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Chapter 1. Teacher's Choice
A bell tolled telling all it was the midnight hour. The princess walked out and down one of the many outside halls of the palace dressed in a junihitoe, the twelve layer kimono that identified her as royalty. Why she was wearing it was unknown for rarely anyone visited her reclusive temple like castle built into the side of a mountain but she walked with dignity down the hall, her two guards following her. One like gold and the other like silver.
Water rippled in the pond of koi fish, their circling only slightly disrupting the reflection of the full moon and the receding image of the beautiful lady with caramel locks down to her feet leaving the inner courtyard. As the bell chimed cicadas could be faintly heard joining the chorus of the wind and of gentle running water not too far off. The peaceful yet beautiful scenery made Sakura gape in awe as she squatted beside a bush hiding for a reason unknown.
As she adjusted herself a twig snapped underneath her causing her to wince and look up hoping it went unheard among the sounds of nature at its best. With no such luck she found the golden guard staring at her as the others continued to walk, his skin tan and eyes shining bright as the stone in the bronze clasp on his ear began to glow red. Startled, the last thing the girl recalled was the face of a giant yellow cat before waking up.
BI-BI-BI-BEEP! BI-BI-BI-BEEP!
The sound of her alarm clock rang loud for Sakura to hear. It enjoyed the challenge of trying to wake the sixteen year old up every morning and sometimes it won while at other times she ignored it and went back to sleep. The clock didn't really like that so five minutes later it would start up again or sometimes even an hour if it was really annoyed with its master, causing the young girl to be late for school.
This morning it was feeling rather generous as our heroine promptly rolled over, moaning and pressing the snooze button. Five minutes later it sounded off once again enticing the teenager to look up at the time and get ready for the day. Rubbing the sleep out of her jade green eyes Sakura did just that. Showering, brushing out her short light brown locks, and dressing in the light blue jacket and navy blue skirt that was the Seijou High School uniform she went downstairs and greeted her family.
"Ohayō gozaimasu!" She called out with a smile, kissing her father on the cheek and stealing a bite of her brother's food.
"Hey!" Touya yelled giving her a noogie as her father responded with a very gentle, "Good morning."
"Go-good MORN-n-Ning Okaa-san!" Sakura choked out to the picture of her mother as her brother continued to noogie her.
Finally escaping she quickly ate her own breakfast and guzzled down her orange juice before heading out the door with her bento in hand, "Itte kimasu!" she called out signaling that she was leaving as she finished putting on her roller blades.
"Itte rashai!" They responded in unison as the door was slammed shut and they cleaned up the meal.
Humming to herself she cheerfully greeted several others dressed just like her as she passed and soon came upon the school gate with a black 1990-2002 Nissan President parked just outside it. 'Ah!' the teenager thought as the back door opened and out stepped a familiar face.
"Tomoyo!" Sakura yelled waving her arm excitedly.
The girl called Tomoyo giggled as the car pulled away and Sakura circled her, "Ohayō Sakura-chan." she responded in kind.
As they entered the school others turned to stare at the duo, enraptured as always by Tomoyo Daidouji's beauty and grace. With greyish-violet hair that fell to her lower back and ended in a wave, porcelain skin, and wide innocent purple eyes many have asked the lady out, for she was a lady, and all were always politely declined. She only seemed to have eyes for her always happy friend and seemed to live in a different world.
As the two chatted and changed into their school shoes they walked the halls free of care all the way to the classroom, "Morning everyone!" Sakura called out while Tomoyo just smiled as everyone returned the greeting. It was like this everyday and had been since the two were in elementary school.
"Ne ne, Sakura, did you hear?"
"Eh?! Don't be an idiot Takashi."
"Hey Miharu-chan!"
The friendly chatter went on as the bell rang and the teacher walked in. First period was homeroom with Terada-sensei and as he quickly settled down the classroom the school day began. A few hours later and the bell tolled once more for lunch.
"Sakura-chan! Tomoyo-chan! Do you guys want to eat outside with us?" Chiharu asked nodding over to the rest of the gang who were already on their way out the door.
