"Sakura! Hurry up! You don't want to be late on the first day, do you?!" As Sakura Avalon's father, Aiden Avalon, tried to get his daughter to hurry up Sakura was off in her own world, again. "I wonder how Jr. high School will be like I hope Madison will be in the same class as me what do u think Kero? Kero, the Guardian of the Seal of the Clow, had just waked up from a deep sleep. "Huh? What? Pudding? YUMMMM!!" Kero was a lover of pudding and sweet foods, which could get on Sakura's nerves sometimes. "KEROO! Didn't u listen to a THING I said?!" shouted Sakura annoyed "I asked you how Jr. High School will be like" "I don't know," said Kero with a yawn "I've never went to school," and as soon as he said that he fell right back to sleep. "Oh Kero" said Sakura as she tucked Kero back in, and rushed down stairs.
"Morning Dad!" greeted Sakura, and then she walked over to her mother's picture and said "Good morning to you to, mom". "Well well well, look who decided to get up this morning," teased Sakura's older brother, Tori Avalon. "Oh shut up Tori!" "Ok ok you two stop fighting, now that Sakura's in 7th grade and Tori you're in 12th grade I expect you both to get along, understood?" demanded Sakura's father. "I'm fine with that, Tori's the one who won't grow up!" complained Sakura. "Me? Come on Sakura," chuckled Tori. Just as Sakura opened her mouth to say something, their father said "Can we please have a peaceful breakfast, besides your going to be late" "Well then in that case…I'm off to school," said Tori as he picked up his backpack. Bye!" and with that he left. There was a moment of silence as Sakura day dreamed about school. "Sakura…Sakura?" said her father as he waved his hand in front of Sakura's face "Sakura, you better hurry or you'll be late for school." "Huh? What? Oh my god! I'm going to be late! On my first day!" She quickly picked up her stuff, said bye to her dad, put on her skates, and left.
As Sakura rushed to catch up to Tori she couldn't help but admire the cherry blossoms on the way. "Their…so…beautiful…it feels like so long ago… I was a…" Sakura was so much into her thoughts she didn't realize she had caught up to Tori. "What feels so long ago? Twerp," "Huh? Tori? Oh nothing just………" as Sakura stumbled on her own words Tori teased "You feeling alright? Your not your usual monster self, what's up?" Even though Tori teased his sister a lot, he cared for her just as much. "Oh nothing I was just wondering how Jr. High School's going to be like, hey Tori how was it for you?" asked Sakura. "Hmmmm, it was ok, and no there isn't going to be a lot of work if that's what you're going to ask," "I was not! But thanks for the tip, by the way where's Julian?" asked Sakura "He said he was going to school early for some reason," replied Tori "Oh…" sighed Sakura. "Well, here's your new school, good luck," said Tori. "Thanks Tori! Huh? Wait, what do I need luck for?" wondered Sakura. "You never know when you need luck, you of all people should know that by now, Sakura" said a familiar voice from behind. It was Madison! The two girls immediately started talking about their holidays. Madison and her mom had gone the Himalayas so they couldn't spend time with each other. Soon the bell rang and everyone started making his or her way to the main doors. In no time teacher came and took groups for the grand tour, they were finally going in.
As Madison and Sakura entered their new school, Sakura couldn't help but remember the elevator incident. Li and Sakura were trapped inside the elevator and shared a very sweet moment. "Li…" said Sakura under her breath. Madison, who had known all along about Li's secret crush, said, "You know Sakura, Li sent me a letter saying that he was done all the business he had to tend to in Honk Kong and that he'll be coming back to Japan, to stay," Sakura, who started to blush, replied "Uh…so?" "Oh come on Sakura! You know you're happy!" exclaimed Madison. "Ok Ok, I'm happy," confessed Sakura.
After the tour the students went to their assigned teachers, Sakura franticly searched for Madison but she couldn't find her. "Madison! Madison!" shouted Sakura. "Yes Sakura?" replied Madison from behind. "Oh there you are, are you in Mr. Rhiyu's class?" asked Sakura hopefully. "Hmmm lets see," said Madison as she scrolled down her paper "Why…yes! I am!" "That's great! Lets go then," exclaimed Sakura.
