Black Roses

Genre: Angst/ Romance/ Tragedy

Rating: T

Chapter 2: Sanity

I already gave away most of the chapter in the sneak preview, right? Well, it was the only way which I can up with so that you guys would update. My desperation can't get any more sickening but trust me, if you are an author, or writer, you would understand what it means to get reviews.

Anyways, now lets get back to the main chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Anime because I wasn't born in Japan and I have no career in Anime in my country.

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"Eriol, why were you staring at Daidouji like that?" Sakura asked, sinking into the sofa next to Eriol.

Eriol kept his eyes on the velvety brown sofa. It had been long since Eriol had ever shown interest in anyone. He would always brush away people who liked him or were interested in him. Sakura had been worried for this single cause. Not that she ever said yes to a guy who asked her out, but Eriol would often come across real descent and reliable girls. If only he would let them in…

"It has only been five days of school Eriol, but al through this time, you kept on looking towards Daidouji, why?" Sakura asked worriedly.

"I don't think they are addicts, Sakura." He stated plainly.

"But Chiharu and Naoko spied on them. They said that it was Li who put her on drugs…" Sakura said, not sure whether she believed what se was saying herself.

"Come on Sakura, don't act like you don't know anything. We have seen addicts, Sakura. Not only seen them, but were once related to one too. Is the way Li and Daidouji act, the actions of addicts. We have been to Vietnam, America, Canada, Tokyo here, even Lebanon. We have seen every sort of person, but no addict acts so confined and intelligently." Eriol said, piercing through Sakura.

"I guess…" Sakura said, thinking for a moment.

"Addicts don't get perfect grades, Sakura, nor do they have any sense of painting or reading. I have seen those two in the library, Daidouji painting and Li reading a book on World War Two. Touya didn't do that!" He said seriously.

It was true. Touya had started doping when he shifted to America. He had got into some seriously messed up crowd. That is why they had shifted him to a university in Canada. He had left drugs after a while but knowledge of his addiction had shattered the whole family. He was over at Tomoeda to spend his semester break.

"Did someone say my name?" Touya said, peering from the door.

Sakura jumped up in surprise.

"Onii-chan, don't scare me like that!" She screamed.

"How can an ugly monster be scared of handsome me…?" Touya smirked at his little sister.

"I AM NOT A MONSTER! And I am certainly not ugly!" Sakura gritted her teeth at her brother.

"Kaijuu!" He said as he left the room.

Sakura shook her head and looked back at Eriol who was still staring blankly at the TV scream.

"I believe that there is more about those two than they let out. I want to find out, Sakura." Eriol said.

Sakura just looked at him nervously but kept quiet.

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"Class, we have done all our arrangements for the annual field trip!" The teacher announced.

Everyone in the class started hooting, screaming and gasping in joy. All accept for two least interested students and two completely confused students.

Tereda sensei looked at the confused two and said, "Kinomoto, Hiragizawa, you both came on perfect time. Each year we all go camping to the mountainous regions near this place. But this time, I asked the school body to change the terrain to something more adventurous. So this time we are going to the woods a hundred and sixty kilometers from here!" He explained.

Sakura lit up with excitement and Eriol, well, he just thought this would be the perfect opportunity to carry out his plans.

"Now for thei partners…" He said.

-Eriol's P.O.V.-

I raised my eye brow in delight. I was hoping to be paired up with Daidouji. NO! I mean, with any of the two cousins, yeah, that's what I was hoping.

But it would be nice to be paired up with Daidouji. To know her, to hear her voice, so see her eyes. She was such a mystery to me. And this mystery was going to kill me. I wanted to know what she looked like with her hair open since I had already known the length by her high pony. But if she would only take off that hood or cap, it would be nice to see those eyes. It would be nice to see a smile on those light pink full lips. It would be nice to touch that pale skin.

But that was of course, besides the point. Any would do for now.

"Tanki Megumi and Ichimo Karin, you are group 6. Kioji Maria and Hirome Yushoku are group 7." The teacher said, reading the paper in his hands aloud.

