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reading it for years now. I've finally decided to write some of my own.
This is my first story, yippee! So don't be too hard on me, but please send
lots of reviews!!! Even flames are better than nothing! I've decided I
won't continue this story if I get less than 15 reviews, so please
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Syaoran: rolls his eyes. You sound pathetically desperate.
Vixen: glares at him. Hey! Pouts. I don't sound that desperate.do I? Wait! What am I saying! I could just not put you in the story if you're going to say things like that! Grins. (Okay, so I'm lying. I have to put Syaoran in there, hehe. I love little wolf!)
Syaoran: crosses his arms over his chest and grumbles under his breath; As if I'd want to be in your stupid story.
Vixen: ignores him. So anyway, here's the complete summary for my little story here;
Hey! Tomoyo here! This story is sooooo kawaii! It's about my best friend, Sakura! You see, two worlds exist in the year 3009. The real world, and the virtual world, also called K'un and Ch'ien. (*note: yes, I know those names are Chinese. They roughly mean 'Earth' and 'Heaven'. But the virtual world isn't Heaven; I just needed an opposing name to K'un.) In the virtual world, (Ch'ien) Sakura is a young woods guide with a username Cherry Blossom, guiding people through the Hagden Woods while she hunts for the Saotian Saber, a magical weapon she needs to wield her father's Double- bladed Ran Kodachi's. (Ch'ien is a virtual world that people can enter. It's basically an rpg type of thing, except you feel as if you're really there. It's all magical quests and things; think of Everquest and .Hack//Sign. Confusing, I know. Just send you questions in reviews and I'll try to get back to you). However, in the real world (K'un), she is a fatally ill seventeen-year old, forced to stay in bed as her condition worsens. The only escape she can find is in Ch'ien, where she can move around freely. On the other hand, Syaoran is a stubborn believer that Ch'ien is a world of nonsense, and refuses to go into it, that is, until his cousin Mei Lin convinces him to come in with her by blackmailing him. Want to know what else happens? Well, TOO BAD! Sorry, that was kinda mean. If you want to find out what happens, read Vixen's story and review! Bye!
Vixen: On with the story! Oh yeah, right, um.I don't own any of the Card Captor Sakura characters. Pouts. But I really wish I did! Oh, yeah, and certain ideas from this story have been inspired by .Hack//Sign and Everquest. But I swear the other stuff is all mine!
Real Love is Just a Dream, Chapter 1: Dreams are a Fool's Creation.
The sound of a blade whistled through the air, surrounded by the perfect silence of the watchful oaks and the genteel birches. The sun slipped slowly behind the tall peaks of the distant Rada'Han Mountains that seemed to reach up and touch the heavens in the cloudless sky, now tinged with a wash of pastel colors in the shadow of the receding sun. In the fading light, two figures stood resolutely at the edge of an enormous, if somewhat menacing forest, one with long, dark hair and amethyst eyes like the color of the sky above them; and the other with auburn hair and sparkling emerald eyes. Another whistling blade was heard, followed by a loud clash, signaling that the sword had met its opponent.
"Hey! I told you not to defend! I thought you trusted me!" a light, cherry voice tinged with disappointment scolded.
"What else could I have done?!!! The blade was coming right for MY FACE!!!! I TOLD YOU TO AIM FOR THE TREE, NOT ME!" came the more defensive response.
Cherry Blossom slipped her twin kodachi's into the matching leather scabbards resting on her hips, crossing her arms over her chest.
"I was aiming for the tree!" she retorted, knowing full well that her friend was right. She sighed and sat down on the rotting log nearby. She pouted. "At least, I thought I was." she trailed off.
Amethyst Blade sat down next to her friend, tucking her violet hair back behind her ear. She sighed as well, then forced a smile onto her face. "Don't worry Sakura, you'll get it eventually. Nobody else knows about the Saotian Saber, so we have plenty of time to train before we go and get it."
"Tomoyo! You know we're not supposed to call each other by our real names out here! What if somebody heard us?!"
"Relax. Nobody else is around. It's near dusk. Everybody will have signed off by now. Besides, it's not like they know our last names." Tomoyo stood up and whipped out a video camera from behind her back, putting the lens up down toward Sakura's face. She giggled. "Sakura, you look so KAWAII when you're frustrated!" she said, zooming in on Sakura's green eyes.
