AN: I decided to stick the sequel into the same story thing because I think this way more people will read it. Do you guys agree? Hehehe, well, yep, I'm back with the sequel for "To Guard our Love"~!
Kero: And the wonderful Kero is once again back!!! Goodies and sweets appreicated ^0^
Ice: ^^U The sequel is shorter than the first part of the story mind you. New characters will be appearing, and also some other characters such as our beloved...Eriol!!! Suppi, Nakuru, you get the point ^^
Kero: Oh no! Suppi?! Nooo!! Must hide my sweets :P
Ice: ^^;; Ok, onto the first chapter
of the sequel!! By the way, this is 5 years after the first story, so everyone
is 21!! In the first part of the story, everyone was 16.
Disclaimer: No, I don't own CCS and
it's character, so pooey. CLAMP owns it -.-
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Chapter One: A Day of Remembrance
Written by Enchanted Ice Star
It was any other day in Hong Kong, China, and everyone was busy doing their own things. The streets were crowded, car horns honking, people shopping, a usual Saturday, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
Probably because, nothing was out of the ordinary.
A young man, around the age of 21 with unruly brown hair, and amber eyes that showed no emotion, was walking down the busy sidewalks, hands in his pockets of a pair of khakis. This person was none other than the leader of the Li Clan, Li Syaoran.
He stopped in front of a park, and glanced at the cherry blossom trees, and at once an image of a girl around 16 flashed through his mind. His eyes showed sadness no doubt, but it quickly disappeared as he moved on pass the trees.
Syaoran Li had lived the past five years of life well, going through his years of training and schooling with good grades. He was now in his last year of university, and after that he would fully have to spend his time on the clan. The Li Clan's top goal at the moment was to find the destined one who could open the Sakura book that a certain girl had left behind.
"I still can't forget her...after all these years..." He mumbled as he glanced up at the bright blue sky that was dotted by a couple clouds. Once again the amber eyes showed sorrow as the rays of the sun highlighted his brown hair.
"Syaoran!! Syaoran!!" He heard a voice call to him, and he knew at once who the voice belonged to.
Syaoran turned around, and saw a girl his age with long raven black hair that reached her hip, and bright green eyes. He couldn't help but see someone else through the green eyes...it reminded him so much of..her.
"Syaoran!! Where were you? I called your house, and Meiling-chan told me you were out on a walk!!" The girl said, quite out of breathe from running to him.
He gave her a small smile. "Sorry Chun, I just had to go for a walk...to clear my mind."
Chun, was the girl's nickname, but her full first name was Chun Yue, meaing spring moon. She was a beautiful girl, and Syaoran and her had been dating for the past three and a half years.
"Syao honey, something's wrong isn't it?" Chun asked softly.
Syaoran shook his head gently as his eyes wandered over to the cherry blossom trees again. Chun followed his gaze, "They're beautiful aren't they?"
"Hai.." Syaoran nodded.
Chun turned back to Syaoran, "I've been with you for three years Syaoran, and I've noticed something."
"Huh?" Syaoran asked in confusion.
"..Every single year on this day, you seem...so distant Syaoran..." Chun mumbled. "...What's so special...about April 1?"
Syaoran's eyes wandered to the sky now, and he just sighed. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Hm? What do you mean? I believe in everything you say," Chun giggled.
He lowered his gaze to stare into Chun's green eyes. Just like her's almost, but her's had more of an...angelic look. "Do you believe in angels?"
He could see the surprised look flash across Chun's face, but then she just stared at him strangely. "Angels? What made you say that?"
Syaoran chuckled softly and shrugged, "Nothing..just forget about it." He took Chun's hand and they started walking down the sidewalk. "Let's go for ice cream, ok?" He suggeted, switching the subject.
Chun tilted her head slightly, and
then nodded, "Sure."
Far away, a boy sat on a velvet red chair, in a room that was dark and was only lighted by the small fire coming from the fire place.
"Don't you think the card mistress should be awakened once again, master?" A voice questioned, from the right side of the chair.
The boy who sat on the chair merily smiled. "When the time comes, she shall find her destiny."
