Burning Bright
*Sakura's pov*
*Flashback*
'Please stop! Please! It hurts! It hurts...' that was all that ran through my mind, repeating over and over again.
It was unbearably hot, the red flames licking hungrily at my body, engulfing the remains of my home... My beloved home... I cried, it hurt. My beloved, beloved home... The place where happy memories took place... Lost forever in that tumbling mass of burning wood.
"MUM! DAD! ...TOUYA! Please... come back... COME BACK!!!! Please... "
But I knew it was hopeless, those flames took EVERTHING from me. My home, my belongings, and my family... My only family... I had...
I turned and ran, ran away from the burning source, away and away. Ran away from everything that no longer exists. I didn't know where I was going, where my feet, pounding against the hard, rocky ground, were taking me. As long as it was away, I couldn't have cared less.
My burning wounds forced me to slow down. It hurt, alot... Eventually I stopped, in the middle of nowhere. Nowhere at all. And I fell to my knees and cried, cried my heart out...
'I just want to go to sleep...' I thought drowsily. 'Asleep and away from pain... sleep...'
And I fell into a black abyss. Somewhere, away...
*End of Flashback*
I pried my heavy eyelids opened, and peered at the white ceiling above me.
'All plain, having nothing, no one... Just like me.' I laughed bitterly. I looked around me. A plain room also, a small table and chair in the corner, and a closet next to a barred window. And a bed with me on it.
'Just a couple of minutes, just 7, and that fire took everthing away... What am I even doing here? Shouldn't I be up in heaven? With my family? Then why aren't I? Do they want me to go through this harsh world alone? Do they?'
*Flashback*
"You do know I love you very much, daughter?" Nadeshiko, a young woman with lovely silver hair and deep emerald eyes, asked.
"Of course mother! And I love you too!" Sakura, just a small child, chirped.
"Wonderful! I want to tell you something..."
"What?"
"When you are all alone, with no one in this world with you anymore, don't feel down, because everyone who loves you will watch your from above. Know that you have a wonderful life ahead of you, a soulmate to find, even though some are not here to guide you."
"Really? A soulmate? Does everyone have a soulmate?"
Nadeshiko laughed.
"Of course! But remember my words child..."
*End of Flashback*
"Mother... I love you so much... But if your wish is for me to live on, then so be it. I'll live my life for you, for father, and for Touya. I'll try to be happy, but let me cry my pains out. I love you all, I'll live my life for you, I'll live it for you all..."
*Sakura's pov*
*Flashback*
'Please stop! Please! It hurts! It hurts...' that was all that ran through my mind, repeating over and over again.
It was unbearably hot, the red flames licking hungrily at my body, engulfing the remains of my home... My beloved home... I cried, it hurt. My beloved, beloved home... The place where happy memories took place... Lost forever in that tumbling mass of burning wood.
"MUM! DAD! ...TOUYA! Please... come back... COME BACK!!!! Please... "
But I knew it was hopeless, those flames took EVERTHING from me. My home, my belongings, and my family... My only family... I had...
I turned and ran, ran away from the burning source, away and away. Ran away from everything that no longer exists. I didn't know where I was going, where my feet, pounding against the hard, rocky ground, were taking me. As long as it was away, I couldn't have cared less.
My burning wounds forced me to slow down. It hurt, alot... Eventually I stopped, in the middle of nowhere. Nowhere at all. And I fell to my knees and cried, cried my heart out...
'I just want to go to sleep...' I thought drowsily. 'Asleep and away from pain... sleep...'
And I fell into a black abyss. Somewhere, away...
*End of Flashback*
I pried my heavy eyelids opened, and peered at the white ceiling above me.
'All plain, having nothing, no one... Just like me.' I laughed bitterly. I looked around me. A plain room also, a small table and chair in the corner, and a closet next to a barred window. And a bed with me on it.
'Just a couple of minutes, just 7, and that fire took everthing away... What am I even doing here? Shouldn't I be up in heaven? With my family? Then why aren't I? Do they want me to go through this harsh world alone? Do they?'
*Flashback*
"You do know I love you very much, daughter?" Nadeshiko, a young woman with lovely silver hair and deep emerald eyes, asked.
"Of course mother! And I love you too!" Sakura, just a small child, chirped.
"Wonderful! I want to tell you something..."
"What?"
"When you are all alone, with no one in this world with you anymore, don't feel down, because everyone who loves you will watch your from above. Know that you have a wonderful life ahead of you, a soulmate to find, even though some are not here to guide you."
"Really? A soulmate? Does everyone have a soulmate?"
Nadeshiko laughed.
"Of course! But remember my words child..."
*End of Flashback*
"Mother... I love you so much... But if your wish is for me to live on, then so be it. I'll live my life for you, for father, and for Touya. I'll try to be happy, but let me cry my pains out. I love you all, I'll live my life for you, I'll live it for you all..."