Yo, whazzup peoplez?! Well, I'm bored so I thought I'd update. Well, this chapter is mainly pointless crap that I threw in to add to the chapters...Think of it as fillers! XD Probably the most important part of this all is Ms. Mizuki's instructions. Anyways, enjoy!


Chapter 9: Rainy Nights Bring Unexpected Surprises

Sakura looked sadly out the window at the rain hitting the ground and sighed. "What could we do out in the rain?" She asked herself slowly. Not expecting a reply, she turned away from the window to look at her friends. It was just after breakfast and sadly, there were no announcements for upcoming activites. Currently, Tomoyo and Kero were making something in the kitchen. By the smell of it, it was edible. Meiling was playing with Nikita, something involving running around and tackling eachother for a stuffed toy. Syaoran was quietly reading a book at the kitchen table, from where Sakura was sitting, it looked like Deltora Quest, she wasn't sure.

Suddenly, Sakura realized something! ...Something important...

And that was when she heard it...

a distant cry...

that wasn't so distant...

"SAKURA GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE AND HELP ME!"

Sakura turned around and faced Nikita. In her mouth, was her prize, the stuffed toy. Unfortunatly, instead of a stuffed toy, in her mouth was Kero.

"HELP!"

"OHMYGOSH!" Sakura jumped up. Meiling was knocked out on the ground a few feet away from the dog, but Sakura completely ignored her and went for Nikita. "Are you bleeding? Are you hurt?" She started to panic. She didn't know how sharp Nikita's teeth were yet.

"No! I-It's just..." Kero struggles a bit more, "It t-tickles so m-much!" Kero burst out laughing.

Sakura groaned and ran to the kitchen. She grabbed a small treat and went back to Nikita. The puppy looked up at Sakura and automatically dropped Kero and pawed at Sakura's feet.

"Ohmygosh...whoo...oh...my...gosh..." Kero finally caught his breath. "Thanks...Sakura..." Kero then flew into Sakura's room and collapsed on her bed. Sakura then threw the treat to Nikita and headed over to Meiling.

"Meiling? Meiling? Are you okay?" Sakura lightly shook Meiling trying to wake her up.

"I'll handle it." Said Syaoran, seemingly came out of nowhere. Sakura stepped back and Syaoran picked up Meiling and took her to her room. Then, he sighed and went back to his book.

Just then, there was a knock at the door. Sakura went to answer it.

"Ms. Mizuki?" Sakura looked at her teacher standing at their cottage door.

"May I come in?" She asked politely as she closed her umbrella.

"Oh...Oh! Sure!" Sakura stepped aside to let her in. Ms. Mizuki stepped in and removed her shoes. Tomoyo, Syaoran, Sakura and Nikita waited for her, before all going to sit down on the couches with their teacher.

"I just came to let you know about tomorrow's special challange! All you need to do is bring everything you need for the next two days." Said Ms. Mizuki happily.

"Are we going camping?" Asked Tomoyo slowly.

"Camping?" Ms. Mizuki's voice was calm before..."AHAHAHAHAHAHA! CAMPING!! YOU WISH!! AFTER YOU GO THROUGH WITH IT, YOU WOULD'VE WISHED THAT YOU HAD GONE CAMPING!! AHAHAHAHA!!" Ms. Mizuki stood up and laughed the whole time as she put on her shoes, opened up her umbrella and headed for the next cottage. Everyone was silent.

A few hours later, Meiling was up and energized again. Kero was awake but was still a bit dazed after being thrown around like a stuffed toy. Tomoyo had finally finished the cake she had been baking and was now playing wii with Sakura and Syaoran.

"I'm going for a walk!" announced Meiling as she stood up from her spot on the couch.

"Are you sure you're in a stable condition, Meiling?" Asked Sakura cautiosly, as she turned to face her friend.

"Naw! I'm fine!" Meiling gave her a thumbs up, before collapsing back onto the couch.

