Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, Clamp does. But I do own this story.
Sorry for the delay! Anyways, hope you'll like this. I enjoyed writing this chapter by the way, so I hope you'll enjoy reading it too.
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Chapter Three
"Taken Away"
"So, what was in the package?" Tomoyo said grinning at Sakura making her blush.
"Oh just a little something I bought"
"Which is-?" pushed on Tomoyo.
"Promise ring"
"Aww…that's so kawaii Sakura!" squealed Tomoyo as she jumped around and held the camcorder at her.
"Yeah well, it once belonged to my great grandparents, then to my grandparents, then to my parents. I told my dad to pass it on to me and so he sent it to me weeks ago after I told him about Syaoran's proposal. He was glad so he had it redesigned so that it look too old fashioned" she explained as she looked at the other ring which was on the same finger as Syaoran's engagement ring.
"Well, I hope you two live happily ever after" Eriol said in a final tone.
Sakura and Tomoyo giggled at his statement.
"What? I mean it. You guys have been through a lot and you've been together for years and haven't gotten tired of each other once. So, why not settle down?"
"How about you and Tomoyo then?" Sakura grinned looking at the couple suggestively.
"I've got that covered" Eriol said grinning at her.
Tomoyo looked at him curiously. "Huh?" was all she can say.
Then Eriol stopped in front of her. Sakura looked at them with a huge smile as she took away Tomoyo's camcorder and held it on them.
"What's wrong?" Tomoyo asked.
Eriol grinned as he kneeled on one knee.
"Oh…my…God…" whispered Tomoyo as Eriol reached for something from his jacket pocket.
A ring box.
Tomoyo looked at him starting to get teary eyed at what he was doing.
"Tomoyo Daidouji," Eriol started, holding up the ring box up at her. "Will you marry me?" he smiled as a tear finally escaped her eyes.
Tomoyo giggled and stopped suddenly to look at him. "Of course!" she shouted as he slipped the ring into her finger. She laughed and hugged him tightly.
"Hey, what about a comment to the viewers?" said Sakura, making them look at her.
"Care for a double wedding?" they couple said at the same time.
Sakura looked at them. "You two really are made for each other…oh, and I won't mind having a double wedding at all! Besides, I already promised Tomoyo we'll have a double wedding since we were kids remember?" she added with a laugh.
Tomoyo nodded and giggled as they continued to walk on.
"Now this is something to tell my children" Tomoyo started, looking at the sky as they headed to their cars. "They're gonna ask me 'Mommy, where did daddy propose to you?' and I'm gonna say 'In an airport parking lot', ugh! How romantic!" she ended exaggeratedly.
Sakura laughed until they came to their cars and she handed the camcorder back to Tomoyo.
"Hey Sakura, you mind driving my car while I ride with Eriol?" she asked.
"No problem, besides, I don't wanna see you both make out in front of my innocent eyes" she said and laughed as she ran off into Tomoyo's car after she got the keys.
"I didn't notice it was already night time" Sakura told herself as she followed Eriol's car as it drove out the parking lot and down the road into the night breeze.
"I'll come back for you Sakura…I promise" Syaoran said to himself as he looked out the large window from his 1st class seat.
Then the stewardess from before came up to him.
"Master Li…we have a private message coming from your clan from the Hong Kong control room at the airport. They said that once you arrive in China, you will go meet your advisors before you head out to your main mansion of your family"
Syaoran sighed, how the heck did they manage to order him around in a public plane? His thoughts diverted to what he told himself before the stewardess was talking to him.
"I'll come back for you…some how" he said wearily.
"It's really dark tonight, there are hardly any stars up in the sky" Tomoyo said, tilting her head up.
"Yeah and we're still 20 minutes away from home" Eriol said as he turned left at the corner.
"I miss Syaoran already" Sakura thought sadly, still following behind her best friends after they took a left turn.
"Master Li, we're bringing in your dinner, what beverage would you want along with it?" a different stewardess asked him.
"Just water please"
"One moment"
He nodded as the lady left.
"Other drivers should really reconsider on their type headlights. It's totally blinding" Tomoyo pointed out as a car was heading towards them.
"Oh shit!" Eriol cursed as he noticed the lights of the car was directly in front of them and not on the other lane.
"What are you cursing a- E-Eriol!" Tomoyo screamed as she saw that it was truck in front of them that was going fast towards their direction.
Eriol slammed his hands on the horn but seeing no difference abruptly turned the wheel to the right, avoiding the truck by mere inches. He sighed but then his eyes widened as the car collided with a street lamp post.
"Here you go master Li" the stewardess said placing a food package on the tray in front of him as well as a large glass of water and a glass vase with a single red rose.
