Chapter 2: Syaoran's Actions

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Summary: Sakura & Takara Kinomoto, twins with the same looks, but opposite personalities. They don't get along and they hate each other a lot. They become each other's archenemy when a certain chestnut-haired guy comes in the picture! Sometimes things don't go the way we think they do. That goes along with this story. These two sisters, biggest enemies ever imagined, might also have something growing between them: a friendship

Last scene:

She turned around and started to run, but hit someone's chest. His arms wrapped around her and comforted her. She sobbed on his chest, not caring whom it was holding her. When she finally stopped crying, she looked up and met amber brown eyes. "Syaoran…" She mumbled incoherently.

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He shrugged. "You needed a 'chest' to cry on."

Sakura looked away. "Thank you."

"No big deal." Syaoran and Eriol walked out of the cafeteria.

Sakura stared at their retreating bodies. She wiped a stray tear and showed a light smile. 'Why did he do that?' She thought in her head.

Tomoyo reached out and grabbed her. "I'm guessing he felt bad about last block." Sakura nodded slightly.

 "Come on! Let's go follow them!!" They started running after Eriol and Syaoran. When they reached them, Tomoyo yelled. "Hey guys! Where are you going?"

Eriol turned around suddenly. Syaoran casually turned his face to see the stranger. "Tomoyo…" Eriol mumbled, his face forming into a smile.

Sakura turned really red at seeing Syaoran's face. She approached cautiously with Tomoyo right beside her. "Syaoran, can I talk to you for a second?" Sakura asked silently.

He shrugged carelessly. 'Why does she want to talk to me??' His heart pounded. "Go ahead."

"Um…" She struggled to find the right words. "Thanks a lot. I-I don't know why you did that, because, because well-"

"I was just doing that cause you needed someone to cry on. It doesn't mean I like you."

Sakura flushed even more. "I…I know. I just wanted to say thank you."

Syaoran's heart melted with happiness. "No big deal." Was his relaxed reply. Tomoyo and Eriol were talking right beside them about god-knows-what. Sakura pulled on Tomoyo's arm.

"We have to go, Tomoyo. Talk to Eriol later." Sakura mumbled.

"Ok. Bye guys! Thanks for protecting my friend here!"

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That night, Sakura laid in bed, thinking of Syaoran. 'How can anybody change so fast in just one day…?' She closed her eyes, smiling at the sight of Syaoran grinning down on her. 'Ugh…I have to stop thinking about him.' And fell asleep.

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The next morning, Takara once again woke up earlier than Sakura. She did the same routines as before, but this time Sakura waited patiently outside the bathroom. When Takara yanked the door open, she saw her own reflection staring back at her.

Takara scrunched her nose. "Trying to scare me, twin?"

"Why, seeing your face scares the crap out of you?" She retorted teasingly.

Takara gave a dry laugh. "Just because we're twins doesn't mean we 'look alike'." She flipped her hair before walking away. "Don't forget that, 'Kura."

"Wow you cease to amaze me, Takara. You're even dumber than I thought." Sakura called out and shut the bathroom door behind her.

She went in the bathroom and smelled cherry blossoms. Her face turned red very quickly when she finally figured out what Takara had done. Takara had her own shampoo, but she chose to use Sakura's. Sakura ran out of the bathroom and pounded on Takara's door.

"WHAT?" Takara yelled as she pulled open the door, almost facing a fist.

"Why did you use MY shampoo when YOU have your own???" Sakura asked angrily.

Takara sighed and laughed, checking her perfect nails. "I must have gotten it mixed up. Forgive me, won't you? It IS just shampoo."

"Fine. Just don't do it ever again."

"I won't."

Sakura looked at her sister one last time before walking back to the bathroom.

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Sakura and Takara both went on their 'shared' car. It was slick and smooth, coloured dark green. Takara stared at her sister spitefully. "I don't get why YOU had to drive this."

"Maybe cause dad thinks I'm more mature than you."

Takara snorted. "Excuse me, but who came out first?"

"That has nothing to do with it, Takara." Sakura said as she turned the car left.

"I am more mature than you Sakura. I dress way better than you! That's one thing. Hmm, oh yeah, I hang out with the three hottest guys in our school, and I'm not stuck with such a loser." Takara pointed at Tomoyo.

