Lunch Antics and a Strange New Girl
~ Start of Scene Five~

By Chibi Ruka Hime

Note: The following fanfics in this series are the novelizations of this CCS RPG chatroom thing I belong to on AIM. It's a continuing series, so more will be coming as more chatrooms are held. This scene is dedicated to Neph, whose playing of Touya is just unbelievable. Enjoy this scene! I did. ^_~

It was lunchtime, and the students were all enjoying their lunches, most of them outside. But some of the students' attentions were focused on something else…or rather, someone else.

Sakura smiled as she started eating out of her bento (lunch box). "Otou-san is the best cook! I could eat on and on without stopping."

Hidden in the leaves of the tree where Sakura was sitting under, Eriol was busy watching Sakura. A few feet away from Sakura, Syaoran was staring intently at her as he paced back and forth. Takashi was beside Syaoran, moaning. "Arrgh, I feel terrible. But, I can't let people worry…" He tried to smile and approached Sakura and Rika. "Hey guys…"

"Konnichiwa, Yamazaki-kun! I wonder where Tomoyo-chan is…? And Chiharu-chan?" Sakura asked, not noticing those watching her from afar and near.

"How would I know?" Takashi snapped.

Syaoran sighed and turned around to leave, kicking a pebble nearby.

"Anou…because…you…are always together," replied Sakura hesitantly. O.O

"Gomen, Kinomoto-san." Takashi would have gone on to say more if there hadn't been a sudden rustling noise above the two. Eriol slipped, and fell out of the tree. Suppi, still on one of the branches, rolled his eyes.

Sakura blinked, her eyes shifting to Eriol. "Hoe? Eriol-kun!"

Eriol moaned. "Itai…"

"AGAIN?! If you keep falling out, maybe you shouldn't sit up there…" said Sakura.

"I think I broke my…umm…everything!" Eriol replied weakly, becoming swirly eyed.

Takashi sighed and walked back over to Syaoran. "Li-kun, are you all right?" he asked, wincing in pain.

Syaoran looked up with surprise. "Everything's alright."

"That's good." Takashi glanced back to where Eriol had fallen out of the tree. "Why don't we go over there? The fool's fallen out again."

Syaoran nodded, and the two walked over to Sakura and Eriol.

"Daijobu?" Rika asked with worry.

Sakura set down her bento, and gave Eriol a fierce look. "Eriol-kun, one of these days you're going to get really hurt."

"One of these days, you're gonna realize how dumb you all are…" Eriol muttered in English.

Rika blinked. "What…was that?"

Eriol smiled. "Oh nothing! Sorry, I just slipped into English, you know, since it was my first language.

Syaoran rolled his eyes. Sure…He turned back towards the school. "I have to go get something from inside."

"Wait a second, Li-kun! I…just wanted to say…"

"What is it, Yamazaki-kun?"

Takashi shook his head. "Forget it," he said, clutching his arm in pain.

"Are you coming in as well? Or are you just standing there, wincing?"

"Have you no compassion for the ill?"

"Well, I can't tell if you're faking it or not."

"I wouldn't like about being ill!" Takashi snapped.

"No? You seem to have a story for everything else…so why not this?"

"You are such a cold hearted jerk, you know that? Why would I lie about something as serious as…Forget it."

"A…cold hearted JERK? Well, I'm SORRY for bothering with you."

"Well, I'm sorry. I thought you were my friend!"

Syaoran turned around abruptly and headed in, choosing to ignore Takashi's last comment. Takashi frowned and glanced back to where Sakura and Eriol were, still talking to each other. "No use going back to there….Hiiragizawa-kun is worse than Li-kun." He hmphed and followed Syaoran back into the school, going in the opposite direction from where Syaoran was heading.

Outside, Sakura was still tending to Eriol, kneeling beside him. "Maybe you shouldn't sit in trees anymore, Eriol-kun…or maybe wear a parachute…"

"Verrrrry funny, Sakura-san."

Sakura sweatdropped. "Well…it might work."

"Please, Sakura-san, a parachute is for wimps."

"I just don't want you to hurt yourself," Sakura replied, giving him big puppy eyes.

Eriol laughed. "No need to think of me ever doing that." He glanced towards the door through which Syaoran and Takashi had just passed through seconds ago, and he shook his head regretfully. "Those two…"


Elsewhere…at Touya's school…

A teenage girl was waiting outside the main doors, right after school had ended for the day. She scanned the area, and her eyes lit up as she spotted the person she was looking for. She slowly approached him. "Anou…Ki…Kinomoto-sempai?"

