(Author's Note: hi everyone…thank you for taking the time 2 read my story. This is my first fanfic, but I'm not telling you to go easy on me. Flames are accepted,'cuz I think they will make my story better. Hope you like it)
Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptors characters: CLAMP does.
Chapter 1
BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEP!
"ARGHHHH!"
A pink something flew out of the covers, shattering as it hit the wall. The broken alarm clock (it was!) was followed by a much larger, much slower-moving pink something. Blinking her eyes bemusedly, Sakura stared at the dissected remains of her once-nice-and-furthermore-not-broken clock. Her eyes drooped, and a large sweatdrop appeared on her head.
"Great…that's the third one this week. Hoe…I'll never get used to those mass-produced plastic hunks of crap." As she was grumbling about this, a loud bout of knocking was heard outside her door.
"SAKURA! GET UP, KAIJOU! YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR SCHOOL AGAIN! I'm coming in to wake you up if you don't reply! I'll—oomph!" Touya's proclamation was cut short as Sakura's door was flung open and immediately slammed shut, but for the split second in between, a fluffy pillow had found its way out the door into Touya's face.
"…I'll just leave you alone now."
Sakura chuckled to herself as she heard her brother stomping down the stairs. Then she sighed. Another day, she thought, another pile of unfinished homework to do before class, another test to flunk, another friend to make, another gym period to show off in. Perfect. She paused. Was she forgetting something? She had done her homework, checked that there was no bank practice, or basketball practice, or choir practice so…
Oh no. That pink clock had been the third one she had smashed this week. So that meant it was Kill the Clock Season. Also known as cross-country season.
"OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHY THE HELL DON'T I JUST GO LIVE AT THE SCHOOL!" In two minutes flat she had dressed, brushed her teeth so fast that there was still toothpaste on it, practically inhaled her breakfast, and hopped into her rollerblades to speed to school in record time.
After another grueling half an hour of running ten times around a four-hundred metre track, Sakura was ready to collapse. Her best friend Tomoyo showed up, just in time to catch her, like she did every morning. The two girls laughed together, and waited for everyone else to show up. While they were doing so, Sakura told Tomoyo about the new joiner she had seen at cross-country practice.
"He was really good at it, and he never stopped running, not even once. Well, not that I do either, but that's besides the point. He was so strong, I could tell, and he kept on looking at me while we were running, and I knew he was 'cause I was looking at him too, but that's only 'cause I was curious, you know Tomoyo-Chan? Like, just that sort of new-student curiosity of some person who had just joined her cross-country team? I don't like him or anything, don't think like that, but I guess he WAS kinda cute…"
Tomoyo listened to her friend ramble on with a smile on her face, and laughed. Her amethyst eyes twinkled happily.
"Oh Sakura-Chan, if you didn't like him, why would you be talking about him so much in the first place?"
Sakura turned red. "Well, I think he kinda likes me too, you know?"
Tomoyo laughed, and was about to say more, but the rest of their friends had arrived. They walked into the school together, and got their books for their first class. They sat down, and listened to the morning announcements. Then, their teacher walked in.
"Class, today we have the honour of welcoming a new student. Here is Syaoran Li."
The door opened, and a tall boy with brown hair and dark amber eyes stepped into the room. One could almost hear the girls sighing in their minds as they looked at him. Tomoyo turned to Sakura, grinning, and was surprised to see her friend staring intently at the new student. She guessed immediately that this was the student Sakura had been talking about. Smiling, she turned back and stood up. Mr. Terada saw her.
"Yes Daidouji?"
"Terada-sensei, we have an empty desk here behind Sakura, so Li-kun can sit here,if there isn'troom anywhere else."
Sakura started. Tomoyo knew perfectly well that there weren't any more empty desks. She turned to her, trying to make eye contact. However, Tomoyo cleverly avoided her attempts. She turned back to the front, her face quietly becoming paler.
Mr. Terada smiled, and motioned for Syaoran to go and sit behind Sakura. As he passed her desk, she looked up at him. He glanced into her bright green eyes, and she felt a shock go through her. It was not unpleasant, and she looked back down, her heart beating just a fraction faster than usual. She was surprised at her reaction. Come on Sakura, she told herself. It's just some new guy…yeesh what's wrong with you? You already like Yukito.
Unbeknownst to her, Syaoran had been thinking the same thing. Get a grip on yourself Syaoran. She's just some other girl who has nice eyes. And who is good at cross-country. But you're engaged to Meiling, whether you like it or not, so forget about this girl.
As they were lost in their own thoughts, a voice came over the speakers. "…and don't forget, we're having a Hallowe'en Dance, so come in your costume and get ready to party! Don't forget, for those couples out there, we'll be playing some slow songs…"
Tomoyo smiled as she heard this. Sakura, you're in for a nice time.
