Note: There are a few random Japanese words in this fan fiction. If you don't understand them, you suck. I might make a glossary at some point, until then, try and work out what they mean XD. Also they're maybe a few misspelling but if you know how they sound then it will be fine, oh, and they're not in Japanese characters so you should be okay :P.
Chapter 1
The alarm clock on the side at the head of the bed rang loudly. There was no response for a few seconds and then the bed covers flew up. A girl with pink hair sat up and grabbed the alarm clock, turning off the ringing at the same time. She gazed around the room with tired eyes; her brain wasn't quite working so early in the morning.
The bottom drawer of the desk to the left of the bed opened up and a plush toy's head poked out. It too looking tired, a soft yellow paw like hand rubbed the plush toy's head. The plush toy rose out of the drawer, the paw like hand had been its own. A pair of small white wings on its back were flapping, pulling it into the air.
"Oi, Sakura, why did you set the alarm clock early?" the plush toy asked in a sleepy voice. The girl put the alarm clock back on the side at the head of the table and swung her legs off the bed. She quickly made the bed and then got dressed into her new school uniform, a black skirt, longer than the white ones from the elementary school, a white shirt the school emblem on the pocket of the shirt. The emblem was a green kite with two lines meeting in the middle of the kite, one going from left to right and the other from top to bottom. She managed to tie her tie after the second attempt and checked it in the mirror, she adjusted it a little and then smiled at herself, it was the first time she had worn her new school uniform.
"Aren't you going into high school this year, Sakura?" the plush toy asked.
"Hm. Tomoyo and I are in the same class again, and Syaoran is transferring into our class as well!" The girl replied.
"Oh, the kid's coming back! What about the brat?" the plush toy asked. The girl glared at the plush toy.
"His name is Syaoran! And Meilin-chan is coming back too, although it won't be a few weeks until she comes here."
She quickly slipped her feet into some white bunny slippers and grabbed her bag as she ran out of the room.
"I'm going now, Kero-chan!" she said as she left. The yellow plush toy, Keroberos, hovered in mid air staring at the door which the girl, Sakura, had just left through. He sighed.
"Even in eighth grade she still wakes up late." He said to himself. He flew over to the television in the corner and sat down on the cushion in front of it. He pressed a button on the controller and it turned on. He reached forwards and pressed the button on a console in front of the television, the wires suggesting that it was hooked up to the television. Sure enough a game screen came up. Keroberos leaned over the game controller, his small arms just able to reach over the whole thing. He selected the story mode on the game. It came up with a screen where two characters with weapons faced each other. He tensed.
"Yosh! I'll beat this game in one day!" he said, his accent Osakan.
Sakura ran down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Ohiyo!" she said cheerfully. Her older brother glanced over at her over the lip of his mug.
"Its surprising how much noise a monster makes even when they get to high school." He said. Sakura stomped over to him.
"I'm not a monster!" she yelled. Her brother put a mug on his head, keeping her back. He stroked his chin thoughtfully as Sakura waved her arms in the air as she tried to get close enough to stand on his foot.
"You still haven't grown much though, perhaps monsters stay small all their lives?" he teased. Sakura pulled back breathing heavily. She wanted to make herself bigger and stomp on him but thought better of it.
"Ohiyo, Sakura-san." Her father said, holding a tray of food. Sakura whizzed over to her seat and sat down.
"Ohiyo, do-san!" She said, smiling. She looked at the portrait of her mother and smiled at it.
"Ohiyo, ka-san." She said. Her father placed the tray of food on the table in front of her and then sat down in his seat, next to Sakura's. He looked at the portrait and smiled.
"Ohiyo, Nadeshiko-san." He said.
"Itadakimasu!" They all said with their hands together as if they were praying and then picked up their chopsticks and began to eat. Sakura's older brother, Touya, stood up and put the tray in the sink.
"You've had enough, Touya-kun?" their father asked. He nodded.
"Itakimas!" he said as he walked through the door. Sakura stared after him and started to eat her breakfast a lot faster. She put down the bowl heavily on the table. She felt a little queasy from eating so quickly.
"Thanks for the meal!" she said. Her father picked up her tray.
"Are you sure you've had enough?" he asked, smiling. Sakura nodded and rushed into the hall. She quickly fastened on her roller skates and her hand and elbow protectors. She picked up her bag and skated out the door. Her father was holding the gate open.
"Itakimas!" she said as she skated out.
"Irashi." Her father said, closing the gate.
Sakura skated down her street and saw the bollards at the corner. She grabbed hold of one and used it to turn the tight corner, sparks flying up behind her as her skates ground on the pavement as she turned.
The trees were still in full bloom, even though it was almost winter. The trees on this street were cherry blossoms, or Sakuras. A wind blew and the blossoms fell from the trees, raining down on the street in a pink flurry. Sakura turned around so that she was skating backwards and closed her eyes, feeling the sun through the gaps in the trees and the small breeze. She heard the clink of a bike changing gear and opened her eyes, turning around. She saw her brother slowing at the crossroads.
She skated faster, catching up to Touya in a few seconds. She skidded to a halt, regaining her balance perfectly once she had completed stopped. A boy in the same uniform as Touya stood there. He was holding his bike, his satchel hanging over his shoulder by a strap.
"Yo." Touya said.
"Yo. Ohiyo, Sakura-san." He said. Sakura smiled.
"Ohiyo, Yukito-san." She said, he smiled and got on his bike.
"Come on Sakura, you don't want to be late on your first day at high school." Yukito said, pushing the bike off and pedalling quickly. Touya and Sakura quickly followed. Sakura stared through the gates into Tomoeda Elementary, where she had gone to school for the past few years. It was also where she had met Tomoyo Daidouji, her best friend and Syaoran Li, her boyfriend.
