Hellos again!! I wanna say thanks to azuremeiko for being my 1st reviewer!! Very sPEcial man!! Hehe and also thanks to Holly for thinking I have a future!! no need to thank Ella coz she's a bum!! Hehehehe. Well I hope you guys and hopefully more readers will enjoy this next chappie!! Read and review!!

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Chapter 2: The Newcomers

"Hurry up Sakura or you'll be late for school again!"

"Coming!" Sakura answered Fujitaka's call. She quickly grabbed her square school bag after brushing her auburn hair into pigtails and rushed downstairs. She met her father and Touya already eating their breakfast.

"Good morning!" Sakura greeted her family cheerfully. She turned around to the framed photo of her mother and also greeted her with the same enthusiastic voice.

Sakura's mother, Nadeshiko passed away when Sakura was only at the age of three. Sakura being at such a young age to lose her mother hardly remembers her at all. All she could remember were vague memories of her mother's beautiful face and the sound of her gentle voice. Sakura has been treating her mother's photo as though she were still alive and listening ever since she could remember.

Sakura sat down on her chair at the dining table in front of the stack of yummy smelling pancakes with a big happy smile on her face. Touya noticed the joyful expression on his little sister's face.

"What are you so happy about Monster?"

"Because it isn't long till its summer vacation!" Sakura answered ignoring the name Touya called her. She was too happy to ruin the wonderful mood she was in, especially because of her brother.

Touya nodded and continued to eat his own stack of pancakes. His mind was still full of the thoughts of Kaho. 'It's time to move on!' Touya reminded himself. He didn't want to start the day with thinking about her. It wasn't good for him.

His mind, ignoring the memories of her smiling face began to wander. A girl with long dark brown hair flashed into his mind, her gentle brown eyes smiling at him. After a sleepless night, Touya still hasn't worked out who Nakuru was to him. He was getting frustrated and wanted to know who she was even badly than before.

Fujitaka put down his cutlery as he finished with his pancakes. He wiped his mouth before making his announcement.

"I've been thinking about the upcoming summer holidays. I think I'll be able to get time off to spend time with you kids! Maybe we could all go down to the beach house near the coast!"

Sakura and Touya nearly choked on their food by what their father has just said. They didn't choke in a bad way. They were just surprise that Fujitaka is actually able to put aside his job to spend quality time with the family. It was rare because of their father being a college professor and a famous archaeologist.

"Really dad? That's great!" Sakura exclaimed. Her happy mood increased by ten times. "Are we able to bring our friends along?"

Sakura can see it now: the beach, her friends, the cool water, Touya, Fujitaka and her enjoying it all under the one sun.

"Yes, of course Sakura. We don't want Tomoyo and Meilin to be left behind now do we?"

Sakura squealed happily and climbed out of her chair to thank Fujitaka with a big grateful hug.

"It's great that you'll be able to stop work and all but we'll be late for school if Sakura keeps on hugging you. Come on squirt!" Touya said as he himself got out of his chair and picked up his black schoolbag. He stood there waiting for his little sister to finish.

Sakura let go of her father, grab the remaining pancake on her plate and stuffed it into her mouth. She grabbed her own schoolbag and waved to her father a farewell as she followed Touya out of the kitchen. She took her roller blades on her way out of the door and began to put them on as they were out of the house on the front steps.

"Hurry up squirt or we'll be late!" Touya called back as he began to walk off with his bike without Sakura. He got onto the seat and rode his way down the street towards school.

Sakura quickly latched her roller blades on and caught up with her older brother. Her happy mood didn't change a bit as she roller bladed her way through the streets of Tomoeda towards her primary school.

"So Touya, are you going to invite Yukito?"

"Why would you care?"

Sakura blushed. Touya noticed.

"Well you don't want to be all alone when I'm out with Tomoyo and Meilin do you?"

"Yeah Yukito is probably going to come. Happy?" Touya looked at Sakura and saw that the same dorky smile she was wearing earlier on was still plaster on her face. He took this as her answer and continued to pedal towards Sakura's school with his sister skating along side him.

