A/N: Ohayo, Minna-san!! Here I am again, writting another fic! You know I should seriously take a break, but everyitme I do that another idea pops out of nowhere! Same with this one! But I think it's pretty funny...
Sakura & Co. are like 15 here. So to everyone, please enjoy!
Disclaimer: All right reserve to the group of women (I think there's a man) from the CLAMP. Let's support them, that way they can come up with a fourth season for Card Captor Sakura!
Hiccups.
By: ~Sakura Angel~
Edited By: *Kisaki Tenshi*
Situation so far...
Sakura Kinomoto, being the always clueless girl, has now transfomed into a teenager. But as always, some things didn't change... she still wears the same short hair and of course her rollerblades!
With the pass of time, she learned how to forget old crushes and accept new ones... this time it's Syaoran's lucky shot!
Syaoran Li came back to Japan after two years of absense. His hair grew a little longer and if we add his well build body that formed after the years of traing we have very good results...
Of course that his return has a specific reason that has a name and a last name... Sakura Kinomoto.
Tomoyo Daidouji... well, as for her... everything is quite the same. She still video tapes her best friend and her 'boyfriend-to-be' (Like she usually calls him when Sakura is not around). But this time, Tomoyo laid her eyes on something more interesting... certain half reeincarnation we all know. ^_~
Eriol Hiiragizawa came back a few months after his 'cute descendant' did. He lives in his same old big house with his gurdians, Spinel Sun (AKA Suppi-chan!) and Rubbymoon (AKA Nakuru!). Of course that his trips to Japan always have a sneaky reason behind it... and this time is no exception! So if you wanna know don't miss it!
Chapter 1: Get the hiccups...
Friday, It was finally friday! For many reasons, Friday was Sakura's favorite day of the week. Probably the main reason was that it was the beggining of the weekend and that meant no school, at least for two days.
It was the last class of the day and as always, time seem to slow down. To make it worse, it was math class.
Sakura stared hard at the clock that hung from the wall, trying to make the needles move faster, but it was no use. She was only succeding on getting a headache.
She sighed and then tried to focus on what the teacher was explaining, but that didn't work either. After all, math wasn't and never will be her favorite subject.
Some things just didn't change over the years and on the other hand, other things did change.
She looked around the classroom and examinated her friends. They too had changed.
Next to her was Tomoyo, she was supporting her head with her left hand and was writing something on her notebook, probably homework. Mostly, she was still video taping her and making new costumes, but there was something different in her. Even Sakura, being the cluless girl she has always been, noticed a strange behavior on Tomoyo everytime she was around Eriol.
Behind Tomoyo was, of course, Eriol. After two and half years of living in England he came back. At first, he never told Sakura the real reason of this, but after a while he finally spoke to her with the truth.
She then recalled the conversation she had with him back then...
Flashback
Sakura was slowly pasing the pages of her textbook looking for something interesting to read.
She was now in the school library when Eriol pulled out a chair next to her and took seat.
"You look kinda sad, Sakura-chan. Are you all right?" He asked with a worried look on his face.
"Hai, hai... I'm ok." She lied. Lately, she had been a little depressed and the reason was Li Syaoran. "Ano... Eriol-kun, have you ever been in love?"
The question shocked him. He turned to face her with a puzzled look. "Why are you asking me that?" He asked uncertain. He wondered if it showed too much the strange and new feeling he was having inside.
"I was just wondering." She answered forcing a smile. "But if you don't wanna tell me that's ok."
They both stayed in silence for a while, Sakura continued flipping the pages while Eriol just stared at the air.
"Actually, yes I have." He said trying his best not to blush. (A/N:Eriol Hiiragizawa blushing?? What the hell was I thinking about??)
"You have?"
He smiled and nodded. "To tell you truth, I am in love with someone."
"Really? May I know who it is??" She asked smiling.
Eriol cleared his throat. "Well, it's a person that you know very well. " He answered looking over Sakura's shoulder.
She turned around to see who he was looking at and the first thing that came to her sight was... Syaoran??!
