Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, Clamp does. But I do own this story.

Chapter Thirteen

"Finding and Losing Hope"

"How could you not have noticed that she left?" Syaoran shouted, his voice ringing in the hall where he and the guards to the mansion stood.

They have all been searching last night as to where Sakura could have gone. They had all given up hope of finding her at past midnight for Hong Kong will be packed with the public enjoying their night life.

Syaoran for one, didn't get much sleep at all, worried sick about Sakura and having very dreadful thoughts as to what could have happened to her.

"Dismissed" he growled through clenched teeth before he made his way up the stairs and to his room.

Eriol, Jay, Takashi and the girls looked at each other worriedly before they too left the now empty hall to one of the sitting rooms in the mansion.

"Where could she have gone?" Naoko asked worriedly.

Everyone else shrugged at this, not having a clue where she went and how she left in the first place.

"Wherever she is, she must still be in Hong Kong. She couldn't have left for Japan or anywhere else without money with her" Mei Lin pointed out before looking at Tomoyo. "She doesn't have money with her…does she?"

She shook her head. "No, all the money her father and my mother gave us are all with me. I kept it since we left Japan…I thought of the same thing last night so I checked, and all of it was still there"

"Did any of you lose anything? I'm not saying she's a criminal here, but maybe she just used it to pay for stuff she needs to get out" Jay said thoughtfully.

Everyone else shook their heads.

"This is bad. We have six days left until the wedding and we didn't succeed in making Sakura remember, and to make matters worse…she isn't here!"

Eriol looked at Tomoyo pace around the room. He would've wanted to calm her down but he was panicking as well. What are they gonna do?

"Damn it" Syaoran growled, walking down the halls looking angry and worried at the same time. 'What happened to you Sakura? Where are you?'

4 days left…

"Are you okay now Sakura?" Airi asked, handing her a glass of water.

They were gathered in the kitchen for dinner and the Sumiyas were worried as to what happened to Sakura but nonetheless glad that she was back.

"I-I'm fine…thank you" she said in a whisper, taking a sip of her drink.

"Now, why did you come back? Not that I mind of course"

"I…well, I kinda snuck away" she said guiltily.

Airi gasped. "But they'll be so worried, they m-"

"Airi, its fine…all I've done so far was cause problems for them. It is for the best hat they don't know where I am. Please…please promise me that none of you will tell them that I am here" she said, looking at each of them.

Yasuki immediately nodded his head, he was ecstatic. Emi looked guilty for a while before smiling and nodding her head. Airi on the other hand…

"Airi?" Sakura asked, looking at her pleadingly.

She sighed before giving a small nod.

"Thank you" Sakura said with a smile before hugging her in thanks. "I really appreciate it"

Emi smiled at her mother and looked at Sakura almost guiltily. Then she turned to her brother who was smiling widely, unconsciously wondering what's wrong with him.

"Syaoran, what will you do?" Yelan said, looking and sounding serious.

She was in the sitting room with Syaoran who was pacing in front of her, looking confused as ever.

"I…I don't know" he said in a resigned tone, running his hand through his hair.

"Syaoran, as much as I would want you to be happy with the girl you truly love, you have an obligation to your country. In 4 days, you have to marry someone; whether it be someone you love or don't love. You have to make a decision now" she said softly, feeling bad for her only son. "I'm sorry for putting much pressure on you but you have to choose"

"I understand mother. It's just that I…I just…all I can say is, I can't choose. But I promise I'll be there for a wedding…my wedding" he said, trying to smile.

Yelan was proud of him, he truly was fit to be ruler of their country.

3 more days…

"Yasuki?" Sakura called out in the house.

No reply.

Airi wasn't there since she was out grocery shopping and Emi was likely to be still at school at this time. She had no one to talk to and she had wanted to talk to Yasuki for some time now. Where was he? Airi did say she was going to leave her to Yasuki.

"Yasuki?" she called out again.

Sighing, she made her way down the hallway that led to his room. She knocked gently on the wooden door. Nothing.

Turning the knob slowly, she pushed it open a bit, just peeking into his room.

"Yasuki are you in here?"

She stepped into his room fully, he wasn't in here. Sighing, she plopped herself onto his bed and looked around the room. His room was…simple. She smiled, standing up and walking around the room, looking at all his belongings.

