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Last Chapter

3 years later

Everyone's in junior high now! To be more precise, they're in the 8th grade.

What will happen now?

What happened before now?

What about Syaoran?

What about Sakura?

I thought there was a Touya and Naruku pairing here?

Hey! What about Tomoyo & Eriol?

And where's the CxY Romance?

End Last Chapter Recap

Chapter II: Simply Sakura

Tomoeda Junior High

A girl was running along a corridor, stopped and turned around at the corner and turned right again. She was now in front of her classroom. 'This can't be right!' She opened the door,

"I'm so sorry; I'm so late!" The auburn haired girl said as she entered then bowed; her short hair ended up her shoulders. It was in a layered look. She looked up and revealed her emerald eyes.

(EG/N: Ok… For the slow ones… She is not wearing glasses)

The teacher smiled. "It's ok Miss Kinomoto; actually, I've been warned about your tardiness" the teacher who goes by the name of Aya Yamamoto said. "Now, please find a seat"

Sakura sweatdropped and bowed once again. She was examining the room, ignoring the looks given her by the male population of the class. She was looking for a place to sit when a familiar face caught her gaze, 'Tomoyo!' she thought. Thankfully, Tomoyo knew Sakura too well and reserved a seat for her. Sakura gave Tomoyo one of her 100-megawatt smile and sat down beside her.

"Now, where were we?" Yamamoto-sensei asked to no one in particular. "Oh yes… now I remember" she muttered to herself.

"Ok class, since this is the first day of classes, we need to go over the school guidelines!"

She said cheerfully.

(G/N: That's what we did on the first day of classes, but now that I'm in high school (1st year HS in our country, but 1st year junior high in Japan); we just get to meet our teachers)

This caused a lot of groans, mutters, whispers, and all kinds of sounds erupt in the room. Sakura wasn't really listening…

Sakura's POV

I wonder… when will that jerk come back? It's been what? 2 years or 1…? No matter… But after all that…

We were still in grade 5 then… I remember the time…

Flashback(s) (BG/N: That's right! Flashback(S))

Flashback I

"You are so annoying!" an 11 year old Sakura said as she punched the person on her right on the arm.

The boy sat there in shock. He shook his head then looked at Sakura like she was some goddess. "Wow! Where did you learn to punch like that?!" Syaoran asked.

Sakura sweatdropped as Syaoran was calling Takashi.

"Hey Takashi! I want you to see something!"

Then out of nowhere Takashi appeared. "What is it?"

"Look at this!" Syaoran said, "Hey Kinomoto, punch me again will 'ya?" He asked.

"Uhm… Why?" She asked dumbfounded, 'I just punched him for God's sakes! Then he wants me to punch him again… in front of Takashi?'

"Just do it!" He whispered to Sakura. He faced Takashi "Look at her arm" he muttered. "Ok! Punch me already!" he said.

'He's letting me punch him? How weird is that?!' Sakura thought as she drew her arm back and punched Syaoran in the arm.

"Did you see it? She withdrew her arm quickly after she punched me!" Syaoran said.

Takashi just scratched his chin. "Yeah… She has a fast arm… and reflexes I guess… She'll be a good fighter…" he said.

Sakura sweatdropped. 'I just punched him… and they're having a conversation… about me? In front of me too!?... These guys are weird…'

Flashback II

"Copying notes is boring" Sakura mumbled. 'Besides, books are more useful!'

"Yeah I know…" Syaoran said. Then he said something again that got on Sakura's nerves.

"Or maybe you don't want to write because you're a slow writer Kinomoto" he smirked.

"Ha!" She scoffed. "I propose a race then! Whoever copies the notes first win!"

"Deal!" He said. "We'll start at 3… 2…. 1…. Go!"

After some time…

"Ha! I win!" Sakura said as she stretched her body.

"Let me see" Syaoran said. Sakura showed him her notes. They were complete alright.

