Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptors.

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On the way up, she met Touya who was coming downstairs.

"Hey kaijuu," he said

"Shut up Touya!" she said and then continued to her room.

She opened the door to her big room, her Aunty had painted it pink for her and it had a blue bedspread, they were her two favourite colours.  She also had a desk and a computer, and a wardrobe with a chest of drawers in it.

She sat down on her chair and sighed.

*Why me, why did this happen?* she thought sadly

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Chapter 2

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"What's the matter?" a small bright yellow creature said as he popped out of the wardrobe, no doubt eating cookies or something

"Nothing Kero" Sakura said

"Are you still thinking about what happened?" he asked

Sakura nodded sadly

"It's not your fault, you did everything you could," he said firmly

"But it wasn't enough" she said, tears starting to form in her eyes "It just wasn't enough" her voice dropped

"Daddy" she said quietly as a tear rolled down her face

~~~The Next Day~~~

Tomoyo decided to try and make friends with Sakura.

She told the others of her plan and they walked off to have their lunch while she waited for Sakura after class.

Sakura came out of the classroom and seemed surprised to see Tomoyo there.

"Hi" Tomoyo greeted her

"Hi" she replied

"You wanna hang?" Tomoyo asked

"If you want" Sakura said "but what about your friends?"

"They'll be fine" Tomoyo assured her

They went and sat under a shady tree on the field.

"Where did you live before you came here?" Tomoyo asked

"I lived in a small country town and I lived on a big farm and we had cows and sheep and stuff," Sakura said quietly, trying to stop the tears from coming to her eyes at the memories

"Why did you move?" Tomoyo asked

"I…uh" Sakura tried to think up a good lie "Uhhh, it's a long story" she said

Tomoyo could sense that she didn't want to tell the story and changed the subject.

"What was it like there?" she asked

"It was really cool, the school was really small and there was only 4 girls and 10 boys cause the town was small and it wasn't very well-known"

"That sounds cool" Tomoyo said, she saw her other three friends standing a few metres away watching them.  She motioned for them to come over and they came over and sat down.

"Hi" they said to Sakura

"Hi" she replied quietly

Tomoyo continued her questions "Where are you living now?" she asked

"I live at" she paused and tried to remember the address "24 Kings Way"

"Hey, that's next door to Syaoran's house" Tomoyo said, "Your family must be pretty rich, that's a nice house"

"It's actually my Auntie's house, I live there with her and my brother" Sakura said

"What about your parents" Tomoyo asked

Sakura suddenly looked away, a great sadness in her eyes.

"I have to go" she said quickly and got up and ran off before anyone could stop her.

"What did I say" Tomoyo said, confused

The others shrugged

"Maybe something happened to them, she looked awfully sad," Meilin said

Sakura ran away from the group, she ran towards the toilets, she tried stopping the tears, but was unsuccessful, she went into one of the cubicles and tried to wipe the tears away with the toilet paper, but they kept coming.

She put the cover seat down and sat on it.

*I can't keep running, I have to face this some day* she thought *I can sense that Syaoran and Eriol have strong powers, they could be helpful in defeating the evil, I know it will follow me here.  I can't cope anymore and Touya isn't strong enough to help me, I'm all alone now Dad's gone. I have to stop crying, I have to be strong for Touya and Aunty, I have to protect them*

*BRIINNNGGG!!!* The bell rang and she slowly got up off the seat and wiped her eyes, she went out and looked in the mirror and checked that her eyes weren't red and walked to class.

~~~After School~~~

Syaoran was walking home with Tomoyo and Eriol but Meilin had gymnastics practise so she had to stay after school.

They split up as usual and Syaoran carried on alone, he saw Sakura walking in front of him and called out to her.

She turned around and saw him.

"Wait!" he called and ran up to her

"Hi" he said

"Hi" she replied

"So you live next door to me?" he said, making conversation

"Yeah, apparently"

"You can walk with us if you want then" he offered

"Thanks" she said

They got closer to Syaoran's house.

"You wanna come over for a while?" he asked

Sakura looked at him and then said, "Okay, but I have to tell my Aunty first"

They went past Syaoran's house and he waited outside Sakura's house while she went in and told her Aunty where she'd be.

She came out and she'd changed her clothes.  She was wearing a pink top with wings on it (I have a top like that, it's so cool! Actually I'm wearing it now) and some board shorts.

They went over to Syaoran's house and he led her up to his bedroom.

"Tomoyo told me what you told her, about you living in the country and all that" he said

"Yeah, I love the country, and the wide open spaces, in the city or even just a little town like this, I feel trapped, like a wild animal in a cage" she said

Syaoran could sense something from her, something strange, but it wasn't bad.

"Who did you live with" he asked carefully, worried that she might run away like she did at lunchtime today

Sakura looked away for a second and then looked at him.

"I lived with my father and my brother"

*I have to tell someone sometime, it might as well be Syaoran*

She was glad when Syaoran didn't ask any more questions about her father, she didn't really want to tell anyone yet.

"Did we have any homework today?" Sakura asked

"Yeah, we had some maths and some science" he replied

"Oh great" she sighed, "better go do it then"

"You could come back here and do it if you want" Syaoran offered

"Why don't you come to my place instead," Sakura said

"Okay" Syaoran said and picked up his bag with all his books

They walked next door and Sakura opened the door and they went inside.

On the way upstairs, Sakura saw her aunty.

"Hi Aunty, I'm just going to do my homework with Syaoran"

"Okay, I'll bring you some cookies and drinks" she said

"It's okay, I'm not hungry" Sakura said

"I'll bring some anyway, you might change your mind"

Sakura went to her room and Syaoran followed behind her.

She opened the door and they went into the room.

"Sit down if you want" she said

Syaoran sat down on her desk chair.

Sakura went to her bag and got out her homework books and scattered them on the floor.

"We had science and maths ne?" she said and sorted her books into the piles she would need.

"Yeah" Syaoran said and got out his books and a pen.

All of a sudden, there was a crashing sound from her wardrobe.

*Kero!* she thought angrily

"Uh, let me check that" Sakura said

She went to the wardrobe and opened it slightly so Syaoran couldn't see in it.

She saw a pile of books on the ground and under it was a struggling Kero.

"Aah" she said and pulled him out and sat him on her chest of drawers gave him that don't-try-anything look.

Kero grinned sheepishly.

Sakura closed the door and Syaoran asked, "What was that?"

"Just a pile of books fell over" she said

She felt his aura get stronger he must have been trying to sense what it was.

Sakura was glad she'd learnt to hide hers, otherwise he'd know she had magical powers.

Author's notes:

What do you think of the story, should I continue?

I've done 6 chapters already, review if you want to read them.

And again, as requested, Japanese names, hope you like.