Series Title: One More Day
Author: Feit
Site: http://atare.com
E-Mail: hawk_witch@hotmail.com
Quote of the Chapter:
"No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not
to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone."
Wendy Wasserstein, Isn't It Romantic, 1983
Disclaimer: Isn't it enough to not own them, but to have to admit it?
(AN: Japanese Translations are at the bottom.)
Syaoran: What's WRONG with you, Feit?
Feit: How's that again?
Sakura: I think he just means you never really ever finish fanfics, but you're getting pretty
far in this one.
Feit: oh. Good enough. ummmm......... I dunno. *shrug* On with the FIC!
-- Chapter 4 - Missing --
"Sakura? Daijoubu desu ka?" The silhouette asked. Sakura recognized the voice. It was Tomoyo.
"Hai. What happened?" Sakura asked as she sat up, rubbing the fuzziness from her eyes. She
looked up at Tomoyo, no longer a silhouette. Sakura observed her surroundings. Kero was
hovering nearby, and the kitten had started to chase him. She smiled gently at the sight, and
looked around. There was only herself, Tomoyo, and Kero in the room. Not including the
kitten. The room was Tomoyo's bedroom.
"You collapsed just outside the security gate. Security recognized you and brought you in.
And then I called Kero. You were out all night. I called your house and said you were staying
here last night... Now you tell me... what happened?" Tomoyo's concerned voice floated into
Sakura's ears.
"Kero?"
"Yea?"
"You said my dreams were preminitions, right?"
"Yea. And they were. But this was no dream."
"I know. But it WAS a preminition, Kero."
Kero folded his arms in thought, his tiny little brow furrowed. Tomoyo had her finger on her
chin, and she was looking up at the ceiling. Kero spoke. "But your preminitions never caused
you to pass out before, Sakura. And they'd only occur when you where already daydreaming, or
asleep." Sakura nodded, and watched silently as Kero dodged the kitten's paws. She mentally
thanked Kero for being so patient. Sakura slid to the edge of the bed and dangled her feet,
thinking.
Tomoyo broke out of her trance. "What was the preminition, Sakura?"
"Well... It was dark and windy. But I never felt anything. All I really remember is this
figure walking towards me. When it got close, it said, 'Someday soon, Sakura. I promise.' and
then it vanished. After that I was freezing and my heart hurt so much." Sakura looked down,
and kicked at the floor. She was so confused over this!
Tomoyo stayed silent for a while. "Well. Do you know who the figure was?" Sakura shook her
head silently. If only she did! Tomoyo hummed in thought.
Kero floated in front of her face, he squinted, as if trying to see into her soul. "Do you
know what that figure meant by saying that?"
Sakura shook her head. "No. Where's my bag?" Tomoyo handed it to her. Sakura noticed the
smudge marks on it, caused by her fall. She'd have to get a new bag. Then she opened it, and
pulled the message from it, handing it to Tomoyo. Kero flew to Tomoyo's shoulder and read. "I
got it in the mail this morning."
"Weird..." Kero muttered.
"Really weird..." Tomoyo agreed.
Kero flew, pacing the air. "This is the first preminition to hit you with so much force that
you passed out. You said you FELT pain?" Sakura nodded. "Do you still feel this pain?"
Sakura shook her head. "No. I feel something, I can't describe it, but it's nothing near the
pain I had in the preminition."
"I don't get it, Sakura... maybe you should sleep on it, and see if anything else comes to
you..." Tomoyo suggested. Sakura nodded, and Kero agreed. The air stung with silence for a
while, each looking at each other, and various parts of the room. Sakura's eyes were drawn to
the window. She felt something wasn't right, but she eventually chalked it up to having such
a strong preminition.
"Well!" Tomoyo exclaimed. "Mom's having a Easter party next week for her business friends,
and she said I could invite my friends too! You and Syaoran are invited!"
"And I'm not?" Kero asked, slightly indignant and hurt.
"I'm sorry Kero! I'd ask you to come, but I don't think it'd be all too wise to have a flying
stuffed animal there."
"I'm not a stuffed animal!"
"But that's what the people will think!" Tomoyo shot back. Kero flew off to the window,
standing with his arms crossed, muttering.
Sakura shook her head lightly. Kero had such a temper. "We'll figure something out, Kero. I
promise."
"Really?" Kero asked, turning halfway. Sakura nodded. He grinned, and flew over and sat on
her shoulder.
"Syaoran got you the kitten, Kero tells me. Kawaii!"
"I know! Syaoran can be so sweet." Sakura said, smiling.
"He's a dream come true for you, am I right?" Tomoyo asked, grinning as Sakura blushed.
"Yea..." Sakura trailed off, holding a sleeping kitten in her lap. Silence hung about again
once more, for just a few moments.