"Thank you"
"What the-?" Sakura saw the view in front of her as Eriol's car gave off a long and loud beep of the horn then the car suddenly swerved away from the rode.
"Shit" Syaoran cursed as the plane trembled and his glass of water spilled on the left side of his pants. He stood up abruptly making the vase with the flower in it fall to the floor and shatter into pieces.
Syaoran froze on the spot as a chill ran down his spine. 'What was that about?' he thought to himself as he shuddered.
Sakura gasped as she saw the truck heading straight at her, she didn't have time to think as to where she turned so she turned the wheel to the left which was a mistake.
The car drove off down a cliff. Sakura screamed as the car went through tress, bushes and rocks, then it finally stopped as she hit straight onto a huge tree which was at the tip on another cliff that led to a river. "S-Syaoran" Sakura whispered but everything immediately turned black around her after she saw the sight of blood dripping down the car floor.
"Master Li, are you alright?" he snapped out of his thoughts as he looked down on the 2 stewardesses, one cleaning up the broken pieces of the vase, one was wiping his pants.
"I-I'm fine" he assured as he took back his seat.
The two ladies bowed and went off probably to take another glass of water.
Syaoran saw that the flower was left on the ground. He bent down to pick it up.
"Sakura?" he asked himself while looking out the window at the night sky.
"Reporting from southern Tomoeda, an accident had just taken place minutes ago. I'm here with a witness who was driving along when the accident took place" a lady reported on TV as a guy went up next to her. "Sir, can you tell us again what exactly happened here?"
"Well," started the guy who was about in his late 30's. "I was driving along after the 2nd car but at a distance, so I was able to see the truck coming. I made a right turn to avoid it. But I saw the car in front of me drive down the cliff to avoid the crash and the 1st car drove into the lamp post to avoid it as well"
A police man came up to the screen this time explaining that the driver of the truck was drunk as they saw a few bottled of beer on the seat next to the driver's seat of the truck.
The main reporter came up to the screen alone again.
"We have just confirmed that 2 of the victims are now being brought to the hospital. The two people in the 1st car was identified to be Eriol Hiiragizawa and his girlfriend Tomoyo Daidouji who is the lone daughter of Daidouji Fashion Corp., famous in Japan for their fashion line. The person in the 2nd car is still not identified nor found. Police and Rescue party are currently down the cliff to search for the other victim. More information concerning this incident will come up soon"
"Excuse me, miss? What time will we be arriving at Hong Kong?" asked Syaoran at the passing stewardess. He really didn't know as it all depends on the airlines.
"Sometime early in the morning master Li, it all depends"
"Okay, thank you"
The lady bowed and moved back down the aisle.
Beeps from heart monitors could be heard in the room as nurses and doctors rushed in and out of the emergency room when 2 people were just recently brought in.
"Are they alright? The head nurse asked from afar as the doctors and burses busied themselves with their designated patients.
"Well, the drunk driver who was the cause of the incident just died when he was brought in"
"Well, deserves him I guess. What about the others?"
"Nothing we can't fix. The guy is suffering from a few broken bones and bruises since he drove into a street lamp and it hit over at his side of the car. The girl he was with is suffering the least, only from a sprain on the neck and a couple of bruises because of the impact"
"Wasn't there another person involved in this? It said in the news, the one who drove off the cliff?"
The nurse shook her head.
"Not found yet"
"O-Oh my God" Tomoyo groaned as she tried to pull herself to a sitting position. Seeing as she can't carry herself, she tried opening her eyes. Everything she saw was a blurry white. She blinked a few time then saw everything clearly. She was lying on a bed in a white room which was obviously not hers. "W-Where am I?" she asked no one I particular.
"You're in the hospital Ms. Daidouji" she hurriedly turned her neck to look at the source of the voice but immediately regretted it as pain shot through that area. She groaned as she lied back on the bed.
"You shouldn't do that, your neck is sprained so you have to keep it still for awhile…you also have a few bruises on your body so I suggest you don't do anything intense until the next week"
Tomoyo looked up at him.
"Who are you?"
The guy went over towards her.
"Oh, I'm sorry…I'm Dr. Shizuya, your doctor"
"What happened?" she paused and everything came back to her now. "N-Never mind"
"Well, you suffered the least form everyone else in the accident"
"Who else got into the accident? Where's Eriol?" she almost screamed, wishing her boyfriend was alright.
"Calm down, Mr. Hiiragizawa is in the room next to yours. He's still sleeping since he has more injuries than you do. He had a few broken bones and a lot of bruises, so he needs much rest but he'll be alright"
Tomoyo nodded and sighed at this information. "Hold on, what about Sakura? Where is she?"
"Sakura?"
"Yeah, she was the other girl…she was in the car next to ours"
"A girl was inside the car next to yours?"
"Yeah, my best friend…where is she?"
