Cry: For the First Time

Chapter6: As Expected…

Sorry coz I changed a lot of things. Hope you'll understand and please review… Don't forget my friend's profile… Her pen name is torn pieces… MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you!

Summary: A four year-old boy named Syaoran looks like he is emotionless but he really is not. He always hides whenever he feels like crying because he doesn't want others to see his softer side. One afternoon at Tomoeda, a girl saw him crying. For the first time, he let someone see him crying. For the first time, he felt so comfortable. For the first time, she sympathize someone she didn't know. And for the first time, the girl revealed the softer side of him. She is none other than Sakura Kinomoto.

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"speech" 'thoughts' flashback dream/songs sOuNdS me (eng trans)

"Now that I think about it. It looks like the letter we sent would make a good step. Anyway, are you the one who sent her the other letter?" Tomoyo asked while clutching her video camera.

"Iie. What letter? I did not make any letter for her except the one that I showed you before we put it in her locker." Yanagi asked, obviously oblivious of the other letter that Sakura received this morning. They spent their free time planning and wondering who sent the letter.

"Tadaima!" a masculine voice was clearly heard from the door. The two knew it was the one and only Touya Kinomoto. Sakura immediately roared like a fierce fox waiting for the right time to attack its prey and made Fujitaka smile at her childishness. "Otou-san!" Touya immediately feigned fright as soon as he saw Sakura beside Fujitaka. "Daijoubu desu ka?" he asked, again acting. "Kaijuu! Don't ever get near us! Do-don't e-ever ha-harm us!" he said, pointing at Sakura. 'Being a part of a school play really has a good outcome' he thought.

Now that was the last straw. First, he didn't wake her up this morning. Second, how dare he call her 'kaijuu' after learning the outcome of it? Sakura smirked as she recalled the event that happened yesterday. As usual, the brother again called his sister the name that he had personally given her. She sure did teach her not to do it again after stomping real hard on his left injured foot and pouring boiling water on it.

"Well, I think your foot wants some again, ne?" now that made Touya wear a scared expression and not a fake one. His poor foot surely had enough of that. Surely, if his foot has a mind of its own and can separate itself from the rest of Touya's body then it would leave right then and there. He sighed, reassuring himself that kind of thing can never happen to him.

He gulped and expected the unexpected. "Otou-san! Look at the kaijuu! It's-it's talking!" he shrieked like a teenaged girl just having a talk with her long time crush. Well, here goes the expected- Sakura's angered expression. She lifted her foot and gathered all her energy on it. He closed his eyes and waited for the impact but none came. He slowly opened an eye and saw his smirking sister. Well that was unexpected to some. Still he had expected something like that. His sister sure is unpredictable except for the waking up part.

Suddenly, the real unexpected happened and his left foot shrieked like the way Touya shrieked and ran with the speed of light. It left a shocked Touya and a laughing Sakura. It was sure a funny site for her. Touya was blinking his eyes and his mouth reached the floor which was slightly impossible because of his height.

"What the fck!" he screamed and found himself seating on his bed with lots of sweats forming on his forehead. "Whew! That sure was a weird dream." he said and checked his alarm clock to know if he should sleep again or prepare for work. The clock read 7. He got up and fixed his bed. He still needs to prepare breakfast and it's good to impress the boss if he would be early.

The sun sent its rays through the pink curtains of a certain room and let the porcelain face of Sleeping Beauty be seen with its light. The birds began to help the sun in its task and chirped cheerfully. But all their efforts were again useless for only the kiss of the prince could wake up the princess.

SPLASH!

Well, that's what it said in fairy tales. The girl finally woke up and felt the cold water interact with her skin. That surely was odd. But then again, she knew even without looking that who threw that was weird so what could she expect? Suddenly a great idea popped into her mind and made her smirk inwardly. She let the one who threw the bucket of ice cold water get another one and sacrificed her skin complaining the cold.

Finally, that someone returned. When the girl knew that he/ she was about to throw it, she immediately sat and blocked the bucket making the content of it be thrown up to the person holding it. Mission accomplished. The tall guy who have dark brown hair now know the feeling of the cold water on one's warm skin.

