All characters portrayed here are the property of CLAMP and not mine. Well, except for the people I'll make up. ^_^ The situations are what came from my little head and if it is similar to anyone else's then its coincidental and I'm sorry. But I probably did pick up a few ideas from reading other people's stories and so I will say....There might be some situations that are from other people's stories that I put in here mindlessly after I read their fanfic on Fanfiction.net

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The winds blew, flapping black midnight hair around a contrasting peach colored face. Her frail arms wrapped around her knees in the cold darkness of the night as she sat on the roof top of her home. Or at least what was currently her home. She let out a small sigh as she stared through crimson colored eyes at the neighboring houses.

At a far distance she could spot out an enormous mansion, and see a couple arguing in the shadows of the well lit home. Not far from there her eyes rested on a olive colored roof top with toys stranded on it. Resisting her kid-like self to bound over there and take something, she tore her gaze away and stared at the clock tower which was just about to strike 12.

She bent her head down so the daily toll of the bells would be stifled by her clothes, but a flash of lighting caught her eye. She curiously watched as a girl with a pink lacy dress and fake glittering wings attached to her back flew on the key of Clow toward a swirling mass of red and orange. As the girl neared the mass, the clock stroke 12 and the mass suddenly zipped away and disappeared into a nearby forest. Looking disappointed the auburn haired girl flew down onto the ground and was greeted by a boy with auburn hair and a small yellow creature which hovered near her face. A couple feet away, a girl with dark locks stood with a camera filming the whole ordeal.

Meiling turned away and put her head down to her knees, wrapping her arms tighter around herself. She guessed she dozed off, because a while later she could hear the quiet chattering of two girls and a small winged beast.

"I can't believe it got away again." complained a weary Sakura Kinomoto.

Beside her Tomoyo Daidouji giggled and comforted her with a cheery voice, "Worrying will give you wrinkles Sakura and you will catch that card sooner or later!"

"Hmmm," Kero mused, "I believe that the clock somehow scared it when it tolled. Tomorrow night we must come a little earlier so that it doesn't toll while you're trying to capture the card." Sakura sighed and hung her head down.

Syaoran picked his gaze up from the ground and turned it to Sakura with a rare smile. "Don't worry Sakura, you'll catch the card, but hopefully before school starts."

"Hoeee!! I almost forgot school is going to start soon!" exclaimed the emerald eyed teen. Tomoyo smiled with shining eyes and said, "I have lots of costu-"

It was then that Meiling decided she didn't want to hear anymore of the Cardcaptor's conversation, she silently jumped off the roof, grabbed onto a tree and flipped to the ground with a soft thud. She was sure Syaoran heard her, he heard anything and everything that happened. Running quickly she climbed a tall tree near her window and slipped into her room before they got to the house. She could hear a chorus of good-bye's as everyone went their separate ways.

Jumping under her covers, she heard the front door close and soft thuds as Syaoran came up the stairs. A small click sounded as the light came on in the hallway and Syaoran's shadow stopped in front of her door. Meiling held her breath not really sure of what Syaoran was doing at her door. Hesitantly his shadow turned off the light with another click and he went to his room. Meiling let out a sigh for the second time that night and drifted off into a restless sleep dreaming of a boy with caramel eyes and hair.

Sharp chirps came in through the windows along with the rays of the morning sun awakening Meiling as she grumbled and got out of bed. Looking at her clock in the corner farthest away from her, it read 6:37. Trudging to the kitchen Meiling started to make breakfast careful not to make too much noise for she would wake up Wei or Syaoran. She hated to get up early in the morning if it wasn't for a good reason. And getting books for the first day of school tomorrow was not a good reason.

She thought back to last night when she saw Syaoran run out of the house to capture another card with Sakura. She had decided earlier that week that she wouldn't go on anymore of the Cardcapturing trips they usually went on in the middle of the night. The person who brought the decision about was him, Syaoran. He never acted like she belonged with the group. Whenever she tried to help he would tell her they didn't need it and push her away.

