Chapter 8: Sakura's Fantastic Dance

Tokyo, Japan

"I'm worried about Tomoyo-san you guys," said Ukyo as she looked towards Tomoyo's closed bedroom door from where she was sitting with the rest of her roommates.

"She has been working awfully hard in there these past few days," agreed Minako. The four girls all looked to the door and thought back to the day after the school's first soccer game.

Flashback to Saturday; Five Days Earlier

"Happy Birthday, Ami-san," said Syaoran calmly as the couple sat alone in one of the nicer restaurants in Tokyo. The entire gang had had a small party earlier in the day. They had originally wanted to all take Ami out to dinner for her birthday, but Syaoran had asked if they could do the group party earlier in the day, because he had something special planned for that night. At first the others had been a little dejected at not being able to spend the time with their roommate and friend, but they all understood why Syaoran wanted to be alone with her.

"Thank you, Syaoran-kun," responded Ami as she slowly reached forward to grasp the beautiful green felt box Syaoran was holding out to her. She slowly opened it, and audibly gasped when she caught sight of the contents. "I-It's beautiful," she stuttered as she carefully pulled out the necklace from inside the box. The necklace was a very thin sparkling silver chain with a gorgeous shining diamond set in the center. The diamond had a very faint sky blue tint to it, giving it a beautiful ice effect which only magnified its radiance. "I-I-I don't think I can accept this," Ami said as she continued to stare at the masterpiece of jewelry. "It's too much."

Syaoran chuckled at his beautiful girlfriend and walked around the table and kneeled next to Ami, gently taking her hand in his own. "Let me show you something," he said tenderly as he wrapped his own hand around Ami's and slowly closed it around the diamond.

Ami, who had let her eyes close when Syaoran closed her hand around the necklace, suddenly snapped them open again. "Magic?" she asked.

Syaoran grinned. "Just a little. You'll see." He then opened his hand from around Ami's, gently motioning for her to do the same. When Ami opened her hand she looked back down at the diamond and was amazed to see it glowing, ever so slightly, the same pale ice blue color as the diamond itself. Ami could just barely distinguish a small symbol that seemed to have appeared in blue in the center of the diamond. After taking a closer look, Ami gasped when she realized that it was her Senshi symbol in the center of the diamond. "It is activated by your magical aura," explained Syaoran. "As long as you are wearing it, the small Mercury symbol will always be there."

Ami didn't know what to say. It was the most beautiful and thoughtful gift she had ever received in her entire life. Ami just closed both her hands around her personalized diamond, closed her eyes, and held it close to her heart. She could feel the slight lingering of Syaoran's magic aura on the diamond, and felt it very reassuring to know that whenever she wore the necklace she would always be able to feel Syaoran nearby. Ami opened her eyes and stood up, bringing Syaoran up with her. She then pulled Syaoran into a close embrace and gently whispered in his ear, "Thank you, Syaoran-kun. I love it." Ami then lightly released from the embrace and tilted her head up. She slowly lifted her head closer to his, until her own soft, pale pink lips lightly brushed against his. When their lips touched, a spark of magic was sent through both of them as their magical auras mingled together. The couple deepened their kiss until they were holding each other tightly and the outside world had all but disappeared.

When Syaoran and Ami had arrived back at the dorms, all eight of the others were waiting inside the girls' suite. They could all tell that something had happened between Ami and Syaoran, as the couple walked into room seemingly on cloud nine, without a single problem in the world. "How was your date Ami-chan?" chided Minako when Ami and Syaoran came into the room.

Ami blushed a little as she thought back to the kiss she and Syaoran had shared at dinner. "It was very nice," she finally said in a very soft voice. Everyone else giggled very softly, causing Ami's blush to redden even more.

"Anyway," interrupted Minako. "We just wanted to tell you that an announcement was made saying that next Saturday there is going to be a freshmen dance. It is semi-formal and supposedly it is for freshmen only, but in recent years a number of upper-classmen always crash the dance."

"Will you be my date for the dance next week?" asked Syaoran in as sweet a voice as he could manage.

"Hai!" said Ami with a bright smile. She then jumped up and kissed in on the lips, forgetting for a second that everyone else was there and looking at them. When she realized what she did, Ami started to blush furiously as the other four girls giggled and came up to give her a big group hug.

End Flashback

"You are sure Tomoyo-san wants to make all five of our dresses?" asked Ami.

"Hai. I know she is working real hard, but I'm sure she is loving every minute of it," said Sakura.

When all the girls had announced that they were all going to the dance, Tomoyo had quickly said that she was going to design each and every one of their dresses. The other girls had been skeptical at first, but Sakura quickly assured them that when it came to formal dresses and such, Tomoyo was one of the best fashion designers there was. The girls had all offered to help, but Tomoyo had insisted that she wanted to make them by herself and surprise them all when they were finished. The only things Tomoyo wanted the girls for was to get their measurements to make sure the dresses would fit perfectly. After she had done that, Tomoyo had gone into her room and locked the door and made sure that none of the other girls could get in and sneak a peak at her new masterpieces.

Author's Notes:

Well this beginning part sets the scene for the rest of the Chapter. In case anyone was wondering, I used the correct birthdays for the Sailor Moon and Card Captor Sakura characters, although their ages might not be how they are supposed to be based on the show. In my story though, Eriol is the oldest, than Duo, Ranma, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Ami, Minako, Ukyo, Heero and Sakura is the youngest. By this time, Eriol through Ami are all now 18 and Minako, Ukyo, Heero, and Sakura are still 17.