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"talking"

'thoughts'

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Sakura heard the alarm clock go off and groaned. Sakura was most definitely not a morning person. She put the pillow over her head and attempted to drown the noise out. Kero wouldn't let that happen. He pulled the pillow off and threw the alarm clock at her face.

"Get up kid," he said, "You're going to be late!" Sakura picked the clock up, turned it off and threw it back at Kero, who dodged. She rolled out of bed, still in her pink PJ bottoms and white tank top. She stumbled downstairs and pulled a protein shake out of the fridge. 'Damn, I feel like I just sparred Touya.' She sat at the table and opened the bottle. Li came down, shirtless, and surprised Sakura, who was not used to having people in her house. She slid back, alert and had two knives out of her set before she remembered who it was. Li was still frozen in shock.

"Whoa," was all he could say.

"Sorry," Sakura said, replacing the knives and trying to take her mind off his muscular arms and bare chest. "I'm not used to having people here." Li nodded, trying to pry his eyes off her pink and white attire.

'Damn, I didn't know she likes pink,' he thought, taking an apple from the counter, 'She looks really hot in the morning.' He ate in silence, Sakura left, leaving him alone in the kitchen. Tomoyo and Eriol soon joined him.

"Sakura up," Tomoyo asked quietly.

"She's upstairs," Li said, not asking any questions.

"She's one strange girl," Eriol said, "She treats us like we don't even exist, but she welcomes us into her house like we were family."

"It's paradoxical," Tomoyo agreed, "But I don't really care, she beat those guys to a pulp last night." Sakura had entered the kitchen, fully dressed, while they had been talking.

"I hate guys who beat up girls," Sakura said, her voice harsh, "Any guy who attacks a girl, especially four to one, is a coward. If any of them bother you again, let me know and I'll hurt them some more."

"You seem pretty strong on the matter," Eriol said tentatively. 'Maybe something happened to her that made her so cold.'

"I work with rape victims at the dojo," Sakura said blankly, "If you ever come to one of our sessions, you'll see why I hate those guys." The kitchen was silent. Li really looked at Sakura. She was wearing blue jeans, a black tank, her watch cap, her gauntlets and her boots. Everything about her looked like she was ready to kill someone. He wouldn't be surprised is she had a knife in her bag and a sword in her locker. Sakura let the silence hang, then turned on her heel. "There's a key under the mat, lock the door when you guys leave. Tomoyo, I laid out an outfit for you to borrow, your other cloths are in the drier. Boys, there's some of Touya's old stuff in one of the guest rooms, you can borrow those." The three heard the door close and looked at each other.

"And she leaves three people she barely knows in her house," Eriol continued, "And loans us the cloths out of her own closet." The three walked upstairs. Tomoyo changed in Sakura's room and really got her first chance to look at it. She had not noticed anything in her state last night. The most surprising thing was the Sakura's room was PINK. Sakura had light pink walls with white designs and a blue bedspread. Tomoyo did not pry into Sakura's life, she would not like anyone doing that to her. On the bed was a white and pink long-sleeve shirt with ropes down the arms to stylize it. With it was a matching pink shirt with a white blossom design. Sakura had also laid out white lace-up sandals and a cherry blossom hair clip.

"Kawaii," Tomoyo said, "Why doesn't Sakura every dress like this? She would have guys drooling over her. She's so hard to understand." Tomoyo pulled the outfit on and walked down to Eriol and Li who were both wearing some of Touya's old cloths, which fit them very well. They left and locked the door with the spare key, when they arrived at school Sakura was already in homeroom, reading as usual. They all took their seats around her.

"Hey Kinomoto," Li said. Sakura lowered her book, giving him a death glare that would have frozen fire. She looked back at her book.

"Kinomoto," Tomoyo asked, confused, several people in the class had started to stare at the three. Sakura flipped them off and turned towards the window, burying her face in her book.

"I warned you to stay away from the Kinomoto bitch," Caso said to Tomoyo. "Syaoran, what happened to you, and you Tomoyo? You look like you were beat up."

"We were," Tomoyo said, "We would have been mugged is Kinomoto hadn't stopped those guys."

"So," Caso said, her eyes narrowing, "Kinomoto stopped them?"

"You are highly mistaken," Sakura said without turning, "They must have hit you to hard in the head, that is if you had anything there in the first place." Tomoyo looked like she had been slapped. Li stood up and put his hand under Sakura's arm. He was surprised how little she resisted when he dragged her out of the room.

