An Unfinished Task: Part 4
By: Starlight Rose
Rated: PG
Email: starlighto_rose@hotmail.com

Disclaimers: I don't own CCS no matter how much I wished I did.
It's owned by a bunch of people with a lot more money than I
have.

A.N. Thanks to all the great response from everybody I stayed up
late and postponed my homework to write this chapter. It seems
that everyone was so joyous that S+S finally found each other
again so I decided to cave into everyone’s sweet tooth so this
chapter and maybe next chapter will be dedicated to S+S fluff.
Thank-you everyone for your support with this fic. Provided that
I don’t run into any writer’s blocks I will hopefully be able to
get chapters of this thing out at a decent rate. Oh yeah I better
warn all of you that I just happen to adore angst and dark fics
so don’t expect this story to be all fluff. It will definitely
have its dark moments later on, but I’ll try to not let myself
get carried away too much.

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Syaoran sighed as he walked to Professor Shido’s lecture hall.
The professor had asked him to meet her after he had finished his
soccer practice saying she had a favor to ask of him. Syaoran had
wanted to refuse and spend his time wandering around campus in
search of Sakura, but he didn’t have the heart to turn Professor
Shido down. The professor had been really helpful to him in
making sure he caught up to the rest of the class in Calculus
since he had entered the class a month later than everyone else.

Syaoran just wished that he could see Sakura. He knew that even
if he did see her it didn’t mean that he was ready to tell her
that his feelings for her had remained the same and ask her what
her feelings for him were, provided that she even still
remembered him. It had been over a week and although he had seen
glimpses of several of his former friends from Tomoeda
Elementary, the he had not seen even a trace of Sakura. He wanted
Sakura to be the first one to know that he was back in Tomoeda,
so he hadn’t talked to any of the others though he had a class
with Yamazaki.

He had tried out for the soccer team and kendo team as his sister
had suggested. Of course he had made both teams with ease. He was
quickly gaining the reputation of being the teams’ star. A
reputation he hadn’t wanted because it brought him much more
trouble than good. Recently during practice a large group of
girls that the other guys on the team had jokingly referred to as
his “fan-club” would gather watching him play or practice and
squealing in their high-pitched annoying voices. They probably
thought they were helping cheer him on but they were annoying and
distracting him much more than helping. Because of his athletic
skills and his good looks he was extremely popular with the
girls, but it also served to antagonize the other guys on the
team. They probably thought he was showing off, but he wasn’t. He
just wanted to play and he just wanted those girls to leave him
alone. After practice they liked gather around him flirting and
trying to entice him into asking them out, but he ignored all of
them. No matter how cold he acted towards them, they remained
persistent. He wondered if they were just being determined or if
they were too stupid to take a hint.

After two days of the “royal treatment” by his fan club, Syaoran
got fed up and had devised a way of leaving without their notice.
He would enter the locker room after practice and climb out of
the window and onto the roof. From the roof he used his magic to
help him jump to another building where he could leave safely. He
was desperate to get away from those girls and to find Sakura.
Today had been no different, but today he had to put off finding
Sakura.

Finally he reached Professor Shido’s class and could hear
emanating from the room another female voice talking to the
professor. “Great.” he thought sarcastically, “Someone’s in there
talking to her already. I guess I’ll just have to go in there and
wait for her to finish.”

Syaoran stepped through the door and stopped short. There was
something oddly familiar about the figure the professor was
talking to. The person was had a beautiful profile and slim
figure. Her delicate face was framed by long auburn hair, but it
wasn’t until the girl turned around to face him and his amber
eyes met emerald-green eyes that he realized who the figure was.
His eyes widened in shock. The person he had been searching for
and longing to see for so long was now right in front of him.
Syaoran saw the figure widen her eyes also before her sweet voice
whispered, “Syaoran-kun...”

All Syaoran could do was stare and respond with a barely audible,
“Sakura...”

Syaoran and Sakura just stood there with a tense silence
surrounding them as they stared at each other. Finally Professor
Shido broke the tense silence by asking, “Do you two know each
other?”

“Hai.” the two responded as they looked at each other then
glanced down and blushed.

“Really. I’m surprised since Li-san has told me that he is from
Hong Kong. How do you two know each other?”

“Err...well I went to school here in Tomoeda when I was in fourth
grade.” Syaoran informed her as he stole a few discretionary
glances at Sakura. She was looked just as he imagined she would.
She still possessed the same sparkling green eyes, delicate face
albeit a bit more mature, and warm happy glow. His heart ached as
he thought about how much he had missed her.

“Really and here I thought that I would be helping you out by
introducing you to the most popular girl in school, but I see you
already know her.”

“Hoe...” Sakura said as Professor Shido said that she was the
most popular girl in school.

