I do not own Card Captors, Card Captor Sakura, or any related names, titles, etc. etc. etc. This means: DON'T SUE ME! The only character I own in this story is Jenna and Tina.
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'...' thoughts
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( })i({ ...) me speaking
TRUTH OR DARE
'The dare that drew a smile- The truth that drew a tear'
chapter 6
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Sakura froze and she was sure her heart stopped that moment she laid her eyes on Syaoran and Jenna.
"Sa-" Syaoran began, but before he could finish saying her name, Jenna pulled him back towards her and kissed him again.
"Like, don't worry Syaoran! Since everyone is like, here now, we might as well like, tell them our little secret." Jenna giggled.
Syaoran pushed himself off of Jenna and went to Sakura. He took her hands and tried to explain, "What secret!?" he said looking at Jenna. He turned back to Sakura, "Sakura-chan, there's nothing between me and Jenna. You gotta believe me!"
"What? Syaoran! You l- like, promised me!" Jenna fake-sobbed, holding Syaoran's watch to her heart. "You p-promised th-that y-you'd like, y-you'd take me out t-tomorrow!"
"Hey! My watch!" he gasped wondering how she had gotten it of his pocket. Sakura couldn't help but smile.
"You'd better go comfort your girlfriend. It's bad to break promises." she said with her head down. "I- I think I forgot something in the bathroom again." she turned and instead of going through the bathroom door, she headed towards the front door. Before walking out, she said, "And by the way-" Syaoran looked at her hopefully. "you two make a lovely couple."
Tomoyo, Eriol, and Mei-Lin were absolutely dazed about what had just happened. Tina smiled at her accomplishment.
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Outside Before Jenna and Tina Came Back....
"You're like, going to dare Syaoran to kiss me for like, fifteen seconds. While we're like, kissing, poke him like, on the back of his left shin. He like, has a bruise there from like, kung fu or something like that. Like, he'll fall over towards moi and poor Sakura will like, get her feelings hurt and like, Mei-Lin will get mad because number one, like, Sakura is one of her bestest friends, and like number two, Syaoran is her cousin and fiance."
"J-J-Jenna- you're- you're a ge-genius!"
"Like, I know!"
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While Sakura Was Fixing Her Hair....
"I'll be right back, I think I left my hair ties in the bathroom and my hair is driving me crazy right now." said Sakura as she ran her fingers through her hair, making a static kind of sound.
'Perfect.' thought Jenna. "Syaoran- I dare you to.... kiss Jenna for fifteen seconds."
"If I don't, what's my consequence?" he asked ( })i({ When my friends and I play truth or dare, there's an alternate dare if the requested one is rejected by the victim. It's usually worse than the first one })i({ ).
"You have to cut Sakura's hair while she's asleep." she smirked. 'Got him!'
"Fine, but the moment fifteen seconds has passed I'm out." Syaoran said without any hesitation whatsoever.
"Fine by me." she looked at her watch, "and- go!"
Syaoran leaned over to Jenna and kissed her. When Tina heard the bathroom lights go off, she poked Syaoran where Jenna had told her and like she planned, Syaoran reacted and jumped towards Jenna, landing on top of her. Just then Sakura walked into the room.
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"Smooth, Syaoran. Real smooth. You could have at least came up with a better excuse." said Mei-Lin.
Syaoran glared at her, "You could've backed me up!"
"I was too caught up in the moment! Anyway, you'd better chase your fiancee before you lose her."
"F-fiancee?"
"Our engagement's off, didn't your mom tell you? Besides, I found this in your room and it doesn't go with my eyes. I added a little something special to it." she said throwing something at him.
Syaoran looked at what Mei-Lin had given him and kissed her on the cheek. "Thanks, Mei-Lin."
"Like, hey, what about me?" said Jenna with her hands on her hips.
"Like, what about you?" mocked Syaoran.
Jenna slipped her arms around his shoulders and whispered into his ears huskily, "C'mon, like, that little bisnatch whore ( })i({ pronounced BIZ-natch })i{ ) didn't even believe you! Like, let alone hear what you like, had to say. You don't need her, you like, have me! She like even said we like, make a 'lovely co- ahhh!!!"
"Don't you DARE EVER call Sakura that again!" screamed Tomoyo pulling Jenna by her hair. "Take it back! Take it ba- ahhh!!"
"HEY-" screamed Tina holding Tomoyo by her hair, " Don't you ever dare do that to Jenna! Do you know how long it takes for me to brush her hair to perfection every-"
*POW*
"Geez, Tomoyo-chan, we're 17. We don't pull hair, anymore- we PUNCH!" she said turning around and giving Tina another right hook, "Score!"
