A/N: Sorry for the late update. I've barely had any time to go on my computer but I'm glad that I finished typing this up. You wouldn't believe how many times i've been editting this! I still believe that it's not the best that I could've done but as long as this is finally posted huh? Oh well... what do you expect from a high school freshman? ahahahaha!

Well...Thanks for the reviews!

Disclaimer: Once again I don't own CCS.

..:Chapter Three:..

The Aftermath and New Beginnings

After Sakura left the diner everyone stayed silent, waiting in anticipation to what would happen next. Lisa whimpered as she massaged her bloody nose. Logan scraped the chair on the floor as he stood up. Everyones attention went to him as he said slowly,

"I'm going to see if Kinomoto is ok," He headed for the exit until a hand came on his shoulder, stopping him from going any further. Logan turned around and met Syaoran's amber eyes looking at him as if he was piercing daggers through his body.

"You stay here with your sister. I'm going to find Sakura," he said in a tone that would make anyone freeze. Logan grumbled but obeyed none the less. Syaoran headed towards the door that Sakura previously exited and was about to push it open until a voice called out to him.

"Wait Syaoran!" said Lisa who looked in a lot of pain.

"Look I just need to have a word with her. I'll come back to take you home," he said as he pushed the door to try to get out of their in a hurry while Lisa looked at him not believing any words that came out of his mouth. "I promise."

"Ok then..." she said when Syaoran left. She looked around to see everyone stare at her awkwardly. Some people smirked and tried to suppress their laughter as they saw her date leave her for some other girl. "Oh go mind your own business," she snapped at them and watched them get back to what they were doing. Logan smirked as he went back to eat his fries.

Syaoran began a run to search for Sakura. He called out her name but he could not find her anywhere. He looked up into the dark sky and a deep rumbling from above was heard and a few seconds later tons of rain was pouring down from the sky.

"Shit!" he cursed as he ran even faster. All of a sudden he remembered where Sakura was the last time she wanted to be alone. He took a right and sure enough he saw the girl with the messy hair and baggy clothes concentrating on what she was doing. A huge crowd was watching her in awe and Syaoran sighed knowing she wasn't in danger. Everyone watched as she turned the wheel and shifted the clutch. She suddenly stood up and punched the air in triumph.

"Yes! A new high score!" she said with a smile as she smiled for beating the car racing game once again in the arcade. Suddenly she looked at her surrounding and her cheeks tinted pink with embarrassment from her outburst to the crowd who was watching her. She then saw a figure with amber eyes softly looking at her in the crowd with a smile. Her expression grew hard as she looked the other way and passed through the crowd in the other direction. Syaoran knew that she was still pissed.

"Sakura!" Syaoran called out as he chased after her. Sakura was now power walking down the street and ignored Syaoran's attempts to talk to her. She walked even faster as his voice came closer and was even about to start to run until a firm hand grasped onto her smaller hand that prevented her from going anywhere. She turned around in a swift movement and glared at Syaoran.

"Let go of me Li," she said icily and shivered from the rain coming in contact with her skin.

"Sak-Kinomoto please don't do this," he pleaded as he quickly remembered to call her by her last name.

"What am I doing? For all that I know you're the one causing everything," she said. Syaoran knew it was true. He let go of her hand and watched her walk away. As soon as she was far Syaoran suddenly called out to her.

"I'm a dork...and you know it," he called out when she was about to turn the corner. Sakura stopped as she heard his words that she previously called him the other day.

"You always have been and you always will be," she said as she turned around and gave him a small smile.

"Look. These past two days was the biggest mistake I ever made," he said as soon as he was near enough.

"You've got that right," muttered Sakura. Syaoran shook his head and continued none the less.

"I should have never done that to you and just try to get Lisa without any help," he told her very truthfully.

"What's done is done Li. Their isn't any redo-buttons," Said Sakura in a firm tone.

"I know. But now all I'm asking is another chance," he said as Sakura listened to him. "Can we start over and become friends again?" At those words Sakura's eyes softened. Syaoran thought she would agree but he didn't expect what came out of her mouth next.

"It's nice that you want to become friends again but I'm not ready to have anything to do with you right now. You really hurt me Li. I can't go on like this. It would be best if it all just ended right now."

"I-I don't understand," said Syaoran who really thought she'd agree with him.

