Disclaimer: CCS belongs to CLAMP, not me.
Angel From the SkyBy kawaiisakura
The bus bumped up and down the paved ground as Sakura stared out the window. She missed being alive, the smell of fresh air and the sights her eyes were getting used to again.
Sakura turned her attention to the slip of paper in her hand, mind ready to start her mission. 'My mission.. to make some rich guy fall in love with me..'
She sighed. It wasn't like she was someone who worked for a company where she'd have to do this everyday.
Sakura shook her head to free herself of the thoughts when she felt the bus stop, and she gathered her belongings and got off.
She walked casually through the neighborhood, thinking about how huge all of these houses, no mansions, were.
'So I'm supposed to find a particularly big mansion..' Sakura's thoughts paused when she found herself standing right in front of iron gates and she looked up at the mansion behind it in wonder.
Suddenly a big crowd of girls not much older than she was came rushing in her direction. They were all dressed in what looked like servant's clothing.
Sakura glanced at them curiously, while her mind slowly considered a way to get inside the building somehow.
Then, after seemingly getting permission from a very strict doorman inside, the gates smoothly slid open to allow the group of eager girls in.
Sakura seized this chance and followed them inside. She just hoped that the difference in her clothing wouldn't make her too obvious.
As she trailed after the others, she took the time to examine her surroundings. She made sure to take note of where everything was.
The front garden was so big that it took at least 2 minutes for all of them to approach the oak front doors, which were opened by two formally dressed men on both sides.
It was like entering a palace or something; a bright shining chandelier hung from the tall ceiling in the entrance. Everywhere you looked there was gold and highly expensive furniture.
Sakura gulped. Never once in her life (or her former life anyway) had she seen such a beautiful building. This made her feel like her mission was going to be even harder.
(A/N: I'll explain more about the mission later, just stay with me..)
Hearing footsteps echoing through the hall to their right, all of their heads turned in that direction. A fairly tall girl with black hair came in hurriedly.
"Ok everyone, the master is in a bit of a bad mood right now.. So I'm going to be assigning everyone jobs." The girl didn't look much older than the rest of them, but she had a professional kind of voice.
From the room she had just come out of, a noise came that sounded a lot like a vase being smashed to the ground angrily.
"By the way, my name is Tomoyo." She smiled faintly as though she was used to ignoring the Master's anger, and her attention was drawn to Sakura immediately. "Why didn't you come dressed properly?"
Sakura took a deep breath. She knew that she was never good at lying to people, but she gave it her best shot. "I uh- never got one when I signed up." She bit her lip nervously wondering how she would take it.
Tomoyo frowned apologetically and believed her. "I must've left someone out. You can follow me later so I can get you ready." Then she turned back to the rest of them, who were all gawking at the various treasures they had lined up down the hall.
Tomoyo pointed to each of them where they'd be working and told them that someone would be waiting at each place to teach them exactly what to do. She waved a hand to Sakura to signal her to follow. Sakura accompanied the rushing girl up the marble staircase, wondering just how large the place was.
They finally stopped at a rather big storage room, where Tomoyo clicked on the light. Sakura looked around, admiring how neat everything was, and she assumed it was the girl in front of her who had organized this.
"Here," Tomoyo held up a dress in front of her, and it looked like it would fit perfectly. Sakura wondered how she would know her size just by looking, but she shrugged it off.
Tomoyo then continued, "I guess you're the only who wasn't fighting over this job, so I'll let you be the one who takes care of Master Li everyday."
Sakura looked up in surprise; that was the person she was supposed to make fall in love with her! She tried not to look too eager when she heard this bit of news. Instead she mustered an understanding smile.
Tomoyo then proceeded to tell her basic things she'd do everyday, and she even gave her a few tips on what she shouldn't do.
After a while Sakura was tired, so Tomoyo introduced her to the servants' rooms on the third floor, where there were so many separate bedrooms that it was like a maze trying to find her way by herself.
It was already pretty late by the time Sakura had managed to unpack the little belongings that was allowed. The guy who assigned her this mission didn't think it would be wise to appear like she didn't need the money.
