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Title: Romeo and Juliet

Summery: The Kinomoto's and Li's have been sworn enemies as far back as anyone can remember. Kinomoto Sakura and Li Syaoran go to the same school and absolutely hate each other. That is…until one little even occurs and they begin to fall in love. But how will their love ever last when their families hate each other? A Romeo and Juliet story in present time. SS

NOTE: No one is magical in this! They are all normal people and Syaoran is not from a clan or anything.

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Chapter Three: Fighting, Memories and A Strange Old Book

"Sakura-chan!!!!!!!"

"Hai, hai! I'm coming!" Sakura shouted as she dashed out of her cabin and ran for the buses. Their class was leaving the beach and heading back to school.

"Ok! Want me to save you a seat?!" Chiharu called from the bus.

"Aw, Chiharu-chan I thought you were sitting by me!" Takashi whimpered from a few seats back. Chiharu glared at him.

"No way! You'll talk about random things the whole ride!"

"But bird watching is NOT random. It's interesting and fun to do---"

"Whatever." Chiharu smiled as Sakura came to a halt in front of the bus doors where she was standing on the steps leading inside the bus. Sakura gasped for breath.

"Come on Sakura, there are some seats in the back!" Chiharu informed her and Sakura nodded, still breathing heavily as she climbed on.

They walked down the aisle and Chiharu gave Takashi a sharp look as she passed him. He cowered and looked out the window.

"Here's one!" Chiharu grinned, sitting down by the window. Sakura sat down by her friend and glanced around.

Looking behind her, she sweat dropped. Syaoran was behind her yet again…but…when he looked at her he didn't seem to glare. He only frowned and looked away when a guy started talking to him.

Sakura's mouth opened slightly in surprise.

"That's strange," she murmured.

"What's strange?" Chiharu asked, eyeing her.

Sakura looked at her friend and put her hands defensively in front of her.

"N-Nothing! Just that…uh…Tomoyo isn't on the bus yet!"

"Oh yeah, that is strange!" Chiharu agreed, searching for Tomoyo. "You weren't with her? You two are always together!"

Sakura shook her head. "She said she needed to down to the beach really quick. She wanted to gather some shells as souvenirs."

"And you didn't go with her?"

Sakura gave a cheeky grin. "I still had to pack."

Chiharu laughed. "So like you Sakura-chan."

Tomoyo finally got onto the bus and sat in the seat across from Sakura and Chiharu. She had a dreamy look on her face. Sakura waved a hand in front of her.

"Tomoyo? Hello, earth to Tomoyo! Are you spacing out?!?!" Sakura said loudly.

Tomoyo blinked many times and shifted her gaze to Sakura.

"Nani? Was I spacing out? Oh! Gomen! I didn't realize…"

Sakura chuckled. "It's ok. But what were you thinking about?"

Tomoyo blushed. "Nothing! Nothing! Don't worry about it."

"No way! Tell me!"

"It's not important…"

"I don't care, I wanna know!"

"But---"

"TELL ME!"

Tomoyo sighed. "Fine, fine. I…see…well…I kinda met a…a guy down on the beach…"

"WHAT?!"

The bus grew silent and everyone turned and starred at Sakura. She sweat dropped and gave a nervous smile.

"Gomen! It's nothing!" she laughed. Everyone gave her a suspicious look but returned to their conversations. Sakura looked back at Tomoyo but lowered her voice.

"A guy? Tell me about him Tomoyo!"

Tomoyo was really blushing now.

"He was sweet and cute. I was just looking for a sand dollar when he came up to me and started talking to me. When I told him I wanted a sand dollar, he handed me one he had found earlier. I was so surprised but I thanked him. He seemed really nice, Sakura! We talked for so long which is why I was late. I wish I could see him again sometime but I realized what time it was and had to rush off."

"Did you even get his name?"

Tomoyo shook her head. "No, I guess not. I wasn't thinking about it at the time."

"Oh, Tomoyo…"

Tomoyo smiled brightly, however. "But it's fine! It was really nothing that great!"

Sakura gave her a sad look and sighed. "So, what did he look like?"

Tomoyo thought. "Well, he had bluish hair and fabulous blue eyes. He was wearing glasses and was in a school uniform so I'm guessing he was here with his school from a neighboring camp."

Sakura smiled. "How nice for you Tomoyo-chan! He sounds cute."

Tomoyo nodded. "Yeah."

The bus began to move and they didn't talk much for the rest of the ride. Often, Sakura could feel Syaoran's eyes on her back and she would turn slightly. He would be looking at her but there was never a horrible glare. Just a bored look or sometimes even a fascinated look.

