Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, Clamp does. But I do own this story.
Pairings: Syaoran x Sakura, Eriol x Tomoyo, Mei Lin x OC, Rika x OC, Naoko x OC, Chiharu x Yamazaki
Here's Chapter 25! I hope you will like it!
Chapter Twenty-Five
"Surprise, Surprise"
"What are you doing here?" she asked in a disapproving tone.
"You let me in" he pointed out, searching her eyes of anything that may explain to him of her attitude ever since she came back.
"I expected Tomoyo to be in here, not you" she replied simply, face void of any emotion. In normal circumstances, she would be happy that they are finally alone together. She would've kissed by now too, even more. But…but…she couldn't, not anymore.
"What's wrong with me being here?"
"Every reason you and I could possibly think of. Believe me I can think of thousands of reasons why I shouldn't be here with you in this particular position"
Syaoran looked at her one last time before removing himself off of her into a standing position.
Sakura straightened her night gown before following suite.
"Why didn't you tell us that you were alive?"
"Why are you asking?" she asked in a voice that says that she didn't care.
"Why didn't you come here and at least tell us so we wouldn't worry?"
"Did you really worry as much as I expected you to?" she asked in the same tone.
"Why did you tell Mei Lin and not me or Tomoyo?"
"So what if it is her that I told and not you?" she said, still with an emotionless face and voice.
"Why did you have to make us wait for so long?"
"Why did you move on so quickly?"
"Why-" he stopped. He hadn't expected that. "I…I thought you…I…Why didn't you bother thinking about how we all felt when we all thought you were dead?"
"Why are you avoiding my questions?"
"Why are you avoiding mine?"
"What do you care if I avoid your questions?"
"Why are you being difficult?"
Sakura stopped. She was insulted at his statement and also because she was, as she had just noticed, now pinned to the wall.
"What do you care of what I do?"
"What is wrong? What happened to you?"
"No, that's not the right question" she said, giving off a sigh before looking at him directly in the eye. "The question here is…what happened to you?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Syaoran, when I woke up a week later when I thought I died, I loved nothing more than to come back and tell the Wolves that I hadn't died. But I can't…I wasn't allowed to"
"Why?" this has been the question Syaoran was itching to ask since lunch time.
"They discouraged me to"
"Why?"
"But I still didn't do what they ordered though. I was training all this time. Not so much but I still did. I wanted to help so much which is why I dressed like a guy and as a spy so they didn't notice it was me. Sooner or later, they discovered it was me but I didn't listen to them. They even prohibited me to go out to you yesterday but I still did"
"W-"
"You see," she interrupted him. She certainly was avoiding his question and she looked teary eyed. "We had an agreement…a plan. We all knew you could seek revenge on Tsuyoshi. So, I was supposed to wait until you plan on doing so and we'll be there to help you when the time comes. I had to tell someone here so that we'll know when exactly you'll plan in doing so. So, I told Mei Lin. Why not Tomoyo? Well, she has the tendency to be very obvious and she's also a very bad liar. Why not you? You obviously wouldn't allow it. I told Mei Lin, I knew she would have blabbed but she was the right person to tell. You would most likely tell her everything and if you do get suspicious of her, she can easily make up any reason. I w-"
"Sakura" Syaoran interrupted, grasping her arms to get her attention. "There are a lot of questions I want to ask, but the thing I really want to know right now is, why you weren't allowed to come back here"
"I…I can't tell you" she said silently, looking down.
"Why not? You can trust me, you know you can. I really care about you, I've been a wreck without you, why can't you tell me?"
"Can you answer me this though?"
Syaoran sighed, again she didn't answer his question. But all the same, he nodded for her to go on.
"Why did you move on?"
His head snapped to look at her.
"I have nothing against…against…"
"Jessie" he finished.
"Jessie, I have nothing against Jessie. I just want to inquire why you moved on so quickly"
"I didn't"
"Then why are you together?"
"We aren't"
"Well, she seems to be having the wrong idea" she said incredulously.
"Nothing important happened between us. I will admit that we have been spending time together, but that's only because she reminded me so much of you. Can't you see the similarities?"
"How could I, I hardly know the girl" she muttered.
"Look Sakura, I-"
"Bastard" said a new voice behind them.
