A/N: Greetings! I'll constantly be revising this story as I go, to make any changes that you guys suggest! And if you actually believe something is fine the way it is, make sure you tell me about that too! This is what I amusingly like to call Of Amber Orbs and Emerald Pools: The Revised Version, even though I only revised the first 4 or 5 chapters. After that it's all following the revised concept, but I'm still typing it up. Okay, so there's more detail, which I like, which also means I had to cut this prologue or it wouldn't be considered a prologue anymore!! That means I've added an additional chapter before the sappy song-ficcy-ness starts. Yes, I know its a little corny and sometimes stupid, but I love songs that seem that way because all songs have their own significance and if you didn't listen to the words the point would be lost. So I must put it! Lol. I hope you guys can visualize this story... I tried to make it as visual as possible without changing the feel. I am an artist who needs to experiment, after all!

A BIIG Thanks to my kawaii Imoto-chan and Kaijuu, s1mplicity, for all her guidance in my writing and in ma life ;) I love you, Tsuki-chan!

Ohh!! Another thing I forgot to put again was that Yukito isn't in this fic :( 'cos Touya's paired with someone else... so just imagine Yue appearing out of no where, like Kero-chan popped outta the book, okie? Domo! (Gomen ne, no Yuki... I love him to bits and all but I just couldn't put his happy optimistic perfect self into a fic like this :) Read and you'll understand where I'm coming from... I think... '')

RR!! Arigatou!

Legend
"dialogue"
thinking
song lyrics
-Character P.O.V. change
[line break/horizontal line] - end scene, scene change and/or 3rd person P.O.V. switch
Flashback / End Flashback

Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura, CLAMP does. I also do not own the song 'Have You Ever' by S Club.

Card Captor Sakura
Of Amber Orbs and Emerald Pools: The Revised Version
Prologue: Reminisces

A leather-bound book was taken off the shelf, worn, yet not finished. Sitting down, the figure smiled as the book was opened to the first page, where again and again the first few words were traced over like many times before. Sighing, they turned to the last few pages and picked up an inkwell pen, determined to finish the tale; one from another time, and another place... another dimension...

"We can sit here and reminisce
About the Good times
And the Bad times…
But we cannot go back and change the memories…"

"Sometimes it's hard to walk away. I mean, you can start out as strangers, about to embark on this incredulous journey. During the hard times, you can take with you the memories that can be your 'sunshine after the rain.' You never know where the road will lead, but we keep an eye on everyone and everything we hold dear, nonetheless.

"Even through the betrayal, victory, separation, love, friendship, hatred, and more, you do wish for it to be a simple and clean task, one where you wish for no regrets to plague you. Even though we think we're always right, there are always those questions we ask ourselves that cause doubt and pain. One thing for sure is, that together, we will no longer be lost. Together, in our eyes, we will find our way, zutto.

"An other world may have called us, an enemy may have tricked us, and society may have torn us apart, but even if we didn't know who we were, we still knew being together mattered. We might have ran from our problems, but we still learned from them. This is what helped us to grow, and to accept our fate.

"Those very maturities triggered emotions true expressions of feelings - in smiles, in laughter, in glares, in tears - triggering forgotten memories that can be weaknesses, yes, but ultimately our strengths. And there will be times when no one will understand you and what you've been through. It happens to every one of us, all the time.

"However, we have to remember that even if we try to keep everything bottled up inside, it will do us no good. Someone, out there, will understand, sometimes by merely looking into your eyes. Someone will be there for you, if you let them. Nothing is for certain, unless you believe wholly that something can be right and true.

"You can swear to give and do anything in your power for the ones you love. And indefinitely, even if you don't realise how much you love something until its gone, or you don't realize something is missing from your life until that one moment where it truly matters... everything can and will be okay, for sure.

"Just believe..."

Can you hear it?
Listen to the tale of Two souls... Two voices...

-Her
"Have you ever loved and lost somebody
Wish there was a chance to say I'm sorry
Can't you see?
That's the way I feel about you and me, baby

-Him
Have you ever felt your heart was breaking
Looking down the road you should be taking
I should know…"

As Amber Orbs and Emerald Pools seared into each other's very soul- searching for the answers of a million non-verbal questions; She remembered painful memories that He was hoping she had forgotten… long ago...

Flashback...

Please review, your insight means the world to me, readers! Arigatou! Everything will become clear and tie together...

Next : Chapter 1 - "The Past"
The flashbacks of a thousand memories...

T. (Conspiratorial Omen)

(Edited 06/07/04)