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Chapter 3 - An accidental meeting

'Where am I?' Sakura opened her eyes, but didn't see anything. Just then, a bright white light blinded her and she was forced to shut and cover her eyes. After a few seconds, when she peeked, she saw that she was in a street across her school.

'Hoee? What? Why am I here?' She thought to herself. She started to walk towards her school when something caught her eye.

A boy, seemingly with the same age with her, stood at the middle of the street. His eyes were staring at her blankly.

"Hey." She greeted, but the boy didn't move. When she stepped forward, the boy's blue eyes flickered and he raised his hand up, his palm facing towards Sakura. She just stood there, confused.

"Hey, are you all right? You shouldn't stand there." Sakura said, stepping forward. The boy, however, still didn't move. "What's your name? Do I know you?" Still, there was no response.

"Come with me." The boy suddenly spoke, startling Sakura. They just stared at each other for a few seconds. Sakura noticed that the boy's eyes weren't blank anymore, but rather it was welcoming.

"Come with me. I need your help, as you need mine." The boy's next statement made Sakura confused.

"Who are you?" Sakura stepped forward again, the boy still didn't move. "What do you want? Why would I need your help?"

The boy didn't answer. Instead, he floated away from Sakura, smiling at her.

"Hey, wait! Who are you?" Sakura tried to follow and catch the boy but to no avail.

"You will soon find out, Kinomoto Sakura."

Sakura bolted up from her sleep. Breathing hard, she glanced at her clock. It was 7 am.

'I slept for that long?' She mused to herself. She got up and took a bath. After putting on a long-sleeved pink shirt and black shorts, she went down to the kitchen and prepared breakfast for her family. Since it was a Sunday, her brother and her father won't be up until 8 am.

'I wonder what my dream was all about.' She frowned, her eyebrows furrowed as she thought about her weird dream. She took some potatoes and tomatoes from the vegetable counter and started chopping them.

'That boy, he just floated away, like magic.' Realizing her thought, she shook her head. 'No, magic doesn't exist. Stop thinking about it, Sakura.' She then proceeded to beat some eggs.

Sakura finished her cooking just in time for her father to show up in his formal clothing.

"You have work today, dad? It's sunday!" Sakura exclaimed as she placed a plate of omelet in front of her dad.

"Well, we have an emergency meeting today." Fujitaka smiled, thanking his daughter silently for the meal. "You look better today, Sakura. I'm glad."

"Hoe? What do you mean?" Sakura asked.

"You looked so pale yesterday during the party." Sakura's eyes opened wide in surprise.

"I'm sorry dad," Sakura hung her head low, "it's just that, I don't want anybody to worry." Fujitaka patted her head and smiled.

"It's all right. What matters is that you're okay. Now, eat breakfast with me." Sakura raised her head and beamed at her father, then she sat down with her own plate of breakfast and ate. A few moments later, Touya, who had a part-time job that day, went down and ate his breakfast, chatting idly with his father and Sakura.

After breakfast and washing the dishes, Sakura went up to her room. Having nothing to do and no impending school work, she plopped down her bed and sighed.

'I really do feel strange since yesterday.' She looked up the ceiling. 'Until now I feel so hot and tired, even though I slept for almost 12 hours. I don't understand.' She sat down and buried her head on her hands. 'What's wrong with me?'

After a few moments, Sakura called Tomoyo on the phone. After a few rings, Tomoyo picked up.

"Moshi moshi, Tomoyo speaking." Sakura heard Tomoyo's sweet voice.

"Hey, Tomoyo!. It's me, Sakura." Sakura said.

"Oh hey, Sakura! What's up? Didn't think you would call up today." Sakura heard Tomoyo's giggles on the other line.

"Well, I don't have any plans for today, so I called you up. Can you meet me up at Penguin Park later at 10?"

"Oh sure, I don't have plans for today either, so it's fine. Can I ask why?"

"Well ..." Sakura bit her lip. "I just ... want to talk to you about something."

There was silence on the other line.

"Tomoyo?"

"Ah yes, yes, I'm still here, ohohoho." Tomoyo's sudden response made Sakura gasp in surprise. "Are you all right there, Sakura?"

"Yes, I was just surprised, that's all. Well then, I'll see you later?"

"Later then!" Tomoyo hung up the phone. Sakura sighed when she put the phone down.

