Chapter Three
*A WEEK LATER*
Sakura awoke to her alarm ringing. She had long since outgrown the habit of just reaching up and grabbing her clock, bringing it under her covers, so she could shut off the alarm. "Uhh.. Kero? Remind me why I started to set my alarm earlier?" She mumbled to Kero, who was rising sleepily from his draw.
"It's because *yawn* you liked the idea of arriving on time at school." Kero replied, rubbing his eyes.
"Oh, yeah." Sakura said, as she crawled out of bed. (A/N: I simply hate getting up in the morning. Don't you?)
Sakura got herself dressed and hurried downstairs for breakfast. "Good Morning Mother." Sakura said cheerfully to the picture of her mother. Sakura smiled at the picture. She never got an answer, but she still continued to say "Good Morning."
"Good Morning Sakura" A faint voice replied.
"Hoe?!" Sakura questioned, trembling a little in fear. "Touya, is that you? It isn't funny you know."
"Don't be afraid my daughter." The voice reassured Sakura. "I'm sure you have to get to school, so I'll leave you now." And with that, the faint presence that accompanied the voice faded, then vanished.
"Who were you talking to Kai. I mean Sakura?" Touya asked as he walked in from just coming downstairs, pausing on his nickname for Sakura, briefly remembering what happened the night before.
"When did you get down here?" Sakura asked her brother sharply.
Touya looked at Sakura curiously. As far as he knew, his Kaijuu never acted like this, unless he called her Kaijuu. "Just then, why?"
"I thought I heard Mom answer me this morning." Sakura answered, no longer trembling, realising, that if it was her mother, she would never harm her.
Touya peered at Sakura. "Are you sure?"
"Of course I am!" Sakura cried indignantly. She stormed out of the kitchen, grabbing her bag, and then put on her roller blades. "Bye Touya!" She yelled as she left, already forgetting her moment of pique at her brother.
'Today I'll have to invite Wei san to join us. She hasn't spoken to anyone since the first day.' Sakura thought as she placed her roller blades in her locker. As she walked to her classroom, she thought some more about the new student. 'I don't know why I am so determined to become friends with her. There's just something about her that seems to scream at me that she is normally a very social person.' Sakura walked into the room with a serious look on her face.
"Good Morning Sakura!" Her friends chimed. To their surprise, Sakura just mumbled a reply, then sat down at her desk, her normal cheerful smile replaced by a serious look.
"Sakura, are you OK?" Naoko asked, concerned about her friend.
"Hmm. What?" Sakura blinked as Naoko's words finally registered. "I'm fine, just thinking." Sakura said.
The classroom door opened, and in walked Yuri, with her head down as usual. Without a word to anyone, Yuri walked over to her desk and sat down.
Sakura stood up as soon as Yuri had walked in, and when she sat down in front of her, Sakura walked up to her desk.
"Hi Wei san." She said in a cheerful manner.
Yuri looked up quickly, then just as quickly, she lowered her head. "Hi Kinomoto san." She said in a quiet tone.
Sakura cursed, softly and quickly. She almost saw Yuri's face, but Yuri remembered to bring her head down before she could see it clearly.
"Wei san, would you like to join us at recess?" Sakura asked.
Yuri gasped. "Umm. If I won't be a bother." Yuri answered in a hesitant manner.
Sakura brushed that off. "Of course not. But you have to call me Sakura." This was said firmly.
Yuri laughed. "You never change, do you Sakura?" She said, slipping easily into a more carefree manner.
"Hoe?" Sakura was puzzled. What did she mean?
"Never mind Sakura. Since you insist that I call you by your first name, than I insist that you call me Yuri."
"OK." Sakura said, going back to her seat, just as Syaoran walked in.
"Good Morning Sakura." He said softly.
"Hi Syaoran!" Sakura chirped. "Yuri is going to join us at recess."
"Why?" Syaoran asked, not trusting this new girl. In his experience, new students have a habit of making strange things happen.
"Because I invited her." Sakura said simply, a smile on her face.
"Fine." Syaoran said, a scowl forming on his face.
Sakura was about to say something when Meiling, Tomoyo and Eriol walked in. Tomoyo and Meiling rushed over to Sakura, and the three girls began to talk amongst themselves.
Eriol walked over to Syaoran and to his surprise, Syaoran didn't even look at him, not even to glare at him.
"What's wrong, Syaoran?" He asked, concerned.
Syaoran still didn't look at Eriol. "Nothing. It's just that I don't trust that Wei san, and Sakura has invited her to join us at recess and is already on a first name basis."
"Don't worry about it Syaoran. If it will make you feel better, I'll take a peek into her mind at recess." Eriol said.
