White Houses
By: Callista Miralni
Chapter Three: Faded Memories
'Sup minna-san! It's Callista Miralni, back with another installment of White Houses. I recently got a review from an anonymous review named rayz and a signed review from Yhi. Thank you so much for your opinions. Rayz told me that White Houses might be going a tad too fast, I have to agree. So I'm trying to add more detail to the chapters and make them longer, but White Houses might end around Chapter five or six; it's not supposed to be long.
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Disclaimer: If I owned CardCaptor Sakura or White Houses, then I'd own the world. You're a dunce if you don't know who owns the above stated works.
When I switch P.O.V.s, In the Audience is Eriol's gang and Onstage is Sakura and Tomoyo.
Onstage
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Midori Square and Shiro Performing Arts present Wish, Live in Concert!" a voice blared on the loudspeaker. The red velvet curtains drew open to reveal two girls sixteen years of age standing at a microphone with a baby grand piano behind them. Music started playing over the speakers, signaling the beginning of the first song. As the guitar/drum intro was playing, Sakura yelled out to the crowd, "Minna genki?"
The crowd roared in delight as the concert began.
"Are you ready?" Sakura yelled to the screaming crowd.
"Yeah!" the crowd screamed back.
"Our first song is gonna be 'Our History'." Tomoyo cried out to their screaming fans.
The crowd screamed some more as Tomoyo began to sing:
Fall back, in time, to the place where I was born.
Fall back, in time, where my childness is no more.
The guitar played its moving solo. Then Sakura sang:
At the tender age, of thirteen, my best friend got her opportunity.
Ohh, she began a song, look how it's come along.
We're onstage singing to our hometown.
The crowd roared it's approval. "You sing with us on the chorus!" Sakura called to the screaming crowd. The crowd chanted the words of the chorus along with the band.
That's the story of our history, of this little band as you can see.
That's the lifetime tale, of two girls on the trail, to fame, music, and history.
That's our story.
Sakura took up the next line alone.
Fall back, in time, to the place where I made friends.
Fall back, in time, where my childness never ends.
"You sing with Tomoyo. You know the words! Come on Shiro, I can't hear you!!!" Sakura yelled to the excited sea of fans during the instrumental solo. The crowd chanted with Tomoyo's high soprano voice:
We're as different as the day and night.
Two completly, opposite girls.
Yet when our voices lift up high in the sky, we create a sound that no one's heard.
Sakura joined in with her best friend's voice and the screaming crowd on the chorus.
That's the story of our history, of this little band as you can see.
That's the lifetime tale, of two girls on the trail, to fame, music, and history.
That's our story.
Tomoyo and Sakura sang the final stanza of their first chart topping hit.
Fall back, in time, to the place where I was born.
Fall back, in time, where my childness is no more.
Fall back, in time, to the place where I made friends.
Fall back, in time, where my childness never ends.
The two teens raised their soprano voices up to a forte, loud and clear on the final chorus.
That's the story of our history, of this little band as you can see.
That's the lifetime tale, of two girls on the trail, to fame, music, and history.
That's our story.
That's our story.
Tomoyo and Sakura let the last line of the song die gradually. The crowd erupted into applause.
They smiled at each other and gave each other a high-five on a job well done.
In the Audience
Syaoran was amazed at the band's talent. There was no lip syncing, the Cafe didn't have that kind of equipment on their backstage soundboard. They sounded exactly like their CD, Wish Revealed, the one Eriol and Meiling insisted on listening to the whole drive to Shiro. Syaoran stared intently at the two girls, especially the one with emerald-green eyes. He could have sworn he had seen her before; he just didn't know where. Syaoran watched her announce the next song, a song called 'Ciaune'. Apparently, it was a solo for the emerald eyed girl, because the other girl went to play the piano. Eriol whispered into Syaoran's ear, "Enjoying the concert, my cute little decendent?"
"I guess so." Syaoran said half heartedly.
"It seems you've fallen for a certain emerald-eyed Sakura Kinomoto." Eriol stated with a smirk.
'Sakura Kinomoto?! Where have I heard that name before?' Syaoran thought frantically to himself.
Onstage
Sakura sang her solo beautifully. While Syaoran and Eriol were having their whispered conversation, she had gone through the majority of the song. By the time they were done talking, Sakura was softly singing into the mike:
Take a deep breath and close your eyes.
See what you can find inside.
Do you have the strength to go on?
Sakura let the word die as the drums played a loud bang on the cymbols and Tomoyo played the soft background piano part.
In the Audience
Syaoran was shocked at the words Sakura had just sang. They sounded so much like the words someone had told him years ago when he thought there was no hope left in the world. The final chorus shocked him as well, if he had been listening to the whole song, it probably wouldn't have left him stunned.
Onstage
Can you keep a secrect, can you make all of your dreams come true?
