Disclaimer: I own nothing. As per usual. 'A thousand miles' belongs to Vanessa Carlton and 'Misfit' belongs to Amy Studt. Anything else… yeah, I still don't own it. Bum.

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Water-Soter

Meinien

Virgo Writer

Vashs Trigun Gurl

and

SaKuRa LoVa

Chapter 5: Misfit

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All you girls
You look as if you hate me
What'm I doing still here, well
You're superficial
I'm a misfit
But, baby, that's ok
All you girls
When you look into the mirror
Tell me how do you appear, well
You're superficial
I'm a misfit
You're superficial
I'm a misfit
Ah
But that's ok

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On Wednesday evening Syaoran knocked at Sakura's door.

"Sakura, Tomoyo and Eriol are here."

"Ok. I'll be there in a minute." She called. There was a loud banging noise and Syaoran pushed the door open quickly. Sakura had clearly fallen over her chair and was lying on her back, rubbing her head.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah… I'm just really accident prone!"

"I noticed." Syaoran said wryly, helping her stand up.

Sakura was wearing a knee-length pink skirt and a t-shirt decorated with cherry blossoms. Her short hair was plaited and she was wearing pink lip-gloss. Syaoran smiled.

"You like the colour pink, I take it?"

"Well, aren't we observant today? Yes, I do. My name means cherry blossom."

"Really? Didn't know that. My name means little wolf." Sakura looked at him and suddenly started giggling. He frowned,

"What?"

"You're a little wolf? Just like the one in your picture?"

"Yes…"

"Cute! That really suits you!"

"You think I'm cute?" Syaoran said in a joking way. Sakura stuck her tongue out.

"No! I think you're obnoxious!"

"Oh. Now I'm hurt."

"Let's go downstairs. We'll miss the karaoke at this rate."

"And here come Sakura and Syaoran, looking simply adorable!" Eriol commentated. He was holding Tomoyo's camera and pointing it at them. Sakura glared and put her hands on her hips.

"Put down the camera Eriol, before I ram it down your throat."

"OK, OK! I was just messing around!" Tomoyo took the camera and giggled at the furious looks on their faces.

"Lighten up! Come on, I want to sing already!"

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The bar was called 'The Flower Field Inn.' It wasn't really an Inn but no one seemed to be there very much anyway. The barman looked up and grinned as they came in.

"Hey girls! You've got your usual crowd here tonight."

"Crowd?" Syaoran repeated, looking around at the 10 or so people.

"Yup! Very busy night tonight!" The barman said. Syaoran could see that he wasn't even being sarcastic. Sakura and Tomoyo were sorting out the machine on the small platform at the end of the bar. Eriol and Syaoran sat at an empty table (Which was not hard to find) and watched as everyone sat up and all attention turned to the two girls. Tomoyo spoke into the microphone.

"Hi everyone!"

"Hi Tomoyo!" They replied in unison. Tomoyo giggled.

"I'm gonna do one of my new songs first. I wrote this one myself, and it's called 'A Thousand Miles'. And I'm going to dedicate it to-"

"My boyfriend Eriol!" Everyone said. Tomoyo giggled again and nodded. Sakura came to sit with the boys as she started,

" Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces passed
And I'm home bound

Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making my way
Through the crowd

And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....

If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight."

"She's brilliant!" Syaoran whispered. Sakura nodded.

"She's the leader in the choir at school. I wish I was that good."  Tomoyo really was good. Her voice was strong and confident. She could reach every single note and was able to perform every little detail to perfection.

"'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
If I could
Just hold you
Tonight"

Tomoyo ended the song on a long, quavering note. There a sigh of admiration before the cheers started. Sakura stood and went to stand at the stage. Tomoyo smiled and nodded as Sakura put the tape in the machine. People were clapping. But the claps came to an abrupt halt as the door opened. And into the bar came Noriko Amano, followed by her groupies and a group of the more good-looking boys that hung around with them. Sakura stared at them. Noriko glanced around, and then slid into the seat next to Syaoran. He stared at her.

