Disclaimer: I do not own Card captor Sakura, Clamp does.
Rating: M for language, minor themes and violence
Summary: Sakura was an orphan, no-one knew of where she lived, bar her best friend Tomoyo. The populars isolate her because it's rare for her to have a genuine smile, who could blame her; after all, her whole family was dead, plus she was always late. But, when a new boy comes to school and finds out Sakura's secret, what will he do? Mock her? Help her? Reject her? Teach her there's more to life? Make her life hell? or Love her?
Last time:The bed was made, but no-one inside it. The balcony door was open and the curtain was flapping about. Scenarios entered Syaoran's mind as he checked the whole house and the gardens. Sakura was no-where to be found...
Syaoran rushed back into the house, changed from pyjamas to decent clothes, grabbed his coat, phone and keys and ran towards town.
He asked everyone who was around if they had seen her, it didn't take long considering it was the middle of the night, and no-one had. He called the police and they just responded with:
"It must be 24 hours before we can do anything, call us tomorrow evening if she hasn't returned."
Syaoran went ballistic, screaming that they should be helping now and not in 24 hours, who knew what could happen in 24 hours. Eventually he gave up with the police and continued to search by himself.
He walked into an all-night corner store and sighed as he saw that Sakura was not around.
"Can I help you?" The clerk asked, "You look depressed."
"Have you seen an auburn haired, green eyed girl, a bit shorter than me?" He asked, "She's missing." The clerk stood thoughtfully for a few moments.
"I think so," He began and quickly checked the CCTV monitor beside him. He fiddled with some buttons and gestured to Syaoran. He pointed at screen. "Her?" Even in black and white, it was unmistakeably Sakura, dressed in one of her simple orphan dresses.
"That's Sakura!" Syaoran exclaimed, "Do you know where she went?" The clerk shook his head.
"She was staring at the cake display longingly," The clerk frowned slightly. "I let her have one for free, she said she had no money on her and I could see she was in no state to go without food. No coat in this cold night, she was either beyond caring, extremely sad or deprived." Syaoran felt tears prick at his eyes.
"Thank you anyway, did you see where she headed after she left?" The clerk nodded and pointed left. "Thanks." Syaoran ran from the store and to the way the clerk pointed.
After many minutes of running, he came across a forest. By now the sun was starting to rise. A young man was sitting by a tree, drawing a bird.
"Excuse me," Syaoran said quietly, the man looked up. "Did you happen to see a girl run into the forest?"
"Yeah, about an hour ago, not the tallest girl." The man said, "It was too dark to see her features, but I did see that she was crying and was wearing a very plain dress."
"Sakura," Syaoran mumbled. He said his thanks and ran into the forest.
He wandered around aimlessly for about 15 minutes, until he heard muffled sobs. He followed them and came to the edge of the forest, and area he knew to have a cliff at the edge which fell into the sea. As he got loser, the sobs turned into words, he hid behind a tree at the second voice.
"I can't do this." He heard the crying girl say around hiccups.
"Yes you can!" The other girl replied, I know that voice. Syaoran mused, But from where.
"I feels wrong, he doesn't have to do this."
"But he is, he cares for you." He could hear the care in the second girl's voice.
"It's just pity, 'Moyo." 'Moyo...I've only heard Sakura say 'Moyo, to Tomoyo.
"Stop thinking like that 'Kura." Tomoyo cried, "If it was only pity, then why would he do this much, he saved you twice, promised to keep you're secret, has now invited you to stay with him and is caring for you. In my opinion, that's a lot more than just pity." The sobs returned, Sakura!.
"I'm sorry 'Moyo." Sakura replied, "You do so much for me, I don't deserve you."
"It's what friends do." Tomoyo comforted, Syaoran head rustling, "Come on, I'll take you back."
"It's ok, I'd like to stay here a little longer." Sakura muttered, "I won't be too long."
"Ok, see you tomorrow at school." Syaoran heard her footsteps fade. He edged round the tree and silently made his way towards her. He watched as Sakura sat hugging her knees. She was dangerously close to the edge of the cliff. She stared unfocused out to sea with a few tears trickling down her cheeks.
"I don't deserve this new life," She whispered as she wiped away the droplets.
"But you do," Syaoran said gently, standing beside her.
"S-Syaoran!" Sakura exclaimed, standing up. "W-What are you doing here?"
"I could ask the same thing!" Syaoran said, his tone of voice turned slightly angry. "Do you know how worried I was? I've been looking for hours. I woke up and you were gone!"
"I'm sorry." Sakura whispered, "It felt wrong, I had to get out of the house." She turned back to face the sea.
"What do you mean? It felt wrong?" Syaoran queried, slightly calmer.
"I've never found a place that I belong." She sighed, "And when you invited me to stay, I thought that this was where I should be." She started shaking, but whether it was from cold or emotions, it was hard to tell. "I, I was scared. It was so different. I didn't know what to do." Tears streamed down her face. Syaoran pulled her into a tight embrace, stroking her back gently.
"Shh, it's ok Saks. You'll be ok." He murmured. "You don't have to feel afraid, you have a home now." She shook her head against her chest.
"No it won't!" She pulled away and stared at him hard. "It's my fault. Everything is my fault!"
"What do you mean?"
"It was my fault my mother died," She let go of all the emotions held within her. "The doctors said that her giving birth to me was what gave her the disease, it started as an infection. It was my fault my father was killed! He had to get a better paid job when I entered school, to pay for my equipment, uniform and the transport there, he could pay for Touya with the money he earned before." She gasped. "And Touya was murdered because of me, I didn't listen to him. He told me Keiji was trouble, and I didn't believe him!" She collapsed to the floor. "IT'S ALL MY FAULT!"
"SAKURA!" Syaoran shouted and pulled her to her feet. "Don't you dare think like that. You can't blame yourself for that. Your family wouldn't want you blaming yourself. Even if the disease that killed your mother was from birth, I'm sure she would have been the happiest woman in the world to have given birth to you, any mother would be. Did your father enjoy archaeology?" Sakura nodded, "Then it wasn't your fault, he liked his job. And how were you to know what Keiji would do? You were only 10." Sakura stood for a moment or two, taking in what Syaoran had said. She wiped away tears and looked up.
"Thank you, Syao. For everything." She smiled at him and turned back to face the sea. "I always came here when I was upset, it's so peaceful and relaxing." Her face turned contented as the light of the rising sun glistened off her drying tears. "When ever Miss Kagu got angry, or I had a terrible day at school, I would hide here. It's my escape, always has been." She stared the the waves, "We should be getting back."
"Yeah, come on then." Syaoran replied.
As Sakura turned on the spot, her dress snagged in between a rock and a branch. She tried to pull it loose. As the branch gave way, she fell back with a jolt and over the cliff edge.
"SAKURA!" Syaoran launched forwards to grab her hand. He missed by millimetres and Sakura fell towards the ocean...
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