OK…it took forever for me to restart this story..but haha….
Well you the routine….the characters aren't mine
Sakura looked out the large window of her library. Few squirrels were running around preparing for winter and an invisible bird chirped in the distance. Everything was peaceful and calm and, yet, she was frustrated and angry. For weeks, she had been trying to solve a puzzle, and her progress was going at a snail's pace. A crash outside the library brought the thinking magician out from her reverie. She smiled recalling how they had become a family.
After she had turned all the cards into sakura cards, Li had left and even though he had promised to come back as soon as his training was over, he had not. On the night of her high school graduation day, Li had called to tell her that he would be marrying Meilin. She had been such a fool then. She had believed that if she went to Li and confront him face to face, he would realize he could not live with out her; he would regret. She had been wrong. She did go to him and confront him, but in the end it was her who regretted. He was in love with Meilin, that was obvious. She had returned to Japan heart broken. It had taken almost four years to forget him and move on. At the end of her college years, she had received an invitation to Li's wedding. Though afraid of what she might feel, she went. Thinking about it now, she was glad she had gone. She had found that she didn't love him anymore and that he had somehow become more of a friend than the ideal boyfriend.
With her degree in teaching, she moved to America to teach at an international school, but when she had become homesick, in two years, she had return to teach at a local elementary school. Touya, a doctor by this time, had married a girl from his med school and was expecting his first child. He still had his brother complex and when Sakura had once written him a letter, while in the US, telling him about her latest interest, he had phoned and yelled at her for ten minutes straight. He was still good friends with Yukito, who at that time was a pediatrician. All his life, Yuki never changed in his way of eating. Back then, it had constantly puzzled her why he never had interest in girls. It took her almost a century, literally, to figure out that it had been Yue who had not wanted to get marry and settle down and so Yuki did not either.
Tomoyo became a major fashion designer, but the death of her parents, she to concentrate more in what her parents had been doing. She eventually married Eriol, who had had a crush on her only since forever, and at the end of her life, she a had large, and I mean large, family around her to love and support her. Eriol, had died soon after, as if he was trying to catch up to her in a nonexistent race.
In the years that followed, Sakura found that she was not aging. While people around became more mature looking and started to get few gray hairs, she still looked as if she was still in her early 20's. This took her by surprise, and when the question was presented to Yue and Kerberous, they told her a secret that became her gift and curse. At first, the fact that she would always look young and live a long long life, delighted her to no ends, but decades later, when her love ones started to die off, she found the darker side of long life. Very soon, at least in her standards, her family and friends were gone. Though they had left behind a mass of children and grandchildren, Sakura had not sought them out. After the last death, the death of Eriol, she had relocated, taking everything in her possession, to a mansion on a mountaino that Tomoyo had given her. Keroberous, Suppi, and Nakuru had come with her, but with the death of Eriol, Suppi and Nakuru had faded off. Sakura had begged to let her be their new power source, but they had refused and in the end they faded away. In the years that followed, Yue came to live with them. His false form was tired of living and like Suppi and Nakuru, Yuki had faded off.
It had taken Sakura almost 3 years to get Yue to smile once, and another century for her to get him to laugh. They next 3 century that followed, they had lived this secluded life, rarely caring about the outside world. The mansion and the mountain itself had become her property and no one disturbed them. Time had gone so slowly then. Time
The thought brought her back to her present predicament. Time was her enemy now as it had when her love ones started to dye off. So little time was left. During the years before she had fallen in love with Yue and before Yue had admitted his love for her, time had gone so slowly, but now, time was racing ahead. So little time.
Last month, she had a yearly check up on herself. Looking into the core of her being. What she found still disturbed her. A thing strip of black was growing amongst the colorful strands of pink, gold, and silver. Death was growing, slowly eating away at her strength and magic. As an emergency solution, she had entrapped the dark strand in a ball of magic, but she knew soon, it would come out and Kero and Yue would know. She had to find a solution before that happened. If she didn't, Yue and Kero might fade away. She couldn't let that happen. The next card captor might not be able to support them, like she had been incapable of doing. She couldn't take that chance.
Looking away from the window, Sakura gazed at the large collection of books that graced the walls of the library. She had read through all over the years, and, yet, none held the answer to her desperate question. Tears formed in the corners of eyes. She was afraid. For herself, for Kero, and especially for Yue. She was afraid for their future. She couldn't let them down. Their life depended on her succeeding.
Five years back, Yue had given her his heart, in return he had asked that she be with him forever. Back then, it had so easy to give him that promise, but now, she regretted it. She would break his heart. How cruel fate was to him. Yue first master had left him, and now she was. How cruel she was being to him.
She looked out the window once more. The sun was setting and the pale moon peeked out above the mountain tops. Sakura reached for the moon and found only empty space. If only she could place the power of the moon inside Yue. Sighing, Sakura left the sanctuary of the library and stepped out into the hallway.
"So? What were you doing in there?" A curious Kero peered into the now darkened library. "Well? Sakura? You've been spending way too much time in there. What's keeping you in there? Do you have a new lover hiding in there somewhere?"
"Kero!" A bewildered Sakura glared daggers at the sun guardian of the seal. "I have just been working. That's all. Lover…psh."
"Hey, kiddo. I was just asking." Kero padded away towards the kitchen. "Are you coming? Yue cooked."
Walking, the two continues to argue.
"What are you two arguing about this time?" A smiling Yue came out of the kitchen.
"Yue! Oh, nothing. Kero was being his usual self" Sakura walked over to give her love a hug. "So? What's for dinner?"
Outside, laughter drifted through the mountain ranges, breaking the silence of the night.
