Chapter 12- A Good Help
As planed before, Eriol went to talk to Ling about the card he had found in her room. When Ling woke, she had a huge headache (Hang over! Hehe…). She also found Eriol sitting on the edge of her bed.
"What the hell are you doing in here? I'm trying to sleep!" Ling said crankily.
"I'm here to talk to you Ling. I don't know if you remember, but yesterday you caught another card. No one else was with you but me. You seemed a bit… odd. You weren't yourself! You could barely stand up on your own. I had to carry you home. When I came into your room to put you down, I found this on your bed…" Eriol said seriously as he pulled out the card from his pocket. Ling gasped at the sight of the card.
"Well, I guess you found out my secret! Hehe!" Ling tried to say jokingly. Eriol didn't laugh. He kept a concerned look on his face. Ling couldn't take the look he was giving her; it felt so familiar. "Ok. So you want to know why I've got this card. I made it because I've been depressed. Really depressed. Using the card on myself is the only thing that makes me feel good, feel happy. It takes me away from this world that I live in." she explained.
Eriol didn't want to bud into her personal life so he didn't ask her why she was depressed. They sat there in silence. Ling was thinking 'Why did I just tell him all of that?'. Even though she wasn't really HIS daughter, she still felt like his daughter (Sorry if that didn't make sense… I don't know how else to phrase it.). So he decided to do something for her that would make her happy again. Something that would make her happy enough so that she would stop using the card.
"Were you ever married in your past life?" He asked Ling.
Ling was surprised at the question. "Uh… yes. To a man named Ping. He was my everything. He passed away a few years before myself." She said.
'Hmm… that gives me an idea!' he thought with a huge smile on his face.
"Ling," he said, "I've got a surprise for you. Make sure you don't go out tonight, ok?"
"Ok…" Ling replied. She was confused. 'What's he going to do?' she thought.
Both of them left the room. Ling went down to the kitchen and Eriol went to his room to prepare the surprise.
Ling was getting excited! She wanted to know what her surprise was. No one had been able to make her this excited about anything except for Ping and her father. When Ling got to the kitchen, she saw Sakura there. Sakura was reading the newspaper.
"Good morning Ling! Check out this article! I think that it may be one of your cards!" said Sakura.
Ling looked at the article. The headline was: To A Stranger, Thank You! The article was about a mysterious woman who healed people in the hospital. Whenever someone wanted to thank her, she would vanish.
"Hmm… Sakura, I think that you're right! Let's go to the hospital!" Ling said.
When they got to the hospital, they didn't know where to start first.
"Let's try asking the nurses!" suggested Sakura.
"Excuse me, I was wondering if you had seen that mysterious woman around here lately. I really want to meet her!" said Ling to a nurse.
"As a matter of fact, I just saw her wandering around the 6th floor, in the south section. Good luck finding her!" the nurse said.
"Thanks!" said Sakura.
So Ling and Sakura went to the south section of the 6th floor. They checked every room, trying not to disturb anyone. Ling sensed something in a room with the sign 'Do Not Disturb'.
"I'm sure that it's in here! I don't know if we should go in! It says 'Do Not Disturb'!" said Ling.
"We've got to go in! We need to capture this card!" Sakura said to Ling.
"Ok! I'm going in!".
Not knowing what they'd be interrupting, they opened the door. Inside the room, there was this woman wearing a pink pantsuit with a white coat over it.
"That's the Health Card!" Ling whispered to Sakura.
The Health Card was standing next to an old woman lying in bed. The old woman looked like she had been sick all night, but was now better.
"Oh! Goodie! More visiters! How nice!" said the old woman.
"We're sorry for intruding!" said Sakura apologetically.
"Oh, that's ok dear! This young lady has been helping with my chemotherapy treatment! I feel so much better now!" the old lady said before falling asleep. Sakura just used the Sleep Card on her.
"Return to me! Health Card!" chanted Ling.
The Health Card was sealed. When the old woman woke up, she didn't remember a thing. There was a bouquet of flowers (courtesy of the Flower Card) on her night table with a note that said 'Get Well Soon! From, A Friend'. Ling used the Teleport Card to bring herself and Sakura back home.
"Sakura! Ling! Where have you 2 been? I've been worried sick!" yelled Syaoran as Ling and Sakura walked through the door.
"Holy cow! Calm down! We were just out capturing a card!" said Sakura as she kissed Syaoran on the cheek. Sakura and Ling laughed at Syaoran.
Ling went to her room for a rest. That capture almost made her forget about her surprise. Luckily, Eriol left her a note of reminder. The note said for her to meet him in the garden at 4:30 P.M. "Ah!! It's 4:20! I've got to get ready!" she screamed.
In the next 5 minutes, Ling had changed, though very clumsily, into some nice clothes (she was tempted to wear her battle costume because she thought that it was so cool, but she settled on a nice dark red dress). After, she quickly ran down to the garden. Syaoran caught a glimpse of Ling and he started to blush. Ling didn't notice for she was too busy getting to the garden on time. When Ling arrived at the garden, she found Eriol already there. She was glad that he was already there because she didn't know where in the garden she was supposed to meet him.
