Title: Our Love Must Die
Chapter 1: Spinning With The Stars Above
Within a dimly lit room, a girl sat peacefully at a desk looking through a tiny mirror; within the mirror she could see people moving about their lives as they would normally. Letting out a soft sigh she watched the people within the mirror contently, they seemed so happy. She could hear the music that played from downstairs, her father was holding quite a ball, in which she was to attend, but she got caught up looking through the mirror and had forgotten all about the party.
Suddenly a click from the door was heard, signaling someone was about to enter; with a wave of her hand the girl changed the view in the mirror to that of the mountains during spring. The one at her door was none other than her father and he walked towards her.
"Sakura dear...when are you going to stop tinkering with that mirror and join us downstairs?" He questioned in a soft demand.
"I was just about to put it up and make my way down stairs, honestly." She smiled and closed the mirror, placing it down on the desk, and stood turning to face him. She was of a much shorter stature than that of her father and brother as well. Long waves of curls covered her shoulders, she looked so much like her mother, except her hair was that of the color of her fathers, her eyes were a shimmering emerald color, and she possessed a thin and tall figure. The dress she was wearing was simple, yet elegant in taste; at the front it laced up from the waist to her chest almost like a corset, there were no sleeves only straps about two inches wide, and from the waist down it seemed to blossom outward the farther it went. The top half was a darker blue and the bottom was a lighter blue. She looked like one of the expensive glass dolls from the box that you never opened and played with, since there was a chance it would break.
Picking up a mask that was sitting on the desk next to the small mirror, she looked at her father before heading out the door, her father followed right behind. She slowly made her way down the stairs and upon coming to the end she put her blue mask on. It was a simpler mask, only covering her eyes with tiny blue stones on the sides. Some of the other guests went all out on their masks, feathers, jewels, ribbons, etc. Her father had insisted on a masquerade ball rather than just a regular one. Her fathers mask was the same as hers, only a different color of blue a much darker and richer color.
"Well? Go on dear some of these guests came for you." She was given a little shove forward by her father and walked out into the maze of people.
Everyone she thought she had recognized by their eyes only confused her now with the masks. Making her way through the maze of the crowd she wound up out on the balcony. She noticed a figure already leaning against the railing, so she spaced herself from them and looked out into the distance.
"Quite a view isn't it?" The figure asked, causing Sakura to turn her head towards him rather quickly.
"Yes it is...quite lovely." After only seeing half of his face she realized he had a mask and turned her head back out towards the view, it wasn't as if she would get a good look of his face or eyes if he stayed turned.
"So, you're Fujitaka Kinomoto's daughter are you not?" The figure questioned.
"I prefer Sakura, but yes I am." She replied.
"Nice name..." He commented.
"And yours would be?" Sakura questioned softly.
"If I told you it would only complicate the matter." He replied.
"What?" She turned to him confused. With a quick turn of his head his amber colored orbs rested on her emerald colored ones.
He held out a hand and smiled, "Care to dance?"
Sakura looked him over a moment startled at the whole conversation, but with her eyes locked on his she couldn't force herself to decline so her only other option was to accept. His smile widened slightly as he took her hand and lead her back inside and on the dance floor. His left hand went to her hip, hers right hand on his shoulder, while his other took hold of her free hand tightly. Leaning closely to her face while brushing his cheek against hers, he whispered, "Here we go." Within moments he moved with the music as if he were the one playing it.
Other couples on the floor moved back to marvel at Sakura and the stranger dance, since their steps had seemed so in tune with one another. Sakura sashayed around the floor as the stranger lead her, pulling her closer with each turn, until she was as close to him as she could get. The world around her faded as she only focused on the amber orbs that had been staring at her with such intensity. With one last twirl, he pulled her back in closely and held her there. To him the music had stopped, but to her it was still playing loudly within her ears as if she were lost within the soft melody.
Sakura was suddenly pulled from her trance as she heard the loud noise of clapping all about her. Her cheeks flushed, as she looked about at all the smiling couples that were clapping and whispering. He took her hand once again and lead her through the maze of people back outside. Her heart was beating quite rapidly from the dance. She looked to him, first catching her breath, "You still have yet...to tell me your name."
"I have no need to tell you my name." He placed a hand to her cheek, and let his thumb trace over her lips lightly, quieting her for now. Moving his thumb out of the way he leaned forward and captured her lips in a sweet but short kiss.
Sakura was taken aback by this no one had ever kissed her without her consent. Stepping back from him she glanced over him somewhat coldly. He was well dressed, she had to give him that, his attire consisted of black dress pants, a black dress shirt with silver decorations. His hair was the only thing that gave him such a rebel look since it was dark brown and messy.
A smirk crossed his features, "I've never seen such beautiful eyes turn so cold."
Sakura only kept the same expression, "Do you think a girl wouldn't act so warmly with someone kissing her without her consent?"
