~*!*~Love Struck~*!*~

A/N: No Magic in this series

For the peoples that doesn't know the Japanese names here are some characters.

Sakura Avalon is Sakura Kimonoto Madison Taylor is Tomoyo Daidouji Tori Avalon is Touya Kimonoto Julian Star is Yukito Meilin Raye is Meilin Li Li Showron is Li Syaoran

'___' = thoughts

"___" = talking

~*!*~Chapter 2: Arrival and Dark Memories~*!*~

~*!*~Sakura's P.O.V~*!*~

'Well here I am.' I thought as I looked around the Hong Kong Airport. 'I'm finally here.'

~*!*~Flashback~*!*~

"Bye Dad, bye Touya. I'll miss you! And I promise I will write to you whenever I am free! See you guys soon!" I said and rushed off to my flight.

"Take care squirt! Be sure to stay cool you loser!" Touya shouted from behind.

I turned around and stuck out my tongue at him.

"Take care of yourself sweetheart. We'll be waiting here for your letters." Dad said and I waved goodbye. Tears running down my eyes.

I was really going.

I was actually goin!

I looked at what I was wearing. Baggy blue jeans with a white t-shirt. I knew it wasn't really fashionable but I'm not going on a friggin model show, I'm going to school for christ's sake.

~*!*~End of Flashback~*!*~

~*!*~Syaoran's P.O.V~*!*~

"Where is she? I've been waiting here for an hour." I said to Nick as I waited not-quite-patiently for this Sakura girl to show up.

"I don't know. The plane is probably delayed or some crap. Wait . . . is that her?" Nick asked and pointed to this girl that had baggy jeans and a white tshirt on. Her face matched Sakura's, just that she seemed more realistic and prettier in real life.

"Don't know, let's go and find out." I said

We walked up to her and I asked, "Ey, are you Sakura?"

She looked at me. By her expression she was probably thinking if she knew me or something. She nodded and I sighed with a relief. I didn't know how much longer until I got crazy from waiting for her to arrive.

"It's either my eyes are playing tricks on me or are you that actor / singer / model Syaoran Li?" She asked, not bothering to ask who I was. Well in a way, she was asking it.

"Uh yer, that's me." I replied.

"So, I'm guessing your family is going to be my host family?" Sakura asked like it was no big deal living with a famous teenager. By the tone of her voice, I was taken back cause I thought she would have been like the other girls. Thinking it was an honour for me to just say a "hi" to them.

"Uh. Yer." I replied sounding really stupid. I looked at Nick and he was snickering at something.

"What are you snickering at?" I asked curiously.

"You sound really dumb bro." He replied. "And I feel sorry for that girl man."

"Why?" I whispered so Sakura couldn't hear us.

"Look at her clothes man. She's going to get bagged at school by those particular girls. You know, those girls that think this world is all about fashion?" He asked.

I knew exactly who he meant by those 'particular' girls. It was none other than Leesa and her little gang.

"Are we going to stand here all day or should we be going?" Sakura interrupted.

I looked at Sakura than at her clothes. To me, I wouldn't of thought she was that kind of girl that wore those clothes. I actually imagined her to be someone similar to Leesa.

"Um Sakura, do you want to do some clothes shopping?" I asked, trying my best to hide the fact that her clothes wasn't going to be liked at school.

"What's wrong with my clothes?" Sakura asked, looking quite offended.

"It's nothing. I just thought you would, you know, like to go shopping since I thought girls' number one hobby is shopping." I replied and she looked a bit relaxed.

"Um, I'm short of money. I didn't bring much here and I'm . . . not going to waste it on some clothes when I can buy more useful things."

"I didn't say to use your money. It's on me." I stated.

"No, that would be really rude to take advantage of you. Just because your famous and probably a billionaire, I would still not use one penny of yours. So thanks for offering but I think I would live without new clothes for some time." She replied.

I could see Nick raising his eyebrows at her from the corner of my eyes.

"This girl's weird man." He whispered to me as he walked past and headed towards the exit sign. "I'll see you at school tomorrow Syaoran. See ya." He said and walked to his car.

"You ready Sakura?" I asked.

"Yes, let's go." She said and picked up her luggage.

"Let Wei take those heavy luggages of yours Sakura." I said to her but she shook her head.

"It's fine, really. I can carry these. You don't need to make Wei carry this for me. Seriously, I can carry these myself." She replied.