"WHAT??" She yelled getting up from her seat and catching everyone's atention.
A round of Shhhh's were heard and then a blushing Sakura sat down again.
"Y-y-you're in l-love with... Syaoran-kun?"
"What? No!" He cried looking behind her again. He sighed when he notice that Syaoran had gotten in the way and was blocking the view of the girl from his dreams. "It's not him... it's the person that's behind him."
Sakura lead out a sigh of relief. She actually couldn't imagine Eriol being in love with Syaoran. A shiver ran throught her spine when she remembered having a similar situation some time ago when Syaoran and herself were attracted to Yukito.
Sakura turned around again and this time, she saw Tomoyo sitting at the table across them reading a book.
Her lips curved up to a big smile and then she turned back to Eriol, who was also smiling.
"Tomoyo-chan?" She asked.
"Hai." He answered nodding.
"THAT'S SO SWEET!!!!" She cried again catching everyone's atention again.
"SSSSSHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
And once again Sakura sat down silently and blushing.
End of Flasback
And last, but not least, behind her was Li Syaoran. She blushed only at the thought of him. Even after all this time he was away, she still had feelings for him.
Physically, he had changed. His hair grew a little longer and covered his eyes, he was much taller and, from her point of view, he had a very well built body. Those years of training finally kicked in.
But his personality was still the same. He was the same old serious guy, that not so often smiled and that every now and then blushed without a reason, at least that was what Sakura thought.
She slowly turned her face to see him with the corner of her eye, he was also writing in his notebook. He was thinking hard and rubbing his forehead while he thought for an answer for the equation he was solving, but apparently it wasn't working.
He let out a long sigh and then looked up only to find Sakura now completly turned around and staring at him.
He blushed. "... is something wrong, Sakura?" He asked a little confused.
"Nani?" And that's when she notice that she was staring. "HOE! Gomen nansai!!!!"
Every pair of eyes in the classroom turned to her.
"Is there something to be sorry about, Kinomoto-san?" Asked the math teacher.
"No, I'm sorry..." She blushed and secretly plead for the earth to swallow her right now. *Is it just me or does this happen a lot lately?* She asked herself looking at the clock, only five more minutes of class.
She sighed and took her pencil, maybe she could occupy her mind with the equations that were on the board.
"Ok, remember that we have a test on monday." The teacher anounced with a somehow glad tone. (A/N: Why do math teachers always have that happy tone when they say we have a test?!)
This was followed by groans and dissapointed looks from all over the classroom.
"Now don't give that look! The test goes from page 58 to page 70 on your text book." The teacher explained. "Any questions now?"
"Hip... hip..."
There was an akward silence for a while and then the sound repeated.
"Hip... hip..."
The teacher glanced around the classroom and spotted the source of the sound. "Is there something wrong, Kinomoto-san?"
"No, I'm ok..." Sakura answered trying to act normal. "... hip... hip... or maybe I just got the hiccups."
The teacher was about to say something, but just then the bell rang. "Well, class dismissed!"
And with that everyone started making their ways out of the classroom.
Sakura closed her notebook and reached out for her school bag when the hiccups came back.
"Hip.... hip... oh, great!" She groaned.
"Are you ok?" Syaoran asked looking at her with a worried look.
"Hai, I'm ok. It's just that these hiccups... hip, hip..." Her face faulted. She hated having hiccups, especially because it took her a lot of doing to get rid of them.
"I have a great idea on how to get rid of them" Eriol said getting up from his seat and hading Sakura a paper bag.
"What's this for?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
"Just inhale and exhale using the paper bag." He explained.
Sakura nodded and did as he told her, after a while she removed the paper bag from her mouth and nose.
"Did it work?" Syaoran asked.
"I guess... hip, hip... not."
"Oh, that's so kawaii!!!!" Tomoyo exclaimed taking out her camcorder and recording Sakura. "I'll call this: Sakura & the hiccups."
Of course, that at this coment everyone sweatdropped.
"Anyway... why don't you try again?" Eriol asked.
