Save A Heart
CHAPTER ONE
- - normal point of view - -
10 year old Sakura was shocked. She didn't understand. "What.?" she squeaked. The police officer explained again but all Sakura heard was what sounded like alien language. For some reason tears began to stream down her pretty face. She dropped the receiver and ran back to her friends in the school cheerleading team. All her friends gathered around her, trying to comfort their sweet friend. "Poor Sakura." Terada sensei sighed.
~10 years later~
Ever since her family's death, Sakura had begun to change from her cheerful friendly self to a girl who didn't talk, was always alone and never expressed feelings. She went through school without any friends because they had slowly drifted away from her. Even her best friend Tomoyo found it hard to cope with Sakura's cold and isolated manner. Now she was 20 years old, a young women going through uni. She had moved to Tokyo because of her university after graduating from Tomoeda High. Sakura was studying literature. She had been reading a lot of books because she didn't want to face the reality of her life, and had always run away with the characters in her books. Apart from uni, Sakura also worked so she could support herself. Luckily she had entered uni on a scholarship and so she didn't have to pay much. She had had many jobs but at the moment she was working at the local library where she felt most comfortable, absorbing the words of a book after another. (Her job was to stack and catalogue books, as well as updating the library database as books were borrowed). Sakura had been struggling a lot with jobs because obviously she didn't communicate very well and because she always kept to herself without opening up to other people. And although she was a very pretty woman, she hid her features with clothes that covered her up and also wore glasses - from reading too much and straining her eyes. "I hate my life." Sakura sighed as she walked home after another afternoon at the library. "I can hardly support myself!" She arrived at her very small flat. She walked up the stairs to the second floor (where she lived) to find her landlady, Jobujai Asikawi. made up! I know it's weird! o.O "Konbanwa Jobujai-san. What brings you here?" Sakura asked. "Why else would I be here Kinomoto? Of course I'm here about your residence here! And take this!" she said irritably as she shoved a piece of paper into Sakura's thin hands. Sakura read:
EVICTION NOTICE Name: Kinomoto SAKURA Residence: 10 months [payed] Overdue period: 5 months [unpayed] Kinomoto Sakura has passed the limit for paying rent by 2 months did that make sense? - -;;
"Demo! One more month Jobujai-san! Onegai!" Sakura begged. "Iie! No more! I've had enough of your excuses! I won't tolerate it any more! I want you out tomorrow! Now go pack!" and pushed Sakura to her door before walking away with her nose in the air. aw.so slack! BAKA Asikawi! wait.this is my story!! ^^;; Sakura dropped the note she was holding and started to cry. She fumbled with her keys as she opened the door to her flat. Why was life so cruel? Why wouldn't it just give her a break for once? She entered her tiny flat and slowly started to pack the little possessions she had. 'Oh Dad.how I miss you so much.And Onni-chan.I so long to see you!...' Sakura was still crying. She looked at her photo on her side table. There she was, a happy 10 year old girl, with her father and her brother. Life was so carefree then. What had she done wrong to be punished with such sadness and loneliness? Then Sakura furiously wiped her tears away. "I've got to be strong," she said aloud, "Dad and Touya wouldn't want me to give up! I have to be brave like the heroes in my books!" Then she finished collecting her books and clothes, stuffed them in a travel bag and had a cup of Japanese rice tea. She remembered all he times that she had drunken this tea with her friends, family and dear Yukito-chan - her brother's best friend. She had had a crush on him long ago because he had been such a nice person to her, but even he had failed to lighten Sakura's life. Sakura then washed, read an essay from uni and then for the last time, crawled into her small bed. She looked up at her ceiling. 'I better find a place to stay tomorrow.' and she fell asleep.
~next day~ Sakura was carrying her luggage around the city of Tokyo. She had been living there for over a year already, but suddenly noticed how big and dangerous it felt. The fact that she didn't have a home made her even more miserable. It was almost lunch time and Sakura was hungry. She hadn't had time to eat breakfast that morning so she decided to eat before she ran out of energy. She bought a roll of sushi and sat down to eat. She had been looking for a place to stay for over 3 hours and didn't realise how hungry she was until she saw the sushi roll. She was busy gobbling it down when an advertisement caught her eye. It read: Share flat available One room free for use (One other male resident) Clean and quiet Close to subway Call 1831 130 787
"Hmm.A share flat.that'd be cheaper than having a whole flat to myself." Sakura finished her lunch and started to look for some loose change in her very light wallet. Then she found a phone booth and dialed the number on the advertisement. "Hello, Li Syaoran speaking." "Hi, I'm calling about the share flat?" "Oh yes. It's still available. Would you like to see it today?" "Hai." "Ok how about I give you the address and we will meet there at.when are you free today?" "Any time." "Ok.how about 1pm? I'll meet you out front." "OK!" "The address is. 13/401 Blossom St. in the city. Do you think you'll be able to find it?" notice the address? and the flat number?!!!! ^^ "Hai.Arigato gozaimasu.So I'll meet you there at 1pm!" "Hai. see you there.uh." "Kinomoto Sakura." "OK. See you Kinomoto-san" And they hung up.
