CHAPTER 4
FIGHT!
"Ok Eriol-san, you sit behind Tomoyo-san. Meling-san you sit in that far corner, and Rose…. Where am I going to put you?" Terada-Sensei said as he looked around the room. There were no more seats open. He knew that it would be at least be an hour before they could get another.
"Terada-Sensei, she can share a desk with me!" Sakura said standing up. Terada-Sensei smiled to himself. Sakura was so nice.
"Hai, that will do for now." He said.
Rose started walking down the aisle. She noticed that Syaoran was staring at her. She gave him a tentative smile. He glared at her. Rose looked down at her feet.
"Merci." She said to Sakura.
"Huh?" Sakura said with a confused look on her face.
"It means thank you in French. Arigato to you." Rose explained.
"Hoe"
"Hey Kinomoto-san who is that sitting behind us? He doesn't seem to like me very much." Rose asked. Sakura shot a wary glance at him.
"That's my boyfriend Li, Syaoran. Don't worry he doesn't trust people easily. He'll warm up to you soon. And call me Sakura-chan" Sakura told her. Rose nodded.
"Alright Sakura-chan."
LATER AT LUNCH
Rose was sitting under a Sakura tree, eating her lunch, and dozing at the same time. Sakura and Meling snuck up behind her.
"BOO!!!" they shouted at the same time.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Rose yelled. Then she blushed, because half the school was looking at her.
"Gomen. We did not mean to scare you Rose-chan." Sakura apologized.
"Would you like to eat lunch with us?" Meling asked.
"I don't know. Li-san doesn't seem to like me very much." Rose said uneasily.
"Don't worry about him Rose-chan. He is really nice once you get to know him. By the way were you wearing contacts before? Or are those glasses fake?" Sakura asked noticing the brown and cream colored thin rims around Rose's eyes.
"Oh my gosh, I forgot I put them on. The contacts bother my eyes, so I take them off during breaks. I look awful with them on, don't I?" Rose said removing them.
"Actually you look more sophisticated with them on. Especially with your hair like that. Put them back on." Sakura ordered.
"Hai…." Rose said. 'At least they don't think I'm a nerd' she thought.
"Lets go over to the others. They probably thought we ran away." Meling said jokingly.
"Hai" The group walked over to the fountain where Tomoyo, Eriol, and Syaoran were sitting. Rose smiled at them and got smiles returned from Tomoyo and Eriol, but Syaoran just glared. Sakura elbowed him in the stomach.
"Guys you all know Rose-chan right?" Meling said. Eriol did his customary greeting of kissing her hand. Rose blushed. Tomoyo bowed. Syaoran just stood there.
"We met her in class, but she wasn't wearing those nice glasses before, they make you look more sophisticated." Tomoyo said. Eriol nodded his head in agreement. Syaoran just stood there. Rose started to get self-conscious, because he kept staring at her.
"Li-kun, don't you have anything to say to Orion-san?" Tomoyo asked sensing tension between the 2.
"I have nothing to say to a traitor of my family." Syaoran said. Sakura's mouth dropped open.
"Syaoran-kun, that just plain rotten of you." She scolded.
"I'm just saying the truth."
"Ano…. would anyone mind filling me in on what is going on here. Siv vous plait. I mean onegai.." Rose asked everyone softly. They looked at her. She blushed.
"That is if you want to. It may not be any of my business. I mean I didn't mean to..... ehhhh maybe I should just go." Rose said turning around and started to walk away. Sakura grabbed her wrist.
"No Rose-chan you don't have to leave. We still have to eat lunch." She pleaded.
"I don't know Sakura-chan, she might betray us." Syaoran said coldly. Rose looked at him starting to get irritated. She didn't know why he was upset with her, but his attitude was starting to get on her nerves.
"Tai toi." She said simply.
"What did you say to me?" Syaoran said standing up a little straighter.
"I told you to shut up." The group looked at her in surprise. Rose looked at them and said:
"He is getting on my nerves." Meling chuckled. No one had ever told Syaoran to shut up before, and not regret it. She liked this girl.
