A Change, For Better or Worse?

Sakura's entering high school now and is meeting Syaoran for the first time when her dad is having him and Meiling stay over at their house as exchange students. What happens when over in Hong Kong, there's an accident? SS, ET, M

Genre: Romance/Humor

Disclaimer: CCS is owned by CLAMP, Cry is by Mandy Moore

Chapter 1: It's You!

Author's Note: In this story they don't have magic so yep. And the group's ages are 14/15.

In the distance you see two girls having a picnic by a cherry blossom tree. One girl was standing in a field of daisies. The girl had on a pastel yellow sundress and a sun hat woven from straw. The other girl was sitting by the cherry blossom tree with a paint set and picnic basket by her.

"Sakura, come and take a look at this." Tomoyo beckoned. The girl Sakura ran towards the girl Tomoyo.

"Yes, Tomoyo?" asked Sakura.

"What do you think of this?" Tomoyo asked as she revealed a painting of a girl facing away with flowers surrounding her.

"It's beautiful!" Sakura gushed, "But, umm, who is it?"

Tomoyo giggled, "Sakura, can you take a look at your sundress?"

"Um, hmm." Sakura murmured, looking downwards to her sundress.

"Now the dress in the painting." Tomoyo instructed.

"They're the same." Sakura started off, squinting her eyes at the painting. "But, I don't understand…"

Once again, Tomoyo giggled, "It's you silly!"

"But, how, is, it, me? The girl in the painting seems so…" Sakura drifted off trying to find the correct word.

"Beautiful?" Tomoyo suggested knowing Sakura.

"Yeah!"

"Well, isn't that what someone would want in their painting?" Tomoyo inquired.

"Hmm, I guess your right. Hey Tomoyo, can you sing a song? I love hearing your voice when you sing." Sakura said.

"Okay, what song would you like me to sing?" Tomoyo asked.

"Cry by Mandy Moore." After thinking, Sakura stated with a blank expression on her face.

"Cry? But, that's more of a sad song. Didn't you like more cheerful songs?" Tomoyo asked almost concerned.

"Yeah, but I feel nostalgic for some reason. So, can you?"

"Of course I can." Tomoyo said as she cleared her throat.

I'll always remember

It was late afternoon

It lasted forever

And ended so soon…yeah

You were all by yourself

Staring up at a dark gray sky

I was changed

In places no one would find

All your feelings so deep inside (deep inside)

It was then that I realized

That forever was in your eyes

The moment I saw you cry

The moment that I saw you cry

It was late in September

And I've seen you before (and you were)

You were always the cold one

But I was never that sure

You were all by yourself

Staring up at a dark gray sky---

"Hey! Sakura!" The girls turn to see Touya, Sakura's brother, and Yukito on their bicycles.

"Hmm?" she asked to herself, running towards them.

"Hey monster, you have to go home, now. Got it?" Touya ordered.

"I'm no monster!" Sakura raged. "And why do I have to leave now? There's only one more week of summer left and I would like to enjoy it while I can, brother."

"Dad told me to pick you up by three." Touya insisted.

"But, it's only…" Sakura drifted off again.

"Half past two." Yukito supplied.

"Thank you, Yuki." replied Sakura.

"So, you coming squirt?" asked Touya.

"Do I really have a choice?" Sakura retorted.

"Sakura, you should take the painting." Tomoyo said after she finally caught up.

"Oh, no, I can't! It's so beautifu---"

"Take it Sakura. Think of it as a going-back-to-school present." Tomoyo insisted leaving no room to fight back.

"Well, alright then." Sakura responded just as Tomoyo's bodyguards came to pick her up.

"Bye, Sakura!" Tomoyo shouted from the limo's window.

"Bye!" Sakura shouted back.

Sakura stared at the painting. The sky was a pale blue with clouds so fluffy you would have thought they were real. The sun was an intense yellow-orange and had a special feeling to it. The field of daisies was vivid. Each little one was a snowy white with a bright yellow center. There were also tiny cherry blossom petals flowing down from the cherry blossom tree due to the breeze. And there she was, right in the heart of the painting. Her right hand was holding onto her sun hat while her left hand rested at the side. Her short, honey chestnut hair and pastel yellow sundress fluttered in the breeze.

"Hey! You still there?" Touya asked waving his hand in front Sakura's face.

Annoyed, Sakura stomped on her brother's foot. Touya held onto his foot, as he frozen up.

Sakura skipped down the road merrily. She giggled, "Aren't you coming brother?"

Yukito laughed at this, "Touya, I'm heading home, okay?"

"Okay, bye, Yuki." Touya struggled out trying to keep his composure. Yukito rode off on his bicycle. Touya straighten up as he looked for Sakura. She was no where in sight.

"Must have skipped off all by herself." Touya said to himself as he shook his head. He mounted his bicycle and left. After a few minutes later she came in sight. He saw that up ahead was their house.

"Hey monster! I bet I could beat you home!" Touya yelled, pedaling faster.

Sakura turned around holding her painting to her chest, still running. "No way, Touya!" she yelled back.

BAM!

"Oww!" Sakura yelped. "Owwie, I bumped into…" She looked around for the cause of her pain. Her eyes landed on a boy about her age with messy, chocolate hair.

The boy stood up, rubbing his back, and walked over to her.

"Ar-are you okay?" he asked quietly almost as it was with difficulty as he offered his hand to help her up.

"Yeah…" she drifted off as she took a better look at this boy. He definitely had messy hair. It looked like he had tried to tame the chocolate hair today though, but that didn't really help it. The most striking thing he possessed though, were his auburn eyes. They were mysterious and had so much depth to them that you could get lost in them.

"Hey monster! You okay?" Touya asked as he came to an erupted stop by the teens.

"Yeah." She said still a bit dazed.

Touya eyed the boy quickly, but decided that her sister is more important in times like these. Touya dismounted his bike and kneeled down besides his sister.

"Its sprained." He announced. Touya glanced over to the boy. "You can leave."

The boy looked hesitant, like it was he's fault. He's eye filled sorrow and guilt. But he decided that maybe it would just be better for him to leave. He stood up and left down the street, quite shaken from the encounter.

"You think you walk Sakura?" Touya asked.

"Yeah, our house isn't really far away." Sakura responded. She slowly got up, careful of her injury. "Okay then, I bet I could still beat you!" she declared as she broke in a run, surprisingly still careful. Touya was caught off guard as leaped on his bike and was about to start pedaling but instead burst out laughing. Sakura was running bent down, holding onto her left leg along with her painting. Her running was actually more of a cross between an awkward dash and skipping. Touya pedaled away as he saw Sakura turn onto their driveway. He made it there with her.

Both of their hands were on the door knob and with a one twist, "I'm here first!" they shouted.

"Kids! Is that anyway to act when we have guests?" asked their father, Fujitaka. As he said that, Sakura's eyes landed on the couch where a women, a girl, and a boy were seated.

Then she yelled surprised, "It's you!"

Hey peoples! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Hehe, this is my first story ever, so please be a little nice. Suggestions are accepted. This is pretty small, haha, it's only 4 pages but I'll get into the habit of writing longer later on. I've been on FanFiction for like months now and I've just submitted a story! XD So far from my friends, I've received tons of criticism so I won't be surprised if I get flames but please, please try to be nice about it? Haha, how can you flame someone and be nice? Oh, and there's question that I need to be answered for the next chapter. They're in high school so they have Math, English, PE, lunch, an elective, and ---. Haha, that's not correct but it's my story.

Q: What should their elective be?

Anyways, please review!