Letters From A Lover

by kittycat3689

Sakura is totally happy with her life...until she realises she’s falling in love. So what’s making her so upset? ...The person she’s falling in love with only exists through emails. And what’s the catch with her so called worst enemy – Syaoran Li?

4. The Plan

Letters From A Lover

By Kittycat3689

A/N: Well here's another chapter. The story is slowly getting more interesting.

This chapter is for EvilDunkin-Samaand jennycuenca. Thank you for your great ideas

Da-manta-ray – No it wasn't intentional, but now that you mention it I can see how you came to that conclusion. I also took your suggestion into consideration, so I hope it's easier to follow now.

Summary: Sakura is totally happy with her life...until she realises she's falling in love. So what's making her so upset? ...The person she's falling in love with only exists through emails. And what's the catch with her so called worst enemy – Syaoran Li?

Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura, but I do own the ideas in this story.

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Chapter 4

The Plan

----------Sakura's POV----------

"Bye Moyo. Bye Mei!" I called over my shoulder as I walked through my front door. We had been shopping for hours and I had more than enough new clothes and accessories to last me the rest of my life. I sighed as I dragged all the bags behind me as I went up the stairs to my room. I had been excited after I read the notice about soccer. "All players welcome. Yeah right" I muttered. I had been to see the teacher who put the notice up, and he told me that Syaoran Li was put as captain, and that if I wanted to join I'd have to go see him. Of course I hadn't even bothered to ask him, because he would most definitely say no.

----------Flashback----------

A little girl was standing on the edge of the park, her emerald eyes sparkling with joy. She was 4 years old and was watching a group of boys play soccer in the park. Her eyes widened as the ball came flying towards her. She took a couple of steps forward and leaped in the air to kick the ball. It hit her foot in exactly the right place and flew back across the park and through the temporary goal. The girl smiled as a couple of the boys ran over.

"That was great! How did you do that?" A boy with blue hair said, his eyes sparkling.

"I've been practising. It's easy. I'll show you sometime." The girl replied. She had never been given this much attention before, except from her best friend.

"Teach me too!" said another boy with dark red hair and red/brown eyes.

"Who are you? I've never seen you before. I'm Kai" said another. The little girl looked at him curiously. He had the blondest hair she'd ever seen, and his eyes were as blue as the sky.

"I'm Sakura" She replied, holding out her hand for the boy to shake.

"It's nice to meet you Sakura. I'm Ryu." The boy with red hair said.

"And I'm Eriol" said the blue haired boy. Sakura looked around at the boys and smiled.

"I would love to teach you all sometime." She glanced at the boy who hadn't come over to see her.

"Are we playing or what? Why are you all crowded around that girl for? Girls can't play soccer." The boy said, glaring at her.

Eriol watched as she stared at the ground, tears starting to form in her eyes.

"That's Syaoran. Just ignore him. He doesn't like someone else getting all the attention. Tell you what. How about the three of us meet you here tomorrow after lunch and you can teach us some stuff?" Eriol said smiling at her.

The little girl smiled at him. "I would like that." She replied.

"Then it's settled. See you tomorrow Sakura." The boy called Kai said, waving at her.

"Yea see you around." Ryu and Eriol both said, racing back towards the boy called Syaoran.

Sakura smiled. "I have some friends to play soccer with."

----------End Flashback----------

I sat down on my bed, trying to hold back the tears.

DING!

I jumped, startled, and stared at my computer. '2 new messages from Soccerstar' flashed on the screen. I smiled and clicked on the first email.

Hey Cutie

I really would like to meet you one day. You are the only person I can really talk to. Nobody else listens. It would be too much of a coincidence if we both lived in the same place wouldn't it? I hope you don't live on the other side of the world. What's your school called?

My friends tell me that I'm a jerk, and that you are going to get sick of me soon and stop emailing. I hope that doesn't happen. Your emails are what get me through each day.

Maybe your enemy has decided they don't hate you anymore? You never know, it could happen. I'm not sure I hate my enemy like I used to, but I'm still having trouble convincing myself I might like them.

Yes my name does imply I'm good at soccer. I'm the best in my school. If you came here I would let you play. What do you do in your spare time?

Lots of love

Soccerstar

I smiled and clicked on the second email.

Hey there,

You're not replying. I hope I didn't scare you or anything when I said I want to meet you. It doesn't have to be anytime real soon. Just one day...

Please reply. I miss hearing from you.

Soccerstar

I clicked 'reply' and was about to start typing when my dad came home.

"Sakura!" I groaned and left the blank email waiting for me to write something.

