AN: Thankies for the reviews everyone :) I was so stressed out on my project and I decided to check how my fic was going, and the reviews just turned my frown upside down ^-^

Kero: zzz

Sakura: I put him to sleep with the Sleep Card cause he was freaking us out by tap dancing all over the place.

Ice: Totally >. Kero tap dancing is not a wonderful site.

Sakura: I agree, and why does the whole room smell like coffee?

Ice: ..I was trying to stain my essay paper with coffee so it looked old fashioned and stuff, but it didn't work. *cries*

Sakura: Hoe, the ink is running on the paper...

Ice: !!! No!!! I don't want to redue it...NOOOO!!!!

Sakura: -.-;;; Ok, on with the story folks ;)

Disclaimer: No, I don't own CCS and it's character, so pooey. CLAMP owns it -.-


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To Guard our Love
Chapter Three: Syaoran's Shadow
Written by Enchanted Ice Star















The next morning, Syaoran rubbed his eyes and groaned as he heard his alarm clock go off and the continous beeping gave him a headache. He threw his light green blankets aside and opened his eyes only to see two big round emerald eyes staring back at him.

"AHH!!!!" Syaoran screamed.

"AHH!!!" Sakura screamed.

Syaoran jumped twenty feet into the air, hit the ceiling, and then landed back on the bed again. "What are you doing in my room?!"

"I..I just wanted to make sure you woke up!" Sakura replied with a smile.

"I don't need you to wake me up! I have my alarm clock," Syaoran muttered as he got out of bed. "And I don't even know you that well, and you just come into my room. Do you have a problem?"

Syaoran opened the door to his bathroom, and was about to close the door when Sakura stepped up by the door. He blinked, "What?! You're not going to come into the bathroom with me are you?!"

"...Er of course not," Sakura turned red and stepped back as Syaoran slammed the door in her face. Whoa! Guess he woke up on the wrong side of the bed.>

Sakura was dressed in the school uniform that Tomoyo had lent her and she was leaning against the wall waiting for Syaoran to come out of the washroom. Five minutes later, Syaoran stepped out in his school uniform and he groaned.

"Why are you still here?!" He cried.

Sakura smiled, "Because I am!"

Syaoran scowled and stepped out of his room, with Sakura tagging right behind. He went down the stairs and into the kitchen, with Sakura right behind. He sat down, Sakura sat down, he picked up his fork, Sakura picked up her fork.

A stress mark appeared on Syaoran's head as he threw the fork back down onto the table. "Argh!!" He jumped out of his seat and made a mad dash out to the door and was off.

Sakura blinked and quickly pushed her seat back and got up from her chair. She was about to break into a run when a girl with black odangos blocked her way. "WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING GIRL?!"

"Ah!!" Sakura stepped back.

"Hmpth! If you think you're running after MY Xiaolang, then think again!" Meiling turned around and dashed after Syaoran.

Sakura sweatdropped and ran after them. This is crazy!!!> She was right behind Meiling and Syaoran whom were still running, and that was when she noticed she was holding the fork still from breakfast.

She stared at it in awe. "We never had these things to eat with back when I was alive!" She thought out loud, but she shook the thought aside and continued to run after the two until they entered the school building.


Syaoran took his books out of his locker and was glad that his first class wasn't with Meiling. He turned around and walked to math class, but all the time he felt like someone was following him, maybe it was because someone was following him.

Syaoran enters the classroom.

Sakura enters the classroom.

"Ok class, I would like to introduce Sakura Kinomoto from Japan! She will be in your math class from now on, and maybe in your other classes to. Please welcome her warmly to our school," Mrs. Chow, the math teacher said. "Now Sakura, why don't you sit beside Tomoyo Daidouji. Tomoyo, please raise your hand."

Tomoyo knew she didn't have to, since Sakura already knew who she was. But she raised her hand anyways and Sakura smiled and took her seat.

"Hey Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura greeted as she sat down. "These desks are so weird looking!" She commented out loud.

Tomoyo blinked, "Really? I didn't think they were any different than the desks in Japan."

"Well, in the mountains they were different," Sakura replied sheepishly. She looked over her shoulder, and noticed that Syaoran sat behind her. She shot him a smile, and he just shot her a glare.

"See what I mean, he's creepy," Tomoyo said in a whisper.

Sakura nodded, "I try to be nice to him, and he just yells at me."

"You already bumped into him?"

"I live at his house," Sakura replied.