::::::::: At Tomoeda Primary School:::::::::

Sakura finally reached her classroom after biding Touya goodbye and sorting her books out in the locker room. She was positive the moment she walks in the classroom door; she'll once again be the victim of Mr Terada. Sakura has arrived late for school so many times for the last few weeks, she was very sure she was going to get it this time. She slide the door open to room 4E holding her breath.

"Hey Sakura! Over here!" It was Tomoyo calling from the far side of the room near the back. The rest of the class was still all clattering and spread out within friendship groups.

Sakura thanked her lucky stars that Mr Terada was late. She walked over to her desk and waved to her friends as she past them.

"Sakura did you hear?" Meilin questioned her auburn haired friend who had just sat down on her seat. Sakura looked over at Meilin curiously and shook her head.

Tomoyo joined in the conversation by filling in what Sakura missed out on.

"There are two new students coming into our class. I'm sure one of them is Eriol. You know that guy we saw at the Spring Festival? I'm not sure about the other student."

"Whoa! Are you serious?" Sakura exclaimed. Her friends nodded.

"Sure are! That's why Mr Terada hasn't turned up yet. He'll be coming soon with the new students." Meilin informed her.

Her scarlet eyes travelled over to Tomoyo who was sitting there upon her seat now off with the fairies. Meilin smirked.

"So Tomoyo, how's it going with that Eriol guy? Talked to him recently?"

This got Sakura and Tomoyo's attention. Tomoyo's face began to redden. Her eyes concentrating way too hard at the floor that it was obvious this subject embarrassed Tomoyo. Her friends noticed this and started to giggle.

"You guys know I'm not going out with him.... we're just friends!"

"Sorry what was that? You were speaking too fast!" Meilin sang out in a happy singsong voice. Tomoyo poke her tongue at her laughing figure and turned around on her seat to face the front, ignoring the laughter behind her.

"Awwww come on Tomoyo, don't be mad! We were just joking!" Sakura apologised.

Tomoyo flicked her long hair and continued to remain oblivious to her friends. They knew that she was only playing and smiled at one another before their classroom door slid open and the chatter died down.

Mr Terada walked in with two shorter figures following him.

Sakura recognised one as Eriol with the exact messy dark blue hair and round glasses she'd seen at the Spring Festival. She wasn't sure about the other guy who had sadly messy hair as well but instead of a sombre colour, it was brown. Sakura had a feeling she has seen him before somewhere.

Eriol's eyes scanned the classroom and landed on Tomoyo. He smiled and waved to her. Even though Tomoyo is sitting in front of both Sakura and Meilin, they both knew she would be a dark shade of pink at this very moment. Both of them shared a good silent laugh together.

The class was still quiet as Mr Terada went over to his desk and began sorting out his folders leaving the two boys to stand facing the class. After a couple of minutes, Mr Terada finally emerged from his table and walked to stand next to his new students.

"Good morning everyone! Today we have two new students joining our class today and will remain with us till the end of the school year, which won't be a long time from here. Boys, introduce yourselves!"

Eriol stepped forward first and smiled to his new classmates.

"Hello! My name is Eriol Hiiragizawa and it's nice to meet you!"

With Eriol's positive attitude, he was able to bring many smiles his way. He stepped back to allow the boy next to him to step forward. When he did, he wasn't wearing a smile like Eriol. Instead there was a scowl, which made it clear that he didn't want to be here. His eyes dead cold that sent shivers down Sakura's spine.

"Hi, my name is Syaoran Li and it is nice to meet you." There was evidence in his voice that clearly says he didn't mean what he had said. Syaoran stepped back in line with Eriol who was still smiling with an absent mind.

Mr Terada took the attention away from Syaoran by clapping his hands

"Okay now I hope everyone will be kind and considerate to these young boys and offer any help when they need it. Would both Tomoyo and Sakura raise their hands?"

