Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever own Card Captor Sakura or any of the characters within. However, the story is original and completely mine come near it and I shall chop out your tongue…

Summary Recap: Sakura is a weekly columnist in Tokyo where her best friend, Tomoyo is her editor. Her life seems kind of normal until Tomoyo breaks the news that her next assignment for the newspaper is to travel to Hong Kong to see the annual Arts Festival. When Sakura arrives in Hong Kong with Tomoyo and her husband, Eriol, Sakura meets a strange guy who instantly dislikes her…

Learn to Love Again by Aymiahfayth

Chapter 4

Sakura's head was pounding uncontrollably. Moaning, Sakura turned on her side, trying hard to stop the loud noise and horrible vibration. Then, it dawned on her, the pounding in her head, wasn't IN her head, but rather from the door.

"Sakura! Get up right now!" Tomoyo's shrill voice yelled on the other side of the wooden door. Groaning, wondering why the hell she even came on this trip, Sakura pushed herself out of the bed slowly. Her mind felt fuzzy, but she finally stumbled to the door and unlatched it.

Tomoyo slammed it open, almost knocking Sakura onto to her bottom. "What!?" Sakura snapped at the frazzled Tomoyo.

The ebony haired woman flashed a newspaper in front of her eyes and then started pacing around the room. The newspaper was thrust into Sakura's face. Her head reeled as she took it from Tomoyo and sat down on her bed, trying to focus her eyes.

"LI XIAOLANG NEW LEADER OF LI CLAN, LI YELAN STEPS DOWN!" The large newsprint letters stood out on the front. A regal photograph of Li Xiaolang pasted on the front.

"Can you believe it?! Not only is this guy an amazing pianist who happens to play for one of the most famous singers in Hong Kong, but he's THE future leader of this Li clan, which apparently controls most of the politics!"

Sakura skimmed the rest of article, all of which talked about the family's long standing in society, and the impact of this new, young leader.

"It's amazing! This story was right under our nose the entire time! To think that we could have had an in with THE most prominent family in all of Hong Kong, I just can't believe it! But now that he's the new leader of this family, we're screwed! Literally, he already had body guards all over him, but now he's going to be literally beyond our reach!" Tomoyo stopped pacing to stare at the oddly quiet Sakura.

"Well, what do you think we should do?" Hands on her hips, Tomoyo looked at Sakura like she was the one that planned this vacation all along.

"I don't know! Maybe just cover the festival like I'm supposed too." Sakura set the newspaper on the bed, daring Tomoyo to tell her different.

"You have got to be kidding me! Here, we have this guy that you've met and have talked to many times, who just happens to be the most powerful man in Hong Kong and you just want to COVER THE FESTIVAL! DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COULD MAKE YOUR CAREER?" Tomoyo yelled loudly in the hotel room. Knowing that this conversation could most definitely be heard in all the surrounding rooms, Sakura tried to calm her friend down.

"I'm sorry Tomoyo, but this story is beyond me. I don't have the contacts, or the power of status to get me anywhere. What do you want me to do, stalk the poor man?"

Then Tomoyo got this horrible glean in her eye, something that said, 'plan', never a good sign. "Tomoyo, no, we are not stalking this man! Are you crazy?"

Tomoyo smiled impishly, "Get dressed, we have worked to do." Flipping her hair, Tomoyo waltzed out with whatever dignity she had left.

An hour later, they all met in the fabulous hotel lobby, dressed and ready for the day. Still weary of whatever Tomoyo had planned; Sakura followed her friends out of the door thinking that she would regret this decision later on.

"So we're going to go visit a friend of Eriol's today." Tomoyo said matter-a-factly.

"Why?" Picking Tomoyo's brain was like a needle in a haystack, itchy and impossible.

"Because she invited us to her house before we left for Hong Kong and it's incredibly rude to turn down such an invitation." Rolling her eyes, Sakura said no more. It was a futile effort to try and figure out who and why this person was of some significance, and frankly, Sakura was no longer in the mood.

Each of them climbed into a limo, and after a short fifteen minute drive, arrived at a huge mansion. They stopped at the bottom of the driveway, having to be checked through security first before being admitted through the golden gates.

The house was magnificent; Eriol and Tomoyo's house looked small compared to this huge mansion. When they walked into the entryway, Sakura thought she would pass out. A huge tiled floor with vaulted ceilings stood before her, Sakura was in awe.

"Are you sure we can meet this person?" Sakura hissed to Eriol who continued that irritating smile of his that Sakura used to love.

"Tao, Jin will be out in a moment." The security guard by the door told them, probably noticing Sakura's nervous ticks.

A moment later, double doors on the far right opened up and a thin man in a black suit entered, "This way." The group walked into another beautiful, but cozier sitting room.

"You may be seated." He said before closing the door behind him. A grandfather clock in the corner ticked away the seconds, Sakura couldn't be more nervous. However, Eriol seemed completely at home and Tomoyo couldn't be more triumphant looking. Not wanting to think what this meeting would lead to, Sakura looked away.

Suddenly, the doors opened and the thin man came back followed by a beautiful Chinese woman, her hair done in a high pony tale with fierce green eyes. "My friend, I am so glad to see you." Jin Tao smiled, her eyes showing more emotion then anything. Everyone stood up and bowed.

Eriol, ever the chivalrous man, clasped Jin's delicate hand, "My dear, you are the sun on such a cloudy day."

Normally, Sakura would have laughed at the sentiment, but the atmosphere didn't seem to permit it.

