Welcome to IT'S JUST A LITTLE CRUSH, my first Card Captor Sakura fic ever! I'm so excited to finally be writing a CCS fic, I've been dying to for ages, but I never came up with an idea. But finally all my praying has paid off, because the whole fic just came to me in a dream last night, and I am not joking! I swear to you, that's what happened! Whatever, whether you believe me or not, I really hope you enjoy this Syaoran+Sakura gift-from-God-that-came-in-a-dream-fic! Everybody in this fic is 14, (except of course for older people like Touya and Yukito and stuff…you get the idea) and I'm just going to pretend that Erriol is there in Japan, because I forget if he left or not, and besides, I don't want Tomoyo to be…um…interesting…anymore. Phew! Oh, and there might be some song-ficness, but only a little, because I only know the chorus to the song! You know, I just watched that episode where the Dash Card goes insane for like the fifty millionth time, and it's just so adorable the way Syaoran turns all red and blushes when Sakura calls him and when she talks to him and stuff… Anyway, read on, I know you'll get your money's worth…not that you actually paid…
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Card Captor Sakura or any of it's characters and junk, and everybody should know that by now, so get over yourselves and read on.
It's Just A Little Crush…
Rated PG, just because
Chapter One: Love Is Simply Love
Sakura raced down the street on her roller blades, relishing in the rush of the crisp autumn wind on her face, and the sound of wheels grinding on the rough street pavement.
Kero popped his head out of Sakura's backpack, his face a little green.
"Do you have to go so fast? It's a little stuffy in here!" he complained.
"I don't want to be late!" Sakura answered, huffing and puffing just a little bit.
"At this rate you're gonna break the speed barrier!" he retorted, pausing to hold his tiny hands to his smaller mouth.
"Don't worry, we're almost-" Sakura began, turning her head to look back at Kero. But, as she took her eyes off the road, she tripped on a large rock, which, at her speed, wasn't a good thing. Kero shrieked continually as he went flying from Sakura's backpack, and she held out her arms to break her fall.
But she didn't hit the pavement.
She opened her eyes, just realizing she had closed them in the first place, and discovered that she had fallen on top of Syaoran Li.
"Oh! Li-kun, I'm really sorry, I just…tripped…"
"It's okay, Sakura…" he said. There was an awkward silence, and Syaoran finally grunted,
"Um, can you…er…get off?"
"Oh! Uh, yeah sure…" she said, pulling herself up, and holding out her hand to help him. He took it, looking away a little, and Sakura noticed that he was bleeding on his arm.
"I've hurt you," she said, taking a handkerchief out of a pocket somewhere.
"It's alright, it's just a scrape-" he protested, but she shushed him and bound his cut tightly.
"Thanks," he said shyly.
"It's no problem. Sorry about that, " she said, picking Kero up somewhere on the road. He kicked and protested loudly to being tossed around so, but she clamped a hand over his mouth, and said nervously,
"Heh heh, I've gotta run! Bye!" and she took off, leaving quite a dust trail behind. Syaoran looked after her for a moment, then blushed and continued down to his house.
~*~*~
Sakura rocketed down the street once more, Kero protesting louder than ever.
"Slow down! You're going to make us crash again!"
"It wasn't me," Sakura reasoned. "If you hadn't been complaining, I wouldn't have tripped on that rock and fallen on poor Li-kun!"
"Poor Li! POOR LI! It's his fault that he was walking there for…you to…fall…on…." Kero trailed off meekly, knowing very well that what he was saying was making no sense whatsoever.
"Stop blaming him for everything just because you don't like him," she replied stubbornly. "It's not his fault and you know it. And you can stop complaining because we're here now," Sakura finished solidly, making one final sharp turn, ignoring the loud cry of protest from Kero, and jolting to a stop in front of the bench her best friend, Tomoyo, was sitting in. She, as ever, had her video camera in hand, and just happened to be filming at the moment. Sakura smiled and waved at Tomoyo and the camera, and Kero, noticing that nobody was around to see, flew out of Sakura's backpack and hovered in front of the camera, posing and making ridiculous faces, obviously forgetting the rough ride in light of showing his miniature self off. Tomoyo shut the camera off, and patted Kero in greeting, then turned to her best friend.
"Hey, Sakura! You ready for my little fashion session?" she asked with a mischievous smile.
"I thought I was, but now you're smiling that smile…what are you up to, young lady?" Sakura answered skeptically, giving her an evil eye. Tomoyo merely put on an I'm-So-Hurt-That-You-Think-Me-To-Be-Anything-But-The-Living-Semblance-Of-All-Innoncence-And-Purity-In-The-Universe-Look, and grabbed Sakura by the arm, leading her to a nice spot for filming.
~*~*~
"I can NOT believe you are doing this to me, Tomoyo! I'm going to kill you!" Sakura exclaimed from behind a tree five minutes later.
"Aw, come on Sakura, it's not that bad! It'll all be over in two seconds anyway, and no one will see you," Tomoyo argued with a huge grin on her face, holding her camera ready for filming. Sakura gave a loud snort that clearly meant she didn't believe her best friend one little bit.
