Heart
By: Yukimi Takiro
Chapter 3: Memories Forgotten
Last time on Heart.......
" I can't help but have a feeling something bad is about to happen."
"Tomoyo!" called out Sakura. She smiled.
"Sakura!" Tomoyo shouted back. Tomoyo ran up next to Sakura and they looked out at the ocean. They were only going to be here for 2 to 3 weeks and Tomoyo's mother owned a beach home here. She was kind enough to let them borrow it.
"Come on. The house is just around the corner." said Fujitaka Kinomoto.
"Yes!" said the both of them in unison. Tomoyo walked towards the car but Sakura lingered for a moment. Something sparkled in the water that was very unusual.
"Come on Sakura!" called out Tomoyo.
"Yes!"
Cherry blossom petal after petal was carried away by the wind, pink cards flowed down to the ground, the ocean crashed against the shore and the wind blew. Sakura held out her hand to capture a card, but when she tried to catch one the cards vanished.
"What?!" gasped Sakura. "They vanished!"
"Sakura........"
"Who's calling me?" asked Sakura. The water shone like before, a bright red color.......the color of.......crimson red blood. Sakura walked closer, as she did the water splashed against her feet and out from the waters came red beams that wrapped around Sakura. Sakura struggled to brake free.
"Help!" screamed Sakura.
"No one can hear you. Now is the time for you to DIE!"
"Nooooo!!!" screamed Sakura. She was instantly pulled into the water, it felt so real and yet..........not. Sakura struggled continuously but her air was going fast.
"S-Syaoran." thought Sakura. Her eyes closed and it became dark again; that was the last thought of Syaoran she'll ever have.
"Sakura!!!"
"Sakura!!!" screamed out a familiar voice.
"Who's that? Tomoyo?" thought Sakura. Sakura opened her eyes; it was blurry for a moment before she finally got her eyes focused on Tomoyo who sat next to her with a worried expression. Sakura sat up and she noticed she was soaking wet. So it wasn't a dream.
"What's wrong? What happened?" asked Sakura. Tomoyo released her breath.
"You were sleep walking." explained Kero. "and he saved you." Kero pointed to a boy who seems soaking wet as well.
"Yuhi!" gasped Sakura.
"If I hadn't saved you, you'd have been completely sucked into the cursed mirror." explained Yuhi.
"Mirror?" asked Sakura.
"Yes. One of Yuuki's deadly traps. It has a mind of it's own and whoever is sucked into it will lose a certain part of memory or all of it." explained Yuhi.
"It seems you remember us. Do you know who your brother and father are?" asked Kero.
"Touya and dad. Yes I know them." said Sakura.
"How about your friends?" asked Tomoyo. Sakura nodded.
"Meilin?" asked Kero.
"Of course." said Sakura.
"How about Syaoran?" asked Tomoyo. There was a long pause.
"Who's Syaoran?" asked Sakura.
"You know. The one you were in love with. Sakura you have to know who Syaoran is. You and Syaoran captured the cards together and he was with us when you started changing the Sakura cards." explained Tomoyo.
"I.....don't remember. Any of that." replied Sakura.
"Just as I feared. Her memory of Syaoran has been completely erased." Yuhi said.
"How?" asked Kero.
"The red beams. Even if she wasn't in the mirror the red beams could still erase any memory.......but that would mean she had thought of Syaoran just before passing out which results in her losing that memory." said Yuhi. Tomoyo and Kero gasped.
After a while Tomoyo tried to tell Sakura about what happened or try and trigger some memory of Syaoran. It didn't work. But when Sakura learned of Syaoran not loving her any more she...........
"Maybe it's best this way.......if I never recover those memories of him. It will only hurt me anyway." whispered Sakura.
"What are you talking about Sakura?! I want the old Sakura back!" cried Tomoyo.
"It's the only way. There's no cure and since we broke up there's no reason to dwell on old memories." whispered Sakura.
