AN: Hey everyone, it's me again with yet another fanfic for you people (.
I've actually had this first chapter on my computer for the longest time, I
just haven't gotten the time plus I'm too lazy. Um, I'm not too sure about
what this story will be, I have an idea but... eh... let me warn you with
this one, it's only my second try at writing a fanfic so please, bear with
all the boringness. And in this story, nobody has magic; they're just
regular people like you and me, just to let you know. As well as Syaoran's
parents are both alive and Touya is away presently studying in America
(don't ask *shakes head helplessly*). Well, enough of my blabbering right?
On with the story!
Only for You
Chapter 1 Best of Friends and - Leaving?
"Five, four, three, two, one!"
The entire classroom erupted with sounds of cheering and hooting as all the students raced out of their classrooms, rushing past each other and their teachers. Green eyes sparkled as they looked around the room, watching kids leave. Kinomoto Sakura smiled brightly as packed up her books and walked out of her class, trying not to be pushed into the unstoppable crowd that moved toward the school doors. She looked around for a boy with a head with messy hair and amber eyes, her best friend Li Syaoran, in the tons of students. She stopped realizing she should know better than to look for him in the sea of people, she'd be surprised if she could identify any of her friends in the swarm.
She walked, well, more along the lines of got pushed outside and she paused for a second to take in a deep breath of air. She let the sun bathe on her as her feet moved her unconsciously to the cherry blossom tree; there she would wait for Syaoran. This was always their meeting spot when they were waiting on each other. This had always been their spot ever since, the tree itself was utterly beautiful. Sakura looked up at the soft leaves, getting lost in its beauty.
* * *
Intense amber eyes focused on the clock, counting down silently in his head, waiting for the clock to strike 3. RRRRRRIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!! A small smile crossed his face but it quickly disappeared as he gathered his belongings and headed towards the door, only to be stopped when the teacher signaled for him to come. He listened patiently to the teacher telling him he had made the right decision about next year in terms of his school, and although he should have been paying attention, he was wondering how he would tell everyone about his plans for next year... especially his best friend. She's going to be devastated, he thought. He finally heard the words he needed to leave.
"Well, enjoy your summer Mr. Li, and don't get too excited about next year. I do hope you enjoy yourself," his teacher said smiling. He nodded and walked out of the room, trying not to seem too eager to get out. He sighed in relief as he got out of the room and walked slowly out of the school. He, fortunately, missed all the traffic when the swarming kids rushed to get out and have that sense of freedom. His thoughts went back to how he was going to announce his good news to his family and friends. He put his hand on the exit doors of the school, but stopped and turned around. He stared throughout the school he had grown to love one last time. I'm definitely going to miss this place... he thought sadly, trying to fight off the urge to get emotional in public - or just plain getting emotional. He just did not get emotional. Taking one last look and sighing heavily, he opened the door and left his school.
He walked over to the cherry blossom tree, not surprised to see Sakura standing there. He wondered what she was doing; she was just standing there with her head tilted upwards, looking at the tree with awe and fascination. Once again he paused, and wondered if he should tell her now... he was definitely going to miss her most, without a doubt. "Sakura!" He yelled out.
* * *
"Sakura!" A voice called out. Sakura spun, a smile blossoming on her lips as she saw a figure walk towards her. She saw he was smiling and immediately saw all the jealous looks the other girls gave her. She ignored them as usual, although at times it was hard, but she waited for her best friend to get to her.
"It's about time you got here Syaoran," she told him, the smile never leaving her face. "I thought you had ditched me and I'd have to walk home by myself today. What took you so long?" Syaoran ran his hair through his dark unruly brown hair, shaking his head slightly. He quickly racked his brain for a quick answer.
"Come on Sakura, when have I never showed up and let you walk home by yourself?" he asked as she laughed.
"True, true," she said, thinking about the whole concept. Since she could remember they had always walked to school together, and walk home together. She wouldn't have it any other way either. "So, what took you so long?" She asked again, hoping for an answer.