"But don't you think the time is drawing near? I can sense the darkness awakening," Said another voice.
"Patience, patience is all we need," The boy answered. "I believe the card mistress is able to defeat the evil when the time comes."
There was a sigh of annoyance but
then a more women like voice said, "Very well, as you wish master."
"Xiaolang, back so early?"
Syaoran glanced up and saw a ruby eyed girl sitting at the kitchen counter with a fork in her hand. "Yeah." He replied.
"But you were with Chun, you never come back that soon when Chun's around," The girl said in a teasing voice.
Syaoran rolled his eyes, "Cut it Meiling."
"Why should I?" Meiling giggled and dropped the fork, her ruby eyes flashed to a hint of sadness. "It's because today's the day isn't it?"
Syaoran sighed, and shrugged, "I guess..."
Meiling tilted her head, "Why haven't you gone back to Japan to visit her?"
"..Er..." Syaoran didn't know how to explain it. "Well, she didn't give me her...address." He lied.
Her eyes widened in amazement. "Sakura didn't give you her address?!"
Sakura...that name...Syaoran's eyes went sad, and Meiling quickly covered her mouth. It just seemed odd whenever Sakura's name was mentioned, that her cousin would get all sulky. It wasn't like she was dead or something...but she knew he was keeping something from her.
"You're hiding..."
Syaoran held up a hand to stop Meiling from talking, and Meiling sighed and decided today wasn't the day to ask. For April 1, was the day Sakura had mysteriously left, assumedly back to Japan, but Meiling didn't believe it anymore.
Meiling watched as Syaoran dragged himself up the steps and back to his room. She sighed, Hong Kong seemed so empty without Sakura and her silly ways.
"There is something he's hiding from
me...but what can it be?" Meiling pondered aimlessly at the kitchen counter.
**Syaoran's point of view**
I want to be alone right now, just to think about her...I wonder where she is right now. Is she flying around in the sky? Is she watching me right now?
I wonder if she's doing well...what happened to her? Why does she never come back and say hello? Or at least give me a little signal to say that she is doing fine and that she is happy?
Sakura..I still miss you, and my love for you has not wavered...but what about Chun Yue? You wanted me to live a happy life, and have a happy family of my own...I'm trying to do that, but it's so hard when I know that the one I truly will ever love is you.
I feel like I've betrayed Chun Yue, for not really loving her, but I do love her...it's just that, you're still in my heart. Doesn't every girl only want their man to only have them in their heart? But then, Sakura, you're still there. I can't forget you...no matter how hard I try, I still remember this day, April 1. You left me, you sprouted your wings and flew away...I am still confused...
What do you mean we can't be together?
I guess we can't...but where did you go? You just perished out of my life...and now it's been five years already. I can still hear that giggle of your's, that wonderful smile.
You wouldn't believe it, but I still have those sticky notes...hot and cold. I still have them, in my drawer because they can't stick anymore after five years. But I still have them...and I can't forget you...I just can't.
You were to special to forget Sakura...
*Normal point of view**
Syaoran stopped before entering his room, he glanced down at the end of the hallway, where the guest room was. Well, it use to belong to a very special person.
His feet started carrying him down the hallway, until he found himself in front of the closed door that probably hadn't been opened for years. His hand reached out, and touched the knob fondly.
He turned it, and opened the door. The room was dark, and stuffy, and dust seemed to cover some areas. It hadn't changed, because Syaoran didn't want anyone to touch the room, or change how it looked.
He stepped in, and brushed off the dust from the light switch, and turned on the light. Pink bedsheets were on the bed, three alarm clock lined the night table. A desk was against the wall, with a peice of paper still on it, and a pen. Syaoran walked over to it, and saw that it was an assignement paper from five years ago.
He chuckled softly, but he felt pain again, when he saw that the paper was unfinished. She didn't get to finish it, she had gone to soon. Syaoran walked around the room, his eyes taking in the only thing he had left of his special star.
A couple scrunchies and hair clips were on the vanity table, and a pink hair brush too. Below the bed were a pair of furry bunny slippers, and Syaoran remembered that they use to belong to one of his sisters, but they had given it to Sakura.
"...I miss you so much...."
