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Chapter Fourteen

"Change of Heart"

And it never did. Slowly, and frighteningly, Sakura opened her eyes and found Yasuki not close in front of her but on the ground, holding his side with a face full of pain.

Sakura looked confused before looking up and seeing two of Yasuki's closest friends.

"Aki…Mika…" she whispered, her tears now pouring down. She smiled at them and immediately ran to them, hugging each of them tightly in thanks. "Thank you…thank you so much…I-I…I didn't know what…I-"

"Calm down Cherry…or, should I call you Sakura now?" Mika said with a comforting smile.

Sakura nodded silently.

Aki smiled at her and handed her to Mika before turning to his old friend.

"Yasuki, what the hell were you trying to do to her?" he asked angrily, but all he got was a glare from him.

"You didn't have the right to get into our business Aki" he growled as he tried to sit up.

"Yes I do. You are, or rather were my friend, and so is Sakura. Even if I did or didn't know Sakura, I would still hit you if you ever try to push yourself on a girl who doesn't want to do anything with you" he said, sending a glare of his own down to him.

Mika nodded while trying to comfort Sakura, rubbing her back reassuringly.

"You can't just do anything you want to a girl Yasuki. I didn't even think you could stoop that low"

Before any of them could speak another word, Sakura pulled away from Mika. Wiping the tears from her eyes and cheeks, she turned to look at Yasuki who was still on the floor, not budging in fear that Aki might slam his foot to his side again.

"Yasuki" Sakura said in a trembling voice, trying to calm down her breathing. He looked at her with an emotionless face. "Never claim that you love someone if all you do is cause the person pain. If you truly love someone…you would be happy and support that person's decisions no matter what. You don't have the right to even say that you love me"

He stared at Sakura and mindlessly tried to grab her. But all he got was pain from Aki as he kicked him once again.

"Let's go"

"Xiao Lang"

Syaoran snapped out of his trance and looked away from the window and to his mother.

"Come, you have to choose the wedding rings"

He sighed and walked over to her where she sat with another elderly woman. Sitting down, he looked at the table in front of him and there around ten pairs of rings laid out in front of him.

"Wow" he muttered absently.

Yelan can't help but smile at his reaction. Indeed all the rings were beautifully made…of course the price was beyond anyone else can afford. But a Li must have the best.

"That one" Syaoran spoke again, staring intently at the 3rd pair of rings in the line-up.

The elderly woman took the case and handed it to Syaoran to examine closer.

The two identical rings were thick gold bands with tiny diamonds lodged all around it. Every time you move it, the diamonds always glittered. It was indeed beautiful and the best amongst the others. He was sure it would look good on Saku- I mean Chyou.

"Xiao Lang?" Yelan called out when his son swiftly left his seat and headed to the door.

"I'll be out in the gardens if you need me" he replied without a backwards glance.

"Sakura, are you all right?" Mika asked, looking up at the rear view mirror to look at her.

They were in Mika's car and were heading back to Tomoeda with him driving, Aki in the front passenger's seat and Sakura at the back…who was currently looking out the window with a sad face.

She snapped her head to Aki who was looking back at her.

"I'm fine" she said with a small smile before looking at Mika through the mirror and giving a curt nod.

The two nodded at her before silence broke out yet again.

'Just fine' she told herself.

She looked down at her charm bracelet, smiling at it fondly before gripping the pendant on her necklace…

'Syaoran' she thought, letting a single tear slide down her face. 'I'm so sorry…for everything. I don't deserve you at all…you'd be better off with someone else. Someone who doesn't cause you pain that you don't even deserve'

"Syaoran?" Mei Lin spoke out while watching her cousin who was just staring at the water by the small bridge.

He looked up and smiled at her…or at least Mei Lin thought that was a smile. He probably already figured that his mother sent her to comfort him or talk to him.

"Hey" he muttered with a sigh, not bothering to hide his weakness.

"What's wrong?" she asked, approaching him and stopping by the end of the bridge.

"Everything" he said flatly.

Mei Lin looked at him sadly. Of all people this could happen to, it had to be him and Sakura, The two persons who least deserve it.

