A Long, Lost Love
Chapter 11
Moments That Thy Should Remember
~*Matt*~
"I'm sorry, Miyuki." Tomoyo said softly.
"I can't believe this!" Miyuki cried out.
"Calm down ladies!" Eriol said out. "We'll do it this way, T.K stays here, but you Miyuki, and Yamato have to leave.and anyway, T.K is making excellent progress, he's starting to get out of his room and going down to the beach, enjoying the fresh air."
"Why do we have to go though? We could just pretend to be relatives. oh my gosh, I am a relative!" Miyuki objected stubbornly.
"No, it's just. it's Sakura, I can't possibly lie to her." Tomoyo said.
"Lying what? I am a relative!" Miyuki shot at Tomoyo.
"Miyuki." Yamato said softly as he grabbed her hand. "We'll go according to their plan ok? We've been doing your plans for the past 6 months or so, can't we just follow theirs for once?"
Miyuki's face softened.
"Fine! We'll do it their way, but if it doesn't work. then. we're coming back." Miyuki stated then she went inside the house.
Tomoyo sighed. "Miyuki had always been like this."
~*Kari*~
Kari watched intently as Sakura packed Kari's suitcase.
"I can do it by myself, you know." Kari complained.
"I know. but.oh, I don't know." Sakura replied.
Kari had her arms crossed in front of her chest, and her hair was put up. She wore a flared jeans and a red jumper. Just then Willis walked past her room. Kari looked up and then ran out and grabbed his hand.
Willis, surprised at Kari's action, stopped.
"Oh hi Kari." Willis said.
"Willis, we need to talk," said Kari.
"Alright, go on."
"Not here. erm, can we just go somewhere quiet?" Kari asked.
"Sure." Willis said puzzled.
They both walked side by side, down to the local park. Kari took Willis to the centre of the park and then she sat down on the lush, green grass. Willis followed suit. For a few minutes, Kari just stared ahead and this gave time for Willis to study Kari's face.
Her nose was in a perfect shape, her lips were tempting, her eyes were magnificent, her hair was straight with no curls and had the scent of wild forest in it. Sweet, gentle Hikari would always be the same. Still the lady that attracted everyone, still the lady that shone with virtue and purity, still the lady that brought happiness to everyone's life and still the one and only Yagami Hikari.
Just then, the evening breeze past through the park, it made the leaves on the trees to sway, it made the grass sizzle, it made the dandy-lions petals to fly away and it made Kari's ponytail sway to the side.
Willis smiled silently to himself, still the only angel around, he thought.
"Willis." Kari started to say.
"Hmm." Willis said as a tone of reply.
"I want you to be completely truthful with me ok?"
Willis's body tensed up. "Ok."
"It is Melody you love and not me. am I correct?" Kari asked getting right to the point.
For a moment it was as if Willis had lost his breath, the question he had been dreading for had finally been asked. In his heart there were two girls, Melody and Kari. The two of them had brought out the best in him and now, he didn't know which one to choose. At the time when he thought Melody was in danger, Willis had his heart dead-set on her, but now, after spending more time with Kari, he fell in love with her all over again. He couldn't say for sure who he really loved, at some days it would be Melody and at some other days it would be Kari. Oh somebody please help him sort out this problem.
"Answer truthfully Willis, don't lie to me." Kari said.
How could he answer truthfully when he didn't know the real answer himself? He could say something that he would regret later. Oh why did she have to ask him this question at this time?
"Kari, I'm pretty sure that it's you I love." Willis said.
"Pretty sure? " Kari asked with her eyes widened open.
"Actually I'm one hundred percent sure.." Willis reassured Kari although he wasn't sure whether it was the right thing to say.
Kari didn't know what reaction she should have, but she hugged him in an energetic style. Willis was really surprised by her reaction, yet again. Had she forgotten about T.K and only remembered him as her one and only true love? Would she dedicate her love only to him and only him?
Kari quickly kissed him on the lips then she got up and jogged away. Willis seeing this as a challenge ran after her and started to chase her. Willis could hear Kari's pearl laughter at the front. He ran faster and grabbed her waist and swung her around. They both laughed together as they were having their fun, showing their affection and dedication to each other.
Willis knew that this wasn't how things would always be. Sooner or later she would find T.K whether he wanted it to happen or not. But as far as he was concerned Kari didn't know about T.K's existence or the past that she had had with him. Their wedding date had been appointed. They've decided now to get married earlier, but would still do their schooling. Willis's parents were told about the act that they did with Melody. They were quite crossed, but cooled down afterwards. Willis would marry her out of his own free will, but he would understand if Kari found T.K and decided to stay with him. Anyway Willis wasn't really sure about his feelings toward Kari and Melody. Which one was true love?
