Sizzies: Hi guys! Thanks for dropping by our story...
Sakura-chan: It's their first story here, so don't be so harsh on them...
hannahfinella-chan: I'm sure you'll gonna like this one... ahehehe...
PurpleSkye: Yes... Syaoran's gonna be tortured here.. --evil grin--
Syaoran: --enters the place-- What is it that I have just heard? --with a stern voice--
Sizzies: Huh?? Uh.. uhm... --gulp-- nothing! --sweat drop--
Syaoran: oh... If you say so... --suspicious-- By the way, did you just saw my...
Kero-chan: Your what?? --smiles widely--
Syaoran: My... uh.. --blushes-- Never mind!
Sakura-chan: --opens her purse-- Oh! What's this?!
Sizzies: --smiling from ear to ear--
Sakura-chan: --puts out a clothe- Hn?? --stretches it..-- WAAAAAH?!?!
Syaoran: --snatces away the polka-dotted boxer-- It's mine... --bangs covering his eyes--
Sizzies and Kero-chan: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!.. --rolling on the floor, laughing out loud--
Syaoran: Why you!!!! --puts out his sword-- You're not gonna get away with this! --run towards us, trying to stab with our sword--
Sizzies and Kero-chan: AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --running away with teary eyes--
hannahfinella-chan: We're soooooooo sorry!!!
PurpleSkye: We're just kidding around!!!
Kero-chan: Don't be so angry with it, gaki!!!
--the four still running around--
Sakura-chan: --closes the curtain-- Disclaimer: Card Captor Sakura is not owned by Sizzies, it's owned by Clamp.. Now enjoy the story...
Chapter 1 – Shades of Red
"Bbbeeeeppppp…" the noisy pink alarm clock cried out when the time turned to six o'clock in the morning.
Following a few more minutes of that infuriating beeping, an auburn-haired girl reached out her slender arms in an attempt to shut the thing off. After successfully silencing the raucous timepiece, she quite groggily went out of her king-sized bed and started doing her morning stretches before heading towards the comfort room. And so, her day began...
-:- After half an hour -:-
The fourteen-year-old girl hastily went downstairs to eat her breakfast. She sure made such a loud noise in the process which caused a dark brown-haired guy to tease, "You always do make the ground tremble, kaijuu."
"I AM NOT A KAIJUU!" the young girl exclaimed.
The girl stared angrily at him and took a seat in front of the guy who happened to be her older brother (though she sometimes wished that he wasn't). She tried to eat her breakfast as fast as she could but her onii-chan had finished his first. Defeated, she took her last bite on the toasted bread and drank her juice. Immediately afterwards, she grabbed her roller-skates and put them on.
Sakura's POV
'I really, really hate it when onii-chan starts my day by calling me a kaijuu!' I thought, frustrated while skating through the sidewalk
My surroundings were covered with Sakura Trees in full-bloom and their petals were scattered everywhere and anywhere the wind carried them. It made me feel relaxed – I loved this feeling! As the beauty of my environment distracted me, I didn't notice a black Porsche, which had stopped beside me. The car gave a loud 'honk', getting me startled.
"Sweetie, come. It will be much better for you if you will ride in the car. You can't be late for your first day of school, honey." A man – my father – told me through the open window of the vehicle.
I opened the car door of the passenger seat and sat there, poised. Getting bored, I decided to turn on the radio.
'Oh! This is my favorite!' I thought excitedly as I mentally sang along.
Living in my own world
Didn't understand
That anything can happen
When you take a chance
I never believed in
What I couldn't see
I never opened my heart
To all the possibilities
I know that something has changed
Never felt this way
And right here tonight
This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new
Now who'd of ever thought that
We'd both be here tonight
And the world looks so much brighter
With you by my side
I know that something has changed
Never felt this way
I know it for real
This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new
I never knew that it could happen
Till it happened to me
I didn't know it before
But now it's easy to see
It's a start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
That it's the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new
Start of something new
Rightfully, after the song had ended, the car came to a stop right in front of my school. I heaved a big sigh before I went down the car. Just then, my father spoke, "Sakura, good luck with your schoolwork. If anything happens, especially with your dormitory, you know where to call me." He said sweetly and added, "And if you have nothing to do on weekends, would you mind visiting us?"
