This fanfic was written by EvilRyokoJesseandFiend with Shadowed Eyes of an
Angel.
Disclaimer: We don't own CCS. It really belongs to the wonderful group of four very talented women named CLAMP.
NOW! ON WITH THE FIC!!!!!!!
Together, Forever, As One
Chapter 1: Not the Albino Bunnies!
"I WON! I WON!" screamed the voice of ten-year-old Minako Kinomoto. She leapt on her bed hugging a small slip of paper. Her dreams had come true! The poetry contest, won by Mina herself, gave a free trip to China where her dad lives. She will FINALLY be able to meet him!!! Somehow she will find Syaoran Li, her father.
Just then, she heard the unmistakable sound of the front door opening. Her mother, Sakura Kinomoto, had just arrived back from her second job, and would be exhausted, but Mina didn't care. This news was too good! She skipped from her room, raced down the stairs, and then stopped suddenly in front of her mother.
Sakura was wearing a burgundy business suit and skirt outfit, and had dark circles under her weary eyes. She tiredly set down her briefcase and removed her shoes and socks, then turned her attention to her exclaiming daughter.
"What's all the screaming about Mina?" the amber-haired woman asked exasperatedly.
"The poetry contest! My entry won!!" Mina brandished the small slip of paper. Sakura took it from the small girl's fragile hands and held it up, reading it with a smile.
"Congratulations honey!" she exclaimed, and hugged Mina in her excitement. The ten-year-old hugged back, relishing the moment. Normally her mother ignored her, and then slumped into bed each night. Tomoyo tried to come around and be there for Mina, but most of the time the ten-year-old took care of the household and herself alone all day. The babysitter she DID have sat around eating chips and watching TV when hired. But Mina still loved her mother, despite her absence, very much, and Sakura was always trying her hardest to be there for her daughter.
"Thanks, Mom. Did you see? The prize is a trip to China! We can finally go to see Dad!"
Sakura's face suddenly grew rigid. His cinnamon-brown hair and chestnut- brown eyes flowed through her mind...the way he tasted, the subtle way he held her cheek, his kawaii blush, and his tantalizing smirk...
"Mom? Can I go?" The miniature voice called Sakura out of her reverie. She shrugged off the memories of him, and considered what would happen if Mina and her went.
'How can I let my daughter go? All of the news will be about the Li clan and she'll ask me about it...and Syaoran. Not to mention the cards. She MUST stay home.'
You see, Mina has no idea about the Sakura cards, Clow Reed, card capturing, or anything! Sakura had never told her, because she wanted Mina to be able to live a normal life without the complications of magic.
"I'm sorry Mina.....I...can't let you go." She knew how hard this was on her daughter, and cringed, ready for the rebellious answer.
"What? But...why?" Mina backed away slowly, her dreams rushing in on her from all sides like tsunamis. She couldn't go? She COULDN'T GO?! It was all her mother's fault!
"I...I HATE YOU!!! I-I'm never talking to you again, you...you..." a myriad of dreadful things to call Sakura ran through the young girl's mind, but was bold enough to only use the word, "JERK!"
She left the room, sprinting up the wooden stairs, embarrassed by her cowardice, and angry at her imprisonment in a country without Syaoran.
She flung herself onto her bed, and screamed in a fit of rage into her lavender pillow. Her Aunt Tomoyo (A/n: Tomoyo isn't really her Aunt, of course, but since she is very close to Sakura, Mina calls her that.) had made it for her. The embroidery was breath-taking. Aunt Tomoyo sewed very well.
Mina inhaled the scent of lilacs that belonged to Tomoyo and was now a permanent part of the pillow. It had always calmed her, and that was why she kept the pillow on her bed. Her mind cleared, though it ached numbly. She could just barely feel the tears leaking from her emerald eyes...eyes like her mother, the wonderful Sakura. That's what everyone said. And she was always being compared to her mother. Why couldn't they say she had soft, chestnut-brown hair like her father? Why couldn't they say she had even a freckle in the same place as him? And then another thought struck her. If he was here, she could be in his arms right now. Instead, she was alone...again...
'Why did he have to leave?'
~*~
Later that night, at around midnight, Mina sat alone her room, pondering still (after hours of it), and had come to a conclusion. She really loved her mom, and she was very special to her, but she NEEDED to know her dad. And the only way to do that was to get to China. And the only way to China...was to run away.
Mina had been carefully constructing her get-away all evening, and now she stood in front of her closet, wordlessly gathering clothes for the trip in a tiny sleep-over bag.
Ten minutes later, plane tickets in hand, Minako Li crept along the dark hallways of the old apartment building. Her flight left at 5:00AM, so she could sleep in the airport and Sakura wouldn't find her note by the time she was long gone.