"In a moment! Sensei asked for us to bring the research materials to the lab." Sakura replied picking up a rather large box while Tomoyo grabbed three tubes.
"Okay! We'll be at our usual spot!"
The friends separated and Sakura hummed while carrying the box.
"Ne Sakura, I would have been fine doing the job myself. You could go back with them if you'd like." Tomoyo smiled, "Uehara-sensei said it shouldn't take long."
Sakura thought for a moment but shook her head, "Yeah but with two it should go even quicker right?" she smiled and continued to hum her song.
Gorou Uehara was the biology teacher at the school. He was always wearing a lab coat, had black shaggy hair that covered the tips of his ears, and brown eyes that never seemed to look directly at you underneath a pair of glasses. Most of the girls thought he was cute. Sakura thought he was weird.
Entering the lab she thought he was even weirder when he looked up at the two girls as if he was surprised to see them. "Sensei! We brought the things you asked for!" Sakura smiled at the man as she walked into the classroom first.
"W-where Daidouji-san?" He asked looking around nervously, fiddling with a handkerchief.
"I'm here Sensei." Tomoyo smiled gently from behind Sakura and placed the tubes with the others by the cabinet.
A strange look crossed his eyes as he looked at the elegant girl's back but disappeared before Sakura could identify what it was. He straightened and resumed his usual attitude, directing the girls in their task. As they finished he thanked them and the friends headed for the field where they were sure to find the rest of their group eating their lunch. Laughing with them Sakura felt a pair of eyes on her and shivered. Looking up she found the teacher peering at them, or her to be exact, with hate and shivered again but just as she was about to point it out he vanished.
'What was that about?' she thought but her was distracted when she saw Tomoyo with her video camera out and everyone around her laughing. "Eh? What are you guys watching?" she asked curiously and scooted over to see.
On the camera was a younger version of her, maybe around ten, dressed head to toe in a pink magical girl outfit with a dozen balloons in one hand and a three tier cake in the other while she was wearing her skates. The outcome did not look good as she was asked to hold the objects in a flurry of confusion and then promptly bumped into. Sending her down a hill with no way to stop.
The series of events that followed were hysterical and as Sakura stared at the camera blankly it finally clicked, "Hooeeeeeiiii?!" Her eyes were wide and her face went a deep shade of pink not unlike the color she was wearing in the video. "To-Tomoyo when did you find the time to film this?!" If she recalled correctly that was during a party that friend's mother had set up and the girl had been busy talking to a bunch of adults after she had dressed the already confused Sakura in the costume.
Tomoyo just sighed dreamily and looked at the image on the screen, "You looked so cute with cake all over your face."
"C-cake?!"
School ended without another incident and with a promise that Sakura would come over to play for a bit at the Daidouji residence.
"After all mama has been complaining that she never gets to see you anymore." More than friends the girls were also cousins whose mothers had also grown up together.
"Okay! I'll wait for you here while you go to your club." Sakura chirped. She herself did cheer and track but often found herself helping out other sports clubs when they could track her down as she couldn't resist their desperate pleas. This was one day when she had nothing to do though so as she waited for Tomoyo to finish her choir activities she got a head start on her homework.
Looking at the paper in front of her the brunette scratched her head in confusion, "Wait, how did I do that?"
Ker-THUMP!
A bump sounded in the hallway and Sakura looked up to see Uehara-sensei pass by. 'What is he up to?' she thought and quickly packed up her stuff to follow him. She left a note for Tomoyo on her desk and slipped quietly out the door.
As he got outside she hesitated for a moment thinking that he was probably going home but her thoughts turned to the odd feeling she got from him every time he looked at Tomoyo and how every time he looked at her his gaze seemed to be filled with thinly veiled hate. Her mind was shouting at her to turn around but a smaller voice told her to follow.
She chose the quiet one.
The streets were empty and the sun was slowly setting, casting the sky with colors of yellow and orange, but still she followed him down many back streets till she no longer knew where she was. She no longer had the option to turn around. He turned the corner and Sakura ran so not to lose sight of him but as she got to the turn the teacher was nowhere to be found. "Where…?" she muttered looking around and spotted a lab coat entering a warehouse.
