What is up, mine home diggidy dogs? (rofl) That was funny. Just as funny as me saying "Are to not do." A friend and I were having a little disagreement in the cd area at Hastings, and like usual, we did are not/ are to. So, in a spur of genius (or just plain stupidity) I said wisely, "Are to not do." It was an opposite form of R2 D2, which I/ my father says when we have an are to/ are not disagreement. And since my pal and I laughed so hard at it, I plan on putting it in this fic at a later time when someone is having the argument…Wow…you know what else is funny…My mom just gave me a brownie and a half…she didn't know that I was writing a chapter…now, I'm gonna be hyped up all night, and I can change all these events in my chapter at random….sa-weet! Also, to all reviewers that I did not put into the thank you from the last chapter, I'm sincerely sorry! I honestly did not mean to miss you guys! So, thank you guys so much! (huggles you all) Now, go readth thy story, mine diggidy doggies!

Words of the Wolf-

- When scientists do discover the center of the universe, don't be disappointed when it's not you.

-Love is when you ask him what he did last night and he said without a smirk, grin, or hesitation, "I dreamt about you." (not true, but so cute!)

-All my life, I was told that being in love is the greatest feeling I'll ever experience, and that I should hold onto it and cherish it. But how will I hold onto it, if I it's an emotion I've never known?

-The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right next to them, knowing you can't have them. (I is sad because it is so true (looks to a certain someone))

Disclaimer: Main Characters do not belong to me, but everything else does. :)

Last Chapter:

She slammed into an opening door, and the shock pushed her backwards onto her rear, thrusting her hands behind her to stop from falling all the way down. The force knocked her sunglasses off, and they clattered 2 feet away. She yelped quietly in her surprise.

She heard a cold masculine voice that asked accusingly,

"What are you doing here?"

Live the Life on the Rails

She looked up to see Syaoran, his dark amber eyes glaring down at her. Sakura was surprised to see him this early in the morning, but she was even more surprised when her heart jumped. But she dismissed it as aftershock, her emerald eyes narrowed, turning cold and distant,

"None of your damn business. Don't you have something better to do other than knock people to the ground?"

Syaoran, in turn, narrowed his own eyes, replying,

"Well, you shouldn't be behind the door, in this wing, in this house, in this universe. I at least did something positive today; knock you down, for example."

Sakura didn't even hear him, standing up slowly, dusting herself off and grabbing for her glasses. She cleaned them with a bored look, and slipped them back on, glancing around to see where she should go now. She interrupted Syaoran when he continued his insults,

"Shut up. Now tell me which way is it out of here? I want to go to the cherry blossom garden."

For a moment it looked like a flash of surprised passed his face, but she didn't get to see it as he continued his glare, crossing his arms.

"Why should I help you?"

"Because if you don't, I will yell and scream through the entire house until someone finds me. And trust me, I can be very loud at whim."

Sakura waited for an answer, but when she decided he was taking to long, she began to gather air into her lower lungs. Syaoran noticed this, and when she was about to start her screaming, he clamped her mouth shut, which surprised Sakura into jumping backwards. He said tersely,

"Fine, I'll take you there. Just don't talk."

Syaoran turned and headed into the direction she had come from. Sakura kept a placid face, but inside she was grinning with satisfaction, keeping her silence.

(Syaoran P.O.V.)

'I can't believe this! All because of what she said yesterday, my sisters are on their side!'

#Flash back#

"Xiao Lang and Eli! This is truly un-Li like! You two had best be more than pleasant towards them from now on. And if your not, we'll find out. And we'll be 10x worse than mom on a bad day! Got that!"

#End Flash back#

'Man, this so stinks! And now I'm carting her around like a servant!'

(Normal P.O.V.)

After a minute of silence, Sakura heard a faint barking, which in turn she grinned. As the barking came closer, she saw Kero-chan turn the corner, and he ran toward her with a sudden burst of energy. He jumped up and down, trying to lick her face. Sakura's grin widened as she bent forward and hugged him, patting his chest to calm him down in his excited state,

"Hey, Kero-chan. Where were you this morning? Huh?"

Syaoran, curious at this dogs appearance, was stunned when she said the name Kero-chan…He asked, his cold voice held no usual viciousness,

"What's his name?"

Sakura looked up, a small grin still there on her lips, and she answered with neither hatred nor kindness,

"His name is Kerobrous, or Kero-chan for short. As I recall, he was a gift…as was Tomoyo's Spinel-chan."

She made no attempt to be rude, just informative. She stood, brushing away as much dog hair as she could. Syaoran recovered from his small shock and grunted in acknowledgment, continuing on his way down the hall. Sakura and Kero padded behind him quietly, neither disturbing the peace.

