Author's Notes
Oh my! Oh my! Ansaya saya ko! I really loved the reviews, guys! Thank you!
Fantasy-chick13's sister- Yeah! Sakura is so lucky, no? I would also give anything just to have Li!
cristal-shian- Hihihi! Please stay tuned!
kawaiiseeker987- Oi! waves My fave reviewer of all time! Salamat kaibigan!
I'm still in the matter of learning things.
Please no flames in the mean time.
Be nice.
Thank you.
Tammi Chapter 2: EmergenceAfter having breakfast with Fujitaka Kinomoto, Sakura and Syaoran stepped in the limousine for a ride to school.
Sakura moved her shoulders out of annoyance with the man seated beside her, "Do you really have to sit beside me? Can't you just sit in the front?"
Syaoran, not looking at her, spoke up, "Keeves..!" Then the black window in front of the two slid down.
"Yes? Mastar Li Siyoron?" the driver responded.
"Can you fix a seat there in the front for me? I believe Miss Sakura here considers me as a disturbance in her car ride."
"Ah! You beliv soh? I am sorry I cannot asseverate yor request. Drivahr Keeves only sits in the front." He replied to Syaoran.
The black window began to slide up as Syaoran tells Sakura, "I am sorry miss, I do believe you heard Keeves."
She just rolled her eyes in response.
Pretty soon, they arrived in the school. Keeves first stepped off the limo then opened the car door for Syaoran. After that, Syaoran, from outside the car, opened the car door for Sakura.
A/N: Pretty shabby, huh?
As soon as they began walking…
'RRIIIIIIIINNGG!' the late bell goes.
"ARRGG!" Sakura grunted, "NOW WE ARE LATE BECAUSE OF YOOOUUUU!" she said as she points Syaoran. ? Blink Blink ? He wasn't there. Her eyes wandered around looking for her bodyguard. She saw him running up the marble stairs to the entrance of the school. "GRRR! That Li will pay for ditching me! I'll tell dad about this!" She grumpily walked, not bothering to run. She looked behind; Keeves's car isn't there anymore. "Sigh. So much for going home early, real early! I suddenly grew tired of going to school today. Haah… Hey..? What are these guys doing here? There's three men that look like motorcycle gangsters doofus thingies…
WHAT THE? HEY!'
………………………………………………… Where Syaoran is
Syaoran walked alone in the corridor realizing that it won't make much difference if he was 4 or 10 minutes late. He looked around… Looking for his client. 'Now where did that brat go to?' He searched everywhere his feet would take him… 'I'm pretty sure she isn't in her class yet…' Until his feet took him to the campus's entrance. 'Tss! There she is! I've been worried for nothing. Worried? Oh yeah! Not bout her, bout my job! Hehe? Anyways… There are three guys wearing black are behind Sakura. I don't like the look of this. I better go there now. Just in case things may get ugly.'
He hurried to her as fast as he can for he reckons that those guys are up to no good.
"Hey Giger! RaNsOm!" the thin guy called out to the fat guy while pointing Sakura.
"Yeah Bimbo! I like the sound of that!" the fat guy replied to the thin guy.
"No! You two yahoos! PlEaSuRe!" the not-so-thin guy spoke up.
Bimbo and Giger looked at each other then, "Yehehe..! Pleasure..! Yum..!"
Dumbly, Giger ran over to Sakura not noticing Syaoran following up close. He grabbed her arm then started dragging her. Fear and disgust plastered all over her face.
"Hahaha! You are mine now my little pleasure toy!" Giger laughed horrendously while dragging her.
"NOOOO! LET GO OF ME! YOU BIG FAT STUPID JERK!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Hahahaha!" He just laughed out evilly in response.
"NOOOooo..!" she bellowed. Tears started to form in her eyes as she tried her best to pull her self away from his disgusting grip. Her green beautiful emerald eyes were plastered in pain and horror.
"HEY GUYS! Help me out with this!" Giger called out to his mates. No one answered him. "Guys!" he repeated, his eyes still fixed with Sakura. No response. "GUYS!" he growled as he looked behind him to see where his mates are.
"I'm sorry, they're sick, they're not capable of helping you." Syaoran stammered with his hands crossed fixed on his abdomen.
Sakura looked to where the other two guys are. The both of them laid on the floor, unconscious and tongue out. '..Wow'
Not much aware of things, she fell down on the ground making a 'THUD!' sound and giving her another sore ass. Then Syaoran initiated with Giger.
