Author's Note:

I'm back again!! This one is mostly about memories of the past...and pretty long too. Anyways, sorry for keeping you guys wait so long, school work kinda took up all my spare time... so I'll just stop blabbering and get on with the story now!! 3

Memories

"Syaoran?" Sakura asked softly. She was sure that it was him...although 15 long years had passed, but she still didn't forget his looks...but then, if it was Syaoran, then why was he looking at her that way? It was just like the first time they met...

Flashback

A little girl with auburn hair and crystal bright emerald eyes was playing on the slide in Penguin Park when she saw a boy about her age with messy chestnut hair walking pass head down.

"Hey there!" She yelled. Sliding down, she ran towards him. "Are you new to this neighborhood? I have never seen you around here before. Oh, and I almost forgot! My name is Sakura Kinomoto, but you can just call me Sakura." Seeing no response, she asked, "What's yours?"

The boy slowly lifted his head so she could see that he had cold yet beautiful amber eyes. "Why would you care?" He asked back in a tone with no emotion.

"Hoe? Simple! I just like making new friends! Don't you? Now that I have answered your question, you can answer mine too!" She said cheerfully while eagerly waiting for his reply.

"My name...is Syaoran...Syaoran Li. I came to this crappy place to visit some relatives." Syaoran replied slowly, and still with no emotion. He looked at the little girl in front of him that called herself Sakura, and was surprised to see her staring at the floor. When she did finally look up, he saw that she was really angry, with flames in her eyes.

"WELL, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THIS 'CRAPPY' PLACE WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO? JUST FOR YOU TO KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT!!" Sakura yelled, then turned on her heels and started walking back the slide. Halfway there, she suddenly turned around, as if she remembered something important. "Tell me Syaoran," She said calmly, "Why do you hate this place so much?"

"..." For a moment, Syaoran just stared speechlessly at this amazing girl in front of him. Then regaining his coldness, he replied simply. "My mother does not pay attention to me anymore, she just takes all my cousins out to play and doesn't have time for me anymore. She doesn't love me like she used to."

Syaoran was both shocked and surprised when Sakura just started to laugh. "BAKA!!" She told him when she finally stopped. "Of course your mother still loves you! She just has to spend time with your cousins too now that you're not the only child anymore."

"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT FEELS SO JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" Syaoran was getting mad. 'Why did she even care? How could she know anything about how he feels? I bet that she doesn't even have a cousin, not to talk about other siblings.' He thought to himself.

Sakura just stood there, looking at the red-faced Syaoran right in the eye. Syaoran could see that her eyes looked hurt, but he didn't care. She was the one who asked for it. After a moment, Sakura turned away again, except this time she wasn't going back the slide anymore. She was heading for the exit instead. When she walked pass Syaoran though, she whispered quietly: "Just...just be happy that you even have a mother. Take advantage with all the time you have with her or else she might...disappear one day..."Sakura could feel that those amber orbs haven't left her yet. She heard someone running behind her, and a second later the same person stopped her by putting his hand on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you like that, I didn't know that...Sorry that I was in such a bad mood just now...This town is actually pretty nice you know, its just that I haven't had time to see much of it. Would...if you could, can you show me around?" He asked cautiously, afraid that she might still be hurt.

"Why didn't you say so just now? I know every place of this town by heart! Come on, follow me!" She turned around, those beautiful green orbs all bright and happy again, as if nothing ever happened. Syaoran chuckled inwardly, thinking that this was some kind of a person...

End of Flashback

Sakura smiled, remembering the weird first meeting they had. But those eyes... They seemed both familiar and distant...there just had to be something wrong.

A voice broke through her thoughts. "So...you are that famous violinist Sakura Kinomoto I resume?" The boy asked.

"Y...yes. And you are?" Sakura blinked, hearing that familiar tone, sure it was deeper than before, but there was the fact that she hadn't heard him speak for the last 15 years. Still Sakura was not sure. Although they looked and sounded the same, it...it wasn't the right feeling. Even at their first meeting, Syaoran never sounded that un-emotional.

"My name...is Xiao Lang" He replied, and saw the emerald eyes of Sakura widen, and a tint of sadness flowed through them before she was able to look normal again, and he didn't understand why. He had a feeling that they have met before, but then, he couldn't remember anyone like her in his past. It made him all confused and mind you, he didn't like being confused.

'Xiao Lang?' Sakura thought sadly. 'So it's not him then, it just must be that they look alike or maybe I miss him too much.' She sighed, and then clicked back to normal, remembering where she was. "Syao, errr...I meant Xiao Lang, it's a pleasure to meet you. May I know for what reason are you here and..." She was blushing furiously at this time, and mentally kicking herself, she continued. "Would you be kind enough to tell me where you heard that song before?"