"Man, it's so hard to even breathe in there with all those crazy people," he lied. He hated himself for lying to her, but he couldn't tell her the truth at this exact moment. Hmm... I bet she knows... she knows me better than anyone. They both looked at each other and then burst out laughing. Sakura knew he was lying, by the time she got out a majority of the other kids had already pushed themselves through, but she let it pass. If Syaoran lied to her about something, then it must be something very important and he would tell her sooner or later, she knew he would. "Come on, let's get outta here," he said as they both turned to leave.
"Can you blame them though?" Sakura asked. "Today was the last day of school, which means from this moment there is no school for two entire months!" Syaoran laughed at the childlike look on her face. "Shut up!" She laughed as she playfully pushed him.
"No, I can't blame them. We wait for this day to come from the very beginning of school year. As soon as we step in the school on the first day, we start counting down," he commented and Sakura giggled.
Everyone watched as the two most popular people in school walked home, like they did everyday. Sakura was gorgeous; she was every guy's dream with her shoulder length honey hair, her sweet personality, and the most amazing emerald green eyes anyone has ever seen. There wasn't a person who didn't get along well wit her, and there wasn't a single guy who didn't want to date her... well, except for one. Her best friend in the whole entire world - Syaoran.
Syaoran, like Sakura, was popular. He had girls drooling over him because of his looks and personality, and he was the best soccer player in the school. He had messy chestnut hair, with fierce amber eyes. He could be quite cold and cruel when he wanted, but not around Sakura because she would scold him if he did. A lot of guys envied him because he was best friends with Sakura, same goes for Sakura. But - they just couldn't see each other in that way. They did, after all, grow up together living next door to each other; even their families knew each other.
"Come on, let's go enjoy our summer!" Sakura yelled in delight as she ran ahead of him. Syaoran smiled shaking his head once again, but his smile turned into a frown. Worry was clearly shown on his face and he shook his head violently this time to clear his head of his thoughts. You can think about that later, not now, he told himself before running after his best friend. Sakura's right, we should enjoy our summer right now. With that, he caught up with her and they chased each other home.
* * * Sakura walked in the dark feeling the blades of grass tickling her legs. Although it was dark, she still knew her way around; it would be a shame if she didn't know this place. Soon enough, she saw the outline of a picnic bench and she smiled before sitting down on it. Syaoran and her had found this place back when they were younger; they were hiking when they stumbled upon it and ever since they had been in love with it and it's captivating beauty.
A sea of flowers and huge shady trees surrounded the place. They had found the picnic bench here and didn't make any effort to remove it. A little further down was a small river with a pier for them to sit on. They had saved up their money when they first found out there was a river and bought a boat so they could go rowing in the afternoons. Everything about this place made Sakura feel at home, utterly peaceful. No one else knew of this place, to Sakura and Syaoran's knowing anyway. They had never seen anyone else who ever came here, and they wouldn't mind if someone else was here cause it wasn't theirs in the first place.
Sakura paused and took a deep breath of the fragrances the flowers showered the air with. It was incredibly early in the morning, the sun hadn't even risen yet but she was here for a reason. Syaoran had called her and said he wanted to meet her here, which is why she's here. But the most amazing thing happened - she was here before he was! Syaoran was never, ever late, so the fact that Sakura, who had a record for sleeping in and being late, was here before him was something that wouldn't be quieted down anytime soon. She waited there for him, not minding that he wasn't here, she was coming up with ways to tease him for being late... she grinned evilly just at the thoughts.
* * * Syaoran practically ran from his house to meet Sakura, it was a good thing that he decided to wake her up extra early. He had planned this day since the summer began and here he was being the one that's late. He had called her half an hour earlier just because he knew she would go back to sleep. After he had called her, he spent the rest of his time pacing back and forth in his room, trying to think of a way to tell his best friend the news he had in store for her, and everyone else.