Sakura parked the car and almost throttled Takara full power. "Shut up Takara!!" Takara gripped her sister's arms.

"Stop…it!" Takara snatched her sister's arms off. "I hate you!!!"

Sakura took off the keys out of the car and slammed the door. She put the bag on her shoulders. Takara walked beside her before shoving her as hard she could. Sakura shut her eyes when she touched the cold hard ground. Takara looked down smugly.

Sakura's eyes turned red. She closed them tightly and stood up. "You okay, Sakura?" A sweet voice asked her.

"I'm fine, Tomoyo." Sakura said after a long time. "Let's just go."

Tomoyo looked Sakura over. "Um, ok."

Sakura didn't bother stopping by her locker. She hurried to first class and just waited for the bell to ring. In second class, she sat down on the desk and hid her face. She sobbed quietly, causing her shoulders to shake. "Sakura…" Tomoyo started.

She wiped away her tears and stared down at the desk. "I'm ok…don't worry about me."

"Why are you crying?" Eriol asked from behind.

"I'm not."

"Then why won't you look at us?" Eriol asked again.

"Because." She muttered.

"Come on Eriol. Leave her alone." Syaoran nudged Eriol.

"All right…" Eriol hesitated, but let it go.

Syaoran stared at the auburn hair in front of him. 'I hope you're all right, angel.' He slowly took off his eyes from her and 'paid attention to the lecture'.

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During lunch, Sakura and Tomoyo went out. They walked to the soccer field and ate lunch in the bleachers. "Hey, isn't that Syaoran Li??" Tomoyo asked, pointing at the field.

Sakura looked up. "Oh yeah…I wonder what he's doing here."

"I guess he's in the Soccer Team."

"Maybe."

Sakura watched Syaoran kick the ball swiftly and move effortlessly. "Oh wow…" She couldn't help but whisper.

Syaoran suddenly turned his face and stared at Sakura for the longest time. Sakura's eyes widened and she looked down blushing intensely. Syaoran thought to himself. 'Man, that girl's got me going crazy.' He shook his head and continued playing soccer, but once in a while, he'd see her cute face with those bright emerald eyes and perky smile. He felt his heart just soften at it.

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After school, Takara passed by Sakura's locker. "Oh look. The witch is here. Goody." Takara mentioned sarcastically. "Are you gonna hurry up with that or do I have to wait for you, like always??"

Sakura's solemn reply was, "just go".

Takara shrugged her shoulders. "Suit yourself."

Sakura sat on the bench and closed her eyes. 'What did I do to deserve such a cruel sister? Was I not supposed to come out?? Was Takara not supposed to have a twin?' Unshed tears crawled down her cheeks. 'Why can't anything ever go right in my life?? Don't I deserve…a little bit of respect?' She sobbed a little more.

Out of nowhere, two warm arms picked her up. Her eyes flew open and she stared at the young man holding her. "What do you think you're doing??" She asked worriedly.

"I'm getting you home. What does it look like?" He answered mockingly.

She glared at the cold amber brown eyes. "I didn't ask you to."

"Judging by those tears of yours, you're upset and your sister deserted you." He looked at her emeralds. "Am I right?"

Her eyes quivered in sadness. "Yeah…"

They arrived in the parking lot. Syaoran placed her in the passenger seat and carefully adjusted the seatbelt on her. Sakura kept staring at the wonderful guy doing all this for her! And it was only his second day! Wasn't that just…crazy??

He put the key in the ignition and they went off. Sakura kept staring at Syaoran in a sort of daze. Syaoran turned his head and cocked his eyebrow. "Is there something on my face, Kinomoto?"

Sakura's eyes rushed to her clasped hands. "Uh-uh." She shook her head, feeling very hot.

"So tell me about your sister." 

Sakura furrowed her eyebrows. "If I tell you…you might not…like me anymore."

"Whoever said I like you now?"

Sakura's eyes widened. "Oh no I didn't mean that! I meant—"

"Relax, I know what you meant. Just go on. I don't care."

"Well…" She faltered. "Ok. Takara and I are identical twins. She was born 5 minutes earlier than me, so, I guess I'm the youngest in our family. I have another brother who's 17."

Syaoran nodded in understanding.

