Kalli: Hi again! I'd like to thank everybody that reviewed the 3rd chapter:

Chrissie-chan- I kno…horrid cliffhangers, huh? Thanx for your review!

SAKURA LOVER- thanx , that's so sweet of you! You'll find out who the new person is in this chapter!

Chiharu Mihara- hmm… it could be Meiling…lol…thank you for your review!

Mercury- thanx for your review! Hehe..now,now…I'll update soon so you don't have to beat me up!

Melody- thank you!!! You reviewed my story 3 TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ur so nice!

SweetCard- of course I'll make things right! I couldn't just leave it the way it was!!!

kotsch- I'm glad you like it! Lol

cool camzy blue- I'll definitely be writing more chapters! I dunno how many though…



Kalli: wow! 8 reviews! That's more than I expected!

Kira: Yay! Neways our special guest is Eriol!

Eriol: Hello.

K & K: Hi Eriol!

Eriol: Kalli, WHY DID YOU MAKE ME SOUND SO DEPRESSED!!!!???

Kalli: * sweatdrop * well, you'll sound happier later on, I promise!

Eriol: But MY Tomoyo is with my Cute Little Descendant!!!

Kira: * mumbles* not for long…

Kalli: KIRA! Your gonna spoil the whole story if don't keep your mouth shut!

Eriol: Kira, ignore Kalli, tell me what happens.

Kira: O.k. * whispers into Eriol's ear* well…THAT'S NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS!!!!

Kalli: Thank you Kira!

Eriol: You 2 are more evil than me!

Kira: More evil than you? Yeah right!

Kalli: I'm with Kira, you are more evil than us.

Kalli: anyways here's the 4th chapter!



Key:

