Oh no. Tomoyo's going too far with the outfits now. I wish she would stop with the dumb schemes to bring me and Sakura closer then we already are. Sakura's my best friend, for Goodness sake. I shouldn't have told Tomoyo in the first place.
Flashback
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! We watched as the 'Fight' card started to come closer to Sakura, a power so apparent to us in her eyes. Fight raised her fist and brought it close to Sakura, aiming to ram it into her head.
Sakura ducked, but not quickly enough when the fight kicked Sakura. I closed my eyes, as I watched Sakura fall back on the ground wincing in pain. The fight stalked towards Sakura silently, making its way behind her. Now I was angry.
"SAKURA! WATCH OUT!" Well that was pointless anyway as the Fight lifted her arm and swung it around aiming for Sakura's head again, but she had hit the air, coz I pushed Sakura out of the way.
"Look," I whispered urgently. "You have to recover, maybe Kero can give you a bit of advice, when I weaken her, you have to be ready to seal Fight, okay?"
She just looked at me, nodding. I got up, my sword ready, when Meilin shouted. "SYAORAN, I'M RIGHT HERE FOR YOU!" Momentarily, I glared at her, and then remembered the task at hand.
I watched Sakura slink away, I lifted my head up and almost winced at Fights penetrating stare. She's worse then my mother.
"YOU NEVER, EVER, ATTACK SOMEONE BEHIND THEIR BACK!" I yelled, provoking her.
Fight glared at me, it didn't do anything, just glared. I positioned myself in my martial arts fighting stance, side on, one arm bent above my head, the other bent blow my head. She drove towards me, she was quick, but I had watched her previously when Sakura was battling her. I knew what I had to do. It would be difficult, but Sakura had to seal the card.
"YOU'RE A COWARD! IT'S ONE OF THE MOST SCUMMIEST, COWARDLY, THINGS TO DO!" I continued yelling, focusing at the same time, she was getting closer, when-
I dodged, just in time, my speed almost matching hers. Her eyes widened, realizing she hadn't hit me. She drove for me again; her head was bent down, her arms raised as if to hit me. She leapt a meter before me, and then jumped.
I was surprised, which lost me about a second, but ducked to my right then left. I knew she was feinting, when she jumped, towards my left but her leg aimed at my right. I dodged her of all accounts.
I could tell she was getting tired. , her speed and power wearing her out. I let her try to attack me one more time. This time, I would fight back, because she was already weaker then before, I could weaken her by making her fight.
"YOU'RE A CHICKEN!" Lame, I know, but I had to do something to provoke her.
She headed straight towards me; I whipped out one of my cards.
"God of Thunder, I call thee!" I yelled as I raised my sword, and slapped the card against it. Being almost as powerful as thunder itself, Fight felt the power surge throughout her, she was practically fighting herself.
I looked at Sakura, change of plans.
"Sakura!" I yelled. "Use Windy to bind her, then seal Fight, okay?" She nodded in understanding, I heard Kero yell,
"I was going to tell her that!"
I sighed in frustration, dumb, dumb thing. To be honest, he looked like a plush toy injected with animal DNA.
Kero who was right beside her said, "Now!"
Sakura raised her wand and nodded. "Right." I eyed Fight, she was fighting against thunder. Then I turned my attention to Sakura, urging her on with my eyes.
She closed her eyes, summoning the energy required to call upon Windy. She raised Windy's card form and tossed it in the air. The wind teased her hair.
"WIND, BECOME A BINDING CHAIN" Sakura twirled her wand above her head. Her eyes were still closed, as she stopped twirling her wand and brought it down to the card.
"WINDY!"
I watched the wand made contact with the card, electric blue circles emitted out of it as Windy started to form. Windy came out of her card, her blue and yellow form taking place. The complex symbol underneath Sakura, started glow more powerfully, and sending out a glow around her.
I bit my lip as Fight got out of my Thunder ball. She turned her gaze towards me, then towards the tendrils surrounding her. She was being imprisoned once more. Her look changed to horror, as she tried to break free.
"JUMP" Yelled Sakura as she hit another Clow Card. Little wings sprouted on her ankles as she leapt behind Fight. Fight struggled against the bind and raised her fist forwards, attempting to hurt the invisible reigns around her.
