Just One Wish
A CCS Fanfiction
Part VI
Note: It’s getting more and more interesting isn’t it?
Part VI - Syaoran… Li…
As they looked at Mei lin. They don’t know what to say to her. The first half they feel like beating her into pulp, the other, is that they want to help her. But they are having conflicts on what to do. To Tomoyo, she wants to be friends with her again. But for Naoko and others, especially to Kero, couldn’t still forgive her after what happened. After all, she’s the one who “killed” Li and practically destroyed Sakura’s life. What will they do after one year they see her again? Today will decide.
For Kero, he wants to hang her, have a firing squad, and behead her…. He quickly confronted her.
“Well well well, looks like the killer has shown her humiliating face in front of us. Hey what’s up, murderer?”
Mei lin decided not to say anything. But others soon follow.
“WHY DID YOU SHOW UP HERE? AREN’T YOU SATISFIED THAT SAKURA-CHAN’S LIFE IS DESTROYED?” Chiharu angrily speaks.
“You decided to go back to Hong Kong to forget Sakura-chan and all of us when we need you! Now you’re back, you got some nerve going here!” Naoko added.
Mei lin couldn’t stand the pressure anymore. She tries to explain.
“I told you that I wasn’t myself in the time it happened! Someone possessed me does that thing! I love Li so much that I wouldn’t do such a thing!
“Yeah right… like we believe that one…”
“You’ve said that stupid excuse for so many times! And we’re still not going to believe it!”
“We could have forgiven you after you shot Li. But what you did after that is the last straw!” Rika suddenly spoke.
“No one’s going to believe you anymore! Now get out or we may force ourselves to throw you out!” Kero grabbed Mei lin.
She tries to resist but the rest of the girls helped him. Tomoyo is terrified at what she saw.
“Stop it! Stop it all of you!” She tries to stop them.
But they didn’t listen to her.
“Tomoyo-chan, if we let her go this time, she may to more harm to all of us! And we’re not going to give her that chance!” Chiharu continues dragging her.
But Tomoyo had enough.
“STOP IT! ALL OF YOU! EVEN IF WE DO THIS THAT WON’T BRING LI-KUN BACK AND WE’LL EVEN HURT SAKURA-CHAN BY HATING HER EVEN MORE! SHE HAS SUFFERED ENOUGH!”
All of them stood still. Then Tomoyo went to Mei lin if she’s okay.
“Mei lin-chan… daijobu?”
“I’m okay… just a bit tired.”
As the she checked up on her, Chiharu and the others talked to her. As Mei lin sees them, she was getting scared. Tomoyo blocks them but they offered Mei lin a hand. Much to her surprise.
“Gomen nasai…Mei lin-chan…” Chiharu offers her hand.
“Why are you doing this? I deserved to be punished like this…”
“Tomoyo-chan is right… we kept our hate for too long. We didn’t realize that if we keep hating… Li-kun won’t be happy for us especially Sakura-chan…”
“Sorry for us too, Mei lin-chan.” Naoko and Rika said.
“Kero-chan… please forgive her. Time to stop hating and start forgiving.” Tomoyo pleads to Kero.
But he was reluctant. For him, forgiving her means letting her get away for what she did. Because of that, he disagreed.
“No way! I’m not going to forgive her! I still hate her after that and never forgive her again!”
“Kero-chan! We can’t go on if you wouldn’t reconcile to her! What if you just stop this and be friends again?” Naoko said.
“I won’t! I hate her the first time I saw her! Now, I curse her even more!”
Tomoyo hugged Kero.
“Kero-chan… let’s end this… we must start a new beginning and be friends with her again… okay?”
“Well… I suppose so…”
Kero went to Mei lin.
“Damn, I will say this to her. But it’s of Sakura’s sake…”
“Ano… Mei lin… Gomen nasai…”
“Apology accepted…” Mei lin happily hugs him.
“Wait… I shouldn’t hug this toy…” Mei lin said.
“Now what did you say to me? A toy! How could you…” Kero heard what she said.
“I’m right! You couldn’t admit to yourself that you’re a toy!”
“OKAY I HAD ENOUGH! I’LL BEAT YOU TO A PULP!”
“TRY ME!”
“Well, they’re at it again…” Chiharu dropped her head.
“At least we’re okay now…” Tomoyo smiled.
What they didn’t realize is that it’s still raining and all of them are drenched. Eriol looks in disbelief.
“Well… are you guys going to stay there and get sick or get here and dry up?”
They finally realized it.
“OH NO!”
And they hurriedly went inside.