"Oh alright… you win" He muttered then patted her on the back. "But you sure do have bad penmanship" he smirked.

"It only looks bad because we were racing!" she said defending herself.

"Yeah whatever" he smirked.

"I wish I had your arms" he mumbled.

"What?" Sakura said clearly surprised. 'I could've sworn he said he wished he had my arms'

"Nothing…"

Sakura was laughing in her head. 'So Syaoran's developing a crush on my arms?' she thought to herself, stopping herself from laughing.

(BG/N: The non-italicized words in the Flashbacks are Sakura's POV thoughts)

When we were grade 6… I remembered chatting with Mitsuko Ito…I've known Mitsuko since kindergarten… and she was my classmate when I was in grade 5… Mitsuko has short black frizzy hair and black eyes.

Flashback III

"Hello there seatmate!" Mitsuko said as she sat beside Sakura.

"Hi there Ito-san" Sakura said not tearing her eyes away from the comic book she was reading.

"Hey! Guess who I bumped into this morning?!" Mitsuko said.

Sakura rolled her eyes. It was like this EVERY morning, Mitsuko would say she bumped into Syaoran Li, and how dreamy he was and how sweet he was and blah blah blah…

"I'm too tired to guess" Sakura said sighing as she closed her comic book

"I bumped into HIM!" she said all dreamy-eyed.

"Honestly Mitsuko, I don't get it why you have a crush on that jerk"

"Well to start off... he's—"

'Blah Blah Blah… Poor Mistuko… being attracted to that jerk must really be a tough job'

"Hey guys" a boy said as he sat behind Mitsuko. He was Ryo Sato, he had short silvery hair and turquoise eyes

"Hey Sato-kun! Good thing you're here! Mitsuko's drowning me with nonsense" Sakura said as she stood up and rolled her eyes.

Ryo Sato, I remember him. When I was in grade 4, he would come up to me and ask my grades and my average. I didn't even know his name… boys are weird. Oh… and I thought he was queer. But I was wrong, that boy admitted he has a crush on Mitsuko. I feel bad for him.

"Syaoran is NOT nonsense!" Mitsuko defended.

Ryo stood as well and casually placed his arm around Sakura's shoulder. "It's ok Kinomoto-chan! I'm here for you!"

"Oh Thank you! Thank you very much!" Sakura said as she got all starry-eyed.

"You guys make a cute couple!" Mitsuko said.

Sakura and Ryo sweatdropped. They started to have a conversation by themselves.

"I guess making her jealous is a failure" Ryo said.

"She's too loyal to that jerk" Sakura sighed. "It's ok Sato-kun! I'll help you with her! I promise!"

"Thanks Kinomoto-chan… except… Whenever I stare at her and she faces me, she says to stop staring at her!"

"Well... DUH… burning a hole on girls with your eyes is a weird way of courting them!" Sakura giggled.

"Hahaha! Very funny!" Ryo said sarcastically.

They all got interrupted when another boy came in, but sat behind Sakura. He was Akira Watanabe. He had blonde hair and grey eyes. Akira was Sakura's seatmate one time and they hit it off good.

All in all; these 4 are good friends in their classroom. But they hung out with different people outside it.

"I didn't know you guys were a couple!" Akira said loudly which got the attention of the class.

Sakura and Ryo's eyes were as wide as saucers now. Then they both sighed.

"WE'RE NOT A COUPLE!" Sakura said. "How many times do we have to tell you that we, Sakura Kinomoto and Ryo Sato are not a couple?"

"Well, I just thought it would be ideal since you guys are the smartest in class, and besides you are partners in the class too!" Akira said.

Ryo sighed as he withdrew his arm back and sat down.

"Sheesh!" Sakura said as she sat down and continued reading her book "You know Akira, I'm beginning to think that the jerk's evil is starting to rub off on you."

"Li says hello too Kinomoto-chan" Akira smirked.

"Why does Sakura have all the attention?" Mitsuko asked to no one in particular.

