Title: CCS/HP Crossover

Chapter: 3 - Platform 9 3/4

By: Sparkling Crystal

Sakura and Syaoran were still sitting on the chairs by Flourish and Blotts.

But they were practically glued together, with Syaoran's arms wrapped around Sakura's waist and her lips tightly pressed onto his...

They were kissing.

Harry could feel jealousy rising up his spines again, but he quickly pushed it down. At least this proved that they were an item, and he was rather disappointed, although deep down inside his heart he knew the fact that they were a couple ever since the start...but he just didn't want to admit it.

Ron covered Ginny's eyes immediately, "This is not appropriate for you."

"Let's go back inside," Hermione whispered as she turned around, and everybody else turned too.

"Ah!!"

They could suddenly hear Sakura yell, and hence all turned around again. Sakura seemed to have notice that they weren't alone anymore, and she was blushing like mad. Syaoran turned his head around to see that they've returned and sent them all one of his famous death glares. "Syaoran-kun!" Sakura said quickly as she pushed Syaoran away, blushing even harder.

"Would you...like us to leave?" Hermione asked awkwardly.

"It's fine!" Sakura said immediately, looking embarrassed still.

Hmm, Harry thought to himself, she looks so cute when she's blushing. It's really such a shame she likes Syaoran, but...it's not like they're married, what if they broke up? And then- oh no, no, no...how could you be so low-down? Don't think weird thoughts, Harry, after all you're not even sure if you like her! Remember Cho Chang? Good, now think about her instead!

"Yes, Cho Chang..." Harry muttered to himself.

"What did you say?" Ron asked.

Now it was Harry's turn to blush. "No-nothing!" he quickly tried to change the subject, "So where should we go now? It's still too early for us to get to Platform 9¾."

"There's still two more hours," Hermione answered, looking down at her watch, "Let's just browse around...I'm sure we can find more interesting things to show Syaoran and Sakura."

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"Are you serious, Harry?" Sakura said as she stared at the hard brick wall before her, sweat-dropping, "I have to walk into the wall?" They were now at the train station, ready to cross the border to Platform 9¾. Hermione and Ron already passed through it, leaving Harry with the three new-comers.

"Fred and George," Ginny said nervously, "said that if you don't go fast enough you could get sucked into another dimension."

"Nani?!" Sakura yelped.

"That's not possible," Mrs. Weasley said, rolling her eyes as she thought about her two troublesome sons. She had came with the children to make sure they would pass through the borders and get onto the Hogwarts Express on time, but apparently it wasn't these kids that needed to be watched over.

"Just close your eyes and make a little run for it," Harry repeated the advice that was given to almost all the First Years. Sakura nodded uncertainly and grasped onto her cart tightly. Syaoran came beside her and smiled.

"Don't worry," he said, "Daijoubu desu." (A/N: It's going to be okay. - Perhaps without sounding as sappy as it does in English though. ^^;;)

"Hai," Sakura said and closed her eyes. Then after backing up one step she smoothly ran into the wall in front of her and disappeared. After she opened her eyes she was at a train station filled with people, and steam was shooting out of a great train.

"HOE?!" She exclaimed.

"Sakura!" Ron waved excitedly from one of the doors of the Hogwarts Express, "Over here!" She quickly pushed her cart beside him and Ron's twin brother came beside her to help her with her luggage. "Got it covered," Ron said to the two as he laid his hand on Sakura's luggage. Fred stared for a few seconds, look at Sakura, and then bursted into laughter, "Isn't this a first now?" The twins were both almost rolling on the floor with laughter. Ron's face began to turn pink. "Be careful, Ronny," Fred said with another chuckle, "It's pretty heavy."

"I wonder what Mum will say if she finds out?" George snickered, turning to head back into the train.

"You-Don't you dare say anything-" Ron said through gritted teeth.

"Say what to your Mom?" Sakura asked curiously. Luckily her English wasn't very good and she was a little on the dense side, so she didn't quite get what they were saying.

"N-nothing!" Ron blushed and tried to lift up Sakura's huge trunk by himself. His brothers were right though, it was heavy. He glanced at Sakura, but he couldn't possibly back down now, it would be much too embarrassing.

