Syaoran's Death
Touya opened the front door to see his sister standing on the door mat, her head was bent low and as she lifted it Touya noticed that her eyes were red and glazed over, tears ran down her cheeks, and as they did so they glistened in the sunlight.
"What's the matter?" Touya asked questioningly.
"He died," replied Sakura. Her voice was broken and she could hardly get her words out between the sobs.
"Who died Sakura? What's going on?"
"Syaoran..he's..he's." Sakura collapsed into Touya's arms, he held her and they stood for what seemed like an age. He only let go of her when Tomoyo appeared in the doorway. She was out of breath and breathing heavily.
"I came." Tomoyo gulped the air, "as soon as I heard, I'm so sorry."
"Oh Tomoyo, Tomoyo I loved him so much." Sakura reached out for Tomoyo's hand and drew her inside.
"I'll leave you two alone, you'll have a lot to talk about," Touya said, as he picked up his bag. "Are you sure you'll be alright."
"Yes, thank you big brother." Touya came over to Sakura and hugged her before he left. However, on his way out he noticed a huge gouge in the doorway. He was about to ask Sakura about it, when he thought better of it and turned to leave.
"Big Brother!" Touya wasn't really listening so he didn't hear his little sister shouting. Sakura shouted even louder "Big Brother!" Touya started and turned round.
"What?" Touya questioned.
"Please don't tell Yuki, I don't want his or Yues' pity." There was a hint of coldness in Sakura's voice which Touya didn't like.
"Okay I won.." But he was cut off mid-sentence.
"In fact don't tell anyone." Sakura was shouting again as tears rolled down cheeks. "In fact just." and then Sakura completely broke down, great sobs welling up inside from her, and this time it was Tomoyos turn to hold her as she cried.
As Touya left he thought to himself, *It always seems to be Tomoyo's turn*
Three weeks had past since Syaoran's death and as Sakura lay on her bed, face down in her pillow, she realized she had not used her magic once during this time. She had thought about using it to return to the past and prevent Syaoran's death, but Kero and Yue had forbidden her, saying that if she did not know the exact time or place she wanted to go to in the past she could get stuck in a parallel dimension forever.
Syaoran's funeral had been and gone. Sakura felt that everything was happening far too quickly. She had been invited to the funeral, of course, but she had declined, saying that she couldn't bear to think of Syaoran as a dead body lying in a coffin and that she would rather remember him running around and laughing with her.
Syaoran's mother understood this and she told Sakura that Syaoran had really loved her and that he had even talked about marrying her. She also told her that he would not have wanted her to grieve for him and that maybe one day they might meet again. This made Sakura happy but she knew it was a long way off, if she ever did. Sakura was walking down stairs to the kitchen, when suddenly she heard an earsplitting yell from the front door. She dashed down the last few steps, losing one of her white hamster slippers on the way. She turned the corner only to see a young girl stabbing Syaoran viciously over and over again, with a knife that glistened in the moonlight which poured in through the window. Sakura screamed, but the young girl did not seem to hear her and she just kept stabbing and stabbing Syaoran. Sakura could hear the tear of his skin as the knife rhythmically cut into his soft flesh, blood was pouring out of him and each drop that landed on the floor created a deafening noise which echoed around her. Suddenly a transparent figure appeared out of nowhere; it was a young woman about 27 who had huge gleaming white wings.
"Mother," Sakura breathed, "what are you doing here?" But Nadeshiko didn't hear her. Instead she flew straight towards the young girl, who swung round and for a brief second Sakura saw her eyes. The rest of her face was hidden in the shadows but Sakura could see her eyes, pupil- less eyes of the darkest purple. Sakura had to stop herself from retching, for they did not look at all human! Nadeshiko's spirit raced towards the girl and tried to seize her wrist, but just before she was about to reach her, the girl whirled round, there was a flash of metal and Nadeshiko was thrown back against the wall, blood pouring out of her where she had been cut. Blood, Sakura thought but spirits can't bleed! "Mother what's going on, who is this girl, why is she killing Syaoran?" But Nadeshiko still didn't answer, she just charged at the girl again, and again there was the flash of metal and once more Nadeshiko was thrown against the wall. "Stop this," Sakura screamed, "please stop, please."
