Disclaimer: Okay! I wished I owned CCS, but unfortunately I don't because CLAMP does. I hope they give it up to someone someday soon!
Fact (though it's fiction): Did you know that I even offered CLAMP a million dollars, but still they remain tough and still didn't give me the chance to own one. Did you know that a million dollars only amounted to this stuffed animal beside me! (Refers to Cereberus)
Cereberus: Hey who are you referring to as stuffed animal!
Midnight Dagger: Uh…no one actually! On with the story, I have some business to deal with right now!
Cereberus: Argh! What do you mean 'some business to deal with'?
DREAMBOY
Chapter 1: The Drawing (Prologue)
On a bright Wednesday morning, there awoke an emerald - eyed girl. As she tried to scratch her eyes from the sleepiness she's feeling, she stared at the bright sunshine outside her window. It was another beautiful bright day for her. The first thought that crossed her mind that made her wake even more beautiful was the thought of her cute, cute crush, Yukito, a very close friend of her half brother.
"Hmmm…Yuki! You're so cute!" she giggled hugging a pillow close to her chest.
"Oi! Kaijuu, awake yet?" she heard his half brother Touya rap on her door.
"I told you onii – chan, I am not a kaijuu!" she growled glaring at the door imagining it was Touya.
"Just checking!" she heard him reply.
She stood up and walked towards over her dresser. As she sat down, she looked at herself in the mirror. The first thing she noticed about herself was her eyes. Her eyes, as she noticed, has lost its usual glimmer in them. Maybe the reason for this was the accident that happened to her parents. She is worried that no one might guide her through the right way on the crooked paths of life/ She really could not believe that it happened on her eighteenth birthday on all the days it could possibly be. She remembers it like it only happened yesterday although it occurred a month ago.
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Flashback
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"Wait for a moment, I'm coming!" Sakura said placing the homemade she had just baked down on the counter then wiped her hands on her apron.
"Good morning, Ms. Kinimoto" a police officer gloomily greeted as she opened the door.
"Good morning to you too!" Sakura greeted them cheerfully, "how may I be of help you and your partner seems to be troubled about something"
"We have to tell you something, Ms. Kinimoto" the other officer said.
"Oh, is that it? Well better go inside, for a cup of tea perhaps?" she offered them.
"No need, Ms., thank you anyways" the same officer said.
"Well then, might as well tell me now what you came here for?" she politely asked.
"We have some bad news for you, Ms. Kinimoto" the first officer said holding his cap tightly.
"What, do you mean?" she asked getting nervous.
"It's about your parents" the officer said.
"My parents? What about them?" she asked holding on the door - frame for support.
"Mr., and Mrs. Kinimoto died in the plane crash on their way here" the officer finally said.
"What? You must be joking!" she said not believing what the officer informed her.
"I'm sorry Ms., I really hoped we are, but sadly to say we are not" he said calmly.
"No!" Sakura said sinking to the floor sobbing.
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End of Flashback
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She really wondered how fast she had recovered from the terrible incident. Since Touya, on the other hand, was only related to Sakura's father, he recovered faster than she did. Touya's mother, Mikage, is the legal wife of Touya and Sakura's father, Fujitaka. He was only forced to marry Mikage, since he had her pregnant. After some months that Touya was born, Fujitaka met Nadeshiko, Sakura's mother, and they got married not after divorcing Mikage. This marriage made Mikage really angry and because of this, she almost killed her one and only son, Touya. Since this incident, Fujitaka decided to claim Touya as his own, and took care of him really well. In the present time, they really don't know what happened to Mikage after claiming Touya from her.
Sakura walked out of the bathroom and took out her school uniform and dressed herself up, after dressing she walked over to the mirror and groomed herself. First, she put on some light lip - gloss and then tied her hair into a ponytail. As she moved away from her room towards the kitchen were Touya was waiting for her with breakfast.
"Touya, sorry I can't eat I have to go! Ja!" Sakura said walking out of the door.
"Fine!" he shot back to the disappearing Sakura, "well I guess I'll just have to eat this stuff for her"
As she was walking outside on the road, she breathed in the sweet scent of the breeze brushing amongst her face. As she was walking, she almost tripped on a medium sized rock, so she just decided to kick some rocks as she walked. But still tripping on them twice or thrice. After walking for around a minute or two, on the very filthy road, she noticed a familiar figure walking ahead of her.
"Tomoyo?" she called.
The girl, which she noticed as Tomoyo, looked around and waved 'hi' to her signaling her to come and walk with her. Sakura ran up to her breathing heavily.
"You wouldn't mind if I walk with you right?" Sakura asked.
"Of course not!" Tomoyo said, "why did you ask anyways?"
