I tried to post this story under a different name but I got two reviews…
and that kinda sucked. I'm hoping that if I post it here I'll have a little
bit more ppl reading it and possibly reviewing it.
If you haven't read the summary and just direct linked to this page then here's a quick summary for you…
Sakura has always had foreshadowing dreams, ne? Well now her dreams are getting frightening and predict the death of each and every one of her friends, but somehow every time she sees her dreams begin to play out in reality she reacts quickly and saves her friends just in the nick of time. But what happens when her last dream predicts her own horrifying death with no ability to react quickly enough? Who will save her then?
Gruesome, I know. (I love that word, ne?)
Flash
Chapter 1 – The First Death... Rika
It was Sunday morning when Sakura Kinomoto woke up in her bed in a cold sweat. Her sixteen-year-old body was convulsing in the crisp morning air trying to get in as much air as possible. Her cheeks were stained with innumerable tears from the past night.
Though she had always had foreshadowing dreams before, none were as vivid in her mind. As she recalled her nightmare she was startled to see that the entire thing came back to her.
*FLASH*
The exact way the flames seemed to lick at her heels, the way her eyes picked up the unconscious figure surrounded by flames, the way reaching her was impossible and escape was futile rushed to her senses. She glanced around at her surroundings and instantly recognised the place. Flames were everywhere. Flaming wooden beams were crashing down around her and she had been forced to watch as the person writhed in pain trying to move but unable to lift the beam that had pinned her to the ground. What scared Sakura the most was the fact that she was rooted to the spot and couldn't help the person. She tried to move her limbs but nothing she tried would budge her from her spot and when she tried to close her eyes or turn away she couldn't. Her eyes were focused on one spot, the girl that was trapped in the flames. That's when she recognised the features of the girl in the fire. Her short, curly, dark brown hair, her school uniform, and the little fuzzy pink slippers on her feet. Sakura recognised her immediately and it killed her to know that nothing she did could save her friend, Rika. She stood in silence as she watched the flames consume Rika's body and when finally the figure stopped moving she couldn't hold back the tears and she fell to the floor, cradling her knees and sobbing.
*FLASH*
Sakura couldn't help shedding a few more tears while recalling her memories because the whole thing seemed so frighteningly real. She was very grateful when she opened her eyes to see that it was only a dream, but she couldn't shake the feeling in the back of her mind that it wasn't just a normal nightmare. Something told her to watch out carefully.
Ten minutes later she was up and ready. She ran down the stairs to see that no one was home. She went into the kitchen to find a note left on the table.
Sakura,
Touya and I have gone out for the day and won't be home till dinner. We would've asked you to come but you were asleep. We left some pancakes in the fridge for you for your breakfast so you can heat them up.
Oh and your friend Rika called, she wanted to know if you could come over later today. She said something about teaching her how to cook. Have fun! And Touya says not to burn down her house. I love you.
Otousan
When she read the last part she burst into tears again. Suddenly a warm arm circled around her waist and pulled her close to the person it belonged to. She turned around, startled, and found herself staring up into deep cinnamon pools.
"S-Syaoran?" she asked in a hushed whisper. He was looking down at her worriedly.
"Hey. I figured you were still asleep so I let myself in. Why are you crying?" he asked. His right hand cupped her chin when she began to lower her face. She wasn't sure if she should tell him about her dream if that's all it was, but she knew he'd worry less if he knew why she had been crying.
"It was nothing really. I just had a very bad nightmare and I got scared for a moment." She sniffed and whipped her tears away, forcing a smile on her face.
"What was it about?" he asked and led her to the couch in her living room.
"Um, well. I was in Rika's house and it was burning to the ground. Only we were trapped in it as it burned and she was burning. I couldn't move to help her." Sakura began to cry all over again as the memory of her dream came back to her just as vivid as when she had just woken up. "And I can remember everything. It's not like any other dream I've had. Every time I think of it I can remember all the details. Nothing is getting fuzzy like regular dreams do. It's a premonition." She cried and he wrapped his arms around her petite figure tighter, trying to calm her down. It terrified him that she was having horrible dreams like this because he didn't want to see her getting hurt.