"What are you doing here?"

"I heard Sakura and Tomoyo were singing tonight. I wouldn't want to miss that!" Noriko smirked. Sakura seemed to have frozen. She liked singing, yeah, and was ok to do in front of the usual crowd. But all these people? NO WAY!

"Go Sakura! You'll be great!" Tomoyo suddenly called. Sakura snapped out of her state of nerves and pushed down the play button.

"This is a song I wrote about how it feels to be me." she said, her eyes still on the group form school. As her eyes hit Syaoran's he smiled and she nodded. The opening tune to the song started and she began to sing as she had never sung before.

"So you think you got it all worked out
You got your hot pants on
You got your arse right out, you
Think you're something but you ain't special
And me and my drop-dress, we won't do at all

Spent so long tryin' to fit the prototype
Kept a stick in the gears and I never got it right
What's the use?
What's the point?
You've got the wrong girl, oh

Keep what you don't want
Doing down there
Cos I'll be flying higher
Waste your own time
I don't care
Anything you can do, I can do better

All you girls
You look as if you hate me
What'm I doing still here, well
You're superficial
I'm a misfit
But, baby, that's ok
All you girls
When you look into the mirror
Tell me how do you appear, well
You're superficial
I'm a misfit
You're superficial
I'm a misfit
(Ah)
But that's ok

So you got your little groupies and gangs
You got your VIP
Your member-only things
Your happy-clappys and your VC crew
And if you get in their way, they got 10 on you

And I don't wanna be in that game
Don't wanna follow the leader, no way
What's the use?
What's the point?
You've got the wrong girl

So you can do what you're doing down there
Cos I'll be flying higher
Waste your own time
I don't care
Anything you can do, I can do better

All you girls
You look as if you hate me
Why'm I still here, well
You're superficial
I'm a misfit
But, baby, that's ok
All you girls
When you look into the mirror
Tell me how do you appear, well
You're superficial
I'm a misfit
You're superficial
I'm a misfit
You're superficial
I'm a misfit

So what we don't look the same?
So what we don't, so what we don't
So what I don't play your game?
So what I don't, so what I don't
So what if I don't?

All you girls
You look as if you hate me
Why'm I still here, well
You're superficial
I'm a misfit (misfit)
But, baby, that's ok
All you girls
When you look into the mirror
Tell me how do you appear, well
You're superficial
I'm a misfit (I'm a misfit)
You're superficial
I'm a misfit

All you girls
You look as if you hate me
Why'm I still here, well
You're superficial
I'm a misfit
But, baby, that's ok
All you girls
When you look into the mirror
Tell me how do you appear, well
You're superficial
I'm a misfit
You're superficial
I'm a misfit
You're superficial
I'm a misfit

But that's ok."

For a second Noriko looked so shocked you could have dropped a bomb on her and she wouldn't have noticed. Then Syaoran jumped to his feet and cheered. Sakura grinned and bowed as others started to applaud too. Eriol, Tomoyo and Syaoran rushed up to the stage as she jumped off. She was feeling a huge adrenaline rush. Eriol grinned.

"When did you write that song?"

"A couple of weeks ago. I was feeling really frustrated."

"It was brilliant!" Tomoyo squealed. Noriko sidled up beside Syaoran and wrapped her arms around his arm.

"Well done Sakura. Thought for a minute you might get too scared."

"As if."

"I think that song summed you up really well, Sakura." She cooed, practically spitting sweetened poison. Syaoran looked down at her.

"Noriko?"

"Yes, Syaoran?"

"Please let go of my arm." She went red and dropped it as if it were a hot potato. Sakura sniggered. Noriko glared.

"Hey, you're not the only one who can sing." She jumped onto the stage. The four leant against the bar, sipping coke as Noriko smiled.

"This song is dedicated to Syaoran." She said sweetly.

