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Please, Don't Forget
Chapter Seven: Memories to Dreams
Dream
Where is it? Sakura thought breathlessly.
She was standing on top of the Tokyo tower, the wind blowing her hair to the side. It was cold. She was alone.
Sakura had sensed a dark presence earlier, when she was with Syaoran and had been forced to leave him. He had grown angry and refused to come with her.
"I wish he hadn't gotten mad." She whispered, hugging her arms around herself, a shiver ran through her body.
That feeling…again. Like…darkness. Where is it coming from?
Sakura spun around ,searching desperately for the dark presence. She couldn't find it.
Suddenly something shot at her, knocking the Card Mistress to the ground.
Startled and out of breath, Sakura rolled onto her back, only to see a ball of dark energy hurtling itself at her.
"Ah!" She screamed, diving out of the way just as the ball hit the stone ground. It did nothing to the ground. But Sakura knew, if that attack had hit her, she'd have died.
"Who are you?" Sakura shouted into the cold night air, her emerald eyes darting about wildly, searching for her attacker. "Show yourself!"
Why don't you use the cards? A chilling voice said, echoing across the rooftop.
Sakura glared into the darkness. "What if I don't?"
Then you will die.
Suddenly something hit Sakura, hard, from behind, sending her flying forwards into the side of the building, knocking the wind from her.
Sakura sunk to the ground, gripping her stomach, her eyes closed in pain, shaking. "B-Bastard."
She gripped her staff in her hand tightly, opening her palm. A card appeared in it; The Shadow.
"I'll find you." Sakura stood, shaking, and threw the card into the air. "Shadow card! Release and disbound!" She hit the card with her staff and instantly a dark shadow shot from the card, disappearing into the ground.
Satisfied, Sakura folded her arms across her chest, a smirk crossing her pretty face. "Cake."
The shadow card returned then. The shadow showed her that the person…was right behind her.
Sakura gasped and spun around, her glory moment gone.
There was a man, no, a boy, standing in front of her. He looked about sixteen, two heads taller than her.
She couldn't see his face or the color of his hair, the light of the moon was hidden behind the clouds and the two were in darkness.
He reached out and touched her cheek. "Card Mistress…you don't know how long I've waited for this."
Sakura slapped his hand away, turned, and ran.
Her feet hit the stone ground hard as she ran. His aura was dark, too dark, and menacing. He was pure evil.
She heard his laugh from behind her, then his footsteps in pursuit. Quickly, Sakura ducted behind an air vent and pulled her cell phone from her pocket.
Syaoran was mad at her. Who could she call?
"Tomoyo!" Sakura was frantic as her friend answered the phone. "Tomoyo help!"
"Sakura? Sakura what's wrong?"
"He's attacking me!" Sakura cried, tears springing to her eyes. "I don't know who he is!"
"Wait, attacking you? Sakura where are you? Where's Syaoran?"
"I'm on the roof, the Tokyo tower." Sakura breathed hard, trying to see where the boy was. She could hear his footsteps, getting closer. "Please, get Syaoran."
"Sakura who is attacking you?" Tomoyo asked, she sounded serious, almost angry. "Tell me!"
"I don't know who he is!" Sakura snapped.
Suddenly, there he was. "Hello Saku."
Sakura screamed and jumped to the side as the boy made a grab for her. "Tomoyo get Syaoran!" Then she hung up.
And ran.
Sakura didn't get very far, however, for the boy was fast.
The moon was still hidden behind the clouds, she still couldn't see his face.
He lashed out and grabbed onto her wrist, swinging her around so she slammed into a metal pillar.
Sakura choked in pain, she could taste blood. "Why are you doing this?"
"Why?" The boy laughed as Sakura sunk to her knees. "Because, I want my revenge Sakura. Once the Cardcaptors are dead, I can have your power all to myself."
"But why? I've never met you!"
"Years of waiting in that hell!" The boy shouted, kicking Sakura in the gut, sending her flying to the side. "But no, it wasn't you who trapped me in the spirit world. It was your ancestors. Since they didn't live for this long, I must take my revenge on the next generation."
"Please don't!" Sakura cried as he reached down and grabbed her around the neck, hauling her off her feet.
Suddenly, they heard a faint cry. "Sakura hold on!"
Sakura's smiled faintly, tears streaking down her cheeks. "S-Syaoran…"
The boy smirked down at Sakura, he feet were just barely touching the ground. He tightened his grip. "Ah yes, Syaoran. I remember him. I've been watching you, you know, since you were very young. Since the first of the cards were released."
"N-No…" Sakura barely breathed. Her eyesight was growing fuzzy. She was so close to him…she could almost see his face.
"Yes." He chuckled. "I was there for every capture. But I had to wait." He stopped talking for a while, then smiled. "I have a much better idea than killing you now."
Sakura didn't want to hear it.
"Instead of you dying now, just before your lover can save you, because yes I know that's what you are now Sakura. You love Syaoran, don't you?"
Sakura nodded. No point in lying.
The boy nodded. "He was a Cardcaptor, he has the power. For that, he will suffer too."
