High School Musical

By Zilver Wings

Chapter 1

Start of something new

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Summary: A story based on the Disney movie High School Musical, is about Sakura, a shy and brainy girl, who met the popular football captain Li Syaoran in a party. However, feelings were blocked because of their different status. But, will a musical make them break free from their troubles and get together?
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"Sakura," A middle- aged man looked in despair at his 16- year old daughter, Sakura Kinomoto, who was sitting on the couch comfortably in the hotel room, her head completely buried inside another book, 'Kite Runner' (AN: I absolutely love this book!), except for a few strands of untamed auburn hair sticking upwards.

"Today is the last day of summer vacation. There is a big party held downstairs now, stop reading and go there to have fun. You know, I took you here to live in a hotel instead of living in a new apartment, is because I want you to stop reading continuously." The father called Fujitaka Kinomoto, sighed.

The Kinomoto family had moved from their hometown to Tomoeda because of Fujitaka's business reasons. Originally, Fujitaka had already bought an apartment, but as he was always too busy as not to have enough time to take his daughter around, he rent a hotel because the hotel had a lot of events going on.

However, Sakura Kinomoto, the bookworm, did not paid any heed to this, and did nothing all summer but to read, solve some scientific problems, and read some more.

The girl looked up from the thick book and looked pleadingly at her father with her large, emerald eyes.
"Please, otou-san, just this one more chapter. I'll go after I finish. You need to work soon, so leave now, I'll take care of myself.

"Okay, but remember to go to the party, and do not bring any book to read!"

Sakura pouted but agreed.

"Okay, but, okaa-san, just this one more!"

Sweat trickled down the teenage boy's face and neck as he intently watched his new made friend, Eriol Hirrigazawa, the goalie, with deep brown eyes.

Suddenly, without warning, he kicked the football fiercely and it shot straight to the top right corner of the net, too fast for Eriol to react.

"Yeah! What a great way to end it!" He laughed and ran to slap Eriol's hand before running away with his mother.

His mother, Li Yelan, sighed.

'I can't believe it… I was so naïve, I thought that going to this hotel would keep Syaoran from being a football lunatic, I didn't check beforehand if there were football courts here!'

She made sure her son had showered up and changed into decent clothes, a white T-shirt and baggy jeans, before leaving for computer class.

"Have fun, Syaoran."

"I will. Goodbye."

Syaoran entered the room for the summer party and grinned.

Colorful ornaments were all over the room, and there were a lot of other teens that were wearing funny costumes, chatting or eating with their friends.

He walked to the stage in time to see two people on stage bow their heads.

A man, whom Syaoran guessed was the workers of the hotel, thanked the two people and hopped up to the stage and shouted to the crowd gathering closely around the stage, "Now who's gonna rock the house next and sing the last song for today?"

At the same time, two spotlights appeared out of nowhere and wandered around, until one of them landed unexpectedly on Syaoran.

The people around him immediately pushed him onto stage, while he was in a daze. When he finally registered what was happening, a mic was already being stuffed into his hand as people shouted, "Sing, sing!"

It was then when he felt a figure next beside him move uncomfortably. He turned around and saw that it was a girl at his age.

She had stunning emerald eyes, which were shifting uncomfortably, healthy looking skin and a small mouth that was naturally red. She wore a long- sleeved baby blue sweater, and a pair of knee length purple pants, completed by a pair of brown boots.

In short, she looked amazing.

Then, music flooded in, and the two immediately recognized it to the one of the most popular songs this year, 'Start of something new'.

"Living in my own world

Didn't understand

That anything can happen,'

Syaoran begun to sing softly, but looked at the girl next to him impatiently, who was showing no sign of opening her mouth anytime soon.

'When you take a chance.'

Syaoran turned around madly and was about to leave the stage when a soft, melodic voice flooded in.

"I never believed in

What I couldn't see

I never opened my heart

To all the possibilities

Oooo, I know that something has changed

Never felt this way

And right here tonight."