- - syaoran - - "OK. See you Kinomoto-san," I replied and hung up. Kinomoto Sakura.The name sounded so familiar to me. I had heard it many times somewhere. I started to head towards my apartment to meet 'Kinomoto Sakura'. Oh, now I remember! Kinomoto Sakura! I had attended the same school as her!
=flash back=
Terada sensei introduced me to the class of 5 - 2. "We have a new student from Hong Kong. His name is Li Syaoran. Please make him feel welcome to our school. Now, Li.where shall we seat you? Ah! There behind Kinomoto! Kinomoto, please raise you hand." I saw a girl lift her hand and I started to walk towards the seat behind her. When I reached my desk I whispered 'thanks' to the girl but she made no reply. This puzzled me because she had looked like a very friendly girl, apart from her facial expression. Class started and I started to watch that girl - Kinomoto Sakura. I found that she spent the whole time alone and didn't talk to anyone. I felt very sorry and when I tried to start a conversation, she would just mumble something and say nothing else. Then I heard from my new friend, Eriol that Sakura's family had passed away in a tragic accident. Since then, she had closed herself up and hardly spoke to anyone. She was usually found in the library, poring over a book. Then we graduated from primary school and we attended the same high school. Sakura continued to be her distant self. For some reason, it hurt me to see her so sad. I wanted to comfort her but I couldn't get near her. Eventually we all graduated form high school and we were separated.
=end flash back=
I wondered if she was the same, lonely Sakura. I wondered how she had been doing until now. Was she struggling or had she changed and was living pretty happily? I knew I would find out soon!
Well! That's it for Chapter 1! Please review! (This is my first fanfic! Can anyone tell me how to do this without making my story all stacked? I hate that! But how do I fix it? And suggest any improvements I can make! Thanks so much!! ^^*)
CHAPTER ONE
- - normal point of view - -
10 year old Sakura was shocked. She didn't understand. "What.?" she squeaked. The police officer explained again but all Sakura heard was what sounded like alien language. For some reason tears began to stream down her pretty face. She dropped the receiver and ran back to her friends in the school cheerleading team. All her friends gathered around her, trying to comfort their sweet friend. "Poor Sakura." Terada sensei sighed.
~10 years later~
Ever since her family's death, Sakura had begun to change from her cheerful friendly self to a girl who didn't talk, was always alone and never expressed feelings. She went through school without any friends because they had slowly drifted away from her. Even her best friend Tomoyo found it hard to cope with Sakura's cold and isolated manner. Now she was 20 years old, a young women going through uni. She had moved to Tokyo because of her university after graduating from Tomoeda High. Sakura was studying literature. She had been reading a lot of books because she didn't want to face the reality of her life, and had always run away with the characters in her books. Apart from uni, Sakura also worked so she could support herself. Luckily she had entered uni on a scholarship and so she didn't have to pay much. She had had many jobs but at the moment she was working at the local library where she felt most comfortable, absorbing the words of a book after another. (Her job was to stack and catalogue books, as well as updating the library database as books were borrowed). Sakura had been struggling a lot with jobs because obviously she didn't communicate very well and because she always kept to herself without opening up to other people. And although she was a very pretty woman, she hid her features with clothes that covered her up and also wore glasses - from reading too much and straining her eyes. "I hate my life." Sakura sighed as she walked home after another afternoon at the library. "I can hardly support myself!" She arrived at her very small flat. She walked up the stairs to the second floor (where she lived) to find her landlady, Jobujai Asikawi. made up! I know it's weird! o.O "Konbanwa Jobujai-san. What brings you here?" Sakura asked. "Why else would I be here Kinomoto? Of course I'm here about your residence here! And take this!" she said irritably as she shoved a piece of paper into Sakura's thin hands. Sakura read:
EVICTION NOTICE Name: Kinomoto SAKURA Residence: 10 months [payed] Overdue period: 5 months [unpayed] Kinomoto Sakura has passed the limit for paying rent by 2 months did that make sense? - -;;
"Demo! One more month Jobujai-san! Onegai!" Sakura begged. "Iie! No more! I've had enough of your excuses! I won't tolerate it any more! I want you out tomorrow! Now go pack!" and pushed Sakura to her door before walking away with her nose in the air. aw.so slack! BAKA Asikawi! wait.this is my story!! ^^;; Sakura dropped the note she was holding and started to cry. She fumbled with her keys as she opened the door to her flat. Why was life so cruel? Why wouldn't it just give her a break for once? She entered her tiny flat and slowly started to pack the little possessions she had. 'Oh Dad.how I miss you so much.And Onni-chan.I so long to see you!...' Sakura was still crying. She looked at her photo on her side table. There she was, a happy 10 year old girl, with her father and her brother. Life was so carefree then. What had she done wrong to be punished with such sadness and loneliness? Then Sakura furiously wiped her tears away. "I've got to be strong," she said aloud, "Dad and Touya wouldn't want me to give up! I have to be brave like the heroes in my books!" Then she finished collecting her books and clothes, stuffed them in a travel bag and had a cup of Japanese rice tea. She remembered all he times that she had drunken this tea with her friends, family and dear Yukito-chan - her brother's best friend. She had had a crush on him long ago because he had been such a nice person to her, but even he had failed to lighten Sakura's life. Sakura then washed, read an essay from uni and then for the last time, crawled into her small bed. She looked up at her ceiling. 'I better find a place to stay tomorrow.' and she fell asleep.