'Syao? Wait, I've heard someone call me that name somewhere before...but I can't remember where...' Then realizing what she had just asked him, he smirked, for this was the question he had been waiting for all along. He then raised his voice, to make sure everyone there could hear him. "I see that you have already noticed my violin here. As you may know, the violin here I have is the twin violin of yours...the violin of 'Hell' and the family that had had this violin for generations in the Li family." Here, he paused, for he saw shock and happiness flow through those emerald eyes belonging to the person in front of him. 'She's some kind of a person. Wait, how come I have the feeling I've made this comment about her before?' He thought, but continued. "I have come here to prove to you, and everyone n the world, that you are NOT the best player around, as the rumors have stated. I, am better" As he stopped, he could hear the mummers of the audience. He smirked, thinking of what a great speaker he would be.

'Li?! But...but is cant be! He just can't be Syaoran!!! Wait, I remember Syaoran saying that Li is a really common last name in China...but in Hong Kong there was only his family...' Her heart speed went down again, and she kept on telling herself its Ok, he can never be Syaoran. Then something just snapped to her. "Wait, you haven't answered my second question yet!" She claimed, desperate know if he had by any chance be a relative of Syaoran's.

"..." For a moment, the boy kept silent. Then he started to speak again, except this time his volume was tuned down, as if he didn't wasn't the other people to know, and so that only Sakura could hear him. "I...this is a song that I made by myself years ago when I was 6, with the help of...a teacher. I wrote this song for a...a girl I liked at that time, except I can't seem to remember...anyways, how did you know this song?"

Sakura's respond was a shocked face. She stared into his eyes, with her mouth slightly hanging open. He cocked an eyebrow at her, and seeing that she was just struck dumb, he snapped a finger in font of her eyes. "Earth calling Sakura!!" Hw whispered. At this she snapped back to reality, and he started smirking. But then he made a mistake and looked straight into her eyes.

'They...they're so beautiful, warm, soft and...innocent...Of all the people I have met, never have I...' He completely got lost in them. 'Wait, these eyes...they look familiar. I think I have seen them somewhere. The problem is, where??' All confused again, he decided that he should focus on something else. "So, now that your back again, can you answer my question?" As he saw her blush a bit, he thought of how beautiful she was. 'Wait a moment! What is up with me today!?!?' He started to shake his head furiously, but was cut off by an angelic voice.

"I ummm...I was taught that song when I was a...child. This...friend of mine taught me it and said that h...I mean they wrote it themselves." She stumbled while slightly blushing.

"...A friend you say? May I know who is this 'friend' of yours?" He knew by the way she spoke that she was hiding something from him. Not that he wasn't hiding something to her, its just that he had told her all the things that he could, and he had a feeling she hadn't.

"That's...none of your business." She said looking him straight into the eye. Then she turned around to face her audience, and found every one of them staring at the pair in pure fascination. "As you have just heard, this young gentlemen here, who claims to be 'Xiao Lang' declares to be a better violin player than I am. " She paused, knowing that they were desperate to know what she had in stored for them. "Well, then I say this is impossible. It's not that he's not talented or I think I'm the best here or anything, it's simply because of his violin and way of playing, his personality. But to be fair, I say that we shall pick a day and have a contest."

Her audience didn't need her to say more, they were clapping and shouting like crazy. Seeing this as an approval, she then turned to her opponent. Before she could ask, he already answered, smirking. "Yes, I shall except that challenge, lady." He suddenly lowered his voice and almost whispered to her: "I have a single small request though..." Sakura signaled him to stop there, for seeing his attitude from earlier, she decided to just cut him off and say 'no' when suddenly she saw the earnest expression on his face. She blinked, surprised, then smiled to herself.

'So this time he's serious. They are so alike in so many ways, both cold hearted and un-emotional on the outside, but then when you get to know them better, they are such a softie. And not to mention, they both look so kawaii like that' Then she realized what she had just thought. 'What is up with me today?! Maybe I really should go and take a rest...and maybe I should just try and not think about him for a time...god knows if he still remembered me or not, but on the other hand, he promised, and he would never forget a promise......' She sighed, and motioned him to continue again.

Looking gratefully at her, he went on. "Actually this is nothing big. I was just wondering if I could pick out the date? I wanted this to be on...a special day." He finished. She smiled and nodded.

"Of course you can! Is the date a combination of our lucky numbers or something? Because just telling you, you wouldn't be able to win me with luck." She said jokingly. He got the meaning, but to her surprise, didn't play along.

"No...it's just that..." He paused, certainly not wanting to talk about it. "You said that today was your friend's birthday right?" He asked innocently.

