Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the characters in this story except for
Alice, Mr. Jonathon Hoay and Mrs. Taryn Hoay. Cardcaptors does NOT belong
to me, it belongs to CLAMP. Oh, and Nadeshiko is alive in this story.
Like A Shooting Star
Chapter 2
When Nadeshiko finally became conscious again, it was the next day. There was still no sign of Sakura and the police had almost given up any hope of finding the poor 3 year old girl. Fujitaka had been silent the whole time, already grieving as if his daughter was dead. Touya on the other hand, refused to believe that Sakura was dead and instead he blamed himself for somehow misplacing her. He was almost confident that his little sister was going to walk through the door any second. When Nadeshiko first stirred, life seemed to come into Fujitaka for the first time since he had heard about the accident. He squeezed her hand gently and Touya grabbed her other hand.
"Nadeshiko?" Fujitaka asked softly, trying to determine whether she was conscious and could hear him.
"Mum?" Touya echoed his father, wanting desperately for his mother to wake and Sakura to come back so they could all be a family together again. Nadeshiko slowly opened her eyes and took in her surroundings.
"Wh-what happened? Why am I here?" she asked, looking around the room with a dazed expression.
"Hey honey, you're finally awake! Thank God you're all right!" Fujitaka exclaimed and he leaned over and hugged his wife. He was a bit happier than he had been before, but there was still a tiny spot of sadness in his eyes.
"Mummy!" Touya cried as he rushed to join the family hug, "all we need now is Sakura to walk through the door and I'll be happy for the rest of my life!"
"Where is Sakura? I was with her and then I don't know what happened. Do you know what happened to me?" Nadeshiko asked, looking at her husband for the answers.
"Well, on your way to your father's house, there was an accident. A car somehow crashed into the side of your car, right where you were sitting. S- Sakura's seatbelt r-ripped and since the car was half-submerged in water, th-they think that she-she was p-pulled down the river with the current and th-they think she d-drowned," just remembering that made Fujitaka really upset and Touya watched as his mother's face turned to a deathly white.
"This is all my fault! I looked away from the road for a second and when I looked up, there was a car speeding along towards me on my side of the road. I swerved to avoid it but the other car turned too and it somehow collided with us. I remember hearing a ripping sound before I went unconscious, but I didn't know that it was her belt! This is all my fault!" she cried and then she burst out into tears.
"Don't worry mummy, I know that she's okay, I just know it! And it wasn't your fault that some people don't know which side of the road to drive on!" Touya declared, believing every word that he said, "Sakura won't give up! She'll come back to us."
"We'll pray and pray for that," Fujitaka wished fervently as they all hugged again.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
When Sakura woke up after being unconscious for 3 days, she found a woman sitting on the end of the bed watching her.
"Who- who are you? Um. where am I? And. who am I?" she asked, sitting up slowly and staring around the room with fear apparent in her emerald eyes. The woman looked amazed for a moment before answering.
"Your name is Alice, my dear, and I'm your mother, remember? This is your room, where you play all the time. You were playing near the river when a big dog knocked you into the water and you hit your head on a rock. You must have lost your memory when you hit it," the woman explained, "your full name is Alice Melissa Hoay." A man walked into the room.
"Can I talk with you a minute?" he asked Mrs. Hoay (or Taryn.)
"All right, I'll be back in a minute honey," she told Sakura (if I call her Alice it would get confusing, so I'll call her Sakura the whole time.) as she walked to the door. Sakura just nodded and lay back down to go to sleep again.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Outside, a very confused Jonathon was confronting his wife.
"Taryn, why did you say that her name was Alice and that she was our daughter? Alice is dead and gone, we have to realize that! Why did you say that?" he asked, pacing up and down the hallway.
"She looks exactly like Alice, except her eyes are just a bit lighter. She could have passed for Alice's twin sister. I think that she may have been a sign from God! She has no memory, we don't know her family and since she looked like she had had a hard knock on the head, maybe she was in that car accident that was on the radio the other day. Her family might be dead for all we know! She'll be better off if she stays here. Plus, we could use her company," Taryn replied, watching her husband wearily, "we could have Alice with us again! She looks like her, her voice is the same and she has the same sort of innocence about her as our sweet little daughter did. Please say that we can keep her and tell no one about it. After all, no one knows yet that Alice is dead except the doctors at the hospital. We can just tell them that we adopted and that her name was Alice."
