Chloe looked around her new flat smiling. Just getting that job helped, she
thought, at least I have a new flat in not such a dangerous area. She spent
the rest of the day unpacking and was amazed to discover items she thought
she had lost. A miniature Japanese tea set Syaorans mother had given to her
for her birthday when she had turned ten, a set of fortune telling cards
Meiling had given her one Christmas. Curiosity started to eat away at her.
I wonder how he is doing, she thought, I hope he's happy with. her thoughts
trailed off before her heart ached again and Chloe looked down on the cards
and placed them to one side.
"Never again" she muttered. She wouldn't use them to check on him. No matter how much she cared or hurt or cried.
Another hour went by and another box was unpacked. She smiled slightly as she took about a picture frame with a photograph of herself and Syaoran within it. She almost wished she didn't love him like she did. It made everything harder. Even the smallest thing reminded her of Hong Kong, her home, of him. The boy with the most wonderful eyes, glossy brown hair, and a smile so sweet that was only seen on the rarest of occasions.
She was about to throw that box to one side when something caught her eye. At the bottom of the box something was sparkling at her, trapped in between a fold on the box. She dislodged the item and cleaned it on her T-shirt. The smallest of smiles appeared on her face. She couldn't believe she had forgotten about it.
It sparkled at her like a star the smallest of gems, such a precious thing. She turned the sliver band round in her fingers feeling the coolness of the metal and staring at the quartz gem that was placed upon it. Then placed it on her little finger on her right hand. It made her hand look so fragile. As if the lightest of touches could hurt her.
"Syaoran" she breathed. He had given it to her, on her sixteenth birthday present he said he had seen it and thought it would suit her. Although his mind Chloe knew had been and still was most likely flooded with thoughts of Sakura, a Japanese girl and Master of the Clow. But yet Chloe had loved it all the same.
A single tear fell from her emerald coloured eye. She missed him so much it could have made her bleed or her heart fall to pieces.
"Why do I still love him?"
* * * * *
"Your doing what!" Meiling Exclaimed
"I'm going back home" Syaoran repeated in his usual calm and cool voice.
"But why what about-"
"Kinomoto?" he interrupted and Meiling nodded "she'll understand"
"May I have a word?" a different voice came from by the door.
Syaoran breathed heavily. Why does this guy follow me? Does he want to torture me more that I have been? Who does he think he is? Clow Reed that's who. Just because he's his reincarnation.
"What is it Hiiragizawa?" Syaoran said a tone of annoyance in his voice.
"this will only take a few minutes" Eriol told him as Meiling left the room. "it's about Nonaka-San"
Syaoran spun to face the blue eyed boy who looked quite serious. Fear ran though him. She'd got herself hurt hadn't she? He wouldn't be able to bear it if something had happened to his best friend.
"What's happened?" Syaoran demanded.
"Nothing that serious." Eriol stated quite calmly " As far as I know she is fine its more something I should tell you before you go back to Hong Kong. You may wish to sit down"
* * * * *
Chloe had just finished her song on the stage and the clientele of the bar were once again stunned into an almost silence. And once again she had seen those amber eyes staring out of the audience at her. Chloe didn't know what it was but for some reason she didn't trust him now. Something about him, his aura perhaps that seemed to be warning her.
"Man Cherry you're a total hit. Ambers surely going to raise all our pay because of you. This bar's making three times as much as it used to and we've got better patrons." Flitz told her. And it was true. People were packing themselves in every night just to hear he sing and like the first night they were always stunned into silence. The patrons were al dressed decent and none of them were ever drunk. Flitz put a cocktail in front of Chloe. "A treat. Because you've changed everything"
"Its not too alcoholic is it?" Chloe asked knowing that Flitz had a reputation to make drinks a little. strong. Flitz went slightly pink in the cheeks.
"Take a look over there" Flitz pointed out two figures entering the bar and chloes eyes lit up. Walking over she trapped the blonde haired girl on the shoulder.
"Hi Kitty" she said and the blonde spun to face her.
"Chloe!" I thought I heard your voice from out side! bar singing though?" The girl asked.
"Yeah I know but who's your friend?"
"Friend? Oh yeah" Kitty replied laughing " He's actually my fiancee."
"What! When was I going to find out?"
Kitty looked a little nervous for a second "we'll I thought you lived in Hong Kong still and I thought you'd forgotten me I haven't seen you in years and you never wrote."
