Chapter 14- Angel of Light
Sakura yawned sleepily and then opened her eyes. She blinked them lazily and then looked at the clock. She closed her eyes again without a thought and sank back into her bed, snuggling comfortable under the covers.
It took her a full minute to comprehend what the time read. "KERO-CHAN!" she screamed out loud. "It's five minutes after eight! I'm late!"
Ten minutes later, a bedraggled looking Sakura raced out of her house on her roller blades headed straight for school at top speed after leaving a note for her father and brother, reminding them that tonight was the night of the play.
IGreat, today is the day that we perform and I'm late.well, I know Syaoran is there, I can sorta feel him, and I mean that telepathic link that we have should come in handy someday, especially if I forget my lines.hmm.I should ask him about that. I hope all of that practice pays off. I hope that I do OK, I mean, it would be totally awful if I messed up in front of the entire school. Plus, Syaoran still doesn't have his powers yet. I wonder what truly happened between Leisa and him. If she does have his powers, how am I going to get them back for him? I must still be such a failure to him, he still can't acknowledge me as the Card Captor Mistress, yet, and he accepts Hiyate with no problem as the Master of the cards. /I
She sighed softly. Suddenly, she almost stumbled and fell off her blades as she saw Syaoran jump out in front of her.
"Syaoran!" she cried out in astonishment as she spun around quickly to regain control of her blades.
He smirked at her, but then sobered up. "What were you thinking of that made you not notice me?" he asked her.
"The play." Sakura replied. Half the truth, but at least she wasn't lying to him. She tried hard to be bright and happy, not letting Syaoran see what was truly bothering her. "What if I mess up? I don't want to embarrass myself in front of everyone! Maybe I should just let Meilin do my part."
"Meilin?" Syaoran scoffed. "That girl didn't even learn half of the lines, or even come to any of the practices. She's got no idea what to do. Besides, she's acting as the other angel.what's her name again.Janni?" Smiling at Sakura, he gently slipped his hand into hers and gripped it tightly.
Sakura blushed, and noticed that Syaoran was going a bit red too. She still remembered what had happened two weeks ago at the mountain clearly.
"Don't worry Sakura. Everything's going to turn out just fine. You've done a great job at all of the rehearsals, you're a great singer, and you know all of your lines. Just go out there and give it your best." They entered the school together, and headed directly towards the auditorium to prepare for the show.
That entire school day was spent preparing, rehearsing, and fine-tuning the play, making sure that it would be a success.
"Alright everyone, let's call it a day." Terada smiled at the exhausted cast members. "Remember to arrive back here around six, you have about four hours before the play. See you tonight! Good luck!"
Sakura near crawled off the stage, too tired to protest as Syaoran lifted her up. Being one of the last ones out, barely anyone say them, except for the ever-watching Tomoyo.
"Kawaii!" she exclaimed as she zoomed in with her video camera, intent on capturing her perfect Sakura with the love of her life, Syaoran.
"Good luck tonight!" Sakura yelled to Syaoran as they parted.
He waved back to her as he headed to his apartment with Meilin.
* * * * * Performance at Night!!! * * * * *
Backstage, it was pandemonium.
"Ahh! My costume doesn't fit!"
"You probably ate too much, Kylie-san," her friend commented, grinning at the look of hostility that Kylie sent her.
"Where are the halos? And I can't find where the clouds went!"
"It broke! It broke! I broke the cloud! It won't work! Where's Terada- sensei?"
"Where's the music?"
"My violin string broke! Hanumi-sensei!"
"Where's Brown-san? He's the lead in this play! He better be here or else he's dead! Has anyone seen him?"
"My make-up is rubbing off! Lynii-sensei!"
"Hiyate! Get on the lights!" Nuriko yelled.
"Calm down!"
"Tomoyo-chan, can you help me with my cost." Sakura started, then she stopped, seeing that her best friend was occupied with hemming and pinning costumes for other characters in the play.
"One sec Sakura, be right there!" Tomoyo said to her, but Sakura knew better than to wait for Tomoyo.
She went off to her dressing room so that she could change into her attire. She had wanted to be with her best friend before the play started so that she could get some encouragement, but she didn't want to bother her now.
As she entered her own dressing room, she quickly changed her clothes and slipped the elegant angel garb on. It was a white toga trimmed with gold fabric. Unknown to Sakura, it made her auburn hair shimmer in the light.
She smoothly slipped on her halo and then stepped back to check herself in the mirror, making sure that everything was perfect. She adjusted the halo a bit to make sure that it was centered on her head and then sat down on her chair, mentally rehearsing her lines in her head.
"Kawaii!" She heard a voice behind her say.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura cried out as she whirled around.
"Aww, you look so cute today! All because of the great costumes that I made! Don't worry, you'll do fine out there. Just relax, but I have a question, do you know where Brown-san is?"
"Michael? No, I haven't seen him yet, he's not in his room getting ready?"
Tomoyo shook her head. "No, he's not. I don't know where he is! We'd better find him fast though, the show starts in half an hour!"
Sakura nodded. "I'll go look for him, don't worry about it. I'm sure he's here somewhere. He wouldn't miss such a big event as this unless it was extremely important. Here, go ask Naoko-chan, and I'll go look for him outside, alright?"
Tomoyo nodded. "Hai, and I'll get Li-kun ready also, just in case," she said with a wink to Sakura, who blushed. "You look so kirei!" (pretty)
Sakura turned even redder. "Arigato!"
"Smile for the camera!"
* * * * * * *
Sakura paced outside the school door, shivering in the cold. Where was Michael?
