A/N: Remember that there will be shonen-ai (gay love) in this fic but kissing is still the most you'll come across no lemon or lime or yaio or whatever you want to call it. Just thought i'd give everyone the heads up again incase any authorative types send me an e-mail asking me why i didn't warn everyone to which i would explain that i had already warned people in the first and second chapter and would question why anyone who hadn't read the first and second chapter would bother reading the third chapter by itself and would therefore not know about the gay love...ahem...anyway Please enjoy XD!

Chapter 3

Surprise Surprise Surprise

Kurogane felt Fai freeze in his arms, he wished he would have had time to explain his actions but that would have to wait till later. His free hand wrapped further around Fai's back but his lunch, still grasped in the other hand was getting in the way. He thrust his lunch into his pocket then pulled Fai closer, his other hand around now around Fai's waist, but kept the kiss light eventually breaking it. It took all of Kurogane's will to stare into Fai's shocked and flushed face which he knew was about to turn a darker shade of red.

"Hey babe, how was your morning?" he growled in a husky voice drawing squeals from the girls and confirming Kurogane's earlier speculation about Fai's cheek colour. They both looked back at the sound of the girl's voices causing all the blushing girls to flee, except Tomoyo who simply stood for a moment watching Kurogane with a piercing stare. As Kurogane held her gaze he felt as though it was penetrating him and it was all he could do to keep up the act.

"You got me Tomoyo…I confess we have been hiding our relationship, now you know" Kurogane said with a smile his eyes flicking from Fai back to Tomoyo but she didn't return the cheerful sentiment following where the girls had run off to.

"Get off!" Fai said, once Tomoyo was out of sight, in his voice there was a fierce undertone as he shoved Kurogane away "What was that?" but before Kurogane could answer Fai stormed off towards the soccer ball field lunch in one hand and the other hand was a balled fist.

"Fai! Wait!" Kurogane shouted chasing him "Fai" The pair stormed across the down ball courts drawing a few stares.

"Hey get off the courts!" a boy preparing to throw the tennis ball shouted.

"Oh shut up" Kurogane snarled at him before turning his attention back to his fast retreating friend "Fai"

"I don't want to talk to you, leave me alone" Fai said firmly not bothering to look back.

"Don't close up on me!" Kurogane said grabbing Fai's sleeve. The blond spun around, his face was still a little blushed and his eyes were stained with resentment. He didn't say anything more but snatched his sleeve roughly away then pushed Kurogane.

"I said go away!" the pairs breathing was quickened as they glared at each other both unwilling to relent from their stand off, fists clenched and shoulders squared.

"Is there a problem boys?" came the calm yet commanding voice. It was their principal, Clow Reed. Fai looked over to see him staring out the opened window of his office, watching them. He always had a strange presence about him, as though he was wise beyond his years and more powerful than modern society would have cause for but there was something else there behind the smile. It was a mystery that the students often talked about when discussing their enigmatic principal. Kurogane was the one that had seen the most of him due to his many ill-gotten visits and was one of the very few people Kurogane had any respect for.

"Yes sir" Fai said when Kurogane didn't speak "but it doesn't matter" he then walked past his friend bumping against his shoulder as he left.

"Kurogane" Clow called trying to get the adolescent's attention. Kurogane however was still marveling at the speed at which he could send his best friend packing. Kurogane could not believe that after all their years of friendship and having had so few true fights he had just had to face up against Fai. This day was supposed to end their problems, he thought Fai was man enough to handle and toss aside something as simple as a kiss. He couldn't understand it.

"Kurogane" he finally snapped out of it.

"Yes Mr. Reed?" he said looking over to the open window.

"Come here" he said firmly. Kurogane saw out of the corner of his eyes some of the other students cringe a little at the seriousness of Clow's voice but he just strolled casually over to the window and leant on the wall next to it.

"Yeah?" Kurogane asked nonchalantly crossing his arms, fists beginning to unconsciously loosen.

