Heys! My name is Julie Nguyen and just to let you noe, I live in Australia! So g'day y'all! Hehehe...ok that was lame but still like I said, letting you noe! So if my English is a bit on the weird side like aussies spell ur color – colour! Hehe its all good!
Anyways! This is my first Cardcaptors fic so please don't be too harsh on me! I've read many really good SS fics by many talented writers that it was hard not to be inspired by them. well hope u guys enjoy this fic! and just asking, do I have to do a disclaimer thingy? Well I'll just do it once just to let you noe!
Disclaimer: Every character in this following story belongs to CLAMP!
Heres you go! Enjoy and Review!
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Chapter 1 : Spring Festival
"Oh my god!" A nine year old Sakura Kinomoto gasped. Her short auburn hair bouncing up and down as she herself was bouncing up and down because of what holds in front of her. It was the Spring Festival, one of the most exciting and beautiful events that takes place during May.
Sakura's emerald eyes were sparkling as she just stood there, a few metres away from the entry of Tomoeda Primary School where the festival was being held.
Touya looked down at his little sister and sighed.
"Come on Squirt! Stop gawking and walk!" He pushed her through the gates.
"Wow..." was all Sakura said as the sight in front of her continued to take her breath away. The trees were all in full bloom of cherry blossoms and everywhere you look there was always a different stall holding either something delicious or a different game. As Sakura's favourite flower continued to fall from the trees above, she walked with Touya hand in hand through the strips of the colourful stalls.
"So what are we going to do first?" Sakura asked Touya as she felt a soft breeze blow across her face.
"What do you mean 'we'? I thought you were going to hang out with Meilin and Tomoyo. Weren't you meant to meet them at the big oak tree?"
Sakura snapped back from the beautiful sight in front of her with a blank expression.
"OH YEAH!" her innocent face now filled with frantic worries. She started jumping up and down as if not knowing what to do and immediately started running towards the oak tree that was still a long distance away.
"Sorry Touya! Gotta run! Bye!" Sakura called back to her big brother who was very amused through out Sakura's reaction. He began to walk off on his left towards Yukito's stall.
Instead of his school uniform, Touya wore a light blue short sleeved shirt with beige cargo pants. His partly spiky dark chocolate-coloured hair swayed a long with the gentle wind as he walked.
Many of the girls that attended his school were here at the festival as well. Because of Touya's great looks, each time one would past Touya, each of them would giggle and blush whilst greeting him. Generally Touya didn't notice neither cared because the only girl that is on his mind is the one and only Mizuki Kaho.
"Heya Touya! Whatcha doing here?" Yukito greeted while handing out a chocolate chip ice cream cone to a little eager boy. The little boy greedily stared at his ice cream in his hands as he walked away towards his mother.
Touya chuckled at this and smiled to Yukito.
"Well, I don't know, Sakura is with her friends so would it be alright if I help out with you here?"
"Of course man! You can help me serve the customers but do me a favour Touya, put on a smile! You could scare away little kids with your grim face!" Yukito handed Touya a blue striped apron just like the one he was wearing himself.
Touya smiled at his friend as he was putting on his apron. Yukito smiled back but he knew the reason why Touya wasn't smiling as much. He patted Touya's back to reassure him that as he best bud, he is still here for him.
"It's going to be okay, time heals all wounds."
Touya was grateful for his friend's kindness and smiled at Yukito again before serving the waiting customer.
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"Sakura Kinomoto! You're late!"
Sakura just arrived at the big oak tree after sprinting the whole way there. She was now out of breath and had to lean on the tree to regain her breath and energy.
"Yeah....I....know..." was all Sakura could breathe out.
Tomoyo and Meilin stole a quick glance at each other before laughing at the girl before them. Tomoyo approached Sakura and patted her on the back.
"Don't worry Sakura; you're only 15 minutes late. We forgive ya!"
"Hurry up and catch your breath! I wanna go and play games!" Meilin exclaimed. She pouted her lips and crossed her arms as to make Sakura feel guiltier than she already was.
"Okay! Okay! I'm all good now and sorry for being late. I forgot!" and with that Sakura stuck out her tongue playfully.
Her friends being Sakura's closest friends knew her well and have gotten used to Sakura's forgetfulness and lateness. Meilin and Tomoyo hooked their arms with Sakura's, one on each side of her and smiled.
"Forget about apologies! Let's go have some fun!"
With that the three of them all hooked on to each other's arms, began to explore the Spring Festival.