The girl smiled shyly at him and Syaoran returned the smile. The two begun to sing the chorus.

"This could be the start

Of something new

It feels so right

To be here with you, oohh,

And now looking in your eyes

I feel in my heart, ohhh

The start of something new."

Unnoticed by the two, all the people stopped talking, and were crowding the stage after hearing their lovely voices.

Sakura and Syaoran's uncertainty of singing had melted away and they opened up, oblivious to everything around but each other.

"Now who'd of every thought that

We'd both be hear tonight, ohh, yeah

And the world looks so much brighter, brighter, ohh

With you by my side, by my side

I know that something has changed

Never felt this way

I know it for real."

"This could be the start

Of something new

It feels so right

To be here with you, ohh

And now looking in your eyes

I feel in my heart, ohhh

The start of something new."

A mischievous grin appeared on Syaoran's handsome face, and he disconnected the mic from the stand.

"I never knew that it could happen

Till it happened to me, oohhh yeah

I didn't know it before

But now it's easy to seee, ohhhhhh."

"It's a start

Of something new

It feels so right

To be here with you, ohhh"

Syaoran began to walk towards Sakura slowly.

"And now looking your eyes

I feel in my heart, ohhh"

He grabbed the girl's stand and moved it beside while she loosen hold of it and avoided his gaze in embarrassment.

"That it's the start,"

Suddenly, Syaoran stepped forward and Sakura moved backwards, not knowing that she had stepped into nothingness, luckily, one of the listeners pushed her back up, and waves of screams were heard.

"Of something new

It feels so right

To be here with you, ohhh

And now looking in your eyes

I feel in my heart, ohhh

The start of something new,"

"Start of something new," Syaoran chorused, and the both sang the last sentence together,

"Start of something new"

The smile on both of the singer's face vanished, and they looked intently at each other, until people around started clapping and they broke out of their trance.

Syaoran extended out his hand and grinned.

"Syaoran."

Sakura shook his hand, smiled and shouted over the deafening noise.

"Sakura!"

"Wow, you have an amazing voice, you are a singer, right?"

Syaoran questioned Sakura enthusiastically after going outside.

"No. I once tried and I nearly fainted."

"Why's that?"

"I once sang in front of an audience, I was so nervous, and the next thing I knew, I was staring up at the ceiling, end of solo career. It's the first time I've done something like this. It's amazing." Sakura laughed.

Syaoran smiled.

"I know, it really was amazing."

"Well," Sakura looked up at Syaoran, " it seems as if you've done a lot of singing yourself too."

"Yeah, really," Syaoran joked casually, "singing while showering is a really good practice." (AN: The original one is "Yeah, my showerhead is very impressed")

The two laughed, and was aware when people were filing out of the room.

The two stared at each other's lips uncontrollably, until Sakura finally broke out of the staring and backed away.

"Umm, Syaoran, I guess it's time to leave."

Syaoran nodded his head violently and smiled forcefully, trying to forget about the moment earlier.

"Yeah, Sakura, me too."

Sakura nodded and looked at him sadly, not wanting to leave.

An idea popped into Syaoran's brain.

"Oh, I'll call you! I'll call you when I get back."

"Yeah, it's a great idea."

The two exchanged photos and phone numbers.

Syaoran turned around and stared at Sakura's photo in his cell phone, and tried to act casual.

"Well, singing with you was the best thing that happened on this entire vacation. So, I was wondering, where'd you live?"

He finally built up the courage to look back at Sakura, when he realized that no one was there anymore.

Settling his gaze up at the shining stars, he murmured the precious name to himself.

"Sakura…"

To be continued…

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Ohhh, I absolutely love "High School Musical"! It's a Disney movie made from the fiction, "High School Musical". It consists of dancing and singing, and it features Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Luscas Grabeel. It is kind of cheesy, but still, it's a great movie, and I recommend you to watch it!

The song, "Start of something new", is one of the original song of the movie, it's one of my favorites!