Yo! It's me again! I've updated yet another chapter but this chapter is longer than the first one so hope you like it. xD Oh and thanks for the reviews-not many but I appreciate them. xD
Summary: Syaoran. A cold hearted heartthrob. Sakura. A petite chick with talent. Both have one thing in common - they have the passion for basketball. But there are more to loving this sport than meets the eye...
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS, the characters, the anime and the manga but I somehow do own this fic. The character names are from CCS unless otherwise stated. Well here goes...
Song: Butterfly – Smile.Dk
Chapter 2: ButterflyTomoyo, Naoko, Rika and Chiharu just stared at Meilin. Then Meilin suddenly remembered something and the next thing she knew she was blurting out what was on her mind. "She's a basketball player."
The four girls fell down ala anime style.
"What the heck was that suppose to mean?" Chiharu shrieked at Meilin's out-of-topic sentence.
Tomoyo snapped her fingers in front of Meilin's face, bringing her back to earth.
"I mean-our new roommate." Meilin stammered. "I remembered Auntie Yelen told me something about her. She's a basketball player."
"No kidding." Rika said not believing her.
"Honey, I'm serious." Meilin gave her a give-me-a-break look. "She probably chooses Eden because of the Woman's Basketball Team."
"You can't easily find any College back in Japan that has basketball for girls for their co-curricular activities ya' know" Chiharu shrugged.
"Now I'm beginning to imagine how she looks like." The rest of the girls stared at Tomoyo. They can somehow feel like whatever that she is visualizing about this new girl right now-it's not good.
The girls sweatdropped. "Doesn't mean she's a basketball player she should look like that." Naoko said as a matter of fact. Now all the girls nodded in agreement.
"But there's highly a chance that Tomoyo could be right." Meilin shot back. Then they heard the doorbell rang.
"I'll go and get it-"
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Saturday Night.
Sakura paid the driver after he helped her with the luggage out of the boot of the taxi. Wow. She gazed at the white mansion right in front of her eyes. Elegant but humble. Sakura mentally thank her dad for finding her a wonderful place to stay for two years. Someone obviously didn't lock the gates. Sakura carried her luggage and sneaked in. Casually strolled along the path, she took in all the beauty of the plants and flowers before finding herself in front of the main door. She found a small white button at the left side of the door and pressed it gently. Exactly how many people live in this house? She wondered admiring the tiny red flower buds. The plants' flexible branches were hugging tightly around the two huge pillars at each side of the front door. What a flashy entrance.
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Tomoyo opened the door and stared at the girl in front of her. There she was. Long honey-brown hair. Absolutely gorgeous emerald eyes. As small and tall as her. Black sneakers with light pink ankle socks. Pink top with denim jacket and three-quarter jeans.
Sakura smiled sweetly at Tomoyo but she could only respond with a big 'O' with her mouth. "Hi. I'm Sakura?" Sakura sounded as if she was hinting Tomoyo.
Oh-my-god. "Can you give me a minute?" Tomoyo smiled embarrassingly and closed the door leaving Sakura outside the house-confused.
Tomoyo dashed towards the kitchen where the rest of the girls are hanging out. "Meilin, You've got to see this." Tomoyo pulled Meilin's arm and dragged her towards the door. The girls trailed them.
Am I sure I've got the right house? Sakura frowned before pulling out a small slip of yellow paper from her pocket and fold it open. She read the written address on the paper and compared it with the ones outside the door. "Yea-It's the right house all right." She mumbled scratching her head. She carelessly folds the paper and stuff it back in her pocket.
Naoko peeped through the curtain window beside the door. "Are you sure she's the right one?" She whispered trying to keep her voice down.
"She did mention she's Sakura right?" Rika pushed Naoko slightly to the side and peeped through the same spot as Naoko did. "Wow-She's pretty. Gosh she looks more fragile than us."
"Lemme seeeeee-" Chiharu butted in, shoving Rika impatiently and peeped too. "And cute too." She giggled when Sakura scratched her head and mumbled some gibberish in Japanese. That was Sakura all right.
"Hi." Sakura said when a Chinese girl opened the door.
Meilin gave a huge grin. "Sakura Kinomoto right? Hi I'm Li Meilin. Please do come in." Meilin puts her hand on Sakura's back leading her in while Tomoyo carried her luggage. "My aunt told me a lot things about you."