Chloes eyes lowered. She'd been so fixed up with. things in Hong Kong she had forgotten those who really mattered. She had forgotten her best friend in the world.
"Well I have all the time in the world now" she told the couple and showed them over to a table.
"Actually." a deep dangerous voice said from the shadows the figures eyes flickered with specks of crimson "you only have tonight"
* * * * *
Syaorans thoughts tore at him. What Eriol said couldn't be true. But when he had asked Meiling if she had received any replies to the letters she had written Chloe she replied the same thing.
Why would she not go back to her parents' house? They had said when he had called a few minutes ago that she had never informed them that she was going back to England and that they had never asked her to go back so. where was she?
And there was the other point Eriol had told him. That he couldn't or was it really that he wouldn't believe it.
"I'm so blind" Syaoran muttered to himself.
And was Eriol really right about a Power he felt rising? And even so what could he do? What could he do even if he went to England? He wouldn't know where to start looking. Or would he. He gripped his Lasin board tightly as the plane landed. His only hope being that he wasn't too late.
* * * * *
Chloe waved goodbye to the girls she worked with and walked away with her friends. They hadn't seen each other in ages. It was strange how even though she hadn't seen her for five years conversation could still flow as if they had seen each other only yesterday.
Chloe and her friends ended up in numerous clubs dancing and having a drink at each one, but all the time Chloe felt uneasy. Was someone or something watching them? She felt it as the danced, as they drank and as they moved from club to club.
It came to walking back to their apartments. And Chloe could feel whatever it was disappear so she eased down and relaxed a little. She watched Kitty and her fiancee walk up in front. Holding hands smiling at each other they seamed truly happy and Chloe felt happy for them and it made her happier.
She wondered would she every find a love like that? But for the first time didn't seam to think about Syaoran. Maybe, she thought, I'm moving on after all. I Just needed to be shown the way.
Chloe looked at her watch and saw that it was three in the morning. How time flies when your having fun, she thought she looked at Marcus and kitty, they were so. perfect. She'd gotten to know Marcus really well in the space of a few hours. They had quickly become like brother and sister.
"You know I haven't felt this good in ages" she told her friends with a wide smile. They smiled at her then each other.
"I knew you'd feel better" Kitty Told her "Marcus and I want to ask you something"
"Sure go for it"
"Will you be our Maid of Honour?" Marcus asked his blue eyes almost pleading with her.
"Kitty Beat you up if I say no?"
"Probably" Marcus said with kitty smiled mischievously
Chloe just couldn't help but smile and say yes.
They got to the park where they were going to leave each other making arrangements for the next day, and once they had been decided, Chloe turned and began to walk away. But she got no further than five steps when she heard a thud behind her, half a squeal and then another thud.
Her eyes opened with fear. She couldn't bear to turn around. Some how she just knew what had happened. Her breathing deepened and became panicked. But she stood rooted to the spot. Slowly she turned and came face to face with her two friends lying on the floor, still as stone and looking as cold as stone too.
"No" she whispered. Two sets of beautiful blue eyes stared up into the sky vacant and lifeless. Kitty's short blonde hair mixed with Marcus's Brown hair. She lay with her head by his stomach and across her neck was a scar. As if her throat had been sliced but it had healed again instantaneously.
Chloe ran toward them and check Marcus's throat and the same was on him. Only one lace of blood ran from the cut before it healed completely in front of her eyes but yet he was still. They just lay there. Dead. Only a few seconds ago they had been alive happy, Planing their wedding, arranging to meet her tomorrow. Tears fell from chloes eyes like a waterfall.
"No" Chloe whispered again.
"Yes" Came a voice behind her. It was a mix of calmness and amusement at the sight of the two bodies and their friend sobbing above them. Chloe turned and came face to face with their murderer. His Crimson eyes flickering with a deadly passion, As they gazed into Chloes shocked ones.
"You?"
* * * * *
Syaoran ran as fast as his legs would carry him gripping the Lasin board in his left hand and reaching for his sword with his right. He could feel it. And it was getting stronger, but not in a sense that he was getting closer. It was gaining power. Suddenly he Lasin board flickered out.
"What the?" Syaoran muttered shaking the piece of equipment about. This had never happened before "bloody thing would have to break when I need it most."
He turned the board over and shook it again. His temper was quickly running thin.
"Work Damn It!" he shouted and knocked the wood of it hard. "I have to find it!" He knocked the wood again and the light it emitted flickered back on and pointed him on again. Syaoran Scowled at the contraption. Maybe this power stopped it from working, and if it did would he be powerful enough to stop it?