"Please Sakura! I won't let anyone see it but us," she pursued, knowing she would eventually win out.
"Swear it," Sakura said, holding out her pinky.
"Ok," Tomoyo said, linking her pinky to Sakura's.
"Earth, Fire, Water, Air! I declare a pinky swear!" Sakura and Tomoyo chanted in unison.
"You so owe me, Tomoyo," Sakura grumbled, taking a tentative step from behind the tree.
"How about I take you to the mall afterwards for a shopping spree?" Tomoyo suggested. "I'll get you anything you want."
"I suppose…"
"Well then, come out and strut your stuff!"
Sakura did so, to a certain extent, if you call covering as much of herself as possible with her arms and hands "strutting."
Not that the outfit she was wearing didn't already do it for her. Her legs were entirely covered with very poofy pants, and her feet had little green ballet-looking slippers on them. On top of a tight undershirt that was high-necked and buttoned with a straight string across the slit, was a loose green robe that had sleeves that could fit all of Tokyo inside them. The robe had a strange looking symbol around the stomach area, and was bound with a large cloth strap, where the robes split to cover the front and back of the person, but still exposed the poofy pants. Sheathed in the band that held the robe was a sword that had a long trail of string with puffy red balls. And the finishing touch was the squarish/roundish hat that had little orange pointy things on the sides.
A.KA. - The robes that Li-kun was very protective of and would kill anyone who so much as breathed on them.
"How did you get these, Tomoyo?" Sakura asked, finally letting her hands hang loosely at her sides.
"Did you know that Li-kun carries three sets of these things in his backpack?" Tomoyo answered, grinning ever wider.
"I'm sorry I asked," Sakura replied. She stood there, in the clearing, stone still, as Tomoyo filmed from every angle.
"Are you done yet?" the annoyed and thoroughly embarrassed of the two asked from the corner of her mouth.
"Yes," Tomoyo answered, covering the lens with the cap.
"Thank God," Sakura muttered.
"Now, how to get this to Li-kun's house…" Tomoyo murmured thoughtfully.
"WHAT!?" Sakura burst, making a mad grab for the camera.
"I was only joking!" Tomoyo frantically cried, trying to keep her precious camera out of reach. She had obviously forgotten Sakura was the Mistress of the Cards, for she was quite shocked when wings had sprouted from Sakura's back and she flew off into the air, then swooped down and grabbed the camera. She carefully took the tape out and tossed the camera itself back to Tomoyo. She then landed on the ground and threw the tape down, yelling, "Fiery card! Burn the tape to cinders!" Within moments, a glob of melted plastic sat where the tape had previously been.
"Take…that…" Sakura panted, doubled over with her hands on her knees. She chanced a glance at Tomoyo to find that she was till grinning. Tomoyo correctly interpreted Sakura's bewildered glance, and waved her hands behind her with flourish, where Kero emerged from a high tree branch, struggling to support the weight of a little video camera.
"Kero! Why did you…"
"Payback! And also because Tomoyo paid me three King Size Milky Ways!" Kero said gleefully. Sakura sighed and gave in, but only because she had been abused enough for one day.
"Fine. But you still owe me that trip to the mall Tomoyo!"
"It's a deal!" Tomoyo answered, taking the backup camera from Kero, and giving him the three candy bars she had promised.
"All right!" he shouted, doing a flip of victory.
"Now, off to the mall we go!" Tomoyo said enthusiastically. Sakura didn't seem as excited.
"Um, can I change first?"
~*~*~
Syaoran Li walked down the street, staring at his feet and not really paying attention to where he was going. All he could think about was Sakura. Sakura Kinomoto. What a beautiful name…he thought absentmindedly. It was so hard not to think about her nowadays, and sometimes, he didn't want to stop.
No! Don't think that! You are NOT in love with Sakura!
He thought to himself. He continued walking down the street, and passed the park with the large penguin slide. Nearby was a gorgeous cherry blossom tree.It's so beautiful…just like Sakura…
No, no, and NO! Stop thinking about her, half-wit!
Syaoran fiercely thought, shaking his head violently to clear his thoughts. It seemed to work, so he, satisfied, continued to walk down the street. All of a sudden, his stomach grumbled.Wow…what I wouldn't give for one of Sakura's pancakes right now…
STOP IT SYAORAN! YOU CAN'T BE THINKING ABOUT HER! YOU CAN'T BE IN LOVE WITH HER! YOU CAN'T!!!
But maybe I
do have feelings for her…What are you talking about?
Came that little voice in his head that always seemed to think the reasonable thing. You can't be in love with her! She's just…Sakura! Meiling is much stronger, a very suitable match to honor the Li family!Now, what are YOU talking about?
Came that other voice, the one that never sounded quite as reasonable, but always seemed to know the thing that just felt…right. First of all, Sakura is the stronger one, she just doesn't really know the extent of her powers. She is, after all, the Mistress of the Cards! She would make a better match. Second of all, he doesn't even marginally LIKE Meiling in that way. And third of all, Syaoran's in love with Sakura, and "suitable matches" and family honor don't really matter when you're in love ! He's been in love with her since he set eyes on her face!No he hasn't!
