Author's note (Ah...ahem) Hi ppl! Well here's chapter3. Sorry if it's a little boring, but I'm really pissed off at the moment coz my physics exam was quite hard. Anyways lets get to the point. I want to thank all my reviewers.

Sakatrina90, sillyo0omeeh, ffgirl-07, Amazoness archer (A/N: I hope I've improved in this chapter) Shadowkeeper13, dbzgtfan2004 & uriko.

Important plz read: I've got a nice idea. I'll give you guys a riddle at the end of my chapters, and you can e-mail me or review the answers. And for the first two ppl to get the right answer, you'll get a surprise from me! (smiles mysteriously)

Disclaimer: CCS is not mine.

Chapter 3:

With Sakura and Tomoyo

"I'm glad those goons aren't following us anymore. That Lee jerk is just so rude" Sakura said as she and Tomoyo walked to the town.

The day was sunny and a slight wind was blowing. The grass and flowers on either side of the lane were really beautiful. Sakura hummed a song as she skipped along with Tomoyo walking beside her.

"Yeah but you don't have to be so rude to them either," Tomoyo told her, "They were just trying to help."

Sakura stopped and looked at Tomoyo, "Don't tell you've got a crush on Eli" she questioned.

Tomoyo blushed and replied something that Sakura couldn't make out. She laughed

"Oh Tomoyo! I should have guessed that you like him"

"Shut up, Sakura. He was just being nice"

"Especially to you. Now that I think about it I saw him starring at you last night" she said teasingly.

Tomoyo blushed harder, "Stop it Sakura"

"Tomoyo's got a crush!" sang Sakura as she ran forward.

"Sakura, be quiet" Tomoyo chased after her.

The two girls ran chasing one another.

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With Syaoran and Eriol

"We should have gone after the girls" Eriol said gloomily.

"Be quiet, If we had gone that way you would probably have drooled the whole way at that girl—Violette." Syaoran replied.

"I wouldn't do that"

"You've got a crush on her"

"Well, you've got a crush on the auburn haired girl—Flora" Eriol retorted.

Syaoran blushed lightly, "I wasn't drooling"

"But you're blushing" teased Eriol. Syaoran tried to hide his blush and stuttered back in defense; "I am not blushing" He rode off ahead.

"Ooh! Syaoran is in love" cooed Eriol from behind.

"SHUT YOUR TRAP, ERIOL" shouted Syaoran.

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Sakura and Tomoyo

"Look I can see the town" Sakura pointed to a cluster of houses a little way ahead.

"I see it too" panted Tomoyo beside her.

The two girls walked over to the town. It was a little busy even at midday. Women were gossiping over the Monday wash, children playing, shopkeepers inviting customers and all the regular day to day activities were going on.

Sakura and Tomoyo were amazed.

"The people here, they seem so happy" Tomoyo said.

"I think we're going to have a great time here"

Tomoyo checked her purse, "We have enough gold to buy a small cottage, but we need to find work"

"Alright, let's ask any of the shopkeepers if they can tell us where to buy a house" Sakura ran over to an old woman who was selling sweets.

"Excuse me madam, but can you tell us whether we can buy a cottage?"

The old woman looked at her, "Oh you must be new here, child. Count yourself lucky that you were able to come to this town, dear. The people here are very kind and helpful"

Then she pointed to a house a little way ahead, "See that house over there. That's where Farmer Kansaki lives. He has a cottage he might be able to spare."

"Thank you very much, ma'am" Sakura bowed lightly and walked back to where Tomoyo was.

"Well?"

"She told us to talk to Farmer Kansaki who lives over there" Sakura pointed the house out.

"Okay" Sakura and Tomoyo went to the little house It was a typical farmhouse just like the ones Tomoyo and Sakura had seen in their picture books when they were little.

Sakura opened the garden gate and the two of them stepped in. Sakura was just about to knock at the door when Tomoyo let out a screech. A goat had come bleating at her and was trying to chew the ends of her dress. An old man appeared from behind the house and shooed the goat away.

"Are you alright, missy?"

"Yeah" Tomoyo replied shakily.

"Excuse me sir. Are you Farmer Kansaki?"

"Yes, that's me. Come in and tell me what you want"

The two girls followed him in and explained that they wanted to buy a house.

