Author's Note:

Sorry for the late update, I got very busy suddenly because I volunteered to be out scriptwriter in our play "Romeo and Juliet" Well, it was hard, and everyone pressured me to make it quickly for they wanted to start on the play as soon as possible for it was to be presented in about two week's time of preparation, I think I did quite good in the script part, and also, they told me to be the director, yes, me. So I am still busy at the moment, and I think I'll be busier next week. So I may be late in updating again! Thanks for those who continue to support me and my stories! Please send me reviews, reviews and more reviews! Thank you again! Marty-kun

The uproar from the school cafeteria can't be heard anymore from where they were sitting; they were on the backside of the school building; the place where nobody goes to, they can only hear their deep breathing and the birds chirping gleefully in the nest perched upon a nearby tree.

The place covered with healthy green grass, tall and old trees, and the old and outworn walls that divide the school campus from other establishments, but to add it all up it seems a good place to rest, to relax, and enjoy nature. Although nobody goes to that place for it is too far from the entrance and all the other facilities of the school.

Sakura was sitting on the soft, warm grass leaning on the wall of the school building; she got out her handkerchief and was cleaning up the school uniform of her savior. "You didn't have to do that you know," she said as she cleans the dirty and aching face of his.

"There's nothing you can do about it, I already did," Syaoran said followed by a sweet smile. "And it was may fault to begin with, so I am obligated to get you out of that hellhole."

She smiled back, "Thank you that you did."

"Well, I'd accept your gratitude if you'd forgive me," he said in a calm voice as he stared at her in the eyes.

Sakura catching his eyes and stared back, "Forgive you for what?" she asked in curiosity.

"For forcing you into doing things you don't want to do," Syaoran replied flatly.

She stopped staring and continued cleaning up his face, "Its okay, I know that you just wanted what's best for me but I was stubborn enough not to listen to you. And because of that, look what happened to you, you're dirty, hurt and some of your wounds reopened just because I was stubborn, too stubborn to…"

But her talking was cut off when Syaoran suddenly kissed her softly on the lips. As their lips touched Sakura had no longer the feeling of pushing him away, but rather another feeling; the complete opposite of what she was feeling before.

"…listen to what you have to say," Sakura finished her sentence as Syaoran removed his lips from hers.

"Sorry Sakura-chan," Syaoran apologized truthfully as he moved farther away from her.

Both fell silent and were lost in words to say. The birds continued to chirp cheerfully as though they were singing in the warm afternoon sun.

Quite sometime has passed since one of them spoke a word. Sakura still leaning on the wall was now thinking of different things, of what to say to him as she cleans her skirt with her handkerchief. Syaoran was facing the opposite side, he took off his uniform and left his shirt on, his uniform was still so dirty even though they did their best to clean it.

Both were doing what they felt like, but it was Syaoran who broke the immense silence. "Sakura-chan," he started as he thought of words to say, "We should go to the Principal's office and clear all of these up."

Sakura stopped her futile attempt in cleaning her uniform and was now looking around her, the large leafy trees that stood nearby and a nest atop of it caught her attention. "Hmm?" she asked stupidly.

She heard him sigh a bit. As she was staring above her, she heard Syaoran stood up and sit besides her, "I said we should clear things up with the Principal, you know that you shouldn't be punished with what you are not guilty of," he stated straightforwardly.

Now that she heard it, it was clear to her. Syaoran wanted her to be safe, to tell the whole truth. "It's just…" Sakura tried finding the words to speak as she continued to stare at the nest perched on the tree. "…I don't want to involve you into this anymore."

Syaoran merely chuckled softly, "I'm sorry Sakura-chan, but you don't really have to worry about that so much. Look what's already happened, I can handle anything worse than this, if the situation can get any worse that is, as long as you're safe and happy," as he ended with a sweet smile.

"Thank you Syaoran-kun," she replied as tears fell softly on her cheeks.

He caressed her face gently as he took Sakura's tears away, "It's nothing Sakura-sama."

Time quickly passed by and both of them were on their way to the Principal's office. Students looked at them with disgust but they just ignored it, they were dirty, yes, but they did not care.

It was about time that most of the students were to be dismissed by their teachers. As they were walking down the school corridor towards the Principal's office, only a few student were out, although they stared and whispered at them behind their back, it was not so bad after all, because Sakura no longer felt like an outcast and lonely; she has Syaoran besides her.

At last, after a long walk, they finally reached the front door. They saw the figure of their Principal seated on his usual chair, "Sakura-chan, just tell him the whole story, okay? It's going to be fine," Syaoran said assuring her.

Sakura nodded slightly and knocked at the door. "Come on in," said the person from the other side of the door.

Syaoran twisted the doorknob and pushed the door open, the Principal was, as they thought, seating in his chair doing his daily tasks, without looking at the opening door, "What is it?" asked the Principal as both of them entered the room, the Principal still preoccupied by his job.

"We just want to clear some things up sir," Syaoran started as the Principal looked at his visitors.

He stopped what he was doing, "Well, first, why do you visit me looking like that? What happened to the two of you, caught in another fight?" he asked them sarcastically.

