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+Always and Eternal
+By MH Hughes
+Notes and the like: Ok, these characters do not belong to me….*phew* Got that off my chest!
+The fic is slightly AU-ish in the first part….the second will be more present day. Maybe….basically whatever I am in the mood for ^^
+And in being AU, expect possible OOC behavior. But you’ll like it, I swear ^^
+I will also begin this with a song, which I also do not own….it is by Cibo Matto, a Japanese group…I suggest you get one of their CD’s. They rock!!! Alright, I can babble at the end of the first part….^_~
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+She’s got a living stone and rain in her mind
+She doesn’t have an umbrella to cover herself
+She’s got a living stone and pain in her hand
+All I can do is sing for her and myself
+I wish I can take it away to three thousand light years away
+Don’t be afraid, I’ll be next to you.
+*************************************************
+Sakura fell into bed, feeling exhausted and spent. She had no reason to feel this way…school, cheerleading practice, coming home and doing chores……
+Even Kero was sleeping when she got in and not playing that video game of his.
+Why am I so tired?
+She closed her eyes, grateful for the darkness. But sleep wouldn’t come easily at first.
+Instead, Sakura laid there and stared out the window, her eyes seemingly searching….
+For what?
+A Clow card? No….I don’t sense anything out of the ordinary.
+Except myself. I don’t feel ordinary. Hoe…..
+She felt a headache coming on. Sakura massaged her temples and tried to come up with the explanation for her odd feeling.
+It started today….early this morning….before dawn…..
+Sakura paused in her ministrations. A dream.
+She awoke with from a dream, the effects of it still cloying at her, heavy like humid air….
+Sakura couldn’t shake the feeling all day.
+I just want to sleep….Sakura turned on her side and forced her mind to stop thinking about it, it wasn’t a vision…at least it didn’t feel like it.
+Good, Sakura decided.
+No problems, time to relax…..to sleep…..She yawned, letting her eyelids grow heavy, until her breathing calmed…..her headache left….her muscles uncurled…..
+And for a moment, almost too brief to be noticed, a flutter went through her body.
+It clinched at her heart.
+But Sakura didn’t catch it. She slipped into slumber.
+***********************************************************
+Again, that dream…..
+Sakura barely tasted her food at breakfast. Even Touya commented on her lack of enthusiasm.
+She didn’t understand it herself.
+The dream was so vivid……
+Sakura was sipping from a cup, bitter tea…very bitter…..salty?
+No, that was tears….tears pouring from her face and into the tea. Why am I crying so?
+Sakura then looked up and saw Tomoyo, the girl looking beautiful in a robe….so many colors…
+Red, blue, orange, yellow…..
+“Don’t you remember?” Tomoyo kept asking. Sakura could only cry.
+“How could you leave me?” Was all Sakura could say…over and over…..her sobbing only becoming worse.
+Sakura shuddered at the thought of it now.
+Is something going to happen to me? Or to Tomoyo?
+It was hot. Too hot. Sakura roller bladed down the street slowly, Tomoyo walking beside her, talking about her newest fashion creation…..
+“Sound good, Sakura-chan?” Tomoyo asked, shaking Sakura out of her overheated haze.
+“Uh…yes, very nice…”
+“Sakura, it is rude not to listen when someone is talking to you…” Tomoyo giggled, showing that it really didn’t bother her at all that Sakura seemed a million miles away.
+Sakura smiled weakly, the dream presenting itself once again…should I tell Tomoyo?
+But Tomoyo’s house loomed ahead and Sakura sighed dejectedly.
+Guess not…..
+“And we’ll still go on that picnic on Saturday?” Tomoyo asked.
+“Of course, Tomoyo-chan.” Sakura said, running a hand through her hair. Tomoyo smiled at her warmly and grabbed Sakura’s shoulder.
+“You can tell me anything, Sakura-chan…..” The girl said softly. Was Sakura that obvious with her plight?
+“Oh, no…I’m fine! See?” Sakura smiled broadly, hoping Tomoyo couldn’t tell she was lying.
+If the black haired girl did know, she didn’t let on.
+****************************************************************
+Sakura took at bath, trying to refresh herself.
+It did not work very well.
+She walked into her bedroom, looking idly for Kero.
+“Kero-chan?” She questioned. No answer….that’s strange….Unless….
+The cake downstairs…Sakura knew she should go after him, but could not muster the energy to catch him and bring him back.
+If he gets caught, I can come up with something….maybe.
+She glanced at her desk of drawers, seeing the picture of her and Tomoyo, sliding her finger over the glass…..
+What is the dream telling me?
+Sakura suddenly felt very dizzy, her head swimming….light and disconnected with the rest of her body….She dropped to her knees, watching the room spin out of control.
+“Don’t you remember?” Tomoyo’s voice echoed. Sakura tried to focus on the sound of the other girl, to try and find it in this confusion….
+“Don’t you?” The voice pleaded. Sakura grabbed her head….remember? Remember what?
+Then she saw herself, kneeling across from her….watching her.
+Is…is this a card? Sakura’s mind managed to ask.
+Her double smiled at her, reaching out to touch Sakura’s face…..
+“You must try, try to recall the past….” Sakura heard herself say.
+Tears sprang forth from her eyes at those words…..
+Sakura rested her head in her hands.
+“I have tried….I have…..please, show me how….”