"I know that you miss our daughter and I agree that I miss her too," Jonathon replied. He took a moment to think, "you know, you could be right. It would be really good to have a daughter again. Um. okay, we can keep her as our daughter and hopefully no one will know. I just hope that we are doing the right thing."
"Don't worry, we are. She's going to love it here!" Taryn exclaimed happily and she and her husband went back to the room where Sakura was now happily sleeping.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
7 YEARS LATER.
A tall girl of about 10 years of age was hugging her best friend Zach goodbye.
"Please don't cry Alice, I will see you again," the boy told her as tears began to fall down her cheeks, "Mum and dad say that you're allowed to come and stay in the holidays. Don't worry, we'll be friends forever and we'll never forget each other. If you need my help or just need to talk, all you have to do is phone and I'll try to help as much as I can. Please don't cry!"
"I don't want to go to Tomoeda Zach, it's too far away from you guys! I bet you that they're not as nice as you! I know that I can phone, but it won't be the same. I want to stay with you guys, please make sure that I write or phone, and please write or phone back! Well, they're calling me, so I've got to go. I'll miss you Zach!" Sakura (or "Alice") called as the tears kept running down her face. She ran and got in the car before turning back to Zach and waving madly. The car pulled out of the drive and they left the place where Sakura had spent most of her life.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
At the Kinomoto house nothing has really changed much, except for the fact that Sakura was missing and Touya was older. Touya was now 17 and in his last year of high school. He would turn 18 really soon and he was looking forward to the year. Even though it had been 7 years since he had last seen his baby sister, he still believed that she was alive and that she was even now trying to come home. His parents didn't believe that though, and they had had a funeral for little Sakura about a month after she had disappeared. They had buried an empty coffin as the police had never found her small 3 year old body. Touya was doing some studying in his room with his friend Yukito, but for some reason he couldn't get his missing sister off his mind. He was sitting on the window sill and was staring out of the window when a car drove past. In the back seat of the car was a girl who looked to be 10 years old. She had honey-coloured hair and as he watched she looked out of the window and up at the sky. Touya was so shocked that he dropped all of his books onto the floor. Yukito jumped and looked up, annoyed at being interrupted.
"If you're done studying you don't need to drop all your books Touya," he said as he stared at the mass of books on the floor.
"I'm sorry Yuki, it's just that I-I thought that I just saw my-my sister," Touya was still too shocked to move. He was staring at the spot where he had seen her face, with her sparkling emerald eyes.
"Your sister, as I recall, died 7 years ago Touya. She's not coming back! You're just going to keep on hoping that she comes back and then when she doesn't it'll hurt more than if you had accepted her death back when she died. Sakura is not coming back, no matter how much you want her to. Please just remember her as she was and stop hoping for her to come as you'll only get more disappointed as time goes on," Yuki told his friend, coming over and looking out of the window.
"But if I give up on her, who'll keep on believing in her? What if she happens to move somewhere near here and we never think it's her because we've given up hope? Somebody has to hope for her to come home and since no one else is, I guess I'll have to be the one hoping," Touya replied sadly, only then realizing that the car had turned into the empty house that was just down the street, "anyway, I'm going to greet our new neighbors."
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Sakura was driving past a pleasant looking yellow house when she noticed a dark haired, brown eyed boy who looked older than her staring at her as if he'd seen a ghost.
"Touya," she whispered to herself, "who's Touya? How did I know that guy's name?" she was really confused as they turned into the house that they were now going to call home.
End Of Chapter 2
This is probably going to be a short fic, but I'm writing it because I felt inspired to write it. I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday on any of my stories, but I was at a friend's place all day yesterday and I only left their place at 2:00 today, then I went and saw Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. I don't know why I'm telling people this, but I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday. I promise that I'll try to update at least 2 stories tomorrow, I promise!!!! Now, please read this and please REVIEW!!!!!! And tell me what you think. I don't care if you say that you hate it, as long as you review!!!!!!!!!!
