Best Friends - Chapter Eight

“Um, you may not know me but…I’m your daughter.” Sakura stood with her head bowed in respect, expecting some surprised reaction or another. She looked up to see the woman staring at her in amusement.

“Nani?” She asked curiosly.

“You are Nades’ child correct, my dear?” Sakura nodded. “Nades is my sister and she has gone away on a business vacation.”

“A business vacation?”

The woman chuckled softly. “She was sent to Tahiti by her boss in hopes of her finally relaxing, but all she can do is work, work and more work.”

“Oh, I’m sorry to bother you then Miss…”

“Oh, come now child, call me auntie. I am Miashiiko, the oldest of us three. Jadeshiike is the second oldest and Nadeshiiko is the youngest.”

“Who is Jadeshiike?” Sakura wondered out loud.

“Your foster mother.”

“NANI? I thought her name was Jade.”

“No, her birth name was Jadeshiike, but then she ran off to become a model and thought she was better than all of us, so she changed her name so that it was nothing like ours. And then she had to steal Nades’ baby and make her drug/drinking problem worse instead of better.” Miashiiko spat with disgust.

“But Auntie Miashiiko-“

“Call me Auntie Mia, dear, even I know that Miashiiko is too long a name.” She laughed again.

“Auntie Mia,” she corrected. “Mom-I mean-Aunt Jade is sorry, she really is you should see her now, she’s so full of regret.”

But Miashiiko did not believe her, she just shook her head disbelievingly. “You must come see her, please Auntie.”

“I cannot my dear, I apologize. Nades will return in the middle of June, come back to see her then.” She said, closing the door.

“She’s dying!” Sakura yelled out of pure desperation. The door opened once more.

“What did you say?” Miashiiko narrowed her sapphire eyes.

“Aunt Jade, sh-she’s d-dying…” Sakura broke down in tears, even though Jade betrayed her family and royally screwed up all her relationships and even thought she wasn’t really Sakura’s mother, Jade had raised her and Sakura couldn’t bear it if she died. She flopped down on the wooden porch, crying uncontrollably. As her sobs began to cease, she felt her aunt’s arm around her, drawing her into a comforting hug.

“What’s wrong with her?” Mia asked after Sakura’s tears had stopped falling.

“Liver failure, from all the alcohol she consumed when Jon cheated on her.”

“Now she knows how it feels…”

“What, aunty?”

“Nothing my dear. So, can the doctors save her?”

Sakura shook her head. “No, she needs a new liver and a blood transfusion. Dr. Shobu said the she has three moths to live. I wanted to donate the liver and blood, I really did but I can’t, because her blood and mine are different blood types. She thought she was going to die so she told me her secret that I wasn’t her real daughter. I wanted to meet my real mom, but I also wanted to ask if you could help her, and maybe patch things up with her, I know you don’t really like her right now but I know that she would like it if you visited her. She’s in the local hospital at the moment, Room 523.” Sakura pleaded.

“Alright, child, I’ll go to visit Jadeshiike tommorow. But for now, won’t you come inside and have some tea with me?”

“I’d love to, thank you Aunty Mia.” Sakura beamed and bounced inside happily.

Syaoran

He was pacing his room, trying to figure out the solution to his dillema with Jet and Sakura. At the same time he was wondering what he should get them for their birthdays because, ironically, both Jet and Sakura’s birthdays were on November 21st and Jet would get really mad if Sakura got a better present than she did. She’d also be pretty pissed if their presents were the same. He knew Sakura wouldn’t really mind if he got her nothing but Mei Lin and Tomoyo might bash his head open if he did that.

Needless to say, he was pretty confused. He had absolutely NO idea to any of his problems. He flopped down on the bed, trying to relax and clear his mind. He tried a meditating technique that his sensei has taught them, but it was hard and only Sakura had mastered it. However he did mange to hear two voice that seemed to be arguing. ‘Jet!’ one voice yelled. ‘Saki!’ shrieked the other.

With no other options to turn to, he decided to get advice from his dad. On his way to his father’s study, he mentally smacked himself on the head, he should’ve done this first, his father had never failed to give him good advice in the past. He approached the polished wooden door slowly and raised his fist to knock. Suddenly the door opened and Syaoran just barely missed accidentally punching his father in the face.