Syaoran finally looked at Eriol, with a look of suspicion on his face. "You're only using that as an excuse. You're going to do it because she intrigues you. I know you too well, Hiiragizawa."
Eriol simply smiled. "And?"
"You're impossible to talk to." Syaoran sighed, disgusted.
"I know." Eriol's grin grew wider.
Just before Syaoran could form a retort, Terada Sensei walked in. Everyone took their seats and the lessons began.
At recess, Yuri followed behind Sakura, well aware of the glares Syaoran kept sending her. Once they reached the cherry blossom that Sakura was so fond of, Yuri sat down opposite of Sakura.
"So Wei san, tell us about yourself." Tomoyo said, breaking the slight silence.
"Please Daidouji san, call me Yuri." Yuri said, still keeping her head down.
"Alright, then you must call me Tomoyo."
"Ok. What is it that you want to know?" Yuri asked.
"Well one is why you keep your head down all the time." Tomoyo said bluntly.
Yuri laughed. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
Eriol grinned. Tomoyo had instantly knew that he was going to try to read Yuri's mind, and so she distracted her, just incase she could sense it. He began to gently probe the outer reaches of Yuri's mind.
Instantly Yuri's head shot up and a barrier went up between her mind and Eriol's.
Eriol gasped. 'How could she have felt that? I even doubt Sakura would of.'
"Oh, you're wrong Hiiragizawa. Sakura would of most definitely felt that." Yuri said.
Everyone looked shocked. They could finally see Yuri's face, and their shock was warranted. Yuri had only slightly darker green eyes that Sakura, and her facial structure was very much the same.
Suddenly, Chiharu, Rika, Yamazaki and Naoko got dazed looks on their faces. Their eyes were glazed over and they were staring at a space straight in front of them.
Yuri stood up, and Sakura followed her up.
"Where are you going Yuri?" Sakura asked, as Yuri began to walk away.
"I understand that at the moment I'm not the most open person in the world, but that doesn't give Hiiragizawa the right to take a mental stroll through my mind." Yuri said. She grinned smartly "Sorry, there are no tours of Yuri's mind today. Make a reservation when she's feeling a little more giving." This was said in a high pitched voice, much like the ones on machines.
"How did you know what Eriol was doing, and why aren't you asking questions?" Meiling asked, who had been quiet for a change.
Yuri looked straight at Meiling, a frown forming on her face. The frown cleared and Yuri smiled, a true, carefree smile. It shocked Meiling how much she looked like Sakura when she smiled like that.
"I know a lot of things Li san, that all of you aren't really ready to hear yet." Yuri took a few steps, then turned back. She looked Meiling right in the eye and said "You'll soon see him, Li san. You'll soon see him." And with that, Yuri left the group staring after her.
"Www.Whaatt j.j.juusst hhhaaappenned." Came a halting voice.
Naoko couldn't believe it! Wei san looked like Sakura! How was this possible? Eriol looks shocked, but not because of how Wei san looks.
"Oh, you're wrong Hiiragizawa. Sakura would of most definitely felt that." Yuri said.
'What's she talking about now? This is so very confusing.' Naoko thought.
Suddenly, a strange warm feeling began to flow through Naoko's body. Her breathing slowed and her mind began to shut down, as if she was falling asleep. Falling into a dark, but strangely safe, warm pink sleep.
"Yuri?"
Naoko tried to shake her head to clear it, but she couldn't. She thought she had heard Sakura say Wei san's name.
"I understand that at the moment I'm not the most open person in the world, but that doesn't give Hiiragizawa the right to take a mental stroll through my mind." Yuri said. "Sorry, there are no tours of Yuri's mind today. Make a reservation when she's feeling a little more giving."
Yuri's voice seemed very far away. Naoko tried to think about what they were talking about, but everytime she had a thought on the subject, it would disappear.
"How did you know what Eriol was doing, and why aren't you asking questions?" It was Meiling this time. Naoko had been worried for her friend as she wasn't as talkative as she used to be.
"I know a lot of things Li san, that all of you aren't really ready to hear yet." Yuri's voice was starting to sound closer. "You'll soon see him, Li san. You'll soon see him."
Towards the end of what Yuri had been saying, Naoko's hearing had nearly returned to normal.
"Www.Whaatt j.j.juusst hhhaaappenned." She asked haltingly, straining to make her voice heard.
"Naoko?" Tomoyo asked, looking towards her. "Are you alright?"
"I'mmm fffinne. I jjjuussst wwwaaannnt tto know what happened." Naoko replied, her voice returning.
"It was something that you may find out about soon." Sakura's voice was distant as she stared at Yuri's retreating figure.