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"Look Tomoyo, there's Eriol!" Meilin said excitedly to her violet eyed friend.
Tomoyo looked in the direction where Meilin was pointing at and blushed a deep crimson. Sakura also followed Tomoyo's eyes and at that spot stood a boy that looked like he was round about the same age as Sakura. He had messy dark blue hair and wore round oval glasses over his grey purple eyes. Sakura smiled a cheeky smile.
"Who's Eriol huh Tomoyo?" Sakura was trying hard not to laugh.
"Oh....well...just someone..." Tomoyo started.
"Someone who she absolutely adores!" Meilin squealed.
"Oooooo...that's so sweet Tomoyo! How'd you guys meet?" Sakura asked whilst wearing a big dorky grin.
"Well...he just moved in next door in the house that was on sale..." As Tomoyo continued on how she and Eriol came about, her face was still flushed and she like Sakura wore a grin, but instead of a cheeky one, it was a goofy grin. Her eyes twinkling as she went on. '...I met him yesterday and he said that he was from England and would very much like it if I would show him around Tomoeda Primary School where he'll be attending next week..."
Tomoyo finally came to a stop and sighed very deeply as her eyes were still following the figure known as Eriol.
Sakura and Meilin smiled to themselves while seeing Tomoyo so happy.
"...Wow Tomoyo, you've got it bad!" Sakura grinned.
At this Tomoyo somehow found a way to blush even a darker red.
"Stop it, my face is burning!" Tomoyo exclaimed. Meilin and Sakura laughed.
Tomoyo took out her video camera from the shoulder bag she was wearing and switched it on. She aimed it firstly at Sakura who was still giggling madly. When she saw the recording device was in her direction, Sakura gulped. Meilin quieten too.
"Well Sakura Kinomoto, now that you know who I like, would you like to share any of your crushes? Hmm?" Tomoyo asked evilly.
"Ah...no...I don't think I like anyone at the moment..." Sakura struggled to say whilst tugging at her light pink dress. She didn't really like being put on the spot like this. Meilin was trying hard not to laugh but obviously wasn't trying hard enough as a small giggle came out just loud enough for her friends to hear.
Tomoyo quick as lightning aimed her camera towards Meilin.
"Too bad for Sakura, so how about you Miss Meilin Rae?"
It was obvious that Meilin wasn't quite ready as she stuttered.
"Umm...well there is this guy..." Meilin said this in a very quiet voice. Tomoyo urged her on as she zoom her camera in for a close up of Meilin's blushed face. Sakura listened eagerly not noticing that all three of them have stop in the middle of the pathway between the stalls and the sound of a dog barking from a distance was coming closer.
"....his name is..." Meilin continued but was suddenly interrupted when a large brown shaggy looking dog cut through the group of three. As the dog ran and barked loudly, its leash attached to its collar was flying out of control. The three girls were taken by surprise and continued to look at the dog as it ran away, soon getting lost in the crowd.
"Shigure!! Come back boy!!!"
All three girls looked behind themselves to find the voice belonged to a boy with very messy brown hair and stunning chestnut eyes. His face was flushed from running after his dog and he was trying to catch back his breath before continuing on. He wore a light azure t-shirt that had a hood and front pockets with blue shorts. The boy, around the same height as Sakura but just a bit taller regained his breath and ran past the three and like his dog, soon got lost in the crowd. His voice was still heard calling out for his dog.
Meilin was the first one to react to the sudden incident that took before them.
"Whoa! Who was that?"
Her friends shrugged and continued to walk, soon forgetting what had just happened. They walked past the colourful decorated stalls of the Spring Festival and were amazed at the amount of people here. It was such a nice day to spend outdoors that the girls couldn't blame them.
"Oh look! There's a stall that has that game where you have to knock the bottles down!" Meilin squealed excitedly. "Oooooo, I wanna play!" and with that she dragged Sakura and Tomoyo over to the yellow and blue stall.
The girls stood there and looked at the prizes they were able to win if they succeeded in knocking the bottles down. There was a real cute soft toy that resembled a yellow kitten. It had small black beads for eyes and round ears. What made it stand out the most was its angelic wings and bushy white bundle at the end of its long tail.
Meilin caught sight of this particular toy and squealed another high pitched note signally to her friends she wants it.
"How much is it to play mister?"
The guy who was supervising the game stand grumbled a "three shots for a dollar". He was just quietly resting even though he shouldn't have been and was rudely awaken by a girl's high-pitched squeal.
