Title: Little Miss Phony

Author: Sakura Incognito

Rating: M

Genre: Romance/General

Summary:

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS.

Syaoran- 26

Sakura- 22

Chapter 09: Different

The morning was chilly, a cold, harsh breeze blowing by occasionally. Syaoran's breath came out in white puffs, as he jogged around the park, listening to his iPod.

I see nothing in your eyes, and the more I see the less I like.

Syaoran jogged to the rhythm of the song. Listening to Breaking Benjamin made him think to himself and forget everything else.

Is it over yet, in my head?

He wasn't wearing his shirt, yet he didn't feel cold at all. He must've been jogging for two hours, but it felt like he just got started.

I know nothing of your kind, and I won't reveal your evil mind.

He allowed his mind to wander on different topics, events goings on around him. Till he came to Sakura. Syaoran slowed down his pace to a halt, next to a bench and he sat for some down time.

So sacrifice yourself, and let me have what's left.

I know that I can find the fire in your eyes.

I'm going all the way, get away, please.

She was different from all the other girls. She made him feel good. She was beautiful, smart, funny, talented…

You take the breath right out of me.

You left a hole where my heart should be.

You got to fight just to make it through,

'cause I will be the death of you.

But…

This will be all over soon.

Pour salt into the open wound.

She's 16, damn it! God, why doesn't that bother me!?

Is it over yet? Let me in.

He knew why. Something was off about Sakura. Something fishy…

So sacrifice yourself, and let me have what's left.

I know that I can find the fire in your eyes.

I'm going all the way, get away, please.

Syaoran slumped backwards against the bench and let his head fall over the back of the bench. He closed his eyes and inhaled slowly. I wanna know more about her….

You take the breath right out of me.

You left a hole where my heart should be.

You got to fight just to make it through,

'cause I will be the death of you.

He sighed and got up from the bench, starting back on his morning jog. Just one more lap around the park, and I'll head home.

I'm waiting, I'm praying, realize, start hating.

Syaoran closed his eyes, aware of everything around him. Since he was little, his parents had put him through martial arts and weaponry classes, the classes teaching him to be aware of his surroundings at all times. His senses were heightened above the ability of normal people. No one could pass by or be near him without him knowing…

Except…

You take the breath right out of me.

You left a hole where my heart should be.

You got to fight just to make it through,

'cause I will be the death of you.

Ooof!

Syaoran smashed into something soft, sending them both flying to the ground. Quickly, he grabbed the person and twisted his body so that they landed on top of him.

They landed with a scrape of the gravel, and Syaoran hissed in pain. Although, it wasn't the right time, he took note of the light waft of cherry blossoms that filled his senses.

Sakura…

He opened his eyes and raised his head up to stare down at the petite bundle in his hands, and let out a small smile. It felt nice to have her in his arms like this…

"I'm so sorry! I had no idea! Here, let me help you up." Without looking to see Syaoran smirking at her, she got up quickly and reached for his hand, before he saw her raise her eyebrows in surprise.

"Syaoran? What are you doing here?" He took her offered hands and tried to pull himself up, but "accidentally" pulled her down in the process.

Sakura landed on top of him, her body pressed tightly against his. Syaoran saw her blush heavily.

"Can't keep your hands off of me, I see?"

He smirked when he saw her glare angrily at him, in his face. Her face was so close to his, He could see every detail in her emerald eyes. He was so tempted to kiss her right then.

"You," she gritted out, "keep pulling me down. I would get up, but you won't let go."

She struggled against his hands around her waist, to demonstrate his reluctance.

He blinked innocently at her before letting go of her, slowly letting his hands linger off her back.

Sakura quickly got off of him, shuddering and dusting herself off. Syaoran got up just as fast, and began dusting her off, too.

Sakura slapped his hand away, and glared at him. He feigned hurt. "I was just trying to help."

"I don't need your help. I'm perfectly fine, thank you very much."

He shrugged nonchalantly, and smiled at her. She blinked, before letting out a small smile.

"So, what are you doing out here so early, Sakura?" Syaoran inquired.

Sakura just shrugged. "Morning jog and exercise. I was just heading to the playground."

Syaoran cocked an eyebrow. "Sakura, I know you're 16 and all, but geez, the playground?"

Sakura narrowed her eyes at him. "Hey, it's the perfect place to practice my martial arts."

