HEWWO! WOW! LOOK AT HOW QUICKLY I UPDATED!!! WHOO! Actually, the reason being is because I'm leaving for the beach tomorrow. WHOO! I GET TO SCARE ALL THE PREPPIES WITH MY KICK-ASS HOT TOPIC CLOTHES! AND I'M GONNA PELT THE DUMBASS PREPS WITH SKITTLES! WHOOO! (Sorry to anyone here who's a prep. ^^;;;) ANYWAY! ON WITH THE YET AGAIN SHORT CHAPPIE!!!! (Damn, the mood changes from happy and crap to all angsty way to quickly... Oh well, I tried....)Oh and by the way...I spell Toya that way because they spell it that way in the manga. Sue me. And I only have Sakura use cards that are in the manga. And no, I am not Canadian, I'm just a boring old American who wishes she was. And...I dont watch the anime. Just read the manga...so...on wit da storie. o.o;;;
Fang of an Immortal
By Sharky
Chapter Ten
It's Not the Only Way
"Y-your...sister?" Malfoy stammered.
"You heard me!" Toya roared. "Keep. Away. From. Her. Or. You. Will. Find. Your. Self. --"
"Toya!" Sakura stood up. Toya glanced at her. "Let him go."
Toya glared at her and dropped Malfoy. Then he bent down so he could come face to face with Malfoy.
"You keep away from Sakura, you got it?"
Malfoy nodded and scampered out of the Three Broom Sticks, looking quite terrified. Toya turned and bent down even further, putting his hand on the back of Sakura's chair to support himself.
"If he--or ANYONE for that matter..." He glanced around the table, "Does ANYTHING like that again, write to me and I swear, I'll..." He was so angry he couldnt even seem to finnish the sentance. Sakura nodded. "So..." He grabbed two chairs and pulled them up to the table, making Harry scoot away so he could place them both inbetween him and Sakura. Toya took the seat nearest to his sister. "So..." he repeated. "How's school?" he paused for a second and added, "Monster." At that point he twitched and let out a muffled cry of pain as Sakura stomped on his foot which hurt more than usual since she was wearing high-heeled shoes.
"Hi Sakura!" Said another voice as the other young man took the seat beside Harry.
"Yuki! Hi!"
Yuki smiled and then saw Syaoran sitting on the other side of Sakura. "Do I know you?"
Syaoran blushed, then shook himself and grinned. "Dont tell me you dont recognize me...YUE."
Yuki blinked and then a look of recognition came across his face, unfortunatly, Toya was 'enlightened' before the man next to him.
"ITS YOU!" Toya sprung to his feet knocking his chair over. "ANATA NO GAKI!" Toya grabbed Sakura by the arm and yanked her to her feet, hugging her to him. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" He looked down at Sakura. "HE HASNT HURT YOU OR ANYTHING, HAS HE?!?!?!?!"
"Of course not!" Sakura said, but Toya didnt believe her. He pushed her behind him and started one of the regular staring contests.
Yuki, of course, seemed oblivious. "Oh, is that one of Tomoyo's outfits?"
"No."
Toya glanced over to Sakura, then did a double-take. Suddenly he yanked out his wallet from his back pocket and flipped through the part where you can put pictures. He came to a halt at one and looked back up at Sakura.
"Thats--" He whipped out the picture and threw it at the table. There, was a picture of a beautiful girl their age, curly black hair being blown in the wind, daisies strung through the waves of raven, and her eyes shone green. She was wearing the same dress Sakura was at the moment.
"Sakura..." Hermione said quietly, "Is that..."
"Our mother." Toya finnished. He looked sadly up at Sakura. "I'm going to get some drinks for me an Yuki." He said ubruptly and walked away to the counter.
"What... was that?" Harry asked carefully.
"When Mother died..." Sakura said softly, "I was only three. So...I didnt remember her that much. But Toya was ten. Normally he can talk about her very easily, but sometimes..." She looked up at Toya who was making his way back to the table. She smiled sadly at the others. When he sat down Sakura asked the question that had been haunting her for a while. "Why did you come here?"
