Chapter One
A drop of water fell creating a ripple effect. The darkness surrounding me turned into a cliff. I was gripping the sealing staff in front me. My grip was so tight that my knuckles were white. Kero and Yeu were standing on my left and right, power radiating from every fiber of their being.
"Where am I?" I asked outloud.
I was startled by the chime of small bells behind me and I turned around to see who was there. There were no bells behind me. Instead meters across from where I was, was a forest of sakura trees (sakura means cherry tree and cherry blossom), and in front of the forest was a wolf. The wolf had brown fur and amber eyes. Its eyes showed determination and a serious nature within them.
The wolf took a step towards me; "Stay back," I commanded it. To defend myself I swung the sealing staff in front of me like it was a sword only to see it was broken.
The head of the staff was gone.
Defenseless, I was scared stiff. No staff head meant no way for me to use my magic. The wolf saw how scared I was and its eyes softened. It started to whine, like it was trying to tell me I was safe and it wouldn't hurt me.
"I know you," I stated. The world began to blur around me. "But….who are you?"
RIIIIIIING RIIIIIIINGI grabbed my alarm clock, turned it off and put it on my pillow. I opened my eyes and looked at the time.
"Hoe! I'm going to be late!" I exclaimed jumping out of bed. I started rushing around my room getting ready.
Kero poked his head of his bedroom, "What's all the noise for?"
I turned to him, "Kero-chan! Why didn't you wake me up?"
Kero shrugged, "I thought you might get up on time for once."
I stopped in front of my mirror and brushed my hair. I didn't put it up in little pig-tails because of the hair cut I had gotten a few months earlier. My hair was shorter all around. It had even become a little lighter in colour because of the sun. (Her hair is the same as her hair from Tsubasa Chronicles).
When I had gotten the hair cut I had been worried if Tomoyo would be mad, but all she had said was, "Sakura your hair is lovely this way, it brings more attention to your beautiful green eyes."
I had been happy to hear she liked it.
As I was leaving my bedroom, I saw her elementary and middle school uniforms sticking out of my closet—I made a mental note to clean it out. They both held so many memories, but now I had my Seijo High School uniform to fill with memories.
I shook my head and focused on getting to school on time. I quickly ate my breakfast and started skating like the devil was on her heels. More like Touya and his monster comments, but still. You'd think he would have gotten tired of those old insults by now.
I sighed in relief, "I should make it to school on time now. I just hope they—" I was interrupted by a powerful presence, "Don't show up." I sighed again, this time in despression.
Kero popped out of my bag and said in my ear, "Sakura, do you feel that presence?"
"Hoe!" I screamed. Would it kill him to ask if he can come to school? "Kero-chan, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to check on you 'cause you haven't been you cheerful self. Now answer the question," Kero said.
"Yes, I feel it, Kero-chan. I was hoping it wouldn't be here today," I said sullenly.
"What—" Kero never got to finish his question because we'd reached Seijo High School and I immediately stuffed Kero into my school bag. After managing to keep him a secret all this time, I wasn't about to blow it now.
It's been like this everyday for weeks, I thought sullenly while walking to my first class. That presence follows me everywhere I go, watching me. I don't feel as happy as I used to. Is this what's it like to be paranoid?
I opened the door to my class and saw Tomoyo wave me over. Tomoyo had managed to get into the same homeroom as me. Wonder if she planned it. I walked over to see her.
"Morning, Tomoyo-chan," I said.
"Good morning, Sakura-chan, I have something for you," Tomoyo said. She handed me a box with a ribbon on it.
"Tomoyo, you shouldn't have gotten me anything," I said holding the box she'd shoved in my hands.
Tomoyo had a thoughtful expression on her face, "You haven't been cheerful lately, and I'm hoping this will bring a smile back to you face. Now go on and open it." Nothing gets past her does it?
I opened the box and saw a photo album. When I opened the album, I almost cried out of happiness. The album was filled with pictures from my life starting in third grade when Tomoyo and I had met.
"Arigato (Arigato means thank-you), Tomoyo-chan" I turned to her and smiled, "Arigato."
Throughout class I looked through the album, reliving the memory each photo held. By break (a.k.a. lunch), I had gone through the photos taken in third grade—don't ask me what we were taught in class. Now it was on to fourth grade.
I turned the page and I could only get one word out of my mouth, "Shaoran-kun." The first picture was a group photo of me, Tomoyo, Meilin, and Shaoran. Meilin and Shaoran weren't on really friends at the time so they looked kind of grumpy. How did Tomoyo get to agree to the picture?
I looked closer at the photo and gasped. I nearly dropped the photo album on the ground "Sakura-chan what is it?"
Kero poked his head out of my school bag, "What is it, Sakura?"
"The wolf. The wolf is Shaoran-kun," I whispered.
Kero and Tomoyo both looked confused, "Wolf?"
