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{::::::::::::: Kiss A Dragon… :::::::::::::}
by- Raureru
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*Buzz* *Buzz*
"Nnn…" A sleeping Sakura was tossing and turning in her pink sheets.
*Buzz* *Buzz*
"Rrmph…" The alarm clock buzzed and buzzed…
*Buzz* *Buzz*
"::snore:: " But alas, she did not wake up.
*Buzz* *Buzz*
Then finally---
Sakura lifted her arms above her head and pulled them into a long stretch. She clumsily knocked the clock off her bedside table. The crash had her sitting up straight as a stick in no time.
"Eh?" She hastily picked the broken clock up off the ground and stared into the shattered face. She very much disliked what she saw.
"Hoooooeeeeeee!! I'm gonna be late!!!" Only twenty minutes until class started. Of course, waking up this late was only natural for the queen of naps.
Touya could here his little sister's ruckus from downstairs.
"Oi, Kaijuu!"
He was answered with a giant 'thud' from Sakura, which caused bits of the ceiling to fall.
He sighed, "Why? Why every morning?"
Fujitaka ran out of the kitchen. "Is everything alright Touya?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't it be?"
"I thought I felt an earthquake."
"Iie. There's nothing like that. The squirt just got up late… again."
"So I see." He couldn't help but smile.
Seconds later, Sakura came staggering down the stairs, backpack in hand, and flew out the front door.
"Wait, Sakura! What about your breakfast?!" Fujitaka yelled. He blinked at the slice of strawberry shortcake in his hands.
Sure enough, she rushed back into to the house to claim her cake. "Arigatou, 'tou-san." And she dashed back out. Calmly following her was Touya, hands in his pockets. A wide grin spread across Fujitaka's face.
"Sometimes I wonder why I was given such strange children."
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"Ohayo!" Sakura burst into her homeroom class, as cheerful as ever.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo rushed over to her.
It was then she noticed that everyone was louder than usual. The giggles and snickers and exclamations were almost deafening.
"What's all the excitement about?"
"You mean you didn't hear?!"
"No, I didn't."
"Oh, this is so cool! You see there's this-"
"Ohayo, class." They were interrupted by Kazami-sensei (A/N~ Some made-up person).
"I'll tell you later," Tomoyo whispered. Sakura gave her an agreeable nod.
"Enough chat. Take your seats."
The class immediately sat down, breaking up all the happy banter.
"I'm sure you're all aware of the Valentines Dance next month."
"Hai!" They answered.
Sakura glanced over at Tomoyo with a quizzical look. Her violet eyes widened with happiness as she rapidly nodded her head, as if saying- 'That's the big news! Isn't it great?' Sakura just blinked and returned her focus to the teacher. She never cared much for Valentines Day events, and had no romantic motivation whatsoever.
"We'll need to get the roles in order. Certain people will take charge of certain things, and I'm sure you all want this dance to be as fun as possible. Therefore, I've provided a volunteer list," Kazami-sensei gestured to the far end of the blackboard, where a clipboard was hanging on the wall, "so that that there won't be any confusion. Be sure to sign up soon, or you'll be stuck with cleanup." She gave a mischievous wink.
Excited whispers ran through the class once again. Most of the voices belonged to the girls, as they fought over eligible dates. Sakura drowned out the annoying chatter and turned her head to look out the window, unaware of the group of boys sitting on the edge of their seats just to get a glimpse of her backside. It was then she saw a most peculiar sight.
Perched on a nearby cherry tree was an abnormally large crow, basking in its own satanic beauty. It stretched its sleek black wings as it leered over at her, human intentions hidden behind a pair of beady eyes. For a moment Sakura could've sworn she saw a small grin tugging at the corners of its dark beak. An uneasy feeling came over her as she noticed its menacing stare, burning holes through her delicate soul. What did the bird want? Was it possible that-
"Miss Kinomoto!" Kazami-sensei slapped her desk with a ruler. Everyone snapped their heads up to the cracking noise, releasing a few snickers as they recognized the situation from many times before.
"Hoe!"
"Daydreaming again, are you?" That wasn't exactly it, but her rambling continued, "I suppose you haven't noticed that we've started the lesson."
"Oh, um….," she reluctantly dipped her head, "Gomen nasai…"
"That's better. If I catch you dozing off again you'll be scrubbing the hallway floors. Is that clear?"
"Hai."
"Very well then. Shall we continue?" Kazami trotted back to the front of the room, swinging her hips perhaps a little more than she needed to.
Sakura sighed. Harsh as her teacher was, she had no choice but to obey her. She sat up straight in perfect posture as she peered out the window through the corner of her eye. Sure enough, the crow was still there: still as a statue, still watching her every move. She wrinkled her eyebrows and groaned.
'Fly away already, will you?'
The bird did not budge.
'Come on… go away…'
No sign of movement.
"GO AWAY! CAN'T YOU TAKE A HINT?!!" she finally screamed, banging her fist against the glass.
"Miss Kinomoto!"
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"I really appreciate you helping me scrub the floors, Tomoyo-chan."
It turned out that Kazami-sensei had kept her word. Sakura received a fair punishment after disrupting the class. She was now digging at the scum between the tiles and wiping the dirty footprints, with her loyal friend there to help her of course. She grew irritable as her back became sore and grout made its way under her fingernails. She had hoped for a relaxing evening but had gotten this instead. So much for being the 'lucky girl'.
"Oh, think nothing of it. What are friends for?"
Sakura put on a small smile to mask her guilt. Tomoyo really was a great friend. Always there, ready to lend a hand, helping them both through thick and thin.
"But you know, that whole situation with the was pretty weird. You sure you weren't hallucinating?"
