Uzii: WOW, you guys are great. A year has passed, and you are still here :) I'm so glad!

Some of you are wondering "6 chapters, what six chapters?" Well, about a year ago I wrote 6 chapters for this fanfic. My internet wasn't working so I never got to upload them and by the time I had regained access to internet, I kinda lost them. Heh.

Oh and by the way, thanks for the reviews! I was shocked when I read some of them. Many of you guessed that the new girl knows Syaoran; actually I got a lot of guesses that linked Richota and Syaoran. Well, you are in for a surprise! Hope you enjoy this chapter :)

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Chapter 9:

Mr. Right

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If she didn't have a great family and two very best friends she would ask why life was so cruel to her. She would wonder over endless cups of hot chocolate what it was that she had done to annoy lady fate. How could so many things go wrong in one day, especially, when yesterday was so beautiful?

Wouldn't you, in your hour of need, want to be surrounded by friends? But what had lady fate chucked at Sakura?

"Yukio…" Sakura seethed, tears vanishing as quickly as they arrived. "What do you want?" Her emerald eyes glared at him full force; oh, if looks could kill.

"I was worried about you," His face was full of worry, but the one thing the young girl knew was to look at the eyes for emotion and his eyes harboured nothing but contempt.

"Yes, I am sure you are. Thank you very much, and now you may leave me alone." She began to walk off and the young man followed her relentlessly until they reached class where she took her usual seat and he began his normal routine of acting like a teachers pet.

-Somewhere else in the school before the bell-

An amber haired boy lazily walked in and out of the hallways as the girls giggled around him; he contemplated whether he should attend class or not. Would it be worth it? At least he would be able to see his elusive friend, if nothing else.

"Hello," sang a very exotic voice. Syaoran turned around and came face to face with a very pretty and new face.

"Err, hi!"

"I'm Richota Lin, and what's your name handsome?"

"…I'm Syaoran." He could tell she was interested in him, it was very obvious. Her one mistake was using the word 'handsome'. Syaoran was not a man with any concrete rules but he knew one thing, that he was not interested in loose women. Syaoran shrugged and walked off carelessly.

"So Syao, you don't mind if I call you Syao right?" She giggled and continued "What are you doing tonight?"

"…homework…" Hahaha, funny one.

"Homework? Really? You don't strike me the type to care for homework."

"Oh, well, erm. I am. I'm a pure homework man"

"Really"

"Yup, now if you'll excuse me, I have to go to class." RUN SYAORAN, RUN!

"Okay then Syao. I'll talk to you later" Richota flipped her hair and sashayed down the hall.

-Back in Class-

Sakura was not in the mood for Japanese class, she was not in the mood for any class for that matter. The events of the afternoon kept churning in her head giving her a headache.

"HII SAKURA!" A very familiar voice called out. "HOW ARE YO--"

"Save it Li, I'm not in the mood."

"Sakura … what happened?" There was genuine worry in the amber haired boy's eyes, if only the young girl would bother to look up.

"Nothing, don't worry."

"Something's wrong, even I'm not that blind."

"Oh, I am so glad you noticed that something was wrong! How perceptive of you. Please, leave me alone."

"Sakura…"

"LI! PLEASE!"

"…" Syaoran slowly walked back to his seat wondering what could have possibly caused her so much anger and sadness.

Sakura yawned as the bell rang for fourth period. Gathering all her things she went to her locker. She wasn't particularly fond of skipping school, but today could be an exception. If she heard the gym teacher yelling her orders today, Sakura would definitely loose it. After placing all of her books into her locker, she headed out towards the field unaware that someone was keeping an eye on her.

The soft wind lightly flowed through Sakura's hair as she made her way across the green playing field. She could see the students chattering as they made their way to the field, some carrying soccer balls, and others footballs. Her shimmering eyes combed the expanse as she climbed the small hill to her favourite cherry blossom tree and they rested on something that she would rather not see.