'How am I supposed to explain Tomoyo about this? Hmmm, might as well buy snacks for her.' Sakura thought as she looked for her skates. 'This is not magic, just some weird dream. That's it.' She kept on telling herself. When she finally found her skates, she strapped them on and skated slowly towards the grocery store.

She skated slowly towards the direction of the grocery store, passing by the cherry blossom trees. She suddenly remembered bumping into someone, or something here two days ago, but then there was nothing.

'That was really weird.' She thought. She slowed down even more when she caught a glimpse of her school, her brother's old school, Seijuu High School. /*Seijuu High also offers middle school, I assume*/

'This is hopeless.' He thought as he crossed the street slowly when the go signal showed. 'I can't even sense where that wave came from. This is truly hopeless.' He sighed. He stopped walking in the middle of the street. Since he can't be since by normal people, he didn't care, he just moved a little just to avoid people bumping him.

'You don't need an apprentice! You alone can bring them down!' A voice lingered inside his head. He closed his eyes for a while, reflecting on what to do after this.

'I guess I don't need one.' He thought, but then shortly shook his head. 'Don't be too cocky, mate. You know what will happen. You cannot fight fate.' He grimaced. At last he opened his eyes again and looked up at the sky. 'I should just die. Then I won't have to deal with this anymore.'

He didn't notice the stop sign for the pedestrian starting to blink.

She stopped in front of her school, looking at the arch that usually welcomes the students every school day. When she suddenly remembered her dream, she furrowed her eyebrows. There were only a few people around, making her feeling a bit uncomfortable with the situation.

She was about to go ahead when something blue caught her eye. That is when she saw a boy with blue hair in the middle of the street. She recognized him as the boy in her dreams.

'This is so freaking me out.' She thought. She skated closer to the boy to see his features closer.

There was something about the boy that was drawing her closer to him. She knew it wasn't his eccentric blue hair, or his blue eyes behind those elliptical spectacles. It wasn't the way he carried himself like a gentleman, at how he looked up at the sky. It was something different, like ... his aura. His aura?

'No, magic doesn't exist!' She thought frantically, shaking her head. When she looked towards the boy, she noticed that he wasn't moving at all, and she knew better than let the boy stay in the middle of the road.

"Hey!" She shouted, but the boy didn't move. For some reason, it made her worry.

"Hey, are you all right? You shouldn't stand there!" She shouted again, hoping to gain the boy's attention, oblivious to the questioning looks of some people walking by her. She was getting nervous by every second without knowing why.

Then, everything that happened next happened in a blur.

There was a speeding bus headed towards the boy in the middle of the street. Panicking, Sakura frantically shouted to the boy to get away. Seeing that it won't get both of them anywhere, she did what she didn't think she would do; she ran towards the boy, ignoring the agitated shouts of people. Seeing the bus heading closer, and the boy still not moving, she forced her legs to run faster. It was a good thing she did, because she pushed the boy just in time for him not to be hit by the bus, but not in time to avoid the bus herself.

The next thing the people heard were frantic shouts, screeching tires, and a loud honk from the bus.

The next thing he remembered was being pushed away from where he was. Thinking he slipped off his notice-me-not spell, he looked for what, or who, pushed him. But the next thing shocked him; suddenly a speeding bus skidded in front of him, seemingly hitting a figure that was in front of him a while ago.

'Oh dear.'

Realizing that even until the moment, his notice-me-not spell didn't slip, he ran towards the figure. He was horrified by what he has seen; a young girl, the same age as him, was lying on her stomach in the street, covered in blood, unconscious. He was about to approach her when he remembered that he cannot be seen, so he can't do anything. He turned around to leave before the paramedics arrive.

"Who ... are ... y...you?" A raspy voice surprised him. When he turned around, he saw the girl looking at him with eyes half-closed.

"You can see me?" He whispered, eyes wide, checking his spell that was still working. He couldn't believe it, she can see him. "Wait. You're that girl by the Cherry Blossom trees!" He exclaimed, eyes filled with worry, confusion, and joy.

"I'm ... g..glad," she tried to get up, seemingly ignoring his statement, but winced in pain. Her breaths were getting more uneven every second. She stretched her hand to his direction, "t...that you are ... all right." With her last word, she fainted, dropping her hand.

At last the paramedics arrived. Some witness were frantic at how the girl just ran without reason towards the street, and how she was talking to herself a few moments ago. But he, who just stood there, still unnoticed, ignored everything that was happening. His stare was still at the girl who probably saved her life.

And she can see him, much to his joy, and worry.