It'll kill her when I tell her though, he thought. Sure she might try to be happy for him after she tried to kill him and avoid him, but he knew her too well. She'd be miserable about what he's doing. He had been so focused on how she'd react and what to tell her, he lost track of time, which was why he was running to meet her. He could only imagine how much she was going to tease him about it. It's a very, very rare thing that he's late. He soon found the place he was looking for and slowed his pace, trying to keep his breathing regular. As he approached the tree that sheltered the bench, he saw a figure and knew immediately it was Sakura.
"Well, its about time you got here," she told him as she gave him her million-dollar smile. "I thought I was going to fall back asleep, and you know I would too." She told him. Syaoran just smiled as she sit down beside her, he knew it was completely possible that she would fall asleep right here on the bench. "So, what too you so long Mr. Punctual?"
"I'm here now though, aren't I?" He told her, ignoring her question as to why he was late. "Anyway, I called you here because there's a week before school starts and I wanted to spend some time with you here. To see the sunrise in case we don't get to see it later on I mean..." he told he quickly as he formulated what he was going to say in his head. Sakura smiled at his sincerity.
"That's nice of you," she said smiling brightly. "And you're right, once school starts again we might not have time to come here and watch a sunrise. But you know, there's always weekends and the holidays." Syaoran nodded absentmindedly. I don't think so Sakura... he thought sadly. Sakura stared at him with curious eyes knowing something was up. "I'm your best friend right Syaoran?" She asked him. Her question caught him off guard and he gave her a quizzical look.
"Yes, of course I am... and I'm yours... any particular reason for asking?" He answered her and asked her his question. She just shrugged and looked away into the darkness.
"It's just that - I know something's been bothering you. No, don't say anything just yet, I know you all too well Syaoran and I know you'll try to deny it or something. And well, I've noticed it all summer long and you did have fun this summer, no doubt about that... but something is wrong," she paused and sighed. "Listen, I'm your best friend, you know you can talk to me about anything in the entire world, you know I'll listen. And even if you don't want to talk to me, I won't be hurt or anything - talk to someone else... just - make sure that you do talk to someone cause I hate seeing my friends like this... especially you." Her voice had gone into a whisper with her head bowed down and tears sprung to her eyes, but she told them to go away.
Syaoran stared at her with a look of guilt. He should have known she'd notice, she was always the better actor than he was. "Sakura," he said before putting his arm around her. "Cheer up, you know I hate seeing you like this. Now you listen to me, you're my best friend and for that reason I do love you and trust you the most. If I needed anybody, anybody at all in the world to talk to - it'd be you without a second thought. Which is another reason why I called you here." He stopped and she looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to continue. "You see, I knew I had to tell you before I tell everyone else and well - uh..." He scratched the back of his head and avoided any eye contact. He took a deep breath.
"Oh Syaoran! Look, the sun is coming up!" Sakura suddenly cried out in excitement, and she then grabbed his hand and pulled him off the picnic table towards the pier. They sat down and took off their shoes, letting their feet splash in the cold water. The sun rose slowly, a light filled with colors of gold, red, orange and yellow showered over the darkness. Syaoran looked at Sakura, her eyes wide as she watched the transformation take place. Syaoran himself had to admit that no matter how many times he saw the sun rise, it would always be more breathtakingly beautiful than the last. "Wow," Sakura whispered. As Syaoran looked at her, as the sunlight moved up her face filling her in with color, he felt a slight twinge in his heart - if that was what you'd call it. He paused and looked around, what the hell was that? He asked himself, confused and scared. He shook his head. Ah forget it, I've got other stuff to worry about... "Now, what was it that you wanted to tell me?" Sakura asked.
Syaoran gulped and ran his hand through his hair. "I'm going away to Hong Kong."
