Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Watashi Dake no Sakura ❯ Omedetou, Sakura-chan! Or is it? ( Chapter 2 )

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Omedetou, Sakura-chan! Or is it? - Chapter 2

Two years have passed. Syaoran still hasn't managed to cancel the engagement. And still hasn't managed to tell Sakura, or anyone out of the Li family about this. Time is passing, and a problem could rise…

Meanwhile, in Tomoeda, Japan…

“Moshi moshi, Sakura desu.” Sakura said as she picked up the phone

“Sakura-chan? It's me, Tomoyo. Hey, are you busy today?” asked Tomoyo

“Um… no. Doshite, Tomoyo-chan?” Sakura said

“How's about we go shopping today?” Tomoyo suggested

“That'll be a great idea,” Sakura agreed. “Oh yeah, where should we meet up?”

“In front of your house.” Tomoyo replied

“Huh? Where are you, Tomoyo-chan?” Sakura asked

“In front of your house.” Tomoyo said again

“You're in front of my house?” Sakura asked

Tomoyo smiled. “Look out your window.”

Sakura looked. “Oh. Well, just wait there. I'll open the door.”

“Okay Sakura-chan.”

Later, at the mall

“Why do I always have to be dragged along when the two of you go shopping?” Eriol complained

Tomoyo and Sakura paid no attention to what he said. “(sigh) Girls, sometimes I don't understand them anymore. Okay, scratch that. I really don't understand them. Now I know why Clow Reed never had a relationship with anyone.”

“Sakura-chan! Look! Here!” Tomoyo pulled Sakura. Eriol followed them.

“Where are we going Tomoyo-chan?” Sakura asked

“Sakura-chan! Look!”

Eriol started to laugh. “Why are you laughing?” Tomoyo asked

“Well… uh… Tomoyo, if you haven't realized, we're standing in front of this jar of jellybeans that I suppose you want to join the contest on guessing how many jellybeans are there in the jar. And um… well… for a 20 year old like you, uh… isn't that a bit too childish?”

“*laughs* Of course I know that Eriol. But we're not here just to guess the number for fun. We're going to get the prize for it!”

“Uh… yeah riiight. And the prize is… let me guess… the jar of jellybeans itself?”

“No. The prize is actually an all-expenses-paid trip to Hong Kong for the winner and two friends plus a one week stay in a five star hotel. That's the prize we're going for. And if Sakura-chan or any of us could guess it correctly, we'd go to Hong Kong and that means Sakura can pay a visit to Li-kun!” Tomoyo explained

“What makes you so sure that if I win I'll invite the two of you?” Eriol asked

“Eriol!” Tomoyo said

“Hey, I was just kidding!” Eriol said

“Hi! Good morning! Would any of you like to try and guess how many jellybeans are there in this jar? Guessing is free but you can get a really big prize from it!”

“Hooooeee!!!”

“Aaaah!”

“I expected that.” Eriol said

“Then why didn't you tell us?!” said Sakura and Tomoyo

“You didn't ask.” Eriol smiled.

“Oniichan! You're working here as well? But why are you talking that way? You're not really that perky kind of person.” Sakura said to her brother Touya, the one who greeted them

“It what the `group leader' as she calls herself, says that I should do,” Touya replied. “So, back to business, are you going to guess? If you are, then what's it gonna be?” he asked Eriol

“Okay. I say… it's 5 million!” Eriol said

“Uh… no. Sorry.” Touya said

“But wait! They always say that the customer is always right!” Eriol said

“That doesn't apply here.” Touya replied

“Right! You really are a smart one! I thought you'd fall for it!”

Everyone sweatdropped.

“Um… yeah. Okay then Tomoyo-san, what's your guess?” Touya asked

“5 million will never fit in that jar. I'm guessing… 30 million!” Tomoyo said

“Nope. Sorry but that was very very far from the correct answer.”

Eriol said to Tomoyo, “5 million will never fit in that jar, ne?” he smirked

“Well, there's no harm in trying.” Tomoyo said

“Alright then monster, your turn.”

“I'm not a monster!”

“Yeah, yeah. So what's your guess?”

“Uh… 627?”

“627?” Touya repeated

Sakura nodded

“Omedetou, Sakura-chan!” Yukito appeared with a banner saying, `Omedetou!'