Seemingly ages later, Mina reached the main door. She crept out, saddles her bike quietly, and pedaled off down the lamp-lit streets of Tomoeda, Japan, heading straight for the airport.
~*~ Yuki Airport, 4:55AM ~*~
"Last call: all passengers of flight A-5 please report to your take-off area immediately. I repeat, all passengers of flight A-5 please report to your take-off area immediately."
A small, blonde-haired figure lay, snoring loudly, sprawled across three blue, plastic chairs. At the loud announcement, she suddenly sat up.
"NO! ANYTHING BUT THE EVIL ALBINO BUNNIES! PLEASE! SPARE ME!!!"
Needless to say, every person, and pet, in the airport stopped what they were doing and stared at her.
She blinked, confused, and then remembered what had happened hours before and noticed her surroundings.
"Er...I'm okay, don't worry!" she said with a sheepish grin, waving, her hair tousled and cheeks red.
The people gave her a misbelieving look, and then returned to their regular routines.
Back in the seats, Mina checked her watch. It read 4:58AM
"Ah!! I'm late!!!" she cried frantically, and fell unceremoniously out of her chair onto her fluffy, pink sleep-over bag.
~*~ Two minutes later, on the plane ~*~
'21, 22, 23, aha! Seat 24'
Mina settled her self down next to a tall, seemingly familiar man, and placed her bag in her lap sheepishly. She felt extremely feeble next to the man's stature. He had a strange hair color...blue, like a blueberry. The ripest she'd ever seen.
That was when she noticed he was watching her examine him.
"Do you need something?" he asked her politely.
'Oh God, now I've REALLY made a fool of myself..."
"Er...I'm...Minako Li..." She smiled, nervously hoping he wasn't some crazy stalker. Her mother had always told her not to talk to strangers...
"Aha, I see. That would explain it." Eriol said knowingly, and turned to idly gaze out the window at the runway.
"Explain it? What's that supposed to mean?!" Mina said incredulously. Now she was offended. Who did he think he was, knowing all about her in two seconds? Humph!
Mr. Blueberry-head laughed and shrugged, still looking out the window.
"But that would be something your father would say. He never liked anyone reading his feelings unless you were the Cards Mistress..." He sighed like he was lost in some far-off memory. Sakura did that a lot too.
"You...you know my father?" Mina asked tentatively.
"Huh?" He snapped out of it, just like Sakura had done the night before. "Oh, you mean Syaoran? Yeah, he's a great guy. Like I said, he never lets on much, but has a heart of pure gold. In fact, he lives right around where we're headed. Are you going to visit?"
Now Mina was on a subject she could understand.
"Hai!" she replied happily. "I've never seen him before, so I'm really, really excited to see him for the first time."
She smiled at him, feeling proud but a bit awkward because he was studying her face this time, staring right into her eyes.
"You have Sakura's eyes," he said softly.
Mina wasn't surprised. They all did this. But...why hadn't she picked up on it before? He knew her father AND her mother!
"You...how do you know my mom?" She didn't even bother to say thank you.
"Well, we...grew up together, you could say. The Great Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li were good friends of mine."
He smirked. Is it an odd thing for someone who is a mere ten years old to be comforted by a smirk? But, nevertheless, she was. It seemed familiar in a way, but the memory was lost in the back of her mind. Maybe she had met the mysterious, blue-haired man as a baby.
"Oh...so...if you knew my mom, then why did you call her great? She isn't so wonderful to me."
"Well, there's a lot to your mom you don't see."
Mina was confused. "H-how do you mean?"
"Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough. Soon enough, my child..."
He flashed her that Eriol smile, the one that makes you just be happy no matter what is going on, like he knows everything and that everything will be ok. Mina got a chill up her spine. It was all so familiar...But oh well. She would find out soon enough.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~END OF 1ST CHAPTER~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That's it! E-mail me at amarney27@yahoo.com if you have any questions, and flames are not tolerated. You will be sent back an e-mail in protest, although constructive criticism is GREATLY appreciated. Now for a small, fun dialogue!
Syaoran- What was that!?!? I'm not even in it! I'm gonna kill you Ryoko! Thunder! *Zap*
Ryoko- Oh Lord. I made him maaaaa..........d. Ow.
SEA (Shadowed Eyes of an Angel) - *cracking up* beautiful Ryoko! I love the way you hit the floor and the ashes fell off of you! *rolling on the floor cracking up*
ERJ-shut up...ugh.
Sakura- *randomly pops onto the screen* Bad Syaoran! *whacks him on the head* no thunder in the house! How many times do I have to tell you that?!
Syaoran-*whimpering* Sowwy sakura-chan!
Sakura- You better be! *Gives the audience a huge smile* and that's the end of the first chapter of this SO kawaii fanfic!
*Everyone except Sakura sweatdrops*
Sakura- *blinks* Huh? Why did everyone sweatdrop?
