Anything for you

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Author's notes:

Hi there again, precious people reading my work! I took longer to update again because well, I have a part time job going on during the holidays as well as other stuff. It'll probably take longer for me to update during the weekends and Friday too… But the reviews aren't coming anymore! ): I'm actually running out of ideas, so please continue giving me reviews so I can have inspirations! *makes puppy face*

I've gotten sick recently too, so my brain isn't functioning quite well for the past few days, but I'll try my best to continue writing and updating, so please continue to support me, kay? Anyway, here's the fourth chapter, ENJOY, MY PRECIOUS READERS! (:

Chapter 4:

During lunch break, Syaoran got separated from Meiling and Eriol who were still exploring the campus, because apparently, his looks were so extraordinary that people kept requesting to take him around the school instead. (That's what he thought anyway…) When he finally got rid of the crowd, he found himself wandering around a block of the school that students seldom go to. He later realized that this part of the school is where the library, the science lab and the school storeroom is located, hence the students have no reason to go there unless they have lessons. He began searching for a place around that area that is even quieter, and he ended up on the roof of that school building. When he opened the door to the roof, he felt a cooling breeze that made him relax and calmed his thoughts. Right then, he decided that this place would be the place that he would come to during lunch breaks so he could escape being chased around by the students there. Just when he was about to sit down near the railing surrounding the roof, he caught a glimpse of a shadow at the other corner of the roof. He spotted a long mane of auburn hair and a girl lying on the floor, dozing off while lying against the wall with her earpiece connected to a mp3. He recognized that girl to be Sakura, because she took off her thick spectacles, hiding her flawless features from the world. He was surprised to find her here, because he thought that she would be together with Tomoyo since they left class together. "What a pleasant surprise indeed. What's she doing here anyway?" Thought Syaoran as he found a spot to sit beside Sakura.

When Sakura felt someone move beside her, she woke up immediately, thinking that she had been attacked or something since she was positive no one would ever find her in such a secluded area in school. When she saw that it was just Syaoran, she grunted in frustration, "What are you doing here? How did you find me?"

"Who said I came here to find you? Aren't you thinking too highly of yourself?" Syaoran smirked at Sakura.

Embarrassed at what he said, Sakura stuttered, "T-then why are you here? I thought Meiling was bringing you around."

"I came here because I found the other students noisy to be with, is all. Now I understand why you decided to disguise yourself. It's so much more convenient this way, isn't it?" Syaoran stated it as though it was a matter of fact.

"See, I told you. That's why I found this quiet place to have a nap when I have things going through my head. Not even Tomoyo knows about this place. You're the first to discover here other than me."

"Does this make me special or something?" Syaoran smirked with a little bit of amusement.

"You can continue to dream. You're just lucky." Sakura retorted coldly.

"True. Does that mean I can continue coming here during lunch as well? This seems like a good place to relax after all."Syaoran asked.

"Do whatever you want. It's not like I'll be here every day anyway." Sakura started to stand up and leave.

"Where are you going?" Syaoran asked as he stood up as well.

"Back to class, idiot. Lunch is over." Sakura pointed out to him without turning back.

As Syaoran began to stand up and follow Sakura, she tripped him and made him fall. "Revenge for my spectacles, asshole." And she continued walking back to class, leaving Syaoran sitting on the floor, exasperated at what Sakura just did. "She can do that…?" Thought Syaoran, because that didn't seem like something Sakura would do. Unknown to Syaoran, as Sakura was walking alone back to class, Sakura was actually smiling slightly at how dumb Syaoran looked just now. "That'll teach you to break my stuff and not apologize for it. Hmph."

The next few days went on peacefully, except the few times Syaoran tried to irritate Sakura by taking her stationary and using them without her permission in class. Of course, Sakura got mad and kept reprimanding Syaoran for it. However, even though Sakura appeared to be angry at Syaoran for whatever stupid actions he did to her, Sakura still seemed more cheerful that before in the eyes of her friends, Tomoyo, Meiling and the others. Eriol and Tomoyo would occasionally tease the both of them on how close they seem, and there were a few times that Syaoran actually blushed at their jokes, while Sakura still remained indifferent and rolled her eyes every time she was being made fun of. There were also days where both Sakura and Syaoran would disappear during lunch and return together, because they had been on the secluded school roof, with Syaoran trying to talk to Sakura more. However, even though Syaoran had been enjoying his time by talking with Sakura every day, his fan club in school was very jealous of how close Sakura was with Syaoran. They couldn't stand the fact of another girl being close with their idol, but they could not do anything to her, because they had heard rumors of how she forced those who bullied her to quit school in the past. Besides, even if Sakura would not do anything, her rich friends would do something about it too, and they could not risk the chances. But as days went by, they saw that Syaoran would keep sticking around Sakura every time during lunch even though she acted cold towards him, and they could not take it anymore. And so, they came up with a plan after having numerous meetings to discuss what to do with Sakura.

