Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Night's Heart ❯ A Nighttime Stroll ( Chapter 3 )

ForeverDestiny: I'm baaaaaack! * audience shudders * Yeah, well. So, here's the deal. I'm a big, ol' freshman now and that doesn't give me time to write during the week. I will write as many chapters as I POSSIBLY CAN on the weekends, like now, and update Night's Heart. I will probably be writing two chapters tonight as I CANNOT WAIT to write chapter four! This is chapter three, by the way. Oh, and wonder of wonders, my obsession with Naoko grows. My name in Japanese class is Naoko and everyone has to call me it, even sensei. * laughs evilly * Imaoka-sensei calls me Naoko-san and it is SOO cool! But enough of that, on with Night's Heart!

Disclaimer: Naoko no own CCS. It owned by magical ladies of CLAMP.

Night's Heart

Chapter Three

A Nighttime Stroll

The soft scent of cherry blossoms filled Syaoran's nose. He inhaled forcefully, as if it were his first breath. Slowly, his other sense returned, sight being the last and not fully present yet. It was all black. Only one thing seemed certain. He was in pain.

His neck hurt where the bird-beast had held him. His stomach hurt from the strain of fighting a large bird-beast without properly warming up. Various other parts of him were scratched, bruised, and sending searing pain throughout his body. So it's no surprise that the first sound uttered by him was a low moan.

"Syaoran-kun!" a female voice cried. As if in response to the shriek, Syaoran's sight returned. As his eyes slowly opened, he took in his surroundings. He found himself still in the gardens, but leaning against the large Sakura tree. His clothes were ripped in several places from the scuffle. This wasn't the main thing he noticed though. What caught his eye right away was a young woman with auburn hair and green eyes who was seconds away from flinging herself on him and hugging him to death. He took a gulp of air and winced.

As he had predicted, he soon felt her arms around him, squeezing the breath out. You couldn't tell if his face was red from blushing or lack of air. He tried to tell Sakura that she was choking him but to no avail. Soon, a chuckle was heard from nearby.

"Really, Sakura-chan, if you keep squeezing him like that, he won't be a very good guardian." Sakura gasped and let go quickly, letting Syaoran gasp for breath. Eriol just laughed, as did Tomoyo as she appeared from behind him. Sakura frowned.

"Well, he deserves a hug after what he just did." This got their attention.

"What has my cute little cousin been up to, ne?" Eriol grinned. Then he noticed the bruises covering Syaoran's body and the way he was continuing to gasp for breath.

"He just dueled one of those bird-beasts." She beamed. Eriol and Tomoyo turned an astounded eye to Syaoran who just smiled meekly.(FD: If ya haven't noticed, Syaoran's just a TAD OOC in this story. DEAL WITH IT! Hehe.^_^0) Eriol rushed over to make sure his cute little cousin was all right while Tomoyo rushed to Sakura for the same reason.

Knowing that she wouldn't get a chance to talk to Syaoran about this whole `Orithianian business' with Eriol and Tomoyo there, she frowned. Then, something struck her. She walked over to where Syaoran sat.

"Syaoran, I've heard you enjoy nighttime strolls. Meet me here tonight after sunset and we can take a walk through the forest and talk about this whole `O' business. Okay?" Syaoran was about to reject, as a sudden feeling of dread passed over him but Tomoyo was too quick for him. She absolutely perked up at this thought. She grabbed Sakura's hand, mumbled something about `getting ready', and dragged her away. Syaoran sighed.

"What am I going to do, Eriol? Plus, the bird-beast found out the, um, `details' of my Orithianian business. He then flew away, vowing revenge. I don't know what to do." Eriol frowned.

"You're right, Syaoran. We're in trouble."

~***~ (Somewhere in a dark cave, or maybe a room, just somewhere dark -_-`)

"NANI?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" a shriek echoed throughout the castle. (FD: now its castle ^_^) The bird-beast cowered and immediately hated the upper-class bird-beast that had told him to give his mistress the message. The woman who had screamed glared down at the scared little bird-beast.

"You're telling me that the Princess has an ORITINIANIAN, an ORITINIANIAN, guard?!?!" The bird-beast nodded.

"And it ISN'T from birth?!?!" Once again, the bird-beast nodded. His mistress was enraged. Slowly, she calmed down.