"It's not like that sir," Syaoran said as he clenched his fists.

Sakura seeing this got hold of his hands and softly whispered, "Its okay, don't worry." Then Syaoran's gripped hands started loosening up a bit, Sakura looked at him and smiled, and he smiled weakly back.

"Well then what is it?"

Sakura took a step forward, "Never mind why we look like this sir. The reason why we came here is because I or rather, we'd like to clear some things up, about my side of the story."

It surprised him obviously for his eyes widened a bit, "But when I asked you to defend yourself against Ms. Natsume's accusation you just stood there, didn't you?"

Syaoran was really holding himself back because Sakura can feel Syaoran moving, maybe trying to charge himself against the Principal. "Why suddenly tell your story now?" their Principal continued.

"It's just I have had enough, I'm sick of being mistreated and accused of things I am not well aware of," Sakura stated bravely. Syaoran was surprised, he never thought that Sakura had this much courage, maybe something in her changed, just maybe.

"And is this one of your mistreatments?" the Principal said mockingly as he pointed out the way they looked; filthy and injured.

"Obviously," Syaoran said in grinned teeth.

Their Principal heard him but ignored him completely, "Go on then."

Sakura told him the real story, the one that wasn't far-fetched. It took quite sometime to recall and tell her part of the story, even Syaoran was listening to every word she say, for it was his first time hearing the story as well. She had a hard time telling each and every detail, for telling a story would mean remembering every feeling, every emotion you felt that very moment, but she was stronger now, she was no longer the Sakura they knew, she was tougher now, now that someone was besides her, supporting her all the way without even doubting a word she say.

She finished her story leaving both the Principal and Syaoran in deep thoughts. She took a deep breath and felt proud of herself, "You did great," Syaoran whispered to her making her smile a bit.

"So Ms. Kinomoto are you telling me that Ms. Natsume is really the culprit here?"

Sakura merely nodded.

He stared blankly into space and thought of the things Sakura just told him. It took quite sometime before he continued, "But may I ask, where is your proof of this?"

Both of them were surprised with his question, but a part of them anticipated such question, for it was predictable in a way. "Can you repeat that sir?" it was Syaoran who asked this question.

He smiled a bit, "I asked, what proof can you show me, to prove that what Ms. Kinomoto says is true, can you provide me one, or even a witness would suffice."

Both were silent and didn't know what to answer, they came there thinking that the Principal would take their side, for, well, one reason would be their current state.

Their Principal grinned widely, "Well, if you cannot provide me with any proof or witness I cannot lift the punishment me, and the faculty members came up with."

Syaoran's hands were clutched, "Do you think that we'd look like this if we were lying?" he said outraged. Sakura held him back and started calming him down.

"It's okay Syaoran-kun, let's just go," Sakura whispered as she bowed respectfully while dragging Syaoran out of the room.

Syaoran smirked as he closed the door, well, more like pulled it harshly causing all the people who heard the loud thump of the door jump in surprise. A few students were still in school; it was still dusk. All of the students nearby looked at who caused the loud noise earlier, all eyes were on them, but hey didn't care; they just wanted to clear things up although it seems that they just made the matter worse.

Sakura let go of Syaoran and started walking away from the Principal's room. "Thank you Syaoran-kun," Syaoran heard her say as she stood there watching as Sakura walked away from him.

He didn't know why he didn't come after her or even just talk and comfort her in any way he could think of, he just stood there, watching Sakura as her slender figure got smaller and smaller with every step in the orangey color that filled school corridors.

Darkness fell as Sakura sits on the swings of the deserted Penguin Park. She kicked hard and started swinging; the cold wind hits her face every time her body would go up in the air. She was thinking, thinking of anything that could possibly prove her innocence, but it was hard to think of anything.

She stares blankly at the dark and starry sky as she continues to kick hard on the ground, "Sakura-chan?" a voice said making her jump from the swings.

Surprised by her unexpected visitor she looked for where the voice came from. There stood behind her was her violet-haired best friend; Tomoyo. "You scared me Tomoyo-chan," Sakura said loudly.

Tomoyo giggled softly, "Sorry Sakura-chan, I didn't mean to scare you, just wanted to surprise you," she said half-smilingly.

Sakura smiled back and sat again on the swings, Tomoyo sat on the swings just beside the one she's sitting on. "Hey Tomoyo-chan, how did you find me here?" she asked, puzzled.

"Easy, you come here every time you want to be alone, and honestly this place is really easy to find," she replied as she started kicking on the ground.

Sakura sighed a bit, "Well, if I'm very easy to find, how come he didn't find me?"

"Who? Syaoran-kun?" Tomoyo asked and the smile on her face faded.

Sakura didn't notice Tomoyo's sudden change of mood and didn't answer, she simply nodded.

Tomoyo forced out a smile, "I don't know, maybe he thought that you didn't want to be found," she continued as she stopped the movements of her legs. "Sakura-chan I need to be going now, it's getting pretty late, and mom said she wanted to have dinner with me tonight," she said as she stood up from the swings and waved goodbye. "So see you tomorrow then!"