Sakura steadied her wand as she stared determinedly at Fight.
"Return to the guise you were meant to be in." She raised her wand and yelled, "CLOW CARD!" Her wand hit the air, as a new Clow Card started to form. The form of Fight started to dissolve, as she turned into thick wisps of electric blue air, and was sucked into the new Card.
Sakura smiled as the newly reborn card trailed down to her, 'The Fight' written in big letters below it.
She looked at me and we smiled at each other. "WE DID IT!" We both yelled. Tomoyo turned herself and her camera towards me and whispered.
"You really care for Sakura, don't you Li-kun?"
I stuttered, felt my hands go clammy and paled. "I-WH-No!" I shook my head, denying everything. Yes, don't tell me, I SUCK at lying.
"Yes, you do, maybe, you might even LOVE her?" No comment, just do a no comment.
"Will you get that thing out of my face?" I shoved her camera away from my red face as she smiled.
"Too late, Li-kun. It's all on camera."
Flashback
Sakura came out and I turned away. I didn't want to see her wearing it. Even though we're in the last year of High school, grade 12, I still, yes still, have a HUMANGOUS crush on my best friend.
I heard Tomoyo giggling, and yelling out kawaii. Oh no, if she yelled kawaii, that means the outfit MUST look REALLY good on Sakura. Oh, crap.
(Insert music here: You know the quirky music that always plays in CCS, when something really odd or silly is happening? Pretend it's playing now…I love it…)
"What do you think, Syaoran?" Tomoyo had started calling me Syaoran in fifth grade, which was after we caught the 'Fight' card.
I stared at the ground below me. I would not look at my best friend, Sakura, in an outfit that I strongly disagreed with. Why did I disagree with it? Because I knew, if I saw Sakura in it, ever, it would completely distract me from whatever I would be doing at the time. Imagine trying to help her in a sticky situation, catching a card, and all I could be doing, would be looking, no, gawking at her, Not that it hadn't ever happened before.
"Mhm, yeah, it looks good." I mumbled, still having a staring contest with the floor. I could kill this girl. Dumb Tomoyo.
"But you haven't even looked at it yet! How do you know it looks good?" Tomoyo whined. Where's my pocket knife?
"Demo, demo, I looked at the outfit, an-and it looks good." Whew. Good job Syaoran. Sakura stayed silent, watching the scene as if it were a tennis match. DIE TOMOYO, DIE!
"But, how do you know if it looks good on Sakura?"
I felt like crying. How could Tomoyo do such a thing? Finally, I yanked my head up and looked her up and down. Only once, doing it several times would make me look horny, and I didn't want to make my best friend and crush feel uncomfortable.
Her outfit was black and white, Looking great with her complexion. I started going from bottom to top. On her feet, she wore white ballet shoes, the ribbon wrapping around her long legs, stopping half way under her knee. Then she wore black tights, which reach above her knees, defining her nice figure, was a white, short wrap around skirt. I gulped. Damn Tomoyo. Damn, damn, damn that Tomoyo.
Now for what she was wearing on top, it was a back top, with a bit of a v-cut, not too low, mind you, which was good. It was tight, and you could really make out her nice curvy figure, damn that Tomoyo once again. The tight sleeves only reached her elbows, and had white lace around the hem of the sleeves. The sleeves were off the shoulder, so I could see her black bra straps. TOMOYO! ARGH! I think I nearly fainted.
On top of her head, there was a white satin headband with a tiny black satin bow in the side. She looked really pretty, really, really, beautiful.
I will not be horny. I will not be horny. I'm a sincere person. Calm down. I looked at her face and smiled at her. See? Kind and sincere, no horny thoughts whatsoever, right?
She smiled back at me and my red face. "It-it looks really good, well done Tomoyo." Tomoyo smiled at me evilly. Uh oh, bad sign. Hold on, when was Tomoyo ever evil?
"So, out of ten, Syaoran, what do you give it?" She asked, not as bad as I expected. This was the usual question, and I gave her the usual answer.
"Uh, 10, as usual." I answered; I was worried when she asked me another question.
