Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ What Can Your Love Do For Me? ❯ Prologue ( Prologue )

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What Can Your Love Do For Me?

Co-written by Tamoumathestarwarrior and Princess_Isho

Prologue…

 

It was very dark; darker than it should have been. The moon was waxy and full; however, it gave no light as if ashamed of the deeds about to proceed below. Quiet. The familiar sounds of crickets and the hooting of owls were not to be heard as they are every other night. Only the cold, dead silence remained.  But it was of no concern to the young man who lied in wait under the protection of the shrouded darkness from the trees. He had other things on his mind.

The young man began to shift impatiently, weary of the young girl who lay unconscious at his feet. He knew she would not wake from this deep slumber any time soon, but that knowledge gave him no comfort. She always seemed to be able to mess everything up before, yet without even meaning to. What must be done must be done quickly! He wanted to take no chances with her. His meeting party was late, and he was beginning to feel anger for their carelessness.

His thoughts cleared and awareness peaked as he heard a loud rustling in the bushes and trees behind him. He unsheathed his dagger, preparing himself for any sort of fight that may happen; whether, it is a beast, or a man at the other end of his blade.

"Hoo?" A voice grunted a deep throaty voice deep within the darkness. The voice came from the forest behind the young man. "Does this be Young Master Touya with our...parcel?"

"It is..." Replied the young man now identified as Touya as he carefully sheathed his dagger and hanging it upon his left hip and a hand close just in case quick use is needed. Touya cleared his throat, now confident of his position. "I was beginning to become worried that you would never show up or worse... Now, come out into the open so we can get this over with. And I mean all of you."

Touya watches as four figure emerged from the brush and trees into the open edge where he stood and the young girl lay hidden. One of the dark figures cautiously approached Touya, his hideous features becoming more visible. Touya couldn't help but tighten his lips in slight disgust, but really, what else did he expect them to look like, Princes? He had to prevent himself from gagging due to the overwhelming stench of body odor, liquor, and what may have been blood. Perhaps this man must not have ever seen a bath since his birth.

The approaching man was slightly bent in the back with long grungy white-gray hair. His face was unshaven and bits of food from his last meal was dried and stuck to his chin. There was even dirt, and who knows what else mixed into the whole mess. The most repulsive feature, besides the smell, was his eyes, or rather his one eye. The right eye was barely covered with a filthy patch, and we'll leave it to your imagination how it even got that way. The left and "intact" eye was a disgusting milky yellow. His iris was a pale and faded blue color with no pupil to be seen. It wept thick creamy ooze from the corner, and it appears he just lets it drip to wherever it wants.

The man came to a stop, and grinned wide at Touya, and the poor boy had to correct him self. THAT was the most disgusting feature. Many of the man's teeth were missing leaving black hollow gaps. The teeth that actually remained didn't look as if they were to remain too long in that mouth. They were a mix of a yellow-green color, blotched with brown. Was it even possible for teeth to get moldy? These ones sure seem so. And they were rotting, bad. The man didn't even speak yet, but the odor of his mouth reached Touya's nostrils in a wave. Touya had to casually brush his gloved hand across his nose, smelling the sent of lavender to relieve his senses. 'At least he has one pretty gold tooth.' Touya mused to himself.

"So, this thu gurl we're to take of yer hands?" The man spat and pointed down to Touya's feet. Touya's vision darted downward toward the girl, and returned his gaze just as quickly to the man in front of him. He smirked with clear annoyance.

"Of course she is, you fool." Touya said with curt authority. "But before you take her... Your payment--"

"Ah yes the payment," The man interrupted. "I s'pose it would be fine, however ma' mates are a bit at their wits end, takin' proper yungun's from their beds, ya see. 'Less we gets paid a little extra...?"

"Now you see here, you filthy bastard, you will take what was originally promised. You know full well you have all the rights to whatever gold you get by selling her, doubling what you will receive from me. I can, and will leave right now with the girl, and you will get nothing. Do you understand, my friend?" Touya's words were hot and angered by the man's foolish greed. His hand gripped tightly to the hilt of his dagger. The man flicked his good eye towards the movement of Touya's hand, and quickly raised both of his in surrender.

"I reads ya purfectly, mate. No 'arm done." They both smiled bitterly at each other, but it was enough of a gesture for Touya to ease up. At that moment, a loud clapping noise echoed from the road ahead. Touya's gaze shot up above the man's head, searching for the source of the sound, his hand once again gripping the hilt of his dagger, and unsheathing it.

"What--"

"Easy there mate! That just be our guy with thu carriage. My, yur a jumpy fella, 'aint ya?" The man coughed with amusement. Touya frowned and shoved his dagger away. Now reaching under his coat, Touya yanked out a simple brown purse, jingling with gold from within. He shoved the purse into the man's eager hands.

“Here's your gold. Count it with the other men if you like. I'll carry my sister to the carriage."

"Aye... we thank ye for doin' business with us Young Master Touya. Perhaps, we can work again 'nother time? Perhaps with yer mother?" The man wheezed and laughed, other unseen men chuckling behind him at their leader's dry humor.

Touya bent low and gently picked up his sleeping sibling. He gave the man one last glance of disgust before carrying her to the stopped carriage on the side of the road. He walked all around to the opened cage door located in the back. With ease he slid his sister inside, laying her on the pile of cold straw. He gazed at her sleeping form. The moon may not have been giving any light, but her face glowed none the less. He reached in and pushed some hair away from her face. Perhaps at that moment he was feeling guilt for what he was doing, however, that emotion was quickly squashed back.

"Oh dear Sakura, if you had not have been born, I would not have to resort to anything like this. I am first born, but yet, you somehow stole all of mother and father's affection. Well, I'm going to take it all back now, do you understand?" Touya whispered to Sakura's sleeping form. "Touya..." Was Sakura's only reply, but then continued to lay still, deep in sleep. Touya held his breath for only a moment before continuing his 'Good bye' speech, "They'll be distraught over your loss, of course. But, after some time, my affection will sway them, and you will finally leave their thoughts, and be nothing more than a bad memory. Goodbye, sweet Sakura."

And with those parting words, he closed the cage door with a loud clang. He did not even notice the other men had even gotten into the carriage. It began to itself away as the scoundrels began their criminal journey into the night. Soon the carriage and its occupants were out of sight not a noise was heard. They were lost into the darkness of night.

A/N: Not exactly what y'all were looking for, eh? Isho and I wanted to change things up a little bit and make this story more original. Did we succeed? Or did we fail? Just a reminder though; this is just the Prologue and we hope to make this as long as possible. Isho and I try to get together often, so we can plan what will happen next; although, I know of a couple of people who were waiting for this beginning, and we do appreciate your patience. Isho and I will make the chapters longer as the story goes on and we will try to be consistent of grammar and spelling. As for `A Place in Time' I will get to that ASAP. I have been taking college courses to improve my grammar and make the content more enjoyable. Anyways please don't forget to click on the button that says “Submit Review”. We would like to know your input. Until next time ppl! JA!