But before Sakura could wave back, Tomoyo was gone, she ran as soon as she said goodbye. "See you tomorrow," Sakura muttered to herself. Then with one last hard kick, she jumped as high as she could reach and landed, which even surprised her, landed without hurting or tripping over something, "Wow." She whispered to herself.

She started walking home; the opposite side of where Tomoyo went.

Quite some time passed by and she was still walking, the streets were getting pretty dark but to Sakura's surprise she didn't mind it that much, although some part of her was still scared to be alone in the dark. She was thinking deeply, what proof could she provide their Principal; she didn't have any witnesses but somewhere in her knew that she could use something, but what?

She walked mindlessly yet her feet knew which path to take, she looked up and saw that her house was not so far anymore. She eased her mind of the heavy burden and started to walk briskly; she is hungry after all.

She slowly opened the door to avoid being caught but then apparently, someone was waiting for her. "Why are you late?" Touya asked her as he was watching the television; he wasn't even looking at her direction but somehow he noticed Sakura coming in. Then he stood up and looked at Sakura, "What happened? Did gaki do this to you?" he asked straightforwardly and walked towards the kitchen.

"How did you do that?" Sakura asked curiously for she was puzzled on how her brother kept on doing that. Then she entered the house and placed her bag on its usual place and then removed her school shoes.

Touya sighed and took a towel beside the kitchen sink, "Clean yourself up and I'll cook dinner."

Sakura smiled widely, "Thanks oni-san," then she followed her brother and hurriedly took a warm bath.

As she was bathing, her head was still filled with questions on how would she convince their Principal that she and Syaoran were really telling the truth, should I call him? She asked herself, maybe I should thank him for saving me earlier, but I already did that, so what would I say to him if I call? Questions that filled her head would be answered on her own, if she wanted answers, she needed to try.

She turned off the shower, took the towel and dried her body yet she still wasn't able to decide on if she'd call him or not. But why would I call him anyway? Do I really have a reason why I want to talk to him this badly? More questions started to arise in her head yet still no answers would come to her mind.

After drying herself up she took the clothes she hanged and started wearing it, or maybe I should just wait for him to call? But why would he call me? Maybe he wants to talk to me about what proof to show our Principal, or who would we take to be the witness, her head was starting to ache from all that thinking.

What should I do?! She started felling irritated, "Syaoran-kun, call me!" she shouted as it echoed throughout her bathroom.

Then surprisingly, the telephone downstairs started ringing, Sakura then suddenly ran downstairs, "I got it!" she told her brother as soon as she jumped from the staircase.

She picked up the phone, "Hello, Syaoran-kun?" Sakura said.

Nobody answered from the other line. "Hello? Hello? Is this Syaoran-kun?" Sakura repeated but still, nobody answered her. "If this is a prank this is really not a good time for one," she said harshly but then nobody answered. "If you don't want to answer then stop wasting my time," she said in an angry tone and then Sakura hung up, although before she did, she heard a voice from the other line, she wasn't able to hear what the person on the other line said, but as the voice is concerned, the caller was surely a girl.

"Who called?" Touya asked from the kitchen.

Sakura started thinking for that voice was certainly familiar, "Sakura-chan?" Touya asked again bringing Sakura back to reality.

"Hmm? Oh, nobody answered," she answered truthfully.

"Okay. Dinner's about to be ready so just wait a little bit longer," Touya said as he continued cooking dinner.

Sakura sat on the sofa and watched the television, she was clicking the remote control mindlessly and wasn't really looking for a decent show to watch because she was still confused, if she'd call him or not, added her curiosity of the girl who called her.

After some time it was getting kind of boring, no good shows to watch, all were news in that time of the night. She continued to press the remote fastly but as time passed by it got slower and slower.

Her head then suddenly felt heavy, she was feeling rather sleepy at the moment, her fingers continued to move and Sakura was still thinking hard. She yawned widely and finally closed her tired eyes.

"Sakura-chan?" said a voice beside her as the person started shaking her shoulders gently.

Sakura opened her eyes slowly and saw Touya sitting besides her and was shaking her shoulders. "Do you still want to eat dinner or should I just carry you to your bed?"

"Did I fall asleep?" she asked him as she straightened up.

Touya sighed a bit, "Yeah you did, you should just rest and I'll just leave dinner at the table, just go down when you're hungry and I'll reheat it for you."

Sakura stood up lazily, "Yeah I think I need to rest a bit, thank you oni-chan," then she started walking upstairs. Just as she was half part the stairs a sudden thought came to her, "Hey oni-chan, how long have I slept?" and stopped her tracks to see if Touya heard her.

He looked at the clock, "Just about an hour, why?" he asked her intriguingly.

"Oh, okay then."

Sakura walked slowly again and went upstairs, "Sakura-chan!" Touya called out to her.

She went back a few steps to look at Touya, "Well, I just remembered, someone called you while you were asleep."

"Who?" She asked lazily.

Touya stood up from the sofa and walked towards the kitchen, "Gaki."

Well, how was it? Was it fine? Tell me what you think! And I forgot to tell you, this story is about two to three chapters far from the ending. Thank you for all your support! Don't forget the reviews! Thanks!! Marty-kun