*I don't own Card Captor Sakura
*AU (Major OOC)
Thanks to the reviewers:
FFGuru: Thanks. I tried to be creative when writing this.
Tigress: Thank you. Here is the next part of the installment.
Z: Yet another update by me.
Kinyo: I did.
Trapeze: Yes, but it was necessary to build on the plot I had in mind.
StarChild: It has begun but with major obstacles.
Ash Night: I admit that the Sakura in this story is a complete polar opposite of Cannon Sakura but her character really helps develop this fic.
gohansfan: Why would she give the worst a chance when she has her sights set upon the best. Of course nobody told her they were one in the same.
peterL: I try not to put clichés in.
SAL-Chan: Thanks, but what would be the point of writing this if Syaoran won the object of his affections so easily?
TerrierLee: Yep. Eriol and Tomoyo will help him dramatically later on.
Beauty of the Heart
Chapter 6 - Doomed to Fail
Amora
***
As the teacher droned on into the lecture, Syaoran's mind wasn't on the subject being taught. Instead, his thoughts were solely on what Eriol had told him right before class. He had been given a way to free himself from the curse put on him, but only if his heart agreed. With that in mind, his eyes unconsciously traveled to his left where ice princess herself sat. Sakura noticed his stare and glared at him.
"Hentai!" she hissed under her breath and gave him an obscene gesture. Syaoran rolled his eyes and faced the front once more.
'Out of all the girls in the world,' he admonished himself. 'Why do I have to be attracted to HER?' He didn't doubt for a second that she was the most gorgeous girl he had ever seen, but her personality was strangely lacking. 'No that's not true.' He corrected himself. 'She is a completely different person when I am my true self.'
Syaoran was perplexed on how she could be so different to the two versions of himself. He hadn't changed the way he acted towards her in any way, but her responses towards him were truly polar opposites. The only thing different about him was his looks.
'Do you really think that love is based on looks Xiaolang?' Eriol's words echoed themselves in his mind. After the most recent encounters with Sakura, he was definitely starting to think that. Eriol had been adamant in his claim that the power of the heart can overcome anything, but Syaoran wasn't any closer to believing it than when he had first been told. "Bullshit!"
"Ahem-" Syaoran looked up and realized that he mumbled the last statement loudly. The teacher was glaring at him and he grinned impishly back. "If you are quite through Li-kun..."
"Gomen sensei. It won't happen again."
The teacher nodded. "See that it doesn't. And now for the next 45 minutes of class, I want everyone to pair up with two other people and attempt to explain what we have just gone over in class. You may pick who you want to work with."
Syaoran glanced around to room to find someone to work with, but before he could get up, a voice called out to him. Turning to see who had addressed him, he saw Tomoyo Daidouji waving him over.
"Tomoyo-chan! What are you doing?" Sakura demanded as she saw whom her friend had just called over. The hideous figure of Li Syaoran wobbled towards the two and she leveled him with an icy glare. To her satisfaction, a flash of hurt flashed in his eyes, but it was gone in an instant.
"So nice of you to work with us Li-kun!" Tomoyo said cheerfully and ignored her friend's previous comments. She frowned inwardly at Sakura's reaction but didn't say anything. There was a brief silence as Syaoran approached the duo but was broken by Sakura's rant.
"Listen baka." She growled. "I don't know why my friend chose YOU of all people to work with, but let's get something straight here." Sakura's glare intensified before she continued. "If you make any annoying comments or have hentai thoughts, I'll make you regret it!" She pointed an accusing finger at him. "I know what your type is like. Always fantasizing about things out of your reach."
Syaoran looked at her in disbelief as Sakura made her way towards the teacher's desk to ask a question. He couldn't help but to compare her attitude with the soul-searching kiss that the two had shared earlier in the day. Was this the same girl? Surely not. "What a bitch..."
Syaoran had said the last statement under his breath but Tomoyo heard him and giggled. "Don't worry Li-kun. She's not always like that."
Syaoran jumped as he momentarily forgot the other girl present. "I know." He said softly before realizing his tactical error. He tried to think of an explanation but was saved the trouble.
"I'm sure you do 'Li'-kun" Tomoyo said with a knowing smile. It was eerie of how it reminded Syaoran of how Eriol looked when he knew a secret. He silently wondered if Eriol had told her who he really was. It made him nervous that so many others knew of his secrets. Her next words confirmed his suspicions. "Or should I call you 'Xiaolang'?"
