Disclaimer: I do not own Card captor Sakura or any of its characters and places. It's all Clamps'. I just own the story I made up.
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It All Began With A Dream
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Chapter Five: Encounter With A doctor
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'I can't believe I can't remember anything.' The boy thought, while visiting the house, his limbs still weak from the fever and unconsciousness.
Wanting to thank his hostess, he had an idea.
Her birthday being the following week, he had decided to give her a gift. But what would please her?
He wondered about it for a few minutes, not noticing his steps had brought him at the cottage's door. Sakura was there, washing brushing cherry blossoms petals away.
Acknowledging that there was someone behind her, she straightened herself up and turned to meet his gaze.
The wind began to blow, brushing against the tall tree and making flowers fall down. It passed by the princess a whirled around her.
The amber-eyed boy was mesmerized. The flying petals around her and the hair on her face made her look like a real goddess.
A light pink flower landed on her hair.
Shaking his head, he advanced towards her. When she saw him coming, she smiled widely. But it faded more and more as he continued his approach, a weird look on his face.
He was now only at a few steps of her, but he didn't stop. Smiling mischievously, he looked at her blushing as he lowered his face toward hers, as if he was going to kiss her. But he didn't. His hand caressed her white cheek and he whispered in her ear.
"You have something in your hair…"
Immediately, she jerked away, screaming.
"Ack! Is it an insect! A spider! Get it off of me! Get it off of me!"
He burst out laughing, as she jumped-danced around him, shaking her head furiously.
"Don't worry," he reassured her "It' just a flower"
And he took it off her hair, twirling it around his fingers. She calmed down a bit.
"Don't scare me like that." She sighed "You almost gave me a heart attack"
He smelled the flower. Its perfume was great, it smelled just like Sakura.
He gazed at the little cherry blossom in his large palm and muttered to himself.
"Sakura… cherry blossom…"
The girl had heard him.
"That's right," she approved "Now, what are you doing here?"
Not responding, he gave her the flower and she placed it on her ear, making her look like an angel.
Bearing the silence for only a few seconds, she asked.
"Would you come with me to town? I need to get some food and clothes for you. Shoes too. And you need to be checked by a proper doctor. You might have a broken something for all I know."
He agreed by nodding silently.
"Let's go then. I can't wait until dinner, since I don't have anything to prepare for you."
He nodded again.
Embarrassed silence was starting to get installed.
To finish it, the green-eyed girl passed by him and entered the house… to come out seconds later with a basket at her arm. She began to walk on the pass, the silent boy right behind her, hands in pockets.
He was thinking.
He remembered their first encounter, and he couldn't help but feel they knew each other. But without his memory, he couldn't find out where or when, or even IF they had had an encounter before. She just felt so familiar.
He was also wondering why he was acting so weird around her.
Inside himself, he knew that he always had acted cold and unfriendly to anyone. He wasn't used to smile this often. And much less laugh. Maybe he had caught an unknown disease. Lucky he was going to the doctor.
He would possibly find a way to get his memory back and cure that weird illness he had.
Contented, he felt like whistling and did. It was a tune he knew, but he couldn't remember from where. His body was just so used to it, that he did it by himself.
Sakura had been uncomfortable with this silence. She had wanted to start a conversation, but when she had opened her mouth, a soft whistle interrupted her.
It was the boy.
And she knew that tune.
It was the one her mother used to sing to her daughter before she went to bed.
It was a royal song, only known by queens and kings.
But how could he know it?
Could he be…?
She washed that thought out of her mind as she saw the first town houses.
They entered the village, the amber-eyed guy now beside her. His eyes were wide open as if he wanted to remember everything that came in his sight.
The first stop they made was the village's healer.
He lived in an old house in the middle of the village. Chickens were running in the street as a bunch of children chased after them. They arrived in front of an oak door with the words 'DOCTOR' engraved in it.
The girl knocked at the door and entered, followed by the boy.
The walls were white and a table with a parchment and a quill waited in a corner of the room, a bell posed on the edge of it.
She rang the bell and the waited for someone to come. It didn't take long. Soon, a big fat man arrived and asked, his large lips moving between his greyish beards.
"Welcome." His voice was deep and gentle "Do you have an appointment?"
