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Kawaii Getsurin~~A Cardcaptor Sakura Fanfiction

By Forever3330 and Nabiki_S

Chapter One: She's so Kawaii!

Long, slender fingers traced an invisible pattern on the armrest of a 
cushioned chair, crimson in color, seated inside of the Principal's office. 
A tall girl, perhaps sixteen in age, regarded her mother and the Principal 
with calm sapphire eyes. She had once been told her eyes were a shade born 
of the mating of sky and sea, but Tomoyo did not think of herself in such 
ways. It was just her mother's affection, whenever the older woman had the 
chance to give it.

Chuckling to herself as the adults spoke, the ebony-haired girl stood 
quietly, walking over to the window, locking her hands behind her, gazing 
out the glass. It was like a different world, in Tokyo. Where she had come 
from...London, as her mother had been working there for perhaps five years 
now, it was very different. It was odd to hear her native language all the 
time, but a great relief, then almost musical sounds falling to her like 
water did to one who was thirsty.

Tomoyo raised her hand to the glass, resting it there gently. The sun was 
bright today...she didn't like it. It was too perfect, too calm. The kind of 
day that was made to be broken. But for now, she would like it. A face that 
was not her own gazed back, reflected in the mirror, and smiled, a small 
smile. The girl finally smiled, softly, and the face smiled back brightly, 
fading away to her own reflection. Mirror was too worried.

"Daidouji-san." A voice, from behind her. Oh. Another teacher. "Follow me. 
I'll take you to Terada-sensei's room."

Nodding vaguely, Tomoyo followed. She wasn't sure what she passed on the 
way, lost in her own thoughts, but felt a small tug on her right hand, which 
was resting on her schoolbag as she walked. A small, black cat stared up at 
her, then pointed to where she normally kept crackers. Tomoyo gave a nod, 
before the man in front of her stopped. She looked up, and he pointed to a 
door, walking away.

Door could do so much for one. They were a way into life, a way into change. 
What did this door hold? Smiling at her own thoughts, Tomoyo reached out as 
the black cat went back into her bag, and pulled the door open.

The typical boredom had kicked in, and that usually ment, the balancing the 
pencil on her finger trick. Sitting by the open window, Sakura sighed to 
herself, while watching the beautiful scene outside. Quietly to herself, as 
the pencil fell from her finger, "Great...a perfect day to be out and 
blading, and here I am...trying to figure out what compound fractures can do 
to fulfil my life in the future...pfft...I can say this much, it ain't gonna 
be an everyday event, that's for sure."

"Huh?" The classroom door opened up and Sakura's head turned towards it to 
see what was up, and hoping for some form of interruption for this lame 
amount of learning. And when she saw it was a new student, she figured it 
would at least constitute a limited disruption...at least for ten minutes or 
so.

Mr. Terada looked away from the black board for a moment and smiled 
politely, "Well now...who do we have here?" He placed the chalk down and 
walked over to Tomoyo, "Hello there, you must be Miss Daidouji, yes? I've 
been expecting you."

The girl smiled. It was small, silent, and calm, as she was. "Hai. I am 
Daidouji Tomoyo. You are Terada-sensei...? Ah...where should I sit?" 
Tomoyo's voice was low and musical, and one would have to strain to hear it 
if it had been noisy. But it was not. The classroom was hot, silent, thick 
with the boredom she herself was familiar with, though she would never admit 
it. Her eyes slid off the teacher, smile in place, and roamed the classroom.

A few boys and girls smiled at her, and she smiled back, ever polite, eyes 
catching on a few of the more energetic. At the end of her examination of 
the classroom, Tomoyo found herself looking into a pair of eyes of a green 
she had never quite seen. They were not emerald, as many would say, but soft 
and warm and alive. Like a forest, growing. Emeralds were hard gems. These 
eyes might be gems, but they were by no means hard.

Yoshiyuki Terada nodded toward Tomoyo and gestured towards the end of an 
isle of desks, "Well, if you don't mind...you can take a seat next to Miss 
Kinomoto." He thanked the teacher that had escorted Tomoyo to the class and 
then asked the young girl something before she got to her seat, "Perhaps 
you'd like to introduce yourself to the class first though? If not...that's 
fine too."
The green eyes that Tomoyo had found fixed on were attached to the rather 
fair skinned Kinomoto Sakura. She was smiling warmly towards the new girl 
and even gave a slight nod as Terada Sensei motioned towards the seat next 
to her's. She thought it was about time that someone would take that seat, 
having been without someone to whisper to in quite some time. Sakura then 
reached down to pick up the pencil that had dropped from her desk, not 
wanting Tomoyo to trip on it.