She quickly glanced up as she heard a door slam and grinned in relief as she saw Michael walking up from his Viper.
"Michael! You're late! Where've you been? Hurry up and get dressed! The show's starting in ten minutes!"
"Sakura-chan," Michael started to say as he drew closer to her. Sakura paused as she saw the expression on his face.
"Michael! What's wrong?"
"Well, I finally did it. I'm being sent home," he told her grimly.
Sakura shook her head. "Oh no! Kale-kun, not now! No, no!"
"Gomennasi, Sakura-chan. My dad's making me go. I can't do the play. I'm sorry, truly, I am."
"What happened?" Sakura asked him softly as she looked him straight in the eye.
Michael sighed, and then quickly told her. "Tristan and I pulled off a big one yesterday. Dad exploded, and that's it. I'm going back to the US and he's sticking me in a military academy to 'shape me up.'"
"Well, what'd you do? It couldn't have been that bad, right?"
"Actually. it was pretty bad. I'm really lucky that I haven't been thrown in jail already and that my dad has such high influences here, or I might be in jail for twenty years now," he stated grimly.
Sakura's emerald eyes widened. "Kale! What'd you do!?"
Michael sighed, yet again, and then he began his shocking story. "Tristan and I went out with Tomaki, and he had his dad's gun." Sakura gasped, shaking her head in disbelief. "We were just hanging around, chilling, you know. This stupid police officer came up and scared us all. Tristan threw the gun to me and it went off, hitting the guy in the arm. Too frightened to do anything, we just ran off, but the officer obviously got down who we looked like and my Viper license plate number. And it also didn't help that Tomaki left the gun lying there, and it had all of our fingerprints on it. Well, It's all figured out now, Tristan, Tomaki and me are still all tight, but my dad.I'm going back."
"Kale." Sakura was at a loss for words.
"I know, it's awful. I'm leaving with Tristan now, tonight with my dad escorting us personally to the airport."
"But Naoko-chan!" Sakura managed to get in.
Michael's face held a pained expression. "I don't know what to say to her," he confessed to Sakura.
"Well, you've definitely got to tell her that you are leaving."
"Alright.I'd never forgive myself if I didn't, I guess. But my dad.oh no! He's coming!"
"Hurry up! Get over to her room now!"
Michael nodded as he started off and then paused. "Sakura, thank you."
She blushed. "Hurry up!"
"No, I mean thank you for everything here. Without you here, I bet I would've killed myself a lot faster." Sakura grinned at him. "I would've never gotten to know Naoko as well as I did and love her, and even come close to getting up my courage to.to get together with her. Thank you so much, Sakura. Keep in touch!"
Sakura laughed at Michael. "Yeah, I'm sure that you would've come to see that Naoko was the one for you sooner or later, besides, you had no trouble asking any other girls out!"
He looked back at her once more. "And you look lovely tonight, Sakura-chan. Syaoran's going have one heck of a time trying to concentrate on his lines, you know that you loves you, right?"
Sakura pushed him into the school. "Don't be such a sweet talker, Kale! Go!"
Michael ran into the school and headed for Naoko's room, threading his way quickly through the confusion backstage. He hesitated for a second before he raised his hand to knock on Naoko's door.
"Kale!" Naoko's cry was cut off as he pressed his lips to her quickly.
"Kale!" Naoko burst out again as they parted. "Where've you been? Everyone's been looking for you! Hurry up! You're going to be late! You're not even in your costume yet, and you.what's wrong?" she finally asked as she saw his face.
"I.I got into a bit of trouble. I'm being sent home," he told her softly.
"What? Oh, Michael." Naoko said softly, turning her head away, unable to bear the thought that her one love was leaving her.
"Naoko," Michael pulled her to him, and she collapsed into his arms, tears falling out of her eyes, barely absorbing the fact that her makeup was streaking on her face.
"What if I never see you again?" she asked him tearfully.
Michael gently tilted her head up to look right into her glistening hazel eyes.
"Naoko, I love you. Nothing will keep us apart. I'll come back for you, don't you ever forget that!"
"But." Naoko's protest was met by a deep kiss. She held onto Michael tightly, deepening the kiss. Neither of them wanted to let go of the other. As they parted, Michael gently traced her face with his fingers, trying to memorize every detail of her, impressing her face into his memory forever. Naoko looked deep into Michael's eyes, knowing that she might never see him again.
"I love you Naoko," he whispered to her.
"Aishiteru, Michael."
"I've got to go now, before I miss my flight," Michael said softly, though he made no movement to part from Naoko, who was still clinging to him.
"Michael! Man, your dad's here!" they heard Tristan's voice outside the door.
Naoko looked at Michael longingly, unwilling to release him quite yet.
"Kale, I know you're in there. Please, man, can we go?"
"We'll see each other again, I know we will," Michael promised Naoko. "Wait for me, I love you, now and forever!"
"I will," she replied as she sank down into her chair, not looking up as Michael left her.
Tomoyo rushed in immediately afterwards, not saying a word, but quickly rearranging Naoko's makeup. As she finished, she looked at Naoko.
"Naoko-chan," she said softly. "Don't worry. He'll be back. I know he will. But you have to go out to do this play right now; we're all counting on you. Onegai."
Naoko looked up at Tomoyo and smiled. Tomoyo sighed in relief.
"I know he's going to come back," Naoko said firmly. "We love each other, nothing's going to keep us apart!"
"That's my girl! C'mon, you're in the first scene!"
