MysticalDreamer: hello hello hello! i'm mystical dreamer! i'm going to say
i do not own ccs! nope! not me! the only thing i own is this story and one
of the characters in it...leha...mwahaha
the story has MILD language so i should give it ...pg-pg13 rating
chapter one: Normal Days
PING. A water droplet fell from the sky. It landed and created a ripple effect. Sixteen year old Sakura Kinomoto's face was sillouetted against the ripple. A flash. Now she was standing on the ground, looking up at the Radio Tower. Her wand in her hand, she looked up and down. A figure was seen in the windows of the tower. Eyes glowing. She was wearing a bright blue costume. Large kimono style sleaves but a low cut shirt. She was wearing shorts, but a cape like skirt flowed from her waist. Boots went up past her knees. Part of her stomach could be seen. Her hair was tied in pigtails-a way she hadn't used sinse she had defeated Eriol.
"Whats going on?" she asked. Her long brown hair blew in a wind and four figures were suddenly beside her. Not to mention two winged creatures.
She held her wand in the air just as the eyes in the window vanished.
DING DING DING DING DING.
"AHHH" Sakura screamed. She sat up to the annoying ringing of her alarm clock. It was all the way on the other side of the room. She yawned, stretched and got up off her bed. She went over and turned off her alarm clock. Looking around the room, she saw her school uniform. A black skirt with a white shirt and a light blue over coat. She sighed as she went over and slipped out of her purple pajamas and into her uniform. She shoved all her books into her bag and dropped it on her bed. She went over to her dresser and picked up her hairbrush. She ran in through her hair until it was smooth and shiny. She pulled on her good luck necklace that Touya had given to her before he went off to college. She hoped it would bring her good luck in her math test today.
She grabbed her bag and ran downstairs.
"Morning!" she said cheerfully.
"Good morning Sakura!" said her father, Fujitaka. "Pancakes today."
"Great!" said Sakura, pulling out a chair and sitting in it. She grabbed a fork and began to eat fast.
"Slow down Sakura!" Fujitaka said.
"Can't! Tomoyo is helping me with some last minute studying before the test today. I was up really late studying but I could use a bit more." said Sakura, finishing her last bite.
"Good luck." said Fujitaka.
"Thanks. I'll need it." said Sakura and she grabbed her bag and dashed out of the kitchen. She reached the door and kicked off her slippers. Pulling on her skates and shoving her shoes in her bag, she jumped out the door and skated down the driveway and down the street.
It was such a nice spring day and the flowers were blooming. Sakura hadn't seen any Cherry Blossoms, or Sakura, but she kept looking. They were her favorite flower, probably because it was her name. It was also her nickname as well.
After about five, ten minutes or skating down roads, she arrived at the school and skated to the entrance. She looked over past the fence. The fence that seperated the High School from the Elementary school. She missed those days....
Snapping back to reality, Sakura went to the main doors and opened the door. She skated to her 'slipper locker' and pulled out the blue slippers. Stuffing her skates and shoes inside the locker, she closed it and dashed off towards the library.
Getting there, she walked in slowly and looked around for her best friend, Tomoyo Daidouji. The librarian was already there.
"Sakura!" somone called. Sakura turned around in the direction the voice had come from. "Tomoyo!" she called back and dashed over to her. She pulled out a chair and sat next to her long black haired friend. She grinned.
"Ladies." said the librarian. "Please be quiet."
"Sorry." they both whispered.
"Now Tomoyo, I need some help with the math stuff." said Sakura. "Its my abosolute worst subject and if I don't pass that test today...lets just say my grade won't be too good."
"No problem." said Tomoyo, taking out paper and pencils, a calculater and a math textbook. "I'll give you a few problems to do, then we'll see how you did." she explained. She wrote numbers and figures on the paper and then pushed it across the table to Sakura, along with the pencil and calculater. "Now remember, the calculater is for big problems. Not little things like two plus two." she grinned.
Sakura shook her head and looked at the problems. Sighing, she got to work. Pencil writing, then erasing, writing, erasing, calulater being used, eraser being used.
Finally, about ten minutes later, Sakura had finished the five problems.
"Not bad timing." said Tomoyo. "But let's see how well you did." she said and began to look over the paper. Reading it through, she mumbled a lot of 'hmm's and and 'ohhhh's and other weird noises.
"How'd I do?" asked Sakura. Her feet were tapping under the desk.
"Not too bad...Although I figured out why you're having a hard time." said Tomoyo. She put the paper on the table. "See that there? Thats your mistake. You don't bring that number there...You just leave it. After, of course, you've done the calculater work to it with this..." she explained. Sakura's eyes grew wide. (MD: Ok. just to let u know, i have no idea what they are learning in math. i am only a freshman! i dont know what they teach in...uh? i guess they're in tenth grade...anyway, i dont know tenth grade math.)
"So thats why I've been getting them all wrong!" cried Sakura.
"Yes. But now you know and you won't do it again." grinned Tomoyo. "Now, why don't you try a few more problems, until you get the hang of it." she said, writing more on the paper. She gave it to Sakura. "Lets go." she said.
Sakura nodded and got to work on the problems. There was three this time and she finished them a little over five minutes later. "Done!" she said. "And I did what you told me, so tell me how I did." she said, giving the paper to Tomoyo.
Tomoyo looked over it. "Great Sakura!" she grinned. "There might be a adding or subtracting mistake, but Mrs. Tsukachi doesn't take off many points for that. I know you're going to pass this time." she said.
"You think so?" said Sakura, looking at her paper with hopeful eyes.
"I know so!" said Tomoyo.
"Thanks for helping me." said Sakura. "I would NOT have passed if it wasn't for you."
"No problem. But lets go get ready for class." said Tomoyo, packing up her things. She stood up and pushed in her chair. Sakura followed suit.
Leaving the library, they walked down the hall towards their lockers. Sakura only looked down when she noticed that more people had come to school.
"Sakura..." said Tomoyo. "Look up or you're going to run in to someone." she said.
Sakura reluctantly pulled her head up. Many boys glanced at her as she and Tomoyo walked down the hall. Some even stared at her.
