Hidden Beneath the Flowers
Hi everyone! I know that people constantly hear this, but you're gonna have ta hear again: This is my first fanfic. My uncle says that you shouldn't have to repeat things to get the point across, so lemme say it again. nah! J/k! I have only ever seen the american version of the show. But I would appreciate any feedback. Comments, suggestions, all are welcome and I will try to write everyone back. ^^ I have created some off the characters in this so please ask before hand if you want to use them, k? thanxs! K, now I gotta let ya read now, right? RIGHT! Byes!
Disclaimer: Don't own them, never have, never will. *sigh* it's so depressing..
K, here it goes! Chapter one!
Oh yeah! Wait!! Hold up!! Stop the presses!!! Hehe..umm. I forgot a key. Darn, stupid, stupid, STUPID!!
*~~~~~* - this is a flashback
----------- - this is a scene change
you should know the rest! K! so here we go for real!
1 The REAL Chapter One
"Ohhhhh..." The little girl slowly tried to open her eyes and gain back her consciousness, only to feel a tremendous amount of pain throbbing through her forehead. "Ahhhh..!" She cried out slightly, but still kept up the struggle for control of her body. Gradually, she gained it and pushed herself up into a sitting postion with her back leaning up against the side of a burnt brown brick wall.
Where am I?" She asked herself. She opened her eyes slightly more than the last time, but her vision was blurred by her pain, or was it by her tears? She was a small child of about 8. Fragile and timid, she seemed very vulnerable. She had shoulder-length light brown hair with hardly noticeable dark blonde highlights. She had no bangs, but sweet, gentle brown eyes the color of rich milk chocolate. They usually shone with happiness and a warm sort of kindness, but now, they could only project images of sorrow, fear, and grief. Around her neck, hung a beautiful necklace with a wondrous ornament on it. The ornament was a solid gold heart about the size of a fifty cent piece. Semi-transparent opal wings were attached on both sides. Centered in the heart was another, slightly smaller heart, this one made entirely out of diamond. And if you looked closely, in the middle of that heart, was a beautifully carved rose.
The little girl, knowing and fully aware that she was completely and utterly alone, curled her knees up towards her chest, put her face down on her kneecaps and cried. Many thoughts ran throughout her brain, but what popped up more often than others: 'What am I going to do now?' *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
The girl shook her head wildly at these memories. She didn't want to think about them. That had been many years ago. Almost 3 in fact! So why did they keep coming back, reminding her of a huge, constant sorrow. But she knew perfectly well why. She shook her head again, this time successfully removing all her bad thoughts.
She put on her brightest smile and quickly got dressed. If she didn't hurry up and stop dreaming about her past, she was going to be late on her first day of school. She wanted to make a good impression, especially since she knew the cardcaptors were going to be there. Her smile brightened (if possible) and her eyes became happy once more. But this time, it wasn't a happiness that you wore as a shield to protect others from your depression, it was true happiness.
Maybe now she could finally see them again! This thought excited her even more and as she tied her last shoelace, she thought: 'I wonder what the Card Captors will be like! Will they like me? Maybe they won't!! Oh no! What if I..' And her thoughts continued like this until she was halfway to her school.
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"Oh no! I'm gonna be late!!!," screamed a rushing Sakura. "Why didn't you wake me up Kero?" She questioned as she brushed her hair. Kero sighed loudly.
"SAKURA! I tried to wake you up three times! Remember?" But Sakura was paying no attention. "Bye!," she said, running out of her room and slamming the door behind her. Again, another loud sigh came from the Guardian Beast. "Welp," he said rubging his hands/paws together. "Xylon Warrior, watch out! Here comes the master!"
"Tori! Wait up!" Sakura was skating hard down the cement sidewalk, desperately trying to catch up to her older brother and childhood crush.
"Sorry squirt. I'm late" Her brother continued to pedal as if she was beside him the whole time. Just as she was fuming and about to yell at him for the squirt thing, Julian spoke up. "Hey Sakura. How are you this morning?"
