DARE ME TO CHANGE
Disclaimer: (Do I have to right these things over and over? I know you guys are tired of reading this, but I am obliged to, I might get sued.) You know the works; I don't own Card Captor… blah, blah
The morning breeze was refreshing. The air was filled with the smell of grass. A girl of seventeen walked along the field seemingly drowned in the view of the approaching sunrise. She looked beautiful with her honey-brown colored hair glistening with the first days of the sun. It was a blissful experience watching her, until…
"Watch out!" the girl turned around to see the commotion only to find…
-Thud-
… herself hit by a ball.
"Ouch… that hurt!"
The person who shouted ran to see the girl that got hit and immediately hugged her.
"Oh I'm so, so sorry Sakura!" she told the hurt girl wincing as if she was the one who got hit in the process.
"I'm fine Tomoyo… I think…"
"I'm really sorry! God, your face is swollen! Wait here, I'll get ice" Tomoyo fussed about running away from her.
"It should have, you kick harder than I thought" Sakura whispered smiling and lied down the field of grass closing her eyes.
"Sakura-chan!" a voice called.
"Syao-chan…" Sakura mumbled smiling without opening her eyes.
"Sakura, you've been daydreaming about your childhood friend again" the voice continued. Sakura's eyes instantly opened, she sat up and flushed seeing Tomoyo kneeling down to look at her, ice pack on hand.
"Um… did I say it out loud?" she asked
"Well" Tomoyo started grinning, "see for yourself" pointing to their snickering friends. Sakura glared at them and snatched the ice pack from Tomoyo forcing it to her face.
"Itai!" The shout was heard disrupting the still sleeping citizens living near the soccer field.
"Alright girls, practice session's over"
"Goodbye coach!"
"Er… would Kinomoto kindly remain" the woman said.
Sakura looked at Tomoyo and shrugged.
"Sakura, have you perfected our game plan with Tomoyo and Chiharu?" the coach asked
"Hai coach, we're going to win the upcoming game!" Sakura exclaimed.
"That's the spirit! Now go home and prepare for school, I'll be hanging on to your word captain!"
"Good morning hime! Finished practice early?" Fujitaka, Sakura's father, asked finding her in the kitchen preparing waffles for breakfast.
"You might as well know dad that our practice is EARLY in the morning for the upcoming games" Sakura answered sarcastically.
"Alright, alright, I was just kidding"
"Well, I have to rush now dad, I need an early start at school today"
She placed the waffles on the table, grabbed her bag and keys, kissed her dad goodbye and rushed out the door.
"Morning dad" Touya mumbled, scratching his head.
He went to the table and grabbed the waffle in the plate eating the whole thing at once without even tasting and stared at his father who was trying so hard not to laugh.
"What's the matter dad?" he asked.
"Well son, you just ate Sakura's cooking"
Without even hesitating, he puked the food out to the nearest sink and ran around like a madman searching for water.
"Kaijuu!"
"Hey, Sakura!"
"Hello to you again Tomoyo" Sakura said closing the door of her convertible and walking to her friend.
Tomoyo fiddled with her bag and brought out the video camera which she brings with her everyday and started filming.
Sakura shook her head mumbling something about throwing the videocam to a garbage can when she gets a chance. They walked to the school building and greeted friends as they walked inside. Sakura went up to her locker, got her books while starting a conversation with her camera-obsessed friend.
"Nice kick a while ago Tomoyo except that you made me the goal"
No reply… Sakura turned to her right only to find out that Tomoyo wasn't there. Her eyes then squinted to the far end of the corridor. She blushed and sweatdropped.
"Sorry for stealing her without notice Sakura" Eriol waved, walking to her with Tomoyo "I just couldn't resist, you know?"
Sakura grinned knowingly. "Now I know why Tomo-chan always brings that damned videocam, she likes filming you and her kissing."
The two flushed making Sakura laugh while walking to the classroom.
"Keep your voices down class" the teacher ordered "we have a newcomer, please introduce yourself Mr. Li"
"I'm Li Syoaran" the guy stated.
Sakura's eyes widened.
"No, it's not true, it's not him! This is just one damned dream again"
"Not much of a talker are we?" the teacher snickered. "Very well, you may sit next to Miss Kinomoto right at the back"
He immediately walked to the back and sat on the chair next to Sakura without even looking at her.
"You've changed a great deal Syao-chan" she whispered to herself.
"Sakura!" Tomoyo shouted. "I saw…"
"Li, I know" Sakura interrupted.
"Then why the long face?"
Sakura looked at Tomoyo, bursted out crying and fled outside the school.
"What happened?" Tomoyo whispered, confused.
"Hey Li! What's the matter man?" a guy with spiky hair asked.
Li Syaoran sighed turning his attention to his new found friends. "Nothing, I'm just tired."
"You know that girl?" another guy questioned pointing to Sakura who just ran out of school. "She was crying, I wonder what happened."
Syaoran's face tightened. "I don't know her Takashi"
"Alright then, let's go guys!" Takashi said. Syaoran followed them with his mind drifting off to somewhere else.
"I'm sorry…" he whispered to himself.
Sakura skillfully maneuvered the steering wheel to park her car on their garage. She looked at the rearview mirror noticing men moving furniture to her neighbor's house.
"I wonder who's moving in?" she thought. She got her things on the passenger's seat and opened the car door.
"You're back little brat" her brother greeted.
Sakura just raised an eyebrow at him.
"So who's the lucky family moving in the house across ours?" she asked.
Her brother grimaced. "The Li's are back, they're moving in again. Now there's gonna be two brats on our street and I don't think I can handle it. Maybe I should just move out, ne kaijuu?"
Sakura turned pale. "I should have known!" she slapped herself mentally.
"What's the matter brat? Too shy to meet your so-called childhood FRIEND?" Touya asked emphasizing the word friend. He loved teasing those two until Syaoran had to go, now Li's back, he's at it again.
"I'm gonna love this!" he thought.
Sakura walked past him and went inside, she was too tired to fight with his brother, physically and emotionally tired.
Ok guys! Chapter one's finished, review please! Don't worry; I'll be posting the second chapter in two days, so wait for it! I keep my promises people! Stick to that! Hehe!