Summary: Two certain sneaky girls are spying on Tori. While waiting for their moment to come, they recall the day seven years ago when Sakura watched Tori…on stage.
Author's Note/Preview: The updates on this story will be less for a while. Why? Simply because I've got another story finished. In fact...it should be up RIGHT NOW! As soon as you're all done reading this, please go read my new story under 'Anime Crossovers'. If you want a summary, go there. But I'll give you all one brief snippet of a summary. Sakura and Li encounter an unexpected villain. That's all the summary you get from here. Now go on and read THIS story.
Key:
"~* Thoughts *~" = Thoughts
"[NAME:]" = Character voiceover
Episode 19- Recalling the Mist Card and…Cinderella
Madison giggled. "Sakura, this is just evil."
"Come on, Madison," Sakura grinned. "Aren't you the least bit curious to see what she looks like?"
"Yeah, but if Tori finds out, he'll kill us both."
Sakura still wore a smirk on her face. Her brother, Tori, was out with a new girl and she was waiting for her chance to see her. So she hid behind the bush in front of the house.
"Besides, this has become almost a ritual," Sakura continued. "Every time Tori gets a new date, we wait outside the house and get a picture of them kissing. He's never found out, not since we were ten."
"But we're 17 now," Madison pointed out. "Aren't we a little mature for this?"
"I'd usually think that," Sakura said. "But seeing as how this is Tori, I'm willing to make an exception."
"So what time is he coming back, anyway?"
"He should be here in about an hour, but I don't want to take any chances. Still, it's a long wait."
Madison sighed contentedly. "Oh, Sakura. Still waging war with your brother after all these years. It's been one big game of 'Can You Top This?', hasn't it?"
"Sort of. But these last seven years, I've just been getting Tori the best I could. I can never top my all-time best. You know what I mean, don't you?"
Madison beamed. "You can't mean…?"
"You're reading my mind, sister," Sakura laughed. "Even a Clow Card couldn't take away from the fun I had that night…"
Flashback: Tomoeda High School
P.O.V.: Sakura Avalon
It was just a night at Tomoeda High School. Their annual festival was being held and Sakura and Madison had been invited. Sakura was surprised to see Li there, too. They all went around the festival with Julian until…
"I have to go," Julian said. "I have to be ready for the class play."
Sakura stopped. "Class play? Tori never told me anything about a class play."
"He really didn't tell you?" Julian asked in shock. "He must've forgot. Well…why don't you three come see the play? Our class is performing Cinderella."
"Cinderella," Sakura said dreamily. "I love that story. We'll be there! Um…just what's your part, Julian. And what's…Tori's part?"
"Well, I play a canned mackerel," Julian answered. "But I can't tell you about Tori's part." He started whispering. "It's a BIG secret."
~* Secret? Hmm…big brother's got a secret. *~
"So I'll see you later," Julian smiled. Then he walked off to the backstage area.
Sakura smiled evilly. "So Tori had a play…but he didn't tell me. And his part's a secret." She looked at Madison. "Madison, do you have your camera?"
"Photo or video?"
"Both."
"I have them both," Madison said cheerfully.
Li was hinting at a smile, too. "You think your brother's going to be humiliated?"
Sakura nodded. "All signs are pointing to total humiliation."
Li actually smiled. "In that case, I'll go with you girls. I can't wait to see this."
~* Neither can I. *~
Sakura, Madison, and Li all made their way through the crowd and into the auditorium, not noticing the strange mist surrounding it. Sakura was only concerned with getting good seats for this one.
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[Sakura: I still can't over what happened next! It was my shining moment!]
[Madison: YOUR shining moment? Excuse me, but I DID have the camera.]
[Sakura: Still, when we got in there and that play started, I saw Tori in a way I never saw him before. And what I saw was pure gold…]
Flashback: Tomoeda High School Auditorium
P.O.V.: Sakura Avalon
The play was about to start. The curtain went up and Sakura, Madison, and Li were all ready and waiting to see what Tori's part in the play was. Sakura looked on as the evil stepmother and the evil stepsisters were introduced. Then she heard the call.
"CINDERELLA!!"
Out onto the stage came Cinderella. And the loud gasps from Sakura, Madison, and Li could clearly be heard when they saw that Cinderella was…
~* TORI?! OH MY GOD! I don't believe this! This is…beautiful! *~
Sakura smirked mischievously. She eyes Madison, who had her cameras in hand.
"Get this ALL on tape!" Sakura told her. "I'm going to savor this moment!"
Everyone went through their parts, and Madison took about five snapshots (no flash, of course). Tori peeked out of the corner of his eye and sweatdropped when he saw his little sister in the front row with a wicked smile on her face and her little friend getting everything on tape.
~* I will NEVER let you forget this night, Tori Avalon. After all these years of you teasing me, my day has finally come! *~
Even Li had a smirk on his face. "Hey, Madison? Can you make copies of that tape when you're done?"
Madison nodded. Everyone was content that night. The three looked on as the play progressed. Sakura could hardly hold in her giggles every time Tori had to speak. Then Julian came in as the canned mackerel, but it turned out he was Tori's fairy god…person.
