Inner struggles
Summary:
A lonely teenager tries to move on in life after her family mysteriously disappears. Left only with a shred of courage and one clue to finding her family. She sets out to the only place she can find sanctuary but ends up finding so much more.
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura, Clamp does. sniffsniff
Chapter 3:
Finding a place.
The early morning rays glistened through the drapery. Rolling over to shade herself from dawn's light only to be irritated once again by the constant roaring of her alarm clock. Muffling the sound with her pillows she gazed up at the cieling above her four-poster bed. A sudden rapping at her door added to the atrocities. A happy-go-lucky figure bounced into her room and shot on the lights. Blinded by the flash, she recoiled into a ball on her bed.
"Get up sleepy head! It's time for school!!" Exclaimed an overjoyed Tomoyo. Sakura grumbled a reply. "Oh! Come on Sakura! You even get to try on the cute uniform I got to design for the school!" That wasn't the best way to convince Sakura. Although she loved Tomoyo to pieces, her hundreds of designs could be unbearable.
Tomoyo pulled from behind her a pleated slate gray skirt and a white button up, three quarter sleeve blouse with pink trim. In her other hand was a matching slate gray with pink trim jacket. Smiling, her eyes pleaded with Sakura to take her offer. Sighing, Sakura got up and took them from Tomoyo and smiled a thank-you.
After she changed she ventured down the stairs. A little wobbly in the shoes Tomoyo had given her, she held tightly to the railing. Reaching the bottom she heard a mad rush from the kitchen. Daring to enter, she went to see what had caused the ruckus. Tomoyo seemed to be on turbo mode preparing their lunches.
"Umm,.... Tomoyo?" Tomoyo stopped instantly. Looking at Sakura her eyes glowed.
"Oh my God! Sakura you look wonderful!" She stared for a moment before reverting to her prior occupation.
"Ahh... Tomoyo? Doesn't school start in 15 minutes?"
"Don't say that! I haven't been late as of yet and I'm not planning to be any time soon!" She hollered as she continued what she was doing. Sakura stared in awe. Tomoyo grabbed the lunches and Sakura and zoomed out the door.
SWOOSH! The door slid open as Tomoyo and Sakura skidded into the classroom.
DING! DONG! DING!
"See. I'm never late." She smiled through her huffs for air. Sakura was just astonished at her enthusiasm.
"Mrs. Hiragizawa care to take a seat?" Tomoyo nodded. Ramani-sensei walked over to Sakura, her eagle eyes staring down her bird nose at her. Realizing they were waiting for an introduction she bowed an apology and proceeded to introduce herself.
"Hi, umm... my name is Kinomoto Sakura. I'm Tomoyo's cousin." It felt good to introduce herself with confidence.
"Well Miss Kinomoto please take a seat." Sakura walked down the aisle to sit next to Tomoyo, who sat at the very back of the class. Placing her bag on the floor, she took a seat and realized there as a rectangular box on her desk. It was labeled, "To Sakura". Sakura nudged Tomoyo.
"Hey, is this from you?" She whispered. Tomoyo shook her head.
"Looks like you already have an admirer." She smiled. Sakura rolled her eyes and opened the box.
"Oh my God!" She whispered in shock.
Tomoyo looked over and gasped. Inside the box was a limited edition pink silk blossom chocker. There were only 75 in the world on top of the fact they were designed by Tomoyo's favourite designer. They were really hard to come by. Sakura looked at Tomoyo in puzzlement.
Walking to the usual lunch table, Tomoyo and Sakura were discussing the mysterious gift. Arriving to the table, Tomoyo stopped. Clearing her throat she got the attention of her group.
"Hi guys! I'd like you all to meet my favorite cousin, Sakura!" Sakura smiled nervously and waved. They all waved but one boy who was hid behind a sports magazine. "Sakura, this is Rika," She pointed to a girl with short brown hair. "This is Chiharu," She pointed to a girl with red brown hair tied in two ringlety pigtails. "This is her boyfriend, Takashi," She pointed a happy boy with black hair and eyes that seemed to be glued shut. "And finally, Syaoran." She pointed to the guy behind the magazine. Irritated by his ignorance she spoke again. "I said, AND FINALLY SYAORAN!!!" This seemed to jolt him from his world.
"What?... oh.." Seeing Sakura he smiled, making her melt. "Hi." He said in a deep, gruff voice. Sakura bowed, her cheeks pink. He stood up from the table and outstretched his hand.
