The Forgotten One
By: Crimsonnekoladyinu
A.N./ Hello! Finally I got reviews! -cries with happiness- I'm so happy! Also I am thankful to Sash Ruby for her cunstructiveness! I agree I had over described Calypso just a tad, but that was only because she's an OC and I really want you all to understand what she looks like. . And as for the notes with the smilie faces, sometimes I can get too lazy, or just don't know how to explain something into the story, so I write a little authors note. But because I now understand it may turn some people off, I will try to cut back on them. Thank you for the reviews!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the CCS characters or the plotness. I do own the plot of this story though! –runs around like an idiot yelling about how she owns the plot-
-Chapter One- A Dream
-Sakura's POV-
Where am I?
Why is it so dark?
I feel as though I'm high up…where am I?
Finally I realize my eyes are closed, and I open them to see why I can feel such cold wind, and why I can hear the clinking of metal. My gaze is met with the lit expanse of Tokyo, why am I here? I look around me and I see that I am indeed very high up, but how is this so? I look under my feet and find that I am standing on a metal surface; I then continue to turn around, and come face to surface with the Tokyo Tower. That was why I felt such cold wind. The rope which tied the national flag down showed me where the sound of clinking metal came from, because the wind made it whack the pole it was tied to.
But why am I here?
I look around me and find myself reminiscing on the time I had come here to earn my right to be called master of the cards. The ordeal seemed so very long ago now. But to look back on it today, I can only think all those hardships were worth it, if not for them I would have never made so many new friends. The cards, Kero-chan, Yue-san and of course I can't forget about Meilin-chan and Eriol-kun. But above all of them, I am thankful for meeting Syaoran, my most important person. If not for the hardships I had gone through, I wouldn't have gotten to know him, or ever met him in fact. And truly, simply meeting him mad it all worth it.
"Brings back memories doesn't it?" I heard a voice speak, and I snap my head to the left, where it had come from. I was met with a familiar face, someone who had helped, and troubled me quite a bit in days gone by.
Clow Reed.
It had been so long since I had last met him this way, and I had to rub my eyes to make sure he was really there and I wasn't hallucinating. He was indeed there.
"Clow-san? Why are you here?" I asked him, and, instead of being met with the smile he had always given me before, a look of deep sorrow and regret was brought onto his features. He looked away from me and in the direction I had been looking not too long ago. "I'm here to apologize; more trouble will be coming to you Sakura, because of me. But this time…I did not intend for it to happen."
His voice was so full of remorse; I felt my face sag in sadness as well. "What do you mean? There isn't another Clow card is there?" surely that wasn't the reason, why would there have been such a long time gap if that were the case. Clow only stood there, looking in the direction of-
Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted by a presence! What power! I hadn't felt such an imposing force since Eriol had been around. But what could possibly generate such an enormous aura, what power could possibly rival that of Eriol-kun? Of Clow-san? I briefly glance over to my left, but gasp when I see that Clow-san is no longer there, and I hear a very soft, very gentle voice, Clow-san's voice. I'm sorry…I'm sorry. For a reason I did not know, I felt as though he were not talking to me.
I then look off into the distance, the direction I sense the presence from, and I find its coming from the direction of my own home town, Tomoeda, the same way Clow had been looking.
And suddenly, everything became bright, as though the sun had risen and it was now mid-day, I had to shield my eyes from the abrupt change. How odd…But just as quickly, everything became dark once again, a darkness even worse than that of the night. It was as though the sun had been blacked out entirely. I look around me, trying to find the source of this, seemingly, unnatural phenomenon, but am met with no answers.
I look back in the direction of Tomoeda, where the presence seems to be getting stronger. And then, as though a nightlight had been turned on in a deep, dark cave, a light burst up from there, and I was nearly thrown off my feet by the force of it. So bright.
And as if I had not been surprised enough, I feel myself being pulled by the light, and find myself flying over Tokyo, at breakneck speeds, to the point where everything was a blur. Everything around me seemed to shrink, and disappear, as I was pulled by the unknown force, and quickly I was coming up on my home town.
I am zipped past my neighborhood, my school, and the Tsukimine (I think I spelled that right…) shrine, but my gaze is caught momentarily by the large Sakura tree which resides there. I felt as though I would need that tree for some reason once again, and I felt confused as to why I thought that.
Another familiar scene, the amusement park. Where Eriol's - no- Clow's house had once stood, proud and majestic. Finally, as though I had been flying for years, though truly it must have been only several seconds, I start to slow down as I come ever closer to the place that had once served as a battleground for the hardest fight I had ever fought. Pictures flashed through my mind from that time, my cards disappearing, along with my friends. Meeting VOID and making a new friend out of her. And the most precious memory of that time, it was when I had finally confessed my feelings for Syaoran, and he had accepted them as well. I can't help the smile that comes to my face at the thought.
But that smile is soon swept away to be replaced by a look of great fear. The presence, the presence was strongest here. I look around hastily, looking for the one responsible for such an enormous power. And this time, I found an answer.