"I'm getting on your nerves!" Syaoran said his voice getting louder.
"To put it simply, your attitude sucks. Didn't your Okaa-san teach you any manners." Rose said calmly, as she took a bite of her sandwich.
"There the same manners she taught you" Syaoran said.
"What are you talking about. I've never met your Okaa-san before in my life."
"Yeah right." Syaoran said with a smirk.
"You know, I don't need this. Your being extremely rude, and I don't like rudeness. Sakura if you don't mind I'm going to sit somewhere else. Anything has got to be better than this." Rose packed up her trash and got up.
"You can't lie. You look exactly like her Rose." Syaoran called. Rose stopped in her tracks. She turned around.
"Look exactly like who?" Rose asked.
"My sister." Syaoran said.
"I'm sorry I'm not your sister, and if your going to act like this every time you see some one who looks like your sister then I suggest you get an attitude adjustment. I don't know what this girl did to you that made you hate her so much, but that's no reason to take it out on me." She said. Eriol, Tomoyo, Sakura, and Meling just sat and stared at this historical event-taking place. Someone was actually scolding Syaoran! Not even Meling or Sakura did that. Meling thought it was hilarious, but she kept it to herself. She looked at Rose. If she let her hair down and lost the glasses she did look exactly like his twin.
"Listen I don't know why you're avoiding the fact that you are her Miss. 'Orion'." He said sarcastically. He took out a picture of himself and his twin that day at the beach. It was the last picture he had of her. He let her see it.
"Your right, I do look remarkably like her, but I'm telling you I am not I repeat NOT Rose Li." Rose said.
"Listen I don't care what you say. You're her. I can feel your aura." Syaoran said smugly.
"Aura? What's an aura? I've never heard of it before." Rose said looking confused.
"Your mag…" Syaoran started saying before Sakura, Eriol, and Meling pounced on him and covered his mouth.
"Syaoran, sweetie, we are going to tell her about that later. REMEMBER!" Sakura said.
"Umm Rose maybe you should go. I don't know how much longer I can keep him pinned. Usually when he gets like this he gets into a fight. The people he usually fights get hurt. I don't want you to get hurt." Meling said trying her best to hold Syaoran down. It was obvious he wanted to punch her and Meling wasn't sure if she could restrain him.
"Bring it on."
"Excuse me what did you say?" Meling said, not believing what she just heard.
"I said bring it on. I can take him. I'm not a defenseless little girl. Let him go if wants to fight. I promise neither him nor me will get hurt. He just might get a little embarrassed." Rose said calmly.
"Uhh, Rose, I don't think you know who your talking about. No offense to you but Syaoran is really good." Sakura said.
"I said let him go. I'm not a wimp. I have an extremely high pain tolerance and I can take punch." Rose said taking a battle stance.
"Are you sure. Wait a minute that's a Chinese fighting stance. Where did you learn that." Eriol said stunned.
"Let him go, and then I'll tell you. I want to see if this guy is as you good as you say he is. I haven't had decent competition for a while. Don't worry I can take care of myself. Just do it please." Rose pleaded.
"Alright, but if you need help you just tell us." Meling said letting Syaoran go. He jumped up and glared at her.
"I couldn't breathe very well you know!" he said to Meling.
"You deserve it. If you hurt her you'll regret it." Meling warned.
"Don't worry, I'm just going to embarrass her." Syaoran said smugly. He took a position similar to Rose's.
"Are you ready yet?" Rose said.
"Hai"
Syaoran tried to trip her. Her was extremely fast, but Rose was quicker she jumped over his legs and landed perfectly.
"She's good" Meling whispered to Sakura and Tomoyo, who by the way was currently taping the fight.
"How can you tell?" Sakura asked.
"Because of the way she landed. It was very precise, like she sensed what he was going to do." Meling said.
Rose ran towards Syaoran a punch, but he dodged it. He tried to kick her in the stomach, but Rose blocked it. She grabbed his foot and flipped him. He hit the ground hard.