"Mr. Ashura-o told me you were shouting at a girl in class the yesterday. He wanted you to see me about it" Clow said watching the games that had started up in the yard "Why did you do it?" Kurogane remained silent, his red glare a constant and unnatural trait in the usually energetic and outspoken boy "Was it something she did or said?" Kurogane sighed after some time had passed then gave Clow his answer.

"There was rumor going around that I thought she had started…but as it turns out she was not the one that begun it. I got angry because she believed it was true and her beliefs should be none of my business but I found this rumor particularly annoying and so I shouted at her while trying to discount it" Kurogane spoke coldly and when he finished speaking he ended decisively as though warning Clow that he would get no more than that.

"Will you do it again?" Clow asked reaching for the window pane that would slide closed. Kurogane stood up looking over his shoulder meeting Clow's dark eyes.

"No" Kurogane replied.

"Good, I'll see you later" Clow said with a kind grin pulling the window shut. Kurogane looked back out in to the yard to see Sakura approaching, his soccer ball in her arms. She looked distressed.

"I found this in the locker bay but before I could find you to give it to you I saw you and Fai arguing what's going on?" she asked holding out the ball. He took it avoiding eye contact and turned towards the oval, Sakura simply stood waiting for his answer.

"Why don't you ask Fatlip" Kurogane growled walking away "Thanks for the ball"


"Hi" Sakura's voice was gentle but wavered a little at the sight of him "Are you ok?" Fai was sitting on the steps leading down from the library, head bowed and body lose as he stared at the ground. He brushed his long fringe from his face to look up at her. There was a light blush refusing to leave his cheeks though the rest of his face seemed pale giving him an almost sickly completion. His eyes were stormy and unreadable.

"Yeah, I will be" Fai said quietly crossing his arms and leaning them on his knees.

"What happened? I've never seen you two arguing…was it about what you were going to tell him?" She asked sitting down next to him.

"Ironically no" Fai answered "He…" then paused running his fingers through his hair nervously "He did something thoughtless. He seemed to have had good intentions but I don't think he thought it through" Sakura frowned. Fai decided to tell her knowing it would be all over the school by that afternoon anyway.

"To get rid of the rumors about me and him being together he…kissed me" Sakura flushed stifling a gasp.

"But…how would that make the rumors go away?!" she questioned reeling from the surprise that Kurogane, who was generally so boisterous and manly, would do anything as tender as kissing and with Fai no less.

"Some form of reverse psychology or something" Fai muttered trying to get the memory out of his brain.

"You didn't like it huh?" Sakura asked "That's why you were angry with him"

"Yeah" Fai answered taking a bite out of his sandwich. Sakura too began to eat her lunch and for a while they both sat in silence.

"Fai…what you wanted to tell Kurogane…" Sakura started to ask, Fai meeting her gaze "was it..."

"Sakura-chan! Fai-kun!" the two of them looked up to see Chi running over to them "Come see!" she took one of each of their hands and pulled them to their feet "Quick!" She began running back in the direction she came. The pair raced after her.

"What's going on?" Fai asked giving Sakura a quizzical look but Sakura shook her head also in the dark about the rush they were in "Chi, what's happening?"

"You will see!" she replied happily. They turned the corner, the hall coming into view. Some other students had already gathered there making a small crowd and there was a bus on the road outside the hall too. Fai, Chi and Sakura squeezed though to the front of the fence that blocked the hall to see what was happening. A group of about 30 teens in strange uniforms were piling off the bus collecting their bags and heading into the hall.

"Exchange students from my school!" Chi exclaimed happily "Some of my friends are here!"

"Really?" Sakura asked smiling at Chi's joy.

"Yuzuki!" Chi called out to a girl with long plats and waved vigorously. For a moment the girl seemed confused as to where the sound was coming from but her eyes lit up when she saw Chi.

"Chi!" she squealed running over to the fence "I've missed you so much! How are you?!"

"I am good but now dose not seem a good time to talk. Shall we meet later?"