"Ok." Sakura put the paper bag back to her face and started blowing it, when suddenly Eriol reached out his hand to her face a popped the bag with a loud noise. "Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip... why did you that?!?!"
"I was only trying to scare you so the hiccups will go away. I guess it didn't work..."
"You guess?" She asked still nervous. "Hip, hip, hip..."
"Calm down, Sakura-chan... just take a deep breath and try to relax." Tomoyo said putting her hand on her best friend's shoulder.
Sakura did so and relaxed, but soon she started the 'hip' session again.
"Hip... hip... oh, it's never gonna go away!" She cried.
Syaoran frowned. He hated seeing Sakura suffer in any way, even suffering because of a simple thing such as hiccups.
"Did you try holding your breath?" He asked.
"That never works on me..." She answered. "Hip."
"How about..." But before he could finish, Yamasaki popped out of nowhere with one of his lies. (A/N: he does that a lot, doesn't he?)
"Did you know that hiccups come from a very far away land call Hipland?" He pointed out his finger and continued the story. "It is said in books that once there was a ancient civilazation that spoke a very misterious language and the only words that they could say were 'Hip-hip'. That's why most people believe that the hiccups actually originated in Hipland... but what's more interesting is that..." But he was suddenly interrupted when a book hit his head.
"Stop telling lies!!!!!" Cried Chiharu from the hallway.
Everyone sweatdropped and looked at the now unconcious Yamasaki.
"It was... a lie?" Sakura asked.
"Hai, but it's no lie that Mihara-chan has a very good aim." Eriol answered.
"Hip!"
* * *
Sakura was lying on her bed, she was trying to sleep but because of her hiccups she couldn't. Even putting the pillow on her face didn't worked.
That day Fujitaka had to work late, Touya was working on three diferent part-time jobs and Kero was at Eriol's place playing video games with Suppi, so she was all alone in her house.
"Ahhh! I can't sleep and I can't... hip, hip, hip... get rid of this hiccups!!" She shouted to no one in particular. She took a deep breath and hold it back for a while.
She finally released it when her lungs started to burn. She was quiet for a moment waiting for something to happen.
"Yey! I got rid of the hip, hip... argh!!!!" She cried covering her face with her hands. "Might as well call Tomoyo-chan to come over..."
She took her phone and dialed the number to her best friend's house.
"Moshi moshi, Daidouji residence. Tomoyo speaking." Came the reply from the other line.
"Hip, hip..."
"Sakura-chan?"
"How did you knew?"
"... wild guess?? So, do you still have the hiccups?"
"Yes, do you think you can come over and help me get rid of them... hip, hip... my chest is beggining to hurt! Hip..."
"Sure, no problem! I'll be there in a while."
"Arigato!"
"Oh, do you mind if I bring over any help?"
"Help?" She asked with a puzzled look on her face.
Tomoyo only smiled. "Hai, eight hands are better than four."
"Nani?? Hip, hip..."
"Nevermind... you'll fnd out when I get there. Bye!"
"Bye!" And with that she hung up the phone. "Now what did Tomoyo-chan mean by that?"
* * *
After a while Tomoyo arrived, bringing with her Eriol and Syaoran.
"Oh, that's what you meant.... hip, hip..."
"Hai, I thought they might help!" Tomoyo said giving her best friend a warm smile.
Sakura understood why Tomoyo actually brought Eriol, after all they have been dating for a couple of days, but somehow he still haven't told her that he had certain feeling for her. But what she didn't get was why she brought Syaoran. Of course she didn't mind, but she was sure that Tomoyo had something up her sleeve.
"How are you feeling, Sakura-chan?" Eriol asked smiling as always.
"Fine, but the hiccups are killing me!" She cried.
"Well, let's think of something before they get worst." Syaoran said walking in followed by Tomoyo and Eriol.
"Sure... but I don't think these could get any worst! Hip, hip, hip, hip..." Sakura said closing the door behind them.
"You were saying?" Asked Eriol raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, shut up! Hip!"
"Hey! On our way here I was thiking about something that might work!" Tomoyo exclaimed snaping her fingers.