"I'd rather have the attention of an ant than the attention of that jerk" Sakura muttered. "Honestly Watanabe-kun, why do you hang out with him?"

"I don't know… so I'll meet you later at the benches right?"

"Yeah… You better be ready"

"What are you going to do at the benches guys?!" Mitsuko asked. "Don't tell me that YOU guys are a couple!?"

"No Mitsuko, we're not a couple" Sakura sighed. "I and my friends eat lunch at the benches, and Akira and his friends ruin it for us. It's a circle of life" Sakura said the last line sarcastically.

"And those guys don't know that I'm friends with Kinomoto here" Akira said as he placed his arm over Sakura's shoulder.

"But my friends know, and they want me to give them information on the boys" Sakura said. "Honestly, I didn't know they had a— oops!"

"Please continue!" Akira begged.

"Continue what?" Sakura asked innocently.

"You and your friends are hard to figure out"

"I know… and I'm so proud" Sakura said as she wiped an imaginary tear.

"Very funny Kinomoto-chan" Akira said as he sat behind Sakura.

If only they knew that Rika Sasaki had a crush on Akira Watanabe and Naoko Yanagisawa had a crush on Kazuki Kobayashi. Then they expected me to have a crush on…

Flashback IV

"So Sakura, what's the name of your crush?" Tomoyo asked out of the blue.

"Hoee?!" Sakura choked on the juice she was drinking. "Crush? I don't have a crush!"

"If I was to say, you do have a crush!" Chiharu butted in.

"Do not!" Sakura said. "I mean, just because you guys have crushes on guys in one group…"

"Hmm.. You know what guys… there is one guy in that group that we don't crush on…" Rika said.

"Hey wait a minute! I don't have any crush in their group!" Chiharu said

"Yeah.. There is one guy… Syaoran Li!" Naoko said.

"I don't have a crush in their group!" Chiharu repeated. "Hey! Is anyone even listening to me?"

"Hey! I don't have a crush in their group either!" Tomoyo said. "But I must say, Sakura and Syaoran do make a kawaii couple!"

Sakura sweatdropped and her left eye brow was twitching. "A couple?" she muttered. "Yeah right, and I don't have a crush!"

"What about that Ryo Sato boy?" Naoko said. "You guys sure are close"

"Hoee?! Stop pairing me with someone I don't even like!" Sakura said.

(BG/N: Ouch! That last line hurt us!)

"I DON'T LIKE SYAORAN LI AND THAT'S FINAL!" Sakura shouted.

"Tsk.. Tsk.. Kinomoto" a voice said. "You can't proclaim your love for me like that!"

Sakura's eyebrow was twitching. She faced the boy she hated the most.

"Proclaim my love for you?" Sakura said. "You have got to be kidding me!"

"Hello girls" another voice said. He had bluish black hair and azure eyes. He goes by the name of Eriol Hiiragizawa.

"Hey…" two voices said in unison. One belonging to Akira and the other to Kazuki Kobayashi, he had black hair that reached before his shoulders that is tied in a ponytail. He had hazelnut eyes.

"Did you know that crushes originated—" Well… you all know who THAT is.

"Stop telling lies Takashi!" all the girls said.

Then we would fight until the bell rings… and Akira and I will forget all that we said… Then there was that one time.. that was SOOO embarrassing!!

Flashback V

"Sakura-chan… can I ask you a favor?" Mitsuko asked.

"Uhm… sure Miko…" Sakura said.

"That's great!" Mitsuko said as she brought out a letter.

Sakura gulped. 'No… please.. NOOOO' she thought.

"Could you please give this to Li-kun?"

'I knew it' Sakura thought. 'This girl is pure evil' Sakura sighed.

"Why can't you give it to him Miko?" Sakura asked.

"I'm too shy…"

"Well…"

"PLEASE! Pretty please?" Mitsuko said as she gave Sakura the best puppy dog eyes ever.