"You're here! Good!" Eriol said. They stood around for a few minutes. Each minute that passed, Ling grew more and more nervous. Eriol spoke again. "It's almost time for your surprise! I'm going to leave… I'm sure that you'd like to be alone with your surprise!"
He left he extremely nervous Ling all alone. 'I wonder who it is! It has to be a person! Why would I want to be alone with an object! Maybe it's… nah! He's with Sakura right now!" Ling thought.
Suddenly, she heard a twinkling sound. Ling whipped herself around. She couldn't believe her eyes! It was Ping! 'Thank you sooooo much Eriol.' She thought. A voice popped into her head. "You welcome Ling! He's only here for a night, so cherish this moment forever…" said the voice, which obviously belonged to Eriol.
Ling gave Ping a nice and long kiss on the lips. They sat on a blanket that was on the grass. They were talking while staring into the night sky. They were holding each other, as if they would never see each other again. Just being in Ping's arms made Ling forget about all her troubles, meaning… Syaoran. Ling knew where her heart belonged' it belonged with Ping.
Little did Ling and Ping know, Eriol was watching them. He had a few tears in his eyes. "What's wrong Eriol?" a voice asked. It was Tomoyo. Eriol explained to Tomoyo why he was so sentimental at the moment. "Aww… that's so sweet!" Tomoyo said. She also had a few tears in her eyes.
Eriol looked over at Tomoyo. Every time he looked at her, he had this weird feeling in the pit of his stomach. He didn't know what it meant before, but he knew now. Hew as now tomato red. "Tomoyo? I've got something to tell you." Eriol said, his voice clear but shaky and full of love.
"What is it?" Tomoyo asked him, hoping to hear. No one knew, but Tomoyo had the biggest crush on Eriol. Not even Sakura knew.
"Well… I-I… I love you! I have ever since the 1st time I met you!" he confessed.
Tomoyo flung her arms around Eriol. "Oh me too! Me too!" she said.
Ahh… love was in the air! Ling and Ping were in each other's arms, staring into each other's eyes. Eriol and Tomoyo were in each other's arms, staring out into the open night sky.
After that night, when Ping had left, Ling wrote in her newly acquired journal about her memorable night with Ping. She wrote that she would always remember and cherish that day. After writing in her journal, she took out the Happy Card from under her pillow and sealed it into her book, not intending to get it out ever again.
As planed before, Eriol went to talk to Ling about the card he had found in her room. When Ling woke, she had a huge headache (Hang over! Hehe…). She also found Eriol sitting on the edge of her bed.
"What the hell are you doing in here? I'm trying to sleep!" Ling said crankily.
"I'm here to talk to you Ling. I don't know if you remember, but yesterday you caught another card. No one else was with you but me. You seemed a bit… odd. You weren't yourself! You could barely stand up on your own. I had to carry you home. When I came into your room to put you down, I found this on your bed…" Eriol said seriously as he pulled out the card from his pocket. Ling gasped at the sight of the card.
"Well, I guess you found out my secret! Hehe!" Ling tried to say jokingly. Eriol didn't laugh. He kept a concerned look on his face. Ling couldn't take the look he was giving her; it felt so familiar. "Ok. So you want to know why I've got this card. I made it because I've been depressed. Really depressed. Using the card on myself is the only thing that makes me feel good, feel happy. It takes me away from this world that I live in." she explained.
Eriol didn't want to bud into her personal life so he didn't ask her why she was depressed. They sat there in silence. Ling was thinking 'Why did I just tell him all of that?'. Even though she wasn't really HIS daughter, she still felt like his daughter (Sorry if that didn't make sense… I don't know how else to phrase it.). So he decided to do something for her that would make her happy again. Something that would make her happy enough so that she would stop using the card.
"Were you ever married in your past life?" He asked Ling.
Ling was surprised at the question. "Uh… yes. To a man named Ping. He was my everything. He passed away a few years before myself." She said.
'Hmm… that gives me an idea!' he thought with a huge smile on his face.
"Ling," he said, "I've got a surprise for you. Make sure you don't go out tonight, ok?"
"Ok…" Ling replied. She was confused. 'What's he going to do?' she thought.
Both of them left the room. Ling went down to the kitchen and Eriol went to his room to prepare the surprise.
Ling was getting excited! She wanted to know what her surprise was. No one had been able to make her this excited about anything except for Ping and her father. When Ling got to the kitchen, she saw Sakura there. Sakura was reading the newspaper.
"Good morning Ling! Check out this article! I think that it may be one of your cards!" said Sakura.
Ling looked at the article. The headline was: To A Stranger, Thank You! The article was about a mysterious woman who healed people in the hospital. Whenever someone wanted to thank her, she would vanish.
"Hmm… Sakura, I think that you're right! Let's go to the hospital!" Ling said.
