CCSxSt Tail. Two gangs at Tomoeda High; Sakura's and Syaoran's. Both hate each other equally, but what happens when they have to stand side by side against another school? DM ET but especially SS

Hey sorri for long updates...but im doing my best! As for strawberry cookies...that's coming along. Thanks to all reviewers u guyz r tha best !!

Disclaimer: 'tis not mine. No characters r mine, juz the storyline...

The Ice-cream Parlour: Looking Out For You

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"YOU IDIOTIC RETARDED ASSHOLE!"

"SHUTUP BITCH!"

"YOU SHUTUP BASTARD!"

"DUMBASS BLONDE GO EAT SOME SHIT!"

It was a usual morning at Tomoeda High, with Meimi and Asuka at each others' throats. Nothing had changed much since the gangs joined together last night and it was no different with these two.

"BLONDE? YOU CAN'T TALK YOU GRASS HEADED LOSER!"

Syaoran had to wrestle Asuka back down to his seat. It was lucky that Asuka's and Meimi's arranged desks were at the very opposite seats in the back row or else Asuka would've pounced on her. "Remember Asuka, you're in the same gang," Syaoran reminded him, "same gang. Repeat after me," he instructed, "same gang." "Same gang," Asuka growled, panting heavily, "same gang..."

"Meimi," Tomoyo said calmly. "That's quite enough for today. You're in the same gang now!" She and Sakura had their arms wide outstretched to block Meimi's path. "Like that's gonna stop me," Meimi gritted her teeth.

"Meimi," Sakura warned.

Meimi relaxed slightly and sat on her desk. She looked the other way in disappointment. "Whatever."

The other students in the classroom resumed talking quietly after that little scene. Quietly. Both Blood Phoenix and Dragoons hated anyone who talked as loud as them. Once a boy, Akai, had joked and laughed a bit too loudly for Sakura's liking and she used Silence on him. The poor guy had been opening and closing his mouth like a fish with no sound coming out, for a whole day.

Soon the young teacher arrived at class. 20 year old Ms Lai stumbled into the room, her hair disheveled and clothes crumpled, thick glasses askew and papers and books slipping out of the huge pile she was holding. She had been cleaning up at the toilets for the whole day of yesterday and even had to stay overnight. Tomoyo felt a twinge of guilt when looking at her but it quickly faded away. Ms Lai was not a nice teacher; she gave detentions for any reason, she set assignments with short due dates, she yelled at the slightest noise in class, and she picked on students. Everyone in the class hated her; to sum up, Ms Lai was a bitch.

Ms Lai dropped her books onto her desk with a loud thud and composed herself, watching the students scramble to their seats. Blood Phoenix and the Dragoons were already sitting at the back calmly and this pissed Ms Lai off. She knew they were the ones who somehow flooded the toilets yesterday; her reason: because they were always the ones that did.

Her deep purple eyes scanned the last row of desks with contempt. Asuka, on the left end of the row of desks, was gripping onto the edges of the wooden desk, tense. Next to him, was Eriol, who had both arms on the desk, hands clasped together, looking suave and thoughtful? Meimi, on the far right in the same row, was staring out the window with a steely determined-to-stay-calm gaze, her hand absentmindedly brushing back a strand of hair. Next to Meimi was Tomoyo, looking serenely beautiful with her legs elegantly crossed and head resting on her hand. And in the middle of these four, were Syaoran and Sakura. They were seated together because they were forced to. Ms Lai, knowing of their deep hatred for each other, assigned their permanent seats purely for her amusement.

Ms Lai fixed her gaze on Sakura, who was now twirling her pen, flicking it artistically into several stunts. She seemed oblivious to the poisoning looks Ms Lai sent her. Ms Lai tried to scrutinize Sakura, but could not find anything to pick on her about. Oh how she hated Sakura Kinomoto. Sakura Kinomoto was flawless: everything she was not. Even at her young age, Sakura was smarter, wiser, and more powerful than her. Ms Lai, with her fake air of superiority and intelligence that fooled most students, could not fool her. Sakura, at 16, was prettier and more athletic than she ever could be, and she could have had boys running after her if she had not beaten them off with a stick, literally. Ms Lai was the type of person, when she was in high school, the stereotypical nerd, invisible, with her huge glasses slipping off her nose and her bony frame easily blown away by the wind. Ms Lai was the type of person who loathed the beautiful and popular girls then, and she loathed them now; and the one she hated most, was Sakura Kinomoto.

