Kyralea: Hi, All!!!!!
Annie: We decided that we GUESS we got a good enough
response with the first chapter to let you read this one.
Kyralea: You know we told you the first one was totally to just
give you the basic layout of the story?
Annie: Well, this is what comes after it, THE JUICY STUFF!!!
Kyralea: Well, Sakura and the gang are graduating! Sakura has
to ask her dad about their little 'Trip', and you finally get to
hear about Zachary's costume!
Annie:*Laughs un-controllably*
Kyralea: I'm with her*giggles.*
Annie:(through giggles)On with the fic!
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Disclaimer:
We no own nothin!
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
_Enforced words_
[Authors' notes]
(F.Y.I.)
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Near and Far
Chapter Two
"Madison Taylor."
Madison walked up to the speaker, took her diploma, and walked
down.[I'm not sure if this is what happens, if it isn't, just live
with it!]
"Sakura Avalon"
Sakura followed suite, as did everyone else in her school. Li was
yawning his head off before it was over. Sakura giggled a couple
of times, causing Li to blush a curious shade of red.
"That is what all the fuss was about? That was the most boring
thing I've ever been to." Kero complained.
Kero had had to stay in Sakura's backpack the entire time, out
of site of anyone.
"I'm sorry to say it, but I'll have to agree with the stuffed
animal."Li said
"I AM NOT A STUFFED ANIMAL!!!" Kero said, more or less
screamed.
"Kero! Hush!"
Madison and Zachary joined the group.
"Ok, I asked my mom, she thinks it's like a vacation. Zachary's
mom said it was ok, so all we have to do is ask your dad, and
we're set!"
"When does the flight take off?" Kero asked.
"Tomorrow around nine O'clock."
"Perfect."
"What if my dad says no?" Sakura asked, worried.
"Your forgetting a major leverage." Kero said.
Sakura looked at him blankly.
"Magic, silly." Madison said.
"Oh. Well, you can't really blame me. I haven't had to do
something like this in a long time. And anyway, what spell would
make him say yes?"
"Well, you don't necessarily need magic." Sakura spun to look at
Li.
"Well, that puppy-dog face has always worked for m- I
mean...it's always worked." Li blushed.
Zachary grinned.
"Well, what if it doesn't?" Sakura asked, oblivious to what had
just happened.
"Just wave your hand in front of his eyes, he'll think it's a good
idea, and he won't even remember you doing it."
"Really? I'll remember that." Sakura said.
Sakura walked over to her dad.
"Daddy? Madison asked me if I could go with her on a little trip."
Sakura said. Her dad stopped talking to Tori.
"I little trip? To were?"
"Um, I think it was someplace called Houston....." Sakura put her
finger to her cheek, pretending to be deep in thought. Despite
the level of cuteness, Sakura's father's eyes widened.
"Houston? Isn't that somewhere in Texas? And isn't Texas in
North America? And isn't North America on the other side of
the planet?"
Madison looked at Sakura's temporarily insane father from their
group.
"I don't think this is going too well."
"Well, your mom is used to this, and Sakura doesn't have my
amazing gift for talking people into things, what did you expect?"
Zachary asked. Madison narrowed her eyes at him
"You mean, your gift for going 'PleasepleasepleasePA-LEASE let
me go?!?!'" She asked. Zachary grinned. Madison looked back at
Sakura. She was waving her hand in front of her dad's face. He
looked dazed for a minute, then deep in thought. Then he started
talking non-stop, with Sakura nodding along with what he said. He
sighed, said something no one could hear, and then Sakura
jumped up and gave him a big hug. She ran back to her group.
"Well?" Madison said.
"Well, at first he seemed against it, and then, after I waved my
hand in front of his face, he started talking about how it would
be educational, yadda, yadda, and agreed!" She said, talking
REALLY fast. She stopped and took a really big breath.
"She can be talkative when she wants to."Zachary commented.
Sakura stared, still trying to do the glare.
"Ok, how are we going to work this?" Kero asked.
"Well, everyone is going to pack tonight, and spend the night at
my house, and we leave first thing. If you want, I could let you
into the kitchen before we leave." Madison said. Kero went shiny
eyed.
"(A whole lot of stuttering)Uh..bu..ha...oh....AAAAHHHHH!!!!"
"I'm guessing that means he's all for it?" Zachary asked.
"Kero always wants food, especially pudding or cake."Sakura
explained. Kero looked like he was going to faint any second, so
Sakura grabbed him, and stuck him back in her bag.
"So? What are we waiting for? Lets go pack!" Sakura said.
"I'll go with you, since I have all night for my stuff." Madison
said.
"Ok." Sakura looked from Li to Zachary, smiled, and walked back
to her dad with Madison. Li was blushing an interesting shade of
pink. Zachary grinned.
"Nervous?" He asked teasingly. Li's eyes widened.
"Nervous? About what?"
"Spending an ENTIRE night in the same house with Sakura?"
Zachary was grinning ear to ear.
"Why would I be nervous about that? I've spent the night with
her before." Li's blush cooled, slightly. Zachary's eyes went like
saucers.
"You have?!?!?" He asked/demanded.
"Yeah! I've even stayed in the same bed." Li said, blush gone, and
now he was grinning. Zachary just stared in disbelief. Li patted
his shoulder.
"I told you, you can get seriously hurt doing what we do. That's
what happened to Sakura. She asked me to stay with her, she
was that afraid."
"Oh, _she_ asked _you_. _And_ You accepted. Ooooh, do I see
a little romance?"
Li hit him upside the head.
"She was hurt. She had been dragged across gravel(Not my idea,
I got it from The MOUSE's fic:Dimensions), and she was
scared." He said. Zachary was shocked. Li looked like he was
about to kill him, for joking about a matter like that.
"Sorry, man."
Li smiled.
"No, I'm sorry. That......She scared me. I'm going to go pack.
Brace yourself, K'?"
