Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Yume no Tsubasa ni Notte ❯ A Year Later ( Chapter 1 )
[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
By: Echan 
Sakura goes on into the day as a normal girl without a care in the world.
Anime/Manga: Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Drama / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 09.28.2003 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 436 | Status: Work In Progress
Sakura goes on into the day as a normal girl without a care in the world.
Anime/Manga: Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Drama / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 09.28.2003 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 436 | Status: Work In Progress
Yume no Tsubasa ni Notte
Riding the Wings of Dreams
A Cardcaptor Sakura story
Chapter One: A Year Later
By: Echan
Disclaimer: Umm... you all should know by now who the REAL owners are- Kodansha, CLAMP: the friggin' whole nine yards. ^^ The story centers around the time a little after the second movie. Anywho, this is my second CCS ficclet, so many reviews are welcomed except for flames. You review and Kero-chan gets a cupcake. ^___^
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Bright sunlight filtered into young girl's bedroom, casting its rays on the two who lived in it. One was a particular stuffed-bear with golden fur and beige wings, sleeping on a rather large, pink pillow, curled up by a mop of mahagony hair.
This person was definately human and was also a little girl. What most people in the world didn't know was nearly a year ago, her brave heart and courage saved the entire planet from chaotic mishaps and a world without love. With nothing but a staff and a deck of cards when Time tilled down the the last minute-
she saved the world.
Shifting in her bed, the girl yawned and buried her head further down into her fluffy pillow, not really wanting to get up from such a long, lovely sleep. The stuffed-animal above her head moved around as well, yawning and stretching out his little wings. It blinked and turned its head towards it's mistress and grinned. The bear drew in a great breath and let it loose-
" OI!!! SAKURA-CHAN, TIME TO GET UP!!!"
" HOE?!?!?!!!"
Thump!
The girl fell onto the floor, looking stupidly dazed, but also angry. " That was not very funny!,"she shouted, flinging her pillow at the bear. The bear laughed and zoomed around the room, still grinning. " Oh, come on, Sakura-chan, you know it's the only way to get you up in the morning."
Kinomoto Sakura stood up and walked to the window, pushing back her lace curtains to get a better view of the sky and the morning. Her boyish, short hair flapped noiselessly in the cool breeze, making Sakura close her bright emerald eyes in relaxation. The day was early and young and Sakura wanted to go out and just... play. Like a normal twelve year old. Sakura sighed deeply and started rumaging in her closet, picking out a forest green, turtle-neck shirt with small, gold, outlines of stars all around the shirt and a pair of khaki-material pale yellow shorts.
After she finished dressing, Sakura brushed out her hair till it shone and tied it back with green, satin ribbons with gold plaited on the edges in the usual ponytails. Kero sat on her vanity, watching her and making funny comments to make her laugh. When she was finish giggling, her cheeks were flared to a slightly hazy pink flush. She stood up and picked up a soft, pink bookbag that held her shoes and other things. In her arms layed her unforgetable rollerblade equipment. Bounding down the stairs, Sakrua smiled brightly.
" Ohayo gozaimasu!," she cried and placed down the equipment. Her feet walked her to the kitchen were her father stood at the stove, making pancakes. " Otou-san! That's smells good!," crooned his daughter, hugging him around the waist. " Arigatou, Sakura. Now, go sit and I'll serve," smiled Fujitaka. Sakura jumped up and scurried to the table and sat down, eagerly awaiting her breakfast. Kero, however, was in her pink bag and his little head popped out from the top, drooling. " Huuunnnnggrrrryyyyy..." He floated dreamily to the table and started to drool harder. " NANI?! Kero-chan, get BACK into the bag!!!," hissed Sakrua, grabbing the bear. " But I'M hhhuuuuuuunnnnggggrrrryyyy! Feed me now!," whinned Kero.
Fujitaka walked to his daughter, looked at the bear, and blinked. " If he's hungry, please feed him."
