A / N: Well, this chappie is now fully edited!! ;; It's holidays now so I decided to have a look over it and decided it needed to some fixing up…so here it is!1 XP

Disclaimer: My cat says, "kathee is way too retarded to own CCS… unlike meee" aww…

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Chapter 1 – Childhood Memories

It was late afternoon in Japan, and the sun was evidently disappearing out of vision. In a small apartment at the centre of the city, a honey-haired girl sat on her bad in the apartment she shared with her best friend – Tomoyo.

Her hands unconsciously reached up to her neck and fumbled with the necklace that was almost permanently attached to her neck.

As her hands felt the familiar touch of the sparkling emerald gemstone, her thoughts drifted elsewhere to the day that she was given this special necklace.

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A young boy with a gloomy aura sat on one of the swings, playing by himself. Nobody hung out with him, in fact all the little children were quite frightened of him and if anyone tried to talk to him, it would normally be just one-sided. Syaoran grew up in a family that had always taught him to never show emotions. Love, anger, hurt or sadness. Under that façade, no one knew what the young boy was thinking.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the playground a five-year old, energetic girl was in the process of begging her older brother to allow her to play in the playground.

"Please!!! Can I pleeeeaaaaasse stay here while you go shopping? Please???" Sakura whined, looking up at Touya with her big, puppy dog eyes.

Urgh. Why does she always have to use those puppy eyes!? But if I don't let her stay… she'll probably tell Papa and he'll blame it all on me…

A small sigh erupted from him and he quickly scanned the playground.

Doesn't look like they're any people who would so Sakura harm here…

His eyes landed on a quiet boy sitting on the swings, gazing out at everyone with a wilful look in his eyes.

Hopefully, Sakura won't go play with him…

"Ok…You can stay. But you can't leave this playground, ok?"

"YAY!!! Thankyou Touya!!!"

After bidding her older brother goodbye, she joyfully skipped over to the swings and sat in the vacant swing next to Syaoran. The Li Syaoran of course didn't know what to do because this was the first time anyone had actually had the nerve to sit next to him.

"Hi! My name is Kinomoto Sakura. What is yours?" Sakura greeted cheerfully.

"Syaoran…Li Syaoran." He gasped back.

"Ok! Nice to meet you Syao-kun!"

"…You…too"

"Can I play with you today Syao-kun?"

Syaoran nodded his head vigorously. He was happy. Someone wanted to play with him! It was a dream come true.

Before they knew it, they were sitting in the sand pit, doing something Syaoran thought he had never done. Laughing. And enjoying himself. For once in his life, he actually felt cheerful. Unusually cheerful. He giggled as Sakura patted her cheek only to leave a sand print on her rosy face.

For some reason, he found himself gazing into her eyes. Bright, sparkly emerald orbs. He was entranced by them. Drawn towards them like a butterfly. How he loved those eyes.

"Syao-kun?" a voice interrupted his daydream.

Startled by the sudden noise, he sat up straight and looked baffled. More to his confusement, he heard a giggle. He turned around to face Sakura and found her laying in the sand trying ti smother her giggles with a hand over her mouth. Sakura looked so hilarious that in the end Syaoran ended up in the sand as well.

Meanwhile, Touya had just finished with his shopping and had arrived at the park to pick his sister up.

She's so annoying! What's so interesting about this park? Why does she want to come here every time?

Touya looked around the playground looking for his younger sibling. At first, he couldn't see her.

Oh crap! I should never have fucken left her here! Now she's got kidnapped and it'll be my entire fault!

He quickly scanned the park again. Suddenly, he saw a flash of auburn.

AUBURN?! That is one unusual colour…Damn! I'm so slow! Only Sakura has AUBURN hair! That must be Sakura! Thank god she's alright. Wait a second… she's with that guy…

He ran towards the auburn hair and found Sakura with this boy. Immediately on the defensive, his eyes narrowed.

He better not have been messing up with my sister!

"Sakura, who is this boy???" Touya demanded to know.

"Oh, hi Touya-kun! This is my new best friend, Syaoran!"

Syaoran blushed at the "best friend" remark. Unfortunately for him, Touya noticed and glared daggers into the boy. Syaoran gulped visibly. Sakura and Touya seemed so…different. Sakura was like the sunshine. Bright and cheerful. Yet, her brother was total opposite. Cold and mysterious.

For the next few days, Sakura and Syaoran would meet everyday at the park and play. They became very close friends. But one day, something that they hadn't seen happened.

Early that morning, Sakura had just found out that she had to leave Hong Kong. As usual she went to the park to greet Syaoran. But she went with and dull aura. Syaoran knew something was wrong with Sakura.

"What's wrong, Sakura-chan?" he asked gently.

"I'm…I'm…leaving Syaoran." She turned around to walk away.

But Syaoran caught her wrist just in time.

"WHAT? You're leaving? When?"

"Tomorrow…afternoon"

"Ok…meet me here tomorrow morning, ok? I have something to give you before you leave…"

Sakura nodded and left, leaving a grieving Syaoran.

She was my one and only friend. The only one I ever had. If she left…would I have anymore? Please stay…Sakura…

The next day, Sakura and Syaoran met at the park. When Syaoran saw Sakura, he took out a beautiful jewellery box. He opened it to reveal a shimmering necklace. Slowly and carefully, he helped Sakura put it on. She gasped at how pretty and elegant it was.

"Now leave, Sakura. Don't be late for your flight."

"Wait…" Sakura took a bangle out from her pocket.

"I know it's not as good as your necklace…but…" she handed him the bangle.

"It's perfect, Sakura…beautiful"

Sakura smiled and left without another word. And that's how their good bye went. Now Sakura was in Japan, and Syaoran was rich and working as a manager of a company in Hong Kong. They led separate lives, but always remembered each other. Always.

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Tomoyo opened the door to find Sakura sitting on her bed fumbling with her necklace unconsciously. She sighed. Sakura was doing that more and more often these days. Tomoyo also knew she was thinking of her childhood love, Syaoran-kun.

"Sakura…"

Sakura started. She hadn't heard her friend come in…

"Oh…Tomoyo…"

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A / N: Well, there it is! A incyy bit longer than befoh, lawlz! XD anyhow, hope yuu like it!

!! xx.crushedpromises

edited on ;; o5.o4.o7