"I don't think you should go...You not in a good state and it's raining outside! Why would you want to go outside?" Syaoran also turned to face Meiling, along with Tomoyo. "It's miserable out there!"

"I just think I need a bit of fresh air! I'll take an umbrella." Meiling tried to laugh.

"You're not going alone! I'm coming with you!" Tomoyo said as she headed for her umbrella.

"Maybe I should come too-" Sakura was silenced as Meiling's hand covered her mouth.

"You can't! You cannot just leave Syaoran here alone!" Meiling said slyly before quickly putting on her shoes.

"We'll be back soon!" Tomoyo and Meiling were out of there before anyone could protest.

Kero blinked for a minute before shaking his head. "I have a headache. I'm going to bed early. Good night everyone!"

"But it's only 2:00!" Commented Syaoran.

"Yeah...but it's not like there's anything else to do! Look at this weather!" Kero replied pointing to the window and disappearing into Sakura's room.

Sakura and Syaoran looked at eachother and sighed.


So...you think they're okay? I mean, are you sure it was a good idea to just leave them alone?" Tomoyo asked Meiling trying not to disturb her.

"DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT TOMOYO!!" Meiling yelled back. Quickly, Meiling made another few series of fast movements with her feet over the DDR mat. "THEY'LL BE FINE ON THEIR O-oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooookay!-own!" Meiling had started to stumble over her own feet.

Tomoyo slowly walked towards her friend, Rika. "Thanks for letting us play DDR at your cottage Rika!" Tomoyo smiled.

"No problem! Are you sure Sakura and Syaoran didn't want to come?" asked Rika as she thought about the two.

"No, it's okay. They didn't want to come." Tomoyo smiled back.


"I'll be Sonic!" announced Syaoran.

"I wanted to be Sonic!" whined Sakura.

"You can be Pit!"

"But I don't like Pit!"

"Then be someone else!"

"But I wanna be Sonic!

"But I'm Sonic!"

"Then don't be Sonic!"

"But I already chose him!"

"Then press B!"

"I don't wanna press B!"

"ARG! FINE! I'll be Lucario!"

"Psh. You're going to be Lucario? Lucario sucks!" laughed Syaoran.

"We'll see what the outcome will be!" said Sakura as she held her wii controller more firmly.

Nikita shook her head at the two, but secretly, she wanted to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl as well.


After about an hour of playing, Syaoran took the strap of his remote off of his wrist. "I think we should stop for now."

Sakura laughed. "You're just mad about how I beat you every single time we've played!"

"Are you kidding? I was letting you win!"

"Yeah right!"

"You think I'd actually lose to LUCARIO as SONIC?!"

"Lucario is awesome and you know it!"

"Sonic is better!"

Nikita watched and finally decided to step in. She pounced on the third controller and selected Kirby as her character. Then, she put it to teams as Syaoran and Sakura against her.

"Nikita...is going to play?" Syaoran stared at the small dog, whom was waiting for him to pick up his controller.

"Well, let's try it!" Sakura smiled at the puppy.


Syaoran couldn't believe it. Sakura couldn't believe it. Nikita sat there happily. Nikita had won every game that they had played. Soon, Nikita yawned and curled up into a ball on the couch. Syaoran looked at the time. "Well, I guess 7:00 is a puppy's bed time!"

"So, what are we going to do for the next few hours? Meiling and Tomoyo haven't returned yet!" Sakura sat down on the floor.

"Wait...where'd Nikita go?" Syaoran asked, looking around.

"What? I swear she was just here a moment ago!" Sakura jumped to her feet and looked around frantically. Exactly where Nikita had been sleeping only seconds ago, there was nothing there.

"I'll check the kitchen, you check the rooms!" Syaoran told her and they headed off in their own directions.

"I found her!" Sakura heard Syaoran call from the kitchen about a minute later. Sakura walked to the kitchen and saw Nikita sitting in the middle.