A blush spread across the pale girl's cheeks, slightly ashamed for having 
been the least bit rude. She bowed slightly to the class. "I am Daidouji 
Tomoyo, just here from London...I was born here, though." Not quite knowing 
what to say about herself, the heiress smiled and walked to the empty desk, 
gracefully. A good number of boys, and a few girls, gave Sakura glares, as 
the girl settled herself into the seat and Terada began his lesson again, 
this time accompanied by whispers and notes passing about the room.

"Thank you for allowing me to sit here." Tomoyo's voice, low, to the girl 
beside her, as she searched for something in her bag, carefully around the 
hidden creature.

Straightening up and placing the pencil back in the fold of her text book, 
Sakura smiled brightly and quietly replied, "Not a problem. I've been dieing 
to have someone to talk to...errr...not that Terada Sensei's class is 
boring. But, you know...it's good to have someone to talk to." Sakura wasn't 
opposed to Terada at all...just when it came to math that she suddenly felt 
a distaste for the classroom environment.

"So, you're from London England...that's so cool. It must have been 
wonderful there, right?" She wasn't particularly overtly interested in 
Europe, but the thought of living anywhere but here, tickled her greatly. 
"If you need any catch up notes or what-nots...just let me know. I have most 
of them here and you're free to borrow them whenever you want them." Sakura 
was half paying attention towards what Terada was writing in the black 
board, but was more focused on her new classmate.

Tomoyo couldn't help but smile warmly. For once there was someone who wasn't 
asking about...
"London? Isn't that where Kawaii M is?!" A glasses-wearing girl leaned 
around Sakura, whispering in an excited voice, amber eyes sparking. "Ah, 
she's the coolest!"

"Yes, Kawai M was thereabouts. I don't..." How best to handle this? "Know 
much about her. I mean, I've seen the news, and pictures, but it's not as if 
she went out of her way to speak to an ordinary girl like me. Ah...do you 
mind if I ask your names?"

"Oh. Sorry! Yanagisawa Naoko. Rika-chan is the girl behind me and two seats 
over, but don't bother looking. She's taking notes, probably. That's Chiharu 
behind Miss Kinomoto," Naoko's voice was lightly teasing. "And that's about 
it."

The girl arched one eyebrow, then turned to look at 'Miss Kinomoto'.

Sakura nodded, as if confirming Naoko's introductions, "Yeah...that's the 
gang, so-to-speak." She then felt alittle stupid, when the mentioning of 
Kawaii M was made, "Umm...question? Who or what is Kawaii M?" obviously not 
one up with modern news, Sakura had no idea what Naoko was going on 
about...which wasn't all that surprising. The girl had always confused or 
creeped out Sakura with her odd tales and para-media quips.

She had hoped that Tomoyo wasn't going to think poorly of her ignorance, or 
perhaps it was obscure knowledge and it wouldn't make Sakura look too 
poorly. She then made an after thought that perhaps she should've just 
smiled and acted like she knew what they were talking about. Too late for 
that, she guessed.

About to answer, Tomoyo was cut off by Naoko, who's eyes were shining 
brightly. "Kawaii M is only the super hero ever!!! She fights the 
paranormal, all while looking good! Well, I mean, she gets messed up after 
battles, but oh gods! She is the BEST! Sakura-chan, haven't you watched the 
news lately?"

"Sakura-chan. So that's your name. Cherry blossom." Tomoyo wasn't heard by 
Naoko.

"Anyways, Chiharu-chan knows more about it, don't you Chiharu-chan?!" Naoko 
leaned over, more quiet now that she was done.

Chiharu looked up at the mention of her name and then smiled, "Hai, I've 
been keeping paper clippings...hold on," she then pulled open her back pack 
and fumbled around till she finally pulled out a slim binder and handed it 
to Naoko, "Oh, I'm sorry, Mihara Chiharu...it's a pleasure to meet you miss 
Daidouji. In there are all of the events that the media have covered on 
Kawaii M. Well, as much as they've released here in Japan. Two of those 
clippings I had to pull off of the internet."