"Fine thanks!" Sakura replied, giving him one of her greatest smiles. She liked Julian, but it was just in a big brother way. Nothing more. Although, she blushed at the thought, it didn't use to be that way. The rest of the way, they skated/biked in silence, taking in the beauty of each perfectly shaped cherry blossom fall to the ground as the sunlight shined beautifully through the tiny gaps in the tree branches.
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"Morning everyone!," Sakura exclaimed brightly.
"Good Morning Sakura!" all of her friends replied back. As she stepped into the classroom. She shut the gray door behind her. "Someone's happy today! Good Morning Sakura!," Madison, Sakura's very best friend and second cousin, greeted her warmly.
"Yeah! Good Morning Madison!," Sakura said. She gave her a smile and set her bookbag and hat on her desk. "So do you know what we are doing today?"
"I don't know. But I heard we got a new student."
"Really?" Sakura gazed at Madison with her head tilted ever-so-slightly to the side. "So I've heard." In walked Li with, as usual, Meilin close behind.
"'Morning Li! 'Morning Meilin!" Sakura said brightly.
"Hmph!" Meilin still didn't like her well. It has been about a month since she transferred to Japan. Li just sighed heavily. He couldn't quite figure out why Meilin had to be so competitive with all the other girls, especially Sakura. He couldn't find anything wrong with Sakura. She seemed to be the kindess of all the girls in class. Not to mention the prettiest. 'I did not just think that!' his little inner voice said. He shook his head lightly and blushed a cute shade of pink.
"Did you hear? Madison just told me that we have a new student today!" Sakura went on. Madison softly laughed to herself at Sakura's complete failure to see Li blush. Her cousin was so naive! But that is probably why so many people enjoy her company and like being around her so much. Li sat down in his chair behind Sakura and set his stuff down in his desk. He was about to reply when Mrs. MacKenzie walked in.
"All right class! Take your seats!" She smiled at the class and continued as soon as everyone was seated and quiet. "Today, we have a new student. Her name is Alycia Love. She is from America so lets be very kind towards her and show her a Japanese welcome." When she finished writing her name on the board she turned to the open door. "Please Alycia. Don't be shy, just come in."
After a moments' hesitation, in walked Alycia. She stepped in and faced the class. She was very beautiful, with a smiling face and a peach complextion. She had light brown, shoulder-length hair with slightly visible blonde highlights. Two, deep chocolate brown eyes that had a special glow in them that gave everyone in her presence a happy, safe feeling. But she also seemed, well, ummm., a little shy.
"Class," Ms. MacKenzie said breaking all of the tension and silence, "Say hello to Alycia." 'Hi's seemed to echo across the room as Alycia stood up front uncomfortably. Her eyes were cast upon the floor. 'Ohhhh..!!,' she whined to herself, 'this is way too intense! I'm sooooo too nervous!' She decided to take her chances and steal a glance at the class. Her eyes lifted ever so slowly up to meet two, very pretty emerald green ones. (Duh, Sakura!) 'That's her!' Alycia's mind seemed to scream as she recognized her aura's power. And the boy behind her must be the other one. She, of course, was referring to Li.
"Alycia, it seems as if you came at the perfect time. Just yesterday, our classmate, Lindsay Rossia, moved away to her father's. So it seems only possible for you to take her seat." With another warm smile of encouragement to the newcomer she motioned to a seat. diagonally across for Sakura and in front of Madison."Go on now."
Alycia nodded her gratitude and proceeded to her seat. She pulled off her hat and laid it and her backpack on the desk. She flashed a quick smile at Sakura and Li before sitting down. She slid her stuff on the floor beneath her chair and carefully took out a pencil. She could feel all the eyes of the children boring into her. Even the teacher was absolutely silent, watching her with increasing curiosity.
Alycia sat there nervously. Her entire body tensed up as she began to lightly tap the eraser of her number two pencil on the desk in a rhythm that only made sense to her ears alone. Still, the class kept their eyes locked on her, almost as if they were waiting for her to do something extraordinary. Either that, or drop dead. She really couldn't tell.
As if waking up from a deep trance, Ms. MacKenzie shook her head and realized she was suppose to be teaching. In the back of her mind, she couldn't figure out what had caused her to stare at the young girl like that. She looked around and discovered that every other available pair of eyes were studying that girl as well.
