Based on Card Captors Sakura (created by CLAMP)

This story is really confusing at first because there are a lot of twists and turns…but I really hope you enjoy it! If there's anything that seriously offended you I'm so sorry! Added characters such as Christina are not based on anyone in particular except for me.

Lonely-echo presenting…

.One Summer Night.

.Chapter One. the gentle reminder

A pretty seventeen year old girl hummed a song in her head while drawing her name on the fogged window. Her long pale fingers circled around to form letters and she smiled as she worked.

"Miss?" inquired a kind voice.

The girl jumped in surprise in her seat and turned to her left to see a beautiful lady with long red hair. The woman laughed at the startled wide green eyes.

"Relax; I just wanted to know what you were singing."

The girl smiled in relief, "I was singing a song called One Summer Night."

The lady blinked twice, "You know that song?"

"Yes I do, why?"

"Oh," the lady laughed, "Not a lot of people know that song. It's very old."

The girl smiled, the smile alone seeming to brighten the very gloomy day itself, "A long time ago, I had a friend…I think. She was a very good singer and was also very pretty…"

"Ah," the lady smiled, "…Can you sing the song for me?"

But just then the train whistle blew.

"That's my stop!" cried the girl, "I'm sorry miss, thank you for the umm…conversation! You're really nice, and beautiful! Goodbye!"

The lady sat stunned and stared after the girl as she ran off the train. She broke into laughter, "What a spirited child! I wonder who she was…" Then she turned her attention to the window, and then saw a name neatly written on the fog. The lady smiled, "What a beautiful name…Sakura…"

"Mom…"

The lady looked up to see a boy looking down at her, "Eriol!" she cried happily, "What's wrong?"

"This is the stop we're supposed to get off at."

She blinked twice, and then her face lit up, "I might meet that young girl again!" she laughed.

The handsome face got curious, "What girl?"

"There's this really polite and pretty girl who was sitting beside me! We were talking about this really old song called One Summer Night."

The face lost interest, "Okay, let's go mom."

The lady's face crumpled, "Are you that eager to find your true parents? Do you not like having me for a mother?"

Eriol's face turned passionate, "Mom…I just…want to know…why did they abandon me?"

They stood quietly for a moment, "Let's go," said Eriol. He helped his mother stand up and they left the train.

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Sakura wandered aimlessly through the crowd, her eyes getting bigger as they saw fashionable girls, beautiful clothes, rich people walk right by her.

"Sakura!" cried a voice.

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Syaoran stiffened, Sakura…? No…Sakura was gone, five years ago…she left…

"Mom!" replied a voice.

Syaoran froze, that voice…he turned around, searching through the crowd. He turned left, right, everywhere, and then he saw her. But now, she had long hair, five years ago, it had been short. But something was wrong, Mom? Her mother was dead… A woman with tied up brown hair pushed past the crowd to reach Sakura. Syaoran's eyes widened, Sakura…she had actually started calling Nakuru "Mom"?

"Gotcha!"

Syaoran jumped and yelled at the finger that had poked him.

"C-Christina! What are you doing here!"

The large brown eyes blinked long lashes at him, "Why my love, I'm here for you! So tell me, how was Hong Kong! I missed you soo much! (Even though it's only been three months.) Did you miss me too! Come on Li, tell me you love me! (heehee, that rhymes!)"

Christina grabbed his arm and rested her head on his shoulder; she closed her eyes, "I'm so glad you're back Syaoran…"

Syaoran looked through the crowds, searching for Sakura and Nakuru. But they were gone.

"…but why doesn't he like me? I'm his real sister!"

Syaoran stared confused at her, "Huh? I'm sorry, what did you say?"

Christina's eyes slightly filled with tears, "I've tried everything in the past five years but he won't warm up to me. My own brother…all he thinks about is that stupid Sakura! I'm his real sister…"

She dug her face into his chest, sobbing quietly. Syaoran sighed and stroked her long black hair, "Christina…you're the one who…"

Christina looked up, her teary eyes staring right into him, "I'm the one who what! Drove Sakura away!"

Yes, thought Syaoran quietly.

Christina shoved him away, "I was getting sick of my stupid life Syaoran. For twelve years, I lived with my depressed "mother". We were dirt poor! You rich people wouldn't understand. I wanted to be free from all that, and guess what? Sakura got what she deserved in the end and I got what I was always supposed to have. This life."

Syaoran stared quietly at her for a moment, "Is that all you wanted Christina? To be rich?"

Christina glared at him, "More than that you idiot."

Syaoran gave her one last pitying look before leaving her in the busy crowd. Christina glared after him, tears falling out of her brown eyes. "I got what I deserved you ass…I'll never regret making Sakura leave. Never."

