Disclaimer: I don't own CCS or any of the characters; Clamp does.
A/N: Hi everyone! This is kinda like part two of 'A Change of Soul,' but it has no connection to it, except the fact that Sakura and Syaoran are together and Eriol and Tomoyo are together. Hope you all like it! And I'd like to apologize in advance if I misuse any words; I'm not that good with Japanese. ^_^ But, I didn't use very many. And sorry for taking so long. Are you ppl still with me here? Anyway, please review after reading it! It would really mean a lot to me and make a difference. ^_^ Love ya. Ja.
Summary: Syaoran and Eriol have somehow switched bodies. *conflict* What will they do next, and how will they change back? E+T and S+S
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Thinking: _____
My inputs: (______)
~*The Guys' Turn*~
by Cerulean Blue
Part Two
A young man with dark midnight blue hair, pale smooth skin, and azure eyes framed in glasses, was slowly loping to school in a cheerful mood. As he turned the corner, he bumped into a certain coffee colored hair classmate with stern auburn eyes.
"Gomen…oh it's you," said the familiar voice of Li Syaoran. He stopped himself from saying 'gomen nasai' when he realized that he collided with Hiiragizawa Eriol, whom wasn't exactly his favorite person.
"Gomen nasai, descendant," Eriol replied. "and thanks for your concern too," he said sarcastically.
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Let's just get to school so you can get out of my face, Hiiragizawa."
"That's fine with me, though I don't see why you despise me so much. After all, you do have some of my genes, little descendant," Eriol answered nonchalantly.
"You're just so annoying! Practically every time I see you, you have that mysterious smirk on your face. Don't you have anything better to do than toy with people?"
"Hai, of course I do."
"And what is that?"
"Well, to disturb you." He grinned.
Li let out a frustrated sigh and said through gritted teeth, "When we get to school, I'm ditching you, and you'd better leave me alone!"
"Whatever you say, but you wouldn't want to disappoint Sakura-san now would you?" His grin grew even wider, but Li merely glared at him and continued walking.
After a few more minutes of enmity radiating from Li and hysterics shining from Eriol, the two finally reached Seiju High School.
Finally, I can get away from that annoying baka! Li thought.
Eriol chuckled inwardly. I got to him again. I'm good He smirked. Although Li-san isn't my favorite person to be with, I have to admit that he does bring color into my day, everyday. Arguing with him is amusing for me, but aggravating for him
"Ohayo, Tomoyo-san," Li said in a much calmer and nicer tone.
The raven-haired beauty with pale purple eyes and pale creamy skin smiled pleasantly and answered back, "Ohayo, Syaoran-kun, Eriol-kun."
Eriol smiled a genuine smile and wiped off his malevolent grin. "Ohayo, sweet Tomoyo-chan." He gave her a morning kiss.
Her smile shined once again. "So you two walked to school…together?!" she asked, surprised. She obviously knew that those two couldn't survive even an hour with each other.
Eriol grinned and nodded, while Li scowled and nodded.
"Well, that must have been interesting," Tomoyo said.
"Indeed. We had a nice little chat. It was short though," Eriol answered. "My little descendant here was yelling at his great-all-powerful-sorcerer-ancestor. His words pieced my heart like a million daggers," he pretended, and put on a fake sad puppy face.
So Tomoyo decided to play along. "Syaoran-kun! How could you be so rude to your ancestor/my poor Eriol-kun? He's so sweet. You should be sorry." Her words were dripping with irony.
"Yea, Li-san. Did you hear what she just said?" Eriol added.
"Oh, stop it you two," Li retaliated. "You two will get it when Sakura-chan is here."
They laughed.
"Gomen nasai, Syaoran-kun. You're outnumbered, so we should spare you this time," Tomoyo teased.
"Yea, sure," Li responded.
Then the bell suddenly rang, marking the beginning of class. The other students began to file into the classroom, while the sensei walked in.
"I guess Sakura-chan is going to be late again," Tomoyo said to no one in particular.
When she said that, there was a loud sound of someone skidding across the tile floors of the hall outside: Sakura. Then they all heard, "Hoeee!" which was definitely Sakura. She rushed inside the classroom and looked up at the clock; she was right on the dot. "Whew, I'm not late."
She walked swiftly to her seat and greeted her three best friends, one of which was her boyfriend. She reached over to give him a short peck on the cheek and returned to her seat. Li blushed at the smiling beauty before him, even though they were together already.
