Er... I started another story!
...Yay?
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS. If I did, then I would actually stop confusing this abbreviation with CSS. Yes, I actually do do that. Isn't that sad?
Sadie Hawkins
Early-Morning Announcements
It was a beautiful morning at Sejiou High. Homeroom was to begin in five minutes, which was why many of the students were conversing within the school gates. Outside of the gates, a limo pulled up. A girl with auburn hair seperated from the crowd upon spotting it. She waved wildly to the dark-haired girl getting out of the limo.
"Tomoyo-chan! Ohayou!" She cried, nearly tripping as she darted through the gates. The dark-haired girl had stuck her head back through the back door of the car, and was talking to the driver.
"You don't need to wait for me," she told him. "Just come back around three. That's when school ends." Then she shut the door, turning to face the excited girl that had reached the curb, panting.
"Ohayou, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo said cheerfully, greeting the exhausted girl with a smile. The black limo behind her drove off, sending dust into the air. Sakura used her arms to block her face from the dust, afraid that it might blind her. Tomoyo's hair flew into her face, blinding her momentarily.
"Konnichiwa, Daidouji-san," came a casual male voice from her right shoulder. she turned to see a smiling navy-haired boy with glasses, his chin resting on her right shoulder, staring at her and smiling politely. In an instant, Tomoyo jerked away with a cry of "Hiiragizawa-kun!", which caused Sakura to jump in surprise, seeing as she hadn't been paying attention.
"Eriol-san?" She asked, peering through the clearing dust at the figure. He cast Tomoyo an 'injured' look, and then turned to wave at Sakura.
"Konnichiwa, Sakura-san." Sakura stepped off the curb to join them.
"Ohayou Eriol-san." She turned to Tomoyo. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Stars lit up in her eyes as she pulled out a videocamera and aimed the lens at a sweatdropping Sakura. "Smile, Sakura!"
"Ehehehehe..." Sakura rubbed the back of her head nervously.
"Hey! What about me?" Eriol's face popped up in the camera screen. Tomoyo glared at him and then pushed him aside.
"Stop it, will you? You're always trying to annoy me!"
"Hm... how about no?"
"Yes would be better."
"Nope!"
"Just stop!"
"Ne-ver!" He sang.
"Argh! You're impossible!" She cried, flinging her hands in the air.
"And you like me that way," he stated cheerfully, poking her in the nose.
"Uh-huh." There was a disbelieving air in her tone.
"Yup!"
"Riiight..."
"Oh, so you don't believe me? That's mean." He pouted at Tomoyo, who just glared at him.
"So what?"
"Ah... you two do realize the bell rang?" There was a pause. They both turned to stare at her.
"No it hasn't," they both said at the same time. Sakura sighed. Attempt number 1 to stop them from arguing had failed. Eriol and Tomoyo were always arguing, mostly because Eriol liked to bother Tomoyo and she hated when he annoyed her.
"Oh. Okay then..." Sakura decided to come up with a Plan B. Luckily for her, she didn't have to, because a brown-haired blur came past; followed by a ton of screaming girls, which succeeded to distract both Eriol and Tomoyo.
"Hoe!" Sakura cried, falling backwards. The girls knocked over Eriol and Tomoyo as well, nearly breaking Tomoyo's camcorder.
"Ehehehehe... what was that...?" Sakura managed to say, her eyes becoming little swirls. She collapsed on the ground, still laughing dazedly. Tomoyo smiled, taking another opportunity to videotape Sakura befrore the bell rang - but not before she shoved Eriol out of the shot again.
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"Hau..." Sakura moaned, sinking into her seat tiredly. There was a large group of girls completly surrounding the desk behind her. Tomoyo sat to her right, smiling as she pointed her video camera at Sakura's exhausted form. Behind Tomoyo was Eriol, who was busy talking to Yamazaki Takashi, who abruptly seemed to remember something and left, leaving Eriol alone. Tomoyo sighed as Eriol started to pester her by attempting to block the camera.
"Please stop," she demanded. "It's really annoying."
Eriol just smiled innocently and stayed. Annoyed, Tomoyo turned off her video camera and put it away. Eriol didn't move and tried to get her attention, failing miserably because she would not turn to look at him at all.
The bell rang for the second time, and the door of the classroom slid open, revealing a brown-haired man in a blue suit. Eriol returned to his seat.
"Ohayou class," he said, placing a stack of folders on his desk. The girls behind Sakura scurried away, either out of the classroom or into their own seats, revealing an exhausted-looking brown-haired boy.
"Ohayou Terada-sensei," the classroom replied dutifully.
"Today, we will -" He was interrupted by the TV in the front of the classroom suddenly turning on. Sakura blinked in confusion. The TV was rarely ever used as a way to give announcements unless there was something important to convey to all of the students.
"Hello, I am Mihara Chiharu, here to tell you all very important news," she announced. There was a pause.
Another voice was heard, saying, "Today is the day of the Paper God, when all papers that you have will contain very mysterious writing. The Paper God is a man who was once -" Chiharu had stood up and disappeared from the camera's view. All the students and teachers in the school could hear "It's a lie. A lie," and then a loud choking sound. The brown-haired girl stormed back to her chair, dragging a dark-haired boy with her - Takashi. He was laughing - but none of the watchers could tell whether or not it was from nervousness or embarrassment.
