*Beep Beep Beep*
The alarm.
*Beep Beep Beep*
Sakura groaned and shoved her head under the soft pillow.
*Beep Beep Beep*
She quickly sat up and glared at the clock.
"Ugh.." She cried, pressing the button down.
She rubbed her eyes and waited for them to adjust to the bright light coming from a nearby window.
She peered at the clock again.
"Hoe!? I'm late!!!" she screamed, running towards her closet.
Her screaming woke Kero-chan up.
"Huh? Wha? What's going on here?" Kero-chan asked.
Kero watched as Sakura ran franticly around the room.
"Late again?" Kero-chan asked.
"Hoeee!!" she cried again.
Kero-chan sighed and plopped down onto the bed again, yawning.
"Bye Kero-chan!" Sakura yelled, dashing out of the room.
"Ohayo, Kaiju." Touya said as he saw Sakura enter the kitchen.
"Humph.." She replied grabbing a piece of toast.
Touya walked out of the room.
"Bye!" He called to Sakura, teasingly.
"Hoe!!! Wait!" She yelled, running after him.
She began to put her rollerblades on and saw him walk out the door.
"I said wait!!!!! Ugh!!!" she screamed, angrily.
After her rollerblades were on, she dashed out the door.
"Onni-chan!!!!" she cried, rollerblading as fast as she could.
Touya looked back at his sister, who was screaming at him franticly, and slowed down.BR
Sakura caught up with him and scowled.
"Heh...it's about time, Kaiju." He said.
"Onni-ch--" Sakura started.
"Hey guys!" Yukito was standing at the curb, waiting for them.
"Ohayo, Yuki-chan!" Touya said.
Sakura simply waved at him.
"Hi, Sakura. How are you today?" Yukito asked.
"Um...I'm..fine..." Sakura answered.
Yukito smiled.
"That's nice to hear." He said.
Sakura smiled.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo said as Sakura entered the classroom.
"Ohayo, Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura said.
Sakura glanced at Syaoran, who was sitting quietly in his seat.
"Ohayo, Syaoran-kun!" Sakura said, walking to her seat.
Syaoran seemed to ignore her.
"Hoe?...I said Ohayo, Syaoran-kun!" she repeated.
No answer.
"Wonder what's wrong..." she said.
Tomoyo took her seat and looked at Syaoran.
"Syaoran-kun? Are you okay?" she asked, poking his shoulder.
"Huh?" He turned towards her. "What?"
"Um...nothing." Tomoyo replied.
Syaoran turned away and stared out the window.
"Hoe? What's with him?" Sakura asked Tomoyo, quietly.
"I don't know...he hasn't said anything since I walked in." Tomoyo said.
Sakura looked back at him.
"Something's wrong..." she said.
"Ok, class...We've got a new student today!"
Tomoyo poked Sakura.
"Hoe?" Sakura looked at her.
"I wonder what this one's like..." she said.
"Yeah." Sakura answered.
The door to the classroom opened.
Everyone stared at it with curiosity.
"Class...please welcome Raion Mijuto!"
A boy stepped in. He looked around the room with his dark blue eyes. His short hair was a light brown color. A smile was worn on his face and he bowed.
"Konnichiwa!" he said.
Tomoyo poked Sakura again.
"Ohohoho...take a look at Syaoran-kun..." she said quietly.
"Hoe? Why?" Sakura asked.
"Just look..." she answered.
Sakura turned around and glanced at him.
His eyes were narrowed at the new kid, glaring angrily at him.
"Hoe, Syaoran-kun...What's the matter?" Sakura asked.
Still no answer.
Suddenly Raion, the new guy, walked up to Tomoyo and smiled.
"Hello. I was assigned to sit behind you. It's very nice to meet you." He said.
"Konnichiwa... It's nice to meet you, too." Tomoyo said.
Sakura kept her eyes on Syaoran.
He seemed to be getting angrier by the minute.
"Syaoran-kun!!! What's wrong?" she asked.
He looked at her.
"Nothing." He said.
"Syaora-" Sakura started.
Tomoyo poked Sakura again.
"That new guy is staring at you..." she said.
