HI!!!! I am soooo sorry that I didn't update any quicker! My computer was being a full on bully _ pretty much the same as author's notes, just that they're specially done by me.)

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Tomoyo had to go off a greet a few business partners and Sakura was left alone. Our cherry blossom decided take a flask of champagne and took a seat along the side to wait for Tomoyo. She started to get uncomfortable with all the attention surrounding her. Quite a few young men had approached her to ask for her hand in a dance, all of which she turned down politely. Just when she thought that everyone had gotten sick of her and decided to relax and enjoy herself, someone came and sat down next to her, she turn her head to meet a hurtfully familiar pair of eyes. those same mesmerizing ones that had hurt her so much all those years ago. Hatoshi.

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A plane trip away, in Hong Kong, a young, handsome, most-wanted bachelor of Hong Kong man was leaving the Cathay Pacific terminal of Hong Kong on a flight to. Tokyo



Tokyo, Meridian Hotel, 8.30pm

Those silver eyes with traces of blue in them were just as mesmerizing as they were 4 years ago. His facial expression still haven't changed much. His hair was still that neat and spiked midnight black colour. He still had his captivating looks and mysterious aura. the features that Sakura would still dream about on a lonely night.

"H-h-hatoshi?" stuttered a shocked Sakura.

"Umm. Sorry miss, but do I know you? How do you know my name? And yes I am hatoshi. My name is Sukiteka Hatoshi, how can I help you?" replied a very confused hatoshi.

"Sorry Sukiteka-san, I don't know you, but I just read your name off you name tag that's all, hatoshi is a very nice name. It was nice meeting you, excuse me, I need to go now." Lied Sakura as she stood up and prepared to leave. 'He doesn't even remember me. well I guess a lot has changed since the last time we met.'

*~*~*~*~*~*~* flash back *~*~*~*~*~*~*

A young 16 year old girl was sitting around on the park bench, swinging her legs up and down and fiddling with her hands. Her short brown hair was tied up by a single hairtie in a rushed and unneat way. She had no make up on and a pair of very thick and nerdy glasses sitting on her nose. She wore a simple pair of worn out baggy light blue denim overalls and a plain shabby white T-shirt. Her sneakers dragged along the floor each time she swung her legs. Her green eyes were staring at her figetty hands. Her name was Sakura, Kinomoto Sakura.

Sakura was waiting for Sukiteka Hatoshi, her 17 year old boyfriend, he said he had something serious to tell her.

She waited for ten minutes until Hatoshi came. People at school always wondered why Hatoshi was going out with Sakura. Sakura wasn't a loser, but she definitely wasn't popular, unlike Hatoshi. Hatoshi had it all, good looks, good personality, great marks and all of it put together made him one of the most popular guys in the school. He would always defend Sakura when people talked, pointed and laughed at her. He could have any girl he wanted but he chose Sakura. He treated her pretty well. But Sakura and him just weren't on the same level.

The wind tugged lightly at his hair. He had a gentle smile on his face. His eyes were uncertain though. And Sakura was taught, eyes never lie, you always see the truth in people's eyes.

"Sakura."

"Hey!" smiled Sakura as she stood up to greet him, "You said you had something to tell me? What is it?" She was trying to stop the painful throbbing in her heart. she knew it, she plastered a smile on her face, but she had a feeling. a feeling that what she was going to hear was not going to be good.

"Sakura. it's not your fault."

"What do you mean it's not my fault??? Hatoshi? What's the matter?"

"Sakura. I think we need a break from each other for a while."

Sakura stopped, she thought she didn't hear properly, letting her worries take over her. she was sure she didn't hear what she just did.

"Nani?" she whispered.

"Sorry Sakura, I can't go out with you anymore, I think we might have to stop seeing each other. it's not your fault, it really isn't. Gomen, gomen."

"Hatoshi? It's not true, you're just joking, you wouldn't do this to me? What did I do Hatoshi? Did I do something wrong? I'll change I promise, but please. please, I beg you, don't leave me." Begged Sakura with tears streaming down her pale cheeks.