Toya glanced at her and took a sip of butterbeer. "Sakura...a unicorn. They're not easy to catch! And besides..." He looked at her, his eyes filled with concern. "Zopdui said it's going to start again soon." Sakura's eyes widened.
"B-but soon to him could be, like...twenty-eight YEARS."
"I know, but I'm still worried about you. I want you to keep in touch with me, okay?"
"Toya, I dont need protection."
"I dont care. I dont want you in danger, got that?"
Suddenly there was a flash of light. Everyone looked over at Yuki...or at least where he had been.
"Yue?" Sakura asked. Everyone in the tavern was staring at Yue, including Professor McGonagal, Flitwick and Val.
"Sakura, as your gaurdian, I believe you SHOULD keep intouch with us. And I believe Eriol-san would agree."
Eriol, who had no idea what was going on, just nodded numbly.
"But--"
"No buts Sakura. We want to hear from you once every month. And not just a letter saying 'I'm fine, how are you?' But anything that you know we would want to hear. You got it?" Toya demanded.
Finally Sakura nodded.
"Good. Now you guys have to show Yuki and me around this place, " Yue had turned back to Yuki, "We want to see just what this wizarding crap is all about!!"
~~~
Pitch black. The night engulfed one, devouring living creatures with such savage hunger, the rampant darkness sweeping over all masses, living or not. It brought the deepest of angst to many, yet to some, a peaceful sleep, and then to others...death.
No one...nobody understood him. Nobody understood how he felt. He felt like he was growing apart from Hermione and Ron. He couldnt bear it any more... So many nights, wallowing in pain, his dreams driving him mad. He just wanted to end it all...he missed Sirius so much. He wanted...he needed...to see him again...a close friend and a father. But the only way to see him again was...
Harry sat up and swung his feet over the edge of the bed. His heart raced. The only way...
Getting up, he didnt bother putting on his bathrobe or put shoes on. He just grabbed his invisibility cloak and left. He walked down the stairs as quietly as he could. He looked at the fire in the commonroom and remembered with a wave of sorrow that he had talked to Sirius in that same fire place three times before. Glancing at the clock above the fire place, he realized that it was 4:50...he hoped no early risers would be out...
He climbed threw the enterance of the Gryffindor comon room as the Fat Lady cried out in surprise. ("Who's there?! Where are you? WHAT are you?")
Harry walked down the hall not caring about anything. He walked, numbly down the stares, avoiding Mrs. Norris.
"The only way..." he whispered.
He blinked away silent tears as he walked through the enterace hall to the doorway. It creaked as he pushed it open and made his way out onto the grounds. In the distance, he could see Hagrid's cabin. They had some good times back then...but there wouldn't be any more...
The only way...
He approached the lake. 'It'd probably've been easier just to jump out my window.' He thought bitterly. But still...
He didnt really give a damn about the stupid prophecy...its not like he had anything to live for anyway.
And thus, he walked toward the lake, toward his end...
~~~
Sakura yawned, and looked blearily down at her Transfiguration homework...she was almost done...
Sakura snapped awake and looked down at her essay which lay, uncompleted, on the desk she had just fallen asleep at. She scribbled down the last few sentances and crawled into bed. But she couldnt sleep. Something was wrong.
She looked at the clock. 4:51. But she was wide awake. She got up and walked to the window. She longed to go down there, but she didnt want to be seen. Then realization struck her. Since she had been practicing so much, she could turn into an owl very quickly. She placed her foot on the window and dived out turning gracefully into an owl. She soared down to the lake, planning on turning back into her self, plunging under and giving herself gills. But as she soared lower and lower...
CRASH!
She collided with an invisible force and tumbled back...
~~~
"OOF!" Harry fell forward as something collided into his back. He spun around and scrambled to his feet, adjusting his invisability cloak, making sure no part of him was showing. He looked down and saw an owl twitching on the ground. He looked around and let his cloak drop, forming a rippling puddle of fabric at his feet. Bending down, he picked up the owl, cradling it in his arms. The poor little thing... but it didnt seem like it was hurt TOO bad...didnt seem like it had broken anything. The owl opened its eyes and, upon seeing Harry, it let out an oddly human shriek, as it lept jumped out of Harry's hands. It tumbled to the ground and landed on its back, but when it looked back up, the two green eyes belonged to a pretty girl in a dress-like night-gown, the fabric white and thin held up by straps that tied on the shoulders.