"Hoe?" Sakura looked at Raion. "Oh no....."
"I wonder if he's like Syaoran-kun!" Tomoyo laughed. "Or maybe Eriol...."
"Hoe...I don't think so....he's staring....differently..." Sakura said. "Syaoran looked as if he was going to kill me...and Eriol...then there was Meiling.." Sakura said. 'Why do all the new students always stare at me, like they have something against me..? Hoee..' Sakura thought to herself.
Tomoyo giggled.
Tomoyo glanced at Raion. He seemed to be in a trance.
"......I think he likes you..." Tomoyo smiled.
"Hoe?!" Sakura cried.
"Hi. I'm Raion. It's a pleasure to meet you..." Raion stood in front of Sakura. 'This is her. I just know it is.' Raion said to himself.
"Sakura...." she said. "Sakura Kinomoto."
"Sakura Kinomoto. What a lovely name." Raion smiled.
Sakura blushed.
"Hoe....Arigatou...." she said.
"I think I'm going to like this school..." Raion said.
The bell rang.
"Sakura...I think he really likes you!" Tomoyo said.
"Hoe? No way....he was just being polite." Sakura said.
"Call it whatever you want....but I still think he likes you!!" she said.
"Tomoyo-chan..." Sakura said.
"Do you like him???" Tomoyo asked.
"I just met him! And anyway...I told you he was just being polite....now stop with the questions!" Sakura said.
"Ok, ok..." Tomoyo said.
Sakura looked over at a small hill. Atop the hill there was a tree and she saw Syaoran sitting under it.
"Hoe.....look over there! It's Syaoran-kun!" Sakura said to Tomoyo.
"Yeah...maybe we can find out from him why he was acting so weird in class today.." Tomoyo said.
"C'mon!" Sakura ran towards him. "Hey! Syaoran-kun!"
Syaoran turned towards them.
"What?" he asked.
"We were wondering why you were acting so...odd in class today." Tomoyo explained.
Syaoran glared at them.
"It was nothing." He said.
"That's what you told me....but I'll bet it has to be something...isn't that right?" Sakura asked.
"I said it was nothing!!" he said, raising his voice.
"No need to be rude." A voice said.
"Huh?" Sakura and Tomoyo turned around.
Raion walked up to them.
"After all....these girls are just curious." He said.
"Hmph....what do you want?" Syaoran asked, coldly.
"Oh nothing...just heard the commotion..." Raion explained.
"Hey guys!" Rika called as she ran up to them. "What's going on?"
"Does the whole school have to come up here?!" Syaoran asked, annoyed.
"Konnichiwa, minna!" Naoko ran up to them.
"......That's it!" Syaoran stood up and headed down the hill.
"What's with him?" Naoko asked Rika.
Rika shrugged.
"Syaoran-kun! Wait up!" Sakura ran after him and Tomoyo followed.
Syaoran stopped.
"What is it, Sakura??" Syaoran asked angrily.
"I uh...I just want to know what's going on.....That's all." She said.
"Nothing...ok? Now....just leave me alone..." he asked.
"...Ok..." she sighed.
"Hmph..." He said and walked off.
Sakura watched as he disappeared.
She sighed again.
"Something the matter, Sakura-chan?" A voice asked.
"Hoe?" She turned around.
Raion stood there, smiling.
"Oh...um..no...nothing." she said.
"Hmm...you seem worried about something." He said.
"No. It's nothing." She said again.
"Sakura!" Tomoyo ran up to them.
Sakura glanced at Raion. He seemed to have an angry expression on his face and was glaring at Tomoyo.
'Hoe?' She thought. 'What's with him?'
"Sakura! Did he say anything?" Tomoyo asked, panting.
"Nope." Sakura answered.
"Oh well..." Tomoyo replied. She then noticed Raion standing there.. "Oh....uh..Hi, Raion-kun."
"Hello, Tomoyo-chan." He said in a less than cheery tone.
Tomoyo looked at Sakura.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Tomoyo asked. "You seem a bit tense.."
"Oh..nothing..." Sakura said.
