Summary: Sakura's heart and memory held in her Crystal Pendant was shattered and has flown into different dimensions. Now it's up to Syaoran to travel through different times and worlds to find the pieces of her broken life. SxS Pairing! R&R PLZ!(Sequel To Pain)
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Sakura's Memory
(A/N:) – Author's Note
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Last Time...
Mokona jumped onto his shoulder and yawned, still tired. Syaoran nodded and lifted Sakura up into his arms, trying to keep her cozy from the night breeze, all the while, thinking about what he saw in his illusion.
'Was that really what my father looked like?' he thought, even though his father's face was never really revealed. But shook the thought away. It was just an illusion. Nothing is real in them.
A/N: Sigh, another late chapter…T.T…plz forgive me and play Maple Story…XD
Chapter Seven: The Quest
By Ame-chan
"Sakura!" Tomoyo jumped behind Sakura and scared her. "Haha! I got you!" the raven haired teen laughed and patted her best friend's shoulder.
Sakura pouted at her, and noticed that it was snowing outside.
"Wow! So pretty!" she pressed her hands against the window, and watched the white flakes fall from the grayish white sky.
Then a familiar voice suddenly said something behind her.
"Yeah, it's as pretty as you are." She blushed and turned around to find no one standing there. The hallways were empty, and eerily, Tomoyo wasn't there anymore, but she didn't seem to notice that.
'Where did that voice come from? It sounds too familiar.' Sakura thought, looking around to find nothing but an empty school hallway.
Sakura opened her eyes slowly, seeing a dark ceiling. She blinked. 'That was a weird dream…' she thought, raising a brow then rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. The teen couldn't remember anything from before passing out.
Then Syaoran entered the room and was holding a tray of breakfast. He smiled warmly at her and she did the same.
"Good morning!" she replied cheerfully, tipping her head to the side slightly in a cute way.
"Good morning Sakura. Sleep well?" he raised a brow as he set the food on the side table beside the bed and opened the blinds, letting the warm rays of the morning sun pour into the room.
"Yup! But I had the weirdest dream." She said thoughtfully, eyeing the food in the tray. Syaoran chuckled.
"Tell me all about it." He sat down beside her and looked like a little kid that wanted to hear a good story. Sakura giggled and continued, taking a bite of her breakfast.
"Well, it was like this. I was at school and Tomoyo-chan scared me. I have to say, it was so real, like a memory or something." She smiled at herself and Syaoran frowned a little.
'Her memory from that monster…' he thought, but returned his grin to his lips.
"Then…" Sakura's smile faltered. "I heard a familiar voice while I was watching the snow outside. But when I turned around, no one was there…" by then, her voice was merely a whisper.
'She still can't remember me!' he wanted to rip his hair out in frustration. 'All those times we spent together is like nothing to her now. Only because she can't remember!' his facial expression changed. He looked annoyed. But Sakura thought it was funny.
"Syaoran-kun, you look funny like that!" she giggled, her hand covering her mouth, in case her laughter was too loud.
Syaoran looked at her confused.
"Huh?" her giggled subsided and smiled up at him. He loved that smile, and what made her look beautiful the most were her sparkling emerald eyes. Anyone could see her innocence through them.
Sakura finished her breakfast and sighed happily. Then something hit her.
"Syaoran-kun?" she asked, turning her attention to the amber eyed teen beside her.
"Hmm?" he turned his head to her lazily.
"Where are we?" Syaoran fell head over heels. Of course she didn't know. She was asleep. "Ah, we found a village not far from the cave we were in and we spent the night here." He sweatdropped.
"Oh, I see…" Sakura looked up thoughtfully. "What was I doing then? I don't remember coming here." She glanced around the room.
"You fell asleep. I had to carry you there. Wow, you looked so comfortable in my arms." He teased as he smirked. Sakura blushed.
"I-I'm sorry. You could've woken me up and I could have walked."
"Don't worry about it." He replied, getting up and taking the tray with empty dishes with him. "I let you sleep because you seemed so tired." Sakura got up with him and followed him out the door.
They stepped down the stairs and went into room that looked much like a kitchen. A woman wearing an apron was washing the dishes. Kurogane, Fai an Mokona were sitting by the kitchen table.
"Ah, Sakura-chan woke up." Fai stated, smiling his usual smile at her. Mokona jumped into her arms and seemed enthusiastic to see her.
All Kurogane did was grunt and frown. It was like him to do that. Acting as if he didn't care.
The lady with the apron was wiping her wet hands with a kitchen towel and walked over to them.
"I'm quite surprised you four…" she stared at Mokona. "…actually made it through that creepy place. Many people here vowed to destroy the beast, but they never came back. Is it true that you killed it?" Syaoran looked at his trusty companions. They didn't really kill it themselves
"I guess…" he scratched the back of his head and looked sort of confused himself, now that he thought about it.
Then Sakura seemed to jump a little in surprise. "I remember now! That thing was chasing me. I was so scared that all I did was scream. I can't remember the rest though…" she placed her hand on her chin thoughtfully, trying to remember what had happened.
Fai blinked. Kurogane raised a brow, speechless.
"Well…" Syaoran looked into her eyes. "I think it's your magic. After all, when you took your jewel shards back, not only do you recover your memories, but also your magic. When that monster was chasing you, you self consciously used magic to stop it." It was Sakura's turn to blink. She could use magic now? She smiled.
"That means that I don't have to sit back and watch you all get hurt for my safety. I'll help you with my magic!" Sakura smiled and was all enthusiastic.
"Do you know how to control it? The first time we found out you had magic, it was hard to train you to use it correctly." He remember those times…the big hole in the wall after her first attempt to use it.
He smiled. They were happy memories. Too bad Sakura couldn't remember.