Sakura sweatdropped. "Tomoyo, you say that about EVERYTHING that I do" she noted, standing up.
Tomoyo shrugged. "Well, it's true you know"
Sakura picked up her green cloak that had been lying on the ground nearby, setting it comfortably around her shoulders. "Arigato, Tomoyo, for helping me train like this. But if I'm going to travel halfway across Ch'ien to fight a band of renowned outlaws just to get a crummy old saber, I think I'm going to need some help." She sighed, unconsciously fingering her sliver necklace with the Chinese pendant. She prayed that the money she would earn from the Saotian Saber and her father's Double-bladed Han Kodachi's in Ch'ien would be enough to pay for her surgery in the real world, K'un. If she didn't find a way to pay for the surgery, she would eventually fall into an irreversible coma, never to wake up again. She murmured a curse under her breath for the hundredth time that day that she'd been born with this stupid disease. She couldn't even get out of bed to enjoy life, for goodness sake! She missed going to school, seeing all her friends, even the little things like watching the cherry blossoms at the hanami, or rollerblading down the street to meet up with Tomoyo at some side-street café. She glanced up at the towering oaks shadowing her and Tomoyo. Now, all she could do was live in Ch'ien, the only world where she wasn't hindered by her disease. But, somehow, it just wasn't the same. She sighed. She seemed to be doing a lot of that these days. She gripped the hilt of one of her kodachi's. 'Well,' she thought, 'at least I still have this world.' She turned back to Tomoyo, or, Amethyst Blade.
"I'm tired, Tomoyo. I think I'll sign off for now, I need to catch some sleep."
Tomoyo's smile disappeared. "Are you sure, Sakura?" she asked tentatively.
Sakura forced a smile onto her face. "Of course I'm sure. Besides, I've kept you out here long enough. It's like you said, mostly everybody's signed off by now. I really need to catch some shut eye. I'll see you tomorrow, Tomoyo".
Sakura concentrated on the portal in her mind that would return her to K'un, disappearing through a swirl of pink before Tomoyo could object.
Tomoyo sighed. She was starting to sound like Sakura, sighing like this all the time. She shook her head sadly. A small tear went down her cheek. "I'm so sorry, Sakura, I wish I could do more." her voice trailed off as she vanished in a cloud of purple.
Sakura could distantly hear the relentless beeping of her heart monitor, and the small, dripping sound of her IV. She started to fell a slight tingling sensation as her mind returned to her body. Sakura gritted her teeth, preparing for the pain that she knew was coming. As the needle- like pain worsened, she suddenly felt her legs disappearing in a wave of pain and a dull ache worsening in her head.
She opened her eyes, immediately lifting the covers on her bed to make sure that her legs were still there, something she did often. She knew her legs were there, still attached to her body, but she couldn't feel them, and she often woke up in a cold sweat, thinking that they no longer existed. One of the side effects of being paralyzed, she supposed. She lifted her hand to her head, feeling the dull headache that never went away. She glanced at the pink clock on her night stand, it was already 10:00 at night. She reached over and turned off the heart monitor, not caring that her father and brother would yell at her in the morning for doing it. She never could sleep with that irritating beeping noise. She slipped the Ch'ien collar off and set it down next to her bed, pulling the warm, fluffy pink covers over her head, and cried herself to sleep.
Vixen: I'm really sorry, I know that was really short, but I didn't want to write too much in case nobody likes this story, in which case I'll just discontinue it. By the way, there is no magic in this story, but Kero, Yukito, and all of the CCS crew will still be in here, I promise! By the way, in your review, send me your suggestions for Mei Lin's and Eriol's Ch'ien usernames. You know, Sakura's is Cherry Blossom, Tomoyo's is Amethyst Blade, and Syaoran's is Little Wolf. (As if you didn't already know that). Anyway, I promise that if I get 15 reviews, I'll continue this story and make the next chapter at least twice this long, promise! So send me those reviews! I welcome all kinds of suggestions, if you have them, and even flames are welcome! Well, maybe not quite as welcome at regular reviews, but you get what I mean. Thanks, Ja Ne!
