Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura or Linkin Park's In the End.
Author's Note: Hello, my few readers! I'm sorry I couldn't update sooner, but school has been hectic these days. Anyway, my writing style has changed a lot to what you're used to, so I hope you like it! Flame me if you don't, I don't mind. Ah, this fiction probably will be 4-6 chapters long, so yeah, sorry if I disappointed you! I kind of lost interest in this fic. Maybe if I have inspiration I'll make it longer…
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Rain was pouring and thunder could be heard. A man walked on the bare streets getting his business suit drenched in water. His posture seemed to tell that he was confused and dejected. The man stopped at the intersection and waited for his signal to cross.
He sighed remorsefully while running his hand through his damp hair. The man walked through the passing, and halfway through he suddenly became unsteady. He dropped to his knees, and his expression was of horror and guilt. His hands covered his eyes as he sobbed pitifully.
He neither noticed the fast hum of an engine and its sound coming closer to him. The driver was oblivious as well, and both could not stop from what would happen. The man snapped out of his reverie and saw the quick moving car; he moved to get out of the way. But it was too late, and the force from the impact threw him a couple of yards away.
The man, with blood seeping through his coat and was lying in a pool of red, smiled towards the cloudy skies. His eyes welled up in tears and slowly it fell and mixed with the cold rain.
And his eyes became dull.
Sakura's emerald green eyes blearily opened to the sunlight from her opened window. She yawned tiredly and stretched her sore limbs. What a peculiar dream, she thought, but I will be cautious, after all, this dream may be a warning. She rose from her bed and slipped out of her nightgown and dressed in a crisp white blouse and a plain knee length black skirt. She opened the shoji door and walked toward the kitchen to fix herself some breakfast.
The small television turned on as she put some milk in her cereal. Sakura flipped the channel to the news for the weather forecast. She listened as she ate the cereal quietly.
Today we have 2 percent chance of rain and all through the week will be most likely be warm. The weather will be cold soon, though! So go out and relish the feeling of the sun! As for other news there was a recent murder in downtown, so make sure you stock up your pepper sprays!
Later piano music was heard from her cell phone and Sakura stood to answer. A loud voice was heard, "Sakura-chan I'm here now. You can go down now!" Sakura moved the phone away from her ear as her friend, Fujinawa Meilin, ranted about why her house had to be in the outskirts of the city. Sakura interrupted her and said she was going down the stairs.
When she reached to the crimson convertible, a raven head woman popped out to tell her sarcastically that she had all the time in the world. Sakura apologized quietly when she seated herself in the front. Meilin raised her eyebrow, "Lighten up, I was just kidding!" She nodded slightly and asked her how her husband was doing. Meilin laughed and talked about Kouji being chased by the family dog, Kyo, while Sakura listened.
"You're always so quiet, Sakura-chan! You should talk more!" Meilin exclaimed as she parked in front of Kyuusaisha, which was a famous clinic known for their psychologists. Sakura remained silent and Meilin huffed and fixed her beige blouse and grey dress pants as they walked toward their office. "I guess this profession does suit you though, you don't need to talk a lot!" Sakura nodded and thought, That's why I picked this job...
Meilin sighed and started a one-sided conversation, with Sakura only giving a few comments until their first patient came. He had messy blonde hair, pale skin with bags under his eyes. He fidgeted and stuttered constantly, "H-Hello, Ms. K-Kinom-moto." Sakura replied to his greeting and led him towards a chair and began to ask him questions…
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Sakura reorganized the bookshelf while Meilin surfed the net. Their shifts ended at 2 pm and Meilin had driven her to the library to do her second profession. She enjoyed this part-time job the most because she can lounge in a cushioned chair and read her favorite manga, Card Captor Sakura. She didn't know why she liked this particular manga, maybe because the heroine had the same name as hers..? She also had unlimited access to all the books in the library.
"Ms. Kinomoto, where can I find a book of haiku?" Yanagisawa Naoko asked, who was a regular visitor and a fledging author of fantasy. Sakura nodded and directed her to the poem section. Naoko thanked her and Sakura moved to Meilin to tell her that her shift was done and they can go home.
"Finally! It is always so boring here!" Meilin exclaimed and people in turn, shushed her to be quiet. She just scratched her head sheepishly. Sakura sighed, and pulled her friend towards the exit. Rock music was turned to full blast, as Meilin sang with Linkin Park's In the End.
(It starts with)
One thing / I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on / but didn't even know
Wasted it all just to
Watch you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart
What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I tried
so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
Sakura reminisced her childhood- thinking of all that pain and suffering.
One thing / I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme
To remind myself how
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so (far)
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me
In the end
You kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart
What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
…But she couldn't help but feel a surge of satisfaction when she thought of how she lives out now- good paying jobs, nice place to live, and a wonderful friend to listen to. Sakura guessed that she liked her routine- it never changes.
It doesn't even matter
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Hn. Well this is just a teaser or an insight of what some of Sakura's professions are. Syaoran will be in the next chapter. I'll try to post it up next week. I just want to know if you like the new writing style or not. Please review, I have like 36 hits so don't be shy- I don't bite. I'll probably be more motivated to update sooner. If you have any questions, review and I'll reply to you (if you don't have an account, just leave your email address). I'm open to ideas and flames! Lol.
…Actually, I think the people who actually read my fiction must be insane. I shouldn't be one to talk though! (Nervously laughs, and looks over shoulder cautiously.)
-Hikari Hana
P.S. Anyone willing to be my beta reader? Though, you'll have to put up with my Writer' Block and laziness to long chapters…