"Well, I thought you were doing something private there" she teased.
"Could you stop that!" she said slapping Sakura gently on the shoulder.
"Ouch!" she said pretending it had hurt her.
"Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to" Tomoyo said falling for the joke.
"Hahaha…you fell for it again! How many times did you fall for it?" she said counting through her fingers.
"I hate it when you do that!" she said annoyed.
"Sorry!" she apologized.
"Fine! Anyways I want to tell you about another school!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"What?! Not another one!" she said jokingly.
"They say there are lots of cute guys there!" she said happily.
"Well, what school is it?" she asked.
"They call it Xavier school" she answered.
"Oh, nice name! It is really!" she said noticing that Tomoyo was glaring at her thinking it was another one of her jokes.
"It's actually an exclusive school for guys" she continued.
"Wait till the others hears about this, they would surely freak out and would want to go there" Sakura concluded.
They continued on their way towards Tomoeda High down the filthy road. Chit and chatting on their way to school really did the trick. It was like as if in one snap, they were out of their boring walk out on the streets. The signal from Tomoeda that awoke them from chatting was the irritating noise. Students talking with each other, some fourth graders shouting and playing having their time playing and of course, in the high school department, the banging and clanging of the lockers. The only sound pleasant, which is present in the surroundings of the school, was the chirping of the birds in the trees.
Sakura and Tomoyo walked over to the department beside the main one since the High School department was separated from it. As they walked through the green grass of Tomoeda, they caught sight of some girls chatting with each other, and these were only few of what they heard:
"Yeah, I know, they are all cute!" one said.
"Why don't we go there next week or the other?" another asked.
"No we could not, Xavier's going to have their exams next week as I know" a brown haired girl said.
"That's just too bad!" another commented.
"I know!"
As Tomoyo and Sakura heard this, Tomoyo was the first one to comment about it, "I told you, they're popular! Their school is popular!"
"Yeah, I know!" Sakura said walking on her way.
"Look, there's Rika and the others!" Tomoyo said looking at Rika's direction.
"Wait till she hears about this!" Sakura said excited.
They walked on the rest of the grassy fields towards the main hall of the department. As they neared them, Rika was the first one to greet them, "Hey guys! Morning!"
"Morning too!" the two chorused.
"So have you two been dating?" Naoko joked.
"Shut up!" the two chorused again.
"I thought so" Naoko whispered.
"Rika, have you heard about Xavier?" Tomoyo began.
"Not yet, I guess. I just heard it was a great school" she mumbled.
"Yeah, I haven't heard about it too!" Chiharu said.
"Well, to inform you guys, Xavier is one of the most popular boy's schools in Japan" Sakura stated matter – of – factly.
"And so, as if there are some cute guys there!" Chiharu said.
"Yeah, I agree with Chiharu!" Rika said.
"Well, that's the point it is known to be popular because almost 90% of it has some looks. You know what I mean?" Tomoyo reasoned out.
"Really! I would gladly check out that school and have some wicked fun!" Rika exclaimed. Sakura looked at Tomoyo and gave her and I – told – you look. Tomoyo just smiled at this.
"Why don't we go this weekend? Since they're college students, I expect that they would no doubt have classes on weekends" Naoko said matter – of – factly.
"That's a great idea! Since we don't have classes this weekend for goodness sake!" Chiharu exclaimed.
"Well then, that's settled isn't it? Or I think it is…?" Sakura said as she grabbed some of her stuff for her classes in the morning.
They all walked to their classroom for their first class of the day giggling at their talk just thinking about it. As they walked down the corridor, instead of thinking about their lessons, they were occupied by something else; they were really looking forward on going to Xavier school.
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Xavier School
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"Hey guys! Why don't we go a café later on? Don't you think it would be a fantastic break for busy college guys like us?" a navy blue haired boy suggested.
"In your dreams Eriol! Remember we have exams next week!" the one that they call the nerd guy in their group commented.
"Will you stop freaking out Kenjee! Please for Christ's sake just stop it. It's still a week before the exams you know" another guy with black locks said.
"Kenjee, don't be mad but you know what, Takashi said.
"Just shut up, okay guys?" Kenjee said getting annoyed.
"Would you guys, please stop arguing, even for just a second?" a boy with dark brown chestnut hair said.
"He's so right! So right that I hate it when he's right" Sagara said.
"Let's just get to class, okay?" Eriol said.
"Fine!" they all agreed.
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"Man! I thought I would be stuck in that classroom with the freaking professor the whole afternoon" Sagara confessed meeting up with all his friends in the corridors.
"Same here! I really thought I'd be sticking my pen on my mouth and blowing ink bubbles this afternoon just listening to the very boring professor in this university, Professor Aji" Takashi said laughing.
