Hidden Beneath the Flowers
Hi again! Thought I wouldn't come back, huh? Only in your nightmares! j/k! I decided to continue this fanfic, even if no one likes it! ^^ Remember that all kinds of comments are welcome, but go easy on the flames. If you e-mail me, I'll be sure to try and write you back. Welp, get writing! Thanks for reading! :) And one more thing I forgot to mention. They are still in Japan and everything is happening by the CCS version. I just use the American names (except for Eriol) because they are shorter and easier for me to remember. Sorry for the inconvience! Hehe! ^^'
Disclaimer: Yeah, I own em...., and the I woke up!
Key:
*~~~~~~~* - flashback
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Chapter Two
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"All right class." Mrs. McKenzie set her piece of chalk down and dusted off her hands. She turned to face her students as they put away pencils, paper, and math books. "Have a great lunch!," she exclaimed. "I'll see you all in the afternoon."
While the children were anxiously cleaning up their desks so they could go to the freedom of lunchtime, one little girl sighed deeply. Alycia was in no hurry to go outside. I'll just be alone anyway, so why rush?,' she told herself. She carefully placed her #2 pencil in the ridge on her desk and stood up slowly. She glanced out the window.
She saw many kids eating their lunches and chatting happily along with their friends. Alycia smiled sadly. "Wonder what it's like to have friends"
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"Hey Sakura!," the girls all greeted her as she sat down with her usual bunch of friends.
"Hi!" she replied cheerfully. She took as seat next to Madison. Rita, Chelsea, Nikki, and Madison talked away as Sakura neatly unfolded the lunch that her father had packed her early that morning.
"I wonder where that new girl is. What's her name again?," Chelsea said. She took a huge bite out of her sandwich while waiting for a reply.
"Ummm.... Alycia, I think," Rita answered thoughtfully. "It sounds really strange but very pretty, ya know?"
"Yeah, it would make a great theme for my new ghost story!," Nikki squealed delightedly.
Sakura's ears pricked up a bit at the word ghost.' She smiled nervously and veared the subject back to Alycia. "I- I re-really wonder wh-where, umm..., A-Alycia is," she barely managed to stutter.
"Yeah, I know. That is really weird." Madison put a finger to her chin in thought.
"Maybe we should invite her to eat lunch with us. Since she is new here after all" Sakura suggested.
"Great idea, Sakura!" Madison cried. "Go get her! I think I saw her under that tree over there." She pointed in the direction of the tree while the gaze of the other four girls followed her finger.
"M-me?," Sakura almost choked on her sandwich. That certainly wasn't what she expected!
"Yeah, you! You thought of it!," Chelsea said.
"But- But-," Sakura couldn't think of a feasible excuse.
"Go on." Madison gave Sakura a little push in the direction of the tree at which Alycia under.
"Well, ummm.., okay." Sakura was still unsure of what would happen, but she at least thought she should give it a try.
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"hhhhhhhuhhhhhh....," Alycia sighed softly to herself. She was getting no where, she thought to herself. She quickly wiped a stray tear off her face. No!', she scolded herself. She would not cry. She will not let her, of all people, get the best of her.
"Ummm...., excuse me." Alycia's head shot up and she turn in the direction of the voice. She looked directly at a beautiful girl her age. She had short, light auburn hair and deep emerald green eyes. Once again, her mind shrieked out to her. The cardcaptor! There she is!'
Alycia looked at her with quesioning eyes. "Hi!," Sakura said. "I'm Sakura Avalon. Remember me? We walked to the field toge-"
"Of course I remember you," Alycia interrupted her with a smile. "We were on the same soccer team. Nice goal, by the way!"
Sakura was very taken-aback by Alycia's kindness. She smiled back, though. "Oh, well.... My friends and I wanted to know if you would want to come and eat lunch with us. I really don't want you to be all alone."
Alycia just stared at her for a second. No one has ever cared whether or not I was alone, except for my brothers. Just thinking about her brothers made her want to cry. She shook her head and smiled at Sakura.
"I'd love to!," she replied. Sakura helped Alycia gather up her lunch and led her down to the rest of her friends.
"Hi! I'm Madison."
"I'm Chelsea."
"Nikki!"
"I'm Rita, pleased to meet you!"
Alycia was met with smiling faces. She bowed towards them. "I suppose you all already know my name!," she giggled. "But, if you want, you could call me Ally."
They spent the rest of lunch talking together and joking around. Alycia barely even touched her lunch. She had forgotten how much fun it was just to be with people your own age. But she now remembered how much she loved it.
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"Sakura! Hurry up!" Sakura was rushing to her lunch cleaned up while the others hurried inside so they wouldn't be late.
Ooooohhhhhh..... I should have listened to Madison when she told me to get ready!' Sakura scolded herself as she bent down to pick up her napkin. She saw another hand already there. She looked up to find its owner.
"Need some help?" Sakura looked up into deep, amber eyes. She blushed lightly. Those eyes could only belong to one person. Her Li. Wait! Hold up! I did not just think that! Now she was blushing even more.