Sakura and Kero stared at the man. How did he know?!!! No use in hiding him now. Sakura had a feeling he knew about Kero, but began to talk. " Otou-san, gomen nasi for not telling you the truth... Kero-chan is here because I- well, unlocked him, sorta... remember that odd looking book up brought home one day from a trip? It was dark red and gold?" Fujitaka blinked and tapped his chin. " As a matter of fact... I do recall having that book, but it mysteriously disappeared." Sakura giggled nervously and scratched her head. " I have it. That's were Kero-chan came from. Inside of the book was a deck of cards..." With that, the little girl told her father about how she became a cardcaptor and her adventures of capturing the cards, transforming them into her own Sakura cards, Yue, Keroberus, Clow Reed, her trip to Hong Kong and Irean, and the last inncident that occured with VOID. Fujitaka looked at his daughter in a whole, new light... she was growing up- but already did when she started to be a carcaptor. Sakura was finishing her story about Clow Reed. " ... he was reincarnated into two people. His main reincarnation was that English boy from England, Hiiragizawa Eriol. But you, otou-san, you have some of him in you. That's why I was able to possess the cards. And Irean, Li-kun's mother, is a direct descendant, and holds great power, and so does he... Gomen nasai again for not telling you, but it had to be a secret!!!," whispered the girl, head bent in shame.
She then felt her father embrace her warmly. " I'm not upset at you, Sakura-chan. I'm mainly proud of you. You're such a big girl now... and I can't be there for you always, and neither can Touya, but we're here for you as support. You keep being a cardcaptor... I won't punish you," he finished softly, closing his eyes. Sakura smiled in her father's shoulder and hugged him closer. " Arigatou gozaimasu..." The gold bear watched this with a happy smile, then flew to the middle of the table, picking up a butterknife and fork and grinned madly. " Serve them up!"
Breakfast that morning was unusually loud and warm, the lift off, of hiding Kero, Sakura's shoulders making her more relaxed. She stuck the last piece of pancake in her mouth, pushing it around her mouth lazily, watching her Clow Beast. Kero was licking his plate clean of the sweet, maple syrup. It was now all over his face, plastering his fur and getting over his little paws. He smacked his lips and sighed. " Ah, that was delicious, Fujitaka-sama!" Sakura's father smiled as he cleared the table. " Do itashimashite, Kero-chan. " " Hai, gochisosama deshita, otou-san!," exclaimed Sakura, grabbing Kero. " Oi! Nani o?" " YOU need to be cleaned," scolded his mistress, taking him to the kitchen sink.
Running warm water, Sakura gently cleaned Kero's face, making sure she didn't poke him in the eyes. She rubbed his paws till the syrup came off with soap. Soon, many bubbles were floating around in the kitchen, following the laughter of Sakura and Kero to Fujitaka's ears. He smiled softly and glanced at the picture of Nadeshiko, his wife. " Ah... our little girl is growing up, tenshi...," he murmured. The picture only flashed, reflecting the light from the dinning room, as if agreeing with him. And Fujitaka simply smiled.
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Scree, scree, scree-
SSSSKKKKEEEEECH!!!
Sakura slid to a sharp stop infront of the Daidouji's large, mansion-like house and pressed the intercom button. A voice filtered into the air. It was one of the bodyguards.
" Hai?"
" Is Tomoyo-chan there? It's me, Sakura."
" She's here. You may enter, Kinomoto-san."
The black, iron gates opened, allowing Sakura entrance to the great house. The house loomed up against the blue sky like a statue. Flowers bloomed over the fresh, green lawn, birds tiwttering in the background. The whole yard looked more like a large garden with its exotic flowers and shrubery. Sakura looked towards the house and she saw the door open. " Ohayo, Sakrua-chan!," called Daidouji Tomoyo, waving to her cousin. Tomoyo was known for her gorgouse outfits and this one she wore was abosolutely breath-taking. It was a spring dress and pale yellow. It had a full skirt with beige ruffles underneath it. Around her waist was a satin, pale blue bow who's ends fell to her knees.
Her hair was pulled back neatly in a pale blue headband and it shone brilliantly in the morning sunlight. Her curls fell across her back like a smoky-gray waterfall. She wore beige stockings with pale blue, doe-skin Victorian boots that buttoned on the sides. On her hands were pale yellow princess gloves and on her shoulder was a beige bag. Tomoyo always, somehow, carried her video camera with her and it nestled inside, waiting to be used. Tomoyo bounded down the cement stairs and embraced her friend. " It's good to see you. Oh, my mother wishes to see you!," said Tomoyo gleefully and grabbed the baffled Sakura by the hand and drug her inside into the Daidouji threshhold.