The teacher, as usual, was giving out another morning lecture. And as usual, it was very boring, though the students were instructed to pay attention and absorb all the information.
Eriol, who knew about everything already, occasionally stared off into space. He daydreamed about being with Tomoyo and torturing Li with his witty remarks. He then looked at the silky hair of Tomoyo, and played with her long, wavy tresses.
She turned around. "What are you doing, Eriol-kun?"
"Just playing with your beautiful hair," he replied as if he was supposed to do that.
"Well, pay attention." She smiled and turned back around.
The teacher then noticed Eriol not paying attention, giving him a glare that said, 'pay attention, Hiiragizawa, or get detention.' But he just pretended to take notes and pay attention. Then he cast a spell to create the illusion that he was listening and taking notes, when he was actually still spacing out.
I just can't concentrate today. Oh well, good thing I know everything already and have magical powers Eriol thought.
When Eriol cast that spell, Li noticed the sudden energy burst from Eriol, and decided to look over at him. Eriol smiled and waved, but Li merely frowned and glared.
"Something wrong, Li-san?" the sensei asked, noticing Li glare at Eriol, who still had the illusion up, making it look like he was listening, and that Li was glaring at him for no reason.
Li blushed in embarrassment, answering "Iie, sensei," to the teacher. That Hiiragizawa got me in trouble again! Grrr! I'm gonna get him back for this…somehow. And if I can't think of anything, I could always give him a taste of my Chinese martial arts training techniques Li fumed. Eriol, seeing the rage in Li, inwardly exploded with laughter.
I got him again, and I didn't even try this time Eriol thought.
Soon, lunchtime arrived. (Gomen nasai for skipping ahead, demo there isn't much happening in class, except for more death glares coming from Li and teasing smiles from Eriol.) The students eagerly strutted out the classroom. Li hurriedly pushed Sakura out the door, hoping to get away from Eriol, but Sakura wanted to wait.
"Syaoran-kun, what about Tomoyo-chan and Eriol-kun? I don't want to leave them," Sakura asked.
"It's okay, they'll catch up," Li answered, pushing her gently outside.
"Okay then." So they left first.
"I wonder why they didn't wait for us this time," Tomoyo thought out loud.
"Don't worry, Tomoyo-chan, my little descendant just wants to escape from me," Eriol answered her.
"Okay then. Ready to go?"
"Hai."
They walked to the usual cherry blossom tree.
"Konnichiwa, Sakura-chan, Syaoran-kun!" Tomoyo waved cheerfully, receiving two welcoming waves from Sakura and Syaoran.
"Come on, Tomoyo-chan, Eriol-kun!" Sakura shouted back, motioning for them to come join them. The two of them sat down and unpacked their lunches.
"So, does anyone have plans after school?" Sakura asked.
"Iie," they all replied.
"Did you want to go somewhere?" Syaoran inquired.
"Iie, just wondering." But she had a mysterious grin playing on her lips.
"What do you have in mind, Sakura-chan?" Syaoran asked, suspiciously.
"Oh, nothing," she said, innocently.
"Sakura-chan definitely has something up her sleeve," Tomoyo whispered to Eriol.
"We'll find out what it is later," Eriol answered. "Do you want my sweet plum, Tomoyo-chan?" He smiled sweetly at Tomoyo and handed her a ripe purple plum.
"I would love it. Want my blueberry muffin?"
"Sure."
They exchanged food items. They had a cute little habit of swapping snacks at lunch everyday.
Tomoyo bit into the plum. "Mmm. This is sweet!"
"Hai, demo not as sweet as my plum blossom." Eriol smiled at Tomoyo, referring to her.
"Aww, you're so sweet." She gave him a soft kiss on the cheek.
"If simple compliments earns me that, I should compliment you more often," he teased.
"Oh, stop it. You know that you can have a hug or kiss anytime you want."
"How about now?" He spread out his arms, waiting for her to leap into his grasp.
"Of course." And of course she embraced him.
"Aren't they so kawaii together, Syaoran-kun?" Sakura said to Li.
"Hai, I guess so. Demo, I think Tomoyo-san would be happier with someone else. I don't understand how she can stand Hiiragizawa, let alone love him like that."
That earned him a smack on the back. "Syaoran-kun! How could you say that?! They're perfect together! And Eriol-kun is very nice if you would just get to know him."
"Like that'll ever happen." He sort of chuckled at his next thought. "Ha. Me and Hiiragizawa? Friends? That'll be the day."
Sakura glared at him.
"Okay, okay. I guess I could be a little nicer to him…once in a while."