Sakura felt that something did not feel right, because for the past few days, she had the feeling of being stalked and stared at. She paid more attention to her disguise, because she thought someone was trying to find out who she really is. Unknown to her was that those that stalked her was Syaoran's fan club members, so they could find out what Sakura did during her free time in school and found out that she always went to the school building that very few people went unless they had lessons. They did not notice that Syaoran and Sakura would be spending lunch together in the roof though. Eriol sensed something weird as well because he once saw a few girls spying on Sakura a few times during lunch, and worried for her. He decided to investigate on what those few girls were up to, but thought that he should not inform Syaoran, Tomoyo or Sakura's friends about it yet, because he was not sure what those girls were up to.

However, one day during lunch time, Sakura told Tomoyo that she would be going to the toilet and she left her friends to continue eating lunch in the school garden. On the way to the toilet, Sakura suddenly felt someone creep behind her and when she turned around, she saw a girl with a tennis racket and was knocked out by her in an instant without even looking at her face properly.

When she awoke, she found herself in a science lab in that quiet school building, with her hands and legs tied up and she was lying on the floor. The lab was pitch black with only one of the lights switched on, and she could hear that it was raining outside without the windows. The moment she opened her eyes, she felt a huge headache because she was just hit with a racket not long ago. She also heard a few female voices whispering softly, and one of them said, "Hey, I think she's awake."

Hearing that, another one of the girls, probably the leader of the group, walked slowly towards Sakura and squatted down in front of her. She then hissed to Sakura, "Cheap bitch, you're wondering why you're brought here right? Let me tell you, that's because you're so shameless! How dare you approach our Syaoran-sama and still be so cold to him! You should be thanking your ancestors for their good deeds for you to be able to talk with Syaoran-sama! But of course, someone so poor and uneducated like you wouldn't know how to appreciate how great Syaoran-sama is. This is why we brought you here to teach you that!" That girl then caught hold of Sakura's collar and yanked her a few times before pushing her towards the wall.

However, Sakura still seem unfazed by their actions and said calmly, "So this has something to do with that idiot. Who exactly are you anyway? Don't you realize what you're doing now is just stupid and childish?" she could not see the girls' faces because the room was too dark for her to identify anyone.

After what Sakura said, the girl was even more angered by her words. "Oh my gosh, did she just call our Syaoran-sama an idiot? How… how dare she say such a rude thing about our idol! She needs to be taught a lesson!" she growled. She pulled at Sakura's hair and ripped off her wig off her head, releasing Sakura's waist length auburn locks. Sakura's glasses also fell out of her face because of the vigorous shaking the girl did to Sakura. Realizing that all these were just a disguise, one of the girls said to another, "Hey, haven't I seen her before? I remember seeing her on a financial magazine my dad brought home one day… I think her name was Kinomoto? Oh, right, I think her name is Sakura Kinomoto, the youngest daughter of the Kinomoto Group! She's no ordinary girl by the surname of Makino… Hey we're in big trouble! We can't mess around with her!"

Knowing that her cover has been blown, Sakura became very angry, but she was unable to do anything about it since she was tied up. However, she spat at the girl that seemed to be the leader, "Bitch, let me go right now!"

The girl was horrified at what she had done, and said in a trembling voice, "Oh my God, what have I done… We can't back out now, so I think we'll just get out for now. Girls, let's go before anyone sees us. We'll come back for her later…" and with that, she scrambled to her feet and fled out of the place after switching off the lights and locked the science lab door. When those girls switched off the lights and locked the door, Sakura's eyes widened and fear crept over her. She had a phobia of the dark, because she was scared since young that there would be ghosts. She was also afraid of the thunder, and every time there was thunder, she would be scared stiff and all she could do was roll up into a ball and hide under her blankets alone. There was no one there to give her comfort because her brother and father would be busy with work and the maids does not know that she feared these kind of things. She had always handled this fear by herself, knowing that the maids would be there if anything happened. However, Sakura was all alone now with her hands and legs tied up and left alone in the science lab, which nobody ever visits. She was totally helpless in this situation.

Sakura tried to calm herself down by telling herself not to think about the things she feared about, and tried to stand up. Once she stood up, she tried banging on the door in an attempt to open the locked door and also scream at the top of her lungs, hoping someone would hear her and save her. When none of that worked, she trembled in fear and she felt her legs give up, causing her to fall down on the floor again. She began to crawl towards the corner of the room so she could feel a little safer and brought her knees to her chest. She was breathing deeply, trying to calm down, but a thunder sounded outside the room and Sakura gasped loudly. Then, Sakura started sobbing and tears escaped her eyes down her face. She sobbed and whispered, "Tomoyo chan… *sob* Chiharu… Rika… *sob* Mom…Mom…! Safe me, Mom… *sob*" Sakura continued crying out loud because she was so scared of the dark and lightning, and she was crying out for her mother, which she hated so much, without even knowing it.

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(Back at the school garden)

"What's taking Sakura so long? She said she's just going to the toilet… Hey Chiharu, let's go back to class, it's starting to rain already. Maybe we'll find Sakura there already?" Tomoyo said to Chiharu and the rest who were also having lunch with her and Sakura just now.

