This is a Yue and Sakura pairing. Keep reading it anyway, and if you don't like that pairing, do what I do. Change the name to the one you do want there. It should be interesting. If you don't like it, or have any suggestions, please let me know. I love hearing from readers.
"Hey Grandma, I'm home."
The greeting, however, was met with no reply. The girl standing in the doorway took off her shoes and put her backpack on the chair by the door.
'I wonder where Grandma is?' She thought to herself. That was when she heard a noise in the attic. So starting up the stairs, the sixteen-year-old wondered what her grandmother would be doing in the attic.
At the landing, the girl noticed her reflection in the mirror. She stopped and looked. She saw her blond hair, her crystal blue eyes, her petite height and figure. She looked at her hands, then her arms and all the scars, then back at her reflection. Slowly she moved her hands up to her lips, which were swollen, then up her cheek to her right eye, which was blood shot and swollen. Touching it lightly and wincing slightly she thanked any god that might be listening for make up to hide anything.
The sound came again and she left the mirror. When she got to the attic, she went inside, fumbling around for the light switch. When all the shadows were chased away, the girl noticed her grandmother wasn't there. As she turned around to leave, she heard the noise again. Thinking it might be a burglar; she grabbed the closest thing, which was an old Japanese sword. It tingled when she picked it up, but the girl ignored it and went further in the attic. It was almost as if she was being pulled to a particular spot.
She reached a box that almost seemed to be pulsating. She knelt down and opened the box. Inside were different clothes so old that some had moth holes in them. She found a board and also a book. It was pink and silver and had a symbol on the front and a picture of an armored lion head and the name Sakura.
The book seemed to be calling out to here. So feeling compelled to do so, she opened the book and found some cards inside. She picked up the top card and read the word written on it.
"Windy." It seemed familiar, like this was meant to be. Before she could dwell any further on that thought, an ethereal wind started blowing inside the attic, scattering the remaining cards.
"Damn," she swore, "if grandma finds out, she's going to kill me."
The girl was about to start looking for the cards when the pink and silver book began to glow. Grabbing the sword, she backed away from the book into the shadows and was astonished to see a golden bear looking stuffed animal with wings come out of it. The little creature yawned and stretched before addressing the shocked girl in the darkened corner of the room.
"So, another one opens the book, huh? Well, I'm Cerberus, Guardian Beast of the Book, but call me Kero. Now you let the cards out and you must recapture them before they wreak havoc on the earth. So this is what you have to do. First-hey, you alright there kid?"
The girl came out of the dark a little, the sword out in front of her, watching the talking little animal.
"Whoa there kid, put that sword away before you poke somebody's eye out. Hold on a sec, that looks like…no it can't be. Could that be the Li kid's sword?"
When the talking stuffed animal seemed to recognize the sword, the girl looked at it, and then put it down. Seeing that the sword was no longer pointed at him, Kero looked at the girl for the first time. She was wearing loose, baggy blue jeans, a white shirt and a camouflage jacket. When Kero looked the girl in the eyes, he gasped.
"No, it…it can't be. Sakura."
I know this first chapter is short and may not seem like much, but it does get better. This is a story that I started working on a while ago. I just ran across it again and I remembered that it was one of my better ones. I will hopefully update frequently. It is all dependent on my work schedule and school. And, on how many reviews I get.
I want to let you all know right now that I have 14 and ½ chapters already written. I am working on some other stories as well, so be patient and I promise I will finish.
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