Author's Note: I do NOT own Cardcaptor Sakura or most of the characters in
this story; they belong to CLAMP. The only characters that belong to me are
Pete and Ken, no one else. Anyway, they are 18 in this story and are in
their last year of high school (though school really isn't mentioned that
much.)
The Bottom Of A Crystal Heart
Chapter 11
Sakura and Pete were sitting on the sand under the boardwalk, with Sakura leaning back against him comfortably. Even though her body was comfortable, her heart was screaming at her brain that what she was doing was wrong, but her brain ignored it, as it was under a spell.
"Sakura, you do know how much I love you, don't you? I love you with all of my heart and all of my soul. I can't live without you," Pete told her, turning her around so he could gaze into her emerald eyes. She was gazing dreamily back into his topaz eyes, her heart protesting loudly in her chest.
"I can't live without you either Pete," she said dreamily and her heart almost died. At least her heart knew that she didn't mean it, knew that she couldn't mean it, as it was the heart that decided who the person loved, as it was the heart that recognized the signs.
"I know," was all that Pete said and he leaned in close to kiss her, but he was interrupted by a shout.
"Sakura!" a deep male voice called out from Pete's right, "Sakura!" The voice was filled with love and worry and Pete knew by instinct that it was Syaoran, the guy that they had put spells on so that he could get to Sakura. Pete looked back at Sakura to see how she had reacted to the voice. Her face had lost its dreamy expression and she was gazing around herself, confused.
"Pete! Let go of me you baka! What do you think you are doing, holding me like that? I hate you, don't you realize that?" she almost screamed at him and she wriggled out of his grasp and stood up, dusting the smooth sand from her dress, her face contorted in anger.
"Sakura!" Syaoran was now almost there and she could see him clearly.
"Syaoran, I'm so glad that you came!" Sakura's memory had taken a long time to rejuvenate, but her heart was now singing as she looked at Syaoran's handsome face. She was only just beginning to remember the plan that both she and Tomoyo had agreed to carry out and she was suddenly fearful for her best friend.
"Sakura, you just said that you couldn't live without me. That means that you have already promised your heart to me, so you can't see him ever again!" Pete told her and it was then that both Sakura and Syaoran knew that he was insane. He was completely insane.
"Pete, I promised my heart to Syaoran silently when I was 11 years old and I promised it to him again yesterday. My heart doesn't belong to you, it belongs to Syaoran and so I can see him if I want. Even Syaoran does not have the power to say who I can and cannot see; that's up to me and me alone. Please understand," Sakura knew that this was the only way to deal with Pete, it was to tell him politely and firmly that he was wrong and then maybe it would be okay.
"No Sakura, you DO belong to me. You are MINE and there's nothing that HE can do about it," Pete pointed at Syaoran and his eyes turned red. He was almost frothing at the mouth and his eyes had an insane glint in them that was very dangerous.
"Sakura, do you sense the magic that has been put on him? It seems familiar to me," Syaoran was now next to Sakura and he muttered that remark very quietly so that only she could hear.
"But that magical aura is one that belongs to Miss Mizuki! She wouldn't do a thing like this to us; we haven't done anything to hurt her or anything!" Sakura was so confused as she thought of her old teacher, "she left here with Eriol, didn't she? Maybe she is annoyed at him, even though she was like a mother to him."
"Maybe we are not the focus of this. Remember, both Eriol and Tomoyo have been affected too. Maybe she put a spell on Pete so that it would distract the two of us so that she could get to Eriol. We have to deal with this quickly so we can go and help them!" Syaoran was annoyed at himself for not figuring it out quicker. Of course he and Sakura weren't the focus of this whole plot! It wouldn't make sense if they were. There was definitely something wrong here, and he had a feeling that it was going to be a while until things were put right. That is, if they ever were.
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'Where can she be? I've looked everywhere for her and still she isn't there! I'm going to go crazy in a minute from worrying,' Eriol thought to himself as he searched outside the movie theatre, 'I should have told her that I loved her, then maybe she wouldn't have been affected by his spell!' Eriol was about to give up hope when he spotted Tomoyo and Ken coming out from the front of the movie theater.
"Tomoyo!" Eriol called and he chased after the couple as they made their way out to the dark streets. It was 10pm and the sky was black. There wasn't a star in that dark sky and Eriol knew that something exceptionally bad was going to happen that night. "Tomoyo!"
"Do I know you?" Tomoyo asked him as he grabbed her arm to stop the couple so they could talk. Her heart was completely being ignored and her memory had been tampered with, so she truly didn't remember Eriol. At that minute, it began to absolutely pour down with rain and Eriol felt hi heart break in two as he heard her cruel words.
