Here's chapter 2 of The Life of an Unexpected Identity. I hope you liked
that last chapter. I know I did and I'm the one writing this fic. And
thanks to all of you who have given me reviews. I'm sorry to say that I am
not going to be adding the Clow/ Sakura cards, but I'm thinking of writing
a sequel that will have magic in it. Anyway enough talk more reading.
Chapter 2: Sakura's Unknown Pain
The boy, Syaoran, was still staring at Sakura for no reason when Adatchi- sensei asked, "Now, where should I place you?" He thought for a second and said, "Aha! Right behind Kinomoto Sakura. She's the young girl with the honey auburn hair up in the high ponytail."
Sakura raised her hand halfway up so Syaoran would see who Adatchi-sensei was talking about. "Ahh Arigatou Kinomoto-san." Sakura blushed and put her hand back down. 'Why did I do that?' she thought. 'I guess something came over me.'
Syaoran walked towards and beyond her and sat down in his seat behind her.
"Now class we will begin with math."
Sakura groaned silently so no one would hear her but Syaoran heard her anyway. He passed her a note saying: 'You hate math don't you? I can tell because of the groan I heard from you just now.'
Sakura blushed and slightly turned around in her seat. She saw him grinning when she saw him. Then she turned back around and tried to concentrate on her math worksheet that Adatchi-sensei had handed out.
Syaoran's POV When I passed that note to Kinomoto-san, she read it. When she turned around to face me, I saw that she was blushing. She was actually bright red! Not a single girl in Hong Kong had blushed over me like that before unless it wasn't me she was blushing at. It could have been the note that made her blush.
A few hours later, Sakura, Syaoran and classmates were at gym class. The gym sensei, Hishida-sensei said, "Today for gym class, we are going to the swimming pool right next to the school."
The class cheered. Then Sakura asked, "But sensei, what are we going to do about swimsuits?"
"Well Kinomoto-san I'm glad you asked that. The letter that was sent with your schedules told you that the school was going to provide the swimsuits. But some, maybe all of you didn't read the letter so you didn't know that," said Hishida-sensei, "So at the swimming pool's building's entrance, two members of the staff will hand out your swimming uniforms. And for all you swimmers who would like to join the swimming club, there's a sign-up sheet on the wall beside the front doors. One for the girls and one for the boys. Now let's go before it's too late."
The students, along with Hishida-sensei, walked out of the gym and to the swimming pool's building. At the entrance, like Hishida-sensei had said, there were two staff members. A man and a woman. The man handed out the boys' swimsuit uniforms and the woman handed out the girls' swimsuit uniform. (A/N the swimsuits look exactly like the Tomoeda ones in episode 17: Sakura's Scary Courage Test.)
When each of the students had received their uniforms, they went to their change rooms and changed. At the entrance of the pool from their change room door, (A/N you know how they have two doors at each end of the swimming pool, one for the girls and one for the boys) the staff members handed out their school year swimming bracelets for they were going to go to the pool more than once throughout the year. Then Hishida-sensei said, "Please don't lose those bracelets for we are going to be using them again soon."
"Hai," said the students.
"Sakura-chan. Want to swim in the deep end with me?" asked Tomoyo putting on her bracelet.
"Sure, Tomoyo-chan," she answered as she took out her high ponytail and let her hair flow down her back in medium waves. They walked to the deep end. They didn't know it but Syaoran was following them.
When they got far enough, Sakura, without hesitation, dived into the water and swam fast to the other side and back again. She swam to the other side and back again with the same speed and got out of the pool. She walked over to the lifeguard and the female lifeguard marked her right arm with a 2. When she walked back to the deep end again, Tomoyo looked surprised. "Sakura-chan, that was really fast. Why did you have to do that and go to the lifeguard? Did you get hurt?"
Before Sakura could explain, Syaoran spoke up. "She didn't get hurt. She had to do that because that's the rule for going into the deep end."
"Li-kun? What are you doing here?" asked a surprised Sakura.
"What do you mean by 'that's the rule'?" asked Tomoyo.