"You flatter me, but I am being rude." Turning to Tomoyo, who stood by Eriol's, side, Jin bowed to Tomoyo. "I am Tao, Jin. You must be Eriol's lovely wife. He described you in such detail, I could have found you in a crowd."

Tomoyo laughed and grabbed Eriol's hand in adoration. "I always tell him he should be a writer, but the man insists on doing nothing!" Tomoyo exclaimed jokingly, the woman laughed in agreement.

"True, he has his own agenda." Smiling, Jin looked friendlier then Sakura would have guessed from such a woman. The woman then scrutinized Sakura.

"I am Kinomoto, Sakura." Sakura said, inclining slightly.

"Pleased to meet you. You must be the writer?" Waving her hands, Jin motioned for them to sit on the chairs. Tomoyo and Eriol sat on the couch underneath the window, while Sakura and Jin sat in the corresponding chairs.

"Just a columnist really..." Sakura humbly replied.

Tomoyo wasn't about to let that go though, "She's going to be promoted to a journalist though. She's just been too busy to accept the promotion yet." Boy, Tomoyo was a damn good liar when she wanted to be. Sakura didn't say anything to dispute it though, not wanting to look like a fool when she already felt silly.

"Well, you shouldn't be so humble then. That's quite an accomplishment."

Sakura looked up at the woman's praise. "Thank you. I do love my job." Not really sure what else to say to that. "May I ask how you and Eriol know each other?" A poor attempt at a subject change but Sakura cared less at the moment.

"We were colleagues doing research in England. I was there for my higher education, my parents finding all schools here inadequate." At this, Jin smiled at the memory. "However, it's been years since I've seen or heard from Eriol. We corresponded with letters every once in awhile but the last letter I think was six months ago. Imagine my surprise when I got a phone call from the elusive Eriol."

Laughing, Eriol leaned back in the sofa. "You make me sound like I neglected you! We were both very busy but when I came to Hong Kong for Sakura's writing expedition, I just had to contact you."

Sakura could have slit Eriol's wrists for saying it like that; as if this was such an important writing endeavor, instead of the vacation that it REALLY was. However, Jin was now interested, "Writing expedition? Whatever are you writing about?"

"Well I was going to cover…" Sakura was GOING to say the festival but Tomoyo was not about to let this opportunity slide.

"…about the Li clan and their new leader, Li Xiaolang." Never again was Sakura going to go on vacation with the terrible twosome.

"Really?" Jin asked.

"Yes, well, it's something that greatly affects Hong Kong and potentially Japan. Not to mention that not many people can get the inside scoop…" Sakura said, making it all up as she went along.

"He is a notoriously hard person to interview, or so the other reporters claim. How has it gone so far?"

Once again, Sakura was cut in by the troublesome Eriol, who was too much like Tomoyo at this point for Sakura's liking. "Well, they were able to meet a couple of times, but since Yelan's official step down, it's becoming increasingly harder." Sighing, Eriol said slowly, "I fear Sakura won't be able to get the story she needs. If only the press hadn't gotten involved this early…" Eriol trailed off, Sakura almost believe the forlorn Eriol if she didn't know that this was a setup. Sakura looked down at this point, not wanting Jin to read her face.

This apparently looked forlorn to Jin though, because she said suddenly, "Well, that's just terrible. I might be able to help you."

"You could?" Sakura looked up, genuinely surprised.

"Yes well, I am friends with Fuutie Li, Xiaolang's sister." Sakura could not believe that she was this closely linked to the family. "In fact, I have a dinner party to go to this weekend for the new leader; I could ask if they could add some extra seats for you. However, this won't be as intimate as an interview." Somehow, the name Fuutie Li sounded vaguely familiarly but Sakura put it out of her mind.

"No, that is perfectly fine. If you could just inquire, that would be wonderful. Sakura could never thank you for such generosity." Tomoyo said eloquently, Sakura was still so stunned that she feared she had forgotten how to speak.

After more thankyou's and other small talk about Eriol and Tomoyo's life, they left the gorgeous house, back into the black limo. Sakura felt supremely strange, not sure how she felt at all about this visit.

Later, Sakura found out that she was for sure, going to that dinner party. Tomoyo was designing a gown for her, and all Sakura could think to do was bang her head against the wall.

"Never again am I going on vacation with you!"

Authors Notes: Okay, so I worked a little bit slower on this chapter because I was once again on vacation. So I'm pleased to announce the wonderful chapter four. Everything is starting to make sense. At least I think so. I'm certain you guys are starting to realize that this is going to be a shorter story. Which is to say, that I'm really only planning on ten chapters. However, who really knows, I tend to write as I go along. Although I have an ultimate storyline worked out, how I get there is debatable! Lol.

So ffgirl-07 was kind enough to point out that it's suppose to be Xiaolang as oppose to Xiolang. My bad, lol, just goes to show how much I know! Anyway, thank you ffgirl-07 for pointing that out. Much obliged. So from here on out, it will be Xiaolang, as opposed to Xiolang. If I get the time, I'll go back and change the previous chapters to match. Until then, sorry for the mistake!

I also realize that some of my chapters have little mistakes in them. So sorry for that! I try to go back and check my work; however, I'm often blind to my own mistakes. That and I'm really busy. As it is, I'm working 50 hours a week. sighs It sucks, but I need the money for school. I'll try to keep up on it though!

Now review... The more reviews, the better my inspiration!