Completely Different People
Marty-kun
Summary:
Sakura Kinomoto is an average seventeen year old high school student; a happy-go-lucky girl and enjoys what life has to offer for her. But things started to change when she met a boy, a seven year old boy who unseemly seemed much more mature than her. He knew much more about life than her and its trials, he was very strange and a very interesting one in fact although he was silent and lonely she felt utmost comfortable around the little boy. The boy's name was Syaoran Li. However he was hiding a secret, a dark secret; he was cursed to become a child forever until a person will love him whole-heartedly. Was she the one Syaoran was searching for over a long time or was she just another person who couldn't love a different person such as him? SxS
Disclaimer:
I own everything! Well maybe except for the characters of CCS, I borrowed it from CLAMP. So the characters are theirs and the plot is mine, all mine!
Prologue
The night was very quiet, it was dark and only some street lamps lit the way. Only some footsteps could be heard, and the heavy breathing of the ones running. A woman with long silky black hair was running dragging a chocolate haired boy with him. "Don't look back Xiao Lang…" said the woman as they continued to run away from some people who were after them. "When we arrive at the place daddy told us to go mommy will give you a box of chocolate," she said as she looked at her exhausted son.
"You promise mommy?" the young boy asked as he smiled imagining receiving the box of chocolates which happens to be his favorite.
They turned to right to an empty street, "Yes, I promise," she said as she smiled at him as they continued to run away.
It seemed like they were running for miles, they didn't stop even though both of them were exhausted. The footsteps from behind could still be heard so they still weren't safe. "Mommy, I'm very tired, can't we rest for awhile?" the boy asked as he started slowing down.
The woman stopped and carried her son at her back, "Sorry Xiao Lang, we can't so mommy will carry you until you can run again," she said caringly.
He nodded in reply and rested on his mother's back. She continued to run towards a certain location, a place where she thinks they'll be safe.
After some more minutes of endless running they arrived at the place, "We're here Xiao Lang," she said as she put him down and she collapsed from exhaustion; leaving the boy clueless and worried about his mother's condition. They were in front of the place she was talking about, although it didn't look safe. They were standing in front of a deserted house, an old house in fact which almost looked like it could collapse anytime.
"Mommy?" he called out to her but no replies came. He was still so innocent, not knowing anything about him and his family. He tried to pull his mommy towards the house she was saying, she collapsed just on the front door. He pulled her with all his effort and was able to; he was stronger than average children because, well, he was trained.
The boy carried his mother onto a dusty bed of hay and rested beside her as well. He didn't sleep and kept as a look out as he was resting. "Mommy, are you alright?" he asked every time his mother jerks a bit although she didn't reply, she was still unconscious after all.
He started hearing footsteps, not just a few but many heavy running footsteps and they were getting closer and closer to them. "Mommy?" he called out again but still she didn't answer. He was trembling in fear as he saw about seven people all carrying weapons who stopped just in front of the house they were in. He was frozen solid, he couldn't move an inch of fear, he didn't know why, but he couldn't move his arms and legs, he wanted to run away with his mother, but his fear out came him.
"Where do you think they went?" asked a cold voice of a man. They were just in front of the house but it didn't look like they could see the house itself, all of them were searching and looking at every direction and doesn't seem to see the house they were in. "Come on, let's spilt up, they couldn't have gone far!" as they divided themselves into three groups and they went different directions.
His body didn't stop trembling; he was shaking so badly that he couldn't stop crying silently. "My boy, don't be afraid, here you and your mother are safe, no harm can come to you within this four corners," said a voice behind them.
He looked slowly behind them and saw a man in a hood, "Who… Who are you?" he asked him as his shaking slowly stopped.
The hooded man smiled but didn't reply. The woman started to regain consciousness, as she opened her eyes she hurriedly looked for her son, "Xiao Lang?" she called out as she saw him just beside him trembling in fear, she embraced him, "I'm so sorry Xiao Lang."
"Its okay mommy, they're gone," he said softly as his trembling stopped. "Are you okay mommy?" he asked worriedly as he hold his mother's hands, "Xiao Lang will protect mommy so mommy can rest," he said as he embraced her.
The woman smiled at her son, and looked around they were inside the place she wanted to go, "How beautiful," said the hooded man gently.
