"No, no, no, no!! We have 4 phones in the house!!!" The four correct
her.
~~~
Sakura sweatdrops as she recites the address to them. "You need to be here sometime after 7:00 am because this is a surprise birthday party. Also, can you all bring some party supplies for tomorrow? I can't drive the car since Syaoran-kun hid the car keys."
~~~
"Okay! We'll be glad to bring some party supplies!!!" All four sisters reply at the same time.
"I'll bring balloons!" One exclaimed.
"Don't forget the confetti!" Another screamed with joy.
"We're gonna need to make some noise so I will bring the noise makers!" One yells.
"I guess that means that I will get Syaoran his present." One paused... "I wonder what he wants."
"How about some shoes?" One suggests.
"Well, we'll have to get some socks too because you need socks to wear shoes!" One adds.
"They'll both have to be green!"
"...Green socks?"
"Sure! Syaoran said that he loved green!"
~~~
Sakura sighed, 'Have they forgotten about me?' Sakura spoke up, "Hello?
~~~
The sisters wouldn't stop.
"Well," One began as she started it again. "How exactly are we going to get there?"
"I'll drive the truck!" One volunteered.
"But, there's still the ocean!" Another reminded.
"One of us could control a ship!" One suggested.
"Wouldn't it be better if we just took a plane?"
The other three nod in agreement.
"Sakura-chan," The oldest one concluded. "We're going to be at your house at around 8:00 am tomorrow. With confetti, balloons, noise makers, a present, and we're taking a plane."
~~~
Sakura sweatdropped. "Sounds good. See you tomorrow."
~~~
"Goodbye." The four said together.
~~~
Sakura sighed a breath of relief as she hung up the phone. "It's hard to talk to them."
Tomoyo laughed, "I know. Remember how they were when we first went to visit?"
Sakura giggled at the memory as she changed the subject. "Anyway, I better call Meiling-chan."
Sakura dialed the number and waited for a responce. "Hello?"
~~~
"Hello, Meiling Li speaking."
~~~
"Hi! Meiling-chan, it's me. Sakura."
~~~
"Kinomoto-san?" Meiling asked. "Are you taking good care of Syaoran? I won't allow you to mistreat my dear cousin!"
~~~
"Actually," Sakura sweatdropped. "Syaoran-kun won't let me do a thing. He does it all for me."
~~~
"Huh?" Meiling asked puzzled for a moment. "That's strange... Syaoran used to make me do everything for him!"
~~~
Sakura paused, "Hoe? That's weird to me."
~~~
"So, what is the real reason that you called?"
~~~
"Syaoran's birthday is tomorrow."
~~~
"I noticed." Meiling replied as she glanced towards her calender.
'SYAORAN'S BIRTHDAY' was written in big bold letters. "I already have
a present and everything. You never sent me an invitation or anything. Is
there no party this year?"
~~~
"I forgot to mail the invitations." Sakura sweatdropped.
~~~
"Kinomoto-san, that is so much like you." Meiling laughed. "Maybe
that's why my cousin loves you so much..."
~~~
"Meiling-chan," Sakura interrupted. "Before you continue, can I ask you something?"
~~~
"Sure."
~~~
"You don't unexpectedly begin to say long paragraphs of the same thing
over and over do you?"
~~~
"No, why?"
~~~
Sakura shook her head, "No reason. Anyway, could you come to Syaoran-kun's
surprise birthday tomorrow?"
~~~
"Sure, I'd love to!" Meiling paused before she let herself
get too excited. "But, how would I get there?"
~~~
"You could ride the same plane as Syaoran-kun's sisters and mother."
~~~
"Sure, I'll call them now. They have the rest of the information right?"
~~~
"Yeah, they do."
~~~
"Thanks."
~~~
"For what?"
~~~
"Inviting me."
~~~
"Oh, we couldn't have Syaoran-kun's birthday without you! Did you
know that he always mentions you?"
~~~
"Really?" Meiling asked in excitement as her eyes lit up with
hope.
~~~
"Not really," Sakura sweatdropped. "But, I've heard him mention you a few times in the middle of his long sayings."
~~~
"Oh..." Meiling replied a little confused. "I've never heard
him talk for a long period of time at once..."
~~~
"Hoe?" Sakura asked. "He talks all the time."
~~~
"Well, I better go pack now. See you tomorrow."
~~~
"Bye." Sakura hung up.
"Is she coming?" Tomoyo asked.
Sakura nodded.
"Who's next?" Sakura asked.
"Well," Tomoyo began as she flipped the book to the starting page. "The first name we should invite is... Akizuki Nakuru."
"So, you're saying that we should call Eriol-kun's place now?"
Tomoyo nodded.
Sakura dialed Eriol's number and waited for someone to pick up.
