V. The Green Giant
"How could he have chosen HER over me?" Taija said to her reflection as she brushed her long luxurious black hair. "Well Sakura is so gonna get it at cheerleading practice tomorrow. No one messes with the head of the cheerleading squad, Miss Tomoeda two years in a row, and not to mention the most popular girl in high school since seventh grade, and expects to get away with it. She picked up a picture of the squad and glared at the pretty brunette surrounded by friends.
The keeper of the Khan cards stood outside her window. "Ahhhh, this one is ripe for the Jealousy card" the card materialized in his hand and he held it out in front of him and letting go, allowing it to hover there. "Jealosy, infect and invade!" the card turned to smoke, and floated through the window. It entered Taija through the ears, and when her eyes opened, they had an eerie green cast to them...
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"Kero! Why didn't you wake me up? Now I'm gonna be late!" said a very frazzled Sakura, rushing around her room and gathering the things she needed, and stuffing them into the appropriate one of three bags she carried to school every day. "Where's my other roller blade?"
Kero was already playing one of his favored video games. "Its-oof-under your-ahh!-dresser" he said clicking away at the controllers. She grabbed it and rushed downstairs, and out the door. She briefly sat on a step out front to put the roller blades one then carefully, so as not to upset her precarious balance, began putting the bags on her. When they were in place she bagan skating to the end of her driveway. She had just made it onto the side walk, when she lost her balance and started to fall.
To her surprise, she didn't fall on her behind, but was wrapped in arms, so she couldn't fall down. "Isn't that a bit too much for you to carry on your own, Cherry Blossom?"
"NO!" Li let her go, and she started to fall again. She grabbed onto his forearms, and he resumed his previous position of keeping her from falling. She strained her head to look at him, "Well, maybe a little bit too much..." she once again stood up and was some what steady.
Li couldn't suppress a grin. She was actually pretty cute, standing there with her small frame trying to handle a gym bag, a cheerleading bag, and a backpack. "Here, give me those," he took the gym bag and cheerleading bag and slung them over his shoulder easily.
"How do you make it look so easy?" she asked mock glaring at him.
"They're not that heavy" he shrugged
"They're at least thirty pounds each" she said to him flatly.(i know, i know, they don't have pounds in Japan, there it's stricly metric. But I didn't know how to convert it without making Sakura sound like a total wimpazoid.)
"Like I said, not that heavy" Li said laughingly.
"Ugh! You are SUCH a showoff" Sakura started skating ahead. Li smiled like a cat "No...." He hurried, and lifted her off her feet, tossing her over his shoulder fireman style, book bag and all. "There. Now I'm a showoff" he smugly daclared.
Sakura squealed, beating ineffectually at his back. "Shaoran, put me down! This is Not funny" she almost whined, but ruined it by giggling.
"Shhh, your attracting attention"
"I'M attracting attention? YOU'RE the one who has me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
Li suddenly stopped laughing, and put her down "Do you feel that?" he asked soberly.
Sakura looked around and noticed that everyone was glaring at them "Yeah, is it... a Khan card?"
"I don't know, I've never sensed one before. How do you know when your sensing evil, or if it's just your imagination?"
"That's how I feel too"
They walked to Sakura's locker while everyone they met continued to glare and whisper behind their hands. They kissed lightly, and went to their first period classes. Li was uneasy about leaving her alone, but he had to treat her like an equal, not some fragile bird.
All through art class, everyone, even her friends, acted insanely jealous toward Sakura. The teacher told her to quit bragging about a picture she drew.
"But I wasn't..." she protested.
"Why do you have to be so goody goody?" one of her best friends said meanly "Can't you be BAD at anything for once?
"It's not even a very good picture" Sakura said, on the verge of tears.
"Oh, enough with the false modesty. I've had it with your high and mighty attitude. Go stand in the hall until class is over"
Sakura walked meekly to the hall"Look, she even takes her punishment better than everyone else" She hurried out before they started throwing things at her. Tears were flowing, undeterred, down her face. 'Why is this happening to me?' she thought.
When the bell rang, Sakura grabbed her stuff, and moved to Li's next class to wait for him. As soon as he saw her tearstreaked face he dropped everything in his arms, and moved to hug her. She said "Thanks I needed that" into his neck.
"What's the matter?" Tomoyo asked from right behind Li.
"Everyone is just being so MEAN! Even my friends!"
"We've been getting the same treatment" Li said wryly looking around at the people who were giving them dirty looks. "Don't worry about them" he said, and for the first time, actively kissed her, albeit softly. Sakura threw her arms around him and responded with all she had.
When she pulled back, Li was shell shocked. He was about to say something when the principals voice bellowed out. "You! A weeks suspension for kissing a pretty- I mean public displays of affection. You too Miss Kinomoto, and you(Tomoyo) for not reporting this behavior. OUT!"
The exiled teens walked slowly out of the school building. Comment came from everywhere. Nasty ones. They walked to the park and sat morosely under the same tree as yesterday. Back at the school, Taija smirked "Not so hot now, huh?" The green cast became brighter.
Back at the park...
"That's it. It must be a Khan card" Sakura resolutely said.
"I came to the same conclusion. I feel something LIKE a Clow card, only different, darker"
"Me too. Do you know which one it is?"
"I'm guessing the Jealousy. And I'm pretty sure I know who the host is."
"Who?"
"Well it's in a person who has the least to be jealous about, but who is anyway"
"TAIJA! Oh no, I have cheerleading with her!" Sakura cried. "When can we capture it so things will be normal again?"
"I don't know. We may as well go home, there's nothing we can do here right now"
So they said their goodbyes and went their seperate ways. Sakura forgot to tell them that she had cheer practice that afternoon. Oh well nothing was going to happen.
Was that okay? I have gotten lots of good reviews for this story. The favored term seems to be 'Kawaii'. Thank you all.
Preview to next chapters:What will go down at cheerleading?... Will Taija survive the Jealousy?... What will happen when Li knocks on Sakura's window?... Find out in the coming chapters of Homecoming.
Over and out.
PS I will explain why this was so late in the next chapter so be cool alright? Thank You
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