Supermodel
Disclaimer: Cardcaptor Sakura is the property of CLAMP - Kondasha - NHK - NEP21 ©1996-2003 Licensed by Nelvana/Pioneer and KidsWB. All rights reserved. Yuu-chan does not own Cardcaptor Sakura or its characters.
Chapter 1
A very excited Tomoyo Daidouji came running up to her best friend waving a coloured poster around. "Ahh Sakura-chan! You won't believe it!"
Sakura blinked, "What is it Tomoyo?"
"Tomoeda is holding a modelling competition!" she screamed in enthusiasm.
"So?"
"You're going to enter!"
"No I'm not," Sakura turned around and started walking towards the school
"Yes you are! And I'm going to make you a beautiful dress, and then you'll be noticed for you're so pretty and I'll be noticed for my dress design, and we'll go into the international competition, where I'll make another dress for you and you'll model for me again and.." Tomoyo started babbling with stars in her eyes.
Sakura sweat dropped, "Um..Tomoyo-chan, my dear Tomoyo-chan.. please don't get your hopes up about me entering this competition, I really don't want to walk in front of thousands of people and.." She trailed off blushing.
Tomoyo paled. "You're not going to enter?"
Tomoyo's voice quivered, "You're not going to start my career?"
Tomoyo's voice quivered a bit more. "You're going to shatter my dream of becoming a fashion designer?"
Tomoyo's eyes started to get watery.
"Tomoyo-channnn!" Sakura tried to calm her over-enthusiastic friend down. I haven't made any promises yet."
"Wahh! Sakura-chan, how could you?" Tomoyo turned around and covered her face.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura attempts to get some sense into her hysterical friend.
"You don't care about anyone but yourself Sakura-chan, you're so mean and inconsiderate, I can't believe you'll destroy my chance of fame!" Tomoyo looked at Sakura, her eyes staring at her intensely.
Sakura only nodded, she was being sent on a guilt trip by her best friend.
"All you have to do is walk around on stage, I have to make you the dress, hours and hours of work Sakura-chan, don't you even care?" Tomoyo shrieked some more.
"That's my point Tomoyo, you wouldn't have to work that hard if.."
"Don't you see Sakura? I like designing, and I like it even more when other people analyze and appreciate my work, and Sakura-chan this is the perfect chance!"
'The plan isn't working this time argh..Tomoyo think, think, think, this plan is failing, Sakura-chan isn't that gullible after all. The guilt trip always works on her! Sakura is too sweet for her own good. How come it didn't work this time! It worked the last few times I tried! Or maybe I did it to many times and she's catching on to me.' Tomoyo thought to herself.
"Tomoyo-chan?"
"Nani?"
"I was asking if you were alright with it."
"Huh? Alright with what?" Tomoyo asked oblivious to what Sakura was saying when she was in her own thoughts.
"If you were alright if Mina modeled for you," Sakura asked again.
"Huh? Mina? But she'll never make it into the national or international stage!"
"So let me get this straight, you're expecting Sakura Kinomoto to get through to the international stage whilst beautiful, sweet Mina-chan doesn't?" Sakura asked not believing what she's hearing.
"Hai!" Tomoyo answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"As if!" Sakura threw her hands in the air and started walking towards the school again.
Tomoyo sighs, she'll never get Sakura to agree if she keeps her persistency.
"Its OK Sakura it's really your decision!" Tomoyo tried one last time on the guilt trip, unfortunately, Sakura was too naïve to realize that she wasn't meaning what she said.
"Domo Arigato Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura spun around and hugged her best friend.
"It's okay Sakura-chan," Tomoyo sighed again.
(In the classroom)
"Hey did you guys hear about the Tomoeda modeling contest?" Naoko asked dramatically.
"Hai!" Tomoyo answered cheerfully giving a Sakura a meaningful look.
Being as naïve as usual Sakura didn't notice.
"Hey Sakura are you going to enter? My mom said that if I wanted to I can but I wanted to make sure that some of my friends are going too!" Chiharu asked excitedly.
"Sorry, but I'm not going," Sakura said sincerely.
The whole classroom fell silent and stared at her.
"Hoeee.." Sakura blushed feeling very embarrassed at the sudden change of atmosphere.
"Um.. Sakura it's just that everyone thought that you out of all people would have attended this contest!" Rika asked not believing what she heard from Sakura earlier.