"Oh really…" Sakura looked down, the smile faltering in the process. The room was uncomfortably silent. The woman who let them sleep in her house thought better than asking about what they were talking about and decided to break the silence.
"Oh dear, look at the time. My dearest son would want to smell fresh cookies when they come home. Please excuse me." She walked back to the other side of the kitchen and started to make some batter.
"Why don't we take a walk and refresh our minds of that stinky place." Syaoran suggesting, putting on a smile, obviously ignoring the grief he felt for Sakura as well. They had no idea how hurt he felt when she could remember everyone but him.
Sakura looked away, a little bit of guilt washed over her, thinking that this was all her fault.
"I'm sorry for putting you into this, Syaoran-kun. Maybe we shouldn't have bothered with this quest. Whenever I'm in trouble, you and the others are always protecting me. Why don't we just go back and relax?" she sniffed. But Syaoran sighed.
"Look. I can't go home and relax because I know you can't remember me. That makes me very troubled. I'd rather do this and get your memory back, then go home and enjoy what's left of time we have, okay?" his face looked serious at first, then it lightened. "Don't worry about it. Beside, you said you'd help us fight things with your recovered magic. Don't you want to try it?" he smiled, which made Sakura smile as well.
"well, I do want to try it out…" she looked at him in the eyes, and the calmness in his made her feel much better.
xXx
The day was hot, and the group was walking around the little town to buy things for their journey: Food, clothes, anything. But they had no money.
"I think we're stuck here for now." Kurogane looked at some ripe apples reluctantly. They seemed sweet and juicy.
"Perhaps getting a job or something? We could make some money and buy something later." Fai suggested, grinning at the face Kurogane made after staring at the apples.
"But what kind of job would that be?" Syaoran scowled. "We can't stay and Oshima-san's place for ever. We'll probably get in her way. Maybe she has something we could help her with? Or a friend?"
So they headed back to the Oshima place and asked.
"Well…" Oshima-san looked away thoughtfully as she wiped her wet hands with the dry blue cloth on the counter. "My friend next door does need help gathering herbs from the farther lands where that beast used to be. Ever since, he's been scared and vowed never to go there for the sake of his life. But without the herbs, the village would start to lack medicine."
Syaoran thought that was reasonable enough. It not be much, but they'll do it.
xXx
"So…where's this herb farm again?" Sakura asked, watching the clouds move as they walked through a grassy land. Syaoran looked back to her.
"The herbalist said it was near the cave of the monster. Which is right there." He pointed to the spot where the tall grass was flattened. So they looked around, until Mokona found another spot full of herbs with different smells and stuff. (A/N: I don't know if herbs do have smells or scents…I just say it does..:P)
"Okay, that wasn't hard." Sakura blinked, sitting on her knees and scooping the white manjuu into her arms. "But, what kind of herbs do we pick?" She looked at the different types of the scented plantes: ones with big leaves, some with flowers, a patch full was pink and another was blue.
"The herbalist said take a little bit each thing. So, that's not hard either. Just something like 5 of each herb, I guess." He shrugged.
The herbalist thought that even though the beast was dead, they wouldn't make it back with the herbs safely. He thought that there would be another monster lurking around here and kill them.
So they picked one herb each, which equaled 5 (Including Mokona). They walked back no problem and the herbalist seemed very surprised.
"Wow, you made it back alive!" he exclaimed, taking the herbs from them. "Now I need the Holy Water, which I ran out of." He glanced at them, giving them a pleading look. Kurogane seemed annoyed.
"Are you just using us or something? We got you the herbs already!" The herbalist seemed desperate.
"But I promise that if you get the Holy Water as well, I'll pay you triple." He smiled weakly, trying to hide his desperateness.
Syaoran cut in, before Kurogane could strangle the man.
"Okay!" he said quickly, "We'll do it. Where do we have to go?"
"The mountain to the north. But beware. There are other monster guarding the Holy Water for their own uses. It might be hard to get it. But then again, you did slay that beast, even though I still think that there're monsters lurking out there somewhere…" he trailed off, then went back to the subject. "It's at the core of the mountain. There should be a tunnel leading there, just the monsters." He swallowed. Why did he seem so uptight about monsters?
"Very well. We'll be going then." Syaoran turned and started to walk out the door, the others following.
"Good luck to you all!" the herbalist shouted, before they shut the door.
xXx
"Sheesh. That guy is so paranoid." Kurogane huffed as they walked down the path towards the mountain. Syaoran led the way with Sakura following by his side.
'Come to think of it, I've been so into protecting Sakura that I forgot I have magic powers!' his faced turned into a scowl. 'How stupid of me. Damn…' He mentally smacked himself.
Sakura noticed his change of expression. "What's wrong Syaoran-kun? Are you feeling okay?" her sparkling emerald eyes looked to meet his gaze. They showed concern.
"Uh…nothing. I just remember I could use magic. That's all. I was just thinking about how I was stupid enough to forget I had them."
Sakura smiled. "You can do magic? Can you show me? Please?" she hopped in front of them and made Syaoran stop in his track to tilt his head.
"Well, I don't know. I haven't used it in such a while that maybe I can't use it anymore." He really didn't want to use his magic. Maybe it'll attract unwanted attention.
Fai watched in amusement while Kurogane didn't seem to care all that much. Mokona was standing on Fai's shoulder.
Sakura pretended to pout. "Fine. But when you think you can use it, tell me!" she smiled again and continued down the dirt path.
Syaoran sighed and smiled too following her like the rest. They will enjoy the fresh air now…before going into the darkness of the mountain.
To Be Continued…
A/N: Okay…I know…I haven't updated for months. I've been playing Maple Story…anyways…I also know that this chapter was crapp…pleez 4giv meeeeee..T.T
Ame-Chan