"Sensei, can't we chose our own pairings…" The girl, presumably Megumi groaned.

That Yushoku guy looked at her and shook his head in distastefulness. Megumi's voice sounded so preppy and cheesy.

"No! Now, lets see. We have Hiragizawa Eriol with Li Syaoran as group 8. And Daidouji Tomoyo with Sakura Kinomoto, also since there was an odd strength of the class, I have put Sora Hirome with group 9." The sensei announced.

I grinned at myself as I looked at Li. Not what I completely wanted, but still good enough. But when I looked towards Li, I saw his grit his teeth and suddenly become tense. What, was I because he was paired with me? I didn't think so, because no. 1, no one could hate me, and I guess the more important reason being that he wasn't gritting his teeth towards me, but towards some other guy.

I looked towards that other guy only to see him staring at Tomoyo with a grin on his face. It was a really funny and awkward grin if you ask me. Then I looked towards Tomoyo, seeing she was also a bit distressed. But she was distressed at neither Li, nor that guy who was grinning towards her. She was stressing towards that Megumi girl. That Megumi girl was staring back at Sakura who was looking towards me.

So to sum it up, I was looking at Li, who was looking at some dude, who was looking at Tomoyo, who was looking at Megumi, who was looking at both Sakura and Tomoyo. Oh God, what a food chain.

"S-So, Daidouji, we are together…" Sakura muttered.

Tomoyo turned to Sakura and nodded. I desperately waited for her to speak but all I got was a nod.

"The trip will leave in a week. I already had a talk with your parents and only Sasaki couldn't go because she is going to Kyoto for some personal business." The sensei spoke.

Sasaki wasn't in the class either. She had left yesterday, saying she had to visit her grandmother's grave while the field trip days.

I got up from my chair and walked towards the door, only to see Sakura not moving from her standing position.

"Nee, Eriol. Now if we are already in pairs, I should wait for me partner." Sakura smiled brightly, looking towards me and then Tomoyo.

I saw Tomoyo look up to her in surprise.

"You don't need to wait for her…" Li said from the side.

Tomoyo looked down to her desk.

"Oh poo! I should if we are going to be together for the next week. We should get to know each other as soon as possible, right?" Sakura said, trying to shove away Li's words.

I also smiled at Li, and stopped and waited for the whole class to leave. Tomoyo got up from her chair and held her books in her hands. She hugged them tightly but was startled when Sakura held her other hand in her own.

"Nee, Tomoyo. Can I call you that instead of Daidouji…?" She asked politely.

Tomoyo hesitantly nodded and then started walking with her head down. I walked towards Li who was standing next to Tomoyo and said, "So I guess since you hang out with Daidouji, we should all hang together then…"

It was a very bold suggestion in front of the two loners. I saw Tomoyo look at Syaoran but didn't quite catch the expression.

Li sighed and said, "I suppose…"

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"So Tomoyo, what do you like doing all the time?" Sakura asked excitedly.

We were all sitting at lunch on a single table. I could see a few people staring at us being as bold as to sit with the freaky cousins.

"I-I like painting and singing…" She said in a low voice.

And then it hit me. She could talk, not only that, she could sing. And I seriously didn't doubt it once because her voice, even for a slight second, was music to my ears. She had the most pure, innocent and beautiful voice I had ever heard. I really did wonder why she didn't talk that much.

"And you Li?" Sakura asked, looking towards Li.

He glared at her and turned away. Tomoyo elbowed him and he gave a slight 'ouch' before murmuring, "I like reading and playing football (soccer for American readers)"

-Sakura's P.O.V.-

I admit, it was a desperate attempt to get close to the two, but it was a perfect opportunity to know them, especially for Eriol's sake.

"I like reading and playing football…" I heard Li say.

He had such a heavy and sweet voice. If not his completely loner attitude, one could easily fall in love with his voice. It wasn't too heavy, neither too girlish, just perfect. And Tomoyo's, the most calm and musical voice ever.