"Give up yet Li-kun?" Rose asked sweetly.
"Of course not." Syaoran got up and punched Rose in the stomach. Hard. Rose gasped, and clutched her stomach. Syaoran smirked, but Rose delivered a roundhouse kick sending him flying into a tree. She stood up straight.
"Rule number one Li-kun, never let your guard down. That punch was good, but you under estimated me. Never do that." Rose said. She walked over to where Syaoran was lying. She knelt down and offered him her his hand. He looked at her in surprise.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. Can we call a truce?" Rose asked. He pushed her hand away and got up. Rose face fell and she looked hurt. Syaoran didn't see that. All he did was say:
"No, but I accept you apology." Rose looked down. Tears burned in her eyes. She wanted to become friends with him but he just was too stubborn.
"Fine, who needs to be friends with a cold heartless person like you anyway. I'll never bother any of you ever again." She said tearfully. She ran off with her face in her face sobbing.
"XIAOLANG LI, HOW COULD YOU DO THAT! THAT GIRL APOLOGIZED AND OFFERED YOU FRIENDSHIP!" Meling yelled. The others were still in shock from what had just happened. Sakura couldn't believe that her boyfriend had just lost a fight, but then she realized that Rose had said that she wouldn't bother any of them ever again, and had run away crying.
"Syaoran, why were you so mean to her! She has to live at my house. Now she hates all of us." Sakura said. Syaoran just stood there. The bell rung. They all looked up in surprise. They didn't realize how long they had been there.
"When we get back to class, I want you to apologize to Rose. If Syaoran, and I'm saying if, she is your sister, then I think you just ruined your relationship with her. I thought you said you missed her. Auntie Yelan kicked her out of the Clan. She didn't leave on her own." Meling said.
"But she never ever came back." Syaoran said whispering.
"Well, if that is her, then yes she did. Maybe she didn't want to because she thought you would get in trouble." Meling pointed out. Syaoran started to get a little frustrated. He knew what he had done was wrong, and ruined a chance of friendship with the girl, but he was still a little upset.
"Lets just go back to class. I know what your thinking, but you just got to swallow your pride." Eriol said.
"Ok. I'll apologize, first thing when we get back into the classroom." Syaoran said smiling. They walked back to the classroom, and everyone started teasing Syaoran about the fight. They got back to the classroom just in time. They all noticed that Rose wasn't in her seat. They got in there seats, expecting Rose to run in at any second. She didn't walk into the classroom al period.
"Does anyone know where Miss. Orion went to. She seems to be missing." Terada-Sensei asked them. Syaoran shifted nervously in his seat.
"Do you want me to go look for her Terada-Sensei?" Sakura asked.
"Yes that would be very nice of you Sakura." Sakura walked out of the room and went outside. She could sense someone in distress, and she had a gut instinct it was Rose. She walked in the direction she felt the aura. She found Rose in a tree crying.
"Rose" Sakura said softly. Rose looked up quickly, and tried to dry her tears.
"Hi Sakura. Aren't you suppose to be in class?" Rose asked.
"Umm.. I was sent to look for you." Sakura grabbed on to a branch and pulled herself up beside Rose.
"I'm not going back. I've decided to go back to Chi.. I mean France. I'm not wanted here." Rose said fresh tears coming out of her eyes.
"Shhhh, it's ok Rose you are wanted here. Syaoran wants to apologize and accept your truce. He was going to do it when we got back to class, but you weren't there." Sakura said rubbing the girl's back.
"You're just making that up." Rose said.
"No, he seriously wanted to apologize." Sakura insisted. Rose looked up.
"He did?" Rose asked hopefully.
"Yes." Well then I guess we better head then shouldn't we." Rose said jumping down from the branch she was sitting on. Sakura did the same.
"How we just go home since there is only 5 minutes left. Everyone's coming to dinner tonight to meet you tonight, so he can do it then. Ok?" Sakura said.
"Alright. My stuff should be there by now anyway." Rose said. She thought to herself
'If my first day was this exciting then I think I'm going to have a very hectic life in the near future'
FIGHT!