Yes, Sakura had grown to be quite pretty. Long brown hair. Bright green eyes. Not to mention somewhat of a very nice figure. Also, she was a good height. Five foot six.
"Tomoyo...I hate his." she moaned as they reached their lockers. "Will you go get me a garbage can?" she asked.
"What?" asked Tomoyo.
"Look." sighed Sakura, pointing to the floor.
"Oh." said Tomoyo. Several notes with either hearts on them, or heart shaped were on the floor. That could mean only one thing. Today was the day of letters in the locker for Sakura. "I'll be right back." she said and went into the nearest classroom.
Sakura opened her locker and tried to stop all the notes from coming out. Scratch that. She tried to stop all the notes from pouring out.
Tomoyo came back with a trash can and put it under the locked. Sakura let all the notes fall into the trash can. Then, she bent down and with Tomoyo's help, they picked up all the notes that had fallen to the floor. Then threw them in the trash can. This ordeal happened once a week and the same thing always happened.
"Hey! Sakura! Tomoyo!"
The two turned around.
"Oh hey Naoko!" they called. Their friend, Naoko Yanagisawa had arrived, along with their other friend, Rika Sasaki. "Hey Rika."
"Hey you two." said Rika. "I see 'Letters in the Locker' was today." she grinned.
"Don't remind me." said Sakura.
"I still don't get how almost every guy in the school falls in love with you!" said Naoko. "And yet, you don't date ANY of them." she said.
"If I was in your shoes, Sakura, I'd just pick someone to be my boyfriend." said Rika.
"I can't." said Sakura.
"Why?" demanded Naoko and Rika.
"Because her heart belongs to another." grinned Tomoyo, closing her eyes.
Naoko and Rika looked at her. "Who?" they asked.
Sakura blushed. She covered her face. "Well, you won't know him. Or remember him." she said.
"So thats why you don't date anyone?" asked Naoko. "Because you're love with someone else?" she asked.
"Yep." said Sakura. "That about sums it up."
The bell rang. They all looked at their watches. "Oh boy." they all said and dashed off towards their classes. After, of course, Sakura closed her locker and the trash can was returned to the class in was borrowed from.
They got into class and walked to their seats. Sakura sat in the way back. The last row, second to last seat. She had asked to teacher to sit in the back because she hated when people stared at her. Tomoyo sat next to her. And no one sat behind them.
"Good Morning class." said the teacher, Mrs. Tsukachi.
"Good Morning Mrs. Tsukachi." the class replied dully.
"Ready for the big test?" asked the teacher. The class just moaned. "As soon as the announcements are over, we'll get right into the test."
As if on cue, the loud speaker squeaked and the principal's voice boomed over the loud speaker. "Good Morning Tomoeda High." he said. "I am pleased to announce, our track team won the meet yesterday. With a total of 87 points to 80." Sakura's class cheered. And the announcements continued. "Please wish good luck to our boys soccer team today, who will be playing Caskikou High this afternoon. Also, whoever left the jelly donuts in the boys' bathroom, please come to my office now." the class laughed. It was Takashi Yamazaki and his friends who had threw them on the ceiling. "I would also like to mention, that the cheerleading squad practice has been cancled for today."
"Yes." said Sakura.
"And once more, tenth graders, your permission slips for your field trip are due within the next two weeks. I would like to wish you all, good day." he finished.
"Did you hear that?" asked Mrs. Tsukaki. "Those of you going on the trip need to bring in you slips in the next two weeks." she said.
The class nodded and a few 'yeses' were heard, along with a few 'i'm not going's.
"Now, lets begin the test!" said the teacher cheerfully. She passed out the papers and as the papers went down the rows, every guy turned and looked in Sakura's direction as they turned around to pass the papers. She sighed.
"Begin!" said the teacher.
Everyone pulled out a pencil or a calculator and began to work. Nothing but the scribbles or writing could be heard, along with the occasional erasing noise or calculator typing. Sakura remembered what Tomoyo had told her and did excactly as she said.
One by one, papers were turned over and pencils layed down. After about fourty minutes, everyone was done-except-
"Sakura? Are you finished yet?" asked Mrs. Tsukachi.
"Just about." she replied, not looking up. She was doing some checking over, making sure everything worked when she did the entire problem by calculator. "Done!" she said, flipping her paper over and putting her pencil down.
The teacher went up and down the isles, collecting all the papers. The students stretched and began chatting. Five minutes later, the teacher called order to the class and it went on. A long boring day.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~~
At lunch, everyone went outside and Sakura and her friends sat in a circle. They were eating peacefully, with an occasional question or statement, but they didn't start talking until everyone was done with their lunch.
Sakura looked over at the elementary school.
"Hey Sakura. Earth to Sakura." said her friend, Chiharu Mihara.
"Oh sorry." she said. "Spacing out. You know me."
"I heard a teacher and the principal talking on my way out here." said Naoko. "They were talking about all the new students that were coming in." she said.
"New students?" asked Rika.
"Yeah." said Naoko. "For some odd reason, a lot of new kids are coming to our school this semester." she said.
"Weird." said Tomoyo. "Anyone in our grade?"
"They didn't mention grades." replied Naoko.
"I hope we get a new student in our class." said Rika.
"I hope if we do, that its a boy." said Naoko. "I could use a boyfriend." Everyone rolled their eyes at Naoko. "What?" she asked.
"Nothing." said Tomoyo.
"Whats the matter, Sakura?" asked Chiharu. "You're so quiet today."
"Oh no reason!" said Sakura. "I'm just worried that I'm going to fail that math test. And if I fail the math test, I fail math." she said.
"Come one Sakura, you're not going to fail." said Tomoyo. "I showed you how to do it right this morning." she said.
"To tell you the truth, I'm worried I'll fail English." said Rika. "I'm not to good with grammer and spelling and stuff." she said.
"Science." said Tomoyo. "The worst."
"History." said Chiharu. "Too many dates and people to remember."
"Home Economics." said Naoko.
"We're just not in a great mood today, are we?" asked Chiharu.
"No." everyone replied.
"I could go for a nice climb." said Sakura suddenly.
"What?" asked Rika.