"Well Alycia.." Alycia's head snapped up to attention in surprise when she heard Ms. MacKenzie's voice startle the other children out of their hypnotic states. Not that it wasn't well welcomed by her nervous system. Ms. MacKenzie clapped her hands together sharply. "In honor of you being here, I suggest.." She stopped talking long enough to hold her pupils' attention. ".that we play a little game." Small cheers echoed off the room walls as Ms. MacKenzie kept her smile on. "Alycia," Ms. MacKenzie turned her bright, golden orbs on Alycia. "Why don't you pick the game we will play?"
Alycia was definitely not expecting that. She made an inaudible gasp and reached for the necklace that was hanging around her neck for comfort. Or should have been hanging around her neck. Her eyes widened and she looked down at her chest, still thinking she might have just missed it. But the necklace wasn't there. She gave herself a hard, mental kick. In all of her haste, she must have left her necklace in its' box. 'Why is every little thing going wrong today!'
"Alycia?" Ms. MacKenzie's question voice rang through her thoughts. She looked up and remembered that she was suppose to be picking out a game. Unknown to the rest of the class was the simple fact that she had never played any games. She might have when she was little, but that would have been before... her. She mentally cringed.
She knew she had to think up something quick. She glanced out of the window quickly. In one glimpse, she took in every detail of what was happening outside. She could tell, the rest of the children were becoming impatient. "Soccer!," she blurted out fast enough to cut off Ms. MacKenzie's next plea for her to hurry. After one last questioning gaze to Alycia, Ms. MacKenzie turned her head to face the rest of the class.
"Soccer it is, then," she exclaimed. Again, another group of cheers rang out. The students began to get up put of their seats at their own paces as the headed for the door, following Ms. MacKenzie, of course. Alycia kept completely still until most of the students had already left. Only then did she begin to stir. Slowly, she raised herself out of her desk chair and walked towards the door alone.
Sakura watched silently as the new student hoisted herself up and started to leave. It almost made her want to cry. The poor girl seemed so lonely, as if she hadn't a friend in the world. It didn't make any sense to her, though. How could a girl as beautiful and fair as this new one from America have no friends at all? She had to do something to make her feel better. So she did the only thing she could think of.
"Alycia!," she cried out right before Alycia reached the door. Alycia turned swiftly to find the person the voice came from. 'What have I gotten myself into?' Sakura criticized herself as she ran towards Alycia. "Hi! My name is Sakura. Would you mind if I walked with you?," she asked timidly, half afraid of Alycia's answer. Alycia blinked slowly first, as if taking into detail every word that emitted from Sakura's mouth. Then, her face broke into a wide smile. "Of course! I'd love it if you walked with me! I was beginning to feel a bit lonely anyways."
Sakura was taken aback at first. She had expected something like a crude remark, or maybe even a scowl. But definitely not a courteous smile and a polite acceptance. Though it was welcomed by her!
"Great!," Sakura exclaimed. "Let's go! We don't want to be picked last!" With that, she grabbed hold of Alycia's wrist and started to run towards that exit. Alycia ran behind her, keeping up to her pace easily and laughing the whole time.
"All right everybody, line up in a straight line." The class had made it outside and
were getting ready to pick teams. They were all standing next to each other facing the teacher. Alycia was content to stand next to a fidgeting Sakura. "Do I have any volunteers for team captain? I need two." Seven or nine children raised their hands. After looking over the kids for a few seconds, it seemed that she had made a decision. "Nikki and Zachary," she stated simply. A couple of 'awwww.'s could be heard. "Don't worry, there's always next time." Ms. MacKenzie concluded.
Sakura ended up on Nikki's team along with Sakura as well as an Adam, a Joseph, a Shea, a Keir , a Christian, a Michelle, an Amanda, an Ashley, a Sarah, and a girl named Rita, who seemed to be a close friend of Sakura's. To her surprise, Sakura still hadn't left her side. At the moment, Alycia was conversing with a bunch a Sakura's friends. She really wasn't paying much attention so she decided to check up on the other cardcaptor, whose name she had yet to learn. She pretended to listen to the girl, Amanda, talk while she was looking past her. 'There he is,' her mind told her. She could pinpoint his aura undoubtedly. He wore a scowl on his face as he looked towards another boy. This one had blue hair and glasses. (Eriol) He also seemed to hold a vast amount magic, too. She was so caught up in her mind, that she didn't realize that Sakura had followed her gaze to Li.
