| Searching For The Lost Soul Sakura looked down the hallway, Eriol close to her side. "I don't see anyone." She murmured, eyes catching on the door all the way at the end of the hall. How strange, she didn't know Tomoyo-chan had such a large house. And it was an eerie hallway too. Nice windows on the side but much too dark, the only light being the moonlight drifting in. Somewhere far off she heard the faint sound of wind rushing and tiles creaking. Eriol didn't reply, eyes focused distantly. "Come on, maybe he's down this way. We can't climb up any higher and he wasn't on any of the floors below..." She took hold of his hand and dragged him down the hall firmly. "Once I get my hands on him I'm going to-" "Going to what?" Nakuru asked in a whisper, close to her ears. And as Sakura jumped ten feet in the air she giggled, hand on her cowboy hat. At her side was Spinel Sun, looking spanked and ready for more. Sakura fumed, seeing the whip and taking it from her. "I've seen the destruction you've caused with this!" she said, shaking a finger at her. "Nakuru, how horrible of you! LOOK at poor Spinel Sun!" Spinel Sun looked up at the mention of his name, puffs of his hair flying around as he licked himself clean. "His hair was falling out before I ever touched him." Nakuru said innocently. "Old age and all that..." Sakura glared before turning around and moving to continue down the hallway. And once more they were stopped, Tomoyo's voice echoing down the hallway. "Sakura-chan! Minna! Did you all find Li-kun?" Sakura jumped once more, clutching Eriol's hand so tight she feared for a moment she could very well break it. And she turned to face Tomoyo. "Tomoyo-CHAN!" she hissed, face pale. "Don't DO that!" "Do what?" "Scare her like that." Eriol supplied and he was dragged along as Sakura once more resumed walking down the hallway. Tomoyo shrugged at Nakuru who merely smiled at her mischievously. And then she looked around, eyes wide but not really surprised. "Um...where are we?" That caused EVERYONE to stop. "Hoooeeee?" Tomoyo lifted both eyebrows, repeating her question. "Where are we?" she asked. "This isn't my house anymore." "And yet she doesn't look the least bit surprised." Nakuru mused. Sakura frowned at her friend. "Tomoyo-chan, what are you talking about? Of COURSE this is still your house." She said slowly. Tomoyo looked around once more, finger lifting to her chin as she observed the hallway. And after another moment she looked down once more. "No, I tried to believe it was my house but it really isn't." she said with a small shrug as if to say, 'Soooooooooorryyyyyyyyy.' Sakura blinked in complete and utter confusion and then looked at Nakuru beside her. "She's YOUR friend." Nakuru said, hands up in a sign of, '~I~ don't know her...' A breeze swept through the corridor suddenly and everyone looked up towards the windows. They were all closed though, rusted shut. "You don't clean much up here, do you?" Eriol observed. "Of course not." Tomoyo said innocently. "Probably because this isn't my HOUSE." Sakura sighed. "This is getting us nowhere. We have to find Syaoran because I am getting a really bad feeling about this! So can we please check out this place at the end of the hallway and then we'll go right back." She looked from face to face, and after a moment agreement registered on all of them. "Good, let's go." And she turned and took a few steps toward the door. A soft howl rose in the hallway then, causing her to stop in mid-step. "Suppi-chan! NOT cute!" she admonished, refusing to turn to look at the Guardian. "It wasn't me!" And then from behind came Nakuru's voice suddenly. "Look out!" Sakura felt a hand shove her and Eriol's hand was ripped from her grasp. With a positively frightened shriek she hit the ground and instantly rolled over in time to see Nakuru pull Eriol back, one arm around his waist. Mist swept passed them, separating her from the rest of the group and she heard them shouting vaguely through it. "What IS that?!" "Oh my GOD!" "I think it's got me!" "Is that CHICKEN I smell?" There came the shriek of grinding stone and she heard Tomoyo screaming her head off, Eriol shouting to her. And then their voices got distant, as if they were falling, until the cries faded away to nothingness. "Spinel Sun! It took him!" Nakuru shouted through the mist and a ruby beam suddenly cut through, practically burning off hairs on Sakura's head as it shot by her face. "EAT THAT, YOU! Damn it, where is my trusty WHIP?" Sakura looked down at the whip in her hand and instantly flung it into the mist, towards her voice. "OW!" came Nakuru's voice again, sounding just the slightest bit irritated. And then, "OOOH! My WHIP!" There were scuffling sounds and then more grinding stones until she heard Nakuru again, along with snappings of the whip. "Suppi-chan! It's got me, too!" "For the last time, don't CALL me that!" "Spinel SUN!" Nakuru shouted angrily and her voice came from the side, close to the wall. Sakura tried to follow it, standing quickly, and she heard the sound of the whip striking the floor once more. "Damn it, Suppi-chan! If it's taking me then you are coming WITH me!" "Hey! NO! Let GO-" The scuffling sounds came once more, also becoming suddenly distant. Sakura took a step into the mist, swiping frantically at nothing and, strangely enough, the mist began to clear, giving way before her hand. She swiped a bit more, finally getting a clear view and she frowned when she found herself in an empty corridor, all by her lonesome. Not by her lonesome. At the end of the corridor, the way she had come, was a young looking girl with red hair like her own and a sad expression on her face. Sakura blinked at her for a moment and then glanced around, looking for the others. "My...my friends..." she said frantically. "Please, you have to help me find them! They were HERE a second ago-" "Would you like to be MY friend?" the girl asked. Sakura froze, looking back at her. "What?" The girl came forth and Sakura realized she was floating. She didn't have FEET. Sakura stared for all of a moment before beginning to breathe hard. "Oh my God. Oh my GOD..." GHOST! As the girl came closer Sakura turned and ran, racing for the door. If she could make it to the door she would be ok. Everything would be ok. Syaoran would be behind the door and he would help her get out. She ran into the door and shoved, squeaking as it gave way easier than she had expected. Her body went sailing into the room, chin hitting the ground and she scrambled onto her rear, scampering away from the door and then kicking it shut as the girl made it to the doorway. She didn't follow her through. Sakura breathed for all of moment, chest rising and falling in the silence, before noiselessly looking over her shoulder. To see the same girl smiling at her from a soft white bed in the center of the ghostly room. "You got caught too, huh?" A scream caught in her throat and Sakura backed away from her. Only to ram into something else. And then, finally, she shrieked, glass-shattering screams that rang throughout the room. "WOW! What a set of PIPES!" the girl grimaced, as hands grabbed Sakura and tried to turn her around. She looked over her shoulder to see Syaoran grasping her arms. "It's ME! It's me, stop screaming!" he was shouting, shaking her. Sakura cut off, staring at him wide-eyed for all of a moment before inhaling and continuing to scream. |
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