"What is wrong with you," Li asked, the hallway was deserted, but there were people listening at the door.

"What's wrong with you," Sakura asked, indignified, "Is there nothing but air between your ears! Do you want to get me mugged!" Li looked confused, Sakura led him away from the door and spoke in a very hushed voice. "Caso sent those guys last night, that's why she wants to find out who hospitalized them. You are a Chinese Baka! Caso sent them for revenge on Tomoyo for defending me, now, leave me alone if you value your neck. She won't attack you; she'll attack those close to you, that's how she works. Caso was mad at me, so she attacked the only person near me who couldn't defend herself, Tomoyo. Now, if you don't want her raped and beaten, act like you don't know me. Now looked like you were slapped." Sakura brought her hand close to her face and slapped the inside of her forearm; the large pop that followed made Li jump. She stormed back and shouted, "Li, if you ever lay a hand on me again or even mention that I know you, I'll rip your filthy little head from your shoulders." Li looked shocked and walked back in class, his cheek in his hand.

"Did the bitch slap you," Caso asked. Sakura rolled towards Caso and pulled her fist less then an inch from her made-up little face.

"He's lucky that's all I did," Sakura said, her voice like ice. She went back to her seat, flipped Li off, and opened up her book. The class was back to normal.

Lunch

"Li," Eriol called, "What the hell happened this morning?"

"Come here," Li led the other two out towards the trees, making sure to keep away from Sakura and relayed everything that she had said to them.

"Caso sent them," Eriol asked, "That little whore! I outta wring her neck." Tomoyo just sat there.

"Yeah," Li said, "Sakura told us to stay away from her, for our own good."

"What ever happened to her," Tomoyo asked, "She's not all that complicated, but, she's hard to understand. She treats us better then friends, then shuns and insults us."

"Caso attacked you because you defended her," Eriol said, "She knows Kinomoto is to tough to take anything, so she'll attack those who defend her. No wonder she drives everyone away, I think she cares about us too much to befriend us. They were going to rape you Tomoyo, that's no joke, and Sakura knows she can't be everywhere. I just wonder how she knows that's what will happen?"

"Maybe it happened to her once," Li said, "Or something close to it." They sat in silence unaware of Sakura's own thoughts.

'What is up with them,' Sakura thought, 'Why are they different then everyone else? Why can't they just leave me alone? Why do they have to be no nice? Why do they have to care? People like them make it so hard to be alone, but I can't let anyone in, they will get hurt, and it will be my fault, as always.'

"What's up kid," Kero asked. He was hidden between her hair and the trunk of the tree.

"Just confused Kero," Sakura said, "I'm not used to people caring. I don't want to let someone in again, it's a recipe for disaster."

"Or they could help," Kero said, "You've been carrying many burdens over the years, even since before I met you. You've always had to take on responsibilities that adults would normally handle. From what you tell me you've had to grow up very quickly. You missed out on a childhood Sakura; you missed the trust involved that most children have. Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith, you're not very good at taking people on faith."

"You know," Sakura, said, "It's really weird hearing this form a stuffed animal." Kero frowned.

"Hey," he said, "I'm the guardian beast of the Clow. I'm older then you are!"

"Yeah," Sakura said, holding back a laugh, "But you're still less then ten inches tall and have little white wings with a poof ball on the end of your tail." Kero growled and pulled a strand of hair, she had to keep from yelping. "That hurt." Kero pouted and dove back into Sakura's bag. Sakura pulled the excess fabric of her hat down over her eyes and was ready to nap. The bell rang and Sakura sighed. "Gym class, oh joy."

Gym Class

Sakura was changed in her normal record time, she was waiting on the bleachers for the teacher to announce what they would be doing today, hopefully it would not be dancing again. The use of three simultaneous cards had drained her, especially the use of Time. Suddenly Sakura felt like something was terribly wrong.

'I probably just left something in the locker room,' Sakura thought to herself and got up, walking back to the room. Once she was there she stopped in shock. Caso had Tomoyo up against a locker and was smacking the hell out of her.

"Little bitch," Caso screamed, "I'll teach you to mess with me again." Tomoyo was crying, they had got her while she was changing. She was in a skirt and bra; they had got her while she was vulnerable.

