Maple's Wisdom: Sakura-chan gone! DO NOT READ IF YOU WON'T ACCEPT COUPLES OTHER THAN TRADITIONAL ONES! This does have hints of S+S, S+T, and I might put some E+T and MeiLi in..but the couples in the end will be D. None of the above. WARNING: Very angsty. No flames, please, this is my first story!
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Spring cleaning. I love the smell of it all. and I love the result. I love...
"Daidouji-sama?
"Come in."
The maid entered, carrying a piece of fabric, carefully tailored.
"Daidouji-sama, I found this in the attic. I'm not-"
I snatched it out of her hands, running my fingers along the stitching. Involountary tears fall from my eyes. Sakura-chan's costume when she captured the Time card..
"Arigato, Imansu-san. You may go finish." I said shakily.
She bowed repsectfully and left.
First my mother..then Sakura-chan...
All I wanted was to forget.
She was my best friend. And..I loved her. My life was making her happy. Then..two years ago..she just..wasn't.
~Flashback~
I stepped up to the door, and knocked. Touya-san answered the door, looking worried.
"Touya-san, have you seen Sakura-chan?"
Touya-san shook his head. "All we found in her room this morning was a talking stuffed animal. Called himself Cerberus. Thought I was dreaming...but no. Sakura-chan...disappeared."
I took in the information slowly. No! It couldn't be! I didn't want it to be! I came to my senses.
"Onegai, may I see Cerberus?" I asked uncertainly.
"Sure. Want to take him home? He knew your name, and he almost bit my finger off.."
Kero-chan popped up out of nowhere. "I did not, wimp!"
"Kero-chan..." I said.
Kero-chan looked at me with puppy-dog eyes. "Can I stay with you until Sakura-chan comes back? I don't like her onii-san." I nodded. He hopped in my backpack. "Oooh, chocolate!" He sighed in ecstasy.
~End Flashback~
Sakura-chan was probably dead now..gone..forever...
Kero-chan popped out of my backpack as I grabbed it. Probably raiding the lollipops I had bought. "Hey, Tomoyo-chan, where're you going?"
I didn't answer. Kero-chan followed me..to the Sakura tree.
Syaoran-kun was there, too.
"Konbanwa, Syaoran-kun." I said, bowing.
"Konbanwa, Tomoyo-chan." He muttered gruffly. He was looking at a carving on the tree..S+S forever. I sighed, glancing the carving next to it. 'Tomoyo+Sakura: Best Friends Forever!!!'
Syaoran-kun and Meiling-chan had come back in 11th grade, the year after Sakura-chan disappeared. She hadn't come back.
I looked up at Syaoran-kun. "She was my best friend, Syaoran-kun. And I loved her. I really did. Demo her happiness was my happiness.It was my life. And you made her happy. I knew Sakura-chan more than most, and you made her happy. I want you to know that."

Charisma's Critique: SHORT! SHORT SHORT SHORT! Sorry bout that..took me about 15 minutes LOL. I got the tree-carvings idea from Fizzalicious Cherry, in the story uh..*scratches head* The one with Sae! As for the Sakura tree, ALL CCS WRITERS USE IT!!! Sorry. If my idea seems like yours, I am either subconsciously copying it(I don't think I've ever read anything like it, or it's just a coincidence. R+R ONEGAI! No flames!

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