A Cherry Blossom's Death
Hey my fans! Who wants to know what happens between this mysterious girl and Tomoyo? Of course…I'll add a little bit of their meeting, but something's gonna happen soon after…do you really wanna know?
Well, sorriez, cuz you won't know til the end! Hehe…but look at this way, now you can actually look forward to something in my fics…^_^ And it'll have a little surprise cuz I like to keep my fans guessin'! this next chapter uncovers a secret…ooh! o_0
Read to find out and don't forget to review!
I can't find anything creative to do with my disclaimers so…
I do not own this fic.
Lack of enthusiasm…100 percent!
Two of A Kind
He was certain by now that the person in his dream was Sakura's real killer…but how could the Mirror Card or the Twin Card be capable of such things? The cards obeyed their master once they were sealed…there was no possible reason for them to go against the girl. Making up his mind quickly, he snuck out of bed silently making his way out of his window. The rope had been ready ever since Sakura's death…for some reason he had felt the need for midnight rendezvous' out on his own…
It was a long climb down, and one Syaoran wished he didn't have to take…but there was no choice.
Weilin was a light sleeper and slept near the front door…Syaoran didn't want to take a chance…not when so much was at stake. Rough bricks scratched his bare arms, leaving deep angry marks against his skin and he swore profusely, biting his lip as a jagged edge caught his sleeve and cut into his skin. It was a minor wound, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt just as badly. He remembered how Sakura always used to bite her lip and say nothing but go on willfully when something had hurt her. He realized with some guilt that the first few months that he had known her…he had caused her that pain. And a tumultuous wave of regret engulfed him, taking him off guard, wishing that maybe he could go back through time and change everything. Maybe now, Sakura would be alive instead of sleeping peacefully, never to wake again…
But like all things…you can never change the past…you can never change what went wrong and what you did wrong. All you can do is go on living with a burden so strong…it almost kills you. (AN: okay…that sounds a bit melodramatic…but I was in a poetic mood when I wrote this…SORRY if it sounds sucky…)
It was amazing how Sakura's family hadn't even bothered to pack her things away.
'Maybe they're hoping she's not dead…maybe they think she could still be alive…like you are…' that little voice in his head sneered at him. He silenced it and it was almost as if voices were arguing over and over in his mind.
Syaoran laughed bitterly. Was this what happened when people couldn't take it anymore? Was this the beginning of inanity? Was this how people ended up in mental asylums or dead on the streets of Japan? He stared through her window, which looked as it had always been…as if she were still alive in this very house right now. Any moment she would awaken from her slumber and come to the window and let him in. They would whisper secret hopes and desires until it was time for him to leave…
Syaoran shook his head to clear his mind. He had almost believed his own illusions. He remembered the time he had switched bodies with Kero and wished fervently that she would be there for him again. He remembered how she had hugged him close to her body when Yukito found him outside the house…as if she would never let go. But she had let go…
And it was as if he were lying in that grass again, blinking up at the darkened night, which twinkled with iridescent stars, waiting for someone to pick him up and take him inside…
~ * ~ * ~
Tomoyo whirled around after the shock finally wore away.
@ okay…think happy thoughts…happy thoughts…breathe in…breathe out…c'mon Tomoyo. Just think of something besides the really spooky Sakura-look-alike ghost in my mirror…@ Her thoughts were interrupted by an impatient sigh from her friend…I mean…from the dead ghost. "Well…aren't you going to say hi to me Tomo-chan?" Sakura-look-alike questioned Tomoyo who stood rooted to the spot with no intention whatsoever to greet this unwelcome ghost…or whatever it was…
Sakura detested ghosts…there was no way she would come back to haunt her best friend as one. She was still staring in the mirror when she heard Sakura-look-alike clear her throat, then giggle. Tomoyo frowned. Sure, she hadn't been totally afraid when Sakura had tried to communicate with both she and Eriol, but that was because she'd intentionally tried to contact Sakura…but now…
Well, this arrival of Sakura-look-alike was unwelcome. There was no way this girl was Kinomoto Sakura…she was so, well…weak…
Even though Tomoyo had no powers, herself…she could tell when somebody held a remarkable magical ability…and this girl, well…she was just plain…weak! @okay…at the count of three, I will turn around and the ghost will be gone…@
Holding her breath, she counted slowly in her mind
One…
Two…
Three…
…then whirled around, expecting to see nothing in front of her. Ghosts usually disappeared after somebody turned away from a reflective surface. But no…she was still there, grinning from ear to ear, as if sharing a small joke with herself. "Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura-look-alike exclaimed.
