Hey everyone! Mikomii-chan here…waves ecstatically and smiles a welcome I hope you liked the 3rd chapter of The Promise of Forever(The Decision Dilemma) I am sooooo happy I finished and edited it! Finally! It feels like I have been working on it forever - Anyways…back to business (1) I do not own CLAMP'S Cardcaptor Sakura (2) Thank you again for your reviews: )
sTaRrYaZnGuRl- Thanks so so so much!- Here is another chapter to help finish this story, and I am really glad you like it! : )
mzJae- don't worry, here is a continuation, and I am trying to make it longer and more detailed! : )
Rainingstars- thanks for the compliment! Here's some more for you…-
Early Morning Dawn- I am sorry I had to take off the other story, I really did like that beginning! - BUT, here it is, in this story…I told you I would put it in! ; ) This chapter also explains some things about the first chapter of Autumn Memories…that I didn't manage to put in…
(3) I present to you the 3rd chapter of The Promise of Forever…
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Lasting Memories
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Syaoran stared out of his window, lost in thought. The green leaves and grass swayed in the wind as the sun shined brightly with no sign of clouds. On the sidewalk a woman is taking a walk as the man across the street waters his plants. Syaoran noticed how quiet it was at his house now in Hong Kong, he missed going to school and seeing Tomoyo, (and yes) Eriol, and… his Sakura. She was always in his dreams, and he couldn't get her out of his mind, not that he hadn't been thinking of her ever since he left Japan. Syaoran sighed and looked away from the window to a picture of four people in a wooden frame. Two girls and two boys that looked about 10 years old were standing by a huge tree. The boys were leaning sideways on the tree, one on the left and one on the right. The girls stood in the middle smiling and blushing with happiness. The boys were also smiling. Syaoran looked at the boy on the left, he had dark purple hair cut short and a sly/happy smile touched his lips. His eyes had a glitter of fun to them, and he had his arms crossed over his chest in a very relaxed pose. Syaoran scowled, Eriol always looks just right for the moment. He then moved on to the girl next to Eriol. She was smiling her long, dark purple hair looked as if it had been blowing in the wind the moment of this picture. She had one arm stretched behind her holding it back, although pieces of it escaped her and blew across the bottom of Tomoyo's smiling face. He stopped, looking at the girl next to Tomoyo. She was so beautiful. Her pretty emerald eyes were wide with happiness that seemed to glow, as a small pink blush touched her face also from happiness. Her short, auburn hair was also blowing across her pretty face, though not as much at Tomoyo's. "Sakura…", he sighed. Then he looked at himself...
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Flash back to one day in Spring…
"Geez, why do I have to stand so close to Sakura…This makes me nervous…Why couldn't I have Eriol's spot!?… maybe if I lean away a little farther no one will notice…""DARN!" Exclaimed Syaoran as the Eriol's laugh echoed in his mind.
"My Dear descendent, Sakura doesn't bite…you only have to be careful, when she is angry. Look even sweet Tomoyo-chan has noticed."
Syaoran turned around and saw Tomoyo looking at him with a small knowing smile and her eyes sparkled appreciatively. Suddenly, Tomoyo looked like she caught something in the corner of her eye and brought her camera to her eye in a blink. "Kawaii…" She muttered in a soft sigh. Syaoran turned around to see what she was looking at behind him. It was Sakura…
A butterfly had found Sakura's finger and Sakura was laughing delightedly at the beautiful butterfly, delight shining on her face. She stood up carefully from her place on the ground and raised her new friend up for Syaoran to see.
"Syaoran isn't she beautiful," she whispered to him.
"Yah, she is," Syaoran agreed quietly.
Sakura just kept her eyes locked on the butterfly, hoping it would stay on her finger as long as it could, so she did not notice Syaoran was looking at her when he had said what he did. A light brush of the wind blew wisps of her hair back and she smiled contentedly and closed her eyes embracing the wind. Syaoran was still staring at the picture that the event made oblivious to the fact that Tomoyo had (seeing the look on his face) excitedly started taping him looking at Sakura with awe. As he whispered,
"But not as beautiful as you are Sakura, not as beautiful as you…"
-Back to the Present-
Syaoran starts, realizing that someone is next to him staring at the same picture he was just reminiscing about. He looked next to him and with surprise, and found it was his cousin, Meiling.