--== Meanwhile ==--
Sakura continues to sleep after a tiring day. She continues to have conflicts over her mind. On one side, she wants to get over it and continue on life, living it to the fullest. On the other hand, she wants to die right here right now just to be with Li again. She thinks about suicide.
But she thinks that Li wouldn’t be happy if she does that. She thinks that there is more to live than just he is. There are plenty of things to do, she still has friends and she still has a family. Li would be happy if she goes on.
But after Li died. She fell in a pit she couldn’t escape. It’s like a death trap, gripping her to sadness and suffering. For days, weeks and months, she tried to recover. But the excruciating pain still lives inside her. And she can’t wake up from the nightmare that befalls her.
All she can do is cry… cry and cry…
-= Just then… =-
People saw a terrifying event. Someone just ransacked the Twin Bells shop. Thankfully, no one is hurt. They couldn’t identify the person because he has a hood on, but they know that he used a sword and destroyed the place. They don’t know what’s the reason of this violence.
As the police checked up on the situation, a car stopped in front of the store. Three people came out of the car.
It was Touya, Fujitake, Sakura’s dad and Yukito.
“Hey Touya, what’s happening here?” Yukito asked.
“Looks like something’s happened here. I wonder…”
“I think we got here at the wrong time. I want to buy a gift for Sakura-san since we left for a week.” Fujitake thought.
“But since were here, let’s go. While the place is still open.” The three went in.
As they go inside, they saw police in the store. People can still look and buy but, the place is a wreck and people didn’t come inside anyway.
As they check the place, there are still toys and dolls still intact, so instead of going somewhere else, they take a look.
“Wow, someone really wrecked this place…”
As they try to find the owner, they saw her talking with the police. They are asking her on what happened and the description of the suspect.
“Well… the first thing happened here is that he just entered here and shut the door, leaving us and the customers here trapped. Then he pointed a sword at me… All of us are so terrified at what happened and if we call police at that time, he would kill us. Then he just destroyed this place, most of the toys and things here are destroyed and he just left. He didn’t take anything. No money, nothing. He just destroyed it…” Maki is still terrified at what happened.
“Don’t worry. We’ll soon catch who does this and make sure he get what he deserves…”
“Thank you…”
After they’re finished, the three checked up on her.
“Sorry to ask but… did you say that you’ve been pointed by a sword?” Touya asked.
"Well… it is…” Maki said.
“And does the guy wore something that’s unusual?”
“Wait… yes! He wore something like a… Chinese costume."
“Eh?” Yukito gasped. “Wait… what she says just looks like…”
“Li? There’s no way that he could have done it. He’s…”
“But that can’t be true… Maybe there’s someone else posing similarly like him.”
“Well…?” Maki asked.
“Um… Sorry about that. Were here to buy a present for Sakura-san, but since the place has been destroyed… Well…” Fujitake thought.
“Sorry…” Yukito said.
“Wait! There’s still something here… Well… you may take it…”
They saw a cute teddy bear. They remember Sakura has one but then disappeared. They would like to replace it.
“It looks nice. She would like to accept this after we left for a trip. It’s the least thing we can do for her.”
“Well then… Give it to her. It’s for free…”
“Now wait a minute! We’re supposed to pay for that! Please accept the money.”
“No, please take it. I haven’t seen Sakura-chan since then. I hope she doesn’t forget that there are people that are there for her in time of need. I’m there for her too…”
“Okay, I accept…”
“Dad!” Touya wondered.
“She’s right, we’re here for her. I think that she needs our help fully to live her life to the fullest, life goes on after any suffering… It’s our job to help her live to the fullest.”
“You’re right… let’s help her live…”
“Well, that’s settled. Now let’s get back to Sakura-chan.” Yukito said.
“Okay.”
As they leave, Yukito thinks about something.
“Are we making a mistake leaving her for a week? She needs us there…”
“I know what you’re thinking, but her friends are there and there’s someone else too…”
“Huh?”
--== Daidouji Residence ==--
“OH NO! How come our trip back here so late?”
Sonomi Daidouji has just returned to Japan to take care of Sakura as Fujitake entrusted her to watch her while they’re away. However, because of the numerous delays of the flights, she has just returned. Much to her anger.
“Of all the trouble I had, now is the time that I don’t like being clobbered! Sakura-chan needs me right now then I wasn’t there!”
However, she knows that there’s no time to think about that.
“I’ve got to see her right now!”
As she hurriedly went to Sakura’s house someone is watching over the roof of the house.
“Everything goes according to my plan… Soon, all the power sealed inside that girl will be all mine for the taking!”