"Who are you looking at?," Sakura said quietly, knowing fully well that she was staring at her Li. 'Did I just say my Li?' she thought to herself wildly. Deep down inside, her heart was breaking. She would stand a chance with Li if the brunette beauty beside her liked him. Not to mention Meiling.
Alycia was snapped out of her thoughts once more. 'That seems to happen to me more and more these days' she thought with a smirk. "I'm looking at that brown haired boy on the other team," she said just as quietly, "Do you know his name?" She didn't think it would be possible for her to go around referring to him as 'the other cardcaptor.'
"Oh, that's Li," she answered as she tried to cover up the light blush that began to cover her cheeks each time she said his name. But it was to no avail, because Alycia noticed it right away. Sakura turned her face away from her, then back again. She saw Alycia with a huge grin on her face. "What?" Sakura asked uneasily.
Alycia bent towards Sakura and whispered into her ear. "You like him, don't you?" Sakura gasped. "No! No, of course not! I don't like him. What are you talking about? Hehehe!," Sakura was smiling and rubbing her hand behind her head as a sweatdrop slowly made it's way down her face. Alycia gave her an all-knowing smile. Kind of like Madison's I- know-you- are-lying-and-I-am-always-right smirk, but softer.
"Don't worry. I won't tell." Alycia said calmly. Sakura looked up into Alycia's eyes, they reminded her of chocolate hershey kisses, pure and sweet. For some unsaid reason, she knew she could trust her. But she really didn't want to bring the topic up again so instead she exclaimed: "Let's play soccer!"
So..!! What did ya think? Is it worth it to keep writing? I haven't gotten to the best part yet but I can't tell you everything about it in the first chapter. I'm not sure if anyone will like this. I hope so. It gets better and I'm sure there are somethings, well, ok maybe a lot of things, that you don't understand right now. I'll give the explanation soon. PROMISE! Buh- byes for now! ^^
Hi everyone! I know that people constantly hear this, but you're gonna have ta hear again: This is my first fanfic. My uncle says that you shouldn't have to repeat things to get the point across, so lemme say it again. nah! J/k! I have only ever seen the american version of the show. But I would appreciate any feedback. Comments, suggestions, all are welcome and I will try to write everyone back. ^^ I have created some off the characters in this so please ask before hand if you want to use them, k? thanxs! K, now I gotta let ya read now, right? RIGHT! Byes!
Disclaimer: Don't own them, never have, never will. *sigh* it's so depressing..
K, here it goes! Chapter one!
Oh yeah! Wait!! Hold up!! Stop the presses!!! Hehe..umm. I forgot a key. Darn, stupid, stupid, STUPID!!
*~~~~~* - this is a flashback
----------- - this is a scene change
you should know the rest! K! so here we go for real!
1 The REAL Chapter One
"Ohhhhh..." The little girl slowly tried to open her eyes and gain back her consciousness, only to feel a tremendous amount of pain throbbing through her forehead. "Ahhhh..!" She cried out slightly, but still kept up the struggle for control of her body. Gradually, she gained it and pushed herself up into a sitting postion with her back leaning up against the side of a burnt brown brick wall.
Where am I?" She asked herself. She opened her eyes slightly more than the last time, but her vision was blurred by her pain, or was it by her tears? She was a small child of about 8. Fragile and timid, she seemed very vulnerable. She had shoulder-length light brown hair with hardly noticeable dark blonde highlights. She had no bangs, but sweet, gentle brown eyes the color of rich milk chocolate. They usually shone with happiness and a warm sort of kindness, but now, they could only project images of sorrow, fear, and grief. Around her neck, hung a beautiful necklace with a wondrous ornament on it. The ornament was a solid gold heart about the size of a fifty cent piece. Semi-transparent opal wings were attached on both sides. Centered in the heart was another, slightly smaller heart, this one made entirely out of diamond. And if you looked closely, in the middle of that heart, was a beautifully carved rose.
