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Author's Notes: Sorry folks, I've been super busy with school and work.

Chapter 4: The Meeting

~ The Next Morning 6 AM ~

A lone person could be seen running down the semi-dark streets of Tomoeda. This person had long their long hair in a high ponytail, it appeared to be auburn, and was wearing a sport tank top which looked pink and black running shorts. When the runner made it to the near by street lamp, she stopped. Sakura reached inside one of the many hidden pockets that her best friend, Daidouji Tomoyo, had integrated into the design, and pulled out her pink cell phone.

Before answering, Sakura checked caller ID. "Tomoyo, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, um….. Sakura, I know that this is your workout time but…..could you possibly pick Eriol up for me?" Sakura could hear the a little nervousness in Tomoyo's voice.

"Why can't you do it?"

Sakura hadn't waited for an answer, before she turned and started heading home. She knew that it didn't matter what Tomoyo's reason was, she would do anything for her – well anything within reason, anyway.

"Well… He... He just called me and… and…. His plane lands in an hour and there is no way that I'm going to make it the Tokyo airport in time… And I... I know that you can make it there on time if you use the cards…."

"Tomoyo, it's okay. I'll pick him up", Sakura was almost half-laughing at how guilt her friend sounded. "I need to talk to him anyway…..wait…wasn't he suppose to be in England until next week?"

"Ya... he was but, I don't know, maybe he just missed me too much", Sakura gagged at the gooeyness of Tomoyo's voice when she said this. "Sakura, make sure you bring him right over, don't even let him drop his stuff off at his place, got it?"

Laughing at her impatient friend, she said: "Yes, ma'am"

"Good Lord! It's 6:20! Stop talking and get over there!", with that Tomoyo hung up leaving a laughing Sakura on the other end of the line.

~ 30 Minutes Later ~

Sakura looked at the reflection in the mirror as she put the finishing touches on her hair; she didn't do anything fancy with it, she never did, it was only a simple ponytail. When she was finished with her hair, she stepped back and looked at the total effect. She was wearing black cargo style pants, and a pink tank top over a green one; all of which were designed by Tomoyo. To top the outfit off, she wore pink Birkenstock sandals, the traditional style (A/N: I love Birks they probably one of the most comfortable sandals I have EVER owned, I highly recommend them).

Looking at the clock , she smiled as she still had 10 minutes before the plane was scheduled to land which meant that she wouldn't have to do much in way of magical cover-up. She picked up the single card that she had placed on her bed as she was getting ready: The Piggyback. The card showed 2 kids, one piggybacking the other. The Piggyback allowed the user to change into magical essence so that they can be ferried from one point to another using the surrounding environmental magic in the blink of an eye. Without using her wand or saying the name of the card, she disappeared.

When she opened her eyes she was in a locked bathroom stall of a public washroom. Unlocking the stall, she walked out, went to the sink, and washed her hands. She didn't want anyone to think that she had just used the washroom and didn't wash up after… After drying her hands, she opened the bathroom door and walk out into the crowed airport.

When Sakura finally managed to find the terminal, everyone on the plane had already disembarked. As she started looking around for her friend, she bumped into several people and only muttering a simple "sorry" without even looking at the poor people she had walked into. She looked for Eriol for another 5 minutes, and with each second passing she was getting more and more worried that she was at the wrong terminal, that she had missed him and he took a taxi home, that he missed his flight, or that he was hurt somewhere and lying in a ditch. When she was just about ready to reach in her pocket to call him to ask – more like demand – where he was, she spotted him collecting his luggage.

She smiled as she began a half-run to him when she collided with someone... A very solid and muscular someone with very fast reflexes as her body didn't even have enough time to begin it's backward fall. Opening her eyes, Sakura immediately began to apologize as she looked up at the person she ran into.

"Sor...", She began but stopped as soon as she realized who she ran into.

Her shock, though it lasted a couple of seconds, immediately replaced with a glare.

"Let me go!", she stated with a good shove against her savior's chest.

The man who had prevented her from falling just looked at her. He really didn't care that she was being absurdly rude, he only cared that it was her and that she was in his arms. Her shove caused him to release her and stumble back a little.

As soon as he released her, Sakura pushed past him with one last glare, and ran with a smile to another man who had just finished collecting his bags.

Syaoran just stood there watching her run toward his new friend, Hiiragizawa Eriol. "That... That was Kimonoto Sakura!", he thought still stunned by this turn of events. He hadn't even been in Japan for 5 minutes and he's already met AND held her in his arms, even if it was only for 30 seconds. "Wait... I thought that Eriol said that his girlfriend's name was Daidouji...", he thought, now very confused. He watched as Sakura launched herself into Eriol's arms, laughing.

Despite her little run in with her, now, worst enemy, Sakura was ecstatic that Eriol was back. And she told him so.

"Eriol! I'm so glad you're back!"

"Haha. Hi Sakura", was all Eriol managed to say before Sakura grabbed one of his bags and began pulling him toward the public bathrooms which were conveniently located near the airport entrance.

Laughing, Eriol asked her to "hold up a sec."

Sakura stopped, let go of his arm, and asked: " What is it? What's wrong?"

Smiling, Eriol said: "Nothing, I just wanted you to meet a new friend of mine. I know that you two will become fast friends".

"Who is it?"

Eriol was one hundred percent sure that she didn't sound too excited about meeting someone new. "I wish things had turned out differently", he thought sighing. He put a smile on his face and guided her over to Syaoran, who was still standing in shock where Sakura had left him.

Sakura's eye's widened with surprise which was then covered up with another glare. She stopped in her tracks causing Eriol to stop. He knew that something was wrong and that she was going to talk to him about it before meeting Syaoran... He just didn't know if it was going to be verbally or a magical conversation of the minds.

"Sakura? What's the matter?"

She turned to Eriol and thought: "Are you crazy?"

Eriol looked back at her and thought: "No... Why do you ask?"

"Do you know who that is?"

"Yes, that's Li Syaoran. Meilin's cousin."

"Right. Do you know why he's here?"

"He said something about his family wanting him to complete his senior year abroad, and since Meilin liked it here so much he decided to come here too."

Sakura nearly laughed out loud without mirth before replying: "That's not why he's here. He's here because of the cards. His family... clan... what ever they are think that I'm dead because they can't sense any magic in Tomoeda, so they sent Dipshit over there to take them."

Eriol looked stunned but quickly covered it up with a smiley.

"Come on. I get it but I promised him a ride to his new home."

"You what?"

With Sakura now in a state of shock, Eriol quickly guided her to Syaoran and conducted the introductions.

"Syaoran, this is one of my best friend's, Kimonoto Sakura. Sakura, this is Meilin's cousin, Li Syaoran."

Holding out his hand, Syaoran said with a smile, "Nice to finally meet you Meilin talks about you all the time; all of it good of course."

Sakura snapped back to reality when Syaoran held his hand in her direction and glared at him once again.

"I can't say the same", was all she said to him. Without taking her glare away from Syaoran, she said: "Eriol, I'm going to get my car." And she left the two men watching her retreating figure, dumbfounded.