Ok,
Starlight, starbright,
These characters, I don't own, right?
But I wish I may,
I wish I might,
Borrow them for my fics tonight.
~Shin-chan (NOBODY STEAL THIS! IT'S *MINE*!!!)
^_^ Read and Review, people!!
Feel free to criticize any wrong gramar and speeling. ^_^ eheheh...
CHAPTER 1- Drops of Blue Tears
Sakura fairly jumped up from her bed, beads of sweat trickling down her chin; she saw a flash of blinding red light… and she heard a voice in her sleep… in her dreams… around her… In her room? It was light… almost sweet… yet there was a hint of malice that was barely noticeable…
"Peace is but a shadow...
A shadow of darkness...
A shadow of death...
Though we try hard to achieve it...
It remains merely a dream...
Unrealized...
Never meant to be..."
She swept her eyes across the room, to make sure that nobody was around.
Then, her gaze fell upon a shadow cast outside her window, but before she could blink, it had vanished.
***
Syaoran stared wearily across the room at the blackboard. Today, he was first to arrive at school and he hated it. He had woken up early, had no one to talk to, and was currently bored stiff.
All of a sudden he heard footsteps… getting louder and louder. The first thought that hit him was that he finally had somebody to talk to… He turned his head to greet whoever had come in, but, to his surprise, nobody was there.
It was only then that he noticed a silhouette on the floor before him, however, the moment his eyes set on it, it wasn't there....
Shuddering, he looked out the window, squinting so as to see what was outside. The rain that was pelting the glass pane was getting stronger and stronger… Like hurried footsteps…. Getting louder and louder… Yes… that was it… he didn't hear footsteps… it was just the rain…
But somehow, he had a hard time convincing himself of that…
***
"Good morning class!" Mr. Terada greeted his students, SKIPPING and PRANCING into the room with a HAPPY, IDIOTIC GRIN on his face.
^-^;;;; (I just *had* to do that…)
"We have a new student", he continued, "His name is Eriol Hiiragizawa and
(with a name like that I don't know how or why)
he's from England." He turned to the boy beside him,
(the one with the black hair and glasses… Yeah! That's him!)
He pointed at one of the students, "Now, Eriol, you can sit there in the empty seat beside Syaoran" The boy nodded and walked over to sit down in the assigned place.
***
Syaoran watched with wary eyes as the new student settled himself and started unpacking his school supplies.
Eriol looked up, noticing that he was being watched, and smiled, "You're Syaoran"; he hesitated, as if searching his brain for the right answer to a test, "…Li, ne?" Syaoran nodded parting his lips to speak, "Hai."
Then silence.
It was maintained throughout all the classes.
***
Syaoran didn't say too much, because for some reason, he didn't know what, he had a strange feeling about the dark-haired boy. There was something… odd… unknown… unfamiliar in him… but then… everyone seemed to like him. He was smart, sweet, courteous… almost everything that everybody wanted to be… Yet, to Syaoran the other boy had a certain air hovering around him… mystique? Or was it the presence of evil…?
No. It was nothing. It couldn't possibly be… he was just hallucinating… just like the footsteps he heard… Raindrops that he heard… nevertheless he was uncomfortable with Eriol. It's probably just one of those hard-time-accepting-the-new-student-who-is-smarter-than-you situations. Yeah, that was it. Plain and simple.
At least that's what he hoped…
***
Eriol walked out of his classroom, brows furrowed in concentration, trying to read a book amidst all the chattering in the hallway. Occasionally he caught little bits of phrases from his new classmates.
"Oh! Hiiragizawa-kun is sooooo CUTE!!"
"Yeah! And he's smart, too!"
"Don't forget that he's really nice! He helped me with the lesson I couldn't understand!"
"There he is!!!"
"AAAIIIEEEE!! HE'S SO ADORABLE!!!"
And other comments carelessly thrown about by people from different levels and sections.
The black-haired boy paid a diminutive amount of attention to what the others around him were saying, until…
"Sakura-chan, what do you think of the new student?"
"He's sweet. Remember how he gave all the girls in the class flowers?"
"Hai, you're right."
"And you, Tomoyo-chan, what do YOU think of him?"
"He's OK. But Syaoran doesn't seem to like him to much…"
"He's probably just jealous."
The sound of running feet was heard, although almost as quiet as a whisper due to the noise.
"I AM NOT JEALOUS!!!!"
"Sure Syaoran…"
"We believe you…"
"Grrrr…."
The sound of a door opening, then closing was heard. They had obviously entered the library.
"Such power for a girl… Well, I hope you're ready… It's coming…"
Eriol chuckled softly, the faintest wisp of a smile blowing over his lips.
***
The trees seemed like ghost, swaying and dancing to the song of the wind. Light droplets of rain descended from above, to silently splash at different roofs. And still the moon was like a priceless coin, framed with clouds by its collector, and hung on a starry wall.