10 minutes later, they found themselves outside on the patio. Syaoran led her to the trails, and turned back without a word to her. Sakura, unable to see over the brown, red, and orange leaves of the trees to which path contained the cherry blossom trees, asked,

"Which path?"

Syaoran didn't know why he said it, for he had planned to have her find it out on her own, but he pointed to the one a little to her right,

"The one that starts with the roses."

He continued back to the house, and Sakura lost her attention on him and moved it to the trail, heading down the path, Kero with his usual vigor, racing up and down the path, urging her to walk faster. She chuckled, continuing with her pace.

Slowly, the trees turned from maples to sakura trees, their buds dormant in the chill of the winter. Peonies marked along the trail, and she felt in peace, taking her shades off, her feet gliding across the grass. Even in winter, the grass was dark green, lush, and didn't seem to have been cut for 3 weeks.

Several minutes later, she came to a large clearing. It was like a dome, the trees overhead protecting it with its branches. In the center was a mix of gazebo and pagoda (enough room to fit 20 people) with a dark polish of oak wood, a red roof, and intricate detailing on the posts and icing (icing is jargon for home and design. I can't really explain what it means). The detailing had sakura's, peonies, wolves, irises and violets. Sakura gasped, delicately swiping her fingers over the surface, as if in fear that it was a dream and not wanting to wake.

She shook her head to wake herself from her little dream, and took notice of her surroundings. Around the gazebo/ pagoda, were violets, irises, roses, several kinds of herbs, but the one that outshone was the amount of peonies. They were in different colors, each one even better than the last. There was a miniature waterfall nearby, a pool filled with Chinese gold fish, and a little stream that flowed away from it.

Sakura was overwhelmed by this man made nature. It was comforting, relaxing. She walked back to the entrance of the gazebo/pagoda, and took her shoes and socks off, and put down her c.d. player. With a sudden rush, she danced around the clearing in the morning cold and frost. But she didn't care.

It just felt so good to let lose. No composure, no stress, no pain, no anger. Just her and cultivated nature (though she'd rather be in real nature, this was the best she was gonna get for now). After awhile, shedrifted to the ground, laughing out, Kero-chan nudging and licking her, wanting to play with her. She laughed in louder as his tongue tickled her cheeks, which only made him continue.

She got up into crawling position, and she looked Kero in the eye. He saw the look, and stretched his front half, rear end raised, tail wagging. She did the same, grinning. She started the wrestling/fight match first, taking her hand and batting him softly on the head. He reacted by jumping back, then leaping forward to bite the offending hand, but she quickly popped him on the side.

For 30 minutes, they played like this, until Kero got to tired, and decided to trot off to check out the area. Sakura just kept grinning, and stepped quietly onto the gazebo/pagoda. She settled herself into the center of the floor, and faced north (exact opposite of the entrance), and began to meditate.

Kero stood guard by the open entrance, observing the clearing with a vigilant eye. For over 30 minutes, Sakura was in deep meditation, calming down her muscles and nerves, releasing her tension. She breathed in deeply, and though her eyes were closed, she could sense the clearing and everything in it perfectly.

Then there was something a bit into the clearing. At first she thought it was an animal, but when a twig snapped under its foot, she knew it wasn't. She rolled out of sight behind a pillar of the pagoda, alert, closing her eyes to think if she was familiar with this person's presence.

Suddenly, all her concentration went blank as she felt a pair of hands come over her eyes and asked in a mischievous feminine voice,

"Guess who?"

Sakura smiled, calming herself down,

"Meiling!"

Meiling took her hands off and put them on her hips as she pouted.

"No fair! How did you know anyway?"

Sakura giggled as she watched Meiling,

"Because, the Li sisters don't sound my age, and you're a girl. Duh! What's up?"

Meiling quit pouting and sat down next to Sakura.

"Well, rarely, and I mean rarely, no one comes in this area. Because…"

Sakura was curious as to Meiling's pause.

"Because…?"

Meiling was unsure if she should say. But she decided to tell anyway.

"Because, my cousin, Syaoran…this is his garden. Only him and those he allows come here."

Sakura thought she heard wrong.

"That can't be right…He told me which path to take. I mean, he was the one who took me from his wing all the way out here."

Meiling was surprised by Sakura's statement, but then excitement took over.

"Maybe he likes you and is secretly hiding it! That would be just the greatest thing! No more fights, and-"

"WRONG! Meiling, he was just being nice because he was forced to. I know very well that he doesn't like me in any way possible."

Meiling seemed crushed at that reply, once again pouting,

"Oh fine. Hey Ying Fa? Have you thought about what I…"

Sakura nodded,

"Yes. I'm fine with it, but Tomoyo has to consent also."

