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Authors Notes
Songs

(thoughts)

"dialogue"

Li watched as the music began, he recognized the tune, but could not remember the title.

I don't know if you can hear me.

Or if you're even there.

Sakura moved gracefully into the light. It was like watching a different person. Her body moved gracefully from her toes to the floor, sinking and rising with the melody.

I don't know if you would listen to a humble prayer.

They tell me I am just an outcast, I shouldn't speak to you.

Still, I see your face and wonder; were you once an outcast too?

Sakura had guts, that was all Li knew. She was dancing to a song of yearning for acceptance. For the world to see everyone the way they were. (She is so beautiful.) Her arms moved and her head turned away from the bleachers. Next to Li, Eriol and Tomoyo had stoped fooling around to watch. No one was breathing. It would shatter the moment.

God Help the outcast, hungry from birth.

Show them the mercy they don't find of earth.

The lost and forgotten; they look to you still

God help the outcasts, or nobody will

I ask for nothing, I can get by

But I know so many less lucky then I

God help the outcast, the poor and downtrodden

I thought we all were the Children of God

Sakura's moves began to get bigger. She covered more distance. Gaining momentum as she traversed the floor from one side to the other.

I don't know if there's a reason, why some are blessed some not

Why the few you seem to favor:

They fear

Flee us

Try not see us?

Sakura landed the largest jump Li had ever seen. Her leg was perpendicular to the floor, hooked around in an attitude, her body of parallel. The music swelled and she straightened her leg, rising up on her toe before continuing to dance.

God help the outcast, the tattered the torn

Seeking an answer to why they were born

Winds of misfortune have blown them about

You made the outcast, don't cast them out

The poor and unlucky

The weak, and the odd

I though we all were;

The Children of God

Sakura ended in profile, her arms twisted down from over her head and wrapped gracefully in a strange position around her body. No one dared breathe. No one moved, even the teacher was stunned. Neither Li nor Eriol noticed the small shift in time where Sakura got off the gym floor.

"Class dismissed," was all Juno managed to stutter out before retiring into her office. The girls all went back into the changed room to change. Li sat stunned, he did not move until Eriol shook him.

"Dam," Eriol said, "That was good. I didn't know Kinomoto could dance like that."

"What about me dancing," Sakura asked, she was walking over from the door, dressed in street cloths, "Where is Juno, I have to apologize for being late."

"Juno said it was Miss Kinomoto," Eriol said, "You're telling me that wasn't you up there just now."

"What do you mean," Sakura asked, "I had to go talk to a teacher, I remembered right after I came out from changing. So I switched back and left."

"That had to be you," Li said, "Everyone else was here."

"If that was me how could I get changed so fast," Sakura asked, "It's not like I'm magic." Sakura walked away, she had covered herself well enough. All the guys had witnessed the conversation and would tell the girls what had happened. She smiled, there was still forty minutes left in class. (I've got time to meditate; maybe today won't be a total bomb.)

(What the hell was that?) Li thought to himself as he picked up his bag. (That had to be Sakura dancing, I know it was. But how did she get changed so fast? No human could do that. Maybe I was mistaken; the teacher probably messed up her name. It probably was Jessie, she's a dancer.) Syaoran shook his head and walked outside with Eriol and Tomoyo. They were going out by the Sakura trees, he noticed Kinomoto sitting under one.

"Is that Kinomoto," Tomoyo asked, leaning against Eriol.

"Looks like it," Eriol said, putting his hands around her waist.

"She's meditating," Li said, "It was weird what happened today. I seriously thought that was her."

"Yeah," Tomoyo said, "I guess we just mistook her. I thought her eyes looked different anyway." They all sat in silence then, to off in thought to see something fly around Sakura.

"Hey," an all to familiar voice said, breaking Sakura from her trance, "Do you have anything else to eat? I'm starving." Sakura opened her eyes and saw the fluffy gold creature hovering before her.