Sakura gazed out her window at it. She had a feeling that something would happen this night; something out of the ordinary. She didn't know what it was, but she knew it wasn't going to be good. Kero had told her to sleep, that there was nothing to worry about. But she thought otherwise.
She continued to look out for a few minutes, then started to think. Maybe there isn't anything wrong… Maybe nothing bad is gonna happen tonight… Maybe I'm just being silly, and the feeling I have is just nonsense…
Just as she decided to go to bed, an explosion of blue light in the distance caught her eye. She stared numbly at it, then dashed to get her key and dress up to check what it was. Before she could call Kero to tell him what she saw, however, she heard a voice. The same voice that had woke her up that morning…
"Each day, everybody drowns...
Their spirit in happiness...
Willing themselves to forget the unforgotten...
But when night wakes...
Dreams of their past return...
To haunt them...
Always coming...
Never going..."
She once again scanned the room, to see if there was an intruder…
Nobody.
A bit frightened, she called out Kero's name.
"W-what…? I'm sleeping" Came the drowsy reply.
Sakura sighed in relief, then relayed what had happened to the guardian beast. He immediately snapped wide-awake, then instructed her that they were to check it out. But before that, they would pass by Syaoran's home to get some help, just in case…
***
A black silhouette stood on the edge of a sturdy tree branch. His eyes were glinting with the reflection of the burst of blue energy before him. He surveyed the woods around him, then smirked.
"They are coming…"
He slowly melted into the shadows about him, invisible to every seeing eye.
***
The Fly maneuvered in and out the cleared niches and gaps in the vast forest. On it were Sakura and Syaoran, with Kero clinging to one of them. It swept around, following the distant patches of blue light seen between the branches and leaves of acres of trees.
As it grew nearer, the glow grew stronger and stronger, until it almost blinded. Also, the energy level rose higher and higher signifying that something inhumanly powerful was there.
SWISH! SWOOSH! They were almost there… And with a flurry of leaves and a burst of speed, they flew into the clearing at breakneck speed.
Then suddenly, the Fly came to a halt, throwing its passengers off and sending them flying forward into the massive blue column. It looked like it had hit something solid, but they had no idea what it was.
But they would soon find out.
Syaoran, Sakura, and Kero hit something hard, then waves of orange light crashed into them, sending them to the ground, then burning them with immense pain.
Everything started to dim, until nothing could be made out anymore.
Starlight, starbright,
These characters, I don't own, right?
But I wish I may,
I wish I might,
Borrow them for my fics tonight.
~Shin-chan (NOBODY STEAL THIS! IT'S *MINE*!!!)
^_^ Read and Review, people!!
Feel free to criticize any wrong gramar and speeling. ^_^ eheheh...
CHAPTER 1- Drops of Blue Tears
Sakura fairly jumped up from her bed, beads of sweat trickling down her chin; she saw a flash of blinding red light… and she heard a voice in her sleep… in her dreams… around her… In her room? It was light… almost sweet… yet there was a hint of malice that was barely noticeable…
"Peace is but a shadow...
A shadow of darkness...
A shadow of death...
Though we try hard to achieve it...
It remains merely a dream...
Unrealized...
Never meant to be..."
She swept her eyes across the room, to make sure that nobody was around.
Then, her gaze fell upon a shadow cast outside her window, but before she could blink, it had vanished.
***
Syaoran stared wearily across the room at the blackboard. Today, he was first to arrive at school and he hated it. He had woken up early, had no one to talk to, and was currently bored stiff.
All of a sudden he heard footsteps… getting louder and louder. The first thought that hit him was that he finally had somebody to talk to… He turned his head to greet whoever had come in, but, to his surprise, nobody was there.
It was only then that he noticed a silhouette on the floor before him, however, the moment his eyes set on it, it wasn't there....
Shuddering, he looked out the window, squinting so as to see what was outside. The rain that was pelting the glass pane was getting stronger and stronger… Like hurried footsteps…. Getting louder and louder… Yes… that was it… he didn't hear footsteps… it was just the rain…
But somehow, he had a hard time convincing himself of that…
***
"Good morning class!" Mr. Terada greeted his students, SKIPPING and PRANCING into the room with a HAPPY, IDIOTIC GRIN on his face.
^-^;;;; (I just *had* to do that…)
"We have a new student", he continued, "His name is Eriol Hiiragizawa and
(with a name like that I don't know how or why)
he's from England." He turned to the boy beside him,
(the one with the black hair and glasses… Yeah! That's him!)
He pointed at one of the students, "Now, Eriol, you can sit there in the empty seat beside Syaoran" The boy nodded and walked over to sit down in the assigned place.
***
Syaoran watched with wary eyes as the new student settled himself and started unpacking his school supplies.