"Alright! It's time for the mandatory school dance this year!" And in an instant, a chorus of groans from many of the boys and shrieks of delight from the girls were heard. Sakura moaned. These dances were always so embarrassing...
"And this year's theme: Sadie Hawkins! That's right, it's the Sadie Hawkins dance, and you also must have a partner! Or two!"
"Or seven!" Takashi's voice cut in.
"Why seven?" Chiharu couldn't help but ask.
"Because, in the 15th century, seven was the number of wives -" There was a crash as Chiharu forcefully pushed him off screen.
"Ahem. Please do not listen to anything this idiot says," Chiharu said, one of her hands clenched in a fist. Slowly, it relaxed and a smile appeared on her face. "So girls, make sure you ask your dream boy out before it's too late. The dance will be in three weeks - see you there!" Like we have a choice... Sakura thought, wondering who she could ask.
Oh, well... I might as well ask Eriol in the meantime... she decided.
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Before we get any further in this story, let us explore the sanity of the principal and his bright idea for mandatory dances.
There are some rules that go with the mandatory dances. First of all, the student must check-in with a teacher to certify that he or she actually went. Forgetting to do that... well, that's probably worth a week's detention, even if you did go to the dance.
And you don't want to know what they have for detention.
And then, you have to fit the theme of the dance in some way. Also, you had to stay the whole time - which meant four hours of torture for most people.
The parents had no problems with the mandatory dance idea. None at all. In fact, they loved it to bits. They believed it would help their anti-social kids become someone...not so anti-social. Even if it was a bit forced. They thought the principal was the brightest man on the face of the earth.
Boy, were they wrong.
The principal has admitted to being dropped on his head one too many times. That would be why he wears pajama pants and a dress shirt to school. If he wore normal clothes, the world would end. Simple as that.
Of course, none of the students know that. They think it's a rumor. There's no way the world would end if he wore normal clothes... right?
Well, THEY WILL BE PROVEN WRONG. Trust me.
Anyways, when the principal first started his job, he noticed the lack of social skills in the school.
To tell you the truth, the school wasn't really "lacking" social skills, per se, it was more like the principal thought the school was lacking social skills.
So, he decided to change that. First, he held an ICE-BREAKING PARTY. It wasn't very successful. He somehow managed to get a really big block of ice and gave all the students who went to the party ice-picks. The ice melted before they broke it, but the party was a success.
Then, he held a CHEESE AND WINE PARTY. That wasn't successful either. He had no wine, so he got grape juice instead. It turned into a full-scale food fight.
How that happened, he had no idea. Other people had an inkling - something to do with a gang war, was what the rumors said.
Then, he came up with the bright idea of MANDATORY DANCES. The dates were picked at random, and they all had different themes. They'd had a Valentine's Day dance in the middle of April, a Christmas Dance on the first day of school, and a Yay, There's No School Dance in the middle of July.
It'd become a game of what theme he'd pick and what day it'd be on. So far, the St. White's Day was rumored to be in January in two years.
Or so they said.
Yep, the principal was cra-zy...
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Sakura let out a sigh, staring at Eriol and Tomoyo, who were glaring at each other.
Actually, it was more like Tomoyo was glaring. Eriol was merely grinning. And it was quiet. Too quiet.
Then...
A huge crowd of screaming girls darted past them, disrupting the scene.
Another long silence ensued.
Sakura shifted nervously.
"I'm not going with him," Tomoyo finally said. Sakura had proposed that both of them go with Eriol so that one, they could protect Eriol from being chased around by girls like Li Syaoran was.
"But it's a good arrangement, just in case we can't find anyone else!" Sakura protested. "Onegai, Tomoyo-chan? Do it for me?" Tomoyo sighed in exasperation.
"Fine. I'll do it. For you." And then she turned to glare at Eriol. "But not for you." Eriol just smiled.
"That's fine with me, Daidouji-san." She was so mean to him sometimes...
"Good."
"Alright then." The bell rang, signaling the end of break. Sakura stood up, stretching. Tomoyo headed towards class with her, leaving Eriol, who'd been leaning against a tree. He smiled at a nearby bush before leaving.
"Good luck," he said casually, walking off - looking as if he was talking to no one. But when Eriol disappeared around the corner, a brown-haired boy popped out of the bushes.
The boy, who went by the name Li Syaoran, kneeled there in shock. How had the Hiiragizawa boy known he was there?
There was a squeal.
"There he is! Li-kun! Take me to the dance!" He bolted in fear.
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"So, are we all set for the plan?" A boy asked, arms crossed.
"All I have to do is ask, right?" Another boy replied.
"Yup. Everything else will work out on its own." Hopefully.
"Okay then, I'll try."
"Our goal is to provoke him. That's it."
"Got it."
This will be good. I hope it works...
And that's chapter one. Please note that this and Unbreakable Promise will be updated around the same time. So, in other words, I'm working on both of these at once.