"Hi, I'm Syaoran." Emerald met amber. His chestnut brown hair shaded his amber eyes. It was obvious he was popular among girls and a born charmer.
"Hi, I'm Sakura." She smiled and took his hand. He looked at her neck. Feeling uncomfortable, she removed her hand from his grasp and placed in on her neck. "What is there something on my neck?" Returning once again to their world, he shook his head.
"Oh, no. Sorry. It's just, didn't you like the chocker?"
"The chocker? How did you know about the chocker?"
"Usually someone knows what they buy." He smiled and looked down at her hands. One held her lunch; the other held her books and a particular rectangular box. He took the box and opened it, and then he took out the chocker. "Here, turn around." She turned around and lifted her long hair from her back. He reached around her neck and fasined the chocker. He turned her around once more. "There. Now you look more beautiful." She looked up into his eyes.
"Why?" They both stood facing each other for some time until,....
"Yo! Sakura, Syaoran! You can continue flirting later but right now... I WANT TO EAT!" Yelled an aggravated Tomoyo. Shook from the moment, they both turned a beautiful shade of pink.
"Umm... right..." Syaoran walked back to the table and sat where he had before. Sakura just stood there, her fingers placed on the silk collar.
After lunch, they had two classes then school was out for the day. Sakura packed up her things and closed her locker. Looking around for Tomoyo her eyes strayed to a certain amber-eyed sweetie. Swinging her bag over her shoulder she walked up to him.
"Hey Syaoran." She smiled. He turned to her and smiled back.
"Hey Sakura. What can I do for you?"
"Oh, have you seen Tomoyo?" Syaoran checked his watch on his wrist and sighed.
"Sorry sweetie but you just missed her." Sakura looked puzzled. "She leaves EXACTLY at 3:50pm." Sakura sighed and rested against the lockers.
"Great! My first day and she leaves without me."
"Hey! Cheer up! You got me!" He smiled humorously. "Why don't I walk you home? That way we can talk." Sakura nodded.
Walking along the way, they had completely forgotten about talking. Eachother's company seemed enough. Sakura finally decided to ask a question she was dieing to know the answer to.
"Umm... Hey Syaoran? Can I ask you a question?"
"Uh-hmm." He nodded.
"Why did you buy the chocker?" Syaoran stopped walking. He looked at Sakura then shrugged.
"I don't know. Tomoyo said she was going to bring a cousin of hers today. She said you were living with her since Sunday when you arrived at 1 in the morning. I figured you were having some sort of problem so I decided I'd try to make you feel welcome." His caring surprised Sakura. She smiled a sincere smile.
"Thank-you."
"Your welcome." They continued walking. "Umm,.. Hey. Do you mind if I ask, what happened to your family?" Sakura shook her head.
"I don't know. I seriously don't know anymore. You know what I mean? When you don't have something for so long, you forget what it was like when you did. It used to be as clear as day what happened but.... now...." Tears came to her eyes. "Now.... I can't remember!" She broke down. Falling to the sidewalk, she covered her face with her hands. "I CAN'T REMEMBER!!!" Syaoran knelt beside her and wrapped her in a tight embrace. She snuggled to his chest and cried. "I CAN'T REMEMBER!!!" She collapsed into his arms.
"Shh... It's going to be okay!" He hugged her tighter. "I'll protect you! I promise." For some reason he felt like he had to protect this precious blossom, it just felt so right. Soon she calmed down, her breathing when back to normal and they realized how close they were.
"Oh! Sorry!" Syaoran released her. Inside Sakura felt so cold and lonely. She didn't want to stop hugging him, not for one moment. She got up and he wiped the tears from her cheeks. "Are you okay now?"
"Uh-hmm." She nodded. "Thank-you Syaoran." She picked up her bag from the ground. "I'm sorry for doing this to you on the first day." He chuckled.
"It's alright." He started walking. "Come on. Tomoyo probably wants you home." Sakura laughed.
"Yah. She probably already called the cops to come looking for me." She smiled. "Hey Syaoran, thanks for being my friend.
"No prob sweetie." He turned to look at her. He stared in shock. She was gone!
"Sakura?" He stopped walking and looked around. Suddenly, he heard a distant scream coming from the alleyway.
"Sakura!!!"
A/N: Muhahaaha! I can be so evil! I just love cliffhangers! Anyways, please review and tell me if you think I'm making it go too fast with Sakura and Syaoran. Although I do already have a plan for them! Muhahahahaha! Just review and I'll update quicker and you'll see!!!!
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