I could never cut out the Toya & Yukito pair. It's one of my favorite to be honest. Well thank you for your reviews. It's because if you that I even still continue to update. If not for them I wouldn't bother. As long as there is one person who still takes the time to read my stuff I'll take the time to write/type them up. Enough sappiness Please read and review.
What was Meant to Be
Tifa Strifeheart
Chapter Six
Less then a quarter of the way through the quadratic equation she'd been struggling with for the last ten minutes, Sakura froze, her pen's scratching stilling and the gnawing on her pen cap halting for the first time since she had started. Slowly she had looked up at the person she knew would be standing there.
He'd introduced himself as Yukito Tsukishiro and prompted them all to call him Yukito-sensei, rather then Tsukishiro-sensei. There was something… odd about him. Something that seemed to call out to her; drawing her to him. It wasn't his looks, though those were well above average, nor was it the gentleness he seemed to radiate. It was like a force. Something that made her able to feel where he was even if she couldn't see him. As if something about him tugged at some sixth sense she never knew she had. Even stranger was the fact that it was as if she was being called to him from two different directions. She couldn't understand it at all.
"Need help?" Yukitos easy smile had her smiling back in spite of the confusion she was feeling about him.
"Um… well." With a light laugh, Yukito leaned over her shoulder to stare down at Sakuras note book. Obediently Sakura bent down to observe the problem as well and tried again to understand it. Yukito pointed to a particular part in the equation.
"Here's your problem. Here you replace x with 15, then it becomes 15 cubed plus 6 minus 3 squared plus 15." She glanced She glanced at him through the corner of her eye. He reminded her of someone but just who that person was she couldn't tell. "You got it?" When he suddenly looked at her Sakura jumped
"Uhh… yeah. Yeah I think I do." With an all too knowing smile, Yukito straightened adjusting his glasses on the bridge of his nose.
"Glad I could help." With one last smile he moved towards Tomoyo who smiled warmly as she saw him approach. Resting her cheek against her knuckle, and stared at his back. Odd, he reminded her of Yue, which in itself was a mystery owning to the fact that she barely knew Yue. She shrugged. It must be an impression or something. She watched Yukito walk up to Eriol and Eriol smile up at him with that smile that was just him. She noticed that he didn't spend as much time with Eriol as he did with everyone else. But she figure that that was normal considering how smart he was.
Whit a start even her thoughts froze mid-way. Intently she stared at Yukitos back as he moved throughout the class. Something was different. One of the drawing forces was gone. She could still tell where he was with her eyes closed but now it wasn't as if she was being pulled towards him from two different directions. It was like a gentle brush in the back of her head now rather then the prodding it had been only moments before. She dropped her pen in defeat. Now there was no chance she would get anything done. Maybe she should get Tomoyo to help her after school…
"No Sakura. Absolutely not! I am not doing your homework for you." The two of them were standing side by side at their lockers. Replacing the books she wouldn't need that night, Sakura gave Tomoyo a long suffering look.
"I didn't say that you should do it for me, just to help me do it." Shoving her books into her bag, Sakura closed her locker with a bang and swung the single strap of her bag over her shoulder, a moment later Tomoyo mimicked the action and the two of them walked out of the building.
"Yeah sure. Come one Sakura we both know what that means. The answer is still no." Sakura sighed and decided to drop the subject. At least for now.
"So what do you think of the new teach?" Tomoyo gave her friend a suspicious look, knowing Sakura as long as she had she knew that the homework subject wouldn't be dropped as easily as that.
"You mean Yukito?" Sakura nodded. "He's great. He's nice and he seems really sweet. Why?" Sakura shrugged.
"I donno. He reminded me of someone." She had yet to tell Tomoyo about Yue and wasn't quite sure why she hadn't done so already. They had always told one another everything but somehow Yue was different… "Umm… Tomoyo, you wanna come over to my place?" She grinned.
