"HELLO!" Sakura yelled loud enough for the whole neighborhood to hear.
"Hi, Kinomoto-san." Meiling greeted warmly. "Syaoran's present is in the driveway."
"Hoe?" Sakura asked. "Why is it there?"
"You'll see." Meiling replied slyly.
All four sisters run up and hug Sakura at the same time. "We haven't seen you for ages."
"Hoe?" Sakura asked. "I saw you all at the wedding."
As Sakura tried to escape the tight grasp of the four sisters, Syaoran's mother entered. She was wearing a formal Chinese outfit, as usual.
"Hello Sakura, how have you been? " Yelan greeted as she kissed Sakura on the cheek.
"I've been good," Sakura stutters as she tries to control her blushing.
"I am glad to see that you are in good health....but I must warn you about something. Be careful of cake," Yelan warns.
"Hoe?" Sakura asks
After the Li family settled in, Daidouji Sonomi walked in.
"Hello, mother." Tomoyo greeted.
"Hello." Sakura smiles.
Automatically, Sonomi's eyes are filled with tears. "I still can't believe you married that Chinese boy. How could you leave my poor Tomoyo all alone?"
"Hoe?" Sakura asks, completely baffled.
"Don't worry about it," Tomoyo assures. "Mother, I told you already that I like someone else. Speaking of him, here he comes."
The room is filled with silence as Hiiragizawa Eriol enters the room. As the smoke clears, the silence is broken. Akizuki Nakuru has entered screaming with glee. Suppi-chan is following with a look of pure annoyance.
"Sakura-chan!" Nakuru calls. "I'm so happy right now. I get to see Touya-kun!!!"
The four sisters run up to Nakuru with joy. "Hello! Didn't we meet at the wedding?"
"Weren't you the one who jumped on Touya-kun's back and caused him to knock the cake over?" One asked.
"Oh yeah, I remember that." One recalls. "Wasn't that Kero-chan still eating it?"
Nakuru nods, "That was fun."
"Yeah, it was kinda funny." One agrees.
"Hey," Nakuru realizes. "We have a lot in common! Wanna be friends?"
The sisters and Nakuru link arms and skip away together to play in the backyard.
Suppi-chan watches in dismay as Eriol just smiles at the destruction they will cause. A second later, Eriol is tapped on the shoulder by Tomoyo's mother.
"So, are you the one that my precious Tomoyo loves?" Sonomi asks.
Eriol turns around. "Yes, that would be me."
Sonomi smiles, "I'm glad that Tomoyo has finally found joy."
Minutes later, Fujitaka and Kero-chan enter the room. Kero-chan immediately glares at Suppi-chan, "I didn't know HE was gonna be at this party!" He says with fangs.
Suppi-chan calmly replies, "I didn't know you were going to be here."
Kero replies, "I challenge you to a video game."
Suppi nods, "This could take all day."
Sakura smiles, "The video games are in Syaoran-kun's game room."
Kero and Suppi fly up the stairs while hollering insults back and forth.
Suddenly, a honk is heard from the outside. Everyone comes to the door to see what all the fuss is.
"Hoe?" Sakura asks as she notices Yukito driving a huge truck. The side of the truck read: "Tomoeda Grocery."
"When you said 'a truck's worth,' I didn't know that you were serious," Sakura said as she sweatdrops. "Is this all for the party?"
"Oh, no, this is not for you guys. This is my share. Toya has your share," Yukito smiled as he spoke.
Everyone looks behind Yukito to see a smaller version of the truck Yukito had. Touya sweatdropped as he said, "Where do you want me to drop this off?"
A few minutes later, the phone rang.
"Hello?" Sakura greets.
Eriol, already knowing who was on the phone, walks into the next room to eavesdrop on the other line.
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"Hello, Kinomoto, or should I call you Li now?" The voice asked. "It's Mizuki-sensei."
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Sakura gasps, "You're coming right?"
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"Oh, I'm afraid I cannot. You see, I'm getting married today." Kaho replies.
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"Oh really?" Sakura asks. "That's great! I wish you luck!"
Suddenly, in the other room, Eriol blasts the phone in disappointment. 'She didn't even invite me.'
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"Mizuki-sensei?" Sakura asks as the line is cut off. "Mizuki-sensei?"
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An hour later, Syaoran calls.
"Hello, my darling Cherry Blossom. I've missed your lovely voice."
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Eriol raises an eyebrow because he answered the phone, "Li-kun, I didn't know you felt that way."
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"HIIRAGIZAWA?! WHY ARE YOU AT MY PLACE?!"
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"Daidouji-san invited me."
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"I thought I could TRUST her!" Syaoran screamed.
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"Li-kun, you shouldn't scream. It makes people think otherwise of you."
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"Were you the reason why I couldn't call an hour ago?!"
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"There was a slight problem in the connection." Eriol replied casually.
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"Just put Sakura on the phone!"
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Eriol hands over the phone as Sakura answered to Syaoran.
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"Sakura, I hope that everything is under control there. What exactly are you guys doing there?" Syaoran asks with some fear.