+*************************************************************
+Then she drifted, pulled by a black current she could not fight….The further she went, the less she could recall her room, her brother or father…all of it was slipping away from her mind’s grasp. What….? A small tendril of light was piercing her vision. Dawn…it feels like morning, Sakura thought, feeling oddly calm and serene.
+Her hands fell to her sides, grazing….is this grass? Yes, grass….Sakura sat up, recognizing the field before her, it’s tall green waving at her…..My field….mine…….
+In the distance, smoke weaved it’s way upward and into the sky…..a house….my house.
+Sakura began to walk.
+This path…I know it, Sakura thought. Each step she took seemed familiar, filling her soul with an unknown happiness.
+I am finally home, Sakura smiled to herself.
+*********************************************************************
+Tomoyo was almost asleep when she heard a small tapping at her bedroom window. She got up and threw the curtains open, almost expecting Sakura to be there….
+“Kero-chan?” Tomoyo whispered, her face falling somewhat. The Seal beast came into her room, all business.
+“A new card has Sakura under it’s magic.” Kero stated. Tomoyo felt her blood run cold.
+“Sakura….” Her voice managed to say, as she grabbed some more suitable clothing, her limbs feeling numb.
+“It is the Memory Card….I have yet to understand all it’s powers…” Kero talked as Tomoyo climbed out of her window.
+“You don’t know what it does?” Tomoyo asked, not wanting to sound worried but unable to conceal it.
+“Let’s go. I’ll show her to you.” Kero answered.
+***********************************************************************
+Sakura entered the house, touching the table with the red cloth, so fine….hanging on the surface.
+She lingered in the kitchen, her fingertips pressing onto the cool marble counter, her nose taking in the scents of a recent meal….cumin or rosemary….her mother’s herb garden, near the stream….
+Sakura went further into the home, to where she knew her room waited for her.
+Her bed, disheveled, her books from school….the little hearts she drew on the thin paper given to her….given by…….
+Sakura felt tears splash onto her cheeks.
+Tomoyo……
+She ran as fast as she could without falling down. Each root was jumped, all puddles of muddy water were traversed with ease……Just over there, just a little bit further……
+Sakura stopped short, not wanting to look desperate and slowed her pace down.
+Then she saw the girl.
+She sat in the garden, letting the flowers be graced by her presence, her soft gray-black hair loose…not in the usual bun her mother insisted on…..
+Sakura felt her heart skip a beat.
+“Tomoyo!” Sakura hollered out, waving a hand. Tomoyo smiled at her…..that smile! I feel as though I have not seen it forever, Sakura thought as she ran over.
+She couldn’t stop herself from embracing Tomoyo.
+The girl laughed softly.
+“Sakura-chan?” She asked. But Sakura just held her, afraid…..very afraid Tomoyo would disappear if she let go.
+“Is something wrong?” Tomoyo asked, her voice a little concerned.
+“I just missed you.” Sakura answered, knowing it would sound silly. Tomoyo giggled and pushed Sakura off gently.
+“I just saw you at Mitashi-sensei’s, Sakura-chan……”
+“I know.” Sakura blushed, now feeling embarrassed. She fidgeted with her hands until Tomoyo shook her head understandingly.
+“You had that dream again didn’t you?” Tomoyo stated. Sakura nodded, her face lowered.
+“I am not going to leave here…you mustn’t let it bother you. Mother doesn’t believe anyone would marry me anyway…too independent minded she says….And marriage would be the only way I could leave, though it would be nice to see the world….”
+Sakura grabbed the girls delicate hands in her own.
+“You and I can travel, Tomoyo-chan” Sakura said softly, hoping…just hoping….
+“And how would we live? Selling rice cakes by the trading road?” Tomoyo laughed.
+“But…?”
+“Gomen, Sakura-chan, but that is unrealistic. Though, I find it sweet that you would want to spend your days with me….arigatou, Sakura.”
+Tomoyo stood up then, pulling her hands away and walked onto the terrace.
+“Want to stay for dinner, Sakura-chan?” Tomoyo asked, suddenly cheery and light.
+“Nani?” Sakura asked, still trying to feel Tomoyo’s hands in hers.
+“Dinner?”
+“Hai…” Sakura followed her inside…….
+My Tomoyo….don’t leave me….
+*****************************************************************
+Li looks upset, Tomoyo noted. I suppose he really does care for Sakura….I wonder if Sakura feels the same? The two seem so different, but they carry some of the same qualities….
+They hunt the Clow Cards.
+They both had crushes on Yukito-san.
+Maybe…would this be the special person for her Sakura?
+“It is possible…” Kero muttered. Tomoyo knew that Li and Kero had little affection for each other, but she hoped that they could put it all aside for Sakura’s sake.
+“It is the only possibility, but…I do not know how to break the spell.” Li said somberly.
+“Silly pookie baka….” Kero stated, to which Li grumbled. Tomoyo sighed.
+“Sakura needs our help…please fight later.” She pleaded. The two of them backed down.
+“So, it is thought to be Memory’s purpose to what?” She asked Li.
+“It lulls you to sleep in order for you to recall memories your mind has repressed…..whether in this life or another…”
+“Really?” Tomoyo looked at the sleeping girl, that beautiful auburn hair framing her face…..
+Sakura, what are you remembering? Tomoyo wondered.
+**************************************************************************
+End of Part one
+Notes:
+*sighs* I feel better now! I have wanted to right this forever…..^^ Any questions about plot? Like what the hell is going on? Email me and I will explain all…in great detail, no doubt ^_~
+You can find me residing at SPIRITWOMAN@skybest.ocm
+MH

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