* * * * *
"Yes Chloe. Didn't you know? From the first time you saw me you should have." He said with a light tone almost teasing but with amusement that lingered and taunted her.
"Why?" She asked her voice dropping dangerously low tears stopped falling and her eyes narrowed at the lank figure in front of her.
"Why not. I'm here to make sure you are never happy. Why? Because lets say it's partly vengeance partly because I just want to see you suffer"
"For what I've never met you in my life"
"Children suffer for their ancestors mistakes Chloe Don't you know that?" He asked
"And Kitty and Marcus? What are they paying for?" She said he voice growing dangerous.
"They were just a step to your misery. You see. 'I haven't felt this good in ages'" He mocked and threw some playing cards to her feet "There's your hand. Take a look at your future"
"I don't do that anymore"
"Because of him?" he asked and snorted. " Do you think he ever cared? Do you think he ever will?"
"He." she began but stopped.
"Can't say it can you" he taunted "Can't face that the Bastard never has or will care"
"That's not true. You can't say thing like that." Her voice lowered a little more anguish was quickly becoming anger and hatred.
"Why? Because you know its true?"
"Because you're a murderer and are going to pay for what you have done"
"Oh I'm Not done I've only just begun" He told her. It was then she noticed the sword he was holding it glowed scarlet. The sword itself didn't look solid it looked more liquid. Almost as if it were made of-
"Noticed my Sword?" he asked her "well here's a taste of what it does" he finished and before she could even move he had sliced down her left side.
Her hand shot to cover it. Pain vibrated through her body. Her breathing become sharp and shocked. Her knees and legs buckled beneath her. She moved her hand and looked at it but no blood marked it yet she could feel blood slowly draining from the area where the wound should have been. Her eyesight started to blur and her hearing became fuzzy. She vaguely saw the boy walk away. And behind her she heard a voice. It sounded familiar but.
"We'll see each other again soon" the boy promised as his walked away.
She felt herself fall the rest of the way toward the floor but strong arms caught her holding her tightly to their owners body. She heard the panicked voice plead with her.
"Come on Nonaka." she heard the voice say "Nonaka answer me please!"
She began to black out and felt a coat wrap around her. She felt an arm slip under her knees and the other round her waist. He head flopped almost lifelessly onto the persons' shoulder as she was lifted off the ground. And she vaguely heard the voice say
"Why do I always leave things too late?"
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"Never again" she muttered. She wouldn't use them to check on him. No matter how much she cared or hurt or cried.
Another hour went by and another box was unpacked. She smiled slightly as she took about a picture frame with a photograph of herself and Syaoran within it. She almost wished she didn't love him like she did. It made everything harder. Even the smallest thing reminded her of Hong Kong, her home, of him. The boy with the most wonderful eyes, glossy brown hair, and a smile so sweet that was only seen on the rarest of occasions.
She was about to throw that box to one side when something caught her eye. At the bottom of the box something was sparkling at her, trapped in between a fold on the box. She dislodged the item and cleaned it on her T-shirt. The smallest of smiles appeared on her face. She couldn't believe she had forgotten about it.
It sparkled at her like a star the smallest of gems, such a precious thing. She turned the sliver band round in her fingers feeling the coolness of the metal and staring at the quartz gem that was placed upon it. Then placed it on her little finger on her right hand. It made her hand look so fragile. As if the lightest of touches could hurt her.
"Syaoran" she breathed. He had given it to her, on her sixteenth birthday present he said he had seen it and thought it would suit her. Although his mind Chloe knew had been and still was most likely flooded with thoughts of Sakura, a Japanese girl and Master of the Clow. But yet Chloe had loved it all the same.
A single tear fell from her emerald coloured eye. She missed him so much it could have made her bleed or her heart fall to pieces.
"Why do I still love him?"
* * * * *
"Your doing what!" Meiling Exclaimed
"I'm going back home" Syaoran repeated in his usual calm and cool voice.
"But why what about-"
"Kinomoto?" he interrupted and Meiling nodded "she'll understand"
"May I have a word?" a different voice came from by the door.
Syaoran breathed heavily. Why does this guy follow me? Does he want to torture me more that I have been? Who does he think he is? Clow Reed that's who. Just because he's his reincarnation.
"What is it Hiiragizawa?" Syaoran said a tone of annoyance in his voice.
