Bound with you
By Zilver Wings
Summary: Destined to become a legendary thief like no other, he was trained since young to be distant and secretive. When the newcomer of the town saw him in his disguise, he immediately kidnapped her without thinking twice, not conscious of the consequences she'd bring. [Please don't ask me about the timeline, I have no idea, it's imaginery, probably half-modern only.]
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Chapter 1
Kidnap
Night had fallen. The moon had long ago replaced the sun, with bright dots being its company in the silence.
It was another peaceful night in this small town of Tomoeda. However, on this particular night, there was a girl whose was having a sleepless night, her thoughts in turmoil.
Sakura rose from her lying position and sat on the edge of her bed for the umpteenth time, adding another crease on her new nightdress. She looked out the window for a moment, staring at the scenery outside silently, before dropping her gaze upon a blurry sketch of a man on the unfamiliar red oak desk in her room.
She traced her hand around the rough edges of the wooden wall absently as the memories came back to her, still as fresh as day.
She had arrived to this town earlier in the evening to visit her best friend as well as cousin, Daidouji Tomoyo, since her widowed aunt, Sonomi, had fallen into a death-threatening cold due to her age and lack of care. She was a very busy woman, always traveling around to different places because of the silk industry she had started all by herself, a very rare thing for a woman to do in those days. Therefore, she had to put in twice the effort to provide a good life for herself and Tomoyo. She had always had a weak body, and since the death of her husband, she had become even more stressed, resulting in the declining of her health.
Luckily, Tomoyo had taken over the industry, and was doing quite well with it. Even at the young age of 19, she had proven to be very capable because of the training her mother gave her. Because of the success in the silk industry, the Daidoujis were quite rich.
When the two cousins were still young and lived closed to each other before the Daidoujis moved to this town because of work, they were taught together by Sakura's otou-san, Kinomoto Fujitaka, who was a teacher, therefore, their education was far above the average person.
While walking along the lonely path to her cousin's house, directed by a curious villager, who stared at her unfamiliar face and two suitcases in his hands oddly, Sakura paused as she suddenly saw a tall figure out of the corner of her eye.
She quickly turned around, just to catch a glimpse at the man's started face staring back at her before disappearing into the shadows quickly with his cape flying behind him.
Although she could only see half of his face since he wore something which covered half of his face, she could still tell that he had tousled hair and sharp features, with large, mesmerizing eyes, although what color she couldn't tell since the sun had already set by then.
Stunned by his novel-like character, she greeted the two members with a ghostly smile after arriving to the Daidoujis, a simply decorated but large two-storied wooden house.
Tomoyo mistook this out-of-character behavior as a sign of weariness after the long trip, and quickly ushered her upstairs to her temporary bedroom to rest after Sakura had bathed.
Feeling unsettled about the event, Sakura couldn't help but take out her beloved art supplies from one of the suitcase and tried to sketch a drawing of the mysterious man she had just met that evening. She had always been praised by her friends and neighbors about her talent in art. Now as she looked at the face which glared back at her, she felt truly satisfied.
She had put more shadows on his face than necessary because she couldn't really observe his features clearly in the dark. However, his eyes were one thing that she could not forget. Even though she had only seen his stunned expression, she had felt a cold aura emit from him when she saw him. She guessed that he wasn't a friendly being.
Sakura sighed and tried once more to sleep, determined not to wake up again. She laid back down and pulled the covers up to her face and turned her body towards the wall, not ever aware of the person sitting outside the tree, his body half-hidden by the leaves of the large tree, watching her every move carefully.
He looked at the sheet of paper on the girl's desk, his eyebrows furrowed in anger as he saw the rather realistic picture of his face. Clutching the straps of the small black bag in his hands securely, he jumped from the five-meter tree and landed neatly on the grass, not making a sound.
Glaring at the window of the same room for the last time, he turned around and vanished into the darkness.
'Teme…'
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"Ohayo, Sakura-chan!"
Sakura rubbed her eyes sleepily as she walked downstairs, her weight making the wooden stairs squeak noisily.
"Ohayo, Tomoyo-chan."
