A : Hi, guys! I wanna say thanks to all those who reviewed, I feel so loved..! ^/^ Thank you, thank you, thank you! Oh! And thanks to Mae Anne and Desiree (hehe...and I already spoiled the ending for them too, ^.^()), my friends from school! Salamat!
Kero: Last chapter's question was What's Sakura's best recipe? And the answer is pancakes (hotcakes)! Oh, how I'd love to have one now!
Kiyone: Hee-hee, here's the list of people who answered right.
Little Blossom
Cutie Blossom - *gasp* You're the author of Don't Be Scared, ne? Oh, I love that fic, I love that fic! I love it so much, that I even forgot to put it in my favorites (Kiyone: Told ya she'd forget). I like it when authors who write really well review my stories, it's such an honor!
lilyflower
Kamika Farinas
sillysac
Wind Goddess
lily evans918
Silver Star
Animefreak242
Final Fantasy Princess
Hiymako
iii_sis
Diane
FaNTaSy
shazaoblossom
Rosetta
Sakura Kinomoto
Mei-fong
Syakura
SweetAznPnai4eva
rini124
Kawaii~Chan
Anna
Joyce
Mandie
~*Syaoran & Sakura's Angel*~
Saturn's Fallen Angel
~Kero~Chan~*~ - Wow, such comments! I've never really received a lot of reviews for just one chapter! You make me so happy, Kero-chan! Oh yeah, and I also read your review in my other story, The True Meaning of Destiny, thanks for the reviewing that twice as well! Well, I got my Card Captor Sakura movie for $30, not $15...'Coz I bought the subtitled version, only available on DVD! Eek..
K7o7 of BaCa Productionz - Arigatou gozaimasu! I like it when people review me on every chapter, and I'm glad that Syakura recommended it to you too. Thanks for reading my stories! ^_^
Hakusei
Kero: Sakura is here today!
Sakura: Konnichiwa, minna-san!
A : Sakura will be staying with us for a couple for chapters. To those who knew what the answer was, most of you stated how you wanted to try' these pancakes!
Sakura: So, here! Kero-chan, give them out!
Kero: *whips out basket full of pancakes* Here ya goooo! *starts skipping*
Kiyone: I ought to tell him that skipping just doesn't suit him.
Sakura: But he's so kawaii when he skips!
A: *sweatdrop*
Kiyone: *sigh* Only Sakura-san likes the cutest things, ne?
A: Well, you know how she is.
Sakura: Kero-chan, I have purin!
Kero: YATTA!
A: Heh-heh, alright, so please read on. R&R, okay? Arigatou gozaimasu!
Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura or any of its characters, except for Ai-Yung and Kori. Only use them (Ai-Yung and Kori) with my permission (although I wouldn't know why you would even want to.). Fly Me To the Moon' doesn't belong to me either.
A Winged Angel
Chapter XI ~ Memories Faded
by, azngurL
In the midst of a dark room were several people around a bed. All full of trepidation, anxiety, fright, and confusion, it was hard to tell that Sakura Kinomoto will ever wake up. But in a couple of days or so, as she slowly stirred, her eyes opened and she immediately got up from her bed.
"Sakura, are you okay?" Syaoran asked.
"...Sa...kura?" Sakura whispered as she held her head. "...W...Who are you?"
"W-What?" Syaoran shrieked. "What do you mean, who am I?', I'm Syaoran!"
Sakura looked at her lap and grip the blankets on her. "I don't know what you're talking about, mister," She said, rather calmly. "Can you please tell me where am I and who you people are?"
Yelan backed away, and so did the Li sisters, plus Meiling, Tomoyo, and Eriol. "W...What's wrong with Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo asked.
"I don't know!" Syaoran exclaimed as he shook his head. "Sakura, don't you know who I am? Who YOU are?"
"Who I am...? I don't recall who I am...You call me this...'Sakura', but I don't think it is the right name for me." Sakura said.
"What...?" Syaoran asked while backing away. He turned to his mother. "What's wrong with her, Mother!"
"Calm down, Xiaolang, I'm at a lost like you are," Yelan said while kneeling next to Sakura. "Sakura, do you really not know who you are? You're Sakura Kinomoto, a girl from Japan. Your...Your family died and sent you over to live here instead, don't you remember?" She asked.
"I don't recall having a family that died...My family is very much alive." Sakura said.