*A WEEK LATER*
Sakura awoke to her alarm ringing. She had long since outgrown the habit of just reaching up and grabbing her clock, bringing it under her covers, so she could shut off the alarm. "Uhh.. Kero? Remind me why I started to set my alarm earlier?" She mumbled to Kero, who was rising sleepily from his draw.
"It's because *yawn* you liked the idea of arriving on time at school." Kero replied, rubbing his eyes.
"Oh, yeah." Sakura said, as she crawled out of bed. (A/N: I simply hate getting up in the morning. Don't you?)
Sakura got herself dressed and hurried downstairs for breakfast. "Good Morning Mother." Sakura said cheerfully to the picture of her mother. Sakura smiled at the picture. She never got an answer, but she still continued to say "Good Morning."
"Good Morning Sakura" A faint voice replied.
"Hoe?!" Sakura questioned, trembling a little in fear. "Touya, is that you? It isn't funny you know."
"Don't be afraid my daughter." The voice reassured Sakura. "I'm sure you have to get to school, so I'll leave you now." And with that, the faint presence that accompanied the voice faded, then vanished.
"Who were you talking to Kai. I mean Sakura?" Touya asked as he walked in from just coming downstairs, pausing on his nickname for Sakura, briefly remembering what happened the night before.
"When did you get down here?" Sakura asked her brother sharply.
Touya looked at Sakura curiously. As far as he knew, his Kaijuu never acted like this, unless he called her Kaijuu. "Just then, why?"
"I thought I heard Mom answer me this morning." Sakura answered, no longer trembling, realising, that if it was her mother, she would never harm her.
Touya peered at Sakura. "Are you sure?"
"Of course I am!" Sakura cried indignantly. She stormed out of the kitchen, grabbing her bag, and then put on her roller blades. "Bye Touya!" She yelled as she left, already forgetting her moment of pique at her brother.
'Today I'll have to invite Wei san to join us. She hasn't spoken to anyone since the first day.' Sakura thought as she placed her roller blades in her locker. As she walked to her classroom, she thought some more about the new student. 'I don't know why I am so determined to become friends with her. There's just something about her that seems to scream at me that she is normally a very social person.' Sakura walked into the room with a serious look on her face.
"Good Morning Sakura!" Her friends chimed. To their surprise, Sakura just mumbled a reply, then sat down at her desk, her normal cheerful smile replaced by a serious look.
"Sakura, are you OK?" Naoko asked, concerned about her friend.
"Hmm. What?" Sakura blinked as Naoko's words finally registered. "I'm fine, just thinking." Sakura said.
The classroom door opened, and in walked Yuri, with her head down as usual. Without a word to anyone, Yuri walked over to her desk and sat down.
Sakura stood up as soon as Yuri had walked in, and when she sat down in front of her, Sakura walked up to her desk.
"Hi Wei san." She said in a cheerful manner.
Yuri looked up quickly, then just as quickly, she lowered her head. "Hi Kinomoto san." She said in a quiet tone.
Sakura cursed, softly and quickly. She almost saw Yuri's face, but Yuri remembered to bring her head down before she could see it clearly.
"Wei san, would you like to join us at recess?" Sakura asked.
Yuri gasped. "Umm. If I won't be a bother." Yuri answered in a hesitant manner.
Sakura brushed that off. "Of course not. But you have to call me Sakura." This was said firmly.
Yuri laughed. "You never change, do you Sakura?" She said, slipping easily into a more carefree manner.
"Hoe?" Sakura was puzzled. What did she mean?
"Never mind Sakura. Since you insist that I call you by your first name, than I insist that you call me Yuri."
"OK." Sakura said, going back to her seat, just as Syaoran walked in.
"Good Morning Sakura." He said softly.
"Hi Syaoran!" Sakura chirped. "Yuri is going to join us at recess."
"Why?" Syaoran asked, not trusting this new girl. In his experience, new students have a habit of making strange things happen.
"Because I invited her." Sakura said simply, a smile on her face.
"Fine." Syaoran said, a scowl forming on his face.
Sakura was about to say something when Meiling, Tomoyo and Eriol walked in. Tomoyo and Meiling rushed over to Sakura, and the three girls began to talk amongst themselves.
Eriol walked over to Syaoran and to his surprise, Syaoran didn't even look at him, not even to glare at him.
"What's wrong, Syaoran?" He asked, concerned.
Syaoran still didn't look at Eriol. "Nothing. It's just that I don't trust that Wei san, and Sakura has invited her to join us at recess and is already on a first name basis."
"Don't worry about it Syaoran. If it will make you feel better, I'll take a peek into her mind at recess." Eriol said.