"For what?" Zachary asked, looking a little frightened.
"For the outfit Madison is going to make you wear." He
answered. Zachary scratched his head.
"What is it with them and Madison's outfits?" he asked to no
one.
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"Hey! There's the girls." Li said.
He had met up with Zachary, who had been looking for him,
after he had realized he had forgotten where Madison lived.
"Hi!" Zachary waved.
"Hey!"Sakura waved back. She ran up to them, Madison trying to
keep up. She tripped over a rock, and fell forward, into Li's
arms.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
'Okay? I am in his arms, and he asks if I'm ok?'
"I'm fine." She pushed herself up, but fell back down by the
weight of her bag. Li took the bag a slung it over his shoulder,
and helped her get all the way up.
"Th-Thanks." She tried not to look at him.
"Are you going to carry that for her?"Madison asked.
"Yeah, unless she wants to carry it, and I'm sure she doesn't."
Sakura blushed. Li turned around, and started to walk toward
Madison's house. Sakura stole a look a 'little' lower that his
back. But Madison caught her.
"Cute, huh?" She whispered before running back to the boys.
Sakura blushed a deep crimson.
"I HATE how observant she is."
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"And Sakura, you sleep here." Madison pointed to one of here
many bedrooms. " and Li, you sleep here." She said, pointing to
the one next to it. Sakura opened the door to her room. She
knew what it looked like, with the fact that Madison is her best
friend, it would be understandable that she has spent the night
at her house before. She also knew that the room she had given
Li had a door that led straight to her room. She gave Madison a
stare, still trying for a glare. Madison just smiled and winked.
"Maybe you could get a more detailed look at what you were so
interested in before..."She trailed off. Sakura hit her. She
walked into her room, and almost immediately realized that Li
still had her bags. She started for the door, but decided to use
the connecting one, and give Madison something to talk about.
She knocked on the door, and after a moment, Li opened. He
blushed.
"I didn't know about that." He said, trying to cool his face.
"Um, you still have my bag." She told him, pointing inside his
room. Li's blush deepened. He picked up her bag and handed it to
her.
"Thanks." She said. She blushed a light pink, but was interrupted.
"Hey! What do you want for dinner?"Madison flew in, and Kero
popped out of her bag.
"PIZZA!!!"He screamed, knowing very well that the cook made
an excellent pizza.
"Ok. You two?" Madison asked, not taking in the situation
immediately. But as soon as she asked, she gave Sakura a sly
look.
"Pizza sounds fine. Li?" Sakura looked at Li, who was glaring at
Kero.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Sounds fine."
"Ok. I'll go ask Zachary. Kero? You want to come?"
Kero's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
"_DO_ I?" Kero flew over to Madison in record time. Madison
giggled.
"See you guys later!" Madison waved.
"Come on!" Kero whined, pulling her hair. Madison walked out,
closing the door behind her. Sakura looked back at Li.
"Thanks for my bag." She said, holding it up as proof.
"It's ok. I feel silly." Li blushed. Sakura smiled.
"Here, I'll help. This door? It's going to stay locked. And YOU?
Your going to go back to whatever you were doing. K'?" Sakura
grinned at him. Li smiled.
"Ok.......I guess......" He smiled again. Sakura closed the door in his
face, and, of course, locked it.
"Sor-ry!" Came his muffled voice through the door. Sakura
giggled.
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Li woke up. The events from last night came rushing to his mind,
though the most vivid was when he had realized the attaching
door to Sakura's room. His gaze wandered to that very door.
'I wonder if she's awake.' He thought. He shook his head.
'I need to get up.'He thought. 'Madison is going to want to get
us dressed up in our disguises.'
He lifted himself out of the bed, and got dressed, trying to drag
it out, dreading the moment when he realizes what Madison made
for him. He walked out the door, and made his way down to the
kitchen.
'Why the top floor? It's not like I need the exercise!'He
thought, looking down at the three flights of stairs.
"Ugh."
He walked down. He walked to the kitchen, seeing Kero
breathing(Eating REALLY quickly)his amazing feast of sausage,
eggs, pancakes, waffles, and other assorted breakfast foods.
Madison and Zachary were the only two others at the table.
"Sakura isn't up yet?" He asked.
Zachary looked at his watch.
"Well, it's 6:23, did you expect her to be?" He asked. He
yawned, and kero burped. Madison giggled.
"Why don't you go wake her up? I'm going to get you guys
dressed soon." She suggested. Li groaned. He grabbed one of
Kero's biscuits, kero screamed something greatly muffled from
all the food in his mouth, and Li started back up the stairs.
"Sakura?"Li knocked on her door. No answer.
"Sakura? Time to get up." He said, trying not to yawn.
"Sa-KUR-a?"He knocked again. He hesitated, and slowly opened
the door.
"Hey!" Sakura yelled. Li jumped and fell on the floor in shock.
Sakura was sitting on her bed in her underwear.
"I THOUGHT I LOCKED THAT!" She shouted.
"WHAT the HELL are you doing, that it involves sitting on your
bed in your underwear?" Li asked, trying not to look at her.
"I Was MEDITATING! I thought it would come useful!"
"In your underwear?"
"There comfortable, and you seem to be the same." She tried to
glare. Li's eyes widened, and he turned around, blushing a deep
blackish color.
"Sorry...." He said. Sakura's heart was beating REALLY fast. She
quickly got on her clothes.
"I would think you would know better than to come into a girls
room, what with your FOUR sisters..."She trailed off.
"Well, not really. If I ever DID walk in on them doing something,
they didn't mind, since I was their brother."
"Shut up."
"Okay."
Sakura giggled.
"I'm really sorry. I thought you would still be asleep, since your
always so late." He tried to explain.
"It's ok, I guess. At least I wasn't as comfortable as I could
have been, then you would have been dead by now."
Li's blush darkened. Wow, that is a DARK blush, right there....
"You can turn around now." She said.