This girl has a problem or something cause she is really weird, I have to agree with Nick on this one.

"Master Li. Don't give that look at that girl. Would you rather have someone rude, pretending to be a princess and take advantage of you or would you rather have someone that thinks her stuff should be for her to carry." Wei asked me.

"Giving the luggage to you, she didn't necessarily have to be rude. She could of said, thank you Wei. Now that's not considered rude is it Wei?"

"No Master Li. I know she is over-polite but she is a special girl. I don't know if you notice that but she is one in a million. You don't find many girls like her." Wei replied.

I don't think I wanted to find more girls like her. Her sweetness really makes me feel guilty since I don't do anything on my own. Except for my homework and getting dressed and brushing my teeth etc. But I get maids everywhere in the house serving me and tidying up. Even though I didn't really do nothing wrong, just standing next to her makes me feel really bad inside.

~*!*~Sakura's P.O.V~*!*~

I couldn't believe I was staying at a movie star's house, no a mansion, no probably even a castle! I was so excited but I couldn't let that get to me. No, I had to concentrate of graduating as a movie star but still I couldn't help but think 'Wow, I'm so lucky to have Syaoran Li's familiy as a host family." And by the way he is really good looking. But I have to try clear that thought out of my head since I would spending heaps of time with him and it would just look silly to get all shy around him.

"So when do I start school?" I asked as I hopped in a Limo with Syaoran that was sitting a seat away from me.

He looked away from the window to have eye contact with mine.

I could feel my cheeks turning red but I shook my head, breathed deeply and tried to stay cool.

"Tomorrow. It's too late to go today." He replied.

I nodded. "So, your school is casual dressing everyday right?"

"Yer. It gets really fustrating though cause you have to choose a new pair of clothes everyday. If you wear the same thing in a week then you get bagged and put down by your peers. The people down the ladder would seriously do anything to get popular. Pretty pathetic if you asked me. If someone popular asked those unpopular kids to do something, they would do it." He replied.

"Peer pressure, that's really bad. I don't get it though, I mean what's so good about being popular anyway?" I asked.

"I don't know. It just makes you feel superior, adored and storming the school hallways like you rule the place. I don't know how to explain it or why I bother. You probably don't even understand me." He said. His tone kinda trying to say "How would you know. By looking at you, I doubt you've ever been at the top."

"I know what you mean. But it doesn't make you feel superior."

He raised his eyebrows at me but didn't say anything so I went on.

"It makes you feel bad, like you're a bully and mean. Putting people down even though you don't realize how much it is hurting them inside. You feel bad everyday and that just makes everything worse. You get upset and you just keep on doing it, thinking it would make you feel better but it doesn't. You're stuck, being confused of whether you feel superior or whether you are being a total jerk. You have to live with that feeling every single day of your school life until, until you drop down to the 'nerds' level I suppose. To me, being unpopular is probably the best feeling. No stressing or worrying about dropping down to unpopularity cause you already are unpopular and you can only rise, not drop." I sighed and looked out of the window, shaking my head, remembering that was exactly how I felt when I was 'at the top.'

~*!*~Syaoran's P.O.V~*!*~

I couldn't believe how Sakura could explain the feeling I had about being popular so clearly. It's as if she had felt the same guiltiness in me. It's like our minds connected.

"How could you explain those feelings so well?" I asked, wondering how on earth someone that looked like they have been unpopular for their whole lives could know what it felt like being popular.

Sakura shrugged and didn't answer me.

I could see something was really bothering her. Her eyes were saddened and she kept her gaze outside.

~*!*~Sakura's P.O.V~*!*~

It keeps haunting me. The memory! The memory of Lucinda would stay with me forever. How Leena, Marie, Sandra and I put peer pressure on poor Lucinder to do a summer sault off the uneven bars in gym.

~*!*~Flashback~*!*~

"Hey you guys!" Lucinder called out to us from across the room in gym class.

"Here comes the freak again." I sighed and rolled my eyes.

"She will never give up." Leena said.

"She thinks we're her friend. I mean get real!" Sandra laughed.

"I know. She puts the loner in loser." Marie stated and we all raised our eyebrows at her. "Don't ask, I just thought it was the right thing to say at this time." She said and we all laughed.

"What do YOU want?" I asked as Lucinder walked up to us.

"I was wondering if you guys would like to come to my party. It's going to be at a disco!" She replied happily and handed us the invitations.

