Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in sooo long! I have been having a severe case of Writer's Block lately. It's terrible! However, my new friend gave me the hope and fire to continue. Her name's Lithium Amaranth. She's an amazing (and I mean it!) writer! Especially with her Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles stories (Kurogane and Fai pairing! :P) But anyway, I just wanted to tell her thank you. She's a great inspirer herself. :3
Now…on with Chapter 4!
Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura or any of its characters. It is owned by CLAMP.
Claimer: I do own in fact own and Original Characters I make, the plot, and dialogue of, You Hurt Me, Can You Be Forgiven.
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The last year of high school is supposed to be full of surprises. Every student knew that. What they didn't know was that they were going to get probably the biggest surprise of their lifetimes. The surprise they received was something that never crossed their minds as 'possible.' And frankly, it scared the shit out of them.
What was it you ask? Why, it was the transformation of high school senior Li Syaoran.
He changed from a nerd to a sexy bad ass in what seemed like overnight. From what seemed like a lover to a full blown fighter in just a summer. Many males were either in shock, angry, or both. Available females were throwing themselves at the boy. And it made him downright sick.
He may have changed his appearance, but he didn't change his personality. How he thought about and saw things. Who he was on the inside. And it thoroughly pissed him off that Eriol was just about the only one who saw that. Saw that he had hardly changed at all.
But the bright side, was the fact that with all the attention, he didn't have any alone time with Sakura. He was glad for that. It was bad enough that he sat close enough to her in class to smell her floral scented perfume. That he could practically touch her auburn strands of hair that were tied up in those cute pigtails. That he could see that absolutely adorable face she made when she attempted to write notes on the board from time to time, her emerald colored eyes focused and full of determination. Such things made it seriously hard to bury down certain feelings that he wanted forgotten.
So he was glad he could distance himself from her. As long as nothing brought them together, he would be alright. Like that would ever happen, Syaoran commented to himself. If only he knew how wrong he was.
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"Li Syaoran. Kinamoto Sakura. I need to have a word with you after class." Oh no, the Li thought, anything involving her is abound to be trouble. He tried to focus on his work again, but he couldn't shake the feeling that misfortune was about to befall him.
However, for Sakura, it was the opposite. She'd been looking for an opportunity to apologize to him since the term started. But it seemed when he wasn't being harassed by male competitors or fawned over by the practically the entire female student body, he avoided her. It really wasn't making this easier for her. The only thing that kept her going was Tomoyo's encouragement. Maybe the universe was finally working in her favor; maybe she was finally getting her chance.
As the final bell rang, students all shapes and sizes bolted out the door, leaving for remained in their places. Eriol and Tomoyo stayed behind to see wanted with their best friends.
"What's wrong Terada-sensei?" Sakura worriedly asked.
"I've been looking at your grades, Sakura, and I do not like what I see." He then glanced in Syaoran's direction. "And Syaoran, your grades are what I love to see. Perfect across the board." Four sets of eyes widened in realization.
"So-"He's kidding, right? Syaoran screamed in his head.
"I've decided-" He's joking. He… he has to be joking,Sakura thought.
"That Syaoran will be your tutor Sakura." The teacher finally finished.
"YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!" The four yelled in unison, unable to believe their ears. Did he not know of the drama and chaos that would threaten to unfold if they for more than ten minutes?
"Oh, but I am." The teacher replied. "Sakura, your grades are continuing to fall. There's obviously something you do not understand." He then turned to Syaoran, "But for you Syaoran, you're quite the opposite. Your grades are the best I've ever seen. You understand everything that comes your way. Surely you can teach her anything."
The Li sighed. The teacher was right; he did have the best grades in class considering all the idiots that reside in it. And even though he didn't want anything to do with that woman, his conscience wouldn't allow him to let her fail. Not to mention that it would be a major blow to his pride if he could have done something to prevent it from happening.
I can't let do this for me! I don't deserve it from him, the failing cheerleader thought. But just as she was about to protest, the seventeen year old next to her spoke first. "Alright."
"What?" Sakura breathed. She could not believe what he just said. Meanwhile, the two at their desks look at him like he'd grown a second head.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Why would you help me?" Sakura asked, "I've done nothing to deserve your help."
Syaoran, albeit surprised, looked unfazed. He sighed, "I don't want to see anyone fail, no matter how much they deserve it." At that Sakura flinched. She knew his sudden kindness was too good to be true. "All you have to do princess is work hard and I'll teach it to you in ways you can understand. Then, we can be out of each other's hair. Got it?"
"Got it." The girl answered sadly.
"Ooouch." Eriol said as he watched what just happened. That was probably a huge punch in the gut for Sakura. Tomoyo responded to the unwanted comment by slapping Eriol on the shoulder. Hard. "Ouch! Tomoyo!"
"Don't you 'Tomoyo' me!" His girlfriend hissed.
"Alright, alright." Eriol replied as he shrank in his seat in fear for his life.
"Okay." Terada-sensei finally spoke up. "I guess it is settled then." He sighed and pulled out a paper full of typed up dialogue. "In all honesty, I was hoping you'd put up a better fight. I had whole paper ready in case you were. See?" He whined as he waved the paper in Syaoran's face.
"Honestly sensei, sometimes you act more like a teenager than I do!" Eriol joked. The teacher sent him a glare, causing the boy to shrink further into his seat. "Guys, I think it's time we headed out."