She seemed to stare at the picture for some moments longer, and then lifted her gaze to look into Syaoran's eyes.
"Syaoran, What are you thinking of?" she asked with a question in her eyes.
Syaoran rubbed his forehead with a frown, "about when that picture was taken."
"Hmmmmm…have you been thinking about this picture all the time then?"
Syaoran looked taken aback, "No, I am also very busy; I don't have all the time in the world just to think about a picture."
Suddenly Meiling's calm voice turned furious her fists clenched at her sides, "Oh yah,?! Well…then why do you act like this all the time now?" asked Meiling crossly. "You never talk to me anymore, let alone anyone else, all you do is practice sword fighting and magic and schoolwork, your teachers say you are distracted all the time, AND you never set a foot outside the house!" Meiling stamped her foot in anger, crossed her arms, and waited defiantly for an answer. She had meant to stay calm throughout her talk with Syaoran, but she couldn't stand to be calm anymore. Not when she didn't understand whey he was like this now.
To her surprise, Syaoran didn't get angry and yell back at her, he just sighed and looked out the window again, a sad/tired look on his face. What is going on? This isn't the Syaoran I know, and we have known each other forever, something's wrong, and I am going to find out.
"So…" she prompted angrily, still waiting with her arms crossed and glaring.
Syaoran just sighed again and said, "Meiling…just leave me alone…please?"
"I will not leave you alone, you are alone all the time! It's about time you weren't alone!" Meiling said, and stayed were she was.
This time Syaoran looked at her sharply, "I am always alone here."
"Why?" she asked angrily, but in a quieter voice, "you have me…your teachers…and your mother."
"You weren't listening Meiling." Syaoran replied steadily, "As I said, I am alone here."
Meiling looked confused, "What difference does being alone here mean to you?"
Syaoran just frowned and looked back out the window.
Meiling was also quiet, obviously putting two and two together. She looked up, her face sad, and her voice the merest whisper, "You are alone without Sakura-chan, aren't you?"
Syaoran winced, and turned to look at the window again his face hidden. He was silent for a moment then he said angrily, "Meiling do you know what haunts me everyday, every night?! I see her face everywhere now, in my mind. That's why I am alone, that's why, because with out her…I am forever alone." Syaoran looked back at Meiling with tears in his eyes and stood in defiance of them. Slowly he walked to the nearest chair without looking at Meiling and put his head in his hands, and a single tear rolled down his cheek to drop on the floor next to him.
Meiling walked over and stood next to Syaoran and put her hands on his shoulders. After a while, Syaoran's tears slowed enough for him to speak with pain, and loss, "She haunts me every minute…Meiling… every second…of the day…with my memories of her."
Syaoran turned away again and put his head in his hands again his voice a little muffled, "You don't have to stay, Meiling, you can leave. I am sure you have other things to do besides stay with me." There was a slight pause and then, Syaoran lifted his head from his hands, his pain ravaged eyes connecting with Meiling's and again Syaoran spoke, "Go on Meiling, and close the door after you."
Meiling looked at Syaoran's eyes and knew that he wanted her to leave, but she couldn't make herself do it, so she hovered where she was, undecided.
"Leave Meiling." Syaoran said again, "I will be fine."
Meiling knew that was one of the biggest lies she had ever heard, but she also knew Syaoran wanted to be alone, as he said he always was. But she obediently walked towards the door and opened it quietly. Then she stopped, and turned her head back to look at Syaoran again. She wished with all her heart he would become himself again…the person he was before he came back to Hong Kong…the person he was in Japan... "Syaoran…I will do whatever I can to help you…I promise," she whispered to him, then left the room and closed the door behind her.
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This chapter turned out really well! I accomplished a good half of what I wanted too. (I am saving the next half for the next chapter-)Anyway…Early Morning Dawn-I finally got Syaoran in the story just like you asked me too!Also…If you would like to review, you are welcome too! : ) Arigato!AND… Even if you just read it, I would like to thank you for it too! : )Godbless
-Mikomii-chan