Meilin handed the man a dollar and rolled up her sleeves of her red V-neck jumper. The man who was still irritated by his customers' presence handed Meilin three baseballs. Sakura and Tomoyo stook beside their eager friend and egged her on.
"Go Meilin man! You can do it!" Sakura cried out.
"Yeah! Knock em' down!" Tomoyo followed up with her support as she turned on her video camera again to film her friend's determination to win.
Meilin look at her target which was a few metres away. A pyramid made up of six rusty looking metal bottles. She looked at her soon to be prize and then back at her target. Ball in her right hand she started to swing and missed. Meilin mentally kicked herself for missing.
"It's okay Meilin; you have two more to go!" Sakura supported.
Meilin again looked at her target with another ball in her hand. Just two more chances. She swinged and missed again.
"Come on baby!" Meilin growled to herself. Sakura and Tomoyo looked at each other. Both were worried what was going to be the outcome of this event and how it was going to affect their easily angered friend.
Everything that surrounded Meilin was completely shut off as she concentrated on her last chance to win that adorable cat soft toy.
She missed again.
"Bad luck, maybe next time" said the stall keeper without any sympathy and bent down to pick up the baseball and to return them into the big bucket next to the pyramid of bottles.
Meilin just stood there thunder-strucked. She began to stutter.
"But...but my hand slipped!" Her stubbornness was too proud to admit defeat and how really her aiming sucks.
The man just gave her a "whatever" look and sat back down on his chair.
Tomoyo stopped filming and went over to Meilin's right hand side. She squeezed Meilin's shoulder to comfort her loss. Meilin's eyes were still on her desired prize but instead of with sad eyes, they were filled with high determination.
Meilin pointed at the small soft toy and quietly said in a threatening matter.
"Just you wait! I'll be back for you so don't you worry!" with that she flicked her long black sleek hair back and walked away with her nose in the air.
Sakura looked at Tomoyo with an amused smile before both of them caught up with Meilin.
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Meanwhile at the ice cream stand Touya had just filled out a customer's order of a mint chip chocolate ice cream cone. He swept his sweaty brow from all the hard work he has been doing. As much as Touya hated it, his mind began to drift back to what had happened several weeks ago.
Flashback
"You know...it doesn't have to be this way..." Touya quietly said to the crying figure in his arms.
Kaho continued to let her tears fall.
"I have no choice Touya! I'm moving and anything you do would have no effect whatsoever!"
At this Touya held Kaho even tighter. He didn't want to let her go, not now that he has found his other half. Kaho meant so much to him that for Touya knowing that she was leaving Tomoeda, he wanted to just die on the spot. It hurts so much for him to just see Kaho in this state.
Something had to be done no matter what Kaho had said.
Touya leaned closer to her ear and gently whispered, "Let's run away..."
Kaho immediately stopped crying and looked up at Touya. She didn't know what to think. Looking into his eyes, Kaho saw how much Touya meant what he had said. But she can't just run away. She can't leave her mum who has already loss father. It would be too much for her to handle.
Touya continued to look deeply into Kaho's eyes. What was she thinking? He didn't know what made him suggest such a thing but what he knew was that he wasn't going to let her leave without a fight. His heart ached for her love that it was getting too much for him.
Suddenly Kaho looked away and started to shake her head. The more she shook her head, the more tears began to fall once again.
"No! I'm not running away with you Touya! You think it's easy to just pick up and leave? To just leave everything we know behind? What about my mother Touya? She has suffered enough from my father's death. I won't leave her!" With that Kaho shook herself out of Touya's warm embrace. Tears were still streaming down her flawless face as she continued.
"And what about your family Touya? Your father? Sakura? Did you even think about them?"
Touya was shocked at Kaho's sudden outburst that he stuttered his answer.
"But Kaho...!"
"No Touya! Running away is out of the question. I'm still moving away to America and when I come back is a long time." Kaho's voice becoming gentle again as she finished.
Kaho looked away from Touya's deep brown eyes. His eyes were filled with so much pain that it broke Kaho's heart, the heart that he mended in the first place.
The dark gloomy clouds that have been covering the sky above gave in to the weight of its rain. Rain began to fall over the city of Tomoeda.
The two were silent as the raindrops continued to fall. Both were too preoccupied with their own thoughts to even notice that they were getting wet. Nothing mattered to them anymore now that they know that fate has separated their paths in different directions.
"Touya..." Kaho started still looking away from his tall figure.
Touya moved to her side.