"Let me help you," Sakura offered as she saw Ron struggling with her stuff.

"No, no!" Ron said immediately, "I can do this." But he still failed to lift the trunk up. Pulling on it with all his might, he decided to try and drag it into the train. Somehow he regretted offering to take this trunk for Sakura all by himself, because instead of seeming gentlemen-like, he now looked like he was close to destroying her trunk.

"What are you doing, Ron?" Harry's voice came from behind. He stared at Ron suspiciously, wasn't Fred and George there to help at all? Syaoran and Ginny were both standing beside him, watching Ron as he make a fool out of himself.

"Uhh..." Ron flinched in embarrassment. The twins came down from the train again, ignoring Ron with a smirk as they carried Ginny's stuff into the train. Ginny giggled, succeeding to guess what her brother was thinking of. Then, passing by him as she got onto the train, whispered, "Beware the wrath of Syaoran!" As Ginny went onto the train Ron quickly glanced at Syaoran, who was staring at him with suspicion.

Holding Sakura's trunk in awkwardness, Ron looked to Harry for help. Unable to come up with a plan, Harry shrugged back at his best friend, "Uh..."

As if right on cue, Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle showed up.

"Hey Weasley," Malfoy sneered, "Now you're so poor you have to work as a roadie to earn money, huh? Guess there just isn't enough dough to go around with your sister entering the school now. Would you like to carry my stuff too? I'll even pay you a knut for it..."

"That's rude!" Sakura suddenly stepped in. Last time in Flourish and Blotts when Malfoy, Harry, and the rest of them were arguing she and Syaoran were outside, so they never met before. She doesn't know what a roadie is, but the tone of his voice obviously meant that it was something rude, and being Japanese, she has a strong sense of manners.

Malfoy froze for a few seconds.

"Ron-san, I mean, Ron, was only helping me carry my stuff," Sakura said, quieter this time, staring down at her shoes, "Um, I didn't mean to yell...sorry." Ron, Harry, Crabbe and Goyle all stared at Sakura with widened-eyes. Sakura thought they thought she was rude to interrupt in their conversation, and quickly bowed her head, "Sorry!"

Malfoy finally snapped out of it, and he looked at Sakura again. "Well, well, well...what do we have here? What's your name?"

"My name is Kinomoto Sakura. First time we've meet."

"Err, yes, it's the first time we've met." Malfoy said, trying to regain his usual rudeness, "So what's such a pretty face hanging out with losers like Weasel and Potty? You look our age, but I've never seen you before. Are you a first-year?"

"None of your business," Harry suddenly said protectively, "Get lost!" Just by looking at the way Malfoy stares at Sakura anyone could guess that whatever he was thinking of was definitely not nice.

Malfoy ignored him and walked up beside Sakura and grabbed her arm. "What do you say you ditch the losers and hang with us instead? I could really show you around Hogwarts."

"Let go," Syaoran said in thick English and a deadly gaze.

"Who are you?" Malfoy laughed mockingly, "Why don't you just try and make me?"

Clink!

Syaoran's sword was suddenly two inches away from Malfoy's neck.

"W-what do you think you're doing?" Malfoy spluttered, letting go of Sakura's arm immediately. Crabbe and Goyle both rushed up beside Syaoran, ready to fight.

"Whoa, whoa, what's been going on around here?" a voice said from behind them all. They turned to see Ron's brother Percy standing there with a disapproving look on his face.

"He's trying to kill me!" Malfoy yelled in fright, pointing at Syaoran's sword.

Syaoran putted his sword back into his sheath conceitedly, "I warned that baka. It's not my fault."

"Baka?" Percy repeated, staring at the whole scenario. His youngest brother's foreign friend was holding up a real sword up to another student's neck. This was really serious, and he didn't want them to get in trouble before school even started, although he does despite Malfoy himself.

"It's no big deal," Harry said quickly, "We've got it under control." He made a mental note to himself to talk to Syaoran about his sword-raising death-threatening acts, or if he kept on doing that he would surely get expelled from Hogwarts before the second term even started.

"Yeah!" Ron joined in, "It's really just a big joke, you see! Haha! Haha! Haha!"