Eriol looked up, noticing that he was being watched, and smiled, "You're Syaoran"; he hesitated, as if searching his brain for the right answer to a test, "…Li, ne?" Syaoran nodded parting his lips to speak, "Hai."
Then silence.
It was maintained throughout all the classes.
***
Syaoran didn't say too much, because for some reason, he didn't know what, he had a strange feeling about the dark-haired boy. There was something… odd… unknown… unfamiliar in him… but then… everyone seemed to like him. He was smart, sweet, courteous… almost everything that everybody wanted to be… Yet, to Syaoran the other boy had a certain air hovering around him… mystique? Or was it the presence of evil…?
No. It was nothing. It couldn't possibly be… he was just hallucinating… just like the footsteps he heard… Raindrops that he heard… nevertheless he was uncomfortable with Eriol. It's probably just one of those hard-time-accepting-the-new-student-who-is-smarter-than-you situations. Yeah, that was it. Plain and simple.
At least that's what he hoped…
***
Eriol walked out of his classroom, brows furrowed in concentration, trying to read a book amidst all the chattering in the hallway. Occasionally he caught little bits of phrases from his new classmates.
"Oh! Hiiragizawa-kun is sooooo CUTE!!"
"Yeah! And he's smart, too!"
"Don't forget that he's really nice! He helped me with the lesson I couldn't understand!"
"There he is!!!"
"AAAIIIEEEE!! HE'S SO ADORABLE!!!"
And other comments carelessly thrown about by people from different levels and sections.
The black-haired boy paid a diminutive amount of attention to what the others around him were saying, until…
"Sakura-chan, what do you think of the new student?"
"He's sweet. Remember how he gave all the girls in the class flowers?"
"Hai, you're right."
"And you, Tomoyo-chan, what do YOU think of him?"
"He's OK. But Syaoran doesn't seem to like him to much…"
"He's probably just jealous."
The sound of running feet was heard, although almost as quiet as a whisper due to the noise.
"I AM NOT JEALOUS!!!!"
"Sure Syaoran…"
"We believe you…"
"Grrrr…."
The sound of a door opening, then closing was heard. They had obviously entered the library.
"Such power for a girl… Well, I hope you're ready… It's coming…"
Eriol chuckled softly, the faintest wisp of a smile blowing over his lips.
***
The trees seemed like ghost, swaying and dancing to the song of the wind. Light droplets of rain descended from above, to silently splash at different roofs. And still the moon was like a priceless coin, framed with clouds by its collector, and hung on a starry wall.
Sakura gazed out her window at it. She had a feeling that something would happen this night; something out of the ordinary. She didn't know what it was, but she knew it wasn't going to be good. Kero had told her to sleep, that there was nothing to worry about. But she thought otherwise.
She continued to look out for a few minutes, then started to think. Maybe there isn't anything wrong… Maybe nothing bad is gonna happen tonight… Maybe I'm just being silly, and the feeling I have is just nonsense…
Just as she decided to go to bed, an explosion of blue light in the distance caught her eye. She stared numbly at it, then dashed to get her key and dress up to check what it was. Before she could call Kero to tell him what she saw, however, she heard a voice. The same voice that had woke her up that morning…
"Each day, everybody drowns...
Their spirit in happiness...
Willing themselves to forget the unforgotten...
But when night wakes...
Dreams of their past return...
To haunt them...
Always coming...
Never going..."
She once again scanned the room, to see if there was an intruder…
Nobody.
A bit frightened, she called out Kero's name.
"W-what…? I'm sleeping" Came the drowsy reply.
Sakura sighed in relief, then relayed what had happened to the guardian beast. He immediately snapped wide-awake, then instructed her that they were to check it out. But before that, they would pass by Syaoran's home to get some help, just in case…
***
A black silhouette stood on the edge of a sturdy tree branch. His eyes were glinting with the reflection of the burst of blue energy before him. He surveyed the woods around him, then smirked.
"They are coming…"
He slowly melted into the shadows about him, invisible to every seeing eye.
***
The Fly maneuvered in and out the cleared niches and gaps in the vast forest. On it were Sakura and Syaoran, with Kero clinging to one of them. It swept around, following the distant patches of blue light seen between the branches and leaves of acres of trees.
As it grew nearer, the glow grew stronger and stronger, until it almost blinded. Also, the energy level rose higher and higher signifying that something inhumanly powerful was there.
SWISH! SWOOSH! They were almost there… And with a flurry of leaves and a burst of speed, they flew into the clearing at breakneck speed.
Then suddenly, the Fly came to a halt, throwing its passengers off and sending them flying forward into the massive blue column. It looked like it had hit something solid, but they had no idea what it was.
But they would soon find out.
Syaoran, Sakura, and Kero hit something hard, then waves of orange light crashed into them, sending them to the ground, then burning them with immense pain.
Everything started to dim, until nothing could be made out anymore.
