BRRRRIIIINNNNNGG!

There was the annoying sound of the alarm clock. A delicate arm groped around lazily, trying to hit the snooze button. The alarm clock was a periwinkle blue colour, and had soft, pink cherry blossoms encrusted on it. The hand found its mark, eventually making it fall with a small thud on the ground. 'Mmmmfffpppphhh' came a soft voice. One, big soft, emerald eye opened lazily then drooped of again in dreamland.

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Two emerald eyes shot open. The owner of the eyes yawned widely, unaware of how late she was. Sakura Kinomoto lazily got out of bed, dragging her sheets as she went. Still, she didn't notice how late she was. She stretched, and flexed, loosening herself.

Her older brother, Touya, was in England, studying to become a surgeon. Strangely enough, she missed him, his loud, commanding voice yelling at her to wake up through her doors. She also missed his less then friendly 'wake up' each morning. Wet pillows thrown on to her face, while being called Kaiju was not the best wake up call. She'd had better.

She missed her father; Fujitaka Kinomoto. He was always at peace, calmly coming into her bedroom, waking her up with his gentle voice. A pang rang through her as she remembered the one she would always miss most, Nadeshiko Kinomoto, her beloved mother. Her father and brother would always come back, but never her mother. She brushed her thoughts aside and finally glanced at the clock.

'HOOEE!' Sakura yelled as she saw the time, it was 8:49! She had less then 10 minutes to get to school! Less then 10 minutes!

'Why can't I be one of those kids who wake up at five, or six, or seven, or even eight?' she thought to herself. 'Then again, my bed is so warm and comfortable and soft and cuddly…' her thoughts trailed off, and found spit running down her chin. 'Oh god. I was drooling. About my bed.' Embarrassed, she hurriedly stuffed toast in her mouth, while throwing things out of her closet, looking for her school uniform. She swallowed her food, which tasted like cardboard; on account of Sakura has absolutely no experience in food, unless it had something to do with take away.

She put on her uniform, and quickly strapped roller skates to her feet. As long as she could remember, she had always been rollerblading to school. She quickly checked her appearance on her mirror in the hall. A crisp white shirt, buttoned all the way to the top, a blue pleated skirt, which reached down past her knees, stopping half way on her legs. She put her beautiful auburn hair into a tight bun at the back, letting her bangs fall into her beautiful eyes, covering her gems.

It's not that the girl was ugly, it was the complete opposite. She had a figure to die for. Not many Japanese girls were a 12B at her age. That's why she wore her blouse buttoned straight to the top, not wanting any unwanted priers following her collar bone, leading into her cleavage. Her skin was beautiful, not too pale, but a beautiful creamy colour. Her face was beautifully proportioned, cheek bones in the right areas, beautiful pink, luscious lips to die for. Her eyes were so big and green. They always portrayed her emotions from the inside. She had a natural blush, which would make her look even more cute, but came when she least expected, especially around that someone.

She glanced at her watch. 9:17. 'oh, shit. Mrs. Taskar is gonna kill me…again.' She smirked at the thought. Last time she was late, she got a detention. But a certain someone was there. Sakura blushed at the thought of him. She remembered how hot she had been, so sweaty and impaling. She wondered if she smelt bad. She scrunched up her face, and resolved to use more perfume like the other girls. She glanced at her watch again. 9: 20. 'Oh, shit. I was thinking about him again, for a whole fucking three minutes!' She sped out the door, and left her house faster then you could say, 'alrighty then…'

She raced down; causing passer by's to stop, to look at the poor girl. Her hair was flying past her face, bumping into old ladies with shopping bags full of cat food. "WATCH WHERE YOUR GOING YOUNG LADY!" came a reply from a particular moody lady. Sakura glared at her in a very un-sakuraish way, receiving the finger in return. She was still glaring at the lady, and didn't notice when she the reached school gates, she hit into a strong person.