"Looks like you two had terrible experiences from professors this afternoon as I see!" Kenjee said teasingly.
"And so?" Sagara and Takashi said in unison.
"Well, if you ask me, I had the perfect afternoon today with the very interesting professor in the university!" he said proudly.
"Who is this may I ask?" Eriol said.
"Professor Aki!" Kenjee answered.
"Oh, but isn't he like the most boring teacher in the whole world" Syaoran butted in.
"Agree!" everyone except for Kenjee, said together.
"Hey guys! I thought we'd go to Starbucks today?" Eriol said.
"Yeah, I just remembered just that!" Sagara said putting his arm around his shoulder.
"Sorry man! Can't come, I've got to study" Kenjee said trying to walk away.
"What?" Takashi said surprised.
"Hey man! Don't get so emotional!" Eriol said grabbing him by the arm.
"Why don't we just have some fun, even just for night before the exams okay?" Syaoran asked comfortingly.
"He's right, again!" Sagara pointed out.
After a few arguments whether Kenjee decides to come or not, he finally agreed to join with them to Starbucks. They all got out of Xavier school towards the Xavier's parking lot, where they had their cars parked. They rode in their individual cars and drove off towards Starbucks, which was near Tomoeda.
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Tomoeda High
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"Hey girls, let's go to Starbucks! I heard it's a really good café" Rika suggested.
"That's such a great idea, Rika! Then maybe we can have a talk about Xavier school there", Chiharu said dreamily as she placed some of her unnecessary things on her locker.
"Chiharu, would you please just cut that talk out?" Sakura said leaning on her locker.
"Why Sakura, don't you like to talk about Xavier? But deep inside you I know you're psyched" Chiharu stated.
"What are you talking about Chiharu? Of course, I am not interested in such nonsense talk!" Sakura lied at the tip of her tongue.
"Stop pretending please, Sakura?" Chiharu teased.
"Fine! I admit, I do like talking about Xavier, it makes me so excited" Sakura said in defense.
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Starbucks
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As Sakura and her friends finally arrived at the café, they chose a table near the far corner of the store beside a glass window. As a waiter approached them, to ask what they would want to have. The all decided on cappuccino and some mocha cake.
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"Hey guys, look at that table over there" Sagara said pointing to the table not very far from them.
"Why?" Eriol asked puzzled.
"Yeah, I don't get it either" Takashi said also confused.
"Just look!" Sagara said annoyed.
"I see" Eriol said as she stared at a girl with very black hair and amethyst eyes.
"Don't they look just so hot?" Takashi said looking Chiharu over closely.
"Yeah, I agree!" Sagara said he himself checking out Rika.
"Just knock it off guys! Mind your own business" Kenjee snapped.
"Why don't you just check 'em out?" Takashi suggested.
Syaoran on the other hand, just kept himself silent, The reason for this behavior was because he was studying every outlining feature of an emerald-eyed girl. He just at her smiling face as she happily chatted with her friends and he himself couldn't help the smile that was adorning at the corners of his lips. He was keenly staring at her for a while that he hadn't realized when Eriol called his attention.
"Hey, Syaoran! See someone?" Eriol said waving a hand in his face.
"They're all boring, I don't see nothing interesting about them. Those girls from Tomoeda sure are a waste of time" he lied on the tip of his tongue.
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"I can't really wait to go to Xavier University!" Rika giggled.
"Oh Rika, you obviously said that for who knows how many times!" Tomoyo said as she sipped her cappuccino.
"Tomoyo's right, Rika. Sad to say" Naoko said.
"What! It's the truth!" she defended.
"So please just for now, keep it on your inside" Chiharu said.
"Hmmm…fine! I'll stop it! But did you know I'm really –-"
"RIKA!!" Chiharu, Naoko and Tomoyo said glaring at her.
What they hadn't realized was that every thing they were doing was being watched by five pairs of eyes. One might think, they're all so dense, ignoring the fact that they were being watched. And closely, to add. On the other hand, their dear friend, Sakura, was busily roaming dreamland.
"Sakura? Are you all right?" Tomoyo said observing her friend closely.
Sakura snapped out of her thoughts as she heard Tomoyo calling her attention, "Oh yeah! I'm sorry Tomoyo, I was just thinking"
"Hmmm…interesting. Thinking of what? Chiharu asked.
"Nothing so important" Sakura said playing with her coffee.
" Come on tell us!" Rika said excited.
"No! I told you it's nothing really" she said sounding really guilty.
"What are friends for when you don't trust them anyways?" Tomoyo said emotionally.
This really did it, so she finally said, "Fine! I give up, I'll tell you", she began.