"Do you have to ask? Just give me a sec." Sakura smiled at her friends' excitement as she watched Tomoyo bring out her mobile phone. Why she got so excited, Sakura couldn't understand. Tomoyo practically lived in a mansion with all her servants and bodyguards – just some of the perks of being the daughter of a toy company CEO – she still got a kick of coming over to Sakuras regular home. Tomoyo put her phone back into her bag. "Mom's cool." Sakura nodded.
"Well before we get there I have something to tell you…" At Tomoyos curious look Sakura sighed. "Well, last week…"
From the window where he'd spent most of the afternoon since he'd returned, Yue watched Sakura approach the house laughing with another girl. Earlier that day, Fujitaka had returned it to the house and had taken him shopping. Regardless of Yues protests, he just gently steamrolled right over them in that way that seemed so familiar and had taken him out anyways. He glanced down at the dark slacks and white button up he was wearing and felt a sudden urge to sigh that he didn't indulge in. That feeling only became stronger as he heard the front door slam. Knowing that Sakura would come looking for him, Yue stood up and left the room.
He found the two girls in the kitchen, Sakura with her head in the refrigerator and her friend sitting quietly at the table listening to Sakuras muffled voice. Yue knew the moment Sakuras friend saw him. She gave a small start and turned slightly to look at him fully, one eyebrow raised a small smile in her lips.
Probably about the same age as Sakura, the girl had long violet hair that stopped inches above her waist and large gray eyes that were surrounded by a gently slopping face. Those eyes, however, were not as innocent as those eyes made them appear. He watched them as she sized him up still somehow managing to keep eye contact with him at the same time. The girl opened her mouth but at that instant Sakura turned and spotted Yue.
"Oh Yue. There you are. She nodded towards the girl sitting at the table. "Meet my best friend, Tomoyo. Tomoyo this is Yue." Tomoyo nodded at him.
"Nice to meet you." She stood and approached him, a hand out stretched. He stared at the offending limb for a long moment before taking it gingerly. Tomoyos smile widened. "Sakura's told me so much about you." He lifted his eyebrow and Tomoyo reddened and he caught a distinct 'oops' mustered under her breath. He glanced at Sakura in time to see her faint blush before she was lost in one of the cupboards.
"Is that so?" Again Sakura kept Tomoyo from speaking by announcing that she had found the cakes that she had been looking for. Moments later Yue found himself seated at the table with Sakura on his left and Tomoyo opposite her; the plate of cakes in the middle of the table.
"You guys should dig in." Sakura reached over and plucked her bag up from the only empty chair and began to remove books one by one. "Tomoyo, you're still going to help me right?" Bag nestled in her lap, Sakura cracked open her math textbook. Tomoyo sighed in defeat.
"Fine." She opened her and. "Where's your pen?" With a wide grin, Sakura dipped her hand back into her bag. Her smile melted into a puzzled look. Instead of pulling out her customized pencil case, Sakura pulled out a small orange stuffed animal with one hand. Neither girl noticed Yue suddenly freeze.
"Oh Sakura! It's so cute. Where'd you get it?" Sakura shook her head as she righted the doll so that it sat in her hand.
"It's not mine." The doll had two arms and legs with a tail that had a small puff on the end of it. It had a round head and two beady black eyes with two large ears on the top of it. It was strange; she couldn't decide what animal it was suppose to be, but all the same Tomoyo was right. It was cute. "I don't know how it got into my bag." Sakura made to look over at Tomoyo but caught a glimpse of Yues face through the coroner of her eye.
Paler then usual, his eyes were wid. It was the most expression she had seen on his face since she'd met him. He was staring at the doll and, without a word, Sakura handed it to him. With shaking hands he took it from her, his wide eyes in a face of complete shock never once leaving the doll.
"Have you seen this doll before Yue?" Yue barely heard Tomoyos voice. He nodded. He opened his mouth to speak but no words came out. Swallowing hard he tried again.
"Yes. His- his name is Ceroberos." Unseen by the girls or the shocked Yue that stared right at him, Creoberos smiled.
Man I didn't think it was possible. Two up in the same day. Ouch my back hurts from all this slouching. Sorry it's so short, it was suppose to be part of the last chapter but I got lazy. LOL Well how was it please read and review. Catch you later Ja!