He let out a slight chuckle, "Don't act as though you didn't enjoy it..."
She turned her back to him, "Obviously someone is way to stuck on himself."
Grabbing her wrist he spun her around and pulled her closer than the first time, and captured her lips roughly at first, but quickly changed to a softer kiss. After a few moments Sakura reluctantly pulled away trying to take in as much air as she could. An arrogant smile crossed his face as he noticed her blushed cheeks and dazed look. "So you did enjoy it."
"I most certainly did not! And stop kissing me without my permission!" Sakura fumed.
"Oh please, if I wasn't holding you up you'd have fallen from weak knees." His arrogant smile remained as different emotions were played out at all at once on her face.
"As if someone like you could ever make someone like me go weak at the knees...that's a laugh." She turned her head and stuck her nose up at him.
"Someone like me couldn't do it huh?" Without another word, he yanked her back to him, already having his hand around her wrist, which she showed no signs of struggle to remove. This time he only held her close and stared into her emerald colored eyes. Sakura's face flushed again and noticed his face was only mere inches from hers, and she could feel her knees shaking slightly. She watched him almost waiting for him to kiss her once again, only this time he just held her. He leaned his head closer in and moved his mouth to rest near her ear, "Still believe it's a laugh? I think I have proved my point quite well..."
"Sakura? Sakura where are you, you little monster?" Touya called making his way through the crowd.
Sakura turned her head to see her brother forcing his way through some of the people, as soon as her head turned towards her brother an unfamiliar coldness hand crept up on her. Turning back to the stranger she shook her head in confusion at his absence; looking around she didn't see anyone entering through the crowd, it was as if he had disappeared into thin air.
Finally her brother had reached her and looked at her curiously. "So...where is he?"
Sakura tensed slightly and looked to him questionably, "Where is he who?"
"Don't play dumb with me you little monster, where is that boy that was dancing with you." Touya questioned demandingly.
"I...I don't know...he just...just disappeared." A smile crossed her face as she turned out towards the distance. Touya only sighed and entered back inside and left his little sister in some dazed dreamy state he didn't want to see her in. "Hopefully...I'll have the chance to meet him again." She sighed slightly still gazing out at the stars, only to see one shooting by "I wish..."
(AN: Sorry if it seems kinda off right now, I'm working on it and I promise it will be getting better. Next chapter you'll understand a bit more this is sort of just the introduction.)
Chapter 1: Spinning With The Stars Above
Within a dimly lit room, a girl sat peacefully at a desk looking through a tiny mirror; within the mirror she could see people moving about their lives as they would normally. Letting out a soft sigh she watched the people within the mirror contently, they seemed so happy. She could hear the music that played from downstairs, her father was holding quite a ball, in which she was to attend, but she got caught up looking through the mirror and had forgotten all about the party.
Suddenly a click from the door was heard, signaling someone was about to enter; with a wave of her hand the girl changed the view in the mirror to that of the mountains during spring. The one at her door was none other than her father and he walked towards her.
"Sakura dear...when are you going to stop tinkering with that mirror and join us downstairs?" He questioned in a soft demand.
"I was just about to put it up and make my way down stairs, honestly." She smiled and closed the mirror, placing it down on the desk, and stood turning to face him. She was of a much shorter stature than that of her father and brother as well. Long waves of curls covered her shoulders, she looked so much like her mother, except her hair was that of the color of her fathers, her eyes were a shimmering emerald color, and she possessed a thin and tall figure. The dress she was wearing was simple, yet elegant in taste; at the front it laced up from the waist to her chest almost like a corset, there were no sleeves only straps about two inches wide, and from the waist down it seemed to blossom outward the farther it went. The top half was a darker blue and the bottom was a lighter blue. She looked like one of the expensive glass dolls from the box that you never opened and played with, since there was a chance it would break.
Picking up a mask that was sitting on the desk next to the small mirror, she looked at her father before heading out the door, her father followed right behind. She slowly made her way down the stairs and upon coming to the end she put her blue mask on. It was a simpler mask, only covering her eyes with tiny blue stones on the sides. Some of the other guests went all out on their masks, feathers, jewels, ribbons, etc. Her father had insisted on a masquerade ball rather than just a regular one. Her fathers mask was the same as hers, only a different color of blue a much darker and richer color.
"Well? Go on dear some of these guests came for you." She was given a little shove forward by her father and walked out into the maze of people.
Everyone she thought she had recognized by their eyes only confused her now with the masks. Making her way through the maze of the crowd she wound up out on the balcony. She noticed a figure already leaning against the railing, so she spaced herself from them and looked out into the distance.
"Quite a view isn't it?" The figure asked, causing Sakura to turn her head towards him rather quickly.