".."- speaking

'…'- thoughts

CAP LETTERS- yelling

#$…#$- P.O.V. change

~~~ - scene change

*….*- actions

a/n- author's note



Relationships and Hardships

By: Kalli



From where we left off…



And the door opened to reveal….MEILING!* (SweetCard and Chiharu Mihara u were right!)

Syaoran: 'NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! NOT MEILING!!!!!!!ANYONE BUT HER!!! SHE'S EVIL! EVIL I TELL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sakura: 'hm…Syaoran doesn't look very happy…I wonder why… yay! It's Meiling.. I haven't seen her in a long time!'

Tomoyo: 'ohohohoho…Syaoran doesn't look happy about this at all..but I'm glad Meiling is back and I bet Sakura is too'

Eriol: 'So…My Cute Little Descendant is back'

Chiharu,Naoko,Rika,and Yamazaki: 'Meilings back!'

Terada-sensei- Class, welcome back Meiling Li!

Meiling: Ohayou minna-san!

Class: Ohayou Meiling!

"Meiling you can sit in front of Kinomoto-san"

"Okay"

Meiling smiled at Sakura and mouthed "Hi!"

Sakura smiled back.

Meiling looked at Syaoran and smiled very evily. Syaoran frowned and slumped in his seat.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gym Class~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Sakura! The sensei said I could be in your group!"

"Great! I'm so glad!"

"So, what are you and your other partner working on right now?"

"The Balance Beam"

" Cool!"

Hokima: Sakura! C'mon we have to get to work! Oh, who's that?

"Hokima, meet Li Meiling, Meiling, meet Akino Hokima"

" Ohayou Li-san"

"Ohayou Akino-san, you can call me Meiling"

"Then you can call me Hokima"

"Okay"

The trio walked over to the balance beam and began to work on their routines.

Sakura started with a run and then triple-flipped onto the beam. She stood on her hands for a few seconds and did a cartwheel, then pushed off with her hands and landed on the mat.

Hokima and Meiling clapped and cheered. Then Hokima went up to the mat. She did a single flip onto the beam and did a somersalt , then rolled off the beam . " Good job Hokima! Your really improving on your routine!" said Sakura.

Meiling then said " Sakura, um.. do I just make up something or do I do a routine I've been working on?" " You can do either one" "okay" Meiling ran up to the beam and did a one handed cartwheel onto it . She then jumped and spun into the air and landed with a bow.

Sakura and Hokima cheered. "wow! That was really good Meiling!" said Hokima. "Thanks"



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~At Lunch~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



*Everyone is sitting under the Cherry Blossom tree*

Naoko: So Meiling, how is everything in Hong Kong?

" Pretty good, Syaoran, your sisters and your mom say hi"

" Tell them that I say hi too"

"So Sakura how's life been?"

" It's been alright"

" You sound so happy"

" Sorry, I'm just a little out of it lately"

"oh"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~After School~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Syaoran: Tomoyo! Wait up!

Tomoyo turns around ,sees Syaoran, and stops*

"Hi Syaoran"

"Hey, I think we need to talk"

"Yeah, we do.."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Afterschool with Meiling, Eriol,and Sakura~~~~~~~~~~~~

Meiling: So Sakura, what's been going on with your brother, Yukito, Nakuru, and everybody?

Touya: Well, why don't you just ask me. * Meiling whirls around, sees Touya, and blushes*

Meiling: Touya, it's you!

Touya: Uh.. Sakura..who is this?

Sakura: Don't you recognize her?

Touya: No…

Sakura: It's Meiling!

Touya: The Chinese gaki's cousin?

"yeah"

"Wow…um Meiling …your very beautiful now that you're older"

" Oh..thank you so much Touya!"

Yukito walks up behind Touya*

Yukito: Touya do you have a lil' crush on Meiling?

" No Yuki."

*Nakuru walks up*

Nakuru: Yuki, c'mon you promised to take me to get some ice cream, remember?

Yukito: *blush* I'm coming Nakuru.

Meiling: are those 2 going out?

Eriol: Yeah, they are. Do you guys wanna come over for a snack or something?

Touya: Thanks, but I have an afternoon job today.

Sakura & Meiling: We'd love too!

Eriol: Alright, lets go.

" Uh..will Spinel mind"

" Nah, he's probably reading another one of his books"

"Okay"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~At Syaoran's Apartment~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tomoyo: Syaoran, I've been thinking and I've come to a conclusion.

" And that is…."

" We don't seem to be spending as much time together, we don't talk a whole lot either, and we only hang around with each other as friends"

Syaoran smiled " You know, I've noticed that too, and I'm guessing that what both of us are trying to say is that we don't have the romantic spark anymore, but we do have the best friend spark."

"Exactly"

"That's okay Tomoyo, I wasn't going to mention this for awhile, but…."

" You like Sakura-chan…" Tomoyo said slyly.

"No! maybe..yeah"

"KAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tomoyo screamed.

"Tomoyo, I think I'm deaf!"

"Sorry.."

Tomoyo then said " Can I tape you two if you get together?"

"Uh…sure, I guess, but there's a low chance of Sakura liking me back"(a/n- Syaoran,Syaoran alas, if only you knew.)

"We'll see about that…"

" What does that mean?"

"It means that I'm going to help set you up with Sakura"

"Tomoyo, you have that gleam in your eye..Tomoyo..Tomoyo..STOP GIVING ME THAT EVIL LOOK!!!!"

"ohohohohohohohoho…this is gonna be fun.."

Syaoran then realized his chance to get back at Tomoyo. " Okay but only if I can set you up with Hiirigizawa"

"W..wh.what are you t..ta…tal..talking about Syaoran?"

" You like Eriol don't you?"

"Yes, and I'm proud of it"

That was not something that Syaoran had expected. " Yeah, well ..okay"

Tomoyo started to giggle. Syaoran glared at her and "hmphed".

"I'm sorry Syaoran…hahahahahaha..but you just look..hahaha..so…hahahaha….FUNNY!!!" and with that Tomoyo burst into laughter.

"I'm glad to see that you find me so amusing Tomoyo"

Tomoyo's laughter eventually died down. She looked up at Syaoran and smiled.

"So, you like Sakura and I like Eriol..I'm gonna help you and Sakura hook up no matter what"

"Then maybe I'll help you hook up with Eriol"

"Alright, * sigh * I'm glad that we talked about this Syaoran"

"me too"

"I better be going now"

"Okay"

Syaoran and Tomoyo hugged each other, feeling glad that they were back to just being friends again.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Eriol's House~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Eriol: So what do you ladies want to drink?

*Meiling and Sakura giggled*

Meiling: I'll have green tea please.

Sakura: I'll have apple-cinnamon tea(a/n- if you haven't tried this tea you need to, it's good)

Eriol: Okay I'll be right back.

sounds are heard from down the hall*

Meiling and Sakura look down the hall and see lights going on and off under one of the doors. They get up and slowly walk down the hall. They are by the door when they hear voices saying "Die you stupid zombies! DIE!!!!" "Your going down Spinel!" "In your dreams Kero!"

Sakura: * bursts door open * KERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kero: *looks up* oh..uh..hehe..hi Sakura *sweatdrop*

Sakura: I thought I told you to bring Spinel over to our house if you want to play video games!!!

All: * sweatdrop * typical Sakura

Eriol: Here's your..hello.. Oh! There you are..here's your tea.

Sakura and Meiling: Thank You!

time passes *

Sakura: Oh! I have to go!

Meiling: me too!

Eriol: Well, I'll see you tommorow then.

Sakura and Meiling: Bye Eriol!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sakura's Room~~~~Sakura's P.O.V.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I sat staring at the ceiling. I decided that I couldn't just lay there and do nothing. I turned on the radio and listened for a while. They were playing Destiny's Child's song "Emotions". As I listened I though about my feelings. Lately I felt attracted to Syaoran in a different way than usual…almost like I was…no..I couldn't be..I was… I was in love with Syaoran.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tomoyo's Room~~~Tomoyo's P.O.V.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I layed on my bed and stared out the window at the stars in the sky. I thought about how nice it must be to be a star. Beautiful, bright, and free to roam the night sky. The stars twinkled just like Eriol's beautiful eyes. Eriol..I liked him..no,loved him. Tommorow I'm going to tell him how I feel .



END



Kalli: well there's the 4th chapter!

Eriol: Finally! Things are beginning to look up for me and my Tomoyo…* goes into lala dreamland *

K & K: *sweatdrop* it figures.

Kira: Aren't you forgetting something?

Kalli: Oh yeah! Here's the preview for the next chapter:

Tomoyo finally tells Eriol how she feels, Then she starts planning how to

Get S+S together. What is she planning? Meiling and Touya meet up after

School by accident, and we see a little scene of romance between Y + N

In " Blooming Romance of the Stars"

Kira : Don't forget to R&R!!!