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Chapter Rating: T

My writing style in Fanfiction.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Something one of the characters is writing or reading

Introduction/Truth

*Sound*

/ / Flashback / /

/ Dream /

Scene Change

トり のなく頃に; こしょうかけら

Tori no Naku Koro ni; koshou kakera

When the birds cry; shattered fragments

恋人同士し編 Koibitodoushi-hen

Lovers Arc

親

Closeness

"Sakura can you take that box into the house," I heard the voice of my mom call out.

"Ok," I shouted back after looking at the box my mom was pointing at. It wasn't very big, but it looked kind of heavy. I walked over to the box and picked it up. I was right it was very heavy, and it was hard for me to lift.

"Hey; do you need some help," a guy my age called out from the street.

"I would appreciate it," I told him.

He ran over and took the box from me. He didn't look like he had any trouble carrying the box. But he didn't have a muscular type of body, he looked sort of slender.

"I noticed you just moved in," he told me after setting down the box on the grass. "I'm Syaoran Li."

He is Syaoran Li is the sixteen year old boy with dark brown hair and amber colored eyes. He is very strong, even though he doesn't look muscular. He is also very good looking; I have gotten a crush on first sight.

"I'm Sakura Kinomoto, my family just moved here," I told him.

I'm Sakura Kinomoto; I'm a sixteen year old girl with short honey brown hair and emerald green eyes. I like mysteries but can't stand horror. So don't tell me a ghost story. My family just moved into town.

The door to my house opened and my little sister's head popped out. "Onee-chan mom says to hurry up," she scolded.

"And this is?" Syaoran questioned pointing at my little sister.

Umi ran out of the house and up to Syaoran. "I'm Umi!" she cried out.

That is my little sister Umi Kinomoto. She is a young girl the age of seven. She has short honey brown hair and brown eyes. She is carefree little and doesn't even realize that she sometimes causes trouble. She can be an annoyance.

"Onee-chan I'm going for a walk," Umi told me before running down the driveway.

"Be careful," I called out after her.

"Ok," she yelled as she ran down the street

"Why does Onee-chan treat me like a child," Umi pouted. "I can take care of myself." Umi's face light up when she saw someone she recognized walking toward her. "Tomoyo-neechan!"she cried out.

"Hi Umi-chan," Tomoyo greeted, "Are you out for a walk this early in the morning?"

Umi nodded her head. "Are you out for a walk as well?"

"Yes, I sometimes take walks early in the morning. It refreshes the body," Tomoyo told her. "By the way where is Sakura-chan?"

"She is talking to a brown haired nii-san," Umi answered.

"She must be talking to Syaoran-kun then," Tomoyo smiled. "I hope they get along. I better not interrupt their conversation. Want to spend the day with me Umi-chan?"

Umi quickly nodded her head over and over again. "Yeah I get to hang out with Tomoyo-neechan."

"Let's go somewhere fun."

Tomoyo and Umi ran off down the street and headed into the town. They passed by a girl and boy who were talking. The guy looked straight a head, and the girl looked down at the ground in front of them.

"That is Yukari a friend of mine," Tomoyo whispered to Umi. "She has a crush on that guy, but she is too shy to tell him how she feels."

Yukari Fushima is the sixteen year old girl with short light brown hair and blue eyes. She has a crush on Kira, but she is too shy to tell him how she feels.

Kira Asari is the sixteen year old guy with dark brown hair and green eyes. He is also a loner kind of, he doesn't get close to anyone in the class besides Syaoran. He spends most of his time when he is not at school with his younger sister and brother. His mother died five years ago and his father works almost all the time.

"Does Tomoyo-neechan have a boyfriend?" Umi asked.

Tomoyo stopped of a second. "No I don't," she answered. "But I do have a certain guy I do like."

"Have you told him how you feel?" Umi asked.

"Yes, I have," Tomoyo told her with a smile. "And he told me he doesn't feel the same about me."

"Awh, poor Tomoyo-neechan," Umi cried.

"Yeah, poor me," Tomoyo fake cried with Umi. "But I have good friends, Sakura-chan and Yukari-chan." Umi puffed her lip and crossed her arms. "And of course I have you Umi-chan."

Umi smiled and stopped pouting. "Right," she cheered. "I will always make Tomoyo-chan happy."

"Aw, thanks," Tomoyo told her. "Why don't I get you some ice cream."

