Well I think I responded to everyone's messages...if I didn't I'm really sorry: ( I thought I did but my email box is getting a little cluttered because I don't take as good care of it as I should. haha.

Anyways..I'M ON SPRING BREAK!! yessss. Luckily this hotel room has internet access so I can post from my laptop! SUHWEET!! haha. I'm in GA visiting a college with my momma and then we're going to shop and stuff for the rest of the week..well when she's not in some sort of business meeting or something...she turned this trip into a college visit/business trip. great i know, right? haha.

Here's the next chappie! Hope you lovelies enjoy: )

DISCLAIMER: I don't own CCS, just this plot. If you steal it I will turn into a vampire and suck out all your blood.

Chapter 6: Hard Hitting Epitomes

She drew back a little ways in shock. "What are you doing?" she asked very nervously and stepping back a few paces.

"Sakura, can I ask you a personal question? If you don't mind that is…" he seemed to be studying her.

She looked at him, confused, "I…what about?" She held her arms.

"About that guy that went to Hong Kong and left you here," He said slowly as he walked over to her side of the bed.

"What about him?" she said sitting down on the bed and looking at the floor.

He sat down beside her, "Do you still love him?" he asked as she stood up again and went over to the glass door.

"Of course!!" she shouted. "What kind of question is that?" she asked rather loudly.

"Calm down!" he said motioning for her to be more quiet. "I was just wondering!" he said honestly.

"Well yes I do!" she said choking on the lump forming in her throat. She felt like she was going to cry again. "I love him even more than when the day he left me!" she said sounding rather hurt.

He came up behind her, "Do you still love him?" he said turning her around so that she was less than an inch away from him.

It happened so suddenly for her, "What-?" she started as he had turned her around. She leaned back on the glass, "I…I…" she could feel his body heat and he smelled so wonderful. She looked out at the sky, looking for the star, but there were none at this time of the day. There was no Syaoran or reminder of him to make support her.

He brushed his hand across her cheek, making her close her eyes. She was trying so hard to try and think of Syaoran. This is what she wanted from Syaoran. She wanted him to be with her, touching her, hugging her, loving her.

He pulled her up to him with his hand on the small of her back. "Do you still love him Sakura?" he asked her again, putting his other hand on the back of her neck softly.

She opened her eyes again, "Why are you doing this?" she cried out softly.

"I want to see how devoted you are to this guy." He said slowly stepping back and walking around the bed to his bathroom door.

"Moriyama," she stopped him, "I…I love him with everything inside of me but…do you think it would betray him if I liked someone else?" she tried to sound as if it was just a question.

He looked at her strangely and she couldn't figure out what his look meant. "What are you talking about?" he asked turning back around to her.

She wanted to cry again for some reason, "I…I think I like this guy…but, I wanted an opinion about whether or not that would be being unfaithful to him."

He sighed and shook his head, "Turn the situation around, how would you feel?" he asked as he went into the bathroom and closed the door.

She heard the shower turn on and a door close.

She almost threw herself back on the bed, "…how would you feel..." the words echoed in her head. "I would feel so betrayed..." she started to cry. "How can I do this to him?" she sobbed to herself.

Tomoyo had fallen asleep on the recliner with a blanket clutched tightly around her. Touya had slept on the couch all night with the phone on the floor beside him. His father, Fujitaka, had gone out looking for her and calling everyone she was currently friends with; unfortunately, no one had seen her. He had gone to bed, reluctantly, wondering how on earth his youngest child, his only daughter could do something like this. "Nadeshiko, what has happened to our daughter?" was the thought that kept running through his head as he finally fell asleep at 5 in the morning.

He woke up at about 10 and had completely forgotten about the previous night's happenings. He walked into the living room and saw the two of them sleeping in the chairs and it all came back to him like a bulldozer. He sighed very heavily and ran a hand through his hair worriedly.

He decided to let them sleep as he cooked breakfast. They soon woke up when they smelled the delicious food, but when they did, they were frantic.

"Has she called?" was the first thing out of Touya's mouth.

"No Touya." His father said sounding rather sad.

"Where the hell is she?" he growled.

"There's no need to use that kind of talk." His father said to him sharply. Touya's face softened into a semi-shocked expression. His father had never talked to him like that.

"She will return soon, she probably was just very overwhelmed." Tomoyo's voice came out softly. "She has been keeping all of her negative feelings inside ever since Syaoran left. I knew something was going to happen one day, I had just hoped he would return before it did happen…" her eyes seemed rather dull.

The two men looked at her with a worried expression, "What?!" they both yelped at the same time.

"Has she not ever said anything to you?" Tomoyo looked up at them confused.

They looked at each other, "No." they said in unison, "What has she been saying to you?" Touya stood up. Mr. Kinomoto came out of the kitchen and kneeled down in front of Tomoyo.

She sobbed softly, "Nothing." They both exhaled sharply. "I was hoping that perhaps she had at least said something one of you two." She let her head drop into her hands.

"We have to go look for her again!" Touya said sitting down hard on the couch.

"Touya, you drove around long enough last night until. You drove around so much I'm going to have to take it to get-" Fujitaka started.