When they got to the hospital, they didn't know where to start first.
"Let's try asking the nurses!" suggested Sakura.
"Excuse me, I was wondering if you had seen that mysterious woman around here lately. I really want to meet her!" said Ling to a nurse.
"As a matter of fact, I just saw her wandering around the 6th floor, in the south section. Good luck finding her!" the nurse said.
"Thanks!" said Sakura.
So Ling and Sakura went to the south section of the 6th floor. They checked every room, trying not to disturb anyone. Ling sensed something in a room with the sign 'Do Not Disturb'.
"I'm sure that it's in here! I don't know if we should go in! It says 'Do Not Disturb'!" said Ling.
"We've got to go in! We need to capture this card!" Sakura said to Ling.
"Ok! I'm going in!".
Not knowing what they'd be interrupting, they opened the door. Inside the room, there was this woman wearing a pink pantsuit with a white coat over it.
"That's the Health Card!" Ling whispered to Sakura.
The Health Card was standing next to an old woman lying in bed. The old woman looked like she had been sick all night, but was now better.
"Oh! Goodie! More visiters! How nice!" said the old woman.
"We're sorry for intruding!" said Sakura apologetically.
"Oh, that's ok dear! This young lady has been helping with my chemotherapy treatment! I feel so much better now!" the old lady said before falling asleep. Sakura just used the Sleep Card on her.
"Return to me! Health Card!" chanted Ling.
The Health Card was sealed. When the old woman woke up, she didn't remember a thing. There was a bouquet of flowers (courtesy of the Flower Card) on her night table with a note that said 'Get Well Soon! From, A Friend'. Ling used the Teleport Card to bring herself and Sakura back home.
"Sakura! Ling! Where have you 2 been? I've been worried sick!" yelled Syaoran as Ling and Sakura walked through the door.
"Holy cow! Calm down! We were just out capturing a card!" said Sakura as she kissed Syaoran on the cheek. Sakura and Ling laughed at Syaoran.
Ling went to her room for a rest. That capture almost made her forget about her surprise. Luckily, Eriol left her a note of reminder. The note said for her to meet him in the garden at 4:30 P.M. "Ah!! It's 4:20! I've got to get ready!" she screamed.
In the next 5 minutes, Ling had changed, though very clumsily, into some nice clothes (she was tempted to wear her battle costume because she thought that it was so cool, but she settled on a nice dark red dress). After, she quickly ran down to the garden. Syaoran caught a glimpse of Ling and he started to blush. Ling didn't notice for she was too busy getting to the garden on time. When Ling arrived at the garden, she found Eriol already there. She was glad that he was already there because she didn't know where in the garden she was supposed to meet him.
"You're here! Good!" Eriol said. They stood around for a few minutes. Each minute that passed, Ling grew more and more nervous. Eriol spoke again. "It's almost time for your surprise! I'm going to leave… I'm sure that you'd like to be alone with your surprise!"
He left he extremely nervous Ling all alone. 'I wonder who it is! It has to be a person! Why would I want to be alone with an object! Maybe it's… nah! He's with Sakura right now!" Ling thought.
Suddenly, she heard a twinkling sound. Ling whipped herself around. She couldn't believe her eyes! It was Ping! 'Thank you sooooo much Eriol.' She thought. A voice popped into her head. "You welcome Ling! He's only here for a night, so cherish this moment forever…" said the voice, which obviously belonged to Eriol.
Ling gave Ping a nice and long kiss on the lips. They sat on a blanket that was on the grass. They were talking while staring into the night sky. They were holding each other, as if they would never see each other again. Just being in Ping's arms made Ling forget about all her troubles, meaning… Syaoran. Ling knew where her heart belonged' it belonged with Ping.
Little did Ling and Ping know, Eriol was watching them. He had a few tears in his eyes. "What's wrong Eriol?" a voice asked. It was Tomoyo. Eriol explained to Tomoyo why he was so sentimental at the moment. "Aww… that's so sweet!" Tomoyo said. She also had a few tears in her eyes.
Eriol looked over at Tomoyo. Every time he looked at her, he had this weird feeling in the pit of his stomach. He didn't know what it meant before, but he knew now. Hew as now tomato red. "Tomoyo? I've got something to tell you." Eriol said, his voice clear but shaky and full of love.
"What is it?" Tomoyo asked him, hoping to hear. No one knew, but Tomoyo had the biggest crush on Eriol. Not even Sakura knew.
"Well… I-I… I love you! I have ever since the 1st time I met you!" he confessed.
Tomoyo flung her arms around Eriol. "Oh me too! Me too!" she said.
Ahh… love was in the air! Ling and Ping were in each other's arms, staring into each other's eyes. Eriol and Tomoyo were in each other's arms, staring out into the open night sky.
After that night, when Ping had left, Ling wrote in her newly acquired journal about her memorable night with Ping. She wrote that she would always remember and cherish that day. After writing in her journal, she took out the Happy Card from under her pillow and sealed it into her book, not intending to get it out ever again.