Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura. All rights reserved to CLAMP.
~*This story is dedicated to both my uncle and my best friend, Anna*~
I couldn't have done this chapter especially without the support of my
friend Nina (Nnenna). Thank YOU!
Summary: Sakura Kinomoto, 23, is lying bedridden in a hospital with a serious heart problem. When she needs a heart transplant, whose heart gets transplanted into her body? None other than Aya Okhawa, Syaoran Li's recently deceased fiancée. S&S E&T
P.S. Sakura and Syaoran have never met and Syaoran and Eriol are cousins!
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"Syaoran!" A voice called out.
"Aya Ohkawa! Where are you!" Syaoran yelled. They were in the forest area of the park in Hong Kong, China. Aya had led Syaoran out to the forest.
Syaoran Li is a successful businessman at the age of 23, because of his exceptional exceeding grades and his role as the next Li clan leader. He was fairly tall, almost 6 feet and had chocolate brown hair and amber eyes that reflected everything they saw.
"Follow my voice." She spoke again. Her voice seemed louder than last time. Syaoran walked in the direction the voice was coming from, left.
"This isn't funny Aya!" Syaoran growled. Aya let out a giggle as she continued to skip further and further away from Syaoran.
"AYA!" Syaoran called out.
"Boo." Syaoran turned around to see his fiancée, Aya Ohkawa staring at him with her light blue eyes. She was average height and had a light brown hair color with her hair going down to as far as her waist. Syaoran immediately embraced her.
"Syaoran! I can't move!" Aya complained.
"What do you think my intention was?" Syaoran replied smirking.
"You're being unfair."
"Look who's talking. You're the one who dragged me into the forest for no apparent reason!" Syaoran spoke insensitively.
"I had a reason! Today was the day you found me in this forest, 3 years ago, you do remember, don't you?" Aya spoke with tears slowly coming out of her eyes. Syaoran's eyes widened. He had made her cry.
"I'm sorry Aya. I was just so frustrated. Will you ever forgive me?" Syaoran asked.
"I don't have the heart to say no." Aya replied as she gave Syaoran a kiss.
"I'm glad."
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"Sakura-chan! How are you feeling today?" Tomoyo Daidouji asked her best friend. Tomoyo was a beautiful woman at the age of 22. She had long black silky hair and shining amethyst eyes.
Sakura Kinomoto, age 22, was lying in the hospital bed that she had been on for the past 4 months. Sakura had always been a healthy person until she starting having heart problems. Apparently her mother, Nadeshiko Kinomoto, had died of heart attack when Sakura was only 3. This heart disease must've been inside of Sakura, lying undetected, all this time. Sakura had grown weaker each and every day, her beautiful radiant skin becoming paler and paler. Her bright emerald green eyes had lost their sparkle.
Sakura turned to Tomoyo with a smile.
"I'm fine. How are you?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo sighed. Whenever she asked how Sakura was feeling, her only response was that she was fine and then would direct the conversation on her.
"Ok I guess. It's so lonely not having you rooming with me, you know that?" Tomoyo complained. Sakura laughed.
"Tomoyo-chan, you remind me every day, how can I forget?" Sakura replied.
"I don't know. It is possible though. Oh my GOD! I have to tell you something else though!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"What! What! Tell me!" Sakura responded wanting to hear more.
"Remember Eriol?" Tomoyo asked. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"That's the only other subject you talk about with me in here, how boring it is without me with you at college and Eriol!" Sakura said. Tomoyo laughed.
"I guess so. Well ... HE ASKED ME OUT! OH MY GOD SAKURA-CHAN! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tomoyo squealed. Sakura smiled.
"That's great Tomoyo-chan! I'm so happy for you!" Sakura replied.
"You know what, as soon as you get out of this hospital, I'm finding you a guy!" Tomoyo stated. Sakura giggled.
"Not without me inspecting each and every one of those brats to see if they are fit for the kaijuu." A voice said at the door.
"ONII-CHAN!" Sakura yelled. Touya Kinomoto entered through the door.
"Hey kaijuu." Touya bluntly stated.
"SAKURA IS NOT A KAIJUU!!!!!!!!!!" Sakura screamed.
"You better lower your voice kaijuu or the nurses might have to kick you out of the hospital."
"If I weren't in this bed right now ..." Sakura spoke while grinding her teeth. She quickly whispered something in Tomoyo's ear. Tomoyo flushed and shook her head as indicating a no.
"Why not?" Sakura asked.
"I can't do that Sakura-chan!"
"It's not that hard. All you do is take your foot, and stomp it on top of his . I don't see how hard the concept is ..." Sakura replied.
"Daidouji-san is an example of the way females are supposed to be, and you are an example of the opposite." Touya stated smirking. Sakura's rage started building up. Her heart started beating faster. Suddenly, the hospital sight she had before her had changed to a pitch black.
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Syaoran looked out his window. There he saw a beautiful colored sunset. The red, orange, yellow, pink, and purple all mixed together. The only other time he remembered seeing a sunset like that, was when he had first met Aya.
~Flashback~
Syaoran was walking through the park when he heard a female voice ring throughout the park. He quickly tried to locate the voice. Slowly he had found himself in front of the forest, but continued on. Syaoran ran through the woods following the screams. A thorn had cut through his sleeve into his skin and it began to bleed but it didn't bother him. Finally, he found the owner of the voice, a fragile woman with the most enchanting light blue eyes that were filled with tears. Syaoran immediately ran up to her.
"Are you ok?" Syaoran's voice was filled with concern. The woman had slightly blushed and responded in the most soothing voice.
"I'm fine. I just can't get up. I think I might've twisted my ankle."
"Want me to carry you?" Syaoran asked.
"I can't ask you to do that! That would be rude of me."
"And it would be rude of me not to help you." Syaoran spoke as he lifted her up.
"Please put me down! I can walk!"
"You just told me that you couldn't get up. I'm taking you to the hospital to get that ankle checked on." Syaoran responded holding her close to him. He didn't know why but he seemed to want to be with her.
