Author's Notes: A reviewer asked who Dio was
Author's Notes: A reviewer asked who Dio was. She's an Elder who isn't too fond of Sakura. If u want know more about her, then read Against All Odds. Other than that, not much to say.

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Disclaimer: I don't own CCS.

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*~* Chapter Three *~*

Wedding Announcements

Sakura slowly awoke to the sounds of laughter and the sweet aroma of food. She stumbled out of bed, momentarily forgetting where she was.

She recognized Sanori's voice as she began to argue with Xiefa about something. What are they doing here?

Sakura quickly dressed and freshened up. She then went into the living room of Syaoran's quaint apartment. Sanori and Xiefa were sitting there, holding a magazine.

"Hey, Sakura! You're finally awake!" Xiefa smiled. She got up and ushered Sakura over to the couch. "Now tell us- which wedding dress do you think looks better, this one . . ."

"Or this one," cut in Sanori, flipping the pages until she stopped at a rather poofy dress. "Personally, I think this one would look GREAT on you."

"Oh, come on, Mother!" cried Xiefa. "I will not have my sister-in-law looking like a cream puff on her wedding day!"

"Cream puff?" Kero appeared out of nowhere, sniffing the air. "Who said cream puff? Where?"

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Where's Syaoran?"

He stepped out of the kitchen, his clothes covered in pancake mix and other unidentifiable foods. He glared at his mother and sister. "I'M cooking."

Kero snorted. "You call that goo in there cooking? Please, Sakura, cook some food. I'm going to STARVE!!!!"

She wiggled away form the fighting mother and daughter and shuffled into the kitchen. She gratefully took over the kitchen.

Syaoran eyed the mess he'd made. "This wouldn't have happened if Kero hadn't pulled out that bride magazine that he found in the apartment. Then Xiefa would have cooked. Stupid stuffed animal."

"Hey! I heard that!"

Sakura began to clean the counter. She wrinkled her nose as she wiped up some strange looking paste. "What did you do in here?"

He flushed. "I tried. Pancakes aren't my specialty. I'll let you handle that form now on."

"You'd better. I don't want to have to do this again . . ."

When everything was finally cleaned, she began to cook.

"Are you nervous?" she asked Syaoran who was sitting at the kitchen table, watching her.

"About what?"

"You know. My Dad, Touya, the big news . . ."

"Oh, that."

She frowned. "What do you mean, oh, that?"

He sighed. "I've tried to push that thought into the back of my head. Do you think that I want to get chased around by him like I used to?"

She giggled, flipping a pancake with ease. "I'll protect you. Don't worry."

"Sure." But he was worried. He knew that Sakura wanted the blessing of her brother, but what if he wouldn't give it to her? Would she want to marry him anyway?

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"No, Xiefa, you cannot come!"

"But Mommmmmmmmmmm . . ."

"I said no. There's no reason for you to go with us to Sakura's house."

Xiefa pouted. "There is. What if Sakura needs emotional support? From a female?"

Sanori shook her head. "That's what I'm for."

"But, let's face it mother . . . you're old."

Sakura stifled a laugh. She'd never seen Xiefa this way. To be honest, she liked it.

Sanori glared at her daughter. "Fine. Get in the car. But don't say a word when we get there, got it? Look cute."

Sakura got into Syaoran's car and Xiefa and her mother got into another one.

Xiefa was anxious to see a fight. Wait till I tell the girls!

They followed Syaoran until he pulled up outside of Sakura's house. They all got out. Syaoran took a deep breath.

Sakura smiled at him and rang the doorbell.

The door opened and Fujitaka appeared. A smile appeared on his face when he noticed Sakura. He swept her up into a hug. "You're back early!"

Touya came form the kitchen. "Oh, is the kaijuu home?"

Sakura frowned. "I'm NOT a kaijuu!"

He rolled his eyes.

Her dad smiled at the other people standing on his porch. "You brought guests? Who are they?"

"Oh! Well, you know Syaoran. This is his mother Li Sanori and this is his sister, Xiefa."

