A/N: first of all thanx to everyone who reviewed the first chapter. Second this chapter is very slow, and is mostly conversations, (which is something I don't write very well). This chapter is a little more cheery then the first chapter (probably because of Sakura) so there is really any angst in this part.

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS.

"RINGGGGGGG!" the sound of an alarm clock woke Kero out of his blessed dreams of pancakes and pudding. Then there was a sound of something hitting the wall hard followed by silence. Kero got up from his little bed in his mistress drawer and looked around the room to see what had caused the loud thump on the wall.

"Uh…. Sakura, why is your alarm clocking lying in pieces on the floor?" Kero asked the young teen-ager snuggled under her blankets.

"Oh, I couldn't find the off button." Came the muffled reply.

Kero sweatdrop. "Well you got to get up you have school in less then half an hour." Kero pulled the covers off Sakura causing her to curl up into a ball for warmth. "Come on now you got to get ready for school."

Sakura just moaned and turned over to her other side. Kero got an annoyed looked which was followed by a determined one, which was quickly replaced with an evil smile. He flew over to the sleeping girl and got right up to her ear and then whispered. "Hey Sakura that Li kid is here."

At that Sakura immediately jumped out of bed and began looking around. "Where is he down stairs?"

Sakura stopped her panicking when she heard Kero laughing. "You should have seen the look on your face." Kero laughed some more this time a little quieter. "I knew that would get you out of bed." Kero's laughter was suddenly interrupted by the door opening.

"Good morning squirt." Touya, Sakura's older brother, greeted. Sakura was too busy glaring at Kero, who was too busy laughing to really care about him there.

Touya looked around a bit then looked back at his sister and her guardian. "Uh, Sakura why is your alarm clock smashed against the wall?"

"She couldn't find the off button." Kero answered for her with a huge grin on his face.

Touya sighed then looked back to Sakura. "Well hurry up and get ready I'm leaving in five." Touya walked out the room and shut the door behind him.

Sakura gave up glaring at Kero and started getting ready.

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"Good morning Sakura." Tomoyo Daidouji, Sakura's best friend, greeted.

"Morning Tomoyo." Sakura smiled back.

"Guess who is back in town."

"Who?" Sakura asked with curiosity.

Tomoyo was about to answer her when she got cut off. "Good morning ladies, and how have the two of you been." A calm and low voice asked the two friends from behind.

"Elriol?" Sakura asked confused. "What are you doing here? You only left from your last visit a month ago."

"I know. That is why I asked Mr. Terada not to introduce me in front of the class again. I just didn't really feel that it was necessary." Eriol answered while giving the two friends his famous "innocent" smile.

"Oh." Was the only response that Sakura could come up with. "Hey, don't you think it's weird that Mr. Terada has been our teacher since the fourth grade." Sakura questioned trying to change the subject.

"Well you can guess that Rika has something to do with that." Tomoyo said.

"All right class take your sits." Mr. Terada commanded as he entered the classroom. "Well in case you haven't noticed Eriol Hiiragizawa is back from England and will be attending this class again. But we also have two other exchange students joining us." Mr. Terada turned his attention to the board and began writing down two names. While he was doing this, the class began to whisper amongst themselves about what they believed their new classmates would be like. Mr. Terada turned back to the class just as the door opened and to figures walked in. "Please welcome Syaoran Li and Meiling Li. They where here a couple of years ago and now we are pleased that they will be joining us again."

'I can't believe it Syaoran and Meiling are back. This is so great, I wonder why they didn't call to tell they were coming back.' Sakura thought to herself. 'They both look so different. So much older and almost a bit sad.'

Sakura's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Mr. Terada's voice. "Now let us see, where shall we seat you two." Mr. Terada thought out loud as he looked around at the many desks, for two unoccupied ones. "Ah, Meiling you sit next to Tomoyo, and Syaoran you sit behind Sakura."

Meiling walked to her seat without a word and sat down. She then began to get her books and utensils situated. Li began to walk to his seat but stopped by Sakura's desk and smiled at her slightly. "It's good to see you again." He said simply before setting himself and preparing for the lesson.

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"It's so great that both of you are back. Now the whole gang is back together." Tomoyo said with a smile. School had just been let out and the group was walking together.

"Yeah now we can do all kinds of high school stuff together, like going to parties, study groups, concerts, and all kinds of stuff it will be so much fun!" Sakura said with enthusiasm.

Li and Meiling both smiled but neither of them said anything.

Eriol watched his young descendant closely. 'Something isn't right. Li's aurora seems different and young Meiling has changed as well. Something must have happened to them in Hong Kong.' Eriol thought to himself while he continued to watch the two.

Li could sense Eriol's eyes open him and was begging to become uneasy. "You all sound like you've been doing very well." Li stated.

"And what about you my cute descendant how have the two of you been?" Eriol asked looking at Li questionably.

Li hesitated for a moment then answered. "We've both been well." He said a little shakily.

"Really, that is good. Tell me why didn't you inform anyone of your arrival, that's not really like you." Eriol said still staring at Li.

Meiling sensed Li's uneasiness at this question and decided to answer it for him. "We wanted to surprise you guys." She said with a little smile.

"Well you certainly surprised me." Sakura said laughing a little. "I still can't believe you're all here. This is soooo great!" Sakura said as she danced around. "I know why don't all of you come over for a little while." Sakura suggested.

"That is a tempting offer but we have to pass. I still have some unpacking to do, but you are welcome to go if you want Meiling." Li said looking towards his cousin.

Meiling shook her head. "I'm feeling kind of tiered, I'm going to go back home and get some rest."

"Well maybe you guys can come over some other time. We really need to catch up. I wanted to hear everything about Hong Kong." Li and Meiling both seemed to wince at the last statement, but Sakura didn't notice.

Li gained his composure first. "Yeah well we really need to go now. It was good seeing all of you." He and Meiling said their good byes and left the group to head to their new apartment.

"Did they both seem a little paranoid or was that just me?" Tomoyo asked the two reaming.

"Yes they are defiantly hiding something." Eriol concluded.

"Huh? Well they seemed fine to me, they were probably both still tiered from the move." Sakura said allowing the other two to see just how naïve and innocent she can be.

As the threesome parted ways Eriol swore to himself that he would get to the bottom of what was going on, one way or another.

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Well how was it? I know it was still a little short, but oh well at least I got it done. And I through in some S+S hints, and there will be E+T later on. Well, comments question or flames, please review.