Melt My Heart Away

Disclaimer: I WISH I owned this but I don't.

Chapter 1: Meet the Fighters

'kick, punch, block, kick, punch, block, block, punch, kick,' were the thoughts running through 16 yr. old Sakura Kinomoto's head.

Sakura Kinomoto was a sweet, kind and extremely caring girl; she was one of the most selfless people anyone could ever meet. Sakura was also an extremely beautiful girl with large emerald eyes shining with innocence. She had shoulder-length auburn colored hair. Her rosy pink lips were soft.

Ever since she was three, Touya, Sakura's very 'loving' brother; put her in martial arts classes. She was now the top martial artist in Japan, except for Touya. Lucky for her, Touya owned his own Martial Arts School. Touya was 23, very successful and extremely handsome with spiky jet black hair and brown eyes. He was also very overprotective of Sakura.

Finally after a couple more punches and kicks, Sakura managed to pin down her opponent.

"I see the Kaijuu has gotten better." Her older brother smirked up at her.

"Sakura is NOT a Kaijuu, Onii-chan is a baka." She yelled at him and stomped on his foot.

Touya yelped and hopped around on one foot.

"Onii-chan, I'm going home to take a shower and I'll make some lunch and bring it back for us." Sakura told her older brother.

"Thanks Squirt." He said to her as he ruffled her hair.

Sakura lived with her brother and her father in a cozy yellow two story house w/ a basement that her father used as a library. Her father was a successful and well known archeologist. He worked late at the university giving lectures or went abroad for digs. This time her father would be away for two weeks on a dig.

Sakura took a shower and made lunch for Touya and herself and took it back to the Martial Arts Institute.

(Syaoran's pov)

A few days before…

"Syaoran, son I'm sending you to Japan to further train in Martial Arts." His mother, Yelan, said.

"Yes, Mother." A young boy about 17 replied.

Syaoran Li was the top martial artist in all of Hong Kong. He was extremely good looking with unruly chestnut colored hair and piercing amber eyes. His bangs fell over his eyes giving him a mysterious look. His face was emotionless although his insides were screaming.

'WHAT THE HELL! I HAVE TO GO TO FRICKIN JAPAN JUST TO TRAIN, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE TRAINING HERE?'

Little did he know that his mother had planned for something to happen during his 'nice' little stay in Tomeoda, Japan.

Back to Present.

Touya was pissed, extremely pissed. He had to now personally train a Chinese gaki all the way from Hong Kong. He couldn't turn down the offer either. Apparently the son was some type of heir to a clan and his mother was paying a whole lot of money for his training here. 'Oh well as long as he doesn't go near Saku, I better try and act civil at least.'

A knock came from the door and it brought Touya back into reality.

"Come in" he said simply.

In walked in a tall, handsome and lean young boy. He walked up to Touya and bowed out of respect. Touya bowed back.

"You must be Li Syaoran. I am Kinomoto Touya, master and owner of this Institute." He said. Just as he was about to continue, the door slammed open and in skipped Sakura.

"ONII-CHAAAAN! I brought LUNNNNNCCHHH!" she yelled happily.

Syaoran just stared. He saw a petite figure, with auburn hair and the most beautiful emerald eyes he'd ever seen. They were green; his favorite color.

Sakura felt someones eyes on her. She turned around and noticed an extremely cute guy standing in the corner with the most captivating amber eyes ever. They stared, lost in each others eyes. Touya noticed this and cleared his throat, he didn't want some stupid gaki staring at his sister.

"Ahem…" came a sound from Touya.

Syaoran was the first to break the eye contact. Sakura seemed to finally notice.

"Kaijuu, how many times do I have to tell you to knock on my door before you come in. Besides you might break the door opening it like a monster." He said smirking.

Sakura stomped on his foot and pouted cutely. "That's it Onii-chan, your not getting any of the yummy lunch I made."

She turned to Syaoran. "Would you like to eat lunch with us?" She asked with a smile and kind eyes.

Syaoran was extremely startled by her question. He had never been asked to eat lunch with someone he just met. This was also the first girl who wasn't drooling over the sight of him or was dressed like a hoe and tried to flirt with him. This girl was genuinely being caring and kind.

"Erm…err…" Syaoran wasn't quite sure of what to say.

"It's ok! Since Onii-chan isn't getting any, you can have some!" She said excitedly.

"NANI? Demo, I'm hunnnngggryy." Touya complained.

"Jeez, no need to get your panties up in a bunch, onii-chan, of course you still get some." Sakura said with a smile on her face. Then she turned back to Syaoran. "So what do you say? PLEASE?" She said with puppy dog eyes.

"Um..ok." Syaoran finally agreed.

"WAI!" Sakura brought out the lunch and all three of them ate, with the exception of Touya making fun of Sakura and Sakura stepping on his foot, and Touya glaring at Syaoran.

