Chapter 4

School

The summer was over. No one had heard from or seen Sakura for the whole two months. All anyone knew of her was that Sakura had given Tomoyo clues of her next plot. Tomoyo successfully kept them to herself, no matter who tried to pry them out of her. She would say things like, "you shall see soon," and then laugh to herself. It was the same thing everyday. Tomoyo, Eriol and Syaoran would meet at the bus stop everyday and do something that would, hopefully, keep Sakura from their minds. Sometimes it would, but most of the time it did not. Today, Syaoran was very depressed. His Cherry Blossom, his Sakura, hadn't talked to him for the whole summer. He refused to anyone, and when school let out, he went to sulk around in the boys' dorms. No matter how much Eriol tried to talk him out of his gloom, Syaoran refused to let him. Eriol, after having his words rejected and then ignored, shrugged and went to find Tomoyo.

Sakura, on the other hand, was quite the opposite. After talking Fujitaka or Touya into driving her down to Tomeada, Sakura began planning her escape. She walked to Tomoyo's house, found out that she wasn't home, told whoever answered the door to tell Tomoyo that she had stopped by. After that task was done, Sakura began to put a few key items into play. Finally, she headed back home. No one noticed that a majority of the clothes in her closet continued to disappear.

Sakura headed for her new school that first day, uniform and all, in a relatively happy mood. Fujitaka and Touya thought it was because she was finally away from the 'other' part of her life, and Sakura continued to let them think that. She didn't want to ruin her perfect plot by not wanting to her to her family. She had priorities, the first of which was to get back to Syaoran.

... Present time...

"Are you sure that you are going to be alright?" Fujitaka was fussing over Sakura while she ate breakfast.

"Yes. I will be fine. Why are you so worried?" Sakura was laughing away her father's worries.

"You're right. What could possibly go wrong?"

"Everything. She is a Kadju." Touya was also eating.

"ONII-CHAN! I am not a Kadju!" Sakura yelled.

"Nah. I think you are. Only a Kadju could yell that loud." This comment earned him a sore foot as Sakura defended her pride.

The doorbell rang. "Come in! Fujitaka called to the visitor.

"Um, Kinomoto-san, is Touya-kun here?" Tsukishiro Yukito, Touya's best friend, called from the doorway.

"Ah! Yuki-kun!" Touya greeted his friend while eating the last of his breakfast.

"Yukito-san!" Sakura regained her nice composure, as she was also friends wit him.

"Touya-kun! We are going to be late!" a grey head poked through the door to the kitchen, showing silver eyes with glasses, and a wide, smiling face. Yukito bowed politely to Fujitaka and then said, "Kinomoto-san. Ah! Sakura-chan! Hello! How are you? Are you excited about your new school?"

"Yes!" Sakura smiled cutely, bluffing.

"Good. Have fun!" Touya and Yukito walked out.

"Dad! I'm going now!" Sakura said shortly after the boys left.

"Alright! Have a good time!" Fujitaka was cleaning up after breakfast.

"I will!"

Sakura walked into her new school. She felt really out of place here, like she was a carrot in a bag of potatoes. She changed shoes, put her things in her locker, and walked to the classroom. The feeling intensified as she heard mutterings about the "girl who was kicked out of a boarding school full of delinquents."

The teacher walked in and started drowning a boring speech about something that had something to do with Japanese Literature.

Sakura felt a light tap on her shoulder, but did not turn. The tapping continued and became harder until she finally turned, right into the face of the girl called Chiharu.

"Sakura-san! Why did you come to this school in your third year of high school? Not meaning to be nosy, or anything." Chiharu was curious about the quiet new girl.

"I don't really want to talk about it." Sakura was silent for the rest of the class.

... Where Eriol and Tomoyo are ...

"Tomoyo-chan! Please tell me what's going to happen!" Eriol was practically begging.

"NO! You will see…" was all that Tomoyo said.

"Yes, I know that, but when?"

"Soon."

"…"

The couple fell silent. Neither wanted to break the silence, but then desperately wished it away. "U-um, Tomoyo-chan?"

"Yes."

"I… I'm really sorry."

"What? Why?"

"Well, you seemed so… I dunno, … sad, and I thought…"

"Oh! Eriol-kun! No! I'm just thinking, that's all," Tomoyo kissed Eriol's cheek because of his thoughtfulness. At this, he turned bright red.