~next day~ Sakura was carrying her luggage around the city of Tokyo. She had been living there for over a year already, but suddenly noticed how big and dangerous it felt. The fact that she didn't have a home made her even more miserable. It was almost lunch time and Sakura was hungry. She hadn't had time to eat breakfast that morning so she decided to eat before she ran out of energy. She bought a roll of sushi and sat down to eat. She had been looking for a place to stay for over 3 hours and didn't realise how hungry she was until she saw the sushi roll. She was busy gobbling it down when an advertisement caught her eye. It read: Share flat available One room free for use (One other male resident) Clean and quiet Close to subway Call 1831 130 787
"Hmm.A share flat.that'd be cheaper than having a whole flat to myself." Sakura finished her lunch and started to look for some loose change in her very light wallet. Then she found a phone booth and dialed the number on the advertisement. "Hello, Li Syaoran speaking." "Hi, I'm calling about the share flat?" "Oh yes. It's still available. Would you like to see it today?" "Hai." "Ok how about I give you the address and we will meet there at.when are you free today?" "Any time." "Ok.how about 1pm? I'll meet you out front." "OK!" "The address is. 13/401 Blossom St. in the city. Do you think you'll be able to find it?" notice the address? and the flat number?!!!! ^^ "Hai.Arigato gozaimasu.So I'll meet you there at 1pm!" "Hai. see you there.uh." "Kinomoto Sakura." "OK. See you Kinomoto-san" And they hung up.
- - syaoran - - "OK. See you Kinomoto-san," I replied and hung up. Kinomoto Sakura.The name sounded so familiar to me. I had heard it many times somewhere. I started to head towards my apartment to meet 'Kinomoto Sakura'. Oh, now I remember! Kinomoto Sakura! I had attended the same school as her!
=flash back=
Terada sensei introduced me to the class of 5 - 2. "We have a new student from Hong Kong. His name is Li Syaoran. Please make him feel welcome to our school. Now, Li.where shall we seat you? Ah! There behind Kinomoto! Kinomoto, please raise you hand." I saw a girl lift her hand and I started to walk towards the seat behind her. When I reached my desk I whispered 'thanks' to the girl but she made no reply. This puzzled me because she had looked like a very friendly girl, apart from her facial expression. Class started and I started to watch that girl - Kinomoto Sakura. I found that she spent the whole time alone and didn't talk to anyone. I felt very sorry and when I tried to start a conversation, she would just mumble something and say nothing else. Then I heard from my new friend, Eriol that Sakura's family had passed away in a tragic accident. Since then, she had closed herself up and hardly spoke to anyone. She was usually found in the library, poring over a book. Then we graduated from primary school and we attended the same high school. Sakura continued to be her distant self. For some reason, it hurt me to see her so sad. I wanted to comfort her but I couldn't get near her. Eventually we all graduated form high school and we were separated.
=end flash back=
I wondered if she was the same, lonely Sakura. I wondered how she had been doing until now. Was she struggling or had she changed and was living pretty happily? I knew I would find out soon!
Well! That's it for Chapter 1! Please review! (This is my first fanfic! Can anyone tell me how to do this without making my story all stacked? I hate that! But how do I fix it? And suggest any improvements I can make! Thanks so much!! ^^*)