It's the next chapter of love bottle! Yes, once again, it's been quite some time since the last update. I blame exhaustion, school, laziness, and writer's block. The only thing I can explain? The writer's block. But, this chapter is a little bit longer!

Anyway, this story has changed a lot. As pointed out by Kirjava Deamon there are a lot of smilies and author notes. Well at least there were in the first few chapters. They started to disappear after some time…

Disclaimer: I think y'all know I don't own this.

Chapter 10

Getting Closer

When Lisa spotted the golden eyed boy in the hallway, she knew something was wrong. As the bells rang for third period, she quickly grabbed the boy into the nearest empty classroom.

"What are you doing here? This is my mission."

"Father sent me, apparently he doesn't think you can get the job done alone," Kira smirked at the icy glare she gave him. "After all, look what happened with Alicia."

"I told him I wanted to do this alone," she muttered through gritted teeth, "Besides, anyone knows Alicia was a stupid twit who couldn't do anything. Anyway, I talked to Father a few days ago, he didn't mention anything about you."

Kira chuckled, "If he told you, you would have crashed my plane. Then who would help your sorry ass?"

"I don't need help," an idea suddenly popped into her head, her grimace quickly turned into a malicious smile, "But, you know I have been thinking about you."

"Oh really?" Kira asked skeptically.

"Of course! I've found the perfect girl for you!"

"I am not going to play your games. I'm tired of hurting innocents." He wasn't joking either. He wouldn't even be working for Father if it weren't for that bloody debt.

"Oh no, she's just this really great girl, totally your type. Her name's Kinomoto Sakura. Auburn hair and Emerald eyes. She's awfully naïve too."

"I told you, I'm not playing your games."

"Come on, I'm just telling you to go check her out."

Kira thought for a moment before finally giving in, "Fine, but I won't hesitate to tell her everything. Am I clear?"

"Crystal."

Lunch-

Sakura opened her bento box and squealed in delight. Touya had been kind and cooked all her favorites. As she began to devour her lunch, she noticed Takashi walking towards the table with the new boy.

"Hi," Kira said, "I'm Harumi Kira ." (Yeah… forgot his last name in the last chapter and yeah I'm spelling the names last name first… not sure if I did that in previous chapters…)

"I'm Kinomoto Sakura."

So this is the girl Lisa was talking about, Kira looked Sakura over, Not bad. Not bad at all. "You're in my homeroom right?"

Sakura had returned to her bento box and muttered something along the lines of "Yeah."

Tomoyo, Chiharu, Eriol, Naoko, and Rika had arrived at the table and everyone was introduced. After introductions, Tomoyo was whisked away by a phone call. As she disappeared, Sakura couldn't help but feeling a little bit sad. The two had not spent much time together in the past weeks. In fact, they barely spoke to each other.

Lunch went by quickly and soon students were once again filling the classrooms. In the hallway, Sakura had spotted Syaoran and waved. But, he looked away and completely ignored her. His friends snickered for they, too, had seen the gesture. Sakura walked into her class feeling utterly confused.

Maybe he didn't wave because Syaoran had become one of the elite. By associating with fellow soccer players, he had been labeled "untouchable." It was no secret that the "untouchables" did not talk with those without the label. Therefore, Syaoran could only speak to those within the "untouchable" group. He had thought the terms were harsh, but Lisa, who luckily was also labeled an "untouchable", had explained to him the importance of the rule. Sure… But, maybe he had not waved to Sakura because he had become terribly blind and had not seen her. Of course, no one really knew for sure.

The rest of the school day passed quickly, to Sakura's amazement. She was heading home when she heard her name. She whirled around and spotted the cute boy from homeroom.

"You're walking home, right?" Sakura nodded, "Cool, my house is on the way, I'll walk with you."

Sakura gladly accepted the company and the two walked down the street talking about their families, their hobbies, and their guilty pleasures.

"What's your favorite sport?" Sakura asked

"Soccer," Kira replied casually, "I was on the team at my old school."