"I'm so late!!!!"
"Kaijuu (monster), hurry up, you're going to be late."
A girl grabbed her backpack and dashed down the stairs. "I know that onii-chan! And I'm not a kaijuu, how many times do I have to say that?! You've been calling me that...for as long as I remember." Her voice trailed off as she grabbed a sandwich off the dining table. "See ya!" She waved and ran out the front door.
The girl rounded the corner in a hurry, as thoughts about being late ran through her head. She saw the towering building of the school, and sighed in relief when she entered the classroom just as the bell rung.
"Made it!!" She exclaimed as she sat down at her desk.
"Barely!!" A girl next to her giggled. She had short brown hair, and glasses.
The other girl just made a face, "At least I'm not late Milisa!!"
Milisa just laughed and placed her books away. "Aren't you excited though?! Next week the exchange program is starting which means we're going all the way to China!! I've always wanted to go there! And we'll be there for two whole weeks!" She squealed.
The other girl tilted her head, as she felt her head throb slightly. "Yeah...I'm excited...but I just don't feel so good..."
"Oh dears, maybe you should visit the infirmary?" Milisa suggested.
The girl sat up and nodded, her long auburn hair swishing back and forth as she did so. "Yeah, I think I will. Can you tell Mrs. Katsuko for me when she comes in?"
"Sure," Milisa nodded.
The girl quickly left the room, with a weird look on her face, confusion showed in her emerald eyes. Why is it that I always have this weird feeling when people mention China?> She thought as she walked down the long hallways until she reached the infirmary.
The nurse there looked up, and smiled, "What do you need honey?"
"My head hurts," She replied. "It really hurts...I think I need to go home."
"Ok, what's your name so I can tell you're teacher that you will be absent?"
"...Ying Fa...," The girl replied. "And I'm in Mrs. Katsuko's homeroom."
The nurse nodded and handed Ying Fa a pill. "Take it and have some rest."
"Arigatou," Ying Fa thanked and left the room.
She hurried off the school campus and down the now familiar streets which use to be so strange to her. The sun was up in the sky, casting gentle rays down onto her.
Ying Fa glanced up at the sky, a weird feeling running through her as an image of a girl that looked like Milisa ran through her head. Who are you...?> She shifted her gaze again and continued down the empty sidewalk, thoughts running wild in her mind.
Ying Fa was 21, a beautiful girl with long auburn hair and glassy emerald eyes. But for as long as she could remember, she had only been alive for five years. Well, not exactly, but all she could remember about her life was the past five years, and nothing beyond that. She remembered asking her father and brother, and they had told her that she had gotten amnesia when she was sixteen. But the weird part was that her father and brother couldn't remember much about her past either.
She let out a sigh, as she felt her headache start to grow worse. She brightened up when she saw that her house was only down the street so she didn't have to walk that far anymore.
But when she reached the pathway
to her home, she felt dizzy as she started swaying back and forth. She
quickly grabbed onto the fence for support, as everything went darker and
darker...
"Don't let go!!"
Falling...
...falling....
falling...
A pair of amber eyes flashed open before her, and a voice that seemed so familiar yet so unfamiliar at the same time called out to her.
"Don't let go!!" It kept on repeating.
She blinked in confusion, the amber eyes stared back at her with such pain and sadness. Suddenly it disappeared, and she found herself reaching out to the stranger, but they were no longer there...
"...Who are you?" The words escaped her lips in confusion.
There was no reply.
A pair of ruby eyes appeared, filled with hope and puzzlement. They blinked back at her, "Where did you go? Why did you go?" It asked her.
She felt utterly lonely and confused then, as all the voices surrounded her in a chorus.
"Don't let go!!"
"Where are you?"
"Why did you leave us!!??"
"How could you break the rules?"
"You know what you must face..."
"...SAKURA!!"
Emerald eyes shot open, as Ying Fa found herself back in her room. Her breathe was uneven, as they came in short gasps.
"What...what was all that about? Those eyes..." Ying Fa mumbled. "Those eyes...why do they always appear?"
"Kaijuu, you alright?" She heard the click of her door opening and her brother, Touya, coming in with a tray.
