Sorry I'm late! I was going to publish this yesterday in honor of Sakura's
birthday but I wasn't able to finish o Oh well, hope you guys enjoy this
chapter ^.~
Disclaimer: CCS does not belong to me, neither does Cinderella.
Key: it's the same every time, just check the first or second chapter although I just realized that stupid text format doesn't use some of the characters so ~...~ is flashback/memories
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Chapter 3: Smart Hoop
"IIIIITTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sakura screamed as the round basketball went through the hoop and landed on her head.
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With a jolt, a certain raven-haired woke up from his deep sleep. He murmured thoughtfully, "Kaijuu?"
He scrambled to his feet and dragged his long, usually gracious wings behind touching the floor slightly and collecting dust while he raced to The Portal.
"Oi, Yue!" the raven-haired angel called to the gatekeeper. "Where's Sakura?"
Yue lifted up his head, "Morning, Touya."
"Where's Sakura?" Touya repeated again, his brown chocolate eyes filled with worries.
Yue's stomach turned upsettingly and he lied without twitching an eyebrow, "I don't know."
"You don't?" Touya asked the gatekeeper again suspiciously.
"Nope!" Yue firmly held his promise with Sakura and stared straight into Touya's eyes.
"TOUYA!" a feminine voice squealed and two arms snaked around Touya's neck almost strangling him.
"Na-ku-ru-san!" Touya choked and managed to splutter a couple words.
Nakuru beamed, her silvery wings fluttered behind her and the wind blew against her long brown hair. She clung happily onto Touya and gave him a peck on his cheek, "Morning, handsome."
"Get off of me!" Touya struggled against Nakuru's tight embrace.
"Nope!" Nakuru shook her head. "Not in a millenium years! Last time I got off of you, you dunked me into the Heavenly Pod and went on a vacation for a hundred years!"
Yue sighed, *At least Nakuru got Touya's mind off Sakura...let's just hope Sakura would return soon and bring those puddings with her.* His icy blue eyes wavered to the Forbidden Zone again, *I just hope it can cure The Beast's restlessness.*
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"Are you alright?" Syaoran asked gently and bent over to examine the girl more closely. He backed away as he was faced with Sakura, "AAHHHH!!!!!!!"
Two rows of tears streamed down Sakura's face, a bump on top of her head, and in addition two streams of blood came out from her nose. The emerald- eyed girl sniffled, "It hurts."
"Here," Syaoran handed the auburn-haired girl his unused handkerchief.
Sakura gave a thankful beam at the helpful young man, "Thanks." She gently wiped the blood and the tears off and managed to get up on her two feet. She wobbled a little before she fell onto the floor again.
"Careful!" Syaoran leaped up to the rescue and hold onto the strange girl.
Sakura blushed slightly and murmured, "Thanks again."
Syaoran looked worriedly at the injured girl, "You sure you are alright? I'm so sorry to hit you in the head..."
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" a shriek was heard and Eriol was shoved to the side falling flat on his face. A young girl of average height rushed to Sakura's side, "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, are you okay, Sakura- chan?"
Sakura's eyes widened in disbelief, "To-Tomoyo-chan? How do you know I'm here?"
Tomoyo brushed her soft gray hair aside and gave Sakura a knowing wink, "I just know." Then she frowned, "But you really should be more careful and tell me where were you going. You had me all worried."
"Gomen ne, Tomoyo-chan," Sakura apologized, "I didn't mean to."
"It's alright," Tomoyo winked. "But can you walked?"
"I could try!" Sakura tried to get up but collapsed onto the floor once again.
"Here, how about going to my friend's apartment? You can rest for awhile," Syaoran suggested, still regretting for knocking Sakura over with the basketball.
The two girls exchanged a glance and slowly, the wavy long-haired girl nodded her head, her big sapphire eyes in solemn thoughts.
Gradually, the auburn-haired girl nodded while struggling once again to get up on her own, "Alright."
Syaoran gently supported her on the side, "Good."
Behind him, the two young men followed, dragging their feet behind after the long exhausting, yet dramatic, game.
**********
"This is where you live?" Sakura took a tour around the house, "You know what's funny? I live next door!"
"Say what?" Tomoyo looked at her friend in surprise. Sakura gave her a wink and Tomoyo corrected herself, "Oh yeah, gomen Sakura-chan, I kept forgetting you moved!"
"It's alright!" Sakura laughed good-humoredly hoping the boys wouldn't notice the glitch between Tomoyo and her conversation.
