Guardian Game Show
By sapphire moonstone
Chapter 3
The Quiz Show
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS, period. But I can hope, can't I? ^_^
[A/N: Domo arigato Fashion Fairy 26 for the review! You have no idea what it means. As for the story, I'll be keeping score of the guardians' wins, and posting them below. Scores so far:
Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun-1
Yue and Kero-0
Let's hope that our angel-winged catch up soon… But for now, review!]
Eriol was back in the living room, drawing another ballot from the hat. "The next event is… the quiz show." he announced.
"Let me guess," Nakuru said. "Suppi-chan's pick?"
A crossvein appeared on the midnight blue cat's head. "My name is Spinel Sun."
"That's enough, you two." Eriol silenced his guardians. "We begin now."
"Nani? Now?" Kero repeated.
"Hai," Eriol waved his hand, and a quiz show set appeared before them. There were two podiums, each with a buzzer, and a standee in the background that read 'Guardian Game Show' in giant letters.
"First up, Yue and Ruby Moon." Eriol declared.
The two moon guardians strode up to their places and hovered their hands above the buzzers.
"Question one... How many letters are in the word 'diplomatic'?"
Nakuru and Yue both hit the buzzer, but Nakuru beat the other guardian by a millisecond. "13?" she guessed.
"Incorrect." Eriol proclaimed.
"10," Yue answered.
"Correct,"
A scoreboard appeared next to Eriol, and a one flashed under Yue and Kero's category.
"We shall have Kero and Spinel up next."
The sun guardian switched placed with their counterparts, and placed their paws over the buzzer in preparation.
"What was Sakura's first Card?"
Kero slammed his tiny paw down first. "Windy was her first Card, and Fly was her first capture."
"Correct,"
The one changed to a two on the scoreboard.
"That wasn't fair," Spinel objected. "How was I supposed to know that?"
Eriol ignored his creation. "How about Ruby Moon on Keroberos?"
The two said guardians took their places, and prepared for the question, hoping it was easy.
"In which year was the Big Ben built?"
"Ano…" Kero mumbled to himself. "Ano, ano…"
Nakuru seemed to have an equal amount of trouble answering the question.
"Time's up." Eriol announced. "The answer is between 1858 and 1859."
"How could they not know that?" Spinel shook his head disapprovingly.
"What nonsense do they fill their brains with?" Yue added.
"Beats me,"
"After all these years, and we still don't understand them."
"How right you are."
"Yue, Spinel, you're up." Eriol called, interrupting their conversation.
They nodded, and di as told, taking their positions opposite each other.
"How many Cards are there?"
Both hit the buzzer at the same time.
"52," they answered in union.
"It's a draw; let's try again. Name the Elementals in alphabetical order."
Once again, both guardians tied. "Earthy, Firey, Watery, and Windy."
Eriol sighed, and repeated the process again. After ten tries, one of them finally beat the other. Spinel shouted the answer just a tenth of a second before Yue. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief—they thought it would go on forever. Of course, for Tomoyo, that wouldn't have been such a bad thing. She was still excitedly filming every action.
When it reached high noon, the quiz show was over, and the score was 14:13. Most of the points were earned by Spinel and Yue, and occasionally Kero. Nakuru would eagerly hit the buzzer, only to wait and think for a long time before giving an incorrect answer. Therefore, Kero was given many opportunities to steal the point, making their final score just barely above the other team.
Sakura was surprised at how much her guardians knew, but not just about the Cards. Of course, she pitied Spinel and Nakuru; they were younger by at least half a century, and didn't stand a chance against guardians who had been living for almost a hundred years.
"Sakura-chan, the next event is being drawn." Tomoyo whispered to her friend, gently nudging Sakura out of her thoughts.
"Oh, arigato, Tomoyo-chan." Sakura said, trying to take her mind off what she would do if her guardians lost.
