The Chosen Meets the Descendant
First Eye Contact
Episode 8

Sakura almost always has prophetic dreams. She gets one of a brown-haired boy in green robes, holding a sword. As it turns out, that was Li-kun. They meet the next day in the classroom, and Li-kun gives his Ultra Penetrating Glare at Sakura. And he coninues to do so even when he's seated behind her already (this, by the way, gave Sakura chills the whole day). They absolutely did NOT have a good start. Li-kun always tries to get the Clow Cards from Sakura, too, since he IS a direct descendant of Clow Reed.

A New Kind of Rivalry
The Sakura-Yukito-Syaoran Love Triangle

When Li-kun met Yukito-san, he's mysteriously attracted to him (much to Sakura's and his own dismay). Sakura is totally mortified by this, since she HAS liked Yukito since the first time she met him. It's funny, too: the first time Li-kun blushes because of Sakura was when she finally had him say that he was attracted to Yukito (episode 26)

Sparks Begin to Fly
The Blushing Begins...
Episode 26
Hmm...yes, yes, too much Fushigi Yuugi there...

Even though Li-kun was always cold to Sakura, she never gives up and she still treats Li-kun as a friend. She always answers his glares with a smile, her emerald eyes full of expression. Li-kun is somewhat amazed by this, and he starts to feel *something* when he and Sakura got closer...

Note: In episode 40, the dream card lets Li-kun have a vision regarding the S+S pairing...and that he will eventually give Sakura the Clow Cards...Li-kun is absolutely STUNNED by this!

Clever, Polite...and Getting Close to Sakura
The one called Eriol...
Episode 47

It's time for Tomoeda Shougakkou to welcome another transfer student: Hiiragizawa Eriol. The first thing he does upon entering the room is smile at Sakura. He is very kind and always smiling at Sakura (though he IS smiling at everybody else) He's intelligent, gentlemanly, he seems to be good at everything, and know everything...

And...

Li-kun hates him. The very sight of him, mention of his name, or worse, seeing him with Sakura, seems to ruin Syaoran's day. True, he can sense some power at him, but the MAIN reason is: Eriol is very close to Sakura. Yup, he is J-E-A-L-O-U-S. Sakura and Eriol hit it off the first day: they became friends and they called each other by their given names. (Note: In Japan, you don't call each other by given names unless you're familiar [i.e., close friends] with each other.) Hoe? But Sakura doesn't call Li-kun by his given name, now, does she?

Not Yukito-san
Yue and Yukito Pitch In
Episode 51

By this time, all the symptoms appear: the suddenly pounding heartbeat, the obviously flushed, red face, the stammering, the uneasiness, the works! And Li-kun is TOTALLY confused. He had, for a reason even Li-kun himself can't recognise, bought a bear...and he feels that it isn't or Yukito. (Note: There's a tradition in Japan that if you give a bear to someone you like, and s/he names it after you [and that someone does the same] you'll be together) Yue explains to Li-kun that his feelings for his false form (Yukito) is not love. (HOE!) Li-kun is just attracted to Yukito-san because of Yue's power (Since Syaoran's power is moon and Yue/Yukito's power is also of the moon)...Yue tells him to "search your heart for the answers" (OHO! Yue gets sentimental!)

Note: Li-kun starts to be jealous of Yukito (since Sakura's always gushing about him) on episode 35: Sakura's Wonderful Christmas. He begins to realize he doesn't like Yukito in ep 51, and Syaoran admits openly to Sakura that he doesn't like Yukito in episode 64, Sakura and the Ski School Blizzard.

To make things worse (in Li-kun's point of view, that is) Yukito spelled out the situation to Li-kun:
You like Sakura-chan, don't you? (episode 57)

Li-kun tries with all his might to deny it, and runs off...somewhere.

