KawaiiDragon82: No, Tomoki, Kouji person, it wasn't you who flamed me. It was this other person who I deleted just because of the way I was making Hermione act. But I like Hermione. She's one of my fave characters. Why the bloody hell...oh never mind. Take over, Yami.

Yami: What else IS there to say?

KawaiiDragon82:...Hmm...you're right. ^_^

Yami: Why you... -.-;;

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"Attention! May I have your attention?" Professor McGonagall cried through the loud chattering of everyone. The voices suddenly quieted. "May I introduce, the Sorting Hat," she smiled seating the hat down on a stool. It started magically singing.

"Oh, you may not think I'm pretty, but don't judge on what you see. I'll eat myself if you can find a smarter hat than me. You can keep your bowlers black, your top hats sleek and tall, for I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat and I can cap them all. There's nothing hidden in your head the Sorting Hat can't see, so try me on and I will tell you where you ought to be. You might belong in Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart. Their daring, nerve, and chivalry set Gryffindors apart. You might belong in Hufflepuff, where they are just and loyal. Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, and unafraid of toil. Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, where those of wit and learning, will always find their kind. Or perhaps in Slytherin you'll make your real friends. Those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends. So put me on! Don't be afraid! And don't get in a flap! You're in safe hands for I'm a Thinking Cap!" it sang. Everyone clapped as the hat took a bow.

"We have new students who won't be joining the first years. They will be joining in with the rest of the fourth years," McGonagall announced. Everyone could here Harry and Ron cheering knowing who they were cheering for. You could hear Malfoy cheering too, unusually. This weird behavior was confusing everyone. "We shall sort them first for specific reasons," McGonagall said. "First, Tomoyo Daidouji," McGonagall called. Tomoyo nervously crept up on the spotlight. McGonagall placed the sorting hat on her head, and everyone waited patiently.

"RavenClaw!" the hat shouted. Tomoyo was as shocked as anyone else. She didn't expect her to go into RavenClaw. The RavenClaw table cheered as Tomoyo walked over to the table.

"Next, Eriol Hi-..." McGonagall started but Eriol was already on the stage. Li had pushed him on. The Sorting Hat was then placed on Eriol's head.

"RavenClaw!" the hat shouted after a few minutes. The RavenClaw table cheered as Eriol walked down, mysteriously.

"Now, we have...Sakura Kinomoto," McGonagall said. Ron and Harry cheered loudly. Then as soon as Sakura showed up, suddenly, everyone else was cheering loudly too. This was starting to get on Hermione's nerves.

"What could have happened?" Hermione asked herself. The hat was placed on Sakura. For her, it was taking a century.

"HufflePuff!" the hat screeched. Harry and Ron looked disappointed. Not to mention Malfoy. But the guys in HufflePuff were cheering wildly.

"Next, Syaoran Li," McGonagall said placing the hat on his hat. This one was easy for the hat to decide.

"Gryffindor!" it screeched. Ron did not look the slightest bit happy as Li made his way over to the Gryffindor table.

"And last but not least, Meiling Rae," McGonagall said. The hat fitted over Meiling's head, and she was easily to decide also.

"Slytherin!" it screamed. Meiling smiled and raced over to sit down.

"All the fourth years have been sorted. Now on to the first years," McGonagall said. As those first years were sorted, Harry and Ron went into a conversation.

"It's too bad that Sakura girl wasn't in our house," Harry shrugged. Ron nodded in agreement as he watched two guys from HufflePuff trying to flirt with her.

"I just want to let you guys know, Sakura's mine. So keep your hands off her," Li glared at Harry and Ron. He than went to sit next to Hermione and was talking to her. She was obviously bored of hearing Sakura's name fifty thousand times. "You ok? I don't see why you hang out with those guys. That Harry guy is nice but Ron?" Li asked Hermione.

"Th-they're my friends," Hermione said. Those words didn't seem to make sense to her anymore. "I know I shouldn't be mad at Sakura. She's a very nice girl. I can see why she made HufflePuff," Hermione smiled weakly. Li nodded.

"They're just thick headed. They'll realize that their friendship with you is more important than any girl in the world," Li said trying to cheer her up. "Gah! What am I doing? I'm not usually this nice to anybody!" Li said in his head, freaking out.

"Are you ok?" Hermione asked looking at the freaked out expression on his face. Li nodded and was going to start speaking again when Hermione hushed him. "Professor Dumbledore is speaking!" she said. Li nodded again. There was so much he needed to learn.

"On behalf of all the new and returning students, I'd like to present everyone with an extraordinary meal," Dumbledore smiled. Everyone cheered. "Nitwit blubber oddment tweak!" he said as food appeared on the tables.