"Could it be...amnesia?" Fuutie asked.
"Meimei has amnesia!" Fanren shrieked.
"But why would she have amnesia, it's seems to abnormal for someone to just faint and have amnesia!" Meiling exclaimed.
"It may seem possible though..." Eriol said.
"What are you talking about, Eriol?" Tomoyo asked.
Eriol walked over to Sakura and knelt down beside her too. "Sakura—Or whoever you may be...Can you tell me about yourself?" He asked.
Sakura remained silent and looked at the people surrounding her. "Why would you want to know?" She asked.
"We're just curious. We like new people." Eriol said with a smile.
"I hope Eriol knows what he's doing..." Syaoran thought while watching him.
Sakura smiled faintly. "I don't know my name, but.. . I know that I have a family, who didn't die. They're very much alive, but I don't know where they are."
"You don't know where they are? Did they abandon you?" Eriol asked.
"Abandon me? Of course not! They love me a lot . . . I just...don't get why they left me here by myself." Sakura replied.
Everyone became silent. "It seems like Sakura's heart isn't at peace...She's still suffering..." Yelan thought as she went by Sakura again. She smiled and said, "My name is Li Yelan. I know your family...They called you Sakura. It means cherry blossom in Japanese."
"Sa...kura?" Sakura asked. "Sakura...Kirei (Pretty)..." She said in her native tongue.
"At least she still remembers her native language." Meiling remarked.
Syaoran ignored the comment and went beside Sakura. "Sakura, don't you remember anything? You and I were on top of a cliff and then you fainted." He said while holding her arms.
Sakura blushed at his touch. "What are you...saying?" She said while turning her gaze over to the window. "I don't recall anything..."
"Maybe she just needs some more rest," Yelan said while nudging her to go into bed. "It's been a long day. Come on now, everybody out," She said while watching them go out, a few looking back at her. "Oyasumi (Good night), Sakura, may you feel better." She said while leaving.
Sakura turned in her bed and hugged herself under the blankets. "...That guy..." She whispered.
As the rest got out, Yelan followed and closed the door behind her. She let out a heavy sigh and then looked up at Syaoran, Meiling, Tomoyo, Eriol, Fanren, Siefen, Fuutie, and Feimei. "She indeed has amnesia, everyone."
Every one of them gasped in shock and surprise.
"Will she ever regained her memories, Mother?" Feimei asked.
"Probably...Probably not, there's a possibility that she will never remember. But, it's a case of not wanting to remember." Yelan said.
"So what you're saying is...that Sakura-chan doesn't want to remember anything and so pushed it all back at the corner of her mind?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yes, Tomoyo. Sakura has been through a lot of hardships throughout her life so far. It must be hard to even think about it. What you told me that happened in the park, Xiaolang, might've added to the tension which has been increasing since her family died." Yelan said.
Syaoran looked down at the floor, staring at it with such disbelief.
"This kind of amnesia isn't common, I found an old book about it in our library about it. It is best if we just keep her heart at peace and her mind at rest. We shouldn't remind her of it, but if you want her to remember some fragment of the past, then make sure you make her feel comfortable. I don't want her to suffer anymore, okay?" Yelan asked.
All of them nodded. "Xiaolang, it isn't your fault, remember that. She just needs time to relax and be with her friends. It is her decision to remember her memories. But...it seems like Sakura wants to lead her life the way it used to be, that is why she said that her family is alive."
Sakura's POVAll those people ... All those people claim they know me, but I don't even know who they are. It's so hard to be left alone by yourself, and still today, I don't know why my family left me alone...Probably to make them happier, but at least they are alive somewhere and doing well.
And that guy...Syaoran...there's something about him. Something that makes me attached to him. . . But what? I don't know who he is! . . . I need help, but there's no one who can help me.
. . . No one. . .
Nobody could help me . . .Did my family really die? . . . No, that's a lie, they never died!
But then why did they abandon me . . . ? So that I can be unhappy . . .? A family is not supposed to do that to you...right? I keep having these fragments of life going around in my head, but I can't seem to put it all together...
Normal POVSuddenly, they heard a loud cry coming from Sakura's room, and all of them rushed in to see what was the matter. Syaoran ran in there, fast, and confronted Sakura. "What's wrong? Are you okay!" He asked.
Sakura holding her head and closing her eyes tight. It was as if she was in pain and she screamed loudly. "Do I have a dream . . .?" She asked softly.
