Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, Clamp does. But I do own this story.
Chapter Ten
"Of Marriages and Memories"
Silence filled the room, even the maids who were doing their jobs have stopped to see the scene going on between the longtime friends. The Li sisters were looking over at Syaoran and Sakura repeatedly. Yelan stood there looking at her son with great pity while Eriol and the others stood there waiting for any sort of reaction from Syaoran.
Sakura on the other hand, was staring at Syaoran, tears starting to stream don her face.
When she noticed everyone look at her, she hastily wiped it away with the back of her hand.
"S-Sorry…I dunno why but I really f-feel sad about all this. All of this is m-my fault, a-and I can't even do anything about it coz I c-can't remember. I-I just have this feeling that I-I'm supposed to do something here b-but I just don't know…I-I'm so confused"
"Sakura…" Tomoyo started softly but her voice trailed off as Syaoran slowly approached his supposed-to-be-fiancée.
Syaoran stood tall in front of Sakura, and it frightened her. He didn't look anything like the very smiling and kind looking guy she saw with her in Tomoyo's old videos. This guy looked serious and…Sakura looked into his eyes…sad. He looked sad…but why?
Noticing this made Sakura feel guilty, making more tears fall from her eyes as she looked down to the floor, trying to wipe them off again.
Syaoran looked at Sakura as she tried to wipe off all her tears. He reached into his pocket and took out his white handkerchief and held it in front of her.
"T-Thank you" Sakura whispered as she took it from his hand.
After a few minutes, Sakura held it to him but Syaoran shook his head.
"Keep it, you still might need that"
Sakura nodded.
Syaoran sighed and looked around, only just noticing that everyone in the room was looking at them. His gaze landed on Chyou, she was smiling at Syaoran but he saw through that and saw another emotion though he couldn't point it out from their distance. He gave off another sigh before turning back to look at Sakura.
"I need to talk to you in private" he said softly.
Sakura looked over at Tomoyo and she gave a nod that it would be all right.
"Okay" she said, turning back to look at him.
"Come…" and with that, he took Sakura's hand and led her out of the room.
"Mother, that was…?" Fanfren asked, breaking the silence that still filled the room a few moments after her little brother's leave.
Yelan raised a hand at her daughter, meaning to wait awhile then she turned to look at Tomoyo and the others' direction.
"It would mean a lot to us," she started in a motherly tone. "If you would tell us the whole story that's going on here"
"Of course" said Tomoyo as their group was lead by Syaoran's mother and sisters.
"Chyou" Yelan said, making her walk over to Yelan and walk beside her as they walked out of the room and towards one of the many sitting rooms.
As everyone took their seats, Yelan stood and walked over to the table by the huge windows that overlooked the gardens. She took the silver hand bell that was on top of it and rung it lightly.
A knock came from the door before two maids walked in.
Yelan looked at the maids and gestured to the group, making the two bow and take their leave once again. She replaced the bell on the table and looked out the window once again, but this time saw a couple walking slowly towards the stream. Yelan smiled looking at the two, they looked perfect for each other and she knew Syaoran really did love the girl. Then her smile faltered, the only girl her son loved doesn't even know him.
She sighed deeply before a knock came from the door yet again, making her turn to see maids file in and set down trays of tea on the table and plates with carefully sliced pieces of strawberry cake.
Yelan looked at the couple down below with a small smile before taking her seat on one of the huge chairs.
"Now, tell us everything that happened, as well as my son's relationship with Cherry…I mean, Sakura"
Tomoyo nodded and took a sip out of her tea before setting it down and taking a deep breath, thinking of where to start first.
Syaoran and Sakura walked down the hallway in total silence. Syaoran was thinking deeply on how to talk to Sakura whilst Sakura was thinking hard on how to answer Syaoran if ever he asked her something she doesn't know about.
Looking up, Sakura only just noticed that Syaoran guided her back to the gardens they stayed at earlier. She thought about running around again but Syaoran still held her hand and brought her towards the stream before letting go.
Sakura kneeled down beside the flowing water and dipped a finger in it, feeling the run of the water. She smiled watching the water sparkle because of the sun before it disappeared again because of the clouds' shade.
