THE SWAN SONG

Everything will surely be all right

Sakura Kinomoto – Cardcaptor Sakura


Burning Sky

Carly had seen China, Thailand and Korea. Travelling through them by various coaches, stopping at certain points and taking photos. All for Kevin's sake, she was seeing the world for her father's dream that was never completed. By the time it was April she had managed to get into Tokyo, Japan. She was wandering down a busy street and when the cars suddenly let out gas.

The people around her began to choke, splutter and cough.

Carly turned round in shock as she watched people run into buildings, staggering across the streets, people struggling to get out of their cars and screaming could be heard everywhere.

"What the hell?" she whispered.

Suddenly a strong pair of hands grabbed hold of her waist and she was hauled over someone's shoulder, being dragged into a building. She was put back down on the ground and she glared up at a beautiful Japanese boy no older than nineteen.

"Are you crazy? That gas could have killed you? What were you thinking just standing there, you got to get to safety fast" the boy said rapidly.

Carly shrugged. "Gas didn't affect me" she mumbled.

The boy frowned at her. "Kinomoto-Kun" he said holding his hand out, Carly accepted and shook it firmly.

"Carly-San" she said refusing to be called by her surname.

"Stay inside, it's not safe outside" Kinomoto said. "Now excuse me I got to find my sister and her friends"

Carly nodded and watched the teenage boy leave; she turned round and rested her head against the cool glass watching the world fog up in poisonous gases. She couldn't help but wonder why didn't it affect her?

DWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDW

She was helping herself to a chip from the burger meal she brought at a McDonalds, she had found recently that sushi had made her want to vomit and she wasn't feeling daring enough to try any other Japanese meal just yet. It was then when Kinomoto came running in shouting for help.

"Someone, please, it's my sister, my little sister; she's trapped in a car. I need someone to help" he shouted. People gave muttering sympathetic but no one made a move to help. "She's only twelve, please someone help her!"

Carly stood up. "I'm a mechanic" she said loudly. "Show me the car"

"Thank you, thank you so much" Kinomoto said dragging Carly out to a car park block. Carly gaped, gobsmacked to see the car his little sister was stuck in was a black limo. "Yeah...it's not ours, my sister's best friend is the daughter of a popular toy company president" Kinomoto said scratching his head.

Carly shook her head and rolled her long sleeves up to her elbows. "I'm going to need some tools" she said as she walked towards the limo with a confident stride and opened the bonnet, she took a sharp breath. "Of course, ATMOS" she whispered to herself. "The Sontarans are very sneaky"

With the right tools and enough concentration, Carly quickly and swiftly took out the ATMOS, she had no idea how she managed it since it was such a difficult process but she knew the moment she did the car door would be able to open. As predicted the door opened and two small girls jumped out into Kinomoto's arms.

"Sakura, Dadouji-Chan are you all right?" Kinomoto asked.

"I'm fine Onii-Chan" the smaller girl with brown hair and big green eyes said. The girl turned round to Carly and smiled. "Thank you Onee-Chan, I owe you my life"

"So do I" the other girl said bowing her head, she had long black hair and dark eyes like most of the local people, if anything Carly would have pegged this girl to be Kinomoto's sister not the green-eyed girl. "Thank you very much"

"It was nothing" Carly said. "Just being a good citizen, besides your brother helped me out before hand"

"That's my Onii-Chan" the green-eyed girl said happily as she clung to her brother's hand.

"Let's go into the shopping centre, I'll buy you a milkshake" Kinomoto said a small smirk forming on his face. "But it's going to cost you tonight's dishes"

"Hmph!" his sister said glaring up at her brother.

Carly laughed. "How about I treat you and you don't have to do tonight's dishes" she suggested.

The girl brightened up and flung her arms round Carly's neck. "Thank you Onee-Chan"

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They were sitting by the window with their milkshakes watching the smoky, clouded world below them.

"It's so odd" Tomoyo – Kinomoto's little sister's friend – said quietly. "One minute the ATMOS was working fine and the next it goes insane, trying to kill everyone" a mischievous grin formed on the girl's face. "Maybe it was aliens"

"Hoe!" Sakura screeched clinging to Carly. "Don't say that Tomoyo-Chan, it's too scary"

"Wimp" Kinomoto scoffed.

Suddenly the sky burned orange.

"HOE!"

"What the hell?"

"My god..."

Carly looked up at the burning sky and her mind began to burn with it.

"Bring her back! Bring my little girl back! Put me in her place, I can't die, don't let her die"

"I'm giving you a chance, just one chance or I'll blow you up from here to the other side of the universe, I'm warning you"

"Do it then, we fear no death, we would die with honour at battle"

"What are you doing?"

"Something clever"

"Stupid twin, stupid, stupid, stupid twin"

The world went black.

DWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDW

Carly woke with a groan, her head ached and she felt drained. She scanned her surroundings and found herself in a small girly-ish room, soft toys filling up every flat surface and a pink duvet covering her.

"Onee-Chan, you're awake" Sakura said cheerfully from the doorway, she was carrying a tray with tea and cakes on. "I brought some sweets"

"No thank you Sakura-Chan, I'm not hungry" Carly said politely feeling nauseas. From the corner of her eye she swore a golden teddy with wings eyes were gleaming with happiness and hunger while eyeing the tray of cakes. She dismissed it as her being delusional. "What happened?"

"You collapsed, Onii-Chan, Tomoyo-Chan and I were so worried" the girl bit her lip. "But Dad said there was no worry and you had no fever. You just over-worked yourself; he wants to invite you for dinner in thanks for saving me"

"Err...thanks" Carly said unsure what else she could say.

The dinner was one of the best she had in a long time. Not the food but the atmosphere it reminded her so much of when she was at home with her father, brother and stepfamily. She missed them all far too much, after dinner she helped clear away the dishes and then took her leave.

"I can't impose on you any longer, besides I got a plane to catch tomorrow" she said half-apologetically. "But give me your phone number and address and I'll stay in contact"

Kinomoto wrote in a messy scrawl and passed her the scrap of paper. "When you wake up" he said staring at her intensely. "I would like to meet you, the real you"

Carly stared at him in confusion.

When you wake up.

I would like to meet you, the real you.

The real you.

What does he mean by that?

Author's Note: this chapter was a slight crossover with Cardcaptor Sakura, a very enjoyable and amusing magical girl anime. The San, Kun and Chan are honorfics in Japan where it's considered polite for them to be used. Onii-Chan and Onee-Chan are Japanese for Big Brother and Big Sister.

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