"No, I think I'll be more comfortable not looking at you for the
next year or so....." He said. Sakura giggled. She walked up to him
and turned him around.
"It's ok, I forgive you. It was an accident, after all. Wasn't it?"
"YES!" Li shouted, eyes still closed. Sakura laughed out loud.
"Open your eyes, silly."
"Nuh, uh."
"Wimp."
"WHAT?"
"Your a wimp. You won't even look at me, cuz your embarrassed,
which is selfish. I'm dressed, you shouldn't be embarrassed."
"Oh, bite me."
"Mark the spot."
"Can we go now?"
"Look at me."
"No."
"Then I'm not going to go."
"Ok, fine."
Li opened his eyes. Sakura WAS fully dressed, in jeans and a
black tank top.
"See? That wasn't so bad, was it?"
"Yes."
"Shut up."
"Okay."
Sakura giggled.
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"Your up!" Madison exclaimed.
"Whoda thunk it?" Zachary said. He looked at Li, who was
walking to Madison.
"I _Hate_ you." He said.
"What's up with him?" Madison asked.
"I have no idea." Sakura said. Li glared at her, and she giggled.
"Um, ok. Whatever. Oh! Time to get ready, we're going to go in
about an hour and a half."
Sakura and Li both groaned.
"Ok, Sakura first!"
"Help!"
Madison dragged Sakura into the other room.
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"Madison, get me a towel. I'm covering up"
"Oh, it looks so good on you!"
"First of all, was that supposed to be a compliment? Second of
all, GET_ME_A_TOWEL!!!!"
Sakura was wearing the disguise that Madison had designed. It
was along the lines of what a skanky gothic crack whore would
wear.
"Madison, I am not wearing this."
"Of course you are! It looks great!"
"Excuse me?!? I'm the one who has to wear this. In public, and I
do not want sleazy guys pulling up to the curb every time I stop
on a corner to wait for the light to turn green!"
"Oh, that won't happen!"
"Oh yes it will!"
The disguise consisted of a black shirt that had holes in some
very irregular places and the bottom half ripped off -and was
mostly transparent-, with black lacy sleeves in a spider web
pattern, black shorts that were VERY short, fishnet stockings
with tiger print bitch boots, and innumerable layers of makeup.
Not to mention inch long black artificial fingernails, and the
black purse with a pentagram embroidered on it. If not told it
was she, nobody would know. Sakura had never worn anything so
ugly in her whole life.
"I have never worn anything so ugly in my whole life!"
"At least nobody will know who you are."
"I_AM_NOT_WEARING_THIS!! It's disgusting! It's the worst
thing you've ever come up with! Just wearing it makes me feel
like I have an S.T.D!!!!"
"That's the look we're going for! And relax! Just wait till you see
what Li has to wear."
"What are you dressing him up as? My pimp?!? Something gives
me the idea that you are taking great pleasure in making me look
stupid."
"Come on! It's been 7 years since the last time I got a chance to
make you a costume. Just give me this one last time."
"I wore those costumes in the dark."
"Yeah, but also in front of Li, who always got close enough to see
it....."
"Sometimes I wonder why I call you my BEST friend."
"It's because I'll do anything for you."
"In that case, MAKE_ME_A_DIFFERENT_DISGUISE!!!!!!!"
Just then, in the middle of Sakura's hissy fit, There was a knock
at the door.
"Can we come in now?" Sakura heard Zachary. Before she could
say no....
"Sure!" Madison said. Sakura hit her. The boys walked in, and Li's
eyes widened.
"Madison! What are you doing alone in a room with a hooker!?!"
Zachary teased.
She gave him the look. "It's Sakura, dumb ass!"
"Woah." Li was finding it difficult to take his eyes away from
her.
"Madison, I haven't even gone outside yet, and I already have a
sleazy guy staring at me!!" Sakura shot back at Zachary.
"How dare you talk about my friend that way," he said,
pretending that he thought she was talking about Li.
Li blushed bright red. "Oh no! What's she going to make me
wear?!?"
Zachary looked at Sakura again. "If I were you, I'd burn those."
Sakura nodded in agreement.
"Madison, you've got a dirty mind. I never thought you'd end up
making stuff like this," Zachary commented.
"Come on Li. I'll show you your disguise. I can see I'll get no
respect here."
Li looked very scared. He had a good reason to be, as they all
saw when he came back 10 minutes later.
"There is absolutely no way that I am going to be seen in public
wearing this."
"Oh, great, MORE complaints!" Madison said.
"Madison, that isn't a complain. It's a flat out statement. I. Am.
Not. Wearing. This. Outside."
Li Looked like a secret service dropout. Kinda. He was wearing a
black suit. And I mean black. Everything was black. The shirt, the
tie, the jacket, the pants(Sakura paused at the pants)the shoes,
everything. He had sunglasses, and a hat, and to top it all off, a
wire coming from the back of his ear.
"Wanna trade?" Sakura asked.
Li blushed a deep crimson, and Zachary ended up falling on the
floor laughing.
"Oh, you think this is funny? I can't wait to see what she puts
you in."Li looked at his friend with pity. Madison grinned. She
grabbed Zachary's hand, and dragged him to the other room.
She threw him in with his outfit, closed the door and locked it.
"Is it really that bad?" Sakura asked.
"Think of your outfit, and think of something almost as bad on
him." Madison said. Sakura was confused.
'She didn't lock me in a room to get me to put this on.....' she
thought. She found out soon what Madison meant, though.
"I know Sakura said this. And I know Li said this. Now, I will say
it. THERE IS _NO_ WAY I WILL WEAR THIS
_ANYWHERE_!!!" He said.
Now, when Madison said, 'Almost as bad as _your outfit_', she
meant it. Zachary, brace yourself everyone, was in a skirt.
Sakura fell onto the floor, she was laughing so hard. Li bit his lip
till it almost bled, and still couldn't keep in all of the laughter.