"You are really stubborn."
"Thank you." Syaoran replied as he made it out of the woods. The woman gasped at the sight she saw before her. The sky was different colors and they blended together.
"Wow, that's a beautiful sunset."
"Yea. You don't get to see that everyday." Syaoran said as he called a taxi.
At the hospital, the doctors found out that her ankle wasn't twisted. It was broken. Her ankle was wrapped in a cast. The doctors left her to go home in crutches. In front of the hospital, Syaoran was waiting for her.
"Thank you for everything." She spoke.
"Your welcome. Can you please tell me one thing though?"
"What?"
"What is your name? I haven't heard it yet." Syaoran replied.
"Aya Ohkawa. Please call me Aya. And your name is?"
"Syaoran Li." Aya blinked a couple of times. Of course, how could she have not seen it? He was Syaoran Li, the future Li clan leader. Her friends were telling the truth, he was extremely hot ... His chestnut brown bangs fluttering in the wind and his beautiful amber orbs that were known as his eyes.
"You're ... You're ..."
"Please don't make a big deal out of it. I hate it when people do that."
"I'm sorry." Aya replied. She had heard that the Li clan heir had quite a temper, especially directed towards all of the women who throw themselves at him.
"It's alright. You didn't know. And please, call me Syaoran." Syaoran spoke. This must've been the first time he ever let anyone besides his family call him that. It was strange, he never let anyone, not even his cousins got the privilege to call him Syaoran after they have first met each other.
"Okay, Syaoran." Aya replied with a smile. He didn't know why but her smile made him feel happy.
"Oh my GOD!" Aya screamed.
"What? What's wrong? Are you ok?" Syaoran asked.
"Your arm." Aya spoke. Syaoran looked at his arm. It was the cut he got earlier in the woods.
"It's fine." Syaoran replied. She motioned him to sit on the bench and she examined his wound.
"It's deep. You should go back into the hospital and get that checked."
"I'll be fine."
"You are going into the hospital to get that checked!" Aya yelled.
"What gives you the right to say that to me?" Syaoran spoke in a cold harsh tone getting up from his seat.
"I'm only worried about you." Aya said as tears fell from her face. Syaoran couldn't believe it. She was worried about him!
"Let's go." He spoke again in a lighter tone.
"Where?" Aya asked as she tried to wipe her tears.
"You want me to go to the hospital, right?" Syaoran replied. Aya looked up at him to see him smiling down on her. She smiled and got on her crutches.
"You're stubborn too, you know that?" Syaoran said. Aya laughed.
"But I'm not as stubborn as you!"
~End of Flashback~
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"Sakura-chan? Sakura-chan? Can you hear me?" Tomoyo's voice spoke. Sakura blinked and opened her eyes. It wasn't her hospital room and it wasn't her dorm, she was in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit).
"What am I doing here?" Sakura groaned.
"You're okay!" Tomoyo exclaimed as she gave Sakura a hug. Sakura gladly accepted the hug.
"Tomoyo-chan, where did onii-chan go?" Sakura asked. Her brother was nowhere in sight.
"Ano (Um) ... your brother was banned from seeing you. They said that he caused your little incident today." Tomoyo replied.
"So, I can't see onii-chan anymore?"
"Not without a nurse with him." Tomoyo answered.
"That's not fair! He's my onii-chan. It wasn't his fault. He was just teasing me! If I didn't get angry I wouldn't be here. They shouldn't do that to onii-chan!" Sakura exclaimed.
"I know Sakura-chan."
"I'm going straight to those nurses and demand them to let me see my onii- chan without him being babysat!"
"But Sakura-chan, if he didn't tease you, you wouldn't be here. You have to understand." Tomoyo spoke. She hated it when Sakura blamed herself for everything.
"No, it wasn't him. It was me. The nurses have to understand that!"
"Sakura-chan! You are in no position to be getting up!" Tomoyo spoke as she pushed Sakura back on her bed.
"Tomoyo-chan, I have a heart problem, not a problem with my legs. Can you please let me up?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo sighed. She didn't want her best friend in any more pain then she needed to be.
"No. If you want to see a nurse, let them come to you. You are in the ICU, not a regular hospital room anymore." Tomoyo stated. Sakura sighed.
"Fine, you win." Sakura said as she pushed a button and soon a nurse came into her room.
"Is there anything you need Kinomoto-san?"
"First, I would prefer if you call me Sakura. Second, I would like to know why my onii-chan isn't allowed in my room."
"Kino- I mean Sakura-san, there is a very good reason why your brother isn't allowed in your room." The nurse replied.
"If this has anything to do with earlier today, it was all my fault. He was only teasing me and I took it way to seriously. Please let my onii-chan in." Sakura pleaded. The nurse was shocked. This patient blamed herself for her incident earlier, not anyone else, just her.
"I'll be right back Sakura." The nurse spoke as she left the room and came back with Touya.
"Onii-chan!" Sakura said with a smile as her brother went up to her and gave her a hug.
"Gomen (I'm sorry) Sakura. I didn't mean for you to get hurt." Touya whispered.
"It wasn't your fault. It was mine and before you say anything, if we get into an argument about this, my heart might not be able to take it." Sakura replied. Touya looked at his sister.
"Fine, you win." Touya responded. Sakura smiled.
"Arigatou onii-chan." Sakura said.
"Your welcome, kaijuu." Touya said smirking. As soon as he had said that, the nurse hit his head.
"Do you not remember what happened the LAST TIME you used that WORD!!!!!!!!!!" The nurse screamed.
"It's okay, it won't happen again. I promise. But please do keep on hitting him." Sakura said laughing. The door opened to reveal a man's face.
"I was so worried Sakura. Don't scare me like that, okay?" He said as he embraced her tightly.
"Otou-san (father)! I'm fine. Nothing is wrong with me." Sakura replied.
"Just don't scare me like that again, promise?"
"Promise." Sakura spoke as her pinky finger intertwined with her father's. A knock was heard.
"Please come in." Sakura said as a person opened the door.