"Look Syaoran, we'll find her before the wedding. Don't worry about it" she said comfortingly but the tone on her voice betrayed what she was saying. She knew they couldn't find Sakura…not when the wedding was 3 days away. It would take a miracle to find her before its too late.

"Anything?" Chiharu asked, sending a hopeful look at Rika and Naoko as they re-entered the room.

Rika sighed and shook her head in disappointment. "None"

"What are we gonna do now?" she asked, not liking the fact that all they could do was sit down and watch as Syaoran and Sakura's lives fall apart and destinies get broken.

"Hopefully, we'll hear something from Aki and Mika" Rika whispered. "I wasn't even sure of this in the first place, but it was worth a shot"

"What if she's not with the Sumiyas?" Takashi asked.

Everyone else remained quiet.

If Sakura turned out not to be with the Sumiyas, they didn't know what else to do. When Rika brought that idea up, that was the only thing that kept them up and hopeful, so if this plan didn't work…

"Nothing else to do but…give up" Eriol said.

By this time, tears started to fall from Tomoyo's eyes. She cried not only for the fact that Sakura and Syaoran's dream of being together 'til the end wouldn't come true, not only because the promise Sakura and Tomoyo made would be broken, but mainly because they weren't successful in regaining her memories and now they couldn't even find her.

Tomoyo felt even guiltier because she was supposed to be Sakura's best friend. She was the one who's supposed to help her no matter what, and now…she can't even do anything for her.

'Some best friend I turned out to be' she thought to herself.

As if reading her mind, Eriol rested his arm around her and gently squeezed her shoulder.

"Don't blame yourself for what happened" he whispered to her with a comforting smile. "It's not your fault"

She merely gave a small smile back at him, still unconvinced.

"We'll find her, don't worry. And you're her best friend, you're not supposed to give up that easily on her…for her sake…and everyone else's, especially yours and Syaoran's"

Tomoyo hugged him around the waist and buried her head onto his chest. She was glad Eriol was there, for what he said was right…

'…I'd be a worse best friend if I just give up'

"Sakura!" Fujitaka exclaimed in shock before immediately running to hug his daughter.

"Dad" she whispered, hugging him back like she hasn't seen him in years.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, looking at her up and down. "I thought you were staying with Syaoran"

"We decided to come here to let you guys see her before we head to Hong Kong" Mika said from behind her.

"Yeah, we thought you'd want to see your daughter…now that she has her memories back" Aki said with a grin.

Fujitaka, Sonomi and Touya looked at the two men before looking at Sakura who merely nodded with a smile.

"I remember everything" she said silently.

"Good to have you back kaijuu!" Touya said with a grin as he ruffled her hair.

Sakura gave him a soft glare but with a small smile on her face.

"Oh thank the heavens!" Sonomi exclaimed as she hugged Sakura too. "Does Tomoyo know? I must call and tell her!"

Just as Sonomi was about to leave, Sakura grabbed her wrist.

"What is it dear?"

"Please don't tell her" she whispered with a sad smile.

"Why not?"

"I…I'm not planning to go back to Hong Kong"

2 days to go…

"Sakura?" Fujitaka said, knocking on her room door. "Aren't you coming down for breakfast?"

Silence.

Fujitaka sighed and walked back to the kitchen where Sonomi, Touya, Aki and Mika were already eating.

"How is she?" Sonomi asked worriedly.

"She's not answering"

Everyone sighed at this. Mika and Aki had stayed the night as requested by Fujitaka and Sonomi and they both also promised not to tell Rika and Naoko about them finding her. How she found out they even had contact was beyond them. Sonomi promised as well not to tell Tomoyo a word about her.

"As much as I hate her marrying the Chinese Gaki, we have to do something" Touya growled, slamming his fist on the table, making Sonomi jump.

"Touya, calm down" Fujitaka said.

"Sorry" he muttered before crossing his arms in front of him.

"I'm afraid there's nothing we can do. It's Sakura's decision to do this and we have to respect her choices…even if she might be making the wrong one"

Author's Note:

I know, I know…it's short! A shorter chapter compared to the other ones I posted so far.

Don't hate me! I had to do it for certain reasons.

That's all for now…Ja ne!

Raeny