After everyone had entered their classes and settled down, Sakura and Madison quickly took seats beside each other. Strangely it felt like their old spots. "Ok class I'm you're new teacher, Mr. Rhiyu," introduced Mr. Rhiyu. The school year had finally begun, but Sakura felt an empty space in her. "What could it be? I have everything," wondered Sakura. She closed her eyes and saw a figure that made her smile "I'll see you soon,"
After the introduction by the teacher it was the students turn. They had to state their name, hobby or anything extra. To Sakura's surprise lots of people had many different hobbies. "Hello, My name is Rika, I'm pretty good cook," said a girl with beautiful long brown hair. "Doesn't that girl look a bit like Rika? Even her hobbies are the same," whispered Sakura in Madison's ear. "Sakura! Don't tell me you forgot Rika already! That is Rika!" whispered Madison with a shock in Sakura's ear. "Oh! I couldn't recognize her with long hair!" "Well it's hard to recognize you with you're long hair too".
Finally the introductions were done, and Sakura found out that she knew most of the people in her class. Nikki wasn't in their class unfortunately. "I thought Nikki moved, did she?" asked Chelsea when they all got outside. "I don't think so, she never told me anything about moving" replied Madison. "Speaking of Nikki, did you know Nikki was the name of a great King? Everyone used to laugh at him for having a girl's name so he put a curse on anyone named Nikki. The curse was that person will never be seen on specific days, but no one could figure out which days, which reminds me of a dog named Wednesday. Who got married to a cat named Thursday and…" Zachary had once again started his lies "Yeah, yeah tell it to someone who cares" said Chelsea as she dragged him to a near by bench. "Ah Zachary, he'll never change" said Rika with a sigh "Those to look great together, even though they get on each other's nerves" commented Madison, "More like Chelsea's nerves" pointed out Rika. As the two girls talked, Sakura stared at Chelsea and Zachary. "Hey Sakura don't you agree?" asked Rika, but Sakura didn't answer. Madison looked over at Sakura, then to where she was looking. Sakura was looking straight at Chelsea and Zachary. "Oh, I get it," whispered Madison, then she did something very unexpected. She walked over to Sakura and whispered in her ear "Jealous much?" Sakura quickly started to turn red "I…I am not! I just think its…its nice to see…see people get along! That's all," replied Sakura embarrassedly. Madison started to smile saying, 'it's ok, and I know how you feel'. Just as Rika was about to start questioning them, the bell rang. Sakura was the first one inside "Saved by the bell" whispered Sakura under her breath.
The afternoon was easy going Sakura didn't pay much attention to what was going on around her. She just sat at her desk and answered any question asked and smiled, liked she cared. She was really daydreaming again. She was thinking of the days she was a cardcaptor. "Was," thought Sakura. She hated the thought of not being a cardcaptor. She had had such good times, and had met so many new people, not to mention creatures. Now mostly all of those things were of the past. A little while later Madison came over and sat beside Sakura. "Sakura…what are you so worried about?" asked Madison "Huh? Me? Worried? No, I'm fine, why do you ask?" replied Sakura. Madison gave Sakura a smile and said "Sakura, I've know you for a while now, you think you can fool me?" asked Madison. "Sigh…you're right Madison, how can I hide something from my best friend," confessed Sakura. "So will you tell me now?" asked Madison "Uh…not here, why don't we meet at the park on Saturday?" suggested Sakura. "Hmmm, the park…on Saturday…ok," agreed Madison. The two girls started talking about making it a picnic and bringing Kero along too.
On the way back from school Sakura thought she saw someone follow her, but when she looked no one was there. "That's strange, I thought I…saw someone…" The rest of the way Sakura felt a strange presence around her. "It can't be a Clow Card, I collected them all…or did I?" thought Sakura.
"I'm home!" announced Sakura as she closed the door behind her. "Dad! Tori!" shouted Sakura. "Where is everybody?" whispered Sakura. "They went to do some shopping, you're home early," said Kero from behind "Oh, yeah I kind of rushed home today," confessed Sakura with a chuckle. "Why?" asked Kero while taking out some pudding from the fridge "I thought you'd want to stay at school?" "Something happened…and uh…never mind" struggled Sakura. "So was Madison in you're class? And what about the Kid, And the Brat?" asked Kero. Sakura, who was already embarrassed, yelled out "He didn't come!! Yes I want him to come!! Why won't everyone leave me alone!!" and ran up to her room. Kero who had no idea what he did, was on the floor with pudding all over him "Uh…uh…I'm sorry but…criescries…WHAT DID THE PUDDING DO?!"
