Chapter 3
GONE
By: ~*Angel of Light *~
Syaoran pulled Sakura up.Sakura was absolutely shocked. Not only that this was not what they had planned, this was very very unexpected and shocking. Tomoyo at the same time was also quite shocked, but didn't quite recognize this person. Syaoran had changed a lot just on the outer appearance, he was more taller, more handsome, but something was different about him. " Umm, ah thank you mister," Sakura stuttered, she didn't know what to say. " Do you still remember me?" Syaoran asked, slightly hurt. " Huh? Ah um n-n-no," she replied. But deep in her heart, she had a feeling of who it was. " I am Syaoran," Syaoran said. " Li-Kun!" Tomoyo said cheerfully. " You're back!" Tomoyo said giving Sakura the see-I-told-you-so look. Syaoran gave a small nod. " Are you going to go to school with us again? How long are you staying in Japan this time?" Tomoyo asked with a big smile on her face. " Uh, yea I guess, and I'm not sure yet," Syaoran answered briefly. Tomoyo went on asking questions, while Sakura stood aside looking the other way, with a sad glimmer in her eyes, but with a faint smile planted on her lips. Syaoran was staring at Sakura. " Hey, I almost forgot, your cousin called Li-Soran came to Tomeoda high just half a year ago, he's quite nice, Sakura and Soran are really close friends," Tomoyo said not realizing what she had just said. Ooops…. Why'd I do that now, Tomoyo you baka! Tomoyo thought to herself. " Uh, I have to get going now, see ya guys tomorrow!" Tomoyo ran off. " Wait, Tomoyo, I thought that you were going to …." Sakura called after her, but decided it was no use. Syaoran kept staring at her, which made Sakura blush furiously. " So, um,……Hi," Syaoran said. Ahhhhh!! You baka, Syaoran, that was so lame, ah, I should've just stuck with the silence Syaoran thought to himself. " Uh, yea, I think I got to go now," Sakura said softly. " Um, ok, can I walk you home," Syaoran asked her with a small smile. " Sure," Sakura replied with out emotion. They continued to walk home silently, not saying a word. When they reached Sakura's house. " You know, I missed the card capting days too," Sakura said to him. Syaoran blushed a bit. " Me too, but I missed –," Before Syaoran could finish…. " YOU Chinese brat, what do you want from my sister now?!?!" Touya came into their conversation. " Oni-ichan, stop it, he's my friend," Sakura protested. Her friend?!? " Errr…" Touya growled at him. " Syaoran, I think you better go now, before…" Sakura said pointing at Touya. " Uh, ok, see you tomorrow," Syaoran said and went away. " Since when did he became your friend?! Kaijou," Touya asked. Sakura got angry. " First of all, don't call me Kaijou, and second of all, we've been friends for 12 years!" Sakura yelled at him and she ran upstairs to her room. Kero was playing street fighters. " Konichiwa Kero," Sakura said with a big heavy sigh. Kero paused the game, and looked up and flew to her. " So, how did the plan go?" Kero asked concerned. " The * shadow * didn't show up, and instead….." Sakura said not able to continue on. " What?" Kero asked curiously. Sakura squeazed her eyes shut, then took a minute to calm herself. " S….Sy—Syaoran came instead," Sakura finished off. " The gaki?!? I didn't know he was in Japan, after he ditched ya," Kero said with a snicker. Uh oh, did I say something wrong? Kero asked himself, as he looked into Sakura's face. " Um, well we'll just have to try the plan again, and the Li kid would be a good help," Kero said trying to cover up what he had just said. Sakura gave a small nod. " I'll tell him, but he probably already knows bout it, and also probably why he came back to Japan too," Sakura pointed out unemotionally. " Or he probably came back for a certain person," A voice said behind them. They turned around to face a long silky black haired girl filming their conversation. " Tomoyo! How'd you get there?" Sakura asked with a sweat drop. " I came to see how things were after Li-Kun sent you home," Tomoyo replied. Sakura gave a sigh. " Nothing, Tomoyo," Sakura answered. Kero went back to his Video game. " Sakura, you never know, I won't doubt that he already knows, but still, how would you know there isn't another reason behind this?" Tomoyo said, trying to cheer Sakura up. Sakura shrugged, didn't seem like it to her.
The next day, Sensai introduced the new student. " Class, we have a new student , Li Syaoran, a cousin of Li Soran, please welcome him." The sensai pointed at the seat in front of Sakura. Sakura gave a small smile at Syaoran. Soran ran up to Syaoran at the end of the day. " Hey, um, I know we've never met before, so um hi my name is Li Soran," Soran greeted Syaoran. Syaoran starred at him a little, out of all those cousins in the Li family, Soran must be the one to look most like him. With messy chestnut brown hair, and amber, chocolaty brown eyes, but their personalities