"Yeah ice cream!" Umi cried out in excitement. "Ice cream, ice cream, ice cream," Umi sang over and over as they walked down the street.

A large flyer blew into Umi's face causing her to panic. Tomoyo pulled the flyer off and threw it in the trash. "There all better," she told her.

"What was that Tomoyo-neechan?" Umi asked.

"It was a flyer, for Tokyo Renovations," Tomoyo told her. "They are a real estate company in Tokyo. Someone must have been carrying the flyer and it blew out of their pocket."

"Why was someone carrying around something like that?" Umi asked.

"I don't know," Tomoyo replied.

"Is something for sale here?" Umi asked.

Tomoyo shook her head. "No nothing is for sale, and no one wants this property anyway. Some people for Tokyo came a few years ago and tried to get us all to leave."

"Why?" Umi questioned.

"Something about condemning this land," Tomoyo answered. "But enough about that; what kind of ice cream do you want?"

"Chocolate!" Umi cried out. "And I want to HUGE bowl full of it!"

Tomoyo let out a giggle as she continued down the street with Umi.

Syaoran and I carried all the boxes in. Afterwards Syaoran showed me around the forest behind the house.

"Stop Syaoran-kun, I hate scary stories," I yelled, "I don't want to hear anymore!"

"But it is what is going on," Syaoran told me. "Young kids have been disappearing over the town."

"Stop!" I yelled. "I'm going to have nightmares now. I'm going back now." I turned around and began walking back in the direction I thought my house was in. I took a few steps before I felt a hand grab my shoulder, and I screamed.

"It is this way," Syaoran told me while pointing in the opposite direction I was going.

"Don't scare me like that," I cried. "I almost had a heart attack."

"Sorry," Syaoran apologized.

"Next time, just tell me instead of grabbing me on the shoulder like that!" I yelled.

"What is your problem," Syaoran grumbled.

"I don't like people grabbing me suddenly," I yelled at him before storming off. Baka Syaoran, telling me a story like that. I'm going to have nightmares for sure.

"Sakura-chan I'm sorry," Syaoran called out.

"Don't follow me," I yelled without turning around.

"How can I not, if you are mad at me," Syaoran told me.

"Huh? What is that supposed to mean," I questioned.

Syaoran chuckled. "It means . . . that."

There was a long moment of silence. "That?" I questioned.

"I don't want you to be mad at me," Syaoran whispered.

I stopped in my tracks and turned around. Syaoran wasn't looking at me he was starring at a tree, red in the face.

I walked up to him and starred at him. "Repeat what you just said," I told him.

"No, I said it once, and I'm not saying it again," he said stubbornly.

"What if I didn't hear what you said?" I questioned.

He smirked "You heard."

I frowned. "And how do you know that?"

It was sudden, a quick motion, Syaoran leaned down and kissed my cheek. "That is better than repeating what I said," he whispered in my ear as he pulled his face away.

I was stunned. "I can't believe you just did that," I spoke in a soft voice.

"Neither can I," Syaoran replied. "I guess I just fallen under the spell of love at first sight."

Syaoran and I walked back to the house, with only a few words spoken to each other. After we got back Syaoran went home and I went inside and saw Tomoyo sitting on the couch.

This is Tomoyo Daidouji my sixteen year old cousin. She has long purplish black hair that runs down her back, and sparking amethyst eyes. She and her mother live together in a small house which has a lot of land, which they raise horses on.

Tomoyo and I spent all the time till dinner talking. After dinner Tomoyo and I talked until it was time for bed. The next morning Tomoyo and I walked to school together with Umi. After dropping Umi off Tomoyo took me to the class I would be in.

The classroom was normal looking. There was a large desk near the front of the room and behind it a blackboard. There was a fancy looking chair behind the desk. The desk has papers neatly sitting in two different piles.

The teacher must be very neat and organized.

Across from the desk were four rows of five desks. The left side of the room was lined with windows. The classroom was on the first floor she you could see eye level into the forest. The only other thing in the room was a trash can in the far corner of the room on the left side.

I spotted Syaoran sitting in the second back row to the back. He was talking to another Chinese girl. It must be his cousin.

Tomoyo wasted one time in introducing me to everyone in the class.

Naoko Yanagisawa is the sixteen year old girl with glasses and short brown hair that is neatly trimmed to cover her forehead but not get in her eyes. She has brown eyes and her hair is almost always cut so it is perfectly even. She loves the occult and horror. Her mother died in an accident three years ago, since then she has been even more obsessed with black magic and the occult.

