Disclaimer: The wonderful people of CLAMP owns CCS. Sunrise owns Escaflowne. I do not own either. I can only wish to own either, but would wishing do me any good? Noo…
Chapter 1: Endless Sorrow
Sometimes I dream about strange creatures, creatures that give me power beyond my wildest imaginations. Sometimes I wake up screaming, because of the pain these dreams cause me. I don't know what these dreams about, all I know is that they hurt. The creatures…they seem so real, but how can they be? It's as if they call out to me, they call out my name… "Sakura…."
"Wake up!" Touya yelled, while pounding the door.
Sakura rubbed her eyes. Time to go to school already? she thought. Slowly she got up from the bed and put on her uniform.
"Hurry up, or I'll leave!!"
"I'm coming!! Geez, have a little patience!" she yelled back. Quickly combing her long, golden brown hair, she tied it into a ponytail, then opened the door.
"Finally!" her brother exclaimed. "I thought maybe you'd be more responsible when you got to high school, but you're still the same, lazy, irresponsible kaijuu!"
Sakura glared at him. "Shut up, Touya!"
"Make me!" her older brother said smugly.
"Fine!" She stamped on his foot. Sakura smiled with satisfaction when she heard the loud yell from her brother.
Rubbing his foot, he muttered, "Once a kaijuu, always a kaijuu…."
The 18-year-old girl just ignored him. "Come on!! Let's go already!"
"LEE!!" yelled Meilin. "How long do you plan to sit there and daydream?!"
"Huh?" Syaoran jerked his head up, to see his cousin staring at him. "I…I wasn't daydreaming!!"
"Yes you were! I bet you're dreaming about Sakura again!" She pouted. "You can never forget about her, can you? Even if you're engaged to that girl, Lilith. And plus, Sakura doesn't even remember you anymore!! So why do you still care about her?"
Yes, it's true. She doesn't even know me anymore, much less love me. Her memory was wiped clean of the Clow Cards, and everything that ever happened between us. It was from a car accident, and I was driving. A person was speeding, and hit the side of the car. Sakura's head was injured, and she got amnesia. Her brother blamed me for everything, and forbade me to see her. I couldn't blame him for doing so, because I think it's my fault too. If I never took her out, it wouldn't be this way….
Poor Syaoran. The only girl he could ever care for forgot about him. And that brother of hers, forbidding Syaoran from seeing Sakura! How dare he! Stopping them so Touya could keep her to himself, that's what I'm thinking. Nothing could come between Li and Sakura before, and now Syaoran's engaged. I wouldn't mind if it was Sakura, but it's another girl! And Syaoran didn't even reject! Oooh, that makes me so mad….
"Syaoran!" a girl with dark purple eyes exclaimed. "Mother's looking for you! She says that we need to take the wedding pictures today! It's finally nice outside, after all that rain!" She grimaced. "So let's…."
"Do we really have to take those pictures?" Syaoran said coldly. "And please don't call Yelan 'mother'. As long as we're not married, you should refer to her as 'aunt'."
The girl faltered. "Well, we're going to be married soon, I didn't think it would make much of a difference…plus, I want to get used to it first!" She giggled
>Meilin snorted. "Why can't you just do as you're told?
"Why can't YOU just mind your own business! And why are you always against me! I've tried to earn your friendship, but you just ignore me! What did I ever do to you?" The girl ran off with tears in her eyes.
"Ugh!! I hate her!" Meilin exclaimed. "No wonder you keep dreaming about Sakura!"
Syaoran stayed silent.
"Hey Hitomi! Let's go on The Abyss next!"
"Fine, Yukari…"
Hitomi and her best friend, Yukari, were on a school trip to Hong Kong. Today, the class went Ocean Park, and Hitomi and her friends were trying out the rides.
"Hurry up Hitomi! The line up isn't going to get any shorter!"
"Okay! Just wait up!" Hitomi chased after her friends, half wishing she didn't have to go on the ride. Looking up at the looming structure made her tremble with fear. She heard the passengers' screams of delight as the car plunged down and bounced back up, yet to drop again, and fell for the third time before the passengers were allowed to climb out of their seats. Her friends chatted about the sights and scenes of Hong Kong, and which place they loved best. Finally, they were on the machine. Some girls were giggle excitedly. Hitomi groaned
"Why did you have to drag me along?" she moaned to Yukari.
"It'll be fun!"
"Sure it will," she muttered. "You know I hate these-" She had no time to finish her sentence. The car was slowly rising, and Hitomi squeezed her eyes shut.
"Omigosh! Look at the view!" Yukari exclaimed.
Hitomi forced open her eyes. Yukari was right; the view was breathtaking. The ocean stretched ahead of them, and the sky was a serene blue. Slowly, the ride came to a stop. Then suddenly, it dropped straight down. Hitomi screamed. Yukari, who was sitting beside her, was whooping with glee. The car rised up again, though not as high, and dropped. The passengers could finally get off the contraption.
"Never again!" one girl cried. The others nodded in agreement.
Yukari was the only one who disagreed. "I wanna go again!" She pouted. "Come on, who want to go with me? Hitomi-chan? Please?"
Hitomi shook her head. "Once is enough for me, thanks!"
"Oh fine, spoilsports!" Yukari sulked.
"Let's get some food," their friend suggested.
"Alright!" said Yukari, perkening up again. "Last one there has to buy for everyone!" Quickly, Yukari sprinted to the food stands. The other girls, not wanting to be last, hurriedly chased after her. Hitomi rolled her eyes, and ran with all her might. She turned and looked at the astonished looks on her friends' faces, and CRASH! The green eyed girl stumbled onto the ground, and a young man, also on the ground, gaped at her. Hitomi hastily picked herself up, and started apologizing. "S..so Sorry!" she whimpered in Japanese, bowing down low. The brown eyed young man grabbed her hand and pulled her close. Hitomi was shocked, and tried to pull away. The man had a tight hold on her. He looked into her eyes, and whispered, "Sakura?"
Seraphim: Oooh…cliffhanger…
The little voices in her head: Sure it was… Can't you write something decent for once?
Seraphim: You think I'm not trying? *Whimpers*
The little voices in her head: You're not trying hard enough! Try harder!! Harder!!
Seraphim: *cries* Why do you have to be so mean to meee?
The little voices in her head: *Shrugs*
Seraphim: Hmph! Alright, if people like it, I'll post a second chapter. If people DON'T like it, I'll post a second chapter. Next time there'll be VAN!!! Dun dun dun!
The little voices in her head: You can shut up now.
Seraphim: Fine!