"You'll be alright. I'm sure that even if they were premonitions then you'll find some way to prevent them." He whispered to her and reluctantly let her go. She stood up, charged by his words, and wiped her tears away.
"Arigato, Syaoran-kun. You're the best friend I could ever have, second only to Tomoyo!" she exclaimed cheerfully, not noticing when he grimaced at her use of the word 'friend'.
"Anything for you." He replied.
"I'm sorry I can't stay but I have to go over to Rika's and teach her some of my cooking tips!" she smiled at him, causing a light pink blush to creep up on his face. He wasn't even paying attention to her words, just her face. He was snapped out of his daydreaming when he noticed Sakura's hand, waving back and forth in front of his face.
"Nani-?" he asked.
"I was asking you if you were feeling ok. You look a little flushed." She looked at him worriedly. "If you want me to, I'll stay home today and take care of you." She offered.
"I'm fine, demo if I need you I'll call." He smiled reassuringly. After being around her for so long, a simple "I'm fine" wouldn't cut it around Sakura any more. The last time he had said that he ended up in her bed with a thermometer in his mouth, and a bag of ice on his forehead, with Sakura sitting by his side telling him she didn't believe him anymore.
"Ok...but you better call me if you need me." She gave him a cute little wink and headed out the door. "You can help yourself to anything, just don't get caught here alone by Touya again!" she called as she shut the door behind her. He sweat dropped at the memory of when Touya had found him in his house with no one else around. 'This time I might not be so lucky.' He sighed to himself and picked up his coat. He went to the unlocked door and left the house, remembering to lock it behind him. He slipped the spare key he had been given into his pocket and walked back to his apartment.
~~~
Sakura was out of breath when she finally arrived at her friend's house. She knocked twice and waited for her friend to answer.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan." Rika exclaimed cheerfully when she opened the door. "My mom said she wanted to watch you make your famous strawberry shortcake. She's wanted the recipe ever since I brought her home a piece." He said as she invited Sakura in. she had her curly hair in a small ponytail and her school uniform on. When she noticed the questioning glance from Sakura, she sweat dropped.
"Oh, we're doing the laundry today and my mother picked up my spare clothes by mistake. These are the only clean clothes I had left." She explained and led Sakura to the beautiful kitchen. Everything was sparkling and clean.
Sakura slipped off her bag and pulled out her panda bear slippers.
"Oh yeah! I forgot about my slippers! I just got new ones too." Rika exclaimed and ran off to her room, leaving Sakura to the kitchen by herself. When she returned she had two pairs of slippers with her; pink fuzzy ones on her feet and blue satin ones in her hands.
"I just got these ones but they're too nice to wear casually." She exclaimed and put them down on her dining room table. "What are we making first?" she asked when Sakura went to the fridge to get ingredients.
"Call your Okaasan. We're gonna learn to make my shortcake first." Sakura announced, pulling out a carton of eggs, a package of strawberries and some milk. She put the ingredients on the counter top and pulled out some flour and sugar.
"Oh, this will be great!" Rika exclaimed and clapped her hands together. Her mother was leaning over her shoulder, watching Sakura carefully.
"First you take the eggs and milk and mix them together." Sakura instructed, allowing Rika to do some of the work too. "Now you'll need three eggs and about one and a half cups of milk..."
~~~
When all the ingredients were mixed together, Sakura made sure the oven was set at the proper temperature and put the shortcake into it. They cleaned up the mess a little and went to the couch to sit for a while. Sakura even had Rika's mother working on the cake.
"I hope this cake turns out good." Rika sighed exhaustedly.
"I'm almost certain it will. We only have to wait for an hour and a half till its ready." Sakura said.
"Great." Rika cheered before her and her mother drifted off to sleep. Sakura was about to fall asleep, too, but she wanted to make sure that a timer was set so she'd be able to wake up before the cake burned. She set the mini timer by her head and fell asleep, in a small rocking chair.