Miyu Sunada is the fifteen year old girl with short black hair and a purple hair band. She had blue eyes and never takes her hair band off. No one in school has seen her with it off. She is extremely bubbly and energetic. She is a happy-go-lucky person. She is almost always smiling, but one time she was seen crying her eyes out in the bathroom. So it is a possibility that her always happy attitude is just to cover-up her sadness.

Chiharu Mihara is the sixteen year old girl with two long pigtails. Her hair is brown as are her eyes. She is a friendly girl and not a quite one. She is dating fellow classmate Takashi. Those two have been friends since childhood. Chiharu's father died in an accident three years ago. Since then her and Naoko have been hanging out together a lot. She is a little stuck-up and has dislike for certain people.

Eriol Hiiragizawa is the sixteen year old with blue hair and glasses. He is a little weird, and strange. He is among the group of friends Tomoyo hangs out with.

Akito Kano is the fifteen year old guy with blonde haired and blue eyes. He is a lone wolf and spends all his time by himself, by choice. He brings a large backpack to school everyday, and it is big enough to fit six sets of the school books inside. He sometimes skips classes and goes who knows where.

Orika Enoki is the fifteen year old girl with short almost bubblegum pink hair. She gets teased a lot because of her hair color which she claims in natural. She is a quiet girl who doesn't talk much. She doesn't really have any friends. But apparently she has been seen hanging around Naoko and Kira before.

Takashi Yamazaki is the sixteen year old guy with short black hair and dark brown eyes. He likes to tell long winded stories. Which are completely false, they even sound ridiculous. I was told not to believe the tales he tells. He is going out with his childhood friend Chiharu.

Kiyoh Loxely is seventeen year old guy with very dark brown hair and brown eyes. He is someone who is looking into the future. He is obsessed with the latest technology and is probably the most technological person in Yukihana.

Mari Inihara is the fourteen year old girl who is always wearing black. She has long brown hair which covers her ears on the sides, and goes past her neck in the back. She has light green eyes. Not much in known about her because she is an outcast and is treated like a monster.

Yuuta Senta is the fourteen year old boy with short light brown hair. He is always very proper. His hair is always neatly parted to the right. Apparently his mother is very strict about politeness and keeping up appearances. Because of this he lashes out his anger through harsh criticism and insults about others.

Meiling Li is a sixteen year old girl. She has black hair and brown eyes. She is Syaoran cousin. She lives with her aunt and uncle because her parents hate her.

She even introduced me to the teacher.

Kaho Mizuki is the red haired woman who is my teacher. From what Tomoyo told me she is a pretty strict teacher sometimes. She has a strange habit of stating nonsense about magic and stuff. One of the kids in the class; Takashi Yamazaki tells people she is an alien.

Class was normal and boring. After class I hung out with Tomoyo's friends.

Haru Yuhara is the ten year old boy who is included in Tomoyo's group of friends. He has spiky grayish hair and dark brown eyes. He is good friends with Syaoran and Kira. Those two even take turns checking in on the twins because there parents passed away. Despite that fact Haru doesn't let that slow him down. Maybe he is just too young to understand.

Hana Yuhara is the ten year old girl who is included in Tomoyo's group of friends. She had short blonde hair and dark brown eyes. She is friends with Syaoran and Kira, but doesn't get along with them as well as Haru. It is unknown if she is the younger twin or older. It might be due to her being a girl and they are guys.

Himeko Tori is the twelve year old girl who is included in Tomoyo's group of friends. She has semi long blonde hair that is curled, and green dark blue eyes. She has an older brother, but he left to go to college four years ago. She is good friends with Haru and Hana.

Hayato Tori is a twenty two year old guy. From what I heard he had dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. He is Himeko's older brother. He left to go to college in Tokyo four years ago in June. He returns every year in July, but he has to leave a few days before the end of the month to get back to school on time. He was a Syaoran's role model, was deeply admired by him.

I found myself blushing almost every time Syaoran talked, which didn't go unnoticed. When it was time to pick up Umi I quickly rushed out of the room, but not fast enough.

"Something wrong; Little Red Sakura," Haru teased. "Every time Syaoran-niichan talked you turned bright red."

Hana who was standing next to Haru started making kissing nosing while giggling.

I let out a groan before quickly running away.