"Not the brat!" exclaimed Touya. "Thanks for bringing her home. You can leave now."

Fujitaka sighed. "Don't be rude. Come in."

Syaoran's family hesitantly entered the house. Sakura knew that they were nervous, especially Syaoran.

"Let's go into the living room," suggested Sakura. "I, uh, have some important news to tell you."

Touya suspiciously eyed his little sister and reluctantly followed the Li's, Sakura and his father into the living room. They all sat down.

No one said anything.

"Well?" growled Touya. "What do you have to tell us?"

"Well . . . I've decided . . . um, that is WE decided . . . gee, how should I put this..."

Syaoran smiled as his fiancée shuffled her feet and stammered. He took her hand and decided to say it for her.

"What she's trying to say is that . . . we've decided to get married."

Silence.

Then suddenly . . .

"WHAT THE HELL?!!!!! NO WAY!"

Fujitaka ignored his son. "Congratulations. I always knew you were the boy for my little girl." He stood up and shook Syaoran's hand.

Touya stood there with his mouth hanging open. "WHAT? You're gonna let him marry Sakura? ARE YOU CRAZY?!!!"

Sanori and Xiefa watched in curiosity. It seemed as if they were accustomed to Touya's loud ramblings for they paid no mind to him.

As Touya continued to yell, Sanori chose to speak up.

She cleared her throat. "You know, I didn't think that Sakura was a good match for Syaoran at first. But I've come to love her like my own daughter and she'll make a fine addition to the family. And I can tell that they love each other very much."

"Love? Ha! This is the TWERP who ATTACKED my little sister! HE tried to BEAT HER UP!"

Everyone looked at Syaoran who flushed.

"Yes, he told me about that," replied Fujitaka. "I understand that he was trying to get the Clow Cards from Sakura so he could take them home."

Sakura gaped at her father. "Clow cards? H-how did you know about . . ."

"I've know for quite a long time now. Actually, it wasn't until Syaoran spoke to me about them that I truly knew. Before that, I only suspected that something was up."

Sakura then turned her gaze to Syaoran. He shrank back form her.

"Why didn't you tell me of any of this?!"

"I'll tell you all about it later . . ."

"Will someone PLEASE," cried Touya, "tell me what the HELL are Clow Cards?"

Sakura winced. She'd forgotten that he hadn't known.

She turned to her brother. "Well . . . it's a long story . . ."

"It has something to do with magic," said her father.

Touya stared at his father. "Magic? I don't believe that you- my dad- actually bought a story like that! You MUST be crazy!"

"It's true," Sakura and Syaoran said at the same time.

Touya groaned. "Now my little sister's gone insane . . ."

"Show him," Sanori suggested.

Sakura called out her staff and Syaoran his sword.

When they were done, Touya was standing there with his mouth hanging open. He fell to the floor in a dead faint.

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A few hours later . . .

"So that's why you were always running around in funky costumes at strange hours of the night," muttered Touya.

After Fujitaka finally revived him, Sakura had taken Touya to her room and told him about everything.

"And I KNEW that stupid stuffed toy- Kero? - was alive! So that's were all the food went."

Sakura laughed. "Yes. Are you okay now?"

Touya eyed her. "I still don't like the fact that you're marrying that gaki!"

"Please, try to get along with him, Touya. It would mean so MUCH to me . . ." She gave him the puppy dog eyes.

Touya sighed. "I'll try. I can't promise you anything, though."

She gave him a big hug. "Thank you."

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Back in the living room, Fujitaka and Sanori were sitting in an uncomfortable silence. Xiefa and Syaoran had followed Sakura and Touya, trying to eavesdrop on their conversation.

Sanori raised her cup of tea to her lips. She took a sip, than placed the cup on the table in front of her. "Well . . ."

"Hmm . . ."

"You've done a great job raising your daughter, Li-san."

"Call me Fujitaka, please. And thank you," he replied. "To be honest, I was expecting a totally different person."

"A totally different person?"

"Your son was very . . . descriptive when it came to you. He said you were very strict and old-fashioned."