'Why would he go there?' Standing in front of the rusted grey metal door she stared at it as if it would tell her all the answers without her needing to go in but alas it said nothing. Slowly she reached for the handle and winced as it creaked open. Frozen, Sakura waited in fear for something to happen but when nothing did she let out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding and shut the door.
Darkness instantly surrounded her.
As her eyes adjusted she noted that there was a lot of shipping containers in the building and that it felt like a maze. 'Maybe it is a maze.' Her heart beat wildly and her stomach was in knots as she felt her way along the containers towards where she could see light and as she got closer swore she could hear talking.
'Who could he be talking to?' Inch by inch she crept closer till she could peek around a container and see him standing in front of a desk.
Quickly she swung her head back and placed her hands over her heart as if doing so would quiet the racket it was making. 'There's no one else there!'
Slowly she looked again and tried to process the scene before her. Lanterns were set upon barrels around what looked to be a makeshift office and behind the desk were pictures. She inched closer to get a better look and each one held an image of a pretty high school girl crossed out with a thick red X. One, she noticed, was bigger than the others and wasn't crossed out. In it was a beautiful girl with long greyish-violet hair, porcelain skin, and wide innocent purple eyes.
Tomoyo.
"What a pretty little flower you are Tomoyo-chan." Uehara ran a finger across the outline of her cheek and licked his lips, "Why, I would have collected you for my garden today if it wasn't for that pesky bug that is always with you." he snarled and curled his hand into a fist as he raged.
'Is he talking about me?' Sakura watched quietly too afraid to move. Her legs shaked and threatened to give out but she clung to the wall desperately, not wanting to give herself away.
Uehara continued and smoothed out his hand, laying it flat against the picture as he calmed down and slowly smiled, "but I'll have you soon my dear and then I can admire you till my heart's content!" he turned and walked to something that was hanging a little ways away that Sakura hadn't noticed was there.
"Isn't that right darling?" he kissed what Sakura realized to be the dead body of a girl causing her to gasp as she backed away, seeing behind him more just like the first and all with faces eerily similar to the ones in the pictures.
Too late she covered her mouth and the man she once thought of as a teacher turned to glare in her direction. "Who's there!?" he shouted. His handsome face scrunched up into a hideous malicious mask of rage.
Backing up even farther Sakura shook with fear and tripped, "Ah!"
He came around the corner with a gun in his hand and a look of surprise on his face when he saw her then smirked, his eyes gleaming. "If it isn't the pesky insect. Kinomoto-san isn't past your bedtime? Flies need to sleep too don't they?"
As he edged closer Sakura scrambled backwards, "Ah, ah, AH!" she couldn't speak or scream as she looked at his as he truly was. A monster.
"Now don't be like that," Uehara fake pouted as if his feelings were hurt. She was stuck in a dead-end now but even with her back against a wall she was still trying desperately to get away from him.
The closer he came the harder she tried to see if she could phase through metal. Desperately she looked around for anything she could grab as a weapon, completely forgetting her self-defence training, and froze when she felt something cold touch her cheek. Slowly she felt the gun move down her face just like Mr. Uehara's finger had on her friend's picture.
With the gun under her chin he forced her to look up, her green eyes like that of a deer in front of headlights, her lips quivering. She finally knew what the look in his eyes was when he looked at Tomoyo. It was hunger and desire.
"Ne Sakura-chan?" he leaned closer and smelt her hair before whispering in her ear, "Why don't you become part of my garden, hm? Then you and Tomoyo can always stay together."
Once more she froze and as he kissed her neck he loosened his hold on his gun and Sakura shoved him as hard as she could.
She was mad now and determined to get away. As he flew backwards she jumped up and ran passed him as fast as she could, gunshots sailing by her. Running for her life he grabbed her arm and she let out a loud scream.
The next thing she knew someone had pounced on his back and she was shoved to the side. Slammed against a wall her head hit it hard and all she saw were two silhouettes fighting in the dark as she slid to the floor and lost consciousness.
