Hey, it's Mari-chan once again! I'd like to thank FlowerLover, AnonymousT, dbzgtfan2004, and x0kAwAii0x for the reviews! -Grins- Thaks guys, you're all awesome! So, here's Chapter II! Heh, usually I used to update a fic in the same day, but I want the chappies to all be good, so it will take me a couple of days! But just a couple, not really a lot! So, this chappie might bring up a few questions, which will all be answered later on in the fic! -Smiles- So, have fun!

Ugh, I'm going back to school on Tuesday. Part of me is saying "Do I have to?", yet part of me is saying "Yay!". Why is part of me happy? Well, it's the only way I'll be able to see one of my best friends. My other best friend wants to see him too. Y'know, he should be glad that for once two girls are desperately wanting to see him! -Laughs-

Disclaimer: I do not have the ownership of Card Captor Sakura, and who DOES own it is the talented CLAMP. Yet, the plot is mine! Mine, I say... MINE! -Grabs plot- My precious... -Laughs evilly, then coughs- Ugh, never mind... I don't own anything.

Chapter II

"Xiao-Lang..." A girl grumbled to the boy next to her. Her exotic eyes of ruby narrowed in annoyance as Xiao-Lang wouldn't bother to look up from his book to give her a simple glance. Her long silky raven-black hair was hugged closely to her body contours, the locks stopping at her slender waist. Her left hand stood at her left cheek and held her head, her elbow on her leg. Her eyes half-closed, boredly staring at Xiao-Lang. He was reading a book, his coppery eyes glimmering in deep interest, oblivious to time and his surroundings. The girl allowed a sigh escape her lips as she snapped her fingers in front of him, forcing him to snap back into reality.

"What is it, Meiling?" He asked, locking his eyes to his cousin. He placed the book on his lap and waited for her answer. "If you haven't noticed, it's 7:30. That means we are going to be late if we waste anymore time!" She screeched. Xiao-Lang, however, was unaffected by her yell. He just let a small smile play on his lips as he said "We'll get there Mei. You over-react too much."

Letting out a frustrated growl, she pulled on his arm and made him stand up. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Let's just go!" she muttered "And I don't over-react, it's just that you don't react enough." Xiao-Lang chuckled softly and said "All right, all right. We'll go."

Instead of leaving through the front door, they simply waited as a figure walked down the large stairs. A man with silvery-white hair, flowing freely down down to his knees. Slanted eyes of crystalline watched the two teenagers by the door softly, but there was not a frown nor a smile on his pale face. He wore a long robe of pure white with gold elaborate designs covering it. The long and thin chain that hugged the robe tightly to his waist jingled on the floor as his feet walked each step. When both his feet reached the middle step, he stopped to look at Meiling and Xiao-Lang.

"Have a nice day at school, Meiling, Xiao-Lang." He whispered, his voice seeming to echo the air. He turned his head to the door next to them just slightly, but even then his hair flew along to his head's direction. "You may wander around the neighborhood, but don't come back too late. I also want you two to not bring anyone else home, otherwise they might find out."

Meiling and Xiao-Lang nodded slightly. "We know, Yue." They chorused, knowing that the stern look on his face meant to not break the rules. Meiling left first, then Xiao-Lang, each bowing to Yue before so. As they walked to school Meiling placed her hands to her pockets and let out a tired sigh. "Always the same thing: No bringing anyone home. We can barely make friends either."

Xiao-Lang, who had his hands rested on the back of his head, nodded. "I know, but you know Yue only has the best intentions for us... you heard him, if we bring someone home, they might find out, and if you haven't realized, that's bad." Meiling looked down, her ebony bangs hiding her pained eyes. "But I want to bring people home without a problem and no hiding. Don't you ever think like that? Haven't you ever once thought that Yue is being too unfair?"

Xiao-Lang sighed deeply, and his lips curved down to a sympathetic frown. Placing one arm around Meiling's shoulders, he gently put her head against his right shoulder and whispered "Yeah, he might be a little unfair, but he's protecting us. Besides, we can still make friends at school." "Yep, I guess." Meiling sighed. The two walked in an even pace, even though they were going to be late. The sky painted a beautiful greyish-aquamarine, and long jackets kept both of them warm. Both felt a little weight lift off the heavy mood as they pulled away and stared on the path in front of them.

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Headphones around her head, Sakura silently waited for class to start. Her head moved to the sound to the music as she drew her initials artistically onto her notebook cover in pink. Her eyes half-opened and relaxed, her lips mouthing every word correctly. Suddenly her headphones were slipped off her head by two manicured fingers. She turned around to see a girl staring at her with a certain disgust, her light red lips into a smirk, and her eyes of honey brown looking at her amusingly. Her eyebrows were hidden in her straight-cut bangs, making her look somewhat surprised, and one of her hands was holding the headphones. "Oh look, the suicidal freak listens to music. What's it about? Self-loathing?" she sneered.