Upcoming chapter; A Wolf's Persuasion.
Syaoran: rolls his eyes. You sound pathetically desperate.
Vixen: glares at him. Hey! Pouts. I don't sound that desperate.do I? Wait! What am I saying! I could just not put you in the story if you're going to say things like that! Grins. (Okay, so I'm lying. I have to put Syaoran in there, hehe. I love little wolf!)
Syaoran: crosses his arms over his chest and grumbles under his breath; As if I'd want to be in your stupid story.
Vixen: ignores him. So anyway, here's the complete summary for my little story here;
Hey! Tomoyo here! This story is sooooo kawaii! It's about my best friend, Sakura! You see, two worlds exist in the year 3009. The real world, and the virtual world, also called K'un and Ch'ien. (*note: yes, I know those names are Chinese. They roughly mean 'Earth' and 'Heaven'. But the virtual world isn't Heaven; I just needed an opposing name to K'un.) In the virtual world, (Ch'ien) Sakura is a young woods guide with a username Cherry Blossom, guiding people through the Hagden Woods while she hunts for the Saotian Saber, a magical weapon she needs to wield her father's Double- bladed Ran Kodachi's. (Ch'ien is a virtual world that people can enter. It's basically an rpg type of thing, except you feel as if you're really there. It's all magical quests and things; think of Everquest and .Hack//Sign. Confusing, I know. Just send you questions in reviews and I'll try to get back to you). However, in the real world (K'un), she is a fatally ill seventeen-year old, forced to stay in bed as her condition worsens. The only escape she can find is in Ch'ien, where she can move around freely. On the other hand, Syaoran is a stubborn believer that Ch'ien is a world of nonsense, and refuses to go into it, that is, until his cousin Mei Lin convinces him to come in with her by blackmailing him. Want to know what else happens? Well, TOO BAD! Sorry, that was kinda mean. If you want to find out what happens, read Vixen's story and review! Bye!
Vixen: On with the story! Oh yeah, right, um.I don't own any of the Card Captor Sakura characters. Pouts. But I really wish I did! Oh, yeah, and certain ideas from this story have been inspired by .Hack//Sign and Everquest. But I swear the other stuff is all mine!
Real Love is Just a Dream, Chapter 1: Dreams are a Fool's Creation.
The sound of a blade whistled through the air, surrounded by the perfect silence of the watchful oaks and the genteel birches. The sun slipped slowly behind the tall peaks of the distant Rada'Han Mountains that seemed to reach up and touch the heavens in the cloudless sky, now tinged with a wash of pastel colors in the shadow of the receding sun. In the fading light, two figures stood resolutely at the edge of an enormous, if somewhat menacing forest, one with long, dark hair and amethyst eyes like the color of the sky above them; and the other with auburn hair and sparkling emerald eyes. Another whistling blade was heard, followed by a loud clash, signaling that the sword had met its opponent.
"Hey! I told you not to defend! I thought you trusted me!" a light, cherry voice tinged with disappointment scolded.
"What else could I have done?!!! The blade was coming right for MY FACE!!!! I TOLD YOU TO AIM FOR THE TREE, NOT ME!" came the more defensive response.
Cherry Blossom slipped her twin kodachi's into the matching leather scabbards resting on her hips, crossing her arms over her chest.
"I was aiming for the tree!" she retorted, knowing full well that her friend was right. She sighed and sat down on the rotting log nearby. She pouted. "At least, I thought I was." she trailed off.
Amethyst Blade sat down next to her friend, tucking her violet hair back behind her ear. She sighed as well, then forced a smile onto her face. "Don't worry Sakura, you'll get it eventually. Nobody else knows about the Saotian Saber, so we have plenty of time to train before we go and get it."
"Tomoyo! You know we're not supposed to call each other by our real names out here! What if somebody heard us?!"
"Relax. Nobody else is around. It's near dusk. Everybody will have signed off by now. Besides, it's not like they know our last names." Tomoyo stood up and whipped out a video camera from behind her back, putting the lens up down toward Sakura's face. She giggled. "Sakura, you look so KAWAII when you're frustrated!" she said, zooming in on Sakura's green eyes.