"I agree." The other three responded.
"Ahh! Wait!" The sensei exclaimed, causing the four at the door to freeze in their tracks. "Don't forget to create a schedule that works best for the two of you. Sakura and Tomoyo have practice in the mornings, which means afterschool is probably best."
"Hai, hai." Sakura said as she waved a hand in his direction, only to have to papers shoved into it.
"And I want both of your parents and or guardians to sign these forms you two! That way you can't weasel you way out of it." He told them, causing Sakura to groan. The last thing she needed was to have a certain older brother know she was doing poorly in school. After both answered with a 'Yes, sensei,' he broke out in a grin. "Good. Bye bye then."
"Bye bye." They replied with awkward smiles and a wave before running out the door.
"Well, time to go out with my Rika-chan!" Terada Yoshiyuki happily exclaimed as he grabbed his jacket and walked out the classroom door.
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Eriol, Sakura, Syaoran, and Tomoyo walked out the school doors in uncomfortable silence, no one really sure what to say at the moment.
"Weeeeell," Eriol drawled before he suddenly grabbed his girlfriend's hand. "I think I'm going to go out with Tomoyo. Bye!" As he ran off with Tomoyo down the street, he distinctly heard the words 'Tomoyo-chan' and 'Traitor!' The word 'traitor' meant for him no doubt.
"Umm, Syaora- I mean, Li-kun?" Sakura asked. "What do we do about this whole tutoring thing?"
"Huh?" Was all Syaoran managed to say. He was just so shocked that he didn't hear the last sentence. Did she just call him…Li-kun?
She sighed in irritation. "I asked what we were going to do about the whole tutoring business."
"Oh, right." He said as he snapped out of his slight daze. "Well, we can alternate between whose houses we'll go to throughout the next couple weeks and…" He thought for a bit. "…I guess I'm free at around four o' clock."
"O-okay." Sakura stammered in agreement. That was all she really could do at moment. She really didn't want to get on anymore of his nerves. "A-and…thank you for helping me."
"Whatever." Was Syaoran's only reply.
Maybe now is the right time to apologize, Sakura wondered as they walked together down the street in silence. I might not get another chance like this. "Um Li-kun I-" But before she could even begin, a honk sounded behind them.
"Syaoran!"
"Oh no." Said teenager tensed, slowly turning around to look behind him. "What's she doing here?"
"Who?" Sakura asked him as she quickly spun around to see. Instantly her eyes widened. A limo was coming up dangerously fast down the street. It stopped abruptly beside them, the chauffeur residing inside getting out quickly and opening the last door of the white vehicle. A girl quickly stepped out
"Wait here." She barked at the man, in which his only reply was a 'Yes ma'm.' Sakura stared at her in awe. The girl looked as old as she was, with a long, jet black pigtail on either side of her head. She wore a white sun hat with a black ribbon tied to it and white sunglasses, shielding her eyes from the September sun. She had an expensive looking white sundress on with matching flip-flops. All in all, she looked dazzling.
"Syaoran!" Said girl cried out, wrapping her arms around his neck in a hug.
"What are you doing here?" He inquired, not sounding pleased at all.
She gave the seventeen year old a pout. "What? Are you not happy to see me?" She asked, her voice laced with a tone of feigned sadness. Sakura placed a hand over her heart, which was throbbing painfully in her chest. Am…am I jea- "Hmm?"
"Eh?" Was all Sakura was able to respond with as she snapped out of her thoughts.
"Syaoran, who is she?" The young woman questioned as she pointed to Sakura with one hand and the other on her hip. She turned her head in his direction. "Well?"
"That's…Kinamoto Sakura." Syaoran answered reluctantly. Why did she have to show up?
"Ehhh?" The girl exclaimed as she whipped her head back to Sakura. "You're Kinamoto Sakura?" She looked at Syaoran again as she lowered her arm down to her side. "Are you sure?"
"How can I not be sure?" Syaoran yelled.
"Umm…hi." The green eyed girl shyly greeted, sticking out her hand to shake. "I'm Kinamoto Sakura."
The young woman in white looked at the hand before slapping it away, shocking the cheerleader thoroughly. "If you're her, then I guess you are my enemy." She said, crossing her arms.
"What?" Sakura blanched.
"You hurt my Syaoran, so that makes you my enemy, a rival in more competitive terms."
"Wait just a minute! You just showed up out of nowhere and now I am your enemy? I don't even know who you are!" The high school student yelled angrily, her hand on her hips.
"Oh, you don't?" The girl smirked. "Well," she began as she lifted one of her hands to her sunglasses, removing them and revealing determined ruby red eyes. "I'm Li Meiling."
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YAY! Chapter 4 completed! Meiling is the picture!
This is getting really exciting! Syaoran's stuck tutoring Sakura. And just when things can't get any more thrilling, Li Meiling comes to spice up their everyday Tokyo lives.
*By the way, with Yoshiyuki (Terada-sensei) and his relationship with Rika, I see it as a romantic one. I read the manga and I find them much more huggable like that. Of course, if you just saw the anime, you probably wouldn't see it like that. However, for this story, and any more I do with them in it, they are romantically involved. Too bad for those who don't see it that way! You either like it, don't like it but go along with anyway, or don't like it and complain. I don't care! Nothing's going to change my decision.
That's that then!
Please review, it makes me really ecstatic when you do. :3
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