"OW!" Giger's voice was heard.
"Owwww…" Sakura rubbed her ass.
'THUG!' a punch landed, "OWW!" Giger howled.
"Oh I'm sorry buttocks sweetie, didn't mean to bully you." She talked to her ass.
"Sorry." A handsome teen voice uttered.
"ARRGG! OW!" the fat guy grunted.
"Ohhhh… My butt hurts…" she whined.
"Come now, miss." A hand was held out for Sakura to take. She looked up to him. Emerald searched for Amber.
Speechless, she took it and then stood with him. She shook off her skirt to take off the dust. As soon as she lifted her head, he said,
"Let's go home."
She was speechless.
………………………………………………… That night
'DING DONG!' A girl with short auburn hair that goes a little below her shoulder kept on ringing the doorbell of her house. 'DING DONG!' Her hair swayed along as she puts an impact on pressing the doorbell.
'DING DONG!'
'DING DONG!'
'DING DONG!'
'DING DONG!'
'DING DONG!'
'DING DONG!'
'DING DONG!'
'DING DONG!'
"Where's everybody!" she bellowed. Irritated of the misfortune, she crossed her arms. "Well?" she gaped up to her bodyguard.
He gazed sideways, when he found no one was in sight, he walked over to one of the flowerbeds. He bent down to it then inserted his hand to something. After that, he walked back to the exasperated princess. He put his fingers just above her eye level motioning 'see!'; he swayed his fingers once making what he is holding jingle that obviously looks like a key. After that, he removed his look at her then approached the door. He inserted the keys into the keyhole. Perfect fit. As he turned the keys to unlock the door, she said,
"How come I didn't know that there was a spare key hidden in the front yard?"
While looking at the doorknob, he answered, "I dunno… Maybe your father thinks you're irresponsible."
"WHAT! I heard you!" she exclaimed.
"Nothing, miss. Come now, the door is open."
'(insert thunder noise here)'
"AAAH!" she screamed in fright.
"What? Don't tell me you're already sixteen and you're still afraid of the weather?" he teased her with a serious tone.
Sakura scowled at Syaoran, "I just got surprised. That's ALL!" She took a step forward then reached out her hand for the wall. She managed to guess where the switches are, and then she turned them on. Lights turned on.
"AAAH!" Lights turned out.
She let out another scream of fright when another thunder disturbed the silence. Automatically, there was a black out.
"Miss Sakura, do you have a generator here somewhere?" he asked out as he closes the front door. "Fujitaka-sama didn't mention to me any generators during black outs."
"Uhhh… I think so… But I don't know where they are…" she normally answered.
'Wohow! That's new! I never thought I'd get a non-insulting reply from her. Maybe she was grateful with the fact that I saved her AGAIN.' He thought. 'But… I dunno… She never appreciates the services I do for her. That is only when her dad is included.' "I'll go look for it." He stated.
He began walking off leaving her in the big living room; in the dark; all alone.
"Syaoran WAIT!" she called up.
His eyes widened, he got surprised with what he heard. Neither screams nor thunder would surprise him, then how is this any different? It was the first time she called him by his first name. For the past 3 days, she had called him Li, dweeb, or sometimes just plain old bodyguard. 'Wow. She knew my name after all.' He smiled with the thought. "Yes, miss Sakura?"
"I… I-I'll be in my room, ok?"
"Certainly." Then the two went off.
………………………………………………… In Sakura's Bedroom
Sakura changed clothes. She was wearing her uniform a while ago, now she is dressed with her usual house clothes. She was just wearing a blue baby-T top and a pair of beige capris pants. She sighed to her self. 'A bad day… Isn't it?' She walked over to her window. She faced the pink and maroon curtains that dressed the window making it as beautiful as ever. She didn't put much attention with what the beauty brought, she was more likely keen to what is outside. She gently and slightly pushed the curtains aside, taking a peek outside the window. 'It's raining.' She thought. She suddenly let go of her grasp when she placed her hands around her body. 'Brrrrr! It's pretty cold!' She can feel her hair slightly rising up due to the heat loss of her body.
Without thinking twice and with much effort in moving, she walked over to the heater beside her bed. She couldn't move much because she was freezing. But she still managed to approach the heater without much trouble. She bent down to it. She looked for the switch at its left side. 'No! The switch isn't here!' She gaped to its right side. 'No! Not here either! Where is it?' As time passes by, the colder she feels. 'Stupid heater! Where's that idiot switch! I can't take the cold much longer!' She looked again to the left, then to the right. Still, she can't find it. She felt weak. Weaker. Weaker.