"That tree." said Sakura, pointing to a large tree near the fence. "I'm going to climb it." she said and stood up. She jogged over to it and started to climb. Reaching a sturdy branch, she pulled out one of her two necklaces. The one Touya had given her was a gold chain with a golden cherry blossom hanging from it. The gem in the center of the blossom was a bright pink.
Her other necklace, she never took off. It was the Key.
Sakura pulled it off her neck and looked at it. She hadn't used it in so long. In a way, she missed it. Having to call it out every day. Those days were a long time ago. Days when she had three best friends instead of one. Days when no matter when she came home, someone, or something, would be there.
"I miss those days." Sakura whispered, tucking the key back in her shirt. She tucked her cherry blossom necklace back in her shirt as well.
She leaned against the trunk of the tree and looked around. How she longed to fly again. To fly around the town, seeing everything from a bird's eye view.
Sakura shook her head. "There's no need to use a card, unless there's a reason." she said. She sat up.
"Come on Sakura!" called Tomoyo. "Class is starting in five minutes!"
"Coming!" called Sakura and she flipped around the branch and down to the next. This was the fun way to get down. Her head came out of the tree and she flipped down and landed. "Wait for me!" she shouted and ran towards her friends.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Back in class, the teacher was reading out of the History book in a dull and boring voice. Some people had already fallen asleep. Sakura was begining to nod off as well.
Her head bounced and her eyes drooped. History might not be her worst subject, but it was sure boring. After a few more nods, she fell asleep.
In Sakura's dream world, she was running. This time she was in her school uniform and a smile was on her face. She ran towards a distant shadow. She kept running, running, running....
DING DING DING.
The bell woke everyone who had fallen asleep up and they all jumped. The class and day was over. Everyone stretched and began chatting to wake themselves up.
"Hey Sakura." said Tomoyo, grinning. "You dozed off again." she said.
"I know." said Sakura. "Believe me, I tried not to." she said, packing up her things in her bag. Tomoyo was doing the same thing. "Do you have chorus practice today?" she asked.
"Nope." said Tomoyo. "Now that the concert's over, we only have after school practice once a week, on Mondays. At least until the next concert comes up."
"Great." said Sakura. "You want to come to my house and get a snack or something?" she asked. "I get very bored with no company around." she said.
"Sure." said Tomoyo. "Then maybe you can check out my website. I need new clips so we can shoot a mini video or something." she said.
"Sounds fun." said Sakura as she and Tomoyo left the classroom and went to the lockers. Sakura opened her's and found one note. She was about to throw it away but decided to open it.
"Finally you open one of them." said Tomoyo as she slipped on her shoes.
Sakura opened the paper and it said only two words. "I'm coming." she read aloud. "What the heck does that mean?" she asked.
"Got me." said Tomoyo. "I'll go throw it out." she said and took the note from Sakura. She walked off to find another trash can.
Sakura reached in her locker and pulled on her skates. She shoved her shoes back in her bag and closed her locker, spun the lock and waited for Tomoyo to come back.
"Lets go!" said Tomoyo when she came arrived. Sakura started skating down the hall and Tomoyo followed. "I have a great idea! You can do some new tricks and I can put them on my site!" she said, pulling out her digital video camera. She aimed it at Sakura.
"Ok." said Sakura. She opened the door and waited for Tomoyo to go down the stairs. "Ready?" she asked.
"Action!" called Tomoyo.
Sakura jumped up and skated down the railing of the stairs. She landed and slid to a stop in front of Tomoyo's camera. Then she began to skate off and jumped onto a bench and slid across the edge, landed and continued skated. Tomoyo continued recording.
Sakura picked up some speed and when no one was around, she jumped in the air and flipped. She landed and bowed. Tomoyo stopped recodring.
"Great!" she said.
Everyone who saw Sakura's stunts appluaded. She grinned and bowed in every direction. Then she skated over to Tomoyo. "How was it?" she asked.
"Excellant!" said Tomoyo. "It was so perfect, I don't think I need to edit!" she said.
"Cool." said Sakura. "We can watch it in my room then you can post it online. Let me know how many people watch me do those tricks." she said.
"No problem." said Tomoyo.
"Now lets get home. I'm starving." said Sakura. She and Tomoyo began skating and walking towards Sakura's house. Sakura skating slower than usual, so Tomoyo could keep up.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sakura and Tomoyo arrived at Sakura's house and they went inside. Sakura pulled off her skates and pulled her slippers on. Tomoyo did the same. She came to Sakura's house a lot, that she had brought a pair of slippers over so she could where them when she came. (MD: why DO they where slippers inside. Japanese people that is. I think its cool but i want to know why they do it.)
"Anyone home?" Sakura called. No response. "Guess not."
"So," said Tomoyo. "Want to get something to eat?"
"You bet. I'm starved." said Sakura. The two walked over to the kitchen and Sakura raided the fridge. "Dad's working a lot but I always shout to see if anyone is home. And besides, Touya is supposed to come home soon for a visit anyway." she said. She pulled out some soda. "Have a soda for now." she said, tossing a coke at Tomoyo. She took one for herself too.
"Thanks." said Tomoyo, sitting down at the table.
"My dad just made some brownies, so we can have one of them." said Sakura, opening the container on the table. She took one for herself and one for Tomoyo.
"They lood delishous." said Tomoyo. She bit into her's. "And they are!"
"I know!" said Sakura, taking a bite of her's. "I had three of them when they were first made. I couldn't stop eating them." she said.
"I know what you mean." said Tomoyo. She sipped some of her coke.
"So after this, we'll go up and check out your website. You can post your new stuff and then we can, I dunno. Go websurfing. I haven't done that in a while." said Sakura.
"Ok." said Tomoyo.
"For some reason, I'm very talkative right now." said Sakura, looking at her brownie. "I just can't stop talking." she said.
"I can tell." said Tomoyo, grinning as she bit her brownie.
"I don't know why." said Sakura. "Maybe Its becauseI have someone to talk to for once." she said. "Even when Kero-chan was here, at least I could talk to him. Even if he did make absolutely no sense." she said, taking another bite of her brownie.
"You miss him, don't you?" asked Tomoyo.
