Okay second chapter up!! Sorry it took so long.. laterz...
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, Clamp does, so please don't sue...
If you're confused with what's going on here is the 'legend'
"Speech Bubble" = A conversation.
'Quoting' = Quotes or so.
-Thinking- = A character's thoughts.
Dream Sequence = A character's dreams.
There was a dark figure. He was in, what looked to be a costume. He held a sword. He was calling for her.
"Sakura! Sakura! Help me! I need you!" She looked again, he was fighting. It was Li. There in front of him stood a lion without a mane. There were wings on its back. -Wings?- she thought. It striked at him. He lay motionless, tears began to fill his eyes, he stayed strong and held them back. He struggled to get back up.
"How can I help?" She was overcome by emotions now. "I want to help, but I don't know what to do! Tell me! Please!" The lion striked again. Li stumbled to the ground."Li!" She screamed in horror, she was helpless and felt vulnerable.
"Remember... remember Sakura." He managed to say.
"Remember what?" She was suddenly crying, she fell to her knees. " I don't remember..." A dark lady walked over to her, she was followed by a bright lady. They were beautiful. She exclaimed, "help him!" Pointing at him, they didn't turn around. They both smiled, they looked joyful. Their attention only on her.
"Sakura, listen to me." The dark lady said. " Only you have the power to help him."
"With that power, you can also help yourself." The light lady continued. "Those who seek what's lost with all courage and heart usually find their way. Never lose hope." She cupped Sakura's face in her hands. "If you believe in yourself, anything can happen." Sakura nodded.
"What am I looking for?" Sakura asked.
"Search within yourself, what do you desire the most?" The dark lady held a hand to her chest.
What was she talking about? She had all that she needed. A family, friends, her memories... She thought just then -Is that what they're talking about? A way to my past? How?-
"Do not fear Sakura Kinimoto, always believe." They hazily disappeared, swept away by the breeze.
Sakura awoke with a fright. It was four in the morning. Was it just a dream? Was it trying to tell her something? Who were the two ladies? Why was Li in her dreams? There were so many questions left unanswered. She couldn't go back to sleep.
The bell had rung, indicating school had juat begun. Tomoyo came along as a visitor, she had two weeks off from school. They went to their lockers and put away their belongings and headed for their first period with their books.
"Doesn't anybody know their manners around here?" Tomoyo joked, looking at all the slouched students. She caught one boy picking his nose. Disgusted she looked away. Tomoyo had already been introduced to Meilin by Li, but they acted as if they had known each other forever.
"Tomoyo I need to tell you something." She paused, a moment for thought. How could she tell her about her dream without sounding weird? "I had... a dream."
"Is that all? I thought it was important."
"But it is. See, there were two ladies and a boy, Li, they were telling me to remember.... I guess they told me to remember my past." She thought to herself -Why am I telling her this? I mean, a dream doesn't mean anything. Maybe it was something I ate.- She looked at Tomoyo, she was happy. Maybe she wasn't interested, but might as well tell her, she was her best friend.
"Well? Are you going to tell me the rest, or are you going to keep daydreaming?" She tilted her head with a playful grin. She listened to everything that Sakura threw at her, surprisingly she drew it all in. Nodding slowly, she stared at her best friend. - So this is what Li's been planning, he's done pretty well, I suppose.- Smiling again, she thought -I bet I can do better.-
"Isn't it odd?"
"What do you mean? Of course the dream itself is wierd, but specifically, what do you mean?"
"I mean the fact that Li just happened to be in my dream." She zoned out. "He seemed so real. Just like the ladies, I feel.. I feel... like I know them." She quickly looked at Tomoyo. "Don't you dare think I'm crazy, because I'm not."
"Sakura... When have I ever doubted you?"
Lunch had just begun, Syaoran and Tomoyo claimed to have things to talk about so Sakura was left with Meilin.
"Sakura... Do you remember anything at all?"
"Pardon? Is there something that I wasn't told?" She suspiciously eyed Meilin. - Could she know? How could she? I don't know her. -
"I had a hunch, I'm good with those kind of things." Maybe admitting she knew would be too much for her. "You seem so empty, though you're happy. It's as if something wasn't there to complete you."
"Wow! You're so right!" She shouted enthusiastically, "you and Tomoyo are the only people that have an idea of what's going on in my life." A sigh of relief escaped her. "Suddenly, I don't feel so alone."
"Did you guys miss me?" Tomoyo butt in and sat next to Sakura. Setting her tray down. " Li and I are really great friends now." She glanced at Meilin, "I heard you two were cousins."
"Yup!" She set her fork down. "And I'm proud of it!"
Both the girls giggled, while Meilin made poses of how 'proud' she was. Raising her chest up high fists on her waist elbows out, she didn't have a care in the world who was watching.
"Where is Syaoran anyway?" Sakura asked.
"He's signing up for the soccer team." Meilin said and went back to eating her food, as she went for another bite she said, "There are tryouts for the cheerleading squad." Sakura looked up at her facsinated. "Thought you might just want to know."
"How'd you know... know that I like cheerleading?"
"Uhh.. I don't. I just thought, you're an active girl, you might have some interest in it."
"I have to... Uhh... the.. Umm.. Washroom! Yeah, that's it, the washroom!" Sakura exclaimed. She nudged Tomoyo, who happened to almost choke on a broccoli. When the coughing ended, she pulled Tomoyo out of her seat and dragged her to the washroom.
"What's up? You've been acting all jumpy since lunch."
"Tomoyo, doesn't it bother you, that Li and Meilin know alot about me but I don't know a thing about them?"
"Oh? How so? I don't think I've ever seen them do anything to prove that they know you." Raising her eyebrows, demanding an answer.
"Just then, at the lunch area. Meilin somehow knew that I was into cheerleading."
"But she also told you that it was a hunch, because you looked actively fit?"
"But..." Point taken, "okay I guess so." She smiled. "What am I talking about anyway? No one knows me here, except you. I suppose it's just all the things that have been happening to me for the past day. "Let's go. I'm hungry and I haven't finished my lunch." Holding the door open she turned to her friend and whispered, "Let's pretend none of this happened, I'm sure this is the end."
Tomoyo watched her friend leave. She looked at the mirror. -Oh Sakura... This is only the beginning...-