Sakura tried not to smile, but the corners of her mouth curled upwards involuntarily. Ms Lai was 'examining' her again, as Tomoyo calls it. She really thought that it was stupid: Ms Lai was stupid. She would have used some form of magic to stop this nonsense ages ago but something about Ms Lai was different. Sakura had a gut feeling that she wasn't 'normal'...she didn't have an aura but she looked like she possessed a certain power...and energy...like she was a ticking bomb waiting to go off any moment. Not that Sakura was scared...she just had to refrain herself from doing anything drastic, just in case.

Sakura gave up twirling her pen and instead leant back on her chair. "Stupid Ms Lai," she said under her breath, still feeling Ms Lai's eyes on her.

"What was that, Miss Kinomoto?" inquired a commanding voice. Nobody turned around. They were all used to this. Ms Lai loved picking on Sakura. Sakura had to stop herself from rolling her eyes. "Nothing, Miss," she replied sweetly with a mega watt smile. Ms Lai gave an angry 'tche' sound and turned to write something on the board.

"Stupid, stupid Ms Lai," Sakura grumbled. Being so powerful, yet she could not do anything about this lame-ass teacher. A finger in her right hand twitched. It was beginning to feel warm at the tip...

"Don't you dare," said a voice quietly. Sakura turned to look at the person on her right. She never looked this side; because it was the side Syaoran was sitting. She usually only talked to Tomoyo, on her left. "Don't," he repeated, watching her itching fingers.

"Why do you care?" she whispered curiously back.

Syaoran glanced at Ms Lai's direction before continuing, "Don't get pissed, Kinomoto. That's exactly what she wants. You're falling into her trap," he said composedly.

"I said," she gritted her teeth, furious that he was telling her how to behave, "why do you care?"

"I don't," he said nonchalantly. "But you're in my gang now, and gang members have to look out for each other."

Sakura retorted, "What do you mean YOUR gang?? It's OUR gang...And I don't NEED your damn 'looking out for each other' shit! I can look after myself just fine-"

"Look Kinomoto," he cut her off smoothly. "We need to set a good example to the others in, fine, OUR gang," he nodded towards Meimi and Asuka. "So just shut up and listen to me already."

Sakura bit her tongue and closed her mouth a little reluctantly. He had a point.

"So first things first...we need to sort out a new gang name."

"Do we really have to go this far?" she groaned. "We don't need..."

"Yes we do. Now what do you think is a good name?"

"I don't WANT to THINK about it, okay?"

"Miss Kinomoto! Mr Li!" a sharp sound startled their ears. They both looked up to see Ms Lai's purple eyes ablaze. "Stop talking to each other and pay attention!" At this, the rest of the class's ears perked up and they all swiveled in their chairs to look at the back row. Did they just hear right? Kinomoto and Li...were talking to each other? Does that mean...does that mean they weren't in rival gangs anymore? What was going on?

"Yeah, whatever."

"Did you just talk back to me, Mr Li?"

"Course not, Miss. I said, 'yeah, whatever'."

"So it's confirmed. You did talk back."

Sakura raised her hand and stood up in confusion. "What do you mean? He didn't talk back...he just said 'yeah, whatever'. You're not making sense, Miss."

"Miss Kinomoto! Mind your manners and don't correct me!" Ms Lai hissed angrily. "You two have been wasting my time! I should punish both of you accordingly! In fact, detention for both of you!" The rest of the students didn't know what to think. Kinomoto and Li were talking to each other...and Kinomoto was defending him? And now, she received a detention because of him?

Sakura sat back down in annoyance. "Detention, huh? Bite me, bitch," she muttered. Syaoran stared at her. "You didn't need to do that, you know."

She shrugged. "Just looking out for ya, I guess," she said with a hint of a smile.

Hey just wanted to tell you guyz...I just realized that this is going to be a very, very long story...so only read if ur prepared for that, I guess. Maib this message will scare everyone away 0.0" but I just wanted to tell u coz in the future u mite b all asking me to finish it quickly...and I wont b able to do that. If you really want to noe...I still have a long, long, long, longggggggggggg way to go with this one. And I think the same applies for strawberry cookies. Hopefully u will all stick with me...

-.- wishful thinking?

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