"Thanks, dad. I do promise." I answered back and gave him a little kiss on the forehead.
Then, I closed the car door behind me and started to enter the vast campus. My eyes scanned the area for any changes since the previous year of my studies. This was Tomoeda High Academy, which was known to be the most prestigious school in all of Japan; in fact, it was famous internationally for its high standards of education.
'Whew! Why am I so nervous? I'm popular, so nothing wrong could happen, right?' I thought, reassuring myself from my anxiety.
While walking in the busy hallway, I caught sight of my friends. I hadn't seen them in a while so I was glad I met up with them.
"Hi Sakura!" Naoko, Rica and Chiharu greeted in chorus.
"Hey there, guys!" I greeted them back.
"Let's get going." Chiharu said.
"We don't wanna be late for our first class period, do we?" Naoko questioned almost sarcastically.
"I know I don't! Let's go!" I blurted out energetically.
We were still blabbering about how our vacations were until out of nowhere, a guy reading a map of the school grounds had bumped into me – accidentally of course. My things fell unto the floor and all I could do was to wait for my painful impact to the ground. But many seconds had passed and I couldn't even feel the floor, which was supposed to be below me. Out of curiosity, I opened my emerald green eyes and saw a chocolate-haired boy with matching amber eyes, holding me in his arms.
-Flashback – From seven years ago -
"Welcome kids! I hope after this camping, you'll all know how survive and have teamwork." The lady scout said with a strict voice.
"But of course, we also wanted you guys to have fun during this camp." The Scout master said with a sweet smile.
But the strict one said, "Before anything else, we'll be grouping you guys. But be sure that your troupe should stick together so that we wouldn't have to deal with serching for lost children."
We were grouped into three. Our leader has a messy chocolate hair. And for your information, I was the only girl in the group.
We sure played several games. But our leader always blamed me for our many loses.
The leader came to me and gave me a little push on my shoulders and said, "Hey you clumsy girl! Can you even play without even tripping on your own two feet?"
"You're such a wimp!" he exclaimed angrily at me.
He insulted every fiber of my being. He pressed on what I lacked and my weaknesses. His next words were harsh that I cried. I cried so hard that it hurt.
-End of Flashback-
"Are you okay, Miss?" the boy had asked, his voice held some kind of concern.
His smooth voice had carried me back to reality only to find out that I was still in his arms. His body was so close to my petite one. His amber eyes were staring at me with utter distress. I knew I had seen him somewhere before; his handsome face was quite familiar.
'Oh! I remember him! He is that wicked scout leader of our team, who always blamed me for the defeat of our team!' I had informed myself, recalling the said boy.
Just then, I heard some people whispering. Some said, "Look at them, they look like match made in heaven!" While some others' eyes were just looking at us. I had the feeling that they were referring to me. Unfortunately, Meilin had walked up to us and loudly told everyone, "Oh, look! What do we have here? Ms. Popular got herself a new boyfriend. Don't they make a cute couple? But they are too showy, don't you think guys?"
After hearing her words, I instantaneously pushed him away from me with all the strength that I had mustered and hastily ran off for class.
'I really don't know why Meilin hates me that much to insult me in front of many people. She had always been my rival at things that I pursue. I don't even know why she is in my circle of friends.' I thought angrily while still running away.
When I reached my classroom, the first person I looked for was my best friend – Tomoyo. But she was nowhere in sight. Poor me, she must be in the other class. I sighed to myself, disappointed. I sadly took a seat next to the window. I stared out the glass transom to let pass my anger. After a minute or two of mindlessly gazing outside, I heard someone shout my name ironically in a soft voice. I turned toward the direction of the shouts and saw my very best friend. She ran over to me and she caught me in a tight embrace. I was shocked but managed to hug her back.