"What?"
"Come on..." She said dragging Sakura to the kitchen. "Some people say that if you drink a lot of water the hiccups will go away." She answered pouring some water into a glass and giving it to Sakura.
"Are you sure about this Tomoyo-chan?" She asked taking the glass.
"Well, you can say that it's worth a try." Eriol said taking a seat at the kitchen table.
"Ok..." Sakura said and began drinking the water.
* * *
And after 15 minutes and eight and a half glasses of water, Sakura waited silently a few seconds to see if it worked.
"Well?" Asked Syaoran looking at her curiosly.
"I...... hip, hip, hip... I... hip... nothing!" She cried hopeless smacking her head agaist the table. "Oww-hip!"
All of them sweatdropped at the situation. Sure thing Sakura's hiccups were hard to die, but they just weren't ready to give up.
"Does anyone have any other idea?" Eriol asked looking from Sakura, to Tomoyo and finally Syaoran... but mostly Tomoyo.
"Not really..." Tomoyo murmured with a thoughtfull expression.
"Well, while you think about it I'll go to the bathroom. Those glasses of water are beggining to have an effect on me." Sakura said while she stood up and walked out of the kitchen.
"That's it! I have another great idea!!" Tomoyo exclaimed happily.
"Which one?" Asked Syaoran curiosly.
"I'll... tell you in while. Come on Sakura, we have to do it in the bathroom."
"Hoe? Hip!" And with that, Sakura was dragged one more time by Tomoyo to the bathroom.
Both boys just sat there with very confused looks on their faces for a while and finally Eriol spoke first.
"What kind of way to get rid of hiccups takes place... in a bathroom?" He asked thinking hard, but to him a woman's mind was the biggest mistery ever.
"I seriously have no idea." Answered Syaoran in the same conditions.
* * *
"I'm sorry that didn't work, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo said with a very dissapointed look on her face.
"It's ok, at least we tried. Hip!" Sakura said as she opened the door of the bathroom and stepped out, only to be received by a ghostly looking figure screaming like the living dead. "BOOOOOO!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" Screamed Sakura, letting her voice travel all around Tomoeda and then come back to her house. (A/N: Was that a little... exaggerated?) Of course that it was pretty obvious that the "ghost" scared the nine hells out of her making her heart stop pounding for a few seconds. "IT'S A GHOST!!!!! Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip...."
"Sakura-chan, calm down! That's not a ghost!!" Tomoyo said covering her ears. "It's only Eriol wearing a white blanket."
"What??!!" Asked Sakura opening her eyes and fidding Eriol with the white blanket over his shoulders. "Hip, hip, hip..."
"What's wrong?? I heard Sakura screaming!" Asked Syaoran worried as he came running to them from the kitchen.
"That I would like to know!" Tomoyo said trying to calm down her best friend, who was now probably choking on so many hiccups. "What's the matter with you, Eriol? Are you trying to kill Sakura?!"
"I was only trying to scare the hiccups away!!" He protested.
"Well, you just plain scare me!!" Sakura cried, obviously mad. "Hip, hip, hip, hip..."
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." He apologized looking down.
"Then stop trying to scare Sakura and come up with more helpful ideas!" Tomoyo said taking the blanket off his shoulders.
"Don't be mad at me, Tomoyo..." Eriol murmured putting a 'hurt puppy face' look that he learned from Sakura sometime ago.
Tomoyo only sighed and smiled. How could she resist that look after all? "Fine, fine.... but no more scaring Sakura!"
"No more scaring Sakura." He said smiling.
"Hip, hip, hip..."
Everyone sat down in the livingroom and started to think of another idea. Truly there were many ways to get rid of hiccups, but somehow none of them popped out when they were really needed.
"Maybe we can use magic." Sakura suggested from the couch, she was sitting next to Syaoran who was at the corner of the couch, while Tomoyo was sitting on the chair in front of them and Eriol was standing beside her.
"No, magic can't be used to cure illness or such things as hiccups." Eriol answered fixing his glasses on his face.
