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Making Friends
Blinding light...no body…weightless…my love is next to me…I can feel his presence… a whisper…Protect Us…ripped apart…screaming…darkness…the pain…a cold voice I WILL HAVE YOU…Find the Light..YOU WILL BE MINE…To save the ones you love..
Sakura Kinomoto bolted up from a troubled sleep. God not that dream again. I've had this dream for years and it still makes no sense. "My love is next to me" "I feel his presence?" she chuckles, what a load of crap. I must have watched too many soap operas when I was a kid or something. She thought.
But despite whatever she tried to make herself believe, Sakura couldn't shake the feeling that something was about to happen, that her life was about to change. Instinctively she grabbed onto the pendant hung around her neck. It was a blue crystal in the shape of a star no bigger than a fingernail. Supposedly a gift from her mother, but Sakura truly never knew her mother who died years ago. Maybe I should call Tomoyo. She usually is able to calm me down… but it's four in the morning; I don't want to bother her. Besides school is soon anyway, it's not like my life's in danger… right?
To avoid this depressing idea she looked out the window at the ocean shimmering in the distance, the calm waves lapping gently on the shore with the moon light rippling on the water. A brilliant green flash shoots across the sky, then disappearing beyond the horizon. Ooooh, make a wish, her sleepy mind commanded. Maybe it's a sign, but of what?
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This is the place. She's here, I can feel it. And where she is the others are bound to be as well. They are always drawn to the leaders. But stay focused, remember the goal ………
redemption.
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Crash! Boom! @#$*! #@$*&@#@! Thump! Owwww!
"Running late again monster?" Toya remarked about his sister's sleeping habits. "Only someone like you could sleep through two alarms that beep, one set with a radio station, and Ms. Flores' early morning jazzercises upstairs. That woman does not know the meaning of light steps; it's like a stampede of rampant animals. And yet you don't even stir."
"It's a gift what can I say, but one more comment and I might just cause some toe damage," Sakura retorted in between mouthfuls of breakfast she was shoveling into her mouth at record speed.
"You'll make yourself sick"
"Says ye old man. I can eat at any pace unlike some slowpokes we all know but don't love."
This was the morning ritual, Sakura trading snipes with Toya while rushing to prepare for school. It helped to fill in the emptiness. Sakura missed her father. He was traveling the world on archeological digs. So she went to stay with Toya who was in Los Angeles working part time as a model plus studying medicine. Sakura had been in the L.A. area for about a year and half, now starting second semester of her junior year at Crescent Valley High. It was a decent place as far as schools went, a sprawling campus on the bluffs overlooking the sea. One major draw back: the stairs. There were a million stairs and there was many a time when she found herself falling down them.
"Gotta run," she shouted as she ran out the door.
"I'm gonna be home late and I expect to find only you here."
Sakura rolled her eyes. Her brother could be so protective sometimes. Someday he was going to have to acknowledge the fact that she wasn't a kid anymore. It'll be a cold day in hell when that happens.
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Sakura ran down the empty halls trying to get to Physical Science before announcements ended, when Ms. Mizuki would then take role. She skidded around the corner at full speed and Wham!
Oh my, I think I see stars. Why am I on the floor? What just happened? I think I hit something. She then looked up. Or rather someone, a rather cute someone.
A young man around her age stood above her with hand outstretched not quite looking at her. He has rich brown hair like a scrumptious chocolate bar, and hazel eyes. But they're frosty. Frosty? What is he like a snowman? It's like there are walls of ice. There was something familiar about him but Sakura was positive she would have remembered meeting him.
Suddenly looking at her, his eyes widened and withdrew his hand, barked out a curt, "Excuse me," and began to walk away.
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It's her. She even looks exactly like the last time. I'm in trouble. I was not prepared for this so soon. Run like the wind. His panicked mind instructed him, Calm down. Just walk away.
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"Hey hold on a moment there!" Sakura shouted. Who the hell does he think he is? My day is already staring off bad without some rude jerk plowing me over and not even being sorry.