Touya glanced at her with surprise. "Yes?" He replied, taking in the mysterious girl's white-blond hair and lavendar eyes.

"You…probably don't know me…"

"No, I don't. But what can I do for you?"

"I…I just transferred here. I'm…having trouble in science…catching up with missing assignments and all. I was wondering if…if, you're not busy…if you'd help me?"

"I suppose I could. But why me? There are plenty of others in our class that are better at it."

The girl gave him an embarrassed look. "Well…I just…I've seen you with Tsukishiro-sempai, and I know he's good at a lot of things, so I thought…maybe he's helped you…and I don't want to bother him…" She smacked her forehead with the palm of her hand. "Oh, but I'm bothering YOU now, aren't I? Oh! Where are my manners! I didn't even introduce myself." She gave Touya a bow. "Atashi wa Tsukageno Ryuzaki."

"It's nice to meet you. Yeah, Yuki is really good at most of the classes, but I'm sure we can help you too."

"Honto?" She bowed again. "Arigatou gozaimasu! I just feel so left behind. It's a strange time to transfer to a school, I know…Oh, I'm babbling again!" She smacked her forehead with her book bag.

"That looks painful," Touya remarked.

Ryuzaki scratched the back of her neck nervously. "So..um..is…after school sometime okay?…I know you have soccer. I've seen you practice."

"We can do it tomorrow. Yuki and I don't have anything planned."

Ryuzaki bowed again. "Domo arigatou."

"It's no trouble," Touya replied, his brows furrowing slightly. There seemed to be something…OFF about her…

Ryuazaki smiled. "…Oh! I'm sorry, am I keeping you from something?"

"No, no."

She sighed in relief. "Anou…would you be interested in…going for a soda or something then? My treat."

"…I suppose we could. There's a nice place a few blocks from here."

"Alright! I hope you're not embarrassed to be seen with a lowly freshman like myself." She started walking, and dug into her pocket for her money.

"You really don't have to pay for it. And no, I'm not embarrassed."

"Oh! I insist! Anyway…so…"

"Yes?"

"…Do you…have any siblings?"

"I have a younger sister. Her name's Sakura. She's barely 12, and in the sixth grade."

"How nice! Sa-ku-ra. What a pretty name! So…you just have your little sister?"

"Yes."

"What do your parents do for careers? I hope I'm not asking too many questions."

"Ah…my…mother died when Sakura was little. And my father teaches at the University."

"Wow…a professor." Ryuzaki frowned a bit. "That's so sad about your mother…"

"It's okay. I know she's watching us."

Ryuzaki smiled. "I wish I had a nice family."

The conversation ended there, and the two continued walking silently until they finally reached their destination.

"Ah, here we are," Touya said, opening the door for her.

Ryuzaki walked in and pulled out her money, counting it. "Just enough! What do you like?"

"I'm not really very hungry. I'll just have some tea."

Ryuzaki nodded. "Go grab a booth. I'll be there in a second."

Touya found a nice booth next to a window, and sat down. A few minutes later, Ryuzaki walked over, smiling, carrying a tray with two cups of steaming tea and a couple of lemon slices. She set the tray down and sat down across from Touya. "I like lemon with my tea," she said, happily squeezing some lemon juice into her cup. She glanced at Touya, and blinked. "You're awful quiet. Strong silent type, eh?"

Touya nodded, putting some sweetener into his cup of tea and sipping slowly. "I'm sorry. I'm not good at conversation."

"Daidoubu. I'm not very good at it either. I tend to ramble on and on until the person I'm talking to either runs away or falls asleep out of boredom."

"Well, I'm not tired. And I try not to run away from things."

Ryuzaki giggled, twisting a piece of hair around her finger.

"So, where are you transferring from?" Touya asked.

"Eh? I transferred from Osaka." (However, she does NOT have an Osaka Dialect.)

"Osaka. Hm…? …Why?"

"Apartment rent is cheaper here in Tomoeda," she replied, taking another sip of her tea.

"Do you live with your parents?"

Ryuzaki shook her head.

Touya raised his eyebrow. "On your own then?"

"More or less. My aunt goes away on business trips for whole months at times. My aunt is my legal guardian."

"Oh, I see."