Angel of Light
Cast:
Gina: Kinomoto Sakura
Understudy: Li Meilin
Riley: Michael Brown
Understudy: Li Syaoran
Yuri: Huang Leisa
Leana: Kiata Kylie
Kimoko: Tetsuya Kasumi
God: Yanigasawa Naoko
Shinhwa: Mihara Chiharu
Kari: Sasaki Rika
Janni: Li Meilin
Alixander: Hiiragiwaza Eriol
Marc: Takaishi Yamazaki
Whitney: Huang Kentaro
* * * * * *
Directors: Yoshiyaki Terada, Hinada Nuriko
Student Director: Daidouji Tomoyo
Director of Lighting and Special Effects: Kimi Hiyoshi
* * * * * *
Sakura stood on one side of the stage, anxiously waiting for the start of the performance. She knew that Syaoran was on the other side. She hoped to God that he was or else the show would be ruined.
She took a deep breath to calm herself and waited for the applause that would take her into the first scene with Naoko, Chiharu, Meilin, and Rika.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, we thank you for coming out to watch this performance. The students, Nuriko-sensei, and I have worked extra hard on preparing tonight's show just for you. We hope that you enjoy it." Terada finished speaking, and applause entered into Sakura's ears, and she knew that it was time for her to go on stage.
Another deep breath, and then she walked out. She twirled once, and then she sat down on one of the floating clouds. They had been specially made for this performance and donated by Michael's dad. Sakura was able to float on in and also move around the stage while still sitting on it.
"Gina! We've been looking all over for you!" Chiharu entered onto the stage along with Meilin and Rika, reproving Sakura gently. "What are you doing?"
"Oh, I'm just looking down at earth from up here. Do you think anyone down there ever realizes what we're doing up here? Or what they face once they die?"
Rika scoffed at Sakura's question. "Don't get so philosophical, Gina. Come on, I know that you were really thinking about Riley, weren't you?" Sakura blushed.
"No, I wasn't!" she protested. Chiharu looked at her with a knowing glance.
"Alright, so I was! So what?" Sakura looked to the right of the stage, where Syaoran had now appeared and was pretending to talk to Leisa on Earth.
"I miss him," Sakura said softly.
"I know, I know. Don't worry about it. I hate to break it to you, but you know, he's never going to remember you. You know that was only a one-day chance. And just look at the way that he's looking at that girl, what's her name, Gina, it's going to hurt, but he's going to move on. He can't even recall you now, you had his memory erased.don't you remember that? Come on, the boss wants to talk to you," Meilin said to her gently.
"Him? Right now? What does He want with me?" Sakura asked in surprise.
"I don't know, but I think it's because you've been so good lately. You're such a good angel, Gina. I can never be as patient as you, you're the best at everything," Sakura was startled as she detected an underlying tone of honesty in Chiharu's voice. Could it be? Was she always like that? Was Chiharu actually jealous of her?
Sakura glanced quickly over at her, trying to flow with the show still, but Chiharu looked fine, the same and normal.
"Well, don't keep Him waiting, I'm sure that you'll be fine! And you know what? From what I heard.I think that he might send you somewhere real nice." Meilin smiled at Sakura.
"Thanks you guys! I owe you one!"
She smiled as they exited the stage, and Sakura made her way to the center stage where Naoko was waiting patiently for her.
"Good day, Gina," Naoko boomed out.
Sakura knelt before Naoko, alighting from her cloud. "Good day," she replied.
"So, I've heard some good reports about you, and I've watched you for some time now." Naoko continued. "Do you remember when I sent you down to Earth as a vacation and to also inspect their habits?"
Sakura nodded, and as she glanced out into the audience, she could barely make out her father and brother's faces in the front row, watching her intently.
Yuki and Nakuru were sitting next to Touya, and her grandfather and Sonomi were sitting on the other side of her father.
"I've decided that you need to go on another vacation, don't you think?"
Sakura jerked her head up, unable to contain her excitement that she was going to go away again.
"Really? Where am I to go this time?" she asked curiously, with just the right amount of enthusiasm and containment.
"I'm sending you down to earth again. I've been told numerous times how much you want to return there, and even though it is usually a punishment when we do send angels down, I've seen that you deserve to go down, if it pleases you."
Sakura's eyes lit up in happiness. "Of course it does! Thank you!"
"Kari and Janni will be able to watch you from above, but you must remember to be careful. I cannot necessarily protect you from everything that will happen on earth. I am allowing Shinhwa to follow you on earth though. Be sure to stay out of trouble, I don't think I need to remind you what happened last time?"
Sakura nodded, and waited patiently for the lights to flare out.
"I'm sending you down now," Naoko told her with a faint smile. The lights died away, and Sakura let out a sigh of relief as she headed off the stage.
"Sakura-chan," she heard a voice say to her as she was going to the other side of the stage. She turned around to see Leisa.
"Hey Leisa," she replied calmly.
"Hi Sakura-chan.I just wanted to tell you that.well, I know that you like Syaoran a lot, but so do I. I just wanted to tell you that I will fight for him with you, because I truly love him," Leisa said. Sakura was a bit surprised. She sounded sincere.
Sakura slowly nodded her head. "All right Leisa. I love him too, just don't take him for granted if you do win."
Leisa smiled at her. "If I do get him, then he will be mine forever. Of course I'll take good care of him. Good luck, Sakura." She sauntered off, and Sakura felt a sense of foreboding come to her. Not of losing Syaoran to Leisa, but of another card being released and of him getting hurt.
She sighed. There was nothing she could do about it. Feeling vulnerable, she knew that Leisa was determined to have her way. Sighing again, Sakura made her way back to the curtains.
