S.M: Chapter 12's finally here. Hope you like it. Usa, feelings returned, a friend comes back. That's what's found here.

A little note: Meiling returns and she's a little different from the Meiling we know. When she knew Sakura before she left she was rude, obnoxious, and annoying angry because she had Syaoran and she always wanted him. But after Sakura sent her the letter, she felt bad for what she's been through, and what her cousin did. And she eventually wants to be her friend. And when she's back she wants Sakura and Syaoran to be together. Supports her and Takashi for now.

~ Also Sorry for those of you who like Mihara Chiheru/ Chelsea she's going to be picked on and made into a bad guy in this story. Sorry, Naoko a little too, but not as much. Sakura and them kind of reach to her, but she chooses to stay by Chiheru.

I still do not Own Card Captor Sakura, or Tenchi Universe, Sailor Moon or any other character.

Change of heart, change in me

'NO NEED FOR ANXIETY'

"It'll definitely confuse you."

With Usagi

I woke up early in the morning a little nervous about the day, and pulled out my transformation pen summoning the guise of Sakura back to me. I also retracted the powers sealing the door and windows; I grabbed a short silver skirt and a white tank top with a thin light pink shirt, I threw them on and headed down stairs. I saw my father give me a weird look like I had just arisen from the dead.

"Why are you up it's only 6 o'clock?"

He questioned clearly confused. I just at him and sat down and ate a bowl of cereal finishing in maybe 15 minutes. When I was done I put my bowl in the sink and told my father I was going to go to school early. He nodded still dumbfounded and with a kiss on the cheek I was out onto my way to school. I walked alone thinking about the conversation I had with Daidouji.

"I… I'm beginning to like someone. But I still have feelings for Li-san."

"How does he feel towards you?"

"I have no idea."

"You should find out how they feel about you and then decide if you want to give a relationship a try to see how you two connect. What would you lose for trying?"

"A lot, that's what I have to risk, a great friendship, and other possibilities."

"Kinomoto, who is it that you like, that's got you so worried?"

"I… I think I like Yamazaki Takashi."

The words played through my mind over and over again unchanged and never stopping.

"And I can't believe he heard almost all of it. WHY ME!?!"

I finished with a yell. I thought I heard a voice behind me, but when I turned I couldn't see anybody. I just shrugged and continued towards school. I arrived and sat underneath a tree and let my thoughts engulf me for what seemed only like minutes, but was much longer. I was brought out of my thoughts when someone grabbed me, squeezing me very hard. I opened my eyes and saw a girl latched onto me with long black hair. I looked at her confused and she just smiled at me.

"Kinomoto I'm so glad you're ok. You sent me that letter but I had no way to reach anyone in Japan so I was kind of out of the loop, and worried."

She squealed apologetically, as she continued to smile at me. She grabbed my arm and pulled me to my feet and soon we were on our way towards the school. I still haven't said anything to this girl but it didn't seem to faze her. We got into the school and she dragged me to my homeroom, which also happened to be hers. We walked in and sat down and she continued to chat, till a small group of girls came up to her.

"Meiling-chan, it's so nice to see you back in Tomoeda. We haven't seen you in a year or so how are you?"

A group of girls asked just noticing me and turning their noses at the sight except one who waved happily. I returned the gesture and just watched as her 2 acquaintances watched on mulling in distaste the entire time. Meiling ignored them and turned back to me, but not before making a quip directed towards a girl I knew well.

"Mihara-sama, I heard you dated my cousin for a while. It must have been a nice change to finally date someone without having to pay them. But, as we know even a hog wouldn't date you for long with out pay."

She tossed with an idling smirk. Mihara-san shot her a glare so cold it could have frozen stone, before she walked away with steam visible from her ears, with Naoko right behind and Rika slowly following behind laughing. She waved as she left us and I looked at Meiling with a smile. She was laughing hard as the teacher came in. But she stopped it and the short period went by very quick.

Soon it was off to my first class, which only had Eriol, and Rika so it passed by uneventfully. The period ended and I walked to my next class with Eriol. On our way we passed by Daidouji, she gave me a smile and a wave then kissed Eriol, and went to her next class.