"My, my, there are a lot of people in this room. I think I know why it's called the intensive care unit." The person spoke looking at everyone.
"Konnichiwa (hello) Dr. Akamatsu!" Sakura responded smiling.
"Konnichiwa Sakura. How are you feeling today? Your little incident gave us all quite a scare today." He said as he looked at the little clipboard that contained information he needed.
"I'm perfectly fine, except for the heart problem that is." Sakura replied.
"I know. Could I speak to Mr. Kinomoto in private?" The doctor asked.
"I'll be right back Sakura." Fujitaka said as he gave Sakura a kiss on the forehead.
"I'm not a little girl anymore otou-san! I can be alone!" Sakura then looked at her surroundings. "Or ... just be with a whole lot of other people ..." Fujitaka chuckled.
"I know." He said as he left the room. The doctor was already waiting outside.
"Mr. Kinomoto, I'm sorry to inform you, but your daughter's heart condition is now even worse than before. The chance of her surviving isn't long." The doctor said sadly. Fujitaka gasped. No, he couldn't lose another one he loved. First his wife, now his daughter? No, he wasn't going to let that happen.
"Is there anything I can do? Anything at all?" Fujitaka asked, his eyes starting to water.
"No. But Sakura can get a heart transplant. The only problem is that its very hard to get a heart. There aren't many donors out there." The doctor replied. He hated when he had to give bad news.
"How long ... can you guarantee her to live?" Fujitaka asked, his hands trembling. It felt like déjà vu all over again. Nadeshiko also needed a heart 19 years ago, but she never got one ...
"I can guarantee up to two weeks noting how healthy Sakura is, but after that, I really can't say. I've already signed her name to the list. All we have to do ... is wait. But I do recommend that you don't keep your hopes up too much, it just hurts more."
"No, all we can do is hope. Hope for the best. The rest is up to fate." Fujitaka replied as he slowly turned the doorknob and reentered Sakura's room. Those words touched Dr. Akamatsu. He knew that he had to try even harder to find this heart for the girl and her family.
"So, otou-san, what did the doctor say?" Sakura asked. Fujitaka froze. He couldn't tell his daughter. No, he would keep it to himself and Touya, maybe Tomoyo but Sakura should never know ...
"Medical bills, that sort of thing." Fujitaka said lying. Sakura face darkened.
"I'm costing you too much, aren't I? You shouldn't pay so much! I would be fine at home! You know that I'm only here because you insisted!" Sakura exclaimed.
"No, no Sakura. Nothing like that. It's all very affordable." He replied convincing her the best she could. The nurse sat there in wonder. How could Sakura be so unselfish? She almost didn't seem human. Sakura pouted.
"Are you telling the truth?" Sakura questioned. She didn't want her father doing anything rash.
"Hai (yes), I am." Fujitaka responded. Well, at least about the medical bills .
"Okay." Sakura replied smiling. Her father wouldn't lie to her so she trusted him. But there was this feeling nagging at the back of her head saying that he wasn't saying the entire truth.
One week and 4 days passed by and there was no sign of an available heart. Fujitaka still remained calm and kept on hoping. Touya had heard the news from his father and treated his imouto better than usual. Tomoyo had not heard anything, for they thought it was best that way. If she knew, she would act strange at the hospital and Sakura would eventually find out. However, they did tell Sonomi and she was absolutely heartbroken. She had treated Sakura as if she were her own daughter. One thing was for sure, Fujitaka wasn't going to give up yet.
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"Mr. Li?" Ms. Ueda spoke knocking on Syaoran's door.
"Come in." Syaoran said as she entered the room. "Sit down. I can't have my staff having sore legs from their boss making them stand too much." Syaoran said chuckling. She quickly took a seat in front of him.
"Well Mr. Li, your fiancée has just called. She wanted to reschedule your dinner for tonight to 6:30. She also says its fine if you don't go."
"Is that all?" Syaoran asked.
"Well, that and Mr. Hiiragizawa wants you to come to Japan. He called earlier saying that he needed to see his cute cousin. He seemed to want me to emphasize on that sentence." Ms. Ueda spoke as Syaoran's fingers slowly curled up into a fist hearing those words.
"Thank you. I'll leave you back to your work now." Syaoran said as she got up and bowed before leaving his room.
"Evil exasperating Eriol ... hey. what do you know, an alliteration ... fits him perfectly too." Syaoran told himself as he got to his phone and quickly dialed his fiancée's number.
"Hello?"
"Aya?"
"Syaoran???? What are you doing calling me! You should be working you know!" Aya spoke concerned.
"If I don't finish, I can just work overtime some other time." Syaoran spoke.
"Syaoran ... but that makes you extremely tired. I was going to cancel our dinner because you probably couldn't make it, after all, you should work." Aya said.
"No. I'll be at dinner and I'll work even more during overtime."
"Syaoran!!!" Aya whined. "You know that I hate it when you do that. You become too way over exhausted."
"Yea, but it's all worth it if I get to your face more." Syaoran spoke. A blush crept up Aya's face.
"Syaoran!"
"No, I'll be there. I'll pick you up?"
"Then you'll have to get out of work even SOONER!" Aya spoke mad.
"Fine, I'll meet you at the restaurant. Happy?"
"Thank you Syaoran and yes, I am happy." Aya said softly. Syaoran smiled. Only she made him feel this way.
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Aya walked down the street. She was taking a shortcut to the restaurant. She became bored with her surroundings and began to stare at her finger. On her hand lied a beautiful diamond engagement ring. She remembered when Syaoran proposed to her. One moment in her life she'd never forget. Aya kept on walking and started walking a tad faster when she thought that a van was tailing her. Slowly, she returned to her regular pace.
'It's nothing. Those people must also be going to the restaurant that I'm going to. After all, I can't be the only one who knows this shortcut.' She thought as she kept walking at her normal speed. 'Only ten more blocks to go.'
