Revenge is sweet, love is sweeter

By Zilver Wings

Chapter Seven

Feelings of the past
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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.
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"Sakura, there's another shooting again today… do you remember it Sakura? Sakura!"

"Let me sleep onii-chan, it's Sunday today, not to mention summer vacation!"
Tomoyo watched as Sakura tossed over and mumbled something. She sighed, deciding to take some extreme measures on her.

"ARRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Toooommmooooyyooo-chan! I'm going to kill you!"
One minute, Sakura was sleeping peacefully, and the other minute, she was chasing Tomoyo around her permanent bedroom which Sonomi designed for her.

"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan," Tomoyo giggled, out of breath. "But you know, you wouldn't wake up unless I use this method, and you are really so kawaii dripping wet!"

"But you didn't have to dump a bucket of water, ice cold, on me!"

Tomoyo suddenly stopped and looked at her watch, causing Sakura to almost collide onto her.

"Sakura-chan!" She screamed suddenly, causing Sakura to wince painfully.

"Your shooting starts in 40 minutes ! Go to the bathroom and change immediately!"

"Hoe!"

After 10 minutes, with alarming speed, Sakura managed to brush her teeth and changed into the very troublesome dress.

Kaho had given in after being begged by Tomoyo for the millionth time about making the clothes for Sakura during the shot for the 'Zilver Wings' magazine.

Sakura breathed heavily before coming out of the bathroom, and expectedly, heard the squealing kawaii-s and was being video taped by an over-hyper Tomoyo.

Sakura was wearing a sleeveless thigh length white summer dress. The shoulder of the dress were covered with frills, and cherry blossom patterns were scattered all over the dress. A light pink sash with pale green leaves was also tied onto her waist, adding a touch to the simple yet cute dress.

After another 20 minutes, Tomoyo had finished giving her a pale pink makeup and braided her hair with a shiny white ribbon.?(A/N: Okay, I know I suck at this. First, I don't like to watch modeling channels, and I couldn't care less about what I wear everyday, I HATE SHOPPING! And I just want to add that for my Sewing class-a shirt, I got-------3/10! Can you just imagine it? I've also never put make up before, so I also don't know anything about it. So, please forgive me.)

Tomoyo practically dragged Sakura out to the front door, and waited for Sakura to put on her white, high-heeled sandals before pulling her outside to the limo at the gate.

"Hop inside. Wish you luck Sakura-chan, you look sooo adorable!"

Sakura continued to wave to Tomoyo's retreating figure until she was totally out of sight.
Not long after, the limo came to a halt, and a bunch of women in black suits and sunglasses opened the door for her and bowed low.

"Good luck, Kinomoto-san."

Sakura sweat dropped and immediately bowed back, fidgeting uncomfortably.

After the women left, Sakura walked inside the building she previously did before.

"Welcome again. I see that you're fully dressed in the infamous designer Douji's handmade dress. It is great, just like always."

A hand clasped gently on Sakura's shoulder and made her almost jump.
Sakura turned around and looked at Syaoran.

Suddenly, he looked at her strangely.

"Miss Cherry Blossom, have we met before? You look so very familiar."

"No, no, of course not, that, I'm sure of."

Sakura denied hastily, making the amber eyes opposite her give a suspicious glint.

"Okay, if you are so sure about it."

Syaoran guided Sakura to the shooting area and gave her the instructions.

"You know, it's summer vacation now, that's why you're in a summer dress. Please smile and act adorable."

If Sakura was new at this, it would almost be impossible for her to look adorable, since she frowns all the time in real life. But since she's a profession, she did it at ease, and had time to catch a glimpse of Syaoran time from time.

'She's so different from all the other models I've gone out with. They're always hanging onto me and trying to look cute to catch my attention. Cherry blossom doesn't care for my looks or status, and for such a famous model, it's kind of strange that she seems to be so shy when not on spotlight. She's a very interesting girl indeed. Who does she make me remind of?'

After two and a half hours, they were done and the crew was going out for a buffet to celebrate Syaoran's birthday.

Sakura tried to back out, but could not, since it was also celebrating the 5th anniversary of the

'Zilver Wings' magazine. Kaho said that it was rude to refuse something like that, so in the end, she went, and unfortunately, she happened to sit right next to Li Syaoran, since she was the cover girl.

"Cheers to Syaoran and Cherry Blossom!" The crew chanted happily.

"Hey Cherry Blossom," Syaoran smiled, helping her up, "let's go out first."
Sakura turned her head forcefully.

"I'm not hungry, you guys go first, I'll look after your belongings."

"After all, I'm the birthday boy, I insist that you come with me." Syaoran smiled mischievously, Sakura gulped but went after him all the same.

"So, Cherry Blossom, tell me about yourself." Syaoran took a plate and walked with her.

"What is there to tell?"

Cherry Blossom was famous in Japan, however, no one knew her real identity, and Syaoran had made a bet to his employees that he would find out her true identity in two months, or he'd add 10000 yen to each of his employee each month. Besides, he really was itching to find out her identity.