Sakura gave a surprising look and looked sideways at Meilin. "You mean Mrs. Li Yelen?"
"Bingo. Please make yourself at home."
Sakura and the girls sat down on the couch and blushed when she met her five pretty roommates. They were looking at her like she was one of those precious antique Maneki nekos imported from Japan. (A/n: Those who don't know what Maneki Neko is, it's actually a cat figurine that should be placed in the house or shop for luck and happiness. Yeah some sort of a lucky charm xD) The girls introduced themselves.
"So you all are cheerleaders?" Sakura guessed. Everyone nodded. "Cool-"
"You look like a cheerleader to me too. Ow-" Chiharu chirped before receiving a pinch on the arm courtesy of Rika.
Sakura chuckles dryly and shook her head. "Actually I was a once a cheerleader in elementary school."
"Cool-" Naoko replied.
"Yeah-Totally." Rika, Chiharu and Meilin responded before all of them burst out laughing.
Meilin looked at the clock and smiled. "It's pretty late now. Why don't you go shower and get some rest. Tomoyo?" Meilin motioned Tomoyo to take Sakura's luggage and show Sakura her room.
"Yeah we can talk and hang out in the mall tomorrow." Rika butted in. Everyone nodded goofily at each other. It's good to have another sweet buddy in the house. The more the merrier.
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Sunday morning.
Sakura wakes up on her new bed in her new room when somebody knocks on the door.
"Good morning Sakura. This is Tomoyo."
Sakura gets up and walked towards the door yawning. "Good morning Tomoyo. What's up?" She asked opening the door to see her friend dressed up elegantly in a light purple dress. Sakura blushed when Tomoyo took out a video camcorder recording her every move. She motioned Tomoyo to come in.
Tomoyo sat on the bed seeing her luggage still untouched. She zoomed the camcorder lens at her luggage. "Nah just want to see if you need help unpacking your stuff."
Sakura smiled. "Sure-But I need to take a bath first."
Tomoyo waited for Sakura to take her bath. She later came out of the bathroom with a fitted pink t-shirt and black baggy pants.
Sakura clapped her hands and look sideways at Tomoyo. "Let's get on with it." Sakura and Tomoyo started to take the things out of the luggage as if they were digging for treasure. Soon Sakura's belongings were scattered all over the floor- T-shirts, Pants, Jerseys, Rollerblades, a basketball and some other stuff. Tomoyo was shocked and amused at the same time because all of Sakura's belongings can fit-in one medium size luggage. Sakura had a huge grin on her face as she looked at the expression on Tomoyo's face.
"My brother helped me pack my luggage."
Tomoyo puts her hand over her mouth. "Wow-Unbelievable." She said making Sakura chuckle.
"You know there's one time in high school where he fitted all ten of his teammates in my dad's car-including him and his coach." Sakura shrugged at his brother's special ability of squeezing stuff-and people in a tiny space.
"You mean he's a basketball player like you too?" Sakura nodded slowly. "How does your father react then?" Tomoyo asked between her giggles.
"He freaked out. Not because of the number of people in his car but because my brother can still drive it from school to our house. With all the guys cramped into one small space." Sakura explained and laughs when Tomoyo widened her eyes.
"How far was the high school from your house by car?"
"About fifteen minutes away."
Tomoyo gasped again. "Wow. It's amazing that those guys survived the ordeal."
Sakura nodded. "And the car too-" She joked making both of them laughed.
"Your brother rocks man." Tomoyo quickly scanned her eyes on Sakura's things and frowned. "Whaaat? No skirts?"
Sakura sweatdropped and runs her fingers through her hair. "Nope. In fact I don't have one except for my school skirt."
Tomoyo nearly fainted. "Oi-You look like a girl. You sound like a girl. You behave a like a girl but you don't dress like a one." She cried waving her arms frantically.
"I usually go out with my rollerblades. How am I suppose to rollerblade when I'm wearing a skirt?" Sakura said defensively.
Tomoyo shook her head and gave a devilish grin. "Tsk tsk tsk-I'm going to make sure you are wearing one for as long as I'm here."
Uh-oh. Sakura gulped and makes a mental note that Tomoyo is going to make her do something she doesn't like.
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At the mall.
