Hello again you guys!

I've decided to update much faster

As you all know Sakura had a rough first day, and there is a reason to this, for the plot, but she will meet a few friends in this chapter.

Also as you know I'm dedicating this to my very good friend Nikki, and believe it or not being picked on like that happens to her at her school, and I wanted to write this for her.

So if you're reading this Nikki, I finally put it up!

Wait till Tomoyo and Meiling to get there, things will be changed, rather forcefully snickers

And any suggestions anyone has, will be greatly appreciated so email me or send it through a review!

Well on with the story

Raising Terror

Chapter2

It was a Saturday morning and Sakura lay asleep in her bed. Her hair a disarray around her face, and fanned around her pillow. One arm clutching a teddy bear to her chest, while the other lay limply off the side of her bed.

In truth Sakura couldn't care less if she awoke, she dreaded it there, the surroundings were nice enough but she couldn't bring herself to call it 'home'. The school sucked, I mean sure it was beautiful but she couldn't say the same for the residents who attended the school.

'What are the other people in this city like?' Her sub-cautious mind asked herself, would they berate her as well? Would they criticize her when she goes to the local park, to sketch?

Though she didn't want to awaken someone wouldn't allow it, for a dark shadow crept its way across her room, and to the window, that had been shut keeping the sun out of her room, and the darkness in.

"Rise and shine Sakura, its near noon, and we have somewhere to go!" Her dad happily announced, opening the blinds allowing the rays of light to shine through and into Sakura's eyes.

"Blind! Oh my god, I'm going blind!" Sakura yelled dramatically, shielding her eyes from the bright rays.

"Dramatic much?" Touya said from the doorway, laughing freely, "Hurry up, twerp we have places to go, and people to meet"

"What?" Sakura sat straight her mind reeling, 'people to meet? Places to go?'

"Yes, our next door neighbors invited us over for a barbeque," Her father said happily, looking at Sakura, he saw her upset face, "Why? Is that a problem?"

Sakura looked to her brother and father, she saw her brother shoot her a warning glance, and Sakura shook her head, "No dad it isn't a problem, it should be fun..."

'Fun?!'...Sakura had no idea she said that, since when was being mocked and made fun of, Fun?

"Okay then, its settled. Be ready in an hour." Her dad said a smile graced his features.

Sakura sighed, she wanted to throw a fit, she wanted to move back home and go to her old high school, but she knew it was selfish, and would have to sacrifice this for her families sake. Her dad was happy with where he worked, and her brother seemed okay with it.

She went to her closet to find the right outfit. 'Hmmm....a barbeque, so I should dress casually.' She decided on a cute white mini with little cherries printed on the fabric and ruffled at the end, and a solid red T-shirt. She concluded that it was pretty hot outside and put her long silky hair up into a pony tail.

She heard a knock on her door, and allowed the person inside.

"Sakura..." Touya was dressed in his normal attire, a pair of baggy jeans, and a red shirt; he made his way to Sakura's bed and took a seat on its edge.

"It was nothing; a little lie won't hurt anyone. Plus they can't do anything in front of dad, so I'm safe for now. And maybe these people we are going to meet are different." Sakura said with a watery smile.

"Are you sure? You seemed pretty upset yesterday. You didn't need to lie to dad," Touya said in a brotherly manner.

"Yes I'm sure, if it gets out of hand I'll tell him, but I think this will blow over soon..." 'At least I hope'

Touya nodded his head, and they heard there father calling them from downstairs.

Sakura's anxiety rose, as she and her family made it up the drive way and to the front door. Her mind kept asking her questions about what they would be like, and how would they treat her.

The door swung open to revel very cheery looking women, "Oh hello, you must be the Kinomoto's. It's nice to meet you all come on in...uh?"

"Call me Fujitaka, Nice to meet you as well...uh..."

"Call me Maylin, What lovely kids you have! "The cheerful women, Maylin announced brightly smiling a genuine smile to the two kids.

