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1 Always and Eternal Part Two
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3 By MH Hughes
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4 SPIRITWOMAN@skybest.com
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5
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6 Notes: It has taken me too long to write the second part for this story….gomen
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7 ^^;; I have been very busy these days (I know, excuses…excuses….) But here we
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8 go…I hope you like!
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11 ********************
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15 Li was able to use the illusion card for the next day, the fake Sakura claiming
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16 illness. Touya was suspicious, but Tomoyo finally convinced him that she would
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17 keep an eye on her and tell him if she worsened.
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18 “I don’t know how long we can keep this up…” Tomoyo whispered. Li rubbed his
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19 bloodshot eyes and nodded in agreement.
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20 “I have tried all my ideas….if the Kero cannot come up with something….” Li
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21 stared at the floor. Tomoyo shook him by the shoulder to force him to look up.
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22 “We will not stop until she awakens.” She stated confidently. Li smiled briefly.
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23 “Of course.” He answered.
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24 Tomoyo turned back to the sleeping Sakura, noting the faintest of smiles on
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25 her lips….the memory must be a good one, Tomoyo thought as she ran her fingers
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26 lightly through Sakura’s hair. Tomoyo felt a little bad, relishing this moment
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27 of closeness and savoring the softness of Sakura’s hair, while Sakura was under
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28 a Card’s influence. She let the strands slip through her fingers and fall onto
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29 the pillow without a sound.
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30 Sakura-chan……..
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31 I love you…..Please come back to me…….
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34 **********************
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37
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38 Sakura walked behind Tomoyo and into the woods.
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39 “Did you hear that?” Tomoyo hissed, reaching back and grabbing Sakura’s hand.
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40 Sakura calmed herself, holding the hand of her beloved, and stepped closer.
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41 “It’s nothing Tomoyo-chan….come on, the others will be waiting for us….” Sakura
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42 grinned. Tomoyo frowned.
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43 “I don’t like spooky things like this….do you believe in the mists?” The black
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44 haired girl asked, now holding onto Sakura’s arm as they walked.
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45 “I guess so.”
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46 “I hope nothing happens, nothing at all….” Tomoyo shuddered. Sakura hugged her
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47 quickly.
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48 “It will be fine, I’ll be there to protect you.”
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50
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51 “Did you bring your lanterns?” Rika asked. The others nodded silently.
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52 “Now…light them and repeat this verse from the shrine….then the mists will be
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53 released….” Rika announced. Everyone did as told. Sakura glanced at Tomoyo,
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54 whose hand shook as she lit her candle, a soft blue surrounding her face and
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55 showing her nervousness. Sakura was about to go over to her when someone
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56 screamed out.
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57 “I saw something! Over there!” Chiharu pointed to the right of herself, the
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58 densest part of the wood. Everyone started to grab their lanterns, high pitched
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59 voices and one girl was crying, all eager to leave before the mists got them.
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60 Rika was trying to calm people, but to no avail.
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61 Sakura watched the woods, looking for the mists….she wanted to see it, to know
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62 for sure if it was real or not…She walked closer to the trees and noticed a
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63 light, small and yellow, in the distance….should I go closer? Sakura wondered.
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64 She took a small step and focused on the light….she listened for a sound….Sakura
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65 walked closer, feeling light headed….She placed a hand on a tree.
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66 What is wrong? Why can’t I stay standing?
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67 “Sakura!”
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68 Someone is calling me….but why can’t I move? The light….it is getting closer…..
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69 “Please, Sakura, answer me!”
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70 Sakura tried to turn and yell out, but the light was too bright for her to
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71 think on anything else….A whisper slid past her ears, clear as a bell….
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72
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73 “We may never get her back…..” A soft voice echoed, followed by sobbing.
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75 The next thing Sakura remembered was being dragged by her arm and being held
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76 tightly. Sakura cleared her throat, trying to swallow….Tomoyo looked at her.
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77 “Oh Sakura-chan….you scared me so! I called for you and could not find
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78 you….don’t do that ever again! The others thought a spirit captured you and
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79 I…I…” Tomoyo stopped, tears forming in her eyes. Sakura managed a smile, her
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80 body not really responding to her commands.
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81 “Don’t…cry…Tomoyo-chan….” She whispered. Tomoyo reached out and touched her
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82 fingertips to Sakura’s cheek.
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83 And they just stood there until Rika ran over to them.
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84 “Sakura, I am so glad you are okay….” She said out of breath. “Did you see
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85 something like Chiharu?”
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86 Sakura tore her gaze from Tomoyo and nodded.
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87 “Yes….”
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90 **************
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93 Tomoyo left a note and hoped no one would get too angry, but Sakura had
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94 to be somewhere safe until they could wake her. She told her mother that Sakura
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95 would be staying for the entire weekend, but was too sick to do much…I hope this
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96 works, Tomoyo worried as she settled Sakura under the blankets.
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97 I get to sleep next to her….Tomoyo sighed and slipped under the covers, watching
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98 Sakura in her slumber.
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99 So beautiful….My Sakura….my cherry blossom….
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100 Tomoyo snuggled closer and brought her lips to Sakura’s ear.
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101 “I know you can hear me, Sakura-chan…..I’ll take care of you until you come back
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102 to us….to me.” Tomoyo whispered, wrapping her arms around the girl’s waist and
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103 drifting to sleep.
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106 ****************
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108 End of pt. 2
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109
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110 More notes: Ok, good? Bad? Strange? Anywho, I hope you like it as much as I like
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111 writing it…^_^
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112
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113 You can find me at SPIRITWOMAN@skybest.com
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114 MH
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