Sakura soon fell asleep in her own small bedroom, her thoughts still on what had happened today.
~Dream~
"Dad.. big brother.." Sakura reached out her hands wistfully towards her family, but their images were floating away from her and starting to fade away.
Then it dawned on her that they had gone to heaven. 'That's right.. all of us died in that car crash.' She looked around her, noticing that her feet were hovering just above the light clouds, but she wasn't going anywhere.
POOFSuddenly a man dressed in black robes had appeared next to her.
Sakura stepped, or rather floated, back a few steps in surprise. She thought of the first thing to say. "Why aren't I going with the rest of my family to heaven? Have I done something wrong?"
The guy simply said to her, "I've stopped you from going. If you want to pass by here and join your family, you're going to have to do something for me."
Sakura decided that she could only trust him now and asked, "What?"
"I have enough power to transfer you back into the living world, where you will find a rich guy called Li Syaoran. I want you to make him fall in love with you, but make sure you don't do the same for him." The mysterious guy under the hood paused.
Sakura's eyebrows furrowed. "But.. why me? And besides, even if I succeed.. how would it affect you? You're dead too.." she added the last part a little bitterly, expecting him to be angry.
Instead, he just smirked and said in the same monotonous, "That's not for you to know. Just complete the task. As soon as he admits to you that he is in love with you, I'll immediately transport you back here, where you can enjoy heaven with your family."
Sakura smiled a bit at this and replied, "Okay, if this is the only way.."
But he had already disappeared.
Her eyes widened, wondering what to do then. All of the sudden, she felt the clouds beneath her feet shift a little, and she peered down at her feet.
Sakura was slowly descending from the misty clouds now above her, wind whistling in her ears and blowing her amber-brown hair in all directions.
The next thing she knew, she had landed onto the dusty ground.
~End of Dream~
"Ouch!" Sakura awoke with a headache, and then realized she had fallen off the bed and hit her head on the drawer next to the bed. She lifted herself up clumsily and got dressed.
Just as she finished putting on her servant's dress and apron, the girl called Tomoyo came bursting through a side door that she hadn't noticed before, catching her by surprise.
"Oh good you're ready. Some of the other girls are having trouble with their jobs so I've got to go help them. Just head downstairs towards the Master's room." Tomoyo told her in a hurried voice.
Sakura peeked over Tomoyo's shoulder. She could see a couple of girls giggling excitedly for their first day of work. Murmuring an "okay", she suddenly wished to have her friends by her side on this mission too.
Sakura practically dragged herself down the stairs, not taking interest in the glittering jewels that decorated the room anymore. All she could do was keep her mind focused on trying to finish the mission and get back up into heaven.
She stepped into the kitchen to prepare tea, coffee, milk, and hot cocoa. "I never know which one he'll like.." she whispered silently a reminder from Tomoyo.
Handling it with care, she walked unbalanced to the door. Afterall, she'd never been a servant all her life.
Sakura took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Come in." a calm voice ordered.
Making sure not to spill anything, she pushed open the door and without looking up, said, "Good morning, Master." Not knowing what his mood was this morning, she just stood there, eyes fixed on the ground.
To much of her surprise, as she tentatively glanced up at him, Li Syaoran was sitting at his business-like desk looking tired and rubbing his forehead as if in pain.
Sakura rushed over to the little side desk in the room and set the plate of various drinks onto it. She turned her head towards him and in a sweet voice said, "What would you like to drink this morning Master?"
She heard him sigh audibly and mumble, "Something to keep me awake." And Sakura nervously picked up the coffee and tumbled towards him.
Just as she was nearing his desk, she tripped on a bump in the carpet and spilled the hot coffee all over the floor on the other side of him, falling onto him in the process.
Syaoran caught Sakura by her shoulders and whispered, "Are you okay?" he almost had a doubtful look on his face.
Sakura quickly got back onto her feet, blushing and was about to shout, "Sorry Master!" when he let out a little chuckle. Her eyes widened at him, gawking at him confused.