At that, Syaoran raised his eyebrows. "You do martial arts? Wow, I didn't know that. Mind if I join you? I wouldn't mind beating you at this." He smirked, superiorly at her and she smirked back.

"You're on!"

They both began walking to the playground, walking in sync and quietly enjoying each other's company.

Syaoran's eyes shifted to her. He coughed and said, " You did a really good job in the music video last week, by the way."

Sakura tilted her head in his direction, and smiled excitedly. "Really? I thought I was terrible! I'm not good at acting, really."

Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Are you kidding me? You were amazing! We all loved the video. It's going to be aired, sooner than we thought."

"I'm so nervous! I mean, it's amazing to me that all this could have happened…."

Syaoran smiled as he the happiness in her face. They got to the park, an ordinary park with the usual swings, slides, monkey bars….

Sakrua ran up ahead of him.

"What are you doing?" Syaoran yelled after her. Sakura did a quick turn towards him, and said, "I need to do some warm up before we start."

With that, she accelerated, stretched out her hands above her, and executed a cartwheel. Respectively, she did a few back flips and twists in the air, Syaoran staring at her with his mouth opened wide.

"Sakura, you never told me that you could do all that!"

Sakura landed a flip and tilted her head at Syaoran. "Why would I tell you?"

Syaoran exhaled. "That's true…" Sakura smiled at him. "You ready?"

Syaoran smirked. "To beat you? Always." Sakura rolled her eyes and got into a fighting stance different than Syaoran.

Without further ado, Syaoran charged at her and flinging a punch at her. Sakura ducked and twisted her whole body, her leg outstretched, to make him fall; however, Syaoran jumped up and back flipped away from Sakura. They both stood their stances.

"You're not half bad." Syaoran noted.

"And you don't suck as much as I thought you would." Was her retort.

They charged at each other, throwing high kicks and back hands at each other, sweat rolling off their bodies.

Sakura sent a roundhouse kick in the direction of Syaoran's face, but he grabbed her leg and twisted it. Sakura allowed her body to twist along with her leg, and then grabbed Syaoran's hands to flip him over.

However, before she could do anything, Syaoran twisted her hands behind her and kept hold, pressing her back against his chest. Sakura could feel his breath on her cheek; she shivered.

"Looks like, I got you." He husked out.

Sakura tried to remove her hands from his grip, but ended up blushing when she felt his abs. He smirked and let her go.

Quickly, Sakura turned around, kneed Syaoran in the stomach, and as he doubled over, she elbowed his back, sending him to the ground.

Syaoran coughed and turned to lie on his back. Sakura put a foot on his chest and smirked. "Not so much."

Syaoran rolled his eyes before elbowing her leg, sending her off balance in surprise. She landed on him with a loud oof!

Sakura let out a sigh in exasperation. Syaoran's eyes softened on her.

"There's something special about you, Sakura. And I know, the way I act around you isn't right, but something is different with you. I don't know what it is, but I'm going to find out." Syaoran voice was barely above a whisper.

Sakura looked at him, sharply. "Did you ever think that…there was nothing different about me at all?"

Syaoran chuckled at that thought, wrapped his hands around Sakura's waist, and rolled them over so that he was on top of her. Sakura struggled, halfheartedly, but stopped when Syaoran gently removed a strand of her hair from her face.

"No. There was always something special about you. Something mysterious. You're sixteen years old, but sometimes it feels that you know more than you let on. As if you weren't actually 16….Sound familiar?"

Sakura tried to contain the shock that she was feeling. "I don't know what you're talking about." She looked away.

Syaoran just looked at her and then slowly got up off of her. He held out his hand to help her up, and she took it.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about, Sakura. There is no way in hell that you are 16. It doesn't add up!" Syaoran urged.

Sakura furrowed her eyebrows. "What doesn't add up?"

Syaoran let out a frustrated sigh. "I don't know how to explain it…It's just this feeling that I get when I see you….I don't know."

Sakura stepped closer to him and went up to his face. "Then you shouldn't be judging…" she whispered, turned around, and strutted away.

Syaoran looked after her, eyebrows furrowed in frustration.

End of Chapter 09: Different

Well there you go.

I know it's not much, but it's something.

Sorry for the long wait. School is trying it's best to murder me. Hopefully, I'll be able to update a lil more often for you guys. I want to finish this story as much as you want to read the rest of it. Besides, I have a lot more story ideas to start writing.

Anyways, hope you enjoyed. Please leave a review, I love your reviews.

--Sakura Incognito