Don't worry, Syaoran-kun. You'll be nicer to him and both of you will get along after I get through my plan Sakura thought.
After school, the four of them walked home. On the way, Eriol and Tomoyo were walking in front while Sakura and Syaoran were walking behind them. Both couples were engaged in conversation.
"Tomoyo-chan, would you be so kind as to accompany me to the amusement park next week?" Eriol asked her.
"I'd love to! I wanna go on the new roller coaster first! It seems fun and exciting, at least from what I can see from the commercials," she said.
Then Sakura tapped Tomoyo on the shoulder. "Nani, Sakura-chan?"
"Could I talk to you? Syaoran-kun, could you talk to Eriol-kun first? I'd like to speak to Tomoyo-chan," Sakura said.
"All right," Syaoran grumbled.
"Hai, what is it?" Tomoyo asked.
"Well, I've got a plan."
"I knew it! You were thinking about it at lunch, ne?"
"Hai."
"Well, what are you planning to do?"
"Um, you know how Syaoran-kun and Eriol-kun are always arguing? Well, mostly Syaoran-kun."
"Hai?"
"I think I've got a way to bring them closer together and make them get along."
"What are you going to do?"
A frowning Syaoran turned to face the two girls, while Eriol was beaming. Eriol had gotten to Syaoran again.
"Syaoran-kun, turn around. I'd like to speak privately with Tomoyo-chan."
He sighed and returned to his torturing conversation with Eriol.
She turned back to Tomoyo. "Anyway, I was thinking that I could use my cards to make them switch bodies. Then they'll be forced to get along; otherwise, they'd make huge fools of themselves. I think that they'll make a compromise to not do foolish things with the other's body, and get along." (Boy was she wrong! You'll find out later ^_^)
"I guess that would work, demo would you be able to do that to Eriol-kun? He's pretty powerful," she replied, a little skeptical.
"I think I can manage."
"Good. So when are you initiating operation switch?"
"How about when we get to my house?"
"Sure. The sooner the better. I'd like to see how they'd react. Demo they'd probably be complaining the whole day."
"Hai, demo they'll get used to it. I guess I could say I won't change them back until they finally reach a harmony."
"Lets hurry to your house."
Seeing that they were no longer speaking confidentially anymore, Eriol held Tomoyo's hand and pulled her up to him.
"So, anything important?"
"Iie, just some stuff."
He gave her a suspicious look, then brushed it off as nothing significant.
After a few more minutes, they finally reached Sakura's house.
"Would you guys like to come in for tea, since we don't have any plans?" Sakura asked.
"Sure."
The gang entered the Kinomoto residence, and was greeted by its welcoming yellow walls. Eriol and Syaoran seated themselves on opposite couches.
"Tomoyo-chan, could you please get the tea? I'll be right back," Sakura said, as they exchanged grins.
"Sure, Sakura-chan."
Sakura ran up the stairs to her Sakura Book, which was lying on her desk.
"Hey Sakura-san! What's the rush?" Kero greeted while intently playing video games.
"Konnichiwa, Kero-chan. I'm gonna use my cards to switch Syaoran-kun and Eriol-kun's bodies."
"Oh. This could be interesting. And it'll give me a chance to make fun of that Chinese gaki." He chuckled.
Sakura didn't really pay attention to him. Instead, she focused on releasing her staff. "O key of the stars, ancient forces near and far. With powers burning bright, reveal the staff and shine your light! Release!" Swirls of wind picked up and blew around the young card mistress. Her pink staff was revealed. She twirled it around and threw a pink and gold Sakura card before her. "Change Card! Release and switch Syaoran-kun and Eriol-kun's bodies!"
The spirit flew out of the card and down the stairs.
"I wonder what Sakura-chan's doing up there." Syaoran said.
"Hold on, why do I feel a Sakura Card on the loose?" Eriol asked.
Tomoyo went up to Eriol and kissed him before the Change Card hit him and Li, thinking that it would be the only way to distract him from concentrating on the Sakura Card at large.
They were knocked off the sofa. They groaned in pain. "What was that?" Eriol asked, confused.
"WHAAAAAAA! Hiiragizawa! Give me back my body!" Li shouted.
"Huh?" Eriol looked down, but now he couldn't see his pale skin anymore, nor could he feel his thin glasses anymore. "NANI?!…what happened?!" When he looked up, he saw his body looking back at him. Then suddenly, he returned to his usual collected self. "Dear descendant, don't you think I want my own body back also? I mean, why would I want your scrawny little body when I can have my own buff one?" he teased.