"Now(gasp)you know why(giggle)we told you(gasp)this was
a(snort)Dangerous business." Sakura choked out.
Zachary was wearing a pink shimmery skintight shirt, with a
stuffed bra underneath, a pink skirt, with tassels on the bottom,
hose, a pair of huge(And OH so tacky)clip-on earrings, a
brunette hair wig, all curly, with a matching purse and pumps.
Li doubled over.
"And now we do your make-up." Madison said.
"I TOLD you, I'm NOT going to wear this.
Madison narrowed her eyes.
"Zachary, just so you know, we are never serious. We found out
ONLY once what happens when we're serious about not wearing
what she makes for us." Li said, with a smirk.
"What's she going to do? She can't make me wear something
worse than this..."Zachary trailed off.
"She won't make you wear something worse. She'll give you a
choice. Wear THAT, or wear something worse." Sakura said,
grinning.
"Well, why can't I just go put on what I was already wearing?"
He asked. He heard a click. Spun around, to find Madison with a
lighter in hand, and his clothes in a heap on the floor, burning.
"Aaah!" He screamed.
"If your coming with us, you need a disguise." Madison said,
smiling evilly. Sakura and Li snorted, trying yet again VERY hard
not to laugh.
"We warned you, but would you listen? Nooooooo." Sakura said.
"What else can I be?"
"A cross dressed slut. Basically the same outfit as Sakura. Same
size, too."
"What are you going to be?"
"You'll see."
"Why can't I look like a normal person?"
"You wouldn't look like a normal person even if you tried."
"Aaah! You got me!"
"Well, Zachary, your choices are narrowed. You come with us, on
a plane, to a different country, were no one knows who you are,
Or you stay here, your clothes burnt, so you have to stay in that
outfit, and risk someone recognizing you."
Zachary paused. He looked at Sakura, hid a smile, and Sakura
tried to glare. And still couldn't. Zachary looked like he was deep
in thought(Hope he doesn't hurt himself.)
"To the makeup table!" He said, in a high pitched voice. Sakura
and Li fell to the floor, laughing with tears in their eyes.
"Alright!" Madison said.
Madison did his makeup, and went to change into her costume.
Zachary had about as much makeup on as Sakura. She couldn't
keep down a snort.
"I'm ready!" Madison walked into the room. She looked, and I
know you would never expect this, like a, oh the suspense!,
TEACHER!!! Eeeewwww! She had a brownish suit like outfit on.
The blouse had ruffles down the center, with a jacket that went
over it, that was brown. The skirt came to about right under her
knee, and she was wearing VERY low heels. She had old
fashioned glasses(That were just glass), and her hair was up in a
bun, the little stick visible.
"Oh. My. God. Madison! You look like a freaking English teacher!
You are sooo going down!"Sakura shouted.
"HEY!HEY!HEY! It makes sense, though! You guys would never
wear something like that, and I would never wear something like
this! And you know it!"She shouted, trying to stop Sakura from
lunging at her.
"She has a point." Li said.
"Hey! What's going on it here?" kero flew in, and started to
laugh like crazy at the sight of Zachary. He pouted, actually
looking very feminine.
"Your just jealous." He said in his high pitched voice. At this Kero
fell to the floor. Sakura and Li(And even Madison this time)
fought to hold in giggles and snorts.
"Ok, we need to get going. The flight is in an hour, and we want
to be early, just in case. Your suitcases are at the door, I told
one of the servants to get them as soon as you woke up."
Madison said.
"Ok, last minute advice." Kero started, still holding down giggles.
"Now, pay attention. You might have some weird experiences, like
your powers getting a little stronger, or something happening
that has something to do with your power. Being, even just
CLOSE to this strong of a card will effect your powers. Voices
might come into your head, telling you to do stuff, or asking you
questions. ALWAYS obey. If it's a question, answer truthfully.
The consequences of NOT doing this vary. Sometimes nothing
happens, sometimes something crucial happens. If something
goes wrong, wait till everyone is fine. Being a team is CRUCIAL.
You must stay together. Mostly just you two(points to Sakura
and Li), but having everyone is best. And there is one more thing."
Kero looked at them, examining each(until he came to Zachary).
"There is only one other thing that the Seek cannot see through.
Clow left in a kind of a riddle, but here's how it goes.
A link that cannot be broken,
A bond that cannot be bought,
A happiness that exceeds all others,
A mating that is long after sought,
To beat this card that your after,
Two must move as one,
The joining of the two souls,
Assures the battle as won."
"WHAT?!?!?! Are you telling me the only way to defeat this card
is in a riddle we're not even sure we can solve?" Sakura shouted.
"No,no,no! It's just the one easiest and fastest way. It's just
one battle strategy, really!" Kero tried to calm her.
"Oh(sigh), that's good."
"We have to go, _now_!" Madison said, and started to the door,
carrying Kero to the kitchen.
"Ok, remember, no matter how good it smells, DON'T fly out
and eat the food if the cook is still there." Madison instructed.
The others were already gathering at the door.
"I CANNOT believe I'm actually going out in this." Sakura said.
"Neither can I."Li said, looking away from her. Sakura smiled
evilly.
"What's the matter, Li? Embarrassed? (under her breath, but Li
can still hear)Wimp."
Li blushed a dark shade of black, the memory of that morning
still fresh in his memory. Sakura backed away, satisfied. Ok,
we're going in my car, leave it at the airport, and rent one when
we arrive, K'?"
Everyone mumbled an ok, and started out the door.
To Be Continued
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Kyralea: HAHAHA!!!!!!
Annie: I TOLD you it would be funny!
Kyralea: Wasn't it just?
Annie: Hey, you want to see the next chapter, complete with the
transvestite Zachary? Then REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kyralea: I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!
The Next Chapter:
"That's what you'll end up as if you do drugs."
"Damn. You are _fine_."
"I'm not jealous of anything. You don't have anything that
anyone would be jealous of."