"A dream...? Of course you have a dream, Sakura, you told me so yourself a long while ago..." Syaoran whispered.
"What is my dream...?" She asked, the tears rolling down her face.
Syaoran eyes narrowed and the rest kept watching. "You never told me what your dream was, Sakura..." He replied.
She removed her hands from her head slowly and shakily, then placed them on her face. "My dream is lost...I have no dream anymore..."
"No, that's not true!" Syaoran exclaimed. "You have a dream, Sakura, you have your goal in life, all you have to do is try and remember it!"
"I'm t...trying to but...I...I can't remember anything...Anything..." Sakura whispered as she removed her hands from her face, trying to remember the fragments of life swirling around her mind.
[Flashback]"You're living with another family?" Tomoyo asked.
"...Yeah," Sakura replied. "They all died, so I'm stuck here cause my father told me to come here."
All of them remained silent, but Syaoran broke the silence. "I'm sorry." He said.
Sakura looked at him. A boy with messy brown hair and brown eyes...A first to admit to her that he was sorry'. She giggled.
"W-what?" Syaoran asked.
"...You're the first to ever say that to me, Mr. Syaoran." Sakura said
Sakura quickly leaped backed. "Come on," She said while grabbing his arm. "I wanna talk to you," And she pulled his arm towards the dance floor. "Come on!"
"Sakura, what are you doing...? I can't dance! I thought you wanted to talk!" Syaoran exclaimed.
"Talk AND dance!" Sakura exclaimed with a smile on her face, and she pulled him into the dance floor with such force that he was pulled against her body, and she held his hand. "You okay?" She asked.
Syaoran couldn't talk, he stumbled upon his words and his face was red. "S-Sakura...I can't dance."
[End of Flashback] ¤¤"Fragments of life...swirling around my head...," Sakura mumbled as she gripped the blanket around her. "Fragments . . . of lost m...memories?" She asked herself.
"...Do you remember something?" Syaoran asked.
"...Parties, dances. . . school...," She shook her head. "This doesn't make any sense!" She exclaimed.
"Try and remember, Sakura!" Syaoran exclaimed.
"Xiaolang, that's enough!" Yelan yelled as she walked over to her son. She put her hand on his shoulder, and she felt him trembling, trembling with anxiety and fear. "Xiaolang...," She whispered as she backed away from him. She closed her eyes and said, "My son..."
It was clear to everyone now that he was crying, but he didn't want to show anybody his weak side..."Please leave me alone..." Syaoran whispered.
Yelan looked at all of them and nodded. They all exited, leaving just the couple there.
"...Mister, why are you crying?" Sakura asked. "Because I can't remember something...?"
"Because you've forgotten every new and happy moment of your life with me..." He replied, his voice shaking. Syaoran was staring at the floor and didn't want Sakura to exactly see.
"...I couldn't have forgotten on purpose..." Said Sakura.
"But you don't want to remember anything..." Said he.
Both of them remained silent, and Sakura didn't feel comfortable anymore. But she still had that high spirit who couldn't stand it when people were depressed, so she tried her best to cheer him up. "I'll try and remember something..." She whispered as she got out of her bed and sat next to Syaoran.
Syaoran slowly looked towards her. "To you, I'm a complete stranger, why do you even bother trying to cheer me up...?"
She shook her head. "I don't know, but something inside of me tells me I should ...I'm attached to you, that's why. I've only met you, but I think we can become great friends, Mr. Syaoran..."
"Only met me...," Syaoran thought as he discreetly wiped away his tears. Then he sighed, "Tell me what you know..."
Something sparkling caught Sakura's eyes as she looked down at her chest. A dangling piece of blue crystal, and so she held it and observed it. "Sapphire..." She said.
Syaoran looked at her as she looked at the sapphire crystal. "Yeah...I gave that to you," He said. "Do you remember the special story about it?"
"Special story?" She asked.
"Yeah. I found that in the ocean when we went to the beach together with Eriol, Meiling, and Tomoyo. It's supposed to make the person you gave it to remember the person who gave it to you...It's like a jewel of remembrance..." He replied.
"A jewel of remembrance, huh...?" She asked as she grabbed the chain. She started to play with it and observed it again. The sapphire crystal she got was sparkling in her palm, it's dagger-like point made it even look more special.
"...Your friend, Yukito, also mentioned that when you give a sapphire to someone, it also means that he or she will always be with you...Wherever you may go." He said.