“Hoe?” Sakura blinked

“Sakura!” Nakuru threw confetti over Sakura then hugged her tightly. “Congratulations Sakura! You just won a trip for you and two friends to Hong Kong! And I suppose that the two friends you'll be inviting are Tomoyo-san and Eriol-sama so here you go (hands each person a plane ticket) and we did say that it's an all-expenses-paid trip, right? So here's the credit card. Don't ask how much it has because the bank will pay for all of it!” Nakuru said happily

“I can't believe it. I won!” sakura said

“Well, what are the three of you standing there for? Your plane leaves in an hour.” Nakuru said

“Nani?!” they said in unison

“Nah, just kidding. Your flight will be three days after today! That's June 23!”

“Oh.”

---

June 23, at the airport

“Don't forget to glare at the brat for me.” Touya said

“Uh… sure?”

“And have fun!” Yukito said

“Bring something back for me.” Touya said

“And have fun!” Yukito added

“(whispers in Sakura's ear) and don't forget to take off your shoes before getting on the plane.”

“And have fun!”

Sakura nodded

Time of Departure

Sakura remembered Touya's last note.

“Don't forget to take off your shoes before getting on the plane.”

Sakura took off her shoes. “Um… miss, you don't need to take off your shoes.” Said the flight stewardess

“Huh? I uh… I was just taking out the small stone in it! (nervous laugh)” Sakura said and put on her shoes again

At a distance…

“(rolling on the floor laughing) She fell for it! Again! (laughs more)” Touya laughed

“Touya…”

---

Later…

At the Hotel in Hong Kong…

“You must be Miss Kinomoto,” said the manager of the hotel “And these two must be your friends. Well, here are your room keys. You would take rooms 104, 105, and 106. I hope that you enjoy your stay here!”

“Alright then. Since Sakura-chan won, she'll get the first room, which is room 104. I'll get 105, and Eriol can have 106.” Tomoyo said. They all agreed.

Later that night…

In room 106…

Sakura, Tomoyo, and Eriol were seated on the floor.

“So… why did you invite us to come to your room, Eriol-kun?” Sakura asked

“Oh… nothing at all. I just thought that you guys wanted to share stories or something.” Eriol smiled

Sakura asked another question. “What kind of stories?”

Eriol kept on smiling. “Any kind. Comedy, action, romance, adventure…” Eriol looked at Sakura “or maybe… horror.”

“H-horror?” Sakura stammered

“Have you thought of a story Sakura-chan?” Tomoyo asked

“Uh… no…” Sakura replied. “How about you, Tomoyo-chan?”

“None.”

“I have a story.” Eriol said

“Okay. Let's listen to it.” Tomoyo said

Eriol smiled. “Okay. Once, on a dark, stormy night, there was a couple who were new to this place called Tokyo.”

“T-tokyo? T-tomoeda is near Tokyo, right?” Sakura asked

They nodded. Eriol continued. “They had no place to stay. Then, they saw this abandoned apartment. But since they were new to Tokyo, they didn't know it was abandoned. They went inside. Then, they stayed in one of the rooms downstairs. It was the only room with a working light. Since it was dark, they turned it on. The guy went out of the room to see if there was someone there. But the moment the guy stepped out of the room, the door slammed shut and he heard the girl scream—”

“Aaaaah… this is a ghost story, is it?” Sakura asked

“As I was saying, he heard the girl scream. He tried to open the door but he couldn't. He decided to go out for help. It was raining pretty harder now and so he decided to come back inside the apartment. When he turned to go back to the apartment, he saw that the lights coming from the room that the girl was in kept flickering on and off. And when he reached the front of the room, he saw blood flowing from under the door. (Sakura screams) He took hold of the doorknob and tried to open the door again. And this time it opened. Lightning struck. He saw a silhouette of the girl. He approached her. And when he got closer, he saw that the girl was all pale, covered in blood and—”

Sakura screamed again.

“And?” Tomoyo seemed interested in the story.

“And in her hand, was… a knife. A few weeks later, a group of teens went to the same apartment to go ghost hunting. It seems that the couple didn't know that the apartment was not only abandoned, but also haunted. When the teens entered the apartment, they saw the body of the man, dead, covered in blood. His body was in front of a room. They saw the room number. There were many different stories about that room. Different versions, yet, it only proves one thing. That the room really is haunted. And this room… is room number 104.”

