SN: hey ppl! Right now I'm supposed to be doing some last minute practicing cuz my concert is in 2 hours (I play first violin) but *shrugs* here I am writing up my fic. Oh well, I haven't been rehearsing for 4 months for nothing.not practicing for 2 hours isn't gonna affect my performance. So.*hands readers chapter 3* read and review! Oh yeah, and if you want me to tell ya when I upload a new chapter leave your email address in your reviews.come on! Don't be shy! (Or lazy ^_^) whichever one applies to you.

The New Girl (SN: do you think this title sucks? If you do, please come up with a better one!!!!!!!)

Chapter 3



"I never thought this would happen and now.and now it has"

Sakura then burst into tears once again. Tomoyo hugged her in an effort to calm her down. This was very heart breaking. She then turned to Eriol and gave him a said look. He also had a somewhat disappointed look on his face. He couldn't believe his own descendent unknowingly had hurt Sakura.

Sakura sniffled a bit and then pulled away from Tomoyo

"And after all that I did for him. after that monster attacked us.he didn't even bother to say thank you. He was just like "Oh, crap! I'm gonna be late for my date tonight!"

"wait a minute, you guys were _attacked_ by a monster?"

Eriol asked curiously.

"Yeah, we were attacked at the park."

She then went on to tell him and Tomoyo what had happened earlier on that day.

(a few minutes later)

"That's strange"

Eriol said while deep in thought. He then turned to Sakura

"Be careful, we might have an enemy at hand.they might want your cards.and your magical abilities"

"but why?"

"there's many reasons.you're the most powerful sorceress out there because the of the Sakura cards. If they get their hands on it, there's gonna be trouble. Plus, they might want to do something to you to make sure you never get in their way."

"That's horrible!"

Tomoyo said in shock. She wanted know one, hurting her best friend. In her eyes, Syaoran had done enough damage already. A new enemy was something that they did _not_ need.

Sakura then got up

"Thanks for listening to me, you guys are true friends. I have to go home or else Touya's gonna flip on me. Dad's away for the mean time so he's been left in charge"

"We'll take you home"

"No Tomoyo, it's OK"

"Tomoyo's right, we should take you home. None of us know what this new enemy might try with you're by yourself"

"It's OK Eriol, I'll be fine. Plus, I want some time to think for myself."

"alright"

Tomoyo and Eriol answered reluctantly as Sakura walked out the front door.

Sakura stepped out into the cool night air. She shivered from the coolness and rubbed her hands on her arms as to produce body heat. A light mist surrounded the area as she made her way home.

'of course, why not? Why didn't I see it before? Of course he'd want her as his girlfriend'

Sakura thought as she walked down the street. Her vision became blurry once again with the tears that threatened to spill out.

'She's little miss perfect! The girl's perfect in every way imaginable. All the way from the perfect attitude to her little perfect self!'

She then stopped to cross the street and stood underneath a lamppost, which gave a little light. She looked at her watch and saw the time

"great, 9:30. Touya's really gonna get pissed off at me"

She then looked around and spotted a pay phone. She decided it was best to call him and tell him she was alright and that she'd be home in a few.

"ring.ring.ri-hello?"

"Touya?"

"Sakura! Where the hell are you! I was getting worried!"

"I was over Tomoyo's.I'll be home in a bit"

"Fine.are you alright?"

"yes! Why are you asking?"

"I don't know.something about your voice it-have you've been crying!!"

"No! whatever gave you that idea! Well, I'll see ya, bye"

Sakura then quickly hung up before her brother asked her anything else.

(SN: don't ya just hate it when big brothers have those 'brotherly intuition' my brother can tell when something's wrong with me right off the bat, even when others don't realize it! And I hate it!)

Sakura then walked back to the end of the street so she could cross. She looked to her left and right and everything was dark. She couldn't see that well with the fog covering everything up. She decided it was safe enough to cross the street. She slowly made her way across, she was a few inches from the other side when all of a sudden, she heard a car heading her way.she looked to her right and sure enough, she saw the headlights of the car through the thick fog.

She stood there frozen in place, not knowing what to do.

The car came at full speed towards her, at that same moment, she seemed to come to her senses.

Immediately Sakura jumped out of the way. The car continued making its way down the street, slithering left and right.

Sakura sat there, cold and in shock. It almost seemed as if the driver had wanted to...kill her. if she had not moved in time, she'd probably would've been dead by now. The thought of someone wanting her dead scared her and she started to cry again. Things were definitely not going her way (SN: I'm sorry if I'm making Sakura go through hell at the moment *sniff* *sniff* it's sad for me too. But don't worry, her prince in shining armor will come and save her.if ya know what I mean ^_~)

She pulled up her knees closer and curled up into a tight ball in an effort to offer herself what little comfort she had left.