Willis put Kari back on the grass and they both walked back to Sakura's rented place in Odaiba, with Willis's hand on Kari's shoulders and Kari's hand on Willis's hips.
"You're going to see me off right? Before I leave tomorrow?" Kari asked.
"Yeah of course, why wouldn't I?"
"I don't know I just wanted to make sure."
Willis placed his mild lips on Kari's forehead and Kari smiled babyishly. She snuggled closer to Willis's body and walked on, enjoying every time Willis showed affection to her.
~*Matt*~
Matt strolled down the beach, his bare foot touching the soft, golden sand. He turned to his left and saw the sun setting. Right on the edge of the ocean waters was T.K.
T.K was standing still, watching the sunset, and throwing rocks at the ocean. His blue eyes gave away his sadness. T.K's amazing golden hair shone out in the evening.
Matt walked up to T.K and placed his hand on his shoulders.
"T.K.what's on your mind.?" Matt asked.
T.K didn't answer straight away, his eyes narrowed down as he thought about it. After about a few seconds or so, he answered.
"I've got this girl in my mind that I can't even meet! When will I see her, Matt? I'm dying without her! It had been how long Matt? It's been more than six month Matt! More than half a year!!! I wouldn't even be surprised if I've walked passed her and we didn't notice each other, maybe both of our physical looks have changed."
"T.K.we've told you this many times, you were in no position to meet her.and she wasn't in any position to meet you." Matt answered.
"But I am now! I'm ok! I'm cured! I want to see her Matt, please take me to her." T.K pleaded.
Matt couldn't stand to see his brother, pleading to him like this. His eyes pleaded him desperately.
"As much as I want you to see her, I don't think that's possible, I haven't been in any contact with her or Taichi, or the others. We don't know her condition Takeru, you'll have to wait, till you're healthy enough to leave, then I'll take you to her." Matt explained.
"But I'm healthy now, Matt! Look at me! I'm not insane, I'm not weak, I'm normal!" T.K cried out.
"I know you are, but you can only leave when Eriol says so. and anyway, while I'm gone, you just continue painting the ship alright?" Matt said.
"Someday I'm going to sail away from this place." T.K said. "Sure, this place might look lovely in someone's eyes, but to me, this is a prison that I've been put into."
"T.K don't say that."
T.K turned around.
"I'm tired, I want to go to sleep."
T.K then slowly walked away, leaving Matt behind.
~*Next Day In Odaiba*~
Kari, Syaoran and Sakura were sitting on the seats provided in the airport, waiting for their friends to come. Soon enough, they spotted their friends entering the airport.
Kari jumped up and flung her hands around Willis's neck. Willis bent down and kissed her softly on the lips. Melody turned away and tried not to look, it hurt her too much to see this. From now on, she was going to bury all her jealousy and sorrow in her heart, and sometimes, if Willis could help, she would tell Willis.
"We're about to go in." Sakura said.
"Oh Alright." Kari said.
She let go of Willis then she went around the group saying goodbye to everyone, and telling them to take care of themselves.
"Kari, take good care of yourself!" Taichi said.
"Alright Onni-chan.! Till we meet again everyone!" Kari said.
Then Kari, Syaoran and Sakura disappeared from their view.
~*2 hours later in Tomoeda*~
"Tomoyo, do you really have to bring that camera?" Eriol asked sweat dropping.
"Of course!" Tomoyo said as she focused her eye on the camera. "I need to tape Sakura coming home to Tomoeda, it's a shame that Touya can't make it to pick up his little sister today.I'm sure he would be surprised on how Sakura had grown up to be."
"Yeah. and-"
"Shusshh!! There she is! With two other people." Tomoyo said.
Sakura looked around then spotted a girl wearing a yellow dress, with silky black hair down to her waist and a camera. Sakura suddenly lost balance but Syaoran caught her.
"Are you ok, Sakura?" He asked with deep concern.
"Yeah, I'm just. shocked or not shocked I don't know. surprised or not surprised I don't even know."
"Huh? You're not making any sense." Syaoran said.
"Sakura-chan!!!" Tomoyo cried out. "Smile for the camera!"
Sakura sweat dropped then she put on a smile on her face. She walked up to Tomoyo and hugged her but careful not to touch the camera.
Tomoyo switched the camera off then introduced Sakura to Eriol.
"This is my fiancée Hawisaka Eriol.Eriol this is my best friend Kinomoto Sakura."
"Oh hello Mr. Hawisaka."