Tomoyo's eyes widened, "How on earth did that happen?!"

"Er..well," Sakura couldn't think of a way to explain to Tomoyo.

"Miss Daidouji and Kinomoto, may you two please pay attention," Mrs. Chow said with a sigh.

Sakura sighed in relief. Saved by the teacher.>

As the bell rung for recess, Syaoran walked out of the room in a hurry but only bumped face to face with Meiling who was waiting at the door for him.

"Xiaolang honey! I brought you some of my homemade cookies!" Meiling tugged at his arm until he followed her outside.

Sakura followed them, but Tomoyo wanted to follow along too. "Why are you following them Sakura?"

"Because, it's my duty," Sakura replied automatically.

"What?" Tomoyo blinked in confusion.

Sakura giggled softly, "Nevermind."

"Are you sure you're not after him or something? I feel like a stalker," Tomoyo remarked as they hid behind a bush and watched Meiling offer a heart shaped cookie to Syaoran.

"Well, it's not like we're going to ambush them or something." Sakura replied with a laugh and they fell quiet to listen to what they were saying.

"No Meiling! I do not want your stupid heart shaped cookie just leave me alone!!!" Syaoran leapt back.

Meiling frowned, "But Xiaolang! I made them all on my own!"

"Which means they could be poisonous!" Syaoran snapped back.

"They're perfectly fine!!!! Please? Eat one!!??" Meiling whined.

Syaoran growled, "No!"

Meiling frowned, "Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!!"

"Yes!!!!"

"NOOO!!" Sakura leapt out of the bushes while screaming that.

Everyone fell quiet, and Syaoran stared at Sakura as if she was the oddest thing he had ever seen. "What are you doing here?"

"I was helping you cheer 'no'!" Sakura replied with a smile.

Syaoran went dot eyed. "This is weird. I'm stuck with a girl that's screwed at cooking, and a girl that's plain crazy. I'm out of here." Syaoran grumbled and walked away.

"Now look at what you did!! You scared Xiaolang away!" Meiling cried. "I don't get why Auntie Yelan wants you to stay with us!" She stormed off after Syaoran.

Sakura frowned, "I was just trying to help him."

"You seem like you don't care how mean Syaoran is to you. I mean, you're awfully nice to him," Tomoyo commented.

"I don't know, because it's my duty," Sakura replied simply.

"Duty? I really don't get it," Tomoyo remarked.

Sakura smiled, "You don't have to get it. Basically, I have to make sure Syaoran is always safe."

"Why?"

"Because, it's for God's sake," Sakura winked at the very confused Tomoyo.



**Syaoran's point of view**

Oh god! It's the end of the school day, and I've just found out that I am stuck with that crazy Kinomoto girl in all my classes. She's in every single darn class of mine! I don't get it! It's just an impossible thing for one person to be stuck with another person in all of the same classes!

I use to think that having Meiling around was hell, but now that there's two crazy people tagging behind me, what can I say? It's like the end of the world.

Sure, at least the Kinomoto girl doesn't break my arm off or poison my with heart shaped cookies. But talk about weird. Every single step I take, I hear someone take a step to. Obviously, it's her.

She follows my every move, she follows me EVERYWHERE. She's seriously my shadow, and the oddest thing is, she seems fascinated by everything around her.

I was using white out to cover up a pen mistake, and she literally grabbed the thing out of my hand in awe. It seemed like she never saw white out before, strange.

I'm walking home alone right now, and the peace if so great it feels like I'm in heaven. I don't even hear Kinomoto's footsteps behind me, which is the best part...

"Matte (wait)! Matte!" I let a groan escape my lips as I hear those menacing footstep sounds behind me. I turn around and shoot her one of my famous death glares. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU KINOMOTO?!"

I see her stop in her tracks, and stare at me. "Hoe?"

"ARE YOU STALKING ME OR WHAT?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" I demand.

I see her look slightly confused, as she started to fidget with her thumbs. "I..I'm just following you! I mean, since I'm living at your place now, I take the same path as you..."

I guess her reply made sense, but seriously, I felt like she was following me. I turn around and ignored her as I continued walking.


**Normal point of view**

Syaoran entered the mansion and one of the servants helped him place his back pack in his room, while the other hung his jacket up for him.

Sakura entered right after him, and he eyed her werily and went up to his room to do his homework. Sakura followed him up, but decided to go to her own room.

She stepped in and locked the door behind her. She crouched down and stretched her hand out, trying to find something under the bed. She felt her fingers brush against something and she tightened her grip and pulled out the Sakura Book.