"Ummmm.... I....," she began softly. Not that it even mattered because Li had already begun picking up all of her mess. "Really, Li. It's okay. I can do it." Sakura tried to convince him that she didn't need his help, although she secretly wanted it.
"Yeah right, Avalon. Besides, if I don't help, you re going to be late for class. So stop arguing with me and help," Li said simply. (Wow, Li sure does get right to the point.)
So Sakura listened to him and within thirty seconds, they had everything in the right order. "Thanks a lot, Li," Sakura flashed him one of her best smiles.
"No problem," Li murmured. If Sakura had looked a little closer, she would have been able to see him blushing. They began walking quickly towards to entrance of their beloved school. "Sakura."
Sakura stopped dead in her tracks. She always did when he said her name like that. He had something important to say to her, she just knew it. She turned her head to look directly at him. "Yeah, Li?"
Li looked back at her. God, how I love those green eyes. Wait a second... No! No, I don't! I didn't just think that! Snap out of it, Li! He looked around to make sure no one could hear what he was about to say except Sakura then back at her. SNAP OUT OF IT NOW!!
"Listen Sakura," he began. He could tell Sakura was really paying attention to him by the intent look in her eyes. "That new girl. Have you noticed anything strange about her?"
Sakura just blinked and shook her head.
"Can't you feel her aura?" Another blink and head shake. Li sighed. "Well, try right now."
Of course, Sakura could tell immediately now that Li had pointed it out to her. She really didn't know why she even bothered because Li was always right. I'm so glad he's here to protect me...... STOP IT!
"Yeah, I can feel it now," she told Li shortly after he had asked her.
"I want you to be careful around her, okay?" Li gave her a look of intense concern. She sighed. How could she ever disobey someone that gorgeous. "Sakura?"
"Okay, I promise," she gave in reluctantly with a sigh. She completely loathed the way he could make her do anything he wanted without barely trying, but, then again, she probably wouldn't want it any other way. Too bad he didn't feel the same way about her. She sighed deeply.
"Are you alright, Sakura?" Li was looking at her with concern shinning in his eyes once again. She smiled.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Li. But thank you for asking!" A light pink blush crept over his cheeks.
"Sure--," Li stopped in mid sentence.
"Li, what's wro--" Li immediately shot out his hand and covered her mouth to quiet her. Sakura felt as if she were about to faint in pure bliss. Li slowly brought his hand down, much to the disappointment of Sakura, and signaled to her to keep quiet. He motioned towards the side of the school where two faint voices could be heard. Carefully, Li started towards it with Sakura following close behind.
".....I really don't know how to talk to them, Kera." Now that the two were closer, they could distinctly hear a vaguely familar voice. Sakura knew that she knew who it was but she couldn't quiet place it.
"Well, you could go up to them and ask to speak to them in private." That was a light, airy, feminine voice that niether Li nor Sakura could recognize. The two had now reached the corner of the building. Cautiously, they stuck their heads out slightly to see who the voices belonged to.
But they saw no one. Nothing at all. Now, she knew that she was not going crazy, but, just to be sure, Sakura asked "Did you hear those two voices just now?"
Li nodded his head, his eyes narrowed, searching every inch of the area they were at. He took a couple steps towards one of the think bushes that lined the fence. Just as he had almost reached them, they bell shrilled throughout the school. Li stopped and stood there, trying to decided what course of action to take.
"Li, let's just go back to class. We might have just been imagining it." She wasn't sure herself if she was imagining it or not, but she was afraid that it could possibly be ghost. And in that case, she wanted to get away from this place as quickly as humanly possible. "Com'on Li. We can't be too late."
Li sighed deeply and gave in. The two of them ran swiftly to their class and had barely taken a step inside to room when the late bell rang.
Safe!' Sakura thought as she sat down in her seat.
"Have a good day children!" The final bell of the school day had just rung and Ms. McKenzie excused her children. Alycia let out sigh she had been keeping in since after lunch. She had almost been caught. She would have to be more careful, she thought. The two cardcaptors were smarter than she thought, but it pleased her. She loaded everything into her book bag and was one of the last children to leave the class.
She walked out of the building and saw that that playground was mostly bare. I never knew that kids looked forward to their weekends so much!' Alycia thought. Yes, it was true. She had stupidly transferred in on a Friday. She had never been to a real, public school so she had no idea that Saturday and Sunday were days when class wasn't held.
She stood at the gate in front of the school. She closed her eyes and tilted her head as the wind gently played with each strand of her hair. She inhaled deeply and sighed. She loved the wind because it reminded her of her brother. Alycia opened up her eyes, now glossy with tears threatening to fall. This happened every time she thought of her family.
She had taken not even two steps to the left of the gate, when she felt a familiar burst of magic. It was coming from the park she had passed by on her way to school that morning. She swiftly turned around on her heels and ran as fast as her legs could carry her.