"Please, call me Eriol."
"Oh ok then Eriol, Tomoyo, this is my boyfriend Li Syaoran and my other close friend, Yagami Hikari."
"Hello, hello! Hikari did you say?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yes, but everyone else calls her Kari."
"That name sure rings a bell." Eriol said. "But never mind that, let's go!"
~*T.K*~
T.K was on the edge of the beach, painting his ship. Carefully and neatly he wrote 'Hikari + Takeru,' He knew that he was a guy and shouldn't colour some parts of the ship pink, but that was Kari's favourite colour. On the other side he wrote 'Light + Hope ' then he painted that side sea blue.
Suddenly, noises of chattering caught his ears. He turned and saw five people walking in, into Tomoyo's place. He saw Tomoyo and Eriol enter first, then following them were three other people.
One had short, auburn hair. She wore flared jeans, a pink turtleneck and a denim jacket. Next to her was a guy with messy brown hair, who wore a green shirt and black pants. The girl behind them was the one who caught T.K's eyes. She wore a pink top, that flared out on the hands and a flared cream pants. She had hazelnut hair that was let out, it spread nicely on her back and on her shoulders.
Was that an angel? T.K asked himself. Or was it Kari? Could it possibly Kari? No it couldn't be. but why couldn't it be?
With these thoughts in his head, he continued to paint the ship. Eager to leave the place he was in.
~*Kari*~
Kari was fascinated with the inside of Tomoyo's house, or should she say, Mansion. It was amazing! The furniture, the decorations, the furnishings, the marble staircases and the many rooms! There was a pool at the back and words just couldn't describe how wonderful her backyard was. Not only was it beautiful in sight, it was big and spacey! Kari could just outline the beach from where she was standing.
"This is an amazing place!" Kari breathed.
"Let me show you to your room." Tomoyo said.
Kari followed Tomoyo around the house and this fascinated Kari even more! There were so many things in this place. Paintings, pictures, flowers, musical instruments. amazing!
Finally Tomoyo stopped in front of a wooden door. She opened it formally and once Kari stepped she knew why.
This bedroom had a long, rectangular window that had the view of the beach! It was such an amazing sight. In the centre there was a queen-sized bed with pink covering on it. On her left was the bathroom and on her right was a vanity table. There was a television set, complete with stereo, dvd and many other things. This room was decorated with dreamy drawings like clouds and flowers.
"I could have this room?" Kari asked.
"Yeah, why not. oh by the way, next to this room, there's another room and that's a friend of Eriol's room, it would help a great deal, if you don't bother him, I mean you can talk to him of course, but don't expect much things from him, also don't take it to the heart if he ignores you when you talk, he's like that a lot."
"Oh.ok." Kari said.
"Yeah, now I'm leaving you this mobile phone, incase you get lost. if you press number 1 that's my number, 2 is Eriol, 3 is Sakura, 4 is Syaoran and 5 are the maids."
Tomoyo handed Kari a pink cell phone that had the stars and the moon around it.
"Thank you."
Tomoyo left Kari to enjoy the luxuries of this room. Kari soon unpacked all he clothes and put in, into the wardrobe that was provided. She stood in the centre of the room and admired every single thing in that room. All of a sudden, she jumped on to her bed and laughed. She felt so much like a princess.
Thinking about princesses, made her think about Prince Takeru. She still couldn't get his face out of her mind, even at times when she was with Willis. The mystery was still there. How could she have a vision of him when she was remembering Davis? She had a feeling that she hadn't remembered everyone that she'd suppose to remember.
Kari closed her eyes and tried to remember things. She remembered.a rope, a long rope, then a person that looked like a clown, somehow this person scared her, she was on the rope, climbing, climbing, below her, she could see, a little boy with blonde hair and blue eyes.a small boy.she didn't know why but when she saw him, her fears disappeared: "Keep on climbing Kari, don't look down." "I'm scared T.K.I can't go on." "You have to Kari, I believe in you."
Soon that memory disappeared and another one entered her mind. She was sitting down on a bench, something was on her mind.the.the.the dark ocean! Kari shivered at the thought of that. Then, a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes also came to the picture. Kari remembered him saying: 'you're gonna quit? Give up, just like that? Look Kari I care to much about you to let anyone take you without a fight!'
Soon, that memory blurred away, just like the previous one. And a new one entered her mind. It was in a garden-like place and she had her head rested on someone's chest. She looked and it. It . it was Prince Takeru!
Kari got up from her bed and paced around the room. What did all this mean? Was Prince Takeru real? Not just a figure of her dream? This all was so confusing!