He, the one she loved with all her heart, didn't need her. I should've known she thought. She wasn't much use back in China why would she be of any use now? She was the only one of the Li Clan born without magic, ever. But Syaoran was. He was the most powerful magician in the history of the Li Clan, not including Clow Reed. Of course he didn't need her, why would he? He always told her that he didn't want her there because he was afraid she would be hurt, but she had trained in martial arts with him, ever since they were kids. So she did have some kind of protection for herself.

He was always so cold to her, even if they were childhood friends. Childhood friends? Ha, yeah right her mind told her. If you were childhood friends, would he act so cold and ignore you? She shook her head with a sigh and jumped when someone put their hand on her shoulder.

"Meiling, what are you doing? You're going to set the house on fire!" It was only now that Meiling noticed the burnt food in the pan, lifting the pan up, she quickly turned off the stove. "What are you doing Meiling?" the voice of Syaoran repeated. "If you're going to cook, pay attention and stop day dreaming."

Mumbling an apology she looked down and took the pan to the sink without another word. She washed the pan and cleaned everything up in silence, all the while Syaoran watched her surprised that she didn't yell back at him. She bounded up the stairs saying something about changing her clothes so they could pick up the books, leaving him standing there in thought. He sighed and went up the stairs too but instead of going into his room he went to knock on hers.

"What is it?" yelled Meiling's voice loud and clear. "Can I come in? I have something to ask you." He heard a click as the door was opened and he was let into her room. She made herself busy by cleaning up her things and motioned for him to sit down. He took a seat on her bed and said, "Why weren't you there last night?"

"Where?" she asked pausing and looking slightly confused. "You know where Meiling."

"Oh. You mean there. Well I decided that I wouldn't interfere with the Cardcapturing anymore, since I can't do anything anyway." She returned to cleaning with her back to him. "Like you said, I would be better off staying at home and out of the way."

Again there was a silence among the two. There seemed to be a lot of those going on around them lately. But neither could figure out why. Perhaps they were growing apart as friends and they didn't feel comfortable telling anything to each other anymore. Or perhaps it was the awkwardness of knowing each other their whole lives and being able to understand what the other thought. But that seemed to be gone now.

"Come on, we want to catch up with the others right?" Meiling said with a gentle smile as she realized it was 7:45. She walked out of her room and downstairs leaving Syaoran alone with deep thoughts of the conversation they just had. A moment later he came downstairs dressed to go, expecting Meiling to be waiting for him. He frowned when he noticed she wasn't there in the living room, "Meiling!" he yelled. "C'mon! Lets go! Meiling! Where are you!"

With a scowl on his face he walked outside trying to find Meiling. "Meiling!" "What is it Syaoran! You really are loud you know that." She said as she jumped down from the roof with a serious face. He just ignored her and started to walk toward the school. Meiling stared after him and after a while followed him.

The was air filled with hints of joyfulness and nervousness on the school grounds of Tomeoda High. New kids and old were clamoring to different booths which held a sign with the first letters of their last names. Meiling scanned the grounds for any familiar faces as she kept an eye out for Syaoran, whom she had lost in the crowd when they arrived.

She had walked around a couple times looking for Syaoran, but he was nowhere to be found. With a defeated sigh she made her way over to the booth marked with a letter 'L' for her assigned classes. This was her second year in highschool, so she was pretty familiar with the school and the teachers. (AN: Japanese highschools are only three years, compared to the four years required for American highschools.) As she stood in the relatively short line she heard numerous conversations happening around her. One in particular caught her ear as she nonchalantly eavesdropped in on the gossip,

"Have you heard about the new kids? There's a couple of them that just transferred from America. They're supposedly staying in Tomeoda for two years to learn the Japanese culture, " said one girl who sported a black pony tail.

"I heard they were all guys! And they're all in their second year of highschool." Squealed an anxious blue eyed girl.

"Really?! That means they're in our grade! American's are so cute," sighed the first girl.

Meiling rolled her eyes, but thought she should at least pay a little attention because students that transferred to Tomeoda tended to be a bit odd to say the least. Just look at her, Syaoran and Eriol. She would definitely have to check them to make sure they weren't trouble. When it was her turn Meiling got her books for her classes and sat down at the curb to watch for Syaoran.