Authors Note: Hello readers. I am so thankful to all of my reviewers! I had a question of what 'OOC' meant. Sorry for assuming that everybody knew it's meaning! 'OOC' stands for 'out of character'. Okay, now that that's cleared up, this chapter should be a lot longer than my other two. I think it gets too complicated to write the sans', chans', and kuns' and the end of each person's name in a conversation, so I won't be doing that (for example: Sakura-chan). I will be using some Japanese words in this chapter. But I won't if you guys think it's too confusing. Well, I think that's it. On with the story!

Syoaran's Three Wishes

Chapter 3

The First Wish

DING-DONG! Sakura was in her room, working on her language arts homework when the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" she shouted eagerly, hoping that it was one of her friends. She raced downstairs and walked quickly to the door. "Hello, Syaoran!" Sakura said happily. "It's great to see you again! I missed everybody so much while I was gone."

"Um, hello Sakura. It's nice to see you too," Syaoran replied. He was staring at the ground so that Sakura wouldn't see him blushing.

"Come inside! I was doing my homework, but I need a break anyway. Would you like something to eat? Did anything unusual happen while I was gone?" Sakura asked curiously while leading Syaoran into the kitchen.

Syaoran once again wondered whether or not he should tell her about the Wish Card, but decided to keep it a secret. "Nothing too exciting happened," Syaoran stated slowly.

They arrived at the kitchen and Sakura took a plate of chocolate chip cookies down from the counter. "Here you go!" Sakura said cheerfully as she placed the cookies on the table.

Sakura and Syaoran sat down and began to eat the cookies. Meanwhile, Sakura kept up a steady stream of conversation (rather one-sided if you know what I mean).

"I made these myself, so I hope you like them! Tomoyo is going to the National Singing Competition tomorrow. She's so lucky! I wish I could miss school to go watch her. But even though I can't go, Tomoyo's mother promised to give me an extra copy of the video she's going to take! I really hope she wins. Tomoyo has such a beautiful voice!"

Syaoran was only half listening to Sakura's chatter. Most of his attention was directed at Sakura's eyes. *They're such a pretty, emerald green,* he thought to himself.

Just then the doorbell rang yet again. "I'll get it!" Sakura yelled as she bolted to the door. "Be back in a minute Syaoran!"

Syaoran remained in his seat and continued to eat his cookie. He heard Sakura answer the door and heard Tomoyo's voice. Sakura welcomed the girl into the house and brought her to the kitchen.

"Look Syaoran, Tomoyo's here!" Sakura shouted excitedly.

"Hello Li," Tomoyo said politely. She spoke rather quietly, no louder than a whisper

Syaoran nodded at her. Despite her smile, he could see that her eyes looked sad. He wondered what was wrong, but he didn't ask. Sakura didn't notice and pulled another chair up to the table. Tomoyo sat down and looked at Sakura.

"I'm so glad you're here Tomoyo! I missed you a bunch. How was your weekend?" questioned Sakura.

"I have some bad news Sakura," Tomoyo mumbled in a raspy voice. "I've got a sore throat, so I won't be able to sing in the competition tomorrow." Tomoyo's eyes grew all watery and she started to cry. "I've been practicing for this competition for months! I really wanted to go. But I guess this is how it has to be."

"Oh, Tomoyo! It's okay. Don't cry. Maybe it will be gone by tomorrow. Don't worry Tomoyo, I'm sure everything will be okay," Sakura felt terrible. She knew how much this meant to her friend.

"I think I'd better go home now," Syaoran said uneasily. It looked like Sakura had forgotten that he was there.

"I'm sorry Syaoran! Don't leave yet! You can still stay," Sakura replied quickly. But Syaoran was already out the door. He jogged home slowly. His mind was in turmoil. Then his eyes cleared and he nodded his head. He had decided.

When he reached home, he went upstairs and pulled out the Wish Card. He shouted, "Wish Card!" and the beautiful woman with silver eyes appeared for the third time.

"What is your wish Master Li?" the Card asked in her eerie voice.

"I wish….."

Author's Note: ha Ha HA! I left you at a cliff hanger! Well, it's not really a cliff hanger because this isn't the end of the story. I just had to trick you guys like that! Maybe some of you weren't fooled, but oh well. Okay back to the story!

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Sakura…..Sakura…..Sakura. You are …

"SAKURA!" Touya screamed. He had been trying to wake up his younger sister for the last ten minutes now.

Sakura groaned. "What time is it?" she whined sleepily.

"You have five minutes to get ready for school if you don't want to be late," Touya told her. He sighed when he saw the look of horror on her face.

"I overslept again!" Sakura yelled. "Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"

"I tried too! You could sleep through a hurricane if you wanted too. Geez," Touya mumbled.

Sakura was racing around her room. She got dressed quickly and fixed her hair. She ran down the stairs, said a quick 'good morning' to her father, grabbed some toast, and ran out the door. Sakura barely had enough time to put on her skates before her brother left to meet Yukito.

As she was roller bladeing to school, she thought about the dream she had had last night. There had been a beautiful woman with silver eyes and long, flowing, shiny hair. She had been saying Sakura's name repeatedly in a soft voice that echoed slightly. The woman was about to say something when Touya had woken her up. Sakura wondered what this dream could mean. But she forgot all about when she got to school. Sakura walked into the classroom just before the teacher did. She sighed with relief and sank into her chair.

"Ohayo (good morning in Japanese), Syaoran," she said cheerfully.

"Ohayo, Sakura. Did you wake up late again?" Syaoran questioned her.

"Hai. (yes in Japanese)" Sakura replied. She looked around the room at all of the familiar faces. But wait a minute, someone was missing. "Where's Tomoyo? Do you think that she missed school because of her sore throat?" Sakura asked Syaoran.

Syaoran smiled slyly, "I'm not sure. Maybe her throat was feeling better and she went to the competition."

"Do you really think so?!" Sakura exclaimed happily. She truly hoped so. She couldn't wait to get home and call Tomoyo to find out.

The school day dragged by. Sakura tried to pay attention, but she was too worried and excited about Tomoyo to really learn anything. Finally, the bell rang. Syaoran and Sakura walked home together.

"I think I'm going to stop by Tomoyo's house on my way home, do you want to come?" Sakura asked Syaoran.

"No thanks. I think I'd better get home. See you later!" Syaoran waved good-bye and turned towards his house as Sakura headed in the other direction. He was happy because he knew that Sakura would be happy when she found out that Tomoyo was at the National Singing Competition. He had used his first wish to get rid of Tomoyo's sore throat. He knew that it didn't help Sakura with anything directly, but he also knew that when Sakura's friends were happy, Sakura was happy. And if Sakura was happy, then Syaoran was happy. He grinned to himself and continued to walk home. He had to think about what his next wish would be!

Author's Note: Well, what did you think? It was definitely longer huh? I know that the first wish was kind of strange. But if you didn't like Syaoran's first wish, PLEASE don't stop reading because the next wish is going to be much better. I promise! Please give me feed-back. Thank you, thank you, thank you! And don't forget to review! ^_^