Please don't kill me for this story! I thought that it would be interesting, and the voices wouldn't leave me alone, until I had written it. I hope that you'll enjoy it. BTW, I don't own CCS, but it is AWESOME!!
A 17 year old Kinomoto Sakura knocked hurriedly on the door to the Li Mansion. Li Yelen had been a friend of Kinomoto Nadeshiko, Sakura's mother, since they were children. Sakura looked over her shoulder in fear, hoping that she hadn't been followed. The door opened.
"How may…Miss Sakura? What are you doing here?" It was Wei, the Li's butler. Sakura smiled shakily at him.
"Hi, Wei. Um, could I speak with Yelen-san?"
"I'll get her. Please, come inside, Miss Sakura." Wei put a hand on her shoulder, but she flinched away from his touch. He sent her a worried look, and went to get Yelen. Sakura went into the house, and closed the door behind her, shivering. She was in a pair of thin pajama pants, with a light shirt, and both articles were completely soaked through. It had been raining nonstop since midnight that night, and she had run all the way to the Li home.
"Sakura? What are you doing here? Wei, go get Sakura some hot tea, and a towel." Sakura looked at Yelen. Yelen walked over to Sakura, with a worried look on her face.
"I'm sorry for coming so late, but I didn't know where else to go, Yelen-san."
"Sakura, tell me what's wrong." Yelen tried to put a hand on Sakura's shoulder, but she shied away from her touch. "Sakura, you can trust me. I won't hurt you. You know that." Sakura felt tears coming to her eyes.
"I know that, Yelen-san, but after what happened, I'm still not comfortable being touched." Yelen took Sakura's hand, and led her into the living room. Wei gave Sakura a towel and a cup, and Sakura and Yelen sat down by a fire.
"Does this have something to do with what happened?" Sakura just nodded, and stared at the fire. She was afraid that if she looked at Yelen, she would really start crying.
"Do you want to tell me about it?" Yelen asked.
"I-I don't think that I'm ready yet," Sakura whispered, tears leaking from her eyes.
"Its okay, Sakura. Don't worry. I'll be right here when you're ready to talk." Yelen fought the urge to reach out, and wrap Sakura in a hug, but she knew that human contact hurt her.
"You can stay here, with me. I get lonely, since my daughters have moved out."
"Thank you, Yelen-san." Yelen called Wei into the room.
"Wei, have someone prepare a guest room for Sakura. She'll be staying with us for a while."
"Yes, Mistress." Wei bowed respectively, and left. Wei frowned. He had never seen Sakura look that sad or scared before. She had visited the Li mansion many times with her family, but this was a strange visit. After a while, he returned to tell them that Sakura's room was ready. Yelen gazed worriedly at Wei, and Wei looked at Sakura. She was staring at the fire, which illuminated her emerald eyes. His frown grew, when he saw the look in her eyes.
Normally, Sakura's eyes were full of laughter and emotions, but now, there was nothing there. They had this dead look to them. That worried Wei more than her sudden visit had. What had made this normally cheerful and happy girl, so full of emotions, to turn into this empty shell that sat before them?