C A U G H T S T A R I N G
Shii-Chan©
AN: Hi, thanks to my two reviews in less than twenty-four hours!
Summary: Kinomoto Sakura never expected to have to play prey when her new house catches on fire and kills her father and brother. Previously in her life, while she lived in America suspicious footprints and a pool of blood had left obvious evidence for the killing of her mother and twin sister, but no DNA was ever found on the scene, nor on her family members. Her new neighbor, Hiiragizawa Eriol, gives her a box that was accidentally mailed to him, and because of strange circumstances she finds strange pictures of innocent children who had died. Then she ends up living with Li Syaoran, the owner of the business that creates devices that can harm paranormal life and protect innocent people from the evil beyond the grave. What will happen in the adventures she has with him, and meanwhile where has Hiiragizawa taken her (other/adopted) sister, Tomoyo? Was it just a date after all?
Genre: Romance/Horror/Hurt-Comfort/Mystery/Adventure/Suspense
Year: 2011
Date: 10/24
Time: 12:09 AM
Place: Tomoeda, Japan—Tomoeda Café (24 Hours)
"Do you walk straight back to misery or do you give up right then and there?"
-Unknown
***N I G H T O N E***
Li Syaoran drove Kinomoto Sakura and Tsukishiro Yukito to the popular 24 hour café down in downtown Tomoeda, away from the wooded area where Sakura's house had been.
'It seems like all of our stories are...connected in a way...' Sakura thought. How did Chief Tsukishiro know her twin even when she was dead, plus, they lived in America! How did Li Syaoran's number end up in the box? The box seemed much heavier than a small piece of paper. But what did she know? She was a mere high-school student.
"Okay, so the both of you, did you experience any paranormal sightings or experiences? Anything involving supernatural spirits or...ghosts?" Syaoran asked in a serious tone while pulling out a small laptop which he was about to type everything on.
***Eriol and Tomoyo***
It's not like Eriol really wanted to take her on a date. Eriol had a family full of psychics, and he was the destined leader of his clan, as well as the best fortune-teller of them all. He had looked into his own future from time to time, and in the last few days he had seen two girls, one with honey hair and emerald eyes, known as Kinomoto Sakura, who looked like his best friend, Kinomoto Sakuya (A/N: Story told in a few moments!), and a black haired girl with amethyst eyes full of kindness, so called Daidouji Tomoyo. He was to take Daidouji out of the scene so she wouldn't be...harmed? He questioned his own reading himself. Then after his vision he thought about his love, Kinomoto Sakuya.
***F L A S H B A C K***
Place: Tomoeda, Japan, Tomoeda Prep.
Time: 9:12 AM
Date: 10/29/10
Year: 2010
Hiiragizawa Eriol lived in the beautiful residence of Tomoeda, Japan. He walked to school each morning to expect nothing but an average lesson. But what he did not expect was a beautiful with honey colored hair and silver eyes with one strand of emerald hinted in them to arrive at his ordinary school. He automatically befriended the girl, Kinomoto Sakuya.
"Hello," The girl said in a somewhat grim voice, but with a smile that showed her bright white teeth, "I am Kinomoto Sakuya. I don't suspect you need to know about my background, but if you are seriously THAT interested, feel free to ask." She winked and took a seat next to him.
"You don't seem to feel very free about your background..." He said, giving her mind a little reading.
"Yeah, that's definitely correct. My mother and—"She paused. She had something to say but it never fell off her lips. "...well uhh, my mom died three years ago and my dad, brother and twin sister all live in Tennessee, America, but they don't know I'm alive."
Eriol knew something wasn't right with her. She wanted to share something, but as hard as he looked into her mind, he couldn't find anything wrong.
"You said your mother 'and'. What's the 'and' for?" He questioned.
"Drop it. Gomen, let's be friends!" She said. Then he knew she was his girl.
***C A U G H T S T A R I N G***
"Eriol-Kun...ERIOL-KUN~!" Tomoyo yelled, trying to get Eriol's attention. He looked at her like nothing happened, and then was like "Oh, hey." He managed a sad smile, and then a waiter came up to them, looking distressed.
"Are you Miss Tomoyo Kinomoto-Daidouji?" He said. Tomoyo nodded.
"Umm...I hate to break it to you, but the hospital just called, tracking your phone. They asked me to deliver a message to you, so here goes..."
"Her father and brother have died." Eriol said, massaging his temples with his fingertips.
"...H-How did you know that sir? And you didn't tell the young lady?"
"S-Sakura's the last of my family...WHERE'S SAKURA-CHAN? HER SISTER SAKUYA-CHAN DIED WITH HER MOM AND HER DAD AND BRO, TOUYA-KUN ARE GONE TOO! It's all my fault...I shouldn't have left..." Tomoyo started crying anime style without the comedic accentuation.
***S A K U R A I N C A U G H T S T A R I N G***
"Well...after my sis, Sakuya, died in 2008, we were seeing some strange stuff in the house. You know, like shadows, and...ghosts..." Sakura shuttered at the very thought of ghosts.
"But based on Sakura's description, I knew the same Kinomoto Sakuya...I had coffee with her like three weeks ago! I can show you the pictures we took on my pho-" The policeman took out his iPhone and began looking through pictures. "Found em!" He cried out.
Sakura looked at the pictures. They were her sister, but her eyes were so...not emerald. They were steel colored and made her look washed out.
"It's definitely my sister," Sakura began, but with tears welling up in her eyes, "But those eyes aren't hers."
"I've seen things like this before...what you guys are experiencing is a slightly evil paranormal entity. Kinomoto Sakuya has died, three years ago. But only her physical self has died. If there were no wounds on her body, it means her spiritual membrane is too tough to be broken; a common case. Here's why the eyes are different than they were, the eyes are the windows to the soul. Ghosts have no souls, so if she would've just walked up in her ghostly form, she would have no eyes and be considered dead. No average paranormalist, as I call them, knows this for a fact, but based on my previous cases, this is the theory I have formed.
"She has taken a 'loan' from the head of evil ghosts. You can tell based on eye color. With the previous case situation, I've learned that the darker the color of eyes, the more evil the spirit. They use voodoo crafts and black magic to cover their eye color while angelic entities have to form it naturally, meaning their eye color is lighter and easier to see through. Based on the color codes," Syaoran paused for a second and took out a file, "She is classified as an evil or dark entity. When you sell your soul to a dark entity, they give you something in return. In this case, it's eyes that can let her live again. But if she finds out that ghosts can basically reform if they find someone with the same eye color as them..." He paused and looked in Sakura's direction, "...They will possess that person and the soul-selling for the main dark entity begins again; like a cycle."
Sakura shuddered. Her own sister was going to...possess her?
***C A U G H T S T A R I N G***
Syaoran dropped of Yukito and took Sakura with him to his car. They drove to his house in an awkward silence. What could you say to someone who you didn't know, but the only thing you knew about them was that they had the answers to conquer the evil?
Syaoran opened the door for Sakura and led her to his mansion's front door. He unlocked it with a key and was greeted by a man with silver hair, brown eyes and a silver mustache to match.
"Hey Wei." Syaoran greeted.
"Hm...who is the lovely young lady? Is this that Sakuya-Chan who moved in about a year ago down the street? This is how Eriol-Sama described her..."
"Sakuya-Chan was my sister...now she's the one I want to avoid." Sakura said, clenching her fists.
***End of Chapter 3: Night One***
TO BE CONTINUED