"Um, well, ever since I can remember, Takara and I never got along. She's really the one who started it, but I get the blame. Takara isn't really loved at our house…because my dad thinks she's spoiled, kind of like my mom, who died during pregnancy. Touya…my brother, loves her, yes, but isn't very close to her. I guess that's why Takara takes everything on me. Her problems in our family she ignores and puts all on me. All the rage she feels in her heart goes to me. All the criticism and insults is thrown at me." Sakura shut her eyes tightly. "I didn't deserve any of the things she's given me! I don't understand why I have to get all of that…" Tears leaked out. "Just thinking about it makes me want to cry, so…so I'm going to stop."

Syaoran nodded and passed her a Kleenex tissue. "Listen, Kinomoto, you should toughen up and tell your sister off. It's not good for her to keep walking all over you. Someday you'll regret not confronting her about this problem…whatever it is…"

Sakura stared at Syaoran with surprise and shock clear on her face. "I can't believe these words are coming out of you, Li. You never liked me from the very beginning. And now you're giving me advices and helping me out…what's up with you?"

He smirked. "Last night I got told off by my mom, cause she found out from the bastard, Eriol, I've been acting mean in school. She told me to be 'nice'." He replied.

Sakura was hurt. 'He wasn't being nice to me because he wanted to??'

Syaoran saw the pain in her eyes. "But it's not only that." He added quickly. "I figure it's better to be nice than to be mean, right? That way you can make more friends."

Sakura slowly smiled. "Thank you Syaoran." 

"No big deal."

"Nothing's ever a big deal to you, is it?"

He chuckled. Sakura's heart speeded up. "Some are." 'You are…'

"Mmm…" Sakura blushed again. "I'm going to go."

"All right."

He parked the car in front of the house. Sakura opened the door and closed it. She waved happily to Syaoran, who smiled back. "Thanks Syaoran!" She mouthed.

He nodded and drove off. After a while of driving, he cursed. "Oh damn…" He muttered. 'Why the hell did I do that anyway?? Did I go crazy?' In the back of his mind, a small voice answered back. 'You're in love with her, stupid.' Funny how the voice sounded a lot like Eriol's.

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Takara immediately stood up when she saw Sakura enter the house. "Who brought you home?"

"None of your business." Sakura said angrily.

"You better tell me…"

"Syaoran brought me home." Sakura sighed.

"What?!?"

"He did…"

"Why would he want to do anything with you?? I think you're kidding yourself, Sakura. That never happened!"

"Ask him yourself tomorrow!!" Sakura ran to the stairs.

"It's impossible for him to like you!!"

"Why is it so impossible??"

"Why would he fall in love with boring, old you when I'm around??"

Sakura ran to her room, jumped on her bed, and cried herself to sleep.

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Sakura and Takara got to school the same way like always. Before first class, she sat on the same bench she cried on the day before. Tomoyo sat beside Sakura, listening to music, so there wasn't really a conversation going on between them.

"Hey Sakura." She looked up and saw Eriol & Syaoran.

"Oh hi." She smiled while a blush crept up her cheeks. Syaoran somehow felt very hot.

He cleared his throat. "Where's your sister?" He asked.

"I don't know." She trailed off.

"Hey what happened now?" Tomoyo's voice surprised her. She looked at her best friend in a stunned way.

"You were listening??"

"I'm not deaf you know." Tomoyo teased.

"Oh." Sakura weakly smiled. "We had a fight…yesterday…after I got home." She shifted.

Syaoran fidgeted. "Uh, why?"

"Because…she didn't believe me…when I said who brought me home. S-she said…" Sakura stopped.

"She said what?" Eriol asked.

"N-nothing."

"Nothing?" Tomoyo asked

"Nothing."

"Nothing…?" Syaoran demanded. 

"Well, s-she did say something, but um…it's not right for me to say…in front of you." Sakura mumbled.

"What did she say, Sakura?? Just say it." Eriol said.

"Don't force her, man." Syaoran muttered.

Eriol ignored that. "Come on Sakura. It's better to get it off your chest."

Sakura sighed helplessly. "She said that…it's impossible for a certain guy to like me…when she's around, because I'm boring while she's…well…her."

"Certain guy? Who certain guy?" Tomoyo asked curiously.