We walked into our class and I sat in my seat. I observed the people around me and noticed 2 people that I knew. Meiling and Takashi, once my eyes scanned towards him I turned into a beet and looked away quickly. I saw Meiling take notice and give him a quick once over and looked back at me with a smirk. The unhappy look remained in my grimace, as I turned back to the front of the room. Some adult came in and told us that our teacher would be out for the remainder of the week. And that class would be a study hall in the Café. So we got our stuff together and followed the teacher to the Café we could sit anywhere I was going to sit with Meiling but she was playfully flirting with Takashi, and Eriol was with them as well and some other people. I looked away and sat at an empty table and got out some work and looked it over to make sure I did it correctly. 'I wish I had Ami here to help me.' I thought to myself.

"Why are you by yourself?"

A thick voice asked. I turned and saw Meiling had just sat down next to me with a concerned look on her face. I turned away as I shook my head trying to convince her I was fine, but I didn't.

"Kinomoto, what's wrong you can tell me."

She pleaded genuinely concerned but I didn't quite feel right just telling her. But, I remembered something Sakura said,

"Usagi, there's this girl Li Meiling. She shouldn't be around but ya never know with her. She's obnoxious, and crude, but if she likes you she's really caring, nice, helpful and funny. She hated me when she left to go back home, but that may change someday. So if by some chance you run into her be as nice as you can but not to so."

I looked back up to Meiling.

"I just don't feel like sitting with Takashi right now that's all. It's kind of weird"

I told her softly. I noticed her eyebrow furrow as I spoke. I looked at her returning her confused look.

"Kinomoto that's partially the reason I came over to talk to you. Yamazaki's been asking me if I knew if you were mad at him, or anything."

We sat in silence for a moment before the girl got up and left me and returned to the table. She soon came bouncing back with Eriol in toe. I just looked up at the 2 nervously. She pointed to Eriol, then at me and he stood behind me and lifted me from my seat into his arms. I was stunned so I didn't do anything for a moment but soon I got my senses back and tried to get out of his grasp. The room was watching and laughing hysterically. Meiling grabbed my stuff I had on the table and followed Eriol and myself to a table they had been sitting at. He set me down and once I opened my eyes I saw Taka-kun across from me I jumped back in surprise and fell of off my seat and landed in a heap with Meiling and my books sprawled everywhere. I saw Taka-kun, Eriol and Meiling giving me a worried and confused look as I rose to my feet and helped Meiling up. The laughter had died down but there was still snickering. I turned and walked out of the room ignoring the teacher's protests. As I opened the door to add more uncomfort to a comedic situation, I walked into someone as I was leaving. But they caught me so I didn't hit the ground. I looked into a pair of burning amber eyes and quickly closed my eyes as I ripped from his grasp and continued out of the café.

"You think someday you'll be able to finish a whole day of school, without leaving abruptly? "

Syaoran yelled to me as I was leaving. I turned and gave him a cold glare and I continued to walk the halls thinking and trying to calm but was still very angry.

"I know she was probably trying to help me… But, I embarrassed myself yesterday, why do they think I don't want to be around him. It's because I do. I feel bad I'll apologize to them if I see them later. And what was up with what Li-san said? "

"No need."

I heard a familiar English voice speak, as I turned to see him right in front of me. I just smiled uneasily.

"I'm sorry Eriol, it's just that I'll talk to Taka when I don't feel like such an idiot about last night. And at this moment I would like to take Syaoran's sword and stick it…"

"What happened?"

A female screech demanded. I looked up and saw Meiling standing in the hall with her hands on her hips. She walked up to Eriol and I and waited for me to speak.

"With that asswhole you call Syaoran, or Taka? Eriol, did Daidouji tell you what we talked about last night?"

I asked changing the topic slightly. He nodded almost ashamed, I just gave him a knowing smirk.

"Well Taka-kun heard almost all of it. I thought I put him on hold and I didn't I hit the 3-way calling feature and he just listened."

Eriol's feature dropped and Meiling was somewhat in the dark as to what happened.

"Eriol, will you tell her, please?"