Syaoran can't help but smile as he continued to watch Sakura. She looked the same but somehow different. He didn't understand, when she's there, he felt whole again…but when he looks deeper into her, there's something missing.
His attention was snapped back to what was happening as Sakura fell back into a sitting position on the grass when a fish jumped up the water.
She looked shocked at first before she started giggling as she stood up and started patting away any dirt that might have stuck to her dress.
"You okay?" he asked worriedly but also can't help but laugh at her.
"Y-Yeah…I didn't know there would be any fish in there, especially not ones that just jump out in front of your face" she said with another giggle.
"Umm…hey Sakura"
"Yeah?" she answered somewhat reluctantly, starting to get nervous.
"Can't you really remember anything about…us?"
Sakura's head turned to look at him, a smile was on her lips but her eyes said otherwise. Syaoran could tell she really felt sad about all this.
"No…when Tomoyo told me everything about our friendship, I was shocked that I ever had a best friend. She just looked past the fact I can't remember her and still treats me like I'm her best friend which is why I got along with her and the others so well and so fast. When she started talking about you," she unconsciously held the pendant of the necklace Syaoran gave her in her hand. Syaoran noticed this and gave a small smile. "I knew if I were supposedly your girlfriend, I should really have the memory of our relationship to make it work out again. But whenever I try to remember anything about us, my head starts to hurt so much that I just have to stop trying to remember"
By this time, Sakura's eyes started to well up with tears again. Before any of them could escape her eyes, she turned to Syaoran and was met by his arms as he pulled her to him into a close embrace.
"Don't cry" he whispered into her ear.
Sakura felt worried if she was even allowed to do this but immediately calmed down and just hugged him back, giving out a satisfied sigh.
"Look, I know you can't remember me, or anything we had before…but I just want you to know, that I really loved you before…and I still do now"
Sakura pulled back from him and looked into his eyes and could tell that he really was sincere.
"I really can't remember anything, so you know I really can't tell you the same thing now. But judging by the videos I watched that Tomoyo took of us before, I'm sure that I really loved you too" she said a bit worried at what he may think of her now.
Syaoran smiled at her and placed a small kiss on her forehead before hugging her to him again.
"I'm very sorry Syaoran" she whispered.
"It's okay. I'll think of something…but Sakura, do you want to regain your memory?"
"Yeah, of course. I'm tired of having blanks in my head. Every time I see or meet someone, I have this feeling that I know them but then I find out I don't have any recollection of them. It's really disappointing, and it only makes me feel more miserable than I already do"
"What if I help you regain your memories?"
Sakura held him tighter to her, taking in his scent and loving every minute of it. She would do anything to regain her memories of this guy. He knows she doesn't know him but still treats her like he loves her.
"Thank you…I'll do my best to remember" she said into his chest.
But she can't help but remember something…someone…
"But Sakura, I have to tell you…"
"Yeah?"
"I'm set to get married in five days…don't get me wrong, I would love to have you as my bride instead, but my advisors would never allow it especially since you have no recollection of me whatsoever. So, we have to get you to remember as soon as possible, and we shouldn't let unnecessary people know that you…Sakura?"
Syaoran looked at her as she suddenly pulled back to look at him.
"I-It's nothing…" she covered.
Should she tell him? Will Tomoyo and the others advise her to tell him? Then again, if she'll remember Syaoran, she wouldn't need to marry Yasuki anymore. Besides, she's in Hong Kong, he won't come here just for her. So it's pointless if she'll tell Syaoran about him coz if she does, it'll only add as a problem.
'Sorry Yasuki' Sakura thought guiltily. She couldn't do anything about it. He and his family were nice to help her out and all, but now that she found her true family and friends, it's only the right thing to do to return to them.
"Sakura?" Syaoran repeated.
"Huh?" she shook her head and smiled at him. "Nothing, sorry…I w-"
She stopped hearing someone scream.
The couple turned around to see a familiar face.
"Mei Lin!" Syaoran called out. "Why are you here? And how many times did I tell you, don't scream so loud!"