"Syaoran, where are you?"

She said between sobs

"I.need you"

she whimpered out into the deserted night air.

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"that movie was hilarious!"

Christi said as she and Syaoran walked hand in hand towards her house.

"yeah, it was. It-what's that?"

Syaoran asked in alert. Christi stood still to listen.

"I don't here anything.must be your imagination or something"

"No, I heard something.almost like somebody crying"

Christi then tugged at Syaoran's sweater.

"Syaoran, let's go. This place is creepy. What if some demented person is just doing that noise to lure us to them?"

"no.I don't think so.that crying sounds familiar"

Before Christi could protest anymore, Syaoran let go of her hand and headed towards the soft crying. Then, that's when he saw her. all curled up in a ball, crying in the side of the road

"Sakura! what's wrong!?"

he immediately fell on his knees and enveloped her in a warm hug. her body was icy-cold. Many thoughts came rushing into his mind. If someone had hurt her in anyway imaginable, Syaoran swore right then and there that he would hunt that person down and make them pay for what they had done to her.

"Syaoran?"

Sakura asked reluctantly as she looked up

"shhh.yeah, it's me.you'll be alright. I'm here with you now"

She then buried her face in his sweater and started to sob uncontrollably.

"Oh Syaoran it was terrible! I was walking home from Tomoyo's house when.when.a car passed by.the car almost hit me. it seemed almost as if that was its purpose. I was able to get out of the way but.but.I got so scared"

her crying now ceased a bit. She felt safe in his arms.

"Syaoran, what happened? Ohmigosh! Sakura is that you!?"

Christi asked as she came and knelt down next the pair.

Sakura stiffened a bit upon hearing Christi's voice. Syaoran noticed this right away.

'she must fell uncomfortable because she doesn't know her yet'

Syaoran thought.

"is she alright?"

Christi asked with worry in her sapphire-colored eyes.

"yeah, she'll be fine. She's just shaken up. Christi, your apartment is only two houses away right? Do you mind if you go by yourself? I'm going to take Sakura to her house."

"sure, no problem.I'll see you Monday"

She then gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and headed towards her apartment.

Syaoran looked down at the now sleeping girl in his arms

'Poor Sakura, she must be exhausted from all the crying she's done'

he then carried her in his arms and started heading towards her home.

It hurt him to see her this way. She meant a lot to him.

'I once promised that I'll always protect you.I don't plan to back out of my promise anytime soon'

he then smiled down at her

'I won't let no one hurt you.I'll always protect you'

Syaoran then felt confused. He remembered how much he used to love Sakura, then when Christi showed up, his feelings for her disappeared, and he then started developing feelings for Christi. now he wasn't so sure anymore. He thought he no longer loved Sakura but something inside of him was telling him that he was wrong. That no matter how much he said he no longer held any feeling for her, that would have been a lie. Because still, deep within his heart.the love he had for Sakura was still there.

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"damnit you asshole, can't you do anything right!?"

"I'm sorry my mistress.she moved out of my way to fast!"

"I asked you to do one simple thing! One simple little task and what do you end up doing!? You ended up screwing up my job, that's what! Now they've once again have become close to one another!!"

"but mistress, he still doesn't lover her 100%"

"yeah well, keep screwing up the way you just did and in no time, he _will_ love her 100%!"

"I'm really sorry my mistress.I promise I'll never make that mistake again"

"yeah, I know you never will"

the figure in black slowly got up from her throne and headed towards the human shaped figure in front of her

"and I'll make sure of that"

she then started rubbing the ball the was around her neck until it started to glow blue

"no! please! Not that, mistress please, don't! I promise I'll."

too late, the poor things life energy had been taken away. All that was left was the body

"take it away!"

she commanded. Suddenly, flames burst from the floor and consumed the body

"That's the last time I send a human to go do my job"

She muttered as she headed back to her throne. She then took a seat and sat there thinking for a while.

'I'm going to need to experiment a bit more. That way, when the time to attack comes, I'll get her real good'

An evil smile spread across her face.

'I'll be the most powerful magician there is and there wont be anybody to stop me. Soon my dear card mistress, soon you'll see how it is to loose everything.including your life'

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DING-DONG

Touya opened the door upon hearing the doorbell

"It's about time you got home kaiju (SN: that means monster in Japanese) if you didn't come for another 5 minutes I wou-what the fuck did you do to my sister!"

Touya stood there glaring at Syaoran, as he stood on the doorstep with Sakura asleep in his arms.

"Nothing you dumbass! (SN: imagine Syaoran calling Touya a dumbass ^_^ funny eh?)