"S-SAKURA?!?!?!
"HARRY?!"
They gaped at each other and then Sakura broke the silence.
"Um..uh...I didnt...see you..."
"I was...wearing the invisibility cloak my father gave me..."
'Damn, why did I add that bit?' Harry chided himself.
"Oh!" Sakura looked back at the castle. "We might be seen!"
Harry pursed his lips and sat down next to Sakura, throwing the cloak over both of them. "So...you're an...animagus?"
"Er..." Sakura knew perfectly well what that was, and it would be a good excuse. "Y-yeah."
"Unregistered, of course?"
'Kuso! I shouldnt have said that!!!'
Harry grinned. "Dont worry. My dad was one too."
"What do you mean, 'was?'"
Harry hesitated, and then spoke. "Sakura there's been something I've been wanting to tell you since the day we met." Sakura looked up at him and the two pairs of Emerald eyes met. "Sakura...both of my parents died when I was one." Sakura's inside froze.
"What happened to them?" She blurted out before she could stop herself, and her hands flew to her mouth. "Oh. Harry, I'm sorry, I didnt mean to..."
"Its ok. The thing is...Lord Voldemort took them. He left me with this." He tapped his scar. Sakura sat in quiet contemplation for a few seconds, then her eyes widened.
"OH MY GOD! YOU'RE THE BOY WHO LIVED!" Harry looked at her, quirking an eyebrow. "I read about you, but I didn't remember the name, so I didnt even realize it was you!" Sakura said, rather loudly. "I'm such a ditz, I--" Harry cut her off my covering her mouth with his hand.
"Keep it down, the whole school will know we're out here!" He said in a low voice, then laughed. Sakura giggled alittle.
"So...why were you out here?"
Harry opened his mouth to say, 'I couldn't sleep and I was taking a walk,' but he quickly shut it as those innocent eyes looked up at him, and realized he couldnt lie to this girl.
"I was going to drown myself."
"W-what?!" Sakura looked horror struck. "Harry, why?!" Harry's eyes fell so he was looking at the ground.
"My godfather, Sirius, was murdered last year at the end of the semester. I watched it happen."
"Oh, Harry...-"
"He...he was as close to a father to me as I've ever known. He was also almost like...a brother. And..." Harry's voice cracked at this point," I knew that the only way to see him again would be to die." Harry was now choking on his sobs, tears running down his face. "I knew that the only way to end my pain...would be to take my own life..."
"No." Harry looked over at Sakura. "Suicide is NOT the only way to end pain. I know that I will never beable to feel pain as great as what you're feeling but...its not the only way. Harry, you need to see that. And there are so many people who would be heart-broken to see you die!"
"Like who?" he said bitterly, more tears forming in his emerald eyes.
"Harry, I dont know you that well, or what kinds of friends you have outside of school, but I know there are people out that truely CARE about you! And Harry, to be perfectly honest, I would hate to see you die. We've already become such good friends!"
All Harry could do at the moment was cry.
"Harry, please promise me you wont try to do this again. Please?" Harry looked at her, wishing he could interpret the emotions that were growing inside him at the moment. The pairs of identical eyes met and locked as they sat there in silence for what seemed an eternity. Finally, he nodded, but as he thought about Sirius, more tears ran down his face as he buried it in his hands. To his surprise, he felt Sakura's arms wrap around him in a comforting embrace. And then he realized what he had to live for, and he could finally elucidate the new feeling that was rising up within him. He knew it was impossible, and that his desires were as useless as talking to inanimate objects. But he knew. Hope against hope rose even as the barrier between him and the girl with the matching eyes rose even more protective than ever. It would be impossible...even the impropriety was grating...but...even though everything he wanted was most improbable, one fragment of knowledge roared in his mind:
He loved Sakura.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! ::Throws the mouse at Harry and, it still being attached to the computer, flings back and hits her on the head and she falls out of her chair.:: Owwie....::Now starts trying to throw her dad's business cards at Harry.:: HANDS. OFF. SHE'S. TAKEN. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG! SAKURA BELONGS TO SYAORAN, GOD-DAMMIT! . WHY?!?!?!? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!? STAY AWAY FROM HER!!!! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?¿?¿?¿?¿ ::Sob:: ...Wait a minute...*I* wrote this!!! o.o;;; Well we'll just have to do something about that, wont we? ::Evil grin.:: Hehehehehe...::Plots::
Oh, by the way, I need a vote...should Sakura try out for Chaser?