"Kero-chan?" asked Sakura. "Of course. I miss everything from the old days. Even... everyone who was there." she said. "Looking back, we had a lot of fun, didn't we?"
"A lot." said Tomoyo. "I'm sure we'll see them all again."
"I hope." said Sakura, finishing her brownie.
"Well, we're done eating." said Tomoyo. "Lets go up to your room and work on your site." she said, standing up. Sakura did too as she tossed her can out. Tomoyo copied. They grinned and headed up to Sakura's room.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Opening her door, Sakura went in and dumped her bag. "Lets change first." she said, going to her closet. She pulled out jeans and a teeshirt for herself. Then she dug deeper and pulled out one of Tomoyo's oufits that she had left at Sakura's house. (MD: dang that girl leaves everything at Sakura's house.) She left it there, along with two others, in case she came to Sakura's house after school. Tomoyo went to the bathroom to change and Sakura changed in her room. When they were finsished, Tomoyo got her video camera out and began to download the recording of Sakura into her website. Sakura sat on her bed, watching Tomoyo work.
"And you do this everyday?" asked Sakura.
"No." said Tomoyo, "Just when my website needs something new, or needs to be updated." she said.
"And how often is that?" asked Sakura.
"Every two or three days." said Tomoyo. Sakura shook her head.
"When you're done, I need to check my email." said Sakura. "I haven't checked it in about a week or so." she said.
"Why do you even have a screenname?" asked Tomoyo.
"To keep in touch with people faster." said Sakura. "Like Touya, and Meiling, and Eriol, and Syaoran." she said. Tomoyo shook her head.
"Well, I'm just about finished. All I have to do is put the link on my site and then I'll be done. I'll update the rest later." Tomoyo said, disconnecting her cam-corder from the computer.
"Great." said Sakura. She pushed Tomoyo off the chair. "Let me check my mail now." she said. She went to jitterbug.net (MK: not real i made it up) and typed in her screenname. "SaKuRaStAr16." she said outloud. Then her password. Which she kept to herself. (MK: i'll tell you what it is though...hehe its...syaoranli...lol) "YES!" she shouted. "Touya and Yukito emailed me. Eriol too." she said. She clicked on her brother's first. Here's what it said:
Hey Squirt. How are you? Its great here and I'm having some fun, so don't worry. I can't talk long because I have a paper to finish. After that, I have a free weekend. So, you know what that means...Yeah thats right. I'm coming home! You better not have touched my room Squirt...Just kidding. Tell Dad the knews and oh yeah...see you next weekend. Your Brother, Touya ps: Yukito might stop in for a visit too. Cheers!
"Touya's coming home!" shouted Sakura. "He said he'll be here next weekend." she explained. Tomoyo got up and walked over.
"Actually, Sakura, he's coming this weekend." she said. "That messege was sent about a week ago."
"Oh." said Sakura. "Well then he's coming this weekend!" she said. "Lets see what Yukito has to say." she said.
Hello Sakura. How are you doing? I've been doing excellant with my studies. I hope to get finished early, but you never know now do you? How is school going for you? Remember, any trouble with any subject just ask me. Oh yeah. I found this really great recipe for chocalate chip cookies. I tried to cook them, but, it didn't work so well. I'll try to get ahold of the recipe again so you can make some for yourself. Yesterday night, there was a really great party in the gymnasium. It was really wild! There was lots of food I went crazy! But don't worry, I sampled everything and it was all delishous. You should come and visit me sometimes. Oh, did Touya tell you? I might be able to come and visit you and Fujitaka next weekend. The same weekend Touya is coming home. Maybe I'll see you then. But just in case, keep in touch. Hope to see you soon. Yukito~
"That one is even longer than Touya's." said Tomoyo. "It was sent two days after Touya's was. I wonder if he's going to come or not." she said.
"I hope. I really want that recipe." said Sakura. "Lets see what Eriol has to say." she said and clicked on it.
Sakura, I can't write much. I'm just going to say to be on the look out for anything strange. Your journey may not be quite over yet. I also would like to say this is probably going to be the last email from me in a while. I'll explain later. Talk to you soon. Eriol
"Now that was weird." said Tomoyo.
"You're telling me." said Sakura. "Well, thats it. Nothing from Meiling or Syaoran. Well, they're like me. Those two aren't exactly computer people."
"Is there something wrong with computer people?" asked Tomoyo.
"No!" said Sakura. "Nothing. I'm just saying that some people are computer people and some people aren't." she said. The two started cracking up.
After Sakura finished her email, she and Tomoyo did some websurfing for a while until they got bored. They shut down Sakura's laptop and got compfortable. Sakura flopped on the floor and stared at the ceiling. Tomoyo sat on Sakura's bed and leaned against the wall.
"I wonder." said Sakura. "What life would be like if Syaoran and Meiling and even Eriol were still around. Even if one of them were still aorund." she said outloud.
"Hmm?" asked Tomoyo.
"I mean, would be all be friends? Would we still be friends?" replied Sakura. "Would Meiling be our friend, but not Syaoran? Would they not talk to us now that the Clow Cards are all settled?" she asked.
"Sakura." said Tomoyo. "They still write to you. I think we'd still be close friends. All of us." she said. "And in a way, we still are. We still keep in contact, even if we don't see each other as often as we like."
"I guess." said Sakura. She stared blankly at the ceiling. Then she sat up and walked over to her bookshelf. She pulled out a reddish-pink book with THE CLOW written on the spine. (MD: obviously she pulled out the clow book) She opened it and the cards flew out and circled her. Tomoyo grabbed her camera and started recording. "Hello Star Cards." said Sakura cheeruflly. "Long time no see." she said.
Suddenly the Clow began to glow. It got brighter and brighter and lit up the whole room in gold. As the light disapeared, it went into a small gem that was around the Guardian Beast's neck. As the Clow began to glow again, a blob rose out of the cover. It slowly changed into what looked like a small bear. Sakura and Tomoyo leaned in closer. The golden light disapeared.
"WAAH!" they screamed.
Kero-chan peaced. "Hello girls. I'm baaaaaaaaack!"
to be continued.....