Sakura surprised that her teacher mentioned her name followed Tomoyo with putting her hand up. Everyone was watching.

"Mr Hiiragizawa could you please sit the empty seat next to Miss Daidouji and would you Mr Li seat yourself at the empty desk behind Miss Kinomoto. Thank you girls!"

Both Eriol and Syaoran began to weave their way between the desks towards the back where Sakura and Tomoyo sat.

Eriol stopped at the empty desk beside Tomoyo on the right and settled himself down. He looked at Tomoyo and smiled. Tomoyo blushed, returned the smile and look down at her desk. She didn't know her best friends behind her were both wearing huge mischievous grins on their faces.

Syaoran has already sat down upon his seat at his desk before Sakura even noticed that he had past her.

"Now that we are all settled in class, would you all please take out your maths books," Mr Terada's voice broke the silence once more. The air was now filled with sounds of students opening and closing their desktops after retrieving their maths text.

---------Recess---------

"So Eriol, where do you come from?"

Eriol was surrounded by a group of his classmates during recess break and was being bombarded by curious questions.

Eriol replied to the boy with spiky grey hair who was known as Yamazaki Takashi. This particular boy was famous for his never ending tall tales and his passion for computers, which is why he is the IT rep for Tomoeda Primary School.

"Ah England...I love that place. I've once been there when I was...let's say...ten years old. They say in England that it doesn't end until the fat lady sings; I remember my dear pop telling me that. Beside the point, one day in England I heard some lady singing out of nowhere and..."

"Give it a break Takashi! Don't freak Eriol out with you stupid stories!" Mihara Chiharu stepped forward and interrupted her cousin. It bugged her so much to hear one of her relatives filling peoples' heads with all these lies. Chiharu made a grab for Takashi's left ear and began dragging him off out of the crowd around Eriol.

Takashi was still heard jabbering on about his one day in England. Everyone within that circle laughed including Eriol.

"Isn't he just so...?" Tomoyo breathed out while watching Eriol about ten metres away, "...cute?" Her violet eyes were still following every of Eriol's moves.

Meilin and Sakura weren't sure whether to answer the strange question or to laugh their heads off. They decided to just grin broadly, which didn't affect Tomoyo at all to notice her friends were mentally teasing her. Her eyes were still concentrating at Eriol's perfect form.

"Eriol seems pretty popular. Hey where's the other guy? What's his name...? Ah Syaoran! Where is he?" Meilin pondered. She searched the courtyard wit her scarlet eyes before finding what she was looking for.

There under the big oak tree sat Syaoran all alone. He was miserably eating his recess while staring up at the blue sky dotted by some clouds.

With his negative vibe before, Syaoran has driven away any friendliness his new classmates might have had given him.

Meilin pointed out Syaoran to her friends and said, "Awwww...look Syaoran is all alone. I guess he doesn't like company."

Sakura and even Tomoyo who had broken her gaze on the blue haired figure turned to their right to look at the sad lonely figure of Syaoran Li.

Something kept on nagging at the back of Sakura's mind that there was something about this boy that was familiar. She just couldn't work it out. As if she was thinking out loud, Tomoyo answered her question.

"You know Syaoran looks very familiar...Hey!! Isn't he the guy with the loose dog at the Spring Festival last weekend?"

As soon as Tomoyo had mentioned that, flashes of a dog running through their friendship group and a boy with brown messy hair ran through Sakura's mind. Of course! That was where Sakura had seen Syaoran from, the Spring Festival! Her mind was now relieved after trying hard to find out the answer to her recent question.

"That's right! No wonder he looked so familiar!" Meilin exclaimed after also taking in what Tomoyo had just said. All three of them were all still looking at Syaoran when a shadow loomed across their bodies blocking their warm sunlight.

Tomoyo looked at the person who was covering the gentle sunrays and immediately regretted it. She looked down at her feet not wanting to look at the figure in front of the three in the eye. Tomoyo knew herself that her face would be as red as a tomato and didn't want to look back up. Who cares about being polite?

