Series Title: One More Day
Author: Feit
Site: http://atare.com
E-Mail: hawk_witch@hotmail.com
Quote of the Chapter:
"When things are at their worst I find something always happens."
W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
Disclaimer: Just when you think you've read them all. Another disclaimer for ya! CLAMP owns
them. Not me. Don't sue me. All I got is a penny. No really! *shows penny to everyone*
(AN: Japanese Translations are at the bottom.)
Syaoran: Do you honestly think they care about you having a penny?
Feit: Keep quiet, Rudolph.
Syaoran: STOP CALLING ME THAT!!!
Sakura: Who's Rudolph?
Feit: *sweatdrop*
Syaoran: *sweatdrop*
-- Chapter 3 - If Only I Knew --
A yellow creature that resembled a teddy bear jumped up and down in front of the TV,
throwing a childish tantrum. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HE CHEATED!!!"
Sakura laughed as she came through the doorway, holding the Pet Taxi in one hand, and her
mail in the other. "Game character's can't cheat, Kero."
"Awwwwwwwwww! NOT FAIR NOT FAIR!"
"Could you please not scream? You're scaring the kitten, you stuffed animal."
"Don't you DARE call me that! I don't think I'd live with you AND the kid calling me that.
And I'm not scaring the kitten! I -- KITTEN!? Since when have you had a kitten!?"
Sakura just shook her head lightly at the little guardian. "Syaoran gave him to me." Sakura
tilted her head slightly as she opened the cage door. "Sort of like a replacement for that
cat in the road yesterday."
"He just got you a kitten, and didn't think about anyone else in this house, huh?"
"Well, Dad seemed to know about it when I came home. Apparently Syaoran cleared getting a
kitten with my dad."
"But he didn't think about ME!! It's a KITTEN Sakura! The furball will think I'm a TOY!!!!"
"Somehow I think he took that into consideration," Sakura mumbled under her breath.
"I HEARD THAT!" An angry Kero declared, and curled his tiny fist threateningly, more of at
the kitten rather than Sakura.
Someone rapped on the door's open frame. Sakura turned and saw Touya sticking his head in
curiously. "What's all the yelling about?"
Kero flew around, buzzing about how annoyed he was, animatedly complaining over such and
such, mainly Syaoran giving Sakura a kitten, and how he lost the game. Touya chuckled, and
came into the room. He played a few minutes with the kitten. He glanced at Sakura as he
dragged his finger over the bed sheets for the kitten to chase.
"Name?"
Sakura blushed slightly. "Li."
Touya grinned and gripped Sakura's shoulder knowingly. He headed towards the doorway,
signaling Kero to follow as he left the room. "Come on, Kero. I bought some cookies on my way
home."
"COOKIES!? WAHOOOO!!!" Kero shouted joyously and he zoomed out of the room and past Touya and
into the kitchen. "COOKIES COOKIES COOKIES COOKIES COOKIES!"
Sakura just laughed at her guardian's antics. "Some guardian he is, huh, Li?" She asked the
kitten as he attacked her fingers playfully. Sakura sighed happily, her thoughts straying to
Syaoran, or more accurately, his wonderful smile and amber eyes. "I wonder, Li, if he cares
for me as much as I care for him."
Leaving the kitten to wander her room, Sakura turned to her small pile of mail. Three white
envelopes with her address gracing the front lay on her bed. Swiftly, Sakura picked up the
first one and slid her thumb under the glued flap. Pulling out the stationary, she smiled as
she recognized the handwriting.
~~~ Hey Sakura!
Haven't written you in ages! How's life, Card Mistress?
I'm a transfer student in the United States right now. I forgot if I had told you or not! My
memory is failing me. However, the most pressing business I have right now is getting back to
Japan. I miss you and the rest of my friends there. ('Especially Tomoyo,' Sakura thought with
a smirk.) I'll try to come for a visit in the next month!
See you then,
Eriol
P.S. How's Tomoyo? (Sakura laughed at this mild and indirect way of getting information.)
~~~
Setting that letter on her desk as a reminder to write him back, Sakura pick up the next one.
Noticing it was just a subscription request from a teen magazine she had grown out of, she
tossed it in the trash. It caused a small 'thunk' as it landed on the bare metal bottom of
the bin. Sakura's attention was grabbed by the third envelope. There was no return address on
it. Curiously, she opened the letter.
~~~
Someday soon, Sakura. I promise.
~~~
Her eyes widened. 'What does THAT mean!?' Her eyes inspected every detail. It was sloppily
written, but she still did not recognize the handwriting. The corner was bent as if someone
had figited with it. The creases that ran across the paper were sharp and decisive, making
a sharp contrast to the handwriting. Her eyes roamed it for any more telling detail, but there
was nothing.