"It's not your fault Sakura, it's just that I don't like you that way anymore. I don't want to hurt either of us by continuing like this. I hope you'll understand. And I'm sure, sure that you'll find a guy way better than me one day. Please understand. I hope we can still be friends."

"It's O..O..o..k. Thank you so much for treating me so well Hatoshi. Thank you for making me feel so special. I'm gl..gla.glad that you were my first love." choked out Sakura as she turned her heels and ran the opposite way, tears flowing down her cheeks.

The next day Sakura arrived at school and was shocked. The prettiest, snobbiest, richest and most popular girl in the school was at the gates, there. in Hatoshi's arms. His arm around her waist, her head on his shoulder. The day after the break up, all those words and comfort. was a lie.

Sakura walked past them. Hatoshi didn't notice her. She heard the girl ask,

"You know, Hatoshi, why were you going out that geek Sakura all that time. I mean, you spent like a whole semester outta your life with her. You could have had any girl but you chose that plain old girl that has no taste in clothing any how?"

"SShhhh. Ryo, well, to be honest. I don't even know why I went out with her. I guess I needed something - or more like someone - new, so she was the first girl I bumped into, and she was different so I chose her."

"Well thank god you have better taste now than then Hatoshi."

And the girl snuggled up to his shoulder and he rested his chin on her head. Sakura heard it all though. Each and every single word, like a knife stabbing into her heart. She turned her heels and ran. She didn't know where she was running but all she knew was that he needed to get as far away from Hatoshi as possible. She ran to the park and sat there.

It started to rain. It was nearly as if Mother Nature took pity on her and was crying as well. She stayed like that in the rain and cried her heart out

'you were my first love Hatoshi, my first and maybe even my last. Love hurts too much. Sayonara Hatoshi, sayonara.'

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PRESENT: Tokyo, Meridian Hotel, 9.00pm

Sakura was standing there, thinking of all these past events when she didn't even notice that she was still in the same position as before, before she was about to leave Hatoshi. And Hatoshi was staring at her.

"Miss? Miss? Are you alright?" questioned Hatoshi.

Sakura snapped out of her trance before replying Hatoshi.

"Oh! Yes, sure, I'm alrite Sukiteka-san. I was just about to leave, sorry."

"Umm miss? I didn't catch your name and you don't have a name tag on. Have we met before, you seem awfully familiar."

"I don't know." And with that, Sakura turned her heels and left Hatoshi standing there, perplexed about what that mysteriously familiar hot chick that was there a second ago was all about.

'He doesn't remember me, that's probably a good thing.' And a forbidden tear escapes and streams down her cheek.

Sakura met up with Tomoyo and pulled her to a side.

"Tomoyo-chan, I'm sorry, can I catch a cab and go home first, I mean. I have a lecture to go to tomorrow and I need to get home."

"Sakura-chan? What's the matter? Are you crying? Do you want me to go with you? Why don't you stay just a little longer, I just need to fix up some business matters and I'll go with you, I don't want you do hop into some stranger's car at this time of the night. You could get into trouble. Just a while longer and we'll get the limo and go, I promise." Said her observant friend who noticed the puffy red eyes and glassyness in their emerald colour.

"Okay, nothing's wrong Tomoyo, I don't mind, don't rush it with the business matters, I don't want to ruin anything for Kawaii designs. I'll just be sitting over there -," and Sakura pointed at a soft and comfortable sofa located at the other side of the room from where she and Hatoshi were sitting. "See you later then!" And she walked over to her sitting spot, not before picking up a glass of punch beforehand.

She made herself comfortable on the sofa and started flipping throught the magazine she found on the table next to her. She barely realized when a young man who had been watching her the whole evening made his way towards he. Only when he started to make conversation with her, that she noticed that wasn't alone.