Syaoran's eyes widened and he looked around in a panic, but Tomoyo predicted this reaction. She shook her head and smiled as if to say that his secret was safe with her. Sighing in relief, he slumped into a chair and waited for Sakura to get back so they could start their assignment. A pencil hit him in the head and broke him out of his thoughts.
Turning to his right, Syaoran saw a group of boys openly glaring at him with murderous looks in their eyes. It took a few seconds before the reason finally dawned on him. He hadn't realized that Tomoyo and Sakura were the most popular girls in school, and for him to be working with both of them was shocking to most. He could imagine what it must look like for someone like him to be seated next to Tomoyo Daidouji.
Smirking to himself, he turned towards the group in question and gave them the Japanese equivalent of 'the finger' and chuckled inwardly when he saw their surprised looks. Given it wasn't the smartest thing to do when he had most of the male population after his blood but the results were worth it. Tomoyo saw the exchange and shook her head in amusement.
"It'll be a long time before they can forget about that." She said laughing slightly. "But I'd be careful if I were you. There's enough hatred around here for either form of you. I'd hate to imagine what would happen if your secret got out..." she trailed off. Syaoran nodded almost bitterly. He had no idea why the other students hated him so much, but he had to let it go and concentrate on his mission. Just in case the way of the heart failed, he still had to make sure the cards were sealed.
Sakura came back a few minutes later and the trio started working. Tomoyo tried to engage both of her partners in a conversation, but Sakura was just ignoring Syaoran on her part. It was getting towards the end of the period before Syaoran spoke his mind. He was getting irritated of being ignored and asked the first thing that he came upon.
"Why do you hate me so much Kinomoto?"
Sakura nearly jumped at the unexpected sound of Syaoran's transformed high and annoyingly screechy voice but turned and glared at him.
"You aren't worth my time!" she snapped at him. "You should be glad that I'm even agreeing to work with you seeing as you don't deserve to breathe the same air as me. I could name hundreds of guys who would kill to be in your position and you sit there and ask stupid questions!"
Syaoran frowned and rolled his eyes at the self-elevating remarks. "Well aren't you all high and mighty Kinomoto. You may be the most beautiful girl in Japan, but that doesn't give you the right to treat others like shit! I can't imagine what type of person would want you with that attitude of your-"
"Shut up!" Sakura shouted cutting him off. "You have no idea what you're talking about! I could have any man I want, and I have no interest in the losers who go to this school." She crossed her arms and glanced around in disgust at the current members of the male species who were currently ogling her.
"What about your boyfriend?"
Sakura snorted at the question. "Ha! Tsuyoshi is no better than the rest of them. He's just for show anyway. I have him eating out of the palm of my hand." She said proudly with a smirk. "Besides, the one I truly want doesn't go to this school. He's perfect in every way..." The familiar dreamy look that Syaoran loved was on her face as she trailed off but it instantly disappeared when she remembered where she was. "So freak, was that enough of an explanation for you?"
"Well if you keep up that attitude of yours, I guarantee that whomever you want won't want you."
"What's THAT supposed to mean!? I'll have you know-"
"I think Li-kun was just offering some advice Sakura-chan." Tomoyo intervened before the argument could escalate any further. They were already the center of attention, and she didn't want them to get detention for disturbing the class.
"Well he can take his useless advice and shove it up his ass. I'm through with this worthless conversation. From now on, don't speak unless spoken to!" Sakura ended her rant in a huff and sat down. Syaoran shook his head at the display and waited for class to end.
'Why am I attracted to THIS girl?' Syaoran yelled mentally at himself. 'I'll admit that I'd never seen a girl as beautiful as her, but she totally ruins it with her personality.' After a few more minutes of thought, he came to a conclusion. 'This isn't the girl that I met fighting the Clow Cards. The girl I met was truly gorgeous inside and out. The problem is she is the girl that I met. I want the cheerful loving girl and not this cold arrogant shell. But which one is the real Sakura Kinomoto?'
Syaoran was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't realize the bell had rung. His mind continued to dwell on a certain emerald eye beauty but he knew in his heart that if he pursued her in the current conditions, it would be doomed to fail.
***
A/N: Well that's the end of chapter 6. Once again, Sakura's inner personality shines through. Of course this is OOC, but it fits perfectly with the plot and what I have planned for future chapters. Please review and tell me how I can improve my stories. Thanks.