~~~
Sakura was woken harshly by the violent crash of a wooden beam. She jumped out of her seat and realized that the entire house was engulfed in flames. At first she was stunned but when she could she checked the timer to see if she had overslept.
"Nani!!" she cried. The timer still had about fifty minutes to go. She ran towards where the door should've been and found that it was wide open but engulfed in flames.
Covering her eyes with her arm, she jumped through the doorframe and out onto the grass. She lay there for a few seconds before Rika's mother came rushing up to her.
"I'm so sorry. My first instinct was to run. I thought you and Rika were long gone!" she cried, taking Sakura into her arms.
"You mean Rika's still in there?" Sakura asked.
"Hai. They won't let me go back for her and no one is daring to go in either." Rika's mother began to sob. "They said it was too dangerous now and that anything left in there would be dead by now. But you came out."
Suddenly Sakura's friends began to crowd around them.
"Sakura are you alright?" Chiharu asked, but Sakura wasn't listening to them. All she was thinking about was that Rika could still be alive in that burning building and if she didn't do something her premonition would come true.
Syaoran saw the determination in her eyes and began to panic. He knew she would try to go back into the building to save her friend.
"No, Sakura. It's too late." He whispered to her but she just pushed him out of the way and ran top speed into the burning house.
"Sakura!" he screamed as she disappeared and was replaced by flickering flames.
~~~
When Sakura entered the building, the first thing she noticed was the heat. It was worse than being stuck in an oven. The flames began to move in the same direction and she recognised that sequence from her dream. In fact, she was rooted to the exact same spot as in her dream.
"Rika!" she cried, hoping by some miracle her friend could answer. There came no reply. Sakura scanned the dark room and noticed a pair of fuzzy slippers. 'If this dream really was a premonition then those slippers must be on Rika's feet.' She thought to herself. She ran up to them and found that Rika was indeed wearing the slippers, but, like in her dream, she was trapped beneath a burning wooden beam and was too weak to lift it.
"Rika, you'll be alright. I promise." Sakura whispered to her friend and began to try to move the piece of wood.
At first it wouldn't budge and just ended up burning her arms and face, but after a few tries the wood moved. When Sakura got a good look at Rika's body she nearly broke down in tears. The body was badly bruised and burned. She had a few cracked ribs from the beam and a broken arm. Nails tore at her skin and she was bruised by the falling debris.
Braving her fears, Sakura lifted Rika's body onto her back and pulled her towards the door.
"Help!" she began to scream as she neared the door. She could feel the cool breeze, but she didn't know if she'd be able to make it to the door without collapsing. "Syaoran help!" she cried the only name that came to her mind. In an instant she felt cold arms wrapping themselves around her and another set lifting Rika's body off of her. She looked up into the person's eyes and found hazel ones staring back at her. It wasn't Syaoran who came to rescue her it was a pair of firefighters. Syaoran was still trying to fight off the half a dozen men that were holding him back from trying to help.
~~~
A few days later Sakura woke up in the hospital. Syaoran was asleep by her side and Tomoyo was asleep in a chair by the door.
"It was another dream, right?" she asked herself, remembering all the events of what had happened.
"No it wasn't." Syaoran moved his arms, and lifted his head. "Except if it was, you changed the ending. You saved Rika's life when you went back in there. She's lying in intensive care right now but in a few more days the doctors said she'll be fine." He grinned at her.
"What's there to grin about?" Sakura asked incredulously. She was still feeling bad about the whole thing and blaming herself for it.
"I'm grinning because you're still here. Just after those guys pulled you out the building collapsed. You almost died." He began to cry a little remembering the scene, but he kept on grinning.
"Oh, Syaoran." Sakura exclaimed softly. " I'm so sorry. I'm the cause of the whole thing. If I hadn't slept then the cake wouldn't have burned and Rika would still have her house." She cried.
