The Start of Trouble

"There she is! Tomoyo-san, it's Quistis!" Sakura said, waving at her friend. The girls were excited, since it was their first actual dance in high school. The blond beauty ran up to them. "Geeze, I couldn't find anyone around."

"Quistis-san," Sakura said, overjoyed. "I'm so very glad to see you. Do you know if Lilka is coming?"

Tomoyo nudged her friend and the girls turned to find Quatre waving at them. Quistis yelled in pleasure and she grabbed her two friends then ran to the blonde gundam pilot. Quatre beckoned his two other friends to come over to where he was standing and Duo looked over to where Quatre was pointing. Duo whistled and he smiled.

"Hey, Tomoyo," Duo said, admiring his girlfriend. "Wow, you look great."

Tomoyo clasped her hands together. "Arigato, Duo-kun! It didn't take very long to design, actually."

Heero cleared his throat. "What happened to Lilka and Syaoran?"

"Li-kun is coming much later," Sakura said, not concerned, "He'll be here. We haven't seen Lilka anywhere."

Just then, a blast of ice shot into the air. A girl was standing where the showers were falling. She seemed to be looking at her wand, embarrassed to have this happen to her like this. Heero raised his eyebrow and shrugged. "There she is."

The blundering girl moved her way to her friends and smiled nervously. "Sorry for setting my wand off. I got carried away by the lights and thought someone was going to attack me."

"Typical," Syaoran said, coming up from the red rug outside. "I thought I felt your energy being used."

Lilka glared at Syaoran. "Look, I know I'm not as strong as you are, but I learned you know! At least I have more power than my sister. Now I can really call myself an Eleniak Witch Girl."

Sakura, wanting to stop the bickering, pulled Syaoran into the dance floor. "Li-kun, let's dance!"

Syaoran, looking puzzled and taken by surprise, followed Sakura along and started dancing to the music. The band had put on Dance With Me by Debelah Morgan and this perked both Quistis and Heero up. Quistis clapped her hands and looked at the guys. "Does anyone want to dance?"

Heero stepped up, bored. "These people bore me. I need some excitement."

Quatre winked at Duo. Both pilots smiled. At least they can see the Perfect Soldier dance. Surprisingly, Quistis and Heero danced tremendously well and the dance floor was cleared to let them dance alone. The two had enough room to do their own freestyle dance. At the end of the dance, the people clapped and Quistis and Heero came back, accompanied by Sakura and Syaoran.

"Wow, Quistis-san, Heero-kun," Tomoyo admired. "I didn't know you guys could dance really well. You should be professionals. Too bad I didn't have it on video, since my batteries ran out. What a day!"

Heero shrugged and returned to Duo's side, where he was nudged and winked at. "Good going," Duo said, "The girl is quite cute!"

Quatre looked disappointed. "I wish I could dance like Heero, maybe that's something I don't have."

Quistis looked at the disgruntled blonde and held her hand out to him. He looked at it strangely. She looked impatiently. "Come on, I'll teach you."

Syaoran shook his head and sat down. "I can't believe you made me go and dance, Sakura-san. I can't take dancing. Why don't you take Heero? He can dance as well as you can."

Duo chuckled and looked at Tomoyo. His partner didn't care if he took Sakura out to dance. So now it was left with Tomoyo, Heero, Lilka, and Syaoran. They looked on in silence, until Li stood up. Heero noticed the strange look on his face.

"Something bothering you?" Heero asked. He looked at the direction Li seems to be looking at.

Tomoyo and Lilka looked also. What the four saw was a small piece of light that was floating around the punch line. Syaoran was there immediately. Tomoyo and Heero followed. Lilka slinked to the dance floor and warned the others. The three got to the area as soon as the light got bigger. When it grew as big as a portal, a sword came out and so did a young man in his twenties. The young man jumped and turned around to face the portal. He seems to be facing an opponent.

With the man, a T-Rexaur appeared. The crowd became confused and Sakura immediately used the Sleep Card on most of them. The rest of the party assembled for battle. Quistis, spotting the monster, raised a hand and forced her magic out. Dark Matter began to rise and her Blue Magic shot into the monster. The T-Rexaur faded away and flew away from the portal.

The man put away his sword and turned to look at Quistis. Quistis looked at him in surprise. "Squall! What on earth are you doing here?"

Syaoran looked curiously at Quistis then at Squall. He folded his arms about his chest and listened to the conversation the two were holding.

"Matron said you were going to be found here," Squall said, panting slightly.

Quistis scowled. "Leave it to Edea to keep her mouth shut. Why did she tell you?"

"Quistis," Squall said, trying to explain. "We need your magic. Our world is in danger, it seems. There is this great big maze growing in the middle of Balamb, and it's keeping us from getting to Zell and the others. Edea suggested that since you had experience in foreign magic, you and some of your friends might be able to help."

Sakura, Li, and Tomoyo looked at each other, thinking of the Maze Card. Sakura sent a message to Syaoran, "But I am the Mistress of these cards. Why is the Maze Card doing all that havoc?"

"Try to take out your Maze Card," Syaoran thought back.

