Destined Destiny
By Vapour and Fire (Nutty-brains)
Note: Clamp is the master of Cardcaptor Sakura. But Nutty-brains is the owner of this storyline. Please enjoy!
Everyone was borne with bandages around their eyes. I have those bandages too, but sometimes, they get very loose and they revealed something I would prefer not to see…
"Syaoranny! Lovely Syaoranny! Where are youuu?"
All the students turned to look at where the yelling was coming from as it echoed down the corridors. It was another yet pleasant day at Tomoeda. Well, almost if I were to say.
"Syaoranny! My sweet honey, Syaoranny! Where are you?"
Suddenly, a girl dashing down the corridors went so fast that it was hard to make out who that was. Ah, I guess you have made out who that girl was.
She ran down the hallway, down the stairs, around a fountain and back to the fountain again.
"Syaoranny!" stared at him with starry eyes. "I missed you soooo much!"
"Mei-Mei-Meiling…What brings you he-here?" Syaoran stammered as he jumped down from the tree he was in.
"Aw…Meiling-chan misses you…" Meiling then hugged Syaoran tightly and buried her face into Syaoran's chest.
"Bu-but we just been a-apart for ten minutes since the recess bell we-went off. And, would yo-you let go of me already?"
Meiling looked up at Syaoran. What a surprise she got when she saw how Syaoran's face turned from pink to purple. She quickly loosened her grip and gasped.
"My gosh, Syaoran, I never knew you could imitate a chameleon so well."
Syaoran sweatdropped. She had gotten it all wrong, Meiling.
At the same time, Miss Kaho so happened to walk past the two students.
"Meiling, could you come over and help me for a while?" Miss Kaho asked.
"Oh, coming!" Meiling replied. Then, she turned to Syaoran. "I'll meet you after class! Bye!"
With that, she ran off.
"Thank goodness," Syaoran mumbled to himself. "I did not see that."
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Next day, after school…
"Hello, newcomer-of-the-class. I'm Li Meiling, just call me 'Meiling' will do. Nice to meet you," Meiling introduced herself.
"Oh, nice to meet you too. Well, please call me Sakura, Sakura Kinomoto. Please give me your guidance in future," the newcomer of the class replied with a smile.
Meiling smiled too. This is a friendly girl. She transferred to this school and was in the same class as Meiling. Meiling stretched out her hand and was expecting a handshake in return. However, Sakura bowed to her instead. Meiling thought, this will do too. So, she let that go pass her mind.
"Too bad. I was going to introduce someone to you. Syaoran, that's his name. Gees, where is he when you need him? I'll go look for him while you wait in class, okay?"
"Wa-wait, Meiling-" Sakura wanted to tell her not to bother as she could still meet him the following day. But that girl zoomed out of the classroom before the words could go into her ears.
Deciding that it would be a perfect time to explore the school before Meiling comes back, Sakura walked down the hall. There were a lot of rooms in the school and it was way larger then the school Sakura had imagined. When she was walking around a bend, a girl around her age suddenly appeared and
BANG!
Both of them went into a head-on collision and landed with a thud on their bottoms.
"Ouch…" The girl said as she rubbed her forehead.
"I-I sorry. Come, let me help you up," Sakura, gotten up from the ground, reached out her hand to pull up the girl.
"Thanks. I should be the one apologizing to you. I'm sorry that I was going so fast I didn't take note of who was coming round the corner."
"So, are you hurt?" Sakura asked. It was partly her fault for not being quick in her movement."
"I'm fine. Hey, I have never met you here before?"
"I'm a transferred student. Sakura's my name. Please give me your guidance."
"I'm Rika. Oops, I have to go now. Hope we will meet another day.Bye."
Sakura watched her as she left.
"I hope we will…if possible"
"You have seen 'that'?"
Sakura was startled. She spun round and saw a boy standing behind her.
"You HAVE seen 'that', haven't you?" the boy asked again.
"And you are…?"
"Your classmate, Li Syaoran."
Li. That's the surname of Meiling too.
"Oh, Meiling's looking for you…Well, you better hurry 'cos…"
"I repeat. You have seen 'that' in the girl, haven't you?"
"I don't g-get it. Wha-what do you mean by 'that'?" Sakura felt panic in her.
"You knew it. You have seen that girl's future, right? Answer me!"