"this will only take a few minutes" Eriol told him as Meiling left the room. "it's about Nonaka-San"
Syaoran spun to face the blue eyed boy who looked quite serious. Fear ran though him. She'd got herself hurt hadn't she? He wouldn't be able to bear it if something had happened to his best friend.
"What's happened?" Syaoran demanded.
"Nothing that serious." Eriol stated quite calmly " As far as I know she is fine its more something I should tell you before you go back to Hong Kong. You may wish to sit down"
* * * * *
Chloe had just finished her song on the stage and the clientele of the bar were once again stunned into an almost silence. And once again she had seen those amber eyes staring out of the audience at her. Chloe didn't know what it was but for some reason she didn't trust him now. Something about him, his aura perhaps that seemed to be warning her.
"Man Cherry you're a total hit. Ambers surely going to raise all our pay because of you. This bar's making three times as much as it used to and we've got better patrons." Flitz told her. And it was true. People were packing themselves in every night just to hear he sing and like the first night they were always stunned into silence. The patrons were al dressed decent and none of them were ever drunk. Flitz put a cocktail in front of Chloe. "A treat. Because you've changed everything"
"Its not too alcoholic is it?" Chloe asked knowing that Flitz had a reputation to make drinks a little. strong. Flitz went slightly pink in the cheeks.
"Take a look over there" Flitz pointed out two figures entering the bar and chloes eyes lit up. Walking over she trapped the blonde haired girl on the shoulder.
"Hi Kitty" she said and the blonde spun to face her.
"Chloe!" I thought I heard your voice from out side! bar singing though?" The girl asked.
"Yeah I know but who's your friend?"
"Friend? Oh yeah" Kitty replied laughing " He's actually my fiancee."
"What! When was I going to find out?"
Kitty looked a little nervous for a second "we'll I thought you lived in Hong Kong still and I thought you'd forgotten me I haven't seen you in years and you never wrote."
Chloes eyes lowered. She'd been so fixed up with. things in Hong Kong she had forgotten those who really mattered. She had forgotten her best friend in the world.
"Well I have all the time in the world now" she told the couple and showed them over to a table.
"Actually." a deep dangerous voice said from the shadows the figures eyes flickered with specks of crimson "you only have tonight"
* * * * *
Syaorans thoughts tore at him. What Eriol said couldn't be true. But when he had asked Meiling if she had received any replies to the letters she had written Chloe she replied the same thing.
Why would she not go back to her parents' house? They had said when he had called a few minutes ago that she had never informed them that she was going back to England and that they had never asked her to go back so. where was she?
And there was the other point Eriol had told him. That he couldn't or was it really that he wouldn't believe it.
"I'm so blind" Syaoran muttered to himself.
And was Eriol really right about a Power he felt rising? And even so what could he do? What could he do even if he went to England? He wouldn't know where to start looking. Or would he. He gripped his Lasin board tightly as the plane landed. His only hope being that he wasn't too late.
* * * * *
Chloe waved goodbye to the girls she worked with and walked away with her friends. They hadn't seen each other in ages. It was strange how even though she hadn't seen her for five years conversation could still flow as if they had seen each other only yesterday.
Chloe and her friends ended up in numerous clubs dancing and having a drink at each one, but all the time Chloe felt uneasy. Was someone or something watching them? She felt it as the danced, as they drank and as they moved from club to club.
It came to walking back to their apartments. And Chloe could feel whatever it was disappear so she eased down and relaxed a little. She watched Kitty and her fiancee walk up in front. Holding hands smiling at each other they seamed truly happy and Chloe felt happy for them and it made her happier.
She wondered would she every find a love like that? But for the first time didn't seam to think about Syaoran. Maybe, she thought, I'm moving on after all. I Just needed to be shown the way.
Chloe looked at her watch and saw that it was three in the morning. How time flies when your having fun, she thought she looked at Marcus and kitty, they were so. perfect. She'd gotten to know Marcus really well in the space of a few hours. They had quickly become like brother and sister.
"You know I haven't felt this good in ages" she told her friends with a wide smile. They smiled at her then each other.
"I knew you'd feel better" Kitty Told her "Marcus and I want to ask you something"
"Sure go for it"
"Will you be our Maid of Honour?" Marcus asked his blue eyes almost pleading with her.
"Kitty Beat you up if I say no?"
"Probably" Marcus said with kitty smiled mischievously
Chloe just couldn't help but smile and say yes.