Syaoran was thankful Sakura asked him to eat because he never realized it but he was starving and the food was great. He took this time to observe Sakura. She seemed carefree with innocence gleaming in her beautiful eyes.

She turned to him and started talking to him, " So, Li-kun right? Where are you from?" She asked good naturedly.

"Hong Kong." Was Syaorans blunt reply.

"Oh, what's it like?" she ask with interest.

"Err, it's nice I guess." He said. He was unsure of why this girl was so interested in him in. I mean of course, he's got the looks and everything, but didn't his cold exterior mean anything to her? Apparently not.

This was the first time Syaoran decided to be nice to some girl. He felt a calm and cheerful aura around the girl and for once he felt like he could relax.

"Any siblings?" She asked again.

"I have four sisters and a mother." He said.

"Oh that must be nice." She said with a thoughtful look on her face.

Sakura looked down at her lunch and saw that she was done. She began cleaning up.

'Li-kun seems really nice, but he has a cold look on his face but his eyes are sad. I wonder what could have happened to make him like that.' Sakura thought to herself.

After Sakura left, Touya got straight to the point.

"Come here tomorrow after school, I want to see where you stand and how far you are in your martial arts. Your mother informed me that you were the top martial artist in Hong Kong but here it's another story. So go home, you have school tomorrow." Touya said without any emotion in his voice.

Syaoran left and went to find the small little house he was supposed to stay in. Then out of nowhere he heard a voice shout.

"Li-kun! Li-kun! Matte (wait)!" Syaoran turned around to see who was calling him. It was the girl who had invited him to lunch. Syaoran stopped and waited for the girl to catch up. When she reached him, she stopped to take a breath.

"Gomen Li-kun, I forgot to introduce myself! I am Kinomoto Sakura!" She said as she bowed. "Gomen again! It slipped my mind. I just was so excited to meet you!" She said sincerely.

Syaoran looked in her eyes, they were caring and kind eyes. Syaoran wanted to laugh at the girl's childishness.

He smiled softly, "Li Syaoran." And bowed.

Sakura was shocked. She hadn't expected much from him. She let out a wide smile.

"Oh yeah before I forget, I was supposed to take you home! So come on let's go!" She grabbed his hand and started running.

Syaoran was startled because first, no one was allowed to touch him without his permission, and second, he didn't mind. Her soft petite hands fit perfectly into his large rough ones. Then she let go and for a second Syaoran missed the warmth. Then he scolded himself for such thoughts. 'Syaoran you're here to train not to look at girls.'

Sakura was running with her arms out laughing with the wind. Syaoran stared at her and became envious of her carefree-ness.

Soon she stopped running and walked up to the little yellow house.

"Tadaima! (I'm home!)" She yelled out.

A middle aged man with brown eyes, glasses and gentle, kind eyes popped out.

"Welcome home!" Kinomoto Fujitaka said to his daughter.

"Otou-san, this is Li-kun. He'll be rooming at our house for the remainder of his training here." Sakura said cheerfully.

Syaoran bowed to Fujitaka while he returned the bow.

"Hello Li-kun, welcome to Japan and our humble home." Fujitaka said kindly.

"Arigato Gozaimase Kinomoto-san." Li said.

"Li-kun, Sakura-chan will show you to your room and you can get settled in." he said.

"Sure." Sakura said with a shrug. She led him to a room at the end of the hall. She had been awfully quiet on the way up. The usual bounce in her step was gone and she had a frown on her face. He never wanted to see her face like that again. It didn't seem natural to see the frown now resting too comfortably across her pink lips. She seemed to be deep in thought.

When they reached the door, Sakura hesitated before opening the door.

"Ano… Li-kun?" she started. He raised an eyebrow. "Ano… Are you going to hang out with me tomorrow in school?" Sakura asked softly.

"…"

"Because you seem to have everything it takes to be popular. So please don't let yourself being seen with me ruin your reputation in school." She finished.

Well this was new. He had never seen this side of Sakura. Actually no one had. While she may be the best female martial artist, didn't make her the most popular around school. Especially around guys.

"Well this is your room. If you need anything please don't hesitate to ask. My room is across the hall from yours." She turned around to leave. Before she got to her door, she heard a quiet "thank you" from the amber-eyed man. She faced him and smiled.

Syaoran saw that all of his stuff had been already put in his room. He had green bed sheets and green curtains to cover the wall. In one corner he had a desk and he had a fairly large closet.

After he finished everything he crashed onto his bed and fell asleep.

A/N: Hey everyone! This is my first fanfic ever! I'm very excited. So tell me what you thought of it. No flames please. I don't think I'd be able to handle it. Sorry for the mistakes. I don't read over my work often. So tell me what you think. Any ideas for a conflict in this story? And sorry if Sakura has like personality changes throughout the story. I'm not very good at keeping something constant. Lol sorry. Oh yeah btw I'm not Japanese so if I use words incorrectly I'm sorry. And don't hesitate to correct me. Thanks everyone! Reviewwww pleasssssse!