Fang of an Immortal
By Sharky
Chapter Ten
It's Not the Only Way
"Y-your...sister?" Malfoy stammered.
"You heard me!" Toya roared. "Keep. Away. From. Her. Or. You. Will. Find. Your. Self. --"
"Toya!" Sakura stood up. Toya glanced at her. "Let him go."
Toya glared at her and dropped Malfoy. Then he bent down so he could come face to face with Malfoy.
"You keep away from Sakura, you got it?"
Malfoy nodded and scampered out of the Three Broom Sticks, looking quite terrified. Toya turned and bent down even further, putting his hand on the back of Sakura's chair to support himself.
"If he--or ANYONE for that matter..." He glanced around the table, "Does ANYTHING like that again, write to me and I swear, I'll..." He was so angry he couldnt even seem to finnish the sentance. Sakura nodded. "So..." He grabbed two chairs and pulled them up to the table, making Harry scoot away so he could place them both inbetween him and Sakura. Toya took the seat nearest to his sister. "So..." he repeated. "How's school?" he paused for a second and added, "Monster." At that point he twitched and let out a muffled cry of pain as Sakura stomped on his foot which hurt more than usual since she was wearing high-heeled shoes.
"Hi Sakura!" Said another voice as the other young man took the seat beside Harry.
"Yuki! Hi!"
Yuki smiled and then saw Syaoran sitting on the other side of Sakura. "Do I know you?"
Syaoran blushed, then shook himself and grinned. "Dont tell me you dont recognize me...YUE."
Yuki blinked and then a look of recognition came across his face, unfortunatly, Toya was 'enlightened' before the man next to him.
"ITS YOU!" Toya sprung to his feet knocking his chair over. "ANATA NO GAKI!" Toya grabbed Sakura by the arm and yanked her to her feet, hugging her to him. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" He looked down at Sakura. "HE HASNT HURT YOU OR ANYTHING, HAS HE?!?!?!?!"
"Of course not!" Sakura said, but Toya didnt believe her. He pushed her behind him and started one of the regular staring contests.
Yuki, of course, seemed oblivious. "Oh, is that one of Tomoyo's outfits?"
"No."
Toya glanced over to Sakura, then did a double-take. Suddenly he yanked out his wallet from his back pocket and flipped through the part where you can put pictures. He came to a halt at one and looked back up at Sakura.
"Thats--" He whipped out the picture and threw it at the table. There, was a picture of a beautiful girl their age, curly black hair being blown in the wind, daisies strung through the waves of raven, and her eyes shone green. She was wearing the same dress Sakura was at the moment.
"Sakura..." Hermione said quietly, "Is that..."
"Our mother." Toya finnished. He looked sadly up at Sakura. "I'm going to get some drinks for me an Yuki." He said ubruptly and walked away to the counter.
"What... was that?" Harry asked carefully.
"When Mother died..." Sakura said softly, "I was only three. So...I didnt remember her that much. But Toya was ten. Normally he can talk about her very easily, but sometimes..." She looked up at Toya who was making his way back to the table. She smiled sadly at the others. When he sat down Sakura asked the question that had been haunting her for a while. "Why did you come here?"
Toya glanced at her and took a sip of butterbeer. "Sakura...a unicorn. They're not easy to catch! And besides..." He looked at her, his eyes filled with concern. "Zopdui said it's going to start again soon." Sakura's eyes widened.
"B-but soon to him could be, like...twenty-eight YEARS."
"I know, but I'm still worried about you. I want you to keep in touch with me, okay?"
"Toya, I dont need protection."
"I dont care. I dont want you in danger, got that?"
Suddenly there was a flash of light. Everyone looked over at Yuki...or at least where he had been.