*AU (Major OOC)
Thanks to the reviewers:
FFGuru: Thanks. I tried to be creative when writing this.
Tigress: Thank you. Here is the next part of the installment.
Z: Yet another update by me.
Kinyo: I did.
Trapeze: Yes, but it was necessary to build on the plot I had in mind.
StarChild: It has begun but with major obstacles.
Ash Night: I admit that the Sakura in this story is a complete polar opposite of Cannon Sakura but her character really helps develop this fic.
gohansfan: Why would she give the worst a chance when she has her sights set upon the best. Of course nobody told her they were one in the same.
peterL: I try not to put clichés in.
SAL-Chan: Thanks, but what would be the point of writing this if Syaoran won the object of his affections so easily?
TerrierLee: Yep. Eriol and Tomoyo will help him dramatically later on.
Beauty of the Heart
Chapter 6 - Doomed to Fail
Amora
***
As the teacher droned on into the lecture, Syaoran's mind wasn't on the subject being taught. Instead, his thoughts were solely on what Eriol had told him right before class. He had been given a way to free himself from the curse put on him, but only if his heart agreed. With that in mind, his eyes unconsciously traveled to his left where ice princess herself sat. Sakura noticed his stare and glared at him.
"Hentai!" she hissed under her breath and gave him an obscene gesture. Syaoran rolled his eyes and faced the front once more.
'Out of all the girls in the world,' he admonished himself. 'Why do I have to be attracted to HER?' He didn't doubt for a second that she was the most gorgeous girl he had ever seen, but her personality was strangely lacking. 'No that's not true.' He corrected himself. 'She is a completely different person when I am my true self.'
Syaoran was perplexed on how she could be so different to the two versions of himself. He hadn't changed the way he acted towards her in any way, but her responses towards him were truly polar opposites. The only thing different about him was his looks.
'Do you really think that love is based on looks Xiaolang?' Eriol's words echoed themselves in his mind. After the most recent encounters with Sakura, he was definitely starting to think that. Eriol had been adamant in his claim that the power of the heart can overcome anything, but Syaoran wasn't any closer to believing it than when he had first been told. "Bullshit!"
"Ahem-" Syaoran looked up and realized that he mumbled the last statement loudly. The teacher was glaring at him and he grinned impishly back. "If you are quite through Li-kun..."
"Gomen sensei. It won't happen again."
The teacher nodded. "See that it doesn't. And now for the next 45 minutes of class, I want everyone to pair up with two other people and attempt to explain what we have just gone over in class. You may pick who you want to work with."
Syaoran glanced around to room to find someone to work with, but before he could get up, a voice called out to him. Turning to see who had addressed him, he saw Tomoyo Daidouji waving him over.
"Tomoyo-chan! What are you doing?" Sakura demanded as she saw whom her friend had just called over. The hideous figure of Li Syaoran wobbled towards the two and she leveled him with an icy glare. To her satisfaction, a flash of hurt flashed in his eyes, but it was gone in an instant.
"So nice of you to work with us Li-kun!" Tomoyo said cheerfully and ignored her friend's previous comments. She frowned inwardly at Sakura's reaction but didn't say anything. There was a brief silence as Syaoran approached the duo but was broken by Sakura's rant.
"Listen baka." She growled. "I don't know why my friend chose YOU of all people to work with, but let's get something straight here." Sakura's glare intensified before she continued. "If you make any annoying comments or have hentai thoughts, I'll make you regret it!" She pointed an accusing finger at him. "I know what your type is like. Always fantasizing about things out of your reach."
Syaoran looked at her in disbelief as Sakura made her way towards the teacher's desk to ask a question. He couldn't help but to compare her attitude with the soul-searching kiss that the two had shared earlier in the day. Was this the same girl? Surely not. "What a bitch..."
Syaoran had said the last statement under his breath but Tomoyo heard him and giggled. "Don't worry Li-kun. She's not always like that."
Syaoran jumped as he momentarily forgot the other girl present. "I know." He said softly before realizing his tactical error. He tried to think of an explanation but was saved the trouble.
"I'm sure you do 'Li'-kun" Tomoyo said with a knowing smile. It was eerie of how it reminded Syaoran of how Eriol looked when he knew a secret. He silently wondered if Eriol had told her who he really was. It made him nervous that so many others knew of his secrets. Her next words confirmed his suspicions. "Or should I call you 'Xiaolang'?"
