On Wings of Hope: Chapter Two
By: Gato_9
Disclaimers: Card Captors does not belong to me, it belongs to CLAMP.
Hey hey! Okay, I got this out as fast as I could. This doesn't start from where it ended. Okay? Well then, let's get started! R&R plz.
~!*Chapter Two*!~
Silver rays cascaded down and drenched the young man in it's soft light. His amber bangs waved softly from the slight breeze and his clear amber eyes stared out into the lake. The waves lapped gently at the shores and a slow tear slowly trickled down his cheek.
"Li?"
The youth turned his head slightly and say a girl standing a few steps away from him.
"Hey Madison."
Li turned back out into the peaceful water and hastily wiped the tear away. Madison came up to him and placed a hand on his back.
"You know it's okay to cry, but Sakura would hate you for it. I talked to her on the phone and she told me what happened. You know what she also said? She said we couldn't shed any more tears because she cried enough for all of us. She's really scared Li. You know what?" Madison didn't give him a chance to answer. "She really needs you now. Please don't walk out on her."
Madison sent lonely eyes out to the sea and watched with Li as the water slowly drifted higher and higher up onto the sand.
~
"Sakura? Hey Sakura! Sakura!? Wake up! HEY SAKURA! WAKE UP!!!"
Startled, the brunette bolted from under the covers and the beast sat cross-legged in the air with his small wings spread out. His short golden arms were comfortably folded across his chest and he was slowly glowing with the outline of gold.
"K-Kero?" It was strange to have your eyes open but to see nothing but complete darkness.
"Hey Sakura, I'm really worried about you."
Sakura sighed and groped for Kero. Her fingertip brushed his tail and she swept him into a hug.
"I love you to death Kero. Don't be worried about me, I'll be fine." Slowly, Sakura reached above her and felt around the wood. Finally, I needle reached her senses and she pulled it down.
"Kero, will you help me measure my insulin?"
Kero sighed and reached for the needle. He hated watching Sakura give herself a shot every morning. Now he hated it even more that he was going to have to help her every morning.
"Sakura!"
The door was instantly flung open and Tori stepped in. Automatically, Kero fell limp onto the ground.
"Hey Sakura," Tori said softly this time.
"Tori," Sakura offered him the needle, "can you help me measure my shot?"
Tori took the needle and glanced at the emerald eyes that use to be so full of life. Now they seemed dull and rather abandoned. Slowly, he filled up to the right amount and handed it back to Sakura. Tori couldn't help but wince as he watched the needle punctuate her skin and the fluid slowly draining into her body. He looked down and the yellow stuffed animal. Tori's eyes narrowed and Kero sweat-dropped. He picked it up and handed it to Sakura.
"You dropped your toy."
Tori dropped Kero into her lap and Sakura nodded her thanks.
Her brother glanced once more at the animal before shutting the door quietly after him. Sakura picked up Kero and he instantly relaxed his tense muscles. Kero sighed and wiped off a few sweat-drops and grinned even though he knew Sakura couldn't see him. Kero took off and landed on her bed. Instantly, she flung the cover off sending Kero tumbling to the ground again.
"Why do you always keep doing that?" Kero whined as he rubbed the giant bump growing on his head.
~
"TORIII!" Sakura screamed.
"Hey Squirt, calm down already. Not like you don't already have a reputation of being late to school."
"TORIII!!!" Sakura screamed again.
"Alright, alright, lets go."
Sakura walked slowly to the door and carefully strapped her roller blades on.
"You sure you should be doing that?" Tori asked eyeing her carefully.
Sakura looked up and gave her older brother one of her famous smiles.
"I'll be fine. And if I'm close to running into anything, you can be my eyes."
Tori shrugged and pushed her out the door. Pulling it close behind him, he hopped onto his bike and began to pedal.
"Come on, Monster, you're going to be late."
"I hate you..." Sakura muttered.
"What did you say?"
~
"Hey Sakura!"
Instantly, she was surrounded by Rita, Chelsea, and Madison.
"Hey you guys..." Sakura started.