"Now, we're talking!" Chiharu said excited to hear what Sakura has to say.
"I was just thinking about my dream guy. There I told you, happy?" Sakura said annoyed.
"Oh, I see now! 'Ms. Playing Innocent' here is the naughty, naughty one. Thinking about her dream guy ay!" Rika teased.
"Knock it off guys! It's not funny you know!" Sakura groaned.
"Can you tell his appearance to us please?" Naoko pleaded.
"Why would I bother?" she joked.
"Please!" they all chorused.
"Who would draw?" Sakura said convinced.
"Okay, I would!" Tomoyo offered, "now why don't you describe him to me? And I'll draw it for you?" she continued getting a sketch pad and colored pencils from her bag.
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"Hey, how did you know they were from Tomoeda?" Kenjee asked surprised.
"Let's just say I pass I pass through that all girl's school everyday to get to Xavier and back to my house," he said grinning.
"I see!" they all agreed.
"So, did you find one?" Sagara asked him.
"Find one what?" he said acting stupid.
"You know, about girls and stuff. Do you get what I mean? I heard most of the girls there are hot!" he answered sipping his iced chocolate.
"They're all boring, nothing about them interests me," he lied.
"Hmmm…why don't we just see for ourselves?" Eriol suggested.
"What?!? You mean we'd cut classes?" Kenjee asked, leaning on the table.
"Stop freaking out Kenjee! You'll surely get a heart attack that way!" Takashi joked.
"No of course, silly! Haven't you remembered that we have half day classes on Friday?" Eriol reminded him.
"Oh yeah! I remember" he said dumbly.
"Maybe you forgot because of your study habits!" Syaoran teased.
"Hey, don't blame it on my studies!" he shot back.
" Whatever!" Syaoran replied.
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"Are you ready?" Sakura asked Tomoyo for about the tenth time.
"Ready when you are!" Tomoyo finally replied.
"Okay, first his face. I want it to be the most perfect shape a face could be" she began. She watched Tomoyo draw a kind of oblong and kind of circular shape on the paper.
"Looks interesting!" Chiharu teased.
"Shh…it's just starting!" Rika snapped.
"Then the hair, I want to be chestnut brown. Oh and wait, I want it to have a messy look" she watched as Tomoyo drew the hair and wrote in pencil, chestnut brown, "his lips, I want to be a fine thin line!" she said closing her eyes.
"Looks like a total HUNK to me!" Rika said exaggerating the word hunk.
"Same here!" Chiharu agreed.
"You've got great taste, Sakura!" Naoko complimented.
"Thanks guys!" Sakura said flushing.
"You know they're right. You really do have a great taste," Tomoyo said coloring in the hair.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Rika said excited to see the finished product.
"Huh…" Sakura asked confused.
"Your 'dream guy' silly!" Rika said slapping her hand gently.
"Oh yeah!" she said scratching the back of her head, "the nose, I like it to be long but not very, because I may not be able to kiss him, I also don't like it to be crooked, he would look old"
The girls watched as Tomoyo drew in every detail that Sakura was saying. Inch by inch, the drawing has become more than art, it looks like it's real, it looks like it has life of its own.
"And lastly, my favorite part, the eyes!" Sakura said closing her eyes again.
"Ooh, ooh! That's my favorite part too!" Rika and Chiharu said at the same time.
"Okay, keep silent first for awhile guys, I am so excited to see what that dream guy of Sakura looks like" Naoko snapped.
"Okay, the eyes! I want it to be an amber one, circular or maybe kind of oblong and I like it to look intense!" Sakura concluded as she looked at Tomoyo carefully detailing the drawing just for her. Then she filled in the amber like color on the eyes.
"Want to keep it?" she asked.
"Yes of course!" she answered enthusiastically.
"Guys, sorry, but I have to go!" Naoko said grabbing her bag and standing up.
"Oh, we'll go with you!" Rika offered, "right guys?"
"Of course!" they said in unison.
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"Look, they're leaving!" Takashi said lowering his head.
"Who cares" Syaoran said stealing a glance at Sakura.
"Will, you stop being cold Syaoran?" Eriol asked of him.
"Fine" he said drinking all of his coffee. 'We'll see each other again' he thought looking straight at Sakura.
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"Hey guys, wait!" Sakura said as she piled the drawing on her folder.
Little did she know, the man on the drawing she's keeping on the folder she's clutching, which she knew only existed in her dream, is right there as she passed him on his and his' friends' table. Watching her. Closely. Looking closely at her on the corner of his eye.
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To be continued…
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Author's Note: Did you like it? Or do you think I should just quit on writing this fic? Well see you soon on the second chap! And don't you ever forget to review! Thanks!
Love Always,
Midnight Dagger