"I wish I know what this all means!" Kari cried out.
Kari walked to the window and looked out. The ocean waters calmed her down, soothing her soul, relaxing her mind. She admired the rocks on the sides of the ocean. Sometime later on, Kari wanted to go and sit on the rocks and let the ocean breeze give her the dreamy feelings. Maybe, she would remember more too. As Kari was watching this, T.K was watching her from the beach.
He loved every single thing about her. Could that really be Kari? Her features were the same. Oh how he longed to have her back in his embrace, for him to love and protect. T.K could just stand there on the beach, all day long, watching Kari if she stayed that long near the window.
T.K placed his hand on the boat and continued to watch Kari. If that girl was not Kari, then she must be another angel with Kari's features. To T.K's surprise Kari looked down and saw him watching her. T.K quickly turned away and started to paint again.
Kari on the other hand, had the biggest shock in her life! That..that boy, that.that was.Prince Takeru. Wasn't it? Was the day playing trick on her? No.she was almost one hundred percent sure that that was Prince Takeru, and the little blonde haired boy that had been coming back to her memory. Kari had to meet that boy, and talk to him. As she was about to leave, another thought got the better of her.
What am I to say? Kari asked herself. I couldn't just say, Hello, My name is Kari, I'm sorry to bother you, but you look like Prince Takeru and he had been in my dreams for quite sometime, I've also been remembering a boy who looked just like you, could you be that boy?
Kari thought that this was a very stupid thing to say, but if she knew better, this wasn't a stupid thing to say, but indeed the right thing to say. Kari went back to her bed and fell asleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"You're going?"
"Of course, I have to.don't worry I'll be back."
"Take care of yourself ok, T.K?"
"Of course Kari, so I can return and be with you."
~*~*~
"I don't know if I should be the one who say this to you but..but.."
"But what?" Kari asked impatiently.
"Well."
"Well what?!?" she asked.
"You know how T.K went on that camping trip to the snow?"
"Yes."
"You see Kari, oh I can't say it, but I have to, there had been an avalanche, T.K hasn't been found yet.." His voice trailed off there. ~*~*~
"Kari, I missed you so much and I thought I will never see you again, many problems were in my path when I made my journey to see you, but I passed through them so I can set my eyes at the girl that I truly love." T.K said sincerely as he kissed her hair. "Even though other girls wanted to love me I rejected them just for you.I will always stay faithful to you, Kari."
"But.*sobs*, you're dead, T.K.how could you *sobs* still be alive?" she asked, through her sobs.
"Does that matter to you? We're together again, Kari, we can live a life together, like we've always wanted to! I love you Kari and as far as I know, you love me too, we can be together again Kari, I came back just for that, us together again just like the old times.don't you want to be together again, Kari?"
~*~*~
"Oh T.K, I don't know, I know this is wrong, but it feels so right, how can I ever resist you T.K? I might of have fallen in love with Willis, but it seemed so long ago.now that you're here, I realized that Willis was just.a substitute of you.now I know that was harsh but it was the way it is, your facial features are so alike! But T.K, how can I break his heart?"
T.K looked startled for a moment and then smiled at Kari. "If you feel this is right, it's best if you just tell him, you're willing to do this aren't you, Kari?"
~*~*~*~*~
"Kari.Kari. wake up, we're going to have dinner now." Sakura said.
Kari's eyes fluttered open slowly. She looked like as if she was in a daze.
"Sakura.I just had the weirdest dreams." Kari said lazily.
"Yes, yes.but they were just dreams.now, come on, get up, lets eat!" Sakura commanded.
Kari got up from her bed and washed her face. She changed her clothes to a white, cotton dress. Her hair was half up and half down. Sakura led her to the dining room and once she came in, she could almost taste the food by the aroma of it.
All of the food that Kari ate that night was delicious! The desserts especially. They had chocolate cakes with blobs of whipped cream at the top. Strawberries were place on each of the blobs. There were almond and mango puddings. There were so many varieties of desserts.
After dinner Kari excused herself.
"Where are you going?" Sakura asked.
"I just want to take a stroll down the beach, I want to go and get some fresh air."
"Oh.alright then."
Kari made her way down to the beach. The night's gentle wind was so relaxing. Kari stood on the sand and looked at the moon. Maybe, if Prince Takeru was real, he could also be looking at the stars and moon like me. Kari thought.
Kari walked on and found herself near the boat that T.K was painting. She examined it and read the word 'Light + Hope'. Now why did that sound familiar? A hand grabbed Kari from the back.
"Argh!" Kari screamed out in surprised.