~* Aw…now Tori can go to the ball. This is all just too perfect. It has to be some wonderful dream, because nothing this good ever happens to me. *~
Sakura sat back and continued watching. The scene then shifted to inside the castle. Sakura looked on as the prince was brought in, but something was weird.
"Sakura?" Madison whispered. "Why do have Tori playing Cinderella and a girl playing the prince?"
Sakura smirked. "Because Tori can be more of a girl than anyone thinks. It's a part he plays naturally."
Sakura continued holding in her laughter while the play continued. Then a strange mist began to move in. The mist began to cover the supports of the balcony. On contact, the supports began to crumble. The girl prince was falling and Tori caught her with one hand. Sakura then started to sense something.
~* It's a… *~
"It's a Clow Card," Li said, finishing Sakura's thought.
At the suspicion of a Clow Card, the three got up and sneaked outside. Then they headed backstage, while Sakura called Kero on her cell phone.
"Sakura? Is that you?"
"Kero, we have a Clow Card here."
"Ok, describe it."
"It's…some kind of weird fog that's crumbling up the set of Tori's play."
"Crumbling? That sounds like the Mist Card. Ok, here's what you do. To reveal Mist's visible form, you have to gather on the fog in one place. And hurry! Mist can be very dangerous if you it out too long!"
Sakura hung up the phone and led everyone backstage. She looked to see that the balcony continued to fall apart. She looked around her to see if no one was out.
"Key of Clow. Power of Magic. Power of light. Surrender the wand. The force, ignite. Release!"
Sakura had something in mind. She had a plan, but there was still an audience out there. She'd be exposed. But just then, the curtains closed. Sakura looked over to see Madison waving cheerfully. Sakura nodded thankfully. Now she had her chance.
"Shadow Card! Surround all the mist! Shadow! Release and dispel!"
With the curtains closed, Shadow began to surround the fog and Mist was revealed as a long- haired green woman spirit. Then Sakura looked up at the balcony. Julian tried to come to Tori's aid, but he got stuck, too. Now he, Tori, and the girl prince were all about to fall over the collapsing balcony. Then they fell.
But Li came to their rescue. "Now element: Wind!"
The wind began to cushion their fall, while Sakura sneaked to the other side of the stage without being seen. She walked up to Mist, which was still being contained by Shadow.
"Mist Card! Return to your power confined! Mist Card!"
Sakura had Mist sealed and it was all over. Then she looked around to make a hasty exit. When she found one, she signaled to her friends and they all got out before they were seen.
When they were all out, Sakura pouted. "Aw, it was so perfect! I wanted to see that play in its entirety!"
"You really like Cinderella that much, Sakura?" Li asked.
"Not THAT much," Sakura clarified. "But I wanted to see Tori keep on humiliating himself!"
The ever-optimistic Madison smiled. "Well…at least I have plenty of footage. He won't forget this night for a long time."
"Great!" Sakura squealed. "I can't wait to see the look on his face when I show it to him!"
Suddenly contented, everyone started to make their way through the festival again.
"I still like to show him that video every now and then," Sakura went on. "Every time he gets out of line, I just remind him of…"
Silence. There was only the sound of footsteps. Sakura and Madison took their positions hiding behind the bush. When Tori came up to the porch with his date, it was ShowTime.
"I really enjoyed this evening, Tori."
"I did, too. So…do you want to come in?"
"Ok…but first…"
Tori and his date then locked in a kiss. Madison took her camera out and took a snapshot…
…with a flash.
The kiss instantly broke and Tori looked out into the bush. "SQUIRT!!!"
Sakura moaned softly as she and Madison came out. "You just HAD to have a flash, didn't you?"
"I'm sorry," Madison said sheepishly. "It's the first time I forgot to turn off the flash."
Tori opened the door and signaled to his date. "Why don't you wait for me inside? I need to deal with my nosy little sister and her nosy little friend."
Tori's date went in as Sakura and Madison sweatdropped. They were bracing themselves for the worst.
But surprisingly, Tori snickered. "Well, I didn't think it would happen, squirt. But you finally did it. You got back at me. Good job. Just don't do it again."
"Wait a minute," Sakura cut him off. "Got back at me? What do you mean?"
Tori hesitated. "…………Nothing."
"Tori, what do you mean?" Sakura asked.
A million thoughts ran through Sakura's head at that moment. She was trying to think of what Tori could be talking about. Then a sickening thought hit her.
"Tori…have you ever spied on me and Li?!?!"
Tori smirked and looked inside. "Coming. Talk to you later, squirt."
"Tori!! Don't you dare…!!"
The front door slammed, leaving Sakura and Madison outside. Sakura couldn't believe what she just heard.
"He's been spying on ME!" Sakura huffed. "That nosy…arrogant…pompous…AARRRGHH!!"
Madison thought about that. "Wow. And here I was thinking I was the only one."
Sakura suddenly glared at her best friend. "What?"
Madison sweatdropped. ".........Did I just say that?"
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