"No!" Sakura gasped, but stopped when the boy's grip tightened.
"Yes." The boy snapped. "He will suffer. You will suffer. Then when you have had enough, you will die."
With that said the boy let go of her neck and Sakura fell, coughing, to the ground. But he reached down and grabbed her by the arms, pulling her against him.
"No!" Sakura said, her throat was still a little tender, she couldn't scream. "Let me go!"
The boy smirked, his grip on her arms was painful, she would have bruises.
"Forget Sakura, forget." he whispered, bending over and kissing her on the forehead.
The pain was intense. As soon as his lips touched her skin, Sakura's head started to burn.
Sakura screamed from the pain. He let her go.
Exhausted, the Card Mistress sunk to the ground, the pain wracking her body. "Syaoran…"
Then, Sakura saw the boy's face as he turned to leave.
"You…" She breathed.
And fell into darkness.
End Dream
Sakura sat up from her bed, her eyes wide in shock. Her head still burned slightly.
Tears were rolling down her cheeks, the vision of the boy in her dream still loomed.
"Sakura?" A voice said from beside her bed.
Sakura gasped and turned. Touya.
"Are you okay?" Touya asked. He was standing beside her bed, as if he'd been watching over her as she slept. "You were talking in your sleep."
Sakura shook her head and closed her eyes, burying her face in her hands and letting the tears fall. "I don't know what's wrong Touya!"
"Shh." Touya cooed, sitting on the bed next to her and wrapping his arms around her small frame. "It's alright Sakura."
"No it's not!" Sakura cried, burying her face in his chest. She hadn't cried in front of her brother in the longest time. She hadn't cried like this in the longest time. She couldn't remember the last time she cried like this.
"Why can't I remember?" Sakura asked through tears, her shoulders shaking with each sob. "I can't remember anything Touya! I can't remember when I was ten, I can't remember two years ago! I don't know what happened!"
Touya sighed, but he didn't say anything. Instead he just hugged her harder.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Sakura whispered, pulling away from him slightly, his hands were still on her shoulders, she stared into her lap. "Why?"
Touya smiled down at her, but it was a sad smile. Sakura knew that Touya worried about her and was very protective, but she never knew why. He would never tell her.
"Sakura," Touya said softly, brushing a tear from her chin. "I can't tell you what happened in the years from your tenth birthday to that night on the tower. I can't."
"So you know then?" Sakura asked, suddenly almost…angry.
Touya shook his head. "Not all of it, I only know a bit. But what you have to know, what you have to remember, is that you have people who love you very much and will do anything for you, help you whenever you need it. Okay? Just remember that."
Sakura nodded, wiping her eyes. "In my dream…just now. It was that night, on the tower. But I don't know if it actually happened."
"What happened?"
She told him about her dream, all about it. Everything.
"But that's impossible Touya." Sakura said once she was finished her tale. "The boy, he said I was…a Cardcaptor and that I was in love with Syaoran. I only met Syaoran that night on the roof. I couldn't be in love with him."
Huge crush on him and unnerving attraction? Yes. Love? No…I couldn't.
Touya smiled down at her. "It's possible Sakura."
"Then tell me." Sakura said sternly. "Did I know Syaoran before?"
Touya nodded. "You've known that little brat since you were ten." He let go of her and got off the bed. "Now, who wants some breakfast? No school today!"
Sakura sighed. "I will."
"Good, be down in half an hour." Touya said, walking from the room.
He left Sakura to think, and sit, about what he'd just told her.
"I…knew him? But how?" How could I know someone since I was ten when I only met him a year ago? Is what the boy said true? Was I…in love with Syaoran.
She remembered what the boy had said. "Instead of you dying now, just before your lover can save you, because yes I know that's what you are now Sakura. You love Syaoran, don't you?"
"Impossible." Sakura breathed, getting out of bed and quickly taking a shower.
Once out of the shower Sakura pulled out some clothes, a black pleated skirt that fell above her knees and a red zip-up hoodie. She slipped her necklace over her head.
When she noticed something.
The star, on top of the key.
"No…" It was just like the star on top of the staff she'd used in her dream. Exactly like it. "Can this…become the staff?" Sakura closed her eyes, trying to remember what she'd said to make the staff transform. But she hadn't said the chant in her dream.
"The other dream…" Sakura said, remembering the one with the little flying animal. "O key of Clow, power of magic, power of light," She chanted. She cold feel something rise inside her, like a warm feeling. It felt good. "Surrender the wand, the force ignite! Release!"
She held up the key in her palm in front of her. But nothing happened. The feeling was still there though, like something was moving around inside her, fighting to get out.
"Sakura! Breakfast's ready!" Touya shouted from the kitchen.
"Coming!" Sakura shouted back.
She turned and looked at herself in the mirror, the key still extended in front of her, as if she were giving it to herself.
Why hadn't it worked? It had worked in the dream… She gasped. Because the key was different in the dream!
She remembered. In her dream the key had been in the shape of a bird, not a star. But in her most recent dream, the staff had been a star.
How had it changed?
"I'll find out. Maybe…Syaoran will know."
Long chapter lol. Hope you liked it! Review!