Sakura was shocked. How did he know?
"So, I was right after all."
"Who are you? I mean, how do you know my secret?" Sakura asked.
Yes, I am one of the bandaged one. I have a bandage around my eyes. Once it loosens itself, I could see the things no one could. I could see what some people yield for yet some don't. And that's the future.
"Once you touch the girl, you could see her future. I'm just the direct opposite. I could see a person's past. So, if we stand back-to-back, we could tell the story of a person's past, present and future."
He paused for a while. Sakura leaned on the wall beside her. He is another one with his bandaged not tight properly.
"I hate the way I am now. It's scary." Sakura cried.
The reason everyone was blinded with a bandage was because they were forbidden to see the past or future. Everyone is unable to tell the future whether it is good or bad. However, in my case…
Sakura slid down to the ground and had her tears falling to the earth.
"Rika…she will fall down the stairs…fall down from the second storey of the school…fall to her death. I don't want to know. I really don't want to see her hurt. It's painful."
"D-don't cry… I didn't mean to scare you when I first saw you. I was just…surprise to know that someone like me exist near me. I know it hurts in your heart. But the most crucial pain was that you could nothing to change the future. Fate prohibits it."
Syaoran squatted beside Sakura. He was going to hold her, but he chose not to know what happened in the past. Something not good may have happen. On the other hand, it may just be the opposite.
Sakura had stopped crying and had gone to sobbing. She wiped her tears off her sleeves.
"Sorry that I have made you worried, if I really did."
"Cheer up, cheery blossom girl. So, what are you going to do about Rika's future?"
"I will TRY to change the future!"
"And how would you do that?" Syaoran asked, quite surprised to see the girl becoming so strong-willed.
"I don't know…but I will find a way though." She smiled.
"KYAAAAAAAAA…SYAORANNNN…THERE YOU ARE!"
Syaoran's sixth sense told him that something bad is going to happen to him if he still squats there. But it was too late for him to run.
"FOUNDDDDDDD… YOU!"
"Meiling…!?!?" Sakura stared at her.
Meiling was busily hugging Syaoran's head and rubbing her face into his bird's nest hair. It was as though the hair was some sort of a facial towel.
"Meiling…I never knew your breasts were that small." Syaoran said.
Meiling looked down at Syaoran. Sakura looked too. Syaoran tried to look away.
"AHHHHHHH…PERVERTIC SYAORAN!"
Meiling sent Syaoran flying through the air.
"AHHHHHHH…HOW DARE YOU SAID MY BREASTS WERE SMALL! HOW RUDE!"
Meiling gave a kick through the air and it sent Syaoran flying even further.
Is Meiling breasts really that small? Sakura though. She looked inside her blouse by the collar to check if they were any bigger.
Meiling and Syaoran sweatdropped.
"I believe you know who he is now, Sakura," Meiling said, pointing at Syaoran. Sakura nodded.
"Come on," Meiling grabbed Sakura's hands, "Let me show you around the school campus."
As they walk, Syaoran whispered into Sakura's right ear.
"I'll rather let the future of a person choose its own course. But to compensate the way I spoke to you the first time, I'll follow Rika around for a week to make sure she is all right."
The girl turned to look at him, and then smiled.
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For the whole of next week, Syaoran followed Rika around the school like he had promised. Rika was in the class beside his, so I wasn't that difficult to keep an eye no her. He waited for her in front of the school, followed her up the stairs, during recess and after school until she is safely out of the building. Sometimes when he could not be near her, he tried his best to keep her in his sight.
On this day, he had been watching Rika from a tree. She was at the fountain eating with her buddies.
"Look at that boy, Rika…he has been following you for almost a week now."
"Do you know each other?"
"Eh? No," Rika replied.
"What a pity. He looks so cute, but who knows he is a stalker stalking after pretty Rika."
"Pervert! You can never judge a book by its cover, can you?"
Syaoran almost fell from the tree. I'm doing Rika a big favor and this is what I get in return?
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The last day of the week, also known as the "Last day of 'stalking' Rika".
"Arg! I'm tired!" Syaoran complained.
"What's wrong with him?" Meiling asked Sakura.
Sakura merely shrugged. She knew that it was tough to follow someone around for a week.