Up on the very same clock where I had fought my heart out, literally, stood someone I had never met before, their back turned to me. Beautiful white silk linens ruffled in the strong wind, and long light brown hair blew along with them. But what caught my attention most were the wings on this persons back. Black, silky looking feather appendages much like those of Yue-san and Kero-chan…but…
I felt so confused, who was this person? How could there possibly be another out there like the guardians of the cards? I ignored the little inkling in my head that was reminding me of Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun. Their case was different.
This person, this person's aura was much different from any of those four. It was much stronger, and…had so much sorrow and anger tangled into it. I cannot bring myself to turn away from the sight of the beautiful, yet obviously dangerous being.
And then, they turned around.
And I met eyes so full of hate…and oddly love at the same time. Filled with sadness, no joy to be found. The wind blew their long locks into their face, so I could not get a good look, but I did notice…that their eyes were a deep emerald green.
Just like my own…
-End Sakura's POV-
BLEEPBLEEPBLEEP
"Hoe!" A womanly yell came from a certain house, followed up by the resounding thump of something falling to the floor.
Sakura Kinamoto sat up from her sprawled position on the floor and rubbed her abused head. "Owwww" she moaned softly, wincing when her hand came in contact with a soft spot. "What in the world happened…" she looked around her room.
"You overslept again!" a voice yelled from behind her and she jumped, surprised by the suddenness. It was none of then Kero, the guardian beast of the seal. And in his paws he held Sakura's alarm clock, which confused Sakura even more…until she finally realized what he did.
"Kero-chan! Why did you put that thing right next to my ear?" she yelled at him. He only scoffed softly and put the item in question onto her bedside shelf next to her old doll, the very one Tomoyo had given her back in fourth grade. (I think it was fourth grade…-.0)
Kero floated over to her desk and plopped himself on the backrest of her chair. "It had rung a full three times already! You wouldn't wake up with it all the way over here!" he waved his tiny paws at the desk. Sakura blinked for a few minutes, and then scrambled for her alarm clock. She took one look at it before the whole neighborhood was awoken by her record breaking "HOOOOEEEEEE!"
Down stairs Toya and Fujitaka both winced and sighed when they heard the ritual scrambling, thumping and falling of heavy things.
"Kero-chan! Why didn't you wake me sooner?" Sakura yelled as she pulled her school uniform on hastily. "I'm gonna be late again!" Kero sighed from his spot on the chair, "It isn't my fault you sleep like a rock-AUGH!" he was firmly met with a pillow catapulted from the bed.
As Sakura steamed about his remark, she went to her mirror to brush her hair, which was slightly longer now. As she looked at her reflection, she couldn't stop herself from staring at her eyes. They reminded her of her dream.
She stopped mid-brush, "Kero-chan…I had a dream last night." Kero, who was just coming out from under the pillow huffed and keh'd, "Keh! So? You always have dreams Sakura, so does everyone else!" He sat upon the pillow and crossed his paws. Sakura put the brush down on the desk and turned to him with a somewhat urgent look, "That's not what I mean Kero-chan! This wasn't an ordinary dream! It was like the ones I used to have, back before the judgment, and when Eriol-kun was here…" This caught Kero's attention, "You mean one of your premonition dreams?" Sakura nodded, "It seemed so…Clow-san was there." Now all Kero could do was sputter, not knowing what to say.
It had been a whole six years since all the cards had been changed and everything returned to normal. Sakura had not had a dream like that since then.
She, Tomoyo and all of their old friends were now juniors in highschool, matured and wittier than ever, though of course there was always room for some good ol' fashioned kid fun.
After the VOID card had been changed into the HOPE, Syaoran and Meilin had returned home to Hong Kong to finish up school, but still visited every single summer since. They were planning on coming back to Japan for college, accompanying all of their old friends, who planned to stick together.
Eriol had visited a couple of times in the past six years as well, three times to be exact. Also, Sakura received letters monthly from him, having made him another pen pal of hers, and he helped her mature in her magic along with Kero.
Speaking of magic, Sakura had grown substantially in these years gone by. True she didn't have much to train on anymore, since there were no longer any strange incidents, but she and Kero went out on a regular basis to practice. Yue had joined them a few times as well to give his own pointers.
But never had she had another dream like that, another premonition. What could it mean? Who was that person she saw? And…why did Clow Reed seem so sad and restless? These thoughts ran through Sakura's mind as she reflexively put her hair into pigtails.
