught in the wind as she looked down and smiled as a tear slid down her face. Maybe, her son had his happiness back.

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"Wow, your house is big Li-kun." Sakura spoke as her voice resounded throughout the room. A chandelier hung from the ceiling accenting every corner of the room. Syaoran just shrugged.

"Its not that big." Syaoran replied.

"Xiao Lang." Five heads turned to the direction of the voice.

"Mother." Syaoran spoke as he gave a quick bow. The rest followed.

"Wei. Please lead my son's guests to their rooms. I trust Meiling already knows where her room is. I would like to speak to you in private my son." Yelan spoke as everyone went his or her ways.

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Sakura entered her room with awe. It was only a guest room and had so much more than her home in Tomoeda. The color theme of the room was springtime yellow. Her bed had a canopy draped over it. On one side stood the desk and closet and on the other was her bathroom. Sakura stepped in to see a Jacuzzi bath, a shower, and a yellow sink. Glancing at her bed, she ran over to it and plopped down on it. The bed was humongous with fluffy yellow pillows. Sakura sighed contently. She stretched out her arms and legs. When her arms returned to her sides, she felt a piece of paper. She pulled out the paper. It was the business card. Making sure that no one was around, she quickly took her cell phone out and called the number on the business card.

"Hello, Dr. Hoshizawa's office. How may I help you?"

"Um......... this is Sakura Kinomoto. I'd like to make an appointment with Dr. Hoshizawa."

"Might this be the Sakura Kinomoto from Tomoeda, Japan?"

"That would be me."

"We received a phone call from your doctor, Dr. Akamatsu saying that you'd be calling. Would Sunday at 3 be good for you?" Sakura thought about it. Today was Friday. Maybe Meiling could show her around Hong Kong tomorrow so she could find her way tomorrow.

"Um, sure. Sunday's fine."

"Dr. Hoshizawa will see you then. Have a nice day."

"Bye." Sakura hung up her cell phone and then looked to see that she had a couple of voicemail messages.

"First message. Hey kaijuu. How are you doing? Are you in Hong Kong yet or dozing on the plane? I bet you're dozing and your snores are so loud that poor Daidouji-san has to get earplugs or better yet switch her seat." Touya teased. Sakura glared at her cell phone, picturing it as Touya. "......... and don't forget to call me as soon as you get there! Bye kaijuu." Sakura pouted. Did he have to say kaijuu that many times? Was Sakura that hard of a name to pronounce? Of course it wasn't it. Her brother was just too dumb, Sakura concluded.

"Second message. My dear Sakura, how are you? Are you in Hong Kong yet? Please call me as soon as you arrive there. Take care of yourself. I love you my daughter. Bye." Sakura smiled. Only her otou-san was this nice. How her onii-chan was her father's son was still a complete mystery to her.

"Third message. Hey Sakura-chan! Are you enjoying the Hong Kong scenery? Watch what you eat! I don't want to hear that you're in the hospital again!" "Neither do I!" "Naoko-chan's with me right now. So as soon as you can, call me back!" Rika-chan would truly make a great mother someday.

"Fourth message. Hey Sakura-chan!" "Hello Kinomoto-san." Sakura laughed. Both Chiharu-chan and Yamazaki-kun were on the same phone. "Did you know that in China they have lots of ghosts? I heard of this one ghost that resides only in Hong Kong and-" "LIES ALL LIES!" Sakura froze. What if his story was true? "Sorry about that Sakura-chan. Well, his story was a complete lie. One completely huge lie......... just like all of his other lies. Well, take good care of yourself over there, okay! Call me back!" Sakura was still afraid. What if his story wasn't a lie? Sakura took hold of her shins and held onto them. She rocked back and forth. There wasn't a ghost......... after all; Chiharu-chan would never lie to her......... but what if she didn't know? Shivers went up and down Sakura's spine. When a hand touched her shoulder, she jumped and turned around.

"Mou (geez), you look like you were expecting a ghost. You're very jittery." Syaoran spoke. Sakura immediately grabbed Syaoran and held onto him. She didn't care how hard she was holding onto him or the fact that she was even holding on to him. The thought of ghosts.........