The girls were hanging out in the mall talking and laughing as they browse through the stores. Sakura's face turned pale when she found out that Tomoyo plans on getting the girls to each choose a skirt for Sakura to wear to school. It's not like she hates wearing skirts but back at home, almost all the guys in school were openly gawking at her and tried their luck to look at her panties. Those who were lucky managed to get a warning from her brother while those who weren't-they got kicked in the ass by Touya. They were browsing through a Teen Clothing Store-Sakura wasn't sure which one without going back outside to check the sign. Inside they all look alike to her.
Sakura sighed as she scanned through the 'tops' section. The garments on display were so tight and revealing they couldn't even be passed as 'tops'. "I don't know what to choose." She muttered but loud enough for Tomoyo to hear it.
"That's why you have me for fashion consultation Sakura." Tomoyo squeezed her hand and grinned.
She flicked through another rack, eyeing the garments quickly and critically, then pulled a one-piece dress off the rack and held it up. "Now this is cute."
A blush crept over Sakura's cheek. "That is one skimpy nightgown." She replied.
Tomoyo reluctantly jammed it back on the rack and kept looking. She picked up some cute tops and wait for the rest of the girls to bring their stuff for Sakura to try out.
Sakura pouted and crossed to another rack. Her eyes lit up as she pulled a dull yellow sweatshirt. "How about this?"
Tomoyo looked stricken. "I am not letting you out of the house in that young lady!" She scolded her in a motherly voice. Sakura winced and hanged it back on the rack. Soon all the girls gathered near the dressing room-holding lots of clothing's for Sakura. They piled them up on her arms and shoved her in the room. Sakura got out with a white strapless tank top and a light blue skirt that stopped at her knees.
"Kawaiiiiii-" Chiharu squeals surveying Sakura's body thoroughly. All the girls gathered around Sakura admiring her little hourglass frame. Sakura was small in built-but she has all the female qualities like any other women has. She suddenly felt like a human Barbie doll.
"Damn girl. Did anyone ever tell you before that you've got a great body?" Rika asked peeping at Sakura's bottom. Sakura blushed.
"That's why I don't wear skirts." Sakura replied looking at her toes. The girls giggled when they caught the double meaning.
They exited the store with huge shopping bags and heads to another store across it. Sakura stopped in front of the CD store and jabbed Naoko in the ribs. "I'm going to check out some CDs in that store."
"Sure. Look for us in that shop over there ok?" Naoko said pointing at another clothing store. Sakura nodded. "Let me take these." Naoko took the shopping bags from Sakura.
"Thanks." Sakura said before entering the shop. She scanned through the 'J-Rock' section and managed to find limited editions of Gackt and T.M.Revolution albums. Wow-You couldn't find this in Japan. She thought as she took the CDs and move towards the jukebox counter. Looking at the list of the tracks provided, she pressed the correct button and put on the earphones. She was listening to the song when her back suddenly felt warm. She had realized that she was leaning against somebody's hard toned-muscled chest.
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Li Syaoran entered the mall turning heads of girls that smiled flirtatiously at him. He sighs and mentally scolds himself for dressing up too nicely. He was only wearing a dark green long sleeve shirt that folds up to his elbows and blue baggy jeans. He was trying hard to dress down not to impress. He even messed up his chestnut brown hair purposely so that he would look sloppy. Knowing that these would happen, he quickly took out a pair of frameless light green tinted glasses from his pocket and puts it on.
He walked in the CD store only to find some girls trying to hit on him. Oh no not again- He mentally sighed when one of the bitchy-looking girls smiled and walked slowly towards him, trying to seduce him with her 'catwalk' style. Think Syaoran think- He thought glancing quickly to the left and right trying to escape. He saw the perfect alibi-a girl with long honey-brown hair. She was wearing a pink tee and black baggy pants at one of the jukebox counters wearing earphones. Her eyes were closed and her head was banging slightly back and forth. The song that she was listening to had her totally engrossed. Perfect. Knowing he doesn't have much time, he quickly approached the girl and put his hands on each side of the jukebox counter, encircling her. Syaoran turned around and smirked at the girl who was walking towards him. The girl's smile faded, assuming that Syaoran had already been taken. She quickly backed off and left the store with her friends. Syaoran sighed in relieve and turned his head to the front-and gasped when a pair of huge emerald eyes staring up at him.
Sakura slide the earphones down her neck. "What are you trying to do?" She asked in a demanding tone, looking at him and then at his arms that were encircling her. Syaoran quickly retreat his hands trying to find some excuse.