I asked him as I walked past them and looked down the hall my eyes narrowing.

"What do you want?"

I called down the hall unhappily. I could feel Eriol, and Meiling staring at me, as well as the person I was addressing. Eventually Syaoran came out from behind a wall just staring at me.

"May I help you?"

I asked him a little less deadly. He gave me a hurt look that affected me for a moment as he walked away. I frowned and began to turn when I heard the bell ring. I started walking before I realized that I left all my stuff in the café and ran back. I got in front of the door, and Takashi came out with something in his hands but I didn't pay any attention in fact I went out of my way to avoid him but it didn't work.

"Saku, you can try as hard as you want to avoid me, but if you want your stuff you'll have to talk to me."

He sternly scolded, I was already through the café doors and I looked around and saw nothing at all, so I walked out and slowly went over to him avoiding eye contact at all costs.

"That's not exactly what I meant."

He laughed lightly. He held his hands out and handed me my stuff I looked at it for a minute and took it quickly and went straight to my locker. I dropped my books on the floor and sighed heavily.

"How could I be so stupid?"

I asked myself loudly. As I picked up my books, and stuffed some of them back in my locker. I grabbed my bag and was about to shut the door to my locker when I felt someone's presence I closed my locker and with a smile I turned around.

"You aren't stupid my cute daughter. You just like him and feel like you've embarrassed him. Thinking he couldn't like you the way you think you feel for him."

A boy my age declared with a knowing smile. I just sighed and walked up to him and we headed to lunch quietly.

"But, he must hate me now. I know he doesn't like me as more than a friend, plus he heard me say that I also have feelings for Li-san."

He cocked me a look and appeared to be in thought. Then he turned his full attention to me while we walked down the hall.

"I know he cares for you. He may even be able to care for you as more than a friend, but I'm sorry you 2 aren't meant to be together..."

He whispered in a mysterious almost prophetic tone.

"I know, I know I'm going to be with Li-san. There's just something special about us."

I groaned halfheartedly. He gave me a humoring look before he shook his head.

"No YOU aren't meant for my descendent, you aren't meant for either of them, you're meant for someone else. Someone who's been with you for what seems like ages."

He spoke both knowing and accusingly. It kind of unnerved me that he acted like I wasn't Sakura at times, especially at this moment. I shook uneasily but we were soon in the café. I saw a small group of friends in the café and Eriol and I sat with them. I just quietly ate my lunch, and slowly tried to forget about the past events. Making casual conversation with Meiling, Eriol, and Tomoyo. I saw Rika as she passed by me. With a wave, I started to like her so I offered to let her sit with us, and she accepted sitting between Eriol, and Syaoran. I continued to try and ignore my thoughts, in fact I got so comfortable that I dozed off. And when the bell rang to tell us lunch was ending I was startled and fell backwards, but was again caught in another pair of arms. I looked up slightly dizzy and saw Takashi above me, with a smirk. I just closed my eyes and sat upright tossing him a thanks. I asked Meiling if she wanted to come with me to my locker before the next class, and we waved bye to everyone as we got up and threw our trash away heading out of the café to my locker.

"What happened Kinomoto? Last time I was here I never had a chance with him, because you and him couldn't be separated. Now your ignoring him, and he's asking me, Eriol, Especially Tomoyo what's up. Oh yea, have you looked inside your bag?"

She questioned suspiciously. I looked at my bag like it held a bomb then at her as I got the rest of my stuff and put it in my bag.

"I'll see you later, I just need to finish putting this stuff in my bag and I don't' want you to be late for your class."

I managed to get her to leave without me and once she was out of sight, I rummaged through my bag looking for a possible reason why she would have asked. And I found it; I found a black envelope with my name on it in white letters. I grabbed it and put it in my binder I was carrying so I could read it during class. I walked to my class worried as to what it may be or even whom it was from even though I think I know whom. I finally got to my science class and took a huge breath before walking through the doors. "In, Out, In Out" I was whispering to myself. Once I entered all eyes were on me. 'Not surprising after what happened the other day.' I thought to myself. As I quietly took my seat in the back of the class, the eyes slowly fading off of me that is except Li, Daidouji, and Mihara's. I could see their eyes on me. I just put my head down on my desk for a second and lifted it just in time for the teacher to walk in. As we opened our notebooks I took the letter out of my binder. And saw 2 pieces of paper the first looked like a 5-year-old had written it, it was kind of short, but I read it anyway.