"Watery! Why are you doing this!?!" Sakura cried. Watery, on its own, had just broke free of its card. Not only that, but she was also fiercely attacking her AND Li. Sakura didn't know how to react. This had never happened to her before. She wished she had brought Kero along with her today. He would know what to do. She and Li were both jumping around, trying to evade the streams of water cannoning towards them every two seconds.
Things were going well. If Sakura could have kept up her jumping and thinking, she might have been able to come up with a plan. Like I said, if she could have kept up. Too bad she didn't. While she was falling back down to the ground, she landed on her left foot wrong and fell on her side. She tried to get up and back on her feet as quickly as she could, but, obviously, she wasn't quick enough.
"SAKURA!!!" Sakura felt a body cover her own. Li held her as close as he could and she did likewise to him. She squeezed her eyes together tightly and prepared for the impact she was sure would come. But, the strangest thing was, it didn't.
"Yamete kudasai!" Alycia ran up in front of the couple from out of no where. And just mere seconds before the tornado of water hit the three of them, a light, transparent red bubble formed around them and created a shield. The water bounced off the shield and headed back towards the watery card. Yet Watery didn't move a muscle. While the water was just three feet away from the card, Watery spread her hands out wide, separating the water into two different streams and laughed as they both landed on either side of her.
In the midst of her laughter, she failed to notice how the new brunette had changed. Her eyes were no longer their friendly brown, but had turned the lightest shade of blue imaginable. So blue, they were almost white. She held her hands in front of her and formed them into a small circle. Her eyes remained open and unblinking.
Sakura and Li had gotten up when they realized they were still alive. No sooner had Li stood up when he noticed another figure standing in front of them. Through his bright amber eyes, he could only get a back view. But it was enough for him to place who it was. I'll worry about that later. Right now, I have to make sure Sakura's okay,' he thought to himself.
He turned to look Sakura in the face, but realized that her gaze was somewhere else. "Sakura?" Li said. He snapped his fingers in front of her face a couple times. "Sakura!"
Sakura eyes popped out for a second before she turned her head towards him. "Li," she began, "that girl. I know her. I know I know her." She looked at the girl in front of her and, to her amazement, she was beginning to glow!
Winds began to sweep towards Alycia from every direction, causing her hair to blow wildly back and forth. She still had her hands in front of her and her eyes were still their pale blue. She rose slightly into the air, so the tips of her toes were still able to touch the ground. Silently, so no could hear except for her, she started to chant in a language unknown to the modern human today. A small ball of light red light formed in the middle of her hands, growing larger and larger until it was about the size of a gumdrop. After a couple seconds, the energy shot out of her hand and hit Watery directly.
Watery didn't have time to make a move. Not time to make a sound, even. She was there, and then she was gone. Instantly, the little red ball had turned her back into her original card form. The card floated from its position on the ground to the open and waiting hand of Sakura.
"Ummmm.," for a long time, Sakura didn't really know what to say. "Alycia! I can explain! Really, I can! Hehe!" Sakura had just now realized that Alycia, now, must have been somewhat curious about the Clow Cards. What if she tells!' and other questions concerning this topic chased each other around her head.
"Sakura," Alycia said softly. "I won't tell anyone. I promise." Sakura was just about to reply to her kind gesture, when a startling crash sounded behind them.
"Why, hello there." A truly innocent voice seethed out. A young man about the same age as the rest of the gang was standing about 3 yards away from them. He stood up and took a couple steps forward.
Alycia was going completely stiff. She gritted her teeth together. The pupils of her eyes were turning dark red. Both of her hands were grinding themselves into fists. She looked as mad as sin itself.
"Looking as good as ever, Alycia." He continued on. If he hadn't appeared as pure evil, he might have been absolutely handsome. He had beautiful slate blue eyes and dark, messy hair. Yet, his eyes shown nothing but hatred and destruction.
"If you do not leave in five seconds, I will tear you apart," Alycia threatened simpily. Tears began to leak from her eyes. Both Sakura and Li feared for the life of this new young man, because they could tell that Alycia meant what she said. And from the awesome display of power she just put on, they didn't doubt her words a bit.
"My, my. Aren't we touchy? I just came by to visit and this is how I get repaid?" His lips curled up into a smirk and a vile laugh escaped. Alycia took a step forward to be in the exact front of Sakura and Li, a protective arm outstretched to guard them. "Now, not so hasty. I'm going right now. But, believe me, I'll see you round. Bye, sekshi." He grinned evilly and vanished right before their eyes in a cloud of purple dust.
"Sakura. Li." Alycia was back to her beautiful self once more and turned to them with pleading chocolate orbs. "I need your help."
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And that's where I leave you! Dun, dun, ddduuuuuuunnnn!!! ^^ hehe! Please read and review it for me!! Pretty pretty ppplllleeeeaaaaassseeee!!!! If you guys have any suggestions, e-mail me or put them in your reviews. PPLLLLLLLEEEZZZZZ!!!! K, the next chapter will be up soon if anyone even cares! Byes!
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