"I was-listening to the song that you're listening to right now." Syaoran said while running his hands through his hair. She's pretty but it feels like she doesn't want to make herself look pretty. He gazed at her and wondered.
Sakura narrowed her eyes trying to see his eyes from the tinted glasses. He looks more handsome without the glasses. Sakura thought. "Then why don't you just go and listen over there." She pointed at the empty jukebox counter beside hers.
"It's because-" Syaoran's eyes landed on the Gackt and T.M.Revolution albums that Sakura was holding to. "You love Gackt and T.M.R?" He asked trying to change the subject.
"Yes you too?"
Syaoran blinked and shook his head. "I listened to them but they are not my favorites. I thought you were that kind who loves Britney Spears or some mushy boybands." He spats out sarcastically.
That kind? Is he trying to diss me? Sakura frowns angrily at some gorgeous stranger who doesn't even know her but tries to draw an overall conclusion about her. "Look mister I-thought-I-know-everyone." She roughly put the earphones back at the booth. "You shouldn't judge people just by their appearances ya' know." Syaoran inhaled the whiff of Cherry Blossom scent when she walked passed him, heading towards the cashier. Sakura turned around to look at him one last time. "And no they are not my favorites but I still listen to their songs." Syaoran watched as Sakura paid the cashier and rolled her eyes at him before leaving the store.
She is one sensitive girl. Syaoran thought shrugging as he browsed through the albums in the 'J-Rock' section.
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"Are all guys like that?" Sakura mumbled but loud enough for Rika to hear it.
"Like what?" Rika asked softly cupping her ear as if Sakura was about to tell her a secret.
"They make themselves look grumpy and sound so stupid." Sakura replied causing Rika to laugh-a little loud.
"He was trying to hit on you girl." Rika jabbed her on the waist.
Sakura wrinkled her nose when she remembered about him talking sarcastically about 'her kind'. "Ah-Uh I don't think so Rika. He was merely insulting me."
Rika sweatdropped and shrugged. Sakura met up with the girls at the clothing shop after she bought the CDs. They were on their way to the exit when people overflowed the arcade and they were jammed in between the crowd-like canned sardines.
Sakura tiptoed to see what was going on in the arcade. "What's happening?" She asked but sighed when some tall people in front of her blocked her view.
"It seems like they are having a Dance Dance Revolution contest or something." Meilin replied holding her shopping bags up trying to get out of the crowd.
"You mean DDR?" Tomoyo asked looking at Sakura.
Sakura nodded. "I've played it before but this one looks more advance."
"Cool! Let's go in and check it out!" Chiharu squealed excitedly leaving all the girls sweatdropped. They shoved through the crowd and stopped in front of the whole crowd.
"So any other contenders?" A girl with black hair and blonde highlights said boringly as she looked at her nails. She was wearing a sleeveless light blue top and tight dark blue pants.
"Hey-Isn't that Yi Zhen?" Naoko asked the girls and they nodded glaring at the girl.
Sakura looked completely clueless. "Who's Yi Zhen?"
"Who wouldn't know the bitch who sleeps around with guys knowing that they didn't even like her," Rika replied scornfully.
"And she even got the nerve to seduce our guys right in front of us." Meilin added glaring at Yi Zhen.
"Yeah!" Rika, Tomoyo, Naoko and Meilin retorted, making Yi Zhen look at them among the crowd and smirked.
"How long have you all known her?" Sakura poked Chiharu on the arm.
"Since Junior High-"
"So-You've bought a stray cat in your groupie I see." Yi Zhen rolled her eyes at Sakura.
Meilin smirked and fold her arms. "Well its just too bad cause she's going to beat you in DDR."
Sakura roughly grabbed Meilin's arm. "What? B-But Meilin, this is DDR Extreme! They have arm sensors too!" Sakura whispered hoarsely waving her arms frantically.
"She doesn't stand a chance Meilin-You know Zhen is the best DDR dancer in town." A girl near Yi Zhen stated smirking at them.
"Stay out of this Yumi. I'm warning you-" Meilin snarled making sure Yumi gets the picture of what she's capable of doing.
"Whatever. Is she up for it-or not?" Yi Zhen asked rolling her eyes.
Tomoyo smiled at Sakura, her eyes not leaving Yi Zhen. "Don't worry Sakura. You are going to be fine. We'll support you."