The minute I got it, I ripped it up and threw it on the floor. I could see Lucinder was trying to keep her tears in. I couldn't help but snicker.

"What did you say that was?" I asked with a smile.

"It was an invitation to my disco party." She replied, her voice cracking.

"Oh shit!" I pretended to gasped. "I was concentrating on something else and I didn't hear you. I just thought it was a . . . a school notice or some 'unimportant' things so I ripped it up. Um, oops?" My friends all started laughing.

"It's okay, I can write another one." Lucinder replied.

"Lucinder, do you . . . want to be part of our group?" Leena asked and I elbowed her in the stomache, giving her a threatening glare.

"Shh, I know what I'm doing Sakura." Leena mumbled.

"You better! Cause I don't want her hanging around with us." I whispered.

Lucinder smiled and nodded her head with excitement.

"Only on one condition, right Leena?" I said, giving Leena an evil glare.

"Yer, uh, one condition . . . I suppose."

"To get into our group, everyone had to try out. Like you know, an audition." I lied.

"What do I have to do?" Lucinder asked me looking worried.

"Oh, since we're in the gym, some easy gym skills I suppose." I said.

"Mm, okay, so what do I have to do?"

"Oh something easy. Like do a summersault jump off that uneven bar." I said looking at my nails.

"If you can do that, then you are in our group girlfriend." Said Marie.

Lucinder nodded and she swung onto the uneven bars.

I snickered and looked at my friends and they were snickering as well.

Lucinder went for the summersault jump. She was going to do it but she probably stopped herself halfway and hit her head first, missing the mat and onto the ground.

We all screamed.

"Sakura, she's hurt!" Leena announced and my friends all looked at me.

"This wasn't supposed to happen!" I shouted. "This was NOT supposed to happen!"

"We are so doomed." Marie stated.

The teacher and everyone had already surrounded Lucinder.

"What the hell happened?" Mr. Lin asked furiously.

"She was trying to do a summersault off the uneven bars and she didn't make it." I hesitated.

"Don't touch any of the gym equitment while I carry Lucinder to the nurse. Is that understood!" Mr. Lin ordered.

Everyone nodded.

"I know what happened Sakura. You're going to be haunted, knowing that you had caused this and you're going to be depressed with this feeling of you causing someone to be badley hurt. You're going to be haunted for the rest of your life." Kate said to me.

"What are you talking about? No one forced her to do the summersault. She jumped with her own free will." I replied, defending myself.

"It's called peer pressure." Kate replied and walked off.

~*!*~End of Flashback~*!*~

Peer Pressure . Peer pressure had left Lucident disabled. I felt like I could kill myself right now. Tears were starting to roll down my eyes.

~*!*~Syaoran's P.O.V~*!*~

I looked at Sakura and she was still looking outside. But this time, she had tears coming out of eyes.

"Are you okay Sakura?" I asked making Sakura look at me. I was now positive she had been crying in silence.

"Oh, I'm fine. The sun is really bright and I was starring at it so it made my eyes water. Stupid huh?" She said with a little laugh.

I didn't ask her more but I knew something was really bothering her. She had started to sadden when she told me what it was like to be popular. There was so many pieces of hidden information. So many hints she gave out. But they were little pieces. Broken pieces of information. Pieces from here and there. Pieces that weren't enough for me to finish the jigsaw and find out what exactly was bothering her.

I know she is hiding something. Hiding a memory. Hiding a very dark memory.

~*!*~Sakura's P.O.V~*!*~

"I guess, using my money to buy sunglasses would a wise thing to do huh?" I joked and Syaoran chuckled.

"That seems wise to me."

I was starting to forget about Lucinder and started to cheer up again.

"Master Li. We're home." Wei announced and Syaoran nodded.

"Come on Sakura, I'll show you to your room." Syaoran said and got out of the Limo after me.

I looked at their mansion and was really impressed. More than impressed I was amazed! I couldn't believe I was so lucky to be living here.

"You going to stand there all day looking at the outside of the house or do you want to stay for a whole year looking at the inside of the house?" Syaoran joked with a laugh.

"I think a year looking at the inside would do just fine thanks." I replied and Syaoran laughed again.

"Rose, could you bring Sakura's luggage to her bedroom please?" Syaoran asked his maid.

I shook my head quickly. "It's okay Rose. I can carry them myself. No big deal." I insisted.

"No, I insist Miss Sakura that I carry your luggage. You've had a long trip and you need some rest." Rose replied and took my luggage with no further complaints from me.