Sakura groaned and leaned over on Syaoran's shoulder, what actually made a nice and predictable effect on Syaoran's cheeks that were now glowing in pure red. And of course that Tomoyo wouldn't miss a chance of taping that!
"How kawaii!" She cried happily looking through the camera lens.
"Shut up!" He cried blushing redder.
"Hoe? What's wrong? Hip, hip..." Sakura asked clueless as always sitting up straight.
"Nothing... it's just that Li-kun seemed a little... red."
Sakura's face was filled with worry when she turned to see him "Are you ok? Are you sick?"
"No, I'm fine!" He answered inmeadiatly, avoiding her eyes.
"Well, you do look kinda red..." She commented staring at his face.
"That's because... because... I have an idea!"
"Hip, hip!"
* * *
"How does this work again? Hip!" Asked Sakura turning to see Syaoran with a confused face.
She was kneeling in front of the bathtub in the bathroom, that was now full with cold water. Next to her, was sitting Tomoyo who had both of her hands over Sakura's shoulders. Sitting next to Tomoyo was Eriol and finally was Syaoran, who by strict orders of Tomoyo was taping the whole thing.
"It works like when you hold your breath, but since your face is gonna be in the cold water it's gonna make it easier." Syaoran explained once again.
The plan was actually simple. Sakura was suppose to submerge her head in the water for a couple of minutes and then emerge. As he had said so, it worked almost like holding her breath.
"And were does this plan come from exactly?" Asked Eriol.
"In Hong Kong that works..."
"Ok, so I just hold my breath?" Sakura asked still not sure wheater this was a good idea or not.
"Yeah."
"If you say so..." She said and then proceeded to hold her breath back and sink her head into the water. Just in case she would pop out before time, Tomoyo was holding her head down lightly.
The first minute passed in silence as they all waited. It was going fine and apparently Sakura was fine too.
"Are you recording, Li-kun?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yeah, yeah... I'm recording it. And I seriously don't know how you do this all the time...."
"Well, when it's Sakura-chan that I'm recording I get inspired and just keep going on!" She said smiling happily.
"I think I know what you mean..." He said and then blushed after he realized what he just said.
"You know what she means?" Asked Eriol raising an eyebrow.
"Forget it!" He cried still blushing.
"Yeah, whatever..."
And then the second minute passed by. Truly Sakura could hold her breath for quite a long time...
"Umm... Tomoyo-chan?" Eriol asked staring at her.
Tomoyo turned her gaze to him and asked in a very sweet tone. "Yeah?"
He opened his mouth to speak but not a single word escaped him. He was taken back by the sudden beauty that she had in her eyes, that he had noticed before but that he haven't seen in a long time.
And it was the perfect moment again. For the past few days he had been trying to tell Tomoyo about his feeling for her, but he just couldn't find the perfect moment. Well, actually he did find it once, but it was totally ruined when Suppi-chan and Kero-chan appeared out of nowhere.
And one more time, there was his chance.
"I... Tomoyo-chan there's something important that I need to tell you."
"Now?" Asked Tomoyo confused, still holding down Sakura's head.
"Uhh... Daidouji, I think Sakura's turning a little blue..." Commented Syaoran still taping, but he was totally ignored.
"It's now or never..." Eriol answered.
"What do you need to say?"
"Umm... Daidouji?" Asked Syaoran now getting worried since the blue color was getting darker.
"Tomoyo-chan... I feel that I..."
"Yeah?" Asked Tomoyo, now totally forgeting Sakura.
"Daidouji??!"
"I... I..."
"You...?"
"She's drowning!!!" Cried Syaoran leaving the camera behind and helping Sakura out of the water.
Sakura gasped and coughed for while, trying to make the water leave her breathing ways and make the air come back to her lungs.
"Daijobu, Sakura??" Asked Syaoran.
Sakura breathed heavily and then turned to see him. "Hip, hip, hip, hip..."
* * *
A/N: Ok, that's it for now... please review and tell what you think and now let's go on to chapter two!!!!
