The next day-

"Touya! Why did we have to leave so early?" Sakura asked yawning at the same time trying to keep up with Touya and Yukito while walking to school.

"Yukito and I have classroom duty." Touya answered.

When they neared the school gates, Touya stopped Sakura to talk to her. "Sakura, Yukito and I are going to our classroom. It's 6:15 now, the school office doesn't open until 7. Just stay in one place until then. Try not to get lost and don't talk to strangers."

"I'm not six you know." Sakura said and she walked over to sit under the big cherry blossom tree in the school.

"Come on Touya. Don't be too worried. Nothing bad could happen to her." Yukito said

'I hope so' he followed Yukito and went to their classroom.

Syaoran Li's POV-

A young man with chestnut hair and deep, amber eyes sat on one of the branches of the cherry blossom tree.

'Grrr. Stupid art project!' he thought crumpling his latest attempt to draw and adding it to the other crumpled papers on his lap. 'Draw anything you like' he said mimicking his art teacher 'face it, there's nothing to draw here'

He sighs and stares of into space. Suddenly, he sees someone walk over. For some reason, he can't seem to take his eyes off her. She sits down under the cherry blossom tree and starts to read a book. Every movement that she does mesmerizes him. And suddenly he was struck with inspiration and starts to draw the beautiful angel below him.

Normal POV-

Sakura was reading her math textbook to try and catch up in her new school since she started late. She was not aware of the amber eyes that followed her every move.

'I'm done! I'm finally done!' Syaoran thought staring at his masterpiece 'I can finally relax.' And he leans back against the tree trunk. All of a sudden, one of the crumpled paper balls from his lap fell down.

Sakura felt something hit the top of her head and saw the crumpled piece of paper on the ground. She looked up and saw him.

'Oh no!' he thought 'What do I do?' Different thoughts entered his head and he couldn't think properly. Suddenly his thoughts were broken by a soft, shy voice.

"Erm, do you still need this?" Sakura asked holding up the crumpled paper and half smiling at him.

He shook his head and Sakura threw it in the nearest trash can. She sat down again and continued reading her book, glancing at him a few times.

'Should I go introduce myself?' he thought. For some reason, his eyes were glued on her and nothing else. Finally, he jumped down the tree and right beside her. Sakura looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to say something. Syaoran was nervous. No girl seemed to unnerve him as much as she did. He just stood there staring at her so seeing as he didn't have anything to say, she went back to reading her book. 'Say something!' he thought. He racked his brain for something to say. Finally the silence was broken.

"I'm sorry for the paper thing." He said, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

She closed her book and looked at him, smiling. "Oh that's okay. What were you doing up there anyway?" she asked, patting the patch of land next to her and beckoning him to sit down.

He sat down beside her. "I was sketching something for my art class." He said "How about you? What were you reading?"

"Math textbook." She made a face "Might as well get a head start."

"Oh. So you're a new student?" he asked

"Yeah. I'm Sakura Kinomoto by the way." She said smiling at him and extending her hand. As if on cue, cherry blossoms gently fell down from the tree behind her accenting the meaning of her name and the gentleness of how she spoke. Syaoran was staring for few seconds before finally breaking out of his trance.

"Syaoran Li." He said shaking her hand and half smiling at her.

She couldn't help but stare at him and his intense amber eyes. "You can call me Sakura you know." She said covering up for her spaced out attitude.

"You can call me Syaoran." He said automatically. 'Syaoran? I don't let just anyone call me by my first name!' he paused 'She doesn't seem like other people though.'

"Umm, Syaoran?"

'I like the way she says my name.' he thought "Yeah?"

"May I ask what time it is?"

"It's 7:00." He said checking his watch.

"I have to go now." She said standing up "Do you happen to know where the school office is?"

"Yeah. Why don't I accompany you." He said standing up.

She smiled widely at him. "Sure!" And they walked to the school office together. They talked on the way and they discovered that they enjoyed each other's company. 'When I'm with her,' he thought 'I feel like I'm a different person.' And sure enough, he was smiling and talking freely a nice change from the usual cold and serious Syaoran Li. Finally, they arrived in front of the school office.

Sakura faced him and smiled. "So I guess I'll see you later?" she asked. He nodded and smiled at her.

"Thanks for helping me find the school office." She paused "It was nice talking to you." She kissed him on the cheek and entered the room.

Syaoran turned red and smiled then touched his cheek.

"Li-kun are you smiling?" a melodious voice was heard. He turned to see a raven haired girl standing behind him.

"Oh it's you Daidouji."

Tomoyo Daidouji was one of his oldest friends. He met her through his best friend Eriol Hiiragizawa, a clever, yet mischievous boy with midnight blue hair, and his cousin Meiling Li, an outspoken girl that's really competitive with jet black hair usually put into two buns on the side. Tomoyo was in the choir as far as he knew and was extremely wealthy since she was the only daughter of Sonomi Daidouji the owner of a large toy company. They hung out a lot, and just recently has she received his permission to call him by his first name. But she still isn't used to it so she occasionally still calls him

Li-kun.

"Meiling and Eriol sent me to look for you. They're waiting under the cherry blossom tree." She said

"Okay let's go" he said frowning once again. 'Wonder what made him smile like that?' Tomoyo thought

They walked until they arrived under the cherry blossom and they sat beside their friends who were currently talking about something. Syaoran wasn't really paying attention and was staring at a cherry blossom flower that fell to the ground.

"What's wrong with him?" Eriol whispered

"Beats me." Meilng shrugged "Tomoyo?"