The black haired, red-eyed girl ran to their spot, immediately taking Sakura's hands into hers.
"I thought you can't remember anything!" she said in a serious yet ecstatic voice.
"I-I can't"
"Then why are you two out here all lovey-dovey looking?"
"W-We were…uhh…we were just-"
"We were just talking Mei Lin" Syaoran cut in.
Mei Lin raised a brow at her cousin then at the girl in front of her.
"Then I suppose you know what happened to her?" she asked, looking at him seriously now.
He merely nodded.
"So, what are you gonna do about it? You're not just gonna leave her, are you?" she asked him.
"I-"
"Coz if you really do love like how you keep on telling me before, then you wouldn't just leave her to just wonder who you were and your relationship with her before"
"Which is w-"
"I mean c'mon! You two were meant for each other, you two looked perfect together ever since we were kids until now that you two have grown together, you can't just let a silly accident break you two apart"
"Need I r-"
"Besides, there has to be a way to regain her memories from before. You have the money to make that happen, right Syaoran? So you just have to do y-"
"Mei Lin!" Syaoran shouted, finally getting her attention.
"What?"
"Though everything you said was true, I'm not saying I'm giving up on her. I will do everything I can to help her regain her memory. It's just that, other people shouldn't know about it. If my advisors find out, they'll do anything in their power to keep me from helping Sakura regain her memory. Mother and probably father would be pleased if I marry Sakura out of love, but you can't argue with Chyou's family background, which is why my advisors would surely try to convince my father to make me marry her instead. And I have 5 days left to do everything I can to help Sakura, and I'm already wasting time here, so let's go…and you have to help me Mei Lin. As much as possible, no one should know about this"
"I understand…just so you know, I really want you two to end up together" Mei Lin said softly, as she led Sakura's hands into Syaoran's. "I knew it since we were kids that you'd somehow end up together…and I intend to see that through" she finished with a smile.
"Thank you Mei Lin" Sakura said with a soft smile.
"Yeah, I knew you were good for something" said Syaoran jokingly.
Mei Lint turned to glare at him.
"Hey! That was a serious moment!" she shouted at him, but smiled all the same. "Anyway, c'mon…we're wasting time here. We need all the help we can get"
"I see" Yelan said softly, taking in every single detail of the story the group had just told her. She looked over at her daughters and they looked really sad for their brother, and they were silent all through out the time when Tomoyo and the others started telling them the story.
"Poor little brother" Fanfren said in a sad tone.
"Yeah, he doesn't deserve this at all" added Fiemie, looking down.
The other two of the quads nodded their heads, really feeling sorry for their brother.
"Well, I don't see why we're still lollygagging about this. We have a f-" Yelan cut short of her statement as a knock came from the doors.
Everyone turned their heads to the source of the sound as it slowly opened. The door slowly opened and a handsome young man with hazel eyes and dark brown spiked hair poked his upper body into the room.
"Oh, sorry if I'm interrupting anything here…I thought Mei Lin was in here" he finally spoke, after scanning the people present in the room.
"Seiji dear, what are you doing here?" Yelan asked, standing from her seat.
He gave off a charming smile before entering the room fully.
"Well, Mei Lin had insisted I come over with her coz she said she wanted me to meet her friends" he stated. "Which I suppose are you people?" he added, looking over at the group of unfamiliar faces.
Tomoyo and the others smiled and nodded at his direction, making him grin handsomely.
"Oh, so my manic niece is here then?" Yelan asked with a sigh, making everyone in the room except for Chyou, laugh at her description of Mei Lin, knowing full well that it's true.
"I resent that auntie" a new voice came from the door said.
Mei Lin smirked at her aunt before striding over to her and giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"I see you've all met Jay" she said, looking at her boyfriend before looking over at the group. "Everyone, this is Taishi Seiji, or otherwise known as Jay. Jay, you already know the quads as well as Chyou, and those people there are the friends I told you about that I met when I was still in Japan. That's Eriol with his girlfriend Tomoyo, Takashi with his girlfriend Chiharu, then there's Rika and Naoko"
The group said their greetings as their names were called out and Jay smiled at each of them.