"Ok Eriol-san, you sit behind Tomoyo-san. Meling-san you sit in that far corner, and Rose…. Where am I going to put you?" Terada-Sensei said as he looked around the room. There were no more seats open. He knew that it would be at least be an hour before they could get another.
"Terada-Sensei, she can share a desk with me!" Sakura said standing up. Terada-Sensei smiled to himself. Sakura was so nice.
"Hai, that will do for now." He said.
Rose started walking down the aisle. She noticed that Syaoran was staring at her. She gave him a tentative smile. He glared at her. Rose looked down at her feet.
"Merci." She said to Sakura.
"Huh?" Sakura said with a confused look on her face.
"It means thank you in French. Arigato to you." Rose explained.
"Hoe"
"Hey Kinomoto-san who is that sitting behind us? He doesn't seem to like me very much." Rose asked. Sakura shot a wary glance at him.
"That's my boyfriend Li, Syaoran. Don't worry he doesn't trust people easily. He'll warm up to you soon. And call me Sakura-chan" Sakura told her. Rose nodded.
"Alright Sakura-chan."
LATER AT LUNCH
Rose was sitting under a Sakura tree, eating her lunch, and dozing at the same time. Sakura and Meling snuck up behind her.
"BOO!!!" they shouted at the same time.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Rose yelled. Then she blushed, because half the school was looking at her.
"Gomen. We did not mean to scare you Rose-chan." Sakura apologized.
"Would you like to eat lunch with us?" Meling asked.
"I don't know. Li-san doesn't seem to like me very much." Rose said uneasily.
"Don't worry about him Rose-chan. He is really nice once you get to know him. By the way were you wearing contacts before? Or are those glasses fake?" Sakura asked noticing the brown and cream colored thin rims around Rose's eyes.
"Oh my gosh, I forgot I put them on. The contacts bother my eyes, so I take them off during breaks. I look awful with them on, don't I?" Rose said removing them.
"Actually you look more sophisticated with them on. Especially with your hair like that. Put them back on." Sakura ordered.
"Hai…." Rose said. 'At least they don't think I'm a nerd' she thought.
"Lets go over to the others. They probably thought we ran away." Meling said jokingly.
"Hai" The group walked over to the fountain where Tomoyo, Eriol, and Syaoran were sitting. Rose smiled at them and got smiles returned from Tomoyo and Eriol, but Syaoran just glared. Sakura elbowed him in the stomach.
"Guys you all know Rose-chan right?" Meling said. Eriol did his customary greeting of kissing her hand. Rose blushed. Tomoyo bowed. Syaoran just stood there.
"We met her in class, but she wasn't wearing those nice glasses before, they make you look more sophisticated." Tomoyo said. Eriol nodded his head in agreement. Syaoran just stood there. Rose started to get self-conscious, because he kept staring at her.
"Li-kun, don't you have anything to say to Orion-san?" Tomoyo asked sensing tension between the 2.
"I have nothing to say to a traitor of my family." Syaoran said. Sakura's mouth dropped open.
"Syaoran-kun, that just plain rotten of you." She scolded.
"I'm just saying the truth."
"Ano…. would anyone mind filling me in on what is going on here. Siv vous plait. I mean onegai.." Rose asked everyone softly. They looked at her. She blushed.
"That is if you want to. It may not be any of my business. I mean I didn't mean to..... ehhhh maybe I should just go." Rose said turning around and started to walk away. Sakura grabbed her wrist.
"No Rose-chan you don't have to leave. We still have to eat lunch." She pleaded.
"I don't know Sakura-chan, she might betray us." Syaoran said coldly. Rose looked at him starting to get irritated. She didn't know why he was upset with her, but his attitude was starting to get on her nerves.
"Tai toi." She said simply.
"What did you say to me?" Syaoran said standing up a little straighter.
"I told you to shut up." The group looked at her in surprise. Rose looked at them and said:
"He is getting on my nerves." Meling chuckled. No one had ever told Syaoran to shut up before, and not regret it. She liked this girl.