Syaoran's eyes widened and he looked around in a panic, but Tomoyo predicted this reaction. She shook her head and smiled as if to say that his secret was safe with her. Sighing in relief, he slumped into a chair and waited for Sakura to get back so they could start their assignment. A pencil hit him in the head and broke him out of his thoughts.
Turning to his right, Syaoran saw a group of boys openly glaring at him with murderous looks in their eyes. It took a few seconds before the reason finally dawned on him. He hadn't realized that Tomoyo and Sakura were the most popular girls in school, and for him to be working with both of them was shocking to most. He could imagine what it must look like for someone like him to be seated next to Tomoyo Daidouji.
Smirking to himself, he turned towards the group in question and gave them the Japanese equivalent of 'the finger' and chuckled inwardly when he saw their surprised looks. Given it wasn't the smartest thing to do when he had most of the male population after his blood but the results were worth it. Tomoyo saw the exchange and shook her head in amusement.
"It'll be a long time before they can forget about that." She said laughing slightly. "But I'd be careful if I were you. There's enough hatred around here for either form of you. I'd hate to imagine what would happen if your secret got out..." she trailed off. Syaoran nodded almost bitterly. He had no idea why the other students hated him so much, but he had to let it go and concentrate on his mission. Just in case the way of the heart failed, he still had to make sure the cards were sealed.
Sakura came back a few minutes later and the trio started working. Tomoyo tried to engage both of her partners in a conversation, but Sakura was just ignoring Syaoran on her part. It was getting towards the end of the period before Syaoran spoke his mind. He was getting irritated of being ignored and asked the first thing that he came upon.
"Why do you hate me so much Kinomoto?"
Sakura nearly jumped at the unexpected sound of Syaoran's transformed high and annoyingly screechy voice but turned and glared at him.
"You aren't worth my time!" she snapped at him. "You should be glad that I'm even agreeing to work with you seeing as you don't deserve to breathe the same air as me. I could name hundreds of guys who would kill to be in your position and you sit there and ask stupid questions!"
Syaoran frowned and rolled his eyes at the self-elevating remarks. "Well aren't you all high and mighty Kinomoto. You may be the most beautiful girl in Japan, but that doesn't give you the right to treat others like shit! I can't imagine what type of person would want you with that attitude of your-"
"Shut up!" Sakura shouted cutting him off. "You have no idea what you're talking about! I could have any man I want, and I have no interest in the losers who go to this school." She crossed her arms and glanced around in disgust at the current members of the male species who were currently ogling her.
"What about your boyfriend?"
Sakura snorted at the question. "Ha! Tsuyoshi is no better than the rest of them. He's just for show anyway. I have him eating out of the palm of my hand." She said proudly with a smirk. "Besides, the one I truly want doesn't go to this school. He's perfect in every way..." The familiar dreamy look that Syaoran loved was on her face as she trailed off but it instantly disappeared when she remembered where she was. "So freak, was that enough of an explanation for you?"
"Well if you keep up that attitude of yours, I guarantee that whomever you want won't want you."
"What's THAT supposed to mean!? I'll have you know-"
"I think Li-kun was just offering some advice Sakura-chan." Tomoyo intervened before the argument could escalate any further. They were already the center of attention, and she didn't want them to get detention for disturbing the class.
"Well he can take his useless advice and shove it up his ass. I'm through with this worthless conversation. From now on, don't speak unless spoken to!" Sakura ended her rant in a huff and sat down. Syaoran shook his head at the display and waited for class to end.
'Why am I attracted to THIS girl?' Syaoran yelled mentally at himself. 'I'll admit that I'd never seen a girl as beautiful as her, but she totally ruins it with her personality.' After a few more minutes of thought, he came to a conclusion. 'This isn't the girl that I met fighting the Clow Cards. The girl I met was truly gorgeous inside and out. The problem is she is the girl that I met. I want the cheerful loving girl and not this cold arrogant shell. But which one is the real Sakura Kinomoto?'
Syaoran was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't realize the bell had rung. His mind continued to dwell on a certain emerald eye beauty but he knew in his heart that if he pursued her in the current conditions, it would be doomed to fail.
***
A/N: Well that's the end of chapter 6. Once again, Sakura's inner personality shines through. Of course this is OOC, but it fits perfectly with the plot and what I have planned for future chapters. Please review and tell me how I can improve my stories. Thanks.