And he disappeared…
--== Sakura’s House ==--
Everyone’s listening hard on what Mei lin is saying about the horrific event happened in Hong Kong just now. They are shocked to see that all of Li’s relatives have been completely wiped out. Mei lin couldn’t hold her ground as she says what has happened. She literally broke into pieces…
“And… that what has happened… I just couldn’t believe that they’re gone…” Mei lin just burst into tears.
“Oh my god… that’s so terrible!” Tomoyo just couldn’t believe what she said.
“Who could have done such a horrible thing? I think that who ever did this must be severely punished!” Chiharu said.
“Why would someone attack them?” Naoko just cried.
“The question is: what’s the reason for this?” Rika thought.
“Demo… Why is this happening? First, Li is gone. Now, his relatives are gone. Is fate cruel to him?” Mei lin wants to know the reason.
As they lament on what has happened, Kero thought of something that may have connection to the tragic event.
“Hmm…”
“Kerberos, are you thinking what I have been thinking?” Eriol asked.
“Right, something’s not right here. No one would dare touch them. Especially that it happened just so fast… someone must be behind all of this…”
“But who? We don’t have any problems ever since Sakura changed all the Clow Cards into Sakura Cards.”
“That’s what I’m afraid of. Nothing has happened. It means something…” Kero is deeply worried.
“You’re right. We must find who did this. It’s impossible for an ordinary person to sneak in and do it. It requires magical power to break the seal.”
“But, who’re the remaining people here who can use magic? Sakura… Me…”
“Me too…”
“How about Li?”
“Impossible…”
As they continue to think on what happened, Tomoyo went to see them.
“Umm… Mei lin needs our support now.”
“Sorry… we’re just talking about something.”
“About what?”
“Nothing…”
As Tomoyo wondered…
“We must not let them know what really happened, especially Sakura.” Eriol whispered.
“Okay…”
-= Minutes Later =-
Mei lin felt a bit better after her friends made her feel better. Now, she’s worried about Sakura. She hasn’t woke up in the past few hours.
“Tomoyo-chan… Is Kinomoto-san still asleep?”
“Umm… Yeah…”
“Ever since Syaoran left us. She really changed a lot…”
“Yes…” Tomoyo felt sad remembering what happened back then…
--== Flashback ==--
“Sakura-chan… You’re not yourself today…”
“Huh? Yup!”
Classes has just ended for them, it’s now the start of their vacation. Tomoyo wanted to treat Sakura for a vacation at any place she wanted. But Sakura must be thinking something else since she is thinking about something else.
“Sakura-chan… is there something wrong?”
“Why are you worrying me that much? I’m better as ever!”
Sakura insists that she’s all right yet Tomoyo sees what she doesn’t want to show.
“Sakura-chan, you’re lying…”
“Who me? How could I lie, especially to you my very best friend?”
“You’re trying to be something. You’re trying to show that you’re happy, like nothing happened to you…”
“It’s just the past. Let’s look onward!” Sakura ran.
“You’re trying to bury your feelings…” Tomoyo whispered as she catches up.
“I wish that you will show to me what you feel, to all of us…”
--== End of Flashback ==--
“Back then, she doesn’t want to show what she truly feel. She tried to be as happy as she was, but she kept hiding from herself, though we all knew that she’s lost…”
“Daidouji-san, we can’t blame her. She tried to be happy in order for you not to worry for her, but you’re trying to drag her down to sorrow again. What she’s doing is for the good for you guys…”
“But at least she’ll open up to us. That will make her feel better…”
The doorbell rang.
“Someone’s outside…” Naoko said.
“I’ll get it!” Tomoyo hurriedly went to the door.
As she opened it, a figure approached…
“OH NO! A GHOST!” Naoko screamed.
At first, they didn’t believe her. However, the figure they see has a dark color and fuzziness all over. It slowly went inside…
“You’re joking right? It’s… it’s…”
The figure stepped in…
The girls are shaking while Tomoyo looks at it. Kero and Eriol just watched at them.
“Wow, such cowards…” Kero shook his head.
Tomoyo looked at it and smiled. “Oh, hi Oka-san!”
"Huh?”
All of them were shocked.
“Now, who called me a ghost?” Sonomi heard what they say and she’s mad on it.
“Well… It’s Naoko-chan who said it. Hey Naoko-chan!”
“Umm… Well… gomen nasai!”
“Okay, just don’t compare me to a ghost!”
“Hai!”
“By the way… where’s Sakura-chan?”
“She’s still resting in her room. She still needs time to recuperate after what happened…”
“What do you mean “What happened?””
“It’s a long story…”
-= Meanwhile =-
Someone is looking the house. Standing in a tree, he looks on the people inside and starts to plan his move.
“I need some time left then…”
“And it’s the end for all of them…”
End of Part VI