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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Jan 28, 2009 17:57:56 GMT -5
Syaoran stared after Link for a full minute before he came to his senses and ran after Sakura to unpack his things. As it turned out, he was sharing a room with Yamazaki (Sakura was sharing with Tomoyo, and of course Kero-chan), and he was in a daze the entire way through unpacking his clothes. He didn't hear Yamazaki's lies as they flew past his ears. He didn't notice what drawer he put his shirts in and what drawer his pants. He wasn't even consciously thinking when he pulled from his pocket the keychain that would turn into his sword and placed it on the dresser. His mind was still stuck on Link's last sentence and couldn't seem to pull itself away. It was if that when a certain six words were uttered in his ear, a switch was turned off inside him and those six were the only things he could think of.
"She likes you... go for it."
Was it true? Did Sakura really like him? Or had the tourguide lied to him, set it up on purpose as a decoy so that he wouldn't notice when he was attacked? But then, if it was meant as a distraction, then wouldn't the tourguide have needed to whisper something to Sakura too?
"She likes you..."
Syaoran knew Sakura liked him. Of COURSE Sakura liked him. The two of them were best friends, and would always be best friends.
But... did she like him as something more?
"She likes you..."
She was in love with Tsukishiro-san, wasn't she?
"...go for it!"
Should he trust this tourguide? His instincts told him never to take anything at face value, but his heart told him that Link was a good guy. Maybe he really was just trying to help... but even then, how could Syaoran prove that the tourguide's advice was good?
"She likes you..."
Did she?
Did she?!
How hard it was to be on guard and keep his senses peeled, Syaoran mused, when the simple fact that he was in love seemed to ruin everything in an instant.
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Post by aperson on Jan 28, 2009 18:59:01 GMT -5
Link walked out of the restaurant and sat down on a bench deep in thought. He knew the kid wouldn't believe him at first, but at least he tried right? He could tell by the energy surrounding them that that he had done the right thing, but he didn't like to be called a hypocrite.
I'm going to have to tell Malon that I love her before that kid will trust me enough to take my advice.
And then there was the girl, she was in love with Syaoran, but she didn't know it yet.
How do you tell someone something like that? Syaoran probably thinks that he's the one who has the biggest mental dilemma right now. If I could just get Sakura into a Shekiah meditative state, she'd realize that she loves him! But how?
Aha! If I could get her to look at the Mirror Shield through the Lens of Truth, the effects would be instantaneous!
Link got up and walked towards the hotel, quite pleased with himself.
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Jan 30, 2009 19:25:47 GMT -5
((just for the record, you know it's Syaoran, right? XD))
Syaoran was still in a daze from Link's words as he arrived at the dinner table. He barely noticed as friends said hello, and when Sakura smiled at him, he turned away. Could he trust Link? Did Sakura really return his feelings? He couldn't even look at her now, let alone "go for it," as Link had suggested. He averted his eyes and sat down next to Yamazaki instead of her.
Sakura, however, had her own things to trouble over. Why wasn't Syaoran-kun sitting next to her? He hadn't even said hello. Was he mad at her for telling everything to Link? That had to be it. It was the only thing she'd done since she'd last seen him. She put her head in her hands, dismayed. She and Syaoran had just begun to be such good friends, too!
"Is something bothering you, Sakura-chan?"
"Hoe?" Sakura looked up to see Tomoyo sitting beside her. If she could trust anyone, it was Tomoyo. "Syaoran-kun ignored me when I said hi to him, and he wouldn't sit next to me," she explained. "I think he might be mad at me for telling Link-san about our magic."
Tomoyo smiled in an understanding way. "Maybe it's something else," she said gently in reply. "It's not you, Sakura-chan. Li-kun probably just has something else on his mind tonight."
Sakura put her head down once more, resuming the depressed expression from a moment earlier.
Tomoyo had something else in mind, but she didn't say it, for it would simply put Sakura into an even greater state of confusion. Li-kun probably just has something else on his mind tonight. Like how to finally tell you that he loves you.
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Post by aperson on Jan 30, 2009 20:02:53 GMT -5
"Hey, Navi."
"What is it Link?" Asked the glowing fairy who had flown out from under his hat.
"How do you tell someone that you love them if you don't know that they love you?"
"Don't worry Link, I know that Malon loves you just as much as you love her."
"How could you possibly know that?" asked Link incredulously.
"Because I'm your fairy, it's my job to make sure that you're safe, both physically and mentally, so if I didn't know, then I would be slacking."
"I believe you, but that doesn't make me much more confident."
"Don't worry, I have enough confidence to share."
"Thanks Navi. Okay everyone, it's dinner time, meet outside the restaurant!" Link used a voice throwing spell to make sure that everyone who was inside the inn heard him.
After dinner, that's when I'll get her to look at the Mirror Shield.
