Author's note: I hope this
is original coz so far, I've not seen anyone write about this. This will be my
first CCS fanfic, so hope you'll enjoy it. The story takes place right after
Sakura has been declared as the owner of the cards, as well as Kero-chan and
Yue. It starts with the scene where Eriol arrives in town. I've altered their
age so it'll be more appropriate as the story unfolds…
Disclaimer: This entire
chapter, including the characters and the story plot definitely belongs to
Clamp. I don't own any credits for this chapter. I've made my disclaimer, so
please don't sue me.
A tall dark shape landed right in front of
Sakura's house with the slightest noise. A leopard shaped like animal with
wings joined him shortly to his left. From above, a girl with wings floated
down to the right of him. In fact, both of them had butterfly wings which only
looked weird on the leopard but appropriate on the girl. Perhaps, it was her
pink hair. Or perhaps it was because she looked like a girl. Together, they
watched the Kinomoto household in silence. Or rather, they were watching Sakura
and listening in on the conversation between Keroberos and her.
The sun was setting, the sky turned
an orange shade. Kero-chan was staring out the western window, thinking about
how fast summer had come and gone. He wasn't through with the fun yet.
All the bedrooms were on the second
floor of the two-storey house. One special feature about Sakura's room was that
there were two windows, one on the western side, the other on the northern
side. The northern window was a normal sliding glass window while the eastern
side was a slanted window situated on the slanting roof. Sakura had climbed in
from that particular window numerous times after subduing cards in the middle
of the night.
"We've been doing absolutely nothing
for the whole summer. I'm bored and seriously deprived of fun." Kero-chan said,
still staring at the setting sun.
"No way! So many things have
happened and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again. Besides, after the
'Last Judgment', I'm kinda glad everything's quiet." Sakura replied,
distracted.
"What are you doing?" Kero-chan
asked, detecting Sakura's distracted tone.
"Oh, I'm writing a letter to Mizuki
sensei. She has replied to my previous letter and that she's studying very hard
in England."
"Hmm… it's all thanks to her that
you got a second chance to defeat Yue."
"Hai."
"I'm glad you became our master instead
of that Kozo." Kero-chan said between mouthfuls of watermelon. "If he were to
become our master, I won't even have the slightest confidence."
"Don't say that. He's trying very
hard as well." Sakura jumped into his defense.
"So, is he returning to Hong Kong?"
A glimmer of hope sparked in Kero-chan's eyes.
"No. Not yet. But he did say that
he'll return to Hong Kong soon…" Sakura lowered her head. This topic always
depressed her. It had always been this way. You were together long enough to
become friends only to be separated in the end. "School's reopening tomorrow.
I'm looking forward to – " Sakura had been putting her diary back into her bag
when she suddenly stopped talking mid-sentence.
"What is it?" Kero-chan asked,
flying towards her.
"HOEEE!!! My holiday homework is
still in my school bag!!!" Sakura frantically pulled out various books from her
bag. "There's research on any topic you want, Maths, story review and, and…"
"You're turning 18, Sakura… You
should know never to wait until the last day to do your homework." Kero-chan
sighed. "There's no way you can finish by tomorrow."
"Kero-chan! You must help me!"
Sakura yelled.
"But last semester you said I did a
terrible job doing your homework."
"It's alright. I just need to finish
it. Everything's gonna be alright." Sakura had been sitting on her chair, legs
underneath her when she leaned a tat too far forward.
CRASH!
Looking at Sakura who had fallen
flat on her face, Kero-chan sighed for the second time that day. It was going
to be a hell of a night. For him and for Sakura.
Author's
Notes: Again: Gomen if I spelled any of the names or Jap words wrongly. I'll replace
the words for the correct ones a.s.a.p.