"If you want to live here. You got to order people around. That's the only way you would ever enjoy yourself." Syaoran said.

"THAT, I will not do." I replied with a smile.

"Suit yourself but I'm just trying to let you have a little taste of the life of a movie star."

"A life that's boring and sucks cause you have nothing to do around the house because there are servants, maids and butlers?" I replied.

Syaoran raised his eyebrows at me.

"Who said there wasn't anything to do around here? For goodness sake, that's why we have an arcade in this house!"

My mouth dropped. "You have your own arcade in this mansion?"

Syaoran laughed. "Want to check it out?"

"Yes!" I couldn't help but shout which made Syaoran laugh again. (A/N, there is more of Syaoran's laughing later on.)

~*!*~Syaoran's P.O.V~*!*~

I showed Sakura our arcade room and I thought she could of fainted.

"You have Dance Dance Revolution?!" She asked excitely.

"Yer, you want to try it out?" I asked. I couldn't help but laugh at her childish behaviour.

"Yes!" She shouted happily.

I turned the game on for her.

"Play away Sakura." I said.

"I'm not playing unless your playing." She said.

"I don't dance." I replied.

"I don't either. I mean not usually infront of a movie star."

"That's not what I mean. I mean I don't, as in I can't really dance." I replied and she giggled.

"Don't be silly! Everyone can dance!"

I shrugged. "Okay, but don't laugh if I don't do this right."

We turned on DDR and Sakura picked the level which to my surprise was hard. I didn't think she would be the kind of girl that liked playing these kind of games.

"Hard? Are you crazy Sakura? I can't dance this!" I shouted and hopped off the game to watch her play.

I had to admit. She was a really good dancer but she missed a few times. Well obviously, she was wearing baggy jeans that was a bit too long for her and she kept on stepping on them.

"Sweet little bumble bee, I know what you want from me. Doo bi doo bi doo la da. Doo bi doo bi doo la da. Sweet little bumble bee, more than just a fantasy. Doo bi doo bi doo la da. Doo bi doo bi doo la da." Sakura started singing to the song as she danced to it.

I was amazed. She really had a lot of talent. She looked at me and started singing again.

"My heart skips a beat when you walk in the room. I go boom, boom, boom you go zoom, zoom, zoom. You're my play boy, play toy, lovable friend. I wanna be with you un-til the end. I give my heart and my soul to you. To make you see it's true. I'm so confused baby can't you see. Please come rescue me." She sang to me with some actions and I laughed.

Right now, she wasn't acting like a 16 year old but a child, maybe a 10 year old, enjoying her time. Being insane and not caring what people thought of her. I know that every girl that comes to my house to do a project or something would never go jumping around like a 5 year old. They would try too hard to impress me and show me they are immature and that makes me want to be all serious and not show the fun side of me.

That's why I never showed them my arcade room because I know they wouldn't play the game and enjoy it, but play the game and try to impress me with it.

But here is Sakura, not caring what the world thought. Enjoying her time being a childish 16 year old.

She finished playing the game and hopped off.

"That was sooo fun!" She said.

"You're really good at dancing. And good at singing. Let's call video hits!" I joked.

Sakura giggled. "Yeah! We should! And then I would be in the top 1000, in the best place, number 1000!" She laughed.

"Syaoran, Sakura. Dinner is ready." Mum announced to us from the door of the arcade room.

"Let's go." I said and Sakura nodded.

"Mrs. Li, thank you for having me here. It is very kind of you." Sakura thanked.

"It's a pleasure my dear." Mum said back to Sakura.

Mum walked to my side.

"Syaoran. I remember quite clearly that you have never showed any of the girls that come here the arcade room." Mum whispered.

"That's cause the girls would of only played the game but not enjoy it." I replied.

"So Sakura enjoyed it?"

"She didn't just enjoy it. She was crazy! She acted like she didn't care if she was making a fool out of herself. So carefree." I replied.

"She's one in a million Syaoran." Mum said with mischief in her voice and hurried downstairs.

I stared at the stairs.

Mum was the second person that said Sakura was one in a million with the same tone as Wei. I was so confused what they were trying to tell me. I shrugged and walked down the stairs, with Sakura behind me.

BaBii^JeN: Stupid Syaoran! Keke. Anyway, that's all for this chapter pplz. I hope chu liked it! Please review. Thank you!!!!