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Chapter Two - Sakura's Story-
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The more I saw you
how I admired your eyes
but quite frankly,
the very last time
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Li woke me up abruptly in the middle of the night, waking me when I was in the other room. He gave out a loud yell, as if something unhuman had been seen in his dreams. I ran over to him, and saw him playing the small music box near his bed. He stared at it, tears falling from his eyes. I came close to him, but he didn't seem to notice. He continued crying, listening to the music box.
I put my hand on his head, and suddenly, he just stared at me. He gave me the blank look that would just strike fear into your heart. Furthurmore…his eyes glowed with a strange essence of green. I backed away, as he stood up facing me.
'You are the cardcaptor.' He said to me in a blank tone. 'You stand in my way.'
I blinked and watched, as a greenish aura came over him. He picked up his old Chronos sword from the mantle on top of his desk, and held it in front of me.
'Li…what are you doing?' I asked him, as he started straight into my soul. His gaze, inhuman, his face, undescribable.
It came with no response, however, as he pushed me out of the way and ran past me, still holding the Chronos sword. I heard the shatter of glass from the living room, and a gust of wind blow in. I ran after him, but he was gone…
He had broken the glass door in the back…and just run away. I walked out the glass door, the night sky glimmering down on the ground I stood upon. I walked back inside, but I stopped suddenly.
'Kinomoto Sakura…' something said in the distance. 'Kinomoto Sakura…'
I turned around to see a man crouching down, with his hands over his face. 'Kinomoto Sakura…help me….'
I tried to see who he was, but his hands remained in the way.
In a brilliant flash of light, however, I could see cherry blossom petals just fall from the ceiling. The man glowed a bright white, and just disappeared.
'Kinomoto Sakura….help me…'
…and with that, he was gone. All that remained was a small whitish flower on the ground where he sat. I walked closer to the flower, it giving me a strange feeling in my head. Crouching down, I picked it up, and a huge blast of wind shot upwards from my hands. Everything turned white, as I noticed that I wasn't in my room anymore.
It was completely white in the room. Hanging from the ceiling, lights of so many varieties shone down upon me. I never gave off a single shadow however…maybe from the many lights on the ceiling.
'SYAORAN!' I yelled as loud as I could. 'SYAORAN!! WHERE ARE YOU?!'
My voice echoed throughout the room, and came with no answer. I felt a tap on my shoulder soon afterwords, and I turned around to see a man standing in front of me. He wore all white as well, making him blend clearly with the rest of the room.
'Sakura' he told me. 'Welcome to the Cosmos'
'Cosmos?!' I said back, yelling at him, confused and worried.
'Let me introduce myself' he said to me in a calm tone, acting as if I didn't say anything. 'My name is Kenji'
'I don't care WHO you are, where the hell is SYAORAN!?' I yelled again, tears forming in my eyes. He seemed to not care, instead he kept talking.
'You mean when.' Kenji said back to me. 'Syaoran is now in a much better place…one that his mind has craved for. This place can also be that for you as well, as long as you allow it to be.'
I turned away from him, as he grabbed my shoulder and still spoke.
'Fate has decided for this to happen. There is nothing more you can do about it' he simply said. Then, in a blinding flash of light, he disappeared. In his place lay the music box in which Syaoran was playing. I picked it up, and opened it, the box playing a sweet tune that could only make me cry harder. I went down on my knees, and just listened, the box whispering tunes I had cherished with Li. Songs that defined…us…
Soon after, a door appeared in the center of the room. It just stood there, as if I had to open it. So I did, I put my hand on the knob and turned it, slowly at first and then opening the door. On the other side, I could see a small house. It was snowing.
I walked through the door, and found myself in front of that house, with the snow falling on my head. Steam rose steadily from the chimney, and I knocked on the door. There was no answer.
So, I walked onto the deck and sat on a chair and thought to myself. Where was I?
Quickly after that, I heard a voice echo in the air.
'…and when I was five, I took the sled to a hill high in the mountains. It was cold, but all Meiling and I wanted to do…was to have fun…'
…what was that? It sounded just like Li.
I heard a few children laughing, as one, a boy, opened the door and ran outside with a tobaggan. Another, a girl, ran out behind him. Both their faces, their features…
…reminded me of a younger Syaoran and Meilin…
Confused and thinking, I backed away from them, as Syaoran stopped running and stared at me.
'Meiling…' he said 'Is…that…aunty…?'
Meiling…that name rung in my mind as if I hadn't heard Syaoran, young or older, say it in years. It was true…since Meiling's death, Li never spoke a word about her.
…about a second later, I ducked, as Meiling and Syaoran started to throw rocks and snowballs at me.
'You're a bad person aunty!!' Syaoran yelled, throwing snowballs at me.
'I hate you mother! How could you do those bad things to uncle!!' Meiling yelled, and with that, a rock hit me in the forehead, knocking me back. It hurt me to watch Syaoran and Meiling hit me like this. I haven't even seen Meiling alive since I was twelve...
…and the last time I saw Syaoran…he said he loved me…
…and I loved him too.
…but this Syaoran didn't know who I was at all…he didn't know me yet…
I got up and ran into the snowy forest nearby, running as fast as I could. Where was I?! Why was I seeing Li like this?! How is Meiling even here?!
Tears in my eyes, I stopped at a clearing in the forest, and the snow seemed to melt away very quickly. The sun started to shine, and when I opened my eyes…
…it was spring.
I was surrounded by the huge forest, which looked almost alien to me now. It had changed from winter to spring in just…a single moment. A few butterflies flew past me, as a single small grey wolf trotted in the forest. Its gaze faced me, and I turned to look at it, standing in place. It faced me as well, and walked towards me. Its eyes…strangely…were a bright green.
'You are the angel' it said to me, as I backed away. This wolf…could talk.
'Angel?' I asked back. It nodded its head, and spoke again to me.
'Kinomoto Sakura, our Angel. Welcome to the Cosmos.' It said to me in a formal greeting.
'My name is Naroays' it said to me. 'I am all that remains of the man you knew as Syaoran.'
'W-what? What happened to Syaoran…?!' I yelled back, feeling as if I were to lose a part of myself.
'Syaoran only exists here now, his soul exists in pieces…' Naroays replied in a calm tone. 'He…has been taken over by the Cosmos.'
'No…you're lying' I said, going down to my knees. This isn't happening…not at all. He'll come back and hold me in his arms again. I could feel tears running down my cheeks. What if…Naroays was telling the truth?
'Calm, Angel, I still exist. I only exist in pieces now…scattered throughout then Cosmos. I am still here. Angel, Syaoran Li is still in me' Naroays said to me, trying to calm me down. I hugged the wolf, as it just whispered in my ear.
'Angel, you are the only one who can restore me.'
~to be continued