"I'm getting on your nerves!" Syaoran said his voice getting louder.
"To put it simply, your attitude sucks. Didn't your Okaa-san teach you any manners." Rose said calmly, as she took a bite of her sandwich.
"There the same manners she taught you" Syaoran said.
"What are you talking about. I've never met your Okaa-san before in my life."
"Yeah right." Syaoran said with a smirk.
"You know, I don't need this. Your being extremely rude, and I don't like rudeness. Sakura if you don't mind I'm going to sit somewhere else. Anything has got to be better than this." Rose packed up her trash and got up.
"You can't lie. You look exactly like her Rose." Syaoran called. Rose stopped in her tracks. She turned around.
"Look exactly like who?" Rose asked.
"My sister." Syaoran said.
"I'm sorry I'm not your sister, and if your going to act like this every time you see some one who looks like your sister then I suggest you get an attitude adjustment. I don't know what this girl did to you that made you hate her so much, but that's no reason to take it out on me." She said. Eriol, Tomoyo, Sakura, and Meling just sat and stared at this historical event-taking place. Someone was actually scolding Syaoran! Not even Meling or Sakura did that. Meling thought it was hilarious, but she kept it to herself. She looked at Rose. If she let her hair down and lost the glasses she did look exactly like his twin.
"Listen I don't know why you're avoiding the fact that you are her Miss. 'Orion'." He said sarcastically. He took out a picture of himself and his twin that day at the beach. It was the last picture he had of her. He let her see it.
"Your right, I do look remarkably like her, but I'm telling you I am not I repeat NOT Rose Li." Rose said.
"Listen I don't care what you say. You're her. I can feel your aura." Syaoran said smugly.
"Aura? What's an aura? I've never heard of it before." Rose said looking confused.
"Your mag…" Syaoran started saying before Sakura, Eriol, and Meling pounced on him and covered his mouth.
"Syaoran, sweetie, we are going to tell her about that later. REMEMBER!" Sakura said.
"Umm Rose maybe you should go. I don't know how much longer I can keep him pinned. Usually when he gets like this he gets into a fight. The people he usually fights get hurt. I don't want you to get hurt." Meling said trying her best to hold Syaoran down. It was obvious he wanted to punch her and Meling wasn't sure if she could restrain him.
"Bring it on."
"Excuse me what did you say?" Meling said, not believing what she just heard.
"I said bring it on. I can take him. I'm not a defenseless little girl. Let him go if wants to fight. I promise neither him nor me will get hurt. He just might get a little embarrassed." Rose said calmly.
"Uhh, Rose, I don't think you know who your talking about. No offense to you but Syaoran is really good." Sakura said.
"I said let him go. I'm not a wimp. I have an extremely high pain tolerance and I can take punch." Rose said taking a battle stance.
"Are you sure. Wait a minute that's a Chinese fighting stance. Where did you learn that." Eriol said stunned.
"Let him go, and then I'll tell you. I want to see if this guy is as you good as you say he is. I haven't had decent competition for a while. Don't worry I can take care of myself. Just do it please." Rose pleaded.
"Alright, but if you need help you just tell us." Meling said letting Syaoran go. He jumped up and glared at her.
"I couldn't breathe very well you know!" he said to Meling.
"You deserve it. If you hurt her you'll regret it." Meling warned.
"Don't worry, I'm just going to embarrass her." Syaoran said smugly. He took a position similar to Rose's.
"Are you ready yet?" Rose said.
"Hai"
Syaoran tried to trip her. Her was extremely fast, but Rose was quicker she jumped over his legs and landed perfectly.
"She's good" Meling whispered to Sakura and Tomoyo, who by the way was currently taping the fight.
"How can you tell?" Sakura asked.
"Because of the way she landed. It was very precise, like she sensed what he was going to do." Meling said.
Rose ran towards Syaoran a punch, but he dodged it. He tried to kick her in the stomach, but Rose blocked it. She grabbed his foot and flipped him. He hit the ground hard.