*Syaoran and Eriol sweatdrop*
'This place is turning into a battlefield!' they both thought. Mei-Lin was fighting Jenna, and Tomoyo was kicking around an unconscious Tina.
"Hey Romeo," called Eriol. "Take these!" Eriol threw Syaoran a set of keys. "Go get 'em, Tiger!"
"Geez, first I'm Romeo, now I'm a tiger." he murmured to himself.
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Outside....
When Syaoran got outside, the snow was nearly melted. He held up the car keys Eriol gave him and pressed the alarm button. The lights of a Harley nearby flashed.
"Nice ride." Syaoran said out loud starting the engine of the motorcycle.
'Now, if I were Sakura where would I go...?' he thought, '...Of course! The penguin slide'
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At The Park....
Syaoran parked the motorcycle by a tree and ran to the slide.
"Sakura!?" he asked yelled. When he got to the slide, there was no one there.
"Damnit..." suddenly, he heard sobs from a nearby. He turned around and saw a girl curled up by a tree. He walked over to her and offered her a handkerchief.
"Thank you. I was too big for the slide, so I went here instead." she blew her nose in it loudly and continued to cry, "Why are you here? You should- you should be with J-Jenna."
"Sakura, like I said, there's absolutely nothing between her and me. In fact, I don't even like her!"
"Really?"
"Really, you think I'd kiss her willingly?"
"Then why were you-"
"It was Tina's turn and she dared me to. If I didn't do it, I'd have to cut your hair."
"Oh. But still..."
"Remember when we used to capture cards?" Sakura nodded. "There was one time, I don't remember when, but once I got bruised somewhere on my leg, and if you hit me anywhere near it, it hurts, so I move the opposite way. You see? It was all just a misunderstanding."
"Truth or dare?"
"Huh?"
"C'mon, truth or dare?"
Syaoran wasn't really in the mood for dares so, "Truth."
"Do you like me?"
"No."
Sakura was shocked.
"I love you." smiled Syaoran, "My turn- truth or dare?"
"Truth." the sun began to rise as a cherry blossom gently floated to the ground from the tree above them.
"Before I begin," he swept a lock of Sakura's hair from her face and placed it behind her ear. "I just want you to know that my mother broke off my engagement to Mei-Lin. She broke it off...because she knew it was you that I was destined to all along." Syaoran then pulled something from his pocket. Sakura couldn't see it because he firmly closed his hand around it. He tilted Sakura's face toward him and took a deep breath:
"The Sakura flower is beautiful,
Though you are ten-thousand times more,
And I know that I've never loved anyone
As much as you before.
The first time I laid eyes on you,
I knew it was true-
That I was madly in love with you."
Syaoran opened his hand to reveal a cherry blossom. In the center was a platinum ring with two diamonds and a green emerald set in between them. Syaoran picked it out of the flower and held it out in front of Sakura. When he was picking it up, Sakura could see
Sakura & Syaoran Forever intricately engraved into the inside of the ring.
"I promise to love and care for you for the rest of my life,
If you would accept my invitation to be my wife."
Sakura was speechless and began to cry again. But these weren't tears of sadness- they were tears of joy. She didn't know what to do except to kiss Syaoran.
"I take that as a yes?" he said, pulling away from her.
"Yeah." she kissed him again. After about a minute, Sakura broke the kiss.
"Did you freeze time to put that ring in the flower?"
"No, why do you think that?"
"Well, you couldn't really fit a cherry blossom in your hand without squashing it."
"I swear, it was actually in my hand!"
"No way!"
[Camera focuses away from them and goes into the sunset. The voices fade out, credits roll. A remix of Hitotsu Dake and Ki Ni Naru Aitsu plays.]
[During credits, pictures of Syaoran and Sakura show on the side including the picture taken when Syaoran caught Sakura, (remember that? there was a clicking sound coming from the bush) when Syaoran kissed Sakura to get the watch, when Syaoran held the ring up to Sakura, and any other Kodak moments you might think of]
[At the end of the credits and a quote comes up: "Smiles aren't always happy, and Tears aren't always sad."]
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Thanks to Hime Pisa for telling me about the doubles. I think it's because my computer was running slow and I hit the back button (I'm very impatient) and re-uploaded the chapter even though it was already uploaded.
Anyway, that's it for this story. Check back in a few days for the first chapter to my next story He Said He Loved Me. And don't worry, it will most likely have a happy ending.
That's all. Amen.
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Madam Flutterby
Sneak Preview of He Said He Loved Me:
"Why do you have enough time to make other people fall in love with you and not enough time for the ones that already do?" -Syaoran
(This line probably won't show up until the near end of the story.)