"Oh! We're-"
"Rita, Chelsea, Madison. Right?" Sakura interrupted.
The three girls glanced at each other and erupted in a massive amount of giggles.
"Your right! How did you know it was us?" Rita asked in surprise but through giggles.
"Oh..." Sakura looked away and sweat dropped, "Uh... Auras..."
The girls glanced at each other again and shrugged.
"That's cool," Chelsea said, her eyes shining.
Sakura turned her head up and Madison instantly recognized the hint.
"Uh... We got to go," Madison grabbed Sakura's arm and lead her inside the building.
Chelsea and Rita looked at each other in confusion and simply shrugged.
~
"What's wrong Sakura?"
Sakura brushed a lock of auburn hair out of her emerald eyes and sighed. Slowly, she pulled her bag down from her shoulder and unzipped the bag. Madison raised an eyebrow and as soon as Sakura pulled it open, a flurry of gold sprang out and onto her face. Madison shrieked before realizing it was just Kero.
"Hey, hey!" Kero shouted.
"Shut up!" Sakura said slapping him so he hit the wall.
"You promised you'd be quiet if I let you come with me. Why can't u ever keep your promises?" Sakura sighed picking Kero up after carefully placing one foot after the other so she wouldn't step on his fragile tail. Or his head that would hurt much worse.
On Sakura's hand, Kero brushed his head and rubbed his slightly crushed wing.
"That hurt a lot. Why can't you learn how to be gentler!? Plus! You owe me a chocolate cheese cake!" Kero whined and exclaimed at the same time.
"I told you to be quiet! You better say bye-bye to your desserts if you don't be QUIET!"
Kero jumped back into the bag and poked his head up so only his eyes and nose were showing. Madison giggled at how suddenly cute he was. But her giggles dissolved and she turned back to Sakura.
"You haven't used that sign in years! What's wrong Sakura?" Madison asked gently.
"Well... To tell you the truth, I'm afraid."
"What?"
"I'm afraid of the peer pressure! I'm afraid people will think badly of me. Treat me with pity and too much kindness it'll make me sick," Sakura sniffed before continuing, "and I'm afraid of Li..."
Madison stood frozen to the ground. How could Sakura possibly be frightened of Li? All she had to do was pull out a card and scream, "Fiery!"
"Li?" Madison forced out a laugh, "You? Afraid of Li!?"
Sakura turned away, "I'm scared he's going to avoid me. That he's not going to be there anymore."
"Didn't he say? Didn't he right out tell you he'll always be there for you?"
Madison looked straight up into her friend's eyes and gasped, for a second she thought she almost saw a glimmer of her old self. The lucky-go-smile, and twinkling emerald eyes, that seemed to shimmer even brighter in the sun. Sakura nodded impatiently and turned away.
"I feel already that he's going to avoid me."
"Sakura..."
~
Li stepped down the last step and turned the corner. He began to walk until his eyes caught the attention of the auburn hair.
"Shit," Li whispered turning around so sharply he slammed into a blonde behind him.
"Hey! Watch it, punk."
Li swivelled and ran up the stairs but was too late. Li saw the flash of black as Madison's head turned sharply as the blonde's threat could be heard. Li sighed as he slumped against the wall. 'That was close...' he thought. Li continued to climb the rest of the stair and once he stepped into the hall, he was angrily pushed into the locker with a BAM!
"Why the fuck are you avoiding Sakura?" A voice hissed dangerously into his ear.
Li carefully removed the fist that was planted on the locker that was an inch from his head and began.
"First of all, watch your language Madison. And second, I'm not avoiding her! What makes you think that?"
Madison's eyes flashed with a steal glint and she snarled, "Then why did you run back up the stairs?"
Li avoided her glare and shrugged.
"Answer my fucking question."
Li glanced into her steal cold eyes and shuddered. This was a side of Madison he never thought he'd see. Her hair brushed against his cheek as she straightened herself up.
"Don't hurt Sakura, Li. She's already suspecting something from you. Don't toy with her feelings." Madison's eyes bore into his as she hissed, "Or you better watch your back."