Sakura sweatdropped as she looked at her friends. She could have sworn she had seen fire burning in their eyes. She gave them an I-don't-wanna-do-this look when they shoved her onto the DDR platform beside Yi Zhen. Tomoyo tossed a rubber band at Sakura and she tied her long hair in a high ponytail.
"Ok so-I'm going to let you choose any song-since you're going to lose anyway." Yi Zhen smirked causing some girls in the crowd snickered.
Sakura smiled hesitantly at the crowd. I'm in deep-shit. She gazed at the LCD touchscreen before randomly choosing 'Butterfly' by Smile-Dk. She took a deep breath and lets it out slowly. "Here we go-"
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Syaoran paid for his Hyde CD and exited the store. He strolled casually when he felt someone's arm around his shoulder.
"Yo dude-we've been looking all over for you." The guy with spiky blonde hair said.
Syaoran shrugged his arms off his shoulders. "You can just ring me."
"I did."
Syaoran took out his cellphone from his pocket.
"Why bother calling him Nick? He only picks up phonecalls from his mom and his sisters." Another guy with messy dark-bluish hair stated as he adjusts his frameless glasses. "And what's with those glasses Syaoran?"
Syaoran gave a low-spirited sigh and took off his glasses.
"You don't like him to wear glasses like you Eriol?" A guy beside Eriol said snickering at Syaoran.
"Shut up Takashi-" Syaoran scowled. He can get really pissed when his friends compare Eriol and him ever since elementary school.
"You know you can't hide your face from the girls right?" A boyish looking boy with grayish-black hair interrupted as he smiles sweetly at Syaoran.
Syaoran gave his friend one of those cold-blooded stares he's been practicing to scare the girls who try to hit on him. "Soujirou-Don't thinkthat you're a sprinter you can run away with anything-even me."
Soujirou pretended to look scared and smiles innocently at Syaoran. "Okay okay I get the joke." He responded chuckling.
"Guys-look at that crowd over there. What's happening man?" One of the guys who tagged along with them asked as he pointed at the pack of people in the arcade. The guys nodded at Yoshi and head towards the arcade.
The five guys attract a lot of attention in the mall. Girls were ogling at them while guys looked shocked as if they've seen a monster. All of them are more than six feet tall-except for Soujirou, who is about six feet. They were built like rocks- Hard-chiseled body from all the years of working out in the gym. The muscles on their arms are not too big but not too small either. They stand among the crowd outside the arcade and Syaoran saw a familiar cutie-pie face dancing on the DDR platform.
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I've been searching for a man
All across Japan
Just to find, to find my samurai
Someone who is strong
But still a little shy
Yes I need, I need my samurai
Rhythm Sakura rhythm- Sakura reminded herself focusing on the screen to make sure her steps and her arm movements intricate with the song. In seconds, her movements are smooth and noticed that she can do this confidently.
Ay, ay, ay, I'm your little butterfly
Green, black and blue,
Make the colors in the sky
She winked at her friends and does a little bit of her natural funk moves. Yi Zhen was also dancing to the same song but she missed a few beats because she kept looking sideways at Sakura, completely surprised by her performance. Sakura kept a consistent performance and she won against Zhen. The crowd started to cheer and blowing whistles at Sakura. Soon the herd left the arcade and scattered into different directions.
"Don't worry Zhen there's always another time." Yumi said reassuringly to Yi Zhen.
Yi Zhen looked at Yumi, feeling frustrated and disappointed at the same time. Yeah-there's always another time.
"You go girl." Meilin cheered giving Sakura high-fives.
"Babe-You rock. Is there anything you can't do?" Rika asked patting Sakura's back-a little too hard.
"Erm-Maybe find my samurai?" Sakura joked giggling at the same time.
"Well, looks like we've found our samurais-" Meilin responded grinning like mad.
"Ah-huh." Tomoyo, Naoko and Rika nodded blushing furiously.
Sakura giggled at Meilin's joke and turned to the direction where Meilin is looking at. Her heart stopped. Six tall hunks standing at the entrance of the arcade. Her eyes looked at this certain guy with piercing amber eyes, mystified.
Meilin is definitely not joking about this one.
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Author's Note: w00t! What do you think? I can't believe I'm writing all these lol. I have a very bad feeling about these two characters, Yi Zhen and Yumi. It makes me wanna put them somewhere in the future chapters. I'm definitely going to write about them in school in the next chapter ok? Till then, Ciao! xD