Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ The Ominous week ❯ The first sacrifice - Monday ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter 2: The first sacrifice, Getsuyoobi

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The rain in Tomoeda has not yet stopped. Whenever it rains, Sakura is never in a good mood. Syaoran is still not back put her lower. (Syaoran Kun dislikes me?) (Masaka… he has confessed in me, so he couldn't have ignored me…) (But, why didn't he come back?) (He hates me?) (He said that he loves me, he can't lie…) Sakura walked sadly down to the dining room. As soon as she walked into the room, the first word Touya give her is "Monster~!" Sakura gave a weak reply "I am not a monster…" "The rain got into you that easily… you slept in later then usual. Monster!" Touya teased her. "I am not a monster~!" Sakura said angrily. "Calm down… what's gotten into you today?" Touya didn't think that Sakura would have such a big strike back, he desperately tried to comfort her. "You are in a bad mood, if you keep going like this, no one will like you."

No one will like you… fell like an arrow piercing into Sakura's heart. "I… I… I…" Sakura said in a croaky voice.

"Sakura?"

"Wa~!" and so, Sakura began crying, tears ran down to the floor like rain.

"I… I… am sorry, Sakura didn't mean to hurt you…" didn't think that she will react like that, and tried to apologise.

"Syaoran, I hate you!!" Sakura cried and hammered Touya at the same time.

Touya held Sakura tight, and decides to give Syaoran a hard time when he gets back. A very hard time indeed.

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Sakura, very unusually, didn't say hi to anyone and just walked into the classroom. She walked slowly to her seat and just sat there by herself and doesn't want to talk to any one.

"Good morning! Sakura chan!!" Tomoyo greeted her friend, friendly as usual, but immediately noticed something unusual about her friend Sakura. (There is tear tracks down her cheeks… she's been crying… but for who??) (Not for Syaoran??) (I heard that he hasn't contacted Sakura for 10 months… no wonder Sakura would be like this…) (How should I cheer her up?) And then, just like Tomoyo thought, Sakura half lay on her desk all day, and didn't hear a word the teachers said.

It is time for the school to finish, Tomoyo called out for Sakura, who is packing her school bag. "Yeah?" she answered mindlessly.

"Can I talk to you?" Tomoyo asked.

"Yeah… what ever…"

On one of the benches in Tomoeda Park, the two friends sat together shoulder to shoulder.

"Sakura chan… you are suspecting that Li Kun doesn't like you anymore… aren't you?" asked Tomoyo after she listened to Sakura's story.

"Don't… mention that name…" Sakura felt her eyes moisten again.

"Don't you trust him?" Tomoyo asked.

"It's not I don't trust him… but it's too long…" Sakura became more and more emotional as she spoke.

"Sakura chan…"

"Tomoyo chan…" the emotions can not to be held back anymore, and she lay on Tomoyo's lap and cried. "What do I do? Why wouldn't I trust the one who I like? Why do I doubt his feelings towards me? Is it because I want him to be mine, and doesn't let him go not for one second? Am I selfish? But without Syaoran kun, I felt that I can't live on anymore… Tell me why, Tomoyo chan… tell me why!"

"Sakura chan…" Tomoyo said as she strokes Sakura's hair. "It's because you love him."

"I love Syaoran Kun? It's that so simple?" Sakura asked as she looked up towards Tomoyo with her teary face.

"It's not that simple, like and love is on different levels. Because you love Li kun, so you took special care in him. No one else can take Li kun's place in your heart, so when you and him has parted for a while, you become worried, and even suspects him. It is because you don't want to lose him, right?"

"I… don't want to lose Syaoran kun?"

"That's right, when Li kun is forced to leave, he must be in lots of pain. But I believe that he trust you all the way."

"He trusts me?"

"Sakura chan." Tomoyo said as she took Sakura's face in her palms. "Look at me in the eyes, and answer my questions honestly. Do you trust Li kun? Do you really truly love him?"

"I…" Sakura turned away, trying to avoid Tomoyo's eyes, but was roughly turned back by Tomoyo.

"Tell me, do you love him? I know that you have confessed before, but it was like, not love, tell me what your true feeling is. Alright?"

"I…" it took a long time for Sakura to come up with her answer. "I love him…"

"You finally know what your true feeling is." Tomoyo smiled happily. "You don't have to worry now, Li kun must have his reasons for not contacting you, now promise me that you will live on happily. For Li Kun, for your self, and for everyone that cares about you, you can show that smile of yours again, I know."