"I don't care! All I can think about is that she drove off with some guy I've never even seen before in my life!" Touya said slamming his fist down on the arm of the chair.

"Call the police and report her missing." Tomoyo said loud enough for them to hear, but it sounded as if she was dreading that she had to say it.

Touya and Fujitaka looked at each other to see if the other agreed.

His father walked over to the phone and picked it up. His hand froze over the dial. He sighed and took the phone away from his ear. "She'll come back." He said as he put the phone back.

"Dad! How do you know? Who's to say that she hasn't just run away?" Touya cried as he stood up and stepped forward.

"Touya, Sakura has never done anything like before, but I still know my own daughter." He replied firmly as he walked back to the kitchen.

"So, what? Are you just going to let her get away with this?" Touya said loudly as his father walked by him.

"No." he turned around and looked at his eldest child and son, hard.

"She will be punished according to how I think is fit. And right now, she won't be going anywhere except for school for a very long time." He said looking at the ground like it was an annoying obstacle.

Sakura had gotten off of the bed and had wandered down the hallway, exploring rooms as she went. She looked at all of the various rooms, admiring each for its own beauty. She came upon mainly guest rooms, a salon, a game room, a movie room, and a room with plants everywhere. She inhaled slowly as she stepped in.

The room smelled heavenly. She breathed in deeply, absorbing the scents.

She walked around as she smelled each different plant. She felt like she was in a miniature maze and found her way to the back of the room, where she found more sliding, glass doors. She opened one of them and walked out onto the balcony overlooking the back yard. She leaned against the concrete rail and looked out over the houses and then closed her eyes.

It was so warm outside and the sky was beautiful, a perfect day to fly. She actually had used two cards regularly, the "Fly Card" and the "Time Card". Whenever the weather was beautiful enough, and warm enough, she would freeze time for a few minutes and go flying around the city. It gave her a chance to let go of everything and just be free. She would fly the fastest she could make the card go and then she would do turns or flips.

She opened her eyes and looked at the sky again. She didn't have her cards with her at the moment, but she wanted to feel at least as if she was up in the sky. She hopped up on the rail and widened her stance and breathed in the cool breeze that blew by her. She sighed happily. "Why can't I have more moments like this?" she laughed.

She sat down on the cool concrete and crossed her legs. She leaned her elbows on her knees with her head in her hands. She was dreading the thought of having to go back home, but what else could she do about it? She decided not to worry about it until she actually went home. "It obviously won't be pleasant, but I have to. It would be easier to go ahead and get over it, but I feel so free right now!" she stretched her arms out and sat up as straight as she possibly could.

"Having fun?" a soft female voice came from behind her.

She spun around and jumped off of the concrete. "Um...yes." she answered warily. "Are you…Moriyama's mother?" she asked politely.

"Yes, and you are Sakura?" she put out her hand.

Sakura shook it lightly and smiled, "Yes. Thank you so much for letting me stay here! I hope I didn't inconvenience you!" Sakura bowed to her.

"Not at all Sakura! I was actually happy to have someone else here to cook for!" she smiled warmly. "I see you found my garden!" she giggled in an adult-like manner.

"Oh, yes. I hope I wasn't rude to go looking around, your house is just so beautiful!" Sakura bowed again.

"Oh no, not at all! A garden should be explored! And we don't have too many people staying here, so there's nothing really to be found!" she laughed.

"Pardon me, but, can I have your name? I would very much like to know whose hospitality I'm enjoying!" Sakura bowed slightly.

"Oh, excuse me for not telling you! My name is Yuuko Watanabe." She bowed to Sakura (notice the XXXHolic ref.? lol)

"Nice to meet you!" Sakura bowed again as she laughed.

"So, my son told me about what happened last night. I'm so sorry you have had to go through what you've had to! I can't imagine doing that." Yuuko said walking up to the concrete rail, beside Sakura.

Sakura turned around and leaned on it as well. "It's just that…I haven't really been able to let any of this out. I've just been keeping everything inside of me since he left." Sakura said looking over to her.

Something didn't seem right about this woman. She didn't have an aura, so she couldn't have any powers, but Sakura just sensed something as if this woman was holding something back, she decided to let the matter drop however.

"Well, no one should ever keep anything inside. It's not healthy for the mind or the body." She said letting her head drop slightly. "And…you know you're going to have to go back eventually." She looked over at Sakura.

Sakura suddenly felt glazed over. She had known since the moment she had run away with Moriyama that she would have to go back to her home. It just hit her hard now that someone else had told her.

"Do you have a phone I could use?" Sakura said pushing herself back up off of the rail.

"Who are you going to call?" Yuuko said leading her back through the garden.

"I think I'm going to try and call him." She said forcing the tears down that were bursting to come out suddenly.

WAAAHHHHH. i don't know if that's a cliff hanger exactly...most likely it is but i know what happens next so to me it's not i suppose. haha. well actually i don't even remember what happens...i wrote this sooooo freakin long ago. sheesh. lol. i need to look at the file and see when i originally started it, gah. lollll.

anyways...i hope you guys enojoyed this one. don't hate me for the new guy in the story...im trying to make it interesting! lol. if you want a regular SxS story go read my other CCS story. haha.

and also...REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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