"Tomoyo, you do know me. I've been one of your close friends ever since we were in grade 4. Surely you remember how we used to set Sakura and Syaoran up," Eriol had a note of desperation in his voice as he thought that she might not be joking and that she might have found that she was really happy with Ken. After all, they had never admitted that they loved each other, so maybe she absolutely hated him. She probably did.
"Excuse me, but can you please let go of my fiancé so we can get going?" Ken impatient voice cut through Eriol's thoughts and he unconsciously let go of Tomoyo's arm and the couple raced to get under cover, Tomoyo ignoring a painful beating in her heart.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Eriol stood in the pouring rain, not noticing that he was getting soaked. All he could think about was the coldness in Tomoyo's voice when she had asked him if she was supposed to know her. His heart was slowly breaking and he knew that now he had found her again, he wouldn't be able to live without her. The word fiancé kept on repeating itself in his mind and it wouldn't stop. His Tomoyo was going to marry somebody else; she was engaged.
'Without my Tomoyo there is nothing left to live for,' he thought to himself before walking aimlessly towards the road.
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Tomoyo and Ken continued walking once they were under cover, but Tomoyo was uncomfortable. For some reason she was feeling as if everything that she was doing was wrong. Ever since that guy had stopped her in the street, something had been nagging at her brain for her to remember something. Her heart was very heavy in her chest and she couldn't ignore it anymore. She tried to force herself to remember. It couldn't be that hard, could it? After all, that guy had said that he had been her friend for 7 years. The whole situation seemed very familiar, but she couldn't remember anything.
"Are you okay Tomoyo?" Ken asked, noticing her silence and sensing her subdued attitude. They were now walking slowly, despite the cold and the rain. Ken was worried. He was hoping against hope that she wasn't getting any of her memories back.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Tomoyo lied unconsciously, not even having really heard what he said properly, "I'm just thinking." Ken frowned as he heard that as Tomoyo's voice wasn't the dreamy one that she had been using when she talked to him all night. He could sense that something was not right.
"Are you sure? You seem to be sad or something," Ken persisted in his questions, wanting to know if the spell was broken.
"I'm fine," Tomoyo was saying when a big hole appeared in the air in front of them. Through the hole they could see a small pebbled ally. The sky over it was overcast and coming through the hole was a woman whom Tomoyo didn't recognise straight away.
"Miss Mizuki?" Tomoyo gasped as she saw her fourth grade teacher step out from the hole and into the dark, gloomy street in front of them.
"Master, what are you doing here? I have everything under control," Ken told the red-haired woman, "Tomoyo is mine and you can go and get that guy Eriol." At the sound of Eriol's name, Tomoyo finally managed to get her memory back.
"Eriol? Where is he? I can't believe that I said that I didn't know him!" she exclaimed before she turned around to go after Eriol. She was stopped by a pair of arms grabbing her and turning her back around. Kaho took something out of her jacket pocket and pointed it at her. She was pointing a gun at Tomoyo. Ken was holding her arms pinned behind her back, and as much as she struggled, she couldn't get free.
"Why are you doing this Kaho? Why? What have I ever done to you?" Tomoyo asked, getting a bit carried away and trying to stall her for time. Kaho just snickered and made sure that there was a bullet in the gun while she answered.
"When we went back to England, all Eriol could think about was you. That was why he broke up with me. Then, when he was thinking of coming back to Japan, I made it so that all of you would forget each other, so that he might come back to me once he forgot about you. But no, you had to meet and then break the spells that I set. That's why I got Pete and Ken to help me. If Syaoran and Sakura were busy, nobody would be able to help you and Eriol. All I'd have to do is put another memory spell on Eriol and take him back to England and everything would be fine. So that's what I am going to do," Kaho laughed insanely and pulled the trigger.
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Eriol was wandering around aimlessly in the rain when it came to him that he should have at least one more try at talking to Tomoyo to see if he could get the old Tomoyo that he knew back. He was walking in the rain in the direction that Tomoyo and Ken had gone when he saw three figures standing under some shelter. As he got closer he realised that the figures were Ken Tomoyo and someone that he hadn't seen in a long time. It was Kaho Mizuki, his old lover and she was pointing a gun at Tomoyo. He ran as fast as he could to get in front of Tomoyo before the gun went off. BANG!
End Of Chapter 11
I know that S+S aren't in this chapter much, but next chapter they'll be in it a lot. This chapter is an E+T suspense chapter and the next one is an S+S one. I'm sorry to all you S+S fans for this chapter, but I was in a depressing E+T mood, so I used them. S+S will feature first in the next chapter, before I put any E+T into it (I want to have a lot of tension!) Anyway, you know what you have to do. You have to review! I'm really proud of myself because I updated two fics in one day! Go me! Anyway, please review and I'll get the next chapters up really soon. I won't if you don't review though!