AN: Well, here it is, chapter 1. I know, I know! It's extremely boring so far. Sorry if it's short and utterly boring, this is more of an - introduction paragraph I guess you could say, you know, introducing the characters and their personalities. Tomoyo and Eriol are not in this story... or not yet anyway. One cannot have Sakura+Syaoran without the perfect evil couple Tomoyo+Eriol. I know, it's quite different from my first fanfic, but I am trying something new... Many apologies for making this short and boring, but hopefully it will get better... review please, you know I love your ideas and comments and opinions... I need to make this story more better and interested, and I can with your help. I am, after all, writing this for you ( Thanks so much! Buh bye for now
Only for You
Chapter 1 Best of Friends and - Leaving?
"Five, four, three, two, one!"
The entire classroom erupted with sounds of cheering and hooting as all the students raced out of their classrooms, rushing past each other and their teachers. Green eyes sparkled as they looked around the room, watching kids leave. Kinomoto Sakura smiled brightly as packed up her books and walked out of her class, trying not to be pushed into the unstoppable crowd that moved toward the school doors. She looked around for a boy with a head with messy hair and amber eyes, her best friend Li Syaoran, in the tons of students. She stopped realizing she should know better than to look for him in the sea of people, she'd be surprised if she could identify any of her friends in the swarm.
She walked, well, more along the lines of got pushed outside and she paused for a second to take in a deep breath of air. She let the sun bathe on her as her feet moved her unconsciously to the cherry blossom tree; there she would wait for Syaoran. This was always their meeting spot when they were waiting on each other. This had always been their spot ever since, the tree itself was utterly beautiful. Sakura looked up at the soft leaves, getting lost in its beauty.
* * *
Intense amber eyes focused on the clock, counting down silently in his head, waiting for the clock to strike 3. RRRRRRIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!! A small smile crossed his face but it quickly disappeared as he gathered his belongings and headed towards the door, only to be stopped when the teacher signaled for him to come. He listened patiently to the teacher telling him he had made the right decision about next year in terms of his school, and although he should have been paying attention, he was wondering how he would tell everyone about his plans for next year... especially his best friend. She's going to be devastated, he thought. He finally heard the words he needed to leave.
"Well, enjoy your summer Mr. Li, and don't get too excited about next year. I do hope you enjoy yourself," his teacher said smiling. He nodded and walked out of the room, trying not to seem too eager to get out. He sighed in relief as he got out of the room and walked slowly out of the school. He, fortunately, missed all the traffic when the swarming kids rushed to get out and have that sense of freedom. His thoughts went back to how he was going to announce his good news to his family and friends. He put his hand on the exit doors of the school, but stopped and turned around. He stared throughout the school he had grown to love one last time. I'm definitely going to miss this place... he thought sadly, trying to fight off the urge to get emotional in public - or just plain getting emotional. He just did not get emotional. Taking one last look and sighing heavily, he opened the door and left his school.
He walked over to the cherry blossom tree, not surprised to see Sakura standing there. He wondered what she was doing; she was just standing there with her head tilted upwards, looking at the tree with awe and fascination. Once again he paused, and wondered if he should tell her now... he was definitely going to miss her most, without a doubt. "Sakura!" He yelled out.
* * *
"Sakura!" A voice called out. Sakura spun, a smile blossoming on her lips as she saw a figure walk towards her. She saw he was smiling and immediately saw all the jealous looks the other girls gave her. She ignored them as usual, although at times it was hard, but she waited for her best friend to get to her.
"It's about time you got here Syaoran," she told him, the smile never leaving her face. "I thought you had ditched me and I'd have to walk home by myself today. What took you so long?" Syaoran ran his hair through his dark unruly brown hair, shaking his head slightly. He quickly racked his brain for a quick answer.
"Come on Sakura, when have I never showed up and let you walk home by yourself?" he asked as she laughed.
"True, true," she said, thinking about the whole concept. Since she could remember they had always walked to school together, and walk home together. She wouldn't have it any other way either. "So, what took you so long?" She asked again, hoping for an answer.
"Man, it's so hard to even breathe in there with all those crazy people," he lied. He hated himself for lying to her, but he couldn't tell her the truth at this exact moment. Hmm... I bet she knows... she knows me better than anyone. They both looked at each other and then burst out laughing. Sakura knew he was lying, by the time she got out a majority of the other kids had already pushed themselves through, but she let it pass. If Syaoran lied to her about something, then it must be something very important and he would tell her sooner or later, she knew he would. "Come on, let's get outta here," he said as they both turned to leave.