She was just scared because some dumb person didn't see her and almost ran over her"

"Is she OK though?"

Touya asked worried for his little sister

"Now she is.I'm gonna take her to her room"

And before Touya could say anything else, Syaoran swept past him and made his way to Sakura's room.

Syaoran kicked Sakura's door open and as soon as Kero heard the door he fell on the floor limp, pretending to be a plushie.

As soon as he saw who had entered he got up, then his eyes widened when he saw Sakura

"What you do to her you brat!"

Kero yelled out angrily.

"Will you shut up? Help me get her in her bed"

Kero did as he was told and as soon as Sakura was in her bed, he turned to look at Syaoran

"OK, explain"

"Some dumbass almost ran over her on the street, she got frightened and started to cry. She then fell asleep from exhaustion and I brought her home"

"And where were you when this all happened?"

"I was just coming back from a date"

"AH-HA! I knew it! And Sakura tried to deny it!"

"What you blabbing about?"

Syaoran asked confused

"Sakura tried to deny the fact that both of you were dating, that's all BS though cuz anybody can see that you two."

"What are you talking about? I went with my girlfriend Christi!"

That piece of information took Kero a bit to process

"Girlfriend? Christi? But.what about Sakura!?"

"yeah, what about her?"

"But-but I thought, you and her were-were"

"well, you thought wrong"

'oh boy, Sakura's not gonna like this when she wakes up'

Kero thought mentally. Something told him that maybe that was another reason why Sakura must've been crying.

"well, I gotta go, see ya later stuffed animal"

Syaoran then turned to Sakura and moved one of her auburn locks from her eyes

He then smiled down at her. he was about to head toward the door when Sakura gave out a low whimper in her sleep

"Syaoran"

she mumbled

"don't leave me alone.please"

She seemed as though she would cry.

Syaoran immediately bent down and held her hand. He then whispered

"Don't worry, I'll always be here for you"

She seemed to calm down upon hearing his voice.

Syaoran then gave her a kiss on the forehead and then he stood up and headed towards the door.

(inside Sakura's room)

'OK, that was strange'

Kero thought as he stared at the closed door in which Syaoran had just excited from a few seconds ago. He then turned towards his card mistress

'poor Sakura.it seems as though you've been through hell'

he then turned off the lights and curled up in a ball next to his mistress.

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(Monday morning)

"hey Sakura feeling better?"

Tomoyo asked her friend as she entered the classroom

"yeah, I am.where's Syaoran?"

she asked as she looked around the classroom. Suddenly, the door opened and in walked Syaoran and Christi holding hands. Syaoran had a smile on his face and was saying something. Christi seemed to be laughing at what Syaoran was saying

'I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry'

Sakura kept repeating over and over in her mind. This past weekend she had decided to accept Syaoran's relationship with Christi. Syaoran had told her over the phone on Sunday that he and Christi were officially boyfriend/girlfriend. She tried to sound cheerful and said that she was happy for him. yet, as soon as she hung up, her tears came pouring down.

'I should be happy that he's happy'

Sakura thought.

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(lunch time)

Syaoran and Christi were sitting alone a few feet away from the rest of the group.

They were there just enjoying each others company, when all of a sudden something caught Syaoran's eyes

"What's that?"

he asked curiously as he looked at the necklace that hung by her neck

"oh this?"

she asked as she touched the little black/blue tiny ball that was hung around her neck by a thin chain.

"it's been in my family for decades. Every first female child gets it and gives it to their first female child. My mom gave me this before.before."

she then looked at the ground sadly

"before she passed away"

"I'm sorry"

Syaoran said sympathetically

"It's OK, at least I still have her in my memories. Anywayz, this necklace means a lot to me, it's my life"

"it's very pretty"

Syaoran said as he touched the little ball and turned it around in his hand. Suddenly, a bright blue light shot out and hit him in the eye.

Syaoran backed away from the bright flash

"Are you OK?"

Christi asked as she went to look at Syaoran's eye

"Yeah, the sun just got reflected into my eye"

'oh no, it's a lot more then just the sun'

Christi thought evilly. From this point on, she was the one in control.

~*To Be Continued*~

SN: so what ya think of that ending huh? Didja get it? if not.you're just gonna hafta wait until later. Well, got something to comment on? write me at quttieprincess@hotmail.com oh yeah and review pleaze! ^_^ me love getting reviews! Well, I'm gonna start on the next chapter so see ya! Oh yeah, and for those of you wondering.S+S is coming much later on in the story. Try.almost towards the end? So, if ya wait a while longer, you'll get there. And plus, this fic is probably gonna be.I dunno 5-6 more chapters long? The last part of Chapter 8 and the whole chapter 9, 10 will all be S+S, I promise!!!!

~Starrie