She went flying over backwards, but the same strong arms caught her again. She lunged towards his shoulders, holding on for support, and then looked up at her rescuers face. 'Oh. No. No way.' She thought to herself. She looked up into that someone's eyes. She felt a blush creep up her neck. 'No. no. NO. I'M BLUSHING! ARGH! Keep calm.' Her insides were squirming like crazy. She looked up into her rescuers face again and gulped. Her body so close to his, she felt his calm heartbeat. "Oh no. If I can feel his, he feels mine'.

That bought her to her senses and it became dimly aware of how so very close they were, she could count every long eyelash on his eyes, her body became hot. That someone was leaning in close. She closed her eyes. This was finally happening.

She puckered her lips, waiting for his lips to crash with hers. She stood there in his arms, for a while, then opened her hidden eyes and immediately became embarrassed. Syaoran Li was looking at her with an amused expression on his face, and laughter shinning in his eyes.

"Kinomoto, if you were expecting me to KISS you, you are too wrong. You are WAY out of my league."

Sakura didn't say anything. She was looking at is well polished rich kid shoes, wanting the ground to swallow her up. 'Oh. No. I embarrassed myself in front of Syaoran Li. Oh God. Make me faint. Make me faint. FAINT, FAINT-,'

"FAINT." She covered her mouth in horror. Had she just yelled FAINT at Syaoran? She looked up at his face, amusement in his eyes.

"Kinomoto. Did you just yell "faint" at me?" he said smoothly.

She couldn't help notice how tempting his lips are. Yummy.

"Umm….no. Cya!" She hurriedly ran away from him and didn't stop until she ran into Tomoyo.

"urgh, Sakura! Watch, where you're going".

"sorry, Tomoyo, how are you?"

"fine, fine. I tried to call you yesterday, but you wouldn't pick up."

"oh. sorry." she hugged her best friend. "where's everyone else?"

"Chiharu's in the toilet and Naoko's finishing a bit of music homework. Rika's away." she hugged her friend back.
A group of rather hot looking boys walked past. "Hey Tomoyo" drawled one nervously, but coolly. He had blue hair and captivating blue eyes. He was just born with blue hair. He's name was Eriol Hirigawaza. He was from England, but moved to Japan. He was friends with Syaoran Li and Takashi Yamazaki.

"oh, hey Eriol" said Tomoyo coolly. 'how does she do it? be so cool around boys?' Sakura wondered. 'she's so confidant, so defiant.'

She stared at her friend. She was gazing somewhere off the distance. Sakura followed her gaze, knowing where it was going to stop. Sure enough, she was staring at Eriols back.

'oh God, Tomoyo, what has he done to you?' she thought happily. She called her name: "Tomoyo." no response.

"Tomoyo!" she said a little louder. No response.

"TOMOYO" she practically yelled.

She had two other options. She didn't like the second one, so this time, she really did yell.

"TOMOYO!" no response.

'This is unbelievable.' she thought. Now she only had the dreaded option left. She tucked her hands into her armpits and flapped them around, squawking like a chicken, while yelling out her name. "bwu-TOMOYO-ack, bwu-TOMOYO-ack, bwu-TOM-... her friend was in hysterics."Sa-sakura." she kept on laughing, tears leaking from the corners of her eyes. She leaned on her best friend for support.

This is one of the reasons she was Sakura's friend. Her other friends, other then Chiharu, Rika and Naoko, would've left her there. But Sakura was such a loyal girl to her friends. She was that best friend anyone could wish for. Tomoyo looked at Sakura, "you were looking a bit flushed today, What happened to you?"

The beautiful girl had a frown on her face. She had sparkly long hair, and a beautiful figure. The answer formed in her mind. 'Syaoran Li happened.'

"Sakura." she pointed to an empty classroom. "in here. now."