She was now only 4 blocks away from the restaurant. Aya knew that if she got there a little earlier. She checked her watch. It was almost 6:15. Just when her second hand reached 6:15, she heard a gun shot and quickly turned around to find the direction it came from and instantly fell to the ground. She winced as she felt pain. Her hand brushed over her stomach where she saw red liquid pouring out of her body. She became dizzy and passed out, the pain still there.
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It was 6:45. It wasn't like Aya at all to be late. Syaoran sat in the booth and kept on waiting. Suddenly his phone rang. He pulled his phone out of his pocket. It was Aya.
"Aya! You'd better have a really really good reason why you aren't here right now!!!!" Syaoran exclaimed with a tinge of irritation in his voice. He expected to hear her sweet melodic voice over the phone asking for an apology but instead ...
"Are you any one related to Aya Ohkawa?" A male voice answered.
"Yes, I'm her fiancée, and what the fuck are you doing with her phone!" Syaoran asked angrily.
"I'm sorry sir. I'm calling from the Hong Kong Memorial Hospital. I'm afraid that your fiancée has been shot." Each and every one of those words pierced through his heart. She was shot. How? Why? Who would do such a thing? Syaoran's mind raced with questions that needed answers but there was one question that he needed to ask more than anything.
"How ... serious is it?" Syaoran asked forcing every single word out of his mouth.
"I feel like I can't tell you the phone and rather have you come down to the hospital at this moment to find out."
"TELL ME NOW YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!! TELL ME!" Syaoran yelled. Tears began to well up in his eyes but he refused to let them fall. The man on the phone sighed. He hated giving bad news.
"We're afraid that ... she won't make it." He spoke. Syaoran sat there in shock. The tears that were welled in his eyes, fell.
"No ... no ... NO! You're lying! She can't die! She'll make it! I know she will!" Syaoran spoke as his voice became hoarse and dry.
"I'm sorry. I really am." He spoke. Syaoran felt like dying on that spot, right then and there. He turned off his phone and brushed away his tears. He had to be strong for her. He ran to his car and sped off onto the Hong Kong streets.
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Syaoran burst through the hospital doors. He looked both ways. He ran to the hospital desk.
"Please, tell me where Aya Okhawa is! Please!" Syaoran asked.
"I'm sorry. First you have to tell me your name, how you're related to the pat-"
"I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT CRAP!!!!!!!!!! MY FIANCEE IS DYING!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED TO BE WITH HER!!!!!!!!!!!!" Syaoran yelled. The hospital floor's chattering had abruptly stopped.
"She's in the Emergency room." The nurse replied softly as Syaoran dashed off in search of it.
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"Time of death, 7:13." The doctor said softly. He hated announcing a person's death. Suddenly a nurse came in and whispered into the doctor's ear. His face saddened even more.
"Let him in."
Syaoran immediately stepped into the Emergency room. He didn't want to just storm into the Emergency room so he asked a nurse. She was leading him to his fiancée.
"Here she is." She spoke. She never mentioned that she had just passed on. Syaoran looked at her peaceful face. She looked almost too peaceful.
"Aya, sweetie, It's me, Syaoran. Can you wake up? Please?" Syaoran asked softly. The doctor shook his head slowly. The young man didn't know. He placed his hand on Syaoran's shoulder. Syaoran's head looked up with tears following freely from his eyes.
"She's gone, isn't she? She left me." Syaoran spoke softly as the teardrops got denser. The doctor felt so helpless and so did Syaoran.
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30 minutes later, Syaoran was still sitting by Aya's side. Never would he now be able to marry her, have children with her, and grow old together. No, she was gone. Syaoran's tears continued on. How could he have given in to her? He should've insisted and not taken yes for an answer when he asked her. Why? Why couldn't he have done that? Why? What did he have to live for now? What?
"Is there anything you need to tell me?" Syaoran asked. He could sense the presence of the doctor.
"Yes. You did know that your fiancée was an organ donor, right?" Syaoran slowly nodded. She had told him once. She wanted to give her organs to someone who needed them but Syaoran would've never thought it would have come so soon.
"Well, we looked at the list and there's a girl right around Aya's age that needs her heart badly. Everything matches up. We and personally, I too would like your consent about it."
After what seemed like decades, Syaoran finally responded.
"Where is this girl located?"
"Tomoeda, Japan."
"This shouldn't be my choice." Syaoran looked at Aya and stroked her cheek. It was cold and felt too lifeless. "She wanted to do something to help people by giving her organs when she didn't need them. I want to make sure that her decision is the one you go by, not mine." Syaoran spoke softly. The doctor nodded and understood. The man before him was very mature not like others he had seen before him.
"I'll have to take her from you for a while." He spoke. Syaoran just nodded.
"I understand." Syaoran spoke as his lips brushed against Aya's pale icy lips. He lifted his head and looked at the doctor.
"You can take her now." He said as a team of doctors came and lifted Aya's body onto a stretcher and wheeled her away, away from Syaoran. One more teardrop made it out of his eyes, and he swore in his power that, that would be the last tear he would shed for her so that, he, Syaoran Li, would be able to keep his promise to Aya Ohkawa saying that he wouldn't shed tears for her, no matter what because it hurt her. Right now, it hurt him even more ...
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Konnichiwa! That was such a sad ending ... I had to stop myself from crying ... I hope you all liked it! Please review! And btw this is the longest chapter that you'll probably get from me! So enjoy it while it lasts!
~cherrixwolf
P.S. NOT BASED AT ALL ON THE KOREAN DRAMA! I told mai best friend, Anna, about this story. and she told me that there was a Korean drama that sounded just like it. . o well. but this is mai original story. Not anyone else's . k? so if I get a review saying that I copied it. well. GO ASK MAI BEST FRIEND! I SWEAR THAT THIS IS MY STORY! So. I don't need a disclaimer. for that part anyway. truly, this is mai fic. there are differences. as mai best friend tells me. so yea. ha. I win. lol. Ja!
P.P.S. anyone wondering y in the hell I have mai uncle in the dedication. well. he needed a heart transplant and got one, and he's living, he beat death for now. ^^
P.P.P.S. If you want me to email you, plz say so and leave your email address! Arigatou!