Her body was turned and she was face to face with T.K.
~*Matt*~
"I'm sorry, Miyuki." Tomoyo said softly.
"I can't believe this!" Miyuki cried out.
"Calm down ladies!" Eriol said out. "We'll do it this way, T.K stays here, but you Miyuki, and Yamato have to leave.and anyway, T.K is making excellent progress, he's starting to get out of his room and going down to the beach, enjoying the fresh air."
"Why do we have to go though? We could just pretend to be relatives. oh my gosh, I am a relative!" Miyuki objected stubbornly.
"No, it's just. it's Sakura, I can't possibly lie to her." Tomoyo said.
"Lying what? I am a relative!" Miyuki shot at Tomoyo.
"Miyuki." Yamato said softly as he grabbed her hand. "We'll go according to their plan ok? We've been doing your plans for the past 6 months or so, can't we just follow theirs for once?"
Miyuki's face softened.
"Fine! We'll do it their way, but if it doesn't work. then. we're coming back." Miyuki stated then she went inside the house.
Tomoyo sighed. "Miyuki had always been like this."
~*Kari*~
Kari watched intently as Sakura packed Kari's suitcase.
"I can do it by myself, you know." Kari complained.
"I know. but.oh, I don't know." Sakura replied.
Kari had her arms crossed in front of her chest, and her hair was put up. She wore a flared jeans and a red jumper. Just then Willis walked past her room. Kari looked up and then ran out and grabbed his hand.
Willis, surprised at Kari's action, stopped.
"Oh hi Kari." Willis said.
"Willis, we need to talk," said Kari.
"Alright, go on."
"Not here. erm, can we just go somewhere quiet?" Kari asked.
"Sure." Willis said puzzled.
They both walked side by side, down to the local park. Kari took Willis to the centre of the park and then she sat down on the lush, green grass. Willis followed suit. For a few minutes, Kari just stared ahead and this gave time for Willis to study Kari's face.
Her nose was in a perfect shape, her lips were tempting, her eyes were magnificent, her hair was straight with no curls and had the scent of wild forest in it. Sweet, gentle Hikari would always be the same. Still the lady that attracted everyone, still the lady that shone with virtue and purity, still the lady that brought happiness to everyone's life and still the one and only Yagami Hikari.
Just then, the evening breeze past through the park, it made the leaves on the trees to sway, it made the grass sizzle, it made the dandy-lions petals to fly away and it made Kari's ponytail sway to the side.
Willis smiled silently to himself, still the only angel around, he thought.
"Willis." Kari started to say.
"Hmm." Willis said as a tone of reply.
"I want you to be completely truthful with me ok?"
Willis's body tensed up. "Ok."
"It is Melody you love and not me. am I correct?" Kari asked getting right to the point.
For a moment it was as if Willis had lost his breath, the question he had been dreading for had finally been asked. In his heart there were two girls, Melody and Kari. The two of them had brought out the best in him and now, he didn't know which one to choose. At the time when he thought Melody was in danger, Willis had his heart dead-set on her, but now, after spending more time with Kari, he fell in love with her all over again. He couldn't say for sure who he really loved, at some days it would be Melody and at some other days it would be Kari. Oh somebody please help him sort out this problem.
"Answer truthfully Willis, don't lie to me." Kari said.
How could he answer truthfully when he didn't know the real answer himself? He could say something that he would regret later. Oh why did she have to ask him this question at this time?
"Kari, I'm pretty sure that it's you I love." Willis said.
"Pretty sure? " Kari asked with her eyes widened open.
"Actually I'm one hundred percent sure.." Willis reassured Kari although he wasn't sure whether it was the right thing to say.
Kari didn't know what reaction she should have, but she hugged him in an energetic style. Willis was really surprised by her reaction, yet again. Had she forgotten about T.K and only remembered him as her one and only true love? Would she dedicate her love only to him and only him?
Kari quickly kissed him on the lips then she got up and jogged away. Willis seeing this as a challenge ran after her and started to chase her. Willis could hear Kari's pearl laughter at the front. He ran faster and grabbed her waist and swung her around. They both laughed together as they were having their fun, showing their affection and dedication to each other.
Willis knew that this wasn't how things would always be. Sooner or later she would find T.K whether he wanted it to happen or not. But as far as he was concerned Kari didn't know about T.K's existence or the past that she had had with him. Their wedding date had been appointed. They've decided now to get married earlier, but would still do their schooling. Willis's parents were told about the act that they did with Melody. They were quite crossed, but cooled down afterwards. Willis would marry her out of his own free will, but he would understand if Kari found T.K and decided to stay with him. Anyway Willis wasn't really sure about his feelings toward Kari and Melody. Which one was true love?