The couple turned to the door and saw the last person they expected to see in the room.
It was Jessie.
"You were using me?" she asked from her spot by the doorway. She was checking every room in the mansion looking for Syaoran and she heard familiar voices outside of this open and can't help but listen. When she heard her name and Syaoran's voice, she just had to listen.
"I wasn't using you"
"Then what was I to you then?" she inquired.
"A friend"
"I thought I was your girlfriend" she said.
"I believe this is my cue to leave" said Sakura as she tried to get pass Syaoran but was instantly held back as he pulled her back by her wrist.
"You're not going anywhere" he said, looking at her.
"Syaoran…" said Jessie, waiting for an answer.
"I never agreed for us to be together" he said clearly.
"W-What?"
He turned to look at her.
"If I remember my words perfectly, I said "We'll see", I never agreed directly that we are a couple"
"B-But you acted like it" she pointed out.
"No I didn't, you did"
"W-Why are you replacing me with a helper?" she asked, looking at Sakura.
Well, she obviously didn't know anything about Sakura. She probably only just saw her during lunch when she helped out handing out the glasses.
Syaoran looked at Sakura who didn't look like she was affected by Jessie's words at all. It was unusual, at circumstances like this, she would have shouted back. But she didn't, in fact…she was just smiling at her direction. He took one last look at her before turning to Jessie.
"She is not a helper, she was and still is my girlfriend" he said.
Syaoran turned back to her and saw her smiling at him. First she didn't want anything to do with him, and now she was smiling at him? What was wrong with her?
Syaoran smiled all the same, he was glad she was looking happily at him. He had been so confused with everything. He may be tough to everyone else especially concerning the gang but he can easily be flustered when it comes to family and serious relationships.
Sure he was used to having girls with him, but none of them came as serious as his relationship with Sakura.
"Well then" said Jessie, seeing the exchange of desiring looks between the two. "You are not of the help…you are a whore"
"I am not!" said Sakura looking at her angrily.
"Yes you are" said Jessie as she walked over to the couple and slapped Sakura by the face.
Sakura looked at her angrily and slapped her back with equal force.
"Bitch!" screamed Jessie.
"You're the bitch you slut!" shouted back Sakura.
Jessie screamed in frustration and pulled Sakura's hair resulting her own head to be pulled back as Sakura too pulled her hair.
Syaoran tried to break off the two girls but was pushed away by the two. He went over to Jessie and tried to pull her back, away from Sakura. He did manage to pull her away from Sakura but she started kicking her feet in the air until it hit Sakura on the stomach causing her to fall on the ground.
By this time, the rest of the group had arrived and ran inside seeing what was happening.
Mika, Aki and Takashi went over to Syaoran and took over restraining Jessie as Syaoran ran to Sakura who was kneeling on the floor clutching her stomach with Tomoyo, Eriol, Mei Lin and Jay already on the floor and the rest of the girls behind them.
"Syaoran! What the hell happened?" Tomoyo asked, looking at Sakura worriedly.
"They were both fighting. I was trying to keep Jessie away from Sakura and when I did, she managed to kick her on the stomach. She barely hit her; I don't know why she's like this"
"S-Syaoran…" Sakura tried to talk. "The reason I-"
"What is happening in here?" said a new voice…a motherly voice.
Yelan came in with Fujitaka…running to where they were kneeling.
"Jessie kicked Sakura in the stomach…it hurt her pretty badly" said Tomoyo full of concern.
"Sakura…Honey, are you all right?" asked Fujitaka as he rubbed her back.
Sakura looked up at him, trying to smile but instead shut her eyes again in pain.
"We have to take her to Wei, he'll know what to do" said Yelan. "Syaoran, carry her to the bed"
Syaoran did has he was told as his mother shooed everyone else outside.
What was wrong with Sakura?
Tomoyo was pacing outside Sakura's room. Syaoran had just told them the story and she was really pissed at Jessie, who was by the way currently sitting on the floor, leaning on the wall with Mika and Aki beside her to hold her down in case she tries anything.
"Look I'm sorry alright? I-I didn't know she had a condition"
Tomoyo stopped and glared down at her.
"She doesn't have a condition!" she shouted harshly.
"Then she wouldn't be overacting. I barely hit her stomach…why is she in so much pain?"