The two continued to converse and nearly passed Sakura's house when Kira asked, "Isn't that your stop?"

Sakura gave an embarrassed smile, "Yeah, so I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Of course," and with a charming smile, he walked away. Sakura walked into the house, feeling awfully ecstatic. She had made a new friend and now there was probably an e-mail from Xiaolang. She failed to notice the fact that she had never told Kira where she lived yet he knew exactly which house she resided in.

As she opened Xiaolang's e-mail, she remembered a letter she had read a week ago. She looked for the week old letter and opened it to confirm her suspicions.

Ying Fa,

My favorite sport is soccer. I've been playing it since I was young. I'm in the soccer team at school now, too. Next question, What's your favorite book?

Xiaolang

Just as she had suspected! Kira's favorite sport was soccer and so was Xiaolang's. Then there was the fact that both vacationed in Hawaii the past summer. Thoughts and questions were flying through Sakura's head. Could Xiaolang be Kira?

'Of course not!' Many people went to Hawaii and soccer was a very common sport. Plus, Kira wasn't on the soccer team at school. She sighed, what could she do? She opened up her newest letters and moved her suspicions to the back of her mind. It wasn't as if she needed to know now. Plus thinking about it too much would probably cause a headache

Later-

Lisa returned to the house fuming. First, Kira had arrived to "help" her with the mission. Like she needed any help from that goody two shoes. It was a wonder why he was even working for Father, he always seemed opposed to it. Then, during lunch, some guy had shoved her into the table, causing her to trip and fall into a puddle of spilt milk. And now she had to go help the little innocent bitch with her math homework. Things were not looking up. Today was indeed a bad day.

She fixed on her smile, she had to at least look happy. 'Now,' she thought, 'time to go play the angel.' She walked into the living room where Sakura was having trouble with her problems.

"What's wrong?" Lisa asked, noticing Sakura's heavy scowl.

"It's just so confusing…Ano… would you mind teaching me?"

"Sure."

Sakura's face lit up, "Thank you, Lisa!" Lisa nodded as she looked over the material. On a whim, she started a conversation with Sakura.

"Did you see the new boy today?" Lisa asked.

"Yeah, he's in my homeroom," Sakura replied quietly.

"He's cute, don't you think?" Lisa was now curious about whether or not Kira took her advice.

Sakura blushed, "Yeah, I guess… He's really sweet, too. I walked home with him today." Lisa's eyebrow rose at this statement. Kira was known for charming girls back home, but she never knew he'd be so quick. Of course, she didn't have any objections. For the first time, Kira was actually helping her on a mission.

Maybe today wasn't such a bad day after all.

Sunday-

Syaoran was frustrated. He had not received anymore flashbacks since the day he received letters. (He had concluded the visions he had seen with Sakura and with the letters were flashbacks of his past.) He had lucked out when a few years of memories from his preteen years had returned to him a few weeks after the summer, but after that, all he received were some scattered memories here and there.

He was looking for a connection for these scattered memories, a constant in all the instances. Was there some sort of trigger? An object, or perhaps a person? He pondered the thought as he skimmed over a few of Ying Fa's e-mails. Then it hit him.

Many of his memories had hit him when he was in the presence of Kinomoto Sakura. Though the girl had failed to connect all the instances where he had spaced out, he sure hadn't. The memories came normally when they were alone. This meant he had to get Lisa, who seemed to be constantly hanging on him, out of the way. Luckily for him, she seemed never to be around on Sunday. She claimed it was for religious reasons, but he doubted her religion would keep her until the early hours of the following morning.

He grinned mischievously, if his theory worked, he could get his memory back in no time! And he had to admit, he did feel guilty about brushing Sakura off at school, if he spent more time with her maybe they could still be friends and things would all work out! Syaoran felt so proud of his plan, it was like killing two birds with one stone.

He found her in the living room looking bored as ever.

"Are you busy today?" the question slightly startled Sakura.

