I shouldn't be doing that much author's notes.... I talk too much. Sowie...
Disclaimers: YoU kNoW tHe dEtAiLs AlReAdY sO mOvE oN....
Chap 3. Memories Arising
As she walked toward her seat, Syaoran felt a strange sense of aura
around this girl. A familiar pink aura. The aura he used to be so welcomed by and comforted by long ago. The aura grew stronger as Cherry grew closer.
'Sakura...?'
She caught him looking at her and smiled at him. A smile that caught Syaoran off guard and made him blush scarlet. He turned away from her and quickly glanced back at Cherry, who had already sat down in her seat.
'Is it really you, Sakura?' he thought while looking back at Cherry now and then. Tomoyo and Meiling thought the same.
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Syaoran was sitting in the cafeteria, thinking about this new 'Cherry' who had suddenly made him think about something else instead of Sakura's death.
"Hey. Is your name Li Syaoran? Sorry... I forgot..." Syaoran looked up at the owner of the voice. He widened his eyes at who had spoke and he felt himself turn hot.
"Um...uh...yeah."
*giggle* "You're pleasant. Is it all right if I seat next to you?"
Syaoran nodded his head, shyly.
"So. You came from Hong Kong?" she asked, a few minutes after they were done eating their lunch.
Syaoran nodded his head.
"Why?"
Syaoran felt his back turn stiff.
'I can't tell her about the Clow Cards. Unless... if she is Sakura, if I do tell her the story¡¦ I might trig a memory in her mind about me and everyone else...'
"Um...listen...is it all right if I could talk to you after all of our classes? I probably can tell you then... maybe..." Syaoran muttered.
Cherry cocked her head to one side with a puzzled expression.
"Um... Sure. Why don't we meet... um...at the front yard of the school? Okay?" Cherry suggested.
"Yeah, whatever," Syaoran muttered as he got up to throw his trash away. Cherry started to follow him, following suit, but a voice made her turn around.
"Hey Cherry!! Come over here! We'd like to talk to you!" Tomoyo yelled from another table as she waved her hand. They sat a couple of benches from Syaoran.
"Coming! See you later, Li-kun!" Cherry whispered to him before she went off. Takashi walked towards Syaoran.
"Wow. You're lucky that she talked to you. Many boys already have crushes on her. Unbelievable, isn't it? They say that if you are envied by someone...." But Syaoran wasn't listening. He was attempting to listen to the girls' conversation. They were chattering with Cherry and were crowded around a poster.
"Hey, Cherry. Are you really gonna sing at the stage, next week?" Rika asked with excitement.
Cherry blushed. "Yeah. But don't expect me to have a good voice. I just volunteered for next week's dance."
"Wow. You must have some courage to ask if you could sing. I wanted to try, too but nowadays I just don't have time because of homework," Tomoyo said longingly.
"Who are you gonna take to the dance?" Meiling asked curiously.
Cherry blushed even redder. " I don't know...this is only my first day..."
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Syaoran was waiting in the autumn evening for Takahashi-chan.
*sigh* 'Why did I even bother with the story? The stuffed animal's gonna get sooo mad at me. So? Maybe if I tell her the story, she might remember everything. Well, if she is Sakura, that is.' He looked at the key in his hand. The key which had belonged to the one he had loved. 'I'm gonna give her this. I have a feeling that she's back.' He turned abruptly behind him because he felt strong magic. It was only Cherry.
"Hi Li-kun! So, what's the story about?" Cherry asked, smiling pleasantly at him.
Syaoran turned pink and looked down at the ground. "Um...well...it started out..."
About 30 minutes later, Syaoran was sitting on a branch of a tree and Cherry was leaning on the trunk.
"Sa- I mean, Takahashi-chan?"
"Yes?"
"Um...I was wondering...are you Sakura?"
"You mean the girl that had to find all of those um...what was the word? Clow Cards?"
Syaoran nodded his head vigorously.
"Sorry, but no. I don't remember in my life that I was catching cards with a magic staff. The only time I remember was..." She fell silent.
Syaoran raised one of his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong, Cherry?"
"I don't know who my parents are." Syaoran widened his eyes when he heard her whisper that.
"I only remember when my little sister found me in a river. She took care of me and asked me what my name was. I didn't remember. But I saw a cherry petal fall down onto my lap. So, I said Cherry. She was happy that she found a girl like me and she said I was gonna be her sister. Well, I know it's strange without authorities knowing about it. Her parents disappeared one day, so she's alone. I decided to take care of her ever since. She had enough money for me to go to college so I came here, and she's still waiting in the meadows, waiting for me to teach her all the things I'm going to learn here. But... all the time I stayed there with her, I wanted to know who I really was. I don't know what my real name is. I don't know who my real parents are." She sat down on the ground and started sobbing slowly.
Syaoran looked at her with pity and climbed down the tree to try to cheer her up. ' I do not know why I'm doing this, but if she is Sakura...'
"Takahashi-chan, I don't know how to help you but take this." He held out the key necklace to her.
She sniffed a bit before she looked up. Her eyes twinkled at the sight of the key. "Oh...it's pretty. Wait. You're giving it to me?"
"Yeah. Keep it. It might come in use if you know what you're gonna do with it," he muttered.
He walked off, leaving Cherry on the ground who was looking at the key with puzzlement.
In the distance, two girls were looking at Syaoran and Cherry. 'Why did Li-kun give the key to her? She can't be Sakura? Can she?' they thought at the same time.