"But it's not your fault. There was a guy seen fleeing the scene. He was the one who started the fire. He's burned down a couple of houses before, too. Don't blame yourself." Syaoran was still crying slightly, but his grin was gone. He lifted one hand and stroked her cheek gently. "I-I..." he began to say.
"You what, Syaoran?" Sakura prompted.
"I...I-I...think you should tell Tomoyo about your dreams." He blurted out. It wasn't what he was supposed to say but Sakura was too dense to know that.
"Ok...but I don't want to worry her." She exclaimed softly, looking at the girl, just stirring from her nap.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan. I'm so glad you're alright." She exclaimed cheerfully when she woke up.
"Um, Tomoyo-chan...I have something I need to tell you." Sakura began. She looked at Syaoran for support and received a gentle squeeze on her hand.
"Hai, Sakura-chan. What is it?" Tomoyo asked and moved her chair closer.
"Well... I had a dream. It was about that very same fire, only in my dream... Rika died. She burned to death and I was forced to watch it all." Sakura began to cry but Syaoran sat on her bed and hugged her, whispering words of comfort to her.
"It was a premonition?" Tomoyo asked.
"Hai...a premonition. But I was somehow able to stop it. Do you think that I foresaw her death so I could stop it?"
"You never know." Tomoyo answered sadly and patted her friend's head softly, while she cried her heart out on Syaoran's shoulder.
To Be Continued...
I know it's a little gruesome, but I'm trying to change my style a little bit. I tried humor but it didn't seem to work out for me. Oh, and just to clear up something, Syaoran and Sakura are not together (YET). They're just very close. Sakura gave him and Tomoyo a key so they could come over at anytime, without being caught by Touya. (So they could come at night, too.)
Also Sakura and everyone else are 17 to 18 years old.
p.s… I have lost some ppl on ff.n. what I mean is I've been reading stories on this site and when I go to see if they've updated I can't find their names. If anyone knows where I can find these ppl, or if u are one of these ppl then please tell me what ur name is now…I love ur stories!!
Enchanted Ice Star … I can't find my list of other authors! Oh well…if u kno where I can find this person's stories I will be forever thankful!! And if ur an author I'll review ur work!!!
thx
If you haven't read the summary and just direct linked to this page then here's a quick summary for you…
Sakura has always had foreshadowing dreams, ne? Well now her dreams are getting frightening and predict the death of each and every one of her friends, but somehow every time she sees her dreams begin to play out in reality she reacts quickly and saves her friends just in the nick of time. But what happens when her last dream predicts her own horrifying death with no ability to react quickly enough? Who will save her then?
Gruesome, I know. (I love that word, ne?)
Flash
Chapter 1 – The First Death... Rika
It was Sunday morning when Sakura Kinomoto woke up in her bed in a cold sweat. Her sixteen-year-old body was convulsing in the crisp morning air trying to get in as much air as possible. Her cheeks were stained with innumerable tears from the past night.
Though she had always had foreshadowing dreams before, none were as vivid in her mind. As she recalled her nightmare she was startled to see that the entire thing came back to her.
*FLASH*
The exact way the flames seemed to lick at her heels, the way her eyes picked up the unconscious figure surrounded by flames, the way reaching her was impossible and escape was futile rushed to her senses. She glanced around at her surroundings and instantly recognised the place. Flames were everywhere. Flaming wooden beams were crashing down around her and she had been forced to watch as the person writhed in pain trying to move but unable to lift the beam that had pinned her to the ground. What scared Sakura the most was the fact that she was rooted to the spot and couldn't help the person. She tried to move her limbs but nothing she tried would budge her from her spot and when she tried to close her eyes or turn away she couldn't. Her eyes were focused on one spot, the girl that was trapped in the flames. That's when she recognised the features of the girl in the fire. Her short, curly, dark brown hair, her school uniform, and the little fuzzy pink slippers on her feet. Sakura recognised her immediately and it killed her to know that nothing she did could save her friend, Rika. She stood in silence as she watched the flames consume Rika's body and when finally the figure stopped moving she couldn't hold back the tears and she fell to the floor, cradling her knees and sobbing.
