Chasing Hearts

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: Purely fan made so I do not own this manga. I love the series and its characters.

"Before I forget, I must tell you that a new transfer student will be joining us next week on Monday. He is from England so everyone please be kind to him." Mr. Terada declared and allowed the students to leave the room, "Please proceed to your first period."

Daidoji Tomoyo glanced over her shoulder to see Kinomoto Sakura with her head comfortably placed on her exercise books. She giggled as she heard her quiet muffled snoring beneath her arms that were wrapped around her head.

"Sakura-chan," Tomoyo said gently while arguing with herself whether or not to leave her asleep because she looks so cute when she's in deep slumber. Then she knew that if she were to sleep in the home room for the rest of the day, she would surely be in trouble with Mr. Terada. Tomoyo shook her arm softly and said her name once again but slightly louder.

"Hm... hoe?" Sakura whispered as she lifted her head. When she rubbed her eyes sleepily, she saw Tomoyo's face only a few inches away from hers.

"Registration is finally over. We have Gym now." Tomoyo chuckled and watched Sakura look around confusingly. Suddenly, her memories of coming to school hit her in the face and almost knocked her out.

"Hoeeee!! I fell asleep in school?!" She cried and shook her head in disbelief.

"It's ok. Mr. Terada didn't notice."

"I... I'm so glad." She sighed in relief then perked up. "I can't wait for Gym! I hope we have gymnastics."

"That's right. You're a very good athlete and you're captain of the cheerleading team." Tomoyo cheered on. Then Sakura's cheeks had faint shades of red.

"I... I'm not that good." She said modestly and brushed her hand through her hair.

"I wonder if the new student is good at Gym too..." Tomoyo clapped her hands over her mouth as she suddenly remembered about the transfer student's arrival next week. "Ah! I forgot to mention about this. Apparently, a new student will be joining us next week and he's came all the way from England. That's practically the other side of the world."

"Eh? Really?"

Kinomoto Sakura was an extremely cute sixteen year old with jade green eyes and auburn hair. She was a great athlete and she was kind-hearted. Although, she was quite gullible and unable to see things clearly around her.

"That's right! England is such a long way from Japan and it was really hard to get from there to here in the old days." Yamazaki Takashi said expertly as he stepped in between Tomoyo and Sakura and interupted their conversation. "Since there were no 'planes back then, they had to swim all the way here. That means that luggage was drenched and... OW!"

Mihara Chiharu saved the two girls by stepping on his foot to make him shut up.

"Will you stop telling lies already? The ball of my foot is aching from treading on you so much!" She complained and pulled him away by the ear. Tomoyo and Sakura stared after them.

"It was troublesome when you wanted to move here. They'd swim back and forth to bring their luggage..."

"Yeah yeah. Will you stop? No one will believe you!"

Tomoyo giggled to herself while Sakura tilted her head to the side confusingly.

"It... was a lie?"

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The gym teacher decided that the girls and boys should play together. All the girls were on the same team and the boys were likewise. The teacher picked out one player from both teams they'd play a one on one. The best female player was Kinomoto Sakura so she had no problem playing against the boys. Although she was iching to go, the gym teacher had not called out her name yet. She waited patiently on the side lines with Tomoyo, Mihara, Li Meilin, Sasaki Rika and Yanagisawa Naoko. Every one of them had played except Sakura and she looked like she was about to drop on the ground and fall to sleep.

"Kinomoto-san!" Sakura didn't respond immidately. She was in the middle of a long yawn. "Kinomoto-san?"

"Hai!" She called back and dragged her feet on the court.

"You will play against... Li-san!"

Li Syaoran was Melilin's cousin from Hong Kong. Sakura has never actually paid attention to him even though he sits behind her in class. Though, she heard that he was the best player on the boy's team so she had to wake herself up. He strolled on to the court and faced Sakura and looked up. Sakura did the same and kept their eyes on the basket ball in the gym teacher's hand.

"Since the boy's team started last time, Kinomoto-san will start. Get ready!" She ordered as she dropped the ball in front of her.

Sakura stood in her ready stance and bounced the ball and kept her eye on the basket behind the boy. It was only a few seconds later, Sakura had finally looked into that boy's eyes. The whistle sounded through her ear and she only stepped once. Syaoran immediately appeared in front of her and that's when Sakura held her breath.

When she looked into his stern amber eyes, she found herself staring intensly at him. He was incredibly cute with scruffy chocolate hair and well shaped face. She felt herself intoxicated by his very presence until he disappeared towards the basket with the stolen ball. She had completely forgotten that she was holding it and that they were in the middle of a one on one basketball match. Her mind was blank for one moment and her heart had skipped two beats. She was sure that she wasn't breathing for that time.

An echoe of cheers from the boys had snapped her out of it as she heard the ball slip through the basket and land back in Syaoran's hands.