"Dream on Hiiragizawa! I'm way more muscular than you'll ever be!" Li retorted.
"Now, little descendant. Is that any way to speak to your very important and all-powerful ancestor?" he teased.
"Just shut up! We have to find out what happened and change back."
"It was probably Sakura-san. This is probably what she was smiling about at lunch."
Then for the first time since Li got to know Sakura, he got kind of mad at her. "SAKURA-CHAN!!!!! GET DOWN HERE AND CHANGE US BACK!!!!!" he shouted.
Sakura calmly skipped down the stairs. "Hai, Syaoran-kun?"
"I said CHANGE US BACK!! I don't want to be in Hiiragizawa's body. It's just too weird. I spend a lot of time trying to avoid him and ignore him, and now I can't even look at myself in the mirror, because all I'll see is that baka!!" he kind of shouted again.
"Calm down, Li-kun," Tomoyo soothed in her gentle voice. "It's nothing to loose your temper over."
"Nothing to loose my temper over? Nothing to loose my temper over?! I just lost my body and got this worthless pile of Hiiragizawa's skin and body!"
"Hey, Li. Don't shout at Tomoyo-chan that way! It wasn't her fault!" Eriol defended.
Syaoran blinked, realizing what he just did. "Oh. Gomen nasai, Tomoyo-san. I was just frustrated," he said in a calm tone and smiled apologetically at her.
"No need to apologize, Syaoran-kun. I understand," she said, giving him a pleasant smile in return.
Now they all faced Sakura.
"Sakura-san, would you be so kind as to reverse this spell so that I can obtain my original body?" Eriol asked kindly.
"Gomen nasai, Eriol-kun, Syaoran-kun. Demo I can't do that."
"Doshite?" Li inquired.
"Because I only changed you two because you two argue so much. So I will only reverse this spell when you two finally reach a harmony and get along. Until then I will only stand by and watch."
Eriol was still as calm as ever. But Syaoran was frozen, eyes wide.
"Sakura-chan! Just change us back because you know that it'll never happen! Or it will take forever for us to really become good friends!"
"Gomen nasai, demo if that is the case, I will wait forever."
"Sakura-chan!!!!" Li protested. "I can't wait forever! Unlike Hiiragizawa, I actually have a life!"
"Iie! Nothing doing. You heard me and you know that you can't do anything. So you might as well get used to it and start respecting Eriol-kun!" She began to feel agitated.
"I'm not too perturbed with this," Eriol spoke calmly. "Demo, I'd like to change back."
"Well, I'm NOT fine with this, demo I guess I'll have to just live with it for a while," Syaoran sighed defeatedly.
Eriol, on the other hand, was quite amused. He didn't mind this switch as much, and it was providing entertainment for him. So it wasn't as bad as it was for Syaoran.
One week later
"Mou, Hiiragizawa! It's been a week already, and we're still not back to normal!" Syaoran grumbled. "Could you please just pretend with me that we're friends so that we can change back already?!"
"Iie, little descendant. You heard what Sakura-san said. This is for our own good, and we have to learn our lesson," Eriol mocked. "Sometimes she can come up with the cutest little schemes." He didn't mind as much since it came with free entertainment from Li's outbursts.
"This is not cute! This is ridiculous! We can't live like this!!" Syaoran continued to complain. "Fine then. If you won't do as I say, I'll have to resort to blackmail!"
"Li! Even I didn't think you'd stoop to such a low level! Besides, what are you gonna do anyway?"
"I'm gonna make you look like an idiot in front of everyone, which won't be hard, since you already are one. I'll just have to elaborate on the picture for everyone to see." And for the first time since the switch, Eriol's infamous smirk returned to his face. But this time, it wasn't him who was controlling it; it was Li. For the first time, Li smirked his great ancestor's smirk.
"Dear descendant, you do realize that you are embezzling my smirk, right?"
"Oh, I know. This is just the beginning, Hiiragizawa. By the time I'm through, you'll be begging to obey my orders."
Now it was Eriol's turn to smirk. The sneer looked odd when appearing on Syaoran's lips, though. "Little descendant. Brave, little naïve descendent. Did you ever consider that I could do the same with your body?"
"Hai, demo, you're too respective to do anything that bad."
"We'll see about that."
And so it begins; the destruction of their well-preserved reputations.
To be continued
A/N: Got nothing to say except stay tuned for the next chappie and review. Arigatou. Ja.