Annie: We decided that we GUESS we got a good enough
response with the first chapter to let you read this one.
Kyralea: You know we told you the first one was totally to just
give you the basic layout of the story?
Annie: Well, this is what comes after it, THE JUICY STUFF!!!
Kyralea: Well, Sakura and the gang are graduating! Sakura has
to ask her dad about their little 'Trip', and you finally get to
hear about Zachary's costume!
Annie:*Laughs un-controllably*
Kyralea: I'm with her*giggles.*
Annie:(through giggles)On with the fic!
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Disclaimer:
We no own nothin!
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
_Enforced words_
[Authors' notes]
(F.Y.I.)
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Near and Far
Chapter Two
"Madison Taylor."
Madison walked up to the speaker, took her diploma, and walked
down.[I'm not sure if this is what happens, if it isn't, just live
with it!]
"Sakura Avalon"
Sakura followed suite, as did everyone else in her school. Li was
yawning his head off before it was over. Sakura giggled a couple
of times, causing Li to blush a curious shade of red.
"That is what all the fuss was about? That was the most boring
thing I've ever been to." Kero complained.
Kero had had to stay in Sakura's backpack the entire time, out
of site of anyone.
"I'm sorry to say it, but I'll have to agree with the stuffed
animal."Li said
"I AM NOT A STUFFED ANIMAL!!!" Kero said, more or less
screamed.
"Kero! Hush!"
Madison and Zachary joined the group.
"Ok, I asked my mom, she thinks it's like a vacation. Zachary's
mom said it was ok, so all we have to do is ask your dad, and
we're set!"
"When does the flight take off?" Kero asked.
"Tomorrow around nine O'clock."
"Perfect."
"What if my dad says no?" Sakura asked, worried.
"Your forgetting a major leverage." Kero said.
Sakura looked at him blankly.
"Magic, silly." Madison said.
"Oh. Well, you can't really blame me. I haven't had to do
something like this in a long time. And anyway, what spell would
make him say yes?"
"Well, you don't necessarily need magic." Sakura spun to look at
Li.
"Well, that puppy-dog face has always worked for m- I
mean...it's always worked." Li blushed.
Zachary grinned.
"Well, what if it doesn't?" Sakura asked, oblivious to what had
just happened.
"Just wave your hand in front of his eyes, he'll think it's a good
idea, and he won't even remember you doing it."
"Really? I'll remember that." Sakura said.
Sakura walked over to her dad.
"Daddy? Madison asked me if I could go with her on a little trip."
Sakura said. Her dad stopped talking to Tori.
"I little trip? To were?"
"Um, I think it was someplace called Houston....." Sakura put her
finger to her cheek, pretending to be deep in thought. Despite
the level of cuteness, Sakura's father's eyes widened.
"Houston? Isn't that somewhere in Texas? And isn't Texas in
North America? And isn't North America on the other side of
the planet?"
Madison looked at Sakura's temporarily insane father from their
group.
"I don't think this is going too well."
"Well, your mom is used to this, and Sakura doesn't have my
amazing gift for talking people into things, what did you expect?"
Zachary asked. Madison narrowed her eyes at him
"You mean, your gift for going 'PleasepleasepleasePA-LEASE let
me go?!?!'" She asked. Zachary grinned. Madison looked back at
Sakura. She was waving her hand in front of her dad's face. He
looked dazed for a minute, then deep in thought. Then he started
talking non-stop, with Sakura nodding along with what he said. He
sighed, said something no one could hear, and then Sakura
jumped up and gave him a big hug. She ran back to her group.
"Well?" Madison said.
"Well, at first he seemed against it, and then, after I waved my
hand in front of his face, he started talking about how it would
be educational, yadda, yadda, and agreed!" She said, talking
REALLY fast. She stopped and took a really big breath.
"She can be talkative when she wants to."Zachary commented.
Sakura stared, still trying to do the glare.
"Ok, how are we going to work this?" Kero asked.
"Well, everyone is going to pack tonight, and spend the night at
my house, and we leave first thing. If you want, I could let you
into the kitchen before we leave." Madison said. Kero went shiny
eyed.
"(A whole lot of stuttering)Uh..bu..ha...oh....AAAAHHHHH!!!!"
"I'm guessing that means he's all for it?" Zachary asked.
"Kero always wants food, especially pudding or cake."Sakura
explained. Kero looked like he was going to faint any second, so
Sakura grabbed him, and stuck him back in her bag.
"So? What are we waiting for? Lets go pack!" Sakura said.
"I'll go with you, since I have all night for my stuff." Madison
said.
"Ok." Sakura looked from Li to Zachary, smiled, and walked back
to her dad with Madison. Li was blushing an interesting shade of
pink. Zachary grinned.
"Nervous?" He asked teasingly. Li's eyes widened.
"Nervous? About what?"
"Spending an ENTIRE night in the same house with Sakura?"
Zachary was grinning ear to ear.
"Why would I be nervous about that? I've spent the night with
her before." Li's blush cooled, slightly. Zachary's eyes went like
saucers.
"You have?!?!?" He asked/demanded.
"Yeah! I've even stayed in the same bed." Li said, blush gone, and
now he was grinning. Zachary just stared in disbelief. Li patted
his shoulder.
"I told you, you can get seriously hurt doing what we do. That's
what happened to Sakura. She asked me to stay with her, she
was that afraid."
"Oh, _she_ asked _you_. _And_ You accepted. Ooooh, do I see
a little romance?"
Li hit him upside the head.
"She was hurt. She had been dragged across gravel(Not my idea,
I got it from The MOUSE's fic:Dimensions), and she was
scared." He said. Zachary was shocked. Li looked like he was
about to kill him, for joking about a matter like that.
"Sorry, man."
Li smiled.
"No, I'm sorry. That......She scared me. I'm going to go pack.
Brace yourself, K'?"
"For what?" Zachary asked, looking a little frightened.