*FLASH*
Sakura couldn't help shedding a few more tears while recalling her memories because the whole thing seemed so frighteningly real. She was very grateful when she opened her eyes to see that it was only a dream, but she couldn't shake the feeling in the back of her mind that it wasn't just a normal nightmare. Something told her to watch out carefully.
Ten minutes later she was up and ready. She ran down the stairs to see that no one was home. She went into the kitchen to find a note left on the table.
Sakura,
Touya and I have gone out for the day and won't be home till dinner. We would've asked you to come but you were asleep. We left some pancakes in the fridge for you for your breakfast so you can heat them up.
Oh and your friend Rika called, she wanted to know if you could come over later today. She said something about teaching her how to cook. Have fun! And Touya says not to burn down her house. I love you.
Otousan
When she read the last part she burst into tears again. Suddenly a warm arm circled around her waist and pulled her close to the person it belonged to. She turned around, startled, and found herself staring up into deep cinnamon pools.
"S-Syaoran?" she asked in a hushed whisper. He was looking down at her worriedly.
"Hey. I figured you were still asleep so I let myself in. Why are you crying?" he asked. His right hand cupped her chin when she began to lower her face. She wasn't sure if she should tell him about her dream if that's all it was, but she knew he'd worry less if he knew why she had been crying.
"It was nothing really. I just had a very bad nightmare and I got scared for a moment." She sniffed and whipped her tears away, forcing a smile on her face.
"What was it about?" he asked and led her to the couch in her living room.
"Um, well. I was in Rika's house and it was burning to the ground. Only we were trapped in it as it burned and she was burning. I couldn't move to help her." Sakura began to cry all over again as the memory of her dream came back to her just as vivid as when she had just woken up. "And I can remember everything. It's not like any other dream I've had. Every time I think of it I can remember all the details. Nothing is getting fuzzy like regular dreams do. It's a premonition." She cried and he wrapped his arms around her petite figure tighter, trying to calm her down. It terrified him that she was having horrible dreams like this because he didn't want to see her getting hurt.
"You'll be alright. I'm sure that even if they were premonitions then you'll find some way to prevent them." He whispered to her and reluctantly let her go. She stood up, charged by his words, and wiped her tears away.
"Arigato, Syaoran-kun. You're the best friend I could ever have, second only to Tomoyo!" she exclaimed cheerfully, not noticing when he grimaced at her use of the word 'friend'.
"Anything for you." He replied.
"I'm sorry I can't stay but I have to go over to Rika's and teach her some of my cooking tips!" she smiled at him, causing a light pink blush to creep up on his face. He wasn't even paying attention to her words, just her face. He was snapped out of his daydreaming when he noticed Sakura's hand, waving back and forth in front of his face.
"Nani-?" he asked.
"I was asking you if you were feeling ok. You look a little flushed." She looked at him worriedly. "If you want me to, I'll stay home today and take care of you." She offered.
"I'm fine, demo if I need you I'll call." He smiled reassuringly. After being around her for so long, a simple "I'm fine" wouldn't cut it around Sakura any more. The last time he had said that he ended up in her bed with a thermometer in his mouth, and a bag of ice on his forehead, with Sakura sitting by his side telling him she didn't believe him anymore.
"Ok...but you better call me if you need me." She gave him a cute little wink and headed out the door. "You can help yourself to anything, just don't get caught here alone by Touya again!" she called as she shut the door behind her. He sweat dropped at the memory of when Touya had found him in his house with no one else around. 'This time I might not be so lucky.' He sighed to himself and picked up his coat. He went to the unlocked door and left the house, remembering to lock it behind him. He slipped the spare key he had been given into his pocket and walked back to his apartment.
~~~
Sakura was out of breath when she finally arrived at her friend's house. She knocked twice and waited for her friend to answer.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan." Rika exclaimed cheerfully when she opened the door. "My mom said she wanted to watch you make your famous strawberry shortcake. She's wanted the recipe ever since I brought her home a piece." He said as she invited Sakura in. she had her curly hair in a small ponytail and her school uniform on. When she noticed the questioning glance from Sakura, she sweat dropped.