MD: so, did u like it? hate it? lets me know if i should continue! R&R!!! please!!! and if u like digimon, read my other story: Troubled Girl. The title sux but the story is pretty good, in my opinion anyway....cya
chapter one: Normal Days
PING. A water droplet fell from the sky. It landed and created a ripple effect. Sixteen year old Sakura Kinomoto's face was sillouetted against the ripple. A flash. Now she was standing on the ground, looking up at the Radio Tower. Her wand in her hand, she looked up and down. A figure was seen in the windows of the tower. Eyes glowing. She was wearing a bright blue costume. Large kimono style sleaves but a low cut shirt. She was wearing shorts, but a cape like skirt flowed from her waist. Boots went up past her knees. Part of her stomach could be seen. Her hair was tied in pigtails-a way she hadn't used sinse she had defeated Eriol.
"Whats going on?" she asked. Her long brown hair blew in a wind and four figures were suddenly beside her. Not to mention two winged creatures.
She held her wand in the air just as the eyes in the window vanished.
DING DING DING DING DING.
"AHHH" Sakura screamed. She sat up to the annoying ringing of her alarm clock. It was all the way on the other side of the room. She yawned, stretched and got up off her bed. She went over and turned off her alarm clock. Looking around the room, she saw her school uniform. A black skirt with a white shirt and a light blue over coat. She sighed as she went over and slipped out of her purple pajamas and into her uniform. She shoved all her books into her bag and dropped it on her bed. She went over to her dresser and picked up her hairbrush. She ran in through her hair until it was smooth and shiny. She pulled on her good luck necklace that Touya had given to her before he went off to college. She hoped it would bring her good luck in her math test today.
She grabbed her bag and ran downstairs.
"Morning!" she said cheerfully.
"Good morning Sakura!" said her father, Fujitaka. "Pancakes today."
"Great!" said Sakura, pulling out a chair and sitting in it. She grabbed a fork and began to eat fast.
"Slow down Sakura!" Fujitaka said.
"Can't! Tomoyo is helping me with some last minute studying before the test today. I was up really late studying but I could use a bit more." said Sakura, finishing her last bite.
"Good luck." said Fujitaka.
"Thanks. I'll need it." said Sakura and she grabbed her bag and dashed out of the kitchen. She reached the door and kicked off her slippers. Pulling on her skates and shoving her shoes in her bag, she jumped out the door and skated down the driveway and down the street.
It was such a nice spring day and the flowers were blooming. Sakura hadn't seen any Cherry Blossoms, or Sakura, but she kept looking. They were her favorite flower, probably because it was her name. It was also her nickname as well.
After about five, ten minutes or skating down roads, she arrived at the school and skated to the entrance. She looked over past the fence. The fence that seperated the High School from the Elementary school. She missed those days....
Snapping back to reality, Sakura went to the main doors and opened the door. She skated to her 'slipper locker' and pulled out the blue slippers. Stuffing her skates and shoes inside the locker, she closed it and dashed off towards the library.
Getting there, she walked in slowly and looked around for her best friend, Tomoyo Daidouji. The librarian was already there.
"Sakura!" somone called. Sakura turned around in the direction the voice had come from. "Tomoyo!" she called back and dashed over to her. She pulled out a chair and sat next to her long black haired friend. She grinned.
"Ladies." said the librarian. "Please be quiet."
"Sorry." they both whispered.
"Now Tomoyo, I need some help with the math stuff." said Sakura. "Its my abosolute worst subject and if I don't pass that test today...lets just say my grade won't be too good."
"No problem." said Tomoyo, taking out paper and pencils, a calculater and a math textbook. "I'll give you a few problems to do, then we'll see how you did." she explained. She wrote numbers and figures on the paper and then pushed it across the table to Sakura, along with the pencil and calculater. "Now remember, the calculater is for big problems. Not little things like two plus two." she grinned.
Sakura shook her head and looked at the problems. Sighing, she got to work. Pencil writing, then erasing, writing, erasing, calulater being used, eraser being used.
Finally, about ten minutes later, Sakura had finished the five problems.
"Not bad timing." said Tomoyo. "But let's see how well you did." she said and began to look over the paper. Reading it through, she mumbled a lot of 'hmm's and and 'ohhhh's and other weird noises.
"How'd I do?" asked Sakura. Her feet were tapping under the desk.
"Not too bad...Although I figured out why you're having a hard time." said Tomoyo. She put the paper on the table. "See that there? Thats your mistake. You don't bring that number there...You just leave it. After, of course, you've done the calculater work to it with this..." she explained. Sakura's eyes grew wide. (MD: Ok. just to let u know, i have no idea what they are learning in math. i am only a freshman! i dont know what they teach in...uh? i guess they're in tenth grade...anyway, i dont know tenth grade math.)
"So thats why I've been getting them all wrong!" cried Sakura.
"Yes. But now you know and you won't do it again." grinned Tomoyo. "Now, why don't you try a few more problems, until you get the hang of it." she said, writing more on the paper. She gave it to Sakura. "Lets go." she said.
Sakura nodded and got to work on the problems. There was three this time and she finished them a little over five minutes later. "Done!" she said. "And I did what you told me, so tell me how I did." she said, giving the paper to Tomoyo.
Tomoyo looked over it. "Great Sakura!" she grinned. "There might be a adding or subtracting mistake, but Mrs. Tsukachi doesn't take off many points for that. I know you're going to pass this time." she said.
"You think so?" said Sakura, looking at her paper with hopeful eyes.
"I know so!" said Tomoyo.
"Thanks for helping me." said Sakura. "I would NOT have passed if it wasn't for you."
"No problem. But lets go get ready for class." said Tomoyo, packing up her things. She stood up and pushed in her chair. Sakura followed suit.
Leaving the library, they walked down the hall towards their lockers. Sakura only looked down when she noticed that more people had come to school.
"Sakura..." said Tomoyo. "Look up or you're going to run in to someone." she said.
Sakura reluctantly pulled her head up. Many boys glanced at her as she and Tomoyo walked down the hall. Some even stared at her.
Yes, Sakura had grown to be quite pretty. Long brown hair. Bright green eyes. Not to mention somewhat of a very nice figure. Also, she was a good height. Five foot six.