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"YOU DID WHAT!"
"Yamazaki, chill. I just helped the girl. Pshh, it's not like I like her, or anything. She's not even in my league." he basked in his thoughts. He saw a different Sakura today. He had never seen her eyes. Such beauty was in those eyes. Maybe he wasn't what he thought she was, or worse, didn't want to accept it.
"Besides, Takashi." Interrupted Eriol. "If, Syaoran did have a crush on Sakura," Syaoran glared at him. "Which he hasn't, then it gives me an excuse to talk to Tomoyo-" he suddenly clapped his hand to his mouth. Eriol usually had a habit of talking too much. Usually his bright blue eyes matched his blue hair which matched his bright personality. But he's eye's were brighter this time.

So, Eriol has a liking for Tomoyo. The group chose to ignore that part, Eriol being too nice to taunt. Takashi decided now would be the time to make up for his behavior. "you know what? This is all so stupid, I'm sorry guys. Let's go get cheese fries; I'll pay for the three of us." He didn't taunt Eriol either, for he had an eye out for a particular girl as well.

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"Sakura Kinomoto. You froze in a moment like that?" she was in hysterics. "I don't believe this. You know what I think? Sakura, you need a make over. Physically and altitude wise. Promise to come over to my house after school?" Sakura didn't give it a second thought. She smiled and said; "fine. Promise."

School couldn't end soon enough. When the bell had finally rung, Sakura gathered her books and rushed to her locker. She packed her bags and headed for Tomoyo's locker. As usual, Tomoyo was surrounded by her other 'friends'. They all smirked when Sakura came their way, but Tomoyo just ignored them and acknowledged the fact that Sakura was a great and her best friend. The other girls didn't approve of her, this fact didn't change Tomoyo's mind about her best friend. "ready to go, Sakura?" she smiled happily.

"ready!" she smiled back at Tomoyo. They linked arms and went downstairs in the foyer area, waiting for Tomoyo's limo. They got in, excited about this makeover. They finally arrived at Tomoyo's house, or mansion. As soon as they got in the house, Tomoyo shoved a handful of robes at Sakura, "undress, and get into this bathrobe, ok?" Sakura nodded, and did as she was told. She headed towards Tomoyo's bedroom and undressed. She blushed as she saw how big her breasts had gotten. She remembered how flat chested she was in ninth grade. She put on the white fluffy bathrobe and put on the matching slippers on and sat on the chair facing the vanity table. Tomoyo came in and smiled widely. "ok, let's get started!"

It had almost been an hour. During that hour, it was one of Sakura's most physically painful. Her hair was brushed, all the knots out of it. Her eyebrows were plucked, that had hurt her so much. She had got a Brazilian wax from Tomoyo's beautician. But was rewarded with a massage from her masseuse. Even if it was excruciatingly painful, it was fun.

"ok" said Tomoyo. "The painful bit is over. Now for the fun part! Picking your outfit for tomorrow!"

"uh, Tomoyo. What's so special about tomorrow? We have to wear our uniform tomorrow, like always, don't we?" Sakura was puzzled with her friend's excitement. Her outfit was her uniform 5/7 times a week. Tomoyo smacked her head with her hand.

"Oh, my God, Sakura. Tomorrow is Breast Cancer Day. Meaning Mufti. Meaning we get to wear what we want to wear." she rubbed her head. "remember?" It was now Sakura's turn to hit her head.

"Oh my God. I completely forgot!"

Tomoyo just laughed and smiled at her. "Should we find something, or should we go shopping?" Tomoyo asked.

Sakura smiled back and grabbed her purse. "shopping defiantly!" She changed into Lipsy Peacock Bead Boob Tube (look it up) and black skinny leg jeans. She wore her black and white dotted keds. She whipped on her oversized chunky sunnies, applied lip-gloss and left with Tomoyo. Tomoyo commented how beautiful she looked and should look for a job as a model. Sakura just laughed when she head this.