"There......... are no ghosts in Hong Kong, are there?" Sakura asked. Syaoran chuckled. This is what was worrying her?

"There are no ghosts in Hong Kong Sakura."

"Positive?"

"Yes. Positive." He replied.

"Absolutely certain positive?" Sakura asked.

"Well......... I think there's one behind you. I think she's headless." Syaoran spoke as Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs and buried her face in his chest. Syaoran felt her quiver with fear in his arms. He couldn't help but think that it felt so right, almost like when he held Aya in his arms. He looked down at her.

"Sakura?"

"Is the ghost gone? Is she still there? Is she trying to haunt me?" Sakura asked scared out of her mind. Syaoran stifled his chuckle.

"She's gone now Sakura. I scared her off." He replied. Sakura squeezed him harder.

"Are there anymore?"

"There are no more ghosts Sakura." Syaoran replied. Sakura slowly unwound her arms from his waist, pulled back and smiled. The moment when their bodies were separate from one another, they both felt like they lost something, a part of them maybe. From the doorway, Meiling smiled and her companion squealed. Meiling rolled her eyes and stopped her friend's videotaping session by knocking on the door.

"Meiling-chan. Tomoyo-chan. I guess you guys both heard me........." Sakura spoke.

"You were too loud not to hear Sakura-chan." Tomoyo replied with her video camera still rolling in her hand. Meiling sighed.

"You're okay though, right?" Meiling asked. Sakura nodded in reply.

"Okay then. Both of you bring a jacket, it's chilly outside. We're going to visit a friend." Meiling spoke softly. Sakura instantly knew that she was talking about Aya. She glanced behind her to see Syaoran's warm smile replaced by a sorrowful one. Sakura bit her lip, slowly got out of the bed and stretched her hand out to Syaoran. She gave a little smile.

"Come on. We don't want to keep your friend waiting any longer." Sakura spoke softly. By her tone, Syaoran felt that she knew what friend they were going to visit. He placed his hand in hers as she pulled him up.

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"Meiling-chan! Can we stop there?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo and Meiling looked at the area Sakura was pointing at. It was a flower shop. Meiling nodded as she moved the car towards the side and parked there. The guys, who took a separate car, saw this and did the same. Sakura quickly got out of the car and entered the flower shop.

"I'll be out soon!" Sakura exclaimed.

The aroma of the shop almost made Sakura feel dizzy. She started to wander around the shop looking for the perfect bouquet. She then stopped and crouched down where she saw two flowers that almost seemed, intertwined. She knew that one was a red lily but she couldn't put her finger on the other one. She picked both of them up. The colors practically blended together.

"May I help you?" Sakura jolted as she turned around. The person was a tall male. His reddish brown hair covered his face but not in the disheveled way Syaoran's hair was. His sophisticated glasses could not hide his warm copper colored eyes; they only enhanced his sexual appeal. He was smiling at her and she couldn't help but smile back. He took the flowers from her hand, brushing his hand against hers for a brief moment.

"Beautiful flowers, aren't they?" He spoke. Sakura nodded. She knew a diminutive Chinese vocabulary but she understood it nonetheless.

"You don't seem to talk much do you?" He remarked as he started to chuckle. His voice sounded so wonderful and kind to her ears, almost like Syaoran's. Sakura shook her head. Why was she comparing him to Syaoran so much? The man then looked at her more closely.

"You aren't from around here are you? You don't come across Chinese people with those kind of green eyes. Contacts aren't that convincing. Your eyes are real. They're beautiful." Sakura blushed at his comment. She understood a couple of words in each sentence he spoke but understood his point.

"T-t-thank you."

"So she finally speaks. Not only are you gorgeous but you also have a beautiful voice." Sakura blushed even harder.

"Am I embarrassing you? I'll stop then. I wouldn't want to scare a customer away, especially one as wonderful as you. Ah, I did it again. I'm sorry. I'm really making you uncomfortable aren't I?" He spoke. His tone was completely sincere and made Sakura feel all bubbly inside.