She wondered if he would mind that she was here looking at his stuff. Then again, she wasn't taking anything or…

Sakura stopped, and looked at the slightly open drawer in his dresser. Curiosity getting the best of her, she held out her hand to open it…but not until after checking if the coast was clear.

"I'm so silly" Sakura said to herself with a giggle, seeing only a black box, a comb, some gel tubes and cologne bottles.

Having nothing better to do, she took the bottles and smelled each of them…pulling a face at a few of them for their strong scent.

Looking at the black box curiously, she took it out and opened it; there were pieces of paper inside. She took some out and looked through it; it was blank except for one, which had…

'Chyou's number?' Sakura thought, confused. She stared at Chyou's name written on the paper along with a cell phone number. Why would Yasuki have her number? How did he know her in the first place? Shrugging her shoulders, she placed it back in. Then her fingers came into something cold at the bottom of the box. She pulled it out.

It was a bracelet.

She smiled, locking it around her wrist before examining it more closely.

"What a cute bracelet, I…" she trailed off and paused for a moment, just looking at it. "I…"

"Sakura?"

She whipped around, and saw Yasuki standing by the doorway.

"Yasuki…I-I'm sorry" she said, still looking shocked before making her way outside, passing him without another word.

Yasuki looked at her retreating form before looking around his room. His gaze landed on the box.

"Damn it" he muttered before running after her.

The Li household has never been this busy since the last Syaoran's birth.

People were rushing everywhere to get everything prepared for the wedding that will take place in 4 days.

Fiemie, Xiefia, Fanfren, Fuutie were the busiest amongst everyone. They had to call in orders of fresh flowers, best food they could find for the catering and of course had to decide on what to put on the invitations and the hundreds of people they had to send it to.

They had a really huge problem on the invitation most of all because they still didn't know who Syaoran was marrying, so they had decided on not mentioning the bride's name at all.

Normally it would be weird but they had no other choice on the matter, and it would at least make Syaoran feel a bit glad. They knew he badly wanted Sakura to be his bride, but she didn't remember him, and she wasn't around. The most likely person he'll marry is Chyou but they didn't want to let him lose all hope on Sakura…even if the chances of her coming back for the wedding is pretty slim.

"Sakura!"

Sakura ignored Yasuki's calls, a lot of thoughts were running through her head at the moment. She was confused yet she was sure of something…she wasn't supposed to be there.

Syaoran…she was supposed to be with Syaoran.

She looked around her and realized that her feet had brought her over at the side of the road. Great, now all she needed was a taxi to bring her to her father or to Sonomi so she can borrow money for a ticket back to Hong Kong and back to Syaoran.

Only problem is, there wasn't a car- especially not a taxi- in sight.

"Sakura!"

She turned around and saw Yasuki.

'Oh right…I forgot about him' Sakura thought, now feeling guilty.

"Yasuki, I-I'm sorry for going into your room and looking through your stuff. In fact, I'm sorry for even ever butting into your life and only cause trouble for you"

"What are you talking about?" he asked, confused.

"I only caused trouble for you Yasuki and I'm sorry. Now…I…I remember everything. My past…my memories…everything…and I have to get back to Syaoran" she said with a genuine smile which Yasuki had never seen on her face in the entire time they were both together.

"Sakura, you can't go back…I love you!"

She blinked and just looked at him.

"Sakura, you mean a lot to me, I don't want you to leave. Please…That bracelet that y-"

"How did you get this by the way?" she asked, holding up her wrist, smiling at her bracelet fondly.

Yasuki was irritated now, if he didn't get Sakura back into the house right now, he was sure he'd lose her forever to that pesky prince who didn't deserve her.

"Sakura, get inside the house and I'll explain everything" he said, trying to calm his voice and try not glaring too hard at her.

She merely looked at him, he looked a bit angry but Sakura saw the intensity of his fury in his eyes. What's wrong with him?

"Yasuki?"

"Get in the house!" he shouted, making her jump.

"No, I won't. Why are you talking to me like that?" she said, now a bit afraid of his temper and the look on his face.

Yasuki walked over to her and swiftly grabbed her wrist, holding onto her tightly.

"Let's go in now" he said in a commanding tone, slowly pulling her back to the gates.

"Let me go!" she shouted, trying to pull away from him but he only held onto her tighter.

"Just cooperate with me Sakura"

"No! I said let me go!" she shouted again and now started slamming her free fist on his chest.