~*~
R+R!
Disclaimer: We don't own CCS. It really belongs to the wonderful group of four very talented women named CLAMP.
NOW! ON WITH THE FIC!!!!!!!
Together, Forever, As One
Chapter 1: Not the Albino Bunnies!
"I WON! I WON!" screamed the voice of ten-year-old Minako Kinomoto. She leapt on her bed hugging a small slip of paper. Her dreams had come true! The poetry contest, won by Mina herself, gave a free trip to China where her dad lives. She will FINALLY be able to meet him!!! Somehow she will find Syaoran Li, her father.
Just then, she heard the unmistakable sound of the front door opening. Her mother, Sakura Kinomoto, had just arrived back from her second job, and would be exhausted, but Mina didn't care. This news was too good! She skipped from her room, raced down the stairs, and then stopped suddenly in front of her mother.
Sakura was wearing a burgundy business suit and skirt outfit, and had dark circles under her weary eyes. She tiredly set down her briefcase and removed her shoes and socks, then turned her attention to her exclaiming daughter.
"What's all the screaming about Mina?" the amber-haired woman asked exasperatedly.
"The poetry contest! My entry won!!" Mina brandished the small slip of paper. Sakura took it from the small girl's fragile hands and held it up, reading it with a smile.
"Congratulations honey!" she exclaimed, and hugged Mina in her excitement. The ten-year-old hugged back, relishing the moment. Normally her mother ignored her, and then slumped into bed each night. Tomoyo tried to come around and be there for Mina, but most of the time the ten-year-old took care of the household and herself alone all day. The babysitter she DID have sat around eating chips and watching TV when hired. But Mina still loved her mother, despite her absence, very much, and Sakura was always trying her hardest to be there for her daughter.
"Thanks, Mom. Did you see? The prize is a trip to China! We can finally go to see Dad!"
Sakura's face suddenly grew rigid. His cinnamon-brown hair and chestnut- brown eyes flowed through her mind...the way he tasted, the subtle way he held her cheek, his kawaii blush, and his tantalizing smirk...
"Mom? Can I go?" The miniature voice called Sakura out of her reverie. She shrugged off the memories of him, and considered what would happen if Mina and her went.
'How can I let my daughter go? All of the news will be about the Li clan and she'll ask me about it...and Syaoran. Not to mention the cards. She MUST stay home.'
You see, Mina has no idea about the Sakura cards, Clow Reed, card capturing, or anything! Sakura had never told her, because she wanted Mina to be able to live a normal life without the complications of magic.
"I'm sorry Mina.....I...can't let you go." She knew how hard this was on her daughter, and cringed, ready for the rebellious answer.
"What? But...why?" Mina backed away slowly, her dreams rushing in on her from all sides like tsunamis. She couldn't go? She COULDN'T GO?! It was all her mother's fault!
"I...I HATE YOU!!! I-I'm never talking to you again, you...you..." a myriad of dreadful things to call Sakura ran through the young girl's mind, but was bold enough to only use the word, "JERK!"
She left the room, sprinting up the wooden stairs, embarrassed by her cowardice, and angry at her imprisonment in a country without Syaoran.
She flung herself onto her bed, and screamed in a fit of rage into her lavender pillow. Her Aunt Tomoyo (A/n: Tomoyo isn't really her Aunt, of course, but since she is very close to Sakura, Mina calls her that.) had made it for her. The embroidery was breath-taking. Aunt Tomoyo sewed very well.
Mina inhaled the scent of lilacs that belonged to Tomoyo and was now a permanent part of the pillow. It had always calmed her, and that was why she kept the pillow on her bed. Her mind cleared, though it ached numbly. She could just barely feel the tears leaking from her emerald eyes...eyes like her mother, the wonderful Sakura. That's what everyone said. And she was always being compared to her mother. Why couldn't they say she had soft, chestnut-brown hair like her father? Why couldn't they say she had even a freckle in the same place as him? And then another thought struck her. If he was here, she could be in his arms right now. Instead, she was alone...again...
'Why did he have to leave?'
~*~
Later that night, at around midnight, Mina sat alone her room, pondering still (after hours of it), and had come to a conclusion. She really loved her mom, and she was very special to her, but she NEEDED to know her dad. And the only way to do that was to get to China. And the only way to China...was to run away.
Mina had been carefully constructing her get-away all evening, and now she stood in front of her closet, wordlessly gathering clothes for the trip in a tiny sleep-over bag.
Ten minutes later, plane tickets in hand, Minako Li crept along the dark hallways of the old apartment building. Her flight left at 5:00AM, so she could sleep in the airport and Sakura wouldn't find her note by the time she was long gone.
Seemingly ages later, Mina reached the main door. She crept out, saddles her bike quietly, and pedaled off down the lamp-lit streets of Tomoeda, Japan, heading straight for the airport.