Sakura kept on looking on it shiny sparkles and looked up at him. "...Really?" She asked.
Syaoran nodded his head. "Really."
They both became silent and Sakura started to stare at the ceiling with the ornate decorations. "I remember...," She closed her eyes. "...A song...? Something about flying..." She whispered.
"Our song..." He whispered.
"...Our song?"
"You and I made that song, our song..."
"...What's that song called?"
"...'Fly Me To the Moon'..."
"Oh...Can you sing it for me?"
"I can't sing..."
"But I want to know how it sounds like."
"But I can't sing."
"Who cares, maybe I can remember...this song..."
"...Fly me to the moon, and let me play among the stars..."
A Week Later . . ."We're going to the China Garden today, right?" Tomoyo asked as she picked up a picnic basket.
"Yeah, Syaoran said he wanted to go there." Eriol replied.
"I think it has something to do with Sakura's memory." Meiling said.
Tomoyo sighed, "...Poor Sakura-chan...It's been a week, and she still hasn't remembered anything..."
Meiling noticed the depressed look on Tomoyo's face, then smiled widely. "It's okay, Tomoyo! If there's anyone who could help bring back her memory, it's Syaoran!" She exclaimed.
"Let's just hope he can really do it..." Eriol whispered.
"Don't be so blunt, Eriol. Syaoran really loves Sakura a lot, maybe something can happen..." Meiling said.
"We're ready!" Yelled Sakura as she ran down the stairs. "Sorry for keeping you waiting," She said as she watched Syaoran walk down the stairs. "I can't wait to go!"
They all smiled.
"Well, let's go, not a moment to waste!" Meiling exclaimed.
As they all got to the China Garden, the park where Sakura had lost her memory, they settled down and began eating lunch. "Yum! Delicious!" Sakura exclaimed as she turned to Tomoyo. "Daidouji-san, this is great lunch!" She exclaimed.
Tomoyo giggled, "Oh, Sakura-chan, please call me Tomoyo, you used to anyway...Kedo, arigatou gozaimasu (But, thank you very much.)." She said.
Since Sakura lost her memory, she had a tendency to speak Japanese very often.
"Sakura, when we're done with lunch, we're gonna go and around and such. They say that there's magical fountain somewhere here, but no one's found it yet. Are you up for it?" Eriol asked.
She smiled. "Honto desu ka? (Really?)" She asked.
Eriol sweatdropped. "Honto ne...(Really)." He replied in Japanese.
"Wai, I'm so happy!" She exclaimed.
"Eriol, I didn't know you spoke Japanese." Tomoyo said.
"Well I didn't, but being around you and your mom for so long, I kinda got some idea of the language." Eriol said back to her.
All of them except Sakura laughed, and they resumed their lunches. During the middle of their lunch, Sakura had finished and so she stood up. "I'm going to go out for a while." She said while walking.
Syaoran stood up. "You can't go by yourself." He said.
From the corner of her eye she said, "Why not? I'm a big girl, I could take care of myself." She said while walking out of the picnic area.
"I'll go with you." Syaoran said.
"I wanna go alone." She said as she started to walk some more, leaving them behind.
"S-Sakura!" He yelled as he was about to run towards her.
"Syaoran, stop. Leave her alone for a while." Meiling said.
Syaoran just stood there, angry. Angry at the world, but Meiling was right, maybe she ought to be alone for a while...
-A : Okay, guys, chapter 11 is done! Please leave a review! Here's the preview for the next chapter, Suki Dai Yo (I Love You)
preview from the next chapter:
"I remember...I remember, Syaoran." Sakura whispered.
Syaoran smiled widely. "You remember...?" Syaoran asked.
"Everything."
Overjoyed and filled with happiness, he threw his arms around her. "Thank God...Thank God..." He repeated.
Kiyone: Please review, okay? A-chan will really appreciate it.
A: Arigatou. Here's the next question, Who are Sonomi & Nadeshiko's, plus Sakura, Tomoyo, and Touya's grandfather/great-grandfather? (This is for those who know the manga really well ^_~)
Sakura: Eek, that's a really hard question.
A: Well, Cardcaptor Sakura originated from the manga after all, you know.
Sakura: True, true. Tomoyo-chan and I are basically related! Hee-hee!
A: Leave your answer in your review! Bai-bai!