Sakura blushed as Tomoyo said her name, though wasn't sure why...perhaps it 
was the way she had said it, "Yeah, Kinomoto Sakura...but I like your name 
much better, Tomoyo-chan just chimes nicely. Errr...I mean, Tomoyo-san. 
Sorry..." She then bent over to look at the binder that Naoko was looking 
through. "Ohhh...you're right. She is pretty."

"Tomoyo-chan is fine, if I am permitted to call you Sakura-chan." She would 
look wonderful in some of those costumes, Tomoyo thought, thinking. She 
wasn't paying attention to the binder much, though the other three were. She 
was watching the brunette. "Ah, nice to meet you as well, Chiharu-san. Your 
clippings are...very extensive."

And slightly scary, the ebony-haired girl though silently. "You think she's 
pretty?" Tomoyo felt a flush rise in her cheeks.

The green eyed girl tilted her head slightly as she was reading over Naoko's 
shoulder now, and then looked back at Tomoyo, smiling. "She is...not too 
many people could pull off an out-fit like that and look good in it. But, 
she's done it perfectly. I guess, hence the name Kawaii..." Sakura then sat 
back down after Terada Sensei glanced in her direction, though said nothing. 
She got the point quick enough without a word and nodded apologetically.

Sakura then looked back at Tomoyo, "Well then, Tomoyo-chan it is. And I like 
Sakura-chan, so that's fine." She took notice that the new girl wasn't too 
interested in Chiharu's collection, and figured it was cause she's seen it 
all first hand in the local papers of London. Probably old news to her.

Chiharu piped up, "I've been hoisting a fan site for her...though I really 
could use some better pictures to use. News print doesn't scan too well." 
She then reached back to take the binder from Naoko, "We should put that 
away before we get into trouble. I really don't want it taken away from me 
again."

Tomoyo sweat dropped. "I could...see if I can find some for you...sometime. 
You're EverGreener? I think I've seen the site." She smiled all the time, 
though this was slightly over the top. Sakura seemed interested, though. She 
probably found the superhero exotic or the like. It was odd to even think 
about the website...it even guessed at Kawaii M's vital statistics, and was 
quite possibly the best site out there for the new hero.

"When's lunch period...?" Naoko groaned as the pictures and clippings were 
taken away, looking depressed. "I can't wait for the horror to end. Or art. 
I hear we're pairing up for the photography unit. You wanna be with me, 
Chiharu-chan? Or are you still waiting to see who else comes 'round. I think 
Rika-chan is paired with Kamirko-chan."

Chiharu put the binder away in her pack, "You could do that for me, Tomoyo? 
Wow, that's great...I'd even give you mention on the site for that," and 
then grinned at Naoko, "No, we can do it together, Na-chan. I think we work 
pretty good together actually." She then went back to topping up her math 
notes that they had missed cause of the conversation. Grumbling about the 
work as much as Sakura was previously.

Sakura sighed and figured her had to get back to work as well, but the 
mention of the photography assignment had caught her attention, and she then 
realized that she didn't have a partner either. "Hmm...Tomoyo-chan? Would 
you like to work with me on that project? I mean..." she lowered her head, 
being somewhat embarrassed, "...I just didn't have a partner, and 
figured...seeing how you didn't either...you know, I...well, it would be a 
great way for us to get to know each other, right?" She sort of perked up at 
the last part, "I love making new friends, and I'm sure we'd get along just 
swell."

Tomoyo smiled birghtly, leaning over on her desk as she replied. "I think so 
as well, Sakura-chan. Besides which, I think you'd make a good model. I like 
photography, actually. It's always been a hobby of mine. And I think I'm 
decent at it, enough not to shock anyone with the horror, at least." She 
giggled at this. "Is this an in school project, or out of school?"

The mention of her being a good model caught Sakura off guard and even 
caused Rika to raise her head from her notes taking. "Errr...huh? Me? A 
model? Not likely...I don't think I'm model material...that stuff kinda 
requires abit of beauty and grace...two serious requirements that arn't in 
my favour. But...thank you, that was nice of you to say." She then flipped 
open one of her note books and read over the assignment, "Hmm...says here, 
that it's kind of an artsy thingy. So, I'm guessing where ever you can point 
a camera. In school or out...doesn't really matter as long as it's done with 
proper lighting, focal points and mood settings involved."