Tomoyo backed away slowly until she had nowhere left to go. "Who…who are you?" Tomoyo questioned, with all the courage she could muster…which wasn't easy, she later reasoned, when her knees were shaking to bone-breaking point.
Sakura-look-alike stepped back, surprised. "Tomo-chan? You…you don't know me?"
The shock was evident on Sakura-look-alike's face…
A look of understanding dawned on Tomoyo's own face…
"Sa…Sakura-chan?" (AN: well, this is a surprise. Not. Excuse my sarcasm…I just came home from brain-bursting exams and I like to relax by unleashing my terrible, yet pathetic cynicism ^_^)
"C'mon," Syaoran muttered, willing his mind to go blank. He had never tried his power at going through solid surfaces before. All he knew was that his mind had to go completely blank as he concentrated on trying to walk through the window pane. He was sure…no, he was certain that Sakura had left some sort of clue to uncover the mystery of her death. She must have….Sakura wasn't the type to leave everybody guessing…surely she would have wanted her friends to understand.
Damn.
Syaoran swore as he realized too late that his thoughts had gone rampaging on their own. He needed complete concentration…now he knew why only Clow Reed and a few others knew how to do this trick. It sounded simple enough, but in actual fact, you needed a well-trained mind.
Taking a deep breath, he connected his mind with the cold surface of Sakura's window pane, forcing both to interact. At first, he felt a deep searing pain engulfing him in its darkness, then everything went numb and he blinked, gazing at Sakura's unmade bed in disbelief. It had taken a whole lot of his energy, but at that moment Syaoran felt like jumping up and dancing for joy.
Ever since Sakura's death, Touya…and even Fujitika had made sure he would not enter their home…as if they blamed him for his Cherry Blossom's death. He had been hoping for a chance to search through Sakura's room…looking for a clue…anything that would lead him to possible conclusions. His nightly rendezvous' had always led him to Sakura's home, staring through the window.
But he had never, in all the times he had come here, been able to 'walk-by' as Meiling called it. He wondered about Meiling. Even worried about her.
Ever since she had been told that she was no longer his fiancée, she had changed abruptly…and for the worse. Last he'd heard of her, her mother, Li Dona, had taken her on a trip to America…a mother-daughter bonding in which Auntie Dona hoped would snap her daughter back to reality.
Syaoran wondered how Meiling would take the news…
Probably dance around the room ecstatically, Syaoran mused, recalling all the times Meiling's jealousy had flared at the sight of him with Kinomoto-chan, even when she was just asking him a simple question. Now his cousin would have no reason to unleash the green-eyed-monster. For a split second, Syaoran wondered if his own cousin could have anything to do with Sakura's death.
He remembered a time…not so long ago when Meiling had vowed vengeance on Sakura-chan.
But Syaoran shook his head and scolded himself. How could he think that Li Meiling could be capable of killing one of his friends?
He proceeded to search Sakura's drawers, looking for the Clow Book which held all fifty-two cards…minus a small golden beast…otherwise known as Keroberos, guardian of the Clow. He had tried in vain to contact Kero, but it seemed that Kero had vanished without a trace.
Syaoran knew that a few months ago, before his life had taken a sudden turning point, he would have felt awkward at searching through Sakura's things…but Eriol had explained to him that once a card captor was no longer fit to fulfill his/her roll, the second strongest would take his/her place…meaning Syaoran.
Which meant that the cards now belonged to him. Of course, this wasn't an idea that Syaoran welcomed entirely. A few years back, maybe he would have jumped at the chance to take Sakura's place…but not now. Give or take a few black eyes from Touya and a hysterical Meiling, he had been happy with how his life was going….until now that is…
No need to bring more pressures into his life by taking full responsibility as the Card Master. (AN: I know…Card Mistress sounds way better!)
Eriol rose from his bed in total panic. Unlike the others, he had been able to sleep well enough. As half-reincarnation of Clow Reed he had the almost inhuman ability to keep things under control, even in the direst scenarios.
This time, however…alarm bells went off in his head, and after three weeks of failed attempts, he finally sensed a communication link being opened by Sakura…
"Tomoyo needs your help…"
It was the only thing Sakura told him before the link closed and he couldn't sense her again. He frowned…it was strange but he was sure the communication link was weaker…like the person who'd opened up the link had almost no powers at all. Even the dead still kept their powers from this world.