"Well I, um, followed you," he said.
"Why?" asked Sakura.
"Um, I." started Syaoran trying very hard not to blush.
"Never mind Li-kun. So what did you mean by 'that's the rule'?" asked Tomoyo again.
"Well, If you want to swim in the deep end, you have to swim there," Sakura said seeing that Syaoran was about to have a blushing break down and pointed to the other side of the pool, "and back twice. Before the lifeguard allows you to go into the deep end, and you have done your laps, you go up to him or her and get marked with a marker that proves to the other lifeguards that you have done your laps."
"Oh. I see," said Tomoyo and slowly lowered herself into the cold water. "Oh. It's cold."
"Don't worry about it. You'll get used to it as you get in, Tomoyo-chan," said Sakura.
"Okay." And with that, Tomoyo dunked her head into the water and started her laps. She was a bit slow but about 4 minutes later she had finished her laps. She went up to the lifeguard and got a 2 written on her right arm. Syaoran did his almost as fast as Sakura had done hers. He also got a 2 written on his right arm.
A minute later, the three of them were playing in the water. And played for half an hour. Sakura was having so much fun that she didn't realize that her legs started to hurt until Hishida-sensei said that they needed to get out of the water and pack up to go home. (A/N Gym's their last class of the day. And Sakura can't feel the pain when she's in cold water or when she first gets out of the water. She only feals pain in very cold water. For example if the shower suddenly sprayed cold water on her, she would start to feel pain in her legs and in about a minute and fall to the floor.) Tomoyo and Syaoran swam to the underwater stairs and climbed out of the pool. Sakura swam to them as well and started to climb up them. When she had reached the top of them and had taken her first step away, she slumped down to the pool floor. Syaoran and Tomoyo both noticed and Tomoyo said, "Sakura-chan! Daijoubu?"
"Iie Tomoyo-chan. My legs hurt a bit," she said still sitting on the pool floor.
Hishida-sensei walked up to Sakura and asked, "Daijoubu, Kinomoto-san?"
"Iie," she said to him.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Sakura-chan said that her legs hurt a bit," said Tomoyo.
"Hmm," Hishida-sensei said, "she probably just pulled a few muscles in her legs from swimming. Where do they hurt?"
Sakura pointed to the calves of her legs. "Right here, Hishida-sensei," she answered in a kind of shaky voice to him.
"Hmm. Yeah it could just be pulled muscles. The pain should be gone after some rest."
"Hishida-sensei? Could you not tell my parents about my legs yet?" she asked him with worry in her bright, emerald eyes.
"Why not Kinomoto-san?"
"Well they get really worried about me very fast and easily. If they found out that my legs started to hurt out of the blue, they might have a very professional doctor take a look at me. Then they'll find out that there was nothing wrong with me in the first place."
"Oh I see," said Hishida-sensei. "Alright. I won't say a thing."
"Arigatou," she said and tried to stand up. "Itai. I can't stand up. They hurt too much."
"Your legs?" asked Syaoran.
"Hai."
"Do your parents really get that worried about you?" asked Tomoyo.
"Hai. Probably because I'm their only child and they don't want me to get hurt or die or something."
"Wow! They're really serious about you not getting hurt or anything bad."
"Yeah. They are."
"Okay, Kinomoto-san. Let's think of a way for you to get home," said Syaoran and thought for a minute while Sakura tied her hair in a low ponytail. "I got an idea." He lowered himself so that his back was facing Sakura's front. (A/N the piggyback pose let's call it.) "Get on," Syaoran ordered kindly.
"Demo..." said Sakura, "Demo..."
Syaoran sighed. "No buts. Now, hurry and get on."
Tomoyo helped Sakura get on Syaoran's back. Syaoran stood up with Tomoyo's help.
Syaoran was about to enter the boy's change room when Sakura said, "Li-kun. We're still in the pool area and you're about to carry me in there? You can't very well carry me through that door and through the change room without a boy noticing me."