Meilin noticed the sudden movements of Tomoyo beside her and also noticed that someone was standing in front of them. It was Eriol and he was smiling. She looked at Tomoyo again and understood. Meilin stood up and stuck out her right hand towards Eriol who graciously took it.

"Hi! My name is Meilin Rae! I'm pretty sure you've already met Tomoyo. I'm one of her best friends and so is Sakura Kinomoto here!"

At the sound of her name, Sakura turned back to be staring at Eriol's form. Her eyes quickly travelled from Tomoyo, then to Meilin and then back to Eriol. Sakura also stood up and shook hands with the newcomer. "It's nice to meet you!"

"It's nice to meet both of you too!" Eriol noticed Tomoyo's strange behaviour and bend down on his knees in front of her so he was able look up at her eyes. He chuckled before asking Tomoyo what was wrong. "Hey there! Anything the matter?"

Eriol being the subject of what was on Tomoyo's mind made it hard for her to answer.

Sakura and Meilin exchanged glances. It wasn't like Tomoyo to act so weird in front of a guy she likes. She must really, absolutely like this Eriol Hiiragizawa was her friends' solution to Tomoyo's odd behaviour.

Tomoyo finally looked up to the blue eyes belonging to Eriol and shook her head. Her face was still flushed by his presence.

Eriol chuckled again. "I remember you saying that you would show me around Tomoeda Primary School or have you changed your mind?"

Tomoyo's mouth opened but nothing came out. She mentally kicked herself for acting like a fool and shook her head roughly to answer his question.

"Okay okay, no need to pop your pretty head off!" Eriol laughed. Sakura and Meilin joined in. Tomoyo blushed an even deeper red. (A/n: wow...a lot of blushing from Tomoyo eh?)

Suddenly the school bell was heard throughout the courtyard signalling the students that it was the end of their short break. Eriol smiled at the three girls before walking back to the school building.

Tomoyo stood up next to her friends who pushed her towards the retreating figure of her crush so that they could have some small talk before class begins. Meilin and Sakura high-fived each other and was congratulating one another for their good deed before Meilin was called over by Naoko, a good friend of the trio.

Sakura's emerald eyes travelled towards Syaoran who was walking towards the large blue doors of the school. His brown hair swayed with the calm breeze and his chestnut eyes solemnly continued to stare up at the sky. Slowly his eyes edged towards Sakura's direction and for a brief moment their eyes met. As quick as a fox, Syaoran looked straight ahead again making Sakura wonder if he had just looked at her or she just imagined it. She shook her head to clear her mind and caught up with Meilin and Naoko.

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Touya looked at his right to see Yukito gobbling down his lunch at a high speed. Touya looked away because watching his friend eat can make him lose his appetite.

There on another bench not so far away was Nakuru eating and reading at the same time. Her dark brown hair played with the gentle wind as she turned the page of her book she was reading. Touya still was unsure on where he'd seen her from. 'Maybe an old friend?' his mind asked him as he still had his eyes laid on her slender form.

"She's pretty isn't she?"

Touya jerked out of his thoughts and faced his hazel eyed friend with fear written all over his face. Yukito began to laugh.

"What's your problem? I was just saying that Nakuru was pretty tis all!" Yukito wiped a tear out of his eye from laughing too much. "Seriously you don't think she is pretty?"

Touya shrugged. He looked back at Nakuru, who was still deep into her novel, her tender brown eyes slowly travelling down the page and moving onto the next side. Touya's usually serious brown eyes became soft as he continued to watch her. Touya failed to notice that he himself had let his guard down but someone else did.

Yukito smiled to himself before consuming more of his yummy noodles. His friend was changing and he doesn't even know it.

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A/n man...my stomach is killing me!!! I need vicks or sumthin for my tum!! anyways besides my lil illness, did you guys like it?? Hope you guys review and tell me wah you think!!!