Sakura sweatdropped. "Tomoyo, you say that about EVERYTHING that I do" she noted, standing up.
Tomoyo shrugged. "Well, it's true you know"
Sakura picked up her green cloak that had been lying on the ground nearby, setting it comfortably around her shoulders. "Arigato, Tomoyo, for helping me train like this. But if I'm going to travel halfway across Ch'ien to fight a band of renowned outlaws just to get a crummy old saber, I think I'm going to need some help." She sighed, unconsciously fingering her sliver necklace with the Chinese pendant. She prayed that the money she would earn from the Saotian Saber and her father's Double-bladed Han Kodachi's in Ch'ien would be enough to pay for her surgery in the real world, K'un. If she didn't find a way to pay for the surgery, she would eventually fall into an irreversible coma, never to wake up again. She murmured a curse under her breath for the hundredth time that day that she'd been born with this stupid disease. She couldn't even get out of bed to enjoy life, for goodness sake! She missed going to school, seeing all her friends, even the little things like watching the cherry blossoms at the hanami, or rollerblading down the street to meet up with Tomoyo at some side-street café. She glanced up at the towering oaks shadowing her and Tomoyo. Now, all she could do was live in Ch'ien, the only world where she wasn't hindered by her disease. But, somehow, it just wasn't the same. She sighed. She seemed to be doing a lot of that these days. She gripped the hilt of one of her kodachi's. 'Well,' she thought, 'at least I still have this world.' She turned back to Tomoyo, or, Amethyst Blade.
"I'm tired, Tomoyo. I think I'll sign off for now, I need to catch some sleep."
Tomoyo's smile disappeared. "Are you sure, Sakura?" she asked tentatively.
Sakura forced a smile onto her face. "Of course I'm sure. Besides, I've kept you out here long enough. It's like you said, mostly everybody's signed off by now. I really need to catch some shut eye. I'll see you tomorrow, Tomoyo".
Sakura concentrated on the portal in her mind that would return her to K'un, disappearing through a swirl of pink before Tomoyo could object.
Tomoyo sighed. She was starting to sound like Sakura, sighing like this all the time. She shook her head sadly. A small tear went down her cheek. "I'm so sorry, Sakura, I wish I could do more." her voice trailed off as she vanished in a cloud of purple.
Sakura could distantly hear the relentless beeping of her heart monitor, and the small, dripping sound of her IV. She started to fell a slight tingling sensation as her mind returned to her body. Sakura gritted her teeth, preparing for the pain that she knew was coming. As the needle- like pain worsened, she suddenly felt her legs disappearing in a wave of pain and a dull ache worsening in her head.
She opened her eyes, immediately lifting the covers on her bed to make sure that her legs were still there, something she did often. She knew her legs were there, still attached to her body, but she couldn't feel them, and she often woke up in a cold sweat, thinking that they no longer existed. One of the side effects of being paralyzed, she supposed. She lifted her hand to her head, feeling the dull headache that never went away. She glanced at the pink clock on her night stand, it was already 10:00 at night. She reached over and turned off the heart monitor, not caring that her father and brother would yell at her in the morning for doing it. She never could sleep with that irritating beeping noise. She slipped the Ch'ien collar off and set it down next to her bed, pulling the warm, fluffy pink covers over her head, and cried herself to sleep.
Vixen: I'm really sorry, I know that was really short, but I didn't want to write too much in case nobody likes this story, in which case I'll just discontinue it. By the way, there is no magic in this story, but Kero, Yukito, and all of the CCS crew will still be in here, I promise! By the way, in your review, send me your suggestions for Mei Lin's and Eriol's Ch'ien usernames. You know, Sakura's is Cherry Blossom, Tomoyo's is Amethyst Blade, and Syaoran's is Little Wolf. (As if you didn't already know that). Anyway, I promise that if I get 15 reviews, I'll continue this story and make the next chapter at least twice this long, promise! So send me those reviews! I welcome all kinds of suggestions, if you have them, and even flames are welcome! Well, maybe not quite as welcome at regular reviews, but you get what I mean. Thanks, Ja Ne!
Upcoming chapter; A Wolf's Persuasion.