Sakura handed over her notes on the project to Tomoyo and bent over next to 
her, pointing out the various requirements, "See? It doesn't say where it 
gets done..." She then looked up at her new classmate with a kind smile, 
"You like taking pictures, huh? Too cool. Maybe you can teach me a few 
things...I tend to always mess up the exposures."

Terada looked over to the two, after taking notice that Sakura had moved 
closer to Tomoyo. He then smiled seeing that Sakura was actually pointng out 
an up-coming project paper to the new girl and went back to finishing up the 
lesson. "...and that's why the common denominator is always followed 
with..."

"Anywhere?!" The first time in ages she'd even had time to think of such a 
thing. "I think the park would be nice...all the flowers are blooming, and 
the Sakura trees as well. Maybe even in a kimono..." Tomoyo touched her hand 
to her cheek, eyes glazed over. "Oh, I think you'd look nice in a nice blue 
one...fabrics are endless...what kind of embroidery, though? I think maybe 
suns...suns and stars...dragons? Hmm. So maybe brighter colors..." She 
trailed off, smiling dreamily. "We should go to the store after school! I 
still remember where it is, I think."
Naoko was staring. It was hard to take in. Although Sakura was entergetic, 
cheerful, and always smiling, she was hardly graceful. She generally caught 
the baton on her head and nose and anywhere but her hands fifty percent of 
the time in cheerleading, and she'd been doing that for quite a while. 
"Um...model?"

"Yes! Don't you see it?" Tomoyo turned, excited. "It's perfect!!"

Sakura sat back in her chair as her cheeks went all rose coloured from 
embarrassment and some-what shock. "Errr...I don't know...I've never really 
done anything like this before." She then caught the mention of hit a store 
afterwards, "Umm...wouldn't that be expensive? I really can't afford 
that...not that i don't want to, but...." She really didn't know Tomoyo 
would get so enthusiastic about this project...it was suppose to be a simple 
picture shoot to show creativity. But the way she was going on, it sounded 
like she wanted to open a photo studio.

"Ummm...perfect?" A sweat drop ran down her forehead, "I don't know if I'd 
say perfect...I'm just..."

Rika final said something after quietly listening to the conversation, "Oh, 
I don't know Sakura-chan. Perhaps you could be a model? I think you should 
give it a try." The green eyed girl looked at Rika with abit of surprise, 
"You choose NOW to say something?" Rika giggled and then went back to her 
gazing lovingly at Terada Sensei.

"You're perfect." Tomoyo's voice was confident. "Don't worry about supplies. 
I can get them. Okaa-san doesn't mind funding my hobbies, so long as I 
complete them." She smiled at the girl, both hands on her cheeks, reddening 
as costume ideas flooded her mind. "Oh! I can see you in sooooooooo many 
different things! Sakura-chan at the aquarium! Sakura-chan at the beach! Ah, 
this'll be fun! School is wonderful!! It'll be just so absolutely perfectly 
KAWAII!!"

"Erm, Tomoyo-san--" Naoko was beginning to think this girl was more 
obsessive then herself, in about three minutes of knowing her. What had 
happened to the quiet girl of about two minutes ago?
"Sakura-chan will make a wonderful model! Even her ears are adorable!"

Instinctually Sakura covered her ears, "My ears?...a...adorable?" The poor 
girl was now getting out right embarrassed as some of the other students 
were catching wind of this little talk, and more notes were being passed 
around the classroom. Kinomoto was fully aware what was on those notes too, 
and this caused her to shy away more so, "I...umm...arigato 
Tomoyo-chan...domo ...errr...but, don't you think...umm? Don't you think me 
on the beach, at the aquarium, and...my ears are alittle much?"

She was beginning to think this new girl was alittle too friendly, though it 
was incredibly flattering to say the least. Sakura couldn't quite place it, 
but there was something about Tomoyo that seemed so darn familiar...perhaps 
it was her face, or her smile, or her voice...but something seemed to dig 
into Sakura psyche deeply. And the praise she was getting from the girl was 
making Sakura feel...funny. If it wasn't for the crowds of students 
near-by...she felt that it wouldn't be that uncomfortable.