At least Kent seemed to have lost his infatuation with her, she thought. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see him helping another classmate, Kylie with her lines. Kent wouldn't have to appear until Act 2, Scene 1, with Syaoran and Eriol. He had taken over Hiyoshi's spot since he had been designated as the Lights person.
As Sakura watched him, he gently brushed back a stray strand of hair that had fallen onto Kylie's face.
She smiled at them and then was surprised as she felt someone tap her shoulder. She felt the presence and wasn't shocked to see Syaoran as she turned around.
"Good luck," he told her with a grin.
"Arigato, Syaoran-kun," she replied. "You too. I'm so glad that you were able to take over as Riley. And I didn't plan this at all.did you hear what happened? I can't believe it. Have you seen Naoko-chan at all? I hope that she is OK."
"She seems fine. They love each other too much to let it die away," Syaoran reassured her. He was smiling inside though, glad that Sakura was still thinking of others before her, one of the traits that he loved about her.
"Hurry up!" one of the stage crewmembers hissed at them. "We're starting the next scene! The audience is already starting to get restless, let's go!"
Syaoran smiled at Sakura, gave her a quick good luck kiss on the cheek before he rushed off for the other side.
Sakura stepped out onto the stage, dimly aware that she was the only one out there, but she quickly swallowed her fear.
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Sakura took another deep breath and then she started singing. She forgot about the crowd watching and listening to her in awe, concentrating solely on the song.
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Waiting here watching for you
Heart pure, still for you
I'm waiting here, I'm waiting here
I'm so afraid and lonely
I'm so scared and cold
I'm needing you to be here
To be strong and bold
Let it be the same again
With me and that dance
I still can't believe that I
Never took that chance
I miss you and I want you back
I'm so afraid and lonely
I'm so scared and cold
I'm needing you to be here
To be strong and bold
Thought that I've let it all go
It's seems all okay
Although in my heart I know
It just wasn't real
I'm so afraid and lonely
I'm so scared and cold
I'm needing you to be here
To be strong and bold
I'm waiting here
Don't know if you'll
Come back to me
All I know is that
I believe in you
Come back to me
Come back to me
I'm waiting here
Lost and lonely
Sakura ended, breathless, but also totally unaware of how good she had sounded. The applause that thundered the auditorium surprised her greatly. She blushed crimson onstage, trying not to cry. Beneath her, she could head people yelling for her autograph, and anxious music agents were bombarding her father with singing contracts, having been directed to him by a well-wishing Terada-sensei. He tried to ignore them, focusing on his only daughter up onstage.
Remembering to move on with the play, Sakura turned her attention to the approaching Shinhwa.
"So He let you down here too?" Sakura asked her. Chiharu nodded.
"I've only been down here once, and not nearly as long as you have," Chiharu confessed to Sakura.
Sakura smiled. "I'll show you around the places here, I think that I should still have an apartment rented out for me. We can share it, and.he lives there too. At least he used to."
Chiharu shook her head at her. "Gina, you really shouldn't be doing this, falling in love with a human, it's against all of our laws."
Sakura sighed. "I know." They had been threading their way back and forth through the elaborately painted scenery, which depicted a park scene. They ended there, walking off the stage.
Sakura hurried into her dressing room to change, burdened because of the many people who were congratulating her. She had earned some extra time because Syaoran and Leisa were now in a scene at a club together with his friends Alix, who Eriol was playing, Whitney, Kent's character, and Yamazaki who was playing as Marc. Leisa's friends turned out to be some other classmates that Sakura only knew slightly, Kasumi and Kylie.
After she had changed into a knee-length khaki skirt and a light blue shirt, she watched them from backstage with Chiharu.
Her face grew hot as she saw Leisa take Syaoran's hand and hold it tightly. She knew that it was part of the script and that they had practiced it many times before, but it had never upset her until today. She could sense as well as see Syaoran's obvious discomfort although he tried his best to hide it, and it was barely noticeable.
Sakura felt saddened within herself as she remembered what Leisa had said to her before the show. Does Leisa really want to have Syaoran to herself? I guess that Syaoran might be better off with her than with me, I know that he still doesn't accept me as the Mistress of the Cards. He's just staying around here, waiting for me to screw up so that he can grab the cards, she told herself determinedly. The rational part of her brain telling her that none of it was true, bu she ignored it completely.
She wanted to talk to him, but she knew that it would only throw him off in the middle of the play, and she didn't want that to happen.
As the scene ended, Sakura prepared to go out again, this time accompanied by no one. Chiharu was supposedly too tired to go out and Sakura had gone out after Chiharu had fallen asleep.
This would be the scene where she was going to meet Syaoran, to in the play, Riley.
The orchestra started up the music, and the audience quieted. It was a classical piece, and Sakura entered onto the stage, mingling among the various members of the chorus.
As she surveyed the stage, she felt a tug at her magic. She groaned inwardly. I Not now, Syaoran, Syaoran, do you./I
She felt him nod mentally. Suddenly, the auditorium was plunged in darkness. Syaoran stood on the stage silently, sensing the magic force that was behind him, trying to pinpoint it.
He was dimly aware of Sakura's presence, and was surprised that he was still able to feel magic in him. "Sakura," he whispered out loud.
She felt him moving towards her, and she headed for him, grasping for his hand. Before she could touch him, an invisible force suddenly stopped her. A magic portal opened next to her, and Syaoran saw her being sucked in. Without a second thought, he jumped in after her and then the portal closed behind them.
OK, about two more chapters left.Review please.^.^ Any questions or anything.Comments.