When you step inside, you could see a grand, oak staircase spiraling to the top where the many bedrooms were, the stairs covered in a light lilac carpet. The floor in the corridor to the entrance of the house was marble and shinny, but when you went into other rooms in the house, the rest of the floors were carpeted in light beige. The walls were slate with white doorframes. On the walls hung many pictures, mainly of Nadeshiko, then Sakura. The rest were the family and outdoor scenery. Draperies of thick, heavy navy velvet hung about the windows, tied back with gold, plaited braids. The living room was wide a spacious with vanilla-coloured couches, mahagony tables and dressers, crystal figures along the mantlepiece of the fireplace, and china in the cabinets that were there as well. A large televison set with an entertainment system sat along the right wall. And in front of it, legs crossed, and drinking mint tea, sat Tomoyo's mother, Sonomi.
The director and owner of the toy store looked up with her cool, blue eyes when her daughter and neice came into the room, breathless and bright. The two bowed respectfully. " Ohayo, okaa-san," piped Tomoyo. " Ohayo, Sonomi-san," said Sakura shyly. Even though the two met frequently, Sakura felt insuperior to the lovely woman. " Nice to see you again, Sakura! Are you faring well?," asked Sonomi, placing down her teacup. Sakura nodded, clasping her hands in front of her. " Ano... is it okay for Tomoyo-chan to go shopping with me, then go to the movies?," she asked. Sonomi nodded, smiling. " Of course she can. Tomoyo, neko, go get the money off my vanity, please?" Sakura's head snapped backwards. " Sonomi-san! We-we can't take that...!" Sonomi laughed, tossing back her head. " Sakura, daijoubu! I don't mind giving it to you. Demo, Tomoyo has to run a little errand for me."
Sakura smiled and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. " Hai..." Sonomi stood and motioned for Sakura to follow her. Walking behind her, the girl admired the tall woman with her sleek, sharp, brown hair and stylish way of dressing and looking sophisticated. She wore a raspberry work jacket with a matching knee-length skirt and a pale, pink blouse underneath the jacket. On her feet she wore matching high heels, the same colour as her outfit. On her wrists, she wore gold bangles and her fingernails were painted a dark red. One her right hand, she wore only two rings: one was on her index finger- a ruby surrounded by a cluster of tiny diamonds. The other was on her middle finger and in the shape of a heart. The stone was a garnet with pink diamonds going around it.
Going into a large room, Sakura looked ahead and saw something covering a rather large object. Sonomi placed a hand on it. " Do you wish to see what's under here?" Sakura stared at the woman, then at the large object. " Ano... h-hai...," whispered Sakura, feeling a bit scared. Sonomi smiled rather sadly, and lifted the sheet. Underneath it was the most beautiful dress she had ever seen in her life!!! It was styled as a summer dress and it was all white. The material was satin and the skirt was breezy, covered with a sheer, tiny fish net sheet with glittered on it. The top was made to fit Sakura's torso was in a shiny white-silver fabric. It had no shoulders and it was to be worn on the upper part of her arms. Tiny, braided fringes of white hung off of them with a tiny tear-drop shaped pearl. Around the edges of the arm huggers and the bottom of the skirt were little cut outs of cherry blossoms and other flowery designs. The waist was made a princess v-cut and bunched up at the right hip was a cluster of white-pink cherry blossoms tied with a pale, satin bow that held up the fish net sheet. And decorated on the v-cut were actual, real pearls.
The girl stared at the dream dress, in awe and shocked. It was... so... words couldn't even express just how magnificant this outfit looked! Sonomi smiled at Sakura's expression. " I know. That was the look Tomoyo gave me then she started squealing and hopping around, going, ' Sakura-chan is going to look so kawaii desu!', and immeadiately made some ballet-like slippers to go with it. Originally- this dress was made for your mother. When she died, I placed away the design for it and brought it out just in time for your birthday," sighed Sonomi happily, her eyes staring into the distance. Sakura continued to stare at the dress. " It's so pretty... I... I'd be honoured to wear it," finished Sakura quietly. The girl and woman stared at one another, as if sharing a secret until Tomoyo appeared. " I got the money. May we go now, okaa-san?," asked Tomoyo. Sonomi nodded. " Of course. Have fun girls." " Ja ne!," they said in unison and left the house.
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Side by side, Tomoyo walked along side Sakura as she rollerbladed, talking about something while Sakura just stared ahead, eyes faint. " Hn, Sakura-chan?! Were you listening to anything I just said?!!," asked Tomoyo, exaggerated. The girl blinked and looked at Tomoyo. " Gomen nasi, Tomoyo-chan... I wasn't..." Her cousin sighed and glanced at her at a sideways glance. " I was talking about your birthday. What kind of cake do you want?" Sakura shrugged. " Doesn't really matter... a big one would be nice," she suggested, thoughtfully. Tomoyo smiled. " Hai. With pink frosting and chocolate in the inside!" Both girls giggled and continued their way into town, in perfect harmony.