"Yue?" Sakura asked. Everyone in the tavern was staring at Yue, including Professor McGonagal, Flitwick and Val.
"Sakura, as your gaurdian, I believe you SHOULD keep intouch with us. And I believe Eriol-san would agree."
Eriol, who had no idea what was going on, just nodded numbly.
"But--"
"No buts Sakura. We want to hear from you once every month. And not just a letter saying 'I'm fine, how are you?' But anything that you know we would want to hear. You got it?" Toya demanded.
Finally Sakura nodded.
"Good. Now you guys have to show Yuki and me around this place, " Yue had turned back to Yuki, "We want to see just what this wizarding crap is all about!!"
~~~
Pitch black. The night engulfed one, devouring living creatures with such savage hunger, the rampant darkness sweeping over all masses, living or not. It brought the deepest of angst to many, yet to some, a peaceful sleep, and then to others...death.
No one...nobody understood him. Nobody understood how he felt. He felt like he was growing apart from Hermione and Ron. He couldnt bear it any more... So many nights, wallowing in pain, his dreams driving him mad. He just wanted to end it all...he missed Sirius so much. He wanted...he needed...to see him again...a close friend and a father. But the only way to see him again was...
Harry sat up and swung his feet over the edge of the bed. His heart raced. The only way...
Getting up, he didnt bother putting on his bathrobe or put shoes on. He just grabbed his invisibility cloak and left. He walked down the stairs as quietly as he could. He looked at the fire in the commonroom and remembered with a wave of sorrow that he had talked to Sirius in that same fire place three times before. Glancing at the clock above the fire place, he realized that it was 4:50...he hoped no early risers would be out...
He climbed threw the enterance of the Gryffindor comon room as the Fat Lady cried out in surprise. ("Who's there?! Where are you? WHAT are you?")
Harry walked down the hall not caring about anything. He walked, numbly down the stares, avoiding Mrs. Norris.
"The only way..." he whispered.
He blinked away silent tears as he walked through the enterace hall to the doorway. It creaked as he pushed it open and made his way out onto the grounds. In the distance, he could see Hagrid's cabin. They had some good times back then...but there wouldn't be any more...
The only way...
He approached the lake. 'It'd probably've been easier just to jump out my window.' He thought bitterly. But still...
He didnt really give a damn about the stupid prophecy...its not like he had anything to live for anyway.
And thus, he walked toward the lake, toward his end...
~~~
Sakura yawned, and looked blearily down at her Transfiguration homework...she was almost done...
Sakura snapped awake and looked down at her essay which lay, uncompleted, on the desk she had just fallen asleep at. She scribbled down the last few sentances and crawled into bed. But she couldnt sleep. Something was wrong.
She looked at the clock. 4:51. But she was wide awake. She got up and walked to the window. She longed to go down there, but she didnt want to be seen. Then realization struck her. Since she had been practicing so much, she could turn into an owl very quickly. She placed her foot on the window and dived out turning gracefully into an owl. She soared down to the lake, planning on turning back into her self, plunging under and giving herself gills. But as she soared lower and lower...
CRASH!
She collided with an invisible force and tumbled back...
~~~
"OOF!" Harry fell forward as something collided into his back. He spun around and scrambled to his feet, adjusting his invisability cloak, making sure no part of him was showing. He looked down and saw an owl twitching on the ground. He looked around and let his cloak drop, forming a rippling puddle of fabric at his feet. Bending down, he picked up the owl, cradling it in his arms. The poor little thing... but it didnt seem like it was hurt TOO bad...didnt seem like it had broken anything. The owl opened its eyes and, upon seeing Harry, it let out an oddly human shriek, as it lept jumped out of Harry's hands. It tumbled to the ground and landed on its back, but when it looked back up, the two green eyes belonged to a pretty girl in a dress-like night-gown, the fabric white and thin held up by straps that tied on the shoulders.
"S-SAKURA?!?!?!
"HARRY?!"
They gaped at each other and then Sakura broke the silence.
"Um..uh...I didnt...see you..."
"I was...wearing the invisibility cloak my father gave me..."
'Damn, why did I add that bit?' Harry chided himself.