"For the outfit Madison is going to make you wear." He
answered. Zachary scratched his head.
"What is it with them and Madison's outfits?" he asked to no
one.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hey! There's the girls." Li said.
He had met up with Zachary, who had been looking for him,
after he had realized he had forgotten where Madison lived.
"Hi!" Zachary waved.
"Hey!"Sakura waved back. She ran up to them, Madison trying to
keep up. She tripped over a rock, and fell forward, into Li's
arms.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
'Okay? I am in his arms, and he asks if I'm ok?'
"I'm fine." She pushed herself up, but fell back down by the
weight of her bag. Li took the bag a slung it over his shoulder,
and helped her get all the way up.
"Th-Thanks." She tried not to look at him.
"Are you going to carry that for her?"Madison asked.
"Yeah, unless she wants to carry it, and I'm sure she doesn't."
Sakura blushed. Li turned around, and started to walk toward
Madison's house. Sakura stole a look a 'little' lower that his
back. But Madison caught her.
"Cute, huh?" She whispered before running back to the boys.
Sakura blushed a deep crimson.
"I HATE how observant she is."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"And Sakura, you sleep here." Madison pointed to one of here
many bedrooms. " and Li, you sleep here." She said, pointing to
the one next to it. Sakura opened the door to her room. She
knew what it looked like, with the fact that Madison is her best
friend, it would be understandable that she has spent the night
at her house before. She also knew that the room she had given
Li had a door that led straight to her room. She gave Madison a
stare, still trying for a glare. Madison just smiled and winked.
"Maybe you could get a more detailed look at what you were so
interested in before..."She trailed off. Sakura hit her. She
walked into her room, and almost immediately realized that Li
still had her bags. She started for the door, but decided to use
the connecting one, and give Madison something to talk about.
She knocked on the door, and after a moment, Li opened. He
blushed.
"I didn't know about that." He said, trying to cool his face.
"Um, you still have my bag." She told him, pointing inside his
room. Li's blush deepened. He picked up her bag and handed it to
her.
"Thanks." She said. She blushed a light pink, but was interrupted.
"Hey! What do you want for dinner?"Madison flew in, and Kero
popped out of her bag.
"PIZZA!!!"He screamed, knowing very well that the cook made
an excellent pizza.
"Ok. You two?" Madison asked, not taking in the situation
immediately. But as soon as she asked, she gave Sakura a sly
look.
"Pizza sounds fine. Li?" Sakura looked at Li, who was glaring at
Kero.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Sounds fine."
"Ok. I'll go ask Zachary. Kero? You want to come?"
Kero's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
"_DO_ I?" Kero flew over to Madison in record time. Madison
giggled.
"See you guys later!" Madison waved.
"Come on!" Kero whined, pulling her hair. Madison walked out,
closing the door behind her. Sakura looked back at Li.
"Thanks for my bag." She said, holding it up as proof.
"It's ok. I feel silly." Li blushed. Sakura smiled.
"Here, I'll help. This door? It's going to stay locked. And YOU?
Your going to go back to whatever you were doing. K'?" Sakura
grinned at him. Li smiled.
"Ok.......I guess......" He smiled again. Sakura closed the door in his
face, and, of course, locked it.
"Sor-ry!" Came his muffled voice through the door. Sakura
giggled.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Li woke up. The events from last night came rushing to his mind,
though the most vivid was when he had realized the attaching
door to Sakura's room. His gaze wandered to that very door.
'I wonder if she's awake.' He thought. He shook his head.
'I need to get up.'He thought. 'Madison is going to want to get
us dressed up in our disguises.'
He lifted himself out of the bed, and got dressed, trying to drag
it out, dreading the moment when he realizes what Madison made
for him. He walked out the door, and made his way down to the
kitchen.
'Why the top floor? It's not like I need the exercise!'He
thought, looking down at the three flights of stairs.
"Ugh."
He walked down. He walked to the kitchen, seeing Kero
breathing(Eating REALLY quickly)his amazing feast of sausage,
eggs, pancakes, waffles, and other assorted breakfast foods.
Madison and Zachary were the only two others at the table.
"Sakura isn't up yet?" He asked.
Zachary looked at his watch.
"Well, it's 6:23, did you expect her to be?" He asked. He
yawned, and kero burped. Madison giggled.
"Why don't you go wake her up? I'm going to get you guys
dressed soon." She suggested. Li groaned. He grabbed one of
Kero's biscuits, kero screamed something greatly muffled from
all the food in his mouth, and Li started back up the stairs.
"Sakura?"Li knocked on her door. No answer.
"Sakura? Time to get up." He said, trying not to yawn.
"Sa-KUR-a?"He knocked again. He hesitated, and slowly opened
the door.
"Hey!" Sakura yelled. Li jumped and fell on the floor in shock.
Sakura was sitting on her bed in her underwear.
"I THOUGHT I LOCKED THAT!" She shouted.
"WHAT the HELL are you doing, that it involves sitting on your
bed in your underwear?" Li asked, trying not to look at her.
"I Was MEDITATING! I thought it would come useful!"
"In your underwear?"
"There comfortable, and you seem to be the same." She tried to
glare. Li's eyes widened, and he turned around, blushing a deep
blackish color.
"Sorry...." He said. Sakura's heart was beating REALLY fast. She
quickly got on her clothes.
"I would think you would know better than to come into a girls
room, what with your FOUR sisters..."She trailed off.
"Well, not really. If I ever DID walk in on them doing something,
they didn't mind, since I was their brother."
"Shut up."
"Okay."
Sakura giggled.
"I'm really sorry. I thought you would still be asleep, since your
always so late." He tried to explain.
"It's ok, I guess. At least I wasn't as comfortable as I could
have been, then you would have been dead by now."
Li's blush darkened. Wow, that is a DARK blush, right there....
"You can turn around now." She said.
"No, I think I'll be more comfortable not looking at you for the
next year or so....." He said. Sakura giggled. She walked up to him
and turned him around.