~RubyGurl
Sakura yawned sleepily and then opened her eyes. She blinked them lazily and then looked at the clock. She closed her eyes again without a thought and sank back into her bed, snuggling comfortable under the covers.
It took her a full minute to comprehend what the time read. "KERO-CHAN!" she screamed out loud. "It's five minutes after eight! I'm late!"
Ten minutes later, a bedraggled looking Sakura raced out of her house on her roller blades headed straight for school at top speed after leaving a note for her father and brother, reminding them that tonight was the night of the play.
IGreat, today is the day that we perform and I'm late.well, I know Syaoran is there, I can sorta feel him, and I mean that telepathic link that we have should come in handy someday, especially if I forget my lines.hmm.I should ask him about that. I hope all of that practice pays off. I hope that I do OK, I mean, it would be totally awful if I messed up in front of the entire school. Plus, Syaoran still doesn't have his powers yet. I wonder what truly happened between Leisa and him. If she does have his powers, how am I going to get them back for him? I must still be such a failure to him, he still can't acknowledge me as the Card Captor Mistress, yet, and he accepts Hiyate with no problem as the Master of the cards. /I
She sighed softly. Suddenly, she almost stumbled and fell off her blades as she saw Syaoran jump out in front of her.
"Syaoran!" she cried out in astonishment as she spun around quickly to regain control of her blades.
He smirked at her, but then sobered up. "What were you thinking of that made you not notice me?" he asked her.
"The play." Sakura replied. Half the truth, but at least she wasn't lying to him. She tried hard to be bright and happy, not letting Syaoran see what was truly bothering her. "What if I mess up? I don't want to embarrass myself in front of everyone! Maybe I should just let Meilin do my part."
"Meilin?" Syaoran scoffed. "That girl didn't even learn half of the lines, or even come to any of the practices. She's got no idea what to do. Besides, she's acting as the other angel.what's her name again.Janni?" Smiling at Sakura, he gently slipped his hand into hers and gripped it tightly.
Sakura blushed, and noticed that Syaoran was going a bit red too. She still remembered what had happened two weeks ago at the mountain clearly.
"Don't worry Sakura. Everything's going to turn out just fine. You've done a great job at all of the rehearsals, you're a great singer, and you know all of your lines. Just go out there and give it your best." They entered the school together, and headed directly towards the auditorium to prepare for the show.
That entire school day was spent preparing, rehearsing, and fine-tuning the play, making sure that it would be a success.
"Alright everyone, let's call it a day." Terada smiled at the exhausted cast members. "Remember to arrive back here around six, you have about four hours before the play. See you tonight! Good luck!"
Sakura near crawled off the stage, too tired to protest as Syaoran lifted her up. Being one of the last ones out, barely anyone say them, except for the ever-watching Tomoyo.
"Kawaii!" she exclaimed as she zoomed in with her video camera, intent on capturing her perfect Sakura with the love of her life, Syaoran.
"Good luck tonight!" Sakura yelled to Syaoran as they parted.
He waved back to her as he headed to his apartment with Meilin.
* * * * * Performance at Night!!! * * * * *
Backstage, it was pandemonium.
"Ahh! My costume doesn't fit!"
"You probably ate too much, Kylie-san," her friend commented, grinning at the look of hostility that Kylie sent her.
"Where are the halos? And I can't find where the clouds went!"
"It broke! It broke! I broke the cloud! It won't work! Where's Terada- sensei?"
"Where's the music?"
"My violin string broke! Hanumi-sensei!"
"Where's Brown-san? He's the lead in this play! He better be here or else he's dead! Has anyone seen him?"
"My make-up is rubbing off! Lynii-sensei!"
"Hiyate! Get on the lights!" Nuriko yelled.
"Calm down!"
"Tomoyo-chan, can you help me with my cost." Sakura started, then she stopped, seeing that her best friend was occupied with hemming and pinning costumes for other characters in the play.
"One sec Sakura, be right there!" Tomoyo said to her, but Sakura knew better than to wait for Tomoyo.
She went off to her dressing room so that she could change into her attire. She had wanted to be with her best friend before the play started so that she could get some encouragement, but she didn't want to bother her now.
As she entered her own dressing room, she quickly changed her clothes and slipped the elegant angel garb on. It was a white toga trimmed with gold fabric. Unknown to Sakura, it made her auburn hair shimmer in the light.
She smoothly slipped on her halo and then stepped back to check herself in the mirror, making sure that everything was perfect. She adjusted the halo a bit to make sure that it was centered on her head and then sat down on her chair, mentally rehearsing her lines in her head.
"Kawaii!" She heard a voice behind her say.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura cried out as she whirled around.
"Aww, you look so cute today! All because of the great costumes that I made! Don't worry, you'll do fine out there. Just relax, but I have a question, do you know where Brown-san is?"
"Michael? No, I haven't seen him yet, he's not in his room getting ready?"
Tomoyo shook her head. "No, he's not. I don't know where he is! We'd better find him fast though, the show starts in half an hour!"
Sakura nodded. "I'll go look for him, don't worry about it. I'm sure he's here somewhere. He wouldn't miss such a big event as this unless it was extremely important. Here, go ask Naoko-chan, and I'll go look for him outside, alright?"
Tomoyo nodded. "Hai, and I'll get Li-kun ready also, just in case," she said with a wink to Sakura, who blushed. "You look so kirei!" (pretty)
Sakura turned even redder. "Arigato!"
"Smile for the camera!"
* * * * * * *
Sakura paced outside the school door, shivering in the cold. Where was Michael?