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"Oh, Syaoran-kun, we're only playing cards," Sakura says with a smile.
Suddenly a scream is heard in the background as you hear Nakuru falling off a chair. At the same time, all four sisters ask her if she's ok.
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"Are my sisters there?!" Syaoran asks with wonder.
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"Your imagination is working up again, Syaoran-kun," Sakura tells him. "We're watching the old home movies Tomoyo-chan brought."
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Syaoran shakes his head as he struggles to understand what had just happened. "Ok, be careful. Have you eaten yet?"
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In the background this time, Yukito is heard at the house saying, "Sakura-chan, where do you want me to put this food?"
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"Sakura! Is Tsukishiro over there?!" Syaoran says because now he is completely confused about what is happening at the house.
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"Yes." Sakura replied. "He brought us take-out." Sakura covers the receiver and whispers, "It's Syaoran-kun."
Yukito nods as he yells, "I'll be on my way now."
Meanwhile, Nakuru and the sisters are suffocating Touya. They are screaming and jumping and screaming and jumping on him.
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"I'm hearing things again." Syaoran replies.
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Tomoyo are off at a convenient distance recording Sakura's every move. "Kawaii!" She yells.
Meiling, who is standing next to Tomoyo, sweatdrops and says, "Daidouji-san, you have not changed a bit."
On the other side of the room, Sonomi Daidouji was heard. "FUJITAKA-SENSEI, WHAT DO YOU MEAN NADESHIKO-CHAN IS STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU?!"
Fujitaka sweatdrops and says, "Sonomi-kun, you shouldn't be so loud about it." The whole room goes silent.
Suddenly, Suppi-chan comes flying down the stairs towards Eriol screaming, "Eriol, make him stop! He's trying to poison me!"
"There's nothing wrong with cupcakes!" Kero-chan yells as he follows Suppi with a smile. He is holding two golden-brown cupcakes with yellow frosting, with sprinkles in the shape of a smiley face.
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Syaoran pauses and says, "I don't recall that being in a video.
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Sakura replies, "I know, this happened during that year you stayed in Hong Kong."
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Syaoran is now totally confused, "I thought I heard Meiling in the video." Syaoran shakes his head and says, "I better go... See you tonight."
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For the final few hours of the preparation, everyone helped to decorate. However, half of the food supply disappeared due to Kero-chan, and Yukito-san's hunger. Kero-chan and Suppi-chan then declared a rematch and once again flew up the stairs.
At around 6:30 p.m., Chiharu and the others arrive. Chiharu complains that they were running late because Yamazaki was busy telling stories to the strangers who wandered around the street.
At around the same time, Tomoyo rushed Sakura upstairs to change into an outfit she recently made.
At exactly 7:00 p.m., Syaoran came through the door. Everyone, but Sakura, Nakuru, and his sisters were in hiding. Right away, Syaoran was mobbed by his sisters and Nakuru. They kept screaming about how grown up he was or something.
"SAKURA!" He yelled. "WHAT IS GOING ON?!"
Sakura smiles sweetly, "This is for you."
Syaoran's mother then steps forward, "Syaoran, I'm glad to see you in good health."
Syaoran stutters as he stands up straight, "M-mother, I didn't know you were going to be here."
"We would never miss your birthday." His mother replies as she places her hand on his cheek.
Meiling comes bouncing from behind the sofa with joy, "I haven't seen you in so long!"
"Meiling?" Syaoran says with surprise.
Sonomi and Fujitaka both stand up and say, "Happy Birthday."
Eriol steps forward with a smile, "I think you will get everything you deserve this birthday."
A look of pure fear shined in poor Syaoran's eyes.
Tomoyo then jumped up and yelled, "KAWAII!"
Eriol then placed his arm around Tomoyo, "Make sure to record the birthday boy when he blows out his candles. It will be priceless."
Syaoran struggles to swallow.
Naoko and Rika wave hi to Syaoran. Chiharu and Yamazaki come forward as well. Yamazaki then begins a story about how the candles on the birthday cake each symbolize something. Chiharu then hit him on the head with a mallet.
Rika smiled then said, "I want to be the first to give Li-kun his present." Rika handed him a perfectly wrapped present.
Syaoran opens the present to find a journal. "Thank you."
"I thought that you would want to put your feelings down on paper." Rika said. "Seeing that you express them well around Sakura-chan." She added as she winked.
"Here is your present." Naoko's glasses shone as she handed Syaoran his present.
Syaoran opened it to find a cookbook. "Thank you. I am a good chef."
Naoko smiled, "Now you can cook Sakura-chan anything you like."
Chiharu then handed Syaoran the present from Yamazaki and her.
"Thank you." Syaoran said as he opened it. It was a green coffee mug with the name 'Syaoran' on it.
Yamazaki then began a story about how every time you drink out of a mug with your name on it, you get a wish granted.
Chiharu then began to choke him and replied that, "We got it because it was cute."
Fujitaka then came forward with a present. "This is from Kero-kun and me."
Syaoran takes the present and opens it to find a box of chocolate. However, when he opened the box, surprisingly half of it was gone.