"If we knew, we wouldn't be wondering as well!"
Tomoyo gave off a frustrated sound before continuing to pace.
The lock on the door clicked open and the knob opened. Syaoran immediately stopped from his pacing as he and Tomoyo practically ran to the person who was about to step outside.
"Is she awake?" Tomoyo asked him immediately.
"Yes, but her father and Syaoran's mother won't allow anyone else inside for the mean time as suggested by Wei" he informed. "I just came out here to tell you that"
"Ren, what's happening in there?" Syaoran demanded.
"It's not exactly my place to say Syaoran" he said rather unsurely.
"Ren, I'll go mad if I have to wait another minute out here without knowing what's wrong with my girlfriend"
"Yeah, girlfriend…but not for long" Ren said under his breath.
"What was that?" he asked.
"Nothing"
"Ren!" he said, now getting angry.
"Fine, but only the two of you since you're the two closest people to Sakura, except for Fujitaka and Touya, but they already know"
"Tell us already, please" Tomoyo pleaded.
"Fine" Ren said as he made them lean closer to him.
"Syaoran, you can't call Sakura your girlfriend anymore"
"Why the hell not?"
"You might as well call her your wife"
The two looked at him in open shock.
"W-What?" Syaoran managed to say.
"Y-You mean…S-S-Sakura i-is…p-p-p-p…"
"Sakura's pregnant!" Syaoran shouted and as he did so, Tomoyo fell with Eriol just able to catch her before she hit the ground.
Everyone who was waiting in the hallway, minus Tomoyo who was now unconscious, were all looking at Syaoran.
"I-I gotta go" muttered Syaoran as he set down the hall.
"Syaoran!" called out Ren, but as expected, he didn't listen. "Don't do anything stupid" he said in a low voice.
"Dad, are you mad at me?" Sakura asked.
She had woken up about an hour ago with her father and brother both sleeping with their heads on their arms on her bedside. Now they were all awake and she had talked with her brother and the rest of her friends. Finally she was alone with her father as the rest of the group tried to find Syaoran.
She really was worried at what Syaoran might think about her carrying his child and what he might decide to do, I mean, where is he? He even left; maybe he doesn't want anything to do with her now…but other than that she was also worried at what her own father thought.
"Of course not"
"Although I am a bit disappointed why you didn't tell me about your relationship with Syaoran"
"Well, there were…complications along the way"
Fujitaka smiled at her and leaned over to kiss her forehead.
Sakura was glad her father understood, more so she was also glad nothing happened to the baby. If the baby was hurt by Jessie, that girl would've been dead right now. Sakura should've been more careful, now Syaoran really will hate her.
There was a knock on the door and Tomoyo's head peeped in.
"Sakura…Syaoran is here" she informed.
Sakura inhaled and exhaled deep breaths at this. Fujitaka gave her a reassuring squeeze in the hand before exiting the room. There was a slight ruffle outside then silence, before the door opened revealing Syaoran who well…didn't look like Syaoran.
She looked down at this as he walked over to the bed and sat beside her.
"You feeling all right now?" he asked.
She merely nodded.
"The baby all right?" he managed to say.
She nodded again.
"Sakura, I never d-"
"Look Syaoran," she interrupted. "Before you go saying you wouldn't want to have this child, I just want to tell you that I'm going to keep the baby. No matter if you will or will not support her…or him, I don't mind being a single parent, I know I can support both of us, so if you do want to leave is it's up to you. You do have the right since we aren't married or anything. We're not even a proper couple anymore. So, it really is up to you"
"You finished?" he asked.
"Well…yes" she said but unsurely.
"Sakura, the reason why I didn't come here until now isn't because I want to leave you. I was just…thinking"
"If you do or do not want this baby?"
"No…if I can handle it. No doubt about it I'm glad you're pregnant with our child. But…it's just that, it's dangerous for you to have a child during this time. I asked mother and she said you're already one and a half month off. Which is why I came to a conclusion…"
"That you will leave me?" she finished for him.
He gave her a look.
"Why do you always have these ideas that I want to leave you when that's the opposite of what I want to do? Anyway, the plan is, I have to get rid of Tsuyoshi and the Kins before you get too bloated up" Sakura smiled and slapped him playfully on the arm. He grinned at her before continuing. "And before we get married"
"G-Getting what?" she choked out.