Sakura growled. "Go to hell, Mihara." She muttered darkly. Chiharu Mihara leaned closer and said "Love to, but they rejected me. Anyway, I bet your music really is about self-loathing, isn't it?" She placed the headphones into her own head, careful to not to mess her hairstyle of two braids, one on each side. Then she took them off and gave an obnoxious laugh. "Trying to fit in, aren't you? I mean, why else would you be listening to happy music?"

"I'm not trying to fit in Mihara, I'm simply in a good mood. Now will you give me my headphones back?" Sakura said calmly, trying to ignore Chiharu's attempts to make her angry. Chiharu threw the headphones carelessly onto Sakura's desk and said "Fine, but don't think that you'll ever fit in, because you won't."

Kaho came into the class and gasped as she looked at Chiharu's top. "Mihara-san, will you please wear a jacket over that skimpy little thing?" She scolded, while Chiharu gave her a murderous glare. Indeed Chiharu's top was skimpy: Dangerously low cut, revealing her black laced bra underneath. Wearing a shrunken black leather jacket on top, she placed her arms around her chest as she continued to stare at Kaho, who was now talking to the principal through the classroom's black telephone.

Sakura couldn't help but to let out a satisfied smile. Chiharu was constantly on her back, and she hated it. Putting her headphones on her backpack, she turned to look at Kaho again as she came to her desk and turned to the class. "Two students moved from another class to us, and so I want you to welcome your new classmates with respect-" A knock on the door was heard, and Kaho gave a soft smile. "That must be them. Come in!" She called out.

Sakura decided not to pay attention to the introductions, and continued to write in her notebook cover, but soon a warm voice stopped her. A voice as sweet and affective as a lullaby, slowly making her eyes direct over to its owner. She gasped as she realized that it was the boy she had met on the restaurant. He looked exactly like she remembered, with his handsome face and that mysterious angelic smile gracing over his lips. "My name's Syaoran, and here's Meiling, my cousin." He introduced himself, pointing to himself and the girl next to him. Kaho smiled as she said "Okay, since you two have the same names, I'll call you Li-kun, and call Meiling Li-chan, all right?"

Syaoran bopped his head as an answer, and Meiling did the same, a reckless grin on her face. "Li-kun, you may sit beside Kinomoto-san, while Li-chan, you can sit in front of your cousin." Kaho directed, and they nodded. Sakura couldn't help but give a small gasp. It was rather unnoticable, but Chiharu heard her gasp and said "Wow, the freak Kinomoto's a girl." making a girl next to Chiharu giggle. Seeing that Sakura heard her comment, Chiharu leaned over to Sakura's ear and whispered "Even you think the new student's hot, eh? Wow, you really are a girl. An ugly one, but a girl none then less."

"Yeah, you surprised me too, because if it wasn't for now, I would've never guessed." Sakura replied cleverly, watching Chiharu's face go a deep crimson red. Syaoran walked over to his seat and looked at Sakura. He closed his eyes and whispered "Nice to meet you again, Sakura."

Sakura's eyes widened as his smile widened as well. Slowly Sakura recovered as she unintentionally gave a small smile and her voice turned just as soft as his. "Nice meeting you again too, Xiao-Lang." She said. Meiling's head snapped up from her desk at the mention of her cousin's Chinese name. He allowed a girl he had just met to call him by his Chinese name? He was always out-going and friendly, but he never opened up to a person that much by meeting them once. Meiling placed a hand on her chin as she wondered. She had to know why.

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Syaoran looked towards a tall tree as he himself sat under another. He smiled softly to see that Sakura was sitting on it, her eyes closed and her head thrown back. Her long hair of honey brown with the ebony strands. Her eyes of evergreen, which was bright, but had a certain darkness in them. Ivory skin that her long silky hair slid on. Her full strawberry-pink lips in which most of the time were in a sad frown. He found himself biting his lower lip. He wanted to bring that frown into a smile, and to scare the darkness away from the bright emerald jewels glimmering around peach silk. He wanted to be her friend badly... so she would have someone to sit with on that tall tree, to feel the breeze with her and hear the melody of Mother Earth. Syaoran then decided to shake his head. She would run away as soon as she knew his secret, fear written in the green sheet of her eyes. Meiling sat next to him, a knowing glimmer in her eyes. "Curiosity got ya, huh?"

