Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura! I wish!
C.W.: Kero, Spinel Sun and my horse, Cheery, went on a little vacation to Hawaii ... grumbles... oohhhhh just they wait! Anyway this is my second fic! Some OOC, Eriol and Tomoyo already confessed but not Sakura and Syaoran.
Amazed By
Cheery Wolf (a.k.a C.W.) Chapter 1: Garnet
Autumn. The season that many citizens in Tomodea love and cherished. Adults enjoy it because of the fiery shade trees take and the also of the peaceful and quiet environment that only spring can rival. Children love it because they can run and play with the fallen leaves on the dry ground, spend time with friends and family or just be themselves.
Well, almost everyone. At King Penguin Park 'busy' was the prime word. Shouts and orders are heard everywhere since there groups of people putting together a large stage-like platform and several game or food stands.
Autumn is also the season when the annual Clover Rain festival is celebrated. People from all around Japan come to this famous activity. Every year the park is decorated with rainbow colored lights, lanterns and different types of decorations. Most were the colors red, yellow and orange. Games, contests, and auctions were held at the festival. And as anyone can see, this year, the festival will be arrange and organized by 18 year-old Tomoyo Daidouji. Her lavender eyes, filled with determination as she sent orders to the poor, miserable boys, including her steady boyfriend, one 19 year-old Eriol Hiiragizawa, also known as the reincarnation of Clow Reed.
"Tomoyo, what's the big deal!" the azure-eyed whined, as he carried six thick, long planks of wood from one side of the park to the other. Even with his magic enhanced strength they were still heavy.
His girlfriend looked at him, "The big deal, my dear, is that this is the first time the mayor gave me the responsibility to arrange one of the most famous festivals in Japan and I want it to be the best, so quit whining and get to work!" With that order, the black-haired girl turned her attention to three boys that were putting a turkey-bird decoration upside-down, "NO! Put that right!"
Eriol sweat dropped, 'Why did I agree to do this in the first place? Well, at least I'm not one of the victims that fall under Tomoyo's REAL wrath.' He smiled at that thought. Putting down the planks, two adults thank him and took the wood. Stretching, Eriol wondered where the hell was a certain naïve girl and cute descendant.
At the Kinomoto Residence, World War III was occurring. Of food, that is. Inside the kitchen 18 year-old Sakura Kinomoto was trying to stop Kero and Spinel Sun, two of the four guardians of the Sakura cards, from devouring her night and day's work of cupcakes, cookies, and a large wedding-size cake. The young Card Mistress manage to stop Spinel Sun since he fell asleep. Kero forced him to eat sweets, and because of that, Sakura's house almost collapsed. Luckily for Sakura her father and brother and Yukito were out on job meetings in Europe.
"Let me GO! I want some cookies!" the yellow bear shouted, struggling in his mistress hands.
"Kero, this food isn't for you. There're for the festival!" She reminded him.
"Oh, C'mon... no one will notice if I have a little bite!"
"Don't make lock you in the basement with the Lock and Shield Cards and put Watery to guard you again!" Sakura threatened.
The guardian sweat dropped very hard, remembering the last that happened. It was last summer. When Sakura and her friends came to cool off with some fruit-flavor ice-cream bars she worked very hard on for an entire month, but what they found were wrappers all over the floor. At the end of the day Sakura punished him by locking the small guardian in the basement without eating food for an entire day with the Lock Card. The Shield to block the sound to the outside. And also she put the Watery Card to watch over him, just in case he did something drastic.
"Then again maybe not." Kero said.
Sakura smiled at her victory. But it didn't last long when she saw the hour. 12:00p.m.
Her response? One big, "HOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
She scrambled all over the house. Took a quick bath. Put on white jean shorts, a red shirt with a white jacket over it and sneakers. The emerald- eyed girl ran back to he kitchen, packed the goods in boxes, and transferred them to a small transport go-cart (her father rented one), even the large blue-frosted cake that had small autumn leaves adorning it. And finally grabbed Kero and the still sleeping Spinel Sun. She locked the door, turned on the ignition and raced off.
In another part of town, a male figure was just waking up. Sprawled over the king sized bed, tired amber/gold eyes opened. But quickly shutting them to escape the bright sunlight that was entering through the slightly opened window. He covered himself with green blankets.
As bad as he wanted sleep, luck wasn't in his favor.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEE-
19 year-old Syaoran Li slammed the deadly sound off, since it started to cause his head to pound. He sat for a while waiting for his head to calm down. When he was sure, he stood up, quickly regretting it. A wave of dizziness struck him as he wobbled to the bathroom. Looking at his reflection, Syaoran saw his face all red; his messy hair drenched in sweat, and for some reason it was getting hard to breathe...
Thinking it was nothing, he took off his sleep-crumpled clothes and entered the shower. Turning on the water, the young man winced when the cold water touched his skin.
Finishing, he dried himself with a green towel and put on black khaki pants, blue shirt and a brown jacket. He wasn't very hungry. So he left without eating breakfast and lunch (it was 12:00p.m.). When Syaoran was just exiting the apartment complex, his vision blurred severely. He leaned against the crystal doors.
A middle-age worker, who was mopping the floor, noticed this, a concerned look on her face, "Hey sonny, are you okay?"
Syaoran opened his eyes. Hiding the painful headache he was feeling, he nodded.
The work lady still looked at the boy-turned-man she had known for 8 years, "You sure?"
The young man nodded again with a small smile, his voice just above a whisper, "Yeah, I'm okay Tara... " He opened the transparent doors and took off to the park. He promised Sakura and Tomoyo he was going to help them with the arrangements for the festival.
Tara sadly looked at his retreating form, 'I hope he's alright, he looked awful last night when he came back soaked from last night's rain' With that thought she continued her work.
As Syaoran entered the outskirts of the park, he noticed several people hugging themselves and tightening their coats.
'Must from the cold, but do I feel so hot?' Sweat matted his hair, his vision blurred even more dangerously than before and his headache was growing even worse. He felt like someone was cutting off his breathing.
When he was just walking over a small old bridge, he wasn't aware of the danger he was getting into. The bridge was very old, that the foot planks were about to break. And on the other side of the river that split the park in two halves a group of boys were playing baseball. The pitcher threw a VERY hard fastball. So hard, that the batter had to duck and the ball skyrocketed with a tube of metal, bending it. The pitcher blinked, watching the ball fly out of the baseball area. He looked at the batter, who was sweat dropping. The other boys stared at him.
The pitcher had a shaky smile, "I didn't know I could pitch that hard."
The batter responded, scared after seeing the metal tube bend, "And I didn't know you hate me so much."
The fastball was still in the air and was falling directly to an unsuspecting Syaoran. When the young man did notice the ball, he manage to evade it. But by doing that he lost his footing and step on a one of the weakest planks.
It broke.
Syaoran barely had time to shout and fell to the waters below. With his already sick and weak body, the shock of crashing into cold and deep water sent a very painful shock to his system.
'Sakura... help... '
Then he blacked out.
TBC
C.W.: The others are STILL in Hawaii! But Review! (Cliffhanger! )