They got to the park where they were going to leave each other making arrangements for the next day, and once they had been decided, Chloe turned and began to walk away. But she got no further than five steps when she heard a thud behind her, half a squeal and then another thud.
Her eyes opened with fear. She couldn't bear to turn around. Some how she just knew what had happened. Her breathing deepened and became panicked. But she stood rooted to the spot. Slowly she turned and came face to face with her two friends lying on the floor, still as stone and looking as cold as stone too.
"No" she whispered. Two sets of beautiful blue eyes stared up into the sky vacant and lifeless. Kitty's short blonde hair mixed with Marcus's Brown hair. She lay with her head by his stomach and across her neck was a scar. As if her throat had been sliced but it had healed again instantaneously.
Chloe ran toward them and check Marcus's throat and the same was on him. Only one lace of blood ran from the cut before it healed completely in front of her eyes but yet he was still. They just lay there. Dead. Only a few seconds ago they had been alive happy, Planing their wedding, arranging to meet her tomorrow. Tears fell from chloes eyes like a waterfall.
"No" Chloe whispered again.
"Yes" Came a voice behind her. It was a mix of calmness and amusement at the sight of the two bodies and their friend sobbing above them. Chloe turned and came face to face with their murderer. His Crimson eyes flickering with a deadly passion, As they gazed into Chloes shocked ones.
"You?"
* * * * *
Syaoran ran as fast as his legs would carry him gripping the Lasin board in his left hand and reaching for his sword with his right. He could feel it. And it was getting stronger, but not in a sense that he was getting closer. It was gaining power. Suddenly he Lasin board flickered out.
"What the?" Syaoran muttered shaking the piece of equipment about. This had never happened before "bloody thing would have to break when I need it most."
He turned the board over and shook it again. His temper was quickly running thin.
"Work Damn It!" he shouted and knocked the wood of it hard. "I have to find it!" He knocked the wood again and the light it emitted flickered back on and pointed him on again. Syaoran Scowled at the contraption. Maybe this power stopped it from working, and if it did would he be powerful enough to stop it?
* * * * *
"Yes Chloe. Didn't you know? From the first time you saw me you should have." He said with a light tone almost teasing but with amusement that lingered and taunted her.
"Why?" She asked her voice dropping dangerously low tears stopped falling and her eyes narrowed at the lank figure in front of her.
"Why not. I'm here to make sure you are never happy. Why? Because lets say it's partly vengeance partly because I just want to see you suffer"
"For what I've never met you in my life"
"Children suffer for their ancestors mistakes Chloe Don't you know that?" He asked
"And Kitty and Marcus? What are they paying for?" She said he voice growing dangerous.
"They were just a step to your misery. You see. 'I haven't felt this good in ages'" He mocked and threw some playing cards to her feet "There's your hand. Take a look at your future"
"I don't do that anymore"
"Because of him?" he asked and snorted. " Do you think he ever cared? Do you think he ever will?"
"He." she began but stopped.
"Can't say it can you" he taunted "Can't face that the Bastard never has or will care"
"That's not true. You can't say thing like that." Her voice lowered a little more anguish was quickly becoming anger and hatred.
"Why? Because you know its true?"
"Because you're a murderer and are going to pay for what you have done"
"Oh I'm Not done I've only just begun" He told her. It was then she noticed the sword he was holding it glowed scarlet. The sword itself didn't look solid it looked more liquid. Almost as if it were made of-
"Noticed my Sword?" he asked her "well here's a taste of what it does" he finished and before she could even move he had sliced down her left side.
Her hand shot to cover it. Pain vibrated through her body. Her breathing become sharp and shocked. Her knees and legs buckled beneath her. She moved her hand and looked at it but no blood marked it yet she could feel blood slowly draining from the area where the wound should have been. Her eyesight started to blur and her hearing became fuzzy. She vaguely saw the boy walk away. And behind her she heard a voice. It sounded familiar but.
"We'll see each other again soon" the boy promised as his walked away.
She felt herself fall the rest of the way toward the floor but strong arms caught her holding her tightly to their owners body. She heard the panicked voice plead with her.
"Come on Nonaka." she heard the voice say "Nonaka answer me please!"
She began to black out and felt a coat wrap around her. She felt an arm slip under her knees and the other round her waist. He head flopped almost lifelessly onto the persons' shoulder as she was lifted off the ground. And she vaguely heard the voice say
"Why do I always leave things too late?"
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