She greeted her energetic friend, who was pouring a large pan of scrambled eggs onto two plates with shrimp tempura and cherry tomatoes on them.
The raven stared at Sakura worriedly while putting the two plates onto the table.
"Daijoubu? You seem so sleepy, is the bed too hard?"
"Iie, iie, it was fine." Sakura forced out a smile, not wanting her friend to feel worried. Then, noticing that her aunt was not around, she asked Tomoyo, who had just pulled out the chair opposite of her.
"Where's Sonomi-san?"
"Oh, she's still sleeping. It's only eight o'clock now, she wakes at around 10 every morning. By the way, where are you going today? I'm sorry I can't tour you today because I have arranged a meeting with a customer. But I promise that I'll be with you tomorrow all day."
"Daijoubu. I'll just walk around and draw for a bit. I'm in love with this place already, the landscape is so beautiful."
Tomoyo nodded her head and they began to eat their breakfast in a comfortable silence, since they didn't want to wake up Sonomi.
A worried frown was etched on Tomoyo's fine features, as she debated to herself whether to tell Sakura of the news or not. She didn't want to startle her cousin, but she also wanted to warn her to be careful. After a moment, she decided that telling her would be the right choice.
"Ano, Sakura-chan," Tomoyo started hesitantly as Sakura looked up at her. "Have you ever heard of 'Snow wolf'?"
Sakura thought for a moment, then nodded her head.
She remembered hearing this name while eavesdropping on the conversation between two women in the market place a few months ago. Snow wolf was an infamous thief who had started thieving a few years ago. He never stole from peasants, but always from the rich and powerful landlords. Every time, before his action, he would send his victim a small silver coin with a wolf carved in the center, and within a few days, the thing would be stolen. The strange thing is that, no one ever knew what he had stolen, since the landlords never told anyone, and no one had seen the thief either. Because of this reason, Sakura had always seen this as a story someone made up.
"Well, he has left a coin in the landlord's house here in Tomoeda two days ago. No one has ever seen him, nor did I ever hear that he has done anything dangerous, but please be careful. We don't what kind of person he is. If possible, stay in places where there are a lot of people to avoid unwanted things happening, okay?"
"Wakatta."
After taking her art supplies with her, Sakura left the house.
Not knowing where to go to, she walked around for a bit, greeting people and introducing herself, before settling herself on a bench in an isolated park called the Penguin Park, with an interesting wooden sculpture of a an animal she had never seen before. Its tongue was a long slide, which allowed children to slide down from it.
She flipped open her art book, and the first thing she saw was the sketch of the man she had drawn. She had put it in there for fear Tomoyo or Sonomi would see it if they ever entered her room.
Suddenly, someone took the art book from her hands and clamped a damp handkerchief with a strong odor over her nose and mouth.
Sakura tried to struggle but the person hugged her from behind tightly, not allowing her to move, and didn't loosen their grip on her until she suddenly started to feel dizzy and her legs gave in, making her crumble to the ground if not for the hold of the person on her.
The last thing she remembered was her being stuffed into some kind of bag before she lost all consciousness.
To be continued….
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Can't believe I haven't uploaded one story for like…4 months?! I've been engaging myself in Japanese/Taiwanese dramas and online games all through the summer and school days, sorry for that.
I didn't really think of starting a new story, but this plot just came up to me after playing an online game for one day about thieving, so here it is, hope you will enjoy it. Please R&R and give me your support and comments, I don't know if it is good enough or not. Someone told me that they thought of DN Angel after reading this plot, and now that I think of it, there is some resemblance, especially the drawing and the thief part, but I assure you, it's not going to be the same at all.
By the way, I really need help on something. I still haven't thought of what the thief is supposed to steal, so if you have any ideas, don't hesitate to tell me, or I'm going to have to kill another million of my brain cells before coming up with a sloppy idea. XD
Just to let my faithful readers from my other stories know, I haven't abandoned them yet, especially 'Love without Words', since I've already started on the new chapter. It's just that, every time I turn on the computer, I get attracted by the stuff online and just forget about writing, so bear with me if the uploads are not very frequent. See ya.