"Yes of course, why don't we meet after school today?" Yuzuki asked beaming at her old friend "I have some people I have to introduce you to"

"So do I. Let's meet here after school! See you soon" Chi said waving again.

"Ok!" Yuzuki exclaimed running off to fetch her bags and move into the hall. She was chatting with a few boys as they moved out of sight the doors closing behind them.

"That was my most dear and oldest friend" Chi said turning to Sakura and Fai "I was so sad to leave her at the beginning of the year but she promised she would come with the regular group that come for a few months in the middle of the year"

"I see, she seems lovely" Sakura said watching the last of the students and teachers enter the hall, the last being a beautiful blond teacher. She gave Chi a knowing smile as she entered the hall. The student's started to walk away knowing they probably wouldn't see those students for a few hours yet.

"That was my favorite teacher Mrs. Kudo; most of us just call her Kohaku though. She got married at the beginning of the year…she must be missing her new husband" Chi commented as the three of them began to leave the hall area too "She went as an angel to last years dress up party"

"What does she teach?" Fai asked indifferently, his mood having not improved much despite the excitement of new students in the school. Chi noticed this and looked up at him her joy at seeing her old friends again no longer distracting her attention from her new ones.

"Art…is something wrong Fai?" Chi asked linking her arm around his caringly. Fai looked down at her sweet face.

"No Chi I am just not looking forward to maths, or the rest of the day. Friday's are always a drag" Fai said glad for Chi's kind nature. However Sakura knew it wasn't math or the fact that it was Friday that was bring Fai down but rather the fact that Fai had a double with Kurogane next. She knew this would be awkward for them.

"Do you want to sit next to me in maths today Fai?" Sakura asked as the walked past the oval and back up towards the library. Fai looked over at her an especiallly grateful expression on his face.

"Yes please Princess" he replied with a smile which she returned.


"Hi Sakura" Tomoyo greeted Sakura as she entered the class room.

"Hi Tomoyo" Sakura sighed deeply as she plonked down into her seat setting her Biology text and note books out on the able next to her pencil case.

"What's the matter?" Tomoyo asked with surprise having rarely seeing Sakura tired. She turned her head to look at Tomoyo.

"I had the worst class of maths ever today and lunchtime wasn't much better" she said disheartened.

"What happened" Tomoyo asked worriedly.

"Well…you probably know what happened between Kurogane and Fai in the locker bay" Sakura said a little secretively, knowing the slower the news got around the better.

"Yes" Tomoyo answered with the same volume.

"Well in maths class they were sitting on opposite sides of the room, I was sitting next to Fai, and there were some horrible boys making crude jokes about them and calling them names and such when the teacher left the room to get a book he'd forgotten. I told them to stop but they wouldn't listen. And Kurogane and Fai just sat there for a while taking it but eventually Fei Wong called Fai something nasty and Kurogane got so mad that he punched Fei Wong which only made it worse cause then they started accusing him of 'protecting his girlfriend'. That made Fai mad and he got into the fight too. When our teacher came in he sent all of them out of the room and now they all have a detention together next week. And at lunch time when Fai and Kurogane got their stuff out of their lockers they just stared at each other for a bit and walked away. They didn't even talk it was terrible" Sakura explained sadly. Tomoyo's eyes were downcast.

"That's awful…I wish we could do something about it" Tomoyo said.

"That's not even half of it. After all that happened Kurogane and Fai still wanted to play soccer today but they were so out of wack, Kurogane has a bump next to his eye from their fight in class so it was harder for him to see and while he and Fai are usually the strength in our team they barely passed to each other at all and played shockingly. The other team won. The only good thing about that game was that Fuma and Kamui didn't bug Fai and Kurogane at all. I was so glad that they didn't but it doesn't change the fact that Kurogane and Fai seem to…hate each other right now. It feels so wrong, they didn't tease each other at all or play fight or anything" Sakura said not even realizing the class had begun. Tomoyo patted Sakura on the shoulder.

"Don't worry Sakura-chan there is nothing you can do for them right now. Maybe they just need some time to cool off" Tomoyo offered hopefully. It made her upset to see Sakura so distressed.