Syaoran finally looked at Eriol, with a look of suspicion on his face. "You're only using that as an excuse. You're going to do it because she intrigues you. I know you too well, Hiiragizawa."
Eriol simply smiled. "And?"
"You're impossible to talk to." Syaoran sighed, disgusted.
"I know." Eriol's grin grew wider.
Just before Syaoran could form a retort, Terada Sensei walked in. Everyone took their seats and the lessons began.
At recess, Yuri followed behind Sakura, well aware of the glares Syaoran kept sending her. Once they reached the cherry blossom that Sakura was so fond of, Yuri sat down opposite of Sakura.
"So Wei san, tell us about yourself." Tomoyo said, breaking the slight silence.
"Please Daidouji san, call me Yuri." Yuri said, still keeping her head down.
"Alright, then you must call me Tomoyo."
"Ok. What is it that you want to know?" Yuri asked.
"Well one is why you keep your head down all the time." Tomoyo said bluntly.
Yuri laughed. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
Eriol grinned. Tomoyo had instantly knew that he was going to try to read Yuri's mind, and so she distracted her, just incase she could sense it. He began to gently probe the outer reaches of Yuri's mind.
Instantly Yuri's head shot up and a barrier went up between her mind and Eriol's.
Eriol gasped. 'How could she have felt that? I even doubt Sakura would of.'
"Oh, you're wrong Hiiragizawa. Sakura would of most definitely felt that." Yuri said.
Everyone looked shocked. They could finally see Yuri's face, and their shock was warranted. Yuri had only slightly darker green eyes that Sakura, and her facial structure was very much the same.
Suddenly, Chiharu, Rika, Yamazaki and Naoko got dazed looks on their faces. Their eyes were glazed over and they were staring at a space straight in front of them.
Yuri stood up, and Sakura followed her up.
"Where are you going Yuri?" Sakura asked, as Yuri began to walk away.
"I understand that at the moment I'm not the most open person in the world, but that doesn't give Hiiragizawa the right to take a mental stroll through my mind." Yuri said. She grinned smartly "Sorry, there are no tours of Yuri's mind today. Make a reservation when she's feeling a little more giving." This was said in a high pitched voice, much like the ones on machines.
"How did you know what Eriol was doing, and why aren't you asking questions?" Meiling asked, who had been quiet for a change.
Yuri looked straight at Meiling, a frown forming on her face. The frown cleared and Yuri smiled, a true, carefree smile. It shocked Meiling how much she looked like Sakura when she smiled like that.
"I know a lot of things Li san, that all of you aren't really ready to hear yet." Yuri took a few steps, then turned back. She looked Meiling right in the eye and said "You'll soon see him, Li san. You'll soon see him." And with that, Yuri left the group staring after her.
"Www.Whaatt j.j.juusst hhhaaappenned." Came a halting voice.
Naoko couldn't believe it! Wei san looked like Sakura! How was this possible? Eriol looks shocked, but not because of how Wei san looks.
"Oh, you're wrong Hiiragizawa. Sakura would of most definitely felt that." Yuri said.
'What's she talking about now? This is so very confusing.' Naoko thought.
Suddenly, a strange warm feeling began to flow through Naoko's body. Her breathing slowed and her mind began to shut down, as if she was falling asleep. Falling into a dark, but strangely safe, warm pink sleep.
"Yuri?"
Naoko tried to shake her head to clear it, but she couldn't. She thought she had heard Sakura say Wei san's name.
"I understand that at the moment I'm not the most open person in the world, but that doesn't give Hiiragizawa the right to take a mental stroll through my mind." Yuri said. "Sorry, there are no tours of Yuri's mind today. Make a reservation when she's feeling a little more giving."
Yuri's voice seemed very far away. Naoko tried to think about what they were talking about, but everytime she had a thought on the subject, it would disappear.
"How did you know what Eriol was doing, and why aren't you asking questions?" It was Meiling this time. Naoko had been worried for her friend as she wasn't as talkative as she used to be.
"I know a lot of things Li san, that all of you aren't really ready to hear yet." Yuri's voice was starting to sound closer. "You'll soon see him, Li san. You'll soon see him."
Towards the end of what Yuri had been saying, Naoko's hearing had nearly returned to normal.
"Www.Whaatt j.j.juusst hhhaaappenned." She asked haltingly, straining to make her voice heard.
"Naoko?" Tomoyo asked, looking towards her. "Are you alright?"
"I'mmm fffinne. I jjjuussst wwwaaannnt tto know what happened." Naoko replied, her voice returning.
"It was something that you may find out about soon." Sakura's voice was distant as she stared at Yuri's retreating figure.