"How can anyone be so clumsy?" Li laughed a little more, then stopped and told her "It's okay, you've woken me up anyway."
Sakura managed a small smile, mostly from relief that he didn't throw a tantrum like she had been expecting.
On the other side of the mansion, Tomoyo had just finished telling the others what to do with dusting the antiques and desktops. She realized how long she'd left Sakura to Li Syaoran, and hurriedly went to check on her.
The Master had a record for kicking out first day maids within the first 20 minutes, but as Tomoyo neared the closed door, she actually heard Li laughing!
She decided to join in on this happy moment, and knocked on the door. To her dismay the laughter ceased almost immediately.
"Come in." the unlikely serious voice said.
Tomoyo regretted ruining this moment but obeyed. As she stepped into the room she saw the spilled coffee on the carpet and a stern-faced Li.
"Uh.. I was just coming to see if Sakura needed any help, sir." She said in a more practiced voice than when she was talking to the servants.
Li Syaoran, however, turned to Sakura with what Tomoyo could've sworn was a held-back smile, and asked, "So your name is Sakura?"
She nodded silently, all the while admiring his messy looking hair and brown eyes.
Li let out an amused "hm" and turned back to Tomoyo. "Everything here is fine, you may go."
Tomoyo gave Sakura a proud smile and thumbs up and backed out of the room.
Sakura couldn't believe that this was the bad-tempered man she had heard about. Even though they were still on polite talking terms, she couldn't help but like him.
'Wait- ' her mind stopped herself, and she turned her head abruptly away from Li.
"What's wrong?" he frowned, thinking he had upset her with all the talking.
Sakura shook her head and continued, "Sir, you were saying something about taking a business trip to Japan?" her sparkling eyes reflected her excitement.
Li Syaoran gave a quick nod and added, "My mother has agreed that I may take some friends with me on this trip, but I uh.. haven't really got any friends."
When Sakura looked sympathetic he nonchalantly shrugged it off and got a sudden idea. "Hey, why don't you come along?"
Sakura was surprised that they had just met and he would consider her a friend. She smiled warmly and replied, "Of course! Thank you, Master." She bowed low to show her appreciation.
Li Syaoran had a casual look on his face but then found himself saying, "Just call me Syaoran." He fixed his eyes in the opposite direction, almost as if embarrassed.
Sakura grinned gratefully and replied, "Yes sir. I mean Sy- Syaor.."
Syaoran stood up from his big armchair that he'd been sitting in for the duration of their conversation, and stretched a hand out in front of him. "It was a pleasure meeting you, Sakura." He said it in an almost business like fashion, but he had a smile on his face.
They shook hands; Sakura could feel her face heat up a little again. She waved happily to him and exited.
"Wow." Tomoyo's mouth formed an "o" as she sat on a chair in Sakura's room, listening to her detailing her first day of work.
Sakura smiled and asked, "When's the business trip that Master- I mean Syaoran is taking?" She had just realized that she had never questioned about that.
Tomoyo widened her eyes at calling him by first name but answered, "A week from today. I'm jealous you get to go with him Sakura! I mean, I bet all the other girls will die when they hear the news."
"Why?" she asked in a confused voice.
"Anyone who knows how rich he is would want to accompany him on that trip! I don't know how long it'll last, but he definitely won't be back for a while you know."
Tomoyo then added hastily, "I don't like him though, so he's all yours!" she winked at her and wished her good night.
After Tomoyo's footsteps sounded away down the hall, Sakura
fell onto her bed comfortably, still clothed in her servant clothes. Almost
instantly she entered into a deep sleep, but not before mumbling "Syaoran.."
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Ok, so there's the first chapter for you everyone! I know this was short, but I promise chapters will get longer as the fanfic goes on! Please review with any suggestions, criticisms, anything! :]
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Preview for the next chapter:
Who will Sakura find in Japan?
What happens when Yelan wants Tomoyo to spy on Sakura?
And how will Sakura and Tomoyo become better friends through all this?