Sakura screamed louder. Eriol yawned. “Oh well, I'm sleepy. I'm going to bed.”

“Yeah. Good night Eriol. Let's go Sakura-chan.” Tomoyo said as she stood up from the floor.

Outside Eriol's hotel room…

“Tomoyo-chan, do you think that story is true?”

“Sakura… there are no such thing as ghosts.” Tomoyo said as she walked toward her room.

“Well I guess you're right.” Sakura said

“Yeah. There are no such thing as ghosts,” Tomoyo said before closing the door to her room. “Only spirits.”

“Hoe…” Sakura walked toward her hotel room. Room number 104. Her hand was shaking as she reached for the doorknob. And as she was about to turn it—

“Sakura!”

“Hoooeee!!! Eriol!”

“Sorry `bout that…” Eriol said

“I thought you were going to sleep. What are you doing here?” Sakura asked

“I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for telling that ghost story.” Eriol apologized

“No need. Don't worry. I should learn how to face my fears.” Sakura said. Then she turned to Eriol. “Eriol-kun, take care of Tomoyo, okay?”

“Huh? Why do you people keep telling me that?!”

Sakura smiled a bit. Then, she turned to the door again and took hold of the doorknob. “(sigh) well, good night, Eriol-kun.” Sakura opened the door and quickly looked inside (A/N: in case there was a pale woman covered in blood carrying a knife… ^^)

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The next day, at breakfast…

“So, did you guys have a good sleep last night?” Eriol asked

“Yeah.” Tomoyo replied

Sakura nodded.

“I just had a dream about room 104… you know, the story told by Minoru in Chobits?” Tomoyo said

“Oh… I remember that. The liquid flowing from under the door was actually just water, right?” Eriol said

Tomoyo nodded. “That was because a bucket of water was accidentally knocked over when someone was trying to change the light bulb.”

“And the person who was actually there is,” Eriol said

“Ms. Hibiya!” Tomoyo and Eriol said in unison

“How about you Sakura? Did you have a dream last night?” Tomoyo asked

“No…” Sakura replied

“Then that means she must've given you a chance…” Eriol said, acting mysterious again

“Huh?”

Tomoyo replied, “The horror lies in your first dream in Hong Kong…” She said darkly

“Hoe?”

“Just kidding, Sakura-chan….” Tomoyo said

---

“It's pretty hot, isn't it?” Sakura said to her two friends

“Yeah… hey I know! I heard that there's a swimming pool here in the hotel. Why don't we go swimming then?” Tomoyo suggested

“Great idea.” Eriol agreed

Meanwhile…

“Let's go swimming!” said a girl

“Why in this hotel?” asked a guy

“Just because.”

“Then why drag me along? Don't you have your friends to go with?”

“It'll be much fun if I'm with you…” she smiled and held on to the guy's arm

Later…

“Aren't you going swimming, Tomoyo?” asked Eriol

“No. I'm going to tape Sakura. (starry eyed)” Tomoyo said as she whipped out her video camera. Eriol sweatdropped. Sakura was walking along the side of the pool when she saw a certain someone who looked quite familiar.

Syaoran-kun? Is that him? Sakura saw a man, about the same age as her, with messy chocolate hair and amber eyes. But there was something else that she saw. Or rather, someone else—a girl.

At the other side of the pool, Syaoran was walking with his so-called `fiancée' (A/N: the elders arranged it) when he noticed a certain aura. He looked at the opposite side of the pool and saw Sakura, looking at him. She seemed to not believe what she was seeing.

Sakura went to look closer to make sure it was Syaoran but instead, accidentally fell into the pool. “Hooee!! (splash)”

Sakura couldn't move. Was it because she swallowed too much water, or because she saw Syaoran with another girl?

“SAKURA!!!” Syaoran shouted as he released himself from Akira and jumped into the pool. He swam to Sakura and took her out of the pool.

“Sakura!!!” shouted Tomoyo and Eriol in unison, as they approached Syaoran

“Sakura? Wake up! Sakura!” Syaoran said to Sakura's unconscious body

“She swallowed too much water.” Eriol said

“Then there's only one thing to do.” Syaoran said. He was about to do the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on her, but then, she gained consciousness. She coughed. “Sakura? Are you okay?” Syaoran asked

“Syaoran!” cried Akira as she came over to him. Sakura saw her.