Willis put Kari back on the grass and they both walked back to Sakura's rented place in Odaiba, with Willis's hand on Kari's shoulders and Kari's hand on Willis's hips.
"You're going to see me off right? Before I leave tomorrow?" Kari asked.
"Yeah of course, why wouldn't I?"
"I don't know I just wanted to make sure."
Willis placed his mild lips on Kari's forehead and Kari smiled babyishly. She snuggled closer to Willis's body and walked on, enjoying every time Willis showed affection to her.
~*Matt*~
Matt strolled down the beach, his bare foot touching the soft, golden sand. He turned to his left and saw the sun setting. Right on the edge of the ocean waters was T.K.
T.K was standing still, watching the sunset, and throwing rocks at the ocean. His blue eyes gave away his sadness. T.K's amazing golden hair shone out in the evening.
Matt walked up to T.K and placed his hand on his shoulders.
"T.K.what's on your mind.?" Matt asked.
T.K didn't answer straight away, his eyes narrowed down as he thought about it. After about a few seconds or so, he answered.
"I've got this girl in my mind that I can't even meet! When will I see her, Matt? I'm dying without her! It had been how long Matt? It's been more than six month Matt! More than half a year!!! I wouldn't even be surprised if I've walked passed her and we didn't notice each other, maybe both of our physical looks have changed."
"T.K.we've told you this many times, you were in no position to meet her.and she wasn't in any position to meet you." Matt answered.
"But I am now! I'm ok! I'm cured! I want to see her Matt, please take me to her." T.K pleaded.
Matt couldn't stand to see his brother, pleading to him like this. His eyes pleaded him desperately.
"As much as I want you to see her, I don't think that's possible, I haven't been in any contact with her or Taichi, or the others. We don't know her condition Takeru, you'll have to wait, till you're healthy enough to leave, then I'll take you to her." Matt explained.
"But I'm healthy now, Matt! Look at me! I'm not insane, I'm not weak, I'm normal!" T.K cried out.
"I know you are, but you can only leave when Eriol says so. and anyway, while I'm gone, you just continue painting the ship alright?" Matt said.
"Someday I'm going to sail away from this place." T.K said. "Sure, this place might look lovely in someone's eyes, but to me, this is a prison that I've been put into."
"T.K don't say that."
T.K turned around.
"I'm tired, I want to go to sleep."
T.K then slowly walked away, leaving Matt behind.
~*Next Day In Odaiba*~
Kari, Syaoran and Sakura were sitting on the seats provided in the airport, waiting for their friends to come. Soon enough, they spotted their friends entering the airport.
Kari jumped up and flung her hands around Willis's neck. Willis bent down and kissed her softly on the lips. Melody turned away and tried not to look, it hurt her too much to see this. From now on, she was going to bury all her jealousy and sorrow in her heart, and sometimes, if Willis could help, she would tell Willis.
"We're about to go in." Sakura said.
"Oh Alright." Kari said.
She let go of Willis then she went around the group saying goodbye to everyone, and telling them to take care of themselves.
"Kari, take good care of yourself!" Taichi said.
"Alright Onni-chan.! Till we meet again everyone!" Kari said.
Then Kari, Syaoran and Sakura disappeared from their view.
~*2 hours later in Tomoeda*~
"Tomoyo, do you really have to bring that camera?" Eriol asked sweat dropping.
"Of course!" Tomoyo said as she focused her eye on the camera. "I need to tape Sakura coming home to Tomoeda, it's a shame that Touya can't make it to pick up his little sister today.I'm sure he would be surprised on how Sakura had grown up to be."
"Yeah. and-"
"Shusshh!! There she is! With two other people." Tomoyo said.
Sakura looked around then spotted a girl wearing a yellow dress, with silky black hair down to her waist and a camera. Sakura suddenly lost balance but Syaoran caught her.
"Are you ok, Sakura?" He asked with deep concern.
"Yeah, I'm just. shocked or not shocked I don't know. surprised or not surprised I don't even know."
"Huh? You're not making any sense." Syaoran said.
"Sakura-chan!!!" Tomoyo cried out. "Smile for the camera!"
Sakura sweat dropped then she put on a smile on her face. She walked up to Tomoyo and hugged her but careful not to touch the camera.
Tomoyo switched the camera off then introduced Sakura to Eriol.
"This is my fiancée Hawisaka Eriol.Eriol this is my best friend Kinomoto Sakura."
"Oh hello Mr. Hawisaka."