The little girl, knowing and fully aware that she was completely and utterly alone, curled her knees up towards her chest, put her face down on her kneecaps and cried. Many thoughts ran throughout her brain, but what popped up more often than others: 'What am I going to do now?' *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
The girl shook her head wildly at these memories. She didn't want to think about them. That had been many years ago. Almost 3 in fact! So why did they keep coming back, reminding her of a huge, constant sorrow. But she knew perfectly well why. She shook her head again, this time successfully removing all her bad thoughts.
She put on her brightest smile and quickly got dressed. If she didn't hurry up and stop dreaming about her past, she was going to be late on her first day of school. She wanted to make a good impression, especially since she knew the cardcaptors were going to be there. Her smile brightened (if possible) and her eyes became happy once more. But this time, it wasn't a happiness that you wore as a shield to protect others from your depression, it was true happiness.
Maybe now she could finally see them again! This thought excited her even more and as she tied her last shoelace, she thought: 'I wonder what the Card Captors will be like! Will they like me? Maybe they won't!! Oh no! What if I..' And her thoughts continued like this until she was halfway to her school.
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"Oh no! I'm gonna be late!!!," screamed a rushing Sakura. "Why didn't you wake me up Kero?" She questioned as she brushed her hair. Kero sighed loudly.
"SAKURA! I tried to wake you up three times! Remember?" But Sakura was paying no attention. "Bye!," she said, running out of her room and slamming the door behind her. Again, another loud sigh came from the Guardian Beast. "Welp," he said rubging his hands/paws together. "Xylon Warrior, watch out! Here comes the master!"
"Tori! Wait up!" Sakura was skating hard down the cement sidewalk, desperately trying to catch up to her older brother and childhood crush.
"Sorry squirt. I'm late" Her brother continued to pedal as if she was beside him the whole time. Just as she was fuming and about to yell at him for the squirt thing, Julian spoke up. "Hey Sakura. How are you this morning?"
"Fine thanks!" Sakura replied, giving him one of her greatest smiles. She liked Julian, but it was just in a big brother way. Nothing more. Although, she blushed at the thought, it didn't use to be that way. The rest of the way, they skated/biked in silence, taking in the beauty of each perfectly shaped cherry blossom fall to the ground as the sunlight shined beautifully through the tiny gaps in the tree branches.
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"Morning everyone!," Sakura exclaimed brightly.
"Good Morning Sakura!" all of her friends replied back. As she stepped into the classroom. She shut the gray door behind her. "Someone's happy today! Good Morning Sakura!," Madison, Sakura's very best friend and second cousin, greeted her warmly.
"Yeah! Good Morning Madison!," Sakura said. She gave her a smile and set her bookbag and hat on her desk. "So do you know what we are doing today?"
"I don't know. But I heard we got a new student."
"Really?" Sakura gazed at Madison with her head tilted ever-so-slightly to the side. "So I've heard." In walked Li with, as usual, Meilin close behind.
"'Morning Li! 'Morning Meilin!" Sakura said brightly.
"Hmph!" Meilin still didn't like her well. It has been about a month since she transferred to Japan. Li just sighed heavily. He couldn't quite figure out why Meilin had to be so competitive with all the other girls, especially Sakura. He couldn't find anything wrong with Sakura. She seemed to be the kindess of all the girls in class. Not to mention the prettiest. 'I did not just think that!' his little inner voice said. He shook his head lightly and blushed a cute shade of pink.
"Did you hear? Madison just told me that we have a new student today!" Sakura went on. Madison softly laughed to herself at Sakura's complete failure to see Li blush. Her cousin was so naive! But that is probably why so many people enjoy her company and like being around her so much. Li sat down in his chair behind Sakura and set his stuff down in his desk. He was about to reply when Mrs. MacKenzie walked in.
"All right class! Take your seats!" She smiled at the class and continued as soon as everyone was seated and quiet. "Today, we have a new student. Her name is Alycia Love. She is from America so lets be very kind towards her and show her a Japanese welcome." When she finished writing her name on the board she turned to the open door. "Please Alycia. Don't be shy, just come in."
