AayMee: This is a new story. A weird idea I got all of a sudden. It's kind of a drama type of thing in the middle of the story; kind of have a magic thing in here. Not the Cards. Enjoy. (=
Summary: In the middle of an unknown forest was an unknown town. In there, the people had their own customs that everyone has to follow. This town was laid a curse which no one was ever to step out or into their town. In this town lived a girl who's almost up to the age of marrying. There was a specific they had to marry and it means to choose their spouse randomly. And it's a forever thing. What if this girl picked someone she hated and they are stuck together forever?
Key:
--- Flashback
"" Speech
Italic Thought
( ) Me!
... Skip of scene
Let's Get Married
Chapter One: The Beginning
"Sakura!"
A wavy raven haired girl shouted waving her hand at her best friend. A girl about 16 with long auburn hair turned around. She was looking through a window of an antique jewelry shop.
"Hi Tomoyo! What's wrong?" Sakura asked as Tomoyo ran up to her and breathed heavily.
"It's almost your 16th birthday so I made you a nice outfit. What are you doing here anyway?"
Sakura smiled and pointed at the window.
"That's what I'm looking at."
Tomoyo looked the way her finger was pointing. It was a pendant. A pink cherry blossom one.
"Oh, it's so pretty!" Tomoyo squealed. "It'll match your outfit!"
"I wish a boy would give it to me." Sakura leaned closer to the window.
"Is that so?" A voice said with sounds of teasing.
Sakura did not have to turn around to see who he was. She knew his voice anywhere.
"What do you want now, Li?"
"Didn't I tell you, you could call me Syaoran?" He chuckled/
"I don't have time to talk to losers like you." Sakura looks at her watch. "Oh no! My mother! I'll see you later, Tomoyo." And she ran off.
As Sakura is running off to see her mother, I'll tell you a thing or two about this little town. This town does not have a name. But you could call it "Town of No Return." It was named this because once you live in this town you can not leave. This town was cursed by an old witch. No one is allowed in or out. And no one knows about its existence. It's invisible to the human eye outside of the town. Everyone has to follow the same customs. The town is so small the population merely exceeds 100 or 200. Everyone knew one another.
...
"Mother! I'm sorry I'm late." Sakura burst through her home door.
"Oh, it's you. Don't scare your mother like that. I didn't cook dinner tonight. My stomach started hurting." Her mother rubbed her tummy.
Sakura's father died a few months before. After the funeral, Sakura's mother, Nadeshiko, found out she has a baby.
"Oh no, what happened?" She ran up to her mother and plopped down on the sofa next to her. "Is little baby hurting its mommy?"
They laughed.
"I'll cook dinner tonight, what do you want to eat tonight?" Sakura stood up.
"Anything's fine. I'll catch some sleep."
You have to know some things about our Sakura here. She is 15 going to 16 in a few months. And when she's 16, she has to marry. And they marry randomly. So not everyone would marry someone they like at first. But at the end, they all live happily ever after. This custom was set because they, meaning, the townspeople, all believed in fate. Sakura hoped it was one person in particular...
"Mother! It's dinnertime."
Nadeshiko came out from her room and sat at the dining table.
Sakura sat across from her and look at her mother, "I have something to ask you..."
Nadeshiko took a bit and said, "Ask away. Is something bothering you?"
"Well, you could say it like that. Nothing big is bothering me but..."
"Just say it."
"Can you tell me how you felt when you were 16?"
"Oh, so that's what you wanted to know... where do you want me to start? Before or after the wedding?"
Sakura put down her bowl and chopsticks. "Start at the beginning. It's story time."
Nadeshiko laughed and she looked down and folded her hands on the table. "Your father and I weren't on friendly terms at first. Not that we hated each other. Just that we never really cared about each other. When it was the day of my wedding, I didn't know it was going to be him. I mean, I did have a crush and I hoped it was him."
Sakura blushed at the thought of this; her mother is just like her.
She continued with her story. "I wasn't really happy that I picked him. But time passed we got along fine, and we fell for each other. And he told me he had loved me since the day he saw me and that was years before the marriage. I never regretted picking him after that. He gave me a great present. And that was you, Sakura." She reached and held on to Sakura's hand.
"Are you worried about your wedding?" Nadeshiko asked as she let go of Sakura's hand and reached for her chopsticks.
"Yeah... after all, this means my life I'm going to be with someone. I don't even know who he is and what if I hate him?"
"I believe in Fate won't let you be with someone you won't like. You do know this custom lets every couple in the town to get together without knowing they are a perfect match. Was there ever a couple in this town that never got along?"
"Well, no... at least none that I know of." Sakura wasn't so sure.
"See? Believe in Fate, believe in yourself." Nadeshiko smiled. "Eat your dinner, it's getting cold."
"Oh." Sakura smiled and ate quietly.
That night she lay in her bed and thought about her 16th birthday and who the person would be. Of course she wished to dream of a certain blue eyed person. Instead that night her dreams were filled of a guy with brown eyes.
...
"H0EEEE! IT'S THAT LATE?!" Sakura screamed as she struggled to put on her school uniform and ran down to the living room to grab her schoolbag.
"Breakfast?" Nadeshiko asked as she brought out a plate of toast and eggs.
"No thanks, mother. I'm going to be late for school again." She said as she grabbed the toast and ran out the door.
She knew everyone in town by heart and every morning no matter she was late or not she would greet everyone she passed by.
"Good morning, Wataki- san" Sakura shouted at the newspaper stand.
"Late again?" He yelled as she ran by.
"Yeah!" She yelled back.
"Good morning, Suzuki-san" Sakura shouted at the flower shop lady as she ran by. "The flowers' looking good today."