Syaoran blushed madly. "I... I... gu-guess you-you're ri-right ab-about th- that, Ki-Kinomoto-san," Syaoran stuttered.
Sakura and Tomoyo giggled a little. Syaoran turned even redder. "I have an idea," said Tomoyo a few minutes later. "Why don't I carry her through the girls change room and bring her to the entrance doors. Then I'ill grab mine and her things. Then you and I can take her to her house with you carrying her."
"That's a great idea, Tomoyo-chan!" said Sakura. "Demo... What about my school things. My backpack, notebooks, homework and all that?"
"Um I guess Li-kun can start taking you home and I will go back to the school and grab our things and catch up to you."
"Okay," said Sakura as Syaoran helped Tomoyo get her on Tomoyo's back and helped her stand up.
A minute later, Tomoyo was walking through the other door to the girls change room towards the entrance doors with Sakura still on her back and bathing suit still on.
She, Sakura, and Syaoran were the only ones at the entrance.
Syaoran had changed back into his clothes. "I just thought of something," Tomoyo said suddenly.
"What would that be?" asked Syaoran.
"Since you will be taking Sakura-chan home, how are you going to get your things from school? Your backpack and all those things. I can't get them because I don't know the combination to your locker."
"Oh. I didn't think of that," said Syaoran.
"Why don't we go all back to the school to get our things instead of the way it was originally planned," said Sakura.
"Sure," said Tomoyo. "But first let me get mine and Sakura-chan's things."
"Speaking of that, would you like to get Kinomoto-san off your back?" he asked her while she was still giving Sakura a piggyback ride out off the pool area and change room.
"Sure. Sakura-chan? What do you think?
"Hai," said Sakura. "I guess you're not used to giving people piggybacks. Huh Tomoyo-chan?"
"That would be correct," said Tomoyo. "Li-kun you just changed into dry clothes. If you put her on your back again, you'll get wet again."
"It doesn't matter really. It's just water."
"Well chlorine water. It could bleach your shirt," said Sakura.
"As I said before, it doesn't matter. Your legs are more important than my shirt."
"Oh," said Sakura as Syaoran walked up to Tomoyo and carefully took Sakura off Tomoyo's back and carefully sat her down. The he went into the piggyback pose again and Tomoyo helped Syaoran put Sakura on his back again. Then she helped Syaoran stand up again.
Tomoyo went back into the girls change room and a few minutes later came out again with the things. Just then the sensei came looking for them. When he saw them he walked over to them and asked, "I see that you have devised a plan to get Kinomoto-san home. What is it?"
"Hai. Well Li-kun and I will take her home but first we're going to the school to get our backpacks and things."
"Would you like some help. Should I drive her home?"
"Iie we can manage," said Syaoran.
"Alright then. Good luck. I hope you'll be feeling better by tomorrow, Kinomoto-san."
"Arigatou," said Sakura.
Five minutes later, after Tomoyo and Syaoran had gotten their things and Sakura's from their lockers, they walk Sakura home. Luckily her parents weren't home because there would have been some explaining to do.
When the three had reached Sakura's house, Tomoyo took the house key out of Sakura's backpack and opened the door. Then Syaoran took Sakura up to her room and gently, with Tomoyo's help, laid her on her bed. Tomoyo put Sakura's things on the floor and said, "We had better go before your parents come home."
"Okay," said Sakura. "See you tomorrow."
"Okay. See you," Tomoyo said and walked out her bedroom door and went down the stairs.
Just as Syaoran was about to leave Sakura said, "Arigatou for carrying me home, Li-kun."
Syaoran blushed a little and managed to say without stuttering, "You're welcome, Kinomoto-san. See you tomorrow."
"Okay bye."
He walked out the room and started to blush. When he and Tomoyo left for their own homes, Sakura lay on her bed and thought about how Syaoran had been so nice to her on the first day of school. (A/N I am making him kind instead of unkind when he first comes in episode 8.)