"You wouldn't even if I tried explaining it. I won't be seeing you around," she said as she began to walk alone in the rain

"What's wrong with you?" asked Syaoran as he shouted so she would clearly hear him. Sakura turned around.

"What's wrong with me? What the hell is wrong with you?" she shouted back as they both began to walk closer to each other.

"You never liked Lisa did you? What did she do that made you become enemies with her?" said Syaoran in a demanding tone. He didn't see how they could hate each other so much when he liked both of them... wait. Both of them? Does he actually like this girl in front of him as a candidate for his heart? He never really thought of the idea of them being more than friends... and maybe it was too late to even try. For all he knows Sakura probably hates him the most... apart than Lisa that is.

"Look you wouldn't believe me if I told you." said Sakura taking Syaoran away from his thoughts.

"Try me." he said as he stared into her eyes.

"Well here it is... She's the sluttiest bitch I've ever had to come across to!" she burst out... which made Syaoran frown. Sakura wasn't telling him the truth.

"Don't say that." said Syaoran with a bit of anger. Why was she hiding the real reason from him?

"What you can't handle the fact that she's a skank?" taunted Sakura... who knew from the beginning that he'd act this way.

"Be quiet Kinomoto!" roared Syaoran. Why was she playing with him?

"You wanted me to tell you why I hate her and you're getting it. She is the biggest whore and..." but she couldn't continue for something hard hit her face. She carefully touched her cheek that soon would become red from the impact...and maybe a bruise. She looked up to see Syaoran looking at his hand in shock and back at Sakura. His breathing became sharp and fast.

"Sakura..." Syaoran called out "It was an accident!"

"Stay the fuck away from me Li!" she shouted as her tears began to mix in with the rain and before Syaoran could say anything else Sakura was running away from him once again.

Another typical day was going on in Reedington High. The sun was shinning brightly on the landscape and the bright green leaves on the trees were rustling in the wind. Tomoyo was currently eating her lunch on one of the benches outside as she embraced the outdoors. She looked to her left and waved at the form coming towards her. Eriol waved back and joined her on the bench.

"What a nice place to have lunch," said Eriol as he looked at his girlfriend. She smiled and nodded in agreement.

"A perfect romantic setting huh?" she said with a grin.

"It would be even better if none of these students were around to watch what I might do next," he told Tomoyo as he put one arm around her.

"Maybe... but lets save that stuff for later," she said as she placed a soft kiss to his lips. Eriol sighed and relaxed. Tomoyo giggled and leaned her head on his shoulder.

A slumped figure was walking towards them. Tomoyo cast a worried glance at Eriol who in return squeezed her hand. Sakura's form looked worse than it ever had in a really long time. She somehow got a rip in her sweats and much more dirt and stains on her loose baggy shirt. Her hair that was tied up was even messier than how she usually had it and it looked like she didn't have much sleep since there were dark circles under her eye. Eriol looked at the poor girl with a confused look on why she suddenly appeared like that.

"She stayed all day yesterday cooped up in her room crying her eyes out," whispered Tomoyo, knowing exactly what Eriol was thinking. Eriol nodded slightly understandingly and put on a smile just like Tomoyo did to greet their friend. Sakura didn't even bother greeting them as she sat down next to Tomoyo without saying a word. Tomoyo smiled at her friend and gave Eriol a signal. He nodded and said to the group,

"I'm just going to get some lunch while you just stay and have your girl talk." said Eriol as he stood up and left. Tomoyo nodded and waved him off. After Eriol was out of view Sakura immediately started laughing.

"God Tomoyo! That speech was hilarious! I mean come on...girl talk?"

"Hey it was better than saying 'I'm just going to leave so you can deal with your feelings' and than you'd probably beat him up for thinking you as a sissy,"

"Hmm...that's true. So what did you want to know?" she said in a bored tone.

"Well...how was your day?" asked Tomoyo.

"Pretty good. How about you?" she replied not interested in where this conversation was going.

"Sakura it's not doing you any good to lie to me...now how was your day?"

"Fine... it was terrible! Happy? I can't bear seeing him with her. But what am I supposed to do? Run away or act like nothing is bothering me? And its no use talking to the coach about how I got kicked off the team seeing that he never wanted me there anyways. Stupid Li! I just don't know what hurts more..." Sakura paused for a moment and looked down at her feet. "Thinking that I should hate him or knowing that I don't," Sakura whispered softly. Tomoyo smiled warmly at her friend.