He snapped back to attention, remembering Sakura's message…
"Tomoyo needs your help"
…and Eriol was out of there in a flash.
Eriol materialized out of nowhere to see a hysterical Tomoyo. "Sakura-chan…she's alive," Tomoyo shrieked.
Eriol watched her blotchy face, saw the way her eyes moved from side to side as if afraid…
"What happened?" he asked her gently. This wasn't the same calm and in-control Tomoyo that he knew.
What had happened over the course of a few hours to get her this hysterical?
"Sakura-chan…"
Eriol placed a finger over her lips. "Tomoyo-chan…you need some rest…" (AN: okay, this is pretty stupid since he just asked her wut happened…but whatev! ^_^)
Tomoyo shook her head profusely clutching his shirt collar for dear life.
"No…Eri-kun…listen to me…" she lowered her voice. "Sakura-chan is alive…I swear…"
She searched his face for some sign that he believed her, but he was blank.
"Tomo-chan…what has happened to you? What's wrong…tell me what's wrong?"
Tomoyo shook her head and began to sob. "Sakura-chan is alive…I swear!"
The lights snapped on and Tomoyo's mother stepped into view. "What's going on here?"
Syaoran gasped…holding two legal documents in his hand. They had both been stashed inside the Clow Book. There was no way that the Mirror Card or the Twin had killed Sakura. He knew that now…they were still part of the deck, placed neatly in their order. But he had another hunch…and if he was right…this would turn out deadlier than he'd thought.
He glanced at the two legal documents.
One was Sakura's birth certificate with her date of birth, her parent's signature and a picture of her, a week or two old.
The other was almost identical, if it wasn't for the name.
Instead of Sakura, there was Seria…it was much worse than the Twin card…
Sakura had a twin…and if he was right…she had an evil twin, one who would stop at nothing to kill her and take her place…
There you have it!
One secret uncovered…but you'll havta wait for the surprise at the very end of the story…it's not wut it seems!
Oooh! O_o
I know…major cliffhanger
Don't kill me! ^_^
R and r plz!
Bye my dudettes! Muah!!!
Hey my fans! Who wants to know what happens between this mysterious girl and Tomoyo? Of course…I'll add a little bit of their meeting, but something's gonna happen soon after…do you really wanna know?
Well, sorriez, cuz you won't know til the end! Hehe…but look at this way, now you can actually look forward to something in my fics…^_^ And it'll have a little surprise cuz I like to keep my fans guessin'! this next chapter uncovers a secret…ooh! o_0
Read to find out and don't forget to review!
I can't find anything creative to do with my disclaimers so…
I do not own this fic.
Lack of enthusiasm…100 percent!
Two of A Kind
He was certain by now that the person in his dream was Sakura's real killer…but how could the Mirror Card or the Twin Card be capable of such things? The cards obeyed their master once they were sealed…there was no possible reason for them to go against the girl. Making up his mind quickly, he snuck out of bed silently making his way out of his window. The rope had been ready ever since Sakura's death…for some reason he had felt the need for midnight rendezvous' out on his own…
It was a long climb down, and one Syaoran wished he didn't have to take…but there was no choice.
Weilin was a light sleeper and slept near the front door…Syaoran didn't want to take a chance…not when so much was at stake. Rough bricks scratched his bare arms, leaving deep angry marks against his skin and he swore profusely, biting his lip as a jagged edge caught his sleeve and cut into his skin. It was a minor wound, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt just as badly. He remembered how Sakura always used to bite her lip and say nothing but go on willfully when something had hurt her. He realized with some guilt that the first few months that he had known her…he had caused her that pain. And a tumultuous wave of regret engulfed him, taking him off guard, wishing that maybe he could go back through time and change everything. Maybe now, Sakura would be alive instead of sleeping peacefully, never to wake again…
But like all things…you can never change the past…you can never change what went wrong and what you did wrong. All you can do is go on living with a burden so strong…it almost kills you. (AN: okay…that sounds a bit melodramatic…but I was in a poetic mood when I wrote this…SORRY if it sounds sucky…)
It was amazing how Sakura's family hadn't even bothered to pack her things away.
'Maybe they're hoping she's not dead…maybe they think she could still be alive…like you are…' that little voice in his head sneered at him. He silenced it and it was almost as if voices were arguing over and over in his mind.
