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Okay...This. Took. Forever. AGAIN. Sorry.
To : Rindi. First of all, THANKS to you for reviewing. *hugs you* You're the only one who did!! whaaaaaaah !!! *sob sob* So...
1) Is Kei a good or a bad boy? Well, if I tell you, there will be no mystery anymore, don't you think? ^_~ Hehe...so, you'll see!
2) Syaoran is back soon. Something like...this chapter? ^_^
3) As for the update thing, first ff.net was down, then I couldn't update cuz I celebrated a lot my exam, and then I went to Paris for a whole week. So, I'm back, I update.
4) Thanks !! I always worry about my English, I keep fearing that no one understands what I write. So, thank you !!
Disclaimer : See previous chapters.
Warnings : None, except maybe a spoiler later on in case you don't know who Eriol actually is.
Namida no densetsu
-The legend of Namida-
by : ^*Kasumi*^
Chapter 9 : Mysteries, promises and reunion
Sakura, Yue, Kero and Touya looked at the water before their eyes. Every time Sakura approached it, thinking that it was calming down a bit, the water would wake up suddenly, the waves rising so high that it formed a wall of water taller than the trees behing the group.
Determined to defeat whatever was preventing them to cross the river, Sakura took out her Key [1], changed it into her magic baton and, in an instant, she was in front of the water - which, sensing Sakura coming, had risen again - holding one of her Cards : The Freeze.
Sakura looked at Yue.
-"Yue-san. I'm going to freeze the water, but I don't expect it to remain that way very long." she looked back at river. "Obviously, someone put a spell on the water to prevent anyone from going to the village. I don't know who or what, but judging by the force of the river, my own spell shouldn't last long." Sakura paused, frowning, then looked back at her tall guardian.
-"As soon as it is frozen, I want you to take my brother over the wall of ice that will be formed. Kero and I will do the same, and we'll meet again..." she looked at the entrance."...in that village."
She looked at the water and took her baton firmly.
-"FREEZE!!!!!"
The wall of water freezed imediately, and Sakura took another Card from her pocket, as Kero and Yue took flight.
-"FLY!!" Two beautiful, white as snow, soft wings appeared on the young girl's back, who kicked the ground to join her guardians.
They were all above the great amount of ice when they heard the soung of ice breaking.
Of course, this would have been too easy.
-"Yue !! Kero !! Hurry up ! Get down into that village!!" Sakura screamed, but the river seemed to think otherwise. The ice broke. Sakura and her two guardians, who had been flying high in the air a second before, found themselves surrounded by icy water, struggling not to drown as they were trying to get out to breathe again.
As the four of them were at the edge of surrendering to unconsciousness, they were roughly thrown back to the floor. All wet, bruised, shivering, and in Sakura's case, exasperated, they slowly got up. The river seemed calm again.
-"Awww...!!! How come we can't go there?"
The young mistress of the Clow Cards paced back and forth in front of the angry river, trying to think of a solution to get past it.
-"Is that the only road to go to that village?" she asked, trying to see past the huge amount of brambles that surrounded the ruins. All around the village, the nature seemed so wild it was impossible to go through it. The entrance, which was quite large, had allowed Sakura to see a small part of what was inside, but you couldn't reach that entrance without crossing the river first.
So there were only two ways in : get past the river, or cut through the woods.
Sakura recalled Fly and Freeze, and took another card from the deck in her pocket.
Before she could use it, a firm hand grabbed her arm and Sakura found herself gazing at Yue's angry face.
-"No! Don't do this." Sakura looked at the card she had in her hand. The Firey.
-"If you use Firey, the whole forest will burn." Of course. Sakura had planned to try the other way : the woods. She could have gone round the river and use Firey to clear her path. But Yue was right. Using the card in the wood would set a giant fire. Sakura smiled at her cluelessness.
-"Sorry Yue-san. I think this is starting to get on my nerves." She put the card back in her pocket.
Kero came by his mistress and sat on her shoulder.
-"Sakura, this is getting nowhere. I can't think of something else to try. If there's actually a way in, we obviously don't know what it is, and I think we should head back home for now. We can work this out at the chalet."
Sakura looked at her guardian and smiled at him.
-"Yeah, you're right, Kero-chan. Let's go back or we won't be there before sunset."
And with that, she turned around to the path they had come from. Since Sakura was deep in thought, wondering if she could actually find a way to go to the village, she barely heard Kero saying that it was cool that there were going back because he was starting to be hungry again.
