AN: My very first fic...-.-;; It may be utterly messed up, but this is my first try so be nice! This is a complete different story from the actual anime, but Sakura is still the mistress and the sakura cards still exist and everything. Meiling might seem to be a brat, but she'll become a better character as the story goes on >. Well, I hope you like my odd idea of a fan fic and review onegai!

Kero: Psst, leave some pudding for me when you review ^0^

Ice: -.-;; Do you mind Kero? I was trying to get on with the story and you interupted.

Kero: Sowwie, no need to be violent.

Ice: But I'm not!

Kero: ...

Ice: Oh whatever! Let's get on with the story....

Kero: You forgot the disclaimer.

Ice: Those stupid things? Fine fine, I'll put it in right...now...

Disclaimer: No, I don't own CCS and it's character, so pooey. CLAMP owns it -.-

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To Guard our Love
Chapter One: The Angel's Duty
Written by Enchanted Ice Star

I have a soul that is more than a thousand years old, but I have the heart, mind, and looks of an eighteen year old girl. I have never needed to look in a mirror since the day I died, for my appearence never changes. One year, a decade, it will always be the same old me staring back at me. I sometimes wish to be like the humans again, to age everyday and grow different as the time goes by. But time doesn't seem to exist for me, since everyday makes no difference. Maybe back when I was alive, it made a difference, but now I'm dead, I'm an angel in the sky.

There's nothing much to do up here, except I usually just like to watch the humans walk around and drive what they call cars. Back when I was alive, there wasn't such things as cars. We had carriages, and wagons, but not a metal monster like cars. Right now, I am watching a little girl going into her home, I wonder what it looks like inside. I shift my gaze and watched as two humans were walking together hand in hand, a smile on there lively faces. I think this is what they call love.

I had never been in love before, not even when I was alive. I died when I was only eighteen, before I could love and have fun. It was all the war's fault that I had died so soon, but what can I do about it? I had been a good girl, kind and nice to every single soul. Maybe that's why I was appointed guardian angel, but I'm off duty now. There's no one for me to guard, which leaves me nothing to do nowadays.

But heaven is a great place none the less, with no worries and pain. I have friends, like Rika and Naoko and we spend out time together flying around the vast clouds and through the rays of the sun. But today I feel like being alone, just to think about everything.

The world had changed so much since the last time I had been down there. People have these metal birds that can take them up into the sky, I think they call them airplanes. How I long to be with them, and experience such thrilling things! But I can only fantasize about it, for I would never be able to go down there, unless I had another duty to guard a human.

It has been so long since my last duty, and I long for another so I can go back down to earth again. I want to join the humans in their fun and games, and dance and sing with them. I long for so many things, but I don't think that's bad. But I always long for the impossible, but I know I'll be able to go down there again.

To be alive would be nice again. To actually be able to feel the rays of the sun shining on your skin, and to be able to touch objects. But my short eighteen years of life were quite amazing, since I had been the mistress of the mystical Clow Cards. Before I died, I had changed them into Sakura Cards and I placed a seal on the Sakura Book so it could never be opened except for me. Kero is also in the book, guarding it for me, but how I miss him! I wonder who has the book now, and if they're trying to open it, they're going to have a tough time.

"Sakura-chan! Sakura-chan!" I hear the sweet voice of my friend Rika.

I turn around, my wings flapping gently and I smiled. "Rika-chan! It's a beautiful day today isn't it?"

"As usual!" Rika smiled back as she handed me a basket full of snowflakes. "But, it's winter and we've got to make it snow! God's order." Rika winked and she sprinkled some snowflakes down onto earth.

I followed her, as I watched the crystal white flakes float down and greet the curious humans. I see many of them smiling, I am happy that I have brought them joy.

"They like snow, don't they?" I asked to no one.

Rika nodded but she pointed with one hand to an old man down beside a tree. "Most of them like it, but look at that grumpy old man!"

I giggle, sometimes being an angel wasn't that boring. "Where is Naoko-chan? I haven't seen her at all today."

"She's over on the other side of heaven trying to make it rain," Rika replied. "Oh, and did you hear Sakura?! I am so excited!"

"Hoe?" A confused look crossed my face as I looked at my excited friend.