After a moments' hesitation, in walked Alycia. She stepped in and faced the class. She was very beautiful, with a smiling face and a peach complextion. She had light brown, shoulder-length hair with slightly visible blonde highlights. Two, deep chocolate brown eyes that had a special glow in them that gave everyone in her presence a happy, safe feeling. But she also seemed, well, ummm., a little shy.
"Class," Ms. MacKenzie said breaking all of the tension and silence, "Say hello to Alycia." 'Hi's seemed to echo across the room as Alycia stood up front uncomfortably. Her eyes were cast upon the floor. 'Ohhhh..!!,' she whined to herself, 'this is way too intense! I'm sooooo too nervous!' She decided to take her chances and steal a glance at the class. Her eyes lifted ever so slowly up to meet two, very pretty emerald green ones. (Duh, Sakura!) 'That's her!' Alycia's mind seemed to scream as she recognized her aura's power. And the boy behind her must be the other one. She, of course, was referring to Li.
"Alycia, it seems as if you came at the perfect time. Just yesterday, our classmate, Lindsay Rossia, moved away to her father's. So it seems only possible for you to take her seat." With another warm smile of encouragement to the newcomer she motioned to a seat. diagonally across for Sakura and in front of Madison."Go on now."
Alycia nodded her gratitude and proceeded to her seat. She pulled off her hat and laid it and her backpack on the desk. She flashed a quick smile at Sakura and Li before sitting down. She slid her stuff on the floor beneath her chair and carefully took out a pencil. She could feel all the eyes of the children boring into her. Even the teacher was absolutely silent, watching her with increasing curiosity.
Alycia sat there nervously. Her entire body tensed up as she began to lightly tap the eraser of her number two pencil on the desk in a rhythm that only made sense to her ears alone. Still, the class kept their eyes locked on her, almost as if they were waiting for her to do something extraordinary. Either that, or drop dead. She really couldn't tell.
As if waking up from a deep trance, Ms. MacKenzie shook her head and realized she was suppose to be teaching. In the back of her mind, she couldn't figure out what had caused her to stare at the young girl like that. She looked around and discovered that every other available pair of eyes were studying that girl as well.
"Well Alycia.." Alycia's head snapped up to attention in surprise when she heard Ms. MacKenzie's voice startle the other children out of their hypnotic states. Not that it wasn't well welcomed by her nervous system. Ms. MacKenzie clapped her hands together sharply. "In honor of you being here, I suggest.." She stopped talking long enough to hold her pupils' attention. ".that we play a little game." Small cheers echoed off the room walls as Ms. MacKenzie kept her smile on. "Alycia," Ms. MacKenzie turned her bright, golden orbs on Alycia. "Why don't you pick the game we will play?"
Alycia was definitely not expecting that. She made an inaudible gasp and reached for the necklace that was hanging around her neck for comfort. Or should have been hanging around her neck. Her eyes widened and she looked down at her chest, still thinking she might have just missed it. But the necklace wasn't there. She gave herself a hard, mental kick. In all of her haste, she must have left her necklace in its' box. 'Why is every little thing going wrong today!'
"Alycia?" Ms. MacKenzie's question voice rang through her thoughts. She looked up and remembered that she was suppose to be picking out a game. Unknown to the rest of the class was the simple fact that she had never played any games. She might have when she was little, but that would have been before... her. She mentally cringed.
She knew she had to think up something quick. She glanced out of the window quickly. In one glimpse, she took in every detail of what was happening outside. She could tell, the rest of the children were becoming impatient. "Soccer!," she blurted out fast enough to cut off Ms. MacKenzie's next plea for her to hurry. After one last questioning gaze to Alycia, Ms. MacKenzie turned her head to face the rest of the class.
"Soccer it is, then," she exclaimed. Again, another group of cheers rang out. The students began to get up put of their seats at their own paces as the headed for the door, following Ms. MacKenzie, of course. Alycia kept completely still until most of the students had already left. Only then did she begin to stir. Slowly, she raised herself out of her desk chair and walked towards the door alone.
Sakura watched silently as the new student hoisted herself up and started to leave. It almost made her want to cry. The poor girl seemed so lonely, as if she hadn't a friend in the world. It didn't make any sense to her, though. How could a girl as beautiful and fair as this new one from America have no friends at all? She had to do something to make her feel better. So she did the only thing she could think of.