Sakura jumped and dropped the message, and fumbled slightly for the phone as it chirruped
into the still air of her room. Clicking it on, she tucked the phone on her shoulder,
allowing her to use both hands to pry the kitten from her shirt. "Moshi Moshi?"
"Sakura! What's up?"
"Hey Tomoyo. I just got home."
"Have you spoken to Syaoran today?"
"Yea. I was just over at his house."
"His house? What for?"
"He gave me a... present of sorts."
"Nani? What did he give you?" Tomoyo's voice heightened with excitement. Sakura let her
muscles go limp as she recalled that same tone before Tomoyo would whip out the recorder.
"How 'bout I come over and show you?"
"Great! See ya soon."
"Sure."
Sakura clicked off the power and tossed the phone into her bag, and put the kitten quietly
back into the Pet Taxi. It amazed her that Li hadn't started to meow pitifully. Another
personality trait that made the kitten so similar to Syaoran. Both quiet, and brave beyond
reason.
Starting for the door, she stopped suddenly. Turning around, she grabbed the letter from the
floor, if it could be called such, stuffed it into her bag, and left and went down the
stairs.
"I'll be over at Tomoyo's!" She called out to Kero and Touya in the kitchen.
"Okay!" Touya called back. A muffled hollor followed. It's source, a guardian with a mouth
full of cookies.
Sakura shook her head in wonder as she put her shoes on. She opened the door, being greeted
with a breeze scented by the cherry blossom tree. Moving somewhat hurriedly to the garage,
Sakura but the Pet Taxi into the basket hooked to the handlebars of her rarely used bike. She
mounted, and pushed off, swerving into the street.
After a while of biking, Sakura finally spotted Tomoyo's house. Pulling to the side, Sakura
stopped in front of the security gate to Tomoyo's house. Then she collapsed.
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Darkness engulfed her. She could see nothing, hear nothing, and smell nothing, and yet she
could. Then, slowly things came into view, and her senses were bombarded. Stars in the sky
glinted and winked at her. The moon hid itself behind the trees. A wet smell hung at her
nose, reminding her of tears. Hurricane force winds tore everything around her, yet not a
single hair on her head lifed with the wind. She could see buildings around her. Homes
stretched forward against the dark horizon. Roofs and windows flew off their structures and
past her, leaving her unscathed.
Not a soul was nearby. Closing her eyes and stretching her mind, she sensed nothing. There
was no trace of magic besides her own. Opening her eyes suddenly, she looked down the street
she stood on and into the flying debri. A figure made itself known. It made no noise, but her
eyes were drawn to it like a magnet. It too, walked forward unscathed by the dry hurricane
winds and debri. It walked slowly, leaving her wondering of it's identity. She could not tell
whether it was a girl or boy. Maybe it was neither. The edges of the silhouette glowed and
left the center a solid pure black. Nothing happened as it walked closer, except the chills
running up her spine grew more frequent with each step. Then it stopped. It was too far away
to recognize any details, but it was close enough to hear.
"Someday soon, Sakura. I promise."
She gasped and squinted, trying to find any clue to who this figure was, and how it knew her.
"Who are you?"
She got no reply. It vanished, leaving only her in her surroundings. Suddenly, the wind died,
and everything that it had supported fell. Including her. The disappearance of the figure
froze her skin, as if it had been her only source of heat. Horrible and unbearable pain shot
through her heart and threatened to rip it to peices.
She laid there, gasping for breath as she stared at the heavens, her skin so cold it felt on
fire. But all she could think about was that voice that echoed in her mind. It had no tone,
as if spoken in her mind, but somehow she recognized it. Who it was, however, she still did
not know. Her brain reeled with it's last thought.
'This person will change my life.... if only I knew who it was.'
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Sakura opened her eyes sleepily, noticing first the rough and moist texture rubbing against
her fingers. 'Hoe!? How'd Li get out?...... and.....'
"What happened?" Sakura asked nobody in particular. She moaned slightly as she focused on the
silhouette hovering above her.
-- End of Chapter 3 - If Only I Knew --
Japanese Translations:
------- Hoe -------------- Sakura's signature word, pronounced 'Ou-ehy'.
Syaoran: I wasn't in there.
Feit: So?
Syaoran: I'm supposed to be!
Feit: Don't get such an ego, Rudolph!
Sakura: Who's Rudolph?
Feit: Your boyfriend over there.
Sakura: ///@_@/// He... umm..... uhhh....
Feit: *waits patiently while sipping her tea*
Syaoran: *starts to plan how to get that tea away from Feit*