"Having trouble with the heater?" a masculine handsome voice spoke up.
She weakly breathed as she turns around to face the man she expects to see. She couldn't hold on to her standing position any longer, "Syao-"
His eyes widened unsealing a pair of red amber astonishing concerned eyes, and then he hurried off to her. Just in time to catch her fall. She lay motionless on his thighs. He quickly stretched out his hand to open the heater. In a matter of seconds, it functioned.
The switch was at the upper left of the heater. Sakura didn't look at it. She always looks at the lower or middle left and right, but not at the top.
He sat down on the carpet, not leaving their spot. His legs rightly spread out just for her to slip in between his thighs then lay her head on his tummy. He lifted his right hand and caressed her arm it was unwittingly cold. 'Her whole body is cold!' he shouted in his head. He touched her forehead looking for a sign of fever. 'Good! She doesn't have a fever! It would be virulently unfortunate if she does.'
As soon as she gained consciousness, her eyes began to open. Amber desperately waited for Emerald. He looked deeply into her eyes as she shows him off her astounding emerald pools that can hypnotize any sane guy that would look into its depths. Syaoran blinked trice, not knowing if he was in reality or fantasy. He started to move to shake off the reveries. He got up, carrying Sakura along with him. He placed him on her maroon bed.
As soon as her body met the glorious softness of the bed, she began to shift a little to find her comfortable position. He sat on the usual chair near the bed. She held on to her blankets then said, while looking at the ceiling,
"I passed out, didn't I?"
"Yes miss, you did." He replied interestingly at her.
Her normal expression on her face turned negative; she frowned, "I don't think I'll ever be cured."
'Huh? Can she please make more sense!' "Pardon? I'm sorry, miss. I don't seem to understand."
"Well… You see…" she muttered then looked down on her blanket, "I have this illness."
"Illness? What type?" he asked concerned.
"Honestly… I really dunno what it is. I was afraid to ask my dad or the doctor." She stated.
"Miss Sakura, please carry on."
"All I know that this is very rare. So rare that I am the only one I know who has it. The good thing about this… Is that this illness of mine isn't a severe one or a life-sucking one."
"And the bad news?"
"I always get weak whenever it is cold."
"Hmm?" he muttered. 'So that's why she was trying so hard to turn on the heater!'
"The doctor said, whenever I feel this way, I should just be heated. And I'll regain my strength again…"
"Perhaps you should always bring a jacket, miss." He politely suggested.
"Jackets can't give me enough heat… It's not that type of heat. I dunno if there are variety of heats… but it's just not that." She replied.
"… But at least, it's a help to you, even just a little."
"That little help can't save me. It's like two percent to one."
"I see." He nodded.
"And besides, to me, jackets are sort of a fashion no no. But they seem fine on men."
His serious expression turned into a smile with what she said. In her condition, it does seem a bit funny.
"And oh yeah!" she exclaimed, seemingly she somewhat regained her strength.
"Hmm?" he muttered in response.
"There's a black out, right? How did you manage to turn on the heater?" she bellowed.
"Well… I found one generator and managed to make it work. But… it's all it can do. No lights, no TV, no air-conditioner or whatsoever… Just little electric machines."
"Oh… I do believe we have one of that." She smiled. "Anyways, where's everybody?"
"That, I do not know. Fujitaka-sama didn't give me any orders or requisitions about a sudden empty Kinomoto house." He stated feeling a bit upset. "Anyways… Do you have siblings?"
"Y-yeah.. I do." She answered.
"Hmm? Where?"
"He's in England. He works there." She told him. 'Ok? Ok! I have been lying here on my bed, talking to dweeb Syaoran for a long time now. Maybe he's not so irritating after all… Handsome dweeb.' Sakura suddenly smiled which made him raise one eyebrow.
'What is she smiling for?' "A-anyways… your mum?"
"Mmm…" she thought hard, "I really dunno where she is right now! Hehe! Last time I heard about her is that she's in Guam. She's a model you see. And her manager just loves to tour around the whole planet earth!"
"Oh… Interesting… Well… we've been talking for a long time now and it seems you have gained your energy Sakura… U-uh… I mean, miss Sakura. Just call me when you want something. I'll be off now, miss." He said then he stood then left the room.