The Bottom Of A Crystal Heart
Chapter 11
Sakura and Pete were sitting on the sand under the boardwalk, with Sakura leaning back against him comfortably. Even though her body was comfortable, her heart was screaming at her brain that what she was doing was wrong, but her brain ignored it, as it was under a spell.
"Sakura, you do know how much I love you, don't you? I love you with all of my heart and all of my soul. I can't live without you," Pete told her, turning her around so he could gaze into her emerald eyes. She was gazing dreamily back into his topaz eyes, her heart protesting loudly in her chest.
"I can't live without you either Pete," she said dreamily and her heart almost died. At least her heart knew that she didn't mean it, knew that she couldn't mean it, as it was the heart that decided who the person loved, as it was the heart that recognized the signs.
"I know," was all that Pete said and he leaned in close to kiss her, but he was interrupted by a shout.
"Sakura!" a deep male voice called out from Pete's right, "Sakura!" The voice was filled with love and worry and Pete knew by instinct that it was Syaoran, the guy that they had put spells on so that he could get to Sakura. Pete looked back at Sakura to see how she had reacted to the voice. Her face had lost its dreamy expression and she was gazing around herself, confused.
"Pete! Let go of me you baka! What do you think you are doing, holding me like that? I hate you, don't you realize that?" she almost screamed at him and she wriggled out of his grasp and stood up, dusting the smooth sand from her dress, her face contorted in anger.
"Sakura!" Syaoran was now almost there and she could see him clearly.
"Syaoran, I'm so glad that you came!" Sakura's memory had taken a long time to rejuvenate, but her heart was now singing as she looked at Syaoran's handsome face. She was only just beginning to remember the plan that both she and Tomoyo had agreed to carry out and she was suddenly fearful for her best friend.
"Sakura, you just said that you couldn't live without me. That means that you have already promised your heart to me, so you can't see him ever again!" Pete told her and it was then that both Sakura and Syaoran knew that he was insane. He was completely insane.
"Pete, I promised my heart to Syaoran silently when I was 11 years old and I promised it to him again yesterday. My heart doesn't belong to you, it belongs to Syaoran and so I can see him if I want. Even Syaoran does not have the power to say who I can and cannot see; that's up to me and me alone. Please understand," Sakura knew that this was the only way to deal with Pete, it was to tell him politely and firmly that he was wrong and then maybe it would be okay.
"No Sakura, you DO belong to me. You are MINE and there's nothing that HE can do about it," Pete pointed at Syaoran and his eyes turned red. He was almost frothing at the mouth and his eyes had an insane glint in them that was very dangerous.
"Sakura, do you sense the magic that has been put on him? It seems familiar to me," Syaoran was now next to Sakura and he muttered that remark very quietly so that only she could hear.
"But that magical aura is one that belongs to Miss Mizuki! She wouldn't do a thing like this to us; we haven't done anything to hurt her or anything!" Sakura was so confused as she thought of her old teacher, "she left here with Eriol, didn't she? Maybe she is annoyed at him, even though she was like a mother to him."
"Maybe we are not the focus of this. Remember, both Eriol and Tomoyo have been affected too. Maybe she put a spell on Pete so that it would distract the two of us so that she could get to Eriol. We have to deal with this quickly so we can go and help them!" Syaoran was annoyed at himself for not figuring it out quicker. Of course he and Sakura weren't the focus of this whole plot! It wouldn't make sense if they were. There was definitely something wrong here, and he had a feeling that it was going to be a while until things were put right. That is, if they ever were.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
'Where can she be? I've looked everywhere for her and still she isn't there! I'm going to go crazy in a minute from worrying,' Eriol thought to himself as he searched outside the movie theatre, 'I should have told her that I loved her, then maybe she wouldn't have been affected by his spell!' Eriol was about to give up hope when he spotted Tomoyo and Ken coming out from the front of the movie theater.
"Tomoyo!" Eriol called and he chased after the couple as they made their way out to the dark streets. It was 10pm and the sky was black. There wasn't a star in that dark sky and Eriol knew that something exceptionally bad was going to happen that night. "Tomoyo!"
"Do I know you?" Tomoyo asked him as he grabbed her arm to stop the couple so they could talk. Her heart was completely being ignored and her memory had been tampered with, so she truly didn't remember Eriol. At that minute, it began to absolutely pour down with rain and Eriol felt hi heart break in two as he heard her cruel words.
