Cardcaptor Sakura belongs to Clamp. Characters used in the plot are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to living characters are unintentional. Plot of "About Winning" belongs to silverg3r. Additional characters not included in original story belong to silverg3r, too. This disclaimer applies to all the following chapters after the prologue.
About Winning
Prologue – The Beginning
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"Sakura Kinomoto of class 6A!"
She did it. Sakura had topped the school in the final year-end school-leaving exam, not only breaking the highest records in the school before her, she also was the top student in the town of Tomoeda, and the whole of Japan by scoring nearly full marks for the total.
Flashback
Father had once told little Sakura in kindergarten when she won an award – "to be the best, you must put in the best effort you can afford, and only then do you deserve to be the best."
Little Sakura, excited and joyous, shrieked – "Papa, I promise I will do my best!"
"Promise?" Father waggled his little finger at Sakura.
"Promise!" Sakura eagerly entwined her tiny little finger around her father's sturdy one. Fujitaka smiled warmly and Sakura grinned back, her smile radiating happiness and sunshine. It lit up Fujitaka's world. They were so alike, the ones he loved most.
End flashback
Sakura walked onto the stage, containing her emotions, showing only the tiniest trace of joy. "Don't be feeling happy before you even win the match," Father once said. But inside, she was ecstatic.
"My father would be happy… " Sakura thought. She and received the examination results certificate and a clean white envelope from her principal and she finally smiled widely, a smile that seemed to radiate sunshine.
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Sakura entered the tall silver gates of Tokyo High School. She was wearing a neat white blouse and a dark navy skirt. The collar of the blouse was special – it was dark navy blue inside the collar, and their summer uniform looked smart. Students were allowed to wear their own shoes and socks, as long as they weren't too outrageous.
Sakura had longed to go to Tokyo High School since she first heard of it – it was the best school in Japan, and the school campus was the largest and most majestic of all.
Flashback
Sakura opened the fresh white envelop, the stiff paper crackling, and drew out a letter with the Japan Ministry of Education's letterhead.
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Dear Miss Sakura Kinomoto,
Invitation of your entry to Tokyo High School
I, the principal of Tokyo High School am pleased to inform you that you have been invited to enrol in the prestigious Tokyo High School in Tokyo, Japan. The school will gladly accept you, and wishes to seek your agreement.
There are many reasons as to why we wish that you would enrol in our school. As a model student with excellent results and a colourful record in your the co-curriculum activity of cheerleading, we think that it would be best for you too, to come to Tokyo High School to have your talents properly developed. We would like to hear your response as soon as possible, please call to inform us of your decision at 62846625.
Please note that school will begin on the 2nd of January, and schoolbooks can be bought at any bookstore. The list of materials needed is enclosed. I look forward to your response.
Yours sincerely,
Shouko Tsujitani
Tokyo High School Principal
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End flashback
Sakura had also received a scholarship, obviously, because of her grades. That meant that she didn't have to pay for the expensive school fees.
She walked towards the campus – and many heads turned to look at her, mostly boys, but there were girls. Reason? She was a pretty girl, too. Make that extremely.
Oh gosh, who knows what lies in wait?
t. s. u. z. u. k. u.
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Authors note:
Yea man! This idea has been bothering me for ages. Finally got it out. =) [silverg3r snickers] I've got plans…yea. =P people might kill me for not updating the other first… what the heck. I used to swear that I won't write one about high school situations… guess I got to eat my words… haha. But I swear I want to make it different then those mangas, some of which have really silly story lines… [sorry, paiseh la! silverg3r grins] I'm not going to make this fiction all innocent too, that would be boring.
I actually wanted to set this story in university too… but it seems rather difficult… I'll think of some thing else then, another different story line.
Been thinking… should I do a funny talk show thing that some people do? Maybe not… I've just visited Emode.com, and found out that my sense of humour was SATIRE. I might bore myself to death too. [silverg3r sighs.]
I've got express Chinese GCE O levels in less that two weeks… and the whole darn problem is that we have to study EIGHT books of Chinese handbooks just to be able to answer 5 questions on the words, and 5 questions on the sentence forming. Horrible!
[silverg3r cackles evilly] Please review! I've decided to exclude the characters and their ages, because it seems so stiff and boring.
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