Sakura looked at Syaoran. He instantly knew whom she was talking about. "This guy…"

"Takara's just jealous, Sakura. Don't worry. It's very possible for him to like you, because you're way better than her." Eriol said.

Syaoran stared into Sakura's eyes. "Takara's a brat. You're not. Maybe that's why…he seems to prefer you more."

Sakura's eyes widened. "R-really?" She squeaked out.

Eriol and Syaoran laughed. "Yeah." Sakura blushed. Tomoyo giggled.

"Thanks guys."

They nodded. "We better go to our class." Syaoran pointed to the door.

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Sakura went to her class with Tomoyo hot on her heels. "Who guy? Certain guy?? Come on tell me, Sakura!! I'm your best friend!! Don't leave me out of this!!"

"I'm not leaving you out of this, Tomoyo!" Sakura mumbled. "This is probably just a crush, so it's not really a big deal if I tell you, right?"

"Yeah."

"I have a crush on Syaoran." She whispered.

"Syaoran?!?!" Tomoyo yelled out.

Everyone looked at them suspiciously. Sakura gritted her teeth and felt herself getting very, very hot.

"Oops…?" Tomoyo looked scared.

"You are so dead, Daidouji!!" Sakura warned angrily.

"AAH!!" Tomoyo started running to her class.

"Grow up, Sakura." Someone yelled at her. Tomoyo and her stopped running and stared at Takara.

"I already did, Takara." She scoffed with a sly smile. "I think YOU'VE got some growing up to do."

"Haha, that's funny." Takara raised her hand, flipped it around and showed her the finger.

Sakura glowered at Takara. "Oh wow! My sister's got a finger! Whoopee."

Takara rolled her eyes and left with her friends.

Tomoyo laughed. "You got her, Sakura!" Sakura let out her breath and laughed.

"That felt great, Tomoyo."

Tomoyo smiled happily. "All right, Sakura!!"

Sakura grinned. "Oh Tomoyo?"

"Yes?"

"Would you mind telling me who you like again?" Sakura asked mischievously.

"Sure, why not!" Tomoyo giggled. "Eriol."

"ERIOL?!?!" Sakura screamed.

"SAKURA!!!" Tomoyo's face turned bright red. "What the hell wa-" Tomoyo's eyes widened, and then "Oh yeah…"

"Yeah." Sakura laughed. "Payback."

Tomoyo frowned. "Well…ok…but I really didn't mean to…do that, Sakura."

Sakura smiled. "But you did, Tomoyo. And that's what counts, so I'm…really sorry." She pretended.

"Sakura!!" Tomoyo pushed Sakura playfully. "Anyway, I gotta get to class."

"Yeah, ok. Bye!"

"Bye!"

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Next block, Sakura arrived late with an excuse note from her teacher. Everyone stared at her, especially Syaoran. She turned red at seeing his amber eyes. "All right, Ms. Kinomoto. Please take a seat."

"Thank you." She bowed slightly and ran to her desk.

"What happened there, Sakura?" Tomoyo asked.

"Oh we had a test and I didn't finish until 10 minutes after the bell. He gave me a letter to give to her."

"Ah ok." Tomoyo said. "Was it hard?"

"Yeah. There were about 20 of us who didn't finish before the bell!"

"What's your first class, Sakura?" Eriol asked from the back.

"Huh?" She turned around. "Oh, History."

"Ah…"

Syaoran kept staring at her. Sakura glanced at him and smiled self-consciously. "Hi Syaoran."

"Huh?" His eyes lightened. "Hey." He replied gruffly as he looked down at his desk.

Sakura turned redder than ever. She slowly faced the teacher after calming her heart. 'How come my heart can't stop pounding hard??'

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During lunch, Eriol and Syaoran were already sitting with Takara and her gang. Tomoyo's forehead creased and her nose scrunched seeing Takara flirt with Eriol. "Ugh, your sister is really irritating! Can't she ever find a guy of her own??" She muttered with smoke visibly coming out of her nose and ears.

Sakura sweat dropped. "Maybe you should relax, Tomoyo! I hate her way more than you, but Eriol's not even your boyfriend!!"

"So what are you saying??" Tomoyo narrowed her eyes at Sakura.

"Nothing!" She replied quickly. "She's not stealing Eriol from you!"