He placed small spectacles on the top of his nose, ready to read the parchment in front of him.
"No." Sakura replied "I came here for that boy," she added, showing the chestnut-haired guy by a hand gesture.
She explained the man her situation.
"I see," said the doctor, nodding slowly. "You may come in the back."
And he showed them the pass from where he came from.
In the back wan another room. It was white as well, with another table, empty this time, in the centre of it. The doctor turned to the boy and asked him to take off his shirt, which he did under the eyes of a blushing Sakura. He then sat on the table.
The fat man took out his stethoscope and placed it on his patient back. Notting something on his notebook, he then asked him to open his mouth, he took his temperature, he examined his ears, he looked at his eyes, searched for something in his hair, and many other things that a doctor would do to his client.
He seemed thoughtful.
The princess walked up to him.
"What is it?" she asked.
"You say that your friend here has amnesia. But his body shows no harm. He is in perfect health. I don't know what caused him to lose his memory. It may eventually come back, but I can't say when. It depends on him. From what I know, a mental barrier is blocking the memories. He is the only one who can make it fall. Maybe deep in him, something doesn't want to remember."
It was at that moment that the boy noticed something about hostess. She had looked a bit pale during their way there. And she had grown paler during the consultation. She was now as white as a sheet. She looked like she was going to lose consciousness.
"Sakura!"
It was the last thing she heard as she collapsed on the floor. She did not touch it though. Her guest had been faster and had caught her. She was too tired to open her eyes, but she tried to smile.
She moved her lips in a whisper.
He approached his ear to her mouth to hear her.
"I'll be alright… Syaoran" And she fell unconscious.
The amber-eyed boy looked at her dumbfounded.
What had she just said?
He was interrupted by the return of the fat doctor who had been looking for some medicine to give the girl.
"Here, put her on the bed"
The boy did as he was told.
"She's asleep" noted the doctor after making usual checks. "She just hasn't been eating for too long."
It was true. The last time she ate was the night of her discovery of the boy. She had been too busy afterwards to think about it.
"I should have known" hissed the boy angrily "When she told me she had eaten before cooking she lied about it."
He wanted to knock his head on the wall for not discovering before.
A hand landed on his shoulder in a comforting gesture.
"Don't worry. She'll recover in a few minutes."
The man's words were proven true as the girl woke up soon after.
The boy accused her of lying to him about her food.
She sighed.
"I had no other choice. You wouldn't have eaten if I had told you the truth." She explained.
He blushed at this remark, but responded.
"We could have shared it."
"No. You were in a far worse shape than I. You needed the full plate."
They stopped arguing when they heard soft giggles. They turned in a same movement toward the noise-maker. It was the doctor.
"You two look like an old married couple" he said, amused.
The two youngsters flushed heavily, before turning their head to opposite direction.
The fat man gave some medicine and a piece of bread to Sakura, and, checking if she was now alright, he let them leave, which they did after paying.
In the street, they started walking toward the market place, when the boy suddenly stopped, making the girl stop as well.
"What's wrong?" she wondered.
"Umm… Before you fainted, you said something."
"Did I?"
"Yes"
"I don't remember. What was it?"
"You said a name… Syaoran."
"Do you know anyone with that name?"
"Yes… I remember it now you said it."
"Is it someone close to you?"
"In a way yes."
"Well? Who is it?"
"It's me…" he blurted " Syaoran is my name."
And he started walking again, leaving a confused Sakura behind him.
How could she had known his name?
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(A.N: Here we go with chapter 5! Hurray! So? What do you think? Is the way we learn about Syaoran's name any good? It's not exactly the way I planed it, but I think it fits well. I couldn't continue to call him 'the boy' or 'the amber-eyed guy' forever. I plan on introducing some other people within the next chapters. But who is the question… Maybe Tomoyo and Eriol… Umm… what else is there to say? Ah! Syaoran will have to unlock his past by himself. I think that it must be quite unhappy since a part of him doesn't want to recover his memories. I will tell you something weird. I actually am discovering this story at the same time as you do. I have no idea of what the next chapter will be like. I don't even know the ending! Is it normal? Am I normal? Am I living in a normal world? (I'm getting all weird again) So… 'till next time! See ya! Please review! I love reviews! I'm getting so excited when I get one! This has been Suohfei.)