"Well.hehe.I'm not?" She grinned shyly.
"Konnichiwa Mina-chan!" Tomoyo greeted someone behind Sakura.
"Hey Tomoyo," Mina answered, "Sakura-chan!"
"Ohayou!" Sakura smiled her usual sweet smile.
"Hey are you going to enter the Tomoeda modeling contest?"
"Nani..? Why does everyone want to enter?" Sakura asked now surprised.
"Because it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" Mina answered.
"Hey Mina-chan, I'm entering too, we can enter together!" Chiharu shouted excitedly.
"Sugoi!"
"Hey don't forget about me!" Someone else shouted.
"And Me!"
"Me too!"
"Hey, same here!"
Sakura blinked a few times. "How come everyone's going?" Sakura asked to nobody in particular.
Tomoyo patted Sakura on the back, "I guess you're the only one not entering."
"Ohayou minnasan," Yokobi sensei smiled as he entered the classroom.
"Ohayou gozaimasu Yokobi sensei!" the class chorused.
"Before we start class I'd like to clear some things up for everyone. I've had more than a few students coming up to me requesting an excursion to Tomoeda Exhibition Hall for the coming up modeling contest Tenshi - Angel. Some of you had asked to join the contest also, and I don't see why not."
At this a few students cheered.
"But this is not just a day wasted. I would like you all to do a report on a textile item displayed during the show. So I would like to give you all a brochure on the contest, and you have a half the lesson to discuss with your partner on which aspect or item of this you are going to analyze. I expect a full page report from each of you a week after the contest."
At this everyone groaned.
"Any questions?" When no one raised their hand he continued, "Yamasaki, please hand these out."
"Hai!"
-Sakura and Tomoyo-
"Wow look at this, it says that there would be three destinations for the three contests, I hope they're all in Japan, so we can go see them all!" Sakura asked looking at the brochure.
"And it says that if you got past the first round you may take 2 friend or family member with you to cheer you on and the flight tickets and hotels would be free of charge to the contestants and her party!"
"Wow, hey where are the destinations Tomoyo?"
"Matte, hmm lets see ah.. The first contest would be held in every town, state or country depending on the population of that country." Tomoyo read off the brochure.
"Wow, the whole world.. this is going to be very difficult."
"Yeah and look here Sakura, the second destination would be California in America, and the third destination would be." Tomoyo squinted her eyes to see the small Kanji symbols, "Hong Kong, China! Too bad none of us Tomoedeans are going to make it to that level.. too bad," Tomoyo sighed.
"Hey Tomoyo, you don't know that, Mina-chan might make it!"
-Chiharu and Yamasaki-
"Hey Yamasaki, check out all the judges!"
"Huh, that brunette?"
"Huh? No that hot guy with the gorgeous blonde hair! So they're the ones who would be judging the second round! I wish I can make it and meet them!"
"Chiharu, I'm hurt, I thought you liked me!"
"Aww, don't be mad at me Yamasaki-channn.."
"Ughh.. don't call me that, it makes me feel like a little boy. Hey Chiharu, did you know that Modeling was invented to tell witches apart from.."
"Whatever Yamasaki, give it a rest!"
"And Chiharu did you know that if Sakura-chan enters, she might make it into the internationals!"
"You know what, that's actually not a lie!"
"I can if I want to and did you.."
-Mina and Naoko-
"What dress am I going to wear Naoko-chan?"
"You'll look nice in anything Mina, I don't know what I'll wear!"
"Naoko, you're so pretty! If only you take off your glasses that is..and if you put your hair up like that girl from sleeping beauty.. oh.. what's her name?"
"Belle," Naoko answered
"Trust the bookworm," both girls started giggling.
"Oh, and you can make a evening gown like Belle too as gowns are the clothing we models have to strut out for the first round," Mina winked.
"Even ones that aren't strutting out are wearing gowns," Naoko said not looking up from the brochure.
"Eh? How come?" Tomoyo joined their conversation.
"It says here that all attendants of Tenshi contest has to dress formally as guest speakers are invited."
"That means I can still make Sakura-chan a dress anyways!"
"Tomoyo-chan.. that means you also have to make a dress your self," Sakura pondered out loud.
"Your point?"
"I don't know, won't you be busy?" Sakura looked at Tomoyo seriously.