"I-it was no-nothing." He managed to finally stammer out. Tomoyo laughed and the tension in the air disappeared all together.

... The boy's dorm...

Syaoran sat in his dorm. No one else was there. He needed the time to think about the position he was in and really come to a decision about what to do next. He could go and rescue Sakura from the all-girls school in Tokyo, or leave her there to fend for herself. The problems with each one- he needed to get to Tokyo and back without anyone noticing, and the girls began to notice that Syaoran's girlfriend wasn't here right now.

Even though Syaoran was one of the weirdoes in the boarding school, girls still looked at him. The only reason that they had backed off of their constant flirting was that Sakura had been throwing death glares their way.

Syaoran laughed at the memory.

...Begin Flashback ...

The people were walking in the hall, gathering their books for next hour, talking, or just hanging out with the friends that won't be with each other for the next of their classes.

The girls who were away from their boyfriends saw this as the perfect time to flirt with the cute boys that might be single, or not. The most of the girls flocked around the cutest of the boys, a certain freshman named Li Syaoran. He was single, quiet, and very good looking, with chocolate colored hair that fell around his face in any way that they wanted, and soft amber eyes that softened when they fell on a certain other freshman, Kinomoto Sakura. The flirty girls had already nicknamed her- the Rival. With shoulder length auburn hair that framed her face perfectly and eyes of a striking emerald, was a beauty that all of the guys flocked to, or at least looked at.

The action had begun at lunch. Girls had come closer to the table that had both the heaven-sent Syaoran, and the evil Sakura. When any of the girls would get to close to Syaoran, then Sakura would send them death glares that had to suffice when she could find nothing else to do. The girls would run away, saying that they had to go and see what their new friend wanted, at the opposite side of the cafeteria.

When the passing period came, the girls started to flock to the boys again. This time, their boyfriends almost saw it, so they had to be really careful. When they started on Syaoran, Sakura really glared, although the girls ignored it at first. When they finally caught onto the meaning, the girls all went to get their boyfriends, saying that the 'crazy girl' had been threatening them for no reason at all. When the boys started to close in on Sakura, saying that no one threatened their girls without paying the price, Syaoran stepped in and defended Sakura. In the act, he made many girls single that day, but he and Sakura finally became an official couple.

...End Flashback...

Syaoran then sighed at it. It ahd become bittersweet, as he was the only one who could remember it. If only Sakura was here… Syaoran caught himself wishing. He shook his head gruffly, willing thoughts like that away. He still had to make that decision, and was really tired. He sighed again, and changed into pajamas.

...Where Sakura is...

Sakura started walking back from school that night. It was almost late, but she had hung out at the Tokyo version of Pengiun Park and just thought about what she would do if he was here... and she got depressed from the thoughts. She had to do something soon, but it would take some time. With that thought, she decided that she would call Tomoyo sometime and ask how things were going at her end of the chain.

She started to become happy, enough anyway that she could go and face her dad and tell him that school went great and she could not wait for tomorrow. The only good part of today was the fact that the classes were really easy and she had no homework. Sakura had always been a really good student, always kept her grades up, but had become lazy and just passed her classes, not trying in any of them. This was the reason that she had moved. It really started to bug her.

Sakura sighed and plastered a cheery smile on her face, one that her dad would be dying to see. She walked through the door. "Hi Dad!"

"Hello Sakura-san! How was school?" Fujitaka was laying food down on the table, but only for 2 people.

"Good. Where's onii-chan?"

"Out at work with Yukito-san. Why?"

"Nothing. I just thought that he would try hard to no miss any time to tease me. That's all."

"Oh. No. He has to pay for college somehow."

"Right. I sort of forgot that fact." Sakura grinned sheepishly.

...Next day...

"Syaoran-kun!"

"What?"

"You need to get up!"

"Why?"

"Because she would want you to!"

"Go away! I don't care right now!"

"Well, she does!"

"Is she here?"

"U-um, well... no, but-"

"Then I don't care. Good night."

"I talked to her last night!"

"What did she say?" Syaoran was up and getting dressed. Tomoyo knew something about Sakura, and he wanted to know.

When he came out the door, Tomoyo told him. "Sakura is comeing down to Tomeada this weekend, so we are leaving for home this weekend. She is staying at my place."

Sorry about the wait. i was traveling to my dad's house. If you like it, PLEASE REVIEW! I am getting lonely, and amstarting to think that no one likes the story anymore! What is wrong with it?

MeakoXIII