Sakura awoke in the orphanage bed only to hear quiet footsteps. 'Now Syaoran. You will be sleeping here. In the morning you just wait and someone will direct you to the breakfast room'. 'Yas maam' said a small voice. Sakura opened one eye to look at the clock hanging in the large building full of sleeping children.

1:00 am!

Why would a boy be bought in this late? she thought to herself.

The adult guardians left the room and Sakura sat up. The boy was sitting at the end of his bed, peering at his hands. 'Hullo' Sakura called quietly. He turned his head slowly, frowned for a moment and then a small smile brightened his face.

'Hello. I'm Syaoran' he said. Both children stepped off there beds and met eachother in the centre of the room.

'I'm Sakura' she said tipping her head to the side and smiling 'how old are you?'

'I'm seven' Syaoran told her.

'Your the same age as me!' she squeeled.

Syaoran smile grew more. His dark amber seemed to swirl around as if the colours within them were alive and being stirred.

The door at the end of the room opened and a small amount of light shone through from a lamp.

'Sakura' a kind yet stern voice called 'go to bed it's too late and Syaoran needs his rest'.

'Yes Rai' Sakura whispered and the light disappeared. There wasn't much more to ask Syaoran. If there was one thing Sakura had learned it was not to ask children of their pasts and why they were at the orphanage. It would often be a story that horrified most children and the child telling would end up in tears.

'Night Syaoran' Sakura smiled 'see you in the morning'. She skipped to her bed and pulled the blankets over her head.

'Night Sakura'.

Morning

'Sakura. Someone is here to see you' Rai said gently. 'Hm, who is it?' the girl asked. She opened her dazzling green eyes to see two familiar faces looking over her. 'D-Daddy? Brother?' she murmured.

'Sakura. We've come to get you honey. Time to go home' her father said.

'But.. i thought. The city boundaries. You and brother.. die-' Sakura started. 'We didn't die monster, we got lost and people assumed we were dead. Come on get up' Touya scowled but he picked his little sister up and held her closely to him.

The family of three started to exit the orphanage gates when Sakura looked to the entrance of the orphanage and saw a boy standing. His brown hair lay tangled across his forhead. 'Wait..' Sakura mumbled and she struggled out of her brothers grip and ran back to the entrance.

'Bye Syaoran' she said sadly.

Syaoran glanced at his feet and scuffed the earth with one foot 'goodbye'. Then he held out his pinky finger shyly.

Sakura beamed and latched her pinky finger with his.

'Pinky promise do not lie, stick a needle in my eye' they chanted together. 'I'll see you later' they both promised.

And Sakura ran to jump into her fathers arms.

NINE YEARS LATER

'It isn't fair. It's not fair!' Sakura cried, she stormed to her cupboard and pulled her school uniform over her head as quickly as she could.

'Sakura. You have to start setting your alarm clock earlier!' Kero insisted. He rubbed one eye and flew ontop of Sakura's working table.

'It wasn't my fault this time!' she puffed, she ran a brush through her light mahogany coloured hair and snatched her bag off the floor. 'Bye Kero!'

'Crazy girl' Kero sighed and he beat his wings to land in a large beanbag and started playing games.

'Just in time Sakura' Tomoyo whispered through a laugh as the teacher began the first lesson. Sakura was panting madly as she sat down but she smiled at Tomoyo anyway. 'The alarm clock broke' she told her friend and she glared at the air. Tomoyo giggled.

'Ladies please' Eriol laughed as he walked through the door and pushed it close on a bunch of squeeling girls. 'Hey guys' he said casually and he sat in his desk behind Tomoyo. 'Hi Eriol-kun' Tomoyo whispered and Sakura waved. 'Hiiragizawa-san!' i hope you have a good excuse for being late!' Terada sensai boomed.

Sakura squeeled and threw her gaze to the front of the room. 'Umm... well, i, that is too say... you see' Eriol stammered. Sensai sighed and waved off his tardiness. 'Saved' Eriol breathed and he wiped invisble sweat off his brow.

'Class, we have a new student' sensai continued 'this is Syaoran Li. Please make him feel right at home'.

Sakura immediantly looked up at hearing the familiar name. The sixteen year old boy was glancing out the door. His hair was chestnut brown and eyes blazing furiously.

Sakura's eyes widened in amazement. She had never forgotten the promise they had made to eachother. This boy had his name and looked exactly like the seven year old boy she had known for a few minutes.

But as Sensai directed him to his seat behind Sakura and she twisted to greet him she was struck by a hostile glare.

'Syaoran-kun?' she asked.

The boys jaw stiffened 'W-Who are you?'

'Don't you remember me? I'm Sakura. From the orphanage' Sakura smiled.

The boys eyes stared at her and then opened in recognisation. 'Sakura-chan!'

Sakura grinned. 'I knew we would keep that promise' she said. Syaoran nodded, almost immediantly he looked much more relaxed. 'How did you get out of the orphanage and where have you been all this time?' she asked.

'A family adopted me years ago. I've been going to a different school outside of the city since then' he explained.

The two continued talking until last period, catching up on what they had missed out on over the years.

Tomoyo suddenly giggled as Sakura and her were walking home. 'What is it?' Sakura asked confused.
'You are Li-kun seem to be very close' Tomoyo told her with delight.

'T-Tomoyo. We met when we were seven in the orphanage and promised to see eachother again' she laughed nervously.

'Even so you were really quiet cute together' Tomoyo insisted.

'Nani!' Sakura shreiked 'No, no no no no no no no'. Tomoyo laughed and Sakura waved goodbye to her and with embarrasment steamed up the road towards her house. Leaving a trail of dust behind and Tomoyo filming her escape.

'Something happened to-' this caught Sakura's ear and she stopped to see two woman walking past her house. She stepped inside the brick wall surrounding the house and listened for a moment. 'One of my friend's husbands went missing the other day when he went camping' one woman explained to her friend 'and two days ago he returned and he claimed to have seen something out there'. 'What was it?' the other woman asked. 'He said it was a vampire... It didn't hurt him, when it saw him... but he said it showed it's teeth and moved forward a few steps then just turned and ran. But each time he tried to get out of the bush it would cut him off and start snarling'.

'HOEEEEEE!' Sakura cried and she blasted off once more into her room and collapsed next to Kero, who was still playing games. 'Kero' i whimpered, 'two girls just said that someone saw a vampire in the woods outside of the city'.

'Your such a sook, Sakura. You have 53 Clow Cards protecting you plus me and Yue and you are still scared of monsters' he said as he switched off his game. I nodded in terror and hugged my closes fists under my chin. 'I'm going to bed before it get's dark' i told him. Kero sighed and nodded then flew onto my bed and laid down on the pillow. He patted my head with a mustard coloured paw. 'Nothing to be worried about, we'll all protect you'

'Thankyou Kero' i groaned and i fell asleep.