**** Well that's it for chapter 2: Sakura's Unknown Pain. So how did you like it? Sorry it was longer than the first chapter. I'll try not to do that again. Anyway please review and tell me what you thought of this chapter. Please? I'm dying for reviews. So far, because of my other fanfics, I have only gotten 2 reviews so I'm desperate. Arigatou. ****
Chapter 2: Sakura's Unknown Pain
The boy, Syaoran, was still staring at Sakura for no reason when Adatchi- sensei asked, "Now, where should I place you?" He thought for a second and said, "Aha! Right behind Kinomoto Sakura. She's the young girl with the honey auburn hair up in the high ponytail."
Sakura raised her hand halfway up so Syaoran would see who Adatchi-sensei was talking about. "Ahh Arigatou Kinomoto-san." Sakura blushed and put her hand back down. 'Why did I do that?' she thought. 'I guess something came over me.'
Syaoran walked towards and beyond her and sat down in his seat behind her.
"Now class we will begin with math."
Sakura groaned silently so no one would hear her but Syaoran heard her anyway. He passed her a note saying: 'You hate math don't you? I can tell because of the groan I heard from you just now.'
Sakura blushed and slightly turned around in her seat. She saw him grinning when she saw him. Then she turned back around and tried to concentrate on her math worksheet that Adatchi-sensei had handed out.
Syaoran's POV When I passed that note to Kinomoto-san, she read it. When she turned around to face me, I saw that she was blushing. She was actually bright red! Not a single girl in Hong Kong had blushed over me like that before unless it wasn't me she was blushing at. It could have been the note that made her blush.
A few hours later, Sakura, Syaoran and classmates were at gym class. The gym sensei, Hishida-sensei said, "Today for gym class, we are going to the swimming pool right next to the school."
The class cheered. Then Sakura asked, "But sensei, what are we going to do about swimsuits?"
"Well Kinomoto-san I'm glad you asked that. The letter that was sent with your schedules told you that the school was going to provide the swimsuits. But some, maybe all of you didn't read the letter so you didn't know that," said Hishida-sensei, "So at the swimming pool's building's entrance, two members of the staff will hand out your swimming uniforms. And for all you swimmers who would like to join the swimming club, there's a sign-up sheet on the wall beside the front doors. One for the girls and one for the boys. Now let's go before it's too late."
The students, along with Hishida-sensei, walked out of the gym and to the swimming pool's building. At the entrance, like Hishida-sensei had said, there were two staff members. A man and a woman. The man handed out the boys' swimsuit uniforms and the woman handed out the girls' swimsuit uniform. (A/N the swimsuits look exactly like the Tomoeda ones in episode 17: Sakura's Scary Courage Test.)
When each of the students had received their uniforms, they went to their change rooms and changed. At the entrance of the pool from their change room door, (A/N you know how they have two doors at each end of the swimming pool, one for the girls and one for the boys) the staff members handed out their school year swimming bracelets for they were going to go to the pool more than once throughout the year. Then Hishida-sensei said, "Please don't lose those bracelets for we are going to be using them again soon."
"Hai," said the students.
"Sakura-chan. Want to swim in the deep end with me?" asked Tomoyo putting on her bracelet.
"Sure, Tomoyo-chan," she answered as she took out her high ponytail and let her hair flow down her back in medium waves. They walked to the deep end. They didn't know it but Syaoran was following them.
When they got far enough, Sakura, without hesitation, dived into the water and swam fast to the other side and back again. She swam to the other side and back again with the same speed and got out of the pool. She walked over to the lifeguard and the female lifeguard marked her right arm with a 2. When she walked back to the deep end again, Tomoyo looked surprised. "Sakura-chan, that was really fast. Why did you have to do that and go to the lifeguard? Did you get hurt?"
Before Sakura could explain, Syaoran spoke up. "She didn't get hurt. She had to do that because that's the rule for going into the deep end."
"Li-kun? What are you doing here?" asked a surprised Sakura.
"What do you mean by 'that's the rule'?" asked Tomoyo.
"Well I, um, followed you," he said.
"Why?" asked Sakura.
"Um, I." started Syaoran trying very hard not to blush.
