Sakura: The Last Flower
Chapter One
Where Art Thou Father
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS. I do own this story and Alena and Kazuya.
Hello everyone. I'm back with a brand new story. Yes I am writing an Inuyasha fic but I've put it on hold for a moment to work on this new story that popped into my head. I was reading this story called Leyla a little while ago and have finally given into the urge to write this inspired by the book.
A few of the words are Turkish seeing as that's the setting: Turkey earlier 1700's. Well enjoy. The pairings in this story are Sakura and Syaoran, Tomoyo and Eriol, and Meilin and Touya.
Hope you like it.
Sakura's POV
Ever since the day my father disappeared my life has been drastically changed.
For the worst. My mother Nadeshko sold nearly everything we had just to make do. Even some of father's most beautiful paintings, afraid she may not be able to feed her children. That would be myself, Sakura, my older brother Touya and my twin siblings Alena and Kazuya.
She tried to convince herself and us as well that he, my father would some day return. That he would just run up to us with open arms and swear to us that nothing but death would take him from us again. But I sensed that somewhere deep inside, broken bit by bit, day by day, my mother had finally given up hope of ever seeing him again. Slowly I found myself giving up hope as well.
My father, Fujitaka, was a painter, the best-known artist in all of Caucasus to be exact. He was most famous for his paintings of nature. Everyone who was anyone in Caucasus owned one of his many masterpieces. And just that's what they were too. Masterpieces. We treasured every one of them.
We lived a fair life, the six of us. Father taught us much about art and also how to read and write. We learned every thing from blending colors to growing flowers. A personal favorite of mine. That of course was my mom's area of expertise. My mom and her flowers were like butter on bread. Good together.
Yes life was going well until that day. The day when father walked away. It arrived early that morning, a summons. My father had been called upon by the army to help in the upcoming battle between Russia and the Li Empire, the Turkish kingdom.
Although my father was not fit to be a soldier with his slight physique and cheerful temperament, he, too, set off.
He was to go as a war painter, depicting the scenes of the war in his flawless paintings recording them for all to see.
We stood at the door together as a family for the last time and my father walked away slowly. For the first time in my life my father was not a carefree positive man, he looked as though he was carrying the weight of the world upon his shoulders.
A part of me died that day because deep down inside I knew that was the last time I'd see my father's face. The last time my family would be whole and complete. And with my father went a part of me.
We watched as he slowly disappeared towards the hills and became but a dot in the distance, leaving to fulfill his duty. And when we could see no longer the dot that was my father, my mother rushed inside and wept for him, father to her children, her husband, her best friend her lover and soulmate.
She wept having seen a chapter in her life walk away. And as my mother wept with soul wrenching sobs, Touya and I stood with the twins watching the spot where my father vanished from sight.
The image of my father disappearing has never left me. My father the size of a man small enough to fit in the palm of my hand. Sometimes I would take one of little Kazuya's tin soldiers and hold it in my hand, pretending almost desperately it was my father. I'd hold secret conversations with him. He became my safe haven, my trustworthy companion, with whom I shared all of my secrets kept inside of me.
Although the war ended and we became a part of the Li empire, though free to do as we pleased, he still did not return home to us. He was one of the missing. Although we do not speak of it and did not then we all feared the worst.
Father was gone, forever.
Well there you have it chapter one. Please review and let me know what you think. Also the pairings will not come until a little after this. Tomoyo ppears in two more chapters. Youu want it than I need reviews fast. I'll be waiting
Chow.
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