"Yah," Sakura replied. She looked away, for she didn't want to look into those amber eyes. "I wanted to celebrate it with...my friend, but it seems that h...this friend of mine won't be back." 'Why am I telling him all this? The only person who knows about Syao is Tomoyo! I didn't even tell Eriol about it so why am I talking about Syao to this total complete stranger?' Sakura shook her head, and tried to change the subject before she lost control of herself and continued to babble on. "But what does my friend's birthday have to do with my question?"

He blinked and slowly said in a whisper. "It's...my birthday today too. Except no one ever remembers my birthday." He looked down, but not fast enough to let Sakura catch the tint of sadness in those amber eyes. She herself was shocked, but decided on the fact that since there was thousands on people who have the same birthday, she'll just ignore this, because for some reason she desperately wanted to know his answer. "Anyways I...well, this date that I am going to choose is kind of the same as today...it's the birthday of this friend I know, except...I can't seem to remember much of this...friend of mine. I only know that s...this friend means a lot to me, but...I don't even remember h...the name. It must be from the memory attack that I had suff..." He stopped short, shock in his eyes. 'Why? Why I am telling her about my past? I don't even really know her! She's just this freaking...slut? No, she's different, her eyes, they look so...innocent. Ugh! MUST. STOP. THINKING. ABOUT. THINKING. ABOUT. HER. MUST. CONCENTRATE.' He scolded himself inwardly, thinking that he should really have came to Japan a day earlier, so that he could have some more rest before he had to deal with this matter. "Because it's a memorable of a friend's birthday, I already have the date, so you don't have to worry about giving you no time to prepare or stuff like that. In fact, I'm going to announce it to everyone now if you don't mind." With that, he smirked, and raised his voice.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I am happy to be able to tell you that we have already decided the date of in which the contest would be held on — April first." He was cut off by the roaring laughter from the audience. Surprisingly, he didn't smirk. In fact, he actually still held a straight, serious face. After the laughter died down, (A/N: Believe me, it took a while...) Xiao Lang continued. "Please don't laugh or get angry, ladies and gentlemen, for this date was chosen not because of what you think. It was NOT chosen because of April Fools Day, its...actually a birthday of my friend's." At this everyone calmed down.

"Wait a moment," Someone shouted out from the crowd, "Isn't Sakura's birthday on April 1st too?" Reminded, everyone nodded and murmured yes. They looked up to see a very startled Syaoran and a shocked Sakura.

'April one?! What is he thinking? Is this a joke of some sort? Did he just lye to me so that he could make a fool out of me? But then...his face was so earnest at that time..." Sakura's eyes softened at this thought, and decided that he wasn't lying at all. Suddenly, a thought made her gasp slightly. "WAIT A MOMENT!!! Isn't April 1st is MY birthday too?!?!' Her eyes widened in shock, and she just simply stared at him. 'Could...could it really be him? But if it was him, why can't he seem to remember me? Why? No...I guess its just that lots of people have the same birth date that's all...' Smiling sadly, she looked up to see two amber orbs staring right at her emerald ones.

Syaoran stared at the shocked angel in front of him. 'It can't be can it? Her birthday is the same as...hers? Wait, what was her name again? Argh...I still can't remember anything..." He squeezed his eyes shut and tried to concentrate. A name suddenly just popped into his head. 'Ying Hua? How did I remember that? All these years and suddenly?!' He smiled slightly. 'I wonder if it has anything to do with her? She makes me feel nice...wait, what IS up with me today?! He tried to shake the thoughts away, but failed. Instead, he glanced up and found himself looking straight into those beautiful innocent eyes. He blushed, and noticed that she too had a tint of red on her cheeks.

"Ahemmmm....." He cleared his throat, getting her attention and trying to calm himself. "I guess that's settled then?" He looked away, afraid of looking straight into those angelic eyes.

"Ya...I guess so." Waking up from her thoughts, Sakura replied softly. "So I will see you then?"

He nodded, glanced one last time at her, and walked away. 'Ying Hua...I wished I could remember more about her...'

'Syaoran' She thought, staring at his disappearing figure. 'When are you ever going to come back to me?'

Japanese words:

Baka — stupid; idiot

Kawaii — cute; adorable

Author's Note:

I don't know why, but I just thought of the fact that lots of people say that 'Sakura' is Chinese is 'Ying Fa', and sorry to offend you but you are terribly WRONG. Why? Because being Chinese myself, I know perfectly well that 'Sakura' is 'Ying Hua' in Chinese. Sorry if it sounded a bit harsh, but I just had to make that note there...I can't stand it anymore. Anyways, hope that school wouldn't take up all my fanfic time!!! Till next time