"Kero," she almost shouted, snatching him out of the air and holding him down, "What are you doing here!"

"Well," Kero said, "I figured it would be lonely at home by myself, so I hitched a ride in your bag."

"That would explain the disappearance of my pudding," Sakura grumbled, remembering the cup she had packed for lunch. "Still, what's up?"

"Nothing," he said, "I just came out to tell you what a risk you took. That wasn't very bright Sakura."

"I'm fine Kero," Sakura said, "I just used Time, Switch, and Illusion. No one noticed the change."

"You're lucky for that too," Kero said, putting his small paw in her face in a vain attempt to appear menacing, "The next time you might not be so lucky. What if someone in your class had magic, they would have sensed your aura from a mile away."

"Most people with magic aren't even aware of it Kero," Sakura said, "Lord knows I wasn't. Besides, I've been blocking my aura for most of the day."

"And what about that girl, Caso I think you said her name was, got into your bag. If I hadn't dived down and dragged the book out of the way she would have gotten it. You need to be careful Sakura, just because you finished transforming all the cards doesn't mean your responsibilities are done as the Card Captor."

"I know Kero," Sakura said, "I know, you've told me. Just drop it, and get back in the bag before someone sees you. I'm going back to meditating."

"But I'm still hungry," Kero wined, "Can't you just walk over to the machines and get me something?" Sakura looked at the little yellow face, Kero had stuck out his bottom lip and his wings were drooping. (Ack!) She thought. (Why does he have to be so cute?) She reached into her cargo pocket and pulled out a chocolate bar.

"Here," Sakura said, "Now back in the bag." She pulled her iPod out and turned on Linkin Park. Letting the rock music lull her back into her trance. She woke when the bell rang. She got up and walked away; unaware of the two blue eyes that followed her, or the blond curls turn away and speak to a guy nearby.

After school because I don't feel like going through the rest of the day.

Li pulled his last book out of his locker and shrugged on his bag, he noticed Kinomoto down the hall. She pulled her own bag on and walked right by him. He followed her with his eyes and saw students of all ages ducking out of her path. Even the seniors kept away from her. Eriol soon joining Li, and did Tomoyo, his locker was in between theirs.

"Hey Li," Eriol said as they walked down the road, his arm around Tomoyo, "Why don't we go check out the new Martial arts center, you know, the one that just moved here from Tokyo?"

"Sure," Li said, "Lets go grab our stuff and I'll meet you two there." Tomoyo's limo pulled up right on cue.

"Want a ride," Tomoyo asked Eriol.

"Of course," he replied, following his girlfriend into the dark space.

"Need a ride Syaoran," Tomoyo asked.

"No, thanks," Li replied, "I'll walk." He could not help but notice Eriol's delight. He knew exactly what his cousin was going to do, and he really did not need visuals on that. He got home and grabbed his martial arts bag before his mother stopped him.

"Li," she called, "Don't you have homework?" He did, but he wasn't about to tell that to his mother. He hid his homework planet under his mattress before answering.

"It's not a lot mother," he replied, "Besides, I'm not going to be out for long. I'm just going to the new Martial arts center." He made sure his uniform, belt, and armor was all there and climbed down the stairs. "I'll be back later. Bye!" Before his mother could protest, Li was out the door and on his bike, riding quickly away from his house.

At the dojo.

Li looked up at the building, the training center was on the second floor including a weight room and two locker rooms. The first floor was great; it had a mini stadium with four-tournament size fighting rings. All he saw were different people washing the mats and bleachers. It didn't look like the downstairs was used very often. Li waited for five minutes before a limo rolled up and a very excited Tomoyo and Eriol bounded out. Tomoyo, as always, had her camera with her.

"Wow," Eriol said, "This place looks awesome, and they're giving free trials out. I saw it in the paper at home. They're letting any and all who are interested come in a try out a couple of training sessions free. Come on, let's go!" Li and Eriol came out to find a larger training dojo then they had thought. It looked larger then the floor plan of Tomoyo's house, which said something.