In Sakura's room Sakura was staring at the phone Madison gave her, and Li. "should I call? No! He's going to think I'm stupid, but what if he can't reach me and is waiting for me to call? No! Yes! No! Yes!" There was a mini war going on inside of Sakura's head. "Aaaargh!!" yelled Sakura. "What's wrong now?" asked Kero as he came in. "Are dad and Tori home?" asked Sakura "Yeah, and I cleaned up the pudding for you," said Kero with a look of concern. "Sakura I'm worried about you, you haven't been you're self since you came home from school, did something happen?" "There's nothing wrong with me! I'm fine?" "Oh, by the way Madison and me are going to have a picnic this Saturday, do you want to come?" asked Sakura trying to change the subject. That caught Kero's attention right away "Will Madison bring her delicious cakes?" asked Kero hopefully "Of coarse she will," replied Sakura "Yay! I'd love to come," rejoiced Kero.
At dinner Sakura was the quietist. "Hey twerp why aren't you talking, I thought you would be full of things to say. You were so excited this morning, what happened now?" asked Tori. "Yes Sakura are you feeling alright?" asked her father worriedly "I'm fine, don't be so worried," reassured Sakura as she forced a smile. "Well then tell us about you're day," suggested her father. "Oh…um…ok, I met Madison right after Tori left, she told me about her vacation…"
As Sakura continued telling her brother and father about her day Kero was up in Sakura's room playing videogames as usual. "Yeah! Yeah! No! No! Nooo!" yelled Kero 'Game Over'. As Kero was resetting the game he felt a strange presence, "What? It can't be! Sakura collected all the cards, I'm sure of it," wondered Kero. "Kero! I brought you pudding," exclaimed Sakura as she entered her room. "Kero?" said Sakura in a confused manor "Sakura…are all the 'Sakura Cards' safe?" asked Kero "Yeah they are why do ask?" answered Sakura. Kero didn't answer; he didn't want to tell Sakura he felt a presence, not yet "It was probably nothing," thought Kero. "Oh, nothing just asking," replied Kero with a laugh, "uh…PUDDING!!" exclaimed Kero as he jumped towards the pudding. This was the first time almost all day she was feeling happy.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday passed smoothly, and Sakura was happy it was Friday. "Morning Sakura," greeted Madison as she sat at her desk. "Morning Madison," replied Sakura "You're feeling better today," commented Madison "Yeah, much better," said Sakura with a smile. A little while later the teacher arrived, "Ok class settle down, we have a new student, come in," announced Mr. Rhiyu. "Already? It's only been four days since school started," whispered Madison to Sakura. "Yeah," replied Sakura. As everyone wondered who the new student would be, a tall boy, about the height of Zachary, with blond hair, blue eyes and peachy skin stepped in the classroom. "Hello," he said with a smile.
As soon as Sakura saw him she couldn't take her eyes away. Madison elbowed her and she quickly looked away out the window. "The teacher walked over to the board and wrote the boy's name 'Fye'. "Class, Fye will be joining us for the rest of the year so please make him feel welcome," said Mr. Rhiyu. "Now where will you sit?" wondered Mr. Rhiyu. Many girls and boys put their hand up "Oh, me!" said a girl "No me!" said boy. "It's very nice that so many of you want Fye to sit with them, but I think he can sit…ah! Behind Ms. Avalon," decided Mr. Rhiyu. Fye walked over to Sakura's desk, smiled and sat at his desk. Madison let a little giggle "not again," sighed Sakura. This had happened to Sakura two other times. The first time was when Sakura met Li for the first time and the second was when she had met Eli (Eriol). "Now will everyone please take out last night's homework…" started Mr. Rhiyu.
After class Sakura felt weird. "Huh, this has got to stop," sighed Sakura. "What has got to stop?" asked a voice from behind. Sakura turned around and found Fye smiling straight at her. "Uh…nothing I was just…um…stressed, nothing to be worried about," reassured Sakura. "Sakura! Sakura…oh, hello" said Madison with a surprise. "Hello, I'm Fye, the new student in you're class," introduced Fye "Yes," replied Madison with a smile. Sakura was just staring at the two. "I was wondering if you could show me around?" asked Fye as he turned to Sakura. "Show you around…sure," agreed Sakura "Are you coming Madison?" asked Sakura desperately "Sorry Sakura I can't I'm going to the music room to sign up for choir," replied Madison. "Oh, that's ok" reassured Sakura "Bye!" said Madison as she walked down the stairs. "I guess it's just you and me," said Fye with a smile "Yeah, let's go" said Sakura as she lead the way.
