Bringing The Best Out of You

By ~*Season Sweetheart*~

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"Come on, say something!" grinned a small boy, with grey hair as he pushed a younger aged amber eyed boy to the ground.

"N-n-no. ." replied the amber eyed boy.

"HAHAHA!!" pointed the grey haired boy's friend, "Let's hear you say something again!"

The chestnutted haired boy, angrily stood up, "It's n-not f-fu-funny!"

The two boys held onto each other for support as they held their guts. ". ..yeah it is. ." one of them was able to choke out between laughter.

"HA HA HA HA HA!! What a retarded kid!!" laughed his companion.

The amber eyed boy frowned, "I-I-I'm not r-r-r-retarded!!"

"YEAH YOU ARE!!" they both laughed simutaneously, "Retard, retard! YOU are a RETARD!!"

The boy could feel tears forming.

"What? Are you gonna cry now?" smiled the older kid.

The younger boy frowned more. He heard his mother's voice in his head; 'You are a LI! Li's NEVER cry!' He shut his eyes, I But he couldn't stop the tears from coming. So he turned around and dashed off, he wasn't able to stop the tears from coming, atleast he won't let the other kids know he was crying.

He stopped after a few minutes and crouched behind a tree, letting the tears flow, "St-stupid tears. . . .go a-a-aw-away!" A light tap touched his shoulder. He whipped his head towards that direction, only to be met by beautiful emerald one's.

"Why are you crying?" asked the sweet voice.

The boy's eyes widened and turned away, in shame.

"Hoe?"

"I-I'm NOT cr-cr-crying," he rudely mumbled.

The cute girl let out a sweet smile, "You shouldn't cry." . "Yo-You don't kn-know what I-I-I've b-b-been through," retorted the little boy.

"That's true," the girl replied thoughtfully, ". . .my otousan always told me 'We cannot tell what may happen to us in life. But we can decide what happens in us, how we take it, what we do with it-and that is what really counts in the end.'"

The little boy let the girl's father's quote, sink into his head. He wiped the tears from his eyes, they had suddenly stopped.

"My name is Kinomoto, Sakura," smiled the little girl.

The boy looked at her, then looked down.

Confusion filled little Sakura's eyes, "Hoe? What's wrong?"

The boy just shook his head.

"What? What is it?"

He sighed, might as well get this over with, "I-I'm r-r-re-re-retarded.. . ." He quickly shut his eyes, waiting to hear the laughter. When he realized she didn't say anything, he opened one eye and looked at her. Then he opened the other one and raised a brow, looking at her confusingly.

"I don't think you're retarded," little Sakura replied.

The boy was taken back, his eyes revealing shock, "Wh-what?! W-W-W-Why?"

"I think you perfectly fine the way you are!" She let out a smile.

The boy felt warmth in his body when she said that.

". . . .what's your name?"

"Li," the boy replied confidently, "Li, Syaoran." He let out a true genuine smile.

Little Sakura smiled brightly, "Look, you didn't stutter!"

"R-R-Really?!"

Little Sakura sweatdropped, "Well, you didn't when you said you're name." She quickly added something when she realized she made him sad again, "Don't worry about it. You'll probably grow out of it, like old sneakers!"

"Th-think s-s-so?" little Syaoran's eyes brightened.

"Positive!" She smiled, "Hey, wanna play with me?"

"Yeah. . . .I would really like to."

"Yay!"

A deep voice interrupted them, "Sakura! Sakura! It's time to go home now!"

Little Sakura turned to the voice, "Now?"

"Yes, we have to take a plane back to Japan." The man left towards the parking lot.

"Okay! I'll be right there!" Little Sakura called out. She looked back at little

Syaoran and noticed his sad face, "Don't worry, we'll meet again!"

"I-I d-don't thi-think so. . . .Ja-Japan and Ho-Hong K-Kong are tw-tw- two big p-p-places. ."

Little Sakura grabbed little Syaoran's pinky with her pinky, "Of course we'll meet again! It's a pinky swear!"

"Pi-Pinky S-S-Swear?"

She shook both their hands like a hand shake, except with pinkies, "Pinky grab your dearest friend, now the promise circle never ends!" She let go of his pinky. "There!"

Little Syaoran looked at his pinky.

"When we'll meet again we can play tag! And much more!" Little Sakura started to walk off, "I'll see you again someday, Li-kun! It's a pinky promise!" She gave one last smile and disappeared in the distance.

"I-It's a pi-pi-pinky p-p-promise. . ." He made a small smile to himself.

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So how'd you like the first chapter? Hope you guys enjoyed it! ^.^ I will try to update the next chapter soon, but I have bball practice, club vball practice PLUS school homework -.-U ~sighs~ I'll get it update ASAP!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Card Captors Sakura

Reference: - quote(s) from books/net