"So, I have kept my promise and after today, I'm not going to stick my nose into her future, get that?" Syaoran gave a light knock on Sakura's head.
Sakura looked at him.
"Don't worry, I have seen nothing. Anyways, Rika seems to be fine. She has been very careful in whatever she does, so…"
"What's all the sweet whispering about?"
Meiling slapped hard on Syaoran's back. In return, he did the same to Meiling. Suddenly, it had become a game of back-slapping.
If Sakura did not remind him that his duty was not over, he could continue his game until the recess ends. With a quick 'I'll see you in class later', he was off.
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"Hey, Rika, that lover-boy of yours is following you again."
"Cut that out, won't you. And he's not my lover-boy!"
"Haha…"
Syaoran was following Rika up the stairs when suddenly the strap on her left shoe came off. Without noticing the broken strap, she stepped on it and slipped.
"Ahhhh…" Rika screamed.
Her friends, who were in front of her, turned when they heard Rika's scream and saw her falling backwards.
"Grab our hand, Rika!"
They tried to reach out their hands to grab Rika, but failed. Syaoran ran to the bottom of the stairs and was prepared to catch her. At this moment, a student carrying a pile of books walked past Syaoran. The pile of books was wobbly and for a second, the books collapsed-
"Look out-" the student yelled, but before he could finish his statement, he was buried under the books. So was Syaoran.
"Ouch…" Syaoran got up from the pile of books. He pushed the books to one side as he stood up.
"RIKA! RIKA! ANSWER US!"
Suddenly, Syaoran remembered that he was supposed to save Rika. There were many students surrounding him, some crying and some look dazed. The student sat in the middle of the books, stunned. Below his feet, there was a puddle of red fluid. It had dyed some books red too. He was afraid to turn to know what's behind him. However, his body won't obey his command.
There, lying beside him was Rika. Or perhaps, once before.
Around her were her friends, crying very pitifully. Rika was bleeding profusely from her head and mouth. Her eyes were open and it was a horrifying sight. Some students went to report the accident and soon, teachers came over. They disperse the students and ordered them back to their classrooms. They were not allowed to walk by that flight of stairs. Hence, all of them went by the other way.
Syaoran looked at the cold, motionless body as one of the teachers closed her eyes. After that, he slowly walked away.
We could only see, not change the future or the past. Heaven is so unfair. Why must some people be allowed to witness all this? Why is my bandage so loose?
"Syaoran! Syaoran!"
Syaoran looked up and saw Meiling running in his direction.
"Why..why aren't you back in class? Recess's over, you know?" Meiling panted as she said.
Sakura was beside her, looking equally sad as Syaoran.
"Can you girls leave me alone for a while? I need to calm down."
"But-but… Syaoran-"
Sakura placed her hand in front of Meiling. Meiling was confused.
"Meiling…" Sakura began. "Can you just tell the teacher that Syaoran is not feeling well and I am bringing him to the sick bay? I'll be going back to class after a few minutes."
"Well…be sure to come back to class, Sakura."
Meiling left the two of them alone.
"I'm sorry, Sakura," Syaoran said once Meiling was gone.
"Uh-uh. I should be the one apologizing to you. I made you followed Rika even though I know that everyone's future was predestined. I'm just being selfish."
There was silence for a while. You could only hear the rustling of the leaves in the trees.
"Come on, cherry blossom, be strong. It isn't easy living with this…erm…ability, but live still have to go on. Not all the future of every person is bad, right? So, let's not put all the blame on yourself, okay?" Syaoran smiled. He did not touch her for he respected her past.
"I have to back to class now. Wanna go back to class?" Sakura asked.
"Okay then."
So, they went back to class.
Meiling in class was surprised to see them both back together. Syaoran explained to the teacher that he was feeling better and he wished to join the class for lesson.
Now I know, fate cannot be changed. But we can make our lives happier before we leave this world…
TBC
Vapour: That's the end…
Fire: Eh? But we just came back in business!
Vapour: I know. I know. However, school homework is streaming in now. (cries)
Fire: Me too. As mentioned above, fate cannot be changed. But we can make our lives happier when we are alive. TELL ME, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO ENJOY WHEN THERE IS HOMEWORK!?!?
Vapour: Relax, bud. Well, that's all, readers. Tune in for our next chappie of 'Destined Destiny'.
Fire: Smooches!