“Sakura? Are you okay?” Syaoran repeated.

“Huh? Uh… yeah. I'm fine.” Sakura said as she stood up and walked away.

“Sakura?” Tomoyo followed her.

Eriol stayed there for awhile. Then he said to Syaoran, “On behalf of Sakura, thanks.” Then he left and went to follow Tomoyo.

Sakura didn't sleep that night. She was thinking about what had happened that day. Syaoran being with another girl.

That morning…

Sakura saw a radio near her bed. And she thought that maybe a little music could take her mind off things. She tried to convince herself that maybe it was another one of his clingy cousins. She turned on the radio. A song played.

“I saw you yesterday… with another girl… when you looked my way… I just pretended I didn't see you, what else can I do…?”

That song… it somehow tells what had happened yesterday at the pool. Maybe. Or maybe it was just coincidence. But we all know there's no such thing. There's no other answer but maybe. (A/N: Just as the song goes)

---

They went out to Bird Street that day. Sakura hoped she won't see Syaoran with that girl. Even if she doesn't know what the true story is, it still hurts her to see that there's someone else with Syaoran, the Syaoran that told her he loved her. The one she truly cares for. Her only Syaoran.

But fate won't let that happen, now will it?

“Hey Syaoran, who was that girl yesterday?” asked Akira

“Uh… I dunno.” He replied

You don't know her, huh. Inner Syaoran said, folding his arms

“Then why did save her if you didn't know her?” Akira asked another question

“Nothing.” Syaoran replied again.

Why don't you just go ahead and tell her that the girl is Sakura?! Your Sakura?! Then tell her you love Sakura! Sheesh. So that she'll just leave you alone?! Said Syaoran's inner self

What are you? Crazy? No way. Telling her that will disgrace the clan! They'll say, `You got the engagement and marriage arranged and then the boy won't even be marrying our daughter?' and the elders would probably go, `Xiao Lang! Didn't you even think about the clan?! If you want to be a good leader of this clan, you'll have to be a good follower!' Syaoran said to inner Syaoran.

You don't know how to fight for your love. Replied inner Syaoran

Shut up. Syaoran told him and that's the end of their discussion.

“Hey look, it's Li-kun.” Tomoyo pointed out

“Huh?” Sakura said

“Sakura?” Syaoran said when he saw Sakura, together with Tomoyo and Eriol.

“Syaoran? I thought you didn't know her.” Akira said. But Syaoran didn't pay attention to what she said. Instead he went to approach Sakura.

“Let's go.” said Sakura as she walked away. Syaoran caught up her with and put his hand on her shoulder. “Sakura, wait.”

Sakura didn't turn around to look at him. She replied, “Why should I?” she shrugged him off and continued to walk away.

“Let's go Tomoyo.” Eriol said as he pulled Tomoyo to follow Sakura.

Back at the hotel…

Room 104…

Sakura sat alone in her room. I love Syaoran. And he loves me, right? But why is this happening? Sakura thought as her eyes filled up with tears. She started to cry.

“How, how could you say you love me? When you would go and leave me… how could you make me hurt so bad? When I have loved you more than anyone could do… can't believe the pain… that I'm feeling now because of loving you…”

Darn… why do these songs keep on playing? Sakura thought. She stood up, wiped away her tears and took the radio. She knocked on Tomoyo's hotel room door.

“Yes?” Tomoyo said as she opened the door.

“You like music right? Here. You can have it.” Sakura said as she shoved the radio into Tomoyo's hands. Tomoyo looked quite confused. Sakura bid goodbye and left to go back to her room.

-to be continued…

Authoress' notes:

Uh oh! What's gonna happen to Sakura-chan and Syaoran-kun's kawaii and lovely romance? I'll `Leave it to Kero-chan'…

Next, on Watashi Dake no Sakura…

Kero: Konnyanachiwa! Good to see you again! So here it is, next, on Watashi Dake no Sakura:

A week has passed and Sakura and the others go back to Japan. But then, Sakura seems strange. What's wrong? Someone goes to back to Japan. And another bratty girl arrives! She marches up to Sakura's house and makes Sakura cry. Hmm… wondering about what she said? Who are these people? And a new mission? If you wanna know, write a review and the chapter will posted :) I'll see you again soon!