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-"Good evening, Sakura. Did you have a nice day?"
Sakura looked at the young man who had just greeted her. They had just come back, Kero was hidden in the young girl's backpack, and on the doorstep, as if he had been waiting for them to come back, her friend was standing.
-"Good evening to you too, Kei. I had a nice day, thanks." She replied, smiling, and hearing something like a "grrr" coming from her backpack. Kero really didn't like the young man.
-"Welcome back, Kinomoto-san." Keitaro said, bowing. Mister Kinomoto, his son and Yukito entered the house, but Keitaro remained on the doorstep, looking at Sakura. After a few seconds of silence, he smiled again.
-"Sakura-chan, I was waiting for you." Sakura's cheeks redenned a bit. She looked down to avoid the young boy's gaze, but failed at trying not to show she was smiling. Keitaro held out his hand.
-"May I help you ? This backpack seems a bit heavy to me, do you want me to carry it for you to your room?"
-"Er...no, thanks, I'd rather keep it. It's not that heavy, don't worry."
-"Then let me go there with you, I'd like to show you something when you're ready, if you don't mind, of course." He said, leading the way to the stairs.
They reached her room, and Sakura quickly threw her backpack inside. (there was a muffled "humpffff!!!" from Kero). Without even stepping in, she closed the door to follow Keitaro. After all, whatever he wanted to show her would be entertaining, and since she had known nothing but disapointment the last few days, unable to reach the place where she wanted to go, she was starting to get bored and needed something new. She didn't know the boy very well, but Sakura was a powerful witch after all, so she felt safe for the moment. Following him was no threat.
After a few minutes of walking in silence, turning around corners and walking along long corridors, Sakura remembered that she had already been there. They were going to where she had found Misaki's room. The young girl had warned her not to come back here again. But, Sakura was with Keitaro, so she felt it wasn't entirely her fault. And besides, she wanted to know what her friend wanted to show her. She needed to distract herself a bit.
They arrived near Misaki's room, and Sakura wondered if the young girl was in there. But, as they walked in front of the old door, Keitaro suddenly quickened his pace, and Sakura didn't have time to look at the room. Though, when she looked back, the door was slightly ajar : Misaki was looking at the two of them, and didn't seem really happy with that. In fact, she didn't return Sakura's smile, but closed her door in a hurry.
When Sakura looked back in front of her, Keitaro had stopped walking, and was putting an old key in the lock of a door. Noticing Sakura's somewhat confused face at the sight of his sister, he smiled again.
-"Misaki. I told you, she's weird."
He opened the door of what seemed to be his room.
At first, Sakura wondered if it was actually his. To her, the bedroom of a boy was like hers, with less stuffed animals and pink colours. And yet, Keitaro's was completely different from what she could have imagined. First, all the curtains were drawn, so it was very dark to begin with. Then, though the room was almost twice as big as Sakura's, there was really little furniture in it : a bed, a desk, and a closet. Nothing more. On the desk was a candle, as if it had been the only source of light in there. Sakura, thinking of her own bright room, wondered how could a boy of her age actually live here. She turned around to look at him. Keitaro was still smiling, as usual. He kept the key in his hand, and went near his door again.
-"Do you mind if I lock it again? I don't want anyone to see what I'm going to show you. And with Misaki around..." He didn't wait for Sakura's agreement, and proceeded to lock his door. However, before turning the key completely in, he looked at Sakura, waiting for an answer. The young girl, who had been quite confused at entering the room, forgot her apprehension at seeing the boy's confident face. She smiled.
-"No, go on."
He locked the door. Then, with another smile (Author's note : to give you an idea, I imagine Kei smiling as much as Eriol, if not more.^_~), he went to the closet, and took another key from his pocket, which made Sakura wonder : why would he lock this? What he wanted to show her must have been really important, and she couldn't wait to discover what it was.
Keitaro took a small package in his hands, carefully, and closed his closet. His went to his desk and put the package on it. Then, with extra care, he unfolded the old newspaper that surrounded whatever was there. Before removing the last bit of paper from the object, he turned to Sakura and asked her to come nearer. He removed the paper.
It was a small necklace. Not one of those expensive ones, with gold and diamonds. It was very simple, and yet to Sakura it seemed it was the most beautiful thing on Earth. The chain was really thin, formed by tiny, silvery links that, even though the room was dark, seemed to shine as if under a bright sun. The necklace itself was a small stone of a light blue, smooth and shiny.