"Ohoho, you're beginning to sound like Syaoran-kun, Sakura." Tomoyo smiled.
Sakura, suddenly, felt her arms weaken and her school books dropped to the ground.
"Sakura..." Tomoyo said, worried.
She quickly kneeled down to pick them up.
"Oh...um..I'm fine.." Sakura quickly said.
Raion began to help her and couldn't help noticing something that also fell onto the ground. A Clow Card. He picked it up. Tomoyo looked at it and gasped.
'Oh no.' She said to herself.
"Hey..uh...Sakura-chan..." Raion said.
"Yes?" she saw the card in his hand. Her emerald eyes widened.
"Is this yours?" Raion asked.
"Hoe!! Well...errr....Yes. Yes, it is." She said, quickly snatching it away.
"Um...what is it?" Raion asked.
"It's uh...it's a....umm..." Sakura stammered.
"It's a bookmark!" Tomoyo said.
"Yeah! A bookmark!..." Sakura grinned at Tomoyo.
Tomoyo winked.
"Hmm....a very interesting bookmark you have there. May I see it?" he asked.
"Umm....uh..."Sakura stammered again and looked to Tomoyo for help.
"Oh wow! Look at the time! We gotta get home and do our homework! Well, lets go, Sakura!" Tomoyo said, grabbing Sakura's arm and dashing off.BR
"Uhh....Bye!!!" Sakura called to Raion.
"Hoe, that was close..." Sakura said.
"Yeah...." Tomoyo said.
"What would I do without you as a friend?" Sakura giggled.
Tomoyo smiled.
They sat in Sakura's room. Sakura took out the Clow Cards and placed them on the floor.
"You gotta be careful next time, Sakura. If anyone finds out about these cards.."
"I know, Kero-chan! It won't happen again!" Sakura said.
"I hope not.." Kero-chan said.
"Well, Sakura....I've gotta get going...I'll see you tomorrow!" Tomoyo said, walking out.
"Bye, Tomoyo-chan!!!" Sakura called.
*Ring Ring Ring*
*Ring Ring Ring*
"Hoe?" Sakura looked at the phone. "I'll get it.."
She picked up the receiver.
"Hello, Sakura speaking." She said. "Hoe? What do you mean? Well, ok. Ok. Alright. Bye."
She hung up.
"Who was that, Sakura?" Kero-chan asked, flying up to her.
"That was Syaoran-kun. He told me to meet him atop the hill near our school. It sounded urgent..." she answered.
"Hmmm....I'd better go with you." Kero-chan said.
"Ok. Come on!" Sakura said, walking out.
Syaoran stood at the hill top when Sakura arrived.
"So, Syaoran-kun, what's this thing you have to tell me?" Sakura asked.
"I have a bad feeling about that new guy...." Syaoran said.
"Hoe? You mean Raion? But he seems perfectly harmless.." Sakura said.
"Never let looks deceive you, Sakura....Didn't you sense ANYthing this morning?" Syaoran asked.
"No. Not at all." Sakura said.
"Hmm...figures..." Syaoran said. "But we've got to keep an eye on this guy. I just don't trust him."
"Well,.....ok." Sakura said.
"SYAORAN!!!!"
"Oh no..." Syaoran said, sighing, frustrated.
"SYAORAN!!! Are you done talking??? We've got to go!!! SYAORAN!!!" Meilin ran up to them.
"Yes, we're done....." Syaoran said.
"Well, lets go!" Meilin grabbed his hand and took off, dragging him behind.
Sakura still stood there.
"Sakura.."
"Hoe?!" she turned around.
Raion appeared.
"Oh...it's you." Sakura said, then she remembered what Syaoran said.
'Doesn't seem like the dangerous type to me...' Sakura thought.
Raion handed her a Cherry Blossom.
"Here...I saw it and it reminded me of you..." Raion said.
"Hoee....thanks...I guess...." Sakura said, being polite.
"Your welcome." Raion said.
Sakura turned away.
'I gotta get out of here...hmm..' Sakura thought.
He looked up.
"Something wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing..." she said, uncomfortably.
"Ok...but if there is something wrong....you can tell me. We're friends...aren't we?" he asked.