Rika grasped one of my hands, which surprised me ever so. "God wants all of us guardian angels to meet in the center of town today! He has something important to announce I hear!"

"Really? When?" I felt excited myself, maybe finally I could have another duty and be down there again.

"In the afternoon, when the rays of the sun hit the orange crystal," Rika explained.

I nodded, understanding at once. Up here in heaven, we do not have what humans call clocks. We have a huge stone in all the town centers and around the stone are different coloured crystals. I guess it works like a sun dial, and when the rays of the sun hit the orange crystal it signals the beginning of noon time.

"I am guessing that it is almost time Rika-chan! Let's hurry and just dump the whole basket of snow!" I say excitedly as I simply scatter all the snowflakes down onto earth.

Rika did the same and we both flew off to the center of town.

**Normal point of view***

The school bell rung, and everyone came shufling out of the school building in a hurry. Some wanting to hurry home and watch tv, some wanting to finish up their homework soon, and some wanting to go watch the movies.

But one of them just wanted peace and quiet and to be alone.

"Xiaolang honey!! Where do you think you're going without me?!" A girl around the age of eighteen cried as she grabbed onto the hand of a boy who had messy brown hair and intense amber eyes.

The boy groaned and pulled his hand free. "Meiling, leave me alone for once!"

"But, but I thought we were going to go to the movies today!" The girl named Meiling whined.

"Well, I've changed my mind," The boy turned around to leave, but was once again stopped by Meiling who jumped in front of him and blocked his way.

Meiling had a big frown on her face as she crossed her arms. "You promised Li Syaoran." She pointed a finger right at him.

The boy, Syaoran Li, pushed her hand aside. "Pointing is rude." He grumbled.

Meiling scowled, "And breaking promises is dishonourable!" She shot back firmly.

"Meiling, give it a break," A boy with short black hair walked up to them.

"This is none of your business Takashi-kun!" Meiling snapped. "Syaoran said he would go with me to the movies, and he will do just that!" She said lightly.

Syaoran growled and frowned, "No I won't Meiling! And when did I ever promise you to go to the movies? Besides, doesn't mother want you home today since you wanted to learn how to cook?"

Meiling frowned, "You never do anything with me!! And we're engaged for heaven's sake!"

"I didn't want to be engaged with you in the first place Meiling," Syaoran grumbled and noticed the hurt expression on Meiling's face but ignored it. "I'm going," Syaoran slung his bag over one shoulder and turned away.

"Why does he hate me so much?!" Meiling asked out loud but only Yamazaki was beside her.

Yamazaki grinned, "Maybe you should ask yourself."

"What do you mean?!" Meiling glared at him.

"You're attitude is nuts, oh, and talking about nuts, did you know squirrels were the first animals to ever eat a nut?" Yamazaki pointed out with one finger in the air.

Meiling sweatdropped and quickly ran away before she would have to listen to anymore of the jibberish Yamazaki was saying. "Xiaolang!! Wait for me!!!"

**Syaoran's point of view**

At last, peace and quiet! Meiling can be such an annoying girl at times, why can't she just leave me alone? Can't she see that I don't like her grabbing onto my arm and hugging me?! It's not like I hate her or anything, she's my cousin, and I like her as a cousin, not as a girlfriend. Why does mother want me to marry her?!

The sky is so clear today, but there are still a couple clouds scattered around the sky. I wonder what's up there, but why am I thinking of such silly things right now? I have so much responsibilities since I am the leader of the powerful Li Clan. Training and hard work is all I have been taught since I was a child.

Everyone knows that I am a cold stubborn person. I hate girls, even though I know many of them are trying to catch my attention. Don't they get it?! I don't like any of them, and I never will like any one of them at all! Eesh, girls are all so annoying and hanging onto your arms until they're going to break off.

"Xiaolang!!" I let out a small groan as I hear the running footsteps approaching me. Why does Meiling have to follow me everywhere? She's like my shadow basically, trailing behind every step I take, she's like stalking me.

"Xiaolang!!!" This time I hear a more annoyed tone in her voice as she back flipped and landed in front me. I sigh and try to walk around her, but she stopped me by raising her arm. "Can't we at least walk home together?" She asked sweetly.