"Tomoyo...I hate his." she moaned as they reached their lockers. "Will you go get me a garbage can?" she asked.
"What?" asked Tomoyo.
"Look." sighed Sakura, pointing to the floor.
"Oh." said Tomoyo. Several notes with either hearts on them, or heart shaped were on the floor. That could mean only one thing. Today was the day of letters in the locker for Sakura. "I'll be right back." she said and went into the nearest classroom.
Sakura opened her locker and tried to stop all the notes from coming out. Scratch that. She tried to stop all the notes from pouring out.
Tomoyo came back with a trash can and put it under the locked. Sakura let all the notes fall into the trash can. Then, she bent down and with Tomoyo's help, they picked up all the notes that had fallen to the floor. Then threw them in the trash can. This ordeal happened once a week and the same thing always happened.
"Hey! Sakura! Tomoyo!"
The two turned around.
"Oh hey Naoko!" they called. Their friend, Naoko Yanagisawa had arrived, along with their other friend, Rika Sasaki. "Hey Rika."
"Hey you two." said Rika. "I see 'Letters in the Locker' was today." she grinned.
"Don't remind me." said Sakura.
"I still don't get how almost every guy in the school falls in love with you!" said Naoko. "And yet, you don't date ANY of them." she said.
"If I was in your shoes, Sakura, I'd just pick someone to be my boyfriend." said Rika.
"I can't." said Sakura.
"Why?" demanded Naoko and Rika.
"Because her heart belongs to another." grinned Tomoyo, closing her eyes.
Naoko and Rika looked at her. "Who?" they asked.
Sakura blushed. She covered her face. "Well, you won't know him. Or remember him." she said.
"So thats why you don't date anyone?" asked Naoko. "Because you're love with someone else?" she asked.
"Yep." said Sakura. "That about sums it up."
The bell rang. They all looked at their watches. "Oh boy." they all said and dashed off towards their classes. After, of course, Sakura closed her locker and the trash can was returned to the class in was borrowed from.
They got into class and walked to their seats. Sakura sat in the way back. The last row, second to last seat. She had asked to teacher to sit in the back because she hated when people stared at her. Tomoyo sat next to her. And no one sat behind them.
"Good Morning class." said the teacher, Mrs. Tsukachi.
"Good Morning Mrs. Tsukachi." the class replied dully.
"Ready for the big test?" asked the teacher. The class just moaned. "As soon as the announcements are over, we'll get right into the test."
As if on cue, the loud speaker squeaked and the principal's voice boomed over the loud speaker. "Good Morning Tomoeda High." he said. "I am pleased to announce, our track team won the meet yesterday. With a total of 87 points to 80." Sakura's class cheered. And the announcements continued. "Please wish good luck to our boys soccer team today, who will be playing Caskikou High this afternoon. Also, whoever left the jelly donuts in the boys' bathroom, please come to my office now." the class laughed. It was Takashi Yamazaki and his friends who had threw them on the ceiling. "I would also like to mention, that the cheerleading squad practice has been cancled for today."
"Yes." said Sakura.
"And once more, tenth graders, your permission slips for your field trip are due within the next two weeks. I would like to wish you all, good day." he finished.
"Did you hear that?" asked Mrs. Tsukaki. "Those of you going on the trip need to bring in you slips in the next two weeks." she said.
The class nodded and a few 'yeses' were heard, along with a few 'i'm not going's.
"Now, lets begin the test!" said the teacher cheerfully. She passed out the papers and as the papers went down the rows, every guy turned and looked in Sakura's direction as they turned around to pass the papers. She sighed.
"Begin!" said the teacher.
Everyone pulled out a pencil or a calculator and began to work. Nothing but the scribbles or writing could be heard, along with the occasional erasing noise or calculator typing. Sakura remembered what Tomoyo had told her and did excactly as she said.
One by one, papers were turned over and pencils layed down. After about fourty minutes, everyone was done-except-
"Sakura? Are you finished yet?" asked Mrs. Tsukachi.
"Just about." she replied, not looking up. She was doing some checking over, making sure everything worked when she did the entire problem by calculator. "Done!" she said, flipping her paper over and putting her pencil down.
The teacher went up and down the isles, collecting all the papers. The students stretched and began chatting. Five minutes later, the teacher called order to the class and it went on. A long boring day.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~~
At lunch, everyone went outside and Sakura and her friends sat in a circle. They were eating peacefully, with an occasional question or statement, but they didn't start talking until everyone was done with their lunch.
Sakura looked over at the elementary school.
"Hey Sakura. Earth to Sakura." said her friend, Chiharu Mihara.
"Oh sorry." she said. "Spacing out. You know me."
"I heard a teacher and the principal talking on my way out here." said Naoko. "They were talking about all the new students that were coming in." she said.
"New students?" asked Rika.
"Yeah." said Naoko. "For some odd reason, a lot of new kids are coming to our school this semester." she said.
"Weird." said Tomoyo. "Anyone in our grade?"
"They didn't mention grades." replied Naoko.
"I hope we get a new student in our class." said Rika.
"I hope if we do, that its a boy." said Naoko. "I could use a boyfriend." Everyone rolled their eyes at Naoko. "What?" she asked.
"Nothing." said Tomoyo.
"Whats the matter, Sakura?" asked Chiharu. "You're so quiet today."
"Oh no reason!" said Sakura. "I'm just worried that I'm going to fail that math test. And if I fail the math test, I fail math." she said.
"Come one Sakura, you're not going to fail." said Tomoyo. "I showed you how to do it right this morning." she said.
"To tell you the truth, I'm worried I'll fail English." said Rika. "I'm not to good with grammer and spelling and stuff." she said.
"Science." said Tomoyo. "The worst."
"History." said Chiharu. "Too many dates and people to remember."
"Home Economics." said Naoko.
"We're just not in a great mood today, are we?" asked Chiharu.
"No." everyone replied.
"I could go for a nice climb." said Sakura suddenly.
"What?" asked Rika.
"That tree." said Sakura, pointing to a large tree near the fence. "I'm going to climb it." she said and stood up. She jogged over to it and started to climb. Reaching a sturdy branch, she pulled out one of her two necklaces. The one Touya had given her was a gold chain with a golden cherry blossom hanging from it. The gem in the center of the blossom was a bright pink.