"That's what you get, onii-chan." the girl by the name of Sakura smirked at her brother. She did not actually mind cleaning the mess up later. Even if doing it forever is the price of seeing his brother soaking wet and shivering, she would gladly do it. But don't think that she doesn't care about him. Sure she does. After all, they are siblings. But she sure knows that he would not get sick by just getting soaked like that.

Students began to fill the campus, all talking about the awesome things they did during weekend. Friends met up near the school gate, stopped to get the things they needed in their locker and headed to their classroom, still talking about their new gadget or their talk with their crushes or boyfriends.

As usual, Syaoran was an exception to this. Sure he met up with Yamazaki near the gate but he did not made 'silly talks' as what he call it. Somehow, his mind was wondering off to emerald planet. Everything his mind would see visions of are as green as the emerald orb. Well, it's not everything because it's only one thing- the emerald pools that showed innocence and cheerfulness, as if they never had seen the cruel world.

And as usual, Yamazaki was telling him some tales which he listened to most of the time and actually falling for it. Yamazaki glanced and found out that Syaoran was not paying a single attention to his 'wonderful' story for the first time. He sighed and suddenly an idea popped out of nowhere. "Well, did you know that Sakura…" he started.

Syaoran's ears grew huge at hearing the name of the girl who's always haunting him… the girl he's very fond off for some unknown reason. As their 'friends' had planned they were left alone to enjoy the romantic scenery of the sunset last Saturday. Their friends also planned something yesterday and fortunate- no… unfortunately they did not plan to leave them and have a good time. Actually it's not a big deal since they had their own world that day.

"What about Sakura-chan?" he worriedly asked. Demanding questions like 'What happened to her!' immediately flooded his mind. After seeing the smile on Yamazaki's face, he sighed with relief. He thought something bad had happened to her. He would never allow that… He would never allow that to happen to his… friend?

"Well, I'm not talking about Sakura-chan. I only said 'Sakura' as in the Cherry Blossom tree." Yamazaki smirked after making the fish come to his bait. "Hmm… Why's that you were on your own world but then I just mentioned Kinomoto-san's name you immediately traveled back from lala land? Isn't lala land more wonderful than anything I had to say about Kinomoto-san or it's just that your lala land is Kinomoto-san?" he smirked seeing Syaoran's face turn from pale and the to different shades of red.

"We-well, look at the time. I already need to go to my class. Our sensei might get angry with me if I would be late. Ja, Yamazaki-kun!" he said after pretending to look at his wrist watch. It was the only way he can get out of this situation or else he'll be dead meat.

Yamazaki's smirk grew wider as he said "Wait. For goodness' sake it's just 7:30. Classes start after half an hour. Is your sensei really that strict? Hmm… Don't I mean our sensei?" he emphasized and grinned hearing Syaoran curse in Chinese. Well, he doesn't know Chinese but he can already tell by the look that Syaoran wore. Syaoran panicked knowing that he's already cornered. "Don't worry I won't tell anyone that you like Kinomoto-san." Yamazaki said with a kind smile. He knew the feeling of being like Syaoran now. "Well, don't you think it's funny? Just yesterday I'm the one who was trapped and now you're the one." he said.

"Y-yeah." was all poor Syaoran can mutter.

As usual, Sakura got lots of letters today but today she received a Cherry Blossom bouquet from her secret admirer. Her day was better than ever but someone had slightly made it bad. She was again telling Sakura to be careful of Syaoran Li. "What the heck! How dare she say those things about Syaoran-kun! If I get another letter from her I'd sure track down who sent this and she would know not to destroy the image of my friend to me!" she said, anger clearly evident on her emerald eyes and light pink lips. Someone just smiled about the situation.

"Tadaima!" Sakura yelled after opening the door of the Kinomoto residence. She changed her roller blades to her new comfortable yellowish slippers. After placing her roller blades to where it should rightfully be, she cheerfully rushed to the kitchen and saw her father wearing an apron and preparing their dinner.

"Well hello, Sakura-chan. You seem cheerful as ever. Do I need to catch up on some things? Maybe there's something or is it someone making the Cherry Blossom bloom?" her otou-san, Fujitaka, teased while chopping like a professional cook.