"Sakura? Where are you?" Sakura heard Syaoran's voice. Thank god it was in a language she understood completely.

"I'm over here!" Sakura replied. The man looked at her.

"You speak Japanese? You could've told me." He replied in Japanese. Sakura looked at him in shock.

"You understand Japanese?" Sakura asked.

"I'm speaking to you in Japanese aren't I?" He answered. Sakura giggled. Of course, why did she even bother to ask him that? The man was pulled into a trance. She was so beautiful. He looked at her closer. Her face was familiar, but he knew he hadn't met her before. He would never forget a person like her. Where did he see her before?

"Is Sakura your name? It suits you very well. My name is Toji Ando. I'm half Japanese. My father is Japanese and married my mother when he came to China. Please call me Toji." Toji spoke. Sakura grinned. What were the odds of meeting a person who spoke Japanese in China?

"There you are Sakura. I- We were worried about you." Syaoran spoke as he approached her.

"Why? It's not like you can lose me? You saw me enter the flower shop didn't you?" Sakura replied. Toji stood in shock. The man that came toward Sakura was Li Syaoran. Then it hit him. Sakura was the one on the news earlier when Syaoran arrived at the airport. Had he really cheated on his fiancée with her? Toji mentally shook his head. Syaoran seemed to care for her, but only as a friend. That gave him a chance.

"I'll be giving you your flowers back Sakura-san. See you when you buy them." Toji spoke as he handed her the flowers, smiled and left. Sakura smiled and waved back.

"Who was that?" Syaoran asked. His tone appeared to be a little......... hostile. Sakura didn't detect it at all though.

"He works here. His name is Toji Ando. He's half Japanese. He's really nice." Sakura replied. Syaoran didn't know why his tone was like that. Was he jealous? Of course not......... he was just being overprotective, right? After all Sakura was his friend......... or was she possibly more? Syaoran shook his head. What ridiculous thoughts. He still loved Aya. Syaoran nodded. That was it. He was only overprotective of her because she was his friend.

Sakura just stared at Syaoran strangely. He kept on moving his head around. Did he have a fever? Sakura placed her slender hand on his forehead. Nope. Though his face appeared to turn a little redder when she put his hand on his forehead.

"You don't have a fever, yet you're red. Maybe I should ask Eriol-kun. I think you're sick with something Li-kun." Sakura replied.

"Syaoran."

"Hoe?"

"Call me Syaoran." He spoke. Sakura smiled. He finally thought of her as a real true friend!

"Ok Syaoran-kun! Anyway, what do you think of these flowers?" Sakura asked. She handed him the flowers. It was a red lily and a peony. Red lilies were Aya's favorite and......... his favorite was the peony.

"Syaoran-kun? Are you okay? Are they not to your liking? Was Aya allergic to them?" Sakura asked. Syaoran let out a choked laugh when he heard her last question. She was so ......... cute.

"She wasn't allergic to them Sakura. Honestly, you couldn't have picked better flowers. Her favorite was the red lily. This flower, the peony, is my favorite." Syaoran replied. Sakura felt like her heart dropped. He looked down at her face.

"Don't be sad. I knew I was going to face this when I returned. I just......... I don't think I was ready to feel this pain again, especially after having a great time in Japan, thanks to you. You helped me through this more than anyone else." Syaoran spoke. Sakura couldn't help but start to cry. Feeling guilty that he might've caused her present state, he wrapped his arms around her and held her close.

"I'm sorry for making you cry." He spoke. Sakura cried even harder. Syaoran really didn't know what he was doing wrong. He patted her back in attempt to comfort her. Finally, Sakura spoke up.

"You didn't do anything wrong Syaoran-kun. I'm just so glad that I was able to be that friend to help you." Sakura replied with her tears blurring her vision. Syaoran held her in his arms. She started to bring her hand to wipe her tears when Syaoran's hand beat her to it. Sakura looked up at his smiling expression. He slowly released her from his grasp.

"Let's go buy the flowers now. The rest are probably wondering what's taking so long for me to find you in this tiny shop." Syaoran spoke as Sakura let out a soft giggle. Sakura nodded as she knelt down and picked up some more of each flower and they headed to the counter. There, Toji stood there smiling.