Her other necklace, she never took off. It was the Key.
Sakura pulled it off her neck and looked at it. She hadn't used it in so long. In a way, she missed it. Having to call it out every day. Those days were a long time ago. Days when she had three best friends instead of one. Days when no matter when she came home, someone, or something, would be there.
"I miss those days." Sakura whispered, tucking the key back in her shirt. She tucked her cherry blossom necklace back in her shirt as well.
She leaned against the trunk of the tree and looked around. How she longed to fly again. To fly around the town, seeing everything from a bird's eye view.
Sakura shook her head. "There's no need to use a card, unless there's a reason." she said. She sat up.
"Come on Sakura!" called Tomoyo. "Class is starting in five minutes!"
"Coming!" called Sakura and she flipped around the branch and down to the next. This was the fun way to get down. Her head came out of the tree and she flipped down and landed. "Wait for me!" she shouted and ran towards her friends.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Back in class, the teacher was reading out of the History book in a dull and boring voice. Some people had already fallen asleep. Sakura was begining to nod off as well.
Her head bounced and her eyes drooped. History might not be her worst subject, but it was sure boring. After a few more nods, she fell asleep.
In Sakura's dream world, she was running. This time she was in her school uniform and a smile was on her face. She ran towards a distant shadow. She kept running, running, running....
DING DING DING.
The bell woke everyone who had fallen asleep up and they all jumped. The class and day was over. Everyone stretched and began chatting to wake themselves up.
"Hey Sakura." said Tomoyo, grinning. "You dozed off again." she said.
"I know." said Sakura. "Believe me, I tried not to." she said, packing up her things in her bag. Tomoyo was doing the same thing. "Do you have chorus practice today?" she asked.
"Nope." said Tomoyo. "Now that the concert's over, we only have after school practice once a week, on Mondays. At least until the next concert comes up."
"Great." said Sakura. "You want to come to my house and get a snack or something?" she asked. "I get very bored with no company around." she said.
"Sure." said Tomoyo. "Then maybe you can check out my website. I need new clips so we can shoot a mini video or something." she said.
"Sounds fun." said Sakura as she and Tomoyo left the classroom and went to the lockers. Sakura opened her's and found one note. She was about to throw it away but decided to open it.
"Finally you open one of them." said Tomoyo as she slipped on her shoes.
Sakura opened the paper and it said only two words. "I'm coming." she read aloud. "What the heck does that mean?" she asked.
"Got me." said Tomoyo. "I'll go throw it out." she said and took the note from Sakura. She walked off to find another trash can.
Sakura reached in her locker and pulled on her skates. She shoved her shoes back in her bag and closed her locker, spun the lock and waited for Tomoyo to come back.
"Lets go!" said Tomoyo when she came arrived. Sakura started skating down the hall and Tomoyo followed. "I have a great idea! You can do some new tricks and I can put them on my site!" she said, pulling out her digital video camera. She aimed it at Sakura.
"Ok." said Sakura. She opened the door and waited for Tomoyo to go down the stairs. "Ready?" she asked.
"Action!" called Tomoyo.
Sakura jumped up and skated down the railing of the stairs. She landed and slid to a stop in front of Tomoyo's camera. Then she began to skate off and jumped onto a bench and slid across the edge, landed and continued skated. Tomoyo continued recording.
Sakura picked up some speed and when no one was around, she jumped in the air and flipped. She landed and bowed. Tomoyo stopped recodring.
"Great!" she said.
Everyone who saw Sakura's stunts appluaded. She grinned and bowed in every direction. Then she skated over to Tomoyo. "How was it?" she asked.
"Excellant!" said Tomoyo. "It was so perfect, I don't think I need to edit!" she said.
"Cool." said Sakura. "We can watch it in my room then you can post it online. Let me know how many people watch me do those tricks." she said.
"No problem." said Tomoyo.
"Now lets get home. I'm starving." said Sakura. She and Tomoyo began skating and walking towards Sakura's house. Sakura skating slower than usual, so Tomoyo could keep up.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sakura and Tomoyo arrived at Sakura's house and they went inside. Sakura pulled off her skates and pulled her slippers on. Tomoyo did the same. She came to Sakura's house a lot, that she had brought a pair of slippers over so she could where them when she came. (MD: why DO they where slippers inside. Japanese people that is. I think its cool but i want to know why they do it.)
"Anyone home?" Sakura called. No response. "Guess not."
"So," said Tomoyo. "Want to get something to eat?"
"You bet. I'm starved." said Sakura. The two walked over to the kitchen and Sakura raided the fridge. "Dad's working a lot but I always shout to see if anyone is home. And besides, Touya is supposed to come home soon for a visit anyway." she said. She pulled out some soda. "Have a soda for now." she said, tossing a coke at Tomoyo. She took one for herself too.
"Thanks." said Tomoyo, sitting down at the table.
"My dad just made some brownies, so we can have one of them." said Sakura, opening the container on the table. She took one for herself and one for Tomoyo.
"They lood delishous." said Tomoyo. She bit into her's. "And they are!"
"I know!" said Sakura, taking a bite of her's. "I had three of them when they were first made. I couldn't stop eating them." she said.
"I know what you mean." said Tomoyo. She sipped some of her coke.
"So after this, we'll go up and check out your website. You can post your new stuff and then we can, I dunno. Go websurfing. I haven't done that in a while." said Sakura.
"Ok." said Tomoyo.
"For some reason, I'm very talkative right now." said Sakura, looking at her brownie. "I just can't stop talking." she said.
"I can tell." said Tomoyo, grinning as she bit her brownie.
"I don't know why." said Sakura. "Maybe Its becauseI have someone to talk to for once." she said. "Even when Kero-chan was here, at least I could talk to him. Even if he did make absolutely no sense." she said, taking another bite of her brownie.
"You miss him, don't you?" asked Tomoyo.
"Kero-chan?" asked Sakura. "Of course. I miss everything from the old days. Even... everyone who was there." she said. "Looking back, we had a lot of fun, didn't we?"