Voice One argued. His first love was Yukito! Sick and twisted though that might have been…You OBVIOUSLY don't know what you're talking about. He only thought he was in love with Yukito, but he wasn't. He was really in love with Sakura; Yuki was just a way for him to be nearer to her. It was a subconscious reaction,
Voice Two answered in a smug tone. In his head, yet another voice chimed in, though it was in song.It's just (uh) a little crush
Don't mean I faint
Every time we touch.
It's just (uh) some little thing (crush),
Not like everything I do-oo-oo,
Depends on you.
"SHUT UP!" Syaoran finally yelled. He looked up to see several people staring at him, and realized that had wound up in front of the mall. He checked his wallet, found some money, and decided to take his mind off things by doing a little bit of shopping. Maybe he could get a new CD or something; he was tired of listening to the same sorry stuff over and over.
But as he walked through the glass double doors, he couldn't help thinking, This is Sakura's favorite mall…
~*~*~
Sakura, Tomoyo and the hidden Kero all entered the music store, each with something to buy in mind.
"Psst! Hey, Sakura!" Kero whispered form the girl's backpack. "Can you get me the soundtrack of Xylon Warriors IV: The Movie?" he asked hopefully.
"No! I'm getting one thing for myself! I already bought you the new Xylon Warriors action figures two days ago, which cost me nearly 30 bucks each! Isn't that enough?" she hissed at him.
"Aw, but it's more fun to play with them when you have the music from the Sewer Rat Karate/Judo Mega Mutilation Action Scene playing in the background!" Kero cried.
"No!" Sakura insisted, looking around for what she wanted.
"Please! I NEED…"
"Want some cheese to go with that WHINE!" Sakura retorted.
"Cheese! Yeah I'll have some…HEY!" he cried, belatedly figuring out what she meant.
Sakura ignored the rest of what he was saying, and walked up and down the rows, finally finding what she was looking for. It was the last one, and she was going to get it! How lucky was that? She reached out a hand to grab the CD, then realized that someone else was trying to do the same, and the other person's hand fell right on top of hers. She looked up to see who it was, and saw the stone serious face of Syaoran Li for the second time today.
"Heh heh, hi, Li-kun," she said, feeling a tinge of red creep steadily up into her face. It was kind of uncomfortable looking at him knowing she had just "borrowed" his clothes. Speaking of which, she hoped he hadn't noticed yet.
"Hi Sakura," he said back. "Um…were you gonna buy this CD?" he asked her, taking his hand off hers.
"Yeah, but you can have it if you want," she answered.
"No, you can take it," he offered. "I'll even pay for you…"
"Don't do that!" she insisted, forgetting the awkward moment in light of that shocking sweetness he had just shown. "You can have it, I'll just get it another day. Consider it an apology gift from me for knocking you over today. I'll pay for it. And I won't take no for an answer!" she finished with that solidity of hers, walking over to the register. Li followed her after a moment, and by the time he caught up with her, she had already finished paying.
"There you are," she said with a sweet smile, handing the CD to him. Their fingertips brushed against each other for a split second, and Sakura suddenly felt something like a jolt of electricity. What was that? she thought. She quickly said goodbye, grabbed Tomoyo by the arm, and left the store hurriedly. Both girls were too engrossed in their own confusion to notice the blush on Li's face and the strange look he was giving Sakura at the moment.
But Kero wasn't.
~*~*~
Syaoran left the store moments after Sakura had, the jolt he had felt when their fingertips brushed together in that one fleeting second still clear in his mind. He had never felt anything like it before, and in that one moment he knew that his greatest fears – or was it his deepest desires? – had been confirmed. He was in love. In love with that sweet smile, that clear voice, that soft touch that made him overflow with joy, with those emerald eyes that seemed to hold all the world's wisdom, and at the same time all it's purity. In love with Sakura Kinomoto.
And as he finally admitted it to himself, the whole world just seemed to be nothing but a small, flickering shadow against an unbearably bright light. He felt a rush of pure joy, adrenaline, and fear all at the same time such as he had never experienced before. The one thought that burned clear and strong in his mind was: I'M IN LOVE WITH HER!
He heard a little giggle somewhere, and suddenly snapped out of that reverie, realizing that he had actually yelled out that one thought at the top of his lungs. He looked down to see a little girl of about four years giggling fiercely and saying to her mother, pointing at Syaoran,
"Look Mommy! That man is crazy!"
"Shhh! Susie! Don't say that! It's rude!" the mother hissed, dragging Susie away.
"Bye-bye Crazy Man!" Susie giggled, waving at Syaoran. He noticed people looking at him strangely, girls giggling insanely behind their hands, and mothers pulling their small children as far away as possible from Syaoran.
And strangely enough, it didn't matter. All that did matter was that he was in love with Sakura, and that he would find a way to make her love him back.
Not like everything I do depends on you…
~*~*~
Well, there you have it, the first chapter of my story! Like it? Don't like it? Love it? Hate it? Please, tell me! Please review! Please don't flame; go easy on me because this Is my first CCS fic! Please point out my mistakes! Please forgive me for being so annoying and saying please so much!