Author's Notes: Hey, I'm back with the sequel to my other fic. I hope everyone likes this one as much or even more than the first. Who thinks Alan will come back and be the bad guy? I'm just wondering . . .
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Disclaimer: I don't own CCS.
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*~* Chapter One *~*
The Secret Christmas
"WAAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUPPPPP, SAKUUUURAAA! IT'S CHRISTMAS MOORRRRRNNNINGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Sakura rolled over in her bed and groaned, covering her ears. "Shut. Up."
"NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! It's CHRISTMAS MORNING! I can't wait! All of the yummy cakes and cookies, the pudding and the pies . . ."
"And all of the cavities . . ." muttered Sakura. "Look, it's only five in the morning. Go back to sleep and we'll wake up la-"
Suddenly her door flew open and Syaoran rushed in, closing the door behind him. "MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!"
Sakura sat up in defeat. It was obvious that she wasn't going to get any sleep that morning. "Not you too," she groaned.
Syaoran pulled her sluggish body out of the bed. "Get dressed," he told her. "I've got a surprise for you. And you too, Kero."
Kero let out a gasp of surprise. "REALLY?!!! You shouldn't have!"
Sakura eyed the phony acting guardian and pulled some clothes from her dresser. She went into the bathroom, grumbling all the way.
Syaoran shook his head. "What's wrong with her?"
Kero shrugged. "She's got no Christmas spirit."
Syaoran flopped down on Sakura's bed. He sighed, catching a whiff of her wonderful fragrance. "Too bad we couldn't have a big party here, with the Chinese government against Christianity and all." A/N: Is that right? I won't get to that part of world history until next year . . .
Kero's stomach rumbled loudly. "Come ooooooooooonnnnnnnn, Sakura!" whined Kero. "I'm huuuuunnnnnnngggggggrrrrrrryyyyyyyy!"
She emerged form the bathroom, an angry scowl on her face. "Do you have to be so loud?"
Kero nodded. "Alright, gak . . . I mean, Syaoran, let's go get that surprise!"
Syaoran grabbed a coat for Sakura and pulled her out of her room with Kero flying above their heads. He led them outside and into his car.
Sakura sighed. "What's going on? Where are we going?"
Syaoran smiled. "Just put this on."
Sakura stared at the handkerchief in Syaoran's hand. She lifted an eyebrow.
"Come on. Please," he said.
Sakura reluctantly put it across her eyes. She sat back in the seat, trying to relax.
She could hardly believe that it had only been two weeks since the whole Alan thing. But all of it was far from being forgotten. Lately she had the feeling that she was being watched and she wondered if it had anything to do with Alan. Part of her said that it was impossible- Syaoran killed him, right? But another part argued that he was somehow still around . . .
Sakura forced those thoughts into the back of her mind. Syaoran has planned something special for me today. I won't ruin it by thinking of things like that.
She was surprised when the car suddenly came to a halt. "Syaoran?"
"Just sit there. I'll come get you."
Sakura sat in the car with her arms crossed over her chest. "Can't you just tell me- ahhhh!"
Syaoran scooped Sakura up into his arms and closed the door after Kero flew out. "Now you won't have to trip all over the place."
Sakura was so surprised that she just lay in his arms as he walked. What's going on?
Syaoran suddenly stopped. He placed Sakura onto her feet. "Take off your blindfold," he whispered.
She did so and gasped. Their little cabin in the woods was decorated in bright Christmas lights. The garden was also decorated with little reindeer and elves. The whole place looked very Christmas-y and Sakura loved it.
The door to the cabin suddenly flew open.
"You guys finally made it!" cried Xiefa. "Come on in!"
Syaoran pulled Sakura across the snow-covered grass. Sakura was surprised to see a large group of people inside having a party.
The inside of the cabin was also decorated with a huge tree and lights. The smell of cookies and cakes being baked filled the air. Soft Christmas music was being played in the background.
"I thought that you'd be feeling a little homesick and so I decided to throw you a party," Syaoran told her.
Sakura threw her arms around him. "This is wonderful. Thank you all!"
Kero's eyes grew wide at the sight of cookies and eggnog on the kitchen table. "This is heaven. Hmmm . . ." He began to attack the food.
"Now that the guest of honor is here, let's open our gifts!" suggested Klein. "You first, Sakura."
She approached the Christmas tree. Underneath were hundreds of gifts. "Which ones are mine?"
Syaoran smiled. "All of the ones wrapped in pink."
The pink packages made up the majority of the gifts. Sakura's eyes welled up with tears.
She sat on the floor and pulled out a flat wide box. The label read:
Sakura eagerly pulled off the paper and opened the box. A sweat drop appeared on the back of her head when she was what it was. "Umm, thanks Sunni. I appreciate it," she muttered, forcing back a fit of giggles.
Sanori eyed Sunni's gift. "Really, what a selfish thing to do!"
He smiled. "I don't want her to forget me. A big painting of me will help her remember."