She quickly glanced up as she heard a door slam and grinned in relief as she saw Michael walking up from his Viper.
"Michael! You're late! Where've you been? Hurry up and get dressed! The show's starting in ten minutes!"
"Sakura-chan," Michael started to say as he drew closer to her. Sakura paused as she saw the expression on his face.
"Michael! What's wrong?"
"Well, I finally did it. I'm being sent home," he told her grimly.
Sakura shook her head. "Oh no! Kale-kun, not now! No, no!"
"Gomennasi, Sakura-chan. My dad's making me go. I can't do the play. I'm sorry, truly, I am."
"What happened?" Sakura asked him softly as she looked him straight in the eye.
Michael sighed, and then quickly told her. "Tristan and I pulled off a big one yesterday. Dad exploded, and that's it. I'm going back to the US and he's sticking me in a military academy to 'shape me up.'"
"Well, what'd you do? It couldn't have been that bad, right?"
"Actually. it was pretty bad. I'm really lucky that I haven't been thrown in jail already and that my dad has such high influences here, or I might be in jail for twenty years now," he stated grimly.
Sakura's emerald eyes widened. "Kale! What'd you do!?"
Michael sighed, yet again, and then he began his shocking story. "Tristan and I went out with Tomaki, and he had his dad's gun." Sakura gasped, shaking her head in disbelief. "We were just hanging around, chilling, you know. This stupid police officer came up and scared us all. Tristan threw the gun to me and it went off, hitting the guy in the arm. Too frightened to do anything, we just ran off, but the officer obviously got down who we looked like and my Viper license plate number. And it also didn't help that Tomaki left the gun lying there, and it had all of our fingerprints on it. Well, It's all figured out now, Tristan, Tomaki and me are still all tight, but my dad.I'm going back."
"Kale." Sakura was at a loss for words.
"I know, it's awful. I'm leaving with Tristan now, tonight with my dad escorting us personally to the airport."
"But Naoko-chan!" Sakura managed to get in.
Michael's face held a pained expression. "I don't know what to say to her," he confessed to Sakura.
"Well, you've definitely got to tell her that you are leaving."
"Alright.I'd never forgive myself if I didn't, I guess. But my dad.oh no! He's coming!"
"Hurry up! Get over to her room now!"
Michael nodded as he started off and then paused. "Sakura, thank you."
She blushed. "Hurry up!"
"No, I mean thank you for everything here. Without you here, I bet I would've killed myself a lot faster." Sakura grinned at him. "I would've never gotten to know Naoko as well as I did and love her, and even come close to getting up my courage to.to get together with her. Thank you so much, Sakura. Keep in touch!"
Sakura laughed at Michael. "Yeah, I'm sure that you would've come to see that Naoko was the one for you sooner or later, besides, you had no trouble asking any other girls out!"
He looked back at her once more. "And you look lovely tonight, Sakura-chan. Syaoran's going have one heck of a time trying to concentrate on his lines, you know that you loves you, right?"
Sakura pushed him into the school. "Don't be such a sweet talker, Kale! Go!"
Michael ran into the school and headed for Naoko's room, threading his way quickly through the confusion backstage. He hesitated for a second before he raised his hand to knock on Naoko's door.
"Kale!" Naoko's cry was cut off as he pressed his lips to her quickly.
"Kale!" Naoko burst out again as they parted. "Where've you been? Everyone's been looking for you! Hurry up! You're going to be late! You're not even in your costume yet, and you.what's wrong?" she finally asked as she saw his face.
"I.I got into a bit of trouble. I'm being sent home," he told her softly.
"What? Oh, Michael." Naoko said softly, turning her head away, unable to bear the thought that her one love was leaving her.
"Naoko," Michael pulled her to him, and she collapsed into his arms, tears falling out of her eyes, barely absorbing the fact that her makeup was streaking on her face.
"What if I never see you again?" she asked him tearfully.
Michael gently tilted her head up to look right into her glistening hazel eyes.
"Naoko, I love you. Nothing will keep us apart. I'll come back for you, don't you ever forget that!"
"But." Naoko's protest was met by a deep kiss. She held onto Michael tightly, deepening the kiss. Neither of them wanted to let go of the other. As they parted, Michael gently traced her face with his fingers, trying to memorize every detail of her, impressing her face into his memory forever. Naoko looked deep into Michael's eyes, knowing that she might never see him again.
"I love you Naoko," he whispered to her.
"Aishiteru, Michael."
"I've got to go now, before I miss my flight," Michael said softly, though he made no movement to part from Naoko, who was still clinging to him.
"Michael! Man, your dad's here!" they heard Tristan's voice outside the door.
Naoko looked at Michael longingly, unwilling to release him quite yet.
"Kale, I know you're in there. Please, man, can we go?"
"We'll see each other again, I know we will," Michael promised Naoko. "Wait for me, I love you, now and forever!"
"I will," she replied as she sank down into her chair, not looking up as Michael left her.
Tomoyo rushed in immediately afterwards, not saying a word, but quickly rearranging Naoko's makeup. As she finished, she looked at Naoko.
"Naoko-chan," she said softly. "Don't worry. He'll be back. I know he will. But you have to go out to do this play right now; we're all counting on you. Onegai."
Naoko looked up at Tomoyo and smiled. Tomoyo sighed in relief.
"I know he's going to come back," Naoko said firmly. "We love each other, nothing's going to keep us apart!"
"That's my girl! C'mon, you're in the first scene!"