"Anything for kawaii Sakura-chan~" Tomoyo twirled and sat in the group again.
"The sponsors of this contest must be really, really rich, if I were that rich, I wouldn't be wasting my money on modeling!"
"But Sakura-chan, they get even more famous than they already are if the contest is popular."
"Which it is." Naoko put in.
"Hai, and the sponsors are one of the final judges and the blonde one is so cute!!" Mina squealed.
Tomoyo scanned the little leaflet, "The brochure it says that the judges' identities are to remain unknown until the final! Also, one of the judges would meet all the contestants of the final round and see their personality as well as they say you can't judge a book-"
"Book? What book?" Naoko interrupted.
"-by it's cover," Tomoyo finished off.
The girls started laughing at Naoko's enthusiasm towards books.
"Wow really? Wouldn't that be so many people and languages to remember if they have to meet each contestant?"
"Not really, there are only five finalists!"
"FIVE? You're kidding right? Out of the whole world, FIVE people!" Mina shrieked in shock.
"Russia hear you yet Mina?" Naoko remarked sarcastically.
Mina ignored her and focused her attention on Tomoyo again.
"Are you serious? Only five people?"
"Why wouldn't I be serious?"
Mina sighed.
-The day of the Contest-
"Class, may I have your attention?" Yokobi sensei gathered everyone up infront of Tomoeda Exhibition Hall.
"As most of you already know, the ones who are in this contest are to line up in entrance 5 after getting changed with the ones who are only spectators, after you finish on the runway, write your name on the list provided at the exit, remember your number as well, it would be given to you as you exit. The ones who are not entering this contest will sit with me in the audience, meaning all you boys," Yokobi sensei directed a look towards the guys.
Author's Notes: I'm formerly known as SnowBunny but I decided to start fresh as I haven't updated in a year. I decided to edit this story. I only changed it a bit though. The characters I tried not to make OOC. I hope you like the revised version just as much as the one before! Review ne?
I've also got another story going at the moment. Anata wo Shinjinasai ; Believe in you. It's for slightly more mature readers as it contains some swearing and violence but I hope you guys enjoy it ^.^
Yuu-chan
Disclaimer: Cardcaptor Sakura is the property of CLAMP - Kondasha - NHK - NEP21 ©1996-2003 Licensed by Nelvana/Pioneer and KidsWB. All rights reserved. Yuu-chan does not own Cardcaptor Sakura or its characters.
Chapter 1
A very excited Tomoyo Daidouji came running up to her best friend waving a coloured poster around. "Ahh Sakura-chan! You won't believe it!"
Sakura blinked, "What is it Tomoyo?"
"Tomoeda is holding a modelling competition!" she screamed in enthusiasm.
"So?"
"You're going to enter!"
"No I'm not," Sakura turned around and started walking towards the school
"Yes you are! And I'm going to make you a beautiful dress, and then you'll be noticed for you're so pretty and I'll be noticed for my dress design, and we'll go into the international competition, where I'll make another dress for you and you'll model for me again and.." Tomoyo started babbling with stars in her eyes.
Sakura sweat dropped, "Um..Tomoyo-chan, my dear Tomoyo-chan.. please don't get your hopes up about me entering this competition, I really don't want to walk in front of thousands of people and.." She trailed off blushing.
Tomoyo paled. "You're not going to enter?"
Tomoyo's voice quivered, "You're not going to start my career?"
Tomoyo's voice quivered a bit more. "You're going to shatter my dream of becoming a fashion designer?"
Tomoyo's eyes started to get watery.
"Tomoyo-channnn!" Sakura tried to calm her over-enthusiastic friend down. I haven't made any promises yet."
"Wahh! Sakura-chan, how could you?" Tomoyo turned around and covered her face.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura attempts to get some sense into her hysterical friend.
"You don't care about anyone but yourself Sakura-chan, you're so mean and inconsiderate, I can't believe you'll destroy my chance of fame!" Tomoyo looked at Sakura, her eyes staring at her intensely.
Sakura only nodded, she was being sent on a guilt trip by her best friend.
"All you have to do is walk around on stage, I have to make you the dress, hours and hours of work Sakura-chan, don't you even care?" Tomoyo shrieked some more.
"That's my point Tomoyo, you wouldn't have to work that hard if.."