"Never mind Li-kun. So what did you mean by 'that's the rule'?" asked Tomoyo again.
"Well, If you want to swim in the deep end, you have to swim there," Sakura said seeing that Syaoran was about to have a blushing break down and pointed to the other side of the pool, "and back twice. Before the lifeguard allows you to go into the deep end, and you have done your laps, you go up to him or her and get marked with a marker that proves to the other lifeguards that you have done your laps."
"Oh. I see," said Tomoyo and slowly lowered herself into the cold water. "Oh. It's cold."
"Don't worry about it. You'll get used to it as you get in, Tomoyo-chan," said Sakura.
"Okay." And with that, Tomoyo dunked her head into the water and started her laps. She was a bit slow but about 4 minutes later she had finished her laps. She went up to the lifeguard and got a 2 written on her right arm. Syaoran did his almost as fast as Sakura had done hers. He also got a 2 written on his right arm.
A minute later, the three of them were playing in the water. And played for half an hour. Sakura was having so much fun that she didn't realize that her legs started to hurt until Hishida-sensei said that they needed to get out of the water and pack up to go home. (A/N Gym's their last class of the day. And Sakura can't feel the pain when she's in cold water or when she first gets out of the water. She only feals pain in very cold water. For example if the shower suddenly sprayed cold water on her, she would start to feel pain in her legs and in about a minute and fall to the floor.) Tomoyo and Syaoran swam to the underwater stairs and climbed out of the pool. Sakura swam to them as well and started to climb up them. When she had reached the top of them and had taken her first step away, she slumped down to the pool floor. Syaoran and Tomoyo both noticed and Tomoyo said, "Sakura-chan! Daijoubu?"
"Iie Tomoyo-chan. My legs hurt a bit," she said still sitting on the pool floor.
Hishida-sensei walked up to Sakura and asked, "Daijoubu, Kinomoto-san?"
"Iie," she said to him.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Sakura-chan said that her legs hurt a bit," said Tomoyo.
"Hmm," Hishida-sensei said, "she probably just pulled a few muscles in her legs from swimming. Where do they hurt?"
Sakura pointed to the calves of her legs. "Right here, Hishida-sensei," she answered in a kind of shaky voice to him.
"Hmm. Yeah it could just be pulled muscles. The pain should be gone after some rest."
"Hishida-sensei? Could you not tell my parents about my legs yet?" she asked him with worry in her bright, emerald eyes.
"Why not Kinomoto-san?"
"Well they get really worried about me very fast and easily. If they found out that my legs started to hurt out of the blue, they might have a very professional doctor take a look at me. Then they'll find out that there was nothing wrong with me in the first place."
"Oh I see," said Hishida-sensei. "Alright. I won't say a thing."
"Arigatou," she said and tried to stand up. "Itai. I can't stand up. They hurt too much."
"Your legs?" asked Syaoran.
"Hai."
"Do your parents really get that worried about you?" asked Tomoyo.
"Hai. Probably because I'm their only child and they don't want me to get hurt or die or something."
"Wow! They're really serious about you not getting hurt or anything bad."
"Yeah. They are."
"Okay, Kinomoto-san. Let's think of a way for you to get home," said Syaoran and thought for a minute while Sakura tied her hair in a low ponytail. "I got an idea." He lowered himself so that his back was facing Sakura's front. (A/N the piggyback pose let's call it.) "Get on," Syaoran ordered kindly.
"Demo..." said Sakura, "Demo..."
Syaoran sighed. "No buts. Now, hurry and get on."
Tomoyo helped Sakura get on Syaoran's back. Syaoran stood up with Tomoyo's help.
Syaoran was about to enter the boy's change room when Sakura said, "Li-kun. We're still in the pool area and you're about to carry me in there? You can't very well carry me through that door and through the change room without a boy noticing me."
Syaoran blushed madly. "I... I... gu-guess you-you're ri-right ab-about th- that, Ki-Kinomoto-san," Syaoran stuttered.