-"You like it?" Sakura looked at Keitaro and smiled at him.-"It's...beautiful. Where...where did you get such a thing?"
Keitaro looked down at the necklace.
-"It was my mother's. She got it from my grandmother, who herself got it from her mother, and on and on...now it should be Misaki's, but she's not old enough to have it yet. She doesn't know about this, and I keep it for now."
-"But...why don't you want her to see it?" Keitaro looked down, so that Sakura couldn't see his face. "I mean, you could tell her you have it, but keep it safe..."
-"...Misaki was very young when my parents died. I think that this is part of why she's so strange nowadays. This was really hard for her. If I showed this to her, I'm not sure that this would do some good. It would remind her of our mother, and I don't want that for now. She's not ready."
Sakura looked down too.
-"I'm sorry, Keitaro. This must have been really difficult for you and your sister..."
The young man looked up.
-"Sometimes, things like that happens, you can't do anything against it, you just learn to leave through it." He looked at Sakura, who still had her head down, and looked deeply sorry.
-"Sakura, I told you not to worry about this. I'm happy with my life, and Misaki will learn to like hers, too. We're lucky to have found Mrs. Asakura, she's like a mother to us, she doesn't really look nice at first sight, but she is. Believe me. Now look at me, please."
Sakura looked at him.
-"Good. Now smile, please. You're so prettier when you smile...don't feel sorry anymore. Please."
He put a gentle hand on her shoulder and Sakura tried to smile.
-"That's much better."
Keitaro smiled. He and Sakura were very close now, and he still had his hand on Sakura's shoulder. Sakura blushed. She had never been so close to a boy before. Not even Syaoran. Keitaro kept smiling and leant down.
BANG!!!
-"SAKURA!!" Sakura, startled, moved apart from Keitaro. She looked at the door, which was wide opened. On the doorstep was Misaki; and she was smiling.
...smiling? Sakura looked atentively at the young girl. Since she had met her, Sakura had never seen Misaki smile. In fact, she had found her quite serious for such a young girl. However, she had now a big smile on her face. Sakura blinked.
-"Sakura!! I was looking for you!!"
-"Mi-Misaki?" Keitaro's sister entered the room, as if wanting someone else to enter after her.
-"Sakura-chan!! Some of your friends are here!!" She said cheerfully. Something was definitely wrong with the little girl. As soon as Misaki finished speaking, a young girl, with dark hair and big blue eyes, entered the room.
-"Tomoyo-chan!!" Sakura hugged her best friend tightly."What are you doing here?" Tomoyo smiled at Sakura, happy to see her again.
-"I missed you, Sakura-chan. And we didn't like the idea of you going on holiday without us."
-"We?" Sakura asked, just before Syaoran also entered the room.
-"Hello, Sakura." He said, smiling a bit, happy to see her safe and healthy.
-"Syaoran-kun!!" Sakura thew herself at him. "You're well, now!! I'm so happy!" She released him. "But...why are you two here? How did you come? How..."
-"This is a long story, Sakura-chan. Now, what about introducing us to your friends here?" Tomoyo said, looking at Keitaro and his little sister.
-"Oh!! Yes!!" Sakura stood near Tomoyo and looked at her young friends.
-"Kei, Misaki, meet Tomoyo Daidouji and Syaoran Li, two of my best friends. Tomoyo, Syaoran, meet Keitaro and Misaki...hum..." Sakura looked at Keitaro, who had sat down on his bed.
-"...Uzumaki." he answered, getting up. He approached Tomoyo, and bowed at her.
-"Nice to meet you." He hold out his hand at Syaoran, who shook it [2], but not before throwing a death glare at Keitaro. Who was this handsome boy hanging around his Sakura, locked in a room, alone with her? Keitaro looked at Sakura, oblivious to Syaoran's angry gaze, and smiled.
-"Okay...let's get down, I'm sure you and your friends have a lot to speak about, Sakura." Keitaro said, keeping the door opened for Tomoyo and Sakura.
Before leaving the room, Sakura looked at Misaki, who was still smiling. Then Sakura remembered something.
Keitaro had locked his room.
So...how did Misaki open it?
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When Sakura and the others got down, mister Kinomoto was in the hall, speaking with someone that looked extremely familiar. Yukito was there too, but Sakura's brother was nowhere to be seen. After a few other steps forward, Sakura knew who the boy speaking with her father was.
-"Eriol-kun!" She ran to him.