Noriko had been right. She could sing well. Not as well as Tomoyo, but no one could sing as well as Tomoyo. Unfortunately the song she sang was Britney Spears. As she completed the sing she looked over at Syaoran only to find he and Sakura were arguing in a friendly manner as they played pinball. She gritted her perfect teeth and glared as she stepped down to let Tomoyo sing. She barged through to Syaoran. He had just won another ten credits and said.

"Yes!"

"Way to go! I've never managed that on this old thing!" Sakura said excitedly. Noriko watched as they played vigorously. As they finished the last game Sakura said,

"Let's go on that!" she pointed to another game. It was one of those crane games. The only things left were a couple of furry old toys (And some of it wasn't just teddy bear fur.) But the manager came over with a bag.

"I've been meaning to fill this thing up."

"For how long?"

"About six months." He said lightly. Syaoran grabbed the controls and steered the claw over to a cuddly toy wolf. After eight tries he was growing frustrated. Sakura rolled her eyes and seized the control stick.

"Let me." In a matter of seconds the toy wolf was being dropped into the collection box. Syaoran plucked it out and held it out to her.

"You keep it. You've earned it!"

"I did, didn't I?" she said, in a jokingly smug manner. He rolled his eyes and grinned.

"I would have gotten it eventually."

"After you'd spent so much you'd be bankrupt!"

"Take that back!"

"I will not! You know it's true." Sakura said, punching him lightly in the chest. He punched her back, without any force, in the shoulder. The shoves grew slightly harder. Then Syaoran seized her and started to tickle her. Sakura descended into a fit of giggles.

"Syaoran Li, stop it! Please stop!"

"Say I would have gotten it!"

"No! Gyah! STOP!" He released her and she turned on him, whacking his chest.

And then his arms were around her and they were completely still, staring at each other. Only three people noticed. Eriol, Tomoyo and Noriko. And only one of those three people looked ready to kill.

Sakura suddenly looked away, pushing Syaoran away from her.

"It's getting late. We should be getting home."

"Sakura, I'm sorry…"

"It's fine. Come on." She glanced at Tomoyo and Eriol. Eriol said,

"I've got to go anyway. I'll see you all later." He kissed Tomoyo and waved goodbye. Sakura turned to Tomoyo.

"Want to stay over?"

"Sure."

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"Tomoyo, what happened? I swore that I was never going to get involved with anyone again and I was…"

"Flirting?"

"Exactly!"

The two girls sat on Sakura's bed. It was late at night and they were talking about the events at the bar.

"Sakura, it's not wrong to have feelings for someone. It's been, what, two years since Leon?"

"One year, eight months and twenty six days." Sakura said, hugging her pillow to her chest. Tomoyo watched her friends sadly.

"Sakura, everyone thinks you're over Leon."

"I am!"

"Then why are you still so angry."

"I'm not angry. Tomoyo, I'm afraid. I'm afraid of what will happen. I know love. Love just screws you around until it's bored and wants someone else."

"Not necessarily. Do you have feelings for Syaoran?"

"No! I mean, he's cool and everything. But there's this whole arranged marriage thing."

"That's not it. It's still about Leon."

"I know. I'm trying so hard to forget about Leon but it doesn't work. I'm not going to love anyone ever again. It's just not worth it."

"Maybe Syaoran is. Maybe Syaoran's worth it."

"He's going to be gone in a couple of months."

"Only if you let him go."

"Tomoyo, nothing is going to change. No matter how I feel about Syaoran, which is still unclear right now, I don't want to get married to him."

"We'll see. People change Sakura."

"I know. I saw that with Leon."

Sakura whispered the last sentence. As she rolled over to go to sleep she sighed and closed her eyes tightly.

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Who is this Leon? Why is Sakura so scared of love? What will Noriko do to get Syaoran? Will Sakura ever kiss Syaoran? Will the writer ever stop talking in sentences? Will the author ever come up with an original plot?

He he heh.

Funny.

Lotsa luv and huggles

Katie! ^_^

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