A/N: Hey this is Saru-chan here, a brand new author to fanfiction.net. This is my first CCS fic, so please, be gentle.

Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura.



Christmas Angel

Chapter 1



Kinomoto Sakura blew on her gloved hands to warm them. It's so cold this morning! She thought, blowing again in vain on her numb hands.

Just then, someone bumped into her and she was knocked to the ground. "Oh excuse me. Are you all right?" asked a familiar voice.

Sakura looked up and a slight blush swept across her cheeks, making her face look even rosier. It was Syaoran. He offered her a hand to help her up, blushing as well.

She sneezed and shivered slightly. When she had fallen, she had landed in a pile of snow and was rather wet.

"Sorry Sakura. You'd better get inside and have some hot liquid or you might get sick." He said in a kind voice.

"Look, a snack house!" Sakura said happily, despite her predicament (which isn't really a predicament at all if you think about it). "Why don't we get some hot chocolate? That's hot liquid."

"Um… okay." Syaoran said.

Sakura walked inside to find warmth within the snack shop. She sat down in a corner booth and Syaoran soon joined her. The waiter appeared almost instantly at their table (good service, eh?).

"Can I help you?"

"Oh Touya?! It's you!" Sakura exclaimed.

That's just what I need. Big Brother to make sure I keep my distance from Sakura. Syaoran thought.

"What can I get you?" he asked in a way-too-innocent voice.

"Two hot chocolates, please." Sakura asked politely.

"Got it." He smiled and walked away.

"Why is your brother being so nice to me? He usually flips out if he sees me with you and me together." Syaoran asked suspiciously.

"It is Christmas time." Sakura said. "Even Touya is nice during Christmas. Decent at the least."

"Here you go. Hot chocolate." Touya had returned. But there was one problem. He had only brought one hot chocolate.

"Hey, we ordered two hot chocolates. Where's Syaoran's?" Sakura asked.

"We ran out of hot chocolate. Sorry." Touya said with a smirk in Syaoran's direction.

I knew it was too good to be true. It's so cold this winter. You would think that the freeze card was back. I really could've used that hot chocolate. Isn't there any place where he doesn't work? Syaoran thought with a sweat drop.

"I know!" Sakura exclaimed suddenly. She got up and dashed past Touya to the other side of the store, leaving Syaoran and Touya in confusion for the moment. Then Sakura came back.

"Tada." She said. The young brunette held out her hand so the two boys could see. Sakura held two straws.

"Now Syaoran and me can both have hot chocolate." Sakura said, sticking the straws into the styrofoam cup. She smiled brightly, oblivious to Syaoran and Touya's reactions and began to drink. Syaoran drank from the second straw, his face closer than Touya liked to Sakura's. He was blushing furiously. Touya was red also, but not from nerves; from Anger. His plan to deprive the brat from getting hot chocolate had backfired. Nevertheless, it had worked out fine for Syaoran.

Touya was about to wring Syaoran's neck, but fortunately, Touya's manager called him over to serve the other tables. Muttering about shooting a certain boy in the head with a colt.45, he stalked off.

"So, Syaoran, what are you doing for Christmas?" Sakura asked.

"Nothing really." Said Syaoran, looking out the window at his side and studying a wreath .

"But it's Christmas! Don't you have anyone to celebrate the holiday with?" Sakura asked in a shocked tone.

"No, I live alone, if you don't count Meilin. I might send a package home to my mother and sisters though." He said thoughtfully.

"What about Meilin? Won't you be spending the holiday with her?" Sakura asked, referring to the Chinese girl who had a crush on Syaoran.

"No, she's going to be spending Christmas with her parents. They're coming to visit her from Hong Kong." Syaoran said in an almost wistful tone.

"Really?! I didn't even know her parents were still alive." Sakura exclaimed.

"Well, you two aren't exactly close or anything." Syaoran said with a slight smile at Sakura.

"Yeah, I guess your right." Sakura said. Then her face lit up. "Tomoyo's having a Christmas Party this Monday. Why don't you and Meilin come? I'm sure Tomoyo wouldn't mind."

"I… guess so." Syaoran said slowly.

"Great! I'll see you there. And Tomoyo will call you with the details." Sakura winked at Syaoran and stood up. "Well, I better go. It's my turn to clean the house."

Syaoran watched as she left the snack shop. She has such a big heart and so much energy. Syaoran thought with a smile. That's why she's so special to me.

Huh? Syaoran turned around just in time to see Touya hovering close behind, ready to strangle him.

"Bye. Keep the change." Syaoran said quickly, rushing through the snack shop doors.

Just then a shadow fell over Syaoran's panting form. He looked up apprehensively, expecting it to be Touya with a cooking pan. But it was Meilin.

"Oh, hi Meilin." Syaoran said.

"What were you two doing in there?" Meilin asked in an accusing voice.

"Huh? Nothing, just talking, that's all." Syaoran said.

"Oh? And what, prey tell, were you talking about?" She asked, her voice raising a bit.

"About the holiday and our plans." Syaoran replied.

"Did she invite you to celebrate with her?" Meilin asked in a tone that was daring him to say yes.

"No." he said.

Meilin's expression changed in a flash.

"She invited both of us." Syaoran finished.

"WHAT!?"

"Sakura invited both you and me to Tomoyo's Christmas Party, this Monday." He replied calmly.

"Well, I guess I can come." Meilin said in a reluctant voice.

"Tomoyo will call me with the details of the party and then I'll relay them to you. Okay?"

"Sure, Syaoran." Meilin said.

"Well, I guess I'll talk to you later."

"I guess so."

"Bye."

"Bye, Syaoran."

And with that, Syaoran turned and headed towards his apartment building, leaving Meilin there, staring at him with an expressionless face.