~~~
"The phone is ringing." Spinel Sun stated. (Who, by the way, is
in chibi form.)
"Suppi-chan, I'll get it!" Nakuru yelled as she picked up the phone. "Hello, this is the Hiiragizawa residence."
"Who is this 'Suppi-chan' that you keep rambling about?" Spinel Sun asked as he returned to his reading.
~~~
"Can I please speak to Eriol-kun?"
~~~
"Master!" Nakuru calls. "There is a phone call for you!"
An explosion is heard as Eriol says, "I'm coming."
~~~
"Hoe? Eriol-kun, I heard an explosion."
~~~
"Oh. I was just turning off the TV." Eriol responds. "I think I have to buy a new one now." He mutters under his breath.
~~~
"Hoe? What did you say?"
~~~
"Oh, nothing. Don't hurt yourself by thinking to hard. Sakura-san, what brings you to call me?"
~~~
"Syaoran-kun's birthday is tomorrow!" She said with glee. "You, Akizuki-san, and Spinel Sun are invited!"
~~~
"Sakura-san, before I respond, may I ask you a simple question?"
~~~
"Sure, Eriol-kun! What is it?"
~~~
"I was just wondering... May I bring the birthday cake for my cute descendant? I'd like to repay him for all the kindness he has shown me?" Eriol smiles evilly.
~~~
"Really? Your going to repay him too?" Despite Tomoyo's attempt to calm Sakura down, Sakura began to jump excitedly. "That's why I'm having the party! To repay Syaoran-kun for all his kindness!"
~~~
"I'm sure you are, my dear." Eriol says bluntly.
~~~
"Thank you for offering the cake because I was going to ask you to bring something anyway."
~~~
"It's my pleasure." Eriol replied in Clow Reed's voice.
~~~
"Hoe?" Sakura asked "Is there someone else on the line?"
~~~
"No, it's just me. I'll be there bright and early!"
~~~
"But make sure it's after 7:00 a.m., that way Syaoran-kun won't be
there. It's a surprise."
~~~
"Perfect. See you then."
~~~
"Goodbye!" Sakura waves as she hangs up.
"Sakura-chan," Tomoyo begins. "What are you waving to?"
"Eriol-kun, he just hung up."'
Despite Sakura being a little out of it, as usual, Tomoyo just smiled at her dear friend. "At least now I have something to record! I haven't recorded anything since the wedding!" Tomoyo exclaims as shooting stars appear in her eyes.
"Hoe?" Sakura asks. "Who's next?"
"Daidouji, but since I'm here the next name is... Hiiragizawa."
"Didn't we just call him?"
Tomoyo nodded as she turned the page, "Kinomoto Fujitaka."
Sakura smiled, "Kero-chan's going to love this party!" Since Sakura was now married and living on her own, and since Touya had also moved out, Kero had been staying with Fujitaka at the old house. However, living with Kero has made Fujitaka's life even harder.
"Otou-san!" Sakura exclaims as her father picks up the phone.
"It's your Sakura-san!"
~~~
"Sakura-san, it's nice to hear your voice. Besides work, I haven't been able to get out much. Cooking for Kero-kun is hard work."
As Kero flys by, he hears the word 'Sakura' spoken and grabs the phone
from Fujitaka's grasp. "Sakura! I still can't believe that you married
that Chinese gaki!"
~~~
"Kero-chan! I still can't believe you're still not over that! You
were at the wedding! Also, you ate almost half the cake!"
~~~
"That's another story! So, Sakura, what's up?"
~~~
"I'm inviting you and Otou-san to Syaoran's surprise birthday party. I want you two to be there at around 8:00 a.m. because we have to prepare." Sakura smiles since she finally has a chance to let Syaoran know that she loves him back. "Kero-chan, there will be cake!"
~~~
"Woo-hoo! Cake! Cake! Cake! I'm coming!" Kero screams as he throws the phone back at Fujitaka.
Fujitaka tries to adjust his glasses after catching it, "As I said, it's hard living with Kero-kun."
~~~
"Otou-san, could you please cook something for the party?"
~~~
"Sure, I'll be glad to cook a batch of takoyaki." Fujitaka replies.
"Woo-hoo!" Kero yells as he continues fly around the room. "Today is my lucky day! In fact, everyday is a lucky day when you live with such a great cook!"
Fujitaka sweatdrops, "I better make that three batches. Is Tsukishiro-san
coming?"
~~~
"Yes." Sakura responds.
~~~
"I better make five batches then." Fujitaka sweatdrops. "I better start cooking now. See you tomorrow."
~~~
"Goodbye!" Sakura smiles. "Who's next?"
"Kinomoto Touya." Tomoyo replies. "But, doesn't he have a grudge against Li-kun?"
Sakura nodded, "But they're okay with each other now. I think." Sakura hoped as she dialed Touya's number.