----------Syaoran's POV----------

I sighed as I signed off the internet. She hadn't replied to the message I sent her that morning. Usually by the time I get home I have a reply waiting for me. I glanced at the clock. It was already past 9pm. 'Maybe she saw through your lie.' A voice in my head said. I frowned. 'I don't think she knows I was lying when I said I'd let her play.' I argued back. 'Why didn't you tell her the truth?' 'And let her know that I don't think girls can play soccer? She would hate me.' I shook my head. I couldn't tell her that. She would stop talking to me and I didn't want that.

I couldn't wait for the new soccer tournament to start. I got to supervise the tryouts on Saturday. I frowned as I tried to remember all the people who were good at soccer in my year. Of course, Eriol, Kai and Ryu were definitely in. The four of us are the best soccer players in the school.

----------Sakura's POV----------

I was about to go and see what dad wanted, when the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hey Kura it's Tomoyo." I smiled.

"Hey Moyo, what's up?" I could hear the excitement in her voice.

"Iknowgettoourament" She said in a rush.

"Umm what?" I said confused.

"Sorry. I said 'I know how to get you into the tournament." She said slowly.

"Oh that's great Moyo but...Wait...WHAT? HOW!" I was getting excited now.

"We need to disguise you as a boy."

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There had been some shocked silence coming from my end of the line after Tomoyo said that. Then I started warming to the idea. I absolutely refused to chop any of my hair off, but she said that we could easily hide it under a wig. We talked it all over until we came up with every possible thing that could go wrong. Finally, I agreed to her plan, which is why, 5 minutes after I got off the phone, I found myself facing my dad in the kitchen about to tell him our plan.

"So...dad?" Yes I was off to a great start. He looked at me, waiting.

"There's this soccer tournament. And tryouts are on Saturday. And I want to go for it." I said.

"Well you know I've always supported you playing soccer." He stared at me, but I was looking at the ground. "Okay, what's the catch sweetheart?"

'Time to come out and say it.' I thought. "Syaoran Li is choosing the players." I said. 'Okay, not exactly what you were meant to be saying, but you're getting somewhere now.' I ignored my thoughts.

"Oh" he replied. He knew exactly what the problem was. "I'm starting to think there's more you're not telling me." He said as I stood there in silence.

"Well. Tomoyo and I kind of came up with a plan." I said. He raised his eyebrow. "We're going to disguise me as a boy." I said, looking up to catch his reaction.

"And you need my permission for what?" I sighed. He always knew when I wasn't giving him the whole story.

"I need you to ring my school and tell them I'm going on an exchange trip to Hong Kong, and that while I am gone, you will be looking after a boy who is my age called Tristan Summers who will be attending school in my place."

I was staring at the floor when I said this, but when I heard laughing I looked up at him. "I have to give you 10 out of 10 for your imagination." I smiled hopefully. "Okay, I'll do it."

"Yes!" I ran and gave him a big hug and went to tell Tomoyo.

----------Syaoran's POV----------

It was first period on Thursday, and I still hadn't gotten an email from EmeraldCutie. I could hear Daidouji and Kinomoto whispering behind me, but I couldn't catch anything they were saying.

"Hey Syaoran" I groaned and stared up at Eriol.

"What do you want?"

"I want to know if I could miss the tryouts since you already know how good I am." He said. I looked at him suspiciously.

"Why can't you make it to tryouts?"

"It's Saturday. I have a date with Sakura." He replied.

'Ohhh perfect chance to ruin their date!' I thought. Aloud I said 'Sorry Eriol, I'm going to need you there buddy."

I jumped slightly when I saw the cold look in his eyes, but just as quickly as it came, it left again. 'Did I really see that?' I didn't have a chance to look again cause he had already walked past me.

"Hey Sakura, I actually wanted to talk to you. I heard you were leaving." I heard him say.

My ears pricked up. 'She's leaving???' I thought, panicking. 'She can't leave!'

"Yeah actually I'm doing an exchange with someone. But I'll be back in a month." She replied.

"Are you? Now I don't have to miss you as much." I groaned. I did not want to hear that. "Actually Kura I'm going to have to cancel our date on Saturday for the trials." I smiled at that.

"That's okay Eriol. I actually won't be here Saturday anyway. I'm leaving tonight. But the guy who's taking my place is good at soccer. I was hoping you could take him to the tryouts with you?" She replied.

'Hmm a month without Kinomoto. This would be interesting. Hope the new guy is nice.'