Angel of Light
Cast:
Gina: Kinomoto Sakura
Understudy: Li Meilin
Riley: Michael Brown
Understudy: Li Syaoran
Yuri: Huang Leisa
Leana: Kiata Kylie
Kimoko: Tetsuya Kasumi
God: Yanigasawa Naoko
Shinhwa: Mihara Chiharu
Kari: Sasaki Rika
Janni: Li Meilin
Alixander: Hiiragiwaza Eriol
Marc: Takaishi Yamazaki
Whitney: Huang Kentaro
* * * * * *
Directors: Yoshiyaki Terada, Hinada Nuriko
Student Director: Daidouji Tomoyo
Director of Lighting and Special Effects: Kimi Hiyoshi
* * * * * *
Sakura stood on one side of the stage, anxiously waiting for the start of the performance. She knew that Syaoran was on the other side. She hoped to God that he was or else the show would be ruined.
She took a deep breath to calm herself and waited for the applause that would take her into the first scene with Naoko, Chiharu, Meilin, and Rika.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, we thank you for coming out to watch this performance. The students, Nuriko-sensei, and I have worked extra hard on preparing tonight's show just for you. We hope that you enjoy it." Terada finished speaking, and applause entered into Sakura's ears, and she knew that it was time for her to go on stage.
Another deep breath, and then she walked out. She twirled once, and then she sat down on one of the floating clouds. They had been specially made for this performance and donated by Michael's dad. Sakura was able to float on in and also move around the stage while still sitting on it.
"Gina! We've been looking all over for you!" Chiharu entered onto the stage along with Meilin and Rika, reproving Sakura gently. "What are you doing?"
"Oh, I'm just looking down at earth from up here. Do you think anyone down there ever realizes what we're doing up here? Or what they face once they die?"
Rika scoffed at Sakura's question. "Don't get so philosophical, Gina. Come on, I know that you were really thinking about Riley, weren't you?" Sakura blushed.
"No, I wasn't!" she protested. Chiharu looked at her with a knowing glance.
"Alright, so I was! So what?" Sakura looked to the right of the stage, where Syaoran had now appeared and was pretending to talk to Leisa on Earth.
"I miss him," Sakura said softly.
"I know, I know. Don't worry about it. I hate to break it to you, but you know, he's never going to remember you. You know that was only a one-day chance. And just look at the way that he's looking at that girl, what's her name, Gina, it's going to hurt, but he's going to move on. He can't even recall you now, you had his memory erased.don't you remember that? Come on, the boss wants to talk to you," Meilin said to her gently.
"Him? Right now? What does He want with me?" Sakura asked in surprise.
"I don't know, but I think it's because you've been so good lately. You're such a good angel, Gina. I can never be as patient as you, you're the best at everything," Sakura was startled as she detected an underlying tone of honesty in Chiharu's voice. Could it be? Was she always like that? Was Chiharu actually jealous of her?
Sakura glanced quickly over at her, trying to flow with the show still, but Chiharu looked fine, the same and normal.
"Well, don't keep Him waiting, I'm sure that you'll be fine! And you know what? From what I heard.I think that he might send you somewhere real nice." Meilin smiled at Sakura.
"Thanks you guys! I owe you one!"
She smiled as they exited the stage, and Sakura made her way to the center stage where Naoko was waiting patiently for her.
"Good day, Gina," Naoko boomed out.
Sakura knelt before Naoko, alighting from her cloud. "Good day," she replied.
"So, I've heard some good reports about you, and I've watched you for some time now." Naoko continued. "Do you remember when I sent you down to Earth as a vacation and to also inspect their habits?"
Sakura nodded, and as she glanced out into the audience, she could barely make out her father and brother's faces in the front row, watching her intently.
Yuki and Nakuru were sitting next to Touya, and her grandfather and Sonomi were sitting on the other side of her father.
"I've decided that you need to go on another vacation, don't you think?"
Sakura jerked her head up, unable to contain her excitement that she was going to go away again.
"Really? Where am I to go this time?" she asked curiously, with just the right amount of enthusiasm and containment.
"I'm sending you down to earth again. I've been told numerous times how much you want to return there, and even though it is usually a punishment when we do send angels down, I've seen that you deserve to go down, if it pleases you."
Sakura's eyes lit up in happiness. "Of course it does! Thank you!"
"Kari and Janni will be able to watch you from above, but you must remember to be careful. I cannot necessarily protect you from everything that will happen on earth. I am allowing Shinhwa to follow you on earth though. Be sure to stay out of trouble, I don't think I need to remind you what happened last time?"
Sakura nodded, and waited patiently for the lights to flare out.
"I'm sending you down now," Naoko told her with a faint smile. The lights died away, and Sakura let out a sigh of relief as she headed off the stage.
"Sakura-chan," she heard a voice say to her as she was going to the other side of the stage. She turned around to see Leisa.
"Hey Leisa," she replied calmly.
"Hi Sakura-chan.I just wanted to tell you that.well, I know that you like Syaoran a lot, but so do I. I just wanted to tell you that I will fight for him with you, because I truly love him," Leisa said. Sakura was a bit surprised. She sounded sincere.
Sakura slowly nodded her head. "All right Leisa. I love him too, just don't take him for granted if you do win."
Leisa smiled at her. "If I do get him, then he will be mine forever. Of course I'll take good care of him. Good luck, Sakura." She sauntered off, and Sakura felt a sense of foreboding come to her. Not of losing Syaoran to Leisa, but of another card being released and of him getting hurt.
She sighed. There was nothing she could do about it. Feeling vulnerable, she knew that Leisa was determined to have her way. Sighing again, Sakura made her way back to the curtains.