'Maybe this family was going to be different?'

"Thank you, there my pride and joy, this is Touya, and Sakura," Sakura's father said with a sheepish smile.

"Sakura how old are you?" Maylin asked Sakura, a smile still among her features.

"Um, I'm 17. Why, if I may ask?" Sakura replied her manners, never swaying.

"Oh my twins are that age! I'm sure you'll get a long great! Let me call them down," The women said happily, calling for the two.

Sakura obliged rather reluctantly, where these kids someone from her school? The school she hated.

Her fears were answered with her worse thought, descending down the stairs were, the kids from her class, the popular boy and girl, whom she thought were related.

Touya caught her look of fear, and his eyes flicked over to the twins walking down the stairs. To him they didn't look bad, in fact the looked rather friendly.

The twins faces held smiles, but when they noticed Sakura they looked somewhat apologetic.

"Sakura I would like you to meet, Aya and Travis. Aya, Travis meet Sakura." There mother seemed completely oblivious to the fact that they were in a class that made her miserable, as did her father.

"Hi Sakura, nice to meet you, I'm Aya, I believe we are in the same home room," The girl said with a small smile, that told Sakura that she meant no harm. She was wearing a white layered skirt, with a light blue top, accenting her eyes, her blonde hair pulled into a high pony tail.

Travis on the other hand smiled freely, he found Sakura quite intriguing, and very pretty "I'm Travis" Travis was clad in baggy black jeans and a dark blue shirt, making his light eyes look lighter against the dark fabric. His hair left in its messy style.

'What? No evil glares?' Sakura thought inwardly...'wait... now that I think about it, they never did glare at me, or laughed at me....'

Her brother to the rescue...kinda... Her brother from his place next to Sakura swiftly poked her in the back, causing her to lunge forward, "O- very nice to meet you too!"

Touya snickered from his place, and Sakura quickly kicked him in the chin, and as a result he yelped and grabbed his leg.

Sakura's father and Maylin were engaged in a conversation waving them off, to talk. Touya had taken a seat next to his father, eventually joining in the conversation, leaving Sakura alone with the twins.

"So...Sakura you live next door to us? Cool," Travis took the initiative to break the ice.

Aya sweat-dropped, her brother was a sucker for pretty girls, "Stop flirting T, you'll scare her!"

Sakura actually giggled, they weren't what she thought they were. In fact, from the bickering they reminded her of Yamasaki and Chiharu, from back home.

"Excuse him he's a sucker for girls, especially pretty ones," Aya said with a smug look toward her brother.

"A!" Travis blushed, pink tingeing his cheeks.

Sakura blushed as well, he was flirting with her? And they thought she was pretty? And here she thought they were like her other prejudice classmates, she totally misjudged them and felt guilty for thinking it.

"I doubt he was flirting with me," Sakura modestly cut into the bickering, seeing a shocked face and a sheepish looking one.

'Is she that dense?' Aya thought to herself, hanging her head in amusement.

"...Well I wouldn't say that...." Travis said truthfully, yet with confidence. The blush still evident on his face.

"So you were?!" Both the girls asked, but one was amused and smug, while the other was flattered and embarrassed.

Travis scratched the back of his head cutely," Aw...it wasn't my fault! Like you weren't drooling over her brother"

"I- I was not!" The tables suddenly switched on Aya as her brother started to chuckle, and she whacked him, and thus started a new argument.

Towards the end of the day, Sakura seemed quite cheerful, I guess it was contagious at there residence.

To Sakura, Aya and Travis were just like her; they liked and disliked everything she did, save a few things. While Aya and Travis thought it was so cool that Sakura wasn't from around there, because they claimed everyone here was too head-strong. They even offered to take Sakura out to her old house, because they wanted to see her old town and friends; she agreed willingly.

She learned a lot about them, like that they were originally from New York, and moved there because they wanted a new challenge to their life, and found they liked it there, so settled in.

