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Chapter Two:

Breathless

~six years later~

I snapped on my roller blades and then stood up and looked at myself in the cracked mirror above my dresser. My hair was a mess, the way I usually wore it now, and I had on the worst pair of jeans I could find. They were covered in holes and went well with the faded gray shirt that was tearing at the seams.

I couldn't help but laugh aloud at my appearance and choice of costume. Halloween was my favorite holiday of the year and tonight's costume was a bum-skater. Not really original but it would do the job, and I really didn't feel like coming up with something else. None the less, I felt excited and on edge. Tonight was going to be a really good night. I turned away from the mirror and stepped over to my bed and picked up the blue pillow case before leaving my room and shutting the door behind me.

I looked across the hall at the closed faux wooden door on the other end. Sighing I called loud enough for her to hear "Bye, be back later." I hear her answer something but I was out of the house with the door shut to catch what it was.

My skates easily brought me to apartment number thirteen, home to my best friend Takashi. I waited all of two seconds after knocking to hear him call out his own farewell to his family before closing the door behind him and smiling at me.

"'Sup man?" He grabbed my hand in the usual manner and looked me over "What are you supposed to be anyway?"

"I'm a bum-skater" I grinned when he gave me the familiar 'you-got-to-be-kidding-only-you-would-do-that' look. "And what about you, what are you supposed to be?"

I looked him over. Tanned skin and black eyes dressed in black pants and a black t-shirt with a skull on it. It wasn't until he pulled the scream mask over his face that I even got the idea of who he could be trying to portray though poorly done.

"I am the killer from the evil black apartments. And tonight I shall find another pretty girl and rape and kill her" Takashi rubbed his hands together and then finished his rant off with a sinister laugh. I rolled my eyes and skated away from him. He was referring to the old story about the man who had kidnapped a girl from the pool in the complex while her mom had gone to the store. When they caught up with him they had found out that he had been responsible for the death of several other girls. The most unfortunate part was that two boys had been playing in the field off to the left of the complex and discovered the bones of the girl who he had killed.

"You're sick man! And that's not really all that funny." I looked back to see him skating to catch up with me. I slowed and gave him a chance to catch up.

"It's only a joke Li, lighten up." He grinned at me and I rolled my eyes again.

"Doesn't make it any less weird." I pushed harder off the ground and picked up speed. He fallowed suit and together we were skating around the apartment complex knocking on all the down stairs apartments. At one point we stopped and hid in the bushes and would jump out to scare the other kids.

"Did you see the look on his face? That was priceless man!" Takashi was holding his stomach in fits of laughter

"Dude look, he dropped his candy!" I picked up a Halloween bag half full of candy, "what should we do with it?" we both looked around to see if the little boy would come back to claim his candy. When we saw none, we shrugged and halved the bag of candy

Takashi's watched went off at 8:30 and after a short 'see you later man' he was gone. I wandered around the complex for a few minutes before I climbed through the hole in the back fence that led to the dead end of a neighbor hood and skated down the street watching as the last of the trick-or-treaters made their way home. Even though it was Friday parents still wanted their children home early. Well, most did. Syaoran rounded another corner and stopped when he saw three girls walking towards him. There was something about them that made him want to stop.

As the girls neared details became clearer to him. The one on his right was dressed as a gothic angel with large black wings strapped to her back. Black leggings and a short red plaid skirt with a black top covered in zippers and skulls made up this girls outfit. And judging from her hair, with is pink and purple highlights, this was no costume, but rather real cloths that she wore on a daily bases.

The one on the left was slightly more awkward that the other two. Large black boots that seemed to be slightly too big and made her steps heavier that the others. Camouflage pants and shirt with black eye make-up on her cheeks portrayed her as someone from some branch of the military. I didn't think she was cut out for that type of life, nor did she pull it off very well. But it was Halloween, which meant it was okay to dress out of character.