"I may not be able to sell you one but I can definitely rent you one. It's a little way off from here and it is fully furnished. My daughter and I lived there before but my daughter's married and left the town so I came here" He told them.

He went to a small cupboard and fetched a pair off keys and handed it to them, "I'm afraid I'm too old to walk all that way but I can ask my neighbor's daughter Naoko to take you there, if you don't mind?"

"It's alright, sir" The two girls stood up and thanked him.

The old man called Naoko. Naoko was about the same age as they were. She had short brown hair and brown eyes with wire rimmed glasses.

"Hello, I'm Naoko. Nice to meet you"

"I'm S—Flora and this is my friend Violette" Sakura introduced.

The three of them chatted as they walked over to the house.

"We're looking for work. Do you know where we can find work?" Tomoyo asked Naoko.

"Sure, everybody here goes to work. I work at a hotel nearby. I can get you work there if you like. Also my friend Rika works at a dress shop, you can try for a job there too"

The three of them reached the house. It was small but very comfortable. There were two bedrooms, a living room a kitchen and a garden. It was pretty and extremely neat. Sakura and Tomoyo were extremely grateful even though it wasn't very big.

"The house was just cleaned yesterday" Naoko explained.

"Thanks for coming with us." Sakura said.

Then three of them went over to the hotel where Naoko worked and the owner there was delighted to give Sakura a job as a waitress, whilst Tomoyo got a job as a seamstress in the shop where Naoko's friend worked.

Next morning

"Our first day of work. Hurry up Tomoyo; I don't want to be late" Sakura called as she left the house.

Sakura and Tomoyo split up at the market place and decided to meet there that evening.

"I'm here" Sakura announced as she entered.

"Hello Flora, These are my friends Chiharu and Yamazaki" Naoko introduced.

Chiharu had brown hair which was tied up in two braids and brown eyes. Yamazaki had black hair.

"Hello"

"Nice to meet you Flora"

"Hi"

Miss Akane, the owner's daughter came inside.

"Ok you guys, It's time for work. I've got someone else who'll also be working here"

A boy came forward, a boy with chestnut hair and amber eyes who looked so familiar.

"This is Lee…" began Akane but her voice was drowned as Sakura and Syaoran cried out at the same time, "IT'S YOU!"

"You jerk, why do you keep following me?"

"Me? Follow you? Like that would ever happen. You're the one who always appears where I go."

"In your dreams, I would never want to see your face everyday"

"So you both already know each other?" Akane asked as Sakura and Syaoran stared daggers at each other.

"Flora" Naoko called, "Could you co upstairs and get the curtains down? We need to wash it"

"Coming" called back Sakura as she raced upstairs.

She gathered all the curtains came down. But there were too many curtains so it covered her view of the staircase. As she slowly descended down the steps she tripped over and fell down with a screech. All the curtains flew and landed on her head.

A loud guffaw was heard followed by a train of laughter. Sakura angrily pulled the curtain off her face and glared at the person, Lee.

"HA HA HA, You should have seen the look on your face when you fell, it was hilarious, HA HA HA"

Sakura scowled and went over to Chiharu who stood there holding a tray that had two bowls of curry rice. She grabbed a bowl of rice and flung with all her might at Syaoran

SMACK!

It hit him right on the head. Sakura shrieked and doubled up with laughter as Syaoran stood up, his hair covered with rice and curry dripping from the end of his bangs.

"Now now, you two. Better get to work, the customers will start coming" said the cook

"Yes" they said.

Syaoran went off to wash his hair. It smelled of onions. Ugh! That girl, Flora was definitely going to pay for this.

Sakura walked off still inclined to laugh at Lee's new hair gel.

"You know what I think this is gonna get real interesting" Yamazaki told Chiharu.

Author's note That was the end of chapter 3, it'll get better I promise. And now let's get to the chase. (stands up and gestures dramatically)

Ta da…the riddles.

If a horse's head points north, then in which direction would its tail point?

Three fat men walk under a small umbrella but none of them get wet, how?

If yesterday's tomorrow was Tuesday, what is day after tomorrow's yesterday?

Hope the riddles aren't too hard (or too easy). Put on your thinking caps and hurry up with your answers ppl! Oh yeah and tell me what you think of this chapter as well….

I'll give you the answers in the next chapter. Until next time! This is sakura doll signing off! Bye!