The Card Mistress obeyed Li's orders and silently took out her Maze Card. It seems to be there. Quatre, noticing the slight exchange of nods and shakes, knew there was something going on. "What is it?" he asked Tomoyo, knowing that she would have an idea of what her best friends were talking about.

Tomoyo shook her head and smiled dreamily. "I think Sakura-san is now able to wear the fabulous costumes I made day and night for her! What a special day! I have to get the costumes and video camera!"

"Come on," Duo whispered to Tomoyo, "We can get what you need in your house and come back here as soon as possible. They don't call me a fast driver for nothing. They'll still be here when we get back."

"Alright," Tomoyo nodded, happy. She turned towards Sakura and Li and said, "Don't leave until I come back, Sakura-san, Syaoran-kun."

The two magicians laughed nervously, knowing what Tomoyo was thinking. They sighed and looked at Quistis and Squall. They were done talking.

Quistis looked at Lilka. "Lilka, can you please stay here so you guys can watch out for more trouble? Li and Sakura will go with me, they seem to know something about what's happening."

Lilka nodded and took Quatre and Heero by the shoulder. "Let's go and leave these people to themselves, shall we? Don't worry, Duo and Tomoyo will be back shortly."

"Oh, I forgot to bring Yukito-san and Kero-chan! I have to bring them for sure!" Sakura said, exclaiming. She pulled out her cellular phone and dialed Kero-chan's number. "Kero-chan? Call Yukito-san and both of you come to Mugen Gakuen as soon as possible. This is urgent!"

Squall raised his eyebrows. "Why do you need more people? Three are enough."

"You don't understand, Squall," Quistis said, "Those people Sakura-san just called were her Guardians. They don't go anywhere without their Mistress."

Syaoran grinned. "You make it sound like Sakura-san is helpless when not with Yue and Kerberos."

"I am not!" Sakura said, trying to defend herself. "I beat one of my Guardians so I could save everyone. I don't see you doing all those deeds, Li-kun."

"That's because I was weak, before," Syaoran retorted. "Now that I've trained, I'm quite as strong as Clow."

Tomoyo came back in holding a bag and a video camera. "I'm back! Sakura-san, Syaoran-kun! Here are the costumes that you will wear for your adventure! I can't wait to start filming!"

Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other. "There is this one problem, Tomoyo-san," Sakura began, "You can't go with us this time. They need those with magic and we thought that it might be safer to leave you here with Lilka and the others."

"Oh, don't worry," Tomoyo said joyfully. "I don't have to go to video tape you. That's why I brought my mother's latest portable cameras! They're small enough so that you can't see them! I brought two of them."

Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other. Tomoyo placed a small gadget on each costume and handed it to the two magicians. An hour passed and Sakura and Li were finally ready. Tomoyo screamed with excitement, holding her own video camera. "You two look so cute! This is a great saga, Sakura-san's Great Adventure in Another World. And to think that my small cameras will be filming Sakura-san's and Syaoran-kun's every moves!"

Quistis chuckled and pulled Squall towards the portal. She beckoned the other two to follow them. "Come on! We can't be wasting time here, you know."

Syaoran looked at Duo and Tomoyo. "When the people begin to wake up, make sure you don't tell them what happened. I'm sure you will be able to take care of it."

"They don't call me Duo Maxwell for nothing!" Duo exclaimed, "And Tomoyo isn't a bad actress herself."

"I'm sure Sakura-san's brother will help in explaining their strange experiences," Tomoyo said calmly. She then clapped her hands in joy and said dreamily, "This is surely a special day!"

Kero-chan and Yukito came running into the school auditorium. "What did you need us for, Sakura-san?" Yukito asked, puzzled. "Kero-chan told me to run over here."

Sakura smiled in relief and beckoned the two. "We have to go on a mission in another world. You two have to come with me."

"What!" Kero-chan sputtered, "Why didn't you tell me sooner? I could have followed you and eaten something good while waiting."

Syaoran snorted. "It's not as if we knew this was going to happen, stuffed animal. We can't tell the future, and Sakura won't use her magic to tell the future. That kind of magic is for those that care enough."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" Kero-chan yelled, angered at Syaoran for calling him a stuffed animal.

Sakura and Yukito looked at each other, then laughed. "We should be going now, shall we?" Yukito said.

Squall and Quistis opened the portal and the people stepped in. Tomoyo and Duo waved fervently at them. The party soon disappeared. Tomoyo sighed. "Sakura-san would make a great sorceress. She is so cute in the outfits!"

"Well, well," a figure said in the shadows, "They went already. The plan is at hand."

Duo turned around, "I thought people with no magic should be asleep. Who is there?"

Thom stepped up. "Don't worry, I saw what happened. This was something I expected. I'm surprised at the sorcerers going though. I half expected Lilka to go with Quistis, and not the other two. Oh well, they could do this better than the Eleniak anyway. Lilka will be getting her chance later."

"You knew about this?" Tomoyo asked, "Why didn't you tell anyone?"

"Why would I?" Thom asked, amused. "These dangers and troubles are for your generation, not mine. The gods are testing you young ones. Be careful. I am only here to help."

The sorcerer disappeared and Tomoyo and Duo were left to calm the waking crowd.

~Well, that's about it. What did you think about it? Okay? More chapters soon to come....that is...if I have any reviews...-.-