Alone and afraid
I do not own card captor Sakura
Note: in this story Sakura and Syaoran are fifteen.
Sakura was your average fifteen year old girl. She used to be not so average when she would collect magical card known as Clow cards. Once she did, she transformed them into Sakura cards. Now she just keeps them for a rainy day but still has her powers. Not long after the last cards were transformed, she fell in love. Her boyfriend, who used to be her rival was Syaoran Li from Hong Kun. After the last cards was transformed he had to return to China but moved back to Japan two years later and he and Sakura have been a couple ever since. Now Sakura was in middle school and she was just coming home from the cheerleaders club. She walked into the house and called out.
"I'm home! Dad? Onii Chan?" she called out but no answered.
"Hello?" she called and walked into the kitchen and her heart sank into her shoes.
"Dad! Onii Chan!" she hurried to their aid. On the living room her father and older brother lay dead with gunshot wounds in their chests.
"No… no… noooo!' sobbed the young girl at the loss of her family. Suddenly her pack opened and Kero peeked out.
"Sakura' what's going o—oh my God!" he yelled and flew out to take a closer look.
"What happened?" he asked.
Sakura was crying hysterically.
"Someone… has murdered… my family…"
Kero was deeply saddened by this.
"Sakura, I'm so sorry…" he said and placed a hand on her head trying to console her.
"Dad… Onii Chan… they're all gone… they were all the family I had…" she sobbed.
"I'm sorry Sakura…" he said but she continued to cry. Thinking he could do a better job in his other form, he transformed into his true form. He placed an arm around Sakura's shoulder and she sobbed into his.
Things went on like that for a few hours until Sakura ran out of tears.
"What am I gonna do now? I have no one left",
"That's not true. You still have me, Tomoyo and Li" he said. Sakura sniffed and rubbed her nose.
"Yeah…" she said softly.
"But first of all we have to do something about your Brother and father…"
"Yeah…" said the girl.
That night, there was funeral for Sakura' deceased family. While being short notice, Sakura's closest friends were there to comfort her. Tomoyo, Naoko, Rika and Cheerio were in tears but Syaoran had a grim look on his face. He felt bad that he couldn't have prevented it. He held Sakura as she cried onto his shoulder as the caskets were being lowered into the ground. That night Sakura couldn't fall asleep. Kero was in his true form again and was keeping an eye on her. The next night she couldn't sleep either and was ignoring her phone calls. If only her great grandfather was still alive. But he was gone. And she couldn't crash at Tomoyo's house even though they were distantly related because she would be a burden and they didn't have a spare room. With no family, no hope, there was only one place she could go where she would feel safe. Syaoran's.
The girl picked up her phone and dialed her boyfriend's number. He picked up at the first ring.
"Hey Sakura",
"Hey Syaoran Kun…" she said sadly.
"How do you feel?"
"Not so good…"
"Is there anything I can do?"
Feeling slightly guilty to take him up on his offer, she spoke.
"Listen, Syaoran, Touya and father were the only family I had. Is there a chance I could stay at your place for a while? It's the only place where I feel safe…"
Syaoran smiled on the other side of the line.
"Of course Sakura. You'll be most welcome here",
"Thank you Syaoran Kun…" she said softly and sighed.
"I'll be there in an hour…" she said rather distantly.
"Okay. I'll be here", he said.
"Alright. Bye", she said and hung up.
Syaoran looked at the screen of his phone and sighed sadly.
"Poor girl…"
A while afterwards, Sakura arrived at his house with a duffel bag and an empty expression on her face. When he opened the door she dropped the bag and brought him into a hug and wept. Syaoran wrapped his arms around her and tried to sooth her.
"Shh…" he whispered as she slowly began to quiet down until she stopped crying. She separated from the hug and looked at him.
"Thank you for letting me stay here Syaoran Kun…"
"Of course Sakura, of course…" he said and placed a hand on her shoulder and she smiled. She grabbed his hand in her own two and placed them next to her cheek.
"Come on. I'll show you to the guest room", he said and carried her duffel bag for her. Once inside he put down beside a bed and a dresser. She sat down and he sat down beside her.
"You want to talk about it?" he asked. She shook her head.
"If you want to talk about it, day or night you're welcome to do so…"
"Thank you Syaoran Kun…"
"You're welcome", he said softly and kissed her on the head and left the room to prepare some dinner. By the time he was done he found Sakura lying asleep on her bed with Kero Chan sleeping next to her pillow. The boy reached for her blanket and tucked her in. He could see she was very exhausted. Both physically and emotionally. He sat by her bed for a while before he gave her a slight kiss on the cheek.
"I love you Sakura. Remember that…" he whispered. He turned off the light in her room and went back to the kitchen to eat dinner by himself…
To be continued…
Poor Sakura… she lost her family. Will she be able to recover? Will she ever find happiness again? How will her life look like from now on, now that they're gone and that she's living with her boyfriend? All answers will be revealed later on.
Stay tuned guys.
Reviews are most welcome…