"Finally decided on your flowers?" He teased. Sakura was about to respond when Syaoran replied for her instead.

"Yes. Now, can you tell me how much this is? We really need to get somewhere." Syaoran spoke with a hint of his hostile tone again. Toji nodded as he told Syaoran the amount. Sakura pulled out her wallet to pay when Syaoran prevented her from doing so.

"I'm paying for this."

"But I picked out the flowers! I wanted to buy it!" Sakura responded. Syaoran looked down at her.

"Fine. Let's pay half each then." Syaoran compromised. Sakura pouted but nodded as she pulled out half of the amount from her wallet. Syaoran took the money from her hand and handed it to Toji.

"Would you like these wrapped?"

"Yes please!" Sakura exclaimed. Toji chuckled at her enthusiasm. He wrapped the flowers into a beautiful bouquet. He handed them to Sakura.

"Have a nice day!" He spoke as Syaoran walked ahead, out of the store.

"I'll be back soon!" Sakura waved at him with her free hand.

"Wait!" Sakura looked at Toji and smiled.

"For what?"

"Here." He spoke as he ran up to her and handed her something. He slowly pushed her towards the door and smiled. Before Sakura exited the shop, she stared at her hand. He gave her a rose with a note. She shoved the note in her pocket, placed the rose inside her jacket and walked out through the doors and then looked up. There, Tomoyo, Meiling, and Eriol had been waiting very patiently......... well, Tomoyo and Eriol were.

"What took you so long Sakura-chan? It can't that THAT long to pick out flowers!" Meiling complained.

"Um......... well, I was talking to Toji and-"

"Who's Toji? And when did you learn to speak and listen to Chinese so well?" Tomoyo asked.

"Toji's half Japanese." Sakura replied smiling. Tomoyo remembered that look on Sakura's face. That looked close to the one she used to have when she was younger and had her crush on Yukito Tsukishiro.

"So, did you like him?" Tomoyo asked while nudging Sakura. Sakura's face became flustered immediately.

"He was......... nice and helpful." Sakura started. When she came to think of it, he was also pretty attractive.

"Anyway, we shouldn't be talking about this! We can't keep your friend waiting forever!" Sakura spoke, trying to change the topic. Unable to hide her rosy face, she quickly opened the car door and slid in. Tomoyo tried her best to hide her grin when she saw the resentful expression on Syaoran's face when Sakura was talking about Toji. Meiling didn't even try to hide hers.

"What are you grinning about?" Syaoran growled, asking Meiling. She couldn't help but smile more.