"Thanks!" She exclaimed as she handed Sakura a cherry blossom.
She grabbed it and sniffed it. She let out a sigh.
She finally reached the school. She ran up to the classroom and slid open the door. She was breathing hard. She yelled good morning to everyone. She walked to her seat and sat down. She put her head down. Good, I'm not late.
"Got up late again, Sakura?"
Why does he have to ruin my perfect morning?
Sakura scowled. "My life doesn't concern you, Li."
He put on a fake pout. "I was just worried about you."
Sakura knew he was just pretending but she still blushed. She looked away. And she spotted a guy entering the room.
Her heart started beating faster and she felt herself blush. "G-Good morning, Eriol-kun."
"Good morning, Cherry Blossom." He smiled.
Sakura sighed. She had a crush on him since... forever.
"Good morning, Sakura-chan, Eriol-kun, and Li-kun." Tomoyo said as she sat down next to Sakura.
"Good morning." They all greeted her.
"Sakura, you should stop by my house and try on the outfit I made. Just in case, it needs some fixing."
"Okay, I'll call my mom and tell her I can't cook dinner for her tonight."
"It's almost your 16th birthday, how do you feel?"
"Nervous?" She looked at Eriol. "I don't even know who I'll marry."
Eriol turned around and saw Sakura looking at him. He smiled.
Sakura looked away. Tomoyo saw this and giggled. "I know you wish he's the one."
Sakura blushes. "W-what are you saying? I don't understand."
"Don't act innocent with me, I know you like Eriol and you wish he was the one you would pick on that day."
"Yeah but I don't even know how he feels. I want to marry someone who'll like me just as much I like him... or maybe even more."
Just then, their sensei came in.
"Good morning, class."
"Good morning, sensei."
Tomoyo and Sakura stopped talking and listened as the teacher tells them about some school news. Little they knew Syaoran had heard everything with the advantage of sitting behind them.
(AM: I'm going to skip the school day; it's the same as the Japanese schools. Actually they are in Japan. Just somewhere not on an ordinary map. Anyway, Sakura and Tomoyo are at Tomoyo's house, trying on the outfit.)
"Wow, this really is pretty." Sakura exclaimed as she held out her hands and twirled around. It was a pink kimono that was very tight at the waist part to shape her body out more. There were cherry blossom flowers every here and there. The bottom was long and was trailing.
"Something's still missing." Tomoyo said thinking hard.
"I think it's perfect already."
"Who do you'll marry?" Tomoyo asked while she was still thinking.
"I don't know. I hope it's Eriol." She sighed just thinking about him it makes her all happy and everything.
"Imagine it was Li."
Sakura scowled. "You had to mention him."
Tomoyo looked at her. "Why do you hate him so much? You two used to be best friends. I remember you two did everything together."
Sakura sighed and sat on Tomoyo's bed and Tomoyo grabbed a chair and sat in front of Sakura.
"I remember it like it was only yesterday..."
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"Syaoran!" Sakura yelled.
"Hi, Sakura. I'm hungry. I forgot to bring my lunch." He sighed.
Sakura smiled and took out her lunch box. "No worry! We could share, I brought extra."
Syaoran smiled. "Sakura, you're the best." And he took the chopsticks and ate a sushi.
"This tastes great. Who made it?"
"I did."
Syaoran looked at Sakura and smiled, "Whoever marries you is so darn lucky."
Sakura blushes.
"Syaoran!"
They turned around and saw a girl running up to them.
"Hi Miki." Syaoran said with a blush.
"Hi Miki." Sakura said angrily as she ate her lunch.
"Syaoran, we're going to the movies tonight right?" Miki asked she sat next to him.
Sakura looked at them two. "You two are going out?"
"Yeah, didn't Syaoran tell you?"
"You're going to the movies tonight? Syaoran, you promised..."
Syaoran cut her off with a smile. "I'll make it up to you tomorrow; I'll talk to you later." And they ran off to join Miki's friends.
"...to celebrate my birthday with me." Sakura said silently.
...
"You went to the movies with her over my birthday. I thought we were friends." Sakura yelled at him angrily.
"You're mad at only that? I could make it up to you, we could go somewhere today." Syaoran said starting to walk away.
"It's not only that!" He walked back.
"What other things are there?"
"Don't you understand? I thought we were friends. Best friends. You picked a girl over me... I thought you knew this friendship meant a lot to me." Sakura looked away.
Syaoran stuck his hands into his pockets. "I do know Sakura. But don't you understand I like her a lot? I'm almost sure she's different from any other girl I've dated."
"There were more girls? Is that why you were never there when I needed you? Like the time, this guy was hurting me?"
Syaoran's eyes widened. "WH0A. This guy was hurting you? And you never told me?"
Sakura wouldn't look at him. "See, you didn't even know that. And that was only a few months ago."
"I'm not letting go of Miki just because you don't like it."
Sakura turned to glare at him. "It's not that I don't like her, it's just that you were never there for me after you met her. And I feel really lonely; I thought we do everything together."
Syaoran looked away, "Then you should learn to be independent."
Sakura could feel her angry rise and hot tears streaming down. "I never want to see you ever again!" And she ran away.
Syaoran wasn't exactly happy either, he was sad.
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"And that's why I hate him." Sakura said looking away avoiding Tomoyo's eyes.
Tomoyo giggled.
Sakura looked at her strangely. "What's so funny?"
Tomoyo grinned. "I know you don't hate him."
"W-what do you mean?"
"I know you like him."
AayMee: HiYAAA! This story was an idea I got out of no where. I really enjoy writing it. I hope you like reading you. Thank you for reading it. Remember to review. I would like to read what you have to say about my story. =)