"And that there is Sakura" Mei Lin added, looking over by the door.
Everyone else turned their heads yet again to look over at the entrance where Sakura stood along with Syaoran who was holding her hand in his. This surprised the people in the room but it also made some of their eyes' glint evilly, most obviously, Tomoyo's.
"Sakura, this is Jay" Mei Lin said as the couple slowly walked inside the room.
"Hello" said Sakura with a smile on her face.
"He's Mei Lin's current boyfriend" Syaoran whispered by her ear, making her shiver unconsciously. He noticed this and can't help the smile that was tugging at the corner of his lips.
"Umm…current?" she whispered back without looking at him because of the obvious blush that crept up on her cheeks. She prayed he didn't notice her shudder earlier.
"If you remember Mei Lin, you would know that she never lasts long with her boyfriends, but she did mention though that this one is a keeper. Ironically, Jay is one of my closest friends and one of my most trusted colleagues. He had only arrived back here in Hong Kong from Beijing so the two have only just met recently" he explained.
Sakura nodded as they stopped behind the couch were the quads were seated.
"Oh, and before I forget" Jay spoke up, now looking at Chyou. "Your mother is downstairs looking for you"
Chyou smiled and nodded before excusing her self from the room.
"Why didn't Hua Lien just come up here?" she asked as Chyou closed the door behind her.
"She seemed to be in a hurry" Jay replied with a grin as Yelan raised a brow at him. "Sorry, I was caught up in all the intro.'s that I forgot to tell her right away"
"Anyway," Mei Lin cut in. "Syaoran had come to a decision to help Sakura"
This piece of information caught everyone's attention, even Jay's since Mei Lin already told him about Sakura's predicament.
"Oh? And what do you suppose to do about it Syaoran?" Yelan asked, now getting interested, wanting to know how much her son really loves this girl.
"I'm going to help her get her memory back, no matter now much it takes…or costs" he said in a firm tone, clearly telling everyone in the room that nothing is going to change his mind about this.
Everyone in the room beamed at him and were proud that Syaoran was going to help Sakura and not forget about her.
Yelan smiled at Syaoran before her features were clouded with thoughtfulness.
"Mother?" Syaoran asked, noticing his mother's facial expression.
"Well, you do know that you are to be married in five days" she pointed out directly.
"Yes I do, and I've been thinking about that. My advisors are clearly not going to let me cancel the marriage for Sakura especially since Sakura doesn't even know me yet. I would ask them to postpone the wedding but I know they would only consider this if you and father would also agree on it"
Yelan looked at her son and could clearly see that he really was serious about this girl. She took one short glance at Sakura and smiled before she spoke again.
"Okay, I'll try to talk to your father on the matter. I know we can't cancel the wedding since we had already announced to a lot of people on your marriage, and I also know that we can't move it too far. So, as much as possible, try to hasten all this if you really want to marry Sakura instead of Chyou"
After saying this, everyone was grinning over to Sakura as she looked down with a very red face. Her marriage with Syaoran isn't really something she was prepared to hear, especially not from his mother of all people.
"Thank you mother, I hope you and father would help me with this" he said gratefully.
"Help you with what?" came yet another new voice from the door.
They all turned to the deep male voice.
"Father" Syaoran greeted with a nod of his head.
"Syaoran, who is this young lady?" he asked, looking Sakura over, wondering why his son was holding her hand like they were a couple instead of Chyou, whom he had just noticed wasn't in the room filled with young people that he didn't know.
"Yuan" said Yelen as she walked over to her husband. "Mei Lin and Jay are here as you can see" she said as he nodded over to the couple who stood by where his wife sat moments ago. "And a few of Syaoran's friends from Japan are here to see him as well"
Yuan held an emotionless face as he looked each of them over and could see that they were nice people, especially since most of them were innocent-looking girls.
"Nice to meet all of you" he said with a small nod of the head.
He looked at Sakura one last time before turning to his wife who was smiling at him, making him raise a suspicious brow at her.
The group could clearly see where Syaoran got his looks and personality.