"Can you blame them though?" Sakura asked. "Today was the last day of school, which means from this moment there is no school for two entire months!" Syaoran laughed at the childlike look on her face. "Shut up!" She laughed as she playfully pushed him.
"No, I can't blame them. We wait for this day to come from the very beginning of school year. As soon as we step in the school on the first day, we start counting down," he commented and Sakura giggled.
Everyone watched as the two most popular people in school walked home, like they did everyday. Sakura was gorgeous; she was every guy's dream with her shoulder length honey hair, her sweet personality, and the most amazing emerald green eyes anyone has ever seen. There wasn't a person who didn't get along well wit her, and there wasn't a single guy who didn't want to date her... well, except for one. Her best friend in the whole entire world - Syaoran.
Syaoran, like Sakura, was popular. He had girls drooling over him because of his looks and personality, and he was the best soccer player in the school. He had messy chestnut hair, with fierce amber eyes. He could be quite cold and cruel when he wanted, but not around Sakura because she would scold him if he did. A lot of guys envied him because he was best friends with Sakura, same goes for Sakura. But - they just couldn't see each other in that way. They did, after all, grow up together living next door to each other; even their families knew each other.
"Come on, let's go enjoy our summer!" Sakura yelled in delight as she ran ahead of him. Syaoran smiled shaking his head once again, but his smile turned into a frown. Worry was clearly shown on his face and he shook his head violently this time to clear his head of his thoughts. You can think about that later, not now, he told himself before running after his best friend. Sakura's right, we should enjoy our summer right now. With that, he caught up with her and they chased each other home.
* * * Sakura walked in the dark feeling the blades of grass tickling her legs. Although it was dark, she still knew her way around; it would be a shame if she didn't know this place. Soon enough, she saw the outline of a picnic bench and she smiled before sitting down on it. Syaoran and her had found this place back when they were younger; they were hiking when they stumbled upon it and ever since they had been in love with it and it's captivating beauty.
A sea of flowers and huge shady trees surrounded the place. They had found the picnic bench here and didn't make any effort to remove it. A little further down was a small river with a pier for them to sit on. They had saved up their money when they first found out there was a river and bought a boat so they could go rowing in the afternoons. Everything about this place made Sakura feel at home, utterly peaceful. No one else knew of this place, to Sakura and Syaoran's knowing anyway. They had never seen anyone else who ever came here, and they wouldn't mind if someone else was here cause it wasn't theirs in the first place.
Sakura paused and took a deep breath of the fragrances the flowers showered the air with. It was incredibly early in the morning, the sun hadn't even risen yet but she was here for a reason. Syaoran had called her and said he wanted to meet her here, which is why she's here. But the most amazing thing happened - she was here before he was! Syaoran was never, ever late, so the fact that Sakura, who had a record for sleeping in and being late, was here before him was something that wouldn't be quieted down anytime soon. She waited there for him, not minding that he wasn't here, she was coming up with ways to tease him for being late... she grinned evilly just at the thoughts.
* * * Syaoran practically ran from his house to meet Sakura, it was a good thing that he decided to wake her up extra early. He had planned this day since the summer began and here he was being the one that's late. He had called her half an hour earlier just because he knew she would go back to sleep. After he had called her, he spent the rest of his time pacing back and forth in his room, trying to think of a way to tell his best friend the news he had in store for her, and everyone else.
It'll kill her when I tell her though, he thought. Sure she might try to be happy for him after she tried to kill him and avoid him, but he knew her too well. She'd be miserable about what he's doing. He had been so focused on how she'd react and what to tell her, he lost track of time, which was why he was running to meet her. He could only imagine how much she was going to tease him about it. It's a very, very rare thing that he's late. He soon found the place he was looking for and slowed his pace, trying to keep his breathing regular. As he approached the tree that sheltered the bench, he saw a figure and knew immediately it was Sakura.