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~*This story is dedicated to both my uncle and my best friend, Anna*~
I couldn't have done this chapter especially without the support of my
friend Nina (Nnenna). Thank YOU!
Summary: Sakura Kinomoto, 23, is lying bedridden in a hospital with a serious heart problem. When she needs a heart transplant, whose heart gets transplanted into her body? None other than Aya Okhawa, Syaoran Li's recently deceased fiancée. S&S E&T
P.S. Sakura and Syaoran have never met and Syaoran and Eriol are cousins!
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"Syaoran!" A voice called out.
"Aya Ohkawa! Where are you!" Syaoran yelled. They were in the forest area of the park in Hong Kong, China. Aya had led Syaoran out to the forest.
Syaoran Li is a successful businessman at the age of 23, because of his exceptional exceeding grades and his role as the next Li clan leader. He was fairly tall, almost 6 feet and had chocolate brown hair and amber eyes that reflected everything they saw.
"Follow my voice." She spoke again. Her voice seemed louder than last time. Syaoran walked in the direction the voice was coming from, left.
"This isn't funny Aya!" Syaoran growled. Aya let out a giggle as she continued to skip further and further away from Syaoran.
"AYA!" Syaoran called out.
"Boo." Syaoran turned around to see his fiancée, Aya Ohkawa staring at him with her light blue eyes. She was average height and had a light brown hair color with her hair going down to as far as her waist. Syaoran immediately embraced her.
"Syaoran! I can't move!" Aya complained.
"What do you think my intention was?" Syaoran replied smirking.
"You're being unfair."
"Look who's talking. You're the one who dragged me into the forest for no apparent reason!" Syaoran spoke insensitively.
"I had a reason! Today was the day you found me in this forest, 3 years ago, you do remember, don't you?" Aya spoke with tears slowly coming out of her eyes. Syaoran's eyes widened. He had made her cry.
"I'm sorry Aya. I was just so frustrated. Will you ever forgive me?" Syaoran asked.
"I don't have the heart to say no." Aya replied as she gave Syaoran a kiss.
"I'm glad."
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"Sakura-chan! How are you feeling today?" Tomoyo Daidouji asked her best friend. Tomoyo was a beautiful woman at the age of 22. She had long black silky hair and shining amethyst eyes.
Sakura Kinomoto, age 22, was lying in the hospital bed that she had been on for the past 4 months. Sakura had always been a healthy person until she starting having heart problems. Apparently her mother, Nadeshiko Kinomoto, had died of heart attack when Sakura was only 3. This heart disease must've been inside of Sakura, lying undetected, all this time. Sakura had grown weaker each and every day, her beautiful radiant skin becoming paler and paler. Her bright emerald green eyes had lost their sparkle.
Sakura turned to Tomoyo with a smile.
"I'm fine. How are you?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo sighed. Whenever she asked how Sakura was feeling, her only response was that she was fine and then would direct the conversation on her.
"Ok I guess. It's so lonely not having you rooming with me, you know that?" Tomoyo complained. Sakura laughed.
"Tomoyo-chan, you remind me every day, how can I forget?" Sakura replied.
"I don't know. It is possible though. Oh my GOD! I have to tell you something else though!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"What! What! Tell me!" Sakura responded wanting to hear more.
"Remember Eriol?" Tomoyo asked. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"That's the only other subject you talk about with me in here, how boring it is without me with you at college and Eriol!" Sakura said. Tomoyo laughed.
"I guess so. Well ... HE ASKED ME OUT! OH MY GOD SAKURA-CHAN! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tomoyo squealed. Sakura smiled.
"That's great Tomoyo-chan! I'm so happy for you!" Sakura replied.
"You know what, as soon as you get out of this hospital, I'm finding you a guy!" Tomoyo stated. Sakura giggled.
"Not without me inspecting each and every one of those brats to see if they are fit for the kaijuu." A voice said at the door.
"ONII-CHAN!" Sakura yelled. Touya Kinomoto entered through the door.
"Hey kaijuu." Touya bluntly stated.
"SAKURA IS NOT A KAIJUU!!!!!!!!!!" Sakura screamed.
"You better lower your voice kaijuu or the nurses might have to kick you out of the hospital."
"If I weren't in this bed right now ..." Sakura spoke while grinding her teeth. She quickly whispered something in Tomoyo's ear. Tomoyo flushed and shook her head as indicating a no.
"Why not?" Sakura asked.
"I can't do that Sakura-chan!"
"It's not that hard. All you do is take your foot, and stomp it on top of his . I don't see how hard the concept is ..." Sakura replied.
"Daidouji-san is an example of the way females are supposed to be, and you are an example of the opposite." Touya stated smirking. Sakura's rage started building up. Her heart started beating faster. Suddenly, the hospital sight she had before her had changed to a pitch black.
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Syaoran looked out his window. There he saw a beautiful colored sunset. The red, orange, yellow, pink, and purple all mixed together. The only other time he remembered seeing a sunset like that, was when he had first met Aya.
~Flashback~
Syaoran was walking through the park when he heard a female voice ring throughout the park. He quickly tried to locate the voice. Slowly he had found himself in front of the forest, but continued on. Syaoran ran through the woods following the screams. A thorn had cut through his sleeve into his skin and it began to bleed but it didn't bother him. Finally, he found the owner of the voice, a fragile woman with the most enchanting light blue eyes that were filled with tears. Syaoran immediately ran up to her.
"Are you ok?" Syaoran's voice was filled with concern. The woman had slightly blushed and responded in the most soothing voice.
"I'm fine. I just can't get up. I think I might've twisted my ankle."
"Want me to carry you?" Syaoran asked.
"I can't ask you to do that! That would be rude of me."
"And it would be rude of me not to help you." Syaoran spoke as he lifted her up.
"Please put me down! I can walk!"
"You just told me that you couldn't get up. I'm taking you to the hospital to get that ankle checked on." Syaoran responded holding her close to him. He didn't know why but he seemed to want to be with her.
"You are really stubborn."