"You don't mind if I call you Syaoran, do you?" I asked him politely.

He looked at me, finally his eyes looking into mine.

And that is specifically the first time I died, and then was even brought back to life by the intensity of his eyes. They weren't brown, nor golden. They were a piercing and glowing amber color, even weird for Eriol's eye colour. I literally got held into those eyes. It was as if I was drawing towards them.

"Fine, whatever you feel like doing…" He muttered as he looked away.

I snapped out of his trance as I heard Eriol speak, "I would love to hear you sing some time soon Daidouji…"

Tomoyo looked at Eriol and nodded as she said, "Hai!"

I could see Eriol get lost in something. He kept staring at her as if he was too entranced by something of Tomoyo's. She turned towards me and I tried to see what was so special.

'Purple? No… amethyst!' I screamed in my mind.

Her eyes, they were amethyst! Good God, those were two freakishly odd yet beautiful eye colors. Tomoyo was smiling and her eyes were shining in delight.

In contrast to what she was wearing, she was a really kind person. She kept us both very comfortable in lunch but Syaoran, he didn't talk once. He, for some good reason, kept on glaring at Sora who was sitting with Megumi.

"Hey, Syaoran. Who is that Sora guy?" Eriol asked Syaoran from the corner of his eye.

Syaoran looked at Eriol and then turned back to staring at Sora. I got a little confused at why Eriol was asking Syaoran that until I remembered that we were paired with him.

"He is that guy with the black, dead straight hair and the yellow and blue T-shirt next to Tanki…" Syaoran said.

Eriol narrowed his eyes towards him as I looked at Sora too. I knew Eriol was sometimes protective of me too so it wasn't really a big deal.

Sora was sitting on the cafeteria chair, his legs sprawled open like guys usually sit. Megumi, the teacher's pet, was sitting next to him. Or rather, she was sitting on top of him, kissing him disgustingly in public. Public show of affection: it disgusted me to no extent.

He was sitting with all the other Pansies. Who are Pansies you are asking? I'll tell you.

Pansies are one of your average 'we-are-better-than-you' 'we-are-prettier-than-you' 'we-love-pink' 'we-are-the-bosses-of-school' sort of girls. They were five in number, all of them had died their hair blonde, I mean what would natural blonde be doing in Japan, right? They had pink lip gloss which was too shimmering for their own good. They wore exquisitely short mini skirts, which were shocking pink I may add, and pink sleeveless tank tops.

In such places, you seriously need to have a dress code. A uniform would've been really nice here in such a material based stereotypical school. I mean, who could've guessed that that the girl about whom the whole school bitched about, was so sweet and nice.

With Sora, were all the other popular guys in school. I know I would show to be very low by this, but I had seen cuter boys than them in Lebanon. I mean seriously, the boys over there were hot! And here, well, no comparison!

Sora broke from the kiss and winked at me and Tomoyo. I made a nervous face while Tomoyo, well, she didn't even notice him winking. I could see Syaoran and Eriol pop a vein as they saw him do that.

"He is gonna get himself fucking killed today!" Syaoran growled.

"Count me in…" Eriol added, putting up a fist.

So I guess, they had one thing in common, right? They were both very possessive about us. I just smiled at the two while changing the topic to something less… destructive.

This would be a very interesting school field trip if you ask me. I had just got to know the 'don't knows' of the school and was I feeling good about it. I felt people staring at me, especially Naoko and Chiharu, and that moment, I felt like a revolutionary. I know, too extreme, but I felt like I was gonna change the course of history in this school. I WAS GOING TO BE WRITTEN IN HISTROY!...

Okay, that was a little too sentimental of me. But yeah, after growing as tall as a telephone pole and stomping Onii-chan, getting to know Li and Daidouji would be my first priority. (A/n in the first episode, she says that she wants to grow as tall as a telephone pole and step on Touya… she is so dumb! )

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I know, this is a short chapter but I promise a longer one next time.