Sakura started to cry and this time it was her turn to run at the young girl, but she just passed straight through her. By now the young girl had stopped stabbing Syaoran and had laid him down on the ground. Sakura bent down and tried to kiss Syaoran, as if doing so might bring him back to life, but she passed straight through him and ended up kissing the blood coated floor.
This time Sakura could not help but retch; but how could she, nothing seemed to be real here so how could she be sick if nothing was real, slowly Sakura raised her head and wiped the vomit form her lips, she looked around and realized with amazement that she was no longer sitting by the front door, but was floating in nothing, a nothing of pearly white, a nothing so bright that she had to shield her eyes from its glare. Sakura noticed that she was sitting with her legs crossed and was wearing a blue kimono with a cherry blossom pattern all over it. She turned, only to see Syaoran sitting next to her, Syaoran turned to and took her hand.
"I miss you Sakura."
"I miss you too, more than you can imagine." Sakura replied, a single tear rolling down her cheek, Syaoran took his hand and brushed it away.
"Please don't cry I came to tell you something, I'm afraid I don't have long before I cross over and join the spirit world forever."
"Syaoran, I promise I will find out who killed you and I will bring you back."
"As I said you don't have long, probably only another week or so."
"What, no, you can't go that quickly you have to stay, please."
"Sakura I have to tell you what I know, you must listen carefully." Sakura bowed her head low. "Sakura are you listening to me."
"Yes I am, it's just...."
"Sakura there's no time for that, the person who killed me is close to you." Suddenly there was an echoing scream and a black dot appeared, spoiling the perfect white nothingness. "Sakura it's coming for me the one who killed me is coming for me, if you don't stop it in time it will stay with me in the after life forever." The black dot grew larger and it sprouted five black tentacles that lashed out at Syaoran. "Please Sakura you must help me, you will find the answer in the cards, but the cards will not help you, remember trust no one."
"What answer Syaoran, what do you mean." But it was to late, the black tentacles lashed out again but this time they succeeded in grabbing their target and as swiftly as they had appeared they disappeared taking Syaoran with them. The last thing Sakura heard was a muffled.
"I love you"
Touya opened the front door to see his sister standing on the door mat, her head was bent low and as she lifted it Touya noticed that her eyes were red and glazed over, tears ran down her cheeks, and as they did so they glistened in the sunlight.
"What's the matter?" Touya asked questioningly.
"He died," replied Sakura. Her voice was broken and she could hardly get her words out between the sobs.
"Who died Sakura? What's going on?"
"Syaoran..he's..he's." Sakura collapsed into Touya's arms, he held her and they stood for what seemed like an age. He only let go of her when Tomoyo appeared in the doorway. She was out of breath and breathing heavily.
"I came." Tomoyo gulped the air, "as soon as I heard, I'm so sorry."
"Oh Tomoyo, Tomoyo I loved him so much." Sakura reached out for Tomoyo's hand and drew her inside.
"I'll leave you two alone, you'll have a lot to talk about," Touya said, as he picked up his bag. "Are you sure you'll be alright."
"Yes, thank you big brother." Touya came over to Sakura and hugged her before he left. However, on his way out he noticed a huge gouge in the doorway. He was about to ask Sakura about it, when he thought better of it and turned to leave.
"Big Brother!" Touya wasn't really listening so he didn't hear his little sister shouting. Sakura shouted even louder "Big Brother!" Touya started and turned round.
"What?" Touya questioned.
"Please don't tell Yuki, I don't want his or Yues' pity." There was a hint of coldness in Sakura's voice which Touya didn't like.
"Okay I won.." But he was cut off mid-sentence.
"In fact don't tell anyone." Sakura was shouting again as tears rolled down cheeks. "In fact just." and then Sakura completely broke down, great sobs welling up inside from her, and this time it was Tomoyos turn to hold her as she cried.
As Touya left he thought to himself, *It always seems to be Tomoyo's turn*
Three weeks had past since Syaoran's death and as Sakura lay on her bed, face down in her pillow, she realized she had not used her magic once during this time. She had thought about using it to return to the past and prevent Syaoran's death, but Kero and Yue had forbidden her, saying that if she did not know the exact time or place she wanted to go to in the past she could get stuck in a parallel dimension forever.