"I just want to let you know that I'll be thinking of you when I'm in America. You'll always in my heart. I'm sorry for having to cause you so much pain by leaving you but maybe it's for the best."
Kaho turned to face Touya and the sight smashed her broken pieces of her heart even more. Tears were falling from Touya's brown eyes for the first time in years.
Kaho wiped her own tears first before lifting her hand to caress Touya's smooth face and rid of his tears.
"Touya, I'm sorry I failed you but someday you'll find that special someone who you'll love with all your heart and she won't ever leave you like I have to. Fate has his ways and your wounds will be healed in a matter of time."
Touya embraced Kaho in his arms tightly, never wanting to let her go. His love for her was too much to handle. Kaho hugged back.
"How can I love another when I know you'll always be on my mind? How am I supposed to give my heart to another when my heart is already belonging to you? ... I love you Kaho."
With that he slowly lowered his face to hers and together they shared their last kiss. Even with the skies raining, it didn't ruin the moment that both Touya and Kaho will be keeping forever close to their hearts.
End of flashback
Touya still remembered how soft her lips were and the touch of her skin. It was as delicate and warm as an angel's face. His heart still ached to even think about her but it couldn't be helped. She was too kind and beautiful to forget. Time has failed him as he is still able to feel pain from his emotional wounds. Kaho is stuck onto his mind and it doesn't help Touya one bit to get over her.
Touya realised that he'd been thinking about her when he shouldn't. He mentally kicked himself. It's time to move on from her.
Touya looked at his right and saw Yukito serving an old lady with a vanilla ice cream cone. After the lady thanked and went, Yukito walked over to Touya and patted him on the back.
"Thanks for helping man!" Yukito smiled at his friend.
"Nah, it's no problem. It's not like I have anything else to do!"
Yukito continued to smile but then his facial expression became serious. He stood there thinking with his left hand rubbing his chin.
"You know what? I just remember. I think someone else was assigned to help me run this ice cream stand. Hmmm...wonder where they are...?"
Touya chuckled and said, "Ah well, no worries, I'm here to assist you."
Yukito put both his thumbs up at him before serving another customer who was two little girls. Both of them had pigtails and the same blue eyes. They were twins and one of them cutely held out her hand with the money to Yukito.
Now with Yukito preoccupied, Touya was alone with his thoughts again. He looked up at the sky that was seen over the other stalls. It was still as blue as ever and with these people at the Spring Festival enjoying themselves, some would call it the perfect day. To Touya he wasn't sure about that because of the constant thoughts of about Kaho running through his mind. He decided to focus his thoughts on the view before him and how beautiful it was.
Now Touya tends to not see below his eye level as he has a tall figure and usually this is not a good thing. As so it happens to be, this was one of those times.
A girl in her teenage years was getting irritated of the lack of attention towards her from one of the ice cream servers. She doesn't like to be ignored.
"HEY!"
This snapped Touya out of his thoughts and caused Yukito to look at the cause of the shout. It was a girl with long dark brown hair and seems to be the same age as Touya. Her eyes were a gentle brown that worked well with her facial features. She was wearing a light green polo t-shirt with a pair of blue jeans. Her name was Akizuki Nakuru.
"May we help you?" Touya asked the girl.
Nakuru smiled that finally she has got this guy's attention.
"Well I was assigned to help one of you two to run this ice-cream stall, but I totally forgot about it this morning so I'm sorry!"
Yukito heard this and soon after handing over the two baby cones of raspberry ice cream to the young customers came over to stand next to Touya.
"Oh, so you're the one is supposed to help me! I'm afraid we haven't met. I'm Tsukishiro Yukito and this is Kinomoto Touya."
Yukito held out his right hand to shake and Nakuru took it.
"I'm Akizuki Nakuru! Nice to meet you! Sorries about being late and all. Would you guys like me to help?"
"The more the merrier!" Yukito exclaimed and opened the door letting Nakuru into the stand itself. He handed her an apron identical to his and Touya's for her to put on.
Touya hasn't said much during the introductions between the three of them. He didn't even smile to her when Yukito introduced him. He didn't know why. It was something about this girl that got to him somehow. Her eyes reminded Touya of someone he used to know, but he couldn't work it out. Her name, Akizuki Nakuru hardly rang a bell in his mind. Who is she?
"Touya!"
Touya looked at Yukito who had an amused smile on his face. Yukito looked at Nakuru and both shared a good laugh.
"What?"
"That took a while to break through your little day dreaming!"
Touya's cheeks went a little pink. Yukito and Nakuru laughed some more.
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