She didn't have any time yesterday to open the book, but now she did and she felt excited. Kero, I miss you so much!!> Sakura placed her hand on the lock of the book, and it sprung open and the star key came flying into her hands from the key hole.

The book slowly opened, and out of the front cover, a yellow bear with a lion's tail came flying out with a yawn. It stretched its paws, and blinked a couple times to adjust to the brightness of the room.

"...Hm? What? Oh!! SAKURA!!!!" Sakura opened her arms and let Kero fly into them.

"Kero!!!! I missed you so much!" Sakura hugged Kero tightly and finally let him go when she noticed that he wasn't breathing properly.

Kero grinned, "It's been a long time Sakura! I was taking a nap like usual," Kero let out a yawn. "So, got any pudding?"

Sakura sweatdropped, "We just reunited and you talk about pudding! You haven't changed at all Kero."

"Why should I?" Kero said it in more of a statement then a question. He flew around the room and landed on Sakura's bed. "Where are we?"

"We're at the Li Mansion," Sakura explained.

"Li Mansion? The Li Clan?" Kero questioned.

Sakura nodded, "Yep."

Kero scratched his head, then crossed his arms. "Wait a second."

"Hoe?"

"How can you be Sakura when she's gone already?!" Kero flew right in front of her face.

Sakura stepped back and giggled, "Because, I'm not fully human Kero."

Kero flew back with a question mark on his head. "What? You're not fully human?"

"I'm an angel in a human form! I'm Li Syaoran's guardian angel!" Sakura explained.

"Who the heck is Li Syaoran?" Kero asked.

Sakura frowned, "He's the leader of the Li Clan, awfully moody at times."

"Guardian angel eh? Neato!" Kero exclaimed. "Well...how about some pudding for ol Kero?"

Sakura giggled, "Right away."


Syaoran was scribbling away in his math notebook, since all the questions were a breeze to him. It was then when he felt a serge of powerful magic go through the entire house, and he stopped writing and lifted his head.

"What was that?" He asked out loud.

He stayed silent for a couple of seconds, but the feeling of the magic didn't come again. He shrugged and decided that it was probably his imagination running wild.

There came a knock at his door, and he sighed. "Who is it?"

"It's me, Sakura," Was the reply.

He groaned and continued on with his homework. "Aren't you going to let me in?" Came Sakura's voice from the other end.

"No," Was Syaoran's simple reply as he went on with his homework without glancing at the door.

"Oh, I was stuck on that math problem!"

"AH!!!" Syaoran fell off his chair when Sakura had sudddenly looked over his shoulder. "How'd you get into my room?! The door was locked!"

Sakura beamed and showed him a hair pin. "Picking locks, one of my specialties!" Sakura knew that wasn't the truth, she had really just used the Through Card to get through the door.

"Argh, you are so annoying," Syaoran got up from the floor. "I need privacy you know."

"Well, I just wanted to make sure you were ok," Sakura replied. "And I see you are, so I'll be going now." Sakura stepped out of the room and closed the door.

Syaoran blinked, "..Weird."




AN: Yay, I'm done! Syaoran is acting kinda mean, and Sakura's kinda acting odd, but it's my fic ^^;;

Kero: MWUHAHAHAHA! I've woken up!

Ice and Sakura: EEP!

Kero: PUDDING! MORE! OHOHOHOHOHOH! Some people left me PUDDING!! ---> gwkitty, Orange Blossom --- Arigatou! More pudding for me!! Oh, and the invisible pudding from pinkuser...tasteless!!! BOO HOO, jk ;.;

Ice: Er..neways thank you to everyone who reviewed ^o^ But Kero's going nuts.

Sakura: Eeps.

Ice: At least he doesn't seem to be tap dancing...

Kero: *twirls around the room*

Sakura: ...

Ice: ...

Kero: *does spilts in the air*

Ice and Sakura: *goes wide eyed*

Ice: Well, erm...stay tooned for the next chapter and please review, thank you...

Sakura: I think he's doing ballet.

Ice: Put him to sleep, zat is da solution.

Sakura: *nods*

Kero: *stops twirling and notices a truck filled with pudding* AHHHHH!!!!! A YEAR'S SUPPLE OF PUDDING?! WAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M IN HEAVEN!!!!!! ARIGATOU SAKURA88, YOU DA BOMB!!

Ice: Oh dears...Kero's really going to go crazy >.