"It's ok, I forgive you. It was an accident, after all. Wasn't it?"
"YES!" Li shouted, eyes still closed. Sakura laughed out loud.
"Open your eyes, silly."
"Nuh, uh."
"Wimp."
"WHAT?"
"Your a wimp. You won't even look at me, cuz your embarrassed,
which is selfish. I'm dressed, you shouldn't be embarrassed."
"Oh, bite me."
"Mark the spot."
"Can we go now?"
"Look at me."
"No."
"Then I'm not going to go."
"Ok, fine."
Li opened his eyes. Sakura WAS fully dressed, in jeans and a
black tank top.
"See? That wasn't so bad, was it?"
"Yes."
"Shut up."
"Okay."
Sakura giggled.
~*~*~*~*~
"Your up!" Madison exclaimed.
"Whoda thunk it?" Zachary said. He looked at Li, who was
walking to Madison.
"I _Hate_ you." He said.
"What's up with him?" Madison asked.
"I have no idea." Sakura said. Li glared at her, and she giggled.
"Um, ok. Whatever. Oh! Time to get ready, we're going to go in
about an hour and a half."
Sakura and Li both groaned.
"Ok, Sakura first!"
"Help!"
Madison dragged Sakura into the other room.
~*~*~*~*~
"Madison, get me a towel. I'm covering up"
"Oh, it looks so good on you!"
"First of all, was that supposed to be a compliment? Second of
all, GET_ME_A_TOWEL!!!!"
Sakura was wearing the disguise that Madison had designed. It
was along the lines of what a skanky gothic crack whore would
wear.
"Madison, I am not wearing this."
"Of course you are! It looks great!"
"Excuse me?!? I'm the one who has to wear this. In public, and I
do not want sleazy guys pulling up to the curb every time I stop
on a corner to wait for the light to turn green!"
"Oh, that won't happen!"
"Oh yes it will!"
The disguise consisted of a black shirt that had holes in some
very irregular places and the bottom half ripped off -and was
mostly transparent-, with black lacy sleeves in a spider web
pattern, black shorts that were VERY short, fishnet stockings
with tiger print bitch boots, and innumerable layers of makeup.
Not to mention inch long black artificial fingernails, and the
black purse with a pentagram embroidered on it. If not told it
was she, nobody would know. Sakura had never worn anything so
ugly in her whole life.
"I have never worn anything so ugly in my whole life!"
"At least nobody will know who you are."
"I_AM_NOT_WEARING_THIS!! It's disgusting! It's the worst
thing you've ever come up with! Just wearing it makes me feel
like I have an S.T.D!!!!"
"That's the look we're going for! And relax! Just wait till you see
what Li has to wear."
"What are you dressing him up as? My pimp?!? Something gives
me the idea that you are taking great pleasure in making me look
stupid."
"Come on! It's been 7 years since the last time I got a chance to
make you a costume. Just give me this one last time."
"I wore those costumes in the dark."
"Yeah, but also in front of Li, who always got close enough to see
it....."
"Sometimes I wonder why I call you my BEST friend."
"It's because I'll do anything for you."
"In that case, MAKE_ME_A_DIFFERENT_DISGUISE!!!!!!!"
Just then, in the middle of Sakura's hissy fit, There was a knock
at the door.
"Can we come in now?" Sakura heard Zachary. Before she could
say no....
"Sure!" Madison said. Sakura hit her. The boys walked in, and Li's
eyes widened.
"Madison! What are you doing alone in a room with a hooker!?!"
Zachary teased.
She gave him the look. "It's Sakura, dumb ass!"
"Woah." Li was finding it difficult to take his eyes away from
her.
"Madison, I haven't even gone outside yet, and I already have a
sleazy guy staring at me!!" Sakura shot back at Zachary.
"How dare you talk about my friend that way," he said,
pretending that he thought she was talking about Li.
Li blushed bright red. "Oh no! What's she going to make me
wear?!?"
Zachary looked at Sakura again. "If I were you, I'd burn those."
Sakura nodded in agreement.
"Madison, you've got a dirty mind. I never thought you'd end up
making stuff like this," Zachary commented.
"Come on Li. I'll show you your disguise. I can see I'll get no
respect here."
Li looked very scared. He had a good reason to be, as they all
saw when he came back 10 minutes later.
"There is absolutely no way that I am going to be seen in public
wearing this."
"Oh, great, MORE complaints!" Madison said.
"Madison, that isn't a complain. It's a flat out statement. I. Am.
Not. Wearing. This. Outside."
Li Looked like a secret service dropout. Kinda. He was wearing a
black suit. And I mean black. Everything was black. The shirt, the
tie, the jacket, the pants(Sakura paused at the pants)the shoes,
everything. He had sunglasses, and a hat, and to top it all off, a
wire coming from the back of his ear.
"Wanna trade?" Sakura asked.
Li blushed a deep crimson, and Zachary ended up falling on the
floor laughing.
"Oh, you think this is funny? I can't wait to see what she puts
you in."Li looked at his friend with pity. Madison grinned. She
grabbed Zachary's hand, and dragged him to the other room.
She threw him in with his outfit, closed the door and locked it.
"Is it really that bad?" Sakura asked.
"Think of your outfit, and think of something almost as bad on
him." Madison said. Sakura was confused.
'She didn't lock me in a room to get me to put this on.....' she
thought. She found out soon what Madison meant, though.
"I know Sakura said this. And I know Li said this. Now, I will say
it. THERE IS _NO_ WAY I WILL WEAR THIS
_ANYWHERE_!!!" He said.
Now, when Madison said, 'Almost as bad as _your outfit_', she
meant it. Zachary, brace yourself everyone, was in a skirt.
Sakura fell onto the floor, she was laughing so hard. Li bit his lip
till it almost bled, and still couldn't keep in all of the laughter.