----------Sakura's POV----------

I smiled at Tomoyo. So far everything was going to plan. My date with Eriol was cancelled and, although I would never tell anyone this, I was completely relieved. I was starting to realise that I really didn't like him as anything more than a friend anyway. I saw Tomoyo writing something out of the corner of my eye, and turned to her just as she threw it at me.

'Are you coming as Tristan tomorrow?'

'Yes. Hoe! What am I going to do about my voice?' I tossed the note back.

'Pretend you're a mute?' Was the reply I got. I laughed.

'Come over tomorrow and help me get ready.' I threw the note at her and watched her read it. She gave me the thumbs up and smiled. I glanced out the window and waited impatiently for the bell to go. When it was finally lunch, I decided to sit outside under the cherry blossom trees.

"I'll meet you out there when I find Mei." She said as she walked in the opposite direction to me.

"Kura wait up!" I turned to find two boys running after me.

"Kai! Ryu! Where have you guys been all term? It's so good to see you!" I smiled at them and they smiled back.

"We extended our holidays. We weren't going to come back until tomorrow, but Eriol said you were leaving for a month and we wanted to say goodbye." Kai said, winking at me. He had always been my favourite of the four boys.

"Good luck on your exchange. We'll look after the kid who's taking your place for you." Ryu added.

"I knew I could count on you guys." I smiled and gave them both a hug.

"We'd better get going home before the principle finds us. Keep in touch through emails." Kai said as he gave me one last hug and walked off.

"I will" I promised, smiling at the thought of emailing them when I'd be right here the whole time.

"See you around Kura." Ryu yelled, and they were gone.

----------Syaoran's POV----------

I frowned as I watched the reunion going on in the school yard. I had been searching everywhere for Eriol, but I found two of my best friends, Kai and Ryu, with their arms around my girl. Wait, what am I saying? Kinomoto isn't my girl. 'Why doesn't she ever hug me like that? She loves all my friends, but she hates me.' I sighed.

"Stalking my girlfriend now are we?" I jumped and spun round to face Eriol.

"What are you talking about? I was looking for you." I replied.

"Uh huh, so do you want to explain why you need me there on Saturday, when you told Kai and Ryu they don't have to come?" Uh oh, I was in trouble now.

"They are coming. They're going to bring the new kid." I said, hoping to avoid the subject. I was about to add more, when I realised what he said to me. "Your girlfriend? I didn't know you were official."

"We're not. I was waiting for your reaction. Is there something you need to tell me?" I had a feeling he already knew exactly what I was hiding.

"Look I don't even know what I'm feeling myself. I'll get back to you." And I walked off.

"Hey Syaoran" I glared at the boy who was trying to talk to me.

"Saturday" I said angrily. I was not in the mood to talk to all the people who were hoping to get onto the team. The satisfaction I had that morning from ruining Eriol and Kinomoto's date had long gone, especially since Kinomoto wouldn't have been able to make it anyway. This was all getting too confusing. 'You will not fall for Kinomoto. This month will be good for you. Find a new girlfriend. Focus on soccer. Kinomoto is not your type of girl.' Oh who was I trying to kid?

----------Sakura's POV----------

It was after school and I had just finished saying goodbye to all my friends. I didn't realise how popular I was until everyone thought I was leaving. I smiled at Tomoyo as she came running over to me.

"Oh my god Kura I'm so excited." She said when she got to me.

"Me too. This is going to be awesome." I replied.

"Okay, so school starts at 8, so I'll come over around 7." She said.

"Oh umm ok then. I'll tell dad to wake me up early." I replied, mentally groaning. We got to the school gates and went our separate ways. "Bye Moyo" I yelled, waving.

"See you Kura" She waved back.

When I got home I went to dump my bag in my room and noticed the light on my computer flashing. I went over and shook the mouse a bit until the screen came up with a blank email.

"Hoe! I forgot to email Soccerstar back!"

I sat down to start typing.

Hey Soccerstar

I am sooo sorry that I took so long writing back! I went to write an email the other day and got distracted. Sooo much has been going on lately.

I feel the same way. I can tell you everything!

I just moved houses. I paused. Well that IS true. I moved not long ago from a house a few streets away. I smiled and continued typing. I'm starting all over again tomorrow at Tomoeda high school. I hope everyone is nice to me. I paused again. That was also true. I did want everyone to be nice to 'me'.

I don't think you are a jerk at all. And don't worry; you didn't scare me when you said you want to meet me. Your emails help me get through my days too.

I won't have to put up with my enemy anymore. I think he might leave me alone now. Hope everything with your 'enemy' goes well.

I'm sure you would let me play soccer. I hope my dreams to play with the boys come true.

All my loveEmeraldCutie