Slowly he turned to face her, and her heart nearly jumps out of her throat. Something about his eyes drew her in. It's like I'm drowning. Oh this is too much, she thought as she pulled her eyes away looking now around him not at him. Her fluster only heightened her anger.
"Whoever you are, it is just a tad on the rude side to ram into someone and not apologize. You won't make any friends that way." Sakura couldn't help the sarcasm that tinged her voice.
"Maybe I'm not looking for friends," he smirked.
Oh the nerve of this guy. "Well I hope you enjoy a lonely life then. So if you'll excuse me I have to get to class." And with a twirl she headed away from him. Hmmm, that exit had some style but maybe a bit too dramatic. But something about that guy just made me want to push him mentally and physically. Maybe it's the whole attitude thing. I can't stand guys who think they own the world just because they look like an Abercrombie and Fitch model yet usually have the IQ of a pen cap.
Sakura looked up at a clock in the hall and squeaked realizing how late she was and bolted toward class.
Sakura stumbled in class just as Ms. Mizuki was finishing role, knocking over the Biology class' plastic skeleton, falling in a tangled heap of limbs. "Ahhhhh! The skeleton is attacking!" Sakura shrieked.
"Actually I believe you provoked it. Take your seat please, you're late," Ms. Mizuki said with a twinkle of laughter.
Sakura righted the bony assailant, blushing profusely, and managed to make it to her seat with Tomoyo and Meilin at the middle table without further incident.
"Can a single class go by without you falling over," her friend Meilin teased.
"I would have thought that by now you would have outgrown your clumsiness. Oh well, it makes for very entertaining videos," Tomoyo said, joining in.
"Thanks so much for the friendly support," Sakura retorted, sticking her tongue out to show her feelings on the matter.
A note flew threw the sky landing on their table nearly giving them heart attacks. Noticing it was addressed to her, Sakura opened the folded note.
Hey sweetie,
Have you thought over what I've said? Trust me, you'll have fun. Looking forward to seeing you soon.
Ben
"Oh la la! A love note for Mademoiselle Sakura from Ben," Tomoyo giggled.
Meilin began to sing, " Sakura and Ben, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-Ack!" Sakura whomped her on the head, glaring at both of them.
"So are you gonna go with him to the Winter Formal? He seems pretty persistent." Tomoyo questioned.
"I'm not sure."
"Oh come on, the guy is completely drool worthy: tall, blond, killer baby blues, and wash board abs. Plus he's an absolute sweetheart. But hey if you don't want him I'll gladly take him. I'm still dateless for the dance," Meilin said.
"It's not that I'm not interested, you know I've had a crush on him," Sakura replied a slight blush painting her cheeks. "It's just that I have been feeling a little restless lately, like there is something out there waiting for me, something important. Like the one person I'll spend the rest of my life with is lust waiting for me to find them."
Meilin groaned and shook her head. "Look, you're seventeen. Mr. Perfect is not going to just come waltzing through that door any time soon. So while you wait for him why not have a little fun to pass the time? We all can't have Tomoyo's luck of finding love on the first try. Isn't that right Tomoyo? Tomoyo?"
Tomoyo was currently off in starry-eyed dream land. The mere mention of Eriol's name had that effect on her. It would be at least a few minutes before she came back to reality.
"Any way, I have some very interesting news. My cousin Li from Hong Kong just magically appeared at my house last night saying he was going to stay in California for a while. I haven't seen him since I moved here, a good 5 years at least. You know Sakura, he's pretty cute. So if you're not completely sure about Ben I could introduce you today at lunch since he's enrolling." Meilin informed.
"What's with the matchmaking? First Ben, now your cousin, who next the principal or maybe the janitor or……wait a moment," Sakura paused getting a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach."… oh no. By any chance, does your cousin have brown eyes and brown hair?"
And before Meilin could reply, in strolls none other than Li, sighs echoing across the room as girls looked him over. Could my day get any worse, Sakura thought. Oh but it could, and would.
A/N: This is my first time writing anything so I would be so grateful for any feedback. Critique away!