“Whoa, whad’d I do now?” His father asked jokingly.

“I’m sorry, father. It was an accident.” Syaoran blushed and bowed apologetically.

“It’s okay, I was just kidding. I was kind of expecting you.”

“Really? Why?”

“Because, son, you have been acting strangely all this week, as if your thoughts wander yet always end up in the same place.” Replied the older Li.

Syaoran was shocked at how accurate that was. “So tell me what’s on your mind,”

“Well, Okay, hypothetically speaking let’s say there is this boy. And He’s best friends with this girl and he has a girlfriend. One day another person tells him that he may like his best friend. What should this boy do? Uh, it’s a…puzzle Tomoyo told me yesterday.” He added lamely, trying to cover up his story.

“Well then, for hypothetical situation’s sake let’s call the boy Syaoran, the girlfriend Jet and the best friend Sakura.” Li Lian had barely succeeded in suppressing his growing smile.

Syaoran dropped his head, blushing furiously. Busted.

“Well, I think this boy should listen to what his heart tells him.” He advised. “Oh, I’m sorry, son, I’ve got to get going I’ve got a meeting in ten minutes.” And with that he left.

“Who do I love?” he asked himself, not hearing his head scream ‘Jet!’ while his heart shouted ‘Saki!’

He sighed and, not knowing what else to do, he returned to his room and fell asleep. Unbeknownst to him, a pair of crimsonm eyes were watching from afar.

Mei Lin shook her head, red and black hair swaying with the movement. “Oh, little brother, why can’t you see? She doesn’t deserve you.” She then went to the guestroom and lay on her bed, listening to music and praying that Sakura could tell her brother brfore it was too late.

Ayisha

She was in her room, listening to her favorite songs on her shiny mp3 player. Suddenly a voice called, “Ayshi, sweetie, someone’s here to see you!”

“Coming, mom!” She yelled back. Ayisha dashed down the stairs hoping it was Katana so they could go to the mall or something, because she was really bored. She stopped short when she came into the front hallway and saw that it was not Katana as she originally thought it was, “Hakaru…”

Katana

She was looking through a magazine when she saw an albino girl with ringlets in her hair. The girl was really pretty and it was probably because of the hair. She decided she needed a new look and Jet might be able to helop her with this. “Jet?” She called, no one answered. She walked into her sister’s room, cringing at the boring neutral colors the whole room was done in. She walked to Jet’s private bathrrom, hoping to at least find a curling iron, but found nothing. Sighing, she walked back to the door, when she noticed something that wasn’t there before; a videocamera.

“Well hello, what’s this then?” She murmured to herself, ejecting the tape and bringing to her room.

Jet

She smiled, and ran her fingers through his spiked hair. But he pulled back. She gazed at him with questions in her eager eyes. “What?”

“You did nothing, you let her beat me and you did nothing.” He said accusingly. Jet did not miss the hurt tone of his voice.

“Baby, baby I’m sorry, really I am. But I’ll make it up to you, really I will, I promise.” She vowed to herself that she would get that Avalon bitch for hurting her baby, she swore she would get even.

He considered it for a moment then said, “Okay, I love you too much to be mad.”

“Good,” she smiled and that was all she said before he covered her body with his and they made love right there in the alleyway.

Jon and Chia

“I couldn’t get her to give me the money,” Jon said when they got home. “She’s ordering an official divorce.”

“It’s okay, Jon. We’ll try again. Here let me get you some ice.” She said gently. Internally, she was fuming. ‘Damn. What a fool. I only got with him for his money and he doesn’t even have that. It’s not like he’ll always be faithful, that much is obvious. And he’s not really that hot either. Oh, well. I’m still young, I’ll find someone. Maybe I’ll ask my brother’s girlfriend, she’s probably got tons of options.’

She returned to the room with ice in one hand and a glass of brandy in the other. She gasped in surprise, Jon was on his knees in front of her with a diamond ring in his hand. “Marry me.”

“Yes.” She replied, not because she loved him, but because that was a 24-carat diamond…