"Nikita! I was so worried about you!" Sakura was about to take a step forward until Nikita's expression changed. Suddenly, her eyes were red and her fangs had grown. "U-um Syaoran?" Sakura grabbed onto Syaoran's arm. Syaoran, whom had also noticed the puppy's face, was scared as well.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning came and the power went out. Everything was pitch black.

"S-s-s-s-Syaoran!!" Dug her face into his chest. Luckily, it was pitch black and Sakura could not see his blush.

"I-it's okay...We can go get Meiling's flashlight! It's in my room on my desk!" Syaoran stroked her back awkwardly. He felt Sakura nod and together, they felt their way around.

"W-what about Nikita?" Syaoran heard her whisper.

"I'm sure it was just a flash of lightning from far away that made it look like she had red eyes. She's a smart dog, she'll find her way around." Once again, he felt Sakura nod slightly.

They soon reached Syaoran's room. Sakura sat down on his bed while he searched around for Meiling's flashlight. "Ah! I found it!" Syaoran flicked the switch and light filled the room.

"Nikita! You're normal!" Sakura sounded much more relieved as the puppy sat happily at the door to Syaoran's room.

"Nikita must've followed us by smell." Syaoran also sounded much more relieved.

Suddenly, the door to Syaoran's room slammed shut, with Nikita trapped outside.

"W-what's going on?!" Sakura ran over to Syaoran.

"The wind probably." Syaoran answered calmly. He then went over to the window and shut it. "I had left it slightly open for some fresh air and made sure to keep it closed enough for no water to come in."

"Good thinking." Sakura replied as she stood up to open the door. "Um...Syaoran? We have a problem..."

"What is it?" Syaoran turned to face her.

"We're locked in!" Sakura struggled with the door knob even more.

"Great..." Syaoran sat down on the bed. "Now what are we suppoesed to do?"

"Well, I have a deck of cards and a dice! We can play Slick!" Sakura said as she pulled out the items from her pocket.

"What's Slick?" Asked Syaoran and Sakura sat down beside him on the bed.

"I made it up! I'll show you!"


"I'm bored..." Sakura announced after a few hours of playing numberous card games.

"So am I..." Syaoran yawned.

"What time is it?" Sakura asked as she looked around for a clock.

"It's 11:30!" Syaoran's eyes widened as he checked the time on his Ipod.

"You'd think Meiling and Tomoyo would be back by now!"


-At Mika's cottage-

"Are you sure it's okay for us to stay the night?" Tomoyo asked Mika.

"It's fine! I wouldn't want you guys walking around in that thunderstorm!" Mika replied happily as she brought out two sleeping bags.

"I'm also worried about Sakura and Syaoran..." Tomoyo said quietly.

"Don't worry about them! They can take care of themselves! Let's get some rest for now..." Meiling entered the room.

"Okay..." Tomoyo set up her sleeping bag on the floor, but she still had a bad feeling about it.


Sakura shivered. Syaoran looked over at her and blushed.

"Um...we should probably get some sleep..." Syaoran tried to keep his voice calm as he looked from Sakura to the bed.

"Yeah. I guess we'll be sharing a bed then." Sakura replied as if it was the most normal thing in the world.

"N-no, it's okay..." Syaoran blushed slightly "I'll sleep on the floor." Syaoran grabbed a pillow off of the bed and tossed it on the ground. He then laid down on the pillow.

"No! I am not going to let you sleep on the floor! You'll freeze!" Sakura walked over to him and pulled him to his feet. "If you do sleep on the floor, I will too!" Sakura said stubbornly.

Syaoran sighed. "Fine..." He then crawled into the bed, remembering to stay on the edge.

Sakura, who was completely satisfied with herself, walked around and crawled into bed, staying on the edge as well.

"Goodnight Syaoran!"

"Goodnight Sakura..." Syaoran turned off the flashlight.


"Syaoran? Syaoran wake up! Syaoran please!!" Sakura's eyes filled with tears.