~*~ Yuki Airport, 4:55AM ~*~
"Last call: all passengers of flight A-5 please report to your take-off area immediately. I repeat, all passengers of flight A-5 please report to your take-off area immediately."
A small, blonde-haired figure lay, snoring loudly, sprawled across three blue, plastic chairs. At the loud announcement, she suddenly sat up.
"NO! ANYTHING BUT THE EVIL ALBINO BUNNIES! PLEASE! SPARE ME!!!"
Needless to say, every person, and pet, in the airport stopped what they were doing and stared at her.
She blinked, confused, and then remembered what had happened hours before and noticed her surroundings.
"Er...I'm okay, don't worry!" she said with a sheepish grin, waving, her hair tousled and cheeks red.
The people gave her a misbelieving look, and then returned to their regular routines.
Back in the seats, Mina checked her watch. It read 4:58AM
"Ah!! I'm late!!!" she cried frantically, and fell unceremoniously out of her chair onto her fluffy, pink sleep-over bag.
~*~ Two minutes later, on the plane ~*~
'21, 22, 23, aha! Seat 24'
Mina settled her self down next to a tall, seemingly familiar man, and placed her bag in her lap sheepishly. She felt extremely feeble next to the man's stature. He had a strange hair color...blue, like a blueberry. The ripest she'd ever seen.
That was when she noticed he was watching her examine him.
"Do you need something?" he asked her politely.
'Oh God, now I've REALLY made a fool of myself..."
"Er...I'm...Minako Li..." She smiled, nervously hoping he wasn't some crazy stalker. Her mother had always told her not to talk to strangers...
"Aha, I see. That would explain it." Eriol said knowingly, and turned to idly gaze out the window at the runway.
"Explain it? What's that supposed to mean?!" Mina said incredulously. Now she was offended. Who did he think he was, knowing all about her in two seconds? Humph!
Mr. Blueberry-head laughed and shrugged, still looking out the window.
"But that would be something your father would say. He never liked anyone reading his feelings unless you were the Cards Mistress..." He sighed like he was lost in some far-off memory. Sakura did that a lot too.
"You...you know my father?" Mina asked tentatively.
"Huh?" He snapped out of it, just like Sakura had done the night before. "Oh, you mean Syaoran? Yeah, he's a great guy. Like I said, he never lets on much, but has a heart of pure gold. In fact, he lives right around where we're headed. Are you going to visit?"
Now Mina was on a subject she could understand.
"Hai!" she replied happily. "I've never seen him before, so I'm really, really excited to see him for the first time."
She smiled at him, feeling proud but a bit awkward because he was studying her face this time, staring right into her eyes.
"You have Sakura's eyes," he said softly.
Mina wasn't surprised. They all did this. But...why hadn't she picked up on it before? He knew her father AND her mother!
"You...how do you know my mom?" She didn't even bother to say thank you.
"Well, we...grew up together, you could say. The Great Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li were good friends of mine."
He smirked. Is it an odd thing for someone who is a mere ten years old to be comforted by a smirk? But, nevertheless, she was. It seemed familiar in a way, but the memory was lost in the back of her mind. Maybe she had met the mysterious, blue-haired man as a baby.
"Oh...so...if you knew my mom, then why did you call her great? She isn't so wonderful to me."
"Well, there's a lot to your mom you don't see."
Mina was confused. "H-how do you mean?"
"Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough. Soon enough, my child..."
He flashed her that Eriol smile, the one that makes you just be happy no matter what is going on, like he knows everything and that everything will be ok. Mina got a chill up her spine. It was all so familiar...But oh well. She would find out soon enough.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~END OF 1ST CHAPTER~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That's it! E-mail me at amarney27@yahoo.com if you have any questions, and flames are not tolerated. You will be sent back an e-mail in protest, although constructive criticism is GREATLY appreciated. Now for a small, fun dialogue!
Syaoran- What was that!?!? I'm not even in it! I'm gonna kill you Ryoko! Thunder! *Zap*
Ryoko- Oh Lord. I made him maaaaa..........d. Ow.
SEA (Shadowed Eyes of an Angel) - *cracking up* beautiful Ryoko! I love the way you hit the floor and the ashes fell off of you! *rolling on the floor cracking up*
ERJ-shut up...ugh.
Sakura- *randomly pops onto the screen* Bad Syaoran! *whacks him on the head* no thunder in the house! How many times do I have to tell you that?!
Syaoran-*whimpering* Sowwy sakura-chan!
Sakura- You better be! *Gives the audience a huge smile* and that's the end of the first chapter of this SO kawaii fanfic!
*Everyone except Sakura sweatdrops*
Sakura- *blinks* Huh? Why did everyone sweatdrop?
~*~
R+R!