"Now(gasp)you know why(giggle)we told you(gasp)this was
a(snort)Dangerous business." Sakura choked out.
Zachary was wearing a pink shimmery skintight shirt, with a
stuffed bra underneath, a pink skirt, with tassels on the bottom,
hose, a pair of huge(And OH so tacky)clip-on earrings, a
brunette hair wig, all curly, with a matching purse and pumps.
Li doubled over.
"And now we do your make-up." Madison said.
"I TOLD you, I'm NOT going to wear this.
Madison narrowed her eyes.
"Zachary, just so you know, we are never serious. We found out
ONLY once what happens when we're serious about not wearing
what she makes for us." Li said, with a smirk.
"What's she going to do? She can't make me wear something
worse than this..."Zachary trailed off.
"She won't make you wear something worse. She'll give you a
choice. Wear THAT, or wear something worse." Sakura said,
grinning.
"Well, why can't I just go put on what I was already wearing?"
He asked. He heard a click. Spun around, to find Madison with a
lighter in hand, and his clothes in a heap on the floor, burning.
"Aaah!" He screamed.
"If your coming with us, you need a disguise." Madison said,
smiling evilly. Sakura and Li snorted, trying yet again VERY hard
not to laugh.
"We warned you, but would you listen? Nooooooo." Sakura said.
"What else can I be?"
"A cross dressed slut. Basically the same outfit as Sakura. Same
size, too."
"What are you going to be?"
"You'll see."
"Why can't I look like a normal person?"
"You wouldn't look like a normal person even if you tried."
"Aaah! You got me!"
"Well, Zachary, your choices are narrowed. You come with us, on
a plane, to a different country, were no one knows who you are,
Or you stay here, your clothes burnt, so you have to stay in that
outfit, and risk someone recognizing you."
Zachary paused. He looked at Sakura, hid a smile, and Sakura
tried to glare. And still couldn't. Zachary looked like he was deep
in thought(Hope he doesn't hurt himself.)
"To the makeup table!" He said, in a high pitched voice. Sakura
and Li fell to the floor, laughing with tears in their eyes.
"Alright!" Madison said.
Madison did his makeup, and went to change into her costume.
Zachary had about as much makeup on as Sakura. She couldn't
keep down a snort.
"I'm ready!" Madison walked into the room. She looked, and I
know you would never expect this, like a, oh the suspense!,
TEACHER!!! Eeeewwww! She had a brownish suit like outfit on.
The blouse had ruffles down the center, with a jacket that went
over it, that was brown. The skirt came to about right under her
knee, and she was wearing VERY low heels. She had old
fashioned glasses(That were just glass), and her hair was up in a
bun, the little stick visible.
"Oh. My. God. Madison! You look like a freaking English teacher!
You are sooo going down!"Sakura shouted.
"HEY!HEY!HEY! It makes sense, though! You guys would never
wear something like that, and I would never wear something like
this! And you know it!"She shouted, trying to stop Sakura from
lunging at her.
"She has a point." Li said.
"Hey! What's going on it here?" kero flew in, and started to
laugh like crazy at the sight of Zachary. He pouted, actually
looking very feminine.
"Your just jealous." He said in his high pitched voice. At this Kero
fell to the floor. Sakura and Li(And even Madison this time)
fought to hold in giggles and snorts.
"Ok, we need to get going. The flight is in an hour, and we want
to be early, just in case. Your suitcases are at the door, I told
one of the servants to get them as soon as you woke up."
Madison said.
"Ok, last minute advice." Kero started, still holding down giggles.
"Now, pay attention. You might have some weird experiences, like
your powers getting a little stronger, or something happening
that has something to do with your power. Being, even just
CLOSE to this strong of a card will effect your powers. Voices
might come into your head, telling you to do stuff, or asking you
questions. ALWAYS obey. If it's a question, answer truthfully.
The consequences of NOT doing this vary. Sometimes nothing
happens, sometimes something crucial happens. If something
goes wrong, wait till everyone is fine. Being a team is CRUCIAL.
You must stay together. Mostly just you two(points to Sakura
and Li), but having everyone is best. And there is one more thing."
Kero looked at them, examining each(until he came to Zachary).
"There is only one other thing that the Seek cannot see through.
Clow left in a kind of a riddle, but here's how it goes.
A link that cannot be broken,
A bond that cannot be bought,
A happiness that exceeds all others,
A mating that is long after sought,
To beat this card that your after,
Two must move as one,
The joining of the two souls,
Assures the battle as won."
"WHAT?!?!?! Are you telling me the only way to defeat this card
is in a riddle we're not even sure we can solve?" Sakura shouted.
"No,no,no! It's just the one easiest and fastest way. It's just
one battle strategy, really!" Kero tried to calm her.
"Oh(sigh), that's good."
"We have to go, _now_!" Madison said, and started to the door,
carrying Kero to the kitchen.
"Ok, remember, no matter how good it smells, DON'T fly out
and eat the food if the cook is still there." Madison instructed.
The others were already gathering at the door.
"I CANNOT believe I'm actually going out in this." Sakura said.
"Neither can I."Li said, looking away from her. Sakura smiled
evilly.
"What's the matter, Li? Embarrassed? (under her breath, but Li
can still hear)Wimp."
Li blushed a dark shade of black, the memory of that morning
still fresh in his memory. Sakura backed away, satisfied. Ok,
we're going in my car, leave it at the airport, and rent one when
we arrive, K'?"
Everyone mumbled an ok, and started out the door.
To Be Continued
~*~*~*~*~
Kyralea: HAHAHA!!!!!!
Annie: I TOLD you it would be funny!
Kyralea: Wasn't it just?
Annie: Hey, you want to see the next chapter, complete with the
transvestite Zachary? Then REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kyralea: I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!
The Next Chapter:
"That's what you'll end up as if you do drugs."
"Damn. You are _fine_."
"I'm not jealous of anything. You don't have anything that
anyone would be jealous of."