Well you the routine….the characters aren't mine
Sakura looked out the large window of her library. Few squirrels were running around preparing for winter and an invisible bird chirped in the distance. Everything was peaceful and calm and, yet, she was frustrated and angry. For weeks, she had been trying to solve a puzzle, and her progress was going at a snail's pace. A crash outside the library brought the thinking magician out from her reverie. She smiled recalling how they had become a family.
After she had turned all the cards into sakura cards, Li had left and even though he had promised to come back as soon as his training was over, he had not. On the night of her high school graduation day, Li had called to tell her that he would be marrying Meilin. She had been such a fool then. She had believed that if she went to Li and confront him face to face, he would realize he could not live with out her; he would regret. She had been wrong. She did go to him and confront him, but in the end it was her who regretted. He was in love with Meilin, that was obvious. She had returned to Japan heart broken. It had taken almost four years to forget him and move on. At the end of her college years, she had received an invitation to Li's wedding. Though afraid of what she might feel, she went. Thinking about it now, she was glad she had gone. She had found that she didn't love him anymore and that he had somehow become more of a friend than the ideal boyfriend.
With her degree in teaching, she moved to America to teach at an international school, but when she had become homesick, in two years, she had return to teach at a local elementary school. Touya, a doctor by this time, had married a girl from his med school and was expecting his first child. He still had his brother complex and when Sakura had once written him a letter, while in the US, telling him about her latest interest, he had phoned and yelled at her for ten minutes straight. He was still good friends with Yukito, who at that time was a pediatrician. All his life, Yuki never changed in his way of eating. Back then, it had constantly puzzled her why he never had interest in girls. It took her almost a century, literally, to figure out that it had been Yue who had not wanted to get marry and settle down and so Yuki did not either.
Tomoyo became a major fashion designer, but the death of her parents, she to concentrate more in what her parents had been doing. She eventually married Eriol, who had had a crush on her only since forever, and at the end of her life, she a had large, and I mean large, family around her to love and support her. Eriol, had died soon after, as if he was trying to catch up to her in a nonexistent race.
In the years that followed, Sakura found that she was not aging. While people around became more mature looking and started to get few gray hairs, she still looked as if she was still in her early 20's. This took her by surprise, and when the question was presented to Yue and Kerberous, they told her a secret that became her gift and curse. At first, the fact that she would always look young and live a long long life, delighted her to no ends, but decades later, when her love ones started to die off, she found the darker side of long life. Very soon, at least in her standards, her family and friends were gone. Though they had left behind a mass of children and grandchildren, Sakura had not sought them out. After the last death, the death of Eriol, she had relocated, taking everything in her possession, to a mansion on a mountaino that Tomoyo had given her. Keroberous, Suppi, and Nakuru had come with her, but with the death of Eriol, Suppi and Nakuru had faded off. Sakura had begged to let her be their new power source, but they had refused and in the end they faded away. In the years that followed, Yue came to live with them. His false form was tired of living and like Suppi and Nakuru, Yuki had faded off.
It had taken Sakura almost 3 years to get Yue to smile once, and another century for her to get him to laugh. They next 3 century that followed, they had lived this secluded life, rarely caring about the outside world. The mansion and the mountain itself had become her property and no one disturbed them. Time had gone so slowly then. Time
The thought brought her back to her present predicament. Time was her enemy now as it had when her love ones started to dye off. So little time was left. During the years before she had fallen in love with Yue and before Yue had admitted his love for her, time had gone so slowly, but now, time was racing ahead. So little time.
Last month, she had a yearly check up on herself. Looking into the core of her being. What she found still disturbed her. A thing strip of black was growing amongst the colorful strands of pink, gold, and silver. Death was growing, slowly eating away at her strength and magic. As an emergency solution, she had entrapped the dark strand in a ball of magic, but she knew soon, it would come out and Kero and Yue would know. She had to find a solution before that happened. If she didn't, Yue and Kero might fade away. She couldn't let that happen. The next card captor might not be able to support them, like she had been incapable of doing. She couldn't take that chance.
Looking away from the window, Sakura gazed at the large collection of books that graced the walls of the library. She had read through all over the years, and, yet, none held the answer to her desperate question. Tears formed in the corners of eyes. She was afraid. For herself, for Kero, and especially for Yue. She was afraid for their future. She couldn't let them down. Their life depended on her succeeding.
Five years back, Yue had given her his heart, in return he had asked that she be with him forever. Back then, it had so easy to give him that promise, but now, she regretted it. She would break his heart. How cruel fate was to him. Yue first master had left him, and now she was. How cruel she was being to him.
She looked out the window once more. The sun was setting and the pale moon peeked out above the mountain tops. Sakura reached for the moon and found only empty space. If only she could place the power of the moon inside Yue. Sighing, Sakura left the sanctuary of the library and stepped out into the hallway.
"So? What were you doing in there?" A curious Kero peered into the now darkened library. "Well? Sakura? You've been spending way too much time in there. What's keeping you in there? Do you have a new lover hiding in there somewhere?"
"Kero!" A bewildered Sakura glared daggers at the sun guardian of the seal. "I have just been working. That's all. Lover…psh."
"Hey, kiddo. I was just asking." Kero padded away towards the kitchen. "Are you coming? Yue cooked."
Walking, the two continues to argue.
"What are you two arguing about this time?" A smiling Yue came out of the kitchen.
"Yue! Oh, nothing. Kero was being his usual self" Sakura walked over to give her love a hug. "So? What's for dinner?"
Outside, laughter drifted through the mountain ranges, breaking the silence of the night.