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A few days passed and Syaoran, Tomoyo, Meiling, and Cherry got to be closer friends. They spent most of the time together, at least when they had the time.
"Do you guys want to go to my place? Christmas vacation is coming soon and my sister would love to see my new friends," Cherry asked. The three looked at each other. They shrugged and said that they had nothing to do then.
"I just need to tell mom about it," Tomoyo said with excitement.
"You know, Cherry-chan. The dance is tomorrow. Who are you going with?" Meiling asked again with curiosity.
"I still haven't thought about it. I guess I could just go and have fun
until I have to sing." Meiling sighed and continued doing her Japanese homework. "Yuck. I still don't like learning this language." She made a face which made Cherry laugh.
Her laugh made Syaoran turn his head at her with a surprise look. 'Her laugh...She is Sakura. I'm at least 80% sure. I just gotta know how to bring her back.' But he didn't need to worry about that.
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At the dance, lively music was filling the room and people were having a fun time, dancing, singing, and well, eating. (Hehe. ^_^;; I just had to put that in.) Tomoyo couldn't come because she accidently didn't finish her homework with all the clothes now she's making. Mind you, her fashion is pretty good. Cherry was sitting down in the same table as Meiling and Syaoran. She was watching everyone having a fun time and was chitchatting with Meiling. She saw Mr. Terada in the back with Rika. Mr. Terada saw her and told Rika to do something. Rika came over to their table and said:
"Cherry-chan, it's your turn to sing." Rika waved 'hi' to Meilng and Syaoran.
"Okay. I'll be back, Li-kun and Meiling-chan!" She winked at them and headed toward the stage. The DJ (which was unbelievably Takashi) yelled out," Havin' a great time?"
The people roared back, "Yeah!"
"You know, that if you have a great time during the dance, they say..."
"Takeshi-kun!!! You know what's gonna happen to you if you say that one more time during the dance!!!" Chiharu yelled at him.
Takeshi sweatdropped as he heard that statement and reddened.
"Um...as I was saying...Takahashi-chan has volunteered to sing for us! Takahashi-chan, you're on!"
Everybody looked at Cherry as she placed herself on the center of the stage. She blushed a bit because of all the attention.
"Um, well, the song I'm gonna sing, well, I really don't know where I learned it. I don't remember the title, but only the words. But I hope all of you will enjoy it."
She took a deep breath and started with a soft tune:
"Your straight eye sight
It's always silence
It always see the dream
Looking at the side, smiling
The precious time
is protected by you
Although it's slow,
but there's a thing
I realized passed on to you
Chorus:
Meeting you went by your side
Now slowly coming out
This feeling,
Hope you'll accept...
Sillly movements
Accompanied me
In this memory
Turn into darling
The time I love,
Please let me love it even more
Although it's slow,
But there's a thing,
I realize, want to beleive
Your courage, your sweetness,
Look at here, there must be,
Tears flooding out, hope you'll accept,
Water, Wind, Sun, Earth, Moon, Stars will surround me...."
As the song continued, floods of visions went through Cherry whilie she was singing. A vision of a book in front of her and a stuffed animal coming out of it. A vision when a boy similarly like Li-kun saving her from a huge giant fish that came out of an ice rink. A vision of that boy yelling out the name of the girl, Li-kun had mention in his story, and was being
lifted by a lion or something with wings. A vision with a boy with dark blue hair and the boy glaring at him. A vision when the boy came up to her and said that he loved her.... (Which startled Cherry, a bit.) All of these visions started to pressure Cherry and she closed her eyes to concentrate on the song.
When the song had started, Syaoran had raised his head immediately. 'I know that song. That's Sakura's song! And only Sakura knows it!' Syaoran turned his head toward Cherry. Then he saw that she was in some stress or pressure. That worried Syaoran a bit. Suddenly, before anyone knew it, Cherry was running off the stage yelling and apoligizing while covering her face,
"I'm sorry! But I can't take it anymore!!!! "
People stood in puzzlement while a murmur was going around. Takeshi-kun said on his mic, "Please calm down. We'll find Cherry. Now please go on with the dance!" He left on some soft rock music and headed toward Prof. Terada.
"Should I send Anokiru-kun to find her?" Takeshi suggested.
Syaoran's ears twitched when he heard another "boy's" name look out for Cherry/Sakura. He went up to them.
"I'll find her," Syaoran said firmly, but casually.
This surprised the two but they agreed.
He started to walk out when Meiling called out, "Syaoran!! Are you going to look for the flower?"
He glared at her and said,"Yes, Meiling. I'll be back."
'But where did she run off to???' he thought.
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So, what ja think of this chap.? Not bad, ne? It was long, yes, I know because of the song. I hope it's okay if I took the words from the S+S region of Piggyhoho's site...because I didn't see a warning if I can't or can not. Sowie if I ask without permission. ;_; I didn't know.
Remember when Yamazaki-kun reddened of what Chiharu-chan said? It's because that if he told another of his stories, Chiahru-chan would kiss him!
But don't you think that she had already kissed him more than once? Oh well. I guess 'kissing' for him is pleasurable but embarrassing. Hm...Chiharu probably meant that she would kiss him in public...OOH..how embarrassing! *giggle*
Next chap will come! Don't worry!
~Digiberry =3
(Made in somewhere around September or August last year. Edited 6/15/01.)
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