"What is it that you want to tell me?" he asked Yelan. He could clearly see through her and knew that she was battling within herself on how to speak to him on a certain matter.
"Come, I shall tell you in private" she finally said as she exited the room slowly, making sure that he was following her.
She stopped by the door before turning to the group.
"I shall see you all later"
Yuan turned and nodded at them one last time before closing the door behind him and his wife.
"So, what do you planned Syaoran?" Takashi asked, breaking the silence.
"Well, we have to call in a specialist to help Sakura remember without hurting her in the process" he pointed out, looking thoughtful.
"We'll deal with that…we'll contact everyone we know who deals and specializes in handling amnesia" Xiefia spoke up, getting their attention and making the rest of her sisters nod in agreement.
"You'll do that for me?" Syaoran asked, raising a brow at the four as they stood up and walked around the couch, over to him and Sakura.
"Of course little brother…and we're doing this for both of you. We want to see you happy" Fanfren filled in with a sincere smile.
"Besides, Sakura will make such a kawaii bride! Don't you think?" Fuutie exclaimed as she jumped over to Sakura, bending to her level and smiling widely at her.
"I totally agree!" Tomoyo shouted as she stood up, her camcorder already on and pointing at Sakura when the sisters started to fuss around her yet again.
"Hoee!" Sakura said, feeling a blush coming up her cheeks.
"Sakura, you said 'Hoee'!" Rika gasped.
"Yeah, what a kawaii expression!" Fiemie said at Sakura's cuteness, she would really make a cute and wonderful younger sister…no offense to Chyou of course.
"No, no" said Chiharu. "Sakura always used to say 'Hoee' as her main expression before. Does that mean something?" she asked no one in particular.
"Of course! She remembered it by accident!" said Naoko with a smile.
"Well, that's good then! It's a start!" Fanfren stated. At least they were getting a little progress. Maybe if they continue some random antics, they'll get something else from her old habits like they did just now.
Syaoran sighed as he sat on his leather chair. Handling the family business and worry about Sakura is hard work but he was somewhat glad.
The wedding was finally postponed at a later date, though it wasn't that far away. It was set three weeks from that day. It wasn't much but he was glad all the same, he expected them to give him only a week but instead his parents gave him a month.
The past week was spent as a bonding time for the group and just try out different stunts that may reenact to the past that might click in Sakura's mind, but so far, they hadn't gotten anything new from her yet.
"Got anything?" Syaoran asked as Jay stepped back in the room, pocketing his cell phone in the process.
He sat back down on the chair at the right side of Syaoran's at the long table in the huge meeting room.
"Dr. Sahoko said she'll fly in from America in three days with a few of her companions there"
"You sure she's the best there?"
"Well, she's been working on patients who suffered from amnesia in the past 15 years in America, she must be good. I even had difficulty reaching her but when I told her it's for the sake of the Lis, she just had to agree"
Syaoran nodded at him and walked over to the glass walls and looked down at the property his family owned as well as the city which wasn't that far out.
His advisors were getting suspicious, he knew. His parents were only trying their best to keep it a secret from them but somehow, he knew that they were starting to think other things, especially when they met Sakura and the others a few days ago. To make matters more complicated, he was also starting to get different vibes from Chyou ever since the day she had met and learnt about his relationship with Sakura.
"Careful girls!" Eriol called out from below.
They were having pure fun in the indoor pool to end the day, since the next day, the doctors from America would arrive to make some tests on Sakura.
The girls were lined up on the highest diving ramp and were about to jump in sequence as they had once did before when they were younger.
"Umm…I don't think I can do this" Sakura said as she took a peek below. They were pretty high up than she expected.
"Of course you can" Mei Lin said, nudging her in the side. "We did this before at Rika's 14th birthday party"
"Really?"
Rika nodded at her with a smile.
"Don't tell me you'll chicken out now that you're here. Besides, you've done this before, just think about that fact and try not to scare yourself"
"Oh well then, okay" she sighed in defeat, breathing in deeply as she took her position beside the ledge. She was behind Tomoyo as Chiharu was behind her.