“Well the favor I had wanted to ask of you is to tutor Kinomoto-
san here in Calculus. You seem to have a very firm grasp of the
concepts and Kinomoto has been struggling a bit in this class. I
was originally thinking that you could tutor her and in exchange
she could show you around, but I guess that won’t be necessary
now but it would be nice if you tutored her.”

Sakura looked hopefully at Syaoran pleading silently with him to
tutor her. Yes she needed the help in math, but what was more
important, was that if he tutored her then she could see him and
be around him again. Right now she wasn’t yet ready to tell him
that she loved him and had always loved him. But she hoped that
with a bit of time she would be ready to tell him even if he no
longer cared about her she had to tell him.

Glancing over at Sakura Syaoran noticed the hopeful look on her
face and rejoiced inwardly at the thought of having an excuse to
spend time with her again. Silently he thanked Professor Shido
for having helped him find Sakura and setting up a chance for him
to see her more often. Looking up, Syaoran smiled tentatively at
Sakura and Professor Shido and answered, “I’ll tutor her.”

“Great. That’s all I wanted to talk to you two about. Why don’t
you two work out a schedule now. I have some errands to run. I’ll
see you two in class on Wednesday.” Professor Shido said as she
picked up her stuff and walked out the door, leaving her two
students standing in her room stealing occasional glances at each
other. Shido Hikaru sighed as she left the two. She hoped that
the extra push she had given those two would be enough to get
them together. Earlier that week she had gotten a call from one
of her former students, Mizuki Kaho. Kaho had been one of her
first students, and she was fond of the girl. She was surprised
to say the least when Kaho had called asking her to try and get
two of her students to meet. She had wondered how Kaho had even
known Li-san, though she certainly knew how she would have known
Kinomoto-san. Then it had seemed a strange request to her but
when Hikaru saw the two kids together she understood why Kaho had
wanted them to meet. Those two kids obviously loved each other
with a love that had lasted eight years and Hikaru felt proud
that she helped them find each other again. Yes right now they
seemed to be a bit dense and oblivious to the other’s feelings
but through personal experience Hikaru was sure that they would
understand each other’s emotions eventually.

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“It’s nice to see you again, Syaoran-kun. When did you get back
here?” Sakura asked softly. Actually it was not just nice seeing
him again it was wonderful seeing him again. It made her feel so
happy and complete being with him again and Sakura couldn’t help
but smile brightly at him.

“I got back a week ago.” Syaoran replied. She still had that
beautiful smile. Sakura had grown up. Looking at her he saw that
she had grown from a cute little girl that he had fallen in love
with into a beautiful young woman that he was still in love with.
Although she had grown up, Syaoran could tell just by looking at
her that she was still the same sweet, gentle, spirited girl that
she had been eight years ago. But he realized with dismay that
indeed Sakura was beautiful and he was probably not the only male
to notice it. Syaoran wondered then if she had a boyfriend. His
face became flushed as he seethed at the thought of his beautiful
Sakura with another man, but he calmed himself down when Sakura
looked at him with concern.

“Honto? Why didn’t you let anyone know? We all missed you so much
when you left.” Especially me, Sakura thought to herself. Sakura
looked at Syaoran and noticed for the first time just how
different he was from the boy that she had known so many years
ago. He was much taller and his face had lost much of its baby
fat. His voice was deeper and he now exuded a sense of confidence
and strength but she could still feel his gentle soul.

“Err...no reason really. But how about we go someplace and figure
out when I should tutor you?” Syaoran suggested.

“Un. How about my dorm room?”

“Your room?” Syaoran asked as he gulped and turned red in the
face at the thought of being in Sakura’s room.

“Hai...oh...” Sakura said as she realized what she had just
suggested and began blushing bright red too, “I didn’t mean it
that way. Tomoyo’s there and I’m sure she’d be happy to see you
again.”

“Okay.” Syaoran replied smiling as he began to head out the door
with Sakura following him. The two walked side by side in silence
for several moments just basking in the knowledge that they were
together again. Finally Sakura broke the silence trying to make
conversation, “Um...so how have you been?”

“Err...well I been okay I guess. So how is everyone here doing?”
Syaoran said not mention the intensive training he had to go
through the last eight years and turning the topic away from
himself.

Sakura’s face brightened as she recounted to him about all the
things that had happened while he was gone like how Rika and
Terada-sensei had gotten married after Rika graduated and how
Chiharu and Yamazaki had gotten engaged. Finally after walking
for fifteen minutes they arrived at Sakura’s dorm. Looking up for
the first time to see where he was, Syaoran’s eyes widened again.

Seeing Syaoran’s reaction, Sakura asked him, “Syaoran-kun what
wrong?”

“Err...nothing really. It’s just that this is my dorm building
also.” Syaoran replied blushing fiercely.

“Hoe...” Sakura replied stunned.