Disclaimer: Card Captor is not mine, but the story they play a role in is.


Sakura Kinomoto sat silently in class her eyes casted out the window. She listened as the girls around her, who were also gathered by the window, squealed. Her eyes unconsciously traveled to the subject of their squeals, finding the group of boys who caused all the noise around her. Unfortunately for her, her twin brother was there also. She hated that other girls would come up to her to ask questions about her brother. She'd only ignored them, not answering any of their questions.

Her brother wasn't the only one popular with others either, apparently she was favored among the guys, the girls not so much. She had been confessed to one to many times, that at some point love for her had become overrated, something she shouldn't bother with. Being so popular with the guys, made girls hate her, if they didn't hate her already for not telling them anything about her brother. As a result she was given the title, Ice Queen. She sighed and turned her head. She couldn't wait for school to end. She didn't like all this noise.

It wasn't long before the first half of school finished and lunch arrived. Sakura stood, liking the fact that no one approached her, though she didn't know how long that would last. She exited the classroom, with two lunch boxes, sighing in relief when no one had stopped her. It was long into the school year, so there shouldn't have been anyone left to ask her out. It'd be strange with all the things that people said about her.

As she walked silently through the halls, she found the one person she was looking for before she went off to have her own lunch. She quietly approached the group of boys, ignoring the strange looks she got from those around her.

"Hey," She said, catching the group's attention. "Oi, Tenjikubotan."

"Sakura, how many times do I have to tell you to not call me by my entire first name. It's too long."

"You forgot this on the table." She replied, ignoring his wishes. "Forget it again and I'm not bringing it to you. Never mind, I'll just have Touya bring it you next time."

"No, don't do that."

By the time he said that she was already on her way. She listened as he cursed. She won this time as well. When it came to her brothers she always won, she was the only daughter in the family. When she made it her spot in the courtyard, she ate in silence.

As she sat there silently, she listened as a group walked past her. It was her brother's group again, and another famous group. She didn't get along with any of them. That group consisted of her brother, Tenjikubotan, Eriol Hiiragizawa, Jamie Han, Syaoran Li, Takashi Yamazaki, Tomoyo Daidouji, Chiharu Mihara, Rika Sasaki, and Naoko Yanagisawa. The girls of that group were just as popular as the guys, though she didn't understand why nobody hated them. They rejected as many guys as she has, and even hung out with the most wanted guys in school. It didn't make any sense to her, but she knew that that group and her could never get along. As she continued eating, the group stopped in front of her. She sighed, they weren't here to make fun of her were they? She quietly set her utensils down and glanced up. Her brother's idiotic face stare down at her.

"What?" She asked, not wanting to talk to him. She didn't know if he was here to make fun of her. He liked making fun of her, just like Touya, though Touya was nicer about it.

"Saw you from the window."

"And?"

"Just thought, that maybe you wanted to hang out with us?" He said. Sakura stared at her brother dumbfounded. She couldn't believe what her brother was saying. It was long into the school year, and this was the first time he was asking her to join his group of friends. As much as she'd like to try, it was already too late to join this group. Too many people already hated her, and that wasn't good for her brother. This also made her wonder why he suddenly wanted her to join them.

She quickly ate her food, and shoved past him. "Thanks, Ten-kun, but it's better if I don't." She quietly walked away leaving them in their stead.

As Tenjikubotan watched his sister walk away, a strange feeling slowly overcoming him. He sighed and shook his head. He didn't like the fact that they were siblings as she was so badly talked about. Because they were siblings he knew everything that everyone said about her wasn't true. She wasn't cold or cruel, she was just honest. She wasn't going to date someone she didn't like, nor was she going to give out information about him, but because she didn't people hated her for it, a stupid reason to hate her, but still a reason.

He sighed and shook his head, wondering if she was ever going to make friends. It had always been like this since they were little, though she did have one or two friends back then. Thinking about the past, he wondered when she became like that. She had one or two friends back then, but she was still popular. He wondered why things had to go change. She was a nice person, and only four people knew that.

"Ten-kun?" Tenjikubotan quickly turned around and stared at his friends.

"Ah, he responded." Eriol Hiiragizawa said, a mischievous smile on his face.

"Don't call me that. It's Tenji to you guys and everyone else. Only Sakura can call me Ten-kun." He sternly said, glaring at his friends.

"Didn't know he had a sister complex." Jamie Han, joked, earning a punch from Tenji. Tenji shook his head and turned to look back in the direction his sister went. Her figure was long gone, but the thoughts that he had were still there. He hoped that one of these days, she'd return back to normal.