"Thank you." Syaoran replied as he made it out of the woods. The woman gasped at the sight she saw before her. The sky was different colors and they blended together.
"Wow, that's a beautiful sunset."
"Yea. You don't get to see that everyday." Syaoran said as he called a taxi.
At the hospital, the doctors found out that her ankle wasn't twisted. It was broken. Her ankle was wrapped in a cast. The doctors left her to go home in crutches. In front of the hospital, Syaoran was waiting for her.
"Thank you for everything." She spoke.
"Your welcome. Can you please tell me one thing though?"
"What?"
"What is your name? I haven't heard it yet." Syaoran replied.
"Aya Ohkawa. Please call me Aya. And your name is?"
"Syaoran Li." Aya blinked a couple of times. Of course, how could she have not seen it? He was Syaoran Li, the future Li clan leader. Her friends were telling the truth, he was extremely hot ... His chestnut brown bangs fluttering in the wind and his beautiful amber orbs that were known as his eyes.
"You're ... You're ..."
"Please don't make a big deal out of it. I hate it when people do that."
"I'm sorry." Aya replied. She had heard that the Li clan heir had quite a temper, especially directed towards all of the women who throw themselves at him.
"It's alright. You didn't know. And please, call me Syaoran." Syaoran spoke. This must've been the first time he ever let anyone besides his family call him that. It was strange, he never let anyone, not even his cousins got the privilege to call him Syaoran after they have first met each other.
"Okay, Syaoran." Aya replied with a smile. He didn't know why but her smile made him feel happy.
"Oh my GOD!" Aya screamed.
"What? What's wrong? Are you ok?" Syaoran asked.
"Your arm." Aya spoke. Syaoran looked at his arm. It was the cut he got earlier in the woods.
"It's fine." Syaoran replied. She motioned him to sit on the bench and she examined his wound.
"It's deep. You should go back into the hospital and get that checked."
"I'll be fine."
"You are going into the hospital to get that checked!" Aya yelled.
"What gives you the right to say that to me?" Syaoran spoke in a cold harsh tone getting up from his seat.
"I'm only worried about you." Aya said as tears fell from her face. Syaoran couldn't believe it. She was worried about him!
"Let's go." He spoke again in a lighter tone.
"Where?" Aya asked as she tried to wipe her tears.
"You want me to go to the hospital, right?" Syaoran replied. Aya looked up at him to see him smiling down on her. She smiled and got on her crutches.
"You're stubborn too, you know that?" Syaoran said. Aya laughed.
"But I'm not as stubborn as you!"
~End of Flashback~
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"Sakura-chan? Sakura-chan? Can you hear me?" Tomoyo's voice spoke. Sakura blinked and opened her eyes. It wasn't her hospital room and it wasn't her dorm, she was in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit).
"What am I doing here?" Sakura groaned.
"You're okay!" Tomoyo exclaimed as she gave Sakura a hug. Sakura gladly accepted the hug.
"Tomoyo-chan, where did onii-chan go?" Sakura asked. Her brother was nowhere in sight.
"Ano (Um) ... your brother was banned from seeing you. They said that he caused your little incident today." Tomoyo replied.
"So, I can't see onii-chan anymore?"
"Not without a nurse with him." Tomoyo answered.
"That's not fair! He's my onii-chan. It wasn't his fault. He was just teasing me! If I didn't get angry I wouldn't be here. They shouldn't do that to onii-chan!" Sakura exclaimed.
"I know Sakura-chan."
"I'm going straight to those nurses and demand them to let me see my onii- chan without him being babysat!"
"But Sakura-chan, if he didn't tease you, you wouldn't be here. You have to understand." Tomoyo spoke. She hated it when Sakura blamed herself for everything.
"No, it wasn't him. It was me. The nurses have to understand that!"
"Sakura-chan! You are in no position to be getting up!" Tomoyo spoke as she pushed Sakura back on her bed.
"Tomoyo-chan, I have a heart problem, not a problem with my legs. Can you please let me up?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo sighed. She didn't want her best friend in any more pain then she needed to be.
"No. If you want to see a nurse, let them come to you. You are in the ICU, not a regular hospital room anymore." Tomoyo stated. Sakura sighed.
"Fine, you win." Sakura said as she pushed a button and soon a nurse came into her room.
"Is there anything you need Kinomoto-san?"
"First, I would prefer if you call me Sakura. Second, I would like to know why my onii-chan isn't allowed in my room."
"Kino- I mean Sakura-san, there is a very good reason why your brother isn't allowed in your room." The nurse replied.
"If this has anything to do with earlier today, it was all my fault. He was only teasing me and I took it way to seriously. Please let my onii-chan in." Sakura pleaded. The nurse was shocked. This patient blamed herself for her incident earlier, not anyone else, just her.
"I'll be right back Sakura." The nurse spoke as she left the room and came back with Touya.
"Onii-chan!" Sakura said with a smile as her brother went up to her and gave her a hug.
"Gomen (I'm sorry) Sakura. I didn't mean for you to get hurt." Touya whispered.
"It wasn't your fault. It was mine and before you say anything, if we get into an argument about this, my heart might not be able to take it." Sakura replied. Touya looked at his sister.
"Fine, you win." Touya responded. Sakura smiled.
"Arigatou onii-chan." Sakura said.
"Your welcome, kaijuu." Touya said smirking. As soon as he had said that, the nurse hit his head.
"Do you not remember what happened the LAST TIME you used that WORD!!!!!!!!!!" The nurse screamed.
"It's okay, it won't happen again. I promise. But please do keep on hitting him." Sakura said laughing. The door opened to reveal a man's face.
"I was so worried Sakura. Don't scare me like that, okay?" He said as he embraced her tightly.
"Otou-san (father)! I'm fine. Nothing is wrong with me." Sakura replied.
"Just don't scare me like that again, promise?"
"Promise." Sakura spoke as her pinky finger intertwined with her father's. A knock was heard.
"Please come in." Sakura said as a person opened the door.