"How are you Kura?" Tomoyo asked vigorously.
'From what just happened this morning, I'm not fine.' I said to myself but decided to say, "I'm fine. How about you?"
"I'm fine, too. I really missed you a lot." She said while taking a hold of my shoulder.
Then, Ms. Ruriko entered the tensioned room and greeted, "Ohayou Minasa!"
"Ohayou sensei!" all of us students greeted back.
"Well, it's a new school term so I'm expecting every one of you to be more active and responsible this year. Things might be rougher for you since you're in the second year of high school. It won't be as easy as your freshman year so be prepared." she discussed, "Enough with the chitchats. Bring out your organizers and copy your new schedules for the first semester." She then faced the blackboard and started to write their schedule.
I searched my pink bag for my organizer, but I couldn't find it.
'Oh no! I couldn't possibly lose it; it was my favorite one!' I thought in a state of slight panic. 'Okay calm down, Sakura. All I have to do is to remember where I last had it.' I added taking in deep breathes.
-Flashback-
I went out of the car, still holding the organizer.
I said hi to some of my friends, still holding it
Bumped into that guy, my things had fallen into the floor.
I walked out from embarrassment, just holding my bag tightly.
-End of flashback-
'I probably dropped it when that clumsy guy bumped into me.' I thought, annoyed.
Then, the door of the classroom opened widely.
"Gomennasai, sensei for being late." A brown-haired teenager said as he entered the room while bowing down.
I knew I had met him sometime before - but when?
"Oh! You must be the new transfer student from Hong Kong!" Ms. Ruriko stated, smiling at him.
"Hai." He simply said.
"Why were you late?" our adviser asked, curious.
"Uhm… I bumped to a girl, and then she left her organizer with me. So I decided to give it back to her before classes started but unfortunately I didn't find her. So I decided to go on with my own classes."
'Uh-oh… He couldn't be…' I said to myself.
"Really?" the teacher asked amused by his story. "Well, why don't you introduce yourself first?"
"I'm Li Syaoran and as you all know, I'm a transfer student from Hong Kong. I love many sports such as basketball, soccer, football, tennis, baseball and many more. I hope we will all get along." Syaoran stated.
'So his name is Syaoran...' I said to myself while examining him.
Then someone sent me a message through IM messenger (since we are using laptop for our schoolwork and stuffs).
PrEci0uzgirL: I kinda see that you have been staring at Syaoran-kun for quite a while. Do 'ya like him?
cherryblossombabe: No way! I wouldn't like that jerk!
PrEci0uzgirL:Jerk? He's hot isn't he?
cherryblossombabe:Well, it's too bad that his charms didn't work on me…
PrEci0uzgirL:Poor, Syaoran-kun…
cherryblossombabe: By the way, why do you call him Syaoran? Close to him?
PrEci0uzgirL: Actually, yes. I'll tell you why later. Why do you seem mad at him? What happen?
cherryblossombabe:It's a very long story…
"Well, where would I put you?" Ms. Ruriko said. Then she scanned the whole classroom and saw a vacant seat, and said, "Perhaps Ms. Kinomoto wouldn't mind if I'll place you behind her. Please raise your hand Ms. Kinomoto."
"But ma'am!" Sakura objected, standing up.
"For objecting, I'll assign you to tour him around the campus for one week."
I just sat down, disappointed and slouched like a child.
Then Syaoran walk to me and said while handing me the organizer, "Maybe this is yours." with a smile on his face.
I just took the organizer roughly without even thanking him. 'Way to brag about what happened..!' I asked myself sarcastically with an irritated expression on my face.
Fasting forward the time a bit…+
Syaoran's POV
I let out an airy sigh while staring at the every tick of the clock. 'School is really boring. Why does the time pass so slowly?' I asked myself a bored expression on my face.