"Please, call me Eriol."
"Oh ok then Eriol, Tomoyo, this is my boyfriend Li Syaoran and my other close friend, Yagami Hikari."
"Hello, hello! Hikari did you say?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yes, but everyone else calls her Kari."
"That name sure rings a bell." Eriol said. "But never mind that, let's go!"
~*T.K*~
T.K was on the edge of the beach, painting his ship. Carefully and neatly he wrote 'Hikari + Takeru,' He knew that he was a guy and shouldn't colour some parts of the ship pink, but that was Kari's favourite colour. On the other side he wrote 'Light + Hope ' then he painted that side sea blue.
Suddenly, noises of chattering caught his ears. He turned and saw five people walking in, into Tomoyo's place. He saw Tomoyo and Eriol enter first, then following them were three other people.
One had short, auburn hair. She wore flared jeans, a pink turtleneck and a denim jacket. Next to her was a guy with messy brown hair, who wore a green shirt and black pants. The girl behind them was the one who caught T.K's eyes. She wore a pink top, that flared out on the hands and a flared cream pants. She had hazelnut hair that was let out, it spread nicely on her back and on her shoulders.
Was that an angel? T.K asked himself. Or was it Kari? Could it possibly Kari? No it couldn't be. but why couldn't it be?
With these thoughts in his head, he continued to paint the ship. Eager to leave the place he was in.
~*Kari*~
Kari was fascinated with the inside of Tomoyo's house, or should she say, Mansion. It was amazing! The furniture, the decorations, the furnishings, the marble staircases and the many rooms! There was a pool at the back and words just couldn't describe how wonderful her backyard was. Not only was it beautiful in sight, it was big and spacey! Kari could just outline the beach from where she was standing.
"This is an amazing place!" Kari breathed.
"Let me show you to your room." Tomoyo said.
Kari followed Tomoyo around the house and this fascinated Kari even more! There were so many things in this place. Paintings, pictures, flowers, musical instruments. amazing!
Finally Tomoyo stopped in front of a wooden door. She opened it formally and once Kari stepped she knew why.
This bedroom had a long, rectangular window that had the view of the beach! It was such an amazing sight. In the centre there was a queen-sized bed with pink covering on it. On her left was the bathroom and on her right was a vanity table. There was a television set, complete with stereo, dvd and many other things. This room was decorated with dreamy drawings like clouds and flowers.
"I could have this room?" Kari asked.
"Yeah, why not. oh by the way, next to this room, there's another room and that's a friend of Eriol's room, it would help a great deal, if you don't bother him, I mean you can talk to him of course, but don't expect much things from him, also don't take it to the heart if he ignores you when you talk, he's like that a lot."
"Oh.ok." Kari said.
"Yeah, now I'm leaving you this mobile phone, incase you get lost. if you press number 1 that's my number, 2 is Eriol, 3 is Sakura, 4 is Syaoran and 5 are the maids."
Tomoyo handed Kari a pink cell phone that had the stars and the moon around it.
"Thank you."
Tomoyo left Kari to enjoy the luxuries of this room. Kari soon unpacked all he clothes and put in, into the wardrobe that was provided. She stood in the centre of the room and admired every single thing in that room. All of a sudden, she jumped on to her bed and laughed. She felt so much like a princess.
Thinking about princesses, made her think about Prince Takeru. She still couldn't get his face out of her mind, even at times when she was with Willis. The mystery was still there. How could she have a vision of him when she was remembering Davis? She had a feeling that she hadn't remembered everyone that she'd suppose to remember.
Kari closed her eyes and tried to remember things. She remembered.a rope, a long rope, then a person that looked like a clown, somehow this person scared her, she was on the rope, climbing, climbing, below her, she could see, a little boy with blonde hair and blue eyes.a small boy.she didn't know why but when she saw him, her fears disappeared: "Keep on climbing Kari, don't look down." "I'm scared T.K.I can't go on." "You have to Kari, I believe in you."
Soon that memory disappeared and another one entered her mind. She was sitting down on a bench, something was on her mind.the.the.the dark ocean! Kari shivered at the thought of that. Then, a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes also came to the picture. Kari remembered him saying: 'you're gonna quit? Give up, just like that? Look Kari I care to much about you to let anyone take you without a fight!'
Soon, that memory blurred away, just like the previous one. And a new one entered her mind. It was in a garden-like place and she had her head rested on someone's chest. She looked and it. It . it was Prince Takeru!
Kari got up from her bed and paced around the room. What did all this mean? Was Prince Takeru real? Not just a figure of her dream? This all was so confusing!
