A/N: Hi everyone! So sorry for the long wait…'' Heh heh. School's been hounding me for over a week now, so I've finally gotten my sorry ass around to writing the third chapter of Not Yet! D (Alternate title can still be suggested)

Disclaimer: Check first and second chappies.

From last chapter…

"Hey…Sakura…"

"Yeah?"

"What's that buzzing sound?"

"HOE!"

Chapter 3

Of Bumping into the Other

"Sorry Tomoyo! It's my cell."

Flipping the pink cover open, Sakura found herself staring at her familiar home phone number.

"It's Daddy…or Touya. I have to go Tomoyo-chan! I'm so sorry!"

"Aa. It's ok, Sakura. If you have the time, meet me at Starbucks in the afternoon—4:30, okay?" Said best friend smiled dazzlingly.

"Thank you so much, Tomoyo-chan! I'm really sorry!"

Sakura then proceeded to strap her little cream knapsack onto her back, and waved a goodbye to her best friend as she jogged home quickly.

Tomoyo just waved.

Opening her emerald eyes drowsily, Sakura sat up and rubbed her eyes.

Blearily, she then turned to look at her little alarm clock…

"HOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEE!"

A girlish shriek shook the house, and so did the proceeding footsteps.

Sakura streaked down the stairs, rounded a corner, grabbed her coat off the hanger, and flew out the door in one smooth moment, backing up quickly to lock her door.

"I'm laaaaaaaaaate!"

Tomoyo Daidouji sat patiently waiting in a quaint little coffee shop on the corner of some avenue, hands folded politely in her lap, just like the sophisticated (or maybe not) young lady that she was.

Sighing softly, she turned her head away from the window she was looking out through, and brought up a wrist to see the time.

"She's late again…?"

There was a crack in the sidewalk.

Of course, being the naïve, oblivious, innocent little girl she was, Sakura didn't notice.

And naturally, she tripped.

"Hoee!"

Ouch. That must've hurt.

"Itai…" Sakura winced and held her injured knee, brushing the dust and cement away from it gently.

Her walkie-talkie seized that time, that day, to jiggle in her pocket.

"Moshi moshi?" Sakura asked in traditional Japanese style, forgetting for a moment that this happened to be something that wasn't her cell phone.

"KINOMOTO!" A loud voice roared through the crackling emitting from the gadget.

Sakura winced (for the second time), and brought the walkie-talkie away from her ear.

"Yes?" She replied meekly.

"We've been waiting for you to pick up all day! Where were you?" The voice yelled.

"Eh…I was go—"

The man didn't give her a chance to finish her sentence.

"Doesn't matter. That's not the point right now! The point is, Kinomoto, that you need to catch those criminals now!"

Great. Now she was downright confused.

Much shoutings of "what!" and "Kinomoto!"s later, Sakura finally grasped the fact that 1) she had to hurry to the corner of Fifth Street and Graylake Avenue, 2) she was to take out a gun and clip on her badge, and 3) she was to catch a gangster of teens that had just robbed a jewelry store, as it had seemed.

"Mou!" Sakura pouted childishly as she disconnected the call.

"They just had to call at this time—especially when I'm late to my appointment with Tomoyo-chan! Ah well…Tomoyo-chan'll just have to wait…"

With that, the auburn-haired girl ran off in the opposite direction.

Somewhere far away, a certain amethyst-eyed girl sneezed, and yawned.

"Mou!" Sakura pouted for what seemed the tenth time that day, and stopped in the middle of her wandering, arms akimbo.

"They're gonna pay for making me walk around this half of the entire city!"

Taking a quick glance at her wristwatch, she hurried her pace, figuring that the faster she went and got her job done, the faster she'd meet Tomoyo-chan.

"Listen carefully. We're gonna go this way, ok?" A silhouette in a random alleyway beckoned quietly to his comrades, and they nodded apprehensively.

Slipping lithely onto the sidewalk, the gang of boys hunched up their shoulders and stuffed their hands into their black overcoats, trying to blend into the crowd.

Sakura decided to take a rest soon. And on top of being tired, she was extremely annoyed by now.

"Argh!" She threw her hands up into the air, causing passers-by to stare at her either weirdly or disapprovingly.

Sheesh! I didn't apply for this job to be sent around the city looking for people that probably don't even exist! I don't even remember why I wanted this job anymore…

Slowing down into a walk, Sakura decided to take this time to check her surroundings. It was getting close to her destination now.

"This way," the leader said in a low, barely audible voice. His followers nodded.

Almost there… Sakura felt a sweat drop traveling down the side of her face.

"Almost—"

…there…

BAM!

"ITAI!"

"KUSO!"

Two anguished shrieks rang out into the air, causing the crowd around them cease their ongoing flow.

Taking a closer look at the person he had bumped into, the teen boy's eyes widened, and narrowed.

"Dammit. Just my luck!" He muttered before gesturing at his followers—

"Run!"

"Hoe…?" Sakura looked up from rubbing the back of her head, and was struck with sudden realization.

"GET BACK HERE, YOU CRIMINALS!"

A/N: So…how'd you like it? Sorry I took so long to update…'' Also, CinderFly, don't worry…I'll email you soon! LOL. Yes…I haven't died YET.

Thanks for reading—and please read and review! )

Also, look forward to the next update to Fire and Ice! XD Cold will be coming up soon too. ) Rawk on, ppl and review for me please!

Maggiee

01. 20. 2006.