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Please, Don't Forget
Chapter Eight: Trying
Syaoran sat under a tree, his back leaning against the cool wood, his eyes closed in thought. There was only one thing on his mind.
Sakura.
If she didn't remember soon, or find some way to get to the cards, to at least touch them and let them know she was still there…they'd be set free and chaos would erupt all over the earth.
But then…whoever had attacked them would capture them, somehow, and the world would be even more screwed than before.
"This sucks." Syaoran sighed, opening his eyes.
He gasped.
There was Sakura, standing right in front of him, her hands clasped together nervously, her eyes worried.
"Oh. H-Hey Sakura." Syaoran said as cheerfully as he could after being scared half to death. "What's up?"
Sakura didn't say anything at first, instead she went and sat in front of him on the grass, her mouth set in a firm line.
"Sakura?" Syaoran asked, reaching out and touching her hand.
It was almost as if, by touching her hand he'd pressed play, for Sakura suddenly started talking, really fast.
All Syaoran heard was "I had this dream" "When did I really meet you?" and "Touya said we met when we were ten."
"Wait, wait, wait." Syaoran said, holding up his hands, begging her to stop. "Slow down Sakura. Start from the beginning." Sakura took a deep breath. Why wouldn't she look him in the eye?
"I had a dream last night," She started.
"What was it about?"
"That night, a year ago." Sakura said, her fingers playing with the hem of her skirt nervously. "Except…I think it was before I woke up."
This is it…Syaoran thought breathlessly. The dream. Maybe now I can find out who did this to her.
He sat and listened.
"I was on the tower, searching for something, a dark presence…when I was attacked. It was a boy, not too much older than me. He said I was a…Cardcaptor and that he was sealed away for many years. He said he'd been watching me and you since we were young, watching something called…captures. He said we captured cards."
Syaoran nodded. "Go on."
"Well, then I heard you call for me, and he said…anyways, he said instead of killing me now he'd make me…and you…suffer. And when we'd had enough he'd kill us. He…kissed my forehead and then my body started to burn. I screamed and passed out."
Syaoran sat there, unable to speak. The guy…had kissed her?
"When I woke up Touya was standing beside my bed, he said that I was talking in my sleep. When I woke up my head still hurt and I was still crying, like the dream had been real. I asked Touya if I'd known you before that night of the roof."
"He said yes." Syaoran said, finishing for her. "We'd met when we were ten."
Sakura nodded, finally, her emerald eyes lifted to meet his almond ones. "Is that true?"
Syaoran nodded. "It is. I met you first when I came here, we went to the same school. I'm sorry I didn't tell you Sakura but I-"
He was cut off when she suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.
Syaoran was, no doubt, shocked by her actions. Why would she do that?
Not that he was complaining.
"Uh…sorry." Sakura said, her cheeks bright red, pulling away from him. "I don't know why I did that."
Syaoran nodded. Had she seen…what he saw, when she kissed him?
The vision was of him and her, sanding on the bridge in the park. Just before Syaoran had left for Hong Kong…when he'd confessed his love.
"Did you see that?" Sakura asked, taking to words right out of his mouth.
Syaoran nodded, cupping her face with his hands. "Yes."
He brought his lips to hers gently, the memory of her kiss had seemed to far away. He longed to revive it.
Sakura didn't pull away this time, instead Syaoran felt her kiss him back, her arms slip cautiously around his neck.
Visions flashed through Syaoran's mind. Flashes of he and Sakura on the bridge, when Syaoran had watched her from a branch of a tree, Syaoran's jealousy when Eriol had first come to Tamoeda and paid too much attention to Sakura, everything.
Every new vision that came Sakura kissed him harder, as if she was remembering everything, their dates, their time together, their love.
Syaoran, also, felt it hard to control himself. He'd already slipped his arms around her waist and pulled her into his lap, tilting her head to kiss her more deeply, his tongue slipping gingerly into her mouth.
Suddenly, Sakura pulled away, her arms still around his neck, but she wasn't looking at him.
"What's wrong?" Syaoran asked. "I-I'm sorry."
"No." Sakura said, turning to look at him. Her eyes were glazed over with tears. "It's not you. But…I saw things, memories. But I can't remember them. I should be able to remember them."
Syaoran sighed and wrapped his arms around her, holding her tightly against his chest.
"Why does this feel so right?" Sakura asked. "Being with you…when you hold me it feels like I've done this before…like you've held me before."
Syaoran didn't answer.
"Why?" Sakura asked again. "Syaoran what happened to me?"
Syaoran kissed her forehead lightly, smiling faintly at her, rubbing tears from her cheeks with his thumb. "It feels right Sakura, because we were together. But there was an accident…and you forgot everything."
"But why that time from when I was ten until a year ago?" She asked, taking hold of his hands in hers. Her hands were so small compared to his. "Why?"
"I don't know for sure." Syaoran said. "But…if you can Sakura, because I fear that you wont remember me in the morning, try to fight it. Okay?"
"Fight it? I can…remember, if I want to?"
"I'm sure you can." Syaoran sighed. "Eriol, Meilin, Tomoyo and I have been searching for answers for a year now, and we haven't come up with anything. The answer lies with you Sakura, only you can break the spell."
"It's…a spell? You mean, in my dream, the Cardcaptors, that's us?"
Syaoran nodded. "Yes. That's us. But I can't tell you anymore okay? Don't ask me anymore. All I'll say now is that only you can remember."
Sakura nodded and rested against his chest again. "Thank you Syaoran."
I wish I could tell you everything. Syaoran thought sadly.
Sakura walked through the streets of Tamoeda a few hours later. She'd just left Syaoran. She'd found out so much about her past in just those few hours.
She had to tell Tomoyo.
Tomoyo's house wasn't far from where Sakura was; the school. So she kept on walking. If she'd wanted she could have just called Tomoyo to come and pick her up, saying it was an emergency, but she didn't.
I was in an accident. Cardcaptors are real, whatever they are, and I am one. Sakura thought. But I wonder…why would that boy attack me? And…who is he?
Suddenly, a wave of dizziness hit Sakura. She rested her hand on her forehead and leaned against a parked car. "Oh…"
Her world was spinning, the colors and textures mixing together.
"What's happening?" Sakura breathed. But all air left her.
"Hey, are you okay sweetie?" A female voice asked.
Sakura looked weakly at the woman whose car Sakura was leaning on. "Oh…I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" The woman asked. Her green eyes were worried.
Sakura nodded.
And the dizziness left her.
Standing straight, Sakura shook her head. "I'm okay, really."
"Are you sure? You looked pretty sick there for a moment." The woman said.
Sakura smiled. "Thanks for worrying about me, I appreciate it."
"No problem honey. Boy troubles?"
Sakura looked at the woman oddly. "No. I don't have a boyfriend or anything."
"Okay then, you be careful." The woman smiled.
Sakura nodded and walked away from the car. Once she was down the street, Sakura stopped.
Where was she going?
Sakura stood there for a while, thinking. She tried to remember where she was going, but she couldn't.
"Let's see…" Sakura sighed, thinking back. The last thing she could remember was waking up from that nightmare. That's it. No talk with Touya.
No talk with Syaoran.
Sakura couldn't remember anything about her day except the dream.
Shrugging, Sakura turned and head for home, a pair of icy blue eyes watching her go.
"Soon." He whispered.
Okay! I had to make her forget, otherwise the next two chapters wouldn't have worked out as well. Review!