Sakura sighed. "Alright" she said as she took the letter. "But you owe me BIG"

Tomoyo and I went to them in the basketball court that lunch…

"They're going to think that I'm giving him a love letter!" Sakura said.

"It's ok Sakura-chan" Tomoyo said as she pushed Sakura towards the group.

"I'm going to be SOOO embarrassed!" Sakura said.

"Just remember! Think mind over matter!" Tomoyo said as she continued to push Sakura.

Sakura sighed and walked towards Syaoran Li. 'There goes my dignity'

"Hey! Li this is for you" Sakura said casually as she extended her arm to give him the letter.

"Oh! Kinomoto is giving Li a love letter! I thought I'd never see the day!" Akira said.

Sakura glared at him and faced Li. 'Is he blushing?' she thought. Syaoran was indeed blushing 'Kami-sama! He IS blushing!'

"This is NOT from me!" Sakura said. "It's from Mitsuko Ito" she said as Syaoran took the envelope from her hands. 'Is it me or is he looking like he's disappointed?'

"Then what are you doing here then? You've finished your job!" Syaoran said as he read the letter.

Sakura rolled her eyes. "I'm waiting for a response! DUH…" she said. She then snuck behind Li and took the letter away from him. "And I'm going to see what Mitsuko wrote to her one and only!" She said as she stuck her tongue out. She started reading it…

"Hey! That's mine!" Li said as he was trying to get back the letter.

'Too late lover boy' Sakura thought, she then read it out loud in a super girly voice.

"Dear Syao-kun,

It's me! Mitsuko Ito! I know you know me! And I also know that you know that I have a crush on you! So… what do you say?

You see… I've had a crush on you since we were grade 2… and I was hoping you'd feel the same way… If you do, please tell Sakura what you want to say to me. I gave it to her so she could give it to you. I'm too shy.

Oh and please! Don't let Sakura read the thing I will say after this! She'll going to kill me!"

Sakura raised one eyebrow. "Kill you?" She then continued reading it but only to herself..

'You see, I've been thinking that you have a crush on her. Please drop your feelings for her! You know she doesn't like you! I'm here! I'm always here…

Love,

Mitsuko Ito'

Sakura's eyes widened. She blushed and ripped that part off. "That darn Ito-chan" she muttered as she pocketed the ripped piece of the letter. She then gave back the letter.

"So what's your message for her lover boy?" she said.

"Hey! That's so unfair! I haven't read the whole letter!" he said. "Give me the last part!"

"No way will I be giving it to you!" Sakura said as she crossed her arms.

"Fine!" He muttered. "Just tell her that I'm sorry I don't feel the same way"

"That's so mean!" Sakura said. "You have to return her feelings! I mean she talks about you all the time! She'll be heartbroken if you say that!"

"Well I'm sorry!" Syaoran said. "It's not my fault someone else captured my heart" he said as he stepped once towards Sakura.

Sakura stepped back once too. 'What the…' Soon enough Syaoran was standing in front of Sakura, too close for comfort.

"What do you want Li" Sakura said as she raised an eyebrow.

Syaoran stepped forward once again then he kissed Sakura on the cheek and got the ripped part of the letter.

Sakura and Syaoran were blushing.

'Why did I just do that?' he thought.

'Why did he just do that?' she thought.

Soon enough whistles and whispers were heard around the Basketball court. But one caught Sakura's attention.

"KAWAII!" Tomoyo shouted. 'I forgot Tomoyo was here… and… uh-oh!' Sakura thought.

Tomoyo was holding her camcorder. 'This is a nightmare!' Sakura thought.

Syaoran was reading the ripped part of the letter and was blushing madly.

"I'm going now" Sakura muttered as she walked away with Tomoyo by her side.

That was so embarrassing… If Mitsuko knew what really happened, she could've killed me!

Thank God, saved by the bell. I wonder when he really is coming back…

End POV

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