Chapter One

(Sakura)

Well today was just plain peachy. Not sweet peachy or sour peachy but just PLAIN peachy. First off, I forgot to do my homework so I was going to get to school early and do it but I woke up too late. Shocked, ne? Any who, I skated to school, skipping breakfast and forgetting to grab my lunch and along with still being in my pajamas... well you get the picture. Needless to say, I was an hour and a half late for school by the time I skated back home, ate, showered, put on my UNIFORM, and done my homework. Now all I need is an excuse...

When I got to school with no excuse, which didn't help for the detention I got for 'skipping.' In which we all know I wasn't!

Tomoyo and Syaoran already had their worried faces on when I walked into my classroom for History which was at the end of second period. The teacher did her usual: barked and screamed for me to actually be on time and then she lectured me on how my first hour teacher must feel...

"Are you okay, Sakura? You have been late everyday this week and now you are getting detention! This is not you!" I know I must have looked rather rude but I swung in my chair to stare at Tomoyo who had spoke these awful discerning words or that's what it sounded like to me. It must have not sounded like that to her or the 30 something others in the classroom. Now I have three straight days of detention with my trusty handy dandy homework assignments that I have never deceased to turn in on time...


(Syaoran)

It was rather disturbing to see the sweet strong spirited Sakura to act in such a way but she did and that was that. It took a while for Tomoyo to settle back down for class after what had happened seeing that her best friend had never acted like that towards her in her whole life. Sakura was the type of person to see things in both views to appeal a larger audience of her exuberant niceness. Until today, she exceeded with the award, "The True Non-Evil Spirited Teen Out There." Scratch that off of her record...

After detention ended for Sakura, I, like always that week, took in concern for her. She was trudging her feet on the cement pathway leading from school that always had the name "Squeaky Clean!" which nevertheless kept clean. I reluctantly ran towards her as she skated roughly around the corner of the gate from the school.

"Um... Sakura... I have asked you millions of times this week. Please answer me! Tomoyo and I are both worried about you not counting the hungry beast at your house that never gets fed anymore..."

"I told you Syaoran. I am okay and until then you will be fine with those words. If not then I'll just see you around." Tapping her foot I guess she was waiting for an answer to her some what question. When she saw that I wouldn't answer to that lame reply once again she said her usual good-bye and left me on the "Squeaky Clean!" cement. This time though, I wasn't going to give up.


(Sakura)

I was furious that no one would leave me alone that week. Everyone pointing out that I was acting different and that I was being kind of rude. Well I guess there goes my reward of the "The True Non-Evil Spirited Teen Out There." I could care less at this point.

And yes, Syaoran did ask that annoying three word phrase again. "Are you okay?" Oh how I wish English Men would delete that phrase from life... Maybe the Erase card would do...

By the time I was even five feet away from Syaoran he had stopped me by grabbing my arm that held my backpack in place not counting my balance. Yes, I did fall... Syaoran wasn't much help with the situation. He couldn't help but laugh as he saw me steam on the ground. I could have sworn smoke and fire were coming out of my ears as he laughed.

"Shut up, Li!" For the first time I screamed at him. Oh and did it feel good. But yet I felt so bad inside. It was almost like something was trying to break lose form deep within me... like... true feelings or something. I shrugged it away as I saw his gleaming smile turning to an astonishing frown.


(Syaoran)

I couldn't help but laugh when she fell but when she told me to "Shut up, Li!..." That was something else. Sakura hadn't called me Li since the elevator accident and she had never screamed at me before. I knew there was something wrong but I wasn't quite sure what it was. I was terrified. Not because of her attitude or the way she was treating me, but because it wasn't her and ever since the last night with the cards she had been acting strangely.

By the time I had recovered from the astonishing screaming she had already left for home leaving me bewildered.