"Tomoyo, you do know me. I've been one of your close friends ever since we were in grade 4. Surely you remember how we used to set Sakura and Syaoran up," Eriol had a note of desperation in his voice as he thought that she might not be joking and that she might have found that she was really happy with Ken. After all, they had never admitted that they loved each other, so maybe she absolutely hated him. She probably did.
"Excuse me, but can you please let go of my fiancé so we can get going?" Ken impatient voice cut through Eriol's thoughts and he unconsciously let go of Tomoyo's arm and the couple raced to get under cover, Tomoyo ignoring a painful beating in her heart.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Eriol stood in the pouring rain, not noticing that he was getting soaked. All he could think about was the coldness in Tomoyo's voice when she had asked him if she was supposed to know her. His heart was slowly breaking and he knew that now he had found her again, he wouldn't be able to live without her. The word fiancé kept on repeating itself in his mind and it wouldn't stop. His Tomoyo was going to marry somebody else; she was engaged.
'Without my Tomoyo there is nothing left to live for,' he thought to himself before walking aimlessly towards the road.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Tomoyo and Ken continued walking once they were under cover, but Tomoyo was uncomfortable. For some reason she was feeling as if everything that she was doing was wrong. Ever since that guy had stopped her in the street, something had been nagging at her brain for her to remember something. Her heart was very heavy in her chest and she couldn't ignore it anymore. She tried to force herself to remember. It couldn't be that hard, could it? After all, that guy had said that he had been her friend for 7 years. The whole situation seemed very familiar, but she couldn't remember anything.
"Are you okay Tomoyo?" Ken asked, noticing her silence and sensing her subdued attitude. They were now walking slowly, despite the cold and the rain. Ken was worried. He was hoping against hope that she wasn't getting any of her memories back.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Tomoyo lied unconsciously, not even having really heard what he said properly, "I'm just thinking." Ken frowned as he heard that as Tomoyo's voice wasn't the dreamy one that she had been using when she talked to him all night. He could sense that something was not right.
"Are you sure? You seem to be sad or something," Ken persisted in his questions, wanting to know if the spell was broken.
"I'm fine," Tomoyo was saying when a big hole appeared in the air in front of them. Through the hole they could see a small pebbled ally. The sky over it was overcast and coming through the hole was a woman whom Tomoyo didn't recognise straight away.
"Miss Mizuki?" Tomoyo gasped as she saw her fourth grade teacher step out from the hole and into the dark, gloomy street in front of them.
"Master, what are you doing here? I have everything under control," Ken told the red-haired woman, "Tomoyo is mine and you can go and get that guy Eriol." At the sound of Eriol's name, Tomoyo finally managed to get her memory back.
"Eriol? Where is he? I can't believe that I said that I didn't know him!" she exclaimed before she turned around to go after Eriol. She was stopped by a pair of arms grabbing her and turning her back around. Kaho took something out of her jacket pocket and pointed it at her. She was pointing a gun at Tomoyo. Ken was holding her arms pinned behind her back, and as much as she struggled, she couldn't get free.
"Why are you doing this Kaho? Why? What have I ever done to you?" Tomoyo asked, getting a bit carried away and trying to stall her for time. Kaho just snickered and made sure that there was a bullet in the gun while she answered.
"When we went back to England, all Eriol could think about was you. That was why he broke up with me. Then, when he was thinking of coming back to Japan, I made it so that all of you would forget each other, so that he might come back to me once he forgot about you. But no, you had to meet and then break the spells that I set. That's why I got Pete and Ken to help me. If Syaoran and Sakura were busy, nobody would be able to help you and Eriol. All I'd have to do is put another memory spell on Eriol and take him back to England and everything would be fine. So that's what I am going to do," Kaho laughed insanely and pulled the trigger.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Eriol was wandering around aimlessly in the rain when it came to him that he should have at least one more try at talking to Tomoyo to see if he could get the old Tomoyo that he knew back. He was walking in the rain in the direction that Tomoyo and Ken had gone when he saw three figures standing under some shelter. As he got closer he realised that the figures were Ken Tomoyo and someone that he hadn't seen in a long time. It was Kaho Mizuki, his old lover and she was pointing a gun at Tomoyo. He ran as fast as he could to get in front of Tomoyo before the gun went off. BANG!
End Of Chapter 11
I know that S+S aren't in this chapter much, but next chapter they'll be in it a lot. This chapter is an E+T suspense chapter and the next one is an S+S one. I'm sorry to all you S+S fans for this chapter, but I was in a depressing E+T mood, so I used them. S+S will feature first in the next chapter, before I put any E+T into it (I want to have a lot of tension!) Anyway, you know what you have to do. You have to review! I'm really proud of myself because I updated two fics in one day! Go me! Anyway, please review and I'll get the next chapters up really soon. I won't if you don't review though!