Meiling squealed with delight, and jumped on Sakura in a hug. Sakura was caught off guard, but kept her balance as she hugged Meiling back. After a few seconds, Meiling let go and asked,

"Are you-"

Sakura's stomach gave out a growl like a wolf, answering Meiling's question before finishing it. Meiling laughed,

"Your stomach must be psychic. Come on, let's go before it starts to howl!"

They both laughed as they left the garden, Kero beside Sakura once again.

It didn't take them long to reach the house, they were so busy laughing to notice much. They walked to the dining room, which when Sakura took care to observe, the Li family and Tomoyo were seated, waiting apparently for them. Tomoyo looked to her with a relieved expression and would have jumped up to scold her had not one of Li's sisters, Femei, said aloud, teasing,

"So, you finally came to breakfast, where were you? Lost in the house? We had to send Meiling after you."

Sakura sweat dropped, laughing nervously. All of them laughed at her reaction, except the two glaring boys who were sitting on either side of their mother. Fuutie giggled again,

"Don't fret, kawaii Sakura. It's not your fault for not knowing your home. You'll get used to it in a while."

Sheifa motioned for Sakura to sit beside Tomoyo and Meiling's empty chair. She and Meiling both sat, and Tomoyo raised an eyebrow to Sakura, ready to question Sakura. Luckily, Sakura caught on and gave her a look that said I'll-tell-ya-later. Kero was settled against the wall next to Spinel, both behind their owner.

They ate for about a half hour, which consisted of pancakes, eggs, sausages, and other good stuff. Which reminded Sakura of Yukito and the dinner she had to make for him. She looked to Yelan and asked out right,

"Mom…is he here? In town?"

Yelan gazed at Sakura with a mysterious grin. She nodded to a servant standing by, who went out the double doors that were across from Yelan's position at the head of table. No one was behind them, which Sakura felt a bit disappointed to.

Then, she heard footsteps. She perked her head up in that direction. She heard the familiar steps and stride. It kept coming until the man was there at the door.

The Li sisters and Meiling gasped silently, struck by his handsome features. He was around 23-25, 6'6" tall. He had natural silvery/ white hair that went down to his mid back in a low ponytail. He had a light tan, and his face gave out both a feminine and masculine appearance. His eyes were a hazel, but at times you'd swear they were amber or gold. He was wearing a black turtle neck, which showed off his perfect masculine body, and a pair of khaki cargo pants. He smiled slightly to all the girls staring at him, but it brightened at the sight of Sakura.

Sakura was delighted, no, ecstatic! She got to see the person she loved dearly as a best friend and practical brother. She ran down the side of the table to his open arms, jumping into the warm embrace. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he lifted her into another one of his bear hugs. The air pealed with her laughter, he joined in, happy to see Sakura and her usual childish ways.

He hugged her tightly,and she did back. It always reminded her of Touya's hugs, and that was another reason as to why she thought of him as a brother. She was still dangling in his arms when she realized the young Li women were waiting for an introduction.

He let her down, but kept his long, strong arms around her shoulders, a friendly and protective gesture. Sakura spoke with lighter heart, her smile intensified,

"Everyone, this is Yukito. My bodyguard."

Author Commentary:

(this happened and was written on Oct. 26, 2005)

Wow, guess what stupid thing I did? Wait, two stupid things I did! First, I sprained my foot by skateboarding (borrowed the skateboard). I'm not a good skateboarder. I've got no balance whatsoever, and I haven't even attempted to skateboard since I was 8, which was 8 yrs ago (I'm 16 at the moment). At first when I fell, it didn't feel bad, so I just laughed it off, got up, and tried again. But after 4 hours, it was really REALLY hurting, so I told my mom. After 30 minutes, we went to the emergency room. Gladly, my foot isn't broken or I had another fracture (I've broken my collar bone, had a heir loin fracture of my wrist, stitches on my head, stitches in my finger, bumps still on me since the 1st grade…hell, I'm messed up: ) ). I really want to walk properly again, and before winter preferably, lol. It's weird to walk with the flat foot thing they gave me. I have to hobble now…And what's ironic, is that my dad was actually planning on buying me a skateboard before the accident happened…The second thing I did, you guys will be mad at me for….I kinda lost my computer priveleges for the rest of the 2nd quarter. (winces, anticipating many mad people). I'm not doing so good in a class (d-), and it's a class I usually do good in (art). The reason I'm failing it, is because I lost my end of quarter project, and it was worth almost half my grade. I seriously have no idea what happened to it! My parents said that I can keep using the computer though, but my grades need to get up, and I'll have it return to my room at the end of 1st semester, if my grades are all good. Well, do the usually read and review. Later all!

Wolf