Chapter 2
When Nadeshiko finally became conscious again, it was the next day. There was still no sign of Sakura and the police had almost given up any hope of finding the poor 3 year old girl. Fujitaka had been silent the whole time, already grieving as if his daughter was dead. Touya on the other hand, refused to believe that Sakura was dead and instead he blamed himself for somehow misplacing her. He was almost confident that his little sister was going to walk through the door any second. When Nadeshiko first stirred, life seemed to come into Fujitaka for the first time since he had heard about the accident. He squeezed her hand gently and Touya grabbed her other hand.
"Nadeshiko?" Fujitaka asked softly, trying to determine whether she was conscious and could hear him.
"Mum?" Touya echoed his father, wanting desperately for his mother to wake and Sakura to come back so they could all be a family together again. Nadeshiko slowly opened her eyes and took in her surroundings.
"Wh-what happened? Why am I here?" she asked, looking around the room with a dazed expression.
"Hey honey, you're finally awake! Thank God you're all right!" Fujitaka exclaimed and he leaned over and hugged his wife. He was a bit happier than he had been before, but there was still a tiny spot of sadness in his eyes.
"Mummy!" Touya cried as he rushed to join the family hug, "all we need now is Sakura to walk through the door and I'll be happy for the rest of my life!"
"Where is Sakura? I was with her and then I don't know what happened. Do you know what happened to me?" Nadeshiko asked, looking at her husband for the answers.
"Well, on your way to your father's house, there was an accident. A car somehow crashed into the side of your car, right where you were sitting. S- Sakura's seatbelt r-ripped and since the car was half-submerged in water, th-they think that she-she was p-pulled down the river with the current and th-they think she d-drowned," just remembering that made Fujitaka really upset and Touya watched as his mother's face turned to a deathly white.
"This is all my fault! I looked away from the road for a second and when I looked up, there was a car speeding along towards me on my side of the road. I swerved to avoid it but the other car turned too and it somehow collided with us. I remember hearing a ripping sound before I went unconscious, but I didn't know that it was her belt! This is all my fault!" she cried and then she burst out into tears.
"Don't worry mummy, I know that she's okay, I just know it! And it wasn't your fault that some people don't know which side of the road to drive on!" Touya declared, believing every word that he said, "Sakura won't give up! She'll come back to us."
"We'll pray and pray for that," Fujitaka wished fervently as they all hugged again.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
When Sakura woke up after being unconscious for 3 days, she found a woman sitting on the end of the bed watching her.
"Who- who are you? Um. where am I? And. who am I?" she asked, sitting up slowly and staring around the room with fear apparent in her emerald eyes. The woman looked amazed for a moment before answering.
"Your name is Alice, my dear, and I'm your mother, remember? This is your room, where you play all the time. You were playing near the river when a big dog knocked you into the water and you hit your head on a rock. You must have lost your memory when you hit it," the woman explained, "your full name is Alice Melissa Hoay." A man walked into the room.
"Can I talk with you a minute?" he asked Mrs. Hoay (or Taryn.)
"All right, I'll be back in a minute honey," she told Sakura (if I call her Alice it would get confusing, so I'll call her Sakura the whole time.) as she walked to the door. Sakura just nodded and lay back down to go to sleep again.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Outside, a very confused Jonathon was confronting his wife.
"Taryn, why did you say that her name was Alice and that she was our daughter? Alice is dead and gone, we have to realize that! Why did you say that?" he asked, pacing up and down the hallway.
"She looks exactly like Alice, except her eyes are just a bit lighter. She could have passed for Alice's twin sister. I think that she may have been a sign from God! She has no memory, we don't know her family and since she looked like she had had a hard knock on the head, maybe she was in that car accident that was on the radio the other day. Her family might be dead for all we know! She'll be better off if she stays here. Plus, we could use her company," Taryn replied, watching her husband wearily, "we could have Alice with us again! She looks like her, her voice is the same and she has the same sort of innocence about her as our sweet little daughter did. Please say that we can keep her and tell no one about it. After all, no one knows yet that Alice is dead except the doctors at the hospital. We can just tell them that we adopted and that her name was Alice."