Before leaving, they exchanged numbers. The two groups clicked; it was as if they were all already friends, and known each other for awhile.

Leaving she went back to her house, she found that her house was parallel to Travis's window and the next window happened to be Aya's.

And as if by another coincidence due to both houses decorative style, there were- what seemed- landscaping ladders underneath each window, giving access to the rooms, and right from Travis and Aya's mouth 'escape routes'.

She smiled at that thought, they were really cool, and really great friends.

Opening her window she saw, Travis, who happened to see her as well.

Since there houses were within shouting range, she called out to him along with a wave, "Hey Travis!"

"Sakura! Hello, Aya is in the shower, she'll probably come in here in about 7 minutes."

He knew his sister well, as exactly 7 minutes later, Aya walked in towel drying her hair, "Oh hi Sakura!."

Sakura waved, to her new found friend.

"Come over!" Aya called out to Sakura, with a smile, and hand gesture.

"Are you sure?" Sakura said she told them she was in her pajamas and they shrugged saying they were as well, so she climbed through and outside. Her father wouldn't mind neither would her brother; they trusted maylin and her family.

Climbing up the ladder up to Travis's window, he held out an arm for assistance, which she gratefully took.

Inside she noticed his room was fairly clean, save a few strewn objects lying about. They found themselves sitting comfortably around the room, Aya lying on Travis's bed, Travis on a chair, while Sakura sat on his desk.

They began talking about whatever that came to mind, they chatted about the school, telling Sakura that the same thing happened to them, it's just that it did blow over in the end and the school grew to accept them as different, though they didn't doubt they would back stab them. Sakura wondered if it would happen to her. Would they accept her? And if they didn't what would happen?

She had learned so much about them, and thought if it was possible to learn that much in one day. She wondered if she could trust them, she wanted to be able to, but could she?

Aya and Travis enjoyed Sakura's company, they found her very down to Earth and easy to get along with, they knew by her personality that she was trustable, and would trust her with anything they told her.

Aya and Travis saw Sakura as a sister-figure someone to look out for and to help when she needed it, and didn't mind it in the least. Travis found her attractive and all, but thought of her more as a sister, and nothing more.

At around 11:30 Sakura heard her father call to her from her window, "Sakura, come home by 1:00, I'm going to sleep!"

"Okay dad!" Sakura called back, and they continued there conversation till 1:00.

Climbing her own window, she found her computer calling to her, so she signed on to her messenger, and surfed the web.

Tomoyo and Meiling were on, and she chatted with them for a few hours. She found out that Meiling used to live around this area, and Tomoyo and her are best friends and do everything together.

They decided to play a 20 questions type game, and Sakura found out that Tomoyo has wavy waist length purple hair (what color hair does she have? Orchid or slate or something? I dunno...) and amethyst colored eyes. Where, Meiling had ruby colored eyes, with black hair that went mid-back, but always kept in two half buns at the sides of her head.

Sakura also found out much about where they lived, and how cool the United States were. She found that they had many things alike with them, and they became very good friends as well, leaving Sakura happy to know that she wasn't hated by everyone.

Sakura laid in her bed thinking about an easy question, Tomoyo asked in the group. 'Do you have a boyfriend?' They had all answered no, Tomoyo saying that boys were back-stabbing jerks, then explaining an old boyfriend and how it ended with him leaving her for a friend. Meiling saying she was afraid to be hurt. That wasn't the part that irked her though, the fact that when she thought about it her mind drifted to the rude kid from the hallway at her school.

'What does he have to do with it? He's just one of those rude kids from my school' her mind rambled on about him. No matter how much she tried not to think about him, she thought about him more.

Drifting off into a shallow sleep, she remembered she still had that school to go too, a nightmare in itself.

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A very mellow chapter huh...

Well what did you think? She has friends now, but what about when she gets back to school?

Please review and I'll update soon!