"Clow-san," she said as the man removed his hood, revealing a man with deep blue hair and was wearing round spectacles.
The man called Clow smiled at her, "Yelan-san, it's been so long," he said disappointedly. Yelan moved away from him stealthily as he was speaking, "How long has it been already, six years?" he asked her as if not knowing the answer.
"Yes it's been six long years," she said straightforwardly as she stood up carrying her son with her. "I never expected to see you here Clow-san," she said, "I thought that my husband would be waiting here on this place."
"Yes, he was," he said sadly. "But circumstances just wouldn't let him," he explained as the smile from his face started to fade.
Yelan started to feel fear and started to shake a little, "What did you do?" she asked him. "Xiao Lang, when mommy puts you down run as fast as you can away from here okay?" she whispered to her son. "Don't worry mommy will look for you. Just do as mommy tells you to and I'll give you two chocolate boxes," she whispered to him as he nodded.
"But what about mommy?" he whispered back. She didn't reply, she just simply smiled at him.
She moved away from him a bit, "How pitiful that your child to have such a cruel fate, he'll be losing another loved one, how cruel fate is to him," Clow said in pity of the innocent child.
Yelan kissed his son, "Remember that mommy loves you Xiao Lang," she said as she let go of Syaoran. He was told never to disobey his mother, so he did what he was told to do, he ran away from the abandoned house.
He ran as fast as he can, he was listening carefully to every sound around him, then the sudden chilly breeze of the night hit him as he heard a woman's scream, a scream so terrifying his body started to tremble, tremble like crazy. He was just a little far from the house; he ran towards a dark empty street and sat there, his whole body shaking in fear.
He wanted to look back at the house and so he did. As he was peeking through the bushes just nearby he saw it, the house was on fire. Tears started flowing down his cheeks, he of his age knew what happened, his mother could no longer buy him his favorite chocolates, more importantly he couldn't see her anymore, not now and not until his very last breath.
The feeling of depression came to him, he didn't care anymore, and the horror of losing a loved one came over him. He walked away slowly from the bushes, his tears still flowing continuously.
Clow appeared right in front of him, he really didn't care anymore, yet Clow's aura made him feel the fear, the fear the you'll surely die just on his presence. "What a pitiful fate," Clow said to him.
The young boy looked at him with anger, he knew of course, that the person in front of him was the one who killed his mother, just about a moment ago; his mother was fighting that man.
His emotions began to outburst, he felt most angry at him, the person who made him lose it all, a hidden power inside of him was starting to wake up and he no longer can control it. "This day is too early for you," Clow said as he took out his wand, it was long and had the symbol of a sun and a moon at its end. He chanted a spell, or more like a curse.
He suddenly felt losing all his powers, he felt that he would collapse anytime; all his energy was being absorbed by something more powerful than of his. "Normally a person's magic starts to awake at the age of thirteen, but you are a very unique one, and a very powerful one in fact," Clow started to explain. "But I need to stop that monster inside of you from waking, I'm so sorry but this is what fate has brought upon you, you who is cursed, cursed to be damned for all eternity."
Xiao Lang's sight started to darken, he was starting to lose consciousness and losing strength, "This curse however, may be lifted; only and only if a stranger comes to your life and will accept you and love you of whom you truly are. You who is a person cursed by fate's cruelty, you who is cursed by the mark of a monster. A monster that will devour you as long you cannot contain it."
The boy tried his best to stay awake, "However when the time comes that the curse will be lifted, that person will lose all his memories about you, you and the time you spent together. How cruel that you cannot avoid losing another loved one in the near future. The time will come that I will tell you about the curse, but until then farewell."
He could no longer stand and so he fell onto the ground unconscious; he lost everything on that fateful day, the day that he met Clow. The day he learned of a curse that befell him since the day that he was born. He felt the coldness of the ground as he fell. Now he knew that he will someday be loved yet again, although he'll be forced to lose that person once again, just as he lost his family.
The sound of burning wood could be heard, and the footsteps of Clow walking away. The cold breeze filled the air, and the stillness of the night continued as if nothing happened.
The prologue was really short, so did you like it, hope you did! Chapter one will be updated soon, don't worry I'm still going to update my other story! Send me reviews if I need to continue this or not! Well really hoping you did! And thank you for supporting me, haha! Thanks a lot! Marty-kun