"She wasn't brought in" this made Tomoyo sigh in relief.
'At least she's safe' she thought.
Dr. Shizuya saw this and his face showed of sadness as he spoke again.
"She wasn't brought in because she still isn't found"
"What!" Tomoyo screamed. "W-What are you talking about?" she asked disbelievingly.
"Here" the doctor said as he handed the newspaper he was holding to her.
Tomoyo unfolded it and started to read through the first and top article of the day. The main headlines of the paper which was in a huge font read: 'Southern Tomoeda Accident, 1 killed, 2 hospitalized, 1 missing'. Tomoyo felt faint, she knew the '2 hospitalized' was already Eriol and herself…she was hoping Sakura wasn't the one who they identified as '1 killed' but the '1 missing' isn't quite reassuring either.
Southern Tomoeda Accident, 1 killed, 2 hospitalized, 1 missing
Last night, an accident took place at Southern Tomoeda. A drunk driver drove through and almost killed innocent lives. The victims in the 1st car was identified to be Eriol Hiiragizawa a half English, half Japanese man and his girlfriend Tomoyo Daidouji, daughter of the owner of Daidouji Fashion Corp., who were on a car ride home but had an unfortunate accident with the drunk driver whose identity still isn't recognized. The couple avoided the collision and major injuries but drove on to a street lamp post as they did. They are currently in Tomoeda General Hospital recovering from their injuries.
On another note, the driver of the car following the couple still isn't identified. The driver drove down the cliff which was on the opposite side of where the couple had crashed. Police and Search and Rescue Parties are still conducting their search for the missing car and victim. More news will come tomorrow about this incident.
Tomoyo dropped the paper on her bed and felt like she was about to cry.
"No, no…not Sakura!" Tomoyo said as she sobbed and looked up at the doctor. "They still didn't find her?"
"I actually don't know. They conducted the search all night last night but couldn't see clearly since it was really dark especially in a forest. They're probably restarting their search right now since it's morning"
"I want to go, they have to know who she is so they'll know h-"
"Hold on" the doctor interrupted, stopping her from moving off her bed. "You'll be of no help in your condition. You'll meet her when you find her. For now, you can call the police to tell them her identity but if you can't wait for that, you can just step outside and tell the press about her"
"The press?"
"Yeah, they've been out there bombarding our doctors and nurses about you and your boyfriend"
Tomoyo sighed. "Can I ask you a favor?"
"What is it?" he asked as he wrote something on his clipboard.
"Can you be the one to tell the press for me? I'd rather not be blinded by camera flashes"
The doctor chuckled and nodded as he set out the door.
"Can I go home now?" Syaoran asked irately at his advisors finished with their news report.
"Hai, master Li" they all said in unison.
Syaoran walked fast towards the elevator as he was brought down. He was having major jetlag and he wanted to take a shower and then a long sleep. Most of all, he wanted Sakura in his arms but knew that he can't, not all the way in here China.
"Hey Jack!" yelled a policeman from behind him.
"What is it?" he yelled back as he walked through a large bush and bunch of rocks.
"I just got a call from headquarters" yelled the policeman again.
"About what?"
"The person who crashed down this cliff is a girl name Sakura Kinomoto, age 21"
"Okay, thanks!" Jack looked at some of the people in the search party. "Hey you guys, take that path over there" he pointed to the right side. "Some of us will take the left!"
"Hey! I found something!" a girl officer said as the group rushed over to her spot.
They all looked on and saw pieces of the glass window on the ground trailing forward.
"There!" the officer said as they saw the car in the distance.
Tomoyo turned on the TV and sighed, still worrying about her best friend.
"-and Rescue Parties have given us new that the car which ran down the cliff in last night's accident have been found. The driver is identified to be Sakura Kinomoto, age 21, this information was supplied by her best friend Tomoyo Daidouji who was also a part of the accident and currently in the hospital"
Tomoyo looked hopefully at the TV but when it showed the scene before her, she felt faint again. From the view the camera was taking, it looked like it was a camera on a helicopter. There was a cliff leading to the river below it, a huge tree was on top of the edge of that cliff and her car looked a wreck as it was against the tree in a crash.
"Oh God Sakura" Tomoyo whispered, now in tears.
"From our reporter down below" started the newscaster again but still showed the view of the wreckage. "The car may be found, but the driver still hasn't"
Tomoyo dropped the controller of the TV.
'What?' she thought as her mouth hung open from shock.
Author's Note:
About that glass vase breaking the same time Sakura got into an accident. Isn't that a known superstition? My friend told me it was so I added it to the story to make it more interesting. She said if a glass/vase breaks accidentally, bad luck will happen to a person you love…or something like that.
Anyways, hope you liked this chapter! Ja ne!
Raeny