Sakura touched her pocket and then reached inside it. She felt the picture and smiled.

-Back at School-

Sakura hopped off the bus and stretched.

"What a long ride!" she said.

"I know!" Chiharu agreed, yawning. "Do we get to go home?"

Sakura nodded. "I think so. Unless we have to return to class and then we're dismissed."

Tomoeda-sensei climbed off the bus. He looked around and once he saw everyone he cleared his throat. The chatting instantly stopped and everyone looked at him.

"Since you were all very well behaved, I've decided to let you go home instead of having to return to class," he announced. "But get some sleep, because the marathon is tomorrow!"

Sakura gasped. "I completely forgot about the marathon!"

"You must be entering Sakura-chan," Tomoyo smiled.

"Yeah! Of course! I need to do laps around the neighborhood today!"

Sakura looked very worried and waved to Tomoyo. "See you tomorrow! I have to go practice!"

"Alright! Bye!" Tomoyo called back, waving and smiling.

"Je na!"

Sakura hurried off down the street. I'll run home instead of skate. That will be the first thing to do!

-Home-

"I'm home!!" Sakura called as soon as she walked through the door. She wandered around but no one seemed to be home. "Otousan must still be at work."

She grabbed a snack from the refrigerator and then ran upstairs to her room. She pulled on sweatpants and a T-shirt. A sweatband and wristbands completed the running outfit and Sakura smiled.

"Alright, I'm ready!" she said as she sprinted back downstairs and out the door into the sunshine. "And it's perfect weather for running!"

She kept a steady pace as she hurried down the street and around corner.

After twice around she stopped at Penguin Park, her favorite park as a kid. She found a bench and sat, catching her breath. She checked her watch and found it to be 4:15.

"Otousan should be home in 45 minutes," she mumbled.

Suddenly, she heard complaining.

"GVE IT BACK, DAMN YOU!" someone yelled. Sakura turned. She knew that voice from somewhere. Now whose was it again?

"Make me you stupid brat!" another person mocked.

"THAT'S MINE AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TAKING IT FROM ME!"

"Oh yes I do! I'm stronger then you so I have every right!"

Sakura stood and walked in the direction of the voices. She gasped and hid behind a tree. She peeked out from behind it. Syaoran was fighting with a huge man who looked about 20 or so. He looked mean.

"GIVE. ME. MY. BOOK. YOU. ASSHOLE." Syaoran said slowly, anger dripping from every word.

"I don't think I will."

"I'll fight you for it!"

The man looked surprised but smirked. "Ok. Winner keeps the old book."

"You got it."

The man set the book down and took a fighting stance. "You picked a fight with the wrong person, kid!"

Syaoran glared. He took his backpack off and threw it aside, also taking a fighting stance. "Don't call me kid dammit! I'm 15!"

"Whatever." The man then charged at Syaoran. "Prepare to loose!"

Syaoran's eyes flashed and he jumped out of the way just in time. He grabbed the guy by the arm and flipped him over.

The man laid there for a second, obviously stunned. He then growled. "You'll be sorry you did that!"

Standing, he wiped off the side of his mouth and charged again. Syaoran bent down and swiped his let across the ground, causing the man to trip. The man jumped back up and punched Syaoran right in the cheek.

Sakura gasped.

Syaoran stumbled back and lifted a hand to his bruised cheek. He frowned and ran towards the man. But the man wasn't being fair…he drew a knife from his back pocket. Syaoran didn't seem to notice and kept running straight at the man. Sakura couldn't watch but she knew she couldn't let Syaoran get stabbed no matter how much she disliked him.

"STOP!!!!" she shouted, revealing herself from behind the tree. Syaoran stopped dead in his tracks and looked over at her.

The man gave Sakura a shocked and evil look.

"YOU DIRTY CHEATER!!!" Sakura growled, stomping over to him.

"K…Kinomoto, what the hell are you doing?!? You're interrupting our fight!" Syaoran managed to say.

"What I'm doing is saving your damn life!" Sakura spat at him and he backed away in horror and disbelief.

"Wha…What?!"

"Look!!"

She grasped the man's wrist and yanked. He held it up. Syaoran couldn't believe his eyes. He was holding a knife!

"He was gonna stab you Syaoran!" she said, sounding scared.

Syaoran's face turned hot. A vein pulsed in his head. He approached the man and Sakura.

"You…You filthy bastard!" he hissed. "You could have KILLED ME!"

The man smirked. He grabbed Sakura and held the knife to her neck. Sakura screamed. Syaoran gasped and his eyes widened in horror.