Sakura watched his back disappear as he closes her bedroom door. 'Just call you when I want something? … Haah… I've been totally lonely since my best friend Tomoyo left for Belgium. I miss her so much. It's like I've lost something big and I know that I cannot have that something again as long as she, my best friend, is not back.
Just call you when I want something? … I want you back here Syaoran. I want a friend.'
………………………………………………
Sakura slowly opened her eyes when she heard someone calling out her name.
"Sakura, sorry to bother your sleep but Li had told me that you haven't had supper yet." Her dad was visible in her view. The lights are back now. Her room has its usual brightness once again. The black out is over.
"Oh! That kind of reminded me, I was hungry!" She exclaimed, "What will I ever do without your cooking dad!" she added. Something caught the corner of her eye. It was something or someone. She glanced at it and saw a handsome face she has never noticed before. He has chocolate colored hair and astonishing amber eyes.
"Don't worry now! They're here! See! Dinner in bed!" Fujitaka smiled. After that, Syaoran approached carrying a tray of goodies for her.
"Thank you!" she cheerfully exclaimed, "please take a seat!"
"Thank you, miss.!" he replied as he took the usual chair beside her bed.
"You two seem to be getting along." Fujitaka noticed.
"Yeah! WE DO! Ehe ehehe ehe? We do, dad…" she responded.
"Excellent! That reminds me. Li here also mentioned that you have passed out a while ago. Saku-"
"Don't worry dad! I'm alright! I'm so used to it."
"Yes, Sakura, I believe you have so. But my concern is… Now that you have Li to watch over you, you can tell him the procedures he could do whenever you're unconscious."
"I… I-is that alright with you Syaoran?" she asked him as she faces him.
He smiled to her then said, "Certainly, miss."
After she heard him, she said "Alrighty! It's all up to me then! I mean… to us!" 'Ok? Why did I suddenly felt something peculiar with what I said? Alrighty! ..Nah… Up to me! …Nope. Ah! … … Us?' her train of thoughts stopped for a while, 'So what if it's that word… What's up with that?'
"Ok… I guess I'll be leaving now. Li, you take charge." Her father bellowed.
Syaoran stood then, "Yes sir."
As soon as her father left the room, he sat back down again. Feeling a bit bored; he stood then approached her bed.
"Yeah?" she said annoyed.
He just shook his head in response.
"C'mon! You can't just watch me eat!"
He smiled then turned around. He soon faced Sakura's dresser table and began examining it.
After a couple of minutes, "Hey Syao, have you eaten already?"
He turned around while clutching a photo in his hand showing it to her.
"WAAH! Where did you get that?" she cried, still not moving from her spot.
"It was just lying on the floor, miss." He answered as he approached her.
"Ohh… So that's why I haven't seen it for a while."
"Why? You miss it?"
"N-no… Not that…" she muttered as she glances the photo that is now in her hands.
"Not to be so nosy, may I ask who's in it?"
"I-it's Yukito."
"Yukito? I see… Is he your brother?"
"Nah… Actually, he's my brother's friend."
"Really…" he confirmed. 'I sense something with that guy on the photo considering her expressions.' "You're boyfriend?" the words just slipped out off his lips.
"NO! You nasty!" she exclaimed while chuckling. "He's way older than me! … And I only realized that 4 years ago…"
"Aha!" he snapped.
"Aha what?"
"Ahahahaha! Hehe?" he said embarrassed. He knows he's not just a friend of her big brother's. There's something more in it. But he is hesitating, not wanting to be nosy.
"You know Syaoran, for a strong tough guy, you act weird sometimes." She said.
'Hey! She just complimented me, didn't she? Maybe, just maybe, I'm going to see the real Sakura.'
Then she told him, "Well… I guess it's ok to tell you this… It's not really a big deal to me anymore… Yukito was my crush when I was ten…"
"Ten?" He howled. "Miss Sakura, doesn't he seem to be too old for you?"
"I just said that! You weren't listening!" she cried out then looked meanly at him. 'Why is he so irritating, huh? He mocks me all the time. Even so, he still handsome; my handsome Syaoran.'
"Heh…" he was breathless thru his chuckle. 'Cute.'
ENDAuthor's Notes
AGAIN, I'm still in the matter of learning things.
Please no flames in the mean time.
Be nice.
Thank you.
Tammi