"A lot." said Tomoyo. "I'm sure we'll see them all again."
"I hope." said Sakura, finishing her brownie.
"Well, we're done eating." said Tomoyo. "Lets go up to your room and work on your site." she said, standing up. Sakura did too as she tossed her can out. Tomoyo copied. They grinned and headed up to Sakura's room.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Opening her door, Sakura went in and dumped her bag. "Lets change first." she said, going to her closet. She pulled out jeans and a teeshirt for herself. Then she dug deeper and pulled out one of Tomoyo's oufits that she had left at Sakura's house. (MD: dang that girl leaves everything at Sakura's house.) She left it there, along with two others, in case she came to Sakura's house after school. Tomoyo went to the bathroom to change and Sakura changed in her room. When they were finsished, Tomoyo got her video camera out and began to download the recording of Sakura into her website. Sakura sat on her bed, watching Tomoyo work.
"And you do this everyday?" asked Sakura.
"No." said Tomoyo, "Just when my website needs something new, or needs to be updated." she said.
"And how often is that?" asked Sakura.
"Every two or three days." said Tomoyo. Sakura shook her head.
"When you're done, I need to check my email." said Sakura. "I haven't checked it in about a week or so." she said.
"Why do you even have a screenname?" asked Tomoyo.
"To keep in touch with people faster." said Sakura. "Like Touya, and Meiling, and Eriol, and Syaoran." she said. Tomoyo shook her head.
"Well, I'm just about finished. All I have to do is put the link on my site and then I'll be done. I'll update the rest later." Tomoyo said, disconnecting her cam-corder from the computer.
"Great." said Sakura. She pushed Tomoyo off the chair. "Let me check my mail now." she said. She went to jitterbug.net (MK: not real i made it up) and typed in her screenname. "SaKuRaStAr16." she said outloud. Then her password. Which she kept to herself. (MK: i'll tell you what it is though...hehe its...syaoranli...lol) "YES!" she shouted. "Touya and Yukito emailed me. Eriol too." she said. She clicked on her brother's first. Here's what it said:
Hey Squirt. How are you? Its great here and I'm having some fun, so don't worry. I can't talk long because I have a paper to finish. After that, I have a free weekend. So, you know what that means...Yeah thats right. I'm coming home! You better not have touched my room Squirt...Just kidding. Tell Dad the knews and oh yeah...see you next weekend. Your Brother, Touya ps: Yukito might stop in for a visit too. Cheers!
"Touya's coming home!" shouted Sakura. "He said he'll be here next weekend." she explained. Tomoyo got up and walked over.
"Actually, Sakura, he's coming this weekend." she said. "That messege was sent about a week ago."
"Oh." said Sakura. "Well then he's coming this weekend!" she said. "Lets see what Yukito has to say." she said.
Hello Sakura. How are you doing? I've been doing excellant with my studies. I hope to get finished early, but you never know now do you? How is school going for you? Remember, any trouble with any subject just ask me. Oh yeah. I found this really great recipe for chocalate chip cookies. I tried to cook them, but, it didn't work so well. I'll try to get ahold of the recipe again so you can make some for yourself. Yesterday night, there was a really great party in the gymnasium. It was really wild! There was lots of food I went crazy! But don't worry, I sampled everything and it was all delishous. You should come and visit me sometimes. Oh, did Touya tell you? I might be able to come and visit you and Fujitaka next weekend. The same weekend Touya is coming home. Maybe I'll see you then. But just in case, keep in touch. Hope to see you soon. Yukito~
"That one is even longer than Touya's." said Tomoyo. "It was sent two days after Touya's was. I wonder if he's going to come or not." she said.
"I hope. I really want that recipe." said Sakura. "Lets see what Eriol has to say." she said and clicked on it.
Sakura, I can't write much. I'm just going to say to be on the look out for anything strange. Your journey may not be quite over yet. I also would like to say this is probably going to be the last email from me in a while. I'll explain later. Talk to you soon. Eriol
"Now that was weird." said Tomoyo.
"You're telling me." said Sakura. "Well, thats it. Nothing from Meiling or Syaoran. Well, they're like me. Those two aren't exactly computer people."
"Is there something wrong with computer people?" asked Tomoyo.
"No!" said Sakura. "Nothing. I'm just saying that some people are computer people and some people aren't." she said. The two started cracking up.
After Sakura finished her email, she and Tomoyo did some websurfing for a while until they got bored. They shut down Sakura's laptop and got compfortable. Sakura flopped on the floor and stared at the ceiling. Tomoyo sat on Sakura's bed and leaned against the wall.
"I wonder." said Sakura. "What life would be like if Syaoran and Meiling and even Eriol were still around. Even if one of them were still aorund." she said outloud.
"Hmm?" asked Tomoyo.
"I mean, would be all be friends? Would we still be friends?" replied Sakura. "Would Meiling be our friend, but not Syaoran? Would they not talk to us now that the Clow Cards are all settled?" she asked.
"Sakura." said Tomoyo. "They still write to you. I think we'd still be close friends. All of us." she said. "And in a way, we still are. We still keep in contact, even if we don't see each other as often as we like."
"I guess." said Sakura. She stared blankly at the ceiling. Then she sat up and walked over to her bookshelf. She pulled out a reddish-pink book with THE CLOW written on the spine. (MD: obviously she pulled out the clow book) She opened it and the cards flew out and circled her. Tomoyo grabbed her camera and started recording. "Hello Star Cards." said Sakura cheeruflly. "Long time no see." she said.
Suddenly the Clow began to glow. It got brighter and brighter and lit up the whole room in gold. As the light disapeared, it went into a small gem that was around the Guardian Beast's neck. As the Clow began to glow again, a blob rose out of the cover. It slowly changed into what looked like a small bear. Sakura and Tomoyo leaned in closer. The golden light disapeared.
"WAAH!" they screamed.
Kero-chan peaced. "Hello girls. I'm baaaaaaaaack!"
to be continued.....
MD: so, did u like it? hate it? lets me know if i should continue! R&R!!! please!!! and if u like digimon, read my other story: Troubled Girl. The title sux but the story is pretty good, in my opinion anyway....cya