Sakura and Tomoyo giggled a little. Syaoran turned even redder. "I have an idea," said Tomoyo a few minutes later. "Why don't I carry her through the girls change room and bring her to the entrance doors. Then I'ill grab mine and her things. Then you and I can take her to her house with you carrying her."
"That's a great idea, Tomoyo-chan!" said Sakura. "Demo... What about my school things. My backpack, notebooks, homework and all that?"
"Um I guess Li-kun can start taking you home and I will go back to the school and grab our things and catch up to you."
"Okay," said Sakura as Syaoran helped Tomoyo get her on Tomoyo's back and helped her stand up.
A minute later, Tomoyo was walking through the other door to the girls change room towards the entrance doors with Sakura still on her back and bathing suit still on.
She, Sakura, and Syaoran were the only ones at the entrance.
Syaoran had changed back into his clothes. "I just thought of something," Tomoyo said suddenly.
"What would that be?" asked Syaoran.
"Since you will be taking Sakura-chan home, how are you going to get your things from school? Your backpack and all those things. I can't get them because I don't know the combination to your locker."
"Oh. I didn't think of that," said Syaoran.
"Why don't we go all back to the school to get our things instead of the way it was originally planned," said Sakura.
"Sure," said Tomoyo. "But first let me get mine and Sakura-chan's things."
"Speaking of that, would you like to get Kinomoto-san off your back?" he asked her while she was still giving Sakura a piggyback ride out off the pool area and change room.
"Sure. Sakura-chan? What do you think?
"Hai," said Sakura. "I guess you're not used to giving people piggybacks. Huh Tomoyo-chan?"
"That would be correct," said Tomoyo. "Li-kun you just changed into dry clothes. If you put her on your back again, you'll get wet again."
"It doesn't matter really. It's just water."
"Well chlorine water. It could bleach your shirt," said Sakura.
"As I said before, it doesn't matter. Your legs are more important than my shirt."
"Oh," said Sakura as Syaoran walked up to Tomoyo and carefully took Sakura off Tomoyo's back and carefully sat her down. The he went into the piggyback pose again and Tomoyo helped Syaoran put Sakura on his back again. Then she helped Syaoran stand up again.
Tomoyo went back into the girls change room and a few minutes later came out again with the things. Just then the sensei came looking for them. When he saw them he walked over to them and asked, "I see that you have devised a plan to get Kinomoto-san home. What is it?"
"Hai. Well Li-kun and I will take her home but first we're going to the school to get our backpacks and things."
"Would you like some help. Should I drive her home?"
"Iie we can manage," said Syaoran.
"Alright then. Good luck. I hope you'll be feeling better by tomorrow, Kinomoto-san."
"Arigatou," said Sakura.
Five minutes later, after Tomoyo and Syaoran had gotten their things and Sakura's from their lockers, they walk Sakura home. Luckily her parents weren't home because there would have been some explaining to do.
When the three had reached Sakura's house, Tomoyo took the house key out of Sakura's backpack and opened the door. Then Syaoran took Sakura up to her room and gently, with Tomoyo's help, laid her on her bed. Tomoyo put Sakura's things on the floor and said, "We had better go before your parents come home."
"Okay," said Sakura. "See you tomorrow."
"Okay. See you," Tomoyo said and walked out her bedroom door and went down the stairs.
Just as Syaoran was about to leave Sakura said, "Arigatou for carrying me home, Li-kun."
Syaoran blushed a little and managed to say without stuttering, "You're welcome, Kinomoto-san. See you tomorrow."
"Okay bye."
He walked out the room and started to blush. When he and Tomoyo left for their own homes, Sakura lay on her bed and thought about how Syaoran had been so nice to her on the first day of school. (A/N I am making him kind instead of unkind when he first comes in episode 8.)
**** Well that's it for chapter 2: Sakura's Unknown Pain. So how did you like it? Sorry it was longer than the first chapter. I'll try not to do that again. Anyway please review and tell me what you thought of this chapter. Please? I'm dying for reviews. So far, because of my other fanfics, I have only gotten 2 reviews so I'm desperate. Arigatou. ****