Chapter 4

BEEP! BEEP!

Slam.

'stupid alarm clock…' sigh.

As soon as the alarm clock was 'officially out of service', Sakura started walking toward the bathroom. Step, step, step…

"AHHHHHHH!"

Meanwhile downstairs

"Ehehe….." 'Guess she found my hidden surprise. Better sneak out while I can…." And he slowly tip toed to the door until……

"TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUYA! YOU ARE SO DEAD WHEN I FIND YOU!"

"Why would you treat your own brother like that?" he asked innocently.

"Well I'm not the one who put a bucket of water above the door!"

"Oh………..that. Well I knew there was something I was supposed to do……Anyhow I have to go now! See you later Sakura!" And with that he whizzed out the door, to leave Sakura fuming in her……wet….clothes.

Later on…….At School

As Sakura walked to locker, and believe it or not she wasn't late, she saw her best friend walking toward her.

"Hey Tomoyo!"

"Hey Sakura! What's up?"

"I have to ask you something." Sakura took out the orb from her backpack and showed it to Tomoyo.

"What is that? Is that some shiny sort of ball?"
"Well………..I'm not sure. I was hoping you could help me figure that out."

"Want to try to solve the puzzle during lunch?"

"Sure why not. It's not like we'll have time during class….."

"So have fun over the weekend?"

"Not really………….but I did meet this guy yesterday. He's new around here so I was going to show him around today after school. Want to come with me?"

"Sure. Sounds like fun."

"Great. Well I guess we'd better head to class."

"Umm…….Sakura……….Isn't that what we're doing?"

"Ehehe... Right."

During class….

"Good morning everyone!"

"Good morning Mr. Terada."

"Class, today we have a new student. Please welcome him well and treat him how you would treat your own friend." Then he turned to the person standing by the door and told him to come in.

"Please introduce yourself to the class."

And so he nodded and started talking. I didn't really pay attention until I felt a gaze on me. The moment I looked up, I realized who it was.

It was the guy who I had so many different opinions about. The guy who laughed at me, stared at me, talked to me, and who helped me.

But all I could do at the moment was just stare right back curiously.

After class was over, I started getting up from my desk. Class had actually ended pretty fast. Well to me it did. After that 'let's greet and stare' moment, I just kept doodling in my notebook. We really didn't do that much work, since we had a new student.

"Hey Sakura!" called Tomoyo.

"Yeah?"

"Do you know the new kid? He kept staring at you a lot during class today."

"Yeah. He's the new person I met over the weekend that I told you about before. What was his name? I wasn't really paying attention," I said sheepishly.

"His name was Syaoran-"

"Li. And now that you have my name may I have yours?"

"Right I never did tell you last time did I? My name is Sakura Kinomoto but you can just call me Sakura. So how long were you standing behind us anyway?"

"Um………well I was behind you when I heard………."

"Tomoyo," she filled in.

"Right from when I heard Tomoyo telling you my name."

"Oh I see. So I guess we can show where your other classes are. Schedule please."

"Wow. You have music, same as us," said Tomoyo cheerfully. "Just follow us."

And so the threesome walked toward the music room. As they walked Sakura asked Tomoyo if she had thought about that round ball she had showed her earlier. Syaoran, thinking it was some secret thing, just didn't pay attention. Neither of them had any idea of what it was. For now all it was to them was just a shiny looking ball. Though it was too heavy to be a ball. So instead it was now known as the shiny looking rock two of them

During Lunch…

"Hey Sakura-Chan! Hey Tomoyo-Chan! Mind if I sit with you two?" asked Syaoran.

"It's no problem Syaoran-kun," replied Tomoyo.

"Thanks."

"We'll introduce you to some of our other friends," said Sakura as she and Tomoyo lead him to a group of people.

"This is Yamazakii, the teller of stories," Sakura said pointing at a guy currently telling some sort of tale to his 'audience'. "And this is Chiharu," Tomoyo said pointing at a girl beating the boy known as Yamazakii.

"He's more like the teller of lies!" Chiharu yelled.

'What am I getting into?' thought Syaoran.

"Well continuing on, this is Rika. She's one of the nicest people you will meet. And she's pretty good with a sword too, said Sakura, pointing at a girl who was currently giggling at Chiharu and Yamazakii's antics. "And that is Naoko. She loves to write and tell stories, especially scary ones," Tomoyo said giggling, pointing at the girl beside Rika.

"Wait. There's one person missing…. Where is he?" wondered Sakura out loud.

"Right here. Ah. Remember me my little descendant?"

"How could I not," replied Syaoran.

"You two know each other?" asked Tomoyo curiously.

"We're cousins!" replied Eriol rather cheerfully.

"Unfortunately……" added Syaoran.

"Well it seems like you haven't gotten any nicer since last time," said Eriol to Syaoran.

All Syaoran did in turn was just glare at him.

"Well sorry to break this lovely reunion between you two, but I'm going to go to my locker now. The bell's almost going to ring. Bye you guys! See you later!"

"I'll come with you," said Tomoyo. "Bye everyone!" and off she ran to catch up with Sakura. Well one by one they all soon left until it was just Syaoran and Eriol left standing there facing each other.

"So why are you really here Syaoran?" Eriol asked seriously. "I know for a fact that the elders would never have let you stop your training for no apparent reason."

"They sensed that something important was going to happen here, something that would affect the future greatly. What it is for sure though no one really knows."

"So magic I guess is involved in this as well then?" Eriol asked knowingly.

"Yes." That was what Eriol was really worried about. The night before, he had a premonition of something happening in the near future. Although it was very vague, all he could tell was that Sakura would be a main part of it. How though? That was what he was worried about. All he could do now was hope that everything would be alright in the end.

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