-"Hello, Sakura-chan." He said. (A/N: From now on, I will stop saying "He said, smiling." because with Keitaro and Eriol together around, you'll hate that word for reading it way too much.) "How are you?"
-"I'm fine! What about you? What are you doing here? How did you-"
-"Sakura, dear, I think your friends might want to speak about this somewhere else, in a calm place. After such a long trip, they must be tired, don't you think?" Mister Kinomoto winked at his daughter.
Speak about this somewhere else. Eriol and the others were not here for a simple vacation. They had come to help her with the problem of the ghost.
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Nearly deserted a minute before (with only Kero hidden somewhere), Sakura and her father's bedroom found itself crowded when the young girl invited her friends to have a little chat there. She sat down on her bed, with Tomoyo and Syaoran on each side, and on the other bed was Eriol. Mister Kinomoto had left to bring some drinks. Yukito had left, too, saying he was going to look for Touya.
Sakura looked around.
-"Huh? Where's my brother?" Eriol giggled a bit.
-"Er...he must be hidding somewhere. When he saw that Nakuru was here, he ran away quite fast. I don't think I ever saw him running like that."
-"Nakuru is here too?" Sakura asked, a happy look on her face. "Where is she?"
-"...probably looking for Touya." It was Sakura's turn to sweatdrop.
-"Er...so, tell me, what are you all doing here?" Tomoyo opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't find anything to say. She looked at Syaoran, who tried to look at Eriol without him noticing. Eriol, smart as he is, (and knowing why no one would speak in front of him : they don't know who he is yet), smiled and fainted having an sudden idea.
-"I think your father might need some help when he comes back with the drinks, Sakura-chan. I'm going to look for him if you don't mind." (A/N : remember, Eriol always smiles, but I don't write it anymore. I'll note something when he doesn't smile, 'kay? Same for Keitaro.)
Sakura smiled at him, trying not to show her relief at what he had just said.
-"Er...yeah, why not, Eriol-kun. Don't be...too long."
Eriol left the room.
-"Okay, now tell me everything."
Tomoyo spoke first.
-"As I told you, we were worried about you, Sakura-chan. You didn't tell me that you were leaving, and when I went to your home, there was no one there. You could have taken your phone with you, you can't imagine how many times I tried to call you."
-"Oh!" Sakura put a hand over her mouth."I'm really sorry, Tomoyo-chan, I...forgot. I had something else on my mind when I left, I completly forgot to take my phone with me!"
Tomoyo smiled at Sakura's sorry face.
-"It doesn't really matter anymore, don't worry. Now I'm sure you're safe, this is all I needed to know. Anyway, when I realised that since your family had disapeared too, it was obvious you had gone back to this chalet...-"
-"Obvious?"
-"I know you more than you think, Sakura-chan. As I was saying, I was sure you had gone back there, so I phoned Syaoran to ask him if he knew anything. But...since you had asked Wei not to give Syaoran your message until he was well, I had to wait until then." Sakura looked down at her best friend's last sentence, which had sounded like a reproach.
-"And...er...what happened then?"
-"The moment Syaoran got the message, he called me, and a few hours later, we were on our way here."
-"...how?"
This time, it was Syaoran who answered.
-"Hiiragizawa was worried by the fact that you were missing, so he asked Tomoyo and..." He looked at Tomoyo, who started speaking again.
-"I told him you had went back to the chalet, and that we wanted to go there. I couldn't go there by myself, because if I asked the bodyguards to bring me here, they would have stayed with me all the time, and we don't need them hanging around while you're practicing magic..."
-"But...Syaoran could have asked Wei?"
-"...he doesn't have a car."[3]. Syaoran said.
-"...so, Eriol offered to bring us here. I don't know where he found a car, but Nakuru drove us all the way here, and-"
-"I didn't know she had a driving licence!" Sakura said.
-"She doesn't." Eriol answered, entering the room with three glasses in his hands.
Tomoyo and Syaoran turned green.
-"...she...doesn"t?" asked Tomoyo, now deathly pale.
-"NO!! I DON'T!!!" Nakuru said, following Eriol. She was holding Touya by the arm, dragging him all the way. She let him go to hug Sakura.
-"Sakura-chaaaaaaan !!! How are yoooouu?" she asked, nearly strangling the young girl.
-"I...I-I'm...f-fine, Nakuru..." Sakura tried to answer. Glancing at her brother, she noticed he was trying to sneak out without Nakuru noticing.