"I don't know how things will turn out but if it's meant to be, it's meant to be. For now let's just forget the past and move on ok?" said Tomoyo.

"Yah... you're probably right!" said Sakura as she looked up into the sky. What was she going to do about joining a sports team? The soccer coach wasn't going to let her back on the team when he didn't even want her there in the first place. Sakura didn't know what to do. She was slowly beginning to lose hope in helping her brother.

Eriol left the two girls and was currently buying his lunch at the cafeteria. He paid the cashier and saw a guy eating lunch with the rest of his soccer team wave him over. Eriol put on a kind smile and visited the chestnut haired boy.

"Long time since I last saw you buddy," said the chestnut brown haired boy who was sitting down and eating his lunch that he bought recently.

"Same to you Li-kun. You've changed a lot," said Eriol whom had a mysterious look that made Syaoran confused.

"What's with the last name calling Eriol? And what do you mean I've changed a lot? Are you talking about what happened between me and Sakura?" asked Syaoran who assumed that Tomoyo already filled him in on what was currently going on, not to mention he was at the dinner when they had that argument.

"You have no right to call her Sakura. It's Kinomoto to you." said Eriol in a hard glare at his friend.

"Look I apologized. What else do you want me to do? I asked if we could be friends again and she turned it down," said Syaoran.

"Look Li, just stay away from her. She has no intentions of speaking to you and you've already hurt her enough by having that friendship in the first place."

"You know nothing Hiiragizawa! Just mind your own business!" he said as he raised his voice. But deep down inside he knew Eriol was right... it was his fault that Sakura got hurt.

"I'm just trying to tell you what would be best. Take my advice. I'm your friend Li, not your enemy," said Eriol in a calm voice.

"Than start being my friend and stop telling me what to do!" yelled Syaoran.

"You're going to regret it Syaoran," said Eriol before he left. Syaoran just sat there and was once again confused at Eriol's words.

A girl with medium dark brown hair wearing a blue and white cheerleading outfit could be seen walking up to where they were sitting with a smile that somewhat seemed to be fake in Sakura's eyes.

"Daidouji-chan! I've been looking all over for you!" she said as she held a set of pompoms to her sides. Sakura glared at the girl, disgusted by what she was: a cheerleader.

"Please Sasaki-chan, call me Tomoyo. What are you up to with all those papers?" Tomoyo asked Rika.

"I'm handing out cheerleading flyers. Try-outs are on Wednesday," Tomoyo looked at Rika who was still flashing her wide smile as she handed Tomoyo one of the paper with the information. Tomoyo looked at Sakura who was still looking at Rika with disgust. Rika then turned to face to Sakura and quickly held out her hand with an invitation in it without even looking at Sakura. Sakura looked at her with a confused expression as saying 'what the heck are you doing holding that out in front of me'.

"School policies says that you have to give every girl an invitation," she explained as Sakura took it in her hands hesitantly. Sakura barely glanced at the paper and, with a bored expression, ripped it until it turned into confetti.

"You shouldn't have wasted your time. There's no way that I'd ever become one of you," she said in pure disgust.

"Humph. You don't deserve to be in something as great as our squad," as she turned away in anger but not leaving before she bid Tomoyo good-bye. As soon she was gone Sakura smirked but then looked confused on the expression that was currently portrayed on Tomoyo's face. Tomoyo currently had stars twinkling in her eyes and the brightest smile Sakura had ever seen plastered on her face.

"Tomoyo?" Sakura asked as she waved her hand in from of the girl's face sitting next to her who looked almost in a trance.

"Yes Sakura?" replied Tomoyo.

"You said that you knew someone who would be willing to try out," said Sakura a little hesitantly.

"That is correct," said Tomoyo with a bright smile

"It wouldn't happen to be me would it?" she asked her best friend.

"Perhaps..." she said with a twinkle in her eyes.

"No Tomoyo. No! Did you happen to see what kind of people they are... like Wong-chan?"

"Common Sakura...don't you want to do this? Not only for you, but for me and Touya?" she asked with her pouted face pleading her to do so.

"What do you mean for you?"

"Well of course for me since I could get some great footage of you doing those routines!" said Tomoyo as she imagined herself in the crowds filming Sakura in the air waving pompoms.