"My, my, there are a lot of people in this room. I think I know why it's called the intensive care unit." The person spoke looking at everyone.
"Konnichiwa (hello) Dr. Akamatsu!" Sakura responded smiling.
"Konnichiwa Sakura. How are you feeling today? Your little incident gave us all quite a scare today." He said as he looked at the little clipboard that contained information he needed.
"I'm perfectly fine, except for the heart problem that is." Sakura replied.
"I know. Could I speak to Mr. Kinomoto in private?" The doctor asked.
"I'll be right back Sakura." Fujitaka said as he gave Sakura a kiss on the forehead.
"I'm not a little girl anymore otou-san! I can be alone!" Sakura then looked at her surroundings. "Or ... just be with a whole lot of other people ..." Fujitaka chuckled.
"I know." He said as he left the room. The doctor was already waiting outside.
"Mr. Kinomoto, I'm sorry to inform you, but your daughter's heart condition is now even worse than before. The chance of her surviving isn't long." The doctor said sadly. Fujitaka gasped. No, he couldn't lose another one he loved. First his wife, now his daughter? No, he wasn't going to let that happen.
"Is there anything I can do? Anything at all?" Fujitaka asked, his eyes starting to water.
"No. But Sakura can get a heart transplant. The only problem is that its very hard to get a heart. There aren't many donors out there." The doctor replied. He hated when he had to give bad news.
"How long ... can you guarantee her to live?" Fujitaka asked, his hands trembling. It felt like déjà vu all over again. Nadeshiko also needed a heart 19 years ago, but she never got one ...
"I can guarantee up to two weeks noting how healthy Sakura is, but after that, I really can't say. I've already signed her name to the list. All we have to do ... is wait. But I do recommend that you don't keep your hopes up too much, it just hurts more."
"No, all we can do is hope. Hope for the best. The rest is up to fate." Fujitaka replied as he slowly turned the doorknob and reentered Sakura's room. Those words touched Dr. Akamatsu. He knew that he had to try even harder to find this heart for the girl and her family.
"So, otou-san, what did the doctor say?" Sakura asked. Fujitaka froze. He couldn't tell his daughter. No, he would keep it to himself and Touya, maybe Tomoyo but Sakura should never know ...
"Medical bills, that sort of thing." Fujitaka said lying. Sakura face darkened.
"I'm costing you too much, aren't I? You shouldn't pay so much! I would be fine at home! You know that I'm only here because you insisted!" Sakura exclaimed.
"No, no Sakura. Nothing like that. It's all very affordable." He replied convincing her the best she could. The nurse sat there in wonder. How could Sakura be so unselfish? She almost didn't seem human. Sakura pouted.
"Are you telling the truth?" Sakura questioned. She didn't want her father doing anything rash.
"Hai (yes), I am." Fujitaka responded. Well, at least about the medical bills .
"Okay." Sakura replied smiling. Her father wouldn't lie to her so she trusted him. But there was this feeling nagging at the back of her head saying that he wasn't saying the entire truth.
One week and 4 days passed by and there was no sign of an available heart. Fujitaka still remained calm and kept on hoping. Touya had heard the news from his father and treated his imouto better than usual. Tomoyo had not heard anything, for they thought it was best that way. If she knew, she would act strange at the hospital and Sakura would eventually find out. However, they did tell Sonomi and she was absolutely heartbroken. She had treated Sakura as if she were her own daughter. One thing was for sure, Fujitaka wasn't going to give up yet.
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"Mr. Li?" Ms. Ueda spoke knocking on Syaoran's door.
"Come in." Syaoran said as she entered the room. "Sit down. I can't have my staff having sore legs from their boss making them stand too much." Syaoran said chuckling. She quickly took a seat in front of him.
"Well Mr. Li, your fiancée has just called. She wanted to reschedule your dinner for tonight to 6:30. She also says its fine if you don't go."
"Is that all?" Syaoran asked.
"Well, that and Mr. Hiiragizawa wants you to come to Japan. He called earlier saying that he needed to see his cute cousin. He seemed to want me to emphasize on that sentence." Ms. Ueda spoke as Syaoran's fingers slowly curled up into a fist hearing those words.
"Thank you. I'll leave you back to your work now." Syaoran said as she got up and bowed before leaving his room.
"Evil exasperating Eriol ... hey. what do you know, an alliteration ... fits him perfectly too." Syaoran told himself as he got to his phone and quickly dialed his fiancée's number.
"Hello?"
"Aya?"
"Syaoran???? What are you doing calling me! You should be working you know!" Aya spoke concerned.
"If I don't finish, I can just work overtime some other time." Syaoran spoke.
"Syaoran ... but that makes you extremely tired. I was going to cancel our dinner because you probably couldn't make it, after all, you should work." Aya said.
"No. I'll be at dinner and I'll work even more during overtime."
"Syaoran!!!" Aya whined. "You know that I hate it when you do that. You become too way over exhausted."
"Yea, but it's all worth it if I get to your face more." Syaoran spoke. A blush crept up Aya's face.
"Syaoran!"
"No, I'll be there. I'll pick you up?"
"Then you'll have to get out of work even SOONER!" Aya spoke mad.
"Fine, I'll meet you at the restaurant. Happy?"
"Thank you Syaoran and yes, I am happy." Aya said softly. Syaoran smiled. Only she made him feel this way.
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Aya walked down the street. She was taking a shortcut to the restaurant. She became bored with her surroundings and began to stare at her finger. On her hand lied a beautiful diamond engagement ring. She remembered when Syaoran proposed to her. One moment in her life she'd never forget. Aya kept on walking and started walking a tad faster when she thought that a van was tailing her. Slowly, she returned to her regular pace.
'It's nothing. Those people must also be going to the restaurant that I'm going to. After all, I can't be the only one who knows this shortcut.' She thought as she kept walking at her normal speed. 'Only ten more blocks to go.'