Ying Fa wiped the sweat off her forehead and nodded, "I'm fine...I just felt dizzy, and I don't know..."
"Hm...here drink some soup," Touya placed the tray down on Ying Fa's lap. "You sure you'll be ok?"
"Hai, I'll be fine onii-chan," Ying Fa replied meekly as she watched her brother leave. "...Sakura? Why does my dream always mention her? And those amber eyes..who are they?"
Ying Fa blinked a couple times as her gaze wandered to the window. She noticed it was already dark, which meant she must've have been out for a while already.
What caught her eye, was the moon,
glowing radiantly and casting it's glow across the serene land. Admist
to her, she was being watched.
"She still remembers the boy," A person that looked like they had butterfly wings chimed in. "How cute!!"
There came an impatient growl from a leopard looking creature. "It's simply because they loved each other back then."
"Don't be so snappish," The butterfly creature grunted.
"Enough you two," Broke in a boy standing in between them. "I believe it is almost time for them to meet again..."
"That's great!!" The butterfly creature squealed in delight.
The boy holding a long staff simply nodded, "But that means, the time is drawing near for the mistress to be revealed."
"Which means, the darkness will strike," The leopard creature added.
"But, she will be prepared for anything
that will happen," The boy said confidently.
Dark shadows were casted over a certain figure standing under the moonlight. The wind howled softly behind the figure, causing the petals of the cherry blossom trees to blow into the sky.
One landed in the figure's hand, and they wrapped their fist tightly on the petal, and opened their fist once again to reveal a broken petal.
"Finally, the time is coming." Their emerald eyes shone with the gleam of the moonlight.
Yes, the time was drawing near.
AN: Oh ho ho ho! You guys must be so confused right now X.X;; Gomen nasai, more will be explained later on! For those who know what the name "Ying Fa" means, then you guys are ahead of those who don't :P
Kero: The name means...
Ice: *throws a pillow in his face* Shush!
Kero: *mutters something under his breathe* Fine :P But you guys better gimme goodies or Kero will be sad!!
Ice: ^^;; Um well, if you guys don't get this right now, just stay tooned and everything will be cleared!!
Kero: *nods* Well, review onegai!!!
Ice: Stay tooned!!!
Kero: *pops out again with a peice
of paper* MATTE EVERYONE! I almost forgot the thank you list ^^;;
Kero's Second Generation Thank You
List ~.~
Leii for the wonderful chocolate
that is in the shape of good old me!!
shazaoblossom for the stack
of snickers and hershey bars...*drool*
Kataryn for all those presents,
and ZYLON WARRIORS! YATTA! 123456789 tons of pudding 0.0 WHOA! And a theme
park where people can worship the great, extraordinary, KERO!
rini124 for 50 everlasting
pudding!! YUM
Suzette for everything that
I would ever want for me entire life..WOW!! *cries* ARIGATOU~!
SakuraJade for the wonderful
chocolate pudding!! Good old choco :P
Fanny chan for the enormous
cake!!! And YES! I will get Sakura to use the small card on me :D:D
AngelicPnai for a life times
supply of POCKEY,strawberry short cake a cone of every flavor ice cream,
enough cotton candy to fed the whole country of australia, a box the size
of Rhode Island full of candy galore, and enough pudding to fill the pacific
ocean!! Wow, that's alot of stuff!!!
UnicornHime for the book
of receipes, sounds good! I'll make sure Sakura doesn't try using it :P
Just Meeh for all the sweets
in the universe!!! AWWW THX :D
pinkuser for all the food
that lasted me for...a second :P Joking, it lasted for a long time!! ^0^
Rachel for the angel sakura
cookie, and the huge angel cake thingy!! Sounds...angelic...
ZeDragonMistress for the
chocolate pudding...^^^^^^
anjali-chan for the fruit
flavoured hershey kisses, neva heard of these be4!! Which means a new adventure
;)
shadowed angel for all the
sweets!! How sweet of you!
Ice: And thank you Leii for the other
image award!!! I love ya so much!!! Arigatou forever!!! Well, stay tooned
for Ch.2 to the sequel for all your questioned will be solved later on
;)