"Sakura? Are you ready yet? I can't wait to get to the boarding school!" a voice exclaimed from outside Sakura's bedroom door.
"Coming, Tomoyo! I can't wait too! I'm so sorry I'm so slow…" In no time, Sakura opened her door, holding a big bag of luggage and ran down to the living room.
"Bye Touya! Miss you so much!" Sakura said sarcastically.
"Don't be rude to your brother, Sakura Kinomoto." Her father scolded.
"Yes, dad. Bye Touya." she replied once more.
"Bye Touya!" Tomoyo answered also.
"Well, then, you're all set, so let's go!" Sakura's father said, carrying their luggage into the car. "Are you two excited?"
"Yes, Mr. Kinomoto." Tomoyo replied.
"I'll miss you, dad," Sakura replied.
"I'll miss you two, darling. Have fun in Canada though! Take care of yourselves! Normally I wouldn't let two twelve year olds travel by themselves all the way to Canada, but you two just can't miss this great opportunity for learning! I'm sure your mom and dad said that two, didn't they, Tomoyo?" Sakura's father said.
"Why, yes! They did! You must be physic or something!" Tomoyo giggled.
"Strap yourself in kids! We're off to the airport!" Mr. Kinomoto exclaimed.
Before they knew it, the three reached the airport. Sakura and Tomoyo dragged their luggage out of the trunk.
"Sayonara, daddy! I'll miss you so much." Sakura exclaimed, waving to her dearest father.
"I'll miss you too, darling. Have fun in Canada. Be sure to learn much! Teach me when you return!" her father replied, secretly feeling very sad also and reluctantly let her daughter leave. He sat in the car, and watched as the two young girls entered the airport.
On the airplane
"Are you excited? Or scared…"Sakura asked Tomoyo.
"I'm very thrilled, but yet very depressed. I miss everyone."
"Me too. I'll miss Japan a lot."
"Well, at least we've got each other. Let's strap ourselves in and get ourselves ready for take off."
"I'm glad I've got you going to Canada with me, Tomoyo." Sakura said, strapping herself in.
"I'm glad I've got you too." Tomoyo said, smiling back.
Arrival at the School
The two girls stared at the school from the outside. There was a huge sign saying "Stanwood Preteen Boarding Academy" on the outside of the school.
"This school is like, as big as a mall!" Sakura exclaimed.
"I know! It's absolutely colossal!" Tomoyo replied.
The two rapidly ran in through the clear glass doors and stared at the spaciousness inside the school.
"Wow…." Sakura said mouth agape. She could see three stories, the top story being filled with stores selling gifts, books, food, and all sorts of other things. She could faintly see a swimming pool and many, many classrooms. There were so many things to see and so many things to count, Sakura's eyes were busy as ever.
"Children, my name is Mrs. Hedge. I'm here to welcome you all here to Stanwood Preteen
Boarding Academy. Our preteen academy educates sixth grade students all the way to eighth grade students. This kind of school is very rare, and there are practically none in this province. Anyway, all new students please follow me." a woman ordered, who apparently was Mrs. Hedge.
Hearing her announcement, Tomoyo and Sakura quickly grabbed their luggage and tagged along everybody else that was following the elderly woman. Mrs. Hedge led them to a large room that was labeled "Conference Room" on the door.
"Everybody grab a chair and drop your bags." she ordered, pointing to the orange chairs in the room.
"Let's start by introducing yourselves, starting from this young lady sitting right here." the instructor said, pointing straight at Sakura.
"Nani? Me?" Sakura exclaimed.
Everybody in the room stared at her.
Blushing, Sakura quickly said, "Gomennasai! I mean, sorry! Watashi-I mean, my name is Sakura. I am grade 7 and I come from Japan."
"So you are Japanese, I believe. Can you say 'My name is Sakura' in Japanese?" Mrs. Hedge asked, curiously.
"Watashi wa Sakura desu."
"Ah, thank you very much Sakura." Mrs. Hedge replied.
Sakura replied, "Mrs. Hedges, instead of calling me Sakura you should call me-"
"Sakura-chan. You should call her Sakura-chan, because it's considered polite." The boy beside Sakura interrupted.
How rude. He just interrupts me. What kind of attitude is that? Sakura thought.
"Oh I'm very sorry, Sakura-chan. And you, boy, are?" Mrs. Hedge asked.
"Syaoran Li. I'm Grade 7 and I come from Hong Kong." He answered coldly.
Soon, after Mrs. Hedge got everyone to introduce themselves, she announced, "Everyone, grab a sheet and pick your classes. After, I'll hand you back a schedule of all the classes you pick. The schedule includes all the room numbers, teachers, and class times."
Rapidly, Sakura and Tomoyo grabbed a sheet and filled in their classes. In no time, they handed it in and got their schedule. She looked at her schedule.
"I've got to go to my first class, Tomoyo. Ja ne!" Sakura said.
"Ja ne!" Tomoyo replied.
So my first class is Physical Education. That's gym! I better go to the gym now! Sakura thought.
Sakura ran, this way and that, up and down the elevator, and finally, after 30 minutes, she found the gym. Hoping that she wasn't late, she stared at her watch.
Good, I'm not late yet! Just on time. she thought.
Hastily, she ran into the gym.
"Wow…."she mumbled. "This is huge! It's…colossal!" Sakura's eyes were wide and her mouth was agape.
"Kids, everyone, please come in and grab your P.E. suit, and quickly change. There is every single size here, all the way from XXS to XXL so I pretty much doubt you won't find your size," the coach exclaimed.
Sakura went forward to get her size when she got bumped into by Syaoran. Without apologizing, he raced passed and grabbed his P.E. strip.
What a rude kid. Are all Hong Kong people like this? Sakura thought.
Sakura walked over to the table and found her size, then ran into the Girl's Change Room to change. Quickly, she exited the change room, surprised to find that the P.E. suit fit her so well. Soon, she noticed that everyone had exited the change rooms already, so she quickly ran into the crowd of kids, afraid to be left out.
"Kids, many of you are new here, so I will introduce myself. I'm Mr. Joseph King, but you can call me Joe. I'm your coach." the man announced, "For gym today, everybody please go out and run ten laps!"
Everyone immediately groaned.
"Come on, kids! It's for your good health! You've got to keep fit!"
Everyone dragged themselves outside and started running. Halfway, Sakura started to feel drowsy and dizzy. She stopped for a few seconds to drink some water.
"Come on, girl! Run, run, and run some more! Everybody run!" Joe exclaimed.
Hearing Joe's orders, Sakura began to sprint some more. After a long while that seemed like forever, she was finally done ten laps. She was exhausted, dead-beat, and worn out. She needed water really badly, and was breathing rapidly. Soon, she started to feel faint. Groggily, she walked towards Syaoran and in no time, she completely wiped out. She fell forward, right onto Syaoran, her lips touching his.