Nice chapter, ne? I'm going to work hard on the second one, okay? ^^ My muse has been with me!
- Echan ^_~
Riding the Wings of Dreams
A Cardcaptor Sakura story
Chapter One: A Year Later
By: Echan
Disclaimer: Umm... you all should know by now who the REAL owners are- Kodansha, CLAMP: the friggin' whole nine yards. ^^ The story centers around the time a little after the second movie. Anywho, this is my second CCS ficclet, so many reviews are welcomed except for flames. You review and Kero-chan gets a cupcake. ^___^
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Bright sunlight filtered into young girl's bedroom, casting its rays on the two who lived in it. One was a particular stuffed-bear with golden fur and beige wings, sleeping on a rather large, pink pillow, curled up by a mop of mahagony hair.
This person was definately human and was also a little girl. What most people in the world didn't know was nearly a year ago, her brave heart and courage saved the entire planet from chaotic mishaps and a world without love. With nothing but a staff and a deck of cards when Time tilled down the the last minute-
she saved the world.
Shifting in her bed, the girl yawned and buried her head further down into her fluffy pillow, not really wanting to get up from such a long, lovely sleep. The stuffed-animal above her head moved around as well, yawning and stretching out his little wings. It blinked and turned its head towards it's mistress and grinned. The bear drew in a great breath and let it loose-
" OI!!! SAKURA-CHAN, TIME TO GET UP!!!"
" HOE?!?!?!!!"
Thump!
The girl fell onto the floor, looking stupidly dazed, but also angry. " That was not very funny!,"she shouted, flinging her pillow at the bear. The bear laughed and zoomed around the room, still grinning. " Oh, come on, Sakura-chan, you know it's the only way to get you up in the morning."
Kinomoto Sakura stood up and walked to the window, pushing back her lace curtains to get a better view of the sky and the morning. Her boyish, short hair flapped noiselessly in the cool breeze, making Sakura close her bright emerald eyes in relaxation. The day was early and young and Sakura wanted to go out and just... play. Like a normal twelve year old. Sakura sighed deeply and started rumaging in her closet, picking out a forest green, turtle-neck shirt with small, gold, outlines of stars all around the shirt and a pair of khaki-material pale yellow shorts.
After she finished dressing, Sakura brushed out her hair till it shone and tied it back with green, satin ribbons with gold plaited on the edges in the usual ponytails. Kero sat on her vanity, watching her and making funny comments to make her laugh. When she was finish giggling, her cheeks were flared to a slightly hazy pink flush. She stood up and picked up a soft, pink bookbag that held her shoes and other things. In her arms layed her unforgetable rollerblade equipment. Bounding down the stairs, Sakrua smiled brightly.
" Ohayo gozaimasu!," she cried and placed down the equipment. Her feet walked her to the kitchen were her father stood at the stove, making pancakes. " Otou-san! That's smells good!," crooned his daughter, hugging him around the waist. " Arigatou, Sakura. Now, go sit and I'll serve," smiled Fujitaka. Sakura jumped up and scurried to the table and sat down, eagerly awaiting her breakfast. Kero, however, was in her pink bag and his little head popped out from the top, drooling. " Huuunnnnggrrrryyyyy..." He floated dreamily to the table and started to drool harder. " NANI?! Kero-chan, get BACK into the bag!!!," hissed Sakrua, grabbing the bear. " But I'M hhhuuuuuuunnnnggggrrrryyyy! Feed me now!," whinned Kero.
Fujitaka walked to his daughter, looked at the bear, and blinked. " If he's hungry, please feed him."
Sakura and Kero stared at the man. How did he know?!!! No use in hiding him now. Sakura had a feeling he knew about Kero, but began to talk. " Otou-san, gomen nasi for not telling you the truth... Kero-chan is here because I- well, unlocked him, sorta... remember that odd looking book up brought home one day from a trip? It was dark red and gold?" Fujitaka blinked and tapped his chin. " As a matter of fact... I do recall having that book, but it mysteriously disappeared." Sakura giggled nervously and scratched her head. " I have it. That's were Kero-chan came from. Inside of the book was a deck of cards..." With that, the little girl told her father about how she became a cardcaptor and her adventures of capturing the cards, transforming them into her own Sakura cards, Yue, Keroberus, Clow Reed, her trip to Hong Kong and Irean, and the last inncident that occured with VOID. Fujitaka looked at his daughter in a whole, new light... she was growing up- but already did when she started to be a carcaptor. Sakura was finishing her story about Clow Reed. " ... he was reincarnated into two people. His main reincarnation was that English boy from England, Hiiragizawa Eriol. But you, otou-san, you have some of him in you. That's why I was able to possess the cards. And Irean, Li-kun's mother, is a direct descendant, and holds great power, and so does he... Gomen nasai again for not telling you, but it had to be a secret!!!," whispered the girl, head bent in shame.