"Good evening miss,"

Sakura jumped a little from surprise, "Pheww! You gave me a fright there, sorry, hello, how are you?"

Sakura felt comfortable around this guy and decided to talk to him, might as well, she had finished the magazine pretty much now.

"Sorry if I frightened you, I mean, I never knew goddesses can get frightened of anything!"

Sakura felt her cheeks heat up, not knowing if it had anything to do with this young man's comment or the effect of the punch was just starting to work. Finally, she lifted her head up properly to meet the man's gaze. He had hypnotizing blue eyes. they were different from anything she's ever seen before. Her heart skipped a beat, something that has not happened this way for the past three years. The young man was well built and was wearing a dark blue shirt with a matching tie and a pair of black trousers.

"May I please sit down?" he questioned

Sakura merely nodded her head and he sat down beside her. She unblocked her throat and said,

"So, let me introduce myself, my name is Kinomoto Sakura and I am here from Kawaii designs with Daidouji Tomoyo. You?"

"Hiiragizawa Eriol, from Li Enterprises. My cousin was supposed to be here but his plane got delayed, I think. I take it to mean that you (being as gorgeous as you are) would definitely be a model?"

A blush crept up Sakura's cheeks again and she said shyly,

"Umm.. I do some modeling for Kawaii designs, but that's only because my best friend owns it. I'm still studying at university at the moment. I'm really not that gorgeous. it's probably the make up."

"Ahh. but Kinomoto-san, I can see that you are different from all the other models here. You have lied just then, I can see that you don't have that 3- inch thick amount of make up like the other models here, all you have on is some eye make up and lip gloss, am I right?"

Sakura blinked for a moment and went dot eyed, and just nodded, "Wow! I never knew a guy would be able to see something like that! Well done, you are a very observant guy, you can't find many guys like that nowadays, you should really meet my friend Tomoyo."

"Well I'd be glad to meet such a beautiful lady's friend, I'm sure she'll be eye candy just like you are!", joked Eriol while Sakura feigned a frown and playfully slapped him on the arm.

"Heeeyy, I told you! I am not beautiful!" said a pink Sakura

"Yes you are." retorted Eriol

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you are!"

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you are!"

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you are!"

"No I'm not!"

"Geez Kinomoto-san, you seriously can't take a compliment very well you know? You are a very pretty lady, so just admit it. All the other ladies in this room would probably beg me to say such words to them" joked Eriol.

"Well, I would admit it if it were something true. Like I can tell you true things about me. hmm. let's see. my name, well you know that, so just skip it, I am 20 years old, my birthday is on April the 1st, I study a Bachelor of Arts degree at the Tokyo University, but sometimes do some modeling for my Tomoyo-chan, I have a VERY protective onii-chan who thinks that I am a kaijuu and I am very bad at maths but was a cheerleader at school!" Sakura babbled this all REAL quick and Eriol was staring at her with that usual smile playing on his face. there was a pause and then,

"Really, Kinomoto-san, do you always tell strangers so much about yourself the second you meet them? Because if you do, I warn you, such a pretty lady like you shouldn't do such things, there may be some dangerous people out there." Said an amused Eriol.

Sakura blushed and just shot back with, "I told you, I'm not pretty, but thank you for your advice, I usually aren't like this, it must be the drink working on me."

"Well, Kinomoto-san --,"

"Please, Hiiragizawa, just call me Sakura."

"Fine, only if you call me Eriol."

Sakura giggled "OK Eriol-kun, so what were you just saying?"

"Oh yes, Sakura, back to before," he continued, "well I was wondering if you wanted to meet some of my friends that are here tonight, I have a feeling that they'll take a liking towards you."

"That would be wonderful Eriol! Please, where are they? Are they nice people?". Cried an excited Sakua, her jade pools glistened like a 5-year- old would when offerend candy.

Eriol stood up and said, "This way, my lady", as he offered his hand.

Sakura blushed as she took it, "Thank you", she mumbled.