"Yes it is...quite lovely." After only seeing half of his face she realized he had a mask and turned her head back out towards the view, it wasn't as if she would get a good look of his face or eyes if he stayed turned.
"So, you're Fujitaka Kinomoto's daughter are you not?" The figure questioned.
"I prefer Sakura, but yes I am." She replied.
"Nice name..." He commented.
"And yours would be?" Sakura questioned softly.
"If I told you it would only complicate the matter." He replied.
"What?" She turned to him confused. With a quick turn of his head his amber colored orbs rested on her emerald colored ones.
He held out a hand and smiled, "Care to dance?"
Sakura looked him over a moment startled at the whole conversation, but with her eyes locked on his she couldn't force herself to decline so her only other option was to accept. His smile widened slightly as he took her hand and lead her back inside and on the dance floor. His left hand went to her hip, hers right hand on his shoulder, while his other took hold of her free hand tightly. Leaning closely to her face while brushing his cheek against hers, he whispered, "Here we go." Within moments he moved with the music as if he were the one playing it.
Other couples on the floor moved back to marvel at Sakura and the stranger dance, since their steps had seemed so in tune with one another. Sakura sashayed around the floor as the stranger lead her, pulling her closer with each turn, until she was as close to him as she could get. The world around her faded as she only focused on the amber orbs that had been staring at her with such intensity. With one last twirl, he pulled her back in closely and held her there. To him the music had stopped, but to her it was still playing loudly within her ears as if she were lost within the soft melody.
Sakura was suddenly pulled from her trance as she heard the loud noise of clapping all about her. Her cheeks flushed, as she looked about at all the smiling couples that were clapping and whispering. He took her hand once again and lead her through the maze of people back outside. Her heart was beating quite rapidly from the dance. She looked to him, first catching her breath, "You still have yet...to tell me your name."
"I have no need to tell you my name." He placed a hand to her cheek, and let his thumb trace over her lips lightly, quieting her for now. Moving his thumb out of the way he leaned forward and captured her lips in a sweet but short kiss.
Sakura was taken aback by this no one had ever kissed her without her consent. Stepping back from him she glanced over him somewhat coldly. He was well dressed, she had to give him that, his attire consisted of black dress pants, a black dress shirt with silver decorations. His hair was the only thing that gave him such a rebel look since it was dark brown and messy.
A smirk crossed his features, "I've never seen such beautiful eyes turn so cold."
Sakura only kept the same expression, "Do you think a girl wouldn't act so warmly with someone kissing her without her consent?"
He let out a slight chuckle, "Don't act as though you didn't enjoy it..."
She turned her back to him, "Obviously someone is way to stuck on himself."
Grabbing her wrist he spun her around and pulled her closer than the first time, and captured her lips roughly at first, but quickly changed to a softer kiss. After a few moments Sakura reluctantly pulled away trying to take in as much air as she could. An arrogant smile crossed his face as he noticed her blushed cheeks and dazed look. "So you did enjoy it."
"I most certainly did not! And stop kissing me without my permission!" Sakura fumed.
"Oh please, if I wasn't holding you up you'd have fallen from weak knees." His arrogant smile remained as different emotions were played out at all at once on her face.
"As if someone like you could ever make someone like me go weak at the knees...that's a laugh." She turned her head and stuck her nose up at him.
"Someone like me couldn't do it huh?" Without another word, he yanked her back to him, already having his hand around her wrist, which she showed no signs of struggle to remove. This time he only held her close and stared into her emerald colored eyes. Sakura's face flushed again and noticed his face was only mere inches from hers, and she could feel her knees shaking slightly. She watched him almost waiting for him to kiss her once again, only this time he just held her. He leaned his head closer in and moved his mouth to rest near her ear, "Still believe it's a laugh? I think I have proved my point quite well..."
"Sakura? Sakura where are you, you little monster?" Touya called making his way through the crowd.
Sakura turned her head to see her brother forcing his way through some of the people, as soon as her head turned towards her brother an unfamiliar coldness hand crept up on her. Turning back to the stranger she shook her head in confusion at his absence; looking around she didn't see anyone entering through the crowd, it was as if he had disappeared into thin air.
Finally her brother had reached her and looked at her curiously. "So...where is he?"
Sakura tensed slightly and looked to him questionably, "Where is he who?"
"Don't play dumb with me you little monster, where is that boy that was dancing with you." Touya questioned demandingly.
"I...I don't know...he just...just disappeared." A smile crossed her face as she turned out towards the distance. Touya only sighed and entered back inside and left his little sister in some dazed dreamy state he didn't want to see her in. "Hopefully...I'll have the chance to meet him again." She sighed slightly still gazing out at the stars, only to see one shooting by "I wish..."
(AN: Sorry if it seems kinda off right now, I'm working on it and I promise it will be getting better. Next chapter you'll understand a bit more this is sort of just the introduction.)