"Oh yes, about that" he took out a box from his pockets and leaned over to Sakura for a deep passionate kiss which they haven't shared for so long. Syaoran broke the kiss and stared at her momentarily before bringing up the box in between them. "Will you marry me?"
Sakura looked down at the ring. It certainly was very expensive, she could tell even from afar. Small diamonds were circling around a much more bigger and impressive diamond as the thick white-gold band circled and fit exactly around her finger as Syaoran slipped it in.
Syaoran looked at her as tears started to pour down her eyes. He wiped them away with his thumb before bringing her into his arms for another passionate kiss.
Then, a shriek erupted from outside the room. The couple snapped their heads over to the door as a grinning Tomoyo and Mei Lin barged inside.
"I want to be the godmother!" they both shouted at the same time.
Sakura laughed at the two as they argued who should be the first godmother and such. Eriol was behind them, looking at them with fascination before walking over to Syaoran and shaking his hand. He pulled him closer to him and whispered.
"And I better be the godfather" he said.
Syaoran could feel Eriol grinning as he whispered this to him. As he pulled away, Syaoran raised a brow at him before turning to Sakura after she shooed everyone outside again.
"By the way Sakura, how do you know I'm the father?"
She raised an eyebrow at him.
"Think about it. I'm pregnant for almost two months, you're the first and last person I did it with and the timing totally fits. What? Did you think I was screwing off with someone else?"
Syaoran smirked at her before kissing her passionately…again.
He was happy that Sakura was pregnant with their child, but…he can't help but worry what might happen next. He didn't want anything to happen to Sakura especially now that there's another life growing inside of her that means a lot to him too.
"Okay everyone, you all know that Sakura…who is by the way now my fiancée, is alive, so hands off. First things first, we will make a final attack on the Kins within the next month. I can't risk having a family while this goes on. Now, this doesn't mean I'm leaving the Wolves, I'm just prioritizing Sakura and the baby before anything else"
The Wolves were again in the meeting room this time with Sakura beside Syaoran, smiling up at him as he looked around the room at the members.
"Now, I don't want any of you to tell anyone else outside this room about Sakura being pregnant, if it ever leaks to the Kins, Tsuyoshi would most likely use this as my weakness. Our time now until the day of our attack, will be reserved for training, we might have some time to have fun but don't neglect practicing unless you want to end up getting killed before this is all over"
"Where's Jessie?" Syaoran asked. It was after the meeting and their group was gathered in the living room.
"Locked up in her room like you ordered" answered Aki.
Syaoran nodded and glanced at Sakura who was already looking at her. She smiled at him as she stood up, pulling him with her.
"C'mon" she said as she pulled him towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
"We are going to Jessie"
"Excuse me?"
"Well, I don't blame her for wanting to attack me, although I think she's being a bitch in trying to do so. But, I still don't blame her. I mean, you got her hopes up that there might be a possibility that you could be together" she explained.
"And you're saying that's my fault?"
"Exactly"
"What? Are you thinking straight or is this one of your mood swings I hear about when women are pregnant?"
Sakura turned around to glare at him.
"What!" he asked defensively. "I just think it's peculiar for my fiancée to side with another girl who just attacked her instead of siding with her own future-husband" he pointed out.
Sakura rolled her eyes until they came to a stop in front of Jessie's room door.
"Go in" she said.
"And what do you expect me to tell her?"
"I dunno…you're the one who started the whole mess between the three of us…tell her anything that will avoid her going against the Wolves"
Syaoran scratched his head and sighed before knocking on the door.
Indeed he was the leader of the Wolves but he just wasn't cut out to handle women seriously. Sure he can handle the pain of being shot or the dangers of riding cars and bikes in a very fast speed, but women like this? Never. He had girlfriends before of course but he never had problems with them because all he does is dump them before things get serious so he wouldn't know what to do if ever things get serious. He wasn't the type to settle down with one woman, but when Sakura came, it changed, he wanted to settle down. The only problem is, he doesn't know how.
Author's Note:
Hey all! What do you think about this chapter? I know it's kinda a bad time to have Sakura pregnant considering the Kins and all, but…I just had to. It's part of my plan for the story.
Anyway, Ja ne!
Raeny