She then felt her father embrace her warmly. " I'm not upset at you, Sakura-chan. I'm mainly proud of you. You're such a big girl now... and I can't be there for you always, and neither can Touya, but we're here for you as support. You keep being a cardcaptor... I won't punish you," he finished softly, closing his eyes. Sakura smiled in her father's shoulder and hugged him closer. " Arigatou gozaimasu..." The gold bear watched this with a happy smile, then flew to the middle of the table, picking up a butterknife and fork and grinned madly. " Serve them up!"
Breakfast that morning was unusually loud and warm, the lift off, of hiding Kero, Sakura's shoulders making her more relaxed. She stuck the last piece of pancake in her mouth, pushing it around her mouth lazily, watching her Clow Beast. Kero was licking his plate clean of the sweet, maple syrup. It was now all over his face, plastering his fur and getting over his little paws. He smacked his lips and sighed. " Ah, that was delicious, Fujitaka-sama!" Sakura's father smiled as he cleared the table. " Do itashimashite, Kero-chan. " " Hai, gochisosama deshita, otou-san!," exclaimed Sakura, grabbing Kero. " Oi! Nani o?" " YOU need to be cleaned," scolded his mistress, taking him to the kitchen sink.
Running warm water, Sakura gently cleaned Kero's face, making sure she didn't poke him in the eyes. She rubbed his paws till the syrup came off with soap. Soon, many bubbles were floating around in the kitchen, following the laughter of Sakura and Kero to Fujitaka's ears. He smiled softly and glanced at the picture of Nadeshiko, his wife. " Ah... our little girl is growing up, tenshi...," he murmured. The picture only flashed, reflecting the light from the dinning room, as if agreeing with him. And Fujitaka simply smiled.
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Scree, scree, scree-
SSSSKKKKEEEEECH!!!
Sakura slid to a sharp stop infront of the Daidouji's large, mansion-like house and pressed the intercom button. A voice filtered into the air. It was one of the bodyguards.
" Hai?"
" Is Tomoyo-chan there? It's me, Sakura."
" She's here. You may enter, Kinomoto-san."
The black, iron gates opened, allowing Sakura entrance to the great house. The house loomed up against the blue sky like a statue. Flowers bloomed over the fresh, green lawn, birds tiwttering in the background. The whole yard looked more like a large garden with its exotic flowers and shrubery. Sakura looked towards the house and she saw the door open. " Ohayo, Sakrua-chan!," called Daidouji Tomoyo, waving to her cousin. Tomoyo was known for her gorgouse outfits and this one she wore was abosolutely breath-taking. It was a spring dress and pale yellow. It had a full skirt with beige ruffles underneath it. Around her waist was a satin, pale blue bow who's ends fell to her knees.
Her hair was pulled back neatly in a pale blue headband and it shone brilliantly in the morning sunlight. Her curls fell across her back like a smoky-gray waterfall. She wore beige stockings with pale blue, doe-skin Victorian boots that buttoned on the sides. On her hands were pale yellow princess gloves and on her shoulder was a beige bag. Tomoyo always, somehow, carried her video camera with her and it nestled inside, waiting to be used. Tomoyo bounded down the cement stairs and embraced her friend. " It's good to see you. Oh, my mother wishes to see you!," said Tomoyo gleefully and grabbed the baffled Sakura by the hand and drug her inside into the Daidouji threshhold.
When you step inside, you could see a grand, oak staircase spiraling to the top where the many bedrooms were, the stairs covered in a light lilac carpet. The floor in the corridor to the entrance of the house was marble and shinny, but when you went into other rooms in the house, the rest of the floors were carpeted in light beige. The walls were slate with white doorframes. On the walls hung many pictures, mainly of Nadeshiko, then Sakura. The rest were the family and outdoor scenery. Draperies of thick, heavy navy velvet hung about the windows, tied back with gold, plaited braids. The living room was wide a spacious with vanilla-coloured couches, mahagony tables and dressers, crystal figures along the mantlepiece of the fireplace, and china in the cabinets that were there as well. A large televison set with an entertainment system sat along the right wall. And in front of it, legs crossed, and drinking mint tea, sat Tomoyo's mother, Sonomi.