Saku~

Hi. Its Takashi. I at home and was playing with my legos. I just built a big hose. When I am old enuf I am gonna live in it and you are gonna come to. I love my best frend and you will alwas be here. OK. You have been my frend sinse I was 2 and we are5. That is a long time. And I hope you will always be. I love you saku my frend.

~Your bestest frend taka

I read this confused. 'Some letter from when he was around 5.' I thought to myself as I carefully got out the second page and read it, this one was much neater, and a little longer.

Dear Sakura,

You're probably a little confused now. Why did I show you something that I wrote to you when I was 5? You're asking your self. Well, to prove something is why I added that little note from way back when. You're the one who is avoiding me, not wanting to see me at all probably thinking for some reason that I don't like you, or couldn't like you as more than a friend. I know you better than I think, and if you really believe that then you really don't know me as well as I thought. We've been through so much together.

The death of your mother, Syaoran, all your friends disposing of you to make room for Chiheru, you leaving us here to miss and worry about you. The whole time since I was 6 I liked you and so much I wanted you to care for me the way I cared for you. But I knew that would never happen. You were always liked by all the boys, you're so sweet, nice, funny, sincere, caring, not to mention gorgeous. I was just a dull, wisecracking, little dork. True I have changed over time but I'm just taller and a little more muscular, but I'm still the same dork. But this whole time my feelings haven't' changed, through, you numerous boyfriends, and my occasional girl I've always had strong feeling's for you, and never more than when you left.

The reason I didn't say anything to you last night was because I was in shock. 'It was like wow, the girl I've been in love with since I was 6 kind of likes me too. Even thought she's still in love with her ex-boyfriend of 6 years.'

Even though I care for you so much, not even I whom tries my hardest to ignore, can't deny the fact that there's something special between you and Li-san. It's almost like you were meant for each other. But that's obviously not why I'm writing this. You told Daidouji that you liked me. And that gave me the courage to ask you something I've wanted to, I was wondering if you would go on a date with me? If you want to meet me at your Sakura tree after class.

I hope to see you. }

Takashi

I read his letter in shock at everything he'd just admitted to me. I looked back up to the front of the class and surprisingly the teacher hadn't paid one bit of attentions to me. A dreamy smile forced it's way to my cheeks that I couldn't get rid of. Luckily the bell rang and class ended. I walked out still with that stupid grin on my face. But I got it under control as I walked into my last class of the day. Since I missed it the other day I looked around to see who was in it with me. I saw Meiling, Tomoyo, Li, Takashi, and Mihara all sitting in random spots in the room. I looked to see if there was an empty desk and sat at it. I avoided looking at anyone until the teacher came in. She looked right at me and welcomed me to class, then got started. We talked about stuff and did some sheets and then the ball rang. I tried to make sure I left the class before Taka and ran to my locker probably taking a few people out on the way. I took out the books I needed and put the rest away. And hurried out of school anxiously, I looked around and saw a boy with black hair, leaning on the tree I was by this morning. I walked up to him slowly, trying to put out the fire burning on my cheeks. As I got up to him I tapped his shoulder.

"Hi Takashi."

I greeted nervously. I just received a big grin from him and he stood in front of me and offered me his arm, and we were off.

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S.M: I hope you like chapter 12, what a day for Usa, and the guys in her life. .

In the next chapter:

I again want to thank you for reading my story and for giving me such wonderful and helpful reviews. I hope you'll keep on reviewing and telling me what you think and how I could help it become better. I can't wait to receive more; any opinions on how I could go about the future chapters would be enjoyed. (If anyone could help me get it more interesting so people won't dislike it I'd like to hear your idea's)

I'm already working on chapter 13 so it should be up as soon as I can get it up. But it may take a little longer I'm trying to think how to make this a good one. Stay tuned.

~Serenity Madison