Giggling as the other girl turned red, Tomoyo smiled. This felt familiar, 
like she'd done so before. She knew this girl, it seemed. And it was hard 
not to keep hyperventilating on the uber-kawaiiness of Sakura, but she was 
starting to get weird looks, and that would hardly do. Though she had always 
been somewhat eccentric, off in her own little world. And the whispering was 
growing in volume, possibly about her, but that didn't much matter.

"Gomenasai, Sakura-chan. I guess it's just that you were right, is all." She 
smiled sweetly, tilting her head so it seemed as if her hair were violet in 
the light. "We get along swell."
Sakura's mouth was partially open as she was looking at Tomoyo in a new 
light, though somewhat still in shock, "Umm...yeah. Exactly my 
point...sorta." She then straightened up and looked down at her books, 
noticing that she's missed the entire last part of the lesson and sighed in 
grief, "Ohhh, man..."

Terada Sensei was just wiping off the board and then turned around, "Okay 
class, now I'm sure that wasn't so bad. I'll expect those papers to be 
finished by tomorrow, and just a reminder. The photography assignment study 
is due for next Monday, so I hope that you all have setup partners, and if 
not, I'll assign partners tomorrow for the remainders of you all." He then 
brushed off his hands and bowed, "Class dismissed..." He said this just as 
the bell rang out as if he was timing it in his head.

Sakura began packing up her books and supplies slowly, still thinking about 
all of the ideas Tomoyo had stated. And then she smiled to herself, 
picturing herself wearing the kimono with bright enwrapping dragons and 
cherry blossoms. "Hmm...that would look nice, I do admit." The rest of the 
class also began to pack up, making the odd comment of the new girl and her 
rather vocal expressions towards Kinomoto.

Smiling as she left, Tomoyo spent what was left of the day thinking about 
her ideas, and sketching. It'd been a while since she'd done such things, 
and she was generally cheerful about it. Sakura was in most of her classes, 
but it didn't take long to get the hang of drawing her, after three periods 
of staring.

Now there was just the problem of finding the girl. Standing by the school 
gates, where a slight breeze lessened the heavy heat of the day, Tomoyo 
waited for the other girl, watchful.
As Sakura left the confines of the school, she stopped to strap on her 
roller blades on the front steps. And it didn't take her long to throw her 
school bag over her one shoulder and shoes over her other, "Wow...what an 
interesting day, and here I thought it would be boring."

She skated up to the school gates and saw Tomoyo waiting there. "Oh my...was 
she actually serious about shopping after school?" Sakura hadn't taken her 
entirely serious before, and even now, thought that maybe Tomoyo just wanted 
someone to walk home with. "Hi Tomoyo-chan!" She waved as she rolled up to 
the long haired girl. "Are you waiting for me?"

"Of course, Sakura-chan!" The raven-haired girl smiled sweetly. "We're going 
shopping, remember? I still know the way to my favorite craft store, and it 
should have everything I need. Or is there something else you need to do?" 
Her brow creased, worried. "I don't want to keep you from getting things 
done."

And if she ever should, it would be very, very bad. Doing such a 
thing...deserved nothing.

Sakura shook her head, "Nope...it you wanna look around for stuff at the 
craft store, I'd be glad to go with ya!" A sparkled smile came forth from 
Sakura as she stopped rolling right at Tomoyo, and then a crack caused her 
to stumble abit, and had to take a hold of the classmate's shoulder to 
steady herself, "Errr...sorry about that. Okay...so where to?"

She was rather surprised...she hardly ever stumbled before on her skates. In 
fact she was a rather good roller blader, but she figured mistakes happen.

"It's just across from the Grudenten Cafe. You know of it? It was quite 
popular last I was here." Tomoyo smiled, steadying her classmate as she 
looked up slightly, the skates making Sakura taller. "The craft store is 
small, but it has a good selection." It wasn't as if she were surprised; 
Sakura had the tendency to be less the graceful at times. But she seemed to 
be graceful to Tomoyo, almost all the time, just slightly distracted. It was 
odd, already, that she wasn't.

Nodding cheerfully, Sakura knew exactly where that was, though never knew 
there was a craft shop across from it, "Okay..." she began skating at 
walking speed, sometimes backwards to face Tomoyo directly and other times, 
just beside the young girl.

It didn't take the two long to get where they were going, and Sakura found 
Tomoyo's presence rather soothing, in an odd way. Like they've been friends 
forever. Without the crowd of the students, Sakura was able to be herself, 
and didn't mind the raven-haired girl's rather eccentric ways.