"I'm sure. I know it was there. It looked at me almost like--- it wanted something. It probably would've flown in and pecked my eyes out if it weren't for the window."
"Hnn--- Creepy---"
"Tell me about it." Sakura grunted. Then she accidentally slid on her belly, knocking over a large pail of soapy water. It spilled and stretched freely across the floors, suds collecting beneath the lockers.
Tomoyo giggled. "Here, let me help you with that."
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"Ugh. I thought that would never end!" Sakura happily embraced the fresh air as if she hadn't had any for years. They had been scrubbing for quite a long time and were extremely relieved. The sky had turned gold in color, bringing the full moon forward. The outdoors looked exceptionally beautiful today.
"Yeah. Imagine how much longer you would've been in there if I hadn't joined you," Tomoyo playfully teased.
"Uh-huh. I probably wouldn't have made it out of there alive." Sakura rubbed her spine, " Squatting is very painful."
Tomoyo's eyelids lifted in sudden realization.
"Sakura-chan, where's our stuff?"
"We must've left it in the hall."
"Oh, alright. I'll go get it. Don't walk home without me!" she chirped. She ran back into the silhouetted building, long dark hair flailing behind her.
Sakura chose to sit on the handrail to wait for Tomoyo. She kicked her legs back and forth impatiently. How long could it take to simply retrieve something?
A shrill 'caw' and the sound of beating wings caused her to jump off the uncomfortable rail. She watched a single black feather drop from the sky. She held out her hand as the feather landed softly in her palm. Her thoughts traced back to the crow she saw in first period. Could it be that it was still here? 'Nah,' Sakura thought, 'It's probably long gone by now'. She turned her head toward the school, only to prove how wrong she was.
A few feet up the ascending rail was the crow, wide gray talons wrapped around the rusty metal. It's shining eyes looked as if they had witnessed her whole life, like they knew all her secrets. It shimmied down a few inches closer, its neck lowered as it squinted up at the half-scared Sakura. After studying her startled features, it took flight, gliding dangerously close to her head.
Fwoosh!
She wirled around as the bird flew past her, holding a fist close to her heart. She watched as it turned and stopped to face Sakura once more, and wrapped its wings over itself as if it were a cocoon. It slowly expanded as did its feathery shield, the larger the veiled body became, the closer it drew to the ground. Finally the wings peeled back to reveal a lovely girl in place of the horrendous crow.
The girl landed softly on her polished oak sandals. She had skin as pale as the moon itself, complexion fresh and flawless. Her long raven hair was pulled into two neat buns at the top of her head, in which two crimson tassels were hung. The rest of the lengths flowed freely. Her body was wrapped in a blood red kimono, complicated patterns of blackbirds and sea grass decorated everything from the dropping sleeves to each bottom trim. A dark green obi clinged tightly to her waist. She stood straight and tall, looking very formal. Her ruby eyes flickered in desperation.
"You're the one." She said in an unconscious voice.
"Wha- I-I don't know what you're talking about." Sakura tried to run, but failed as her fear kept her anchored to the ground. She was much to busy staring at the large black wings on the girl's back to tell her body to move, no matter how much she wanted to get away.
"You can help us." The girl drew closer.
"N-no! Get away from me!"
She raised a hand to Sakura's face. Sakura stiffened and stared at it, eyes wide, unable to predict what the mysterious girl was about to do. An orange glow emitted from the hand just inches from her nose, as her eyes suddenly grew heavy and she fell unconscious into the girl's arms. The sleeping spell cast, Sakura was no longer aware of what was happening.
Tomoyo chose that exact moment to run out of the building with their belongings.
"Great Kami-sama----" she dropped the book bags at the immortal sight.
A winged maiden drifted in the air a few meters above her. Was she an angel? No---- she couldn't be. Tomoyo thought she looked much too eerie. She noticed a limp figure cradled in the girl's arms. It looked a lot like--- No, it couldn't be. Or was it-? It was---
"Sakura--?" she said in a small voice. "No---- SAKURA!!!!"
The flying figure expressionlessly looked down to her.
"There's nothing you can do."
Tomoyo was slightly offended. "I don't know who or what you are, but if you don't bring Sakura back down here, I'LL SEND A PLANE AFTER YOU!!!"
"My, my. Such anger. And I thought you'd be frightened."
Tomoyo was on the verge of tears. "Put her DOWN!"
"I'm afraid I cannot do that. She has a big part to play." The girl shot higher into the air, the gust from her wings sent loose dirt into the air and clouded Tomoyo's vision.
"Don't you dare leave!" she managed to cough out.
When the dust cleared, she could barely make out a distant figure soaring to an unknown destination in the sea of stars, her dear friend being carried away with it.
Soon the sky swallowed them both, and Tomoyo could see them no more.
She fell to her knees. Shock, fear, and sorrow surged threw her veins all at once. Her best friend----
---had been 'taken'.
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Sakura's eyes slowly opened. She was laying on something--- something 'itchy'. She sat up to find that she was in a large dusty bed, supported by rusty bars with a plain fir headboard. She gasped as she took in the rest of her surroundings. Various items and trinkets messily decorated the cozy room. All of which she had never seen before. Gold charms shimmered as they twirled and swung from the ceiling. Candlelight danced on the walls and incense sticks were placed at every corner. The place felt rather comfy indeed.
Nevertheless, Sakura was still scared and confused.
"Wh-where am I?"
The door on the far end of the room creaked open.
"Well. Finally awake, are we?"
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*A/N*~ Sorry It took me a while to update. What's funny is that I actually forgot I even had this story for a while ^^;; Lol, silly me. Hope you liked the chapter anyway. (I thought it was extremely corny -__-")
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