"I...love her?"
Li-kun's Realization

It seems Li-kun has already hit the jackpot, yet he still has a hard time letting it sink into his head. He returns home and checks his celphone, only to find that Sakura had left a message. Earlier that day, Sakura had invited a blushing Li-kun to a Teddy Bear Exposition, but Li-kun had left early (blame it all on Eriol-kun! See, he found Li-kun staring at Sakura, so the poor guy gets flustered and runs for it) so they didn't get to decide on the meeting place and time. She tells him about the plans, and the message ends. Li-kun collapses on the bed, and listens to Sakura's message, Sakura's voice again...

At the Exposition, Li-kun can't help but just look at Sakura's smiling and excited face all day... (Ki ni Naru Aitsu... *sigh* HANYAA~N!!!)

Shaoran-kun, Sakura-chan...
Close Friends at Last

After going around the Exposition, Sakura and Li-kun gets trapped in an elevator. After the two had been talking for a while (in the dark! the only light they had was Li-kun's fire ofuda) the elevator goes nuts and Sakura starts to trip backwards towards a hole (i don't know if you would call it that, but the elevator wall disappeared!). Li-kun races to catch her. Their hands just miss as Li-kun tries to grab her and Sakura tumbles down into the elevator shaft screaming. Li-kun sits at the edge and the image of Sakura falling into the shaft kept repeating itself in his brain. Li-kun stares in complete horror and shock into the blackness below. His eyes tear up and in the deepest grief shouts out "SAKURAAAAA!!!" (Note that Li-kun has NEVER called her Sakura. He usually refers to her as "you" or indirectly. He RARELY calls her "Kinomoto") Anyways, Sakura had used The Float, so she's safe. Li-kun hugs her tight (to Sakura's surprise) and tells her that he's happy she's safe. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the building, Eriol puts away his wand. (THANK YOU, ERIOL!!!)

Later that night, Sakura calls Li-kun up and tells him how happy it made her when he called her Sakura in the elevator. She says it makes her feel like they are truly good friends now (Li-kun looks very surprised at this) She asks Li-kun if she can call him Shaoran-kun now and Li-kun seems a bit surprised but tells Sakura to do as she pleases. Sakura says happily "All right Shaoran-kun, see you tomorrow in school" and they say goodbye. Syaoran-kun puts down the phone walks out onto the balcony. A breeze blows a leaf by and Shaoran-kun breathes in and feels relaxed and happy...

Sakura's Heart
Time for the Sympathetic Ear
Episode 66

(W/N: This is may well be my all-time fave episode!)

Sakura finally tells Yukito that she loves him...but Yukito said that he's not the one she trully loves. He says Sakura loves Yukito as she does Fujitaka. She realizes that he's right. He assures her that she will find the one she truly loves the most and that he will return her love and love her the most. Yukito-san asks Sakura to tell him when she finds this man, and he promises that if Sakura's love is ever mean to her, Yukito-san will punish him. Sakura seems to feel better. After dropping off Tomoyo at her house, Shaoran offers to take Sakura home as well. But before that, Sakura says, I have to tell you something... She asks him to come with her to the Penguin Park...

At the park, Sakura tells him that she told Yukito-san about her feelings. Shaoran is surprised and gets really nervous. Sakura then tells him practically the whole conversation. Shaoran looks at Sakura with empathy during all this, and watches her sob not knowing what to do. Sakura says through her tears that she is not sure why she is crying because Yukito-san is happy. Syaoran-kun struggles with himself, stands up, tells Sakura that he understands and gives her his hankerchief. She looks up at Syaoran-kun and he smiles at her, saying he understands. She takes the hankerchief, stands up, puts her head on Syaoran-kun's shoulder, and cries some more. Sakura tells Syaoran that Yukito-san told her that someday she would find someone who she really loved and that person would also love her the most. Syoaran-kun struggles with himself and puts his arms around Sakura and tells her he is sure she'll find him. He puts his head on her hair and tells her it is all right, she will find him.

