Hey guys! A brand new story's on board, waiting to be read! So, let me get through the usual: "double quotes"- Dialogues. Italics: thoughts. "Italics in double quotes"- the spirits voice's in Sakura's head. Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN CCS, IT BELONGS RIGHTFULLY TO CLAMP.
AND, special thanks to Inspirational Muse Alana, who helped figure out how to manage and improve my stories! Thank you! :D And for those who have read my other story 'Moments', its on hold for the time being. I'm gonna re-write it. Sorry about that though... :( But th story line will be the same! :)
Okay, enough chit-chat. On with the story! :D
"Mother!" screamed Syaoran, as he ran forward and slashed the man in front of him with his sword. He fell down, and Syaoran rushed to his mother and held her gently. She had a cuts running down her hands and face, but that's when he noticed the hilt of a dagger protruding from her chest. "Oh no, mother! Let me try healing you, Just wait a bit more. Please." He pleaded as he began chanting incantations with a trembling voice. His mother simply shook her head, and took one strangled breath. Syaoran knew she was almost gone. "Xiao Lang." she rasped. He looked at her with blurry eyes. "Find…Ying Fa….." she muttered, and closed her eyes. "No mother, no. Stay with me!" he screamed and shook her body. But it was no use. She had passed away. Anger and contempt filled his veins. He felt so helpless, hurting from the inside but tying to stay strong on the outside. He stood up slowly, trying to digest the fact that his mother had died in his arms. He had failed his clan. He had failed his mother. He was a FAILURE.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure you are." He heard a voice say from behind him. Alarmed, he turned around, to be greeted by a hooded figure in black robes. "Bye, bye!" he said, and quickly hit Syaoran with the hilt of his sword.
Syaoran swore that he heard a crack in his skull where the metal came in contact with the flesh. His head was throbbing and he clutched it with his hands as he fell to the floor. He felt his head getting all fuzzy, but the last thing he noticed was the carving on his attacker's sword. It was an intricate design of a crescent moon half covering a sun, like an eclipse. And under it the words, "Blossom under the moon and sun, my dear blossom." The words puzzled him, but he couldn't think about it more. With a groan, Syaoran passed out.
"Hoee!" shouted an emerald eyed girl as she slipped and fell into a patch of muddy slush. Her companions around her stifled their laughter, not wanting to angry her. Nevertheless, she fumed and screamed, "Kero-chan!" A small yellow bear kind of toy flew out of the foliage, laughing his head off. "You should have seen your face Sakura!" he said in between gasps, causing everyone to erupt laughing. Sakura pouted for a while, but ended up giggling too. "Okay, but thanks to YOU, dinner's late!" she said, with a victorious smile. Kero's jaw dropped to the ground, and everyone else chuckled. True to her words, Sakura had dropped ALL the vegetables she had collected to make dinner. Getting up, she inspected her dress. It was all muddy, but not damaged too much anywhere. "Okay, I'll get washed up. And then I'm off to get more vege's. Okay guys? Um…. Bubbles?" she asked awkwardly. The spirit giggled, and nodded. Sakura walked into her tiny hut, and laid her basket aside. It's already been two months since I have been living here, she thought to herself. But I still haven't got used to the fact that I'm living with the Clow Spirits. True, she was living the most famous and strongest spirits, The Spirits Of Clow. (A/N: The Clow spirits. Okay, I guess you got that by now. Awkward. o.o) But, she still missed her old life. Her thoughts wandered back to when she lived with her parents and brother. Her jaw tightened as she removed her dress. Bubbles sprayed her bubbles around Sakura covering her completely, but she didn't feel as good as she usually felt. Anger, hurt, betrayal, the feeling of feeling so lost. Yeah, endured it all. But what I never understood, why it ever happened. What did I do wrong? Really, nothing.
"Don't worry. You have us." She heard a voice in her head. Sakura smiled, and wrapped the towel around herself. "Thank you Bubbles. I really appreciate what you all are doing for me." She said, and proceeded to dress herself. Bubbles gave her a wink and left through the door.
"Okay guys, I'm going!" shouted Sakura as she walked into the foliage. "Bye! Come back soon!" replied Kero. She smiled and continued walking. It was still light, but it would get dark in an hour or so. She had to hurry and get all the vegetables she required. As she walked, she hummed softly to herself. Ah, there are my vegetables! She thought to herself. Luckily, she hadn't plucked all of them out before. From day one in the forest, she had worked hard on her little garden. Here she grew tomatoes, onions, potatoes, carrots, cucumber, and many more vegetables. Not to mention, she had chosen the spot of her garden in between an apple and orange tree, so she had a small supply of fruits too! She bent down to pick the vegetables, but that's when she noticed something. There was someone behind the orange tree. Gathering her courage she stopped what she was doing and slowly stood up. "Hello? Who's there?" The figure turned around, and Sakura was looking into midnight blue eyes. "Hey, are you-" she began to say, but the person ran off. "Wait!" she called, but the person ignored her and continued to run. She gave a strange look in his direction, and turned back to the tree. There, she saw a something wrapped in a black cloth. Curious, she bent down and lifted undid the cloth around the object. But what laid in it, was not thing.
It was a person.
"OH MY GOD!" screamed Sakura in surprise. Who would want to wrap a person in cloth and leave them in a forest like this, eh?
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