Chapter Two

Card Captor Sakura

Jagged Amber

*starjade*

*Tutor*

The sunlight touched the garden lightly, illuminating it with a soft light. The colours shined as a silver blade whipped through the air, cutting the silence in half. A body whirled around the garden, throwing the sword around his body and catching it in midair, before crouching on the ground and leaping up to do a high kick.

His body was gleaming with sweat and his hair hung in his cold amber eyes. If you glanced at him, you would think he was just a handsome, built guy with a serious face. A second look would draw you to his eyes. Not just would you see the cold ice rimmed edges, but you would notice that his eyes were unfocused.


Syaoran Li was blind.

With one last yell, Syaoran dropped his sword and grabbed the towel that rested on the patio. Wiping his face, he carefully made his way into the house and he dropped into his comfy chair with a sigh.

" Syaoran!"

God, leave me alone for one minute, can you...Syaoran thought, a muscle jumping in his jaw. He turned around, smelling the perfume already. Big heavy steps echoed in his mind as his cousin ran up to him. He could already sense the angry look on her face and he prepared himself for a little screeching.

" Can you believe it? TELL ME YOU DID NOT AGREE!" Meiling screamed as soon as she was in front of him. Syaoran winced.

" What the heck are you talking about?" Syaoran growled.


Meiling screeched, her arms flailing and almost hitting Syaoran. " The elders! Their plan! I can't believe their doing this! You should go up to them right now and claim a little leadership around here, Syaoran!"

She kept ranting and ranting and Syaoran ran a hand through his hair frustrated. If this had been one of those giggling girls at his school , he would have already left, after shooting them down with a well placed insult. But this was his cousin...a cousin who reminded him of leech, but a cousin, no less.

" Would you shut up?" Syaoran roared, finally, the noise she was creating pounding through his head.

Meiling stopped screaming instantly, recognising the furious look in his eyes immediately. That meant he was serious and when Syaoran told you to do something with that look in his eyes, you'd better do it.

Syaoran took a deep breath and turned to Meiling. " What are they saying?"

Meiling turned red again and opened her mouth and Syaoran snapped, " Without screaming!"

Meiling blushed and said calmly, " They want to get you a peer tutor."

Syaoran's eyebrows hit his hair line with shock. " WHAT??"

Meiling nodded, her hair flopping up and down with fervour. " Uh huh! And they've already lined one up! This person is on some exchange program from Japan and is coming here to stay with us! In our house!"

Syaoran's eyes gleamed with anger. " Are you sure?"

Meiling nodded, eagerly. " Absolutely! It's disgusting, I tell you..

Syaoran's eyes narrowed dangerously. "That is it!"

He stomped past Meiling, pushing her out of his way and tore past the hallways, heading to the well known room where his mother meditated every day.

He stormed into the incensed room and roared at once, " WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PLANNING, MOTHER??"

He could hear silk rustling as his mother got up from her kneeling position. " Don't utter such profanity, son."

" JUST TELL ME!! WHY DID YOU ORDER SOME CRAPPED UP PEER TUTOR FOR ME?" Syaoran shouted, his voice loud and booming.

His mother raised a carefully shaped eyebrow. " Excuse me? Lower your voice when you speak to me, son."

Syaoran paced back and forth, his shoulders heaving with anger. " You ordered some asshole from Japan to Peer tutor me? Do you think I'm some pathetic disabled son that needs help from Japan to survive in this world?"

His mother carefully replied, " No. I just don't think you'll be able to survive without some peers to help you along the way. Friends, Syaoran. I think you need friends."

Syaoran gaped at his mother. " Friends?? You hired some person to come here to be FRIENDS with me?"

His mother laughed. " That's only part of it. Your tutor will be teaching you some Japanese as well, since you do so poorly in that subject. But not only will your tutor teach you Japanese, but this person will teach you to be more sociable , to introduce you to the world."

Syaoran laughed bitterly. " I can't believe you, Mother. I will not carry through with this. Call this loser right now and tell them the deal's off."

His mother rested a hand on his shoulder. " I can't do that , son. She's already coming."

" SHE?????"

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Sakura tried to settle herself in the chair more comfortably. Great, she thought. How the heck do you work these things?

In the airplane, she was traveling first class. She had never traveled in first class before, and the chairs were hard to work. Did she have to pull the handle this way, or the other way? How did all those other people tilt their chairs and she couldn't?
And most importantly...where did those pillows come from?

Finally, she gathered her courage and with all her strength, pushed down on the handle.

" AHH!" She squealed as he chair flipped all the way back and she was thrown backwards. The whole first class compartment grew quiet and snickers grew until their was full fledged laughing.

Sakura turned red. Great...Just had to make a fool of yourself, didn't you?