"I wish I know what this all means!" Kari cried out.
Kari walked to the window and looked out. The ocean waters calmed her down, soothing her soul, relaxing her mind. She admired the rocks on the sides of the ocean. Sometime later on, Kari wanted to go and sit on the rocks and let the ocean breeze give her the dreamy feelings. Maybe, she would remember more too. As Kari was watching this, T.K was watching her from the beach.
He loved every single thing about her. Could that really be Kari? Her features were the same. Oh how he longed to have her back in his embrace, for him to love and protect. T.K could just stand there on the beach, all day long, watching Kari if she stayed that long near the window.
T.K placed his hand on the boat and continued to watch Kari. If that girl was not Kari, then she must be another angel with Kari's features. To T.K's surprise Kari looked down and saw him watching her. T.K quickly turned away and started to paint again.
Kari on the other hand, had the biggest shock in her life! That..that boy, that.that was.Prince Takeru. Wasn't it? Was the day playing trick on her? No.she was almost one hundred percent sure that that was Prince Takeru, and the little blonde haired boy that had been coming back to her memory. Kari had to meet that boy, and talk to him. As she was about to leave, another thought got the better of her.
What am I to say? Kari asked herself. I couldn't just say, Hello, My name is Kari, I'm sorry to bother you, but you look like Prince Takeru and he had been in my dreams for quite sometime, I've also been remembering a boy who looked just like you, could you be that boy?
Kari thought that this was a very stupid thing to say, but if she knew better, this wasn't a stupid thing to say, but indeed the right thing to say. Kari went back to her bed and fell asleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"You're going?"
"Of course, I have to.don't worry I'll be back."
"Take care of yourself ok, T.K?"
"Of course Kari, so I can return and be with you."
~*~*~
"I don't know if I should be the one who say this to you but..but.."
"But what?" Kari asked impatiently.
"Well."
"Well what?!?" she asked.
"You know how T.K went on that camping trip to the snow?"
"Yes."
"You see Kari, oh I can't say it, but I have to, there had been an avalanche, T.K hasn't been found yet.." His voice trailed off there. ~*~*~
"Kari, I missed you so much and I thought I will never see you again, many problems were in my path when I made my journey to see you, but I passed through them so I can set my eyes at the girl that I truly love." T.K said sincerely as he kissed her hair. "Even though other girls wanted to love me I rejected them just for you.I will always stay faithful to you, Kari."
"But.*sobs*, you're dead, T.K.how could you *sobs* still be alive?" she asked, through her sobs.
"Does that matter to you? We're together again, Kari, we can live a life together, like we've always wanted to! I love you Kari and as far as I know, you love me too, we can be together again Kari, I came back just for that, us together again just like the old times.don't you want to be together again, Kari?"
~*~*~
"Oh T.K, I don't know, I know this is wrong, but it feels so right, how can I ever resist you T.K? I might of have fallen in love with Willis, but it seemed so long ago.now that you're here, I realized that Willis was just.a substitute of you.now I know that was harsh but it was the way it is, your facial features are so alike! But T.K, how can I break his heart?"
T.K looked startled for a moment and then smiled at Kari. "If you feel this is right, it's best if you just tell him, you're willing to do this aren't you, Kari?"
~*~*~*~*~
"Kari.Kari. wake up, we're going to have dinner now." Sakura said.
Kari's eyes fluttered open slowly. She looked like as if she was in a daze.
"Sakura.I just had the weirdest dreams." Kari said lazily.
"Yes, yes.but they were just dreams.now, come on, get up, lets eat!" Sakura commanded.
Kari got up from her bed and washed her face. She changed her clothes to a white, cotton dress. Her hair was half up and half down. Sakura led her to the dining room and once she came in, she could almost taste the food by the aroma of it.
All of the food that Kari ate that night was delicious! The desserts especially. They had chocolate cakes with blobs of whipped cream at the top. Strawberries were place on each of the blobs. There were almond and mango puddings. There were so many varieties of desserts.
After dinner Kari excused herself.
"Where are you going?" Sakura asked.
"I just want to take a stroll down the beach, I want to go and get some fresh air."
"Oh.alright then."
Kari made her way down to the beach. The night's gentle wind was so relaxing. Kari stood on the sand and looked at the moon. Maybe, if Prince Takeru was real, he could also be looking at the stars and moon like me. Kari thought.
Kari walked on and found herself near the boat that T.K was painting. She examined it and read the word 'Light + Hope'. Now why did that sound familiar? A hand grabbed Kari from the back.
"Argh!" Kari screamed out in surprised.
Her body was turned and she was face to face with T.K.