"Now!" Tomoyo grinned, clasping her hands, "Your costumes! I've already planned some ideas
out...," Tomoyo trailed off as she got out some paper with sketches of the outfits on them.
Sakura was extremely glad when Tomoyo started consulting with her about the costumes. "I was
thinking this one... it may be a Easter party, but it's more of a ball than anything. It's
'formal' my mom says. Which basically means lots of food you can't identify, and bright,
sparkly dresses and stiff, formal tuxes. However! I made three designs for you. Your pick!"
Sakura took the sheets of paper. Tomoyo had even colored them! She must be really excited
about this. Sakura frowned inwardly. 'She must be up to something.' Sakura looked closer at
the designs, and all thought washed away.
"Migoto! Tomoyo, these are magnificent!" Sakura glanced up as she spoke, and turned her eyes
back down to the designs. She imagined wearing the designs as she looked at them. The first
design was white, and simple. It had a square neck, and it flowed to the ground. Sequins
graced the skirt, and lined the shoulders. The dress was sleeveless, but white elbow length
gloves covered skin left bare, only her upper arms untouched. The headpiece was a simple
crown design which fit elegantly into the hairstyle drawn out.
The second design was even more elegant than the first. It was cherry blossom pink, and the
neckline dodged upward in an upside down triangle, the tip meeting the dip in her neck, and
then into a collar to go around her neck. Thin straps netted the back, and continued down to
her lower back, where it met the skirt, which flitted to the knees. Sandles would grace her
feet, and her skin would be doused with glitter. Sakura read all the notes by the images.
The third and final design enraptured Sakura's attention. The neckline was a obtuse angle,
showing her collarbones and her shoulders, and the sleeves didn't start still just below the
shoulders. The sleeves ended in gloves, and were pink. A t-form necklace graced her slim
neck, ending with a small emerald. 'Syoaran's favorite color,' she thought. The bodice was
white, and slipped down casually, ommiting a defined waistline, and slowly fading to the pink
shade her glove-sleeves were as it dived down. It flowed about behind her, lifting with the
slightest wind. A transparent wrap graced her elbows and dipped deeply behind her.
"Tomoyo... these are wonderful! I can't believe it!" Sakura gasped. Silently, she held out
the third.
Tomoyo beamed, taking the design and shooing her from the house. "I gotta make your dress
now! This will be so fun!"
"I'll find Syaoran and tell him about the party, ok?" Sakura said as she placed Li in his Pet
Taxi.
"Great! See you tomorrow, right?"
"Of course!"
Sakura smiled brightly as she secured Li in the basket, and mounted the bike once more. Now
off to find Syaoran. 'He'll love this! And I'll tell him today! It will make our Easter party
so much more special if he knew!'
Sakura biked to the park happily. She paused there to get a drink of water, and she sat on
the bench, watching birds play in the grass and the ducks dwaddle in the lake. The wind
rippled the water's surface as Sakura looked into it, making her reflection distorted. Her
smile faded slowly. 'What if he doesn't love me back?'
Putting her weight on her knees, Sakura brought herself to stand. She looked around, then
wandered to the garden, keeping an eye out for Syaoran. When she didn't find him, she got
back on her bike again, and headed for the deli. He would often go there, but she didn't find
him there either.
Sakura had biked almost the whole town before she decided to try his house. She would have
earlier, but normally he'd be outside at this time, and then he'd train himself at sundown.
It was a good few hours til then.
Sakura knocked lightly on the door. "Syaoran?" No answer. She tried the doorknob. Unlocked.
She let herself in. Maybe he had fallen asleep. She checked his bedroom. He wasn't there. he
wasn't anywhere that she could think of. Sakura left as silently as she came and biked for
home.
'Maybe he just keeps moving, and I keep checking the right places, but at the wrong time.'
Sakura arrived at home. She parked her bike, made her way up to her room. She collapsed on
the bed, the biking trip around town had exhausted her. Just after she let Li out from his
Pet Taxi, she fell asleep to his gentle purring at her neck.
On her desk a light was blinking. There was a new message on her answering machine.
A storm raged outside that night. Lightening struck angrily. The light on Sakura's desk died.
The news station now had a fallen powerline to report the next morning. It had cut off power
to an entire neighborhood.
-- End of Chapter 4 - Missing --
Japanese Translations:
------- Daijoubu desu ka - Are you alright?
------- Hai. ------------- Yes.
------- Migoto ----------- Beautiful
Sakura: That message must have been really important, if you had mentioned it.
Feit: If they really want to talk to you, they'll call back.
Syaoran: Not neccesarily.
Feit: *gives Syaoran some tea* You need to smile more.
Syaoran: You aren't going to drug me to get me to smile!
Feit: Who said it was drugged?
Sakura: Syaoran did.
Feit: *sweatdrop*