"There was another person too…" she said softly, getting Kero's attention, who had been staring into space as well. "They had long hair, light brown with a golden tint, and clothes of the purest white I had ever seen. Their eyes were a lot like mine, but so cold…and joyless." Kero stroked his round chin as she talked, "Also…" Sakura looked up from her lap and at Kero, "Kero-chan, they had wings…just like you and Yue-san" Kero nearly fell from his floating position near her head, "What?" Sakura was nodding the entire time, "But…they were black. Not the pure white kind of feathers you have, but they were still beautiful." The floating toy looked down at the ground, slowly lowering himself so that he sat upon Sakura's knee. "Wings…that's odd. How could there be another person with wings, and somehow related to Clow no less!" Sakura's eyes snapped all the way open and she picked Kero up, looking him strait in the eye. "You don't think there could be another guardian do you?" Kero blinked, looking at her as if she had just grown another head. "Another guardian?" he snorted and pulled himself out of her grip, floating once more. "There's no way that's who they were! Yue and I are the ONLY guardians of the cards. You can even ask that Eriol kid, he has Clows memories, let him tell ya!" from behind him Kero heard Sakura start to shuffle around and turned to see what she was doing.
Sakura had pulled out her newer version of the cell phones Tomoyo had given her and Syaoran way back in elementary. Kero face-faulted into the floor. "I wasn't serious Sakura!" But it was too late, Sakura was calling Eriol, completely ignoring Kero now.
-BringBringBring- The phone rang and was then picked up after the third ring. –Click- "Hello?"
"Eriol-kun? Its me Sakura!" Sakura nearly yelled into the phone.
"Sakura?Is something wrong? You sound a little shaken."
Sakura shook her head, and then remembered Eriol wouldn't be able to see so spoke her negative. "No I'm fine just…I think something's going to happen again Eriol-kun. Something bad." She could practically hear the surprise from the other side of the phone line. He had obviously not been expecting that.
"What do you mean Sakura?"
Sakura swallowed hard before continuing. "I had a dream. Another premonition like I used to have. I don't think I had ever told you about them, but I used to dream of big things before they happened. Like when Syaoran would arrive, and the last judgment."
"Yes Sakura, I know of your ability to see the future. Clow Reed had known about them, and so so do I. But what could possibly be so bad to have shaken you like this?"
"I dreamt of a person with black wings, and a really strong power. Clow Reed was there too, telling me more trouble would be coming. And he was apologizing…but anyway! I was calling to ask you if Clow-san had created any other guardians besides Yue-san and Kero-chan!" her voice was full of hope that somehow she would be wrong about all this, and that dream was just a product of the burritos they had eaten last night.
There was a long silence on the other side, "I cannot recall anything of another guardian. But you say Clow Reed was there? Did he say anything about this?"
Sakura thought for a moment. "All he said was more trouble would be coming because of him. And he said that this time he hadn't meant for it to happen. He sounded so sad…regretful. And he was apologizing, even after disappearing. And…it sounded like he was talking to someone else, but I don't know who."
Another long silence…"It sounds like Clow had done something, and its coming back somehow…to get revenge maybe."
"But that doesn't make sense Eriol-kun! If you can't remember anything like that, then that can't be the case!" Her hands were starting to shake now, and she could vaguely hear Kero shouting in the background.
"Unless…Clow Reed had erased his own memory…"
Sakuras eyes went wide, and she nearly dropped the phone, "But…but then why did he come to me in my dream! He sounded as though he knew exactly what was going on! If he had erased his own memory I don't see how he could have-" Eriol cut her off.
"But he had died Sakura, and usually, a magicians powers begin to fade, unless they specifically make it so they won't in a particular situation. If he had erased his memory, then he would of course not have remembered doing so. And after dieing, his spirit would regain those memories."
"But that still doesn't explain how you can't remember Eriol-kun." She said softly.
There was another long pause…and it was too long for Eriol to have been thinking. "Eriol-kun? Eriol-kun are you there?" she shouted into the phone.
And just like that, the line went dead.
Sakura dropped her phone and plopped backwards onto her bed, eyes wide. Kero was yelling at her and tugging on her uniform. "Sakura! What did he say?" She blinked, coming out of her spacey reverie and looked at Kero, as if he had just appeared out of nowhere. "He said…" she had to think to remember, "He said he thinks Clow had done something in the past, and erased his own memory to forget about it. It must have been something bad, and now it's coming back for revenge…" she shivered and wrapped her arms around herself. "I'm scared Kero-chan."
Keros face softened, and he floated over to perch himself on her shoulder, gently tapping the side of her head in comfort. "It's alright Sakura, whatever happens; Yue and I will be here to protect you." Sakura slowly stopped shivering and looked at Kero in thanks. "Thank you Kero-chan." She gave him a swift hug and let him go, looking at her clock.
That was a bad idea.
"HOOOOOEEEEEEEEE! I'm gonna be late I'm gonna be laaaateeeee!" she yelled running through the hall, down the stairs, slowed down and grabbed some toast off of Toya's plate (with a angered "hey!" following.) threw on her blades and jetted out the door. "Itekimasu!" she yelled after her.
(Sorry to interrupt, but just wanted to say that Toya's home visiting. We'll just say he had moved far away after college. )
From behind a wall not too far away, two pairs of eyes watched Sakura skate off towards school.
A.N./ I couldn't help it! I wanted to end it there! Buehehehee! I could have made it longer, much longer I know. But I will be mean and stop it there! Ha! Review if you want more! )