"Hmm?" He replied, oblivious to what she was talking about. Meiling gave off a soft laugh. "You know, curiosity. A desire to learn or know." She explained, wishing that hopefully he'd understand. Syaoran looked at her and gave a sad smile. "Yeah. She's always so alone, and I guess I am a little curious. But, you'll know what will happen if she ever figures me out, right?"

"You know what? Forget it! Forget about your difference. Maybe she won't be like a normal person and run away... maybe she'll care more about being your friend." Meiling finished with a whisper "Listen to me, Xiao-Lang. You gotta befriend someone sooner or later, instead of wondering about what having a friend is like. Xiao-Lang, you gotta make yourself happy."

Syaoran thought about it for a little while, then that small smile stood once again as he said "All right, I'll be friends with her. I'm gonna follow your advice... I'll try to befriend Sakura Kinomoto."

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Sakura was sitting in her room, clutching onto a letter in her hands. She forgot about hiding her feelings and decided to allow the tears to slide down her cheeks. The salty tears burned against the handwritting, fogging it, but it was still understandable. She blinked and tried hard to finish reading it.

Sakura, I'm really sorry about what I have done. I know you're probably mad at me, but you understand why I left you and Hikaru with Tomoyo. When I heard that Hikaru died, I was devastated. I just cried and cried. Maybe it was my fault that she died... maybe I shouldn't have left you two. I hope you're okay, I really do. I'm pretty okay myself. Is Tomoyo okay? I hope she is, she's been a great person to accept you into her apartment. Tell her that I'm thankful... so, how's school? You doing okay in it? Do you have any friends? I know you don't want anyone to be in danger, but you gotta be friends with someone soon enough. Listen, I'm not saying this because I have to or something like that, I'm saying this for your own good... for you to be happy. Maybe one day I'll see you. Maybe one day I'll be able to see my little monster once again, but I just hope you'll want to see me. I miss you, and even though we used to fight like there was no tomorrow, I love you very much.

Sakura gave a smile, her cheeks sticky and warm. Touya still cared about her, even though he wasn't with her. He wanted to see her, even though she was an annoying little sister. She turned her smile into a grin as she re-read and stopped at the part where he thanked Tomoyo. Tomoyo was a great person. She welcomed her, even if she wasn't really hers. Tomoyo came into the room, and her eyes turned soft. She sat next to Sakura in her bed and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Are you all right, Sakura-chan?" She asked.

Sakura looked up at her and whispered "Yeah... Touya thanks you for being so nice to accept me." Tomoyo smiled and hugged Sakura close to her. "It's no trouble." She replied, smoothing the golden brown locks close to Sakura's head "You're like a sister to me, and Hikaru was too."

"No really, thanks." Sakura whispered once again, leaning her head against Tomoyo's shoulder "You've been great to me. I never really told you how much this means to me." Tomoyo nodded "Shh... it's all right. I understand that you wanna thank me, but no need to... I like having you around the house." Sakura nodded and closed her eyes, wondering why Tomoyo was so much like her mother, and not only by her looks.

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"Xiao-Lang, what's up?" Meiling asked curiously as she saw Syaoran stare up at the sky, headphones contouring his head closely. His eyes looked distant, as if his spirit wasn't really there. They were both currently outside, Syaoran leaning against the wall and Meiling standing in the front porch. Yue asked her to check up on him because he was unusually quiet. Syaoran smiled and said "I'm okay, I'm just bored."

"Are you sure you're okay? You're being really quiet." She insisted. She looked at him and said "By the way, why'd you let Kinomoto-chan call you Xiao-Lang, even though you just met her?" "Because I met her yesterday. She would not tell me her last name for some reason, so I decided to let her call me by my Chinese name, so we'd be even."

"Hmmm... I wonder... " Meiling whispered thoughtfully. "What?" Syaoran asked, looking rather confused at his cousin's thinking position. "Oh, never mind." She finished with a sheepish smile "I was just thinking."

He was about to ask her what she was thinking about, but then he shrugged and said "Suit yourself." He looked up again at the sky and watched as the navy satin glittered with small diamonds. Meiling had left, but not before asking him to eat dinner. Instead of going, he refused and stayed. Somehow he was too deeply interested looking at the sky, watching the stars. Suddenly something inside of him made him frown. "Why do you all hate me so much?" he let out a small whisper, still looking up at the sky. A small star seemed to glimmer more than usual. "I wish I wasn't like this." He muttered, hugging his knees up to his chest. "I wish I was normal."

-Gasps- So Syaoran-kun isn't normal? Whoa... wait a minute, I'm the one writing this, so why am I surprised? -Looks confused- Anyways, so as you can (hopefully!) all see, Touya is alive. Now where is he? I dunno, you tell me. -Grins innocently-

-Smiles and waves- See ya!