"Good!" Tomoyo suddenly changed. She took out her lunch and started eating happily, humming a tune. Sakura couldn't believe her best friend was so silly!

They ate quietly until two tall guys walked over to them. "Hey girls." They sat beside them.

"Oh hi." Tomoyo smiled happily with pink cheeks.

"Hi." Sakura answered weakly, moving so Syaoran could sit.

"Thanks." Syaoran said silently. "Eriol, what are we doing here anyway?" He muttered.

"Relax, buddy." Eriol replied.

For the rest of the lunch period, Tomoyo and Eriol had a wonderful conversation going on. Sakura and Syaoran, on the other hand, were quiet the whole time. They tried talking before there was really nothing public to talk about. Syaoran wanted to talk to Sakura about serious talk, and Sakura felt the same, so they couldn't communicate freely as Eriol and Tomoyo.

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"Bye Sakura! I'll see you tomorrow, ok?" Tomoyo waved.

"Yeah, ok. Bye Tomoyo!"

"Bye!" Tomoyo ran to her mom's car and they drove off.

Sakura leaned on the outside wall of the school, waiting for Takara to arrive. Syaoran came out of the school and glanced at Sakura. "Oh hey."

She looked up, startled. "Hi."

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm just waiting for…my sister."

He smirked. "Why wait? Just go. She did that to you."

"I wish I could, but I can't. Dad trusts me…I can't break his promise."

"I guess." He mumbled. "Well if it helps, Takara's by the guys' locker room, talking to Jiro."

"Oh." Sakura pouted angrily.

"Does she have her own set of keys?" He asked.

"No. I have it." Sakura showed him.

"Ah ok. I gotta go. See ya."

"Bye." Sakura waved softly.

Syaoran walked to his car and kept glancing back at Sakura. Her face looked sad and her eyes showed hurt. 'Damn that girl.' He thought about Takara. He walked back to Sakura with certainty.

"Kinomoto." He called.

She looked up. "Syaoran? What are you still doing here?"

"I-I just forgot something." He lied quickly. "Be right back."

"Oh ok."

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Syaoran ran into the school and went to the boys' locker room. "Takara, get out of here." He said to her.

"I don't think so Syaoran. I'm talking to someone, as you can see." Takara replied evenly.

"No I think you should stop talking to him and get out of here, because your twin's waiting for you."

"Syaoran, what the hell's your problem, man?" The guy said to Syaoran.

"Come on Jiro. She needs to get home."

Jiro snorted. "Fine. Talk to you later, Takara."

"Bye." She smiled and frowned angrily at Syaoran. "What's the matter with you anyway? My sister can wait. She's been doing that ever since we were kids."

Syaoran was taken aback. "Since you were kids??"

"Yeah." She flipped her hair. "So why should this time be any different?"

Syaoran growled inwardly and stopped them both from walking. "I swear to God Takara, stop doing this. I'm just warning you. You better stop walking all over your sister, cause you're gonna get it. What comes around goes around." He warned her.

"Why are you protecting my sister??" She complained. "You should protect me, Syaoran!"

"I choose who I protect. Besides, I don't know anything about you or your sister, so don't start thinking I'm protecting either of you." Syaoran walked the other way and circled the parking lot to meet his car.

"Syaoran!" Sakura called helplessly.

He turned around. "Bye Kinomoto."

"Bye." She answered silently, but waved.

"I'm here dear sister." Takara announced, coming out of the door.

"What took you so long??" Sakura yelled at her. "I've been waiting for so long!!!"

"Ugh! Get off my case!! I don't need two people yelling at my face! I get it! I'm sorry! UGH!" Takara opened the door angrily and climbed in the passenger seat.

Sakura was bewildered. 'Two people?? But I'm just one person!'

'NO DUH!' Another voice muttered.

She ignored that. "Two people, Takara?" Sakura asked.

She sighed. "Syaoran yelled at me and blah."

"Why?"

"Because of how I was treating you." She scoffed. "He warned me about some stuff…anyway, who cares? I apologized. Let's go."

Sakura nodded vacantly. 'Syaoran defended me??' She was surprised, but felt absolute happiness and contentment in her heart. 'Wow, it's such a great feeling when a guy protects you! Especially a good-looking one…with a cool attitude, but caring heart…'

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