Fujitaka sweatdropped, "I accidentally left them out and Kero-kun helped himself."
Syaoran nodded, "That stuffed animal can't get enough."
Chiharu, Rika, Naoko, and Yamazaki all got dots for eyes.
Tomoyo handed Syaoran his present as she continued to film, "It's from Mother and me."
Sonomi smiled, "I helped her make it." She then turned to Sakura and said, "Sakura-chan, you two will be matching."
Syaoran opens the present to see a male version of the outfit Sakura is wearing. Syaoran sweatdropps and says, "Thank you."
"Hey you!" Touya yells from the other side of the room. "Catch!" Touya throws a rather huge box across the room towards Syaoran.
Syaoran catches it with surprise.
Sakura's eyes well up with tears, "Oniichan, I knew you'd come through."
Touya just smiles.
Syaoran opens the wrapping to find a box. However, the box inside was empty. "Is this a joke?"
"This is no joke." Touya explains. "My gift represents my love for you, which is nothing."
Syaoran glares.
"Don't worry about it." Yukito laughs. "My gift is a generous one." Yukito hands over a lifetimes gift certificate for Tomoeda Grocery.
Syaoran sweatdrops, "Thank you. Now my Sakura will always be fed."
The sisters all nod and hand over four identical boxes.
Syaoran opens all four to find four pairs of the same green socks and green shoes. He sweatdrops and says, "Thank you. I think."
The four sisters then look at each other with confusion. Suddenly the room is filled with,
"I thought I was getting gift!", "No, you said that I was!", etc. However, the sisters were silenced when the mother came through.
"My son," Yelan says. "This is for you." Yelan hands over a brand-new sword as she says, "Beware of cake."
Immediately, Syaoran shoots a glare towards Eriol, who just smiles in response.
Nakuru then bounces over, "Oh dear, I've forgotten a gift!"
She pauses for a moment as a light bulb appears over her head.
"Don't worry, hold on!" She yells as she runs up the stairs.
Seconds later, she appears with Suppi-chan in her arms. She has tied a pink bow around Suppi-chan's neck. Suppi-chan looks genuinely confused. However, he still manages to have a sweatdrop.
Nakuru happily yells, "IT'S FOR YOU!"
Syaoran sweatdrops, "Are you sure?"
Nakuru nods with excitement, "Yup!"
Suppi quietly whispers up to Nakuru, "What are you doing?! You fool! I don't want to go with him! I like living with you and master!"
Nakuru's eyes fill with hearts as she hollers, "REALLY?! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU LOVED ME SO MUCH!"
Suppi sweatdrops as he continues to whisper, "I never said that..."
Chiharu and the others sweatdrop at Nakuru's odd behavior.
Yamazaki then whispers in Syaoran's ear, "Are you sure she's not on medication?"
Syaoran sweatdrops, "It's a game she plays."
"WELL!" Nakuru says, still yelling, runs up to Eriol. "I SAY IT'S TIME FOR A GROUP HUG!" Stars fill her eyes as she attempts to hug both of them at once.
"Nakuru!" They both say.
"I BETTER RETURN YOU TO YOUR GAMES!" Nakuru exclaims as she hops up the stairs to return Suppi.
However, she is still back in time to see Meiling's present.
"Well," Meiling said. "I believe that we must go outside to see my gift." Meiling leads the others outside to a brand-new convertible. "For you!"
Everyone's eyes widen in awe of the beautiful car.
"Meiling," Syaoran replies. "You didn't have to do."
"Well, I would've gotten you something better, but I didn't want to surpass Kinomoto-san." Meiling says happily.
"Well," Eriol smiles as everyone heads inside. "I guess that it's time for cake."
Syaoran suddenly flashes a worried look. "Hiiragizawa, I have a sword."
"Oh," Eriol says as he raises an eyebrow, "You want to cut the cake?"
Syaoran growls in frustration. "No, that's not what I had in mind."
Tomoyo smiles at the two and suddenly interrupts, "Hirragizawa-kun, this is no time to mess with Li-kun's mind. I want to record nice video for now."
"Wait a minute!" Sakura yells. "What about my present?!"
"Sakura, didn't you give me it this morning?" Syaoran blinked. "Remember the card?"
"Syaoran-kun." Sakura said a little insulted. "I can do more than people think! The card was joke. Tomoyo-chan didn't help at all. I did it ALL by myself." She smiled.
"Well," Syaoran said a little confused. "What is the present?"
"Syaoran-kun, I've noticed how tired you are when you return from work. So, I called your boss and asked him to give you a two-week vacation starting tomorrow!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Wait," Syaoran paused. "Then who's going to take my place. The office is short on people."
"Don't be silly, Syaoran-kun. The other half of my present is that... I will go to work for you!" She yelled excitedly. "I'll get to repay you for all the hard work!"
Everyone in the room applauds at the wonderful gift. Some are are heard saying what a wonderful wife Syaoran has.
Suddenly, a thud is heard in the background. Syaoran-kun has fainted.
~*To Be Continued*~
~*End of Chapter Four*~
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