Revenge is sweet, love is sweeter

By Zilver Wings

Chapter Four

Realization

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Summary: She was once the innocent girl, kind and trusting . Yet, after the incident with her classmate, Li Xiao Lang, she changed. And now, seeing him again, she seeks revenge.

HEY EVERYONE, I CHANGED CHERLI (SAKURA'S MANAGER) INTO KAHO. Please take note of this.

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"Welcome here, Sakura." A woman in her early 30s and smiled uncontrollably at the teen's form she just greeted, her long, red hair trembling on her back.

Sakura was in a mess after having been rushing to the skyscraper in the center of the street. Bits of her honey brown hair stuck out in various places, sweating trickling down her face, and her clothes were in disorder.

"Hi, Kaho. What is it this time?" Sakura panted.

"I'm really sorry for disturbing you, but you'll be the model in the 'Zilver Wings" (AN: hehe… :P) magazine for four weeks. It's a very popular magazine among teenagers nowadays. The magazine publishes every week, so you'll be the cover girl and also be interviewed. You know, this would greatly boost up your fame. By the way, this week's theme is 'Midnight glamour'. Put this thing on and I'll lead you to the agent of the magazine."

It was then that Sakura saw the dark blue, satin material being held in Kaho's arms. Kaho shoved the clothing to Sakura and pushed her towards the dressing room.

After two hours, Sakura was dressed and made up. She came out from the dressing room and Kaho gasped.

Sakura was dressed in a strapless evening gown, which hung to her figure nicely. Her hair was let down and reached her chest. Her midnight color makeup and the necklace with a dark blue cherry blossom pendent fastened on her collarbone, made Sakura look beautiful.

Sakura looked embarrassed after hearing Kaho's gasps, and was reluctant when her manager took her hand and walked her towards the agent of the "Zilver Wings" magazine.

Sakura looked down, even after they'd reach her new manager, and did not look up until she heard his voice.

"Welcome, Cherry Blossom. Your outfit looks great, and I hope that we'll have a great time working together."

Sakura's head shot instantly upwards by the familiar voice, and was faced by no one other than Li Syaoran.

Syaoran seemed shocked to see the face of his new model. Beside the fact that she looked so angelic, her face seemed so familiar, and yet, he couldn't recall the person that resembled her. He shook the thought away. Seeing Sakura's shocked face, he chuckled softly and misunderstood that it was his age that surprised her, and started to explain to her.

"I admit that this is my first job as an agent of this magazine. My father used to be the manager here, but since I am to handle the Li corporation one day after my father, he reckoned that this would be good practice for me. So, it's time for us to work now. Come along."

Syaoran walked towards the shooting center, with Sakura following closely behind him.

While Sakura was concentrating on doing the shot, she was not beware of the intense amber eyes that looked straight at her without wandering away.

After the shooting, Sakura was so tired that she would have left the place immediately to go home, until Syaoran walked towards her and offer her a drive home.

"Hey Cherry Blossom, do you want a ride home with me? It's quite late, and you seem tired."

Sakura was about to accept when something hit her suddenly.

"No thanks, I wouldn't want to bother you."

Syaoran tried again, but was still refused by a panic looking Sakura.

Sakura rushed away quickly without waiting for a response.

'Whew, that was close. I guess I'll have to stay away from him from now on. Luckily, I wasn't caught." Sakura breathed a sigh of relieve after running away from him.

The next day, Sakura told the event to Tomoyo, except hiding the thing about Li Syaoran, she knew that Tomoyo would love to match make Sakura, especially when Sakura clearly saw that Tomoyo had her eyes on Syaoran already. Telling her about Li would just worsen the matter.

Unfortunately, Tomoyo had invited Syaoran to join for lunch again, who chatted with great enthusiasm, and occasionally trying to make Sakura join in.

However, the less Sakura talked, the more Syaoran stared at her with confusion clearly written on his face.

'I was so sure that Sakura isn't Ying Fa, but… why does her facial expressions look so much like her even when she's frowning?'

Soon after Syaoran had finished lunch, the members of the newly formed fans club, featuring Li Syaoran, rushed towards him and separated him from the two girls.

"Hey Syaoran, why do you always hang out with Sakura and Tomoyo? Sakura has definitely no taste in clothes, and her temper is so fiery. I always wonder why Tomoyo hangs out with her. You know, you don't have to stick with them, you have a lot of other friends, such as me. So, let's walk together afterschool." Manimiko said, with her fake smile plastered on her made up face.

"Thanks, but I choose my own friends, and I don't like people poking behind my friends' back. By the way, the answer is no." With those words, Syaoran shot an icy look at Manimiko and left.

Manimiko was so shocked by his cold words that she was speechless. No one had ever spoken so rudely to her, or rejected her offer, not even Sakura or Tomoyo. But, she guessed that she could pass Syaoran once for his good looks.

'Well, I'll not give up so easily. I'll find some way to get him to be mines, after I break up with Kurama. ( AN: I just go this name from some anime cartoon :P) Sakura and Tomoyo, don't you guys thank that you can ever beat me.' Manimiko smiled evilly.

Meanwhile, Sakura suddenly froze and realized why Li Syaoran looked so familiar. Her eyes were filled with hatred from the past that she had been trying so desperately to forget.

'Li Syaoran, little wolf… Li Xiao Lang… I'll never forgive you!'

To be continued….

Okay, another lame chapter. Please continue to R&R though. Once again, I want to ask you if you have any revenge plans for Sakura. Some people think that Sakura should make him fall in love with her and then break his heart. But I think that it's too common though.