Sanori frowned. I must have a talk with that boy . . . "I was. But Sakura showed me how to have fun. I guess when I got older, I thought that fun didn't have a place in my life." She eyed him. "What else did he say?"

Sakura's father smiled. "I don't want to get Syaoran into any trouble. Our little talk was sort of private."

"I understand. I guess he wanted to talk to a male. It's a shame that these days kids can't even go to their own parents when they want to get something off of their chest . . ."

"I agree."

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Meanwhile in the hallway outside of Sakura's room . . .

"Achoo!"

Xiefa glared at her brother. "Shh, or they'll hear us!" she hissed.

Syaoran pressed his ear to the door. "I can't hear a thing."

Suddenly the door flew open. Syaoran fell into Sakura's room.

Touya glared down at him. "What are you doing? Were you spying on us?"

Sakura helped Syaoran up. "I'm sure he has a good reason for being nosey."

He frowned. "Of course I do. I wanted to know what Touya said. After all, I know that you want your brother's blessing, Sakura."

Touya shook his head. The little brat probably did care for his sister. And it was obvious that she like him. He wanted Sakura to be happy, even if that meant accepting a stupid little gaki. He let out a huge sigh. "FINE! Marry him! You have my blessing."

Sakura gave him a huge hug. "Thank you! I love you SOOO much!"

"Yeah . . . I know . . ."

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Sanori, Sakura, Xiefa and Syaoran stayed a bit longer at the Kinomoto home. At eleven, they left. Syaoran and Sakura went to Tomoyo's mansion while Xiefa and Sanori returned to the house.

They drove up to the mansion gate and stopped. Syaoran was about to push the button on the intercom when the gate swung open. He slowly drove up to the semi-circular driveway and parked the car in front of the mansion door.

As they got out, Sakura frowned. "I don't have a good feeling about this, Syaoran."

He didn't either. He took her hand and walked up to the door. Before they knocked on the door, it swung open. A butler was standing there.

"Come in. You were expected."

Sakura moved closer to her fiancé. The butler was one scary-looking guy.

They followed the butler to the- what Tomoyo liked to call- the 'fun room'. Sakura had never gone into this room. Tomoyo had said that she only used it for special occasions.

When the butler opened the door, Sakura shrank back. It was pitch black inside.

"I'm not going in there!" Sakura hissed.

Syaoran shook his head and dragged her inside.

Suddenly the lights came on and several people leapt from behind furniture screaming, "Surprise!"

Sakura jumped back in surprise. "Ahhh!"

Rika, Tomoyo, Takashi (A/N: His name IS Takashi, right? I've seen some people call him Yamazaki. Or is that his last name?), Naoko and Chiharu began to laugh.

"You were always too easy to scare, Sakura," giggled Tomoyo. She then noticed how Syaoran was holding Sakura's hand. She raised an eyebrow.

"H-how did you guys know we were going to be back?" asked Sakura.

Tomoyo whispered, "Kero told me."

Sakura nodded. "So you threw a surprise party for us?"

"Actually, just you. Kero neglected to tell us that Syaoran was coming. It was hard work to prepare a party in such a limited amount of time . . ."

Sakura eyed the elaborate decorations and piles of food. "You did a good job . . ."

Takashi smacked Syaoran hard on the back. "Welcome back, Syaoran! It's been a while!"

Syaoran winced. "Yeah."

Chiharu giggled. "Ohhh, what's going on between you two?" She pointed at Syaoran and Sakura's intertwined hands.

Syaoran flushed. "Uh . . . well . . ."

"Syaoran and I are engaged," supplied Sakura. It was easier to tell friends about their relationship than her family.

Everyone stared at them.

"That's soooo romantic!" cooed Naoko and Rika.

Takashi laughed. "Congratulations! I always knew you had the hots for Sakura!"

Syaoran glared at his friend. "Not the hots. Love."

There was more silence.

"That's sooo romantic!" cried Naoko again.

Tomoyo rolled her eyes. "Well then, let's party!"

Author's Note: What do u think? Please R+R!