Sakura in Paris
Part Fourteen: Tom Guvera
(Ameoba Boy, dressed in a pitch helmet and safari outfit, armed with an elephant gun, is prowling about Raye's basement, with the rest of the Gang, which is also called "The Pit of Lost Souls".)
Ameoba Boy: Do you see anything resembling food?
Sakura: I thought I saw a potato, but it ran away from me when I got closer....
(Everyone sweatdrops as Raye giggles nervously.)
Raye: Oh, uh, ah, uh, my, uh, my science project from fifth grade....
Psycho: Did you hear that?
(Sakura grabs Li's arm and Ameoba Boy whimpers like a school-girl.)
Raye: I'm sure it was just K.C.
Everyone: K.C.?
Raye: Uh, my giant tarantula my Uncle Rick gave me when I was seven...
Ameoba Boy: Giant? How giant?
Raye: Um, well....let's see...he weighed about 228 lbs, 6 oz last time I checked....
(Everyone whimpers and edges closer. The flashlight begins to dim and flicker fitfully.)
Max: Oh shit...
(The flashlight batteries die and everyone screams in terror as a hairy leg touches Heaven's shoulder......)
{Disclaimer}
If walkin' potatoes scare you, you shouldn't have read that last part.
And about the tarantula, I did have one when I was seven, but his name was Dusty and he died when I was eight, so don't worry. I really don't have giant spiders walkin' around in my "Pit of Lost Souls".
And, sad but true, I don't own Cardcaptors, Clamp does.
Sorry if it's redundent, but I have to say it so I don't get sued.
Don't wanna get sued.
Nope.
Don't wanna.
"I'm sorry, Chere`! 'E insisted to see you!" Ranea called out in warning as Ranea was pushed into the room by an irrate Tom, who was being "stopped" by the young maid.
"That's okay, Ranea. It's nice to have visitors." Sakura said politely. Ranea took her hands off Tom's shoulders and smoothed her apron.
She took and deep breath and shot a look at Sakura. "I'll be waiting outside if you need me, Chere`."
"Take a seat, Tom." Sakura said, nodding towards the ornate seat in the corner. Tom ignored the offer and sat by the bed at the more comfortable chair, where Li usually sat.
"I'm most sorry for barging in like this, Madamoiselle Sakura, but I 'ad to see you, and I never could. Are you okay? I 'eard you were injured last week."
Sakura smiled as she edged away slightly from the very cute boy. "Oh, yeah, I'm fine now. I've just got a sprained ankle. Doctor says to stay off it for a while is all."
Li walked in just then, shuffling through a magazine (he had been out shopping with Jacque). He stopped in his tracks at the sight of Tom.
"You!" They both said at the same time, glaring hatefully at each other. "What's he doing here?!" Again, both of them, shouted loudly.
"Tom, this is Li, Li this is Tom."
"We've met." Li said coldly, glaring at Tom with the look he normally reserved for Kero and Tori.
"We 'ave, yes."
Sakura laughed nervously. "Yeah, well, Li, be nice!"
"Excuse me, Madamoiselle, but why is 'e 'ere?" Tom asked, not tearing his eyes from Li.
"Li is my friend from Japan. He's staying here with me and Grannie Marie. He helps me out, since I can't get out of bed."
Tom glared at Li. "I see. Are you a couple?"
"You could maybe say that." Sakura said carefully. Li nodded and went to the other side of Sakura's bed to sit on his cot.
Li glanced at Sakura, then over to her Sealing Wand necklace laying on the dresser as if to ask, Where's Kero?
Sakura shrugged.
"So, Madamoiselle Sakura-"
"Sakura. Just call me Sakura."
Tom smiled slightly. "Sakura. Well, I suppose I better get back 'ome. It t'was goo' to see you again, and you too, Li." Li glared coldly at him. "Goo' day."
And Tom left the room, Li mentally urging him out as quickly as possible.
Kero floated into the room not even a moment later, sniffing happily at a large, chocolate-frosting-covered muffin he was clutching in both paws.
"Kero! Where did you get that?!?"
Kero jumped back in surprise, dropping the muffin, but managing to catch it again before it hit the floor. He growled softly, his vein twitching. "What'd you do that for? You nearly made me drop it!"
"Does Cooky know you got that?"
"Of course not! I got it when she wasn't looking!" Kero said with a sniff, as though the answer was obvious. He took a giant bite of the muffin, burying his face in the frosting. When he resurfaced, his face was black and very gooey-looking.
"Get better manners, Kero!"
"Hmmph, schrumph, hmmmm, yummmmm!"
Heaven: Is it gone?
Psycho: It tried to drag Ameoba Boy off, but it hit its head on a pipe and ran off yelping...
Sakura: Do I smell something cooking?
Ameoba Boy: Hey, where is Max?
Raye: I'm not sure, but we're gonna find out!
(Everyone crawls out of the "Pit of Lost Souls" and into the sunlit upstairs.)
Heaven: Oh....my.....God....Max......what ....are.....you...doing?
(Max is huddled over the stove, which has a burner lit, and is holding a shoe over the flame.)
Max: Nurishment! Food! Vitals!
Raye: MAX! DON'T SINK THAT LOW!
(Raye and Max begin to wrestle over the burning shoe.)
Raye: It's one of my Dad's loafers!
Max: It's made of a cow! Cows are eatable!
(Max is tied to a chair to keep her away from the shoe, which she was trying to take a bite out of.)
Raye: We've sunk to an all time low.....
Psycho: You know what, Raye? This'll sound pathetic, but.....that shoe's looking pretty tasty.....