Sakura took out another box. This one was from all of Li's sisters. She opened this present and laughed. There was a large black book in the box. "I'm going to enjoy looking at this one!" she giggled. Syaoran snatched the book off of the floor, frowning. "I've gotta screen this first . . ." Sakura shook her head and pulled out another box, this one small. It was from Sanori. She opened the box and gasped. "This is beautiful!" She pulled out the necklace ruby and diamond and held it up to the light. "It was my mother's," she replied. "I want you to have it because you remind me of her so much." Syaoran was getting restless. "Alright! Just open mine already! It's the one next to your foot." She picked up the box. It was long and sort of heavy. I wonder what it is . . . Sakura lifted the lid to the box. "Oh, wow!" She pulled out a sword just like Syaoran's, but hers had a pink hilt instead of a green one. "How did you know that I wanted one?" "I heard you telling Xiefa that you would like to learn some sword techniques. I can give you lessons." Sakura jumped up off of the floor and ran over to Syaoran. Everyone backed away from them, avoiding the sharp blade of Sakura's sword. He took it from her as she gave him a big hug. "Give me this before you hurt someone!" He placed the gift on the table and swept her into his arms. "I want to dance with you for a while . . ." Sakura looked around the small cramped cabin full of people. "Well . . . you see, dear, there's no room . . ." Syaoran sent his family a look and they all smiled knowingly. "Let's just go out to the shrine . . ." suggested Klein with a wink When they'd gone, Sakura playfully smacked him in the arm. "It's freezing outside!" Syaoran grinned. "Don't worry- they know a couple of spells that will take care of that. And besides, I could tell that something was bothering you this morning." Sakura buried her head in his chest. "Of course something was wrong with me- you and Kero woke me up at the crack of dawn." Syaoran smiled. "No, not that. Is everything okay? We haven't had much time to talk in private with the whole Alan business." Sakura closed her eyes. "I've been thinking . . ." "Yes . . ." "Everything's been great here. But we're both forgetting that I'll have to return to Japan to finish school. And none of my friends or family know about our engagement," she replied. Syaoran winced, thinking about Touya. "Hmmm, good point." "Yeah." They were silent for a while. "How about I go back to Japan with you?" Sakura looked up at Syaoran. "What?" "I could go back to Japan with you. We could announce our engagement to everyone and I could see all of my old friends again," Syaoran replied. "B-but what about the clan? What will they-" "They'll have to deal with it," he told her. "Don't worry about any of that. I'll handle it." Tears began to well up in Sakura's eyes. She'd been so afraid that she would have had to leave Syaoran to finish high school. Sakura placed a kiss on his lips. He's so good to me . . . *~* Mei-lin stood in dark corner, unnoticed by the two lovebirds, who were now making out. She glared at Kinomoto. This whole stupid party had been arranged just for her just like they'd bought tons of gifts JUST FOR HER. Syaoran's supposed to be mine, not hers. Damn you Alan! So much for your brilliant plan. Now Syaoran was leaving her for who knows how long to go to Japan. But she hadn't given up now. No way! Mei-lin would go to Japan with them, claiming that she wanted to see her old fronds too. There she would slowly break their relationship apart and make her move on Syaoran. Watch out, Kinomoto! *~* Kero flew out of the kitchen, his mouth full of food. It had just gotten suspiciously quiet in the cabin. He knew that something was up. His blood began to boil when he spotted the gaki with his filthy gaki arms around his mistress, his filthy gaki mouth on his beautiful mistress's lips. "YO! Back off there, boy! No kissing until you two are married!" he cried, smacking Syaoran on the back of his head with his tail. "I thought I told you the rules!" Sakura backed away from Syaoran, her face pink. "Rules?" "You know- no kissing, no touching in inappropriate places . . . the usual," muttered Syaoran, rubbing his head. "We can't even hold hands." "That's right! And you've just broken the rules, gaki!" shouted Kero. Sakura frowned. "Calm down. I kissed him because I was happy that he decided to come to Japan with us." "WHAT? No way!" She shook her head. "You two were all buddy-buddy like at the house but now . . ." "I DON'T WANT THAT GAKI COMING WITH US! I'm tiered of looking at him," whined Kero. "And that was only because I suspected there would be goodies in that surprise . . ." Before Sakura could continue her argument with Kero, the door to the cabin flew open. Xiefa and her sisters stumbled into the room. "What's this I heard about going to Japan?" asked Feimei, her eyes glowing with delight. Fanren and Fuutie nodded eagerly. Xiefa smiled. "Are you two going back to Japan?" "No!" cried Syaoran. "Yes," replied Sakura. She eyed her fiancé. What was wrong with him? "Great!" Xiefa said. "We haven't been to Japan in SUCH a long time! You two wouldn't mind if we tagged along?" "Yes, we would!" Syaoran hissed. "No way. I'm not taking you guys!" "Taking them where?" The adults were now standing in the door with smiles on their faces. Fuutie grinned. "Little brother just said that we could go to Japan with him! Isn't that so exciting?!" "Now wait a minute-" "That's a great idea!" murmured Sunni. "I haven't been to Japan in ages . . ." "Neither have I," put in Klein. "And I would like to meet Sakura's father and brother," Sanori added. "I would like to go too." Everyone turned around to see Mei-lin standing behind them. "After all, I have friends in Japan." "Then it's settled," announced Klein. "We're all going to Japan!" Syaoran began to bang his head against the wall. I. Can't. Get. Away. From. Them!!!!!!!! Author's Notes: So, what do you think? Good/bad? Should I continue? Please R+R!