"Hoe?" Sakura tilted her head to the side as question marks appeared on the background all at the same time and fell on her head one by one lol. With a sweat drop she asked "Otou-san, what did you mean?". Her head is still slightly bent down because of the question marks that purposely hit her.

Fujitaka laughed in a kind and fond way that made Sakura feel more excited to know what he meant. "Well is there something I need to catch up on?" he seriously asked.

"Hmm…" Sakura thought of the things that happened to her recently. "I have a new friend from Hong Kong. His name is Syaoran Li. I saw and talked to him before when we are about three years old. And also he has a cousin named Meilin Li. Although we are not really friends, I still think that she's kind." she said. '…except when she scares me' she added in her thoughts. She can't possibly tell it to her father, ne?

"I think I want to meet that Syaoran Li. Matte…" he said and then thought why Syaoran's name rings a bell. "Is he by chance a part of the famous Li Clan? You said that he's from Hong Kong, ne?" he asked finally realizing why.

"I think he is. And yes, he came from Hong Kong." she said wondering why he's otou-san is making such a big deal out of it. "How did you know that he is a member of the Li Clan?" she asked.

"First, I saw his name on the newspapers a week ago, saying that he came over to this little town. Second, I know his mother, Yelan Li. I thought I've heard from Nadeshiko-koi that Yelan-san has a son named Xiaolang." he explained while placing the needed ingredients on the very hot pan. He caught a glimpse of his daughter having the look that says 'How come you know this Yelan Li?'. "Your okaa-san and Yelan-san were seatmates before. I knew that because I'm their sensei. They always pair up when there is a group project since Sonomi-san was not their classmate before. They would always have the best project. Like your okaa-san, Yelan-san is a gentle woman. She never did change her good sides and in fact changed those bad to better. Before she was always behind your okaa-san and now she had the aura that says authority." he said.

Sakura's mouth had the 'o' shaped as she listened to every word that her otou-san told her. She found out every single bit about Syaoran's mother and forgot to go upstairs to change. She helped her otou-san on preparing and cooking while lending both her ears to every single detail. Now she is wondering why Syaoran never had mentioned Yelan? It seems that having her as a mother is something to brag about but of course if she was Syaoran she wouldn't do it either. But she would surely blab about Yelan. She was amazed on how Yelan improved for the better and stayed humble as ever but she would never ever exchange her okaa-san with someone else even if that someone is better to others.

At one of the mansions currently found in the small town of Tomoeda, four girls were smiling at the outcome that they had found. They had talked about what had happened earlier to a friend of theirs and they were oh so happy to know that she truly does trust someone they knew.

"So intelligent one, what is your next 'little' plan for our dear friend now that you have seen the outcome you expected?" the most beautiful one of the girls asked with interest. She never knew that her friend a talent in this kind of well let's just say a 'hobby'.

"Be patient, comrade, we shall do this mission slowly but surely. We still have to think something that would surely check if she really have something for the classmate of ours. Although maybe we should finish this first mission before the trip because the place of our trip is the best place for our second and last mission. Girls, be careful of our dear classmate thought. I think he starts to have suspicions. You all know that he's very intelligent and always knows the things that's going on in his environment." the 'intelligent one' said and received a nod.

Well, my fic is not really funny so I tried to put some comedy on this chapter… If it's not then I'm sowee… I'm not really one of

Thanks to…

giRlDrEaMiNg

Lynne102

VampireJazzy

smiles sheepishly Well I told you I also don't know what to do with the story… I'm too busy to think of some ideas so I did not have the time to think about the name… )

sakura-kinomoto-li-syaoran

So you're a fili too. Are you still attending school? What year?

Maixx

a nadeshiko blossom

Umm… What do you mean if I keep on changing? I don't think you misread something… unless you really skipped some of the words or a lot of it…

krnanimegrl

They are the real Tomoyo and Yanagi…

ja…

Just like the creature with pure wings

Standing up from all the difficult things

Soaring from the Bottom

Lies a Shattered Blossom…

ja ne! )