"Well...what if I do try out? They'll never pick me," said Sakura in a disappointed tone knowing that there wasn't any chance that she could be picked to help her beloved brother.

"And that's where I come in," said Tomoyo in a grin.

"What are you talking about?" said Sakura who was confused at Tomoyo's words.

"Just meet me in the gym after school and I'll tell you all about it." said Tomoyo in a mysterious grin just like Eriol had used before with Syaoran. Sakura sighed and followed her best friend who was currently walking back to the school.

"Sorry I'm late Tomoyo..." she stopped as she looked at all of the equipment placed out. Their laid beams and rings, trampolines and a set of pompoms.

"What's all this?" she asked as Tomoyo came out with a smile, holding a video camera in one hand.

"I'm going to film you as you do a routine so we can go over it and see your flaws. Oh and I know you know how to move. Remember you we're the top of your gymnastics class in elementary school? So change into something more comfortable and get out there!" she said with excitement as she threw Sakura a bag that must've been filled with gym strip.

"Fine... " said Sakura knowing once her best friend set her mind to something she wouldn't back down until she got what she wanted. A few minutes later Sakura stepped out of the changing room wearing black athletic kappa pants and a plain grey t-shirt.

"When ever you're ready Sakura!" shouted Tomoyo while was standing at the other end of the gym. Sakura nodded and entered the middle of the floor.

Sakura started off with a round off that quickly jumped into 2 back flips. She did a round of front flips and did bunches of toe touches, front hurdlers and herkies here and there as well as mixing in some other flips, spins and turns along the way. Tomoyo wasn't even filming after 5 minutes as she watched in awe at how good she was. After a little bit she did a few more flips and finished her routine by doing the splits on the ground and her hands in the air. She panted hard as she got up to see Tomoyo who was currently speechless.

"That was... Amazing!" Tomoyo finally said.

"Really?" said Sakura who was still trying to catch her breath.

"I watched the other girls who were already on the squad try out and none of them compared to yours! I bet you could even take Wong's place as captain!"

"You know...it would be nice to take her spot. But they'll never let me be captain nor will they pick me on their team. Common Tomoyo...I wouldn't even be surprised if I was rejected before I even got the chance to try out," she said as she plopped on the ground.

"And this is where your best friend comes in! Yes...it pays to be rich," she said as she blew on her fingernails.

"And what will your money do?" asked Sakura as she curiously lifted her head off the floor to look at Tomoyo.

"I am going to transform you into one of them," she said with sparkles in her eyes at the thought.

"What? Tomoyo that's suicide! I'd rather die than become one of those skimpy cheerleaders who only care about popularity and boys!" said Sakura as she got herself up the ground and was beginning to get away from her crazy friend. Tomoyo grabbed Sakura's wrists with both hands to try and stop her.

"What about Touya? Remember him? Common Sakura! Besides... I've always wanted to dress you up in cute clothes, style your hair and put make-up..." Tomoyo rambled on.

"Stop right there! Make-up? I'll kill you if you ever touch me with those products! I'm not a whore!" she said making it clear that she would never wear any.

"It won't be that bad...don't you want to make everyone jealous? You could especially make all the guys drool over you... especially Li-kun," said Tomoyo as she wiggled her eyebrows.

"Thanks for the offer but I'll just try getting on the squad without all of your ideas," said Sakura as she waved Tomoyo goodbye.

"Please Sakura? If you do this you might have a better chance in getting in," pleaded Tomoyo.

"I don't have a choice do I?" sighed Sakura. Tomoyo shook her head and lead her to her car in the school parking lot. Tomoyo pressed a button and her black Mercedes made a beep.

"Get in my car and let me make a couple of phone calls," said Tomoyo as she pulled out her cell phone and smiled at a nervous Sakura.

Not one of my proudest chapters but heck... I'll bet people are going to stop reading this story and I don't blame them! ahahahaha! Well... thanks to those out there that actually reads it all! Anyone really hating Syaoran right now? Should I change the rating or is it all good?

Also... if you're confused about the cheerleading routines you can search cheerleading sites on the web for info since I can't really describe how it's done since... I'm not really a cheerleader and I never will be! ahahaha!

About having a beta reader: Sorry but I don't think I will have one. I post too late and I would post even later if I did use one.

Again... sorry for updating so late!