"Let's go get Syaoran-niichan," Haru told his sister.

Outside behind the school

"Give me the picture," Kira hissed at Mari.

Mari laughed at his pitiful attempt to grab the photo in her hand. "Nope," she laughed as she backed away from him. "I'm thinking about giving it to everyone in class." With each word she spoke Kira's glare grew colder and colder. "I'm sure everyone would love to know this secret." Mari laughed.

"So no matter what I say or do, you won't give the picture to me?" Kira asked.

Mari laughed. "Yes this is revenge for what you did to me last July."

"That was an accident," Kira protested.

"I don't care," Mari told her as she childishly stuck out her tongue at him. "It is partly your own fault for having such a juicy secret."

Kira glared at her before turning his glare on the ground. "You will pay for this," his hissed in a low voice.

"You're all talk." Mari laughed as she walked away. "You wouldn't touch me." Kira glared hatefully at her back as she walked away.

The week went by so fast I either hung out with Tomoyo or was with Syaoran. Syaoran and I even became boyfriend and girlfriend.

"Sakura want to spend time after school?" Tomoyo asked.

"Sorry Tomoyo, I made plans with Syaoran already," I told her.

"Sakura that is the fourth time you have said that to me," Tomoyo whined.

"I know, gomen," I apologized before running off.

Syaoran and I went out on our date and we had a lot of fun. We took a bus and went to a place a little ways outside of town. It was really nice we talked as we walked round the beautiful scenery.

"Sakura I want you to meet my parents," Syaoran told me

"Today," I squeaked, a little surprised.

I walked to Syaoran's house a few feet being him. "Don't be nervous Sakura," Syaoran told me.

I tried to take Syaoran's advice, but I still felt nervous. I felt that way all the way through the dinner I had with the Li's. Meiling stayed in her room, Mrs. Li told us that she wasn't feeling very well.

"Thank you for having me over Mr. Li, Mrs. Li," I told them as I left the house with Syaoran following behind me.

"Sakura wait," Syaoran called up. I turned around and suddenly felt Syaoran's lips on my own. The kiss was short a light. Syaoran just lightly pressed his lips against my before pulling away. His face was bright red. "See you at school tomorrow," he stuttered before rushing into his house.

As Sakura walked away two people watched from the shadows. One watched from the shadow of an alley nearby, the other watched from a bedroom on the second floor.

(Chapter End)

Bernkastel glanced at Death. "I can tell you are just itching to say something in bold," she spoke in an emotionless tone.

"You know me to well I think," Death laughed without any humor. "This is just a reminder. All events that happen before June 1983 always happen. But that doesn't mean that certain events don't always happen in June 1983. Here are some that always happen, Sakura and her family move in. Yori always disappears, he did in this arc, but it wasn't mentioned because no characters were close to him this time. Kira's secret always happens. There may be others, but you will have to figure that out for yourself."

"That was an odd thing for you to do," Bernkastel mentioned even though she sounded like she didn't care. "It sounded like you were helping them."

Death remained silent for a moment. "Can't have a challenge if the opponent is weak." He laughed coldly. "Now shall we get on with the show, the red dance is about to start." *ehihihihihihi*

What is going on?

She is dead, she was murdered.

One of you three are the killer, you are the only ones without alibis

What happened?

When I walked in blood was everywhere

You are the killer!

You are the only one who could have killed both of them!

I can't believe you could do such a thing, I thought. . .

I say will lock this murderer up!

Justice! Justice! Justice!

Lovers Arc: Spat

(Extra End)

Author's Note

Well at first I wanted to write all of SxS dates out, but I just stopped in the middle of the first. It was filler anyway, so I cut it. If I rewrite this arc, I might flesh out a few.

I've decided to add more clues, because I'm honestly wondering if anyone got the right answer and figured out how the murderer did it. (The people who read it and I told them how the murderer did it were shocked. Minutes before they were shouting at me "There is no way!" but once I told them, it became "oh, I see, that makes sense, kind of scary." The people I had read it, were pretty off. Just so there are no misleading the people who died of blood loss Didn't loose any blood. Meaning they didn't bleed, outside or inside their body. They didn't throw up any blood or anything like that. They had the same amount of blood when they died as they did the day before. Yeah you are probably staring at me like I grew three heads. But it is possible. Not that I have done it. Cause I have not! But I do have evidence that this does work. *dark smile*

See ya *nipa*