Eriol raised an eyebrow but didn't comment although he examined the girls more closely devouring their previous conversation, *What's up with these girls, oh well, probably just some girl things.* Eriol's eyes brightened as he clasped his forehead, "Oh yeah! We forgot to introduce ourselves. I'm Eriol and recently graduated from law school."
Takeshi nodded, "I'm Takeshi, a colleague of Eriol and Syaoran, and I'm taken."
"Who cares?" Syaoran knocked on Takeshi's head. "I'm Syaoran, but please call me Li."
"Li Syaoran?" Tomoyo's eyes lit up as she recognized the name, "of Li Corporation?"
Syaoran felt as if someone just stabbed him with a sharp razor, "Yes."
"I'm sorry," Tomoyo continued, unaware of the shocking glances directing toward her, "that your business failed. It must be hard to start everything over again."
A bewildered Syaoran looked at Tomoyo in shock, "How do you know? The news wouldn't be out until the evening paper is published!"
"Well," Tomoyo stammered, "I-I..."
Sakura winced and continued, "We heard a rumor, isn't that right, Tomoyo- chan?"
"Yeah, we did," Tomoyo sighed in relief, "I'm Tomoyo, Sakura's friend and I own a florist shop."
Sakura slighted bowed, "I'm Sakura, a freelance writer and your next door neighbor."
"Glad to meet you both," Syaoran replied politely as his two friends dragged him to the side.
"What happened exactly to your business?" Eriol hissed in Syaoran's ears. "You weren't planning on telling us, right?"
"Just so typical of you!" Takeshi whispered and crossed his arms. "So how bad is it?"
Syaoran closed his eyes, unable to form words and tell his best friends about his defeat, "Very bad, I lost everything."
"How?" Eriol asked.
"My partner rolled up more than half of the stocks and fleed," Syaoran replied painfully. "Unless I can find him, I'm responsible for all the damage."
"We'll help you!" Takeshi patted Syaoran on the shoulder.
"You will?" Syaoran's eyes lit up.
"Of course!" Eriol smiled, "that's what friends are for, but when you get your money back, I'm charging every single minute of it."
"How dare you..." Syaoran grabbed Eriol's shirt.
Takeshi shrugged, "Hey, we are lawyers after all!"
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Itai= ouch
Gomen= sorry
-chan= familiar attachment to someone's name, usually female
kaijuu= think I spelled this wrong, monster
Oi= hey/yo
-san= more formal suffix
okay, that's all, hopefully I didn't miss any ^^;;
Disclaimer: CCS does not belong to me, neither does Cinderella.
Key: it's the same every time, just check the first or second chapter although I just realized that stupid text format doesn't use some of the characters so ~...~ is flashback/memories
**********************************************************************
Chapter 3: Smart Hoop
"IIIIITTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sakura screamed as the round basketball went through the hoop and landed on her head.
**********
With a jolt, a certain raven-haired woke up from his deep sleep. He murmured thoughtfully, "Kaijuu?"
He scrambled to his feet and dragged his long, usually gracious wings behind touching the floor slightly and collecting dust while he raced to The Portal.
"Oi, Yue!" the raven-haired angel called to the gatekeeper. "Where's Sakura?"
Yue lifted up his head, "Morning, Touya."
"Where's Sakura?" Touya repeated again, his brown chocolate eyes filled with worries.
Yue's stomach turned upsettingly and he lied without twitching an eyebrow, "I don't know."
"You don't?" Touya asked the gatekeeper again suspiciously.
"Nope!" Yue firmly held his promise with Sakura and stared straight into Touya's eyes.
"TOUYA!" a feminine voice squealed and two arms snaked around Touya's neck almost strangling him.
"Na-ku-ru-san!" Touya choked and managed to splutter a couple words.
Nakuru beamed, her silvery wings fluttered behind her and the wind blew against her long brown hair. She clung happily onto Touya and gave him a peck on his cheek, "Morning, handsome."
"Get off of me!" Touya struggled against Nakuru's tight embrace.
"Nope!" Nakuru shook her head. "Not in a millenium years! Last time I got off of you, you dunked me into the Heavenly Pod and went on a vacation for a hundred years!"
Yue sighed, *At least Nakuru got Touya's mind off Sakura...let's just hope Sakura would return soon and bring those puddings with her.* His icy blue eyes wavered to the Forbidden Zone again, *I just hope it can cure The Beast's restlessness.*
**********
"Are you alright?" Syaoran asked gently and bent over to examine the girl more closely. He backed away as he was faced with Sakura, "AAHHHH!!!!!!!"
Two rows of tears streamed down Sakura's face, a bump on top of her head, and in addition two streams of blood came out from her nose. The emerald- eyed girl sniffled, "It hurts."