"Hoe?...um..yeah...sure we are...." Sakura answered, unsure about what else she could say.
"Great." He smiled. "Well...I've got to leave. I'll see you tomorrow....Sakura." he said, running off.
"Hoeee.....Syaoran's right....I have a bad feeling about this guy...." Sakura said.
The next morning Touya woke Sakura up.
"Hey, Kaiju! Get up! You want to be late...AGAIN???" Touya asked.
Sakura threw a pillow at him.
"...Go away...." She groaned.
"Fine then...not my fault you're always late..." Touya said.
Sakura felt around for something else to throw and found Kero-chan.
Kero-chan, which was in his "Stuffed Animal Version", went sailing across the room and smacked Touya in the face.
"Hey! Watch it, kaijuu!....What is this thing supposed to be anyway?" He poked at it.
Sakura opened her eyes and gasped.
'Hoe!!! Oh no!!!' she thought.
"Uhhh...it's a .....nothing! Now give it back!" she cried.
"A nothing, huh?" He looked at it again. "You have the weirdiest taste in toys...." Touya said, throwing Kero-chan back at her.
"Humph!" Sakura stuck out her tongue at him as he left. She picked Kero-chan up.
"I'm a nothing, am I!!??" Kero-chan asked.
"Sorry, Kero-chan..." Sakura said, sitting up.
"Ohayo, Sakura." Fujitaka said when she entered the kitchen.
"Ohayo, Otou-san.....where's Onii-chan??" Sakura asked, looking around.
"He left already...you'd better get going, too..." Fujitaka said.
"Hoe!??! He left!? UGH!" Sakura cried, quickly placing her skates on. "Bye Otou-san!!!!"
"Bye, Sakura."
"Touya!! Stop!!!" Sakura cried, chasing after him.
Suddenly...out of nowhere, someone grabbed her.
"Hoe!?! Let me go! Who's there!?" she cried, stopping dead in her tracks.
She squirmed around, trying her best to get free.
"Sakura! It's me..." Tomoyo appeared.
"Oh...whew, Tomoyo-chan! You scared me!" Sakura cried.
"Shh....sorry Sakura.....but there's something we gotta talk about." Tomoyo said.
"We?? Who else is here?" Sakura asked.
Syaoran and Meilin appeared next to Tomoyo.
"Come on, Sakura...." Tomoyo said, pulling Sakura into the bushes.
"What's so important? We'll be late for school..." Sakura said.
"It's about that new guy...." Tomoyo said.
"Hmm? What about him?" Sakura asked.
"If you ask me, I've had a bad feeling about him from the day we saw him...." Meiling said.
"Last night, I saw enourmous flashes of light coming from inside his house...Everyone has to keep a close watch....we don't have any clue about what he's up to..." Tomoyo said.
"Hoe...He really doesn't seem all that bad to me..." Sakura said.
"That's because he likes you..." Meiling said.
"He does not!" Sakura yelled.
"Does too!" Meiling yelled back.
"Would you two be quiet!?" Syaoran whispered loudly.
"Gomen...." Sakura said.
"So what are we going to do about that Raion guy?" Meiling asked.
"Just keep an eye on him...." Syaoran said.
"Right." Everyone said in unison.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan. I have brought something for you..." Raion walked up to Sakura when she arrived in the classroom.
"Umm....hello Raion-kun....." Sakura said, without turning her head to face him.
"Here." Raion handed her a crystal heart. On the heart were a Cherry Blossom and a Lion. He smiled.
"Arigatou, Raion-kun.." Sakura said, taking it.
She stared at it. Then she thought of it.
'Oh my gosh...I never realized that...Raion means....lion!' she gasped, staring at it.
'Hoe....Tomoyo and Meiling were right...he does like me.....what should I do??'
Tomoyo sat in her seat.
Sakura looked at her. She poked her.
"Huh? Oh, Sakura-chan....yes?" Tomoyo asked.
"You were right....I think Raion-kun DOES like me...What should I do?" Sakura cried.
"Tell me about it at lunch..." Tomoyo said.
"Ok.." Sakura replied.