"Oh, we're doing the laundry today and my mother picked up my spare clothes by mistake. These are the only clean clothes I had left." She explained and led Sakura to the beautiful kitchen. Everything was sparkling and clean.
Sakura slipped off her bag and pulled out her panda bear slippers.
"Oh yeah! I forgot about my slippers! I just got new ones too." Rika exclaimed and ran off to her room, leaving Sakura to the kitchen by herself. When she returned she had two pairs of slippers with her; pink fuzzy ones on her feet and blue satin ones in her hands.
"I just got these ones but they're too nice to wear casually." She exclaimed and put them down on her dining room table. "What are we making first?" she asked when Sakura went to the fridge to get ingredients.
"Call your Okaasan. We're gonna learn to make my shortcake first." Sakura announced, pulling out a carton of eggs, a package of strawberries and some milk. She put the ingredients on the counter top and pulled out some flour and sugar.
"Oh, this will be great!" Rika exclaimed and clapped her hands together. Her mother was leaning over her shoulder, watching Sakura carefully.
"First you take the eggs and milk and mix them together." Sakura instructed, allowing Rika to do some of the work too. "Now you'll need three eggs and about one and a half cups of milk..."
~~~
When all the ingredients were mixed together, Sakura made sure the oven was set at the proper temperature and put the shortcake into it. They cleaned up the mess a little and went to the couch to sit for a while. Sakura even had Rika's mother working on the cake.
"I hope this cake turns out good." Rika sighed exhaustedly.
"I'm almost certain it will. We only have to wait for an hour and a half till its ready." Sakura said.
"Great." Rika cheered before her and her mother drifted off to sleep. Sakura was about to fall asleep, too, but she wanted to make sure that a timer was set so she'd be able to wake up before the cake burned. She set the mini timer by her head and fell asleep, in a small rocking chair.
~~~
Sakura was woken harshly by the violent crash of a wooden beam. She jumped out of her seat and realized that the entire house was engulfed in flames. At first she was stunned but when she could she checked the timer to see if she had overslept.
"Nani!!" she cried. The timer still had about fifty minutes to go. She ran towards where the door should've been and found that it was wide open but engulfed in flames.
Covering her eyes with her arm, she jumped through the doorframe and out onto the grass. She lay there for a few seconds before Rika's mother came rushing up to her.
"I'm so sorry. My first instinct was to run. I thought you and Rika were long gone!" she cried, taking Sakura into her arms.
"You mean Rika's still in there?" Sakura asked.
"Hai. They won't let me go back for her and no one is daring to go in either." Rika's mother began to sob. "They said it was too dangerous now and that anything left in there would be dead by now. But you came out."
Suddenly Sakura's friends began to crowd around them.
"Sakura are you alright?" Chiharu asked, but Sakura wasn't listening to them. All she was thinking about was that Rika could still be alive in that burning building and if she didn't do something her premonition would come true.
Syaoran saw the determination in her eyes and began to panic. He knew she would try to go back into the building to save her friend.
"No, Sakura. It's too late." He whispered to her but she just pushed him out of the way and ran top speed into the burning house.
"Sakura!" he screamed as she disappeared and was replaced by flickering flames.
~~~
When Sakura entered the building, the first thing she noticed was the heat. It was worse than being stuck in an oven. The flames began to move in the same direction and she recognised that sequence from her dream. In fact, she was rooted to the exact same spot as in her dream.
"Rika!" she cried, hoping by some miracle her friend could answer. There came no reply. Sakura scanned the dark room and noticed a pair of fuzzy slippers. 'If this dream really was a premonition then those slippers must be on Rika's feet.' She thought to herself. She ran up to them and found that Rika was indeed wearing the slippers, but, like in her dream, she was trapped beneath a burning wooden beam and was too weak to lift it.
"Rika, you'll be alright. I promise." Sakura whispered to her friend and began to try to move the piece of wood.