"She sends me money for some of the rent, but I still have a part time job, for extra things."

"That makes sense."

"It's kinda nice. I get lots of alone time. But sometimes I wish I had…maybe a little brother or sister to keep me company…"

"That's understandable. Well, I'm sure Yuki and I can keep you company. You'll probably have to be studying a lot though."

Ryuzaki nodded. "You and Tsukishiro-sempai seem very close. Sorry, I can't believe I got all…GOOPY like this, when we barely know each other."

"It's really quite all right. Don't let it bother you." Touya set his teacup down.

"I let a lot of stuff bother me when I really shouldn't," Ryuzaki remarked with a sweatdrop. "Ne…" She set down her teacup and rested her chin in her hands. "What's your imouto like?"

"She's very full of energy. She has this really annoying little Chinese…boy…friend…person who's a little punk though."

Ryuzaki giggled. "My father was part Chinese."

"Was he? Hmph. Stupid punk. I don't like him hanging around my sister. He's a bad influence."

Ryuzaki giggled again. "What's so bad about him?"

"I don't know. He just has a funny aura about him."

Ryuzaki blinked. "You feel auras?"

"…I suppose you could say that."

She smiled. "Kakoii…it sounds like you care about your sister a lot. So…about tomorrow…"

"Yes?"

"…Should we meet in the library? Perhaps at your house…or my apartment?"

"We can use my house. There's a lot of food there."

"I like food…I'm always spending my money on chocolates and takoyaki and Onigiri…" She said, sweatdropping. "It's sorta embarrassing." She picked up one of her remaining lemon slices, and took a bite of it, not even flinching. "I like sour things too."

"I can see that."

Ryuzaki smiled. "Perhaps I should be going…I've been here a week and I'm still not fully unpacked."

"Ah, of course. Go ahead."

Ryuzaki stood up and bowed. "It was great talking to you, Kinomoto-sempai."

"You too."

"Matashida!" She waved and walked towards the exit. As soon as she stepped out the door…she bumped into someone else, and a loud THUD was heard.

"Itai! Ah! Gomen nasaaaaaiiiii!" exclaimed the voice.

Touya sweatdropped. "Oh boy…" He sighed and walked outside. "…Kaijuu."

Outside, Ryuzaki was helping Sakura up, who was apologizing all over the place. "I didn't even see you! Gomen, gomen, gomen!"

"It's alright-" Both of the girls looked at Touya as they heard his comment.

"I'm not a Kaijuu…" Sakura said, looking ticked off. "I was just skating too fast."

"And you hit someone. Again. Next time you'll fall in a manhole and not be able to get out and come a SEWER Kaijuu."

"Hoeeee! I will not!!!" Sakura protested.

Ryuzaki giggled. "I take it this is your little sister?"

"Yes, this is Sakura. The Kaijuu."

"I'm NOT a Kaijuu!!"

"It's nice to meet you, Sakura-san," Ryuzaki said, a smile still lingering on her face.

"Hoe?" She blinked at Ryuzaki, then Touya. "She a friend of yours?"

"…Ah, you could say that."

"We're new acquaintances," Ryuzaki added.

Sakura bowed. "Sorry again for running into you like that."

"It's alright."

"It's just I was in a hurry! I was on my way to Syaoran-kun's-AH! Oh, I forgot! I'm going to be even later now!" She started skating away again. "Ja! See you at home, Oni-chaaaaaaaan!"

Ryuzaki laughed. "She IS full of energy." A little ways down the street, Sakura ran into a mailbox. "Hoeee…." Both Ryuzaki and Touya sweatdropped. "She seems like a very sweet girl."

"She is, she is."

"Why do you tease her so badly then?"

"She shouldn't do such silly things sometimes."

"But really…Kaijuu?" Ryuzaki was trying not to laugh, and managed to control her laughter. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow." She smiled and waved. "Ja ne!"

Touya waved her off, and headed for home himself. "Sakura is sweet. Maybe that's why I tease her so," he murmured to himself as the sun slowly set in the horizon, casting shadows around the walking Touya as he slowly neared his house.

~*~ End of Scene Five ~*~

Yay! Scene Five is all done, with Scene Six on the way soon! How was it? And once again, Eriol has fallen out of the tree! *hears grumbling behind her* Uh oh! Well, gotta run before he catches up to me. Please review with your opinions! Flames (They're pretty hot!) are welcome too. Yow! *runs from rampaging Eriol*