"Oi, Sakura, the high school is this way!" Touya shouted from ahead. Sakura snapped out of her daze and sped up to catch up with them. They turned through the fence gates of the high school, next to the Elementary. This was the first time Sakura had actually come into the school on a normal school day. She looked around at the students, all of them taller than her. There was a small group of smaller children nearby; Sakura recognised most of them as they were her old classmates.
"Aren't those your classmates, Sakura-san?" Yukito asked, pointing. Sakura nodded.
"Hm, most of them are. I think the classes are bigger here so there are a few I don't know." She said. Yukito and Touya got off their bikes and pushed them towards a long line of bikes, all parked underneath a metal shelter. They locked the bikes to metal poles inside and headed inside. Sakura skated over to where the others were standing in a group.
"Oh, Sakura-chan!" One of them said, seeing her and turning. Sakura smiled.
"Ohiyo, Chiharu-chan." She said, smiling at the girl who had spoken, Chiharu.
"Sakura-chan!" another girl said, Sakura turned around.
"Oh, Tomoyo-chan!" she said, smiling at her best friend, Tomoyo.
"I'm so happy that both of us are in the same class again, even at high school!" Tomoyo said, her eyes twinkling.
"So am I!" Sakura said, smiling.
"And it gives me a chance to video Sakura-chan in her cute high school uniform!" Tomoyo went on, Sakura fell over in embarrassment. She quickly got back up again. She looked around at all her old friends.
"Are we all in the same class again?" she asked. They all nodded.
"We were told that the whole class had to wait here by the gates to be collected by our new homeroom teacher." Another girl said.
"Hm, I don't see Syaoran." Sakura said, looking around. Tomoyo sighed.
"It appears he isn't here yet, he did usually arrive after you at the Elementary school."
"That's true." Sakura said, expecting Syaoran to walk in through the gates right then, although of course he didn't. Sakura sighed.
"How long is it until morning classes start?" she asked, one of the new people she didn't know looked at his watch.
"About five minutes, give or take. I'm not sure my watch is entirely accurate." He said. A boy popped up in front of him, smiling with a stupid face and one hand in the air.
"Watches have a very interesting history, you know. People used to use sundials in the past but the sun kept burning them up so they –" Chiharu grabbed him from the collar and dragged him away, still talking.
"Hai, hai." She said as he rambled on. The boy stared after them confused.
"What was that about?" he asked, not really expecting an answer. Another of the girls, Naoko, answered.
"That's Yamazaki-kun. He's always telling lies and stuff. He and Chiharu have known each other for ages." She explained. The boy nodded.
"It did seem a little fishy…." He said. Then the school bell tolled. Sakura glanced towards the gate. No one was there. A teacher was slowly walking towards them; it looked like Syaoran was going to be late. Then there was the shape of a body running on the other side of the fence, round the corner and through the gates. Syaoran looked like he had been running all the way from home; he had probably gotten up a little late.
He almost collapsed when he reached the group; Sakura caught him as he stopped.
"Daijobu?" she asked, he didn't answer, concentrating on breathing. After a few seconds he stood up and nodded.
"Ah." He said, then he realised it was Sakura and his face went a little red but then turned back to its normal colour, the same with Sakura. Tomoyo tried to stifle a giggle with her hand and coughed to hide it. The teacher stopped in front of the group, he was holding a folder.
"Ohiyo." He said cheerfully. He was short and round but his face was cheerful and his eyes twinkled with a kind mischief.
"Ohiyo." The class replied.
"I'll be your homeroom teacher for this year. You can call me Mr. Tschumi. Sa, if you follow me I'll take you to your new form room!" he said cheerfully, emphasising the last sentence, the class cheered happily, this was a teacher they could easily like. He turned and waddled off towards the school with the class following behind him in small groups. Sakura held Syaoran's arm.
"Shall we go?" she asked. Syaoran tensed at the display of affection and then relaxed, he wasn't quite used to this yet, neither was Sakura it seemed, her cheeks were a little red. They headed after the class; Tomoyo stood a few paces back with Chiharu's group, recording the scene with her video recorder. She sighed happily.
"I get to record 'Sakura's first display of affection to Syaoran' on video so early in the term, I'm so happy!" Chiharu and the others looked up.
"Tomoyo-chan, did you say something?" Rika asked. Tomoyo shook her head.
"Oh, nadomoni. Shall we hurry?" she said, stepping aside. The other saw Syaoran and Sakura and stopped for a moment.
"Is something wrong?" Tomoyo asked. Chiharu pointed at Syaoran and Sakura.
"Tomoyo-chan, did you know they were like that?" she asked. Tomoyo followed her gaze and smiled.
"Mm. It happened in the summer holidays when Li-kun came back to see the festival with Meilin-chan."
"Oh! Why didn't you tell us?" Chiharu asked, Tomoyo smiled.
"I forgot." She said simply. They sighed, Rika smiled.
"I'm glad for them." She said. Tomoyo smiled.
"As am I." she said.
"Me too!" Chiharu said.
"We should hurry or we'll be left behind." Tomoyo said, noticing that there was a large gap between them and the back of the line trailing behind the teacher. They ran to catch up with the others, passing Sakura and Syaoran, giving them space.
One of the boys saw Syaoran and Sakura and smiled to himself, not a happy smile, more like a cruel smile. His eyes were hard. A voice spoke in his head, not his own, nor a voice proving he was crazy.
"Is that her?" The voice said. The boy turned and looked at the girl walking next to him. His expression was equally twisted.
"Ah." He said simply, his voice sounding in the girl's mind.
"What do you want to do?" she asked mentally.
"Wait for now, but then we separate them and take what we want."