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Jan 30, 2009 21:40:08 GMT -5
Kero was right. Hyrule did have good food. However, when convinced Syaoran was mad at her, it was hard for Sakura to enjoy it. Sakura was distant and depressed all through dinner, barely talking to anyone, and staring at the back of his head for the majority of the meal. She couldn't understand, however, why Syaoran not talking to her made her so miserable. Sure, he was her friend, but she wouldn't feel this way if Tomoyo decided not to say hi one afternoon. The way she felt about Syaoran was... different from the way she felt about Tomoyo, or any of her other friends for that matter. What was it?
Finally, when everyone had finished and Terada-sensei promised they would go to the inn's cafe and get cakes as soon as they met Link, Sakura pushed aside her chair and started out the doorway. However, once there, she was met by a very red, very fidgety Syaoran.
"Syaoran-kun!" Sakura cried. She had to get this off her chest. "I'm so sorry I told Link-san about our magic! He seemed so nice and I just wasn't thinking!"
"N-no, it's fine." To her surprise, Syaoran waved the comment away. But then why had he avoided her before? And why was his face so red? "Umm, Sakura," he began, still blushing furiously, "there's something I have to tell you."
"Okay," Sakura said agreeably, flashing him a smile for the first time all night. She was confused, but very relieved he wasn't mad. "What is it?"
Syaoran looked down at his toes. Why did this have to be so hard?! It was best to get it out there, and fast, before he had the chance to change his mind. "I... Sakura... I..."
"Yes?" asked Sakura, naive and innocent as always, completely unaware of the sentence he was about to throw upon her and the impact it would have on the rest of her life.
Just two more words, and she'd know, and it would all be over. "Sakura," Syaoran said, determined to do it now that he'd started, "I lo--"
But before he could finish, he was tragically cut off by an all-too-familiar voice. "Oy! Sakura?!"
"Hoe?" Sakura looked up in shock to meet Toya's eyes. Syaoran stood by her side, frozen to the spot. Now he hated Toya more than ever. And he'd been so close, too!
"Hey, Monster," said Toya lazily. "Didn't know you were stayin' here."
Sakura shook her head in amazement. "Oniichan! Link-san told me you were working here, but I thought it must be some kind of weird coincidence with someone with your same name or something."
Toya smirked. "Nope. It's really me. And hey, Monster, guess who else is here?"
Before Sakura could guess, however, another figure appeared in the doorway behind Toya. He was tall and thin, with silvery hair and glasses and a wide smile. "Sakura-chan! Hello!"
Sakura's face reddened to almost the color of Syaoran's. "Y-Yukito-san!" she stammered. "I didn't know you would be w-working here too!" She couldn't believe her good luck. Staying in the same hotel as Yukito-san! What a dream! She still had these feelings for Syaoran she couldn't quite make out, but she always felt so floaty inside when she was around Yukito! However, as much as she loved talking to Yukito, she was sort of curious about what Syaoran had to say. She made a mental note to ask him later... once she was done talking to Yukito-san, that is.
Syaoran's blush slowly faded as he watched Sakura and Yukito chat aimlessly about nothing in particular, his hopes fading along with the color in his cheeks. Why hadn't he seen it before? It was so darn obvious. He guessed that tourguide just hadn't seen how Sakura acted around Yukito, because it was so clear to Syaoran and everyone else around him that it was Yukito that Sakura was head over heels in love with.
Not Syaoran.
Yukito.
Syaoran left his confession in a figurative crumpled ball of unwanted paper at the corner of the room and went outside to see what the tourguide wanted. Syaoran wanted Sakura to be able to have time alone with the one she loved most.
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Post by aperson on Jan 30, 2009 21:47:28 GMT -5
Link stepped back from the that he had propped the Mirror Shield up against and pulled out the Lens of Truth.
"Now I just have to get Sakura to look in the right place. Hey Sakura! I have something to show you, it's pretty cool, and it will only take a minute!"
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Jan 30, 2009 22:00:16 GMT -5
As Syaoran walked out the side door, oblivious to the scene between the girl he loved and Link, Sakura reluctantly turned away from Yukito to see what her tourguide was talking about. Yukito gave her a little push so that she wouldn't feel rude by leaving. "Go on, Sakura-chan. I'm sure it'll be great."
Sakura smiled uncertainly at Yukito. She was still a little wary of Link after what Syaoran had told her about him, but she couldn't let Yukito know that. "H-hai! I'll be back in a minute, Yukito-san!"
Yukito gave her a nod. Secretly, he had another reason for wanting her to go. He thought that Sakura should get out and see places and experience things without being distracted by her feelings for him, because in the end when she confessed, he knew he would have to turn her down. Like Syaoran, Yukito had someone else who was very close to his heart. He loved Sakura, but he loved her like a little sister, not like a girlfriend.
Once outside in the cool evening air, Sakura cautiously approached Link. The crickets were chirping, the sky a medium-blue. Link was holding something weird-looking, but he seemed harmless enough. She had to keep reminding herself of Syaoran's words to stay on any sort of guard at all. "What is it, Link-san?" she asked, trying to make her voice sound cheerful, and to keep all fear out of it. Somehow she thought being afraid of her tourguide would seem slightly rude on her part, and that was the last impression she wanted to give.