"Oh!" Sakura looked back at the castle. "We might be seen!"
Harry pursed his lips and sat down next to Sakura, throwing the cloak over both of them. "So...you're an...animagus?"
"Er..." Sakura knew perfectly well what that was, and it would be a good excuse. "Y-yeah."
"Unregistered, of course?"
'Kuso! I shouldnt have said that!!!'
Harry grinned. "Dont worry. My dad was one too."
"What do you mean, 'was?'"
Harry hesitated, and then spoke. "Sakura there's been something I've been wanting to tell you since the day we met." Sakura looked up at him and the two pairs of Emerald eyes met. "Sakura...both of my parents died when I was one." Sakura's inside froze.
"What happened to them?" She blurted out before she could stop herself, and her hands flew to her mouth. "Oh. Harry, I'm sorry, I didnt mean to..."
"Its ok. The thing is...Lord Voldemort took them. He left me with this." He tapped his scar. Sakura sat in quiet contemplation for a few seconds, then her eyes widened.
"OH MY GOD! YOU'RE THE BOY WHO LIVED!" Harry looked at her, quirking an eyebrow. "I read about you, but I didn't remember the name, so I didnt even realize it was you!" Sakura said, rather loudly. "I'm such a ditz, I--" Harry cut her off my covering her mouth with his hand.
"Keep it down, the whole school will know we're out here!" He said in a low voice, then laughed. Sakura giggled alittle.
"So...why were you out here?"
Harry opened his mouth to say, 'I couldn't sleep and I was taking a walk,' but he quickly shut it as those innocent eyes looked up at him, and realized he couldnt lie to this girl.
"I was going to drown myself."
"W-what?!" Sakura looked horror struck. "Harry, why?!" Harry's eyes fell so he was looking at the ground.
"My godfather, Sirius, was murdered last year at the end of the semester. I watched it happen."
"Oh, Harry...-"
"He...he was as close to a father to me as I've ever known. He was also almost like...a brother. And..." Harry's voice cracked at this point," I knew that the only way to see him again would be to die." Harry was now choking on his sobs, tears running down his face. "I knew that the only way to end my pain...would be to take my own life..."
"No." Harry looked over at Sakura. "Suicide is NOT the only way to end pain. I know that I will never beable to feel pain as great as what you're feeling but...its not the only way. Harry, you need to see that. And there are so many people who would be heart-broken to see you die!"
"Like who?" he said bitterly, more tears forming in his emerald eyes.
"Harry, I dont know you that well, or what kinds of friends you have outside of school, but I know there are people out that truely CARE about you! And Harry, to be perfectly honest, I would hate to see you die. We've already become such good friends!"
All Harry could do at the moment was cry.
"Harry, please promise me you wont try to do this again. Please?" Harry looked at her, wishing he could interpret the emotions that were growing inside him at the moment. The pairs of identical eyes met and locked as they sat there in silence for what seemed an eternity. Finally, he nodded, but as he thought about Sirius, more tears ran down his face as he buried it in his hands. To his surprise, he felt Sakura's arms wrap around him in a comforting embrace. And then he realized what he had to live for, and he could finally elucidate the new feeling that was rising up within him. He knew it was impossible, and that his desires were as useless as talking to inanimate objects. But he knew. Hope against hope rose even as the barrier between him and the girl with the matching eyes rose even more protective than ever. It would be impossible...even the impropriety was grating...but...even though everything he wanted was most improbable, one fragment of knowledge roared in his mind:
He loved Sakura.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! ::Throws the mouse at Harry and, it still being attached to the computer, flings back and hits her on the head and she falls out of her chair.:: Owwie....::Now starts trying to throw her dad's business cards at Harry.:: HANDS. OFF. SHE'S. TAKEN. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG! SAKURA BELONGS TO SYAORAN, GOD-DAMMIT! . WHY?!?!?!? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!? STAY AWAY FROM HER!!!! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?¿?¿?¿?¿ ::Sob:: ...Wait a minute...*I* wrote this!!! o.o;;; Well we'll just have to do something about that, wont we? ::Evil grin.:: Hehehehehe...::Plots::
Oh, by the way, I need a vote...should Sakura try out for Chaser?