Then, "Bbbbrrriiiiinnnnnggggg……" the school bell rang that signaled for lunch.
"Finally!" I said to myself but in a whispery voice. 'At last it's time to go out of this boring classroom.' I stood up and organized my things. And after a while I said, "Now, maybe you can tour me around the…" but I stopped when I saw that Sakura's seat was already unoccupied. 'Maybe she really isn't into being friendly with me from what just happened earlier.'
A raven-haired girl disturbed my thoughts. Her hair was in high pigtails and her eyes were a reddish color. She then told me, "Oh, hi!"
I just smiled at her as a sign of response.
"I think Sakura might have forgotten about you." Meilin informed me.
"Yeah, I think so too." I had bluntly replied.
"Oh, really? So don't you mind if I offer you that I'll be the one to tour you instead of Sakura?" Meilin offered politely.
"Yeah, Sure." I said plainly.
Then she started to walk towards the door, gesturing me to follow and said, "Come on. Lunch time isn't that long, you know."
I just stood up followed her without even knowing where we were going.
Sakura's POV
I was walking with Tomoyo when she suddenly spoke up, "Don't you think it was rude for you to leave Syaoran-kun in the classroom? It's not that I'm on his side, it's just that, for whatever reason you have, you shouldn't have left him there especially since he didn't know the way around the campus. And also that Ms. Ruriko assigned you to lead Syaoran around."
"Oh no! I totally forgot about that new student!" I exclaimed. Then I ran back as fast as I could to the classroom. I was breathing heavily when I reached the latter mentioned destination, I was almost gasping for air, and my head was bowed down as I said, "I… uh… sorry… for… (sigh)… I forgot about… you…" And when I looked up he was no longer.
Just then Tomoyo muttered, "Too late, he had already left."
"It's my fault." I said while still out of breath.
"We'll just look for him after we eat lunch first" Tomoyo said trying to calm me down.
"Oh… Okay…" I said having no other choice.
-:-After an hour or so…-:-
Syaoran's POV
'Oh, man! This girl's a freak! She's blabbering and blabbering nonstop about things that I don't even understand! I'm going to be a deaf.' I said insanely to myself.
"Are you still listening to me, Syaoran?" the noisy Meilin said.
"Uh? Of course, I do!" I said pretending to be attentive.
"Really?" she asked with puppy dog eyes.
"Uh-huh…" I lied.
Just then I sensed that some people are coming to our way. So I looked at the direction on where I felt the aura. Then after a second or two, Sakura appeared and is walking near us and with Tomoyo. She had a different expression painted on her face.
"Hey, why did you take Li-san without even telling me?" She asked Meilin gruffly.
"Is that my mistake? You had left him alone in the classroom so I just offered him that I'll tour him around since you seem to not like touring him." Meilin answered back in an almost shrieking voice.
Sakura and Meilin answered back each other. They are making me deaf.
Tomoyo suddenly spoke up, "STOP!" she holler. "For just a simple thing, for God' sake." She said. "Syaoran, why don't you just pick on who is to tour you? Sakura or Meilin?" She asked grouchily.
I can't respond to her right away. It's like my brain isn't processing.
"Well? What now?" Meilin said while pattering her left foot with the floor.
"Uhm… I choose…" I started to say.
Sizzies: Hn.. Cliffhanger eh?? Ahehe! --then suddenly tomatoes came flying--
hannahfinella-chan: We're so sorry! We just like the suspense!
Sakura-chan: Shield card! --she shielded us with the more coming tomatoes--
PurpleSkye: Arigato..
--the door slammed open--
Syaoran: The hell! --he enters-- First, you put my... --blushes-- i-in the purse of Sakura's and now you're toturing me to choose between them!..
Sizzies: Well then.. We will be waiting for your reviews --not minding Syaoran-- Well... See you again next chapter.. Buh-bye!