I sigh and brushed her hand aside and continued on walking. "Fine, but stop bugging me." I hear her cheer as she ran up to catch up to me and grab my hand as we walked towards the Li Mansion.

Today was going to be a long day.

**Normal point of view**

"Guardian angels, we have gathered here today because you are all to be assigned with another human." God was holding onto a long glowing scroll. "You will all take on a human form while down there, and do not cause any trouble and only mind your own business and the person whom you are guarding."

Sakura felt her spirits lift as she heard that she was going to be able to go down there again. "Did you hear that Naoko-chan?! We're going to be sent down again! I'm so happy!" Sakura's cheeks were flushed with excitement.

"Sakura Kinomoto."

Sakura stepped up with a bright smile radiating from her face, auburn hair tumbling down her shoulders and her wings folded neatly on her back.

"You are to guard a boy named Li Syaoran until his death day. Here is a scroll on all the information you need on him," Sakura was handed a rolled up scroll and a hole suddenly appeared beneath her feet and she fell down.

Sakura couldn't spread her wings, as she fell down towards earth, through clouds and more clouds. Falling...falling...and still falling. She closed her emerald eyes in fright as she was plumeting down towards the ground when suddenly she felt like she had stopped falling and she opened her eyes and saw an unfamiliar surrounding.

All around her were trees, and she touched the grass on the floor tenderly and smiled when she could actually feel it. "I can feel things! I've taken on a human form!" She exclaimed in glee as she touched the bark of a tree trunk. She danced around the area until she remembered her duty and she unrolled the scroll that had landed next to her.

Li Syaoran

Leader of the Li Clan which is a clan of powerful magic users and are related to Clow Reed. He is 18 and currently schools in Hong Kong's best high school near the center of the town. He is usually grumpy and cold, and hard to deal with.

He has a mother, and four sisters, his father passed away when he was young. He is engaged to one of his distant cousins who does not possess any magical abilities what so ever. He trains with a man named Wei, and has been training all his life.

He likes the color green, likes math, and soccer.

Sakura blinked and sweatdropped. "This guy seems scary. But he's related to Clow Reed!" She glanced up and scanned the area. "I wonder if I'm in the right place..."

"Excuse me? Are you lost?" Sakura spun around and hid the scroll behind her back. She look down and sighed in relief when she noticed she wasn't in her white angel robes, and that her clothes had magically changed to normal human clothes. "Oh...er...konnichiwa!"

The girl smiled and stepped closer. "Konnichiwa! It's hard to find people around here that speak the same language as me!"

"Oh really? I'm from Japan and I just moved here!" Sakura made up as she glanced at the girl before her. To Sakura, she was wearing the most unusual clothing, yet as she looked at her own clothing, they were weird to. "Can you tell me if I'm in Hog Kog?"

The girl blinked at her and burst out laughing. "You do mean Hong Kong don't you?"

Sakura sweatdropped and nodded. She had never heard of a place called Hong Kong, but that was what the scroll said. "Yes, that's what I meant. Am I in the right place?"

"You sure are! You're at the park right now, yet I have no idea why you're in the forest area. I heard a loud thump and I decided to see what it was," The girl explained. "Here, you seem kind of lost."

"I am," Sakura replied.

"I'll lead you out of this place," The girl started walking and Sakura followed.

With each step she took, she felt odd. She was use to gliding around the area, and now she was actually walking which she hadn't done for centuries. Sakura enjoyed looking at the trees and the birds that flew from there to there, and she noticed one thing that caught her attention most. The girl who was leading her held onto a silver machine thing with a circle at the end that seemed to be like a telescope. And the thing that confused her the most was that it had a beeping red light that went on off on off every second.

"Excuse me...er, what's that you're holding?" Sakura pointed to the thing the girl was holding.

The girl's amethyst eyes widened. "What?! You've never seen a video camera?"

"A video camoora?" Sakura blinked at the girl.

"Yeah! A video camera! A machine that can tape people, you know...a video camera! You really have never seen a video camera before?" The girl seemed fascinated by her, and Sakura sweatdropped.

"Well, I was from the mountains in Japan, so there weren't any video...er camera's up there," Sakura lied.

The girl blinked and giggled, "Really?! That's so neat! Oh, and my name is Tomoyo Daidouji!"