"Sakura.........." Sakura had a point. Tomoyo didn't know why she was crying. As Yuhi and Kero said there was no cure for this, she had to remember on her own.......if she willed it that is. "Why would you want to just....forget about him?"
"If what I'm told is true then there's no reason why I shouldn't move on.....it's probably the best." whispered Sakura. And so Sakura never tried to remember Syaoran really, but it wasn't right. Tomoyo tried to convince Sakura to try and remember but Sakura gave the same answer. Why would she just....cast aside Syaoran? That's not the Sakura everyone knew.
It wasn't the same after that first week of vacation. Tomoyo had given up all hope and it all changed.
Sakura sat in front of the mirror within the room. Her reflection stared back at her just as sadly. Sakura had grown weaker, skinner and she was so pale she seemed like the color of white.
"Should I?" she asked her reflection. No reply. Sakura's eyes went blank and the Crystalstar shone.
"Sakura......." hissed a low and dangerous voice.
Yuhi ran up the stairs, Kerberous and Tomoyo right behind him.
"What's going on?" asked Tomoyo.
"He's returned! Since that Yuuki knows that Sakura is weak he's after her!" replied Yuhi. They burst open the door.
"Sakura!" shouted Kero. Sakura floated above the ground, her body glowed pure white, her eyes were a blank dark green and the crystalstar glowed.
"What's happening?" asked Tomoyo.
"The Crystalstar is protecting Sakura from Yuuki. I'm afraid it might not last for long." shouted Yuhi. Sakura smiled sadly.
"I'm sorry......" whispered Sakura.
"Sakura!" shouted Yuhi. He ran towards Sakura and jumped at her. Sakura blinked, her eyes were back to normal.
"Yuhi?!" she gasped. The crystalstar's light grew bigger and it swallowed the two of them up.
"Sakura!" screamed Tomoyo.
"Yuhi! Answer me!" called out Sakura. She shuck Yuhi to wake him up.
"He......won't wake up now I've made sure of it." responded someone. A young girl, known as Sakura's twin kneeled down. She looked exactly like Sakura.
"Who....your Serenity aren't you?" asked Sakura. Serenity nodded.
" Your safe here. Yuuki can not come here. It some where he is not permitted to come." she said. At that the ground turned into emerald green grass, the background turned into sky and everything became real. Serenity sat down beside Sakura. "Sakura.........I want you to promise me you won't......show any weakness or anything."
"Serenity I...."
"Promise me. If Yuuki gets his hands on the crystalstar our world is likely to be destroyed as we know it. Showing weakness, letting it over power you is a way for Yuuki to get it. You mustn't let him win. And will you protect Yuhi....or it seems he's protecting you really." said Serenity.
" It's hard I know. I lost my love. She was exactly like you Kinomoto-san. Beautiful, kind and also...... fragile."
Yuhi's words flooded back into Sakura's mind. "Yuhi and you were in love. He's the reincarnation of your lover isn't he?" asked Sakura. Serenity didn't answer.
"He was kind, gentle and loving person. Yuhi was the only person I could look to other than Clow-san. He loved me as I loved him. You could say that Yuhi is in love with you Sakura, the reincarnation of me. It's just what happens. Syaoran and you.......your paths won't meet but you can go down your path and forget the past. The past is the past and the future is ahead of us." explained Serenity. Sakura looked down at Yuhi who had his head rested on her lap. Why was it that this had to happen? She knew now......her true feelings.
"In my heart I could never forget Syaoran but, he doesn't love me anymore. Yuhi is fine yes......what am I going to do?" asked Sakura. Serenity stood up.
"Just believe in your heart. You'll know one day." she said. "now it's time to get you back home. Don't tell anyone what happened...not even Yuhi." Sakura nodded,.
"No one will remember any of what has happened except you. Remember the promise."
To Be Continued...........
Next time on Heart.........
"Syaoran..........."
"Why are you avoiding me?"
"Help me!!!"
"DIE!"
"I wish I was some where else......"
Chapter 4: Time
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