She will live only to die… she will save the world from chaos. She stands alone in rejection, a soul of pureness.
Chapter 3- Pure Soul
Syaoran sighed and walked down the streets of Tomoeda. He was on his way to his apartment for the night. For the whole day, Syaoran had wondered around Tomoeda to bring back his memories of the past. In some ways he hoped that he would run into Sakura, and that they would get together and be happy. But in other ways he was hoping that he wouldn’t come across her or anyone he knew. The reason he had come back was because of a pull that his heart had made to this place. He wanted to see Sakura, but he feared rejection and change. They were different people… they were older… and all sorts of things could happen in six years. In the end, his fought with himself and decided that he would somehow run himself into Sakura, a confrontation so that he wouldn’t feel like such a coward.
As the apartment came into view, Syaoran nodded to himself at his decision.
He stepped into the apartment building, a smile starting to spread on his face. In his mind, he believed that he was in Tomoeda for a reason, and that everything would turn out all right… until he saw a black haired man fumbling with his keys for the apartment next to him. ‘That guy, he looks so familiar…’ Syaoran thought to himself.
Syaoran smoothly walked up to his apartment and took out his key to unlock his door. He paused to look at the man.
The man caught his stare and smirked. “What? Are you amused or something?”
“No, I just wanted to say ‘Konbanwa.’ Do you need any help?” Syaoran replied suavely.
“Uh- huh. Well, konbanwa to you too. I don’t need any help, I’m just new to this place,” the black haired man said with briskness. Just as he finished talking, his door popped open. “So I guess that I’m your neighbor. I’m Kinomoto Touya.”
Syaoran almost fainted. The brother of the girl he loved lived right next to him! And not only that, it was the brother that was the cause for half of his problems.
“Er, nice to meet you. I’m Li,” Syaoran said simply. He decided not to tell Touya that he was Syaoran, in his mind it was better that Touya didn’t recognize him.
Touya stopped for a second to study Syaoran. “Li, eh? Are you from China? You look familiar.”
Syaoran gulped and replied shakily, “Y-yeah, I’m from China. I bet that it is just your imagination that I look familiar though.”
Touya shrugged. “I used to know a few Li’s from China, they bugged me. One of them kind of looked like you, only he was a lot shorter and younger. But it’s all in the past, I’m sure that you didn’t have to deal with them.”
Syaoran nodded, keeping his anger under control. ‘I bugged him? Is that the best thing he could say about me? And I was shorter? Well, of course! I grew!’ While he thought that Syaoran laughed and said, “I guess that I’m lucky. Goodnight!”
Touya nodded too and disappeared inside his apartment. Syaoran gulped and ran into his apartment, shutting his door as quickly as possible. He flew into bed, heavy thoughts on his mind.
‘Dang it! I have to live next to that guy? I should move! But then again, Sakura will be visiting him sometime, so I can plan meeting up with her there. Remember Syaoran: Don’t be a coward. Take a stand and don’t worry about rejection or misery.’