~
Sakura sat in the cold metal seat as the teachers voice droned on and on. Sighing, she supported her chin with her right palm and just stared out into the blackness that surrounded her. Every so often she would see flashes of different colours that she never saw before. But there was always a light glow of pink that seemed to spurt and erupt every so often that it was quiet a sight. But of course, that was the only entertainment she could only see and it began to get boring after a while.
"Miss Avalon!"
Sakura's head shot up and she sweat dropped in embarrassment.
"Even though you've lost the ability of sight, you still have that annoying habit of daydreaming."
Sakura scowled. Personally, she hated this teacher and didn't really care if she got fired.
"What do you have to say for yourself?" the teacher quipped.
"Sorry," Sakura muttered half-heartedly.
*RING!*
"Well, I guess that's the end of the lesson. You'll understand the pages of 300-302, -if- you were listening."
Sakura scowled again as she sensed the middle-aged women's eyes bore into her. Quickly, she gathered her books and threw them into her schoolbag. Then she rushed outside and nearly slammed into a wall. Leaning her weight on it she sighed. She thought school was hard before blindness, now it was nearly impossible! The bag slowly slid off her shoulder and hit the floor, sighing she bent down to pick it up. Before she reached it, Sakura felt a warm hand return it to her.
"Err... Uh, thank you," Sakura stuttered.
"No problem," a familiar voice answered warmly.
"Li!" Sakura almost jumped on him and began to hug him viciously.
"Ugh, get off Sakura! You're choking me!"
Sakura felt colour creep into her face and she giggled crazily.
"What's wrong, Sakura?"
"Huh?"
"You seem so distant today..."
"It's because my damn teacher in there doesn't understand what it feels like to lose your freaking sight! AND I'M GOING TO BE LATE FOR MATH!!!"
Sakura took a deep breath and looked up at Li, even though she couldn't see him.
"Want me to walk you?" Li asked extending a hand after the heated silence.
"Oh, sure, why not?"
Sakura smiled and after fumbling for his arm, they began to walk towards her next class.
Madison pressed a red button on her famous camcorder and smiled.
By: Gato_9
Disclaimers: Card Captors does not belong to me, it belongs to CLAMP.
Hey hey! Okay, I got this out as fast as I could. This doesn't start from where it ended. Okay? Well then, let's get started! R&R plz.
~!*Chapter Two*!~
Silver rays cascaded down and drenched the young man in it's soft light. His amber bangs waved softly from the slight breeze and his clear amber eyes stared out into the lake. The waves lapped gently at the shores and a slow tear slowly trickled down his cheek.
"Li?"
The youth turned his head slightly and say a girl standing a few steps away from him.
"Hey Madison."
Li turned back out into the peaceful water and hastily wiped the tear away. Madison came up to him and placed a hand on his back.
"You know it's okay to cry, but Sakura would hate you for it. I talked to her on the phone and she told me what happened. You know what she also said? She said we couldn't shed any more tears because she cried enough for all of us. She's really scared Li. You know what?" Madison didn't give him a chance to answer. "She really needs you now. Please don't walk out on her."
Madison sent lonely eyes out to the sea and watched with Li as the water slowly drifted higher and higher up onto the sand.
~
"Sakura? Hey Sakura! Sakura!? Wake up! HEY SAKURA! WAKE UP!!!"
Startled, the brunette bolted from under the covers and the beast sat cross-legged in the air with his small wings spread out. His short golden arms were comfortably folded across his chest and he was slowly glowing with the outline of gold.
"K-Kero?" It was strange to have your eyes open but to see nothing but complete darkness.
"Hey Sakura, I'm really worried about you."
Sakura sighed and groped for Kero. Her fingertip brushed his tail and she swept him into a hug.
"I love you to death Kero. Don't be worried about me, I'll be fine." Slowly, Sakura reached above her and felt around the wood. Finally, I needle reached her senses and she pulled it down.
"Kero, will you help me measure my insulin?"
Kero sighed and reached for the needle. He hated watching Sakura give herself a shot every morning. Now he hated it even more that he was going to have to help her every morning.
"Sakura!"