At first it wouldn't budge and just ended up burning her arms and face, but after a few tries the wood moved. When Sakura got a good look at Rika's body she nearly broke down in tears. The body was badly bruised and burned. She had a few cracked ribs from the beam and a broken arm. Nails tore at her skin and she was bruised by the falling debris.
Braving her fears, Sakura lifted Rika's body onto her back and pulled her towards the door.
"Help!" she began to scream as she neared the door. She could feel the cool breeze, but she didn't know if she'd be able to make it to the door without collapsing. "Syaoran help!" she cried the only name that came to her mind. In an instant she felt cold arms wrapping themselves around her and another set lifting Rika's body off of her. She looked up into the person's eyes and found hazel ones staring back at her. It wasn't Syaoran who came to rescue her it was a pair of firefighters. Syaoran was still trying to fight off the half a dozen men that were holding him back from trying to help.
~~~
A few days later Sakura woke up in the hospital. Syaoran was asleep by her side and Tomoyo was asleep in a chair by the door.
"It was another dream, right?" she asked herself, remembering all the events of what had happened.
"No it wasn't." Syaoran moved his arms, and lifted his head. "Except if it was, you changed the ending. You saved Rika's life when you went back in there. She's lying in intensive care right now but in a few more days the doctors said she'll be fine." He grinned at her.
"What's there to grin about?" Sakura asked incredulously. She was still feeling bad about the whole thing and blaming herself for it.
"I'm grinning because you're still here. Just after those guys pulled you out the building collapsed. You almost died." He began to cry a little remembering the scene, but he kept on grinning.
"Oh, Syaoran." Sakura exclaimed softly. " I'm so sorry. I'm the cause of the whole thing. If I hadn't slept then the cake wouldn't have burned and Rika would still have her house." She cried.
"But it's not your fault. There was a guy seen fleeing the scene. He was the one who started the fire. He's burned down a couple of houses before, too. Don't blame yourself." Syaoran was still crying slightly, but his grin was gone. He lifted one hand and stroked her cheek gently. "I-I..." he began to say.
"You what, Syaoran?" Sakura prompted.
"I...I-I...think you should tell Tomoyo about your dreams." He blurted out. It wasn't what he was supposed to say but Sakura was too dense to know that.
"Ok...but I don't want to worry her." She exclaimed softly, looking at the girl, just stirring from her nap.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan. I'm so glad you're alright." She exclaimed cheerfully when she woke up.
"Um, Tomoyo-chan...I have something I need to tell you." Sakura began. She looked at Syaoran for support and received a gentle squeeze on her hand.
"Hai, Sakura-chan. What is it?" Tomoyo asked and moved her chair closer.
"Well... I had a dream. It was about that very same fire, only in my dream... Rika died. She burned to death and I was forced to watch it all." Sakura began to cry but Syaoran sat on her bed and hugged her, whispering words of comfort to her.
"It was a premonition?" Tomoyo asked.
"Hai...a premonition. But I was somehow able to stop it. Do you think that I foresaw her death so I could stop it?"
"You never know." Tomoyo answered sadly and patted her friend's head softly, while she cried her heart out on Syaoran's shoulder.
To Be Continued...
I know it's a little gruesome, but I'm trying to change my style a little bit. I tried humor but it didn't seem to work out for me. Oh, and just to clear up something, Syaoran and Sakura are not together (YET). They're just very close. Sakura gave him and Tomoyo a key so they could come over at anytime, without being caught by Touya. (So they could come at night, too.)
Also Sakura and everyone else are 17 to 18 years old.
p.s… I have lost some ppl on ff.n. what I mean is I've been reading stories on this site and when I go to see if they've updated I can't find their names. If anyone knows where I can find these ppl, or if u are one of these ppl then please tell me what ur name is now…I love ur stories!!
Enchanted Ice Star … I can't find my list of other authors! Oh well…if u kno where I can find this person's stories I will be forever thankful!! And if ur an author I'll review ur work!!!
thx