A girl who went by the name of Sakura Kinomoto stepped up to the counter.
"Madam, I wish to begin training at the academy," said the 8-year-old in her sweet voice as she stood on her tiptoes to see over the counter.
Sakura really did want to join the academy because of its lessons, but the main reason was Syaoran.
Syaoran, who was nine at the time, was an incredibly good singer. He and Sakura went to the same school. When they were very little, they had been almost friends. Then the academy discovered his incredible voice, and he was swept up into their care, leaving Sakura behind.
Sakura loved him. She was often told by her elders that people her age didn't love that way, that it was only friendship. But Sakura would only shake her head and smile sweetly, gently changing the subject.
She felt as though he had been raised to an entirely new level. She wanted to step up, be noticed by them. So she was auditioning to join the academy.
So there she was, a small girl who's green eyes just barely managed go peek up determinedly over the counter.
So she auditioned. Her voice was beautiful. Not nearly as good as Syaoran's, but enough to get her into the academy all the same.
Though her voice was lovely, what she truly excelled at was dance, tap dance in particular.
She tap danced her way up to Syaoran's level, but found that it wasn't as easy to get to him as she thought.
She was surrounded by crazed fans. These, along with Syaoran's, were the wall between them. And it was a wall Sakura was afraid she could never break.
Syaoran was a sweet child. He sevretly admired a girl called Sakura Kinomoto, but never let her know because he was terrified it would ruin their friendship. The last thing he wanted was to hurt her. So he kept queit.
At the age of nine, he couldn't hold it in any longer. He had to tell her- she had to know!
There was a singing competition at the school. It wasn't a choice, everyone had to participate. There was a male and female winner from each grade.
He won as the male, a girl called Aremi as the female. Sakura was the runner up, but Aremi had years of voice lessons and so had the advantage.
Syaoran planned on confessimg to Sakura after the competition, but the academy was interested in his voice. They said he had great potential and took him under their wing. He didn't have much choice, and Sakura stopped speaking to him much, aside from the occasional polite small talk.
Syaoran was surprised when she joined the academy, and even more surprised when her talent for tap dance and clogging was discovered. Then more than ever he wanted to confess, but by this point, he had more self restraint. He locked his feelings away for himself and himself only, as Sakura and Syaoran heading down their seperate paths to greatness.