"Alycia!," she cried out right before Alycia reached the door. Alycia turned swiftly to find the person the voice came from. 'What have I gotten myself into?' Sakura criticized herself as she ran towards Alycia. "Hi! My name is Sakura. Would you mind if I walked with you?," she asked timidly, half afraid of Alycia's answer. Alycia blinked slowly first, as if taking into detail every word that emitted from Sakura's mouth. Then, her face broke into a wide smile. "Of course! I'd love it if you walked with me! I was beginning to feel a bit lonely anyways."
Sakura was taken aback at first. She had expected something like a crude remark, or maybe even a scowl. But definitely not a courteous smile and a polite acceptance. Though it was welcomed by her!
"Great!," Sakura exclaimed. "Let's go! We don't want to be picked last!" With that, she grabbed hold of Alycia's wrist and started to run towards that exit. Alycia ran behind her, keeping up to her pace easily and laughing the whole time.
"All right everybody, line up in a straight line." The class had made it outside and
were getting ready to pick teams. They were all standing next to each other facing the teacher. Alycia was content to stand next to a fidgeting Sakura. "Do I have any volunteers for team captain? I need two." Seven or nine children raised their hands. After looking over the kids for a few seconds, it seemed that she had made a decision. "Nikki and Zachary," she stated simply. A couple of 'awwww.'s could be heard. "Don't worry, there's always next time." Ms. MacKenzie concluded.
Sakura ended up on Nikki's team along with Sakura as well as an Adam, a Joseph, a Shea, a Keir , a Christian, a Michelle, an Amanda, an Ashley, a Sarah, and a girl named Rita, who seemed to be a close friend of Sakura's. To her surprise, Sakura still hadn't left her side. At the moment, Alycia was conversing with a bunch a Sakura's friends. She really wasn't paying much attention so she decided to check up on the other cardcaptor, whose name she had yet to learn. She pretended to listen to the girl, Amanda, talk while she was looking past her. 'There he is,' her mind told her. She could pinpoint his aura undoubtedly. He wore a scowl on his face as he looked towards another boy. This one had blue hair and glasses. (Eriol) He also seemed to hold a vast amount magic, too. She was so caught up in her mind, that she didn't realize that Sakura had followed her gaze to Li.
"Who are you looking at?," Sakura said quietly, knowing fully well that she was staring at her Li. 'Did I just say my Li?' she thought to herself wildly. Deep down inside, her heart was breaking. She would stand a chance with Li if the brunette beauty beside her liked him. Not to mention Meiling.
Alycia was snapped out of her thoughts once more. 'That seems to happen to me more and more these days' she thought with a smirk. "I'm looking at that brown haired boy on the other team," she said just as quietly, "Do you know his name?" She didn't think it would be possible for her to go around referring to him as 'the other cardcaptor.'
"Oh, that's Li," she answered as she tried to cover up the light blush that began to cover her cheeks each time she said his name. But it was to no avail, because Alycia noticed it right away. Sakura turned her face away from her, then back again. She saw Alycia with a huge grin on her face. "What?" Sakura asked uneasily.
Alycia bent towards Sakura and whispered into her ear. "You like him, don't you?" Sakura gasped. "No! No, of course not! I don't like him. What are you talking about? Hehehe!," Sakura was smiling and rubbing her hand behind her head as a sweatdrop slowly made it's way down her face. Alycia gave her an all-knowing smile. Kind of like Madison's I- know-you- are-lying-and-I-am-always-right smirk, but softer.
"Don't worry. I won't tell." Alycia said calmly. Sakura looked up into Alycia's eyes, they reminded her of chocolate hershey kisses, pure and sweet. For some unsaid reason, she knew she could trust her. But she really didn't want to bring the topic up again so instead she exclaimed: "Let's play soccer!"
So..!! What did ya think? Is it worth it to keep writing? I haven't gotten to the best part yet but I can't tell you everything about it in the first chapter. I'm not sure if anyone will like this. I hope so. It gets better and I'm sure there are somethings, well, ok maybe a lot of things, that you don't understand right now. I'll give the explanation soon. PROMISE! Buh- byes for now! ^^