-"Hep!! Touya-chan! Where are you going?" Nakuru grabbed him by the waist. Pinning him down, she sat on his back to prevent him from leaving.
-"AAAAH!!!! SOMEONE PLEASE !!! DO SOMETHING!!!"
Nakuru beamed.
-"Sakura!!! I'm so happy to see you!!" She said, as no one seemed to be planning to help Touya. The poor young man was trying desperatly to get her off him, but to no avail.
-"HELP!!! SOMEONE...KILL HER!!" Nakuru looked offended.
-"Touya dear!! That was mean!!"
Mister Kinomoto entered the room next, carrying other glasses. Glancing at Nakuru and at his son, who was probably wanting him to help, he smiled, amused at the sight.
-"You seem to like my son very much, Akizuki-san."
-"Oh, please, call me Nakuru." Touya looked at his father, then at the others in the room.
-"Isn't ANYONE gonna help me?"
-"..."
Yukito entered the room.
-"Touya! What...what are you doing?"
-"Hello Yukito!!!" Nakuru said.
-"Hello, Nakuru. How are you?"
-"I'm fine, thank you very mu-"
-"YUKITO, ARE YOU GOING TO HELP ME?" Yukito turned to Nakuru to ask her to get off Touya, but his eyes fell upon Eriol. The young man frowned, for he was sure he had met him before, but couldn't remember where. Eriol smiled.
-"YUKITO!!" He was brought back to reality by his boyfriend's shout.
-"Er, oh yes! Nakuru, I think dinner is served. Why don't you let Touya go so that he can come and eat with us?"
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After dinner, Sakura was in her room again, with Tomoyo, Syaoran, and Kero, who was pretty glad that the others had finally left. He had been hidden in the room the whole time! Tomoyo was sitting on the bed, which was now hers. After their arrival, mister Kinomoto had proposed to let the young girl have it, so that Sakura and her were in the same room. Syaoran was to share a room with Eriol, Touya and Yukito had their own, and Nakuru had agreed to share one with Sakura's father, who didn't seem to mind. After all, the young girl would rarely be in it, since she was always hunting Touya. Everyone had left to various occupations, and Sakura had wanted to tell her friends everything that had happened since she was here.
-"...and since we didn't know how to get in that village, Kero said that we should go back. Any ideas?" Sakura looked at her friends, who seemed to be deep in thought. After a few seconds of thinking, they shook their heads. Sakura sighed.
There was a moment of silence, then Syaoran cleared his throat.
-"...and, er... who's that boy you were with we we arrived?" He asked, not daring to look at Sakura.
-"Oh, Kei? Well, he leaves here, we met when I came back. He's really nice to me, you know..." She said, smiling, and completely oblivious to Syaoran's frown. Kero growled.
-"Oh, yes!! And Kero doesn't like him." Sakura added. "He is Misaki's brother. By the way, I rarely saw her since I arrived, how come she was with you so soon?"
Tomoyo and Syaoran looked at each other and shrugged.
-"...I don't know, she didn't seem shy or distant when we arrived."Syaoran said. "When we asked the old woman if you were actually here, that girl came from the stairs in a hurry with a big smile on her face, and told us that she knew where you were. We didn't even have time to take our things with us, she almost dragged us to your friend's room."
-"Oh" Sakura said. She was starting to agree with Keitaro : his sister was definitly weird.
-"Anyway...I'm kinda tired, this has been a long day. We'll think about this tomorrow, I'm starting to get an headache from thinking too much." Sakura said, closing her eyes.
Syaoran got up.
-"Yeah, you're right. It's getting late. See you tomorrow, good night."
-"Good night, Syaoran." The girls answered in unison as he left the room.
And after long minutes of chatting even though they had turned the lights off, Sakura and Tomoyo finally fell asleep.
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Sakura was dreaming again. Namida was back, since that dream had started like the other one had, the previous night. And yet, Sakura was not going to have a look at the young ghost's past tonight. Sakura just knew it.
Tonight she was going to meet the ghost again.
So Sakura waited. She didn't move, didn't speak.
She kept looking in front of her, waiting for Namida to show up.
-"Ask me."
Sakura turned around, startled. She hadn't expected the ghost to appear behind her.
Namida was not different from the few other times Sakura had seen her. Still dressed in the same white dress, her long golden hair down, and her eyes showing nothing but sadness.
-"...what?"
-"Ask me your question."