"… No, I think I finished most of my homework."

"You want to go with me to lunch then?" he asked, praying she wouldn't find some reason to turn him down.

"Sure."

"Great, let's go!" He dragged her off the couch and out the front door.

"Where are we going?" she questioned, still a little shocked by how quickly everything was happening.

"This new restaurant in the mall, I heard it was really great," Syaoran said. The two were heading towards the subway that would take them to the mall.

The mall was packed and the restaurant seemed to be filled with more people than it could hold. As the two waited in line, Syaoran felt his plan going down the drain. He hadn't expected the restaurant to be so crowded with people. Was there a chance he would still get a flashback?

Half an hour later, Syaoran and Sakura were seated in a small corner near the front of the restaurant. The menu held many selections, neither Syaoran nor Sakura knew what to choose.

"Hmm… I think I'll get the BLT. What about you?" Sakura asked.

"I think I'll have the…" Syaoran suddenly ducked behind his menu. It was as if he were hiding his face…

"What is it?"

"Oh nothing," Syaoran replied, trying to sound casual. If he hadn't been anxiously glancing at the door every five seconds, Sakura would have believed him. She looked to the door and saw what was making Syaoran so nervous. The soccer team had arrived and tagging along were the cheerleaders.

It all made sense to Sakura. The reason why he never talked to her at school, the reason why he didn't wave back. It was all because he was too embarrassed to be seen with her. But, why was he taking her out to lunch? He wasn't completely ignoring her. 'Maybe,' she thought, 'I should just let this slide…'

The group disappeared around a corner and Syaoran gave out a heavy sigh of relief. That had been close, a little too close for his liking. Though Syaoran did not like the way his friends treated others, he still loved the power that came with his high status. Was he willing to lose that power for his memory?

While Syaoran was lost in thought, Sakura began to fold a crane.

Flashback-

A girl waved at him, "Ohayo!"

He replied, "Um. hi." He smiled awkwardly. "Um.." he scratched his head, "where can I sit?"

"Oh, you can sit right next to me!" Sakura replied happily.

"Okay." he sat down next to her, "What are we doing right now?"

"Making cranes! Here! You can have one! I already finished 15, so it's alright!"

"Uhh. sure."

"Here! Oh, shh.. sensei is talking"

The sensei continued her instructions, ". and you fold it right there! Okay, look at your crane and you can decorate it if you want. Oh! And we have a new student! Come up here! And what's your name?"

End of Flashback-

Syaoran had decided, his memory was far more important. And now that his experiment had worked, he was determined to piece back his memories.

"So Sakura," the girl looked up from her paper napkin crane, "What are you doing next Sunday?"

Okay, to explain my writer's block… Well I had trouble on the last scene. I didn't know how I was supposed to bring Syaoran and Sakura together… and that's the main core of the story! So this was the first thing I came up with and I guess it would work better because it fits in the whole amnesia thing…

THIS IS IMPORTANT! Well, writer's block for Love Bottle is even more intense when there's a plot bunny attacking your head. So I've come up with a new story idea!

Summary: As the child of purity, Sakura is sought after by all creatures of the dark. The reason? The first creature to claim her will gain powers beyond their wildest imagination. When she meets Syaoran at work, she passes him off as a jerk her best friend has a crush on. Little does she know, he's a vampire searching for the child of purity.

Anyway, you guys get to tell in your reviews what you want…

I should start writing this right away!

Write a few more chapters of Love Bottle and then start this story.

It sounds horrible, I shouldn't write it all.

OR you can write your own comments on it… And please tell me if there's already a story similar to that, I don't want to be copying a story that's already been posted.

Thank you to HOPEINAJAR, AxFaTaLxiLLuSioN, INVU4URAQT, Maisuki-chan, czkali, Shimela, Kirjava Deamon, xxMeillionaxTruongxx, and Ngoc1231 for reviewing the last chapter!

Please review!

Oh and the typos and wrong uploadings are fixed… please tell me if you find any problems.