The director and owner of the toy store looked up with her cool, blue eyes when her daughter and neice came into the room, breathless and bright. The two bowed respectfully. " Ohayo, okaa-san," piped Tomoyo. " Ohayo, Sonomi-san," said Sakura shyly. Even though the two met frequently, Sakura felt insuperior to the lovely woman. " Nice to see you again, Sakura! Are you faring well?," asked Sonomi, placing down her teacup. Sakura nodded, clasping her hands in front of her. " Ano... is it okay for Tomoyo-chan to go shopping with me, then go to the movies?," she asked. Sonomi nodded, smiling. " Of course she can. Tomoyo, neko, go get the money off my vanity, please?" Sakura's head snapped backwards. " Sonomi-san! We-we can't take that...!" Sonomi laughed, tossing back her head. " Sakura, daijoubu! I don't mind giving it to you. Demo, Tomoyo has to run a little errand for me."
Sakura smiled and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. " Hai..." Sonomi stood and motioned for Sakura to follow her. Walking behind her, the girl admired the tall woman with her sleek, sharp, brown hair and stylish way of dressing and looking sophisticated. She wore a raspberry work jacket with a matching knee-length skirt and a pale, pink blouse underneath the jacket. On her feet she wore matching high heels, the same colour as her outfit. On her wrists, she wore gold bangles and her fingernails were painted a dark red. One her right hand, she wore only two rings: one was on her index finger- a ruby surrounded by a cluster of tiny diamonds. The other was on her middle finger and in the shape of a heart. The stone was a garnet with pink diamonds going around it.
Going into a large room, Sakura looked ahead and saw something covering a rather large object. Sonomi placed a hand on it. " Do you wish to see what's under here?" Sakura stared at the woman, then at the large object. " Ano... h-hai...," whispered Sakura, feeling a bit scared. Sonomi smiled rather sadly, and lifted the sheet. Underneath it was the most beautiful dress she had ever seen in her life!!! It was styled as a summer dress and it was all white. The material was satin and the skirt was breezy, covered with a sheer, tiny fish net sheet with glittered on it. The top was made to fit Sakura's torso was in a shiny white-silver fabric. It had no shoulders and it was to be worn on the upper part of her arms. Tiny, braided fringes of white hung off of them with a tiny tear-drop shaped pearl. Around the edges of the arm huggers and the bottom of the skirt were little cut outs of cherry blossoms and other flowery designs. The waist was made a princess v-cut and bunched up at the right hip was a cluster of white-pink cherry blossoms tied with a pale, satin bow that held up the fish net sheet. And decorated on the v-cut were actual, real pearls.
The girl stared at the dream dress, in awe and shocked. It was... so... words couldn't even express just how magnificant this outfit looked! Sonomi smiled at Sakura's expression. " I know. That was the look Tomoyo gave me then she started squealing and hopping around, going, ' Sakura-chan is going to look so kawaii desu!', and immeadiately made some ballet-like slippers to go with it. Originally- this dress was made for your mother. When she died, I placed away the design for it and brought it out just in time for your birthday," sighed Sonomi happily, her eyes staring into the distance. Sakura continued to stare at the dress. " It's so pretty... I... I'd be honoured to wear it," finished Sakura quietly. The girl and woman stared at one another, as if sharing a secret until Tomoyo appeared. " I got the money. May we go now, okaa-san?," asked Tomoyo. Sonomi nodded. " Of course. Have fun girls." " Ja ne!," they said in unison and left the house.
**
Side by side, Tomoyo walked along side Sakura as she rollerbladed, talking about something while Sakura just stared ahead, eyes faint. " Hn, Sakura-chan?! Were you listening to anything I just said?!!," asked Tomoyo, exaggerated. The girl blinked and looked at Tomoyo. " Gomen nasi, Tomoyo-chan... I wasn't..." Her cousin sighed and glanced at her at a sideways glance. " I was talking about your birthday. What kind of cake do you want?" Sakura shrugged. " Doesn't really matter... a big one would be nice," she suggested, thoughtfully. Tomoyo smiled. " Hai. With pink frosting and chocolate in the inside!" Both girls giggled and continued their way into town, in perfect harmony.
Nice chapter, ne? I'm going to work hard on the second one, okay? ^^ My muse has been with me!
- Echan ^_~