"Well, its about time you got here," she told him as she gave him her million-dollar smile. "I thought I was going to fall back asleep, and you know I would too." She told him. Syaoran just smiled as she sit down beside her, he knew it was completely possible that she would fall asleep right here on the bench. "So, what too you so long Mr. Punctual?"
"I'm here now though, aren't I?" He told her, ignoring her question as to why he was late. "Anyway, I called you here because there's a week before school starts and I wanted to spend some time with you here. To see the sunrise in case we don't get to see it later on I mean..." he told he quickly as he formulated what he was going to say in his head. Sakura smiled at his sincerity.
"That's nice of you," she said smiling brightly. "And you're right, once school starts again we might not have time to come here and watch a sunrise. But you know, there's always weekends and the holidays." Syaoran nodded absentmindedly. I don't think so Sakura... he thought sadly. Sakura stared at him with curious eyes knowing something was up. "I'm your best friend right Syaoran?" She asked him. Her question caught him off guard and he gave her a quizzical look.
"Yes, of course I am... and I'm yours... any particular reason for asking?" He answered her and asked her his question. She just shrugged and looked away into the darkness.
"It's just that - I know something's been bothering you. No, don't say anything just yet, I know you all too well Syaoran and I know you'll try to deny it or something. And well, I've noticed it all summer long and you did have fun this summer, no doubt about that... but something is wrong," she paused and sighed. "Listen, I'm your best friend, you know you can talk to me about anything in the entire world, you know I'll listen. And even if you don't want to talk to me, I won't be hurt or anything - talk to someone else... just - make sure that you do talk to someone cause I hate seeing my friends like this... especially you." Her voice had gone into a whisper with her head bowed down and tears sprung to her eyes, but she told them to go away.
Syaoran stared at her with a look of guilt. He should have known she'd notice, she was always the better actor than he was. "Sakura," he said before putting his arm around her. "Cheer up, you know I hate seeing you like this. Now you listen to me, you're my best friend and for that reason I do love you and trust you the most. If I needed anybody, anybody at all in the world to talk to - it'd be you without a second thought. Which is another reason why I called you here." He stopped and she looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to continue. "You see, I knew I had to tell you before I tell everyone else and well - uh..." He scratched the back of his head and avoided any eye contact. He took a deep breath.
"Oh Syaoran! Look, the sun is coming up!" Sakura suddenly cried out in excitement, and she then grabbed his hand and pulled him off the picnic table towards the pier. They sat down and took off their shoes, letting their feet splash in the cold water. The sun rose slowly, a light filled with colors of gold, red, orange and yellow showered over the darkness. Syaoran looked at Sakura, her eyes wide as she watched the transformation take place. Syaoran himself had to admit that no matter how many times he saw the sun rise, it would always be more breathtakingly beautiful than the last. "Wow," Sakura whispered. As Syaoran looked at her, as the sunlight moved up her face filling her in with color, he felt a slight twinge in his heart - if that was what you'd call it. He paused and looked around, what the hell was that? He asked himself, confused and scared. He shook his head. Ah forget it, I've got other stuff to worry about... "Now, what was it that you wanted to tell me?" Sakura asked.
Syaoran gulped and ran his hand through his hair. "I'm going away to Hong Kong."
AN: Well, here it is, chapter 1. I know, I know! It's extremely boring so far. Sorry if it's short and utterly boring, this is more of an - introduction paragraph I guess you could say, you know, introducing the characters and their personalities. Tomoyo and Eriol are not in this story... or not yet anyway. One cannot have Sakura+Syaoran without the perfect evil couple Tomoyo+Eriol. I know, it's quite different from my first fanfic, but I am trying something new... Many apologies for making this short and boring, but hopefully it will get better... review please, you know I love your ideas and comments and opinions... I need to make this story more better and interested, and I can with your help. I am, after all, writing this for you ( Thanks so much! Buh bye for now