~~~
"Hello." Touya answered.
~~~
"Oniichan!" Sakura practically hollered in his ears. "Hi!"
~~~
"Don't yell. So, Kaijuu why are you so excited?" Touya responded as he held the phone a foot away from his ears.
~~~
"I've missed you." Sakura responded. "Also, I AM NOT A MONSTER!"
~~~
"As I was saying, Kaijuu, what do you want?"
~~~
"Grrr...." Sakura growled. "I'M NOT A MONSTER! Anyway, I'm inviting you to Syaoran-kun's surprise birthday party."
~~~
"Why would I want to go to that brat's birthday party?"
~~~
"He's not a brat! I can't believe you still have something against him! Oniichan, please come!"
~~~
"Fine, I'll go for you, but that brat better be taking good care of
you."
~~~
"He takes pretty good care of me!" Sakura yelled. "Oniichan
is coming! This is going to be great! Oniichan, we need party supplies.
Could you bring a little something?"
~~~
"Hmm... I'll just help Yuki with whatever he's bringing."
~~~
"Yay!" Sakura yelled. "Come tomorrow at 8 a.m. so that we
can prepare." Sakura said. "See you then."
Sakura looked towards Tomoyo, "Who's next?"
"Mizuki Kaho." Tomoyo says in a bitter tone.
"I always thought that you liked Mizuki-sensei..." Sakura replied.
"Well, she really hurt Hiiragizawa-kun when she returned to England... without him." Tomoyo sighed.
"Then you don't want to invite her?" Sakura blinked.
Tomoyo paused and looked away. Her eyes had a glint of evil in them. "I never said that."
"Hoe?" Sakura asked as she dialed the number.
~~~
The answer machine picked up,
"You've reached the home of Kaho Mizuki. I'm not in right now, but
if you leave a message I'll get back to you."
~~~
"Mizuki-sensei!" Sakura greeted. "It's me Sakura Kinomoto. Well, actually my last name is Li now! Yay! Anyway, Mizuki-sensei, Syaoran-kun's birthday is tomorrow. I'm inviting you to it. It starts at 7:00 p.m., but try to be there early. Bye!"
Sakura sighed as she hung up, "She wasn't home. I left a message."
"The next one on the list," Tomoyo began. "Is Tsukishiro Yukito."
"Yay!" Sakura yelled as she dialed Yukito's number.
~~~
"Hello?"
~~~
"Yukito-san!" Sakura greeted excitedly. "It's Sakura!"
~~~
"Sakura-chan?" Yukito asks. "Hi."
~~~
"I'm inviting you to Syaoran-kun's surprise birthday party! Oniichan
promised that he'd come."
~~~
"You got Toya to come? That's a surprise."
~~~
"Yup! Also, could you bring something? We're low on supplies. Oniichan
said he'll help you."
~~~
"I'll bring the food!"
~~~
"Yay!" Sakura yelled. "There's going to be a lot of people
so bring a lot."
~~~
"Don't worry about it Sakura-chan, I'll bring a truck's-worth."
~~~
"Yay! See you then." Sakura hung up.
Sakura then called the remaining friends, Sasaki Rika, Yanagizawa Naoko, and Chiharu and Takashi Yamazaki. However, when Sakura called Yamazaki-kun and Chiharu-chan, she just couldn't get off the phone. Yamazaki kept talking about the orgin of birthdays and Sakura was begginning to believe it when Chiharu picked up the upstairs phone and yelled at him to stop telling lies.
"I'm glad that's done with." Sakura smiled.
"I'll be here early tomorrow." Tomoyo replied. "I want to film everything."
Sakura sweatdropped.
Syaoran then walked in the door. He had a tired expression on his face because he had just returned from a long day at work. "Hello, Sakura." He greeted as he kissed her on the cheek. "How was your day?"
"It was fun!" Sakura assured. "Tomoyo-chan kept me company. Can she come over tomorrow?"
"Sure," Syaoran replied as he sat on the couch. "Whatever makes my cherry blossom happy."
"Yay!" Sakura yelled. "Also, you don't have to cook me lunch tomorrow. Tomoyo-chan volunteered to cook me something yummy."
"I guess so." Syaoran sighed. "But, I'll be calling to check on you... I'm calling hourly." He then glared at Tomoyo, "Daidouji, when you cook sure it's with a smile on your face and a song in your heart. Sakura likes it that way."
Tomoyo smiled, "Of course I'll cook it that way. I better be going now." Tomoyo waved as she walked out the door. "Goodnight Sakura-chan, Li-kun."
"Bye!" Sakura waved. "Thank you!"
~*To Be Continued...*~
~*End Chapter Three*~
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Author's Notes: Well, this chapter wasn't as funny (due to Syaoran's absense), but he'll be in the next chapter. ^_~.