"I know that you miss our daughter and I agree that I miss her too," Jonathon replied. He took a moment to think, "you know, you could be right. It would be really good to have a daughter again. Um. okay, we can keep her as our daughter and hopefully no one will know. I just hope that we are doing the right thing."
"Don't worry, we are. She's going to love it here!" Taryn exclaimed happily and she and her husband went back to the room where Sakura was now happily sleeping.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
7 YEARS LATER.
A tall girl of about 10 years of age was hugging her best friend Zach goodbye.
"Please don't cry Alice, I will see you again," the boy told her as tears began to fall down her cheeks, "Mum and dad say that you're allowed to come and stay in the holidays. Don't worry, we'll be friends forever and we'll never forget each other. If you need my help or just need to talk, all you have to do is phone and I'll try to help as much as I can. Please don't cry!"
"I don't want to go to Tomoeda Zach, it's too far away from you guys! I bet you that they're not as nice as you! I know that I can phone, but it won't be the same. I want to stay with you guys, please make sure that I write or phone, and please write or phone back! Well, they're calling me, so I've got to go. I'll miss you Zach!" Sakura (or "Alice") called as the tears kept running down her face. She ran and got in the car before turning back to Zach and waving madly. The car pulled out of the drive and they left the place where Sakura had spent most of her life.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
At the Kinomoto house nothing has really changed much, except for the fact that Sakura was missing and Touya was older. Touya was now 17 and in his last year of high school. He would turn 18 really soon and he was looking forward to the year. Even though it had been 7 years since he had last seen his baby sister, he still believed that she was alive and that she was even now trying to come home. His parents didn't believe that though, and they had had a funeral for little Sakura about a month after she had disappeared. They had buried an empty coffin as the police had never found her small 3 year old body. Touya was doing some studying in his room with his friend Yukito, but for some reason he couldn't get his missing sister off his mind. He was sitting on the window sill and was staring out of the window when a car drove past. In the back seat of the car was a girl who looked to be 10 years old. She had honey-coloured hair and as he watched she looked out of the window and up at the sky. Touya was so shocked that he dropped all of his books onto the floor. Yukito jumped and looked up, annoyed at being interrupted.
"If you're done studying you don't need to drop all your books Touya," he said as he stared at the mass of books on the floor.
"I'm sorry Yuki, it's just that I-I thought that I just saw my-my sister," Touya was still too shocked to move. He was staring at the spot where he had seen her face, with her sparkling emerald eyes.
"Your sister, as I recall, died 7 years ago Touya. She's not coming back! You're just going to keep on hoping that she comes back and then when she doesn't it'll hurt more than if you had accepted her death back when she died. Sakura is not coming back, no matter how much you want her to. Please just remember her as she was and stop hoping for her to come as you'll only get more disappointed as time goes on," Yuki told his friend, coming over and looking out of the window.
"But if I give up on her, who'll keep on believing in her? What if she happens to move somewhere near here and we never think it's her because we've given up hope? Somebody has to hope for her to come home and since no one else is, I guess I'll have to be the one hoping," Touya replied sadly, only then realizing that the car had turned into the empty house that was just down the street, "anyway, I'm going to greet our new neighbors."
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Sakura was driving past a pleasant looking yellow house when she noticed a dark haired, brown eyed boy who looked older than her staring at her as if he'd seen a ghost.
"Touya," she whispered to herself, "who's Touya? How did I know that guy's name?" she was really confused as they turned into the house that they were now going to call home.
End Of Chapter 2
This is probably going to be a short fic, but I'm writing it because I felt inspired to write it. I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday on any of my stories, but I was at a friend's place all day yesterday and I only left their place at 2:00 today, then I went and saw Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. I don't know why I'm telling people this, but I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday. I promise that I'll try to update at least 2 stories tomorrow, I promise!!!! Now, please read this and please REVIEW!!!!!! And tell me what you think. I don't care if you say that you hate it, as long as you review!!!!!!!!!!