She looked up at the face who's lap she had landed on. Laughing amethyst eyes gazed down at her, a smile tilting up on a pale face. Hair that matched her eye colour swirled around a kind face and Sakura reddened and got up , trying to fix her chair.

The girl smiled kindly. " You can push that button, to get it up , you know."

Sakura grew confused. " Huh?"

The girl smiled. " Your a kawaii girl...push the button."

Sakura stared at the buttons on her armrest and pushed the one the girl was pointing to. The chair slowly inched up and Sakura stared at the chair like she had never seen such a contraption before. To tell the truth, she had never seen such a contraption before.

Sakura turned back to the girl. " Hehe...oh, thanks. I just...yah...didn't really notice..."

The girl giggled. " My name is Daidouji. Tomoyo Daidouji."

Sakura grinned. " Kinomoto Sakura."

The girl gasped. " Sakura...such a beautiful name!"

Sakura smiled. " Thanks."

Tomoyo turned to the window, where she was sitting and remarked, " So , your leaving Japan to Hong Kong too, I suppose."

Sakura nodded and Tomoyo sighed. " I don't really want to go, but my mother sent for me. She's on a business trip there and she thinks we can use this time for a real mother to daughter experience."

Sakura giggled. " I'm going for a job. You get extra points for helping those in need and I really need them, ever since I got my report card from first semester. Math does not agree with me!"

Tomoyo grinned. " So, what is this job about?"

Sakura shrugged. " I suppose their quite a wealthy family, since they sent me a first class ticket and their paying a hefty price. I'm tutoring this kid in Japanese and I'm helping him out, because he's blind."

Tomoyo gasped. " Blind? That's sad."

Sakura nodded. " I'm living with them too...I wonder how that's going to be like..."

Tomoyo thought for a moment and after some silence, said, " When we get to Hong Kong, I'd still like to keep in touch. Your really a nice girl, Sakura and I'm sure we can be good friends."

Sakura grinned back and Tomoyo got up. " Here's my mother's business card. My cell phone number is on the back. Call me anytime, alright?"

Sakura nodded and settled back. Tomoyo grabbed her bags but before she left, she blinked at Sakura. " Sakura?"

Sakura looked up. " Yes?"

Tomoyo giggled. " Look around you."

Sakura looked around and then gasped. " Everyone's gone!!"

Tomoyo nodded. " I think we're supposed to get off now. The airplane already arrived in Hong Kong."

Sakura screeched, " OH MY GOD! I am so stupid!"

Sakura grabbed her bags and ran down the corridor, to the exit of the airplane, with a laughing Tomoyo following.

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Syaoran sat on his favourite chair, resting his head against a pillow. He had to think things over and had to think of a plan , quickly!

He did not need a simpering girl, chasing him around like those others at his school and trying to pretend that he was a disabled little boy that needed mounds of help just to get up from bed.

He already had experience in these sort of things. Years and years of nurses and nannies had already experienced him in the art of chasing them all away. He'd just have to do the same to her.

" Hello, Xiolang..."

Syaoran jerked. " What??"

Usually he sensed any one's presence come from their aura. Only one person had ever escaped Syaoran's sharpened senses and that was..

" Eriol..." Syaoran growled.

A laugh floated through the air. " I'm glad you recognise me."

Syaoran narrowed his eyes. " What the hell are you doing here?"

Syaoran felt quite uncomfortable , because he didn't know where Eriol was. He could be right in front of him , for all he knew. It was at these times that Syaoran grew painfully aware of his blindness. He tried to let everyone know that he didn't care that he was blind, but truthfully, he did. He wanted to see, more than anything..

Eriol laughed once more. " I heard about what the elders have been saying. A peer tutor, I hear. "
Syaoran glared. . Come to rub it in my face?"

Eriol's tone of voice grew pathetically shocked. " No, no, of course not! I've just come to warn you. This girl won't back down too easily."

Syaoran groaned. " That's all you came to tell me?"

Eriol's voice turned mysterious. " This girl has got a lot going for her and I know what your going to do. Your going to chase her away, get her fired, or something along those lines. She won't back down and soon, you won't want her to."

" WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING? Can you speak clearly for once?" Syaoran shouted, frustrated.

Eriol's voice seemed to grow fainter. " Bye, my dear descendant. I'll be leaving, but keep in mind what I've said. She won't back down like the others. She'll stay."

Syaoran nearly ripped his hair out with frustration. That boy always got on his nerves. He wanted to kick Eriol's ass and he knew he could too...

" Xiolang dear?" A sweet voice trailed through the house.

" What??" Syaoran snapped.

" Your peer tutor is here!"

a/n: I love all your reviews, thankies so much! This story DOES have a plot but it'll take a few chapters for it to come out. Review, alright and tell me what you think! Give me suggestions and stuff! I LOB YOU ALL!

*starjade*