"You guys ready?" Mei Lin asked since she was the first in line.
Everyone nodded, waiting for her to start off.
Mei Lin smiled as she kicked off the ground and did a series of flips as she fell towards the water. Naoko then followed after her when she reached half of the height of the ramp.
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"C'mon Sakura, you can do it" Rika shouted from the back of the line, seeing her friend's unsure facial expression.
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Tomoyo inhaled as she positioned herself then jumped off when she saw Mei Lin swim up from the water, signaling her turn.
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"Don't be afraid Sakura! I'll be down there when you fall in so don't worry about drowning out of panic" Tomoyo giggled from in front of her as they watched Mei Lin hit the water gracefully.
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"Almost your turn Sakura" Chiharu informed, getting excited.
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"You're really into sports; surely you can do this easily" Chiharu said from behind her as Mei Lin positioned to jump in.
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"Sakura, you're up!" Chiharu said, looking at her as she removed her gaze from Naoko who was swimming up to the surface of the water. "Sakura?"
Chiharu looked at Sakura who had a dazed look on her face before getting worried.
"Sakura are you all right?" she asked. She was about to take hold of her shoulder to shake her but wasn't able to as Sakura started to tip forward to the ledge and fall down the water. "Sakura!" she screamed. If she grabbed her they would have been pulled down with her in a bad position for a dive.
"Chiharu?" Rika asked, wondering what happened.
"There's something wrong with Sakura" she said in panic as she jumped off the ledge in a dive after her.
"Sakura!" they heard someone who sounded like Chiharu shout from the ramp.
"What's wrong with Sakura?" Mei Lin asked Syaoran, Jay, Eriol, Takashi and the quads were sitting by the pool side, watching them as they dived one by one. She noticed that her dive was way off from what they had planned to do.
They saw Chiharu dive right after her, sooner than she was supposed to and then saw Rika at the ramp looking down at them and not in the diving position.
"Something's wrong with Sakura!" she shouted from above just as Tomoyo swam to the surface.
Everyone by the sides looked on as Chiharu was catching up to Sakura because of the position of her dive. They all stood up and watched as they saw Sakura with her eyes closed when she finally hit the water on her back, followed by Chiharu who fell in with her arms stretched in front of her.
Tomoyo didn't know what was happening nor did she hear what Rika shouted since she barely got on the surface of the water, but she knew something was wrong.
Taking in a deep breath, she swam back down into the water.
Mei Lin looked on as Tomoyo swam back in. Before she could say anything, Syaoran too jumped in.
"Jay, call an ambulance just in case" she said, making him nod and run over to the pool chairs and grab his cell phone.
Tomoyo opened her eyes, letting it get used to the water and waiting for her vision to clear up. When it finally did, she looked around until she saw two figures on the pool floor at the deepest part of the pool since it was where they dived into so they won't hit the pool floor when they dived from the elevated height.
Moving her hands and feet in the water as hard and as fast as she can, she swam towards the figures until she came close enough to see them much clearly.
Sakura looked to be unconscious and Chiharu was trying to pull her up the water to the surface but was doing a slow job of it since she was also starting to lose air in her lungs.
Tomoyo swam faster towards them and signaled to Chiharu that they'll have to pull her together. She nodded as they each took Sakura's arms and swam up to the surface.
Seconds later, Tomoyo felt Sakura being pulled back down under the water. She looked over at Chiharu and saw that she was holding onto her throat. Tomoyo waved her hand to her to make her go up ahead.
Panicking, Tomoyo struggled to pull Sakura up by herself. Sakura wasn't heavy since they were in the water but she had trouble holding unto her as she swam and also because of the depth of the water.
"Chiharu!" Takashi shouted, seeing his girlfriend cough up water when she surfaced on the water.
He and Eriol had wanted to jump in to help but Mei Lin told them not to bother since Syaoran already jumped in to help.
"M-Me and Tomoyo tried to pull Sakura up but I l-lacked air so I had to swim up and leave her, someone's g-got to help her" she gasped out as Takashi pulled her to the side.
"Syaoran already went in a-" she got cut short as another splash sounded. "And obviously, Eriol went in too…what happened to Sakura?" she asked in worry.