Sakura tried not to show she had been surprised at the girl's sudden appearance.
-"Why can't I enter?"
Namida smiled.
-"This is not what you want to know. You already have the answer to this"
Of course. The village was hers. Sakura was sure of that now. This was the place where all the mystery had begun. Even dead, Namida was all powerful there, if she was actually a witch. And the reason why Sakura couldn't enter was just because the ghost didn't want her to, even if the young girl had no idea of how she was able to do so.
" Now ask me the real question."
The young mistress of the Cards stared at the figure in front of her eyes. Namida was no longer the terrible, terrifying ghost she had been afraid of earlier. Before her was the young and beautiful girl that had been loved and cherished by everyone many, many years ago. Her grey eyes didn't frighten Sakura now, they carried all the sadness Namida had been through, they showed the torment of her soul, her fears, her hesitations, her love...Sakura didn't know what to think of her anymore. She had killed many people, had scared even more. She was responsible for Yamazaki's death, for Chiharu's endless sorrow, and for many other terrible things. And yet, while looking at her, Sakura couldn't feel anything but sympathy for the girl.
She looked at her.
-"How can I enter?"
Namida smiled again, genuinely. How could such a nice woman be responsible for so many deaths?
-"...you may enter my world...by making a promise to me."
Sakura stared again at the young ghost. Was it really safe to make an arrangement with someone that was dead? Though she perfectly knew this was all a dream, Sakura felt that she was actually speaking to Namida - which was probably the case. So she considered the whole thing and took a step forward. She had no other choice for now.
-"What kind of promise?"
A sad smile crossed Namida's pale lips again. She eyed Sakura, as if wanting to prove the young girl she could actually trust her.
-"Help me."
...help? She wanting Sakura to help her? After what she had done?
-"...help you? You killed my friend, and many other people. Now tell me, why would I even consider helping you?"
Namida didn't even flinch. Surely, she had been expecting such a reaction.
-"...because you're kind. I can feel it. You want to help others, you hate seeing someone sad or in pain. You can't help it. This is a gift, no matter what you may think."
Sakura frowned. This was true. Sakura always tried to help others. But wasn't this a tactic to fool her? Didn't enemies always tried to use the others's weaknesses against them?
Namida seemed to know what was on the young girl's mind.
-"This is not a trick. I'm not trying to fool you." She bowed her head and talked sadly. " I'm not asking you to forgive me for what I did. I don't think such things can be forgiven. All you need to know is that I want you to help me."
-"But...how?"
-"...just remember. I want to be helped."
-"What are you talking about? I don't understand !"
The mist around Namida was getting thicker, and the young ghost was slowly starting to fade. Namida kept smiling.
-"Don't go ! Tell me what I can do!!"
In a instant, the young ghost disapeared.
And there was nothing but mist again all around Sakura.
The dream was ending.
-"I PROMISE !! I WILL HELP YOU !!!!"
Though Sakura wasn't expecting an answer, she got one, spoken in a soft and distant voice.
-"...you may enter my world."
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Sakura woke with a start and looked around her. Tomoyo was sitting on her bed, already dressed up, brushing her hair. When she saw that her friend was awake, she smiled.
-"Good morning, sleepy head. How are you this morning?"
Sakura looked at Tomoyo without really seeing her. She remembered her dream and sat down, grinning.
-"Sakura? What's up?" Sakura turned her head to Tomoyo.
-"...I think we can go back there, Tomoyo-chan. We can enter now."
...To Be Continued...
...done!! Didja like it? Yes? No? Please please please let me know!!! ^_^ All I need is a "this is good.", or "this sucks." That's all. (er...on second thoughts, forget the "this sucks" suggestion... -_-')
Anyway, sorry if you noticed any mistakes, I didn't really had time to check for them, since I was already late for updating, and that it is almost 2.30 in the morning, here, so I kinda want to go to bed. :-p
[1] : I can't put Sakura's speech to transform her key here, since I don't know it. (well, I do know it, but in french...-_-;;;; )
[2] : Okay. At this point of the story, my brother looks at what I am typing and says "people don't shake hands in Japan, you****** !! This is typically French, shaking hands when meeting someone!!" I don't usually believe what my dear brother says, but maybe he's right, so I'll tell you that I don't know. However, this is my story, and I can make characters do whatever I want them to do. Hehe.
[3] : I'm not sure of this at all, but I never saw him with a car. So let's say he doesn't have any. Okay?
Byyyyyyyyyye!!
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