"You just left her with Fye?" asked Chelsea when Madison told her what happened. "Yeah, what's wrong with that?" asked Madison "Nothing I guess he's pretty nice," admitted Rika "Speaking of Fye, did you know he had blue eye? And legend has it people with blue eyes have magical powers, which reminds me of people from different dimensions! You actually have many twins! In different dimensions that live a total different life style and…" started Zachary "Yeah, Yeah, I think one of you is enough Zachary," said Chelsea as she dragged Zachary out of the room. The others started to laugh. "It would be nice to have a magic boy in our class, some excitement," sighed Chelsea after she came back "Don't be silly, there's no such thing as magic," explained Rika, that only made Madison smile "oh really," thought Madison.
"And this is the back of the school where…" Sakura suddenly remembers the day Li had tried to take the cards from, this place looked exactly like the back of her elementary school. "Where…" continued Fye "Oh, nothing I was just thinking of something else" confirmed Sakura. "Sakura…I have heard many things about you," started Fye "Sakura! Sakura!" It was Madison, Chelsea, Rika and some other girls. "Sorry, for not coming sooner" apologized Rika "Yeah, we hit a little snag," continued Chelsea. "Oh hi Fye! has Sakura shown the whole school already?" asked Madison "I guess she has," replied Fye. Suddenly Sakura felt that strange presence again, except this time it was stronger and it hurt. "Err…err…you guys go on ahead, I'm going to head inside I'm not feeling to well," said Sakura as she made her way to the school door "Sakura, wait I'll go with you," called Madison "I wonder what's wrong," wondered Rika. "You posses a lot of power Sakura, I don't think this is the last time we meet," whispered Fye.
"Sakura! Sakura! Are you ok?" exclaimed Madison when she saw Sakura with her head on her desk. "I'm not feeling so good," said Sakura "What's wrong?" asked Madison "I don't…err…know…I just keep feeling this…" started Sakura "feeling what?" asked Madison worriedly. "I keep feeling…err…this…presence…" said Sakura "But I thought you collected all the Clow Cards," exclaimed Madison "Yeah that's what I thought, but I guess I was wrong," confessed Sakura. "Should I get the nurse?" asked Madison "No," declined Sakura "I'll be fine," said Sakura as she tried to get up, but she fell down. "Sakura!" exclaimed Madison as she caught Sakura just in time.
"Maybe I could be of some assistance," said a voice from the door. Madison turned around to see who it was. "Fye…" "I see Sakura isn't feeling to good," said Fye "Yes, but she doesn't want to go the nurse," said Madison worriedly "I see," he took Sakura from Madison, put her on a chair and knelt down beside her. "Sakura, open you're eyes," he said. "That…voice…" thought Sakura; she opened her eyes. She thought she would see Fye, but she didn't. She saw a black starry sky, and two glowing blue eyes. "F…Fye?" called Sakura. Suddenly Sakura felt better, she felt a rush of energy pass her. She opened eyes but this time she didn't see a starry sky, she saw Fye and Madison and her classroom. She put her hand on her head and said "Wha…what happened just know?" asked Sakura confusedly "You fell unconscious," explained Fye as he got up to leave. "Sakura, are you feeling better?" asked Madison worriedly "Yeah, much better actually" reassured Sakura "What did he do?" "I don't know he was just kneeling beside you," replied Madison. There was a moment of silence, and then the bell rang.
After school, as Sakura was walking home she felt the presence again. She stopped dead on her tracks. "Focus Sakura, what did Kero tell you about theses kind of situation," thought Sakura. Suddenly Sakura felt a light push from behind. When she turned around everything went black. "Huh? What's going on?" thought Sakura. As Sakura reached to get her key, there was a big flash and everything went blank, but Sakura did see a black figure. It was tall, and had long black hair. "Who… who…are you?" asked Sakura as she fell.
"Uh…uh…where am I?" asked Sakura when she finally woke up. "You're at my house," said a strong but gentle voice. "F…Fye?" asked Sakura "Fye? Who's he?" asked the voice. Sakura heard a door slam. "Sakura!" exclaimed another voice, except this one she knew. "Madison?" "Yes, it's me. Sakura what happened? Oh I knew I should've walked home with you, I'm so sorry!" fussed Madison. "Madison it's ok, it's not you're fault," reassured Sakura. "I'll go get you a cup of tea," said the voice. Sakura sat up and examined her location. "hey this looks like…" "Julian's house? Yes," finished Madison. "Then that means…oh no!" exclaimed Sakura. Sakura turned all red, "That must feel pretty embarrassing," joke Madison "Yeah…I wonder what he thinks of me now, probably some lazy girl who falls all the time," joked Sakura. Madison just started to laugh.