"Like, your real name, age, address etc."

"Li, as if I'm really going to tell you."

"Fine, but I'll find out anyway, even without your help."

"I don't think so."

Although Sakura seemed to be cool about it, inside, she was trembling with fear.

'What if he really found out?'

After the buffet, while everyone had a great time, Sakura clearly did not enjoy herself.

"So, Cherry Blossom, I'll send you home." Syaoran offered wickedly.

"Sure."

Her immediate answer made him hesitate.

Originally, he thought that she would refuse and take a taxi. Then he could follow her and find her home. But now, it seems as if she'd already found out about his plan and clearly was not going to let it happen.

"Follow me. Where's your destination?"

Sakura told him Tomoyo mansion's address, and he drove her there, knowing that it was definitely not her house.

"So, why are you so secretive about your identity? It's not a big deal. In fact, celebrities, especially when they're like you, still going to school, they would be more than happy to reveal themselves for a better treatment."

"And, it's none of your business."

Syaoran was shocked at her coldness.

'She really is very sensitive about her identity.'

Never did any one dared to speak to him that way. All knew that he could be very nice to you, but if you angered him, he would make you pay the consequences. No, he was wrong, there was an exceptional from a long time ago that he would never ever forget.

Flashback
"Li Xiao Lang, I've had enough. Ever since I moved in, you always bullied me, but I forgave you. But how dare you rip my only photo of my mother in pieces. Don't you know how much she means to me… even if she was gone when I was three?" Her voice began to rise slowly. The boy shuddered involuntarily. "My mother once said to me, hate was a very strong word, and I must never use it unwisely, for I would hurt other people's feelings deeply. But now, I'll have to say this… Li Xiao Lang, I hate you, I hate you very much!" And without leaving another word, she ran away, away from the alley, away from him. Drops of water hit the ground but she didn't care

End of Flashback

"You know what, cherry blossom?"

Syaoran broke the silence quietly.

"I've done something a long long time ago that I'll never forgive myself. I never told this to anyone before because I am ashamed of it, but I can't contain it anymore."

Sakura looked at Syaoran with surprise. Was her ears deceiving her, or did she hear a tint of sadness in the voice of the 'always cheerful' boy?

She saw the boy take a deep breath before starting his story.

"When I was eight, in Hong Kong" Sakura shuddered involuntarily. "there was a nice girl called Ying Fa in my class. I secretly had a crush on her, and yet, I didn't dare to tell her. So, I always bullied her, hoping to make her notice me. One day, I went overboard and pushed her into an alley and tried to force her to say 'I love you.' I pretended that I was joking, but I wasn't, I really wanted her to say it. I thought that she would say it, but she didn't. In anger, I took out the only picture of her mother, who already went to heaven, and threatened that if she didn't say those three words, I would tear the photo."

He was too absorbed in the telling of the incident that he didn't see that the emerald eyes of the girl next to him grew glassy, barely able to keep the tears from falling.

He looked aimlessly forward, his eyes growing tender, and he bitterly laughed.

"She was so headstrong. My demon took over and I tore the photo into pieces. Ying Fa tried to retrieve the pieces, but some of them were already carried away by the wind."

"She looked back at me with the scariest expression I've ever seen. It was a mixture of extreme hatred and despise, and I've never seen her use that before. She told me that she hated me and left. The next day, her whole family left and I never saw them again."

Syaoran pulled over to Tomoyo's mansion.

He put his head on the driving wheel, making his voice become muffled and unclear. "I regret it so much. Ever since, I've been having the nightmare over and over again. The scariest part is her expression when she said that she hated me. She was always so sweet and kind, and because of me…"

A drop of water streamed down from the driving wheel to Syaoran's pants. It was then when Sakura realized that the glistening liquid were tears.

She stretched out her hand, but withdrew it slowly.

"Maybe," Sakura whispered softly, "maybe, you've already met her, and she's forgiven you eh, Li-san?"

Syaoran looked at her and gave a small smile.

"Arigato."

To be continued…
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How's that? Terrible? Okay okay, I know that. Hope you haven't forgotten about the first chapter, read it again.

Although some one has send me an email recently requesting for a bit of ET, I don't know, I personally hate the ET combination, it really is "ET"! Although both are mature and have black hair, Eriol possesses Clow Reed's memories and everything, he is actually a "Help! I'm an adult trapped inside a child's body!"

But, if you guys REALLY want them, please submit a review to me, and if you really want it, I guess I can add it.

Yeah! I'm sooooooooooo really happy! Now, I can write 2000 words at ease, hmm… but of course, most of the additional things are rubbish. Once again, I beg your forgiveness for the descriptions of the clothes and make up Sakura wears, it's like, totally ET to me!
Now, you guys be good kiddos and Read and Review my story or I'll… (gives malicious smile)… let me think, what is Lucy Van Pelt's famous doing?