'Fucking coward,' Sakura thought, her hands were shaking, 'She knows she can't face me.' Sakura moved quicker then she had in her life without using her powers and grabbed Caso's wrist on a backswing. "Fucking coward," Sakura said, aloud this time. She cocked her right fist back and punched Caso, all the rage from last nights events and the ones she had just witnessed behind it. Caso slid across the room and hit the row of lockers. Her mouth was bleeding; Sakura loved the fact that Caso had braces. "If you're going to attack me, attack me. It is cowardly and dishonorable to attack those who know nothing of defending themselves. So, since you want a piece of me, come and get it." Caso was frozen in fear; the blow had shaken her confidence. "No? Didn't think so." Sakura turned and stalked away.

"Bitch," Caso yelled, grabbing a field hockey stick from a nearby bag and swung it with all the force in her body at the back of Sakura's head. A blow like that would kill Sakura if it contacted.

"Sakura," Tomoyo yelled, Sakura had already turned. Tomoyo finally understood why Sakura wore her gauntlets to school. Sakura brought her left fist around and deflected the blow away from her, she hit Caso in the face again and then in the ribs. Sakura ripped the field hockey stick away from her and threw it behind her, throwing Caso back against the locker.

"The next time," Sakura said, "Try attacking from the front, then I won't be so mad at you." Sakura turned. "Oh, and when your friends get out of the hospital, before you send them after me again, warn them that I don't like guys who hit girls. They got lucky this time because I had wounded to attend to." Sakura walked over to Tomoyo and helped her up, handing her the gym shirt. "Go on out Tomoyo," Sakura said, "I'll be right there."

"Thanks, Kinomoto," Tomoyo said, hefting her bag.

"Sakura," she corrected, and smiled. Tomoyo broke out into a smile and walked out, her hand wiping away the blood on her chin. Sakura turned back around, her emerald eyes glinting like knives. "Hear me Callie Caso," she said, taking two steps towards her, "If Tomoyo is attacked again, whether by more of your thugs or any random student you have working for you, I'm coming for you, and I won't be merciful. The guys last night were sent for a beating and rape, I don't trust adults to handle this, so I'll do it myself, I'll make sure everyone in the school knows what a bitch you really are. Then, after that, I'll make sure that no guy will ever want to come near you again, broken noses aren't all that attractive." Sakura turned on her heel, all the girls in the locker room followed her with their eyes. Sakura knew they would not say anything about it; Caso had them all in her palm. She smiled, 'Caso won't do anything for a while. I'll just have to be careful.'

"Sakura," Tomoyo called, lacing her shoes up. She waved them over to where she, Eriol, and Li were all sitting. Sakura hesitated for a moment, still unsure.

'It's a leap of faith Saku,' she told herself, 'Come on, you can't stop living.' A part of her told her that she would be hurt, but she faced it down. 'I've lived alone for all my life, lets just try this.' She grabbed her bag and climbed up to them.' "Hey guys," she said.

"What was that about," Eriol asked, still surprised at Sakura's mood swing.

"Just taking care of a little problem," Sakura said, "Caso was acting up again. Sorry about this morning, I wasn't sure how Caso would react to people talking to me, she's not normally nice to them."

"We can take care of ourselves," Li said.

"I know you can," Sakura said, "By the way, Tomoyo, you're joining the dojo. I'll get you in a beginner self-defense class. 'No' is not an answer I will accept." Tomoyo just smiled.

"At this point," she said, "I don't care what my mother thinks is proper." Sakura smiled and Eriol put his arms around Tomoyo.

"Thank you," he said to Sakura, "I'll be glad when I don't have to send a guard down to her house every night." Sakura laughed with her friends. Everyone there saw Sakura laugh, it had never happened before, she had barely even smiled before that day. Caso was glaring, still unhappy that the hottest guy in the class was hanging out with her mortal enemy. Sakura caught the look and gave a wave, knowing how it would upset her.

'This isn't over,' Sakura thought, 'I'll have to keep my guard up.' The thought was quickly banished as Eriol almost fell of the bleachers in an attempt of being funny. "Eriol," Sakura said, shaking her head, "You're such a baka." The moment between the four was short-lived, the teacher came out and all noise stopped. Still, Sakura could not help but smile and hope this would turn out for the best. 'It will,' a small part of her said, 'Life has a way of working out like that; it's not all bad. You thought the Cards choosing you was ill fate, but then you wouldn't have met Kero and Yue, even if Yue isn't here yet.'

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