"Thank you, Tomoyo chan… I finally got it." Sakura looked straight at Tomoyo, with a face with the brightest smile around. She is not lost anymore, as she understood her heart.

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"Bye, Sakura chan!" Tomoyo and Sakura have to go their own ways in able to get home. The two of them waved bye to each other and headed home.

"Thank you, Tomoyo chan." Sakura said bye to Tomoyo loudly. "Feel so much better now!"

After the talk to Tomoyo, Sakura's heart felt lighter, and skips her way home while humming a tune. The large rain droplets suddenly fell, and Sakura, not able to open her umbrella in time was soaked in that instant.

"Wow… I better get home quick!" she said, and speeded up. As she did so, she heard a scream behind her. Sakura stopped on the spot, in doubt that there is a problem with her ears.

"Kyaaaa!"

It's not a hallucination; Sakura heard it clear and loud this time, and it is scarily familiar… (Its Tomoyo chan, something has happened to Tomoyo chan!) Sakura thought, and she ran to where Tomoyo is.

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As Sakura arrive on the scene, she saw an unusual sight, the originally solid asphalt road has turned itself into a pool of water, in the middle of it is a whirlpool. Above the middle of the pool was a rain cloud, and as the rain water gets in the pool, it creates a large wave. Trapped in the middle of the whirlpool was Tomoyo, the fast rising water has gone up to her waist.

"Tomoyo chan!" Sakura called out and attempted to get closer to Tomoyo, and is washed back.

"Sakura chan! Sakura, are you okay?"

"I am alright, this is just a small current, not very hard at all." Sakura tried to get closer.

"Sakura chan! Don't come any closer!" Tomoyo warned Sakura, "Its deep here, you will drawn with me if you come here!"

"But I have to get you out of there!" Sakura said. "There is no way I will leave you here!"

"But… Sakura chan…" Tomoyo sunk as she spoke "The ground is sinking here! If you do come, you will be just like me!"

"I will try no matter what!"

As Sakura said that, the rain cloud above them suddenly had some movement. And let out lots of streams of water towards Sakura. The strong hydropower threw Sakura to the nearest wall, and the back of her head was the first to hit a lamppost.

"Sakura chan!" Tomoyo yelled out, but the rushing water covered her voice.

"Ow…" blood ran down the side of Sakura's face. She just felt dizzy, and the streets in front… seemed to become blurry. And then something happened that shocked Sakura. A head poked out of the cloud, a little girl's head with a pointy hat and a pom-pom on top.

(The Rain card!) Sakura got a fright, "Why would the Rain card be here? Why would it attack me?"

The Rain card looks normal, but her eyes, the cute blue eyes turned into a very strange shade of blue. Those eyes reminded Sakura of cats hunting at night, and reflected by cars head lights… so shiny and evil. Those eyes can also be found on a crazy person… so in other words, the Rain Card has gone crazy!

The Rain card continued to put water into the whirlpool, the rising water reached Tomoyo's chest. If the water keep rising, it will go over Tomoyo's head any second. Sakura took out her star key and chanted the incantation. "Key that hides the power of the stars! Show your true from before me! I command you under contract! RELEASE!" "Rain card!" Sakura stepped forwards holding the star wand. "Why are you here? Why are you attacking us?"

The rain card turned its head, and eyed Sakura in a strange way… quite unfriendly.

"As your mistress, I command you to stop right now!" Sakura shouted.

The Rain card didn't listen, and shot out even more water towards Sakura.

"Why isn't it listening to me?" Sakura thought as she dodged the attacks. "It is so much stronger than before… just like… The Water card, if I don't stop her soon, Tomoyo and I will both be in trouble!"

"Water card…"

Sakura stood well balanced, and is ready to take out the Water card.

Sakura captured the Rain using the Water; of course she would think of the Water first in this situation. But… the Water card is not in her pocket, not just the Water card… all the Sakura Cards have gone.

"Where did all my cards go?"

Sakura searched every pocket on her, and found no cards.

The she realized that she had lost all her cards.

And the Rain card snatched this chance and attacked her with water and it got Sakura too.

"Sakura Chan!!" Tomoyo watched all this with pain, but there is nothing she could do except to look on.