"And out of ten," she asked sweetly, returning to her old self. "What do you give Sakura for being in the outfit?"
Too far Tomoyo! I froze. I really was gonna cry now. Be kind and sincere, kind and sincere.
"Eleven!" I smiled at Sakura, as she blushed. Aw, she could never accept a compliment, but fed others compliments all day long.
"Eleven? Ohohohohohoh!" When will she ever learn? I stared around Tomoyo's mansion, avoiding staring at Sakura.
"Ano, Tomoyo-The zipper is stuck on- on the skirt. I don't know how, it just is. Gomen Ne…" Sakura was clutching her skirt, frantically trying to tug on it, to get it to move.
"Hold on Sakura, let me try," Said Tomoyo as she rushed forward. Sakura placed a hand onto Tomoyo's head as Tomoyo's fingers latched onto the zipper. She tried moving it upwards, but to no avail. She suddenly turned to me.
"Syaoran, could you please try?" Tomoyo asked.
When I was younger, and still had a massive crush on Sakura, if I was ever asked to go close to Sakura, I would turn read and run away. Don't laugh; I was in grade four okay? We all had our weird things.
Now, if I did something as stupid as that here, it would just seem childish. So, being the strong mature man I am, I calmly walked forward and Tomoyo moved out the way.
I bent down, and I felt Sakura's hand on top of my head. Oh no, I have that strong impulse to run away again. I fumbled with the zipper, and tried to pry it off the fabric it was caught on.
Only Sakura made it ten times difficult by absently playing with my hair. Not that I didn't mind. I continued fumbling with the zipper.
"You still have the same messy hair Syaoran." Sakura giggled. Oh no, was this a compliment, or an insult? Should I be worried, should I make an appointment with my hairdresser?
"Don't worry, it's a compliment! I love your messy hair!" She giggled. She likes my messy hair! Oh no, I was turning red again for the umpteenth time. I fiddled with the zipper once more.
I listened to their conversation as they talked about my hair. They're saying things like, "I know right, Samara told me that most girls think his hair is sexy." They giggled more. "Did you know that Syaoran has fan girls?" "Like the one's Touya had when he was in high school?" "Yup, and Hirogi told me that whenever Syaoran has soccer practice, girls come and sneak a peak at him shirtless and in shorts in the locker rooms." More frantic giggling.
Wait, hold up, they looked at me in the locker rooms, thank God I never had showers there…I HAVE FANGIRLS?
"You guys, shut. Up." Wowee, I sure told them. I hope they didn't see my extremely red face. Again. I swear to myself, I am a ticking time bomb of redness. My whole body seems to be cooped up with all this furious blushing. All I ever do is Blush. Blush, blush, blush, blush, blush.
"Aha, got it!" I said triumphantly. The girls looked at me, and I brought the zipper up then down again, showing them I had won the battle against the evil zipper.
"Thanks Syaoran!" said both girls appreciatively and they both ruffled my hair, at the same time.
How dare they ruffle my hair? How could they touch the soft feathers upon my handsome head and mess it up? No, I'm just kidding, they know I love it when they fluff my hair.
It glanced at the time. It was 7:30 in the night and it was a Sunday, I had to sleep because I stayed up all night yesterday on the computer, talking to Sakura, Tomoyo, Takashi, Chiharu, Meilin and Akito. I got up and said, "You guys, I have to leave now, Wei is probably waiting up for me."
They turned towards me and hugged me, First Tomoyo then Sakura. I love these girls, in their own special ways. Even Tomoyo, I love her as if she's my little sister, and I love Sakura, as in love Sakura. So it's always hard for me to be around her, trying to hold my feelings in.
I hugged them both back and walked to my place. As I predicted, Wei was patiently waiting for me and took my jacket.
"Master Li." Came his calm voice. I nodded towards him and gave him a smile. Wei was a fatherly figure to me, and I told him that many times, but he still used custom formalities.
I walked to my bedroom and flopped on my bed. The light flooded my green chamber, soaking me in warmth as I thought about Sakura.
Sakura, Sakura, Sakura, Sakura. I smiled as I got into my blankets.
Sakura.
Disclaimer: I don't own Card Captor Sakura. Neither do you. Harsh reality, isn't it?