Introduction

I am thirteen years old. My name is Sakura Kinomoto. I have a mother, father, and a sister who's twenty years old named Akina. From when I was born to age eight, I was a happy innocent child. Then, I learned cruel things, things that should've never be heard with my ears. From age nine to age fourteen, I've longed to know what death is like. How it is when my soul departs from my body and the nightmare placed upon this world. But, I learned that there was something more meaningful, something more satisfying. Then, I lost the reason to die but I found something more terrifying: a reason to kill.

Chapter One

In my world, there is only a few things you can be born under: an assassin, samurai, martial artist, hunter, part of an organization, or innocent civilians. My family is just innocent and isn't part of anything except for Akina who chose to become part of an organization. This organization is called Destiny. Its purpose is money. Everyone there is greedy and will even kill just to keep their status. It's one of the most famous organizations all over the world. I haven't seen Akina ever since she took part of it years ago.

Akina closed the door and said," Ma, Pa, I'm home." She hugged me and picked up my doll that I dropped. Ma immediately pulled me away from her and slapped her across her face. Ma was holding a piece of paper that was crumpled in her hand. She had tears flowing down her cheeks.
Akina quietly said," Baby Sis, go to your room. I'll play with you and your dolls later." I nodded and ran to my room.
Ma said," What is the meaning of this letter? How could you have been hiding something like this from me and your Pa?"
Pa said," The Destiny, that's the group you've dared to mess around with even though we've told you never to get involved in the real world out there!"
Akina protested," Now we can get more money like we always needed!"
Ma said angrily," Through deceit, stealing, and greed!"
Akina said," We're desperate, our house is already on mortgage and is about to be taken away! We can't afford this anymore."
Pa replied," What we can't afford is having our first born be engaged in a group that is even willing to kill innocent people just for money. Is that what you want, to be a murderer?"
Akina started to get frustrated," It's not like I'm growing up to become an assassin!"
Ma said," No, but you will be the one who'll hire assassins to get the money."
Akina exclaimed," There's more to just getting money from my organization! I'm already in it for good! Anyone who tries to take me out will be killed. You can't take me out!"
Pa said," I refuse to have a member of Destiny live under this house."
Akina shrugged," Fine." She walked up to our room that we share. I turned around and saw her putting clothes into her bag.
I said," Akina, are you going somewhere?" She looked around for more stuff to pack. When she was done, she knelt down to my level and put a hand on my shoulder.

Akina smiled," Sakura-chan, I'm already a young lady and I have to leave this house."
I started crying," No! You can't! Stay little then. Stay little like me!"

She gave a small laugh and looked at me in my eyes," Sakura." I knew the tone in her voice. She's going to go.

I cried," You can't go! What do I got to do to see you again?"

Akina sighed," Through business probably."

I replied," I'll become an assassin then, Akina-san! I have to see you again."

Akina shooked her head," I don't want you to turn into one."

I said," I have to! You're my sister I have to-"

Akina said angrily," You won't become one just to see me! Promise me you won't."

I muttered," I promise I won't turn into one." She smiled and gave me one last hug and walked out of the room. I stayed on my bed and tried to stop crying but the tears wouldn't listen to me. I had to stay strong and get used to not having a sister around.

Ma said," Where are you going?"

Akina shrugged," Pa said he refuses to have a member of Destiny living in this house. I'm leaving."

Pa said in a cold voice," You are forbidden to ever come back." Akina left the door without hesitation. I looked out the window watching her leave our village knowing that is the last time she'll ever step foot into this village. Before I fell asleep, the last thing I heard was the sound of Ma sobbing.

I stared at the clock. It said 1:35 A.M. Well, it's way past than my curfew. I was already in trouble so it doesn't matter anyway. My house in the village is just below me. For now, I'm sitting in my favorite spot, on the big rock right before the waterfall. Above the rock, is where the moon would glow. The waterfall falls into a long line of a river and my village lies right beside it. This is where I'd come when I want to get away from all my troubles or to think. For now, I'm thinking about my past and what I should be. There's a secret about my village which by the way is called Shioru. Each of us possess a special skill depending on the element that flows within the blood inside. The element that flows within me is water.

Suddenly, I heard a loud explosion. I stood up immediately to see what was going on in Shioru. I gasped as I saw what was going on. The houses was on fire and I saw several outsiders running around throwing more fire on the other houses. I started running back. I had to find my parents. I had to find out what was going on. How could this kind of thing be an accident? No, this couldn't be. Someone must've found out what special skills my people possess and is out to kill all of us. I finally reached my house and it was also on fire falling apart. I couldn't find my parents anywhere and I started running to look for them.

This boy about a year older than my age grabbed my hand and said," Don't look for your family. We have to find a way out of here. We need to get as much survivors as we can. Let's go!"

I cried," And let my parents die?!"

He said," They're already dead. Your house was one of the first one they went after. We have to go." He pulled me and started running for the woods I was just recently in. He went to another guy that was waiting for him.

He said," Do you know any place we can go to hide?"

I nodded," The top of the waterfall. No one goes there. There's an oak tree nearby there. It's really big and we can hide underneath it." They nodded in agreement and I lead the way to there. We immediately went under the tree. After a while, we heard footsteps and shouts.

" Are there any survivors?"

" No, I can't seem to find any."

" Keep looking, we can't have any Shioru survivors! Their spells will kill any of us and we must make them die."

" Good thing Akina told us about them.", I gasped and the boy covered my mouth," She'll be the only Shioru child in the Destiny organization that can possess this magic. We'll attack any village that possesses magic and we could take over everything."

" Yeah, that shows how powerful we are! Let's go. There's no way that there is survivors. No one could survive that explosion." After the footsteps went away, we waited a few more minutes and went out.

The boy cried," You know you could've gotten us caught! Learn to keep quiet!"

I looked down trying not to cry," I'm sorry. The girl that they mentioned, Akina, is my elder sister."

He said," Oh, I see. Uh, what is your name?"

I said looking up at him," My name's Kinomoto, Sakura Kinomoto, age thirteen."

He replied," Oh, my name is Hirogazawa, Eriol Hirogazawa, age fourteen." The other one walked to us.

He said," My name is Li, Syaoran Li, age fourteen. We don't need to be formal so use first names." I simply nodded and looked down. How could this happen? If I didn't stay past my curfew, I would've ended up in the fire, that burning crinsom fire.

Eriol said," Sakura, are you okay?" I nodded.

Syaoran said," You said that Akina is your sister?"

I started sobbing," She joined this organization a few years back, Destiny, and I know it's her who told them about this village. This village's not even located on a map! How could she let a bunch of assassins kill her own home, her family?!"

Syaoran said," Sakura, it'll be okay. We'll figure something out." He put his arms around me and I cried on him the whole night.