The door was instantly flung open and Tori stepped in. Automatically, Kero fell limp onto the ground.
"Hey Sakura," Tori said softly this time.
"Tori," Sakura offered him the needle, "can you help me measure my shot?"
Tori took the needle and glanced at the emerald eyes that use to be so full of life. Now they seemed dull and rather abandoned. Slowly, he filled up to the right amount and handed it back to Sakura. Tori couldn't help but wince as he watched the needle punctuate her skin and the fluid slowly draining into her body. He looked down and the yellow stuffed animal. Tori's eyes narrowed and Kero sweat-dropped. He picked it up and handed it to Sakura.
"You dropped your toy."
Tori dropped Kero into her lap and Sakura nodded her thanks.
Her brother glanced once more at the animal before shutting the door quietly after him. Sakura picked up Kero and he instantly relaxed his tense muscles. Kero sighed and wiped off a few sweat-drops and grinned even though he knew Sakura couldn't see him. Kero took off and landed on her bed. Instantly, she flung the cover off sending Kero tumbling to the ground again.
"Why do you always keep doing that?" Kero whined as he rubbed the giant bump growing on his head.
~
"TORIII!" Sakura screamed.
"Hey Squirt, calm down already. Not like you don't already have a reputation of being late to school."
"TORIII!!!" Sakura screamed again.
"Alright, alright, lets go."
Sakura walked slowly to the door and carefully strapped her roller blades on.
"You sure you should be doing that?" Tori asked eyeing her carefully.
Sakura looked up and gave her older brother one of her famous smiles.
"I'll be fine. And if I'm close to running into anything, you can be my eyes."
Tori shrugged and pushed her out the door. Pulling it close behind him, he hopped onto his bike and began to pedal.
"Come on, Monster, you're going to be late."
"I hate you..." Sakura muttered.
"What did you say?"
~
"Hey Sakura!"
Instantly, she was surrounded by Rita, Chelsea, and Madison.
"Hey you guys..." Sakura started.
"Oh! We're-"
"Rita, Chelsea, Madison. Right?" Sakura interrupted.
The three girls glanced at each other and erupted in a massive amount of giggles.
"Your right! How did you know it was us?" Rita asked in surprise but through giggles.
"Oh..." Sakura looked away and sweat dropped, "Uh... Auras..."
The girls glanced at each other again and shrugged.
"That's cool," Chelsea said, her eyes shining.
Sakura turned her head up and Madison instantly recognized the hint.
"Uh... We got to go," Madison grabbed Sakura's arm and lead her inside the building.
Chelsea and Rita looked at each other in confusion and simply shrugged.
~
"What's wrong Sakura?"
Sakura brushed a lock of auburn hair out of her emerald eyes and sighed. Slowly, she pulled her bag down from her shoulder and unzipped the bag. Madison raised an eyebrow and as soon as Sakura pulled it open, a flurry of gold sprang out and onto her face. Madison shrieked before realizing it was just Kero.
"Hey, hey!" Kero shouted.
"Shut up!" Sakura said slapping him so he hit the wall.
"You promised you'd be quiet if I let you come with me. Why can't u ever keep your promises?" Sakura sighed picking Kero up after carefully placing one foot after the other so she wouldn't step on his fragile tail. Or his head that would hurt much worse.
On Sakura's hand, Kero brushed his head and rubbed his slightly crushed wing.
"That hurt a lot. Why can't you learn how to be gentler!? Plus! You owe me a chocolate cheese cake!" Kero whined and exclaimed at the same time.
"I told you to be quiet! You better say bye-bye to your desserts if you don't be QUIET!"
Kero jumped back into the bag and poked his head up so only his eyes and nose were showing. Madison giggled at how suddenly cute he was. But her giggles dissolved and she turned back to Sakura.
"You haven't used that sign in years! What's wrong Sakura?" Madison asked gently.
"Well... To tell you the truth, I'm afraid."
"What?"
"I'm afraid of the peer pressure! I'm afraid people will think badly of me. Treat me with pity and too much kindness it'll make me sick," Sakura sniffed before continuing, "and I'm afraid of Li..."