Water has crept up to her shoulders.

"Isn't there anything I can do there…?" the hit by the Rain card has made Sakura's forehead hit hard against the wall, warm blood flown down into her eyes, which made her vision red, and unable to see. She touched the things around her in attempt to find something she could use.

And found her hand on a power pole, and she came up with an idea.

Sakura wiped the blood from her eyes and started to climb the power pole.

The power pole isn't too big, so it was easy for her to climb, but of course the rain card won't let Sakura off that easily, so she shot more water at Sakura.

However, the water isn't as strong as it was before.

(I am right…) Sakura thought, (The Rain card is using the attack of The Water card, but she IS NOT The Water, so she doesn't have The Water's ability to make the blasts strong enough to hit me. When her water shots upwards… the power is weakened by gravity.)

The Rain failed to prevent Sakura from climbing to the top of the pole.

"Now" Sakura had one hand hanging onto the power pole, and one hand holding the wand. "The Rain card, it's now that you shall stop this silliness!" Sakura took a deep breath and jumped from the top of the power pole right on top of The Rain.

"Power of stars, please give me power." Sakura fell in the direction of The Rain, she tried to stop her with blasts of water but was no match against gravity.

"The card that lost yourself, I Sakura commands you to calm down now!! T-H-E R-A-I-N!!"

When The Rain realized that things aren't right and want to run it was too late, Sakura's wand hit her accurately on the head, and The Rain immediately returned to the look in her eyes as she has before this started. The Rain looked around, looking puzzled.

"Return to your true form!! The Rain!!" Sakura has recaptured The Rain card.

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The whirlpool did not vanish when The Rain card is captured, it got bigger. Tomoyo still could not escape.

"Tomoyo chan!!" Sakura shouted. "I will go to you now!!"

"Sakura chan." Tomoyo with water reaching her neck said anxiously, "Run now! Or you will be sucked in too!!"

"What are you talking about?" Sakura held out one hand towards her best friend, and the other held onto the power pole. "Hold on to my hand!! Hold on!!"

Tomoyo held onto Sakura's hand.

"Now, let me pull you out…" Sakura used all the strength she had and pulled. But she could not pull Tomoyo out because of the strong suction of the whirlpool, and was being pulled into it bit by bit.

"Sakura chan, we are both going to be history if you keep going like this!"

"Don't… say that… I won't let go!!"

Sakura's other hand is bleeding from being rubbed against the concrete pole.

(No… she will die too…) Tomoyo thought, (Sakura was so nice to me... when I first transferred to Tomoeda elementary, I didn't know anyone… she is the only one who helped me… She never hid anything from me, she tell me what ever secret she has… She is the only one who put up with me putting on the costumes I made and let me take video…) Memories with Sakura came back like a high tide. (Sakura has Syoran kun who is waiting for her… loving brother and father… Keroberos and Yue and Sakura cards who respects her… If Sakura dies here… they will be sad… Can't let any more people cry… If me and her both dies here… then why not…) Instantly, Tomoyo reached a decision. "Sakura chan… the one who I admire and idolize… This is the last thing I can do now…" Tomoyo said softly.

"Tomoyo chan… what did you say?" the sound of water covered Tomoyo's voice, but Sakura instinctively knew something bad is going to happen.

"I am sorry, Sakura chan… you won't see me ever again… Sayonara…" Tomoyo smiled at Sakura and let go of Sakura's hand, and Tomoyo disappeared into the water before Sakura. A strand of black hair swept over Sakura's face. All the water was sucked dry into the road, and the surface of the road reappeared. Down pour was still falling, nothing changed, except Tomoyo who was alive one second ago, has disappeared with out a trace.

"Tomoyo chan…no…" Sakura kneeled on the road, dazed, as if she did not believe this has really happened. The only thing left that once belonged to Tomoyo was her schoolbag. Sakura picked up Tomoyo's school bag, and held it tight in her arms… streaming down her face… rain or tears… she didn't know… Now she has nothing that she could say.

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Sakura chan… don't be sad… I don't regret my decision; this is what I chose…. From the day we first met… everything of me is yours… I don't want you to pay me back… I just want you to go on… and remember me… as your friend… Sayonara…

"TOMOYO CHAN!!!" Sakura yelled Tomoyo's name in grief… this call… included unlimited sorrow, grief, regression, and apology.