"Well, Fujitaka is using common sense then. Either that, or he doesn't know. Knowing Fujitaka, the great baka is clueless." The lady grinned. "We'll just have to give him a wake-up call."

She glanced down at the scared bird-beast in front of her. She smiled. It was sickeningly sweet.

"Tell Seito to grab a vial of the red serum and go back, for the boy."

~***~

Sakura was dragged into her room by Tomoyo who kept mumbling `must get ready' the whole way there. Tomoyo threw her on the bed and opened the wardrobe, throwing clothing left and right. Sakura went and opened the door, looking in the hallway. She saw a servant friend of hers walking, dressed up, with roses. She smirked.

"Hey, Takashi! Looking for Chiharu?" Takashi looked at her and blushed. She smiled at him, although she wasn't sure if he could tell through those squinted eyes.

"Try the kitchens." He nodded and added, "Like I'd never figure that out, Sakura." before rushing off. Sakura smiled. Chiharu was a scullery maid and it was very obvious that those two were in love. Sakura sighed, closed the doors, and sat back down on the bed. Tomoyo was still searching through the wardrobe when a knock was heard at the door. Tomoyo smirked.

"Come in!" She called. In walked Rika, Tomoyo's lady-in-waiting, and Naoko, Sakura's. (FD: Come on! It's ME we're talking about! Naoko has to be in it!) They smiled.

"We're here to help!" Rika exclaimed. Tomoyo smiled.

"I'm still going through the wardrobe. Help me!" Soon, the three were rummaging through the small piece of furniture until Rika exclaimed "I FOUND IT!" The other two jumped for joy as Rika pulled out a very beautiful dress.

It was dark green, almost like the dress she had worn to meet Syaoran, but had a v-neck and short sleeves. It was trimmed in gold and looked very sophisticated. With it, Naoko pulled out golden slippers made of soft cloth and golden gloves that went past her elbow. To complete the outfit were green and gold hair ribbons. (FD: Okay, green and gold is my new high school's colors and the other night to the big game I wore green and gold hair ribbons and realized just how pretty it was, giving me inspiration, and a plug for Jesuit! ^_^! Beat Central Catholic in EVERYTHING! YAY!)

After changing into her new dress, Tomoyo did her hair in a tight bun, with the ribbons woven through her hair. By this time, the sun had set and Tomoyo pushed her out the door to meet Syaoran. Slowly, Sakura walked down to the gardens.

When she got there, Syaoran wasn't there yet. She sat under the Sakura tree he had earlier, and thought. It was getting chilly and she knew she'd give him a piece of her mind once he got there. Then she heard a wolf howl in the forest. She shivered. It was getting kind of creepy. Where was Syaoran?

All of the sudden, she caught a glimpse of sliver out of the corner of her eye. She turned around but faced nothing. Once again she turned around to see nothing but air. Then she saw it. A large, silver wolf was making its way towards her, slowly but surely. Sakura let out a little shriek and the wolf stopped, puzzled. Sakura used this time to attack it. A few good landed kicks sent the wolf flying. It started to whimper.

It walked up when she wasn't looking and took hold of her dress in its teeth. Sakura screamed and turned, ripping her dress in the process. Enraged in the destruction of her dress, Sakura sent a VERY well-placed kick right to the wolf's stomach. It went flying across the gardens and knocked into the Sakura tree, falling limp. It looked nearly dead. Sakura smiled. `I showed that thing! I can't wait to tell Syaoran I defeated a wolf all by myself!' It was then she heard the yelling.

"Sakura! Sakura!" Eriol was running towards her. Sakura smiled and waved.

"Look, Eriol-kun! I defeated the wolf all by myself!" Eriol was nearly in front of her by this time but this stopped him. He froze, looking around. He saw the forest, then Sakura, then the Sakura trees, and lastly, a near-dead wolf. Eriol gasped and looked at Sakura, dread apparent on his face.

"Oh no."

To Be Continued.

ForeverDestiny: Bwahaha! Evil Cliffy! I bet you can figure it out though. Well, I don't know. Maybe you'll be clever enough to know where I'm headed, maybe not. We'll see. Well, I'm tired so I'll probably end up writing chapter four while I should be writing my English paper tomorrow, so till tomorrow- Goodbye and have a pleasant tomorrow!