"Nothing. Let's go!"

~~~ The wind blew the icy cold wind and pressed against the barren trees. Dead leaves that weren't cleaned up were dispelled through the wind. Even the various flowers on the graves were scattered. The only thing the wind couldn't budge were the prodigious amounts of gravestones firmly planted in the ground. Upon each of them was an inscription. And one of those inscriptions was gently touched by coarse fingers. The man touching the words couldn't help but want to cry. Yet, he bottled up his feelings inside. However, one of his guests didn't.

Sakura kneeled next to the gravestone and started softly sobbing. She hadn't known the person who was laying approximately 6 feet beneath her but she couldn't help the tears being released from the eyes. Each tear that fell from her face landed on the grave. Her friends tried to comfort her in any way possible, but the tears were still shed. The man who was so intently looking at the inscription stopped doing so and wrapped an arm around her.

"Sakura, why are you crying?" The man whispered. He couldn't comprehend why the girl was crying. After all, she never met his fiancée.

"I can't help it Syaoran-kun." Sakura whispered as if she were telling a secret. Syaoran brought his other arm around her.

"Stop crying."

"I c-c-can't." Sakura stuttered between her sobs.

"Why not?"

"Because I'm crying for you as well." Sakura spoke. Syaoran looked down at her.

"Don't." Syaoran responded in a somewhat demanding tone.

"W-w-why not?"

"Because I promised I wouldn't."

"You never promised that someone else couldn't do it for you, did you?" Sakura replied. Syaoran opened his mouth to speak but no words were spoken. True, he never promised that. Content with the silence she received as her answer, Sakura cried. Syaoran held her in his arms as he looked at the gravestone.

"Is this allowed Aya? Can I let her express my pain in her tears?" Syaoran whispered. It seemed like no one else heard but the wind seemed to have died down for a second. That split second was all Syaoran needed as his answer. He didn't ask Sakura again to dry her tears.

When Sakura could no longer cry, she resorted to a soft sniffling noise. It was then that Syaoran took the bouquet and placed it in the vase on the side of the grave. Sakura kneeled against the ground and dug a tiny hole on the side of the grave. She took one of each flower and placed them into the soil. Looking satisfied, she stood up and brushed the dirt off her knees.

"Let's leave Syaoran alone." Sakura whispered. The rest nodded and proceeded to the exit of the cemetery. Then, Syaoran was left alone at her grave.

"Hey. How have you been?" Syaoran asked. He felt a little unintelligent to be talking to a grave but he knew that Aya was somewhere out there listening as well.

"You've left me extremely heartbroken, I do hope you know. I even went through a stage of depression. I had to leave my job here in Hong Kong because everything reminded me of you and how I would never see you again. It hurts. You've left me on this planet and then told me in a dream that you weren't my true love? What kind of bullshit is that? If you're not my number one, then who is? Who is more important than you? Who would I fall for instead? Tell me. TELL ME DAMN IT!" Syaoran shouted. All his anger and pain was released by just talking to the grave of his deceased fiancée. Syaoran touched the cold polished stone. It was the same texture as Aya's skin when he last touched her. The wind seemed to softly embrace him as if it was her comforting him. Syaoran softly chuckled.

"Who am I kidding? You can't answer me." He rested his elbow on his knee and quietly sat there thinking about her death, the afterward, her heart........ Syaoran stood up.

"A part of you still lives on, in someone else, Aya. I'm going to find her. Maybe, she might be the one that you claim is for me. We'll see but I think I'll prove you wrong. I'll prove to you that there's no else for me except for you. I prom-" The wind blew frantically to stop his words. Syaoran watched as most of the petals of the bouquet flew away. The only petal left was that of a peony. The wind abruptly stopped after the petals flew away. He looked up at the blue clear sky. He sighed.

"Fine. I won't promise if it makes you happy." The wind became a soft breeze.

"Will she be the one you say is for me?" Syaoran asked. The wind ceased. He sighed. She wasn't going to tell him, not even hint to him. Lost in his deep thought, Syaoran closed his eyes and leaned on the cold gravestone. Slowly, he started to lose his thoughts and entered a deep sleep.

He was sitting on a hill, leaning against a tree. He was playing hide and go seek with Aya but she was so well hidden, he stopped to take a break. Finally he heard her voice. Looking up at her smiling face, he asked where she hid. She formed her lips into that irresistible smile of hers that he had to pull her down to his lap and kiss her. The kiss felt different then the ones he's had with her before, somehow better. It also felt......... real. When Aya pulled away abruptly, Syaoran opened his eyes to see Sakura gasping for breath. His eyes widened. He had just kissed Sakura.

Earlier, after they had left him for over two hours, Sakura finally decided that she should check up on him, only to find him sleeping.

"Syaoran-kun! Syaoran-kun........." Sakura gently waved her hand in front of his face.

"Syaoran-kun! Get up!" Sakura whispered into his ears. Syaoran literally grabbed her and brought her down onto his lap.

"Where have you been hiding Aya?"

"Wait! I'm not Aya-" Sakura's sentence was cut off. Syaoran's warm lips were caressing hers in ways she never knew could happen. Sakura couldn't even think properly. The sensation was absolutely overwhelming. In the brief second she was able to control herself, she immediately pulled away. His eyes fluttered open as they both sat apart from each other in shock.........

Oh lord.........

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aren't I cruel? ^^ Don't kill me......... Please??? Well......... I'll update as soon as possible......... (after I finish the next chappie of INLYG) yup yup. Gomen for the long update!!! If u want to see progresses and possible excerpts, to go !

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~cherrixwolf