"Don't move or I will kill this worthless girl right here and now!" he yelled. Syaoran remained rooted to his spot.

The sun had began to set and the water of the lake glistened. Syaoran's fists trembled. What am I gonna do?! That freakin bastard!!

"Now, empty your pockets! Give me any money you got and anything valuable!" the man shouted.

Syaoran obeyed. He turned out the pockets of his pants. Coins fell out, enough to be at least 1000 yen. A pocketknife along with a couple candies also fell to the ground.

The man slowly moved over to Syaoran. He glared at the student.

"Now get back!!"

Syaoran also obeyed. He took five steps back, his hands still curled into a fist…so tightly, in fact, that his knuckles were turning white.

The thief pushed Sakura towards Syaoran and she landed on the concrete. Glaring at the man, she stood and got behind Syaoran.

As quickly as he could, the evil man collected everything that had dropped out of Syaoran's pockets and, with a final smirk, he sprinted off down the sidewalk.

"Damn man," Syaoran hissed.

Sakura collapsed onto the ground, panting hard. Tears were welling up in her eyes. Syaoran glanced back and saw her. He sighed.

"Get up and quite cowering! He's gone now."

Sakura glared up and him.

"That's the second time I felt like I was gonna die in the past two days!!!" she screamed. Syaoran raised his eyebrows. "And each time I've been with you! I think you're a bad influence or something!"

He snorted and walked away. Sakura's eyes followed him as he approached an old book lying in the grass. He bent down and picked it up, gently brushing it off. Sakura wiped her eyes and stood up. She cautiously walked over to him.

"What's that book?" she asked quietly, feeling a little bad about snapping at him.

"It was my grandmothers," Syaoran answered softly. Sakura starred at his back. She didn't answer. Syaoran continued. "She gave it to me the day before she died. I was only 5 then. I had spent almost everyday with her and when I found out she was dying…well…you can just imagine how I felt."

Sakura nodded.

"Yeah…I can. Although I was only 3 when my mother died, I can still remember feeling some sort of pain when she passed away. I have a memory of standing by her hospital bed as she stroked my cheek and smiled.

"She said, 'Sakura, don't cry if I die. Remember me as I was when I was healthy. I'm sure you won't be able to many years from now, but I was a person who cared very much about you, and your father and Touya. Please Sakura.' Then she smiled weakly at me. 'My dying wish to you is to live a long and happy life. Be healthy and find someone who truly cares for you. If you can promise me that, I will die a very happy woman'."

Sakura sniffed. "I promised her. I promised her I would live a happy life. I promised I would find someone who loves me and truly cares about me. I can't break that promise. I can't."

Syaoran turned so that he was facing Sakura. He couldn't say anything. He didn't know what he could say to that. After all, his father had been her mother's doctor.

Finally, he found some words he could say.

"I…I know you think my father was responsible for your mother's death…"

Tears were now rolling down Sakura's face. She gave him an angry look.

"Damn right I think that!!" she snapped, looking away. Syaoran gulped.

"Well…he did his best!"

"How do I know that's the truth?!"

Syaoran gripped the book he was holding tighter.

"My father is a respected doctor and he tried his best! Your mother was too sick to be cured and no one could have saved her! I'm sorry you lost her but don't you think it was some sort of revenge because our families have hated each other for generations!"

Sakura closed her eyes. "That's exactly what I think. I can't forgive him."

Syaoran shook his head. "If that's how you feel then fine. Forget it." He stuffed the book into his backpack and began to run off. He didn't seem to notice that his backpack was unzipped.

The old book fell out and landed on the sidewalk but Syaoran kept going. (Yeah, he's dense and didn't notice it fell out, ok?) Sakura yet again wiped her eyes and cheeks and watched Syaoran leave. Once he was out of sight, she walked over to the book he had dropped.

She picked it up and looked at it. The cover read: Syaoran and Obaachan. Memories.

She blinked and opened it to the first page. There was a picture of what looked like a 4-year-old Syaoran smiling and holding his grandmother's hand. Sakura turned another page.

Throughout all the pages were pictures of Syaoran and his grandmother, from when he was born to when she died. The very last picture seemed to be missing. Sakura thought a moment before gasping.

It must have been the picture she found! The picture she found belonged to Syaoran!

"I had suspected…" she thought aloud. She closed the book and looked up into the sky. "We're more alike then I thought. We both lost someone very important to us at a young age."

She checked her watch and realized it was 5:30.

"AHHH! OMG! OTOUSAN IS GONNA KILL ME!!!!!" she positioned the book under her arm and ran all the way back home.

Should I still hate Syaoran? Things have changed. But is that any reason?

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