"Oh wow, this is a good spell," Tomoyo said grabbing some food. She placed some on her plate and looked over at Eriol. "Aren't you hungry?" she asked him. He didn't have a single piece of food on his plate.

"No," he replied merely.

"Oh, you. You're going to starve yourself," Tomoyo said giving him questional look. She smiled and started piling food on Eriol's plate.

"Ah! What are you doing?" Eriol asked shocked as his glasses nearly fell of his face. He sweatdropped, and let Tomoyo pile miles of food after food on his plate. He was sure to gain 10 pounds after this meal.

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After the wondrous meal, everyone started heading back to their common rooms.

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KawaiiDragon82: Hold up, sorry for interrupting the story but I feel there are some things that need to be set straight.

#1: Kouji Ishida, Tomoki Takashi: You didn't flame me. This other person who I deleted the flame did.

#2: Thank you for those reassuring me. You don't know how much it means. ^_^

#3: I didn't want to mention the couples but I guess I kind of have to. It'll be at the end of this chapter.

#4: I'm guessing I'll make Sakura and Hermione friends in the next chapter or maybe even this chapter. I see everyone's getting restless. Heh

KawaiiDragon82: Back to the story now.

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Hermione plopped down on her bed, feeling absolutely tired. She gave a yawn as she felt like she was going to fall asleep. Ron and Harry were playing wizard's chess in the Gryffindor common room. Li was just looking out the window, wishing Sakura, Tomoyo, or Eriol were with him...even Meiling was fine to him!

Down in HufflePuff, Sakura was in her room. She had been avoiding HufflePuff guys the entire evening. She let out a breath of relief as she slouched down onto her bed.

In Slytherin, Meiling was trying to make new friends. But they all found her annoying like anyone else would have. Draco was especially irritated.

Onto RavenClaw, Tomoyo, with nothing else to do was filming the RavenClaw common room. Her camera came to a stop in front of Eriol. "Are you going to be twiddling your thumbs the whole time or would you mind if I tape you? Sakura's not here," Tomoyo said sadly. Eriol shrugged.

"What do you want me to do?" he asked.

"Anything besides twiddling your thumb," Tomoyo said.

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The very next day, Gryffindor and HufflePuff were having Potions together. "Attention! Attention please," Professor Snape's voice echoed the room. "Today, we will be doing a partner project," Snape continued. Everyone cheered and started looking for someone to be paired with. "But!...I...will choose your partners," Snape said, his grin getting wider. Harry groaned. If this were Gryffindor and Slytherin, he'd probably be teamed up with Malfoy or Crabbe or Goyle. Thank God it wasn't. "First, we're going to read instructions for the potion. Everyone will be doing a different potion so I suggest you get your textbooks out and study because you won't get to use your textbooks for the potion. It'll be out of pure memory," Snape said, grinning evilly. Everyone groaned and slowly got their textbooks. Hermione, on the other hand, was zipping through the book like usually self.

"The partnering will begin in a few minutes," Snape said, only giving them a few minutes to study the whole textbook. Right now, they were all praying to be partnered with Hermione so they could get a good grade.

"Potter..." Snape said looking very mischievous. "You and...Filch-Fletchly are partners," Snape said. Harry let out a breath of relief. It wasn't as bad as what he thought it would be though he would rather get paired with Ron.

"Weasley... you're partner will be...Ms. Kino-..." Snape started. Ron grinned. "No...I don't normally pair up people from the same house but I think you and Li will work fine together," Snape smiled. The grin from Ron's face faded.

"Yes, yes, yes...now we have...Ms. Granger. Why don't you work with, Ms. Kinomoto?" Snape asked. Every guy groaned. In their opinion, Hermione was lucky to be working with Sakura. Snape continued to pair people off the way nobody liked it.

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KawaiiDragon82: Well, you'll see how Sakura and Hermione work together in the next chapter. Now for the couples...oh god, kuso notecards. Yami, please. And by the way, if anyone doesn't want to find out the couples, please, don't read it then.

Yami: -smiles- My pleasure! Couples: Ron & Hermione, Harry & Ginny, Li & Sakura (maybe a little Li & Meiling, not sure yet), and Eriol & Tomoyo. But those are the for sure couples at the end of the story. During the story as you can already tell, there is Harry & Sakura, Ron & Sakura, Li & Hermione, Li & Meiling, and Eriol & Tomoyo. These are the crushes kind of...not making them the official couples. What I mean to say is that in some of your perspectives, it LOOKS like that but it WILL NOT be like that ok?

KawaiiDragon82: Happy now? Will everyone stop there whining now?

Yami: Don't mind her, she's still in a bad mood.

KawaiiDragon82: -sigh- He's right. But hey, if I missed anybody, tell me. For now, those will be the couples. Let me be while I go get an aspirin now.