Chapter I
Sakura lay still in a snow white coffin, surrounded by beautiful roses, carnations, and other floral arrangements.
Li walked up to her side, even though she wasn't any longer alive, he loved her still, but somehow more willingly showed it.
He grasped her cold clammy hand, as tears started trickling down his face. He whispered to her gently, "Sakura, I will always love you, and will avenge your death, even if it takes my own life. And if it is that case, then, we shall be together again, my love." He leaned over, and kissed her pale pink lips, and slid a half-open cherry blossom in her hand, and turned to go take his seat.
"Li, are you going to be alright?" asked Maelyn as she placed her hand on his back. "I'll be fine." he said with a smirk, "Whoever did this to my Cherry Blossom will have to pay."
"Li, that's not the way to look at things. Sakura wouldn't want you killing anyone, and you know that."
"Yeah, I know, but...I can't let her killers go unpunished!"
"Let the law handle it Li. Don't be stupid."
"I'm not being stupid, I am being realistic and truthful Maelyn!"
"Jeeze! Why did you have to be born so hard headed!"
"Shut up Maelyn, the Preacher is speaking."
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After the Preacher finishes speaking, and the people go to pay last respects........... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They closed the casket, and started to carry it out. Li tried with all his might to hold back his tears.
Maelyn knew what he was doing, and hugged him.
"Li, you'll be okay, I swear. I will be right beside you all the way."
"Thanks......" he said, as he reached up to wipe away a stray tear.
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At the grave site, they started to lower her into the ground. Li lost it. He ran as fast as he could, knocking people out his way, jumping over chairs, and blurred by the bundled tears stinging his eyes. "SAKURA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NNOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed as he stretched out a hand in a desperate act to keep them from burrying her, as if he'd open her casket, and she would be alive, or atleast he'd hope. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ After everyone else had left..... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After everyone else had left, Li still remained at Sakura's grave, still crying very hard. His eyes all red and puffy from his constant trickling tears, and his dress pants covered in mud and filth, for it had begun to ran.
"Sakura........No! You can't be gone! I need you here with me, by my side! You can't be dead! SAKURA!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Li woke up as beads of persperation rolled down his forehead.
"Sakura!" he shouted, and glanced to see where he was. "Oh thank God! It's only a freaking dream, that's it! It was nothing but a dream! Haha!" he said as he threw back the covers, to cool off his sweat covered body and soaked shorts.
"I've got to call Sakura, just to make sure she is okay...but .....DANG! It's 2:47 A.M..........she won't be up..but I have got to make sure she is okay..."
He picked up his phone, and he pounded in the digits.
"H-mm...H-hello?" a sleepy little voice on the other end answered.
"Sakura?!" asked Li, impatiently awaiting a reply.
"Oh, hi Li. What are you calling me so early in the morning for? I should be sleeping now....in that sinario, so should you......."
"Yeah, I know, but I had a horrible dream....and just had to make sure it wasn't real. I know it wasn't now, but...I am still shaken up by it.....It was one of the few times I have ever been scared...."
"Li, if you like, I will come over there...Knowing you, you won't be able to go back to sleep any time soon, right?"
"Right. But I don't want to make you do something like that just for me.....it's sort of silly just to come over here because of a bad dream...."
"Not really. If it upset you that bad, then, I gotta make sure you're gonna be ok.....No matter how long it takes. ^-^"
"Heh....alright....Thanks Sakura....."
"I'll see you in a few minutes Li.... Bye."
"Bye."
*click*
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End of Chapter One.
Sakura lay still in a snow white coffin, surrounded by beautiful roses, carnations, and other floral arrangements.
Li walked up to her side, even though she wasn't any longer alive, he loved her still, but somehow more willingly showed it.
He grasped her cold clammy hand, as tears started trickling down his face. He whispered to her gently, "Sakura, I will always love you, and will avenge your death, even if it takes my own life. And if it is that case, then, we shall be together again, my love." He leaned over, and kissed her pale pink lips, and slid a half-open cherry blossom in her hand, and turned to go take his seat.
"Li, are you going to be alright?" asked Maelyn as she placed her hand on his back. "I'll be fine." he said with a smirk, "Whoever did this to my Cherry Blossom will have to pay."
"Li, that's not the way to look at things. Sakura wouldn't want you killing anyone, and you know that."
"Yeah, I know, but...I can't let her killers go unpunished!"
"Let the law handle it Li. Don't be stupid."
"I'm not being stupid, I am being realistic and truthful Maelyn!"
"Jeeze! Why did you have to be born so hard headed!"
"Shut up Maelyn, the Preacher is speaking."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After the Preacher finishes speaking, and the people go to pay last respects........... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They closed the casket, and started to carry it out. Li tried with all his might to hold back his tears.
Maelyn knew what he was doing, and hugged him.
"Li, you'll be okay, I swear. I will be right beside you all the way."
"Thanks......" he said, as he reached up to wipe away a stray tear.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
At the grave site, they started to lower her into the ground. Li lost it. He ran as fast as he could, knocking people out his way, jumping over chairs, and blurred by the bundled tears stinging his eyes. "SAKURA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NNOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed as he stretched out a hand in a desperate act to keep them from burrying her, as if he'd open her casket, and she would be alive, or atleast he'd hope. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ After everyone else had left..... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After everyone else had left, Li still remained at Sakura's grave, still crying very hard. His eyes all red and puffy from his constant trickling tears, and his dress pants covered in mud and filth, for it had begun to ran.
"Sakura........No! You can't be gone! I need you here with me, by my side! You can't be dead! SAKURA!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Li woke up as beads of persperation rolled down his forehead.
"Sakura!" he shouted, and glanced to see where he was. "Oh thank God! It's only a freaking dream, that's it! It was nothing but a dream! Haha!" he said as he threw back the covers, to cool off his sweat covered body and soaked shorts.
"I've got to call Sakura, just to make sure she is okay...but .....DANG! It's 2:47 A.M..........she won't be up..but I have got to make sure she is okay..."
He picked up his phone, and he pounded in the digits.
"H-mm...H-hello?" a sleepy little voice on the other end answered.
"Sakura?!" asked Li, impatiently awaiting a reply.
"Oh, hi Li. What are you calling me so early in the morning for? I should be sleeping now....in that sinario, so should you......."
"Yeah, I know, but I had a horrible dream....and just had to make sure it wasn't real. I know it wasn't now, but...I am still shaken up by it.....It was one of the few times I have ever been scared...."
"Li, if you like, I will come over there...Knowing you, you won't be able to go back to sleep any time soon, right?"
"Right. But I don't want to make you do something like that just for me.....it's sort of silly just to come over here because of a bad dream...."
"Not really. If it upset you that bad, then, I gotta make sure you're gonna be ok.....No matter how long it takes. ^-^"
"Heh....alright....Thanks Sakura....."
"I'll see you in a few minutes Li.... Bye."
"Bye."
*click*
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End of Chapter One.