If you can, then please do, set me free from you,
Ciaune
Ciaune
Ciaune
Sakura let the last word rise up the scale and slowly die. She finished the song with one last soft word, Ciaune.
Sakura smiled at the screaming crowd, scanning to see how many people were there. Her emerald eyes caught the attention of a black haired Chinese girl with ruby orbs and her hair in pigtails. Sakura stared at the girl, wondering where she had seen her before. Tomoyo was also scanning the crowd and her lavender orbs noticed a black haired boy with navy blue highlights and piercing sapphire eyes. Sakura also noticed the amber eyed boy next to the ruby eyed teenage girl. Her eyes then moved to the sapphire boy standing beside the girl. 'Where have I seen them before?' Sakura and Tomoyo both thought to themselves.
The concert went on for the next two hours; they were singing songs from their debut album, Wish Revealed, and from their newly released record, Wish Released. Sakura then began to speak to the crowd.
"Minna genki?" she asked the crowd again.
"YES!" the crowd answered her back.
"We wanna thank you for coming to our concert tonight. We'll be in town for a week or so. Autograph session tomorrow at noon!" Tomoyo told the screaming crowd.
"Alright! Our final song tonight is 'White Houses', our lastest, chart-topping single that was just released yesterday with our new album!" Sakura cried out to their fans. The crowd screamed and whistled but soon quieted down as Tomoyo began to play the opening notes on the piano and Sakura sang:
Crashed on the floor when I moved in
This little bungalow with some strange new friends
Stay up too late, and I'm too thin
We promise each other it's til the end
Other instruments began to play with Tomoyo's fingers moving swiftly across the keys
Now we're spinning empty bottles
It's the five of us
With pretty eyed boys girls die to trust
I can't resist the day
No, I can't resist the day
Jenny screams out and it's no pose
'Cause when she dances she goes and goes
Beer through the nose on an inside joke
I'm so excited, I haven't spoken
And she's so pretty, and she's so sure
Maybe I'm more clever than a girl like her
The summer's all in bloom
The summer is ending soon
It's alright and it's nice not to be so alone
But I hold on to your secrets in white houses
Tomoyo played a few notes before Sakura began to sing the next verse.
Maybe I'm a little bit over my head
I come undone at the things he said
And he's so funny in his bright red shirt
We were all in love and we all got hurt
I sneak into his car's cracked leather seat
The smell of gasoline in the summer heat
Boy, we're going way too fast
It's all too sweet to last
It's alright
And I put myself in his hands
But I hold on to your secrets in white houses
Love, or something ignites in my veins
And I pray it never fades in white houses
My first time, hard to explain
Rush of blood, oh, and a little bit of pain
On a cloudy day, it's more common than you think
He's my first mistake
Tomoyo played her beautiful piano solo perfectly as Sakura stopped singing for a while. As Sakura began to sing the next line, she stopped playing the piano, only to play a couple of notes. Alow cello played softly throughoutSakura's solo.
Maybe you were all faster than me
We gave each other up so easily
These silly little wounds will never mend
I feel so far from where I've been
Tomoyo began to play again and the drums joined her.
So I go, and I will not be back here again
I'm gone as the day is fading on white houses
The other instruments joined in with the solo piano.
I lie, put my injuries all in the dust
In my heart is the five of us
In white houses
And you, maybe you'll remember me
What I gave is yours to keep
In white houses
The music, except for Tomoyo's piano, quit playing, ending on a final note.
In white houses
In white houses
Tomoyo played the final note and the crowd erupted into applause.
In the audience
Meiling, Eriol, and Syaoran listened intently to the final song. At the end, they applauded just like everyone else, but their minds were whirring with clouded memories and realizations. The song reminded them of themselves two years ago, when Aunt Yelan decided to let them stay a whole year. They couldn't remember what happened exactly, only bits and pieces that were mentioned in 'White Houses.' Meilin remembered a huge argument on December 31, Syaoran was reminded of someone he loved dearly, and Eriol remembered the prank involving apple cider he and Syaoran played on Meiling and two of their friends. But how did that song fit perfectly with faded memories?
What did you think? This is the longest chapter yet, FIVE PAGES!!!! Oh my gosh, it's a record for this fic. I finally got to the 'White Houses' part of the story. The songs, 'Our History' and 'Ciaune' are my poor attempts at making pop songs. But hey, I made them up, so please don't use them in your own fics. Here's you list of foreign words or phrases:
Minna genki?- Translates to 'Is everyone having fun?' It's the same as saying 'Hello Clevland!' I got that from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE Volume two.
Ciaune- It means 'can' in my secrect language that I made up and quite fluent in. Quite handy for talking to someone without everybody knowing what you're saying.
That's it for today! Keep reading, reviewing, and writing minna-san!
Ja ne!
Callista Miralni