The one in the middle is the one who caught my attention. She was dressed in a white satin princess gown with brown hair falling around her shoulders in a wave. What caught me the most though was her eyes. By now they had reached the house I was standing in front of. Her eyes were a deep green. Beautiful and calm with such grace I had never seen before. The girl on the left hugged the other two girls before walking up to the door and entering. I smiled at the two girls before me my eyes watching the brunette.

"Umm what exactly are you supposed to be anyway?" the one with the multi colored hair laughed as she spoke to him

I'm a bum-skater." I smiled and laughed when the girls snickered and rolled their eyes.

"That's not a real costume… But I guess it works." The brunette spoke through her giggles and looked at her friend. "I'm Sakura, this is Tomoyo." She motioned toward her friend who smiled back at me.

"And your name is?"

"Syaoran." Tomoyo nodded as I spoke my name and then gave me a confused look before glancing at her friend.

"Syaoran? Don't you go to Tomoeda? I think he plays the trumpet in third band with Eriol" She spoke the last part to Sakura who just looked at her.

"Yeah, I go to Tomoeda. Are you Eriol's sister?" Tomoyo smiled and nodded. "You both go to Tomoeda to then? Are you guys in band to?"

"Yup, we are both in second band. She plays the clarinet and I play the flute" Sakura smiled as she spoke. "I don't think I have ever seen you before."

"Probably not, I usually get to school a little late." I shrugged my eyes meeting her green ones. It was dark but I thought I saw her cheeks redden slightly; I laughed under my breath and watched as she smiled at me. Warmth spread through my body for a split second before Tomoyo brought my attention over to her.

"My brother has mentioned you before, 'said you were really good" She smiled at me and Sakura and then sighed slightly when a phone in her bag started to ring. She wrestled with the bag trying to dig the phone out. Unfortunately it was buried under candy. She managed to get her hands on it and had it up to hear ear before the person on the other line hung up.

"Hello? … No! I can't believe that! … Okay, we will be home in a few minutes. Yeah … alright… bye." Tomoyo closed the phone and looked at Sakura who rolled her eyes and looked back at me.

"We have to go. Maybe we will see you around school" She gave me another smile and linked her arm in Tomoyo's, who waved good bye.

I smiled and nodded to them "Yeah, maybe we will, I will keep an eye out for you."

I watched them walk off down the street and frowned, Sakura and Tomoyo were good friends I could tell that much, but something about the way she seem to want to protect her seemed odd.

I shrugged and pushed off the ground with my skates. I wasn't ready to go home yet and I didn't really need to. It was Friday and Mom didn't usually care how late I was. I skated around the block a few times and then stopped when I saw someone else walking down the street. I almost missed them, but their hair had caught the light.

Dressed in black pants and a black long sleeve shirt brown hair left to fall around the shoulders, I was sure it was a female. I slipped behind a tree, not sure I wanted her to see me.

The female had passed me and I was suddenly aware of why I had wanted to hide. The female was none other then Sakura. She jogged down then street in easy lope, smooth and graceful. Silently I fallowed her.

She glanced around before climbing through the hole in the fence that led to my apartment complex, 'she didn't live here did she?' I continued to fallow her, feeling kind of like a stalker. Laughing to myself I pushed the thought from my mind and then was shocked once again when I saw her slip into the apartment that was right next to mine. Not only did she live here, she was literally my neighbor.

Deciding I had been out late enough I entered my own apartment and closed the door. I sank down onto the couch and stared at the wall that separated the two apartments. My mind was racing and then suddenly it stopped on the one thing that had bothered me about the occupants I shared a wall with.

One night about a month after me and my mother had moved in, and several times after that, I heard intense yelling from an older man. A few times I could have sworn I had heard a muffled scream. When people got mad enough, they sometimes showed their anger with a firm beating. Confused I started at the wall harder. 'It couldn't be.'

With my mind made up, I stood and gave one last look at the wall before going to my room, which also happened to connect to her apartment. I would keep an eye on her, see if my conclusion was true or not.