Syaoran laughed bitterly. Was this what happened when people couldn't take it anymore? Was this the beginning of inanity? Was this how people ended up in mental asylums or dead on the streets of Japan? He stared through her window, which looked as it had always been…as if she were still alive in this very house right now. Any moment she would awaken from her slumber and come to the window and let him in. They would whisper secret hopes and desires until it was time for him to leave…
Syaoran shook his head to clear his mind. He had almost believed his own illusions. He remembered the time he had switched bodies with Kero and wished fervently that she would be there for him again. He remembered how she had hugged him close to her body when Yukito found him outside the house…as if she would never let go. But she had let go…
And it was as if he were lying in that grass again, blinking up at the darkened night, which twinkled with iridescent stars, waiting for someone to pick him up and take him inside…
~ * ~ * ~
Tomoyo whirled around after the shock finally wore away.
@ okay…think happy thoughts…happy thoughts…breathe in…breathe out…c'mon Tomoyo. Just think of something besides the really spooky Sakura-look-alike ghost in my mirror…@ Her thoughts were interrupted by an impatient sigh from her friend…I mean…from the dead ghost. "Well…aren't you going to say hi to me Tomo-chan?" Sakura-look-alike questioned Tomoyo who stood rooted to the spot with no intention whatsoever to greet this unwelcome ghost…or whatever it was…
Sakura detested ghosts…there was no way she would come back to haunt her best friend as one. She was still staring in the mirror when she heard Sakura-look-alike clear her throat, then giggle. Tomoyo frowned. Sure, she hadn't been totally afraid when Sakura had tried to communicate with both she and Eriol, but that was because she'd intentionally tried to contact Sakura…but now…
Well, this arrival of Sakura-look-alike was unwelcome. There was no way this girl was Kinomoto Sakura…she was so, well…weak…
Even though Tomoyo had no powers, herself…she could tell when somebody held a remarkable magical ability…and this girl, well…she was just plain…weak! @okay…at the count of three, I will turn around and the ghost will be gone…@
Holding her breath, she counted slowly in her mind
One…
Two…
Three…
…then whirled around, expecting to see nothing in front of her. Ghosts usually disappeared after somebody turned away from a reflective surface. But no…she was still there, grinning from ear to ear, as if sharing a small joke with herself. "Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura-look-alike exclaimed.
Tomoyo backed away slowly until she had nowhere left to go. "Who…who are you?" Tomoyo questioned, with all the courage she could muster…which wasn't easy, she later reasoned, when her knees were shaking to bone-breaking point.
Sakura-look-alike stepped back, surprised. "Tomo-chan? You…you don't know me?"
The shock was evident on Sakura-look-alike's face…
A look of understanding dawned on Tomoyo's own face…
"Sa…Sakura-chan?" (AN: well, this is a surprise. Not. Excuse my sarcasm…I just came home from brain-bursting exams and I like to relax by unleashing my terrible, yet pathetic cynicism ^_^)
"C'mon," Syaoran muttered, willing his mind to go blank. He had never tried his power at going through solid surfaces before. All he knew was that his mind had to go completely blank as he concentrated on trying to walk through the window pane. He was sure…no, he was certain that Sakura had left some sort of clue to uncover the mystery of her death. She must have….Sakura wasn't the type to leave everybody guessing…surely she would have wanted her friends to understand.
Damn.
Syaoran swore as he realized too late that his thoughts had gone rampaging on their own. He needed complete concentration…now he knew why only Clow Reed and a few others knew how to do this trick. It sounded simple enough, but in actual fact, you needed a well-trained mind.
Taking a deep breath, he connected his mind with the cold surface of Sakura's window pane, forcing both to interact. At first, he felt a deep searing pain engulfing him in its darkness, then everything went numb and he blinked, gazing at Sakura's unmade bed in disbelief. It had taken a whole lot of his energy, but at that moment Syaoran felt like jumping up and dancing for joy.
Ever since Sakura's death, Touya…and even Fujitika had made sure he would not enter their home…as if they blamed him for his Cherry Blossom's death. He had been hoping for a chance to search through Sakura's room…looking for a clue…anything that would lead him to possible conclusions. His nightly rendezvous' had always led him to Sakura's home, staring through the window.
But he had never, in all the times he had come here, been able to 'walk-by' as Meiling called it. He wondered about Meiling. Even worried about her.