Madison stood frozen to the ground. How could Sakura possibly be frightened of Li? All she had to do was pull out a card and scream, "Fiery!"
"Li?" Madison forced out a laugh, "You? Afraid of Li!?"
Sakura turned away, "I'm scared he's going to avoid me. That he's not going to be there anymore."
"Didn't he say? Didn't he right out tell you he'll always be there for you?"
Madison looked straight up into her friend's eyes and gasped, for a second she thought she almost saw a glimmer of her old self. The lucky-go-smile, and twinkling emerald eyes, that seemed to shimmer even brighter in the sun. Sakura nodded impatiently and turned away.
"I feel already that he's going to avoid me."
"Sakura..."
~
Li stepped down the last step and turned the corner. He began to walk until his eyes caught the attention of the auburn hair.
"Shit," Li whispered turning around so sharply he slammed into a blonde behind him.
"Hey! Watch it, punk."
Li swivelled and ran up the stairs but was too late. Li saw the flash of black as Madison's head turned sharply as the blonde's threat could be heard. Li sighed as he slumped against the wall. 'That was close...' he thought. Li continued to climb the rest of the stair and once he stepped into the hall, he was angrily pushed into the locker with a BAM!
"Why the fuck are you avoiding Sakura?" A voice hissed dangerously into his ear.
Li carefully removed the fist that was planted on the locker that was an inch from his head and began.
"First of all, watch your language Madison. And second, I'm not avoiding her! What makes you think that?"
Madison's eyes flashed with a steal glint and she snarled, "Then why did you run back up the stairs?"
Li avoided her glare and shrugged.
"Answer my fucking question."
Li glanced into her steal cold eyes and shuddered. This was a side of Madison he never thought he'd see. Her hair brushed against his cheek as she straightened herself up.
"Don't hurt Sakura, Li. She's already suspecting something from you. Don't toy with her feelings." Madison's eyes bore into his as she hissed, "Or you better watch your back."
~
Sakura sat in the cold metal seat as the teachers voice droned on and on. Sighing, she supported her chin with her right palm and just stared out into the blackness that surrounded her. Every so often she would see flashes of different colours that she never saw before. But there was always a light glow of pink that seemed to spurt and erupt every so often that it was quiet a sight. But of course, that was the only entertainment she could only see and it began to get boring after a while.
"Miss Avalon!"
Sakura's head shot up and she sweat dropped in embarrassment.
"Even though you've lost the ability of sight, you still have that annoying habit of daydreaming."
Sakura scowled. Personally, she hated this teacher and didn't really care if she got fired.
"What do you have to say for yourself?" the teacher quipped.
"Sorry," Sakura muttered half-heartedly.
*RING!*
"Well, I guess that's the end of the lesson. You'll understand the pages of 300-302, -if- you were listening."
Sakura scowled again as she sensed the middle-aged women's eyes bore into her. Quickly, she gathered her books and threw them into her schoolbag. Then she rushed outside and nearly slammed into a wall. Leaning her weight on it she sighed. She thought school was hard before blindness, now it was nearly impossible! The bag slowly slid off her shoulder and hit the floor, sighing she bent down to pick it up. Before she reached it, Sakura felt a warm hand return it to her.
"Err... Uh, thank you," Sakura stuttered.
"No problem," a familiar voice answered warmly.
"Li!" Sakura almost jumped on him and began to hug him viciously.
"Ugh, get off Sakura! You're choking me!"
Sakura felt colour creep into her face and she giggled crazily.
"What's wrong, Sakura?"
"Huh?"
"You seem so distant today..."
"It's because my damn teacher in there doesn't understand what it feels like to lose your freaking sight! AND I'M GOING TO BE LATE FOR MATH!!!"
Sakura took a deep breath and looked up at Li, even though she couldn't see him.
"Want me to walk you?" Li asked extending a hand after the heated silence.
"Oh, sure, why not?"
Sakura smiled and after fumbling for his arm, they began to walk towards her next class.
Madison pressed a red button on her famous camcorder and smiled.