"Whoa," Li said, "This place in amazing." There was a chest high wall between them and the dojo, which separated it from several offices and, what looked like, meditation chambers. Soon the sensei came out and greeted them with a bow.

"Hello," he said, "I presume you are here to try out the dojo?" The tree bowed back.

"Just two of us," Eriol said, "I am afraid Tomoyo has no interest in the martial arts, except as a potential video experience." Tomoyo blushed and mentioned to her camera.

"I'm am sorry you have no interest, many of our star pupils are girls," he said, "As that fact, I am afraid you must refrain for now, filming would distract the fighters. Still, when the competitions start next month you are welcome to come and film." Li and Eriol exchanged knowing glances; video of the dojo's fighters could be sold to competers for thousands of dollars on the black market. They shrugged and changed into their white uniforms. Li and Eriol had recently been giving the rank of a brown belt, which few obtained before their seventeenth birthday. They had their sparring gear and were ready to be shown around. The master kept them behind the wall and showed them around.

"There are our newest members," he said, a tall man was teaching some young children forms. "Their sensei Touya has been with us for years. He and his wife have been with us for nearly fifteen years. He was once our greatest tournament fighter, but he gave it up when he got married."

"Some would consider him the lucky one," Tomoyo said. Eriol and Li could see the developed muscles under Toyua's uniform; his belt has seven yellow stripes.

"Whoa," Eriol said, "He's a seventh dan." A "dan" is a rank above black belt.

"I wonder what sparing him would be like," Li asked.

"A world and a half of pain," Eriol said. "With pads." The sensei moved them on. Showing them more and more of the studio.

"These training areas are for the older and more experienced," he said, in the room there were several training circles. All of them were occupied with both teens and adults. One of them caught Eriol's eye.

"Who is that," he asked the sensei indicating the circle. In it were four people. Three of them were wearing brown belts with a single black stripe; they were initiates for their first dan. They also wore a green piece of cloth around their foreheads, indicating their team. The other was already wearing a black sash with four gold strips, indicating the fighter's degree as a fourth dan. She was completely blindfolded by a thick piece of wool. It was both Li's and Eriol's guess that they were conditioning her for scenarios where not all the enemy's were visible. The girl circled slowly, listening for any movement made by the other three, who were armed with wooden practice swords. She was alone with only a short wooden knife, some would think she was at a disadvantage.

"She is our most promising pupil," he replied, "Would you like to spar her?" Eriol and Li looked positively terrified at the idea, they were not even initiates for their dan yet. "Oh, don't worry, I will place a lesser dan on your team and she will be blindfolded." Li looked at Eriol and shrugged.

"It would be our honor," Li said, bowing.

"Sensei," Touya said, bowing, "The younger ones have finished their lesson for the day."

"Thank you Touya," he said, "Would you make sure Saku is ready to fight when she is finished with her next match."

"Hai," Touya said, bowing again.

"Also," he said, "Prepare Kenzo, he will be fighting with our guests." Touya bowed again and called out to a teen that had just finished another match. Touya quickly explained the situation and the new dan quickly donned a fresh tunic and a green band, giving identical ones to Eriol and Li. The match between the master, Saku, and the three initiates was soon over. Saku had them all on the ground.

"Saku," Touya called, entering the dojo, "Come over here." The girl turned and walked towards her senior master, removing the blindfold. She was facing away from them, so Eriol could not see her face. Touya took a cool cloth and rubbed her face and arms, the girl looked like she had been training for hours. He talked to her and she nodded several times. She drank some water and then slicked her hair back. Touya handed her a new piece of black wool and she tied it over her eyes, he then handed her a short wooden knife and patted her on the shoulder. Eriol, Li, and Kenzo walked forward and met Saku in the center of the ring. They bowed and took their ready stances. Touya called fight, and the match began.

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