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Post by aperson on Jan 30, 2009 22:06:07 GMT -5
"Hi Sakura, see this lens? If you look at that shield through it, you can learn all sorts of things. It's not dangerous, I'll go first to prove it."
Link looked at the Mirror shield through The lens. What Sakura didn't know was that Link had done this before and all he saw was his reflection.
"Go on, I promise you'll be fine."
He held the lens out for Sakura.
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Jan 31, 2009 9:11:28 GMT -5
Sakura was deeply uncertain. Mirrors had all kinds of magical properties, not to mention what the Mirror Clow Card had done to her Oniichan! Should she trust Link? What if what Syaoran had been going to tell her was that looking through the lens would cause a swift and painful death?! But no, that didn't seem right... he'd been blushing, as if embarrassed to tell her something. But what?
Well, if Link had looked through it, she mused, it could hardly be deadly. And she really wanted to stay on Link's good side. After only a moment's hesitation, Sakura took the lens from his hand and looked at the mirror's surface.
Suddenly she was hit by an overpowering epiphany. She couldn't have told you why or how, but suddenly Sakura's feelings for Yukito all seemed to fade to dust as she realized once and for all why she'd been so upset when Syaoran had been ignoring her.
She loved him.
He was her number one.
Now all she had to do was tell him. She hoped he felt the same way. She had to tell him. Tonight. Hope for the best. But wait--wasn't he engaged to Meilin?! This could cause some problems...
With trembling hands, Sakura lowered the lens and handed it back to Link as politely as she could. "Thank you, Link-san."
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Post by aperson on Jan 31, 2009 9:18:10 GMT -5
Link could tell that Sakura was shaken so he put a hand an her shoulder.
"It will work out. I promise. Come on, let's go back to the hotel. I'm sure that Tomoyo will be glad to give you moral support." Link smiled. Everything was going well. Suddenly, he sensed a dark presence, but it vanished as soon as it appeared. Link made a mental note to talk to Impa about it as soon as he could.
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Jan 31, 2009 9:26:31 GMT -5
((dark prescence))
Sakura smiled weakly. Did Link know what she had felt? But then, he'd felt it too, hadn't he? "Thank you," Sakura told him, struggling to get up. Somehow, aside from leaving her shaken, she also felt somehow drained. "Link-san..." She paused, realizing how stupid the words she longed to say might sound. "Link-san, does that mirror show people the... one they love most?" Because now I realize I have feelings for Syaoran-kun, and I don't know what to do.
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Post by aperson on Jan 31, 2009 9:32:16 GMT -5
"That's one of the things it can show you, it can also show you where you need to go, or what you need to do to accomplish your goal."
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Jan 31, 2009 9:40:10 GMT -5
Sakura gave a nod. "H-hai!" She slowly walked back into the building and, as Link had suggested, searched for her friend to offer words of advice. "Tomoyo-chan?"
She'd barely said it loudly enough for someone standing next to her to hear, but Tomoyo was at Sakura's side in an instant. "What is it, Sakura-chan?" she asked in delight.
"Um... um, Tomoyo-chan..." Sakura looked at her toes, her face growing red. In fact, she probably looked exactly like Syaoran had when he was about to tell her what he'd been going to after dinner. "I... I think I love..."
Was Sakura going to confess to Tomoyo that she loved her?! This was too good to be true! But no, that couldn't be it. Tomoyo knew that it was Syaoran Sakura loved. But she hadn't known that Sakura knew it herself. This was a surprise. "Yes, Sakura-chan?" she asked politely. If Sakura wanted to tell her, then it had to be Sakura to say it, not Tomoyo.
"I... I think... I think I'm in love with Syaoran-kun," Sakura blurted.
Tomoyo gave a knowing smile. "Ah, so you've finally figured it out, Sakura-chan." Sakura had figured out that she loved him on her own! Good for her! Now all that was left was for Syaoran figure it out.
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Post by aperson on Jan 31, 2009 9:47:04 GMT -5
"Link walked over to the well and played the Nocturne of Shadow. A mind link was established between him and Impa.
Impa, I felt a dark presence for a brief time, any ideas?
None yet Link, the princess and I are trying to figure out what happened as we speak. I'll inform you as soon as we discover anything worth noting.
Thanks Impa.
The mental connection terminated, Link headed to the inn to get some hard earned rest.
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Post by bodie the almighty and awesome on Jan 31, 2009 9:51:22 GMT -5
Syaoran felt it himself: a dark presence. This country had a limitless amount of magic stored in infinite people and objects. He would have to investigate tomorrow. For now, the fifth graders were going to a cafe.
Sakura sat next to Tomoyo and ate her cake, which was indeed the best she'd ever tasted. She ordered two so she could take one back to the room for Kero-chan. Imagine her eating Hyrule's cakes but not saving any for him? Kero would burn her room to the ground!
Tomoyo noted how quiet Sakura was and decided not to press her. She had some difficult things to think through tonight. Syaoran, however, avoided her entirely. He couldn't face her until he confessed. It was too awkward otherwise. And if he'd asked Sakura, she probably would have said the same thing, only as to her confession as apposed to his own. Stupid love! Why did it have to ruin such a great friendship?!
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