Yasuki glared at her and took her other wrist and squeezing it.

Sakura winced at the pain.

She looked around her, desperately wanting someone to pass by and help her, but with no such luck.

So, she resulted to screaming.

"Help! Anyone! Please help me!"

Yasuki pulled her even more roughly which immediately shut her up as he continued to drag her into the house.

'Oh God please help me' she thought, now very afraid. Not only was she helpless against him, there was no one else inside the house at the moment but her and Yasuki.

"So do any of you have a clue as to where she is?" Mei Lin asked, sighing irately.

Everyone in the room remained silent.

"I do"

They turned to Jay, all looking hopeful.

"I tried calling the airport, and they confirmed Sakura's name" he informed. "She really did leave Hong Kong"

"What!" everyone chorused unbelievingly.

"She's in Japan right now. Where? I have no idea"

Rika's brows furrowed.

"I might" she spoke up before standing up and exiting the room, leaving the group in confusion.

"Yasuki, please let me go" Sakura begged as he locked the door to his room.

Sakura was standing at the very end of the corner opposite to him, looking around for anything she can use to save herself to whatever Yasuki was planning to do.

"Sakura, I've been very patient. I am for sure that I love you, I even proposed to you…and you said yes!"

"I-I was…I-"

"And the next thing I knew you were taken away from me by people you don't even remember!" he said, trying to calm his tone on her but was failing miserably.

"They were j-"

"And you didn't even try to stop them from taking you!"

"My friends w-"

"You knew we were engaged and yet you let them take you away from me! How can you do that?"

"Yasuki, I-"

"You didn't even bother telling before you left!"

"I thought that y-"

"No Sakura" Yasuki cut off again, but now with a voice more cooled yet sounding menacing at the same time. It scared Sakura as to what he might do to her especially in a locked room where only the two of them were present. She also noted that each time he spoke, he was getting terrifyingly closer to her spot.

"Yasuki, I'm sorry if I hurt you. I didn't mean to, I didn't know any better…I didn't have any memories of anything. If you knew how I felt, to be so along and lost in this world, you'd understand"

He looked at her emotionlessly and shook his head.

"I love you Sakura, try to understand that. I want you to stay with me"

She looked at him fearfully. She was glad he had stopped walking, not that it mattered, he was already right in front of her, trapping her to the corner. One more step and his body would be pressing on hers…and that was something she didn't want.

'God, please help' Sakura repeated inside her head, willing herself not to cry.

"I-I-I'm sorry Yasuki, I-I love Syaoran…I always have and will. I'm v-"

Yasuki's fist suddenly collided hard on the wall right beside her head. Sakura jumped, her breathing hitched. Okay, not the wisest thing to say…but it was true, it was the only thing that could come right out of her mouth.

"Look…" he said, leaning his head closer to hers, his body already slightly touching hers.

Sakura gulped, trying to press herself to the corner even more, if it were possible…which it wasn't.

"No…please don't" she said in a trembling voice as she tried removing him away from her with her fists, pushing and slamming his chest. But he didn't budge, he was much too strong for her. She tried kicking, but his legs trapped her own.

"Just try and enjoy this, okay? You might learn to love me as I love you" he whispered, leaning even closer.

Sakura merely stared at him as he got even closer. She gulped and shut her eyes tight, not wanting to even see him that close to her.

'Oh God Syaoran…please forgive me' she thought miserably.

She had never kissed another man on the lips other than Syaoran. He was her first kiss, and she prayed she wouldn't kiss any other guy…ever. She had prayed he'd remain to be her only one.

Except, there was nothing she could do at this point but wait for Yasuki to get things over with…but hopefully, his lips would never come to her own.

Author's Note:

I know you guys will think I'm evil for stopping right here. I hate cliff hangers just as much but…I had to do it!

Anyways, to make things clear for this chapter…yes, Sakura indeed remembers everything now. And about the fuss she's making about the kissing thing…well, her first ever boyfriend was Syaoran (remember the tape Tomoyo showed her when she still had amnesia?) and Yasuki was the next so Sakura never really kissed anyone else. And yes, I know Sakura dated Yasuki for 3 weeks and then got engaged after that but they never kissed each other (just imagine that Sakura never allowed it. Lol).

So, all things clear? If you're confused, just point it out and I'll try to err…un-confuse you. Lol.

For now…Ja ne!

Raeny