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     1 Never enough time

     2 By Radar

     3 simon_mcnestrie@hotmail.com

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     6 DISCLAIMER:

     7 These characters belong to CLAMP! This is a Yuri story so if it

     8 offends you please don't read!

     9 

    10 'Never enough time!'

    11 

    12 That one thought kept repeating in her mind as she sat in

    13 meditation. Her auburn hair now stretching down her back, her emerald

    14 eyes that had once held a unique sparkle now dull, almost lifeless.

    15 No one quiet knew how this seemingly young woman came to this

    16 particual Buddhist temple, despite the fact that the question had

    17 been asked many times since her arrival. She had arrived, seemingly

    18 lost, and simply asked if she could join their small community. She

    19 just sat there, or did menial chores, but there was always one thing

    20 that repeated in her mind: 'Never enough time!'

    21 

    22 It had all happened more then 30 or so years ago. The auburn haired

    23 woman cast herself backwards in her memories to that fateful day when

    24 her beloved wife had met her end. She sighed softly, reliving that

    25 night in great detail. The battle, her pale love arriving when she

    26 had promised to go somewhere safe, the way the woman had pushed her

    27 out of the way, taking the fatal attack for herself, the grief and

    28 sadness, the anger that followed and the lust for vengance, the look

    29 on the mysterious senshi's faces when her lust was satified. The

    30 looks of horror, sadness and grief on their children's and her pale

    31 wifes mother's face when she carried her loves body home.

    32 

    33 'Never enough time!' Slowly she stood up and slowly walked around

    34 the temple, her legs stiff from her hours of sitting in the same

    35 place. Once... may years ago she was know as Sakura, mistress of the

    36 cards. But those days were long ago and far behind her. Sakura looked

    37 up at the stars, focusing on one inparticular. 'Why'd you do it

    38 Tomoyo?' she thought. Casting her mind back she relived it again.

    39 

    40 Sakura looked on as the 10 figures dodged attack after attack. Each

    41 tried differnt attacks of their own, but to no affect. Tomoyo gasped

    42 as the building not too far away exploded. 'Get somewhere safe

    43 Tomoyo!' Sakura said, forming her staff. 'But...' Tomoyo started. She

    44 was silenced by a slow and gentle kiss from Sakura. 'I'll be ok Tomo-

    45 chan!' Sakura whispered, smiling at her pale wife. Tomoyo smiled

    46 herself and slowly retreated. Turning Sakura saw one of the figures

    47 on her knees, another with sea-green hair kneeling beside her. What

    48 ever they were fighting her turned its attention towards them, and at

    49 this moment they were very vunerable. Quickly she summond the Shield

    50 card to protect them. The others turned to face her, shocked that 2

    51 of their own had come so close to death. The monster also turn and

    52 saw her, realising what Sakura was, it changed tactics and focused on

    53 her and her alone, practically ignoring the others. In the end, she

    54 was too slow. So determind to protect everyone she was still to slow

    55 to protect herself. When the monsters final attack came and she was

    56 helpless to stop it. Then the ground and her view shifted. Time

    57 seemed to slow as she hit the ground, her horror at seeing Tomoyo

    58 push her out of the way, just in time to take the full force of the

    59 attack for herself, being propled through the air, and hitting the

    60 ground. She couldn't remember hitting the ground, all she could

    61 remember clearly is slowly crawling over to her fallen love,

    62 craddling her body as Tomoyo slowly slipped away. 'Why Tomoyo?'

    63 Sakura asked, tears falling down her cheeks. Tomoyo didn't answer.

    64 Instead she looked up with a pained smile. 'I'm happy to die in

    65 Sakura-chan's arms!' she whispered, her eyes closing for the last

    66 time. Sighing softly the pale woman breathing stopped, her hand

    67 falling from Sakura's cheek to the ground. 'Tomoyo?' Sakura

    68 whimpered, shaking Tomoyo's body gently. She shook Tomoyo again,

    69 almost screaming her name. Gently she set the pale woman's body down

    70 and picked up her discarded staff transforming it into a deadly

    71 sabre, and slowly walked towards the thing that had taken away her

    72 wife. The rest was a blur. She turn having killed the monster and

    73 took Tomoyo's body home, the senshi stood silent watching her leave.

    74 Kumiko and Nadeshiko were completely shock when Sakura tried to

    75 explain that their mother had gone to a better place. Nadeshiko

    76 perhaps, never quite recovered from that. Sonomi had demanded that

    77 Sakura tell her how her only daughter had ended up dead, only hear

    78 nothing but silence.

    79 

    80 A tear fell down her cheeck as she pulled herself back to the

    81 present. She knew now that is was time she left her exile and return

    82 to her family. Bidding farwell to the monks and nuns she slowly made

    83 her way back to Japan.

    84 

    85 'Never enough time!'

    86 

    87 Still in her robes, she stood outside the Daidouji mansion. She'd

    88 forgoten how large the house was. Slowly opening the gate she walked

    89 up to the house, stopping half way when someone had caught sight of

    90 her. Too her surprise, it was Nadeshiko. 'You?' Nadeshiko asked, when

    91 Sakura had lowered the rood of her robes. Sakura's nod was cut off

    92 when Nadeshiko slapped her. 'Why'd you leave?' The question cut into

    93 Sakura, who had not even tried to defend herself when she realised

    94 what her youngest daughter was about to do. 'Answer me!' That was

    95 followed by another slap. Nadeshiko's normally pale face was bright

    96 red with anger. 'I'm sorry!' was Sakura's answer. It looked like

    97 Nadeshiko was going to slap her again until the pale woman clentched

    98 her fist and punched the older woman. Staggering backwards Sakura

    99 managed to keep herself on her feet, standing up straight, she was

   100 met with another punch, and another. Sakura still made no attempt at

   101 defending herself under her daughters punches. Soon they became

   102 weaker and weaker until Nadeshiko collapsed against the person she'd

   103 known as her papa, crying heavily. Slowly she put her arms around her

   104 daughter, trying her best to comfort her. Then she saw the young

   105 girl, watching the older women. 'Nadeshiko-mama?' she asked, 'Are you

   106 ok?' Nadeshiko nodded slightly, 'Hai!' Sakura was shocked at the

   107 likeness. The girl couldn't have been more then 11 years old and yet

   108 she looked almost excactly like Tomoyo, except for her eyes. 'Go and

   109 get your oba-san Tomoyo-chan!' Nadeshiko whispered. The girl nodded

   110 and ran into the house, emerging less then 2 minutes later, her oba-

   111 san in tow. 'Sakura-papa?' the second woman asked. Sakura nodded.

   112 Kumiko smiled slightly. Then she realised she was indeed home.

   113 

   114 'Welcome home!'