"Tomoyo, Sakura please keep your conversations for a more suitable time" Miss Himawari said cheerfully "If you will direct your attention to the board you will notice that I have drawn a cell structure, I want you to label the different elements of the cell as well as where it is from, an animal or plant, and what condition it is in, healthy or not" There was a rustling of pencil and paper as the class began to copy down her drawing into their books. Sakura wondered if and when Fai would be ok and mentally reminded herself that she had to meet with Chi and Fai after school to meet Chi's friends. Though she felt guilty texting in class she sent a text to her brother asking him to pick her up after school. The reply being -

"Sure squirt, Yuki will be coming along too; we have a surprise for you" she sent an angry one back saying

"DON'T CALL ME SQUIRT" to which his reply was –

"Whatever you say monster, and stop texting in class" Though she was mad she did as she was told putting her pink mobile back in her pocket. After a moment though the second half of his first reply kicked in and she was overjoyed that not only would Yuki be hanging out with them this afternoon but that there was a surprise involved. She had found her cheer again. She decided that Tomoyo was right about Fai and Kurogane; she could do nothing about them and therefore shouldn't worry. No doubt they would be best friends again within a week.


Chi was standing outside the hall waiting patiently for her friends to arrive. Her class had finished slightly early so after getting her bag she had immediately run to the hall. She saw someone turning the corner and knew it was Fai. She put her bag down and bounced cheerfully over to him however once she noticed the band-aids on Fai's arm and cheek she stopped bouncing. She reached out to inspect them touching near the large band-aid on his cheek.

"What happed to you Fai? Why do you have…hurt?" Chi asked worriedly, he gently took the hand near his cheek and kept walking.

"They are injuries not hurts" he said softly.

"Why do you have injuries?" she corrected herself.

"I got into a fight" Fai explained "but it's ok, I'm fine"

"Fai" Chi said hugging his arm so they stopped "Are you sure you are ok?"

"Yes" Fai answered "But I will feel even better when I have met your friends"

"Ok" Chi agreed deciding Fai must be alright with the injuries he had.

"Hey guys! Wait up!" Sakura came bolting around the corner, her bag swing haphazardly in one hand and homework clutched in the other, she quickly caught up with them "Did I miss anything?"

"Nope, no one has arrived yet but us" Fai said as he took his bag off his back. Sakura put her bag down next to Chi's.

"How is your cheek and arm?" Sakura said her eyes flicking to them and some small bruises on his other arm.

"They aren't stinging as much, the nurse gave me a panadol" Fai said looking around waiting for Chi's friends to turn up.

"How is Kurogane?" Sakura asked carefully, knowing they had been treated at the same time. Fai sniggered a little.

"You know he's more of a brawler than I am" Fai said remembering them sitting in the nurses office as she told them off for getting hurt. He remembered the look in Kurogane's eyes as they watched each other from either side of the room. It was intense and deep, he knew all Kurogane's thought's had been focused on Fai. As he left he had told Fai that Fei Wong had no right calling him a fag, his voice had been tight restraining his anger and remorse. Fai had simply replied that he was fine. They had always been apt at communicating often needing to say far less to understand each other however this was one of those times when more should have been said.

"He got a scratch on his left cheek and one near his eye as you know and some bruises on his chest and arm but he's ok. He is use to injuries" Fai said finally but he could not make himself smile again.

"Well at least it's the weekend huh?" Sakura began to try lightening the mood.

"Chi!" The three friends turned to see Yuzuki running towards them with three boys in tow. Chi and Yuzuki practically leapt into each others arms.

"I missed you Yuzuki!!!" Chi exclaimed hugging her tighter then when they stopped Chi opened her bag pulling out a scarf "I made this for you in textiles"

"Oh that's so sweet Chi!" Yuzuki exclaimed immediately wrapping it around her neck.

"Hi" one of the three boys spoke up.

"Oh right, sorry guys. These are my new friends Hideki, Ryuo and Syaoran" Yuzuki said pointing to each of them in turn.