They arrived at the mall. They wondered for an hour or so. When they heard Sakura's stomach grumbling. They both looked at each other and giggled. They headed for the cafeteria. It was a big one. There were four different types of Chinese take outs. There were about five different places where you could get Japanese. Then there was the usual, McDonalds, KFC, Oporto, Red Rooster, Long John Silvers, ect. Sakura wanted a happy meal from McDonalds, and Tomoyo wanted to get Japanese. Sakura approached the counter. Ready to order.

"Hello. How may I help you?" The young boy at the counter didn't look up, because he was so busy. He did a double take as he saw Sakura. He looked around 19, 20. He was a handsome boy, Sakura had seen him around school, but never talked to him.

"Hi, I think I've seen you around school before. I'm Sakura, by the way, and I'd like a six pack nugget happy meal thanks. She took in the boy's appearance. He was tall, and handsome, no doubt about that. He had blonde hair, and intriguing hazel eyes.

"I'm Ryan, I've seen you around. Never like this though. You look pretty like the way you are now. Ok, it's coming right up." He bustled about getting her food. Sakura blushed, she changed for an hour or so, and she already had handsome boys paying her compliments. She paid him the money and left.

She saw Tomoyo standing in the centre, looking for a table. Sakura scurried over to Tomoyo. "No seats?" she asked. Her friend shook her head. Then she went pale. Sakura looked in her direction then followed her gaze. She felt herself turn red as she saw Eriol, Takashi, Syaoran, looking as handsome as ever. He was so at ease with his friends. They had a six seater table. The only spare chairs were theirs.

"Tomoyo, there looking our way. Why is Syaoran looking at me that way?" She looked down her top, seeing if he was peeving. She looked back at him and saw him staring at his food, blushing. 'Blushing? Syaoran Li was blushing?' she thought to herself. A frown formed on her forehead. She nudged her friend.

"uh, Tomoyo, there calling us." and there were. Beckoning them. The girls walked up to their table.
"Hey" said a cheerful Sakura. "what are you guys doing here?"
Takashi pointed to the cheese fries.
Sakura laughed, and instantly, it lifted their moods. "Do you mind if we sit here?"
Syaoran nodded and nodded towards the seats left. One was opposite Eriol, the other opposite Syaoran. They were still next to each other, nonetheless. She sat opposite Syaoran. She turned towards Tomoyo to chat to her, but Eriol and she were already in an intense conversation.

She turned back to Syaoran, who was look weirdly at her again. She raised a questioning eyebrow at him, and he started sipping his coke again. When she started on her fries, he turned back again. Whoever this girl was, she was beautiful. Beyond beautiful. Her delicate face. Those lips. He wanted to kiss her, when she licked her lips and let out an audible "yummy", he had to grip his hands to his chair. He had only met her, or had he? She seemed familiar. What? He was a guy, wasn't he? He stopped because he didn't want to look perverted and he asked;

"Who are you?"

Sakura almost laughed. Maybe he had never seen her out of school, or maybe he was really, really dumb.

"Uh, hello? Syaoran-I'm Sakura, Sakura Kinomoto."

Syaoran almost spit his coke out, Unfortunately, Takashi did. It sprayed all over Sakura's black skinny legs.

"Oh. Shit!" sakura said, wiping with a tissue on her jeans.

"I'm so sorry." said Takashi apologetically.

"It's ok. Don't worry. Yeah, don't you remember, Sakura, that's me. I-uh, bumped into this morning" she mumbled.

Syaoran couldn't help but think she looked so cute when she was shy. He gave a warm smile.

"oh, that's right. You look so different now. You look hot." he looked down again and blushed when he said this. Embarrassed, he kept on looking at her, then looking away.

"Thanks, I look different, just school, pressure, you know." she smiled back, enjoying his company.

He warmed up inside and started to fizz. He felt Goosebumps on his neck and stared at the beauty. He knew he couldn't feel this way because of-

"Hey Sao, baby! How are you! I've missed you SO much." Sarah sat in Syoaran's lap and kissed him with her tongue passionately. Sakura crumpled, Sarah looked at Sakura triumphantly. This was war.