She was now only 4 blocks away from the restaurant. Aya knew that if she got there a little earlier. She checked her watch. It was almost 6:15. Just when her second hand reached 6:15, she heard a gun shot and quickly turned around to find the direction it came from and instantly fell to the ground. She winced as she felt pain. Her hand brushed over her stomach where she saw red liquid pouring out of her body. She became dizzy and passed out, the pain still there.
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It was 6:45. It wasn't like Aya at all to be late. Syaoran sat in the booth and kept on waiting. Suddenly his phone rang. He pulled his phone out of his pocket. It was Aya.
"Aya! You'd better have a really really good reason why you aren't here right now!!!!" Syaoran exclaimed with a tinge of irritation in his voice. He expected to hear her sweet melodic voice over the phone asking for an apology but instead ...
"Are you any one related to Aya Ohkawa?" A male voice answered.
"Yes, I'm her fiancée, and what the fuck are you doing with her phone!" Syaoran asked angrily.
"I'm sorry sir. I'm calling from the Hong Kong Memorial Hospital. I'm afraid that your fiancée has been shot." Each and every one of those words pierced through his heart. She was shot. How? Why? Who would do such a thing? Syaoran's mind raced with questions that needed answers but there was one question that he needed to ask more than anything.
"How ... serious is it?" Syaoran asked forcing every single word out of his mouth.
"I feel like I can't tell you the phone and rather have you come down to the hospital at this moment to find out."
"TELL ME NOW YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!! TELL ME!" Syaoran yelled. Tears began to well up in his eyes but he refused to let them fall. The man on the phone sighed. He hated giving bad news.
"We're afraid that ... she won't make it." He spoke. Syaoran sat there in shock. The tears that were welled in his eyes, fell.
"No ... no ... NO! You're lying! She can't die! She'll make it! I know she will!" Syaoran spoke as his voice became hoarse and dry.
"I'm sorry. I really am." He spoke. Syaoran felt like dying on that spot, right then and there. He turned off his phone and brushed away his tears. He had to be strong for her. He ran to his car and sped off onto the Hong Kong streets.
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Syaoran burst through the hospital doors. He looked both ways. He ran to the hospital desk.
"Please, tell me where Aya Okhawa is! Please!" Syaoran asked.
"I'm sorry. First you have to tell me your name, how you're related to the pat-"
"I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT CRAP!!!!!!!!!! MY FIANCEE IS DYING!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED TO BE WITH HER!!!!!!!!!!!!" Syaoran yelled. The hospital floor's chattering had abruptly stopped.
"She's in the Emergency room." The nurse replied softly as Syaoran dashed off in search of it.
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"Time of death, 7:13." The doctor said softly. He hated announcing a person's death. Suddenly a nurse came in and whispered into the doctor's ear. His face saddened even more.
"Let him in."
Syaoran immediately stepped into the Emergency room. He didn't want to just storm into the Emergency room so he asked a nurse. She was leading him to his fiancée.
"Here she is." She spoke. She never mentioned that she had just passed on. Syaoran looked at her peaceful face. She looked almost too peaceful.
"Aya, sweetie, It's me, Syaoran. Can you wake up? Please?" Syaoran asked softly. The doctor shook his head slowly. The young man didn't know. He placed his hand on Syaoran's shoulder. Syaoran's head looked up with tears following freely from his eyes.
"She's gone, isn't she? She left me." Syaoran spoke softly as the teardrops got denser. The doctor felt so helpless and so did Syaoran.
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30 minutes later, Syaoran was still sitting by Aya's side. Never would he now be able to marry her, have children with her, and grow old together. No, she was gone. Syaoran's tears continued on. How could he have given in to her? He should've insisted and not taken yes for an answer when he asked her. Why? Why couldn't he have done that? Why? What did he have to live for now? What?
"Is there anything you need to tell me?" Syaoran asked. He could sense the presence of the doctor.
"Yes. You did know that your fiancée was an organ donor, right?" Syaoran slowly nodded. She had told him once. She wanted to give her organs to someone who needed them but Syaoran would've never thought it would have come so soon.
"Well, we looked at the list and there's a girl right around Aya's age that needs her heart badly. Everything matches up. We and personally, I too would like your consent about it."
After what seemed like decades, Syaoran finally responded.
"Where is this girl located?"
"Tomoeda, Japan."
"This shouldn't be my choice." Syaoran looked at Aya and stroked her cheek. It was cold and felt too lifeless. "She wanted to do something to help people by giving her organs when she didn't need them. I want to make sure that her decision is the one you go by, not mine." Syaoran spoke softly. The doctor nodded and understood. The man before him was very mature not like others he had seen before him.
"I'll have to take her from you for a while." He spoke. Syaoran just nodded.
"I understand." Syaoran spoke as his lips brushed against Aya's pale icy lips. He lifted his head and looked at the doctor.
"You can take her now." He said as a team of doctors came and lifted Aya's body onto a stretcher and wheeled her away, away from Syaoran. One more teardrop made it out of his eyes, and he swore in his power that, that would be the last tear he would shed for her so that, he, Syaoran Li, would be able to keep his promise to Aya Ohkawa saying that he wouldn't shed tears for her, no matter what because it hurt her. Right now, it hurt him even more ...
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Konnichiwa! That was such a sad ending ... I had to stop myself from crying ... I hope you all liked it! Please review! And btw this is the longest chapter that you'll probably get from me! So enjoy it while it lasts!
~cherrixwolf
P.S. NOT BASED AT ALL ON THE KOREAN DRAMA! I told mai best friend, Anna, about this story. and she told me that there was a Korean drama that sounded just like it. . o well. but this is mai original story. Not anyone else's . k? so if I get a review saying that I copied it. well. GO ASK MAI BEST FRIEND! I SWEAR THAT THIS IS MY STORY! So. I don't need a disclaimer. for that part anyway. truly, this is mai fic. there are differences. as mai best friend tells me. so yea. ha. I win. lol. Ja!
P.P.S. anyone wondering y in the hell I have mai uncle in the dedication. well. he needed a heart transplant and got one, and he's living, he beat death for now. ^^
P.P.P.S. If you want me to email you, plz say so and leave your email address! Arigatou!
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