"Alright let's go." Syaoran Li said dismissively.

As they walked Tenji listened as they talked about anything and everything. There were topics on the new games and sports with the boys, while the girls, surprising talked about not makeup, but food and music. Every once in awhile the entire group would talk about something they all had in common like a new family restaurant that had open. Naoko suggested that they drop by to get a taste of the food. Once it was agreed that they were going to the family restaurant, the groups split into two groups of conversation. He only listened as they talk and only talked when he had something to say about a certain thing.

"Ne, Tenji-kun." It was Tomoyo. Tenji turned to look at her giving her his full attention.

"Yeah, what's up?" He replied.

"About your sister," She trailed off not knowing how to continue the conversation.

"Yeah, what about her?"

"How does one become friends with her?" She asked her hands touching at the tips of her fingers. It was strange to see Tomoyo this hesitated. For all the years he's known her, she never really hesitated before. She was a gungho kind of person. "I mean, I've always wanted to become friends with her, though the chance never came. She was always gone before I knew it, and then it became like this. Hard to approach her."

Tenji stopped in his track and sighed. "Tomoyo, just do it like you've always done it. If Sakura looks annoyed, she's probably not. It's just been awhile since someone actually wanted to be friends with her. She's forgotten what real friendship is."

"That's a sad thought."

"But if you want to be friends with her, then go be friends with her. I'll only help if it looks like you can't get anywhere. She'll crack. She's too nice to not say yes to a friendship."

"Another question?" At this point, their other friends had stopped to watch them, though they were farther away.

"Shoot away."

"What made her like that?"

"I'm not sure really. I think it's because of people who want to get close to me through her, but she doesn't allow it, but something as simple as that shouldn't stop her from making friends. So I can't really say."

"Well, uh, thanks for the advice. Next time I see her, I'll try talking to her."

"Don't get too discourage if she knocks you down. Just keep trying. It'll work eventually. And I hope you do become friends with her. She's too invested in her family to care about anyone else."

"It didn't seem that way to me. It looked like she didn't want to talk to you." The statement had him questioning himself again.

"Well, she's not like that at home." He said, more to try and convince himself that their relationship wasn't straining.

After school Sakura quietly and quickly left before anyone could stop her. She was ready to leave school. As she was leaving, she notice her brother and his group of friends outside. It was strange to see them leaving first when they were all together. She was one person, how did she leave later than them. Just as she was walking down the stairs, a teacher had stopped her. She sighed and decided that whatever it was it was probably just them wanting help.

Just as she thought it was just the teacher asking for help. She helped the teacher carry some papers to the office before she was finally able to leave. The school by then was still half full, with students doing club activities or with students just hanging out waiting for other friends. The teacher had thanked her before she left. As she was walking home, something at the corner of her eyes caught her attention.

It was Syaoran Li. He was standing in front of what she assumed was his house. He looked as if he was pulling his hair out. She didn't know why, but he was. She decided that she wasn't going to bother with whatever it was that troubled him. When she finally decided to leave it was too late.

"Ah! Tenji's sister!" He was quick to grab her and pull her towards him. "Help me." He said desperately. She looked at him with raised brows.

"No, I don't want to get involved with. . . with this." She gestured to all of him.

"You just gestured to all of me."

"I know."

"Forget that, I'm serious. Help me out."

"No." Then there was a cry. . . two cries. Sakura looked at Syaoran, and then past him. Sitting in a box at his front door, were two kids. Both about a year and half. Posted on the box was a note, with his name one it. Sakura glanced back at him with a face of disgust.

"It's not what you think."

"It doesn't seem like it."

"No these aren't mines." He shouted waving his hands.

"You think I'm going to believe you? It clearly has your name written on it." She then walked away like nothing happened.

"Where do you think you're going?" He shouted, grabbing on to her hands again.

"Home." She simply replied.

"No, help me. I can't deal with these two alone."

"I thought they weren't yours."

"They're not."

"So, your gonna leave them, cause they're not yours."

"No."

"Then what're you gonna do?"

"Help me. Please." A strange thought struck her as she stood there. The Syaoran Li was begging her for help. It was a once in lifetime thing, something this rare was never going to come by again, and she couldn't leave two kids alone with this guy, who probably didn't even know how to take care of them, or that was what her reasoning was before she decided that she was going to help him.

"Fine." She simply said walking past him, and towards the children.