Tomoyo was silent for a minute, thinking of what happened a while ago. "Well, I also don't know why but Li-k, I mean Syaoran was smiling when I found him."

"Eh! Smiling? But he never smiles! Well, he does sometimes but those times a really rare!" Meiling exclaimed.

Eriol adjusted his glasses. "Smiling eh? Wonder what made him smile." he said looking at Syaoran who was still looking at the cherry blossom.

"Any theories?" Tomoyo asked

"Well, it could be that he met a girl that he likes." Eriol suggested

"A girl! That's impossible! Syaoran never liked girls that way." Meiling cried out.

Suddenly, the bell rang. "We'll talk more about it later." Tomoyo whispered

"Syaoran, let's go!" Meiling said picking up her bag

They all went in the school building and into their classroom. Syaoran was acting spaced out all the way and stared out the window from his seat. Everyone was looking at him and wondering about his attitude. Finally the teacher entered the classroom.

"Good morning. Before we begin, we have a new transfer student." He said

Sakura entered the room and everyone diverted their attention from Syaoran to her. They were all enthralled by her beauty. She smiled brightly at them and introduced herself.

Eriol was staring at her and was fascinated by her. "She's pretty cute huh Li?" he said looking at him. He saw that the amber eyed boy was also staring at her, spellbound. He was surprised. 'I know that she's beautiful, but enough to get Li's attention? She must be something.' He thought

The teacher told Sakura to sit beside Tomoyo. As she made her way towards her seat she smiled at Syaoran and to their surprise, he smiled back. Sakura sat down. Tomoyo wanted to be friends with her so she introduced herself.

"Hi, I'm Tomoyo Daidouji! You're Sakura right? Can I call you by you're first name?" she said. Sakura nodded and smiled at her. "You can call me Tomoyo too."

The teacher spoke once again. "Okay, we don't really have anything else to do in homeroom so for the rest of the period you can do anything you want just don't be too noisy."

Everyone turned their attention to either Sakura or Syaoran. The room was completely soundless. Finally someone broke the silence.

"Syaoran, could I borrow a ballpen?" Sakura said turning to face him who was sitting behind her.

Everyone was shocked. They all expected him to blow up and yell at her for using his first name. But he didn't. Instead he coolly replied.

"Sure, what color?"

"Do you have a pink one?" she asked innocently. He simply stared at her. Sakura laughed. "Oh sorry. Black would be fine." He gave her a black ballpen and everyone was surprised at the new student's relationship with on of the most popular boys in school. Suddenly, the classroom door opened, all the girls squealed as Touya came in the door.

"May I help you Mr. Kinomoto?" the teacher asked.

"Yes. Could I speak with Sakura?" he replied

Everybody was shocked that not only did Li Syaoran pay attention to her but also Touya Kinomoto, the most popular guy in school. The teacher nodded in approval and Sakura stood up and went out of the door with Touya. Syaoran was feeling a tiny bit of jealousy but he shook it of. 'I barely know her, how could I feel threatened by Touya Kinomoto at all?' The whole class was rapidly whispering to each other. Some felt envious and some were resentful.

Meanwhile, outside the classroom-

"What do you want Touya?" Sakura asked

"Just checking up on you. How did you manage to find the school office by yourself?" he asked

Sakura was rather nervous "Umm, someone showed me the way."

"Who?" he asked narrowing his eyes

"Someone." She replied

Touya was still a bit suspicious but he let it pass. "Meet me and Yukito later at the tables near the cherry blossom tree."

"Okay." She said and entered the classroom once again.

The whole class was staring at her. She was a bit uneasy as she made her way to her seat. Finally, homeroom ended and Sakura met her teachers in her other subjects. She had a fairly easy time catching up to her lessons even in math, her most hated subject. The class that she really enjoyed so far was PE. Everyone was amazed at Sakura's skills especially her speed.

"Okay class, let's have a race today. We're going to split up the boys and the girls." Their PE teacher said. "Boys go to my right side and girls go to my left." The class quickly separated into two. "We need one representative from each group." The boys promptly chose Syaoran since he was the fastest guy in their grade level. No girl wanted to go up against him, not even Meiling, who was the second fastest. Seeing as no one wanted to run, Sakura volunteered herself. "Very good Kinomoto." he said nodding at her "On my count, you will run from this cone to that point there where you will go around the cone that I have set up and then touch the cone back here. Understand?" Sakura and Syaoran nodded in agreement and stood at the starting line. "Ready, one, two, three!"

They took off. They raced down the track, elbow to elbow, their arms and legs moving at the same time. The wind blasted in their faces. He quickened his pace. Sakura matched his speed. He had to take it a level higher if he wanted to pass her. She reached the cone first feeling triumphant, but she hadn't seen anything yet. A moment later, Syaoran was sprinting next to her again. They were neck and neck approaching their class who was cheering for them. He charged for the finish line and touched the cone a few millimeters ahead of her. All the boys cheered and also the girls that liked him. Sakura put her hands to her hips panting heavily. He offered her a towel and she took it gratefully, still smiling.

"You," he started "you run well."

"Thanks." She said, sitting down on the ground. Everyone was looking at her. Even Touya, who was watching from the window of his classroom, saw the exchange between Syaoran and her and was not happy. Sakura was sitting down looking as delicate as ever. But—delicate or not—they had to admit, Sakura was fast.

A/N: So, how was it? I wanna thank all those who reviewed. It really made my day. Thank you so much.