"I-I dunno…when I told her it was her turn to d-dive in, she already looked spaced out. I tried to p-pull her back but if I fell in the same time as her, I would have b-been knocked out too" Chiharu finished as she continued to cough out water. Any second later, she would have fallen unconscious with all the water that entered her lungs.
"I think I should go in and help them or something" Mei Lin said, about to jump in but Naoko pulled her back, seeing figures getting clearer as they started to swim up.
"They're coming"
Syaoran looked at the figures as one of them swam up the water, leaving the other two behind. He swam faster and had only just pulled up Sakura and Tomoyo by their waist when they started to sink back. He clearly saw that Tomoyo barely had any air left and Sakura was already unconscious and taking in the water.
Swimming faster, he met up with Eriol halfway who immediately took Tomoyo and swam back up with her in his arms and Sakura still in Syaoran's.
Eriol swam to the sides as the quads helped him pull Tomoyo up from the pull and laid her on the floor, she wasn't breathing. He looked at her over before starting to do CPR. As he brought his lips down to hers, he blew air into her while holding her nose. Seeing that nothing was happening, he started to push down by her lungs and repeated the process again until she finally moved and coughed out water, gasping for air.
"Are you all right?" he asked worriedly as he helped her sit up.
Gasping out for more air, Tomoyo looked around in panic before she felt someone hug her. She started to relax when she realized what was happening, that was until she remembered what happened.
As Eriol pulled away, she looked around again in search of Sakura but only seeing everyone surrounding their spot. Turning around she saw Sakura lying unconscious behind her with Syaoran also doing CPR. Only difference was, Sakura was still unconscious, no matter how many times Syaoran repeated the process.
"Wake up damn it" Syaoran growled, slamming his fist on the tiled floors.
Just as he heard the sirens of the ambulance, he blew into her mouth one last time and finally she reacted.
Sakura started coughing and later the water finally got out. He smiled down at her as she coughed up even more water and started to gasp for air as he held her upper body up a little by supporting her back.
What happened next though, was something he didn't expect.
Just as Sakura continued gasping for air, she suddenly fell unconscious again. Syaoran caught her wait in his arms as her head fell back.
"Sakura!" he shouted in worry as he started to shake her.
"Syaoran, the paramedics are here, you have to let them take Sakura" Xiefia informed, making him back away and stand up as they placed Sakura on a stretcher and putting an air mask over her face before they carried her away.
They all stood and ran out following the paramedics as they exited the pool house and to the ambulance that was waiting just outside the doors. They all helped push Sakura inside the back of the van before the backdoors closed. One of the paramedics then walked up to them.
"Would anyone of you want to come with us to the hospital?" he asked.
Before Syaoran or Tomoyo could volunteer since they were the closest to Sakura, the quads stepped up instead.
"Little brother, you have to go dress. You can't go into a hospital only in your trunks" Fiemie pointed out.
"You too Tomoyo" Xiefia added, eying her in her bikini.
"Luckily we didn't change into our swimsuits" Fuutie said.
Sure they were wearing small, tight t-shirts, very short shorts and slippers on, but they were the most appropriately dressed compared to the others.
Syaoran was reluctant to let them go with Sakura without him but they were already wasting time as it is.
"Fine, go" he finally said.
"You guys go change and catch up, we'll watch over Sakura until you guys get there" Fanfren said reassuringly as the paramedics opened the backdoors and let three of them inside.
When the backdoors closed yet again, Fiemie walked over to the front with the paramedic as it finally drove down the long driveway to the main road and towards the hospital.
Everyone was worried about what just happened and all of them had similar questions formed in their minds. What's wrong with Sakura?
Author's Note:
I'm so sorry if I hardly ever update my stories. It's coz I'm enjoying my summer break so much that I hardly have time to write new chapters.
I'm especially having a hard time writing Meant to be Wild since I can't make up my mind as to what I want to happen next. So, I hope all of ya'll can be patient.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll be updating with the next chapter sooner than I did with this chapter.
So, for now…Ja ne!
Raeny