Sakura smiled, "I'm Sakura Kinomoto!"

"That's a very pretty name Sakura! I'm a transfer student from Japan, are you going to attend school here?" Tomoyo asked her as they finally stepped out of the forest.

"Um..yes!" Sakura glanced around the busy area. "Wow, there's so many people!" She exclaimed.

Tomoyo nodded, "Lot's of people like going to the park to play and relax."

"I see..oh, er, do you know anyone named Li Syaoran?" Sakura questioned.

Tomoyo's eyes widened and she nodded, "Of course! Everyone knows who he is!"

"Hoe?" Sakura blinked.

"He's the leader of the powerful Li Clan! He's famous! And lots of girls go gaga over him, but I personally don't. He's awfully mean and never talks to anyone except for his friends," Tomoyo explained.

"...Really? How do you know so much about him?"

"Because I go to the same school as him!" Tomoyo replied.

Sakura smiled, Yay! Then I can enroll myself in her school, and then I can guard Syaoran all the time!!> "Oh! Really? I think I'm going to enroll into that school too!"

"Really?! That'll be great and we could be friends!" Tomoyo exclaimed.

"Demo, I don't know where the school is," Sakura replied sheepishly.

Tomoyo smiled, "I can bring you there! It's not far at all from here! Come on, let's go!!" Tomoyo started running and Sakura followed. She felt so free while running, and she just wanted to spread her arms out as she ran, but she knew that would cause people to stare at her.

She felt the sun on her face, and she loved the warm feeling. The light breeze blew through her hair, and she could feel the wind in her face as she followed Tomoyo down busy sidewalks and finally round a corner.

"That's the Li Mansion," Tomoyo pointed to a huge mansion building to their right as they walked down the sidewalk, tired from all the running. "It's really close to the school, only two blocks away."

Sakura made a mental note to remember where the house was. "Oh, is that the school?" Sakura pointed to a white building that was coming into view as they rounded the corner.

Tomoyo nodded, "That's right!" They started running up to the building and they entered the school and into the school office. Sakura stepped up and asked the secretary at the desk. "Um, I would like to enroll into this school...I was wondering if I had to fill in some application form or something and things like that."

The lady smiled at her and opened the top drawer in her desk and pulled out a form. "That's right, this is the application form to enroll into our school. You can finish it right now and we will enter you into the school computer and you may start schooling here tomorrow." The lady handed over the yellow form and Sakura took it and took a pen from the desk.

Tomoyo stood beside her, watching her fill out her name and last name until she reached adress, she noticed that Sakura paused. "Something the matter Sakura?" Tomoyo asked.

Sakura shook her head, "Nope, everything's fine!" She scratched her head and decided to make up an address. After a while she finally finished the form with half of it all made up. She handed the form back to the secretary lady and she got up and typed the info into the computer next to her desk.

"Ok, Miss Kinomoto, here is your schedule," Sakura was handed a white peice of paper and Tomoyo glanced excitedly at it. "Oh look! I have art, math, and humanities with you!" Tomoyo said in delight.

"That's good! Then I'll have someone I know in some of my classes!" Sakura smiled. I wonder if Li Syaoran is in any of my classes, he better be or how am I suppose to guard him?>

They walked out of the office and Sakura decided to ask about it. "Is Li Syaoran in any of my classes?"

Tomoyo scratched her head, "I'm not sure. He's in my math class, so I guess he's in your math class to. Why? Are you after him?" Tomoyo winked at Sakura which caused her to sweatdrop.

"Er no, I was just wondering!" Sakura replied quickly.

"Oh, look at the time! I have to go home now! See you tomorrow Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo waved and ran off leaving Sakura out in the school field.

She glanced around her and sighed. "Li Syaoran, I wonder what you are like..."

AN: Chapter one complete! Yatta!

Meiling: I sounded so annoying T.T

Ice: Gomen Meiling, but you'll be nicer as the story goes on.

Meiling: I better! Oh right, people r-e-v-i-e-w!

Ice: *nods* Review onegai ^.^

Kero: Pudding, leave pudding!

Ice and Meiling: *whacks Kero on the head*

Kero: *cries* That hurts.

Ice: Ok, well stay tooned and don't mind about Kero -.-