Ever since she had been told that she was no longer his fiancée, she had changed abruptly…and for the worse. Last he'd heard of her, her mother, Li Dona, had taken her on a trip to America…a mother-daughter bonding in which Auntie Dona hoped would snap her daughter back to reality.
Syaoran wondered how Meiling would take the news…
Probably dance around the room ecstatically, Syaoran mused, recalling all the times Meiling's jealousy had flared at the sight of him with Kinomoto-chan, even when she was just asking him a simple question. Now his cousin would have no reason to unleash the green-eyed-monster. For a split second, Syaoran wondered if his own cousin could have anything to do with Sakura's death.
He remembered a time…not so long ago when Meiling had vowed vengeance on Sakura-chan.
But Syaoran shook his head and scolded himself. How could he think that Li Meiling could be capable of killing one of his friends?
He proceeded to search Sakura's drawers, looking for the Clow Book which held all fifty-two cards…minus a small golden beast…otherwise known as Keroberos, guardian of the Clow. He had tried in vain to contact Kero, but it seemed that Kero had vanished without a trace.
Syaoran knew that a few months ago, before his life had taken a sudden turning point, he would have felt awkward at searching through Sakura's things…but Eriol had explained to him that once a card captor was no longer fit to fulfill his/her roll, the second strongest would take his/her place…meaning Syaoran.
Which meant that the cards now belonged to him. Of course, this wasn't an idea that Syaoran welcomed entirely. A few years back, maybe he would have jumped at the chance to take Sakura's place…but not now. Give or take a few black eyes from Touya and a hysterical Meiling, he had been happy with how his life was going….until now that is…
No need to bring more pressures into his life by taking full responsibility as the Card Master. (AN: I know…Card Mistress sounds way better!)
Eriol rose from his bed in total panic. Unlike the others, he had been able to sleep well enough. As half-reincarnation of Clow Reed he had the almost inhuman ability to keep things under control, even in the direst scenarios.
This time, however…alarm bells went off in his head, and after three weeks of failed attempts, he finally sensed a communication link being opened by Sakura…
"Tomoyo needs your help…"
It was the only thing Sakura told him before the link closed and he couldn't sense her again. He frowned…it was strange but he was sure the communication link was weaker…like the person who'd opened up the link had almost no powers at all. Even the dead still kept their powers from this world.
He snapped back to attention, remembering Sakura's message…
"Tomoyo needs your help"
…and Eriol was out of there in a flash.
Eriol materialized out of nowhere to see a hysterical Tomoyo. "Sakura-chan…she's alive," Tomoyo shrieked.
Eriol watched her blotchy face, saw the way her eyes moved from side to side as if afraid…
"What happened?" he asked her gently. This wasn't the same calm and in-control Tomoyo that he knew.
What had happened over the course of a few hours to get her this hysterical?
"Sakura-chan…"
Eriol placed a finger over her lips. "Tomoyo-chan…you need some rest…" (AN: okay, this is pretty stupid since he just asked her wut happened…but whatev! ^_^)
Tomoyo shook her head profusely clutching his shirt collar for dear life.
"No…Eri-kun…listen to me…" she lowered her voice. "Sakura-chan is alive…I swear…"
She searched his face for some sign that he believed her, but he was blank.
"Tomo-chan…what has happened to you? What's wrong…tell me what's wrong?"
Tomoyo shook her head and began to sob. "Sakura-chan is alive…I swear!"
The lights snapped on and Tomoyo's mother stepped into view. "What's going on here?"
Syaoran gasped…holding two legal documents in his hand. They had both been stashed inside the Clow Book. There was no way that the Mirror Card or the Twin had killed Sakura. He knew that now…they were still part of the deck, placed neatly in their order. But he had another hunch…and if he was right…this would turn out deadlier than he'd thought.
He glanced at the two legal documents.
One was Sakura's birth certificate with her date of birth, her parent's signature and a picture of her, a week or two old.
The other was almost identical, if it wasn't for the name.
Instead of Sakura, there was Seria…it was much worse than the Twin card…
Sakura had a twin…and if he was right…she had an evil twin, one who would stop at nothing to kill her and take her place…
There you have it!
One secret uncovered…but you'll havta wait for the surprise at the very end of the story…it's not wut it seems!
Oooh! O_o
I know…major cliffhanger
Don't kill me! ^_^
R and r plz!
Bye my dudettes! Muah!!!