When the girls and Takashi reached the classroom, Rika told Tomoyo, "Eh… She's not here either…"

Naoko then said, "Really? Let me call her cell phone." And there was no response, only a voicemail saying that Sakura's phone had been switched off. "Her phone's off either. Where could she be?"

Just then, Syaoran was just coming back to class with Eriol from their lunch break. Syaoran spent lunch with Eriol, because he could not find Sakura on the roof.

Tomoyo rushed over to Eriol and told him with a worried expression, "Eriol-kun, Sakura-chan is missing! She told us that she went to the toilet just now, but she has not returned since! Could something happen to her?"

That caught the attention of Syaoran as he continued listening to what Tomoyo had to say. Just as he was about to ask more about it, Eriol's cell phone rang, breaking him off. Eriol picked up the phone and said, "Hello? … What! Are you positive? … Ok, you'll search outside of school to see if she went out, we'll search inside the campus. Call me once you've found out anything. And also, find out who's behind all this and why they did it. Alright, bye."

When Eriol hung up, he turned to Tomoyo immediately and told her, "My subordinates have told me that they heard someone say that they saw some girls knock Sakura out using a tennis racket and dragged her somewhere. We'll have to find out where she is. She might be in danger for all we know!"

After hearing that, Tomoyo started tearing up, "Oh God… How can this happen… Sakura's afraid of the dark and the thunder! She might be locked up somewhere and there's a storm happening outside! Oh Sakura, please be safe…!"

Syaoran's heart skipped a beat after knowing that Sakura was scared of those things. He ran out of the classroom immediately after telling the teacher he needs to be excused, even before Eriol could stop him. The others followed suit as well, but went to other parts of the school to search for Sakura.

The first thing that came to Syaoran's mind was the roof of the quiet school building, so he became even more worried when he didn't find Sakura there. He thought for a while where Sakura may be locked in, and decided to continue searching through that quiet building, because he had a hunch that Sakura had to be there for some reason. He did not understand why he was so worried, because he only met Sakura for about a month, by right, he should not even care about her. But he shook off that thought almost as soon as it came out, and concentrated on finding Sakura. As he was running down the stairs to the level where the science labs are located, he heard faint sobbing sounds coming from one of the science labs and he stopped dead in his tracks. He stood there for a second and confirmed that he did indeed hear someone sobbing down the corridors of the building. He went on to open all the doors of the science labs, hoping to find Sakura in one of them, but to no avail. Finally, as he reached the last science lab at the end of the corridors, he could hear the faint sobbing sounds getting louder, so he immediately rushed to the last remaining lab and tried opening the door, only finding out that it was locked. He banged on the door, trying to break it open, but failed. He then stepped back a few steps and kicked the door open. When the door opened, the light from the corridors flashed into the science lab, revealing Sakura at the corner of the room, petrified and sobbing nonstop, mumbling the name of her mother.

Syaoran rushed over to Sakura immediately and tried to free her from the ropes that bound Sakura. When he successfully untied Sakura, Syaoran went in front of Sakura and knelt in front her, asking her gently, "Sakura… Sakura! Are you ok? Are you hurt anywhere? Sakura!" This was the first time he ever called her by her first name, but he could not help it. He was so worried for her, without knowing why.

When Sakura was finally untied, she looked up at Syaoran's face with fear written all over her face. She immediately got up and hugged Syaoran tightly without saying anything at all. All she did was hug Syaoran as if her life depended on it and cried out with all her might. As she was sobbing involuntarily, she was shouting in the arms of Syaoran, "Mom…! Mom…!" and she continued crying.

Syaoran was shocked what how Sakura reacted, but he got over it quickly and tried to calm her down, whispering comforting words to her and patting her head and back. He also hugged Sakura as she cried in his arms because he was so relieved that she was fine. After a while, he took out his phone and called Eriol who was with Tomoyo and informed them that he found Sakura unharmed and told them they were at the last science lab. Moments later, Tomoyo and the rest arrived at the science lab and saw Syaoran hugging Sakura as he tried to calm her down because she was still sobbing softly and scared stiff.

Upon seeing them, Syaoran let go of Sakura and Tomoyo ran over to Sakura and hugged her. Tomoyo was so worried about Sakura that her hands were shivering, fearing that something bad might have happened to her best friend. She cried as she checked whether Sakura was unharmed, and realized that Sakura's wig was ripped off and her hair was disheveled. The others also found Sakura's specs and cell phone nearby too. Sakura's eyes were swollen from crying for so long and her voice was also coarse due to crying. When Tomoyo hugged Sakura close to her, she felt that Sakura was still trembling from fear. As Tomoyo and Naoko tried to hold Sakura to stand up, her legs buckled and she fainted, with Syaoran getting to her before she hit the floor.

~To be continued~

Author's note:

Phew I'm done with this chapter, like finally! It's long! And to prevent it from being longer, I decided to continue the plot in the next chapter which I have not started on yet. What else do you guys want to happen next? Do tell me in the reviews! Thanks for reading, guys! (Please keep the reviews coming in ;_;)

Xoxo, Shining Cookies