Part Fourteen: Tom Guvera
(Ameoba Boy, dressed in a pitch helmet and safari outfit, armed with an elephant gun, is prowling about Raye's basement, with the rest of the Gang, which is also called "The Pit of Lost Souls".)
Ameoba Boy: Do you see anything resembling food?
Sakura: I thought I saw a potato, but it ran away from me when I got closer....
(Everyone sweatdrops as Raye giggles nervously.)
Raye: Oh, uh, ah, uh, my, uh, my science project from fifth grade....
Psycho: Did you hear that?
(Sakura grabs Li's arm and Ameoba Boy whimpers like a school-girl.)
Raye: I'm sure it was just K.C.
Everyone: K.C.?
Raye: Uh, my giant tarantula my Uncle Rick gave me when I was seven...
Ameoba Boy: Giant? How giant?
Raye: Um, well....let's see...he weighed about 228 lbs, 6 oz last time I checked....
(Everyone whimpers and edges closer. The flashlight begins to dim and flicker fitfully.)
Max: Oh shit...
(The flashlight batteries die and everyone screams in terror as a hairy leg touches Heaven's shoulder......)
{Disclaimer}
If walkin' potatoes scare you, you shouldn't have read that last part.
And about the tarantula, I did have one when I was seven, but his name was Dusty and he died when I was eight, so don't worry. I really don't have giant spiders walkin' around in my "Pit of Lost Souls".
And, sad but true, I don't own Cardcaptors, Clamp does.
Sorry if it's redundent, but I have to say it so I don't get sued.
Don't wanna get sued.
Nope.
Don't wanna.
"I'm sorry, Chere`! 'E insisted to see you!" Ranea called out in warning as Ranea was pushed into the room by an irrate Tom, who was being "stopped" by the young maid.
"That's okay, Ranea. It's nice to have visitors." Sakura said politely. Ranea took her hands off Tom's shoulders and smoothed her apron.
She took and deep breath and shot a look at Sakura. "I'll be waiting outside if you need me, Chere`."
"Take a seat, Tom." Sakura said, nodding towards the ornate seat in the corner. Tom ignored the offer and sat by the bed at the more comfortable chair, where Li usually sat.
"I'm most sorry for barging in like this, Madamoiselle Sakura, but I 'ad to see you, and I never could. Are you okay? I 'eard you were injured last week."
Sakura smiled as she edged away slightly from the very cute boy. "Oh, yeah, I'm fine now. I've just got a sprained ankle. Doctor says to stay off it for a while is all."
Li walked in just then, shuffling through a magazine (he had been out shopping with Jacque). He stopped in his tracks at the sight of Tom.
"You!" They both said at the same time, glaring hatefully at each other. "What's he doing here?!" Again, both of them, shouted loudly.
"Tom, this is Li, Li this is Tom."
"We've met." Li said coldly, glaring at Tom with the look he normally reserved for Kero and Tori.
"We 'ave, yes."
Sakura laughed nervously. "Yeah, well, Li, be nice!"
"Excuse me, Madamoiselle, but why is 'e 'ere?" Tom asked, not tearing his eyes from Li.
"Li is my friend from Japan. He's staying here with me and Grannie Marie. He helps me out, since I can't get out of bed."
Tom glared at Li. "I see. Are you a couple?"
"You could maybe say that." Sakura said carefully. Li nodded and went to the other side of Sakura's bed to sit on his cot.
Li glanced at Sakura, then over to her Sealing Wand necklace laying on the dresser as if to ask, Where's Kero?
Sakura shrugged.
"So, Madamoiselle Sakura-"
"Sakura. Just call me Sakura."
Tom smiled slightly. "Sakura. Well, I suppose I better get back 'ome. It t'was goo' to see you again, and you too, Li." Li glared coldly at him. "Goo' day."
And Tom left the room, Li mentally urging him out as quickly as possible.
Kero floated into the room not even a moment later, sniffing happily at a large, chocolate-frosting-covered muffin he was clutching in both paws.
"Kero! Where did you get that?!?"
Kero jumped back in surprise, dropping the muffin, but managing to catch it again before it hit the floor. He growled softly, his vein twitching. "What'd you do that for? You nearly made me drop it!"
"Does Cooky know you got that?"
"Of course not! I got it when she wasn't looking!" Kero said with a sniff, as though the answer was obvious. He took a giant bite of the muffin, burying his face in the frosting. When he resurfaced, his face was black and very gooey-looking.
"Get better manners, Kero!"
"Hmmph, schrumph, hmmmm, yummmmm!"
Heaven: Is it gone?
Psycho: It tried to drag Ameoba Boy off, but it hit its head on a pipe and ran off yelping...
Sakura: Do I smell something cooking?
Ameoba Boy: Hey, where is Max?
Raye: I'm not sure, but we're gonna find out!
(Everyone crawls out of the "Pit of Lost Souls" and into the sunlit upstairs.)
Heaven: Oh....my.....God....Max......what ....are.....you...doing?
(Max is huddled over the stove, which has a burner lit, and is holding a shoe over the flame.)
Max: Nurishment! Food! Vitals!
Raye: MAX! DON'T SINK THAT LOW!
(Raye and Max begin to wrestle over the burning shoe.)
Raye: It's one of my Dad's loafers!
Max: It's made of a cow! Cows are eatable!
(Max is tied to a chair to keep her away from the shoe, which she was trying to take a bite out of.)
Raye: We've sunk to an all time low.....
Psycho: You know what, Raye? This'll sound pathetic, but.....that shoe's looking pretty tasty.....