The Scarf
Sakura's Gratitude, Syaoran's Patience
Episode 67

Wanting to do something nice to thank Syaoran, Sakura gets a brilliant idea and invites him to go with her to the matsuri (festival) on Sunday at Tsukihimine Jinja. Sunday, 5:40 pm, Sakura is surprised when Syaoran picks her up at her house since they were supposed to meet at the shrine at 6. Syaoran starts to blush, and Sakura thanks him for worrying about her.

When Syaoran-kun asks Sakura if she's all right (he had been worried about her increasing sleepiness the whole week) while walking to the jinja, she says she is fine and she "just finished it". When Syaoran doesn't seem to understand, Sakura offers him his hankerchief and...a green scarf. Sakura blushes, saying she isn't sure how good the scarf is since it's her first. Both blushing, they stare at each other a few seconds, until Sakura thinks Shaoran doesn't want it. Syaoran yells "Wait!" and grabs the scarf and puts it on. He then realizes why she was sleepy that week. Syaoran thanks her, but Sakura smiles, saying SHE ought to thank him since he has really been there for her.

At the shrine, Tomoyo says the scarf looks nice on Li-kun, and Sakura and Syaoran blush. (turns out that she knew about Sakura's little project all along) Later, Tomoyo asks Syaoran if he has told Sakura about his feelings, and he says he doesn't want to tell her now because it will only confuse her. He worries that it will put her in a difficult situation having just experienced rejection first hand. She's loved Yukito for so long that he isn't sure she is ready to love someone else yet. Because of these reasons, he is going to wait...

"I'm...I'm...I'm... I'm in love with you!!!"
Syaoran's Confession
Episode 69

After Eriol vs. Syaoran and Sakura, Syaoran gathers his guts and tries to tell Sakura his true feelings. After a few false starts, he finally gets to do it. He tells her he loves her! Sakura is in shock.

(Episode 70) Sakura is sitting at her deak holding her head in her hands lost in thought. She barely notices anybody (even Tomoyo!) aside from Shaoran. And it's her turn to blush and be uneasy. Syaoran is preparing for school the next morning when Yelan calls and tells him to go home, since his business there is done. That afternoon, Syaoran talks to Sakura, and tells her that he is thankful that they had met. Sakura tries to tell Shaoran something, but Syaoran just thanks her, and runs off. The next day, Sakura finds out that Syaoran was leaving for Hong Kong that morning. Sakura struggles and tries to sort out her feelings (crying along the way)...and she realizes that...she loves Syaoran. She chases him to the airport. (how'd she get there so fast?! Maybe she used both Fly and Dash:) But she STILL wasn't able to TELL him her feelings, but I think he got the idea. Sakura is left in Japan with Syaoran's teddy bear, and a promise that he will come back...

"You're my number one!!!"
Sakura's Turn
Movie 2: The Sealed Card!

Sakura LITERALLY runs into Syaoran when he and Meiling came back for a visit. Throughout the movie, Meiling and Tomoyo fix up moments for Sakura to confess to Syaoran (O~HOHOHOHO!!!!). But, somehow, she always gets cut off (sorta like for Syaoran in the TV series). It's either the Touya, Kero-chan, Yukito or the Void Card...or anything else. There was even a play (and the plot is VERY similar to the S+S story) where Sakura plays the princess, and Yamazaki-kun the prince. Sakura had used Sleep (the Void had attacked) and Yamazaki-kun got hurt. They had to find a replacement, fast... And they did. Who else but Shaoran-kun! But at the crucial part of the play, the Void attacks again. Poor Sakura, she can't even confess indirectly!

Near the end of the movie, Sakura gets a chance to seal the Void Card. But, as Eriol said earlier, in order to do so... "the most precious feeling must be sacrificed". But the most precious feeling of the most powerful at the time was Syaoran's love for Sakura! (Sakura WAS tired, y'know) As the result of this sacrifice, Syaoran will forget her and all his feelings toward her. And so the Void is sealed... With tears in her eyes, Sakura tells Shaoran that even though he probably doesn't know her anymore, what she's been trying to tell him for a long time was that she loves him and that he was her most important person. He has a blank look on his face, and Sakura cries again...