Percy looked pathetically at his brother's fake laughs. "Very well," he said anyways, "Just don't let it happen again, Ron!" With that he reentered the train, leaving them alone again.

Malfoy didn't dare go near Sakura again, but he took out his wand. "I'm not afraid of the likes of you! I bet you don't know any magic and was born a mud-blood anyways! I've always preferred brains over brawn." Ron bursted into laughter as he pointed at Crabbe and Goyle. Malfoy just ignored him as he pointed his wand at Syaoran.

"Syaoran! Malfoy-san! Ahh-I mean Mister Malfoy! I mean-! Malfoy!!" Sakura quickly said, "Why don't we stop all this? I'm sure it was just a misunderstanding. Let's apologize and be friends."

"Demo-" Syaoran argued.

"Syaoran-kun, we don't want to make enemies just as we got here," Sakura said to him in Japanese, "It's not even the first day of school yet!"

Syaoran shrugged, "...I suppose."

"There's no need to apologize to the likes of him," Harry interrupted as he held the other end of Sakura's trunk with Ron, "Let's go." Ron nodded in agreement as he stared hatefully at Malfoy again. Syaoran and Sakura looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

Suddenly a binding spell flew towards Syaoran, but was dodged by a mere inch.

"Anata kono yaa-" Syaoran started in quick reflexes, forgetting to speak in English and pulling out his sword yet again. Malfoy backed up a few steps, but held out his wand in defense.

"Yamete ne, Syaoran!" Sakura said quickly.

"I summon - Lightning!!" Syaoran said before Sakura managed to stop him and countless bolts of lightning zapped towards Malfoy, who was awaiting the attack with a shocked, twisted face.

"Key that holds the power of the stars, reveal your true form to me! I, Sakura, order you under our contract - Release!" Sakura yelled quickly as she turned her Star Key into a staff, "Shield!"

A shield quickly formed around Malfoy and protected him from Syaoran's lightning.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, Crabbe and Goyle were all staring with their mouths wide opened.

"Syaoran-kun!" Sakura said again.

Syaoran stomped into the train, "Hmph!"

"Wow!" Harry said in surprise at Sakura, "How did you do that?"

"I haven't read about these kind of magic before!" Hermione said curiously.

"Can I see that card you were holding?" Ron asked excitedly.

"Eeeeto..." Sakura said, blushing slightly as more and more people began to crowd around, including Neville Longbottom, Justin Flinch-Fletchy, Seamus, Dean Thomas, Oliver Wood, and many many other Hogwarts students. "Let's just go in," Sakura said quickly as she threw another card into the air, "Strength!"

The Sakura Card turned into a little girl wearing entirely pink and red. She appeared smiling at the crowd. Everyone stared at her and then back at Sakura. Suddenly the girl walked to the side of Sakura's trunk with huge, loud footsteps and lifted the trunk up without a single hesitation. Harry and Ron immediately jumped back.

People around them all started to point and exclaim. Even some parents that were just seeing their child off started to look this way. "It seems like Sakura doesn't need you help, huh?" Harry teased as he nudged at Ron.

"Not funny," Ron grumbled as he stuffed his hands inside his pocket and followed Sakura onto Hogwarts Express.

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~*ARTHUR'S NOTE*~

Oh joy, because of the pairing thing I've been begged and threatened non-stop by my reviewers. ^^;; So much for no pressure...heh...but anyways, I'm going to keep up the Syaoran/Sakura/Harry love-triangle for a while because it's so fun~ Err...no, I mean because it's cute. ^^';; I think Sakura will go with Syaoran in the end though, because I always support them when watching CCS. But who knows? Before I decide everyone's final pairings, (or those who'll stay single) Harry, Ron, and Malfoy will all like Sakura while Hermione and Ginny both like Harry.

I've also planned on a time when Syaoran and Sakura will have a fight and Harry goes to "consul" her...and a time when Ron and Harry stop being friends because of Sakura... ^^ That's all I'm going to reveal for now! Call it a preview if you like. (And please don't threaten me anymore, because it doesn't work and you hurt my feelings...*sniff*...haha, okay, seriously...^^;;) Arigatou for comments on the pairings, minna-san! If you have anymore you can keep reviewing it, because nothing is for certain yet.