There, in a corner hidden by tree leaves stood Rei and his special female friend. Sakura gasped and sat down under the shade of the cherry blossom tree. Once she realized that she was too far for them to see, too far for anyone to see, she allowed herself to give in. She shook with tears. It had never occurred to her that something like this could happen, that he would do this to her. There was no need for him to lie; he could have just ended it silently. Why the drama?

Unnoticed, a figure crept silently beside Sakura and sat down.

"It's not good to cry, especially on a beautiful day as today."

Sakura looked up, surprised.

"Syaoran …?" He smiled.

"So tell me Miss. Sakura," He said, acting all business-like "Why is it that you were oh so angry earlier. I hope you realize you've hurt poor Syaoran's feelings. Oh yes, I know it is very surprising but he does have some. I assure you—Hey hey! Don't cry."

Sakura had burst into a fresh batch of tears.

"Sakura!" Syaoran grabbed her shoulders and turned her towards him. "Tell me, what's wrong."

"I'm sorry," She sniffled. "I'm so sorry."

"Hey, hey. Don't worry about it. What is wrong Sakura, usually you're so happy but today…"

"Syaoran, please don't worry about it."

"Don't worry about it? Okay here's the deal. If you don't tell me then I'm not going to introduce you to Xiao Lang."

"…"

"Hey, it's your choice" Syaorans eyes sparkled with mischief. He knew it wasn't right to ask her to tell him something she obviously wasn't comfortable discussing, but he had realized in such a short time that he hated seeing her sad. And plus, he reasoned, when you share your sorrows you feel light hearted.

"…Do you know why Rei and I broke up?"

"No…"

"Well, he went away to American for two months. And, when he came back he accused me of cheating on him. I loved him so much, I waited for him so diligently for those two months, and he did this to me…," She wiped her eyes "But you know, that's not even the worst part. He told everyone that I cheated on him so that no guy would go out with me. An-and in reality, he was the one who cheated on me."

"…"

"You see, I was blind and I didn't notice. Do you see them over there, by the tree leaves?"

Syaoran nodded as he peered far off into the distance trying two see the two figures; he couldn't make them out clearly.

"That's him, and the other girl. She came from America today. She's in both my morning classes. She gave so many hints and I didn't even notice. She kept on talking about being in second place, and I didn't notice…"

The two of them sat in silence. Taking comfort in each others company, friends were indeed better to have around then enemies. Sakura's eyes cleared slowly and she heaved a sigh of relief.

"Syaoran?"

"Mmmhhmm?"

"Don't you have class?"

"Oh, Heh. You don't worry about that!"

"Why did you skip class?

"Well… you didn't seem too happy; I thought I would find out what was making you sad." He smiled, looking at the clouds. Moments passed before the silence was broken again.

"Syaoran?"

"Yes…?"

"Thanks for staying with me."

Syaoran looked over at the girl sitting beside him. She looked so sad, but her eyes were glimmering with hope. It made him smile, but feel sorry for her at the same time. He got up.

"Sakura?"

"Yes?"

"Why do you like him?"

"I –I don't know…" Sakura threatened to break out into tears. Seeing this Syaoran quickly hugged her.

"Hey, don't cry."

It was a good thing Syaoran couldn't see Sakuras face because it was R-E-D. When he finally let her go, she caught a glimpse of his red face; giggling to her self, she didn't bother to annoy him about it.

"Was he really all that great?"

"…No … no I guess not. It's not like he was Mr. Right or anything." She sighed and at that exact moment the bell went off signalling an end to school for the day.

Uzii" WELL, its 4:14 AM right now and I started this fic at 3:35 AM. With this result, I conclude that I am officially a night owl :) I was going to put this up in a couple of days, but I guess I make you guys wait too much so I'll just put it up now. I hope you guys liked it. It may take a while for the next chapter to be up because I need to do many many chores. (Yes, writing is not the only thing I slack off on :P)

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