"Mmmm...Sakura? Whhhaat is it? What time is it?" Syaoran rubbed his eyes.

"12:26." Sakura replied.

"What is it?" Syaoran sat up in the bed.

"I swear I saw something in the window..." Sakura wiped the tears from her eyes.

"I'll go check..." Syaoran slowly stood up and flicked on the flashlight, wincing at the sudden brightness. Syaoran reached the window and looked around. "Must've been the trees' shadows." He then flicked off the light and crawled back into bed. Sakura nodded and went back to sleep.


...Sakura...

Sakura sat up in bed. "Wha-?" She rubbed her eyes.

...Syaoran...

"What is it this time Sakura?" Syaoran mumbled and reluctantly sat up again.

"T-that wasn't me!!" Sakura grabbed his arm. Syaoran flicked on the flashlight and inspected the room.

"There isn't anyth-" Syaoran stopped in mid-sentance.

"W-wha?" Sakura looked up. There, standing at the door to the room, was the glowing girl. This time, she was in red pajamas and white bunny slippers.

"The card!" Sakura jumped out of bed and reached for her necklace.

"Ugh...did you have to come so late? Don't you need to rest too?" Syaoran asked the girl, clearly not fully awake yet.

The girl rubbed her eyes too and gave a small innocent face.

"Looks like she's not in the mood for a battle either." Syaoran also rubbed his eyes.

"But she's a card! We have to capture her!" Sakura debated whether or not to bring out the staff.

"Do we have to battle now?" Syaoran still didn't like the idea of moving around at the moment. "Why are you here if you don't want to battle, either?" Syaoran was again talking to the girl.

The girl looked at him and started shivering.

"She's...cold?" Sakura had taken her hand off of her necklace now.

"I guess she was just cold and didn't know where else to go!" Syaoran smiled.

"So what do we do now?" Sakura looked from Syaoran to the girl.

The girl looked at the two and held out her hand.

"I guess she wants a truce..." Syaoran said awkwardly.

Sakura slowly went towards the girl and held out her hand. The two shook hands and stepped back again.

"So, what do we do now?" Asked Syaoran once they had finished.

The girl looked at the two and smiled. Suddenly, the familiar ribbons came out from behind her. For some reason, they seemed to come a bit slower than usual. The ribbons went through the wall and suddenly, two yellow children walked through. The two were exactly the same except one had a pink tuft of hair on the forehead and the other's was blue.

"Twin?" Sakura looked at them. The two looked at eachother and back at Sakura before smiling innocently. Suddenly, the one with the pink tuft walked over to the bed. The one with the blue one walked over the the open area. Both glowed for a bit, before disappearing. After a moment, another bed appeared in the clear area. The Use looked at the bed and smiled approvingly, before crawling under the covers and going to sleep.

"Wait a minute...couldn't the Use just use the Through card to open the door for us so we don't have to share a bed?" Sakura asked in a half-loud tone.

"The Use was tired. She only had the strength to call upon one card. She chose the Twin so she could get her own bed. If she had used the Through, she would have to use either Meiling's or Tomoyo's beds. If this had happened, imagine what they would've done if they had come back and saw a clow card in their bed!" Shaoran turned away from Sakura to face the Use. The girl turned over to face them and winked at Syaoran slightly. Syaoran blushed slightly, as he knew the real reason behind the Use doing that.

"Anyways, we'd better get some rest." Sakura yawned as she headed for the bed. "Coming Syaoran?"

Syaoran looked back over at the Use. She was now fast asleep with a small smile on her face. Syaoran turned around, switched off the lights and walked over to his side of the bed.

"Goodnight Syaoran." Syaoran heard Sakura whisper from beside him.

"Goodnight..."


Nikita: I am such a slacker! :)

Meiling: YES YOU ARE! You completely forgot about us! Didn't you?

Nikita: Naw. I was just trying to focus on Sakura and Syaoran.

Meiling: Meh. Good enough!

Nikita: Anyways...REVIEW!!