Syaoran's funeral had been and gone. Sakura felt that everything was happening far too quickly. She had been invited to the funeral, of course, but she had declined, saying that she couldn't bear to think of Syaoran as a dead body lying in a coffin and that she would rather remember him running around and laughing with her.
Syaoran's mother understood this and she told Sakura that Syaoran had really loved her and that he had even talked about marrying her. She also told her that he would not have wanted her to grieve for him and that maybe one day they might meet again. This made Sakura happy but she knew it was a long way off, if she ever did. Sakura was walking down stairs to the kitchen, when suddenly she heard an earsplitting yell from the front door. She dashed down the last few steps, losing one of her white hamster slippers on the way. She turned the corner only to see a young girl stabbing Syaoran viciously over and over again, with a knife that glistened in the moonlight which poured in through the window. Sakura screamed, but the young girl did not seem to hear her and she just kept stabbing and stabbing Syaoran. Sakura could hear the tear of his skin as the knife rhythmically cut into his soft flesh, blood was pouring out of him and each drop that landed on the floor created a deafening noise which echoed around her. Suddenly a transparent figure appeared out of nowhere; it was a young woman about 27 who had huge gleaming white wings.
"Mother," Sakura breathed, "what are you doing here?" But Nadeshiko didn't hear her. Instead she flew straight towards the young girl, who swung round and for a brief second Sakura saw her eyes. The rest of her face was hidden in the shadows but Sakura could see her eyes, pupil- less eyes of the darkest purple. Sakura had to stop herself from retching, for they did not look at all human! Nadeshiko's spirit raced towards the girl and tried to seize her wrist, but just before she was about to reach her, the girl whirled round, there was a flash of metal and Nadeshiko was thrown back against the wall, blood pouring out of her where she had been cut. Blood, Sakura thought but spirits can't bleed! "Mother what's going on, who is this girl, why is she killing Syaoran?" But Nadeshiko still didn't answer, she just charged at the girl again, and again there was the flash of metal and once more Nadeshiko was thrown against the wall. "Stop this," Sakura screamed, "please stop, please."
Sakura started to cry and this time it was her turn to run at the young girl, but she just passed straight through her. By now the young girl had stopped stabbing Syaoran and had laid him down on the ground. Sakura bent down and tried to kiss Syaoran, as if doing so might bring him back to life, but she passed straight through him and ended up kissing the blood coated floor.
This time Sakura could not help but retch; but how could she, nothing seemed to be real here so how could she be sick if nothing was real, slowly Sakura raised her head and wiped the vomit form her lips, she looked around and realized with amazement that she was no longer sitting by the front door, but was floating in nothing, a nothing of pearly white, a nothing so bright that she had to shield her eyes from its glare. Sakura noticed that she was sitting with her legs crossed and was wearing a blue kimono with a cherry blossom pattern all over it. She turned, only to see Syaoran sitting next to her, Syaoran turned to and took her hand.
"I miss you Sakura."
"I miss you too, more than you can imagine." Sakura replied, a single tear rolling down her cheek, Syaoran took his hand and brushed it away.
"Please don't cry I came to tell you something, I'm afraid I don't have long before I cross over and join the spirit world forever."
"Syaoran, I promise I will find out who killed you and I will bring you back."
"As I said you don't have long, probably only another week or so."
"What, no, you can't go that quickly you have to stay, please."
"Sakura I have to tell you what I know, you must listen carefully." Sakura bowed her head low. "Sakura are you listening to me."
"Yes I am, it's just...."
"Sakura there's no time for that, the person who killed me is close to you." Suddenly there was an echoing scream and a black dot appeared, spoiling the perfect white nothingness. "Sakura it's coming for me the one who killed me is coming for me, if you don't stop it in time it will stay with me in the after life forever." The black dot grew larger and it sprouted five black tentacles that lashed out at Syaoran. "Please Sakura you must help me, you will find the answer in the cards, but the cards will not help you, remember trust no one."
"What answer Syaoran, what do you mean." But it was to late, the black tentacles lashed out again but this time they succeeded in grabbing their target and as swiftly as they had appeared they disappeared taking Syaoran with them. The last thing Sakura heard was a muffled.
"I love you"