They walked on towards the center of the room when certain voices could be heard.

"Mmm. this champagne is REALLY nice!!!"

"Did you know that Champagne is actually a province in France? And in the 18th century the-- ,"

"STOP WITH YOUR LIES"

"You know, it's the truth he's saying for once this time. There really is a place in France called Champagne and it's the most enchanting little place," interrupted Eriol in a matter-of-factly tone. The girl with the brown hair blushed while the guy with black hair beamed at Eriol's support.

But the two people just kept on arguing. Sakura, on the other hand, was just staring at the couple. This continued until Eriol interrupts them politely once again to introduce Sakura. It was at this time that the two even acknowledged her prescence as they were oblivious of any of their surroundings due to the intense arguing. They both blushed and bowed their heads and turned with the full attention on Eriol, as he continued with a smile,

"Sakura, this is Mihara Chiharu and Yamazaki Takashi." Sakura let out the tiniest, most inaudible gasp.

"Chiharu, Takashi, this is my new acquaintance Kinomoto Sakura,"

Both Chiharu and Takashi's heads shot up at the sound of our cherry blossom's name. Chiharu and Sakura starred at each other for a while, tears building up in their eyes. Sakura finally gave in and gave the slightest nod before Chiharu threw her arms around Sakura.

"SAKURA!!! IT'S really you!!!" Sobbed Chiharu. Sakura and Chiharu were holding each other's hands sobbing and jumping up and down, not noticing everyone's gaze were on them hypo screaming and beautiful girls in the center of the room.

Eriol was extremely confused and Yamazaki was smiling, a very rare smile. one that was true and mature, not his usual demented and silly grin. All he said was,

"Eriol, you don't understand what you've just done. You've pretty much made Chiharu's dream come true." Eriol just stared at him so he continued,

"Explanations later."

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OTHER SIDE OF FUNCTION ROOM

Tomoyo was just finished with her business colleagues and was walking around looking for Sakura until she spotted a man. A very familiar man. And it hit her. She understood why Sakura wanted to leave. She needed to get outta there. more like, she needed to get SAKURA outta there. as soon as possible. To get her away from Hatoshi. She frantically searched everywhere in the function room until she heard Sakura's scream in the center of the room. Tomoyo started panicking. She would know Sakura's scream anywhere. (She was used to it due to going to school with her and seeing her run in screaming 'HOE' from being late EVERYDAY) Tomoyo pushed her way towards the center to find four people there. One strikingly handsome young man with sapphire eyes and azure hair. Another man with a shockingly familiar grin and two girls in the center. One was Sakura, then the other was. it couldn't be. but.

"Sakura-chan, you have changed so much! You're so pretty and wow! I can hardly recognize you! How long has it been?"

"Four years. four whole years Chiharu-chan"

The two girls hugged again.

"Ch-Ch-Chiharu? And. and. Takashi? Is that really you?"

All four heads wheeled around and all their eyes fell on Tomoyo.

"Oh my GOD!!!! SHIT!!!! It's Tomoyo-chan!!!! DAIDOUJI TOMOYO, COME OVER HERE!!!"

And the girls squealed and hugged, jumping up and down. Ignoring all the eyes that were watching the three in the room. They didn't give a crap. They missed each other so much and here they were, together in the same room again.

MN: Hey everyone!!! So? Did you like it? I did notice that some parts do contradict themselves, sorri bout that. I am soooo sorry that Syaoran didn't come in yet, but when he does, I want to make it dramatic and shit, so no one can forget him. (Not like anyone can anyway!) I am sooo sorry about the wait and all. I've already started the next chapter. There's 3 handwritten pages of it already, so yeah. There'll be some E&T in the next chapter. And I PROMISE this time. The Entry of Li Syaoran next chappie

Can someone please tell me if they would rather shorter chapters and more frequent updates or longer chapters and about once a week updates? Coz I really need to know.

This chapter. not too long, I know, 3484 words, Il try my best in the next chapter ok?

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