A little while later Julian came back with a hot cup of tea. "Here you go, nice hot tea will make you feel better," said Julian as he handed Sakura the cup of tea "Thank you, I'm sorry for troubling," apologized Sakura "Troubling me? Not at all I was thinking of coming over anyway," said Julian as he took Sakura's empty cup. As they talked about what happened and Sakura's new school they heard a knock at the door. "I'll get it," offered Madison. After Madison left everything got quiet. "So, Sakura have you found you're special someone?" asked Julian with a smile. Sakura looked at Julian but quickly looked down again. She was all red "Um…yeah, I think he's the one," said Sakura as she played with the blanket. "Can I know who he is? If you don't mind me asking," asked Julian "well…he's a very close person to me, and I care about him a lot," started Sakura. "I see, he sounds like the perfect person for you," commented Julian "I'm not sure…I think he's the one, but what if he's not?" asked Sakura as she looked up at Julian "Sakura, if he's the one then you would defiantly know. Love isn't something we can control, if you fall for it then you know. People who say they're not, just want to hide it or not believe it," explained Julian "there's someone for everyone in this world, weather you want to find that person, or not isn't up to you," continued. "So now what do you think? Will you tell me?" asked Julian. Sakura took a deep breath and opened her mouth to say his name, when the opening of the door interrupted her. "Sakura!" yelled Tori; he was still in his uniform.
"Hi Tori, that was fast," said Julian as he got up to let Tori sit down. "Sakura, what happened? Julian called saying you fell," asked Tori with a lot of concern. "Tori, I'm fine now," reassured Sakura "I just fell," "That's not what Julian told me," said Tori. "She's feeling better now," assured Julian "Come on, I'm taking you home," said Tori as he got up "thanks Julian, sorry for the trouble," "That's ok, it was nice talking to Sakura," commented Julian as he gave Sakura a wink and a peculiar smile, Tori didn't see but Madison did and she just smiled. "Bye Julian, and thank you," thanked Sakura "you're welcome," replied Julian "Madison do you need a ride?" offered Julian "No thank you, I have a car waiting for me outside. Everyone was gone, but Julian's words still echoed in Sakura's head "If he's the one, you would defiantly know," thought Sakura "There's someone for everyone in this world."
Later at home, Sakura felt like the center of attention. Everyone was so worried about her, but what Sakura was really worried about was her emotions. "Aaaarg!" yelled Sakura as she stuffed her face into a pillow "I hate this!" "Hate what? Being the center of attention? Everyone is really worried about you, that's all," explained Kero. "It's not that," explained Sakura as she sat up "It's something else" "Ok, what is it then?" "Sakura! Dinner's ready!" called Tori. "I got to go, we'll talk about this later," said Sakura as she stood up to leave "Hey Sakura, can you bring me some desert?" pleaded Kero "Sure," agreed Sakura with a smile.
"Good evening Sakura, how are you feeling?" asked Sakura's father. "Much better thank you," replied Sakura with a smile. "What's for dinner?" asked Sakura as she sat down at the table "Why? Are you hungry? Don't eat it all, me and dad need to eat too," teased Tori. "I am not! I was just asking!" exclaimed Sakura "Yup, she's feeling better, she's her monster self again," confirmed Tori. Sakura just ignored him, and showed it very well. "So dad, can you tell me what we're having?" asked Sakura "Rice omelets," replied Sakura's father with a smile. Instantly a smile spread across Sakura's face "Thanks dad."
After dinner in Sakura's room, while Kero ate his dessert, Sakura sat on her bed and thought of what had happened on that day. "Mmmm…this cake is good," commented Kero "What're you thinking about Sakura?" "Nothing, just very very tired," replied Sakura as she fell back on her bed. "Hey about that picnic you and Madison are having tomorrow…" started Kero "Picnic? What picnic?" asked Sakura as she sat up. "Don't you remember? The picnic you decided to have on Saturday," reminded Kero "the one you asked me to come along." Sakura thought for a moment "Oh! That picnic I remember know!" exclaimed "Well I think we should take something different, like…" began Kero "Oh my gosh!" exclaimed Sakura "I haven't decided what I'm going to bring!" as soon as she said that she left the room, leaving Kero alone "Uh…great…you get started on that…I'll um…stay here…"
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