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"I guess you wouldn't remember much about living in Tokyo because you had a bicycle accident and got poor memory from the result."

Sakura smiled, swinging her mother's arm, "I don't remember that happening!"

Nakuru smiled at her, "The doctor said that you will remember if something brings back that moment."

The two stopped in front of a dirty, broken down flower shop. A young man with long, tied back white hair stepped out of the shop and greeted them with a smile.

"Yue!" yelled Sakura. He held out his arms as she ran into them. Nakuru laughed and followed.

"So when is the wedding going to be!" asked Sakura, excited.

Yue grinned, "Depends, it's your mother's choice."

"I get to be flower girl, right?"

Nakuru hooked her arm through Yue's, "No, you're going to be my bridesmaid."

The green eyes shone happily, "Really!"

Yue laughed, "Even at sixteen you're such a little girl. Why don't you go inside and unpack Kero and your other belongings?"

"'Kay!"

Nakuru stared after her sadly, "It's been four years…I wonder how Christina's doing?"

Yue untied his long hair, "…Sakura's a good kid. Most rich kids wouldn't want to become poor by ditching all the fancy stuff…and they would throw tantrums about getting a stepfather…," he laughed, "At least, that's what I think."

Nakuru smiled, "I don't regret raising Christina as my own, but I love Sakura…I've loved the four years that we had together…but I've always wondered…why did Christina leave me?"

Yue intertwined his fingers with hers, "Young ones must be free to breathe and spread their wings…"

Nakuru closed her eyes and rested her head against his shoulder.

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Sakura ran into the small flower shop and then up the small, creaky steps that led to the two room floor. She flung open the door to the smaller room and smiled at the cracked up walls. She put all her strength into opening the window and laughed as sunshine filled the room.

She sat down on the floor and took out a small stuffed teddy bear and hugged him, "Kero…I can't help thinking about that lady…do you think we'll meet again?...I can't believe that I actually remembered that without forgetting!" and then she laughed.

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Syaoran slowly walked through the maze, the scent of flowers dizzying him. He let his hand brush through the clipped bushes when he winced in pain. He looked at his hand; a drop of blood began to form. He looked up, and there was the end of the maze, and the entrance to Nadeshiko's grave.

He opened the small, white gate and heard the whispers of the falling water and the songs of the birds. He could almost feel her presence. Her body had been cremated and scattered in a sacred spot where no one stepped. Only four people knew about her grave. Him, Toya, Fujitaka, and Sakura. Christina didn't know about her real mother's grave yet. Nobody wished to tell her.

Syaoran closed his eyes, Sakura…

He walked to the fountain and fingered the floating sakura petals on the crystal clear water, "Mrs. Kinomoto…I think I've found her…your daughter. This time I won't loose her. I'll be better, I promise. So please…I'm sorry. I'll treat her better…I'm sorry…"

A gentle breeze ruffled his hair, and he closed his eyes and breathed in the scent of flowers.

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Sakura rushed out of the shop, "I'll come back in time to help make dinner mom! Bye Yue! Bye mom! Bye kero!" She ran out and then began to walk along the road.

"Careful Sakura!" called Nakuru.

Sakura laughed and kept on walking. She cheerfully looked at the sun-stained sky; the warm colors of red, orange and yellow making her feel warm. A gentle breeze ruffled her long hair. The feeling felt…familiar…

She stopped, "Mom…?"

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Syaoran calmly walked up to her, and then wrapped his arms around her. He closed her eyes.

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Sakura stiffened at the feel of arms around her. A…pervert!

"Sakura…"

Sakura froze, her eyes widening. That voice was…so familiar…but different. Her neck grew goose bumps at the feel of breathing on her neck.

Syaoran closed his eyes, "Four years Sakura…I don't know if I should be mad or glad."

The image of a cute young boy with a mad expression flicked across her mind, "Syaoran…?"

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Kyo looked at the sheet with the address written on it, "A flower shop, eh? Pfft," he crumpled up the parchment, "I'm too good to write letters everyday. I'll just live with you."

.end of chapter one.

lonely-echo: hello everybody! techincally (err, is it right to use that word? i un even know what it really means...XD) this is my...hmmm, about eleventh or tenth fanfic! (yaaay!) I truely hope you enjoyed reading this (if you did that is) and I won't pressure you into replying, I just hope it was satisfying:) Nothing offended you right? (gosh, I feel like Ritsu in furuba...well...he's kinder XD) i've gotta stop writing! lol, my brother said that my otehr stories were waaay to short. i'm so lazy! haha, well, thank you, gidday!