At least Kent seemed to have lost his infatuation with her, she thought. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see him helping another classmate, Kylie with her lines. Kent wouldn't have to appear until Act 2, Scene 1, with Syaoran and Eriol. He had taken over Hiyoshi's spot since he had been designated as the Lights person.
As Sakura watched him, he gently brushed back a stray strand of hair that had fallen onto Kylie's face.
She smiled at them and then was surprised as she felt someone tap her shoulder. She felt the presence and wasn't shocked to see Syaoran as she turned around.
"Good luck," he told her with a grin.
"Arigato, Syaoran-kun," she replied. "You too. I'm so glad that you were able to take over as Riley. And I didn't plan this at all.did you hear what happened? I can't believe it. Have you seen Naoko-chan at all? I hope that she is OK."
"She seems fine. They love each other too much to let it die away," Syaoran reassured her. He was smiling inside though, glad that Sakura was still thinking of others before her, one of the traits that he loved about her.
"Hurry up!" one of the stage crewmembers hissed at them. "We're starting the next scene! The audience is already starting to get restless, let's go!"
Syaoran smiled at Sakura, gave her a quick good luck kiss on the cheek before he rushed off for the other side.
Sakura stepped out onto the stage, dimly aware that she was the only one out there, but she quickly swallowed her fear.
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Sakura took another deep breath and then she started singing. She forgot about the crowd watching and listening to her in awe, concentrating solely on the song.
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Waiting here watching for you
Heart pure, still for you
I'm waiting here, I'm waiting here
I'm so afraid and lonely
I'm so scared and cold
I'm needing you to be here
To be strong and bold
Let it be the same again
With me and that dance
I still can't believe that I
Never took that chance
I miss you and I want you back
I'm so afraid and lonely
I'm so scared and cold
I'm needing you to be here
To be strong and bold
Thought that I've let it all go
It's seems all okay
Although in my heart I know
It just wasn't real
I'm so afraid and lonely
I'm so scared and cold
I'm needing you to be here
To be strong and bold
I'm waiting here
Don't know if you'll
Come back to me
All I know is that
I believe in you
Come back to me
Come back to me
I'm waiting here
Lost and lonely
Sakura ended, breathless, but also totally unaware of how good she had sounded. The applause that thundered the auditorium surprised her greatly. She blushed crimson onstage, trying not to cry. Beneath her, she could head people yelling for her autograph, and anxious music agents were bombarding her father with singing contracts, having been directed to him by a well-wishing Terada-sensei. He tried to ignore them, focusing on his only daughter up onstage.
Remembering to move on with the play, Sakura turned her attention to the approaching Shinhwa.
"So He let you down here too?" Sakura asked her. Chiharu nodded.
"I've only been down here once, and not nearly as long as you have," Chiharu confessed to Sakura.
Sakura smiled. "I'll show you around the places here, I think that I should still have an apartment rented out for me. We can share it, and.he lives there too. At least he used to."
Chiharu shook her head at her. "Gina, you really shouldn't be doing this, falling in love with a human, it's against all of our laws."
Sakura sighed. "I know." They had been threading their way back and forth through the elaborately painted scenery, which depicted a park scene. They ended there, walking off the stage.
Sakura hurried into her dressing room to change, burdened because of the many people who were congratulating her. She had earned some extra time because Syaoran and Leisa were now in a scene at a club together with his friends Alix, who Eriol was playing, Whitney, Kent's character, and Yamazaki who was playing as Marc. Leisa's friends turned out to be some other classmates that Sakura only knew slightly, Kasumi and Kylie.
After she had changed into a knee-length khaki skirt and a light blue shirt, she watched them from backstage with Chiharu.
Her face grew hot as she saw Leisa take Syaoran's hand and hold it tightly. She knew that it was part of the script and that they had practiced it many times before, but it had never upset her until today. She could sense as well as see Syaoran's obvious discomfort although he tried his best to hide it, and it was barely noticeable.
Sakura felt saddened within herself as she remembered what Leisa had said to her before the show. Does Leisa really want to have Syaoran to herself? I guess that Syaoran might be better off with her than with me, I know that he still doesn't accept me as the Mistress of the Cards. He's just staying around here, waiting for me to screw up so that he can grab the cards, she told herself determinedly. The rational part of her brain telling her that none of it was true, bu she ignored it completely.
She wanted to talk to him, but she knew that it would only throw him off in the middle of the play, and she didn't want that to happen.
As the scene ended, Sakura prepared to go out again, this time accompanied by no one. Chiharu was supposedly too tired to go out and Sakura had gone out after Chiharu had fallen asleep.
This would be the scene where she was going to meet Syaoran, to in the play, Riley.
The orchestra started up the music, and the audience quieted. It was a classical piece, and Sakura entered onto the stage, mingling among the various members of the chorus.
As she surveyed the stage, she felt a tug at her magic. She groaned inwardly. I Not now, Syaoran, Syaoran, do you./I
She felt him nod mentally. Suddenly, the auditorium was plunged in darkness. Syaoran stood on the stage silently, sensing the magic force that was behind him, trying to pinpoint it.
He was dimly aware of Sakura's presence, and was surprised that he was still able to feel magic in him. "Sakura," he whispered out loud.
She felt him moving towards her, and she headed for him, grasping for his hand. Before she could touch him, an invisible force suddenly stopped her. A magic portal opened next to her, and Syaoran saw her being sucked in. Without a second thought, he jumped in after her and then the portal closed behind them.
OK, about two more chapters left.Review please.^.^ Any questions or anything.Comments.
~RubyGurl