"Here," Syaoran handed the auburn-haired girl his unused handkerchief.
Sakura gave a thankful beam at the helpful young man, "Thanks." She gently wiped the blood and the tears off and managed to get up on her two feet. She wobbled a little before she fell onto the floor again.
"Careful!" Syaoran leaped up to the rescue and hold onto the strange girl.
Sakura blushed slightly and murmured, "Thanks again."
Syaoran looked worriedly at the injured girl, "You sure you are alright? I'm so sorry to hit you in the head..."
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" a shriek was heard and Eriol was shoved to the side falling flat on his face. A young girl of average height rushed to Sakura's side, "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, are you okay, Sakura- chan?"
Sakura's eyes widened in disbelief, "To-Tomoyo-chan? How do you know I'm here?"
Tomoyo brushed her soft gray hair aside and gave Sakura a knowing wink, "I just know." Then she frowned, "But you really should be more careful and tell me where were you going. You had me all worried."
"Gomen ne, Tomoyo-chan," Sakura apologized, "I didn't mean to."
"It's alright," Tomoyo winked. "But can you walked?"
"I could try!" Sakura tried to get up but collapsed onto the floor once again.
"Here, how about going to my friend's apartment? You can rest for awhile," Syaoran suggested, still regretting for knocking Sakura over with the basketball.
The two girls exchanged a glance and slowly, the wavy long-haired girl nodded her head, her big sapphire eyes in solemn thoughts.
Gradually, the auburn-haired girl nodded while struggling once again to get up on her own, "Alright."
Syaoran gently supported her on the side, "Good."
Behind him, the two young men followed, dragging their feet behind after the long exhausting, yet dramatic, game.
**********
"This is where you live?" Sakura took a tour around the house, "You know what's funny? I live next door!"
"Say what?" Tomoyo looked at her friend in surprise. Sakura gave her a wink and Tomoyo corrected herself, "Oh yeah, gomen Sakura-chan, I kept forgetting you moved!"
"It's alright!" Sakura laughed good-humoredly hoping the boys wouldn't notice the glitch between Tomoyo and her conversation.
Eriol raised an eyebrow but didn't comment although he examined the girls more closely devouring their previous conversation, *What's up with these girls, oh well, probably just some girl things.* Eriol's eyes brightened as he clasped his forehead, "Oh yeah! We forgot to introduce ourselves. I'm Eriol and recently graduated from law school."
Takeshi nodded, "I'm Takeshi, a colleague of Eriol and Syaoran, and I'm taken."
"Who cares?" Syaoran knocked on Takeshi's head. "I'm Syaoran, but please call me Li."
"Li Syaoran?" Tomoyo's eyes lit up as she recognized the name, "of Li Corporation?"
Syaoran felt as if someone just stabbed him with a sharp razor, "Yes."
"I'm sorry," Tomoyo continued, unaware of the shocking glances directing toward her, "that your business failed. It must be hard to start everything over again."
A bewildered Syaoran looked at Tomoyo in shock, "How do you know? The news wouldn't be out until the evening paper is published!"
"Well," Tomoyo stammered, "I-I..."
Sakura winced and continued, "We heard a rumor, isn't that right, Tomoyo- chan?"
"Yeah, we did," Tomoyo sighed in relief, "I'm Tomoyo, Sakura's friend and I own a florist shop."
Sakura slighted bowed, "I'm Sakura, a freelance writer and your next door neighbor."
"Glad to meet you both," Syaoran replied politely as his two friends dragged him to the side.
"What happened exactly to your business?" Eriol hissed in Syaoran's ears. "You weren't planning on telling us, right?"
"Just so typical of you!" Takeshi whispered and crossed his arms. "So how bad is it?"
Syaoran closed his eyes, unable to form words and tell his best friends about his defeat, "Very bad, I lost everything."
"How?" Eriol asked.
"My partner rolled up more than half of the stocks and fleed," Syaoran replied painfully. "Unless I can find him, I'm responsible for all the damage."
"We'll help you!" Takeshi patted Syaoran on the shoulder.
"You will?" Syaoran's eyes lit up.
"Of course!" Eriol smiled, "that's what friends are for, but when you get your money back, I'm charging every single minute of it."
"How dare you..." Syaoran grabbed Eriol's shirt.
Takeshi shrugged, "Hey, we are lawyers after all!"
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Itai= ouch
Gomen= sorry
-chan= familiar attachment to someone's name, usually female
kaijuu= think I spelled this wrong, monster
Oi= hey/yo
-san= more formal suffix
okay, that's all, hopefully I didn't miss any ^^;;