I began to explain, "Last night I had a strange dream. I was facing a pointed cliff, when I turned around I saw cherry trees, and a wolf. The wolf's fur was the same colour as Shaoran-kun's hair. What gave it away though was Shaoran-kun's eyes. They're the same as the wolf's."
Kero sat on top of my school bag. "So, the kid was a wolf in your dream," Kero confirmed. "Was there anything strange in this dream?"
I closed my eyes and went through my dream, "Yeah, the sealing staff was broken."
"The staff was…" Tomoyo started. Kero finished, "Broken?"
"Sakura's dream was definitely a foretelling dream, but as far as I know the staff can't break", Kero muttered.
Suddenly the same presence that had been following me all this time reappeared from all around me. I seized up with fear.
"They're back," I said. "I have to get away." I got up and ran towards the school gates.
"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo called after me.
I was panicked. The only thing on my mind was getting out of sight of whoever was watching me. There had to be some way. There had to be!
I stopped at a cross-walk and focused on finding the strongest point of the presence. The presence was all around me with no weak point, so I kept running forward.
As I ran across the road I heard someone calling me. I didn't care. I just kept running.
When I stopped running the presence was weakening, but it still surrounded me. When I stopped to look around I was in the middle of King Penguin park.
My body gave up. It needed to rest and relieve all the stress I'd built up. I dropped down on my knees and started to cry.
"Sakura-chan!" Someone called.
The footsteps came closer until they stopped next to me. All I saw were shoes. I didn't have the strength to look up.
The mystery person knelt next to me and put a hand on my shoulder as a comforting gesture.
The gesture had the opposite effect. As soon as I felt someone touching me, I cringed away to try and protect myself. I'd never felt this vulnerable.
"Sakura-chan, what's wrong?" the person asked. I straightened out. It was Yukito. He would never hurt me.
For a moment I looked up at Yukito with tear clouded eyes, only to bury my face in his shirt and cry harder than before. In between sobs I said, "Yukito-san." I hung onto his name like it was my only lifeline.
Yukito picked me up bridal style and smiled at me, "If you stay in the rain you'll get sick." Then put me down under a tree where the rain couldn't reach us.
"My other self is very worried about you, Sakura. He's demanding to talk to you, so I'm going to change," Yukito warned me.
White wings unfolded from Yukito's back. They gave the appearance of the moon floating underneath the trees. They glowed as the reflected the light around them just like the real moon in the sky.
The wings opened to reveal Yue. Immediately he said, "He exaggerates," to try and save his dignity. That had better be the reason.
"Yue-san, they're everywhere. Always watching me. I can't get away," I cried.
My face was tear stained, I wasn't thinking rationally, and I couldn't stop crying. I was officially hysterical.
Yue suddenly did something I would never expect from him. He slapped me.
I sat there stunned. Yue was the last person I ever expected to do that. Yet there I was, in the rain, and being brought back to my senses by the callous guardian of The Sakura.
"When people are hysterical, they aren't able to think properly. One with great power cannot allow themselves to be controlled by such a state," Yue said.
I nodded solemnly, "You're right. I'm sorry."
"Finally, I caught up to you, Sakura!" Kero shouted flying towards me and Yue.
"What were you thinking!? Running off like that is extremely dangerous!" Kero exploded. "Not to mention how worried Tomoyo is right now," Kero added as an after thought.
I looked at the ground. "I'm sorry Kero-chan. I didn't mean to make the two of you worry," I said with a trembling voice.
Kero patted the top of my head, "Don't cry, Sakura. You're safe so there's nothing to worry about now," Kero comforted.
"Yue-san, Kero-chan, I need to get away from here," I told them.
"What do you mean?" Kero asked.
"Someone has been watching everything I do. They know where I go everyday and follow me. I feel like the only way to make them stop is to go somewhere else," Sakura explained.
"The idea makes sense, but where would you go?"
"I'll transfer to a school in Hong Kong. The last time we went there you mentioned the city has an aura of its own, so if I go there whoever's following me shouldn't be able to find me easily," I said.
Kero looked into my eyes, and shrugged. "It looks as if you've made up your mind."
"Uh-huh," I nodded.
"Then you should get back to school, and organize the transfer," Kero said.
"I have a promise to keep, so I will have Yukito transfer to a college in Hong Kong," Yue said.
"Let's go back to school, Kero-chan," I said feeling better. Then I turned to Yue, "Thank-you, Yue-san."
Yue didn't acknowledge my thanks, as usual. He spread his wings to change back to Yukito.
Kero flew into my bag, as I started the walk back to school.
A/N: Hi, All! This is a fic I've wanted to make for a long time now, and I've finally gotten to it. I hope you all enjoy this story, and if anyone reading this is also reading my other story Destiny's Spiral, the story from about chapter three onwards is being rewritten. So far I've just been making it up as I go, but I found my original notes and like them better than what I've got. So I'm going with them. Anyway thanks for reading, and please review to tell me what you think! R&R
Kelso