"Don't you see Sakura? I like designing, and I like it even more when other people analyze and appreciate my work, and Sakura-chan this is the perfect chance!"
'The plan isn't working this time argh..Tomoyo think, think, think, this plan is failing, Sakura-chan isn't that gullible after all. The guilt trip always works on her! Sakura is too sweet for her own good. How come it didn't work this time! It worked the last few times I tried! Or maybe I did it to many times and she's catching on to me.' Tomoyo thought to herself.
"Tomoyo-chan?"
"Nani?"
"I was asking if you were alright with it."
"Huh? Alright with what?" Tomoyo asked oblivious to what Sakura was saying when she was in her own thoughts.
"If you were alright if Mina modeled for you," Sakura asked again.
"Huh? Mina? But she'll never make it into the national or international stage!"
"So let me get this straight, you're expecting Sakura Kinomoto to get through to the international stage whilst beautiful, sweet Mina-chan doesn't?" Sakura asked not believing what she's hearing.
"Hai!" Tomoyo answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"As if!" Sakura threw her hands in the air and started walking towards the school again.
Tomoyo sighs, she'll never get Sakura to agree if she keeps her persistency.
"Its OK Sakura it's really your decision!" Tomoyo tried one last time on the guilt trip, unfortunately, Sakura was too naïve to realize that she wasn't meaning what she said.
"Domo Arigato Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura spun around and hugged her best friend.
"It's okay Sakura-chan," Tomoyo sighed again.
(In the classroom)
"Hey did you guys hear about the Tomoeda modeling contest?" Naoko asked dramatically.
"Hai!" Tomoyo answered cheerfully giving a Sakura a meaningful look.
Being as naïve as usual Sakura didn't notice.
"Hey Sakura are you going to enter? My mom said that if I wanted to I can but I wanted to make sure that some of my friends are going too!" Chiharu asked excitedly.
"Sorry, but I'm not going," Sakura said sincerely.
The whole classroom fell silent and stared at her.
"Hoeee.." Sakura blushed feeling very embarrassed at the sudden change of atmosphere.
"Um.. Sakura it's just that everyone thought that you out of all people would have attended this contest!" Rika asked not believing what she heard from Sakura earlier.
"Well.hehe.I'm not?" She grinned shyly.
"Konnichiwa Mina-chan!" Tomoyo greeted someone behind Sakura.
"Hey Tomoyo," Mina answered, "Sakura-chan!"
"Ohayou!" Sakura smiled her usual sweet smile.
"Hey are you going to enter the Tomoeda modeling contest?"
"Nani..? Why does everyone want to enter?" Sakura asked now surprised.
"Because it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" Mina answered.
"Hey Mina-chan, I'm entering too, we can enter together!" Chiharu shouted excitedly.
"Sugoi!"
"Hey don't forget about me!" Someone else shouted.
"And Me!"
"Me too!"
"Hey, same here!"
Sakura blinked a few times. "How come everyone's going?" Sakura asked to nobody in particular.
Tomoyo patted Sakura on the back, "I guess you're the only one not entering."
"Ohayou minnasan," Yokobi sensei smiled as he entered the classroom.
"Ohayou gozaimasu Yokobi sensei!" the class chorused.
"Before we start class I'd like to clear some things up for everyone. I've had more than a few students coming up to me requesting an excursion to Tomoeda Exhibition Hall for the coming up modeling contest Tenshi - Angel. Some of you had asked to join the contest also, and I don't see why not."
At this a few students cheered.
"But this is not just a day wasted. I would like you all to do a report on a textile item displayed during the show. So I would like to give you all a brochure on the contest, and you have a half the lesson to discuss with your partner on which aspect or item of this you are going to analyze. I expect a full page report from each of you a week after the contest."
At this everyone groaned.
"Any questions?" When no one raised their hand he continued, "Yamasaki, please hand these out."
"Hai!"
-Sakura and Tomoyo-
"Wow look at this, it says that there would be three destinations for the three contests, I hope they're all in Japan, so we can go see them all!" Sakura asked looking at the brochure.
"And it says that if you got past the first round you may take 2 friend or family member with you to cheer you on and the flight tickets and hotels would be free of charge to the contestants and her party!"
"Wow, hey where are the destinations Tomoyo?"
