Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ All I Need... ❯ Awaken ( Chapter 16 )
[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
Everything ached, a throbbing painful ache that left her lying on the ground. Her arms felt weighed down, and her head throbbed as a haze settled across her mind. The power was swirling and twisting inside her, she could feel it and yet she didn’t know how to use it. It was tearing her apart, and she was barely holding together as she strived to mentally tame it.
‘I ache,’ Sakura moaned. She let out a shuddering breath as she gained the strength to roll onto her stomach and slide her arms beneath her. She pushed herself up, and opened her eyes, squinting against the intense light surrounding her.
‘Why am I still here? Why can’t I just go back to where I belong?’ She asked. The light dimmed around her, and behind her she sensed a soothing presence.
‘You can go back anytime you wish,’ Came a voice. Sakura smiled weakly and turned herself to face the elegant figure of her mother.
‘But how, Mother?’ She asked. Nadeshiko smiled, and reached out to Sakura, waiting for her to grasp her hand. Sakura took it gratefully and got unsteadily to her feet. Her mother supported her, with a unique strength.
‘You just have to wish it in your heart and that power swirling around inside you will take you where you want’.
‘Is it really that simple?’ Sakura asked. Nadeshiko laughed joyously and nodded, reaching up to push the bangs from Sakura’s face. A wave of warmth flooded over Sakura, and her aches soon died away, and her strength returned.
‘Just remember to wish with your heart little one”.
Convincing his father that leaving the hospital for a short break would be good for him had been a lot harder then Toya had believed. His father fought him on all accounts, and finally at the request of Sakura’s doctor he finally left. Toya had brought his father home and sent him to bed, he needed some rest, his eyes had been drooping the whole time for the ride home, and the heavy black circles beneath his eyes showed everyone he hadn’t slept in the past three days.
“So, how is your father?” Yukito asked. Toya sighed heavily and shook his head.
“Sleeping right now. He’s been there for three days straight just sitting there watching her. It isn’t good for him, and it’s not helping the situation. I know Sakura wouldn’t want anyone to stop their life completely for this, and I just don’t know how I can get my father to wake up from this slump”.
“Yes, I can see that. I don’t know how either, perhaps all he need’s is time and maybe a shove from you,” Yukito replied. Toya nodded solemnly, and then leaned back in his seat, resting his head against the back of the couch.
They sat in silence for a long while, Toya closed his own eyes letting the weariness of his emotions to settle him as he slowly dosed off. Beside him Yukito smiled taking in his peaceful appearance, the worried expression and sorrow was momentarily lifted as he slept lightly. But it would all come to an end, when the phone suddenly blared out in the silence of the house. Toya’s eyes snapped open and he was on his feet in a second, answering the phone.
“Hello?” He answered.
“Hello, is this Fujitaka Kinomoto?” A feminine voice questioned.
“No, this is his son, Toya. Who are you?” Toya asked cautiously.
“I’m Doctor Hanashi, I’m in charge of your sister Sakura,” The woman informed him. Toya’s heart jumped in his throat, as these words hit him, a sense of fear and hope swirled inside him.
“Is Sakura all right, what’s happened?” He asked forgetting to keep his emotions in check.
“Everything is fine, I called to inform you that she has woken up”. Toya nearly dropped the phone, his eyes watering and he was over come by relief.
“We’ll be right over, and thank you so much”. Before the doctor could reply Toya had hung up the phone and turned to Yukito who had come to stand beside him. Toya smiled broadly, and reached out to hug Yukito tightly.
“She’s awake, she’s awake!,” He shouted happily. Yukito laughed along with him and hugged him back. Toya quickly let him go, and then rushed into the living room heading up the stairs. He came back down a second later.
“Call Sakura’s friends, and Syaoran, tell them to meet us there, oh and start the car”.
‘I ache,’ Sakura moaned. She let out a shuddering breath as she gained the strength to roll onto her stomach and slide her arms beneath her. She pushed herself up, and opened her eyes, squinting against the intense light surrounding her.
‘Why am I still here? Why can’t I just go back to where I belong?’ She asked. The light dimmed around her, and behind her she sensed a soothing presence.
‘You can go back anytime you wish,’ Came a voice. Sakura smiled weakly and turned herself to face the elegant figure of her mother.
‘But how, Mother?’ She asked. Nadeshiko smiled, and reached out to Sakura, waiting for her to grasp her hand. Sakura took it gratefully and got unsteadily to her feet. Her mother supported her, with a unique strength.
‘You just have to wish it in your heart and that power swirling around inside you will take you where you want’.
‘Is it really that simple?’ Sakura asked. Nadeshiko laughed joyously and nodded, reaching up to push the bangs from Sakura’s face. A wave of warmth flooded over Sakura, and her aches soon died away, and her strength returned.
‘Just remember to wish with your heart little one”.
Convincing his father that leaving the hospital for a short break would be good for him had been a lot harder then Toya had believed. His father fought him on all accounts, and finally at the request of Sakura’s doctor he finally left. Toya had brought his father home and sent him to bed, he needed some rest, his eyes had been drooping the whole time for the ride home, and the heavy black circles beneath his eyes showed everyone he hadn’t slept in the past three days.
“So, how is your father?” Yukito asked. Toya sighed heavily and shook his head.
“Sleeping right now. He’s been there for three days straight just sitting there watching her. It isn’t good for him, and it’s not helping the situation. I know Sakura wouldn’t want anyone to stop their life completely for this, and I just don’t know how I can get my father to wake up from this slump”.
“Yes, I can see that. I don’t know how either, perhaps all he need’s is time and maybe a shove from you,” Yukito replied. Toya nodded solemnly, and then leaned back in his seat, resting his head against the back of the couch.
They sat in silence for a long while, Toya closed his own eyes letting the weariness of his emotions to settle him as he slowly dosed off. Beside him Yukito smiled taking in his peaceful appearance, the worried expression and sorrow was momentarily lifted as he slept lightly. But it would all come to an end, when the phone suddenly blared out in the silence of the house. Toya’s eyes snapped open and he was on his feet in a second, answering the phone.
“Hello?” He answered.
“Hello, is this Fujitaka Kinomoto?” A feminine voice questioned.
“No, this is his son, Toya. Who are you?” Toya asked cautiously.
“I’m Doctor Hanashi, I’m in charge of your sister Sakura,” The woman informed him. Toya’s heart jumped in his throat, as these words hit him, a sense of fear and hope swirled inside him.
“Is Sakura all right, what’s happened?” He asked forgetting to keep his emotions in check.
“Everything is fine, I called to inform you that she has woken up”. Toya nearly dropped the phone, his eyes watering and he was over come by relief.
“We’ll be right over, and thank you so much”. Before the doctor could reply Toya had hung up the phone and turned to Yukito who had come to stand beside him. Toya smiled broadly, and reached out to hug Yukito tightly.
“She’s awake, she’s awake!,” He shouted happily. Yukito laughed along with him and hugged him back. Toya quickly let him go, and then rushed into the living room heading up the stairs. He came back down a second later.
“Call Sakura’s friends, and Syaoran, tell them to meet us there, oh and start the car”.