"Nice to meet you Chi and what is your name?" Hideki said shyly shaking Chi's hand then turning to Fai.

"Fai and it's nice to meet you too, this is Sakura" Fai explained after shaking his hand. Hideki and Sakura exchanged greetings and a handshake.

"Great to meet you all, I'm so exited to be here!" Ryuo exclaimed shaking each of their hands.

"Hi" Syaoran said quietly not moving from where he stood.

"Don't mind my friend, he's a little quiet when he meets new people" Ryuo explained.

"I'm right here" Syaoran said obviously agitated. Sakura held out her hand with a big smile.

"Nice to meet you Syaoran" she said, Chi being too uncertain to say anything and Fai unappreciative of his standoffish behavior. Syaoran stared at it for a moment before giving her hand a small shake managing a -

"Whatever"

"Oh be nice Syaoran!" Yuzuki scolded like a big sister.

"So where are you all staying?" Fai asked.

"Well I'll be staying with Chi" Yuzuki replied.

"I will be staying with the Reed family" Hideki said looking at a piece of paper with pictures of his host family on it "I said I would meet them here after school"

"You'll like them" Fai commented "They are good people"

"That's good" Hideki sighed.

"The father is the school principal and the son plays on our soccer team"

"What!?" Hideki exclaimed "The principal, oh man. I'll really have to work hard…no cramming" Fai laughed a little and began to explain the placid nature of the principal and his son.

"I'm going to be staying with a family...their son's name is Kurogane" Ryuo said also reading his information sheet. Sakura, Chi and Fai all looked over to him from what they were doing "…What?"

"Oh nothing, we know him that's all he's…well he's a bit like Syaoran" Sakura explained.

"Well that'll be fine then" Ryuo said grabbing Syaoran in a headlock "Me and Syao go way back, I can handle an ill tempered guy"

"I'm not ill tempered" Syaoran said struggling against his arm. At that point Kurogane, his mother and father drove up and parked on the road that ran along next to the hall.

"I'll go get him" they heard Kurogane tell his parents. He jogged over and greeted everyone casually.

"Hey before you go Ryuo why don't we all make a plan to meet up this weekend?" Yuzuki suggested everyone nodded on agreement "What shall we do?"

"Why don't we go see a movie at the clamp shopping mall?" Sakura suggested "then afterwards we can get lunch and show you around"

"That's a great idea!" Chi said joyfully.

"What should we see?" Hideki asked.

"How about the Maganyan live action movie?" Kurogane suggested, still secretly hankering to see it.

"You mean that's out here already?! Awesome!" Ryuo said excitably.

"Let's meet outside the cinemas at ten o'clock" Fai said as Ryuo picked up his bags.

"Ok" They all agreed.

"See you tomorrow Ryuo and Kurogane!" The new friends called as the two boys wondered off.

"We had better go Yuzuki" Chi said "Our host family will start worrying about us, See you later Hideki, Syaoran, Sakura and Fai!"

"Bye!" they shouted as the girls collected their bags and moved off as well.

"Hello" The four left looked around to see Eriol and Clow walking towards them and at the same time someone else called their attention.

"Hey Sakura-Chan!" Sakura's eyes lit up as she looked over to see Yukito and Touya getting out of her fathers car.

"Yuki!" She exclaimed running over to him "How are you?"

"I'm good Sakura" he replied cheerily "Hi dad, what are you all doing here?"

"Didn't Touya tell you?" her father asked.

"No he said it was a surprise" Sakura said a little confused.

"Surprise"

Sakura spun around coming face to face with Syaoran.

"Syaoran Lee will be staying with us for the next while" Yukito said with a sweet smile.

"What!?"

A/N: That's right boys and girl's lol Sakura has to live with the obstinate Syaoran. Would you all like a preview for the next chapter? A dark cinema full of teens and a good movie with scary bits. The mind boggles. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thank you all for being so forth coming with the loving and motivating reviews so far, keep them coming XD See you next chapter! Luv S