"Give up yet Li-kun?" Rose asked sweetly.
"Of course not." Syaoran got up and punched Rose in the stomach. Hard. Rose gasped, and clutched her stomach. Syaoran smirked, but Rose delivered a roundhouse kick sending him flying into a tree. She stood up straight.
"Rule number one Li-kun, never let your guard down. That punch was good, but you under estimated me. Never do that." Rose said. She walked over to where Syaoran was lying. She knelt down and offered him her his hand. He looked at her in surprise.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. Can we call a truce?" Rose asked. He pushed her hand away and got up. Rose face fell and she looked hurt. Syaoran didn't see that. All he did was say:
"No, but I accept you apology." Rose looked down. Tears burned in her eyes. She wanted to become friends with him but he just was too stubborn.
"Fine, who needs to be friends with a cold heartless person like you anyway. I'll never bother any of you ever again." She said tearfully. She ran off with her face in her face sobbing.
"XIAOLANG LI, HOW COULD YOU DO THAT! THAT GIRL APOLOGIZED AND OFFERED YOU FRIENDSHIP!" Meling yelled. The others were still in shock from what had just happened. Sakura couldn't believe that her boyfriend had just lost a fight, but then she realized that Rose had said that she wouldn't bother any of them ever again, and had run away crying.
"Syaoran, why were you so mean to her! She has to live at my house. Now she hates all of us." Sakura said. Syaoran just stood there. The bell rung. They all looked up in surprise. They didn't realize how long they had been there.
"When we get back to class, I want you to apologize to Rose. If Syaoran, and I'm saying if, she is your sister, then I think you just ruined your relationship with her. I thought you said you missed her. Auntie Yelan kicked her out of the Clan. She didn't leave on her own." Meling said.
"But she never ever came back." Syaoran said whispering.
"Well, if that is her, then yes she did. Maybe she didn't want to because she thought you would get in trouble." Meling pointed out. Syaoran started to get a little frustrated. He knew what he had done was wrong, and ruined a chance of friendship with the girl, but he was still a little upset.
"Lets just go back to class. I know what your thinking, but you just got to swallow your pride." Eriol said.
"Ok. I'll apologize, first thing when we get back into the classroom." Syaoran said smiling. They walked back to the classroom, and everyone started teasing Syaoran about the fight. They got back to the classroom just in time. They all noticed that Rose wasn't in her seat. They got in there seats, expecting Rose to run in at any second. She didn't walk into the classroom al period.
"Does anyone know where Miss. Orion went to. She seems to be missing." Terada-Sensei asked them. Syaoran shifted nervously in his seat.
"Do you want me to go look for her Terada-Sensei?" Sakura asked.
"Yes that would be very nice of you Sakura." Sakura walked out of the room and went outside. She could sense someone in distress, and she had a gut instinct it was Rose. She walked in the direction she felt the aura. She found Rose in a tree crying.
"Rose" Sakura said softly. Rose looked up quickly, and tried to dry her tears.
"Hi Sakura. Aren't you suppose to be in class?" Rose asked.
"Umm.. I was sent to look for you." Sakura grabbed on to a branch and pulled herself up beside Rose.
"I'm not going back. I've decided to go back to Chi.. I mean France. I'm not wanted here." Rose said fresh tears coming out of her eyes.
"Shhhh, it's ok Rose you are wanted here. Syaoran wants to apologize and accept your truce. He was going to do it when we got back to class, but you weren't there." Sakura said rubbing the girl's back.
"You're just making that up." Rose said.
"No, he seriously wanted to apologize." Sakura insisted. Rose looked up.
"He did?" Rose asked hopefully.
"Yes." Well then I guess we better head then shouldn't we." Rose said jumping down from the branch she was sitting on. Sakura did the same.
"How we just go home since there is only 5 minutes left. Everyone's coming to dinner tonight to meet you tonight, so he can do it then. Ok?" Sakura said.
"Alright. My stuff should be there by now anyway." Rose said. She thought to herself
'If my first day was this exciting then I think I'm going to have a very hectic life in the near future'