I DON'T OWN CARD CAPTORS SAKURA! Also, if you happen to see something that's familiar, i probably don't own that as well. so, anyways, this is a sakura/li, and yes i use the american names cause i don't know the other ones that well. give me the list of names if you want the real ones in here. um...i think that's it. so let the fic begin! oh yeah, it's SHORT, so please don't tell me unless you're trying to make a joke.

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"Li!" the girl with long black hair yelled excitedly. She jumped off of the plastic, blue bench she was waiting on and ran to him happily.
"Madison!" She gave him a quick hug. "How did you know I was coming back?" (before I get flamed, NO this is not going to be a Madison/Li fic! ^.^)
"Meilin told me." She paused and then looked up at him slyly. "She also told me something else that I found a little more enticing."
"And what was that?" He tried to sound confused - but because he is Li - acting dumb didn't come along natural.
"Well, I'll tell you…but /first/, we must get out of this airport." He shook his head while rolling his eyes at her but reluctantly followed as she told him about what had happened during the seven years he was gone.
Madison had graduated high school with a full scholarship to go to any college of her choice, and of course she chose some film school in Europe. (wow, I'm shooting in the dark there, no idea about places like that…) She had also gone to America for a month in her senior year.
Even though Li wasn't very interested in hearing about Broadway in New York City, he didn't want to be rude. So, as she drove he acted as polite as humanly possible, but all the while his mind elsewhere.
When she seemed to be finished, he asked the question that had been burning in his mind since he fist got on the airplane eleven hours ago. (maybe eleven…? Hong Kong to Japan…? I don't know…)
"How's everyone else?" She peered over her sunglasses at him and took notice of how different and yet the same he was. He still had the same short, brown hair and he still had an arrogance in him that would never break…but there was something different about his overall appearance. He didn't have the line of anger in his forehead any longer, and he seemed to smile more often.
"You mean, how's Sakura." Madison was no longer smiling, in fact she was become a bit pale.
"What's wrong?" A look of worry streaked across the young man's face and his eyes burned in to hers.
It looked like she was about to say something, but stopped herself with a sigh. She turned the car into her destination and put it in 'park'. She leaned back in her seat and looked at the old, brick-building in front of them.
Li didn't understand what could possibly be the matter. He looked from Madison to the building, to Madison, to the building. He did this about five different times until his eye caught the sign. His mouth opened wide and he fell backwards.
"Why are we here?"
"Because you wanted to see Sakura."
"But…but why is /she/ here? Madison, this is a mental hospital!"

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***author's note - okay, who saw /that/ one coming? don't worry, i'll be posting the next one very, very, very, very, very (you get the picture) soon. the next one will be longer, i promise!