"Matte, hmm lets see ah.. The first contest would be held in every town, state or country depending on the population of that country." Tomoyo read off the brochure.
"Wow, the whole world.. this is going to be very difficult."
"Yeah and look here Sakura, the second destination would be California in America, and the third destination would be." Tomoyo squinted her eyes to see the small Kanji symbols, "Hong Kong, China! Too bad none of us Tomoedeans are going to make it to that level.. too bad," Tomoyo sighed.
"Hey Tomoyo, you don't know that, Mina-chan might make it!"
-Chiharu and Yamasaki-
"Hey Yamasaki, check out all the judges!"
"Huh, that brunette?"
"Huh? No that hot guy with the gorgeous blonde hair! So they're the ones who would be judging the second round! I wish I can make it and meet them!"
"Chiharu, I'm hurt, I thought you liked me!"
"Aww, don't be mad at me Yamasaki-channn.."
"Ughh.. don't call me that, it makes me feel like a little boy. Hey Chiharu, did you know that Modeling was invented to tell witches apart from.."
"Whatever Yamasaki, give it a rest!"
"And Chiharu did you know that if Sakura-chan enters, she might make it into the internationals!"
"You know what, that's actually not a lie!"
"I can if I want to and did you.."
-Mina and Naoko-
"What dress am I going to wear Naoko-chan?"
"You'll look nice in anything Mina, I don't know what I'll wear!"
"Naoko, you're so pretty! If only you take off your glasses that is..and if you put your hair up like that girl from sleeping beauty.. oh.. what's her name?"
"Belle," Naoko answered
"Trust the bookworm," both girls started giggling.
"Oh, and you can make a evening gown like Belle too as gowns are the clothing we models have to strut out for the first round," Mina winked.
"Even ones that aren't strutting out are wearing gowns," Naoko said not looking up from the brochure.
"Eh? How come?" Tomoyo joined their conversation.
"It says here that all attendants of Tenshi contest has to dress formally as guest speakers are invited."
"That means I can still make Sakura-chan a dress anyways!"
"Tomoyo-chan.. that means you also have to make a dress your self," Sakura pondered out loud.
"Your point?"
"I don't know, won't you be busy?" Sakura looked at Tomoyo seriously.
"Anything for kawaii Sakura-chan~" Tomoyo twirled and sat in the group again.
"The sponsors of this contest must be really, really rich, if I were that rich, I wouldn't be wasting my money on modeling!"
"But Sakura-chan, they get even more famous than they already are if the contest is popular."
"Which it is." Naoko put in.
"Hai, and the sponsors are one of the final judges and the blonde one is so cute!!" Mina squealed.
Tomoyo scanned the little leaflet, "The brochure it says that the judges' identities are to remain unknown until the final! Also, one of the judges would meet all the contestants of the final round and see their personality as well as they say you can't judge a book-"
"Book? What book?" Naoko interrupted.
"-by it's cover," Tomoyo finished off.
The girls started laughing at Naoko's enthusiasm towards books.
"Wow really? Wouldn't that be so many people and languages to remember if they have to meet each contestant?"
"Not really, there are only five finalists!"
"FIVE? You're kidding right? Out of the whole world, FIVE people!" Mina shrieked in shock.
"Russia hear you yet Mina?" Naoko remarked sarcastically.
Mina ignored her and focused her attention on Tomoyo again.
"Are you serious? Only five people?"
"Why wouldn't I be serious?"
Mina sighed.
-The day of the Contest-
"Class, may I have your attention?" Yokobi sensei gathered everyone up infront of Tomoeda Exhibition Hall.
"As most of you already know, the ones who are in this contest are to line up in entrance 5 after getting changed with the ones who are only spectators, after you finish on the runway, write your name on the list provided at the exit, remember your number as well, it would be given to you as you exit. The ones who are not entering this contest will sit with me in the audience, meaning all you boys," Yokobi sensei directed a look towards the guys.
Author's Notes: I'm formerly known as SnowBunny but I decided to start fresh as I haven't updated in a year. I decided to edit this story. I only changed it a bit though. The characters I tried not to make OOC. I hope you like the revised version just as much as the one before! Review ne?
I've also got another story going at the moment. Anata wo Shinjinasai ; Believe in you. It's for slightly more mature readers as it contains some swearing and violence but I hope you guys enjoy it ^.^
Yuu-chan